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Ronald L. Wood, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1960)
Grade 5
Judith E. Lyons, B.S. (1963)
Grade 4
Marion R. Weagle, B.S.E. (1946)
Grade 1
Highland School and Lowell Street School
R. Hilda Gaffney, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1941) Supervising Prin. (1954) Frances A. Flaherty, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1958) Remedial Reading (1962) Judith A. Angus, B.S. (1962) Grade 3
Martha Jane Arthur, B.A. (1963)
Grade 6
Jean W. Bennett, Salem Normal (1955)
Grade 5
Dorothy L. Conron, B.S.Ed. (1953)
Lowell Street Grade 2
Barbara J. Dancy, B.S.Ed. (1962)
Grade 1
Jessie L. Goddard, Bridgewater Normal (1955) Lowell Street Grade 3
Virginia D. Lincoln, Wheelock (1957) Lowell Street Grade 1
Grade 6
Irene Montigny, B.A. (1955)
Grade 5
Dorothy R. Payzant, B.L.I. (1953)
Grade 1
Louise Spracklin, B.S.Ed. (1957)
Grade 3
Beatrice Stasinopulos, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1952) Bldg. Prin., Lowell St. and Grade 4
Helen M. Thebideau, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Joshua Eaton School and Prospect Street School
Eleanor M. Skahill, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1943) Supervising Prin. (1952) Doris S. Forbes, Plymouth T.C. (1947) Assistant Prin. and Grade 5 Margaret H. Keene, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1959) Remedial Reading (1962)
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Rosalind F. Mccullough, A.B. (1961)
Grade 4
Marylyn M. Murray, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Rebecca H. Alexander, B.A. (1962)
Anne P. Baker, Danbury T.C. (1954)
Janet E. Bishop, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1963) Frances D. Bowen, B.S. (1963) Madaliene J. Boynton, Lesley School (1962) Bertha S. Cox, Salem Normal (1957)
Grade 5
Grade 1
Grade 1
Shirley J. Crompton, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Marcia J. Fowler, B.S.Ed. (1959)
Grade 2
Victoria L. Griffin, B.S.Ed. (1962)
Grade 4
Joan Halpin, B.S.Ed. (1962)
Grade 4
Mary L. Leary, B.S.Ed. (1961)
Grade 1
Helena A. Markham, Framingham T.C. (1934)
Grade 3
George J. Meehan, B.A. (1960)
Grade 6
Helen B. Morgan, Lowell Normal (1953)
Grade 1
Charles N. Papandreou, A.B., Ed.M. (1960)
Grade 6
Shirley F. Partoll, B.S. (1962)
Grade 6
Simone J. Petitpas, B.S.Ed. (1962)
Grade 2
Irene R. Royea, Aroostook County Normal (1928)
Grade 2
Marion E. Saylor, A.B., M.Ed. (1960)
Grade 3
Ruth Stanieich, B.S.Ed. (1963)
Grade 3
Vernon D. Taylor, B.E. (1963)
Grade 5
Herbert Baron, B.S., Ed.M. (1955)
Prospect St. Bldg. Prin., Grade 4
Laura B. Clark, B.S.Ed. (1962)
Prospect St., Grade 4
Grace L. Gifford, Wheelock School (1943)
Prospect St., Grade 1
Joanne F. Labelle, B.S.Ed. (1962)
Prospect St., Grade 3
Pearl Street School
John F. Morabito, B.S., M.A. (1954) Supervising Principal (1959) Frances E. Young, B.S.Ed. (1954) Assistant Principal and Grade 3
Ann L. Adams, B.S. (1961)
Grade 2
Jane E. Barry, B.S.Ed. (1963)
Grade 5
Mary E. Boghossian, B.S.Ed. (1956)
Grade 2
John R. Burns, B.S., M.A. (1960)
Grade 6
Anne Coneeney, B.S. (1963)
Grade 1
Velma E. Curtin, Perry Kindergarten (1927)
Grade 2
Maya C. Das, B.A., Ed.M. (1960)
Grade 3
Barbara K. Goodwin, B.S. (1960)
Grade 3
Frances Haskins, Aroostook Normal (1943)
