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The alternate plan approved by the two remaining Selectmen, Fred LaPiana and Luther Smith was submitted and the adding of two wings, one on either side of the existing building was explained.
Voted : that Article 1 be considered.
Unanimous Vote Voted. that Articles 1, 2 and 4 be postponed until the Annual Town Meeting. 42 Yes 41 No
Article 3. Voted that Unpaid Bills of 1963 amounting to $194.00 be paid and this amount be transferred from Available Funds in the Treasury.
Unanimous Vote
There being no further business to come before the meeting adjournment came at 8:25 P.M.
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT
Town Clerk
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INSURANCE IN FORCE ON TOWN PROPERTY
December 31, 1964
Town Hall $155,200.00
Elementary School 293,500.00
Public Library 40,400.00
Fire Station
31,600.00
Old Windmill
7,000.00
Highway Garage (old fire station)
6,500.00
Fire Alarm Tower
6,500.00
Comfort Station
1,100.00
Tractor Shed
1,500.00
Boilers and Machinery, Town Hall and School
25,000.00
Fire Trucks and Equipment 24,950.00
Highway Equipment
11,770.00
Public Liability Insurance is carried on three fire trucks, rescue truck, Police cruiser, Town Nurse car, tractor and trailer.
Workmen's compensation insurance is carried on the basis of the annual payroll.
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REPORT OF SALE OF TAX POSSESSION LAND
Sale 1.
Costs
Sale Price Gain Acreage
$ 31.88
$ 366.59 $ 334.71 2.01
Respectfully submitted,
LUTHER P. SMITH, Chairman
Board of Selectmen
LIST OF JURORS
Prepared under Chapter 243. General Laws, as amended.
NAME
OCCUPATION MAIL ADDRESS
John B. Curtiss
Draftsman
Eastham
Lester F. Boss
Appliance Service Eastham
Alonzo A. Dumolin
Retired Eastham
William R. Payne Retired Orleans, R.F.D.
Roy A. Weaton
Clerk Eastham
Frederick D. Ohmann Guard Eastham
Walter L. Weigele Retired North Eastham
LUTHER P. SMITH, Chairman
MAURICE A. MOORE
FRED G. LAPIANA, JR.
Board of Selectmen
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BREWSTER - ORLEANS - EASTHAM AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION, INC.
To The Board of Selectmen
The year 1964, as in past years, was another of success- ful service to the area and a busy one for the men who serve so well on the Ambulance.
Our Ambulance traveled 19,807 miles during the year, this being an increase of 1,200 miles over 1963. We carried 257 patients on 256 runs. Oxygen was administered 28 times. Thirty-eight of these runs were to off Cape points including the following area : Boston, Providence, Fitchburg and Taunton plus several towns in between. The 257 patients carried were distributed as follows:
Brewster
52
Orleans
120
Eastham 71
Other
14
25"
Our financial statement is a follows :
Total Funds on hand January 1, 1964 $10,493.63
Receipts during year have been :
From Donations $ 3,575.00
Interests on deposits in Savings Bank 451.84
Dues from Directors 8.00
For Oxygen 152.50
Appropriations from the three Towns 12,000.00
From Account of Prince H. Hurd, Jr. 1,807.81 From Interest on above 182.91
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From Tax Withholdings 1,087.44
Employer's reimbursement under State taxes 4.30
$19,269.80
$29,763.43
Expenditures during year have been :
Salary of Robley E. Fulcher Sr. $ 5,200.00
Wages of Assistants on call 1,825.00
Wages of Assistants on Standby
183.00
Salary of Harry F. Childs, Asst. Treasurer
600.00
Storage of Ambulance
366.00
Gasoline, Oil etc. by Credit Card
1,462.51
1 Coat 4.65
Meals on runs
175.40
Laundry
69.01
Insurance on Ambulance
611.17
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
217.92
Interest on Loans
29.65
Copies of Articles of Incorporation
6.00
Unrecovered 1963 Federal and State Withholding 5.10
Penalty for late filing of 1963 taxes
3.65
Fidelity Bond for Asst. Treasurer
60.00
Printing and Postage
53.45
Printing of checks
2.93
1964 Corporation filing fee
5.00
Attorney's Fee in Hurd Case
271.17
Telephone call to Boston
1.40
Tax Withholding
1,788.47
$12,941.48
$16,821.95
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Total Funds on Hand December 31, 1964 :
In Replacement fund $15,989.21
In Operation 576.98
In Tax Withholding Account 255.76
$16,821.95 $16,281.95
It will be noted that while our appropiation from the three town total $12,000.00, our operating expenses come to $12,941.48. This is an increase in expenses again this year.
