Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1962-1964, Part 14

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Publication date: 1962
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228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


10


Name of Child


Olshansky, Peter Chamberlain, Nicholas David Murphy, William David


8 Boston


17


Boston


20 Concord


Reynolds, Frederick L., Jr.


Gilmore, Mark Joseph Goding, Wayne Thomas Jensen, Martin James Rhodes, William David


8 Concord


May


25


Cambridge Concord


May May


31


Concord


June


1


Concord


June


2


Concord


June


4


Concord


June


5


Concord


Fowler, Elizabeth Ann


June


7 Concord


June


8


Concord


June


8


Boston


June


11


Boston


June


13


Concord


Gilmore, George Gregory, Jr. .


June


18


Concord


O'Neill, Karen Jeanne


June


21


Concord


Gotthelf, Joseph August


June


22


Concord


Foley, Stephen


June


24


Concord


Parsons, Karen


June


29


Concord


July


2


Milton


Salsgiver, John Paul, Jr.


July


3


Concord


Ryan, Kevin Francis


July


3


Concord


Hosie, Barbara Marian


July


9


Concord


Douglas, Donald, Jr.


July


10


Concord


July


15


Concord


Maroni, Laura


July


16


Concord


July


16


Concord


July


17


Concord


July


18


Boston


July


18


Concord


July


19


Cambridge


July


19


Boston


July


23


Concord


July


24


Concord


July


25


Concord


July


29


Concord .


Aug. Aug.


5


Concord


Peters, Jane Marie Stolzberg, Melissa Lauren


George L., Jr. and Anne E. McLane James H. and Alice J. Tillman Roderick L., Jr. and Beverly Arthur


THE TOWN OF ACTON


Mario J. and Lorraine C. Talomona Robert C. and Ruth M. Hearst Lee D. and Shirley A. Phillips William D. and Frances E. Bean Perl V. and Virginia A. Bonney Robert M., Jr. and Doris M. Duann Edgar H. and Linda Bullard John B. and Susan Hall George G. and Mary E. Grady Patrick K. and Stella M. Furlong Joseph L. and Evelyn E. Fette John J. and Joyce E. Hutchins William L. and Carol A. Roseen William W. and Virginia L. Sproul


John P. and Carol B. Haines George J. and Mary B. O' Brien James A. and Margaret J. Getgood Donald and Margaret E. Hale Joseph D. and Barbara A. Jacques Theodore A. and Arnhild E. Nieuwejaar George W. and Gloria J. Glenn Raymond T. and Gisela D. Klein Arthur R. and Diane I. Mckinstry George J. and Gertrude A. Reinartz John H. and Anna M. Sepe William M., Jr. and Jane A. Schwartz Simon A. and Marjorie A. Gribben Lloyd T. and Florence M. J. Lavers Philip A. and Lorna M. Clark Warren M. and Mary A. Amoss Verne E. Judith A. Gates


Joseph R., Jr. and Rose-Marie DiDonato Jack D. and Sarah N. Kupper


11


7 Boston


Davidson, Dana Lloyd Shane, James Michael Huntress, Kate Campbell


Celi, Christopher John Grandy, Teresa Ann Butterworth, Cheryl


Farrington, Sandra Jean


Kelly, Judy Marie Sibley, Ann Bullard


Buttrick, Holly


Pattine, Elizabeth Lee


Saganich, Nancy Ellen


Turner, Gary Scott Hickey, Dawn Marie Lowden, Kenneth Richard Kuell, Christine Anna Wallace, Cynthia Ann Wagner, Ruth Elizabeth DiMaggio, Anna Marie Shepherd, David Michael Harris, David Clark


McFague, Adam Christopher Moberly, Beth Ann


25


Date


Place


Aug. 9


Concord


Aug.


10


Concord


Aug. 10 Medford


Aug.


10 Concord


Aug. 10 Concord


Aug. 11 Marlborough .


Aug.


11 Lowell


Aug. 13 Concord


Aug. 14 Fitchburg


Aug. 15


Cambridge


Nelson, Krist Emery Curless, Lisa Ann


Aug.


18


Boston


Guthart, Rebecca Susan


Aug.


20


Concord


Mayo, Michael Thomas


Aug. 20


Aug. 21


Aug.


