Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1962-1964, Part 24

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Publication date: 1962
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$ 90.00


Expense. .


25.00


25.00


Building Inspector:


Salary and Travel


4,200.00


Expense.


100.00


97.50


2.50


Dog Officer:


Wages and Travel


520.00


520.00


-


Building Committee


R


239.70


239.70


50.00


Civil Defense


360.00


336.34


23.66


Total Protection of Persons


and Property


$186,806.36


$156,667.97


$18,990.74


HEALTH AND SANITATION


Health:


Salaries:


Board.


$ 275.00


$ 275.00


$


Town Nurse. .


5,158.00


5,043.22


114.78


Assistant Nurse


758.00


606.93


151.07


Agent & Assistant Agent.


3,500.00


3,500.00


Expense:


Board.


1,500.00


R


300.00


1,754.49


45.51


Town Nurse


1,210.00


1,210.00


34.31


Laboratory Fees.


600.00


600.00


Hospitals and Sanitoriums


1,000.00


84.00


916.00


Clinics


2,500.00


2,456.10


43.90


Garbage


12,650.00


12,650.00


Inspector of Animals:


Salary.


150.00


150.00


Expense


30.00


13.05


16.95


Plumbing Inspectors


2,000.00


1,947.60


52.40


Mosquito Control


2,500.00


2,312.80


187.20


Total Health and Sanitation


$34,531.00


$32,968.88


$ 1,562.12


HIGHWAYS


Village Highways


$ 5,300.00


S 1,721.19


$ 6,985.97


$ 35.22


Chapter 81 Highways .


17,425.00


G 20,075.00


37,381.79


118.21


R


1,721.01


5,921.01


50.00


S 11,147.65


Medical Supplies


400.00


365.69


146


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


Appropriated or Available


Disbursed or Transferred


Balance


Chapter 90 Highways - Maintenance $ 2,000.00


G 3,000.00


4,975.96


24.04


Snow Removal.


35,250.00


R


4,925.48


40,175.48


Traffic Signs & Lines.


3,280.00


3,280.00


---


Vacations & Holidays


2,814.00


R


177.16


2,991.16


Highway Machinery:


Maintenance .


7,000.00


R


2,250.00


S


500.00


9,628.09


121.91


Street Lighting


15,750.00


14,981.18


768.82


Chapter 90 Highways - Construction B


11,626.49


6,900.00


G


20,700.00


13,879.42


25,347.07


Sidewalk Maintenance.


800.00


248.96


551.04


Drainage


13,355.00


13,355.00


Town Dump


6,685.00


6,636.11


48.89


Total Highways


$181,534.32


$154,519.12


$27,015.20


CHARITIES


Welfare District:


Administration


$


1,800.00


$ 1,800.00


$


Welfare Board


Federal Funds


B


210.12


G


308.17


275.00


243.29


Disability Assistance


B


4,806.97


G


2,305.00


5,215.07


1,896.90


Old Age Assistance


B


26,269.69


G


23,179.11


22,523.08


26,925.72


Aid to Dependent Children.


B


7,503.43


G


5,954.37


6,822.11


6,635.69


Medical Aid


B


7,627.13


G


13,636.53


15,184.46


6,079.20


Public Assistance


45,000.00


45,000.00


Total Charities


$138,600.52


$ 96,819.72


$41,780.80


VETERANS' AID


Veterans' Benefits:


Aid


$ 8,500.00


$ 7,428.67


$ 1,071.33


Agent's Salary


1,635.00


1,635.00


-


$


$


THE TOWN OF ACTON


147


Appropriated Disbursed or Available


or Transferred


Balance


Agent's Expense.


$ 275.00


$ 256.87


$ 18.13


Total Veterans' Aid


$ 10,410.00


$ 9,320.54


$ 1,089.46


RECREATION


Wages.


$ 1,494.00


$ 1,380.00


$ 114.00


Expense


600.00


578.88


21.12


Water Safety Program .


