Town of Lynnfield, Essex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, annual report 1961-1970, Part 63

Author: Lynnfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1961-1970
Publisher: The Town
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of Samnel M. Skinner, 3 00


of Caleb Skinner, 26 00


Supposed Expense of Daniel Hart, about 40 00


House Rent for Mrs. Skinner, 5 00


Due South School District, 16 20


County Tax in hands of Collector, 175 14


J. Southwick's Note, 300 00


$734 84


JOIIN PERKINS, JR., GEO. F. WHITTREDGE. Selectmen.


AARON NEWIIALL,


Enunfield, f


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J. HOWE, PRINTER, 39 MERCHANTS ROW, BOSTON,


5510 25


Due for Board of Sally Newhall & A. Nourse, $ 52 00


1 94


Clothing for A. Nourse,


In Retrospect


For contrast between the current business and activity of the Town recorded in this annual report, included are some factual excerpts from historical sources and some interesting old pictures. A wonderful and descriptive account of the wilderness from which Lynnfield was carved came from an old time journal. The spelling is as it appears in the source. The cover worked up by Mrs. Howard Kurt is illustrative of the old style printing used in publications. An example is the Town's 1850 Annual Report shown fully re- produced on the inside front cover. The scene on the cover is from an old photograph of the corner grocery, Broadway (Newburyport Turnpike) and Salem Streets taken about 1903. The store was reportedly run by Alfred Copeland. The picture of the group with the magnificient horses was then a farm where the Junior High School now stands. Mrs. Leslie Newman's contribution to this pictoral effort is sincerely appreciated.


INDEX


Accountant


67


Animal Inspector


30


Appeals. Board of


89


Assessors, Board of


27


Births


85


Building Inspector


63


By-Law Committee


89


By-Law Revision Committee


89


Capital Budget Committee


44


Civil Defense


12


Conservation Commission


39


Conservation Map


Center Spread


Deaths


84


Dog Officer


44


Drainage Committee


36


Election Results


3


Elementary School Building Committee


36


Excerpts from Historical Sources


88


Finance Committee


35


Fire Alarm Supervisor and Wire Inspector


62


Fire Department


61


Gas Inspector


30


General Interest


1


Health, Board of


31


Health Officer


31


Highway Department


29


Insurance Advisory Committee


32


Jury List


63


Library Department


59


Marriages


83


Metropolitan Area Planning Council


40


Municipal Land Acquisition Committee


40


Municipal Light Study Committee


40


Park and Cemetery Commission


45


Planning Board


37


Police Department


33


Public Assistance


28


Recreation Commission


41


Registrars, Board of


28


Sanitarian


30


School Committee and Department


46


School Plant Needs Committee


45


School Site Selection Committee


29


Sealer of Weights and Measures


62


Selectmen, Board of


38


Street Lighting Committee


34


Tax Collector


66


Town Clerk


3


Town Committee


25


Town Counsel


29


Town Government


2


Town Meetings, Actions at


5


Town Treasurer


81


Trees and Insect Pest Control, Departments of


32


Veterans' Services


24


War Memorial Committee


30


TOWN OF LYNNFIELD COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


County :


Location :


Essex


12 miles north of Boston, bordered by North Reading on the north and northwest, by Reading on the west, Middleton, Peabody and Lynn on the east, and Saugus and Wakefield on the south.


Population :


1950 : 3,927 ; 1955 : 5,667 ; 1963 : 9,500; 1964 : 9,700; 1965 : 9,821; 1966 : 10,432 1967 : 10,490


Valuation :


$76,481.630


Area :


10.22 square miles


Elevation at Town Hall :


Approximately 98 feet above mean sea level


Incorporated as a Town : Committee Meetings :


February 28, 1814


SELECTMEN meet every Monday at 7 :30 p.m. at 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 first and third Mondays 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 ASSESSORS meets Thursday at 8:00 p.m. at the Town Hall. BOARD OF HEALTH meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 9:30 p.m. in the Town Hall.


CONSERVATION COMMISSION meets as posted on bulletin board at Town Hall.


Office Hours :


ASSESSORS: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.


BUILDING INSPECTOR: 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.


LIBRARY - Main: Monday to Friday 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m .; 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Branch Monday and Wednesday 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m .; 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.


PLUMBING AND CESSPOOL INSPECTOR : Monday, Wednesday and Friday 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.


SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.


TAX COLLECTOR : 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday WIRE INSPECTOR : 4:45 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday


Regularly first Monday in March and each succeeding Monday and Thursday until all Warrants are concluded. Special Town Meetings may be called with 100 signatures of registered voters.


Annual Town Meeting :


1


---


Registered Voters :


Precinct


Republicans


Democrats


Independents


Total


1


1058


371


1193


2622


2


792


575


1146


2513


1850


946


2339


5135


Dog License :


Due April 1st of each year


Tax Bills :


Due November 1st of each year


Motor Excise :


Due 30 days after receipt


Seventh Massachusetts Congregational District. U. S. Representative, Torbert H. MacDonald - Democrat. U. S. Senators: Edward F. Brooke - Republican and Edward M. Kennedy - Democrat.


TOWN GOVERNMENT


ELECTED


Office


Elected


Term


Expires


Assessors


W. Douglas Whitehouse


3 years


1970


Edward J. McKay Jr.


3 years


1968


Hubert G. Wall


3 years


1969


Board of Health


George S. Robinson, M.D.


3 years


1970


Manton P. Spear


3 years


1968


Harold D. Aldrich


3 years


1969


Board of Selectmen &


Robert E. Perkins


3 years


1968


Board of Public Welfare


Harry C. Wendt


3 years


1969


Myles T. Burke


3 years


1970


Constables


Edward W. Foley


3 years


1968


Robert Aldenberg


3 years


1968


Moderator


John H. Kimball


1 year


1968


James V. Thompson


3 years


1970


A. David Rodham


3 years


1968


Sanborn A. Caldwell


3 years


1969


James C. Fletcher


1 years


1968


Planning Board


Parker Halloway


5 years


1972


Arthur Bourque Jr.


5 years


1969


Colby Burbank


5 years


1968


Donald Harriss


5 years


1971


Howard A. Boune


5 years


1970


School Committee


Louis D. Savage


3 years


1970


Carl F. Van Bennekom


3 years


1970


Elaine Klapes


3 years


1968


William Schultz


3 years


1969


Richard Hobbs


3 years


1968


Park & Cemetery Dept.


Road Commissioner


Special Districts :


2


Tax Collector Town Clerk


Town Treasurer


Tree Warden Library Trustee


Clifford C. Ham


3 years


1970


Harry W. Higgins (By law retired) - Appointed to 3-4-68


Tenure


1968


Harry W. Higgins (By law retired) - Appointed to 3-4-68


3 years


1968


Gustave Koch


1 year


1968


Natalie A. Brooks


3 years


1970


Perry L. Nies


3 years


1968


Charles E. Herlihy


3 years


1968


Robert L. Card


3 years


1969


Priscilla Hahn


3 years


1970


Frederick Eble


3 years


1969


TOWN CLERK


John Valkevich


Roger Gerry David C. Farrar


June Crumrine Louise Bax


Ruth Bucklin


Edith M. Richard


Blanche Settles


Elizabeth Gerry


Cassie Lorente


Winifred Bankoff


Helen Gilbert


Edward Cleary


Police


Edward Foley


Paul Madden


Casimiro Navas


SELECTMEN, BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


for three years - Vote for one


Prec. Prec. 1


2 Total


Myles T. Burke, 8 Sylvan Circle


273 491


764*


William L. Hodges III, 28 Apple Hill Ln. 411 219 630


H. Joseph Maney, 2 Homestead Rd. 280 Blanks 5


236


516


4


9


ASSESSOR, for three years


Vote for one


W. Douglas Whitehouse, 779 Main Street Caroline M. Fraser, 15 Homestead Road


707


643


1,350*


Blanks


27


34


61


Joseph LeBrun


Clerk


William Holmes


Precinct 2 Robert Settles Charles Bowser Robert Peabody


Election Officers Serving :


Precinct 1


John B. Rodgers


Warden


235


273


508


3


es 70 58 69 10 58 59 18 59 0 8 8 8 0 8 9


8


2 9 8


1


HARRY W. HIGGINS Town Clerk


ELECTION OF TOWN OFFICERS HELD MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1967