Grade 4
Linda S. Horgan, B.A. (1963) Ann Howe, Framingham Normal (1947)
Grade 4
Joan Hunnefeld, B.A. (1961)
Grade 5
Jean E. Jacob, B.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Doris Kent, B.S. (1961)
Grade 1
Patricia C. McCallum, B.S. (1963)
Grade 6
Dorothy L. Soar, Salem Normal (1951)
Grade 1
Helen D. Stockwell, Salem Normal (1930)
Grade 5
Grade 3 Grade 2 Grade 5
Grade 3
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SCHOOL SECRETARIES
Jean S. Underhill, Secretary to the Principal
Reading Memorial High School
Ethel M. Gallagher, Guidance Dept. Secretary
Reading Memorial High School Pauline McDonough, School Secretary Reading Memorial High School Lorraine Andersen
Elizabeth Brush
Isabelle H. Hull
Clarice D. Hynes
Evelyn Lazenby
Edna M. Southard
Dorothy L. Wardrope
Arthur W. Coolidge Jr. High Walter S. Parker Jr. High Pearl Street School Highland School Health Director's Office Birch Meadow School Joshua Eaton School
CAFETERIAS Mrs. Lois C. Piper, Supervisor
Reading Memorial High School
Evelyn Mullen, Manager
Mae C. Kimball
Alberta Kinsley
Ruth McNaney
Bernice F. Murphy (part time) Anna L. Vickery (part time)
Arthur W. Coolidge Junior High School
Beatrice Flanagan, Manager
Carolyn C. Grosvenor
Margaret Donegan Esther Williams
Walter S. Parker Junior High School
Verna Rand, Manager Margaret Campbell Dorothy Corliss
Birch Meadow School Evelyn Davis, Manager
Mary Bacigalupo Florence Harvey Mabel Haugh (part time)
Highland School Elizabeth Bates, Manager Alice MacMillan
Joshua Eaton School Edith French, Manager Caroline Baxter Constance B. Crouse (part time) Dorothy Erickson
Pearl Street School Obeline Arsenault, Manager Millicent Gard (part time) Jessie Killam Johnena Matthews
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SCHOOL CUSTODIANS
Roderick E. Macdonald, Supervisor
Reading Memorial High School
Elmer Young, Head Custodian
Charles H. Barrett, Custodian and Night Watchman
William J. Crawford, Custodian and Night Watchman
Bernard L. Doucette, Custodian and Night Watchman Herman L. Hubbard
Theresa Meuse, Matron
Stuart Nichols
Arthur W. Coolidge Junior High School
Vincent Serrentino, Head Custodian Herman Brown Ralph V. Erickson
Walter S. Parker Junior High School
John Miller, Head Custodian Fred B. Gibson Howard N. Oram Walter E. White
Birch Meadow School
Edward F. Harrison, Head Custodian Richard L. Bailey, Sr.
Highland School
Daniel J. White, Head Custodian Margaret Thornton, Matron Robert Groves, Part Time
Joshua Eaton School
Robert A. Vars, Head Custodian Louis W. Young Walter E. White (Part time)
Pearl Street School Roy J. Brogan, Head Custodian Frank C. Mitchell
Lowell and Prospect Street Schools
Joseph Petroni
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READING MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES June 16, 1963
PROCESSIONAL MARCH High School Band
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Led by Class President, Geoffrey Bell
STAR SPANGLED BANNER Key-Smith Audience, Senior Class, and Band
PRAYER The Reverend Joseph D. Flynn
SALUTATORY "The Value of Self-Reliance"
Katherine Paynter
CLASS HONORS ESSAY "Non Omnia Possumus Omnes"
(We Can't All Do Everything) Susan Harding
REMARKS Foreign Exchange Student Rosemary Byerly
FACULTY HONORS ESSAY "Have We Been Prepared?"