23


Concord Knight, Mary Patricia Cambridge Gilfeather, Maryellyn Concord Armstrong, John Quintin Concord Mayo, Pamela Jane


Aug.


23


Aug ..


25


Concord


Laffin, Catherine Anne


Aug.


27


Concord


Jeffrey, Judith Lillian


Aug. 28


Concord


Gemmell, Selene Anne


Sept.


9


Concord


Sept. 12


Concord


Sept. 13 Concord


Sept. 17 Concord


Sept. 17 Concord


Sept. 17 Sept. 20


Concord


Concord


Sept. 24


Concord


Sept. 24


Concord


Sept.


27


Concord


Sept. 29 Concord


Oct.


1 Concord


Sargent, Rosalie Caldwell, Cynthia


Oct.


1 Concord


Oct.


2 Concord


Oct.


3 Concord


Oct. 6 Concord


Cheever, Derek John Roche, Mark Philip Hopkins, Timothy Paul


Name of Parents


12


Neil J. and Anna M. Novak Alvin G. and Elizabeth J. Chambers Robert R. and Elizabeth L. Roncole Edward M. and Brenda J. Hollowell James R. and Marian C. Seitz Larry R. and Phyllis A. Coolidge Jerry D. and Patricia E. Sullivan Louis F. and Marcia C. Reed Allen H. and Thelma A. Anderson William F. and Patricia A. Minott Leo A. and Laura Carrol Charles F. and Patricia R. Kistner William W. and Carolyn M. Wathen Frank G., Jr. and Martha A. Andrus Charles R. and Peggy M. Woltersdorf Thomas G. and Melody L. Nicholson Curtis A. and Ellen M. Staples Peter A. and Marilyn L. Mawn Charles J. and Grace L. Brownell


Peter and Marilyn M. Moore William M. and Janet Wormwood William M. and Barbara M. Siekman Robert F. and Cornelia T. O'Dowd William H. and Judith E. Totsch Richard P. and Arlene A. Lester Carl A., Jr. and Joan B. True Robert S. and Dorothy A. Barry Robert R. and Arlene E. Howe William P. and Judith A. Olsen Donald S. and Elizabeth A. Mccullough


Robert B. and Rosalie Caiger Malcolm G. and Carol A. Martin Richard'N. and Mary Jane Persohn Thomas F. and Patricia M. Donnelly Richard C. and Eleanor M. McHugh


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


Name of Child


Harnum, Gary William Litchfield, John Macaulay Kramer, Eva Marie Duggan, Patrick Edward Plitt, Debra Jacqueline Colleton, Deborah Eileen Dowdy, Norma Edna Flerra, Mark Steven


Benton, Sarah Warren Wood, Judy Kimball Patterson, Debra Gertrude


Huber, Jane Fleming Gunning, April Lynn


LaJeunesse, Paul James Peterson, Gail Ann Cowdrey, Linda Claire LaLonde, Barbara Ann Massie, Jamie Duane Oliver, Susan Elizabeth


Oct.


8


Concord


Vervoort, Christine Felicia


Oct.


8


Ayer


Freeman, David Scott Kelley, Cheryl Ann


Oct. 11 Concord


Oct.


12 Acton


Pappas, Christopher Loomis


Oct.


14 Concord


Oct.


16 Concord


Oct.


16


Concord


Oct. 18 Concord


Oct.


18 Concord


White, Janet Lynn


Oct.


25


Woburn


Spencer, Charles William, 3rd.


Oct.


29


Concord


Boccio, Donna Lyn


Nov.


5


Concord


Nelson, Gail Hanne Atherton, Brian Scott


Nov.


7


Concord


Tobin, Brian Francis


Nov.


8


Concord


Bennett, Lael Nora Brown, Keith Eric


Nov.


8


Concord


Nov.


17


Beverly


Nov.


11


Concord


Nov.


16 Concord


Nov.


19


Concord


Nov.


20


Concord


Nov.


21


Waltham


Graves, Pamela


Nov.


26


Concord


Sawyer, Pamela Jean


Nov.


27


Concord


Moore, Susan Leslie


Dec.


3


Concord


Dec.


3


Concord


Dec.


5 Concord


Dec.


6 Concord


Stem, John Hooker


Dec.


9 Concord


Kapper, Mary Patricia


Dec.


