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The Year in Headlines Vinebrook Village Opens Feb. 15; Second Unit in Housing for Elderly Transitional 18 Month Fiscal Yr. Starts Jan. 1 as Means of Shifting to a July -June Basis Spirited Differences Over Having Christmas Creche on Town Property, i.e., Battle Green Representative Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., Appointed to the Legislature's Ways & Means Committee Richard H. Battin and Sheila Widell Receive Top Awards from American Institute of Aeronautics Lexington is a Top Figure- Skating Town; 6 Hayden Contestants in Eastern Championship Contest Lexington Minute Man Won 2 Awards in N.E. Press Association Contest for Weeklies Scottish Rites Breaks Ground for $6 Million Museum- Library 484,954 Items Checked Out of Cary Library in 1972; Biggest Year Ever $7 Million Added to Assessed Values; Single Dwelling Permits Fell to 62 Allan F. Kenney Re- elected to Board of Selectmen; Eric Clarke Re- elected to the Planning Board Rev. Harold T. Handley Retires After 35 Years as Rector of the Church of Our Redeemer 39 Percent of the 19,000 Registered Voters Cast Ballots in Annual Town Election Election Precincts Increased from 6 to 9; First Change Since 1956 By -Laws Amended at Town Meeting and Wetland Protection Zone Adopted Highest Incidence of Traffic Accidents is at Mass. Ave. - Pleasant Street Town Meeting Votes $1,450,000 for Cary Library; $120,000 for Buckman Tavern Renovation Patricia A. Swanson and Jane Berchtold Elected to School Committee; 3 of 5 Members are Women Town Meeting Members Votes Total 18 Month Budget of $34,000,000 Including $20 Million for Schools Past Policy Reversed, Town Meeting Approves Haroian Condominium on Concord Avenue $20,000 Voted for the 1973 Appropriation to Bicentennial Budget Tax Rate Set at $69.80; Up $4.80 From 1973 Lexington's Bond Rating Raised to Double A 8886 Students in Grades K -12 Enrolled in School System; 9081 Students in 1972 Lexington's Annual Town Report Wins First Prize in Contest Sponsored by Mass. Selectmen's Asso. Neil Cronin Retires after 25 Years as Clerk to Board of Assessors; T.M. Wenham Succeeds Him Tax Foundation Says 23 Percent of Local Income Comes From Public Sources 25 L.H.S. Students Qualify as National Merit Semifinalists Vernon Page, Lexington's Much Respected Elder Statesman Dies at Age 78 George Wadsworth Elected to Succeed Vernon Page as School Committeeman New Jonas Clarke J.H Dedicated; Named After Minister Who Served From 1775 -1805 Stellar Performance by Tax Collectors Office Permits Paying Off Tax Anticipation Loans 60 -Year Lexington - Concord Football Rivalry Ends Due to League Change 23 First Graders Increase to 180 Number of Mecto Students Mounting Interest in Extending Rapid Transit to Route 128 An Off Beat Picture of the Minuteman Probably ninety -nine out of one hundred photographs of the Min- uteman are taken with the photographer facing the statue. This is perfectly natural for otherwise his features would not show. It is to be said, though, that such photographs pose him in a position of confrontation, more a barrier and less a friend. The cover picture taken by Gerry Gilmore differs from conven- tional pictures because, taken from the rear, it poses the Minuteman as a protector, standing between us and danger. Mr. Gilmore also photographed the coasting scene at Tower Park, shown on the title page. 2