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Lynnfield has lost a fine spiritual leader, a dedicated community worker, a devoted family man, and a warm and generous friend and neighbor. We will all miss him.
Location :
Population :
Valuation :
Area:
Elevation at Town Hall: Incorporated As a Town: Committee Meetings :
Of General Interest
12 miles north of Boston. Bordered by North Reading on the north and northeast, by Reading on the west, Middleton, Peabody and Lynn on the east and Saugus and Wakefield on the south.
1950: 3,927 1955: 5,667 1962: 8,522 1963: 9,500 $23,644,300.00
10 square miles
Approximately 98 feet above mean sea level.
February 28, 1814
SELECTMEN meet every Thursday at 8:00 p.m. at the Town Hall. SCHOOL COMMITTEE meets the first and third Mondays each month in the High School Library at 8:00 p.m.
PLANNING BOARD meets on the first and third Mondays each month in the Town Hall.
PARK and CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS meet the second and fourth Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall.
FINANCE COMMITTEE meets the second Tuesday each month at the Town Hall at 7:30 p.m.
BOARD OF APPEALS meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall.
BOARD OF HEALTH meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 8:30 p.m. in the Town Hall.
ASSESSORS : 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
BUILDING INSPECTOR : 4:45 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
LIBRARY - Main: Monday to Friday 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Branch: Monday and Wednesday 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
PLUMBING AND CESSPOOL INSPECTOR: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.
TAX COLLECTOR : 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
WELFARE DEPARTMENT : 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
WIRE INSPECTOR : 4:45 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Regularly first Monday in March and each succeeding Monday until all Warrants are concluded. Special Town Meetings may be called with 100 signatures of registered voters.
Registered Voters:
Precinct
Republicans
Democrats 269
828
Independents Total 2353
2
994
464
932
2398
2250
733
1760
4751
Dog License : Tax Bills:
Due March 31st of each year
Due November 1st of each year
Poll Tax and Motor Excise: Due 30 days after receipt.
Special Districts :
Eighth Massachusetts Congressional District U. S. Representative Torbert H. Macdonald - Democrat. U. S. Senators: Leverett Saltonstall - Republican and Edward M. Kennedy - Democrat.
Third Essex District for State Senate Philip Graham - Republican, 293 Bridge Street, Hamilton. Eleventh Essex District for State Representative Russell H. Craig - Republican, 35 Munroe Street, Lynnfield. Beldon G. Bly Jr. - Republican, 46 Auburn Street, Saugus.
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Office Hours :
Annual Town Meetings:
1 1256
Town Government
ELECTED
Office
Present Incumbents
Elected 1963
Term
Expires
Assessors
W. Douglas Whitehouse Stanley G. Thwing
3 years
1965
Stanley E. Flagg
3 years
1966
Board of Health
George S. Robinson, M.D. Manton P. Spear
3 years
1965
Harold D. Aldrich
3 years
1966
Board of Selectmen &
Ralph E. Dwight
3 years
1964
Board of Public Welfare
Mason J. Condon
3 years
1965
Harry C. Wendt
3 years
1966
Constables
Charles V. Sweetser
3 years
1965
John F. Pepper
3 years
1965
Moderator
John H. Kimball
1 year
1964
Park & Cemetery
James V. Thompson
3 years
1964
Commissioners
Donald R. Ross
3 years
1965
Raymond R. Pearson
3 years
1966
Planning Board
Russell E. Franck
5 years
1964
Howard A. Bouve, Jr.