23


Concord


Pruett, Arthur Paul


Rene and Harmense C. Swart Harry D. and Donna L. Files Francis J. and Geraldine Perry Charles W. and Barbara A. Swett Richard A. and Josephine E. LaSarso Richard N. and Sandra L. Seller Robert S. and Theresa L. Couture Robert C. and Marcia L. Giesy Robert W. and Judith A. Sweat Charles W., Jr. and Mary E. McBreen Nickey and Anna J. Pacy


THE TOWN OF ACTON


Stanley E. and Cynthia A. Nelson Roger M., Jr. and Eleanor J. Lawrence Frank H., Jr. and Helen A. Ventola Richard A. and Patricia Marsden Charles F. and Leita M. McKelvie Robert J. and Kay D. Grumbles Ira D. and Marjorie I. Ayers William W. and Charlena S. Bjorkgren Peter S. and Lieselotte K. Oberst Deane R. and Cynthia Shedd William B. and Agnes P. Keplinger Herbert F. and LaVerla V. Matejka Harrington, Jr. and Gail S. Harrington


Joseph F. and Mary C. Bergman William B. and Glee C. Hawes Barry and Barbara R. Bergman Taylor, F., Jr. and Jacqueline E. Hooker Francis B. and Patricia A. Grewe Edmond A. and Lois A. Hall


13


Munro, Martin Howe, Sheryl Ann Hochard, John Richard Lape, Douglas Cable


Nov.


7 Concord


Peterson, Karla Anne Keizer, Victoria Elaine Greer, Debra Jean Salwa, Michele Carmen Lanphear, Kristin Adams


Passerello, Donald Leroy Hollifield, Cynthia Jean Jansson, Scott Reid


14


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


NOTICE


All dog licenses here listed expire March 31, 1964.


Dogs must be licensed on or be- fore April Ist or the owners or keepers thereof are liable to a fine.


The law applies to all dogs three months old or over, regardless of time of year ownership is acquired. No tax bills are sent to owners of dogs.


REPORT OF DOG LICENSES ISSUED IN 1963


804 Licenses @ $ 2.00


$1,608.00


90 Licenses @


5.00


450.00


10 Licenses


@


10.00


100.00


5 Licenses @


25.00


125.00


1 License @


50.00


50.00


37 Duplicate Tags


@


.25


9.25


2 Transfer Licenses @


.25


.50


Paid to Town Treasurer


$2,342.75


THE TOWN OF ACTON


15


RECORD OF TOWN ELECTION HELD MARCH 4, 1963


Pct. 1


Pct. 2


Pct. 3


Total


Whole number of votes cast


302


308


496


1106


MODERATOR, one year


James Edward Kinsley


128


152


326


606


Leonard E. Rae


105


57


82


244


Lawrence P. Wilder


63


97


80


240


Blanks


6


2


8


16


TOWN CLERK, one year


Charles M. MacRae


277


279


460


1016


Blanks


25


29


36


90


SELECTMAN, three years


Arthur W. Lee


275


275


451


1001


Blanks .


27


33


45


105


ASSESSOR, three years


Carl R. Godfrey


168


1 48


364


680


Joan P. Lindquist


111


139


115


365


Blanks .


23


21


17


61


ASSESSOR, two years to fill vacancy


Dewey E. Boatman


257


243


431


931


Blanks


45


65


65


175


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, three years


Lossie E. Laird .


267


274


448


989


Blanks


35


34


48


117


TREASURER, one year


Wm. Henry Soar


277


283


462


1022


Blanks


25


25


34


84


TOWN COLLECTOR, one year


Wm. Henry Soar


277


281


458


1016


Blanks


25


27


38


90


SCHOOL COMMITTEE, three years


M. Virginia Biggy


217


163


290


670


Robert Evans, Jr.


135


179


273


587


Albert W. Koch


197


173


300


670


Blanks


55


101


129


285


CONSTABLES, one year


Edward J. Collins, Jr.


265


266


432


963


Chauncey R. Fenton, Jr.


274


275


455


1004


T. Frederick S. Kennedy


273


269


446


988


David W. Scribner


268


267


448


983


Blanks


128


155


203


486


CEMETERY COMMISSIONER, three years


Harlan E. Tuttle


280


279


467


1026


Blanks .


