Town of Arlington annual report 1958, Part 16

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1958
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April 15, 1936 May 6, 1924; March 28, 1928; March 22, 1950; April 2, 1956 March 25, 1918; March 24, 1920


184


April 15, 1926


680


.


Park Place


2 Madison Ave. to 93 Westminster Ave.


March 31, 1937


65


.


600


·


Orchard Place


Pelham Terrace ..


101 Pleasant Street, westerly .


40


345


40


470


40


200


27 Edmund Road to Overlook Road


40


561


.


40


833


640


40


750


620


Piedmont Street


163 Wollaston Avenue to Sylvia Street


40


1039


Pilgrim Road


6 Standish Rd. to west of Brewster Rd.


40


789


Pine Avenue


12 Pine Street, southerly .


20


210


Pine Court


1146 Massachusetts Ave., southwesterly . 268 Gray Street to 40 Hawthorne Avenue


40


619


552


Pine Street


14 Hemlock Street to Brattle Lane


40


740


190


Pioneer Road


38 Bay State Rd. to Spy Pond Parkway 626 Mass. Ave. to 557 Concord Turnpike


65


4820


Old Town Way, named Pleasant


Street, November 9, 1846; Laid out by County Comm., 1763


Pleasant View Rd.


21 Hillsdale Road to 31 Spring Street ..


40


1015


Plymouth Street ..


30 Highland Avenue to Lockeland Avenue 378 Massachusetts Ave. to B. & L. R. R.


40


333


Pond Lane .


B. & L. R. R. to Boat Club House


20-30


490


Pond Terrace


46 Pond Lane, westerly


30


160


Pondview Road


115 Lake Street to Princeton Road


40


567


225


Prescott Street


14 Russell Street to Winslow Street


40


591


March 14, 1892


Princeton Road


42 Alfred Road to 9 Cheswick Road


40


1340


*Proprietors Way .


351 Summer Street, northerly


40


340


Prospect Avenue


281 Park Ave. to 190 Wachusett Ave.


50


650


Puritan Road


90 Spring Avenue to 90 ft. south of Haw- thorne Avenue


40


675


Formerly Irwin Road


Putnam Road


56 Eliot Road to 65 Bay State Road ...


40


644


Quincy Street


1114 Mass. Ave. to Benjamin Road


50


1100


Quincy Street


.


31 Benjamin Road to 341 Gray Street ...


50


400


Quinn Road


1133 Mass. Ave. to Hobbs Ct.


40-25


591


Radcliffe Road


22 Victoria Road to northwest of Edgehill Road


40


319


412


March 22, 1950


Railroad Avenue .


641 Massachusetts Avenue to R.R. .


40


124


March 22, 1957


Raleigh Street


52 Oxford Street to Tufts Street


40


1088


Old Town Way, named Summerset Place, November 9, 1846


April 15, 1936


Formerly Exeter Street, March 28, 1934; March 23, 1955


April 3, 1929 1875


March 19, 1954


April 3, 1929


November 11, 1850


April 15, 1926


Prentiss Road


965 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly


40


...


..


.


300


August 4, 1884


April 4, 1931; formerly Bowen St. March 23, 1938; formerly Bowen St. March 21, 1958


March 20, 1916; March 24, 1920; March 19, 1954


185


REPORT OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT


¡Pheasant Avenue


77 Dickson Ave. to 120 Ronald Road


Pheasant Avenue . Philemon Street


Philips Street


Perkins Street . . Perth Road Peter Tufts Road .


77 Grand View Road to 70 Cedar Avenue


110 Selkirk Road to Third Street


120 Ronald Rd. to 273 Washington Street 40 James Street to Lexington Line 57 Beacon Street to 119 Franklin Street 40


...


20


403


Pine Ridge Road


*Pleasant Street ..


30


700


Pond Lane


. .


. .


. . . .


Width


Public


Private


Ramsdell Court


791 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly 25 Lake Street to Elmhurst Road ..


17


.


40


940


·


March 20, 1916


Rangeley Road


151 Mystic Street to Glen Avenue ....


40


602


.....


Ravine Street


43 Irving Street to 33 Gray Street


40


368


.....


