USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Acton > Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1961 > Part 8
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12
Edwards-Quimby Post 284, American Legian Medals Nancy Lortz Arthur Sindoris
Vermont College Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Awards:
Harvard Club in Concord Book Prize Donald Lee
Rensselaer-Polytechnic Institute Medal
Bruce Bottomley
101
THE TOWN OF ACTON
Bausch and Lomb Medal Arthur Sindoris
Outstanding Seniorof the Class of 1961 Bruce Bottomley
Daughters of the American Revolution Award Judith Hartwell
Award for Mathematics Bruce Bottomley
National Honor Society Members:
Seniors: William Bartlett, Bruce Bottomley, Muriel Brown, Donna Cunningham, Mary Anne Ey, Jane Gregoritch, Judith Hartwell, Linda Morrison, Charles Oliver, Allan Prowten, Arthur Sindoris
Juniors: Barbara Beddoe, Richard Critchfield, Anita Davis, Judith Dill, Martha Ferry, Linda Gibbs, Margaret Hale, Joan Hansen, David Lee, Donald Lee, Claire Lyons, Richard Nylander, Nancy Peck, Janet Putnam, Carol Schene, Carolyn Stanley
CLASS OF 1961
David Frederick Abbt
Robert Thomas Albright
John Edward Hartshorn
Ethelinda Irene Allen
Judith Ann Hartwell
Robert Warren Andersen
Russell Ernest Hayward
Frederick Theodore Heyliger, Jr.
Maureen Ashline William Ernest Bartlett
Pamela Louise Hill
Stephen Edward Bean
Edward Henry Howard, Jr.
Donald Ward Benham Frederick Charles Benham Bruce Bland Bottomley Maida Alma Broadbent Caroline Sherwood Brown Edmond Burr Brown, Jr. Muriel Joyce Brown Lynne Marie Butcher
Raymond Joseph Landry Bruce Leslie Larsen
Barry Charles Lazaro
Nancy Ellen Lortz
Barbara Jean MacDonald
Janet Evelyn MacLean
Roger Douglass MacPhee
Arlene Michelle Caless
Henry Adams Campbell Theodore Henry Cook, III Sharon Ann Critchfield Donna Merle Cunningham
Carolyn Ruggles MacRae Charles Edward Manion David Burr McElvein
Alan Crosby McKelvie
Mary Elizabeth McNiff Paula Jane McPherson
David James Meader
Diana Coral Moore
Linda Ann Morrison
Phyllis Ann Muise John Gavin Mulvey Robert Allan Nordberg
Gerald Steven Flannery Richard Dennis Freeman Karen Evelyn Granberg Jane Anne Gregoritch Burlyn Ross Gubser, Jr.
Janice Elaine Notargiacomo
Charles Guy Oliver
Gary William Osborne Edward Passerello
Elizabeth Roberts Custance
Charles Edward Derby Rita Suzanne Dillon Virginia Ann Dunlap Mary Anne Ey Vivian Edna Flagg
Wayne Morris Hampson
Linda Christine Hope
102
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Geraldine Perry
Carolyn Louise Steele
Allan Wainwright Prowten
Bruce William Steeves
Arlene Louise Rein
Nancy Kathryn Strate
Michael Edward Rioux
James Albert Strum
Priscilla Ann Robinson
Julia Tinker
Carolyn Roche
John Henry Tolman
Peter Edward Ryan
Carol Ann Torkelsen
Evelyn Sawyer
Joan Elizabeth Tuttle
Donna Ann Semple
Joyce Ellen Wilkes
Arthur Richard Sindoris
Harriet Ann Wilson
Perry Cunningham Smith, Jr.
