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ARLNIGTON TOWN REPORT
Article 60. To see if the Town will make an appropriation under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of bet- terments, for the original construction of public ways in the Town, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, including land damages and the cost of pavement and sidewalks laid at the time of said construction; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 61. To see if the Town will authorize the acquisition by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise of any land easements or rights therein, including an easement or easements in land ad- joining the location of any or all public ways, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, consisting of a right to have the land of the location protected by having the surface of such adjoining land slope from the boundary of the location; make an appropriation for such acquisition; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relat- ing thereto.
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum or sums of money to be expended under the direction of the School Committee for the purpose of erecting an addition, or ad- ditions, to the present Bishop School or other alterations, improve- ments or reconstruction to said Bishop School and to provide fur- nishings, equipment and lighting for said additions and other facilities to both the present building and the proposed addition; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 63. To see if the Town will acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise for school purposes, all or any portion of the land within the Town (with or without the buildings there- on) hereinafter described, any interests or easements therein, and any rights or easements of way or otherwise as appurtenant there- to, and subject to or with any reservations of any rights, or ease- ments therein; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to all or any of the foregoing.
Said land is bounded and described as follows :-
Beginning at a point on the northwesterly side line of No. Union Street at the division line between land of Town of Arling- ton and property now numbered 54 No. Union Street thence north- westerly by said land of the Town of Arlington a distance of 400 feet more or less to a point on the southeasterly side line of Everett Street thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Everett Street a distance of 334 feet to the division line between lots 50 and 51 thence southeasterly on said division line between lots 50 and 51 a distance of 400 feet more or less to a point on the northwesterly side line of No. Union Street thence southwester- ly on said northwesterly side line of No. Union Street a distance of 341 feet more or less to the point of beginning and containing 135,716 square feet more or less assessed value plus 25 %, $19,101.56 northwesterly portion of Lot 51 to be reserved for street purposes.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
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TOWN RECORDS
Article 64. To see if the Town will appoint a committee of five (5), at least one of whom shall be a member of the School Committee, to procure plans and estimates for the construction of a school building on land to be taken under the previous Article of this Warrant, situated in the Town in the area of North Union Street; make an appropriation for the use of said committee; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 65. To see if the Town will acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise for school purposes, all or any por- tion of the land within the Town (with or without the buildings thereon) hereinafter described, any interest or easements therein, and any rights or easements of way or otherwise as appurtenant thereto, and subject to or with any reservations of any rights, or easements therein; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to all or any of the foregoing.
Said land is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northwesterly side line of Franklin Street and the northeasterly side line of Parallel Street thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Parallel Street a distance of 238.90 feet to a point on said northeasterly side line of Parallel Street at land now or formerly of Metropolitan District Commission thence northeasterly by said land now or formerly of Metropolitan District Commission a dis- tance of 291.16 feet to a point on the westerly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway on a curve to the left with a radius of 454.91 feet a distance of 272.98 feet to a point of compound curve thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Mystic Valley Parkway on a curve to the left with a radius of 1384.57 feet a distance of 82.27 feet to an angle point thence southwesterly by land now or formerly of the Metropolitan District Commission and on the northwesterly side line of Franklin Street extended a dis- tance of 36.29 feet to the point of beginning containing approxi- mately 32254 square feet the assessed value plus 25 % $27,625.00.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 66. To see if the Town will appoint a committee of five (5) at least one of whom shall be a member of the School Committee, to procure plans and estimates for the construction of a school building on land to be taken under the previous Article of this Warrant, situated in the Town in the area of Medford and Parallel Streets; make an appropriation for the use of said com- mittee; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take an action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 67. To see if the Town will acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise for school purposes, all or any por- tion of the land within the Town (with or without the buildings
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thereon) hereinafter described, any interests or easements therein, and any rights or easements of way or otherwise as appurtenant thereto, and subject to or with any reservations of any rights, or easements therein; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to all or any of the foregoing.
