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The Routes No. 1 and No. 128 intersection con- tinued to give the Board much with which to be concerned. Many telephone calls, letters, hearings and investigations have been entailed and your Board is still not satisfied with the results. We
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hope that we have been able to effect some im- provements although the Department of Public Works has given us no satisfaction with regard to the Lake Street cross-over and we still find the Suntaug Lake area and the Newhall Park isolated from other parts of South Lynnfield. Your Board has petitioned the Legislature through our State Representatives Bly and Craig to have a pedes- trian overpass built over Route 128 near Grove St. to help alleviate the latter problem.
Another problem that has been constantly be- fore your Board this year has been the street lighting situation in both ends of town. We have authorized improved lighting on Walnut, Sum- mer, Main and Chestnut Streets, and intend to ex- tend this improvement in the next few years. Also we intend to request the town, at the annual meeting in March, to authorize the Board to ap- point a committee of five members to investigate the possibility of Lynnfield establishing its own Municipal Light Board. We think we could pos- sibly obtain better service as well as save money for the homeowner if we had our own electric light department.
During the year the town put into service a new FWD fire engine at the Center fire station and contracted for another new Mack fire engine to be garaged at the South fire station. This will give us two brand new pieces of fire apparatus, one at each end of town and will greatly increase the fire protection available. We do not intend to ask for another piece of equipment this year although in the near future we must replace at least one, if not botlı, of the remaining fire en- gines.
The Department of Public Works approved the new speed limits for Main, Summer and Walnut Streets and the Highway Department has in- stalled the speed signs as authorized. These speed limits were established only after considerable work and Mrs. Gloria Erickson and her committee and Police Chief Ganley and Road Conimissioner Fletcher, deserve a lot of credit and our appre- ciation for this accomplishment.
The religious climate of Lynnfield continues to grow along with the other aspects of the town. During the year St. Maria Goretti Church was
dedicated, a new Baptist church was constructed, and land was acquired by the Mormon Church on Essex Street and by the Lutheran Church at the corner of Chestnut and Lowell Streets. Also we welcomed a new member of the clergy to our town in the Reverend Robert W. Etzel of the St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
The Board of Selectmen appointed a three member Transportation Committee to consult with the State Mass Transportation Commission. The members of this committee are the Chair- nian of the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board, and the Road Commissioner. The first meeting of the Commission has been attended and it is expected that a regional meeting will be held in the near future which will also be attend- ed by your committee. It is not known at the present what will be the recommendations of the State Commission but it is believed we must keep carefully abreast of the proceedings to make certain that Lynnfield's desires and requirements are taken into consideration.
Our Police. Civil Defense, and Fire Depart- ments have continued to serve the town well and loyally, and our thanks are extended to all of the personnel of these departments. The other town departments and offices have carried out their responsibilities with efficiency and dispatch and many times have served us beyond the call of duty.
Again we congratulate the Town Report Com- mittee whose 1960 Report was awarded second prize for towns in our population class. This Committee has consistently over the years pro- duced reports excellent in form and content.
Yes, it has been a busy year. We have accomp- lished much, but there is still much to do. With the assistance of the niany conscientious, capable committees, and the interested citizens of the Town of Lynnfield we look forward to an ever- improving environment in which to live.
RICHARD L. HOBBS, Chairman MASON J. CONDON RALPH E. DWIGHT
Board of Selectmen
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Joseph F. Smith
By Gertrude Hatch
In its town report this year, the people of Lynnfield pay tribute to Joseph F. Smith of Lowell st, one of its oldest citizens and a life- long resident, a man who has contributed much to the community over the past eight decades.
He was born on April 9, 1881 to Henry E. and Mary: L. (Bassett) Smith in the family home- stead built by his grandfather, Jonathan Smith, who fought in the Revolutionary War. He is per- haps the only Lynnfield native who can trace his family ancestry to 1640 when King Charles I of England granted 640 acres of land to his great-grandfather, John Smith. The original grant comprised what is now the Sagamore Spring Golf Club, Willis Meadow, part of South Middleton and the less than 100 acres which now remain in the family.
"Joe" attended the Center School when class- es were held in the original part of the present library building. After completing his early edu- cation, he attended Wakefield High School grad- uating in the Class of 1900. Following graduation, he worked for a short time at Salem Commercial School, but his interests lay in dairy farming, and most of his adult life has been spent in op- erating his own dairy farm and raising prize Holstein cattle, a business which he gave up last year because of ill health. At that time, he sold 135 head of cows and 12 horses.