600.00


600.00


Article 35 - Snow Removal


25.00


25.00


Total Recreation


$ 2,719.00


$ 2,583.88


$ 135.12


EDUCATION


Instruction:


Local .


$384,937.00


$ 369,274.63


$ 15,662.37


Regional .


335,569.26


335,569.26


Plant Operation:


Local .


43,355.00


43,355.00


Regional .


38,784.35


38,784.35


---


Transportation:


Local .


47,148.00


46,039.00


1,109.00


Regional


13,790.47


13,790.47


Non-Instructional Services:


Local .


4,900.00


4,124.49


775.51


Regional .


12,607.48


12,607.48


General Control:


Local .


11,050.00


10,868.65


181.35


Regional .


11,563.97


11,563.97


Capital Outlay :


Local .


1,553.00


1,511.58


41.42


Regional .


1,349.36


1,349.36


Contingency Fund:


Local .


1,000.00


850.02


149.98


Regional


876.12


876.12


Other Regional:


Athletic Fund


11,697.16


11,697.16


Blanchard Auditorium:


Local.


9,725.00


9,565.78


159.22


Regional


5,847.66


5,847.66


Cafeteria


B


5,642.17


C


63,374.85


60,500.84


8,516.18


Vocational Tuition and Transportation.


4,500.00


3,252.53


1,247.47


148


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


Appropriated Disbursed or or Available


School Maintenance


Federal P L 815.


B$


819.68 $


$ 819.68


School Maintenance


Federal P L 874.


B


22,325.05


20,885.25 21,436.80


McCarthy School Addition:


Architect


A


132.50


B


3,543.50 A


2,058.93


1,617.07


Construction


B


15,041.56


2,538.00


A


1,926.43 S


14,000.00


429.99


1963 Elementary School.


B


15,000.00


S


14,000.00


16,000.00


19,733.66


25,266.34


Blanchard Auditorium:


Bleachers .


4,300.00


4,292.00


8.00


Painting Exterior


700.00


700.00


High School Library


Fund


T


110.00


110.00


A


2,058.93


S 14,000.00


Total Education


$1,123,166.57 $1,029,687.26 $77,420.38


LIBRARIES


Salaries and Wages.


$ 9,017.00 $


8,882.68 $


134.32


Expense


2,711.00


2,710.25


.75


Books.


B


207.40


5,313.15


204.25


Tainter Fund


T


769.64


769.64


Citizen's Library -


West Acton


1,000.00


999.86


.14


Operate, Repair and


Maintain Citizen's Library . .


B


256.79


247.00


9.79


Total Libraries


$ 19,271.83 $


18,922.58 $


349.25


CEMETERIES


Salaries and Wages


$ 17,613.00 $


17,209.33 $


403.67


Expense


3,000.00


2,969.30


30.70


Funds:


Perpetual Care


B


504.75


T


1,500.00


1,024.07


980.68


Hosmer.


B


982.82


T


1,500.00


1,323.31


1,159.51


Blanchard .


B


40.90


T


25.00


18.60


47.30


G


19,997.00


Transferred


Balance


5,310.00


149


THE TOWN OF ACTON


Appropriated or Available


Disbursed or Transferred


Balance


Wetherbee


B$


50.43


$


91.58


$ 58.85


Raymond


B


73.01


39.93


83.08


Whitney


B


51.26


24.20


27.06


Knowlton


B


44.46


T


50.00


18.23


76.33


Davis.


B


54.65


13.05


41.60


Watson


B


31.81


29.20


52.61


Wells.


B


40.05


20.30


44.75


Conant


B


17.35


11.50


30.85


Ames.


B


19.71


6.40


38.31


Hoit and Scott


B


35.51


9.95


50.56


O'Neill.


B


21.80


3.20


18.60


Woodlawn Cemetery -


Article 46, 1962.


