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Baldacci, Venerio, 66 Patten Rd. Shipper
Banks, Jonas, 56 Fiske St. Retired
Bartlett, George, 105 Wamesit Rd. Mechanic
Beattie, David, 29| Marie St.
Salesman
Byron, Joseph, 634 Chandler St. Navy Yard
Campbell, Philip, 18 Chester St. Letter Carrier
Carbonneau, Florence, 19 Dirlam Circle Housewife
Ciccolella, Domenic, 318 Brown St. Electrician
Clark, Lillian, 12 Maplewood Ave. Housewife
Cofrin, William, 4 Claire St. New England Tel. & Tel.
Collins, George R., 35 Summer St. Custodian
Collins, Gladys, 35 Summer St. Housewife
Collins, John, 465 North St. Patrolman
Conlon, Thomas E., 35 Grasshopper Lane Mailman
Connolly, John, Jr., 128 Elm St. Sales Representative
Corliss, Francis, 14 Kevin St. Structural Designer
Cummings, Francis, 279 Chandler St. Firefighter
Davis, Merrill, 15 Knollwood Rd.
Napper
DeDeo, Denis, 10 Jay St. Plumber
Desharnais, Roland D., 103 South St. Meat Cutter
Dickey, Nelson P., Sr., 12 Summer St. Electrician
Doherty, William, 692 Chandler St. Public Works
Donoghue, John, 10 Armistice Rd. Warehouseman
Dugau, Fred A., 77 Chandler St.
Farmer
Edwards, Edwina, 36 Brown St.
Housewife
Emro, John, 24 Pearl St.
Expediter
Fairbrother, Herbert, 93 Lee St.
Supervisor
Fales, Richard L., 21 Grasshopper Lane
Salesman
Farwell, Doris, 15 Amos St.
Housewife
Fleming, Leonard, 2 Herbert St.
Welder
Flynn, Charles, 20 Chester Circle
Telephone Linesman
French, Austin F., 507 Whipple Rd. Market Gardener
Gale, Gladys, 24 Helvetia St. Housewife
Gliesman, Charles, 5 Avon St. Postoffice
Gourley, Ida M., 665 East St. Clerk
Griffin, Patrick, 5 Revere Rd. Postal Clerk
Haines, Clifford H., 163 East St. Farmer
Haines, Everett, 797 Livingston St. Fireman
Halloran, Paul, 5 Davis Rd. Salesman
Hannigan, Grace J., 202 Astle St. Housekeeper
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Hill, Thomas W., Jr., 50 Hill St. Shipper
Hoell, Edmund E., 16 Boisvert Rd. Elec. Technician
Hurton, William J., 12 Marie St. New England Tel. & Tel.
Keefe, James G., 363 Trull Rd. Aircraft Mech. Retired
Kelley, Joseph, 61 Astle St.
Lisay, Amelia J., 173 Martin Rd. Bookkeeper
McCausland, M. Edwedge, 14 Appletree Rd. Housewife
McCoy, Eleanor, 4 Edward St. Housewife
McCoy, Rose, 623 Main St. Housewife
McAnneny, John, 343 Foster Rd. Lineman
McGowan, William H., 69 Pleasant St. Supervisor
Mclaughlin, Eugene J., 25 Euclid Rd. Clerk
Mahoney, William, 10 Crawford Drive Clerk
Mannion, Regis, 2581 Main St. Electrician
Massa, Joseph, 6 Benson Rd. Clerk
Matley, Frank S., 6 Edward St. Farmer
Minklein, Arthur A., 2254 Main St. Ink Salesman
Mitchell, Richard, 51 Mystic Ave. Truckdriver
Moccia, Anthony D., 10 Davis Rd. Elec. Tech.
