Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1962-1963, Part 7

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1962
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 286


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Firewood and lumber; white oak and pine timber used in shipbuilding at Medford; granite from Tyngsboro, and agricultural products from Wilmington and a great extent of fertile country to the north found their way along the canal to Boston, while the return boats supplied taverns and country stores with their annual stock of goods.


"Luggage boats" were those used exclusively for freight, and they were required to make two miles and a half an hour. The "Passage boats" were those carrying passengers, and they attained a speed of four miles an hour.


Lumber was transported in rafts about 75 feet long and 9 feet wide. These rafts were often united in "bands", and the number forming a "band" was limited to ten.


The "Passage boats" and most of those for "luggage" were drawn by one or more horses but the rafts were drawn by oxen.


75


Accepted Streets


I


Street


From


To


৳ Miles


Feet


Date(s) Accepted


Adams Street


Middlesex Ave.


Parker Street


4600


3-02-08


Ainsworth Road


Woburn Street


Town land


2600


6-05-61


Aldrich Road


Shawsheen Ave.


Billerica Line


1.2


11-06-94


Andover Street


Salem Street


Andover Line


2.3


11-06-94


Auburn Avenue


Shawsheen Ave.


800


3- 12- 45


Ayotte Street


Westdale Ave.


800


3- 10- 47


Baker Street


Brand Avenue


700


3- 12- 45


Ballardvale Street


Salem Street


Andover Line


2.7


11-06-94


Bancroft Street


Liberty Street


B & M R. R.


400


3-17-52


Beacon Street


Church Street


Belmont Avenue


1000


3-01- 15


Beech Street


Burlington Ave.


Byron Street


1000


3 - 10- 47


Beeching Avenue


Cunningham Street


Faulkner Avenue


450


3- 14-59


Belmont Avenue


Columbia Street


State Street


1000


3-03-33


Birchwood Road


Judith Road


Short Street


1550


3-17-52


3-10-53


Boutwell Street


Aldrich Road


Burlington Ave.


0.8


11-06-94


3- 12- 60


Brand Avenue


Bridge Lane


Baker Street


2370


3-13-33


3-08- 43


Brattle Street


Massachusetts Ave.


Garden Avenue


1100


3- 12- 45


Brentwood Avenue


Woodside Avenue


Woburn Street


907


6-21-38


Bridge Lane


Main Street


Shawsheen Ave.


0.3


11-06-94


Broad Street


Carmel Street


Both Ways


1377


3- 13-54


Burlington Avenue


Main Street


Burlington Line


1. 6


11-06-94


Burnap Street


Grove Avenue


Winchell Road


1378


3- 12- 45


3 - 10-53


76


ACCEPTED STREETS:


Street


From


To


1 Miles


Feet


Date(s) Accepted


Burt Road


Cedar Street


Fall Street


2500


3- 12-45


3-11-46


Butters Row


Main Street


Chestnut Street


0. 6


11-06-94


Canal Street


Shawsheen Avenue


Burt Road


1511


10-16-39


3- 12-55


Carolyn Road


North Street


Linda Road


950


3- 12 - 60


Carson Avenue


Hathaway Road


Both Ways


677


3- 10-53


3-12-55


Carson Ave. Ext.


Marie Drive


300


3-11-61


Carter Lane


Shawsheen Avenue


1400


3-09-57


Cedar Street


Harris Street


Burt Road


600


3- 12- 45


Central Street


Middlesex Avenue


Church Street


574


10-16-50


Chandler Road


Kelly Road


Adams Street


400


3-09-57


Chapman Avenue


Hathaway Road


322


3-05-51


Chase Road


Hathaway Road


297


3-10-53


Chestnut Street


Burlington Avenue


Woburn Line


2.1


11-06-94


Church Street


Main Street


Middlesex Ave.


0.8


11-06-94


Clark Street


Main Street


Church Street


0.8


11-06-94


Cochrane Road


Forest Street


Warren Road


800


3- 10-47


Columbia Street


Church Street


Talbot Avenue


0. 1


3-02-08


3-13-33


Concord Street


Federal Street


N. Reading Line


1.1


11-06-94


Congress Street


Forest Street


Burlington Line


965


10-16-39


Cook Avenue


Main Street


Kensington Ave.


