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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
159
THE TOWN OF ACTON
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
160
228th ANNUAL REPORT OF
161
THE TOWN OF ACTON
SECTION F
TOWN OFFICERS 162
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY SELECTMEN. 164
REVISED JURY LIST 169
FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS
171
162
228th ANNUAL REPORT OF
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
163
THE TOWN OF ACTON
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
164
228th ANNUAL REPORT OF
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
165
THE TOWN OF ACTON
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
166
228th ANNUAL REPORT OF
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
167
THE TOWN OF ACTON
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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