All donations and interest received by us are placed in our special Fund for the replacement of the Ambulance when necessary. It should be noted that this is our only source of income with which to replace the Ambulance. By summer it may become necessary to replace our present Ambulance.
The following men give freely of their time to serve as a Board of Directors for the Association : Harold H. Claf- lin, Brewster; John A. Johnson, Brewster; Richard J. Vandermay, Eastham; Warrenton A. Williams, Eastham; Urban S. Livingston, Orleans; Foster T. Backus, Orleans; Robley E. Fulcher, Sr., Orleans.
During the year the Selectmen of the Towns served attended one of our meetings to observe at first hand our efforts.
Your Ambulance Association is ready to serve the needs of the area, both day and night. We have a well trained driver and assistant. We find that it is necessary to have additional help to serve on the Ambulance during the sum- mer months. Should anyone be interested in serving the community, it is our suggestion that they contact either Mr. Urban Livingston or Mr. Robley Fulcher Sr. Those persons will have to be trained in First Aid. Your help is needed. Those who served on the Ambulance during the past year performed an excellent job and deserve a vote of thanks from the communities served.
Respectfully submitted URBAN S. LIVINGSTON, President WARRENTON A. WILLIAMS, Clerk-Treasurer
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REPORT OF THE EASTHAM APPEALS BOARD
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
In view of the general appeal for brevity in board and committee reports for insertion in the annual town report, the usual general discussion of points of interest relative to local zoning will be eliminated herefrom.
The year 1964 brought forth inquiries of, informal discussions with, and initial applications to the Board and its various members at a rate far-exceeding the one-a-month number which finally came to be processed and heard. The twelve cases which actually came to final hearing are listed below under the names of the appellants and in chronological order of hearing, with the final disposition of each case indicated briefly. Should any person desire to review pro- ceedings in a particular case, or to make a check on any restrictions and/or stipulations which may have been im- posed by the Board in certain instances, he will find the original information on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
1. February 5. Edward J. and Bernice E. Brown Granted
2. February 26. Virginia W. Whitehead and Sandra Johnson Granted
3. February 26. Charlotte Richardson, Elliot
Richardson, Edward P.
Richardson, Jr., and George S. Richardson Granted
4. February 26.
Newcomb A. Reid Granted
5. April 8. Alfred A. Shepherd Granted
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6. May 13.
Joseph Stark and Jack J. Furman
Granted
7. May 20. Otto Radke Denied
8. May 20. Peter J. Meize Granted
8 August 26. Mary E. Lapiana Denied
10. September 9. Dominie J. and Anthony J. Creonte Granted
11. December 16. Ernest and Glady E.
Summerbell Granted
12. December 16. Sadie F. Flint Denied
To the knowledge of the Board there are no Superior Courts cases pending as the result of any 1964 case decisions.
At the last annual Town Meeting held on February 17. 1964, several articles dealing with additions to the Building and Zoning Code By-Laws were passed, important among them, Article 34, which requires that all applicants for building permits submit to the Building Inspector a suit- able, scaled plot plan showing actual lot dimensions, the size and location of buildings to be erected, the proposed location of wells and sewerage disposal facilities, and sufficient permanent concrete bounds in order to define clearly the lot limits at the street or way; Article 35, which requires that any building or premises to be occupied, either, partially or in its entirety and for whatever purposes, shall require a certificate of occupancy to be issued by the building inspector, stating that such building or buildings. or premises, are in compliance with the existing by-laws of the Town; Articles 36 and 37, dealing with a standard plan for building valuation and time limits for completion of work after issuance of a building permit; and Article 42, specify- ing set-back requirements in Commercial Districts C and D. Due to some confusion as to the wording and intended meaning of Article 38, which concerned Article 7 of the Zoning By-Laws dealing with non-conforming uses, it did not pass. It is hoped that, after further study and review by both the Planning and Appeal Board members this year, a
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new article may be presented at the 1965 Town Meeting which will be satisfactory to the voters. Mention should also be made of a local regulation adopted this year by your Board which requires that a fee of $10.00 accompany each application for hearing in order to help defray advertising costs.
