Town annual reports of Wayland Massachusetts 1960-1962, Part 21

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1960
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 698


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9 Franklin Rockwood Hoar


Rev. Dan Huntington Fenn


Carol (O'Daniel) Foster


Wayland Minister


Rev. Donald J. Gariboldi Priest


10 William H. Mullahy Alice J. Sanborn 10 Ervin Ehlers Gladys A. Picone


Gloucester


Rev. Donald S. Ewing


Wayland


Minister of the Gospel


10 Stanley Robert Skerry


Rev. Donald S. Ewing


Joan Bernice Morrell


Wayland


Minister of the Gospel


10 Anthony Paul MacDonald


Rev. Thomas A. Riley


Evelyn Margaret Drugan


Natick


Priest


11 Leland E. Robinson Barbara J. (McDonald) DeDeo


Wayland


Minister of the Gospel


14 Ronald E. Sawyer Marion M. Godden


Wayland


Minister of the Gospel


16 William Francis Curley, III


Rev. Ambrose Hennessey


Maureen Kelleher


Watertown


Priest


16 Richard William Gerrie


Rev. Lloyd R. Yeagle


Norma Katherine Jackson


Oxford


Clergyman


17 Robert Thomas Lavin


Rev. Joseph P. Lavin


Dolores Anne Trincia


Framingham


Priest


20 William Wolfson Evelyn Dorothy Tweer


Brookline


Rabbi


23 Kenneth Dean Stahl Leslie Buckingham Sears


Wayland


Rev. Dan Huntington Fenn Minister


24 Robert Warren Judd


Lucy T. (Snow) Sawyer


Sudbury


Rev. Frederick R. Strasburg Clergyman


24 Boyd A. Snell Carol A. Wood


Wayland


Rev. Robert K. Jones, Jr. Minister of the Gospel


89


Rev. Robert K. Jones, Jr.


Rev. Robert K. Jones, Jr.


Rabbi David B. Alpert


Date


Persons


Where Married


By Whom


30


Martin O. Nelson Catherine M. Hickey


Wayland


Rev. Frederick J. Hobbs Priest


OCTOBER


8 Stephen J. Mayhew Rose A. Secondino


Natick


Rev. Thomas A. Riley Priest


14 Robert Peter O'Regan


Maria Margaret Malger


Wayland


Priest


Rev. Frederick J. Hobbs


21 Jerry Walter Harmon Joan Margaret Lizotte


Wayland


Priest


Rev. Joachim Anile, O.F.M.


Vincenza Maria Palmisano


Boston


Priest


Rev. Robert K. Jones, Jr.


29


David Frederick Sleeper Barbara Brenda Cummings


Wayland


Minister of the Gospel


NOVEMBER


3 Richard Loren Brumber Carolyn Mae Thorne


Framingham


Clergyman


Rev. Frederick J. Hobbs


Irene Dolores Marie Poisson


Wayland


Priest


Rev. William P. Castles


25


David P. Martin Janice M. Hughes


Wayland


Rev. Carl Scovel


25


Robert Bolling Eggleston Elisabeth Ann Tanger


Wayland


Clergyman


DECEMBER


3 Thomas Daniel Cain Bonnie Lee Huston


Wayland


Rev. Robert K. Jones, Jr. Minister of the Gospel


9 Gary Timothy Peacock Marion Elvina Brady


Wayland


Rev. Earl T. Lyons Priest


9 Robert James Dorey Rita Agnes Donovan


Roslindale


Rev. John A. McCarthy, S.J. Priest


90


11 Francis Arthur Mailhiot, Jr.


18 Ronald Dean Ott Patricia Ann Ferreira


Wayland


Priest


Rev. Frederick J. Hobbs Priest


.


Rev. Donald E. Jones


22 Anthony Stephen Auditore


Rev. Peter E. Hogan, S.S.J.


