Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1958-1959, Part 13

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1958
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 298


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592 Woburn and Park Sts.


593 Park and Gowing Sts.


594 Park St. No. Reading Line


61 Middlesex Ave. and


Salem St.


62 Salem St. R. R. Crossing (Portland)


63 Salem St. R. R. Crossing (Lawrence)


64 Salem and Cunningham Sts.


65 Salem St. and Silver Lake Rd.


651 McDonald Rd.


67 Salem St. Tewksbury Line


68 Salem and Ballardvale Sts.


681 Ballardvale St. (Near R. R. Bridge)


682 Ballardvale St. (Near Friends Farm)


683 Ballardvale St. (Near Thomas Morely)


684 Ballardvale St. Andover Line


691


69 Salem and Andover Sts. Andover and Woburn Sts.


692 Andover St. and Upton Ct.


693 Andover St. (Near T. C. Daley)


694 Andover St. Andover Line


71 Salem and Woburn Sts.


711 Woburn St. and Hathaway Rd.


714 Hathaway and Sheridan Rds.


72 Salem St. Town Dump


73 Salem St. No. Reading Line


2 All Out


22 No School (7:00 & 7:15 A.M.)


3 Special Call


4 Special Call


7 Police Call


8 Boy Scouts


10 Out of Town


666 Civil Defense


EMERGENCY FIRE 8-3200


BUSINESS TEL. 8-3346


FIRE


T 8-3200


3244


3243 Grove St. Reading Line West St. and Suncrest Ave.


3245 West St. Reading Line


325 Lowell St. Reading Line


41 Church St. Fire House


42 Church and Columbia Sts.


43 Church and Beacon Sts. Walker School


431


432 Beacon St. and Fairview Ave.


433 Fairview Ave. and Adams St. Ext.


44 Church and Clark Sta.


441 Clark St. and Middlesex Ave.


45 Church St. and Thurston Ave.


46 Church and Adams Sts.


461 Middlesex Ave. and Adams St.


462 Adams St. and Adams St. Ext.


47 Senior High School


48 Church St. and Middlesex Ave.


481 School St. and Junior High School


482 Buzzell School


483 Center School


51 Middlesex Ave. and Wildwood St.


511 Wildwood St. (Near A. S. Hudson)


512 Wildwood St. (Near Vets. Housing)


513 Wildwood and Woburn Sts.


521 Glendale Circle


522 525 Glen Rd. R. R. Crossing Glen Rd. and King St. King and Bartlett Sts. Glen Rd. and St. Paul St.


3121 Butters Row (Between Chestnut St. and Main St.)


313 Memorial Park


314 Greer Company Main and Eames Sts.


3151


315 Eames St. R.R. Crossing Raffi & Swanson Co.


3152


316 Main St. and Cook Ave.


317 Main St. Woburn Line 32 Lowell and Parker Sts.


3212 Parker and Blackstone Sts.


321 Lowell and Cross Sts. 322 Lowell and Bay Sts.


3231 Woburn and Elm Sts.


3232 Woburn St. and Brentwood Ave.


3233 Woburn St. and Morse Ave.


3234 Woburn and Eames Sts. Woburn St. Woburn 3235 Line


324 Lowell and West Sts. 3241 West St. and Westdale Ave.


3242 West and Grove Sts.


POLICE TEI 8-3331


at


your


service


FOR INFORMATION ON:


CALL


Aid to Dependent Children


8-2211


Assessments


8-3314


Bills and Accounts


8-3313


Birth Certificate s


8-3312


Board of Selectmen


8-3314


By-Laws


8- 3312.


