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ART. 37. To see if the Town will vote to set the elected term of the Town Auditor at three years, to take effect at the 1955 Annual Town Election. Auditor
ART. 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to pay the following bills of pre- vious years:
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1951 McLellans Rural Appl. Center ... .. $29.00
(Stadium Commission)
1952 C. H. Hobson & Son (School Dept.)
12.00
1952 J. J. Crimmings Co. (Dental Clinic) 163.95
1952 Arthur Tremblay (Town Hall) 39.17
352.20
1952 John G. Mclellan (Town Hall & Highway)
1953 Henry Patenaude (Building Inspect.) 28.00
Auditor
ART. 39. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 19 of the Zoning By-Laws relating to the appointment of a Board of Appeals by adding the following: "In addition, one or more associate members may be appointed by the Selectmen". Selectmen
ART. 40. To see if the Town will vote to add the following section to Article Six of the Town By-Laws:
"No person shall go from house to house within the Town, begging or soliciting alms or contributions for any person, cause or, organization, except a local religious, charitable, fraternal, civic or educational cause or organiza- tion, without having first recorded his name and address with the Chief of Police and furnished such other information as may be requested. The Chief of Police shall, thereupon, if satisfied as to the honesty of the applicant, issue a permit which shall state that said person has duly registered and is entitled to go from house to house for the purpose specified." Selectmen
ART. 41. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following as an addition to Article 1 of the Town By-Laws.
"The annual budget of a town department when in excess of $20,000.00 shall be presented to the town meeting in three parts in the table of estimates.
1. Personal Services
2. General Maintenance
3. Capital Outlay
The action of the voters shall be taken on each division separately."
Finance Committee
ART. 42. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to paint, letter and gold leaf Engine #5 or take any other action relative thereto.
Fire Chief
ART. 43. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $3,122.00 for one more permanent man over and above the other two men requested in the Fire Department budget. Fire Chief
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ART. 44. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for two additional permanent men or take any other action relative thereto.
Fire Chief
ART. 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $212.00 to insure the Call and Permanent fire- fighters for injuries incurred in the line of duty.
Tewksbury Firemans Association
ART. 46. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for a coded horn system to replace the present siren system or take any other action relative thereto.
Fire Chief
ART. 47. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for two, two-way Motorola Radios for use on Fire Apparatus or take any other action relative thereto.
Fire Chief
ART. 48. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for fire hose for the Fire Department or take any other action relative thereto.
Fire Chief
ART. 49. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for a new piece of fire apparatus or take any other action relative thereto.
Fire Chief
ART. 50. To see if the Town will vote to change the zoning of a lot of land situated in North Tewksbury, from residential and farming, to light industry. Said lot consisting of one acre more or less, located at the Lowell City line and North Tewks- bury bounded on the north by River Road and on the south by Andover Street.
Omer N. Blanchard
ART. 51. To see if the Town will vote to amend Sec. 3 Para- graph 4, of the Zoning By-Laws, to include an additional heavy industry area described and bounded as follows: beginning at a point on the Lowell and Tewksbury boundary line where it intersects the Boston and Main R. R. Thence: easterly along southern boundary of Boston and Maine R.R. main line to Main Street. Thence: southeasterly along Main Street to a point 1100 feet running perpendicular to the Boston and Maine line. Thence: westerly along a line parallel to and 1100 feet from the Boston and Maine line to a point where it intersects the Lowell line. Thence: northerly along Lowell and Tewksbury line to a point of beginning. As shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk.
Tewksbury Industrial Group
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ART. 52. To see if the Town will vote to amend Sec. 3 Para- graph 4, of the Zoning By-Laws, to include an additional heavy industry area described and bounded as follows: to increase the heavy industrial area running from Livingston Street to the Andover-Tewksbury line from the present width of 300 feet to 1100 feet. As shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk.