9 Gerald Duane Livingston Charlett Claire (Morrison) Hall


Weston


23 Wilbur Edward Pettigrew Susan Ann (McGowan) Morelli


Newton


31 Nicholas Onofrio Teti Nancy Florence Siok Wayland


Edward M. Dickson Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace Monte G. Basbas City Clerk and Justice of the Peace Rev. Richard P. Wasnewski Priest


91


DEATHS Recorded in the Town of Wayland in the Year 1961


Age


Date Name


Veteran


Y


M


D


JANUARY


7 Gertrude L. (Graf) Marshall


10 John E. MacGilvray W. W. II


43


11


24


12 Jessie T. (Crompton) Howard


65


12 Matthew Whiton Mumford


5 hours


34 minutes


13 Adelaide V. (Gibson) Duncan


88


11


2


15 Ella Hattie (Fairbanks) Dean


86


8


8


23 Joseph H. Decatur


75


11


26


FEBRUARY


1 Marion (Baxter) Furbush


63


11


25


5 Lenore (Huffman) Beall


78


4


29


6 Charles A. Flynn W W I


65


11


18


9 Robert E. Quigley


5


4


28


9 Elaine P. (Phillippi) Hyde


34


5


19


9 George C. Moraitopoulos


68


9


18


14 Blanche D. (Netto) Dorey


50


8


28


14 Daniel Joseph Foley


94


8


26


17 Harriet S. Adams


86


0


15


21


Monica R. (Richards) Stevens


69


2


17


23 Bernice (Whitcomb) Gerald


75


9


23 Walter Alsen


55


5


27


25 Nathaniel Hamlen, Jr.


21


1


12


27 Mary Gage


74


4


9


MARCH


2 Agnes Bernadette (Shaughnessy) Smith


51


5


28


3 Michael Nolan


73


1


29


5 William J. Hall


60


2


27


11 Susan Anne Confrey


14


12 George I. Wilbur


81


10


17


16 Francis G. Andosca


48


7


1


17 Abner M. Bryant


82


8


21


17 Anna Reardon


93


23 Jeanette (Seymour) Sherman


79


9


23


23 Kathleen (Shortell) Hanson


84


5


9


27 Charles L. Fullick


83


9


20


27 (Baby Boy) Turner


8 Hours


41 Minutes


28 John P. Coveney


80


9


18


31 Kate C. (Irwin) Archibald


87


9


5


31 Anna (Consoletti) DePaolo


82


0


9


APRIL


8 Stella M. (Semple) Wright


84


11


16


16 Rita Frances (Hubley) Greenfield


53


6


23


18 Mae S. (Scott) Parker


84


2


19


22 Loring H. Jackson W W I


69


10


26


74


-


5 Esther L. Buckley


71


92


23 Margaret Agnes Donnelly


24 William Gordon Carlisle


24 Jane E. Degnan


68


-


-


MAY


1 Josephine A. Collins


81


8


27


4 Jennie Warren (Baker) Bassett


91


4


13


13 Gertrude A. (McGuiness) Charles


70


6


12


19 Marion J. (Ross) Rumpel


58


1


21


20 Howard L. Barry


61


5


23


22 Harold C. Clark


66


8


21


JUNE


1


George A. Hamilton, Jr. W W II


42


4


8


1 Arthur H. Dudley W W I


63


2


8


6 Herbert Hall


77


7


19


7 Christian Bonnesen Seery, Jr.


18 Hours


11 Mary B. (Buhay) Greene


46


3


0


11 Etta J. (Mahoney) Doherty


81


3


16


13 Julia L. (Flanagan) Young


89


18 Pamela Lois Reagan


13


4


13


18 Mary (Della-Grotta) Rizzo


86


3


15


28 John William Hession


41


3


6


JULY


1 Myrtice (Benson) Barr


68


9


8


9 Mary Frances Butler


73


7


24


11 Cora (Strout) Lindsay


81


2


4


15 Shirley G. (Gibbs) Arnold


49


0


11


18 Mary J. (Baker) Hapgood


86


8


29


19 Helen (Carey) Ellis


54


3


6


21 Louise (Hammond) Carr


78


3


1


24 Philip Francis Smith W WI


68


5


26


27 Inez I. Twiss


81


10


21


28 Cecilia (Geary) Williams


77


3


28


AUGUST


3 Gertrude D. (Dane) Berrian


79


1


14


15 Isabella A. (Taylor) Kennedy


88


2


20


20 Anna F. (Schmidt) Wilcox


84


7


29


21 Elizabeth A. (Porter) Gray