Rawson Road


200 Broadway to Mystic Valley Parkway Thesda Street to 725 Summer Street ....


40


1734


375


Regis Road


51 River Street to Everett Street .


40


2245


March 13, 1946; March 22, 1950; March 23, 1955


Reservoir Road


15 Nourse Street, westerly


40


237


Formerly Nourse Road; March 21, 1958


Revere Street


37 Walnut Street to Menotomy Road


40


370


. .


April 3, 1929


Rhinecliff Street ..


111 Florence Ave. to 891 Concord Turnpike


40


1910


. . . .


.


Rhinecliff Street


300 Appleton St. to 214 Florence Ave ..


50&40


1004


....


.


March 28, 1951


Richardson Avenue


1246 Massachusetts Ave. to Appleton St. 30 Victoria Road to 107 Summer Street .. 40


40


398


Richfield Road


182 Mystic Street to College Ave. College Ave. to north of Morningside Dr.


50


2000


250


+Ridge Street


50


2630


Ridge Street .


South of Cherokee Road to north of Osceola Path


50


2400


*River Street


15 Warren Street to Medford Line


40


1800


March 2, 1857; Laid out by County Comm., 1855


Roanoke Road


24 Colonial Drive to Spy Pond Parkway 1019 Mass. Ave. to 16 Hawthorne Ave. .. 372 Mystic St. to Lake Shore Drive


40 40&45


1370


1200


Robin Hood Road


40


1000


Rockland Avenue


43 Millet St., north and south


40


551


Rockmont Road


99 Richfield Road to 11 Oak Hill Drive .


40


795


March 20, 1953


Ronald Road Roslin Road


17 Aberdeen Road to Kilsythe Road


40


150


Rublee Street


149 Hibbert Street, westerly


40


. . . .


273


Rublee Street


Williams Street to Appleton Street


40


870


Russell Street


14 Mystic Street to Water Street .


40


791


Russell Terrace


28 Russell Street to Winslow Street .


40


390


Ryder Street


430 Summer Street to B.&M. R. R.


40


364


Sachem Avenue


127 Mystic Street, easterly


40


100


Sagamore Road


40


811


Saratoga Road


40


201


Sawin Street .


40&30


215


200


School Street


1060 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray St. 887 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly .


40


1363


Schouler Court


30


340


March 16, 1908 April 8, 1931 March 31, 1927


186


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


A portion formerly Cutter Avenue, March 31, 1937; March 22, 1950 March 20, 1953


April 14, 1896


May 6, 1924


15 Overlook Road to Pheasant Avenue . .


40


1270


500


Rublee Street


142 Hibbert Street to Williams Street


40


·


March 4, 1871 March 14, 1892


31 Brewster Rd. to east of Standish Rd. 57 Richfield Road to 55 Oak Hill Drive .. 46 Henderson St. to Teel St., westerly .


40


461


Renfrew Street


235 Cedar Avenue to Florence Avenue ...


40


March 31, 1927


March 6, 1893


April 15, 1926


Reed Street


March 22, 1950


March 26, 1930


2302


Ridge Street


.


180


Robbins Road


200


Randolph Street


Scituate Street Scituate Street


.


23 Gloucester Street to Longfellow Road 154 Longfellow Rd. to 743 Concord Turn- pike


40


1923


40


433


631


40


. ..


500


40


·


40


557


978


40


460


40


732


735


¡Shore Road +Short Street


Ely Road, easterly


40


201


Silk Street


Sky Line Drive


40


343


Smith Street


44 Arnold Street to Lancaster Road


40


. .. .. .


600


Sorensen Court


20&40


. . . . . .


2450


Spring Road


Spring Street


Spring Valley


144 Pleasant Street to Spy Pond


25


520


Spy Pond Lane


119 Lake Street to Princeton Road


40


590


tSpy Pond Pkwy.


42 Alfred Road, south and north


60


600


Spy Pond Parkway


201 Lake Street to East of Pioneer Road 2 Pilgrim Road to Belmont Line ..


40


785


¡Steep Rock Road .


Philemon Street to Winchester Line ..