Paul Massiglia
VALEDICTORY "A Sense of Values" Susan Munro
SCHOLASTIC HONORS
Announced by Mr. Ara A. Karakashian, Principal, and presented by Dr. Henry M. Paynter, School Committee Chairman
CONFERRING OF DIPLOMAS Mr. Edward W. Palmer and Dr. Donald R. Walker, School Committee Members
BENEDICTION The Reverend Joseph D. Flynn
RECESSIONAL MARCH
High School Band
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CANDIDATES FOR DIPLOMAS
Kenneth F. Acker Judith E. Ainsworth
Kathleen E. Connors Linda B. Coombs
Peter K. Cooper
Richard F. Cootey
Gail M. Austin Diane E. Avery
Bonnie J. Cramer
Marsha E. Avery
Gail N. Cross
Vincent J. Balestrier
David M. Cumming
Judith A. Barrett
Richard A. Dacey
Richard J. Baxter
Cheryl A. Daggett
Martha L. Beeman
Frank M. Daly
Carl F. Belcamino Geoffrey B. Bell Fred J. Berry Sandra H. Berry
James C. Daly
Helen J. Davis
Robert E. Davis
Joan M. Deary
Rita M. Bertelsen
Sandra L. Dempster
Joyce E. Bigelow
Susan L. Dempster
Robert A. Birdsall
Muriel A. Denbow
Alvin E. Blanchard
Carolyn A. Dewsnap
John F. Dicicco
Paul J. Diieso
Elizabeth A. Dinan
Kathy S. Doherty
Helen M. Brown Lucy F. Brown
Carole J. Doucette
Nancy M. Brown
Ronald P. Doucette
Richard C. Burns
Nancy H. Ducker
Martha L. Butler
Robert C. Dugan, Jr.
Diane L. Dulong
Carole A. Butt Rosemary H. Byerley Carol A. Campbell
Fredric R. Edwards
William F. Campbell III
Laurence W. Ellis
Mary E. Cannington
Carolyn E. Erhardt
Martha J. Carlson
Kathryn A. Faulkner
Peter B. Fisher
Virginia E. Flight
Michael J. Foley
Mildred L. Foye
Paul A. Franklin
S. Peter Cholewa Martha A. Collette
Jay B. Fraser Jacqueline L. Frazier
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Loretta A. Boudreau James N. Boyd III Susan J. Briggs Deborah E. Brown
Elizabeth A. Dole
Brian C. Eastman
Everett G. Carroll, Jr. Fred D. Carter Dorothy F. Cavanaugh Glenda M. Cecil Carolyn Chisholm
Frederick H. Anderson, Jr. Berjouhi Arzigian
Gerri D. Costa
CANDIDATES FOR DIPLOMAS (Continued)
Robert P. Frost Thomas G. Gallant James E. Galvin Geraldine J. Gifford John W. Gilbert
Maureen B. Leary Wayne Lee
Robert F. Lemaire
Elaine E. Linehan
Donna J. Lougee
J. Leigh Gill
Dona J. Lounsbury
Lee P. Gissler
Nancy M. Lupo
Helen M. Gori
George E. Lynch
Ruth B. Gourd
Joan A. Lyon
Michael T. Green
Edna M. Macisaac
Kirby W. Greene
Christine E. MacKay
Edmund G. Gromyko
David J. Macleod
Jon L. Gromyko
Marsha L. Macleod
John J. Hagerty
Bruce A. Madio
Andrea J. Hall
Robert M. Maloney, Jr.
Susan D. Harding
John K. Mansur
Ellen M. Harris
Trina M. Marden
Elaine M. Henderson
Karen E. Mason
Walter R. Herrick, Jr.
Paul R. Massiglia
James A. Heselton, Jr.