5 years
1965
Calvin J. Osberg
5 years
1966
George S. Burnett
5 years
1967
Richard R. Wolsey
5 years
1968
Road Commissioner
James C. Fletcher
1 year
1964
School Committee
Carl F. VanBennekom
3 years
1964
Robert W. Davis
3 years
1964
Frank M. Thomas (resigned)
Louis D. Savage
3 years
1966
Tax Collector
Clifford C. Ham
3 years
1964
Town Clerk
Harry W. Higgins
Tenure
Town Treasurer
Harry W. Higgins
3 years
1966
Tree Warden
Gustav H. Koch
1 year
1964
Trustees of the
Nancy Santeusanio
3 years
1964
Public Library
Charles E. Herlihy
3 years
1965
Richard N. Eckert
3 years
1966
Frederick D. Eble
3 years
1966
APPOINTED
Office Board of Appeals
Present Appointees
1963 Appointees
Term
Expires
Glen R. Smith
3 years
1964
Malcolm V. Smith
3 years
1965
Hubert G. Wall
3 years
1966
Alternates
Gene V. Santeusanio
3 years
1964
Myron S. Wilson
3 years
1965
Eben Hutchinson
3 years
1966
3 years
1965
Shirley T. Northrup
3 years
1965
3 years
1964
3 years
1964
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Office Board of Registrars
Present Appointees Albert C. White, Jr. Edward A. Galvin
Harry W. Higgins, Clerk
1963 Appointees
Term
Expires
William B. Murphy
3 years
1966
Roger Harris
1 year
1964
James V. Thompson
1 year
1964
Ralph G. Howland
John H. ยท Kimball
Gordon H. Millar
Gene V. Santeusanio
Harry W. Higgins
Capital Outlay Committee
Clifford H. Hahn
2 years
1964
Raymond D. McCoy
3 years
1966
Robert F. Perkins
3 years
1966
Robert F. Goodspeed
3 years
1966
William E. Sweetman
1 year
1964
Civil Defense Director
Lawrence E. Austin
1 year
1964
(For complete Civil Defense Appointments, see end of list.)
Clerk, Board of Selectmen
Ruth J. Hall
1 year
1964
Cesspool Inspector
Forrest W. Howard
1 year
1964
Conservation
Gordon H. Millar
3 years
1964
Commission
Donald G. Harriss
3 years
1964
George S. Burnett
3 years
1965
Ruth Oliver
3 years
1965
Richard L. Pratt
2 years
1965
Robert C. Rourke
3 years
1966
Jessie Duston
3 years
1966
Dog Officer
Antonio I. Procurot
1 year
Resigned
Fence Viewers
William E. Sweetman
3 years
1964
Warren W. Morton
3 years
1964
Robert Jacobson
3 years
1964
Proctor A. Coffin
3 years
1965
Bayard D. Waring
3 years
1965
3 years
1965
William A. Macleod, Jr.
3 years
1966
Richard D. Foulkes
3 years
1966
Robert G. Fraser
3 years
1966
Fire Chief
Carl E. Davis
George S. Robinson, M.D.
1 year
1964
Gustav H. Koch
1 year
1964
Industrial Development Commission
Charles W. Kessler
2 years
1964
Richard D. Simmons
1 year
1964
Albert S. Hutchinson
3 years
1965
David V. Farrar
2 years
1965
Malcolm M. Stone
4 years
1966
Douglas O. Lees
5 years
1967
John Northcott
5 years
1967
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Building Inspector Assistant
By-Law Committee
3 years
1964
3 years
1965
Inspector of Animals
Sanborn A. Caldwell
1 year
1964
Selectmen
1 year
1964
Finance Committee
Walter R. Moynihan
Health Officer
No Term
Office Insurance Committee
Present Appointees John Brodbine, Jr. Bernard G. Stiff Robert H. Skelley John J. Carey
1963 Appointees
Term
Expires
William Montgomery Richard Learnard
Donald Pearson
Natalie Brooks
Frederick Eble
Seavey Bowdoin
Robert Sperry
Raymond McCoy
Mason J. Condon
Maurice H. Day
1 year
1964
Joseph F. Ricci
1 year
1964
Municipal Office Building Committee
Frank P. Emery John B. Rodgers Frederick W. Greer, Jr. Irving H. Wilson Mason J. Condon, Ex-Officio
Moth Department Superintendent
Gustav H. Koch
1 year 1964
James C. Fletcher
John Orrall
Kenneth A. Worthen
No Term
Seavey Bowdoin
Thomas F. Ganley
Donald R. Ross
Forrest W. Howard
1 year
1964
Plumbing Inspector
Police Chief
Thomas F. Ganley For complete Police Department Appointments, see end of list.)
