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Police Building & Highway Garage
14,000.00
299,000. 00
Unclassified:
Training & Conferences
1,190. 31
Town Report
1,846.95
Tax Title & Legal Assistance
490. 60
Town Clock Repairs
60.00
Unpaid Bills of previous years
1,926. 05
Reserve Fund
12,991. 98
Memorial Day
1,000.00
Lease of Quarters
2,250.00
4-H Town Committee
100.00
Construct & Equip New Police /Fire Bldg.
40.00
Construct New Police Station
75.00
. WIENER CINDY NATIONAL BINA .
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Middlesex County National Bank "Drive -in-Teller"
127
Kingdom Hall
128
But the more important task of policy making rests in an identical number of unpaid volunteer citizens. They make up the various boards and committees of the town, such as the Board of Selectmen, School Committee, Finance Committee, Planning Board, Board of Appeals, Board of Health, Board of Water Commissioners, Bd. of Public Welfare, Recreation Commission, Library Trustees and Personnel Board.
These participating citizens act only out of interest for the community at large. How active they have been, and how effective has been their action, may be determined from these additional accomplishments in the past decade, - while maintaining a fairly stable tax rate.
Since 1953 citizen committees have supervised construction of three new primary schools, an intermedi - ate school, and two major high school additions, in what is a ten-school, ten year, $10, 000, 000 program. In addition, citizen groups are now viewing additional school sites. The school authorities do not build these schools. The citizen volunteers do. When completed, the schools are turned over to the educators.
Since 1952 Wilmington has boasted the most impressive record of industrial growth in Massachusetts. Job opportunities increased from 170 to over 3000. Industries increased from six (6) to twenty (20). Assessed industrial valuation mounted from $100, 000 to $6, 250, 000.
In the first five months of 1961, the Mass. Department of Commerce reported, ten per cent of total industrial building in the Commonwealth was within Wilmington. Five new selective industries have con- structed in Wilmington this year. That many more have indicated intent to do so. This did not happen by accident, either. Some were attracted to Wilmington by residents acting on their own initiative.
Paving the way for this industrial growth was the preparation, also by citizen volunteers, with the aid of consultants, of exacting zoning regulations. Exercised by the Planning and Appeals Boards, and Board of Health, these regulations are the basic factors in the development, physically, of Wilmington as a balanced community in which its people may live and work.
Wilmington recently built a model community for its aged citizens and has taken an enlightened view towards its juveniles and their problems. The town is the skating center of the East. One of its skating club members is the United States and North American Women's Speed Skating Champion. Miss Jean Ashworth is now in Europe studying continental skating methods in preparation for the 1964 Olympics. Her fellow citizens helped to send her there. The young boys and girls of the town are so busy emulating her, they have little time or opportunity for delinquency.
Wilmington, unlike most communities in the Metropolitan Boston area, has its own water system; and has inaugurated and is about to extend sewerage. These twin multi-million dollar programs were fostered, not merely by the administration of the town, but by far-seeing citizen advisors. For example, the town recently opened a new wellfield productive of 1, 500, 000 gallons per day. When the proposal was first presented by the Water Commissioners, it was turned down at town meeting. A few months later, it was accepted unanimously.
What happened in between demonstrates the power and force of citizen participation. A committee made a point of calling on citizen organizations in the community, explaining the advantages of unlimited water for home and industrial use, especially when one industry, Avco Research and Advanced Develop- ment, utilizes 500, 000 gallons daily. The result was inevitable. Complete understanding won complete approval.
In the field of civilian defense a "Wilmington Plan" conceived by town residents is being considered by the Congress and Massachusetts Legislature to give tax relief to home owners building fallout shelters in their dwellings.
Recently at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Finance Committees, a state official declared: "If disaster were to wipe out the roster of paid officials and employees, most Massachusetts towns could survive. But if the community lost its citizen volunteers, town functions would be dis- organized indefinitely. "
With ten per cent of our residents participating, directly or indirectly in civic affairs, and a growing list of volunteers, awaiting appointment to committees, we in Wilmington understand why !
FIRE ALARM SIGNALS
12 Main and Church Sts. 121 Main St. and Middlesex Ave.
122 Main and Clark Sts.
1221 Washington Ave.
1224 Clark St. and Railroad Ave.
123 Main St. and Bridge Lane 1232 Brand Ave. and Wiser St.
1234 Baker St. and Taplin Ave.
1236 Philips Ave. and Wild St.
124 Main St. and
Massachusetts Ave.
125 Main and Harnden Sts.
1251 Harnden St. and Glen Rd.
1252 Glen and Miller Rds.
1254 Glen Rd. and Jones Ave.
126 Main St. and Grove Ave.
1263 Grove Ave. and Cottage St.
1264 Mildred Rogers School
1265 Grove Ave. and Winchell Rd.
1266 Grove Ave. and Lake St. 127 Main ond Lake Sts.
1273 Fitz Terr.
1274 Warren Rd.
128 Main St. and Fairfield Rd.
1283 Fairfield and Foulkner Rds.
129 Main St. Tewksbury Line
13 Shawsheen Ave. and Shawsheen Rd.
131 Shawsheen Ave. and Grand St.
1316 Grand and Birch Sts.
132 Shawsheen and Nassau Aves.
1324 Nassau Ave. and Dutton Rd.
133 Shawsheen Ave. and Carter Lane
134 Shawsheen Ave. and Aldrich Rd.
1341 Aldrich Rd. and Hardin St.
1343 Aldrich Rd. and Boutwell St.
1344 Aldrich Rd. and Forest St.
1345 Aldrich Rd. and Winston St.
1346 Aldrich Rd. Billerica Line
135 Showsheen Ave.
Cranberry Bog.
136 Shawsheen Ave. and Bond St.
137 Shawsheen Ave. and Hopkins St.
1375 Hopkins St. Billerica Line
138 Shawsheen Ave. and Nichols St.
1385 Nichols St. Billerica Line
139 Shawsheen Ave. Billerica Line
14 Unit Packet Corp.
211 Burlington Ave. and Harris St.
2112 Cedar St. and Burt Rd.
2114 Cedar St. and Oak Ct.
212 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 Chestnut St. Woburn Line
213 Old Age Housing
2133 Marion and Clifton Sts.
2136 Marion St. (Between Clifton and Chestnut Sts.)
214 Burlington Ave. ond 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 Moin 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 ond 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. ond 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
525 Glen Rd. and King St.
5253 King and Bartlett Sts.
526 Glen Rd. ond 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. Horriman 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 Waburn Sts. 592 Woburn and Park Sts. . 593 Park and Gowing Sts. 594 Park St. No. Reading 61 Middlesex Ave. and Salem St.
62 Salem St. R. R. Cross (Portland)
63 Salem St. R. R. Cross (Lawrence)
64 Salem and Cunningham 65 Salem St. and Silver Lake Rd.
651 McDonald Rd.
67 Salem St. Tewksbury
68 Salem and Ballardvale
681 Ballardvale St. (Near R. R. Bridge)
682 Ballardvale St. (Near Friends Farm)
683 Ballardvale St. (Near Thomas Morely)
684 Ballardvale St. Andove Line
69 Salem and Andover St: 691 Andaver and Woburn S
692 Andover St. Upton Ct.
693 Andover St. (Near T. C. Daley)
694 Andover St. Andover L
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
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
$ 2 7
WALLINVERY INC. VALMAY WAUS. MAY 1971
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