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Flowers, Shrubs & Bulbs
40.00
Patch
886. 47
Fertilizers
375. 00
Road Oils
8,434.08
Gas & Oil
281. 70
Signs & Fences
160.00
Supplies, Liners
680. 12
Hot Top Avenues
3,500.00
Construction of Carolyn Road:
23,396. 24
Salaries & Wages
3,329.59
Equipment Rental
4,405.00
WATER DEPARTMENT:
Recording Fees
22.25
5
Sand, Gravel & Stone
425. 80
Water Betterments 1960:
5,463.83
Culverts & Catch Basins
3,013.67
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11,196. 31
Develop Additional Well Fields:
38,527. 11
Public Street Lights:
16,082.84
Install Traffic Control Light:
118.00
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Chapter 90 Maint. 1960:
12. 68
Flashlights & Batteries
28,100. 63
74,383. 29
Wages, Police Duty
867. 90
Salary & Wages
22,996. 35
Chapter 90 Const. 1960:
3,034. 24
Chapter 81 Maintenance:
30,264.90
REPORT OF EXPENDITURES DURING 1960 FROM APPROPRIATIONS
Water Maintenance:
Old Age Assistance:
45,610. 71
Tools & Equipment
6,434. 26
Utilities
4,278. 65
Disability Assistance: 10,785.23
Welfare Administration:
Salaries
5,233.00
Rent, Quarters
270. 15
Development
767. 86
Dues
38.00
Office Supplies & Equipment
1,786. 98
67. 80
Meters & Meter Parts
5,279. 44
Superintendent's Expenses
612. 31
System Maintenance
61,144. 10
Legal Fees
9.00
Meals
13. 75
Supplies, Vehicles
130. 80
Repairs, Vehicles
120. 20
Contractual Services
10.00
Supplies, Office
183. 95
Supplies, Department
4. 34
Outlay, Vehicle
1,500.00
7,796. 96
Veterans Benefits:
Salary, Administrative
1,040.00
Dues
25. 00
Postage
20.00
Telephone
56. 24
Printing
69.00
Advertising
93.00
Postage
2.29
Recording Fees
13. 08
Mileage Allowances
1,264. 75
Legal Fees
800. 93
Disposal of Animals
150. 00
Expenses, Animal Inspector
50.00
Supplies, Office
132. 11
Supplies, Chemicals
5. 78
Supplies, First Aid
30.95
Supplies, Medical
152.86
Health Laboratory
3,948.90
1,955. 30
Salaries, Child Accounting
1,620.00
Immunization Clinics
171.05
Salaries, Direct. & Super.
35,966. 64
Salaries, High School
282,087.25
H. S. Texts & Inst. Aids
7, 546. 79
H. S. Math. Supplies & Texts
1,333. 46
H. S. Science Supplies & Texts
117. 87
H. S. Language Supplies & Texts
415. 44
H. S. Stationery & Supplies
10,818. 25
H. S. Math. Supplies
178. 28
H. S. Science Supplies
1,127.33
H. S. Language Supplies
2,320.98
H. S. Guidance Supplies
1,394. 09
Welfare Aid:
13,137. 66
Salaries, Elementary Schools
334, 751. 03
Elem. Texts & Instruction Aids 6,787. 30
Aid to Dependent Children:
19,972.60
Elem. Math. Texts
1,048.60
Salary, Administration
6,500.00
Salary, Clerical
683.25
Services, Constable
3.00
Salary, Nurse
4,160.00
Salary, Substitute Nurse
140.00
Salary, Medical Agent
500.00
Salary, Animal Inspector
250. 00
Dues
32. 19
Travel Allowance
178. 38
Supplies, Office
154. 50
Veterans Aid
27,618.85
29,092.97
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EDUCATIONAL & LIBRARY:
Schools, Educational:
Salary, Clerk
300. 00
Non-salary Items
877. 18
Salaries, Supt. Office
18,607. 71
Non-salary Items, Supt.