B 2,000.00


800.00


1,200.00


Total Cemeteries


$27,956.61


$23,612.15


$ 4,344.45


OTHER CLASSIFIED EXPENSES


Town Reports


$ 2,700.00


$ 2,389.92


$ 310.08


Workmen's Compensation


4,000.00


R


392.99


4,392.99


166.80


Group Insurance and Blue Cross - Blue Shield


7,200.00


6,797.80


402.20


Fire Insurance - Town Buildings . .


5,500.00


4,970.14


5.29.86


Boiler and Machinery Insurance . . .


650.00


634.52


15.48


Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance. .


3,200.00


2,851.00


349.00


Public Ceremonies and Celebrations


1,000.00


943.36


56.64


Miscellaneous .


500.00


475.32


24.68


Total Other Classified Expenses


$25,962.99


$24,108.25


$ 1,854.74


PENSIONS


Pension Fund.


$12,274.00


$12,274.00


Pension Fund Expense.


682.01


682.01


Military Service Fund .


7.03


7.03


Total Pensions


$12,963.04


$12,963.04


T


50.00


T


25.00


T


25.00


T


25.00


T


25.00


820.00


653.20


Surety Bonds.


T


100.00


T


50.00


150


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


Appropriated


Disbursed or


or


Available Transferred Balance


AMORTIZATION OF DEBT AND INTEREST REQUIREMENTS


McCarthy Elementary School:


Debt.


$15,000.00


$15,000.00


Interest


2,800.00


2,800.00


New Elementary School:


Debt.


45,000.00


45,000.00


Interest


22,140.00


22,140.00


Regional School:


Debt.


42,370.00


42,370.00


Interest


35,672.50


35,672.50


McCarthy School Addition:


Debt.


15,000.00


15,000.00


Interest


1,560.00


1,560.00


South Fire House:


Debt.


12,000.00


12,000.00


Interest


1,200.00


1,200.00


Anticipation of Revenue:


Notes:


Interest


600.00


1,344.52


$ 3.03


Miscellaneous Interest


100.00


100.00


Total Amortization of Debt and Interest Requirements


$194190.05


$194,087.02


$ 103.03


SPECIAL ARTICLES


Article 44, 1963 Compilation


of By-Laws. . .


$ 2,500.00


$


$ 2,500.00


Article 15, 1963 Personnel Board Study.


550.00


550 00


Article 28, 1963 Soils Report


& Soils Map.


900.00


897.91


2.09


Article 53, 1962


Assessors Map


1,924.18


74.45


1,849.73


Article 29, 1963 Tennis Courts


9,100.00


R


380.32


9,480.32


Article 51, 1962 Gas Disposal Unit .


250.00


250.00


Article 50, 1962 Offices - Town Hall B R


4,015.00


2,350.00


6,365.00


Article 23, 1963 Office Furniture


& Equipment .


1,200.00


1,198.26


1.74


Article 49, 1963 Monument Lighting.


440.00


440.00


-


Article 3, 1963 Police Station - Land


5,000.00


4,900.00


100.00


Article 4, 1963 Police Station -


Architect


3,000.00


---


3,000.00


R


747.55


-


151


THE TOWN OF ACTON


Appropriated or Available


Disbursed or Transferred


Balance


Article 58, 1962 Fire Alarm Extension - Martin Street. .


$ 4,400.00


$ 4,381.80


$ 18.20


Article 37, 1963 Emergency


Generator - South Station.


1,950.00


---


1,950.00


Article 60, 1962 Hydrant -


Pope Road. . .


1,000.00


---


1,000.00


Article 64, 1962 Protective Equipment - Auxiliary Fire Department. .


435.00


---


435.00


Article 39, 1963 Fire Alarm


Circuit Split and Extension.


4,935.00


4,935.00


Article 47, 1963 Parking Area West Station.


1,650.00


1,645.93


4.07


Article 15, 1960 Building Comm. South Station


B


1,041.86


1,041.86


Article 4, 1963 Gas Inspector


500.00


500.00


Article 29, 1960 Town Dump Addition


1,000.00


--


1,000.00


Article 8, 1963 Arlington Street, etc., Constr.