Martha Wilson
Kathleen Mary Spinney
Virginia Compton Woodhead
Peter Greene Woolston
103
THE TOWN OF ACTON
ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Proposed Budget for 1962 January 1 - December 31, 1962
General Control
School Committee Expenses
$400.00
Administrative Salaries
9,900.00
Supervisor of Attendance
50.00
Stationery, Postage, Supplies
400.00
Conference Attendance by Superintendent
150.00
School Census
150.00
Magazines, Books, Dues
50.00
Bonding Treasurer
300.00
State Audit
150.00
Miscellaneous
400.00
TOTAL GENERAL CONTROL
$11,950.00
Expenses of Instruction
Present Staff
$279,911.00
Additional Needs - 3 teachers
6,000.00
Substitutes
3,000.00
Conference Attendance
300.00
Miscellaneous
1,000.00
TOTAL SALARIES
$290,211.00
Textbooks
Art
$100.00
Business
326.00
English
1,500.00
Guidance
100.00
Home Economics
125.00
Industrial Arts
100.00
Languages
800.00
Mathematics
635.00
Music
215.00
Orientation
60.00
Physical Education
75.00
Remedial Reading
150.00
Science
653.00
Social Studies
670.00
Miscellaneous
1,500.00
TOTAL TEXTBOOKS
$7,009.00
Instruction Supplies (Specific)
Art
$1,300.00
Audio-Visual Aids
200.00
Business
150.00
104
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
English
100.00
Guidance
890.00
Home Economics
1,600.00
Industrial Arts
1,400.00
Music
1,063.00
Physical Education
500.00
Science
800.00
Total Supplies (Specific)
$8,003.00
Instructional Supplies (General)
3,500.00
TOTAL EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
$308,723.00
Operation of Plant
Custodians
$15,000.00
Fuel
8,000.00
Gas
600.00
Light
6,500.00
Plowing
1,000.00
Supplies
3,500.00
Telephone
1,500.00
Water
300.00
Miscellaneous
1,000.00
TOTAL OPERATION OF PLANT $37,400.00
Maintenance of Plant
Instructional Equipment
$910.00
General Maintenance Equipment
1,240.00
Miscellaneous
300.00
TOTAL MAINTENANCE OF PLANT
$2,450.00
Auxiliary Agencies
Transportation - Field Trips
$300.00
School Physician
400.00
School Nurse
2,100.00
Health Supplies
150.00
Library
3,000.00
Graduation
400.00
Printing and Advertising
30.00
Middlesex County Retirement System Assessment
1,500.00
Insurance
3,500.00
Blue Cross - Blue Shield
5,000.00
Miscellaneous
300.00
TOTAL AUXILIARY AGENCIES
$16,680.00
Outlay
Music - Instruments and Equipment $1,040.00
Chemistry Table 750.00
THE TOWN OF ACTON
105
Tote Trays
50.00
Miscellaneous
400.00
TOTAL OUTLAY
$2,240.00
Cost of Transportation
36,000.00
Special Charges
(70% Blanchard Auditorium 1961 Operating Expense)
$5,880.00
Miscellaneous
$5,400.00
RECAPITULATION
General Control
$11,950.00
Expenses of Instruction
308,723.00
Operation of Plant
37,400.00
Maintenance of Plant
2,450.00
Auxiliary Agencies
16,680.00
Outlay
2,240.00
Cost of Transportation
36,000.00
Special Charges
5,880.00
Miscellaneous
400.00
Total Maintenance and Operation
$421,723.00
Capital Cost, Debt Service
150,745.00
Non-Classified, School Athletic Fund
3,243.00
GRAND TOTAL $575,711.00
Gross Operating Budget $421.723.00
Less (1) Balance of 1961 Operating Budget $1,600.79
(2) 1960-61 Transportation Reimburse- ment 21,150.00
$22,750.79
$398,972.21
Debt Service
Interest
40,745.00
Maturing Debt
$110,000.00
Less: State Aid
65,400.00
$44,600.00
Non-Classified
School Athletic Fund 3,243.00
$487,560.21
106
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
APPORTIONMENT OF THE CHARGES TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE TOWNS OF ACTON AND BOXBOROUGH YEAR 1962
Acton
*Operating Expenses, 91.2% of $388,722.21 ** $354,514.66
Cost of Transportation 26,000.00
Less Reimbursement (60-61)
15,750.00 10,250.00
Debt Service, 95% of $85,345.00 81,077.75
Non-Classified, 91.2% of $3,243.00 2,957.62
$448,800.03
Boxborough
*Operating Expenses, 8.8% of $388,722.21 ** $34,207.55
Cost of Transportation 5,400.00
Less Reimbursement (60-61) 5,400.00 0.00
Debt Service, 5% of $85,345.00 4,267.25
Non-Classified, 8.8% of $3,243.00 285.38
$38,760.18
$487,560.21
*Acton Student Enrollment 10/1/61 760 Boxborough Student Enrollment 10/1/61 73
833