Tewksbury Industrial Group
ART. 53. To see if the Town will vote to amend Sec. 3 Para- graph 4, of the Zoning By-Laws, to include an additional heavy industry area described as follows: to re-zone a tract of land now owned by the Town from general residence and farming to heavy industry bounded as follows: westerly by Pond Street, northerly by land of Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, northeasterly by Whipple Road, and southwesterly by Pinc Street. Said land now known as Town Gravel Pit. As shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk.
Tewksbury Industrial Group
ART. 54. To see if the Town will vote to amend Sec. 3 of the Zoning By-Laws to establish a new district to be known as limited business district :
The following to be allowed in this limited business dis- trict :
1. Any use enumerated in Section 4 and 5 subject to the provisions of Sec. 12.
2. Retail stores, drug stores, restaurants and other places for serving food, barber, clothes cleaner and presser, con- fectioner, florists, hairdresser, optician, pastry shops, photographer, and similar uses which the Board of Appeals may, as provided in Section 17, in specific in- stances find to be compatible with the uses above mentioned.
Tewksbury Industrial Group
ART. 55. To see if the Town will vote to amend Sec. 3 of the Zoning By-Laws, to re-zone from general residence to limited business, a tract of land from Lowell line to Trull Brook, 300 feet north and parallel to Andover Street and 300 feet south and parallel to Andover Street, as shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk.
Tewksbury Industrial Group
ART. 56. To see if the Town will vote to amend Sec. 3 of the Zoning By-Laws, to include an additional heavy industrial arca, a tract of land now owned by Mrs. Alice Pike on Main Street to be re-zoned from general residence and farming to heavy industry, as shown on plan on file with the Town Clerk. Tewksbury Industrial Group
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ART. 57. To see if the Town will vote to amend Sec. 3 Para- graph 4 of the Zoning By-Laws, to include an additional heavy industry area described as follows: Patten Lot
Land in said Tewksbury, situated on the southwesterly side of Main Street, containing about 20 acres and thus bounded: Beginning at the northerly corner of the premises on the southwesterly side of said street at the easterly corner of land formerly of Thomas Morey, supposed to belong, now or formerly, to George and Agnes Green; thence southwesterly and southerly by said last mentioned land, the line being marked in part by a fence and wall, to land formerly of John Chandler, now of owner unknown; thence southeasterly by said last mentioned land to a corner; thence easterly still by said last mentioned land to land formerly of Martha E. Bridges, supposed to belong now or formerly to Roscoe E. Millett; thence northeasterly by said last mentioned land, by a fence, ditch, and hedge, to said Main Street; thence north- westerly along said street to the point of beginning. Be said contents or any or all of said measurements more or less and however otherwise said premises may be measured, bounded or described. Tewksbury Industrial Group
ART. 58. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Report of the School Building Survey Committee appointed under Article 73 of the Town Warrant at the Annual Town Meeting in February 1953.
School Bldg. Survey Committee
ART. 59. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Building Survey Committee appointed under Article 73 of the Town Warrant at the Annual Town Meeting in February 1953 to serve as a School Building Committee. School Bldg. Survey Committee
ART. 60. To see if the Town will vote to authorize said School Building Committee to employ the professional services ne- cessary to proceed with a School Construction program. School Bldg. Survey Committee
ART. 61. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Building Committee to obtain plans, specifications and bids for enlarging the North Street School and the new Shaw- sheen School, to be acted upon at the next Annual Town Meeting or as soon thereafter as possible.
School Bldg. Survey Committee
ART. 62. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Building Committee to proceed with plans to enlarge the High School.
School Bldg. Survey Committee
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ART. 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise or transfer from available funds the sum of fifteen thousand dollars (15,000.00) for the necessary plans and specifications to carry out the preceding articles, or take any other action relative thereto.
School Bldg. Survey Committee
ART. 64. To see what sum of money the Town will vote for the necessary repair work and equipment in order to reopen the entire Foster School, either on a temporary or a permanent basis.
School Committee
ART. 65. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moder- ator to appoint a committee to investigate the questions in- volved, concerning the erection of shelters for children waiting for the school buses, said committee to report at the next annual Town Meeting.