Said land is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the southwesterly side line of Renfrew Street and the northwesterly side line of Florence Avenue thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Florence Avenue a distance of 200.35 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Florence Avenue and the northeasterly side line of George Street thence northwester- ly on said northeasterly side line of George Street and the extension thereof a distance of 300.52 feet to a point thence northeasterly through private lands and on a line 300 feet northwesterly of and parallel to the northwesterly side line of Florence Avenue a distance of 200.35 feet to a point on the southwesterly side line of Renfrew Street thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Ren- frew Street a distance of 300.52 feet to the point of beginning. The assessed value plus 25 % $8,812.00
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 68. To see if the Town will appoint a committee of five (5) at least one of whom shall be a member of the School Committee, to procure plans and estimates for the construction of a school building on land to be taken under the previous Article of this Warrant, situated in the Town in the area of Florence Avenue, George and Renfrew Streets; make an appropriation for the use of said committee; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 69. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum or sums of money to be expended under the direction of the School Committee for the purpose of erecting an addition, or additions, to the present Junior High School West or other alterations, im- provements or reconstruction to said Junior High School West and to provide furnishings, equipment and lighting for said additions and other facilities to both the present building and the proposed addition; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 70. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum or sums of money to be expended under the direction of the School Committee for the purpose of making an overall study of the entire area surrounding the Junior High School West, to the end that a plan may be developed to provide suitable playgrounds in said area, and to grade and surface said area to the extent of the funds made available; determine in what manner the money shall be raised or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
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TOWN RECORDS
Article 71. To see if the Town will vote to remove the wooden building at the corner of Irving Street and Academy Street, for- merly known as the Junior High Industrial Arts School; make an appropriation for such removal and grading of the area as an addition to the present Parmenter School playground; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee for Disposal of Building of former Junior High School Industrial Arts)
Article 72. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum or sums of money for the purpose of having constructed an adequate addition, and improvements, including furnishings and equipment to the Parmenter School situated on Irving Street in said Town; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended, or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Aritcle 73. To see if the Town will transfer the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) from Mt. Pleasant Cemetery sale of graves and lots fund to the Cemetery Commissioners for the improvement of the Town Cemetery.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners)
Article 74. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By- Laws by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in the Residence C District the Area now included partly in the Business A District and partly in the Residence B District, bounded and described as follows:
SOUTHWESTERLY by Broadway, 173.07 feet;
NORTHWESTERLY by Gardner Street, 504 feet, more or less; NORTHEASTERLY by Lot 1, Lot D, Lot 3 and Lot 4, as shown
on a plan hereinafter mentioned, 185 feet more or less; and SOUTHEASTERLY by Lots 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 as shown on said plan, 476.03 feet.
Containing 87,120 square feet of land according to said plan. Said parcel being shown on a plan entitled, "Land in Arlington, Mass., dated December 29, 1953, by Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor."
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 75. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Town Clerk, for the pur- pose of defraying the expense of advertising and other incidental costs relating to the By-Laws voted at this Town Meeting; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any ac- tion relating thereto.
Article 76. To see if the Town will vote to make an appro- priation for the purpose of providing ornamental and additional light to the Town during the Christmas holiday season; determine in what manner the funds shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
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Article 77. To see if the Town will vote to install in the police station a signal desk, signal board and all necessary and incidental equipment relating to the Fire and Police Signal Sys- tem of the town; make an appropriation therefor; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 78. To see if the Town will vote to continue and extend the scope of the powers of the committee known as "Com- mittee relating to construction and operation of refuse disposal incinerator" under Article 29 of the 1953 Annual Town Meeting, by adding to their powers to investigate, consider and make recom- mendations to the Town for locations within or outside of the Town to be used for sanitary fill methods for the disposal of rub- bish or offal, or both; said Committee to report at the next Special Town Meeting, if any, but not later than the Annual Town Meeting for 1955; appropriate a sum of money for the use of said Com- mittee; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating to any or all of the foregoing.
