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1974 ANNUAL REPORT
Town of
Lexington, Massachusetts
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
A hurry of hoofs in a village street,
A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,
And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark
Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet:
That was all: And yet, through the gloom and the light,
The fate of a nation was riding that night. "
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The Year in Headlines
In January, oil shortages necessitate cancellation of evening classes at High School - night tem-
perature kept at 55 degrees, 4 Lexington skaters capture prizes in Eastern States Figure Skating Champion-
ships; Gasoline prices continue to rise, supply continues to dwindle, Cornelius P Cronin named Exec. Sec.
of Chamber of Commerce, Adult home circulation at Cary Library reaches record high of 304,644 items,
retail sales in Lexington reach record $ 53,452,000, Town report receives another commendation
In February, Local D P W crews "unavailable" for weekend snow removal, Girls' Varsity Basketball team
finishes season in 2nd place; Lexington tops all schools in qualifying students for Regional Scholastic Art
Awards, 60 Highschoolers inducted into National Honor Society, and long-time resident, Mrs Jennie Grindle,
dies
In March, 42% of town's 18,554 voters elect Margery M Battin and Alfred S Busa as Selectmen, George P.
Wadsworth & Robert Rotberg elected to School Committee, State proposes widening Bedford St. to 6 lanes,
Survey indicates most dangerous traffic location is Bedford St. between Larchmont Lane and R R tracks,
Scottish Rite Masons lay cornerstone of new museum; portions of Tophet Swamp to be placed in Wetland Pro-
tection District; high store rentals force changes in Lexington Center, Lexington Trust Co consolidates
with the County Bank, Jack Garrity, long-time Supt of Parks & Playgrounds, dies at 89.
In April, Town meeting members approve school budget in excess of 13 million dollars; Tax rate,however,
drops 10t; first two bicentennial medals auctioned off to Wm. Maloney, Sr. & Jr , Lexington's Irving Mabee
awarded White Tricorne hat, Lexington receives Freedoms Foundation award for 1972 Town Report Police
arrest 7 on drug charges, two Lexington High School students are winners in National Merit Scholarships,
Lex. Historical Society seeks to purchase Jones Clarke heirlooms, Muzzey Jr High math team again wins
yearly competition
In May, Red Cross Bloodmobile nets 259 pints of blood in 2 days, Hancock-Clarke furnishings return to
their original home, and Lex Historical Society votes to move Hancock-Clarke house across the street; Town
meeting approves two condominium plans west of Rt. 128, Arts & Crafts Society holds most successful Spring
exhibition, High School newspaper "The Musket" receives 3 awards for excellence; Summer CO-OP begins 4th
season Dr Lawrence Pious dies suddenly at 60
In June, town wide trash collection & Flintlock condominium, approved by Town Meeting, defeated at
special referendum, Lexington teachers directed to end all voluntary school duties until contract is signed,
meanwhile, 705 seniors graduate from High School; Selectmen and police chief see serious problem with
youths' parties, 6 teenagers are arrested for disorderly conduct
In July, Lexington Minutemen acquire Historic Sanderson house, The Rev Ted R Petterson becomes new
rector of the Church of Our Redeemer, Mystic Valley Mental Health Center receives $ 848,000 Federal grant,
vandals attack 3 local schools, fire whistle is silenced, blows only at noon, Bicentennial Committee plans
year-long craft program, and long-time resident, Jasper Lane, dies at 85.
In August, fund raising begins for moving Hancock-Clarke house, tax rate set at $ 70.40 per thousand,a
60Q increase, two hour parking limit around Common, transportation survey indicates residents want more &
faster train and bus service, fatal accidents in Lexington average 9 per year
In September, fewer buses and more confusion as 8316 students head back for school, State ruling
favors St Brigid's housing plan; Teachers' contract signed, gives 6 5% salary increase, High School ath-
letic teams rank high in won-loss records; Grace Chapel offers tourists the use of Old Belfry Club during
bicentennial years.
In October, Town Clerk Mary McDonough is honored for 33 years of service to the town; Superior Court
rules in favor of Inter-faith housing; Ray Barnes wins awards in Mass Selectmen's Assn photo contest,
retrospective showing of Aiden L Ripley's paintings in Boston gallery, Patrolman Allen McSherry awarded
coveted Police Medal of Merit
In November, nearly 70% of Lex voters cast ballots - Sargent & Dwight win locally by 2 to 1 margin
in gubernatorial election, Architectural study recommends closing of 4 elementary schools & 1 junior high,
Recreation Committee requests budget of $ 155,000, Town sewers are now 88% completed, 500 townspeople watch
Hancock-Clarke House move across the street
In December, Cambridge artist wins $ 500 bicentennial poster contest, three juveniles charged with 16
housebreaks in 3 month period; crime up, police man-power down as complaints to police have tripled in last
12 years; athletic budget for schools increases allocations for girls' sports, Police chief requests
warrant article removing police from civil service, gross sales of bicentennial medals surjasses $ 62,000
And lastly, town officials meet with President Ford and invite him to Lexington to rededicate our Battle
Green
S Lawrence Whipple, Historian
Lexington Historical Society
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Table of Contents
Part I
BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS TOWN SERVICES (Continued)
Page Page
Appeals 76 Public Works/Engineering 54
Battle Green Guides . 17 Veterans' Services 52
Bicentennial 12
Buckman Tavern Reconstruction Comm . 62 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 66
Cable T V . . . . . . 59
Cary Lecture 17 FINANCIAL AND CLERICAL
Cary Memorial Library . 21
Conservation Commission 32 Appropriation Committee 77
Drug Advisory Committee 49 Assessors, Board of 79
Fence Viewers 37 Capital Expenditures Committee . . . 77
Historic Districts 15 Comptroller 82
Housing Authority, Lexington 50 Personnel Advisory Board 85
Permanent Building 60 Public Trusts, Trustees of 88
Planning . 27 Retirement Board 83
Recreation 29 Summarized Operating Expenses 83
Regional Vo-Tech District 63 Collector of Taxes 86
Selectmen . . . . . . . . 5 Town Clerk . . . . 84
Senior Citizens 51 Town Debt and Interest 83
Street and Sidewalk Advisory Board 59 Town Treasurer 87
Suburban Responsibility 48
Town Celebrations 18 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 93
Town Manager 9
Town Report . 81 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS 89
Westview Cemetery . . 62
Youth Advisory Commission 53 MISCELLANEOUS
1 Photographic Contest 11
TOWN SERVICES Sidelights on Lexington 23
Capsule History of 200 years 24
Engineering Department . . 61 White Hat Award 37
Health, Board of 44 The Year in Headlines . . 2
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Fire Department 34
Inspection-Regulatory 42
Police Department . . . 38
(Statistical Details Relating to These Offices are Continued in Part II)
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Left John G. Nash took the perceptive picture
of a contemporary Lexington Minuteman on the
facing page His subject was Cecil K Harris.
The Selectmen Report on
The State of Lexington
o1THEN THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN balanced accounts
%/%f at the end of 1974, it had the satisfaction
having resolved some significant problems
and of having made inroads upon others but with �vA;
the nagging knowledge that inflation remains as ?�' \�1
a continuing threat to the town's economic well- 'r
being. Moreover, inflation at year end was com- 0 u '.
pounded by obvious evidence of a concurrent 2 ' , ,``•
recession. ° r ��v; /;
During 1974, inflation affected Lexington's
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individual citizens severely. All things con- -T
sidered, the effect upon town government itself , " "./
was more modest. We said modest because the •j ' '
ceilings on expenses and personal services had
been set before the 1974 spectacular increases ;'7 ` %
in prices had occurred Thus the increase in . 'Nil,„'
the tax rate through May 1, 1975 was from a � ,, ��p� �
$69. 80 in the previous fiscal year to $70 40 1 ''" ,'A� �°
this year A determined hold-the-line policy �J i =-- �e-
had kept absolutely constant the number of non- s � �%,'
school employees; for the first time in memory, ��� � `;
the town did not have to borrow any funds in /--
anticipation of November 1 tax collections and D Ptot' -A `
a referendum rejected a proposal for town trash
collection to cost $250, 000 Credit for the -'� �' ,.-°� ,7 ',, -
restraint rests upon all segments of town gov-
ernment and upon the citizens themselves. We Jonathan Harrington at Age 89
see problems in holding the tax rate in bounds
in the year ahead because so many of the deci- Jonathan Harrington was fifer
sions may be forced upon us that are beyond for the Lexington Minutemen
the province of the town meeting to control. on April 19, 1775. This
We think of price increases, for instance, and drawing of him is reproduced
the cost of services mandated by the state from B J Lossing's Field
But we pledge ourselves to act as responsibly Book of the Revolution pub-
as we know how in dealing with whatever issues lashed in 1860
arise.
During 1974 the board of selectmen dealt
with the routine of town government problems
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BOARD OF SELECTMEN
but gave particular attention to planning for the bicenten-
nial celebration, for personnel administration, for collec-
tive bargaining, for plans to meet the energy crisis and for
plans to correct the Bedford Street/Hartwell Avenue traffic
congestion. All of it was time well invested but much of it
with the dividends deferred until 1975 or later. Because
much of the material in the selectmen's report will be
covered in depth in committee and departmental reports we
shall deal only lightly with each reference we make.
The town celebrations committee will carry on its tradi-
tional responsibility for the April 19th parade. For the
last two years that event has been a rehearsal for 1975.
The bicentennial is so large in scope, so national in nature
that planning extends beyond Lexington to inter-town, state,
regional and even national considerations. It has occupied
much time and thought. As a sub-committee of the board of
selectmen, acting as its staff, the bicentennial committee
has done an exhaustive and thoroughly competent job in pro-
gram planning, logistics, police and fire protection, budget-
ting, inter-town relations, traffic control, food sales,
health and cleaning up the litter. It also is sponsor-
ing a brochure on historical aspects of April 19, 1975 and
its ripple effects on world history.
Because of the hundreds of thousands of guests who will
be visiting Lexington next year we are pleased that the re-
construction of Buckman Tavern has been completed very
effectively, within the budget, and well in advance of 1975.
The Visitors' Center has been painted and, to the same end,
the painting of the trim and the repointing of its brickwork
set forth Cary Hall also in all its beauty and dignity for
our guests to see.
The selectmen are gratified to see development of a long
needed personnel program, comprehensive in nature and now
well advanced. A highly qualified personnel board appointed
by the selectmen from a list of nominees supplied by the
appropriation committee and composed of local residents has
accepted an assignment that promises much for wise personnel
administration.
11-4$673 Related to the personnel program and of serious import
indeed is some state legislation providing a further devel-
opment in collective bargaining with the Lexington's labor
unions. It is so new and untried that it is not yet feasi-
ble to appraise its effect. However, it does represent a
considerable administrative work load increase.
Traffic congestion continues to be the most deep rooted
operational problem we deal with. Much of it has its origin
in the Bedford Street-Hartwell Avenue area but because it is
major in nature and is inter-related with other towns, it
does not yield to local remedies. The state-proposed solu-
tion is unacceptable to the local neighborhood. We have the
quite difficult task of threading our way between the view-
point of the Bedford Street residents who understandably
wish to minimize the damage to their neighborhood and the
state engineers who, equally understandably, are unwilling
to accept a solution which they think is inadequate.
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BOARD OF SELECTMEN
We see no likelihood of having a state-imposed solution
forced upon Lexington. Nevertheless an unyielding position
can Lexington' s part risks the possibility that the state may
shift its attention to correcting equally pressing traffic
conditions elsewhere in the state. . . .leaving Lexington to
live with an unsolved problem that year by year becomes
more unmanageable. An encouraging recent development is the
• decision on the part of the state highway department to as-
sign an engineering firm to make a further study of the
environmental impact upon the tie-in of Route 2 and Route 128
with Hartwell Avenue. We wish we could report affirmatively
• upon prospects of a quick solution. An honest answer is
that progress continues painfully slowly and that no quick
solution is in sight.
Declaiation of Independence
The oil and gasoline shortage had a severe impact upon
the town's expense budget and a consequent deterrent effect and for the support
on some of its programs. Very early in the oil shortage we
closed down Cary Hall for any but the most pressing need. of this declaration
We also curtailed use of electricity by reducing by 50 per-
cent the lighting of halls and corridors in the town build- ;rub a firm reliance
ings. There were limits, though, beyond which we could not
go. Electricity to get the sewer pumps in action was an on the protection
obvious use that we could not curtail. Similarly, although
the cost to the town for gasoline rose from 22.90 per gal- of divine providence,
lon in March, 1973, to 39.50 in March, 1974, we did not
curtail the activity of the police patrol cars. ire mutually pledge
The public works department has been severely hampered to each other
by increases in costs of materials. Some detail regarding
this has application in this report because the board of
out Irvet, our fortunes,
selectmen also acts as the board of public works. The fol-
lowing running analysis for some of the DPW's basic purchases and our sacred honor"
compares prices in the spring of 1974 with a year earlier•
diesel fuel 32. 60 per gallon vs. 13.30; #4 heating oil Thomas Jefferson
$16.13 per 42 gallon barrel vs. $5.43; cold rolled steel,
1/2" x 6", at 210 per lb. vs. 120 three months earlier,
traffic paint at $4.40 per gallon had doubled from the pre-
1 vious year; hot top and cold patch at $8.20 per ton on
March 29, 1974 went to $12.20 on April 1. Copper was in-
creasing at the rate of 50 per lb. every other week.
Not only were prices escalating but many basic supplies
were in shortage and work progress was delayed. It reached
the point where we limited the work to the dollars remaining
in the budget. Such curtailment is feasible up to a point
but we must recognize that, long continued, this leads to
deterioration of the plant.
In recent years interest has increased notably in en-
vironmental protection, air pollution, conservation, the
sanitary landfill and the like. Our response to that
increased interest has been an effort through open hearings
to obtain citizen-input. This broadens the base upon which
our decisions are made. The most notable result was the
hiring in 1974 for the first time in the town's history of
an ecological scientist to act as a consultant to monitor
construction of the Turning Mill sewer project, - all with
the aim of minimizing permanent harmful environmental effects.
Much as we desire to meet neighborhood wishes we cannot and
did not yield to all popular pressures. Nevertheless, we
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The Board of Selectmen
Around the Table L to R Norman P Cohen, Town Counsel; Margery M Battin, Fred C. Bailey,
Allan F Kenney, Chairman, Eleanor M McCurdy, Executive Clerk, Alfred S Busa, Sanborn C.
Brown, Walter C O'Connell, Town Manager
have demonstrated a sensitivity to the need of obtaining all the facts and
then to act responsibly in what we believe to be in the interest of the
whole community.
As a board of selectmen we are conscious of the values most citizens
cherish about Lexington . . . . its quality of life, its homes, its churches and
temples, its recreation facilities, its library, its literate environment and
the cultural level of its supporting institutions and organizations. To
these qualities we add what is insufficiently appreciated by those not close
to town government: the remarkable corps of dedicated committeemen and town
meeting members. That from their busy lives they should devote the time they
do to the guidance and setting of policy constitutes an enormous asset not
reflected in Lexington's balance sheet. No community is more fortunate. We
are equally grateful, for the town employees who serve so faithfully and
competently. They too, are a great asset not on the balance sheet. The town
manager has been absolutely tireless in his duties and we warmly appreciate
the administrative skills he shows in carrying forward board policies. To
all these individuals and committees, on behalf of the town, we say a hearty
"Thank you" for selfless, dedicated work.
And finally, we look forward to the 200th Celebration with hopeful anti-
cipation that the events of 1975 will be a fitting and memorable tribute to
the historic legacy that is Lexington's.
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g • The Town Manager Touches on
� ( A concept of public service; a new personnel
program; effect of inflation; an almost-level
tax rate; mandated state requirements; the
need for comprehensive long term planning.
shit Walter C O'Connell
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Town Manager
MY CONCEPT OF PUBLIC SERVICE is that it is an individual service rendered by
individual employees to individual citizens. It is a service dependent upon
the right thing being done at the right time by the right person in the right way.
This philosophy is behind our effort to improve the effectiveness of our town gov-
ernment operations. It is dependent upon having well-trained, highly motivated
employees who are fairly and adequately paid. We are now underway
with a project being conducted by Arthur D. Little Company to re-
PERSONNEL
view and update the plans with which the value of each employee's
PROGRAM position and the appropriate compensation range are established.
This updating will insure equitable pay for each employee based
upon his measured performance, while also providing the taxpayer
with fair value in services rendered.
Improving the effectiveness of each employee continues as one of our high
priority goals. We are proceeding on a program for installing a complete modern
personnel system in general government and we are moving rapidly toward staffing an
authorized additional position in personnel administration which will strengthen
the administrative organization considerably. We are fortunate to have the ser-
vices of Mr. W. Neil Chapman a Lexington resident, a recently retired industrial
executive with extensive management experience in the personnel field to guide and
assist us in development and installation of our personnel systems improvements.
1974 operations have been dominated by the effort of town management to con-
tinue to provide quality services with the available funds while confronted with
galloping inflation which is having a devastating effect. The impact is a series
of multiple blows which are, in total, escalating costs at a rate which causes
alarm. Materials and services costs are spiraling rapidly. For example, the cost
of street lighting has skyrocketed from $100,000 per year in 1971 to $165,000 cur-
rently, and we estimate over $200,000 per year in 1975. Getting
competitive bids on certain materials is frequently impossible.
GALLOPING The unavailability of certain materials is forcing the use of
more expensive substitutes. During the recent budget year, it
INFLATION was necessary to draw on the reserve fund for $95,629.22 to meet
unanticipated increases in costs, primarily for fuels and util-
ities. Our pledge to the citizens is that we will continue the all out effort to
maintain an adequate level of services with the optimum use of the available re-
sources. Despite those pressures increasing local government costs, we take pride
along with many others in the fact that Lexington's tax rate will have risen only
11% over the past five years.
Local governments continue to experience the need for increasing organization
to provide new services mandated by acts of the legislature or by the transfer of
functions previously performed at the state level and at state expense, down to
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REPORT OF THE TOWN MANAGER - Continued
local governments with the expense borne locally. An example is the introduction
of the new state building code in 1975. This is a major desirable step toward
uniform building codes. One part of that program, however, will now require the
local governments to conduct the inspection of schools, churches, nursing homes,
theaters and a long list of similar commercial buildings which previously have
been handled by state inspections. Until the legislature begins to respect the
home rule principle it has adopted, we can expect this trend to continue.
As this is written, we are reopening negotiations, under the new law now in
effect, with the three unions which represent most of the employees in public works,
fire and police departments. This revolutionary legislation provides for final and
binding arbitration as the means of settlement when voluntary negotiations fail.
The effect can be that virtually the entire personal services bud-
COLLECTIVE get may be determined by an arbitration panel (selected under the
direction of the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation) whose
BARGAINING members have no obligation or accountability to the taxpayer or
town meeting. The traditional appropriation authority will have
been legally circumvented when a money issue is resolved by third
party binding arbitration. We intend to continue our policy of negotiating vigor-
ously and fairly on behalf of the taxpayers while giving full consideration to
economic and security needs and rights of our employees. We shall negotiate on a
"something for something" basis in the true spirit of collective bargaining.
The pressures on suburban communities to adapt to meet housing and transporta-
tion, social and environmental changes emphasizes the need for increased attention
in Lexington to broad comprehensive planning to meet well-defined long range com-
munity goals and objectives. I feel that the town needs a better organization
than now exists to establish the goals and objectives which would
define the desirable characteristics which Lexington should vigor-
LONG TERM ously fight to retain where they now exist as well as those that
it needs to create in order to continue to be the kind of com-
PLANNING munity the name Lexington has come to personify.
I will continue, hopefully with the help of the town's major boards and com-
mittees to search for this more effective organization mechanism. Several other
Massachusetts municipalities have successfully done this with exciting results.
Walter C. O'Connell
Town Manager
Closing the Generation Gap
The old, with their wisdom and earthbound experience, are neces-
sary correctives to the soaring fantasy, untested idealism, and
despair of youth. But the intensity, idealism, and despair of
youth are equally needed correctives to the pragmatism, cynicism,
and pallor of age. It is important, desperately important, that
we accept our youth for their idealism and that they accept us
for our experience. John R. Silber
President, Boston University
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"Two Firsts, Two Seconds, Two Thirds and 'Best Photo in Exhibit'"
The photo above by Raymond B. Barnes is of Norton T Hood, senior past commander of the
Lexington Minutemen It was judged the best photograph in the exhibit in a 1974 contest
sponsored by the Massachusetts Selectmen's Association and open to all towns and cities
of the Commonwealth There were six classes and this photo by Mr. Barnes previously had
won first place in the "Candids" class. Another photo by Mr. Barnes ofE the Lexington
Minutemen parading beside the Battle Green won first place in "Public Events" and still
a third photo by him won second in a class picturing policemen or firemen in action In
addition, Mr Samuel Kitrosser won second place in the "Public Events" class Gerry
Gilmore won third place in the "Public Buildings" class and Tom Curran won third in the
class for "Candids"
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Bicentennial Plans for Celebrating
April 19 1775 — A Hinge of History
THE LEXINGTON BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, in its fourth and
final planning year, expanded its organization, obtained
from the town the bulk of the funds it requested, and test-
ed several logistical plans during the 1974 Patriots Day
parade and during several bicentennial-oriented events in
the fall. Current members of the committee are: Lincoln P.
Cole, Jr. , Chairman; Raymond B. Barnes, Lois W. Brown,
svJ - Miriam W. Butts, Rudolph J. Fobert, Roland B. Greeley, Rev-
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'Q1/ ,' . ,.�' erend Harold T. Handley, Anthony Mancini, Richard A. Michel-
son, Rebecca G. Nussdorfer, Stephen M. Politi, and George
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.;g 1%�, A significant change took place in May when the com-
mittee chairman, Kingston Howard, resigned due to business
relocation. His position was filled by Representative
Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. Other major personnel changes during
the year included the resignation of Alan G. Adams from
The Battle Green in 1860 public relations, and the appointment of George E. Rowe as
treasurer succeeding Fred B. James who resigned in 1973.
The monument was erected Many additional townspeople have volunteered to serve
in 1799 and was the first as coordinator or leader for some specific task or project.
such monument in America
to commemorate any battle These include: Bob Bond, bicycle tour; Jack Borden, media
of the Revolution. Re- relations; Anne Cuccoluto, administration; Gracia Dayton,
produced from Lossinq's poster contest; Tiny Ewell, guest housing; Don Gillespie
Field Book of the Revolu- and Jerry Welch, bicentennial town band; Bob Harris, senior
tion, printed in 1860. citizens and special groups, Diana Healey, publicity, Betsy
and Dean Lahikainen, handcrafts; and Dr. Howard A. Smith
receptions.
Robert Tarlin, Bicentennial Coordinator, has been ac-
tive in all logistical, program, and fund-raising phases
connected with the two-year celebration. His office in the
Visitors' Center serves as the focal point for all of Lex-
ington's bicentennial activities.
The town-sponsored program of events for the three-day
weekend surrounding April 19, 1975 remains substantially as
described in the 1973 town report, the high points being-
Saturday, April 19 Sunday, April 20
Battle reenactment on the Special Church Services
Battle Green Rededication of the Battle
Youth Parade Green (to which the Pres-
Ceremonies on the Green ident has been invited)
Patriots' Day Parade Concert: Masterworks Chorale
Post-parade Reception
The Joint Military Bicentennial Coordinating Committee
continues to meet on a monthly basis. Its prime purpose is
to assist Lexington and Concord in securing appropriate
military marching units for the Patriots' Day parade, in
logistical planning, and in obtaining equipment and mater-
ial support required for the planned activities. The com-
mittee is chaired by Hanscom Field base commander, Colonel
Sigurd Jensen, and is composed of military representatives
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BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
from each service plus representatives from Lexington, Con-
cord, Lincoln, and the Minute Man National Historic Park.
The assistance of this committee has been gratefully accept-
ed and appreciated.
In planning the many bicentennial activities the health
and safety of the town residents and guests continue to re-
ceive priority over all other considerations. This area of
interest remains the sole responsibility of the town manager,
with coordinating responsibility the task of the committee
through its director/coordinator. A "worst probable" situa-
tion has been assumed in assessing the need for support
personnel, equipment, materials, and services during the . a �
celebration. The major unknowns for which Patriots' Day mo
logistical assumptions were made include. (1) Number of
visitors, 110-130 thousand; (2) Weather conditions, non- �� "�
inclement; (3) Energy problems, similar to 1974; (4) Pres- '
idential invitation, President or Vice-President will attend; ' .,
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Based on the above, and on other factors, plans are � � -
being developed and implemented for adequate support from
the police, fire, and public works departments. The bulk of � � '�.
the support requirements fall within the jurisdiction of the a ; " 1�
police department. Traffic control, crowd control, and town
protection are major components of these plans. Some addi- it:Ut
tional police support from surrounding municipalities has
been committed already and more is being requested. � ( r
For the remainder of the nation's bicentennial the corn-
mittee has been planning and coordinating a wide variety of `&
programs and events aimed specifically at Lexington resi-
dents
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dents rather than at visitors and tourists. Several of ,,i
these projects were given a trial during 1974. A bicenten- "
nial town band performed several well-received concerts on
the Green during the summer. A full day's program was spon-
sored in mid-September that featured a
p quilt lecture, and �atr
handcraft exhibits and demonstrations. Its successful re-
ception has insured that a similar activity will be offered
in 1975. Other programs in varying stages of development
include: musical concerts, historic lectures and fireside
chats; an architectural photographic essay on the town, Photo by Gerry Gilmore
several art and crafts exhibits, an historic documents exhi- Hayward Monument
bit, a colonial fashion show; an international dinner, and
an historic walking tour incorporating the research, identi- Located on the Battle Road on
fication, and marking of Lexington's historical buildings. Fiske Hill From the intersection
of Route 128 and Massachusetts Ave-
In the fall the committee began an effort to coordinate nue proceed on Wood Street only a
the bicentennial activities of civic, fraternal, and youth very short distance to the first
groups, religious congregations, and schools. This program left hand turn.
will serve as a focal point for all bicentennial activities,
and will provide a structure for the cross-pollenization of
bicentennial suggestions, ideas, advice, and assistance
among these organizations.
Fund-raising has not been neglected The Lexington Bi-
centennial Corporation, a separate entity from the committee,
was authorized by the town and chartered by the state in
1973. Its members are. Richard Michelson, Chairman; Alfred
Busa, Cornelius Cronin, Jack Maloney, Anthony Mancini,
Stephen Politi and Robert Reynolds. The corporation has
undertaken three major projects to raise money for a perma-
nent bicentennial memorial and to defray the cost of Lexing-
ton's bicentennial celebration.
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BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
The first project was a commemorative medallion that was produced in bronze,
in silver and in vermeil. It was first offered for sale in the spring. Sales
are good, and the corporation estimates a year end net profit of over $30,000.
Based on sales success in 1974, a non-bicentennial year, the corporation has an
optimistic outlook for follow-on sales during the bicentennial years 1975 and 1976.
The second project is a bicentennial historic booklet that will focus on
the national and international reactions to, and the eventual changes brought
about by the events of April 19, 1775. The booklet, scheduled for sale in
February 1975, is being developed under the supervision of a bicentennial sub-
committee It is being written by Martin Sandler and John Neal, both respected
authors of American history textbooks at the high school and college levels.
Ginn/Xerox, a Lexington-based publisher, is providing managerial advice and
assistance through Frank Masten
The third project will be a bicentennial poster. To obtain the best poster
possible the corporation is conducting a widely-publicized poster contest. A
panel of qualified judges will award a first prize of $500 and a second prize of
$300. In addition, the two winning posters will be produced commercially and
sold at the Visitors' Center and other appropriate outlets.
The Lexington Bicentennial Committee is hopeful that many of the activities
planned during the bicentennial years will engender sufficient interest and en-
thusiasm so as to become self-perpetuating long after the memories of parades
and balls have faded. And more importantly, the committee hopes that towns-
people will better understand and appreciate the local, national, and global
significance of the legacy and heritage that has been bequeathed to them.
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Seated L to R.. Robert Tarlin, Director, Lincoln P. Cole, Jr , Chairman, Stephen Politi,
Miriam Butts, Rebecca G Nussdorfer, Secretary, Standing L. to R. Richard A. Michelson,
Anthony J. Mancini, Rudolph J Fobert and Roland B Greeley Not pictured- George F Rowe, Jr
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L to R S Lawrence Whipple, Commissioner; Georgia H Williams, Commissioner, Ruth
B Adams, Associate; Wilbur M Jaquith, Chairman, Barbara Gilson, Clerk; Oliver F.
Hooper, Associate. Not Shown- Donald J Shaw, Commissioner, Thomas J. Holzbog, Com-
missioner; Sarah P Harkness, Associate; Amalia Samoylenko, Associate.
Historic Districts Commission Reports .
Dramatic Changes to Two Historic Houses
DRAMATIC CHANGES IN 1974 CAME to two historic houses in Lexington. The most nota-
ble was the moving of the Hancock-Clarke House, a Registered National Historic
Landmark, and the focal point for the Hancock-Clarke Historic District. Following
an Historical Society vote to restore the house to its original site, at 36 Hancock
Street, the commission issued a Certificate for Removal of the 1698 structure from
the easterly side of the street where it was placed when it was rescued from de-
molition in 1896 by the Historical Society. The move was accomplished and the
house is back, after seventy-eight years, to its authentic location. Visitors to
Lexington during the Bicentennial in 1975 will find the house where it was in 1775
when Paul Revere went there to alert John Hancock and Samuel Adams to the presence
of the British.
During the year, the Russell House at 1505 Massachusetts Avenue, in the Munroe
Tavern Historic District, was converted to condominium use from a hostelry, in
continuous use since post-Civil War days. The commission approved a change of roof
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line and the demolition of both the ell attached to the old structure and of a barn
in the rear. It also gave approval for the removal, to a more easterly location,
of a small house on the property. Division of the main building provided two
dwelling units, and the ell was replaced by two new units. Twelve additional units
brought the total number to sixteen, plus three open sheds housing multiple garages.
The selection of earth-toned colors for the exteriors of the buildings, which were
designed to harmonize with and complement the old Russell House, helped to minimize
the impact of the new construction on the neighborhood.
The commission also issued a Certificate of Appropriateness for construction
of sixteen town house dwellings in three two-story buildings at 56-60 Worthen Road.
Alterations and additions to stores and dwellings and approval of signs for stores
and historic residences were also considered. Special notice is taken of improve-
ments made to an old house which had fallen into disrepair at 531 Massachusetts
Avenue. Efforts of this latter kind help to retard the growing commercial aspect,
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HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION
and to preserve the village atmosphere of the East Village Historic District.
S. Lawrence Whipple was appointed commissioner to succeed Philip B. Parsons,
who did not accept reappointment after faithful service since the Historic Dis-
trict Commission was established in 1957. George W. Emery did not accept reap-
pointment as Associate, and Associate Royston T. Daley resigned. The following
were appointed to fill the associate commissioner vacancies: Ruth B. Adams,
Sarah P. Harkness and Amalia G. Samoylenko. Appreciation is expressed to our
Clerk, Barbara Gilson, and to Evelyn F. Cole for their assistance during the year.
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The hand carved lunette over the entrance door of the Lexington Arts and Crafts
building is the work of Andrew Dresselly, who was a member of the Society
and a long time resident of Lexington who now lives on Cape Cod
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Cary Lecture Committee
ALTHOUGH MEMBERS of the Cary Lecture Committee are appointed by the town moder-
ator, funds for the annual lecture series are provided by the trustees of the
Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund, under terms of the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham
and Susanna E. Cary.
Two programs were presented in the fall of 1974. Tom Horton of the Cousteau
Society took the audience "Behind the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" on Octo-
ber 5; the New Black Eagle Jazz Band, seven business and professional men who are
students and performers of the traditional New Orleans music of the Twenties, ap-
peared on November 23.
P A schedule for the spring of 1975 is being arranged in close cooperation with
the bicentennial committee.
Dr. Howard A. Smith, Chairman
Levi G. Burnell Ruth M. Mitchell
Battle Green Guides
THIS WAS A PREVIEW of the Bicentennial Year of 1975 and the thirty odd licensed
guide persons found in the weather-favorable summer of 1974 more than the usual
rmber of tourists. Not the double the usual they expect for 1975, but a goodly
group from all over the world. And they told them the simple story of Lexington,
the Birthplace of American Liberty, as they guided them around the Battle Green.
And they did it well.
In 1975 they will start earlier. By March those Lexington youths, who are
fourteen or older and who wish to be guides can obtain their applications at the
Information Center and take an examination in Lexington History which they must
pass to qualify. They will then appear before the Board of Selectmen for licensing
about April 1. They will have an important part in Lexington's great Bicentennial.
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BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
THE TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE (TCC) , as a subcommittee of the
Lexington Bicentennial Committee (LBC) , continues to do the
detailed planning for the events to be held on Patriot's Day,
1975. Except for the arrival of Paul Revere at midnight on
April 18, those events will be the same as those held in other
years. The parades and crowds will, no doubt, be larger but in
other respects Patriot's Day, 1975 will be unchanged from most
'44recent years. Because we will share almost all invited guests
V with Concord, and Concord will be their hosts for lunch, the TCC
will not arrange that lunch in 1975. With the approval of the
LBC, the committee has appointed James Broderick Chief Marshal
of the afternoon parade and Joseph Rooney will be his second-in-
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command as Chief-of-Staff. They will be responsible for most of
(� Ithe planning and execution of the 1975 parade. Those responsi-
Y, bilities include the appointment of the rest of the parade staff.
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9J \/ Since 1956 when the committee was established by town meet-
ing its members have acted as the chief marshal and staff of the
morning parade. That parade has been mostly for the young people
of Lexington. To emphasize that aspect, the committee appointed
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Steven Doran, president of the senior class at Lexington High
School, chief marshal of the 1974 morning parade. Part of those
duties were to appoint the division marshals and to act as master
of ceremonies at the Battle Green exercises that immediately
follow the parade. The committee was most pleased with Steve's
execution of those duties and, on the basis of his performance,
will make similar appointments in the future.
During the Battle Green exercises, Harvey Smith, first vice
president of the Lexington Lions Club, presented its annual
White Tricorne Hat award to Irving Mabee. The award recognizes
citizens of the town who have made outstanding contributions
over many years. Irving Mabee, a past selectman and former
chairman of the capital expenditures committee and active in many
other activities, admirably fulfilled those requirements. The
Lexington Minute Men, through their Commanding Officer, Capt.
Robert Marrigan, presented their Lawrence C. Stone Award to
Michael McKenna. Michael is a member of the high school band
and of the Hayden Recreation Center's drum corps. He won the
award for being the most improved drummer at Hayden--where
"Stoney" taught for many years.
The Lions Club road race, the Rotary Club's pancake break-
fast, and ceremonies conducted by the Lexington Minute Men and
the D.A.R. on and near the Battle Green completed the morning
activities. Paul Revere arrived as usual at 1.00 p.m at the
Minute Man Statue with greeting from the mayor of Boston to the
selectmen and citizens of Lexington.
Chief Marshal Capt. James J. Leahy, USNR(ret) , commanded
the afternoon parade. As in 1973, the parade assembled at the
high school. It marched along Waltham Street to Marrett Road,
to Massachusetts Avenue, past the reviewing stand at Cary Hall,
to the Battle Green, to Worthen Road and then to the high school
for dismissal. Its progress was much smoother and quicker than
last year; the head of the parade took twenty minutes less to
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TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE
reach the reviewing stand. Because we will use the same assembly area and route
in 1975, the committee was most encouraged by the results.
The annual Chamber of Commerce awards to floats which best depict the parade
theme ("Liberty, Unity, Responsibility") were won by the Lexington Girl Scouts in
the youth division, Pilgrim Church in the civic division and by Mal's Towing Ser-
vice in the commercial division. Awards are made by judges selected by the Cham-
ber of Commerce and are presented before the afternoon begins so that the winning
floats may be identified as they pass the reviewing stand.
OTHER CELEBRATIONS
On May 27, Capt. Edward Silva, Lexington Fire Department, led the Memorial Day
Parade. It made its customary stops at Munroe Cemetery, Cary Hall, the Olde Bury-
ing Ground and on the Battle Green. At each stop, brief memorial ceremonies were
conducted. A benediction, placing of a memorial wreath by a senior girl scout, a
three-round volley by a musket squad from the Lexington Minute Men, taps, and an
echo played by buglers from the high school band made up those ceremonies. Simi-
lar ceremonies were held at Westview Cemetery before the parade began. At Munroe
Cemetery, in addition, Steven Doran recited Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Margery
Battin, selectwoman, read General Logan's orders for the first Memorial Day, and
the high school band played a hymn. The Honorable Paul W. Cronin, our representa-
tive to the United States Congress, gave the main address at the Battle Green
ceremonies following the parade.
Veterans Day, on October 28, was celebrated with a parade from Munroe School
to the Battle Green. Charles Thomann, Commander, Post No. 3007, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, served as chief marshal. Charles T. Sweeney, Chief of Veterans
Services Division, U S V A. Regional Office, Boston, was the principle speaker at
the Battle Green ceremonies.
The committee looks forward each year to greeting members of the U.S.S. Lex-
ington (CV-2) Minutemen Club on the Battle Green for their annual memorial ser-
vices. Those services have been held on the Sunday in May closest to May 8 for
the past ten years. Changes to club organization and personnel apparently pre-
cluded that visit in 1974 The committee regrets the absence of the club and hopes
it can resume coming to Lexington in 1975
IN GENERAL
For the first time in several years the weather permitted us to hold all cele-
brations as scheduled and in relative comfort Perhaps that's reason enough for an
additional celebration:
We regret that Ralph Lord's duties in the athletic department of the school
department and other responsibilities required him to leave the committee. Our
regret doesn't lessen our appreciation for his many contributions during the years
he spent with us, however. The board of selectmen appointed Ray Flynn to succeed
Ralph Lord.
Raymond B. Barnes, Chairman Leo Gaughan, Vice Chairman
Eleanor Litchfield William Fitzgerald
William Brenchick, Jr. Ruth Mitchell
James Fenske Hildegarde McGonagle
Raymond J. Flynn
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LONG AWAITED, the renovation and expansion program at Cary
Library is approaching completion nearly on schedule, and
well within the budget approved by last year's town meeting.
Since this has been a relatively complex project involving
total integration of the original building and its later addi-
tions, and requiring completion in a time of rapid inflation
and material shortages, we feel the accomplishment is indeed
a noteworthy one.
New Cary The board of trustees records its deep appreciation to
the permanent building committee for the critical role it has
had in translating the library's needs into the handsome and
functional building we now see. The patience, planning, and
hard work of the staff is especially appreciated during a time
of several moves to temporary quarters and constant shifting
Library of the shelves and books. Our thanks extend also to the towns-
people for their understanding of problems caused by the con-
struction. The library was never closed because of the
construction but on several occasions it was necessary to
close the Children's Library or the adult stacks for short
periods of time. Some material has had to be kept in storage.
Add'ition. In spite of these and other handicaps, circulation will prob-
ably fall only slightly short of its record high which oc-
curred the year before construction began. Complaints have
been valid though few, but words of encouragement from patrons
were constant. Circulation at the East Lexington Branch has
gone to a record high of about 43,000. This was due not only
A Dream to the temporary problems at the main library, but to the at-
mosphere at East Lexington which has been created over the
II last twenty years, by the branch librarian, Gladys Killam.
COMING EVENTS AND THE BICENTENNIAL
FulfilledA gala opening for children and another for adults is
being planned for the spring when the parking area, land-
scaping, and furnishing should be completed. These events
are appropriate to mark the completion of an important addi-
tion to the town's facilities and cultural life, but it is
more important to stress that your library holds "Open House"
for all comers seven days a week all year long. Make good
use of it!
The opening of the new building will be the big library
event of the bicentennial year. Also being planned are sev-
eral film series, a poetry reading series in cooperation with
the Concord Library, and the publication of a guide to the
study of Lexington. We also plan to continue the very suc-
` cessful children's summer programs. Last year these included
an historical seminar, weekly movies and story hours, jump-
rope day, puppet making, paper creating, and a pet show.
Announcements will be distributed through the schools and pub-
lished in the papers.
NEW SERVICES
A popular new service of the library is the loaning of
museum admission cards to patrons. Participating museums
have been the Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Science.
These cards may be reserved without charge at the library's
reference desk. State aid funds ($11,957.25) are used to im-
prove selected areas of the collection each year. This year
they have been used to strengthen the recording collection in
anticipation of the opening of the new music and art room,
and for material on the family, child care, and the elderly.
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SOME IMPORTANT GIFTS
A number of important Lexington items have been received by Cary Library this
year. The flag, which flew from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lexington during the
Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942, was presented to the town by the ship's offi-
cers and men and will hang in the new Lexington Room soon. Lexington artist
Richard Filipowski has given the original art work for his bicentennial poster
which was an award winner in the contest sponsored by Boston. This, too, will
hang in the new Lexington Room. Philip B. Parsons has presented a handsome paint-
ing of the East Lexington Library which is now hanging at the branch. It is a
pleasure to acknowledge publicly these important gifts. There have been many
other gifts, especially of books, which are too numerous to list, but are no
less appreciated.
Executive Committee
Fred C. Bailey, Chairman Jacqueline Davison
Sanborn C. Brown, Vice-Chairman Rev. Harold T. Handley
Rev. R. Reinhold
Advisory Committee
Shirley Stolz, Chairman Theodore Mairson Ruth Morey
Elizabeth H. Clarke Mildred Marek Ann Wallace
Irving H Mabee
Robert C. Hilton, Director
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The Moving of the Hancock-Clarke House
In 1974 the Lexington Historical Society undertook a capital funds drive to raise
$100,000 to move the Hancock-Clarke house across Hancock Street to its original site
from which it had been moved in 1898. By year end $65,000 had been raised and the
house had been set down on its new location. The fund raising will continue in 1975
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Human Interest Items Spanning Two Hundred Years
January 10, 1775 "Lexington sent 61 Loads of Wood to Boston poor and some Money", Jonas Clarke's diary
May 23, 1776 Lexington votes to uphold Continental Congress should it declare for liberty and
independence
1779 Estimated population, 750
1780-1786 Severe inflation and depreciated money Selectmen sell old kettle for $1200
September 3, 1792 Bad epidemic of smallpox, four "hospitals" voted
February, 1807• Cambridge to Concord turnpike opens; two toll gates
January, 1813 Post Office opens in Buckman Tavern, Rufus Meriam first Postmaster
1816. Crops destroyed, Frosts in July and August; snow in June and September.
1820 Population 1200 Vote to build a fence around the common
1821 Provision made for a Town School Committee; property-owning qualification for voting
removed
March 5, 1827 Juvenile Library established, first in Massachusetts
1830. Town elects its first general school committee; vote to print a town report (single sheet)
July 3, 1839. First Public Normal School in America opens (Masonic Building) .
August 26, 1846. First cars run on Lexington and West Cambridge R R - three trains a day, each way
September 4, 1854 First High School opens on second floor of Town Hall
April 20, 1868 Town establishes free public library, to be called Cary Library
April 11, 1870 Mrs Maria Cary offers town $20,000 toward new town hall (Present site of Muzzey Jr. High)
1873 Town lowers two brooks, law suits ensue. Arlington buys Great Meadow for water supply
1875 Population 2500. Centennial costs town $9300 First town seal adopted, Lexington farms
second in milk production in the Commonwealth
March 7, 1881• Town asks Lesgislature to allow women to vote and hold office
1882 The telephone comes to Lexington - six subscribers.
1886 Lexington Historical Society organized; First Superintendent of schools hired, R R. dou-
ble tracked to Boston
1887 Miss Ellen A. Stone first woman elected to school committee
October 1891• Ellen Stone offers "Stone Building" to town for branch library
April, 1892 Gas-Light Company asks permission to erect poles and run electric wires.
May, 1892 Lexington Land Company reveals plans for developing Munroe Hill.
1894 Hastings Park purchased by Lexington Field and Garden Club, for residents' use
September, 1894 Cambridge acquires land surrounding Hobbs Brook for its water supply.
April 19, 1900 Minuteman Statue dedicated, first street car to Lexington Center.
1901 Lexington - Boston, 21 trains a day, each way Sundays seven trains each way
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TWO HUNDRED YEARS
November 1, 1902 New high school dedicated (west portion of present Muzzey Jr. High)
January 31, 1905. Miss Alice B Cary offers town a library building and site
October, 1909• Free postal delivery established, plans laid for "Fair Oaks" development.
1911 Town's first motorized fire engine purchased
1913• J.W. Wilbur developing large area of East Lexington ("Liberty Heights").
February, 1915• Town appropriates sum for sewerage system
1920 Population 6350, tax rate $33; first town meeting in which women take part
February, 1921 "Lexington Manor" house lots on sale; 35 land developments in town.
August 15, 1924 Buses begin to run on Massachusetts Avenue, replacing street cars
1927 Cary Trustees offer town a new memorial Building
1933 Route 2 under construction, weekly band concerts on Buckman Tavern lawn
1936 First reference to an airport at Bedford
April 19, 1942• 5000 citizens assemble on Common, repeat the pledge of December 13, 1773.
1950 Work begins on a new Route 128
March 1956 Ruth Morey first woman elected to Board of Selectmen
1970. Introduction of Selectmen-Town Manager form of government
1975 School budget over 13 million dollars, Hancock-Clarke house is back on original site.
S. Lawrence Whipple, Historian
Lexington Historical Society
Sources "A Calendar of Lexington", by Edwin B Worthen, Rev. Jonas Clarke's Diary, "The Turnpikes of New
England", by Frederic J Wood, Lexington Town Reports.
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Zoning \ Traffic
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AS IN PAST YEARS, the Planning Board in 1974, ) Land Use
continued its pattern of duties and activities general- harking
ly related to short- and long-range Town planning. Among K
these were the following. ` Th
Subdivision Control. As required by State statute, the Wetlands
Planning Board considered seven applications submitted in
1974 for subdivisions, including Drummer Boy Green (Bed-
ford Street), Minute Man Ridge (Allen Street), Lowell Estates II (Sanderson Road), Wood-
park Estates (Wood Street), Bicentennial Farms (Cary Avenue), Farmhurst Section V (Bridge
Street), and Centre Estates (Bedford Street), and ruled on 38 applications for division
of land where subdivision control procedures were believed not to be required. Of the
subdivisions acted upon during the year, three were given final approval following public
hearings and receipt of advisory letters from the Town Engineer and Board of Health.
Farmhurst Section V was denied because of inadequate information on drainage; this deci-
sion was appealed to Superior Court where at year's end the case awaited trial. In all,
89 subdivision lots were approved for building purposes.
Following public hearings conducted by the Planning Board, the April Town Meeting
voted to include two tracts of land in the recently-created RD zone for multiple-family
housing. One of these proposals, Flintlock on Wood Street, was subsequently defeated by
referendum, but the other, Drummer Boy on Bedford Street opposite Hartwell Avenue, is pro-
ceeding toward its eventual goal of the construction of 150 dwelling units. As required by
the RD zoning by-law, the Planning Board is currently reviewing detailed plans for the
first installment of 50 units to assure itself and the Board of Appeals that they are in
substantial agreement with the proposal originally approved by Town Meeting.
General Planning. The Town is now approaching full growth with most of the easily built-
upon sites already occupied, and increasing pressure is being put upon low-lying areas for
residential and industrial development. Typical of these is the Tophet Swamp in the corner
of Town bounded by Route 128 between Bedford Street and Hanscom Field. In 1974, the
Planning Board devoted considerable attention to the specific problems associated with
development of the surroundings and of the Swamp itself. To determine the effect of fill-
ing on the hydrology of the Swamp, and particularly on the runoff into the Shawsheen River,
the C. E. Maguire Company conducted a study for the Town which concluded that up to half
the storage volume of the Swamp could be filled before unacceptable water levels in the
Swamp or the river would result. In the light of this report, the Planning Board has been
considering the formulation of policy with respect to proposals such as expansion of the
Town's Sanitary Landfill, widening of Bedford Street, State construction of a new connector
between Route 128 and Hartwell Avenue, provision of a park-and-ride facility for implementa-
tion of central-city public transportation, and further commercial and industrial develop-
ment of the Swamp's borders. Because most of the area has long been industrially and
commercially zoned, such projects appear appropriate if the basic hydrological questions can
be satisfactorily answered.
Similar questions arise in other parts of Lexington. This year the Planning Board
attempted to reduce the impact of residential and other construction in wetlands by extending
its Wetland zoning areas, but found difficulties both in the accuracy of the photogrammetric
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maps and the formulation of technical definitions of wetness satisfactory to Town Meeting.
Because of these, it withdrew its proposed Town Meeting Articles for expansion of the wetland
zoned areas and is currently seeking more acceptable methods for minimizing the problems that
arise from overdevelopment of such land.
To determine the need for off-street parking facilities in the Town Center, two surveys
of parking habits in the central area were conducted with the help of the League of Women
Voters during the spring and summer of 1974. Recommendations based on the results will be
completed in 1975 and should provide the Selectmen a basis for action.
Two studies were authorized by the 1974 Town Meeting to determine Town goals and atti-
tudes toward future growth, particularly in recreational facilities. With the help of out-
side consultants and citizens committees, the Planning Board expects to make progress on
these projects during 1975
Other Duties. In addition to subdivision control, the Planning Board has certain other
statutory tasks. Under Chapter 774, the Board must submit an extensive report to the Board
of Appeals analyzing the need for low and moderate income housing and the planning considera-
tions underlying each application for a comprehensive permit to construct subsidized housing
In 1974, one report was written, recommending denial of a permit for 44 units in a proposed
development off Webb and Young Streets. The Lexington Zoning By-law also requires that
Planning Board recommendations be submitted before the Board of Appeals may issue certain
special permits, during 1974, eleven such letters were written covering a variety of uses.
Other letters were addressed to various Boards for a variety of less formal purposes.
One to the Board of Selectmen urged that tax title lots be reserved for possible use as
scattered sites for moderate income single or two-family housing. Another provided that
Board with information on the status of Lexington land abutting the Burlington Arcade off
Lowell Street, and recommendations for restoring at least part of this land to its original
contours before earth had been illegally removed. Several letters to the Board of Appeals
supplied information and Planning Board positions on various petitions for special permits,
as for example those of the U.S. Postal Service in its efforts to establish an Incoming Mail
Center near the Lexington-Waltham line. In all these, the Planning Board benefitted from the
professional opinions and judgments of the Design Advisory Committee, a volunteer group of
Lexington architects, landscape architects and planners.
Finally, the Planning Director and his assistant spent considerable time this year in
support of the Conservation Commission, aiding them in technical matters related to adminis-
tration of the Wetlands Protection Act, as well as serving on the Traffic Safety Committee
and providing land-use information to other groups, particularly the Lexington Housing Auth-
ority and the Lexington Bicentennial Committee. The Planning Board believes this to be an
entirely appropriate use of its staff and is delighted that these efforts have proved helpful.
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Around the table, left to right Kenneth G. Briggs, Planning Director, Marion H. Snow, Secre-
tary, Paul J. MacKenzie, Clerk, Stanley A. Brown, Eric T. Clarke, Chairman, Lois W Brown,
Thomas F. Costello, Vice-Chairman
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A Recreation Program for All Ages
THE RECREATION COMMITTEE stepped up its goal of recreation for all ages
Small tot equipment was installed at Garfield Street Estabrook playground
was opened. The beach at the reservoir was completed, bicycle paths were ex-
tended, all tennis courts were resurfaced with some rebuilt wherever necessary
The committee's plans for the future call for extension of the bicycle
paths, a motor bike trail, lighted softball field, completion of the "Old
Res" with a permanent bath house and fencing around the beach area, a back-
stop at Garfield Street, basketball area at Harrington School, tennis prac-
tice back boards, four new tennis courts, boccie courts, a horse ring, a
skating area at Garfield Street and a new five (5) year capital expenditure
for recreation.
SEASONAL RECREATION PROGRAMS
I Spring
a Golf lessons - adults and children - at high school gymnasium, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings 7:00 P.M - 9:00 P.M. - March and April.
b Girls softball league - 16 teams - Harrington, Bridge, Fiske Fields -
9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M - May through June
II Spring and Summer
a. Softball - men's league, 16 teams - Harrington, Fiske, Center Fields,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday evenings, 6 30 P M April through
September (conducted by recreation committee under direction of the
recreation director)
III Summer
a Playground - Adams, Harrington, Center, Hastings, Parker, Franklin, Bridge
and Estabrook (new), Monday through Friday, 9 00 A M - 12 noon, 1.00 P M. -
4:00 P.M.
b Playground - Bridge, retarded and emotionally disturbed children Monday
through Friday, 9 30 A M - 2 30 P M , swimming daily at reservoir
11 00 A M - 12 noon, June, July and August
c Tennis lessons: Center - Monday and Wednesday mornings, Adams and Parker
Tuesday and Thursday mornings
d. Arts and crafts - all playgrounds every afternoon, Monday through Friday -
June, July, August
e New program - Red Cross standard first aid course offered to all summer
staff
f Swimming pools at Center - June, July, August
1) Children - lessons every morning, Monday through Friday 9 00 A M -
12 noon.
2) Children and adults - free swimming, Monday through Friday, 1 00 P M -
4 00 P.M.
3) Life saving lessons - senior and junior (American Red Cross) - five
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weeks, adults and children over 14 years of age - Monday through
Friday, 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
4) New program - swimming lessons for the handicapped adults - Monday-
Friday - 4 00 P.M. - 5 00 P.M.
5) New program - synchronized swimming lessons - all ages - Monday -
Friday - 12 noon - 1:00 P M.
6) Adults and children - free swimming, evenings 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.,
Monday through Friday
7) Adults and children free swimming - Saturdays - 10:00 - 12 noon and
1 00 P M - 5 00 P M , Sundays 1.00 P M - 5:00 P.M.
8) Competitive swim meets held at 12:00 noon - 1:00 P.M. Monday through
Friday.
g Swimming at Reservoir - June, July, August, September
1) Children and adults - free swimming, Monday through Saturday,
10:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M., Sunday - 12:00 noon - 8.00 P.M.
2) Life saving lessons - senior and junior (American Red Cross), five
weeks - adults and children over 14 years of age, Monday through Friday,
4 00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
3) Adult swim lessons, Monday through Friday 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
4) "Res" new program - swim lessons for handicapped children - Monday -
Friday 11 00 A.M. - 12 noon.
5) "Res" new program - swim lessons for four year olds - Monday - Thursday-
10 00 A M - 11.00 A M
h Tennis sign-in program at Center Tennis Courts, Saturdays and Sundays
9 00 A M - 2.30 P M , and evenings 5 00 P M - 8 00 P M , Monday through
Friday during summer months June, July, August, September Reservation
booth open May through November at Center for reservation and swim tags
Night tennis under lights, 8 00 P M - 11 00 P M at Center
Boys summer soccer league - 6 00 P M - Monday through Friday, June
through September.
IV Autumn
a. Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grade boys and girls soccer, Saturday
mornings, 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A M. Lincoln Street Playground-September,
October, November
V. Autumn, Winter, and Spring
a. Adults
1) Ladies exercise class, high school gymnasium and field house, Tuesday
and Thursday evenings 7 30 P M - 9 00 P M , September to May
2) Men's exercise class, high school gymnasium and field house, Monday
and Wednesday evenings, 7 00 P M - 9 00 P M , October to April
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3) Adult badminton - Muzzey Junior High gymnasium Monday and Thursday
evenings. 7 30 P.M. - 10 00 P.M., October to May.
4) Chess program - all citizens - all ages - Friday evenings -
7:00 P.M. to 11 00 P.M. - Estabrook Hall - Cary Memorial Building.
VI. Winter
a. Children
1) Small tot program - boys and girls, Estabrook Hall, Cary Memorial
Building - 4 year olds - 9 30 A.M. - 10:30 A.M., 5 year olds -
10:45 A.M. - 11:45 A M , Saturday mornings - December to April.
2) Retarded and emotionally disturbed children - Franklin School,
Saturday mornings 9.30 A M - 11 30 A.M.
NOTE - Program includes singing, bowling, basketball, square dancing,
coasting, dancing, etc. - swimming in Hayden Pool 12:00 noon _
1 00 P.M.
3) The following programs for Saturday morning 9 00 A M - 11 00 A M
includes races, mat exercises, games, gymnastics, volley ball, rope
Cllmbing,basketball, street hockey etc. December to April.
a Fifth and Sixth grade girls - Muzzey Junior High Gymnasium
b. Fifth and Sixth grade boys - High School Gymnasium and Field House.
c Intermediate (seventh, eighth and ninth grade girls) - High School
Field House - Muzzey Jr. High Gymnasium
d. Intermediate (seventh, eighth and ninth grade boys) - Diamond Junior
High Gymnasium.
4) Adults and children - ice skating areas, - Adams, Center,Kinneen,Fiske
Sutherland Heights, Franklin, "Old Res", Hastings.
Schedules and requests for all recreational facilities by all local citi-
zens, organizations, groups etc. are coordinated by the recreation director,
and may be obtained at the Center playground booth May through November.
Persons using the fireplaces at Willard's Woods must obtain a fire permit
from the Lexington Fire Department.
Recreation Committee
Seated (L. to R ) • Vincent E
' Hayes, Daniel P. Busa, Chair-
man, Patricia Swanson.
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CONSERVATION COMMISSION
THE LEXINGTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION celebrated its tenth anniversary this year
and can look back on many significant changes since its inception. Originally
established as a land protection agency with very little power, it has been trans-
formed into a state regulatory agency with jurisdiction over the development of
wetlands. As most of the remaining undeveloped land in Lexington falls within this
definition, a number of problems accompany this responsibility.
Land Acquisition. To date the town has acquired a total of 380 acres of land 1
for conservation purposes with an additional seven acres under conservation ease-
ment
and/or restriction. The net cost to the town has been approximately $1,200
per acre, or less than ten cents on the tax rate. The 1974 town meeting was asked
to vote approval of seven parcels
of land totaling 28 acres, but only
five parcels totaling 11 acres won
approval. The sites were scattered
The Goals of the .. throughout the town, and were part
of an overall plan to provide a
Conservation Commission . green belt connecting larger open
areas. Through the aggressive ef-
Land Acquisition forts of town counsel, most land
acquisition articles voted by pre-
Land Management vious town meetings have been
successfully negotiated and this
land has been added to town-owned
Wetland Protection conservation land.