On November 19, 1964, a combined meeting of the Board of Selectmen, the Building Inspector, the Planning Board, and the Appeal Board was held at the Town Hall for the purpose of discussing planning, building and zoning problems. Various suggestions and recommendations for strengthening and improving our present Zoning By-Laws were offered by board members and will provide the basis for several new articles to be proposed to the Town at the February annual meeting. The spirit of congenial coopera- tion among all those attending this meeting was very gratifying and bodes well for future sensible planning and progress for the town.
This past fall the Board was greatly saddened to receive a letter of resignation from a good friend and a very sincere, conscientious, and faithful member of long-standing, George D. Dickie, who, for reasons of health, felt that he would not be able to continue in an active capacity. The prayers and very best wishes of the Board go out to George in this time of personal misfortune.
Inasmuch as no replacement has yet been appointed to fill the vacancy left by Mr. Dickie, the Board has been operating for several months with six members whose names, including that of your chairman, are as follows: Lt. Col. (Ret'd.) Stillman D. Covell, Mrs. Catherine DeVille, Mr. Harold Jennings, Mr. David L. Mead, Mr. Edward L. Phil- brick, and Mr. Roy A. Wheaton. The continuous interested cooperation and faithful, conscientious hearing attendance of the members is, as always, greatly appreciated.
The law requires that a detailed record of each hearing
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be kept, and for this task we continue to enjoy the cheery presence and proficient work of Catherine De Ville, acting in her dual capacity as clerk of the Board and Associate member.
This year we are most pleased to have had Mr. John B. Curtiss of the Planning Board join Mr. Ralph L. Rogers, our Town Building Inspector, to provide our Board with its most faithful audience, and we wish to thank them both very kindly for their helpful comments, and for actively participating in the discussions.
The year 1965 promises fair to be our most active to date, with already four cases scheduled for hearing in the first month and a half. Again the Board wishes to urge the attendance and active participation of the townspeople at these hearings. Only in this way will you learn to know better your Appeal Board, why it exists, and how it funct- ions, and only in this way will your Appeal Board come to understand more clearly the way in which you wish your Town to develop.
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID L. MEAD, Chairman
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EASTHAM BOARD OF TRADE
The Eastham Board of Trade now in its sixth year continues in its efforts to make Eastham a pleasanter and better place to carry on a business.
The Information Center with Sally Woodworth, Sue Horton and Maurice Wiley operating the booth, ably aided 10,541 visitors. This is an increase of 1,399 over 1963 and an increase of 3,384 over 1962, thus showing an increas- ing need for this type of service to our summer visitors.
This past year a meeting was held to discuss and explain the Town Warrant, and a second meeting at which each candidate for a Town elected office had an opportunity to speak and to express his or her views.
Due to Eastham's growth, these meetings proved very helpful to many people and will be repeated this year.
A very successful dinner and recognition evening was held to honor Maurice Wiley on his retirement as Eastham selectman after so many years of service to the Town.
The sponsored Christmas party at the Eastham Post Office for the children of Eastham was once again a huge success due to the efforts of our postmaster and his helpers.
Our membership committee deserves a high compliment due to their excellent work. They have brought in a number of new members who are glad to help out in our continued efforts.
Our program committee is helping to make our meetings as informative and interesting as possible.
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A new colored brochure of Eastham will be a new tool this year to sell the advantages of this town (We know we have them, but we must tell others about them).
A band concert, dance and special snack treat is plan- ned for the night of March 20th with profits from this endeavor going to a scholarship fund for an Eastham graduate of Nauset Regional School.
LOUIS K. GREGORY, Chairman
RICHARD J. VANDER MAY. Vice Chairman WALLACE WOODWORTH, Treasurer DAVID CRARY, Secretary
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REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE
To the Board of Selectmen :
Throughout the year, the Building Committee met with the Selectmen, the Police Department, and the Fire De- partment, as well as holding meetings as a Committee. The results of these meetings may be summarized as follows :
There is need for additional office space for Town Per- sonnel. To provide for the above need, a majority of the Committee recommends the following :
Two offices to be built in the existing Old Town Hall, one on either side of the entrance. The existing stairway to the basement to be removed, and a new stairway installed. The area presently occupied by the stairs to be made into a passageway from the Selectmen's office to the new office, said new office to be used by the Selectmen's clerk. Fire- proof safes to be installed for Selectmen's and Assessors' records. The other new office to be used by the Building Inspector, the Planning Board and the Appeals Board.
