Town of Lynnfield, Essex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, annual report 1949-1960, Part 11

Author: Lynnfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1949-1960
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 846


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Oct. 11 Janet Helen Murphy


Joan N. Whalen


Oct. 13


Thomas Geoffrey Brady


Thomas Bernard Brady


Margaret Madaline Mahoney


Oct.


21


Valeice Jean DeFreitas


Ernest A. DeFreitas Celeste Nunes


Oct.


22


Marilyn Brockbank


Jeanette Mansfield


Daniel F. Burbine


Oct. 22 Daniel James Burbine


Phyllis Pottle


Oct.


31


Ellen Louise Kraft


Eileen McCauley


Nov.


2


Cheryl Ann Nicholson


Florence Shaw Anderberg


April 18 Christopher Eli Dawe Florence G. Keating Joseph R. Pyburn


April 19 Joseph John Pyburn


Florence P. Gambale


Leslie McDonald Jay


April 21 Leslie McDonald Jay, Jr.


Claire Edith Wing


May 1 Lee Winifred Hobbs


Richard Lewis Hobbs


Dorothy Mary Dunham


May 11 Richard Allan Kelloway


Ernest Goodison Kelloway


Hilda Rose Doiron


May 13 Barbara Ellen Buttrick Rhoda Winifred Strong


Alfred Theodore Clows


Nicola Valente


Richard D. Miller


Richard D. Miller


Frank LeRoy Delamater


Ernest L. Elgart


Albert M. DeWolf, Jr.


John F. Carter


Manton Presbrey Spear


Arthur Rodham


Joseph J. Pyburn


Aug. 24


David Vaughan Pearson


Donald Bernard Pearson Ruth Linnea Nylin


Lyman J. Doane


Henry Nathan Sawyer, III


Francis Ryder Payzant


Charles Barry Wills


Sept. 16


Davis Alan White


Oct.


5


Richard Alvord Cartmill


Arthur T. Rice


Mar. 22 David Christopher Romano


Mar. 30 Thomas Sinnott Murphy


April 13 Elizabeth Davidson Stone Ruth Elizabeth Tyacke


Nov.


6


Jeffrey Pratt Beedy


Daniel Bell Lewis


Nov. 19 Barbara Ann Findlay


John Edward Brockbank


Meyer L. Kraft


Thomas James Nicholson


Bradford W. Hathaway


Robert Edward Couture


Andrew Charles Wagner


Norman T. A. Grady


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Report of TOWN CLERK


Record of State Election Held November 7,1950


Election Officers serving were as follows


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Alexander Williams Warden Everett E. Harvey


Theodore C. Palizzolo Clerk Harry I. Winchester George McGregor Patrick F. Malloy


George A. Badaracco Edmond A. Moeglin Bertha A. Thompson William F. Donovan Ethel A. Edwards Cornelius J. Doyle Alma M. Graham Donald F. Newhall James O. Walsh


Mary R. Olson


Chilton M. Hastings


Police Officer


Frank Martin Jr.


Polls opened at 8:00 A.M. and closed at 8:00 P.M.