Richard Tyacke Richard Doremus Dorothea Johnson Rita Tuoti


Florence Heftye


Helen Sparkes


SCHOOL COMMITTEE for three years


Vote for two Carl F. Van Bennekom, 57 Locksley Road 718 672 1,390*


Louis D. Savage, 4 Baldwin Lane 792 706 1,498*


Proctor Coffin 1


1


Blanks


428


521 949


SCHOOL COMMITTEE for one year Vote for one


Richard L. Hobbs, 8 Tapley Road 855 783


1,638*


Blanks


114 167 281


TAX COLLECTOR for three years


Vote for one


Clifford C. Ham, 8 London Road 894 821


1,715*


Blanks


75 129 204


PARK AND CEMETERY COMMISSIONER


for three years - Vote for one


James V. Thompson, 76 Crest Rd. 762 638 1,400*


Joseph M. Supino, 29 Rockwood Rd. 165 244 409


Blanks 42 68 110


BOARD OF HEALTH for three years


Vote for one .


George S. Robinson, 184 Summer St. 877


803 1,680*


Blanks 92 147 239


PLANNING BOARD for two years


Vote for one


Arthur J. Bourque, Jr., 38 Fairview Ave. 858


783


1,641*


Blanks


111


167 278


TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY for three years


Vote for two


Natalie Anne Brooks, 14 Fernway 796 696 1,492* Priscilla B. Hahn, 15 Bishops Lane 679


Blanks


463


560 1,023


CONSTABLES for one year


Vote for one


Robert M. Aldenberg, 5 Beechwood Road 553


404 957*


David T. Donegan, 611 Broadway 374 518 892


Blanks 42


28 70


TREE WARDEN for one year - Vote for one


Gustav H. Koch, 243 Summer St. 875 788 1,663*


Blanks 94 162 256


ROAD COMMISSIONER for one year


Vote for one


James C. Fletcher, 596 Salem St. 0 1 878 800 1,678* Andrew A. Costa, 22 Lovell Road 1


Blanks 90 150 240


MODERATOR for one year - Vote for one


John H. Kimball, 345 Chestnut St. 893 806 1,699*


Blanks 76 144 220


"Shall the Town pay one half the premium cost payable by a retired employee, for group life insurance, and for group general, or blanket, hospital, surgical and medical insurance ?" G.L. Ch. 32B - Sec. 9a.


YES


564


511 1,075


NO


329


353 682


BLANKS 76


86 162


Blanks


125


178 303


PLANNING BOARD for five years


Vote jor one


Parker B. Holloway, Jr., 64 Canterbury Rd.


844


772


1,616*


TOTAL VOTE CAST


969


950 1,919


644 1,323*


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RECORD OF ACTION TAKEN AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 13, 1967 IN THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM


JOHN H. KIMBALL Moderator


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the Town of Lynnfield met in the Junior High School Auditorium in the said Town of Lynn- field on Monday March 13, 1967.


The meeting was called to order at 8:05 P.M. by John H. Kimball, Moderator.


On motion of Mr. Robert F. Perkins, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, a moment of silence was observed in tribute to Msgr. John J. Linnehan, Pastor of Our Lady of Assumption Church, who had passed away on March 11, 1967.


With the consent of the voters certain unregistered persons named by the Moderator were admitted to the meeting and they were seated on the stage.


The call for the meeting was read by Mr. Kimball as was that part of the warrant preceding the articles. Mr. Kimball then announced that unless there was any objection, the articles would not be read until taken up for action. There being none, the Moderator read that part of the warrant following the articles including the signatures of the Selectmen and the return of service of the constable.


On motion of Mr. Perkins, duly seconded, it was voted unanimously to adjourn to Thursday. March 16, 1967 at 8:00 P.M. in the Junior High School Auditorium, and the gymnasium if need be, if the business of the annual town meeting was not complete in this first session.


ARTICLE 1


On motion of Mr. Perkins, duly seconded, it was VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appoint Mr. Walter M. Riggs, Mr. Robert C. Rourke and Mr. James C. Fletcher as Field Drivers; Mr. Walter M. Riggs as Pound Keeper and Mr. Perley P. Burrill, Mr. Daniel Kelleher and Mr. Robert C. Rourke as Wood Measurers.


ARTICLE 2


On motion of Mr. Perkins, duly seconded, it was VOTED to accept the reports of town officers and special committees as published.


ARTICLE 3


On motion of Mr. Palizzolo, duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer the sum of $1,183.19, Dog License money refunded by the County of Essex, to Item 127 of Article 7 - Expenses of the Library.