Education Wetlands Protection. Under
the amended Wetlands Protection
Act, the commission has been given
the authority to regulate develop-
ment on wetlands. Briefly, the procedure is to hold a public hearing and to issue
a set of conditions governing how an applicant may "fill, dredge or otherwise alter
a wetland. " The commission held a total of 15 hearings in 1974 as follows: 115
Kendall Corporation, Minuteman Village (Haroian) , Hayden Recreation Center, Sanitary
Landfill (Town of Lexington) , Caira, Krebs School, Scott Properties, Tripi-Sowkow,
Town of Lexington sewers, S. and J. Hamilton, Town of Lexington Turning Mill Sewer,
W.R. Grace and Company, Fillios, Grace Chapel and Bellizia (Pine Meadow Country Club) .
Certain problems are presented when the town itself is an applicant, which is what
happened three times in 1974.
Education. Although the commission realizes the importance of an ecologically
aware community, this is an area of benign neglect for many. Fortunately there are
other citizens and organizations who are able to fill the void. The successful pro-
gram of citizen "victory gardens" initiated last year by the commission was expand-
ed this year, and will be continued. Identification of conservation land has begun
with the installation of signs at 20 locations, and conservation areas are included
on the zoning map that is available through the planning board. Commission members
have spoken to a number of local groups on conservation and land use, and have also
participated in regional land-use meetings such as: Hobbs Brook, Charles River,
Mystic River Watersheds, Red-Line extension, Route 2 relocation and Route 128 Hart-
well Avenue connector.
Land Management. For maximum citizen enjoyment of open spaces -- to keep
trails open, lands clean, and regulations enforced -- conservation lands require
more manpower and funds than have previously been committed. Thus the commission
has requested land maintenance funding for Fiscal Year 1976. Meanwhile, the com-
mission appreciates the concern of citizens who initiated Fall Conservation Cleanup
Day on October 5, 1974, a project supported by the League of Women Voters, Citizens
for Lexington Conservation, scout groups and other civic organizations.
Help. At the selectmen's request the town meeting voted funds for a profes-
sional administrative assistant. Interviews are now being held for a qualified
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Conservation Commission in Consultation with Planning Board
Right to Left Around the Table Commission members David G. Williams, Manfred P Friedman, Angela E
Frick, Chairman, John J McWeeny, Susan S. Solomon, Gary L. Larson and Paul E. Mazerall, (ex-officio)
(partly hidden), Erna S. Greene, Secretary to the Commission, Lois W Brown, Planning Board member,
and Eric T. Clarke, Chairman of the Planning Board. Not present Francis W K Smith, Vice-Chairman
conservation services administrator. This follows an initial attempt to fill the
position from within. The commission hopes to begin 1975 with renewed vigor.
Membership. Seven is the magic number, we hope, as there is now a full com-
mission. Dr. poward M. Kassler found it necessary to resign before his second term
was finished, and Margaret F. Rawls was unable to seek reappointment for her second
term. They are both sorely missed for their enthusiasm, energy and expertise. The
commission and the town are deeply in their debt.
Angela E. Frick, Chairman Francis W.K. Smith, Vice Chairman
Manfred P. Friedman Susan Snell Solomon
Gary L. Larson David G. Williams
John J. McWeeney Paul E. Mazerall, ex-officio
Erna S. Greene, Secretary
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IN 1971+ only one structural fire required an additional alarm. This was a lightning-caused
blaze in a dwelling on Robinson Road. The occupants were away at the time, and the fire gained
considerable headway before being discovered and reported. As a result of the delayed discovery,
the structure sustained severe fire and smoke damage on the second floor.
Another fire that had potential for a large loss occurred at the Maria Hastings School in
September. When the department responded to the alarm,it was discovered that four separate
fires had been set in the building. Since the fire was one of suspicious origin, the matter
became one for the state fire marshal's office and the police to investigate. Subsequent to
the event, a juvenile was questioned as to his knowledge with regard to the act, and at this
writing the matter is still pending.
A major fire broke out in Chelsea this year in May. While not of the proportions of the
1973 conflagration, it required the need for many communities to send mutual aid assistance to
help quell the blaze. Lexington responded with two pumpers, Engine 1 pumped for many hours at
the fire, while Engine 2 covered at one of the vacant fire stations.
The number of calls for outside fires that were deliberately set increased markedly this
fall. The resources of the department were sorely taxed several times, with mutual aid
necessary from surrounding towns in several instances. The greatest problem that the fire
fighters are faced with nowadays in coping with this type of fire is the increased travel that
has come about as a result of the development of outlying areas.
Recently, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of calls to fires in
"dumpsters". These large-capacity trash containers are most often used by business firms and
other organizations that generate large amounts of trash. It seems to have become common for
malicious persons to set the contents on fire. In so doing, a two-fold hazard is presented.
The first is that fire fighters could be injured by the exploding aerosol cans that are often
disposed of in these containers. The second is the possibility of the fire spreading to a
structure since these dumpsters are often located against or close to buildings.
This past year, the fire department of this town became a fully participating member of
Fire District 13, also known as "Newton Control". It thus became part of a fire control
district comprised of twenty-six communities in the metropolitan area joined together in a
radio network that will increase operating efficiency and improve communications between the
cities and towns concerned. This is particularly valuable when mutual aid assistance is needed
in the cooperating municipalities.
In this first year of service for Engine 2, the Mack diesel pumper, the truck proved to
be all that was expected of it. A member of the department spent a week at the Mack Company
plant in Allentown, Pennsylvania in June where he received extensive instruction on mainten-
ance procedures.
A new concept is under consideration that ultimately may effect the type of ambulance
that this department operates. This is the possible purchase of a "modular" ambulance, a vehicle
having many features that the traditional style of ambulance does not. One of the most important
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factors is the possibility of transferring the body module to a new chassis when desired. A
much longer useful life can be expected by utilizing this concept.
Automatically-starting auxiliary electric generators are now in operation at both stations.
In the event of a power failure, neither station would be without power to operate necessary
equipment and appliances.
Two senior captains of the department were chosen to attend the basic management course
presented by the civil service training council at the Custom House, Boston. Members of the
department belonging to the Massachusetts Institute of Drill Instructors attended meetings of
that organization during the past year. Eight members have been enrolled in and have completed
the eighty-one hour emergency medical technicians (EMT) course at Symmes' Hospital. It is hoped
in the future to be able to give the remaining ambulance personnel, officers and other selected
members the opportunity to take this course. Recent legislation has brought about more stringent
requirements for operating and manning emergency ambulances. As a result, attendance and com-
pletion of these EMT courses is mandated.
The ambulance has responded to more than six hundred calls so far this year and the final
total will probably be close to seven hundred. While many of these responses were for medical
emergencies at homes and other buildings in the town, there were numerous calls to accidents on
Lexington's two major highways.
Presently there are more than twelve members of the department enrolled in the fire science
program at Massachusetts Bay Community College in Watertown or Middlesex Community College in
Bedford. All of these fire science subjects carry credits and the option is offered to take
them under a career enrichment concept or they may be incorporated as part of the curriculum
that can lead to the attainment of an associate degree in fire science. Several members have
chosen the latter course, and are well advanced in their studies.
As a result of an examination for the postion of fire fighter, three men were selected for
appointment to the department. After attending and successfully completing the course of
instruction at the Central Massachusetts Fire Fighting Academy in Stow, they were assigned to
their respective work groups. The appointments of these men filled vacancies created by the
resignation of two men to go into police work and the mandatory retirement of the third man.
The retiree, Fire Fighter Robert A. Hamilton, who was a permanent man for twenty-seven years and
a Callman for seventeen years before that, always gave more than was asked of him. His devotion
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to duty and willingness to do that "something extra" at all times will make his leaving notice-
able for a long time to come. At a retirement banquet held in October, Fire Fighter Hamilton
and retired call men Wallace Weisinger, Arthur Silva and Joseph 0. Rooney were jointly honored.
These men were valued members and their contributions during their many years of call service
are greatly appreciated and remembered. The gratitude of the town was publicly expressed when
the chairman of the board of selectmen, Alan F. Kenney, presented them with certificates of
appreciation during a meeting of that board in October. Mr. Kenney noted, at that time, that
the service of these men totaled over one hundred years.
In the summer months an intensive school inspection program was carried out. All personnel
participated and as a result much was learned of value with regard to the various schools and
their particular facilities. These inspections included both public and private schools in the
town. Included in the continuing program this year, were the new buildings on Hayden Avenue
belonging to the W. R. Grace Company, as well as the new Scottish Rite Museum on Marrett Road.
This latter building has several areas that are protected by a fire extinguishing system that
uses Halon 1301 as the extinguishing agent. This system is often used to protect areas where
valuable documents and materials are located, since it leaves no residue or after-effects.
This annual report will be the final one I shall make to the town as I have chosen to
retire at the end of this year. During the thirty-six years that I have served in the fire
department, I have witnessed many changes, both in the town and in the fire department. Not
the least of these, was the transition from a permanent-call department to that which it has
evolved today, that of a nearly all-permanent department. With the changes that have come
about, there has also been a change in the methods, attitudes and procedures in the fire service.
I am happy to have been a part of these changes and of these times. I believe that Lexington's
fire department is as capable and efficient as any department that comes to mind, regardless of
size. I take this opportunity to thank and commend the members of the department for the
manner in which they have performed their duties throughout the period that I have been
chief engineer. I would also like to express my appreciation to town officials, employees
and other departments who gave of their assistance so generously whenever it was requested or
required.
Walter F. Spellman
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"This Shows It Like It Was"
This engraving by Amos Doolittle was made very soon after
April 19, 1775. Its merit is that it supposedly reflects
the location and nature of the buildings on the Common as
they then existed. Reproduced from Lossing's Field Book
of the Revolution published in 1860
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THE REVEREND JOHN HANCOCK, Pastor of the Lexington Church for over fifty years
(1697-1752) , was also active in the temporal affairs of the community. Says
A.B. Tourtelotte, "Bishop Hancock was known to settle land disputes by driving a
stake in the ground and simply telling the disputants that that was the boundary
and there would be no further argument about it. "
Lexington's Fence Viewers of the present do not drive stakes. They do not
pretend to have the wisdom of the good 'Bishop' . They merely tell you that if you
wish to erect a fence it must be within your own bounds (certainly not on town
property) must not be over six feet high and must be kept in good repair.
The Fence Viewers got a goodly number of calls from people who wished to
erect a fence in 1974. Though the town has long since taken down the fence around
the Common, Lexington is still a community of fences and disputes over them. The
Fence Viewers sometimes wished that they could call on the good Bishop or use his
simple answers.
Harold T. Handley
Louis A. Zehner
The White Tricorne Hat Award
("The Good Guys Wear White Hats")
ANNUALLY ON PATRIOT'S DAY the Lions Club presents a white tricorne
Al- hat to a Lexington citizen who over the years has made a notable
contribution to the town's well being. In 1974, the award was made
to Irving H. Mabee, a former member of the Board of Selectmen and a
chairman of the Capital Expenditures Committee. Long active in pub-
lic affairs and presently an associate member of the Board of Appeals
he is also a member of the Selectmen's Drug Advisory Committee. His
quiet constructive influence on the town has been very real.
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, � 1954 Edwin B. Worthen
'J ` * ' 1955 Albert Burnham
z, V % 1956 John Garrity
' : 1957 Rev. Harold T. Handley
01510, -A; ., i 1958 William E. Maloney
'"% +_ ...,*010514,,,. , 1959 Dr. Fred S. Piper
f .,� -v= w 1960 Thomas S. Grindle
il, lik �_ ,` ',' 1961 William R. Greeley
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y {§ 1963 Miss Margaret Keefe
Is i 1964 Mrs. Eleanor B. Litchfield
p 1965 Msgnr. George W. Casey
w 1 1966 Joseph 0. Rooney
O 1967 Donald E. Nickerson
1968 Alan G. Adams
` 1969 Dr. Winthrop H. Harrington
1970 Michael Vidette, Sr.
1971 Louis Tropeano
1972 George W. Emery
o i � °, , 1973 Louis A. Zehner
P.' `X4 .. I rp, .31 1974 Irving H. Mabee
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The department's well defined safety program places much emphasis on work
with young people Safety Office- Peter Mills here demonstrates the use
of a resuscitator at the Hancock Nursery School
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"Somehow, the people in this country have come to think that the
courts, the police, and the prisons are the instruments with which
we can solve the criminal problem in this country. That is a mis-
take that should be set right Every citizen and every family
has a responsibility. "
William B. Saxbe
United States Attorney General
Police Chief Corr Reports
Burglaries Up; Accidentsg Down
CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES during the first six months of 1974 increased 16 percent;
the northeastern states showed an increase of 12 percent, and Lexington has also
felt the impact of this upward trend. Our police officers and detectives spent much
of their time in 1974 attempting to deal with the town's major crime problems, such
as: burglary, larceny, vandalism, and drug abuse. Burglaries have increased to the
rate of one a day. Vandalism is spreading throughout the town and costs to repair
malicious damage to both private and public properties continue to soar. Although
auto thefts diminished considerably in the past year, the theft of bicycles, espe-
cially the multi-speed expensive models, is now one of our concerns. During the
period between March and September the theft of 208 bicycles valued at $20,676.00 was
reported to the police. During the summer months a bike a day was being stolen.
A bright side of our statistics reveals that the accident rate declined again
for the third consecutive year. Since 1971 when the traffic accidents here reached
an all time high, our basic goal has been to encourage obedience through strict and
impartial enforcement. During the year our patrol officers issued nearly 1,500 speed-
ing citations, 900 for traffic light offenses, 400 for stop-sign violations, and about
350 citations for combined operating so as to endanger and under the influence of
liquor offenses. Generally, this output paralleled that of the previous years, but
two significant changes were noted. First, traffic accidents decreased by about 2
percent. Second, the number of local residents cited for hazardous violations de-
creased by about 20 percent. We interpret this phenomenon as tangible evidence that
enforcement of the traffic laws does indeed influence the accident rate and that citi-
zens do make a greater effort to obey the traffic laws. Still, ultimate goals have
not been reached and much remains to be done in the ensuing years.
Many hours of planning have gone into preparations for our upcoming bicentennial
celebration next spring and for April 19th festivities. The protection of our com-
munity during the celebration will always be one of our top priorities.
Five policemen left the department during the year for various reasons. This
created a situation that normally would not be of a major concern except that the de-
partment is unable to replace these men because of litigation in the state and feder-
al courts. The prohibition placed upon the State Civil Service Division by the courts
not to certify local appointments continues. The department has been unable to ap-
point any officers since 1970 and at present is understaffed
ACCIDENTS by eight men. Immediate resolvement of this issue is anti-
cipated, but in the event that it cannot be solved, this
I condition will create a severe problem. Discussions are
no. \-/ being held involving legislation to remove the department
from civil service and at the same time to grant tenure to
°°o its officers.
We in the department anticipate that 1975 will be even
busier and we are working to make our community a safer place
in which to live. Although crime reduction is a difficult
and complex task, yet we are convinced that, if the community
really wants such a reduction, it can have it. To do so, its
,,..'m w •b •a rev '70 1 R •fi ,7. citizens must take a more active part in its policing. If
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there is one message that the department would like to communicate to the residents
of Lexington in this report, it is that, unless we can recruit the community as a
whole to recognize that they too are part of the police force, then our criminal sta-
tistics will continue to rise and many of our criminal cases will go unsolved. We,
therefore, anxiously look forward to greater public participation in order to reduce
crime in our community during the year 1975.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
C HART 1
POLICE OFFICERS
TOWN OF LEXINGTON
NATIONAL AVERAGE*1.8 MEN PER THOUSAND
DEPARTMENT STRENGTH SHOULD BE 59,4 MEN
*F,B.I CRIME REPORTS
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90PUL AT10N3 3,000
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1960'61 '62 63 '64 '65 '66 '67 '68 '69 '70 '71 '72 '73 '74
INVESTIGATIONS —VALUE OF PROPERTY STOLEN
COMPLAINTS—REPORTS ----VALUE OF PROPERTY RECOVERED
1600,00
10,000
500,000
8000
11400,00
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6000
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1964 '65 '66 67 68 '69 '70 '71 '72 73 '74 /-- '
r-1�� OFFENSES
i, 4 '65 '66 '67 '68 '69 '70 '71 '72 '73 74
KNOWN TO POLICE *
1263
1200091098
OFFENCES 72S 823
ARRESTS 408 432 45o_460 57-2
689
INCLUDING SUMMONSES 1974 CRIME CLOCK
� j I 346 316 320
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����•••INES 12 12 PURGL ART 217?10 257 _249 --
()) 19 i.11,000.00 119 1
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3 9- APPROX. -3 7 ,11
r3.5 EVERY DAY 1 BURGLARY 702
700 \ \\\EVERY DAY - 649 640
\ 1 1 WtCENY444 467
6000 SERIOUS OFFENSES BURGLARY 374 400_
2'13 240 222 269
5000 12 12 -
4000 170 120*
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EVERY DAY AUTO THEFT
2000 145 58
LARCENIES VALUE OF 20 19
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1963'64 '65 '66 '67 '68 '69 '70 '71 '72 '73 '74
ESTIMATE 8
1964 '65 '66 '67 '68 '69 '70 71 '72 '73 '74
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Two
Decades
with JN 1975 I WILL START my twenty-first year in the build-
ing inspection department, and it seems an appropriate
time to reminisce a little and to make some comparisons.
In 1955 the inspection department consisted of the
the Building inspector and a clerk (who was shared with the public
works department) , and a part-time plumbing inspector.
The department office was on the second floor of
the older section of the present office building in the
Inspector area where the town manager now has his office. This
space was shared with the board of appeals. There was
no gas inspections required, hence no gas inspector,
and the electrical inspector operated out of his home.
The sealer of weights and measures had his own office
under the front stairway where the custodians now have their room. Today the in-
spection department operates from the ground floor of the new section of the present
office complex with a desk for everyone, good lighting, air conditioning, and room
for all our plan files.
The staff now consists of three full-time personnel a building commissioner,
a building inspector who doubles as a gas inspector and a Senior Clerk, plus three
part-time people, a plumbing inspector, an electrical inspector and the sealer of
weights and measures. Everyone works out of the office with all records in one cen-
tral location.
The tools we worked with in 1955 were a local building and plumbing code. The
building code consisted of 48 pages plus the plumbing code on 16 pages and the Sign
By-Law of six short paragraphs under Article XIX of the building code entitled,
"Signs. " We also had a state electrical code and Chapter 143 of the department of
public safety regulations which was essentially concerned with exits, emergency
lighting, and occupancy loads of certain places of assembly and hospitals.
Today the new mandatory state building code is 529 letter size pages. The
plumbing code which has been a mandatory state wide code since 1966 has 258 pages.
The state gas regulations are now published in a pocket size book of 260 pages. The
electrical code has swelled an additional 30 pages and Chapter 143, Department of
Public Safety Regulations has been added to, every legislative session. The zoning
by-law of the town in 1955 was contained in a 50 page 6 by 9 booklet with the print-
ing on but one side. Today's zoning by-law is 43 pages of an 8 by 11 size printed
on both sides, just about twice the size.
The annual report in 1955 listed 415 permits for single family homes for a value
of $4,840,900 or an average of about $11,500 per house. This year will see permits
for single family houses totalling around 47 very similar to last year, but with an
estimated cost of dust about two million dollars.
When we compare this with the permits for 1955 and their estimated value it is
apparent what has happened to construction in single family houses in Lexington:
they have become fewer, larger, and at least four times as expensive.
In 1955 the report listed one swimming pool at a cost of $2,000. The latest re-
port lists 35 pools with the average cost running between $4,000 and $5,000 with an
occasional pool costing about 2/3 of what some single family houses were built for
in 1955.
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BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT
In the past few years new words have crept into the reports, - words like con-
dominiums, garden apartments, and what was once listed as barns or sheds are now
stables and tool houses.
The largest cost listed in the 1955 report was for one of $1,500,000 for a new
school. Subsequent reports have.included values of 6, 7, 8 and 12 million dollars
for such things as executive offces for world wide businesses, research and develop-
ment complexes, large rental office buildings, a $12,000,000 vocational school, and
a combination auditorium, library and museum building. Most of this type construc-
tion came over the last ten years, - years in which the total estimated valuation of
construction ran to over $15,000,000.
One of the most drastic changes in the department's work has been in the zoning
field. The building inspector, then as now, was designated as the enforcing officer
for the zoning by-laws. Until about 1961 zoning.complaints required only a minimum
of time of the inspection department. In fact, n the first eight years of my ten-
ure no zoning complaint required court action, with less than ten percent of the
inspection department's time being taken up with such complaints.
About ten years ago this type of activity started to become more and more time
consuming. There were probably many things that contributed to this, but among them
certainly was the increased complexity of the zoning by-laws, the increased popula-
tion of the town bringing with it more demands by the citizens and the general tempo
of the times and involvement that seemed to grow with the town's population.
This type of activity has increased to the extent that today the building in-
spection department spends at least 30 percent of the full time personnel's time on
zoning complaints and related action which this past year required six court appear-
ances with two others pending.
As I look back over the last 20 years it is apparent that there is little resem-
blance today to the work of the building inspector in January 1955.
DONALD K. IRWIN,
Building Commissioner
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Board of Health
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grove, Chairman; Dr. Charles E
Ellicott, Mr James W Lambie.
c'< m° Standing George A. Smith Director
of Public Health.
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The Board of Health Deals With .
Animal as Well as Human Problems
GEORGE A. SMITH, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH, feels that the growing demand tor ser-
vices unaccompanied by proportional increases in resources has forced boards of
health to rank identified problems in order of priority, and to select goals that are
feasible. These goals must be re-evaluated from time to time, and readjusted as con-
ditions dictate.
Personnel
Dr. William L. Cosgrove, Chairman of the Board of Health, has complete 25 years
of service. George A. Smith accepted the position of director of public health in
May, filling the position vacated by the resignation of the previous health officer.
Mrs. Dorothy Jones, secretary, and Mrs. Mary Smith, clerk, continue to carry out
their responsibilities and duties in a fine manner. Howard A. Smith continues to
perform his duties as animal inspector.
Keeping of Animals
In the past few years more than one-third of the board's time has been spent on
problems related to the keeping of animals. Permits are required for keeping animals
other than dogs or cats. Each new permit is checked for the proper amount of land
and appropriate enclosure and each abutter is notified. At least one site inspection
is made by the board members before a final decision is made. Permit holders are re-
sponsible for maintaining their property in a clean and sanitary manner and for
properly restraining all authorized animals. Each year the board reminds citizens
that Lexington is no longer a rural area, but a suburban area that regulates the
keeping of animals.
Animal Inspector
The animal inspector is concerned with all animal problems and their relationship
to the residents of Lexington.
Rabies and encephalomyelitis are the prime animal diseases that concern residents.
Fortunately Lexington and the surrounding areas have had no reported rabies cases ex-
cept for a positive case in a bat in Bedford three years ago. Needless to say, the
protection offered by the rabies clinic for canine owners has contributed to the
elimination and control of rabies. Many canine owners have their animals innoculated
for these dread diseases at private veterinary hospitals.
Equine owners have the responsibility of having their horses immunized. Stricter
measures are being enforced among all barn owners to insure the maintaining of their
property according to the rules established. Those who do not meet the standards
are subject to prosecution.
The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Program is one of the safest in the state.
Because of the mosquito control program, there have been fewer heartworm cases in
Lexington than in towns where there is no control.
Complaints of racoons and skunks acting strange and sickly have been investigated.
It has been determined by the Harvard Primate Center in Southboro that these animals
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BOARD OF HEALTH
have a virus "typical distemper. " Citizens should not try to handle these animals,
but instead, should call the proper authorities for handling.
Food Establishments
Continuing inspections were made throughout 1974 of all establishments coming
under the board' s sanitary food regulations. Establishments failing to meet minimum
standards were provided with recommendations and given necessary time to comply. In
1974 plans for three new establishments were considered and approved; several other
establishments changed management. A proposal for an outdoor food service estab-
lishment was disapproved for unsanitary facilities. Numerous samples of food and
milk were collected for analysis. Over 1500 pounds of food were confiscated and
destroyed. Assistance was also provided in several food-recall situations.
Milk Inspection
Throughout the year numerous samples of milk were collected and analyzed for
compliance with board of health regulations for quality and wholesomeness. Samples
are collected on a routine basis, and as part of the investigational process origin-
ating from complaints. All complaints to the board are promptly investigated. They
range from adulterated milk containers to off-odors and flavors. Off-odors and
flavors, interestingly enough, find their way into milk in myriad ways. Not uncommon
is the consumer's own refrigerator.
Communicable Disease Control
Since the advent of vaccines for the prevention of measles, mumps, rubella, and
whooping cough (commonly referred to as childhood diseases) , the reportable diseases
have decreased remarkably. However, the board of health con-
tinues to review periodically the level of immunization of the
children in the schools. In the case of an outbreak of a poten-
tially harmful disease, clinics will be conducted to curtail
the outbreak and protect the population. The board maintains a
vaccine supply station in the health department for Lexington
physicians. The vaccine is supplied by the state biological '0 45
laboratory free of charge to all practicing physicians. g'
Preventive Disease Control
The influenza clinic conducted for town personnel and citi- �
zens 65 years of age or older was held in October. Attendence at *o_elrirdi: 410e
this clinic has increased steadily the last two years.
The Well-Elderly Clinics sponsored by the board of health � �
and staffed by the Lexington Visiting Nurse Association continues
to be well attended. It should be noted that these clinics are not limited to resi-
dents of Greeley and Vynebrooke Villages, but are open to all citizens 65 years of
age or older. The clinic program has been extended to include a monthly educational
program.
The glaucoma screening clinic conducted by the Lexington Lions Club under the
sponsorship of the health department and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention
of Blindness continues to be a valuable service to the town. Each year one or two
suspected cases of glaucoma are detected and referred for further treatment. The
many volunteers agree that if just one case is detected this clinic is worthwhile.
The pre-school eye screening clinic continues to be a worthwhile service to all
pre-school children in the community. It is conducted by the Lexington Pre-school
Parent Teacher Association and is sponsored by the Lexington Lions Club and the
health department.
Septic Tank and Subsurface Leaching Area Care and Maintenance
Annually the town makes much needed additions to its sanitary sewerage system.
To many residents this is a necessity that is much needed and awaited. However, to
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BOARD OF HEALTH
many residents the subsurface sewerage disposal method remains as the primary and
only method of sewage disposal available.
Proper service and maintenance is important to the satisfactory and reliable
operation of a subsurface sewage disposal system. This is particularly important as
many subsurface systems have reached the critical stage in terms of years of service.
Most are over 20 years old. All septic systems should be inspected at least once a
year and cleaned when the total depth of scum and solids exceed one-half of the liq-
uid depth of the tank, otherwise, sludge particles will most certainly be carried
into the disposal field and will clog the system. Old systems, particularly those
which receive waste from garbage grinders should be worthy of careful scrutiny.
The functional operation of septic tanks is not improved by addition of chemi-
cals, in fact, some chemicals react in an antagonistic manner producing effluent that
may severely damage available leaching area, even though some temporary relief may
be experienced immediately after application of any such chemical. The addition of
chemicals are at best a gamble, and could be harmful to the overall subsurface sys-
tem and is not recommended.
"Old Res" and Swimming Pools
Sanitary control was exercised over the "Old Res" bathing beach, the central
swimming pools, and the various other public and semi-public swimming pools. In-
spection procedures included specific chemical, bacteriological, and physical water-
quality-evaluation techniques. Three swimming pools were closed temporarily for
violations in the operating procedures required by board of health regulations.
The water quality throughout the swimming season at the "Old Res" was maintained
at outstanding levels with coliform densities remaining under 70 per 100 ml of water
sample. A coliform count over 1000 per 100 ml of water sample is a level requiring
investigation, survey, or special analysis, as may be necessary.
MYSTIC VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC
MYSTIC VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC located at 186 Bedford Street, continues to
provide increasing outpatient psychiatric services for Lexington children and
their families and adults. It also provides aftercare services for patients re-
leased from hospitals both private and state. During the past three years it has
provided consultation to the elderly and during the past year a psychiatric nurse
for this age group. Mystic Valley also provides a clinical nursery school and
consultation for the retarded, consultation to the schools, nurses and other com-
munity agencies, and an adolescent residence for girls from the area.
Since 1964, 1111 new families from Lexington have used Mystic Valley Mental
Health Center services. The recent award of a federal staffing grant, effective
January 1, 1975, will enable the Center to add emergency outpatient services, in-
termediate care, expanded adult care, and research and evaluation while sustaining
its children's services. So that the needs of the citizens of the other area com-
munities can be met new branches will be opened. The Lexington facility on Bedford
Street will provide the central administration and services primarily for Lexington
citizens. As the federal staffing grant is implemented during 1975, Mystic Valley
will effectively become a comprehensive community mental health center.
REPORT OF THE DOG OFFICER
ENFORCEMENT OF THE LEASH LAWS by the dog officer throughout 1974 continues in
spite of inherent difficulties. The much needed and long awaited dog kennel suf-
fered a setback when monies approved at town meeting for the kennel proved to be
insufficient in the face of inflation. The present kennel while fulfilling a need,
is totally inadequate for the needs of the town. It is hoped that this situation
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will be reviewed at the 1975 town meeting and that permission will be made for ken-
t nel facilities which will prove commensurate not only to the mandates of the dog
and leash laws, but also to the needs of the town.
A new policy of accepting complaints was adopted this year: no complaints
will be recorded or investigated unless the complaint is qualified with the name,
address and phone number of the complainant and the exact nature of the complaint.
Barking dog complaints will not be recorded unless the dog officer is able to con-
, firm the complaint.
The board of health hopes that everyone interested in seeing a new kennel will
support the article for an adequate kennel facility. It is hoped, too, that dog
owners will take it upon themselves to cooperate fully in the enforcement of the
leash law, for its effectiveness is based on voluntary compliance by all Lexington
residents.
George A. Smith
Leash Law Administrator
Thanks
The board of health takes this opportunity to extend its thanks to the town
manager, to all boards and departments and to the citizens who have assisted it in
the performance of its duties. The success of any regulatory agency is dependent
upon citizen cooperation and understanding.
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Dr. William L. Cosgrove, Chairman Dr. Charles E. Ellicott
Mr. James W. Lambie George A. Smith, Director
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W.F. Tellier
Commission on Suburban Responsibility
Scattered Sites Subsidized Housing
THE COMMISSION continued to work with the Lexington Housing Authority toward lo-
cating subsidized housing on tax title lots owned by the town. To this end, the
two bodies sponsored two articles on the 1974 Warrant. Article 67 altered the
wording of the by-law passed in 1972 to render it more flexible; Article 68 pro-
vided an appropriation of $21.000 to provide the Lexington Housing Authority with
legal, architectural and engineering funds to get the program under way. As the
year ends, the LHA has purchased two houses from Minuteman National Park and plans
are firm for moving them to two scattered sites on Wood Street. Plans are also
progressing for the erection of subsidized housing on other tax title lots that
have been identified as suitable.
Housing Subcommittee
Established in the spring of 1973, the housing subcomittee group carried out
a survey of housing needs among town employees including teachers and researched
the history of housing proposals during the previous twelve years. Results were
reported to town meeting members and charts were prepared as visual aids for pre-
sentations before various town groups and for display during town meeting. These
activities helped to inform the public and assisted the town meeting in its con-
sideration of 1974 housing proposals.
Metco
In response to the commission's suggestion that the pace of METCO participa-
tion be accelerated, the school committee voted in April to accept 53 new students
in 1974-1975, bringing the total to 240, the second largest group of METCO pupils
among the thirty-four participating towns. In February, as recommended by the ad
hoc committee on "Minuteman METCO," the Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical
High School Committee approved a policy permitting applications from METCO stu-
dents from towns in the district.
Contract Compliance
A commission representative continued to assist in the permanent building
committee's affirmative action program on the Cary Memorial Library addition.
Although there have been some disappointments, minority workers have been employed
in a number of trades. The commission appreciates the efforts which the PBC has
made to encourage minority hiring.
Human Services
The Commonwealth has adopted a policy of de-institutionalization of many in-
mates and patients. Suburban communities, as well as the central cities, must
now make plans to receive them and cooperate with state agencies in providing for
their special needs.
In the spring, LCSR became concerned about the problem of groups in need of
special services. These include the elderly, children in need of special educa-
tion, as well as people being released from state institutions. The commission
is studying the nature of the problem of people with special needs in order to
advise the selectmen and other town boards in this important area of human services.
Membership and Affiliations
Stanley A. Brown, Chairman Planning Board
Sharon Geaghan, Secretary; High School Students
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COMMISSION ON SUBURBAN RESPONSIBILITY
Membership and Affiliations (Continued)
Margery M. Battin Board of Selectmen
Lois W. Brown Metropolitan Area Planning Council
John Campbell TMMA General Membership
Cornelius P. Cronin Chamber of Commerce
Jacqueline B. Davison School Committee
Nancy Haley Lexington Teachers
Leona W. Martin Member-at-Large
Wiltrud R. Mott-Smith Member-at-Large
Paul A. Plasse TMMA Executive Committee
Edward A. Silva Town Employees
William T. Spencer Lexington Interfaith Corporation
William S. Sullivan Housing Authority
Alan Wachman High School Students
Bernice Weiss League of Women Voters
Drug Advisory Committee
THE SELECTMEN'S DRUG ADVISORY COMMITTEE continues to work towards the following
goals: 1. Providing service to troubled Lexington Youth; 2. Advising the Lex-
ington Youth Counselor on community needs; 3. Coordinating efforts with other
town departments, community agencies and programs; 4. And making recommendations
to the board of selectmen regarding the improvement, modification and financing of
services.
Mr. Charles McManus, who has served as the Lexington Youth Counselor for the
past four years, offers counseling to young people and their families in their
homes or at his office at Replace, Inc. He may be reached by calling 862-5170.
He also takes case referrals from the schools and probation officers. He has
offered his services to the Lexington Police Department, in those situations where
the police may wish to have the assistance of a social worker for determining the
best approach to handling juvenile and family problems. Mr. McManus has been co-
ordinating his efforts with the staff of the Mystic Valley Mental Health Center.
The Selectmen's Drug Advisory Committee meets regularly with Mr. McManus. The
Mystic Valley Drug Coordinator has been invited to attend meetings of the committee.
Community youth problems and suggestions for the development of new services
have been brought to the committee's attention by citizens as well as other town
and community agencies. These concerns and recommendations have been reviewed and,
where appropriate, the committee has suggested by whom and how they might be ad-
dressed. A November mailing was sent to all Lexington physicians, clergy and
lawyers reminding them of the services of the town youth counselor, Replace, Inc. ,
and Mystic Valley Mental Health Center.
The juvenile services account of the board of selectmen provides funds for the
youth counselor, the youth advisory commission, the telephone hot line, drug educa-
tion supplies, and additional professional services from Replace, Inc. At the
present time the town boards, departments, and committees as well as community
agencies concerned with helping troubled youth are communicating freely and coop-
erating to provide the diversified services needed to meet the problems of our
young people.
Margery M. Battin, Chairman
Charles E. Ellicott, M.D. Dr. Jack H. Monderer
Irving H. Mabee Sumner E. Perlman
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Housing Authority Reviewing Site Plan
(L to R ) Temple E Scanlon, Executive Director, Albert W. Hruby, Treasurer; William A Melbye,
Assistant Treasurer, Joseph 0 Rooney, Chairman, G. Richard Beamon, Vice-President; William S
Sullivan, Assistant Secretary, Leon H Sherlock, Maintenance Director
T,exington Housing Authority
THE LEXINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY is a corporate body, politic. The political body
is made up of five members, four of which are elected town wide for a term of
five years. The fifth member is appointed by the Governor for a term of five years.
At the annual meeting of the Authority, they must, as the first order of business,
elect a chairman, vice-chairman, treasurer, assistant treasurer, and appoint an
executive director. The corporate body of the Authority consists of these five
persons.
The Authority operates under Chapter 121B of the General Laws of the Common-
wealth. It has the power to sell its own tax-exempt bonds or notes or to finance
through federal, state or private sources, and it has the power of eminent domain.
To date, the Authority has participated in projects through the Commonwealth's
Department of Community Affairs. Two housing-for-the-elderly projects have been
built and are in operation. Greeley Village has 100 apartments in twenty-five
buildings and a community building which also houses its offices. Vynebrooke Vil-
lage has 48 apartments in four buildings and a community building which also houses
its maintenance office and garage. These two projects are operated and maintained
by the Authority and have an operating budget of $113,626.58 and a total Expense
Budget of $297,626.58 The Current Market Value is - buildings, $3,388,000.00,
and land, $462,000.00, for a total of $3,850,000.00. The mortgage indebtedness is
$2,253,000. 00. The Commonwealth's contribution for the year ending June 30, 1974,
was $139,123.25. No funds were requested or received from the town.
The Commonwealth's 707 Rent Supplement Program operating on a $12,786.00 bud-
get for Lexington has enabled us to assist in rent supplements at eight locations
in Lexington.
Under the 705-1 Low and Moderate Income Housing Act, the Commonwealth has re-
served $1,000,000.00 for one year for us to construct 25 single family houses on 25
scattered tax title properties with no more than 5 within a 10-acre circle. The
town meeting voted the Authority $21,000.00 as "seed" money to get this project
started, once the state funds have been received, it is expected that all expended
town funds will be returned to the town.
The Authority has been awarded $350,000.00 under 705-2 for purchase of ten
housing units for rehabilitation and rental to families of low and moderate income.
It is under this program that the Authority was able to purchase two single family
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homes from the National Park Service in Lincoln and is in the process of moving
them onto two tax title properties in Lexington.
As the Department of Community Affairs had never been involved in this type
of operation before, some very innovative but time consuming procedures had to be
developed. We will be able to complete such moves in much less time in the future
should additional houses become available.
It is expected that the role of the Authority will be greatly expanded in the
next two years due to actions taken by private developers under Chapter 774 of the
Acts of 1969 which provides for the construction of low or moderate income housing
in cities and towns in which local restrictions hamper such construction. Lexing-
ton's "quota" under this Act as determined by the Metropolitan Area Planning Coun-
cil's Report of October, 1974, is 1,352 units, consisting of 612 elderly, and 740
non-elderly; the report further states this should be accomplished by construction
or rehabilitation of 333 units and rent or mortgage supplement of 1,019 units.
The Authority is now negotiating with the town for land on which to build an-
other project for the elderly of approximately 50 units and is evaluating propo-
sals from private developers to meet the need for family housing.
Senior Citizens' Activities
LEXINGTON'S SENIOR CITIZENS' CLUB has just completed its ninth year. President
William A. Melbye has been in office from the start and he and the officers work
to promote friendships and understanding among its age group and to be of service
to the community at large.
Ten board meetings and ten monthly meetings are held each year along with a
news letter which is sent to each member every month. The meetings are preceded by
a social hour at which time refreshments are served and entertainment follows. Our
day trips are well attended. Cards and visits to the sick are made. The two Drop-
in Centers are well attended. We appreciate the help given by the recreation de-
partment over the years.
William A. Melbye
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(Seated L. to R.) • Mrs Lily Chafe, Mrs Alice Ward, Miss Helen Walms-
ley, Treasurer, Miss Helen Ready, Mrs. Ida Fisk, Mrs Bertha Melbye
(Standing L. to R ) Mrs Velma Rhoda, Membership; Mrs. Freda Knox,
Secretary, Mr. William Melbye, President; Mr Warren Chafe, Vice Presi-
dent, Mrs. Ella Clifford, Mr Russell Ingham.
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Veterans' Benefits Increased
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' BENEFITS operates under Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 115 and its amendments. The program is to provide the utmost possible
assistance to veterans and/or their dependents in time of distress and/or hardship.
Requirements - The veteran must have military service credited to Massachusetts, or
reside in Massachusetts at the time of his entry into military service. If the
veteran did not reside in Massachusetts at the time of entering the service, then
he must have resided continuously in Massachusetts for three consecutive years next
preceding the date of application.
During the year 1974 many changes took place. Nine recipients were transferred
to S.S.I. (Supplemental Security Income) , which is a joint state-federal program of
public assistance for aged, blind and disabled who have limited income and re-
sources. Being a recipient of S.S.I. also entitles you to a Medicaid Card which
pays for all medical bills.
Effective January 1, 1974 a budget increase came into effect, the first since
April 1970, and, due to the increase in the cost of living since that date inequi-
ties have developed in our budgetary allowance. On July 1, 1975 another four per-
cent increase will come into effect because medicaid, dental and hospital rates
have also risen.
The following table compares the number of families aided, benefits paid, state
reimbursements, and cost to the town during the last three years:
1972 1973 1974
Number of Families Aided 74 78 72
Cash Grant $41,480 $41,825. $40,000.
Hospital, Nursing Home 6,161. 9,092. 8,167.
Medical 4,620. 4,083. 3,786.
Total Payment $52,261. $55,000. $51,347.
Reimbursement by State $26,130. $27,500. $25,673
Cost to Town $26,131. $27,500. $25,674
VETERANS SERVICES
This unit operates under Title #38 of the U.S. Code. It assists veterans to
file for pensions, compensations and education, as well as for medical, bonus and
any other federal benefits that are available through the Veterans Administration.
We also assist widows to file for death benefits, burial allowance and, if re-
quested, a headstone.
Donald C. Glennon, Director
Veterans' Services
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Youth Advisory Commission
COMPLETION OF A QUESTIONNAIRE designed to identify the problems and needs of the
youth in Lexington was a major goal of the commission from the beginning of its
existence. The commission has worked with the school department in establishing a
town government course at the high school. The course is designed for students
interested in the workings of the Lexington town government and how it effects its
citizens. This is a major accomplishment for the commission. The course is a
quarter course open to all students.
The commission has also established a youth calendar in the Minute-man designed
to publicize any youth-related activities around town. A major goal this year will
be the revision of the youth directory Here In Lexington distributed two years ago
by the commission. This year, it is hoped that it will be printed in the Lexington
Minute-man as a supplement. The booklet will include information concerning pro-
grams, activities, recreational facilities, information sources, and clubs or ser-
vices having a youth emphasis.
Plans for the Bicentennial Youth Day scheduled for April 21, 1975 are under
way. Activities will range from events of interest to elementary school age child-
ren to high school age youths. These activities will include a soccer match between
Lexington and Concord, concerts, a bike race, and possibly a youth picnic.
The commission is composed of youth and adult members chosen from town boards
and from organizations of and for young people, who are appointed for one year
terms by the Board of Selectmen.
Christopher Anderson, Chairman Madalyn Quinlan, Secretary
Alfred Busa George Megrue Suzanne Abkowitz
Jacqueline Davison Jeanne Hathaway Mary Rockwood
Charles Gallagher Garry Margolius Matthew Powers
Paul Furdon Jean Miley Douglas Gallager
Stephen Politi Steven Moore Verna Frasca
Myron Miller Arlene Mager Richard Waugaman
Jeffrey Hanson Gerald Stechler Alexander Liazos
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Major Pitcairn's Pistol
�C Pictured is one of a pair of pistols
gil" which will be featured at the Hancock-
Clarke House when it is reopened later
in the year Major Pitcairn was bucked off his horse at Fiske
Hill and his horse and trappings came into the possession of the
Patriots. According to Hudson's History of Lexington, the pistols
were taken to Concord and there bought by Captain Nathan Barrett.
They were offered to General Washington, who declined them and
then given to General Israel Putnam who carried them as sidearms
throughout the Revolution In 1879 they were given to the Lex-
ington Historical Society by Mrs Elizabeth Putnam whose husband
was a direct descendent of General Putnam
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AN OUTGROWTH OF THE 1972 reorganization of the
department has been a new spirit of coopera-
tion between the various divisions that form
D. P. W. 1
the public works organization. The net result
has been a marked increase in productivity and
efficiency.
ENGINEERING
By integratingiall of planning,ne, endepart-
ing, construction and maintenance, the depart-
ment has been able to develop a flexible policy
that allows us to adjust with technological
improvements and environmental advances. With
the bicentennial celebration rapidly approach-
-, L" ing, the ability of public works to act as a
`.; support organization is of increasingly grow-
ing importance.
+ ' * In anticipation of the large number of
1visitors expected tor the bicentennial, the
department must be prepared to assist in such
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areas as traffic and crowd control. Addition-
ally
public works must plan on providing tem-
#^ porary sanitary facilities, water supplies,
t picnic benches, trash receptacles and the like.
Perhaps the biggest task that public works will
rl► have to face relative to the bicentennial will
,c,Astbe that of keeping the town roadways, public
` grounds and facilities up to their usual high
The Director and His Division C ie s standards of cleanliness.
to R James E Chase, Engineering,-: While 1974 has been a year of progress and
arren A. Empey, Operations; John J planning for the Department of Public Works/
cSweeney, Director of Public Works/ Engineering, some problems exist. Last year we
ngineering, Emanuele Coscia, Jr., reported that the long range solution to solid
-lanning and Administration waste disposal in Lexington was at hand. As of
this writing, formal approval by the state is
yet to come. It is, however, our firm belief
that approval of the plan will be forthcoming
and that a definite long range solid waste dis-
posal program can be implemented in keeping
with all the latest environmental and techno-
logical advances in this field and with an
attractive and stable cost per ton of refuse.
We plan to continue our progressive poli-
cies and innovative approaches in 1975 as we
have over the past two years while remaining
committed to provide the ultimate level of
public works services to the residents of
Lexington.
I take this opportunity to thank all the
employees and staff of the Department of Public
Works/Engineering for their effort and dedica-
tion, as well as the various town boards and
committees with whom we have worked so well.
Most importantly, I would like to thank both
the board of public works (i.e. the board of
• selectmen) and the town manager for their
instrumental roles in the development of this
public works department.
John J. McSweeney, Director
Public Works/Engineering
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1...1 7'1URING 1974the engineering department has continued to channel much of its time and
1J expertise into providing technical assistance to many of the town boards and commiss-
ions in need of such services. This assistance has been in addition to our primary func-
Wtion of programming capital expenditures for the board of public works (i.e. the board of
'_l selectmen.)
Z One of the primary reasons for providing expanded services to other town agencies can
tributed to the significant increase in development, either underway or in the plann-
ng stages, that require engineering reviews of the various aspects of the site preparation.
Reviews of this nature are conducted for the planning board, board of health, board of
(`�/ appeals and conservation commission.
e?rIn addition to providing engineering assistance to town agencies for reviewing develop-
ment proposals, the engineering department also assists many other jurisdictions. This
W year, for example, agencies such as the recreation committee availed themselves of our ser-
i vices for such projects as the "Old Res" recreation area and the complete refurbishing of
fourteen tennis courts with a minimal amount of disruption and loss of playing time. Valu-
able assistance was provided to the conservation commission in obtaining the necessary ap-
praisals, surveys and plans for their conservation land acquisition program. The school
department also received the benefit of our services in the marking out of playing fields,
resurfacing of school parking lots and drives, and the construction of a new baseball field
at the Clarke Junior High.
While a great deal of time and effort was expended in providing assistance to town
boards, the major thrust of the engineering division was directed to the capital expendi-
ture program. All contracts for which funds were appropriated during fiscal year 1974 have
either been completed or contracted for and are under construction. We anticipate that the
capital expenditure program for the current fiscal year ending in June 1975 will also be
completed on schedule.
The successful completion of this past year's engineering program is the result of the
dedication and effort by the department's employees. As we approach the next year, with
its new and diversified problems, we are determined to provide the citizens of Lexington
with the high levels of service that they so well deserve.
James E Chase
Town Engineer
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WITH THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION rapidly approaching, the planning and adminis-
tration division of the department of public works/engineering has been striving
to prepare Lexington's public facilities for our nation's two hundredth anniversary.
One of the favorite stops for visitors is the Visitors Center which received a
: complete face lifting inside and out. In addition, the Cary Memorial Building I re-
ceived a fresh coat of paint on all the exterior wood trim and all brick work was
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• 0 completely cleaned and caulked through contracts prepared by planning/administration.
Ct The preparation of a workable operating budget is a prime function of this divi-
sion, especially in view of today's inflationary trends. Many long hours are reouir-
u ed in checking prices and obtaining cost projections for supplies and materials nee-
' r* essary to maintain the high standard of operations. Once the budget is approved,
;: many more hours are spent insuring that the budget is complied with and that materi-
als conform to the rigorous specifications established by this department.
Maintaining a close rapport with private utility companies is another responsi-
bility of the planning/administration division. The issuance of street opening per-
411 mits and inspection of repairs to streets and sidewalks by this office insure a com-
plete and thorough restoration of these disturbed areas.
Perhaps the most important function of planning/administration is to coordinate
Cj projects between the operations and engineering divisions. In order to insure smooth
n: functioning close cooperation between these two divisions is a necessity. Through
close contact with division heads, this office has aided in increasing the produc-
tL tivity and efficiency by prudent channelling of support efforts from one division to
another.
Additionally, planning/administration is responsible for the maintenance of per-
sonnel records, preparation of reports on public works operations, departmental pay-
C't rolls, supervision of billing and purchasing procedures, as well as many other in-
.--I ternal functions.
Pm1 This has been a year of consistently spiraling prices and materials shortages.
• • Without careful planning and »roper management these factors could have created
) havoc. That they did not is because of the close monitoring of costs and the deci-
sion to limit construction to available funds.
Emanuele Coscia, Jr. , Manager
Planning and Administration
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Shade Tree Division
EACH YEAR more requirements are set by either the state or federal government
covering shade tree problems and the safe use of insecticides This year the
men in the shade tree division have been required to attend both day and evening
classes sponsored by the University of Massachusetts in preparation for a new
examination to be given by the federal government covering all phases of spray
application.
A multitude of disease symptoms and conditions have become more prevalent
due to milder winters. The sycamores have been attacked by anthracnose which re-
sults in defoliation, and is controlled by a fungicide spray. If untreated, the
trees are weakened and made more vulnerable to secondary diseases. The fall web-
worm, which resembles the eastern tent caterpillar, causes defoliation in many
species of hard wood trees. Sugar maples, still one of our major shade tree prob-
lems, are infected by verticillium wilt, a fungus disease. Removal of diseased
• •• limbs and keeping the trees healthy is an effective control.
This year five trees were treated for the eradication of Dutch Elm Disease
_.,,,i with an experimental treatment called ceratocide. This antibiotic is injected
11/ directly into the sapstream of diseased elm trees. We had a disastrous year for
elm trees The extreme wetness in spring made control of the bark beetle carrier
O difficult and the drought of the summer took its toll. In the past year 181 pri-
vate and 79 public elm trees were removed. Safer and more effective control mea-
sures will soon be available
r•�,,.•� In 1974, anproximately 175 trees were pruned with the aerial skyworker A
Vplanting Program is conducted annually and during the past year 200 trees were
1.4.1 planted along nubile ways. Many of these trees came from the tree nursery operat-
ed by this division and located at the town barn.
Parks and Recreation Division
411 PARKS AND RECREATION is responsible for the maintenance and general care of all
parks, playgrounds and recreational areas plus the moving of all school proper-
ties. A limited amount of work is done on conservation areas
�j Maintenance involves fertilizing, mowing, loaming, seeding, chemical treat-
ment and the lining of athletic fields for all kinds of sport activities Also
included is the care of an outdoor track, tennis courts, basketball courts, pool
' ` operations and cleaning plus the repair and painting of bleachers, benches, swings
[`'/� and picnic tables. As funds are provided to build additional ballfields and play-
grounds this division does the grading, loaming and seeding of the new project.
It participates in general snowplowing and snow removal and clears the snow from
the ten community ice skating areas
Small tot play areas have been installed at Garfield Street and Bow Street.
Bicycle paths were installed along Vine Brook and an additional area is being
worked on at Williards Woods.
We had a repeat of last year's turf problem. The damage is caused by small
white insects called Japanese beetle grubs, which cut the turf root systems and
rw44 is aggravated by skunks that dig out the grubs at night. The infested areas are
treated with chlordane
Traffic Division
OF MAJOR CONCERN to this department is the design and construction of our trans-
portation systems for the maximum safety of the public and reduction of traffic
accidents. This is performed by several programs.
Installation and replacement or updating of traffic signs is one such pro-
gram Another is the painting and demarcation of roadways, shoulders, curbs
channelizing islands, rotaries, and parking areas to promote the safest and most
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efficient use. The last major program is the installation and improvement of traffic signals to
improve vehicular and pedestrian flow through busy or dangerous intersections. These programs all
incorporate the latest in technology and the results show an improvement, higher volumes and less
traffic accidents.
Highway Division
T HE HIGHWAY DIVISION has the never ending job of seeing that all brooks are checked and cleaned
as required for easier flow of water run-off. The storm drainage system is checked and cleaned
of blockage, broken pipes are removed and replaced. Catch basins and manholes in need of repair
are rebuilt and in some cases replaced.
This department is in charge of the resurfacing of streets with bituminous concrete, which is
a hot plant mixed asphalt and is done under contract by outside contractors each year. The install-
ing, resetting and repairing of both granite and asphalt curbing is done by this division.
This past year snow removal was less than last year due to the small amount of snowfall, but
sanding and salting was increased because of the thawing and refreezing. The department is also re-
sponsible for the removal of snow from all public school driveways and parking lots which it tries
to have completed by the opening of each school day.
Equipment Maintenance
E QUIPMENT MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT is responsible for all repairs and servicing of all equipment
in the public works department. It is a major operation with over $875,000.00 invested in
equipment. With the addition of a landfill compactor and two trucks, we now have 128 pieces of
equipment. All repairs and maintenance work is carried on at the public works garage on Bedford
Street. In addition, this department has nine sewerage pumping stations to maintain, which in-
cludes daily checking and service.
Sanitary Landfill
THE SANITARY LANDFILL is still in operation, although we have not been permitted to expand. With-
out expansion, the town will soon have to turn to other means of rubbish disposal at a much higher
and ever increasing cost to the taxpayers.
We have continued the recycling program and urge residents to participate, as it is a great
savings in both landfill area and natural resources. Again in 1974 the public works department con-
tinued the landfill sticker program so that town residents who possess validated stickers can use
the facility
Cemetery division
THE CEMETERY DIVISION is responsible for the maintenance and general care of the four cemeteries:
Westview Cemetery: The graves opened during the winter months were loamed, graded and seeded.
An area in the rear of Westview was cleared off to provide space for a leaf compost. The public
works crew will deposit leaves in this section, and in the future the humus will be utilized. A
new asphalt shingle roof was installed on the storage building.
Munroe Cemetery: The caretaker's building was painted and two windows, damaged by vandals,
were repaired. A section of chain link fence was repaired.
Colonial Cemetery and Robbins Cemetery: These two old cemeteries received the usual care and
maintenance, and in addition three sections of rail fence were replaced at Colonial.
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Water Division
-r HE WATER DIVISION has the responsibility of providing a water supply that is safe, clear and po-
table, providing adequate supply and pressure for all users and emergency situations and keeping
the maintenance costs down while improving service.
This year the water division has completed installation of water mains on Washington Street,
Eliot Road and Highland Avenue. The result is increased pressure and supply for fire protection
and maintenance efficiency.
In addition, we are responsible for about 1,400 hydrants and maintain 8,600 house services
with a total of approximately 150 miles of water mains. We also find exact locations of water
mains before any utility construction begins, to insure against accidental breakage.
Warren A. Empey
Manager of Operations
Street and Sidewalk Advisory Committee
A LMOST ALL of the committee's active time in 1974 was devoted to reviewing the
- commonwealth's proposed widening of Bedford Street and taking the lead in formu-
lating the town's response. Major concerns of the committee were pedestrian and
vehicular safety, including a safe crossing at the Eldred Street intersection, safe
and convenient access to abutting homes, and compatibility with major interchanges
at Route 128, Hartwell Avenue and the commercial and industrial sites.
In the course of its deliberations the committee met with the Sunnyfield
neighborhood association, town planning board, and the town engineering department.
A final recommendation which takes into account the views of all the interested
parties was in preparation at year-end.
Paul J. Nicholson, Acting Chairman
Herbert W. Eisenberg Malcolm E. Graf
Advisory Committee on Cable Television
ON FEBRUARY 12, 1973, the board of selectmen made its first appointments to the
advisory committee on cable television. Additional appointments were made on
March 19, 1973, April 9, 1973, April 22, 1974 and October 28, 1974.
The advisory committee was instructed to explore the options for cable TV in
Lexington, examine the potential uses (including the costs and technical require-
ments for these uses) , and to present the options to the board of selectmen as a
basis for any further decision that the board may wish to make regarding what to
do about CATV in the town.
Over the last year and a half, this advisory committee has surveyed Lexington
citizens regarding their interest in having cable TV, has studied the cost of an
appropriate system for Lexington, and has examined alternative forms of ownership
and ways of operating the system which would fill Lexington's needs. A copy of
the full report of the committee is available at Cary Memorial Library.
Cable TV and cable communications would apparently be welcomed by the majority
of Lexington citizens. A system appears to be economically feasible with prudent
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Around the Table Graydon Wheaton, Edwin Farr, David Reiner, Louis Conrad, Ira Stepanian, John Ward,
William Page, Chairman; J. David Kuhn, Howard Cravis, Nancy H. Anschuetz, Martha C Wood, Sandra Small.
Committee People Not Present at the Meeting Fred C. Bailey, Richard Barnes, Sanborn C. Brown,
Robert Cain, James Corr, Philip Cunningham, Alfred Zabin, and A. Lee Whitman, Jr., Advisor, from the
Capital Expenditures Committee, and Patricia Ewing and Larry Stine, Advisors
management. The system could provide basic services at the start, and then evolve
over the years to provide additional services as the requests for them develop.
Because of the high interest in this subject, the decisions on whether to
have cable, and when and how should be made by the regular political processes in
Lexington, involving town meeting and perhaps even a town-wide referendum to guide
the board of selectmen, which has the ultimate responsibility for these decisions.
Permanent Building Committee
TN 1974, THE PERMANENT BUILDING COMMITTEE, in addition to the Cary Memorial Library
project, worked on the completion of punch-list items on the Jonas Clarke Junior
High School building. At this writing, it appears that all items will finally be
completed before January, 1975.
Also, at Clarke, the committee entered into a contract with the R.M. Lyons Co. ,
Inc. for reconstruction of the Marrett Road ball field. This extra work was re-
quired to alleviate unforseen water conditions caused by natural springs and water
run-off from Stedman Road. Completion of this ball field is scheduled for the
spring of 1975. It is recommended, however, that one full growing season should
pass before the field is put to use.
We commend the town engineering department for its outstanding cooperation in
engineering and supervision of the ball field reconstruction. The result in this
instance prompts the committee to recommend strongly that whenever possible our
town engineering department oversee and supervise that portion of any future build-
ing projects involving recreational facilities. This procedure should insure a
satisfactory job the first time around and avoid delays and additional expenses
required by corrective reconstruction.
The Cary Memorial Library project progressed nicely during 1974 in spite of
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material delays. In November, the Newell house was demolished to make way for ex-
panded parking facilities adjacent to the library. Hopefully, construction will
be completed early in 1975 and the dedication should take place in late spring.
