Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1962-1964, Part 36

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1962
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Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM SCHWARTZ Assistant Chief of Bureau


WS: mdg


152


229th ANNUAL REPORT OF


BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1963 GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS


Cash:


General


$394,044.32


Advances for Petty:


Tax Collector


$ 50.00


School General


20.00


School Lunch Program


50.00


120.00


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:


Poll


6.00


Personal Property


342.00


Real Estate.


23.56


Levy of 1962:


Poll. .


24.00


Personal Property


123.00


Real Estate


2,171.15


Levy of 1963:


Poll.


112.00


Personal Property


4,577.45


Real Estate


40,641.55


49,012.71


Motor Vehicle and Trailer 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 and Possessions:


Tax Titles


471.22


Tax Possessions


367.73


838.95


Departmental:


Collector


88.50


Planning Board


50.00


Highway .


891.64


General Relief


113.15


Aid to Dependent Children


1,376.30


Old Age Assistance


447.72


Veterans' Services


3,600.27


School


166.61


Cemetery


104.50


6,838.69


Aid to Highways:


36,927.33


State


County


9,726.17


46,653.50


153


THE TOWN OF ACTON


Loans Authorized: School Construction


$800,000.00


Due from Stabilization Fund for School Construction. 75,000.00


Unprovided For or Overdrawn Accounts: Underestimates 1963:


State Recreation Areas Assessment $ 398.77


County Tax


100.70


499.47


$1,421,559.37


DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS


Apportioned Assessments Not Due: Street


$ __ 2,014.28


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt:


Inside Debt Limit:


General .


$266,000.00


Outside Debt Limit:


General 510,000.00


$776.000.00


TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS


Trust and Investment Funds:


Cash and Securities:


In Custody of Treasurer


$576,140.88


In Custody of Trustees 3,465.54


$579.606.42


LIABILITIES AND RESERVES


Payroll Deductions:


Federal Taxes.


$ 74.40


State Taxes.


2,301.89


County Retirement System.


1,084.71


Blue Cross and Blue Shield


542.98


Group Insurance


68.16


$ 4,072.14


Guarantee Deposits:


Planning Board


71.30


Board of Appeals


24.00


Construction


81.94


177.24


Agency:


Dog Licenses - Due County


105.25


Tailings:


Unclaimed Checks


279.76


154


229th ANNUAL REPORT OF


Trust Fund Income: Cemeteries $ 2,710.09


Recoveries: Old Age Assistance


585.75


Federal Grants:


Disability Assistance:


Administration


$ 48.35


Assistance


1,896.90


Aid to Dependent Children: Administration


85.84


Aid


6,535.32


Old Age Assistance: Administration


34.43


Assistance


26,925.72


Medical Assistance for the Aged: Administration


74.67


Assistance


6,079.20


School:


Public Law #81-815


819.68


Public Law #81-874


21,436.80


63,936.91


Revolving Fund:


School Lunch.


8,516.18


Appropriation Balances:


Revenue:


General


$106,588.74


Non-Revenue:


School Construction


429.99


107,018.73


Appropriation from Stabilization Fund for School Construction . .


75,000.00


Loans Authorized and Unissued


800,000.00


Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund.


5,130.35


Receipts Reserved for Appropriation: Road Machinery.


14,129.82


Reserved Fund - Overlay Surplus . .


27,078.48


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


7,148.06


10,829.77


Revenue Reserved Until Collected:


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise.


$48,551.73


Tax Title and Possession


838.95


Departmental


6,838.69


Aid to Highway


46,653.50


102,882.87


Reserve for Petty Cash Advance. . 120.00


THE TOWN OF ACTON


155


Surplus Revenue


$198,986.03


$1.421.559.37


DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS


Apportioned Street Assessments Revenue: Due in 1964 to 1966, Inclusive . .


$ 2.014.28


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Serial Loans:


Inside Debt Limit:


School


$230,000.00


Municipal Building


36,000.00


$266,000.00


Outside Debt Limit:


School


510,000.00


$776.000.00 =


TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS


In Custody of Treasurer:


Welfare Funds:


Betsy M. Ball


$15,399.44


Elizabeth White


27,668.96


Georgia E. Whitney


14,320.99


Varnum Tuttle Memorial.


11,502.35


School Funds:


Charlotte Conant


4,590.00


Georgia E. Whitney Memorial.


17,253.51


Library Funds:


Wilde Memorial.


34,647.43


Acton Firemen's Relief Fund . . .


11,654.22


West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund.


1,128.45


Cemetery Funds:


Perpetual Care


116,468.27


Hoit and Scott


673.85


J. Roland Wetherbee


13,439.20


Georgia E. Whitney


1,949.79


Luke Blanchard.


2,620.61


Frank C. Hayward


1,562.96


Susan Noyes Hosmer


101,532.07


Henry L. Raymond Monument.