S


10,963.30


607.00


10,356.30


Article 26, Street Betterments


8,000.00


6,411.59


1,588.41


Article 40, 1963 Parker Street Intersection .


1,200.00


---


1,200.00


Article 45, 1963 Roller


3,000.00


2,850.00


150.00


Article 46, 1963 Snow Plow


850.00


850.00


Article 48, 1963 Cement Mixer


500.00


475.00


25.00


Article 61, 1963 Sidewalk Main Street . .


2,200.00


2,200.00


Article 4, 1962 Tank and Pump


250.00


250.00


Article 5, 1962 Sand Spreader.


1,800.00


1,755.18


44.82


Article 51, 1963 Parking Signs West.


365.00


329.89


35.11


Article 64, 1963 Speed Limit Signs High Street


310.00


--


310.00


Article 29, 1961 Martin Street


Culvert .


2,500.00


--


2,500.00


Article 37, 1962 Sidewalk Main Street .


B


863.85


666.61


197.24


Article 65, 1963 Citizens' Library. .


533.00


530.90


2.10


Article 63, 1963 Bodily Injury Liability Insurance .


750.00


--


750.00


Article 31, 1963 Drinking Fountains .


500.00


415.98


84.02


Article 32, 1963 Restoration Base- ball Diamond


250.00


250.00


---


152


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


Appropriated or Available


Disbursed or Transferred


Balance


Article 33, 1963 Goward Field


$ 236.00


$ 236.00


$


Article 34, 1963 Gardiner Field


2,835.00


2,835.00


-


Stabilization Fund.


92,500.00


R 300.00


92,800.00


Total Special Articles


$179,227.51


$144,688.68


$ 34,538.83


A 2,058.93


S 25,147.65


Total of all Departmental Items


$2,226,02108


$1,980,982.80


$217,831.70


AGENCY AND TRUST


Agency:


State Audit of Municipal Accounts


$ 1,290.03


State Parks and Reservations . .


3,630.01


Middlesex County Tax .


20,843.81


Middlesex County Hospital Assessment.


5,324.91


Middlesex County Dog Licenses


2,236.25


Federal Withholding Taxes.


98,704.15


State Withholding Taxes .


9,020.41


Massachusetts Hospital Service


6,292.02


Middlesex County Retirement Association .


12,856.84


Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Fund


18,104.62


Acton Teachers' Insurance.


732.10


Acton Employee Life Insurance


726.60


Collector - Petty Cash


50.00


Trust:


Conservation .


13,539.70


Charity.


1,316.85


Cemeteries


5,950.00


Firemen's Relief Fund


289.00


Library


1,000.00


Trust Fund Income


13,961.78


Refunds:


Taxes.


12,137.45


Board of Health 30.00


153


THE TOWN OF ACTON


Disbursed or Transferred


Building Permits


$ 43.50


Guarantee Deposits


1,000.00


Anticipation of Revenue Note


225,000.00


Bond Forfeiture - Acton Develop- ment Corporation.


834.75


Total Agency and Trust


$ 454,864.78


Grand Total of all Cash Disbursements


$2,435,897.58


Treasurer's Report - Paid


Selectmen's Orders for 1963 .


$2,436,844.47


Less - Checks Canceled


946.89


Net Payments, as above


$2,435,897.58


KEY TO ALPHABETICAL DESIGNATIONS


A - Audit adjustments


B - Balance from previous year


C - Cash receipts


G - Grants from Federal, State and County funds


R - Reserve Fund transfers


S - Transfer authorized at Special Town Meetings


T - Trust Fund transfers


154


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1963


ASSETS


Cash:


General Funds .


$394,044.32


Petty Cash Funds


120.00


$394,164.32


Accounts Receivable:


Taxes


Levy of 1958


Personal Property . .


312.00


Levy of 1959


Personal Property . . .


300.00


Levy of 1960


Personal Property .


380.00


Levy of 1961


Real Estate


$ 23.56


Poll .