Good architectural design by architects Design Group, professional workmanship
by James J. Welch Co. and excellent job control by Resident Engineer Russell Cook
will result in completion of the job well within budget and contingency. Hopefully,
this will allow the committee to allocate some extra monies toward the proper reno-
vation and refurbishing of the Lexington Room and lobby area.
Frank Michelman, a member of the suburban responsibility committee, and
Shirley Stolz, representing the permanent building committee, have diligently pur-
sued the equal opportunities program. The hiring of minority workers continued to
be moderately successful despite the fact that it is increasingly difficult to hire
workers who must travel considerable distances to and from the job site.
Permanent Building Committee
Otis S. Brown, Jr. , Chairman Irving H. Mabee
William J. Scouler, Vice-Chairman Robert V. Whitman
Luigi DiNapoli
School Committee Representatives
Chester C. Duval Mary Louise Touart
Library Representatives
R. Reinhold Abele Shirley H. Stolz
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The North Church Lantern
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Pictured is one of the lanterns
placed in the belfrey
of the North Church in Boston
� on April 18, 1775. The
� � r�� lantern is on display at the
I � Antiquarian Museum, Concord.
fMuseum records indicate it was
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bought from Robert Newman, sex-
1j - ton of the North Church, by
Captain Donald Brown, of Con-
cord, in 1782 It remained
with Captain Brown until 1853
when he sold it to a Mr Cum-
mings Davis and given by Mr
j� Davis as part of his collection
PP . PP»J to the Museum in 1886
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Westview Cemetery Development Committee
EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT of the Westview Cemetery is a new 1974 project. The in-
ventory of unsold lots has declined to a point where early development of a new
segment is necessary This expansion will be long range, extending over a 20-25 year
period but with each new area, as it is developed, keyed to a master plan. Charges
for the lots and for interment expenses have been unchanged since 1950. A new
schedule will bring charges up to the level of those made by other cemeteries in
greater Boston.
Income from sale of lots is divided roughly 50-50 between the perpetual care
trust fund and the sale of lots account. The sale of lots account is reserved for
expansion and development and it is expected that it will be sufficient to meet an-
nual expansion costs without any town subsidy. Similarly, the charges for interments
and their related charges can be keyed to costs and need not be subsidized. Income
from the perpetual care trust fund is quite inadequate to meet maintenance costs
(perpetual care) . Even though the principal of the fund ($215,000 on June 30, 1974)
has increased by annual increments of about $10,000 the leverage effect of these
payments is so modest that the town must continue to subsidize the perpetual care
fund indefinitely.
Louis A. Zehner, Chairman Gail W. Smith
Mildred B. Marek Weiant Wathen-Dunn
William J. Manning David A. Hughes, ex-officio
Buckman Tavern Reconstruction Committee
ON JUNE 26, 1974, the Buckman Tavern Reconstruction Committee submitted its final
report to the selectmen. The total expenditure for making the Buckman Tavern
structurally sound for many years to come was $104,302.96. The total appropriation
approved by town meeting action in 1973 was $120,000.
The major expenses consisted of: 1) wood beetle and termite control; 2) struc-
tural strengthening of roof trusses and other load-bearing members; 3) a new roof,
including plywood and shingles; 4) installing insulation and vapor barrier, 5) In-
stallation of electrical heating, 6) renovation of the shed, 7) installation of
storm windows.
By mutual agreement, the Lexington Historical Society will continue, as it
has in the past, to bear the cost of ordinary maintenance, and the Town of Lexing-
ton will continue to maintain the neat appearance of the surrounding lawn, trees,
and shrubs
G. Warren Butters, Chairman Richard M. Perry
Luigi DiNapoli Robert W. Custance
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THE YEAR 1974 MARKED THE CULMINATION of the dis-
tricts initial planning phase with the opening of
classes for the boys and girls comprising the Minute-
Vo - Tech man Regional Vocational Technical School's first ninth
grade class. Unfortunately, delays in the construc-
tion of our new building forced us to begin the year
in temporary quarters in the Rose Hawthorne School
Building in Concord.
School District Our first class was selected in the spring of
1974 from approximately 600 applicants. A quota based
on the ratio of high school students from each member
town to the total number of high school students in
in the District was established for each town. For those towns which exceeded
their prescribed quotas, 80% of the first class was chosen by a random selection
procedure. The remaining 20% were chosen by the school systems of the towns in
which those students reside. On October 1, 1974 the enrollment in the Minuteman
School, by towns, was as follows:
Acton - 42 Carlisle - 8 Stow - 14
Arlington - 95 Concord - 42 Sudbury - 43
Belmont - 40 Lincoln - 12 Wayland - 36
Boxborough - 11 Lexington - 78 Weston - 5
Despite the more limited space in the Rose Hawthorne building and our new
personnel, a full range of academic courses was offered, including mathematics,
science, communications arts (English) , and human relations (social studies) .
Repeating five-week introductory courses in eight of the following vocational and
technical areas are also required of each ninth-grade student:
Building Trades Foods
Power Mechanics Distributive Education
Machine Shop Health Services
Metals Fabrication Commercial Art
Horticulture Electronics
Graphic Arts (Printing) Instrumentation
Prior to the beginning of school, the students were tested, interviewed and
evaluated by the Minuteman faculty, with the assistance of consultants from
Boston University, so that to every extent possible they could be placed in voca-
tional and technical programs most compatible with their interests and aptitudes
Highlights of first months of actual operation of the new school included.
1. The successful implementation and "shake-down" of our transportation
system, a complex operation for transporting all of our students to and from
school each day.
2. Implementation of an innovative individualized student reporting system
which was completed and sent to each parent in November.
3. An open house evening at the Rose Hawthorne building attended by approx-
imately 500 parents to acquaint them with the educational activities in which
their sons and daughters are participating, with demonstrations, exhibits and an
opportunity for questions and answers.
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4. A second parents evening held in December featuring faculty presentations
and the initial steps towards creating a parents' organization.
5. Initiation of core evaluations for our students with special needs and
the implementation of instructional programs to meet those needs.
6. The initiation of student activities, including election of class officers
and a student advisory committee, a fall dance attended by about 300 students, the
regular publication of a school newspaper, and a raffle conducted by the Distribu-
tive Education students which made the first contribution to the treasury of the
class of "78".
Progress on the new school building has been slow but steady, and the con-
struction is of very high quality. In December, the School Committee decided to
accept beneficial occupancy of the completed areas of the building so that stu-
dents, faculty and staff could begin 1975 in their permanent quarters. Materials
and equipment were moved during the winter vacation and school opened on January
13, at 758 Marrett Road, Lexington, the school's permanent address. In December,
collective bargaining negotiations commenced with the Minuteman Regional Faculty
Federation, Local 3191, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO.
For 1975, our administration and faculty ae developing programs and curricula
for the present students when they become tenthrgrers in the fall, and are con-
tinually reviewing and evaluating the present yeara'sdprogram so as to institute
improvements as the need is seen and to prepare for next year's incoming ninth
graders. The new year will see the completion of our building, further refine-
ments in and automation of our budgeting and business systems, and the doubling of
our enrollment to about 900 students. Also, we look forward to developing and,
hopefully, implementing new plans for additional services for the district.
As with any new organization, the challenges at Minuteman have been many, and
progress has at times seemed frustratingly slow. The school administration, fac-
ulty, and staff have shown extraordinary dedication and willingness to exert every
effort to ensure the success of our first operational year. We are grateful to
Superintendent-Director Sains and all of his staff for their hard work.
During the year four new members joined the Committee: George Cormier fro
Stow, William Fitzgerald from Lexington, and Frederick Heinrich from Wayland tom
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Vo Tech's course in "Foods" embraces buying, preparation and serving of food, quantity cooking,
selection of meats for quality, best use of the various cuts, arrangements of counter dis-
plays, retail management and preparation for entry of graduates into the food service industry
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fill the vacancies noted in our 1973 report, and George Banfield from Boxborough
to replace Roger Morse, who resigned during the summer. Roger was an original
member of the School Committee and of its Building Subcommittee. His contribu-
tions will be missed.
The entire School Committee and staff express their appreciation and thanks
to the officials, parents and citizens of our member towns for their support and
efforts on behalf of the new school.
Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District Committee
Acton Charles E. Courtright Lexington William P Fitzgerald
Arlington Rico A. Merluzzo Lincoln Ruth W. Wales
Belmont Henry L. Hall, Jr. , Chairman Stow George G. Cormier
Boxborough George B. Banfield Sudbury Alfred C. Cron, Vice-Chairman
Carlisle Kenneth L. Bilodeau Wayland Frederick L. Heinrich
Concord Lydia A. Smith Weston Albert V.B. Kelsey
Michele G. Lombardo, Treasurer
Samuel H. Sains, Secretary
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Lexington School Committee
(L. to R.). Isabelle Cummings,
Recording Secretary, Robert
Rotberg, Patricia A Swanson,
Secretary; Jane E. Berchtold,
Chairperson; Jacqueline B.
x r � et..;:-Davison, George P Wadsworth,
John Currier, Student Rep.
The School Committee Represents
1 The "Public" of Public Schools
Tim SCHOOL COMMITTEE HAS FOCUSED primarily on financial and staffing concerns, on
' evaluation, and on curriculum during the past year. Some concerns have been self-
initiated by an active committee open to new approaches and committed to listening
to the public's viewpoint. At the base of our activity has been a desire to make
the best use of the tax dollar to help the schools - administration and staff -
serve better than ever the public - children and parents.
Budget considerations were most time consuming. After studying various areas of
program and budget, the committee achieved initial savings in testing, substitute
teachers, and driver's education. A decision was made to discontinue participation
in a collaborative art program, Arts/Six, and instead begin our own program, Project
LEAP (Lexington's Educational Art Program) , at reduced cost. Emphasis was placed on
maintaining pupil-teacher ratios, with expenditures increased for classroom supplies,
for programs to serve children with special needs, and for maintenance of plant.
With the contracts of all four employee groups in the negotiation stage, profes-
sional, secretarial, lunchroom, and custodial staffs, an estimate of the wage set-
tlements had to be contained in the budget presented to town meeting. Making
estimates was particularly difficult during this year of stubborn inflationary rises.
Areas of the budget were pinpointed from which monies would be pared if necessary
depending upon the settlements made. In actuality savings were effected in bus
transportation, audio-visual purchases, capital outlay, and vocational education.
For the first time, the committee requested and the town meeting approved a
total budget figure rather than the previous breakdown into five categories: per-
sonal services, expenses, athletics, out-of-state travel, and vocational education.
This allowed the committee the flexibility it needed to meet salary settlements by
trimming other budget areas. Success was due partly to periodic dialogue with the
appropriation committee.
Several factors will make budgeting more manageable for 1975-1976: the newly
established fiscal year, July 1 to June 30, now in tandem with the school year; the
PPBES (Planning Programming Budget Evaluation System) , budget format along with the
line item breakdowns; staff pay scales determined by a two-year contract.
Year-long negotiations with the Lexington Education Association ended in August
with agreement on a two-year contract. The salary increase was set at 6.5% for
1974-1975, and an increase for 1975-1976 was related to the January 1-December 31,
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1974 percentage rise in the Consumer Price Index for the Boston Metropolitan Area.
The two-year agreement affords more time for the school committee, administration,
and staff to address themselves to other concerns. In order to air legitimate
problems, professional consultations have been carried on by groups of teachers, the
committee, and the superintendent. These informal meetings allow for a free and
helpful exchange of opinions and ideas.
Committee concerns center on the fact that enrollment has declined and will con-
tinue to decline over the next several years. Important groundwork has been laid by
past committees and the superintendent who recognized this and set in motion an
architectural study of facilities. The preliminary report is now complete and is
the focus of attention. The entire process has been drawn out in order to allow
for as much community input as possible. Before the community is the possibility of
closing some schools and the potential of updating others, courses of action which
will affect every person in Lexington.
The possibility of consolidating facilities and the reality of further decreases
in staff numbers due to declining enrollments, and the need to re-examing programs
have caused the school committee to consider the whole realm of evaluation. An
interest in evaluation would be evident in a review of the official minutes, open to
the public at the school administration building. The committee has examined and,
in some instances, made changes in the following: busing, the High School Open
Campus (Max-Ed) program, elementary French, testing, the Arts/Six program, summer
workshops, and food services. Committee deliberations resulted in a vote for a pilot
reading program in phonics.
Welcome assistance and valuable inputs have been provided by citizen advisory
committees. Groups have been formed by the school Committee for the purposes of
1) examining for its adequacy the budget to meet requirements of the special educa-
tion law (Chapter 766) , 2) gathering factual information on Lexington's educational ++�
opportunities and their equal availability to both boys and girls (Chapter 622) ,
3) evaluating the Max-Ed program at the High School, 4) examining guidance services
at the High School, and 5) recommending improvements in the appearance of buildings.
Further helpful interchange has been carried on with the student member of the
Committee, the Student Advisory Committee, and the PTA Council. The Adams and Parker
School PTA's carried out well planned presentations to the committee which resulted
in much needed improvements to their schools.
In all its endeavors the School Committee is mindful and appreciative of the
efforts of the many fine staff members who work with Lexington children. With the
continued effort and commitment of staff, along with vital public interest and sup-
port, the Lexington educational program will continue to grow and improve.
The Reverend Jonas Clarke
The Reverend Jonas Clarke, after whom the Clarke Jr.
High School is named, ministered to the people of Lexing-
ton from 1755 until his death in 1805. Mr. Clarke was
eminently gifted in articulating the beliefs of Lexington
citizens in the official Town Resolves and instructions
written by him, before and during the American Revolution.
His inspiration to his flock and his staunchness of pur-
pose is best summed up in the Resolves on the Tea Act,
1773: ". . we trust in God that should the State of Our
Affairs require it, We Shall be ready to Sacrifice our Es-
tates, and everything dear in Life, Yea & Life itself, in
support of the Common Cause."
(Silouhette Courtesy of Lexington Historical Society)
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410 In His Eleventh Annual Report
School Superintendent Rudolph J. Fobert
P
, P. Stresses Need for
E ualizin • School Facilities
IN MY 1973 ANNUAL REPORT, I described a program to assess our physical re-
sources as we look towards 1980. Declining enrollments provide an opportunity
that we have not had before - to make available an up-to-date school building
for all children regardless of his/her residence. The architectural firm of
Drummey, Rosane and Anderson was hired to develop a master plan for all school
buildings bringing them to present day standards.
During the past year, each principal coordinated the information on pro-
grams and building needs for his/her building through staff and parents who
contributed their ideas on these topics. Written reports were synthesized by a
central committee consisting of Mrs. Jane Berchtold, School Committee Chair-
person; Mr. Richard Rosane, Consultant; Mr. Otis Brown, Permanent Building
Committee Chairman and me.
In November, Mr. Rosane's report was presented at a public School Committee
meeting. This study does not constitute a final solution, but rather describes
guidelines for an ongoing process of programming/planning/implementing/evaluat-
ing. In the months ahead there will be continuous discussion of five alterna-
tives from the architect's report:
1. Ignore the concept of providing equivalent spaces in each school. As
different spaces become available, faculty and staff may make use of
them as they wish. This results in different students being offered
different opportunities, dependent upon where they live in the com-
munity. This may be economical or costly but not equitable.
2. Maintain the existing programs and facilities in certain schools, while
adopting a plan for reassigning other schools as enrollments fall below
an acceptable minimum number of students. This will minimize the phy-
sical plant costs but will not offer each child an equivalent program.
3. Maintain all of the existing schools in operation with alterations
being made to insure equal opportunity. Then, after the pupil popu-
lation decreases, portions of the buildings are closed. This is a more
expensive course of action. It includes the initial cost of school
plant facilities, and increases operational costs through the continu-
ance and maintenance of unused spaces within the buildings.
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4. Renovate and make additions to all schools and continue to fully utilize
all spaces. This means with a declining school population that class
sizes will effectively drop. This is the most expensive possible con-
sideration as it maximizes both physical and operational costs. How-
ever, it should be reviewed with respect to the educational advantages
it may provide.
5. Complete the additions and alterations to those buildings necessary to
provide only the required educational spaces based upon projected en-
rollment. Unused buildings are reassigned for other purposes. This
minimizes the cost of physical facilities, yet giving equity to all
children regardless of where they live in the community. At the same
time, it reduces operating costs as the pupil population is reduced.
Classes are maintained at their present size. Buildings are temporari-
ly diverted from school use and turned over to other uses as the Town
may elect. Should they not be required for Town functions, the option
for either leasing or selling these buildings is available. Should the
declining trend change and once again, Lexington is faced with an in-
creasing school population, the leasing alternative of unneeded build-
ings at this time would provide flexibility in reclaiming these
structures for school use in the future. This alternative is the most
economical solution while providing equal facilities for each child.
After considering the alternatives, Mr. Rosane recommended following the
development path outlined in the table on the facing page. School staff and
parents who participated in the development of the study will react to the sur-
vey and forward their comments to the School Committee. Simultaneously, the
School Committee and I are meeting with town boards and other committees to ob-
tain their reactions.
SCHOOL BUSSING
For the past several years, School Committee, School Department and citizens
have been concerned about the increasing cost of school bus transportation. The
expiration of our 3-year contract provided us with an opportunity to re-study
this service. During the Spring, LKB Administrative Systems, Inc. was hired to-
(1) develop specifications for a new 3-year contract, (2) improve the transpor-
tation system and (3) design an automated school bus scheduling system. Their
contract was an outgrowth of a guarantee to save five busses from the 1973-74
fleet of twenty-three operating busses. Their use of computer analysis of tra-
vel times, distance relationships, stop locations and pupil loads were also
factors in employing this agency. In September when school opened, 17 busses
transported nearly 1/3 of our school enrollment. Although we experienced more
than the usual number of scheduling problems, such as overloading, missed stops,
etc. , these were finally corrected after a three-week period and the system is
now operating satisfactorily.
The reduced number of busses will provide a savings of approximately
$210,000 over a three-year period. Although the new bus program initially cre-
ated disruptions and legitimate parental complaints, the accrued savings with
no reduction of safety standards justified the decision to employ LKB Adminis-
trative Systems, Inc.
CHAPTER 622 - EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
In 1971, Chapter 622 became law in the commonwealth. This law prohibits
discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion or national origin
with regard to admissions to public schools and to the benefits, privileges,
and courses of study available.
After a series of public meetings and reports from an ad hoc committee,
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the Board of Education of the Commonwealth has adopted guidelines. In addition,
our School Committee appointed an advisory committee on Chapter 622 consisting
of citizens and staff.
This committee has been collecting data and meeting regularly to finalize
their report which is scheduled for December 1974. The Lexington Advisory
Committee is one of the first in the Commonwealth assigned to explore the edu-
cational programs, services and opportunities offered to boys and girls.
In addition to this committee, the Lexington Chapter of NOW (National
Organization for Women) reported to the School Committee on a survey of staff-
ing patterns (male/female) which currently exist in our schools and suggested
ways in which more balance of the sexes could be achieved in the various posi-
tions within the system. Last Spring, prior to the appointment of the advisory
committee and in response to the concern of staff about the new law, a Learning
Center for all staff was conducted and Mrs. Natalie Miller, Supervisor, State
Department of Education, spoke on this topic.
Following her presentation, small group grade level discussions were held
RECOMMENDED DEVELOPMENT PATH
YEARLY POPULATION
School Capacity 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
HIGH SCHOOL 2100 2163 2065 1888 1812 1751 1683` 1548
(10-12) 300
2100 2163 2065 1888 2112 1751 1683 1548
JR. HIGH(7-9)
Clarke 900 774 765 740 915 852 814 772
Diamond 900 839 733 703 851 814 772
730
Muzzey 600 491 545 528 613 370/360 300/Re Rd
2400 2104 2043 1971 1528 2433 1928 1544
ELEMENTARY (K-6)
Bridge 577 508 481 475 471 471 471 500
Bowman 577 518 520 510 495 500 500 500
Estabrook 377 439 406 390 370 _c 370 353
Harrington 390 366 342 325 322a 355 355 364
Hastings 415 417 402 385 345a 340 340 389
Fiske 365 434 416 400 370 c 344 344
Franklin 315 386 350 340 330 325 e Rf
3016
Parker 284 280 270 255 250 Rb
Munroe 190 167 165 Rb
Adams 379 322 318 305 Rb
Hancock 209 194 Rb
4130 3880 3578 3263 2241 2380 2450
0 Totals 7516 8397 7988 7437 6903 6425 6291 5542
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a - renovated in summer of 1977 e - possible assignment of Franklin students for
b - all students reassigned to another school renovation or phase out in 1980 dependent on
c - reassigned to Muzzey for 1978-79 conditions at that time
d - renovated in 1979 f - all students reassigned if conditions permit
R - Students reassigned
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on pertinent questions such as
. What kinds of jobs do children perform in classrooms? Do girls prefer
certain fobs' Do boys prefer certain jobs?
What is the impact of materials, books, tapes, etc. , in developing
stereotypic roles of males and females?
I am certain that as we implement Chapter 622, we will become more sensi-
tive to the need to adjust our programs and practices according to this refer-
ence point.
MINUTEMAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL
In September 1974, the MRVTS (Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical
School) planned to begin school at their new facility on the Lincoln-Lexington
line. Due to construction delays, Grade 9 students of twelve communities,
Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln,
Stow, Sudbury, Wayland and Weston were temporarily assigned to the Hawthorne
School in Concord. The new opening date has been set for January 1975.
The new building will accommodate a total of 1500 students in Grades 9-12
in 1977. Presently, seventy-eight Lexington students are enrolled. The school
is a modern building containing classrooms, a television studio, laboratories,
an athletic plant including a swimming pool, shops and supporting facilities,
and other areas. I am pleased that the new facility will be in operation
shortly and will provide another alternative for our students.
VERNON C PAGE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
In September of 1973, Vernon Page, one of Lexington's most dedicated and
active citizens, died. In recognition of his many contributions and concerns,
a committee of Lexington residents, representing service organizations, pro-
fessional and vocational interests was formed to establish the Vernon C. Page
Memorial Fund. This group plans to raise $25,000 and use the interest for a
scholarship to be given annually to a Lexington graduate of the Minuteman Region-
al Vocational Technical School. This award will remind us of Vernon's commitment
to public education and more specifically to the Minuteman Regional Vocational
Technical School which he was instrumental in making available to Lexington
students.
BOUQUETS
. Lexington High School had the highest number of merit semi-finalists (25) of
any public high school in New England. Fifty-one seniors also received
letters of commendation.
. The Lexington High School Math Team achieved the highest national score in the
High School Math Examination which is sponsored by the Mathematical Associa-
tion of America.
* * * * * * * * *
A special note of appreciation is due to Mr. Richard H. Barnes, Director of
Information, Research and Federal Programs, who assisted me in preparing this
annual report.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT
. . As of October 1, 1974, the total enrollment of the Lexington Public Schools
was 8397.
. . Total full and part-time professional staff of the Lexington Public Schools
numbers 635.
31.2% have a Bachelor's Degree
41.9% have a Master's Degree
26.9% have thirty hours of graduate study beyond a Master's or a Doctorate
. . Of the 1974 Lexington High School graduating class of 716
75% went on to further education
59% went on to four-year colleges
ELEMENT4RY SCHOOLS
Staff Number Enrollment Staff-Pupil Ratio
Principals 11 4130 1:375
Classroom Teachers (1-6) 153 (E) 3656 (A) 1:23.6
Kindergarten Teachers 12.5 430 1:34.4 (D)
Art Specialists 9 4130 1:459
Music Specialists 11 4130 1.376
Phys. Ed. Specialists 9 4130 1:459
Instructional Mat. Specs. 9.4 4130 1:439
Reading Specialists 7 4130 1:596
Learning Disabilities Specs. 11.5 4130 1:359
French Specialists 8 2342 (B) 1:2927
Science Specialists 4.5 4130 1:918
Math Specialists 3 4130 1:1377
Counselors 9.6 4130 1:444 (C)
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Staff Number Enrollment Staff-Pupil Ratio
Principals 4 4267 1:1067
Assistant Principals 5 4267 1:853
Classroom Teachers 274.4 (E) 4226 (A) 1:15.4
Instructional Mat. Specs. 7 4267 1:610
Reading Specialists 6.5 4267 1:642
Learning Disabilities Specs. 4 4267 1:1067
Social Worker 2 4267 1:2134
Counselors 15 4267 1:284
ALL SCHOOLS
Staff Number Enrollment Staff-Pupil Ratio
Speech Therapists 6 8397 (C) 1:1399
School Psychologists 3.5 8397 (C) 1:2399
Nurses 8 8397 (C) 1:1049
Sp. Class Teachers 18 85 1:4722
(A) Does not include special classes
(B) Includes only Grades 3-6
(C) Includes special classes
(D) A.M. Session 1:17.2
P.M. Session 1:17.2
(E) Special class teachers not included
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Making Your School Dollar Make Sense
The accompanying pie charts present, in simplified form, a break down of funds
received from January-December 1973 and January-June 1974 for support of the
schools, and an indication of the relative amounts expended for the various seg-
ments of the school budget. The following is a detailed accounting of actual
revenues and expenditures as of June 30, 1974:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Receipts
Chapter 70 School Aid $ 2,551,303.97
71 Transportation 185,143.34
69-71 Special Education 493,688.00
Deaf and Blind 4,838.75
74 Vocational Education 18,369.00
Occupational Education 13,556.00
Metco 426,086.26
76 State Wards 3,654.44
Total $ 3,696,639.76 (15.5)
Federal Government
PL-874 $ 297,500.00 ( 1.2)
Town of Lexington Appropriations
Personal Services $17,091,038.00
Expenses 2,483,000.00
Out-of-State Travel 18,000.00
Athletics 212,000.00
Vocational Education 49,000.00
Total $19,853,038.00 (82.8)
Town of Lexington
Tuition, Registration Charges and Gate Receipts.
Athletics $ 15,805.00
Miscellaneous Receipts 67,915.32
Tuition 38,267.18
Total 121,987.50 ( .5)
Expenditures.
Personal Services $16,806,229.68 (87.2)
Expenses 2,213,488.26 (11.5)
Out-of-State Travel 13,285.93 ( .1)
Athletics 214,072.47 ( 1.1)
Vocational Education 26,792.72 ( .1) ti
Total $19,273,689.06 100%
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Where the School Dollar Comes From
(1974) Receipts)
Town of Lexington Appropriation
82.84
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
15.5
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'`5"0 Federal Government
Miscellaneous
(Tuition and Registration
Charges)
Where the School Dollar Goes
(1974 Expenditures)
Salaries 87.2
11.50
Operating Expenses
Athletics 1.3C
Voc. Education
Out-Of-State Travel
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Lexington Board of Appeals
Seated L. to R Members. Logan Clarke, Jr , Woodruff M. Brodhead, Ruth Morey, Chair-
man Donald E. Nickerson, Vice-Chairman, George P Wadsworth, Secretary, Evelyn F Cole
Standing L to R Associate members. Natalie Riff in, Robert M. Gary, Haskell W. Reed,
Irving H. Mabee Not pictured. Robert Cataldo and Thomas G. Taylor.
The Appeals Board Gives Flexibility
SECTION 12 OF THE ZONING BY-LAW authorizes the Lexington Board of Appeals to be
appointed by the selectmen, five members to serve five year terms, six asso-
ciates to be appointed annually, all to serve without compensation. The board
exercises all powers granted to it by Chapter 40A, General Laws, and by the Lex-
ington by-law, thereby giving a degree of flexibility to land regulations. Devia-
tions from the building and sign by-laws are also under its jurisdiction. It so
happens that all current members are present or past town meeting members, six
are former selectmen, three former planning board members, and three former school
committeemen (all elected positions) .
Duly advertised hearings, of which notices were sent to abutters and abutters
of abutters, were held on Tuesday evenings until November, when it was arranged to
change to Thursdays, assuring use of the selectmen's meeting room and shortening
the waiting time for applicants by five days. The board prefers to limit the
number of petitions heard each evening to four inasmuch as executive deliberation,
open to public observation but not participation, often runs late. Frequently
(this year seven times) petitions are withdrawn before a hearing. While this does
save hearing time, it has on occasion postponed some other application due to our
rule of four.
Variances and special permits are the most often sought. In 1974, 26 vari-
ances were approved, six denied; 25 special permits were granted, three denied;
six deviations from the sign by-law granted, as were seven permissions to continue
a going business or use. A special permit for a planned unit development was grant-
ed, a comprehensive permit was denied, and seven out of eight finding and deter-
minations resulted in permits. A complete rundown of these appear in Part II of
the annual report Often board decisions are appealed to the Courts, and this year
was no exception, five having met that fate. Considering evidence at hearings,
petitions received, communications from other town boards and impact on neighbor-
hood and public welfare, the board can only use its best judgment. Chapter 774,
so-called "snob zoning" , continues to be the most controversial problem with which
the board has to deal.
George C. Sheldon, Vice-Chairman, a member for 12 years, moved from Lexington
in June and the selectmen appointed associate Logan Clarke, Jr. to fill his unex-
pired term, appointing Mrs. Natalie Riff in to the associate vacancy. We regret to
note the passing of Howard H. Dawes, who retired from the board in 1973 after two
full terms
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Around the table from the left Arthur T Bernier, John H. Blaisdell, Patricia A Hagedorn,
Mary E. O'Brien, Recording Clerk, Elizabeth M Flynn, Jack L Mitchell, Edward E Furash, Chair-
man, Richard M Perry, ex-officio; Howard L. Levingston, Martin A Gilman and Donald B. White.
The Appropriation Committee Says
This Is No Time for Business as Usual
,THEAPPROPRIATION COMMITTEE is commissioned to make recommendations on articles at
1 the town meeting which involve money and to operate the reserve or contingency
fund. As a result, at times we feel alone "crying" for fiscal responsibility and
frugality while surrounded by advocates of new and expanded municipal services
Our committee reacts; it does not initiate. Again, our message to you, THE TAX-
PAYER, is to tell your town meeting members to keep a tight lid on expenses in town
government. They have the final word on this item, the town meeting appropriates,
we only recommend.
With the downtrend in the economy and the higher wages of municipal employees,
it is very important to review the functions of all town employees to insure that
` their duties are essential and that each employee is fairly compensated for the
performance of said duties. Last year a personnel committee was initiated. Its
operation is getting underway and should help the town put together a fair and
equitable personnel policy for all concerned. We look forward to working with that
committee and with the selectmen
The committee meets almost every Monday evening at the Town Hall. Your com-
ments and suggestions are always helpful ane. welcome.
Our Non-Recurring Capital Expenses
THE BY-LAW OF THE TOWN creating the capital expenditures committee provided that
the committee shall consider the relative need, timing and cost of capital pro-
jects, the adequacy thereof, and the effect these expenditures might have on the
financial position of the town. Capital expenditures are all expenses of a non-
recurring nature not construed as an ordinary operating expense, the benefit of
which will accrue to the town over an extended period of time.
Each year the committee requests from the various town boards and departments
a list of all capital expenditures which they foresee as being required within the
ensuing five year period, as well as the capital expenditures anticipated in the
coming fiscal year. With these projections, the capital expenditures committee has
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L to R.. Allen Lee Whitman, George S Silverman, Chairman; Anne R Scigliano and William J
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been able to reasonably predict the capital requirements of the town several years
in advance. These predictions have enabled us to stabilize the impact on the tax
rate for the needed capital requirements by recommending when the expenditure
should occur.
As reported last year in our report to the town, it is anticipated that the
town sewering program will be completed by fiscal year 1977. Thereafter, this
$650,000.00 expenditure will drop to a level of approximately $200,000.00 per year
for maintenance and replacement of existing sewer lines.
This year has also seen an increase in spending for road machinery for the de-
partment of public works. It is anticipated that increased levels of spending will
be necessary for several years in this area in order that older equipment may be
replaced. This has been caused by delaying capital expenses in prior years making
replacement of this equipment at higher levels mandatory as predicted in our prior
report to the town.
We continue to be concerned by what appears to be regularly increasing costs of
operating the sanitary land fill. We are concerned that the estimated life of the
landfill may not be as long as previously estimated. The requirements of the Mas-
sachusetts Department of Natural Resources, as well as a proposed Hartwell Avenue
connector from Route 128, and the extension of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation
Authority's red line seem to create barriers to long periods of fill-life at the
sanitary landfill.
In conclusion, it appears that Lexington, having completed most of its major
capital items, can look forward to a reasonably stable level of capital expenses in
the years to come.
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THIS YEAR ,SAW THE BEGINNING of twice-a-year tax billing, and the change to the
July/June fiscal year from the previous calendar year. To expedite the two tax
bills, the assessors' office has prepared all tax billing information for data
processing. In the past, after the tax rate had been set, it required five to six
weeks to prepare manually and to get the 10,000 tax bills mailed. With data pro-
cessing it can now be done in one eek. Because of this saving in time, we are
able to process the exemption applications faster so that all entitled recipients
who filed on time will receive their certificate before payment of the tax bill is
due. The assessors feel the transition in both instances has gone very smoothly.
Three 1974 pieces of legislation affect the elderly and 100 percent disabled
veterans. The first was a set amount that the elderly could deduct from their
retirement allowance when filing an exemption application: $84.60 per month if
single, and $126.90 per month if married.
The second piece of legislation also affects the elderly and is referred to
as the Property Tax Deferral and Recovery Agreement, which allows persons over age
65 to defer their real estate tax until the property is disposed of, then the back
taxes must be paid with eight percent interest per annum. The total amount of the
deferment plus interest for the current and prior years cannot exceed 50 percent
of the market value of the property. Also, the applicant or the applicant and his
spouse cannot have gross receipts over $20,000 during the preceding year. The
owners of the property must enter into a tax lien agreement with the board of
assessors who then must record this lien in the Registry of Deeds.
The third piece of legislation affects 100 percent disabled veterans who are
incapable of working. It sets the limits of their exemption to either $6,000 of
value or $525. in tax dollars. The state will reimburse the town either $4,000 of
value or $350.
The assessors are responsible for processing all exemptions for entitled re-
cipients. There are over 500 veterans, 173 elderly, 47 widows, and 12 blind
persons who receive an exemption in Lexington.
This year over 26,000 motor vehicle excise tax bills were sent out. We are
still having some problems with people who no longer own the car they are being
billed for, or the car is no longer in this state. But, quite a few people have
been through the incorrect bill procedure, so they understand the problem. These
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bills are prepared by the state and handled by the town and the money collected by
the town goes into the town's revenues.
The tax rate climbed only 60 , which must have made the taxpayers very happy,
especially since everything else has gone up much more. Part of this is due to the
restraint exercised at all levels of government but a large part, to the increased
valuation realized by the higher cost of commercial construction which amounted to
over 7 million dollars in valuation out of an increase of about 9 million dollars.
Some of the biggest valuation increases were realized from Ginn and Company, W.R.
Grace, G. Arnold Haynes, 115 Kendall Corp. , Majilite Corp. , Raytheon, and Tyco Labs,
Inc. These seven firms accounted for almost 6 million dollars increase in valuation.
Without this added increase the tax rate very well could have been almost $2.00
higher. The board of assessors points this out so that the taxpayer is aware of
just how much these firms mean to our tax base. We will always have house additions,
pools, porches, etc. , but this type of construction does not generate the valuation
needed for a stable tax base. All town boards and commissions should be aware of
how firms help keep taxes down and do the necessary planning to assure that there is
room for growth in this direction. The assessors are always ready to assist in
whatever direction is necessary to help insure and maintain a stable tax base.
On July 26, 1974, Mrs. Adela Pinkul retired as a clerk in the assessors' office
after 13 years of service to the town. The board of assessors and office staff wish
her many happy years in her retirement.
The board of assessors would like to thank various town officials with whom we
worked for their cooperation during the year.
Willard P. Grush, Chairman
F. William Smith William L. Potter
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Some of the 160 Boy Scouts and their parents who delivered the town report last year, Jack
Taylor, at right with clipboard, was in charge of distribution.
The Town Report
"So Much from So Many"
Including the 150 Boy Scouts and their fathers who are to deliver a copy of
this report to each household in town probably 250 people will have been involved
in varying degrees in its production. To all of them the town report committee
expresses its warm appreciation.
Special mention is due many but space permits mentioning only a few. Obvious-
ly the department heads and the committee chairmen, who composed their reports
laid the foundation. Beyond the circle of those directly involved in town govern-
ment we mention especially Philip B. Parsons, who drew the cover picture. This is
the fifth report for which he has drawn the cover. Fine as the other four were,
we like this one the best. Scattered through the report are pen-and-ink sketches
by Miss Lucille Chapman, a founding member of the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society.
From Lawrence Whipple came the knowledge of Lexington's history, upon which he
drew to prepare his capsuled comments. From amateur and professional photographers
alike, we have had our selection of their best. These range up to the singularly
perceptive frontispiece by John B. Nash of a contemporary Minuteman and the "Best
Photograph of the Show", won by Raymond B. Barnes in a contest sponsored by the
Massachusetts Selectmen's Association and open to all towns and cities in the state.
In addition, Gerry Gilmore, a former member of the Town Report Committee, left
a number of photographs (and his expertise in layout) when he moved to Tennessee
and the cooperation of Anne Scigliano, editor of the Minute-man, has always been
brimful in making available our choice of the Minute-man photographic archives.
Chief Corr has been most cooperative in making his staff photographers available
as needed, and John E. Taylor assumed complete responsibility for organizing de-
livery of the report.
That such service and such talent were available is less notable than that all
of it was contributed gratis. Whatever merit the report may achieve as a report,
the larger aspect of it is that it has been a community project where many people
generously gave their particular skills to heighten communications between town
government and the citizens of Lexington.
Edith Cheever Shirley Stolz
Rev. Harold T. Handley Hal Singley
Richard W. Hoover John E. Taylor
Louis A. Zehner, Chairman
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. Focal Point of Town Finances
Comptroller Richard M. Perry,
Left, with his Assistant Walter
J. Donahue
THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE is charged with the responsibility of keeping the offi-
cial town records of all appropriations, contracts, expenditures and receipts;
draws warrants for the payment of all payrolls and bills; and prepares periodic
reports of unexpended balances as well as expenditures by classifications. All
auditing and accounting functions, as well as the preparation of all checks in
payment of payrolls and bills submitted by the various town agencies are processed
through this office.
All the official town financial reports, such as the preparation of the bal-
ance sheet, are a part of this office's function. Administration of the town's
retirement system and its investment program is also under the comptroller's
jurisdiction. Over 35,000 payroll checks were prepared in 1974, through the pay-
roll system installed January 1, 1972. The use of new programs in the system
enabled us to:
1. Prepare over 2,500 W-2's (statement of earnings paid and income taxes
withheld) in early January with no overtime, coupled with the distribution of the
W-2' s earlier than in many recent years.
2. Prepare automatically each month the report submitted to the state teach-
ers retirement system - this information was captured on the employees earnings
record during the payroll run; thereby saving school department personnel time
formerly spent on typing this report each month.
New thinking on financial matters had to be applied in 1974 as we completed,
on June 30, 1974 , the 18 month fiscal "year" conversion. The 1974 annual=
meeting voted funds for the 1975 fiscal year of July 1, 1974 to June 30, As
a result, for the first time in recent history, funds were appropriated for budgets
prior to their effective date. Previous laws provided for the appropriation of
funds at the annual town meeting in March for budgets that had been in effect since
January, as a result some expenditures had been made creating deficit spending.
As a new year approaches, we are planning the conversion of our accounting
system from an expenditure basis to an encumbrance system, whereby funds will be
set aside at the time a purchase order, contract or obligation to the town is
incurred, rather than the time of payment being the first official record of
the obligation.
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Summary. Town Debt and Interest
Principal Interest
Amount of Paid Balance Paid
Original Issue Jan. '73 - June '74 6-30-74 Jan. '73 - June '74
General Purposes
Library 295,000.00 15,000.00 40,000.00 2,250.00
Town Office 1,005,000.00 170,000.00 340,000.00 27,900.00
Street-Sewer-Library 490,000.00 20,000.00 80,000.00 4,760.00
Public Works Building 328,000.00 30,000.00 90,000.00 6,930.00
Municipal Purpose Loan 1,375,000.00 ---- 1,375,000.00 30,937.50
Total General Purposes 3,493,000.00 235,000.00 1,925,000.00 72,777.50
School 16,805,000.00 1,811,000.00 7,143,000.00 423,019.50
Street 200,000.00 40,000.00 20,000 00 2,030.00
Sewer 3,100,000.00 188,000.00 1,091,000.00 60,744.25
Water 260,000.00 7,000.00 28,000.00 1,666.00
Total Services 20,365,000.00 2,046,000.00 8,282,000.00 487,459.75
Grand Total 23,858,000.00 2,281,000.00 10,207,000.00 560,237.25
(A detailed report of bonded indebtedness broken down by individual issues,
and also a complete report on income, expenses and appropriations are print-
ed in an appendix, which is available at the Selectmen's office.)
Retirement Board
THE BOARD OF RETIREMENT met once a month during 1974. Contributions by Town em-
ployees amounted to $233,500. for the year. At the Annual Town Meeting, $274 ,175.
appropriated to the pension fund as the Town's share of retirement allowances for the
1975 fiscal year.
Excess funds, not immediately necessary for the operation of the retirement
system, are invested in securities that are legal for Massachusetts savings banks
The income from these investments enabled us to credit interest to members accounts
at the rate of 5.4 percent.
During the past year, full time employees of the Lexington Housing Authority
were given permission by the Division of Insurance of the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts to become members of Lexington's Retirement System.
At the end of 1974 there were 151 persons on retirement from the Town - 133
contributory and 18 non-contributory members. This is an increase of 19 during the
year.
George P. Morey, Chairman
Walter F. Spellman Richard M Perry
Employee's Elected Representative Secretary, Ex-officio Member
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1 974 WAS A BUSY ELECTION YEAR for the Town Clerk's Office. Ten sessions of town
meeting were held starting April 1, 1974 and ending May 6, 1974. A special ref-
erendum held on June 3, 1974 reversed the action of town meeting on two articles:
Article 100 - Solid Waste Collection and Article 104 - Zoning By-Law Amendment
(Flintlock - Wood Street) .
An Act passed by the State Legislature which divided Lexington into several
districts resulted in a record number of signatures (over 15,000) to be checked
for certification for the State Primary and State Election.
Lexington's districts with the newly elected officials are:
Senatorial: 4th Middlesex - Precincts 1,2,3 & 5 - John W. Bullock
5th Middlesex - Precincts 4,6,7,8 & 9 - Ronald C. MacKenzie
Representative: 35th Middlesex - Precincts 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 - Lincoln P. Cole, Jr.
37th Middlesex - Precincts 7 & 8 - Carol C. Amick
38th Middlesex - Precinct 9 - Edward M. Dickson
Councillor: 6th District - Precincts 1,2,3 & 5 - Vincent A. LoPresti
3rd District - Precincts 4,6,7,8 & 9 - Herbert L. Connolly
Congressman: 5th District - All Precincts - Paul E. Tsongas
Citizens may now register to vote as soon as they move into town. In addition
to registrations during regular office hours, eighteen extra sessions were held
Saturdays and evenings. The break-down of Lexington's voters as of the close of
registration on October 8, 1974 was:
Independents: 6,411 Republicans: 4,290 Democrats: 7,729 Total: 18,430
Notices were mailed to all voters not reported as living here when the census
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was taken, stating that they were being removed from the voting list. Anyone re-
ceiving such a notice who wishes to remain on the list should notify this office
immediately.
The routine work of the office was conducted as usual with April our busiest
month. Our dog licenses which are renewable April 1st of each year were late in
arriving from the county, we issued many licenses for the opening of the fishing
season and town meetings were in session.
Mary R. McDonough
Town Clerk
Personnel Advisory Board
IN RECENT YEARS with the growth of town government, heightened concern about per-
sonnel affairs has been in evidence in many places. Employees through themselves,
or if organized, through their unions have shown a genuine uneasiness about whether
or not their welfare was getting the full consideration it deserves as they see it.
Taxpayers see their tax bills rising largely due to payroll costs and seek appro-
priate accountability from those responsible, often wondering whether or not the
town is serving them as efficiently as it should. The selectmen, town manager,
and committees, seeking to meet their prescribed responsibilities, can easily be
frustrated by the conflict of the need for more personnel services on the one hand
and necessary financial constraints on the other.
In April the selectmen in consultation with the appropriation committee ap-
pointed the personnel advisory board to assist the town as an employer in estab-
lishing and maintaining a sound program of personnel planning and personnel
relations which will result in:
1. Establishing and maintaining an organization of high quality
personnel (without regard to race, color, religion, sex or
national origin) ;
2. Organizing and treating all employees of the various town de-
partments so that they utilize their maximum capabilities to
create increased productivity and attain maximum personal and
group satisfaction;
3. Better than average results in services and costs to the resi-
dents and taxpayers of Lexington.
Initially, in addition to becoming fully acquainted with town personnel and
management, this board has provided counsel to the town manager in recruiting a
full time personnel administrator and undertaking the up-dating of its compensa-
tion program through a project which the Arthur D. Little Company was hired to
carry out. We are convinced that through orderly organization and development of
the personnel function, the interest of all will be served--employees, taxpayers,
and town government in general.
John B Butler, Chairman
Nicholas A. LaFauci Paul C. Sidman
William F. McGonagle Donald W. Comstock
W. Neil Chapman, ex-officio
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Tax Collection: Procedures and Penalties
ATRANSITIONAL EIGHTEEN MONTH PERIOD was necessary to convert to a June/July
fiscal year from the previous calender year, as required by the legislature.
Two thirds of the taxes assessed were paid on November 1, 1973 and one third on
May 1, 1974.
Our current fiscal year started July 1, 1974 and takes us through June 30,
1975 with a new tax rate. Real estate taxes will now be payable on November 1 and
May 1. Interest on overdue real estate taxes will be retroactive to October 1 and
April 1 respectively, at eight percent interest.
Real estate tax bills are mailed to the record owner as of January 1. A new
owner should obtain a copy of the tax bill from the old owner (or from the collec-
tor) because the obligation to pay rests on him even though the property is nominal-
ly assessed to the old owner. This twice a year collection of taxes, both personal
and real estate, will continue and hopefully lessen the need to borrow for tax
anticipation funds.
It has been a difficult year for this department, with not only a doubling of
real estate tax collection load but with introduction also of a new style of bills
and books.
In addition, many property owners whose homes are mortgaged to a bank are no
longer required by their lender to make monthly tax payments. Instead the obliga-
tion to pay has been placed on the property owner. Thus the collector of taxes in
such cases must process perhaps, 500 checks for individual property owners where
as under the earlier procedure the lending bank sent one check for 500 properties.
A daily turnover of work schedules to the comptroller's office and a daily turn-
over to the treasurer's office is maintained, thus making a heavy work load to be
caught up with at a later date.
This office, repeat, this office mails the tax bills but does not prepare tax
bills other than personal property taxes. Municipal liens, $6.00 and betterment
discharges, $4.00 are, however, still obtained through this department.
Excise bills are prepared by the registry of motor vehicles; water bills,
sewer and water house connection and miscellaneous water charges by the public
works department, real estate and personal property bills by the assessors' office;
sewer, street, sidewalk and water betterments, by the engineering department; and
ambulance bills by the selectmen's office.
Excise bills, the bane of our existence, still present a problem, both with
us and car owners. We have tried to assist the public with their myriad of ques-
tions (and blame) and I suggest that it would be helpful for them to retain copies
of their excise bill payments. This would help quicken any service that this de-
partment would provide
Some Volume Data, January 1, 1973-June 30, 1974
Abatements for Veterans, Clause 22 $145,415 93
Abatements for Elderly, Clause 41 93,591 62
Real estate tax warrants for January 1973 to June 1974 $23,792,349 86
Collected, abated, tax titles 23,485,644 43
Percentage Collected 98 7%
The approximate number of bills handled by this office was.
Real estate 20,000
Personal and farm 495
Excise 42,923
Water 27,000
Plus betterment and accounts receivable bills.
Doris E Barclay
Collector of Taxes
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The Treasurer Reports on
Wire Transfers, - a New Development
DURING THE EIGHTEEN MONTH fiscal year ending last June 30, investment of tax and
bond proceeds pending their disbursement furnished a very fortunate source of
income for the town. Undisbursed town funds earned a total of $316,985. interest.
That is perhaps more informative than to say that during the year the treasurer in-
vested $37,034,706. The latter statement is true but inflated because it includes
"roll overs" of certificates of deposit which matured and were re-invested.
During the fiscal 1973/1974 year, the town borrowed $8,050,000 in tax antici-
pation loans. Interest income on this short term financing was $116,343 which when
subtracted from the $316,985 earned on short term investment meant that interest
income exceeded interest expense by $200,551 Taxpayers are warned not to expect
an encore in 1974/1975. . . . there are only modest undisbursed library bond proceeds
to earn interest and rates generally have dropped significantly. "But it was nice
while it lasted."
In fiscal 1973/1974 interest rates on tax anticipation loans ranged from a low
of 3.70 percent on April 9, 1973 to a high of 5.95 percent on August 10, 1973. In
the short term investments, rates ranged from a low of 5.25 percent to a high of
10.75. (The phenomenal bulge in rates did not occur until after the new fiscal year
started on July 1, 1974.)
Before the rate rise the town sold the library bond issue of $1,375,000 with
a final maturity in 1986 and at a 4.50 percent rate. Although this was the highest
interest rate the town ever paid on a bond issue it nevertheless was a very favor-
able one for rates thereafter rose sharply.
One of the more interesting and valuable developments in the treasurer's of-
fice, in recent years, has been the significant increase in the use of wire trans-
fers of money. That involves phoning the local depository and asking that a stated
sum be transferred to a Boston correspondent bank or banks. This is done because
the treasurer "rewards" the banks which finance the town and shares excess undis-
bursed funds with them on the basis of their participation in the financing. It
has the effect of encouraging them to lend to the town at a favorable rate because
of anticipated deposit of funds when the town has a surplus.
The significance of the wire transfer is that it saves one day's loss of in-
terest that would result from mailing a check, and another day's loss of interest
while the check was being collected. By contrast the wire transfer permits putting
the money to work the same day the instructions are given. The two days additional
interest earned by an investment made via a wire transfer, at 10 percent interest,
permits the town to pick up $500 on each $1,000,000 so transferred.
After phoning the local depository, the treasurer then phones the correspond-
ent bank and gives instructions as to the maturity of the investment Although the
initial arrangement is by phone, written confirmation by both parties is exchanged
at once.
One effect of the legislation changing the fiscal year from Jan/Dec. to July/
June (and requiring half of the tax payments on November 1 and half on May 1) is to
reduce the amount of spring tax anticipation loans needed and also the interval
when they will be outstanding. A full year's cycle will be necessary before it is
clear whether the annual total spring and fall tax anticipation financing will be
less than under the single November tax payment program
The effective work of the collector of taxes and her associates has aided
greatly in early investment of receipts; the work of the treasurer's own staff has
been exemplary.
Louis A. Zehner
Town Treasurer
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Trustees of Public Trusts
OVER THE YEARS, residents have bequeathed or donated to the Town of Lexington
sums of money to be held in trust, with the stipulation that the income earned
on the funds be used for a specified public purpose, usually one close to the
heart of the donor.
On December 31, 1974, such funds numbered thirty-seven, with a total book
value of $504,984 18 Five of these are charitable in nature, five related to
parks and highway plantings, five to scholarships, nine to maintenance of speci-
fic cemetery lots, six to maintenance of the common, three relating to awards by
the school committee, and four are miscellaneous in nature.
Prior to 1910, administration of these funds was loose, and the funds grad-
ually became co-mingled with the general funds of the town and were used to meet
current expenditures. In 1910, the town sponsored legislation permitting it to
borrow sufficient funds to restore these trusts funds to their original amounts.
The legislation likewise provided that future administration of the trust funds
be entrusted to a board of three citizens to be designated "Trustees of Public
Trusts." These three trustees, who serve without compensation, are appointed by
the selectmen.
The town subsequently delegated to these trustees responsibility for admin-
istering the perpetual care funds of the Westview and Munroe cemeteries
The terms of the Bridge Charitable Fund provide for administation by three
trustees to be appointed for similar staggered terms by the board of selectmen.
The selectmen customarily appoint the most recently elected "Trustee of Public
Trusts" to the open position. The Bridge Trustees likewise serve without compen-
sation
The trustees have the dual responsibilities of investing wisely the princi-
pal of these funds within the limitations imposed by the donor or by law, and
of distributing the income in accordance with the instructions of the bequest or
town article which made the funds available. They have informal telephone meet-
ings as often as necessary to agree on routine matters requiring immediate action,
and meet formally about four times a year to ratify these actions to to consider
matters requiring approval at an official meeting. The town appropriates about
$400 annually to cover their administrative expenses, largely clerical.
Over the years, inflation has greatly reduced the benefits which the donor
had intended to provide from the income of these trusts. In recent years, the
trustees have shifted to equity type investments a portion of those funds having
no investment restrictions beyond the "prudent man" rule, in the belief that
well selected equities will provide a long term growth in income during the anti-
cipated inflation to come.
In some cases the trustees, who must follow scrupulouly the instructions of
the donor in distributing accumulated income, have a serious problem in finding
eligible recipients who would qualify under the narrow stated purpose of the
trust. A typical such trust was established many years ago to "purchase such
luxuries and delicacies for the town poor as are not furnished them, and shall
tend to promote their health and comfort." Another will to be used "for the
benefit of the worthy indigent men and women over sixty years of age, American
born, whether in the almshouse or not. "
Donors who restrict too narrowly either the investment or the purpose of
their funds probably will continue to find it difficult to make bequests which
inflation and changing times will not make obsolete
George P. Morey, Chairman
Gaynor K. Rutherford William R. McEwen
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ii;1^ Bend our wills to Thy control.
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Town Meeting Members
Town Meeting Members at Large
Fred C. Bailey 48 Coolidge Ave. Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. 16 Hill St.
Margery M. Battin 15 Paul Revere Rd. Edward E. Furash 15 John Poulter Rd.
Jane E. Berchtold 5 Saddle Club Rd. Allan F. Kenney 10 Frost Rd.
Sanborn C. Brown 37 Maple St. Mary R. McDonough 3 Baker Ave.
Alfred S. Busa 38 Circle Rd. Louis A. Zehner 6 Fair Oaks Dr.
Norman P Cohen 56 Coolidge Ave.
Precinct One
Term Expires 1977
Herbert R. Adams 763 Mass. Ave. Bernice Manning 66 Hillcrest Ave.
Vito M. Bellino 84 Bow St. Alfred A. Murray 23 Theresa Ave.
Sheila M. Busa 38 Circle Rd. Albert P. Zabin 1 Page Rd.
Ralph A. Cataldo 35 Rindge Ave.
Term Expires 1976
Anita M. Bonasera 24 Theresa Ave. Richard Heller 10 Russell Rd.
Lois W. Brown 37 Maple St. Howard M. Kassler 11 Winchester Dr.
William A. Busa 38 Circle Rd. William E. Maloney, Jr. 59 Albemarle Ave.
Homer J. Hagedorn 17 Fiske Rd.
Term Expires 1975
James Cataldo 43 Rindge Ave. Ruth M. Mitchell 16 Peachtree Rd.
Patricia K. Hagedorn 17 Fiske Rd. Haskell W. Reed 76 Lowell St.
Paul J. MacKenzie 13 Maple St. Barry E. Sampson 8 Brandon St.
Jack L. Mitchell 16 Peachtree Rd.
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Precinct Two
Term Expires 1977
Francis G. Fuery 678 Mass. Ave. Joseph C. Steinkrauss 18 Smith Ave.
Allan Green 17 Moon Hill Rd. Judith J. Totman 46 Moreland Ave.
Lillian T. MacArthur 33 Charles St. William S. Widnall 22 Summit Rd.
Roy J. Murphy 56A Taft Ave.
Term Expires 1976
Rena W. Abelmann 7 Moon Hill Rd. Patricia A. Swanson 36 Charles St.
Elizabeth H. Clarke 29 Moon Hill Rd. Alan B. Wilson 23 Pleasant St.
Eric T. Clarke 29 Moon Hill Rd. Donald D. Wilson 36 Fern St.
Michael J. O'Sullivan 12 Aerial St.
Term Expires 1975
Norman N. Connolly 736 Mass. Ave. Wiltrud R. Mott-Smith 108 Pleasant St.
William F. Delay 9 Butler Ave. Arthur C. Smith 51 Follen Rd.
Donald L. MacGillivray 37 Charles St. Frank H. Totman, Jr. 46 Moreland Ave.
Frank I. Michelman 43 Buckman Dr.
Precinct Three
Term Expires 1977
Joseph A. Campbell 260 Marrett Rd. Natalie H. Riff in 6 Field St.
Erna S. Greene 25 Bridge St. Marie E. Roberts 53 Munroe Rd.
Daniel L. McCabe 11 Grassland St. Robert I. Rotberg 14 Barberry Rd.
Marian C. Reilly 25 Walnut St.
Term Expires 1976
Robert A. Bowyer 7 Woodcliffe Rd. Lilah H. Groisser 510 Concord Ave.
John P. Carroll 31 Allen St. Robert H. Kingston 4 Field Rd.
Jacqueline B. Davison 86 Spring St. Richard W. Souza 542 Concord Ave.
Elizabeth M. Flynn 310 Concord Ave.
Term Expires 1975
Wallace B. Baylies, Jr. 50 Spring St. Melvin G. Holland 38 Webster Rd.
Guy D. Busa 94 Spring St. Jamie W. Katz 18 Barberry Rd.
Shirley A. Byrne 77 Wellingtn La A Paul V. Riff in 6 Field Rd.
Gloria V. Holland 38 Webster Rd.
Precinct Four
Term Expires 1977
John Deutch 6 Belfry Terr. Alfred P. Tropeano 25 Vine Br. Rd.
Nancy F. Earsy 32 Parker St. Judith J. Uhrig 15 Vine Br. Rd.
Angela E. Frick 9 Tavern La. George P. Wadsworth 230 Waltham St.
Joyce Hals 14 Vine Br. Rd.
Term Expires 1976
Nyles Nathan Barnert 142 Worthen Rd. Richard K. Eaton 40 Percy Rd.
Arthur T. Bernier 54 Baskin Rd. Dan H. Fenn, Jr. 130 Worthen Rd.
Otis S. Brown, Jr. 3 Bond Rd. Joseph 0. Rooney 222 Waltham St.
William J. Dailey, Jr 2 Highland Ave.
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct Four (Continued)
Term Expires 1975
Stanley A. Brown 14 John Poulter Irving H. Mabee 5 Tavern La.