** Gross Operating Budget ($421,723.00) less $1,600.79$420,122.21 Less Combined Acton and Boxborough Cost of Transportation (contract amounts) 31,400.00
$388,722.21
107
THE TOWN OF ACTON
ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Treasurer's Report December 31, 1961
Balance, December 31, 1960
.... $189,212.01
Receipts, 1961:
Town of Acton
$367,463.24
Town of Boxborough
35,122.10
Construction Loan :
Principal
300,000.00
Premium
900.00
Accrued Interest
387.50
State Aid for Construction 180,094.14
Federal Aid
32,496.77
Transportation Reimbursement
21,150.00
Tuition
92.50
U. S. Treasury Bills
2,993.00
School Lunch
40,148.61
School Athletics
1,147.82
Federal Taxes
40,081.95
State Taxes
3,602.85
Teachers' Retirement
11,876.89
County Retirement
1,499.15
Teachers' Insurance
657.68
Blue Cross - Blue Shield
3,487.95
Miscellaneous
690.70
Total Receipts
$1,043,892.85
Total
$1,233,104.86
108
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Treasurer's Report December 31, 1961
Disbursements, 1961 :
Maintenance and Operation:
General Control
$11,045.68
Expenses of Instruction 260,090.69
Operation of Plant
28,234.78
Maintenance
1,618.50
Auxiliary Agencies
9,261.22
Outlay
1,584.63
Transportation
28,900.00
Special Charges
5,514.92
Miscellaneous
184.71
School Lunch
38,471.51
School Athletics
4,713.32
Federal Taxes
40,081.95
State Taxes
3,564.84
Teachers' Retirement
11,876.89
County Retirement
1,499.15
Teachers' Insurance
657.68
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
3,487.95
Land Acquisition
5,657.63
Federal Aid
14,577.56
School Construction
379,938.48
Payment on Principal
105,000.00
Interest on Bonds
42,235.00
Cost of Bond Issue
962.76
Total Disbursements $999,159.85
Balance, December 31, 1961
233,945.01
$1,233,104.86
PRISCILLA FELT, Treasurer.
SECTION D
Archives Committee
109
Board of Appeals 110
Building Committee 110
Building Inspector 111
Cemetery Commissioners 112
Conservation Commission 114
Civil Defense Agency 113
Dog Officer
115
Elizabeth White Fund
115
Engineering Department
116
Fire Department
117
Goodnow Fund
119
Health
120
Industrial Development Commission
125
Inspector of Animals
126
Inspector of Wires.
127
Insurance Committee
127
Library
128
Moth Superintendent
130
Personnel Board
130
Planning Board
131
Police Department
133
Recreation Commission
137
Sealer of Weights and Measures
139
Street Light Committee.
139
Superintendent of Streets
140
Town Forest Committee 141
Tree Warden 142
Veterans' Services
142
Welfare 143
Workmen's Compensation Agent 144
109
THE TOWN OF ACTON
ARCHIVES COMMITTEE Report of 1961
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN:
Acton, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The Archives Committee of the Town of Acton submits herewith its report for the year 1961.
The Committee has met several times during the year and, at the request of several Town Boards, has assisted in locating needed informa- tion. Three volumes of documents have been rebound, annual reports of 1874-1901, 1920-1926, and an index of Births, Marriages and Deaths.
The Committee deeply regrets that during the year it lost one of its members, Warren Custance. He took a great deal of interest in historical facts about Acton, and was a founder and first President of the Acton Historical Society. The Committee hopes to carry on during the coming year his research on the Davis Guards.
On behalf of the town as well as the Committee we wish to express our appreciation to Mr. Clinton S. Curtis, who replated the historic communion set and goblets owned by the Town of Acton, and to Mrs. Albert W. Wunderly, who contributed velvet protective coverings for these articles. The set has been placed in the Harvard Trust Company vault for safekeeping.
The Committee is pleased that the vault at the South Acton Fire Station has been completed and is available for storage of valuable records. It is planned to transfer many of the inactive documents and papers from the Town Hall vault to South Acton, thereby opening up space in the Town Hall for current material.