Joanne E. Maxwell
Ross L. Hewitt
Daniel H. Mcbride
Harry T. Holbrook
Linda M. Holbrook
James F. McKenna
Richard N. Holt
Katherine L. Mclellan Martha J. McLeod
David W. Hoyt
Mary L. McMullin
James W. Hubbard
Albert J. McNaney
Muriel A. Hunnefeld
Patricia H. McPhee
David C. Hunter
John J. Meehan
Gail S. Jamison
Dianne L. Melendy
David A. Jones
George E. Melendy, Jr.
Roger C. Jones
Carla M. Melhorn
Bonnie R. Kates
Bruce A. Mellin
Mary E. Kelleher
Sonja P. Meurer
Wayne E. Kittredge
Stephen R. Moody
Sandra E. Night Dianne C. Koenig
Judith Morand
Paul A. Koslouski
Judith L. Moreton
Robert C. Kullberg
David L. Morrison
Mary E. Lautzenheiser
Barbara L. Moore
Donna M. Mucci
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William J. McGee
Stephen R. Horn
CANDIDATES FOR DIPLOMAS (Continued)
Barbara A. Munnis
Louise E. Rose
Susan W. Munro Sandra J. Murphy Lesley R. Murray
Gerald B. Rosenkrans Janice L. Ruscitti Judith A. Sanford
Paul E. Murray Lisa M. Nargis
Hartley W. Scribner Richard E. Seifred Susan J. Sellars
Marguerite L. Nash Patrica A. Nelson
Susan A. Shaw
Audrey L. Neuringer
Joseph P. Sheehan
Janet W. Nicholas
Joe E. Skinner
Edgar F. O'Connell
Anne M. Stoez
William H. Strout
Lawrence H. Ogden
D. Martin Sullivan
Ronald T. O'Keefe Jean E. Packard
John J. Swift Linda A. Tennett
Carol L. Thompson
Jeanne W. Thompson
Stephen A. Thompson
Peter A. Thorpe
Patricia H. Toner
Bruce C. Van Horn
Sherole Van Horn
Ross E. Veilleux
Brooks A. Pierpont Susan Pike Barbara E. Poock
Lois E. Venuti
Karen Vogeley
Clifford T. Pratt
Karen Von Fritzinger
Bradley T. Reed
Peter H. Walker
William G. Richardson
Larry B. Watson
Rebecca I. Weeks
Alan R. Weidman Gary F. White
B. Robert White
Alan L. Willard
John F. Winslow David K. Wisentaner
Jane M. Wold David A. Wood
Ronald F. Wright David K. Young Michael S. Young
June F. O'Connell Katherine M. O'Donnell
Diane F. Sulis
Rosemary Palmer Virginia L. Parsons Bettina Paulson Katherine A. Paynter Joanne M. Pellegrino Frederick E. Perry
Glenn L. Pierce
Thomas M. Riley Valerie A. Ripa David L. Rivers David M. Rivers
Richard A. Robbins Ada B. Roberts Joseph W. Robichaud, Jr. George A. Robinson Ann L. Rogers James W. Rooney John T. Rose
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REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE
To the citizens of the Town of Reading:
The winter recreation program was well underway at the start of the year with good skating at Sturgis, Birch Meadow and Memorial Parks. Facilities included separated hockey areas at Memorial and Sturgis and a new enclosed rink at Birch Meadow. Supervision was provided during the busy week-end periods. Good flood lighting en- couraged family participation during the evening. While snow removal and ice conditioning remain as major problems, the weather cooperated to make the program a success. The highlight was a Winter Carnival at Birch Meadow on February 10th.