Monroe, Joseph, 820 East St. Insurance Adjuster
Morris, James, 54 Dewey St. Fireman
Nash, Harry L., 1415 Main St. Chauffeur
Nicholls, Howard E., Tewksbury Hospital Attendant
Noyes, Adele, 290 South St. Housewife
Nugent, Joseph, 7 California Rd. Draftsman
O'Connell, Esther M., 142 North St. Tel. Operator
O'Connor, Daniel G., 1314 Shawsheen St. School Principal
Patenaude, Henry J., 217 No. Billerica Rd. Interior Decorator
Pike, Alice A., Main St. Retired
Proverb, Mary, 310 Brown St. Housewife
Querze, Louis, 10 Benson Rd. Machinist
Ray, Thomas D., 250 South St. Boilermaker
Ronan, Norman, Tewksbury Hospital Attendant
Sheedy, William C., 4 Coburn Ave. Mailman
Sheehan, Warren, 21 So. Oliver St.
Investigator
Sherwood, Bernard H., 1512 Andover St.
Mechanic
Snook, Lester B., 12 Oak St. Salesman
Spencer, Eleanor, 8 Edward St. Housewife
Stevenson, George, 24 Franklin St.
Laborer
Strong, Marion K., 2 Oliver St.
Housewife
Sullivan, James, 387 Chandler St. Government Clerk Sullivan, Joseph, 15 Charlotte Rd. Postal Clerk
Sutherland, Mary M., 241 South St. Housewife
Sweeney, Mildred I., 12 Appletree Rd. Housewife
Sweeney, William J., 12 Appletree Rd. Sailmaker Thing, Leroy, 209 Marston St. Fireman
Thomas, Regina, 1 Oak St. Housewife
Treadwell, Harry, 74 Summer St. Retired
Walsh, Leo T., 10 Sullivan Parkway Postal Clerk
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Wells, Beatrice, 260 Whipple Rd.
Housewife
Wheatley, Dorothy M., 4 Dirlam Circle Housewife Whelan, Eleanor C., 5 Florence Ave. Housewife White, John, Jr., 43 Mystic Ave. Carpenter
Whitney, Donald E., 14 Easement Rd. Gas Station Attendant Willis, Evelyn, 90 Ballard St. Housewife
Wing, Raymond, 15 Patriot Rd.
Roofer
Youney, Harry, 56 Patten Rd. Iron Worker
Cordially, BOARD OF SELECTMEN Joseph J. Whelan, Chairman
REPORT OF BOARD OF REGISTRARS
H. A. Fairbrother, Chairman
During 1960 registration of voters was carried on during office hours of the Town Clerk and by eight public registrations. There was a net gain of 1153 Voters in the three Precincts. At the close of the year: Prec. 1-2724; Prec. 2-2036; Prec. 3-1816; Total 6576.
The annual listing of all inhabitants 20 years of age and over was carried out under the supervision of the Registrars and the 1960 street list compiled. Voting lists were checked and corrected.
Women married prior to January 1st must re-register under their marriage name. New residents are requested to notify the Board of Registrars on the date on which they become residents; any change of residence within the Town should also be brought to the attention of the Town Clerk's office.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK John E. Hedstrom
VITAL STATISTICS
Births
413
Marriages
101
Deaths
79
Burial Permits
23
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TOWN STATISTICS
Population 15,902 (unofficial)
Uniform Code Record 514
Licenses - Dogs 1,274
Licenses - Sporting
715
Chapter 46 Section 15: The Town Clerk will furnish blanks for returns of births to parents, householders, physicians and registered hospital medical officers applying therefor.
FINANCIAL
Fees to Town Treasurer $2,855.50
Dog Licenses to Town Treasurer 2,741.50
Sporting Licenses to Commonwealth 2,290.50
$7,887.50
BOARD OF APPEALS Leo D. Chibas, Chairman
During the entire year there were forty-two appeals heard at public hearings, an increase of ten hearings over the previous year.
With new by-laws being passed all the time, imposing stricter regulations, the board expects numerous appeals in 1961.
The board has endeavored to judge each case on its individual merits and circumstances surrounding it, and to render a decision as fair as possible to all concerned.
We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to Mr. Jeremiah F. Murphy, Jr. and Robert Flucker who served on our board for several years. Mr. Murphy and Mr. Flucker freely gave their time and effort and helped immeasurably to dispose of all petitions presented to us fairly and consistent with the best interest of the Town.
