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1,921.30
School - Public Law No. 81-874 23,277.32
$61,059.98
Revolving Funds:
School Lunch
4.876.89
Appropriation Balances:
Revenue:
General $33,158.81
Non-Revenue:
Fire Station
733.06
School Construction
47,766.35
$81,658.22
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
4.080.35
Receipts Reserved for Appropriations:
Road Machinery
18,317.06
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
9.224.29
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1956
$278.80
Levy of 1957
2,067.22
Levy of 1958
4,830.27
Levy of 1959
4,833.93
Levy of 1960
14,404.61
$26.414.83
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle aand Trailer Excise
$25,860.01
Special Assessments
84.60
Tax Title and Possession
602.56
Departmental
3.541.61
Aid to Highway
31,404.26
$61.493.04
Reserve for Petty Cash Advance
70.00
Surplus Revenue
236,094.60
$514.019.33
178
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Assessments Not Due: Street $4,204.55
$4,204.55
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit: General $269,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General 630,000.00
$899,000.00
THE TOWN OF ACTON
179
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Street Assessment Revenue:
Due in 1961
$700.84
1962
700.84
1963
700.84
1964
700.84
1965
700.84
1966
700.35
$4,204.55
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit:
Fire Station
$24,000.00
Elementary School
245.000.00
$269.000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
Elementary School 630,000.00
$899.000.00
180
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Trust and Investment Funds:
Cash and Securities: In Custody of Treasurer In Custody of Trustees
$369,321.28
3,465.54
$372,786.82
THE TOWN OF ACTON
181
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
In Custody of Treasurer:
Welfare Funds:
Betsey M. Ball
$13,718.98
Elizabeth White
26,800.59
Georgia E. Whitney
14,588.29
Varnum Tuttle Memorial
10.246.56
School Funds:
Charlotte Conant
4,411.95
Georgia E. Whitney Memorial
15,369.84
Library Funds:
Wilde Memorial
32,462.22
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
9,624.06
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
1.010.90
Cemetery Funds :
Perpetual Care
99,141.03
Hoit and Scott
677.30
J. Roland Wetherbee
12,286.62
Georgia E. Whitney
1,829.12
Luke Blanchard
2,440.81
Frank C. Hayward
1,392.07
Susan Noyes Hosmer
95,464.31
Henry L. Raymond Care
2,432.29
Henry L. Raymond Monument
1,040.27
Dr. Robert I. Davis
1,092.57
Frank R. Knowlton
1,111.92
George T. Ames
488.90
Mrs. Harry O'Neil
403.12
Sarah A. Watson
2,666.01
Carrie F. Wells
3,150.57
A. B. Conant Family
1,021.67
Investment Fund:
Stabilization
14,449.31
$369,321.28
In Custody of Trustees:
Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund
3,465.54
$372,786.82
182
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
TREASURER'S REPORT For the Year Ending December 31, 1961
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN:
Acton, Massachusetts
I herewith submit my report for the year 1961:
Cash Balance January 1, 1961
$391,694.37
Received from State Treasurer
Disability Assistance
$4,820.78
Disability Assistance - Federal
1,729.10
Aid Dependent Children - Federal
4,964.09
Veterans' Service
5,912.14
Highways - Chapter 90
12,454.03
Loss on Taxes
2,563.77
Old Age Assistance
13,971.49
Old Age Assistance - Federal
21,332.11
Medical Aid for Aged
12,690.82
Medical Aid Aged - Federal
12,240.91
Military Service
2.52
Snow Removal
320.40
Highways - Chapter 81
18,907.90
Corporation Taxes
32,763.87
School Aid - Chapter 70
87,175.51
Licenses
44.00
Aid Dependent Children
1,878.66
Income Tax
36,278.23
Meal Taxes
2,766.36
Transportation - Pupils
10,256.07
Public Health
65.71
School Construction - Elementary
20,875.00
School Construction - McCarthy
5,567.89
Vocational Education
543.98
$310,125.34
Received from County Treasurer
Highways