Heating Plant: Old Town Hall - the committee re- commends an appropriation be made at the Annual Town Meeting of a sum of money sufficient to replace the boiler, and to repair the existing system.
Police and Fire Departments : Further study should be made to determine the best long range program for the necessary facilities for these departments. Professional assistance should be obtained to work with the Committee and with these Departments. The Committee recommends that an appropriation be made at the 1965 Annual Town Meeting to provide this assistance.
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The above recommendations are based on reports from the various Town Departments submitted to the Committee. The need for additional space for the Welfare Department cannot, at the present time, be positively ascertained. There is the distinct possibility of a Regional Office for Welfare. Such a Regional Office might mean there would be no need for a Welfare Office in Eastham. Until this matter has been decided, action on alloted space should be delayed. The majority of the Committee feels that the proposed add- itional office space will be adequate for the Town's needs for the foreseeable future at the reasonable cost.
The Committee also investigated the possibility of providing rest room facilities at the Windmill Green. No decision was reached in this matter. Consideration was given to erecting a small, Cape Cod style, Half-House at the west end of the Green. The Committee believes that a rest room is necessary, but that the size and location will require further study.
The Committee also considered added facilities at Rock Harbor, and feels this is a matter which needs continuing study and development.
ROBERT J. ERICKSON
PHILIP J. SCHWIND
WILLIAM E. JOESPH
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REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR
To the Board of Selectmen :
I hereby submit my report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1964.
One hundred and sixty-two building permits were issued, with an estimated cost of $1,185,530.00.
Ninety-two permits for cesspools were issued.
Fees collected and paid to the Town Treasurer amounted to $1,202.00 for building permits and $46.00 for cesspool permits.
The following table shows permits granted :
Type
Number
Residential
97
Non-Residential
30
Additions and Alterations
35
Total 162
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH L. ROGERS
Building Inspector
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REPORT OF THE GAS INSPECTOR
To the Board of Selectmen :
From April 1, 1964, through December 15, 1964. I have issued 168 permits for gas installations. Four of these were voided at the request of the applying gas companies. Eleven of the remaining 164 gas installations were not approved on the first inspection but were passed on the second in- spection. Five more required a third inspection. All were passed by your inspector after work was rectified.
I have collected, and turned in to the Town Treasurer $162.50, which was paid by the gas installers.
We are receiving excellent cooperation from the towns- people and from the gas companies.
Respectfully submitted
WILFRED J. TRAHAN Gas Inspector
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REPORT OF THE FIRE CHIEF
To the Board of Selectmen:
I respectfully submit my report of the duties of the Eastham Fire Department.
Fire drills were held monthly, six at the Barnstable Fire Training School. There the men worked under actual fire, smoke and heat conditions. "Self-breathing" masks, ladders and live hoses were used. Permission was granted by the National Seashore to burn two barracks at the Marconi Site. Scott breathing masks were used against smoke in- halation. It is essential that firemen learn protection from heat, smoke and fear of flames.
In October, four men spent the weekend at Topsfield, Massachusetts, learning rescue procedures at the Civil Defense Training School.
Mr. Ray Jones was on duty at the Fire Station during July and August. It proved very successful and it is hoped that he will be with us this coming summer. He handled correspondence, issued fire permits and assisted in thirty of the forty emergency calls during the two months.
A committee purchased a "Boston Whaler" boat, motor, trailer, life jackets, oars and compass, as authorized under Article 23 of the Warrant. During the year, the rescue boat was called upon four times and we saved the lives of two men and a boy.
The Eastham Firemen's Association purchased a trailer for the Ice Rescue boat and it is ready for immediate use.
During the year, 1,881 miles were traveled in emer- gencies, fires and drills. The Barnstable County patrol truck was purchased in August and put in service late in
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September. The old truck was sold. The Rescue Truck was the busiest piece of equipment, being called seventy-five times. It is a great pleasure having Dr. Ed Komando in town to assist us and I hope the people will make his acquaintance.
The new bathroom facilities in the Fire Station are greatly appreciated.
Eighty-seven oil burner permits were issued and two hundred and ten fire permits. The breakdown of alarms is as follows :
Emergencies 75 False 3
Mutual Aid
1 Grass and Woods 13
Investigations
26 House 1
I wish to thank all of the men of the department for their interest and cooperation during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN HILFERTY
Fire Chief
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REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
To the Board of Selectmen :
I hereby submit my report for the Highway Department for the year 1964, and also for general maintenance.