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HISTORICAL FACTS PERTINENT TO TEWKSBURY
(The following notes were collected and compiled by Harold J. Patten, who has come to be known as the unofficial historian for the Town of Tewksbury. Mr. Patten has spent considerable time in delving into the early history of the town and, because it is felt that the facts he has ascertained will be of general interest, they are herewith presented.)
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THIRD TOWN HOUSE - TEWKSBURY TOWN HALL (Photo taken about 1938 to 1940)
Our "Mother Town," Billerica, was first called Shawshin and when incorporated the name was changed to Billericay. The acreage included land on the north to the Merrimack River, on the west to the Concord River, and on the east to Andover and Wilmington. Nine thousand acres of this area later became Tewksbury.
In 1660 the Andover Highway was laid out from the Billerica Meeting House to the Andover Meeting House (in Tewksbury, Shawsheen Street). In 1661 Content Highway (Pattenville Road) went to Globe Hill, now the site of the Tewksbury Hospital. This highway went over Heath Brook and Strongwater Brook to the Andover Meadow. There was also a highway from Billerica to
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Samuel Hunt's Garrison House near Hunt's Falls at the Merrimack River. A Country Road also was in existence from Hunt's House to the Andover line (Andover street).
The "Widow Winslow's Grant" (widow of the first governor) was 3,000 acres near the conflux of the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Later, 500 acres was set aside as the Wamesit Reservation, the home of the Pawtucket or "Praying" Indians.
The original grants were the property of the Massachusetts Province, and the Cambridge Church (700 acres). Three land grants were made available to the inhabitants of Billerica, the third grant being a meadow division in 1665 in the great meadow northeast of Prospect Hill.
There were several burying grounds (Tewksbury area): South Burying Ground dating from 1714; the Northwest Burying Ground (later the Hunt-Clark Cemetery) dating from 1708, and one later known as the Old Center Burying Ground (East Street) where the first burial was in 1704.
Samuel Hunt, who is recognized as the "Father of Tewksbury," purchased in 1691 about 500 acres from the Winthrop grant for his settlement. In the year 1725, Mr. Hunt and several others petitioned the General Court this be aside as a separate town (no action was taken). Again in 1729 they submitted a bill to establish the Wamesit Parish. This was granted, provided that within three years a Meeting House would be built for public worship and minister secured with provision for his comfortable and honorable support. This was not done. Had these provisions been complied with, our town would have been named WAMESIT. Later, Samuel Hunt and others again petitioned to be set aside from Billerica, and on December 23, 1734 the TOWN OF TEWKSBURY WAS INCOR- PORATED with about sixty families.
THE FIRST MEETING HOUSE
The first Town Meeting was held on January 14, 1735 and the following month they voted to build a new Meeting House. In May 1735 they appointed a committee, and chose Mr. Enggah (ye artis) to find the center of the town, and in July they voted to have preach- ing in the town at the house of Serg. John French (off Andover Road - later Livingston Street).
During the early years, the established church of the Province was the Church of Christ. Thirty-four of our people signed the Church Covenant.
The Town Meeting in 1736 was held at the house of William Kittredge. They adjourned to the center to the new location of the Meeting House on the land of Nathaniel Richardson, near a small pine tree marked "R", (the site was given by Mr. Richardson). The
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sum of two hundred pounds was voted for the building of the Meeting House. In September 1736, a fast day was appointed for the calling of a minister. Mr. Sampson Spaulding, a graduate of Harvard, and a resident of Chelmsford, was called as the first Town Minister.
Taxes were specified as the Ministers Rate, Province Rate, and Town Rate. All citizens were assessed according to their ability to pay.
The first road laid out was on the North side of the Meeting House (East Street), running west by the Great Swamp (Old Boston Road), to the road leading to the Samuel Hunt house from Billerica (possibly Boylston-Fairmount Streets), and eastward to Globe Hill.
The Town Book of Records tells of the acceptance of Bridle Paths, and other paths "as now trod," described as coming from the gate of to the road that leadeth to the Meeting House. (All roads later so described.)