The 1963 summer playground season opened on June 25th with a staff of sixteen adults supervising recreation activities at six parks, i.e., Birch Meadow, Washington, Memorial, Glen Meadow, Eaton School a? . d Haverhill Street. Mr. John Pacino, recreation superintendent, di- rected the ten week program which included softball, badminton, base- ball, track events, volleyball, croquet, tennis, basketball, archery, swim- mning, football fundamentals, first aid instruction and numerous group games. Arts and Craft instruction including sketching, bead making, candle craft, figurine molding, coppersmithing, leather working and the creation of objects such as hats, potholders, belts, bracelets and plaques. Special events were: The July 4th Field Day and Parade; Baby Show; Indian Water Carnival; Doll, Pet and Stuffed Animal Show; Teenage Dances; Novelty Field Day; Indian Show and Pow-Wow; Track Meet; Cook-outs and bus trips to Wingaersheek Beach and Pleasure Island. The Boston Children's Theatre (Stagemobile) was the principal event at Memorial Park with over 1500 persons attending. Over 2500 people visited the Free Carnival at Birch Meadow that concluded the summer program. With only one rainy day to mar the schedule, overall play- ground attendance reached an all-time high. The total attendance at Washington Park for the three periods checked (morning, afternoon and evening) averaged more than 440 youngsters per day and Birch Meadow over 425. Resurfacing of the courts has stimulated tennis to such an extent that playing facilities were overtaxed during evenings and week-ends. During the heat of the day the two wading pools (Washington and Birch Meadow) were crowded to capacity. The pro- posed swimming pool, scheduled for 1964, should do much to alleviate this critical condition and broaden the aquatic phase of the summer program.
THE RECREATION COMMITTEE H. Lee Donley, Chairman Guy H. Rennison, Sec. Newell Morton William H. Watt Douglas H. Alexander
Edward W. Palmer George M. McSheehy
Richard C. Evans
Edward F. Hurley, Jr.
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PLANNING BOARD REPORT
The Reading Planning Board, during 1963, maintained its schedule of weekly meetings as well as special sessions in Room 17 of the Municipal Building. The Board held joint sessions with other Town Boards relative to planning problems of mutual interest and concern. In addition discussions were held with many interested townspeople and others concerning general problems of planning and areas of personal interest.
Attendance at Board of Appeal hearings was maintained on peti- tions involving substantial deviations from the Zoning By Laws.
The Board proposed to a special Town Meeting in October that a sum of money be appropriated for the hiring of professional consultants to do a Central Business District Planning Study. The sum of $4,000 was appropriated and the necessary machinery has been started to secure matching funds of $8,000 from the Federal Government. The Planning Board interviewed 7 consulting firms during June, July and August. The firm of Atwood and Blackwell of Boston, Massachusetts was selected.
The litigation instigated by the Planning Board involving the Board of Appeal relative to the Cole property was brought to a satis- factory conclusion. The petition in question was withdrawn with the approval of the Board of Appeal. The Planning Board agreed to with- draw its action against the Board of Appeal since it was evident that no further purpose would be served. The status of the Cole property reverts to the conditions applicable prior to the granting of the permit by the Board of Appeal.
Due to the resignations of C. Dewey Smith and Paul P. Shepherd, Ernest R. Poor and Donald W. Davidson were appointed to fill the re- spective vacancies.
The Board continued its studies on a proposed Sign Ordinance which will now be coordinated with the work of the consultants for the Central Business District Planning Study.
Respectfully submitted, James J. Sullivan, Chairman John H. Crooker, Secretary Edwin H. Bjorkman Donald W. Davidson Ernest R. Poor
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REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL
To the Law Committee of the Town of Reading:
I submit my report as Town Counsel for the year 1963 as follows:
At the beginning of the year, there was considerable concern in regard to the Code of Ethics law Chapter 779 of the Acts of 1962, which was to take effect of May 1, 1963. As of the close of the year 1963, it would appear that the bulk of our conflicts, if any, had been deter- mined. It did occasion the resignation of several individuals from Town office, who whether or not they were in actual conflict, did not desire to be even considered so, and therefore resigned.
A great many requests for rulings as to status have been requested of the Town Counsel by various committeemen, officers and employees. They have all been answered, and in some instances, the Selectmen have found that the interest, if any, was so inconsequential that it would not affect the municipal integrity of the parties and, therefore, have been permitted to continue their operation. The Conflict of Interest is a very sensitive area and for that reason is being interpreted very closely.