73


10


5


28 Hannah (McGrath) Burke


95


28 Eleanor R. (Rowe) Blair


64


7


29


30 Clara (Loggie) Haynes


82


2


2


SEPTEMBER


4 Karen L. King


5 Henry Joseph Goff, Jr.


21


5


13


5 Emily (Langfelder) Downing


73


1


27


5 (Baby girl) Moss


15 Minutes


10 Dan A. Morris Korea


30


1


8


11 Helen L. (O'Brien) Branagan


67


1


15


5


23


7 Grace (Knowlton) Spaulding


90


8 Ruth (Milliken) McAllister


57


2


30


1


6


20


81


-


91/2


93


13 Helen (Carter) Wheeler


15 Nellie M. (Ladabouche) Harding


92


8


22


16 Benjamin Stoodley Howard


55


3


21


22 Bertha (Tranter) Bryant


82


8


10


23 Grace (Burrill) Leavitt


79


24 Georgiana M. (Thing) Danforth


82


4


OCTOBER


1 Harold D. Wilson


77


2 Andrew G. Yarrish


55


4


17


4 Carlisle D. Scotland


59


6


28


7 Elizabeth A. (Rafter) Harriott


86


3


9


8 Sarah M. (Gillis) O'Day


80


10


24


12 Edward D. Sullivan


69


11


4


19 Elizabeth (Estes) Marquis


76


10


27


21 Ethel (Lewis) Impey


87


0


28


22


Charles Ralph Jameson


57


10


10


23 Anthony Gerard Boback


57


1


9


24 Arthur Eugene Langdon WW II


58


7


8


26 Lilian S. (Rafuse) Bustin


71


23


27 Alice B. Atwood


92


1


22


NOVEMBER


5 Margaret Barlow


88


9


13


17 Anthony P. Wincunas


41


11


30


21 John S. Strazdas


71


24 Eva B. (Peters) Barry


90


5


25


28 Annie B (Gibbs) Gibbs


84


17


29 Elizabeth A. (East) Young


79


DECEMBER


1 Albert J. Scott


3 Donald Knight Bean, Sr. W W I


68


10


20


11 Stephen Moore


63


19 Hope Lucille Hatch


24 Frank V. Doll


87


25 Fred Alden Bemis W WI


75


1


11


29 John C. Treadwell


75


10


30


DOG LICENSES ISSUED IN 1961


Males


@


$2.00


685


Female


@ $5.00


127


Spayed Female


@ $2.00


530


Kennels


@ $10.00


15


@ 25.00


2


@ 50.00


1


94


78


9


12


21


Warren Vincent Berger


46


55


9


21


3


JURY LIST -JULY 1961


Name Ames, Herbert W.


Address Occupation


134 West Plain Street Cochituate


Laborer


Employer Dept. Public Works


Anderson, Chet


216 Concord Road Wayland


Copy Reader


Christian Science Monitor


Baker, Charles S.


7 Maple Street Cochituate


Carpenter


Self-Employed


Barker, Madelyn M.


2 Rice Spring Lane Wayland


Husband - Engineer


Dunn Engineering Co. Cambridge


Barnett, Harold L.


6 Timber Lane Cochituate


Superintendent


L. E. Zurbach Steel Co. Somerville


Beal, Ivan E.


38 East Plain Street Cochituate


Accountant


Esso Standard Oil Boston


Blum, Seymour L.


11 Highgate Road Cochituate


Engineer


Raytheon, Waltham


Borger, Edwin L.


35 Peck Avenue Wayland


Printer


National Tag and Label Bridge Street, Watertown


Bresse, Alfred E.


151 Pelham Island Road Wayland


Bus Driver


Middlesex and Boston


Brown, Paul W.


236 Old Conn. Path Wayland


Engineer


Sylvania, Roxbury


Butterfield, Robert N.


1 Bennett Road Wayland


Sales Mgr. and V. P.


Haartz Auto Fabric Newton


95


Name


Address


Occupation Manager


Husband - Accountant


Newton-Waltham Bank Waltham


Carroll, Joseph H.


89 Dudley Road Cochituate


Plumber


United Auto Workers Framingham


Clough, Wendell A.


34 Lake Shore Drive Cochituate


Salesman


F M C Corporation 4900 Summerdale Ave., Pa.


73 Tremont Street, Boston


Crowell, Christopher C., Jr. 21 Adams Lane Wayland


Davis, Louise G.


32 Stonebridge Road Cochituate


Secretary


Q. M. R. and E., Natick


Defina, Stephen A.


