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The Town Clerk's records of dog and sporting licenses issued were examined and checked, the payments to the State being verified by comparison with the receipts on file and the payments to the Town Treasurer being compared with the Treasurer's cash book.
The records of licenses and permits issued by the Select- men were examined and checked, the payments to the Treasurer being verified.
The surety bonds of the Town officials bonded for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
The records of receipts of the Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures and of the Police, Fire, Health, School, and Cemetery departments, as well as of all other departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked with the Treasurer's cash receipts and with the records of the Accounting Officer.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing reconciliations of the Treasurer's and the Town Collector's cash, summaries of the tax, excise, tax title,
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and departmental accounts, as well as schedules showing the condition and transactions of the trust and investment funds.
For the cooperation received from all Town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
WS:BAB
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ, Assistant Director of Accounts.
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TOWN OF ACTON
GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS
Cash :
General
$265,708.92
Advance for Petty :
General, School
$20.00
Lunch Program
50.00
$70.00
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1949
Real Estate
$2.82
Levy of 1950
Real Estate
3.24
Levy of 1951
Personal Property
449.17
Real Estate
3.53
Levy of 1952
Personal Property
433.65
Real Estate
75.49
Levy of 1953
Personal Property
422.39
Real Estate
397.53
Levy of 1954
Poll
2.00
Personal Property
2,034.22
Real Estate
10,858.29
Levy of 1955
Poll
48.00
Personal Property
2,777.91
Real Estate
29,403.52
$46,911.76
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1951
$51.93
Levy of 1952
14.48
Levy of 1953
20.15
Levy of 1954
604.58
Levy of 1955
4,648.78
$5,339.92
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Balance Sheet - December 17, 1955
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Employees' Payroll Deductions :
Federal Taxes
$1,961.20
County Retirement System
235.95
Teachers' Retirement System
381.86
$2,579.01
Overpayments to be Refunded :
Real Estate Taxes 1955
$116.00
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 1955
384.30
$500.30
Guarantee Deposits :
Contract Bids
$350.00
Board of Appeals
42.50
Planning Board
30.00
$422.50
Agency :
County - Dog Licenses
$7.20
Tailings :
Unclaimed Checks
$111.63
Trust Fund Bequests :
Cemetery Perpetual Care
$17.50
Trust Fund Income:
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
$160.90
Cemetery Funds :
Perpetual Care
185.32
Susan Noyes Hosmer
338.10
Luke Blanchard
25.00
J. Roland Wetherbee
27.59
Georgia E. Whitney
46.07
Henry L. Raymond Care
37.88
$820.86
Federal Grants:
Disability Assistance:
Administration
$11.56
Assistance
3,796.28
Aid to Dependent Children:
Administration
182.31
Assistance
1,363.98
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Tax Titles and Possessions :
Tax Titles
$358.07
Tax Possessions
400.19
$758.26
Departmental:
Dog Officer
$6.50
Disability Assistance
80.28
Aid to Dependent Children
1,017.41
Old Age Assistance
1,954.17
School
4,349.10
Cemetery
219.00
$7,626.46
Aid to Highways: State
$18,520.23
Unprovided For or Overdrawn Accounts:
Revenue 1956 (Appropriation Voted in 1955) :
Fire Hydrant Rental
$5,000.00
Plumbing Inspector
500.00
Additions to Elementary School Commit- tee
700.00
Library :
Salaries
900.00
Expense
650.00
Flood Damage Emergency Expenditures
$3,335.85
Underestimate 1955:
County Tax
$1,198.54
Due from Trust Funds :
Elizabeth White Charity Fund
$600.00
Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund
300.00
$7,750.00
$900.00
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Old Age Assistance: Administration Assistance
32.62
20,452.79
$25,839.54
Revolving Funds :
School Lunch
$2,100.69
School Athletics .
