Town of Lynnfield, Essex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, annual report 1949-1960, Part 9

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

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Article 41. Voted: On motion made by Carl Davis, and seconded, that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the observance of Memorial Day in 1950 and that said sum be expended under the supervision of Lynnfield Post #131, American Legion.

Article 43. Voted: On motion made by Theodore Palizzolo, and seconded, that the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $22,578.25 for payment of notes maturing during 1950.

Article 44. Voted: On motion made by Theodore Palizzolo, and seconded, that the town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $5,800.00 for the PAYMENT OF INTEREST on debts and loans during 1950.

Article 45. Voted: On motion made by Clifton Hodgdon and seconded, that the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,300.00 to cover the cost of new plumbing, new plumbing fixtures, and repairs to walls, ceilings, and floors, of both rest rooms at the Town Hall.

Article 46. Voted: On motion made by Theodore Palizzolo, and seconded, that the sum of $22.97 be raised and appropriated for the payment of a delin- quent bill to L. E. Bennett Coal Co., of Wakefield, for the delivery of coal to the Fire Department in December of 1947, under the provisions of Chapter

44, Section 64 of the General Laws of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts.

Moderator informed meeting that this was a mo- tion requiring a 4/5 vote and appointed Tellers who returned the following count:

In favor 203 Negative 9

Motion was declared carried.

A motion was made at this time by Robert Rourke to adjourn until Monday evening March 20th at 7:30 P.M. This motion was seconded voted on and lost.

Article 47. A motion was made by James Thomp- son, and seconded, that the Town raise and appro- priate the sum of $4,753.00 for the General Ex- pense of the PARK AND CEMETERY DEPART- MENT for 1950, to be allocated as follows:

Wages

Office Supplies

$3,200.00 150.00

Equipment Mower & Shovels 350.00

Truck (used) 500.00

Mower Hire

150.00

Water

25.00

Gas -- Oil

100.00

Swings at Suntaug 278.00

An amendment was made by Leslie Luscombe, and seconded that the Town raise the sum of $4,753.00 for the General Expense of the PARK AND CEME- TERY DEPARTMENT for 1950 in the following manner: -

Transfer from Excess & Deficiency $1,500.00

Appropriation 3,253.00

and that said sum be expended as follows: Salaries and Wages 3,200.00

Expenses 1,553.00

and that rate of pay not exceed $1.10 per hour for labor, and $1.20 per hour for superintendent.

A vote being taken on the motion as amended, it was declared carried.

Article 48. Voted: On motion made by James Thompson, and seconded, that the sum of $300.00 be transferred from the Sales of Lots and Graves Ac- count for IMPROVING AND ENLARGING THE CEMETERIES.

Article 49. A motion was made by Benjamin Cox, and seconded that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $19,915.00 for the general expense of the HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT for 1950, to be allocated as follows:

Salary -- Commissioner $3,380.00 retroactive to

Jan. 1, 1950

Wages

8,000.00

Expenses

8,535.00

An amendment was made by Leslie Luscombe that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $19,915.00 for the General Expense of the HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT for 1950 to be allocated as follows:

Commissioner's Salary $3,380.00 8,000.00

Wages

Expenses

8,535.00

Report of TOWN CLERK

and that the rate of pay for highway workers remain at a maximum of $1.10 per hour.

The motion as amended was seconded, voted on and declared carried.

Article 50. Voted: On motion made by Benjamin Cox, and seconded that the Town raise and appropri- ate the sum of $1,000.00 for the CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SIDEWALKS during 1950.

Article 51. A motion was made by Benjamin Cox, and seconded that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $6,450.00 for the purchase of a NEW TRUCK

for the Highway Department, said money to be raised as follows:

Transfer from Machinery Account $2,400.00

Transfer from E. & D. 4,050.00

This motion was voted on and declared lost.

Voted: On motion made by Mr. Schilling, and seconded, that the meeting be adjourned at this time to Monday evening March 20, 1950, at 7:30 P.M.

Adjourned 10:40 P.M.

Record of Adjourned ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Held March 20, 1950

Meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mod- erator Gordon Millar.

Article 52. Voted: On motion made by Theodore Palizzolo, and seconded, that the sum of $2,500.00 be raised and appropriated and that $7,500.00 be trans- ferred from Excess and Deficiency, until reimbursed by Essex County and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for reconstruction of Summer Street in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90, of the General Laws.