Public Welfare Agent
Wesley W. Munroe
1 year
1964
Sanitarian Inspector
Robert W. Rimbach
1 year
1964
School Committee
Richard D. Morrow
1 year
1964
of Frank M. Thomas)
years
1964
School Plant Needs Committee
Gordon B. Wilkes John W. Wynn
3 years
1965
Arthur Foulds
3 years
1966
Shirley Northrup
1 year
1964
Warren Morton Calvin Osberg
1 year
Clifford H. Hahn
1 year
1964
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Gustav H. Koch
1 year
1964
Soldier's Relief Agent
Burton B. Cogswell
1 year
1964
Town Accountant
Theodore C. Palizzolo
3 years
1966
Town Counsel
Ralph G. Howland
1 year
1964
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Library Building Committee
Municipal Building Custodian
No Term
Parking Committee
(to fill unexpired term
1 year
Office Town Report Committee
Present Appointees
1963 Appointees
Term
Expires
Barbara T. Coffin
Carl A. Bergman
Peggy Bergman
C. Richard Moulton E. June Rose Marjorie I. Weiss
No Term
Jeanne G. Rose
Joan M. Kelly Theodore C. Palizzolo, Ex Officio
Burton B. Cogswell
1 year
1964
Veterans' Grave Registration
Burton B. Cogswell
1 year
1964
Wage Study Committee
Kathryn Underhill William A. Burke
Quenton Carpenter
2 years
1965
Everett Collier
3 years
1966
Robert H. Moore, Jr.
3 years
resigned
Harry B. Shepard
1 year
resigned
Ralph E. Dwight
Sanford Billings
3 years
1966
Owen Applin
1 year
1964
Wire Inspector Assistant
POLICE DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENTS 1963-1964
Temporary Patrolmen :
Laurence E. Austin
George Hanwright Robert N. Aldenburg
Appointed Regular Patrolmen :
Edward G. Cleary
Arthur R. Munroe
Appointed Captain : Frank E. Martin
School Traffic Supervisors:
Shirley Chamberland Winefred Borjeson
Phyllis M. LeTourneau
Eunice Carter
Doris Gaythwaite Madeline Fudge
Chaplains :
Rev. Robert W. Etzel
Rev. James A. Garrity
Douglas Whitehouse
Special Police: Dr. Thomas B. White
Roger Harris
Antonio I. Procurot
Gustav H. Koch
Chester R. Melanson
Harry W. Higgins
Josiah Poeton
Clifton E. Hodgdon
Bernard Nugent
James V. Thompson
Theodore Palizzolo
Forrest W. Howard
Edward A. Galvin
Walter Riggs
John H. Donegan
Amos A. Miller
Maurice H. Day
Donald B. Russell
Robert L. Thompson
Laurence Austin
Michael Neumann
Erwin Kimball
John A. McGonnell
James C. Fletcher
1 year
1964
James V. Thompson
Elof O. Hagfelt
1 year
1964
Veterans' Benefit Agent
James C. Fletcher
2 years
1965
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G. Rudolph Anderson
CIVIL DEFENSE APPOINTMENTS 1963-1964 Lawrence E. Austin, Director Barbara Whitehouse, Secretary
Police: Frank A. Pagano, Chief
Sergeants :
John Brockbank Rupert Foglietta Edward Galvin
Patrolmen :
Erwin Kimball
Dennis Drislane
George B. Scales
G. Rudolf Anderson
W. Douglas Whitehouse Lawrence Austin
Vincent Comunale
Donald Russell
Ernest J. Mc Call
Robert Thompson
John Donegan
Donald Anderson
Chester Morton
Harold Hawkes
Michael Neumann
Bruno Di Pietro
Filipino Puleo
George Hanright
Police Training: Casimiro Navas
Communications :
Richard W. Doremus
Fred J. Lingel
Willard K. Fiscus
Harold A. Johnson
Renald J. Sirois
Albert DiPietro
Harold W. Carter
Mildred Doremus
Elmer W. Kerwin
Eunice Carter
William A. Yahn
Public Information: Kendall Dolbeare
Medical Officer: Thomas B. White, M.D.