Article 79. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee of three persons for the purpose of investigating, consider- ing and making recommendations as to the wages, hours and working conditions of school traffic supervisors, commonly known as police women; said committee to report not later than the An- nual Town Meeting of 1955; appropriate a sum of money for the use of said committee; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 80. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee for the purpose of investigating, studying and considering various entrances at the Arlington Heights Reservoir Beach and Playground, with particular reference to the manner of egress and ingress to Massachusetts Avenue and to make recommendations relative to the same; said committee to report at the next Special Town Meeting, if any, but not later than the Annual Town Meeting of 1955; appropriate a sum of money for the use of said committee; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating to all or any part of the foregoing.
(Inserted at the request of the Town Manager and the Board of Park Commissioners)
Article 81. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee of five (5) persons for the purpose of investigating, consider- ing and making recommendations as to the swimming conditions at the Arlington Heights Reservoir Beach, and particularly to de- termine whether or not a supervised swimming program should be continued in this area; also, to prepare detailed plans for im- provement of the facilities of the beach if said committee shall determine that such program is to be continued in this area; also, to determine the location and type of alternate facilities, together with preliminary plans, if said committee shall determine that said beach should be abandoned; said committee to report at the next
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Special Town Meeting, if any, but not later than the Annual Town Meeting of 1955; appropriate a sum of money for the use of said committee; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action in any way relating to all, or any part, of the foregoing.
(Inserted at the request of the Town Manager and the Board of Park Commissioners)
Article 82. To see if the Town Meeting will discuss and con- sider the proposal of certain authorities of the Commonwealth to re-route the highway known as Route #3, in or through the residential portion of the Town known as the "Morningside" and "Mysticside" sections; will authorize and instruct the Board of Se- lectmen to protest and oppose such re-routing; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 83. To see if the Town will make an appropriation of a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of providing suitable headquarters for the Lt. Stanley G. Benner Detachment, Marine Corps League of Arlington, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 84. To see if the Town will authorize taking a sum of money voted for the appropriations heretofore made at this Town Meeting under this Warrant, and not voted to be borrowed, from any available funds in the treasury and will authorize the Assessors to use free cash in the treasury in any available funds to an amount not exceeding $400,000.00, in the determination of the 1954 tax rate.
And you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Ar- lington to meet at the times and places herein specified by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed copy of this Warrant, and also by posting a copy of the same at the doors of the Town Hall, and in a conspicuous place in each of the fourteen precincts of the Town, seven days at least before the day of said meeting for the election of officers.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of the Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands, at said Arlington, this twenty-fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-four.
WALTER T. KENNEY JOSEPH P. GREELEY MARCUS L. SORENSEN GEORGE A. HARRIS FRANKLIN W. HURD
Selectmen of the Town of Arlington
A true copy.
Attest:
FRANK K. NICKSAY Constable, Town of Arlington
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
CONSTABLE'S RETURN COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
Arlington, February 26, 1954
By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein specified by causing a printed attested copy of said warrant to be left at every dwelling house in the town previous to the day of the meeting for the election of officers and by posting an attested copy of said warrant at the doors of the Town Hall and in two or more conspicuous places in each of the fourteen precincts of the Town, seven days at least before the day of said meeting. A notice of the times, places and objects of the meetings was published in the local papers.
Frank K. Nicksay Constable of the Town of Arlington, Massachusetts
ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 1, 1954
In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections, met in the polling places designated by the Board of Selectmen for the several precincts in said Town on Monday, March 1, 1954, at seven o'clock in the forenoon.