Article 53. Voted: On motion of Theodore Paliz- zolo, and seconded, that the sum of $1,600.00 be raised and appropriated, and that $800.00 be transferredfrom Excess and Deficiency, until reim- bursed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the maintenance of Chapter 90 roads.

Article 54. Voted: On motion made by Clifton Hodgdon that action on this article be indefinitely postponed. Motion was seconded.

Article 55. Voted: On motion made by Clifton Hodgdon, and seconded that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.

Article 56. Voted: On motion made by Clifton Hodgdon, and seconded, that the Town accept as a Public Way, as approved by the Lynnfield Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen, LOCKSLEY Road, running from the northerly side of Moulton Highway for a distance of twenty-two hundred (2200) feet, more or less, for a width of fifty (50) feetas shown on a plan of Sherwood Forest by Joseph Selwyn, C.E., dated September 1, 1945 as approved by the Lynnfield Planning Board on January 1, 1946 and covering that portion of the road as shown on said plan from lot #1 to Lot #43 inclusive.

Article 57. Voted: On motion made by Harry Jackson, and seconded, that the Town accept as a Public Way, as approved by the Lynnfield Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen, MAY- WOOD Road, running from the northeasterly side of Summer Street, for a distance of three hundred and seventy-five (375) feet, more or less, for a width of forty (40) feet as shown on a Plan of "Lakewood," Section "B", by Samuel B. Donovan and dated April 1928.

Article 58. Voted: On motion made by Harry Jackson, and seconded, that the sum of $1,386.00 be raised and appropriated for the construction and maintenance of MAYWOOD Road in 1950, and to cover the cost of an Engineer's Survey and a Plan and Profile Map of said MAYWOOD Road.

An amendment was made by Theodore Palizzolo to strike out the words "1950" from the motion as made by Mr. Jackson.

The motion as amended, was seconded, voted on and carried.

Article 59. Voted: On motion made by Arthur Nelson, and seconded that the Town accept as a Public Way as approved by the Lynnfield Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen, Pinewood Road, running from the northeasterly side of Summer Streetfor a distance of five hundred (500) feet, more or less, for a width of forty (40) feet as shown on a Plan of "Lakewood", Section "B," by Samuel B. Donovan and dated April 1928.

Article 60. Voted: On motion made by Arthur Nelson, and seconded, that the sum of $1,250.00 be raised and appropriated for the construction and maintenance of PINEWOOD Road, in 1950, and to cover the cost of an Engineer's Survey and a Plan and Profile Map of said Pinewood Road.

Article 61. Voted: On motion made by Clifton Hodgdon, and seconded, that the Town accept as a Public Way, as approved by the Lynnfield Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen, LAKE- WOOD Road, running from the northeasterly side of Summer Street for a distance of four hundred and fifty (450) feet, more or less, for a width of forty (40) feet as shown on a Plan of "Lakewood," Section "A," by the Donovan Realty Service and dated April, 1928.

Article 62. Voted: On motion made by Clifton Hodgdon, and seconded, that the sum of $1,190.00 be raised and appropriated for the construction and maintenance of LAKEWOOD Road in 1950, and to cover the cost of an Engineer's Survey and a Plan and Profile Map of said Lakewood Road.

Article 63. Voted: On motion made by Roger Lummus, and seconded, that the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,846.52 for the expense of premiums on the BLANKET FIRE INSURANCE for 1950 on Town Buildings.

Article 64. Voted: On motion made by Louis Tuck, and seconded, that the Town raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,075.63 for the expense of pre- miums on LIABILITY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE INSURANCE for 1950.

Article 65. Voted: On motion made by Roger Lummus, and seconded, that the sum of $499.17 be raised and appropriated and that the sum of $1,000.83 be transferred from Workmen's Compensation Fund for the expense of the annual estimated premium for the WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION POLICY for 1950.

Article 66. Voted: On motion made by Theodore Palizzolo, and seconded, that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated to cover a wage to the IN- SPECTOR OF PLUMBING, of fifty (50) percent, of the fees collected by him in 1950.

Article 67. Voted: On motion made by Arthur Nelson, and seconded, that the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $5,953.73 for the expense of STREET LIGHTING in 1950, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to install new street lights as needed in 1950.

Article 69. Voted: On motion made by Norman K. Wade, and seconded, that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of six (6) voters of the Town of Lynnfield to study the ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHT situation in that section of the Town which is served by the Peabody Municipal Light Plant, with an objective of improv- ing the service, and if no improvement is forthcoming, then to investigate the possibility of securing elec- trical service from some other source, and said

committee shall report the results of their investi- gations to the Board of Selectmen by June 1, 1950.