1,086.31
$3,187.00
Appropriation Balances:
Revenue
$92,472.81
Non-Revenue :
Elementary School Construction
$829.33
Blanchard Auditorium Construction
64.29
Surface Drainage
827.15
$94,193.58
Overestimates 1955:
State:
Recreation Areas Assessment
$82.80
Moth Assessment
102.32
County Hospital Assessment
458.88
$644.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
$1,910.35
Receipts Reserved for Appropriations :
Road Machinery Fund
$11,226.16
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
$9,816.26
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1949
$2.82
Levy of 1950
3.24
Levy of 1951
452.70
Levy of 1952
509.14
Levy of 1953
819.92
Levy of 1954
4,350.62
Levy of 1955
5,925.16
$12,063.60
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
$4,955.62
Tax Title and Possession
758.26
Departmental
7,626.46
Aid to Highway
18,520.23
$31,860.57
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$358,119.94
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt :
Inside Debt Limit: General
$92,000.00
Outside Debt Limit: General 230,000.00
$322,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds:
Cash and Securities : In Custody of Town Treasurer In Custody of Trustees
$279,766.87 3,465.54
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Reserve for Petty Cash Advances
$70.00
Surplus Revenue : Current Year
$53,324.33
Prior Years
109,525.55
$162,849.88
$358,119.94
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit:
High School
$2,000.00
Elementary School
75,000.00
Surface Drainage
15,000.00
$92,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
Elementary School
$170,000.00
Blanchard Auditorium
60,000.00
$230,000.00
$322,000.00
In Custody of Town Treasurer:
Charity Funds :
Betsy M. Ball
$11,689.77
Elizabeth White
27,612.76
Georgia E. Whitney
15,052.34
Charlotte Conant School Fund 1,625.66
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
32,375.01
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
6,958.10
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
860.47
Cemetery Funds :
Perpetual Care
73,445.24
Surplus
227.43
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$283,232.41
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Hoit and Scott
594.58
J. Roland Wetherbee
10,930.42
Georgia E. Whitney
1,689.36
Luke Blanchard
1,597.63
Frank C. Haywood
1,192.96
Susan Noyes Hosmer
88,315.38
Henry L. Raymond Care
2,272.74
Henry L. Raymond Monument
883.66
Dr. Robert I. Davis
1,005.83
Frank R. Knowlton
1,000.00
Stabilization Fund
437.53
$279,766.87
In Custody of Trustees :
Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund
$3,465.54
$283,232.41
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit the following report for 1956.
Board of Trustees
Alden C. Flagg
Dudley Howe
W. W. Forbes, M.D.
Miss Florence Merriam
Frank Garbarino
Mrs. M. P. Moore
Frederick Heyliger
Mrs. David Thompson
Marvin Tolf
Library Hours
Acton Memorial
West Branch
Tuesday - Saturday (incl.)
Tuesday 3 - 6 P. M.
1 - 6 P. M. and 7 - 9 P. M. Thursday 6 - 8 P. M.
Librarians
Marian L. Piper Edna R. Custance (assistant) Ina Milbery - West Branch
Custodian
Glen Pasanen
Accession
Number of Volumes in Library January 1, 1956
19,232
Increase by purchase
680
Increase by gift
302
Withdrawn
364
Number of Volumes in Library January 1, 1957
19,850
Circulation - 1956
Fiction
16,354
Non-fiction
5,821
Juvenile
11,569
Total
33,744
(Circulation 1955-26,603)
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Receipts
Fines Miscellaneous
$336.14 26.42
Total
$362.56
The Library extends sincere thanks to the following people who have donated books and magazines: Mrs. Adam, Mrs. Albright, Mrs. E. Bursaw, Mr. and Mrs. Callahan, Mrs. D. Cameron, Mrs. N. Campbell, Mr. C. Christoffersen, Mrs. A. Condon, Mr. and Mrs. Cowley, Mrs. Darling, Mrs. Dick, Mrs. Dickinson, Richard Dickinson, Dickie Doyle, Mrs. Dunphy, Mrs. Ferris, Mrs. L. Forbes, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gannon, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Heyliger, Mrs. Hollis, Mrs. Hunt, Mr. Kretschmar, Mr. Lortz, Mrs. J. Lothrop, Mrs. Mauze, Mr. MacLean, Mrs. Medlar, Miss I. Merriam, Mrs. M. Moore, Mrs. M. Murphy, Mrs. R. North, Mr. Pettingell, Christine Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. R. Smith, Mr. W. Stevens, Mrs. Swenson, Lester Veenstra, Jr., Mrs. Von Meister. Also the State of Massachusetts and the American Cancer Society.