1000


3-11-46


Coolidge Road


Hathaway Road


270


3-05-51


Corey Avenue


Grand Street


Canal Street


370


3-05-51


Cottage Street


Main Street


920


3- 13-54


Cross Street


Main Street


Lowell Street


900


11-06-94


Cunningham Street


Salem Street


Beeching Avenue


2320


3/44


3/52


3/53


Cypress Street


Glen Road


260


3-05-51


77


ACCEPTED STREETS:


Street


From


To


Miles


Feet


Date(s) Accepted


Davis Street


Main Street


500


3-17-52


Dayton Road


Hathaway Road


170


3-05-51


Dell Drive


Burlington Ave.


450


3-08-58


Dobson Street


Glen Road


Cary Street


1402


3- 13-54


Dorchester Street


Billerica Line


1400


3-05-51


Dorothy Avenue


Barbara Avenue


Arlene Avenue


1556


3- 12 - 60


Draper Drive


Gunderson Road


100


3- 14-59


Dublin Avenue


Main Street


500


3-05-51


Dunton Road


Nassau Avenue


Both Ways


638


3-10-56


Eames Street


Main Street


Woburn Street


0. 7


11-06-94


Edwards Road


Forest Street


Baldwin Road


450


3- 10-47


Emerson Street


Oakwood Road


Faulkner Avenue


600


3-05-51


Fairfield Avenue


Main Street


1300


3-11-46


Fairmeadow Road


Nichols Street


Nichols Street


2328


3-08-58


Fairview Avenue


State Street


650


3- 13-33


Faneuil Drive


Massachusetts Ave.


1000


10-16-50


Faulkner Avenue


Glen Road


W. Jamaica Ave.


2671


3- 13-44


3-10-53


Fay Street


Glen Road


Cary Street


700


6-21-38


3- 12-45


Federal Street


Middlesex Avenue


Woburn Street


1.1


11-06-94


Forest Street


Aldrich Road


Burlington Ave.


0.8


11-06-94


Glen Road


Main Street


Middlesex Ave.


1.3


11-06-94


Glendale Circle


Glen Road


Glen Road


1300


3-17-52


Glenview Road


Suncrest Avenue


360


3- 14-59


Gowing Road


Park Street


Marcus Road


900


3-10-56


Grand Street


Shawsheen Avenue


Dunmore Road


850


3-17-52


78


ACCEPTED STREETS:


Street


From


To


Miles


Feet


Date(s) Accepted


Grant Street


Federal Street


B & M R. R.


780


3-08-43


Grove Avenue


Main Street


Lake Street


0.4


9-29-10


Gunderson Road


Hathaway Road


Both Ways


1081


3-14-59


Hamlin Lane


Lawrence Street


558


3/10/62


Hardin Street


Aldrich Road


Lubbers Brook


250


3-05-51


Harnden Street


Main Street


Glen Road


0. 1


3-04-95


Harris Street


Burlington Avenue


Cedar Street


700


3- 12- 45


Harvard Avenue


Main Street


River Street


430


3-05-51


Hathaway Road


Woburn Street


Gunder son Road


1858


3/51


3/53


3/59


Hawthorne Road


Woburn Street


230


3- 10-56


High Street


Middlesex Ave.


Woburn Street


0.5


11-06-94


Hill side Way


Chestnut Street


Burlington Line


0. 5


3-02- 14


Hilltop Road


Suncrest Avenue


364


3- 14-59


Hobson Avenue


Pine Avenue


150 feet beyond Wiser Street


1520


3/45 3/51 3/52


Hopkins Street


Shawsheen Ave.


Billerica Line


0. 5


11-06-94


i


Jaquith Road


Shawsheen Ave.


1250


3-08-48


3/49 3/51


Jones Avenue


Glen Road


719


6-10-40


Judith Road


Birchwood Road


Cedar Crest Road


520


3-10-53


Kelly Road


Adams Street


923


3-09-57


Kendall Street


Aldrich Road


Blanchard Road


1300


3- 12- 45


Kiernan Avenue


Main Street


693


3-08-58


Kilmarnock Street


West Street


Reading Line


0.5


11-06-94


King Street


Glen Road


Broad Street


2400


6 - 10-40


3-12-45


Kirk Street


Main Street


572


3-05-51


79


ACCEPTED STREETS:


Street


From


To


Miles Feet


Date(s) Accepted


Lake Street


Main Street


Shawsheen Ave.


1.0


11-06-94


Lang Street


Bancroft Street


B & M R. R.


400


3-17-52


Laurel Avenue


Malloy Road


Parker Street


657


10-16-50.