$8,735.27
Dog Licenses
1,289.24
$10,024.51
THE TOWN OF ACTON
183
Received from Town Clerk
Sporting License Fees
$111.80
Dog Licenses Fees
152.00
Certificates - Vital Statistics
302.10
Mortgage Fees
557.00
Pole Locations
199.50
Dog Licenses
2,136.75
Cemetery Deeds - Recording
36.00
Business Certificates
20.50
Storage Registrations
75.00
Street Listings
94.00
$3,684.65
Received from Town Collector
Poll - 1960
$144.00
Personal Property - 1960
1,225.50
Real Estate - 1960
23,004.58
Motor Vehicle Excise - 1960
50,449.07
Real Estate --- 1959
10,401.95
Motor Vehicle Excise - 1959
409.32
Real Estate - 1958
3,461.22
Real Estate --- 1957
1,588.42
Poll - 1959
2.00
Personal Property - 1959
22.50
Personal Property - 1957
36.00
Personal Property - 1956
100.00
Farm Animal Excise ---- 1961
200.12
Poll --- 1961
3,506.00
Personal Property - 1958
54.60
Motor Vehicle Excise - 1958
12.05
Betterment Assessment - 1957
58.52
Committed Interest --- 1957
26.08
Motor Vehicle Excise - 1961
133,892.79
Personal Property - 1961
59,987.18
Real Estate - 1961
863,732.65
Betterment Assessment - 1961
700.84
Committed Interest 1961
168.19
Tuition - Schools Others
542.03
Lien Certificates
792.00
Planning Board
28.00
Interest - on Taxes
2,487.02
Care Cemetery Lots - 1959
6.50
Care Cemetery Lots - 1960
528.00
184
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Boston & Maine R. R. Co.
141.75
Blanchard Auditorium
40.00
$1,157,748.88
Miscellaneous Receipts
EMPLOYEE'S-PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
Blue Cross - Blue Shield
$5,794.54
State Withholding Taxes
6,627.99
County Retirement
10,113.46
Federal Withholding Taxes
72,220.15
Teacher's Insurance
701.50
Teacher's Retirement
13,102.44
Group Insurance
239.36
$108,799.44
Machinery Account
6,703.55
SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS
Lunch Account
$50,431.62
J. L. McCarthy - Cafeteria
88.00
Blanchard Auditorium
5,814.92
Blanchard Hall
50.00
Treasurer United States - Federal
23,157.14
$79,541.68
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Licenses
$807.00
Miscellaneous
225.50
Building Permits
5,439.50
Wiring Permits
2,305.75
License - 1960
1.00
$8,778.75
SUPERINTENDENT - CEMETERIES
Burials
$2,140.00
Lowering Device
147.00
Sale of Lots
1,000.00
Chapel Fees
140.00
Miscellaneous
98.00
Liner Installations
50.00
Foundations
313.65
$3,888.65
THE TOWN OF ACTON
185
CHIEF OF POLICE
Pistol Permits
$112.00
Bicycle Registrations
51.25
Dealer Permits
30.00
$193.25
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Rentals - Fire Stations
$180.00
Permits - Various
100.50
Damages - Fire Alarm
13.50
$294.00
BOARD OF HEALTH
Licenses
$46.00
Nurse Services
869.00
Plumbing Permits
2,083.50
Sewage Permits
3,150.00
Dental Clinic
13.00
Miscellaneous
4.00
$6,165.50
WILDE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Library Fines
882.02
Notar's Market - License
750.00
Village Package Store - License
750.00
Board of Appeals - Hearings
96.00
Emerson Hospital - General Relief
15.00
Town of Belmont - Old Age Assistance
21.40
Roland Livermore - Hall Rental
575.00
South Acton Fire Co., - Blue Cross
985.05
Hodson Fire Equipment - Fire Alarm
48.60
Recipients - Disability Assistance
32.20
Concord District Court - Fines
458.25
Recipients - Old Age Assistance
104.85
Town of Sudbury - Veterans' Services
29.25
Sheldon Express - Highway
2.45
Auto Machine Service - Machinery A/c
29.46
L. & M. Auto Service - Machinery A/c
38.25
Town of Boxborough - Tuition
73.10
Central District Court - Aid Children
268.95
City of Cambridge - Old Age Assistance ..
564.87
Town of Wellesley - Old Age Assistance ..
40.34
Town of Weston - Old Age Assistance ....
213.18
186
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Recipients - General Relief
143.70
American City - Village Account
4.00
Planning Board - Hearings
125.00
George K. Hayward - Sealer Weights
163.65
Recipients - Medical Aid Aged
15.00
Fullonton & Decker - Guaranty Deposit ..