It is planned to microfilm data from 1955 through 1960 during the coming year, bringing the microfilmed material up to date. Lamination of various old plans, drawings and documents is also anticipated.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK S. KENNEDY WARREN W. CUSTANCE* JOYCE H. WOODHEAD
110
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN: Gentlemen:
The Acton Board of Appeals held twelve (12) public hearings during the year 1961 on the following matters:
A. Permits for earth removal. Granted -0; Denied - 1
B. Permits for specific uses and exceptions. Granted - 3; Denied - 1
C. Variances from the requirements of the Protective Zoning By-Law.
Granted - 3; Denied - 3; Withdrawn - 1
Respectfully submitted, CRAIG E. LUNDBERG, WILLIAM C. SAWYER, HAYWARD S. HOUGHTON, Board of Appeals.
TOWN BUILDING COMMITTEE
January 2, 1962
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN: Gentlemen:
In the year 1961, the Acton Building Committee completed the South Acton Fire Station; completed the incinerator building at the Elementary School; engaged the Architects Collaborative as architects for the addition to the Julia McCarthy School, advertised for bids, submitted an article for the Special Town Meeting of December 18, 1961, which was approved, and signed the General Contract for the addition with Alexander Associates, Inc. The total cost of this four room addition is estimated to be $125,000.
On December 3, 1961, an Open House was held at the South Acton Fire Station, which was well attended by Townspeople and invited guests.
The final cost of the Elementary School was $810,025.13.
The Building Committee, at the request of the Selectmen, made specific recommendations to the Selectmen for purchase of land for a
111
THE TOWN OF ACTON
new Police Station and/or school expansion or use by the Highway Department.
LLOYD W. PRIEST, Chairman KENNETH E. JEWELL *ROBERT B. LORTZ ARNOLD H. MERCIER WARREN W. WHEELER ¡MRS. DONNELL W. BOARDMAN İH. STUART MACGREGOR
* Term expired October, 1961
Representing School Committee
Representing Fire Department
REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN:
Town of Acton
Gentlemen :
I herewith respectfully submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1961.
Permits Issued
Areas
Number of Permits
Estimated Cost $133,400.00
Business
4
Apartments
1
30,000.00
Industrial
9
115,000.00
Apartments
2
40,000.00
Club House
1
15,000.00
Residential
138
2,475,524.00
Religious
2
473,000.00
Municipal
3
445,500.00
Recreational
1
19,000.00
Additions
71
133,000.00
Total
232
$3,879,424.00
Expenses
Wages and Travel
$4,099.00
Supplies
40.00
Total
$4,139.00
112
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Fees for Permits Receipts
$5,439.50
All receipts were turned over to the Town Treasurer.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT E. FOSTER, Building Inspector
REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN:
We hereby submit the following report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1961.
The Cemetery Department has received and paid into the treasury the sum of $3,888.60 which can be found itemized in the Treasurer's report. In the Town Collector's report will be found the sum of $500.00 collected for the annual care of lots, which is credited to this department receipts.
This past summer the Chapel walls, woodwork, cathedral ceiling, stained glass windows were washed and all woodwork waxed. This work was necessitated by the smoke damage as reported in our last report. Also, there have been extensive repairs made to the outside of the Chapel and improvements to the grounds, the total cost of all this work has been paid for by the Trustee's of the Varnum Tuttle Fund, thereby saving the town the sum of $1,446.73.
It was necessary to remove the large circular stained glass window in the Chapel, as it had started to buckle and it would have soon cracked. It is being repaired by an experienced stain glass concern and will be replaced in the spring. The cost of this work is also being taken care of by the Varnum Tuttle Fund.
The records show that during the year 1961 there were 61 inter- ments made in the Acton cemeteries. This is an increase of 33.3% over 1960, and it is anticipated that as the town grows so will the number of interments increase each year. Therefore, the Board finds it will be necessary to extend a new area in Woodlawn Cemetery for more ceme- tery lots and we have inserted an article in the annual town meeting warrant to appropriate from the Cemetery Land Fund, the sum of $2,000.00 to help prepare a new section for future lots.