Upon receipt of the returns as made by the election officers of the several precincts, they were canvassed by the Town Clerk and Registrars of Voters, assisted by Mr. Carmen Foritano, Town Accountant, and the result was announced, as follows:
Total of Ballots Cast
- 9978
Precinct
1 2
3
4
5
6 701
7 716
8 788
9
Precinct
10-A 10-B
11
12-A 12-B
13
14-A
14-B
299
442
890
611
264
648
454
384
TOWN CLERK FOR THREE YEARS
Precinct
1
2
3
4 533
5 691
624
Blanks
69
87
50
80
96
77
Precinct
7
8
9
10-A
10-B
11
James J. Golden
628
712
650
270
393
763
Blanks
88
76
67
29
49
127
Precinct
12-A
12-B
13
14-A
14-B
Total
* James J. Golden
528
240
548
396
343
8777
Blanks
83
24
100
58
41
1201
TREASURER FOR THREE YEARS
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5 592
6
J. Wilbert Anderson
426
543
387
494
602
Blanks
97
122
89
119
195
99
Precinct
7
8
9
10-A
10-B
11
J. Wilbert Anderson
548
694
617
254
398
730
Blanks
168
94
100
45
44
160
Precinct
12-A
12-B
13
14-A
14-B
Total
*J. Wilbert Anderson Blanks
509
243
531
388
346
8302
102
21
117
66
38
1676
523
665
476
613
787
717
James J. Golden
454
578
426
6
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TOWN RECORDS
SELECTMEN FOR THREE YEARS
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
Joseph
P. Greeley
338
429
317
392
591
373
William S. Patterson
210
233
170
248
172
482
Thomas R. Rawson
289
454
315
372
559
276
Blanks
209
214
150
214
252
271
Precinct
7
8
9
10-A
10-B
11
Joseph P. Greeley
529
417
403
189
265
585
William S. Patterson
190
511
371
179
275
443
Thomas R. Rawson
487
352
417
121
184
455
Blanks
226
296
243
109
160
297
Precinct
12-A
12-B
13
14-A
14-B
Total
* Joseph P. Greeley
401
170
441
295
232
636 .
William S. Patterson
345
178
277
249
241
4774
* Thomas R. Rawson
258
95
355
212
173
5374
Blanks
218
85
223
152
122
3441
ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
La Verne W. Anders
11
26
10
19
33
8
Albert Hansen
35
47
19
106
23
6
Arthur Stephen Hill
20
20
16
18
14
45
Andrew A. Magnus
48
59
38
57
46
127
George M. Manning
33
54
21
55
50
28
Daniel A. Purcell
252
282
252
189
500
101
Leonard D. Wood
106
145
101
138
88
357
Blanks
18
32
19
31
33
29
Precinct
7
8
9
10-A
10-B
11
LaVerne W. Anders
31
21
56
5
15
23
Albert Hansen
11
15
7
11
24
25
Arthur Stephen Hill
15
33
15
11
18
30
Andrew A. Magnus
49
118
193
25
56
121
George M. Manning
53
76
51
31
38
76
Daniel A. Purcell
416
100
131
62
65
258
Leonard D. Wood
121
392
237
133
198
302
Blanks
20
33
27
21
28
55
Precinct
12-A
12-B
13
14-A
14-B
Total
La Verne W. Anders
23
9
22
13
11
336
Albert Hansen
21
15
34
20
26
445
Arthur Stephen Hill
29
12
38
13
17
364
Andrew A. Magnus
58
21
66
34
38
1154
George M. Manning
68
30
54
29
32
779
Daniel A. Purcell
98
29
184
128
43
3090
* Leonard D. Wood Blanks
274
136
203
205
195
3331
40
12
47
12
22
479
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6
Eleanor J. Strong
173
250
186
249
268
443
Velma B. Brown
259
267
181
222
252
240
Arthur F. Coughlin, Jr.
255
273
271
280
577
172
Donald O. Johnston
82
71
71
96
78
149
Charles R. Kent
45
99
60
86
126
70
Edwin J. Mockler
57
230
29
115
38
24
William J. O'Brien, Jr.
243
275
223
236
369
154
Frederick J. Romley
29
45
19
29
40
22
Willard J. Slagle
44
53
49
80
50
261
Leonard F. Tibbetts
95
120
106
150
143
331
Blanks
287
312
233
296
420
237
40
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Precinct
7
8
9
10-A
10-B
11
Eleanor J. Strong
244
465
333
150
223
358
Velma B. Brown
142
244
206
103
125
196
Arthur F. Coughlin, Jr.