Article 70. Voted: On motion made by Ralph Howland, and seconded, that the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $25.00 to be used for general expenses during 1950 by the Committee appointed by the Board of Selectmen in 1949 to investigate, study and make recommendations as to the advisability of codifying and revising the Town's By-Laws, Rules and Regulations.

Article 71. Voted: On motion made by Allan Rideout, and seconded, that action on this article be indefinitely postponed until further legal investiga- tion can ascertain the true meaning of the act.

Article 72. Voted: On motion made by Harry Jackson that action on this article be indefinitely post- poned. This motion was duly seconded.

Article 73. Voted: On motion made by Ralph Howland, and seconded that the Town vote to replace Section 44 of its present TRAFFIC BY-LAWS; which were adopted March 17, 1930 and approved by the Attorney General on August 13, 1930 with the excep- tion of Sections 44 and 45; by adopting the following:

"Penalties. -- Any person violating any provi- sion of any ruling, regulation, order, or by - law regulating the parking of motor vehicles made by anyone authorized to make the same, shall be dealt with as provided in General Laws, Chapter 90, Section 20A as amended by Chapter 176 of the Legislative Acts of 1935 and Chapter 425 of the Legislative Acts of 1949, and any person violating any of the rules and regulations applicable to said highways made by the Department of Public Works, Common- wealth of Massachusetts, under authority of Chapter 85, Section 2 of the General Laws, shall be subject to the penalty provided in said rules and regulations.

Any person convicted of a violation of any rule, regulation, or by-law made hereunder except as otherwise provided, shall be pun- ished by a fine not exceeding $20.00 for each offense."

This motion required a majority vote and Tellers were appointed with a counted vote as follows:

In favor 62

Opposed 5

All articles contained in warrant having been acted upon the meeting was declared adjourned at 9:15 P.M. by Moderator Gordon Millar.

Harry W. Higgins Town Clerk

Record of SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Held January 23, 1950

Meeting called to order at 8:10 P.M., by the Mod- erator, Gordon H. Millar who read the call for the meeting, all articles in warrant and Constable's re- turn.

Article 1. Voted unanimously on motion made by Burton Barrows, and seconded, that the Town ap- propriate by transfer the sum of $2,446.70 from

"School Lunch Funds Available" account, so called, to the use of the School Committee for the continua- tion of the Hot Lunch Program.

Article 2. A motion was made by Oscar Bray, and seconded, that the Town vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $45,000.00 for completion of the construction, furnishing and equipping of the new

Report of TOWN CLERK

Elementary School Building in Precinct Two, that the Treasurer be, and he hereby is authorized to borrow, with the approval of the Selectmen, the said sum of $45,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be issued under authority of Chapter 27 of the Acts of 1947, as amended by Chapter 426 of the Acts of 1948 of the Massachu- setts Legislature, all of said bonds or notes to be payable inaccordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, of the General Laws of the Commonwealth, so that the whole loan shall be repaid in not more than twenty years from the date of issuance of the first bond or note, or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and the Selectmen shall determine; and finally that the funds hereby appropriated shall be expended for the purpose stated under the direction of the School Building Committee appointed under Article 1 of the warrant of the Special Town Meeting of November 1, 1948.

The following Amendment was made by Arthur Nelson, and seconded, "I move an Amendment to the effect that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $45,000.00 to be expended under the super- vision and direction of the New School Building Com- mittee, appointed by the Town in November, 1948, for the purpose of completing the New Elementary School in Precinct 2 and that the money be raised in the following manner:

$ 7,250 from the tax levy of 1950 $12,750 by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Fund and $25,000 by the issuance of bonds or notes to be payable

$5,000 a year for five years, and the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen is here- by directed and authorized to issue such bonds or

notes under Chapter 27, of the Acts of 1947 as amended by Chapter 426 of the Acts of 1948 of the Massachusetts Legislature."

An Amendment to the Amendment was then made by Allan Rideout to raise and appropriate the sum of $45,000.00 by transfer from the Excess and De- ficiency Fund. This motion was seconded, voted on and lost.

A vote was then taken on the Amendment of Arthur Nelson. Tellers were appointed and a counted vote showed a total of

In favor 92 19

Opposed

A vote was then taken on the original motion as amended and by count of appointed Tellers resulted as follows:

In favor 98 3

Opposed

Moderator thereupon declared the original mo- tion as amended, duly carried, there being the nec- essary two-thirds favoring it.