MARIAN L. PIPER, Librarian.
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REPORT OF WELFARE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen : -
Submitted herewith is the report of the Board of Public Welfare for the year 1956.
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE: The year opened with 65 recipients in this group and closed with 60. There have been 7 deaths and 7 withdrawals. 9 new applications were approved.
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN: Altogether 9 fam- ilies with a total of 37 children have been aided within this category.
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND GENERAL RELIEF: The Board has aided several families both in town and living elsewhere but with Acton Settlement.
The following is a detailed analysis of the expenditure for 1956 and the estimated expenditure for 1957.
Old Age Assistance
Amount paid to Acton residents $60,819.52
Amount paid to Acton cases elsewhere 948.49
$61,768.01
Federal share
$24,287.58
State share
26,706.31
Receipts from other towns
1,703.88
$52,697.77
Net cost to Acton $9,070.24
Aid to Dependent Children
Amount paid to Acton residents
$11,045.07
Federal share
$5,356.19
State share
3,681.68
$9,037.87
Net cost to Acton
$2,007.20
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Disability Assistance and General Relief
Amount paid from GENERAL RELIEF $2,605.79
Amount paid from DISABILITY AS- SISTANCE
4,872.08
$7,477.87
Federal share (DISABILITY)
$1,733.00
State share (DISABILITY)
1,921.07
$3,654.07
Net cost to Acton
$3,823.80
Nashoba Public Welfare Administration
TOTAL COST
$10,477.22
Net cost to Acton
2,000.00
Recovery from Lien on Real Estate
(Old Age Assistance)
$9,652.66
Recovery from Life Insurance Assignment
(Disability) $375.00
Estimated Expenditures for 1957
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE $31,000.00
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN 6,500.00
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND GENERAL RELIEF 5,000.00
ADMINISTRATION
2,400.00
Respectfully submitted,
LOSSIE E. LAIRD, A. PERRY MARBLE, C. S. CURTIS.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Acton, Massachusetts Gentlemen :
The Board of Health herewith submits its report for the year ending December 31, 1956, together with the reports of its Agent, Town Nurse, Inspector of Food and Milk, Inspector of Slaughtering, Inspector of Sanitation, Plumbing Inspector and items of interest concerning the Health and Sanitation of the Town.
It is impossible to enumerate the many services rendered by a Board of Health. We have had a very busy year as was anticipated. With a growing community, the needs are many and a greater responsibility to its members and staff. One of usual importance has been the sanitary situa- tion due to faulty sewage drainage. Many hours have been spent to correct this, both with present home owners and with new builders before the conditions arise. Reports of pollution have been investigated and corrected. Fortunately the hurricanes of 1956, which always create a hazardous condition, escaped us. Germs are like soldiers in that they are effective in relation to their numbers; usually a massive dose of these organisms is much more likely to cause disease than a smaller number.
Due to reports received at the Office of a vast mosquito population, an emergency spraying operation to rout the mosquito and reduce this population was deemed necessary, as a means of checking the threat of horse sleeping sick- ness (encephalitis). The Board feels that this is a health measure with so much low land, and has included an article in the Warrant, to be voted upon at the Annual Town Meet- ing, providing for the continuance of this work in 1957.