14 Oxbow Road Wayland


Construction Foreman


Defina and Sons, Inc. 14 Liberty Street, Waltham


Donovan, John J., Jr.


8 Blossom Lane Wayland


Salesman


Service Elec. Mfg. Co. Waltham


England, Eva B.


7 Simpson Road Cochituate


Secretary


General Motors Framingham


Estey, Mary L.


73 East Plain Street Cochituate


Husband was Auto Mechanic


Retired


Fitch, Joseph J.


37 Sunset Road Cochituate


Truck Driver


Employer


Cain, John E. 26 Alpine Road Wayland


Fairway Sports World Store Route 9, Framingham


Cappello, Clara M.


86 Old Sudbury Road Wayland


Cochrane, Margaret


52 Woodridge Road Wayland


Husband - Attorney


Architect Designer


Self-Employed


96


J. J. McCarthy Co. 10 Faraway Street, Mattapan


Frye, James E.


3 Simpson Road Cochituate 39 Sears Road Wayland


Pilot


Boston Harbor


Gerould, Frank T.


Sales Manager


Dennison Mfg. Co. Framingham


Gledhill, Grace


30 Bradford Street Cochituate


Clerk


Newton-Waltham Bank Cochituate


Gray, Marie A.


87 Sears Road Wayland


Husband - Electrical Eng.


Technology Instrument Corp. Acton


Hammond, Margaret Milda


63 Sycamore Road Cochituate


Husband - Inspector


Public Works Dept. 501 City Hal Annex, Boston


Hewson, Roger L.


8 Dean Road Cochituate


Sales Manager


Carbert Mfg. Co. 143 Sidney Street, Cambridge


Hildreth, Jane Judd


17 Bald Rock Road Cochituate


Husband - Salesman


London Guarantee and Accident Milk Street, Boston


Hilton, Herbert L.


26 Peck Avenue Wayland


Truck Driver


Interstate Gas & Oil South Sudbury


Hubbard, Hope


112 Old Conn. Path Wayland


Medical Secretary


Children's Hospital Boston


Hubbard, Roswell E.


8 Davelin Road Wayland


Chemical Engineer


Dennison Mfg. Co. Framingham Canada Dry, Waltham


Irwin, Grace S. Johnson, Benjamin W. III


178 Comm. Road East Cochituate


Pharmacist


B. W. Johnson Pharmacy Cochituate


Johnson, Willis F.


6 Sylvan Way Wayland


Engineer


Raytheon Mfg. Co. Wayland


97


15 Center Street Cochituate


Husband - Office Manager


Name Keller, Aileen F.


Keller, Aileen N.


Leahy, Jean M.


MacIsaac, Daniel A.


Magoun, Theodore R.


8 Eden Road Cochituate


Salesman


James O. Welch Co. 810 Main St., Cambridge


Mahoney, Margaret A.


Riverview Circle Wayland


Husband - Equipment Oper.


S. J. Tomasello Boston


Arthur D. Little, Inc. Cambridge 40, Mass.


Noonan, James H.


Lakeview Road Cochituate


Construction Foreman


J. J. Powers Co. Cambridge


Ober, Richard N.


102 Glezen Lane Wayland


Banker


First National Bank Boston


O'Brien, Mary


7 Bayfield Road Cochituate


Husband - Self-employed


American Measurement & Control Waltham


O'Shea, Joseph B.


4 School Street Cochituate


Accountant


Parsons, Elizabeth M.


27 Sedgemeadow Road Wayland


Husband - Engineer


Employer John Hancock Life Ins. Boston


Self-Employed


Beacon Mortgage Co. 1441 Beacon St., Brookline, Mass.


Smithsonian Astro-physical Lab. Cambridge


98


Address


10 Bald Rock Road Cochituate


Occupation


Husband - Assistant Counsel


Typesetting


7 Red Barn Road Wayland


11 Adams Lane Wayland 6 Juniper Lane Wayland


Husband - Vice President


Adm. Officer


Nicol, James


5 Black Oak Road Wayland


Research Physicist


Hy-Trous Sales Co. 825 Beacon St., Newton Centre


Dunn Engineering Corp. 225 O'Brien Hgwy., Cambridge


Poirier, Patricia A. Quinn, Barbara A.