1,169.63


Henry L. Raymond Care


2,557.57


Dr. Robert L. Davis


1,154.05


Frank E. 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 Descendents


1,000.00


Investment Funds:


Stabilization


170,826.35


Conservation.


13,539.70


$576,140.88


156


229th ANNUAL REPORT OF


In Custody of Trustees: Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund . .


$ 3,465.54


$579.606.42


TREASURER'S REPORT


For the Year Ending December 31, 1964


To The Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Cash Balance January 1, 1964


$394,044.32


RECEIVED FROM STATE TREASURER


Disability Assistance, Federal


$ 1,043.98


Aid Dependent Children, Federal


8,568.23


Medical Aid Aged, Federal


17,201.80


Old Age Assistance, Federal


19,343.59


Disability Assistance


6,168.74


Medical Aid for Aged


12,049.56


Old Age Assistance


11,633.84


Aid Dependent Children.


5,326.68


Loss of Taxes


3,527.98


Snow Removal


1,218.76


Chapter 90, Highways


4,152.33


Chapter 81, Highways


33,156.26


Corporation Taxes


43,741.53


Income Taxes


96,101.91


Chapter 782 - Section 4, Highways


10,963.30


School Aid, Chapter 70-69-71


55,915.04


Meal Taxes.


2,815.40


Veterans Service


3,481.27


Tuition & Transportation.


1,722.04


School Construction, McCarthy Addition


13,567.15


School Construction, McCarthy.


5,567.89


School Construction, Merriam


20,057.63


Transportation


20,484.54


General Relief.


99.81


Public Libraries


1,809.50


Temporary Aid


179.62


$399,898.38


RECEIVED FROM COUNTY TREASURER


Dog Licenses


$ 1,408.47


Highway Allotments - 1961


1,500.00


Highway Main - 1962


1,326.17


4,234.64


RECEIVED FROM TOWN CLERK


Sporting License Fees. $ 1 30.40


Dog License Fees


227.25


Certificates, Vital Statistics


334.00


Mortgage Fees


853.50


Business Certificates


33.50


Street Lists


122.00


Pole Locations


125.50


Cemetery Deeds


23.00


157


THE TOWN OF ACTON


Storage Registrations


$ 77.00


Dog Licenses


2,072.50


$ 3,998.65


RECEIVED FROM TOWN COLLECTOR


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1960


$ 18.97


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1961


4.43


Poll Taxes, 1961


4.00


Poll Taxes, 1962


2.00


Real Estate Taxes, 1962


1,991.98


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1962


302.30


Poll Taxes, 1963


36.00


Personal Property Taxes, 1963


4,623.10


Real Estate Taxes, 1963


36,728.09


45,602.89


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1963. Farm Animal Excise Taxes, 1964. Personal Property Taxes, 1964 . .


109.14


106,008.33


Real Estate Taxes, 1964


1,302.409.68


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1964


219,144.26


Street Betterments.


671.58


Committed Interest


80.57


Street Betterments, North Cross


1,025.70


Lien Certificates


876.00


General Relief Recovery


139.68


Interest & Charges on Taxes


1,716.53


Old Age Assistance Receivables


447.72


Care Cemetery Lots.


652.50


$1,722,595.45


MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS


EMPLOYEE'S - PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS


State Withholding Taxes


11,644.14


County Retirement


13,917.61


Federal Withholding Taxes


92,867.79


Group Insurance


772.46


Blue Cross - Blue Shield.


6,915.98


Teacher's Insurance.


1,010.73


Teacher's Retirement.


19,452.51


146,581.22


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Lunch Account.


67,895.05


Towne School


60.00


Merriam School


505.00


McCarthy School


52.50


Telephone - Telegrams.


52.30


Blanchard Auditorium.


7,056.00


Federal Grant P.L. 874


18,439.00


Petty Cash Account


50.00


94,109.85


BOARD OF SELECT MEN


Miscellaneous


241.00


Licenses


902.00


Wiring Permits


1,852.45


Building Permits


4,763.60


7,759.05


158


229th ANNUAL REPORT OF


SUPERINTENDENT - CEMETERY


Chapel Fees


$ 60.00


Miscellaneous .


119.00


Lowering Device


111.00


Liner Installations


300.00


Foundations


671.65


Burials


1,848.00


Sale of Lots


1,050.00


4,159.65


CHIEF OF POLICE


Dealers Permits


50.00


Bicycle Registrations


39.50


Pistol Permits


150.00


$ 239.50


CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT


Permits Various


77.00


Miscellaneous


79.00


Rental, Fire Station's


811.00


967.00


BOARD OF HEALTH


Miscellaneous


47.00


Clinics


270.25


Gas Permits .


1,265.50


Sewerage Permits


865.00


Plumbing Permits


2,095.50


Nurse Services


794.50


Permits


63.50


5,401.25


Notar's Package Store License. .


900.00


Village Package Store License . .


900.00


Recipients - Old Age Assistance


217.30


Recipients - General Relief .


1,306.51


Recipients - Medical Aid Aged. .