Hospitalization
2,160. 31
Anti-Rabies Clinic
387. 75
Polio Clinic
945. 19
22,646. 39
Garbage Collection:
9,116. 72
Town Dump:
15,500.00
CHARITIES & SOLDIERS BENEFITS:
11,487. 54
Brass Goods
3,438.89
Maintenance
6,340. 39
Equipment & Supplies
3,706. 11
Postage
Telephone
215. 25
Insurance, Vehicle
.72
105,276. 53
HEALTH & SANITATION:
Health & Sanitation:
Pipes & Fittings
138
REPORT OF EXPENDITURES DURING 1960 FROM APPROPRIATIONS
Schools, Educational: (continued)
School Operating Plants (continued):
Elem. Science Texts
328.05
Salaries, Maintenance Help
11,516. 00
Elem. Language Texts
967.96
Telephone, Shop
110. 33
Elem. Stationery & Supplies
8,794.96
Water, Shop
2. 00
Salaries, Substitutes
9,138.50
Repairs, Shop Equipment
199. 20
Salaries, Evening School
6,456. 44
Repairs, Vehicle
228. 43
Salaries, Physicians
1,500.00
Small Tools & Equipment
319. 74
Salaries, School Nurses
7,566. 56
Supplies, Repairs
547. 04
Health Supplies
410. 47
Gas & Oil
10. 39
Mental Health Clinic
750. 00
Outlay, Shop Machinery
674. 00
Utilities, H. S.
6,927. 34
Wages, School Grounds Maint.
6,921.55
Utilities, Elementary
8,264. 49
Care of School Grounds
2,395. 46
Bus Transportation
22,600.00
Outlay, New Vehicle
3,498. 49
Taxi
1,500.50
Athletic Transportation
1,195.50
Vocational Training:
Out of State Travel
268.00
Travel Reimbur sements
397. 50
Libraries
4,006. 44
Tuition Fees
3,335. 17
Physical Education & Athletics
4,184.97
3,732. 67
Salary, Cafeteria Su pervisor
3,500.00
Public Library:
Salary, Librarian
3,692. 30
Special Education Tuition
1,046. 60
Wages, Asst. Librarian
1,505.70
Educational T. V.
770. 25
Wages, Vacation Substitutes
102. 50
H. S. Evaluation
572. 98
Wages, Janitor
420. 00
Outlay, New Equipment
4,908. 65
Services, Clerical
381.90
Binding
45. 40
Electricity
Telephone
95,124
Water
21.00
Additions & Alterations Jr. /Sr.
Office Supplies
180. 28
High School Building
9,036.20
Supplies, Books
4,853. 18
Supplies, Fuel Oil
108.89
Construction Glen Road School
61,716. 17
11,836. 10
Recreation:
Salary, Director
850.00
intermediate School
7,500.00
Wages, Supervisors
5,513.00
Utilities
50. 32
Office Supplies
25. 25
First Aid Supplies
48.53
Playground & Beach Supplies
244. 52
I. S. Repairs, Building
2,362. 78
I. S. Window Cleaning
1,200.00
I. S. Fuel
7,480. 35
Bonds
1,486. 56
I. S. Plant Supplies
3,006. 44
Workmen's Comp. & P/L
12,034. 45
I. S. Major Repairs
5,009.08
Public Liability Vehicles
6,452. 45
Clem. Salaries, Janitors
36,509. 65
Fire, Theft Vehicles
492. 06
Clem. Wages, Extra Help
190. 80
Engineer's Equipment
39. 73
Clem. Repairs, Building
2,770. 63
Volunteer Fire Department
175. 50
Elem. Window Cleaning
1,161.24
Boiler Insurance
466. 60
Elem. Fuel
10,663. 49
Fire & Ext. Coverage Building
5,337. 71
Clem. Plant Supplies
6,340.82
Tree Dept. Equip. Fire, etc.
25. 00
Clem. Major Repairs
9,853.80
26,510.06
Salary, Administrative
5,980.00
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School Operating Plants:
I. S. Janitors Salaries
24,768.50
I. S. Wages, Extra Help
740.00
6,731. 62
Bonds & Insurance:
191. 24102.30
Construction Boutwell Street School
348,845.23
Repairs, Building
238. 59
Preliminary Plan Prep.