Looking over the family's extensive hold- ings in 1902 when he was 21 years of age, "Joe"
re-discovered the boiling or bubbling spring which had caused his great-aunt, Lucy Smith, to be jailed as a witch. (She escaped hanging only when orders from the King of England forbade any more killings.) The crystal clear spring wa- ter had the capacity to produce 100 gallons a minute, and after gaining official approval of its purity, "Joe" wisely established the Pocahontas Spring Water Company, which is today operated by one of his six sons.
He recalls with amusement his first day in the spring water business when he filled several jugs of water, and with horse and wagon traveled to Salem to sell the water. His prospective cus- toners regarded him with skepticism for they felt water and air were gifts from "above" and not to be sold. Only the Mayor of Salem was willing to part with thirty cents for one of the jugs of marvelous water. On his way back to Lynnfield despondent "Joe" dumped the remaining jugs, one by one, to lighten the load.
In the great Salem fire of 1913, the People of Salem were only too glad to liave "Joe" supply them with pure drinking water, and when mar- shal law was declared, he was one of the few people allowed into the area of Lafayette and Lee Streets to help fight the fire. When it was over, it was "Joe" Smith who drove the first team of horses through the streets, and he re- members how his horses lifted their feet very high because the pavement was so hot.
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In the same year, "Joe" cut down many trees on his land and hauled them by horse and wagon to North Reading where they were sawed and cut into boards for the construction of the 20- room house at 154 Lowell Street, which has been his home for nearly 50 years.
In the year 1928, "Joe" built Pocahontas Tavern for use as a tea room, but the depression years and the gasoline rationing during World War Il put an end to what promised to be a suc- cessful business. Since then the building has been used for private parties, and more recently as a recreation area for barbecues and organizational outings during the summer months. The same location was also used for a miniature golf course and the clubhouse is still standing.
Not many Lynnfield residents can remem- ber, as "Joe" does, attending town meetings when they were held in the Old Meeting House on the Common, nor can they recall the building of the town hall in 1898 and remember how a portion of it was used to house Lynnfield's first library with Elizabeth Warren Green its first librarian.
Always a busy man, Joseph Smith found time to serve the town in many capacities. He was elected a selectman in 1924 and served that board in the posts of chairman and secretary. He also served on the finance board, and for near- ly 20 years he was the town moderator, retiring from that post in the late 1940's. He is a past chief of the call fire department, a former special policeman, chairman of the Republican Town Committee for 20 years, a former delegate to the
Massachusetts Republican Convention, town pound keeper, wood measurer and field driver, a post which he still holds. As an agriculturalist, he served on many Essex County agricultural committees for both state and federal govern- ments. It was not unusual during these years for a town official to hold more than one job, and he held several.
His interest in sports was evidenced in 1908 when he organized a town baseball, football and hockey team. He joined the Wakefield Elks in the early 1930's and became its exalted ruler in 1936. He also holds an honorary membership in the Lynnfield Historical Society.
His children by his first wife, Marion (Pres- ton) Smith, who died in 1921 are: Henry F. Smith, an attorney of Harwich; J. Warren of Lowell Street, operator of the Pocahontas Spring Water Company; Leonard P. of Middleton, Wendell W. of West Peabody; Sumner T. of Main Street, Lynnfield and Mrs. Eleanor S. Samuels, Saugus. Children by his second wife, Della (Rich) Smith, a former principal and teacher of the Center School are: John Calvin of Saunders Road and Mrs. Marie Vazanna of Lynn. Joe also has 19 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Here is the story of a man of four-score years who could well enliven and bring up to date the history of Lynnfield with his keen Yankee sense of humor and his broad knowledge of town events which have taken place during his lifetime.