Cemetery


8-3901


Cemetery Department


Director of Civil Defense Headquarters


Town Manager


Building Inspector


Contagious Diseases


8-3313


Dead Animal Removal


8-3770


Death Certificates


8-3312


Engineering


8-3311


Elections


8-3312


Employment, Town


8-3311


Entertainment Permits


8-3314


Fire


8- 3200


Food Inspection


8-3313


Fuel Oil Storage


8-3346


Garbage Collection


8-3313


Health (general)


8-3313


Immunization Clinics


8-3313


Legal Matters


8-2026


Library


8-2967


Licenses and Permits


8-3312


Maps (official)


8-3312


Milk Inspection


8- 331 3


Old Age Assistance


8-2211


Parks and Playgrounds


8-3901


Planning Board


8-3311


Police


8- 3331


Property (Town Owned)


8-3314


Property (Tax Title)


8-3313


Purchasing


8-3313


Recreation Program


8-2052


Schools


8-2052


Sewage Permits


8-3313


Street Lights


8-3311


Street Maintenance


8-4481


Taxes


8-3314


Tax Collection


8-3312


Trees


8-2809


Veterans' Benefits


8-2994


Veterans' Housing


8-3313


Veterans' Services


8-2994


Vital Statistics


8-3312


Voting, Registration, etc.


8-3312


Water


8-4711


Welfare, Public


8-2211


Wire Inspection


8-3313


Zoning


8-3313


DEPARTMENT:


Welfare Department Board of Assessors Town Accountant Town Clerk Clerk of Board


Town Clerk


Civilian Defense


8- 3556


Civilian Defense


8-8071


Complaints (general)


8-3311


Construction


8- 3313


Board of Health Dog Officer Town Clerk


Engineer


Town Clerk


Town Manager


Board of Selectmen


Fire Department


Board of Health


Fire Department


Board of Health


Board of Health Board of Health


Town Counsel


Public Library


Town Clerk Town Clerk Health Department Welfare Department Cemetery Department Agent (Town Engineer) Police Department Board of Selectmen Town Treasurer


Purchasing Clerk Director of Recreation Superintendent of Schools Board of Health Town Manager


Highway Department Board of Assessors Tax Collector Tree Warden


Veterans' Agent Housing Authority Veterans' Agent Town Clerk


Registrars of Voters Water Department Welfare Department Building Inspector Building Inspector


PUBLIC LIMARY.


1959


Annual Report


TOWN OF WILMINGTON Massachusetts


HOW WILMINGTON'S TAX RATE COMPARES WITH OTHER TOWNS


TOWN


1950


1959


INCREASE IN TAX RATES 1950-1959


WILMINGTON


56.00


64.00


8.00


NORTH ANDOVER


43.00


54.00


11.00


NATICK


45.60


60.00


14.40


READING


43.00


60.00


17.00


STONEHAM


50.00


67.00


17.00


BEDFORD


50.00


68.00


18.00


NEEDHAM


38.00


56.00


18.00


DANVERS


49.00


68.00


19.00


LEXINGTON


43.00


63.00


20.00


BRAINTREE


44.00


65.60


21.60


WAYLAND


49.00


71.00


22.00


CHELMSFORD


53.00


78.00


25.00


SAUGUS


41.00


71.60


30.60


CONCORD


53.00


86.80


33.80


TEWKSBURY


40.00


89.00


49.00


BILLERICA


34.00


93.40


59.40


TAX


RATE ANALYSIS


1950


1955


1956


1957


1958


1959


Assessed Valuation


7,865,913. 00 440,491. 13 56.00


215 301 13,248, 383. 00 741,909. 45 56. 00


1 15, 341,686. 00 895, 593. 73 58.00


$8 16, 774, 982. 00 1,059,522. 87 62. 80


19,228,670. 00 1,275, 344. 22 66. 00


23,855, 002. 25 1,533,156. 14 64. 00


Net Cost from Taxes:


Schools


135,293. 70


355, 530. 99


Town Government


275, 723. 43


367,005. 03 19,373. 43


469, 616. 09 405, 782. 67 20,194. 98


585,822.89 447, 569. 02 26,130. 96


650,711. 00 599, 247. 66 25, 385. 56


804,669. 00. 692, 625. 92 35,931. 61


TOTAL TAX LEVY


440,491. 13


741,909. 45


895, 593. 73


1,059,522.87


1,275, 344. 22


1,533,226. 53


School Tax Rate


17. 20 (30.7%)


26. 83 (47.9%) 27. 72 (49. 5%)


30. 61 (52.3%) 26. 07 (45. 9%) 1. 32 ( 2. 3%)


34. 75 (55.0%) 26. 50 (42. 6%) 1. 55 ( 2. 4%)


33. 68 (51.02%) 31. 01 (46. 99%) 1. 31 ( 1.99%)


