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Home My WebLink About1959-Annual Report ANN UAL REPORT OF THE ....... TOWN OFFICERS OF Ili i -4. -- AO' v 175 y M Tri b tI. gP .N, 2 W 41 g 4. APRIL Is NG ,-. LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS YEAR 1959 Somerville Panting Co,Inc Somerville,Massachusetts 4 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN OF LEXINGTON ALIST OF ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS P March, 1959 to March, 1960 A ,� LEXINGTON ,.- "The Birthplace of American Liberty" Board of Selectmen William E. Maloney, Chairman, '60 Population 1955 Census — 22,256 Raymond W.James, '60 Ruth Morey, '62 Highest elevation—385 feet above mean sea level Alan G Adams, '61 Gardner C. Ferguson, '62 Lowest elevation — 110 feet above mean sea level Settled— 1642—Cambridge Farms Town Clerk Town Treasurer James J Carroll, '60 James J Carroll, '60 Incorporated as a Town— 1713 Valuation — $66,696,418 00 Collector of Taxes Tax Rate— 1959—$63 00 Ethel U Rich, '60 School Committee Donald T Clark,Chairman, '62 Area of town in acres 10,650 42 .Mildred B Marek, '60 Sanborn C Brown, '61 Area of town in miles 16 64 Dan Fenn,Jr, '61 Gordon E Steele, '62 Extreme length in miles 5 8 Extreme width in miles4 85 Cemetery Commissioners • George M Hynes,Chairman, '62 Harvey T Winlock, '60 Gail W Smith, '61 Trustees of Public Trusts Public Streets — (miles) George P Morey,Chairman, '64 Accepted . . . . 80 53 Donald R Grant, '60 Wm R McEwen, '62 Private Streets Unaccepted . . 34 78 Moderator Paper 14 82 Charles E Ferguson, '60 r` State Highways . . . .. . 16 23 r Trunk Line Sewers .... 14 51 Constables Street Sewers 49.09 - 1Kenneth M Cox, '60 Paul E Furdon, '60 Water Mains 121 55 Planning Board Charles T Abbott,Chairman, '60 Levi G Burnell,Jr, '61 Thomas S Grindle, '63 :Richard H Soule, '62 Irving Mabee, '64 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 5 6 ANNUAL REPORTS COMMITTEES AUTHORIZED BY TOWN MEETING VOTE APPOINTED OFFICERS Cary Memorial Library Addition Building Committee Animal Inspector Authorized March 28, 1955 Dr Carl R Benton John M Belding,Chairman Robert E.Meyer Frederick M Gay Lewis L Hoyt Mildred B Marek Assistant Town Clerk and Assistant Town Treasurer Mary R McDonough—Appointed by Town Clerk and Town Treasurer Committee en Lectures under wills of Eliza Cary Board of Health Executive Health Officer Farnham and Susanna E.Cary Mark D Lurvey Authorized March 17, 1958 Blanche W Siegfried Lawrence A Quick Paul P Poehler, Jr Board of Health Agents Hazel J Murray Thomas Bowdidge(Met State Hospital) Howard R Carley (Met State Hospital) Franklin School Addition Building Committee Authorized April 2, 1956 Building Inspector Robert E Siegfried,Chairman Donald K Irwin John M. Biggs Edward T. Martin Eleanor B Litchfield Stanley E Robbins Burial Agents Douglass Funeral Service Alice M McCarthy Louis H Spencer Maple Street School Building Committee Authorized October 5, 1953 Constable Alfred P Tropeano,Chairman Charles E Moloy Ralph H.Tucker Richard P. Cromwell Thornton S Cody Jason A Woodward Director of Civil Defense Arthur E Burrell School Sites Committee Authorized April 2, 1956 Director of Veterans'Benefits and Services Roland B Greeley, Chairman Maurice 0 Healy Charles T Abbott Ruth Morey Richard R Harding Gordon E Steele Dog Officers George W Forten E. M La Rose School Street School Building Committee Executive Clerk,Selectmen Authorized October 5, 1953 Hazel J Murray Paul K Palmer, Chairman Ruth Morey John P Hanrahan Bernice Richter Fence Viewers Rev. Harold T Handley John J Garrity Standing School Building Committee Authorized March 25, 1957 Field Drivers Austin W Fisher,Chairman, '60 John W. Rycroft Benjamin W Day Robert B Kent, '60 Jaqueline A Davis, '61 Alvin W Davis, '60 Stephen Russian, '62 Forest Warden William G Potter, '61 Frederick K Johnson, '62 George C Sheldon TOWN OF LEXINGTON 78 ANNUAL REPORTS Insect Pest Control APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES Paul E Mazerall Lockup Keeper Appropriation Committee John W Rycroft John H Blaisdell,Chairman, '61 Donald G Colony, '60 Howard W Patterson, '61 Paul Buckley, '60 Robert E Meyer, '62 Measurer of Wood and Bark Maurice F Shaughnessey, '60 Richard H Battin, '62 Harold I Wellington Norman J Richards, '61 Alfred L Viano, '62 Edward A Palmer, Ex-Officio Plumbing Inspector John B Byrne,Jr Assessors Edward B Cass,Chairman, '61 Public Weighers James J Connell, '60 William I Burnham, '62 Harold I Wellington Edward f Skinner Public Works Superintendent Beard of Appeals John J Carroll (Acting Under Building and Zoning Laws) Donald E Nickerson,Chairman, '62 Aiden L. Ripley, '60 Lester T Redman, '63 Registrars of Voters Walter C Ballard, '61 Thomas G Lynah, '64 'Malcolm H Clifford, Chairman, '60 Charles F Vaughan, '61 Jasper A Lane, '62 Board of Appeals—Associate Members Sealer of Weights and Measures J Henry Duffy, '60 Charles H Norris, '60 Ralph H Chadwick George W Emery, '60 James A Harding, Jr., '60 Town Accountant Board of Health Edward A Palmer Rufus L McQuillan, Chairman, '62 Dr William L Cosgrove, '60 Charles H Cole, '61 Town Counsel Ivan G Pyle,M D, Consultant Physician Harold E Stevens Board of Public Welfare Town Engineer ;Harold F Lombard, Chairman, '60 John J Carroll John A Sellars, '60 Howard H Dawes, '60 Robert K Taylor, '60 Paul F Bartel, '60 Tree Warden Paul E Mazerall Board of Retirement George P Morey, Chairman, '61 Veterans'Graves Officer Arthur Silva, '60 Edward A. Palmer, Ex-Officio Maurice D Healy Wire Inspector Bridge Charitable Fund Trustees Robert K Jeremiah George P Morey,Chairman, '64 Donald R Grant, '60 Wm R McEwen, '62 it TOWN OF LEXINGTON 9 10 ANNUAL REPORTS Capital Expenditures Committee Recreation Committee By-Law Committee,Authorized March 26, 1955 By-Law Committee, Authorized November 19, 1956 Donald Noyes, Chairman, '61 Paul K Palmer, '60 Ronald S Woodberry, Jr, '62 Jean D Wanless,Chairman, '62 Kenneth L Warden,Jr, '60 Ruth IF Souza, '62 Colby E Kelly, '60 Richard S Sparrow, '61 Wm F Caterino, '60 Paul Hanson, '62 Dental Clinic Phyllis E Black, Chairman, '60 Town Celebrations Committe. Paul F Poehler, Jr, '60 Elizabeth Haroian, '60 By-Law'Committee,Authorized March 26, 1956 Lincoln P Cole,Jr,Chairman, '60 Doris L. Pullen, '60 Cornelius P Cronin, '61 Fire Commissioners Eleanor B Litchfield, '60 Donald B. Cobb, '62 George C Sheldon, Chairman, '61 Wm F Bongiorno, '61 Kingston L Howard, '62 Harold E Roeder, '60 William P Fitzgerald, '62 Georgia H Williams, '61 Arthur F Douglass, '62 Gammell Legacy Income Trustees (Acting with Department of Public Welfare) Mary E Casey, '60 Margaret L West, '60 Historic Districts Ce mm�sswn y� Authorized November 19, 1956 Donald R Grant,Chairman, '61 Cyrus Wood, '60 E B Worthen,Jr, '63 Donald E Legro, '62 Philip B Parsons, '64 Associates Arnold E Howard, '62 Charles H Cole, '63 Carl E Bryant, '62 Ralph A Burnham, '63 Memorial Day and Veteran!?Day Maurice D Healy, '60 George E Foster, '60 Jerome F Garrity, '60 Daniel P O'Connor, '60 Lawrence E Stone, '60 Old Age Assistance Bureau Harold F Lombard, Chairman, '60 John A Sellars, '60 Robert K Taylor, '60 Howard H Dawes, '60 Paul F. Bartel, '60 Posture Clinic Agnes F Manning,Chairman 11 Gertrude A Flynn, Co-Chairman Alice W Hammer Pauline F Fontas Marion Colby Joan G O'Brien M Ilene Nielsen Charlotte B Guild Esther Sherman Priscilla L McEwen Eleanor T Massimilla Christine Merrifield TOWN OF LEXINGTON 11 12 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AT LARGE James Roberts 19 Locke Lane William C Madden, 955 Massachusetts Avenue 1960 Woodrow W Sayre 1377 Massachusetts Avenue Harold E Stevens, 209 Follen Road .. 1960 David F Toomey .... 9 Spencer Street William E Maloney, 289 Bedford Street . . 1960 Weiant Wathen-Dunn 44 Maple Street Raymond W James, 66 Blake Road . . . 1960 Sidney B Williams 1123 Massachusetts Avenue Alan G Adams, 15 Somerset Road 1961 John J Collins, Jr 11 Haskell Street Ruth Morey, 90 North Hancock Street 1962. Gardner C Ferguson, 16 Highland Avenue . . 1962 James J Carroll, 17 Muzzey Street 1960 Charles E Ferguson, 1364 Massachusetts Avenue 1960 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS George M Hynes, 28 Locust Avenue ... .. 1962 PRECINCT TWO TERM 1962 Charles T Abbott . .. . 26 Richard Road TOWN MEETING MEMBERS James B Bushard 25 Bowker Street Donald T Clark . . . . . .. .. ... .25 Moon Hill Road PRECINCT ONE Elizabeth H Clarke 29 Moon Hill Road TERM 1962 Frank A Currier, Jr ..... .. 4 Churchill Lane Lois W Brown 37 Maple Street Richard P Cromwell 21 Summit Road Sanborn C Brown 37 Maple Street Thomas J Donnelly, Jr .. . ... ........ . . . .. 16 Smith Avenue !. Alfred S Busa 38 Circle Road Munroe H Hamilton 66 Robbins Road J Henry Duffy 25 Maple Street Vernon C Page 12 Independence Avenue Anne G Fisher .. . 1303 Massachusetts Avenue Aiden Lassell Ripley 52 Follen Road Robert H Gray 509 Woburn Street Gordon E Steele 12 Smith Avenue Roland B Greeley .. 1359 Massachusetts Avenue William F Mason . . .... 20 Maple Street TERM 1961 Donald P Noyes 375 Lowell Street J Harper Blaisdell, Jr 12 Plymouth Road Thomas Sullivan ..... .... 17 Curve Street Marjorie K Blaisdell ... . .. 12 Plymouth Road Marlin E Whitney 258 Lowell Street Winfield S Caouette 1 Stearns Road George E Foster10 Plainfield Street I TERM 1961 Thomas G Gibian 212 Follen Road William L Brown, Jr472 Lowell Street Lloyd C Harding . . . 50 Tucker Avenue Daniel P Busa . ... 82 Lowell Street Lewis L Hoyt 30 Locust Avenue Robert P Doran 150 East Street Rufus L McQuillan 35 Tower Road Austin W Fisher, Jr 1303 Massachusetts Avenue Donald K Tucker 24 Swan Lane Nancy D Hudson .. 58 Laconia Street Benjaminacock Farm Road rion H Woodward 18 Pel 1 Robbins Road James E Luvalle . .. .... 11 Wheeler Road William G Nowlin . .. 29 Maple Street Haskell W Reed 72 Lowell Street TERM 1960 Norman J Richards369 Lowell Street Wallace B Baylies 64 Taft Avenue Emile J Vadeboncoeur .. . 35 Brandon Street Nathaniel P Blush 150 Pleasant Street Rosly M Walter .. ... ... 445 Lowell Street Donald R Grant . . ... 22 Summit Road Allan Green 161 Blossom Street TERM 1960 Daniel J Griffin Watertown Street Howard G Allison 15 Utica Street Alan S Hodges 21 Dawes Road William Hammer 15 Fiske Road William G Kling 16 Taft Avenue Franklin C Hudson .. . 58 Laconia Street Harold E Roeder 6 Churchill Lane Vincent A McCrossen 627 Massachusetts Avenue George C Sheldon ... 6 Plainfield Street Henry F Peabody 8 Curve Street John J Sullivan .. 1 1 16 Massachusetts Avenue John A Wilson • 62 Fern Street TOWN OF LEXINGTON 13 14 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Dan H Fenn, Jr John M Fernbe 24 Fair Oaks Drive rger 50 Spring Street PRECINCT THREE Thomas S Grindle 29 Bloomfield Street Bertram P Gustin . 50 Bloomfield Street TERM 1962 Lee E Tarbox 17 Highland Avenue John R Bevan . . 56 Hancock Street Paul K Palmer . . 24 Bloomfield Street Charles M Blake . 72 Meriam Street Ronald S Woodbury, Jr 1454 Massachusetts Avenue Woodruff M Brodhead 21 Hayes Avenue Lincoln P Cole, Jr 16 Hill Street TERM 1961 Howard E Custance 8 Oakland Street Walter G Black 11 Highland Avenue Robert W Fawcett 27 Oakland Street Arthur E Bryson, Jr .... 41 Fair Oaks Drive Ernest A Giroux .. . . • 20 Woodland Road Robert M Coquillette • 235 Waltham Street Richard W Maynard . . 77 Menam Street Chesley M Dunlap .... 225 Waltham Street Donald E Nickerson 49 Somerset Road Robert H Holt . . . 11 Bennington Road Walter E Sands 57 Menam Street Martin Lubin .... .. . 463 Concord Avenue Ralph H Tucker 100 Meriam Street Edward T Martin • 13 Sherbume Road Stephen T Russian10 Marlboro Road TERM 1961 Charles E Scribner 7 d HighlanAvenue Joseph E Belcher 85 Hill Street Richard W Souza 40 Wo land fe Road Louis W Bills 73 Hancock Street Dorothy B Williams 20 Barberry Road William I Burnham . 30 East Street Leland H Emery 6 Oakland Street TERM 1960 Milton F Hodgdon 32 Hancock Street Arthur T Bernier 18 Hudson Road Frederic K Johnson 3 Franklin Road Charles T Cogswell ... . 35 Prospect Hill Road Russell M Little 14 Meriam Street William F Downe 286 Marrett Road Mildred B Marek 43 Somerset Road Martin A Gilman . . 56 Bloomfield Street A Edward Rowse 38 Somerset Road Ernest R Hunt 47 Farmcrest Avenue George P Wadsworth • 26 Hayes Avenue Irving H Mabee 25 Highland Avenue J S Nason Whitney 21 Woodland Road William L Potter 21 Fair Oaks Terrace Burton B Stuart32 Vine Brook Road TERM 1960 Robert P Trask, Jr 217 Waltham Street Otis S Brown, Jr 11 Diana Lane Alfred P Tropeano ... 25 Vine Brook Road Ronald D Brown 27 Edgewood Road Cyrus Wood 9 Prospect Hill Road Murray G Dearborn • 16 Stratham Road Robert H Kingston 4 Field Road Donald M Fifield 25 Adams Street George E Graves 33 Adams Street Paul Hanson 70 Hill Street TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Wilbur M Jaquith • 42 Somerset Road Dexter A Smith . 55 Hancock Street PRECINCT FIVE Richard H Soule 16 Hancock Street Donald E Williamson 15 Patriots Drive TERM 1962 Harvey F Winlock 61 Meriam Street Clifford W Birch, Jr 34 Grove Street Kenneth F Blodgett 94 Hancock Street Edith B Cheever • . .. 268 Bedford Street Grant B Cole 97 Blake Road TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Russell S Davenport 482r Bedford Street Howard H Dawes . . .. 10 Bernard Street PRECINCT FOUR Donald K Irwin 6 Valley Road Donald E Legro 84 Gleason Road TERM 1962 Robert E Meyer Tracy W Ames 2 Highland Avenue James M West ••• 55 Williams Road Carl E Bryant 12 Fair Oaks DriveEdwinB Worthen, Jr 135 Simonds Road Levi G Burnell 25 Outlook Drive 35 Dexter Road • TOWN OF LEXINGTON T5 16 ANNUAL REPORTS TERM 1961 Charles Henry Jackson Gabriel Baker . . 2 Unmoor Terrace John F Manley "" 40 Clarke Street Carl H Bolter ... 51 North Street Nathan B Ricker 53 Forest Street . ...59 Forest Street Thornton S Cody ... .. ... ... ,. 8 North Street Donald J. Shaw "' Eleanor Bradford Litchfield .. .. "" 6 BarrymeadeHamblDrive 57 Dexter Road James C Shaw . 11 Hamblin Street Norman T May . . .... 285 Bedford Street George P Morey .. .... .... 90 North Hancock Street Robert H. Packard 14 Gleason Road TERM 1960 Raymond J Culler 209 Lincoln Street "' .. James F Flynn ... Howard A Patterson 123 Blake Road •• •••• .. . Charles G. Esterberg, Jr ,,, David A Stuntz 80B Hancock Street •••. .. 10 Barrymeade Drive Frederick E Tucker ... 47 Gleason Road Robert B. Kent •' 3 Minute Man Lane • •••• ••• .... 84 Middle Street James W Lanbie . ... • .... . . 56 Shade Street TERM 1960 Richard I Miller .. 30 Patterson Road David E Acker .... ... 49 North Hancock Street William A Oliver ..,. 106 School Street Robert G Allen .. .... .... ... 253 Bedford Street Richard M Perry .. ... .... 16 Ellison Road R o eric L Baltz .. .. 28 Robinson Road Kenneth L Warden, Jr. • 10 Constitution Road Arthur G Bernier . ... . . 296 Bedford Street Arnold W. Williams .... .... .... ... 9 Balfour Street Arthur Burrell .. 102 Gleason Road Marjorie C L. Williams . , ,,, .... 9 Balfour Street ' John Carrier .. 91 Burlington Street •••' ••. Roy Edward Cook . . .... 5 Ledgelawn Avenue William P Fitzgerald .. ... .... ... 65 Liberty Avenue Charles E Kitchin .. .,. 47 Harding Road Donald B MacKay 23 Flintlock Road Christine H Meyer ... .. 55 Williams Road Alden F Westerlund 114 Burlington Street TOWN MEETING MEMBERS PRECINCT SIX �. TERM 1962 Walter C. Ballard .. ... .... .... ... ... . 8 Raymond Street Winthrop Harold Bowker . 2184 Massachusetts Avenue William Wallace Ferguson ... .... .... .... ... 6 Belfry Terrace William Roger Greeley 1948 Massachusetts Avenue Harold T Handley .. .... . .. . . . 1 888 Massachusetts Avenue Donald D Hathaway .... ... 84 Shade Street Robert C Johnson ... .... .. .. 60 Wood Street Donald B Lindsay .. .•. .... 47 Wood Street Thomas A Napoli .... .... ... . .. 73 Miadle Street Donald E Nickerson, Jr 2198 Massachusetts Avenue Richard A. Peak .. ... ... .. .. .. .. .. 22 Ewell Avenue TERM 1961 Richard H Battin .. ... .. . . 15 Paul Revere Road George E Cooper .. ., 191 Lincoln Street Roy A Crosby 180 Lincoln Street Robert H Farwell . 24 Balfour Street Francis A Gallagher 151 Spring Street John E Harvey . 1 Constitution Road TOWN OF LEXINGTON 17 18 ANNUAL REPORTS LIST OF JURORS Name and Address Occupation Business Address AS SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN Henry Brask Engineer Brask Engineering 9 Robbins Road 177 State Street OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, 1959 Boston, Mass Name and Address Occupation Business Address Richard K Brehm Director of Jarrell-Ash Company Charles G Abbott Salesman Packard Paper Box 22 Tyler Road Engineering 26 Farwell Street P 0 Box 165 166 Commercial Street Newtonville 60, Mass Malden, Mass Edward Brennan Design U S Air Force Douglas A Allred Engineer Sylvania Electric 63 Harding Road Draftsman Cambridge Research 38 Summit Road 100 First Avenue Bedford, Mass Waltham, Mass John E Bresnahan Clerk Terminal Operators, Inc Herbert Ansell Manager Davis Sportswear Co 15 Bates Road 666 Summer Street 12 Peacock Farm Road 4 Hampshire Street Boston, Mass Lawrence, Mass Donald B Brick Engineer Sylvania Electric Fletcher Ashley Architect Fletcher Ashley 4 Blueberry Lane 100 First Avenue 6 Moon Hill Road 6 Moon Hill Road Waltham, Mass Lexington, Mass Paul K Brown Chemist Harvard University 9 Richard Road Cambridge, Mass J Howard Atkins Vice President F J Barnard&Co 194 Follen Road General Manager 101 Mystic Avenue Harry F Buckley Supervisor N E Power Service Co. Medford 55, Mass 26 Whipple Road 441 Stuart Street Boston 16, Mass Raymond H Atwood Chemical Engineer Standard Lime&Cement 17 Fairlawn Lane Company Bryant F Burtt R R Conductor B & M Railroad, Baltimore 3, Md 43 Follen Road Boston, Mass James R Beall Helper N E Tel &Tel Co William F Byers Engineer General Radio Co 134 Mass Avenue 185 Franklin Street 28 Fairlawn Lane 22 Baker Avenue Boston, Mass Concord, Mass Russell H Bean Engineer Raytheon Company Arthur Campbell Printer Hearst Corp 2300 Mass Avenue Wayland Laboratory 157 Lowell Street 5 Winthrop Square Wayland, Mass Boston, Mass Robert 0 F Bixby C P A Price Waterhouse&Company Francis D Carey Assistant Manager Raytheon Company 32 Williams Road 75 Federal Street 11 Dee Road Research Division Boston, Mass Waltham, Mass Walter C Carmichael Designer (Industrial) American Optical Co William J Blackstock Physicist Arthur D Little 7 Appletree Lane 80 Heard Street 8 Tyler Road Cambridge, Mass Chelsea, Mass Carl Blake Scientist M I T Lincoln Laboratory Francis P Carney Estimator 241 Washington Street 4 Wachusett Circle Lexington, Mass 126 Burlington Street (Self-employed) Somerville, Mass Henry A Bodine Engineer Jas F Morse & Co Mark S Carroll Assistant Director Harvard University Press 26 Fairlawn Lane 66 Norfolk Avenue 18 Independence Avenue 79 Garden Street Boston,Mass Cambridge, Mass Harold L Bradford Manager Wilson & Co, Inc Albert W Chester Manufacturer's Edward Blake Co 341 Lowell Street 131 State Street 24 Winchester Drive Representative 437 Cherry Street Boston, Mass West Newton, Mass TOWN OF LEXINGTON 19 20 ANNUAL REPORTS Name and Address Occupation Business Address Name and Address Occupation Business Address Louis F Cizek Manager Eastern States Farmer's John S DeMetrick Electrical Engineer Automatic Radio Mfg 26 Locust Avenue Exchange, Box 85, 36 Tyler Road Co, Inc North Cambridge,Mass 122 Brookline Avenue Thomas A Clear,Jr Supervisor Security Mills, Inc Boston, Mass 26 Cliffe Avenue 24 Munroe Street Verner S Dempsey Engineer U S A F Research Center Newtonville, Mass 6 Locust Avenue Bedford, Mass Fred Colby Electrical Engineer Raytheon Company Robert V Dodd Accountant M I T Lincoln Laboratory 7 Great Rock Road Waltham, Mass 16 Bates Road Lexington,Mass James A Collins Rate Engineer N E Power Service John A Donahue Accountant Louis Sack&Co 3 Smith Avenue 441 Stuart Street 26 Winchester Drive 24 Lake Street Boston, Mass Somerville, Mass Harold H Colton Manager Frank J Cole, Inc Joseph C Donnelly C P A Robert, Finnigan&Lynah 9 Winchester Drive 197 Norfolk Avenue Boston, Mass 132 Follen Road 136 Federal Street Boston, Mass Alfred C Conrod Physicist M I T Instrumentation Edward P Dubois Salesman Raytheon Company 1 Spencer Street Laboratory 207 East Street Bedford, Mass Cambridge, Mass Albert W Dubsky Electrical Engineer Camb Electron Accelerator Chester T Cook C P A Hollis E Sawyer&Co 267 Lowell Street 44 Oxford Street 26 Wyman Road 79 Milk Street Boston, Mass Cambridge, Mass Charles Copeland Sales Manager Personal Products Co Morris J Feigen General Manager Arlan's Dept Store 2 Blueberry Lane Fall River, Mass 9 Benjamin Road Milltown, New Jersey Joseph C Coplon Manufacturer A S Beck Shoe Corp Daniel J Fink Chief Engineer Allied Research Associ- 18 Fiske Road 210 South Street 17 Peacock Farm Road ates, Inc,43 Leon Street Boston, Mass Boston, Mass , Robert R Cox,Jr Security trader 230 Boylston Street Thomas H Flanders Purchasing Agent First National Stores I 14 Tower Road (Self-employed) Boston,Mass 11 Lantern Lane 5 Middlesex Avenue Somerville, Mass Richard P Cromwell Senior Vice President Am Mutual Liability 21 Summit Road Insurance Co Norman G Fletcher Architect Architects Collaborative Wakefield, Mass 36 Moon Hill Road 63 Brattle Street Cambridge, Mass James A Cunha Manager Berman's Motor Express, Inc 14 Blueberry Lane Medford, Mass Eugene Flewelling Accountant Simplex Wire&Cable 22 Locke Lane 79 Sidney Street John R Currier,Jr Engineer The Mitre Corp 1003 Mass Avenue Lexington, Mass Cambridge, Mass John P Fontas Salesman Carol Rodger's John G Danielson Architect John G Danielson 21 Locust Avenue 1350 Broadway, N Y i 19 Winchester Drive 18 Tremont Street Boston, Mass Irving U Fowler Mechanic National Cash Register John S Dasho Manufacturer Byron Clothing Mfg Co 3 Pinewood Street 539 Commonwealth Avenue 15 Winchester Drive Somerville, Mass Boston, Mass Quentin E Davison Bank Officer Mdsx County Nat'l Bank Paul Hollis Fraser Salesman Cadillac Auto Co 1 7 Crescent Road 808 Commonwealth Avenue 3 Appletree Lane 1 Salem Street Boston,Mass Mass TOWN OF LEXINGTON 21 22 ANNUAL REPORTS Name and Address Occupation Business Address Name and Address Occupation Business Address Lawrence R Harding District Sales Delta Power Tool Division Ernest W Gall Architect Metcalf&Eddy 21 Battle Green Road Manager Rockwell Mfg Co 11 Winchester Drive Boston, Mass Pittsburgh, Pa Frank J Gallagher,Jr Estimator and Frank J Gallagher&Co John C Harkness Architecture Architects Collaborative 14 Appletree Lane Supervisor 580 Huron Avenue 34 Moon Hill Road 63 Brettle Street Cambridge, Mass Cambridge, Mass Thomas A Gallagher Garage man N E Tel &Tel Co William D Harrigan Real Estate 122 Marrett Road 24 Dawes Road 50 Oliver Street 122 Marrett Road (Self-employed) Lexington,Mass Boston, Mass Frederick R Hartstone Executive Krey's, Inc John A Garofalo Helper N E Tel &Tel Co 29 Tyler Road 85 Summer Street 39 Arcola Street 6 Bowdoin Square Boston, Mass Boston, Mass John N Haskell Telephone Worker Francis M Garth Engineer General Dynamics 25 Chase Avenue N Tel leasantStr Tel Co Street 33 Peacock Farm Road Mitre Corporation Arlington, Mass Lexington, Mass Charles E Heath Insurance Met Life Ins Co George C Gates Executive Schiavone&Sons, Inc 70 Burlington Street Representative 267 Moody Street 17 Wheeler Road Mystic Docks Waltham, Mass Charlestown 29, Mass George C Henderson,Jr Manager Arlington Five Cent Myron B Gilbert Research Camb Research Center 136 Maple Street Savings Bank 7 Wheeler Road Bedford, Mass Arlington, Mass Richard J Gilbert Estimator and J J Vaccaro, Inc Harold Hennig Manager Market Raytheon Company 20 Winchester Drive Const Sup't 511 Mystic Avenue 15 Whipple Road Research Dept Newton 58, Mass Somerville, Mass Arnold E Howard Administrative Head Dept Natural Resources Edward L Gilfix Supervisor Datamatic Division, 14 Robbins Road 15 Ashburton Place 42 Peacock Farm Road Minneapolis Honeywell Boston, Mass Newton Highlands, Mass Franklin Howell Insurance Great Am Ins Co Irving Goldstein Engineer Raytheon Company 108 Woburn Street 4 Liberty Square 31 Peacock Farm Road Waltham, Mass Boston, Mass Philip L Gordon Chemist Borden Chemical Co Wallace E Howell Meteorologist W E Howell Assoc 35 Peacock Farm Road Leominster, Mass 35 Moon Hill Road Box 163, Lexington,Mass Charles Rogers Gredler Lib Officer Harvard University Robert J Hulk Building Lumber Mut Fire Ins 1 1 9 Burlington Street Cambridge, Mass 16 Burlington Street Superintendent 632 Beacon Street Boston, Mass Robert G Grey Manager Millard Brass&Copper Co, Robert P Hunter Sales Manager Maintain Store Eng Service 144 Marrett Road Inc, 823 Albany Street 6 Locke Lane Woburn, Mass Roxbury, Mass Stanley Gruber Bank Officer and Chestnut Hill Cooperative Paul W Huprich Manager Armour&Company 32 Peacock Farm Road Treasurer Bank, 1218 Boylston Street 17 Lantern Lane Chicago, III Chestnut Hill 67, Mass John Hurst Insurance Agent 1250 State Street Robert R Hamblin Auto Dealer Hamlin Motor Sales, Inc 9 Great Rock Road Springfield, Mass 4 Fiske Road Watertown, Mass Arthur H Irwin,Jr. Assistant Treasurer Wirthmore Feeds, Inc William Hammer Plant Manager Elizabeth Webbing Mills, Inc 80 Middle Street 343 Winter Street 15 Fiske Road Pawtucket,R I Waltham, Mass ' TOWN OF LEXINGTON 23 24 ANNUAL REPORTS Name and Address Occupation Business Address Name and Address Occupation Business Address Robert M Jacobs Engineer Stone&Webster Corp Emmanuel Maier Purchasing Agent Acoustic Research 2 Lexington Avenue 49 Federal Street 2209 Mass Avenue 24 Thorndike Street Boston, Mass Cambridge, Mass John G Jelatis Physicist M I T Lincoln Laboratory Murray E Malin Department Avco, RAD 27 Tyler Road Lexington, Mass 19 Demar Road Manager Wilmington, Mass Carl F Jenkins Engineer Melpar, Inc Austin Maloney Night Foreman Morschner Dye Works, Inc 8 Plymouth Road 43 Leon Street 155 Blossom Street Reservoir Street Boston, Mass Needham, Mass Merton H Jillson Assistant Treasurer Penobscot Chemical Fibre Co Benjamin J Mayo,Jr Salesman Imperial Color Chemical 20 Richard Road 211 Congress Street 11 Dawes Road & Paper Corporation Boston, Mass Boston, Mass William C Mayhew Insurance Agent John Hancock Ins Co Robert E Johnson Sales Marsh Wall Products 627 Mass Avenue 24 Lexington Street 16 Locke Lane 18 Moulton Street Cambridge, Mass Waltham, Mass er National Cash Register Warren L McCabe Aero Engineer M I T Daniel A Jones Manager 9 21 Fern Street Cambridge, Mass 30 Colony Road Boston, Mass Donald McElman Sales Manager Perkins Mach Co, Inc Jeremiah J Kasey Printer Container Corp of America 74 Blossom Street Route 128, Needham,Mass 143 Maple Street 200 Boston Avenue Medford, Mass James F McKinney Superintendent James F McKinney 15 Bird Hill Road 15 Bird Hill Road Edwin L Key Electrical Engineer Lincoln Laboratory Lexington, Mass 9 Blueberry Lane Lexington, Mass Wayne A McRae Director of Ionics, Inc Melvin Labitt Physicist Lincoln Laboratory 25 Peacock Farm Road Research 152 6th Street 30 Tyler Road Lexington, Mass Cambridge, Mass William B Ladd,Jr. Sales Manager H G Davis, Inc Allan V Mead Assistant Payroll Lincoln Laboratory 8 Robbins Road 45 Moulton Street 204 East Street Supervisor Lexington, Mass Cambridge, Mass John E Meade Electrical Engineer Raytheon Company Francis H Lawless,Jr Electrical Contractor Wheeler Elec Co 6 Baskin Road Wayland Laboratory 21 Bartlett Avenue 82 Dartmouth Street Wayland, Mass Boston, Mass Edward L Mears Executive Dewey&Almy Chem Co William J Lederman Pharmacist E R Squibb&Sons 15 Lantern Lane 62 Whittemore Avenue 28 Tyler Road 31 Cambridge Parkway Cambridge, Mass Cambridge, Mass Harry W Merriam Assistant Treasurer Harvard Trust Co Eliot Leonard Store Manager Harvard Coop Soc 21 Minute Man Lane Cambridge, Mass 2 Peacock Farm Road Cambridge, Mass Fred W Meurling Supervisor General Radio Co Frank J Liva Engineer Raytheon Mfg Co 42 Maple Street Concord, Mass 27 Whipple Road Missile Division Roger W Milligan Engineer Allied Research Associ- VWa tham, Mass 5 Russell Road ates,43 Leon Street Boston, Mass Edwin J Maguire Supervisor Am Biltrite Rubber Co 127 Maple Street 22 Willow Street James H Mollenauer Super Electronics Federal Aviation Agency Lhelkea, Mass 35 Tyler Road Scientist Washington 25, D C TOWN OF LEXINGTON 25 26 ANNUAL REPORTS Name and Address Occupation Business Address and Address Occupation Business Address Henry M Sanger Printer The Sangers Lloyd H Morey Ship chandler Commonwealth Ship 9 Patricia Terrace 9 Patricia Terrace 12 Daniels Street Supply Co, Inc Lexington, Mass 237 Northern Avenue Boston 10, Mass Clifton A Saunders Manager Gen Heat&Appliance Co Lawrence C Moulthrop Pharmacist Theatre Pharmacy 17 Lexington Avenue 1265 Boylston Street Boston, Mass 45 Middle Street 1800 Mass Avenue Lexington, Mass Howard Scharfman Electrical Engineer Raytheon Company John A Nilson Accountant Harvard University Press 23 Whipple Road Waltham, Mass 62 Adams Street 79 Garden Street Alvin L Schmertzler Retail Store Miles Card Shop Cambridge, Mass 23 Peacock Farm Road Manager 48 Winter Street Nathan Paris Manager and Jefferson Const Co Boston, Mass 20 Blueberry Lane Comptroller 75 First Street Paul Schratter Advertising Gen Elec Co Cambridge, Mass 22 Fair Oaks Terrace Manager 950 Western Avenue Fred Parker Bus Adm The Mitre Corp West Lynn,Mass 8 Buckman Drive Lexington, Mass James T Scriven Engineer Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Charles D Paton Electrical Engineer R C A 20 Independence Avenue Waltham, Mass 21 Fiske Road Burlington, Mass John Servente Photo Engraver Capitol Engraving Company Marshall A Porter Foreman Camb Thermionic Corp. 128 Lowell Street 286 Congress Street 45 Burlington Street 445 Concord Avenue Boston, Mass Cambridge, Mass Jerome F Sheehan Engineer City Bank&Trust Company William E Reeder Engineer Raytheon Company 79 Woburn Street 175 Washington Street 51 Laconia Street Waltham, Mass Boston, Mass Dana A Regdlo Mechanical Engineer Lincoln Laboratory Henry B Siders Manager Austin-Hastings Co 31 Buckman Drive 226 B 16 Laconia Street Lexington, Mass Burney Street Cambridge, Mass Harry W Ritchie Engineer Mass Port of Authority 15 Appletree Lane Logan Airport Orbert H Simmons Foreman Watertown Arsenal Boston, Mass 5 Maple Street Watertown, Mass Wallace E Rockwell Insurance John Hancock Ins Bernhart R Snyder Consultant Richard W Partridge 366 Lowell Street Boston, Mass 30 Peacock Farm Road 102 Federal Street Boston, Mass Lewis J Rose Engineer Gen Elec Company 25 Fairlawn Lane 1000 Western Avenue Nathan 0 Sokal Electrical Engineer DI/AN Controls, Inc West Lynn, Mass 4 Tyler Road 40 Leon Street Boston 15, Mass Frederick B Rosenberger,Jr Assistant Sales International Paper Company 42 Locust Avenue Manager Somerville, Mass John R Stoker Engineer U S A Corps of Engineers 12 Fiske Road 424 Trapelo Road Paul L Sagalyn Scientist Ordnance Materials Research Waltham, Mass 41 Peacock Farm Road Off,Watertown Arsenal Watertown, Mass W Allen Stuart Research Lincoln Laboratory 6 Philip Road Lexington, Mass Wilfred D Sampson PBX Installer N E Tel &Tel Co 27 Robbins Road Arlington, Mass Harry M Sullivan Plumbing and Harry M Sullivan Ralph H Samuelson Electrical Engineer Boston Naval Shipyard 38 Maple Street Heating Contractor 38 Maple Street Lexington, Mass 143 Follen Road Boston 29,Mass TOWN OF LEXINGTON 27 28 ANNUAL REPORTS Name and Address Occupation Business Address Name and Address Occupation Business Address Carl R Sumner Manager Cambosco Scientific Co Charles P Whittemore Officer—Inter- First National Bank of Boston 22 Burlington Street 37 Antwerp Street 29 Colony Road national Division 67 Milk Street Brighton, Mass Boston, Mass Walter E Swanbon Bank Teller First National Bank of Boston Edwin P Whittemore Supervisor N E Tel &Tel Co 29 Dawes Road 185 Franklin Street 337 Waltham Street 67 Milk Street Boston,Mass Mass Carlton D Sweet Analyst Raytheon Company Clarence R Whittier Engineer H P Hood&Sons 30 Independence Avenue 56 Roland Street 312 Lowell Street Waltham, Mass Boston,Mass Roger G Swenson U S Customs U S Treasury Raymond R Withey Maintenance United Farmers of N E 18 Fairlawn Lane Inspector Bureau of Customs 42 Arcola Street Mechanic 86 Cambridge Street Boston, Mass Charlestown, Mass Raymond W Tabeling Chemist Jarrell Ash Company Herbert B Woodruff Printer Rapid Service Press 21 Blueberry Lane 26 Farwell Street 7 Ellis Street 375 Broadway Newtonville, Mass Boston,Mass Paul B Travers Salesman Phillips Premier Corp Leo H Wright Electrician Joseph L Healey 2652 Mass Avenue 186 South Street 280 Mass Avenue Water Street Boston, Mass Saxonville,Mass William H Treiber Foreman Clifford Mfg Co Albert H Vincent Compositor The Lexington Press 34 Oak Street 152 Grove Street 347 Lowell Street 7 Oakland Street Waltham, Mass Lexington,Mass Robert G Thompson Claims Supervisor Maryland Casualty 52 Williams Road 73 Tremont Street Boston, Mass Paul M Wagner,Jr Executive Lex Sand&Gravel 33 Blake Road Lawsbrook Road South Acton, Mass John B Ward Treasurer Ward Steel Co 5 Philip Road 87 Rindge Avenue Ext Cambridge 40, Mass Walter A Ward Assistant Manager Appleton &Cox, Inc 4 Bruce Road 141 Milk Street Boston, Mass Albert E Whitcomb Telephone Engineer N E Tel &Tel Co 29 Fern Street 185 Franklin St Boston, Mass Douglas B Whitney Electrical Engineer Laboratory for Electronics 24 Fairlawn Lane 1079 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Mass Edgar Whittaker Broadcast Inter-Com Systems, Inc 58 Cliffe Avenue 346 Huron Avenue Cambridge, Mass TOWN OF LEXINGTON 29 30 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN The responsibility of any phase of Civil Defense rests with the Selectmen and the Director is the individual who executes the policies determined In line with the policy of appointing the re- December 31, 1959 sponsible Town Department head where there is a direct relationship To the Residents of Lexington between normal responsibilities and Civil Defense responsibilities, the Selectmen this year appointed, in addition to a Director, two Your Board of Selectmen has conducted weekly meetings during Deputy Directors, Engineering Officer, Fire Service Officer, Medical the year and continued the policy of holding open meetings with Officer, Public Information Officer, Transportation Officer, Water the public and press invited to attend Bi-monthly meetings were Service Officer and a Welfare Service Officer held during the months of July and August, a practice established some years ago The last few years have provided significant changes in our Town It seems appropriate at this time to review some of these Our duties are primarily administrative and the formulation of changes, to relate pertinent facts regarding our present situation policies, with Town officials being elected by the voters The funds and to discuss briefly some of the problems facing the Town in the for the operation of our government, a $66,000,000 corporation, immediate future are appropriated by the Town Meeting Members During the past five years, the population of Lexington is esti- We believe our citizens are interested in and aware of their mated to have risen 28% to about 27,000 A corresponding municipal government and what is being done in the field of mu- increase, 27%, in residences has occurred, while assessed valuation riicipal activity has increased approximately 50% To accommodate this growth, accepted streets have increased 28%, water mains 17% and sewer By the appropriation of funds, one of our Police Officers was mains 33% Debt has increased 113% to $9,628,000 able to attend the Sixty-third Session of the FBI National Academy in Washington, D C This Academy conducts a very rigid course With regard to the appropriations made under Article 4, we and provides training, not only in the techniques and methods of find the following changes in percentage of total appropriations law enforcement, but in the organization of police training schools within the indicated categories of the Town government Another Officer attended the FBI School on Police Administration in Boston, a school designed to consider factors involved in the 1954 1959 administration and management of police agencies Cemeteries 1 % to 0 8% We recognize the worth of both the Academy and the School Library . . . 2 5% to 2 2% and believe they afford an opportunity for our Officers that will Health and Sanitation 4 5% to 2 6% eventually be beneficial, not only to the Police Department, but to Highways 9 % to 5 3% the Town as a whole The growth of our population and its move- General Government 7 % to 4 8% ment from the larger communities into the outlying towns is a Charities . 6 % to 3 2% factor that has a very definite relationship to our Police Department Protection12 % to 9 8% The only Agency prepared to save lives in the event of a nuclear Debt 17 % to 20 3% attack is Civil Defense Each community is required by Federal and Education 38 % to 48 5% State law to have an active Civil Defense organization, including a During this five year period, some of the items which have con- Local Operation Plan co-ordinated with the Federal and State plans tributed to our progress are. A complete approved basic operation plan is required before the Town is eligible for matching Federal funds for the purchase of 1 A new Town Office Building which houses the radio communications, fire apparatus, rescue equipment and many Police Department, the Assessors Department, the other items Health Department and the Building Department TOWN OF LEXINGTON 31 32 ANNUAL REPORTS 2 Extensive expansion of Cary Memorial Library has 16 A substantial area of land was rezoned to provide been completed for an office-research park 3. The Barnes building was completely renovated to 17 Two other parcels of land were rezoned to permit provide Administrative Offices for the School De- the construction of garden apartments partment 18 The Minute Man National Historical Park has been 4 The William Diamond Junior High School has been established by Congress, a portion of which lies in completed and occupied Lexington 5 The Harrington and Maria Hastings Elementary Schools have been built, and both have had adds- FUTURE PROBLEMS tions 6 Additions have been built on the Franklin and Fiske Our primary problems for the foreseeable future are those re- Elementary Schools suiting from our continued growth Coupled with these, and corollary thereto, is the problem of maintaining a sound fiscal 7 A major addition was completed on the High School policy. 8 A new two million gallon water standpipe has been A serious problem which we have struggled with for the last constructed several years concerns the maintenance of an adequate water 9 Several miles of sewer trunk lines have been in- supply We are happy to report that the solution to this problem stalled :, is now in sight and negotiations are now taking place to bring this situation to a final conclusion We will be faced even under 10 The water distribution system has been strengthened the best circumstances with substantial expenditures for new water by the addition of substantial lengths of 16" and mains 12" mains Sewers are and will continue to be an item of major expense 11 A portion of Worthen Road was constructed Other We should appropriate $250,000 to $300,000 annually to construct portions of it which lie within developments are be- sewer laterals to provide connections for the 46% of our residences ing constructed by the developers This is also true which are not connected to a sewer Sewer main construction will in the case of Emerson Road require expenditures of the order of $2,000,000 to $2,500,000 12 The access road, Hartwell Avenue, from Wood within the foreseeable future Street to Bedford Street has been constructed by the The two highways proposed to bypass the center of Town, Federal Government, thus providing considerable Worthen and Emerson Roads, should be constructed in the near traffic relief for some of our more heavily traveled future streets 13 Substantial acreage of recreational land has been Additional municipal parking areas are needed, not only in the center of Town, but also in many of the neighborhood shopping acquired, notably the Willard property on North Street districts 14 A second municipal parking lot was constructed One of the most urgent of our immediate problems concerns the disposal of rubbish Our present dump on Lincoln Street will 15 Group Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment be suitable only for a limited period of time The Town soon must Insurance and Blue Cross-Blue Shield Health Insur- decide on an alternate site for a dump or face the prospect of an ance is now in force for Town employees on a con- incinerator with the attendant problems of location, capital ex- tributory basis penditure and collection TOWN OF LEXINGTON 33 34 ANNUAL REPORTS Lexington can continue to be a well operated Town only by the ARTICLE 7 AS PASSED AT THE same kind of unselfish willingness to serve the Town that has been SPECIAL TOWN MEETING exhibited in the past by so many In conclusion, we wish to thank all boards, committees, de- HELD SEPTEMBER 15, 1958 partment heads, employees and other citizens for their patience, ARTICLE 7 Presented by Wilbur M Jaquith help and cooperation WILLIAM E MALONEY VOTED To amend Section 5, Permitted Buildings and Uses, of the Zoning RUTH MOREY By-Laws by striking out in sub-paragraph c of paragraph 7 of (a) R 1 Districts the ALAN G ADAMS words "physicians', dentists' and other professional offices," and by adding in said RAYMOND W JAMES paragraph 7 the following clause GARDNER C FERGUSON g Use of a portion of a dwelling as an office of a physician, dentist or other Selectmen of Lexington professional person residing in the dwelling and as incidental to such residence Under Article 1 Mr Jaquith presents Report of the Planning Board which was voted to be accepted and placed on file Carried Unanimously 9 01 P M Voice vote on main motion not unanimous so standing vote taken as follows In Favor Tellers Opposed 24 Frederick E Tucker 10 78 Thomas A Napoli 34 30 Lincoln P Cole, Jr 8 132 52 Main Motion Adopted 9 30 P M JAMES J CARROLL, Town Clerk Lexington, Mass,September 18, 1958 I, James J Carroll, Town Clerk of the Town of Lexington, do hereby certify the above to be a true and exact copy of Article 7 as passed at the Special Town Meeting held September 15, 1958 and as same appears on record JAMES J CARROLL, Town Clerk. Boston, Mass, December 23, 1958 The foregoing amendment to zoning by-law is hereby approved Signed,E J McCORMACK,JR, Attorney General TOWN OF LEXINGTON 35- 36 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN WARRANT You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the sixteenth day of March, 1959, at 8.00 P. M, at Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex,ss. which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the Town Meeting Members in accordance with Chapter 215 of the To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: Acts of 1929, as amended, and subject to the referendum provided for by Section eight of said Chapter, as amended In the name of the Commonwealth of'Massachusetts, you are directed to notify- the otifythe inhabitants of the Town of Lexington qualified to vote in elections and in ARTICLE 2 To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Town Affairs, to meet in their respective voting places in said Town Committee of the Town PRECINCT ONE, ADAMS SCHOOL, PRECINCT TWO, EAST LEXINGTON ARTICLE 3 To appoint or provide for the appointment of the Committee on FIRE STATION, PRECINCT THREE, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, PRECINCT Lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzanna E Cary FOUR, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PRECINCT FIVE, CENTRAL FIRE STATION, PRECINCT SIX, MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL on Monday the 2nd day of March, ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will make appropriations for expenditures by A D, 1959 at 7 30 o'clock A M, then and there to act on the following articles. departments, officers, boards and committees of the Town for the ensuing year and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by ARTICLE 1 To choose by ballot the following Town Officers transfer from available funds, including any special funds, 'or by any combination Two Selectmen for the term of three years, of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto Two members of the School Committee for the term of three years, One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years, ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the One member of the Planning Board for the term of five years, approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of One Trustee of Public Trusts to fill an unexpired term ending March 1960, the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1960, and to issue a note One Trustee of Public Trusts to fill an unexpired term ending March 1962, or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may One Moderator for the term of one year, be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17 of Chapter One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year, 44 of the General Laws One Town Clerk for the term of one year, One Town Treasurer for the term of one year, ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town will establish the salary and compensation of Two Constables for the term of one year, the Town Treasurer, Town Clerk and Collector of Taxes, being all the elected Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct One for the term of three years, officers of the Town on a salary basis, as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Two for the term of three years, of the General Laws, and raise and appropriate the funds necessary therefor, or act Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three for the term of three in any other manner in relation thereto years, ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town will transfer unexpended appropriation Thirteen Town Meetings Members in Precinct Four, the eleven receiving the balances in any of the accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or to other highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and the accounts suitable for such transfer under Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or act two receiving the next highest number of votes to fill unexpired terms do any other manner in relation thereto ending March 1960, Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Five, the eleven receiving the ARTICLE 8 To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to pay any highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and the unpaid bills rendered to the Town for prior years, or act in any other manner in one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term relation thereto ending March 1960, ARTICLE 9 To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Six, the eleven receiving the the Reserve Fund as provided by Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, or highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term, act in any other manner in relation thereto ending March 1960, ARTICLE 10 To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1959, or act in any To vote YES or NO by ballot on the following question other manner in relation thereto Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and' ARTICLE 11 To see if the Town will vote to install new or replacement water fifty-nine entitled "An Act to provide for the determining of ties in the elec- mains in such unaccepted accepted or streets or other land as the Selectmen may tion of town meeting members in the town of Lexington", be accepted' p p YES determine, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest NO in land necessary therefor, appropriate money for such installation and land acquisi- tion and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, The polls will be open at 7 30 A M and will remain open until 8 P. M by transfer from available funds, including any special water funds, or by borrow- I TOWN OF LEXINGTON 37 38 ANNUAL REPORTS there ARTICLE 18 To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for highway tion any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in vela- maintenance under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and determine I tion therere to whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from I ARTICLE 12 To see if the Town will vote to install a new or replacement available funds, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other man- water main from Massachusetts Avenue to the new water standpipe in such Iota- ner in relation thereto tions as the Selectmen may determine, and to take by eminent domain, purchase ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for highway or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; construction under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and determine appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other man- funds, including any special water funds, or by borrowing, ner in relation thereto of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto ARTICLE 20 To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for per- 1 ARTICLE 13 To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains in such ac- manent street construction and determine whether the money shall be provided by cepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, sub- the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of ject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. 504 of the Acts of 1897, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary con Arete,l bLtuminousE 21 ocsee to if ho other sidewalk e Town will authorize weree theelectm en ng townerconstruct pays therefor, appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine one-half of the cost or otherwise, appropriate a sum of money for such construct- whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from avail- able funds, including any special sewer funds, or by borrowing, or by any combina- ion, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy tion of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto or by transfer from available funds, or by any comb,nation of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto ARTICLE 14 To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer main or mains ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install curb in such Highway, as the128, to Selectmen may determine from the westerlybjetside assess-of the ing at such locations as they may determine, appropriate a sum of money for such State betterments Route to the vicinity Westviewwith StrChaptereet, 5040t to the cinstallation, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax ment of samended,or otherwise,hin accordancetbyeminent aiof the Acts levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods, of 1897, as or and to take domain, purchase or or act in any other manner in relation thereto otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether ARTICLE 23 To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for the im- the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available provement of lowlands and swamps and the eradication of mosquitoes under Chapter funds, including any special sewer funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination 252 of the General Laws or for the eradication of mosquitoes by the Board of Health of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto of Lexington, or act in any other manner in relation thereto ARTICLE 15 To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to retain en- ARTICLE 24 To see if the Town will vote to install drains in such accepted gineering services and prepare plans for the extension westerly from the vicinity of or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, in accordance Watertown Street of the sewer main authorized to be constructed by the vote adopt- with Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by ed under Article 16 of the Warrant for the 1958 Annual Town Meeting, appro- eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest priate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the in land necessary therefor, appropriate money for such installation and land ac- current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including any special sewer quisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in re- levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of lation thereto these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto ARTICLE 16 To see if the Town will make supplementary appropriations to ARTICLE 25 To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the be used in conlunctton with money appropriated in prior years for the installation purchase by or with the approval of the Selectmen of equipment for the Department of Public Works, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the cur- br n authorized, of water mains, whethert, drains, streetsonyor shallbbeetnro, that by vteecur- rent tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including the Road Machinery been ley, by ran determine the money o in provided any the cur- Fund, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in rela- tionrent tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by combina- of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto tion thereto. ARTICLE 26 To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the scope of the Road " • ARTICLE 17 to see if the Town will raise cep appropriate ate Departmentsunds for the theirpayr Machinery Fund by crediting to said fund an amount based on hourly rental for the ment of is under Chapter 32 of the General tee Laws, and acte nyother and use of motorized equipment of the Public Works Department when used on various dependents of the Laws, or in any other manner in projects carried on under the direction of said Department or other Town Depart- relation thereto TOWN OF LEXINGTON 39 40 ANNUAL REPORTS ments, the amount of said credit not to exceed the amount allowed by the State ARTICLE 36 To see if the Town will make a supplementary appropriation to i for the use of similar equipment, or act in any other manner in relation thereto be used in conjunction with money appropriated under Article 37 of the Warrant for the 1958 Annual Town Meeting for the purchase of a new ambulance, and ARTICLE 27 To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to ap- determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by trans- point one of its members to the Board of Appeals, in accordance with Section 4A fer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto ARTICLE 37 To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the pur- ARTICLE 28 To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in such un- chase of voting machines, and determine whether the money shall be provided by accepted streets as the Selectmen may determine prior to the final adjournment of the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of the 1960 Annual Town Meeting, or act in any other manner in relation thereto these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto ARTICLE 29 To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell and con- ARTICLE 38 To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, vey all or any part of the land on Menam Street known as the Old Fire Station take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground or recreational pur- Site, upon such terms and conditions as they deem proper, or act in any other man- poses the undeveloped land abutting upon the Town land on North Street acquired ner in relation thereto for such purposes pursuant to the vote adopted under Article 13 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on September 16, 1957, and to include land on ARTICLE 30 To see if the Town will authorize the Planning Board to obtain both sides of Vine Brook southerly to East Street, appropriate money therefor and options for land or rights therein that it desires to recommend be acquired by the determine whether payment shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer Town as locations for future streets or for playground and recreational purposes and from available funds, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other will authorize the Selectmen to acquire the land or rights therein that are recom- manner in relation thereto mended for such purposes, appropriate money for such options and land acquisition and determine whether the same shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by ARTICLE 39 To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods, or act in take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for a future street location and other any other manner in relation thereto public purposes a parcel of land situated on the southerly side of Marrett Road and the northwesterly side of Bacon Street, appropriate money therefor and determine ARTICLE 31 To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the whether payment shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from development of Westview Cemetery, and determine whether the money shall be available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including the 1 Westview Sale of Lots Fund, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any ARTICLE 40 To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a committee other manner in relation thereto to prepare final plans and specifications and to obtain bids for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of a new elementary school building, appropriate ARTICLE 32 To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the a sum of money for the expenses of the committee and determine whether the purchase of a new car for the Fire Department by the Board of Fire Commissioners money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods, or act in thereto any other manner in relation thereto ARTICLE 41 To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take ARTICLE 33 To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to abandon the by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school, playground and other public drainage easement across land abutting on lot 233 Freemont Street that was granted purposes a parcel of !and abutting on the Town land on Lincoln Street, which is to the Town by deed of Leeland Construction Co, Inc dated November 17, 1958 now used in part as the site of the Town dump, said parcel to be bounded north- and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 9273, Page 139, easterly and southeasterly by land of the Town of Lexington, southwesterly by a and that is no longer needed by the Town, and will set the minimum amount to be line approximately parallel to and about 300 feet distant from the northeasterly paid for such abandonment, or act in any other manner in relation thereto line of Middleby Road, and northwesterly by the rear line of lots fronting on Lin- ' coin Sheet, appropriate money therefor and determine whether payment shall be ARTICLE 34 To see if the Town will ratify, confirm and adopt the action of provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any s the Board of Selectmen in accepting on behalf of the Town a deed conveying lot combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto i 70, Garfield Street, to the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto ARTICLE 42 To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take ARTICLE 35 To see if the Town will ratify, confirm and adopt the action of by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school, piaygrnund and other public the Board of Selectmen in accepting on behalf of the Town a deed from George J purposes a