Lawrence Court


Lawrence Street


683


3-10-56


Lawrence Street


Glendale Circle


Shady Lane Drive


3773


3- 10-56


Ledgewood Road


Suncrest Avenue


383


3- 14-59


Liberty Street


Federal Street


B & M R. R.


740


3-08-43


Lincoln Street


Federal Street


B & M R. R.


720


3-08- 43


Linda Road


High Street


1780


10-16-50


Lloyd Road


Main Street


1050


3-05-51


Lockwood Road


Ballardvale Street


990


3-09-57


Longview Road


Middlesex Avenue


650


3-14-59


Lowell Street


Main Street


Reading Line


1.9


11-06-94


Lowell Street Park


Station 7 + 50


Station 14 + 50


1908 & 1957


Mackey Road


Federal Street


250


3-08-43


Main Street


Tewksbury Line


Woburn Line


4.0


11-06-94


Marcus Road


Gowing Road


Gowing Road


2315


3-08-58


Marcia Road


North Street


1130


3-10-62


Marie Drive


Woburn Street


Thrush Road


1285


3-11-61


Marion Street


Burlington Avenue


900


3- 12- 45


Marjorie Road


Main Street


1550


3-05-51


Massachusetts Ave.


Main Street


St. Paul Street


800


3-12- 45


McDonald Road


Salem Street


1424


3- 13-44


Meadow Lane


Suncrest Avenue


363


3-09-57


Middlesex Avenue


Main Street


Salem Street


2.3


11-06-94


Miles Street


Main Street


Hobson Avenue


400


3- 12- 45


-


Ma


80


ACCEPTED STREETS:


Street


From


To


Miles


Feet


Date(s) Accepted


Miller Road


Glen Road


Emerson Street


640


3-12- 45


Morse Avenue


Woburn Street


1361


10-16-39


Mystic Avenue


Middlesex Avenue


598


3-02-08


Nassau Avenue


Shawsheen Avenue


Decatur Street


2000


3-11-46


Nichols Street


Shawsheen Avenue


Shawsheen River


0.7


11-06-94


Nickerson Avenue


West Street


900


3-10-47


Norfolk Street


Carter Lane


Nassau Avenue


538


3-13- 54


North Street


Middlesex Avenue


Dadant Drive


3533


3- 12- 45


3-13-54


Oak Street


Salem Street


350


3-19-51


Oakdale Road


Judith Road


Short Street


2280


10-16-50


Oakridge Circle


Gowing Road


Gowing Road


1730


3-08-58


Oakwood Road


Main Street


Fairfield Avenue


850


3-11-46


Olson Street


Church Street


132


3-09- 57


.....


Park Street


Woburn Street


N. Reading Line


0.9


11-06-94


Parker Street


Lowell Street


Blackstone Street


0.36


3-04-07


3-03- 19


Patricia Circle


Dell Drive


Dell Drive


595


3-08-58


1


1


Pershing Street


Federal Street


B & M R. R.


720


3-08-43


Phillips Avenue


Wiser Street


Wild Avenue


1800


3-11-46


3-13-54


Pilling Road


Hathaway Road


Both ways


930


3-14-59


Pine Avenue


Main Street


Hobson Avenue


400


3- 12- 45


Pineridge Road


North Street


Linda Road


900


3-12-60


Pineview Road


Lipp Street


Adelman Road


450


3- 10-53


Pinewood Road


Birchwood Road


Shady Lane Drive


1332


3-13-54


Pleasant Road


Middlesex Avenue


Linda Road


750


3-10-62


Powder House Circle


Middlesex Avenue


730


3- 13-54


81


ACCEPTED STREETS:


Street


From


To


Miles Feet


Date(s) Accepted


Railroad Avenue


Clark Street


Stone Street


0.2


3-01-09


Ridge Road


Suncrest Avenue


365


3- 10-56


River Street


Massachusetts Avenue


Harvard Avenue


440


3- 10-62


Rollins Road


Fenway Street


Marion Street


200


3-13-54


Roosevelt Road


Boutwell Street


Burlington Avenue


2000


3- 11- 46


Royal Street


Salem Street


1040


3-05-51


Salem Street


Tewksbury Line


N. Reading Line


2.7


11-06-94


3-05-06


School Street


Middlesex Avenue


High School Lot


616


3-01-15


Sewell Road


Hathaway Road


380


3- 12-55


Shady Lane Drive


Middlesex Avenue


Lawrence Street


2676


3-08-58


Shawsheen Avenue


Main Street


Billerica Line


2.2


11-06-94


Sheridan Road


Hathaway Road


487


3-05-51


Silver Lake Avenue


Lake Street


Dexter Street


455


3- 13- 54


Sprucewood Road


Shady Lane Drive


Short Street


600


3- 17-52


State Street


Belmont Avenue


Fairview Avenue


275


3-03- 33


Strout Avenue


Lowell Street


686


3- 17-55


Suncrest Avenue


West Street


1246


3- 13-54


Swain Road


Forest Street


Burlington Ave.


