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10,618.50
1,211.50
11,830.00
11,778.01
51.99
Expense
58.42
1,650.00 34,000.00
2,500.00
36,500.00
36,169.02
330.98
..
..
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
357
255.83
1,708.42
1,452.59
Relief-State Aid
.
3.00
21,449.00
3,100.00
1,953.00
38.00 71.26
Personal Services
20,380.62 87,118.94
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES-Continued
Balance Dec. 31, 1954
Special Articles
Appropri - ation 1955
Transfers
Total
Expended
Balance Dec. 31, 1955
District Nurses
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Schools:
General Control
34,988.00
990.00
35,978.00
34,184.56
1,793.44
Expense
25.70
1,750.00
1,775.70
1,447.70
328.00
Instructional Services
1,305,059.00
44,803.00
1,349,862.00
1,343,788.29
6,073.71
Instructional Services Expense
5,699.63
67,600.00
73,299.63
71,979.87
1,319.76.
Operation of Plant-Per Ser
118,523.00
16,121.75
134,644.75
129,053.04
5,591.71
Operation of Plant-Expense
12,612.06
74,200.00
86,812.06
75,308.99
11,503.07
Maintenance of Plant-Expense
55,003.00
66,234.39
55,229.99
11,004.40
Auxiliary Agencies-Per Ser
19,488.00
939.76
20,427.76
20,427.76
Auxiliary Agencies-Expense
650.45
4,850.00
5,500.45
3,474.40
2,026.05
Capital Outlay
515.07
10,786.00
11,301.07
9,084.41
2,216.66
Instructional Apparatus
1,152.40
7,488.00
8,640.40
7,214.68
1,425.72
Other Equipment
341.95
6,103.00
6,444.95
6,257.96
186.99
Visual Education
67.50
2,500.00
2,567.50
2,155.63
411.87
Remodeling & Gen'l. Construction
5,208.08
3,400.00
8,608.08
4,933.41
3,674.67
Vocational Tuition
7,039.26
2,000.00
9,039.26
4,165.90
4,873.36
Athletics-Physical Education .
7,000.00
600.00
7,600.00
7,566.71
33.29
Lunch Program
10.98
6,000.00
435.39
6,446.37
6,446.37
Arlington State Aided Voc. School Schools:
1,500.00
600.00
2,100.00
2,079.47
20.53
Out-of-State Travel
750.00
750.00
443.09
306.91
Library:
Personal Services
109.00
93,519.90
8,399.18
102,028.08
101,888.28
139.80
Expense
452.66
47,950.00
48,402.66
46,690.96
1,711.70
Capital Outlay
4,624.10
4,282.07
8,906.17
8,386.41
519.76
Out-of-State Travel
75.00
75.00
75.00
Parks & Playgrounds:
Personal Services
71,101.48
3,945.00
75,046.48
72,319.42
2,727.06
Expense
238.27
13,560.00
13,798.27
13,480.50
317.77
Capital Outlay
8,472.52
8,183.00
16,655.52
6,461.15
10,194.37
Out-of-State Travel
100.00
100.00
58.26
41.74
Warren A. Peirce Playground: Expense
800.00
999.20
839.70
159.50
Capital Outlay
2,254.66
4,470.00
6,724.66
4,511.63
2,213.03
Patriots' Day Observance
400.00
400.00
275.00
125.00
Memorial Day
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,961.90
38.10
·
38,941.00
3,257.00
42,198.00
36,952.09
5,245.91
Maintenance of Plant-Per Ser
·
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358
.
.
199.20
11,431.39
Maint. of Town Owned Houses: Personal Services
3,697.50
451.50
4,149.00
3,820.19
328.81
Expense
1.05
4,750.00
4,751.05
4,479.78
271.27
Insur .- Fire, Liability, Burglary .