Total Vote Cast 1821


Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total Votes 1110 711


GOVERNOR


Paul A. Dever, Democratic


203


189


392


Arthur W. Coolidge, Republican


897


516


1413


Horace I. Hillis, Socialist Labor


6


2


8


Mark R. Shaw, Prohibition


1


0


1


Blanks


3


4


7


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


Charles F. Jeff Sullivan, Democratic


177


165


342


Laurence Curtis, Republican


921


533


1454


Lawrence Gilfedder, Socialist Labor


4


2


6


Blanks


8


11


19


SECRETARY


Edward J. Cronin, Democratic


198


165


363


Russell A. Wood, Republican


165


515


1388


Ellsworth, J. M. Dickson, Prohibition


11


3


14


Fred M. Ingersoll, Socialist Labor


8


7


15


Blanks


20


21


41


TREASURER


John E. Hurley, Democratic


265


208


473


Fred J. Burrell, Republican


793


463


1256


Henning A. Blomen, Socialist Labor


4


3


7


Harold J. Ireland, Prohibition Blanks


13


7


20


35


30


65


AUDITOR


Thomas J. Buckley, Democratic


244


198


442


William G. Andrew,


Republican


836


486


1322


Robert A. Simmons, Prohibition


4


1


5


Francis A. Votano, Socialist Labor


4


3


7


Blanks 22


23


45


ATTORNEY GENERAL


Francis E. Kelly, Democratic


178


150


328


Frederick Ayer Jr., Republican


912


546


1458


Anthony Martin, Socialist Labor


5


1


6


Howard B. Rand, Prohibition


0


1


1


Blanks


15


13


28


CONGRESSMAN


Angier L. Goodwin, Republican 923 167 John B. Carr, Democratic


136


303


Blanks


20


30


50


COUNCILLOR


Cornelius J. Twomey, Democratic


186


150


336


Herbert S. Tuckerman,


895


523


1418


Blanks


29


38


67


SENATOR


Frank J. Burns, Democratic


186


141


327


Philip A. Graham, Republican Blanks


32


41


73


REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT


Belden G. Bly, Jr., Republican 828 Fred A. Hutchinson, Republican 879


537


1416


James B. Boyle, Democratic 148


105


253


George A. Murphy, Democratic 148 Blanks


217


194


411


DISTRICT ATTORNEY


Hugh A. Cregg, Republican


918


556


1474


Charles W. Trombly,


171


128


299


Blanks


21


27


48


COUNTY COMMISSIONER


Arthur A. Thompson, Republican


894


520


1404


Charles M. Boyle, Democratic 182


155


337


Blanks


34


36


70


SHERIFF


Frank E. Raymond,


Republican


915


547


1462


Everett B. Dowe, Democratic Blanks


167


133


300


28


31


59


545


1468


Republican


892


529


1421


120


268


Democratic


466


1294


19


QUESTIONS


Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total


1. Proposed amendment to constitution (see warrant for description)


Yes


825


492


1317


No


113


70


183


Blanks


172


149


321


2. Proposed amendment to constitution (see warrant for description)


Yes


744


460


1204


No


185


104


289


Blanks


181


147


328


3. To approve a law on which House of Representa- tives did not vote (see warrant for description) Yes 395 281 676


No


625


344


969


Blanks


90


86


176


4. To approve a law on which House of Representa- tives did not vote (see warrant for description) 221 182 Yes 403


No Blanks


5. To approve a law disapproved in House of Rep- resentatives by a vote of 77 in affirmative and 139 in negative -- in Senate by a vote of 13 in affirma- tive and 25 in negative. Yes 83 134


No


964


608


1572


Blanks


63


52


115


6. A. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse race be permitted in this county ? Yes 395 267 760 872 No 605 365


B. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county ? 345 Yes 325 670


No


612


277 889


Blanks on these two questions 263 188 451


7. A. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages)? Yes


No 467 193 660 551 461 1012 B. Shalllicensesbe granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of wines and malt bever- ages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ? Yes No 547 462 1009 178 615 437 C. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises?


Yes


666


502


1168


No


348


145


493


Blanks on Question 7 for A. B. C. 314


192


506


8. Continuance of Rent Control? description)


496


326


822


No


406


226


632


Blanks


208


159


367


Harry W. Higgins, Town Clerk


Report of BOARD OF ASSESSORS


Appropriations since 1949 Tax Rate was fixed


$ 386,441.64


Firemen's Pension Reserve .


1,000.00


Various Essex County Funds


2,675.60


Overlay Deficits None


387.72


State Parks and Reservations Deficit .


125.08


State Audit of Municipal Accounts 27.32


County Tax ..


16,489.78


County Tax Deficit


2,194.26


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment 4,069.90


Overlay 1950.


14,750.01


$ 428,161.31


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS


Income Tax .


$ 29,320.39


Corporation Taxes


22,316.88


Reimbursement on account of State owned land


38.46


Old Age Tax (meals) Chapter 64B-Sec. 10, General Laws


819.98


Chapter 804, Acts of 1949


395.66


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise .


21,000.00


Licenses


3,000.00


General Government .


100.00


Protection of Persons and Property.


1,500.00


500.00


Schools.