Robert M. Gary 29 Highland Ave Margaret F. Rawls 9 Winthrop Rd.
Martin A. Gilman 56 Bloomfld. St. Joseph A. Trani 11 Slocum Rd.
Walter T. Kenney, Jr. 16 Dane Rd.
Precinct Five
Term Expires 1977
Donald H. Briggs, Jr. 9 Hayes La. Martin V. Sussman 1361 Mass. Ave.
William M. Fraser 533 Lowell St. David G. Williams 1433 Mass. Ave.
George F. McCormack 32 Hayes La. Stillman P. Williams 9 Sheridan St.
Judith K. Patkin 27 Suzanne Rd.
Term Expires 1976
I *Jane E. Berchtold 5 Saddle Club Rd. Donald M. Graham 4 Mill Brook Rd
Guy W. Doran 168 East St. John F. Quinlan 199 Grove St. (Pr.7)
Charles F. Gallagher, Jr. 118 Adams St. Weiant Wathen-Dunn 44 Maple St.
*Resigned 4/4/47 Ephraim Weiss 462 Lowell St.
Term Expires 1975
Arthur E. Burrell 2 Thoreau Rd. Sam Silverman 18 Ingleside Rd.
Fredric S. Cohen 27 Saddle Club Rd. Bernice O. Weiss 462 Lowell St.
Howard Cravis 6 Rogers Rd. *Wallace Cupp 141 Woburn St.
Charles W. Durkin 18 Manley Ct.
Robert A. Modoono 170 Woburn St. *Succeeded Jane E. Berchtold
Precinct Six
Term Expires 1977
Susan S. Beck 17 Patriots Dr. Spencer Lavan 52 Hancock St.
J. Keith Butters 52 Meriam St. Joyce A. Miller 17 Oakland St.
Joan P. Crothers 60 Meriam St. Donald B. White 73 Hancock St.
Mimi B. Dohan 9 Berwick Rd.
Term Expires 1976
Alan G. Adams 15 Somerset Rd. Howard L. Levingston 358 Emerson Rd.
Elizabeth C. Haines 33 York St. Edith Sandy 353 Emerson Rd.
John T. Harvell 131 Burlington St. Frank Sandy 353 Emerson Rd.
Robert B. Kent, Jr. 15 Patriots Dr.
Term Expires 1975
Levi G. Burnell 3 Whittier Rd. William R. Page 25 Oakland St.
Charles H. Cole, 2nd 4 Franklin Rd. Daniel I. Small 22 Hancock St.
*Kenneth M. Cox 36 North St. William T. Spencer 32 Hancock St.
H. Bigelow Moore 50 Hancock St. **John F. Downey, Jr. 24 Hancock St.
*Resigned 4/3/74 **Succeeded Kenneth M. Cox
Precinct Seven
Term Expires 1977
John R. Campbell 100 Bertwell Rd. Myron L. Miller 46 Eldred St.
Winifred L.L. Friedman 176 Grove St. John E. Ward 15 Robinson Rd.
Barbara E. Kramer 122 Grove St. Graydon M. Wheaton 5 Hadley Rd
Mary M. Miley 29 Robinson Rd.
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct Seven (Continued)
Term Expires 1976
Richard E. Bayles 19 Wyman Rd. Iris G. Wheaton 5 Hadley Rd.
Robert E. Bond 6 Demar Rd. Allen Lee Whitman, Jr. 31 Turning Mill Rd.
Manfred P. Friedman 176 Grove St Robert V. Whitman 9 Demar Rd.
Stephen T. Russian 47 Turning Mill Rd.
Term Expires 1975
Gabriel Baker 2 Linmoor Terr. Jane A. Trudeau 7 Volunteer Way
Renee T. Cochin 7 Partridge Rd Jacquelyn H. Ward 15 Robinson Rd.
David Reiner 3 Gould Rd. Martha C Wood 51 Gleason Rd.
William J. Scouler 144 Simonds Rd.
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Precinct Eight
Term Expires 1977
G. Richard Beamon 58 Ledgelawn Ave. Francis W.K Smith 49 No. Hancock St.
John E. Carlson 97 Cedar St. Shirley H. Stolz 2139 Mass Ave.
James M. McLaughlin 55 Asbury St. Paul G. Yewell 6 Leeland Terr.
Temple E. Scanlon 62 Ledgelawn Ave.
Term Expires 1976
Richard H. Battin 15 Paul Revere Rd. Paul A. Plasse 197 Cedar St.
Anthony L. Mancini 115 Reed St. Frank L. Shunney 24 Revere St.
Doreen D. Plasse 197 Cedar St. Mary E. Shunney 24 Revere St.
Term Expires 1975
Charles E. Connolly, Jr. 67 Cedar St. Paul W. Marshall 6 Chandler St. (Pr. 6)
Roy Edward Cook 5 Ledgelawn Ave. Richard A. Michelson 54 Asbury St.
Joseph M. Cronin 49 Vaille Ave. Laura F. Nichols 67 Liberty Ave.
William P. Fitzgerald 65 Liberty Ave. Albert S. Richardson, Jr. 3 Wingate Rd.
Precinct Nine
Term Expires 1977
Ronald W. Colwell 39 Cary Ave. Frederick McMenimen, Jr. 26 School St.
Louis E. Conrad 176 Cedar St. Daniel E. Power 2246 Mass. Ave.
Rose Mary Ellersick 29 Fairland St. Roy Weinstein 6 Nickerson Rd.
Alice M. Hindle 9 Audubon Rd.
Term Expires 1976
James J. Buckley, Jr. 46 Middle St. Paul E. Mazerall 20 Wilson Rd.
Jane P. Buckley 46 Middle St. Stephen M. Politi 25 Deering Ave.
Diane Lund 23 Nickerson Rd. James J. Scanlon 66 School St.
Erik Lund 23 Nickerson Rd.
Term Expires 1975
Earl F. Baldwin, Jr. 24 Deering Ave. Richard M. Perry 16 Ellison Rd.
Leon A. Burke, Jr. 5 Frances Rd. Donald J. Shaw 6 Barrymeade Dr.
Joan N.L. Collins 8 Oxbow Rd. George S. Silverman 30 Middle St.
James E. Cosgrove 128 Hartwell Ave.
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Town Officers and Committees
March, 1974 to March, 1975
Elected Town Officers
Board of Selectmen School Committee (Continued)
Allan F Kenney, Chairman 1976 Robert I Rotberg 1977
Fred C. Bailey 1975
Alfred S Busa 1977 Planning Board
Sanborn C Brown 1975
Margery M Battin 1977 Eric T Clarke, Chairman 1978
Stanley A Brown, Vice Chairman 1977
Moderator Lois W. Brown 1975
Thomas F Costello 1976
Lincoln P Cole, Jr 1975 Paul J MacKenzie 1979
School Committee Lexington Housing Authority
Jane E. Berchtold, Chairman 1976 Joseph 0 Rooney, Chairman 1977
Patricia Swanson 1976 William A. Melbye, (State) 1977
Jacqueline Davison 1975 Albert H Hruby 1976
George P Wadsworth 1977 G Richard Beamon 1979
William Spencer Sullivan 1975
Selectmen—Appointed Committees
Board of Appeals Historic Districts Commission
Donald E Nickerson, Chairman 1977 Wilbur M Jaquith, Chairman 1977
George P. Wadsworth 1979 * (Selectmen)
Ruth Morey 1976 S Lawrence Whipple 1979
Woodruff M Brodhead 1978 * (Arts & Crafts)
Logan Clarke, Jr 1975 Georgia H Williams 1975
* (Library Trustees)
Board of Appeals Donald J. Shaw 1976
(Associate Members) * (Historical Society)
Thomas J. Holzbog 1978
Haskell W. Reed 1975 * (Historical Society)
Irving H Mabee 1975
Robert Cataldo 1975 Historic Districts Commission
Robert M Gary 1975 (Associate Members)
Thomas G. Taylor 1975
Natalie H Riffin 1975 Amy Samoylenko 1979
* (Historical Society)
Town Celebrations Committee Ruth Adams 1979
Authorized March 26, 1956 * (Arts & Crafts)
Oliver F. Hooper 1978
Raymond B. Barnes, Chairman 1977 * (Arts & Crafts)
Leo Gaughan, Vice Chairman 1976 Sarah P Harkness 1978
Eleanor B Litchfield 1975 * (Library Trustees)
William P. Brenchick, Jr 1976 * Nominating Organization
William n Fitzgerald 1977
James F Fenske 1975 Town Report Committee
Ruth M. Mitchell 1975
Hildegarde V McGonagle 1976 Louis A Zehner, Chairman 1975
Raymond J. Flynn 1977 Edith Cheever 1975
Rev Harold T. Handley 1975
Standing Plumbing and Building Richard W Hoover 1975
By-Law Committee Hal Singley 1975
Authorized November 25, 1963 Shirley Stolz 1975
John E Taylor 1975
Robert W Cus`.ance, Chairman 1976
Leo Dunn 1976
Richard W Souza 1975
Carl Harry Erickson 1975
George E. Bullock 1977
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TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Selectmen Appointed (Continued)
Gammell Legacy Income Trustee Board of Retirement
James E Collins 1975 George P Morey, Chairman 1975
* Walter F. Spellman 1975
Bridge Charitable Fund Richard M Perry, ex-officio
George P Morey, Chairman 1976 * Elected by employees
Gaynor K. Rutherford 1975
William R McEwen 1977 Trustees of Public Trusts
George P Morey, Chairman 1976
Gaynor K Rutherford 1978
William R McEwen 1980
Selectmen's Sub Committees
Bicentennial Director, Planning Drug Advisory Committee
and Operations
Margery M Battin, Chairman 1975
Robert Tarlin Sumner E Perlman 1975
Dr Jack H Monderer 1975
Bicentennial Committee Dr. Charles E. Ellicott 1975
Irving H Mabee 1975
Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., Chairman Charles L McManus, Drug Counselor 1975
George F Rowe, Jr , Treasurer
Rebecca G Nussdorfer, Secretary Personnel Advisory Board
Stephen Politi
Richard A Michelson John B Butler, Chairman 1977
Miriam W Butts Paul C Sidman 1977
Roland B Greeley Nicholas A. LaFauci 1976
Anthony J Mancini William F. McGonagle 1975
Raymond B. Barnes .Donald W Comstock 1976
Lois W Brown W Neil Chapman, ex-officio
Rudolph J. Fobert
Rev Harold T Handley
* Alan G Adams Lexington Commission on
* Frederick B. James Suburban Responsibility
* G Warren Butters
* Kingston L Howard Stanley A Brown, Chairman 1975
Allan F. Kenney, ex-officio Lois W Brown 1975
Bernice Weiss 1975
* Resigned Jacqueline Davison 1975
Nancy Haley 1975
Advisory Committee on Cable Television Paul Plasse 1975
John Campbell 1975
William R Page, Chairman William S Sullivan 1975
Sanborn C. Brown G Richard Beamon (alternate) 1975
Fred C Bailey Sharon Geaghan 1975
Nancy Anchuetz Alan Wachman 1975
Richard H. Barnes William T Spencer 1975
Robert E Cain Cornelius Cronin 1975
Louis E Conrad Edward A Silva 1975
James F. Corr Margery M Battin 1975
Howard Cravis Wiltrud R. Mott-Smith 1975
Philip Cunningham Leona Martin 1975
Edwin Farr
David J Kuhn Traffic Safety Committee
David Reiner
Ira Stepanian John J. McSweeney, Chairman
John E Ward James F. Corr
Graydon M Wheaton Kenneth G Briggs
Allen Lee Whitman Peter Chalpin, ex-officio
Martha Wood James J. Lima Jr , ex-officio
Albert P. Zabin
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TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Selectmen's Subcommittees (Continued)
Youth Advisory Commission Youth Advisory Commission (Continued)
Christopher Anderson, Chairman Jean Miley
Alfred S. Busa Steven Moore
Madalyn Quinlan Robert Duprey
Jacqueline Davison Richard A. Waugaman
Charles F Gallagher, Jr Arlene Mager
Paul E Furdon Dr Gerald Stechler
Stephen M Politi Suzanne Abkowitz
Myron L Miller Mary Rockwood
Jeffrey Hanson Matthew Powers
George Megrue Douglas Gallager
Jeanne Hathaway Verna Frasca
Garry Margolius Alexander Liazos, Member-at-Large
Street and Sidewalk Design Committee on the Extension of
Advisory Committee Historic Districts (Continued)
Paul J Nicholson, Acting Chairman 1975 Donald J Shaw
Herbert W Eisenberg 1977 Paul MacKenzie
Malcolm E. Graf 1976
Subcommittee on Refuse and Recycling
Committee on the Extension of
Historic Districts Alfred S Busa, Chairman
Mrs. Joyce Hals
Sanborn C Brown, Chairman Paul Marshall
Eric T Clarke Richard Michelson
Ralph H Hall Mrs Mary Shunney
Selectmen—Appointed Officers
Town Manager Executive Clerk
Walter C. O'Connell Eleanor M McCurdy 1975
Town Counsel Fence Viewers
Norman P Cohen Rev Harold T. Handley 1975
Palmer & Dodge Louis A Zehner 1975
Comptroller Registrars of Voters
Richard M Perry 1975 Reed Kingston Taylor, Chairman 1975
Edward J Belliveau 1977
George E. Williams 1976
Moderator—Appointed
Appropriation Committee Capital Expenditures Committee
Edward E. Furash, Chairman 1975 George S Silverman, Chairman 1977
Jack L Mitchell 1975 Allen Lee Whitman 1975
Donald B. White 1977 William J Dailey, Jr 1977
Elizabeth M Flynn 1975 Robert H. Kingston 1975
Arthur T Bernier 1976 Anne R Scigliano 1976
John H Blaisdell 1976
Martin A Gilman 1977 Committee on Lectures under wills of
Patricia A. Hagedorn 1977 Eliza Cary Farnham & Susanna E Cary
Howard L Levingston 1976 Authorized November 25, 1963
Richard M. Perry, ex-officio
Howard A Smith, Chairman 1975
Ruth M. Mitchell 1975
Levi G Burnell 1975
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TOWN OFFICES AND COMMITTEES
Moderator Appointed (Continued)
Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Data Processing Committee (Continued)
Committee - Authorized March 20, 1967
A Lee Whitman
William R Whalon, Chairman Robert M. Gary
Peter J. Cambourelis
* Iris G. Wheaton Noise Pollution Committee
* Resigned
Joseph A Campbell, Chairman
Data Processing Committee Natalie H. Riff in
Nyles Nathan Barnert
Richard M. Perry, Chairman Louis H. Spencer
Fred C Bailey David A Lavender
Frederick C Frick Michael J O'Sullivan
Jack L Mitchell Esther S. Arlan
Town Manager—Appointed, With Selectmen s Approval
Board of Health Conservation Commission (Continued)
Dr William L Cosgrove, Chairman 1975 Susan Solomon 1977
Dr Charles E. Ellicott 1976 Manfred P Friedman 1976
James W Lambie 1977 John J. McWeeney 1976
Gary Larson 1975
Conservation Commission David G. Williams 1975
Authorized November, 25, 1963 * Margaret Rawls
Amended June 14, 1971 * Howard Kassler
Paul E Mazerall, ex-officio
Angela E. Frick, Chairman 1975
Francis W K Smith, Vice Chairman 1977 * Resigned
Town Manager Appointed
Recreation Committee Permanent Building Committee
Authorized November 1, 1956 Authorized March 20, 1967
Daniel P Busa, Chairman 1975 Otis S Brown, Jr , Chairman 1977
Richard Wertheim 1975 Luigi DiNapoli 1975
Vincent E Hayes 1977 Robert V Whitman 1976
Patricia Swanson 1976 William Scouler 1975
James Dhimos 1977 Irving H. Mabee 1975
Paul E Mazerall, ex-officio
Benedict E Bertini, Director Westview Cemetery Development Committee
Board of Assessors Louis A Zehner, Chairman
Mildred B Marek
Willard P Grush, Chairman 1977 William J Manning
William L Potter 1975 Gail W Smith
F William Smith 1976 Weiant Wathen-Dunn
David A Hughes, ex-officio
Director of Public Works/Engineering John J McSweeney Plumbing Inspector John B Byrne, Jr
Town Engineer James Chase Wire Inspector Robert K. Jeremiah
DPW Manager-Planning & Admin Emanuele Coscia, Jr Sealer of Wgts. & Meas. Richard E Lupo
DPW Manager of Operations Warren A Empey Animal Inspector Dr. Howard A Smith
Tree Warden Paul E. Mazerall Dir of Veterans Services Donald Glennon
Chief of Police James F Corr Veterans Graves Officer Donald Glennon
Chief Fire Engineer Walter F. Spellman Veterans' Agent Greta Glennon
* Planning Director Kenneth G Briggs Dog Officer Francis J Belcastro
Town Treasurer Louis A Zehner Field Drivers James F. Corr
Town Clerk Mary R. McDonough Carl A Carlson
Tax Collector Doris E Barclay Forest Warden William F Fitzgerald
Health Director George A Smith Lockup Keeper James F Corr
Building Commissioner Donald K. Irwin Constables John J Shine
Insp of Bldg. - Gas Insp Thomas W Kelley Guy D Busa
* With the approval of the Planning Board Liaison Off for Elderly Greta Glennon
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part II
ELECTIONS
Page
Annual Town Election 3
State Primary Election . . . 6
State Election 11
Board of Registrars . . . . . 61
Referendum 14
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MINUTES . . . . 21
Index Annual Town Meeting Articles 33
BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
Conservation Committee . . . 34
Cary Memorial Library . . . 43
Historic Districts Commission . . . . 19
Recreation Committee . . 39
Board of Health 35
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department . . . . 81
Fire Department . . 78
Regulatory Inspection . . . 76
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS/ENGINEERING . . 46
LEGAL
Board of Appeals . . . . . . . . . 53
Jury List . . 62
Town Counsel 66
SCHOOLS
Lexington Public Schools 87
Minuteman Regional School District . . . . . 85
FINANCIAL
Board of Assessors 103
Trustees of Public Trusts 94
Retirement Board 113
Town Treasurer 106
Balance Sheet . . 107
Appropriation Accounts . . . . 114
Town Clerk . . 16
Schedule of Receipts . . 120
Schedule of Expenses 122
Town Debt and Interest . 112
Annual Town Election
Registered Voters on February 12 Ballots Cast
Precinct Ind. Rep. Dem Totals Precinct Totals
1 741 384 897 2,022 1 872
2 721 436 975 2,132 2 897
3 733 316 720 1,769 3 785
4 792 638 890 2,320 4 1,001
5 855 396 817 2,068 5 870
6 689 646 799 2,134 6 1,047
7 678 528 850 2,056 7 888
8 725 498 680 1,903 8 836
9 875 483 792 2,150 9 880
Totals 6,809 4,325 7,420 18,554 Totals 8,076
43.5% of the 18,554 registered voters cast their vote
Pr. 1 Pr. 2 Pr. 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr. 6 Pr. 7 Pr. 8 Pr. 9 Totals
SELECTMEN
Alfred S. Busa 524 450 415 527 444 526 439 502 499 4,326
Margery M Battin 398 515 463 599 519 665 610 468 485 4,722
Howard M. Kassler 464 476 406 529 499 606 480 360 453 4,273
Blanks 358 353 286 347 278 297 247 342 323 2,831
Totals 1,744 1,794 1,570 2,002 1,740 2,094 1,776 1,672 1,760 16,152
Alfred S Busa and Margery M. Battin were elected to the Board of Selectmen for three year
terms ending in March 1977
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
George P Wadsworth 494 502 442 657 499 652 528 577 586 4,937
Howard L. Levingston 364 329 267 379 350 436 374 323 339 3,161
Robert I Rotberg 338 423 405 496 434 494 441 318 402 3,751
Blanks 548 540 456 470 457 512 433 454 433 4,303
Totals 1,744 1,794 1,570 2,002 1,740 2,094 1,776 1,672 1,760 16,152
George P Wadsworth and Robert I. Rotberg were elected to the School Committee for three
year terms ending in March 1977
PLANNING BOARD
Paul J MacKenzie 392 466 348 471 425 509 438 335 379 3,763
Alfred A Murray 134 60 58 55 47 54 54 53 59 574
George E Rowe, Jr 270 306 280 388 297 380 290 348 343 2,902
Blanks 76 65 99 87 101 104 106 100 99 837
Totals 872 897 785 1,001 870 1,047 888 836 880 8,076
Paul J. MacKenzie was elected as a member of the Planning Board for a term of five years
ending March 1979.
MODERATOR
Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. 659 625 586 752 668 826 672 652 686 6,126
Blanks 213 272 199 249 202 221 216 184 194 1,950
Totals 872 897 785 1,001 870 1,047 888 836 880 8,076
Lincoln P Cole, Jr was elected Moderator for a term of one year ending March 1975.
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
LEXINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr. 3 Pr 4 Pr. 5 Pr. 6 Pr. 7 Pr. 8 Pr 9 Totals
G Richard Beamon 502 466 429 614 501 643 521 565 517 4,758
Blanks 370 431 356 387 369 404 367 271 363 3,318
Totals 872 897 785 1,001 870 1,047 888 836 880 8,076
G. Richard Beamon was elected as a member of the Lexington House Authority for the term of
five years ending March 1979
LEXINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
Wm. Spencer Sullivan 503 476 412 572 497 582 498 446 529 4,515
Blanks 369 421 373 429 373 465 390 390 351 3,561
Totals 872 897 785 1,001 870 1,047 888 836 880 8,076
William Spencer Sullivan was elected as a member of the Lexington Housing Authority for
the term of one year ending March 1975.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT ONE
*Vito M. Bellino 363 *Albert P. Zabin 372 Melvyn P. Galin 243
*Ralph A Cataldo 389 *Herbert R Adams 347 *Alfred A Murray **381
William R. Cataldo 342 Robert J. Burns 334 William J. O'Neil 309
*Bernice Manning 405 *Sheila M. Busa 371 Dino Romano 259
Blanks 1,989
*Elected for three years.
**Alfred A Murray did not file paper to run as an incumbent by filing deadline on January 21,
1974, therefore, he had to submit nomination papers and run as a new member.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT TWO
*Francis G Fuery 422 *Lillian T. MacArthur 415 **Rena W Abelmann 382
*Allan Green 390 *Roy J. Murphy 409 Anthony C Busa 376
John R Holt 249 ***Frank H Totman, Jr. 378 *Joseph C. Steinkrauss 399
Eric B. Kula 359 *Judith J Totman 388 David W. Stumpp 330
*William S. Widnall 418 Blanks 3,158
*Elected for three years **Elected for two years ***Elected for one year.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT THREE
*Joseph A Campbell 312 *Marie E. Roberts 342 Nishan Haroian 243
Frederic D. Corazzini 265 *Robert I Rotberg 367 *Daniel L McCabe 314
Thomas F. Costello 266 **John P. Carroll 288 *Marian C. Reilly 402
*Erna S Greene 350 Benjamin J Cohen 285 *Natalie H. Riffin 414
Blanks 2,432
*Elected for three years. **Elected for two years.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT FOUR
*John Deutch 360 *Alfred P Tropeano 369 Lawrence R Glynn 144
*Nancy F. Earsy 366 *Judith J. Uhrig 384 Peter C.J. Kelley 217
Edwin H. Farr 281 Helen M. Walker 335 Paul J. Nicholson 351
*Angela E. Frick 416 Frederick J Conroy 274 John S Pfeil, Jr. 118
*Joyce Hals 364 Raymond T. Fitzsimmons 327 William A Sommers 284
Ruth S. Thomas 201 *George P. Wadsworth 468 Blanks 1,748
*Elected for three years.
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT FIVE
*Donald H. Briggs, Jr 365 *Stillman P. Williams 360 Leon D. Michelove 304
*George F. McCormack 388 Wallace Cupp 327 *Judith K. Patkin 435
**John F Quinlan 330 Daniel F. Driscoll 302 Lloyd D. Taylor 313
*Martin V. Sussman 338 *William M Fraser 494 *David G Williams 368
Blanks 2,636
*Elected for three years. **Elected for two years
*Vlected for three years. **Elected for two years.
Wallace Cupp, 141 Woburn Street, having received the highest number of votes as a defeated
candidate for Town Meeting Member in Precinct 5 at the March 4, 1974 election, accepted a
position as Town Meeting Member from Precinct 5 on April 5, 1974 Mr. Cupp will fill the
vacancy caused by Mrs. Berchtold's resignation and his term will expire in March 1975
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT SIX
*Susan S. Beck 640 *Spencer Lavan 487 John F. Downey, Jr. 418'
*J Keith Butters 575 *Joyce A. Miller 520 Barry R Perlis 342
*Joan P. Crothers 527 *Donald B. White 513 Frank B. Stille 365
*Mimi B. Dohan 458 J.S. Nason Whitney 408 Blanks 2,076
*Elected for three years.
TOWN MEETING MEMEBERS - PRECINCT SEVEN
*Winifred L L Friedman 426 *Graydon M. Wheaton 471 Henry Price 267
*Barbara E Kramer 450 *John R. Campbell 497 Rosalyn Sovie 149
*Mary W. Miley 521 James H. Graham 304 *John E. Ward 417
*Myron L. Miller 454 Kingston L. Howard 365 Blanks 1,795
*Elected for three years
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT EIGHT
*G Richard Beamon 387 *Temple E Scanlon 332 *John E. Carlson 371
**Roy Edward Cook 308 *Francis W.K. Smith 374 James E Hart, Jr 250
David A Lavender 298 Stanley E Toye 250 Thaddeus W. Lewis 177
*James M. McLaughlin 373 *Paul G Yewell 316 Alberta Richardson,Jr 303
*Shirley H Stolz 454 Blanks 2,495
*Elected for three years. **Elected for one year.
Albert S Richardson, Jr., 3 Wingate Road, having received the highest number of votes as a
defeated candidate for Town Meeting Member in Precinct Eight at the March 4, 1974 election,
accepted a position as Town Meeting Member from Precinct Eight to fill the vacancy caused
by Mrs. Battin's resignation to be a member of the Board of Selectmen
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS - PRECINCT NINE
I *Ronald W Colwell 461 Paul Collins, Jr 262 Burt E. Nichols 275
*Louis E Conrad 444 *Rose Mary Ellersick 371 Wm. Spencer Sullivan 254
Joseph J. Downey 278 *Alice M Hinkle 457 Robert J. Tiberii 157
Ralph H Hall 252 John F. Lahiff 162 *Roy Weinstein 336
*Daniel E Power 337 *Frederick V. Blanks 1,774
McMenimen, Jr. 340
*Elected for three years.
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State Primary, September 10
Registered Voters on August 13,1974 Ballots Cast
Precinct Ind Rep. Dem. Totals Precinct Rep Dem Totals
1 727 372 863 1,962 1 144 520 664
2 710 410 928 2,048 2 173 612 785
3 715 302 693 1,710 3 144 447 591
4 783 614 839 2,236 4 260 482 742
5 829 368 790 1,987 5 157 556 713
6 657 618 745 2,020 6 294 485 779
7 707 513 816 2,036 7 273 596 869
8 712 470 671 1,853 8 228 448 676
9 860 461 753 2,074 9 213 489 702
Totals 6,700 4,128 7,098 17,926 Totals 1,886 4,635 6,521
36% of the 17,926 registered voters cast their vote. Included in the total are returns for
126 absentee ballots. 25 for the Republican slate and 10 for the Democratic slate.
Republican Party
Pr. 1 Pr. 2 Pr. 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8 Pr 9 Totals
GOVERNOR
Francis W Sargent 105 117 82 167 117 203 179 143 140 1,253
Carroll P. Sheehan 36 51 61 89 37 85 92 79 71 601
Blanks 3 __5 1 4 3 6 2 6 2 32
Totals 144 173 144 260 157 294 273 228 213 1,886
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Donald R. Dwight 118 133 118 196 126 242 222 162 171 1,488
Blanks 26 40 26 64 31 52 51 66 42 398
Totals 144 173 144 260 157 294 273 228 213 1,886
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Charles C. Cabot, Jr. 45 43 43 70 50 100 87 64 59 561
William Cowin 34 51 49 79 36 78 90 74 64 555
Josiah A Spaulding 52 62 38 88 52 97 79 68 77 613
Blanks 13 17 14 23 19 19 17 22 13 157
Totals 144 173 144 260 157 294 273 228 213 1,886
SECRETARY
John M Quinlan 110 127 107 192 113 225 208 169 157 1,408
Blanks 34 46 37 68 44 69 65 59 56 478
Totals 144 173 144 260 157 294 273 228 213 1,886
TREASURER
Erna Ballentine 1 0 3 3 2 3 1 0 0 13
Blanks 143 173 141 257 155 291 272 228 213 1,873
Totals 144 173 144 260 157 294 273 228 213 1,886
AUDITOR
Blanks 144 173 144 260 157 294 273 228 213 1,886
Totals 144 173 144 260 157 294 273 228 213 1,886
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State Primary - September 10, 1974
Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr. 8 Pr. 9 Totals
CONGRESSMAN (Fifth District)
Paul W Cronin 120 142 120 220 134 246 223 189 178 1,572
Paul E. Tsongas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Blanks 23 31 24 40 23 48 50 39 35 313
Totals 144 173 144 260 157 294 273 228 213 1,886
COUNCILLOR - Sixth District (Precincts 1, 2, 3 & 5)
Denis Barber 1 0 0 1 2
Blanks 143 173 144 156 616
Totals 144 173 144 157 618
COUNCILLOR - THIRD DISTRICT (Precincts 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9)
Denis Barber 0 3 0 0 0 3
Blanks 260 291 273 228 213 1,265
Totals 260 294 273 228 213 1,268
SENATOR - FOURTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precincts 1, 2, 3 & 5)
Arthur Spector 0 0 0 1 1
Blanks 144 173 144 156 617
Totals 144 173 144 157 618
SENATOR - FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precincts) 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9)
Ronald C. MacKenzie 204 235 228 181 175 1,023
Blanks 56 59 45 47 38 245
Totals 260 294 273 228 213 1,268
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
35th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6)
Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. 127 149 126 222 140 254 1,018
Blanks 17 24 18 38 17 40 154
Totals 144 173 144 260 157 294 1,172
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - 37th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precincts 7 & 8)
Marietta P Ellis 138 107 245
Robert W Rimbach 110 98 208
Blanks 25 23 48
Totals 273 228 501
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - 38th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precinct 9)
Edward M. Dickson 150 150
Blanks 63 63
Totals 213 213
DISTRICT ATTORNEY - NORTHERN DISTRICT
Blanks 144 173 144 260 157 294 273 228 213 1,886
Totals 144 173 144 260 157 294 273 228 213 1,886
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State Primary - September 10, 1974
Pr.l Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr.7 Pr.8 Pr.9 Totals
COUNTY COMMISSIONER - MIDDLESEX
Richard D. Bush 2 1 3
Blanks 144 173 144 260 155 293 273 228 213 1,883
Totals 144 173 144 260 157 294 273 228 213 1,886
SHERIFF - MIDDLESEX COUNTY
John J Buckley 125 137 117 210 126 239 219 168 164 1,505
Blanks 19 36 27 50 31 55 54 60 49 381
Totals 144 173 144 260 157 294 273 228 213 1,886
Democratic Party
GOVERNOR
Michael S. Dukakis 369 498 373 404 447 439 510 367 396 3,803
Robert H Quinn 131 100 71 67 98 44 78 76 88 753
Blanks 20 14 3 11 11 2 8 5 5 79
Totals 520 612 447 482 556 485 596 448 489 4,635
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Eva B. Hester 79 87 77 82 81 85 98 75 94 758
Christopher A Iannella 98 95 83 87 101 76 123 77 100 840
John Pierce Lynch 27 20 18 9 21 14 19 11 8 147
Thomas P. O'Neill, III 180 233 169 176 212 183 211 182 178 1,724
Thomas Martin Sullivan 46 35 22 32 36 29 30 29 37 296
Blanks 90 142 78 96 105 98 115 74 72 870
Totals 520 612 447 482 556 485 596 448 489 4,635
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Francis X. Bellotti 80 92 68 54 90 50 54 85 90 663
Barry T. Hannon 13 7 1 7 10 8 8 1 8 63
Edward F Harrington 87 110 67 103 103 87 129 80 77 843
Edward M. O'Brien 7 15 12 8 7 6 16 13 17 101
S. Lester Ralph 174 254 175 202 ?06 250 257 165 177 1,860
George L. Sacco 124 91 102 72 113 67 87 85 100 841
Blanks 35 43 22 36 27 17 45 19 20 264
Totals 520 612 447 482 556 485 596 448 489 4,635
SECRETARY
John F X Davoren 110 101 66 68 114 71 83 80 82 775
Paul H Guzzi 337 421 336 346 373 343 426 323 345 3,250
Blanks 73 90 45 68 69 71 87 45 62 610
Totals 520 612 447 482 556 485 596 448 489 4,635
TREASURER
Robert Q. Crane 211 209 150 173 213 181 198 161 179 1,675
Charles Mark Furcolo 219 239 197 191 228 185 250 212 232 1,953
Blanks 90 164 100 118 115 119 148 75 78 1,007
Totals 520 612 447 482 556 485 596 448 489 4,635
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State Primary - September 10, 1974
Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8 Pr 9 Totals
AUDITOR
Thaddeus Buczko 312 314 230 255 327 228 291 269 291 2,517
Blanks 208 298 217 227 229 257 305 179 198 2,118
Totals 520 612 447 482 556 485 596 448 489 4,635
CONGRESSMAN - FIFTH DISTRICT
William C. Madden 221 212 134 139 197 118 164 148 193 1,526
Paul E. Tsongas 243 350 274 291 300 331 376 259 249 2,673
Blanks 56 50 39 52 59 36 56 41 47 436
Totals 520 612 447 482 556 485 596 448 489 4,635
COUNCILLOR - SIXTH DISTRICT (Precincts 1, 2, 3 & 5)
Charles L. Buckley 58 46 48 75 227
G. Joseph Leahy 38 73 15 14 140
Vincent A. LoPresti 55 39 41 61 196
James F McCarthy 33 41 22 36 132
Thomas M. Nee 77 96 74 85 332
Thomas Robbat 23 16 19 17 75
Richard C Vendola 15 15 16 25 71
Blanks 221 286 212 243 962
Totals 520 612 447 556 2,135
COUNCILLOR - THIRD DISTRICT (Precincts 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9)
Herbert L Connolly 230 197 240 224 233 1,124
Blanks 252 288 356 224 256 1,376
Totals 482 485 596 448 489 2,500
SENATOR - FOURTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precincts 1, 2, 3 & 5)
John W. Bullock 272 273 152 237 934
Gene L English 127 143 136 148 554
Blanks 121 196 159 171 647
Totals 520 612 447 556 2,135
SENATOR - FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precincts 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9)
Robert Frenier 0 0 0 1 0 1
Blanks 482 485 596 447 489 2,499
Totals 482 485 596 448 489 2,500
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
35th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6)
Blanks 520 612 447 482 556 485 3,102
Totals 520 612 447 482 556 485 3,102
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - 37th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precincts 7 & 8)
Carol C. Amick 362 268 630
Robert C Frenier 213 157 370
Blanks 21 23 44
Totals 596 448 1,044
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State Primary - September 10, 1974
Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr.8 Pr.9 Totals
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - 38th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precinct 9)
Blanks 489 489
Totals 489 489
DISTRICT ATTORNEY - NORTHERN DISTRICT
John H Droney 290 285 204 222 296 194 259 232 238 2,220
Blanks 230 327 243 260 260 291 337 216 251 2,415
Totals 520 612 447 482 556 485 596 448 489 4,635
COUNTY COMMISSIONER - MIDDLESEX COUNTY
John L Danehy 120 118 67 75 116 56 69 71 81 773
William J Clements 39 37 24 23 34 29 48 40 42 316
Charles I. Clough, Jr 130 197 160 179 190 220 223 143 156 1,598
Pasquale R. Coppola 39 22 40 32 40 12 31 33 41 290
Edward A Doherty 22 21 17 14 25 8 23 22 22 174
Thomas E. McManus 24 22 16 17 12 19 20 15 30 175
Blanks 146 195 123 142 139 141 182 124 117 1,309
Totals 520 612 447 482 556 485 596 448 489 4,635
SHERIFF - MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Walter J. Sullivan 316 311 226 249 320 217 285 251 267 2,442
John J. Buckley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Blanks 204 301 221 233 236 268 311 196 222 2,192
Totals 520 612 447 482 556 485 596 448 489 4,635
STATE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 5, 1974
Registered Voters on October 8, 1974 Ballots Cast
Precinct Ind. Rep. Dem. Totals Precinct Totals
1 678 397 966 2,041 1 1,402
2 666 426 1,026 2,118 2 1,484
3 685 319 755 1,759 3 1,208
4 786 623 895 2,304 4 1,550
5 767 387 885 2,039 5 1,356
6 630 640 792 2,062 6 1,497
7 691 522 876 2,089 7 1,504
8 663 494 729 1,886 8 1,344
9 845 482 805 2,132 9 1,503
Totals 6,411 4,290 7,729 18,430 Total 12,848
69 7% of the eligible 18,430 registered voters cast their vote. Of 419 requests for ab-
sentee ballots, 314 were returned These included four from servicemen, seven returned
too late and six returned but unused. Sixteen ballots were rejected
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State Elections, November 5
Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr.7 Pr.8 Pr.9 Totals
GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Sargent & Dwight 743 835 617 981 740 975 918 767 845 7,421
Dukakis & O'Neill 606 584 525 504 564 465 538 522 601 4,909
Gurewitz & Bivins 10 15 10 13 4 10 10 11 10 93
Kahian & Greco . 21 26 33 26 29 21 19 20 28 223
Blanks 22 24 23 26 19 26 19 24 19 202
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Francis X Belotti 428 379 319 275 351 216 255 332 359 2,914
Josiah A. Spaulding 918 1,047 846 1,218 958 1,233 1,196 962 1,100 9,478
Jeanne Lafferty 20 20 24 20 9 26 24 20 19 182
Blanks 36 38 19 37 38 22 29 30 25 274
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
SECRETARY OF STATE
Paul H. Guzzi 881 943 812 846 884 757 833 760 885 7,601
John M. Quinlan 458 445 348 607 409 652 585 513 550 4,567
Blanks 63 96 48 97 63 88 86 71 68 680
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
STATE TREASURER
Robert Q Crane 894 893 725 882 845 804 822 803 914 7,582
Blanks 508 591 483 668 511 693 682 541 589 5,266
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
STATE AUDITOR
Thaddeus Buczko 881 869 686 868 805 793 815 781 920 7,418
Blanks 521 615 522 682 551 704 689 563 583 5,430
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
CONGRESSMAN - FIFTH DISTRICT
Paul W. Cronin 479 412 359 626 444 634 554 540 575 4,623
Paul E Tsongas 879 1,015 811 872 872 824 913 769 890 7,845
Blanks 44 57 38 52 40 39 37 35 38 380
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
COUNCILLOR - SIXTH DISTRICT (Precincts 1, 2, 3 & 5)
Vincent A. LoPresti 735 641 535 649 2,560
Blanks 667 843 673 707 2,890
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,356 5,450
COUNCILLOR - THIRD DISTRICT (Precincts 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9)
Herbert L. Connolly 726 654 646 673 797 3,496
Blanks 824 843 858 671 706 3,902
Totals 1,550 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 7,398
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State Election, November 5, 1974
Pr.l Pr.2 Pr 3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr 7 Pr 8 Pr.9 Totals
SENATOR - FOURTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precincts 1, 2, 3 & 5)
John W. Bullock 678 635 475 552 2,340
Helen T Metros 135 167 162 182 646
Arthur B Spector 335 347 246 324 1,252
Blanks 254 335 325 298 1,212
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,356 5,450
SENATOR - FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precincts 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9)
Ronald C MacKenzie 1,195 1,179 1,156 1,000 1,147 5,677
Parker Weaver 80 64 68 80 103 395
Blanks 275 254 280 264 253 1,326
Totals 1,550 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 7,398
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
35th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6)
Lincoln P Cole, Jr 1,008 997 844 1,140 968 1,133 6,090
Allan F. Kenney 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Blanks 394 487 364 410 388 363 2,406
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 8,497
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - 37th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precincts 7 & 8)
Carol C. Amick 810 727 1,537
Marietta P Ellis 530 423 953
Robert W. Rimbach 65 42 107
Blanks 99 152 251
Totals 1,504 1,344 2,848
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT - 38th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (Precinct 9)
Edward M Dickson 877 877
Blanks 626 626
Totals 1,503 1,503
DISTRICT ATTORNEY - NORTHERN DISTRICT
John J. Droney 839 808 646 766 759 727 721 718 835 6,819
Robert W Rimbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Blanks 563 676 562 784 597 770 783 625 668 6,028
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
COUNTY COMMISSIONER - MIDDLESEX COUNTY
John L Danehy 745 708 542 709 654 635 616 639 752 6,000
Blanks 657 776 666 841 702 862 888 705 751 6,848
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
SHERIFF - MIDDLESEX COUNTY
John J. Buckley 831 955 826 1,120 889 1,123 1,110 883 1,018 8,755
Walter J Sullivan 489 422 309 337 375 283 293 374 402 3,284
Blanks 82 107 73 93 92 91 101 87 83 809
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
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State Election, November 5, 1974
Pr 1 Pr. 2 Pr. 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr. 6 Pr. 7 Pr. 8 Pr. 9 Totals
QUESTION NO. 1 (Legislator Recess - 30 Days)
Yes 801 919 760 986 805 970 937 778 942 7,898
No 282 268 231 273 262 282 285 264 287 2,434
Blanks 319 297 217 291 289 245 282 302 274 2,516
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12 848
QUESTION NO. 2 (Reduce House of Representatives)
Yes 917 1,041 861 1,145 932 1,125 1,072 897 1,080 9,070
No 172 159 124 145 147 138 154 155 150 1,344
Blanks 313 284 223 260 277 234 278 292 273 2,434
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
QUESTION NO. 3 (Tax Money for Private Education)
Yes 615 750 582 777 614 775 711 575 690 6,089
No 468 460 396 507 466 490 520 481 543 4,331
Blanks 319 274 230 266 276 232 273 288 270 2,428
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
QUESTION NO 4 (Tax Money for Mass Transportation)
Yes 768 920 706 983 802 980 922 736 886 7,703
No 323 286 273 304 281 285 308 319 359 2,738
Blanks 311 278 229 263 273 232 274 289 258 2,407
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
QUESTION NO. 5 - COMMISSION (Political Campaign Funds)
Yes 709 772 639 840 696 779 778 677 786 6,676
No 338 365 273 391 342 421 397 312 385 3,224
Blanks 355 347 296 319 318 297 329 355 332 2,948
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
QUESTION NO. 6 (State Department to Run Medicaid)
Yes 810 907 717 895 787 893 890 773 899 7,571
No 238 249 227 309 255 289 283 233 279 2,362
Blanks 354 328 264 346 314 315 331 338 325 2,915
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
QUESTION NO 7 (Alcoholic Beverages - Restaurants 99 Persons Plus)
Yes 814 861 746 924 789 911 923 738 884 7,590
No 348 414 302 401 371 415 390 387 405 3,433
Blanks 240 209 160 225 196 171 191 219 214 1,825
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
QUESTION NO. 8 (Amnesty - Vietnam War)
Yes 607 708 592 729 597 654 688 539 591 5,705
No 531 541 437 580 536 638 587 554 680 5,084
Blanks 264 235 179 241 223 205 229 251 232 2,059
Totals 1,402 1,484 1,208 1,550 1,356 1,497 1,504 1,344 1,503 12,848
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REFERENDUM
Registered Voters on May 14, 1974 Ballots Cast
Precinct IndRep. Dem. Totals Precinct Totals
1 752 385 899 2,036 1 716
2 730 435 976 2,141 2 715
3 744 312 722 1,778 3 595
4 809 637 893 2,339 4 898
5 872 393 818 2,083 5 771
6 694 644 807 2,145 6 904
7 688 526 855 2,069 7 913
8 731 494 676 1,901 8 808
9 887 479 786 2,152 9 959
Totals 6,907 4,305 7,432 18,644 Totals 7,279
39% of the 18644 registered voters cast their vote
QUESTION NO ONE - (Article 100 - Solid Waste Collection)
Shall the town vote to approve the action of the representative town meeting whereby
it was voted.
That the Board of Selectmen institute and establish a system of townwide solid waste
collection subject to the following terms and conditions.
1 For public buildings and schools, there shall be daily collection of solid waste,
if necessary
2 For single and two family private residences there shall be
(a) Collection of trash once every other week
(b) Collection of recyclable paper once during alternate weeks
(c) Collection of recyclable glass once a month.
(d) Periodic collection of bulky waste.
The Board of Selectmen shall be and hereby are empowered to make reasonable modifica-
tions in these terms and conditions in order to achieve initial implementation of this
solid waste collection system
The Board of Selectmen shall make reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the
foregoing solid waste collection system Such rules and regulations shall be drawn to
further the purpose of encouraging recycling of reclaimable solid waste and insuring an
efficient economically and ecologically sound system of solid waste disposal, and that the
sum of $250,000 be appropriated to carry out the foregoing, such sum to be raised in the
tax levy.
Pr 1 Pr. 2 Pr. 3 Pr. 4 Pr. 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr. 8 Pr. 9 Totals
Yes 241 267 197 263 236 284 298 205 229 2,220
No 458 442 392 602 514 614 615 594 711 4,942
Blanks 17 6 6 33 21 6 0 9 19 117
Totals 716 715 595 898 771 904 913 808 959 7,279
In accordance with Chapter 381 of the Acts of 1954, more than the necessary 20% having
voted to reverse the action of the May 6, 1974 adjourned town meeting, the action stands
reversed and Article 100 is not adopted.
QUESTION NO TWO - ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT (Flintlock - Wood Street) - Article 104
Shall the town vote to approve the action of the representative town meeting whereby
it was voted.
That the Zoning By-Law, the Zoning District Maps and the Zoning Map of the town be
amended by designating as an RD-Multi-Dwelling District a certain area of land, now
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Referendum - June 3, 1974
included in the RO-One Family dwelling district, comprising about 16.4 acres of land at
the intersection of Wood Street and Hartwell Avenue proposed for development as "Flint-
lock of Lexington "
Pr 1 Pr. 2 Pr. 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr. 6 Pr 7 Pr 8 Pr 9 Totals
Yes 305 366 214 377 298 334 367 286 451 2,998
No 386 326 367 489 439 551 533 503 481 4,075
Blanks 25 23 14 32 34 19 13 19 27 206
Totals 716 715 595 898 771 904 913 808 959 7,279
In accordance with Chapter 381 of the Acts of 1954, more than the necessary 20% hav-
ing voted to reverse the action of the May 2, 1974 adjourned town meeting, the action
stands reversed and Article 104 is not adopted.
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Town Clerk
Following is the report of the Town Clerk for the year 1974, including all licenses
issued and fees collected, fees collected being turned over to the town
DOG LICENSES
Male Dog Licenses Issued 1,376 @ $ 3 00 $ 4,128 00
Female Dog Licenses Issued . . 363 @ 6 00 2,178 00
Spayed Female Dog Licenses Issued 1,207 @ 3 00 3,621.00
Kennel Licenses Issued . . . . . 6 @ 10 00 60 00
Kennel Licenses Issued . . 3 @ 25 00 75 00
Kennel Licenses Issued 1 @ 50 00 50 00 _
Transfer Licenses Issued . . . . 2 @ .25 50
Total . . . $10,112 50
Total Number of Dog Licenses Issued . 2,958
Total Fees turned over to Town $ 1,035 10
SPORTING LICENSES
Resident
Citizen Fishing Issued 470 @ 8 25 $ 3,877 50
Citizen Hunting Issued . . . . . . . . . . 148 @ 8 25 1,221 00
Citizen Sporting Issued . 111 @ 13 50 1,498 50
Citizen Minor Fishing Issued 56 @ 6 25 350 00
Alien Fishing Issued . . . 5 @ 11 25 56 25
Citizen Minor Trapping Issued . . . . 4 @ 6.25 25 00
Citizen Trapping Issued . 5 @ 11 50 57 50
Duplicate Licenses Issued 8 @ 1 00 8 00
Citizen Sporting Over 70 51 @ Free --- --
Archery Deer Stamps 5 @ 5 10 25 50
Waterfowl Stamps 77 @ 1 25 96 25
Non-Resident
Citizen Fishing Issued 3 @ 14 25 42 75
Citizen 7-day Fishing Issued 2 @ 8 25 16 50
Citizen Hunting (Big Game) 1 @ 35 25 35 25
Total . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,310 00
Number of Licenses Issued 864
Total Fees turned over to Town $ 221 00
OTHER LICENSES, FINANCING STATEMENTS, TERMINATIONS, ETC
Marriage Licenses Issued 253 @ 4 00 $ 1,012 00
Financing Statements Recorded 1,080 00
Terminations Recorded 120 00
Certified Certificates 1,478 00
Pole Locations 82 75
Gasoline Permits 17 50
Miscellaneous 273 35
Street Listings1,309 66
SUMMARY
Dog Licenses Issued . . $10,112 50
Sporting Licenses Issued . 7,310 00
Marriage Licenses Issued . . . 1,012 00
Financing Statements Recorded . . 1,080 00
Terminations Recorded . . 120 00
Certified Certificates 1,478 00
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Pole Locations . . . . . . 82.75
Gasoline Permits . 17 50
Street Listings . . . . . . 1,309.66
Miscellaneous . . . . 273 35
Total Receipts for 1974 . . . . $22,795 76
BIRTHS BY MONTHS
1 9 7 4
(Stillbirths Excluded)
(Following are the births received up to January 10, 1975 - all births
for 1974 not received)
In Lexington Out of Lexington Totals
Months Totals Males Females Males Females Males Females
January 15 0 0 8 7 8 7
February 17 0 0 10 7 10 7
March 14 0 0 7 7 7 7
April 20 0 0 12 8 12 8
May 17 0 1 7 9 7 10
June 14 0 0 8 6 8 6
July 17 0 0 12 5 12 5
August 22 0 0 14 8 14 8
September 18 0 0 9 9 9 9
October 16 0 0 11 5 11 5
November 8 0 0 2 6 2 6
December 7 0 0 3 4 3 4
Totals 185 0 1 103 81 103 82
MARRIAGES BY MONTHS --- 1974
Grooms Brides Grooms Brides Grooms Brides
Months Totals First First Second Second Third Third
January 12 9 9 3 3 0 0
February 9 6 5 3 4 0 0
March 18 14 14 3 4 1 0
April 18 18 17 0 1 0 0
May 19 17 18 2 1 0 0
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Marriages by Months - 1974
Grooms Brides Grooms Brides Grooms Brides
Months Totals First First Second Second Third Third
June 63 52 55 9 7 2 1
July 19 15 14 4 5 0 0
August 36 27 30 9 6 0 0
September 44 38 40 5 4 1 0
October 23 22 23 1 0 0 0
November 20 14 16 4 4 2 0
December 20 13 12 7 7 0 1
Totals 301 245 253 50 46 6 2
Number of Marriages Recorded 301
Residents .. . .. 297
Non-Residents.. .. 305
Solemnized in Lexington . .. . 170
Solemnized in Other Places 131
Age of the Oldest Groom . . 73
Age of the Oldest Bride 67
Age of the Youngest Groom. 19
Age of the Youngest Bride .. . 16
1974 DEATHS RECEIVED UP TO JANUARY 13, 1975 (ALL DEATHS FOR 1974 NOT RECEIVED)
Jan Feb. Mar ARE Ma June July Aug Sept Oct. Nov Dec Total
Male 12 11 16 12 12 9 20 9 7 10 9 11 138
Female 16 12 12 21 11 12 8 15 14 11 16 17 165 *
Residents Died in Lexington
Male 3 3 1 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 24
Female 6 2 4 7 1 2 1 6 4 2 4 6 45
Non-Residents Died in Lexington
Male 0 3 3 5 3 0 4 3 1 3 3 6 34
Female 6 6 5 9 4 5 5 1 7 5 9 10 72
Residents Died Out of Lexington
Male 9 5 12 5 7 8 12 5 4 6 4 3 80
Female 4 4 3 5 6 5 2 8 3 4 3 1 48
Children Under One Year
Male 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Female 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Between One & Ten
Male 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Female 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Between Ten & Thirty
Male 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5
Female 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Between Thirty & Sixty
Male 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 16
Female 4 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 21
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1974 Deaths Received up to January 13, 1975 Con't
Jan Feb Mar Au Max June July Aug. Sept Oct Nov Dec Total
Between Sixty and Ninety
Male 8 9 12 10 10 9 15 6 6 7 8 9 109
Female 10 10 9 17 6 8 6 10 9 8 13 14 120
Over Ninety
Male 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7
Female 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 21
Historic Districts Commission
The Historic Districts Commission held 32 meetings during 1974 at which 43 hearings
were conducted in connection with 46 applications for certificates of Appropriateness or
permits for demolition or removal. The volume of the commission's work in number of ap-
plications received was slightly less than 1973, 50 vs 57 However, the type of applica-
tions handled in 1974 were more complicated and time consuming, particularly those
involving the multiple dwelling units and the Hancock-Clarke House As usual, commercial
signs constituted the largest single category of requests before the commission, there
being 23 such requests, representing 40% of the total requests. There were only two ap-
plications for new buildings, reflecting again low building activity in the historic dis-
tricts. There follows a statistical analysis of the commission's activities for 1974
A Applications before Commission in 1974
Applications pending January 1, 1974 8
Applications received in 1974 50
Total applications before the Commission 58
Applications disposed of:
Certificates of Appropriateness:
Issued 51
Disapproved 1
Withdrawn 1 53
Permits for Demolition or Removal
Issued 2
Disapproved 0 2
Total Applications disposed of — 55
Applications pending December 31, 1974 3
B. Applications by District
Hancock-Clarke District 6
Battle Green District 38
Munroe Tavern District 10
Gast Village District 4 58
C. Summary of Applications disposed of in 1974:
Certificates of Appropriateness issued for:
Residential premises:
Multiple dwelling units 1
Additions to dwellings 1
Alterations to dwellings 4
Color changes 4
Fencing 4 14
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HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION
C. Continued
Public Premises:
Sign 1
Charitable Premises:
Multiple dwelling units 1
Moving & addition to historic house 2
Flagpole 1
Signs and Plaques 2
Color changes 2 8
Commercial Premises
Addition to buildings 1
Alterations to buildings 2
Signs and Plaques 23
Color changes 1
Fencing 1 28 51
Certificates of Appropriateness disapproved:
Steel farm storage building 1
Permits for Demolition or Removal issued
Historical building (Removal) 1
Barn and shed 1 2
Applications Withdrawn:
Driveway and parking lot 1 3
Total 55
Thomas J. Holzbog
Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman
Donald J. Shaw
S. Lawrence Whipple
Georgia H. Williams, Secretary
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Annual Town Meeting — April 1, 1974
Note- The following reports of town meetings are condensed from the official
reports and indicate actions which bind the town. For details of debate and
subsidiary motions, the reader is referred to the official minutes in the
office of the town clerk
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., at 8.04 p m. in
Cary Memorial Hall. There were 191 town meeting members present. The invocation was
offered by Rev. Harold T Handley, Rector Emeritus of the Church of Our Redeemer.
The moderator read a resolution of sympathy and sorrow at the tragic accident to
M. Chandler Crocker II, of 138 Reed Street, town meeting member from Precinct VIII, who
with his family was killed in an airplane accident on July 1, 1973. VOTED unanimously.
Article 1. This is the annual town election and is reported elsewhere under "Elections."
Article 2. REPORTS. Edward E. Furash, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, moved
that the report of the Appropriation Committee be accepted and placed on file.
George S. Silverman, Chairman of the Capital Expenditures Committee, moved
that the report of the Capital Expenditures Committee be accepted and placed
on file
Richard M. Perry moved that the report of the Data Processing Study Committee
be accepted and place on file and the committee discharged
All of the foregoing motions were individually voted unanimously
Article 3. CARY LECTURES. That a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to
have the charge of the lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzanna E. Cary
for the current year. VOTED unanimously.
Article 4. ANNUAL TOWN BUDGETS. Reported under appropriation accounts.
The meeting adjourned at 11:40 p.m
Adjourned Town Meeting — April 21, 1974
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. , at 7:53 p.m. in the
Cary Memorial Hall. There were 185 town meeting members present. The invocation was
offered by Monsignor John P. Keilty, Pastor of St. Brigid's Church.
Jane E. Berchtold, Chairman of the School Committee, read the following'
"I want the Town Meeting to think tonight about Vernon C. Page and how his fine char-
acter and engaging personality has touched each of us whether we knew him for fifty years,
or five years or even briefly.
His deep devotion to his family and friends, his business associates, and to the com-
munity in so many capacities remains unparalleled
His selflessness was evident in his reply to the often asked question 'Why are you
running for School Committee?' He would say 'The town has given so much to me and my
family, I want to repay it if I can. '
He did that and much more."
The moderator then asked that the meeting observe a moment of silence in memory of Mr. Page.
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Article 2 Stephen Michael Politi moved that the Report of the Cary Lecture Committee be
accepted and placed on file. VOTED unanimously
Article 5. BORROWING• That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be
authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1974, in accordance with provisions of General Laws.
VOTED unanimously.
Article 6. TRANSFER TO E AND D ACCOUNT To transfer unexpended appropriations balances
to the E and D account. Indefinitely POSTPONED
Article 7 UNPAID BILLS. Indefinitely POSTPONED
Article 8 RESERVE FUND. To appropriate $150,000 for the Reserve Fund.
VOTED unanimously.
Article 9 AUDIT- That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to petition the director of
accounts of the state for an audit for the current fiscal year. VOTED unanimously.
Article 10 STATE AID TO LIBRARIES That the sum of $11,957 25 received in 1974 as state
aid to public libraries be appropriated for use by the trustees of Cary Memorial Library
in improving and extending library services in Lexington. VOTED unanimously
Article 11 BOARD OF APPEALS. To authorize the selectmen to appoint one of their members
to the board of appeals in accordance with Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.
VOTED
Article 12 SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATIONS - TABLED by voice vote.