The Meeting House had a gallery on the sides and back; there were two stairways-one for the women, and one for the men. Even married couples and their children were separated. Many entries occur in the Town and Church records relative to the constant repairs needed, the method of seating the people, sale of pews and other items of interest. There was no heat in the building, hence, town meetings were usually adjourned to neighboring homes. There was a Sabba-Day House off the East-West highway in (Fairlawn) built by an ancestor of Mr. Melvin G. Rogers where persons attend- ing worship could gather during the hours of intermission to have their lunch, and put the coals from the fireplace in the foot stoves. Others went to the homes of friends and neighbors.
The relationship between the Rev. Sampson Spaulding and his people was one of unbroken harmony. On Thanksgiving Day, in December 1792 during public service, Mr. Spaulding suffered a shock. Sometime afterwards a committee appointed by the town, met with Mr. Spaulding and agreed on a yearly settlement from the town for his natural life. On December 16, 1796 Rev. Sampson Spaulding passed away and his was the first burial in the New Cem- etery acrss the street from the Old Burying Ground, now the "Old Section" of the Tewksbury Cemetery Corporation. Thus closed the tie between the first pastor and his people of nearly sixty years duration.
THE SECOND MEETING HOUSE
In 1818 the town voted to build a new Meeting House. In 1819 a committee was appointed to secure a site and in 1822 the town voted to build a Meeting House on the land of William Brown Esq. However, Mr. Brown was not inclined to sell, so the town purchased one acre across East Street, opposite the First Meeting House, said
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land belonging to Dr. John Spaulding for the sum of $175.00. NOTE: The Rev. Sampson Spaulding Homestead is now the resi- dence of Mr. James J. Gaffney, Jr. The Rev. Jacob Coggin Home- stead on Pleasant Street is now owned by Mrs. Ethel Anderson. The land of William Brown Esq. referred to is that now owned and occupied by Mrs. Ethel Fairgrieve Jackson.
The Second Meeting House cost $4,590.31. The pews sold for $5,399.00, leaving a balance of $808.69 which, with the sale of the old bell, was used to purchase a new one.
The Meeting House bell was rung to call the people to worship, it was rung in case of fire, or to broadcast an alarm - as calling the Minute Men and two companies on April 19, 1775, - and for deaths and funerals. The bell was tolled one stroke for each year of the departed's life, then a pause, two strokes for a male and three for a female who had passed away. The inscription on the bell read "To the living I call - to the grave I summon all." As early as 1746 ammunition was stored in the meeting house, later military equipment, used during the Revolutionary War.
THE FIRST TOWN HOUSE
In 1825 the town voted to build a Town House to do town business. The building was placed on the New Meeting House land near the line of William Brown Esq., and parallel with the front of the Meeting House. The size of the building was 30 x 40 feet with posts fourteen feet high. To the rear stood the Hearse House, and hearse owned by the town. In 1850 a small safe was purchased for the safe keeping of town records. In former years, all town and church records were kept in the homes of town officials.
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
The townspeople voted to accept the Amendment to the Bill of Rights in 1831, which severed the existing tie between the Town and the Church. The vote was 98 in favor, 12 opposed. In 1841 all church property was transferred from the Town to the newly organized First Congregational Society.
THE SECOND TOWN HOUSE
In the year 1875 it was voted to build a new Town House to be 33 x 60 feet with posts sixteen feet high. This new Town House to be placed on the same site of the first Town House. The cost was $4,139.70. The sale of the old house brought $100.00 and the sum of $700.00 was voted to purchase a fire-proof vault. Here town meet- ings and many social functions were held until October 13, 1918 when the CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH and TOWN HOUSE (Hall) were totally destroyed by fire. All records in the town safe and the vault were found in good condition.
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THE PRESENT TOWN HALL (Third Town House)
In 1919 it was voted to construct a New Town Hall. The sum of $8,000.00 was voted to purchase the Foster Estate, and on May 19, 1920 the TOWN HALL was dedicated. Total cost of land and build- ings was $80,663.72.
SUMMARY
This brief summary covering the first Two Hundred years of our town relative to the several Meeting and Town Houses is com- piled from the History of Billerica, our own Town and Church Records, History of Middlesex County, Ye Towne Book of 1934, and family records.