We have done the maintenance patching, etc., including sweeping intersections and shoulders, mowing roadsides, cutting overhanging limbs and trimming brush to improve vision on curves of winding roads, patching an unusual number of holes resulting from a severe winter, sealcoating approximately six miles of town roads, widening inter- sections and shoulders on several roads. Catch basins were installed on Steele, McCoy and Kingsbury Beach roads. Guard rails were painted on roads and beaches.
The Town Landings were cleaned and policed every day during the summer months, including weekends. All town landings on the west shore were seal-coated and the parking area at Cook's Brook was enlarged by forty thousand square feet and is ready for surfacing next spring. The Herring Run at Cole Road was open several times with the aid of the new bulldozer. The bathing area at Great Pond was improved and the rafts there and at Salt Pond were launched and also removed for the winter. The floats at Rock Harbor Basin were removed.
The bulldozer was used to care for the Town Dump every day during the summer, also to facilitate burning at the Brush Dump, to establish a dumping area for future use and to open a new town sand pit. It was also used to stockpile hardening.
The old Cemeteries and Windmill grounds were kept clean and mowed.
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All of the newly purchased town equipment has proven to be a satisfactory investment. The truck has been in con- stant use and has been particularly useful in all small jobs for which larger equipment had to be hired in previous years.
I wish to thank the Town Officials and the voters for the cooperation and courtesies extended to me during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED. G. CAREY Highway Surveyor and General Maintenance
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES
To the Board of Selectmen:
The library continues to make progress and go forward. As trustees we are endeavoring to make the library as useful and helpful as possible.
Mrs. Sadie Flint has now served as your librarian for over three years. She has given generously of her time and interest, tries to be especially helpful with the children and young people and we are sure her efforts are appreciated by our patrons.
The library building is being maintained in good shape. The major improvement this year was the removal of the closet like entrance to the basement, a new set of stairs was built at a safe and comfortable angle and the surrounding bookshelves were changed accordingly. The floor and walls of the new basement were painted. Next year a new set of shutters will be necessary for the original building. The front and back porches must be painted and possibly some of the white trim on the new addition.
The brush is being kept down in the rear of the building and we hope to eradicate the poison ivy in time. Very neces- sary repairs were made to the flag pole. This involved cut- ting off the decayed bottom, and other pertinent repairs, before the pole was re-erected in a new concrete reinforced base. We wish to express our appreciation to Mr. James Ilkovich of Orleans. Others who contributed their efforts to this project were Allen Corbett, Guy Farrell, Robert Hayes and son Robert, Jr., and library trustees Otto Nickerson and Fred Jewell. We would appreciate any assistance and sug- gestions for landscape improvements.
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There will be an article in the Town Meeting Warrant asking that the Town vote to transfer the sum of $500.00 from the State Aid to Libraries account to the Library account. This money was received by the Town during 1964, for our participation in the State Aid program, but accord- to State law must be voted to the library for its' use. This money will enable us to purchase more books, in all cate- gories, which we will do to the best of our ability.
For the third year the library celebrated Children's Book Week in cooperation with the Eastham Elementary School. The children made poster size designs of a colorful jacket for their favorite book. These were exhibited in the library, and the following week in the school. Some very interesting talent was shown. Books were placed in the library in the names of the prize winners.
This past July and August the library sponsored a series of eight weekly "Seashore Story Hours" for the children. These were held in the basement of the Eastham Town Hall. Colonel Eugene S. Clark, Jr., of Sandwich, well known Cape Cod Marine Biologist, provided the illustrated story hour each week to an average attendance of about forty children and a few parents. Colonel Clark also loaned the library a number of interesting marine biology displays during the summer months. Our sincere thanks to Colonel Clark.
A fall series of four monthly, educational and travel movies nights were presented in the library building. With the assistance of the Non-Resident Taxpayers' Association it was possible for the library to acquire a Kodak Pagaent 16 MM sound movie projector which made it possible to make such movies available to the community. The library can ac- commodate between forty and fifty people and there were few empty seats. This projector is also available for other community activities and has been used by organizations on several occasions.
Progress is being made in setting up the Eastham His- torical Society, Inc., museum in the new basement room of
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