ARTICLE 4


On motion of Mr. Warburg, Chairman of the Finance Committee, duly seconded, it was VOTED to fix the compensation of each of the elective officers of the Town as required by General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 108, as amended, as follows :


Per Annum


Board of Selectmen - Chairman $600.


Board of Selectmen - Member $500.


Board of Public Welfare - Member $120.


(Selectmen act as)


Town Treasurer $3726.


Tax Collector $3400.


Board of Assessors - Chairman $1500.


Board of Assessors - Member $1300.


Town Clerk $2175.


Tree Warden* $4419.


Public Health Board - Member $ 60.


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Road Commissioner $9175. * The Town Counsel has ruled that the Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent Budgets must be separated. The time devoted to these two functions is Tree Department - 37 weeks and Moth Department - 15 weeks. The total compen- sation for these functions has been pro-rated on this basis.


This article had been reconsidered at the second sitting of the Town Meeting held on Thursday, March 16, 1967 and the Tax Collector's salary was reduced to $3400. from the $4500. voted at the first meeting.


ARTICLE 5


On motion of Mr. Palizzolo, duly seconded, it was VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to authorize the TOWN TREASURER, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue for the financial years beginning January 1, 1967 and January 1, 1968, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17.


ARTICLE 6


On motion of Mr. Applin, duly seconded, it was VOTED that the Town amend Chapter 21 (formerly Chapter 19) of the by-laws of the Town entitled "Classification of Employment" by establishing only all the hourly pay rates and classification in accordance with the schedule recommended in 1966 by the Wage Study Committee adding thereto the classification of Senior Library Assistant to Grade Five and by deleting from said chapter any reference to the salaries of part-time annual employees of the town provided, however, that no incumbent now employed shall suffer any loss or decrease in compensation and that all wages covered in this schedule be made retroactive to January 1, 1967.


HOURLY PAY RATE STRUCTURE


Grade Classification


Step


Hrly. Rate


One


UNSKILLED LABOR in the High- 1 $1.490


way, Tree, Moth, Park and Cemetery


2 1.527


2


3.621


Departments


3 1.566


4 1.605


5 1.645


Two


No positions in this grade at this 1 1.687


time


2 1.728


3 1.771


4 1.816


5 1.862


Three


JUNIOR ASSISTANTS in Library 1 1.907


Department, JUNIOR CLERK in 2 1.955


Library Department


3 2.004


4 2.055


5 2.106


Four


SENIOR CLERKS and CUSTO- 1 2.158


DIANS in Gen. Govt., LIBRARY 2 2.211


ASST. in Library Dept., SKILLED 3 2.266 LABOR in Highway, Tree, Moth 4 2.323


and Park and Cemetery Dept., 5 2,381


MOTOR EQUIPMENT OPERA- TOR in Highway Department, MAINTENANCE MAN in Gen. Govt.


Five


PRINCIPAL CLERKS in Gen. 1 2.441


Govt., HEAVY EQUIPMENT OP-


2 2.502


ERATOR and MOTOR MECHAN- 3 2.564 IC in Highway Dept., SENIOR 4 2.628


LIBRARY ASSISTANT 5 2.695


Six


WORKING FOREMAN in Highway 1 2.761


Department, WORKING SUPERIN- 2 2.830


TENDENT in Cemetery and Park 3 2.900


Department, FOREMAN TREE 4 2.973


CLIMBER in Tree and Moth Depart- 5 3.048 ment


Seven


No positions in this grade


1 3.123


2 3.201


3 3,282


4 3.363


5


3.447


Eight


No positions in this grade


1 3.533


3 3.712


4 3.804


5 3.899


6


Nine


No positions in this grade


1 3.997


2 4.097


3 4.200


4 4.304


5


4.411


Ten


No positions in this grade


1 4.521


2


4.634


3 4.751


4 4.870


5


4.992


Based on $1.49 per hr. (Grade No. 1, Step No. 1) and 21/2% differential each of 5 steps.


ARTICLE 7


On motion of Mr. Warburg, duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise in the tax levy the sums of money for the necessary town changes and expenses, except for those which are to be transferred from available surplus, and give 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, com- mittees, or officers of the town in the amounts and limited to the purposes as recommended in the 1967 recommendations of the Finance Committee or amend- ments thereto.