90.35


Recipients - Aid Dependent Children


35.80


Recipients - Veteran's Benefits


387.50


Florence Merriam, Group Insurance


5.46


Florence Merriam, Blue Cross


56.22


Edith Hatch, Group Insurance.


5.46


Edith Hatch, Blue Cross


62.04


Timothy Hennessey, Group Insurance


7.26


Timothy Hennessey, Blue Cross


73.68


John E. Beach, Group Insurance .


2.48


John E. Beach, Blue Cross


.


82.56


Anne Rimbach, Group Insurance


4.96


Frederic Rimbach, Group Insurance


3.72


Frederic Rimbach, Blue Cross. .


123.84


Katherine Matsen, Group Insurance


1.86


Katherine Matsen, Blue Cross . .


21.30


Ella Campbell, Apartment Rent


720.00


George K. Hayward, Sealer Weights


154.45


Roland A. Livermore, Hall Rental


430.00


Concord District Court Fines


846.20


Machinery Account


3,989.82


Planning Board, Hearings


175.00


Board Appeals, Hearings


80.00


Employees, Group Insurance


8.16


THE TOWN OF ACTON


159


Employees, Blue Cross


$ 75.10


West Acton Library Fines


125.05


Memorial Library Fines


2,054.49


Boston Mutual Life Insurance, Dividend


260.97


Treasurer United States,


Federal Withholding


228.90


Treasurer United States, Interest


1.82


Hardward Mutual Company,


Fire Department


38.30


Field & Cowles, Building Insurance


854.75


Middlesex County National Bank,


Note #428


200,000.00


Middlesex County National Bank, Note #429.


41,075.00


Middlesex County National Bank,


Note #450.


40,000.00


Center Fire Company,


Firemen's Relief Fund


90.00


South Fire Company,


90.00


West Fire Company,


Firemen's Relief Fund


95.00


Employees, School Insurance


13.00


Carl W. Flint, Sale of Dogs


9.00


Blue Cross - Blue Shield, Premium


1,835.00


Time Inc., Engineering Department


11.50


State Withholding Tax Receipts. ..


6.38


Frances J. Farrell Tax Title


103.56


Frances J. Farrell Interest


18.46


Union National Bank, Police Station


100,000.00


Union National Bank, Premium.


90.00


Town of Concord, Lien of Taxes


170.25


Acton Minutemen Associates,


Building Lease


1,00


Carl Townsend, Land Sale


37.31


$397,976.77


PERPETUAL CARE - WOODLAWN CEMETERY


Estate Mabel Harlow


200.00


Catherine Kelleher


100.00


David & Eleanor Tuttle


200.00


Herbert & Thelma Leusher


100.00


Mabel H. Dunne


200.00


Raymond White


200.00


Ruth Wilson


150.00


Dorothy Blanchard


100.00


A. Jane Marsh.


100.00


Richard Clemence


200.00


Arthur L. Freese.


100.00


Margaret Boyer.


50.00


Frederick Abbt


200.00


Estate Harriet Taylor.


200.00


Estate Arlette Appleyard.


1,000.00


Margaret Rennie


100.00


Jorgen Larsen.


200.00


3,400.00


PERPETUAL CARE - MT. HOPE


Myrna Macleod


200.00


Esther Scribner


100.00


Firemen's Relief Fund


160


229th ANNUAL REPORT OF


Nelson Wamboldt


$ 200.00


Daniel MacDougall


200.00


Mabel MacAllester.


200.00


Donald McPherson


150.00


Margaret Ferris


300.00


Mary B. Hall


50.00


Estate George Major


200.00


Estate Arlette Appleyard.


1,000.00


Dorothy Hollywood


200.00


$ 2,800.00


TRANSFERS TO TOWN ACCOUNT


Stabilization Fund


95,000.00


Elizabeth White Fund


725.00


Susan Noyer Hosmer Fund


500.00


Cemetery Fund


500.00


J. Roland Wetherbee Fund.


100.00


Memorial Library, Tainter Fund .


294.50


Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund 50.00


Georgia E. Whitney Fund


525.00


97,694.50


TRUST FUND INCOME


Elbridge Jones Robbins Fund


22.50


Conservation Fund.


297.12


Acton High School Library Fund.


167.81


Betsey M. Ball Fund


454.28


Cemetery Fund .


4,000.76


A. B. Conant Cemetery Fund


43.12


Elizabeth White Fund.


1,087.62


Georgia E. Whitney Memorial Fund


646.88


Georgia E. Whitney Fund


622.63


Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund Frank C. Hayward Cemetery Fund


63.76


43.13


Hoit & Scott Cemetery Fund .


21.56


Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund


107.79


Henry S. Raymond Monument Fund


28.00


Henry S. Raymond Cemetery Fund Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund


3,532.23


Varnum Tuttle Fund.


431.25


J. Roland Wetherbee Cemetery Fund Sarah Watson Cemetery Fund.


100.00


Stabilization Fund


5,101.08


Memorial Library Fund .