13 Adelaide Avenue Cochituate 5 Pequot Road Wayland


Husband - Mechanical Eng. Raytheon, Bedford


Husband - Vice President


Hoag and Provandie, Inc. 137 Newbury St., Boston


Awning Maker


Edw. and Theo. Begham South Street, Waltham


Pioneer Industries Inc. P.O. Box 7619, Phil., Pa.


Roehrig, Caleb


4 Blossom Lane Wayland


Production Line


Polaroid, Cambridge


Rubbicco, Edna E.


163 Cochituate Road Wayland


Stenographer


Civil Defense, Natick


Scally, Mary A.


2 Bennett Road Wayland


Housekeeper


Thomas F. MacManus


Schofield, Bradford H.


25 Dean Road Cochituate


Mechanical Engineer


Lessells and Assoc. Inc. 916 Commonwealth Ave., Boston


Smith, Harold W.


87 Woodridge Road Wayland


N. E. Manager


Otis Elevator Co.


Soorian, Eleanor O.


8 D'Angelo Road Wayland


Husband - Electrical Eng.


Ewen-Knight, Natick


Statz, Herman


10 Barney Hill Road Wayland


Physicist


Raytheon, Waltham


Thomas, Ellen L.


28 White Road Wayland


Husband --- Engineer


Raytheon, Waltham


99


Richardson, Robert R. 204 Comm. Road East Cochituate


Riley, Edward C., Jr. 220 Oxbow Road Wayland


Salesman


Name Thorne, Robie E.


Address


Occupation Weaver


Employer Roxbury Carpet Co. Saxonville


Dennison Mfg. Co. Framingham


Vaccaro, Avanell


49 Sears Road Wayland


Husband - Engineer


Raytheon, Bedford


Vincello, Sebastian J.


36 Peck Avenue Wayland


Sales Manager


Furman Lumber Inc. 108 Mass. Ave., Boston


Wellesley College


Warsky, Jacob F.


24 Lakeview Road Cochituate


Foreman


Ziffer, Garrett F.


8 Adelaide Avenue Wayland


Travers, Elinor M.


54 Moore Road Wayland


Husband - Chemical Eng.


52 Sherman Bridge Road Electrical Engineer


Sylvania Electronic 189 "B" Street, Needham


100


THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


The paving of existing roads in the North and Lakeview has been completed and a cinder block utility building was erected in Lakeview Cemetery.


The development of Lakeview Cemetery is proceeding at a suitable pace to keep up to the increasing activity and with the purchases of land adjacent to the cemetery we will have new lots available when they are needed.


There were eighty burials this year for which we collected $4,145. Sixty-two burials were made in Lakeview Cemetery and eighteen in the North Cemetery.


The new lots which were sold are as follows: Seven lots sold in the North Cemetery and twenty-six lots sold in the Lakeview Cemetery.


Receipts were in the total of $2,115.


Income from Annual Care was $1,230.


Foundations for monuments income was $247.


Fifteen Perpetual Care gifts were made totaling $1,950.


Fifteen Perpetual Care gifts given by the following people in the year 1961 :-


Agnes C. Decatur for perpetual care of Lot 74, North


Ext.


$200.00


Richard E. Quigley for perpetual care of Lot 17, Plot A, Section M, Lakeview


50.00


100.00 Donald Hyde for perpetual care of Lot 15A, Lovell North Joseph Hallenbrook for perpetual care of Lot 8, Section L, Lakeview 200.00


Robert Bourette for perpetual care of Lot 7, Section K, Lakeview


100.00


Quo V. Heggen for perpetual care of Lot 32, Section F, Lakeview 50.00


Florence Mathews for perpetual care of Lot 48A, Section M, Lakeview 100.00


Bertha Cipoletta for perpetual care of Lot 75, Section F, Lakeview


200.00


Elmer J. Smith for perpetual care of Lot 77, Section M, Lakeview


200.00


Lillian P. Draper for perpetual care of Lot 182, North Myrtle Fisher for perpetual care of Lot 8, Plot A, Sec- tion M, Lakeview


200.00


Mabel Connelly for perpetual care of Lot 43, Section F, Lakeview


100.00


Eleanor Scotland for perpetual care of Lot 20B, Section C, Lakeview


200.00


Alphonse Blanchette for perpetual care of Lot 93, Section K, Lakeview 100.00


Robert K. Jones for perpetual care of Lot 47, Section M, Lakeview


100.00


$1,950.00


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50.00


REPORT OF THE LIBRARY


During 1961 plans for rewiring the library and enclosing an end of the front balcony were carried out successfully. New fixtures in the stacks, balconies and ceiling of the main library have made a great improvement of the lighting in the areas involved. In the balcony an ornamental ironwork fence was installed, new shelving built in, and the older books in the collection were reshelved in the section, together with special collections of books by Wayland authors, and on Wayland history. Plans are now completed for repairing the badly cracked ceilings, and repainting the interior where needed.