parcel of land in East Lexington abutting the Lexington-Arlington Town DeVnes conveying to the Town a parcel of land situated on the northeasterly side line and bounded northeasterly by the rear lines of lots fronting on Aerial Street, I. of Summer Street and abutting on land acquired from DeVries Construction Com- the southwesterly end of Sutherland Road and the side line of a lot fronting on pany, Inc for playground recreational and other public purposes, pursuant to the Sutherland Road, northwesterly by the rear lines of lots fronting on Tarbell Avenue vote adopted under Article 46 of the Warrant for the 1958 Annual Town Meet- and on Peacock Farm Road, southwesterly by land of the Commonwealth of Massa- ing, or act in any other manner in relation thereto 'huetts and southeasterly by the Lexington-Arlington Town line, appropriate money TOWN OF LEXINGTON 41 42 ANNUAL REPORTS therefor and determine whether payment shall be provided by the current tax levy for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other man- 1 or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods, or ner in relation thereto. ' act in any other manner in relation thereto ARTICLE 49 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and ARTICLE 43 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Linmoor Terrace from North Hancock Street to Crawford Road a distance of 1148', northerly and northwesterly as laid out by accept the layout of 832',a town way,less, northerlyer Road from East the StreetSelectmen to Emerson the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated Road a upon a p of file innrt oroffice of Townas laidClout by uary8, and January 8, 1959 and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any sho and to by plan on t the purchase the Clerk, dated yfee,ry 1 easement fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, and raise and appro- or h take eminent domain, therefor, and raise acquire any yfor prate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition, or act or other interest m land necessary and and appropriate money in any other manner in relation thereo the construction of said street and for land acquisition, or act in any other manner in relation thereto ARTICLE 50 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Crawford Road from Preston Road to Linmoor ARTICLE 44 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and Terrace 453', more or less, southerly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon accept the layout of as a town way, Compton Circle from Peacock Farm Road a a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 and to take distance of 325', more or less, northwesterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other m- terest in land necessary therefor, and raise and appropriate money for the construc- and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or tion of said street and for land acquisition, or act in any other manner in relation other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the thereto. construction of said street and for land acquisition, or act in any other manner in ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and relation thereto accept the layout of as a town way, Laurel Street from Reed Street a distance of ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and 100', more or less, northeasterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a accept the layout of as a town way, Emerson Road from Adams Street a distance of plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 and to take by 789',more or less,southeasterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 and to take by in land necessary therefor, and raise and appropriate money for the construction eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interestof said street and for land acquisition, or act in any other manner in relation in land necessary therefor, and raise and appropriate money for the construction thereto I of said street and for land acquisition, or act in any other manner in relation thereto ARTICLE 52 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and ARTICLE 46 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as town way, Baker Avenue from Butler Avenue to Peacock accept the layout of as a town way, Grandview Avenue from School Street to Welch Farm Road a distance of 123', more or less, southwesterly, as laid out by the Select- Road a distance of 250', more or less, easterly as laid out by the Selectmen and men under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 and to take by eminent domain, purchase or and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary •therefor, other interest in land necessary therefor, and raise and appropriate money for the appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition and . determine y the curren construction of said street and for land acquisition, or act in any other manner in ftax levy, by transfer , rom availabletfunds or by borrowing, or b yaher the money shall bn ycombinationtof these methods, or relation thereto act in any other manner in relation thereto ARTICLE 47 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and ARTICLE 53 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout distance ase townf3way, PeacockeFarm Road from Watertownsterlyas Street outto accept the layout of as a town way, Cummings Avenue from Bow Street to Cliffe Bakerthe Selectmen ele t a h of 31upon more or less, in the easterly laid Avenue a distance of 300', more or less northwesterly, as laid out by the Selectmen by danucrm8, and shown a plan on file in office of the Town se ac- under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town dated January 8, 1men and to take ebyr eminent domain, purchase or otherwise ac- Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 and to take by eminent domain, purchase or other- 1/2" quire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, and raise and wise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, act in any, money forn the constructionia said street and for land acquisition, or appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition and act in any other manner in relation thereo. determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer ARTICLE 48 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods, or accept the layout of as a town way, Welch Road from Grandview Avenue to Esta- act in any other manner in relation thereto brook Road a distance of 740', more or less, easterly as laid out by the Selectmen ARTICLE 54 see if will to as a town way, and " le and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, accept the layout of To a town theTown Homestead voted Street establishsStreet tow Asbury 1959 and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, ease- Streetca distance of as a3o more way, less,otend elfromas Cedarid out the Select- y merit or other interest in land necessary therefor, and raise and appropriate money TOWN OF LEXINGTON 43 44 ANNUAL REPORTS men under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the dated January 8, 1959 and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise ac- Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 and to take by eminent domain, purchase or quire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor and raise and • otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, appropriate money for the widening of said portion of Waltham Street and for land • appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition and acquisition, or act in any other manner in relation thereto determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods, or ARTICLE 60 To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to release Lot 2 act in any other manner in relation thereto on Land Court Plan No 25931 B from the restrictions set forth in a deed given by the Town of Lexington to Benjamin H Golini et ux, dated January 10, 1955 and ARTICLE 55 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds Book 8400, Page 284, or accept the layout of as a town way, Leighton Avenue from Bow Street to Cliffe act in any other manner in relation thereto Avenue a distance of 225', more or less, northwesterly, as laid out by the Select • - men under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the ARTICLE 61 To see if the Town will appropriate money, subject to validation Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959 and to take by eminent domain, purchase or by the General Court, to reimburse Mark Moore, Jr as Trustee of Moore Realty otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; Trust, for the excess money expended by him in constructing a box culvert in appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition and Emerson Road to a more than normal width, as required by the Planning Board in determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer its approval of his subdivision plan entitled "Burnham Farms Section Two Lexing- from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods, ton-Mass" so it would be of adequate size if the Town should decide later to or act in any other manner in relation thereto widen the pavement of the road to make it a major traffic road, and will authorize ARTICLE 56 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and the Selectmen to petition the General Court for such validating legislation, or act accept the layout of as a town way, Rangeway from Skyview Road to Winter Street in any other manner in relation thereto a distance of 245', more or less, northwesterly, as laid out by the Selectmen under ARTICLE 62 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, adding at the end of Section 4 (g) A 1-Garden Apartment and Hotel Districts, the dated January 8, 1959 and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, appropriate following new paragraph money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition and determine A district on the southeasterly side of Maple Street beginning at a point on the whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from southeasterly side line of said Street at the intersection of land of Robert Chapman available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods, or act and the Town of Arlington, thence running southeasterly by land of the Town of in any other manner in relation thereto Arlington 743 7 feet, more or less, to a point, thence turning at an angle and run- ning easterly by land of the Town of Arlington 367 feet, more or less, to a point I ARTICLE 57 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and at a brook, thence turning at an angle and continuing easterly by land of the Town accept the layout of as a town way, Webb Street from 'Dunham Street a distance of Arlington 307 7 feet, more or less, to a point at the intersection of land of the of 975', more or less, northerly, as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Town of Arlington, land now or formerly of Lexwood Poultry Farms, Inc, and land Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January now or formerly of Harry D Hull, thence turning at an angle and continuing east- 8, 1959 and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, erly by land now or formerly of Harry D Hull 300 feet, more or less, to a point, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, appropriate money for the thence turning at an angle and running northerly by land of Lexwood Poultry Farms, , construction of said street and for land acquisition and determine whether the Inc 130 feet, more or less, to a point, thence turning at a right angle and running money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds westerly by the land of said Lexwood Poultry Farms, Inc, 580 feet, more or less, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other to a point at a brook, thence turning at an angle of 35 degrees 15' more or less, and manner in relation thereto running northwesterly by land of Paul Tocci, Inc, 935 feet, more dr less, to a point on the southeasterly side line of Maple Street, thence turning at a right angle ARTICLE 58 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town footway, a and running in a southwesterly direction along the southeasterly side line of Maple I strip of land from Essex Street northeasterly through Lot M and Boston & Maine Street 350 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning I I Railroad property to Valley Road a distance of 230' more or less, as laid out by the The above describes an area of land approximately 480,000 sq feet, or 11 acres, Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated more or less January 8, 1959 and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters) any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, and raise and appro- 7 priate money for the construction of said footway and for land acquisition, or act in any other manner in relation thereto ARTICLE 63 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1959 tax rate, or act in any manner in ARTICLE 59 To see if the Town will vote to accept the alteration and reloca- relation thereto tion of a portion of'Waltham Street from a point approximately 1400', more or less, " northerly of Marrett Road and extending northerly 850', more or less, as laid out And you are directed to serve this warrant seven days at least before the time of by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, said meeting as provided in the By-Laws of the Town TOWN OF LEXINGTON 45 46 ANNUAL REPORTS Precinct Two Hereof fail not, and make due return on this warrant, with your doings thereon, D—J Carroll Ryan Warden to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting R—Ilda J Field Clerk I Given under our hands at Lexington this ninth day of February, A D, 1959 D--AnnieEHCIMcDonnell Teller I I A true copy, Attest PAUL E FURDON, Precinct Three Constable of Lexington D--Randall W Richards Warden WILLIAM E MALONEYJAMES RAYMOND W JAMES R—Edna D Anderson Clerk RALPH H TUCKER R—Elizabeth Fardy Teller ' RUTH MOREY D—Mary A Spellman Teller ALAN G ADAMS Selectmen of Lexington Precinct Four D—Clarence E DelpWarden CONSTABLE'S RETURN — G Oliver .... ... .. . Clerk February 18, )959 R—lda Ida B B Fisk • . . . ... Teller To the Town Clerk .R--- Lena S Rochette ... .... .... ..... .. .. . .. Teller I have served the foregoing warrant by posting a printed copy thereof in five (5) public places in the Town and also by sending by mail, postage prepaid, a printed copy of such warrant addressed to every registered voter of the Town at Precnct Five p—Joseph O Rooney his last residence, as appears from the records of the Board of Registrars of Voters i. Warden R—Otis S Brown, Jr. . Clerk ten days before the time of said meeting Signed, PAUL'E FURDON, ,R--Alice Marshall Teller ... . . .... .... . . . Attest Constable of Lexington '`D—Eleanor Cosgrove Teller Precinct Six D--Mary J Ferry • ... ... Warden D—Elizabeth F Downey Clerk ANNUAL TOWN MEETING R—Caroline F Deloury . . ... ... ... . . Teller ;R—Sally S. Hooper Teller HELD MARCH 2, 1959 The polls were declared open in each,precinctafter atwhich seventime-thir, atyfter o'dueclock A �M and In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the Town of'L March remained open until eight o'clock P Mnotice, they met in their respective voting places in said Town of Lexington on Monday, were closed the second in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-nine at seven-thirty o'clock in the forenoon The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties The following places were designated as the voting places for the various pre- cincts recincts Precinct One, Adams School, Precinct Two, East Lexington Fire Station, The total number of registered voters in each precinct as follows Precinct Three, Cary Memorial Hall; Precinct Four, High School Building; Precinct Five, Central Fire Station, Precinct Six, Maria Hastings School Precinct 1 1,938 (Nineteen hundred thirty-eight) appointed by the Selectmen, Precinct 2 2,068 (Two thousand sixty-eight) The following election officers having been duly Precinct 3 1,802 (Eighteen hundred two) • • and Wardens of the various precincts were assigned for duty as follows Precinct 4 1,767 (Seventeen hundred sixty-seven) Precinct 5 2,083 (Two thousand eighty-three) Precinct One Precinct 6 1,908 (Nineteen hundred eight) Warden D—Rose I McLaughlin D--Mary W Rowland Clerk Total 11,566 (Eleven thousand five hundred sixty-six) R—Florence M Bruce Teller Teller Reconciliation sheets were delivered to the Town Clerk at his office R—George E Foster "' ' TOWN OF LEXINGTON 47 48 ANNUAL REPORTS The Registrars of Voters and the Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows MODERATOR Precinct 1 531 (Five hundred thirty-one) Pre 1 Pre 2 Pre 3 Pre 4 Pre 5 Pre 6 Total Precinct 2 604 (Six hundred four) Charles E Ferguson 390 486 477 495 529 399 2,776 Precinct 3 556 (Five hundred fifty-six) Blanks 141 118 79 106 96 109 649 Precinct 4 601 (Six hundred one) Precinct 5 625 (Six hundred twenty-five) 531 604 556 601 625 508 3,425 Precinct 6 508 (Five hundred eight) Charles E Ferguson was elected Moderator for one year Total 3,425 (Thirty-four hundred twenty-five) PLANNING BOARD Pre 1 Pre 2 Pre 3 Pre 4 Pre 5 Pre 6 Total 'Irving H Mabee 220 344 387 396 381 293 2,021 SELECTMEN Matthew A Macauley 179 161 99 145 167 135 886 Pre 1 Pre 2 Pre 3 Pre 4 Pre 5 Pre 6 Total Blanks 132 99 70 60 77 80 518 Ruth Morey 247 359 393 453 445 336 2,233 F Toomey 334 277 168 174 197 180 1,330 Gardner C Ferguson 245 367 427 440 469 342 531 604 556 601 625 508 3,425 DavidIrving H Mabee was elected to the Planning Board for five years Blanks 236 205 124 135 139 158 997 COLLECTOR OF TAXES 1062 1208 1112 1202 1250 1016 6,850 Pre 1 Pre 2 Pre 3 Pre 4 Pre 5 Pre 6 Total Ruth Morey and Gardner C Ferguson were elected Selectmen for three years Ethel U Rich 414 495 492 513 567 435 2,916 Blanks 117 109 64 88 58 73 509 TOWN CLERK 531 604 556 601 625 508 3,425 Pre 1 Pre 2 Pre 3 Pre 4 Pre 5 Pre 6 Total Ethel U Rich was elected Collector of Taxes for one year James J Carroll 432 506 494 507 573 429 2,941 Blanks 99 98 62 94 52 79 484 CEMETERY COMMISSIONER Pre 1 Pre 2 Pre 3 Pre 4 Pre 5 Pre 6 Total 531 604 556 601 625 508 3,425 George M Hynes 314 418 311 303 352 199 1,897 i James J Carroll was elected Town Clerk for one year Charles G Esterberg, Jr 94 81 146 150 173 212 856 Blanks 123 105 99 148 100 97 672 531 604 556 601 625 508 3,425 TOWN TREASURER George M Hynes was elected Cemetery Commissioner for three years Pre 1 Pre 2 Pre 3 Pre 4 Pre 5 Pre 6 Toter' James J Carroll 411 502 490 495 554 419 2,871 CONSTABLES Blanks 120 102 66 106 71 89 554' Pre 1 Pre 2 Pre 3 Pre 4 Pre 5 Pre 6 Total Paul E Furdon 347 415 426 396 446 319 2,349 531 604 556 601 625 508 3,425 James J Carroll was elected Town Treasurer for one year Kenneth M Cox 209 302 357 344 440 296 1,948 John J Shine, Jr 213 126 110 115 140 124 828 Blanks 293 365 219 347 224 277 1,725 1062 1208 1112 1202 1250 1016 6,850 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Paul E Furdon and Kenneth M Cox were elected Constables for one year Pre I Pre 2 Pre 3 Pre 4 Pre 5 Pre 6 Total Donald T Clark 328 474 468 482 498 378 2,628 TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC TRUSTS Gordon E Steele 350 467 470 477 501 382 2,647 Pre 1 Pre 2 Pre 3 Pre 4 Pre 5 Pre 6 Total Blanks 384 267 174 243 251 256 1,575 Donald R Grant 337 456 451 444 509 359 2,556 1062 1208 1112 1202 1250 1016 6,850 Blanks 194 148 105 157 116 149 869 Donald T Clark and Gordon E Steele were elected to the School Committee for 531 604 556 601 625 508 3,425 three years Donald R Grant was elected Trustee of Public Trusts for one year TOWN OF LEXINGTON 49 50 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN MEETING MEMBERS—+PRECINCT THREE TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC TRUSTS FOR THREE YEARS Pre 1 Pre 2 Pre 3 Pre 4 Pre 5 Pre 6 Total *Charles M Blake ... 320 William R McEwen, Jr. 316 425 447 423 471 346 2,428 *Woodruff M Brodhead 321 Blanks 215 179 109 178 154 162 997 *Lincoln P Cole, Jr . 333 *Howard E. Custance 375 531 604 556 601 625 508 3,425 Felix V Cutler252 William'R McEwen,, Jr was elected Trustee of Public Trusts for three years *Robert W Fawcett345 *Ernest A Giroux316 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS—PRECINCT ONE *Richard W Maynard . .. . 304 *Donald E Nickerson342 FOR THREE YEARS *Walter E Sands .. 335 • 264 *Ralph H Tucker .... 344 *Sor Brown 266 *John R Bevan ... . .. 277 *Sanborn C. Brown Robert A Bittenbender . . . . .... *Alfred S Buff 218 ... 306 245 Leon A Burke, Jr .. .... ... 229 *Bernard HenryDuffy Esecson „• 202 "" 'Colby E Kelly ... 226 Richard J McKee 222 ,,, 228 "" *AnneoG Fisher Francis W K Smith .... 169 *Roland B Greeley ... .... ... 233 � •�� 1148 Winsor D Jellis . •••• 189 Blanks .. •.• *William F Mason .... •••• • •.. 290 * *Donald P. Noyes •••• ••• "' • • 240 Elected for three years *Thomas Sullivan .. ..• ••• •.•• 311 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS—PRECINCT FOUR John J Collins, Jr 210 *Robert H Gray ••• 214 Thirteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct Four, the eleven receiving the. Bernice Pearlman .... 162 highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and the next two *Marlin E Whitney .. • .. ..• 226 receiving the next highest number of votes to fill unexpired terms ending March, Blanks .. . ... ... 2255 1960 *Tracy W Ames . 334 * Elected for three years *Carl E Bryant .. 320 *Levi G Burnell . .... 305 **Charles T Cogswell .... . .. •.• 274 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS—PRECINCT TWO *Dan H Fenn, Jr. ... 352 FOR THREE YEARS *Gardner C Ferguson ... ... 372 .. 386 *John M Fernberger .. ... 298 'Charles T Abbott *Thomas S Gnndle .... 369 „• 318 • *James B BushardClark ... *Bertram•P Gustin ... 298 *Donald T Clark "' 379 .... Robert H Kingston ... •• • 249 *Frank A. Currier, Jr .... ... .. 352 ' .... 339 *Lee E Tarbox ... .... 335 * P Cromwell ... **Alfred P Tropeano . 268 *Thomas J Donnelly, Jr .. .. 338 Robert S Gohd 236 William MacLean 269 •' •'Lauri A Lindell .•. 163 *VernonPage "" 343 Paul M Mahoney .. .... 178 *Aidennn Lassell Ripley *Paul K Palmer .... 285 *Gordon E HteCl 398 Frank T Samuel, Jr .. 203 .... • 303 "" ■ *ElizabethMuroe ClarkeJoseph A Trani • .. 210 *Munroe H Hamilton 271 ••• Selma R Williams .... 224 JohnS Hodgeswl "" 208 *Ronald S Woodbury, Jr 276 John C Howland .. .•• ••• • • Blanks .... 2264 William G Mason ... ••• ••• 21 1 ,. • Blanks . 1841 * Elected for three years — ** Elected for one year * Elected for three years TOWN OF LEXINGTON 51 52 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN MEETING MEMBERS—PRECINCT FIVE QUESTION **Arthur G Bernier 293 Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and' *Clifford W Birch, Jr 330 fifty-nine entitled "An Act to provide for the determining of ties in the election, *Kenneth F Blodgett 382 of town meeting members in the town of Lexington", be accepted? *Edith B Cheever 413 Pre 1 Pre 2 Pre 3 Pre 4 Pre 5 Pre 6 Total *Grant B Cole 421 YES 194 236 244 273 283 226 1,456 *Russell S Davenport 424 NO 19 17 26 28 40 18 148 *Howard'H Dawes 346 Blanks 318 351 286 300 302 264 1,821 *Donald K Irwin 368 __ *James M West 370 531 604 556 601 625 508 3,425 *Edwin B Worthen, Jr 391 Roderic L Baltz 274 A true record JAMES J CARROLL, Robert E Bond 270 Attest Town Clerk John J Driscoll 221 Louis E Fischer 235 To Whom It May Concern March 3, 1959 *Donald E Legro 320 As of this third day of March, 1959, I do hereby appoint Mary R McDonough *Robert E Meyer 312 as Assistant Town Clerk and Assistant Town Treasurer, Town of Lexington Armand R Pellegrini 120 JAMES J CA'RROLL, Leslie F St George 198 Sumner P Wolsky 199 Town Clerk&Town Treasurer Blanks 1613 PRECINCT FIVE * Elected for three years ** Elected for one year Mr James Carroll March 2, 1959 Twelve Town Meetings Members in Precinct Five, the eleven receiving the Town Clerk, Lexington,Mass highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and the one receiving As I am leaving Lexington on or about April 1st to take up residence in Penn- the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term ending March, 1960 sylvania, I must resign as of this date as a Town Meeting Member TOWN MEETING MEMBERS—PRECINCT SIX HOWARD D BUTLER331 Bedford Street Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Six; the eleven receiving the (Precinct Five) highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term ending March, 1960 James J Carroll, Town Clerk March 8, 1959 Lexington, Mass *Walter C Ballard 311 *Winthrop Harold Bowker 319 I hereby accept the appointment as a Town Meeting Member in Precinct Five *William Wallace Ferguson 311 for a term of one year ending March, 1960, filling vacancy of Howard D Butler *William Roger Greeley 334 RODERIC L 1BALTZ *Harold T Handley 336 28 Robinson Road *Donald D Hathaway 296 *Robert C Johnson 301 *Thomas A Napoli 293 *Donald E Nickerson, Jr 344 PRECINCT TWO John F Cogan, Jr 184 William R Page, 8 Locust Avenue, has moved out of Precinct Two, therefore David E Humes 201 leaving a vacancy in Precinct Two Town Meeting Members M *Donald B Lindsay 346 **Richard I Miller 240 James J Carroll,Town Clerk March 8, 1959 *Richard A Peak 244 Lexington,Mass William Spencer Sullivan 185 I hereby accept the appointment as a Town Meeting Member in Precinct Twa i Blanks .. 1851 for a term of one year ending March, 1960, filling vacancy of William R Page V v ALAN S HODGES * Elected for three years 21 Dawes Road ** 'Elected for one year TOWN OF LEXINGTON 53 54 ANNUAL REPORTS Donald P. Noyes presented report of the Capital Expenditures Committee which PRECINCT ONE was voted to be accepted and placed on file James J Carroll,Town Clerk March 10, 1959 8 06 P. M Lexington,Mass I hereby accept the appointment as a Town Meeting Member in Precinct One Unless otherwise noted, all articles presented by William E Maloney, Chairman for a term of one year ending March, 1960 of the Board of Selectmen. JOHN J COLLINS,JR ARTICLE 3 VOTED That a Committee of three be appointed by the Moder- 11 Haskell Street ator to have charge of the lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary for the current year. Carried Unanimously 8 07 P M PRECINCT FOUR March 12, 1959 ARTICLE 4 VOTED That the following amounts be appropriated for the Town Clerk current year and be raised in the current tax levy except where a transfer is indicated Lexington, Mass they shall be provided by such a transfer At the annual Town elections held in March, 1959, I was elected a Town Meet- ing Member at large and also from Precinct 4 Under these circumstances, I here- SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT by tender my resignation as a Town Meeting Member from Precinct 4 Personal Services $10,095 00 GARDNER C FERGUSON Expenses 3,449 00 16 Highland Avenue Printing Town Report2,206 00 March 27, 1959 Elections . 4,851 00 Insurance46,000 00 I hereby accept the appointment as a Town Meeting Member in Precinct Four 8 07 P M for a term of one year ending March, 1960, filling the vacancy of Gardner C Ferguson ROBERT H KINGSTON TOWN CLERK & TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT 4 Field Road Personal Services8,985 00 Expenses .. . .. .. 551 00 Elections 475 00 Vital Statistics ... .. 30 00 Parking Meter Maintenance • 100 00 (This amount to be transferred ANNUAL TOWN MEETING from the Parking Meter Fund) Out of State Travel 250 00 HELD MARCH 16, 1959 8 08 P M Meeting called to order by the Moderator, Charles E Ferguson at 8 03 P M COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT There were 188 Town Meeting Members present Personal Services8,320 00 Invocation offered by Rev Miles R McKay from the Follen Church Expenses 2,895 00 8 03 P M Metered Mail System 5,641 00 8 09 P. M. Town Clerk, James J Carroll, read the warrant for the meeting until further reading was waived TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS 8.04 P M Expenses 325 00al I 809PM • Town Clerk, James J Carroll, read the Constable's Return for the meeting 8 04 P M ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT ARTICLE 2 Norman J Richards, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Personal Services . 11,204.00 presented report of said committee which was voted to be accepted and placed Expenses 550 00 Out of State Travel .. 100 00 on file 8 06 P M 8 10 P. M. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 55 56 ANNUAL REPORTS ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT PATRIOTS' DAY Personal Services . . 17,003 85 Expenses 4,000 00 Expenses1,760 00 8 16 P M Out of State Travel 100 00 8 10 P M PLANNING BOARD Personal Services ... 9,594 00 LAW DEPARTMENT Expenses ... . 4,350 00 Personal Services .. 4,000 00 8 17 P M i Special Fees5,000 00 RECREATION COMMITTEE Expenses 2,500 00 Personal Services 11,022 00 8 10 P M Expenses P 5,125 00 Question by David F Toomey regarding appropriations of the Law Department 8 17 P M 8 08 P M BOARD OF REGISTRARS Personal Services .. 3,522 00 Question and suggestion by Vincent A McCrossen as to the method of pre- Expenses . .... .. 925 00 senting the remaining appropriations under Article 4 8 18 P M 8 11 P M POLICE DEPARTMENT Personal Services .. .. 179,264 09 Question by Woodrow W Sayre if amendments could be made after all the Expenses .. .. 16,995 00 appropriations under Article 4 were presented The Moderator answered in the Out of State Travel25 00 affirmative Parking Meter Maintenance 4,000 00 8 14 P M (Of which $150 00 is to be trans- ferred from the Parking Meter Fund) APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE 8 18 P M. Expenses . 1,670 00 DOG OFFICER 8 13 P M Personal Services 400 00 BOARD OF APPEALS Expenses 650 00 Expenses 1,990 00 8 18 P. M 8 13 P M FIRE DEPARTMENT BOARD OF RETIREMENT Personal Services 192,220 00 Accrued Liability38,233 00 Expenses 25,685 00 Ambulance500 00 Military Service Fund 58 32 8 19 P M 8 14 P M FOREST FIRES HEALTH DEPARTMENT Wages& Expenses 500 00 Personal Services . 8,595 00 8 19 P M Expenses8,650 00 Engineering 2,500 00 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE Animal Inspection 970 00 Expenses350 00 Rabies Clinic 743 00 8 19 P M 816 P M HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION VETERANS' DAY 150 00 Expenses .... . 700 00 Expenses 8 19 P M 8 16 P M w MEMORIAL DAY STANDING SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Expenses 530 00 Expenses 750 00 816 P M 819 P M TOWN OF LEXINGTON 57 58 ANNUAL REPORTS SEWER MAINTENANCE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT 15,927 00 Wages & Expenses . .. .... .... 14,490 00 Personal Services .... ••• ••• Expenses 1,745 00 8 21 P M Out of State Travel . .... 100 00, SEWER SERVICES 8 19 P M Wages & Expenses42,500 00 821 P M WEIGHTS & MEASURES 1,150 00 Personal Services .... •• •••• GARBAGE COLLECTION Expenses 8.20 P .. •••• ... 545 00 Expenses ... ..... . . .. 21,225 75 ■ 8:21 P M PUBLIC WORKS, SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE 29,640 00 CARE OF DUMPS & REMOVAL OF ASHES PersonalxeServices Wages & Expenses .. 18,800 00 Expenses .... .... .... . .... •�� 1,770 00 8:20 P M. 8 22 P M WATER MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 32,069 00 Wages & Expenses ... .... .... . . 73,500 00 Personal Services ... . . 8 22 P M Expenses .. 1,470.00 8:20 P M WATER SERVICES Wages & Expenses40,125 00 TOWN OFFICES & CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING 8 22 P.M Personal Services ... ... .... 12,237 00 Expenses . ... ... 31,514 00 PARKS 8 20...P. M Wages & Expenses . ... 48,500 00 Recreation Maintenance.. . 4,200 00 PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING 8 22 P. M Wages & Expenses .. ... .. .... 28,300 00 8 21 P.M INSECT SUPPRESSION Wages & Expenses .... 8,000 00 HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE 8:22 P M Wages & Expenses . .... .... . 76,150 00 "8 21 P M SHADE TREES Wages & Expenses . 17,725 00 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT-ROAD MACHINERY 8 22 P M Wages & Expenses .... 32,350 00 DUTCH ELM (Of which $24,175 00 is to be trans- Wages & Expenses . .... . ... 13,b00 00 ferred from the Road Machinery Fund) 8 21 P. M. 8 22 P M SNOW REMOVAL SCHOOL OPERATION Wages & Expenses ... 75,000 00' Personal Services .. ... .... .. 1,742,184 00 9 P . 8 21 P M Expenses . 414,163 00 Out of State Travel . .... . 1,475 00 TRAFFIC REGULATION & CONTROL Athletics 25,829 00 , r Wages & Expenses 5,887 00 Americanization Classes 235 00 8 21 P M Vocational Education-Tuition ... .... 13,000 00 Handicraft Classes 8,536 00 STREET LIGHTS 50,000 00' 8 23 P M. Expenses .. '• 8 21 P. M DENTAL CLINIC y Personal Services . . 6,490 00 STREET SIGNS 1,000 00 Expenses ... . .... ... 766 00 821 PM Expenses • 8 23 P M TOWN OF LEXINGTON 59 60 ANNUAL REPORTS POSTURE CLINIC Under Planning Board Expenses the following amendment was offered by Personal Services . 1,856 00 Norman J Richards, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee Expenses 300 00 "Appropriation Committee moves that Article 4 be amended under 8 23 P M that Section entitled Planning Board — Expenses—To be amended to read $3,850 00" CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Amendment voted on and declared lost by voice vote Personal Services77,000 00 8.29 P. M Expenses 25,447 00 (In addition to the amount of $2,753 00 i received from the County for Dog Licenses) Under Historic Districts Commission Expenses the following amendment offered 1 8 23 P M by Woodrow W Sayre "That the sum of $700 00 recommended for the Historic Districts PUBLIC WELFARE Commission for 1959 be deleted" Personal Services 8,737 00 Vincent A McCrossen makes motion to petition the State Legislature to rescind Administration .... 625 00 the Historic Districts Commission Aid & Expenses . . . 12,500 00 Harold E Stevens, Town Counsel, rules motion out of order 8 23 P. M Mr Sayre's amendment was voted on and declared lost by voice vote DISABILITY ASSISTANCE 8 46 P M Aid & Expenses 13,760 00 8 23 P M All items under Article 4 being approved as read, presented by the Moderator as a vote, voted on and carried unanimously by voice vote AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN 8 46 P M Aid & Expenses 5,000 00 8 24 P M ARTICLE 5 VOTED That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in Aid & Expenses94,000 00 anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1960, and 8 24 P M to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year and to renew any note or VETERANS' BENEFITS notes that may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws Personal Services ... 2,235 00 Carried Unanimously 8 47 P M Administration .. ... . 335 00 Aid & Expenses 9,000 00 Soldiers' Burials ...... . . 250 00 ARTICLE 6 VOTED To establish the salary and compensation of the Town 8 24 P M. Treasurer, Town Clerk and Town Collector of Taxes at the following annual rates 1 Town Clerk $3,500 00 CEMETERY DEPARTMENT Town Treasurer 3,500 00 Personal Services 4,365 00 Town Collector of Taxes 6,000 00 Expenses . ...... ... 30,038 00 the increase over the rates established last year to become effective April 1, 1959, (Of which $2,000 00 is to be transferred from the Per- and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of $12,950 00 petual Care Fund — Westview Cemetery, and $1,500 00 Carried Unanimously 8 48 P M is to be transferred from the Perpetual Care Fund — Munroe Cemetery) 8 24 P M ARTICLE 7 Indefinitely postponed PAYMENTS ON DEBT Carried Unanimously 8 50 P.M Interest . 226,704 25 + (Of which $126,704 25 is to be transferred from the ARTICLE 8 Indefinitely postponed Excess and Deficiency Account) Carried Unanimously 8 50 P M 825 P M Principal 704,000 00 ARTICLE 9 VOTED To appropriate $25,000 00 for the Reserve Fund and (Of which $7,000 00 is to be transferred from the Park- to provide for the payment thereof by a transfer of $13,000 00 from the Overlay ing Meter Fund) Reserve Fund and the balance of $12,000 00 to be raised in the current tax levy 825PM 850PM TOWN OF LEXINGTON 61 62 ANNUAL REPORTS Amendment presented by Paul K Palmer as follows provided by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, and that the Treasurer, with "Amended by adding the following sentence the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum No part of this Reserve Fund may be used for the payment of of $50,000 00 and issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, to be payable in expenses of the Historic Districts Commission or for legal fees accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as amended, resulting from action of this Commission " within a period not exceeding twenty years 1 Amendment voted on and declared lost Carried Unanimously 9 07 P M 901 P M ARTICLE 14 VOTED That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- Main motion, as presented, adopted ized to install a sewer main or mains in such locations as the Selectmen maydeter- 9 01 P M mine from the westerly side of the State Highway, Route 128, to the vicinity of ARTICLE 10 VOTED That the Board of Selectmen be authorized 'o petition Westview Street, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in accord- I the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1959 ance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or I Carried Unanimously 9 01 P M otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, ARTICLE 11 VOTED That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- and to appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of ized to install water mains not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in $300,000 00, and to provide for payment thereof by the transfer of $50,000 00 diameter in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen from the Excess and Deficiency Account, the raising of $100,000 00 in the current I may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, and to take tax levy and the balance of $150,000 00 to be provided by the issue of bonds or i by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other notes of the Town, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, interest in land necessary therefor, and to appropriate for such installation and land be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $150,000 00 and issue bonds acquisition the sum of $59,800 00, and to provide for payment thereof by the or notes of the Town therefor, to be payable in accordance with the provisions of transfer of $4,905 56 from the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as amended, within a period not exceeding installation of water mains voted under Article 13 of the Warrant for the 1956 twenty years Annual Town Meeting and the transfer of $54,894 44 from Water Department 9 10 P M Available Surplus Carried Unanimously 9 03 P M Amendment presented by Austin W Fisher, Jr as follows "I move to amend the motion under Article 14 by striking out beginning with ARTICLE 12 VOTED That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- the words — "and to provide for payment" through the end of the motion, and sized to install a new or replacement water main of 16 inches or more in diameter by substituting in place thereof the following from Massachusetts Avenue to the new water standpipe in such locations as the And toprovide for Selectmen may determine, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise payment Deficiency Account,the transfer of acquire anyfee, easement or other interest in land necessarytherefor, and to o $ 00 00 from the theExcurrentess and tax the raising of $200,000 00 in tax levy and the balance of appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of $42,000 00 and $50,000 00 to be provided by the issue of bonds or notes of the to provide for payment thereof by transfer of $30,135 85 from Water Department Town, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, Available Surplus, the transfer of $8,612 00 from Water Assessment Fund, and the transfer of $3,252 15 from the unexpended balance of the appropriation for andn and he hereby oris notes of the to borrowTowntherefor,the sum of $50,000payabl00 the installation of water mains voted under Article 10 of the Warrant for the 1953 issue bonds rovi of ap 44ftheto Generalbe aa in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of Laws, Annual Town Meeting as amended, within a period not exceeding twenty years Carried Unanimously 9 05 P M 9 11 P M ARTICLE 13 VOTED That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to install sewer mains, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in Voice vote on amendment doubted such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, 9 21 P M in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897 and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, pur- ARTICLE 14 Standing vote taken as follows chase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary In Favor Tellers Opposed therefor, and to appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of 16 Lee E Tarbox 21 $159,300 00 and that payment be provided by the transfer of $44,956 00 from 75 Milton F Hodgdon 34 the Sewer Assessment Fund, the transfer of $14,065 83 from the unexpended 13 Haskell W Reed 26 balance of the appropriation for the installation of sewer mains voted under Article 12 of the Warrant for the 1955 Annual Town Meeting, the transfer of $50,278 17 104 81 from the Excess and Deficiency Account, and the balance of $50,000 00 to be Amendment Adopted 9 24 P M TOWN OF LEXINGTON 63 64 ANNUAL REPORTS Voice vote on main motion as amended not unanimous, so standing vote taken ARTICLE 20 VOTED That the sum of $36,500 00 be appropriated for .as follows permanent construction of North Hancock Street and part of Winchester Drive and In Favor Tellers Opposed that payment be provided by the transfer of $13,651 29 from funds received from 28 Lee E Tarbox 6 the State under Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956, and the balance of $22,848 71 104 Milton F Hodgdon 2 to be raised in the current tax levy 28 Haskell W Reed 8 Carried Unanimously 9 37 P M 160 16 ARTICLE 21 VOTED That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- Main motion, as amended, adopted ized to construct concrete, bituminous concrete or other sidewalks, at such locations, 9 25 P M as they shall determine, where the abutting owner pays one-half of the cost, or otherwise, and to appropriate therefor the sum of $15,000 00, and to provide for ARTICLE 15 VOTED That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- payment by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account razed to retain engineering services and prepare plans for the extension westerly Carried Unanimously 9 38 P M from the vicinity of Watertown Street of the sewer main authorized to be con- structed by the vote adopted under Article 16 of the Warrant for the 1958 Annual ARTICLE 22 VOTED That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- Town Meeting, and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of $15,000 00 ized to install curbings at such locations as they may determine, and to raise and Carried Unanimously 9 26 P M appropriate therefor the sum of $5,000 00 Carried Unanimously 9 40 P M ARTICLE 16 Indefinitely postponed. Carried Unanimously 9 27 P M ARTICLE 23 VOTED That the sum of $7,000 00 be raised and appropri- ated for the improvement of lowlands and swamps in the eradication of mosquitoes, ARTICLE 17 VOTED That the sum of $11,010 24 be raised and appro- under Section 4A of Chapter 252 of the General Laws :,prated for pensions for retired members of the Police Department, and their Carried Unanimously 9 40 P M .dependents, and that the sum of $8,311 80 be raised and appropriated for pensions, for retired members of the Fire Department, and their dependents, under Chapter ARTICLE 24 VOTED That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- 32 of the General Laws ized to install drains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as they Carried Unanimously 9 28 P M may determine, in accordance with Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, or otherwise, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, and to take ARTICLE 18 VOTED That the sum of $4,500 00 be raised and appro- by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other rpriated for Chapter 90 highway maintenance interest in land necessary therefor, and to appropriate for such installation and land Carried Unanimously 9 28 P M acquisition the sum of $58,400 00 and to provide for payment by transfer of $28,400 00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account and by raising the balance of ARTICLE 19 VOTED That the sum of $36,000 00 be raised and appro- $30,000 00 in the current tax levy prated for the construction of part of Concord Avenue under Chapter 90 highway Carried Unanimously 9 43 P M construction 9 29 P M ARTICLE 25 VOTED To appropriate the sum of $13,825 00 for the pur- chase by or with the approval of the Selectmen of equipment for the Department Amendment presented by Winfield S Caouette as follows of Public Works and to provide for payment thereof by transfer from the Road "I hereby move, Machinery Fund That Article 19 of the Town Warrant be amended by Carried Unanimously 9 44 P M inserting after the word "Laws" in the second line, the following provided, however, that so much of the highway mainte- ARTICLE 26 VOTED To enlarge the scope of the Road Machinery Fund by nance as relates to Concord Avenue from Blossom Street to crediting to said fund an amount based on hourly rental for the use of motorized Waltham Street shall not result in a widening of more than 28 feet equipment of the Department of Public Works when used on various projects car- of the paved or traveled part of the way" ried on under the direction of said Department or other Departments of the Town, 9 30 P M the amount of said charge not to exceed the amount allowed by the State for the use of similar equipment Amendment as presented ruled out of order by the Moderator, Charles E Carried Unanimously 9 45 P M Ferguson 9 30 P M ARTICLE 27 VOTED That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to appoint one of their members to the Board of Appeals in accordance with Main motion, as presented, carried unanimously Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws 9 35 P M Carried Unanimously 9 45 P M TOWN OF LEXINGTON 65 66 ANNUAL REPORTS ARTICLE 28 VOTED That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- abutting on land acquired from DeVries Construction Company, Inc for playground, ized to install street lights in such unaccepted streets as they may determine prior recreational and other public purposes, pursuant to the vote adopted under Article to the final adjournment of the 1960 Annual Town Meeting 46 of the Warrant for the 1958 Annual Town Meeting, said deed being dated Carried Unanimously 9 45 P M February 28, 1959 and having been registered in Middlesex South District Land ARTICLE 29 VOTED That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- Registry as Document No 340013 ized to sell and convey at any time on or before March 15, 1960 the land on Meriam Carried Unanimously 9 55 P M Street known as the Old Fire Station Site, upon such terms and conditions as they ARTICLE 36 VOTED To raise and appropriate the sum of $675 00 to be deem proper used in conjunction with money appropriated under Article 37 of the Warrant for' Carried Unanimously 9 46 P M the 1958 Annual Town Meeting for the purchase of a new ambulance Declared Carried by voice vote ARTICLE 30 Presented by Richard H Soule VOTED That the Planning Board be and hereby is authorized to obtain 10 03 P M options for land or rights therein that it desires to recommend be acquired by the David F Toomey doubts the vote Town as locations for future streets or for playground and recreational purposes 10 04 P M and that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the Town to acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, such lands or rights therein for The Moderator asks if decision was doubted by 20 Town Meeting Members such purposes as are or may be included in options obtained by the Planning Board, There were not 20 members that doubted the vote and that funds already appropriated for such options and land acquisition be and 10 04 P M hereby are made available for all the purposes hereof Carried Unanimously 9 48 P M Moticn adopted 10 04 P M ARTICLE 31 Presented by Harvey F Wenlock ARTICLE 37 VOTED That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to VOTED That the sum of $2,000 00 be appropriated for the development of purchase the six voting machines now on loan to the Town, and to raise and ap- Westview Cemetery and that said sum be provided by transfer from the Westview Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund jpropnate therefor the sum of $10,200 00 Carried Unanimously 9 49 P M Carried Unanimously 10 05 P M ARTICLE 38 Presented by Charles T Abbott ARTICLE 32 VOTED To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 00 for VOTED That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to purchase, take the purchase of a new car for the Fire Department by the Board of Fire Commis- by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground or recreational purposes sioners any or all of the undeveloped land abutting upon the Town land on North Street Carried Unanimously 9 50 P M acquired for such purposes pursuant to the vote adopted under Article 13 of the ARTICLE 33 VOTED That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on September 16, 1957, and includ- ing land on both sides of Vine Brook southerly to East Street, and to raise and ap- abandon the easement across land abutting on lot 233 Freemont Street that was propriate therefor the sum of $5,500 00 granted to the Town by deed of Leeland Construction Co, Inc dated November Carried Unanimously 10 08 P M 17, 1958 and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 9273, Page 139, that the minimum amount to be paid for such abandonment shall be ARTICLE 39 Presented by Levi G Burnell $1 00, and that the instrument of abandonment shall be in such form as the Se- VOTED That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to purchase, take lectmen, by the execution thereof, shall approve by eminent domain, or otherwise acquire for a future street location and other Carried Unanimously 9 51 P M public purposes a parcel of land situated on the southerly side of Marrett Road and the northwesterly side of Bacon Street, and that the sum of $3,500 00 be raised ARTICLE 34 Presented by Charles T Abbott -and appropriated therefor VOTED That the action of the Board of Selectmen in accepting on behalf Robert M Coquillette moves for indefinite postponement which was declared of the Town from Raymond F Boudreau individually and as Trustee of Rayco Realty lost by voice vote 10 10 P M Trust a deed dated January 5, 1959 and recorded in Middlesex South District Reg- Main motion as presented voted on by voice vote, but not unanimous so stand- istry of Deeds, Book 9302, Page 19, conveying Lot 70 Garfield Street to the Town Ing vote taken as follows be and hereby is ratified, confirmed and adopted In Favor Tellers Opposed Carried Unanimously 9 53 P M 33 Lee E Tarbox 0 ARTICLE 35 Presented by Charles T Abbott 104 Milton F HReedan 1 31 Haskell W Ree VOTED To ratify, confirm and adopt the action of the Board of Selectmen 1 in accepting on behalf of the Town a deed from George J DeVries conveying to, 168 2 the Town a parcel of land situated on the northeasterly side of Summer Street and Julien motion, as presented, adopted 10 11 P M TOWN OF LEXINGTON 67 b8 ANNUAL REPORTS ARTICLE 40 Presented by Donald T Clarke VOTED That articles 43 to 51 inclusive be taken up together VOTED That the Standing School Building Committee, appointed under au- Carried Unanimously 10 29 P M thority of the vote adopted under Article 37 of the Warrant for the 1957 Annual Town Meeting, be and hereby is authorized on behalf of the Town to retain ARTICLE 43 VOTED To establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of architectural services and prepare final plans and specifications for the construc- as a Town way, Burnham Road from East Street to Emerson Road a distance of tion, original equipping and furnishing of a new elementary school building on the 832', more or less, northerly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan land situated between Grove Street and Robinson Road acquired by the Town for on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959, and to authorize school and playground purposes in 1957, and, after approval of the plans and the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, specifications by the School Committee, to obtain bids therefor, and to raise and easement or other interest in land necessary therefor i i appropriate therefor the sum of $50,000 00 Carried Unanimously 10 29 P M Carried Unanimously 10 12 P M ARTICLE 41 Presented by Gordon E Steele Charles T Abbott states that Planning Board approves all layouts 10 29 P M VOTED That the Selectmen be and herebyare authorized to ARTICLE 44 VOTED To establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of purchase, take as a Town way, Compton Circle from Peacock Farm Road a distance of 325', more by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school, playground and other public or less, northwesterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file purposes a parcel of land, which abuts on the Town land on Lincoln Street now used in part as the site of the Town dump, consisting of such parts of lots num- in thet office takeoo the Town Clerk, dated purchaseJanuhry 8, 1959,he and acquireto authorizeythe Selectmen to by eminent domain, or otherwise any fee, bered 6 to 12 inclusive on plan hereinafter mentioned as are situated northeaster- easement or other interest in land necessary therefor ly of a line substantially parallel to and about 300 feet distant from the north- Carried Unanimously 10 29 P M easterly sideline of Middleby Road, said plan being entitled "Plan of Lots owned by Neil McIntosh Lexington, Mass" dated January, 1945, Albert A Miller, Civil ARTICLE 45 VOTED To establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of Engineer, recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds as Plan No 236 as a Town way, Emerson Road from Adams Street a distance of 789', more or less, of 1946, Book 6947, Page 202, and to appropriate therefor the sum of $6,000 001 southeasterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the and provide for payment by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959, and to authorize the Selectmen Voice vote not unanimous, so standing vote taken as follows to take by eminent domain, purchase cr otherwise acquire any fee, easement or In Favor Tellers Opposed other interest in land necessary therefor 34 Lee E Tarbox 0 Carried Unanimously 10 30 P M 106 Milton F Hodgdon 2 27 Haskell W Reed 3 ARTICLE 46 VOTED To establish as a Town way and accept the layout of as a Town way, Grandview Avenue from School Street to Welch Road a distance of - 167 5 250, more or less, easterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on Motion adopted 10 20 P M file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, ARTICLE 42 Presented by Gordon E Steele easement or other interest in land necessary therefor VOTED That the Selectmen be and herebyare authorized to Carried Unanimously 10 30 P M purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school, playground and other public purposes a parcel of land in East Lexington abutting the Lexington-Arlington Town ARTICLE 47 VOTE cock To establish as a Town way and accept the layout of line and bounded northeasterly by the rear lines of lots fronting on Aerial Street, as a Town way, Peacock Farm Road from Watertown Street to Baker Avenue a the southwesterly end of Sutherland Road and the side line of a lot fronting orn distance of 3186', more or less northerly and easterly as laid Out by the - men and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January Sutherland Road, northwesterly by the rear lines of lots fronting on Tarbell Avenue 8, 1959, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or and on Peacock Farm Road, southwesterly by land of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts and southeasterly by the Lexington-Arlington Town line, and to appro- otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor Carried Unanimously 10 31 P M priate therefor the sum of $50,000 00 and provide for payment by transfer from, the Excess and Deficiency Account ARTICLE 48 VOTED To establish as a Town way and accept the layout of Voice vote not unanimous, so standing vote taken as follows as a Town way, Welch Road from Grandview Avenue to Estabrook Road a distance In Favor Tellers Opposed of 740', more or less, easterly as laid cut by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan 33 Lee E Tarbox 4 on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959, and to authorize 104 Milton F Hodgdon 1 the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, 28 Haskell W Reed 2 easement or other interest in land necessary therefor - - Carried Unanimously 10 32 P M 165 7 Motion adopted 10 27 P M ARTICLE 49 VOTED To establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a Town way, Linmoor Terrace from North Hancock Street to Crawford Road a 70 ANNUALREPORTS TOWN OF LEXINGTON 69 January 8, 1959, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, distance of 1148' northerly and northwesterly as laid out by the Selectmen and purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959, therefor and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise Carried Unanimously 10 38 P M acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor ARTICLE 55 VOTED To establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of Carried Unanimously 10 32 P M as a Town way, Leighton Avenue from Bow Street to Cliffe Avenue a distance of ARTICLE 50 VOTED To establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of 225', more or less, northwesterly, as laid out by the Selectmen under the Better- as a Town way, Crawford Road from Preston Road to Unmoor Terrace a distance ment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated of 453', more or less, southerly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a January 8, 1959, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, pur- i plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959, and to author- chase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary ize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any therefor Carried Unanimously 10 39 P M fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor Carried Unanimously 10 33 P M ARTICLE 56 VOTED To establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of and accept the layout of as a Town way, Rangeway from Skyview Road to Winter Street a distance of 245', ARTICLE 51 VOTED To fromstablish as ra Town way, more or less, northwesterly, as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, northeasterlya a Town way, Ladro byet Reed and a wn uupoce of plan onmfil oless, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, ffice the aso laidnout by the January Selectmen and shown toan a zthe file inthe 1959, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or office of the Town Clerk, dated purchasery 8,otherwise1959, and authorize fe Selectmen- otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor to take by eminent domain, or acquire any fee, easement or Carried Unanimously 10 40 'P M other interest in land necessary therefor. Carried Unanimously 10 34 P. 1M ARTICLE 57 VOTED To establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a Town way, Webb Street from Dunham Street a distance of 975', more or less, VOTED To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 00 for land acquisition northerly, as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and shown upon and for construction of the ways enumerated in Articles 43 to 51 inclusive a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959, and to au- Carried Unanimously 10 35 P M thorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. VOTED That Articles 52 to 57 inclusive be taken up together Carried Unanimously 10 40 P M Carried Unanimously 10 35 P M VOTED To appropriate for land acquisition and for construction of the ways Charles T Abbott states that Planning Board approves all layouts 10:35 P.M enumerated in Articles 52 to 57 inclusive, the sum of $50,890 00, and to pro- ARTICLE 52 VOTED To establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of vide for payment thereof by the transfer of $4,790 95 from the unexpended bal- as a Town way, Baker Avenue from Butler Avenue to Peacock Farm Road a distance ante of the appropriation for street construction voted under Articles 47 through of 123', more or less, southwesterly, as laid out by the Selectmen under the Better- 62 of the Warrant for the 1956 Annual Town Meeting and the balance of ment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated $46,099 05 to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account January 8, 1959, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, pur- Carried Unanimously 10 41 P M chase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary ARTICLE 58 VOTED To establish as a Town footway, a strip of land from therefor Essex Street northeasterly through Lot M and Boston & Maine Railroad property Carried Unanimously 10 36 P M to Valley Road a distance of 230', more or less, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 8, 1959, ARTICLE 53 VOTED To Avenue from as a Town way,oand accept the layout of and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise a of 3a00', Town way, Cummingsh Avenue Bow Streetyto Cliffe Avenue a distanceBacquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, and to ment Act,more or less,wnorthwesterly, as laid out the the Selectmen th en under the Better- raise and appropriate for land acquisition and for the construction of said footway and shown upon a plan on file in office of the Town Clerk, dated the sum of $500 January 8, 1959, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, pur- Charles T Abbott states that Planning Board approves layout chase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary Main motion carried unnanimously 10 42 P M therefor Carried Unanimously 10 37 P M ARTICLE 59 VOTED To accept the alterations and relocation of a portion of Waltham Street from a point approximately 1400', more or less, northerly of ARTICLE 54. VOTED To establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of Marrett Road and extending northerly 850, more or less, as laid out by the Select- as a Town way, Homestead Street from Cedar Street to Asbury Street a distance men and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January of 1083',more or less, southwesterly, as laid out by the Selectmen under the Better- 8, 1959, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or ment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated TOWN OF LEXINGTON 71 72 ANNUAL REPORTS otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; Voice vote not unanimous on main motion so standing vote taken as follows and to raise and appropriate for land acquisition and relocation the sum of $100 00. In Favor Tellers Opposed Carried Unanimously 10:42 P M 37 Lee E Tarbox 0 90 Milton F Hodgdon 6 ARTICLE 60. VOTED That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to 28 Roy E Cook 3 release Lot 2 on Land Court Plan No 25931B from the restrictions set forth in a 155 deed given by the Town of Lexington to Benjamin H Golini et ux,dated January 10, 9 1955 and recorded in Middlesex South 'District Registry of Deeds Book 8400, Motion adopted 11 12 P M ' Page 284, the instrument of release to be in such form as the Selectmen, by the ARTICLE 63 Indefinitely postponed execution thereof, shall approve Carried Carried Unanimously 10.44 P. M. Unanimously 1 1 12 P M All articles being dispensed with, William E Maloney, Chairman of the Board ARTICLE 61 Presented by Charles T Abbott of Selectmen, moves that meeting be dissolved VOTED To appropriate $5,000 00 subject to validation by the General Court, So voted 11 13 P M. to reimburse Mark Moore, Jr. as Trustee of Moore Realty Trust, for the excess JAMES J CARROLL, money expended by him in constructing a box culvert in Emerson Road to a more Town Clerk than normal width, as required by the Planning Board in its approval of his sub- division plan entitled "Burnham Farms Section Two 'Lexington-Mass" so it would be of adequate size if the Town should decide later to widen the pavement of the road to make it a major traffic road, and to authorize and direct the Selectmen ATTORNEY GENERAL'S APPROVAL OF ARTICLE 62 AS PASSED AT THE to petition the General Court for such validating legislation, and to provide for ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 16, 1959 payment by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 10 46 P. M ARTICLE 62 AS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 16, 1959 ARTICLE 62 Presented by Edward T Martin ARTICLE 62 Presented by Edward T Martin VOTED To amend the Zoning By-Law by adding at the end of Section 4 (g) VOTED To amend the Zoning By-Law by adding at the end of Section 4 (g) A 1-Garden Apartment and Hotel Districts, the following new paragraph (5) A 1-Garden Apartment and Hotel Districts, the following new paragraph (5): A district on the southeasterly side of Maple Street beginning at a point on A district on the southeasterly side of Maple Street beginning at a point on the the southeasterly side line of said Street at the intersection of land of Robert Chap- southeasterly side line of said Street at the intersection of land of Robert Chap- man and the Town of Arlington, thence running southeasterly by land of the Town man and the Town of Arlington, thence running southeasterly by land of the Town to of Arlington 743 7 feet, more or less, to a point, thence turning at an angle and of Arlington 743 7 feet, more or less, apoint, thence turnin running easterly by land of the Town of Arlington 367 feet, more or less, to agat an angle and running easterly by land of the Town of Arlington, 367 feet, more or less, to a point at a brook, thence turning at an angle and continuing easterly by land of the point at a brook, thence turning at an angle and continuing easterly by land of the Town of Arlington 307 7 feet, more or less, to a point at the intersection of land Town of Arlington, 307 7 feet, more or less, to a point at- the intersection of land of the Town of Arlington, land now or formerly of Lexwood Poultry Farms, Inc, of the Town of Arlington, land now or formerly cf Lexwood Poultry and land now or formerly of Harry D Hull, thence turning at an angle and con- and land now or formerly of Harry D Hull, thence turning Farms, Inco - tinuing easterly by land now or formerly of Harry D Hull 300 feet, more or less, at an an more and Ion, to a point, thence turning at an angle and running northerly by land of Lexwood tinuipoint,ng eastthenceerly y lurand now or formerly andf Harry gD Hull,hly feet, x less, Poultry Farms, Inc 130 feet, more or less, to apoint, thence turningat a right to a ry Farms, Inc130 at an angle running northerly thencehby land of Lexwood g Poultry Ic, 130 feet, more or less, to a point, turning at a right angle and running westerly by the land of said Lexwood Poultry Farms, Inc, 580 feet, more or less, to apoint at a brook, thence turningat an angle of 35 degrees angle,e and running toa westerlyoiby the land of saidturningxwngd an n Farms, Inc, 580 g 9 feet, more or less, a point at a brook, thence at an angle of 35 degrees 15', more or less, and running northwesterly by land of Paul Tocci, Inc, 935 feet, 15', more or less, and running northwesterly by land of Paul Tocci, Inc, 935 feet, more cr less, to a point on the southeasterly side line of Maple Street, thence turn- more or less, to a point on the southeasterly side line of Maple Street, thence turning at a right angle and running in a southwesterly direction along the south- ing at a right angle and running in a southwesterlydirection along easterly side line of Maple Street, 350 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning the southeast- erly side line of Maple Street, 350 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning The above describes an areae of land approximately 480,000 sq feet, or 11 The above describes an area of land approximately 480,000 sq feet, or 11 acres, more or less acres, more or less Charles T Abbott moves that the Planning Board Report be accepted and placed on file. Charles T. Abbott moves that the Planning Board Report be accepted and Motion adopted 11 10 P. M placed on file Motion adopted TOWN OF LEXINGTON 73 74 ANNUAL REPORTS Voice vote on main motion not unanimous, so standing vote taken as follows REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES In Favor Tellers Opposed 37 Lee E Tarbox 0 90 Milton F Hodgdon 6 28 'Roy E Cook 3 December 31, 1959 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen 155 9 Lexington, Massachusetts Motion adopted 11 12 P M Gentlemen Signed,JAMES J CARROLL, I submit my Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 1959. Town Clerk Scales Adjusted Sealed Condemned Scales—Over 10,000 lbs 1 Lexington, Mass,April1to 5,000 1, 1959 5,000t 10,000 lbs 1 g100 5,000 lbs 9 47 4 I, James J Carroll, Town Clerk of the Town of Lexington, do hereby certify Under 100 lbs 12 81 1 the above to be a true and exact copy of Article 62 as passed at the Annual Town Meeting held March 16, 1959 and as same appears on record Weights. Signed,JAMES J CARROLL, Weights, each 282 Town Clerk Boston,Mass,April 6, 1959 Volumetric Measures The foregoing amendment to Zoning By-Law is hereby approved Liquid, one gallon or under 35 Signed,E J McCORMACK,JR, Attorney General Meters Inlet—One inch or less 7 101 10 More than one inch 38 Taximeters 1 Clothmeters 3 Linear Measures Yardsticks 24 Totals 28 614 19 Sealing Fees'Paid to Town Treasurer $359 20 Re-weighing of pre-packaged commodities 1,402 Scales in Schools and Health Department tested for accuracy Respectfully submitted, RALPH H CHADWICK, Sealer of Weights and Measures 76 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN OF LEXINGTON 75 THE LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS - 1959 REPORT OF THE LEXINGTON SCHOOLS PERSONNEL Director of Instruction SCHOOL COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION PAUL F POEHLER, JR, 65 Locust Avenue VO 2-5097 Director of Administrative Services MR DONALD T CLARK, 25 Moon Hill Road (Chairman) VO 2-4385 MITCHELL J SPIRIS, 6 Truman Road, North Wilmington OL 8-4931 (Term Expires March, 1962) MRS 1MILDRED B MAREK, 43 Somerset Road VO 2-2032 Coordinator of Lexington Evening School (Term Expires March, 1960) RUSSELL 0 MANN, 44 Fletcher Road, Bedford CR 4-8337 MR GORDON E STEELE, 12 Smith Avenue VO 2-9466 Coordinator of School Lunch Programs (Term Expires March, 1962) ETHEL L WRIGHT, 1 Sunny Knoll Avenue VO 2-0553 MR SANBORN C BROWN, 37 Maple Street VO 2-1860 Census (Term Expires March, 1961) MRS BARBARA O'CONNOR, 290 Marrett Road VO 2-9085 MR DAN H FENN, JR, 22 Sherburne Road VO 2-2814 (Term Expires March, 1961) School Secretaries PRISCILLA W SMITH, 15 Somerset Road Superintendent's Office Regular meetings are held on the first and third Mondays in each month, except MRS RITA M LOVETT, 65 Corcoran Road, Burlington July and August, in the Committee Room in the School Administration Building, MRS GLADYS M WASHBURN, 28 Bow Street 1557'Massachusetts Avenue MRS RUTH V KEEFE, 14 King Street MRS JACKIE MAITLAND, 28 Magnolia Street, Arlington " MRS CLAIRE MAITLAND, 30 Rich Road,Woburn " MRS JEAN WARD, 24 Bridge Street " MRS M RUTH' MOYNIHAN, 153 Fourth Street, Medford " MRS GERTRUDE NELSEN, 32 Simonds Road Senior High School SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS VERA LOVERING, 16 Battle Green Road " ESTHER M SAMSON, 35 Vaille Avenue " MRS HAZEL E HAUGH, 44 Simonds Road " MRS FRANCES RISSLING, 230 Follen Road Muzzey Junior High School PAUL F POEHLER, JR, Interim Superintendent MRS HELEN DIETER, 21 Fletcher Avenue Wm Diamond Junior High School September 1, 1958-June 30, 1959 MRS DOROTHY SEYMOUR, 36 Simonds Road " " MRS BARBARA M NASON, 23 Reed Street Adams School ' MRS MARJORIE LUNDAY, 24 Middleby Road Fiske Sch000l MR MEDILL BAIR, 40 Fair Oaks Drive MRS BARBARA E PATTEN, 90 Gleason Road Franklin School As of July 1, 1959 MRS DOROTHY K KESSLER, 27 Flintlock Road Hancock School MRS GERTRUDE A FLYNN, 3 Minute Man Lane Harrington School ' MRS BLANCHE T JOHNSON, 21 Larchmont Lane Maria Hastings School MRS MARION K VALENTE, 13 Sheridan Street Munroe School MRS GRACE L PEABODY, 64 Locust Avenue Parker School TOWN OF LEXINGTON 77 78 ANNUAL REPORTS School Physicians DR HAROLD J CRUMB, 1632 Massachusetts Avenue VO 2-1088 SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT DR HOWARD J POTTER, 16 Clarke Street VO 2-3218 FOR THE YEAR 1959 DR MARY E PERRY, 107 Waltham Street VO 2-2297 School Dentists DR HOWARD B ASARKOF, 1774 Massachusetts Avenue VO2-8330 To the Citizens of Lexington DR SUMNER P FRIM, 853 Beacon Street, Newton Center WO 9-9628 MRS FRANCES L M PORTER, Dental Hygienist A man's philosophy is made up of his beliefs and values It 798 Worcester Street, Wellesley CE 7-0893 9s often unstated, maybe even unsystematized, but it is always School Nurses present and it controls most of his decisions MRS ELIZABETH MAHER, 3 Dee Road VO2-2116 Similarly, a school committee must have an operating philoso- MRS M ALICE MOGAN, 19 Fair Oaks Drive VO2-8314 MRS MARGUERITE I IACKENBERG'ER, 17 Farmcrest Avenue VO 2-4040 phy, a yardstick against which it measures the hundreds of decisions MRS ALICE F BURROWS, 61 Shade Street VO 2-0376 it must make in the course of a year Understanding and passing judgment on this philosophy is the community's most important and inescapable responsibility in the management of its schools It is not easy to determine and articulate the philosophy of a particular school committee, any more than it is the philosophy of a man But a few central decisions of 1959 can be cited to indi- cate the direction of our planning and the principles which guide our choices Clearly the most significant vote of the year was the selection of MediIl Bair as the new superintendent to succeed John Blackhall Smith Since the School Committee's role in a school system is akin to the Board of Directors in a company or the trustees of a university, it is the operating professional head who actually steers the organization Furthermore, the School Committee looks to the superintendent as an experienced educational leader for recom- mendations and suggestions on policy matters Thus the choice of a superintendent is the most effective way for a school committee to set the tone and direction of the system In this instance, the Committee searched the country and finally picked Medill Bair, Regional Superintendent of The Penns- bury Schools in Bucks County, Pennsylvania In Mr Bair we found a vigorous, experienced, imaginative administrator whose over- weaning concern is with excellence Though Mr Bair has been in Lexington for only six months, he has already made his mark on the community, we look forward to many years of fruitful and happy association between the Bairs and this town TOWN OF LEXINGTON 79° 80 ANNUAL REPORTS During the year, the Committee decided to place a number of administrators on a full-year basis. It seemed clear to the Com- The School Committee spent a considerable number of hours studying various proposals for the administrative organization of mittee that an educational enterprise as large and complex as Lexington's deserves full-time leadership in its continuing effort to the Lexington school system Two new top posts — a Director of upgrade itself With the extension of ability grouping by subject instruction and a Director of Administrative Services — were es- in the Junior and senior high schools and the large number of new classifications set, and appointments made Included in the changes teachers coming into the system every year, more advanced plan- was the division of Munroe and Hancock into two principalships ning and careful scheduling becomes necessary instead of a joint office These changes will make for more effi- Lexington is distinguished by the large number of civic-minded, cient administration of the system talented people among its citizenry. The Committee decided to Increases for teachers and administrators, which are designed take advantage of this happy situation by turning to the town and to protect our competitive position in the face of general rising asking for a study of our secondary program with special emphasissalaries and encourage teachers to further their training, were in- on the high school Consequently, it appointed a steering corn- eluded in next year's budget Operating under the new proposal, mittee of townspeople who, in turn, recommended a number of we should be in a position to contrive to attract and hold the very subcommittees By the end of 1959 this group was hard at work best new teachers and secure more than our share of the finest examining our current situation and preparing itself to present a experienced teachers and top administrative talent series of recommendations for the future The Merit Program continues in its developmental process At the same time, the School Committee signed a contract with Increasingly the evaluatory system is being refined to insure that the Harvard Center for Field Studies for a top-to-bottom look at the it rewards the truly outstanding performance It should be remem- system without charge This group made up of candidates for the bered in this connection that Lexington has far more superior doctoral degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and' teachers than most systems guided by members of the School's faculty, includes many edu- After long consideration the School Committee reached three cators with teaching and administrative experience Their report important policy decisions in the area of school buildings It and recommendations should also prove to be of great value to decided Lexington young people in the years to come 1. To maintain itsresent P position of recommending only 20-room elementary schools because large units A series of comparative tests was conducted in many of our offer the best possibilities for the most beneficial classes during the fall of 1959, and money was included in the 1960 grouping arrangements budget for an extension of this program With this data, the ad- ministration will be in a better position to evaluate our own progress 2 To ask the School Building Committee to present a and measure Lexington against other similar communities The plan for the Grove Street School which would allow first results of the 1959 examination placed our town in a very teaching in a variety of group sizes, but be con- favorable position. vertible to a "traditional" pattern of class size if it seems wise The School Committee feels that On the recommendation of the Superintendent, a new adminis- maximum flexibility in grouping provides the best trative internship program was instituted, to begin next year This education. plan calls for the release of personnel who may be the leaders irx our system in the future for a planned series of responsibilities 3 To ask for plans and specifications for new secondary providing training in administration and management responsibility facilities which will permit Lexington to adopt a within the system. 6-2-2-2 plan Though the arrangement can be ad- ,Justed in the future if new developments indicate TOWN OF LEXINGTON 81 82 ANNUAL REPORTS that it should be, the Committee feels that two high REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT schools in town would not be educationally sound Finally, in an effort to improve its budget-building procedures To the Members of the School Committee and achieve maximum coordination with the other financial needs This is the first annual report in which your Superintendent has had an oppor- of the town, the School Committee invited the Appropriations tunity to participate He has had six months to observe your schools in action His Committee to send a special participating representative to its many major impression relates to the high quality of the educational program generally budget sessions Consequently, the chairman of the Appropriations being conducted throughout your schools This results from an informed support by the Lexington citizenry of its School Committee policies and the excellent school Committee attended and joined in our important financial discus staff resulting from these policies sions and was very helpful indeed Lexingtonians have always demanded the best This has been manifested in This series of decisions offers us a chance to look at our phi- many ways It has been apparent, not only in the actions of the School Committee, losophy in operation We are primarily interested in providing the the Sites Committee, and the Standing School Building Committee, but in the fine support given by the Town Meeting Members, the Selectmen, the Appropriation best possible education for Lexington's young people This con- Committee and the Capital Expenditures Committee who have studied and recom- cern overshadows even our continuing interest in the goodwill of mended actions resulting in an improved educational program the staff or the universal approval of everyone in the town We The citizens' committees studying our Lexington Schools and those surveys believe that the patterns of education are changing, and that it is being carried on by our professional staff provide an invaluable contribution to our our responsibility to take advantage of these changes when they schools The resulting questioning attitude of our practices can only result in a better represent improvement We believe in careful, honest evaluation program, s.nce each group is motivated only by the desire to improve the learn- of what we are doing at every possible point We believe in ing situation for our youth At the secondary level this year there are three major groups studying the curriculum of our secondary schools, all working on a coopera- spending money when it is necessary to do so to provide an ever- tive basis but arriving at independent judgments This includes the Harvard Field i better education, but we are constantly concerned about efficient, Staff group studying the over-all problems of the Lexington Schools, the Secondary business-like practices to make sure that the dollars are well spent. Curriculum Study Committee whose major emphasis is at the secondary level, and the Senior High School Staff who are making a self-evaluation leading to an We believe in investment — in outlays that will reduce costs or ap- praisal by the visiting committee of the New England Association of Colleges and improve quality in the future We believe that every youngster Secondary Schools should be challenged and pushed to work up to his capacity We Enrollment Problems During the past nine years the enrollment in the Lex- believe that the education of its children is the town's greatest re- ington Schools has doubled By 1965-66 we can expect our enrollment to reach sponsibility, both to itself and to the nation We believe in the approximately 8300 pupils The impact of these children in our schools requires maximum cooperation possible among the community's several additional school sites, buildings and staff The 5888 youngsters enrolled as of governing groups, so that we may all benefit from a well-managed October 1, 1959, have filled every elementary classroom and are approaching the- town capacity of our three secondary schools Buildings Needed The proposed "Grove Street Elementary School" being I We are proud of our teachers, staff and administrators and planned by the Standing School Building Committee under the chairmanship of especially grateful to our Superintendent, to the Director of In- Austin W Fisher, Jr, will not be completed until September 1961 There will be a shortage of six to twelve rooms as of September 1, 1960 Thus next year it will struction, Paul F Poehler, Jr , and to the Director of Administrative be necessary for us to use gymnasia, play areas and cafeterias for classrooms Services, Mitchell J Spins, for the leadership that they are provid- ing We say with confidence that however good our schools are At the secondary level we face a need for major secondary facilities as of September 1962 and more facilities by September 1, 1965 Planning for these today, they will be even better tomorrow additional secondary areas must commence immediately, for two to three years ' Respectfully submitted, elapse between the time the town meeting approves planning funds and the day the building is ready for occupancy by youngsters DONALD T CLARK, Chairman Sites Needed The Sites Committee under the chairmanship of Roland B MRS MILDREDB MAREK Greeley has developed an extensive over-all study of the future needs for elemen- OE S T SANBHRN C BROWN tary and secondary school sites Its planning indicates that we need a minimum ANBRO DAN H FENN, JR, Secretary of five additional elementary sites and possibly six Using the town dump area as, 84 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN OF LEXINGTON 83 jects at the secondary level Of course, those who work at a slower rate or whose a secondary site, there is every likelihood we will need only one more high school personal demands for a high quality performance would make it unwise for them in the years ahead, probably in the southwestern section of town or Precinct 2 If to carry this load may still take only four we acquire these sites at an early date, the cost will be minimized and the future needs will be very adequately settled It should be pointed out here that those students who wish to be admitted to one of the 100 or 150 quality colleges will probably have to secure more units School Staff Additional youngsters and new schools, plus resignations, make while in high school Some educators and many parents have not recognized the the staffing problem a very difficult one Of the 297 professional employees situation as it is beginning to develop Frank H Bowles, President of the College presently working in Lexington, 91 are new to our schools this year Of these, Entrance Examination Board, has this to say about the problem at a special brief- 79% have had experience in other schools This new staff is about equally divided ing session at Arden House, Harrison, N Y "The quality colleges will not only between men and women and between elementary and secondary teachers About raise their over-all standards, they will also increase the actual number of the sub- 30% of them have Master's degrees Of the 41 resignations received in 1958-59, jects specifically required for admission." He also indicated that the equivalent only five were from teachers who had secured positions in other schools This of our advanced program at the Lexington Senior High School will also be needed indicates that the teacher salary policies have been sound and that teaching con- to meet the future requirements of youngsters "Within ten years, about 100 dations in Lexington are generally good Ten teachers have left the state — one quality or 'prestige' colleges will admit only students who, by today's standards, going into industry—while 25 left for miscellaneous reasons including pregnancy, will have completed the equivalent of one year of college caliber work in high husband securing a position in another area, and resignations at the request of the school " administration To date Lexington has prepared its youngsters in an adequate fashion for It is likely that the major factor making it difficult for us to secure teachers colleges and work in the business field It has been possible for a small minority relates not to salary but to the problem of housing It is desirable for our teachers, of our students to attend vocational schools in the immediate area of this town and particularly our administrators, to live in the community in which they work But no solution to the problem of students (perhaps 5%) whose academic motiva- Many would like to do so but unfortunately housing is more costly in Lexington, tion is low and whose vocational choice has yet to be developed has been reached A and in spite of the extensive efforts of many of our real estate agents sufficient real study of the problems of this group of youngsters must be made The answer homes for sale within the financial means of our professional staff are not available does not exist in the easy choice which involves removing these youngsters from Is it possible that the community must develop a program of housing for its teach- school The labor market will not absorb boys and girls of this age bracket The ers? Under present conditions this would probably have to be a subsidized housing street corner is not an answer In this connection it might be well to remember project that the annual cost for a Sunday School is $40 a year, for a high school education $400 a year, and for a year in a reformatory school $4000 a year Teacher Recruitment The recruitment of our 91 new teachers was made possible through the intensive efforts of Paul F Poehler, Jr and Mitchell J Spills, with the assistance of our hardworking principals and department heads As of this (This section of the report prepared by Paul I Poehler, Jr, date the administrative staff feels that a very adequate selective process operated and we are generally satisfied with our staff However, our search for superior Director of Instruction) teachers is a never-ending one It is necessary for our staff to be in continuous Quality Education The Lexington Public Schools have been noted in the past contact with the various colleges and agencies who supply potential teachers to us for providing quality education for every pupil This same philosophy holds at the This in one of the most time-consuming and most important responsibilities of our present time and is projected into the future administrative staff It is becoming more diffcult as we seek a higher quality can- didate each year In trying to see the various segments which help give us this quality education, The desirabilityof securingbetterit is necessary 1-0 look at the activities of several different groups This section of qualified teachers each year is illustrated the report will deal with a few of the ways in which they are attempting to provide by the following picture Since 1900 we have seen a 100% increase in the the finest education for every boy and girl in Lexington knowledge in science and mathematics, countries and governments involving over 75% of the population of the world have changed since World War II We have Teachers During the past year 58 teaches or approximately 23% of our constantly to reorganize our offerings in the various subject matter fields in view staff took courses to improve themselves Last summer 36 teachers or about 15% of the fast-paced world in which we live were taking advanced graduate work During the Fall of 1959, 29 teachers or rep- In addition to higherapproximately 11 % took courses Twenty-four teachers and administrators g qualification for teachers new to Lexington an improved resenting 10% of our staff earned Master's Degrees during the past year This in-service training program for our staff is demanded by the facts of the time Our evidence assures the Lexington Community that our teachers are truly a profes- recruitment program and salary schedule are attempts to deal with the question of sional group and are trying to improve their teaching effectiveness teacher quality, while a series of summer workshop programs — encouragements for teachers to continue their education and the self-improvement programs of our Teachers along with principals and department heads, through in-service pro- teachers—should help with the latter grams, are working to provide better learning opportunities for children Work shops at the secondary level have been held during the past year in the social The demand for school time for youngsters has reached the point where your studies and mathematics fields At the elementary level there have been oppor- School Committee has made it possible for each youngster to take five major sub- TOWN OF LEXINGTON 85 86 ANNUAL REPORTS tunities for teachers to work together at grade levels both in the field of reading The first Monday of each month is devoted to a staff meeting in each building and in arithmetic The second and fourth Mondays are used for departmental meetings at the sec- Through our community resources bulletin which was developed over the past ondary level, and group meetings in the elementary schools This points up the year, many citizens of Lexington are helping our teachers to provide an enriched fact that teachers under the leardership of principals and department heads are ' program for children Such universities as Harvard and Boston along with M I T ,consciously making the effort needed to improve the curriculum In addition, have been providing us with outstanding resource people in a variety of fields through these meetings better articulation is developing between the elementary In science, art, commerce and social studies we have had people in the com- .and secondary schools munity working with our teachers In order to coordinate this total procedure principals meet frequently with the Not only have our colleges and universities been assisting, but industry has Superintendent of Schools and the Director of Instruction These meetings provide been particularly helpful in providing engineers to aid our science teachers These opportunities for reporting on curriculum meetings and for discussing improved facts alone show that our teachers are alert to the use of people as well as ma- practices being carried on in our schools The emphasis at these meetings is on terials in improving teaching effectiveness developing the highest learning opportunity possible for each child rather than uniformity of practice and procedure The field cf reading further provides a challenge to us ail At the Maria Hastings Elementary School, Miss Margaret Keefe, Principal, and her staff of Operation Bootstrap. For the past five years elementary teachers have been teachers have been studying the Cordts System of phonetics for the past three engaged in a series of Thursday afternoon meetings entitled "Operation Bootstrap" years These teachers have been working with children in the first, second, and Here teachers usually meet in a large group to consider problems of general inter- third grades to try out better ways of helping children sound out syllables and words est Recently science was the major topic William Terris, James Boisseau and Those teachers who have been using this are presently instructing their colleagues 'Harry V Mitchell described and demonstrated some of the better practices used in in the use of this material and these techniques their classrooms This program was organized by our two elementary science co- ordinators Grouping of children is very important for learning School Committee policy Followingthegeneral requires that we develoo the best possible grouping practices for each child We meetings the teachers meet in grade level groups to con- have improved our grouping procedures in the fields of Arithmetic and Reading in sider problems of special significance for their class Here they have an opportunity elementary schools This means that children of similar needs have been brought to exchange ideas and to share effective teaching materials and techniques together at different times in order to provide a better opportunity for learning Testing. A town-wide testing program in grades 3, 5, 7, 9,and 11 was launched Both Junior High School buildings were organized this year by their principals during the past Fall These were the Science Research Associate tests Teachers in a little d`ferert way At the Muzzey Junior High School they were trying out have been using the results of these tests to regroup children and to counsel both one system of grouping, while at the William Diamond Junior High School mother with children and parents At the high school level two meetings were held for system was attempted Similarly, the Lexington High School has impro✓ed its prac- all eleventh grade parents to discuss the meaning of the tests Similar meetings tices and pupils now are divided into many different levels in order to provide for the are being planned for parents at the two junior high schools in grades 7 and 9 Elementary teachers are meeting with parents on an individual basis to go over greatest opportunity for learning these tests results and to use them for a better understanding of the work of each Our department heads have been consistently advocating a greater opportunity .child for teachers to work together in their special subject fields Workshops have been mentioned as opportunities for in-service training of teachers Not only have these Lexington did very well on these tests It is interesting to note that at the been held in various subject matter fields, but in addition large group instruction third grade level the general Lexington average was 6 months ahead of the national has been tried at the secondary level Last year one teacher presented an algebra average, at the 5th grade 7 months in advance, and at the 7th grade 9 months in lesson to a group of approximately 150 pupils Later these pupils met in smaller advance groups with their regular classroom teachers to follow up the work that had been The excellent results in reading, the language arts, and arithmetic reasoning presented in the large group and concepts did not detract our interest from the "average" scores we received in In summary, it may be seen that our teachers are improving themselves by arithmetic computation and reference skills Improved techniques have already study, by using community resources where possible, and by trying out the best been developed to use in the field of arithmetic computation A major improve- ! technique available Lexington is proud of what its teachers are doing to provide mint in reference skills can be secured only when we develop genuine elementary better education for Lexington children libraries staffed by school librarians Administration The curriculum of our schools is very important This year The generally excellent results at the seventh grade level indicate that our we have 225 teachers organized in 17 curriculum committees meeting on the third elementary schools have done well A continuing improvement in grades 9 and 11 is indicative of the fact that our secondary youngsters have continued their earlier Monday of the month to look at our present offerings in the Lexington Schools These committees have the responsibility of studying and making recommendations successes at the junior and senior high school levels Such results, however, must not detract us from our major problem, which is the development of a program for improvements in all grades from 1 through 12 that succeeds in bringing each youngster up to his highest potential This key issue TOWN OF LEXINGTON 87 88 ANNUAL REPORTS must be faced at the level of the individual pupil. Every teacher, department head, counselor and principal must unceasingly work at this problem Group instruction istrative Services Through this organization it is hoped to provide a framework in is not enough Individual improvement programs are necessary at every grade level which our school organization can grow during the next 10 year period and in every subject field The Special Language program which started in 1953 has been expanded to i The Lexington High School is a member of the New England Association of the point where it is now being carried on through the 9th grade Next year it will i Secondary Schools and Colleges Under the plans of this group each school must be continued in the Senior High School While French is the present language it be evaluated every seven to ten years This means that all High School teachers is possible that other languages may be added in the future are working in their departments to make a self-evaluation according to a criteria consisting of more than ten thousand items relating to the philosophy, objectives, Advanced Program For two years a raced tee was at work studying how we could curriculum and staff of the Lexington High School In May of 1960, a committee provide better education for our advanced program pupils In September, 1959 classes started in the 3rd and 7th grades in the Lexington schools In five years of educators usually numbering from 15 to 20 comes in from other New England there will be advanced program opportunities for children in grades 3 through 12 school systems and colleges to see and analyze what we have said about our pro- grams This usually takes three days and consists of a survey, a semi-inspection, Team Teaching has been carried on at the Franklin Elementary School SUPRAD and a report This entire process is an attempt to upgrade the educational pro- (School and University Program for Research and Development) is the term used gram of the Lexington High School One can see in this the value of such a pro- for these projects for it includes the work of a local school system working with cedure for the boys and girls of Lexington since it requires the high school staff Harvard University It is too early to make a total evaluation, but the initial results to periodically study and restudy its own problems, procedures and objectives in are encouraging their entirety William Diamond Junior High School One of the outstanding events this year Assistant Principals This year the School Committee authorized the employ- has been the opening of the William Diamond Junior High School The planning ment of two assistant senior high school principals, one in the area of curriculum and construction of this building was carried on over a period of four years Your and the other in guidance John Hibbard, principal of the Somersworth, New School Committee in its look to the future authorized the appointment of a prin- Hampshire High School, came to Lexington this fall as assistant senior high school cipal as of January 1, 1959 principal with major responsibilities in curriculum At the same time Frederick Thurlow, principal of the Bar Harbor, Maine High School, was appointed assistant Charles C Johnson, formerly principal of the Barnard Junior High School, Man- 1 chester Connecticut, reported for duty on that date Since January he has been senior high school principal with major responsibilities in guidance planning for the opening of this building, has been studying the curriculum in all Psychologist For some time a full-time psychologist has been needed in Lex- Lexington Schools, and has visited many fine Junior High Schools in New England ington In each school there are individual pupils who need help over and above He had a large part in the interviewing and selection of the staff In addition there what our teachers and administrators can provide Pupils in special classes need to was considerable planning necessary for equipping the building be tested periodically Children who are considered for the advanced program must be tested and interviewed Youngsters with deep-seated emotional problems are- The and Diamond Junior High Schools operated on double session from Septembeerr,, 1 195959 to November 30, 1959 It was a pleasure to see the personnel also referred to our psychologist To meet these needs Arnold G Hebb, Jr, an ex- of these schools do the best they could under difficult circumstances It was, there- perienced school psychologist, joined our staff on November 2, 1959 fore, a veryhappy ppy and historic moment, when on Monday, November 30, 1959, Science. This year the School Committee made it possible for a science depart— the Diamond Junior'High School was officially opened for pupils ment head to be employed with a very rich background in teacher training John S Future Na report to the School Committee and to the citizens of Lexington Choate was named to this post Along with Mr Choate two elementary science would be complete without noting some of the problems we see ahead The follow- coordinators were added, and here again a broad background in teaching was im- ing are but a few portant Miss Martha Ryder with 30 years experience, and William S Read with 8 years of experience provide the leadership at the elementary level Reading We need to consider the possiblity of expanding our development Curriculum Materials. Children need materials with which to work On Feb- reading program at the Junior and Senior High Schools ruary 4, 1960 a curriculum materials exhibit will be held at the Lexington High Speech As our speech improvement program expands a determination will School for all teachers in grades 1 through 12 This opportunity has been provided have to be made as to just when to add additional staff members and to make all elementary personnel for the past several years This year it was opened up to changes in our present setup secondary teachers Because of its value and in order to enable all teachers to a attend, the School Committee has authorized the three secondary schools to close Seniors. A new program for all high school seniors seems to warrant consid- at 12 30 P M on that date eration It is possible to bring in outstanding speakers at least twice a month to meet with our entire high school senior class These people could speak on current The School Organization has been changed slightly since our new superintendent, problems, or they could speak on specific subject matter areas 'Programs such as i. Medill Bair, was appointed on July 1, 1959 The School Committee abolished the• these have been started in a number of colleges and a few high schools i position of Coordinator of Elementary Education Two new positions were created_ The first was the'Director of Instruction and the second was the Director of Admin- Guidance We need improved records and additional competent guidance counselors TOWN OF LEXINGTON 89 90 ANNUAL REPORTS 12 Months There is much to be done for children through curriculum im- provement Time limitations during the regular school year make it necessary for time in one building through the entire year of 1959 because of faulty operation some administrators and teachers to be employed on a twelve months basis This was a mechanical failure and noted in time by our staff, but could not be corrected soon enough for reheating for the opening of school Coordination. We now have two junior high schools Effective coordination of each with our senior high school becomes a prime consideration Maintenance. At the present time we have a staff of four maintenance men, including Mr Casey As our staff is expanded it is hoped that further economies Curriculum Guides need to be developed for every subject in grades 1 through can be reflected in less costly repair work However, because maintenance man- 12 Scope and sequence charts used by some school systems can provide our teach- power is limited, it will always be necessary to contract for some projects ers with an excellent overview of our program Committees are at work on the Custodians. The cleanliness of our buildings is the direct responsibilty of the problem building custodians In each of our eleven schools we have a head custodian He Busses We need to consider expanding the use of school busses for field trips may work alone or have up to seven men working under his direction, depending to take advantage of the many cultural and scientific opportunities in the general on the size of his building These men perform all of the "housekeeping" chores Boston area Late school busses will permit an expanded intra-mural program, a In addition, they are responsible for minor repairs and have the necessary knowledge greater use of our school libraries and laboratories, and a better opportunity for of the heating system, controls and minor electrical devices which are basic to the after-school teacher help It is important that in future planning we consider the efficient operation of our schools The job of custodian has changed drastically in use of late afternoon busses our school buildings with changes in construction and electronic devices Today our men must be more highly trained than the oldtime janitor whose major re- Finally, one of the keys to success is an attitude of "open-mindedness to sponsibility was sweeping and emptying wastebaskets Responsibility, high moral change" Staff members at all levels need constantly to assess present practices character, loyalty and hard work are major characteristics of our custodial staff To make improvements an agressive determination to explore better methods, techniques, and ideas is necessary It is only in this spirit that we can provide that School Lunch Program. Suburban communities recognize that a school lunch quality of education so vital to the continued existence of the United States" program is an integral part of a good educational program Research shows that hot lunch programs result in better grades and better school adjustment In our present program we are meeting the needs of our students for better (This portion of the report was prepared by Mitchell J Spiris, education by providing well-balanced, nutritionally sound, hot meals in eight of Director of Administrative Services) our eleven schools In the other three schools we provide students with a cold Planning of Buildings Each year the School Committee makes detailed enroll- lunch program and the advantages of the special milk program ment projections to determine future school building needs Then the planning of The total volume of our lunch program is nearly one-quarter of a million dol- educational specifications, based on educational need, is determined by joint co- lars We have increased our student participation steadily each year and have operation of the School Committee, the Building Committee, the staff, and in maintained this program without any special appropriation from the Town In re- some cases citizens and consultants Next, the Standing School Building Commit- cent years our balance has been declining This problem must be faced realistically tee begins the process involved with planning the bricks and mortar to meet the in the near future desired program The success of this program is a tribute to the excellent leadership of Miss The Standing School Building Committee, under the chairmanship of Austin W Ethel'L Wright, Coordinator of the School Lunch Program, and to her staff Fisher, Jr, is presently working on its fourth school building project This is the "Grove Street Elementary School " The committee can be proud of its accomplish- Transportation• During the past year the school buses traveled approximately ments in the renovation of the Muzzey Junior High School, the renovation of the 1 15,000 miles, the equivalent of five round-trips from Lexington to Calcutta, India Barnes property, now the School Administration Building, and the recently-opened School transportation has been furnished by the Middlesex& Boston Street Rail- William Diamond Junior High School The invaluable experiences gained from way Company at a cost of 60¢ per mile It has been necessary to use 18 buses, these projects have led to more economical schools both in terms of construction and making 116 trips per day Our policy requires the schools to provide free trans- maintenance We are proud of the untiring efforts of this group portation to elementary school students who live a mile or more from the school Operation of Buildings The custodian and maintenance staff of the Lexington which they attend, and to secondary school students who live two miles or more Public Schools is responsible for the general operation of our new and older build- from the school which they attend ings The housekeeping work is handled by the custodial staff, and the repair work Two extremely critical aspects of the program which should receive consider- is principally handled by the maintenance staff The over-all leadership and organ- able study during the next year are as follows ization of the work is provided by William P Casey, head of maintenance, repairs and custodians for the eleven schools of the Lexington school system Our main- 1 Hazardous walking conditions for children living within the tenance and custodial staff, and particularly its head, continually check on the free transportation limits, and heating and general conditions to ensure comfort for our students and staff A 2 More accurate determination of distances from school to home tribute to this diligence can be noted in that we lost only four hours of education for decisions on free transportation TOWN OF LEXINGTON 9I 92 ANNUAL REPORTS The school administration has, each year, attempted to evaluate the needs of our walking students as to safety and has worked very closely with other town REPORT OF THE departments to do all that is possible to provide more adequate walking conditions PRINCIPAL OF THE LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL and greater traffic control It is extremely grateful for the consideration and official help given to this problem by all departments in Lexington A'Rolatape 600 measuring wheel has recently been purchased which will permit extremely accurate determination of distances This accredited engineering instru- One of the noticeable characteristics of Lexington High School is that teachers ment will allow accuracy up to %z inch in 100 feet and can be hitched easily to are trying to do their work well They are alert to the need to improve whenever the rear of any vehicle possible, they are keeping informed about changes being advocated in their sub- Finance The budget for the Lexington Public Schools for 1959 was lett areas, changes in aims and theories and emphasis, and they are including new $2,205,422 The education of our children represents the largest single business materials and methods in their teaching in Lexington The administration of the financial aspects of such a large enter- Department meetings are held regularly to study problems and to plan how to prise requires continued and careful attention get better results in shorter time, and how to adaot the work to different pupils Largeness alone is not a good measure of quality, nor is it a measure of effi- Many teachers are regularly attending regional meetings in their subject areas; ciency Recognizing this, the Lexington Schools' personnel in performing duties several take a prominent part involved in payroll, accounting, inventory, reports, child accounting, census, pur- Some are spending extra time during the year and in the summertime develop- chasing, storage and distribution of supplies, and budgetary procedures are Contin- ing new materials, and revising or planning new units of work Teachers in three ually concerned with greater efficiency departments are having a series of in service training meetings related to their Additional personnel and new equipment, incorporating new innovations, have subject area to bring into their teaching greater knowledge and understanding as been added to handle more quickly the many duties necessary to the operation and well as new ideas related to their work to give greater detail in less time Two teachers of mathematics attended the National Science Foundation Summer The School Committee recently authorized the purchase of an accounting ma- Institutes, Mr Choate, head of the science department, has been an instructor in chine which will be used in payroll and budgetary accounting This will allow an physics at the NSF Institute at Bowdoin for two summers Several teachers have encumbrance type accounting system It will be possible to effect savings in time spent part of their summers in traveling or studying abroad, or in other parts of as well as giving greater detail at all account levels As a result, delays in purchase the United States Four members of the faculty taught courses in colleges during of needed materials will be eliminated the past year or at summer school Four members of the faculty have served on (A final word from your superintendent follows) visiting committees helping in the evaluation of other secondary schools An Appreciation• It should be repeated that one of the major reasons that Many of the social studies classes in grades 10, 11 and 12 are making use of Lexington has excellent schools is the outstanding caliber of your School Commit- the Channel 2, WGBH-TV program, "Focus United States Foreign Policy", pre- tee They are repaid for their many hours of hard work by the excellent support sented by the 21" classroom with the cooperation of the World Affairs Council of that the schools receive from the citizens of Lexington and by the high quality Boston The purpose is not only to develop an understanding of several areas of of instruction received by the boys and girls in this Town With the assistance of American foreign policy, but to encourage pupils to analyze the problems involved Paul F Poehler, Jr and Mitchell J Spiris they have not only maintained but im- and to help them realize how they are affected by their solutions Several classes proved the educational offerings for Lexington's youth, during the period follow- meet together for the viewings, thus an opportunity for large participation is offered ing the resignation of Dr John Blackhall Smith for a portion of the class period Such results would not have been possible without the cooperation given by William E Maloney and the Selectmen, John Blaisdell and the Appropriation Com- The Science Department is r'sing to the challenge of recent scientific advance- ments The first step is mproving the teaching of science This is divided into and the School Sites Committee, and Austin W Fisher, Jr, and the Permanent two phases The first attempts to improve the knowledge of subject matter of the School Building Committee Their help has been invaluable and each has made a sub- science teacher through the Science Lecture Series of the New England Council stantial contribution to the educational program Every Wednesday, science teachers attend a lecture in their subject area from 330-500P 30 500P M The secord phase is an attempt to increase the background of To these committees, to your PTA and citizens groups, to the professional and the teacher in areas where the teacher feels the greater need Thus, once a month, non-certificated staff of the Lexington Schools your Superintendent owes a tre- in a combined meeting of all the secondary science teachers, an authority in a mendous debt of gratitude for their assistance in improving the Lexington Schools, field of science is invited to speak before the group on subjects that would con- and for their aid in educating him Any successes that your schools may have in tribute the most to the teacher's background in science future years will result from the continued support of these groups, and particularly by the general support given by the citizens of Lexington The second step is designed to modernize the curriculum This year, the physics MEDI'LL IBAIR, course revised