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Town Clerk
ELECTION OF TOWN OFFICERS HELD MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1961
Election Officers Serving:
Precinct 1
Alexander Williams, Warden
Joseph LeBrun, Clerk Robert Settles
John Rodgers
Kendall Dolbeare William Holmes John Strong
Robert Peabody
Annalee Hanson
Jesse Gutowski Richard Murphy, Police Officer
Precinct 2
Chester Melanson, Warden Arthur McGonnell, Clerk
John Duggan
Randolph Inslee
John McWeeney
Rupert Foglietta Audrey Mayerson
Kathleen McFarland
Evelyn A. Turcotte
Joseph Cronin
Mary McGonnell Edwin Price, Police Officer
SELECTMEN, BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Three Years
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total
Proctor A. Coffin, 105 Locksley Road Ralph E. Dwight,
513
424
937
3 Carpenter Road
454
512
966
James W. Melanson, 628 Salem Street
135
168
303
Blanks
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26
ASSESSOR for Three Years
Bartholomew J. Conte, 19 Nottingham Road 213
300
513
W. Douglas Whitehouse, 779 Main Street 867
780
1647
Blanks 38
34
72
SCHOOL COMMITTEE for Three Years
Carl F. Van Bennekom, 57 Locksley Road 813
835
1648
Robert W. Davis,
35 Carter Road
832
804
1636
Blanks
590
589
1180
TAX COLLECTOR for Three Years
Clifford C. Hanı, 8 London Road
1039
998
2037
Blanks 79
116
195
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY for Three Years
Nancy C. Santeusanio, 3 Laurel Road
1016
977
1993
Blanks 102
137
239
PARK AND CEMETERY COMMISSIONER for Three Years
James V. Thompson, 76 Crest Road
986
976
1962
Blanks 131
138
270
BOARD OF HEALTH for Three Years
George S. Robinson, 184 Summer Street
1002
986
1988
Blanks
116
128
244
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Harry W. Higgins
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TREE WARDEN for One Year
Gustav H. Koch,
243 Summer Street
617
642 1259
Raymond R. Pearson,
47 Summer Street
190
445
935
Blanks
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27
38
PLANNING BOARD for Five Years
Calvin J. Osberg,
530 Lowell Street
932
942
1874
Blanks
186
172
358
CONSTABLES for One Year
John F. Pepper,
205 Edgemere Road
999
982
1981
Charles V. Sweetser,
699 Main Street
909
812
1721
Blanks
328
434
762
ROAD COMMISSIONER for One Year
James C. Fletcher,
596 Salem Street
878
840
1718
Elmer F. Melanson,
791 Lowell Street
221
250
471
Blanks
118
24
142
MODERATOR for One Year
John H. Kimball,
345 Chestnut Street
1022
999
2021
Blanks
96
115
211
Shall Chapter Thirty Two B of the General Laws, authorizing any county, city, town, or district, to provide a plan of group life in- surance, group accidental death and dis-
memberment insurance and group general, or blanket hospital, surgical, and medical in- surance, for certain persons in the service of such county, city, town, or district and their dependents, be accepted by this town?
Yes
464
466 930
No
553
522 1075
Blanks
101
126 227
TOTAL VOTE CAST
Precinct 1 1118
Precinct 2 1114
Total 2232
Result of Recount for Selectmen Candidates voted on March 14, 1961.
Prec. 1
Prec. 2 Total
Proctor A. Coffin
514
425
939
Ralph E. Dwight
452
510
962
James W. Melanson
135
168
303
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ORIGINAL COUNT
Proctor A. Coffin
513
424
937
Ralph E. Dwight
454
512
966
James W. Melanson
135
168
303
Blanks
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EDWARD A. GALVIN
WILLIAM B. MURPHY
ALBERT C. WHITE, JR.
HARRY W. HIGGINS, Clerk
Board of Registrars
Board of Registrars
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Edward A. Galvin
William B. Murphy
Albert C. White, Jr.
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RECORD OF ACTION TAKEN AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 13, 1961 IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM AND GYMNASIUM
The meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M. by the Moderator who read the call for the meeting and the constable's re- turn.
Following the admit- tance of certain unregi- stered voters by unani- mous consent, the meet- ing was opened with an John H. Kimball Moderator invocation by the Rev. Andrew C. K. Richards. On motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to dispense with the reading of the Articles until taken up for action.
It was next voted unanimously, on motion by Mr. R. L. Hobbs, Chairman of the Board of Se- lectmen, to adjourn until Thursday, March 16, 1961 in the High School Auditorium if the busi- ness of the meeting was not completed in this first session.
ARTICLE 1.
Voted unanimously that Walter M. Riggs, Jo- seph F. Smith, James C. Fletcher be appointed Field Drivers, that Joseph F. Smith be appointed pound keeper, that Perley P. Burrill, Daniel Kel- leher, and Joseph F. Smith be appointed wood measurers.
ARTICLE 2.
Voted unanimously to accept the Reports of Town Officers and Special Committees as pub- lished.
ARTICLE 3.