Evacuation : Josiah Poeton
Fire: Sanborn A. Caldwell, Chief John A. Valkevich, Deputy Chief
Privates :
Walter Brown Allen Caproni
William Brattin
John A. McGonnell, Jr.
Russell Kingman
Kendall M. Dolbeare
Charles Worthern
Ronald Michalak
Carl Davis, Jr.
Gerald Cook
Nelson Cutler
Francis Lennen
Bernard Schnurbush
Robert Peabody
William Trefry
Laurie Fraser
Raymond Russell
Howard Knowland
Rescue :
George F. Johns, Jr.
Forrest W. Howard
Robert Henderson James Rich
Glendall C. Larkin David V. Farrar
Wiring :
James V. Thompson
Medical Supplies : John P. Duggan
Utilities :
Food:
James C. Fletcher
Della A. Smith
Water: Clifton Hodgdon
Wardens :
Leroy M. Hadsall
Civil War Aid: Wesley W. Munroe
TOWN HALL
1891
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Charles H. Smith
Paul Romano
Mason J. Condon
Ralph E. Dwight
Harry C. Wendt
Board of Selectmen
The year 1963 began with the Board calling a Special Town Meet- ing to authorize the construction of a new two and a half million dollar high school on Essex Street. It is expected that this school will be in use by January of 1965.
As the result of favorable action on Article 31 at the Annual Town Meeting the Board was able to institute an algae control program for Pillings Pond in an effort to contain and ultimately eliminate the rapid growth of weeds, and with the hope of eventually restoring this body of water to its original beauty.
A Special Study Committee appointed by the Board has recommended that consolidation of the Lynnfield and Lynnfield Center Water Districts be deferred to a later date, it being felt that no real improvement in efficiency or economic gains would be realized by a consolidation at this time.
The Board of Selectmen and four members of the School Commit- tee, acting as a joint committee, elected Richard D. Morrow to fill the vacancy on the School Committee caused by the untimely resignation of Frank Thomas. Mr. Morrow will serve until the next Annual Town Election.
A Special Town Meeting authorized the establishment of a perma- nent Wage Study Committee to completely investigate and advise the Town in the matter of compensation and fringe benefits for Town em- ployees. To date the Committee has completed its recommendations on the Police and Fire Departments and is currently in the midst of evalu- ating all other positions in the Town Government.
One of the biggest problems that the Board of Selectmen has faced during the current year is in the matter of available funds from which to pay the obligations authorized by the Town Meetings. Although the fiscal year begins on January 1st and ends on December 31st, the real estate taxes, which constitute the principle source of revenue, are not due until November 1st of the fiscal year. It is therefore necessary for the Selectmen to authorize the Treasurer to borrow funds from time to time in anticipation of revenue expected to be received prior to the end of the fiscal year. This method of financing is quite costly inasmuch as interest must be paid to the various lending institutions who furnish the working capital. It is hoped that in the future another source of funds will become available so as to eliminate or at least minimize the necessity of this borrowing practice.
On December 1, 1963 the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company provided many Lynnfield residents with an opportunity to sub- scribe to an unlimited metropolitan service. This enables telephone users in the Edgewood exchange to have unlimited calls both within Lynnfield and to the Metropolitan Boston area. In addition, the telephone company has expanded its service so as to include the City of Peabody and the Town of Saugus. It may appear that this move was slow in coming about, but it was instituted by the Board of Selectmen several years ago, and one should realize that a great deal of design work and the construction of a new telephone building in Lynnfield was necessary, prior to its im- plementation.
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A new Town Hall is now under construction and it is expected to be completed and occupied in early March of 1964. The old Meeting House on the common is being restored under the direc- tion of the Lynnfield Historical Society, and although this promises to be a lengthy project, it is expected that ultimately it will resemble the original Meeting House.