by the Physical Science Study Committee, has been offered to Lex- December 31, 1959 Superintendent of Schools, ington seniors This program is presently being offered in 553 high schools and next year will be used in about 2050 high schools 94 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN OF LEXINGTON 93 Grouping of students in classes according to different levels of achievement REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE 'has been continued and more clearly defined, and the materials and methods of WILLIAM DIAMOND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL instruction are being revised according to the aptitudes and needs of different students, and in line with developments in different subject areas Although the culminating steps in the establishment of the William Diamond The three levels in college preparatory courses are Junior High School took place in 1059, a number of years of planning and prep- "A" level gives normal good college preparation and will cover the amount of aration by many interested individuals and groups had preceded this ultimate material and develop the quality of understanding required for admission to colleges realization of their dream In the period from January to June 1959, a staff was "H" level — Honors, enriched, sometimes accelerated — will cover the sub- selected, a program planned, the pupil population defined, and furniture, equip- ject with deeper understanding and sometimes go faster and beyond the usual ment, textbooks, and supplies ordered All this was accomplished through the joint efforts of the School Committee, the Standing School Building Committee, class level into somewhat advanced study the Interim Superintendent, Paul F Poehler, Jr, and the Administrative Assistant, "B" level — Basic college, but not preparation for some colleges — will pro- Mitchell J Spins, with considerable assistance from other principals, department gress more slowly and with a less rigid standard of achievement heads and specialists The appointment of Medill Bair as Superintendent late in the Lexington is located in one of the regions of the country that is most alive Spring and his assumption of duty on July 1 provided further assistance and stim- educationally, and Lexington High School is referred to as one of the very good ulation to the task of planning the new school schools in this region New residents frequently select Lexington because they From June to September, plans were further refined with the assistance of like what people have said about its schools As a part of their training in educa- tion, students of nearby colleges are sent here to observe classwork or as practice Santo L Marino, Assistant Principal, and William Cuzner, Guidance Counselor Some replanning was necessary as it became evident that the building could not teachers be ready by September 8 and that double sessions at ,Muzzey offered the only The high level of work done by Lexington High School students is shown by temporary solution Late in August, pupils received an official welcome, their in- various standardized tests In the college board achievement tests, in a broad dividual schedules, and instructions for reporting on the opening day general view, half of our students obtained scores in the upper quarter, of all who took the tests The results vary somewhat by subjects and by classes The On September 8, 1959, at 12 45, the William Diamond Junior High School' average scores of the present seniors in tests taken last spring compared with the commenced operation, with its own staff and program, as afternoon tenants of the, average of all CEEB scores as follows Muzzey Junior High School This chapter ended on November 25, 1959, when LHS Average CEEB Average staff, pupils and their belongings were transported by bus to their new building, and installed, homeroom by homeroom, in their new quarters After the Thanks- h 605 524 giving recess, on November 30 at 8 20 a m, the school was in normal session for Mathematics 621 530 the first time in its own fine building By the end of the calendar year, the entire Latin 613 517 574 5330 plant, except for some athletic facilities, was accommodating a full educational` Chemistry Social Studies 644 532 program At the opening of school on September 8, 744 pupils were enrolled These Three students received perfect scores of 800 in mathematics One of last pupils live on the Northwest side of a line running roughly Northeast—Southwest year's graduates scored 800 in English through the center of Lexington and dividing the junior high school population In the National Merit Scholarship Test last spring, 8 members of the present almost exactly in half This line was established with the assistance of members of senior class received highest honors and 14 members received high honors, rep- the League of Women Voters and published in the Spring of 1959 The William resented by letters of commendation This happens to be highest, in proportion Diamond Junior High School, therefore, draws most of its pupils from Fiske, Maria to enrollment, of any public high school in Massachusetts and shows the large Hastings, and Parker Schools, with about half of the Hancock graduates, and a few number of students whose parents have given them unusual talents each from Franklin and Harrington Every year, a number of our graduates are on the Honor lists in their colleges The William Diamond staff started with a nucleus of 13 transfers from other and a number are placed in advanced classes in some courses as a result of their Lexington schools To this base were added 19 carefully selected experienced excellent preparation teachers from other communities and 7 promising recruits from outstanding col- The quality of many Lexington High School students is further evidenced leges and universities, with successful practice teaching records in some of the finest school systems in this area The total staff included 40 professional edu- by this letter received from a college director of admissions cators, a part-time nurse, two secretaries, 5 custodians, and 8 cafeteria workers "I wish that all student groups could be as attentive and receptive as the group Four other teachers contribute a portion of their time to classes at the Diamond I I spoke to on Friday, December 4th The questions were particularly good and I School had the feeling I was speaking to a seasoned group" The educational program stresses a sound foundation in those knowledges and MANFRED L WARREN, skills necessary to all pupils regardless of their future plans However, it also offers December 31, 1959 Principal TOWN OF LEXINGTON 95 96 ANNUAL REPORTS opportunity for each pupil to progress at his own best pace by carefully considered REPOR1 OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE placement at the appropriate ability level in each major subject field Highlights of the 1959 educational offering include MUZZEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Two divisions of 7th grade pupils launch the Advanced Program in the William Diamond Junior High School This was preceded by several years of study, some months of careful screening of candidates, and two weeks of intensive planning and Many things c uld be recorded here as contributing to the Muzzey Junior High School picture Only certain highlights, however, will be included in this report preparation in a special August workshop The first major wave of pupils, trained in conversational French since the 3rd Certainly tradition carries a strong influence in the Muzzey School Ours is the grade, reaches the junior high school one school building which many Lexington citizens can look back to with mixed memories Ours is the one building which has housed at one time or another, Advances in the mathematics curriculum include the introduction of Algebra I grades three through twelve Ours is the building wh-ch launched the Junior High in the top division of the 8th grade, and the use in 7th grade Advanced Program idea in Lexington and which this year is having its first, unrestricted classes of new materials representing some new approaches to the study of math- to reap the full6-3-3 opportunity plan have which the supporters of the have envisioned ,ematics A This tradition and this challenge give the Muzzey pupils and staff of teachers combination of internal and city-wide curriculum committees study desirable a sense of pride and loyalty which are positive parts of the Muzzey Junior High revision and enrichment of course content in all subject areas School picture We are c:_nscious of a high morale among students, teachers and A faculty activities committee prepares and institutes a wide variety of worth- parents which is built on the combination of tradition and on-going purpose Spe- while student activities closely related to the educational program These activities cifically, we can point to certain achievements are scheduled in a 7th period at the end of the day, a period which had to be Team teaching in which each teacher carries an equally important role and omitted during double sessions every pupil is assured of continuing help by a competent teacher in a given sub- The closing days of 1959 find the William Diamond Junior High School well ject area established and prepared to fulfill its assigned role in the education of Lexington Flexible grouping which distinguishes and identifies pupil differences on each youth of the four major academic subjects — English, Mathematics, Social Studies and The year has been a most satisfying one The encouragement, support and Science faith of the community has sustained us in the challenging task of shaping a new Group Guidance which assures continuing closer contact with all seventh and school We invite all to share our pride in what has already been accomplished eighthgrade pupils andpaves the wayfor sounder individual and our confidence in future growth We are determined to give Lexington citizens g p p guidance in all grades the kind of school they and their young people so richly deserve National Junior Honor Society, installed last y year in an impressive assembly, Respectfully submitted, has lifted the scholastic sights of many Muzzey pupils CHARLES C JOHNSON, Student Handbook—This was a cooperative venture involving students, parents and teachers The excellent Student Council leadership produced a handbook, which Principal this Fall, was a definite help to all Muzzey personnel Testing Program given this Fall to all seventh and ninth grade pupils provided definite evidence that Lexington pupils had been receiving excellent instruction in all subject areas More important was the challenge it is now presenting to pupils and teachers to build upon what has been revealed as higher potentials Equally valuable is the identification of individual pupil weaknesses, which can be bolstered Homeroom teachers are playing an important part with Guidance personnel in making full use of test results The homeroom teacher is in an unique position to look at a limited rumber of pupils over an extended time period in relation to the total school program Looking ahead we would hope to strengthen our offerings in the several fields of learning now a part of our curriculum and to expand in areas where need is clearly indicated TOWN OF LEXINGTON 97 98 ANNUAL REPORTS A definite need is for a stronger program in both remedial and development REPORT OF THE COORDINATOR OF reading This can be accomplished only through the addition of specially trained staff INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SERVICES It is our hope that a policy of providing late busses will be established Certain very worthwhile !earnings could be extended to more pupils in extra-mural sports, in club activities, in make-up programs and School Library use, if such a provision If it were necessary to characterize the program of instructional materials and were made services in a few words, probably the most suitable would be "progress" and "change", for there have been large measures of each in the past year Muzzey pupils and staff are very happy in our renovated building and the op- portunity and challenge which comes with the new freedom in a new situation notable examples fall in the category of services to teaching personnel Respectfully submitted, The Catalogue of Community Resources available to the Lexington Public ME'RRILL F NORLIN, Schools was completed during the Summer of 1959 and each teacher received a Principal copy at the pre-school conference, with a brief commentary concerning its com- pilation and with encouragement to use its information freely As of December 1st, sixteen teachers have used specialists listed in the catalogue to give added mean- ing to various units of study New resources are being uncovered through distribution of questionnaires by The Welcome Wagon hostesses Over 60 additional persons are ready for inclusion an the 1960 supplement As a result of an article in Time magazine, national attention was focussed .on this project Several phone calls and 53 letters requesting information have been answered with packets of materials designed to help other communities get started ,on their own resource surveys Requests for help came from as near as Needham, Mass, and as far away as Hollywood, California and Jamaica, West Indies The Voice of America sent its Boston taping agency to Lexington to make a recording ,of information on this project which was later broadcast in English to 40 foreign countries In an attempt to insure closer liaison between each school and the instructional -materials office, an audio visual coordinator was appointed in each building to work closely wth the Coordinator of Instructional Materials and Services in relating the audio-visual needs and services of his building to those of the total program, with particular emphasis on correlation of materials with curriculum Each building co- ordinator is responsible for training his fellow teachers in the most effective tech- niques of using audio-visual equipment He is also responsible for audio-visual equipment and materials in his building with respect to scheduling of use, distribu- tion maintenance, development of new materials and recommendations for pur- cchase of new equipment and materials The coordinators for each building are Senior High Frank DiGiammarino Diamond Junior High Joseph Connolly Muzzey Junior High Richard Porter Adams George Russell Fiske Robert Piper and (Mrs) Jean MacLean Franklin Harry Mitchell Hancock (Mrs) Marion Michaelis Harrington John E Jacobus Hastings David Porter Munroe Robert McDonald Parker William Terris TOWN OF LEXINGTON 99 100 ANNUAL REPORTS Change has been closely related to progress, and while some changes have REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST been abrupt and others have been so gradual as to escape notice, all will have a far- reaching effect on the educational program for years to come One sweeping change that took effect this Fall expanded the range of response- The role of the school psychologist in Lexington and the program for imple- bilities of the Director of Audio-Visual Education under a new title —Coordinator meriting it are still very much in the formative stage There are not only many of Instructional Materials and Services In this new position, emphasis is on the individual schools to be served, but also many different programs and interests primary responsibility for the improvement of the learning process through the Most of these have had some previous psychological service on a part-time special- most effective use of instructional materials, rather than on the technical and ized basis, resulting in a variety of expectations and hopes for this new staff mem- administrative functions which, in the past, consumed valuable time and effort In ber, not to mention the influence of his own past experience in other schools this position, responsibility extends beyond the strictly audio-visual materials to, However, the vision of a program is beginning to form, and it is hoped that some encompass all teaching materials in all subject areas, at all grade levels structure will evolve for its systematic implementation A second change, different in nature and more subtle, involves equipment and The school psychologist will be concerned with the evaluation of candidates materials Because formerly there had been no central control of selection and for early admission to the first grade, for special education, for the advanced pro- purchasing, there was, in the various schools, a heterogeneous assortment of makes and models of equipment, requiring a wide variety of spare lamps, belts, tubes gram, and for repetition of the grade (where the decision is a particularly difficult and other replacement parts There is proven value in standardization of equip- one) This concern unavoidably leads to a more basic one in regard to the optimal merit, with emphasis on quality and durability This results in a reduction in the adjustment of each child in our schools, which, in turn, broadens our focus to in- cost of maintenance and eliminates the need for stocking a large variety of replace- ,consideration those whose adjustment difficulties are the chief reason for our specialized ment parts This policyis now beingcarried out in the consideration purchase of new equipment and the replacement of obsolete and worn-out equipment Children will be referred to the psychologist for any of these reasons and will In a similar fashion, outdated, worn-out and damaged teaching materials are 'be evaluated according to the particular need and our facilities It can be antic- being replaced with the most recent material New filmstrips and phonograph ipated that in many referrals a secondary focus of concern will appear which will records, for example, are constantly being evaluated for correlation with the Lex- need to be pursued All of this activity will involve various degrees of testing ington curriculum, and, if satisfactory, are purchased to replace old material or to and/or interviewing the child, consultation with any school personnel concerned, parents and any pertinent outside resources, recommendations for appropriate ac- meet the increasing needs of this expanding school system New techniques and materials are constantly being explored, and in some cases, created Overhead pro- tion and assistance in this regard, follow-up on action taken and progress made, jection, with the possibility for use of a wide variety of teacher and student-made liaison work between schools and outside parties, and continued assistance to materials, is being introduced in 1960 at the secondary level, after successful ex- teachers and principals as needed perimental use in the Franklin School SUP'RAD program The details of this work are still taking shape and will probably continue in a Activities for 1960 include extension of the Community Resources Survey and state of evaluation and change, but there are various general possibilities that may the start of a second survey to provide a catalogue of field trip opportunities in this, be used Most work with a child will be of an individual nature, but the focus will locale An exhibit of elementary and secondary school instructional materials will vary from evaluation of a child for school purposes to work with him for his own bring more than fifty distributors of textbooks, audio-visual materials and school purposes (counseling) The advantages of work with groups will be explored as a supplies to Lexington High School in February This will provide the Lexington means of reaching more children staff and invited personnel from forty surrounding communities with an opportun- The difficulties at this time appear to be chiefly matters of trying to make a ity to examine and evaluate the latest and best in curriculum materials meaningful contribution to these many different interests and serve the different These few examples are indicative of the ways in which the Office of Instruc-. schools in some equitable way tional Materials and Services serve the children of Lexington Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted, ARNOLD G HE'BB, JR, RICHARD G WOODWARD, School Psychologist Coordinator TOWN OF LEXINGTON 101 102 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSES ELEMENTARY SCIENCE COORDINATORS The total Lexington school health program includes health services, healthful school environment, healthful school living, and health instruction The school nurses are interested and active in all four phases, but are most The two elementary science coordinators have been concerned with contribut- directly concerned with the health services ing to the teaching program in every classroom in Lexington Their objectives are These services include detection and correction of remedial defects by means two-fold First, there is the task of making available to teachers all the materials of screening tests (school health examinations, vision and hearing tests, weighing and teaching procedures that have proven to be valuable in leading schools and measuring, and patch testing for detection of tuberculosis), nurses acting as throughout the country Second, there is the job of research We need to offer health instructors, consultants to teachers, supervising the daily health problems better programs than any now in use to the children of Lexington if they are to of pupils, and lia,son between the school and the community on health matters successfully face the science shaped sixties Last year 1391 health examinations were carried out by the school physicians This year the elementary science coordinators have been engaged in the follow- Of these, 118 conditions were found which were referred for further diagnosis and ing activities Sharing with teachers the instruction of children in the classrooms, treatment by the family physicians One thousand two hundred ninety-two exam- obtaining materials for individual teachers, spending time with individual children inations were made by the family physicians We have encouraged parents to have who have interests in particular topics of science and working in committees of these examinations done by their family physicians who have a more comprehensive teachers who are planning coordinated programs for the whole school system knowledge of the child's health status Health examinations are required every three years by State'Law in grades 1, 4, 7, 10 and 12 Research in the elementary science program will be aimed at finding new teach- We strongly recommend that all first graders have a complete physical examina- ing procedures Teaching of large and small groups will be tried Various methods tion by their own family physician before entering school Physical defects often of recording the growth in science experiences of individual children will be tested cause poor adjustment to school The value of directed laboratory activities can be considered Perhaps the most Testing vision and hearing, as required by State Law, demanded five weeks challenging problem is to find ways to make science an individual intellectual ex- of our time To be most beneficial, this program should be completed in the early perience for each child fall Health days are scheduled in each school The school nurses test vision and This has been the first year the positions of elementary science coordinators have existed in Lexington Experience has shown that the teachers' time is most hearing, the dental hygienist examines teeth, and a member of the physical educa- efficiently spent in the situations analyzed as having the greatest need For ex- tion staff weighs and measures the children in one operation There were 5500 children tested Five hundred fifty-six children were referred to their doctors for ample, next year a teacher new to Lexington might profit more by calling on a specialist than a teacher already familiar with the needs of Lexington children further examination and possible treatment Five hundred seventy-two first grade pupils were patch tested for tuberculosis Whatever changes are made in the activities of the science coordinators will this year Three of these were positive reactors but subsequent chest X-rays were be for the purpose of supporting the science instruction of the classroom teachers, negative on two One child is being followed by the Middlesex Sanatorium for a who are most responsible for the success of any program in the elementary schools non communicable condition found on the X-ray The fall of 1959 has been extremely busy even with a fourth nurse to lighten Respectfully submitted, the pupil load The vision and hearing program is nearing completion The school MARTHA E RYDER health examinations have been started Group meetings and conferences with the WILLIAM F. READ teachers have been scheduled and will continue throughout the year An X-ray program for approximately 400 school personnel was carried out in December A Coordinators first-aid refresher coursc for selected school personnel is being planned In order to keep abreast of the newest concepts in school health programs we have attended many professional meetings this year sponsored by the Massachusetts State Nurses Association and the School Nurses Association We have scheduled meetings with our school physicians and school administrators to evaluate and im- prove our Lexington Health services Our desire is to offer a fine, well-rounded school health service including all the newest concepts of school nuursing We appreciate suggestions as a means of reaching this goal Respectfully submitted, (MRS) ELIZABETH E MAHER, R N ('MR'S) ALICE'MOGAN, R N TOWN OF LEXINGTON 103 104 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE SPEECH THERAPIST REPORT OF THE COORDINATOR OF THE ADVANCED PROGRAM During the school year, September 1959 through June 1960, about 600 pupils A nation needs creative minds and special talents, but these were tested for speech difficulties and approximately 380 received speech therapy P qualities are the Of this total, about 37 had a hearing loss and received lip reading lessons About result systemof traininghaand nurture,i not of automatic growth Aced pupils a school has a responsibility for insuring that potentially gifted pupils achieve 175 pupils showed marked improvement and approximately 53 pupils overcame success in proportion to their capabilities In this country more than half a their speech difficulties and were excused from classes million of our intellectually talented boys and girls fail to finish college, a fifth of these do not even obtain a high school diploma The problem is the result The average number receiving therapy approximated 380, nearly half of whom of our failure to provide adequately for individual differences in educational were serious cases These pupils were divided into forty-nine classes, from four offerings and failure to offer equality of opportunity for the gifted to fifteen pupils per class, which met once a week, with from two to eight classes per school arranged according to the need The Advanced Program in Lexington groups children of superior intellectual capacity for academic study hoping that by a program designed for their needs During the year 38 individual therapy lessons were given at my home to chil- we may maintain interest, stimulate learning and encourage maximum use of their dren who required more help than could be given in the normal school hours potential talents Desire for such a program was expressed by the School Com- mittee and by many teachers and administrators in the mid-1950's During the Other activities included school year of 1957-1958 a committee of teachers completed a study of the problems of education of the gifted in Lexington and made recommendations to Confidential Case Histories Completed 5 the School Committee In essence, these suggestions were accepted and after a Talks or Demonstrations for Parents 10 year of further planning and preparation the program went into effect Talks or Demonstrations for Teachers . . . 9 During the spring of 1959, names of potential candidates were submitted Parent Conferences Noted 108 for consideration and a careful study of each child's record was made A total of Teacher Conferences Noted .. . . 89 285 children in Grades II and VI were tested individually by trained psychologists Professional Conferences In September, 1959, classes for third grade pupils were provided at Adams School Doctor, Dentist and Family Service, etc 56 and at Fiske School Two seventh grade sections at William Diamond Junior High and one at Muzzey Junior High were part of the Advanced Program Wide spread Respectfully submitted, testing not only identified children for the classes in the Advanced Program but gave Principals more accurate information as to the capacity of and functioning of other boys and girls in the school Parents were notified of selection of their MILDRED L REYNOLDS, child and were allowed to make the final decision as to the placement of the Speech Therapist child in the program Prior to the opening of school in September, 1959, teachers in the Advanced Program met for a week's workshop to plan for the classes Two teachers worked in special areas for an additional month This planning and evaluation is a con- tinuous process At least every two weeks teachers within the two Junior High schools meet for discussion, elementary teachers work together as frequently Once a month all teachers in the program consult together as to methods, common problems and special projects Since a class will be added at the third and seventh grade each year for the next four years, the school year 1962-63 will see groups in this program from Grade 3 through Grade 10 Location of elementary classes depends on space available The sections in the high school at completion of the eleventh grade will be eligible for Advanced Placement examinations, results of which may enable them to enter college under the Early Admission Plan, or to start callege as a sophomore after graduation with their high school class Pupils in the present classes range from nearly two through five grades above actual grade placement in knowledge and skills measured by standardized tests TOWN OF LEXINGTON 105 106 ANNUAL REPORTS Studies show that many children of high ability have poor work habits for they adapted for others Pupils who find that satisfaction and pleasure come from have been able to achieve above the average with a minimum of effort They academic success may be themselves inspired to try some of the activities of the have a distaste for routines and drill which leads to carelessness in computation, special class, to read some of the materials always available for use by all Cer- spelling, grammar and punctuation, and handwriting They are also consistently tainly any school system will be enriched where recognition is given for intellectual under-achievers in proportion to their capacity Strengths lie in extensive vocabu- competence. lary, reading comprehension and in abstract concepts In recent tests in one Respectfully submitted, school, the median score on Reading Comprehension for Grade 7 was at a grade equivalent of 11 2, Mathematical Concepts median was 10 3, for Arithmetical CONSTANCE C MURRAY Computations the score was 8 2 Coordinator This diversity, plus the unusual capacity to learn, means that a wide range of specialized materials must be developed by the teacher Texts and standard material easily available for average classes are not suitable for these classes If the program is to develop satisfactorily, teachers will need time to work out units and prepare sources challenging enough for the pupils' capability, yet satisfactory for their maturity Special interests will vary from year to year so there will never be an end for this need to accumulate resources The teacher is the key to the success of the program Teachers must be specialists in subject matter and flexible and experimental in methods Both qualities are essential and we should now look for teachers of high academic training and encourage them to continue further study They will need help in finding methods which will prove most suitable for the talented children Mere grouping of pupils without qualified teachers and adequate materials will negate the whole program Curriculum planning is a problem for the future The seventh grade course of this year and next year must, of necessity, be quite different from that we must plan for the groups who have been in the program since the third grade Planning and careful evaluation of what we are now doing must precede change There should be flexibility and experimentation but it must be done with specific goals in mind There is real need for better continuity in subject areas to avoid teaching what is already known to these advanced pupils and to eliminate need- less repetition For such over-all planning, summer workshops are essential for several years There is not time in the school year to do this type of long-term development The work within the year must be to meet the needs of the pupils within a par- ticular subject area It is probable that more subject specialists will need to come into the elementary schools College personnel may well work with the high school in planning courses for the upper years in the secondary school, teaching part-time perhaps where their special knowledge is essential Such a program is in no way detrimental to the interests of other pupils in the school system Many excellent teachers do not care to work with this group of children In the secondary schools teachers of the Advanced Program also are assigned other classes of varied abilities A school should contribute to pupils the concept that there is fun in learning, that individual projects, challenging reading, and special experiments are rewarding and stimulating Schools which have instituted special programs for the talented report this has been one of the major effects of the program The enthusiasm of the teachers carries over into other classes and methods tried successfully for the selected groups often are TOWN OF LEXINGTON 107 108 ANNUAL REPORTS 1 REPORT OF THE COORDINATOR OF THE the junior high course It is the general opinion of the teachers, however, that the pupils' retention of vocabulary as well as their automatic, correct oral response SPECIAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM would be greatly improved by daily contact with the language in the elementary schools A five day program rather than three, which we now have, is strongly recommended by the Modern Language Association Experience has taught the During the school year 1958-59 there were thirty-three French classes, four teachers that a day or more between classes results in a considerable waste of in each elementary school — one at each grade level, and one class in eighth time Much of each period is now needed to help recall, and, consequently, grade This class in junior high is our first experimental group which started in progress is hindered Since well-trained teachers in this field are still scarce, and 1953 The total enrollment was 586 pupils since an increase of teaching personnel to take care of added classes might present i a problem, the use of the television program, Parlons Francais, twice a week would The first group of pupils in this program coming from all the elementary be a suggested solution to the need for a five day program schools reached the junior high in September, 1959 Over ninety percent of those eligible to continue French in the seventh grade decided to do so That Regarding the use of this "21-inch classroom" French program for children means three seventh grade French classes in each junior high school, one con- in the elementary school, we feel that it should be a supplement to our present sisting of pupils in the Advanced Program The total enrollment for the six course It is our plan to keep our schedule of classes, taught three times a week classes will be about 100 pupils It is expected that most pupils will continue by specialists, as the basic course During the school year 1959-60 the tele✓ision their study of French at least through grade 10 By that time they probably will program will be watched by the two third grade French classes in the Advanced have completed work comparable to what is designated as French III in senior Program to determine its value and to see how it could be used most effectively high, or possibly French IV for advanced groups They will have the added ad- in our school system vantage of an understanding of the foreign language and a facility in oral self- expression well beyond that usually attained by pupils with three or four years of There were two notable contributions made to the program during the past a traditional high school foreign language course Those who continue with the school year One was a new French report card which has been enthusiastically program through grades 11 and 12 will be doing college level work, and they approved and put into use It is sent to the parents twice a year and covers the should be eligible for advanced placement in the foreign language at college four years of elementary school French The other contribution was an intro- ductory French reader written by one of our language specialists, Mrs Vivian Vogt In planning for the future, it is important to think in terms of continuity and This book, to be used in the fifth andossibl to keep the pupils together in classes commensurate with their ability and previous y part of the sixth grade, based on the oral vocabulary learned the two previous years It is attractively illustrated background in the language To achieve its aims the special foreign language by Anne Cahill, a student at the senior high school Other communities with program must have a "track" of its own, independent of the regular foreign similar foreign language programs have shown considerable interest in this book language courses which now begin in grade 9 To ensure desirable continuity in Most of the few all-French elementary reading texts available fail to integrate the program the teachers and the Coordinator work regularly each year on the effectively the already familiar oral vocabulary with the new reading material development of the course of study The content of the course for junior and senior high schools must be the logical outgrowth of the elementary school pro- Development of the testing program continued during the school year A gram It continues the development of skills already acquired in the oral use of fourth grade test was prepared and administered to all the classes in June It the language and in reading, and introduces new areas of study and new skills was decided to delay work on a uniform fifth and sixth grade test until our course with the analysis of the structure of the language, writing and an introduction to of study was more firmly established This will be done during the course of the literature This course of study is presently established for grades 3 through 9 coming year now that the choice of the text to be used is definite Plans for the program in Senior High are now in progress This year, as previously, there have been numerous visitors and inquiries as Since the children enrolled in this program are a selected and voluntary group, neighboring communities became interested in starting their own foreign language they represent between a quarter to a third of the school population The limita- program in the elementary schools At the request of the foreign language corn- tion in the extent of the program was necessary at the beginning, but some changes mittee of the Massachusetts Council for Public Schools, the Lexington program in policy seem desirable in the near future in order to include more of the school serves as a model and pioneering program which other communities may visit population in foreign langauge classes at third grade level For capable pupils The Coordinator has also been requested to act as a speaker and source of in- who come to Lexington too late to enter a third grade foreign language class, formation in the Boston area We have been happy to help several communities summer courses might be of help to these pupils to catch up sufficiently to enter start similar programs the program At present an experiment is being carried on in two elementary schools which allows for increased enrollment at third grade level Respectfully submitted, It has been evident to the teachers in charge of the seventh grade classes ELIZABETH H RATTE, this fall, 1959, that the four years of foreign language study in the elementary Coordinator schools are definitely worthwhile These pupils have, for the most part, an ease with the language which enables them to progress quite rapidly and effectively with the analytical study of the structure of the language which is a basic part of TOWN OF LEXINGTON 104" 110 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE COORDINATOR OF THE 2 Operation for this nine-month audit disclosed a net loss of $4,300 11, or 2 6% of the total income SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM State Office School Per- School Recomend- centages Audit Percentages ations 9 Months' Basis 10 Months' Basis This is our fifth year since the consolidation of all cafeterias The opening of Food 60-65% 69 0% 70 2% our eighth school food service program at William Diamond Junior High School, Labor 30-33% 29 4% 29 6% or our fifth new lunch program and eleventh milk program, has increased the daily Other 1-4% 4 2% 4 0% average of complete meals consumed by children to over 3000 daily as compared• 102 6% 103 8% to the previous ten months' average of 2381 The average milk used per day has increased from 3098 to over 5000 one-half pint bottles, depending on attendance Loss 2 6% 3 8% Five-year comparisons show that over 43% more children as well as more than 42% teachers are participating in our nutrition program 100 0% 100 0% 3 54 8% of the daily average student attendance participated in SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM the plate lunch program during the nine months' period The percentage the ten months' basis was 55% Childrens' Teachers' Total A Average monthlyon expenditures for the period of audit were Year Lunch"A" "A" Lunch "A" Lunch 5,959 159,605 $18,492 It is recommended that the working capital or net 1955 153,6466,196 217,901 assets should cover at least six weeks of operational costs In 1956 21 , 65 the case of the Lexington school system, this would amount to 1957 266 7,6664 12,060 279,724 approximately $28,738 Net assets at the time of this audit 1958 354,873 10,620 308,782 were valued at $9,848 12 On the ten-months' basis the value 1959 351,873 20,620 372,493 amounted to $7,777 92 At this writing the net assets value $11,577 29 SPECIAL MILK PROGRAMFINANCIAL REPORT 'income Year Children Teachers Total Cafeteria Sales $125,650 37 1955 291,391 6,168 297,559 Other Income 1,438 72 1956 . 367,665 9,024 376,689 Subsidies State 15,418 72 1957 550,592 11,533 562,125 Federal .... 35,999 90 1958 .. 539,596 14,229 553,825 $178,101 33 1959 .. 526,646 14,440 541,086 Cash Balance December 1, 1958 9,2791 83 In February, two reviews at the secondary school level were made by State field $187,381 16 representatives Both received an excellent rating as to personnel, meal prepara- Expenditures tion, generous servings to children, properly stored food stocks, sanitary procedures. Food .. $122,734 56 and kitchen facilities The following improvements in our operations were sug- Labor 51,919 86 gested Other7,199 14 1 Increase participation in the type "A" meal 181,853 56 2 Raise the height of the window in the Senior High dishwashing Cash Balance December 1, 1959 $5,527.60 room 3 Obtain milk chests and freezers as soon as funds are available. ashunt due from State and.Federal Funds 10,363 40 In July, two audits for the period September 1, 1958, to May 31, 1959, were completed by the Boston Office of the School Lunch Program The reports covered Cash Value $15,996 02 the financial operations of seven (7) schools under the National School Lunch Pro- Value of Inventories 4,919 19 gram, and ten (10) schools under the Special Milk Program Audit findings were as follows $20,915 21 1 All incomes and expenditures were verified as correct as well Accounts 'Payable . .. ... .... 9,337 92 as the number of meals, purchase of designated abundant foods, Operational Balance $1 1,577 29 milk count and amount of claims TOWN OF LEXINGTON 1111' ]12 ANNUAL REPORTS In addition to this report, $19,197 00 was the value of commodities used; throughout our schools PERSONNEL AND TRAINING STATISTICS Sixty-two women, including substitutes, are enrolled in our School Lunch roster This list does not include our bookkeeper-clerk at the Central School Lunch Office located at the Administration Building, or the Coordinator of School Lunch Pro- grams and her assistant at the Senior High School One-fifth of our School Lunch personnel serve as substitutes Personnel recruitment is constant Fourteen resignations since January have AND been due to one retirement, one deceased, two prolonged illnesses, six secured other employment, and two left for personal reasons Manager's Manuals, local and State workshops, monthly meetings, besides writing job schedules, helps to alleviate supervisors' and managers' time, although training on the job is continuous FINANCIAL REPORTS In March at our elementary workshop the first complete Administrative and Manager's Manuals were put into use Others now in progress are Central Office Procedures and Equipment Maintenance. Five of our staff attended a Regional Supper Meeting of the Massachusetts School Food Service Association at Meadowbrook Junior High School, Newton OF THE Centre, in March Also in March our second local School Lunch Workshop, along with the Teachers' Institute luncheon, convened at the High School. Six staff members were in attendance at the Eighth Annual State Convention of the Massachusetts School Food Service Association held in Framingham May, 8 and 9 LEXINGTON SCHOOLS Two of Harrington personnel received Certificates of Attendance at the An- nual State School Lunch Workshop April 22-24 in Boston The same two women attended the New Hamp_hire State School Food Service Association in Newcastle in the fall In July seven different members attended the 25th School Lunch Summer Workshop at the State Teachers' College in Fitchburg besides the Coordinator who, GENERAL INFORMATION served as panelist and as a speaker Twelve personnel with the Coordinator attended the Fall Joint Conference of the Massachusetts Department of Education and the Massachusetts Food Service. Association October 30 and 31 More town support is needed to furnish freezers for Senior High, Muzzey AND Junior High and Harrington Schools, along with providing slicers for three ele- mentary schools and a large mixer at Harrington It is hoped that our programs this year can afford three new rinse-dry injectors at the elementary schools in September According to the State Office, a new cafeteria needs a beginning local appro- priation in the amount of one to two months anticipated operation expenses to secure a stable start It is not recommended that the choice for meals be increased If the State depletes its Federal funds as predicted in 1960, our subsidy reimburse- ment may decrease one-third or more Your continued support and interest in our growing nutrition program is greatly appreciated 1 9 5 9 Respectfully submitted, ETHEL L WRIGHT, Coordinator School Lunch Program TOWN OF LEXINGTON 113 114 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Miscellaneous Expenses Tuition &Trans, Graduation, Sundries, Truck- ing 3,943 36 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Outlay SALARIES New Equipment 29,371 09 1959 Appropriation for Salaries $1,742,184 00 Total Expenditures for Expenses 399,418 74- Transfer 4Transfer from P L 87468,000 00 Unexpended Expense Budget $14,744 26 $1,810,184 00 Expenditures General Control SUMMARY OF SCHOOL COSTS Administration, Secretaries $53,315 35 Total 1959 Expenditures for Salaries and Expenses $2,149,779 22 Expenses of Instruction Income and Reimbursements Principals' Salaries 88,585 77 Tuition 3,830 00 Teachers' Salaries 1,435,229 50 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Clerks' Salaries 26,965 10 School Funds and State Aid for Public Schools- Expenses of Operating School Plant. Chapter 70 221,496 18 Wages of Custodians 106,169 72 Transportation-Chapter 71 28,545 32 Wages of Maintenance Men 22,858 40 State Wards 3,470 95 Auxiliary Agencies Rentals and Miscellaneous 3,031 48 Health 15,266 64 Special Classes 10,369 74 Household Arts Class (Day School) 1,807 94 Miscellaneous Expenses Atypical Education 1,970 00 Total Income 272,551 61 Total Expenditures for Salaries 1,750,360 48 Net Cost of Schools, Salaries and Expenses for 1959 $1,877,227 61 Unexpended Salary Budget $59,823 52 SEGREGATED BUDGETS- 1959 EXPENSES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION-TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION 1959 Appropriation for Expenses $414,163 00 1959 Appropriation $13 000 00 Expenditures General Expenses Expenditures School Committee . . . 1,468 67 Tuition .. 6,443 85 Superintendent's Office and Other 7,967 64 Transportation 1,206 42 Expenses of Instruction 7,650 27 Textbooks 44,005 40 Stationery and Supplies 82,846 34 Unexpended Balance $5,349 73 Expenses of Operating School Plant Total Expenditures 7,650 27 Fuel 34,995 74 Income and Reimbursement MiscellaneousUtilities 1 1,22.1 47 49,131 72 Comm of Mass for Tuition 5,014 00* for Transportation 728 69* Maintenance Repairs, etc 52,292 59 Total Income 5,742 69 Auxiliary Agencies Libraries 4,776 16 Net Cost for 1959 $1,907.58. Health 1,371 65 * This reimbursement is based on the expenditures Transportation 75,268 27 Atypical Education 758 64 for the year ending Aug 31, 1958 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 115 116 ANNUAL REPORTS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION— SUPRAD* HANDICRAFT CLASSES Balance of Grant from Suprad $4,758 76 Grants during 1959 52,294 50 1959 Appropriation . $8,536 00 Smith-Hughes Fund 350 00 $57,053 26 Transfer from School Expense Budget 166 74 Expenditures Salaries . . . $39,842 24 $9,052 74 Supplies, Travel, Fees, etc . 8,449 33 Expenditures Salaries of Director, Instructors, Clerical and 48,291 57 Custodians 8,740 60 Supplies, Equipment and Printing .. 312 14 Unexpended Balance $8,761 69 Total Expenditures 9,052 74 * SUPRAD (School-University Program for Research and Development) Credits to Handicraft Classes Reimbursement—Comm of Mass 3,706 57* FEDERAL FUNDS FROM P. L. 874 Tuition 1,693 10 Registration Fees 735 00 Balance January 1, 1959 $79,364.05 Total Received during 1959 67,233 00 Total Income 6,134 67 $146,597 05 Net Cost for 1959 $2,918 07 Expenditures * Based on Expenditures for year ending Aug 31, 1959 Transfer to Personal Services Budget .. . $68,000 00 Miscellaneous 25 38 AMERICANIZATION CLASSES 68,025 38 1959 Appropriation $235 00 Unexpended Balance $78,571 67 Expenditures Salaries 145 00 Total Expenditures 145 00 Unexpended Balance $90 00 Income Reimbursement—Comm of Mass 62 50 Net Cost for 1959 $82 50 OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL 1959 Appropriation $1,475 00 Expenditures Travel 1,436 43 Unexpended Balance $38 57 Net Cost for 1959 . .. $1,436.43 SUMMARY—ALL SCHOOL BUDGETS Total Appropriations All School Budgets, 1959 $2,179,593 00 Total Expenditures All School Budgets, 1959 2,168,063 66 Total Income and Reimbursement All School Budgets, 1959 284,491 47 Net Cost of All School Budgets, 1959 1,883,572 19 LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC FINANCIAL STATEMENT (Includes Junior and Senior High School) JANUARY 1, 1959 TO DECEMBER 31, 1959 INCOME r " oa 'a CE - C.. u C a, ,a o m TO d .0 m u = m i- I- o bi T O N a) N �_ OT 0 p Co (3 co oo CO L7 u. `—' I- ,� .n°L7 m U F Bal -Jan 1,1959 $2,39570 al Town Appropriation 25,829 00 Admissions $1,022 05 $5,549 36 $63 84 6,635 25 Z TOTALS $34,859 95 -n EXPENDITURES WI Cleaning etc $148 40 $41 45 $178 20 $772 40 $162 15 $144 70 $31 10 $57 20 $58 50 $1,594 10 Coaches' Expenses 39 00 37 00 76 00 Z Custodians, etc 364 00 627 00 991 00 O Dues,etc-Ent fees 6 50 16 00 2 00 4 00 50 00 34 50 13 00 25 00 70 00 221 00 Z Equipment 1,861 67 235 35 1,534 39 65 00 7,200 53 790 76 675 75 391 55 117 75 178 20 642 20 13 693 15 Officials 304 00 85 50 814 00 575 00 30 00 40 00 48 00 21 00 1,917 50 Salaries-Physicians, Coaches 1,150 00 200 00 1,562 50 125 00 2 650 00 700 00 600 00 175 00 250 00 100 00 250 00 1,280 00 9 042 50 Printing 6 50 120 66 127 16 Rental-Ice 1,585 50 1,585 50 Transportation 413 00 103 00 728 50 22 00 446 50 1,552 50 165 00 164 50 75 50 56 50 115 50 3 842 50 Guarantees 400 00 400 00 Movies 425 00 425 00 Miscellaneous 6 20 9 22 53 54 4 00 221 79 64 89 20 4 84 6 55 452 95 824 18 TOTALS $3,889 77 $674 52 $5,251 13 $218 00 $13,367 72 $4,935 80 $1 660 15 $827 99 $464 25 $334 70 $454 25 $2,661 31 $34 739 59 BALANCE $120 36 v LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPILS ENROLLED OCTOBER 1, 1959 BY GRADES AND BY AGES Grand co AGES 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Total Total Grade I Boys 80 231 11 1 • 322 Girls 75 228 4307 630 Grade II Boys 75 228 15318 Girls 66 237 6 309 627 Grade III Boys 43 207 29 279 Girls 66 196 11 273 552 Grade IV Boys 55 192 23 3 .. . 273 Girls 75 157 10 242 515 Grade V Boys 47 194 34 2 . .. . 277 Girls 67 197 9 1 . . . 274 551 > Grade VI Boys .. . 1 65 190 30 5 291 Z Girls 54 202 11 1 268 559 C Specials Boys 1 1 4 2 1 4 4 4 21 21 D Girls 1 1 1 3 3 r Trainables Boys 1 1 1 .. .. 3 3 g Girls 1 1 1 14 4 -° 0 Grade VII Boys63 176 17 5 1 262 Girls 2 73 183 21 1280 542 (A Grade VIII Boys 2 77 154 38 5 276 Girls 1 90 134 13 1 239 515 Grade IX Boys 32 121 21 7 181 Girls 1 43 130 31 2 207 388 Grade X Boys 47 110 35 6 198 Girls 53 112 15 180 378 Grade XI Boys 37 98 16 1 2 154 Girls ... .. 58 91 6 2 157 311 Grade XII Boys 1 46 80 15 2 144 Girls .. 48 89 8 145 289 Total Boys 80 307 283 279 271 286 294 286 212 215 179 186 102 16 4 3000 Girls 75 294 309 278 235 264 286 288 199 197 202 156 95 10 2888 GRAND TOTAL 155 601 592 557 506 550 580 574 411 412 381 342 197 26 4 5888 5888 LEXINGTON SCHOOL PLANT Class Number of Value of Area of Date of Standard Name of School Construction Site(Acres) Constructed Construction Classrooms Special Facilities Senior High $1,960,000 00 25 03 1953 1st Class 31 Gym, Auditorium, corrective rooms, locker 918,486 36 1956 16 rooms, cafeteria, all-purpose rooms, con- ference rooms, shops, library, audio-visual $2,878,486 36 Muzzey Junior High 67,644 64 1902. 2nd Class 28 Auditorium, gym, cafeteria, shops, library, 433,917 74 3 08 1926 Add locker rooms, administration office 457,000 00 1958 Add 958,562 38 Adams 62,444 64 4 61 1913 2nd Class 15 Auditorium, cafeteria, gym, library 87,420 03 1931 Add. z 0 149,764 67 Fiske 541,231 86 1025 1949 1st Class 19 Auditorium, gym, cafeteria X 326,000 00 1954 Add. 2 0 867,231 86 Franklin 134,199 50 8 59 1931 2nd Class 8 Auditorium, library, cafeteria z 509,000 00 1 70 1956 Add 1st Class 10 643,199 50 Hancock 59,975 33 2 29 1891 2nd Class 8 Auditorium, playroom (basement) Harrington 725,000 00 10 1956 1st Class 16 Auditorium, gym, cafeteria, library 121,152 00 1958 1st Class 4 846,152 00 Hastings 725,000 00 10 1955 1st Class 16 Auditorium, gym, cafeteria, library 107,500 00 1958 4 832,500 00 so N LEXINGTON SCHOOL PLANT—Continued o Class Number of Value of Area of Date of Standard Name of School Construction Site(Acres) Constructed Construction Classrooms Special Facilities Munroe 28,068 88 1 75 1904 2nd Class 9 Auditorium, lunchroom 2,910 00 1904 Land 39,103 87 1915 Add 70,082 75 Parker 81,655 40 5 56 1920 2nd Class 13 Auditorium 58,040 25 1924 Add 58,668 50 1950 Add. D z 198,364 15 z C > Total $7,504,319 00 1— xi m v 0 x N TOWN OF LEXINGTON 121 122 ANNUAL REPORTS LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1959 GRADUATION CLASS OFFICERS IN THE AUDITORIUM • President . 