200.00
Town of Townsend - Old Age Assistance
11.72
Town of Concord - Old Age Assistance
152.14
Town of Concord - Land Tax
29.91
Eastern Farmer's Exchange - Highway
.24
South Fire Co. - Firemen's Relief Fund
90.00
Center Fire Co. - Firemen's Relief Fund
90.00
West Fire Co. - Firemen's Relief Fund
95.00
Treasury Notes - Earned Income
1,179.14
Emerson Hospital - Old Age Assistance
17.50
City of Malden - Old Age Assistance
301.02
Middlesex House Correction - Fines
10.00
Middlesex County Bank - Note 352
75,000.00
Middlesex County Bank - Accrued Interest
9.96
Town of Maynard - Old Age Assistance ..
8.66
Union Nat'l Bank - Notes - Fire Station
60,000.00
Union Nat'l Bank - Premium
180.00
Union Nat'l Bank - Accrued Interest
25.00
International Harvester - Highways
25.72
Lawrence Nichols - Guaranty Deposit
200.00
John E. Finigan - Guaranty Deposit
750.00
School Department - Telephone Tolls
59.00
School Department - Miscellaneous
8.00
Carl W. Flint - Sale Dogs
21.00
Recipient - Elizabeth White Fund
50.00
Construction and Development Corporation
- Bond - Streets
1,500.00
$145,561.56
Perpetual Care - Woodlawn Cemetery
Mildred Fraser
$100.00
George Nold
200.00
Estate Ida Harris
150.00
George A. Wilkes
100.00
John Anderson
200.00
Estate Esther Spicer
100.00
Margaret Hickey
100.00
Lottie M. Dagenias
200.00
Linda F. Hamlin
200.00
THE TOWN OF ACTON
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Norman Venstra
200.00
Ann T. Staples
100.00
Francis Morris
100.00
Estate Pearl Livermore
250.00
Symonds and Tuttle
400.00
Estate David Morrison
200.00
$2,600.00
Perpetual Care - Mt. Hope Cemetery
John B. Byers
$200.00
Helen Tolman
200.00
Harry E. Holt
100.00
$500.00
Transfers to Town Account
Elizabeth White Fund
$825.00
Cemetery Fund
1,500.00
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
2,000.00
Harry O'Neil's Fund
28.00
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
125.00
Stabilization Fund
19,784.81
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
30.00
Memorial Library - Tainter Fund
1,714.17
Memorial Library Fund
400.00
Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund
100.00
Sarah Watson Fund
75.00
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
525.00
Frank Knowlton Cemetery Fund
25.00
A. B. Conant Cemetery Fund
25.00
Carrie Wells Fund
25.00
George T. Ames Fund
25.00
Henry S. Raymond Fund
75.00
Hoit and Scott Fund
25.00
Robert Davis Cemetery Fund
50.00
$27,356.98
Trust Fund Income
Acton High School Library Fund
$146.26
Betsey M. Ball Fund
380.52
Cemetery Fund
3,128.74
A. B. Conant Cemetery Fund
37.50
188
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Elizabeth White Fund
983.21
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
523.37
Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund
58.12
Frank C. Hayward Fund
37.50
Hoit and Scott Fund
10.94
Henry S. Raymond Monument Fund
20.12
Henry S. Raymond Cemetery Fund
101.94
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund
3,147.99
Varnum Tuttle Fund
375.00
J. Roland Wetherbee Cemetery Fund
365.65
Sarah A. Watson Cemetery Fund
96.88
Stabilization Fund
433.81
Memorial Library Fund
675.32
Memorial Library - Tainter Fund
501.89
Georgia E. Whitney Memorial Fund
562.50
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
266.74
George T. Ames Fund
16.28
Harry O'Neil's Fund
13.02
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
29.69
Carrie E. Wells Cemetery Fund
112.50
Robert A. Davis Cemetery Fund
40.00
Frank Knowlton Cemetery Fund
38.75
Luke Blanchard Monument Fund
3.65
Luke Blanchard Memorial Fund
5.02
$12,112.91
Total Receipts for year 1961
$1,884,971.93
Cash Balance January 1, 1961
391,694.37
$2,276,666.30
Paid Selectmen's Orders for 1961
$1,817,604.53
Cash Balance December 31, 1961
$459,051.51
OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS
Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 44, General Laws 46 to 90 due 1962 to 1970, Julia L. McCarthy School $45,000.00
Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 645, Acts of 1948, 91 to 200 due 1962 to 1972, Julia L. McCarthy School $110,000.00
189
THE TOWN OF ACTON
Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 44, Section 7, Clause 3, 61 to 240, due 1962 to 1977, New School $180,000.00
Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 645, Acts of 1948, 121 to 600 due 1962 to 1977, New School $480,000.00
Fire Station Notes, Chapter 44, General Laws, 338 to 349, due 1962 $12,000.00
Fire Station Notes, Chapter 44, General Laws, 353 to 412, due 1962 to 1966 .... $60,000.00
Acton High School Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$4,000.00
Income Balance
411.95
$4,411.95
Received Interest for 1961
161.81
$4,573.76
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks $4,573.76
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$7,090.00
Income Balance
2,534.06
$9,624.06
Received to Fund in 1961
Company Salaries
$275.00
Interest
363.49
$638.49
$10,262.55
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks $10,262.55
190
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
George T. Ames Fund Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$465.49
Income Balance
23.41
$488.90
Received Interest for 1961
17.12
$506.02
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$481.02
Transfer to Town Account
25.00
$506.02
Betsey M. Ball Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$10,095.26
Income Balance
3,623.72
Received Interest for 1961
517.02
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$14,236.00
Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$81,972.21
Income Balance
17,168.82
$99,141.03
Received for Perpetual Care
$3,100.00
Received Interest for 1961
3,725.34
6,825.34
$105,966.37
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$102,763.87
U. S. Savings Bonds
1,700.00
Cash on Hand
2.50
Transfers to Town Account
1,500.00
$105,966.37
$13,718.98
$14,236.00
THE TOWN OF ACTON
191
A. B. Conant Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$1,000.00 21.67
Income Balance
$1,021.67
Received Interest for 1961
38.39
$1,060.06
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$1,035.06
Transfer to Town Account
25.00
$1,060.06
Dr. Robert I. Davis Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$1,000.00
Income Balance
92.57
Received Interest for 1961
43.99
Balance December 31. 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$1,086.56
Transfer to Town Account
50.00
$1,136.56
Elizabeth White Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$25,000.00
Income Balance
1,800.59
$26,800.59
Received Interest for 1961
1,077.45
$27,878.04
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$27,003.04
Cash on Hand
50.00
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1961
825.00
$27,878.04
$1,092.57
$1,136.56
192
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Georgia E. Whitney Memorial Fund Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$15,000.00 369.84
Income Balance
$15,369.84
Received Interest for 1961
578.21
$15,948.05
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks $15,948.05
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$14,073.70
Income Balance
514.59
$14,588.29
Received Interest for 1961
545.34
$15,133.63
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$14,608.63
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1961
525.00
$15,133.63
Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$1,500.00
Income Balance
329.12
Received Interest for 1961
70.65
$1,899.77
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks $1,799.77
Transfer to Town Account 100.00
$1,829.12
$1,899.77
THE TOWN OF ACTON
193
Frank C. Hayward Fund Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$1,000.00
Income Balance
392.07
$1,392.07
Received Interest for 1961
52.45
$1,444.52
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$1,444.52
Hoit and Scott Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$500.00
Income Balance
177.30
Received Interest for 1961
17.56
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$669.86
Transfer to Town Account
25.00
$694 86
Mrs. Harry O'Neil's Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$372.39
Income Balance
30.73
$403.12
Received Interest for 1961
14.09
$417.21
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$389.21
Transfer to Town Account
28.00
$417.21
$677.30
$694.86
194
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Frank R. Knowlton Cemetery Fund Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$1,000.00