22


29


29


80


16


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


BOARD OF HEALTH, three years


Martin J. Duggan


271


273


456


1000


Blanks


31


35


40


106


TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL LIBRARY, three years


Richard A. Bodge .


272


268


439


979


Blanks


30


40


57


127


PLANNING BOARD, five years


David P. Tinker.


184


231


320


735


Calvin M. Farnsworth.


100


64


1 38


302


Blanks


18


13


38


69


TREE WARDEN, one year


Franklin H. Charter


286


278


469


1033


Blanks


16


30


27


73


17


THE TOWN OF ACTON


ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


January 21, 1963


Article 1


To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $45,000.00, or any other sum, to be expended by the Town Building Committee for the purpose of hiring an architect to make architectural working drawings for a contemplated twenty (20) class room elementary school to be located on land owned by the Town on Arlington Street, or take any other action relative thereto. (Inserted by Town Building Committee.)


Motion: That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $45,000.00, to be expended by the Town Building Committee for the purpose of hiring an architect to make architectural working drawings for a contem- plated twenty (20) class room elementary school to be located on land owned by the Town on Arlington Street.


Motion: To amend original motion by striking out "$45,000.00" and sub- stituting "$5,000.00"; striking out "architectural working drawings" and sub- stituting "revised preliminary drawings"; and adding "the designed cost not to exceed $850,000.00".


Moderator appointed the following tellers:


John F. McLaughlin, Clyde J. Horne, Theo C. Lester, Robert E. Sweeney, Dewey E. Boatman, Robert M. Stow, Sarah M. Hinckley, Edith D. Stowell.


Total 328 Yes 203 No 125


Motion carried.


Motion to rescind the amendment. Total 292 Yes 123 No 169


Motion lost.


Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to be expended by the Town Building Committee for the purpose of hiring an architect to make revised preliminary drawings for a contemplated twenty (20) class room elementary school to be located on land owned by the Town on Arlington Street, and that the designed cost is not to exceed $850,000.00.


A true copy. Attest:


CHARLES M. MacRAE


Town Clerk


18


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


March 11, 1963


Article 4


Voted unanimously: To amend Section 7 of the Town By-Laws, entitled Personnel By-Law for Wage and Salary Determination and Administration by increasing by an approximate 5% the figures in Schedule A, Schedule B and Schedule C, to be effective April 1, 1963; a copy of the revised figures to be submitted by the Personnel Board to the Town Clerk at its earliest convenience.


Article 1


Chose: Eleanor P. Wilson trustee of the Elizabeth White Fund for three years.


Chose: H. Stuart MacGregor trustee of the West Acton Firemen's Re- lief Fund for three years.


Chose: Clarence A. Frost trustee of the Acton Firemen's Relief Fund for three years.


Chose: Clark C. McElvein trustee of the Goodnow Fund for three years.


Chose: Percival W. Wood trustee of the Citizens Library Association of West Acton for three years.


Voted: That the Compensation of Elected officers of the Town of Acton for the calendar year 1963, adjusted for changes recommended by the Per- sonnel Board, effective April 1, 1963, be as follows:


Moderator $15.00 per each night per meeting


Board of Selectmen:


Chairman


$ 520.00


Clerk


520.00


Member 520.00


Town Treasurer 3,240.00


Town Collector


2,715.00


Town Clerk


2,075.00


Board of Assessors:


Chairman


1,560.00


Member


1,040.00


Clerk 1,040.00


Board of Public Welfare:


Chairman


125.00


Member


75.00


Member


75.00


19


THE TOWN OF ACTON


Board of Health:


Chairman $ 125.00


Member 75.00


Member 75.00


Member as Assistant Agent, at the rate of $1.84 per hour


Tree Warden, at the rate of $2.36 per hour from Jan. 1, 1963 to March 31, 1963 and $2.48 per hour from April 1, 1963 to Dec. 31, 1963, plus $.75 per hour for the use of his truck.


Article 2


REPORTS


Voted: To accept the several reports of the Town Officers and Boards.


Article 3


To hear and act upon the reports of any Committees chosen at any pre- vious Town Meeting that have not already reported.