33. 59 (52. 49%) 28.91 (45. 17%) 1. 50 ( 2. 34%)


State, County Tax Rate


3. 60 ( 6. 3%)


1. 45 ( 2. 6%)


TOTAL TAX RATE $56. 00


$56. 00


$58.00


$62. 80


$66. 00


$64. 00


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Tax Levy


Tax Rate


State, County Agencies


28,474. 00


Town Tax Rate


35. 20 (63.0%)


INDEX


Page


Letter of Transmittal


2


Board of Selectmen - 1959


3


Progress - 1959


4


The Job Ahead


5


Directory of Officials


6


Boards, Committees, and Commissions


8


Town Manager


Board of Selectmen


9 10 12


Board of Assessors


Town Treasurer


15 16


Town Collector


Town Clerk


Registrars of Voters


Building By-Law Committee


Town Counsel


Planning Board


Town Engineer


Board of Appeals


Building Inspector


Veterans Agent


Police Department


Tree Department


Fire Department


Sealer of Weights & Measures


Water Department


Constable


Permanent Building Committee


Highway Department


Board of Health


Board of Public Welfare


School Maintenance Department


Board of Library Trustees


Recreation Commission


Jury List


Dog Officer


Animal Inspector


Board of Cemetery Commissioners


Accepted Streets


Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Fund


Housing Authority


Annual Town Meeting - March 1959


Special Town Meeting - July 1959


Special Town Meeting - August 1959


97


Town Accountant


105


Summary Report - Capital Budget Program


125


Future Requirements for Schools & Recreation


134


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18 19 19 20 24 27 28 32 33 34 37 38 39 40 41 42 47 50 56


59 62 63 64 66 66 67 68 75 76 79 92 96


Warrant, Annual Town Meeting - 1960


NGTON. MA


AASS. OST


A+ING


CORPOR


TOWN OF WILMINGTON MASSACHUSETTS


BOARD OF SELECTMEN


To the Citizens of Wilmington:


The Board of Selectmen submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1959.


We have been operating nine years under the Selectmen-Town Manager form of government. However, there still seems to be misunderstanding on the part of many citizens relative to the respective responsibilities of the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager.


The Town itself can be likened to a large private corporation with the registered voters being the shareholders of the corporation. The registered voters, as shareholders of the corporation, elect the Board of Selectmen who act in the nature of a Board of Directors of the corporation.


This Board in turn appoints a General Manager - in this case called a Town Manager. The Selectmen are the policy-making group, and the Town Manager is the administrative official who carries out the policies and who is responsible to the Selectmen. The Selectmen can in- form the Town Manager of the services which the people should have, but they cannot tell him how to carry out the functions, because by law the administration of services is the sole re- sponsibility of the Town Manager.


It is hoped the foregoing explanation will help to clarify the respective functions and respon- sibilities of the Board of Selectmen in relation to the Town Manager.


Respectfully submitted, Board of Selectmen


Donald C. Kidder, Chairman Charles H. Black Nicholas L. DeFelice Wavie M. Drew Francis J. Hagerty


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board of selectmen 1959


Mrs. Wavie M. Drew


Charles H. Black


Donald C. Kidder (Chairman)


Francis J. Hagerty


Nicholas L. DeFelice


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progress


WHAT WE D I D IN 1959


.... construction of new Public Works Garage.


... construction of Glen Road Elementary School. .


. construction of new Police Station.


Town Meeting voted overwhelmingly to retain Town Manager form of government.


Planning Board completed program of renaming streets.


industrial expansion continues with completion of Avco, Terrell Corporation and Dragon Cement.


construction of new Wilmington Plaza Shopping Center, Professional Building on Main Street, North Wilmington Post Office and North Wilmington Drug Store.


constructed Longview Road, Hilltop Road, Ledgewood Road, Fairmeadow Road and Shady Lane Drive. drainage on Shawsheen Road, Burlington Avenue, Lockwood Road and Oakdale Road.


resurfaced fifteen miles of streets.


. completed Park Street.


. . personnel committee appointed.


. over $1, 000, 000 of new assessed valuation.


. elderly project completed with forty individual apartments.


. initiated sanitary landfill operation for disposal of rubbish.