32,365.00
32,365.00
27,282.89
5,082.11
Workmen's Compensation
1,673.29
28,000.00
-4,000.00
25,673.29
23,379.13
2,294.16
Pensions
110,000.00
110,000.00
109,072.64
927.36
Contributory Retirement System
34,580.00
34,580.00
34,580.00
Printing Town Reports
2,900.00
5,295.00
2,510.00
2,785.00
18,813.37
18,813.37
11,659.86
7,153.51
900.00
900.00
900.00
Article 29-Cost of Living
169,000.00
-50,000.00
175,587.61
158,579.68
17,007.93
Maintenance of Water System: Expense
747.39
172,000.00
6,325.00
179,072.39
152,153.48
26,918.91
Capital Outlay
12,096.71
16,800.00
28,896.71
27,968.28
928.43
Water House Connections
388.00
14,000.00
2,000.00
16,388.00
15,998.39
389.61
Emergency Valve Insertions
470.92
470.92
Water Extensions
9,958.38
44,400.00
1,768.00
56,126.38
41,621.91
14,504.47
Cemetery:
Personal Services & Wages Expense
16.36
3,695.00
9,748.78
13,460.14
3,212.49
10,247.65
Capital Outlay
880.00
1,019.03
792.16
226.87
Acquisition of Land for Cemetery .
141.82
10,859.38
5,000.00
15,859.38
10,288.78
5,570.60
Purchase of Burial Rights
331.00
313.00
18.00
Interest
31,240.00
31,240.00
29,470.98
1,769.02
Town Debt
155,000.00
155,000.00
155,000.00
Sidewalks & Edgestones:
47.99
5,000.00
5,000.00
4,981.45
18.55
Eastern Avenue
7,632.00
7,632.00
6,863.24
768.76
Sewer Extensions :.
462.45
462.45
277.50
184.95
Reserve for Damages . Summer Street . ..
5,700.00
5,700.00
5,693.72
6.28
Storm Drains-Reserve for Damages
242.99
242.99
242.99
Alteration of Russell Street
2,600.00
2,600.00
2,600.00
Easements in Land-Art. 60-1955
800.00
800.00
800.00
Easements in Land-1953 Streets . Reconstruction of Streets:
800.00
800.00
800.00
Chapter 90-1951
1,049.68
1,049.68
1,049.68
Chapter 90-1952
64.49
64.49
64.49
Chapter 90-1953
650.88
650.88
650.88
Chapter 90-1954
11,917.45
52,591.28
52,221.81
369.47
Chapter 90-1955
17,201.01
32,244.76
23,080.83
9,163.93
Alter. of River St. Res. for Dam. Exterior Lines -
7.18
7.18
7.18
Heath Road from Norcross Street George H. Lowe Jr. Auditorium
16.55
16.55
16.55
Committee-Plans for New School .
308.81
308.81
308.81
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
359
15.73
15.73
15.73
40,673.83
15,043.75
141.82
141.82
Cemetery-Improvement of Land ..
331.00
232.00
41,505.50
728.90
42,466.40
42,461.44
4.96
139.03
Park Circle & Avenue
47.99
47.99
Lowell Street .
470.92
Symmes Arlington Hospital Claims Marine Corps League
2,395.00
56,587.61
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES-Continued
Balance Dec. 31, 1954
Special Articles
Appropri- ation 1955
Transfers
Total
Expended
Balance Dec. 31, 1955
Purch. or Accept. of Railroad Ave.
Russell School Improvements .
20,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
Acquisition of Lands-Playgrounds
3,952.50
3,952.50
3,952.50
23.50
Additions & Alterations-Town Hall
143,846.86
19,000.00
162,846.86
139,356.89
23,489.97
Water Extensions - Res. for Dam.
652.36
652.36
652.36
Turkey Hill Water Maintenance- Reserve for Damages
49.00
49.00
49.00
Land for Extension of Mount Pleasant Cemetery
297.48
297.48
297.48
Various Committees:
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,754.95
245.05
Town Manager
339.56
339.56
339.56
Advanced Program. & Budgeting Building Code
1,116,25
1,116.25
1,116.25
1950 Street Construction
14,065.76
-12,065.76
2,000.00
2,000.00
1951 Street Construction
55,912.06
-53,912.06
2,000.00
2,000.00
1952 Street Construction
19,523.89
-14,523.89
5,000.00
5,000.00
1953 Street Construction
42,950.67
42,950.67
10,373.40
32,577.27
1954 Street Construction
92,904.72
92,904.72
86,657.89
1955 Street Construction
132,958.47
275,000.00
407,958.47
6,246.83 286,126.87
121,831.60
Committees:
Imp. & Reconst. Russell School -Art. 44-1951
300.00
300.00
300.00
Fire Prevention Code
200.00
200.00
200.00
Garage-Town Vehicles
1,700.00
1,700.00
1,700.00
Penn. Real Estate Plan ·
326.25
326.25
326.25
Refuse Disposal Incinerator .