'Richard N Chapman WEDNESDAY, JUNE SEVENTEENTH, NINETEEN FIFTY-NINE Vice President John A Dwyer Secretary ... .... Dian R Emerson At Eight O'clock Treasurer Doreen L Dillman r Barbara'Ruth Anderson Sally Ann Curra ' Laura Mary Anno Dianne Christena Curtin Carol Susan Arnold -..44PROGRAM '- Anthony Augustine Lorraine Daigle Lydia Louise Reynolds Susan Merritt Babcock Sicari deAmicis Nancy Baird Dianne Lynne Dedekian PROCESSIONAL—"Pomp and Chivalry" C J Roberts Duncan Ball Thomas DeGeorge Robert M Baptiste Catherine Clair D'Entremont Patric P Barbieri Patricia A DeSimone SENIOR CHORUS—"The Lord's Prayer" Cecil Gates Judith E Battersby Doreen Linda Dillman "Gloria Patri" . Peter F Clarke, 1959 David N Bennett Barbara Ann DiPietro Gilbert J Benoit James A Doherty Phyllis Anne'Berman Paul'Richard Downey THE CHALLENGE TO OUR GENERATION — Constance Mary Boebel Barbara Anne Dunne CONFORMITY OR INDIVIDUALISM? Beverly Ann Borden Chester Kenneth Duval What Are the Sources' of Conformity' Robert Baptiste Peter Bramley John A Dwyer .Arthurr J BBrrock, Jr What Are Some Advantages of Conformity' Dale Fisher 'Florence Marie Brucchi Dian'Rachel Emerson How Much Individualism Is Good? Gretchen Miller Catherine Ellen Bushard Arthur G Buttnck 'Marguerite Agnes'Fardy Barbara Jean Ferrari SENIOR CHORUS—"Glorious Everlasting" . M Thomas Cousins Nancy Marie Caldaroni Dale Owen Fisher Carol Ann Calvert Janet Elaine Fletcher Thomas C Cameron Marcia Elaine Fone AWARD OF PRIZES Dr Paul F Poehler, Jr James Paul Carney Geraldine'Dae Fopiano Interim Superintendent of 'Schools Joanne Gertrude Carota Eugene P Carter Gail Joan Gargiulo Dora Castro Charles Raymond Glenn CONFERRING OF DIPLOMAS Mr Gordon'E Steele Richard N Chapman Walter'Earl Godshall of the School Committee Charles A Chicarello Steven Robert Goldberg Douglas Chickering Ann Winifred Gustin Yuan Hou'Chu BENEDICTION Rev Miles McKey Peter Francis Clarke Marilyn'Ellen Habelt Susan LaPierre Clarke Jay'Brundage Hanson A Parker Cleveland Carole Virginia Harcher RECESSIONAL—"Cornelius Festival March" F Mendelssohn Carolyn Sayward Cole 'Ronnie'Ruth Christina Harper Marcia Ruth Collins Lewis King Hathaway Lance R Cooper Linda Claire Hauser Patricia Jean Courtright David Edward Haydon Barbara Ann Coyte Richard Hayes The audience will please remain at their seats Evelyn Louise Cram Walter'Graham'Hodgdon until the class has left the hall Diana Crumb John Huffman TOWN OF LEXINGTON 123 124 ANNUAL REPORTS Kathryn Susan Hunt Cynthia Louise Nutt Robert John Tarule Helen Virginia White Niilo T Huuskonen John'Richards Thornton Carter B Whittaker Mary Judith O'Leary Laurence Thomas Trombetta Thomas William Wilkie Gloria J Irwin Catherine Anne Osgood Charlene Diane Tropeano Joan Ellen Wilkins Sally Anne Ives Lindsley Williams George William Pacheco, Jr Lucille Vitale Edward Joseph Winter William Gordon Johnston,Jr Leila Alice Paone Paul WinterPaul Robb Ward Ral h Tabor Wood Heike Bertha Junge David Parsons p Emelie Ruth Jurado T Mary Louise Patterson Sarah Jenison Wardrobe Marsha Yvonne Worth Arthur Edward Washburn Ivan Manuel Jurado T. LudovEdward c n Perry Steven Leonard Weems Paul Wesley Yngve Edward Francis Phelan Suzanne Weimar Jean Kelly Janet Susan Piacentini F Wentzell Judith Lorraine Zagzoug Judith Anne King Ann McPherson tPoeher Ruth Evelyn Whalen Barbara Ann Zelck Helen iL Korman John Francis Porter Frank Stephen Kramer David Davis Potter Susan Whitcomb Charles'Joseph Potzka Judith Sue Lambert Joan T Landers Sandra Lee'Riordan 'Margaret A Lane Edward Francis Ritchie Bertram Victor Larsson Stanley'Emerson Robbins Barbara Signe Lea Jeanne Marie Robnett Linda K LeRoyer Charles R Rolando Ernestine W Letson Janet Mary Ross Lorna Louise Liebfried Charles Edward Roth, Ill Aina Liepkalns Carole Ann'Rowland Nancy Jean Lima Christine Louise Saundersory Louise Mary Margaret MacDonald Lorraine Janet Scolaro Carl B Malcolm, Jr Matilda Ann Seifert Paul'Richard Marasa Patricia Ann Siekman Ronald G Marchant Ruth Mildred Silva Richard P Mason Sandra Ann Silva Emese Matskassy Elizabeth Ann Simon William A McCarthy Fred C Simon Robert Barry McCauley George Duncan Sinclair Nancy McCrensky Jonathan Borden Sisson Martha Ellen McGovern Sandra Jean Skinner Lorraine'McLaughlin Barbara E Slader Bernard M McSweeney Mary L Slater Robert Francis McSweeney Sandra L Smith Claire Marie Mearls Richard Trevor Snelson James Arthur Merksamer Noel Snouffer Gretchen Elsa Miller David Baker Snow Peter C Mills Sandra Leigh Spears Craig Cormack Milne Mary F Spellenberg Barbara'Jennifer Mimno Stephen F Spencer Rosalie Gale Mogan Robert F Spillane Herbert Phillip Monahan, Jr Susan Steele 'Ruth E 'Morash Dolores Mae Stevens Carolyn Baxter Morris Calvin Kenneth Stokes Gail'Monroe Marie Ann Sullivan Sharon Hall Murphy Janet Sweeney TOWN OF LEXINGTON 125 126 ANNUAL REPORTS Where Educated Lex ROSTER OF TEACHERS Name Subject Taught Yrs u.. Paul S Hennessey (Acting Head, Bowdoin College,A B SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Language Dept) Harvard College, Ed M 1 Yrs in Spanish, French and Latin Name Subject Taught Where Educated Lex Chester D Ingraham English Tufts College, B A Manfred L Warren Principal Bowdoin College, B A Columbia Univ, M A 13 Columbia Univ, M A 32 Gordon E Kershaw Social Studies Univ of Maine,A B John M Hibbard Assistant Principal Univ of N H, B A — Boston Univ,M A 4 r (Curriculum) Margaret F Kinley English Acadia Univ, B A, M A 13 Frederick Thurlow Assistant Principal Univ of Maine, B S Robert N Kirk English Colby College, B A 4 (Guidance) Springfield College, Ed M. — John L Knight Health&Phys Ed Boston Univ, B S Ed 4 Priscilla Belcher Guidance Counselor Middlebury College, B A N Richmond Leach English Bowdoin College, B S Northeastern Univ, M A — Boston Univ,M A — Blanche L Whelpley Dean of Girls and Salem T C 44 Margaret J Leake French Boston College, B A 26 Guidance Couns Doris B Leavitt Physical Education Rollins College, B A 22 H John Adzigian Math Harvard Univ, B S Norma E Leppanen French Colby College,A B Tufts College, M Ed 18 Wesleyan Univ,M A L S — Hilda M Allen Latin Pembroke College, B A Ralph V Lord,Jr Physical Education Springfield College, B S Radcliffe College, M A 8 Boston Univ, Ed M 3 Clifford W Baker Math Boston Univ, B S,A M 1 James R Maclnnes,Jr Industrial Arts Fitchburg T C , B S Ed 4 Barbara K Beach English Oberlin College, B A (Acting Head, Indus- Boston Univ,M A Harvard Univ,A M T — trial Arts Dept) Carol P Beale Science Univ of Rochester, B S. Russell 0 Mann Head of Art Dept Univ of Colorado,B F A,M F A 4 Harvard Univ,A M T — Elizabeth C Marshall Home Economics Syracuse Univ, B S Richard A Buck Math Dartmouth College,A B Myrtle A Marshall Social Studies Dalhousie Univ, B A 14 Harvard Univ.,A M T 3 Helen I McIntyre Head of Social Boston Univ, B A,M A 33 Jennie Bujnievicz English Univ of New Hampshire, B A Studies Dept Middlebury College,M A 9 Kenneth Moyle Head of Math Dept Bucknell Univ, B A, M A 26 Claire T Cadran Business Ed Salem T C., B S Constance C Murray Social Studies Bates College, B A Univ of Mass, Ed M 2 Boston Univ, M A 12 Amy A Campbell Business Ed Burdett College 31 William S Nichols English Dartmouth College,AB 2' Wilbur E Cheever Head of English Dept Harvard Univ, B A., M A 12 Lucia R Piermarini French Radcliffe College,A B,M A 2 John S Choate Head of Science Dept Colby College,A B — Robert A Proctor Industrial Arts Fitchburg T C 31 Arline M Clark Home Economics Framingham T C, B S John A Rennie Science Wesleyan Univ,A B Boston Univ, Ed M 2 Boston Univ, M A in Ed 2 Donald B Cobb English Bates College,A B Eugene E Rourke Math Univ of New Hampshire, Boston Univ, Ed M 1 A B, Ed M 4 James W Coffin Social Studies Bowdoin College, B A Margaret Sandberger Music Colby College-Amer Inst • 23 Harvard Univ.,A M T 5 Joyce L Scher Science Conn College for Women, B A Sheila M Creamer Librarian St Lawrence Univ, B S 12 Long Beach State College,M A 2 Frank P DiGiammarino Social Studies Univ of Mass.,A B, Ed M 3 Marcia 0 Sewall Art Pembroke College, B A 1 John D Dufour Industrial Arts Keene T C, B Ed. H Neil Soule Physics Univ of Maine, B S 1 1 Fitchburg T C, Ed M Patricia Soule Physical Education Boston Univ, Sargent,BS 1 Francis D Flynn Head of Commercial Bates College,A B. George 0 Southwick Social Studies Dartmouth College,A B 1 Dept Calvin Coolidge Col,M A 2 Lillian M Spidle Business Education Salem T C, B S Ed 29 Joseph W Gibson Social Studies Harvard Univ, B A,AMT 6 Mary Lou Tschirch Science Boston Univ,A B Robert W.Gumb Driver Education Bates College,A B Wellesley College, M A 2 New York Univ, Ed M — Agnes G Wheeler Science Univ of Vermont, B S 15 M Olive Hall Social Studies Boston Univ,A B,M A — N Landon Head Math U S Military Academy,B S Boston Univ, Ed M 1 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 127 128 ANNUAL REPORTS WILLIAM DIAMOND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Yrs it Yrs in Name Subject Taught Where Educated Lex Name Subject Taught Where Educated Lex George L Procter Social Studies Suffolk Univ,A B Boston State T C, Ed M — Charles C Johnson Principal Harvard Univ,A B Elizabeth H Ratte French Boston Univ,A B Boston Univ, Ed M — Middlebury College, Santo L Marino Assistant Principal Univ of Illinois, S B in Ed Science Harvard College, Ed M 6 Susan M Sell English Univ of Wisconnssinn,,A B M A 1— 3 Corrinne C Snouffer Math C William H Cuzner Guidance Counselor U S Naval Academy, B S College,A B Unive — Harvard Univ, Ed M 31 oof Illinois, M A Gordon Soflin Physical Education Boston Univ, B S in Ed — Eleanor J Mastro Guidance Counselor Univof New Hampshire,A B — Barbara R Swett Social Studies Syracuse Univ,A B Emily B Page Librarian Worcester State T C,A B Boston Univ, M A — Tufts Unry, Ed M — Earl A Turner English Amherst College,A B 12 Alice Atamian Social Studies Boston Univ, B S in Ed — Albert C Wright Science Clark Univ,A B John A Brescia Math Boston Univ,A A, B S Tufts Univ, Ed M — Boston State T C, Ed M 2 Eleanor Brocklebank Homemaking Univ of New Hampshire,A B 5 MUZZEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Elizabeth A Brown English Farmington State T C, B S — Merrill F Norlin Principal Wesleyan College, B A Paul N Brown Science Brandeis Univ,A B — Boston Univ, M A 33 C Edward Burri Math Boston Univ, B S in Ed 2 Philip M Caughey Assistant Principal Bowdoin Univ, B S Louise Cavaliers Music Lowell State T C, B S in Ed Social Studies Harvard Univ, Ed M 31 Boston Univ, Ed M — Louise F Blythe Guidance Counselor Tufts College, B S, Ed M 3 Paul A Ciano Art Mass College of Art, B F A — David S Terry Counselor Springfield College, B S 7 Julia M Collins Homemaking Simmons College, B S — Gladys M Anderson Social Studies Bridgewater T C 35 Joseph P Connolly Social Studies Boston Univ, B S, Ed M 3 (Leave of absence) Charles Cote Science St Anselm's College,A B Daniel J Berardi Science Boston College,A B, M Ed — Boston Univ, Ed M — Robert W Biggio Social Studies Northeastern Univ, B A 2 George J Coules Social Studies Northeastern Univ,A B Edward J Brady Social Studies Stonehill College,A B Boston Univ, Ed M — Boston State T C, Ed M 2 Josephine G Eckert Art Wellesley College,A B Edith B Cheever English& Univ of Calif at L A,A B Subst Harvard Univ,A M T — Social Studies 9 Donald A Ekengren Industrial Arts Fitchburg T C, B S Ed 2 Earle M Cleaves Math Dartmouth College,A B — Louise J Eldridge French&Latin Radcliffe College,A B Marjory Coon English Univ of Toledo,A B in Ed — Middlebury College, M A — (Resigned) Caroline T Feindel English Bridgewater T C, B S Ed 17 Roland D Damian',Jr Math Salem T C, B S in Ed 1 Robert P Franz Math Boston Univ,A B Joan C Dewsbury Music Boston Univ, B S in Music Harvard Univ, Ed M 3 M Music 4 Murray B Gerber Math Salem State T C, B S in Ed Nicholas J Dincecco Math Boston Univ, B S, Ed M 3 Boston Univ, M S in Ed — Melvin L Downing Industrial Arts Eastern Kentucky State, B S — Leo V Gittzus Industrial Arts Fitchburg State T C, B S in Ed Delia C Dwyer Latin -French Tufts Univ,A B — Boston Univ, Ed M — John C Dwyer Science Boston College, B S Lucille P Gruber Music Brandeis Univ,A B, M F A Boston State T C, Ed M — Radcliffe College, M A — Gerald Peter Gray English Merrimack College,A B — John A lodice,Jr Math Boston Univ,A A, B S in Ed, A Patricia Hanlon Homemaking Simmons College,A B — Ed M 1 Carol S Hermon Social Studies Tufts Univ,A B — Betty King English Bridgewater T C 30 W Neal Hoadley Math Tufts Univ,A B Virginia L Klie Math Wilson College,A B Boston Univ, Ed M — Radcliffe College,A M T. — Lynnette Holden Science Boston Univ, B S 2 Joan D LeFrank Physical Education Springfield College, B S 1 Mary C Houghton English Wellesley College,A B 14 Frank J Lord Social Studies Brown Univ,A B — Virginia M Hutchinson Math Simmons College, B S Margaret Pearsall Science Russell Sage College,A B Boston Univ, Ed M — Harvard Univ, M A — Patricia M Kinneen English Emmanuel College,A B Mary Jane Perry English Keene T C, B S in Ed — Boston Teachers College, Ed M 1 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 129 130 ANNUAL REPORTS Yrs in Years in Name Subject Taught Where Educated Lex Name Subject Taught Lex. Eleanor W Mahoney Librarian Worcester T C,Calvin Theodore E Wolfe Art Mass College of Art, B S Art Ed Coolidge College, B S, Ed M 10 Pratt Inst, M S Art Ed — Laura L Marshall Art Mass School of Art, B S Ed 14 Richard G Woodward Coordinator of Tufts Univ,A B DeForest G Mathews Physical Education Springfield College, B S 1 Instructional Ma- Boston Univ, Ed M 2 Raymond T McKinnon Industrial Arts Boston T C, B S in Ed 1 terials&Services William M Molloy Social Studies North Adams T C, B S Ed 15 Ethel L Wright Coordinator of School Keene T C, B S Ed John W Murphy Art Washington Univ,A B 2 Lunch Program Syracuse Univ, M A 15 Vernon W Nickerson Math Boston Univ, B S Ed, Ed M 4 (Sabbatical Leave) SPECIAL LANGUAGE TEACHERS Ann Norwood Social Studies Wellesley College,A B Guido R Piacentini Science Boston Univ, B S,M A 2 Cecile D Beresford French Univ of New Hampshire,A B — Gerald J Pine English Boston College,A B, Ed M 1 Simone L Faflick French Universite d'Alger,A B,M A Richard T Porter Science Graceland Junior College,A A Boston Univ, M A — Boston Univ, B S Ed,M Ed 4 Sally T Hennessey French Goucher Col,A B Carol A Simpson Math Mount Holyoke College,A B — Boston Univ, Ed M 8 Thomas Vasil Music N E Conservatory Carmen B Perry French of Music, B M — Priscilla Tarbox French Bridgewater T C, B S Ed Alice Walden Homemaking Farmington T C, B 5 1 Carole J Stevens French Bryn Mawr,A B — Mary B Wall Physical Education Sargent, B S P E Vivian T Vogt French Univ of Buffalo,A B Boston Univ, Ed M 4 Radcliffe Col , M A 2 SPECIAL ADAMS SCHOOL William E Sim Principal Boston Univ, B S,M A — Edward E Abell Head of Physical Springfield College, B P E Wilma Z Fitzgerald Grade I Bridgewater T C, B S 19 Education, Health Boston Univ, Ed M 30 Jean B Vaill " I Univ of Minnesota, B S — &Athletics Agnes C Manning I Salem T C, BS 12 Elinore W Blackhall Elementary Art N E School of Design 30 Barbara W Duncan " II Lesley College, B S Ed 5 Elsie P Chapman Special Class Aroostook State T C 30 Susan B Guy " Ill Salem T C 11 George W Collins Music N E Cons of Music, B M Ed 2 Marie S Palmer " Ill Boston Univ, B S 8 Donald J Gillespie,Jr Head of Music Educ Boston Univ, B Music, Ed M 13 Mary Alice Brennan " Ill Cornell Univ,A B 2 Arnold G Hebb,Jr Psychologist Univ of Rochester,A B James H Hathaway " IV Boston College,A B Boston Univ, M A — Boston State T C, M Ed — Elizabeth Howe Reading Consultant Wheelock College Joseph F Bombino " IV Brown Univ,A B Boston Univ, B 5, M A 16 Harvard Univ, Ed M — Hazel W Hoyt Remedial Reading Boston Univ, B S Ed 9 Edith C Alcorn " V Salem T C B S Ed 18 James E Kelley Physical Education Boston Univ, B P E — Irene M Driscoll " V Boston T C, B S Ed 2 Mary M Kinneen Special Class Emmanuel College,A B Ralph A Hermann " V Northeastern Univ, B S , Boston Univ, Ed M 24 Boston T C, M Ed 1 Paul F Lombard Physical Education Boston Univ, B S Ed, Ed M 2 Alice E Edgecomb " VI Gorham T C, B S Ed 13 Judith H Meltzer Physical Education Russell Sage College, B S — George H Russell " VI Boston Univ,A A, B S Ed 6 Barbara A Murray Physical Education Boston Univ,Sargent Col, Bertha L Wahl " VI Salem T C, B S Ed BSPE — Boston Univ, Ed M 5 Mildred Reynolds Speech Therapist N E Cons of Music, Mass General Hospital 3 FISKE SCHOOL William F Read Elementary Science Boston Univ, B S Ed, Ed M — Consultant Augustus W Young Principal Boston Univ, B S Ed Martha E Ryder Elementary Science Hyannis S T Col, Univ of Hartford, M Ed 2 Consultant B S Ed, Ed M — Esther L Cobbs Grade I Univ of Alabama, B A George R White Music N E Cons of Music, B A 5 Boston Univ, Ed M — Marjorie Turner Special Class Boston Univ, B S Ed 3 Elizabeth Ballon I Framingham T C, B S Ed — TOWN OF LEXINGTON 131 132 ANNUAL REPORTS _ Years in _ Years in Name Subject Taught Lex Name Subject Taught Lex Glorie S Mason I Framingham T C, B S Ed 3 Harry C Mitchell VI Boston Univ, B S — Shirley K Sauer " I Worcester State T C, B S Ed Merrel A Collard,Jr VI Boston Univ,A B, Ed M 8 Clark Univ,M A — Temple Fawcett Art, Music & Pembroke College,A B Marie A King " II Bridgewater T C, B S Ed Physical Education Harvard College, M Ed 3 Boston Univ, M Ed 4 Faye M Burgess Boston Univ,M Ed 7 Jacqueline Van Haelst II Resigned (leave of absence) Marjorie R Riner " II Wheelock College, B S Ed — Mary L Kelley Lowell T C, B S Ed 6 Audrey T Swanson " Ill Tufts College,A B 5 (leave of absence) Jean MacLean Ill Truro Normal School 8 Anne S Harvey " Ill Boston T C, B S Ed 1 HANCOCK SCHOOL Linda K Cotter III Wellesley College,A B — Lester E Goodridge,Jr Principal Salem T C, BS Maritza R Hekimian " IV Lesley College, B S Ed 2 Boston Univ, M Ed — Rose R Shattuck " IV Fitchburg T C 11 Ann 5 Hunt Grade I Boston State T C, B S Ed 3 Nancy J Haley " IV Wheaton College, B A Fredda L Kunz I Univ of Cincinnati T C, B S Ed — Boston College, M A 4 Karla H Conway " II Lowell T C, B S Ed 1 Marlene L Zepp " V Ohio Univ, B S Ed Mary M Delsie " II Hyannis T C, B S Ed 5 Harvard College, Ed M 1 Violette T Dubois " III Lowell T C, B S Ed Eileen R Quirke " V Salem T C, B S Ed Boston Univ, MEd 11 Boston Univ, M Ed 10 Marion E Michaelis " IV Keene Normal School, B 5 29 James D Doyle " V Lowell T C, B S Ed 2 Jean D Kelly " V Univ of Maine, B A 4 Frank A Adorn " VI Salem T C, B S Ed 1 Josephine C Hawkins " VI Bridgewater T C, B 5 7 Mary E McDevitt " VI Emmanuel College,A B Irene S Roche " VI Fitchburg T C, B S 7 Boston T C, MEd 4 Robert M Piper " VI Univ of New Hampshire, B A Boston Univ, M A 2 HARRINGTON SCHOOL FRANKLIN SCHOOL Alexander B Cumming Principal Gorham Normal School, B S Ed Ethel B Bears Principal Salem T C 11 Columbia Univ,M A 11 Barbara Jean Silk Grade I Lowell T C, B S Ed 5 Edna P Smith Grade I Boston Univ, B S Ed 1 Iris H Brockman " I Bridgewater T C, B S Ed 2 Grace Clem I Lowell T C, B S Ed 11 Nancy E Benz " I Middlebury College, B A 2 Joan M Scannell I Resigned Charlotte R Levens " II Boston T C, B S Ed 1 D Patricia Therrien I Keene T C, B S Ed Lois R Kinne " II Univ of State of N Y, B S Ed 2 Charlotte MacDavitt II Salem T C, B S Ed 3 Thelma S Zacharakis " II Wheelock College, B S Ed 2 Mabel M Lamott II Salem T C, B S Ed 3 Helen S Doughty " II Bennett Jr College,A A S Elsa L Noy II Lowell T C, B S Ed 6 Wheelock College, B S Ed — Nancy B Goorno II Lesley College, B S — Patricia Leclair " Ill Lowell T C, B S Ed 3 Evelyn L Beilenson III Oberlin College,A B — Elizabeth B Olmstead " Ill Smith College, B A 2 Lois N Sullivan IIIII Regis College,A B Cynthia A Landauer " III Radcliffe College, B A — Janet L Spaulding III Wheelock College, B S Ed 1 (intern, 1st half) Mary C Paxton IV Framingham T C, B S Ed 2 Beverly W Begley " IV Lowell T C , B S Ed 3 Raymond J Buell,Jr IV Newton Junior College,A A Meredith O'Gorman ' IV Emerson College, B A — Boston Univ, B S — i Judith B Hulburt " IV Wellesley College, B A Richard H Barnes IV Lowell T C, B S Ed — Harvard College, Ed M — Thomas J McDermott V Boston College,A B 2 John Thomas " V Univ of Mass, B A Iris Rentzeperies V Lowell T C, B S Ed 3 Boston Univ, M Ed 4 Judith H Wiggin V Colby College,A B 2 Janine C Breitbart " V Keene T C, B S Ed Constance E King VI New Haven State T C, B S Ed — Boston Univ, M Ed — Paul L Foley VI Lowell T C, B S Ed 2 Anne B McCarthy " VI Salem T C, B S Ed John E Jacobus VI Boston Univ, B S, Ed M 6 Hillyer College, M Ed 2 Mary E Wilson VI Fitchburg T C, B S Ed 1 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 133 134 ANNUAL REPORTS HASTINGS SCHOOL Years in Years in Name Subject Taught Lex Name Subject Taught Lex Margaret A Keefe Principal Keene Normal School, B S Ed Lois M Titherington " II Boston Univ, B S Ed — Boston Univ, M A 31 Estelle E Rogers " II Rhode Island Col of Ed, B Ed — Josephine Bailey Grade I Gorham T C, B S Ed 9 Lynne Alexander " Ill Lesley College, B S Ed — Jeanette M Ayvazian I Salem T C, B S Ed 14 Marion M Marston Ill Washington State T C 29 Antoinette G Weber " I Ohio Univ, B S Ed — William C Terris " IV Salem T C, B S Ed — Mary P Gonis I Wheelock College, B S Ed 3 Norma L MacNutt " IV Salem T C, B S Ed 1 Rita E Wall II Salem T C, B S Ed Barbara B Anderson " V Stephens College,A A Boston Univ, Ed M 10 Cornell Univ, B S 5 Martha A Copenhaver " II Woman's College of Univ of Mildred Cogan " V New Jersey T C, B S Ed 2 North Carolina, B A — Irene J Dernberger " VI Stephens College,A A Tula Tatalias " II Lesley College, B S Ed — (Leave of absence) Univ of Michigan, B A 1 Clara J Murphy " II Fitchburg T C,Boston Univ,B S 4 James P Boisseau " VI Fitchburg State T C, B S Ed — Alice H Ladd " Ill Rutgers Univ, B S 2 Genevra M Guernsey " III Maryville College,Tenn ,A B 4 Margaret C Choate " Ill Farmington T C, B S Ed — Mildred Trop " IV Boston Univ, B S Ed 6 Eleanor P Lowe " IV Boston Univ,A A, B S Ed 4 Helen F Blinkhorn " IV Lowell T C, B S Ed 23 David S Porter " V Graceland College, Iowa,A A Boston Univ, B S 2 John Gawrys,Jr " V Lowell T C, B S Ed 1 Evelyn Andelman " V Framingham T C, B S Ed 7 Mary L Rodes " VI Boston Univ, B S — Robert A Noy " VI Vallejo College,Calif,A A Boston Univ, B S Ed, MEd 4 Ellen M Samborski " VI Wheelock College, B S Ed 2 MUNROE SCHOOL Margaret McKenney Principal Boston Univ, B S Ed 11 Mary E Neville I Boston Univ, B S Ed 11 Elizabeth M Pyle " I Swarthmore College, B A Harvard College, M Ed 4 Carol Lee Chapin " II Wheelock College, B S Ed 2 Regina F McKenna " II-Ill Lowell T C, B S Ed Boston Univ, M Ed 12 Helen B Weaver " Ill Boston Univ, B S Ed 2 Lois A Twitchell " IV Bridgewater T C, B S Ed 2 1 Marie G Ruckledge " IV-V Lowell T C, B S Ed 3 Dorothea Phair " V Emmanuel College,A B Boston Univ,M Ed 3 Robert T McDonald " VI Boston College,A B — PARKER SCHOOL Hilda L Maxfield Principal Bridgewater T C, B S Ed 16 Mildred B Gale Grade I Keene T C, B S 13 Virginia L Sargent I Plymouth T C, B S Ed 13 Hester L Hayden I Wheelock College, Univ of Pa Columbia Univ T C 4 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 135 136 ANNUAL REPORTS HEAD OF MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND CUSTODIANS Franklin School William P Casey, 1063 Massachusetts Avenue .. VO 2-4566 Clarence E MacPhee, 14 Baker Avenue VO 2-2359 Nicholas J. Delfino, 122 Park Street, Stoneham ST 6-1088-M MAINTENANCE MEN Hancock School Edward M Stevens, 8 Mead Court, Salem PI 5-4908 David Kidd, 7 Butler Avenue VO 2-9532 Stephen F Lichtenberg, 6 Hayes Lane VO 2-1828 Clyde L Hayne, 102 Grove Street VO 2-3293 Harrington School ADMINSTRATION BUILDING AND GROUNDS Joseph Bluteau, 21A Flint Street, Somerville PR 6-3575 Michael J Pezzulo, 32 Fenley Street, Revere . . . . . . None John L Blodgett, 15 Hilltop Avenue ... VO 2-5538 Maria Hastings School CUSTODIANS Oscar S Heimlich, 794 Massachusetts Avenue VO 2-4482 Senior High School William A Inglis, 159 Methuen Street, Lowell . . .... . GL 2-7519 George H Doughty, Jr (Head Custodian), 75 Paul Revere Road VO 2-5866 Munroe School Herman A Mahon, 1 Ellen Road, Woburn WE 3-0026 Archie McLellan, 24 Fletcher Avenue .. . None Wallace W Ormiston, 38 Charles Street VO 2-4668 Thomas F Bentley, 30 Cedar Street VO 2-9419 Harold T Petty, 26 Philipp Court, North Andover . . MU 2-6107 Parker School Joseph E Swan, 23 Bedford Street VO 2-2408 Frederick L Ennis, 33 Taft Avenue . . VO 2-9471 Louis A Bonney, Great Road, Bedford .. None Carl Queander, 2 Middle Street VO 2-4265 Muzzey Junior High School Thomas F Ryan (Head Custodian), 53 Vine Street . . . . . VO 2-4575 Edmund F Bentley, 173 Waltham Street None Anthony J Janusas, 12 Tucker Avenue VO 2-8602 Charles C Folkins, 134 Grant Street .. VO 2-3204 David F Dieter, 21 Fletcher Avenue VO 2-5405 William Diamond Junior High School Duncan F Swan (Head Custodian), 23 Bedford Street VO 2-2408 Gerry P Mansfield, 3 Hathaway Road .. VO 2-8247 Raymond P Stevens, 395 Chestnut St, Lynn Arthur N Lee, 59 Ward Street .... VO 2-4968 Ferdinand Nottebart, 331 Concord Avenue VO 2-0202 Adams School Thomas Sullivan, 17 Curve Street VO 2-2371 Fiske School Walter J. McDonald, 151 East Street VO 2-2160 Ralph P Braun, 201 East Street .. .. None TOWN OF LEXINGTON 137 138 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE STILL ALARMS BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS Accidents . . ... . . . 28 Animal Rescue 18 Assistance . 28 December 31 1959 Automobile 26 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Buildings and Miscellaneous Fires .. . .. 73 Lexington, Massachusetts Dump 68 Emergency Service 18 Gentlemen• Emergency Edison . . 5 We respectfully submit to your Honorable Board, the Annual Report of the Fire Fire Prevention 22 Department for the calendar year ending December 31, 1959 Investigation 25 Needless 3 Outdoor 315 PERSONNEL Property Protection 19 The manual force of the Fire Department as of this date consists of fifty-four Resuscitator . .. . . ...... ... ... 20 l (54) men, of which thirty-eight (38) are permanently employed and sixteen (16) Truck 9 are Call Men TOTAL 677 The Board of Fire Commissioners consists of one (1) Chairman, one (1) Clerk, and one (1) other member Lexington to MUTUAL AID The Permanent Force consists of one (1) Chief Engineer, one (1) Deputy Chief, Arlington 5 four (4) Captains (One Master Mechanic), two (2) Lieutenants, thirty (30) Privates, Bedford Base .. . .. 1 and one (1)Woman Clerk, part-time Concord1 The Call Force consists of sixteen (16) men Melrose 1 Waltham . .... .. 10 I Woburn 1 APPARATUS Headquarters Station is covered by two (2) 1000 gallon Triple Combination 19 Pumpers, one (1) Junior Aerial Truck, one (1) Rescue Truck, one (1) five-hundred To Lexington 'From (500) gallon pumper combination brush fire truck, one (1) Triple Combination Arlington 4 Pumper 750 gallons (Civilian Defense), one (1) General Maintenance Truck Bedford 1 (Former Special Service Truck), the Chief's Car, the Deputy Chief's Car, and the Waltham 8 i Veterans' Memorial Ambulance 13 Massachusetts Avenue Station is covered by two (2) Triple Combination While covering Lexington Stations Pumpers Arlington answered .... ... 1 ALARM SUMMARY Waltham answered 2 The above listed personnel and apparatus answered a total of 805 alarms dur- 3 ing the year as recorded in the following tabulation While covering out-of-town stations Lexington answered Bell Alarms Waltham 1 BELL ALARMS Automobiles ••• 2 GRAND TOTAL Buildings •• • 40 Bell Alarms 106 Dump 36 Mutual Aid 19 False •••• Still Alarms 677 Outdoor ... 21 Covered by Arlington while on Mutual Aid 1 Sprinkler .. . 3 Covered by Waltham while on Mutual Aid 2 Truck 3 3 TOTAL 106 TOTAL 805 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 139 140 ANNUAL REPORTS The apparatus traveled a total of 7038 6 miles, and used the following in extinguishing fires during 1959 General Inspections: Public and Mercantile Inspections .. 1250 500 ft "hose Number of lights used 10 ••.. %2 98,950 ft 3/4"hose Feet of cable used 1750 ,Reinspections of Violations Fire Alarm Boxes Inspected and Tested .. 68 9,650 ft. 11/2"hose Feet of ladders used 991 Quarterly 776 Spot Checking and Testing .. .. 56 14,150 ft 21/2"hose Total hrs. pumped 46 hrs, 50 min Batteries in Fire Alarm Room Tested Weekly Elapsed time total alarms ... .... .... . 436 hrs, 51 min Extinguishers Checked and Refilled .... .. 429 Elapsed time bell alarms 43 hrs, 6 min Elapsed time Mutual Aid .. .... 28 hrs, 12 min Special Inspections and Surveys Department of Public Health—Quarterly Nursing Homes and Homes for the Aged .. 20 FIRE LOSSES FOR YEAR 1959 Archdioscese of Boston—Annual • Value of buildings involved by fire .... .. . .... . $1,504 500 00 Churches and Church Property 4 Estimated loss of buildings involved by fire 29,787,50 Lexington Public Schools for Fire Hazards 36 Estimated loss contents involved by fire .... .. . 9,903 00 Homes for the Aged, and Convalescent Homes 7 Loss paid on buildings involved by fire 22,804.62 Churches and Church Property 9 Loss paid on contents involved by fire .... .... 7,594 20 Nursery Schools • 17 Cooperating with State Fire Marshal5 Requests for Information VETERANS MEMORIAL AMBULANCE Inspections of New Construction 169 Complaints Investigated69 Total runs during 1959 ... .... ... 272 and Corrected 42 Total mileage during 1959 ... 5223 Fire Prevention—Routine Inspections ... .. 93 Fire Prevention Inspectors also attended oil burner school, meetings, FIRE PREVENTION AND INSPECTIONS and special details on fire prevention throughout the year . 50 Fire drills were conducted at all schools 1 The following inspections were conducted during the year and are considered an important factor in keeping the fire loss at a minimum Applications received for storage of oil .. 271 MISCELLANEOUS Applications received for storage of propane gas .... ... . .. .... 28 The following changes in personnel occurred in the department durin 1959: Inspections made and permits issued (Chapter 148) g • Oil Storage • •• •,,,, •,,,, •,,, 212 Chief Engineer Cook retired on July 2, after forty years of faithful Propane Gas . .... .... .. 30 service to the Town. Blasting . . 80 The following promotions were made New 12 Deputy Chief Bernard J Belcastro to Chief Engineer Renewals .. ... • 68 Captain Walter F Spellman to Deputy Chief Gasoline Tank Removal . .... .... .. . 11 Lieutenants Charles R Spidle and Henri P Fradette, to Captains Reinspections of Violations .. 38 Privates Roy E Cook and Joseph P Marshall, to Lieutenants Inspections of Property (Chapter 148) One(1) Private resigned Oil Storage and Power Burners 68 One (1)new Private added Underground Tank Locations Approved 56 Fuel Oil .... .... 48 The necessary funds were appropriated at the Town Meeting in March to allow Gasoline .. 8 the following projects to be completed during1959 Underground Tanks Approved .. .. . 56 P Fuel Oil .. 48 1 A new Chief's Car went into service July 3 Gasoline ... .... ... .. 8 Propane Gas .. .... 12 2 The lower floor of the Central Station was painted Blasting Locations Inspected .. ... 9 3 The following buildings were connected to the fire alarm system Complaints Investigated 5 Parker School Heater Rooms 31 William Diamond Junior High (Semi-Automatic) Reinspections of Violations 10 a .. (Rate of Rise) Calls Made—Vacant or No One Home ... 228 Lexington Home for the Aged (Rate of Rise) Masonic Temple .. (Rate of Rise) TOWN OF LEXINGTON 141 142 ANNUAL REPORTS 4. Five new fire alarms boxes were installed in the following REPORT ON THE CARY LECTURE COMMITTEE locations 5211 Sedge Road & Hathaway Road December 31, 1959 5216 .. ... ..... .. . ... Emerson Road & Burnham Road To the Honorable Board of Selectmen 5622 .. Demar'Road &Gould Road Lexington 73, Massachusetts 415 Asbury Street at Balfour Gentlemen 4234 Minute Man Lane & Battle Green Road 5 Overhead wires were replaced as follows The committee in charge of lectures provided under the wills of Eliza Massachusetts Ave to Bow St, to Theresa Ave, to Cliff Ave, Cary Farnham and Susanna E Cary submits its thirty-first annual report This to Fottler Ave committee arranged for the following lectures Adams St to East St NOVEMBER 13, 1959—Dr Wernher von Braun Hamblin, 'Balfour, Emerald, Asbury, Cedar, Bellflower, to Paul Rocket and Missile Authority Revere Rd. MARCH 4, 1960 —Dartmouth College Glee Club RECOMMENDATIONS The expenses incurred for these lectures are being defrayed by the Isaac Harris We would again like to recommend the items listed below, as we have in our Cary Educational Fund previous Town Reports Respectfully submitted, 1 The replacement of old water mains from Mass Ave up Sylvia St CARY LECTURE COMMITTEE 2 Tie in the following water mains BLANCHE WORTH SIEGFRIED Marrett'Rd to Hudson Rd along Spring St (Mrs Robert E Siegfried) Abbott Rd to Oakland St PAUL F. POEHLER Camellia Place to Hancock Ave LAURENCE A QUICK, Chairman Extend main on Allen St from Clematis Rd to Blossom St 3 Clean water mains along Marrett Rd from 'Mass Ave to Wal- tham St, Stetson St from Meriam to Oakland St 4 Extend water main from Fairview Ave to Marrett Rd along REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES Mass Ave 5 The program of correcting elevation of hydrants should be ac- December 31, 1959 celerated to provide better fire protection for the Town To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts 6 A new water main from the overpass at Route 128 to the lunc- Gentlemen: tion of Marrett'Rd &Mass Ave In closing, the Board of Fire Commissioners would like to extend its thanks to I hereby submit the report of the Collector's Department for the year ending the members of the Fire Department for their efficiency and courtesy in carrying December 31, 1959 out their duties, also, to the Police Department as well as to other Town depart- Amount outstanding December 31, 1958 $493,801 12 ments for their cooperation We would also like to thank the Honorable 'Board of Amount committed in 1959 .... Selectmen for their assistance throughout the year. 4,925,788 21 Respectfully submitted, Collected, abated, apportioned or $5,419,589 33 GEORGE C SHELDON, Chairman transferred in 1959 .... .... .. 4,866,793 10 HAROLD E ROEDER WILLIAM P FITZGERALD Balance December 31, 1959 .. ., $552,796 23 Board of Fire Commissioners Respectfully submitted, ETHEL U RICH, Collector of Taxes TOWN OF LEXINGTON 143 144 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS December 31, 1959 Several groups of ntcows were checked again this year These animals had been moved fVo , New Hampshire and Canada mto local herds. They were checked forrom compliance with Massachusetts laws and interstate shipping rules and regulations Health certificates were necessary with Bang's and Tuberculosis tests To the Honorable Board of Selectmen completed, proper identification established, and freedom from other contagious Lexington, Massachusetts diseases shown by clinical examination Gentlemen. 35 farms or stables were inspected according to instructions of the Director of Animal rabies is an ever present threat to the people and animals of Massachu- setts None exists here at the present time This disease is no respecter of state and that the animals were in good health Altogether approximately fifty calfs were boundaries nor even the Hudson River, New York, however, it has not crossed the made to accomplish this. This inspection also serves as an annual animal census Berkshire Mountains Why, we do not know There is an abundance of wild animals The animal census is divided as follows who do go over the mountain and back again and are capable of carrying rabies but have not There were 128 cases of rabies reported in New York state as of Cows ... .•.. 80 July 31, 1959, an increase from 102 (Foxes-63, cows-32, dogs-15, other Horses and Ponies ... 54 animals-18 ) In Connecticut at the New York border a bat and a squirrel were Sheep 10 found positive to rabies but no others since then Several years ago in Massachu- Goats ... 10 setts two dogs were brought in from out-of-state and shortly thereafter developed Swine .... 1325 rabies in the town of Ayer near Fort Devens One great potential threat in the spread of this disease is the large number of dogs brought in from al! over the All animals and premises were found satisfactory United States by families being transferred in the electronics and allied industries The Inspector of Animals wishes to express his appreciation to the Board of Most of these dogs come from states where rabies is prevalent Health, the doctors, and the police, for their excellent cooperation Several things are being done to prevent the outbreak of rabies, among them Respectfully submitted, are the following• 1 Animal Rabies Clinics DR CARL R. BENTON, Veterinarian, Inspector of Animals 2 Check all dog bite cases 3 Examination of brains of animals who have bitten people and have died before the 14 day quarantine period has expired 4 Rabies vaccination with certificates required for all dogs from out of state 5. Removal of stray dogs to the dog pound (Woodland Kennel) 6 License control of all dogs with information relative to rabies on the back of the license A majority of the dogs in Lexington are vaccinated for rabies when we consider the totals of the rabies clinic plus the dogs vaccinated privately and the vaccinated dogs from out of state It was necessary to send 8 animal brains to the Wasserman Laboratory this year for rabies examination The animals concerned had bitten people, and had to be examined as defined in the Rabies Control Law There were 125 dog bites in 1959 plus 1 rabbit bite, 1 hamster bite, 1 mouse bite and 1 cat bite Vesicular exanthema, the swine disease that stimulated the enactment of the garbage cooking law is now completely under control in the United States Last year, as noted in this report, Brucellosis testing of cattle was being done in Massachusetts This year we can report that the testing has been completed and that Massachusetts and now all of New England is considered a modified certi- fied Brucellosis free area TOWN OF LEXINGTON 145 146 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE these high standards, continued inspection and testing of the milk must be EXECUTIVE HEALTH OFFICER carried on. WATER ANALYSIS December 31, 1959 The renovation of the municipal swimming pools resulted in excellent bathing To the Honorable Board of Selectmen conditions as well as excellent bacteria counts all summer long Lexington, Massachusetts All samples analyzed from the Hayden Memorial pool tested satisfactorily Gentlemen Samples were also taken regularly from several community pools located in The following is the report of the Executive Health Officer for the year 1959 various sections of our community These tested satisfactorily in general Several' recommendations including safety tips were made to help insure safe bathing con- LABORATORY dations at these pools The Health Department laboratory is equipped to perform analysis on milk, Seven well water samples were tested All seven were found to be satisfactory water, and restaurant swabs on eating and drinking utensils A Certificate of Ap- proval for the laboratory has been issued by the Massachusetts Department of LOTS, CESSPOOLS AND SEPTIC TANKS Public Health for the year 1959-60 143 permits for cesspools and septic tanks were issued in 1959 Careful FOOD SANITATION examination of soil conditions, water table and land area available are made before a permit is granted All establishments where food is prepared, sold, or served, are inspected by the Health Officer Excellent cooperation is usually obtained Before any private sewerage system can be constructed a permit must be obtained from the Health Department Specifications are explained to the builder, Hearings were necessary, however, regarding unsanitary conditions found in two and inspections of the project are made from time to time during construction and establishments In each case the violations were satisfactorily corrected It is the before the installation is covered Approximately 975 inspections were made Health Department's policy to inspect each food establishment three times a year during 1959 If necessary, more frequent inspections are made Inspections are made without previous notification SANITATION OF NEW SUBDIVISIONS Sanitary conditions in our school cafeterias remained at a very high level dur- All new developments are thoroughly investigated by the engineering firm of ing 1959 Whitman & Howard, who, in turn, submit a report to the Board of Health with their recommendations 127 inspect.ons of eating establishments were made in 1959 There were 8 subdivisions submitted to the Board of Health for approval Five bakery trucks were stopped for inspection Two violations were found and during 1959 quickly corrected CHILD CARE CENTERS MILK SANITATION 15 Child Care Centers were inspected and licensed No licenses were issued There are 24 dealers licensed to sell milk and cream in the Town of Lexington until compliance with health and fire regulations was obtained Samples were obtained from all dealers licensed to sell milk in Lexington and analyzed in the Health Department laboratory Samples were tested for bacterial RAT CONTROL counts, efficiency of pasteurization, and contamination of the milk after pasteur- ization 12 complaints of rats were investigated In most cases the infestations were Plant inspections are made when possible One pasteurization plant was found caused by food and harborages provided by the property owners They were advised to be in an unsanitary condition After sufficient time had been allotted to correct on how to get rid of the rats themselves, or urged to hire private exterminators the unsanitary conditions and a re-inspection revealed the same unsanitary condi- tions still existing, the owner was ordered before the Board of Health for a hearing to show why his license should not be revoked The owner has since corrected the ANIMAL PERMITS violations and further action has been deferred All new applications for permits to keep animals were investigated by the Health Due to good modern methods of handling and processing milk, milk today has Officer, and recommendations made to the Board of Health All abuttors were ceased to be the major problem it presented in years gone by, but in order to keep consulted TOWN OF LEXINGTON 147 148 ANNUAL REPORTS COMPLAINTS AND NUISANCES REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS 156 complaints of various types were investigated by me during 1959 Each of these complaints was re-investigated to see that compliance was obtained, and on many occasions several investigations were necessary before the conditions were December 31, 1959 corrected To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts OTHER ACTIVITIES Gentlemen I belong to the following professional organizations The Board of Appeals reports that hearings were scheduled for 104 petitions National Association of Sanitarians during the year 1959 Of these, 3 petitions were withdrawn by the respective Massachusetts Association of Sanitarians petitioners, 22 were yearlyrenewals and 79 petitions were brought before the Massachusetts Milk Inspectors Association Board for hearing Massachusetts Public Health Association Following is a listing of these hearings and the decisions rendered in each case I attended all important meetings of the above associations during 1959 with the exception of the National Association of Sanitarians which met in Miami, Florida January 27 — Caryl Realty Trust To erect a dwelling on Lot #6 Great Rock Road, Lexington with a 20' setback instead of the required 30' Granted PLANS FOR THE FUTURE January 27 — Washington Fund, Inc It was decided to postpone another food handler's course whereas one was To maintain a sign on property belonging to 509 Bedford Street, Lexington, di- held in 1958 recting the public to a housing development Said sign is in violation of Article III B, of the Lexington Sign By-law Granted A Diabetic Clinic is presently being discussed to be held in Lexington sometime in 1960 if the necessary arrangements can be made with the Diabetic Association January 27— Harry I Zeltzer To permit an optometric branch office to be conducted in his residence on Lot In conclusion, I wish to thank the Town Officers, Employees, and the public for #9A Rumford Road, Lexington Denied their assistance and cooperation during the past year February 17 — Perce Cook Respectfully submitted, To maintain dwelling, 140 Pleasant Street, Lexington, which has insufficient side MARK D LURVEY, yards Granted Executive Health Officer February 17 — Donald Banks To erect a single family dwelling on Lot #2 Banks Avenue, Lexington, which will have 20' setback instead of the required 30' setback Granted February 17 — Jefferson Union To use and occupy a portion of the one-story shed located at the southwesterly corner of the building, 31 Fletcher Avenue, as a place of business of a builder, contractor and carpenter, such part of the building to be leased to Richard H Soule Contractor, Inc Denied March 3 —Walter E Swanbon To divide one lot, 337 Waltham Street, Lexington, into two lots which will have insufficient frontage and area Denied March 3 — Gulf Oil Corporation To erect 1-L-4-12 72" Gulf plastic rotating sign, 324 Marrett Road, corner of Waltham Street, Lexington Denied March 3—William H Graham, D M D To conduct an office for the practice of Orthodontics in a proposed dwelling on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Hunt Road,known as Lot#A Denied March 3—Alfred Busa To erect two dwellings, #7 and #11 Melrose Avenue, each with 20' setback and 9' side yards Granted TOWN OF LEXINGTON 149 150 ANNUAL REPORTS April 28—Dr Walter H Abelmann March 24 — MIT, Lincoln Laboratory To build additions to dwelling at 7 Moon Hill Road, which will leave insufficient To erect a metal frame building, 148'x 28', plus a telephone pole antenna system at 238 Wood Street Granted front and rear yards Granted March 24 — Peacock Farms Association April 28 —Zella Luria To use the property held by the trustees of said Association as a playground and To erect a dwelling on Lot #56 Peacock Farm Road, which will have insufficient private park for the residents of the Peacock Farms community, and to con- setback Denied struct on this property, Peacock Farm Road, a non-commercial and non-profit April 28 — Eleanor Russo swimming pool, 75' long, 25' wide at the deep end, and 45' wide at the To erect a garage attached to dwelling, 32 Whipple Road, Lexington, which will shallow end Granted have insufficient setback Granted March 24 —Tremarco Corporation April 28—James V and Eleanor Cosgrove To erect a free standing sign for gasoline service station at 324 Marrett Road To remove sand and gravel from an area situated at the rear of a parcel of land, and Waltham Street, Lexington Denied 307 Wood Street, Lexington Denied March 24 —Craft Cleansers ki To erect three signs on the marquee of the building located on Edison Way and May 12 —Joseph Grty, 1 To erect a 9'x 12'9" greenhouse on property, 1 Mason Street, Lexington known as No 1 707 Massachusetts Avenue Denied Granted March 24 —William T Hardy May 12 —Marvin I Berman To construct and operate a retail gasoline station, to include oil and greasing To conduct a dentist's office in a proposed dwelling, Lot F 1, Woburn Street, station, and place of business for the sale and installation of tires and other Lexington Withdrawn automotive accessories, and garage for storage and repair of motor vehicles, on the lot of land at the northwest corner of Waltham Street and Concord May 12 —William Welch Avenue, Lexington Denied To. build a swimming pool with 8' rear yard instead of the required 15', 11 Childs Road, Lexington Granted March 24 —William H Hamilton To sub-divide a parcel of land on the corner of Worthen Road and Massachusetts May 12 —Alfred P and Gladys E Tropeano Avenue into two lots, lot A to have sufficient frontage and area, lot B to To. extend and enlarge the use and building at 114 Waltham Street, Lexington have sufficient frontage but insufficient area Denied Granted May 26 — Mrs Mary Johnson April 7 — Lexington Park Trust To erect a sign with dimensions of approximately 20'x 46' built of metal at a To subdivide Lots 353 through 358 Harbell Street, by removing 20' from the location within the Lexington Office-Research Park, northeast corner of the rear of each of said lots and adding the resulting parcel of land to lot at 7 Greenwood Street, Lexington Granted intersection of Routes 2 and 128 Withdrawn April 7 — Perce Cook May 26—Willis E Munroe To maintain lot and dwelling, 140 Pleasant Street, which has frontage of approxi- To subdivide a parcel of land, 760 Marrett Road, into two lots, each of which mately 102 05' instead of the required 125' Granted will have less than the required area under the Zoning Law of the Town of Lexington Denied April 7—Joseph Busa To erect and operate a roadside stand on farm land, 52 Lowell Street for the May 26 — Anthony Bevilaqua sale of produce and flowers Granted To vary Article III, Section 2A, of the Sign By-law of the Town of Lexington to permit the erection and maintenance at the Manhattan Restaurant, 45 Wal- April 7—Georgine S Bodine tham Street, of a sign 2'x 9', hanging under the marquee in front of said To operate a kindergarten, for not more than 10 children, at 26 Fairlawn Lane, restaurant at right angles to the front wall of the building, no part of which Lexington Granted sign is to project beyond the front line of said marquee or over any public way April 28 — Mrs Charles Tuck or sidewalk Granted To build an addition to a non-conforming building, 16 Spring Street Granted June 16 — Gulf Oil Corporation April 28 — Harold Brehm To erect a free standing sign for gasoline station at 324 Marrett Road and Wal- To extend the use of, and to make additions to, a non-conforming building, 14 tham Street, Lexington Denied Parker Street Granted April 28 — James Catalano June 16 —William Place To erect a greenhouse connected to present showroom, 643 Waltham Street To extend building permit for a temporary structure in rear yard, 8 Tower Road, Lexington Granted Granted TOWN OF LEXINGTON 151 152 ANNUAL REPORTS June 16 — Lexington Park Trust July 28 — Ralph Frissore To erect a sign with dimensions of approximately 5'x 10', fabricated of metal, To erect a dwelling on Lot #8 Childs Road which will have a 20' setback instead at a location on Route 2 within the Lexington Office Research Park Granted of the required 30' setback Granted June 16 — Richard H Soule, Contractor July 28 — Lloyd Trefethen To erect a place of business of a builder, contractor and carpenter on a parcel To erect additions to additions, 23 Barberry Road, which will leave insufficient of land at NW intersection of corner of Lowell and North Streets Granted side and rear yards Granted June 16—Jacqueline Dermody July 28 — Avis Foster To vary Section 8 (a) 1, 2d of the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Lexington, to To operate a nursery school for no more than ten children at 8 Oxbow Road, reduce frontage of Lot C, 15 Valley Road by 15' in order to transfer a parcel Lexington Denied of land containing 115 square feet, plus or minus, to abutting Lot B Granted August 11 —Arlmont Laundry, Inc June 24 — James B Sullivan To operate a Dry Cleaning Plant in a proposed addition to existing building, 319 To erect a two car garage at 81 North Hancock Street, that will leave insufficient Woburn Street, Lexington Denied side yard Granted August 11 — Robert DiNapoli June 24 —The MITRE Corporation To erect a sign 24"x 36" of wood, painted black and white, hung on a 4 x 4 To operate a small light tin smith shop in the basement of the Curtin Building, ten foot pole, at 36 Waltham Street Denied 430 Marrett Road, which would employ only two or three men Granted August 11 — Craft Cleansers, Inc June 24 —Gus Micci To erect two secondary signs, having a length in excess of 34ths of the width To maintain present sign location at 333-335 Woburn Street Granted of the store wall, and a principal sign on the building located on Edison Way, known as 1707 Massachusetts Avenue, by attaching the principal sign and June 24—Maguolo and Quick one secondary sign to the roof of the marquee in front of a parapet proposed To use solid heavy wood vertical Columns in a one-story wood and masonry to be added to the building and by attaching the second secondary sign to Elementary School Building, Pelham Road, Lexington Withdrawn the ceiling of the marquee Granted July 7 — Associates Realty Trust August 11 —Vine Brook Realty Trust To construct and erect on land of the petitioner abutting Route 2A and Route To approve the locus of the parcel of land situated on the southeasterly side of 128, a "V" shaped, illuminated, painted ground Bulletin, for the Lexington Waltham Street and northeasterly side of the proposed extension of Worthen Inn Denied Road and also approval of the site plan, plans and building designs herewith July 7—Charter House of Mass, Inc filed all in accordance with the provisions of the Lexington Zoning By-law To erect and maintain a sign 12' wide by 8' high with bottom of sign approxi- Denied mately 3' from the ground Sign to have green background and white letters September 15 —Community Nursery School made of "Scotchlite" similar to state signs, and to be placed facing south- To extend use and enlarge building at 2325 Massachusetts Avenue Granted bound traffic, on Lot #12 at the end of Patterson Road Denied September 15 —Alexander Tammaro July 7—John Brucchi To maintain existing home at 28 Sherburne Road with 24 8' rather than the re- To operate an exclusive school of horsemanship No lessons will be unsupervised, quired 30' setback Granted a minimum rate per lesson will be $5 00, no rented horses will be allowed off the premises and all cars belonging to pupils will be parked in the rear yard September 15 — Battle Green Inn, Inc Denied. To erect a canvas awning 30' long and extending approximately 8' over sidewalk, July 28—Alden Weimar 1720-1722 Massachusetts Avenue, and containing the words "Motel" on To erect a garage at 9 Henderson Road which would not have the required dis- either side and "Battle Green Inn" on the front Denied tance to sideline under existing Zoning By-law Granted September 15 — G Ruth and Paul J McCormack July 28 — Frank D Woods To erect a one-story building with basement for professional offices according to To construct a two car garage at 35 Hillcrest Avenue, which will have insufficient specifications and plans submitted, at 789 Massachusetts Avenue Granted side yard Granted July 28 —Cataldo Farms October 13 —A P Sword To erect a greenhouse approximately 25'x 100' on property at 59 Bow Street, To erect a sign on front face of building at 395-401 Lowell Street which would be Lexington Granted entire length of building and would extend 10" above marquee Granted July 28 —Gerald and Ellen Stechler October 13 — Rose Massucco Netzer To erect an attached carport which will leave insufficient side yard at 68 Bertwell To put a trailer on Lots #29 and 30 Valley Road, to be used as a dwelling Road, Lexington Denied Denied TOWN OF LEXINGTON 153 154 ANNUAL REPORTS October 13 — Busa Realty Trust November 17—Raytheon Company To erect a single family dwelling with insufficient front yard on Lots #44 and To erect a sign 25' long and 10' high on petitioner's property, said sign to be 45 Cliffe Avenue Granted located approximately 300' distant from Spring Street and 20' distant from Route 2 Denied October 13 — Thomas McLalan To erect a four room dwelling with insufficient rear and side yards on Lot #46 November 17 —Roland M and Irene Wardrobe Cummings Avenue Withdrawn To vary Section 8(b), 1a (1), (2) and b of the Zoning By-laws, said variance per- taining to insufficient front and side yard, and parking area for existing October 13 — Brigham's, Inc building at 803 Massachusetts Avenue Granted To maintain awning with the word BRIGHAM'S across the front, approximately 10'x 4', and also to maintain canvass covering on the windows, which is re- December 22—Alfred S Busa To erect two single family dwellings on Lots 90-94, inclusive, Albemarle Avenue, movable, and is printed with lettering spelling out BRIGHAM'S, ICE CREAM & CANDIES Denied dwellings to have 20' front yard rather than 30' as required Granted December 22 — John S Robey October 13 — Mrs Tofa W Khiralla To maintain structure at 16 Barberry Road which does not have sufficient front To operate a nursery school for children ages 3 and 4 years, in her home at 52 yard Granted North Hancock Street Granted December 22 —Joseph R Evans October 27 — Domenic and Assunta Sala To maintain structure at 8 Green Lane with insufficient front and side yards To maintain structure at 23 Dane Road with insufficient side yard Granted Granted December 22 —Robert K Jeremiah October 27—Justin Shea To maintain structure at 109 Simonds Road with side yard of 8' instead of the To remove soil from his property at 517 Massachusetts Avenue Granted required 12' Granted Respectfully submitted, October 27 — Mrs Mary Walsh DONALD E NICKERSON, Chairman To alter and erect an addition to The Fairlawn Nursing Home at 265 Lowell AIDEN L RIPLEY Street, Lexington Granted THOMAS G LYNAH WALTER C BALLARD October 27 — George R Forbes LESTER T REDMAN To erect a dwelling with insufficient front yard at 15 Crescent Hill Avenue, Lexington Granted October 27 — Chester R Banks To erect an addition to dwelling at 7 Summer Street, Lexington, which would not have sufficient rear yard Granted October 27— Saul G Cohen To erect a garage on Lot 17A, 39 Moon Hill Road, Lexington, which will not comply with frontage setback requirements Granted October 27—Joseph R Evans To maintain structure at 8 Green Lane, Lexington, with insufficient front and side yards Granted November 17 — Herbert Moller To build an addition to house at 22 Winchester Drive, Lexington, which would not have sufficient front yard Granted November 17— Karl B Anderson To use a portion of a dwelling to be built on Lot #8 Cooke Road, Lexington, as a commercial artist's studio Granted November 17—Robert W Swanson To erect an addition to existing house at 36 Charles Street, Lexington, which would not have sufficient side yard Granted TOWN OF LEXINGTON 155 156 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR REPORT OF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR December 31, 1959 December 31, 1959 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen Gentlemen I herewith submit my Report as Building Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1959 I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Plumbing for the year ending De- Number Permits Granted 490 cember 31, 1959 Cash Received from 'Permits .. .. $6,090 00 Number of Permits Granted 467 Cash received from Permits . $1,360 00 SUMMARY OF PERMITS SUMMARY OF PERMITS No of Fixtures Permits Permits Amount New Installations 2429 272 Single Family Dwellings 269 $3,887,400 00, Alterations 388 144 Additions and Alterations 127 532,919 00 Replacements 62 50 Garages 19 30,905 00 Permits Cancelled 11 1 Churches . . . . .. . 1 30,000 00 Stores 2 35,000 00 2890 467 Office Buildings 5 1,189,000 00 Metal Frame Building 1 110,000 00' Complaints 19 Passenger Elevator 1 12,850 00 Foundation 1 2,000 00 Signs 18 8,255 00 The year 1959 has been a very active one for this Department The contem- Tool Sheds 7 2,223 00 plated construction of new schools, office buildings, dwellings, etc for the year Greenhouses 2 1,700 00 1960 should also prove to be a very active and interesting year Swimming Pools 11 39,000 00 Demolitions 16 5,800 00 I wish to thank all the Town Departments and particularly the Building In- Renewals 4 spector and Wire Inspector for their cooperation during the past year Fire Repair 1 2,600 00 , Radio Antenna 1 100 00 Respectfully submitted, Re-roofing3 950 00 Cancellation 1 JOHN B BYRNE, JR 490 $5,890,702 00 Plumbing Inspector There were 50 more permits issued in the year 1959 than in the preceding year Of this number 269 were for single fancily dwellings, 10% greater than the year I 1958 The permit for the $1,000,000 Executive Office Building was the most notable of the permits issued for this year The Building Department wishes to thank all the Department and officials for their assistance during the past year Respectfully submitted, DONALD K I RW I N, Building Inspector TOWN OF LEXINGTON 157 158 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK Citizen Minor Trapping Issued 5 @ 2 25 11 25 Citizen Trapping Issued 12 1 Void December 31, 1959 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen 11 @ 7 75 85 25 Lexington, Massachusetts Alien Fishing Issued 1 @ 7 75 7 75 Duplicate Licenses Issued 6 @ 50 3 00 Gentlemen Citizen Sporting Issued 36 Following is the report of the Town Clerk for the year 1959, including all 1 Void licenses and fees collected, fees collected being turned over to the town 35 @ Free Non-Resident DOG LICENSES Special Fishing Issued 3 Male Dog Licenses Issued 990 1 Void 2Void 2 @ 275 550 988 @ $2 00 $1,976 00 Citizen Minor Fishing Issued 2 @ 2 25 4 50 Female Dog Licenses Issued 172 Citizen Fishing Issued 2 @ 7 75 15 50 1 Void Total $3,886 00 171 @ 5 00 855 00 Total Number of Sporting Li- Spayed Female Dog Licenses Issued 888 censes 1229 4 Void 884 @ 2 00 1,768 00 OTHER LICENSES, FINANCING STATEMENT AND TERMINATIONS Kennel Licenses Issued 1 @ 10 00 10 00 Kennel Licenses Issued 2 @ 50 00 100 00 Marriages Licenses Issued 165 @ $2 00 $330 00 Transfer Licenses Issued 4 @ 25 1 00 Financing Statements Recorded 1,504 32 Terminations Recorded 84 00 Total $4,710 00 Certified Certificates 645 04 Total Number of Dog Licenses 2050 Miscellaneous 72 00 Pole Locations 393 00 Gasoline Permits 24 @ 50 12 00) SPORTING LICENSES Resident Citizen Fishing Issued 557 SUMMARY 7 Void Dog Licenses Issued .. $4,710 00' 550 @ 3 25 1,787 50 Sporting Licenses Issued 3,938 00 'Citizen Hunting Issued 312 Marriage Licenses Issued . .. .. 330 00 2 Void Miscellaneous 72 00 Financing Statements'Recorded1,504 32 - 310 @ 3 25 1,007 50 Terminations Recorded 84 00 Citizen Sporting Issued 137 Certified Certificates ... . ..... 645 04 2 Void Pole Locations 393 00 Gasoline Permits . . 12 00 135 @ 5 25 708 75 Total $1 1,688 36 Citizen Minor Fishing Issued 81 @ 1 25 101 25 Citizen Female Fishing Issued 90 Respectfully submitted, 1 Void JAMES J CARROLL, 89 @ 2 25 200 25 Town Clerk TOWN OF LEXINGTON 159 160 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE WIRE INSPECTOR REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS December 31, 1959 December 31, 1959 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen Gentlemen I hereby submit my report as Wire Inspector for the year 1959 for electrical We hereby submit our report as Assessors for the year ending December 31,, work installed in the Town of Lexington 1959 Permits Granted 638 1959 RECAPITULATION New Houses Wired 280 Town Oil Burners Installed 325 Total Appropriations as certified by Electric Ranges Installed 31 Town Clerk to be raised by taxa- , Additions 110 tion, Chapter 41, Section 15A $5,066,344 76 Hot Water Heaters Installed23 Total Appropriations voted to be Alterations 23 taken from Available Funds Electric Dryers Installed60 (a) In 1959 $620,495 54 Temporary Services 50 (b) In 1958 since 1958 tax Dish Washers 20 rate was fixed 51,800 00 672,295 54 Electric Garbage Disposals 13 $5,738,640 30• Post Lights 23 Gas Heaters 28 Gasoline Pumps .... 13 TAX AND ASSESSMENTS Air Conditioning Units 16 State 1959 1958 Flood Lights .. . . . 