40


300


89 Spring Avenue, northeasterly


40


400


¡Stone Road


Morningside Drive to Dickson Avenue . .


40


1405


44 Hillsdale Road, easterly ..


40


650


21 Ridge Street to Sorensen Court


40


108


1082


October 17, 1949


April 7, 1873; Old Town Way, Nov- ember 9, 1846; March 16, 1908; Laid out by County Comm., 1918 September 18, 1914; State Highway


March 23, 1955


March 28, 1934; March 31, 1937


Sunset Road


537 Summer Street to 176 Forest Street


40


347


March 21, 1958


Surry Road


16 Daniels Street to Davis Road


40


520


.... .


Sutherland Road . .


106 Paul Revere Rd. to Aberdeen Rd. . .


40


766


. .


March 28, 1934; March 13, 1946 Formerly Yale St., March 19, 1941


March 24, 1952


tShelley Road


41 Bonad Road to High Haith Road Browning Road to Wadsworth Road


40


.


Sheraton Park


Spy Pond Parkway, northerly 106 Medford Street to Webcowet Road Chapman Street, southerly


..


40


. . . . ..


1000


·


·


. .


.


REPORT OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT


Old Town Way named Spring Place, November 9, 1846 April 7, 1851; November 20, 1911


.


.


... .. .


.... . .


Stony Brook Road


Stowecroft Road .. Stowecroft Road . *Summer Street . .


10 College Avenue to Sorensen Court


40


800


131 Mystic Street to Brattle Street 50


Summer Street


90 Brattle Street to Lexington Line .


50


6750


Summer St. Place


214 Summer Street, southwesterly


20


170


Summit Street ..


40 Alpine Street, northeasterly


40


900


Summit Street


600 Summer Street, northeasterly


40


118


Sunapee Road


15 Massachusetts Avenue, northeasterly .


40


483


Sunnyside Avenue


17 Broadway to near Decatur Street


40


2012


Sunset Road


75 Bow Street to 537 Summer Street


40


1357


....


April 2, 1925 March 27, 1935; April 1, 1940


187


..


Seminole Avenue .


3 Aberdeen Road to Perth Road 52 Tomahawk Rd. westerley .


..


Shawnee Road


Sherborn Street


March 31, 1927; March 31, 1937


April 2, 1956


490


Spring Avenue


260 Mystic St. to west of Stowecroft Rd. 133 Highland Avenue to Buena Vista Road 20 Sutherland Road, southerly


40


40


......


300


591 Concord Turnpike to 244 Highland Avenue


60


2006


Standish Road


... . . .


. . . . . .


Stevens Terrace .


3920


. .. .


. . . . .


. . . .. .


230


Selkirk Road


35 Broadway to Fremont Street y iiilemon Street to Winchester Line


40


2830


Width


Public Private


Sutherland Terrace


19 Sutherland Road, northwesterly


40


.


Swan Place


480 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly ...


30


595


Swan Street .


..


40 Pleasant Street to Swan Place


40


250


800


Sylvia Street


Lexington Line to Rublee Street 115 Rublee Street to south of Lublin St. 35 Wollaston Ave. to Wollaston Ave. . . 77 Massachusetts Ave. to 15 Cross Street 60 Teel Street, westerly


40


970


206


Temple Street


60 Highland Ave. to Lockeland Ave.


40


336


Temple Street


50 Lockeland Ave. to Endicott Road


40


606


Thesda Street


100 Wright Street to Reed Street


40


.


1620


Third Street


19 Peck Avenue to Perth Road


40


100


Thomas Street


200 Forest Street to Wright Street


40


350


៛Thompson Place


49 Lowell Street to Mill Lane


40


425


*Thorn Road


40


185


Thorndike Street


40


1707


Tomahawk Road


40


. .


Tower Road


172 Overlook Road, northwesterly


40


684


Trowbridge Street


45


1050


330


Tufts Street


45


1300


Udine Street


40


.


40


465


+Unnamed Street .


40


170


1422 Mass. Ave. to Paul Revere Road


40


.


.


340


Upland Road


40


525


190


10


467


501


50&40


1831


Valley Road Varnum Street


114 Gray Street to Churchill Avenue .


50


783


120 Massachusetts Ave. to B. & L. R. R.


40


1625


92


Venner Road


40


777


Victoria Road .