School Committee
ART. 66. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 90, Highways; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose or take any other action relative thereto, and will further vote to transfer the sum of $2,400.00 from the E & D account in anticipation of reimbursement from the State and County for the work, or take any other action relative thereto. Road Commissioners
ART. 67. To see if the Town will authorize transfer of contract money $19,800.00 from E & D account, pending receipt from State and County.
Road Commissioners
ART. 68. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 or any other sum for the improvement of Shawsheen Street; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for the purpose, or take any other action relative thereto and will further vote to transfer the sum of $15,000.00 from the E & D account in anticipation of reimbursement from the State and County for the work or take any other action relative thereto.
Road Commissioners
ART. 69. To see if the Town will vote to continue the Highway Machinery Fund as established at the last annual Town Meeting, and to appropriate an additional sum, including the unexpended balance of the 1953 Highway Machinery Account,
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to be added to the amount already accredited to this fund for Highway Machinery purposes, or take any other action relative thereto.
Road Commissioners
ART. 70. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to transfer from the Highway Machinery Fund for the purchase, repair and maintenance of road machinery equipment for 1954 or take any other action relative thereto.
Road Commissioners
ART. 71. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate to continue the project of filling in unused water holes, this money to be expended by the Road Commissioners. Board of Selectmen
ART. 72. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following streets as laid out by the Road Commissioners, with the boundaries and measurements as shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk.
Pace Road
(formerly Edward Rd.)
-Farmer Avenue Mystic Ave. Ext.
Wamesit Road
Jefferson Road
Dickson Avenue
Starbird Avenue
Wolcott Street
. Christine Drive
California Road
Carol-Ann Road Pillsbury Avenue
Lowell Street
- Catherwood Street
St. Mary's Road (formerly Glenwood Rd.)
Linwood Street
Marie Street
¿ Hazelwood Street
Claire Street
Tanglewood Avenue
Ida Street
Road Commissioners
ART. 73. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 for a plumbing and heating system in the highway garage or take any other action relative thereto. Road Commissioners
ART. 74. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health in accordance with G.L. (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, section 4A, to enter into an agreement for the Town of Tewksbury with the Towns of Billerica, Chelmsford, and Dracut, separately or together, to use, operate, and maintain a laboratory in Chelmsford for Public Health purposes in said Towns, or any of them; and to raise and appropriate in conjunction with such other towns and expend such sums of money as may be determined is necessary therefor, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Board of Health
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ART. 75. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the control of Poison Ivy or take any other action re- lative thereto.
Tree Warden
ART. 76. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $312.00 to buy a new set of tires for the Tree Department truck, or take any other action relative thereto.
Tree Warden
ART. 77. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the purpose of participating in a state- wide program for the elimination of the Gypsy Moth. . " Board of Selectmen
ART. 78. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, the sum of $4,667.53 to purchase from the Saint Francis Seraphic Semi- nary, 1050 feet of water main installed in River Road or to authorize and empower the Board of Water Commissioners to purchase said 1050 feet of water main from the Bond Issue, or take any action in relation thereto. Water Commissioners
ART. 79. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 or some other sum, for the removal of snow from fire hydrants or take any action in relation thereto. Water Commissioners
ART. 80. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $45,000.00 for the purpose of new installation of water services to dwellings or other buildings, and including subdivisions, and provided that the cost of said installations has been first deposited with the Town Treasurer and applied to estimated receipts and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money and in the event. said entire sum is not required for said installations the un- expended balance shall likewise be credited to estimated receipts, or take any action in relation thereto.
Water Commissioners
ART. 81. To see if the Town will vote to ratify and confirm an agreement entered into by the Board of Water Commissioners and Board of Selectmen on behalf of the Town with the Town of Billerica for the sale of water in accordance with an agreement on file in the office of the Town Clerk or take any action in relation thereto.