200.00


Interest: on Taxes and Assessments Over Estimates of Previous year County T.B. Hospital


582.63


State Audit of Municipal Accounts. .


569.00


Available Funds (Approved by Com- missioner of Corporations and Taxation .


46,415.63


Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds .


$ 144,258.63


Net Amount to be raised on Polls and Property . 283,902.68


Credit 1209 Polls


2,418.00


Tota


$ 281,484.68


TABLE OF AGGREGATES


Stock in Trade


$ 23,400.00


Machinery.


23,350.00


Live Stock. 24,339.00


All other Tangible Personal Property 371,103.00


Real Estate 8,354,204.00


Total . $8,796,396.00


20


Charities (other than Federal Grants for aid to Dependent Children) . Old Age Assistance (other than Federal Grant)


17,000.00


500.00


State Parks and Reservations


803


449


1252


51


(See warrant for


Yes


REAL ESTATE VALUES


Value of Land $2,333,594.00


Value of Buildings 6,020,610.00


Value of Personal Property 442,192.00


Total of Real Estate Values $8,796,396.00


Tax on Polls $ 2,418.00


Tax on Real Estate .


267,334.53


Tax on Personal Property 14,150.15


Net amount to be raised. $ 283,902.68


Tax Rate


$32.00


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE


First Commitment $ 235.23


Second Commitment 2,734.29


Third Commitment . 3,254.94


Fourth Commitment 1,533.24


Fifth Commitment 1,184.81


Sixth Commitment 3,499.22


Seventh Commitment. 2,931.11


Eighth Commitment


6,822.04


Ninth Commitment


1,678.41


Tenth Commitment .


1,477.14


Eleventh Commitment


3,057.34


Twelvth Commitment


7,929.14


Thirteenth Commitment.


772.27


Fourteenth Commitment


556.06


Fifteenth Commitment. 423.53


Sixteenth Commitment 59.59


Total $38,148.36


MOTOR EXCISE ABATEMENTS


Levy of 1949


$ 7.23


Levy of 1950


2,964.50


Total


$ 2,971.73


ABATEMENTS MADE IN 1950 ON REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL, POLLS


Real Estate Personal Polls


Levy of 1948 .. $


41.40


Levy of 1949 ... 516.19 1949 $ 4.10


Levy of 1950 ... 5,209.28 1950 88.00 1950 .. $224.00


DECEMBER ASSESSEMENTS


Real Estate


$


720.32


LYNNFIELD WATER DISTRICT


Total appropriations since 1949 Tax Rate was fixed . $ 18,699.30


Overlay of Current year 372.09


Total $ 19,071.39


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS


Water Rates


$ 10,000.00


Hydrants.


1,475.00


Service Connections 1,500.00


Total Estimated Receipts $ 12,975.00


Total Available Funds (approved by Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation $ 936.25


Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds . $ 13,911.25


Net Amount to be raised


$


5,084.56


Value of Water District Real Estate. Value of Water District Personal . . 153,006.00


Total $3,388,990.00


Tax on Real Estate $ 4,855.04


Tax on Personal


229.52


Net Amount to be raised


$ 5,084.56


Tax Rate


$1.50


LYNNFIELD CENTER WATER DISTRICT


Total appropriations since 1949 Tax Rate was fixed. . $ 33,670.00


Overlay of Current Year 1,956.00


Total


$


35,626.69


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS


Water Mains Installations


$


2,100.00


Receipts .


17,803.00


Total Estimated Receipts $ 19,903.00


Total Available Funds (approved by Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation . $ 2,772.63


Total Estimated Receipts and


Available Funds .


$


22,675.63


Net amount to be raised.


$


12,951.06


Value of Water District Real Estate $4,162,575.00


Value of Water District Personal 154,376.00


Total $4,316,951.00


Tax on Real Estate $ 12,487.73


Tax on Personal. $ 463.33


Net Amount to be raised


$


12,951.06


Tax Rate


$3.00


DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS


Real Estate .