The Board has inserted an article, asking for an appropriation for the purpose of purchasing a truck for this department. We feel that it
113
THE TOWN OF ACTON
is better for the department to own their own truck than to rent one. We have, also, an article asking for the sum of $350.00 to purchase cement grave liners for the use of the department, this money will return to the town when the liners are sold.
Early in the spring we had a section of the Veterans' lot in Wood- lawn Cemetery, graded, seeded and landscaped with shrubs. In the fall, several beds of flowering shrubs and trees were set out in various sections of the cemeteries.
Some of the projects planned for the coming year, are as follows :- to relay a semi-circular wall around the Capt. Robbins monument on Concord Road, a retaining wall to take care of a high earth bank in the upper part of the cemetery, to straighten many of the stones in the revo- lutionary section of Woodlawn Cemetery. Also, to remove a great many high corner posts in both cemeteries to help cut down maintenance cost of trimming around them.
In closing, the Board wishes to thank the Clerical Staff at the Town Hall for their assistance and co-operation, and to thank the Police Department for relaying messages from funeral directors to the superin- tendent as this department has no telephone in its office.
Respectfully submitted,
HARLAN E. TUTTLE, HARRY E. HOLT, HOWARD F. JONES, Cemetery Commissioners.
REPORT OF CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN: Gentlemen:
During the past year, two Civil Defense lectures were sponsored by the Acton Civil Defense Agency at the invitation of social groups within the town. Approximately 260 pieces of official Civil Defense Publications were hand distributed or mailed. Forty-six (46) phone inquiries were replied to by mail or telephone.
Under the surplus property provisions of the Civil Defense Act, Acton received approximately $624.00 worth of surplus federal property apportioned as follows:
114
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
$40.00 Acton Civil Defense Agency 72.00 Boy Scouts 512.00 Acton Youth Center
$624.00
The expense to the Town for this material was $78.10.
Communications equipment was purchased for use at the Civil Defense Headquarters in the amount of $395.00 as authorized by the Annual Town Meeting and was usefully employed in Civil Defense exercises during the past year.
Natural and Nuclear Bomb Disaster Plans were discussed with the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Committee on November 27th of this year and further planning is expected to continue during the coming year.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN F. MCLAUGHLIN, Director, Acton Civil Defense Agency.
REPORT OF THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
The first annual report of the Conservation Commission is herewith submitted. During the year the commission met regularly, on the first Thursday of the month, at the office of the Town Engineer. Several projects relating to the town's natural resources were discussed through- out the year with activity started on the following:
Three meetings were held jointly with the Littleton Conservation Commission, resulting in the submission of a bill in the 1962 legislative session to clarify public access to Fort Pond in the Town of Littleton. County Commissioners, directed by the legislative Acts of 1952 to lay out a right of way to Fort Pond, in the Town of Littleton, requested an amendment to allow the access site to be located in the Town of Littleton and Acton.
The commission started work on a land classification map for the Town, with particular emphasis placed on the wetlands. The quantity and quality of the wetlands will be considered, along with their vulnerability for destruction due to agricultural drainage, filling for industry, housing, etc. It is hoped that this information will be of value to the Town in its land-use planning.
Another activity considered by the commission, was the establish- ment of a Private Land Trust in town. A well attended public meeting
115
THE TOWN OF ACTON
was held to discuss the land trust, with Mr. Thomas Flint, president of the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions, serving as a speaker.
Three members of the commission attended the State Association meeting held in Cambridge last spring. The chairman served on a panel at the State Association meeting, also presented a paper at an association sponsored workshop held in Essex County.
At the request of members serving in the conservation commission and other town boards, an article was entered in the Special Town Meet- ing in December increasing the membership of the commission from five to seven, with all members appointed at large. This was done in fairness to the members from the Planning Board, Board of Selectmen, and Recreation Commission, who presently spend much time on other town activities. The town voted to approve the article.
It is the hope of the commission that our conservation activities will prove invaluable to the town during this period of rapid growth.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK T. HEYLIGER
DAVID P. TINKER
CHARLES D. MACPHERSON ROBERT J. ELLIS JAMES M. SHEPARD, Chairman
REPORT OF DOG OFFICER
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN:
Acton, Massachusetts Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report for the year ending 1961.