25 Estimates Underestimates Commercial Installations 20 State Parks and Reservations $12,993 52 Telephone Booths .. 8 State Audit of Municipal Accts 5,693 19 Emergency Generator Sets . . . . 5 State Examination of Retirement Swimming Pool Filters and Lights 8 System 96 77 Electric Kilns2 Metropolitan Sewer North System 79,129 82 Elevators Installed 2 Metropolitan Water 79,662 64 Sewer Pumping Stations ... 3 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1Department of Public Health called for 177,575 94 $177,575 94 the inspection of the Grey Nuns Nursing Home The year 1959 has shown an increase in new homes with a slight decrease in TAX AND ASSESSMENTS additional installations With the building of the William Diamond Junior High County School, the Countryside Bible School, the Battle Green Inn, Grace Chapel and addi- County Tax $96,147 71 190 40 tions to the'First Baptist Church, it has been a busy year Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment 23,314 67 I wish to thank the Building Inspector and Department, the Superintendent of Public Works, and the members of the Fire Department for their assistance $119,462 38 $190 40 $119,652 78 OVERLAY of Current Year 77,477 93 Respectfully submitted, Gross Amount to be Raised $6,113,878 57 ROBERT 1K JERE'MIAH, Wire Inspector ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS Income Tax $275,167 67 Corporation Taxes . • 85,684 39 Reimbursement on account of publicly owned land 1,750.75 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 16! 162 ANNUAL REPORTS Old Age Tax(Meals) Chap 64B, S 10 3,793 91 Gain thru fractions on Real Estate 07 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise . . 344,708 35 Gain thru fractions on Personal 07 Licenses ... 11,000 00 Fines 1,000 00 Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property $4,215,978 47 Special Assessments 50,000 00 General Government 7,000 00 ITEMS NOT ENTERING INTO THE DETERMINA- Protection of Persons and Property 2,000 00 TION OF THE TAX RATE Health and Sanitation 15,000 00 Highways 0 00 BETTERMENTS AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES Charities (Other than Federal Grants) 11,000 00 Committed Old Age Assistance (Other than Federal Grants) 75,000 00 Amount Interest Total Veterans' Services 2,000 00 Apportioned Sewer Schools(Funds from Income Tax not to be included) 35,000 00 Assessments $27,936 17 $9,148 56 $37,084 73 Libraries 0 00 Apportioned Water Recreation 0 00 Assessments 1,919 41 357 36 2,276 77 Public Service Enterprises (such as Water Depart) 180,000 00 Apportioned Street Cemeteries (other than trust funds and sale of lots) 5,000 00 Assessments 20,000 18 6,904 61 26,904 79 Interest on Taxes and Assessments25,000 00 Apportioned Sidewalk State Assistance for School Construction-Chapter • Assessments 1,476 73 747 12 2,223 85 645, Acts of 1948 85,000 00 Water Liens added to Farm Animal Excise 50 00 Taxes 5,876 45 In Lieu of Taxes-Cambridge and Arlington 5,000 00 Water house connection 43 96 43 96 $74,410 48 Total Estimated Receipts $1,220,155 07 TOTAL AMOUNT OF 1959 TAXES ON POLLS AND PROPERTY AND OF ASSESSMENTS AND LIENS ADDED TO TAXES AS COMMITTED TO 1958 Overestimates, State Rec except M D C 139 69 TAX COLLECTOR $4,290,388 95 1958 Overestimates, Metropolitan Sewerage 5,309 80 AMOUNTS VOTED TO 'BE TAKEN FROM AVAIL- TABLE OF AGGREGATES ABLE FUNDS (the funds voted to be taken from available funds are in accordance with NUMBER OF PERSONS ASSESSEDIndividuals All Others* Total ,D Chapter 798 of the Acts of 1951) On Personal Estate only 42 37 79 On Real Amount Date of Vote Source of Funds 'Estate only 12,108 145 12,253 On both Personal and R $51,800 00 9-15-1958 Sewer Assessment FundPERSONS Estate 145 26 171 and Interest on Debt TOTALNUMBER OF E ASSESSED 12,503 620,495 54 3-16-1959 $377,481 47 from Excess and Deficiency Account, * Partnerships,Associations or Trusts,Corporations balance from other accounts NUMBER OF POLLS ASSESSED 7,052 672,295 54 672,295 54 VALUE OF ASSESSED PERSONAL ESTATE Total Available Funds $677,745 03 Stock in Trade $1 ,749 00 Machinery 3,29988,749 00 Live Stock 9,185 00 Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $1,897,900 10 All other Tangible Personal Property 1,697,969 00 TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED PERSONAL ESTATE $5,123,608 00 Net Amount To Be Raised By Taxation On Polls And VALU''E OF ASSESSED REAL ESTATE Property $4,215,978 47 Land exclusive of Buildings $12,297,035 00 Buildings exclusive of Land 49,275,775 00 Number of Polls 7052 @ $2 00 $14,104 00 Real Estate Valuation $61,572,810 Tax Rate 3,879 087 03 TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED REAL ESTATE 61,572,810 00 Personal Prop Valuation 5,123,608 $63 00 322,787 30 TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED ESTATE $66,696,418 00 TOTAL $66,696,418 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 163 164 ANNUAL REPORTS NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK ASSESSED REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH Horses42 Cows 110 December 31, 1959 Swine 314 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Sheep 22 Lexington, Massachusetts Fowl 5550 All Other 12 'Gentlemen NUMBER OF ACRES OF'LAND ASSESSED 8525 NUMBER OF DWELLING HOUSES ASSESSED 6595 The Board of Health respectfully submits the following report for the year Taxes on Omitted'Real Estate and on Addition- ending December 31, 1959 al Revision of Valuation $1,174 95 ORGANIZATION Omitted Poll Taxes 17 PROPERTY 'EXEMPT FROM TAXATION The present Board of Health is composed of Mr Rufus L McQuillan, Chairman, Value of Real Estate $35,108,744 00 Dr William L Cosgrove, and Mr Charles H Cole, 2nd Value of Tangible Personal Estate 1,340,533 00 The annual appointments made by the Board for one-year terms expiring March TOTAL VALUE OF EXEMPT PROPERTY . $36,449,277 0® 31, 1960 are as follows Mark D Lurvey Executive Health Officer Hazel J Murray Agent RECAPITULATION OF COMMITMENTS FISCAL YEAR OF 1959 Dorothy M Jones Clerk ON MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE *Dr Carl R Benton Animal Inspector Francis J DeGuglielmo (Metropolitan State Hospital) Special Agent Date of Number of Commissioner's Paul F O'Leary (Metropolitan State Hospital) Special Agent Commitment Commitment Vehicles Value Excise Frances L M Porter, R D H Dental Hygienist 11th 1- 6-59 584 $413,977 $7,587 00 Agnes F Manning Chairman Posture Clinic 12th 1-15-59 238 225,650 2,587 08 13th 1-26-59 58 82,600 628 66 * Approved by the State Department of Public Health 14th 2 13-59 62 44,750 267 61 15th 3-19-59 D&'R Plates 72 Sets 1,000 59 MEETINGS 16th 4-17-59 2 5,250 81 34 17th 6 5-59 1 2,250 112 97 The Board meets on the third Friday of each month at 3 P M in the Selectmen's 1st6-12-59 1657 896,240 57,146 37 Room During the year 1959 eleven regular meetings and three special meetings 2nd 9- 3-59 1440 836,860 53,582 71 were held 3rd 9-16-59 1 199 776,530 47,329 67 LICENSES 4th 10-19-59 1 183 719,610 45,988 70 5th 11- 6-59 1279 788,040 50,194 89 The Board granted licenses and permits as follows 6th 11-18-59 1221 755,290 48,392 79 7th 12- 1-59 1321 1,156,180 56,221 99 Animal Permits (including poultry) 48 Child Care Centers 15 In conclusion we wish to acknowledge with thanks the assistance and coopera- Funeral Directors 6 tion given to the Assessors Department by officials of the Town and members of Garbage Disposal 8 the various departments We thank the home owners and builders also whom we Methyl Alcohol 20 visited during the year for their many courtesies Milk Licenses Store 27 Milk Licenses Vehicles 24 EDWARD B CASS, Chairman Nursing Homes 2 WILLIAM I BURNHAM Oleomargarine Registration19 JAMES J CONNELL Poultry Slaughter House License 1 Board of Assessors Rubbish Disposal 13 Sewage Disposal 6 A permit is required for keeping horses, cows, goats, swine and poultry All residents are urged to comply with the regulation in this regard TOWN OF LEXINGTON 165 166 ANNUAL REPORTS DENTAL AND POSTURE CLINIC DENTAL CLINIC It was called to the attention of the Board that according to the General Laws Pamphlets and posters were distributed to all Elementary schools in observance of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts all clinics pertaining to Health are the of National Children's Dental Health Week in February Films on Dental Health responsibility of the Health Department and to comply with that law the School have been circulated through the schools at various times during the past year in Dental Clinic and Posture Clinic has been placed under the jurisdiction of the cooperation with the Audio-Visual department of the public schools Health Department All recommendations of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Dental RABIES CLINIC Div)for the protection of patients and personnel have been complied with in regard The annual Rabies Clinic was held in May, and of the 2242 dogs licensed in to X-ray equipment and films used in the Clinic Lexington in 1959 only 774 were brought to the clinic for inoculation The clinic The return on dental certificates continues to improve, particularly in the ele- 1 is free to all residents in Lexington, and the Board recommends that dog owners mentary schools In the school year ending last June, 53% of all elementary school take advantage of the opportunity to aid in the prevention of rabies pupils submitted a certificate Four classrooms, representing 3 schools, had 100% returns Only two schools had total certificate returns below 50% The Junior High and Senior High have definitely shown a desire to help this year by submitting COMMUNICABLE DISEASES certificates If the amount received so far this year is any indication, we should see Chicken Pox 236 a marked improvement from the last figures of 13% and 8% respectively Dog Bites 125 In regard to defect notices, those pupils who were undergoing dental treatment Dysentery, Bacillary 1 at the time of the inspections, were not given defect notices German Measles 16 After January 1, 1960, Dental Clinic fees will be increased from 25c per visit Measles . .. 25 to 50c per visit in accordance with instructions from the Board of Health Mumps 59 Poliomyelitis 0 OPERATIVE REPORT OF THE DENTAL CLINIC Salmonellosis 8 FOR THE YEAR 1959 Scarlet Fever 39 School Patients Fillings-1170 Extractions-69 Cleanings Treatment Influenzal Meningitis 1 Dec Perm Dec Perm As noted there were no cases of Poliomyelitis during 1959 This does not Elementary 122 233 458 46 10 7 42 mean that the virus has been conquered In order to keep this dread disease under Junior High 45 259 8 3 10 21 control a fourth or booster shot of Salk Vaccine is recommended by your Health Senior High 28 220 2 1 22 Department LEXINGTON VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION TOTALS 195 233 937 54 15 18 85 The Lexington Visiting Nurse Association on behalf of the Health Department APDM only) 136 made 457 calls on Communicable Disease patients and 300 calls on Tuberculosis XPPOIOINTME NTS 809 X-RAYS 103 patients being treated at home DISMISSALS (completed) 159 EMERGENCY TREATMENTS 25 MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICE FEES COLLECTED $141 25 The Medical Emergency Service set up last year has proved very satisfactory Any person can obtain a physician in case of emergency 24 hours a day by calling REPORT .OF THE DENTAL HYGIENIST Police or Fire Department or by calling VO 2-8282 School Dental Screening Examinations by the hygienist in conjunction with sight and hearing tests conducted by the school nurses NEW REGULATIONS School Number Examined Defect Notices In October 1959 a revision of the regulation pertaining to the isolation and Elementary 3452 475 Junior High 1185 175 quarantine of Scarlet Fever and Streptococcal Sore Throat cases was made This Senior High 928 98 was done at the request of the School Department and upon the advice of the School Physicians 5565 696 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 167 168 ANNUAL REPORTS Since the Junior and Senior High Schools were not included in last year's The Lexington Council of P T A sponsors the Posture Clinics and provides schedule for sight, hearing and dental examinations, the following were done after' all the volunteers to staff the Committee, who notifythe parents of Clinic dates the new year and times (appointments are staggered for smoother operation,) provide transporta- School Number Examined Defect Notices tion and supervision, make up budgets and policies, and act as representatives in Elementary .. . . 15 7 each P T A unit Junior High 399 70 COMMITTEE Senior High 255 22 Adams Mrs Frank Massimilla and Mrs John P Fontas Fiske Mrs Alex M Hammer, Jr 669 99 Franklin Mrs Edward J O'Brien TOTALS 6234 795 Hancock Mrs William R McEwen SCHOOL VISITS • 191 Harrington Mrs Warren R Guild Hastings Mrs Herbert Sherman CLASSROOM TALKS 32 Munroe Mrs Albert L Merrifield CONFERENCES . . . . ... 40 Parker Mrs R W Nielsen ORAL PROPHYLAXIS 18 Junior High Mrs Fred B Colby Co-Chairman Mrs James F Flynn REPORT OF THE POSTURE CLINIC FOR THE YEAR 1959 RECEIPTS Child Care Center Licenses $15 00 From January 1, 1959 through December 31, 1959, 951 cases of C and D Engineering Fees 135 20 posture were treated in the Lexington Posture Clinic Garbage Disposal Permits 16 00 At the beginning of each school year Silhouettographs are taken of all young- Methyl Alcohol Licenses 20 00 sters in grades 3 through 7 These pictures, which become a part of their permanent Milk Licenses Store 15 00 Health Record, are then graded A, B, C, or D— plus or minus Those in need of Milk Licenses Vehicles 12 50 corrective help, usually the C's and D's, are invited to attend Posture Classes Oleomargarine Registration 9 00 Polio Clinic 292 50 Corrective classes under the direction of Mrs Angela Donnelly, physiotherapist, Rubbish Disposal Permits .. 20 00 were conducted each week during the school year in all of the elementary schools Sewage Disposal Permits 12 00 In some schools it was necessary to hold two weekly classes to accommodate the Septic Tank and Cesspool Permits 715 00 large enrollment We try to keep the classes as small as possible, ideally about State Tuberculosis Subsidy 612 13 fifteen, so that more individual attention can be given In the Junior High three classes were held each week with one for boys, one for girls and one to provide for EXPENSES those who could not attend on their scheduled day Advertising $35 30 Three medical clinics were held for special orthopedic examination and recom- Burial of Animals 89 00 mendation These clinics, held at the Senior High School on January 17, March Engineering Fees 2,116 43 14, and May 23, were conducted by Dr Robert J Joplin and Dr Gardner F Fay, Laboratory 312 78 orthopedic surgeons of Boston and Concord respectively, under the direction of Lexington Visiting Nurse Association 2,375 00 the Posture Committee Recommendations were made at these clinics to the parents Medical Attendance (Including Emergency Service) 368 42 of 137 children for treatment beyond the work of the usual Posture Class Office Supplies 233 28 Premature Baby Assistance 444 00 RECOMMENDATIONS Public Health Education 175 00 Sundry (meetings, dues, etc ) 246 51 134 for Thomas Heels or Orthopedic Shoes Transportation 800 00 2 Scoliosis X-rays Tuberculosis Hospitalization 1,000 50 1 Muscle Test and Gait Training at Children's Hospital The receipts are not available for use by the Board of Health but revert to the Most of the children attending the Posture Clinics have been accompanied by Excess and Deficiency Account their parents With the opportunity for direct consultation with the doctor, parents Respectfully submitted, have been prompt in their cooperation with his recommendations and have shown RUFUS L McQUILLAN, an active interest in the aims and work of the Posture Classes Chairman TOWN OF LEXINGTON 169 170 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL 12 Edythe B Yeomans vs Town of Lexington, District Court of Central Mid- dlesex No 17214 Suit for personal injuries arising from alleged sidewalk defect December 31 1959 13 Vincent G DiSilva et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No To the Honorable Board of Selectmen X-128464 Petition for abatement of 1958 real estate tax Lexington, Massachusetts 14 Civita M DiSilva vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No Gentlemen X-128486 Petition for abatement of 1958 real estate tax Pursuant to Section 6 of Article XI of the General By-Laws of the Town of 15 Massachusetts Broken Stone Company vs Tommaso Gloioso et al d/b/a Lexington, I hereby submit my report in writing as Town Counsel for the period G & F Construction Co and Town of Lexington et al, Suffolk Superior Court No from January 1, 1959 to December 31, 1959 The report is divided into the Equity 74820 Suit by subcontractor against the contractor, the Town and the several sections required by the By-Laws contractor's surety company to obtain payment of amount alleged to be due from the contractor (a) All actions by or against the Town which were pending on January 1, 1959 16 City Bank&Trust Company vs Town of Lexington, Suffolk Superior Court 1 Town of Lexington vs A Resident of the Town, Middlesex Superior Court Action in contract brought upon a check issued by the Town upon which payment No 151658 Action of contract for reimbursement for assistance given under was stopped, and alleged to have been negotiated to the plaintiff General Laws, Chapter 117 17 Freeman M Gray et al vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court 2 Atlantic Refining Co vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No No 219122 Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent 31646, 32214, 32215, 32893 and 33891 Petitions for abatement of 1954, 1955, domain of a portion of the land for the new Junior High School site 1956 and 1957 real estate taxes 18 G L Rugo & Sons, Inc vs Town of Lexington, Suffolk Superior Court 3 William G Hooper et al vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 522738 Proceedings upon the report by the Board of Arbitrators to whom No 203800 Petition for assessment of damages for taking by eminent domain was submitted a claim for extra compensation by the contractor under the contract of drain easement for the construction of the Harrington School 4 Leonard R Hadley vs Gerald Jones, a fireman, Second District Court of 19 Charles N Collatos vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No 34567 Eastern Middlesex No 4139 Suit for alleged property damage arising out of a Petition for abatement of 1958 real estate tax motor vehicle accident 20 Robert S Ives et al vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 5 Robert T Shea vs Carl A Carlson, a police officer, Middlesex Superior 219169 Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent Court No 209822 Suit for alleged property damage arising out of a motor domain of a portion of the land for the new Junior High School site vehicle accident 21 John H Millican vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 6 Town of Lexington vs Virginia L Coleman, Middlesex Superior Court No 219170 Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent Equity 20625 Bill in equity to enjoin alleged violation of Zoning By-Law domain of a portion of the land for the new Junior High School site 7 Henry J Cassidy vs Town of Lexington and Joseph S Galvagno, an em- 22 Dean E Nicholson et als vs Board of Appeals, Middlesex Superior Court ployee of public works department, Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex Suit No Equity 21283 Appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals under the for alleged property damage arising out of a motor vehicle accident Zoning By-Law 8 Hancock Congregational Church vs Historic Districts Commission, Middlesex 23 Lexington Federal Savings and Loan Association vs Board of Assessors, Superior Court No Equity 20605 Appeal from a determination of the Historic Appellate Tax Board No 34084 Petition for abatement of 1958 real estate tax Districts Commission 24 Milton L Gould et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No 9 Robert E Sharkey et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-128538 Appeal from decision of assessors denying application for exemption X-123126 and No X-128740 Petitions for abatement of 1957 and 1958 real as disabled veteran estate taxes 25 Paul Usik et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-128680 10 David J Finucaine, Jr vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court Petition for abatement of 1958 real estate tax No 215418 Suit for personal injuries and property damage arising from alleged street defect (b) All actions brought by or against the Town during 1959 11 Hancock Congregational Church vs Historic Districts Commission, Middle- 1 Ruth Powers vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 220385 sex Superior Court No Equity 20904 Appeal from a determination of the Historic Suit for personal injuries and property damage alleged to have been caused by Districts Commission defect in street TOWN OF LEXINGTON 171 172 ANNUAL REPORTS 2 Carmelo Gnngen et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No 17 Manuel J Ferry et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No 34702 Petition for abatement of 1958 real estate tax X-133777 Petition for abatement of 1959 real estate tax 3 John J Campobasso et al vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court (c) All actions settled or disposed of during 1959 No 219792 Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of temporary slope easements in land on Summer Street 1 William G Hooper et al vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 203800 Petition for assessment of damages for taking by eminent domain 4 Arthur N Landry, Jr, et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board of drain easement Tried and petitioners awarded damages of $400 No X-129454 Petition for abatement of 1958 real estate tax 2 Town of Lexington vs Virginia L Coleman, Middlesex Superior Court No 5 Gerald W Coughlin et al vs 'Board Assessors Appellate Tax Board 20625 Equity Bill in equity to enjoin alleged violation of zoning by-law Pro- No X-129481 and X-133843 Petitions for abatement of 1958 and 1959 real ceeding dismissed by agreement following cessation of alleged violation estate taxes 3 Robert T Shea vs Carl A Carlson, a police officer, Middlesex Superior 6 DeStefano Bros, Inc vs J J Carroll d/b/a Carroll Construction Co and Court No 209822 Suit for alleged property damage arising out of a motor vehicle Town of Lexington, et al, Suffolk Superior Court No 75216 Equity Suit by a accident Judgment entered for the defendant subcontractor against the contractor, the Town and the contractor's surety company to obtain payment of amount alleged to be due from contractor 4 Henry J Cassidy vs Town of Lexington and Joseph S Galvagno, an em- ployee of the Public Works Department, Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex 7 John M Denison et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No No 162-58 Suit for alleged property damage arising out of a motor vehicle ac- X-129869 Petition for abatement of 1958 real estate tax cadent Judgment entered for defendants 8 Lexington Federal Savings and Loan Association vs Board of Assessors, Ap- 5 Hancock Congregational Church vs Historic Districts Commission, Middlesex pellate Tax Board No 34851 Petition for abatement of 1959 real estate tax Superior Court No Equity 20605 and Equity 20904 Appeals from determinations of the Historic Districts Commission Tried and decrees entered annulling the de- 9 Sandy Brook Corporation vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No terminations of the Commission X-130152 and X-130153 Petitions for abatement of 1958 real estate taxes on two parcels of land. 6 Robert E Sharkey et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board Nos X-123126 and X-128740 Petitions for abatement of 1957 and 1958 real estate 10 Herbert H Smith et al, Executors of will of George E Smith vs Town of taxes Appeals withdrawn following adjustment by Assessors Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 220926 Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of easement for a town way 7 Freeman M Gray et al vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court (Depot Place) No 219122 Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of a portion of the land for the new Junior High School site Settled 11 Herbert P Monahan et als vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior for $4500 Court No 221478 Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of a temporary slope easement in land on Summer Street 8 G L Rugo & Sons, Inc vs Town of Lexington, Suffolk Superior Court No 522738 Proceedings upon the report by the Board of Arbitrators to whom was 12 Joseph J Napoli et al vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court submitted a claim for extra compensation by the contractor under the contract for No 223839 Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by the construction of the Harrington School Judgment was entered for the Town eminent domain of a sewer easement and on appeal by the contractor to the Supreme Judicial Court The judgment 13 Lexington Planning Board vs Lexington Board of Appeals, Middlesex Su- was affirmed perior Court No 21878 Equity Appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals 9 Dean E Nicholson et als vs Board of Appeals in Middlesex Superior Court granting a variance from the zoning by-law No Equity 21283 Appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals under the 14 John F MacNeil et al, trustees of Liberty Realty Trust vs Board of Asses- zoning by-law Appeal withdrawn sors, Appellate Tax Board No X-35280 Petition for abatement of 1959 real 10 DeStefano Bros, Inc vs J J Carroll d/b/a Carroll Construction Co and estate tax Town of Lexington et al, Suffolk Superior Court No 75216 Equity Suit by a subcontractor against the contractor, the Town and the contractor's surety company 15 Lindsey McCullough vs Town of Lexington and Carl H Anderson, an to obtain payment of amount alleged to be due from contractor Subcontractor employee of Public Works Department, Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex paid by principal contractor and proceeding dismissed Suit for alleged property damage arising out of a motor vehicle accident 11 Milton L Gould et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No 16 Atlantic Refining Co vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-128538 Appeal from decision of assessors denying application for exemption 34548. Petition for abatement of 1958 real estate tax as disabled veteran Tried and exemption granted by Appellate Tax Board TOWN OF LEXINGTON 173 174 ANNUAL REPORTS 12 Herbert H. Smith et al, Executors of will of George E Smith, vs Town of Modern Blue Print Co, Inc, photostatic Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 220926 Petition for assessment of dam- copies of plan . 4 95 ages arising from the taking by eminent domain of easement for a town way (Depot 27 45 Place) Settled for $750 City Bank and Trust Company vs Town of Lex- (d) The amounts received by the Town Counsel as compensation and dis- ington bursements for services not covered by the regular salary of the Town Counsel John M Mullen, legal research 50 00 Tommaso Gioioso, Bankruptcy during 1959 Filing fee, petition for reclamation 10 00 SERVICES Liberty Realty Trust vs Board of Assessors Robert T Shea vs Carl A Carlson .... $100 00 Fee for transfer of case from informal to formal Robert E Sharkey et al vs Board of Assessors 35 00 procedure 5 00 Paul Usik et al vs Board of Assessors ... 30 00 Atlantic Refining Company vs Board of Estate of George S Smith vs Lexington 350 00 Assessors Hancock Congregational Church vs Historic Dis- Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, for services tracts Commission ... ... 1,500 00 in investigating law in reference to William G Hooper vs Lexington 350 00 these proceedings $400 00 Henry.] Cassidy vs Town of Lexington and Joseph Photostatic copies of brief of Atlantic S Galvagno 400 00 Refining Co. in companion case .... 16 00 Thomas N Stokes vs Bay State Products, Inc. and 416 00 Town of Lexington, Trustee .. 200 00 General Office Expense ... ... 1,000 00 Special Matters . . ... 300 00 G L Rugo & Sons, Inc vs Town of Lexington 750 00 TOTAL ... . $1,686 56 Subdivision Control Law Conveyancing .,, 250 00 I wish to express mya Milton L Gould vs Board of Assessors 60 00 P ppreciation for the cooperation and assistance extended to me by officials, employees and citizens of the Town with whom I have been Freeman M Gray vs Lexington .. 150.00 privileged to work during the year Lexington vs Virginia Coleman 300 00 Dean E Nicholson et als vs Board of Appeals 225 00 Respectfully submitted, HAROLD E STEVENS, TOTAL .. $5,000 00 Town Counsel DISBURSEMENTS William G Hooper et al vs Town of Lexington REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT Miscellaneous expenses in connection with trial $3 10 Carmelo Gringeri et al vs Board of Assessors Fee for transfer of case from informal to formal December 31, 1959 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen procedure .. .. 5 00 Lexington, Massachusetts G L Rugo &Sons, Inc vs Town of Lexington Cost of printing brief for filing in Supreme Judi- Gentlemen cial Court ... .. 90 00 Hancock Congregational Church vs Historic Dis- I submit herewith the following report of the Lexington Police Department for tracts Commission the year ending December 31st, 1959 Henry W Hardy, legal research 75 00 I wish to thank all those who have been of assistance to us in the performance Lexington Federal Savings and Loan Association vs ,.of our duties during the past year Board of Assessors Fee for transfer of case from informal to formal Respectfully submitted, procedure .... . 5 00 Lexington Planning Board vs Lexington Board of JOHN W RYCROFT, Appeals Chief of Police Middlesex Superior Court, entry fee $5 00 Middlesex Deputy Sheriffs, service of process . .... .... . 17 50 LEXINGTON POLICE REPORT FROM JANUARY 1st THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1959 ,—Arrests ,—Statistics----, —— —lispositionc , ` E w,. v v u c '" d O 0 i °� v ,, E °' °' Offenses m "2 2 s E > o 2 m Eo E a, d o v o E 3 o .o cLL O 2 a Za Q o u 0v0 u—LL Z a 'n O Threaten'ng 1 — 1 — — 1 1 Selling Mtge Prop 1 — 1 — — 1 1 AWOL 2 — 2 — 1 1 2 —I Assault and Battery 14 — 14 2 10 4 $75 — 1 2 — 2 — — 9 0 Begetting 3 — 3 — 2 1 — — 1 1 — 1 Z Breaking & Entering 2 — 2 2 2 — 2 0 Breaking & Entering & Larceny 13 — 13 6 6 7 — 3 — — — 2 5 — 3 m Loaded Rifle in M V 1 — 1 — 1 — $25 — — 1 Drunkenness 39 8 47 1 29 18 $66 6 3 14 — 9 6 — 9 X Escapees 1 — 1 — — 1 — — 1 Z Forgery & Uttering 2 — 2 — — 2 — 1 — — — — 1 — Unnatu al Act 2 — 2 — — 2 1 1 — — p Larceny—Check 7 — 7 — 2 5 — 1 2 1 — 1 1 — 1 Z Larceny 2 — 2 1 2 — 2 Larceny Auto 2 — 2 — — 2 — 1 1 Lewdness 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 Malicious Damage to Property 7 — 7 3 4 3 7 Suspicious Persons 3 — 3 — — 3 — — 1 — — — — 2 — Non-Support 9 — 9 — 5 4 — — 2 - - 1 3 — 3 Default Warrant 5 — 5 — 4 1 $10 1 3 1 Robbery—Armed 3 — 3 2 — 3 3 Robbery—Unarmed 1 — 1 — — 1 — — 1 Runaway 1 2 3 1 — 3 — 1 2 Stubborn Child — 2 2 2 2 — 1 1 V Fugitive from JustiSe ,. „ - 1 -- 1 -- — 1 — — — 1 LEXINGTON POLICE REPORT PROM JANUARY 1st THROUGH DECEMBER 31st, 1959--Continued O (—Arrests—, (—Statistics—, '1ispositionc , 8 4 4 v -0 t C W 'G N w E cv wo 0 3 0 cgi Offenses v m v v E c E N3 -u 0 `m 6 m '" WTD N E- O- >in ya 1 y E O 2, 0' O i' E O N 7 O 2 j N - a za Qo V 00 07 Li.- Z a v a o Trespassing 2 — 2 — 1 1 $10 2 Disturbing the Peace 2 — 2 — 1 1 — — — 1 — I — — — Vagrancy 3 1 4 — 1 3 — 1 1 — — 1 1 - - Indecent Exposure 1 — 1 — — 1 1 Carrying Revolver w/o Permit 3 — 3 1 1 2 $75 — — 2 — — — — 1 Accosting 3 — 3 2 2 1 1 — 2 Z Z Operating to Endanger 19 1 20 2 5 15 $500 — — 16 3 — — — 1 Z Overloaded M V 1 — 1 — — 1 1 Operating after Rev of License 1- or right to operate 14 1 15 — 4 11 $220 1 5 5 1 1 1 — 1 Operating an Uninsured Car 25 1 26 1 2 24 $940 — 12 11 1 — — — 2 0 Operating an Unregistered Car 35 1 36 1 2 34 $95 — 22 12 1 — — — 1 v Operating without License 29 3 32 2 9 23 $173 — 2 25 1 — — — 4 -I Operating without Sticker 38 8 46 — 22 24 $215 — — 45 — — — — 1 Operating under Influence 10 1 11 — 3 8 $380 — 3 8 Hit and Run, Personal and/or Property 5 — 5 — 4 1 $75 5 Refusing to Stop 3 — 3 — 2 1 $75 3 Speeding 372 49 421 — 91 330 $2,370 — 14 405 1 — — — 1 Vio Law of'Road 11 — 11 — 2 9 $40 — 2 8 1 — — — — Vio of Probation 3 — 3 — — 3 — 3 Vio Town Ordinance 32 1 33 — 8 25 $143 33 Vio Traffic Signal 62 7 69 — 13 56 $310 — 4 64 — — — — 1 Vio Parking Meter Reg 37 13 50 — 18 32 $105 — — 43 — — — — 7 Giving False Name to'Police Off 1 — 1 — — 1 1 — — — Vio of School Bus Law 1 1 2 — — 2 $15 2 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 177 178 ANNUAL REPORTS MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS i passausid I l I I I I I IIII Animals Cared For(Sick, Injured or Dead) 95 Animals Cared For (Stray) . . 39 o paseeiab 11111 I I I 1111 v Automobiles Reported Stolen 33 ee Automobiles Recovered 51 7.e papuadsns I N I I I I I I I I I I ��+ Automobiles Tagged (Parking Violations 3,366 o Bicycles Reported Stolen 81 uogego�d I I I I I I I I I I I I N Bicycles Recovered 75 • c Buildings Found Open 86 All in9 4oN IIIII I I I I I o Committed To Insane Hospitals 8 I a Fire Alarms Responded To 62 a: G Pond —ch nn --NN N. Injured or Sick Persons Ass;sted 135 Jo pawl I I n Lost Dogs Reported 469 ei Lost Dogs Returned To Owners 122 ligis W pagan jaO I I I I I " I ° I I I a Messages ''Delivered 107 m Missing Persons Investigated 69 1 pa;4lwwo7 I I I I I I I I I I I I rn Public Utilities Notified of Defects 185 W Reports and Complaints Investigated 3,173 p sauy;o oI o o o Ln Ln I Ln I Cn o N. Speed Checks 1,098 4unowy _ te 69.E "' 'A' N Street Lights Reported Out 96 O so Sudden Deaths Investigated 14 D t4 O Transients Accommodated 4 O °C Vacant Houses Reported 967 Fr s;uapisaa I M. cc o I M N o Total Mileage Recorded on Car #31 68,041 -"ON 4. dl N. Total Mileage Recorded on Car #32 10,400 u s;uapisab I I I N"' I I I ITotal'Mileage,Recorded on Car #33 68,457 A R Total'Mileage Recorded on Car #34 23,315 g .1 salivannj I m I I I I I I I III M Z r Ie;ol --in-r>.- 0 N. `o.- r7 N v AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS o^. January 38 O .. saiewaj I I I I I — I I I I I I o February 63 ce <` March 57 saleW -r>-ch- o r` .o - -rON r" April 41 ce May 43 2 June 40 J., c v July 36 c >, °• ° o` August 40 2 '= 41 ow a L c 2 a� September 56 c o 3 October 77 2 , u iii r ° a 0 a> • November 63 Z o o o. E 6 -° `0> December v a 64 O a ; o 01E `^ . O Tg).-o LI B E > 7r252 ucn a `° aaz TOTAL 618 Z e ° 3w o - c v E c c J X I rn ` cot m ° 3 Q Personal Injury Accidents 315 W Ol 2 , p t d 3 2 O .,-, Echo,° H I 0 c 3 Fatal Accidents 5 cs a N a TO 0 o m c ,u'a, at) o c022 2 3 ~ Persons Injured 514 - o .. E a a E -_coo Persons Killed 5 Q 5'_iQ-O 01- u_1-I-F I TOWN OF LEXINGTON 179 180 ANNUAL REPORTS pa;D!nuoD —NMN N —t)NM I N 1959 PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT ANALYSIS pa;nDasoid ^NMN--N ^,OMu) I w w pa;e6i4sanul NNNNN4p '—NC'•)MN I <r 0 a - N F o 17- } w } 2 oe Li Palll�l 000_0 000000 N O Z Q Q u uie)1 SA AW I F- Y - o Z < f u_ x o painful 000^ --- o0000oI M January 2 0 6 x 17 x uie)1 SA AW 13 x PaII!>I 000000000-00 I ^ 17 x OOdSAAW 8 x Od Pa'nW co co O V N N M—N.N t M I so x 16 x SA M MInM v Nso co M February 0 0 0 Pal!>I 0 0 0-0 0 0 00 0 0 0 AW SA/WVI March 5 0 4 x 2 x x 12 x painful N.00MOu1M'7N0 cO N. I a ^W SA AW -inV'-MMM V co N.MM M x 5 x x v Z x 14 x col Palli)l 00000000000- I 0 in Pod SA AW P April 3 0 3 x 9 x pad SA nui `D o V co u7 N M^M u'I^M I M ce X 9 X X z a x x x a 0 uieilsAAv4 000 -- 000000 I MCC May 6 0 4 x 10 x x Z a x 3 x d Od SA AW `DN M r.D\ N V Ma WMW I N 0 x ? x x ceV a x 6 x $ opo oN.o o DAMN- N June 5 0 2 x 6 x W hW SA AW Mu)�MNNNC') �D�u) I O� 0 x 5 x x v Z fp 03dsnn'W N0UlMNOU)MN'7N.'-v I N a July 3 0 3 x 14 x x O0 x 9 x x F fulsuos)ad N12V Nq-VM'4 V n q- I V G E u) x x x Q s;uapi»y MOCON.N—Nu)uIO--� 5 ` August 2 0 1 x 9 x x Iul sJad MN-NNNNNu)MM I L M 5) September 7 0 3 x 2y2 x s;uednLDO 000N0 -00000 I Nt ° x 5 X X i- X 2 X sue!);sapad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - I Q U October 7 0 5 x 13 x x 13 x x sle;ed OOONO-OOO-O-- I u) X 7 X x x 60 x awi;y6F!v n.ADN co---1 --.d.,7 N.N N N I O x 31/2 x N November 1 0 1 x 10 x aw!}Aed —^UOD`'0u)'ONOOM CO MMMMNNNN- in- - v December 4 1 3 x 2 x 1 x 8 x 1 OOMi.-MO'DO'DN.M'7 I so x 8 X 1y101 M Du)V�VM�u�I� 0 D x 72 x FATAL `m E 8 E I—2 Q TOTAL 45 1 35 27 3 0 20 16 13 1 ma1i m a m a' ° °LLQ:E222Qcan6Za TOWN OF LEXINGTON 181 182 ANNUAL REPORTS SUMMER ACTIVITIES REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE 1 Playground and swimming programs (attendance figures above) a Municipal Swimming Pool (10 weeks) June 29 to September 2 December 31, 1959 Monday through Friday, 9 a m to 12 noon, 1 p m to 8 p.m Saturday, g a m toll a m, 2 p m to b p m To the HonBoard s Selectmen Graduated Instruction Classes for Boys and Girls, Adult Swimming Instruc- tion,Lexington, MaMasssasa chusetts Men's and Women's Hours, Red Cross Life Saving Course, Class Swimming Meets, Annual Aquacade Gentlemen. b Playgrounds (Center, East, North, Hastings) (9 weeks) June 29 to August 26 We submit the following report covering the activities of the Daily, except Saturdays and Sundays 9 a m to 12 noon, 1 p m to 4 p m Recreationn Committee ee for the year 1959. Baseball, Softball, Tennis Instruction, Volley Ball, Touch Football, Quiet Games (Checkers, Card Games, etc ), Storytelling, Group Games (Dodge- JointThe Committeewere met with16 times during the yearn, went on two mfield trips ball, Kickball, etc), Tournaments in Horseshoes, Croquet, Foul Shooting, meetings mheld the Board g Selectmen, the SchoolbrsandCothe Director the etc, Scavenger and Treasure Hunts, Inter-playground Contests, Field Days; Appropriation Committee and the Planning Board All members the Director Play Days, Costume Parade, Hobby and Pet Shows, Arts and Crafts of Recreation spoke at an informational meeting on recreation sponsored by the Town Meeting Members Association in October 2 Lexington Softball League (evenings, June, July, August) Upon our recommendation the following protects were carried out the painting a Ten teams Crusaders, A & P, Gold Ribbon, Hancock, Post Office, Fire & of the municipal pool and renovation of the hydraulic and filtering system were Police, Public Works, Scribners, System Development Corporation, I B M completed, an infield was cut out at Fiske School playfield and two backstops were b Statistics 53 games played, 169 individual participants, erected diagonally opposite each other, a backstop was erected at the Franklin average daily attendance— 50 School playfield, basketball backboards were erected at Kinneen's Play Area and 3 Retarded Children's Recreation Program — at Fiske School at the Franklin Salley, ayard, around the tennis courtswabehAdams a Program conducted in cooperation with the Minute Man Association for School and on Valley Road were painted, a preliminary road was constructed to Children, Inc. ed provide access to Willards Woods (where picnic facilities will be available), ice b Seven RetardekMonday through Friday, 9 a m to 12 noon skating areas were prepared c Attendance— 9 children, averaging 7 a session The concentrated summer program provided outdoor sports, arts and crafts, swimming pool instruction In 1959 this program was expanded to include the WINTER ACTIVITIES Maria Hastings is playground gis well located fourthround as the supervised pthe icooperati cooperationea,of theendance M Minute 1 Fifth and sixth grade boys' and girls' Saturday Morning Gym Classes 9 30 a m Man that thisto 1 1 30 a m Boys at the Lexington High School and girls at the Muzzey Man Association for Retarded Children, Inc, a recreation program for retarded Junior High School Gymnasium children was held in a room at Fiske School (and or the school playground) for a Boys' basketball school league), competition seven weeks, under the direction of a special teacher The winter program con- relays,programtug of war, group games,(grammarmschooldified basketballask meets, noveltyg ), contests srsted of Saturday morning gym classes for fifth and sixth graders, ice skating, a badminton program for adults (conducted with the cooperation of the Lexington b. Girls' program group games, charades, rhythm games, rope climbing, tag Tennis Association) and two evenings of basketball (one for high school boys and games, dodgeball, relays, kickball, mat exercises, dancing. one for adults) c Attendance— 14 sessions—boys averaging 70 a session During the year the Committee honored as many requests as possible from girls averaging 32 a session various organizations within the town for the use of recreational facilities An 2 Community Basketball — Monday evenings at the Muzzey Junior High School outline of attendance, activities, facilities and permits issued follows Gymnasium a General Play for young men of the town who are not on organized college teams ATTENDANCE b Statistics— 13 sessions, averaging 20 a session Average 1951-1958 1959 3 Lexington Church Basketball League — Wednesday evenings at the Muzzey PlaygroundsJunior High School Gymnasium (discontinued 1960) (Center, East, North, Hastings) 8,414 10,222a Play for high school boys not on organized inter-scholastic teams Arts and Crafts 3,294 4,217 b Four teams Sacred Heart, Hancock, Saint Brigid's and First Parish (Center, East, North, Hastings) c Statistics 8 sessions, averaging 22 a session Swimming Pool ... .. . . . 17,590 20,111 9 9 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 183 184 ANNUAL REPORTS 4 Badminton—Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Muzzey Junior High School tinued an all-out effort to maintain and improve recreation areas, the Superintendent Gymnasium of Public Works has given special attention to our problems, the Selectmen and a An adult recreation activity open to the men and women of the Town other town officials have been interested and helpful, the School Committee has b Volunteer instructors provided by the Lexington Tennis Association continued to cooperate by providing facilities and encouragement As members of c Statistics—from Januarythrough March, Thursdayevenings— 1 1 sessions, the Recreation Committee, ea feel especially fortunate in having Mr Adolph 9 9 Samborski as Director of Recreation, his experienced counsel, ability and enthusiasm averaging 22 a session in directing the program are much appreciated November and December, Tuesday and Thursday evenings — 9 sessions, averaging 11 a session Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM F CATERINO FACILITIES COLBY E KELLY 1 Summer PAUL HANSON a Playgrounds—Center (including enclosed field and equipment house) RICHARD SPARROW East (using Adams School storage and lavatory facilities) JEAN D WANLES$ Chairman North (using Parker School storage and lavatory facilities) Hastings (using school storage and lavatory facilities) b Retarded Children's Program — Fiske School (using one classroom, lavatory facilities and playground equipment) c Kinneen's Play Area BIRTHS BY MONTHS - 1959 d Municipal Swimming Pool (STILL BIRTHS EXCLUDED) 2 Winter In Lexington Out of Lexington Totals a Skating Areas — Two at Center, Kinneen's, East, Reservoir Months January ... Total Males Females Males Females Males Females 37 0 0 b Lexington High School, Muzzey Junior High School, Fiske School Gymna- February 35 0 0 30 17 20 17 slums (with the permission of the Lexington School Committee) March 29 20 15 20 15 0 0 18 11 18 11 April 45 0 0 22 23 22 23 PERMITS ISSUED Many 52 46 0 0 36 16 36 16 Permits were issued to the followingSenior high school, junior high school and July 0 263 20 263 20 g 9 42 0 0 23 19 23 19 elementary schools for boys' and girls' sports activities, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, August 28 0 0 15 13 15 13 Girl Scouts, Brownies, Saint Brigid's and Sacred Heart C Y 0, Church of Our Re- September 21 0 0 10 1 1 10 1 1 deemer; Grace Chapel; Lexington Junior Chamber of Commerce, Prom-Manaders, October 28 0 0 14 14 14 14 49th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (ADC) Bedford, Model Airplane Club, Battle November ... 29 0 0 15 14 15 14 Green Chapter of the Order of DeMolay, Parent-Teacher Associations, Lexington December 7 0 0 5 2 5 2 Softball League, Lexington Little League, Minute-Man League, Lexington Baseball Club, Prof Shrock (M.I T.), Liberty A C, Lexington Tennis Association for clinic, Totals • 399 0 0 224 175 224 175 tournaments, men's, women's, boys'and girls' team matches, Lexington Lions Club, Pilgrim Congregational Church Respectfully submitted, Applications for use of recreational facilities indicate that there is a heavy de- JAMES J CARROLL, mand for baseball diamonds and tennis courts—especially in the spring and early -- .----_, Town Clerk l summer During this same period there are many requests for picnic facilities Safety on the ice skating areas has been a recurring problem Maintenance of good ice has been difficult because at the flooded areas the water underneath tends to drain out causing the ice to break The present baseball diamonds need improve- ment, several tennis courts need re-surfacing, our picnic facilities should be ex- panded, and additional efforts should be made to separate hockey players from free skaters and to improve ice areas. The Committee wishes to thank the many individuals and groups who have done so much to support recreation in the town The Park Department has con- TOWN OF LEXINGTON 185 186 ANNUAL REPORTS MARRIAGES BY MONTHS - 1959 DEATHS BY MONTHS - 1959 To- Groom s Brides Groom s Bride s Groom s Bride's Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec tals Months Totals First First Second Second Third Third Male 16 13 25 19 12 12 17 18 16 13 11 18 190 January . . 12 9 10 3 2 0 0 Female 16 23 12 10 22 14 12 13 18 14 14 20 188 February 10 6 7 4 2 0 1 March 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 Residents died April 15 14 12 1 3 0 0 in Lexington May 18 14 12 3 6 1 0 Male 4 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 26 June 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 Female 2 3 4 1 5 5 2 4 2 4 3 3 38 July 15 10 11 4 3 1 1 August 17 15 15 2 2 0 0 Non-Residents September 24 23 23 1 1 0 0 died in Lexington October 17 16 17 1 0 0 0 Male 7 10 16 8 8 5 9 12 10 6 6 11 108 November 14 13 11 1 3 0 0 Female 12 17 5 7 9 8 7 6 13 10 8 9 111 December 15 11 13 4 0 0 2 Residents died out f Lexington Totals 180 154 154 24 22 2 4 Male 5 1 7 7 3 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 56 Female 2 3 3 2 8 1 3 3 3 0 3 8 39 Number of Marriages Recorded 180 Residents 184 Children under Non-Residents 176 ,one year Solemnized in Lexington 110 Male 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Solemnized in other places 70 Female 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Age of Oldest Groom 76 Between one Age of Oldest Bride 72 and 10 years Age of Youngest Groom 18 Male 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Age of Youngest Bride 16 Female 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Respectfully submitted, Between 10 and 30 years JAMES J CARROLL, Male 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Town Clerk Female 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Between 30 and 60 years Male 5 1 4 3 2 3 5 2 2 3 1 3 34 Female 2 1 3 1 5 2 0 1 2 2 0 3 22 Between 60 and 90 years Male 9 11 20 15 9 7 11 14 12 10 9 13 140 Female 13 21 7 7 14 11 10 9 13 10 11 13 139 Over 90 years Male 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 9 Female . 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 19 Respectfully submitted, JAMES 1 CARROLL, Town Clerk 1 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 187 188 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER DEPOSITORS TRUST COMPANY Balance December 31, 1959 per statement $ 5,000 00 December 31, 1959 THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Balance December 31, 1959 per statement $ 647,829 34 Gentlemen SUMMARY OF TOWN TREASURER'S CASH Following is the report of the Town Treasurer for the year 1959 Lexington Trust Company $1,507,954 10 Cash on hand January 1, 1959 $3,600,218 31 Cash on Hand 8,518 22 Receipts during year 1959 7,414,560 56 Merchants National Bank of Boston 647,829 34 Depositors Trust Company, Medford 5,000 00 11,014,778 87 Expenditures during year 1959 per warrants 8,845,477 21 $2,169,301 66 Cash on hand January 1, 1960 $2,169,301 66 Respectfully submitted, JAMES J CARROLL, Town Treasurer REPORT OF TAX TITLE ACCOUNT Number of Tax Titles on hand January 1, 1959 32 FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE Number of New Tax Titles Added 1959 .. 18 BRIDGE CHARITABLE FUND 50 1959 Number of Tax Titles Released 1959 7 December 31, 1959 The"annual income accruing from said Trust Fund shall be annually 43 distributed or expended at Christmas, or in December or January, Number of Tax Titles Disclaimed 1959 1 or other suitable time, at the discretion of the Selectmen among the deserving poor of said Town of Lexington without dis- 42 tinction of sex or religion" Number of Tax Titles Foreclosed 1959 16 Corpus $14,439 05 $1,000 00 U S Treasury Notes Number of Tax Titles on hand January 1, 1960 26 3s/s% due 2-15-62 1,000 00 Total Amount $ 3,745 35 $10,000 00 Puget Sound Power and Light 'Co 1st Mortgage 5% % Bonds due 11-1-89 10,147 70 $1,000 00 South Pacific Co LEXINGTON TRUST COMPANY 43/4% Equipment Trust Cer- tificates due 8-1-64 968 75 Bank Deposits in the Name of the Town of Lexington $4,000 00 South Pacific Co 1st James J Carroll, Town Treasurer Mortgage 23/4% Bonds Series F due 1-1-96 2,300 00 Balance December 31, 1959 $1,790,938 36 Principal — Deposit Lexington Outstanding Checks December 31, 1959 $303,114 76 Savings Bank 22 60 Check cashed in December, 1959 but on January, Accumulated Income — Deposit 1960 Warrant 20,130 50 Lexington Savings Bank 4,074 54 Respectfully submitted, 282,984 26 GEORGE P MOREY Balance December 31, 1959 per check book 1,507,954 10 WILLIAM R McEWEN, JR 1 Balance in Bank December 31, 1959 $1,790,938 36 DONALD R GRANT $1,790,938 36 Trustees Bridge Charitable Fund TOWN OF LEXINGTON 189 190 ANNUAL REPORTS ELIZABETH BRIDGE GERRY FUND Corpus To be held and used for the same purposes 15 Shares American Tel & Tel 1,087 50 as the Bridge Charitable Fund Co Common Stock .. 928 95 Corpus $2,251 52 Principal — Deposit Lexington Principal — 'Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 158 55 Savings Bank 751 52 Accumulated Income — Deposit Principal — Deposit Lexington Lexingtons Savings Bank 30 33 Trust Company 500 00 U 'S Treasury Notes 35/s% due 2-15-62 .. .... 1,000 00 GENEVA M BROWN FUND Respectfully submitted, The income is to be " d beautifying am mon and the triangular parcelusedfor ofimpland inroving frontanof Masonic TtheempCle"- GEORGE P MOREY Corpus WILLIAM R McEWEN, JR $3,000 Interstate Power Co 5% 2,958 00 DONALD R GRANT 1st mortgage Bonds due 5-1-87 Trustees of Elizabeth Bridge Gerry Fund Principal — Deposit Lexington 2,865 00 Savings Bank 93 00 Accumulated Income — Deposit FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE Lexington Savings Bank 537.73 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS - 1959 ORIN W. FISKE-BATTLE GREEN TRUST FUND LEROY S BROWN FUND The income of this fund is to be used "for the maintenance of the The "income therefrom used towards defraying the expense of an Lexington Battle Green or the monuments erected thereon " appropriate and dignified celebration or observance by said Town Corpus $500 00 of the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington fought in said Lex- Principal—Deposit Cambridge ington on the nineteenth day of April, 1775." Savings Bank 500 00 Corpus Bonds 5,000 00 Accumulated Income—Deposit $5,000 U S Treasury Lexington Savings Bank $529 65 31/4% due 6-15-83 Accumulated Income— Lexing- THE 5.000 00 BEALS FUND ton Trust Co (Savings Deposit) 1,102 26 The income of this fund is to be expended "for the benefit of worthy, indigent, aged, Men and Women over sixty years of age, CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS—MUNROE American Born" 'Corpus . .. 2,000 00 Corpus 40 99 Principal — Deposit Lexington Principal — Lexington Savings 3 00' Savings Bank .. 2,000 00 Bank (Various Deposits) 31,993.00 Accumulated Income — Deposit Principal — Warren Institution Lexington Savings Bank . .. 1,460 98 For Savings (Various Deposits) 9,000.00 Accumulated Income — Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 1,516 37 HALEY C. BLAKE PRIZE FUND It is believed that, "the income is to be expended annually in two COLONIAL CEMETERY cash prizes to the two seniors (a boy and a girl) in each successive Corpus graduating class of the Lexington High School, who by example and Principal — 'Lexington Savings 1,400 00 influence have shown highest qualities of leadership, conduct and Bank (Various Deposits) character and who possess in the largest measure the good will of Accumulated Income — De osit• 1,400.00 the Student body" P Lexington Savings Bank 155 52 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 191 192 ANNUAL REPORTS FREDERICK L EMERY FUND CHARLES E FRENCH MEDAL FUND The income is to be used by the Lexington Field and Garden Club The income is to be used annually to purchase silver medals to be for the work of "grading, grassing and keeping in order grass bor- distributed to pupils in the Senior High School and in the Junior ders lying between sidewalks of footpaths and the driveways on High School "for the best scholarship (military and mechanic arts public streets and ways in said Town and in planting trees along not included)" such public streets, and in otherwise beautifying the public streets, ways and places in said Town, Preference to be given to said objects Corpus 2,585 26 in the order stated" $2,000 00 U S Savings Bonds Series K 2 76% 4-67 2,000 00 Corpus 5,000 00 Principal — Deposit North Ave $1,000 U S Treasury Bonds Savings Bank 585 26 23/4% due 12-15-65 1,000 00 Accumulated Income — Deposit 10 Paid-Up Shares Lexington Lexington Savings Bank 752 31 Federal and Loan Association 2,000 00 $2,000 U S Treasury Notes 35/a% due 2-15-62 2,000 00 JONAS GAMMEL TRUST Accumulated Income — Lexing- ton Trust Co (Savings Deposit) 409 98 The income is to be expended by the Board of Public Welfare and by two ladies appointed annually for the purpose by the Selectmen "in purchasing such luxuries or delicacies for the town poor, where- EMMA I FISKE FLOWER FUND ever located, as are not usually furnished them, and as shall tend to promote their health and comfort" For the preservation and care of a specific cemetery lot Corpus 500 00 Corpus 351 46 Principal — Deposit Lexington Principal — Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 500 00 Savings Bank 300 00 Accumulated Income — Deposit Accumulated Income — Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 310 78 'Lexington Savings Bank 51 46 GEORGE I GILMORE FUND EMMA I FISKE ADAMS SCHOOL FUND "To the Town of Lexington, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars "For the decoration and/or equipment of the Primary Department ($10,000), the income therefrom to be used as the Town may from of Adams School" time to time vote, and if at any time a special use arises to which Corpus 5 36 in the opinion of the Selectmen the principal of said fund may be Principal — Deposit Lexington applied, then the principal of said fund may be so applied upon vote Savings Bank 5 36 of the Town Meeting authorizing same" Corpus 10,000 00 CHARLES E FRENCH COLONIAL CEMETERY FUND $9,000 U S Treasury 2%i Bonds due 12-15-72 9,078 35 The "annual income thereof to be devoted to the care of the older Principal — Deposit Lexington part of the cemetery in which repose the remains of Rev John Savings Bank 921 65 Hancock and wife The vault inclosing their remains to receive due Income—Deposit Lexington Say- care" ings Bank 2,419 85 Corpus 2,027 65 $2,000 00 U S Savings Bonds HARRIET R GILMORE TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR Series K 2 76% 4-67 2,000 00 1 Principal — Deposit Lexington The income is to be expended under the direction of the Board of I Trust Co (Savings Deposit) 27 65 Public Welfare "for the benefit of poor people in said Lexington Accumulated Income — Deposit whether the same shall be inmates of the Alms House in said Town Lexington Savings Bank97 93 or otherwise" TOWN OF LEXINGTON 193, 194 ANNUAL REPORTS Corpus 500.00 SARAH E. RAYMOND LIBRARY FUND Principal — 'Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 500 00 The "income only from said fund shall be used for the purchase of Accumulated Income — Deposit books for the public library of said Town of'Lexington, now known Lexington Savings Bank 504 56 as the Cary Memorial Library" Corpus .... ... 500 00 HAYES FOUNTAIN TRUST FUND Principal — Deposit Provident The "income to be used for the perpetual care of the fountain and Institution for Savings 500 00 the grounds immediately around it" Corpus EDITH C REDMAN TRUST Principal — Deposit 'Lexington 862 72• The"income only therefrom to be used and applied for the care and Savings Bank 862 72 maintenance of the Lexington Common, known as 'Battle Green'" Accumulated Income — Deposit Corpus 630 49 Lexington Savings Bank 322 90 Principal — Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 630 49 HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPFUND Corpus 205 48 F FOSTER SHERBURNE AND TENNY SHERBURNE FUND Principal — Deposit 'Lexington "The ne' income from said Town shall be awarded annually or Savings Bank .... 205 48 oftener to educate or assist in the education of such deserving young men or women domiciled in said Town of Lexington at the time of HERBERT HILTON FUND any such award as shall be selected by "a committee cons sting of the Superintendent of Schools, the minister of the First Congrega- For the preservation and care of a specific cemetery lot. tional Unitarian Society in Lexington, and the Chairman of the Corpus .. 4,577.47 Board of Selectmen "It is the purpose of this Fund to continue the Principal — Deposit Lexington long estaolished practice of F Foster Sherburne, during his Savings Bank ... 4,577.47 lifetime, and thus to enable young men and women to obtain an Accumulated Income — Deposit education in a well recognized College or University of higher ed- Lexington Savings Bank .. 709 73 ucation The beneficiaries shall be selected without regard to their race, color, sex or religious beliefs, consideration being EVERETT M. MULLIKEN FUND given not only to their scholastic ability but also to their character, habits and financial needs, and such awards shall be solely for the The "income shall be used under the supervision of the proper payment of tuition" town authorities, for the care of Hastings Park in said Lexington" Corpus 2,500 00 Corpus4,895 oc $10,000 U S Treasury Bonds $5,000 Central Maine Power Co. 21/2% 6-15-67 9,098 18 1st Mortgage 4/ % Bonds $10,000 U S Treasury Bonds due 5-1-87 4,812 50 21/2% 12-15-72 8,820 05 Principal — Deposit Lexington $7,000 U S Treasury Bonds Savings Bank 8250 21/2% 11-15-61 6,68795 Accumulated Income — Deposit Principal — Deposit Lexington Lexington Savings Bank 451 22 Trust Co (Savings Deposit) 393 82 Accumulated Income — Deposit HENRY S. RAYMOND FUND Lexington Trust Co (Savings Deposit) 424 56 For the preservation and care of specific cemetery lots Corpus 1,500 00 GEORGE O. SMITH FUND Principal — Deposit Lexington The "income thereof to be expended by the 'Field and Garden Savings Bank 1,500 00 Club' in setting out and keeping in order shade and ornamental Accumulated Income — Deposit trees and shrubs in the streets and highways in said Town, or the Lexington Savings Bank 157 93 beautifying of unsightly places in the highways." 