Your Town Report was awarded second prize in the Town Report Contest held by the Mass- achusetts Selectmen's Association for towns in our population category. The Town Report Com- mittee should be congratulated for their excellent work, both on this re- port and for prior years, since awards have been received for the ex- cellence of the Town Report for at least the past six years.
The Board of Selectmen has appointed a Committee headed by the Town Counsel to bring the by-laws of the Town up to date, and has requested an appropriation to provide for their consolidation and pub- lishing.
The Board wishes to thank all of the dedicated town employees, elected and appointed public officials, and various townspeople who have cooperated with us during the past year and have assisted so as to make our job a little easier.
MASON J. CONDON Chairman
Licenses Issued
BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Number
Fee
Lodging House
1
$ 2.00
Rifle Range
1
2.00
Auctioneer's
1 2.00
Xmas Trees
1
1.00
Common Victualler
18
5.00
Lord's Day :
Sale Candy, Frozen
deserts, etc.
17
3.00
Concert & Entertainment
& Dancing by Patrons :
Individual
161
1.00
Annual
2
25.00
Liquor Licenses :
Advertisement Fees
11
55.00
One Day Wine and
Malt Beverages
80
5.00
Common Victualler, All
Alcoholic
6
1000.00
Club, All Alcoholic
2
1000.00
Package Goods,
All Alcoholic
........
3
1000.00
HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES - 1963
279 Fishing Licenses @ $4.25
$1,185.75
73 Hunting Licenses @ .4.25 697.00
41 Sporting Licenses @
7.25 297.25
50 Minor Fishing Licenses @
2.25 112.50
24 Female Fishing Licenses @ 3.25
78.00
1 Non-resident Fish Lic. 8.75
8.75
6 Duplicate Licenses @ .50
3.00
5 Archery Stamps @
1.10
5.50
12 Free Licenses (Age 70 or over)
DOG LICENSES ISSUED IN 1963
467 Male Dog Licenses @ $2.00 934.00
88 Female Dog Licenses @ 5.00
440.00
409 Spayed Female Dog Lic. 2.00
818.00
1 Kennel License @ 10.00
10.00
3 Kennel Licenses @ 25.00
75.00
9 Dogs sold a 3.00
27.00
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Ruth J. Hall, Clerk
From left to right: Harry W. Higgins, Town Clerk and Treasurer; Jessie Gutowski, Assistant Town Clerk; Lillian La Cross, Accountant's Clerk; May Goodwin, Tax Col- lector's Clerk; Frances Roberts, Tax Collector's Clerk; Cassie La Rente, Registrar's Clerk; Pamela Single, Assessor's Clerk; Wesley Munroe, Welfare Agent; Ruth Oliver, Assessor's Clerk.
Town Clerk
ELECTION OF TOWN OFFICERS HELD MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1963
Election Officers Serving:
SELECTMAN, BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE Three Years
Precinct 1 Alexander Williams, Warden
Joseph LeBrun, Clerk
105 Locksley Road
486
600
1086
Harry C. Wendt,
33 Thomas Road
553
540
1093
Blanks 9
9
18
TREASURER for Three Years
Harry W. Higgins, 60 Howard Avenue
968
1021
1989
Blanks
80
128
208
ASSESSOR for Three Years
Stanley E. Flagg,
61 Prospect Avenue
891
957
1848
Blanks
157
192
349
PLANNING BOARD for Five Years
Richard R. Wolsey, 886 Salem Street
892
948
1840
Evelyn Turcotte
Blanks
156
201
357
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY for Three Years
Richard N. Eckert, 74 Phillips Road
896
910
1806
Frederick D. Eble, 13 Keniston Road
831
789
1620
Blanks
369
599
968
Prec. 1
Prec. 2 Total
Proctor A. Coffin,
Robert Settles John Rodgers William Holmes John Strong
Jessie Gutowski
Annelea Hanson
Kendall Dolbeare Mary Heftye
Precinct 2 Chester Melanson, Warden John A. McGonnell, Clerk John Duggan Randolph Inslee
John J. McWeeney
Charles H. Bowser Helen Gilbert