Article 13. STREET LIGHTS- To authorize the selectmen to install street lights in such
unaccepted streets as they may determine prior to the final adjournment of the 1975 annual
town meeting. CARRIED by voice vote
Article 14 LAND APPRAISALS• To authorize the selectmen to obtain appraisals on land and
on rights therein that they desire to recommend be acquired by the town as locations for
future streets or for playground or recreational or open space or off-street parking or
school purposes or any combination of said purposes, and to authorize them to acquire the
land or rights therein that are recommended for such purposes, and to appropriate therefor
the sum of $1,000.00. VOTED unanimously
Article 15. WESTVIEW CEMETERY. To appropriate $4,000.00 for the development of Westview
Cemetery and that to raise such amount $4,000.00 be transferred from Westview Cemetery
Sale of Lots Fund. VOTED unanimously
Article 16 CURBING To authorize the selectmen to install curbing at such locations as
they may determine, and to appropriate therefor the sum of $5,000 00 VOTED
Article 17 DRAINS. To authorize the selectmen to install drains in such accepted or un-
accepted streets or other land as they may determine, including the widening, deepening or
altering the course of brooks, streams and water courses and the construction of new chan-
nels in said other land, and to acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land neces-
sary therefor, and to appropriate the sum of $35,000 00 for such installation and land
acquisition. VOTED unanimously.
Article 18. WATER MAINS- To authorize the selectmen to install new or replacement
water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as they may determine,
subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, and to acquire any fee, easement
or other interest in land necessary therefor, and to appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 for
such installation and land acquisition VOTED unanimously
Article 19 SIDEWALKS. Recommitted to the Board of Selectmen and acted on at the ad-
journed meeting of April 10, 1974
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Article 20 SEWERS. To authorize the selectmen to install sewer mains and sewerage sys-
tems in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as they may determine, subject
to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, and to acquire any fee, easement or other
interest in land necessary therefor, and to appropriate for such installation and land
acquisition the sum of $350,000 00 therefor and that to raise such amount $15,000.00 be
transferred from the unexpended balance of the amount appropriated under Article 43 of the
warrant for the 1973 Annual Town Meeting, $5,550.00 be transferred from the unexpended
balance of the amount appropriated under Article 43 of the warrant for the 1971 Annual
Town Meeting, $11,841.23 be transferred from the unexpended balance of the amount appro-
priated under Article 8 of the Special Town Meeting of June 12, 1967, $21,706.77 be trans-
ferred from the unexpended balance of the amount appropriated under Article 8 of the
Special Town Meeting of June 14, 1971 and $295,902.00 be raised in the tax levy VOTED.
Article 21. CARRIAGE DRIVE TRUNK SEWER: To authorize the selectmen to install trunk
sewers in the Carriage Drive area as they may determine, subject to the assessment of
betterments or otherwise, and to acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land nec-
essary therefor; and to appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of
$60,000.00 VOTED.
Article 22. HAYES LANE TRUNK SEWER• Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 23. DPW EQUIPMENT STORAGE• To appropriate $75,000.00 for constructing, origin-
ally equipping and furnishing a building for storing equipment of the Department of Public
Works. Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 24. PURCHASE OF DPW EQUIPMENT. To appropriate $119,000.00 for the purchase by
or with the approval of the selectmen of equipment for the Department of Public Works.
VOTED unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 10:43 p.m.
Adjourned Town Meeting — April 4, 1974
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., at 7:53 p.m. in the
Cary Memorial Hall. There were 181 town meeting members present. The invocation was
offered by Rev. Theodore Stylianopoulos, Pastor of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.
Article 25. STREET CONSTRUCTION Hancock Street. To appropriate $60,000 00 for highway
construction under authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws of all or any part of the
section of Hancock Street from Harrington Road to Adams Street. VOTED
Article 26. HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE. To appropriate $6,000.00 for highway maintenance under
the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws. VOTED unanimously.
Article 27. STREET RECONSTRUCTION: Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 28. TRAFFIC SIGNALS• To appropriate $10,000.00 for improving and upgrading traf-
fic control signals VOTED.
Article 29. PARKING IMPROVEMENTS Lexington Center• Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 30. BROOK MAINTENANCE: Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 31. REIMBURSING SUBDIVIDERS. Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 32. SALE OF LAND (HINCHEY ROAD) . To authorize the selectmen to convey land owned
by the town and shown on Lot 71 on Assessors' Property Map 84, located on Hinchey Road, an
unaccepted street, to the 115 Kendall Corporation on such terms as they shall deem advis-
able, provided that the town shall have the right to remove gravel from the site prior to
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its conveyance, that the purchase price shall not be less than $6,000.00 and that the
buyer will bear all expenses of the conveyance and that Hinchey Road will not be lowered
or altered in any manner unless written agreements are first received from the owners of
the property that contains domestic dwellings and abuts Hinchey Road. VOTED.
Article 33. GIFT From Concord Avenue Realty Corp. That the selectmen be authorized to
accept a gift from Concord Avenue Realty Corp. of a parcel of land consisting of 87,742
square feet and shown as parcel A on "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass." dated July 31,
1972 by Miller and Nylander, recorded in Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Book 12330,
Page 537, such parcel to be for conservation purposes, and further that the selectmen be
authorized to accept a twenty foot sewer easement as shown on said plan. VOTED unanimously.
Article 34. BICENTENNIAL APPROPRIATION• To appropriate $95,000.00 under the provisions
of Chapter 911 of the Acts of 1971 in anticipation of the celebration of the two hundredth
anniversary of the American Revolution. VOTED.
Article 35. REDEDICATION OF BATTLE GREEN: To ratify the action of the Board of Selectmen
in appointing a subcommittee of the Lexington Bicentennial Committee to study, plan, and
implement the rededication of the Lexington Battle Green on or about April 20, 1974.
VOTED.
Article 36. BY-LAW AMENDMENT (Non-Commercial Vehicles) : To amend the zoning by-law of
the town as follows.
A By inserting in Section 25.80, after the words non-commercial vehicle.**
the following.
"prior to January 1, 1977 but not thereafter, short-term occupancy of
one, but not more than one, parked camping vehicle as defined in Section
40, subject to the provisions of Article XXIV, Section 27 of the General
by-laws."
B. By inserting in Section 40, after the definition of BUILDING the
following:
"CAMPING VEHICLE. A registered self-propelled camper or automobile-
drawn trailer used as a mobile camping facility, with sleeping equip-
ment, which may or may not have toilet or cooking facilities."
A and B. VOTED unanimously (Approved by Attorney General Robert H.
Quinn, June 19, 1974.)
The meeting adjourned at 10.50 p m
Adjourned Town Meeting — April 8, 1974
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. , at 7:52 p.m. in the
Cary Memorial Hall. There were 188 town meeting members present. Invocation was offered
by Rev. Dr. Donald Wells, Pastor of the Trinity Covenant Church.
Article 2. REPORT. Edward E. Furash moved that the Supplementary Report - Articles
45-55 of the Appropriation Committee be accepted and placed on file. VOTED
Mr. Furash stated that the estimated tax rate at this point in the meeting is $72.20.
Article 37. BY-LAW AMENDMENT (Camping Vehicles) : To amend Article XXIV of the General
By-Laws of the town by adding a new Section 27 to read as follows-
Parking of Occupied Camping Vehicles
Section 27. A camping vehicle occupied as an accessory use in a Residence
District under Section 25 80 of the zoning by-law (a) shall not be operated
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to deposit waste or water onto the grounds, (b) shall conform to the appro-
priate yard requirements of Section 27 of the zoning by-law except where the
unit is located on a driveway, and (c) shall not be occupied for more than
five consecutive nights unless specifically approved by the board of appeals
acting under Section 25.94 of the zoning by-law. No charge or fee may be
imposed for the parking of such a camping vehicle. VOTED (Approved by
Attorney General, Robert H Quinn, August 2, 1974 )
Article 38 PICNIC AREAS. To appropriate $8,000.00 to develop and equip picnic areas on
public land in the town for use during the bicentennial period VOTED.
Article 39 CAMPING FACILITIES. To appropriate $3,500.00 to develop and equip camping
facilities on public land in the town for use during the bicentennial period. VOTED
Article 40 LINCOLN STREET (Water Service) • Indefinitely POSTPONED
Article 41 CENTER POOL (Feasibility Study) . Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 42 RECREATION (Tennis Courts) To appropriate $31,000 00 for reconstructing,
repairing and maintaining existing tennis courts VOTED unanimously
Article 43 AMBULANCE To appropriate $20,000.00 for the purchase of an ambulance for
the Fire Department, and that such amount be raised in the tax levy. VOTED.
Article 44 MOSQUITO CONTROL. To appropriate $11,000.00 for the improvement of lowlands
and swamps and the eradication of mosquitoes under Chapter 252 of the General Laws. VOTED
Article 45 GIFT OF LAND (Baskin) . That the selectmen be authorized to accept as a gift
from Frances May Baskin parcels of land bordering on Route 128, shown as lots 9, 19 and
20 on Assessors' Property Map 82, for conservation purposes VOTED unanimously
Article 55. CONSERVATION APPROPRIATION To appropriate $12,000.00 to the Conservation
Fund. VOTED
Article 46. CONSERVATION LAND PURCHASE. To authorize the Conservation Commission to ac-
quire, and the selectmen to take by eminent domain, upon the written request of the Con-
servation Commission, for conservation purposes including outdoor recreation any fee,
easement or conservation restriction or other interest in all or any part of land shown
as Lots 349 to 355 inclusive and Lots 365 to 394 inclusive on a plan entitled "Dunster
Gardens, Arlington, Winchester and Lexington, Middlesex County, Mass. owned by J W Wilbur"
by Ernest W Branch, Civil Engineer, August, 1912, recorded with Middlesex South District
Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 206, Plan No. 23A, now or formerly of the Graziano Family,
that the sum of $40,000.00 be appropriated for such land acquisition VOTED 153-9
Article 47. CONSERVATION LAND PURCHASE. To authorize the Conservation Commission to ac-
quire, and the selectmen be authorized to take by eminent domain, upon the written request
of the Conservation Commission, for conservation purposes including outdoor recreation any
fee, easement or conservation restriction or other interest in all or any part of land
shown as a lot containing 53,830 square feet on plan entitled "Plan of Land Lexington,
Mass. Surveyed for Marco Realty Trust" dated December 18, 1969, by Frederick A Ewell
Registered Land Surveyor, recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds at the
end of Book 11818; that the sum of $7,000.00 be appropriated for such land acquisition
VOTED unanimously
Article 48 CONSERVATION LAND PURCHASE. To authorize the Conservation Commission to ac-
quire, and the selectmen be authorized to take by eminent domain, upon the written request
of the Conservation Commission, for conservation purposes including outdoor recreation any
fee, easement or conservation restriction or other interest in all or any part of land
shown as Lots 290, 293, 294, 298, 301, 302, 303, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 315, 316 and 348
on Assessors' Property Map 13; that the sum of $15,000.00 be appropriated for such land
acquisition VOTED unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 10.52.
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Adjourned Town Meeting — April 11) 1974
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator Lincoln P. Cole, Jr , at 7.54 p m in the
Cary Memorial Hall There were 186 town meeting members present Invocation was offered
by Rev Joseph Roberts, Associate Pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Article 19 SIDEWALKS (Considered in four sections) .
a. To authorize the selectmen to construct concrete, bituminous concrete and other
sidewalks, at such locations as they shall determine, including both sides of Muzzey and
Clarke Streets between Massachusetts Avenue and Forest Street, where the abutting owner
pays one-half of the cost or otherwise, and to appropriate the sum of $57,000.00 therefor,
and that such amount be raised in the tax levy VOTED
b That further to appropriate the sum of $20,000 00 in order to provide that por-
tions of any sidewalk constructed on Muzzey Street and Clarke Street be brick, and that
such amount be raised in the tax levy. DEFEATED
c That the selectmen be authorized to construct concrete, bituminous concrete, and
other sidewalks, at such locations as they shall determine, including the southwesterly
side of Massachusetts Avenue from Clarke Street to the easterly boundary of the Colonial
Garage, where the abutting owner pays one-half of the cost or otherwise; and to appropri-
ate the sum of $33,000.00 therefor, and that such amount be raised in the tax levy.
DEFEATED
d. That further to appropriate the sum of $35,000 00 in order to provide that any
sidewalk constructed on the southwesterly side of Massachusetts Avenue from Clarke Street
to the easterly boundary of the Bargain Barn be brick, and that such amount be raised in
the tax levy DEFEATED
Article 49 LAND TRANSFER TO CONSERVATION COMMITTEE To authorize the selectmen to
transfer to the Conservation Commission for open space and conservation purposes, includ-
ing outdoor recreation, as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, as
amended, land shown as Lots 264, 291, 292, 295, 296, 297, 300, 305B, 307, 309, 311, 313,
and 332 on Assessors' Property Map 13 VOTED unanimously
Article 50 CONSERVATION LAND PURCHASE (Grey Nuns Property) Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 51 CONSERVATION LAND PURCHASE (Greener & Whiter Trust) - That the town be au-
thorized to purchase or otherwise acquire, for conservation purposes including outdoor
recreation any fee, easement or other interest in all or any part of land shown as Lots
83A, 84 and 101B on Assessors' Property Map 82, now or formerly of Greener and Whiter
Trust, that the sum of $33,000 00 be appropriated for such land acquisition, and that
such amount be raised in the tax levy DEFEATED 104-75 (not two-thirds)
Article 52. CONSERVATION EASEMENT (Vine Brook) For the town to purchase for conserva-
tion purposes including outdoor recreation any fee, easement or other interest in all or
any part of land shown as Lot 51 on Assessors' Property Map 55, and Lot 61 on Assessors'
Property Map 62, being premises adjoining the Vine Brook off Grant Street, that the sum
of $11,000.00 be appropriated for such land acquisition, and that such amount be raised
in the tax levy VOTED 152-17
Article 53. CONSERVATION LAND (Great Meadow - Curtis S. Elliott) . For the town to pur-
chase or otherwise acquire, for conservation purposes including outdoor recreation any
fee, easement or other interest in all or any part of land shown as Lot 104 on Assessors'
Property Map 30, now or formerly of Curtis S Elliott, that the sum of $4,000 00 be appro-
priated for such land acquisition, and that such amount be raised in the tax levy.
VOTED 128-45.
Article 54. CONSERVATION PURCHASE (Augusta) For the town to purchase or otherwise ac-
quire, for conservation purposes including outdoor recreation any fee, easement or other
interest in all or any part of land shown as Lot 84 on Assessors' Property Map 30, now
or formerly of Augusta, that the sum of $35,000.00 be appropriated for such land acquisi-
tion, and that such amount be raised in the tax levy LOST 113-64 (not two-thirds)
Article 55. (See Minutes for meeting of April 8.)
Article 56. BONDING FOR CONSERVATION PURCHASES- Indefinitely POSTPONED.
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Article 57. STABILIZATION FUND- Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 58. DISCONTINUE PART OF WACHUSETT DRIVE. Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 59. STREET CONSTRUCTION - WACHUSETT DRIVE Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 60 STREET CONSTRUCTION - WACHUSETT CIRCLE• Indefinitely POSTPONED
The meeting adjourned at 10.48 p.m.
Adjourned Town Meeting — April 22 1974
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Lincoln P Cole, Jr , at 7.52 p.m. in the
Cary Memorial Hall There were 191 town meeting members present. The invocation was
offered by Monsignor Martin U. McCabe, Pastor of the Sacred Heart Church.
The moderator, representing the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge, presented a certifi-
cate to Allan F Kenney, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen and Louis A Zehner, Chair-
man of the Town Report Committee, and read the following.
Town of Lexington, Mass. , represented by Allan F. Kenney and Louis A Zehner,
receives an Honor Certificate award in the Governmental units category.
A concentrated and studied effort to strengthen communications between town
government and the citizens it serves was successfully accomplished and re-
sulted in a comprehensive 1972 Annual Report and an appendix for use of
officers, committees, town meeting representatives and interested citizens
Selectman Chairman, Allan F Kenney, honored Mr. Zehner for his work on the town report
in the past and presented him with a gift on behalf of the citizens of the town of
Lexington
Article 61. STREET CONSTRUCTION (Tewksbury Street) . To establish as a town way and ac-
cept the layout of as a town way Tewksbury Street from Bedford Street a distance of 305
feet, more or less, southwesterly to Roger Greeley Village as laid out by the selectmen
to authorize the selectmen to acquire any fee easement or other interest in land necessary
therefor, that the sum of $20,000 00 be appropriated for such land acquisition, construc-
tion, alteration and reconstruction of Tewksbury Street and that such amount be raised in
the tax levy. Approved by VOICE VOTE.
Article 62 HOLLAND STREET. Tabled April 22 but reconsidered on April 24 in an amended
form and passed at that meeting See minutes of that meeting.
Article 63 PROSPECT HILL ROAD. Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 64 STREET ACCEPTANCE (Nickerson Road) . To establish as a town way Nickerson
Road from Massachusetts Avenue a distance of 1633 feet, more or less, to Massachusetts
Avenue as laid out by the selectmen and to authorize the selectmen to take by eminent
domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land neces-
sary therefor VOTED
Article 65 TOWN WAY (Carmel Circle) . To establish as a town way Carmel Circle from
Nickerson Road a distance of 446 feet, more or less, southerly to end as laid out by the
selectmen and to authorize the selectmen to acquire any fee, easement or other interest
in land necessary therefor. VOTED
Article 66 FILING FEES (Street Acceptance) . To appropriate $1,000 00 for filing fees in
connection with the acceptance of streets and that such amount be raised in the tax levy
VOTED.
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Article 67 BY-LAW AMENDMENT. To amend that Section 16 of Article VI of the General By-
Laws of the Town of Lexington by.
A Striking therefrom the words "to any public agency or non-profit corporation or
cooperative," and substituting therefor the words "to any public agency or non-profit
corporation, or to any other person or corporation approved by the Lexington Housing
Authority and undertaking to provide housing on the land so sold or conveyed for the use
of the said authority,;"
B. Striking therefrom the words "in which housing such occupants shall have the op-
portunity to acquire ownership or equity interests," and substituting therefor the words
"in which housing such occupants may have the opportunity to acquire ownership or equity
interests, "
Sections A and B were both VOTED unanimously and subsequently approved by the Attorney
General
Article 68. LEXINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY• To appropriate $21,000.00 for defraying the ex-
pense to the Lexington Housing Authority of preparing plans, studies, surveys and esti-
mates in connection with a program to provide housing for families of low income by means
which avoid undue concentration of assisted housing in a manner consistent with develop-
ment existing in districts designated RO, RS and RT under the zoning by-law, and that
such amount be raised in the tax levy VOTED
Article 69. LEXINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY (Bonding) . Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 70. BY-LAW AMENDMENT (Permanent Building Committee) . To amend that Article XXX
of the General By-Laws by striking out the last sentence of paragraph 3 of Section 1 and
substituting the following sentence therefor;- "No such appointed member of the committee
shall be a town employee " VOTED and subsequently approved by the Attorney General.
Article 71 OFF DUTY WORK DETAILS (Revolving Fund) To place $2,000 00 in a special fund
to pay employees of the town who perform off-duty work details related to their regular
employment as provided in Chapter 773 of the Acts. of 1973, and that such amount be raised
in the tax levy. VOTED.
Article 72 BY-LAW AMENDMENT (Voting at Town Meeting) . To amend Article V of the General
By-Laws by striking Section 30 and substituting therefor a new Section 30 to read as
follows "Section 30 At the request of 50 or more members, the vote on any motion shall
be taken (a) in writing on a list by precinct, and for members-at-large on a list of such
members, upon which each member shall record his vote and 'affix his signature, or (b) by
a poll of the meeting If (a) above is used, the signed list shall constitute the offi-
cial vote of the meeting, a permanent public record of which shall be maintained by the
clerk A vote taken in the manner specified in either (a) or (b) above shall be posted
in the town office building for one week within 24 hours of the vote." VOTED
Article 73. ZONING BY-LAW (Wetland Protection District) . Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 74. ZONING BY-LAW (Wetland Protection District) . Indefinitely POSTPONED
Article 75 ZONING BY-LAW (Wetland Protection District) . Indefinitely POSTPONED
Article 76 ZONING BY-LAW (Wetland Protection District) . Indefinitely POSTPONED
Article 77. ZONING BY-LAW (Board of Appeals Procedure) . Referred to the planning board
for further study and recommendations and to be presented at a future town meeting
Carried by VOICE VOTE
Article 78 ZONING BY-LAWS (Controls, Definitions and Restrictions. Referred to the
planning board for further study and recommendations and to be presented at a future town
meeting. Carried by VOICE VOTE
Article 79 ZONING BY-LAW (Golf Course; Green Area Requirement) Referred to the plan-
ning board for further study and recommendations and to be presented to a future town
meeting Carried by VOICE VOTE.
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Article 80 ZONING BY LAW (Variance for Legal Nonconforming Buildings) . Referred to the
planning board for further study and recommendations and to be presented to a future town
meeting. VOICE VOTE.
Article 81. ZONING BY-LAW (Definition, Garden Center) • Referred to the planning board
for further study and recommendations and to be presented to a future study and recom-
mendations and to be presented to a future town meeting VOICE VOTE
Article 82 ZONING BY-LAW (Restriction on Private Way) • Referred to the planning board
for further study and recommendations and to be presented to a future town meeting
VOICE VOTE
Meeting adjourned at 10.36 p m
Adjourned Town Meeting — April 24 1974
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Lincoln P Cole, Jr , at 7 57 p m in the
Cary Memorial Hall There were 185 town meeting members present. The invocation was
offered by Rev. Herbert R. Adams, Pastor of the Follen Community Church.
Article 62. HOLLAND STREET. To discontinue a portion of Holland Street from the ac-
cepted portion of Holland Street a distance of 31 feet, more or less, southeasterly, and
that the selectmen be authorized to reconvey such discontinued portion of Holland Street
to the original owners. VOTED.
Article 83 ZONING BY-LAW (Multi-Dwelling District) This article provided for an addi-
tion to the zoning by-law by inserting a new Section 38 dealing with land uses and di-
mensional controls in the absence of special permits, general objectives, town meeting
presentations, special permit provisions, application requirements, and requirements for
a planning board report and for board of appeals action Reference is made to the offi-
cial minutes of the town clerk for details. The article was VOTED 162-6.
Article 84. ZONING BY-LAW This article provided additions to use regulations, a sched-
ule of dimensional controls for dwellings, required parking and loading areas. Reference
is made to the official minutes of the town clerk for details. VOTED unanimously
Article 85 WETLANDS (Planning Board Study) . To appropriate $5,000 00 to be expended
under the supervision of the planning board, for professional consultants and for ex-
penses incurred by the planning board, to make studies of wet areas, such studies to
include, but not be limited to hydrological studies, soil studies, water table analysis,
and drainage characteristics, and that such amount be raised in the tax levy. VOTED.
Article 86. MASTER PLAN REVISION. To appropriate $5,000.00 to be expended under the
supervision of the planning board, for professional consultants and for expenses incurred
by the planning board, to develop town-wide goals and objectives to be utilized as the
basis for the updating and revision of the Lexington Master Plan, and that such amount be
raised in the tax levy VOTED
Article 87 GENERAL PLANNING STUDIES- To appropriate $10,000 00 to be expended under the
supervision of the planning board, for professional consultants and for expenses incurred
by the planning board, to make general planning studies of such matters, but not limited
to, recreational facilities, downtown parking, bicentennial, fringe parking areas, and
transportation, and that such amount be raised in the tax levy VOTED
Article 88. BY-LAW AMENDMENT (Personnel Board) . A compromise had been worked out between
the appropriation committee and the board of selectmen providing that a personnel advisory
board be appointed by the selectmen from a list of nine names submitted by the appropria-
tion committee This article as proposed was therefore indefinitely POSTPONED by unani-
mous vote.
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Article 89 GENERAL BY-LAWS This article covered a comprehensive refining and clarifi-
cation of the general by-laws relating to duties and responsibilities of. board of select-
men, town clerk, town treasurer, appropriation committee, capital expenditures committee,
recreation committee, civil defense, gas inspector, town counsel and the permanent build-
ing committee. Reference is made to the official minutes of the town clerk for detail.
VOTED
Meeting adjourned at 11.01 p.m
Adjourned Town Meeting — April 29 1974
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. , at 7 30 p m in the
Cary Memorial Hall As there was not a quorum present, the moderator called a recess at
7 30 p.m. The moderator called the meeting to order at 7 52 p.m. There were 191 town
meeting members present The invocation was offered by Rabbi Joel H Meyers of the
Temple Emunah
Article 90 VACANCIES (Board of Selectmen and School Board) . This article proposed peti-
tioning the general court for special legislation which, upon approval of a subsequent
town meeting followed by a majority vote of a subsequent annual town election, would
permit filling a vacancy in either board by the remaining members of the committee or
board plus the moderator. The person so appointed would hold office until the next town
meeting Any vacancy occurring less than 100 days prior to the annual town election
would remain unfilled until such election DEFEATED Voice Vote.
Article 91 UNIFORMS FOR POLICE AND FIREMEN. To accept Section 6B of Chapter 40 of the
General Laws, which authorize a town to appropriate money for the purchase of uniforms
for members of its police and fire departments, which may include the purchase of rubber
boots, shoes, and other outer clothing necessary for the use of members of the police
and fire departments when traveling to or from or during the course of their employment.
VOTED.
Article 92. TIME OFF (Attendance of Fire Fighters Attending Union or Convention Meeting)
To accept Sections 57B and 57C of Chapter 48 of the General Laws, which provides that
A. Members of the fire department in any city or town adopting this section may be
excused from duty for not more than four days in any year without loss of pay while in
attendance as an official delegate to the Associated Fire Fighters of Massachusetts
AFL CIO convention held within the commonwealth, and
B. Members of the fire department in any city or town accepting the provisions of
this section may be excused from duty for not more than two days in any year without loss
of pay while in attendance as an official delegate to the convention of the Massachusetts
Permanent Firemen's Association or the Massachusetts State Firemen's Association held
within the commonwealth; provided, however, that any such member who attends both such
conventions as an official delegate may be excused from duty for not more than four days
in any year. VOTED.
Article 93 CHILD SAFETY PROGRAM. To appropriate $2,500 00 to retain consultants to re-
search, study and report of the problems of traffic safety in the school approach areas
of the town, and that such amount be raised in the tax levy DEFEATED
Article 94. BUILDING BY-LAW (Swimming Pools) . Indefinitely POSTPONED
Article 95. RECONSIDERATION OF APPEALS. To accept Section 20 of Chapter 40A of the
General Laws, which provide that no appeal or petition under paragraph three of section
fifteen for a variance from the terms of such an ordinance or by-law with respect to a
particular parcel of land or the building thereon, and no application under paragraph two
of section fifteen for a special exception to the terms of any such ordinance or by-law,
which has been unfavorably acted upon by the board of appeals be considered on its merits
by said board within two years after the date of such unfavorable action except with the
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consent of all but one of the members of the planning board, or of the board of selectmen
in a town having no planning board; provided, however, that an annulment of a favorable
decision of said board by the court pursuant to the authorization contained in section
twenty-one shall not constitute unfavorable action within the meaning of this section.
VOICE VOTE.
Article 96 NOISE POLLUTION To refer the question of amending Article XXIV of the
General By-Laws of the town to a committee consisting of no less than three and no more
than seven voters of the town, to be appointed by the moderator. The committee shall
study problems of noise pollution in the town and shall make recommendations regarding
these problems. The committee shall make a report to the next annual town meeting
VOTED.
Article 97 GENERAL BY-LAW AMENDMENT To increase the membership of the school commit-
tee from five (5) to seven (7) members effective at the annual election of officers in
1975, in the following manner. at the annual election of 1975 three (3) members shall
be elected for a period of three years and every three years thereafter, at the annual
election of 1976 two (2) members shall be elected for a period of three years and every
three years thereafter and at the annual election of 1977 two (2) members shall be
elected for a period of three years and every three years thereafter. DEFEATED
Article 2 Town Manager, Walter C O'Connell filed his Status Report on 1973 Articles
and open articles for public works, recreation and conservation He read a progress
report in regard to budget performance, personnel, collective bargaining, etc. Mr.
O'Connell stated that the objective is to hold the tax rate at five percent as it is
this year. ACCEPTED
Meeting adjourned at 10 50 p.m.
Adjourned Town Meeting — May 2, 1974
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Lincoln P. Cole, Jr , at 7.57 p.m. in the
Cary Memorial Hall There were 179 town meeting members present. Invocation was
offered by Rev. R. Reinhold Abele, Pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational Church
Article 98. LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE. Indefinitely POSTPONED.
Article 99. GENERAL BY-LAWS AMENDMENT (Sanitary Landfill) . To amend Article XXIV of the
General By-Laws of the town by adding a new section 28 to read substantially as follows
No person shall deposit on the sanitary landfill any of the following types of refuse-
1. Corrugated board
2 Magazines and newspapers
3. Appliances and other scrap metals
These items shall be separately deposited at distinct, designated areas at the sani-
tary landfill and shall be collected and then distributed as secondary materials, and
that the sum of $9,000.00 be appropriated to carry out the foregoing, such sum to be
raised in the tax levy. Tabled VOICE VOTE
Article 100 SOLID WASTE COLLECTION• To authorize the board of selectmen institute and
establish a system of townwide solid waste collection subject to the following terms and
conditions.
1. For public buildings and schools, there shall be daily collection of solid waste,
if necessary.
2. For single and two family private residences there shall be•
a Collection of trash one every other week.
b. Collection of recyclable paper once during alternate weeks
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c Collection of recyclable glass once a month
d Periodic collection of bulky waste
The board of selectmen shall make reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the
foregoing solid waste collection system. Such rules and regulations shall be drawn to
further the purpose of encouraging recycling of reclaimable solid waste and insuring an
efficient economically and ecologically sound system of solid waste disposal, and that the
sum of $250,000. be appropriated to carry out the foregoing, such sum to be raised in the
tax levy Referred to the board of selectmen 90 - 81 Reconsidered on May 6 and amended
to add an additional paragraph. The board of selectmen shall be and hereby are empowered
to make reasonable modifications in these terms and conditions in order to achieve initial
implementation of this solid waste collection system Main motion and amendment VOTED
104 - 79. In a town referendum held June 3, Article 100 was DEFEATED by a vote of
2220 - 4942
Article 101 FOOTWAY (Cutler Farm Road) . To refer the subject matter of this article be
referred to the board of selectmen and the conservation commission VOTED.
Article 102. GENERAL BY-LAWS (Wetland Districts) • To amend the zoning by-law of the town
as follows.
A. By increasing the number of Wetland Protection Districts by adding to Subsection
22 5 the following provision- "that portion of W-50 lying northwest of Route 128,
that portion of W-51 lying southwest of Bedford Street, and W-54,
B and by adopting and incorporating as a part of the town zoning map additional
sheets of the maps entitled Wetland Protection Districts, Lexington, Massachusetts
1973, numbered W-50, W-51 and W-54, but only to the extent provided for in Section
A of this motion DEFEATED 76 - 87
Article 103. ZONING AMENDMENT (Wood Street) . Indefinitely POSTPONED
Article 104. GENERAL BY-LAW AMENDMENT (Flintlock at Lexington) . To amend the zoning by-
law, the zoning district maps and the zoning map of the town by designating as an RD-Multi-
Dwelling District a certain area of land, now included in the RO-One Family Dwelling Dis-
trict compressing about 16 4 acres of land at the intersection of Wood Street and Hartwell
Avenue proposed for development as "Flintlock at Lexington." VOTED 112 - 54. Subsequent-
ly, this vote was reversed on June 3 Referendum - 4075 NO, 2998 YES.
The meeting adjourned at 11.36 p.m.
Adjourned Town Meeting — May 67 1974
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Lincoln P. Cole, Jr , at 8.11 p.m. in the Cary
Memorial Hall There were 188 town meeting members present The invocation was offered
by Dr. Herbert E. Stotts, 11 Hunt Road, Professor of Sociology of Religion, School of
Theology, Boston University and a United Methodist Minister
Article 105. GENERAL BY-LAW AMENDMENT. Zoning amendment for an area on the northeasterly
side of Bedford Street and the southerly side of Winter Street as described in the warrant
article Indefinitely POSTPONED
Article 106 ZONING AMENDMENT (Spaulding Slye Development) . To amend to an RD-Multi-
Dwelling District the RO-One Family Dwelling District in which lies about 50 90 acres pro-
posed for development as the Drummer Boy Condominium and described in detail in the warrant
article VOTED 160 - 17.
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Article 107. ZONING AMENDMENT (Piper Road) . To amend the official zoning map of the town
by changing land owned by Bruce A. and Herman E Erikson from One Family Residence RO to
Multi Family Dwelling RM, said land is located at the intersection of Piper Road and
Waltham Street containing approximately 4 03 acres and is described as set forth in this
article DEFEATED 2 - 166
Article 108 RICHARD M. NIXON RESOLUTION• Resolved that the selectmen do not re-invite
Richard M. Nixon to attend any part of the Lexington Bicentennial observances. DEFEATED
Roll call 70 - 95
Article 109 TRANSFER OF AVAILABLE FUNDS. To appropriate $524,500.00 to reduce the tax
rate for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1974, and that such amount be transferred from
the Excess and Deficiency Account. VOTED unanimously
The 1974 annual town meeting dissolved at 12 43 a.m.
Index to Town Meeting Articles
General Government Planning Board 73-76, 78-87
Bicentennial 34, 39
Board of Appeals 11, 77, 95 Protective
By-Laws Ambulance 43
General 89, 96, 99 Fire 43, 71, 91, 92
Permanent Bldg. Comm. 70 Police 71, 91
School Committee 97
Building 94 Recreation 41, 42
Zoning 36,37,67,72-
81,88 Public Works
Re-Zoning 103-107 Brook Cleaning 30
Cemetery 15
Committee Reports 2, 3 Chapter 90 Roads 25, 26
Election 1 Curbing 16
Land Appraisals 14 Drains 17
Land Sales 32 Equipment 24
Study Assignments 41,81,82,85- Footway 101
87,93,96,101 Mosquito Control 44
Parking 29
Appropriation Sanitary Landfill 99
General 4,5-9,10,12, Sewers 20-22
14-21,23-26, Sidewalks 19, 101 (Citizen)
28,34,38,39, Streets 25-27, 58-60
42-44,46-48, Street Lights 13
51-54,56,57, Town Ways 61-65, 66
61,66,69,71, Traffic Control 28
85,86,93,99 Water Mains 18, 40
Building Construction 23 Waste Collection 100
Conservation 46-48, 49-54 Tributes
55, 56
Vernon C Page Meeting of April 3, 1974
Gifts to Town 33, 45 M Chandler Crocker Meeting of April 1, 1974
Louis A Zehner Meeting of April 22, 1974
Housing Authority 67-69
Library 10
Richard M. Nixon 108
Personnel 71, 88-90, 98
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Conservation Commission Land Acquisitions
1964 through December, 1974
Land Acquired - Reimbursements completed Reimbursements Net Cost
Acres Total Cost Federal State to Town
Harrison 5 3,000 $ 1,500 1,500
Swenson Farm 58 158,200 79,100 39,550 39,550
Trinity Covenant Church 10 16,000 8,000 4,000 4,000
Red Coat Lane 24 50,983 25,316 12,746 12,921
Whipple Hill (Rosetti) 4 11,788 5,894 5,894
West Farm 11 24,200 12,100 12,100
Whipple Hill 29 8 93,279 47,487 11,175 34,617
Longfellow Road 6.5 16,259* 7,590 3,751 4,918
Utica Street 17 4 68,972 34,239 16,700 18,033
Grove & Justin Streets 17 5 38,028 19,014 9,006 10,008
Modoono 7.5 15,659 7,830 3,750 4,079
Hayden Avenue (5 parcels) 64 4 136,710 68,304 33,096 35,310
Drummer Boy 19. 71,737 35,788 17,500 18,449
Justin & Eldred Streets 2.5 5,499 2,738 1,000 1,761
Titelbaum 14 3 65,548 31,500 34 048
Ballou 11 4 37,342 18 034 19,308
Hill-Meek 10.4 31,747 ---- 11,500 20,247
Juniper Hill 24 0 94,896 ---- 45,372 49,524
Baskin Gifts 9 ---- ---- ---- ----
Metropolitan State Hospital 6.2 ---- ---- ---- ----
Concord Avenue Realty Corp 1 6 ---- ---- ---- ----
Old Cart Rd (East St. to Vine Brook) 8 1,104** ---- ---- 1,104
Burlington Line 7 6 15,838 ---- ---- 15,838
Sub-Total 353.8 $956,789 $335,406 $278,174 $343,209
Land Acquired - Reimbursements not Completed
Ashley 9.4 37,167 ---- ---- 37,167
Porter 16 8 85,636* ---- 85,636
380 0 $1,079,592 $466,012
* Price Subject to Court Proceedings ** Acquisition Using Conservation Fund
Easements Acquired
Munroe Brook (Living & Learning) 8
4 8 6,150 ---- ---- 6,150
Bow Street
Munroe Brook (Emerson Garden)
7.1 $6,150 $6,150
Acquisition Voted - Not yet Acquired (12/31/74)
Munroe Brook Easements Philemon Street Vine Brook (Grant Street)
Cooke Whipple Hill (Marco Realty) Vine Brook (East Street)
Lexington Association (Marrett Rd ) Great Meadow (Elliott) Hillside Avenue
Lucky Penny Trust (Grove Street)
Costs and Reimbursements
STATE 1964 - December 31, 1974
Z6,/ FEDERAL
31% Total Cost of 380 Acres Acquired $1,079,592
Federal Reimbursement $335,406
State Reimbursement 278,174
LEXINGTON Net Cost to Lexington 466,012
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The cost Net Cost per Acre $ 1,227
Sharing
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Board of Health
Organization
The present board of health is composed of Dr. William L Cosgrove, Chairman, Mr. James W. Lambie
and Dr Charles E Ellicott.
Dr William McLaughlin and Paul F. O'Leary, employees of the Metropolitan State Hospital, were
appointed as Special Agents to issue burial permits at the hospital for one year terms expiring
March 31, 1975
Meetings
The Board meets the first Monday of every month, with the exception of the month of August In
1974 ten regular meetings and one special meeting were held
Communicable Diseases
1972 1973 1974
Animal bites . . . 119 136 114
Chickenpox 66 19 19
Dysentery . . . 1 3
German Measles 1 39 7
Gonorrhea 11 11 15
Hepatitis 2 6 1
Meningitis 1 2
Mumps 4 2 1
Salmonella . 7 2 5
Scarlet fever . . . . 12 8 10
Streptococcal sore throat 240 170 116
Syphillis 4 1
Tuberculosis . 2 1
Total Communicable Diseases Reported 415 406 296
According to law all communicable diseases must be reported by the attending physician or by a
parent or guardian
Lexington Visiting Nurse Association
The Lexington Visiting Nurse Association made the following house visits on behalf of the health
department.
1972 1973 1974
Communicable diseases 113 184 49
Tuberculosis visits . . . . 228 85 32
Health supervision.
Infants under 1 year 68 40 17
Pre-school children 610 306 5
School children 48 29 9
Visits to adults 37 56 40
Visits to elderly . . . . . . . 215
Total visits . . . . . . . 1104 700 367
*Well Elderly Clinics 24 48
Education talks (hours) 19
*Well Elderly Clinics are held on alternate Tuesdays at Vyne Brook Village and alternate Thursdays at
Wm Roger Greeley Village All citizens of Lexington 60 years of age or over may attend these clinics.
Immunization Clinics
1972 1973 1974
Diptheria-tetanus clinic 84
Influenza clinic-town employees 288 387 197
Influenza clinic-citizens 65 yrs & over 293 325
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Measles prevention clinic . . 2592
Measles & Rubells combined 13
Mumps vaccine clinic 66
Poliomyelitis oral Sabin vaccine clinic 411
Rabies innoculation clinic for dogs . . . 1015 861 969
Rubella (german measles) clinic 29
Detection Clinics
1972 1973 1974
*Glaucoma eye screening clinic 689 556 602
PTA pre-school eye screening clinic 133 149 77
**Hard of Hearing clinic 208 137
*Conducted by Lexington Lion's Club
**Conducted by Lexington Rotary Club
All clinics sponsored by the Lexington Board of Health
Medical Emergency Service
The Medical Emergency Service has proved very satisfactory. Any person can obtain a physician in
case of emergency 24 hours a day by calling the police department, fire department or dialing 862-8282
Mystic Valley Mental Health Center
1974
New Cases
Children . . 63
Adults 109
Walk-in services 6
Total 178
Re-applications
Children . 14
Adults . . 15
Total 29
Individual Interviews
Psychiatrists . . 771
Psychologists . . . . 1037
Social Workers 2933
Mental Health Coordinator 238
Total 4979
Closed Cases . 174
Environmental Statistics
1972 1973 1974
Milk samples collected and analysed . . . . 235 319 302
Water samples collected and analysed 51 56 55
Food service establishments inspections 154 47 110
*Day care inspections 17 1 1
Public, semi-public pools & "Res" inspections 45 17 35
Nursing home inspections 6 2 3
Hotel inspections 3
*Now under Massachusetts Office for Children
Complaints and Nuisances
1972 1973 1974
Animal Complaints . . . . 7 1 44
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BOARD OF HEALTH
Air pollution 9 4
Brooks and streams . . .
Food service establishments (inc markets) 12 20 21
Drainage (surface, wet basements) 13 6 5
General complaints 5 10 15
Housing complaints . 7 9 9
Garbage and rubbish complaints 29 35 55
Rodents 3 5 18
Sewage disposal . 22 18 74
Food, milk and cream . . 7 4 5
Water supply-public 2 1 4
Hatch act violations 5 1 3
Mosquitoes, insects 3 1 6
Noise pollution 5
Uncovered trucks 3
Possible food bourne illness . . . . 1 3
Swimming pools 2 1 7
Lead paint inspections 4
Total complaints and nuisances 120 122 292
Licenses and Permits
19721973 1974
Animal permits (including poultry) 52 57 63
Buriel permits . . . 171 138
Child Care Center licenses 13 14
Disposal Works, installer permit 9 11 17
Food establishment permit 56 55 55
Funeral director licenses 7 7 7
Garbage disposal permits . . 4 7 4
Market registrations 6 2
Massage permits 3 2 2
Methyl alcohol permits 3 3 3
Milk license (store) 48 57 52
Milk license (vehicle) 10 10 12
Motel license . . . 3 3
Nursing home approval 3 2 2
Oleomargarine registration 18 20 21
Recreation camp license 1 1 1
Rubbish disposal permits 13 15 14
Sewage disposal permits . . . . 8 15 11
Swimming pool permits 14 14 15
Syringe permit . . . 1 1 2
Septic tank installation permits
New 14
Repair . . . . 8 15 9
A permit is required for the keeping of horses, cows, goats, rabbits, poultry and pigeons All res-
idents are urged to comply with the regulation in this regard
Dr William L Cosgrove
Chairman, Board of Health
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
19721973 1974
Licensed canine 2738 2906 2934
Dogs immunized at rabies clinic 1015 861 969
Animal bites
Canine 102 109 100
Feline 5 4 5
Chipmunks • 3
Gerbil 1 12 3
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Guinea pig 1 4 1
Hamster 1 1
Rodents 4 1
Rabbit . 4 2
Racoon . . . 1
Pony 1
Skunk 1
Squirrel . . . . . 11
Total animal bites 119 136 114
Animal heads sent to Wasserman Laboratory 10 7 6
for testing (All reported negative for
rabies)
Inspection of livestock
Horses . . . 123 116 107
Dairy cows 6
Beef cattle 10 21 21
Goats . . . 4 6 6
Deer 6 9
Barns and facilities 44 45 44
The function of the town veterinarian is to 1. Examine and quarantine any animal that has inflic-
ted a wound to a human 2 To inspect annually all livestock in the town. 3. To conduct the annual Rabies
Clinic 4 To be available to the board of health for consultation concerning any problem arising that
involves the animal population
Howard A Smith, DVM
inspector of Animals
REPORT OF THE DOG OFFICER
The dog officer is charged with enforcing the leash law passed by the town meeting in 1968 and the
General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 140, Section 157
19721973 1974
Leash law violations 464 310 519
Unlicensed dog violations413 513 473
Total violations 877 823 992
Complaints of violations filed in Concord
District Court 80 177 148
Complaints
Barking dogs 73 165 129
Dogs biting or menacing 115 114 110
Pack of dogs 77 64 48
Dog hearings in accordance with Chap 140 1 3 1
Lost or stray dogs . . 566 491 222
Dogs picked up and returned to owner 266 158 62
Dogs killed or injured by cars . . . . 14 14 15
Dogs cared for at kennel . . . 198 228 265
Dogs released to Animal Rescue League . . . 94 99 111
Dogs placed in homes 7 1114
Total complaints 1491 3224 867
Francis J Belcastro
Dog Officer
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Recreation Committee
SPRING PROGRAMS
A Golf Instructions
1 Lexington residents - 7.00 p.m to 9.00 p.m., six Wednesday evenings and six
Thursday evenings, March 6, 1974 through April 11, 1974
2. All classes held in high school gymnasium, two classes per evening.
3 Activities - instruction for beginners, high handicappers, intermediates and ad-
vanced golfers orientation on golf, including grip, stance, body position and
punt, plus the proper use of each club toward improvement of game.
4. Total enrollment, 110 - average per class 27
B Badminton - see autumn, winter and spring programs.
C. Girls softball league - fifth grade through ninth grades - May 4, 1974 to June 15,
1974 Saturday mornings 9 00 a m to 11.00 a m.
1 Sixteen teams - Two Leagues.
a Statistics - 65 games - 300 players per Saturday
b Fields - Bridge, Harrington, Fiske.
Spring and Summer Programs
A. Lexington Softball League - Men, May to September.
1. Monday through Friday 6.30 p.m. to completion of games.
2 Sixteen teams - Two Leagues
3. Statistics - 257 games - 288 players• average per day 108
4 Fields Center no 2, Harrington no 2, Fiske no 1.
Summer Program
A. Playgrounds, Pools, Reservoir, Tennis, Arts and Crafts
1. The playgrounds opened Monday, June 24, 1974 and closed Friday August 16, 1974
2 The pools opened Monday, June 24, 1974 and closed Friday, August 23, 1974.
3 The reservoir opened Monday, June 24, 1974 and Closed Monday, September 2, 1974.
4. Tennis lessons began Monday, June 24, 1974 and closed Friday, August 16, 1974
5 Arts and Crafts were held every afternoon on all playgrounds. Monday, June 24,
1974 to August 14, 1974 Attendance records over the past three years are
1972 1973 1974
Playgrounds 12,158 11,873 11,705
Pools 39,918 31,767 27,535
Reservoir 54,627 52,072 52,826
Tennis Lessons 2,891 2,504 1,862
Arts and Crafts 7,214 7,012 6,987
B The playgrounds were opened for eight weeks Swim tags sold numbered 11,249 for the
1974 season, a new record Swim lessons at the Center Pool were given Monday through
Friday from 9 00 a.m. to 12 noon Tennis lessons again, despite rainy days were most
popular as children and adults took advantage of the town sponsored FREE lessons. New
record - 16,599 tennis reservations were issued for use of Lexington's courts. Night
tennis under lights at the center remains popular as reservations numbered 458 The
sign in program at the Center Courts was used again in 1974 Arts and crafts, always
popular with the children dropped due to inclement weather
C Attendance figures at the playground were.
Adams 1,354 Parker 1,682
Harrington 1,257 Franklin 1,532
Center 1,619 Bridge 1,120
Hastings 1,786 Estabrook 1,355
Total 11,705
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Summer Program (Continued)
D Summer Soccer League, Co-Ed - 3rd grade through college
1 Monday through Friday, 6.00 p m. to completion.
2 All contests held at Adams, Center, Muzzey, Diamond Jr High and Lincoln Street
3. Attendance 1230 (1200 boys & 30 girls) - average per evening, 120
E Special children's program at Bridge School- Two classes -1) five to eleven years
of age, 2) twelve years and over. Daily activities were swimming in the "Old Res,"
arts and crafts, singing, field trips, bowling, marching, sightseeing, nature walks,
story telling, playground and outdoor games, etc
The Program.
1. Eight weeks, Monday, June 24,1974 - Friday, August 16, 1974.
2 Monday through Friday, 9 30 a m - 11.00 a m , Bridge School
3 Monday through Friday, 11.00 a m - 12 noon - swimming in "Old Res."
4. Monday through Friday, 12.00 noon - 12.30 lunch
5 Monday through Friday, 12.30 p m - 2.30 p.m. - Bridge School
Attendance 23 - (11 and 12) 21 average daily
Autumn Program
NEW
A. Girls and Boys (Co-ed) third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade soccer program
1 Saturday mornings, 9 00 a m to 11 00 a m , September 14, 1974 through November 23,
1974
2 All matches at Lincoln Street area.
3. Attendance 1787 - average per Saturday 223, for eight Saturdays
Autumn, Winter and Spring Programs
A Ladies exercise class
1 Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7.30 p.m to 9.00 p m , September 25, 1973 through
May 16, 1974.
2. High school gymnasium and field house.
3 Activities - gymnastics, running in the field house, basketball, and exercise to
music toward improving mascular fitness, the figure and coordination.
4. Attendance 4023 and average of 77 for 52 sessions.
B Mens' exercise class
1 Monday and Wednesday evenings, 7.00 p m to 9.00 p m , October 10, 1973 to April
10, 1974.
2. High school gymnasium and field house.
3 Activities - basketball, track, calisthenics, weights, volleyball, etc
4. Attendance 2706 and average of 64 for 42 sessions.
C Badminton (adults) Co-ed
1 Monday and Thursday evenings, 7.30 p.m. to 10.00 p m , October 1, 1973 to May 9,
1974
2 Muzzey junior high gymnasium.
3 This program is for adults 16 years of age and over who are residents of Lexington
4 Attendance 943 - average 19 per session for 50 sessions.
D. Chess Program - all citizens - all ages - Co-ed.
1 Friday evening 7 00 p m to 11.00 p.m. January 4, 1974 - December 27, 1974
2 All matches held in Estabrook Hall, Cary Memorial Building
3. Attendance 1077 - average per Friday 21 for 51 Fridays.
Winter Programs
The following programs were held on 16 Saturday mornings from 9 00 a.m.-11.00 a m
beginning December 1, 1973 and ending April 6, 1974 Featured in all sessions were
volleyball, rope climbing, modern dancing, stunts, group games, mat exercises, running,
parallel bars, basketball, tumbling, gymnastics, punch ball, etc
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Winter Program (Continued)
A Fifth and sixth grade girls gym class.
1 Muzzey Junior High Gymnasium.
2. Attendance - 971- average 60 per class
B. Fifth and sixth grade boys
1 High school gymnasium and field house.
2 Attendance 1027 - average of 64 per class.
C Intermediate girls - 7-8-9th grade gym class.
1. Muzzey Junior High Gymnasium and high school field house
2 Attendance 491 - average of 31 per class.
D Intermediate boys - 7-8-9th grade gym class.
1. Diamond Junior High Gymnasium
2 Attendance 839- average 52 per class.
E. Special children's program.
1 Saturday mornings, 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m., December 1, 1973 through April 6, 1974
2. Franklin School gymnasium , Hayden swimming pool 12 noon - 1.00 p.m. at conclusion
of program at Franklin.
3. Activities - bowling, basketball, coasting and sledding (when snow is on the
ground), nature walks (weather permitting), square dancing, etc
4 Attendance 134 average of 8 per class.
F Children
1. Small Tot Program - boys and girls - 4 and 5 years of age.
2 Saturday mornings - 4 year olds - 9.30 a m to 10 30 a m , 5 year olds - 10.45 a ip
to 11 45 a m.
3 All sessions held in Estabrook Hall, Cary Memorial Building
4 Attendance 1481 - average of 92 per Saturday
G Adults and children
1. Outdoor skating areas - weather permitting
2. Adams, Fiske, Harrington, Center (all purpose area), Hastings, Kinneen, Lexington
Reservoir, Liberty Heights, Franklin, Willards Woods.
Facilities
A. Playgrounds
1. East (Adams) - one junior baseball diamond, one senior baseball diamond,two hard-
top tennis courts, one outdoor basketball area (hard-top) also used for all
purposes, playground equipment, horse shoe pits, limited use of indoor facilities
of Adams School, one large ice skating area also lighted for evening skating
2. Harrington - three junior baseball diamonds, playground equipment and horse shoe
pits, outdoor basketball court, limited use of indoor facilities of Harrington
School, one new all purpose hard-top play area
3. Center - (including enclosed diamond) , equipment building, three senior baseball
P diamonds, four junior diamonds, one football field with stands, one track with
field events area, ten hard-top tennis courts, two practice tennis courts, four
lighted tennis courts, playground equipment,sand box, horse shoe pits, and one
all purpose play area with lights for basketball,ice skating, one small tot lot
area, etc
4 Bridge - two junior baseball diamonds, one basketball court, hard-top play area,
playground equipment, limited use of indoor facilities Two rooms used in re-
tarded children's program.
5 Hastings - one junior baseball diamond, one basketball court, large open area,
playground equipment, limited use of indoor facilities
6 North (Parker) - two hard-top tennis courts, one junior baseball diamond,hard-top
basketball court, hard top play area, limited use of Parker School indoor facili-
ties.
7 Franklin - one junior baseball diamond, one basketball court, playground equipment,
winter program for retarded children held in gymnasium and adjoining play areas
outdoors, one ice skating area (Limited use of indoor facilities - summer
programs )
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Facilities (Continued)
8. Estabrook - one junior baseball diamond, two basketball courts, playground equip-
ment, hard-top play area, limited use of indoor facilities-Summer Program
B. Play Areas
1. Baskin-one baseball and football area (junior size) can also be used for other
activities, one hard-top basketball court.
2. Diamond Junior High - large athletic field, one major baseball diamond, one junior
baseball diamond, outdoor basketball facilities.
3 Fiske - two junior baseball diamonds, outdoor basketball court, hard-top play
areas, ice skating area, playground equipment.
4 Franklin - one junior baseball diamond, outdoor basketball court, ice skating area,
playground equipment
5. Kinneen - small basketball area, junior baseball diamond, playground equipment,
ice skating area lighted for evening skating, one small tot lot area
6. Rindge Avenue area - one baseball and football area (junior size) can also be used
for other activities, one outdoor hard-top basketball court, swings
7. Sutherland (Liberty Heights) - one junior baseball diamond and football area, can
be used for other activities , one outdoor hard-top basketball court, one ice
skating area and one small tot lot area.
8. Poplar Street - one junior play area, swings.
9. Marvin Street - play area can be used for junior baseball and football,one out-
door basketball court, one outdoor skating area and one small tot area
10 Laconia Street Play area - one all purpose neighborhood play lot
11. Estabrook- one junior size baseball diamond, playground equipment, 2 basketball
courts
12. Lincoln Street- one junior size baseball diamond. Can be used for other activi-
ties, other areas used for soccer
13. Freemont Street - one junior play area
14. Oxford Street - one junior play area.
15. Garfield Street - one senior play area. NEW - one small tot play area.
16. Eldred Street - one junior play area and one small tot play area.
C. Municipal swimming pool (wire fence enclosure)
1. One large 35' x 75' pool - 3' at shallow end and 8 1/2' at deep end
2. One small 35' x 35' pool - 0 to 2 1/2' deep
3 One instructional pool - 60' x 40' - 3' to 4' deep
4 Two locker buildings - one for girls and one for boys.
D Lexington Reservoir
1. Eight acres of water, beach, and wooded areas and picnic tables.
2 Temporary portable toilet facilities
E. Picnic Area
1 Willards Woods- entry road, parking area, three fireplaces, reservations by
permit only, fire laws to be observed, five tables.
F. Ice skating areas
1. Center- one area (all purpose area), lighted for evening skating.
2 East (Adams) - one large area divided by board partition to separate hockey
players from free skaters, lighted for evening skating. r
3. Franklin - one area.
4 Fiske - one area.
5. Harrington - one area.
6 Marvin - one area
7 Kinneen - one large area divided by board partition to separate hockey players
from free skaters, lighted for evening skaters
8. Reservoir - main body plus small area, lighted for evening skating
9. Sutherland (Liberty Heights) - one area
10. Willards Woods - one area
G. Horse back riding areas.
1 Hennessey land.
2 Willards Woods.
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Facilities (Continued)
H Indoor
1 Senior high school field house and gymnasium, Muzzey Junior High, Diamond Junior
High and Franklin School gymnasium with permission of the Lexington School
Committee
2. Rooms for various meetings - by permission of the Lexington Board of Selectmen
and Police Department.
Daniel P Busa, Chairman
Richard M Wertheim Patricia Swanson
Vincent Hayes James Dhimos
Benedict W Bertini, Director
Paul E Mazerall, Ex-Officio
CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Board of Trustees
Selectmen
Fred C Bailey, President
Sanborn C Brown, Vice President
Margery M. Battin
Alfred S Busa
Allan F. Kenney
School Committee
Jane Berchtold
*Jacqueline Davison
Robert Rotberg
Patricia Swanson
George P. Wadsworth
John Currier - Student Member
Settled Ministers
*Rev R. Reinhold Abele - Pilgrim Congregational Church
Rev Herbert R. Adams - Follen Community Church
Rev. Dr. Allen Broyles - Lexington United Methodist Church
Rev Henry H. Clark - Hancock United Church of Christ
*Rev Harold T Handley - Church of Our Redeemer
Rev Msgr. John P. Keilty - St. Brigid's Church
Rev. Martin U McCabe - Sacred Heart Church
Rev. Gordon MacDonald - Grace Chapel
Rev Bill Mclninch - Church of Christ
Rabbi Joel Meyers - Temple Emunah
Rev Theodore Stylianopoulos - St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
Rev. Donald A Wells - Trinity Covenant Church
Rabbi Cary David Yales - Temple Isaiah
Rev. Robert Zoerheide - First Parish Church
Advisory Committee
Elizabeth H Clarke Mildred B Marek
Irving H. Mabee Ruth Morey
Theodore Mairson Shirley Stolz, Chairman
Ann Wallace
*Executive Committee
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Cary Memorial Library
Report of the Treasurer -- 1974
Balance on hand January 1, 1974
Main Library $ 4,819.21
East Lexington Branch 1,365.22
$ 6,184 43
Receipts
Fines, etc , Main Library $11,338.10
Fines, etc. , Branch 776.80
Copying Service 279 34 12,394.24
Total $18,578.67
Expenditures
Books, Main Library $ 9,563.19
Books, East Lexington Branch 1,454 79
Dues 300.25
Copying Service 165 08
Professional Improvement 761.32
Exhibits 184.28
Miscellaneous 270.06
Uniform Rental Service 145.20
Recruitment 11.48
Architectural Services 507.50
Children's Room Summer Program 147 75
Restoration Lexington Room Paintings 1,000.00 14,510.90
Balance on hand June 30, 1974 $ 4,067.77
The June 30, 1974, indicated balance is on deposit at the
County Bank.
General Investment Account
Balance on hand January 1, 1974 $ 3,208.50
Income from Investments 1,673.65
Balance on hand June 30, 1974 Lexington Savings $ 4,882.15
NOTE• This is a six-month report. Next year's Annual Report will
be for the period July 1, 1974, through June 30, 1975.