0. 4


3-20-22


10- 16-29


Taft Road


Burlington Ave.


Boutwell Street


3237


6-21-38


Taplin Avenue


Hobson Avenue


Lubbers Brook


900


3-11-46


Temple Street


Church Street


274


6-06-11


Thrush Road


Salem Street


Marie Drive


400


3-11-61


Thurston Avenue


Church Street


0.2


3-04-07


Truman Road


Hathaway Road


300


3- 10-53


Upton Court


Andover Street


0.1


11-06-94


82


ACCEPTED STREETS:


Street


From


To


Miles


Feet


Date(s) Accepted


Veranda Avenue


Main Street


Lubbers Brook


1076


3-06-16


Virginia Road


N. Reading Line


1200


3-13-54


Walker Street


Main Street


423


3-08-58


Warren Road


Lake St. , Tewksbury


100


3-13-54


Washington Ave.


Clark Street


Chase Street


0. 3


3-01-20


West Street


Woburn Street


Reading Line


1.7


11-06-94


Westdale Avenue


West Street


B & M R. R.


1211


6-22-42


Wightman Road


Warren Road


Albert Street


230


3-13-54


Wild Avenue


Grove Avenue


B & M R. R.


0.2


12-29- 10


Wildwood Street


Middle sex Avenue


Woburn Street


1.1


11-06-94


Williams Avenue


Main Street


693


6-10-40


Wilson Street


Federal Street


B & M R. R.


760


3-08-43


Winchell Road


Grove Avenue


Burnap Street


200


3-12-45


Wing Road


Woburn Street


746


3-08-58


Wiser Street


Main Street


Taplin Avenue


900


10-16-50


Woburn Street


Andover Street


Woburn Line


4.2


11-06-94


Woodlawn Avenue


Border Avenue


Kensington Ave.


250


3-17-52


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Housing Authority


Organization:


The Wilmington Housing Authority is authorized by the General Laws, Chapter 121, Section 26K, as amended.


Members:


Edwin F. Forrest, Chairman


Ernest B. Rice, Vice Chairman


Ralph D. Peterson, Treasurer


James P. Donahue, Assistant Treasurer Edward J Curtis, Secretary and Representative of State Housing Board


Statutory Reference:


1. Housing Authority Law: Section 261 to 26CCC inclusive, of Chapter 121 of the General Laws, as amended.


2. Act to Provide Housing for Veterans: Chapter 200 of the Acts of 1948, as amended.


3. Act to Provide Housing for Elderly Persons of Low Income: Chapter 667 of the Acts of 1954, as amended.


Veteran's Housing:


Location - Wildwood Street. .... Number of Units - 13 ..... Average Rent - $66. 00


Rentals are based on the income of the veteran. This Project is entirely for veterans of the low-income group of greatest need, who have been living under poor housing conditions. It allows the veteran to live in decent, safe, and sanitary housing at a rent he can afford.


Housing for the Elderly:


Location - Deming Way ..... Number of Units - 40 ..... Rent - $48. 00 Requirements for occupancy of these units is that a person must be sixty-five (65) years of age or over and must be of low income. Persons must also be in need of good housing.


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Balance Sheet as of March 31, 1962


667-1 Administration


Assets


Liabilities


Administration Fund


3,656. 11


Accounts Payable - Development


10,127.09


Petty Cash


20.00


Accrued Insurance


320. 89


Accounts Receivable


30.20


Prepaid Rent


192. 00


Accounts Receivable, S. A.