The Moderator read each item of the budget article and the following items were "held" for later consideration - 1, 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 17, 22, 24, 25, 42, 45, 47, 51, 52, 57, 81, 99, 100, 109, 111, 117, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 138, 141, 143, 144, 145, 148, 149, 150, 153.


The remainder of the items of this article having been acted on, the moderator returned to the items which had been "held".


Item 1 - Selectmen - Salaries - VOTED $6,400.


(A motion to reconsider this item was lost.)


Item 4 - VOTED Selectmen - Out of State Travel 0


(A motion to appropriate $500. was lost.)


- During the discussion of Item 6 of Article 7, it was moved and seconded that the meeting be ad- journed to Thursday evening, March 16, 1967 at 8:00 P.M. and that the first order of business at that sitting be the reconsideration of Article 3.


Adjourned at 10:07 P.M.


SECOND SITTING OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 16, 1967 IN THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM


When the meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M., the Moderator admitted persons wishing to attend the meeting and they were seated on the stage.


On motion of Mr. Perkins, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, duly seconded, it was voted that if the business of the meeting was not completed at this second sitting of the Annual Town Meeting that it be adjourned until Monday, March 20, in the Junior High School Auditorium and Gymnasium if need be.


The first order of business was reconsideration of Article 3.


After reconsideration the salaries of the elected officials of the town remained at the figures listed in the Finance Committee Report and as recorded under Article 3 of this report.


Action now reverted to the remainder of the "held" items of Article 7.


Item 6 - Voted Accountant - Salaries $ 8,914. Item 9 - Voted Treasurer - Salaries 8,542.


Item 13 - Voted Tax Collector - Salaries 12,648.


Item 16 - Voted Assessors - Salaries 12,680.


Item 17 - Voted Assessors - Expenses 4,600.


Item 22 - Voted Law Department - Salaries 3,000.


Item 24 - Voted Law Department - Damages, Legal Fees 3,000.


Item 25 - Voted Town Clerk - Salaries 7,089.


Item 42 - Voted Police Department - Capital Outlay 5,000.


Item 45 - Voted Fire Department - Salaries 31,550.


Item 47 - Voted Fire Department - Capital Outlay 6,250.


(Increased by $2,450. for additional


1,800 ft. of 21/2" hose.)


Item 51 - Tree Department - Salary - Tree Warden 4,419


Item 52 - Voted Tree Department - Wages 8,718.


Item 57 - Voted Salary - Moth Superintendent 1,792. Item 81 - Voted Board of Health - Rubbish Collection


Item 99 - Voted Highway Department -


Snow & Ice Removal 25,000.


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Item 100 - Voted Board of Public Welfare - Salaries 7,922.


($6,000. from Federal Funds now in the Treasury and $1,922. to be raised in the Tax Levy.)


Item 109 - Voted School Department - Administration - Salaries 53,647.


Item 111 - Voted School Department - Out of State Travel 900.


Item 117 - Voted School Department - Opera- tion and Maintenance of Plant - Salaries 128,374.


Item 123 - Voted School Department - Public Law 874 - Applied to 2000 Instruction 22,409


Item 124 - Voted School Department - Public Law 864-V Applied to 4000 Operation and Maintenance of Plant 4,995.


Item 125 - Voted School Department - Public Law 864-III Applied to 7000 Acquisition of Equipment 956.


Item 126 - Voted Libraries - Salaries 33,144.


Item 127 - Voted Libraries - Expenses 14,000.


(Sum of $1,183.19 transferred from Dog License Money, $2,099.50 transferred from State Aid to Libraries and $10,717.31 to be raised in Tax Levy.)


Item 138 - Voted Treasurer - Maturing Debt. 305,000. ($75,000. to be transferred from Avail- able Surplus Funds and $230,000. to be raised in the Tax Levy.)


Item 141 - Voted Treasurer - Firemen's Pension 1,000. Item 143 - Voted Treasurer - Non-Contributory Retirement 9,916.


Item 145 - Voted Finance Committee - Reserve Fund 30,000.


(The amount to be transferred from the Overlay Reserve Account.)


Item 148 - Voted Finance Committee - General Town 26,027.45


Insurance - ($1,027.45 transferred from Receipts Reserved for Appropriations and $25,000. to be raised in the Tax Levy.)


Item 149 - Voted Finance Committee - Group Insurance 26,168.


($668. to be transferred from Receipts Reserved for Appropriations and $25,500. to be raised in the Tax Levy.)