300.00
300.00
2.00
298.00
Reconstruction Forest Street
2,500.00
-2,500.00
800.00
800.00
North Union Street School
19,101.56
19,101.56
11,460.93
7,640.63
Committee-Construction
14,882.88
13,048.52
1,834.36
North Union Street School
14,882.88
85,000.00
800,000.00
885,000.00
69,376.33
815,623.67
Bishop School-Article 62-1954
113,146.48
95,605.17
17,541.31
Addition-Junior High East
5,000.00
5,000.00
4,550.00
Addition-Junior High West
5,000.00
5,000.00
450.00 450.00
4,550.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
Repairs to Town Property
23.50
23.50
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Easement in Land-Art. 61-1954 . Acquisition of Land-
800.00
Constr .- No. Union Street School . Improvements ---
113,146.48
246.37
246.37
246.37
Joint Planning
Roadway & Parking Facilities- High School-Article 78-1955 Acquisition of Land- Florence Avenue School
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
8,775.00
62,000.00
37.00 550,000.00
8,812.00 612,000.00
6,595.00 149,109.43
2,217.00 462,890.57
Constr .- Florence Avenue School . Committee-
14,925.75
14,925.75
3,889.57
11,036.18
15,000.00
15,000.00
21.30
14,978.70
1,660.00
1,660.00
1,660.00
134,423.07
6,500.00 12,900.00
12,900.00
136,999.31 11,918.94
981.06
Reservoir Beach & Playground
200.00
200.00
200.00
Reservoir Beach Swim Conditions
200.00
200.00
200.00
Compensation-Article 7-1954
200.00
200.00
26.50
173.50
School Buildings-Article 8-1954 Repairs-Park Avenue Bridge . .
2,800.00
2,800.00
2,800.00
Group Life Insurance
1,145.64
5,000.00
6,145.64
6,145.64
Reconstr. Crosby Schl. Art. 80-1955
172,503.47
67,000.00
239,503.47
230,029.37
9,474.10
Oil Burners Crosby School Art. 81 Constr. of Cemetery Bldg. Art. 67 Imp. Peirce School Playground
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Acq. Land School Purposes-Pleas- ant & Academy Sts. Art. 82-1955 Acq. Land School Purposes-
1,086.25
1,086.25
1,086.25
Tufts Street-Art. 83-1955
7,668.00
7,668.00
7,668.00
Appointment of Brotherhood Com.
100.00
100.00
100.00
Imp. Reservoir Beach-Art. 84-1955
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Amend. Town Manager Act .- Art. 86
50.00
50.00
50.00
Comm .- Town By-Laws-Art. 87
100.00
100.00
4.43
95.57
-Article 12-1955
12,000.50
12,000.50
10,982.68
1,017.82
Amend. Town By-Laws
-Article 28-1955
48,000.00
48,000.00
47,009.28
990.72
Munic. Bldg. Ins. Fund-Art. 36
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
Amend. Town By-Laws
4,063.00
4,063.00
4,063.00
Amend. Town By-Laws
7,751.00
7,751.00
7,751.00
GRAND TOTALS
$1,208,680.52
$7,298.00 $6,032,444.94
$1,829,687,16
$9,078,110,62
$6,997,966.14
$2,080,144.48
. .
24,200.00
24,200.00
23,337.75
862.25
300.00
300.00
300.00
140,923.07
3,923.76
Constr. Florence Avenue School Playground-Jr. High School West Removal Jr. High Indus. Arts Schl. Imp. Parmenter School Art. 73-1955 Heating Units-Parmenter School . Committees:
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORTS
Amend. Town By-Laws
Article 15-1955
-Article 13-1955
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Report of the Town Manager
February 10, 1956
Honorable Board of Selectmen Town Hall Arlington, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The year ended December 31, 1955 witnessed the largest street construction program in the Town's history; a continuation at an accellerated rate of the big program of elementary school construc- tion initiated the previous year; Hurricane "Diane" that caused con- siderable flood damage in mid-August; continued improvements in municipal administration and public services; and many interesting actions and events related in detail in the departmental reports sub- mitted herein for inclusion in the Annual Town Report for the year just ended.