3,593.75


Operating Reserve


10,079.51


Mechanics Savings Bank


20,116. 67


Accrued Interest


480. 12


Development Cost


575,000.00


Matured Int. & Principal


4,750. 00


Debt Service Reserve


475. 00


Total


602, 416. 73


Bonds Authorized


575,000.00


601, 424. 61


Surplus


992. 12


Total


602, 416. 73


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Balance Sheet as of June 30, 1962


200-1


Assets


Liabilities


Administration Fund


3,601. 32


Accrued Pilot


73. 70


Petty Cash


20.00


Matured Interest & Principal


132. 82


Reading Cooperative Bank


2,000.00


Security Deposit


725. 00


Mechanics Savings


9,210.91


Bonds Authorized


198,000. 00


Accounts Receivable


89. 11


Less: Notes Retired 37,000.00


161,000. 00


Prepaid Insurance


1,114.07


Debt Service Reserve


6,111.00


Development Cost


198,000.00


Operating Reserve


7,258.00


Liquidated


37,000.00


161,000.00


175,300. 52


Operating Surplus


1,734.89


Total


177,035. 41


Total


177,035. 41


Council for the Aged


On June 15, 1962 a progressive step in community activity was made by the establishment of a Council for the Aged. Several months were spent by the council investigating the purposes of other councils, their most significant accomplishments, and how such activities could apply to our community. The following purposes have been adopted by the Wilmington Council for the Aged.


1. Establish channels of communication with State and Federal agencies dealing with the interests and needs of older people.


2. Establish an information center for the community on the subject of elderly citizens and their place in the community.


3. Investigate the facilities and services presently available to Wilmington's senior citizens and make recommendations for future expansion.


4. Encourage increased co-operation among the various civic agencies providing services for the elderly.


5. Encourage and support the activities of local Senior Citizens' Groups.


6. Help foster positive community attitudes toward the elderly.


7. Uncover areas of need among the elderly citizens and initiate remedial action.


8. Assist in providing continuing opportunities for the elderly to remain active, alert, and useful members of the community.


. ...... ........


Time and patience were rewarded recently by the birth of the Wilmington Golden Age Club; a group restricted to members over sixty years of age who wish more fruitful and enjoyable years of retirement.


With the experience of such successful councils as those in Brookline, Weymouth, and Lowell to guide us, we are looking forward to an active and successful year.


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Board of Public Welfare


The Wilmington Board of Public Welfare respectfully submits its Annual Report for the year 1962. The Board consists of Mr. Maurice O'Neil, Chairman of the Board, Miss Florence Balkus and Mrs. Anna Low as members of the Board.


The three employees of the Board are Walter F. Coleman, the Director of Public Assistance, who also serves as secretary to the Board, Mrs. Miriam Sullivan is the Senior Clerk and Stenographer, and Miss Helen Hobson is the Social Worker.


The categories of assistance which come under the supervision of the Board of Public Welfare are as follows General Relief, Aid to Dependent Children, Disability Assistance, Old Age Assistance, and Medical Assist- ance for the Aged. The last four categories are part of the Social Security Act and entitle each community to Federal and State reimbursements for the greater part of the aid rendered under these four programs.


The Federal and State governments, however, insist that local Boards comply with the laws, rules, and policies set by them governing the disbursement of aid. Failure on the local level to comply could result in disallowances from these sources. The preservation of human dignity, the maintenance of family units and social rehabilitation constitute the underlying philosophy of modern public assistance. The major objective of all Public Welfare Agencies in working with public assistance families is the improvement of social services to strengthen family life, the safeguarding of children in hazardous home situations, and the re- duction of dependency by an effective program of rehabilitation, and in some cases habilitation services. This Board has also provided the following services to its clients when the need is urgent: Child counseling, home management, personal and family problems, arranging foster home care, counseling of separated parents in an effort to effect reconciliations. This Board also aids able-bodied fathers in job finding; and at the close of the year 1962, the Board was not aiding any family with an able-bodied father in the home.


A great many of the larger cities are greatly concerned with "relief cheaters" and are putting a greater effort to get them off the relief rolls. Cheating should never be condoned on the welfare rolls. It is in- herently wrong, plus the fact that it penalizes the honestly needy. The smaller communities do not have this great problem, and if it is existent is a very small percentage of the total. The Wilmington Board did not have to penalize a family or an individual for "cheating or chiseling" in the year 1962.


The Federal government, under the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, also requires Social Workers and the Supervisory Staff attend a series of training meetings each year for the purpose of inter - preting new laws, rules, and policies affecting Welfare Boards and to perform their duties more effectively. Attendance at these meetings is mandatory if local Boards wish to participate in the Federal grants-in-aid for administration of the various programs.


It should be pointed out at this time that the rehabilitation of two Aid to Dependent Children families by a competent social worker would result in the savings of her salary alone, plus the benefits these families would derive from being self-supporting.