Kathleen McFarland Cassie Lorente
Police Officers
Paul Jensen Edward Foley Edwin Price
Arthur Munroe
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE for Three Years Louis D. Savage,
774 Main Street
914
946
1860
Blanks
134
203
337
BOARD OF HEALTH for Three Years
Harold D. Aldrich,
372 Summer Street
926
950
1876
Blanks
122
199
321
PARK AND CEMETERY COMMISSION for Three Years
Raymond R. Pearson,
47 Summer Street
936
969
1905
Blanks
112
180
292
TREE WARDEN for One Year
Gustav H. Koch,
243 Summer Street
906
961
1867
Blanks
142
188
330
ROAD COMMISSIONER for One Year
James C. Fletcher,
596 Salem Street
903
990
1893
Blanks
145
159
304
MODERATOR for One Year
John H. Kimball,
345 Chestnut Street
952
980
1932
Blanks
96
169
265
TOTAL VOTE CAST
Precinct 1
1048
Precinct 2
1149
Total 2197
HARRY W. HIGGINS
Town Clerk
RESULTS OF RECOUNT HELD MARCH 16, 1963 for the Office of Selectman
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total
Proctor A. Coffin,
105 Locksley Road
486
597
1083
Harry C. Wendt,
33 Thomas Road
553
541
1094
Blanks
9
11
20
TOTAL VOTE CAST
Precinct 1
1048
Precinct 2
1149
Total
2197
ORIGINAL COUNT
Prec. I
Prec. 2 Total
Proctor A. Coffin,
105 Locksley Road
486
600
1086
Harry C. Wendt,
33 Thomas Road
553
540
1093
Blanks
9
9
18
TOTAL VOTE CAST
Precinct 1
1048
Precinct 2
1149
Total
2197
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
WILLIAM B. MURPHY Chairman
Town Clerk Harry W. Higgins removes chain and lock from cell door where ballots were kept.
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Town Counsel
The past year has been a very busy one, which is to be expected as the Town grows.
This department has been called upon very frequently for advice and for oral and written opinions by the Selectmen, Town Officers, De- partment Heads and Committee Members relative to matters concerning their duties and departments. I. believe the Town now has more active committees in operation than ever before in its history, and it seems that sooner or later they need legal advice.
I have drafted many contracts for the purchases of vehicles, machin- ery, equipment, supplies, and work, labor and materials, together with easements, petitions for street acceptances, deeds and releases, various articles for town meeting warrants and other necessary legal documents. I have also kept abreast of the passage of new laws affecting municipal- ities and furnished copies thereof to the departments concerned.
Ralph G. Howland
All meetings of the Board of Selectmen were attended as were town meetings and also board and committee meetings when requested.
During the past year the following litigation was handled, most of which has been succesfully disposed of but with some still pending in courts :
Laubner v. Lynnfield - Land Damage & Taking - Essex Superior Court.
Melch Bros. v. Lynnfield - Land Damage & Taking - Essex Superior Court.
Caruso v. Lynnfield - Tax abatement - Appellate Tax Board.
Pearson v. Lynnfield - Zoning Variance - Essex Superior Court. Pomeroy v. Lynnfield -- House damage by electric cable in street.
Lynnfield v. Green Estate - Real Estate Taxes - Malden Court.
Lynnfield v. Diantgikis - Damage to Highway truck and plow.
Lynnfield v. Sharpe - Damage to Police cruiser.
Lynnfield v. Twin City Automobile Leasing Corp. - Excise Taxes - Peabody Court.
Lynnfield v. Lynn Rendering Corp. - Excise Taxes - Peabody Court.
Brown & Carpenter v. Lynnfield - Suit on electrical sub-bid on new High School - Decree for Town in Suffolk Superior Court - Appealed to Supreme Court.