The General Investment Account is divided as follows.
General Fund $2,821.64
Alice Cary Fund 340.21
Jane Phinney Fund 34.50
Goodwin Musical Fund 126.50
Laura M Brigham Fund 356.50
War Parents Memorial Fund 207.00
Sarah E. Raymond Fund 230.00
Walter W. Sarano Fund 34.50
East Lexington Branch Fund 574.67
Sue Medeiros Fund 70.47
Lewis L. Hoyt Fund 86.16
$4,882.15
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Investments
Year of Rate of
Description Maturity Income Value Income
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 1st Mtg 1974 3% 1,000.00 $ 15.00
New York Power & Light Co. 1st Mtg 1975 2 3/4% 1,000.00 13.75
Lexington Savings Bank 5 1/4% 1,100 00 29 48
Lexington Savings Bank 5 1/4% 4,882 15 90 17
Narragansett Electric Co 1st Mtg 1974 3% 1,000 00 15 00
Leader Federal Savings & Loan 5 1/4% 1,000.00 40.34
Shawmut Association, Inc. 205 Shares 6,068.75 288 75
Northern Pacific R.R. Prior Lien 1997 4% 4,000.00 80.00
Southern Pacific R R. 1986 2 7/8% 4,000.00 57.48
First National City Corp 936 Shares 6,464.25 355 68
First National Boston Corp 574 Shares 6,496.06 464.94
State St. Boston Financial Corp 61 Shares 1,444 90 73 20
Gulf Oil Corporation 128 Shares 3,040 04 96 00
Lexington Savings Bank Special Notice 5 3/4% 1,885.00 53.86
$43,381.15 $1,673.65
Robert C. Hilton, Treasurer
Funds
Principal
General $17,037 65
Leroy and Geneva Brown 4,000.00
Beals 1,100 00
Maria Cary 400.00
Book Purchase 1,000.00
Alice Butler Cary 2,958 50
Jane Phinney 300 00
Goodwin Musical 1,100.00
Laura M Brigham 3,100.00
George W. Sarano 300.00
War Parents Book Memorial 1,800 00
Nelson W Jenney 2,000 00
Pauline Burbank Pierce 1,000 00
Caira Robbins 300.00
Wellington Library 1,100.00
Emma Ostrom Nichols 1,000 00
Sarah Elizabeth Raymond 2,000.00
Abbie C. Smith 1,000 00
Lewis L. Hoyt 1,000.00
Sue Medeiros 885 00
$43,381.15
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DPW Engineering
In accordance with Article XXII, Section 1, of the by-laws of the Town of Lexington, I submit herewith
the annual report covering the work of the public works department during the year 1974. Since part A is a
narrative report, part B will be almost entirely devoted to statistics.
The following table shows comparison of employee personnel as of December 31st over the past five years
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Administration 3 3 8 8 -
Clerical 7 7 6 7 -
Park Department & Shade Tree 24 24 23 23 -
Custodians 4 3 3 3 -
Public Works Department 4847 44 48 -
86 84 84 89
Director's Office - - - - 2
Operations - - - - 82
Planning/Administration - - - - 14
Engineering - - - - 14
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Garbage Collection
A new contract was awarded this year for the collection of garbage. Stanley Roketenetz, Incorporated
was awarded a three year contract as a result of his low submitted three year total bid in the amount of
$252,000.00. S.0 A , Services, Incorporated was the only other bidder, whose three year total bid was in
the amount of $315,000.00.
Snow Removal
There are two basic costs of snow removal.
First, there are the costs which can be directly attributed to each storm such as snow plowing, side-
walk plowing, removal of snow from business areas, churches, schools, etc., and the salting and sanding that
is done directly before, during and after the storm. All these costs are lumped together and referred to as
the cost of a particular storm
Secondly, there are the many other costs which occur during the year such as sanding and salting in ice
storms, quick freezes which require sanding, our weather service which is invaluable, the purchase of equip-
ment such as chains, plows, plow blades, bolts, etc. Many of these latter expenditures occur during the
summer months. We prepare for the winter many months before it arrives
The department of public works has approximately 80 town men working and 50 pieces of town equipment.
In addition, 38 pieces of hired equipment are available for each storm.
The accompanying tables indicate the days and the amounts that snow was recorded and the cost breakdown
for each storm.
Jan 2- 0.4" Feb. 2- 11.7" Mar 9- trace April 9- 1.1" Nov 21- 0 2" Dec 3- trace
3- 1.3" 3- .1" 10- trace 10- 2.2" 22- 0 2" 14- trace
4- 0.3" 6- 3" 16- trace 3.3" 25- 1.9" 16- trace
9- 7.6" 7- 3.5" 17- trace 26- 2 4" 22- .5"
10- 4.1" 8- trace 18- trace 29- trace 23- trace
11- 1 0" 11- .1" 19- 0.6" 4.7" 24- .2"
16- 2.2" 17- 1.5" 21- 1 0" 25- 4 3"
18- .6" 19- trace 27- trace 26- trace
19- 6" 23- trace 29- trace 30- trace
18.1" 25- trace 30- 0.4" 31- 1.6"
17 2" 2.0" 6.6"
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Cost of Snow Removal Operations
Inches
Storm of Plowing Misc.Sand
Date Number Snow Plowing Lifting Walks Repairs Total
Jan. 9 #1 7.6" $10,838 60 $ 407.76 $652 65 $ 766.28 $12,665 29
Jan. 10-11 #2 5 1" 10,121.72 6,317 51 481.06 2,505 07 19,425 36
Jan 16-19 #3 3.4" 5,780.66 890.43 391 50 4,308.29 11,370.88
Feb. 2-6 #4 12.1" 12,074.98 2,723 66 447.68 1,427 26 16,672.58
Feb 7-17 #5 5.1" 10,067 74 4,702.39 937 04 4,309.36 20,016 53
Dec. 25 #6 4.3" 8,264.66 -- 263.40 3,012 91 11,540.97
$57,148 36 $15,041.75 $3,173.33 $16,329.27 $91,691.61
Cost of Major Storms
Inches Town Labor Cost,
Storm of Hired Town Employees Repairs to
Date Number Snow Equipment Equipment Wages Equipment Total
Jan. 9 #1 7.6" $ 7,151.15 $ 915.00 $ 3,946.71 $ 652.43 $12,665 29
Jan. 10-11 #2 5.1" 9,240.52 1,324.00 7,716.26 1,144 58 19,425.36
Jan. 16-19 #3 3 4" 3,566.98 1,455.50 4,649.07 1,699.33 11,370 88
Feb 2-6 #4 12.1" 11,216.69 1,574.50 2,792.19 1,089 20 16,672.58
Feb 7-17 #5 5.1" 8,778 49 2,110 40 5,386 62 3,741.02 20,016 53
Dec. 25 #6 4.3" 5,364.00 824.00 4,177.65 1,175.32 11,540.97
$45,317.83 $8,203.40 $28,668 50 $ 9,501.88 $91,691.61
Cost of sand purchased - 6,926.47 tons $14,724 22
Cost of salt purchased - 1,912 73 tons 26,977.53
Cost of weather services 580 00
Cost of tools & equipment purchased - loam, fertilizer,
& materials. 13,006 96
Cost of foul weather gear & meals 2,739.15
Chains, plow parts & cutting edges 17,985 30
$76,013.16 76,013 16
Total snow removal cost - $167,704.77
Street Lighting
During the year 1974 the following street lights were removed and new installations were installed.
Removals New Installations
12 - 1000 Lumen incandescent 25 - 3500 Lumen mercury vapor
21 - 7000 Lumen mercury vapor
1 - 11,000 Lumen mercury vapor
2 - 20,000 Lumen mercury vapor
The following is a schedule of current lamps in service as of December 31, 1974•
1278 - 1000 Lumen incandescent 3 - 10,000 Lumen incandescent
57 - 2500 Lumen incandescent 385 - 11,000 Lumen mercury vapor
1156 - 3500 Lumen mercury vapor 56 - 20,000 Lumen mercury vapor
4 - 6000 Lumen incandescent 5 - 35,000 Lumen mercury vapor
119 - 7000 Lumen mercury vapor
Total - 3063
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Traffic Regulation and Control
The breakdown in this budget includes making and installing all kinds of traffic signs, maintenance
of existing traffic lights and installation of new lights, painting street lines, crosswalks and other traf-
fic control markings The approximate number of linear footage painted is shown below and includes all mu-
nicipal parking lots lining.
Center lines 219,322 ft Stop lines 1,305 ft.
Crosswalks 11,036 ft. Parking line 12,217 ft
Curbing 4,140 ft Bus stops 6
Parking tees 173 Street signs 64
Traffic Regulation Signs 236 Signs for other purposes 75
Chapter 90 Maintenance
A contract was awarded to Warren Brothers Company for resurfacing 2,100 feet of Pleasant Street which
was accomplished with Chapter 90 funds.
Street Resurfacing
Contractor - Warren Brothers Company - amount of contract - $52,254.74
Location Length Location Length
Ash Street 386 ft Third Street 180 ft
Centre Street 322 ft Ward Street 1,072 ft.
Dane Road 1,100 ft. Webb Street 1,465 ft
Foster Road 890 ft. Woburn Street 331 ft.
Leonard Road 507 ft. Young Street 1,030 ft
Total - 7,283 ft.
Pavement Maintenance
Streets sealed by Town forces
Location Length Location Length
Allen Street 417 ft. Fallen Road 2,799 ft.
Concord Avenue 3,266 ft. Grant Street 3,960 ft
Dawes Road 1,039 ft Stedman Road 616 ft.
Total - 12,097 ft
Drain Cleaning
In 1974 there were 4,399 catch basins cleaned.
Curbing - Town Labor and Equipment
Location Length
#70 Bedford Street 65 ft.
Road Machinery
The following equipment was purchased during 1974.
2 - 35,000 pound GVW dump trucks with sanders 1 - 2 yard front end loader
2 - 3/4 ton four-wheel drive pickup trucks with plows 1 - 35,000 lb GVW dump truck
1 - 10,000 lb. GVW utility truck
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Water Division - General Information
Range of static pressure in mains 55-130 pounds
Length of pipe in streets 150.38 miles
Number of services 8853
Number of hydrants 1408
Total water consumption in 1974 1,465,643.000 gals
Average daily consumption in 1974 4,015,500 gals
Average daily consumption in 1974 per capita 126 gals
Cost of water per year $ 351,754.32
Extent of Distributing System - December 31, 1974
Size of Pipe Length in Feet Size of Pipe Length in Feet
4" 15,717 12" 152,241
6" 338,362 16" 27,253
8" 223,451 24" 14,084
10" 22,890
Total 793,998 ft
Hydrant Installation
Hydrants in service January 1, 1974 1401
Hydrants installed in 1974 7
Hydrants in service December 31, 1974 1408
Broken Mains
Location Size Location Size
Emerson Road @ Maple Street 8" Meriam Street near #99 6"
Emerson Road @ Maureen Road 8" Pleasant Street 12"
Laconia Street @ Young Street 6" Robinson Road 8"
Mass. Avenue by Town Office Bldg. 12" Russell Street 8"
Balfour Street 6" Spring Street 8"
Bedford Street 6" Summit Road 6"
Estabrook Road 8" Summit Road near #4 6"
Fessenden Way 8" Suzanne Road 8"
Forest Street 6" Tarbell Avenue 6"
Lawrence Lane 8" Ward Street 6"
Meriam Street 6" York Street 8"
Water Construction - Town Labor and Equipment
Location Size Length
Lawn Avenue 6" 500 ft.
Highland Avenue 12" 402 ft (replaces 4")
Washington Street 8" 259 ft. ( " " )
Eliot Road 8" 2000 ft ( " 6")
3161 ft.
Sewer Division - General Information
Lexington is part of the North Metropolitan Sewerage District
Total length of trunk line sewers 32.00 miles
Total length of street line sewers 100 01 miles
Total number of house connections 7107
Number of sewer services installed 165
Number of sewer services repaired 12
Amount expended for maintenance $ 34,276 24
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Sewer Maintenance
Pumping Stations - The small pumping stations at Byron Avenue, Constitution Road, North Street, Worthen
Road, Marshall Road, Hayden Avenue and Concord Avenue were checked daily as part of our preventive mainte-
nance program. The Constitution Road pumping station had a major overhaul this year. The Brook Street pump-
ing station was checked daily and a complete new control system was installed The Town of Bedford has com-
pleted their own sewer system and is now by-passing our system and is no longer dumping into our main pump-
ing station.
Routine Cleaning of Mains - Approximately 45 miles of sewer mains were cleaned of sand, silt, gravel,
roots and debris during the year.
Cemetery Division
Munroe Cemetery - There were fourteen interments for the year. Seven cement foundations, for head-
stones, were approved and the headstones were set One lot was placed under perpetual care.
Westview Cemetery - There were one hundred sixty interments. One hundred fifty-four lots were sold in
addition to six single graves. One hundred fifty-five deeds for lots paid in full were issued One hundred
thirteen cement foundations for flush markers were approved and the markers were set
The following funds were collected and forwarded to the Town Collector.
Munroe Cemetery
Annual care $ 31.50 Foundations $ 76.50
Perpetual Care 100 00 Saturday burial charge 50.00
Interments 321.00 Tent 15.00
Green & lowering device 54.00 Miscellaneous 10.20
Total - $658.20
Westview Cemetery
Sale of lots $11,661.00 Foundations $1,056.50
Sale of single graves 162.00 Tent 75 00
Perpetual care 13,027.00 Saturday burial charge 575 00
Interments 4,719.00 Miscellaneous 179.25
Green & lowering device 816 00
Total - $32,270 75
Engineering
Street Construction - At No Cost to Town
Location Length Drainage Length Size
Springdale Road 920 ft 486 ft. 12"
220 ft. 21"
273 ft. 30"
Pitcairn Place 400 ft. 325 ft. 12"
Total 1320 ft. Total 1304 ft.
(0 25 miles) (0.25 miles)
Water Construction - At No Cost to Town
Location Length Size Hydrants
Springdale Road 990 ft. 8" 2
Pitcairn Place 380 ft 8" 1
Total 1370 ft. 3
(0.26 miles)
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Sewer Construction - At No Cost to Town
Location Length Size
Springdale Road 1225 ft 8"
(0 23 miles)
Recreation Construction
Contractor - Po-Mar Contracting, Inc. Amount - $35,344.79
Location - "Old Res" Recreation Area (Site Construction)
Contractor - George Brox, Inc Amount - $19,493 32
Location - Center Playground, Valley Road & Adams School
(Tennis Court Resurfacing & Reconstruction)
Sewer Construction
Interceptor Sewer, Lateral Sewer, Drain and Pumping Station
Contractor - Antonellis & Curley, Inc. - Amount - $139,187 67
Location Length Size Sewer Length Size Drain
Blossom Street - interceptor 677 ft. 8"
Lawn Avenue 481 ft. 8"
Blossom Street 1386 ft. 8"
Pleasant Street 94 ft 8"
Hayes Lane 153 ft. 8"
Davis Road 134 ft 8"
Green Lane 76 ft. 8"
Summer Street 171 ft. 8"
Constitution Road @ Pumping Station 24 ft 8"
Concord Avenue 898 ft. 8" 358 ft. 12"
4096 ft. 358 ft.
(0.78 miles) (0 07 miles)
Lateral Sewer and Drain
Contractor - Grandview Contracting, Inc. - Amount - $209,863 94
Location Length Size Sewer Length Size Drain
Wingate Road 420 ft. 8"
Sunny Knoll Terrace 360 ft 8"
Fourth Street 190 ft 8"
Young Street 254 ft. 8"
Rumford Road 1405 ft 8"
Woburn Street 645 ft. 8"
Woburn Street Extension 181 ft 8"
Lowell Street 522 ft. 8"
Lowell Street (Easement) 571 ft 8" 555 ft 24"
Rolfe Road (Easement) 343 ft. 8" 203 ft. 12"
197 ft. 18"
Laconia Street 1818 ft 8" 185 ft 12"
6709 ft. 1140 ft.
(1 27 miles) (0 22 miles)
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DPW/ENGINEERING
Lateral Sewers
Contractor - Grandview Contracting, Inc - Amount - $130,353.68
Location Length Size
Westwood Road 281 ft 8"
Mill Brook Road 590 ft. 8"
Brent Road 595 ft. 8"
Emerson Road 840 ft 8"
Suzanne Road 1906 ft. 8"
Concord Avenue 649 ft 8"
4861 ft.
(0.92 miles)
Trunk and Lateral Sewers
Contractor - Somerset Paving Corporation - Amount - $124,399 86
Location Length Size
Wyman Road Trunk 884 ft. 8"
Wyman Road 2083 ft. 8"
Lincoln Street 1603 ft 8"
4570 ft.
(0.86 miles)
Contractor - Crognale Construction Company, Inc. - Amount $321,015.00
Contract seventy percent completed.
Street, Sidewalk, Drain and Sewer Construction
Contractor - Starrett Paving Corporation - Amount - $88,531 75
Road Sidewalk Size Size
Location Length Length Length Drain Length Sewer
Fern Street 65 ft 10 ft. 12"
Waltham Street 1100 ft.
Brookside Avenue 600 ft
Mohawk Drive (easement) 260 ft. 12" 260 ft. 8"
Holland Street 300 ft. 119 ft. 12" 187 ft 8"
Grassland Street 970 ft. 950 ft. 62 ft. 24"
324 ft 18"
420 ft. 12"
82 ft. 8"
1270 ft. 2715 ft. 1277 ft 447 ft.
(0.24 miles) (0 51 miles) (0.24 miles) (0 09 miles)
Chapter 90 - Road Construction
Contractor - Cetrone Comps Corporation - Amount - $231,507.50
Location Length Drainage Length Size
East Street 3085 ft. 260 ft. 12"
(Lowell St to Grant St.) 15 ft 18"
10 ft. 36"
3085 ft. 285 ft.
(0.58 miles) (0 05 miles)
Chapter 90 Construction - Traffic Signals
Contractor - New England Traffic Signals, Incorporated - Amount - $14,770.00
Location - East Street and Lowell Street
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Board of Appeals
The Lexington Board of Appeals scheduled 82 hearings during the year 1974 Following
is a listing of these hearings and decisions rendered in each case
1 Peter Sokow - variance to establish lot 91 at intersection of Valleyfield Street and
Grassland Street as a legal building lot GRANTED subject to certain conditions
2 Mary J Walsh Realty Trust, Thomas R. Walsh and James N. Walsh, Trustees, (Fairlawn
Nursing Home) - special permit under section 25 22 to build an addition to Fairlawn
Nursing Home at 265 Lowell Street GRANTED subject to certain conditions
3 Arthur F Douglass and John B Douglass - finding and determination and site plan
review for special permit under section 13 to construct an office building on lot #7
Militia Drive and a variance of the minimum parking requirements. GRANTED subject to
certain conditions
4 Helen M Millican - special permit to continue swimming instructions at 90 Hancock
Street. WITHDRAWN by petitioner after the hearing
5 Fourteen Muzzey Realty Trust, John Reichheld and Robert W Crooke - variance of build-
ing by-laws, article XI, section 2, to construct a one-story addition at 14 Muzzey
Street of third class instead of second-class construction to be used as part of a
dental office GRANTED subject to certain conditions
6 Adriaan E Schrauwen - variance from section 27 to allow for insufficient side yards
and front yard at 17 Green Lane GRANTED
7 Lexington Chalet Inc , Richard S. Kraska - special permit to replace sign at Chalet
Motor Lodge, 440 Bedford Street GRANTED subject to certain conditions
8 Curtin Realty Trust - special permit (section 30 3) to add a second floor to an exist-
ing non-conforming building located at 428 Marrett Road to be used for offices Also
a variance from zoning by-law to allow fewer parking spaces and a variance from build-
ing by-law to allow for an external second exit GRANTED subject to certain conditions
9 Corazzini Bros by Richard R Corazzini - special permit for retail sale of nursery
products at 7 Blossom Street. GRANTED subject to certain conditions
10 Wilson Farm, Inc. - special permit to continue to operate a roadside stand at 10
Pleasant Street GRANTED subject to certain conditions
11 Raytheon Company - special permit to continue for five years the use of premises at
16 Hazel Road as the site of microwave transmitting equipment, including a long-range
calibration unit GRANTED until March 30, 1979.
12 Trustees of Hartwell Lexington Trust (Cabot, Cabot and Forbes) - variance from build-
ing by-law (article 10), to permit construction and use of an addition to existing
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building at 32 Hartwell Ave with a larger open area between firewalls then set forth
in the law The plans are for the addition to Northern Area Office Hewlett Packard
Eastern Sales Region GRANTED subject to certain conditions
13 Russell Square Condominiums - (F William Smith's property at 1505 Mass Ave and
15 Woburn St ) - finding and determination and site plan review under section 13 for
special permit for garden apartments under section 25.12 and also certain variances
from zoning and building by-laws GRANTED subject to certain conditions
14 Charles J and Sheila A Copelotti - variance of zoning by-law, section 27, to con-
struct a porch at 30 Pearl Street with insufficient front yard setback GRANTED
subject to certain conditions
15 Nicole M. DiMarzo - variance of zoning by-law, section 25 52, to allow parking of
motor vehicles at rear of 365 Waltham Street in RS district DENIED
16 Antonio and Lucy DeVito - variance for issuance of a building permit to erect a
single family dwelling at 80 Valleyfield Street DENIED
17 Martin Bernard, trustee of Burlington Arcade Associates - (special permit) to confirm
under article XXIX of general by-laws of town of Lexington the action taken by peti-
tioner in moving soil from Lexington to Burlington portion of its land at 43 Middlesex
Turnpike in connection with petitioner's construction of Burlington Arcade Shopping
Mall and to authorize without further relocation of soil from Lexington to Burlington
future grading of the site WITHDRAWN by the petitioner.
18 Harold R and Helen M Millican - special permit to operate a private school for
instruction and study of swimming, pursuant to section 12 2 of zoning by-laws, in
private swimming pool enclosure in rear of property at 90 Hancock Street during
certain months and times GRANTED subject to certain conditions
19 Yu-Chi Ho and Sophia Ho - variance of zoning by-law to build an addition to an exist-
ing house at 351 Emerson Road with insufficient side yard GRANTED.
20 0 G Isaacs - special permit under section 25 94 of zoning by-law to build a tempor-
ary structure for building a boat at 18 Fair Oaks Drive GRANTED subject to certain
conditions.
21. Ida G. Krebs for Krebs School Foundation Inc - special permit under section 25 21 of
zoning by-law to construct a new facility at 453 Concord Avenue to be used as a gymna-
sium and classroom facility, to accommodate existing school population and to increase
it up to a maximum number of 132 students GRANTED subject to certain conditions.
22 Robert S Graves - variance from zoning by-law to allow for temporary parking of not
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more than ten motor vehicles at rear of 388 Concord Avenue, owned by Barbara J and
George W Forten GRANTED subject to certain conditions
23 Nicholas A Cannalonga, Trustee for Wagon Wheel Realty Trust - special permit under
section 25 31 to erect and maintain a greenhouse attached to side of existing building
at 927 Waltham Street GRANTED subject to certain conditions
24 Rosina Busa for Sun Valley Farms - special permit to build a greenhouse showroom ex-
tension (26' x 48' x 11') to existing farm stand at 52 Lowell Street for display of
nursery plants grown on the farm. DENIED
25 Constantine J and Nancy Eliades - variance from zoning by-law to establish as two
legal building lots, lots 8 and 9, 88 Winter Street, each lot having adequate front-
age and area according to plan dated May 19, 1927, which created them, but plan was
not recorded until November 14, 1929, when zoning requirements had been increased
DENIED.
26 SMM Realty Corp - finding and determination and site plan review pursuant to section
13 for special permit to construct two multi-purpose office buildings on westerly side
of Forbes Road, parking areas, drives and other improvements and certain variances
from the building and zoning by-laws. GRANTED subject to certain conditions.
27. Ernest F Stokes - variance under section 27 to construct a swimming pool at 44 Circle
Road with insufficient rear yard GRANTED.
28. Lexington Minute-Men, Inc. - special permit, sections 25 22 and 25 24, to use premises
at 1314 Massachusetts Avenue for a museum and place for members meetings and committee
meetings GRANTED subject to certain conditions
29 Edward E and Nonie L Ward - variances from section 27 to maintain existing house at
34 Woodcliffe Road with insufficient setback and to construct a one-car garage with
insufficient side yard GRANTED that the garage may have the same frontage as house
30 Village Development Corporation, Louis Stoico, President - special permit for a PUD,
Planned Unit Development, under section 33 Location of property. between 30 and
31 Sanderson Road to Dickens Road to 15 and 17 Bryant Road GRANTED subject to
certain conditions
31 The 115 Kendall Corporation and Tektronix, Inc - site plan review and approval for a
special permit pursuant to section 13 for the proposed use of a building for office
and research and development at the corner of Hartwell Avenue and Bedford Street
WITHDRAWN by petitioners.
32 James V. Cosgrove - special permit pursuant to section 25 33 to continue to operate
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a roadside stand at 307 Wood Street and sell Christmas trees and wreaths in season
GRANTED subject to certain conditions
33 Jean-Alain Dupon = special permit pursuant to section 25 69 to increase the seating
capacity at Restaurant LeBellecour, 10 Muzzey Street, additional seating to be
located at courtyard of the Mews Building GRANTED subject to certain conditions
34 Lexington Housing Realty Trust, Norman Ostroff - comprehensive permit to construct
44 low and/or moderate income housing units on 44 twenty-five foot lots on First and
Second Streets, which are off Young and Webb Streets, under G L Ch 40B, sections
20, 21, 22, 23 DENIED.
35 William L Shaw and Janice M Hardy - variance of section 27 to maintain existing
dwelling at 6 Revere Street with insufficient side yard GRANTED
36 Scottish Rite Masonic Library and Museum Inc - special permit to install signs for
identification, consisting of cast bronze letters on brick walls flanking entrance
gate on Marrett Road GRANTED subject to certain conditions
37 Robert T Dunham, Robert T Dunham Jr , Paul and Barbara F Shea - variance from
sections 26 and 27 to allow for consolidation of 3 lots on Leonard Road into 2 lots
and to allow construction of single family residences on said 2 lots, said lots hav-
ing frontage on unaccepted section of Leonard Road DENIED.
38 Martin Bernard, Trustee of Burlington Arcade Associates - variance from section 25 to
permit certain premises on Lowell Street to be used for a banking business with park-
ing for customers of the bank and the adjoining Burlington Arcade Shopping Center,
and to permit a road to the bank and to shopping center; and (special permit) to con-
firm under article XXIX of G L of Lexington the action previously taken by petitioner
in moving soil from Lexington portion to Burlington portion of petitioner's land in
connection with petitioner's construction of the shopping center WITHDRAWN by
petitioner
39 David F and Judith A Pippin - variance of section 27 to erect a garden tool and pool
building at 28 Eldred Street with insufficient side yard GRANTED to allow a 7 ft
side yard, no less
40 W R Grace & Co - site plan review under section 13 for special permit for an office
and research laboratory development at 55 Hayden Avenue and to proceed with site grad-
ing, etc in anticipation of future building GRANTED subject to certain conditions
41 Lexington Regal Associates - special permit for a proposed motel and office building
development at 424 Bedford Street, opposite Eldred Street, and for a finding and
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determination under section 13 of zoning by-law Petitioner is holder of an option
to lease the land involved from Bertram Robinson and Robert A Nuger, holders of an
option to purchase the land involved from the owner WITHDRAWN by petitioner
42. Tektronix, Inc - site plan review and approval for a special permit under section 13
for a building to be used as office, electronic equipment servicing, research and
development at the corner of Hartwell Avenue and Bedford Street. GRANTED subject to
certain conditions
43 Edward A. Starr and Nona S Starr - variance of section 27 to maintain an existing
dwelling at 18 Preston Road with insufficient front yard GRANTED.
44 Grace F Rowe and Rowe Chevrolet, Inc - special permit to replace a sign at 33
Bedford Street GRANTED.
45 Jeffrey Bromberg - special permit under section 25 69 to operate a restaurant at
1841 Massachusetts Avenue in the Giroux Building GRANTED
46. Lexington Historical Society - variance of section 27 to permit the Hancock-Clarke
House, when moved across the street to its original position at 36 Hancock Street to
have insufficient front yard This will be in keeping with the location which it
occupied for nearly 200 years GRANTED
47 Rodney W Poling, D.V.M. - variance of section 27 to erect and maintain a building
to be used as a hospital for the practice of veterinary medicine adjoining the dwell-
ing at 519 Lowell Street which is to be used for his residence and for a variance of
section 27 to maintain an existing dwelling at 519 Lowell Street which has insuffici-
ent side yard and front yard setback on Lowell Street WITHDRAWN by petitioner
48 Amory F and K Heinz Muehlmann - variance from section 27 to build an addition to an
existing house at 59 Outlook Drive with insufficient side yard GRANTED
49 Nancy P Altman - variance of section 27 to maintain an existing dwelling at 10
Marshall Road which has insufficient side yard GRANTED.
50. Mammola Brothers Realty Trust - (1) special permit pursuant to section 25 67 and
other applicable provisions of the zoning by-law, for the use of the property at
351-353 Massachusetts Avenue as an electrical office and air conditioning showroom,
(2) special permit pursuant to section 25 69 and other applicable provisions of zon-
ing by-law for the use of the property at 351-353 and 361-363 Massachusetts Avenue
as a restaurant (1) GRANTED, use of a portion of building as an electrical office
and air conditioning showroom (2) DENIED, use of a portion as a restaurant
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51 Lawrence Lucas, D M D and Mary F Lucas - variance from section 27 to subdivide lots
at 7 Bushnell Drive DENIED.
52 Louis J. Cannizzo - special permit under section 25 31 to construct a commercial
greenhouse at 331 Concord Avenue No retail sales will be made from this greenhouse
No signs, advertising or special lighting is requested GRANTED
53 Lexington Mews, Amelia G Samoylenko, Associate, on behalf of Stephen Minasian t/n
Flicks Art Cinema, lessee - special permit to erect a standing sign at 10 Muzzey
Street DENIED, permission to erect another free standing sign, but GRANTED to
enlarge the present free standing sign
54 Kitchen & Kutchin Inc - variance from area and dimensional requirements and site
plan review for a special permit under section 13 for construction and operation of
a building at the northeasterly corner of Hartwell Avenue and Hinchey Road to be used
for office and research and development GRANTED subject to certain conditions
55 Lexington Chalet Inc - site plan review and finding and determination for special
permit under section 13 for an additional building at 440 Bedford Street. GRANTED
subject to certain conditions
56 Richard H Soule - special permit under section 95 21 to operate a training center
for carpenters at 16 Hancock Street DENIED.
57 Tennis Club Guarantors Trust, Eldred L Field and Walter Levison, Trustees - special
permit to present owners, their successors and assigns to make certain additions at
475 Bedford Street, all subject to existing conditions established by the board of
appeals on previous petitions of Lexington Indoor Tennis Club Corp and/or The Middle-
sex Tennis & Swim Club and/or Thomas R Aldrich, Jr GRANTED
58 Spring Street Trust - special permit by finding and determination and site plan review
for construction of an office building and parking structure on Lot 19 on Hayden Avenue,
and certain variances from section 27 for insufficient area, rear yard, and front yard
setbacks WITHDRAWN
59 Rodney W Poling, D V M - variance from section 25 69 to erect and maintain a build-
ing to be used as a hospital for the practice of veterinary medicine adjoining dwell-
ing at 519 Lowell Street which is to be used for his residence and for variance of
section 27 to maintain the existing dwelling with insufficient side yard and front
yard on Lowell Street, also for permission to subdivide the premises at 519 Lowell
Street in such a manner so as to create two legal building lots DENIED
60 William H and Marilyn H. Hamilton, Trustees of Volunteer Associates Realty Trust -
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variance to permit construction of a single family dwelling on a lot of land which
has sufficient area but insufficient frontage on Concord Avenue located between
dwellings at 303 and 311 Concord Avenue and extending to the rear of property at said
311 Concord Avenue GRANTED subject to a certain condition
61 Justina Pestana - variance to divide existing lot located at corner of Bow Street and
10 Theresa Avenue from one lot into two lots in order to correct an erroneous consoli-
dation of said lots into a single lot at the time of land court registration Neither
of said lots will have sufficient frontage or area as required under section 27.
GRANTED.
62 Margaret H. Merry - variance of section 27 to maintain existing dwelling at 26 Fairlawn
Lane, which has insufficient setback GRANTED
63 Michael J and Jean F. Bailey - variance from section 27 to maintain an existing dwell-
ing at 7 Jackson Court and to re-establish as a legal building lot a portion of prem-
ises which were inadvertently reduced GRANTED No house shall be built on parcel 2
64 Anthony R Cataldo - renewal of special permit to process and sell fruits and vegetables
at premises located at Gold Ribbon Farms, 1265 Massachusetts Avenue. GRANTED subject
to certain conditions
65 Irving H. and Martha B Mabee - variance from section 27 to permit petitioners to div-
ide their lot numbered 5 Tavern Lane into 2 lots GRANTED subject to certain conditions.
66 Kerrie Realty Trust, Theodore L Freeman, Trustee - variance from section 27 to change
lot lines of Lot 10 (6 Pitcairn Place) and Lot 9 (7 Pitcairn Place). The overall
square footage for each lot would not change GRANTED subject to certain conditions
67 Lexington Gardens. Inc - special permit under subsection 12 2 and 24 5 to continue
to store and sell in conjunction with the operation of a nursery at 93 Hancock Street
all of the supplementary items specified in subsection 24 5 GRANTED for 2 years
subject to certain conditions.
68 Thomas R Russell and Effie Russell - variance to allow a continuation of the use of
an existing dwelling at 10 Barrett Road having insufficient sidyyard. GRANTED.
69 Honeywell, Inc - special permit to allow for the alteration of existing building at
3 Forbes Road by adding a canopy and constructing a loading dock GRANTED.
70 Sun Valley Association - special permit under section 25 24 for approval to build 3
tennis courts at 14 Fairlawn Lane, land owned by Sun Valley Associates. GRANTED
subject to certain conditions
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BOARD OF APPEALS (continued)
71 Auto Engineering, Inc., Kenneth J Fullerton, President and Trustee of 436 Marrett
Road Trust - special permit pursuant to section 30.3 to enlarge a rear portion of
existing building by adding a second story and also to build a new two-story addi-
tion to existing building at 436 Marrett Road (sec. 25.53) GRANTED subject to
certain conditions
72 Area Realty Trust, Edward H Hinds, Trustee - special permit under section 25.23 of
the zoning by-law to permit the erection of an Incoming Mail Center to be owned and
operated by the U S Postal Service providing mail service to 9 postal offices in-
cluding Lexington to be located on a certain parcel of land shown on a plan entitled
"United States Postal Service, Northeast Region-Boston Area Facilities Office, Site
Study Plan I M C Northwest Facility, Hayden Avenue, dated Sept. 25, 1974, and loca-
ted on the Northeasterly side of Hayden Avenue. The petitioner seeks as a condition
of the special permit that it be permitted to vary section 27 to provide an insuffici-
ent side yard. DENIED.
73. Spring Street Trust - finding and determination and for special permits under sec-
tions 13, 25 41, 25 42 and 25 84 to construct an office building with employees'
cafeteria, a covered parking area, and a deck parking area on Lot 19 Hayden Avenue
Also variances from sections 17 and 25 to construct the building partly in an RO
district; and from section 27 to reduce certain dimensional requirements. DENIED.
74 Robert E Doran - special permit under sections 25 33, 25.34 and 24 5 to continue
the operation of a roadside stand for the sale of flowers, plants and other nursery
and farm goods on the premises located at 150 East Street and also the sale of
Christmas trees, wreaths, etc. in the appropriate season. GRANTED for two years
75 Richard A Maguire - variance from section 27 to build a garage to be attached to
an existing house at 33 Columbus Street with insufficient setback. GRANTED.
76. Highland Farm, Robert A. Modoono - special permit to continue to operate a stand for
the sale of evergreens, shrubs, various other plants including annuals, perennials,
indoor house plants and flowers and garden supplies on lot abutting 192 Woburn Street;
also to sell Christmas trees, wreaths, etc in the appropriate season GRANTED for
2 years
77 Albert R. Piantedosi - variance to allow for temporary parking of not more than 25
motor vehicles at 443 Lincoln Street GRANTED for two years.
78. Lexington Housing Authority - variances from the provisions of section 27, and other
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applicable provisions of zoning by-law, to allow for the construction of three single
family dwellings on lots numbered 314-315-316, 317-318-319 and 320-321-322 Wood Street
opposite Wildwood Road The LHA is in the process of acquiring title to said tax
title lots from the town in accordance with the authority given to the board of
selectmen by article 67 of the 1972 town meeting GRANTED.
79. Kennecott Copper Corporation - special permit to install two corporate symbols on its
buildings at 128 Spring Street GRANTED.
80 Minuteman Village, Nishan and Elizabeth D Haroian, 353 Concord Avenue - to change
from modified second class construction under Lexington building by-law to regulations
under Massachusetts State Code. GRANTED.
81 Ginn and Company - special permit for free standing sign at entrance, 191 Spring
Street GRANTED
82. Bonny's Landscape Service Inc - special permit under 25 23 to permit the erection
of an incoming mail center (I M C ) to be owned and operated by the United States
Postal Service WITHDRAWN by petitioner
The following associate members served during the year Messrs Robert Cataldo,
Robert M Gary, Irving H Mabee, Haskell W Reed, Thomas G Taylor and Mrs Natalie Rif fin
Donald E. Nickerson, chairman
George P Wadsworth, vice chairman Logan Clarke, Jr.
Woodruff M Brodhead Ruth Morey
Board of Registrars
The Town Clerk's Office was open daily throughout the year plus eighteen
evening and Saturday dates for registration of new voters
The breakdown of registered voters in 1974 was as follows.
Ind Rep Dem Totals
January 1, 1974 6,590 4,341 7,402 18,333
Annual Town Election, March 4, 1974 6,809 4,325 7,420 18,554
Special Referendum, June 3, 1974 6,907 4,305 7,432 18,644
State Primary, September 10, 1974 6,700 4,128 7,098 17,926
State Election, November 5, 1974 6,411 4,290 7,729 18,430
The figures of 18,554 and 18,644 for the Annual Town Election and for the
Special Referendum are high as they do not reflect the deletions reported on
the January 1, 1974 census
Mary R McDonough
Clerk, Board of Registrars
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Jury List
1974 to 1975
Gino L. Agraz 40 Cliffe Ave. Ronald A Gomes 10 Sutherland Rd
Dorothy E Aiello 30 Philip Rd Beverly A. Goodie 22 Skyview Rd.
Alver E. Anderson 134 Marrett Rd. Susan J Gray 509 Woburn St
Chester A Anderson 556 Concord Ave Donna R Haggett 31 Arcola St
Jack A Arnow 8 Thoreau Rd Mildred Ham 7 Roosevelt Rd.
Warren S. Aulenback 28 Richard Rd. Reed Hartel 21 Tyler Rd
Victoria Badoian 1 Bushnell Rd William F. Hopkins 27 Valleyfield St.
Anna B Barch 43 Spring St Eva E. Huggare 16 Phinney Rd.
Francis L. Barry 36 Paul Revere Rd. Ann S Hunt 383 Marrett Rd
John D Barry III 83 Cary Ave Barbara B. Jacobs 2 Lexington St.
Robert Bennett 5 Drew Ave. A Marie Johnson 40 Bridge St
Ruth G. Bevan 56 Hancock St. Harrison M Jones 6 Valley Rd.
Richard D. Black 46 Buckman Dr. John R Jones 11 Downing Rd
Charles F Blanchette 31 Oxbow Rd Peter J. Kahrilas 72 Hancock St.
Teresa Blodgett 2 Spring St. Carl J Kasabian 171 Grant St
Thomas M Blumenthal 105 Burlington St Jeremiah J. Kasey 143 Maple St
Lawrence H. Bramhall 277 Lowell Onys A Kelley, Jr. 24 Turning Mill Rd
Frank Bresnihan 14 Holton Rd Edwin M. Kellogg 45 Middle St.
Lorena M. Briggs 42 Forest St. Roger Kravett 23 Constitution Rd.
Walter B. Briggs, Jr 22 Fair Oaks Dr. Stewart C Langille 38 Bow St
Edward A. Brown 8 Birch Hill Lane Laurence A Larssen 269 Wood St.
Helen M Brown 27 Coolidge Ave David V. Leclair 55 Bertwell Rd
Adela Brucchi 63 Paul Revere Rd. Marian Lesensky 4 Cooke Rd.
Albina Brun 23 Richard Rd John L. Lombard 261 Marrett Rd
Robert A. Butler 22 Rangeway Rd Carolyn Luterman 5 Manning Rd.
John C. Cam 19 Volunteer Way Ervin F Lyon, III 25 Heritage Dr
Winfield S Caouette, Jr 28 Balfour St Helen C. MacGillivray 37 Charles St.
Norma C. Carlson 329 Marrett Rd Concetta M Martinelli 59 Williams Rd.
Paul M. Carney 5 Myrna Rd. Virginia T McElman 152 Woburn St
Lois Caroto 24 Tarbell Ave Louise V Meeks 110 Shade St.
Warren A. Caster 4 Augustus Rd. Michael N Megliola 320 Concord Ave
Adeline L Cataldo 669 Mass Ave William A Melanson 492 Marrett Rd.
Oliver R. Cavanaugh 65 Munroe Rd. Sandra F Messina 47 Downing Rd.
Edgar T. Cogan 19 Stimson Ave. Harold Michelson 30 Harding Rd
Walter A Coit 290 Woburn St. Douglas F. Moore 38 Parker St
Thomas E Conway 85 Emerson Gardens Shirley A Morian 861 Mass. Ave.
Gene Paul Cort 21 Capt Parker Arms Daniel I Murphy, Jr 54 Gleason Rd.
Calvert W Cox 33 Dexter Rd. Thomas B. Newman, Jr 11 Emerson Gardens
Gwendolyn M. Cram 759 Waltham St. Henry F Nordahl 50 Pleasant St
Anthony J Crone 634 Waltham St. Edith C. Noyes 28 Nickerson Rd
Joseph J Crowley 212 Concord Ave Martha H. Olson 241 Marrett Rd
Mary Cuccinello 37 Ward St Betty B. Paul 26 Barberry Rd.
Madolyn S. Curran 496 Waltham St. Henry L Pedrotti 294 Woburn St.
Bernard R Danti 74 Bloomfield St Gordon B. Peterson 2 North St.
Gladys I Dominie 3 Pinewood St Evelyn S Pierce 42 Ward St.
William T. Donahue 4 Viles Rd. Anthony Polcari 10 Tarbell Ave
Arthur F. Douglass 7 Churchill Lane Elizabeth H Pollard 30 Capt. Parker Arms
Lillian H. Drury 39 Blossomcrest Rd. Frank P Rao 33 Ames Ave.
Kerry J Enright 42 Hill St. Agnes J. Reardon 63 Emerson Gardens
Carol Ezzy 53 Bedford St Francis J Riordan 12 Evergreen Lane
Mary Faulkingham 7 James St. Alice G Robey 16 Barberry Rd
James T Fearnside 22 Crescent Rd Jane Rogers 17 Benjamin Rd.
Salvatore Ferraguto 145 Laconia St. John A Sachetti 12 Cherry St
Edward H Fitzgerald, Jr. 31 James St. William P. Sartanowicz 300 Waltham St
Paul J. Ford 11 Sunny Knoll Terr Alice A Schaefer 16 Taft Ave.
Dominic A. Franceschelli 34 Grapevine Ave. William F. Schreiber 67 Turning Mill Rd
Lawrence J Freier 12 Demar Rd. Norman W. Schuler 49 Dexter Rd
Leonard Friedman 6 Winchester Dr Donald Shurtleff 445 Lowell St.
John W. Fulton 12 Fulton Rd. Eileen B. Simon 7 Crescent Hill Ave.
John L Gardner 15 Fair Oaks Dr Thomas C. Simpson, III 220 Lincoln St.
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1974 to 1975 Continued
Joseph H Skerry 6 Bushnell Dr. Samuel Valencia 124 Concord Ave
Victoria Smith 10 Eldred St Mary Varano 987 Waltham St
Charles H. Spaulding 61 Meriam St Peter P. Volante 67 Bridge St.
Daniel E. Speliotis 22 Ingleside Rd Eleanor M. Watson 55 Shade St
Stephen Stavro 21 Peachtree Rd. Richard S Wells 20 Nichols Rd.
John E. Straujups 35 Winchester Dr. Alice M. White 31 Woburn St
Frank Sullivan 73 Grant St Howard E Whitehouse 189 Grove St
Catherine Tennican 4 Russell Rd. Dorothy E. Wiles 176 Burlington St.
Francis C Terrasi 22 Centre St. Edward J Winsor 30 Ewell Ave.
Kenneth S Thompson 360 Lowell St. Edward J. Winter 21 Tower Rd.
Jane Tutin 9 Revere St Anita Worthen 35 Dexter Rd
Basil C. Vafiades 29 Partridge Rd Gilbert M. Yegian 161 Marrett Rd
1975 to 1976
Shirley Arnold 11 Ledgelawn Ave Hazel E Haugh 44 Simonds Rd
Muriel G Ash 15 Middleby Rd. Barclay E Hayes 97 Blake Rd
Joan P Austin 23 Pine Knoll Rd William V Heard 12 Manning St
Helen B Baker 46 Grove St. Richard Heller 10 Russell Rd.
Sidney R Ballou 38 Highland Ave. Myles T. Hogan, Jr 31 Constitution Rd.
William A Barnes 10 Cummings Ave Nisha Holton 14 Trottng Hrse Dr
Joan J Barringer 22 Deering Ave. Leo J Hurley 4 Carville Ave.
Harold B Beal 22 Bryant Rd. Sonja T. Huuskonen 34 Arcola St.
David S. Becker 18 Augustus Rd Clarence W Johnson 9 Battle Gr Rd
John M Belding 106 No. Hancock St. Ann B Jones 18 Constitution Rd
John R. Bevan 56 Hancock St Karekin Kazanjian 75 Winter St
Marie M Bille 21 Douglas Rd Judith Kliger 20 Turning Mill Rd.
Robert E. Blouin 30 Brandon St Chester Lamantea 4 Suzanne Rd
Edmund L Bouche 28 Lawrence Lane Peter C. Lanman 3 Whitman Cir.
Norman F. Bryan 2 Hilltop Ave Thelma I MacAdams 31 Sherman St
Edward W Burnett 3 Hawthorne Rd. George H MacMaster 18 Longfellow Rd
William F. Byers 28 Fairlawn Lane Edward M. Mahoney 136 Bedford St
Curtis E Carr 6 Myrna Rd. Umberto P. Marino 6 Fulton Rd.
Eleanor C. Cassidy 2045 Mass Ave William H. McAlduff 15 Theresa Ave.
Guido P. Centola 35 Philip Rd Priscilla L McKee 66 Hancock St
Joseph L. Chiccarelli 3 Eliot Rd Ruby F Mintz 51 Blake Rd
Charles A Clark 9 Valley Rd. Elizabeth H Muench 24 Dewey Rd.
Peter J. Coccoluto, Jr 15 Nickerson Rd Leopold Neumann 26 Winchester Dr
Wallace C Collins 7 Tufts Rd. Dorothy M O'Dowd 16 Cedar St.
Rudy V. Cuccinello 2412 Mass Ave Roger R. Osell 18 Eliot Rd
David W. Currier 15 Deering Ave David F Packard 79 Ward St
John A Dale 6 Cutler Farm Rd. Roy F. Parsons 143 Cedar St.
Elvira DeVito 81 Cedar St Ferdinand Pede 23 Sherman St
Pauline Dubin 48 Webster Rd Sara Sue Pennell 6 Upland Rd.
James E Enterkin 10 Cherry St Florence G. Perry 24 Hudson Rd
Thomas R Fahey 144 Reed St. George Pettinelli 51 Bridge St.
Ronda M. Feiner 9 Flintlock Rd Mary C Pieroni 57 Cary Ave
Erwin Feuerstein 11 Wheeler Rd. James VanCleve Potter 25 Summit Rd.
Freeman W Fraim, III 9 Plymouth Rd. Paul S Rempfer 8 Stevens Rd.
Bernard P Friesecke 64 Baker Ave Charles G. Ruggiero 10 Battle Gr Rd
Stella Gambardella 56 Adams St Donald Schuler 40 Fern St.
Laurent A Gauthier 53 Colony Rd. William C Sears 195 Burlington St.
Paul R Gilman 23 Wilson Rd. Irwin I Shapiro 17 Lantern Lane
John H Glaser 7 Fairland St. Ann M. Sicard 72 Bertwell Rd.
Roger D Gould 20 School St Matthew D. Spinale 30 Lawrence Lane
Katherine L Grace 274 Marrett Rd. Stephen R. Staines 17 Byron Ave
Charles D. Granata 154 Grant St Thomas M Stewart 11 Hancock Ave
Lora Green 17 Moon Hill Rd Philip R Strand 76 Robbins Rd.
Richard W Hall 1 Fairland St Philip L Strout 21 Fairbanks Rd
Tage Hansen 46 Farmcrest Ave Charles E Sullivan 7 Sutherland Rd
James E Hart, Jr 2173 Mass Ave. George W. Sutcliffe 96 Lowell St
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1975 to 1976 Continued
Pauline 0. Tavilla 8 Benjamin Rd James B. Webber 1303 Mass. Ave
Elizabeth 0. Tiezzi 15 Ingleside Rd Dorothy W. Whitehouse 189 Grove St.
James J Trovato 282 Mass. Ave. Georgia H. Williams 196 Follen Rd.
Francis M. Valenti, Jr. 16 Saddle Club Rd Elizabeth R Winter 6 Norton Rd
Lillian Ward 378 Mass. Ave Albert E. Zani 6 Manning St
William H Watson 55 Shade St.
1976 to 1977
Anne C Ackerman 8 Minute Man Lane Joseph P. Hadley 41 Middle St
E. Michael Allen 5 Fuller Rd. William H. Hamilton 560 Concord Ave.
Elinor Allia 1 Sunny Knoll Ave Helen M. Harrington 232 Lowell St
Freida C. Alpert 12 Tufts Rd Steven Hastings 15 Sunny Knoll Ter.
Robert Ansell 12 Peacock Farm Rd Cynthia K. Hobart 16 Summer St
Lawrence Ansin 6 Heritage Dr. James Hogle 61 Laconia St
Margaret C. Arigo 2 Green Lane Gale Lee Hubred 41 Reed St.
Sydelle Aron 3 Clyde Place Howard A. Hull 3 Dudley Rd.
Joseph S Ballota 2 Ledgelawn Ave. Arlene Doris James 20 Parker St.
Raymond B. Barnes 59 Gleason Rd. Earnest J. Johnson 75 Cedar St
Dorothea P. Battersby 14 Munroe Rd. Christine Donovan Jones 15 Baskin Rd.
Louis Berkofsky 10 Fessenden Way Walter Juda 12 Moon Hill Rd
Arthur E. Blunt 9 Barrymeade Dr. Jacquelyn M Katzenstein 8 Fairfield Dr.
Frank J Bowes 32 Arcola St. Moses Khazam 193 Burlington St.
Daniel B Brzezenski 43 Robinson Rd H Robert Kitfield 12 Ewell Ave.
Faye Maxwell Burgess 2 Wallis Ct. Robert C. Kley, Jr 99 Burlington St.
Virginia L Cardozo 6 Paul Revere Rd George A. Kolovson 10 Dewey Rd
Dora A. Carr 455 Lowell St Albert Landers 15 Constitution Rd.
James F Casey, Jr. 94 Winter St. Doris M. Larson 123 Maple St
Raymond Cesario 68 School St Charles C. Leach 10 Longfellow Rd
Michael L. Colangelo 115 Kendall Rd. Anne L. Leavitt 130 Laconia St.
Elin Cooper 40 Wachusett Dr. Martha J. Lima 40 Vaille Ave
William H. Copp, Jr 95 Bridge St George R. Limerick, Jr 23 Hayes Lane
Bernice Cotler 31 Young St. Walter J. Lopez 7 White Pine Lane
Helen S Crane 66 Hinchey Rd. Horace C. Lyndes 10 Richard Rd.
Willard Thomas Crossman 82 Reed St. Francis A. Lyons 15 Rawson Ave.
Phyllis Davies 11 Cherry St. Harry G. MacDonald 25 Blossom St.
Gerson Diamond 128 Adams St Neil Robert MacLennan 7 York St.
Anthony R DiGiovanni 10 Fairbanks Rd. Peter Mahakian 12 Watertown St.
Robert M. Dolan 346 Woburn St. Wesley W. Mansir 16 Tavern Lane
Edward E. Domings 37 Valleyfield St. Mary Marderosian 165 Lowell St
Helen M. Donnelly 63 Oak St Catherine T Martin 117 Cedar St.
Gail Catherine Dooley 16 Bowker St. James F. McCarthy 20 Cooke Rd.
Ruby O. Fawcett 511 Marrett Rd Robert S McGrory 44 Parker St.
Edward J Ferri 10 Colony Rd Blance McKenzie 53 Ledgelawn Ave.
Margaret A Fitzgerald 29 Chase Ave. Leon D Michelove 1 Cooke Rd.
Betty L Fogg 10 Hilltop Ave Lois L Moore 49 Moreland Ave.
Gary J Gallini 10 Revolutionary Rd Ralph R. Musto 25 Tucker Ave.
Ernest R Ganshirt 48 Fletcher Ave. Russell E. Needham 35 Hillcrest Ave.
Evelyn P. Gately 8 Graham Rd Anne L Novak 53 Turning Ml. Rd.
Frank A Giurleo, Jr. 85 Maple St Ernest C. Noyes 24 Manning St
George A Glover 15 Birch Hill Lane William L. Nussbum 36 Blake Rd
Phyllis Goldman 30 Whipple Rd. Harold A. Nygaard 494 Marrett Rd
Wayne E. Goldman 33 Turning Mill Rd. David D O'Connell 23 Ivan St.
Bertram J Goldstone 41 Emerson Gardens Elizabeth Rose O'Neil 905B Mass Ave.
Leon Golub 4 Wyman Rd Leo M Patrician 47 Kendall Rd
Kathryn N. Good 37 Wellingtn La Av Ronald B. Peabody 88 Emerson Gardens
John W Greene 162 Maple St. Gertrude A. Peers 70 Emerson Gardens
Lila H. Groisser 510 Concord Ave George B Percy 17 Spring St
Herbert P. Grossimon 52 Winthrop Rd Christine E Pfaff 6 Rowland Ave
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1976 to 1977 Continued
Eugene W. Pike 10 Churchill Lane Robert E Smith 42 Cary Ave.
Elizabeth M Pilato 4 Holmes Rd. Stanley J. Solomon 4 Whittier Rd
Robert Allen Pitt 2361 Mass. Ave. Myles S. Somers 151 Pleasant St.
Florence F Polhamus 81 Blossomcrst Rd. Anthony Souza 21 James St
Ted Porretti 7 Percy Rd Christopher H Stolz 2139 Mass. Ave
Richard Alan Porter 22 Hayes Lane Jean B. Sullivan 25 Wyman Rd.
Kenneth F. Pothier 11 Charles St. Robert N Tap 40 Locust Ave.
Martin J Quinlan 20 Bernard St John David Tavilla 8 Phinney Rd
Timothy J. Quinlan 2 Eliot Rd. Gerald Tercho 71 No. Hancock St
Bertha D Quinn 5 Sylvia St Kevin E. Thompson 510 Waltham St
James C Raffi 18 Burroughs Rd. Grace B Tramontozzi 30 Theresa Ave.
Joseph P. Reardon 8 Capt Parker Arms Roger G Trudeau 7 Volunteer Way
Bernice M Richter 10 Carley Rd Ivadelle M VanWingerden 21 Oxbow Rd.
George A Roberts 7 Sherman St Joseph R. Venuti 397 Lincoln St
Eva A Rodakis 27 Ingleside Rd. Elizabeth A. Weiss 16 Estabrook Rd.
Martin M. Rogers 33 Ewell Ave. Steven B. Whitcomb 29 Fern St.
D Claire Ryan 108 Simonds Rd. Isabel F Willey 12 Balfour St
Frederick A Schloman 74 Spring St Mary Faith Wilson 16 Oakland St.
Paul H Sherman 85 Grant St. James Woodberry 6 Lincoln Terr.
Meyer S Slotkin 161 Concord Ave. Eileen C Yaceshyn 168 Grant St.
Thomas C. Small 26 Earl St.
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Town Counsel
Pursuant to Section 6 of Article XXI of the General By-Laws of the Town of Lexington, I hereby submit
my report in writing as Town Counsel for the period from January 1, 1974 to December 31, 1974 The report
is divided into the several sections required by the By-Laws.
(a) All actions by or against the Town which were pending on January 1, 1974.
1 Jordan L Raskind, p.p.a. vs. Eugene T Muller, a fireman, Middlesex Superior Court No 253958.
Action to recover for alleged personal injuries and property damages as the result of a motor vehicle acci-
dent. Case transferred to Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex.
2. Metropolitan Pipe and Supply Company vs. Oliver Killam, Jr., Town of Lexington, et als, Middlesex
Superior Court No 25996 Equity. Suit by a supplier of materials against the Town's contractor, the Town
and the Standing School Building Committee to obtain payment of amount alleged to be due from the contrac-
tor.
3 Alfred P. Tropeano et al, Trustees of T & N Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax
Board No. X-168594, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 48450, and No 59065. Petitions for abatement of
1966 and 1970 real estate tax
4. Thomas A. DiSilva vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-168714, transferred to Formal
Procedure No 48518, and No. X-169757, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 49350 Petitions for abatement
of 1966 and 1967 real estate tax.
5. Agnes T Kelly vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 291958. Petition for assess-
ment of damages arising from a taking by the Town of an easement for a town way
6. Maurice F. Shaughnessy et al vs. Donald E. Nickerson et al, Board of Appeals, and R. J Foley
Realty Trust, Middlesex Superior Court Equity No 28710. Appeal from decision of Board of Appeals granting
a variance.
7 Thomas DiSilva vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-169756, transferred to Formal
Procedure No. 49349. Petition for abatement of 1967 real estate tax
8. Robert H McCullough et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-169758, transferred
to Formal Procedure No 40351, and No. X-175437. Petitions for abatement of 1967 and 1968 real estate tax.
9. Flora A. Myers et al vs. Town of Lexington, Crognale Construction Co., Inc and others, Middlesex
Superior Court No. 293616. Action of tort for personal injuries, property damage and consequential damages
against the Town, the Town's contractor and the abutting owners alleged to have been caused by a defect in
a private way.