Income Balance
111.92
Received Interest for 1961
$1,111.92 43.36
$1,155.28
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$1,130.28
Transfer to Town Account
25.00
$1,155.28
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$2,381.45
Income Balance
59.36
$2,440.81
Received Interest for 1961
93.21
$2,534.02
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$2,504.02
Transfer to Town Account
30.00
$2,534.02
Henry S. Raymond Fund Monument Perpetual Care Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$700.00
Income Balance
340.27
$1,040.27
Received Interest for 1961
33.64
$1,073.91
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks $1,073.91
THE TOWN OF ACTON
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Henry S. Raymond Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$2,000.00
Income Balance
432.29
$2,432.29
Received Interest for 1961
101.94
$2,534.23
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$2,459.23
Transfer to Town Account
75.00
$2,534.23
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$82,238.95
Income Balance
13,225.36
$95,464.31
Received Interest for 1961
3.657.97
$99,122.28
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$97,122.28
Transfer to Town Account
2,000.00
$99,122.28
Varnum Tuttle Memorial Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$10,000.00 246.56
Income Balance
Received Interest for 1961
$10,246.56 385.48
$10,632.04
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks $10,632.04
196
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
J. Roland Wetherbee Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$10,000.00
Income Balance
2,286.62
Received Interest for 1961
$12,286.62 453.22
$12,739.84
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$12,614.84
Transfer to Town Account
125.00
$12,739.84
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$31,890.21
Income Balance
572.01
Received Interest for 1961
1,212.38
$33,674.60
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$30,560.43
West Shore R. R. Bond
1,000.00
Transfer to Town Account
2,114.17
$33,674.60
Sarah A. Watson Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$2,500.00 166.01
Received Interest for 1961
$2,666.01 104.10
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$2,715.11
Transfer to Town Account
55.00
$2,770.11
$32,462.22
Income Balance
$2,770.11
THE TOWN OF ACTON
197
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
Principal Fund
$1,010.90
Received Interest for 1961
38.23
$1,049.13
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Bank
$1,049.13
Stabilization Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
$13,000.00
Income Balance
1,449.31
$14,449.31
Received Interest for 1961
$494.05
Article 5 -Town Meeting
7,000.00
$7,494.05
$21,943.36
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$2,158.55
Transfer to Town Account
19,784.81
$21,943.36
Carrie Wells Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1961
$3,000.00
Income Balance
150.57
$3,150.57
Received Interest for 1961
118.02
$3,268.59
Balance December 31, 1961
Deposits in Savings Banks
$3,243.59
Transfer to Town Account
25.00
$3,268.59
Respectfully submitted,
W/M. HENRY SOAR, Town Treasurer.
Principal Fund
Principal Fund
SECTION F
Town Officers and Appointments. 199
Jury List 207
Federal and State Officers. 209
199
THE TOWN OF ACTON
TOWN OFFICERS
Moderator James Edward Kinsley
Selectmen
Lawrence Donnelly
Term Expires 1962
Arthur W. Lee
Charles D. MacPherson
Term Expires 1963 Term Expires 1964
Town Clerk
Town Treasurer
Charles M. MacRae
Wm. Henry Soar
Assessors
Albert P. Durkee
Term Expires 1962
James W. Baker
Term Expires 1963 Term Expires 1964
Carl C. Flint
Town Collector
Tree Warden
Wm. Henry Soar
Franklin H. Charter
Board of Public Welfare
Clinton S. Curtis
Term Expires 1962
Lossie E. Laird
.Term Expires 1963
Raymond A. Gallant
Term Expires 1964
Cemetery Commissioners
Harry E. Holt
Harlan E. Tuttle
Howard F. Jones
Term Expires 1962 .Term Expires 1963 .Term Expires 1964
Constables
Edward J. Collins, Jr.
T. Frederick S. Kennedy David W. Scribner
Trustees of Memorial Library
Florence W. Durkee Term Expires 1962
Richard A. Bodge .Term Expires 1963
Chauncey R. Fenton, Jr.