.completed landscaping of the Town Common.


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the job ahead


WHAT WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE


continue efforts to attract new industry.


. initiate program for our police officers to receive proper training at State Police Academy.


set-up our own public health laboratory.


develop sidewalk program.


initiate tree planting program.


. reconstruct and widen Ballardvale Street.


. initiate and develop municipal owned and operated sanitary landfill operation for disposal of rubbish.


develop program for proper street lighting.


. continue our expanded street program.


complete Boutwell Street School by September 1960.


continue procedure to correct street drainage problems.


mechanize town bookkeeping system.


develop wells at new wellfield site.


increase facilities at Silver Lake.


. continue with personnel by-law study.


.... improve facilities at Town Park.


.. adopt revised building code.


. . provide new Town Hall facilities.


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DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS 1959


Term Expires


Donald C. Kidder, Chairman


1960


Charles H. Black


1960


Nicholas L. DeFelice


1961


Wavie M. Drew


1962


Francis J. Hagerty


1962


Olive M. Sheldon, Clerk


TOWN MANAGER


Cecil O. Lancaster


Simon Cutter


(annually)


Edward F. Page, Chairman


1962


Arthur V. Lynch, Secretary


1962


Ernest M. Crispo


1960


John F. Hartnett


1960


Frederic P. Melzar


1960


Henry Sullivan


1961


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


John J. Collins


U. S. SENATORS:


Leverett Saltonstall of Dover John Kennedy of Boston


U. S. REPRESENTATIVE:


Edith Nourse Rogers of Lowell


James Madden of Lexington 7th Middlesex District 20 Pemberton Square, Boston


Frank Tanner 18th Middlesex District 26 Mineral Street, Reading


Thomas Donahue 18 Middlesex District 75 Pine Street, Woburn


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE


STATE SENATOR:


STATE REPRESENTATIVES:


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BOARD OF SELECTMEN


TOWN MODERATOR


OFFICERS && DEPARTMENT HEADS


Accountant Animal Inspector Building Inspector Cemetery Superintendent Civil Defense Director Constable Director of Public Welfare


Dog Officer Engineer Fire Chief Health Agent & Sanitarian Highway Superintendent Librarian Medical Agent, Board of Health Milk Inspector Moth Superintendent


Nurse, Public Health


Nurse, School Nurse, School (Assistant) Physician, Schools Plumbing Inspector Police Chief Public Weigher Public Weigher Public Weigher Public Weigher


Sealer Weights & Measures


Slaughtering Inspector Town Clerk Town Clerk (Assistant) Town Collector Town Counsel Town Treasurer


Tree Warden Veterans Agent Veterans Grave Officer Water Superintendent Wire Inspector


Robert H. Peters Leo E. LeBlanc Minot J. Anderson Francis Downs Rene J. LaRivee A. John Imbimbo Andrew P. Ring Leo E. LeBlanc Alphonse Savignac Arthur J. Boudreau Patrick A. Thibeau James H. White Clara P. Chipman Gerald A. Fagan, M. D. Patrick A. Thibeau John W. Babine Ann Butters, R. N. Arline Halpin, R. N. Sylvia Levine, R. N. Ernest C. MacDougall, M. D. Herbert W. Pickering Paul J. Lynch Joseph F. Lyons A. Osterman W. Staveley L. Cutcliff Daniel P. Pike Leo E. LeBlanc Esther L. Russell Sylvia Stanley Miriam H. Ware Philip B. Buzzell Grace H. Tilley John W. Babine Arthur Harper Guy E. Nichols Edmund H. Sargent Charles Webster


ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO THE TOWN MANAGER


BUILDING BY-LAW


Roland Woods, Chairman E. Hayward Bliss Ray Fitzmaurice Garnet Mills


INSURANCE ADVISORY


Augustus T. Norton Joseph J. Slater Howard A. Woolaver


PERSONNEL ADVISORY


John Brooks, Chairman Albert Blackburn, Jr. Paul Duggan Carl Gubellini Frank Stevens


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BOARDS COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS


APPEAL, BOARD OF


Term Expires


Walter A. Lawler


1960


Louis E. Gage


1961


Almerico T. DiCampo


1962


Anthony Joannides


(Associate)