10. Diran M Semonian et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 296298 Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of an alleged taking by the Town of an easement for a town way
11. Pine Crest Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 52766, No. 54852 and P L.E.
4117, entered under the Formal Procedure as No. 59882. Petitions for abatement of 1968, 1969 and 1970 real
estate tax
12 Francis J. Visalli et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-175438. Petition for
abatement of 1968 real estate tax.
13 James P DiSilva et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-175440 Petition for
abatement of 1968 real estate tax.
14. Alfred Iodice et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 301660 Petition for
assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of an easement for a trunk sewer.
15. Anthony Mazza et al vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 302402. Petition for
assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of a drain easement.
16 John W. Grabski et al vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 302898. Petition for
assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of an easement for a town way.
17. John C. Morgenstern et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 303073. Petition
for abatement of sewer betterment assessment
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18. Armen John Esserian vs. Robert Cataldo et als, as they are Selectmen of the Town of Lexington,
and Gunther K. E. Kleeberg and John E. Ryan, Middlesex Superior Court No 30198 Equity. Bill in equity to
cancel and rescind vote of Selectmen to sell certain tax title lots and to obtain order of Court requiring
sale to petitioner
19. Sarah S. Kachinsky vs the Inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No.
306756. Suit for personal injuries arising from an alleged street defect
20. Kenneth S Thompson et al vs. County of Middlesex et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 305804.
Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain by the Middlesex County Com-
missioners on behalf of the Town of Lexington of an easement for highway purposes
21. Paul B. Lloyd et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 305843 Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of a taking of land by eminent domain
22 Kingston Homes, Inc. vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 307653. Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of a taking of land by eminent domain.
23. Lexington Ford Auto Sales, Inc vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board Nos. P.L.E. 3747,
3748, 3749, 3750, 3751 and 3752 Six petitions for late entry of appeals from denials of applications for
exemption from motor vehicle excise taxes. Entered under the Formal Procedure as No 54337.
24. Alfred P. Tropeano et al, Trustee vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-176743, trans-
ferred to Formal Procedure No. 54273, and No 60682. Petitions for abatement of 1969 and 1970 real estate
tax.
25. John W. Porter vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 308425 Petition for assess-
ment of damages arising out of a taking by eminent domain of a sewer easement.
26. Joseph C Tropeano et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 308426 Petition
for assessment of damages arising out of a taking by eminent domain of a sewer easement.
27. Louis Tropeano et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 308427. Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of a taking by eminent domain of a sewer easement.
28 Frank Alia et als vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 308489. Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of a taking by eminent domain of a sewer easement
29. Wilson Farm, Inc vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 310944. Suit for property
damage alleged to have been caused by nuisance created by Town.
30. Margaret K Nelson vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 309704 Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of a taking of land by eminent domain for playground, recreational and
other specified public purposes.
31. Julian Soshnick et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-177291, and Complaint No
5421 filed with Middlesex County Commissioners, transferred for hearing and determination by the Appellate
Tax Board at the request of the Town, Formal Procedure No 57366 Petitions for abatement of 1969 and 1970
real estate tax
32. Tina DeSimone et al vs Board of Appeals, Middlesex Superior Court Equity No 31006 Appeal from
decision of the Board of Appeals denying a special permit for the conversion of a one-family dwelling to a
two-family dwelling.
33 Thomas A Dewire, III vs. County of Middlesex et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 314739. Peti-
tion for assessment of damages arising out of a taking by eminent domain by the Middlesex County Commis-
sioners on behalf of the Town of Lexington of an easement for highway purposes
34. Donald E. Sicco et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 314291. Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of a taking by eminent domain of a sewer easement
35. Alfred S. Busa et al, Trustee of the Busa Realty Trust vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior
Court No. 315461. Petition for assessment of damages arising out of a taking of land by eminent domain for
conservation purposes.
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36 Jenney Mfg Co vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No 57274. Petition for abatement of
1970 real estate tax.
37. Robert B. Hall p p a et als vs James F Corr and seven other members of the Lexington Police
Department, United States District Court, Civil Action File No. 70-139570G. Action for damages allegedly
arising under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and 42 U.S C Section 1983,
and for other damages.
38. Walter E. Steeves vs. County of Middlesex et al, Middlesex Superior Court No 316475 Petition
for assessment of damages arising out of a taking by eminent domain by the Middlesex County Commissioners
on behalf of the Town of Lexington of an easement for highway purposes
39 Wilbur Nylander et al, Trustees of Hartwell Ave Realty Trust vs Board of Assessors, Appellate
Tax Board No. 59064. Petition for abatement of 1970 real estate tax
40. Wilbur Nylander et al, Trustees of Hartwell Ave Realty Trust vs Board of Assessors, Appellate
Tax Board No. 59066. Petition for abatement of 1970 real estate tax.
41. Harold J. Crumb et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-182123, transferred to
Formal Procedure No 60428. Petition for abatement of 1970 real estate tax.
42 Alice E. Ashley et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 319365. Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of taking by eminent domain of land for school and other public purposes
43 Dennis Speliotis, Lewis Aronin, Anthony Fiori, Sam Silverman and David Rich vs Board of Appeals,
Middlesex Superior Court No. 32132 Equity. Petition under the provisions of General Laws Chapter 39, Sec-
tion 23C
44 Lewis Aronin, Dennis Speliotis, James B. Webber and Shirley B. Rich vs. Board of Appeals and
Arthur Gaklis, Middlesex Superior Court No 32133 Equity Appeal from decision of Board of Appeals grant-
ing a special permit relative to hours of closing and use of portable cashier's booth by nursery.
45. Trustees of Athens Realty Trust, Lessee (William E. Maloney Family Realty Trust, Owner) vs. Board
of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 60737. Petition for abatement of 1970 real estate tax.
46. Diran M Semonian et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 321439. Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of takings by eminent domain of sewer and drain easements.
47. Lexington Associates, Inc. vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 323333. Petition
for assessment of damages arising out of a taking of land by eminent domain for street and other public
purposes.
48 Ralph H Hall, Trustee of S & A Realty Trust vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No.
324075. Petition for assessment of damages arising out of the taking of a building line.
49. Julian Soshnick et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-183863, transferred to
Formal Procedure No. 61545. Petition for abatement of 1971 real estate tax.
50. Associated Estates, Inc. vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 326002. Petition
for assessment of damages arising out of the taking of a building line.
51. Athens Realty Trust, Lessee (William E. Maloney Family Realty Trust, Owner) vs. Board of
Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No 62108 Petition for abatement of 1971 real estate tax
52. Lexington Trust Company vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 62697. Petition for
abatement of 1971 real estate tax
53. John T. Spinelli vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-185408, transferred to Formal
Procedure No 63609. Petition for abatement of 1971 real estate tax.
54 Alfred P Tropeano and Gladys E Tropeano, Trustees vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board
No. 63129. Petition for abatement of 1971 real estate tax.
55 The 115 Kendall Corp. - Signatron, Inc vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-185467,
transferred to Formal Procedure No. 63685. Petition for abatement of 1971 real estate tax.
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56. Campanelli Investment Properties, Chandler Leasing Division, PepsiCo Leasing Corp. vs Board of
Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-185468, transferred to Formal Procedure No 64004. Petition for
abatement of 1971 real estate tax.
57. James N Showstack et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-185610, transferred
to Formal Procedure No. 63939 Petition for abatement of 1971 real estate tax.
58 Harold J. Crumb et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-185806, transferred to
Formal Procedure No. 63961 Petition for abatement of 1971 real estate tax.
59 Christine Ammer et al vs Robert Cataldo et al, United States District Court Civil Action No
72-806-G. Suit by 41 women for a declaratory judgment concerning the constitutionality of the method of
preparing the jury list in Lexington and of certain provisions of the Massachusetts laws relating to jury
lists.
60. John J. Shanahan et al vs. Robert Cataldo et al, Middlesex Superior Court No 327262 Petition
for assessment of damages arising out of the taking of a building line. At the request of the Town, the
Town of Lexington was substituted as respondent in place of named members of the Board of Selectmen
61 Barbara Brown Anderson vs Francis Judd Cooke et al and Donald E. Nickerson et als, members of
the Board of Appeals, District Court of Central Middlesex No. 297. Appeal from decision of Board of
Appeals granting a variance to maintain a dwelling on Stratham Road
62. Joseph R Cotton vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 327312. Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of a taking of land for part of a school site.
63 N Conant Webb, Jr. et al vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 328433 Petition
for assessment of damages arising out of a taking of land for part of a school site
64. Benjamin Franklin Homes, Inc vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 329470 Peti-
tion for assessment of damages arising out of a taking of land for a school site and a taking of land for
playground purposes.
65. Campanelli Investment Properties, Chandler Leasing Division, PepsiCo Leasing Corp. vs. Board of
Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-187689, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 64565 Petition for
abatement of 1972 real estate tax.
66. Julian Soshnick et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-188064, transferred to
Formal Procedure No. 64951. Petition for abatement of 1972 real estate tax.
67. Lexington Interfaith Corporation vs Board of Appeals. Appeal to the Department of Community
Affairs, Housing Appeals Committee pursuant to Mass. G L. c 40B, ss.22-23 from decision of Board of Appeals
denying a permit for the construction of six attached town-house type dwelling units
68. Rocco M. Frasca vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 330569 Petition for assess-
ment of damages arising out of the taking of a sewer easement.
69. Julian Soshnick vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-188064, transferred to Formal
Procedure No 64951. Petition for abatement of 1972 real estate tax.
70. Planning Office for Urban Affairs, Inc. vs. Lexington Board of Appeals, Housing Appeals Committee
727-7019 Appeal to the Department of Community Affairs, Housing Appeals Committee pursuant to Mass G L.
c.40B, ss.22-23 from decision of Board of Appeals denying a permit for the construction of sixteen dwelling
units
71. Brita E Swenson vs. Donald Irwin, Middlesex Superior Court No 334550. Petition for writ of
mandamus to prevent motor vehicles from being kept on residential property overnight.
72. Thomas J. Costello vs. Donald E Nickerson et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 35284. Appeal
from a decision of the Board of Appeals granting a special permit to keep motor vehicles overnight on
residential property
73. Thomas J. Costello vs. Donald Irwin, Middlesex Superior Court No. 335845 Petition for writ of
mandamus to prevent motor vehicles from being kept on residential property overnight.
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74. Thomas J. Costello vs. Allan F. Kenney et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 335846. Petition for
writ of mandamus to revoke a license granted under G L c 140, s 59A
75 Trustees of Athens Realty Trust vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No 65670. Petition
for abatement of 1972 real estate tax.
76. Alfred P Tropeano et al, Trustees Lexington Professional Building Trust vs Board of Assessors,
Appellate Tax Board No. 66826. Petition for abatement of 1972 real estate tax.
77. Lexington Trust Company vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 66827. Petition for
abatement of 1972 real estate tax.
78 John T. Spinelli vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-190027, transferred to Formal
Procedure No 67704 Petition for abatement of 1972 real estate tax.
79 Erivan Hagopian et al vs. Board of Appeals, Middlesex Superior Court No. 35379. Appeal from a
decision of the Board of Appeals granting a variance for an addition to a dwelling.
80. Donald F Forg et al vs Wilbur M Jaquith et al, Middlesex Superior Court No 35391 Appeal
from a decision of the Historic Districts Commission denying an application for certificates of appropri-
ateness to make exterior changes on two buildings
81 Follen Church Society vs. Wilbur M. Jaquith et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 35411. Appeal
from a decision of the Historic Districts Commission denying an application for a certificate of appropri-
ateness to make exterior changes on a building.
82 Frances Kahn vs. Lexington School Committee, United States District Court No. 73-1558-G Class
action alleging deprivation of civil rights.
83 B. Snyder & Co., Inc. vs. Town of Lexington, Suffolk Superior Court No. 679456. Suit for payment
of a sum of money alleged to be due under a contract for sewer construction.
84 Town of Lexington vs. B. Snyder & Co., Inc., Suffolk Superior Court No. 682590. Suit for damages
arising out of failure to perform a contract.
85 William F Maloney vs. Board of Appeals of Lexington, District Court of Central Middlesex No.
730167. Appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals denying a special permit to operate commercial
greenhouses.
86. Lexington Lodge No. 2204 of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the United States of
America, Inc. vs. Inhabitants of the Town of Lexington. Middlesex Superior Court No. 331995. Petition
for damages arising out of the taking of a sewer easement
87 Hazel L Sellars vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 331994. Petition for dam-
ages arising out of the taking of a sewer easement
88. Rochelle Zohn et al vs. The Inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No.
336888. Action of tort alleging a sidewalk defect
89. Elizabeth M. Reed, a minor by her father and next friend, John W. Reed vs. Peter H. Vile, Jr.,
et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 337062. Action of tort seeking damages for alleged personal injuries
incurred in a school bus
90 Robert V Pace vs. Paul E. Furdon et al, police officers, United States District Court No
73-3494-C. Action alleging violation of civil rights
91. Norman Ostroff vs. Donald E Nickerson et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 36035. Appeal from a
decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the refusal of the Building Inspector to issue a building permit.
92. Kenneth P. Kelley, Jr vs Town of Lexington et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 36001. Action
for declaratory judgment to determine right to indemnification of medical expenses under G L c 41, s 100
93. Kenneth P. Kelley, Jr. vs. Town of Lexington, et al, Middlesex Superior Court No 36002. Action
for declaratory judgment to determine right to receive sick leave benefits under G.L. c.41, s.11F
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94. Town of Arlington et al vs Nicholas L Metaxes, Suffolk Superior Court No. 98032. Petition for
declaratory relief brought by five towns, including Lexington, who are members of Minuteman Regional Voca-
tional Technical School District, seeking state regional school district aid under G.L. c.71, s.16D.
95. Town of Milton et al vs. The Civil Service Commission et al, Suffolk Superior Court No 98258.
Petition for declaratory relief brought by twenty-seven cities and towns, including Lexington, seeking to
have Chapter 226 of the Acts of 1972 (police residency requirements) declared constitutional.
(b) All actions brought by or against the Town during 1974.
1 Hazel L. Sellars vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court Equity No. 35884. Bill in
equity to abate a private nuisance and alleging violation of G.L. c.131, s.40.
2. Elena C. MacDonald et als vs. George C. Sheldon et als, Middlesex Superior Court Equity No. 36553.
Appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals granting a special permit for the retail sale of nursery
products.
3. William Jackman, Jr. p.p.a. et al vs. Paul Mazerall et al vs Nathan Todaro, Middlesex Superior
Court No 330264. Action of tort seeking damages for alleged personal injuries sustained at summer foot-
ball practice.
4. Ralph D. Cataldo vs. Inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 339341.
Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of an easement for a town way.
5. The Lexington Golf Club vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 339021. Petition for
abatement of betterment assessment under G.L. c.80, s.7.
6. Town of Lexington et als vs. Martin Bernard, as he is trustee of Burlington Arcade Associates
Trust, et al, Middlesex Superior Court Equity No. 37031 Action to enforce compliance with gravel removal
By-Laws of the Town of Lexington.
7 Robert V Pace vs. James F. Corr, United States District Court No 74-2468-S Action alleging
violation of civil rights.
8. Lexington Housing Realty Trust vs. Lexington Board of Appeals, Housing Appeals Committee No.
1974-6. Appeal to the Department of Community Affairs, Housing Appeals Committee pursuant to Mass G L.
c 40B, ss 22-23 from decision of Board of Appeals denying a permit for the construction of forty-four
dwelling units.
9. Powers, Director of Civil Service, et al vs Town of Milton et als Suffolk Superior Court No.
99700 Action for special equitable relief against various cities and towns, including Lexington, relating
to the duties of the Director of Civil Service with respect to certifying lists of eligible candidates for
appointment to the police department
10. Powers, Director of Civil Service, et al vs Town of Milton et als Supreme Judicial Court No.
J74-18 Civ Action for special equitable relief brought in the first instance in the Supreme Judicial
Court against various cities and towns, including Lexington, relating to the duties of the Director of
Civil Service with respect to certifying lists of eligible candidates for appointment to the police depart-
ment
11. Castro vs. Beecher, United States District Court No. 74-2982C. Action by certain members of
minority groups challenging the hiring practices of local police departments, including the Town of
Lexington.
12. John D. Brucchi et al vs. Town of Lexington Board of Appeals et al, District Court of Central
Middlesex No. 74-0452. Appeal from decision of Board of Appeals relating to a site plan review and the
granting of a special permit.
13. John W. Porter vs Inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 74-919
Petition for assessment of damages arising out of taking by eminent domain of land for conservation
purposes.
14. Diane Hamilton vs. Eric T. Clarke et als as they are the Planning Board of the Town of Lexington,
Middlesex Superior Court No 74-989 Appeal from decision of the Planning Board disapproving a proposed
subdivision
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15. Clark-Wilcox Co. vs. Grandview Contracting Inc and Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court
No. 74-1419 Suit by sub-contractor against Town's contractor and the Town to obtain payment of amount
alleged to be due from the contractor
16 Robert Mammola et als vs. Donald E Nickerson et als, members of the Board of Appeals, Middlesex
Superior Court No. 74-1686. Appeal from decision of Board of Appeals denying a special permit for a
restaurant
17. John D. Brucchi et al vs. Town of Lexington and Board of Appeals et al, District Court of Central
Middlesex No 74-0584. Appeal from decision of Board of Appeals relating to a site plan review and the
granting of a special permit.
18. Edward H Stacey et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 74-2275. Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of a taking by eminent domain of a drain easement
19. Louis Spencer et al vs Donald K Irwin, as he is Building Inspector of the Town of Lexington,
Middlesex Superior Court No. 74-1452. Petition for writ of mandamus to prevent newspaper dealerships from
carrying on business in Central Business District
20. Sharon Foerster vs Lexington School Committee, U S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Charge No. TB03-1030. Complaint of failure to pay sick leave benefits with respect to maternity leave.
21. Joseph F. Hill, Jr. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No 70384 Petition for abate-
ment of 1973 real estate tax.
22. First National Stores, Inc. vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No 69459 Petition for
abatement of 1973 real estate tax.
23 Ronald P. Pelletier, et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-192405 Petition
for abatement of 1973 real estate tax.
24. Robert A Leone, et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 71264. Petition for
abatement of 1973 real estate tax
25. Edward F Cataldo, Jr. Trustee of Pine Crest Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax
Board No. 70165. Petition for abatement of 1973 real estate tax
26. Edward F Cataldo, Jr Trustee of Pine Crest Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax
Board Nos. 74487 and 74488. Petitions for abatement of 1974 and fiscal 1975 real estate taxes.
27. Diran and Rebecca Semonian vs Town of Lexington et al, Middlesex Superior Court Equity No.
36436 Petition to restrain the collection of taxes and betterment assessments
(c) All actions settled or disposed of during 1974
1 Jordan L Raskind, p.p.a. vs. Eugene T. Muller, a fireman, Middlesex Superior Court No 253958
Action to recover for alleged personal injuries and property damages as the result of a motor vehicle
accident Case transferred to Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. Case dismissed for failure to
prosecute.
2. Thomas A. DiSilva vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-168714, transferred to Formal
Procedure No. 48518, and No. X-169757, transferred to Formal Procedure No 49350 Petitions for abatement
of 1966 and 1967 real estate tax. Appeals withdrawn without abatements.
3 Diran M. Semonian et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 296298. Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of an alleged taking by the Town of an easement for a town way. Case
settled upon payment to the plaintiff of a negotiated &mount.
4. Alfred Iodice et al vs Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 301660. Petition for
assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of an easement for a trunk sewer. Case
settled upon payment to the plaintiff of a negotiated amount.
5. Alfred P. Tropeano et al, Trustee vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-176743, trans-
ferred to Formal Procedure No. 54273, and No. 60682. Petitions for abatement of 1969 and 1970 real estate
tax. Appeals settled on partial abatements of assessments
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6. Julian Soshnick et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-177291, and Complaint No.
51+21 filed with Middlesex County Commissioners, transferred for hearing and determination by the Appellate
Tax Board at the request of the Town, Formal Procedure No. 57366 Petitions for abatement of 1969 and 1970
real estate tax Appeals dismissed for lack of prosecution
7. Donald E. Sicco et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 314291. Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of a taking by eminent domain of a sewer easement. Case settled following
trial upon payment to the plaintiff of a negotiated amount
8. Jenney Mfg. Co. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No 57274 Petition for abatement of
1970 real estate tax Appeal settled upon partial abatement of assessment.
9. Alice E. Ashley et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No 319365. Petition for
asessment of damages arising out of taking by eminent domain of land for school and other public purposes
Case settled upon payment to the plaintiff of a negotiated amount.
10. Trustees of Athens Realty Trust, Lessee (William E. Maloney Family Realty Trust, Owner) vs. Board
of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 60737. Petition for abatement of 1970 real estate tax. Partial
abatement granted after hearing.
11 Diran M. Semonian et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 321439. Petition for
assessment of damages arising out of takings by eminent domain of sewer and drain easements. Case settled
upon payment to the plaintiff of a negotiated amount
12. Julian Soshnick et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-183863, transferred to
Formal Procedure No. 61545. Petition for abatement of 1971 real estate tax. Appeal dismissed for lack of
prosecution.
13. Athens Realty Trust, Lessee (William E. Maloney Family Realty Trust, Owner) vs Board of
Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 62108. Petition for abatement of 1971 real estate tax. Partial abate-
ment granted after hearing.
14. Lexington Trust Company vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 62697. Petition for abate-
ment of 1971 real estate tax. Appeal settled on partial abatement of assessment
15. John T. Spinelli vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-185408, transferred to Formal
Procedure No. 63609. Petition for abatement of 1971 real estate tax. Appeal dismissed for failure to
answer interrogatories.
16. Alfred P. Tropeano and Gladys E Tropeano, Trustees vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board
No. 63129. Petition for abatement of 1971 real estate tax. Appeal settled on partial abatement of assess-
ment
17 The 115 Kendall Corp. - Signatron, Inc. vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-185467,
transferred to Formal Procedure No. 63685 Petition for abatement of 1971 real estate tax Appeal settled
on partial abatement of assessment.
18. Campanelli Investment Properties, Chandler Leasing Division, PepsiCo Leasing Corp. vs. Board of
Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-185468, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 64004. Petition for
abatement of 1971 real estate tax Appeal withdrawn without abatement
19. James N. Showstack et al vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-185610, transferred to
Formal Procedure No 63939. Petition for abatement of 1971 real estate tax. Appeal settled on partial
abatement of asesssment.
20 John J Shanahan et al vs. Robert Cataldo et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 327262. Petition
for assessment of damages arising out of the taking of a building line. At the request of the Town, the
Town of Lexington was substituted as respondent in place of named members of the Board of Selectmen. Case
settled upon payment to the plaintiff of a negotiated amount.
21. Joseph R Cotton vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 327312. Petition for assess-
ment of damages arising out of a taking of land for part of a school site Case settled upon payment to
the plaintiff of a negotiated amount.
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22. Campanelli Investment Properties, Chandler Leasing Division, PepsiCo Leasing Corp. vs. Board of
Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-187689, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 64565 Petition for
abatement of 1972 real estate tax. Appeal withdrawn without abatement
23 Julian Soshnick et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-188064, transferred to
Formal Procedure No. 64951 Petition for abatement of 1972 real estate tax Appeal dismissed for lack of
prosecution
24 Lexington Interfaith Corporation vs Board of Appeals. Appeal to the Department of Community
Affairs, Housing Appeals Committee pursuant to Mass G L c 40B, ss.22-23 from decision of Board of
Appeals denying a permit for the construction of six attached town-house type dwelling units. Decision
for the plaintiff after trial in the Superior Court
25 Julian Soshnick vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-188064, transferred to Formal
Procedure No. 64951 Petition for abatement of 1972 real estate tax. Appeal dismissed for lack of prose-
cution
26 Trustees of Athens Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 65670. Petition
for abatement of 1972 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted after hearing
27 Alfred P. Tropeano et al, Trustees Lexington Professional Building Trust vs Board of Assessors,
Appellate Tax Board No 66826. Petition for abatement of 1972 real estate tax. Appeal settled on partial
abatement of assessment.
28. Lexington Trust Company vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 66827. Petition for
abatement of 1972 real estate tax. Appeal settled on partial abatement of assessment
29 John T. Spinelli vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X-190027, transferred to Formal
Procedure No. 67704 Petition for abatement of 1972 real estate tax. Appeal dismissed for failure to
answer interrogatories.
30. William F. Maloney vs Board of Appeals of Lexington, District Court of Central Middlesex No
730167. Appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals denying a special permit to operate commercial
greenhouses. Case tried and decision of the Board of Appeals upheld.
31 Kenneth P. Kelley, Jr. vs. Town of Lexington et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 36001. Action
for declaratory judgment to determine right to indemnification of medical expenses under G L c 41, s.100.
Case settled upon partial relief to plaintiff.
32. Kenneth P Kelley, Jr. vs. Town of Lexington, et al, Middlesex Superior Court No 36002 Action
for declaratory judgment to determine right to receive sick leave benefits under G.L. c.41, s 11F Case
dismissed.
33. Town of Arlington et al vs. Nicholas L. Metaxes, Suffolk Superior Court No. 98032. Petition for
declaratory relief brought by five towns, including Lexington, who are members of Minuteman Regional Voca-
tional Technical School District, seeking state regional school district aid under G.L. c.71, s.16D.
Town's claim upheld in decision of the Supreme Judicial Court
34. Town of Milton et al vs. The Civil Service Commission et al, Suffolk Superior Court No. 98258
Petition for declaratory relief brought by twenty-seven cities and towns, including Lexington, seeking to
have Chapter 226 of the Acts of 1972 (police residency requirements) declared constitutional. Town's claim
upheld in decision of the Supreme Judicial Court.
35. Powers, Director of Civil Service, et al vs Town of Milton et als Suffolk Superior Court No.
99700 Action for special equitable relief against various cities and towns, including Lexington, relating
to the duties of the Director of Civil Service with respect to certifying lists of eligible candidates for
appointment to the police department. Following hearing, plaintiff ordered to withdraw case
36. Powers, Director of Civil Service, et al vs Town of Milton et als Supreme Judicial Court No.
J74-18 Civ. Action for special equitable relief brought in the first instance in the Supreme Judicial
Court against various cities and towns, including Lexington, relating to the duties of the Director of
Civil Service with respect to certifying lists of eligible candidates for appointment to the police depart-
ment. Opinion of Supreme Judicial Court rendered. Town of Lexington's appointments to the police depart-
ment have been consistent with the opinion
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37. Sharon Foerster vs. Lexington School Committee, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Charge No. TB03-1030. Complaint of failure to pay sick leave benefits with respect to maternity leave.
Probable cause found. No further action before the Commission is provided by statute.
(d) The amounts received by Town Counsel as compensation for services not covered by the regular
salary of the Town Counsel and disbursements during 1974
Disbursements
Appellate Tax Board, transfer fees $ 20.00
Arlington vs Metaxes - printing 410.96
Total - $430.96
Special Counsel Fees
Paul G. Counihan - Special counsel to Planning
Board in case of Planning Office for Urban
Affairs, Inc. vs. Lexington Board of Appeals $405 10
Norman P Cohen, Town Counsel
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Regulatory Inspection
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Number of permits issued - - - 388
Cash Received for Permits - - $7,362 00
SUMMARY OF BUILDING PERMITS - - - 1974
No of
Permits Amount
Single Family Dwellings - 47 - - - - $1,477,342 00
Additions and Alterations 214 - - - - 1,507,549 00
( residential)
Additions and Alterations 2 - - - - 436,000 00
( commercial )
Commercial Buildings 4 - - - - 3,105,000.00
Condominiums 1 - - - - 240,000.00
Schools 1 - - - 228,000 00
Garages 10 - - - - 55,800.00
Swimming Pools 35 - - - - 126,010.00
Signs 28 - - - - 18,210 00
Tool Sheds - - - - 11 27,153.00
Stables 3 3,500 00
Greenhouses 2 4,000 00
House Movings 2 9,600 00
Foundations 7 49,000.00
Demolitions 8 5,430.00
Renewals 13
388 $ 7,292,594.00
The 47 single family dwelling permits represents a new low in this
category. One has to go back to 1945 to find fewer permits for single
family dwellings.
We had our first condominium development, Russell Square, which con-
sisted of 16 units, this type of multi-family dwelling being the first for
Lexington.
For the first time for many years the valuation for residential
additions and alterations was greater than the valuation for the single
family dwellings
The 35 permits for swimming pools exceeds the 31 for 1972 which up to
then had been our high.
The complaints this past year again centered around Zoning, and
although there were fewer complaints this year than last year, 5 court
appearances were involved which were very time consuming.
DONALD K IRWIN,
Building Commissioner
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Electrical Inspector
Number of Permits - - -400
Cash Received - - - $2,154 00
New Buildings 70
Oil Burners 25
Electric Dryers 16
Electric Ranges 12
Additions - 88
Hot Water Heaters 11
Alterations 30
Temporary Services 16
Dishwashers 7
Electric Garbage Disposals - 12
Post Lights Installed 7
Gas Burners Installed 8
Gasoline Pumps 13
Air Conditioning Units 17
Flood Lights Installed 12
Commercial Installations 10
Swimming Pool Wiring 35
Outdoor Signs - 7
Electric Heating Installed - 13
New 100 amp. Services 64
New 200 amp. Services 26
Fire Alarm Systems 5
Circulating Pumps 17
Electric Gutter Cable 12
Electric Kilns 6
Fire Inspections 20
Aluminum Siding Grounding 11
Traffic Lights Installed 2
Burglar Alarms 4
Emergency Lights Installed 10
Electric Garage Door Openers 11
New 400 Amp. Services 2
Electric Freezers 8
The year 1974 has shown some decrease in buildings as well as
in the electrical permits issued over last year. With the completion of the W R
Grace Co. building, the Cary Library addition, the office building on Militia Drive,
the Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical High School, and the Chalet Suisse
addition on Bedford St., plus additions to homes and commercial buildings, it has been
a busy year I wish to thank the Building Commissioner, Building Inspector, Town
Manager, Superintendent of Public Works, Fire Dept., and the Police Dept for their
assistance.
ROBERT K. JEREMIAH
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
Number of Plumbing Permits - - - 204
Cash Received $1,320.11
FIXTURES PERMITS
New Installations 1182 - - - - 53
Alterations 381 - - - - 135
Replacements 26 16
Permits Cancelled 0 0
1589 204
Complaints for 1974 18
JOHN B BYRNE,JR
Plumbing Inspector
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REGULATORY INSPECTION
Gas Inspector
Number of Gas Permits - - - 154
Cash Received from Permits- - $879.50
FIXTURES PERMITS
New Installations 87 - - - - 13
Alterations 124 - - - - 107
Replacements 36 34
Permits Cancelled 0 0
Gas Complaints for 1974 - - - - 6
Due to the gas shortage and the deline of new construction there
was a drop in the number of fixtures installed the past year.
Replacements can be installed, but any new installation will have
to be approved by the Gas Company before a permit to do work will be issued
THOMAS W. KELLEY,
Fire Department
A total of 2049 alarms were answered as recorded in the following
tabulation.
BELL ALARMS
Auto 2 Investigation 2
Bldgs & Misc. 35 Mercantile 3
Dumpster 2 Needless 12
Dwelling 20 Outdoor 41
False 114 Property Protection 6
Faulty Alarm 31 School 6
Garage 2 Truck 3
Hospital 25 Total 304
STILL ALARMS
Accident 21 Hospital 2
Animal Rescue 17 Investigation 88
Assistance 47 Lockout 45
Auto 56 Medical Emergency 41
Bldgs. & Misc 61 Motorcycle 2
Bus 1 Needless 59
Dwelling 1 Outdoor 331
Dump 2 Oxygen 14
Dumpster 31 Property Protection 124
Edison Emergency 16 School 1
False 10 Truck 16
Faulty Alarm 9 Total 995
MUTUAL AID
Lexington to To Lexington from
Arlington 19 Arlington 10
Bedford A F Base 3 Bedford 2
Belmont 1 Bedford A F Base 1
Chelsea 1 Burlington 2
Lincoln 1 Waltham 4
Waltham 33 Winchester 1
Watertown 1 Total 20
Total 59
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
Alarms Answered (Continued)
While covering out of town stations, Lexington answered 5 alarms
One (1) second alarm was struck in 1974.
VETERANS' MEMORIAL AMBULANCE SUMMARY
Total runs during 1974 691 Bell alarms 304
Total miles during 1974 8,723 Still alarms 995
Mutual Aid 59
Total runs 1358
Ambulance runs 691
Grand total 2049
The apparatus traveled a total of 26,224 miles and used the
following in extinguishing fires during 1974•
1,750 feet of 1 inch hose Number of lights used 15
135,900 feet of 3/4 inch hose Feet of cable used 4,650
8,650 feet of 1-1/2 inch hose Feet of ladders used 1,544
5,250 feet of 2-1/2 inch hose
4,440 feet of 3 inch hose
Elapsed time of bell alarms 102 hours - 45 minutes
Elapsed time of still alarms 393 hours - 30 minutes
Elapsed time of Mutual Aid 81 hours - 18 minutes
Total time engines pumped 183 hours - 37 minutes
FIRE LOSSES FOR YEAR 1974 *
Value of buildings involved by fire $406,120.00
Estimated loss of buildings involved by fire 51,036 22
Estimated loss of contents 32,735.92
Loss paid on buildings 30,014 00
Loss paid on contents 21,831.87
* Ten (10) reports are as yet incomplete.
FIRE PREVENTION AND INSPECTIONS
The following inspections were conducted during the year and are
considered an important factor in keeping the fire loss at a minimum.
Fuel oil applications 85
Propane gas applications 9
Blasting permit applications 44
Application to store and sell rockets 1
Rocket permits 22
Inspections made and permits issued
Fuel oil 83
Blasting New - 7 Renewals - 37 44
Blasting locations inspected 46
Underground tanks approved - fuel oil 19
Underground tanks approved - gasoline 12
General Inspections
Mercantile 2652
Fire alarm boxes inspected and tested 912
(275 boxes in service)
Extinguishers checked and refilled 864
School boxes tested monthly 216
Batteries in fire alarm room tested weekly
Emergency generators and lighting system checked weekly
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire Prevention and Inspections (Continued)
Special Inspections and Surveys
Department of Public Health 38
Nursing Homes 20
Churches and church property 122
Nursery schools 18
Co-operating with Fire Marshal 74
Requests for information 1068
Inspections at new construction 208
Complaints investigated and corrected 260
Reinspections of all types 374
Town buildings inspected 1810
Walter F. Spellman
Chief
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Oper w/view obstructed 29 2 31 1 9 22 318 30 1
Oper after rev. of license or
right to operate 42 1 43 11 32 1151 25 3 1 14
Operating uninsured car 63 5 68 3 16 52 3050 32 6 30
Operating unregistered car 85 9 94 6 22 72 573 72 3 19
Operating without license 110 11 121 18 47 74 1047 103 2 16
Operating without sticker 182 48 230 3 71 159 2385 1 226 3
Operating under influence 111 9 120 3 43 77 4728 1 43 24 3 2 47
Hit & run personal and/or property 19 4 23 4 14 9 711 2 11 3 7
Refusing to stop 16 2 18 2 16 758 15 1 2
Speeding 995 266 1261 28 411 850 17604 1 1247 4 9
Vio law of road 151 48 199 6 67 132 1976 194 2 3
Vio of probation
Vio town ordinance 540 221 761 250 511 6672 620 2 14 125
Vio traffic signal 532 225 757 12 180 577 7840 752 2 3
Vio parking meter reg 680 222 902 184 718 3625 680 1 25 196
Vio. of a stop sign 205 121 326 1 85 241 3455 324 1 1
Vio of school bus law 37 31 68 16 52 728 67 1
Allowing an improper person to
operate 11 3 14 1 3 11 153 13 1
Using a M V w/o authority
Allowing plates to be used 1 1 1 10 1
Attaching wrong plates 16 16 1 1 15 45 8 2 6
Improper equipment 53 7 60 27 33 569 59 1
Oper w/o registration in poss 112 22 134 3 36 98 1069 125 3 6
Oper w/o license in possession 99 19 118 1 32 86 911 115 3
Trans. goods on Lord's Day
Misc Hazardous M V violation 331 83 414 11 154 260 4032 1 395 4 14
Leaving M V running unattended 9 1 10 3 7 76 10
Failure to display plates 16 3 19 1 4 15 163 17 2
Oper illeg on learners permit 8 8 1 4 4 82 8
Failure to display valid reg plates 8 8 2 6 90 8
Operating w/elevated chassis 16 1 17 2 6 11 146 16 1
Oper. M C. w/o proper head gear 7 7 2 3 4 68 6 1
Failure to use corrective lens 2 1 3 3 36 3
Oper. school bus w/o seat belts 1 1 1 15 1
Oper w/studded tires unins 2 2 2 30 2
Pushing or towing unreg M V. 9 9 2 7 21 7 2
Trucks failing to cover 1 1 1 10 1
Displ blue lgts & siren w/o permit 2 2 2 20 2
Racing 3 3 1 2 1 2
Giving false name to P O 1 1 1 25 1
Possession of altered license 2 2 1 1 1 1
Truck failure to displ markings 1 1 1 11 1
Refusing to show license to P O 2 1 3 2 1 110 2 1
Oper. motor cycle illegally 2 2 _ 2 20 _ _ 2 _ _ _
Total Traffic Violations 4692 1387 6079 116 1791 4288 $71,819 4 3 5346 117 6 1 8 273 321
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Assault with deadly weapon 10 1 11 4 6 5 50 1 1 1 1 7
Arson 2 2 1 2 2
Assault (Indecent) 4 4 4 4 4
Assault and battery 10 5 15 1 10 5 1 2 2 2 1 7
Threatening 2 2 4 3 1 1 3
Breaking & Entering 38 1 39 26 25 14 2 7 1 29
Breaking, entering & larceny 9 1 10 8 9 1 1 9
Disturbing the peace 8 2 10 7 3 2 1 4 1 3
Drunkenness 6 2 8 4 7 1 10 2 6
Leash law Violation 17 4 21 21 91 18 3
Forgery 6 2 8 3 5 4 1 3
Uttering 17 4 21 1 1 20 1 1 5 14
Larceny 90 5 95 42 41 54 238 7 16 8 9 4 51
Larceny (Attempted) 9 9 1 2 7 2 2 4 1
Lewdness 3 3 2 1 20 1 1 1
Malicious damage to property 27 2 29 16 17 12 2 1 3 23
Unlicensed dogs 11 11 11 73 11
Disorderly 28 3 31 9 22 9 198 12 3 5 1 10
Rape attempted 1 1 1 1
Robbery 4 4 2 1 3 1 3
Runaway 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 2
Littering 7 7 2 5 2 103 6 1
Fugitive from justice 1 1 1 1
Trespassing 54 7 61 16 49 12 160 23 1 1 3 33
Receiving stolen property 14 14 4 5 9 125 4 2 1 2 5
Narcotic drug law, violations 80 5 85 17 41 44 473 8 6 37 2 32
Indecent exposure
Violating town zoning laws 6 6 6 110 4 2
Procuring alcohol for minor 2 2 1 1 1 1
Possession of deadly weapon 9 9 4 2 7 2 1 6
Poss. of burglarious tools 2 2 2 2 2
Poss of alcohol on town property 2 1 3 2 1 35 2 1
Possession of altered license 2 2 2 2 2
Possession of stolen insp sticker 3 3 3 1 2
Poss of marc w/intent to sell 1 1 1 1250 1
Cultivating marihuana 2 1 3 3 1250 3
Conspiracy to vio drug law 1 1 1 1
Conspiracy to rob 1 1 1 1
Conspiracy to commit larceny 2 2 2 2
Larceny of motor vehicle 5 5 2 3 2 1 2 2
Using motor vehicle w/o authority 37 5 42 29 22 20 20 3 5 3 2 29
Forging a prescription 1 1 1 1
Missuse of credit cards 1 1 1 1
Firework violation 3 3 3 3 2 1
Violation park rules & reg. 11 11 4 7 4 43 6 5
Lvg. weapon in vehicle unattended 1 1 1 25 1
Impersonating a police officer 1 _ 1 _ 1 25 _ 1 _ _ _ _
Total Criminal Violations 552 55 607 204 351 256 $4299 20 4 135 34 82 29 1 302
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
Traffic Enforcement Summary
Hazardous Violations 3,430 Driving While Intoxicated . . 119
Other Violations . . 535 Hit and Run 23
Parking (except meters). . 1,634 Arrests, Citations or
Total Traffic . . . . 5,599 Custody at Accidents 297
Parking Meter Violations . . . 4,568
Property by Type and Value
Type of Property Value of Property Stolen in Lexington
Stolen Recovered
(1) (2) (3)
(A) Currency, Notes, Etc.. . . $ 31,735.00 $ 1,347 00
(B) Jewelry and Precious Metals 89,393.00 10,500.00
(C) Furs 355 00 0
(D) Clothing . . . . . . . . 10,988 00 727.00
(E) Locally Stolen Automobiles 257,265 00 177,480 00
(F) Miscellaneous . . . 232,731.00 49,351.00
TOTALS $622,467 00 $239,405 00
Classification No Value Miscellaneous Business
Robbery Animals Cared For (sick, injured or dead) 86
Highway (streets, alleys, etc ) 4 145 00 Animals cared for (stray) 0
Commercial House (except C.D F.) 3 2,300.00 Buildings Found Open 132
Gas or Service Station 0 .00 Committed To Insane Hospitals 16
Chain Store 2 375 00 Fire Alarms Responded To 214
Residence (anywhere on premises) 0 00 Injured or Sick Persons Assisted 334
Bank 0 .00 Messages Delivered 84
Miscellaneous 0 ____ _00 Missing Persons Investigated 21
Total - Robbery 9 2,820 00 Public Utilities Notified of Defects 137
Reports and Complaints 9250
Burglary- Breaking or entering Sudden Deaths Investigated 3
Residence (dwelling) Transients Accommodated 0
Night 71 91,453 00 Vacant Houses Reported 1272
Day 87 32,230.00
Unknown 106 94,814 00 Automobile Accidents
Nonresidence (store, office etc )
Night 60 28,423.00 January 126 July 65
Day 7 1,806.00 February 75 August 91
Unknown 33 11,673.00 March 61 September 86
Total - Burglary 364 260,399 00 April 80 October 90
May 87 November 89
Larcency-Theft (except auto, by value) June 72 December 100
$50 and over 110 59,486 00
$5 to $50 375 38,027.00 Personal Injury Accidents 259
Under $5 252 4,470 00 Fatal Accidents 4
Total - Larceny 737 101,983.00 Persons Injured 335
Persons Killed 4
Auto Theft (include alleged joy ride) 127 257,267.00
Grand Total 622,467 00
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
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March 61 44 17 0 0 19 26 2 49 10 2 0 13 0 11 0 36 22
April 80 54 26 0 0 20 30 4 58 18 4 0 15 0 11 0 51 25
May 87 54 33 0 0 25 32 7 65 15 7 0 19 0 6 0 62 27
June 72 46 26 0 1 19 23 8 49 15 8 0 8 0 7 1 49 24
July 65 35 30 0 0 22 33 4 40 21 4 0 23 0 6 0 42 25
August 91 56 35 1 0 28 34 6 59 26 6 1 18 0 10 0 55 26
September 86 46 40 0 0 24 34 6 57 23 6 0 20 0 8 0 55 28
October 90 59 31 1 1 23 34 4 70 16 4 1 24 1 16 0 56 37
November 89 57 32 0 0 18 23 0 74 15 0 0 16 0 15 0 53 30
December 100 59 41 0 1 25 29 5 69 26 5 0 20 0 4 1 58 28
Total 1022 661 361 2 3 259 335 51 754 217 51 1 207 2 95 2 622 297
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Minuteman Regional Vo-Tech School District
January 1, 1973 - June 30, 1974 Budget Recapitulation
Income
State Aid 1971 - 1972 $ 13,260.00 - Rec'd 1/4/73
State Aid 1971 - 1972 890 00 - Rec'd 7/2/73
State Aid 1972 - 1973 45,440.00 - Rec'd 3/6/74
State Aid, Construction 1,103,134 82 - Rec'd 3/7/74
$1,162,724.82
Federal Funds 3,500 00 - Rec'd 1/10/73
7,000 00 - Rec'd 4/20/73
3,500.00 - Rec'd 6/ 6/73
$1,176,724 82
1971 Unexpended Balance 1 9991.00
$1,178,715 82
Interest on Bond Issue 6.388.89 - Paid on 1st Int Pymt
Balance of Premium on Bonds 26,794.97 - Paid on 1st Prin. Pymt
$1,211,899.68
12 Towns' Assessments 1,234,583 00
$2,446,482 68
Budget $2,488.955.00
Income 2,446,482 68
$ 42,472.32 - Non-funded
Income $2,446,482 68
Expended 2,339,977.41
$ 106,505 27 - Gross Balance
70,p00.00 - Encumbered
$ 36,505 27 - Net Surplus
Operating and Maintenance Budget 1974/1975
I Operating Budget
1973-74 1973-74 1974-75
18 Months 12 Months 12 Months
School Committee 4780 4000 5200
Superintendent's Office 123915 77860 90302
Total 128695 81860 95502
Supervision 84750 58800 34800
Principal's Office 46700 40000 32200
Teaching 171000 171000 531125
Text Books 15000
Library 12190 12190 47300
A V 7690 7690 32250
Guidance (SPC) 72300 72300 175300
Psychological Service 6000
Educational T V 2500
Total 394630 361980 876475
Attendance 1500
Health 14700
Transportation 150000
Food 5330 5330 10000
Student Activities 3000
Total 5330 179200
Operation of Plant 213500
Maintenance 53000
Total 266500
Fixed Charges 27800 25000 51000
Community Services 1000
Acquisition of Fixed Assets 1000 25000
TOTAL $556,455 $475,170 $1,494,677
II Capital Budget
8000 Debt Retirement $1,932,500 $1,932,500 $1,842,250
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MINUTEMAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
District Assessment
Operating Cost Capital Cost
Total Operating Budget $1,494,677 Capital Payment $1,300,000
Anticipated Reimbursement - 237,585 Interest Payment 542,250
$1,257,092 Total Capital Budget $1,842,250
Unexpended Balance (1972) - 137 Anticipated Reimbursement 1,103,135
$1,256,955 739,115
Surplus - 22,955 Surplus 60,115
Net Operating Assessment $1,234,000 Net Capital Assessment $ 679,000
Total Assessment $1,913,000
Assessments by Towns
Grades 9-12 High School Enrollments of Pupils Residing in and Receiving Education at Respective
Towns' Expense as of October 1, 1973 and Assessments to Each Member Town for 1974-75.
Assessment per Town
Town Pupils % Operating Capital
Cost Cost Total
Lexington 2,934 19.4112 $239,534 $131,802 $371,336
Arlington 2,761 18 2666 225,410 124,030 349,440
Belmont 1,628 10.7708 132,912 73,134 206,046
Sudbury 1,521 10.0629 124,176 68,327 192,503
Acton 1,476 9.7651 120,501 66,305 186,806
Concord 1,451 9.5997 118,460 65,182 183,642
Wayland 1,275 8 4353 104,092 57,276 161,368
Weston 940 6.2190 76,743 42,227 118,970
Lincoln 388 2.5670 31,677 17,430 49,107
Stow 356 2 3552 29,064 15,992 45 056
Carlisle 252 1 6672 20,573 11,320 31,893
Boxborough 133 .8799 10,858 5,975 16,833
Totals 15,115 100.0000 $1,234,000 $679,000 $1,913,000
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School Department
1973-74 Personal Services
(Jan/73-June/74)
Appropriation for Salaries $17,091,038 00
Available & Antic Funds 103,962 00
$17,195,000.00
EXPENDITURES•
General Control
Administration $256,158 44
Sec & Clerks 181,553 44
Expenses of Instruction
Coord & Dept Heads 497,565 32
Sal Sec & Clerks 90,425 78
Principals 657,163 28
Sal Sec & Clerks 302,545 27
Teachers 12,378,759 23
Special Class Assts 44,713 91
Librarians 376,408 60
Sal. Sec & Clerks 40,597 01
Guidance 633,019 52
Sal. Sec & Clerks 41,168 20
Psychologists 86,666 89
Sal Sec & Clerks 11,208.58
Health
Health - Nurses & Doctors 160,045 89
Food Services
Food Services Supervisor 48,934 34
Operation & Maintenance
Custodians 882,103 55
Maintenance Men 117,192 43
TOTAL EXPENDED $16,806,229 68
Unexpended Balance $388,770 32
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Expense Budget (Jan-73 - June-74)
1974 Appropriation
$2,483,000 00
Expenditures•
General Control
School Committee and Superintendent's Office $ 51,524.72
Expenses Of Instruction
Supervision - Supplies and Expenses 28,053.72
Principals 67,384 14
Teaching Supplies and Expenses 315,660 61
Textbooks 71,788 39
Library 74,929 33
Audio 45,360 77
Psychologists 20,116 72
Other School Services
Psychiatrists 10,397 50
Health Supplies & Expenses 4,906 05
Transportation 477,475 15
Food 62,537 55
Student Publications 2,535 45
Operation of Plant
Custodial Supplies and Expenses 55,474 42
Fuel 242,188.38
Utilities 319,430 40
Maintenance of Plant
Grounds 14,870.18
Buildings 199,401 45
Equipment 28,925 83
Fixed Charges
Rental Buildings 2,480 00
Community Services
Transportation - Non-Public Services 19,973.31
Ac7uisition of Fixed Assets
Buildings 618 00
Equipment 60,968 56
Replacement of Equipment 32,706.70
Program with Others
Transfer of Funds 3,780 93
Total Expenditures $2,213,488 26
Unexpended Balance $ 269,511 74
88
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Athletic Budget
Junior & Senior High Schools
Balance January 1, 1973 $ 8,233 71
Town Appropriation 212,000 00
Admissions
Football $ 4,212 80
Basketball 3,441 75
Hockey 4,543 25
Wrestling 371 25
Gymnastics 32 00
Lost Equipment 2,390 95
Seasons Tickets 813 00 15,805 00
$236,038 71
Expenditures-
Senior Senior Clarke Diamond Muzzey
Girls Boys Jr. High Jr High Jr High
Football 22,628.91 2,882 37 3,058 72 3,624 28
Cross Country 1,508 24
Soccer 6,419 60 1,496 34 1,680 07 1,577 24
Basketball 4,200.73 16,267 46 3,944.92 4,205 00 4,620 41
Hockey 19,129 66 5,560 85 7,203 39 6,449 62
Wrestling 3,443 60
Indoor Track 3,804 16
Gymnastics 2,425 81 3,452.38
Swimming 3,441 91 4,780 45
Baseball 11,112 63 5,051 51 4,783 41 4,579 95
Outdoor Track 2,092.29 7,384.54 2,118 17 2,243 06 1,879.31
Tennis 1,614 96 2,507 63
Golf 1,478.90
Field Hockey 3,671 03
Cheerleaders 3,163 94
Softball 4,074 91
Lacrosse 3,806 71
Director Athletics 2,669 00
Travel Allowance 600 00
Equip. Manager 3,674 00
Faculty Manager 888 50 974 50 974 60
Doctors & Nurses 1,265.00
Repairs 1,207 39
Band Buses 540 00
League Dues 200 00
Awards & Trophies 197 59
General Miscellaneous 1,512.82
Total Expenditures $28,492 29 $115,783 96 $21,942 66 $24,148.15 $23,705 41 $214,072 47
Unexpended Balance 21,966.24
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
FOOD SERVICE
(Jan/73-June/74)
Income
Sales $613,491 70
Reimbursement 197,823 68
Miscellaneous 11,802 52
Transfer from School Department 54,907 99
$878,025 89
1972 Balance Forward 64,058 57
$942,084 46
Expenditures
Food $457,875 24
Labor 348,330 46
Miscellaneous 44,104 44
$850,310 14
Cash Balance 91,774 34
Cash on Hand 249 50
Value of Inventory 60,194 22
Reimbursement 12,349 73
Miscellaneous Data
Cash value of Commodities Received 61,450 38
Number of Free Lunches Served 33,061
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION - TUITION & TRANSPORTATION
1973-74 Appropriation
$49,000 00
Expenditures.
Tuition - Day Classes $ 18,486.12
Evening Classes 1,754 20
Transportation 6,552 40
26,792.72
Returned to Town $22,207 28
Expenditures $26,792 72
Reim from Comm 18,369 00
Net Cost to Town $ 8,423 72
OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL
1973-74 Appropriation
$ 18,000 00
Expenditures 13,285 93 *
Returned to Town $ 4,714 07
* Net Cost to Town
PL-874
Balance January 1, 1973 $ 00
Reimbursement Received 297,500 00
Expenditures- to Personal Services 00
Balance June 30, 1974
$297,500 00
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
METCO
Balance January 1, 1974 $ 84,377 45
Receipts 426,086 26
510,463.71
Expenditures 350,056 40
Balance 160,407 31
PL-89-10
SUMMER READING PROGRAM
Balance January 1, 1973 .00
Receipts $ 48,319 00
Expenditures 33,969 00
Balance 14,350.00
ESEA LIBRARY
Balance January 1, 1973 $ 857 39
Receipts 27,476 39
28,333 78
Expenditures 10,075.51
Balance 18,258 27
PL-89-10
LEARNING DISABILITIES
Balance January 1, 1973 $ 8,162 95
Receipts 166,592 00
174,754 95
Expenditures 159,181 93
Balance $ 15,573 02
TITLE VI
LEARNING DISABILITIES
Receipts $ 26,753 00
Expenditures 26,753.00
Balance 00
ADM GRANT
LEARNING DISABILITIES
Receipts $ 19,000 00
Expenditures 7,708 55
Balance $ 11,291 45
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School Profiles 1974/1975
Number of
Elemetary Schools Principal Opened Classrooms Additions
Adams J. Edward Jacobus 1913 16 1931
739 Massachusetts
Bowman George J. Lemire 1967 23 ----
Philip Road
Bridge Dr Lester Goodridge, Jr. 1966 23 ----
55 Middleby Road
Joseph Estabrook William C Terris 1961 23 ----
117 Grove Street
Fiske Robert A Noy 1949 19 ----
34A Colony Road
Franklin Dr. Barbara N. Pavan 1931 18 1956
7 Stedman Road
Hancock Mrs. Ellen Difantis 1891 8 ----
33 Forest Street
Harrington Donald E Johnson 1956 20 1958
146 Maple Street
Maria Hastings Dr Gilbert W Berry 1955 20 1958
2618 Massachusetts Avenue
Munroe David C Horton 1904 10 1915
1403 Massachusetts Avenue
Parker Paul Foley 1924 13 1950
314 Bedford Street
Junior High Schools-
William Diamond Eugene F Sullivan 1959 30 ----
99 Hancock Street
Muzzey Santo L Marino 1902 30 1926
1475 Massachusetts Avenue 1958 *
Jonas Clarke John M. Hibbard 1972 34 ----
Stedman Road
High School•
Lexington High School Charles C. Johnson 1953 ** 1956
251 Waltham Street 1964
1965
* Renovated
** Nine classroom units of 300 pupils each
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Summary of Major School Budgets
1 9 7 3 - 1 9 7 4
Transfers, Unexpend Unexpend
Town Voted Receipts, Total Oper *** Income & Reim. Bal Fwd Bal Retd.
Appro etc Budget Expenditures Pd. Town to C/0 to Town Net Cost
Pers.Serv. $17,091,038 $103,962. $17,195, 000 $16,806,229.68 $3,276,895 68* $17,577 14 $371,193.18 $15,638,860 26
Expenses 2,483,000 2,483,000 2,213,488.26 140,000 00 129,511 74
Voc Educ 49,000 49,000 26,792 72 31,925.00 22,207.28 - 5,132 28
Out State 18,000 18,000. 13,285 93 4,714 07 13,285.93
Athletics 212,000 15,300 227,300. 214,072 47 13,227 53** 212,000.00
$19,853,038 $119,262. $19,972,300 $19,273,869.06 $3,308,820 68 $170,804 67 $527,626 27 $15,859 013 91
*Income & Reim. **Athletics $13,227.53 Bal from Total OperatinC Budget
Tuition $38,267 18 8,233 71 " " Previous Years
505 00 Diff between Actual Cash Rec and Antic
Comm Mass . $21,966 24
Chapter 70 2,551,303 97
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71 185,143 34
Total Operating Budget $19,972,300.00
76 3,654 44
Less Expenditures 19,273,869.06
69-71 498N526 75
3,276,895.68 698,430.94
74 31 925.00 Less Carryover to 74-75 170,804 67
$3,308,820 68
Balance Returned to Town $ 527,626.27
***Of this expenditure $54,907 99 was for Food Services
Trustees of Public Trusts
Matthew Allen Memorial Fund
The fund is to be used by the Athletic Department of Lexington High School for
annual awards to boys who have shown unusual faithfulness, effort and sportsmanship in
each of five major sports. The names of the boys are to be engraved each year on a
tablet to be kept in Lexington High School as a record of these awards.
Corpus $ 254.47
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 241.27
Income receipts 13.20
Balance 12-31-74 254 47
Bridge Charitable Fund
"The annual income accruing from said trust fund shall be annually distributed or
expended at Christmas, or in December or January, or other suitable time at the discre-
tion of the selectmen . . among the deserving poor of said Town of Lexington without
distinction of sex or religion."
Corpus $ 14,930.73
$1,000 Virginia Electric and Power Co 4 1/2%
1st Mortgage bonds due 12-1-87 $ 1,000.00
$4,000 South Pacific Co. 1st mortgage 2 3/4%
Bond Series F Due 1-1-96 2,300.00
$10,000 North Pacific Railway 3% 2047 6,162.50
164 shares First National Boston Corp 4,995 81
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 472 42
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 4,719.27
Income Receipts 1,336.16
Less Disbursements 155 00
Balance 12-31-74 5,900.43
Trustees Bridge Charitable Fund
George P Morey, Chairman
Gaynor K. Rutherford William R. McEwen
Orin W Fiske -- Battle Green Trust Fund
The income of this fund is to be used "for the maintenance of the Lexington Battle
Green or the monuments erected thereon."
Corpus $ 500.00
Principal-deposit Cambridge Savings Bank $ 500 00
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 380.78
Income receipts 50.59
Balance 12-31-74 431.37
The Beals Fund
The income of this fund is to be expended "for the benefit of worthy, indigent, aged,
men and women over sixty years of age, American born."