Voted: That the Committee appointed by the Board of Selectmen under Article # 36 of the Annual Meeting of March 14, 1955, to compile and publish town ordinances, regulations and by-laws now in effect in Acton, be dis- charged and that a vote of thanks be extended to this committee for their service.


Voted: That the Committee appointed by the Board of Selectmen under Article #3 of the Special Town Meeting of September 12, 1955 for the pur- pose of making a study and recommendation for a suitable memorial to the Veterans of World War II and Korea and report at a later Town Meeting be discharged and that a vote of thanks be extended to this committee for their service.


Voted: That the Committee appointed by the Board of Selectmen under Article # 48 of the Annual Meeting of March 13, 1961 to study the feasibility of the establishment of a Public Works Dept. be discharged and that a vote of thanks be extended to this committee for their services.


Voted: That the seven member committee appointed under Article #2 of the Special Town Meeting of July 28, 1952 to act as the Auditorium and Gymnasium Building Committee be discharged and that a vote of thanks be extended to this committee for their services.


Article 5


To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate to defray the necessary expenses of the several departments of the Town and determine how the same shall be raised.


Voted: That the following sums of money be appropriated for the several purposes hereinafter designated and that the same be expended only for those purposes, under the direction of the respective Boards, Committees, or Officers of the Town and that the total sum of money be raised in the 1963 Tax Levy.


20


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


General Government


Moderator:


1. Salary. $ 75.00


Finance Committee:


2. Expenses. 125.00


Selectmen:


3. Salaries 1,560.00


4. Expenses. 1,000.00


5. Legal Services . 1,250.00


6. Extra Legal Services. 2,000.00


Town Office, Clerical Staff:


7. Salary and Wages 25,836.70


Engineering Department:


8. Salaries 15,101.85


9. Expenses 2,025.00


Town Accountant:


10. Salary. . 1,975.00


11. Expenses.


235.00


Treasurer:


12. Salary. . 3,240.00


13. Expenses.


965.00


Town Collector:


14. Salary. 2,715.00


15. Expenses.


1,516.00


Town Assessors:


16. Salaries 3,640.00


17. Expenses.


793.00


Town Clerk:


18. Salaries 2,075.00


19. Expenses


500.00


Election and Registration:


20. Salaries and Wages . 2,500.00


21. Expenses. 1,500.00


Planning Board:


22. Expenses. . 1,350.00


Board of Appeals:


23. Expenses. 25.00


Industrial Development Commission:


24. Expenses. . 150.00


Conservation Commission:


25. Expenses. . 200.00


Town Report Committee: 26. Expenses. . 2,700.00


21


THE TOWN OF ACTON


Archives Committee:


27. Expenses. $ 75.00


Public Ceremonies and Celebrations Committee:


28. Expenses. 1,000.00


Buildings and Grounds:


29. Salaries and Wages 5,601.00


30. Expenses. . 6,785.00


Miscellaneous:


31. Expenses. 500.00


Total General Government $ 91,013.55


Protection of Persons and Property


Police Department:


32. Salaries and Wages 58,896.00


33. Expenses. . 7,500.00


Fire Department:


34. Salaries and Wages . 20,763.00


35. Expenses. 11,000.00


Fire Alarm System:


36. Salaries and Wages 7,875.00


37. Expenses. 2,910.00


38. Fire Hydrant Rental 17,600.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures:


39. Salary and Travel. 365.00


40. Expenses.


90.00


Moth Department:


41. Wages. 3,969.00


42. Expenses.


1,700.00


Town Forest Committee:


43. Maintenance. 100.00


Tree Department:


44. Shade Tree Replacement 425.00


45. Wages. 3,330.00


46. Expenses. 1,520.00


Wire Inspector:


47. Wages and Travel . 2,000.00


48. Expenses.


25.00


Building Inspector and Agent for Enforcement of Zoning By-Law: 49. Wages and Travel . 4,200.00


50. Expenses. 100.00


Dog Officer:


51. Wages and Travel. 520.00


22


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


Building Committee:


52. Expenses. $ 50.00


Civilian Defense:


53. Expenses. 360.00


Total Protection of Persons and Property .