50


746


Village Lane


·


Wachusett Avenue| 62 Wollaston Avenue to 207 Appleton St.


40


650


. .


..


50


744


50


1725


2146


April 2, 1956 March 14, 1877


November 22, 1906 March 9, 1881; March 10, 1884


April 3, 1929 March 31, 1937


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


March 20, 1916; March 27, 1935 March 26, 1914 April 2, 1866


March 20, 1916


March 22, 1950


March 26, 1930; March 22, 1950; April 2, 1956


March 26, 1914; March 28, 1928; April 8, 1931


March 19, 1941


March 31, 1937


Virginia Road


40


827


April 2, 1956


Vista Circle


40


450


November 13. 1894 March 23, 1955 March 23, 1938


Wachusett Avenue! 206 Appleton Street to Florence Avenue Wachusett Avenue 146 Florence Avenue to Park Avenue


Wadsworth Road .


Appleton St. to east of Wollaston Avenue


50


.


960


University Road


37 River Street to Everett Street 129 Sylvia Street, westerly


400


Unnamed Street . . +Unnamed Street . +Unnamed Street .


38 Kensington Park, southeasterly Park Place, southerly


40


280


40


20 Falmouth Road to 162 Crosby Street 162 Crosby Street to west of Hodge Road 206 Appleton Street to Virginia Road ...


Upland Road West Valentine Road ...


267 Pleasant Street to 76 Hillsdale Road 37 Summer Street to 174 Mystic Street .. 285 Lake Street to 279 Lake Street . 344 Appleton Street to Dow Avenue 50 Woodside Lane, southerly


40


363


Sylvia Street .


40


40


2001


Tanager Street ...


40


1150


Teel Street


Teel Street Place


30


146 Forest Street, southwesterly 86 Massachusetts Ave. to Margaret St. 295 Washington St. to north of Seminole Ave. ·


1653


147 Massachusetts Ave. to 21 Waldo Road 287 Massachusetts Ave. to 26 Warren St. 413 Appleton Street to Rublee Street


. .


100


188


Waldo Road .


Waldo Road


71 Amsden Street to 70 Teel Street


40


. .


.


40


. .


.


25


275


998 Massachusetts Ave. to 252 Gray Street 33


40


613


. .


..


50


2680


. . . . .


Warwick Street .. Washington Ave. .


Washington Street


46 Brattle Street to Summer Street . .


40


242


458


Washington Street


334 Summer Street to Ronald Road . ...


40


1442


Washington Street


79 Ronald Road to Clyde Terr.


40


306


2205


Water Street ..


675 Massachusetts Ave. to Russell Street Summer Street to Russell Street


40


680


1300


Waverley Street . .


158 Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue ..


40


2133


790


Webcowet Road


128 Medford Street to Orchard Terrace


40


473


Webcowet Road


22 Orchard Terrace northerly to Mystic Lake Drive


40


608


April 15, 1926


March 25, 1861, and April 15, 1926


Webster Street ... Wellesley Road ... Wellington Street .


267 Broadway to Mystic Valley Parkway 63 River Street to Everett Street 86 Pleasant Street, easterly .


40


2390


402


+Wellington St. Ex.


38 Wellington Street to Addison Street


40


191


40


211


March 13, 1946


118 Lowell Street to Orient Avenue .. .


50


2310


40


555


340


West Street


50 82 Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street 118 North Union Street to Everett Street 40


440


401


Wheeler Lane


165 Mountain Avenue to north of Dickson Avenue


40


400


White Street


40


375


April 1, 1940 November 23, 1909


April 3, 1929


March 29, 1939; formerly Trent St.


April 3, 1929; formerly Trent St.


March 23, 1955


Williams Street


Willow Court .. Wilson Avenue


Winchester Road .


57 Cleveland Street to 71 Amsden Street


45


940


341


Wall Street


202 Spring St. to 723 Concord Turnpike . 20 Walnut Street, easterly


Walnut Court


Walnut Street


Walnut Terrace . *Warren Street ...