Roland R. Maclean
.Term Expires 1964
200
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Local and Regional School Committees
Evelyn N. MacLean
Term Expires 1962
Thomas E. Wetherbee
Term Expires 1962
Elizabeth H. Boardman
Term Expires 1963
Edmond J. McNiff
Term Expires 1963
Edward Richter
Term Expires 1964
Lloyd E. Williamson
Term Expires 1964
Board of Health
Robert C. Heustis Term Expires 1962
Martin J. Duggan
Term Expires 1963
Donnell W. Boardman
Term Expires 1964
Planning Board
John H. Loring
Term Expires 1962
David P. Tinker
Term Expires 1963
William M. Veazey
Term Expires 1964
Donald E. Donnelly
Term Expires 1965
Charles Judd Farley
Term Expires 1966
Trustees of Elizabeth White Fund
Hazel P. Vose
Term Expires 1962
Eleanor P. Wilson
Term Expires 1963
Helen B. Wood Term Expires 1964
Trustees of West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Arno H. Perkins
Term Expires 1962
H. Stuart MacGregor Term Expires 1963
James B. Wilson Term Expires 1964
Trustees of Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Frederick T. Kennedy
Term Expires 1962
Clarence Frost Term Expires 1963
Herbert W. Merriam Term Expires 1964
Trustees of Goodnow Fund
James N. Gates Term Expires 1962
Clark C. McElvein Term Expires 1963 Thelma L. Boatman Term Expires 1964
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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY SELECTMEN - 1961
Executive Clerk Virginia Milbery
Finance Committee
Carl R. Godfrey
Term Expires 1962
Walter B. Newsham
Term Expires 1962
Thomas N. Rogers
Term Expires 1963
*Edward B. Apel
Term Expires 1963
** James K. Skilling
James R. Brown
Term Expires 1964
Mary K. Hadley
Term Expires 1964
* Resigned
Appointed to replace *
Board of Appeals
Craig E. Lundberg
Term Expires 1962
William C. Sawyer
Term Expires 1963
Hayward S. Houghton
Term Expires 1964
Associates
Herschel N. Hadley
Term Expires 1963
Harold F. Nordberg .Term Expires 1964
Superintendent of Streets
Allen H. Nelson
Registrars of Voters
James B. Wilson
Term Expires 1962
Grace J. Cullinane
Term Expires 1963 Term Expires 1964
Julia A. Barry
Charles M. MacRae
Ex-Officio
Town Accountant
Donald O. Nylander Term Expires 1962
Chief of Fire Department (Permanent) H. Stuart MacGregor
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226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Town Forest Committee
Emery D. Nelson Term Expires 1962
Franklin H. Charter
Term Expires 1963
Arno H. Perkins
Term Expires 1964
Election Officers
Precinct I
Warden - Irene F. Mclaughlin Clerk - Inga Frost
Inspectors - Alice H. May, Alice C. Duren
Deputy Warden - John F. Mclaughlin
Deputy Clerk - Helen R. Edwards
Deputy Inspectors - Adelaide G. Cornwall, Marion E. Stevens
Tellers - Edna R. Custance, Paul C. Cornwall, Walter Warren Cus- tance, Katharine M. Condon, Helen C. McNiff, Gladys Duston
Precinct II
Warden - Margaret Larsen
Clerk - Bertha Carr Tucker
Inspectors - Martha I. Lowden, Sophia Walsh
Deputy Warden - Ellen G. Beck
Deputy Clerk - Phyllis M. Moyer
Deputy Inspectors - Hazel P. Vose, Michael J. Walsh
Tellers - Elsie T. Winslow, Nancy Nastasi, Clara Gunzelmann, Mabel S. McKelvie, Margaret I. Cullinane, Irene Young
Precinct III
Warden - Barbara J. McPhee
Clerk - Phyllis K. Sprague
Inspectors - Barbara Nylander, Martin J. Duggan
Deputy Warden - Harry E. Holt
Deputy Clerk - Stanley A. Nedza
Deputy Inspectors - Elsie M. Godfrey, Genevieve L. Hatch
Tellers - Minnie C. Veasie, Elizabeth H. Gray, Nancy E. Oelschlegel, Mary H. Prentice, Esther Perry, Anna G. Mahar
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
Allan R. Murray
Term Expires 1962
Frederick T. Heyliger
Term Expires 1963
Gladys K. Mason
Term Expires 1964
William J. Phillips
Term Expires 1965
*Patience H. MacPherson
Term Expires 1965
** Richard H. Murphy
* Resigned Appointed to replace *
Fence Viewers
Laurence Hadley
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 (Resigned) *David W. Scribner, Acting Sergeant
*William J. Durkin, Jr. *Norman L. Roche *William S. Kendall, Jr. (Resigned)
Richard N. Farrell
James P. Conheeney, Jr.
Peter M. Brown
*Robert A. Bartlett *John V. Gregory *Robert S. Rhodes
*Carl Simeone Franklin H. Charter
T. Frederick S. Kennedy Allen H. Nelson
Irving W. Davis
Carl W. Flint Ray L. Harris
* Civil Service
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226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Workmen's Compensation Agent Thereon A. Lowden
Director of Civil Defense John F. Mclaughlin
Deputy Director of Civil Defense Robert A. Bartlett
Public Weighers
William Braman
G. Howard Reed
Oliver W. LeBlanc, Jr.