Item 150 - Voted Finance Committee - Street Lighting 43,500.


Item 153 - Voted Finance Committee -


Medical Bills 5,000.


After all items of the budget article had been acted on, on motion of Mr. Osberg, duly seconded, a motion for reconsideration was lost.


Also lost was Mr. Spencer Campbell's motion to adjourn to next Monday evening March 20 in the Junior High School Auditorium.


ARTICLE 8.


On motion of Mr. Palizzolo, duly seconded, it was VOTED to transfer from Available Surplus Funds the sum of $25,000. for construction of Chapter 90 Highways in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 90; when reimbursed by State and County said reimbursements to revert to the Available Surplus Funds. (The work covered by this article is Summer Street from Eliot Road to the junction of Summer and Walnut Streets.)


ARTICLE 9


On motion of Mr. Palizzolo, duly seconded, it was VOTED to appropriate the sum of $22,000.00 to be used to reconstruct a portion of Salem Street, Lynnfield, from the Wakefield line to Walnut Street, and to meet such appropriation that the sum of $17,428.33 be raised and appropriated.


ARTICLE 10


On motion of Mr. Fletcher, duly seconded, and amended by Mr. Harriss, it was VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,600.00 to be used for the construction and/or resurfacing by the Highway Department of the parking lot of the South Hall together with landscaping an area 30 feet wide border- ing Summer Street from the boundary of State High- way 128 to the existing landscaped area of the South Hall excepting the driveway therein.


ARTICLE 11


On motion of Mr. Oquist, duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,126.00 to be used to reconstruct a portion of Perry Avenue, Lynnfield, from number 75 Perry Avenue, a distance of approximately 535 feet, to the end of Perry Avenue.


At 10:45 P.M. on motion made and seconded, it was VOTED to adjourn to Monday, March 20, 1967, at 8:00 P.M. in the Junior High School Auditorium and Gymnasium if need be.


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THIRD SITTING OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1967 IN THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM


The meeting was called to order at 8:05 P.M.


Unregistered persons admitted to the meeting were seated on the stage.


ARTICLE 12


On motion of Mr. Perkins, duly seconded, it was VOTED, 374 in favor and 2 opposed, to transfer from AVAILABLE SURPLUS FUNDS, the sum of Ten Thousand Two Hundred Forty Five Dollars ($10,245.00) to be paid to Raymond R. Pearson and Evelyn G. Pearson in addition to the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) already paid them under the authority of Article 3. of the Special Town Meeting of June 2, 1966 and to authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to settle the Land Damage Claim of said Raymond R. Pearson and Evelyn G. Pearson by making said additional payment and permitting said Raymond R. Pearson and Evelyn G. Pearson to use and occupy until October 1, 1967 the premises formerly owned by them and taken by Eminent Domain by the Town under the authority of said Article of said Special Town Meeting, free from any and all charges except utilities and without any obligations of any kind on the part of the Town except to refrain from evicting said Pearsons during said period.


ARTICLE 13


On motion of Mr. David Rodham, duly seconded, it was VOTED to appropriate by transfer the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) from the Sale of Lots and Graves Fund to be used by the Park and Cemetery Commission to develop and extend Forest Hill Cemetery.


ARTICLE 14


On motion of Mr. Palizzolo, duly seconded, it was VOTED that the sum of One Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty Four Dollars and Ninety Nine Cents ($1,764.99) be transferred from the Conservation Commission to the Conservation Fund.


ARTICLE 15


On motion of Mr. Bennett Keenan, duly seconded, it was VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) for the Conservation Fund.


A motion to increase this amount to $7.500.00 was lost.


ARTICLE 16


On motion of Mr. Kautz, duly seconded, it was VOTED to create a Public Recreation Commission under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 45, Section 14, with the following duties and powers :


SECTION I - This Commission shall be ap- pointed by the Board of Selectmen, and shall consist of five persons serving without pay, who shall be bona fide residents of the Town. The term of office shall be for five (5) years, or until their successors are appointed and qualified, except that the members of such Commission first appointed shall be appointed for such terms that the term of one member shall expire annually thereafter. Vacancies in such Com- mission occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled by the Selectmen for the unexpired term. The School Committee, the Planning Board, Conservation Commission and the Park and Cemetery Commission shall each appoint one of their members to serve ex-officio on this Commission.




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