59 Medford Street to 133 Broadway . .. .


27 Marathon Street to Trowbridge Street


45


200


55 Madison Avenue to Orient Avenue ...


40


250


March 21, 1958 April 8, 1931 April 15, 1936 March 15, 1894


March 22, 1950; March 22, 1957


March 31, 1937


West Court Terr. . Westminster Ave. . Westmoreland Ave.


221 Lowell Street to Orient Avenue .


March 19, 1954; March 23, 1955


March 21, 1958


Wheaton Road


29 Margaret Street to 16 Burch Street .. 406 Massachusetts Ave. to B. & L. R. R. 302 Washington St. westerly


40


466


256


Wilbur Avenue


58 Williams Street to Ely Road


40


1082


31 Bartlett Avenue to Lockeland Avenue 40


1110


370


40


365


.....


. ... .


March 28, 1951


585


896


2159


March 29, 1939


189:


April 15, 1898; April 15, 1926; March 26, 1930; formerly Laurel Street


March 7, 1870 April 1, 1940; March 19, 1954 May 27, 1873; Old Town Way, November 9, 1846; Laid out by County Comm., 1874


REPORT OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT


+Water St. Ext.


50


40


40


737


November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911


167 Lowell Street, 200 feet northwesterly


August 4, 1884; March 17, 1881


Whittemore Street Wigwam Circle . .


10


17 Lockeland Avenue to 14 Highland Ave. 10 14 Highland Avenue to 14 Coleman Road 12 Arnold Street to 43 Piedmont Street .. 40 801 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly ... 30 170 Lake Street to Concord Turnpike 74 Old Mystic Street to 2 Greenwood Road 40


40


1509


170


.


1360


593


55 Walnut Street to 269 Gray Street ....


Wildwood Avenue . Wildwood Avenue . Wildwood Avenue


. .


Width


Public


Private


Windermere Ave. .


48 Bartlett Avenue to Churchill Avenue 12 Windermere Avenue, southerly .


40


441


March 27, 1906; April 3, 1929


Windermere Park . Windmill Lane ...


2 Old Middlesex Path to 21 Morningside Drive .


40


1580


Windsor Street ..


127 Mass. Ave., 577 ft. northeasterly


...


Windsor Street ..


38 Waldo Road, 423 feet southwesterly ..


40


423


.


Winnick Place ...


126 Medford Street to Sherborn Street . .


20


111


Winslow Street ...


30 Mystic Street to Russell Terrace


40


528


March 14, 1892


Winter Street .


201 Massachusetts Ave. to 79 Broadway


40


1540


April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, November 9, 1864


Winthrop Road Wollaston Avenue


103 Park Avenue to West Street


60


1340


September 23, 1878; November 13, 1894; March 16, 1908


tWollaston Avenue


3 West Street to Nicod Street


50


600


Wollaston Avenue


347 Appleton Street to Nicod Street


60


298


602


Wollaston Avenue


344 Appleton Street to Concord Turnpike 35 Dundee Road to Hibbert Street ....


60


. . . .


. .


750


Woodland Street ..


120 Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue


40


282


March 22, 1909 March 25, 1915 Portion formerly March 22, 1957


Brattle Avenue;


Wright Street ...


607 Summer Street to Winchester Line ..


40


1596


966


Wyman Street


347 Massachusetts Ave. to 84 Warren St.


40


1050


. . . . .


March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906 March 20, 1916


Yale Road


75 River Street to Everett Street


40


454


Yerxa Road


95 Hemlock Street to Ridge Street 40


*Streets laid out by the County Commissioners.


+Proposed Street not built.


Length of Public Streets and Town Ways


78.95


Length of Private Streets open for travel 36.28


Length of Proposed Private Streets


5.53


190


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


March 22, 1957


Woodland Street .


40


240


Woodside Lane .


109 Bartlett Avenue to 18 Lincoln Street 28 Oak Hill Drive to north of Brattle St. 10


1225


819


March 22, 1957


Wyman Terrace


341 Massachusetts Ave. to 352 Mass. Ave.


751


1269


.


30


400


Portion formerly Sawyer Road March 25, 1915 May 6, 1924


40


577


. .


.