492
188
230
98
109
328
Donald O. Johnston
72
229
120
62
131
232
Charles R. Kent
99
118
74
66
72
347
Edwin J. Mockler
35
40
44
8
34
37
William J. O'Brien, Jr.
346
161
187
101
90
242
Frederick J. Romley
31
17
22
14
30
96
Willard J. Slagle
76
239
309
58
121
145
Leonard F. Tibbetts
211
368
373
115
185
259
Blanks
400
295
253
122
206
430
Precinct
12-A
12-B
13
14-A
14-B
Total
* Eleanor J. Strong Velma B. Brown
314
178
290
208
207
4539
163
69
203
143
129
3144
* Arthur F. Coughlin, Jr. Donald O. Johnston
202
61
232
177
129
4074
Charles R. Kent
151
43
190
101
79
1826
Edwin J. Mockler
20
11
27
18
20
787
* William J. O'Brien, Jr.
147
49
203
139
98
3263
Frederick J. Romley
27
7
49
15
20
512
Willard J. Slagle
163
72
96
89
78
1983
Leonard F. Tibbetts
164
92
185
171
154
3222
Blanks
288
108
316
177
141
4521
(The amended record of votes cast for this office are set forth in "Record of Recount" made on March 13, 1954.)
ARLINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR FIVE YEARS
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5 609
561
Blanks
102
122
81
105
178
140
Precinct
7
8
9
10-A
10-B
11
James A. Coffey
558
640
577
240
344
673
Blanks
158
148
140
59
98
217
Precinct
12-A
12-B
13
14-A
14-B
Total
* James A. Coffey
474
207
481
365
314
7910
Blanks
137
57
167
89
70
2068
* Elected
The vote on Town Meeting Members in the various precincts resulted as follows; the persons elected being indicated by a star:
PRECINCT ONE - THREE YEARS
*Walter R. Boone, 10 Cleveland Street
408
* James E. McAuliffe, Jr., 32 Waldo Road 378
*Herman Ockenga, 42 Marathon Street 375
* Amos O. Benoit, 231 Massachusetts Avenue 371
*Robert E. Burke, 48 Marathon Street Blanks
378
705
PRECINCT ONE TWO YEARS (to fill vacancies)
*Nancy Barnard, 61 Cleveland Street 402
*Herbert S. Hurd, 9 Teel Street Blanks 240
404
6
James A. Coffey
421
543
395
508
97
2063
194
102
153
124
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TOWN RECORDS
PRECINCT ONE - ONE YEAR (to fill vacancy)
* William R. MacDonald, 11 Oxford Street 433
Blanks 90
PRECINCT TWO - THREE YEARS
*Richard Donovan, 28 Chandler Street 444
* James P. Russell, 91 Egerton Road 482
*Florence I. Bretscher, 48 Melrose Street 442
*Paul R. Collins, 84 Brooks Avenue 460
Frank J. DiTucci, 50A Fairmont Street 347
*Robert E. Fitzgerald, 60 Varnum Street 502
*Elizabeth T. Keefe, 86 Brooks Avenue 482
* Jean M. O'Quinn, 12A Lake Street 396
Blanks 1100
PRECINCT TWO - TWO YEARS (to fill vacancies)
*Arthur M. Corbett, 11 Magnolia Street 547
*John J. Gotsell, 93 Egerton Road 510
Blanks
273
PRECINCT THREE - THREE YEARS
*E. Gertrude Geary, 7 Wyman Street 354
* William J. O'Brien, Jr., 319 Massachusetts Avenue 366
*Kathryn Dempster, 266 Broadway 344
* Mary C. Richardson, 264 Broadway 352
Blanks 488
PRECINCT FOUR - THREE YEARS
*Daniel J. Mahoney, 79 Mary Street 455
*Joseph F. Burke, 138 Lake Street 423
*Theodore M. Gilmore, 16 Cheswick Road 417
*Michael J. Langone, 82 Mary Street 409
*George J. Remmert, 5 Homestead Road 390
*Robert T. Uek, 3 Cabot Road 410
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