6.00


Personal Property


342.00


371.56


Levy of 1962


Real Estate .


2,171.15


Poll ..


24.00


Personal Property


123.00


2,318.15


Levy of 1963


Real Estate


40,641.55


Poll. .


112.00


Personal Property


4,577.45


45,331.00


49,012.71


Motor Vehicle Excise:


Levy of 1960


1,020.62


Levy of 1961


1,345.78


Levy of 1962


2,281.12


Levy of 1963


43,904.21


48,551.73


Tax Titles.


628.07


Tax Possessions


367.73


995.80


Departmental:


Recreation


77.50


Citizens' Library


11.00


Planning Board


50.00


School


166.61


Veterans' Aid


3,859.71


Old Age Assistance.


447.72


Aid to Dependent Children .


1,476.67


General Relief .


362.77


Cemetery


421.50


Highway


891.64


7,765.12


Aid to Highways:


State


23,132.32


County


2,828.66 .


25,960.98


155


THE TOWN OF ACTON


Under-estimates - 1963 Assessments: Middlesex County Tax State Parks


$ 100.00


398.77 $ 499.47


$526,950.13


DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS


Apportioned Street Assessments not Due


$ 2,014.28


LOAN AUTHORIZED - NOT ISSUED


New Elementary School


$800,000.00


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt.


$776,000.00


TRUST ACCOUNTS


Trust Funds - Cash and Securities:


In custody of Town Treasurer. .


$576,140.88


In custody of Trustees .


3,465.44


LIABILITIES AND RESERVES


Employees' Payroll Deductions:


Federal Taxes


$ 74.40


State Taxes .


2,301.89


Massachusetts Hospital


Medical Service


542.98


Middlesex County


Retirement System


1,084.71


Group Life Insurance.


68.16


$ 4,072.14


Guarantee Deposits:


Board of Appeals


24.00


Planning Board.


71.30


95.30


Unclaimed Checks.


279.76


Trust Fund Income Transfer Balances Unexpended: Cemetery:


Perpetual Care


$ 980.68


Susan Noyes Hosmer


1,159.51


Luke Blanchard


47.30


J. Roland Wetherbee .


58.85


Georgia Whitney.


27.06


Hoit and Scott


50.56


Henry S. Raymond


83.08


Frank Knowlton


76.33


Robert I. Davis


41.60


Sarah A. Watson


52.61


156


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


Carrie F. Wells


$ 44.75


38.31


George T. Ames Mrs. Harry O'Neil A. B. Conant.


18.60


30.85


Library: Wilde Memorial


204.25 $ 2,914.34


Federal Grants:


Welfare Administration


243.29


Old Age Assistance


26,925.72


Medical Aid for Aged Persons


6,079.20


Aid to Dependent Children.


6,635.69


Disability Assistance .


1,896.90


Public Law 815 - School.


819.68


Public Law 874 - School.


21,436.80


64,037.28


Revolving Fund - School Department: Cafeteria.


8,516.18


Unexpended Appropriation Balances:


Article 44 Compilation of


Town By-laws. . .


2,500.00


Article 39 (1958) Archives


Committee .


1,000.00


Article 6 (1960S) Conservation Commission .


200.00


Article 3 (1963S) Police Station


- Land.


100.00


Article 4 (1963S) Police Station


- Architect.


3,000.00


Article 14 Permanent Firemen


12,352.35


Article 37 Emergency Generator South Fire Station .


1,950.00


Article 60 (1962) Hydrant -


Pope Road ..


1,000.00


Article 64 (1962) Protective


Equipment - Aux. Fire Dept. .


435.00


Article 39 Fire Alarm Circuit Split and Extension


4,935.00


Article 4 (1963S) Gas Inspector . Article 29 (1960) Town Dump Addition.


1,000.00


Chapter 90 Construction.


25,347.07


Article 8 (1963S) Construction


10,356.30


North, South & Cross Sts .. . .


1,588.41


Article 40 (1962) Parker St. & Independence Road. 1,200.00


Article 64 Speed Limit Signs -


High Street.