Barbara LeBlanc
Carl W. Flint
Harold A. Merriam
Otis J. Reed
Paul Greenough
Harold Whitney
Robert Greenough
A. W. Davis
Arthur P. Genetti
Alan C. Wagner
Paul M. Wagner, Jr.
Counsel to the Board of Selectmen
Richard S. McCabe
Town Engineer Fred K. Hanack
Assistant Town Engineer Lewis L. Bowker, Jr.
Building Inspector Deputy Building Inspector Albert E. Foster H. Stuart MacGregor
Archives Committee
T. Frederick S. Kennedy Term Expires 1962
Joyce C. Woodhead Term Expires 1963
*Walter Warren Custance Term Expires 1964
** Warren F. Birch * Deceased ** Appointed to replace *
Town Report Committee
*Phillip C. Lende .Term Expires 1962
** Anne H. Schwarzkopf Louise M. Gardiner Term Expires 1963
Louis C. Schwaab Term Expires 1964 * Resigned ** Appointed to replace *
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Personnel Board
Clyde J. Horne
Term Expires 1962
George E. Parker
Term Expires 1962
Peter Gray
.Term Expires 1963
John T. Dargin
Term Expires 1963
Charles W. Whitehead
Term Expires 1964
Warren L. Newell
Term Expires 1964
Industrial Development Commission
Aubrey L. Beck
Term Expires 1962
Richard J. O'Neil
Term Expires 1962
Frederick H. Bubier
Term Expires 1963
Paul H. Lesure
Term Expires 1964
Stephen E. Lord
Term Expires 1965
Allen M. Christofferson
Term Expires 1966
Town Building Committee
Kenneth E. Jewell
Term Expires 1962
Lloyd W. Priest
Term Expires 1963
Warren W. Wheeler
Term Expires 1964
Arnold H. Mercier
Term Expires 1965
Insurance Committee
Thomas Motley II
Theron A. Lowden
Raymond A. Gallant
Charles M. MacRae
David P. Tinker
Memorial Day Committee
Mrs. Herbert W. Merriam
Term Expires 1962
Carroll M. Feltus
Term Expires 1962
Stanley A. Nedza
Term Expires 1962
Mrs. Edmond J. McNiff
Term Expires 1962
Theron A. Lowden
Term Expires 1963
William R. Horton
Term Expires 1963
Paul K. Zimmer
Term Expires 1964
Sumner D. Zimmer
Term Expires 1964
Conservation Commission
Frederick T. Heyliger
Term Expires 1962
Robert J. Ellis
Term Expires 1963
James M. Shepard
.Term Expires 1963
Charles D. MacPherson
Term Expires 1964
David P. Tinker
Term Expires 1964
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226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Street Lighting Committee
John F. Neville
Joseph F. Bushell Byrd D. Goss
Public Works Department Study Committee
David L. May
William L. Chipman
Arthur E. Hansen
Town Employees Insurance Advisory Committee David W. Scribner Stewart Kennedy
Viola M. Foley Arno H. Perkins
Carolyn Douglas
Community Advisory Council to Assist Mass Transportation Commission
John W. Putnam
Allen G. Moody
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REVISED JURY LIST - 1961
Precinct I
James G. Davey, 507 Main Street, retired Orlando A. Vanaria, 36 Wetherbee Street, supervisor Andrew F. Boutin, 1 Green Wood Lane, superintendent Donald E. Bryant, 56 Alcott Street, Vice-President Arthur F. Carlson, 50 Newtown Road, design draftsman William J. Flanders, 47 Alcott Street, T.V. engineer Edwin C. Harkins, 13 Coughlin Street, salesman Clarence P. Henley, 21 Henley Road, carpenter
Maurice P. Jenney, 68 Esterbrook Road, construction Roy H. Johnson, 532 Great Road, tool maker Donald H. Kneeland, 2 Flagg Road, salesman Ralph C. Morse, 60 Great Road, real estate and insurance broker
Ralph S. Nichols, 1 Emerson Drive, superintendent Arthur J. Patterson, 265 Great Road, tool maker Leroy W. Rioux, 126 Great Road, dealer Joseph G. Robertson, 282 Main Street, human engineer Arthur E. Schenck, 6 Hosmer Street, sales manager Stanton M. Sherman, 30 Concord Road, technical writer Harold E. Thompson, 99 Concord Road, manager Reino A. Tuomanen, 5 Hayward Road, manager Nicholas Van Ness, 4 Hawthorne Street, insurance agent Hugh M. Wamboldt, 10 Esterbrook Road, service manager Roscoe F. Wilkins, 22 Carlisle Road, tool maker William E. Wilson, Jr., 510 Great Road, foreman Robert C. Wylie. 51 Alcott Street, purchasing agent