I was asked by the Selectmen to form a new committee to revise and codify the Town By-Laws. This has been done and work will start the first of the year. This project should be done every five years or so as the by-laws change rapidly with each town meeting and they should be collected and kept up to date in one book.
At this time I wish to thank the Selectmen, Town Officers, Department Heads, Town Employees, Board and Committee members and all others who have been most considerate, cooperative and helpful to me in the performance of my duties.
RALPH G. HOWLAND Town Counsel
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Board of Appeals
Left to right: Herbert G. Wall, Glen R. Smith, Malcolm V. Smith
The Board of Appeals currently meets in the Selectmen's Room at the Town Hall on the first Tuesday of each month to act on all cases submitted one month or more prior to the hearing date.
Procedural Rules and all decisions of the Board are a matter of public record on file with the Town Clerk. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Board is entitled to appeal to the Superior Court within 20 days of the filing of the decision.
The following cases were acted on during 1963 :
Case No. 63-1 - January 2, 1963
Julius Rombult
Change and/or extension of existing non-con- forming at 287 Main Street to permit a Pro- fessional Pharmacy in lieu of a Produce and Variety store.
Denied February 11, 1963
Case No. 63-2 - March 5, 1963
Barbara A. Leonard
Occupancy permit for use of existing profes- sional offices facilities at 136 Main Street by one not residing at that address.
Temporary Permit Granted
Case No. 63-3 - March 5, 1963 Ralph & Edythe Roach
Variance to permit subdivision of adjoining Lots E and F on Grant Road, now held in common ownership, into two separate build- ing lots each with insufficient areas.
Granted March 22, 1963
Case No. 63-4 - May 7, 1963 Anthony Renda
Exception to permit the extension of the ex- istent non-conforming use at 793 Main Street. Granted July 12, 1963 with condition
Case No. 63-5 - May 7, 1963 Winifred Hannegan
Exception to permit the erection of a nursing and/or convalescent home at 397 Broadway. Granted June 1, 1963
Case No. 63-6 - May 7, 1963
Douglas A. Weaver
Variance to erect addition to existing dwelling at 6 Temple Road with insufficient setback. Granted June 1, 1963
Case No. 63-7 - May 7, 1963
Robert W. & Dorothy M. Andrews
Variance to permit subdivision of Lot No. 16, Pine Hill Road, with insufficient frontage.
Granted June 1, 1963
Case No. 63-8 - July 2, 1963
Winifred Hannegan
Approval of site plan in conjunction with con- valescent home at 397 Broadway.
Granted July 12, 1963
Case No. 63-9 - July 2, 1963
James W. Melanson
Approval of site plan in conjunction with a restaurant at 624 Salem Street.
Granted July 12, 1963 with condition
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Case No. 63-10 - July 2, 1963 Robert W. Cox
Exception to permit extension of non-conform- ing use at the Lynnfield Center Golf Course, 165-197 Summer Street.
Granted July 12, 1963
Case No. 63-11 - July 2, 1963 Dorothy M. & Orville H. Orcutt
Variance to subdivide Lot No. 13 at 994 Main Street into two lots with insufficient frontage. Granted September 4, 1963
Case No. 63-12 - August 6, 1963 Alex W. & Rose Bigney
Variance to divide land at 449 Essex Street into two lots with sufficient street frontage. Voided. Permit issued per Section 81FF of Chapter 41, General Laws
Case No. 63-13 - August 6, 1963 Myra E. Jensen
Variance of front yard depth to erect new dwelling on Lot C, Jensen Street.
Granted August 21, 1963
Case No. 63-14 - August 6, 1963 John R. Zappala
Variance to structurally alter and enlarge a non-conforming building and erect ship's rig- ging in excess of allowable height at Ships' Haven, 24-26 Broadway.
Granted September 20, 1963 with condition
Case No. 63-15 - September 3, 1963 James W. Melanson
Variance to structurally alter a non-conform- ing building and to obtain approval of altered site plan at 624 Salem Street.
Granted September 20, 1963 with condition
Case No. 63-16 - September 3, 1963 John R. Zappala
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