Voted that the Town Fix The Compensation of each of the elective officers of the Town as re- quired by General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 108, as amended, said salaries or compensation to be as follows:
Board of Selectmen $1100. annum
Board of Public Welfare
60. annum
Town Treasurer
2630. annum
Tax Collector
2350. annum
Board of Assessors
2800. annum
(Additional for Assessors for 1961 only) Town Clerk
2000. annum
1660. annum
Tree Warden
96. week
Board of Health
90. annum
Road Commissioner
134.60 week
ARTICLE 4.
Voted unanimously to transfer the sum of $1,- 370.01 (dog license money refunded by Essex County) to Item 103, Expenses of the Library Budget.
ARTICLE 5.
Voted unanimously that the Town authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue for the financial year beginning January 1, 1962, and to issue a note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 6.
A motion was made that the Town vote to amend the By-Law relating to certain positions of Employment and Salaries in Highway, Moth, Tree, Park and Cemetery Departments, Public Libraries and General Government of the Town of Lynnfield, as accepted in Article 2 of the Spe- cial Town Meeting of June 25, 1951 (Chapter 19 -Town of Lynnfield By-Laws) and subsequently amend, by increasing all hourly pay rates con- tained therein by approximately Three and one- half (31/2) per cent, as set forth in the schedule of positions and salaries in the records of the Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee and Town Accountant.
An amendment to this motion was offered as follows:
"with the exception that the Head Librarian will receive $2.00 per hour instead of the $1.91 listed in Step 4 of the Salary Schedule."
The article as amended was voted unanimous- ly.
ARTICLE 7.
Voted unanimously to accept the provisions of Chapter 647 of the Acts of 1960, to increase the amounts of Pensions and Retirement Allowances payable to certain former Town employees.
ARTICLE 8.
Voted unanimously that the Town transfer from Available Surplus Funds to the Stabiliza- tion Fund the sum of $125,000.00.
ARTICLE 9.
Voted unanimously to indefinitely postpone ac- tion on this article naniely :
"To see if the Town will vote to advise the
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Board of Selectmen to appoint a Permanent Fire Chief for the Lynnfield Fire Department, and to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money in addition to the regular Fire Department ap- propriation therefore."
ARTICLE 10.
A motion was made by the Chairman of the Finance Committee that the Town vote to raise and appropriate and appropriate by transfer from Available Funds, on items recommended. sums of money for the necessary Town charges and expenses, together with the authority to credit the value of old equipment to be turned in toward the purchase price of new equipment; said sums of money to be expended under the direction of the respective Boards, Committees or Officers of the Town in the amounts and for such purposes only as recommended for 1961 in the Report of the Finance Committee or amendments thereto.
As the Moderator read the items, the following were asked to be "held." Items 2, 19, 20, 33, 41, 42, 43, 44, 66, 81, 85, 86, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 103, 109, 112, 114, 115, 118, 121, 122.
Action now reverted to the "held" items as fol- lows:
Item 2-Voted Selectmen - Expenses $2,650.
Item 19-Voted Law Department- Damages, Legal Fees 2,000.
Item 20-Voted Town Clerk-Salaries 3,150.
Item 33-Voted Municipal Buildings- Capital Outlay 500.
Item 41-Voted Fire Department- Expenses 7,905.
Item 42-Voted Fire Department- Capital Outlay (fire truck) 25,000.
Item 43-Voted Fire Department- Maintenance of Alarm- Salaries 4,528.
Item 44-Voted Fire Department- Maintenance of Alarm- Expenses 1,100.
Item 66-Voted Civil Defense- Capital Outlay 55.
Following completion of action on Item 66 of the "held" items, it was voted to adjourn to Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 8 p.m. in the High School auditorium and gymnasium.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING HELD THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1961
The meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M. by the Moderator.
On motion by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, it was voted to adjourn until March 20, 1961 in the High School Auditorium and Gymnasium if the business of the meeting was not completed in this second session.
The first order of business was to take up the action on the remainder of the "held" items of Article 10.
Iteni 81-Voted Highway Department- Capital Outlay $4,850.00
The amount of $605.13 to be transferred from the Road Machinery Account and the balance ($4,244.87) to be raised in the Tax Levy. Item 85-Highway Department- Snow and Ice Removal $13,000.00 Item 86-Voted Highway Department- Chapter 90 Maintenance $1,000.00
The sum of $2,700.00 to be raised in the Tax Levy and the balance of $1,300.00 is to be trans- ferred from Available Surplus Funds and this amount is to be returned to this account when the Town is reimbursed by the State.
