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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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