The Town has been well covered for garbage pick-up. Please bear in mind that Garbage is not to contain paper or rubbish of any kind, or to be taken to the Town Dump. Rub- bish may be taken to the Dump which is open 8 A. M. to 5 P. M., Monday through Saturday. There has been much discussion as to the Dump being open on Sunday. Many people desire this service, and so the Dump has been open on an honor system (no man in charge). This does not seem to work out, especially during the summer months and dry season. Another reason is that there are no lights at the Dump, therefore an accident could occur very easily.
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It is essential that a man be there on duty at all times during dump hours.
We have one patient at Waltham Sanatorium. Each month a free TB clinic is held in Maynard sponsored by Boards of Health of surrounding towns along with the Middlesex Health Association. We hope everyone possible will take advantage of these clinics. According to the National Tuberculosis Association one-third of the people in the United States today are infected with live tubercle bacilli; and that there is a death from this disease on the average of every half hour.
The various other clinics held which have been strictly supervised by the Board of Health include pre-school, Dental, Diphtheria, Ears and Eyes, Schick test and polio, with polio being perhaps the largest. This required much clerical work with eleven (11) clinics and attending personnel and gave two (2) inoculations to all pre-school, school and ages thru nineteen (19) years, pregnant mothers and those up to thirty (30) years who wished to have the inoculations. Booster shots will be given early in 1957. The nurse under the Board's supervision must also be approved by the State Dept. of Public Health, in order to carry out these clinics.
Your Health Nurse is for your convenience. She may be reached during the day by calling the Office at the Town Hall, COlonial 3-4736, hours are 9 A. M. to 4 P. M., Monday thru Friday. Use your Health Office when making calls pertaining to the various responsibilities of the Board of Health. All communicable diseases should be reported either by an attending physician or the householder, (Chapter 111, General Laws of Mass.) to the Board of Health Office, who in turn report to the State Board of Health. The health and sanitation of a town depends on its efforts and your coopera- tion, by voting sufficient funds to carry out these efforts.
Edward N. Hurley who has been acting as Assistant Agent was appointed Agent to replace Edward J. Higgins who resigned in November. Mr. Higgins served the Board of Health as Agent for eight years.
We wish to thank the many other Boards in the Town for their cooperation during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
ORMA L. CLARK, M. D., Chairman, HERBERT L. LEUSHER, MARTIN J. DUGGAN,
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH AGENT
To the Board of Health
Acton, Massachusetts
There were sixty-three (63) cases of contagious diseases which are dangerous to the public health reported during the year 1956.
Cases reported :
Chicken pox 39
Dog bite
9
German measles 4
Scarlet fever
1
Scarletina
1
Mumps
7
Syphillis
1
Aseptic meningitis
1
63
There were thirty-one (31) deaths reported for which burial permits were issued during the year.
Died in Acton 28
Died elsewhere
3
Buried in Acton
14
Buried elsewhere
17
EDWARD N. HURLEY,
Agent.
REPORT OF THE MILK AND FOOD INSPECTOR
To the Board of Health
Acton, Massachusetts
Following is the report of the Milk and Food Inspector for 1956:
11 Milk plants visited
11 Eating places visited
3 Catering establishments
9 Stores where milk, etc., are sold
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2 Ice Cream licenses issued
19 Milk licenses issued
16 Milk Dealers' licenses issued
1 Slaughtering of Poultry license issued
All Eating places had glasses and silverware laboratory tested for cleanliness twice during the year
Milk and Cream samples were picked up at stores and analyzed. Also the School milk was tested each month.
It has been a pleasure to serve the Board of Health of Acton as Milk and Food Inspector.
Respectfully submitted,
BRADFORD S. LEACH.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SANITATION
To the Board of Health
Acton, Massachusetts
There were 202 permits for Septic Tanks issued during the year with a total of 516 inspections.