Hem 91 Voted School Committee- Salaries (Superintendent, Teachers and Principals) $667,072.00
Item 96-Voted School Committee- General Expenses $131,790.00
Item 98-Voted School Committee- Transportation of Pupils $45,343.00 Item 100-Voted School Committee- Capital Outlay $16,271.00
Item 102- -Voted Library Department --- Salaries $14,517.00
Item 103-Voted Library Department- Expenses $10,279.99
Item 109-Voted Park and Cemetery Department-Glen Meadow Park $3,000.00
Item 112-Voted Park and Cemetery Department-Pillings Pond Baseball Field Development $500.00
Item 118-Voted Finance Committee- Reserve Fund $25,000.00
The amount of $16,500.00 to be transferred from the Overlay Reserve, and the balance ($8,- 500.00) to be raised in the Tax Levy.
Item 121-Voted Selectmen-Unclassified- General Town Insurance $25,000.00 Item 122-Voted Selectmen-Unclassified- Street Lighting $17,000.00
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With all the items of Article 10 acted on, it was voted unanimously to accept the article with amendments in its entirety.
A motion made at this time to reconsider action on Article 10 was unanimously defeated.
Note: For appropriations in connection with all items not asked to be "held," see amounts list- ed under heading of Appropriations to be Used in the Tax Levy of the Current Year.
ARTICLE 11.
Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $16,000.00 for the con- struction of Chapter 90 Highways, $4,000.00 to be raised in the Tax Levy and $12,000.00 to be transferred from Available Surplus Funds. The sum of $12,000.00 is to revert back to Available Surplus Funds when the Town is reimbursed by the State and County.
ARTICLE 12.
Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sun of $304.46 to pay a 1958 bill owed to Essex Electrical Supply Co., Inc. for goods sold and delivered.
ARTICLE 13.
Voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the expenses of the Civil War Centennial Committee of the Town.
ARTICLE 14.
A motion was made that the Town vote to ac- cept the Report and Recommendations of the Junior High School Building Committee, appoint- ed by the Board of Selectmen pursuant to Article 26 of the Annual Town Meeting, March 14, 1960, and to discharge said Committee.
A motion was then made to amend the article, making it read as follows:
"that the Town vote to accept the Report and Recommendations of the Junior High School Building Committee appointed by the Board of Selectmen pursuant to Article 26 of the Annual Town Meeting, March 14, 1960, and to discharge said Committee, with the proviso that it will not
be binding on the Town to carry out the recom- mendations."
The article as amended was voted unanimous- lv.
At this time, on motions made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to take up Articles 15, 16. 17. 18 and 19 together and that these articles be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 20.
A motion was made that the Town amend the Town's By-Laws by adding thereto the follow- ing section:
SCHOOL PLANT NEEDS COMMITTEE
There shall be a School Plant Needs Committee consisting of six (6) members, who shall be ap- pointed by the Board of Selectmen within thirty (30) days after each Annual Town Meeting as follows:
One (1) member shall be appointed each year from the School Committee.
One (1) member shall be appointed each year from the Planning Board.
One (1) member shall be appointed each year from the Finance Committee.
Three (3) members-at-large shall be appointed as follows:
One (1) member shall be appointed in 1961 for one year.
One (1) member shall be appointed in 1961 for two years.
One (1) member shall be appointed in 1961 for three years.
Thereafter, one member at large shall be ap- pointed each year for a term of three (3) years.
An amendment was made increasing the com- mittee members to seven (7) one (1) member to be appointed each year from the Capital Outlay Committee.
The article as amended was voted on and passed.
Following action on Article 20, it was voted to adjourn to Monday, March 20, 1961 at 8:00 P.M. in the High School Auditorium and Gymnasium.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING HELD MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1961
The meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M. by the Moderator.
On motion by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, it was voted to adjourn until Thurs- day, March 23, 1961 in the High School Audi- torium and Gymnasium if the business of the meeting was not completed in this third session.
ARTICLE 21.
Voted that the Town authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to install Street Lights on any Unaccepted Streets, or Private Ways in the Town of Lynnfield, if in the discretion of the Board of Selectmen such lights are necessary as a matter of public safety.
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ARTICLE 22.
A motion was made that the Town accept the provisions of Chapter 223, Acts of 1957, (Chap- ter 40, Section &c of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) providing for the establishment of a Conservation Commission.
An amendment to this motion was made read- ing as follows:
"and that this Commission serve without pay."
The article as amended was voted on and passed.
ARTICLE 23.
Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of Establishing and Maintaining a Conservation Commission, said sum of money to be placed in a Conservation Fund and used in accordance with Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 51 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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