676.69


Memorial Library, Tainter Fund. .


687.55


Acton Firemen's, Relief Fund.


338.83


George T. Ames Fund.


18.60


Dr. Robert Davis Cemetery Fund.


42.50


Mrs. Harry O'Neil Fund .


14.88


Carrie Wells Cemetery Fund .


128.13


Frank Knowlton Cemetery Fund .


42.50


19,220.07


$2,911,035.98


394,044.32


$3,305,080.30


2,771,728.48


Paid Selectmen's Orders for 1964 Cash Balance December 31, 1964


$ 533.351.82


Total Receipts for the year 1964 Cash Balance January 1, 1964


109.80


389.07


161


THE TOWN OF ACTON


OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS


Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 44


General Laws 61 to 90, due 1965 to 1970, Julia L. McCarthy School $ 30,000.00


Elementary School Bonds Chapter 645 Acts of 1948 121 to 200 due 1965 to 1972, Julia L. McCarthy School Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 44 Section of clause 3, General Laws


80,000.00


106 to 240, due 1965 to 1977 Merriam School 135,000.00


Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 645 Acts of 1948, 211 to 600 due 1965 to 1977 Merriam School 390,000.00


Elementary School Notes Chapter 44 General Laws, 420 to 425 due 1965 to 1967 McCarthy School Addition Fire Station Notes Chapter 44


30,000.00


General Laws, 389 to 412 due 1965 to 1966


24,000.00


Police Station Notes Chapter 44


General Laws, 430 to 449 due 1965 to 1969 100,000.00


Highway Notes, Chapter 44, General Laws Section 6A #429, due August 13, 1965


41,075.00


Land Acquisition Note, Chapter 44 Section 7, clause (3) General Laws


#450, due December 10, 1965


40,000.00


ACTON HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$ 4,000.00 590.00


$ 4,590.00


Received interest for 1964.


191.24


$ 4,781.24


On deposit December 31, 1964


$ 4,781.24


ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


$ 7,910.00


Income Balance


3,744.22


$ 11,654.22


Received to Fund in 1964


Company salaries


275.00


Interest


493.69


768.69


$ 12,422.91


On deposit December 31, 1964


$ 12.422.91


GEORGE T. AMES CEMETERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund Income Balance


$ 465.49


28.42 $ 493.91


Income Balance


Principal Fund


162


229th ANNUAL REPORT OF


Received interest for 1964 .


$ 19.75


$ 513.66


On deposit December 31, 1964


$ 513.66 ===


ARLETTE APPLEYARD CEMETERY FUND


Principal Fund (December)


$ 2,000.00


On deposit December 31, 1964


$ __ 2.000.00


BETSEY M. BALL FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund $10,095.26 5,304.18


$ 15,399.44


Received interest for 1964.


667.22


$ 16,066.66


On deposit December 31, 1964


$ 16.066.66


CEMETERY FUND Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$91,497.21 24,971.06


$116,468.27


Income Balance


Received for Perpetual Care 4,200.00


Received interest for 1964


4,986.97


9,186.97


$125,655.24


Cash on hand.


$ 531.04


Transfer to Town Account


500.00


1,031.04


On deposit December 31, 1964


124,624.20


$125.655.24


A. B. CONANT CEMETERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$ 1,000.00 94.88


$ 1,094.88


Received interest for 1964


47.20


$ 1,142.08


Income Balance


On deposit December 31, 1964


$ 1.142.08


Income Balance


163


THE TOWN OF ACTON


CONSERVATION INVESTMENT FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$13,539.70


Income Balance


$ 13,539.70


Received to Fund - Article 15


7,899.73


Received interest for 1964


297.12


8,196.85


$ 21,736.55


On deposit December 31, 1964


$ 21.736.55


DR. ROBERT I. DAVIS CEMETERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$ 1,000.00 154.05


$ 1,154.05


Received interest for 1964


49.25


$ 1,203.30


On deposit December 31, 1964


$ 1,203.30


ELBRIDGE JONES ROBBINS & DESCENDENTS FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$ 1,000.00


$ 1,000.00


Received interest for 1964


22.50


On deposit December 31, 1964 . ..


$ 1.022.50


ELIZABETH WHITE FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


$25,000.00


Income Balance


2,668.96


$ 27,668.96


Received interest for 1964


1,178.05


$ 28,847.01


Paid Trustee's orders for 1964 . .


On deposit December 31, 1964 .


725.00 28,122.01


$ 28.847.01


GEORGIA E. WHITNEY MEMORIAL FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund Income Balance


$15,000.00


2,253.51


$ 17,253.51


Income Balance


Income Balance


$ 1,022.50


Principal Fund


164


229th ANNUAL REPORT OF


Received interest for 1964 .