In perusing the early records, one feels a sense of awe at the problems that faced our ancestors, and great admiration for their ability to meet them. Many pages are devoted to their efforts to provide schooling, to take care of the soldiers and their families, to provide clothing, food and homes for the poor and to build for the future. We may well feel proud of the Forefathers of Tewksbury.
The following verse was written by Mrs. Elizabeth Kittredge Tingley for publication in Ye Towne Book of 1934:
To the noble men and women Our ancestors, brave and true, Who, by their sacrifices, courage and loyalty In both times of peace and war Our Good Old "Town of Tewksbury" Was established and preserved, We render all honor and gratitude.
Harold J. Patten January 1961
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NEAR A PINE TREE MARKED :R: STOOD THE FIRST MEETING HOUSE ERECTED 1736
The bigness to be fourtyeight foot long and thirtysix foot wide & twentithree foot high between joynts.
Committe men Sam Hunt junr James Kittredg junr Nathan Shed William Kittredg Abraham Stickney Stephen Osgood FROM THE TEWKSBURY BOOK OF RECORDS 1735
THIS .TABLET COMMEMORATING OUR FOREFATHERS WAS VOTED BY THE CITIZENS OF TEWKSBURY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
THE FIRST MEETING HOUSE COMMITTEE
Harold J. Patten, Chairman
This committee, consisting of Harold J. Patten, James J. Gaffney and Frederick M. Carter, was appotinted at the Annual Town Meet- ing in March 1960 in accordance with the adoption of Article 78, and herewith submits the following report:
After careful study of the Town Records of 1735 to secure the historical facts relative to the First Meeting House and the proper location for the Memorial, your committee placed with the Colmer Monument Works of Lowell, Massachusetts, an order for a granite slab measuring approximately five and a half feet high, four feet wide and two feet thick and through the Colmer Monument Works, the Bronze Tablet cast by the McGann Bronze Inc., of Somerville, Massachusetts, with the proper inscriptions according to our in- structions.
This Memorial has been placed on the Common facing East Street in the Center of the Town on the site surveyed by a Mr. Enggah (ye artis) and two chain men, John Whiting and Nathan Shed. The committee named then was Lt. Daniel Kittredge, Samuel Hunt and John French.
A photograph of the Tablet made for the Town and shown in the Town Report and a mounted photograph to be placed in the Town Hall have been made by the Marion Studio of Lowell, Mass.
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Austin F. French, Chairman
Value of Real Estate January 1, 1960
$12,664,020.00 Value of Personal Property 3,407,008.00
Total Value of 1960
$16,071,028.00
Total Value of 1959
15,495.070.00
Gain in Valuation $ 575,958.00
TOTAL LEVY FOR 1960
Town
$ 2,341,205.35
State
6,356.02
County
26,022.29
Overlay Current Year
77,923.75
Gross Amount to be Raised $ 2,451,507.41
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds 1,110,268.09
Net amount to be raised on Polls and Property
$ 1,341,239.32
Polls $ 7,344.00
Personal Property
282,781.66
Real Estate
1,051,113.66
Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property $ 1,341,239.32
Water Liens added to Taxes 1,357.52
TAX RATE 1960 - $83.00
MOTOR VERICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE
Total Valuation $ 2,770,359.00
Amount of Warrants to Collector 177,523.37
TAX RATE 1960 - $66.96
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE George A. O'Connell, Chairman
1960
ADMINISTRATION
In the past year the Board re-elected Mr. George A. O'Connell, Chairman. The Board decided, due to the many changes in the law during the past few years, to again summarize the various categories as well as report the current legislative changes.