The school building program continues to be the most impor- tant single factor affecting the financial condition, the general welfare, and the tax rate. The Bishop School Addition, the Parmenter School Addition, and the Crosby School Remodeling were completed in time for school opening in September. Satisfactory progress is being made in the construction of two large elementary schools in the Florence Avenue and in the North Union Street sections of the Town; both should be completed in time for school opening in September 1956.
School costs in the tax rate have risen from $16.18 in 1953 to $24.92 in 1955, an increase of $8.74; during the same period, costs of General Government declined from $41.42 to $34.28, a decline of $7.14; the authority for these comparative figures being the Massa- chusetts Teachers' Association. These comparative figures pinpoint the tremendous effect on the Town's municipal economy of the large School construction program made necessary to provide for the increasing numbers of school children.
The impact of the larger school population will be felt by the High School within a few years, in anticipation of which, plans to enlarge the High School's facilities will be presented to the 1956 Annual Town Meeting for consideration and action.
The townspeople, in their school construction program, have emphasized a determination to provide adequate facilities for the school children of the Town, and in doing so, to absorb the higher direct and indirect costs of school operation for many years to come in connection with debt service, maintenance, additional teachers and custodians, and other similar operating expenditures, which higher costs inevitably result in higher tax rates. To alleviate bur- densome tax rates which will be inevitable pursuant to the Town's school construction program, new sources of municipal income must be devised by the Legislature, maybe some form of a modified sales tax, the receipts of which would be distributed to cities and towns of the Commonwealth.
There follows below a summary of the reports of the depart- ments under the Town Manager's supervision and direction, also other important happenings, for the year ended December 31, 1955.
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Building Department :- New housing permits, although slackening off slightly from recent years, were still at a high level. As sites become more scarce, present high rate of house building should taper off. Construction of apartment houses along Massachusetts Avenue and Broadway should be encouraged to offset the almost in- evitable leveling off of home building.
Cemetery Department :- 1955 was the busiest year in the history of the department. Interments were three hundred and eighty-five in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, seventy-nine more than the previous year; receipts were correspondingly high. Townspeople continue to take pride in our beautifully maintained cemetery. Interment areas ex- panded moderately during the year.
Civil Defense :- Striking powers quickly mobilized to assist town in Hurricane "Diane" on August 19th; previous planning paid off. Mutual Aid a feature during the disaster; Arlington negotiated thousands of sandbags from the United States Army and in turn dis- tributed large quantities to Newton and Waltham. First evacuation of children, Parmenter School, accomplished successfully. Civilian Identification, tags for all, initiated and will continue. Additional equipment purchased. Inter-City Communications realized through radio at Police Headquarters. Wardens organized to augment Police services. In cooperation with Health Department, Park and Tree Departments, took effective action to safeguard public health by spraying lowland areas and decontaminating all large bodies of water immediately after Flood "Diane". The Public Works Department and Fire Department, assisted by Auxiliary Fire-fighters, pumped out almost twelve hundred flooded cellars, and disinfected sewers, drains, catch basins, and washed public streets. Welfare Depart- nient assisted all who were compelled to evacuate homes where cellars had flooded. Red Cross fed over one hundred Town Employees and volunteers. Schools and churches offered temporary shelter to all. Radio Hams, Boy Scouts, Auxiliary Police, Auxiliary Firefight- ers and other volunteers trained in Civil Defense did a tremendous job for the town during and after Flood "Diane". Training and planning will continue to be the goal of Civil Defense even though public interest is discouraging. There can be no doubts whatsoever that Civil Defense has once again during the past year proved itself as an effective agency against local disasters. Storm clothing for volunteers is recommended for 1956; same would be stockpiled, used, and returned to stockpile after each emergency.