All articles in the Warrant having been disposed of, the meeting was declared adjourned.

Harry W. Higgins Town Clerk

Attorney General's approval of Article 3, of the Special Town Meeting held June 5, 1950.

Boston, Mass. July 10, 1950.

The foregoing amendment to by-laws is hereby approved.

Essex ss.

Francis E. Kelly Attorney General

Commonwealth of Massachusetts July 19, 1950 Lynnfield, Mass.

In conformity with the provisions of G.L., (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, section 32, I have this day posted at three public places in each of the two precincts of the Town of Lynnfield six (6) posters publishing the Amendment to Traffic By-Laws as adopted at the Special Town Meeting, held June 5, 1950. One addi-

tional copy posted at Town Hall.

Charles V. Sweetser Constable, Town of Lynnfield

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss.

July 19, 1950 Lynnfield, Mass.

I, Ruth P. Oliver, Assistant Town Clerk of the Town of Lynnfield, aver that the within "Amendment to Traffic By-Laws" is that adopted at the Special Town Meeting of June 5, 1950, approved by the office of the Attorney General on July 10, 1950 and deliv- ered to Charles V. Sweetser, Constable of the Town of Lynnfield for posting in at least three public places in each precinct of the Town of Lynnfield, who has made the above return.

Ruth P. Oliver Assistant Town Clerk Town of Lynnfield

Record of SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Held June 5, 1950

Meeting called to order at 7:45 P.M. by Modera- tor Gordon Millar who read the call for the meeting and the Constable's return.

On motion of Harry K. Jackson, duly seconded, it was voted to dispense with the reading of the ar- ticles until taken up for action.

Article 1. Voted: On motion made by Arthur Nelson, duly seconded, that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to dispose of the SURPLUS STOCK OF EVERGREENS now located at the rear of the Highway Department Garage in Lynnfield.

Article 2. Voted: On motion made by Arthur Nelson, duly seconded, that the Town appropriate by transfer from Excess and Deficiency, the sum of $200.00 to be spent by the Tree Warden, under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, for the purchase and planting of YOUNG EVERGREENS AND SHADE TREES, to replenish the nursery.

Article 3. Voted: On motion made by Ralph Howland, duly seconded, that the Town replace Sec- tion 44 of its present TRAFFIC BY-LAWS; which were adopted March 17, 1930 and approved by the Attorney General on August 13, 1930 with the excep- tion of Section 44 and 45, by adopting the following:

"Penalties .-- Any person convicted of a viola- tion of any rule, regulation, or by-law made hereunder, except as otherwise provided by statute, shall be punishedby a fine not exceed- ing $20.00 for each offense."

This motion requiring a 2/3 vote, tellers were appointed and a count taken which resulted as fol- lows:

In favor Opposed

161 1

Article 4. Voted: On motion made by Orodon Hobbs, duly seconded, that the Town appropriate by transfer from School Lunch Funds Available Ac- count the sum of $4797.86 for the continuation of the Hot Lunch Program.

Article 5. Voted: On motion made by Arthur Nelson, duly seconded, that action on article 5 be indefinitely postponed.

Article 6. Voted: On motion made by Clifton Hodgdon, duly seconded that the Town accept as a Public Way, as approved by the Lynnfield Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lynnfield, COLEMAN AVENUE, running parallel with and situated on the northwesterly side of Main St. in Lynnfield Acres, so called, for a dis- tance of three hundred fifty (350) feet, more or less, for a width of forty (40) feet as shown on a Plan by Dana E. Perkins, C. E., dated January 1, 1942 and approved by the Lynnfield Planning Board on May 15, 1946.

Article 7. Voted: On motion made by Charles Kessler, duly seconded, that the Town authorize the

Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of seven voters of the Town of Lynnfield to determine the ad- visability of the Town's STUDYING its ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM, and if the committee finds such a study advisable, to explore means and methods of so doing, and to make recommendations in a report to the Town on or about October 1, 1950.

Article 8. Voted: On motion made by Charles Kessler, duly seconded, that the Town appropriate by transfer from Excess and Deficiency, the sum of $100.00 for the GENERAL EXPENSE of the Com- mittee appointed in Article 7 of this warrant.

Article 9. Voted: On motion made by Benjamin Cox, duly seconded, that the Town appropriate by transfer from Excess and Deficiency Fund the sum of $2137.00 for the DRAINAGE INSTALLATION on Lowell Street, for a distance of four hundred sixty- five (465) feet, more or less.