$ 737.94


$ 17,991.45


On deposit December 31, 1964 . .. $ 17,991.45


GEORGIA E. WHITNEY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$14,073.70 247.29


$ 14,320.99


Received interest for 1964


635.62


Paid Trustee's Orders for 1964 525.00


On deposit December 31, 1964 ..


14,431.61


$ 14.956.61


GEORGIA E. WHITNEY CEMETERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$ 1,500.00 449.79


$ 1,949.79


Received interest for 1964


81.69


$ 2,031.48


Transfer to Town Account


50.00


On deposit December 31, 1964


1,981.48


$ __ 2.031.48


FRANK C. HAYWARD CEMETERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$ 1,000.00 562.96 $ 1,562.96


Received interest for 1964


65.85


$ 1,628.81


On deposit December 31, 1964


$ _1.628.81


HOIT & SCOTT CEMETERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$ 500.00


Income Balance


173.85


$ 673.85


Received interest for 1964


28.69


$ 702.54


On deposit December 31, 1964


$ 702.54


Income Balance


$ 14,956.61


Income Balance


Income Balance


165


THE TOWN OF ACTON


MRS. HARRY O'NEIL'S CEMETERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$ 372.39 47.49


$ 419.88


Received interest for 1964


16.68


$ 436.56


On deposit December 31, 1964


$ 436.56


FRANK R. KNOWLTON CEMETERY FUND


January 31, 1964


Principal Fund $ 1,000.00 153.18 $ 1,153.18


Income Balance


49.43


Received interest for 1964


.


$ 1,202.61


On deposit December 31, 1964 . . .


$ 1.202.61


LUKE BLANCHARD CEMETERY FUND


January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


Income Balance


$ 2,419.24 201.37 $ 2,620.61


Received interest for 1964


116.40


$ 2,737.01


On deposit December 31, 1964 .


$ 22?


2.737.01


HENRY S. RAYMOND FUND MONUMENT PERPETUAL CARE


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$ 700.00 469.63


$ 1,169.63


Received interest for 1964


47.30


$ 1,216.93


On deposit December 31, 1964 .


$ 1,216.93


HENRY S. RAYMOND CEMETERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$ 2,000.00 557.57 $ 2,557.57


Income Balance


Received interest for 1964


109.80


$ 2,667.37


Income Balance


Income Balance


166


229th ANNUAL REPORT OF


On deposit December 31, 1964 .


$ __ 2.667.37 = =


SUSAN NOYES HOSMER CEMETERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$82,238.95 19,293.12


$101,532.07


Received interest for 1964


4,342.42


$105,874.49


Transfer to Town Account


500.00


On deposit December 31, 1964


105,374.49


$105,874.49


VARNUM TUTTLE MEMORIAL FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


$10,000.00


Income Balance


1,502.35


$ 11,502.35


Received interest for 1964


491.96


$ 11,994.31


On deposit December 31, 1964


$_11.994.31


J. ROLAND WETHERBEE CEMETERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$10,000.00 3,439.20


$ 13,439.20


Received interest for 1964


528.67


$ 13,967.87


Transfer to Town Account


100.00


On deposit December 31, 1964


13,867.87


$ 13,967.87


ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$32,890.21


Income Balance


1,757.22


$ 34,647.43


Received interest for 1964


1,445.12


$ 36,092.55


Transfer to Town Account


294.50 35,798.05


On deposit December 31, 1964


$_36.092.55


Income Balance


Principal Fund


Income Balance


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SARAH A. WATSON CEMETERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$ 2,500.00 362.90 $ 2,862.90


Income Balance .


Received interest for 1964


115.80


$ 2,978.70


On deposit December 31, 1964 . . .


$ 2.978.70


WEST ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund $ 1,128.45 46.30 $ 1,174.75


Received interest for 1964.


On deposit December 31, 1964 . .


$ __ 1.174.75


STABILIZATION FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$166,515.19 4,311.16


$170,826.35


Received interest for 1964


5,319.89


Received to Fund Article 10


25,000.00


Received to Fund Article 11


10,000.00


40,319.89


$211,146.24


95,000.00


On deposit December 31, 1964


116,146.24


$211.146.24


CARRIE F. WELLS CEMETERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1964


Principal Fund


$ 3,000.00 456.73


$ 3,456.73


Received interest for 1964


146.18


On deposit December 31, 1964 . . .


$ 3.602.91


Respectfully submitted,


WM. HENRY SOAR Town Treasurer


Income Balance


$ 3,602.91


Transfer to Town Account


Income Balance


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SECTION


Officials & Appointments


170


229th ANNUAL REPORT OF


TOWN OFFICERS


MODERATOR


James Edward Kinsley SELECT MEN


Lawrence Donnelly.