806, 285. 77
144,460. 21
Cafeteria, Non Salary Items
1,373.61
Interest:
Water Bonds
9,129.75
Anticipation Notes
14,958. 66
Anticipation of Serial Issue
2,927. 65
Fire/Police Building
756. 25
Town Report
2,213. 74
Tax Title & Legal Assistance
859. 10
Town Clock Repairs
45. 00
Unpaid Bills of previous years
1,918. 24
Reserve Fund
17,876. 67
Memorial Day
1,100.00
Lease of Quarters
2,250.00
Water Bonds
47,000.00
4-H Town Committee
100.00
Fire/Police Bonds
5,000.00
School Bonds
175,000.00
Street Construction Bonds
13,000.00
Public Sewer Mains
15,000.00
Building
57,362. 88
Police Building & Highway Garage
14,000.00
269,000.00
Unclassified:
Training & Conferences and
Out of State Travel
1,152.60
School Loans
66,047.50
Street Construction Bonds
2,022.00
Public Sewer Bonds
2,912.00
Police Building & Highway Garage
4,480.00
103,233. 81
Maturing Debt:
Construct Municipal Garage
39,499.96
Inventory Town Owned Equipment
513.00
Construct and Equip New Police
140
FIRE ALARM SIGNALS
12 Main and Church Sts. 121 Main St. and Middlesex Ave.
1221
1224
122 Main and Clark Sts. Washington Ave. Clark St. and Railroad Ave.
1232 .234
123 Main St. and Bridge Lane Brand Ave. and Wiser St. Baker St. and Taplin Ave.
236 Philips Ave. and Wild St.
124 Main St. and Massachusetts Ave. 125 Main and Harnden Sts. Harnden St. and Glen Rd. 1251 252 Glen and Miller Rds.
263
254 Glen Rd. and Jones Ave. 126 Main St. and Grove Ave. Grove Ave. and Cottage St. Mildred Rogers School Grove Ave. and Winchell Rd.
264 265 266 Grove Ave. and Lake St. 127 273 Main and Lake Sts. Fitz Terr. 274 128 Warren Rd. Main St. and Fairfield Rd.
283 Fairfield and Faulkner Rds.
129 Main St. Tewksbury Line
13 Shawsheen Ave. and Shawsheen Rd.
316
131 Shawsheen Ave. and Grand St. Grand and Birch Sts. Shawsheen and Nassau Aves.
132 324 Nassau Ave. and Dutton Rd. 133 Shawsheen Ave. and Carter Lane
134 Shawsheen Ave. and Aldrich Rd.
341 Aldrich Rd. and Hardin St.
343 Aldrich Rd. and Boutwell St.
344 Aldrich Rd. and Forest St.
345 Aldrich Rd. and Winston St. 346 Aldrich Rd. Billerica Line
135 Shawsheen Ave. Cranberry Bog. 136 Shawsheen Ave. and Bond St.
137 Shawsheen Ave. and Hopkins St. 375 Hopkins St. Billerica Line 138 Shawsheen Ave. and Nichols St.
1385 Nichols St. Billerica Line Billerica
139 Shawsheen Ave. Line
14 Unit Packet Corp.
211 Burlington Ave. and Harris St.
2112 Cedar St. and Burt Rd.
212 2114 Ceder St. and Oak Ct. Burlington Ave. and Chestnut St.
2122 Chestnut St. and Butters Row
2124 Chestnut St. and Mill Rd.
2125 Mill Rd. Burlington Line
2127 Chestnut St. and Hillside Way
2128 Hillside Way Burlington Line
2129 213 Chestnut St. Woburn Line Old Age Housing
2133 Marion and Clifton Sts.
2136 Marion St. (Between Clifton and Chestnut Sts.)
214 Burlington Ave. and Boutwell St.
2141 Boutwell St. and Taft Rd.
2142 Boutwell St. and Roosevelt Rd.
215 Burlington Ave. and Swain Rd.
2151 Swain and Taft Rds.
216 Burlington Ave. and Beach St.
217 Burlington Ave. and Forest St.
2171 Forest St. and Swain Rd. 2173 Forest St. and Pershing
231 Boutwell St. School
311 Main and Lowell Sts.
312 Main St. and Butters Row.
3121 Butters Row (Between Chestnut St. and Main St.)
313 Memorial Park
314 Greer Company
315 Main and Eames Sts.
3151 Eames St. R.R. Crossing
3152 Raffi & Swanson Co.
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.