Personnel in the department are employed under Civil Service. There are four employees: Director of Public Assistance, Social Worker, Junior Clerk Typist, and Junior Clerk Stenographer. Salaries paid, to both the members of the Board and the employees, for work performed on Old Age Assistance, Medical Assistance for the Aged, Aid to Dependent Children and Disability Assistance, are reimbursed seventy-five (75) percent - fifty (50) per cent by federal funds and twenty-five (25) per cent by state funds. The same method of reimbursement applies to all administrative expenses. The federal funds, by law, are set up in a revolving account and are restricted to use of the Board of Public Welfare for the purpose of administration. These funds are anticipated in the annual budget and are not raised by the town. The state's share is returned to the general fund and is used for any purpose by the town. This share must be raised by the town. However, even though it is raised it does not greatly effect the tax rate. The reason for this is that the Assessors pick up the state share as anticipated revenue based on the actual reimbursement of the prior year.
1. Old Age Assistance
This is a federally-sponsored state plan administered by law for local Boards of Public Welfare. It requires local Boards to aid aged persons sixty-five and over who have resided in Massachusetts for one year prior to application and have also resided in Massachusetts three out of the last nine years and who are in need. Need is es- tablished by applying the budgetary standards set up by the State Department of Public Welfare. Some of the other requirements are: citizenship, unless the person has resided in this country for twenty years or more; a person cannot have more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) in the bank, or cash, savings bonds, etc .; and a lien is placed on property if applicant has an interest in such property.
The federal government reimburses the department $47.50 a month for each case aided. The state pays two-third's of the balance
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and the remainder is paid by the community aiding. If the person has not resided in town for five years, this amount is billed to the place he last maintained a residence for five years. If the person does not have five years' consecutive residence without aid, then the state is billed for the balance. The Board, in its budget request, does not include the federal share, as this amount by law is set up in a separate account and can be used only by the Board of Public Welfare for aid for Old Age Assistance cases. The Board, in its budget request, must raise the state and other cities and towns' share as this amount is reimbursed directly to the general fund to be used by the town. However, this does not adversely effect the tax rate as the assessors anticipate the reimbursement based on the actual payments made by the state and towns for this purpose in the prior year.
In 1960 many laws were passed that effected Old Age Assistance. The most important is the new program of Medical Assistance for the Aged which will be explained under that category.
After submission of the annual budget, the Board was instructed, because of a recent change in the law, to increase an item called Travel Allowance from $2.50 to $4.00 for each Old Age Assistance case. As no federal share will be available, the full amount will be an expense during the coming year. The state reimbursement on this item will be two-thirds. This change will represent an increase in the annual expenditure of $1,600.00. As it was not known to the Board at the time of submission of the budget request, it could not be included.
During the past ten years this category has decreased from about 126 cases to the present 93. Two major changes appear to have caused this decrease. One is the increased payments paid by O.A.S.I. and the other is the new program of Medical Assistance for the Aged.
2. Aid to Dependent Children
Aid to Dependent Children is a federally-sponsored plan ad- ministered by law by local Boards of Public Welfare to aid children deprived of parental support who are in need. Need is established by budgetary standards set up by the State Department of Public Welfare.
The following are circumstances under which a child can be considered deprived of parental support - desertion or mutual separation for more than six months; divorce, legal separation; in- carceration or disability of the parent for more than three months; and death. On remarriage, dependent children of a prior marriage who are in need can be considered on a limited basis for medical care, food, clothing, and personal care only, if otherwise eligible.
In this program, federal reimbursement is $20.50 per child, state
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reimbursement is one-third of the total expenditure and the town aiding is responsible for the balance of aid rendered. The Board does not include the federal share in its budget request. The town must raise the state share and the local share because the state's share is turned over to the general fund. The balance is a direct cost to the town aiding, as settlement is not involved in this pro- gram. During the year 1960 there were no changes in law that greatly effected this program.
3. Disability Assistance
Disability Assistance is a federally-sponsored state plan ad- ministered by law by the local Boards of Public Welfare. It requires local Boards to aid persons who have been declared permanently and totally disabled by the State Department of Public Welfare Medical Review Team and who are in need. Need is determined by budgetary standards set by the State Department of Public Welfare. The federal reimbursement for money expended in this category is $41.50 per case and the town's share is a standard twenty-five (25) per cent of all the total cost. The balance is reimbursed by the State Department of Public Welfare. The same method of financing is in effect as on Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children. There has been a steady increase in this program since its inception in 1954 and it probably will continue to increase.
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