Term Expires 1965


* Arthur W. Lee. Warren F. Birch


Term Expires 1966


Term Expires 1967


** John H. Loring * Deceased


** Elected to replace


Charles M. MacRae


TOWN CLERK TREASURER AND COLLECTOR Wm. Henry Soar


ASSESSORS


Dewey E. Boarman. Term Expires 1965


Carl R. Godfrey. Term Expires 1966


Carl C. Flint. Term Expires 1967


TREE WARDEN Franklin H. Charter


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


Clinton S. Curtis Term Expires 1965


Lossie E. Laird. Term Expires 1966


Patience H. MacPherson Term Expires 1967


CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


Harry E. Holt Term Expires 1965


Harlan E. Tuttle


Term Expires 1966


Howard F. Jones Term Expires 1967


CONSTABLES


Edward J. Collins, Jr.


T. Frederick S. Kennedy


Chauncey R. Fenton, Jr. David W. Scribner


TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL LIBRARY


Louise M. Gardiner Term Expires 1965


Richard A. Bodge. Term Expires 1966


Doris E. Peterson . Term Expires 1967


LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEES


Parker Harrison, Jr. Term Expires 1965


Thomas E. Wetherbee Term Expires 1965


M. Virginia Biggy Term Expires 1966


Albert W. Koch Term Expires 1966 Edwin Richter Term Expires 1967


* Lloyd E. Williamson. ** George E. Neagle * Resigned


Term Expires 1967


** Elected to replace


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BOARD OF HEALTH


x Robert C. Heustis . Term Expires 1965


xx Warren M. McFague


* Martin J. Duggan . Term Expires 1966 ** J. Huston Westover Jay S. Grumbling. Term Expires 1967 x Resigned Resigned


xx Elected to replace x * Elected to replace


PLANNING BOARD


Leonard E. Rae Term Expires 1965


¿ Charles Judd Farley


Term Expires 1966


x John H. Loring


Term Expires 1967


xx Beatrice C. Perkins David P. Tinker. Term Expires 1968


* William M. Veazey.


Term Expires 1969 ** Richard C. Janson


x Resigned


* Resigned + Deceased


xx Elected to replace x


** Elected to replace *


TRUSTEES OF ELIZABETH WHITE FUND


Hazel P. Vose Term Expires 1965


Eleanor P. Wilson Term Expires 1966


Helen B. Wood. Term Expires 1967


TRUSTEES OF WEST ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND


Arno H. Perkins Term Expires 1965


H. Stuart MacGregor Term Expires 1966


James B. Wilson Term Expires 1967


TRUSTEES OF ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND


Frederick T. Kennedy Term Expires 1965


Clarence A. Frost Term Expires 1966


Lloyd W. Priest. Term Expires 1967


TRUSTEES OF GOODNOW FUND


James N. Gates Term Expires 1965


Clark C. McElvein. Term Expires 1966


Thelma L. Boatman Term Expires 1967


TRUSTEES OF THE CITIZENS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WEST ACTON


James E. Kinsley Term Expires 1965


Percival W. Wood Term Expires 1966


Barbara Nylander Term Expires 1967


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY SELECTMEN -- 1964


EXECUTIVE CLERK Virginia Milbery


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FINANCE COMMITTEE


Porter G. Jenks. Term Expires 1965


Charles C. Grandy


Term Expires 1965


* Richard C. Janson


Term Expires 1965


* William B. Allred


Samuel L. Davis Term Expires 1966


Joseph R. O'Neill.


Term Expires 1966


William L. Chipman Term Expires 1966


James R. Brown


Term Expires 1967


Mary K. Hadley Term Expires 1967


Paul H. Lesure Term Expires 1967


* Resigned ** Appointed to replace *


BOARD OF APPEALS


* Craig E. Lundbert Term Expires 1965 Herschel N. Hadley William C. Sawyer Term Expires 1966


Hayward S. Houghton Term Expires 1967


* Resigned ** Appointed to replace *


ASSOCIATES


x Herschel N. Hadley Term Expires 1966 xx Harold W. Flood


* Harold F. Nordberg Term Expires 1967


** Milford B. Bottomley


x Appointed regular member * Resigned


xx Appointed to replace x ** Appointed to replace *


SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Allen H. Nelson


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


James B. Wilson Term Expires 1965


Grace J. Cullinane Term Expires 1966


Julia A. Barry .. Term Expires 1967


Charles M. MacRae


Ex-Officio


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Donald O. Nylander Term Expires 1965


CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT (Permanent) H. Stuart MacGregor


TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE


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


Arno H. Perkins Term Expires 1967


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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


Duputy 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


CENTRAL POLLING PLACE


Warden - Edith M. O'Leary Clerk - Marion M. Armstrong


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS DOG OFFICER


Carl W. Flint Carl W. Flint


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES George K. Hayward


RECREATION COMMISSION


William J. Phillips Term Expires 1965


Helen E. Moland


Term Expires 1965


Charles W. Pappas


Term Expires 1966


* Edward W. Flannery.