1960


Henry R. Hesse


(Associate)


1960


May Hadley


1962


Esther B. Hall


1962


PERMANENT BUILDING COMMITTEE


Erwin Hanke, Chairman


1960


Paul H. Niles, Secretary


1960


Raymond G. McClure


1961


Vincent R. McLain


1961


Joseph F. Courtney


1962


PLANNING BOARD


A. Daniel Gillis, Chairman


1964


William A. Beers, Secretary


1963


John R. Evans


1960


Joseph Slater


1961


Mildred E. Neilson


1962


Helen P. Hayward


1963


Madelon C. Slater


1964


CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


Guy E. Nichols, Chairman


1960


William F. Cavanaugh


1961


Joseph B. McMahon


1962


FINANCE COMMITTEE


Herbert C. Barrows, Honorary for Life


William P. Curtin, Chairman


1961


Robert B. Michelson, Secretary


1960


Ralph M. Kelmon


1960


Frank P. Stevens


1960


Cornelius F. Joyce


1961


William A. Stickney


1961


Phyllis O'Leary


1962


John G. Hayward


1962


John Brooks


1962


Dr. John P. Silvers


1962


HEALTH, BOARD OF


Augustus C. Walker, Chairman


1962


Vinal E. Lewis


1960


Marion C. Boylen


1961


HOUSING AUTHORITY


Ernest B. Rice, Chairman 1960


William F. Smith, Treasurer 1961


James P. Donahue, Asst. Treas. 1962


Frank H. McLean, Secretary


1963


Alan E. Fenton, State Member


1963


James W. Franklin, Executive Secretary


LIBRARY TRUSTEES


Term Expire


Frankline E. Allen, Chairman


1961


Philip B. Buzzell


1960


Elizabeth N. Neilson


1960


Evelyn Norton


1961


Bruce MacDonald (Associate)


1960


Walter L. Hale, Jr. (Resigned)


A. Lloyd Laffin (Resigned)


ASSESSORS, BOARD OF


Stanley Webber, Principal Assessor Olive M. Sheldon Minot J. Anderson


CARTER LECTURE FUND COMMITTEE


Alice M. Allen


1960


Guy E. Nichols


1961


Howard C. Woolaver


1962


Raymond Fitzmaurice


1962


Herbert Nickerson


1964


John P. Tobey (Resigned)


RECREATION COMMISSION


Maybelle A. Bliss, Chairman


Lawrence H. Cushing, Director


Carl A. Backman


Donald F. Hebsch


Edward M. Nichols


Norbert L. Sell


David I. Elfman (Resigned)


REGISTRARS, BOARD OF


Joseph P. Ring, Chairman 1961


F. Talbot Emery 1960


Esther L. Russell, Clerk


TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS


Philip B. Buzzell, Chairman 1960


Harold E. Melzar 1961


Edward M. Neilson 1962


WATER COMMISSIONERS, BOARD OF


Harold E. Melzar, Chairman 1960


Waldo A. Stevens 1961


Arnold C. Blake 1962


WELFARE, BOARD OF PUBLIC


Maurice D. O'Neil, Chairman


Florence A. Balkus


Anna M. Low 1961


Andrew P. Ring, Director & Secretary


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town manager


TOWN MANAGER Cecil O. Lancaster


Secretary, Mary E. Denault


To the Citizens of Wilmington:


It is with sincere pleasure that I present this 1959 Annual Report of the Town of Wilmington covering the ninth year of operation under the Town Manager form of government.


Although I have been in Wilmington only a few months, it is very obvious due to the foresight of your town officials, past and present, that Wilmington is considered to be one of the most progressive communities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


We are very fortunate indeed to have the dedicated and civic-minded citizens who serve on our various boards and commissions, giving freely of their time so that the town may benefit from their advice, knowledge, and services.


I should like to take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation and sincere thanks to the citizens of Wilmington and members of the official family for the cooperation, kindness, and support they have given me during my first few months of office; and to the department heads and employees of the town for the excellent job they are doing in performing the mission of the organization.