Permits
202
Inspections
516
Complaints and faulty drainage corrected
84
Miscellaneous complaints investigated 25
Permits issued for storage of Methyl alcohol
13
Offal permits 1
Overnight cabins and motels
2
Kindergartens and children's work shop
5
Rest homes and nursing homes inspected
2
850
EDWARD J. HIGGINS, Inspector of Sanitation.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Board of Health
Acton, Massachusetts
There were no cases of slaughtering reported in Acton during the year 1956.
EDWARD J. HIGGINS, Inspector of Slaughtering.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
To the Board of Health
Acton, Massachusetts
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Plumbing for the year ending December 31, 1956.
There were one hundred ninety-six (196) plumbing per- mits issued during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH G. PERRY, Inspector of Plumbing.
REPORT OF THE TOWN NURSE
To the Board of Health
Acton, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1956.
Old Age Welfare
Aid to Dependent Children 370 Veterans, Veterans' Widows or their Dependents
136
Communicable Diseases Childhood diseases Tuberculosis
38
2
Clinics for Salk Polio Vaccine Inoculations 11
Preschool
374
School
1,010
Medical and Surgical Chronic Cases 778
Follow-up Visits (not charged)
168
Kindergarten Inspections
4
Maternal and Child Health Visits
Prenatal 28
Home Delivery 1
Postnatal
68
Preschool children 74
School Children (home visits)
122
Night, Sunday and off-hour calls
28
Paid Visits to Persons Under Doctor's Care
550
Trips to Waltham Sanatorium
5
Number of Persons X-rayed at Monthly Clinics
77
Inactive TB Patients and Contacts
34
Trips to Hospitals and Doctors with Patients 18
Total amount of money received from calls
$530.50
Total amount of money received from Dental Clinic 29.20
$559.70
Respectfully submitted,
EILEEN F. HALE, R. N., Town Nurse.
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REPORT OF THE ACTON PLANNING BOARD
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The year of 1956 marks the third year that the Planning Board has functioned in the Town.
There were five public hearings held during the year con- cerning proposed subdivisions. Two of these subdivisions were pending at year end while the following were approved:
1. Acton Heights, off Pope Road, East Acton
2. Jenks Realty Co. extensions of Agawam and Seneca Roads in West Acton.
3. Jenks Realty Co. extension of Oneida Road in West Acton.
Public hearings were held to discuss changes to the by-laws of the Town. These changes, as proposed by the Planning Board, are found in the Annual Meeting Warrant, elsewhere in the Town Report. The hearings concerned the following:
1. A change in the Protective Zoning By-Law concerning residential building in a business zone.
2. A change in the Protective Zoning By-Law concerning use of trailers in the Town
A total of five (5) articles will appear in the Warrant which have to do with the rezoning of certaining properties in the Town. Public hearings were held to aid the Board in arriving at sound recommendations to be made to the Town.
Five (5) newly completed roads which comply with the Planning Board rules and regulations, are to be voted upon by the Town at the Annual Meeting. The appropriate articles are given in the Warrant.
The drainage project in West Acton, for which fourteen thousand five hundred dollars ($14,500) was appropriated, is now about 70% completed. The start of this project was delayed until late summer due to the problem of obtaining proper easements. An article in the Warrant requests an appropriation to complete the second half of this overall job. The portion, that has been completed, has resulted in a general lowering of the water table in the area. The comple- tion of this project will alleviate one of the worst drainage problems in the Town. Work is already well underway in delineating other areas in the Town that require similar at- tention.
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The official map of the Town has been completed during the year. An article to accept this map is presented in the Warrant.
Fire Chief MacGregor brought the problem of similar street names to the Board's attention. He was concerned with the possible tragedy caused by a misunderstood emergency tele- phone message. The Board compiled a list of such names and scheduled a public hearing to see what should be done. The recommendations of the Board are included in an article in the Warrant and include seven (7) street name changes.
The work with SuAsCo concerning drainage in the Sud- bury, Assabet and Concord River watersheds continued. A canvass of the entire town to determine water damage was carried out by means of letters, questionnaires and business reply envelopes. The method received wide publicity within various watershed associations over the country. The Soil Conservation Service has been processing the various data and preliminary engineering surveys are now underway in this area.