3235 Woburn St. Woburn Line
324 Lowell and West Sts.
3241 West St. and Westdale Ave.
3242 West and Grove Sts.
3243 Grove St. Reading Line 3244 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.
431 Walker School
432 Beacon St. and Fairview Ave.
433 Fairview Ave. and Adams St. Ext.
44 Church and Clark Sts.
441 Clark St. and Middlesex Ave.
45 Church St. and Thurston Ave.
46 Church and Adams Sts. 461 St. Thomas Aux.
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. School
513 Wildwood and Woburn Sts.
521 Glendale Circle
522 Glen Rd. R. R. Crossing
5253
526 Glen Rd. and St. Paul St.
53 Middlesex Ave. Town Hall
54 Middlesex Ave. and Federal St.
541 Federal and Concord Sts.
5412 Concord and Woburn Sts.
5413 Woburn St. (Near A. S. Eames)
5414 Concord St. No. Reading Line
542 Federal and Grant Sts.
544 Federal and Lincoln Sts.
546 Federal and Liberty Sts.
547 Woburn and Federal Sts.
548 Woburn and West Sts.
55 Middlesex and Mystic Aves.
56 C. S. Harriman Tannery
57 Whitefield School
571 Shady Lane Drive and Oakdale Rd.
572 Shady Lane Drive and Lawrence St.
58 Middlesex Ave. and North St.
581 North St. (Between Middlesex Ave. and Dadant Drive)
59 Middlesex Ave. and High St.
591 High and Woburn Sts.
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.
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
POLICE
Numbers 8-3331 or 8-3332
AMBULANCE
Numbers 8-3200 or 8-3346
FIRE Numbers 8-3200 or 8-3346
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FOR INFORMATION ON:
CALL
Aid to Dependent Children
8-2211
Assessments
8-3314
Bills and Accounts
8-3313
Birth Certificates
8-3312
Board of Selectmen
8-3314
By-laws
8-3312
Cemetery
8-3901
Civilian Defense
8-3556
Civilian Defense
8-8071
Complaints (general)
8-3311
Construction
8-3313
Building Inspector
Contagious Diseases
8-3313
Board of Health
Dead Animal Removal
8-3770
Death Certificates
8-3312
Disability Assistance
8-2211
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
8-3313
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
Director of Recreation
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
8-2514
Veterans Housing
8-8531
Veterans Services
8-2514
Vital Statistics
8-3312
Voting, Registration, etc.
8-3312
Water
8-4711
Welfare, Public
8-2211
Wire Inspection
8-3313
Building Inspector
Zoning
8-3313
DEPARTMENT
Welfare Department Board of Assessors Town Accountant Town Clerk Clerk of Board
Town Clerk Cemetery Department
Director of Civil Defense Headquarters
Town Manager
Dog Officer
Town Clerk
Welfare Department Engineer
Town Clerk
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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
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
1961
AN NNUAL REPORT
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ALL-AMERICA CMES AWARDS JURY
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M .MINGTON
TOWN OF WILMINGTON
MASSACHUSETTS
WILMINGTON'S PRESENTATION
ALL - AMERICA CITIES COMPETITION
Exactly eight years ago on a bleak, wind-tortured December day, I became a resident of Wilmington, Massachusetts. It was not an auspicious introduction to the community, and I mention this because it qualifies me as an impartial observer to many of the dramatic changes worked in a decade of progress by the citizens of Wilmington, themselves. I say "worked" because these changes did not just happen. They were conceived, planned, and carried to execution by the residents of the town in a demonstration of citizen responsibility and resourcefulness experienced in few communities.
The house, which has become my home, was constructed in 1720, ten years before the incorporation of the town. One of its most charming features was a huge and historic elm, planted more than three hun- dred years ago to mark a grant of land from the King of England, known as "Land of Nod".