The children's room in the main library, first opened in late January of 1960, has proved its worth during the time that it has been in operation. Limited by the space available for books and people, it is used to capacity and beyond. The same is true of the Young People's room and the general reference section. It is a truly challenging situa- tion for the library staff.


For several months during the year we were handicapped by a dangerously small staff. At present we are in a position to cover emergencies and even to make plans for expanded services. The sched- ule for evening hours at the main library has been changed. We are now open from 7 to 9 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings. In the coming year we plan to develop work with the elementary grades. A start was made in early 1961 with a series of school visits by Miss Connor. Until the close of school in June, one first grade class from the Cochituate school visited the branch library each week for a story hour period. This program could not be resumed in September since we had no one on the staff to continue it.


Staff changes during the year included the return of Mrs. John Baldwin to the main library, Mrs. Edward J. Forbes to the Cochituate Branch in September, Miss Elizabeth Connor, who left the branch in August because of illness, back to the children's room in late December.


The library is grateful to the many people who have given books and periodicals during the year, to the League of Women Voters for its gift of a subscription to the United Nations Review, and to the Garden Club for the flower arrangements and special decorations which have graced the library.


STATISTICS


WAYLAND


COCHITUATE


Circulation


1960


1961 37,632


Circulation


1960


1961


Adult


34,449


Adult


7,724


6,878


Juvenile


21,508


25,344


Juvenile


7,894


8,222


Total


55,957


62,976


Total


15,618


15,100


New Borrowers


660


561


New Borrowers


199


231


Additions


1,771


1,632


Additions


314


262


(1574 purchase, 58 gifts)


(249 purchase, 13 gifts)


Respectfully submitted,


MARJORIE FERRIS, Librarian.


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REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR


The Building Inspection Department submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1961:


Building Permits:


99 New Houses


55 Alterations


4 Car Ports


11 Porches


12 Buildings torn down


14 Garages


1 Removal of Porch


7 Sheds


1 Patio Roof


1 Cow Barn


1 Dormer


1 Green House and Garage


2 Dwellings moved


1 Blast Shelter


1 Test Building


1 Den


1 Stable


1 Retail Store


1 Coffee Shop


1 Removal of Garage and Farm Buildings


1 Nursing Home


1 Addition to School


1 Office


Wiring Permits :


109 New Houses


115 Alterations


7 Garages


5 Electrically controlled gas burners


11 Oil Burners


5 Swimming pools


2 Car Ports


3 Signs


8 Dryers


1 Store


2 Fire alarm detection systems


1 Air Conditioner


1 Barn


2 Sheds


1 Nursing Home


4 Electric Hot Water Heaters


1 Coffee Shop


1 Traffic Light Control


The total estimated cost of all building permits issued which includes commercial buildings, new houses, alterations, accessory build- ings, garages, etc., amounted to $2,232,688.00.


The total estimated cost of all non-taxable buildings amounted to $191,130.00. The total estimated cost of all, amounted to $2,423,818.00.


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NEW HOUSE DEVELOPMENT BY PRECINCT


Year


Cochituate


Wayland


Total


1957


40


86


126


1958


60


74


134


1959


40


85


125


1960


58


94


152


1961


37


62


99


As in the past few years, National Electrical Week was observed in February by submitting an article to the local paper outlining its purpose, and pamphlets, "Electricity In Your Home" were distributed to the sixth grade students in the various elementary schools throughout the town, through the co-operation of Mr. Edward Anderson, Superin- tendent of Schools, and his associates. These pamphlets were, primarily, a guide for the students, with their parents, to check electrical defects in their homes; to be followed through, in the promotion of safety, by having repairs made if necessary. (It is the intent of the promoters of this program to ask the sixth grade students each year to co-operate in this type of safety program. Thereby, over a period of years, all students going through our school system will have the benefits of this electrical survey.)