Contributory Retirement System and Pensions :- Disability retire -. ments and pensions continue to increase, drastically, the town's. costs for the purpose. Efforts at the State level to lighten the bur -- den on cities and towns have so far met with little or no success.
Drainage :- Enlargement and improvement of the town's drainage system is a matter of constant attention as weaknesses are revealed from time to time. Reduced reservoir areas, as the town continues to grow, compel fast run-offs after even moderate rains thus taxing the capacity of the drain system. Flood conditions in the Sunnyside Avenue section caused by overflowing of Alewife Brook may be re- lieved by an approved project of the M.D.C. whereby $450,000. is ' to be spent to deepen the Mystic River, Mystic Lakes and Alewife Brook as well as to enlarge the Craddock Dam; work is expected to start in the Spring of 1956 but it will probably be two years or more before real benefits are brought to Arlington. In the mean-
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time, the M.D.C. has been requested to contrive some form of tem- porary relief, such as rip-rapping, sloping, and dyking Alewife Brook. Subsequent to Flood "Diane", the Federal Government approved a project to clean Mill Brook from the Reservoir to the Mystic Lakes which is expected to start in the Spring of 1956. A more effective method of cleaning drains and sewer mains has been introduced this year which should help, considerably, in this maintenance work which goes on constantly.
Engineering Department :- The largest Street Construction Pro- gram in recent times was undertaken this year together with a large program of sidewalk installations, sewer, drain and water projects, Chapter 90 reconstruction, and multiple studies for other current and future projects. Preparation of specifications for all of aforesaid projects, and the policing of the specifications thereafter, taxed the professional capacities of the department. Difficulty of securing qualified Civil Engineers at highest levels continues.
Fire Department :- No serious fires during the year. Department made a thorough inspection of fire hydrants, over 1200, throughout. the town, reporting faults when discovered to the Public Works De- partment for repairs and/or replacement. At the close of the year, all town fire hydrants were functioning properly for intended pur- pose, excepting two obsolete hydrants ear-marked for immediate replacement. A complete report on hydrant inspection and subse- quent repairs or replacement is presently in process of preparation. Conditions found were startling, to say the least, but there is the assurance that the policy put into effect during the year whereby hydrant inspection is the responsibility of the Fire Department, a direct result of the recommendations of the committee who studied our water system as it particularly affected water pressures and water volume for firefighting purposes, will be effective in controlling the situation in the future. This new policy, a direct result of the inadequacies revealed at the Crosby School Fire in May 1953, is considered of paramount importance in the training and knowledge of Fire Department personnel who are to be congratulated for the fine work in this respect accomplished during the year just passed. During 1955 amplifiers were installed on two-way radios on all ap- paratus. Number of Box Alarms and Still Alarms totaled 1139 as compared with 858 the previous year; there was a similar increase in false alarms from 35 in 1954 to 65 in 1955. Special Service Rescue Unit responded to 60 First Aid emergency calls; there were seven calls for the Life Boat. Over 11.9 inches of rain during Flood "Diane" caused great water damage to property; Fire Department cooperated with Public Works Department in pumping out 1185 cellars of houses and public buildings. Serious gasoline leak traced from Mill Brook to source was a tremendous explosive hazard that was elimin- ated by Fire Department investigation. Fire prevention continued. Places of business, public buildings, schools, hospitals, convalescent homes, and places of public assembly were inspected periodically and corrective recommendations followed through until done. Fire Drills conductd in public, parochial and private schools. Firefighters con- tinued assistance to school children in traffic duty at Park Circle Station. Continued to maintain insides of fire stations by painting and other maintenance work. Repairs and replacements of Signal System, instllation of new fire alarm boxes, cable work, and line work continued. Recommended that a full-time mechanic be em- ployed; also, a study of the telephone signal system which has met with great success elsewhere throughout the country.
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Fund, Various :- Question continues to remain unresolved regard- ing appointment of Commissioners as provided by the Town Manager Act. Practical effect negligible as funds function satisfactorily. A change in the Act appears necessary to correct this legal impasse.