Term Expires 1967


Martin C. Scanlan Gladys K. Mason Term Expires 1968


* Appointed to replace * * Resigned


INSPECTOR OF GAS PIPING AND GAS APPLIANCES Joseph G. Perry


DEPUTY INSPECTOR OF GAS PIPING AND GAS APPLIANCES Edward F. Wright


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FENCE VIEWERS


* Laurence Hadley * Resigned


Allan R. Murray


FIRE ALARM OPERATOR *Frederic W. Rimbach *Resigned


FIELD DRIVERS


William C. Kazokas William J. Durkin, Jr.


*George Kemp Norman L. Roche


*Deceased


SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK Franklin H. Charter


BURIAL AGENT Ian M. Mott


VETERANS' AGENT Ian M. Mott


ASSISTANT BURIAL AGENT ASSISTANT VETERANS' AGENT


Norman L. Roche Norman L. Roche


DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES Ian M. Mott


ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES Norman L. Roche


INSPECTOR OF WIRES Leslie F. Parke


ASSISTANT 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


Ray L. Harris William S. Kendall, Jr.


*Robert A. Bartlett


Richard N. Farrell


*John V. Gregory


James P. Conheeney, Jr.


*Robert S. Rhodes


T. Frederick S. Kennedy


*Robert P. Macleod Franklin H. Charter


Allen H. Nelson Carl W. Flint


* Civil Service


WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT Theron A. Lowden


DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE John F. Mclaughlin


DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE Robert F. Guba


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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. *Deceased


TOWN COUNSEL Richard S. McCabe


ASSOCIATE TOWN COUNSEL Philip A. Wilson


* Resigned


TOWN ENGINEER *Fred K. Hanack ** John J. Dowd * Appointed to replace *


BUILDING INSPECTOR


Kenneth E. Jewell


DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR H. Stuart MacGregor


ARCHIVES COMMITTEE


T. Frederick S. Kennedy Term Expires 1965


Joyce C. Woodhead. Term Expires 1966


David L. May Term Expires 1967


TOWN REPORT COMMITTEE


John C. Shelley


Term Expires 1965


* Dorothy B. Stonecliffe. Term Expires 1966


** James L. Parker Beverly W. Lydiard . Term Expires 1967


* Resigned ** Appointed to replace *


PERSONNEL BOARD


Lyman H. Goff, Jr. Term Expires 1965


Wilbur J. Tolman.


Term Expires 1965


William H. Kemp .


Term Expires 1966


Clyde J. Horne


Term Expires 1967


* Warren L. Newell


Term Expires 1967


** Donald L. Loring


* Resigned


** Appointed to replace *


INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION


Stephen E. Lord Term Expires 1965


Allen M. Christofferson


Term Expires 1966


Richard J. O'Neil.


Term Expires 1967


Paul M. McPherson


Term Expires 1967


Frederick H. Bubier. Term Expires 1968


Ralph C. Morse


Term Expires 1969


TOWN BUILDING COMMITTEE


Arnold H. Mercier


Term Expires 1965


Lloyd W. Priest. Term Expires 1966


Joseph S. Cobb


Term Expires 1967


Frank L. Arms


Term Expires 1968


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PUBLIC CEREMONIES AND CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE


Lowell H. Cram. Term Expires 1965


Clark C. McElvein


Term Expires 1965


Percival W. Wood Term Expires 1966


Carl A. Hedin . Term Expires 1966


Raymond A. Shamel Term Expires 1967


Russell Hayward


Term Expires 1967


CONSERVATION COMMISSION


Robert J. Ellis


Term Expires 1965


James M. Shepard


Term Expires 1965


David P. Tinker.


Term Expires 1966


Alice H. May.


Term Expires 1966


John A. Jeffries, Jr. Term Expires 1967


William L. Kingman Term Expires 1967


Kenneth E. Jewell


Term Expires 1967


STREET LIGHTING COMMITTEE


Byrd D. Goss Joseph F. Bushell


Leslie F. Parke


TOWN EMPLOYEES INSURANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE


David W. Scribner Stewart Kennedy


Arno H. Perkins Viola M. Foley


Carolyn Douglas


COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL TO ASSIST MASS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


John W. Putnam


Allen G. Moody


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REVISED JURY LIST - 1964


PRECINCT I


John H. Duston, 276 Pope Road, Farmer George H. Hodgson, 72 Strawberry Hill Road, Laboratory Technician Robert S. Sinnett, 22 Hosmer Street, Sales Manager Theodore D. Weyn, 30 Forest Road, Lumberman Edwin G. Ferrari, 13 Alcott Street, Mechanical Engineer Carl A. Peterson, 4 Brabrook Road, Mechanical Engineer Fletcher W. Burger, 107 Concord Road, Manager John R. Vieira, Jr., 4 Flagg Road, Electronic Technician Glenn M. Kidder, 486 Great Road, Research Chemist David G. Robertson, 20 Henley Road, Electrical Engineer John B. Milliken, 12 Hosmer Street, Purchasing Agent Arthur C. Goodwin, 1 Iris Court, Retired Elmer O. Kilpatrick, 1 Iris Court, Retired William R. Horton, 514 Main Street, Junior Engineer David W. Forrant, 97 Newtown Road, Electronic Engineer Karl Andersen, 21 Minuteman Road, Construction Edgar H. Peterson, 25 Minuteman Road, Office Work Robert E. Clapp, 4 Wheeler Lane, Salesman Malcolm R. Dunn, 62 Taylor Road, Farmer William J. Hindle, Greenwood Lane, Sales Manager James R. Mercer, Jr., 562 Main Street, President Paul C. Grosse, 11 Alcott Street, Electronic Engineer Franklin D. Moore, 3 Thoreau Road, Airline Pilot Samuel Crowther, Jr., 5 Henley Road, Engineer John W. Putnam, 352 Pope Road, Research Executive