Respectfully submitted,


Cecil O. Lancaster Town Manager


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board of selectmen


To the Citizens of Wilmington:


Following the re-election of Mrs. Wavie M. Drew and Mr. Francis J. Hagerty, the Board was organized with Mr. Donald C. Kidder as Chairman.


On June 29, 1959, Town Manager Alfred Calabrese submitted his resignation to be effective July 24, 1959. Mr. Patrick A. Thibeau and Mr. Stanley Webber both served for a short time as Temporary Town Managers performing the additional duties incurred as Temporary Town Managers to the complete satisfaction of the Board. We express our appreciation and thanks to both these men.


Your Board of Selectmen was in complete agreement that an early appointment of a Town Manager would best serve the interests of the Town. Drawing heavily on the considerable time which had been spent less than a year previous in interviewing candidates, Mr. Cecil O. Lancaster was elected Town Manager on July 13, 1959 for a three-year term.


During the past year the Board of Selectmen have met regularly and attended joint meetings with almost ever other board and group in the Town so that we might be better informed.


The following actions of the Board are directed to the attention of the townspeople:


On his appointment as Honorary Chairman of the Finance Committee for life, we presented Mr. Herbert C. Barrows an "Award of Merit" for his sixty-five (65) years of devotion and service to the Town of Wilmington.


The discontinuance of passenger service on the North Wilmington R. R. line was protested by every means available to your Board.


a. We have been successful in securing automatic gates for the Main Street grade crossing brought about by this change.


b. We have petitioned for automatic gates at Glen Road and Clark Street.


We have requested the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway to extend their service into additional sections of our Town.


Petitioned the County Commissioners for the relocation of Glen Road, Concord Street and Ballardvale Street.


Proposed to the State Department of Public Works that consideration be given to the widening of Route 38 (Main Street).


Supported and gave direction to safety devices and fire protection measures for our school buildings.


The Board has met a number of times with the Wilmington Housing Authority regarding our Urban Renewal program. Our Chairman and Town Manager attended a conference in New York last October with the mem- bers of the authority.


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A large amount of our time was spent in enforcing and supplementing our gravel regulations by special meeting and state legislation to prevent the ruining of valuable land by the removal of gravel for Inter-State Route 93. The Board also spent considerable time with district state engineers during the year to assure us that as the highway neared completion the Town's bests interests were protected.


The dedication of AVCO in May attended by the Board, State, and National dignitaries ..... followed by the building of the DeMoulas Shopping Center, the Professional Building, North Wilmington Pharmacy, Dragon Cement, Terrell Corporation ..... and two additions, one to Unit Packet and the other to Charles River Laboratory ..... emphasize the importance that the Board and Town Manager place on the need in a growing and expanding community for industry to locate in our Town and thereby help us to maintain a stabilized tax rate.


We express our appreciation to the Town Manager and all Town Employees for their devotion to duty and continued cooperation.


Respectfully submitted,


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Donald C. Kidder, Chairman Charles H. Black Nicholas L. DeFelice


Wavie M. Drew Francis J. Hagerty


WILMINGTON'S 1959 BUDGET


INCOME


EXPENSES


Miscellaneous


Construction Grants


Unclassified & Reserve


2%


Reimb. - Charities


8.5 %


6.2 %


Reimb. School Const.


5 %


4.1%


Tronsfers From Surplus,


.5%


Motor Vehicle


Excise


5.1 %


30.8%


9.1 %


Property


Tax


Schools


59.7 %


2.7 %


School


Overlay


Debt


7.9 %


4.9 %


10.8%


1,6%


Charities 8 Veterons Benefits


Pensions


0.7 %


State & County Agencies


All Other Debt


Includes - Protection of Persons & Property, Public Works , General Govt., Health & Sanitation, Librory & Recr.