After more than two and a quarter centuries, the house retains its classic, colonial lines, and its rugged stability. The tree was attacked by rot. Its trunk was patched with tons of cement. Finally heavy steel cables no longer could hold its massive boughs together. Reluctantly I recently had to have it cut down.
In a way, the house and tree were symbolic of the community. The town, like the house, retained in essence its rugged Colonial character; but like the tree, time was eating away at it. History, which Wilmington had helped to create, was passing it by.
In fact, the town was living so completely in the spirit of the "Land of Nod", it was asleep to the fact that its wooded lakeside had become a hideout for known criminals, among them a member of the infamous Brinks bandits; that it was infested by bootlegging, illegal liquor, after-hour joints, and professional gambling.
Then in the past decade, or so, Wilmington, like so many other small communities, was struck by the postwar flight from the city to suburbia. From the late 40's into the 1960's, the population nearly doubled twice, from 4, 645 to its present thirteen thousand (13, 000). The community was ill prepared for its sudden growth. The very richness of its increased numbers was enough to bankrupt it. But not for long ! Thousands! of eager new home owners became a civic-blood transfusion for the old residents. Together, old residents and new, found a new and driving stimulation toward enlightened citizenship. What was good enough for their ancestors and the centuries past was no longer sufficient for their children and the future.
Wilmington faced its community problems and resorted to some drastic surgery, also. It got rid of the gamblers, the bars, the hideouts. It saw the necessity for improved police and fire protection, school and recreation facilities. Most of all, Wilmington's citizens recognized the need for modern government. That's where reform made its start. Citizen groups organized. They generated a momen tum which a decade later has not yet run down.
In 1949 the state legislature approved a change in Wilmington's charter. The following year, at the urging of the Baldwin Civic Association and several other enthusiastic citizen groups, the voters of Wilmington adopted the Town Manager plan over unrelenting opposition.
Yet, the citizens retained in their own hands the final and ultimate authority for the appropriating and expenditure of all funds through the retention of the Town Meeting. Thus, Wilmington emerged with a December-May marriage of the oldest and newest forms of government in the United States. It has been a happy and productive union. Today more citizens than ever participate actively in government, even though they have turned the administration over to trained professionals.
In addition to its full time administrative staff, Wilmington has approximately one hundred twenty-five employees, exclusive of the school system. They represent the paid clerical and labor force.
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INDEX
Accepted Streets
Animal Inspector
Page 76 83 28
Board of Appeals
Board of Assessors
24 55
Board of Public Welfare
51
Board of Registrars
15 2
Boards, Committees, and Commissions
13 38
Carter (Sarah D. J. ) Lecture Fund
73 44
Cemetery Department
Constable .
19
Directory of Officials
12 33 36
Fire Department.
Highway Department
Housing Authority
In Memoriam - Gaius E. Harmon, M. D.
Herbert Barrows
George H. Fuller
Harry J. Ainsworth
Jury List
Permanent Building Committee
Planning Board
Plans for the Future
Police Department
Progress - 1961
Public Library
Recreation Commission
School Committee
School Maintenance Department
Sealer of Weights & Measures
Superintendent of Schools
Tax Charts
Town Accountant
Town Clerk
Town Collector
Town Counsel
20 27
Town Engineer
Town Manager
Town Meetings:
Special Town Meeting - Feb. 11, 1961
11 88 91
Annual Town Meeting - Mar. 4, 1961
Special Town Meeting - June 5, 1961 99 101
Town Treasurer
17
Tree Department
40
Veterans' Agent
39
Water & Sewer Department
42
Wilmington Welcomes New Industries
64
Board of Health
Board of Selectmen
Building Inspector
Dog Officer
60 84 4 5 6 7 48 86
26 9
34 8 46 37 66 74 85 68 10 107 16 18
Warrant Annual Town Meeting - March 3, 1962
BOARD OF SELECTMEN - 1961
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Mrs. Wavie M. Drew
Charles H. Black
John D. Brooks (Chairman)
Nicholas L. DeFelice
Donald C. Kidder
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M.INCO CORPORAT
TOWN OF WILMINGTON MASSACHUSETTS
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of Wilmington:
The past year has produced tangible evidence that Wilmington is an alert and progressive community, fully deserving of its nomination for an All-America award due to the outstanding participation of its citizens in public affairs.