The Welfare Department has had quite a few matters of importance during the year, one of which was a suit by the Massachusetts Gen- eral Hospital for services rendered to one Guthrie and one Stevens, both claims being incorporated in the same suit and totaling substan- tially more than $3,000.00. After considerable litigation, preliminary and interlocutory matters, the Town paid $754.32 on the claim on be- half of Stevens and no payment on account of Guthrie. During the year, one of our welfare recipients passed away, and having been on assistance for a long period of time, did make a will some years ago leaving her real estate to the Town of Reading upon her decease. The Old Age Assistance agent, Quincy Park, has been appointed Executor and is in the process of handling the Estate.
There has been considerable controversy on non-support matters where the husband has deserted the family, which the Welfare Agent has discussed with Town Counsel and has in one or two instances applied to the District Court for a complaint. I recommended in my 1961 report, also in my 1962 report, and I strongly urge now, that an investi- gating officer of the Police Department be assigned to the Welfare Department to work in conjunction with regular social workers in the investigation of the Department, to investigate, locate and obtain com- plaints against recalcitrant husbands and fathers in the District Court, if necessary.
There have been a great many claims for damages as a result of defect in highway, defect in sidewalks and improper construction and maintenance on some sewer contracts. A great many of them have been settled, and a few are presently pending. The suits by MacDonald and by Ward could not be settled in a range which appeared reasonable to your Town Counsel, and both cases were tried before a jury in Middle-
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sex County in November. These resulted in awards by the jury to the plaintiffs which have been paid. The Robert Villella case which is as a result of alleged damage to the house occasioned by heavy equipment of a sewer contractor has been settled and disposed of by the insurance company for the contractor, without any cost to the municipality. The sewer contract awarded by the Board of Public Works to A. Lucchetti & Sons Inc. for the year 1963 was defaulted by Lucchetti in August of 1963, and a contract has now been developed with the bonding com- pany representing A. Lucchetti & Son whereby the sewer lines will properly be completed by the bonding company. A. Lucchetti & Sons Inc. has gone into bankruptcy and the trustee in bankruptcy has made several claims against the Town of Reading, none of which as yet have been honored, but all of which probably contemplate substantial liti- gation.
In 1962 the Town adopted a laundromat by-law providing for li- cense and regulations. This was opposed by Anton's of Reading, Inc., and a Petition for Declaratory Judgment to hold the by-law invalid was heard and argued in the Superior Court in Middlesex County in January. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Judicial Court, which was argued in October of 1963, and was pending in that court on December 31, 1963. (Jan. 2, 1964, the Supreme Judicial Court sustained the validity of the by-law and the reasonableness of the regulations adopted by the Select- men thereunder). It has been necessary for the Board of Selectmen on one or two occasions to restrain a dog, after a hearing. There was an appeal in one of those cases to the Woburn District Court which was heard on October 22, 1963, at which time the Selectmen's order was sustained. Upon failure of the dog owner to comply, the matter was again heard before the District Court on November 15, 1963. These are the only two times that it has been necessary for the Town Counsel to intervene after a dog hearing. The Meadow Brook Golf Club brought a Petition for Declaratory Judgment with regard to the so-called water hole in their new lay-out, and this matter was heard before the Superior Court in Middlesex County. That Court found that this water hole was not a hazard within the meaning of the statute which controls the excavation of unfenced and uncontrolled areas.
Various conferences leading to the eventual contracts for the con- struction of the Alice M. Barrows Elementary School have been held.
There have been several tax foreclosures commenced and some completed in 1963.
The Petition of the Planning Board vs. the Board of Appeal, Middle- sex Superior Court No. 23818 was disposed of by a Consent Decree entered December 11, 1963. Eva Cole was ordered to withdraw her petition. The Board of Appeal of the Town of Reading was ordered to revoke its decision of June 5, 1962, as amended June 8, 1962. The appeal by the Planning Board was dismissed.