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ART. 82. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to install street lights at the following locations. 18 Knollwood Road East Street (Pole #58) Wamesit St. Pratt St. (Pole 14/9)
Patten Rd. (2) (Pole #11 & 8)
Marie St. (3) (Pole #13, 9, 5)
Claire St. (2) (Pole #4, 8)
East St. (Pole #4/95) Corner of Coolidge and Chestnut Sts. (Pole #58/12) Foster Road (Pole #48) Board of Selectmen
ART. 83. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the installation and operation of new street lights voted in the preceding article.
Board of Selectmen
ART. 84. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell at private sale to James E. O'Roarke of Tewksbury for the sum of $75.00 and to execute a deed there- fore, to a certain parcel of land situated on the westerly side of Pinnacle Road in the Town of Tewksbury, which parcel is known as the abandoned sand pit on Pinnacle Road and be- ing of the same premises conveyed to the Town by deed of John Waters dated April 29, 1882, and recorded in the Mid- dlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Book 154, Page 478, and containing about one acre more or less, or act in any other way relative thereto.
ART. 85. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 3, Paragraph 4, of the Zoning By-Laws to re-zone from general residence to limited business a tract of land at the intersec- tions of Patten Road, Foster Road, and Shawsheen Streets extending 300 feet East and West from the intersection and 300 feet on both sides of Shawsheen Street; extending 300 feet from the intersection on Foster Road and 300 feet each side of Foster Road; and extending 300 feet from the inter- section along Patten Road and 300 feet each side of Patten Road, as shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk.
Planning Board
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And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof upon the Town Hall and in each of the Post Offices and at each of the Public Meeting Houses and by leaving at least five hundred (500) copies at the Post Offices and at the Town Hall in said Town, fourteen (14) days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due returns of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of Meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-four.
JOSEPH J. WHELAN JOHN D. SULLIVAN WILLIAM B. CARTER Selectmen of Tewksbury
A true copy, Attest: WALTER J. JOP Constable of Tewksbury
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In Memoriam
JOSEPH E. RISOLI, M.D. BOARD OF HEALTH AGENT
"His faithful service to the townspeople will always be remembered. Unselfish, sincere, con- scientious and always a credit to his profession." Called to his reward July 30, 1953.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE
1913-1953
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Annual Report
OF THE
School Committee
TOWN OF
TEWKSBURY
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ALSO REPORT OF
Superintendent of Schools
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1953
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Term Expires
Ralph S. Battles, North Street
1954
Mrs. Loella Dewing, James Street 1955
Joseph Aubut, Pleasant Street
1956
ORGANIZATION Ralph S. Battles, Chairman Mrs. Loella Dewing, Secretary
Superintendent of Schools Thomas L. Rivard, 83 Whipple Road Office: North Street School Office open from 9 A.M. to 2:30 P.M., except Saturday The Superintendent may be seen at his office by appointment. Telephone 8643
Clerk: Mrs. Thelma Whitehouse
School Physicians Herbert M. Larrabee, M.D., 9 Central St., Lowell Telephone: Lowell 2-4321
Morris Kelman, M.D., 2 Silver Lake Rd., N. Wilmington Telephone: Oliver 8-4531
School Nurse Mrs. Ora Maclaren, R.N., 1928 Main St., Tewksbury Telephone: Lowell 3-8954
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SCHOOL CALENDAR ~ 1954
Open January 4, 1954
Close February 19, 1954
Vacation One Week
Open March 1, 1954
Close' April 16, 1954
Vacation One Week
Open April 26, 1954
(Elementary) Close June 182 -1954 (High) Close June 23, 1954
Summer Vacation
Open September 8, 1954
Close December 23, 1954
School Holidays
February 22 Good Friday May 30
October 12
November 11 November 25 and 26
(and such other days as the School Committee may designate) The School Calendar may be subject to change.
No School Signals
When school is called off because of severe weather conditions, the following system will be used:
Between 7:05 - 7:15 A.M.
a. 2-2-2 blast on the Tewksbury Fire Station Alarm
b. 2-2-2 blast on the Tewksbury State Hospital Alarm
Radio Stations WLLH, Lowell, and WNAC, Boston and Law -- rence, will carry announcements on their regular no school broad- casts.