1 TOWN OF LEXINGTON -- 195, 196 ANNUAL REPORTS Corpus 2,507 65> WILLIAM AUGUSTUS TOWER MEMORIAL PARK FUND $4,000 South Pacific 'Co-1st y The"income thereof to be applied by said Town in each and every Mortgage 23/4% Bonds Series F due 1-1-96 2,335 44 year for the care, maintenance and improvement of 'Tower Park"' Principal - Deposit Lexington Corpus 9,860 24 Savings Bank 172 21 $4,000 U S Treasury Bonds 3% due 2-15-95 4,000 00 ELLEN A STONE FUND $10,000 South ,Pacific Co 1st Mortgage 23/4% Bonds Series The interest, as it accrues, is to paid "to the'School Committee who F Due 1-1-96 5,750 00 are to employ it in aiding needy and deserving young women of Lex- Principal - Deposit Warren In- ington in getting a good school education" stitution for Savings 110 24 Corpus 2,000 OG $2,000 U S Treasury Notes CHARLES LYMAN WELD FUND 35/s% due 2-15-62 2,000 00 Accumulated Income - Deposit The entire fund, both principal and income, are available upon a Lexington Savings Bank 427 10 vote of the Town "for educational purposes or Chapel at Westview Cemetery" GEORGE W. TAYLOR FLAG FUND Corpus 1,839 82 Principal - Deposit Lexington The "income to be used for the care, preservation and replacement Savings Bank 1,839 82 of said flagpole (on the Battle Green), or for the purchase of new flags, any balance of income from said fund to be used for the care of Lexington Common" WESTVIEW CEMETERY-PERPETUAL CARE Corpus 2,000 00a Corpus 89,201 00 $2,000 U S Treasuery Notes $10,000 U S Treasury Bonds 35/s% due 2-15-62 2,000 00 21/2% due 6-15-69 8,960 47 Accumulated Income - Deposit $27,000 U S Treasury Notes Lexington Savings Bank 589 62 35/a% due 2-15-62 26,925 00 $10,000 U S Treasury Bonds GEORGE W TAYLOR TREE FUND 21/2% due 6 15-69 8,818 75 $10,000 North Pacific Railway The "income is to be expended for the care, purchase or pres- Co Prior Lien Mortgage 4% ervation of trees for the adornment of said Town " Bonds due 1-1 97 8,446 70 2,000 00 $15,000 Missouri Pacific Equip- Corpus$2,000 U S Treasury Notes ment Trust Certificates 5%a% 35/s% due 2-15-62 2,000 00 Series M due 10-15 69 14,913 10 % $5,000 AlabamaPower Co 1st Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 163 58 Mortgage4/sBonds due 5-1-87 4,543 75 $6 000 Chicago Great Western ALBERT BALL TENNEY MEMORIAL FUND Railway 1st Mortgage 4% Bonds, Series A due 1-1-88 4,591 05 The income is "to be used to provide nightly illumination of the $1,000 Suburban Electric Co 1st (Lexington Minute Man) Statue" Mortgage 41/2% Bonds due Corpus 3,892 OG 12-1-87 893 25 $4,000 Suburban Electric Co 1st $5,000 U S Savings Bonds Series Mortgage 41/2% Bonds due G 21/2% due 9-1-59 5,000 00 12-1-87 3,573 00 $6,000 Alabama Power Co 1st Principal - Deposit Lexington Mortgage 37/8% Bonds due Savings Bank319 00 1-1-88 5,085 00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 197 198 ANNUAL REPORTS Principal — Deposit Lexington Trust Company 1,023 93 REPORT OF THE TREASURER - 1959 Accumulated Income — Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 2,243 54 CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY LOUISE E WILKINS FLOWER FUND To the Trustees of Cary Memorial Library Corpus 71 66 Principal — Deposit Lexington Herewith is presented the Report for 1959 of the Treasurer of the Board of Savings Bank 71 66 Trustees of Cary Memorial Library Balance on Hand January 1, 1959 $3,209 51 Respectfully submitted, GEORGE P MOREY, Chairman Receipts WILLIAM R McEWEN Investment Fund Income $1,414 09 DONALD R GRANT Fines, etc 8,804 80 Reserve Income Account 67 50 Sarah E Raymond Library Fund 16 56 Sale Books 47 50 10,350 45 Total Income $13,559 96 Expenditures Books, Records, Films, etc $7,862 84 Safe Deposit Box 15 00 Petty Cash 338 39 Institutional Dues 102 00 Conference Expenses 156 12 Custodian's Uniforms 115 20 Miscellaneous 158 78 8,748 33 Balance on Hand December 31, 1959 $4,811 63 Balance Divided as Follows General Fund $3,458 75 Alice Butler Cary Fund 724 98 Jane Phinney Fund 29 20 Goodwin Musical Fund 58 29 Laura M Brigham Fund 320 01 War Parents Book Memorial Fund 97 48 Sarah E Raymond Fund 94 52 George Walter Sarano Fund 28 40 $4,811 63 All the December 31, 1959, balance as indicated is on deposit in a checking account at the Lexington Trust Company, excepting fines and income amounting to $945 40 which were in transit on December 31, 1959 $2,000 of Reserve Income is on deposit in a savings account at the Lexington Savings Bank TOWN OF LEXINGTON 199 200 ANNUAL REPORTS EAST LEXINGTON BRANCH LIBRARY After forty-one years with Cary Library, Miss Katharine Buck, Assistant Librar- 1 Balance on Hand January 1, 1959 $385 59 ian, retired in December We were fortunate to have had her with us so long, and we are indebted to her and to all the staff who gave such yeoman service through Receipts our years of transition and renovation Fines, etc $911 53 We also express appreciation to the Director, who besides coping with the Investment Fund Income 253 67 ordinary problems of a library has served as Secretary-Treasurer to the Trustees and 1,165,20 member ex officio of the Building Committee Total Income $1,550 79 Respectfully submitted, RUTH MOREY, President Expenditures Books 1,201 93 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1,201 93 Alan G Adams Rev Whitmore E Beardsley Balance on Hand December 31, 1959 $348 86 Gardner C Ferguson Rev Robert H Bartlett All the December 31, 1959, balance as indicated is on deposit in a checking Raymond W James *Rt Rev George W Casey William E Maloney Rev Henry H Clark account at the Lexington Trust Company, excepting fines amounting to $81 77 *Ruth Morey Rev Myron H Fisher which were in transit on December 31, 1959 Sanborn Brown *Rev Harold T Handley Respectfully submitted, *Donald T Clark Rev T Landon Lindsay Dan H Fenn, Jr. Rev Miles R McKey RALPH A NASON, Treasurer *Mildred B Marek Rt Rev Francis J Murphy Gordon E Steele Rev Floyd Taylor * Executive Committee REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TRUSTEES OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Lewis L Hoyt Paul W Riley December 31, 1959 Mrs John J G McCue George P Wadsworth To the Citizens of Lexington Kenneth L Warden The Trustees of Cary Memorial Library have held two regular and one special meeting this year The Executive Committee has met monthly, or as needed Mr LIBRARY STAFF Gardner Ferguson succeeded Mr Ralph Tucker as Selectman member, while the formation of the new Pilgrim Congregational Church added its minister, the Rev Ralph A Nason Director Whitmore Beardsley, to the Board Membership now numbers twenty The presence Katharine Buck Assistant Librarian of one or more members of the Advisory Committee at all meetings has been most Eleanor R Trowbridge Young People's Librarian helpful Margaret A Sawyer Reference Librarian Patricia Patterson Children's Librarian The Lexington Historical Society and its Curators have been very cooperative Ann E Ferry Cataloger i in arranging timely exhibits in the Lexington Room since its opening to the public Gladys W Killam Branch Librarian i by the Building Committee This room contains all of the library's materials of Arline S Ballard Ci-culation Librarian historic interest, and is open daily until five, or with permission from the desk Peter Simoglou Assistant The Director's Annual Report tells of the increase of use with the first full year Mary H Green Secretary of operation of the enlarged library Circulation has exceeded all estimates We Anne Marie Sgrosso Assistant have continued to be plagued by the shortage of professional librarians, and hope Elizabeth A Caldaroni Assistant the newly adopted personnel policy and professional salary schedule will soon see Diane M Phillips Assistant the library adequately staffed Mary Ann SamAssistant Catherine D'Entretremont Assistant I TOWN OF LEXINGTON 201 202 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE a 000Ln in 0000 00 0 0 0 01r) .C) InVE OONhhM�Oif)LU 00 0 0 h ON n • 00 n e')C')ON.ON.n in if) 0 if) 1.0 .DM r` DIRECTOR OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY C M M N M N V N M N N MN o in r - orr N M b I Eff December 31, 1959 >•' Cd 00000000000 00 0 o N- CO M N 000000 M 00000 Ou) O O M LUif) M TO THE TRUSTEES OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Q 3 0 0 0 0 o v o 0 0 0 o N o 0 v N N •o pC • 000000 0000 0- 0 0 0 1.000 0 m ] 0000070000 oo. o o v o.o. in The Director respectfully submits the ninety-first Annual Report of the Library al v v •o i! ,ri Use of the enlarged library by the citizens of Lexington in the first full year J of operation has surpassed all expectations The total circulation of books, records, J periodicals and film was 402,326, a gain of 63,434 over 1958 A Ni NN With a staff depleted for the major part of the year by resignations and an 0 M so 0o unusual number of absences because of illness, the problem of staffing the library < a "' N 00 0 has been acute The children's department has been hit especially hard with the N W N N`o U resignations of both the Children's and School Librarians and a twenty-eight per —a,c, co LO;n co 0 cent increase in circulation The revised salary schedule recently adopted by the IF c M N a^ v 0 o 0 v E Board of Trustees should enable the library to attract capable professional personnel o o Lo�_,n N. lJ U u E • Z m NaW NMop--LU o V r\ M In September of thisyear, the Director completed twentyyears of service to N N N ^o N^u'�N N N W OO LU P P Q d NM0NN^N N-NNo� ODM D�rNI�OCO 0'in y V Z E `C OAU O.MNNO. NN.N -co V-col-.oN 2 the Town While much has been accomplished during these years, the Director -0 .o--v N. 2,_0 Q u,0.w v co o.•o v cn it,cn 0 feels that, with the enlarged building and an adequate professional staff, the library I d c 2E N Q N Mo a w w r)r2i U V V")o > will, in 1960, begin an era of greatly expanded and improved service The Director recommends a study of school-library relationships and responsibilities, extension of W J o £ o 0 0 0 0 0 0 ee e e o service to the outlying areas, greater participation in the adult educational activities 0 M M M V ^ 2 of the Town, and an effective public relations program Ce C N M N M N NN M N 0.E S E ,. The Director has met regularly throughout the year with the Library Building r c cn' < 3 6 c NM— Ov^— n •D Addition Committee which will continue to function into 1960 until all details of < L 3 .o N.N.N.n N.N.co N. o. CO construction and furnishings are completed 0 F ,ac) as 0'0.0'°` °`0'°`°, °a 0. ✓ }i s O �� Because of the shortage of personnel, the Director has not requested the usual �,,, U o c 0 0 co annual reports from the heads of various departments Z Q O1°1°' °'O m 2 m a CO ,0 W ° N can N � The patrons and staff of the library greatly enjoyed the flower arrangements so Z Q ^ '.^ 0 o M N - m generously contributed by various members of the Lexington Field and Garden Club F y >, a o cu Lil U in c c c The Director wished to express his warm appreciation to the Board of Trustees 0 i- °� ° 2 for their wholehearted cooperation over the past year The Town is fortunate indeed Z °u j 3 T o tj o VI m m o a to have a Board so active in support of superior library service — v _Co c c U �, WUJ1Zma0c� m oa' o! o C o o `cn o 0 L14. -° udj~o E s - o c t m cn in Respectfully submitted, O C w ,'� 0 0C) 0 U C v 1 m u `c° .. 5) in m M U ~ j n ° y~ :1 ss m a o , cn 4.9- RALPH RALPH A NASON, Director E a c ,oIi 0 E3 o ,v °W cCC0°aS< c c m 0 - o c d m u} ,2m a c rn m m c g a; m c la N-0 C O �I O C o V)-C L Z Z CO L CC 3 U ipE C x ,,) 0 C x J - '6 j -o a- cn°aTZQcUJmZ-a3 ZZ cn u. N 5 r TOWN OF LEXINGTON 203 204 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF INVESTMENT COMMITTEE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY- 1959 December 31, 1959 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington,Massachusetts Name of Fund Principal Gentlemen General $11,506 33 Leroy S and Geneva Brown 4,000 00 The Board of Public Welfare submits its report for the year ending December Beals 1,100 00 31, 1959 Maria Cary 400 00 GENERAL RELIEF Book Purchase • 1,000 00 2,500 00 The sum of $15,488 76 was expended for aid during the year 1959 During Alice Butler Cary 300 00 the year aid was granted for 30 cases, representing 91 persons Of the above 13 Jane Phinney 1,100 00 cases were family units consisting of 56 persons The balance (8) represented in- Goodwin Musical' dividual cases Nine of the above cases, totaling26 g Laura M Brigham 3,100 00 persons, were Lexington 300 00 George W Sarano Settled Cases aided by other Cities and Towns, and institutions which were reim- War Parents Book Memorial 1,800 00 bursed by the Town of Lexington Nelson W Jenney 2,000 00 Paulina Burbank Pierce 1,000 00 Disbursements Caira Robbins 300 00 Cash grants and additional aid $12,785 59 Wellington Library 1,100 00 Lexington Settled Cases aided by other Cities and Emma Ostrom Nichols 1,000 00 Towns Sarah Elizabeth iRaymond 2,000 00 2,703 17 1,000 00 Abbie C Smith $15,488 76 Reimbursements Total $35,506 33 Commonwealth of(Mass (*Not available for use) 137 60 Other Cities and Towns 392 87 Respectfully submitted, Recovery Account 1,321 46 Cancelled Checks 92 80 MRS TRUTH MOREY Net Cost to the Town 1,944 73 MSGR GEORGE W CASEY $13,544 03 DONALD T CLARK * Items "Not Available for Use" are credited to REV HAROLD T HANDLEY Estimated-Receipts Account and do not revert MRS MILDRED B MAREK back for use in this Department Investment Committee AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN Thirteen cases were aided during 1959 There were 7 cases being aided on January 1, 1959 and 6 cases added during the year Seven cases were closed during the year, leaving a balance of 6 cases on December 31, 1959 Disbursements Cash Grants $1 1,788 66 Reimbursements Federal Share— (Available for Use) $6,827 00 State Share—(Not Available for Use) 3,620 86 Cancelled Checks 251 35 Recovery Account0 00 10,699 21 Net Cost to the Town $1,089 45 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 205 "206 ANNUAL REPORTS OLD AGE ASSISTANCE REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS One hundred forty individuals were aided during 1959 There were 118 cases December 31, 1959 being aided on January 1, 1959 and 22 were added during the year Sixteen cases_ To the Honorable'Board of Selectmen were closed during the year, leaving a balance of 124 cases on December 31, 1959Lexington,Massachusetts During the year 12 Applications were denied Gentlemen Disbursements 154,025 87 The Cemetery Commissioners submit their Annual 'Report for the year 1959 Cash Grants •• •• Lexington Settled Cases aided by other Cities and 5,181 62 Regular maintenance work has been done on the grounds, driveways, trees and Towns 159,207 49 shrubs of the four cemeteries. Reimbursements There were twelve interments in Munroe Cemetery and one lot was placed 58,053 48 under Perpetual Care Due to the heavy, deep frost of the past winter a great FederaltateShare Share—(Not Available for Use) 63,120 12 many sunken graves were raised and reseeded A new thirty foot wooden flag pole State — Available for Use) 5,428 00 was erected Other Cities and Towns 1,300 00 Recoveries • • 402 05At Westview Cemetery there were one hundred three interments, thirty-nine Cancelled Checks "' 4,164 43 lots, nine single graves and nine baby graves were sold An additional section has Meal-Tax Receipts—(Not Available for Use) 132,468 08 been laid out consisting of about seventy-five two grave lots and metal markers 26,739 41 have been installed there The road leading into the garage from Maple Avenue Net Cost to the Town . •• and the new road way leading to the rear of the cemetery has been black topped DISABILITY ASSISTANCE A colonial type fence was installed in the rear of the Colonial Cemetery Fifteen individuals were aided during 1959. Fourteen cases were receiving The following funds were collected and committed to the Town Treasurer assistance January 1, 1959 and one case was added during the year Four cases WESTVIEW CEMETERYwere closed during the year, leaving a balance of 11 cases on December 31, 1959. Sale of Lots ... .... $4,113 32 Disbursements $18 187 95 Sale of Single Graves 243 00 Cash Grants • Sale of Baby Graves 162 00 Reimbursements b 587 60 Perpetual • Care 4,509 00 Federal Share (Available for Use) • •. State Share (Not Available for Use) .. 7 101 18 Interments .. ... ... . 2,731.00 33 95 Green and'Lowering Device . ... 492 00 Cancelled Checks Foundations .... ... • 606.50 Recovery Account 275 59 13,998 32 Flower Urns ... 42 00 4,189 63 Miscellaneous Receipts 131 95 Net Cost to the Town ... $13,030 77 ADMINISTRATION MUNROE CEMETERY Disbursements 15,342 52 Perpetual Care Fund $33 00 Salaries and Expenses . •• •• Annual • Care60 75 Reimbursements Interments 377 00 9,576 10 Green and Lowering Device 78 00 Federal Share—Administration .. 664 41 Foundations 71 00 State Share .. 10,240 51 . . 5,102 01 Flower Urns .... 1 75 Net Cost to the Town • Miscellaneous+Receipts3 00 At this time the Board of Public Welfare wishes to express its appreciation for $624 50 the understanding and cooperation shown by the other Town Departments, the The Cemetery Commissioners take this opportunity to acknowledge with thanks r Town's citizens, and the Charitable Agencies Respectfully submitted, 'the assistance and cooperation given the department by officials of the Town, HAROLD F LOMBARD, Chairman members of the various departments and the personnel of the Cemetery Department ROBERT K TAYLOR Respectfully submitted, JOHN A SE'LLARS CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS PULPAAUL F F H BA'RTEL EGEORGE M HYNES, Chairman TOWN OF LEXINGTON 207' 208 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES, REPORT OF MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE COMMITTEE December 31, 1959 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington,Massachusetts December 31, 1959 Gentlemen To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Submitted herewith is the Annual Report of the Department of Veterans` Lexington,Massachusetts Services covering the calendar year of 1959 Gentlemen d to needy Veterans Massaandchusettstheir l etansaandstheirl dependents who dquali yatory hforat fsuchclaidal aand thatid be ntheree be made 1959 Submitted herewith is the Annual Report of the observance of Memorial Day available to all Veterans and their kin such advice, information and assistance as may be necessary to enable them to procure the benefits to which they are or may MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE be entitled relative to employment, vocational or other opportunities, hospitaliza- Memorial Dbserved e l m whh tion, medical care, pensions, compensation, insurance and other benefits and must honored its deceasedaywas ofoall wars forinthmany traditional years Appropriate exercisesich the wereTown held keep on hand current booklets and other printed matter pertaining to the statutory- at Westview, Colonial and Munroe Cemeteries and the Battle Green with remarks rights and privileges of war Veterans provided by Federal and State law. by Chairman of Selectmen William E ,Maloney and the Commanders of various Military Organizations The activities were concluded with the usual "Retreat" The following tabulation covers the activities for the year 1959 ceremony on the Battle Green All monuments and Veterans' graves were dec- Office Interviews 75 orated with flags and wreaths for the occasion Home Visits .. .. ... ... .. ... . 22 Hospital Visits 5 Respectfully submitted, Pensions Applied For .. . 10 Pensions Obtained • 6 MAURICE D HEALY, Requests For Aid .... .. .. . . 26 Chairman Temporary Aid Given • 6 Aid Refused (Not Qualified) .. 10 Active Cases On Rolls . .. . ... .... 7 REPORT OF Cases Pending (Qualification Undetermined) 2 VETERANS' DAY OBSERVANCE COMMITTEE 'Respectfully submitted, December 31, 1959 MAURICE D HEALY, To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Director of Veterans'Services Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen REPORT OF REGISTRAR OF VETERANS' GRAVES. Submitted herewith is the Annual Report of the Observance of Veterans' Day December 31, 1959 for 1959 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen VETERANS' DAY OBSERVANCE Lexington,Massachusetts V ' s obseed with a pafoHSon Gentlemen. Massachusetts Avenue to the iBattle Green rade Participatingrmthe inJunior the paradeigh anchdool cere- Submitted herewith is the Annual Report of the Registrar of Veterans"Graves monies this year was a thirty mn mrng fm hAFoce ncon There have been 15 interments of Veterans in Lexington Cemeteries during the year 1959 tingents from our el Police al FireaDepartchiments, plusrothe usualir Veteransa ' ar- - ganizations and the High SchoolryBand At the Bunitattle Greentinvocatione r was offeredd by Reverend eteransHandley and the Proclamation was read to the assembled townspeople oal Day flags and wreaths were placed oned alland areniled Graves min thisoffi ce.foO c men menes by Chairman of the Selectmen Mr Appropriate remarks were made by the Commanders of the MilitaryOrganizations anizations Colors were raised and benediction These interments have been recordof the town and suitable care given all Veterans' graves throughout the year, was offered by Reverend Father McLeod of St.IBrigids Church Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted, MAURICE D HEALY, MAURICE 0 HEALY, Registrar Chairman TOWN OF LEXINGTON 209 210 ANNUAL REPORTS 1 REPORT OF THE BOARD RETIREMENT Devidends Received Banks and Insurance Stocks 3,913 42 Increased Value -Stocks 6,467 17 December 31, 1959 Increased Value-Federal Savings 341 09 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Interest Accrued December 31, 1959 3,954 48 Lexington,Massachusetts Gentlemen Total Income $579,418 75 The Board of Retirement submits its 19th Annual Report covering the opera- tions of the Contributory Retirement System of the Town of Lexington Less Disbursements Annuity Payments 4,950 36 Twelve regular meetings were held during 1959 Pension Payments-Regular 35,306 51 The investment policy was reviewed and revised to the extent that the necessary Pension Payments-Survivors . 7,918 23 appropriation for which the Town is assessed, was reduced by $2,672 00 Refunds 10,447 48 Schedules of the operations of the System for the year are herewith submitted Loss on Conversion of Securities 869 00 with a financial statement on the list of pensioners Expenses 481 17 Interest Paid on Bonds Purchased 664 95 The following members died during the year 60,028 70 Marion Webber Retired Interest Accrued December 31, 1958 2,925 86 Keith McLean Inactive Total Disbursements 62,954 56 MEMBERS RETIRED IN 1959 Ledger Assets-December 31, 1959 516,464 19 Helen E Ready Assessors 10- 1-59 John F O'Connor Engineers 9-17-59 Katherine Buck Library 12-31-59 BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1959 Respectfully submitted Assets GEORGE P MOREY, Chairman Cash on Hand or in Bank $5,410 35 ARTHUR SILVA, Elected Member Bonds at'Book Value EDWARD A PALMER, Secretary 5M Am Tel &Tel '87-27/8 5,112 92 5M Am Tel &Tel '84-31/4 4,913 71 INCOME STATEMENT FOR 1959 5M Gen Tel of Cal '87-5 5,030.11 Ledger Assets, December 31, 1958 $463,006 34 5M Illinois Bell Tel '88-41/4 5,144 00 9 5M Michigan Bell Tel '91-4% 5,228 55 Income 5M Mountain'States Tel '88-4% 5,180 79 Contributions from Members 5M New York Tel '78-3%8 5,051 72 Group1 63 5M Pacific Tel & Tel '83-31/8 4,987 50 $34,6165M Southern Bell Tel '83-4 5,062 81 Group 2 14,421 76 45,712 11 Additions and Transfers 940 75 49,979 14 10M Alabama Power '89-47/8 10,039 30 the Town SM Arkansas Power '82-31/2 5,163 20 Contributions Accrued - fromiabilit Pensions 38,233 00 5M Cal -Oregon Power 86-3%8 5,063 20 y- 10'M Cleveland Elec Ilium '94-4% 10,041 00 Military Serwce Fund 58 32 5M Comm Edison '86-31/2 5,000 00 r 38,291 32 SM Consumers Power '86-4 5,050 00 interest Received 15M Consumers Power '89-4% 14,533 85 Bonds 11,838 85 5M Duquesne Light '86-3%2 5,197 05 Cooperative Banks 598 18 5M Fall River Elec '88-4% 5,103 79 Federal Savings & Loan 306 26 2M Fall River Elec '83-33/4 2,054 26 Savings Banks 716 75 5M Georgia Power '86-3% 5,144 65 13,460 04 5M Jersey Central Power '86-4%8 5,128 61 Tailings 5 75 10M Merrimac'Essex Power '88-41/2 10,382 26 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 211 212 ANNUAL REPORTS 5M Pacific Gas & Elec '74-3 4,968 84 Cooperative Banks 2M Public Sery Ind '84-33/a 1,939 10 Auburndale 3,034 80 10M Public Sery N H '84-31/4 10,244 96 Auburndale 3,000 00 10M Puget Sound Power '89-51/2 10,147 70 Concord 3,000 00 3M Sierra Pac Power '86-514 3,067 50 Marlborough3,000 00, 5M Southern Cal Edison '81-3% 5,096 11 Mount Vernon 3,000 00 2M Union Elec '88-43/s 1,737 15 Needham , 3,000 00 10M Worcester City Elec '89-53/s 10,112 00 Needham 3,151 20 135,214 53 Joseph Warren .. 3,000 00 24,186 00' 5M International Bank 5,101 69 Total Cooperative Banks 24,186 00 10M U S Treasury '83-31/4 9,950 00 5M U S Treasury '80-4 4,950 00 Federal Savings& Loan Associations 82M U S Treasury '90-31/2 77,965 81 Natick 2,025 00 10M U S Savings "G" '62-21/2 10,000 00 Lexington 4,135 13 102,865 81 Lexington 788 64 Lexington 2,000 00 FM Chesapeake & Ohio -3 905 00 Lexington 2,000 00 15M Chicago Great Western '88-4 12,107 32 10,948 77 5M Chicago Rock Island & Pac '67-3�/2 4,981 53 Total Federal Savings 10,948 77 2M Great Northern -3 1,770 00 Interest Accrued December 31, 1959 3,954 48 15M Lake Shore Mich & So '97-31/2 9,912 50 TOTAL ASSETS 516,464 19 5M Missouri Pacific '68-3% 4,971 52 15M Northern Pacific '97-4 13,555 56 5M Pitts Lake Erie '70-41/4 4,936 47 Liabilities 10M Virginian Railway '83-4 10,028 35 Annuity Savings 342,987 60 5M Wabash Railroad '69-41/4 4,954 38 Annuity Reserve 57,858 98 68,122 63 Military Service Fund 2,600 66 Total Bonds 357,016 77 Pension Fund 112,186 56 Expense Fund 830 39 Stocks 100 Banker's Trust 9,100 00 TOTAL LIABILITIES $516,464 19 225 Chase Manhattan 14,596 88 231 Chemical Bank, N Y Trust 15,070 44 108 First National of Boston 9,936 00 116 Merchants National 5,452 00 PENSIONERS-DECEMBER 31, 1959 140 National City Bank N Y 12,110 00 100 National Shawmut .... 5,000 00 Edna Bardwell School'Lunch 6-30-58 250 2nd Bank State St Trust 21,250 00 Louis Bills Electrician 3-26-53 92,515 32 Chester Blakely Animal Inspector 9- 1-47 Charles Brenton Park 6-21-57 100 Camden Fire Ins . . 3,612 50 Katherine Buck Library 12-31-59 110 Continental Ins 5,720 00 Antonio Cataldo Highway 5- 1-49 100 Westchester Fire Ins . ... ... ........ .. 3,000 00 Thomas Cavanaugh School 2-10-47 12,332 50 Michael Delfino Cemetery 10-31-57 Total Stocks 104,847 82 Leora B Eaton School . 3-15-48 ' I Leland H Emery Inactive 8- 2-58 Savings Bank'Deposits John J Garrity Park . 11- 1-53 Lexington Savings'Bank 5,000 00 David Govan Fire 2- 1-57 'Malden Savings Bank .. . . . 5,000 00 Alice Harrington Winchester Savings Bank 100 00 Beneficiary Geo Harrington Public Works 7-14-55 10,100 00 Roland Hayes School 4-30-50 Total Savings Bank Deposits 10,100 00 Stanley A Higgins Engineers 9-27-56 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 213 214 ANNUAL REPORTS Arthur R Linfield ... . ... School 7-11-57 REPORT OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT Fred W 'Longbottom Building .. 2- 1-40 William B Mason School 5-11-50 December 31, 1959 Annie McDonnell To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Beneficiary M McDonnell Library 2-17-55 Lexington, Massachusetts Mary E McKenzie Beneficiary J McKenzie Public Works 3- 1-57 Gentlemen Gertrude E Mitchell Public Welfare .. 4-30-58 Charles E Moloy Town Offices 5-13-52 As in the past years, we are combining the reports of the Shade Tree, Insect Geraldine Mowat Suppression and Park Divisions into two sections Section 1 will cover the activities Beneficiary IF Mowat Police 12- 6-57 of the'Park Division and Secton 2 the Shade Tree and Insect Suppression John L Murray Public Works 8-13-44 Helen Muzzey Library 6- 1-41 Henry J Nutt Park 6- 1-49 SECTION ONE John O'Connor Engineers 9-17-59 The Parkappropriation this year included the purchase of a 100 gallon tank Sebastiano Paladina Dumps 6- 1-48 sprayer, to be used for weed killing Two more men were added to the Park De- Helen E Ready Assessors 10- 1-59 partment At the Center'Playground regular maintenance was carried on, but work Alice M Ryan that should have been done, has been held up until a decision will be made on the Beneficiary George Ryan Park 7-15-51 extension of Worthen 'Road Some help was given at the swimming pool in the Michael F Shea Public Works 3-29-57 operation of the new system One area of the playground was learned and seeded Ellen 'P Spencer for use as a ballfield One-half of the football field area was loamed but not corn- Beneficiary F J Spencer Assessors 11-17-49 pleted About 1200 feet of the drain construction along Park Drive was seeded Daisy Muriel Stone .. .... Appeals 6- 7-57 James G Sullivan Highway 4- 2-43 At the town property, corner of Fletcher Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue, Edward W Taylor .... Fire 1- 1-43 part of the area was loamed and seeded, the other part will be graded and seeded G Mildred Thompson Collector 3- 4-54 this year Irene I Stone We have made a good start in planting a variety of flowering shrubs on Belfry Beneficiary N Page Thompson Fire 6- 9-55 Hill consisting of Dogwoods, 'Mountain Laurels, Rhododendrons, Flowering Plums M Chick and Crabapples, and a Kwansen Cherry and 'Katsura Tree We intend to add quite Beneficiary M T Webber School Lunch 12-31-55 a bit more to this project Elsie G Weltch School 6-30-53 Marion E Whiting All areas that could possibly be fertilized were fertilized and where time al- Beneficiary G Whiting Call Fireman 7- 3-48 lowed, three applications were given At the East Lexington Playground, part of the area had to be reseeded due to winter conditions and the other part is still to be done Looming and seeding was also done at the Munroe Station All other parks and triangles received their regular maintenance Two addi- tional triangles were added to the Park Maintenance Areas still to be completed ere North Lexington Playground, Bowman Park, areas on Park 'Drive, Lexington Reservoir, and the Willard property on North Street All skating areas have been flooded r SECTION TWO The Shade Tree Department appropriation this year included the addition of a new Dodge truck The outlook in regard to our public shade trees does not look too promising due to all the construction work throughout the town It is difficult to estimate 'how much damage is being done to our trees, since results do not show up for a TOWN OF LEXINGTON 215 216 ANNUAL REPORTS few years after such work is done We are endeavoring to replace trees that have REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER been removed as soon as possible They are being replaced with a variety of trees and most of the new trees are being planted inside the town boundary line This gives them a better chance for survival December 31, 1959 During the spring and fall of the past year, 230 trees of all varieties were To the Honorable Board of Selectmen planted in new developments and other accepted streets throughout the town Lexington, Massachusetts Our dormant and summer spraying was carried out with our own crew and hired Gentlemen helicopter service The helicopter was used on parks, playgrounds, cemeteries and I submit herewith the report of the Engineering Department for the year ending swamp areas where it was impossible to reach with our own equipment December 31, 1959 This year some progress was made on pruning and removing deadwood from Plans, descriptions and betterment assessments for all sewer, water and streets our public trees and more time should be spent on this work We have pruned to be constructed under the Betterment Act were made 178 trees of different varieties We also removed about 50 stumps with our new stump cutter to about six inches below grade Street numbering plans were made for new developments and street numbers and much miscellaneous information was given to homeowners, developers, etc A great deal of time was spent trying to control the Dutch Elm Disease which is beginning to show some improvement on public trees This is a fungus disease The 400, 500 and 800 scale town maps were brought up to date that was introduced into the United States from Europe between 1920 and 1930 Since that time it has spread and destroyed many of our valuable elm trees on both A co-operative work program with Northeastern University was begun during public and private propety The following is a comparison of Dutch Elm Diseased the year As part of this program, four students will be alternately at school and trees found in Lexington since 1957 at work in the Engineering Department of the Town so we will always have two engineering students with us The interest and increased knowledge, as their edu- 1957 101 cation progresses, will prove valuable to this department 1958 106 Field work and preliminary engineering on the entire sewer construction contract 1959 105 which was awarded in 1959 was done by our own department during the early The trees that were tested this year included seventy private elms and thirty- spring Consequently, the work was started early in June and the entire contract five public trees which have been removed by the Shade Tree Department was completed during the year In conclusion I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen, the Superintendent of However, as in the past, most of the engineering and inspections in connection Public Works and the many other departments that have helped us during the past with drain, sewer, water and street construction was handled by consulting engi- year neers under the direction of this office Respectfully submitted, Due to the continuing building program, the men in the field were kept busy PAUL E MAZER'ALL, marking out and giving grades for many water and sewer services They also Superintendent of Park devoted much time to the very important function of the inspection of the utilities and Shade Tree Department and streets in subdivisions Respectfully submitted, JOHN J CARROLL, Town Engineer TOWN OF LEXINGTON 217 218 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD Church, the Lexington Lions Club, and the Lexington League of Women Voters The material presented forms the substance of that which will be found in greater detail in the Board's report on the plan, there being reviewed therein the policies, December 31, 1959 goals and objectives of the Board in addition to its program and accomplishments for the five-year period from September, 1954 to September, 1959 Parts of the To the Citizens of Lexington report have been printed As soon as the work is completed and distributed the Board will welcome again the opportunity to discuss the present and future growth, Ladies and gentlemen, we have the honor to present the Planning Board's report for the year 1959 trends and development of Lexington The Board believes that it would be remiss in this brief report if it failed to At an Adjourned Town Meeting held on March 22, 1954 it was voted to raise mention the enactment by the First Session, 86th Congress of the authority to and appropriate a sum of money " for the employment of consultants and establish in Lexington, Lincoln and Concord the Minute Man National Historic Park additional employees by the Planning Board in the administration of the Subdivision in order toreserve for the benefit of the American Control Law and other functions of the Planning Board " Neither the Town Meeting P people certain historic Members or the Planning Board itself realized at that time how much work would structures and properties of outstanding national significance associated with the be involved in planning for Lexington's rapid growth While the Board considers opening of the War of the American Revolution " The park bill was signed it to be its primary function as set forth under the General Laws to " make by President Eisenhower on September 21, 1959 The passage of this legislation a master or study plan of such town or such part or parts thereof as (the) is of great significance and economic importance to Lexington as will be noted in the Board's report on this town's long-range development plan board may deem advisable " and to " expand and perfect such plan ' —and works continually with this objective in view, the Board's other In closing, the Board comments on the planning process itself by which is meant function of administering the Subdivision Control Law consumes an inordinate "a series of related steps organized around and mov.ng toward the accomplishment amount of time of the Board itself, its staff and the Town Counsel of an objects✓e" — the development of a long-range comprehensive plan The use of the term comprehensive is used to emphasize the need of coordination and to To give some idea of just what one phase of administrative work involved — point out that if over-all planning is to oe eifective it must provide the guide for not including, of course, that of the Planning Director, the Planning Board in 1959 coordinating the efforts of every aspect of this town government's exertions at considered and acted upon applications for approval of 7 preliminary and 12 physical development as well as influencing private development To be effective definitive plans and held 38 conferences with developers in regard to the same, also over-all planning must be continuous from long-range planning at the policy this all in addition to the regular public hearings held in regard to the definitive, level to specific detailed work scheduling at the level of opei tions Finally, plan- plans themselves Within the subdivisions as approved 201 new residential lots ning must constantly evaluate progress toward achievement of a goal and furnish were created and 20,000 feet of road laid out By a process described in the the basis for re-examining and refining goals and programs through replanning Board's 1954 annual report, 86 determinations of Planning Board jurisdiction were These are the objectives toward which your Planning Board is directing its efforts made creating an additional 84 house lots Respectfully submitted, Even though administrative duties have consumed the amount of time noted, the Board's principal business and activities have centered around the development, CHARLES T ABBOTT, Chairman effectuation, and discussion of a long-range plan for Lexington Detailed studies LEVI G BURNELL of sections of major roads and sections of the town have been completed as well THOMAS S GRINDLE, Vice Chairman as certain studies for the improvement of the zoning by-law, a Maple Street garden IRVING H MABEE apartment district created, options and acquisitions of land obtained for street and RICHARD H SOULE, Clerk public recreational purposes,and the detailed outline of a report on a long-range plan completed and discussed at several meetings of various organizations of citizens With particular regard to additional land for various types of public recreation, options have been obtained to purchase for $42,000 three parcels comprising a total area of about 81 acres The three parcels involved are parts of land, now or formerly of Wilkins, fronting on Grove Street, of Waymint Realty Trust fronting on Turning Mill Road, and of the Tower Estate below the Pollen Hill Estates de- velopment With the acquisition of this land the Town will then own the largest part of the land which the Planning Board believes will be needed eventually for public recreational purposes During the past year the Board was particularly pleased to have had the op- portunity to present through its Planning Director studies in connection with a long-range comprehensive plan for Lexington The material was presented at two informational meetings of the Town Meeting Members Association and at meetings of the Hancock Church Men's Club, the Laymen's League of the First Parish 220 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN OF LEXINGTON 214 On August 3, 1959 a contract was awarded to the J A Vitale Company for REPORT OF THE street construction This contract was completed during 1959 and is broken down SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS as follows Location Length Drainage December 31, 1959 Webb Street 965' 355'— 12" Conc Pipe To the Honorable Board of Selectmen 60'— 15" " 280'— 18" " Lexington, Massachusetts Baker Avenue 123' 235'— 12" " Gentlemen Rangeway 225' Leighton Avenue 240' 130'— 12" " In accordance with Article XXII, Section 1 of the By-Laws of the Town of Cummings Avenue 300' 710'— 12" " Lexington, I submit herewith the annual report covering the work of the Public Homestead Street 1085' 310'— 12" " Works Department during the year 1959 800'— 15" " The unprecedented growth of Lexington during the post-war period has Laurel Street 120' con- tinued during the year 1959 and has been reflected in the public's increasing CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION In 1959 an appropriation of $36,000 00 was demand for services and in the volume of work that has been carried on by or under made to continue the widening of Concord Avenue from near Blossom Street to the direction of this department Waltham Street Plans were drawn for this work but before the job went out for Although it is impossible to list all of the various functions and assignments bids it was found that not enough money was available to complete the entire that the Public Works Department must undertake in a given year, a breakdown, section in one year Rather than cause an inconvenience to the abutters on this section for two years in a row, it was decided to ask for an additional amount in which is as complete as possible, is given below 1960 so the street could be completed as one project from Blossom Street to Wal- The following table shows comparison of employee personnel as of December tham Street 31st over the past five years 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE In 1959 the appropriation for Chapter 90 Administration 3 3 3 3 2 highway maintenance was $4,500 00 Engineering 5 5 5 6 7 The following is a breakdown of the work done with these funds Clerical 6 4 4 5 5 Park Department 9 10 11 14 13 Type of Mechanics and Janitors 4 4 6 6 6 Location Maintenance Length Water Department 2 2 4 5 5 Woburn Street Sealing 3800' Public Works Department 24 26 24 26 27 Pleasant Street Sealing 2700' 53 54 57 65 65 Bedford Street Sealing 2070' CURBING As in the past, the sum of $5,999 00 was appropriated for curb BETTERMENT STREET CONSTRUCTION construction in 1959 A breakdown of the work follows Work was continued in 1959 on the 1958 street construction contract which Location Type Curb Length had been awarded on August 13, 1958 to Joseph Lazaro, Inc This contract is now Depot Square Granite 310' completed with the exception of the section of Eldred Street from Justin Street to Lowell Street 169' Grove Street which will be finished in the spring Woburn Street 208 The work on this contract which was done during 1959 is listed below Total 687' Location Length Drainage Allen Street 1180' 1210'— 12" Conc Pipe ASHES AND DUMPS The operation of the Lincoln Street dump was con- Greenwood Street 971' 360'— 12" " " tinued in the same manner as in recent years Theresa Avenue 711' 405'— 12" The dump was kept open every day including Sundays and holidays, and during Winter Street 1600' 170'— 15" the summer months the regular hours were extended as usual to 8 00 P M 1181'- 12" " g Asbury Street 563' 450'— 12" " " On November 23, 1959 the Board of Selectmen voted, however, to close the Winthrop Road 300' dump on the following holidays Sherburne Road 1000' TOWN OF LEXINGTON 221 222 ANNUAL REPORTS New Year's Day < CO m CO 0 0 CO n o u� N o o CO o r` N. N N N. O.N. N0O 00 O M 4:1:17 c+') N' Easter Sunday or 0. o o CO CO r)N CO N m o ao Labor Dayo' ' i'o v N N N.--u) N v 0 r) v O. 1—r\r\v N.N. v o.V) m N. 0,O. N N. N. Thanksgiving u))v N'O M Lriw.- .o ,n Christmas *A- to April 19th *iii' July 4th L i73 5 aai Ecom ''CO m No picking was allowed and the lighting of fires was prohibited, although some N `o accidental fires did occurO.- a0 m ).co O. i-o 0 3 v N N O' The contract with the exterminator was continued with monthly service calls _1 ,") r being made Occasionally, as the occasion demanded, these calls were increased U in frequency a) y 0 0 in h v N The bulldozer was kept on duty every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and a) o v v ON N.N occasionally at other times when it was needed due to abnormal dumping 3 0 .o o.o.o 0 .o o O, NNUN N. v I— E3aovN'O'O o. The cost of operation was again held down due to the practice of including in w oil N v ri v water, sewer and street construction contracts, the specification that all excess fill 4.9- — be deposited as cover material at the dump During the year the expansion of the dump toward residential areas has in- m N N o N N o creased the demand for better operation A report by the Superintendent of Public 3 E v v N CO v v Works to the Board of Selectmen containing his recommendations for providing Q i° 3 iLO coNv N. N this better service was made during the year It is expected that many of the G w— changes recommended will be made in 1960 W v GARBAGE COLLECTION On the whole, the garbage collection by Silva 00 di NC Brothers has been satisfactory and certainly has been an improvement over past 3 c co NO,- v v E years A continuing effort is being made by this department to assist the contractor 0 _ E ^ N rn 0 C o in maintaining a high quality of service H = 3 M O` `n U, ma) SNOW REMOVAL The cost of removal of snow this year was lower in com- "i `. "} u a c o parison to some other years with only five major snowstorms recorded The heaviest m T v , c storm recorded was 12 inches and cost $12,789 28 to remove Total amount of N o m tn v o 0 snow from major storms this year was 31 inches The total cost of snow removal in'o m M N in m u 5W °o, I a) a including repairs to all equipment was $57,798 57 The accompanying table mdi- c o I M v s v m 2 Cates the cost breakdown chargeable to snow removal • ' U . ca `CO `3 P. a) '� a)" E - c ic a) m o` v_N ? o oa3-E rf N a a) S > E N U i > -O U O O E^Nr7v in so• U oU r 18 O C coC O E N Z O E^ O) N N I— O 3 C Cce � JaI �a E 3`o f0 E u -0 E ,'ria CO a U—'n a > C o �O E 1n C O U O' u C'')v O' in 0 >n C in in 3 I I I I I as a) aa)i-8 io w o O C a) , C u) a a) s m a v ' 0 CO �, o o a7 2- i cy O O O C O bN. 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CO TOWN OF LEXINGTON 223 224 ANNUAL REPORTS STREET LIGHTING Twenty-three 800 lumen lights, one 6000 lumen light In its continued effort to providep and seven 4000 lumen lights were removed during the year Twenty-seven 1000 better service, the Public Works Department- and and two 2500 lumen lights were installed during 1959 so that currently, decided to resurface certain streets with bituminous concrete which, although its lamps in service are as follows initial cost is higher than the mix-in-place resurfacng done by the Town forces, due to its longer life, a much more satisfactory and economical type of pavement 800 Lumens 1,000 Lumens 2,500 Lumens 4,000 Lumens Accordingly on August 10, 1959 a contract was awarded to Warren Brothers Roads 1 187 502 88 16 Company to resurface the following streets 6,000 Lumens 10,000 Lumens 15,000 MV Lumens 46 31 7 Type of Length TRAFFIC REGULATION AND CONTROL The main and, of course, largest Location Treatment In Feet item under this budget is the painting of street lines and crosswalks Other charges, Forest Street .. .. Bituminous 2150 while rather small in amount of money involved, but, nevertheless, a recurring yearly Concrete expense, are the operation of the two traffic signal lights on Massachusetts Avenue Battlegreen Road ... • • 1200 at Depot Square and Waltham Street and the automatic flashing highway crossing Minute Man Lane 1000 signals at Massachusetts Avenue and Locust Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue at the Adams School, Bedford Street, at Worthen Road, Fletcher Avenue and Bow Street This contract was completed During the past year some of the street lines and crosswalks were painted twice, the approximate linear footage painted is indicated below In addition to this type of work, a great deal of time was spent throughout the year on such items as street cleaning, roadside mowing, patching, cleaning catch 6,000 . Crosswalks basins, miscellaneous drain construction, sidewalk maintenance, guard rail and 3,300 .. Curbing fence repair, etc 200 Parking Tees 240 Boys During the winter months approximately 2,000 feet of brooks were cleaned 25 STOP Signs 125 SLOW Signs WATER STANDPIPE On April 22, 1959 a contract was awarded to A. 5 Circles Belanger& Sons, Inc for painting the new 2,242,000 gallon standpipe This con- 1 0 . Bus Stop tract was completed STREET SIGNS During the past year 69 old street signs were taken down, repaired, painted and reinstalled 54 new signs were also installed !DRAIN CONSTRUCTION On August 10, 1959 a contract was awarded to S. RotonROAD MACHINERY Duringtheyear the followingStreet i & Sons, Inc to construct a 42" drain along Park Drive from Waltham pieces of equipment were Street to Clarke Street This work has been completed Also included in this purchased and received contract was the following drain construction 1 Sidewalk Tractor Plow 1 Automatic Curb Machine 1 Winch Truck—Tree Department Location Size Length SIDEWALKS The program of extending sidewalks in the vicinity of schools Grove Street ... 15" 877' was continued in 1959 and bituminous sidewalks were constructed on the follow 18" 972' II 1 ing streets Feet • • 30" 60' East Street 1800 Adams Street . 1300 North Hancock Street 1800 Sidewalks were also installed for individual requests on Parker Street and Taft WATER DIVISION Avenue General Information HIGHWAY MAINTENACE In 1959 the Public Works Department main- Range of Static Pressure in-Mains tamed 81 31 miles of accepted streets, an increase of 3 24 miles from 1958 40 to 120 pounds Length of Pipe in Streets 125 71 miles The following is a breakdown of streets which were sealed or resurfaced by Number of Services7,022 Number of Hydrants "' Town forces during the past year 1 182 Type of Length Total Water Consumption in 1959 ... 1,078,774,000 gals_ Location Treatment In Feet Average Daily Consumption in 1959 "' 2,955,500 " Concord Avenue Mix-in-place .... ... 1400 Average'Daily Consumption in 1959 per capita •, 113 •• Massachusetts Avenue ... Sealing 3000 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 225 226 ANNUAL REPORTS WATER CONSTRUCTION EXTENT OF DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM DEC 31, 1959 (Contract) Size of Pipe Length in Feet Location Size Length 16" 27,185 Freemont Street 6" 1325' 12" 136,336 a Eastern Avenue 8" 1207' li 10" 21,71 1 Asbury Street 6" 973' 8" 151,079 6" 310,339 Ridge Road 6" 920' 4" 17,086 Earl Street 6" 109' Ash Street 6" 228' Total 663,736 Spring Street 12" 736' Weston Street 12" 287' School Street 10" 490' HYDRANT INSTALLATION � Lincoln Street 12" 270' Hydrants in Service January 1, 1959 1152 Lincoln Street 16" 2127' Hydrants Installed in 1959 30 - 8672' Hydrants in Service December 31, 1959 1182 1 On October 5, 1959 a contract was awarded to J D'Amico, Inc for the con- struction of 12" and 16" water mains which are intended to correct certain de- WATER CONSTRUCTION ficiencies in our distribution system (Development at no Cost to Town) A 16" main was installed in Lincoln Street from Massachusetts Avenue at Location Size Length Worthen Road to the 12" supply line which runs up to the water standpipe approx- Page Road 8" 924' imately opposite the Town Dump A 12" main was constructed from the south- erly side of Route 2 at Spring Street to the entrance to the new Raytheon Complex Bryant Road 8" 1939' on Spring Street where it was connected to a 12" line previously installed by the Sanderson Road 8" 1100' Raytheon Manufacturing Company on their own property This 12" Town-owned Turning Mill Road 8" 667' main on Raytheon property will be an important link in our water distribution sys- Whitman Circle 6" 373' Cooke Road 8" 1600' tern Fulton Road 8" 217' At the other end of the Raytheon property a 12" main is included in this Douglas Road 6" 540' contract to be installed from the end of the existing 12" main on Lincoln Street Oxbow Road 6" 1084' to the intersection of Shade and Weston Streets It is expected that this project Constitution Road 6" 706' will be completed early in the spring of 1960 Frances Road 6" 550' Lillian Road 6" 685' It is the intention of the Public Works Department to ask for additional funds Sherburne Road 8" 160' in 1960 to construct a section of 12" main within the Raytheon property When. Hayes Lane 6" 200' this section is completed a 12" and 10" supply line will run the entire distance Thoreau Road 8" 1100' from Waltham Street along Concord Avenue, Route 2 and Spring Street to the Freemont Street 6" 510' Raytheon property, then through the Raytheon property and along Lincoln Street Bonair Avenue 6" 60' to the standpipe 12 415' WATER CONSTRUCTION WATER MAINTENANCE Number of new services installed 301 (Town Labor & Equipment) Number of services renewed Location Size Length 1 Main to Curb . . 15 Garfield Street 6" 481' 2 Curb to House 34 Laurel Street . .. .. 6" 160' *Number of new services to curb only 99 Worthen Road 8" 686' Number of services repaired 17 Rindge Avenue 6" 112' 456 1439' * Installed to curb to prevent digging up newly-paved streets TOWN OF LEXINGTON 227 228 ANNUAL REPORTS METERS During the year a total of 335 new meters were installed Additional SEWER CONSTRUCTION—(Continued) work included removing, repairing and testing 781 meters and replacing them Location Size Length DISTRIBUTING MAINS Water main breaks and leaks were repaired in various Hamblen Street 8" 679' streets throughout the Town, as indicated below Eastern Avenue 8" 1089' ' Size of Size of Bellflower Street 8" 570' Westminster Avenue 8" 450' Street Main Street Main Garfield Street 8" 920' Stimson Avenue 6" Westminster Avenue 6" Patterson Road 8" 1387' Bernard Street 8" Downing Road 6" Bedford Street 8" 470' Forest Street6" Revere Street 12" Fair Oaks Drive 8" 305' Grandview Avenue 6" Hinchey Road 8" Lockwood Road 8" 222' Winter Street 12" Adams Street • 12" Byron Avenue 8" 220' Locust Avenue 8" Cedar Street 12" Curve St & Mass Ave 8" 350' Estabrook Road 8" Burlington Street 12" Cedar Street8" Bucknam Drive 8" 14,064' Marrett 'Road 12" Hathaway Road 8" Brandon Street 6" Winchester Drive 12" (Force Mains) Theresa Avenue 6" Crosby Road 6" Location Size Length Greenwood Street 6" Spring Street 12" Patterson Road 4" 450' Hamblen Street6" Byron Avenue 6" Rhodes Street 4" 275' Winter Street 8" Compton Circle 6" Lockwood Road 4" 280' Bow Street 12" Constitution Road 6" Concord Avenue 12" Outlook Drive 12" 1,005' Crosby Road .. 6" Freemont Street . 6" SEWER CONSTRUCTION SEWER DIVISION (Town Labor & Equipment) General Information Location Size Length Lexington is part of the North Metropolitan Sewerage District Lowell Street 8" 55' Area tributary to existing sewer system 9 45 sq miles Total length of trunk line sewers 15 01 miles Total length of street line sewers51 68 miles SEWER CONSTRUCTION Total number of house connections 3608 Amount expended for maintenance $14,490 00 (Development at no Cost to Town) 1960 Sewer assessment rate $18 42 Location Size Length Number of sewer services installed 261 Number of sewer services repaired 27 Page Road 8" 891' Bryant Road 8" 1369' SEWER CONSTRUCTION Sanderson Road 8" 833' Oxbow Road 8" 960' (Contract) Constitution Road 8" 706' Location Size Length Freemont Street 8" 150' Wood Street 8" 1259' Sherburne Road 8" 83' Holton Road 8" 759' Hayes Lane 8" 160' Freemont Street 8" 1172' Frances'Road 8" 550' Crosby Road 8" 240' 5,702' Wildwood Road 8" 589' Laurel Street 8" 160' Asbury Street 8" 908' (Force Main) Marrett Road 8" 1875' Location Size Length Balfour Street 8" 440' Constitution Road 4" 500' 230 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN OF LEXINGTON 229 TRUNK SEWER CONSTRUCTION Public Works Budding The usual repairs and maintenance work was done at the Public Works Building (Contract) Mosquito Control• Mosquito control work commenced with mid-winter DDT The total length of trunk sewers was increased considerably during 1959 dusting of frozen swamps About 432 acres were dusted by hand and 600 acres On January 9, 1959 a contract was awarded to Richard White Sons, Inc to by helicopter No dusting or spraying was done against the spring brood of mos- extend the existing trunk sewer along Route 128 from Massachusetts Avenue to quitoes in the southeastern quarter of the Town because the infestation was be- Marrett'Road and up to the lower end of Roosevelt'Road This work was completed Size of Pipe lieved to have died out in that area Some ditch cleaning was done off Maple Length in feet Street and off Concord Avenue near the Belmont line Brush was cleared from 14" 1,092 proposed ditch locations north of Route 2 between Waltham Street and Spring 8" 464 Street In late May and June adult mosquitoes of the spring brood invaded the north i 1,556 and west parts of the Town About 350 acres were sprayed with helicopter to On April 22, 1959 a contract was awarded to C DiMartino & Sons, Inc to reduce this infestation in some of the upland areas early in June Again, in late June, the Tophet Swamp area had to be sprayed for the Mansonia perturbans extend this sewer from the northerly side of Marrett Road along 'Route 128 to the mosquito and other species inter section of Shade and Weston Streets where it will serve the new Raytheon i Complex At the present time this contract is approximately 90% completed The summer Culex (House Mosquito) spray program began in June and ran Size of Pipe Length in Feet through September Dieldrin was sprayed in catch basins Elsewhere oil was used 14" 3,460 until late summer, then DDT was substituted The summer season was very wet ' and humid and mosquito production exceeded the capabilities of the spray crews As part of the Richard White Sons' contract of January 9, 1959, a trunk sewer Aircraft services were too much in demand throughout the state to be readily was constructed from the easterly side of Route 128 under Route 128 to Patterson available A large aerosol generator was purchased and used to "fog" against Road This contract has been completed adult mosquitoes around houses It was used evenings in August and early Sep- Size of Pipe Length in Feet tember The Town Park Department helped with its large mist blower treating part of the Town on an evening schedule 14" 905 Many other odd jobs were completed for other departments and officials which On April 13, 1959 a contract was awarded to C DiMartino & Sons, Inc to proved time consuming and occasionally interfered with our normal programming construct a trunk sewer from the existing trunk sewer at the East Lexington Rail- P 9 9 in- road Station to the inter-section of Pleasant and Waterown Streets This contract The co operation shown by other departments, however, more than offset any o convenience to our own program is approximately 95% completed Size of Pipe Length in Feet 24" 4,490 CONCLUSION On November 23, 1959 a contract was awarded to C Jiustino, Inc to extend In conclusion, I wish to acknowledge with thanks the assistance and co-opera- a trunk sewer from the existing trunk sewer on the northwesterly side of Route 128 tion given to the Public Works Department by officials of the Town and members in a westerly direction to the ITEK property located just south of Westview Street of the various Town departments The work on this contarct has been started and it is anticipated that it will be com- pleted in April, 1960 Respectfully submitted, JOHN J CARROLL, Superintendent of Public Works GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS Town Offices, Cary Memorial Building and Barnes Building In addition to the general alterations repairs and painting of all three properties, the following work was done In the Cary Memorial Building the water service from the meter to the Ladies' Room was renewed and approximately 60 feet of copper gutter was replaced on the Massachusets Avenue side of the Town Office Building A storm door enclosure was constructed at the entrance of the Public Welfare 'Department and new tile floors were installed in the Town Clerk's office and the Public Works office The entrance to the School Administration Building was resurfaced with bituminous concrete and new driveways and a small parking area were constructed at the rear of this building TOWN OF LEXINGTON 231 232 ANNUAL REPORTS Inc+o•oN^In O P. O N (C)0.I^VD01M0•0 CoN REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT D o o OD o N r)N o v o '1' o o'O O,I�O.