New industries dot the town's map, and established enterprises have been expanded - all broadening the base of the municipal tax. More industries are already under construction or planned for 1962.
New schools have been constructed to provide better education for your children, and plans already are being formulated for the location and acquisition of new school sites and the construction of further educa- tional facilities. Recreation facilities have been improved. New homes have been built, and roads ex- tended and improved.
But this is not enough. Wilmington, like the rest of the nation, is entering a new era of expansion and development. We must be prepared to play a proportionate role in it. Unrestrained spending, however, is not the way. That could lead only to disaster.
So, this is an invitation to all residents of the community without exception, to take a more active interest and part in the conduct of municipal affairs. Wilmington is going to be faced with serious financial pro- blems in the near future. We already have a substantial burden of debt. This could become overwhelming. The public debt is going to be increased constantly as the town requires more schools, other public build- ings, and services. The rate of that increase must be determined by careful planning and wise decision.
You, the taxpayers, must make the ultimate decision. You, and only you, are invested with the legal authority to appropriate the money needed to finance these projects. Obviously, it is imperative that the financing be planned and executed with care. Priorities must be established according to the immediate - ness of the need of each project. Those needed most must be provided first. All others must be postponed.
This will require inspired and unselfish leadership. But, more, it will demand the inspired and wise under - standing support of the citizenry of the town. Wilmington did not earn its All- America nomination by accident. In the past, its citizens demonstrated wisdom and energy in their striving for good government. There is no reason to believe they will not in the future.
It is with reliance on this past performance and present hope that the Board of Selectmen look forward with confidence to further growth - spiritually and morally, as well as materially - in the life of the community in 1962.
Respectfully submitted,
Board of Selectmen
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IN MEMORIAM
Gaius E. Harmon, M. D. - M. P. H. June 13, 1887 - October 6, 1961
Graduate of Thayer Academy 1905
Graduate of Boston University School of Medicine - first in his class 6/02/09
Harvard and M. I. T. School for Health Officers - Certificate of Public Health 6/11/14 Harvard University - M. P. H. in lieu of certificate given in 1914 and for accomplishments in the field of Public Health in the interim
Chairman, Vital Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association 9/10/33 - 9/23/36
Town of Wilmington:
Member, Water Main Extension Advisory Committee
8/01/49 - 1/08/52
Chairman, Board of Health 3/12/51 - 7/01/52
Member, Board of Health 6/16/54 - 5/12/56
Chairman, Union Health Dept. Committee of the Town
11/10/52 - 3/12/55
Member, Water Extension Committee 3/10/55 - 3/10/56
Member, Town Manager Advisory Capital Outlay Committee
12/15/54 - 12/15/56
To each of these appointments he brought a wealth of knowledge and a lifetime of experience. Under his able leadership the Board of Health was reorganized. a full-time Sanitarian employed, making the Board of Health an up-to-date and effectively function- ing unit.
His keen interest in the welfare of the town, his quiet devotion to the task at hand, and his careful attention to details, were attributes which endeared him to his fellow workers and for which he will be long remembered.
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wilmington Memorial Library Wilmington, Mass,
IN MEMORIAM
Herbert C. Barrows viewing scale model of the AVCO buildings
When Herbert C. Barrows died October 2, 1961, he left the Town of Wilmington a legend and a priceless heritage.
He had been a resident of the community for sixty-seven years. During that time he served his fellow citizens in many official capacities. He had been a member of the Board of Fire Engineers and a Deputy Fire Warden. He had been a Library Trustee. Also he had served as a member of the Board of Selectmen.
But it was as longtime member and chairman of the Finance Committee that he left his mark indelibly on the community. It was in this office that Herbert C. Barrows taught his fellow officials and fellow citizens the meaning of fiscal responsibility.
His unrelenting fight against unnecessary expenditures of municipal funds has become legendary. His was not always a popular stand. Sometimes he fought alone. But even his opponents recognized his position.
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