97 Summer Street, northerly


40


265


. ..


1332


Woodbury Street .


40


191


REPORT OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT


GENERAL STATISTICS


Arlington is situated six miles northeast of Boston, in latitude 42 deg., 25 min. north; longitude 71 deg., 09 min. west, at an eleva- tion above mean tide of from 4 to 377 feet.


Massachusetts Avenue at Cambridge line, elevation 10 feet. Massachusetts Avenue at Pleasant Street, elevation 48 feet. Massachusetts Avenue at Park Avenue, elevation 155 feet.


Park Circle at Eastern Avenue (base of standpipe), elevation 377 feet. Cresent Hill Avenue at Park Place, elevation 281 feet.


The Town and a part of what is now Belmont were set off from Cambridge and incorporated as West Cambridge in 1807. The name was changed from West Cambridge to Arlington in 1867.


Area of Town, including that covered by water, 3,5171/2 acres 5 1/2 square miles; area covered by water, 286.2 acres.


Parks: Town 147.51 acres; Metropolitan 52.25 acres.


Total cemetery areas, 51.20 acres.


Public streets and Town ways; Macadam, 21.40 miles, Mac- asphalt, 0.27 miles; Colprovia, 0.29 miles; Kyrock, 0.47 miles; oiled gravel, 22.01 miles; concrete, 0.24 miles; bituminous concrete, 34.27 miles; total 78.95 miles.


State Highways and parkways, 5.87 miles. Private streets open for travel, 36.28 miles.


Length of proposed private street, 5.53 miles.


Permanent sidewalks; Tar concrete, 26.59 miles; brick, 3.08 miles; cement, 58.55 miles. Edgestones, 59.26 miles. Sewer System, 107.69 miles. Water system, 118.74 miles. Storm drain system, 62.64 miles. Catch basins, 2525.


192


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Report of the Boards of Appeals


January 15, 1959


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Town Hall Arlington 74, Massachusetts


Gentlemen:


Submitted herewith is the Annual Report of the Boards of Appeals for the calendar year ending December 31, 1958.


The Zoning Board of Appeals heard a total of forty-five cases during this period, the disposition of which was as follows:


Variances granted 32


Variances denied 9 Variances denied without prejudice 4


Total 45


During this period a total of twelve appeals was heard by the Building Board of Appeals, of which ten were granted and two denied.


Respectfully submitted,


Robert W. Blaisdell


Daniel A. Healy, Jr.


Philip D. O'Neill


Philibert L. Pellegrini


Ralph H. Seabury


REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES 193


Annual Report of the Department of Veterans' Services


The Honorable Town Manager Robbins Town Hall Arlington 74, Massachusetts


Dear Sir:


Submitted herewith is the fourteenth annual report of the De- partment of Veterans' Services covering the calendar year 1958. Massachusetts laws make it mandatory that financial aid be fur- nished to needy veterans and their dependents who qualify for such aid and that there be made available to all veterans and their kin such advice, information and assistance as may be necessary to. enable them to procure the benefits to which they are or may be. entitled relative to employment, vocational or other opportunities, hospitalization, medical care, pensions, compensation, insurance and other benefits and must keep on hand current booklets and other printed matter pertaining to the statutory rights and privileges of war veterans provided by Federal and State laws. The first sec- tion of this report deals with the services provided and the second part with the financial aid disbursed to needy veterans and their dependents.


VETERANS' SERVICES


Photostatic copies made 3,752


Documents notarized


71


Discharges recorded in the Town archives 64


Contacts made in furnishing counsel, informa- tion and assistance in prosecuting claims of veterans and their survivors and dependents and processing applications for all types of benefits 1,614


Visits to hospitals, homes and other places


805


Letters, history entries and records


2,056


Veterans Administration forms completed


167


Veterans Administration claims handled as agent for claimants


74


Total for the year 1958 8,603


Total of cash benefits, accruing to Arlington claimants, from the Veterans Administra- tion through the efforts of this depart- ment


$15,019.54


Estimated total of money saved the Town by reason of successful prosecution at the Vet- erans Administration of claims of persons who had applied for financial aid 8,901.00


194


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


VETERANS' BENEFITS, WAR ALLOWANCE AND BURIAL AID


A tabulation of the administrative work connected with the disbursement of financial aid to needy veterans and their de- pendents follows:


Contacts (Visits, interviews, etc.)