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Schools


All Other Town


38.6 %


Carp. Tax0.8%


board of assessors


PRINCIPAL ASSESSOR Stanley Webber


TOWN OWNED PROPERTY


Equipment


Total


Water Department - 243 acres Land and Buildings


129,910


15,000


144,910


Schools - Land and Buildings


2, 672, 250


160,000


2, 832,250


Parks and Playgrounds - 52 acres of Land


36,660


1,000


37,660


Town Hall - 16, 120 sq. ft. Land and Building


25,540


12,500


38,040


Library - Land and Building


4,860


3,000


7,860


Cemetery - Land and Building


46,660


2,000


48,660


Fire/Police Station - Land and Building


61,800


31,700


93,500


Tree Warden and Moth Dept. - Land and Building


3,680


5,500


9,180


Highway Department - Land and Building


7,280


19,500


26,780


Sealer of Weights and Measures


1,300


1,300


Welfare Department


1,100


1,100


Engineering Department


2,500


2,500


TOTAL


$2, 988, 640


$255,100


$3, 243, 740


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TABLE OF AGGREGATES FOR WILMINGTON OF POLLS, PROPERTY AND TAXES, AS ASSESSED JANUARY 1, 1959


Compiled from the figures entered in the Valuation List:


Number of Persons Assessed:


Individuals


A11 Other


Total


On Personal Estate Only


28


7


35


On Real Estate Only


3764


86


3850


On Both Personal and Real Estate


219


17


236


Total Number of Persons Assessed


4121


Total Number of Polls Assessed


3218


Value of Assessed Peronal Estate:


Stock in Trade


96,825.00


Machinery


134,785. 00


Live Stock


42,412. 25


All Other Tangible Personal Property


702,465. 00


Total Value of Assessed Personal Property


976, 487. 25


Value of Assessed Real Estate:


Land exclusive of Buildings


2,959,330.00


Buildings exclusive of Land


19,919, 185.00


Total Value of Assessed Real Estate


22,878,515.00


Total Value of Assessed Estate


23,855,002. 25


Tax Rate per $1, 000 - $64. 00



Taxes for State, County and Town purposes, including Overlay:


On Personal Estate


62,495. 18


On Real Estate


1,464,224.96


On Polls


6,436. 00


Total Taxes Assessed


1,533,156. 14


Number of Livestock Estimated Under Section 36, Chapter 59:


Horses (1 year old or over)


59


Neat Cattle (1 year old or over)


Cows (Milch)


21


Bulls 1, Oxen 0, Yearlings: steers 2, heifers 5


8


Swine (6 months old, or over)


112


Sheep (6 months old, or over)


4


Fowl


925


All Other


50,854


Number of Acres of Land Assessed:


10,340


Number of Dwellings Assessed:


3,143


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RECAPITULATION - 1959


Total Appropriations (Taxation)


$1, 902, 748. 80 36,300.00


1, 939,048.80


Tax Title Foreclosures


144. 00


Amount necessary to satisfy final court judgments


1,310.00


Overlay Deficits (Overdrafts)


15,065. 69


Total Deficits (Abatements)


10,819.48


Pension Fund


16,931.01


State Parks and Reservations


3,914.01


State Audit


3,854. 24


County Tax


16,985. 93


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment


11,177. 49


Overlay Gross Amount to be Raised


49,961. 42


130,163. 27


2, 069,212. 07


Less Estimated Receipts and Available Funds:


Income Tax


146, 576. 39


Corporation Taxes


15,070.78


Reimbursement Publicly Owned Land


64.13


Old Age Tax (Meals)


2,326. 09


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise


130,000.00


Licenses


4,000.00


Special Assessments


4,000.00


General Government


4,500. 00


Protection of Persons and Property


5,500.00


Health and Sanitation


2,500.00


Charities


19,000.00


Old Age Assistance


37,000.00


Veterans' Services


6,000.00


Schools


28,000.00


Libraries


500.00


Cemeteries


3,900.00


Interest on Taxes and Assessments


4,400. 00


State Assistance for School Construction


77, 176. 47


Farm Animal Excise


200.00


Unclassified


5,000.00


Sewer Rental


4,000. 00


Total Estimated Receipts


499,713. 86


Overestimate of previous year (State Parks & Reservations) Voted from Available Funds


36,300. 00


36,342. 07


Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds


536, 055. 93


Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation


1,533, 156. 14


2, 069, 212. 07


Personal Property


976, 487. 25 @ $64. 00 per M


62,495. 18


Real Estate


22, 878,515. 00 @ 64. 00 per M


1, 464, 224. 96


Polls - 3218


2.00 each


6, 436. 00


Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property


1, 533, 156. 14


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Total Appropriations (Available Funds)




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