Article 10. Before action on this Article was taken a report of the Planning Board was read.

Voted: On motion made by Theodore Ferren, duly seconded, that the Town amend Section 1 of the Zoning By-Lawby striking out paragraph (a) and in- serting in place thereof the following:

(a) The Town of Lynnfield is hereby divided into five classes of districts, designated as:

(1) Residence districts,

2) Single Residence districts,

(3) Single Residence districts B,

(4) Business districts,

(5) Industrial districts,

and which are as shown on the map or plan entitled "Zoning map of the Town of Lynnfield, Massachusetts, 1928, revised as to zone areas 1950" and which to- gether with all explanatory matter thereon is here- by incorporated in and made a part of this by-law.

Tellers were appointed and count by showing of hands resulted as follows:

In favor 228

Opposed 18

Article 11. Before action on this Article was taken a report of the Planning Board was read.

Voted: On motion made by Theodore Ferren, duly seconded, that the Town amend the Zoning By-Law and the map or plan incorporated in and made a part thereof by altering said map or plan so as to establish a district designated as Single Resi- dence District B comprised of all the land within the following boundaries except that land which is now zoned as an Industrial District:

Beginning at the intersection of Main Street and the boundary line between the Towns of Lynnfield and Wakefield, thence along the center line of Main Street to its intersection with the center line of Chestnut Street, thence due southeast to the center

Report of TOWN CLERK

line of the railroad tracks of the Boston and Maine Railroad, Newburyport Branch, thence in a general northeasterly direction along the center line of said tracks to its intersection with the center line of Summer Street, thence in a general northwesterly direction along the center line of Summer Street to its intersection with the center line of Forest Hill Avenue, thence along the center line of Forest Hill Avenue to its intersection with the center line of Essex Street, thence along the center line of Essex Street to its intersection with the center line of Main Street, thence along the center line of Main Street to its intersection with the center line of Lowell Street, thence along the center line of Lowell Street to its intersection with the boundary line between the Town of Lynnfield and the City of Peabody, thence along the said boundary line between the Town of Lynnfield and the City of Peabody to its inter- section with the center line of the railroad tracks of the Boston and Maine Railroad, Newburyport Branch, thence in a general westerly direction along the center line of said tracks to a point 750 feet before reaching the intersection of the center line of said tracks and the center line of Summer Street, thence in a general southeasterly direction along a line parallel to and 750 feetfrom the center line of Summer Street to the center line of Crest Road, thence along the center line of Crest Road to its intersection with the center line of Summer Street, thence along the center line of Summer Street to a point 200 feet beyond its intersection with the center line of Moulton Highway, thence in a general westerly direction along a line parallel to and 200 feet from the center line of Moulton Highway to the boundary line between the Towns of Lynnfield and Wakefield, thence along said boundary line between the Towns of Lynnfield and Wakefield to the point of beginning.

Counted Votes

In Favor Opposed

225 20

Article 12. Before action on this Article was taken a report of the Planning Board was read.

A motion was made by Theodore Ferren as fol- lows:

"I move that the Zoning By-law be amended by inserting the following Section 2B between Section 2A and Section 3:

Section 2B Single Residence Districts B.

All the provisions of the Zoning By-law applicable to Single Residence Districts shall apply also to Single Residence Districts B, except as here- inafter provided:

1. Permitted uses of buildings, structures and premises shall include churches and schools. '

2. The minimum lot area shall be 15,000 square feet.

3. The minimum street frontage shall be 100 feet.

4. Buildings and structures hereafter con- structed, altered or moved, shall be not less than twenty-fivefeet from the street boundary line and not less than fifteen feet from any side boundary line.

5. The Board of Appeals shall have the same powers and duties as in Section 2A.

An Amendment to this motion was made by Eliot Grant as follows:

"I move that the motion be amended by striking out the exceptions numbered 2, 3, 4 and 5, and by inserting in place thereof the following:

"2. The minimum lot area shall be 20,000 square feet." so that the motion as amended will read as follows:

That the Zoning By-Law be amended by in- serting the following Section 2B between Section 2A and Section 3:

Section 2B. Single Residence Districts B.

All the provisions of the Zoning By-law applicable to Single Residence Districts shall apply also to Single Residence Districts B, except as here- inafter provided:

1. Permitted uses of buildings, structures and premises shall include churches and schools.

2. The minimum lot area shall be 20,000 square feet.

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Town of Lynnfield, Essex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, annual report 1949-1960, Part 9

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

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