$


88.74


ABATEMENTS LYNNFIELD CENTER WATER DISTRICT


Real Estate


Personal


Levy of 1948


Levy of 1949 $ 19.89 Levy of 1950. $127.89


Board of Assessors


Stanley G. Thwing, Kenneth A. Worthen Stanley E. Flagg


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$3,235,984.00


Report of ROAD COMMISSIONER


TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


The year of 1950 was a busy year, but all the work done took more time than it should have and more work could have been done if the Town had one more truck and a good dependable spreader box, but I hope the Townspeople are satisfied with the results of the finished product.


CHAPTER 90 PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE


This past year saw 800 more feet of permanent construction of Summer Street and 1100 feet of drain- age added to take care of the every day problem of surface water. This coming year I hope that I can construct Summer Street as a permanent road right out to Main Street.


Quite a stretch of Main Street was sealed this past year; the stretch sealed was from the Sagamore Golf Course to Roundy's Store a distance of one mile and a half. The year 1951 should see the finish of the sealing of Main Street through to the Wakefield line.


SIDEWALKS


The program of sidewalk construction was carried on very well this year with the extending of the side- walks on Summer Street, Grove Street and Locust Street. The safety of the school children was con- sidered and a section of sidewalk was built around the corner of Crest Road and Summer Street and a section was built on Salem Street. More and more school children and pedestrians are walking in the streets, so that this shows that sidewalks are needed and the sidewalks that now exist are used and enjoyed by the Townspeople.


STREETS OILED AND SANDED


The oiling and sanding of streets is one of the im- portant jobs of the highway department. This cuts


Report of TREE WARDEN


TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


At the last annual Town Meeting an appropriation was made for the care of shade trees. We removed 9 dead trees, 3 more for the widening of streets and 8 more with Dutch Elm Disease. We trimmed trees where there were dead and dangerous limbs, also where the branches were low and obstructed traffic along the highway and sidewalks. We planted 105 shade trees, but due to the extreme dry weather some will not survive. I hope this coming year that abut- ters will please water trees more often during a dry spell. We had a small appropriation for cutting bushes, this was used on corners and places where the view was obstructed. The Dutch Elm Disease has


down the year round job of maintaining the streets and gives the street longer life. A well kept street needs oiling once every four to five years. This past year saw Walnut Street, Essex Street, Grant Road, Stanley Road, Carter Road, Fairview Avenue, Rosemere Road and a short stretch on Pillings Pond Road. This past year an experiment was carried on by oiling Grove Street and Brook Drive, but instead of sand being used to cover the oil, small stone was used and so far the two streets are standing up very well. To cover streets with stone instead of sand is more expensive, but I feel that it is worth it because the streets will last about four times as long.


NEW WORK


The acceptance of three streets a year fits in very well with the work program of the highway depart- ment. The value and safety of the town is greatly improved by the acceptance of streets each year. Pinewood Road, Maywood Road, Lockwood Road, and Merrow Road were finished this year, Lakewood Road was rough-graded and will be finished in 1951.


The solution of the water problem on Lowell Street; by the laying of 500 feet of drainage and the building of four catch basins; was started in 1950. I hope that the Townspeople will see to it that more drain- age is layed on Lowell Street. Lowell Street is badly in need of repair and reconstruction from Main Street to the North Reading line.


PERSONNEL


Benjamin G. Cox, Commissioner Thomas Lynch Leon Cobb William Wilkins Harold Beherrell John Morrison Norman Hall


hit the town. We had 8 trees with Dutch Elm Disease, which have been taken down and burned. There is no question but this coming summer a lot more will show up with the disease. I hope all persons trim- ming or removing Elm trees will immediately destroy the wood and branches by burning. The Town received $ 100 for damage for a tree hit and destroyed by an automobile on Main street. There is a lot of tree work to be done. It is slow and costly work. In clos- ing, I wish to thank all town officials and town depart- ments who have assisted me during the year.


Respectfully submitted, LYMAN H. TWISS


Tree Warden


22


Report of FIRE DEPARTMENT


Considering the small losses due to fire, the year just closed has been a particularly satisfactory one. Many surrounding cities and towns have suffered substantially in this respect, and we must, of course bear in mind that our present immunity may not con- tinue. We should exert every effort toward the con- tinued prevention of fire, which after all is our best safeguard. This effort devolves not only on the fire department but on each citizen as well. We feel as- sured that the people of Lynnfield are being careful in this matter and hope for a continuance of that care. We note a lesser number of fires in the last year attributable to careless use of incinerators and we responded to but one alarm caused by hot mater- ial being placed in a flammable container. The fire department is at your service, not only to reduce losses caused by fires after they start, but to assist through help and suggestions, in preventing fires from occurring. We have a lot of pride in the fire service, and are anxious to maintain its best tradi- tions.