Health, Board of :- "Salk" polio vaccine program undertaken cover- ing all school-age children, Grades 1-4, of the town. Sanitation inspections of all food establishments accellerated with cooperation of affected owners. Continued maximum health services to parochial and other private schools. Participated actively in the decontamina- tion program throughout the town after Flood "Diane", designed to eliminate in all its various aspects the pollution of water areas and other areas which had been subjected to water overflow conditions during and after the flood. Usual departmental work in connection with communicable diseases, Tuberculosis, milk inspection, dental clinic, and vaccination of dogs against rabies.
Highways :- The extremely cold weather in January raised havoc with street surfaces requiring constant patching and maintenance. A street sealing program was abandoned when Hurricane "Diane" struck on August 19th requiring assignment of all available man- power for the next few months to the repairing of flood damages. Street sweeping operations were expanded during the year; exten- sive maintenance otherwise continued.
Insurance :- Additional insurance coverage on public buildings ac- quired as direct result of Crosby School Fire Loss Settlement where town was found to be a co-insurer in a higher proportion than deemed prudent.
Legal Department :- Thirty-two accident claims against the Town this year, 11 settled, 8 have brought suit and 13 are in abeyance. Regarding previous year's claims and suits, 8 were abandoned with- out suit, 4 settled before trial, 8 settled by negotiations, There were no verdicts against the Town. In connection with the Crosby Land Damage Suit, damages were awarded in the amount of $13,300.00 plus interest of $1,450.00. With respect to the claim of Francis M. Hines, damages were awarded in the amount of $77,000.00, plus in- terest of $3,613.50. In connection with the claim of Santo and Josephine Alessi in connection with the taking of property for the site of the new Florence Avenue School, the Town Manager and the Board of Selectmen authorized a settlement of $18,000.00 Substan- tial sums of money for aid rendered by the Board of Health and the Symmes Arlington Hospital have been collected and turned over to the Town Collector. The Town Counsel has attended all meetings of the Board of Selectmen and has worked in close cooperation with all town departments, Committees set up by the Town Meetings, and has been available for consultation purposes in connection with any matter that has affected the interest of the town.
Library :- Circulation continues on the increase. Cost of books and binding, likewise outside walls, windows, roofs, gutters, etc. of main library are in dire need of waterproofing and pointing to pre- serve building; recommended to be done in 1956. Major lighting improvements affected during year. New shelving, and some new flooring done during year. Difficulty continues of filling vacancies with qualified personnel.
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Maintenance Department :- Extensive maintenance of school build- ings continued. Supervisor of Maintenance in addition to normal duties rendered maximum assistance to all school building com- mittees, attending every evening meeting of the Parmenter, Crosby, Bishop, Florence Avenue and North Union Street Committees, each of whom held numerous meetings during the year.
Parking :- Parking continues to be a serious problem in Arling- ton Center. Fully lighted municipal parking lot has relieved situa- tion somewhat, but more area for purpose needed. Russell Common would appear to be very desirable for parking if legal impediments can be unsnarled, which is recommended for action by almost all who are concerned regarding assessed valuations in this shopping center which have remained static for a decade-the town's intrinsic economic stake in this situation is considerable.
Park and Recreation Department :- Two acres developed at Warren A. Peirce Field, including installation of underground sprinkler system. Similar underground sprinkler system installed at Spy Pond Field. Warren A. Peirce Field badly damaged by Hurricane "Diane"; subsequently repaired pursuant to authorization of State Hurricane Relief Board who approved reimbursement of funds ex- pended for repairs. Replacement and repairs of equipment as needed were done at various playgrounds. Unusually long outdoor skating season, 69 days, with large attendance; special protection for young tots as differentiated from hockey players; floodlights and police improved enjoyment of all participants. Recreation for all age groups, all seasons, made available; special program for girls ex- panded. Swimming at Reservoir and Usual Summer Parade both cancelled as polio precaution. Golden Age Club continued to flourish to the great pleasure of the elderly citizens of the town. Baseball under lights at Reservoir Playground an outstanding success both from players' and spectators' standpoint. Upkeep of Warren A. Peirce Field for High School purposes primarily, not counting capi- tal outlays, totaled approximately $9,000.00 during the year; for historical and cost accounting, it is recommended that said main- tenance costs be allocated directly to Warren A. Peirce Playground Budget.
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