Commercial, Farm, Municipal, etc., permits consisted of :


1. JANUARY:


A commercial car-port permit was issued to Wayland Associates, Boston Post Road.


2. APRIL:


A permit was issued to Hyman Shick for the construction of a cow barn on Moore Road.


3. MAY:


A Nursing Home permit was issued to Louis Nathanson, on East Commonwealth Road, to accommodate fifty patients. This building was completed in December.


4. JUNE:


Woodland Dairy was issued a permit to build a Coffee Shop at the intersection of Main and East Plain Streets.


5. JULY:


A permit was issued to William L. Bolton and William Curley, Jr., for a retail store on the Boston Post Road.


6. OCTOBER:


A permit was issued in 1960, to Dominic Strazzulla, at 177 East Commonwealth Road, for a block of retail stores. The building was completed and in operation this year.


7. DECEMBER:


The School Department was issued a permit for a ten room addition to the Claypit Hill School.


Several new developments and roads were started this year, and are at various stages of construction, as follows:


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Forest Hills Road, extending from Old Connecticut Path East, by the Swiedler Building Corporation.


The turn-around at the end of Cole Road was extended to accommo- date four more lots.


A development by Mr. Einar P. Robsham, relocating part of Oxbow Road, with the addition of one new street - Campbell Road.


Forty Acres Drive, extending from Cochituate Road, by William A. Rowe.


During the month of September, this department received many calls in regard to Blast Shelters. The Building Department has coop- erated with the Civilian Defense Director, Mr. Francis Gallagher, in this matter, and numerous pamphlets are available at the Town Office Building, printed by the Federal Government, with information for the home-owner. However, some of these calls went beyond family shelters to community and municipal shelters. The Selectmen appointed a committee to advise on structural engineering of these larger shelters, also to observe what other communities are doing in this matter. The committee consists of Ronald D. Haggerty, Delvin E. Kendall and Edward G. Nagle.


This past year, eight new houses had Blast Shelters built while the basement walls were under construction. One such permit was issued to an existing house.


Three permits were issued in 1961, for the wiring of electrically heated homes. These were the first of this type issued in the town.


The Building Department took an active part on the Condemnation Committee and a detailed report of the work accomplished may be found elsewhere in the Town Report.


Sixty-one Zoning variances were prepared and presented to the Zoning Board of Appeals for decision.


During 1961, the Fire and Building Departments continued the inspection program which we started in 1957. The types of buildings which we inspected included schools, churches, auditoriums, rest homes, stores, taverns, and multiple family dwellings. The inspection consisted of structural strength of the buildings, electrical wiring systems, oil burning equipment, rubbish accumulation, exit signs, emergency lighting equipment, fire extinguishers, chimneys, storage of flammable liquids and paints, etc. After these inspection tours, letters were sent to property owners or the building committee concerned. Their cooperation has been greatly appreciated.


Fees collected from wiring and building permits and zoning applica- tions during 1961, amounted to $3,978.50 and have been turned over to the Town Collector.


The Building Department takes this opportunity to thank the Town Officials and citizens who have helped in the affairs of this office in the past year.


Respectfully submitted, HOMER L. MACDONALD


105


REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS


The resignation of George K. Lewis as Commissioner was accepted with regret. The Board is sorry to lose the services of so able a man and will miss the energy and good nature that marked our association with him over the years. Mr. Laurence K. Cook was appointed to fill out the unexpired term.


1961 marked the first year that the Department has pumped an average of over 1,000,000 gallons per day. Per capita consumption has stayed below 100 gpd per person. New services dropped somewhat the past year, with only about 100 being added to the system. Watermain was added in several new developments and some additions in Town roads brought the increase to about two miles of pipe.


It becomes increasingly evident that more pumping facilities will have to be provided before too long and we are planning to speed the development of the new well site off Oxbow Road.


More shop and garage space is needed at our headquarters at Baldwin's Pond. The money that we are asking to be transferred for a new building would provide this space. The main part of the new building would be garage space for trucks and tractor, releasing the old small garages for parts storage. Heated shop space would be included and would make room for repairs and shop work in inclement weather.


The prolonged cold weather of last February froze pipes that had been in the ground for years, showing the deepest penetration of frost the Department has ever experienced. All new pipes are being laid six inches to a foot deeper so that such rare spells of weather cannot cause so much inconvenience again.




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