3,378


Applications copied, history entries, records


and letters


2,256


Cases on rolls


(a) Settled in Arlington 174


(b) Settled in another community


1


(c) State settled


0


Applications and re-applications for aid received Applications and re-applications for aid accepted Applications and re-applications for aid rejected Application referred to other communities


112


70


33


Applications pending 1


9


Refund cases 11


A tabulation of actual disbursements made to needy applicants for aid during the year 1958 follows:


VETERANS' BENEFITS


State participation 50% of all authorized pay-


ments


$50,434.63


WAR ALLOWANCE


The War Allowance Act expired on January 1, 1957, 0.00


BURIAL AID


Chapter 115, General Laws of Mass. (Needy cases) State participation 50% in all Ar- lington settled cases and 100% in all others 0.00


Chapter 573, Acts of 1946 as amended (Reim- bursement of recognized organizations of veterans for expenses incurred in providing military honors at funerals of veterans who died overseas in World War Two and Ko- rean Wars) State participation 100% . .


0.00


$50,434.63


REIMBURSEMENTS AND REFUNDS


Reimbursement by the State is usually ten months in arrears. The Town Collector and Treasurer received from the State Treas- urer in 1958 amounts due for the months of April through December, 1957 and, also, the amount due for the month of January, 1958 $18,890.20


REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES 195


Received from other municipalities 10.00


Refunds received from beneficiaries


and returned checks 1,442.44


Total returned to the Town Treasury $20,342.64


Net Town expenditure for aid to needy vete- rans and their dependents $30,091.99


NOTE: Reimbursements are running far behind and the $30,091.99 does not present a true picture.


Despite the business recession and labor disturbances during the past year there were very few calls for aid from able bodied persons. However, the illness and hospitalization of family bread- winners and the rapidly increasing cost of medical and hospital care together with the high cost of living have presented quite a problem and has caused the cost of aid to double in the past ten years. As in past years applicants for aid are required to apply for benefits, to which they may be entitled, at other governmental agencies both State and Federal, as well as private charitable bodies. As this department receives no direct aid from the Federal Government any benefits received by persons on the aid rolls saves the Town a fairly sizable amount of money.


In conclusion we wish to gratefully acknowledge the help and cooperation given us by the Town Manager and his staff, the members of the Board of Selectmen and the Personnel Board and their staffs and the fine work of the department employees.


Respectfully submitted, Charles R. Armour Director


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Report of the Finance Committee


The Committee is presently constituted as follows:


Kermit C. Streng, Chairman


T. Richard Guinan, Vice Chairman


Percival E. Richardson, Secretary


William F. Farrow


Executive Secretary 198 Highland Ave.


Precinct


1. Edwin A. Barnard


2. William H. Dunn


3. Daniel M. Hooley


4. Frederick S. Holway


5. Philip D. Ahern


6. George K. Rugg


7. Joseph A. Keefe


8. T. Richard Guinan


9. John L. Murphy


10. Robert G. Sisson


11. Donald O. Johnston


12. Russell T. Eckel


13. Percival E. Richardson


14. Kermit C. Streng


61 Cleveland St.


10 Varnum St.


268 Broadway


17 Cheswick Rd


17 Beacon St.


16 Spring St.


6 Mystic Lake Drive


15 Wildwood Ave.


11 Upland Rd.


39 Highland Ave.


8 Candia St.


23 Hawthorne Ave.


137 Newland Rd.


67 Claremont Ave.


Member at large. J. Howard Hayes


115 Claremont Ave.


There were two new members appointed this year;


Precinct 4. Frederick S. Holway


Precinct 6. George K. Rugg


The Committee organized and elected the officers as listed above.


Chairman appointed sub-committees as follows.


Sub Committee A. Budgets 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 30, 35, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, and 47.


William H. Dunn, Chairman Joseph A. Keefe T. Richard Guinan


Sub Committee B. Budgets 6, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 39, 40, 41, 50, and 51.




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