310.00


Article 29 (1961) Culvert &


Bridge - Martin Street


2,500.00


Julia McCarthy School Addition Construction. 429.99


New Elementary School - Building Committee. 25,266.34


Article 5 (1963S) Library Addition.


5,000.00


500.00


Arlington, Parker Streets . Article 26 Betterments -


THE TOWN OF ACTON


157


Article 46 (1962) Woodlawn Cemetery.


$ 1,200.00


Article 23 (1955) Mount Hope Oiling Article 17 (1959) Mount Hope Clearing & Grading .


294.02


2,000.00


Article 31 (1960) Cemeteries Layout.


200.00


Article 63 Public Liability - Town Buildings .


750.00


Civil Defense (1957S) Gonset Rigs 625.00


Civil Defense (1957S)


Power Unit.


300.00


Civil Defense Article 58 Gonset Rigs


475.00


$106,814.48


Cemetery Land Fund


5,130.35


Road Machinery Fund


14,129.82


County Dog License Fees


105.25


Court Judgement .


2,500.00


Welfare Recoveries


803.45


Bond Forfeiture


81.94


Revenue reserved until collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise.


48,551.73


Tax Titles and Possessions.


995.80


Departmental


7,765.12


State and County Aid to Highways.


25,960.98


83,273.63


Overlays reserved for abatements:


Levy of 1958.


312.00


Levy of 1959.


300.00


Levy of 1960.


380.00


Levy of 1961.


371. 56


Levy of 1962.


2,318.15


Levy of 1963.


7,148.07


10,829.77


Overlay Surplus - Reserve Fund . .


27,078.48


Reserve for Petty Cash Funds


70.00


Surplus Revenue


196,217.96


$526,950.13


DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS


Apportioned Street Assessment Revenue due 1964 to 1966, inclusive


2,014.28 $


LOAN AUTHORIZED - NOT ISSUED


New Elementary School $800,000.00


158


228th ANNUAL REPORT OF


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Inside Debt Limit:


Elementary School -


Florence A. Merriam


$150,000.00


Elementary School - Julia McCarthy


35,000.00


Addition to Julia McCarthy School.


45,000.00


South Fire Station .


36,000.00


$266,000.00


Outside Debt Limit:


Elementary School -


Florence A. Merriam


420,000.00


Elementary School - Julia McCarthy.


90,000.00


510,000.00


$776,000.00


TRUST ACCOUNTS


In custody of Town Treasurer:


Charity Funds-


Elizabeth M. White


$ 27,668.96


Georgia E. Whitney .


14,320.99


Betsy M. Ball. .


15,399.44


Varnum Tuttle Memorial


11,502.35


Cemetery Funds -


Henry S. Raymond - Monument


1,169.63


Henry S. Raymond - Care


2,557.57


Hoit and Scott.


673.85


J. Roland Wetherbee


13,439.20


Perpetual Care.


116,468.27


Luke Blanchard


2,620.61


Frank C. Hayward.


1,562.96


Georgia E. Whitney .


1,949.79


Susan Noyes Hosmer


101,532.07


Dr. Robert I. Davis


1,154.05


Frank R. Knowlton


1,153.18


George T. Ames


493.91


Mrs. Harry O'Neil


419.88


Sarah A. Watson


2,862.90


Carrie F. Wells


3,456.73


A. B. Conant Family


1,094.88


Elbridge Jones Robbins and Descendants .


1,000.00


Library and Educational Funds - Acton High School.


4,590.00


Wilde Memorial


33,647.43


Georgia E. Whitney


17,253.51


Blanchard Foundation


1,000.00


Conservation Fund -


13,539.70


Firemen's Relief Funds -


Acton .


11,654.22


West Acton


1,128.45


Stabilization Fund .