In conjunction with the Superintendent of Cemeteries and the Cemetery Board, an investigation has been made of the Leonard Mausoleum, which has arrived at a state of absolute disrepair which
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makes it extremely dangerous. It is contemplated this coming year, as a result of the investigation made by the Cemetery Department, that suit shall be started in the Superior Court for the purpose of getting permission to demolish the vault, to remove the bodies, re-inter them, or such other disposition as the Court may deem meet and proper.
I have attended the regular meetings of the Board of Selectmen, have been available to other boards within the Town on Monday evenings throughout the year. I have attended many special meetings of other boards and have performed all professional acts required of me in the performance of the duties of my office.
May I express my appreciation to the various boards and the heads of the departments of the Town for their cooperation in the year of 1963.
Respectfully submitted,
J. Warren Killam, Jr., Town Counsel
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEAL
To the Board of Selectmen:
The undersigned submit their report for the Board of Appeal of the Town for the year 1963.
The Board heard 31 cases on 18 hearing days. Twenty-six were for variations of the Zoning By-Laws and four involved permits. Of the total, fourteen were granted, thirteen were denied, one was withdrawn and two were dismissed without prejudice.
At the close of the year, one decision was carried over from 1962. All petitions brought forth before the Board in time for publication had been heard.
Gerald E. Fosbroke, Chairman Harold B. Currell, Secretary Thomas A. Perkins
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ONE HUNDRED NINTH REPORT OF THE FIRE CHIEF REPORT OF THE FOREST WARDEN
AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen:
The report of the Fire Chief, Forest Warden and Superintendent of Fire Alarm for the year of 1963 is herewith submitted.
MANUAL FORCE. The Permanent Force consists of Chief, Deputy Chief, 2 Captains, 5 Lieutenants, 25 Privates and a Clerk. There are 9 Call Fire fighters. The Auxiliary Fire Service consists of 25 active men. Vacancies in the Permanent Force will be filled upon receipt of a list from Civil Service.
APPARATUS. Located at the Central Station are: Ladder 1, a 65 ft. Jr. Aerial Ladder truck; Engine 3, a 1,000 gal. per min. Pumping Engine; Engine 2, a 1,000 gal. Pumping Engine; Engine 9, a one ton panel body truck, and the Chief's and Deputy's cars.
At Station 2, Woburn Street: Engine 1, a 1,000 gal. Pumping Engine in reserve; Engine 4, a 500 gal. per min. Pump; Engine 5, a 400 gal. Engine, manned by the Auxiliary Fire Service; Engine 6, a 750 gal. Engine; Engine 8, a 500 gal. trailer pump; Fire Alarm truck with 32 ft. ladder; and the Civil Defense Rescue Truck.
SERVICE RECORD. During the year the department responded to 188 bell alarms, 18 of which were false. There were: 463 Still and Tele- phone alarms, 2 of which were false; 253 Service calls. There were 4 second alarms and 1 third alarm. Three persons lost their lives in fires during the year. Reading apparatus responded to other communities 64 times. Calls to Fires in Buildings or Dwellings 71, Grass and Brush 229, Town Dump 19, Automobiles 37 and 29 calls for resuscitator and oxygen use. Tests made for gas, 20. Assisting persons locked out, or in, 49. Assistance rendered to Police, 33.
Permits issued: Power burner and Oil storage, 119; L.P. Gas storage, 11; Blasting, 43; Special permits, 5. Many permits issued for fire in the open air.
The fire loss for 1963 as reported to date on property endangered (valuation $626,000.00) is $181,157.93, a decrease of $49,991.35 from 1962. Insurance paid for fire loss $149,541.63.
FIRE PREVENTION. Quarterly inspections have been made of nursing homes, rest homes, schools and kindergartens. Inspections have been made of new oil and LP gas installations. The inspection of other properties has been hampered by a shortage of available personnel.
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