When school is held in inclement weather, the parent has the final say as to whether or not her child should attend school.
School Census October 1, 1953
Age 5-7 406 Age 7-16 1245
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Tewksbury:
During the past year the School Committee has had not only the routine problems concerning the regular operation of the School Department, but it has also had the problems connected with the work of the Building Committee and also the work connected with the new School Building Survey Committee.
The largest single jump in the school enrollment occurred be- tween September 1952 and September 1953 when we experienced an increase of 271 new pupils. This increase is the direct result of the building boom in Tewksbury and from all indications we anti- cipate a continued increase in our enrollment for the next several years.
The present school year is now beginning to show results of the planning and work of the past few years for the education of our grade school children. We have not been able to fulfill our program in the high school because we do not have adequate facilities to allow us to improve the weaknesses in our high school program.
In the grade schools we have been able to institute a remedial reading program. We have renovated the music department and we are now beginning to enjoy the results of our elementary physical educational program.
If we can obtain the necessary facilities for the High School, we can then go forward with our Household Arts, the Science De- partment, the Manual Training Department, and a Guidance program that will raise our High School educational program to the same comparative level that our Elementary School program has reached.
This year we made major repairs at the High School on the heating system. We also painted part of the interior and all of the back section of the school and the fire escapes. We replaced the front gutters in the main roof, resurfaced the tennis courts and through the cooperation of the Highway Department put another coat of oil .
on the driveway.
At the old Shawsheen School we repainted the building and re- placed some of the window shades. At the Foster School we had to repaint the interior on the first floor and block off the stairways lead- ing to the second floor. We made minor repairs to the stoker and also to the plumbing system in order to allow for the temporary use of this building.
The funds for the Foster School repairs were available because we had set up funds for renovation of the Household Arts Depart- ment in the High School. Permission to delay this work was ob- tained until the plans of the new Survey Committee are acted upon. This step was logical because of the tremendous increase in enroll- ment at the school.
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The 1954 budget is approximately $51,500 over the 1953 budget. The largest increase occurs in the salary schedule because nine addi- tional teachers were added in 1953 and at least eight more will have to be added in 1954. The increases granted to the teaching staff were based on their years of service in order to compensate for the irreg- ularities in the schedule due to revisions of the State Laws regarding teachers' salaries.
We also had to add two more buses for school transportation and will have to add at least one or two more this coming year. The athletic estimate is decreased because we are now able to use a revolving fund and the receipts collected for the various sports events can now go toward the maintenance of the athletic program. The appropriation for the school lunch program has been reduced and this is the beginning of a long range program to put this depart- ment on a self-paying basis.
The School Committee wishes to express its sincere appreciation to all members of the School Department who have cooperated so well with us and on whose account we can now well be proud of our Tewksbury school system.
The School Committee recommends the sum of $289,385.00 to be appropriated for the schools in 1954. The estimates are listed as follows:
General Expense
Superintendent's Salary $ 5,400.00
Superintendent's Expense
425.00
Out of State Travel
75.00
Clerk's Salary
1,270.00
Office Supplies
300.00
Attendance Officer
300.00
Census
300.00
School Committee's Expense
150.00
Expense of Instruction
Salaries
Supervisors
14,665.00
High School Principal
4,766.00
Elementary Principal
4,300.00
Elementary Teachers
88,556.00
High School Teachers
49,893.00
Substitutes - High School
800.00
Substitutes - Elementary
2,000.00
Textbooks - High School
2,500.00
Supplies - High School
3,000.00
Textbooks - Elementary
7,000.00
Supplies - Elementary
5,000.00
Operating Expense
Janitors - High School
4,703.00
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Janitors - Elementary
10,049.00
Fuel - High School
2,400.00
Fuel - Elementary
8,000.00
Miscellaneous - High School
3,200.00
Miscellaneous - Elementary
7,800.00
Capital Outlay
New Equipment
2,500.00
Permanent Improvement
1,000.00
Maintenance of Plant
Repairs - High School
4,000.00
Repairs - Elementary
2,500.00
Auxiliary Agencies
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