170,826.35


$576,140.88


In custody of Trustees: Charlotte Goodnow


$ 3,465.54


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ASSESSORS REPORT - 1963


To The Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Taxes Assessed as follows: Buildings exclusive of land Land Personal


$13,203,310.00 1,391,150.00


1,211,295.00


TOTAL VALUATION Valuation - January 1, 1962


14,179,725.00


Increase in Valuation


$ 1,626,030.00


Rate of Taxation - $83.00 per $1,000 Real Estate Personal Estate Polls


$1,211,340.54 100,537.52 4,670.00


TOTAL TAXES ASSESSED


$ 1,316,548.06


Amount of Money Raised:


State Parks and Reservations


$ 3,231.24


State Audit and Municipal Accounts


1,290.03


County Tax


20,743.11


Tuberculosis Hospital Grant


5,324.91


Town Grant


1,255,958.37


Overlay


30,000.40


$ 1,316,548.06


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise: Number of Vehicles Assessed - 5620


Commissioner's Value of Motor Vehicles and Trailers


$4,070,000.00


Rate of Excise - $66.00


Total Excise


232,888.53


Added Excise of 1962


4,713.25


Number of Vehicles Added Excise - 232


Value of Vehicles - Added Excise


246,785.00


Recommitted Excise 1961 & 1962


364.46


Number of Vehicles (Recommitted Excise) 14 Value of Vehicles (Recommitted Excise)


6,650.00


Respectfully submitted,


DEWEY E. BOATMAN CARL FLINT CARL R. GODFREY


Board of Assessors


$15,805,755.00


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SECTION F


TOWN OFFICERS 162


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY SELECTMEN. 164


REVISED JURY LIST 169


FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS


171


162


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TOWN OFFICERS


MODERATOR James Edward Kinsley


SELECTMEN


Charles D. MacPherson


.Term Expires 1964


Lawrence Donnelly. .Term Expires 1965


Arthur W. Lee. .


.Term Expires 1966


TOWN CLERK


TOWN TREASURER


Charles M. MacRae


Wm. Henry Soar


ASSESSORS


Carl C. Flint.


.Term Expires 1964


Dewey E. Boatman .Term Expires 1965


Carl R. Godfrey. .Term Expires 1966


TOWN COLLECTOR


TREE WARDEN


Wm. Henry Soar


Franklin H. Charter


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


Raymond A. Gallant


.Term Expires 1964


Clinton S. Curtis


.Term Expires 1965


Lossie E. Laird. .Term Expires 1966


CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


Howard F. Jones


.Term Expires 1964


Harry E. Holt .


.Term Expires 1965


Harlan E. Tuttle


.Term Expires 1966


CONSTABLES


Edward J. Collins, Jr. Chauncey R. Fenton, Jr.


T. Frederick S. Kennedy David W. Scribner


TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL LIBRARY


Roland R. MacLean


.Term Expires 1964


Louise M. Gardiner .Term Expires 1965


Richard A. Bodge. .Term Expires 1966


LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEES


Edwin Ritcher .Term Expires 1964


Lloyd E. Williamson .Term Expires 1964


Parker Harrison, Jr. .Term Expires 1965


James W Myers .Term Expires 1965


.Term Expires 1966


M. Virginia Biggy Albert W. Koch .Term Expires 1966


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BOARD OF HEALTH


*David L. Smith. . Term Expires 1964 ** Jay S. Grumbling Robert C. Heustis Term Expires 1965 Martin J. Duggan Term Expires 1966


*Resigned


** Elected to replace *


PLANNING BOARD


William M. Veazey . . *Donald E. Donnelly .


Term Expires 1964


Term Expires 1965


** Calvin M. Farnsworth


xxArthur P. Charbonneau Charles Judd Farley Term Expires 1966


John H. Loring.


Term Expires 1967


David P. Tinker Term Expires 1968


*Resigned xResigned


** Elected to replace * xxElected to replace x


TRUSTEES OF ELIZABETH WHITE FUND


Helen P. Wood .