PRECINCT II


David W. Hartwell, 13 Billings Street, Warehouse Manager Charles T. Kirk, 13 Beverly Road, Electrical Engineer Thomas E. Wetherbee, 44 Prospect Street, Laundryman Arthur H. Donaldson, 5 Billings Street, Mechanic Roland R. MacLean, 46 Central Street, Prod. Eng. Thomas C. Searle, 249 Parker Street, Mechanical Engineer H. Bradford Sturtevant, III, 12 Laurel Court, Asst. Treasurer Alvin R. Piper, 7 Piper Road, Spec. Office Equipment Herbert S. Weintraub, 4 Ashwood Road, Physicist Bruce D. Smith, 6 Ashwood Road, Engineer William H. Stafford, 8 Brucewood Road, Engineer Francis J. Schell, 46 Conant Street, Research Engineer Robert M. Lydiard, 4 Fairway Road, Controller Charles W. Pappas, 1 Fairway Road, Salesman Kenneth D. Day, 6 Foster Street, Engineer Sumner D. Zimmer, 25 High Street, Hydrogen Plant Operator J. Edward Sibel, 266 High Street, Office Manager Joseph R. Peters, Jr., 100 Hosmer Street, Office Work Charles W. Hillman, 10 Independence Road, Engineer Andrew L. Boissoneau, 63 Laws Brook Road, Office Manager Raymond V. Christian, 9 Lilac Court, Accountant Richard A. Gunzelmann, 59 Main Street, Maintenance George Pederson, 16 Maple Street, Floor Installation Carl F. Beyer, 27 Oakwood Road, Technician Richard A. Lowden, 172 Main Street, Truck Driver


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PRECINCT III


Richard M. Brine, 136 Central Street, Parts Man Edward W. Flannery, 544 Massachusetts Avenue, Foreman Dudley F. Howe, 11 Mohawk Drive, Insurance Norman L. Perkins,133 Arlington Street, Bulldozer Operator Marvin L. Tolf, 32 Agawam Road, T. I. C.


Peter R. Whitcomb, 144 Hayward Road, Carpenter Harrison D. Foote, 387 Central Street, Salesman


Donald R. Thompson, 372 Arlington Street, Airplane Mechanic John E. Dunphy, Jr., 3 Algonquin Road, Engineer Walter W. Lawrence, 230 Arlington Street, Machinist


John D. Killian, 20 Birch Ridge Road, Electrical Engineer


Robert G. French, 220 Central Street, Mechanic


George H. Charter, 79 Charter Road, Machinist Joseph R. Hanasik, 26 Elm Street, Electronics Frederick J. Karr, 3 Ethan Allen Drive, Opr. Superintendent


Walter J. Johnson, 11 Marian Road, Oil Service and Manager Harold A. Torppa, 655 Massachusetts Avenue, Mechanic


Stanley F. Luques, 15 Mohegan Road, Engineer David C. Hartzell, 42 Nash Road, Assistant Personnel Manager Frederick A. Lindquist, Jr., 42 Quaboag Road, Machinist Warren E. Costello, 262 Central Street, Welder James E. Mahar, 20 Agawam, Design Engineer


Lawrence B. Kelley, 15 Nashoba Road, Draftsman Arnold G. Woodward, 141 Central Street, I.B.M. Operator Alfred R. Hermes, 292 Central Street, Credit Reporter


THE TOWN OF ACTON


FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS


President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson


United States Senators


Leverett Saltonstall Edward M. Kennedy


Representative in Congress Philip J. Philbin - Third Congressional District


Officials of the Commonwealth


Governor


John A. Volpe


Lieutenant Governor Elliot L. Richardson


Secretary


Kevin H. White


Treasurer


Robert Q. Crane


Auditor


Thaddeus Buczko


Attorney General


. Edward W. Brooke


Governor's Council - Third District


George F. Cronin, Jr., Boston, Mass.


Senator - Middlesex and Worcester District William I. Randall, Framingham, Mass.


Representative in the General Court - Thirteenth Middlesex District - John M. Eaton, Jr., Concord, Mass.


REFERENCE BOOK ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS 01720


WELLS BINDERY, INC.


OCT


1976


WALTHAM, MASS. 02154.





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