We have our own problems which we are attempt- ing to solve in an intelligent manner. In this connec- tion we are mindful that the town must pay the bills, and tryto serve you at the lowest possible cost con- sistent with providing adequate protection. Relative to those costs, it was necessary that they be increased, although part of the increase is only temporary, in the amounts expended. A careful survey of the de- partment at the time of re-organization in 1948, re- vealed a number of things needed to bring the service up to a real standard. It was quite apparent that the fire department had not advanced in proportion to the growth of the town. We were very short in the matter of dependable fire hose, which is of paramount importance, and entirely lacking in special types of extinguishers needed for combatting oil and electrical fires. We have not, as yet, a suitable fire alarm sig- nal, and are incorporating a request for this item in our 1951 budget. We were far behind in the number of fire alarm boxes needed to cover the town and wish to install five more this year. The main alarm circuit cables, after many years of service, must be replaced this year, to avoid the possibility of a com- plete failure of the alarm system. The bills for these items have been spaced over a period of years, that you might not be required to meet them at one time. Careful consideration was given to determine which of the items, all of about equal importance, should be given priority. We must continue smaller purchases of fire hose until such time as we have a sufficient reserve to keep our pumpers fully equip- ped, while drying hose that has been in service. This is merely a matter of insurance and nothing less is even sensible. We have furnished all department members with protective coats, boots and helmets, which are necessary for their protection while oper - ating at fires.


Not only have we planned our expenditures care- fully, and lived within our budget, but we have been enabled through the use of better equipment to reduce our time of operation at fires, accomplishing better results than were previously obtainable, and with smaller working forces. This is reflected in the reduced payrolls for extra help, and also shows the benefit of patrolling woods fires until sure that they will not re-kindle. The expense of this patrol was paid out of our regular payroll budget, and compares


with heavy additional payrolls in past years when fires spread over large areas. As an example, a spring time fire originating outside the town, caused us a great deal of hard work and menaced property in the town after it had burned unrestrained over a large area. Of course, a newspaper account reported "Fire races in from Lynnfield", a masterful misrep- resentation of fact, which we called to the paper's attention, without apparent effect as may well be ex- pected.


We want to comment on the proposal for new alarm whistles, by stating that the present whistles which were furnished by the Federal Government as emergency air raid signals, are not suited, nor were they ever intended to be used as a coded fire alarm signal. The tone, in addition to being disagreeable, is such that it fails to carry any distance. We are asking for Cunningham whistles with proper coding controls and increased air storage capacity to in- sure proper operation. These whistles should be installed while they are still available and before the present equipment fails entirely. Any more money spent on the present unfit equipment would be sheer waste added to what they have already cost to main- tain, which is out of proportion to the value received in the way of service. Please support this proposal for replacement which we assure you is of impor - tance.


Many of youare doubtless acquainted with the per - sonnel of the department. For the benefit of those who do not know these men, the following is the present department roster, exclusive of substitute call men.


Chief


Deputy Chief


Josiah Poeton Harold Kaler


Captains


Harry Higgins


Chester Melanson


Lieutenants Carl Davis Arthur McGonnell


Call Men


Carl Cheever


Maurice Day


Allen Davis


George Durgin


Robert Davis


Clifton Hodgdon


Elmer French Raymond Hayward


Gustave Koch


Jacob Iwanowicz


Henry Olson Thomas McGonnell


Raymond Pope


James Melanson


Charles Smith


Charles Sweetser


Albert White Richard Tyacke


Norman Wade Lyman Twiss


The Chief and Deputy Chief are members of the New England Association of Fire Chiefs, The Chief isa member of the Massachusetts Fire Chief's Club and the Department is a member of the National Fire Protection Association, all of which is of value in keeping the department up to date and well informed.


The department responded to 116 alarms in 1950, for the following causes.