A drainage problem in the athletic field area of the new regional high school was surveyed by the engineers of the Planning Board. The resultant recommendations not only solved the immediate problem but they have pointed to a general improvement of drainage in that whole area of the Town.
In the interests of improving our Town Government, the following recommendations are made:
1. That "Flood Plain Zoning" be considered as part of the Protective Zoning By-Law. This zoning technique is important when SuAsCo plans are complete, in order to pre- serve certain low lying lands as retention areas, for flood control. Building, of any sort, would be prohibited in these areas, once they were zoned to this classificatioin.
2. That the Building By-Law be reviewed and revised as indicated by a year of usage and experience.
3. That an Industrial Commission or Committee be set up by the Town to determine ways and means of encourag- ing desirable industries to settle in the Town.
4. That a scheduled Town Meeting be planned for Septem- ber of each year. This meeting would tend to reduce the length of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting. The date of this meeting should be announced several months ahead
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so that the various Boards will be able to do the required ground work in time.
5. That the Town consider the desirability of the com- plete revaluation of all real estate. This revaluation should permit the town to realize maximum tax benefits without creating an unfair tax burden on any individual or group. This recommendation, made last year, is an important one. It is increasingly apparent that a more equitable taxing basis be used before the required revenue can be obtained.
6. That the Annual Election of Town Officers be held the last Monday in March.
The Planning Board would like to thank all Boards and Committees for their excellent co-operation during the year.
Respectfully submitted ; CHARLES J. FARLEY, H. W. FLOOD, AUBREY KRETSCHMAR, JR. RICHARD GALLANT, FREDERICK WHITCOMB.
REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEAR 1956
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
We hereby submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1956.
The account of the Town Treasurer shows that during the past year the Cemetery Department has received and paid into the treasury the sum of $2,648.26 which can be found itemized in the Treasurer's report. Also in the Town Col- lector's report you will find the sum of $537.50 collected for the annual care of lots, which is credited to the Cemetery Department receipts.
There has been added to the Perpetual Care account the past year, in new and additional accounts, the sum of $2,975.00. This means that from these three accounts, the
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Department has received and turned over to the Town Treas- urer the sum of $6,160.76 for the year.
At the Special Town Meeting of October 1, 1956, the voters of the Town approved the use of a certain area of the new section of Woodlawn Cemetery for burial purposes. This section has been laid out into lots and is now being used for burial purposes.
We have submitted three articles for the Annual Town Meeting for March 11, 1957. All three of these articles deal with legacies and we recommend the approval of them.
Respectfully submitted,
RAY L. HARRIS, HOWARD F. JONES, HARRY E. HOLT, Cemetery Commissioners.
REPORT OF CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY
Board of Selectmen Town of Acton Acton, Mass. Gentlemen:
During the past year the activity in the Acton Civil De- fense Agency has been confined to attendance at conferences with State and Regional officials and further efforts to main- tain our organization. We participated in the nationwide emergency exercises held during the month of July on a stand- by basis.
We are particularly fortunate in having a chemical section, headed by John Moore. Experience has shown that we are one of the few towns having such a group completely equipped and organized. The section has the responsibility of seeking out areas contaminated by nuclear fall-out and decontaminating them.
Mr. Harris, our Water Department Superintendent, has volunteered his services and has been appointed Chief of the Warden Service. It is hoped that more persons will volunteer as wardens, since we are still weak in this section. Since
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we are an evacuation area in the general civil defense plan, the warden service is one of our most important groups. It is hoped that more persons will volunteer their services and allow Mr. Harris to build up his section.
It is expected that during the next year we will be called upon to take a more active part in state and nationwide exer- cises. It is hoped that our organization can be expanded to enable us to do our part. In this way we can be sure that we can handle any emergency that may arise, whether it is an act of war or major flood or fire.
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