Calls and complaints investigated 38
Dogs picked up 38
Dogs returned to owners 30
Dogs disposed of 8
Notices to owners of unlicensed dogs 210
483
Respectfully submitted,
CARL W. FLINT, Dog Officer.
116
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ELIZABETH WHITE FUND
For the Year Ending December 31, 1961
The Trustees of this fund have signed orders to the Town Treasurer totaling $825.00 (Eight hundred and twenty-five dollars).
Respectfully submitted,
HAZEL P. VOSE, ELEANOR P. WILSON, HELEN B. WOOD, Trustees of the Elizabeth White Fund.
REPORT OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN:
Gentlemen :
I hereby respectfully submit my report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1961.
During that time, the following work was done by the Engineering Department:
1. Inspecting road and drainage construction in all active subdivisions.
2. Laying out and describing streets in connection with road acceptance proceedings.
3. Checking tentative and definitive plans for new subdivisions.
4. Giving grades and lines for drainage installations to the Highway Department.
5. Gathering and filing of copies of deeds from the Registry of Deeds at the first step in the preparation of an Assessor's Map, as author- ized by Town Vote in Article 23 at the 1961 Annual Town Meeting.
6. Designing sidewalk along Main Street, as authorized by Town Vote in Article 39 at the 1961 Annual Town Meeting.
7. Assisting and advising the Planning Board, the Board of Health, the Highway Department, the Recreation Commission, the Board of Assessors, and other municipal agencies, in engineering and surveying matters.
8. Revising and up-dating town maps and records.
9. Laying out and drawing up of drain easements.
10 Surveying and engineering the proposed relocation of a part of Central Street near Richardson's grade crossing, as instructed by the Board of Selectmen.
THE TOWN OF ACTON
117
During the year 1961, Mr. Lewis L. Bowker, Jr., joined the Engi- neering Department, bringing with him the experience of ten years as a surveyor. I am firmly convinced that this experience will be more bene- ficial to the Town of Acton in years to come.
I should like to express my sincere appreciation to the many individual citizens, to the various organized groups, and to the members of the Town's administrative departments for their valuable suggestions, for their constructive criticism, and for their cooperation. Without their help, without that "pooling of resources and dormant talents" the Engineering Department's functions would have been reduced to the role of a neutral observer rather than that of an active catalyst.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED K. HANACK, Engineering Department.
REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN:
I herewith submit my twenty-ninth annual report of the Fire Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1961.
Total number of alarms responded to are as follows:
Residential
14
Non-Residential
0
Mercantile
1
Manufacturing
8
Miscellaneous
4
Grass and Brush
42
Automobile, etc.
15
False Alarms
2
Smoke scares and accidental alarms
19
Accidents and Emergencies
40
Out of Town
6
151
Loss to buildings
$7,349.00
Loss to contents
1,740.00
Loss to Automobiles
3,605.00
$12,694.00
Permits Issued:
Oil and Power Burners
121
Bottled Gas
15
118
226th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Blasting 66
Open Air Fires 1,046
Inspections and investigations 1,070
2,318
Collected for permits
$100.50
Miscellaneous cash Collections
13.50
Collected Rents at Station #1
90.00
Collected Rents at Station #3
90.00
$294.00
Under Article 2, a new air compressor was purchased and put in service at the West Acton Fire Station.
Under Article 6, a new 1,000 gallon pumping engine was purchased from The Farrar Company and put in service at the South Acton Fire Station.
Under Article 7, a new Ford Cruiser was purchased from Ken-Dunn Ford Company and put in service for use of the Fire Chief.
Under Article 17, the new Fire Station has been completed at South Acton and was put in service November 1, 1961.
Under Articles 44-45-46, the fire alarm extension under these articles have not been completed at this time, but will be in the near future. New fire alarm boxes have been installed in several locations as follows:
Box 212 on Main Street at School Street
Box 222 on River Street at Merriam Lane
Box 254 on School Street at Hosmer Street
Box 252 on School Street at Waite's Corner
Box 4222
on Iris Court at Azalea Apartments
Box 323 on Massachusetts Avenue and Prospect Street
1962 PROGRAM
Stabilization Fund - $10,000.00.
To justify this increase it is scheduled for a three-year period to replace the ladder truck at South Acton which will be 22 years old.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.