$145,298.00


Health and Sanitation


Board of Health:


54. Salaries


275.00


55. Expenses.


1,500.00


56. Secretary, Salary


57. Town Nurse, Salary.


5,158.00


58. Town Nurse, Expenses.


1,210.00


59. Part Time Nurse, Wages


758.00


60. Agent and Part Time Agent, Wages


3,500.00


61. Laboratory Fees


600.00


62. Hospital and Sanitorium


1,000.00


63. Medical Supplies.


400.00


64. Clinics


2,500.00


65. Garbage Collector.


12,650.00


66. Inspector of Animals, Wages.


150.00


67. Inspector of Animals, Expenses.


30.00


68. Plumbing Inspector, Wages.


2,000.00


69. Mosquito Control 2,500.00


Total Health and Sanitation.


$ 34,231.00


Highways


Highways:


70. Village Highways 5,300.00


71. Drainage . .


13,355.00


72. Chapter 81, Highways 17,425.00


73. Chapter 90, Highways 2,000.00


74. Snow Removal


35,250.00


75. Traffic Signs and Lines


3,280.00


76. Vacations and Holidays


2,814.00


77. Sidewalk Maintenance


800.00


78. Highway Machinery Maintenance


7,000.00


79. Street Lighting 15,750.00


80. Town Dump 6,685.00


Total Highways .


$109,659.00


Charities


81. District and Local Welfare


81. District and Local Welfare Administrative Salaries 1,800.00


82. Public Assistance 45,000.00


Total Charities


$ 46,800.00 .


THE TOWN OF ACTON


23


Veterans' Aid


Veterans' Benefits and Services:


83. Salary. . $ 1,635.00


84. Expenses.


275.00


85. Aid.


8,500.00


Total Veterans' Aid $ 10,410.00


Education


Local Schools:


86. Instruction.


404,937.00


(Less Transfer of Federal Funds) 20,000.00


Net Instruction . $384,937.00


87. Plant Operation and Maintenance 43,355.00


88. Transportation . . 47,148.00


89. Non-Instructional Services 4,900.00


90. Administration .


11,050.00


91. Blanchard Auditorium 9,725.00


92. Capital Outlay. 1,553.00


93. Contingency Fund 1,000.00


Total Local School


$503,668.00


Net Instruction . 335,569.26


95. Plant Operation and Maintenance 38,784.35


96. Transportation. 13,790.47


97. Non-Instructional Services. 12,607.48


98. Administration. 11,563.97


99. Blanchard Auditorium Lease. 5,847.66


100. Capital Outlay. 1,349.36


101. Athletic Fund. 11,697.16


102. Contingency Fund 876.12


Total Regional School


Total Education


$432,085.83 $935,753.83


Library


Library:


103. Salaries and Wages. 9,017.00


104. Expenses. 2,711.00


105. Books . 5,310.00


106. West Acton Library Expenses 1,000.00


Total Libraries


$ 18,038.00


Regional School - (Acton's Share):


94. Instruction. Less Transfer of Federal Funds 18,360.00


353,929.26


24


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


Recreation


Playgrounds:


107. Wages $ 1,494.00 600.00


108. Expenses.


Total Recreation $ 2,094.00


Cemeteries


109. Salaries and Wages 17,613.00


110. Expenses. . . 3,000.00


Total Cemeteries. $ 20,613.00


Insurance


111. Workman's Compensation. 4,000.00


112. Surety Bonds . . 820.00


113. Fire Insurance, Town Buildings. 5,500.00


114. Boiler and Machinery Insurance 650.00


115. Motor Vehicle Insurance .


3,200.00


116. Money and Securities, All Risks


117. Group Health Insurance 7,200.00


Total Insurance $ 21,370.00


Pensions


118. Pension Fund. 12,274.00


119. Expenses. .


682.01


120. Military Service Fund 7.03


Total Pensions $ 12,963.04


Maturing Debt and Interest


Regional School:


121. Maturing Debt 42,370.00


122. Interest. 35,672.50


Julia McCarthy Elementary School:


123. Maturing Debt 15,000.00


124. Interest. 2,800.00


Julia McCarthy School Addition:


125. Maturing Debt 15,000.00


126. Interest.


1,560.00


25


THE TOWN OF ACTON


New Elementary School: 127. Maturing Debt 128. Interest


$ 45,000.00


22,140.00


West Acton Fire Station: 129. Maturing Debt


130. Interest


-


South Acton Fire Station:


131. Maturing Debt


12,000.00


132. Interest


1,200.00


Anticipation of Revenue - Notes:


133. Interest


600.00


Miscellaneous Interest:


134. Interest


100.00


Total Maturing Debt and Interest . .