�NOO O ,D N N V Is.U) co'0•o O01•D Oo01 0 ^Oo Is.O V .o CO N N^^V^^MM fid' O N O u) V Lr O M 0 o 0: •O M December 31, 1959 ul o.so N v N N O P. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington,Massachusetts 000 N.M Gentlemen O O O M r. 0 O o ^v CD OD 00 01 OD Herewith is presented the Report of the Accounting Department for the year °0 CO^ in 00 O-4-' •O 1959 This report is made in accordance with the requirements of the State Sys- tern of Accounting as set forth in the following schedules - tea, Balance Sheet showing financial condition of the Town, December .6— N a 31, 1959 a) u -a Receipts for the year 1959 in detail E _ N T 3 Expenditures of the year 1959 in detail c r c s u u- 172 Schedule of Appropriation Accounts—Revenue Z c E ' ac j Analysis of Overlay Accounts, Trust Accounts, Surplus Accounts H 0 o 0 Q °� _ o and others Z ID N c,nco,n .s E a c N Borrowing Capacity of the Town K c o 3 N o o C's C j ....Q Q) 0 D Schedule of Municipal Indebtedness m e +—p 0 Q _ E , I I mQ Schedule of Interest on Town debt showing payments due each year o ii" dS > E ~~ ° a a1 N u. o 2 m r ' IL/U9-15-126L) m x x a m i 3 Schedule of Town Debt showing payments due each year 0 = a° 0- o o. a LL n� p 3 U N a� as n In accordance with the provision of Section 58, Chapter 41 of the General Z Q v1 V 0 v1 O N Laws, each head of a department, board or committee authorized to expend money 0 was requested to furnish at the close of the year a list of unpaid bills There are I— no unpaid bills remaining for the year 1959 I ,o ^ ^ N in 0,111 N. 10 V) r).o .O N CO M N,D-1 O. V 10 ^CO In accordance with the provisions of Section 51, Chapter 41 of the General IA, `o N ,o N v N.M CO m ° o•° W .o V' Lo N. N N.^ N N N.M Laws, I have examined the accounts of the various Town Offices and Boards en- 0, N O v) o rO— 0 Co 0 N -- ov trusted with the receipts, custody or expenditure of money In each case, I have .o , _ N N found the records correct During the year 1959 the cash balances have been 1° verified and bank balances of the Collector of Taxes and Town Treasurer have Z N U} been reconciled -1 co 0, 00.^o.— N N Ch. v 0, In accordance with Section 53,Chapter 41 of the General Laws, I have audited r.n o.- v,ort O O CO'1' CO a the accounts of the Trustees of Public Trust, Trustees of Cary Memorial Library CO 0 ?-a ° 0 sO r and the School Committee The Securities held by these Trustees have been ex- — Co -4- - M amined and found correct and in proper order The cash balances have also been reconciled with the Bank balances N T0. N N 'Respectfully submitted, CC Ce crsc EDWARD A PALMER, M I C C Town Accountant �c N a) N C C c 0 0 > vs C o u u u Middlesex,ss -o o o iL E Q Q N Then personally appeared the above named, Edward A Palmer, and made oath s- -0 v v o a) a) u E ° :° i o E E N that the foregoing statements made by him are correct and true to the best of his = a a a 0 E Q o 0 a o o a knowledge and belief. c co co 0 0 0 >^co a Qc_ .- E m } JAMES J CARROLL, s waa 0"1.ON.0-. o`aa2 E tom~ a o . o aLu ' ' e V) x^.- x x au u ma a a Notary Public 0 I2 al-I-0 3 0 0 Term Feb 26, 1966 BALANCE SHEET—TOWN OF LEXINGTON—Continued Assets—Continued Liabilities—Continued Water Assessment Fund 5,289 39 Water Available Surplus 59,092 80 Sale—Real Estate Fund 188 30 Westview—Sale of Lots 34,201 22 Overlay Reserve . 25,198 20 Road Machinery Fund 42,811 19 Tax Collectors Reserve— Scammon 8012 _I Tax Collectors Reserve— 0 Thompson 96 76 Z Excess & Deficiency 585,281 89 O $2,602,951 58 $2,602,951 58 r. m X Z Gl 0 Z N W W BORROWING CAPACITY December 31, 1959 Valuations Property Tax 1957 Less abatements 57,408,387 1958 Less abatements . 60,983,731 1959 Less abatements .. 65,622,418 184,012,536 Motor Vehicle Excise 1957 Less abatements .... 6,528,799 1958 Less abatements 6,675,295 1959 Less abatements 7,161,639 20,365,733 D Total 204,378,269 3 year average 68,126,089 Borrowing Capacity 5%o .. . 3,406,304 Town Debt December 31, 1959 .. 9,234,000 Debt outs,de legal limit p Water 1947 16"-I- 52,000 Water 1948 6-16" ... 60,000 Water 1951 6-16" 10,000 Water 1953 16"-I- ... 40,000 Water 1954 6-16" ... 50,000 Water 1956 86,000 Water 1957 Standpipe& 6-16" .... 224,000 Elementary School 1947 Land . .. 8,000 Fiske School 1948 .... 224,000 New High School 1951 ... 1,020,000 Completing New High School 1953 .. . . 100,000 Fiske Addition 1954 .. . 225,000 Hastings School 1954525,000 Harrington School 1955 ... 560,000 BORROWING CAPACITY—(Continued) High School Addition 1955 .... 619,000 Franklin Addition 1956 .. ..... 395,000 Franklin Addition 1957 . . .... . 54,000 Hastings, Harrington Addition 1957 . . 160,000 New Junior High School 1958 1,945,000 Muzzey Rem & Ren 1958 . . ... 295,000 6,131,000 Total Outside Debt Limit 6,653,000 Borrowing Inside Debt Limit . 2,581 000 -I Borrowing Capacity as verified by Bureau of Accounts 825,304 Z • T r X' X_ 2 O 2 N W V1 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS—1959 co" o. Balance Appropriations Expenditures To To ACCOUNT From 1958 &Transfers &Transfers E&D 1960 Appropriation Committee Expenses $2,218 00 $2,217 93 07 Selectmen Personal Services 10,095 00 10,088 47 6 53 Expenses . .. 3,490 60 2,681 76 808 84 Accounting Personal Services . . . .. 11,204 00 11 109 45 94 55 Expenses 550 00 549 87 13 Z Out-of-State Travel 100 00 100 00 2 C Town Clerk-Treasurer D Personal Services 15,935 00 15,634 49 300 51 r- Expenses .... . .. . 1,051 00 1,045 38 5 62 m Out-of-state travel ;50 00 250 00 -o Parking Meter Maint 100 00 98 45 1 55 7) Foreclosure & Redemption 123 40 123 40 N Registrations 925 00 925 00 Registrars Personal Services 3,522 00 2,770 00 752 00 Col lectors Personal Services 14,320 00 14,308 49 11 51 Expenses 3,145 00 3,144 21 79 Metered Mail 5,641 00 5,202 50 438 50 ... Assessors Personal Services 17,003 85 16,674 69 329 16 .. Expenses 1,760 00 1,759 46 54 Out-of-state travel 100 00 91 10 8 90 . .. . ..... APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS- 1959-Continued Balance Appropriations Expenditures To To ACCOUNT From 1958 &Transfers &Transfers E&D 1960 Law Department Personal Services 4,000 00 4,000 00 Expenses 2,146 17 2,500 00 3,113 33 155 47 1,377 37 Special Fees 5,000 00 5,000 00 Election Expenses Town Clerk 475 00 338 20 136 80 Selectmen 4,851 00 1,857 02 2,933 98 .. Voting Machine Rental 460 00 460 00 Voting Machine Purchase 10,209 15 10,209 15 O Supt Public Works Office Z Personal Services 29,640 00 27,199 60 2,440 40 • 0 Expenses 1,776 00 1,745 25 30 75 -n r Town Office&Cary Memorial n' Personal Services 12,312 11 12,312 11 X Wages and Expenses 3,510 54 31,570 25 31,499 01 3,577 78 Z G1 New Town Office Bldg 508 37 508 37 -I New Town Office Bldg Plans & Specs 453 43 453 43 z Z Engineering Personal Services 32,069 00 30,013 00 2,056 00 Expenses 1,477 48 1,477 48 , , Board of Appeals Expenses 2,115 00 2,067 24 47 76 . .. . Planning'Board Personal Services9,594 00 9,313 52 280 48 ,.. Expenses ,.,,, „ , 294 72 4,362 50 3,829 08 47 72 1,980 42 1,200 00 Base Plans & Maps 982 94 982 94 w Street Options .,,., 950 00 400 00 „ , . ., 550.00 v APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS- 1959-Continued t`' w co Balance Appropriations Expenditures To To ACCOUNT From 1958 &Transfers &Transfers E&D 1960 Police Department Personal Services ..,. 179,264 09 174,879 56 4,384 53 Expenses 265 88 16,995 00 16,184 60 1,076 28 • Out-of-state Travel25 00 25 00 Parking Meter Maintenance 4,000 00 2,993 05 1,006 95 FBI School , , 1,000 00 1,000 00 Fire Department Personal Services 192,220 00 187,657 55 4,562 45 .. Expenses . ,,,.. ,. 25,807 63 25,248 64 558 99 ,,,.. .. y Capital Expenses 2,500 00 2,354 00 146 00 Z Forest Fires C Wages and Expenses 500 00 499 96 04 Dr- Civilian Defense m Expenses . „ 4,804 21 3,687 90 1,1 16 31 O xi Inspection tn Personal Services15,927 00 15,651 04 275 96 Expenses .. ., . . 1,749 50 1,619 34 130 16 Out-of-state Travel 100 00 100 00 Printing By-Laws 140 88 45 00 95 88 ..., Weights&Measures 1 Personal Services 1,150 00 1,150 00 Expenses 545 00 526 85 18 15 • Insect Suppression Wages and Expenses 8,600 00 8,553 78 46 22 Shade Trees Wages and Expenses 924 30 17,725 00 18,589 48 59 82 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1959-Continued Balance Appropriations Expenditures To To ACCOUNT From 1958 &Transfers &Transfers E&D 1960 Dutch Elm Wages and Expenses 1,246 40 13,600 00 14,416 79 429 61 .... ... .. Dog Officer Personal Services 400 00 375 00 25 00 Expenses . • .... .. . .. 650 00 629 00 21 00 Health Department Personal Services 8,730 41 8,730 41 0 Expenses 11,150 00 9,343 62 1,806 38 0 Mosquito Control 8,500 00 8,500 00 Z Dog Clinic 743 00 570 94 172 06 0 Dental Clinic m Personal Services 6,490 00 5,820 00 670 00 X Expenses 766 00 727 64 38 36 Z Posture Clinic Personal Services 1,856 00 1,375 00 481 00 0 Z Expenses 485 00 328 66 156 34 Animal Inspection Personal Services 970 00 970 00 Vital Statistics Expenses 30 00 28 77 1 23 Sewer Maintenance Wages and Expenses 14,490 00 14,490 00 Sewer Services N Wages and Expenses . .. . . . .. . . 43,541 36 43,541 36c"' • W APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1959-Continued fi A O Balance Appropriations Expenditures To To ACCOUNT From 1958 &Transfers &Transfers E&D 1960 Sewer Constr 1957 . . . . 48,535 69 48,114 58 421 11 Sewer Constr 1958 . . 118,568 09 3,000 00 115,295 53 .. 6,272 56 Sewer Constr 1959 Wages and Expenses ... .. 159,300 00 138,487 31 20,812 69 Minute Man Highlands Engineering Expenses 15,000 0015,000 00 Sewer Constr Westview > Wages and Expenses 300,000 00 1,914 00 298,086 00 Z Z C Sewer Constr Byron&Lockwood Ayes Wages and Expenses 24,800 00 15,452 969,347 04 xi Trunk Sewer Constr Rt 128 m Wages and Expenses69,987 80 69,987 80 O --1 Trunk Sewer Wood St cr' Wages and Expenses.... 53,552 59 49,894 06 3,658 53 Trunk Sewer(Sickle Brook) Wages and Expenses 250,000 00 187,973 76 62,026 24 Trunk Sewer(Shade&Weston) Wages and Expenses 13,000 00 210,000 00 117,288 87 .. 105,711 13 Engineering-M Area Qltek) Wages and Expenses 12,000 00 9,502 48 . .. 2,497 52 Town Sewer 1955 14,065 83 14,065 83 Drains 1956 495 92 495 92 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1959-Continued To Balance Appropriations Expenditures To 1960 ACCOUNT From 1958 &Transfers &Transfers E&D Drains 1958 .. 20,659 49 495 92 21,155 41 • Wages and Expenses •• Drain Constr 195958 481 50 44,235 98 14,245 52 Wages and Expenses.. ••• ••• Drain 'Easement . ••• ••• 1 00 1 00 H Town Dump 18,800 00 18,800 00 . ••• •• 0 Wages and Expenses .• .. 225 75 20,925 00 300 75 Z Z Garbage Collection Contract 21, O m Public Works Bldg. 28,300 00 28,204 96 95 04 ..• 1- Wages and'Expenses .•• X Z Highway Maintenance 76,947 79 76,947 75 04 . ••• Wages and Expenses HO Z Chapter#90 9,824 95 7,309 66 2,515 29 1958 Construction 2,350 90 607 46 1955 Construction 2,958 36 36,000 00 1959 Construction ... .... 36,000.00 ... •• •1959 Maintenance . .. 4,500 00 4,458 75 41 25 ••• Street Constr N Hancock, etc 36,500 00 31,055 36 . 5,444 64 Wages and Expenses North St Recreation Area .. 5,500 00 5,100 00 .... 400 00 9,312 00 .. 9,312.00 Baskin Playground N Marrett Rd & Bacon Rd. ... 3,500 00 3,500 00 • •• •••• A APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS- 1959-Continued 1`' A N Balance Appropriations Expenditures To To ACCOUNT From 1958 &Transfers &Transfers E&D 1960 Land Acquisition & Easement Fees Lincoln Terr, etc 1957 .. 100 00 . .... ... 100 00 Art 57-62-64-76- 1958 100 00 • 100 00 Devnes 1 00 .... . 1 00 Fremont St1 00 1 00 Rowland Ave . .... . ... 100 00 100 00 Art 43-51 - 1959 Laurel St 1,000 001,000.00 Fottler Millbrook 100 00 100 00 Eldred St Acceptance Z Wages and Expenses 52,000 00 .. .. ... 49,289.31 2,710 69 Z C Allen Street Wages and Expenses 39,100 00 38,126.82973 18 m Eldred St Construction 350 00350 00 A Street Construction 1957 5,552 80 01 5,552 81 . .... .. H Asbury Street 195812,000 00 11,790 54 209 46 Sundry St Construction 1958 17,013 60 28,172 00 41,553 163,632 44 Depot Square 4,565 11950 00 3,615 11 Essex St Footpath 500 00 493 00 7 00 Waltham St Reconstruction 100 00 .. .. 100 00 Emerson Rd Culvert .. .... 5,000 00 5,000 00 .. . .... .. . Sundry Streets- 1959 Wages and Expenses 50,890 00 46,740 97 . . 4,149 03 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS- 1959-Continued Balance Appropriations Expenditures To To ACCOUNT From 1958 &Transfers &Transfers E&D 1960 Worthen Rd Engr 1958 . . 1,990 25 1,801 00 189 25 Worthen Rd Constr 1955 314 20 314 20 Street Constr 1956 4,750 95 40 00 4,790 95 Sidewalk Construction 1958 19,316 24 14,391 23 4,925 01 Sidewalk Construction 1959 . . 15,000 00 12,823 41 2,176 59 0 Sidewalk Construction 1957 6,151 70 758 46 5,393 24 Curbing 1959 5 000 00 3,665 01 1,334 99 Road Machinery-New Equipment 5,712 30 13,825 00 19,454 57 82 73 m Road Machinery Z Wages and Expenses . ... ... 32,412 36 32,410 65 1 71 -I O Snow Removal Z Wages and Expenses 75,000 00 57,798 57 17,201 43 Traffic Reg &Control Wages and Expenses ... . 6;635 64 6,635 60 04 Street Lights 50,000 00 49,155 84 844 16 Street Signs 1959 Wages& Expenses 1,000 00 995 33 4 67 Street Signs 1958 N Wages& Expenses 1,165 51 1,1o5 32 19 w APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS- 1959-Continued N A A Balance Appropriations Expenditures To To ACCOUNT From 1958 &Transfers &Transfers E&D 1960 Public Welfare Personal Services 8,781 54 8,781 54 • Administration 653 39 653 39 Aid & Expenses 15,617 89 15,541 75 76 24 Dependent Children Aid & Expenses 5,251 35 5,000 00 251 35 , Disability Assistance Aid & Expenses 13,793 95 13,793 95 • y Z Old Age Assistance Z Aid &'Expenses .. 94,382 40 94,148 45 233 95 c D eterans' Benefits r Personal Services . 2,235 13 2,235 13 Administration 335 00 331 59 3 41 Aid & Expenses 9,205 00 5,860 61 3,344 39 xi Soldiers Burials 250 00 250 00 . . N School Department Personal Services . 1,742,184 00 1,682,360 48 59,823 52 Expenses 414,236 69 399,492 43 14,744 26 Americanization 235 00 155 00 80 00 Voc Ed Tuition 13,000 00 7,650 27 5,349 73 Voc Ed Handicraft 9,052 74 9,052 74 Out of-State Travel 1,475 00 1,436 43 38 57 Fiske School Addn Constr 5,523 63 5,523 63 Franklin School Add Plans &Specs 733 47 733 47 Construction ., 15,571 32 15,571 32 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1959-Continued Balance Appropriations Expenditures To To ACCOUNT From 1958 &Transfers &Transfers E&D 1960 Harrington Addition 3,376 00 Plans & Specs ... .... • 3,376 00 .. • • •••Construction . . •.•. 16,072 85 .... • ,,, 16,072 85 Harrington School Constr . .... 1,701 45 ... ... 1,701 45 Maria Hastings Addition 100 00 797 30 Plans & Specs . . 897 30 -1 Construction ... .• 3,908 61 3,908 61 0 Z Grove St School 50,000 00 2,368 95 47,631 05 Plans & Specs . r- m High School addition 723 10 X Plans & Specs .. 723 10 .. 70 36 Z Construction 70 36 -1 10,450 00 0 Junior High School Site .... 14,950 00 ... 4,500 00 .. z New Junior High 517 34 Plans & Specs 517 34 •• 03 Construction .... . . 1,373,363 95 . . 1,039,005 92 334,358 Muzzey Renovation 2,403.45 Plans & Specs 2,403 45 ••• •••• •••• 5,825 64 Construction .. 113,130 78 .. 107,305.14 Barnes Prop Renov 53 08 • ... 53 08 .•. N Standing School Bldg Corn ... . 4,526 38 ... 250 00 4,276 38 ‘t, APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1959-Continued 1.5 .1:- o.o. Balance Appropriations Expenditures To To ACCOUNT From 1958 &Transfers &Transfers E&D 1960 Land Acquisitions Great Meadows ... 20,000 00 .. 20,000 00 Willard-Robinson ..... .. 42,500 00 21,500 00 21,000 00 Middleby Rd (Famosi) ..... .. .... 6,000 00 6,000 00 Hillcrest Village (East Lexington) . .. 50,000 00 22,000.00 .... ... .... 28,000 00 Cary Memorial Library Personal Services . ... ..... 77,000.00 71,770 04 5,229 96 Expenses .. 28,202 96 27,049 30 1,153.66 > Cary Branch Addition Z Plans & Specs .. 63 08 .. 63 08 Z Construction ... .... .... .. 38,012 40 .. .... ... .. 13,929 58 24,082 82 > Park Department X m Wages& Expenses 2,521 07 50,681 28 52,538 28 664 07 CS' Park-Recreation vi Wages&Expenses 4,200.00 3,578 04 112 96 509.00 Recreation Personal Services . 11,522 00 11,518 75 3 25 ... Expenses .... 1,138 74 5,425 00 5,960 43 603 31 ... ... Memorial Day... .. 516.40 516 40 Veterans' Day .... ..... .... . .. ... 150 00 150 00 .. .... Town Celebrations Committee 4,000 00 3,982.09 17 91 .. . Historic Districts Commission ... ... .... 700 00 320 02 379 98 .. Group Insurance . . 40,000 00 4,314.90 37,223 74 7,091 16 . .. APPROPRIATIONS ACCOUNTS-1959-Continued Balance Appropriations Expenditures To To ACCOUNT From 1958 &Transfers &Transfers E&D 1960 Insurance Premiums 46,000 00 43,137 24 2,862 76 New Ambulance . . 8,000 00 675 00 8,674 75 25 Ambulance Maintenance 500 00 486 96 13 04 Police Pensions1 1,010 24 11,010 24 Fire Pensions 8,311 80 10,471 42 (2,159 62) Printing Town Report 2,206 00 2,181 35 24 65 -I O Trustees- Public Trusts Z Administration . . . 125 00 328 75 433 81 19 94 O T Board of Retirement Normal Liability 38,291 32 38,291 32 .. .. m Water Maintenance Z Wages& Expenses1,181 02 74,534 55 75,715 57 G) Water Services .. 40,125 00 39,421 53 703 47 Z Water Construction 1953 3,252 15 3,252 15 Water Construction 1956 . . 4,905 56 4,905 56 Water Construction 1957 4,793 29 4,698 05 95 24 Water Construction 1958 .. .... 30,573 50 22,282 83 8,290.67 Water Construction 1959 59,800 00 18,749 56 41,058 44 Water Constr Over 16" 1959 42,000 00 22,530 50 19,469 50 N Standpipe Construction , . . , , , . 13,913 09 11,336 55 .... 2,576 54 j is A APPROPRIATIONS ACCOUNTS-1959-Continued °O Balance Appropriations Expenditures To To ACCOUNT From 1958 &Transfers &Transfers E&D 1960 Cemetery Department Personal Services 4,365 00 4,364 57 43 Wages & Expenses 30,038 00 29,979 72 58 28 Capital Expense .. .. 112 83 2,000 00 2,110 68 . .. 2 15 Interest on Debt 245,886 24 245,886 24 Maturing Debt 704,000 00 704,000 00 D Z Capital Expend Comm . . 350 00 350 00 . . .. . . Z C Reserve Fund 25,000 00 25,000 00 D r- $2,603,952 $2,603,952 10 $6,046,391 84 $7,250,302 27 $149,284 59 $1,250,757 08 m v 0 zi-IN t TOWN OF LEXINGTON 249 250 ANNUAL REPORTS RECEIPTS Transportation-Chapter 71 28,545 32 GENERAL REVENUE Refunds for Payments School Loans 133,835 41 Vocational Education 9,41017 Taxes-Levy of 1959 439,757 59 M Polls $12,052 00 From the County y Personal 318,926 41 Dog Licenses 2,753 46 Real 'Estate ... 3,750,003 77 Pro-Forma 256 00 $4,081,238 18 U.S Grants Taxes-Prior Years Old Age Assistance Polls .. 116 00 Administration 6,702 95 Personal 2,965 89 Aid & Expenses 58,053 48 Real • 94,305 50 97,387 39 Dependent Children From the Conmonwealth of Mass Administration 1,558 97 Income Tax 63,555 18 Aid & Expenses 6,549 80 Corporation Tax 104,684 39 Disability Assistance Meal Tax 4,164 43 Administration1,314 18 172,404 00 Aid & Expenses ... 6,587 60 Licenses 80,766 98 Liquor 6,000 00 Sunday 165 00 Other General Revenue For Bowling 10 00 Loss of Taxes Milk& Oleo& Pasteurization 30 50 Town of Arlington Land 730 80 Junk 75 00 City of Cambridge Land 781 20 Victuallers 120 00 Automobile Dealers 70 00 1,512 00 Other 93 50 6,564 00 Tax Title Redemptions Misc Receipts 110 65 Tax Titles .. ... 903 00 TOTAL GENERAL REVENUE 4,893,418 75 Permits Marriage 330 00 Building 6,260 50 Plumbing 1,382 50 COMMERCIAL REVENUE Cesspools 715 00 Gas 7 00 Special Assessments and Pnvileges Garbage and Sewage 26 00 Other 30 50 Special Assessments 8,751 50 Sewer Apportioned Paid in Advance 15,667 55 Fines and Forfeits Added to 1959 Tax Bills 26,807 65 Court Fines 1,270 00 Added to Prior Tax Bills 743 37 Grants and Gifts Unapportioned . 20,029 39 63,247 96 From the Commonwealth Street Paraplegic Veterans Taxes 4,255 65 Apportioned Paid in Advance 6,968 96 English Speaking Classes 175 00 Added to 1959 Tax Bills 19,072 34 George Barden-Smith Fund 347 00 Added to prior Tax Bills . . 401 41 Loss of Taxes-State Land 1,750 75 Unapportioned .... 3,705 18 School Aid-Chapter 70 . 261,438 29 30,147 89 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 251 252 ANNUAL REPORTS Sidewalk Legal Departments Apportioned Paid in Advance 370 15 Board of Appeals—Hearings .. 1,510 00 Added to 1959 Tax Bills 1,421 50 Planning Board—Hearings 236 00 Added to Prior Tax Bills . 10 60 Zoning Books, Maps, etc210 25 Unapportioned 1,831 71 1,956 25 Ir 3,633 96 Water TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT DEPART- Apportioned Paid in Advance 327 50 MENTAL22,279 88 Added to 1959 Tax Bills 1,769 61 Added to Prior Tax Bills 319 27 Unapportioned 2,829 58 Tax Title 75 00 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 5,320 96 Police Department Privileges Bicycle 'Permits 135 75 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes Revolver Permits . 205 00 Levy of 1959 207,078 17 Miscellaneous 198 00 Prior Years 71,460 33 538 75 Farm Animal— 1959 71 74 Fire Department Prior Years 43 00 Oil Permits and Blasting 125 50 278,653 24 Miscellaneous 32 00 170 00 TOTAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND PRIVILEGES 381,004 01 Inspection Weights and Measures 355 20 Wires . . . 1,213 00 1,568 20 COMMERCIAL REVENUE—DEPARTMENTAL TOTAL PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND Collector PROPERTY 2,265 95 Certificate Fees 2,560 00 Tax Demand Costs 1,754 53 4,314 53 HEALTH AND SANITATION Selectmen Health Department Miscellaneous Dental Clinic 176 62 Sale Possessions 12,200 00 Engineering . . 135 20 12,200 00 311 82 State—Tuberculosis 612 13 Town Clerk Mortgages Recorded 1,504 32 Sewer Department Mortgages Discharged 84 00 House Connections 6,291 48 Pole Location Certificates 295 50 Miscellaneous60 55 Certificates . . 645 04 Sewer Rates 9,309 34 Miscellaneous 134 24 Sewer Charge Lieu of Betterments 1,442 30 Fees .. .. . 809 50 Refuse and Garbage Permits 26 00 Gas 11 50 Clinic Receipts 292 50 3,484 10 17,422 17 Cary Memorial Building TOTAL HEALTH AND SANITATION .. 18,346 12 Rentals 325 00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 253 254 ANNUAL REPORTS HIGHWAYS RECREATION AND PARKS Highway MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS 774 95 Joint Construction State 3,270 99 TOTAL RECREATION & PARKS . 774 95 County . . 8,488 01 Ir Highway Road Machinery Fund 19,334 61 f Sale of 'Scrap141 29 UNCLASSIFIED Highway Chapter #718 13,651 29 Gasoline Sales658 76 Ambulance Rentals 1,851 00 Parking Meters 6,623 79 TOTAL HIGHWAYS 45,544 95 Miscellaneous Items 5 00 House Rental 1,800 00 Compensation-State Tax 127 82 PUBLIC WELFARE Temporary Aid TOTAL UNCLASSIFIED Reimbursement-State 186 80 10,407 61 Reimbursement-Cities & Towns 849 64 Reimbursement- Individuals 1,647 07 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES 2,683 51 Water Department Aid to Dependent Children Sale of Water Rates of 1959 and Prior Years 213,561 32 Reimbursement-State 3,620 86 Liens Added to Taxes 6,026 60 Soldiers'Benefits House Connections 1,999 75 Charges, Lieu of Betterments 465 00 State Aid2,447 39 Sundry Items 415 91 Old Age Assistance TOTAL PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES 222,468 58 'Reimbursement-State 63,120 12 Reimbursement-Cities&Towns 5,779 67 Reimbursements 1,300 00 CEMETERIES I 70,199 79 Munroe Annual Care 60 75 Disability Assistance Interments 406 00 Reimbursement-State 7,765 59 Foundations and G & L 159 75 Reimbursement- Individual 275 59 Perpetual Care 33 00 8,041 18 TOTAL PUBLIC WELFARE 86,992 73 Westview Sale of Lots4,904 32 Perpetual Care 4,960 00 SCHOOLS Interments 2,964 00 Tuitions &Trans - State Wards 3,470 95 Foundations and G L 1,205 95 Other Tuition 'Receipts 15,974 71 House Rent 120 00 Athletic Activity 6,635 25 TOTAL CEMETERIES School Lunch Program 182,983 48 14,813 77 Miscellaneous Receipts 4,411 26 Suprad . 62,294 50 Title III Funds 5,080 59 INTEREST P L #874 67,233 00 Special Assessments A D L 2,513 20 Sewer .. ,,,, 8,899 28 Street • 6,751 94 TOTAL SCHOOLS 350,596 94 Sidewalk .. 686 40 Water • 363 24 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 255 256 ANNUAL REPORTS Interest-Deferred Taxes 3,579 09 Albert B Tenney Memorial 150 00 Interest on Bonds Issued 21 67 Group Insurance Collections 4,314 90 Tax Title Interest 136 55 Interest on Investments . 6,650 00 TOTAL AGENCY, TRUST & INVESTMENTS 471,055 12 TOTAL INTEREST 27,088 17 TOTAL CASH RECEIPTS 1959 7,414,560 56 1 CASH BALANCE JANUARY 1, 1959 3,600,218 31 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS GRAND TOTAL DECEMBER 31, 1959 11,014,778 87 General Loans Premiums 1,553 70 Sewer 310,000 00 Anticipation Revenue Loan 500,000 00 EXPENDITURES TOTAL MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS 811,553 70 GENERAL GOVERNMENT Appropriation Committee Expenses 2,217 93 REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS Selectmen Refunds Old Age Assistance-Aid and Expenses 382 40 Personal Services Executive Clerk 4,875 00 Public Welfare-Aid and Expenses .. .. 105 00 Senior Clerk 2,820 04 Disability Assistance-Aid and Expenses 33 95 Junior Clerk 2,393 43 Dependent Children-Aid and Expenses 251 35 10,088 47 Veterans' Services-Aid and Expenses 125 00 Expenses Selectmen 1,000 00 Cemetery Department Executive Clerk 250 00 Munroe Perpetual Care Fund 1,500 00 Office Supplies 729 27 Westview Perpetual Care Fund 2,000 00 Constable Service Sundry . . . 702 49 Miscellaneous Refunds 50,444 15 2,681 76 Accounting Department Claims Personal Miscellaneous 1,107 48 Services Accountant 5,803 11 Senior Clerk 2,775 78 TOTAL REFUNDS & TRANSFERS 55,949 33 Junior Clerk 2,530 56 1 1,109 45 Expenses AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENTS Office Supplies 192 09 Agency Dues 36 38 Binding 115 50 Sporting Licenses 3,641 00 Travel-Meetings 212 15 Dog Licenses 4,197 50 Sundry Repairs 93 75 649 87 Deposits Sewer House Connections 45,000 00 Town Clerk&Treasurer's Department Water House Connections .. 22,430 00 Personal Services Withholding Taxes (State) 13,870 03 Treasurer & Town Clerk 6,950 00 Withholding Taxes (Federal) 373,866 49 Assistant Treasurer-Clerk 3,899 18 Other Trusts 3,317 50 Junior Clerks4,785 31 Tower Park Memorial267 70 15,634 49 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 257 258 ANNUAL REPORTS Elections Department 621 98 Expenses Wardens, Etc. Office Supplies ... 630 45 Printing-,Mailing 1,002 29 Equipment Repair . . 41 60 Town Clerk Expenses' 338 20 Travel 252 790 Sundry .• "" •• .•. ••„ 232 75 2,195 22 r Bond Premium 321 70 Sundry 48 84 1,295 38 Registrations Department Personal Services 225 00 Parking Meter Maintenance 98 45 Registrar •••• • Assistant Registrars .. .... . . 2,545.00 2,770 00 Foreclosure & Redemption .... . . 123 40 Expenses 925.00 Printing, Etc. . •.• •••• •• Collector's •Personal Services10,209 15 Collector 5,999 99 Automatic Voting Machines ... Senior Clerk3,146 00 Junior Clerks . ... . 5,162 50 Public.Works Office 14,308.49 Personal Services Expenses Superintendent 8,160 60 Office Supplies .. 2,024 44 Office Manager 4,770.94 Equipment Repair .... ... 49 80 Clencal 14,267 98 Recording Fees . ... 5 00 27,199 60 Bond Premium572 90 Expenses Constable Service • .. 325 00 Supplies 1,329 69 Sundry 167 07 Equipment • & Repair ... .. 415 56 3,144 21 1,745 25 Metered Mail ..•. . .. 5,202 50 Town Offices&Cary Memorial Assessor's Department Personal Services 4 795 78 Personal Services 1st Janitor .. •• ••2nd ... 3,815 98 3,700 35 Secretary 6,224 89 3rd 12,312.11 Assessors 2,500 00 Senior Clerk3,146 44 Expenses Junior Clerks . .... .. 4,894 46 Labor 2,667.56 16,765.79 Equipment & Repair .... . 12,286 55 Expenses Telephone ... 3,625.82 DeSupplies 684 48 Fuel ... . ... • 4,460 51 Deeds • ... 482 70 Light & Power 4,044 40 Meeting Expenses . ... 279 44 Gas • 551 01 Car Allowances . . 300 00 Water 158 08 Sundry ••• •••• . • 12 84 Miscellaneous 10 59 1,759 4<v 27,824.92 Town Office 1958 .... 3,510 54 Law Department Personal Services Town Counsel . . 4,000 00 Engineering Department Personal Services txpenses _ Assistant Engineer ... 5,244 43 Specialio Fees .... ..... • •• 5,000 00 Others 24,768 57 General Expense . ... .. 2,344 53 30,013 00 1958 Carryover .... . .. 768 80 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 259 260 ANNUAL REPORTS Expenses Ammunition 479 08 Supplies .... ....... 1,083 60 F B I School 1,000 00 Miscellaneous 137 75 Miscellaneous 213 85 1,221 35 New Cars 3,148 95 16,877 12 Board of Appeals Police- 1958 265 88 Clerk ... 447 06 Parking Meter Maintenance 2,993 05 Advertising •. 658 94 Professional Services .. 750 00 Fire Department Supplies 211 24 Personal Services 2,067 24 Chief 6,426 99 Planning Board 1958 247 00 Captains, Lieutenants and lDeputy 34 379 17 Privates 138,980 57 Call Men ... . 3,246 10 Planning Board Extra Duty 2,783 72 Personal Services Clerk 1,841 00 Town Planner .. ... . 7,914 56 187,657 55 Clerk 1,398 96 Expenses 9,313 52 Fire 'Fighting Equipment 1,023 84 Expenses Telephone 1,213 86 Base Maps 982 94 Supplies, Equipment & Repair 11,284 78 Clerical & Other 2,700 65 Equipment for Men 1,971 93 Supplies .480 74 Light 1,873 34 Car 250 00 Rescue&Salvage 145 23 Miscellaneous 150 69 Gas & Oil 3,699 80 3,582 08 Radio-Alarm 2,256 98 Options 400.00 Medical 1,021 95 Laundry672 60 TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT 233,711 90 Water 84 33 25,248 64 Capital Expenditure 2,354 00 PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY Civilian Defense Police Department Miscellaneous Equipment 3,687 90 Personal Services Inspection Department Chief 6,799 95 Lieutenants & Sergeants 36,412 62 Personal Services Patrolmen 114,567 39 Building Inspector 5,691 36 Plumbing Inspector 3,600 50 Matron 227 25 Electrical Inspector 2,316 72 Clerk .... 3,239 57 Policewomen 11,850 00 Clerks 4,042 46 174,879 56 15,651 04 By-Laws 45 00 Expenses Expenses � I Office Supplies 1,352 36 Car Allowances 689 73 Telephone 2,560 30 Miscellaneous-Supplies 962 13 Motor Equipment 1,623 11 1,651 86 Gas & Oil 2,883 87 Radio 790 73 Weights and Measures Equipment for Men 1,689 88 Sealer 1,150 00 Equipment for Women 424 90 Miscellaneous 118 85 Meals 109 53 Car Allowances 408 00 Photographic Supplies 600 56 1,676 85 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 261 262 ANNUAL REPORTS Insect Suppression Dog Clinic Wages&Expenses Veterinarian 448 94 Labor .. . 5,887 61 Expenses 122 00 Supplies . . 2,006 17 570 94 'Miscellaneous 60 75 7,954 53 Dental Clinic Dutch Elm Personal Services Labor 12,080 00 Dentists 3,030 00 Supplies 555 64 Hygienist 2,790 00 12,635 64 5,820 00 Dutch Elm-1958 1,246 40 Expenses Supplies 498 39 Laundry 29 25 Shade Tree Car Allowance 200 00 Wages& Expenses 727 64 Labor 11,350 23 Equipment & Repair 1,569 96 Posture Clinic Supplies 3,523 78 Personal Services . . 1,190 00 Miscellaneous 36 32 Expenses 328 66 16,480 29 1,518 66 Shade- 1958 924 30 lVital Statistics ... . • 28 77 Forest Warden Wages&Expenses Animal Inspection Miscellaneous 499 96 Personal Services Veterinarian970 00 Dog Officer Personal Services 375 00 Sewer Maintenance Expenses . 629 00 Wages&Expenses 1,004 00 Labor 5,454 25 TOTAL PROTECTION PERSONS& PROPE'RTY 473,733 57 Supplies . .. 1,045 43 Light & Power 6,631 85 Equipment Rental124 00 Equipment & Repair 398 96 HEALTH & SANITATION Gravel 15 65 Miscellaneous155 61 Health Department Personal Services 13,827 15 Executive Health Officer 5,925 01 Sewer Services Clerk 2,805 40 Wages&Expenses 8,730 41 Labor • 26,235 27 Expenses Supplies 8,599 02 Car Allowance 799 94 Equipment & Repair 886 13 Supplies 752 56 Contract2,123 74 Tuberculosis-San 1,018 50 Gravel . . . 2,051 36 Visiting Nurse Assn 2,200 00 Miscellaneous Rentals 317 35 Engineering Services 2,393 32 Loam ... 653 75 Other Expenses 2,179 30 40,866 62 9,343 62 Mosquito Control .. . 8,500 00 Sewer Construction 1957 48,114 58 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 263 264 ANNUAL REPORTS Sewer Construction 1958 115,295 53 Drain Construction 1959 Wages& Expenses Sewer Construction 1959 Labor 4,818 79 Wages&Expenses Equipment& Repair 1,082 19 Wa g 2,389 53 Gravel 721 78 Labor Contract 121,496 52 Rentals 241 55 Contract 29,923 90 Professional Services .... 13,656 07 Miscellaneous 732 19 Professional Services 2,660 09 138,274 31 Supplies 3,892 57 43,340 87 Trunk Sewers Garbage Contract 20,925 00 M-1 Professional Services 9,502 48 Lincoln Street Dump Wages&'Expenses Route 128 Labor 9,099 39 Contract .. ... 63,870 66 Gravel 3,343 67 Professional Services 6,095 94 Miscellaneous 431 69 Miscellaneous • 21 20 Rental 2,071 75 69,987 80 14,946 50 Shade&Weston TOTAL HEALTH & SANITATION 941,918 05 Labor 892 74 Contract 98,274 35 Professional Services . .. .. 14,951 63 HIGHWAYS Supplies 3,085 95 Public Works Building Miscellaneous .. 80 45 Wages&Expenses 117,285 12 Labor 22,524 28 Wood Street Fuel, Light, Power 3,400 48 Contract .... 39,812 58 Equipment& Repair 1,604 81 Professional Services .. 6,601 30 'Miscellaneous 422 59 Miscellaneous ... 480 18 27,952 16 46,894 06 Highway Maintenance Labor . 21 42 Byron&Lockwood Equipment4 & Repair 5,194 28 Labor 131 14 Gravel 9,077 14 Contract 13,827 91 Rentals 2,843 75 'Professional Services .. 819 96 Basins 726 00 Miscellaneous 657 45 Miscellaneous 1,578 61 15,436.46 Tarvia 6,045 20 Sickle Brook 72,886 40 Contract .... ... 165,350 88 Street Construction 1957 Professional Services . 22,323 38 Contract 5,389 50 ' Miscellaneous 174 16 Professional Services 163 31 Labor ... 108 84 5,552 81 187,957 26 Street Construction 1958 Trunk Sewer Westview Labor 564 59 Contract 36,166 63 Miscellaneous 1,914 00 Professional Services .. 4,545 38 Miscellaneous 276 56 Drain Construction 1958 21,140 27 41,553 16 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 265 266 ANNUAL REPORTS Street Construction 1 259 Labor 15 06 Road Machinery New Equipment .. 19,454 57 Contract 34,775 18 Professional Services 11,425 04 Snow Removal Advertising & Deeds 421 69 Wages& Expenses Miscellaneous 104 00 Labor 22,516 33 46,740 97 Equipment & Repairs .. .. 5,429 46 Gravel -Salt 12,647 84 Allen St.Construction Rentals 13,840 00 Contract 37,526 82 200 52 Professional Services 600 00 Miscellaneous 54,634 15 38,126 82 Asbury St.ConstructionTraffic Regulations&Control Contract 1 1,1 17 75 Wages&Expenses 2,651 90 Supplies Professional Services 672 78 Supp688 82 -Other 11,790 53 Equipment & Repair .. 2,933 77 6,274 49 Eldred St.Construction Contract 18,386 22 Sidewalk 1957 758 46 Professional Services 2,731 09 21,117 31 Sidewalk 1958 Winchester Drive 31,055 36 Labor 220 66 Contract •••• 14,145 47 Miscellaneous 24 35 Depot Square 950 00 14,390 48 Worthen Rd & Lincoln 1,801 00 Sidewalk 1959 Labor ... . •••• 3617 Contract12,735 49 Willard- Robinson-Land 21,500 0012,771.66 Article 38-North St Land5,100 00 493 00 Essex St. Footway Article 39-Marrett Rd. & Bacon St. 3,500 00 Curbing 1959 Labor1,418 34 Article 61 -Moore Reimbursement 5,000 00 Contract ... 608 40 Chapter 90 Maintenance Miscellaneous 1,511 52 3,538 26 Labor 250 63 Street Lights 49,155 84 Gravel . . 4,208 12 4,458 75 Chapter 90 Construction 1955 2,350 90 Street Signs 1958 719 52 Chapter 90 Construction 1958 6,973 51 Street Signs 1959 Labor 683 02 262 44 Road Machinery Equipment & Repair 22 12 Supplies 967 58 1 Equipment & 'Repair 23,230 61 Gas-Oil .. 8,118 05 Tires&Tubes .. 831.10543,747 45 32,179 76 TOTAL HIGHWAYS TOWN OF LEXINGTON 267 268 ANNUAL REPORTS WELFARE SCHOOLS Public Welfare Schools Personal ServicesPersonal Services Director .. . . ... . .... . 5,676 99 Superintendent16,333 26 Social Worker 3,599 72 Administration Officers Senior Clerk .. .... 3,132 00 Principal -Teachers-High School 805,175 43 Junior Clerk 1,134 06 " -Elementary School 710,074 91 Paid From Federal Grants ... 4,761 23 Substitutes 17,235 75 8,781.54 Clerks 51,412 78 Administration Custodians 129,209 21 Supplies 623 81 Physician and Nurses 15,386 64 Car Allowance .... .. . . 216 83 Miscellaneous-Gifted Child, Etc 5,532 50 Telephone 273 90 P L 87468,000 00 Meetings Expense 264 73 1,682,360 48 Miscellaneous 68 79 Expenses Paid From Federal Grants . . .. 823 06 Books-Supplies .. 150,350 20 625 00 Fuel-Light- Power 78,407 05 Telephone 5,609 18 Aid and Expenses Repairs 54,387 11 Cash Grants 8,632 80 General Relief 6,869 57 Transportation1 Heallthh7 ,487 71 1,487 76 15,502.37 Teachers' Travel 3,925 81 Aid To Dependent Children School Committee 1,312 03 Tuition 913 98 Cash Grants 11,788 66 Outlay 22,257 22 Paid from Federal Grants 6,788 66 Miscellaneous laneous 2,257 22 5,000 00 398,991 25 Disability Assistance Americanization Classes 155 00 Cash Grants17,757 95 Paid from Federal Grants 4,364 00 Vocational Education 13,793 95 Tuition 7,650 27 Handicraft 9 049 64 Old Age Assistance 16,699 91 Cash Grants 154,027 87 Cities & Towns 5,533 27 Out-of-State Travel 1,436 43 Miscellaneous 18 86 Paid from Federal Grants 65,431 55 Maria Hastings Addition 94,148 45 Professional Services 100 00 Veterans'Services&Benefits Muzzey Jr High Renovation Personal Services Contract 69,128 33 Director 2,235 13 Professional Services 4,522 62 Administration Equipment 33,654 19 107,305 14 Expenses .. 288 17 Aid& Expenses William Diamond Jr High Cash Grants 4,612 50 Contract 874,344 24 All Other 1,248 11 Professional Services26,447 62 8,383 91 Equipment 137,934 51 Miscellaneous 279 55 TOTAL WELFARE & VETERANS' SERVICES 146,235 22 1,039,005 92 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 269 270 ANNUAL REPORTS Grove St School RECREATION & UNCLASSIFIED Professional Services 1,702 00 Parks Miscellaneous 666 95 Wages&Expenses 2,368 95 Labor ..... .... 35,811 78 Supplies 2,951 41 Equipment & Repair ..... .... 7,932 91 Standing School Bldg. Comm 371 29 Rentals 488 00 Light & Power 476 58 Flagpole Maintenance 123 03 School Sites Comm 250 00 Miscellaneous .... .. .. 1,157 91 48,941 62 TOTAL SCHOOLS 3,249,044 37 Parks- 1958 . 2,499 27 Recreation Personal Services LAND ACQUISITION Director 2,474 00 4,500 00 Others 8,919 50 Junior High Land 11,393 50 Expenses Supplies 2,581 98 Hillcrest Village Transportation 186 00 Net Payment ($22,000 00) 72,000 00 Equipment & Repair 1,380 94 Services . 242 37 Miscellaneous 318 80 Middleby Rd.-Lincoln St 6,000 00 4,942 44 TOTAL LAND ACQUISITION 82,500 00 Recreation 1958 489 07 Park Recreation Labor 858 93 LIBRARIES Equipment & Repair 2,300 11 Library Supplies 273 64 Personal Services 3,432 68 Librarian 6,180 00 Assistants and Substitutes 58,691 45 Pensions Custodians 6,898 59 Police 11,010 24 71,770 04 Fire 10,471 42 21,481 66 Expenses Board of Retirement Supplies 2,691 23 Accrued Liability 38,291 32 Books-Periodicals 13,661 04 Binding 2,033 67 1 Fuel & Light 6,083 71 Insurance Repairs 1,974 86 Workingman's Compensation 14,796 21 Miscellaneous 604 79 Public Liability . 480 51 27,049 30 Auto Liability 153 45 Auto, Fire & Theft . 5,587 37 Library Adbtwn 13,929 58 Bldg Fire& Repair 20,246 52 r Sundry 1,883 18 TOTAL LIBRARY 112,748 92 43,137 24 Employees Group Insurance 37,223 74 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 271 272 ANNUAL REPORTS Trustees of Public Trust .. 433 81 Water Construction 1959 Wages&Expenses 'Labor 3,196 1 1 Printing Town Report2,181 35 Equipment & .Repair 1,206 79 Pipe-Supplies 9,881 41 516.40 Contract 23,014 80 Memorial DayProfessional Services 3,415 70 40,714 81 Veterans' Day • 138 50 Standpipe 11,332 55 Town Celebrations3,982 09 TOTAL PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES 174,764 51 Historic Districts Comm 320 02 CEMETERIES Munroe&Westview Ambulance Maintenance .. 364 33 Personal Services Superintendent 2,759 87 8,674 75 Clerk 1,604 70 New Ambulance4,364 57 228,443 79 Wages&Expenses TOTAL RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED Labor 26,706 83 Supplies 2,021 81 Car Expense 219 75 Miscellaneous 951 99 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES 29,900 38 Water Maintenenc Capital Outlay 2,110 68 Wages&Expenses TOTAL CEMETERIES 36,375 63 Equipment&Repair . 1,817 48 Labor 36,424 34 Pipe-Fittings-Meters . 14,811 02 Interest on Debt Water-Arlington400 75 School 161,503 75 Miscellaneous3,740 44 Fire 31 25 57,194 03 Highway 14,146 00 Sewer 38,093 25 Water Maintenance 1958 1,181 02 Water 14,973 75 1 Library 7,950 02 New Town Office Building 5,550 00 Water Services TOTAL INTEREST ON DEBT 242,248 00 Wages&Expenses Labor 15,967 75 Pipe-Fittings-Etc 17,863 94 Maturing Debt Rentals • 37 50 School 439,000 00 Gravel2,618 07 Fire 5,000 00 Miscellaneous ... 873 96 Highway 47,000 00 37,361 22 Sewer 113,000 00 Water 70,000 00 Library 15,000 00 Water Construction 1957 4,698 05 New Town Office Building 15,000 00 Water Construction 1958 22,282 83 TOTAL MATURING DEBT 704,000 00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 273 274 ANNUAL REPORTS School Lunch Program Aid to Dependent Children 6,788 66 Personal Services 54,830 21 Disability Assistance 4,364 00 Materials 124,665 99 Old Age Assistance 65,431 55 179,496 20Public Welfare Administration ... 823 06 Suprad Public Welfare P S 4,761 23 Personal Services 38,483 71 82,168 50 Supplies 9,803 57 Tenney Account 20 92 48 287 28 Sporting Licenses • 3,641 00 Estimated Receipts 5 00 P L 874 Hastings Park Fund 230 00 Personal Services 68,000 00 Selectmen .. 2 00 Supplies 25 38 Compensation State Tax 38 07 68,025 38 3,926 99 Total-Cemeteries, Debt&General'Ledger 1,672,078 81 Arthur D Little Fund Personal Services 1,825 02 TOTAL EXPENDITURES 8,845,477 21 Supplies . . 923 32 Balance December 31, 1959 2,169,301 66 2,748 34 Title III 11,014,778 87 Supplies 5,080 59 Refunds Real Estate 26,263 01 Personal t 56 70 Poll 14 90 Excise 7,399 78 Water 6,499 15 Sewer 6,742 51 Miscellaneous 150 55 47,126 60 High School Athletic 36,473 55 Comm of Mass Treas 169,601 01 State Withholding 13,841 96 Federal Withholding 373,866 49 Middlesex County Treas 98,436 37 Colonial Trust Fund 482 32 G L LeRoy Brown Fund 500 00 Taylor Flag Fund 355 00 Bridge Charitable Fund 50 00 Premium Account 773 58 Proceeds from Income 4,404 36 Dog Licenses 4,211 00 Middlesex County Tuberculosis Maintenance 23,314 67 Metropolitan District Commission Sewer 6,675 00 Ellen Stone Income Account 100 00 Tower Park Fund 469 04 Junior High Fire Loss Reimbursement 330 38 Loan Anticipation 500,014 00 Trustees of Public Trust 4,993 00 Munroe Cemetery 254 19 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 275 276 ANNUAL REPORTS REVENUE 1959 Debits Credits 1959 Appropriations .... .. • $5,659,825 81 Balance January 1, 1959 8,612 68 Miscellaneous Amounts to be Raised 375,238 27 Receipts .. 5,320 68 Surplus to E & D .. ... ... ... 104,037 76 $6,139,101 84 13,933 36 Credits WATER AVAILABLE SURPLUS Transfers 593,481 05 Debits Poll Tax... 14,104.00 Transfers & Adjustments Real Estate and Personal Property . .. .... 4,201,874 47 Balance December 31, 1959 .. "' 59,092 80 Est. Rec & Surplus 1,225,604 56 59,092 80 Added Poll Tax 34 00 144,161 09 Omitted Taxes .. .. 1,036 35 Credits Omitted Personal 110 25 Balance January 1, 1959 Estimated Receipts 102,857 16 Receipts & Adjustments 85,247 74 6,139,101 84 58,913 35 144,161 09 PARKING METER ACCOUNT SALE OF REAL ESTATE FUND Debits Debits Transfers7,250 00 Balance December 31, 1959 Balance December 31, 1959 6,598 98 188 30 13,848 98 Credits Balance January 1, 1959 188 30 Credits Balance January 1, 1959 7,225 19 Receipts 6,623 79 WESTVIEW SALE OF LOTS FUND 13,848.98 Debits Transfers . 2,000 00 Balance December 31, 1959 ... 34,201 22 SEWER ASSESSMENT FUND 36,201 22 Debits Credits Transfers&Adjustments .. .... .. 45,173 18 Balance January 1, 1959 Balance December 31, 1959 63,405.62 Receipts 31,296 90 108,578 80 4,904 32 36,201 22 Credits Balance January 1, 1959 44,956 11 Receipts 63,622 69 OVERLAY RESERVE FUND 108,578 80 Debits Transfers . 13,000 00 Balance December 31, 1959 ... 25,19820 WATER ASSESSMENT FUND 38,198 20 Debuts Credits Transfers 8,643 97 Balance January 1, 1959 Balance December 31, 1959 5,289.39 Transfers 13,938.41 13,933 36 ••• 24,259 79 38,198 20 278 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN OF LEXINGTON 277 Street Assessments Not Due . . 146,973 41 ROAD MACHINERY FUND Suspended Street Assessments .. 9,093 79 Debits Due 1960 . . 18,085 10 Transfers 38,081 50 Due 1961 16,621 99 Balance December 31, 1959 42,811 19 Due 1962 15,639 14 80,892 69 Due 1963 . . . 9,290 38 Due 1964 8,684 76 Credits Due 1965 8,679 21 Balance January 1, 195938,128 15 Due 1966 ••• ••• 8,18448 Receipts42,764 54 Due 1967 ••• • 7,509 64 80,892 69 Due 1968 .. 5,880 26 Due 1969 4,826 76 Due 19704,826 72 EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY Due 1971 . .. 4,795 86 Debts Due 1972 . . 4,419 34 Transfers & Adjustments 379,808 89 Due 1973 4,216 81 Due 1974 4,123 93 Tax Title Taking 1,310 88 Due 1975 4,123 90 Balance December 31, 1959 585,281 89 Due 1976 966,401 66 ••• 3,780 91 Due 1977 .. 2,722 84 Due 1978 1,467 59 Credits 146,973 41 Balance January 1, 1959 687,527 35 Receipts 25,552 06 Sidewalk Assessments Not Due 12,228 61 Transfers 253,322 25 966,401 66 Sidewalk Assessments Suspended .. 250 00 Due 1960 ... 1,413 25 Due 1961 1,368 69 DEFERRED ASSESSMENTS Due 1962 .... 1,185 15 Sewer Assessments Not Due 198,271 49 Due 1963 1,185 12 Due 1964 757 72 Due 1965 757 70 Suspended Assessments 14,325 15 Due 1966 Tax Title 438 69 532 65 Due 1960 25,798 67 Due 1967 532 65 Due 1968 532 65 Due 1961 23,692 75 Due 1969 . . 413 38 Due 1962 20,094 32 Due 1970 418 39 Due 1963 13,664 75 Due 1971 418 36 Due 1964 10,213 78 Due 1972 . ... 377 64 Due 1965 10,213 66 Due 1973 .. 372 50 Due 1966 9,778 16 Due 1974 347 94 Due 1967 9,117 06 Due 1975 .. 341 39 Due 1968 8,146 17 Due 1976 336 39 Due 1969 6,376 01 Due 1977234 73 Due 1970 6,375 90 Due 1978222 26 Due 1971 6,247 37 12,228 61 Due 1972 6,200 39 Due 1973 5,942 97 Water Assessments Not Due 10,270 90 Due 1974 5,408 65 Due 1975 5,382 00 Water Assessments Suspended .. 4,233 21 Due 1976 4,799 76 Due 1960 .... . 1,487 57 Due 1977 3,915 63 Due 1961 . . 1,287 51 Due 1978 2,139 65 Due 1962 .... . 298 77 198,271 49 Due 1963 .... 265 91 Due 1964 216 85 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 279 280 ANNUAL REPORTS Due 1965 216 83 TRUST ACCOUNTS Due 1966 ... ... 216 83 Due 1967 224 33 Assets DECEMBER 31, 1959 Due 1968 . ... 215 29 Trust Funds&Securities Due 1967 200 05 Trustees of Public Trusts $241,270 19 Due 1970 200 05 Trustee of Bridge Charitable Fund 16,690 57 Due 1971 200 05 Trustees of School Funds . 2,094 48 • Due 1972 ... .... .. 200 05 Trustees, Cary Memorial Library 42,317 96 Due 1973 167 34 Board of Retirement 512,509 35 Due 1974 167 34 Due 1975 156 76 Liabelrties 814,882 55 Due 1976 . .... .. 156 76 Public Trust. Due 1977 151 55 Bridge Trust Fund ... 14,439 05 Due 1978 7 85 Gerry Charitable Trust 2,251 52 10,270 90 Trustees Public Trusts 16,690 57 Fiske-Battlegreen Fund 529 65 PROPERTY ACCOUNTS Beals Fund 3,460 98 Assets Hallie C Blake Prize Funds 1 1 17 83 Land & Buildings 17,176,299 42 Geneva Brown Funds 3,495 73 Furniture & Other Property 1,085,587 00 LeRoy S Brown Funds 6,102 26 18,261,886 42 Cemetery Trust-Munroe . 40,993 00 Cemetery Trust-Munroe Income1,516 37 Credits-Bldgs.&Land Colonial Cemetery .. 1,400 00 Town Offices,Cary Memorial Building Colonial Cemetery-Income 155 52 Barnes Property Schools(11) and1,028,000 00 Frederick L Emery Fund 5,409 98 Emma Fiske Flower Fund Land 9,000,500 00 Emma Fiske-Adams School Fund• .. 351 46 Libraries(2) and Land 623,000 005 36 Fire Dept Bldgs (2) and Land 240,000 00 Charles E French Colonial Cemetery Fund 2,125 58 Water!Dept, Including Mains 2,620,000 00 Charles E French Medal Fund 3,337 57 Parks & Playgrounds 305,000 00 Jonas-Gammel Trust 810 78 George I Cemeteries 42,936 00 Harriet R Gilmore Fund Fund 12,419 85 Sewer Dept & System .... ... 3,200,000 00 1,004 56 Public Works Bldg and Land 85,300 00 Hayes Fountain Trust Fund High 1,185.62 Tax Possessions 31,563 42 g School ScholarshipFund 205 48 17,176,299 42 Herbert Hilton Fund 5,287 20 Everett M Mulliken - Hastings Fund 5,346 22 Furniture&Other Properties 'Henry S Raymond Fund 1,657 93 Town Offices&Cary Memorial Building, Etc 34,250 00 Sarah E Raymond Library Fund 500 00 Schools ... 455,115 00 Edith C Redman Trust . 630 49 F Foster Sherburne-Tenny Sherburne Fund 25,424 56 Libraries ... 150,000 00 217,000 00 Fire Department George 0 Smith 2,507 65 Police Department' 10,478 00 Ellen A Stone' Fund . .. • •••• ••• 2,000 00 Cemeteries .. • 5,744 00 George W Taylor Flag Fund ... 2,589 62 George W Taylor Tree Fund Public Works-Town Equipment 210,000 00 2,163.58 Sealer of Weights&Measures 3,000 00 Albert Ball Tenny Memorial Fund 3,892 00 1,885,587 00 William Augustus Tower Mem Park Fund 9,860 24 Charles Lyman Weld Fund $18,261,886 42 Westview Perpetual Care Fund1,839 82 • Westview Perpetual Care-Income 89,201200 Louise EWilkins Flower Fund .. 2,244 3 54 I 71 66 241,270 19 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 281' 282 ANNUAL REPORTS School Department Matthew Allen Fund .. .... 163.18 George E Briggs Fund ... ... . 82 98 Robert Clapp Fund ... ... 875 75 Margaret Noyes Fund .... . 545 47 Ellen A Stone—Income ... . 427 10 2,094 48 Library Funds General Fund .. ... ... 11,506 33 LeRoy S &Geneva Brown . .. 4,000.00 Beals Fund ... ... 1,100 00 Maria Cary 400 00 TABLES OF TOWN DEBT Book Purchase 1,000 00 Alice Butler Cary 2,500.00 Jane Phinney ... .. 300 00 Goodwin Musical1,100 00 Laura M Brigham .... 3,100 00 SHOWING George W Sarano 300 00 War Parents Book Memorial 1,800 00 Nelson W. Jenny . . .... . 2,000 00 Paulina'Burbank Pierce .... 1,000 00 Caira Robbins . .... 300 00 Wellington Library .... .. 1,100 00 INTEREST Emma Ostrom Nichols .. .... 1,000 00 Sarah Elizabeth Raymond .... 2,000.00 Abbie C Smith1,000 00 35,506 33 AND General Fund— Income 3,458 75 Alice Butler Cary— Income ... .... 724 98 Jane Phinney—Income . 29 20R I NC I PAL PAYMENTS Goodwin Musical Fund— Income 58 29 Laura M Brigham Fund—Income .. . 320 01 War Parents Book Memorial—Income 97 48 Sarah E Raymond—Income .. .... 94,52 TO BE RAISED FROM REVENUE George W Sarano— Income 28 40 Income Reserve Fund2,000 00 42,317 96 Retirement Board Annuity Savings Fund342,987 60 Annuity Reserve Fund57,858 98 Pension Fund2,600 00 Military Service Fund 112,186 56 Expense Fund ... .... 830 39 Interest Accrued on Investments . . 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N— TOWN OF LEXINGTON 297 298 INDEX TABLE OF PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS TO BE RAISED FROM REVENUE-1960 INDEX (Continued) Animal Inspector, Report of 143 v, a Appeals, Report of Board of 148 i NN Appointed Officers . . 6 =n O m Assessors, Report of Board of 160 SCHOOLS 3o `o a£ o_°v -q wry. os: c Etc) Oa' v;Ho, OM Births 184 1960 $105,000 00 $35,000 00 $434,000 00 $704,000 00 Building Inspector, Report of 155 1961 105,000 00 35,000 00 429,000 00 689,000 00 1962 105,000 00 35,000 00 429,000 00 675,000 00 1963 105,000 00 35,000 00 429,000 00 668,000 00 Cary Lecture Committee 142 1964 105,000 00 35 000 00 429,000 00 638,000 00 Cary Memorial Library 1965 105,000 00 30,000 00 424,000 00 633,000 00 Director, Report of 201 1966 105,000 00 30,000 00 419,000 00 603,000 00 Investment Committee, Report of 202 1967 105,000 00 30,000 00 419,000 00 593,000 00 Treasurer, Report of 198 1968 . 105,000 00 30,000 00 417,000 00 581,000 00 Trustees, Report of 199 1969 100,000 00 357,000 00 501,000 00 Cemetery Commissioners, Report of 206 1970 100,000 00 357,000 00 496 000 00 Collector of Taxes 142 1971 100,000 00 351,000 00 485,000 00 Committees Appointed 8 1972 100,000 00 266,000 00 390,000 00 1973 100,000 00 266,000 00 381,000 00 1974 100,000 00 256,000 00 366,000 00 Deaths 186 1975 100,000 00 191,000 00 296,000 00 Dental Clinic, Report of 166 1976 100,000 00 118,000 00 195,000 00 1977 100,000 00 108,000 00 165,000 00 1978 . 100,000 00 100,000 00 130,000 00 Fire Commissioners, Report of 137 1979 25,000 00 1980 • 15,000 00 Health Executive Officer, Report of 145 1981 5,000 00 ]982 5,000 00 Health, Report of Board of 164 $1,945,000 00 $295,000 00 $6,199,000 00 $9,234,000 00 Jurors, List of 17 Marriages 185 Park, Shade Tree& Insect Suppression, Report of 214 Planning Board, Report of 217 Plumbing Inspector, Report of 156 Police Department, Report of 174 Posture Clinic 167 Public Welfare Agent, Report of 204 Public Works, Report of Superintendent of 219 Recreation, Report of Committees on 181 Retirement Board, Report of . .. .. 209 INDEX 299 300 INDEX School Department75 ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT Sealer of Weights and Measures74 Selectmen, Report of . 29 Accounting Department Expenses256 Town Accountant, Report of 231 Personal Services 256 Town Clerk, Report of 157 Births 184 Administration of Trust Fund 251 Deaths 186 Marriages 185 Town Counsel, Report of 169 Agency, Trust and Investments . . • 255 Town Engineer, Report of 216 Town Meeting Members 114 Ambulance—Maintenance 271 Town Officers Town Records Warrant for Town Meeting, March 2, 1959 35 Animal Inspector— Personal Services262 Annual Town Meeting, March 2, 1959 45 Adjourned Town Meeting, March 16, 1959 53 Town Treasurer, Report of 187 Appropriation Accounts 236 Trustees of the Bridge Charitable Fund, 1959, Report of 1 88 Trustees of Public Trusts, Report of 189 Appropriation Committee Expenses 256 Veterans' Services, Report of 207 Personal Services 256 Wire Inspector, Report of159 Assessors' Department Expenses 257 Personal Services 257 Automatic Voting Machines 258 Balance Sheet 232 Board of Appeals— Expenses 259 Borrowing Capacity of the Town 234 Care of Dump and Removal of Ashes264 Cemetery Maintenance Munroe Personal Services 272 Wages and Expenses 272 Westview 1 Personal Services . . ... 272 i. Wages and Expenses 272 INDEX 301 302 INDEX Collector's Department. (Expenditures Expenses . .. ... ... . . . ... .... 257 Revenue Personal Services . . . . 257 Cemeteries . 272 General Government 256 Health and Sanitation 261 County Taxes . .. . ... 273 Highways264 Interest on Debt 272 Land Acquisition . 269 County Tuberculosis Assessment273 Library 269 Protection of Persons and Property 259 Curbing Construction . . 266 Public Service Enterprises 271 Recreation and Unclassified 270 Refunds273 Deferred Assessments . . .. .. ..... 277 Schools 268 Welfare and Veterans' Services 267 Dental Clinic Expenses 262 Fire Department Personal Services . . 262 Civilian Defense 260 Expenses 260 Personal Services 260 Dependent Children. Aid and Expenses 267 Foreclosure and Redemption of Tax Titles Expenses 257 Disability Assistance 267 Personal Services . . 257 Dog Clinic— Expenses 262 Forest Fires Wages and Expenses . . . . 261 Dog Officer :Garbage Removal 264 Expenses 261 Personal Services 261 Health Department Expenses „ , „ „ 261 Dutch Elm Disease 261 Personal Services 261 Drain Construction 263 High School Athletic Program 273 Elections Department Highway Department Expenses (Under Jurisdiction of Selectmen) 258 Road Machinery . . . , 266 Expenses(Under Jurisdiction of Town Clerk) 258 Highway Maintenance Chapter 90 264 Engineering Department Wages and Expenses . . . . . 264 Expenses . . . . . . .. . . 258 Personal Services 258 Historic District Commission 271 Eradication of Mosquitoes 261 Insect Suppression 1 Personal Services 261 Excess and Deficiency .. ... 277 Wages and Expenses .. . 261 INDEX 303 304 INDEX inspection Department P L 874 , . Expenses 260 •••• 273 Personal Services260 Planning Board 270 Expenses • 259 Insurance Personal Services 259 Interest on Debt 272 Police Department Land Acquisition269 Expenses .. ,,,, 259 Personal Services , . 259 Law Department Expenses • • ,• , 257 Posture Cilnic Personal Services and Special Fees 257 Expenses •, 262 Personal Services 262 Libraries Personal Services ,,,, ,,,, •• • • 269 Property Accounts . 279 Expenses ••,• • 269 Licenses . ,•• •,•• 273 Public Welfare Aid and Expenses 267 Personal Services 267 Little Fund,Arthur D273 Maturing Debt 272 Public Works Superintendent's Office Expenses258 Memorial Day .. .. , . . 271 Personal Services 258 Mosquito Control .. 261 Public Works Building Wages and Expenses 264 New Equipment 266 Old Age Assistance Receipts Aid and Expenses 267 Agency, Trust and Investments 255 Departmental 251 Cemeteries Overlay Reserve Fund 276 Genn eraall 254 Government 249 General Revenue—Taxes, etc 249 Parking Meter Account 275 Health and Sanitation 252 Highways .. 253 l ParkingMeter Maintenance 257 Municipal 254 Municipal Indebtedness ... 255 Protection of Persons and Property 252 Parks and Playgrounds Public Service Enterprises . . 254 Wages and Expenses „ . .... ,,, 270 Public Welfare 253 Recreation and Parks . . 254 IP Refunds and Transfers 255 Pensions Schools 253 ^ Police Department • 270 Special Assessments and Privileges 250 Fire Department 270 Unclassified 254 INDEX 305 306 INDEX Recreation Committee Sewer Services 262 Personal Services 270 Wages and Expenses 270 Sewer Trunk Line 263 Refunds 273 Shade Trees—Wages and Expenses 261 Registration Department Sidewalks 266 Expenses 258 Personal Services 258 r Sidewalk Assessments 278 i Retirement Board— Expenses 270 Snow Removal 266 Revenue Account 1959 275 Standpipe 272 Road Machinery Fund 277 State Taxes 273 Road Machinery 265 Street Assessments 278 Sale of Real Estate Fund 276 Street Construction 264 School Department Americanization Classes 268 Expenses 269 Street Lights 266 Grove Street School Muzzey Junior High Renovations 268 Maria Hastinigs 268 Street Signs 266 Out of State Travel 268 Personal Services 268 School Sites Committee 269 Suprad 273 Standing School Committee 269 Vocational Education 268 Title III William Diamond Junior High 268 273 School Lunch Program 273 Tower Memorial Park Fund 273 Selectmen's Department Town Celebrations 271 Expenses 256 Personal Services 256 Town Clerk and Treasurer's Department Expenses 256 Sewer Assessment Fund 275 Personal Services 256 Sewer Construction 263 Town Offices and Cary Memorial Building Expenses 258 F Sewer Maintenance Personal Services 258 Personal Services 262 262 Wages and Expenses Town Report — Printing 271 INDEX 307 308 INDEX Traffic Regulations and Control TABLES Wages and Expenses 266 Appropriation Accounts 236 Trust Accounts 280 Interest on Town Debt Due 1960- 1982, Inc 283 Trustees of Public Trusts 271 Principal on Town Debt Due 1960- 1982, Inc 290 Trust Fund Income 280 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ' Unclassified 270 Enrollment in Lexington Public Schools 118 Financial Statements 112 Veterans' Day 271 Roster of Teachers 125 Veterans' Services and Benefits 267 School Committee Organization 75 Vital Statistics 262 School Committee, Report of 78 Water Assessments 277 Senior High School Graduating Class 122 Water Assessment Fund 275 Superintendent of Schools, Report of 82 School Nurses, Report of 1 02 Water Construction 271 School Lunch Program 109 Water Department Available Surplus 276 Water Maintenance Wages and Expenses 271 Water Services 271 Weights amid Measures Department Expenses 260 Persona Services 260 L Westview cemetery Sale of Lots Fund 276 AI Withholdir g Taxes 273 Welfare Administration 267