The Board of Public Welfare lived within its appropriation and again returned some of its appropriation to the Town's Excess and Deficiency account. Please refer to the Town Accountant's report for the exact amount returned. The Board also had a large surplus in its Federal accounts, and this was used to reduce its requested appropriation for 1963 by approximately $20, 000 over the 1962 appropriation. The Board this past year also recovered a larger sum from estranged fathers of children who are on our Aid to Dependent Children program. This was due to our continued diligence in searching out these fathers and bringing them before the courts.


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A more detailed explanation of each category under its proper heading will follow on these pages. The Board still believes that the taxpayers of Wilmington are entitled to a full explanation of each program under its jurisdiction. It is also believed that this type of publicity is good for the Board of Public Welfare. A knowledge by the public of the Board's functions in detail should lessen to some degree their criticism of this department. The changes in the Welfare Laws, if any, will also be incorporated in the explanations of the various categories.


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


This category is a federally-sponsored, State plan, administered by law through the local Boards of Public Welfare. The law requires local Boards to aid aged persons sixty -five and over, who are in need, and who have resided in Massachusetts for one year prior to application. Need is determined by applying budgetary standards set up by the State Department of Public Welfare. Some other requirements are personal property, such as cash, savings, bonds, etc., not to exceed $500. 00. Liens are placed on property if the applicant has an interest in such property.


The Federal government reimburses local boards $54. 00 a month for each case aided. The State pays two- thirds of the balance, and the remainder is paid by the local community and charged to the town or city of settlement. Five years'continuous residence in a community without public aid constitutes a settlement. In the event a person does not have five consecutive years' residence in a town without aid, 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 the Old Age Assistance category. The Board, in its budget request, must raise the State and other cities and towns share, as this amount is returned directly to the Excess and Deficiency Fund of the town and is used by the town. The assessors, however, anticipate this reimbursement based on the reimbursements of prior years, and it does not adver sely affect the tax rate.


For the past year, the law which most affected Old Age Assistance was Chapter 411 of the Acts of 1962, which amended Section 1 of Chapter 118A of the General Laws by providing as a basis of eligibility that a person must have resided continuously in the Commonwealth for one year immediately preceding the date of application. This modified the old law, whereby a person must have resided in Massachusetts for three years out of the last nine, with the year immediately preceding date of application continuous.


During the year 1962 a total of seventy-eight Old Age Assistance cases were aided under this program at a cost of $66, 526. 50.


AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN


Aid to Dependent Children is another federally-sponsored category administered by law through the local Boards of Public Welfare to aid children that are deprived of parental support through desertion, mutual or legal separation, divorce, incarceration, death, disability, or unemployment of the parent.


The Federal reimbursement on this program is $20. 50 per person, State reimbursement is one-third of the total expenditure. The local community pays the balance for the 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 returned to the town's Excess and Deficiency Fund. There is no settlement required on this program. However, the children must have resided in the Commonwealth for one year prior to appli- cation.


During 1962, members of this department appeared in various courts a total of twenty-eight times and were 95% successful in these appearances against delinquent fathers by receiving court orders for support of their wives and children. Receipts from this source amounted to $6, 841. 21 for 1962, an increase of 83. 6% over 1961.


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During 1962, thirty-nine families were aided under this category in Wilmington with an expenditure of $37,382. 83.


The only major change for this category during the past year was more emphasis from the Federal and State levels on services by local Boards to the families receiving this type of aid.


DISABILITY ASSISTANCE


Disability Assistance is another federally- sponsored State plan administered by law by the local Boards of Public Welfare. It requires the local Boards to aid persons who have been declared permanently and totally disabled by the Medical Review Team of the State Department of Public Welfare and who are in need. Need is determined by budgetary standards set by the State Department of Public Welfare. The Federal reim- bursement for money expended in this category is $46. 50 a month per case, and the town's share is 25% of the total cost each month. The balance is reimbursed by the State Department of Public Welfare. The same manner of financing is used as in Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children. There were no major changes on this program during 1962 from the Federal or State levels.


During the year 1962, eleven cases were aided on this category. Total expenditure for 1962 on this pro- gram was $13, 629. 10.


MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE AGED


Medical Assistance for the Aged is also a federally- sponsored State plan administered by law by the local Boards of Public Welfare. This program was born in 1960 when changes made under the Social Security Act established this category under the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. The bill, as passed at that level, recognized a need for medical care for aged persons. It, as in other Federal and State pro- grams, requires local Boards to aid persons over 65, who are medically indigent and reside in the Common wealth. No settlement is required under this category.


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