Precinct II
Clarence D. Files, 8 Sylvia Street, salesman Henry McLaren, 203 Main Street, civil engineer Albert Braman, 45 Robbins Street, carpenter Medville L. Clark, 246 School Street, retired Russell D. Hayward, 85 Central Street, die finisher Frank I. Averett, 95 Parker Street, deliveryman Alan F. Batstone, 50 Conant Street, mechanical designer
Robert B. Butler, 7 Fairway Road, sales representative John B. Byers, 46 Main Street, milkman Thomas F. Codyer, Jr., 11 Billings Street, precision mechanic John T. Dargin, 56 Conant Street, director labor relations Charles M. Davis, 240 Main Street, sales manager Irving W. Davis, 201 High Street, guard
Harold W. Flood, 183 Main Street, chemical engineer Malcolm E. Fullonton, 16 Piper Road, painter Robert H. Gerhardt, 14 Beverly Road, engineer
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226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Bruce W. Hamblin, 119 Hosmer Street, payroll auditor
David W. Hartwell, 13 Billings Street, warehouse manager
Charles T. Kirk, 13 Beverly Road, electrical engineer Raymond J. Livingstone, 2 Brucewood Road, manufacturer's agent William A. Massie, Jr., 52 Laws Brook Road, radar engineer John M. Miller, 40 Conant Street, salesman
James J. Mulvany, 75 Maple Street, salesman
Clarence J. Nelson, 27 Central Street, machinist
Harold E. Nickerson, 74 Liberty Street, field representative
Precinct III
Clarence M. Turner, 143 Willow Street, engineer G. Calvert Wilson, 14 Nash Road, co-ordinator Herbert S. Broadwell, 23 Seneca Road, engineer Franklin H. Charter, 121 Hayward Road, tree surgeon Philip G. Clemence, 38 Windsor Avenue, clerk Robert H. Fiske, 18 Mohegan Road, wholesale lumber salesman Arthur E. Hansen, 29 Mohawk Drive, assistant superintendent
David C. Benedict, 2 Duggan Road, chemical engineer Louis C. Bentley, Jr., 4 Mohegan Road, salesman Harvey M. Brown, 7 Betsy Ross Lane, linotype machinist Gerald R. Burgess, 86 Charter Road, carpenter John A. Dagdigian, 7 Church Street, machinery manufacturer Russell E. Dow, 1 Seneca Road, lumber salesman John L. Harding, 9 Mohawk Drive, design engineer Martin S. Meigs, 46 Nashoba Road, real estate George E. Neagle, 66 Summer Street, draftsman William J. Phillips, 22 Homestead Street, shipping clerk Loren B. Prentice, 446 Massachusetts Avenue, engineering aide Edward A. Shaw, 37 Windsor Avenue, salesman Warren A. Silva, 113 Central Street, laboratory technician James D. Sutherland, 24 Nash Road, head cashier William M. Veazey, 4 Agawam Road, civil engineer James C. Walters, 105 Arlington Street, claim supervisor Edward C. Warren, 71 Seminole Road, mechanical engineer Raymond L. White, Jr., 143 Prospect Street, office manager
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FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS
President of the United States John F. Kennedy
Vice-President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson
United States Senators
Leverett Saltonstall Benjamin Smith
Representative in Congress
F. Bradford Morse - Fifth Congressional District
Officials of the Commonwealth
Governor
John A. Volpe
Lieutenant Governor
Edward F. Mclaughlin
Secretary
Kevin H. White
Treasurer
John T. Driscoll
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley
Attorney General
Edward J. McCormack, Jr.
Governor's Council Third District
John W. Costello Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Senator Worcester Middlesex District
Charles W. Olson Ashland, Mass.
Representative in the General Court Eleventh Middlesex District
Vernon R. Fletcher Chelmsford, Mass.
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