Term Expires 1964


Hazel P. Vose


Term Expires 1965


Eleanor P. Wilson Term Expires 1966


TRUSTEES OF WEST ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND


James P. Wilson Term Expires 1964


Arno H. Perkins. Term Expires 1965


H. Stuart MacGregor. Term Expires 1966


TRUSTEES OF ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND


Herbert W. Merriam. Term Expires 1964


Frederick T. Kennedy Term Expires 1965


Clarence A. Frost Term Expires 1966


TRUSTEES OF GOODNOW FUND


Thelma L. Boatman Term Expires 1964 James N. Gates Term Expires 1965


Clark C. McElvein Term Expires 1966


TRUSTEES OF THE CITIZENS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WEST ACTON


Term Expires 1964


Barbara Nylander. James E. Kinsley Term Expires 1965 Percival W. Wood Term Expires 1966


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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY SELECTMEN - 1963


EXECUTIVE CLERK Virginia Milbery


FINANCE COMMITTEE


James R. Brown.


Term Expires 1964


Mary K. Hadley


Term Expires 1964


Porter G. Jenks


Term Expires 1965


Charles C. Grandy


Term Expires 1965


Samuel L. Davis.


Term Expires 1966


Joseph R. O'Neill


Term Expires 1966


BOARD OF APPEALS


Hayward S. Houghton. Term Expires 1964


Craig E. Lundberg Term Expires 1965


William C. Sawyer Term Expires 1966


ASSOCIATES


Harold F. Nordberg. Term Expires 1964


Herschel N. Hadley . Term Expires 1966


SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS


Allen H. Nelson ,


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


Julia A. Barry Term Expires 1964


James B. Wilson


Term Expires 1965


Grace J. Cullinane


Term Expires 1966


Charles M. MacRae


Ex-Officio


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Donald O. Nylander. . Term Expires 1965


CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT (Permanent) H. Stuart MacGregor


TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE


Term Expires 1964


Arno H. Perkins. Emery D. Nelson Term Expires 1965 Franklin H. Charter Term Expires 1966


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ELECTION OFFICERS


PRECINCT I


Warden -- Irene F. Mclaughlin


Clerk -- Inga Frost


Inspectors -- Alice H. May, Margaret Schene


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, Katherine M. Condon, Frances Hirsch, Gladys Duston, Olga Andersen


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


RECREATION COMMISSION


Gladys K. Mason. Term Expires 1964 . William J. Phillips . Term Expires 1965


*Richard H. Murphy


Term Expires 1965


Charles W. Pappas


Term Expires 1966


Edward W. Flannery


. Term Expires 1967 ** Edith E. Wylie


*Resigned ** Appointed to replace


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FENCE VIEWERS


Laurence Hadley


Allan R. Murray


FIRE ALARM OPERATOR Frederic W. Rimbach


FIELD DRIVERS


William C. Kazokas William J. Durkin, Jr.


George Kemp Norman L. Roche


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


DEPUTY INSPECTOR OF WIRES


Lawrence I. Tucker


POLICE OFFICERS


*Edward J. Collins, Jr., Chief *Chauncey R. Fenton, Jr., Sergeant *David W. Scribner, Sergeant


*William J. Durkin, Jr. *Norman L. Roche *Robert A. Bartlett *John V. Gregory


*Robert S. Rhodes


*Robert P. Macleod Franklin H. Charter


* Civil Service


Ray L. Harris William S. Kendall, Jr. Richard N. Farrell James P. Conheaney, Jr. T. Frederick S. Kennedy Allen H. Nelson Carl W. Flint


WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT


Theron A. Lowden


DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE


John F. Mclaughlin


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DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE Robert F. Guba


.


PUBLIC WEIGHERS


William Braman G. Howard Reed Charles 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


ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN Philip A. Wilson


TOWN ENGINEER Fred K. Hanack


ASSISTANT TOWN ENGINEER Lewis L. Bowker, Jr.


BUILDING INSPECTOR


Kenneth E. Jewell


DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR H. Stuart MacGregor


ARCHIVES COMMITTEE


Warren F. Birch. .Term Expires 1964




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