$ 193,442.50


Total Budget to be raised and


and appropriated


$1,641,685.92


Special Articles


Art. 8. Police Cruisers $ 4,000.00


Art. 9. Chapter 90


New Construction - Arlington St. 6,900.00


Art. 11. West and South Water Supply District - Hosmer Street . 200.00


Art. 12. Stabilization Fund. .


10,000.00


Art. 14. Full Time Firefighters


23,500.00


Art. 15. Personnel Board - Study


550.00


Art. 22. Vocational Tuition and


Transportation . 4,500.00


Art.


23. Office Furniture and Equipment.


1,200.00


Art. 28. Soils Report and Soils Map 900.00


Art. 29. Tennis Courts .


9,100.00


Art. 30. Water Safety Account


600.00


Art. 31. Drinking Fountains - 3 Fields


500.00


Art. 32. Restoration - Baseball Diamond, etc. .


250.00


Art. 33. Loaming & Seeding - Goward Field. . .


236.00


Art. 34. Loaming & Seeding - Gardiner Field. .


2,835.00


Art. 35. Snow Removal - Playground Pond ..


25.00


Art. 37. Emergency Generator -


South Acton Fire Station


1,950.00


Art.


39. Fire Alarm Circuit Split and


Extension - School Street, etc. 4,935.00


Art. 47. Parking Area - Rear


West Acton Fire Station .


1,650.00


Art.


49. Lighting Davis Monument . 440.00


Art. 51. Parking Signs - West Acton 365.00


Art. 58. Five Gonset Communicaters -


Civil Defense . .


475.00


Art. 60. Painting - Exterior Blanchard Auditorium 700.00


Art. 61. Sidewalk - Main Street 2,200.00


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228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


Art. 63. Bodily Injury Liability Insurance - Town Building $ 750.00


Art. 64. Speed Limit Signs - High Street 310.00


Total to be raised and appropriated under Special Articles


$ 79,071.00


Transfers


From Overlay Surplus and Surplus Revenue To


Art. 10. Highways


43,775.00


Art. 21. Conservation Fund


7,084.25


Art. 26. North, South and Cross Street


Construction - Betterments


8,000.00


Art. 43. Stabilization Fund.


12,500.00


Art. 44. Compilation of Town By-Laws 2,500.00


Art. 59. Bleachers - Blanchard Auditorium. . 4,300.00


Art. 65. Improvements - Citizens Library 533.00 .


Art. 66. Reserve Fund (Overlay Surplus) 15,000.00


$ 93,692.25


Other Transfers


Art. 40. From Chapter 782 To Arlington Street Construction 10,963.30


Art. 45. From Machinery Fund


To Rebuilt 3-wheel Roller 3,000.00


Art. 46. From Machinery Fund


To Snow Plow . 850.00


Art. 48. From Machinery Fund To Cement Mixer 500.00


Art. 62. From McCarthy School Addition Account To 1962 Arlington St. Elementary School Building Account 14,000.00


Grand Total


$ 29,313.30 $1,843,762.47


Voted: To adjourn at 10:45 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 12, 1963.


Article 6


Voted: To authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the rev- enue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1963 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


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Article 7


Voted: To authorize the Town Treasurer to act as collector of taxes, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1, of Chapter 41.


Article 8


Voted unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 for the purchase of two (2) police cruisers and authorize the Board of Selectmen to trade-in, sell or otherwise dispose of the present cruisers.


Article 9


Voted unanimously: To authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract with the Department of Public Works and the County Commissioners for Chapter 90, Construction on Arlington Street and that for said construc- tion the town raise and appropriate the sum of $6,900.00; said money to be used in conjunction with $6,900.00 to be allotted by the County and $13,800.00 to be allotted by the State.


Article 10


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $43,775.00 from Surplus Revenue which is the State and County allotments for highways for Chapter 81 and 90 and that the reimbursements be credited back to the Surplus Revenue Ac- count.


Chapter 81 - Maintenance State


$20,075.00


Chapter 90 - Maintenance State


1,500.00


Chapter 90 - Maintenance County


1,500.00




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