Woods and Grass 78


Automobile and Trucks


17


Oil Burners


5


Refrigerators 2


Pumping Cellars


3


Rescue Work 4


Houses


1


False


6


Respectfully submitted, CHIEF. JOSIAH POETON


23


Report of LIBRARY TRUSTEES


To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:


The Board of Trustees wish to report that they have made every effort to provide the patrons of the libraries with the best of current literature, as far as the limited budget permitted.


Should patrons be unable to find desired books on the shelves, it should be remembered that the li- brarians are always pleased to receive suggestions for new titles, although the trustees can of course only purchase books of general interest.


This year we are faced with some rather large expenditures, inasmuch as it will be necessary to in- stall toilets in both the main and branch libraries. This is a matter which has been put off from year to year, due to the expense involved, but has now reached the stage where it is impossible to postpone the matter any longer.


The Trustees are very sorry to report the illness of Miss Elizabeth Green, who has so faithfully served the Center Library for over half a century. They are sure the many patrons of the library join them in wishing her a speedy recovery.


Respectfully submitted,


Rudolf P. Schlenker Malcolm C. Eaton James Y. Lake


REPORT OF BRANCH LIBRARY for 1950


Number of books loaned


4045


4504


Number of magazines loaned


459


Received in fines


$73.85


Number of books purchased


183


Number of magazines subscribed for 10


Respectfully submitted,


Sylvia Maynard Librarian 931


REPORT OF MAIN LIBRARY for 1950


Number of book patrons


392


Number of books loaned


4543


481


Number of magazine patrons 54


Number of magazines loaned


272


Received in fines


$55.35


Number of books bought


182


Number of books given


8


Books have been given by:


Robert McAfee, Lewis Stone 3rd and Mrs. Allen Barton, Mr. and Mrs. Frank McIntire


Subscribed for 8 magazines


Books are loaned to the schools as asked for by the teachers.


Respectfully submitted, (Signed) Elizabeth W. Green


Report of TOWN COUNSEL


TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN LYNNFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS


The affairs of the Town of Lynnfield ran rather smoothly during 1950, with a minimum of litigation. A case which had been pending in Court for some time, involving property damage to the Police cruis- er, was tried and disposed of. The only case now pending in Court is an appeal from a decision from the Board of Appeals, and it is scheduled for trial in March. The Town was twice named as Trustee in suits not affecting the Town and appropriate answers were filed for the Town.


As Town Counsel I attended all meetings of the Board of Selectmen, and those of the Planning Board and Board of Appeals when requested. Advice was given to the departments requesting it, contracts were drawn for them when needed, and several easements for drainage were drawn for the Road Commissioner.


In last year's report I set out in detail for future


reference, and for those who might be interested, the Acts of the Legislature, whereby the Town was in- corporated, first as a district and then as a Town. I believe it is of some benefit to have this historical data in a recent report where it would be more read- ily accessible for those interested.


With this thought in mind, it was my intention to set out in this year's report the Special Acts of the Legislature which created our two water districts, and describe their boundaries, powers, and duties. Upon reading them, however, I found that this would not be practicable because of their great length, and the cost to print them would be considerable.


Therefore, I am merely going to state that the Lynnfield Water District was established by Chapter 445 of the Acts of 1924, and the Lynnfield Center Water District by Chapter 336 of the Acts of 1939.


Respectfully submitted, RALPH G. HOWLAND


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OUR CHURCHES


LYNNFIELD CENTER CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Summer Street


The Rev. Frank M. Sheldon, D.D., pastor.


Parsonage 574 Main Street.


9:30 A.M. Church School, Junior and Senior High.


10:45 A. M. Church Service of Worship.


10:45 A.M. Church School, Nursery, Kindergarten and Primary.


6:00 P.M. Christian Endeavor.


Other meetings by special announcement.


LYNNFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH (Congregational) Salem Street


The Rev. James C. Marshall, pastor.


Parsonage Green Street.


9:15 A.M. Sunday School.


10:45 A.M. Morning Worship.


10:45 A.M. Nursery Class.


7:00 P.M. Youths Fellowship.


OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION Newburyport Turnpike


The Rev. John J. Linnehan, pastor.




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