Corpus $ 2,000.00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank $ 2,000.00
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 3,621 45
Income receipts 298.26
Less Disbursements 1,188.00
Balance 12-31-74 2,731 71
94
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS
Hallie C Blake Prize Fund
It is believed that, "the income is to be expended annually in two cash prizes to two
seniors (a boy and a girl) in each successive graduating class of the Lexington High
School, who by example and influence have shown highest qualities of leadership, conduct
and character and who possess in the largest measure the good will of the student body."
Corpus $ 1,118.34
32 Shares Amer Tel & Tel Co Common $ 1,026 15
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 92.19
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 86 25
Income receipts 111.06
Less disbursements 100 00
Balance 12-31-74 97.31
Geneva M. Brown Fund
The income is to be "used for improving and beautifying the common and the triangular
parcel of land in front of Masonic Temple "
Corpus $ 2,958.00
$3,000 Interstate Power Co. 5% First
Mortgage Bonds due 5-1-87 $ 2,865 00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 93.00
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 2,101.28
Income receipts 347 60
Less disbursements 65 55
Balance 12-31-74 2,383 33
Leroy S. Brown Fund
The "income therefrom used towards defraying the expense of an appropriate and
dignified celebration or observance by said Town of the anniversary of the Battle of
Lexington fought in said Lexington on the nineteenth of April, 1775 "
Corpus $ 5,000 00
$5,000 U.S. Treasury Bonds 3 1/2% due 6-15-83 $ 5,000 00
Accumulated income Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 4,299 50
Income receipts 506.14
Balance 12-31-74 4,805 64
Cemetery Trust Funds - Munroe
Corpus $ 42,910 00
Principal-Lexington Savings Bank (various deposits) $ 33,910 00
Principal-Union Warren Savings Bank (various deposits) 9,000.00
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $24,936 47
Income receipts 8,443.85
Less Disbursements 1,080 00
Balance 12-31-74 32,300.32
Robert P Clapp Trust Fund
The income to be used to provide two prizes for pupils of Lexington High School, one
for excellence in composition and the other for excellence in speaking.
Corpus $ 1,357 59
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 1,287.23
Income receipts 70.36
Balance 12-31-74 1,357 59
95
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS
Colonial Cemetery
Corpus $ 1,400.00
Principal-Lexington Savings Bank (various deposits) $ 1,400.00
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 1,049.00
Income receipts 133.94
Balance 12-31-74 1,182.94
Frederick L. Emery Fund
The income is to be used by the Lexington Field and Garden Club for the work of
"grading, grassing and keeping in order grass borders lying between side walks or foot-
paths and the driveways on public streets, and in otherwise beautifying the public
streets, ways and places in said Town, preference to be given to said objects in order
stated."
Corpus $ 5,011 25
$1,000 Interstate Power Co. 5% 1st
Mortgage due 5-1-87 $ 990.00
$2,000 Virginia Electric and Power Co 4 1/2%
1st Mortgage Bonds due 12-1-87 2,000.00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 2,021.25
Accumulated income-Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 183.93
Income receipts 329.70
Less disbursements 183 93
Balance 12-31-74 329.70
Emma I. Fiske Flower Fund
For the preservation and care of a specific cemetery lot.
Corpus $ 300.00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank $ 300.00
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 299.76
Income receipts 32.75
Less disbursements 3.00
Balance 12-31-74 329.51
Charles E. French Colonial Cemetery Fund
The "annual income, thereof to be devoted to the care of the older part of the
cemetery in which repose the remains of Rev. John Hancock and wife. The vault enclosing
their remains to receive due care."
Corpus $ 1,961 65
$2,000 Chicago Great Western Railway 4% 1988 $ 1,565 00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 396.65
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 2,029.49
Income receipts 214.35
Balance 12-31-74 2,243.84
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TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS
Charles E. French Medal Fund
The income is to be used annually to purchase silver medals to be distributed to
pupils in the senior high and in the junior high school "for the best scholarship
(military and mechanic arts not included) "
Corpus $ 2,783.48
$2,000 American Tel. and Tel. Co. 7% debentures 2-15-2001 $ 1,920 00
$1,000 Chicago Great Western Railway 4% 1988 782.50
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 80.98
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 3,399.85
Income receipts 373.73
Balance 12-31-74 3,773.58
Jonas Gammel Trust
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, wherever located, as are not usually furnished them, and as
shall tend to promote their health and comfort "
Corpus $ 500 00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank $ 500.00
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 313.89
Income receipts 44 41
Balance 12-31-74 358.30
Elizabeth Bridge Gerry Fund
To be held and used for the same purpose as the Bridge Charitable Fund.
Corpus $ 2,254 65
$1,000 Virginia Electric and Power Co 4 1/2% 1st
Mortgage Bonds due 12-1-87 $ 1,000 00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 12-31-74 1,254.65
George P Morey, Chairman
Gaynor K. Rutherford William R McEwen
George I. Gilmore Fund
"To the Town of Lexington, . .. the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) , the income
therefrom to be used as the town may from time to time vote; and if at any time special
use arises to which in the opinion of the Selectmen the principal of said fund may be
applied then the principal of said fund may be so applied upon the vote of the town
meeting authorizing same."
Corpus $ 8,886.65
45 Shares Boston Edison $ 1,791.43
26 Shares Standard Oil of N J 1,902.72
$5,000 Georgia Power Co. First Mortgage 4 3/8% 11-1-1992 4,312 50
$1,000 Chesapeake and Ohio 4 1/2% 1992 880.00
Income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 11,450.12
Income receipts 1,329 71
Balance 12-31-74 12,779 83
97
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS
Harriet R Gilmore Trust for the Benefit of the Poor
The income is to be expended under the direction of the board of public welfare "for
the benefit of poor people in said Lexington, whether the same shall be inmates of the
Alms House in said town or otherwise "
Corpus $ 500.00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank $ 500 00
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 167.79
Income receipts 36 42
Balance 12-31-74 204.21
Hayes Fountain Trust Fund
The "income is to be used for the perpetual care of the fountain and grounds
immediately around it."
Corpus $ 862 72
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank $ 862.72
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 1,012 14
Income receipts 102.42
Balance 12-31-74 1,114 56
Herbert Hilton Fund
For the preservation and care of a specific cemetery lot.
Corpus $ 4,577 47
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank $4,577 47
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 3,157.95
Income receipts 420 61
Less disbursements 129 00
Balance 12-31-74 3,449.56
Everett M Mulliken Fund
The "income--shall be used under the supervision of the proper town authorities, for
the care of Hastings Park in said Lexington "
Corpus $ 4,895.00
$5,000 Central Maine Power Co 1st
Mortgage 4 7/8% Bonds due 5-1-87 $4,812.50
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 82 50
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 5,553 60
Income receipts 678.93
Less disbursements 65.54
Balance 12-31-74 6,166 99
Henry S Raymond Fund
For the preservation and care of specific cemetery lots
Corpus $ 1,500.00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank $1,500.00
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 1,341 81
Income receipts 166 41
Less disbursements 10.00
Balance 12-1-74 1,498.22
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TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS
Sarah E. Raymond Library Fund
"The income only from said fund shall be used for the purchase of books for the
public library of said Town of Lexington, now known as the Cary Memorial Library "
Corpus $ 500 00
Principal-deposit Provident Institution
for Savings $ 500 00
Accumulated income-deposit Provident Institution For Savings
Balance 1-1-74 $ 134 51
Income receipts 28 37
Balance 12-31-74 162.88
Edith C. Redman Trust
The "income only therefrom to be used and applied for the care and maintenance of
the Lexington Common, known as 'Battle Green' ."
Corpus $ 500.00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank $ 500 00
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 312.78
Income receipts 44.43
Balance 12-31-74 357 21
Elsa W Regestein Fund
The income to be expended for awards to members of the senior class of the
Lexington High School.
Corpus $1,158.38
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $1,098 34
Income receipts 60.04
Balance 12-31-74 1,158.38
F. Foster Sherburne and Tenney Sherburne Fund
"The net income from said fund shall be awarded annually or 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 any such award as shall be selected by 'a committee consisting
of the superintendent of schools, the minister of the First Congregational Unitarian
Society in Lexington, and the chairman of the board of selectmen.' It is the purpose of
this fund to continue the long established practice of F Foster Sherburne, during
his lifetime and thus to enable young men and women to obtain an education in a well
recognized College or University of higher education The beneficiaries shall be selected
without regard to their race, color, sex or religious beliefs, consideration being given
not only to their scholastic ability but also to their character, habits and financial
needs, and such awards shall be solely for the payment of tuition "
Corpus $24,701.65
$4,000 Chicago Great Western Railway 4$ 1988 $3,150.00
$2,000 Interstate Power Co -1st Mortgage 5 1/8%
5-1-89 1,969.08
$10,000 Niagara Mohawk Power 4 3/4% 1990 9,900 00
$5,000 No. Pacific Railway 4% 1997 4,362 50
$5,000 Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
4 1/2% Bonds due 3-1-87 4,926.51
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 393.56
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $1,245.66
Income receipts 1,305.30
Less disbursements, scholarships 1,200 00
Balance 12-31-74 1,350.96
99
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS
Albert Ball Tenney Memorial Fund
The income is "to be used to provide nightly illumination of the (Lexington Minute-
man) statute "
Corpus $ 4,531.80
$4,000 Hocking Valley 4 1/2% Bonds due 1999 $ 3,870 74
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 661 06
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 3,421.88
Income receipts 406 00
Less disbursements 41.01
Balance 12-31-74 3,786.87
William Augustus Tower Memorial Park Fund
The "income thereof to be applied by said town in each and every year for the care,
maintenance and improvement of 'Tower Park' ."
Corpus $ 8,964.71
$2,000 New England Power Co. 4% 1st Mortgage Bonds
6-1-1988 $ 1,510 00
$2,000 Western Mass. Electric Co. 4 3/8% 1st Mortgage
Series C 4-1-87 1,590 00
$10,000 South Pacific Co. 1st Mortgage 2 3/4% Bonds
Series F due 1-1-96 5,750 00
Principal-deposit Union Warren Savings Bank 114.71
Accumulated income-deposit LexingtoiSavings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 6,326.27
Income receipts 845.12
Balance 12-31-74 7,171 39
Charles Lyman Weld Fund
The entire fund, both principal and income, are available upon a vote of the town
"for educational purposes or chapel at Westview Cemetery".
Corpus $ 3,739 17
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 3,527.46
Income receipts 211 71
Balance 12-31-74 3,739.17
Mr and Mrs William B Foster Fund
The interest to be used to put plants out on Memorial Day (May 30) of each year on
Lot No 218 in Munroe Cemetery
Corpus $ 300 00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank $ 300.00
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 5.26
Income receipts 16.54
Less disbursements 10 00
Balance 12-31-74 11.80
The Harrington Memorial Fund
To the School Committee of the Town of Lexington, Massachusetts for scholarships for
needy children, all monies to be invested and reinvested for ten (10) years
Corpus $ 9,472.76
8,000 Am. Tel. & Tel Debentures 4-1-1982 $ 5,600 00
84 Shares Am Tel & Tel. Co Common 3,633.00
5.9 Shares Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. Common(Shares held-
Stock Purchase Plan) 239 76
100
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 383 44
Income receipts 243.28
Balance 12-31-74 626 72
George C. Smith Fund
The "income thereof to be expended by the 'Field and Garden Club' . . . in setting out
and keeping in order shade and ornamental trees and shrubs in the streets and highways in
said town, or the beautifying of unsightly places in the highways".
Corpus $ 2,507 65
$4,000 South Pacific Co. - 1st Mortgage 2 3/4%
Bond Series F due 1-1-96 $ 2,335.44
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 172.21
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 110.00
Income receipts 110 00
Less disbursements 110.00
Balance 12-31-74 110 00
Ellen A. Stone Fund
The interest, as it accrues, is to be paid "to school committee who are to employ it
in aiding needing and deserving young women of Lexington in getting a good school
education".
Corpus $ 2,000.00
$2,000 Virginia Electric and Power Co. 4 1/2% Mortgage
Bonds due 12-1-87 $ 2,000.00
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 133.82
Income receipts 144 56
Balance 12-31-74 278.38
George W. Taylor Flag Fund
The "income to be used for the care, preservation and replacement 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".
Corpus $ 2,006.25
$2,000 Virginia Electric and Power Co 4 1/2% 1st
Mortgage Bonds due 12-1-87 $ 2,000 00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 6.25
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 351.25
Income receipts 156.78
Balance 12-31-74 508 03
George W. Taylor Tree Fund
The "income is to be expended for the care, purchase and preservation of trees
for the adornment of said town"
Corpus $ 2,006 25
$2,000 Virginia Electric and Power Co 4 1/2% 1st
Mortgage Bonds due 12-1-87 $ 2,000 00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 6.25
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 470 44
Income receipts 163.32
Balance 12-31-74 633.76
101
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS
Westview Cemetery - Perpetual Care
Corpus $227,207 25
$28,000 Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
4 1/2% Bonds due 3-1-87 $27,648 29
$1,000 Oklahoma Gas & Electric 3 7/8% Bonds due 1988 872.50
$15,000 North Pacific Railway Co. Prior Lien, Mortgage
4% Bonds due 1-1-97 12,414.51
$5,000 Alabama Power Co. 1st Mortgage 4 5/8% Bonds
due 5-1-87 4,543.75
$12,000 Chicago Great Western Railway 1st Mortgage
4% Bonds Series A due 1-1-88 9,241.05
$4,000 Hocking Valley 4 1/2% Bonds due 1999 3,870 74
$6,000 Alabama Power Co. 1st Mortgage 3 7/8% Bonds
due 1-1-88 5,085 00
$10,000 Great Northern Railway 3 1/8% due 1990 6,751.25
$1,000 Idaho Power Co 4 1/2% Bonds due 1-1-87 972.50
$3,000 Central Maine Power 3 5/8% Bonds due 3-1-83 2,550 00
420 Shares First National Bank of Boston 13,055.00
750 Shares J.P. Morgan & Co. , Inc 20,677 81
295 Shares State Street Bank and Trust Co. 11,070.00
428 Shares Shawmut Assoc. , Inc 21,440 13
$15,000 Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. 4 3/8%
Debentures due 3-1-2003 11,006.25
$5,000 General Telephone Co. of Calif 4 1/2%
Mortgage due 9-1-86 3,993 75
630 Shares New England Merchants National Bank 16,207.50
1,235 Shares Boston Co., Class B 25,219.25
$10,000 American T & T Co. 8 3/4% debentures with
200 Warrants due 5-15-2000 11,391.32
100 Shares First National Boston Corp. 4,171 51
$14,000 New England Merchants National Bank 5% Conv.
Debentures due 1994 9,000 00
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 525.14
Income receipts 14,500 00
Disbursements 9,000.00
Balance 12-31-74 6,025 14
Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 11,144.30
Income receipts 13,663 55
Less disbursements 14,213 05
Balance 12-31-74 10,594.80
Louise E. Wilkins Flower Fund
Corpus $ 93 78
Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank
Balance 1-1-74 $ 90 86
Income receipts 4.92
Less disbursements 2 00
Balance 12-31-74 93.78
George P. Morey, Chairman
Gaynor Rutherford William McEwen
102
Board of Assessors
1974 RECAPITULATION
Town
Total Appropriations as certified by town clerk
to be raised by taxation, Chapter 41, Section 15A $21,615,971 00
Total appropriations voted to be taken from
available funds 1,314,113.52
Total $22,930,084.52
Amount necessary to satisfy final court judgments 76,942 03
Offsets to Cherry Sheet Estimated Receipts 426,761 71
State Tax and Assessments
1974
State Estimates
State Recreation Areas $154,920.83
State Audit of Municipal Accounts 14,105.97
State Examination of Retirement System 299 70
Metropolitan Districts Area 564,263.93
Mass Bay Transportation Authority 382,706 00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Bills 4,289.40
Health Insurance Programs 14,442 73
Special Education (1972 - 766) 59,000 00
$1,194,028.56 1,194,028.56
County Tax and Assessments
County Estimates Underestimates
County Tax $809,951.28 22,674.63
County Hospital Assessment 65,554.70
898,180 61
Overlay of current year 275,000.00
Gross amount to be raised $25,800,997.43
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
1975 Fiscal Year Estimated Receipts certified by the Commissioner on Cherry Sheet $4,646,053 61
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 863,282.77
Licenses 35,673 55
Fines 49,241.95
Special Assessments 155,929 17
General Government 7,490 02
Protections of Persons and Property 1,710.00
Health and Sanitation 21,445 28
School (local receipts of School Committee) 61,739.53
Recreation 11,915 50
Public Service Enterprises (such as Water Dept.) 429,789.63
Cemeteries (other than Trust Funds and Sale of Lots) 5,953 50
Interest on Taxes and Assessments 156,358 89
Farm Animal Excise 18.50
Unclassified 184,842 06
In Lieu of Taxes - Cambridge and Arlington 2 993.58
Total estimated receipts $6,634,437.54
103
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Overestimates (from Cherry Sheet) 38,684.93
Amounts Voted to be taken from Available Funds
Date of Vote Amount
Transfers - Meeting 4/1/74 4/ / 4/1/74 448,433.27
ftai}aale ,i/Ss500 Fefdiceovf Sharing Funds) 4/1/74 655,125 00
` nc u es ,
Transfers - Meeting of 4/3/74 4/3/74 198,598.00
Available Funds - Meeting 4/3/74 4/3/74 11,957.25
E & D Transfer - Art. 109 Annual T.M. 524 500 00
$1,838,613.52
Total Available Funds $1,877,298 45
Total estimated receipts and available funds $ 8,511,735.99
Net amount to be raised by taxation on property $17 289\261 44
Personal Property Valuation $ 13,397,400 Tax Rate $ 943,176.96
Real Estate Valuation 232188,700 $70 40 16,346,084 48
Total $245,586,100
Total taxes levied on property $17,289,261.44
Items Not Entering into the Determination of the Tax Rate
Betterments and Special Assessments added to Taxes
Committed
Amount Interest
Apportioned Sewer Assessments $59,931.72 $26,671.18 $86,602.90
Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments 2,028 96 786.88 2,815.84
Apportioned Street Assessments 23,816,06 8,609.66 32,425 72
Apportioned Water Assessments 841 95 409 52 1,251.47
Water Liens added to Taxes 24,563.67 24 563.67
$147,659 60
Total amount of 1974 Taxes on Property and of Assessments and Liens
added to Taxes as Committed to Tax Collector $1.1/436,921.04
TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Number of Parcels Assessed Total
Bills on Personal Estate 241
Bills on Real Estate 9745
Value of Assessed Personal Estate
Stock in Trade $ 74,800
Machinery 354,750
All other tangible personal property 12,967,850
Total Valuation of Assessed Personal Estate $13,397,400
Value of Assessed Real Estate
Land exclusive of buildings $ 50,834,900
Buildings exclusive of land 181,353,800
Total Valuation of Assessed Real Estate $232 188 700
Total Valuation of Assessed Estate $245,586,100
104
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Taxes for State. County and City or Town Purposes, Including Overlay
On Personal Estate $ 943,176 96
On Real Estate 16,346,084.48
Total Taxes Assessed $17289 261 44
Number of Livestock Assessed
General
Horses 45
Cows 5
Fowl 153
All Other 9
Number of Acres of Land Assessed 6966
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed 8418
Property Exempt from Taxation
Value of Real Estate $70,716,504
Value of Tangible Personal Estate 2,477.144
Total Value of Exempt Property $73,193,648
Recapitulation of Commitments Fiscal Year of 1974
on Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
Date of Number of Commission's
Commitment Vehicles Value Excise
2/4/74 1,853 2,678,700 91,893 20
3/21/74 1,488 1,693,850 34,313.46
8/20/74 15 17,250 1,138.50
8/28/74 1,620 1,744,150 58,590.83
11/15/74 220 222,550 11,275 48
6/3/74 4,136 3,085,200 203,113 87
6/21/74 4,644 3,282,987 216,155.83
7/22/74 4,205 2,931,799 193,325.63
10/21/74 5,448 84,982,450 314,087 36
12/26/74 2,971 5,121,300 253,064.28
Willard P Grush, Chairman
William L Potter F. William Smith
105
Town Treasurer
Cash on hand January 1, 1973 $ 313,859 20
Receipts during 18 month cycle 88,185,802 45
88,499,661 65
Expenditures per warrants during 18 month cycle 87,171,131 18
Cash on hand June 30, 1974 126,629 34
Invested cash included in receipts 38,194,132.15
Invested cash included in expenditures 33,711,493 64
Interest on invested cash included in receipts 322,200 60
SUMMARY OF TOWN TREASURER'S CASH
Lexington Trust Co (County Bank)
$ 265,491.82
Lexington Trust Co. (County Bank) Federal Revenue 23,481 05
N E Merchants National Bank 57,719.29
N E Merchants National Bank (Library) 11,021.78
Newton-Waltham Bank and Trust Co. 15,836 15
State Street Bank and Trust Co. 17,081.38
Middlesex Bank 10,870 94
First National Bank of Boston 50,471.34
Harvard Trust Co. 270,367.72
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co. 5,000 00
The County Bank, N.A. 5,000 00
Depositors Trust Co 3,041 68
Capital Bank and Trust Co. 1,000.00
Cash and Checks in Office 126,629 34
Returned checks 1,658.78
Time Certificate of Deposit - in transit 150,000 00
$1,014,671.27
INVESTED CASH AS OF 6-30-74
Certificates of Deposit (January 1973-June 1974 Warrants) $3,400,000 00
Treasury Bills 100,000.00
Harrington Seedling Forest Fund 1,273 15
Bicentennial Celebrations Fund 13,695 06
Stabilization Fund 1,524.37
Conservation Fund 8,505 99
REPORT OF TAX TITLE ACCOUNTS
Number of Tax Titles on hand January 1, 1973 54
Number of Tax Titles added during 1973-June 1974 +3
Number of Tax Titles released during 1973-June 1974 -2
Number of Tax Titles foreclosed during 1973-June 1974 -6
Number of Tax Titles town owned -6
43
Total Amount $ 21,862.65
Louis A Zehner
Town Treasurer
106
Transmittal Letter
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen January 22, 1975
Lexington, Massachusetts
In accordance with the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 61,
I submit herewith the financial reports of the Town as of the end of the fiscal
year - June 30, 1974
Balance Sheet as of June 30, 1974
Appropriation Balances as of June 30, 1974
Receipts for fiscal period January 1, 1974 to June 30, 1974
Expenditures for fiscal period January 1, 1973 to June 30, 1974
Municipal Indebtedness as of June 30, 1974
The cash balance of the Town Treasurer has been verified and the accounts of
the various Trust Funds audited during the fiscal period
Richard M Perry, Comptroller
Balance Sheet, June 30, 1974
Assets GENERAL ACCOUNTS Liabilities and Reserves
Cash Employee Payroll Deductions
In Banks 968,861 52 Federal Withholding Taxes 2,266.85
o Federal Revenue Sharing 45,809 75 State Withholding Taxes 112,735.68
Invested 3,500,000.00 Tax Sheltered Annuities 29,970 01
Advances for Petty Cash Police Union Dues 138.00
Treasurer 150 00 Blue Cross-Blue Shield 34,021 28
Collector 150.00 300.00 prior 1959 (110.00)
Group Insurance (4,350 99) 174,670 83
Accounts Receivable Guarantee Deposits
Sewer House Connections 16,163.43
Taxes Water House Connections 8,977 28 25,140 71
Levy of 1969
Real Estate 287 04 Agency
Levy of 1972 County Dog Licenses 2,799 65
Personal 201 50
Real Estate 1,170.37 Tailings - Unclaimed Checks 3,251 37
Levy of 1973
Personal 2,443 00 Gifts - Bequests
Real Estate 110,377.67 Westview Cemetery-Perpetual Care 1,246.00
Levy of 1974 Bicentennial Gifts 622 40 1,868 40
Personal 237,235 08
Real Estate 266,108.04 617,822 70 Federal Grants
Motor Vehicle Excise Federal Revenue Sharing PL92-512 45,809 75
Levy of 1971 2,661 66 Aid to Education
Levy of 1972 14,383.91 PL 874 29,750.00
Levy of 1973 57,275 32 Music Project 6,021 82
Levy of 1974 290,063 30 364,384 19 Learning Disabilities Title III 15,573.02
Library Extension 16,239 07
Administrative Grant Title IIII 11,016 80 392,160 46
Balance Sheet - June 30, 1974
Assets Liabilities and Reserves
Special Assessments State Grants
Sewer Metco 160,407.31
Unapportioned 41,689 63 Water Pollution Control 124,389 12
Added to Taxes Aid to Libraries 11,957.51
Levy of 1973 440 29 Educ. Children-Low Income 14,350 00
Autistic Program-Part B EHA 5,696 95 316,800 89
Street
Unapportioned 23,234 45 Revolving Funds
Added to Taxes School Lunch 91,774.34
Levy of 1973 263 91 School Athletic 21,966 24
Adult Education 3,088.06
Sidewalk Pupil School Material Recoveries 4,111.08 120,939.72
Unapportioned 8,686.47
Added to Taxes Appropriation Balances
Levy of 1973 29.35 General Revenue 23,116,921.92
Non-Revenue
Water Library 705,493 78
Unapportioned 2,456.51 School Loans 119,626.70
Added to Taxes Sewer-Street-Water Loans 114,768 16
Levy of 1973 123 03 Conservation 4,363 60 24,061,174 16
Committed Interest Over Estimates
o Levy of 1973 579 65 State Parks & Reservations 15,131 51
m Levy of 1975 (7.41) 77,495 88 Metropolitan Sewerage Bonds 23,332.25
Mass. Bay Transit Authority 84.83
Under Estimates Metro Air Pollution Control 136 34 38,684.93
Middlesex County Tax 22,674,63
Loans Authorized and Unissued 1,340,000 00
Tax Titles and Possessions
Tax Titles 16,835.84 Bond Anticipation Loan 285,000.00
Tax Possessions 18,311 60 35,147.44
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation
Departmental Parking Meter Receipts 13,281.56
Selectmen 2,797 40
Assessors 738.54 Receipts Reserved for Special Purpose
Sewer House Connections 3,214 08 Insurance Claims 1,978 16
Street Opening Charges 30.00 L A B Life Care Center 4,640.93
Munroe Cemetery 25.20 Police Off Duty 10.00
Westview Cemetery 3,334 00 10,139 22 Custodian Off Duty 44 64
Colonial Acres-Subdivision 20,000.00
School Bldg Assistance- Varian Vacuum Sewer Extension 1,691 00
Anticipation 442,002 21 Garfield St. Sewer Service 39 18
Vine Brook Realty Subdivision 2,465.56
Water MRVT School - Sewer 1,499.30
Liens added to Taxes Bicentennial Fund 671 60 33,040 37
Levy of 1973 Taxes 1,094.11
Levy of 1974 Taxes 19,483 78 Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus 71.76
Rates 208,360 81
House Connections 822.67
Miscellaneous 357 60 230,118 97
Balance Sheet - June 30, 1974
Assets Liabilities and Reserves
Loans Authorized Overlay Reserved for Abatement
Sewers and Drains 1,535,000 00 Levy of 1968 2,000 00
Conservation Land 90,000 00 1,625,000 00 Levy of 1969 2,000 00
Levy of 1970 3,035 25
Revenue - 1975 21,091,471.00 Levy of 1971 44,992.28
Levy of 1972 50,916 59
Levy of 1973 170,636.60
Levy of 1974 230,834.23 504,414.95
Revenue Reserved Until Collected
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 364,384 19
Special Assessment 77,495 88
Tax Titles and Possessions 35,147.44
Departmental 10,139.22
Water 230,118 97 717,285.70
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves 46,137.41
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances 300 00
Surplus Revenue 954,204 64
O
29,031,227 51 29,031,227 51
Deferred Revenue Accounts
Apportioned Assessments Not Due Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue
sewer 623,288.16 Due in 1974 - 1993 623,288.16
Street 211,608 39
Sidewalk 17,806 83 Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue
Water 9,973.45 862,676 83 Due in 1974 - 1992 211,608 39
Suspended Assessments Apportioned Sidewalk Assessment Revenue
Sewer 34,238.83 bue in 1974 - 1993 17,806.83
Sewer Town Owned Land 222 89
Street 5,388.90 Apportioned Water Assessment Revenue
Sidewalk 1,588 05 bue in 1974 - 1992 9,973 45
Water 3,991 48 45,430 15
Suspended Sewer Revenue 34,238 83
Suspended Sewer Revenue
Town Owned Land 222 89
Suspended Street Revenue 5,388 90
Suspended Sidewalk Revenue 1,588 05
Suspended Water Revenue 3,991 48
908,106 98 908,106.98
Balance Sheet - June 30, 1974
Debt Accounts
Net Funded of Fixed Debt Serial Loans
Inside Debt Limit Inside Debt Limit
General 3,036,000 00 Sewer 1,115,000.00
Street 48,000.00
Outside Debt Limit Library 68,000 00
General 7,143,000 00 Town Office Bldg. 30,000.00
Public Sery Enter. 28,000.00 7,171,000 00 Town Office Bldg Add 310,000 00
Public Works Bldg. 90,000.00
Municipal Purpose 1,375,000 00 3,036,000.00
Outside Debt Limit
School 7,143,000 00
Public Serv. Enter 28,000 00 7,171,000 00
10,207,000 00 10,207,000.00
Trust and Investment Accounts
Trust and Investment Funds In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts
Cash and Securities in Custody of Welfare Funds
Trustees of Public Trusts 477,359 80 Bridge Charitable Fund 21,350 00
o Trust of Town Treasurer 27,105 04 Elizabeth J. Gerry Fund 2,254 65
Trustees of Cary Library 45,866.00 Beals Fund 5,621.45
Harriet R Gilmore 667 79
Jonas Gammell 813 89 30,707 78
School Funds
Robert R. Clapp Fund 1,287 23
Mathew Allen Memorial Fund 241.27
H.S. Blake Prize Fund 1,204 59
Chas E French MedalFund 6,400 83
Ellen A Stone Fund 2,133.82
F Foster & Tenney
Sherburne Fund 27,565.73
Elsa W. Regestein Fund 1,098 34
Harrington Memorial Fund 9,616.44 49,548 25
Library Funds
Sarah E. Raymond 634.51
Cemetery Funds
Emma A. Fiske-Flower 599 76
Chas E French-Colonial 4,426 14
Herbert Hilton-Munroe 7,735.42
Henry S. Raymond-Munroe 2,841.81
Louise E Wilkins-Flower 90 86
Charles Lyman Weld 3,527.46
William B. Foster Fund 305 26 19,526.71
Balance Sheet June 30, 1974
Trust and Investment Accounts Continued
Park and Common Funds
Edith C Redman 812 78
Orrin W. Fiske 880 78
Genevra Brown 5,194.28
Frank L Emery 5,195 18
Hayes Fountain 1,874 86
George O. Smith 4,282.21
George W Taylor-Flag 2 357 50
William A. Tower 19,539.71
Albert Ball Tenney 7,953.68
Everett M Mulliken 10,636 10
Perpetual Care - Colonial 2,449.00
Munroe 67,846 47
Westview 215,807 04 344,829 59
Leroy S Brown Fund 9,299.50
George W. Taylor Tree Fund 2,476.69
George L. Gilmore Fund 20,336 77
In Custody of Cary Library
General Investment Fund 45,866 00
In Custody of Town Treasurer
Seedling Town Forest - Harrington 1,278.81
Bicentennial Celebration 15,684 98
Conservation 8,543.80
Stabilization 1, 597.45 27,105 04
550,330.84 550,330.84
Town Debt and Interest
Interest
Rate of Amount of Principal Paid Balance Paid
Date School Interest Original Issue Jan 73-June 74 6-30-74 1-73-6-74
05-01-53 High School (Comp ) 2 2% 160,000 00 5,000 00 ---- 55 00
01-01-54 Fiske School Addition 2.1% 310,000 00 30,000 00 ---- 630.00
08-01-54 Hastings School 1 8% 700,000 00 35,000 00 35,000 00 1,575 00
10-01-55 Harrington School 2 3% 700,000.00 35,000 00 70,000 00 3,220 00
12-01-55 High School Addition 2 4% 775 000 00 38,000 00 76,000 00 3,648 00
09-01-56 Franklin School Addition 3 0% 470,000 00 25,000 00 45,000 00 2,775 00
11-15-57 Hastings-Harrington Addition 3.5% 180,000 00 10,000 00 20,000 00 1,440 00
08-01-57 Franklin School Addition 3 4% 60,000 00 3,000 00 12,000 00 714 00
08-01-58 Diamond Junior H S 2.9% 2,050,000.00 100,000 00 500,000 00 24,650 00
07-15-60 Estabrook School 3 6% 1,045,000 00 50,000 00 350,000 00 20,700 00
04-11-63 High School Addition 3 0% 3,200 000 00 320,000 00 1,440,000 00 74,400 00
02-16-65 Bridge School 3.0% 1,345.000 00 140,000 00 715,000 00 36,375 00
01-01-66 Bowman School 3 5% 1,510,000 00 160,000 00 870,000 00 51,275 00
05-01-71 New Junior High - Clarke 3 75% 4,300,000 00 860,000 00 3,010,000 00 201,562 50
Total School 16,805,000 00 1,811,000 00 7,143,000 00 423,019 50
General Purpose
09-01-56 Library 3 0% 295,000 00 15,000 00 40,000,00 2,250 00
09-01-56 Town Office Building 3 0% 215,000 00 10,000 00 30,000 00 1,650 00
08-01-57 Street-Sewer-Library 3 4% 490,000 00 20,000 00 80,000 00 4,760 00
08-22-66 Public Works Building 4 2% 328,000 00 30,000 00 90,000.00 6,930.00
11-01-70 Town Office Addition 4.2% 790,000.00 160,000.00 310,000 00 26,250 00
07-24-73 Municipal Purpose Loan 4 5% 1,375 000 00 ---- 1,375 000 00 30,937 50
Total General Purpose 3,493,000 00 235,000 00 1,925,000 00 72,777 50
Street
06-01-65 Massachusetts Avenue 2 9% 200,000 00 40,000 00 20,000 00 2,030 00
Total Street 200,000 00 40,000 00 20,000.00 2,030 00
Sewer
06-01-48 Trunk Construction 1 75% 275,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00 743.75
03-01-50 Trunk Construction 1 75% 190,000 00 10,000 00 30,000 00 962 50
08-01-52 Sunnyfield Sewer 2 0% 175,000 00 5,000 00 45,000 00 1,450 00
08-01-54 Trunk Construction 1.8% 100,000.00 5,000 00 5,000 00 225.00
07-15-60 Trunk Construction 3 6% 330,000 00 15,000 00 105,000 00 6,210 00
12-01-55 Trunk Construction 2 4% 400,000 00 20,000 00 40,000 00 1,920 00
12-01-55 Trunk Construction 2.4% 70,000.00 3,000 00 6,000.00 288 00
08-01-59 Trunk Construction 3 9% 100,000 00 5,000 00 30,000 00 1,950 00
05-15-59 Trunk Construction - Shade St 3 4% 210,000 00 20,000 00 50,000 00 3,230 00
02-01-64 Trunk Construction-Woodhaven 3 1% 500,000 00 50,000 00 250,000 00 13,175 00
08-01-67 Trunk Construction 3 8% 750,000 00 40,000 00 510,000 00 30,590 00
Total Sewer 3,100,000 00 188,000 00 1,091,000 00 60,744 25
Water
08-01-57 6" - 16" Mains 3 4 260,000 00 7,000.00 28,000.00 1,666 00
Total Water 260,000 00 7,000 00 28,000 00 1,666.00
Grand Total 28,858,000 00 2,281,000 00 10,207,000 00 560,237 25
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Retirement Board
At the 1974 Annual Town Meeting, $274,175 was appropriated as the Town's share of con-
tributory retirement pensions, and $2,525. to cover the operating expenses of the retirement
system for the 1975 fiscal year In addition $130,000 was voted to pay the pensions of the
non-contributory retirees The Lexington Housing Authority contributed $825 for its share
During the year, 19 employees were retired under the contributory, and one under the
non-contributory sections of the retirement laws The number pensioned from the Town is
151 as of December 31, 1974
During the twelve month period ending November 30, 1974, the assets of the retirement
system increased almost $183,000. A comparative balance sheet of the financial condition
is submitted herewith
COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET
ACCOUNT November 30, 1973 November 30, 1974
Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities
Bonds $2,046,466 80 $2,298,985.06
Stocks 431,505.38 279,563 25
Cash on hand or in banks 118,329 96 102,399.76
Accrued interest paid on investments 2,170.00 4,097 07
Annuity savings fund $1,705,903 84 $1,885,638 02
Annuity reserve fund 302,297.64 356,862.79
Military service fund 3,745 83 3,794 13
Pension fund 557,574 91 490,163 56
Expense fund 4,335.71 4,790 75
Deductions-Group 1 146,276 68 153,729 41
Deductions-Group 4 58,020.16 60,210 69
Profit on sale of investments 16,456 66 281 37
Refunds-Group 1 19,990 40 34,737 23
Refunds-Group 4 --- 7,808 01
Annuities paid 36,763 08 40,749 12
Pensions paid 226,264.88 295,281.60
Expenses paid 1,909 96 2,498 63
Income on investments 88,789.03 110,649 01
Total assets and liabilities $2,883,400 46 $2,883,400.46 $3,066,119.73 $3,066,119 73
George P Morey, Chairman
Walter F Spellman, Employees' Elected Representative
Richard M Perry, Secretary, Ex-officio Member
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Appropriation Accounts
Accounts Total Approp. & Balance Balances
(Voted at 1973 Town Meeting) Expenditures Transfer 6/30/73 To F & D To 1975 FY
Selectmen
Personal Services 56,674 37 59,272 00 2,597 63 2,597 63
Expenses 9,994 23 10,500 00 505 77 405 77 100 00
Town Manager
Personal Services 69,111.96 74,410.00 5,298 04 5,298.04
Expenses 1,991 40 2,106.00 114 60 114.60
Town Manager's Jurisdiction
Clerical Pool 23,931.33 35,385 00 11,453.67 11,453 67
Professional Services 4,470.79 4,500 00 29.21 29 21
Fire & Police Medical 7,662 07 7,955 00 292 93 253 93 39 00
Guides Director 1,500 00 1,500 00
Out-of-State Travel 4,495.90 6,950 00 2,454.10 2,454 10
Training & Tray. Out-of-State 4,140.38 4,200 00 59 62 59 62
Tuition & Training Fees 12,138 25 12,575.00 436 75 436.75
In-State Travel 7,286.50 7,500 00 213.50 179 75 33.75
Selectmen's Jurisdiction
Community Services 44 35 50.00 5 65 5.65
Juvenile Services 17,154 05 17,950 00 795.95 795 95
Bicentennial Committee 750.00 750 00
Town Clerk
Personal Services 55,326 25 55,335.00 8 75 8.75
Expenses 1,190 16 1,430 00 239 84 239 84
Vital Statistics 780 62 800 00 19.38 19 38
Trustees of Public Trusts 955 00 970 00 15 00 15 00
Board of Appeals
Personal Services 10,681 13 10,682.00 87 .87
Expenses 2,012.53 2,495 00 482.47 482 47
Planning Board
Personal Services 39,261 06 41,163.00 1,901 94 1,901.94
Expenses 3,390 60 4,737 00 1,346 40 1,318 55 27.85
Group Insurance 295,985.54 310,698 00 14,712.46 14,712 46
Munic Prop. & Wrkmn Comp 195,440 49 198,320.00 2,879 51 2,879 51
Printing Town Report 12,824 04 12,903.00 78 96 78.96
Law Fees 51,375 00 51,375 00
Law Expenses 7,421 76 7,500 00 78 24 78 24
Election Selectmen 12,434 94 13,375 00 940 06 940 06
Election Town Clerk 14,687 72 15,955.00 1,267 28 1,267 28
Board of Registrars-Personal Sery 6,107 39 7,098 00 990.61 990 61
Expenses 982.87 9,850 00 8,867.13 3,867 13 5,000.00
Appropriation Expenses 6,073 06 6,225.00 151 94 151 94
Capital Expenditures Expenses 30 00 150.00 120 00 120.00
Standing Sch Bldg Comm. Expenses 30.00 50 00 20.00 20 00
Permanent Bldg Comm Expenses 90.00 450 00 360.00 360 00
Town Celebration Comm Expenses 10,836 19 11,000.00 163 81 163.81
Historic Districts Comm Expenses 2,134 27 2,135 00 73 .73
Conservation Comm Expenses 5,433 21 6,295 00 861 79 861 79
Recreation Comm Personal Services 82,353.06 93,125 00 10,771.94 10,771 94
Expenses 23,065.05 23,085 00 19 95 19 95
Treasurer
Personal Services 30,980 88 31,101 00 120.12 120 12
Expenses 3,959.23 6,260 00 2,300.77 2,300 77
Foreclosure & Redemption 191.33 2,250.00 2,058.67 2,058 67
Tax Collector
Personal Services 36,074 00 36,074 00
Expenses 3,293.02 4,015 00 721.98 721 98
Comptroller
Personal Services 104,431 37 105,519.00 1,087 63 1,087.63
Expenses 4,307 01 5,700 00 1,392.99 1,392.99
Comptroller's Jurisdiction
Office Mach. Capital Outlay 27,200 90 33,150.00 5,949 10 787.10 5,162 00
Office Mach Maint & Repair 8,414 19 8,650.00 235 81 235.81
Office Sery Copier Supplies 9,490 07 9,550 00 59 93 59 93
Metered Mail 19,327.11 19,350 00 22.89 1 89 21.00
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APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS
Accounts Total Approp & Balance Balances
(Voted at 1973 Town Meeting) Expendures Transfer 6/30/73 To E & D To 1975 FY
Assessors
Personal Services 70,501 22 71,764 00 1,262.78 1,262.78
Expenses 8,043 58 8,200 00 156.42 156.42
Health
Personal Services 36,836.59 43,697 00 6,860.41 6,860.41
Expenses 14,313 58 15,220 00 906.42 886.92 19.50
Rabies Clinic 3,011.33 3,050.00 38 67 38.67
Health's Jurisdiction-Dog Officer
Personal Services 16,849 88 16,970 00 120.12 120.12
Expenses 2,776.59 3,563.00 786.41 786 41
Police
Personal Services 1,139,235.48 1,139,800 00 564 52 564.52
Expenses 121,973 35 122,725 00 751.65 751.65
Parking Meter Maint. 4,432 90 4,500.00 67.10 67.10
Fire
Personal Services 239,864 41 256,695 00 16,830.59 16,830.59
Expenses 60,804 63 66,270.00 5,465.37 901.16 4,564.21
Ambulance Maint. 2,392.64 2,500 00 107 36 107 36
Forest Fire 99.00 100 00 1.00 1.00
Local Disaster Sery Per Serv. 1,500 00 2,250 00 750.00 750.00
Expenses 636.33 1,500.00 863 67 863 67
Auxiliary Fire 101.23 400 00 298 77 298.77
Inspection
Personal Services 64,522.95 64,528.00 5.05 5 05
Expenses 1,910.50 2,050 00 139 50 139 50
DPW - Personal Services 1,209,816.05 1,278,378 00 68,561.95 68,561.95
Dir of Pub Wks. Per. Serv. 166,304 69 171,575.00 5,270.31 5,270 31
Expenses 5,592.19 5,610 00 17 81 17 81
Engineering-Personal Services 237,091.63 237,488 00 396 37 396.37
Expenses 7,223.44 7,375 00 151.56 37.46 114.10
Town Bldg Maint Personal Serv. 54,799 60 60,054.00 5,254 40 5,254 40
Expenses 145,980.43 155,620.00 9,639 57 394 07 9,245 50
Highway Maint. Expenses 85,907.54 97,200 00 11,292 46 11,292.46
Road Machinery 118,381 07 118,925.00 543.93 40.31 503 62
Snow Removal Expenses 112,990.64 190,250.00 77,259 36 77,121.86 137 50
Traffic Reg. & Street Signs 16,497.10 17,000 00 502 90 502 90
Street Lights 196,188 77 197 000 00 811.23 811.23
Sewer Maint 50,897 20 55,459.22 4,562 02 4,562 02
Garbage Collection 130,996.00 130,996 00
Sanitary Land Fill 81,169.75 95,250 00 14,080.25 13,634.00 446.25
Water Maint. & Services 48,051 66 51,380.00 3,328 34 1,784.53 1,543.81
Park Expenses 43,979.63 45.375.00 1,395 37 1,052 17 343 20
Insect Suppression 1,142.03 1,700 00 557 97 557 97
Shade Trees 11,500.00 11,500 00
Dutch Elm Disease 2,220 99 2,500.00 279 01 279 01
Cemeteries Expenses 5,864.19 6,415.00 550 81 550.81
Veterans' Benefits
Personal Services 10,400 00 10,400 00
Expenses (Administration) 827 82 920.00 92 18 92.18
Aid and Expenses 68,226.25 80,000 00 11,773 75 6,773 75 5,000.00
Graves Registration 617 18 625 00 7.82 7.82
Soldiers Burials 250.00 250.00 250.00
Library
Personal Services 403,215.28 406,867 00 3,651 72 3,651.72
Expenses 130,959 20 130,960 61 1.41 1.41
Board of Retirement
Contributory Pension Fund 401,122,25 401,125 00 2 75 2.75
Non-contributory Pension Fund 122,038 27 130,000 00 7,961.73 7,961.73
Expenses 3,500 00 3,500.00
Education
Personal Services 16,702,267.68 17,091,038.00 388,770 32 71,193 18 317,577.14*
Expenses 2,213,488.26 2,483,000.00 269,511.74 29,511 74 240,000 00**
* $300,000 transferred to 1975 F Y Budget **$100,000 transferred to 1975 F.Y. Budget.
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APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS
Accounts Orig Appro- Total Ex- Approp & Balance Balances
(Voted at 1973 Town Meeting) priation penditures Transfer 6/30/73 To E&D To 1975 FY
Out-of State Travel 13,285 93 18,000 00 4,714 07 4,714 07
Vocational Educ Tui & Transportation 26,792.72 49,000 00 22,207 28 22,207 28
Athletics Expenses 212,000 00 212,000 00
Regional Voc Tech High School Oper 86,368 00 86,368 00
Capital Budget 158,326 00 158,326 00
Interest on Debt 562,473.69 584,299 00 21,825 31 21,825 31
Interest on Tax Anticipation Loans 116,433 70 116,450 00 16 30 16 30
Maturing Debt 2,281,000 00 2,281,000 00
TOTAL ARTICLE 4 29,345,659.65 30,401,383.83 1,055,724.18 443,870 35 611,853 83
1973 Articles
Unpaid Bills prior Yr - Art 7 500 00 500 00 500 00
Reserve Fund - Art 8 200,000 00 104,370 78 104,370 78 14,170 78 90,200 00
Supplemental Sewer - Art 12 25,000 00 15,377 96 25,000 00 9,622 04 9,622 04
Westview Cemetery Dev - Art 15 4,000 00 4,000 00 4,000 00 4,000.00
Curbing Construction - Art 16 5,000 00 3,942.37 5,000 00 1,057 63 1,057 63
Drains Construction - Art 17 50,000 00 (1) 294 30 50,000 00 49,705 70 49,705 70
Water Mains - Art 18 25,000 00 23,463 56 25,000 00 1,536 44 1,536.44
Sidewalks Construction - Art 19 25,000 00 25,000 00 25,000 00 25,000 00
Sewer Laterals - Art 20 640,000 00 (1) 79,683.05 140,000 00 60,316 95 60,316 95
Trunk Sewer/Turning Mill Rd-Art 21 120,000 00 (1) 4,650 00 5,000 00 350 00 350 00
Trunk Sewer/Wyman Rd - Art 22 35,000 00 (1) 1,235 00 5,000 00 3,765 00 3,765 00
Trunk Sewer/Hayes Lane - Art 23 76,800 00 (1) 36,169 49 36,800 00 630 51 630 51
D P W Compactor - Art 24 (part 1) 80,000 00 (2) 7,388.00 35,000 00 27,612 00 2,612 00 25,000 00
Road Machinery Equip - Art 24 (part 2) 110,000 00 100,977 71 110,000 00 9,022 29 9,022 29
Engineering Survey & Design - Art 26 8,000 00 8,000.00 8,000 00 8,000 00
Sanitary Landfill Study - Art 28 15,000.00 11,899 49 15,000 00 3,100 51 3,100 51
Brook & Stream Cleaning - Art 29 15,000 00 2,230 43 15,000 00 12,769 57 12,769 57
Chap 90 Maint - Art 32 6,000 00 6,000 00 6,000.00 6,000 00
Library Remodeling - Art 34A 400,000 00 174,747.47 400,000 00 225,252 53 225,252 53
Library Equipment - Art 34B 35,000 00 3,127 89 35,000 00 31,872 11 31,872 11
Library Addition - Art 34C 1,015,000 00 566,630 86 1,015,000.00 448,369.14 448,369.14
Library Relocation - Art 35 6,850 00 6,424.15 6,850 00 425 85 425 85
Fire Station Repairs - Art 36 4,000 00 3,394 00 4,000 00 606 00 606 00
Dog Kennel Constr - Art 37 10,000.00 499 55 10,000 00 9,500 45 9,500 45
Traffic Signal Improv - Art 38 5,000 00 1,675 95 5,000 00 3,324 05 3,324 05
Meriam St Off St Parking - Art 39 3,000 00 2,755.55 3,000.00 244 45 244 45
Bicentennial Celebration - Art 42 20,000 00 20,000 00 20,000 00 15,684 98 *
Buckman Tavern Repairs - Art 43 120,000 00 104,302 96 120,000 00 15,697 04 697 04 15,000 00
Bicycle Paths - Art 44 2,500 00 1,554 67 2,500 00 945 33 945 33
Old Reservior Improvement - Art 45 40,000 00 34,251 60 40,000 00 5,748 40 5,748 40
Voting Machine Leasing - Art 49 1,500 00 1,500 00 1,500 00 1,500 00
Mosquito Control - Art 51 18,000.00 16,276 00 18,000 00 1,724 00 1,724 00
Mystic Valley Mental Health - Art 52 40,095 00 33,411 65 40,095 00 6,683 35 6,683 35
Tophet Swamp Study - Art 54 5,000 00 5,000 00 5,000 00
Conservation Land Porter/Waymint-Art 55 95,000 00 (1) 85,636 40 90,000 00 4,363 60 4,363 60
Consery Easement/Lucky Penny Tr. Art 57 5,000 00 5,000 00 5,000 00 5,000 00
Consery Easement/Johnson Prop - Art 58 5,000 00 200 00 5,000 00 4,800 00 4,800 00
Consery Easement/Cataldo Prop - Art 60 5,000 00 5,000.00 5,000 00
Consery Fund - Art 61 10,000.00 10,000 00 10,000 00 8,543 80**
St Constr - Art 66, 67, 68 83,000 00 58,960 95 83,000 00 24,039 05 24,039 05
Street Acceptance - Art 76 1,000 00 675 00 1,000.00 325 00 325 00
1972 Carry-Over
Selectmen Expenses 545 47 783 50 238 03 238 03
Fire & Police Medical 70 00 1,089 41 1,019 41 1,019 41
* Article 42 invested in a savings account (1) Includes amount to be bonded
** Article 61 Consery Fund invested in a savings account (2) Includes $40,000 G R S funds
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APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS
Orig Appro- Total Ex- Appro & Balances
Account priation penditures Transfer Balance To E&D To 1975 FY
Professional Services 7,830,00 9,450 00 1,620 00 1,620 00
Juvenile Services 110 36 112 00 1 64 1.64
Planning Board Expenses 1,116.00 1,116 00
Munic Prop & Wrkmn Comp 14,343 41 14,343 41
Law Expenses 50.00 50 00
Election Selectmen 1,500 00 1,500.00
Board of Registrars Expenses 2,992 22 3,000 00 7 78 7.78
Historic Districts Comm Expenses 7 00 7 00 7 00
Off Mach Capital Outlay 808 00 907 00 99 00 99 00
Off Sery Copier Supplies 1,065 28 1,065 28
Health Expenses 821.50 821 50
Fire Expenses 2,158 68 2,158 68
Director of Public Works Expenses 25 32 25 32
Engineering Expenses 82 21 177 12 94 91 94.91
Town Bldg Maint Expenses 7,789 50 10,729 24 2,939 74 2,939 74
Highway Maint Expenses 361 00 361.00
Road Machinery Expenses 4,162 58 4,162 58
Snow Removal Expenses 17,991 57 17,991 57
Sewer Maint Expenses 1,679 20 1,679 20
Sanitary Landfill 4,417 55 4,417 55
Water Maint Expenses 11,253 92 17,893 13 6,639 21 6,639 21
Park Expenses 3,153.55 3,153 55
Shade Tree 85 23 88 38 3 15 3 15
Cemetery Expenses 338 85 367 41 28 56 28 56
Veterans' Benefits Aid & Expenses 13 55 2,752 70 2,739.15 2,739 15
School Personal Services 163,724 90 163,724 90
School Expenses 45,167 55 50,929 00 5,761 45 5,761 45
Voc Edi Tui & Transportation 277 50 435 00 157 50 157 50
1972 Articles
Selectmen Appraisals & Options - Art 14 2,500.00 2,500 00 2,500 00 2,500 00
Westview Cem Dev -Art 15 4,000 00 4,000 00 4,000.00 4,000 00
Curbing Installation - Art 16 5,000 00 4,997 95 5,000.00 2 05 2 05
Drains - Art 17 36,000 00 14,232.10 14,435 02 202 92 202 92
Sidewalks - Art 19 50,000 00 29,775 42 35,850 74 6,075 32 6,075 32
Sewer Mains - Art 20 480,000 00 393,337.11 468,116 34 74,779 23 74,779 23
Trunk Sewer - Art 21 120,000.00 112,698.65 119,300 00 6,601 35 6,601 35
Road Machinery Equip - Art 24 62,000.00 950 00 1,725 39 775 39 775 39
Engineering Services - Art 25 10,000 00 3,046 53 6,000.00 2,953 47 2,953 47
Chap 90 East St - Art 31 60,000 00 1,669 50 69,500 00 67,830 50 67,830 50
Library Final Plans - Art 34 112,000 00 53,435.40 53,435 40
Fire Station Final Plan - Art 35 7,500 00 5,747 30 7,500 00 1,752 70 1,752 70
Fire Engine Purchase - Art 36 57,000 00 56,976 25 57,000 00 23 75 23 75
Emergency Generator Fire Dept-Art 37 6,000 00 5,055 28 6,000.00 944 72 944 72
Purchase & Install Radio Comm-Art 38 9,680.08 1,617 50 1,617 50 1,617 50
Traf Lts Concord Ave & Waltham St Art 41 20,000 00 1,579 37 5,233 27 3,653 90 3,653 90
Prelim Plans Rec Land Harr Sch Art 44 1,500 00 1,500 00 1,500 00
Path Walk & Bicyl Willyd Wds Art 45 2,500 00 303.75 1,924 80 1,621 05 1,621 05
Plan Water Supply Old Res - Art 46 3,500 00 1,500 00 3,500 00 2,000.00 2,000 00
Lincoln St Area Dev - Art 47 20,000 00 8,006 28 8,326.66 320 38 320 38
Consery Land Hill Meek Prop - Art 53 32,000 00 30,646.27 30,899 00 252 73 252 73
Select Land Bevington/Stankard-Art 54 25,000 00 1,841 75 1,841.75 1,841 75
Consery Land Hamilton/Baldwin-Art 57 85,000 00 68,396 27 85,000.00 16,603 73 16,603 73
Select Land Ashley/Lex Assoc-Art 58 30,000 00 22,164.80 30,000 00 7,835 20 7,835 20
Consery Land Ashley/Lex Assoc-Art 59 40,000 00 37,853 80 40,000 00 2,146 20 2,146.20
Consery Land Munroe Brook - Art 61 6,000 00 6,000 00 6,000.00 6,000.00
Consery Fund - Art 63 5,000 00 4,772.81 4,772 81
Bow St Relocation - Art 64 13,000 00 13,000 00 13,000 00
Planning Board Soil Study - Art 82 8,500 00 5,837 33 8,500 00 2,662 67 2,662 67
L H A Admin Cost of Study - Art 99 500 00 448 16 500 00 51 84 51 84
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APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS
Orig Appro- Total Ex- Appro. & Balances
Account priation penditures Transfer Balance To E&D To 1975 FY
1971 Carry-over
School Expenses 2,849.27 10,810 28 7,961.01 7,961 01
1971 Articles
New Jr High Art 2, 1/71 4,300,000 00 312,771.83 422,538 04 109,766.21 109,766.21
Stedman Rd/Landtaking Art 3, 1/71 200.00 200.00 200 00 200.00
Sewer Main&Pump Bed AFB-Art 4, 1/71 175,000.00 1,469 73 1,469.73
Harrington Prop - Art 5, 6/71 33,000 00 54 00 306 33 252.33 252.33
Bowman Sch Roof Repair - Art 8, 6/71 116,000 00 9,279 73 30,986.50 21,706 77 21,706 77
Cons. Buf Str Turning Mill-Art 10 6/71 35,000.00 10,837 70 30,000.00 19,162 30 19,162 30
Westview Cem Devel - Art 15 8,000 00 1,781.46 8,000 00 6,218 54 6,218 54
Sewer Laterals - Art 20 350,000.00 71,033 37 197,971.81 126,938 44 126,938 44
Street Design - Art 25 25,000.00 3,075 49 3,075.49
Engineering Services - Art 29 5,000 00 4,000 00 4,000 00 4,000 00
Chap 90/East - Art 34 60,000.00 60,000.00 60,000 00 60,000 00
Chap 90 Constr East St - Art 35 17,000 00 17,000 00 17,000 00 17,000 00
Air Condi/Police Sta - Art 39 27,000 00 4,083.12 5,548 85 1,465 73 1,465 73
Town Off Furn & Equip - Art 40 10,000 00 317 00 430 06 113.06 113 06
Disaster Communications System-Art 41 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000 00 5,000 00
System & Procedure Study - Art 43 10,000 00 1,000 00 6,550 00 5,550 00 5,550 00
Dev Lincoln St Dump - Art 47 10,000 00 1,740.70 1,740 70
Consery Land/Cooke - Art 63 7,000 00 6,000.00 6,000 00 6,000.00
1970 Articles
Westview Cem Devel - Art 15 4,000.00 4,000 00 4,000.00
Water Mains - Art 18 20,000 00 3,534.92 3,534 92
Sidewalks - Art 19 45,000 00 9,568 69 9,568 69
Sewer Trunk - Art 21 50,000.00 13,546 58 32,360.00 18,813 42 18,813 42
Chap 90 Constr/East St - Art 23 60,000.00 50,312 50 60,000.00 9,687 50 9,687 50
Engineering Services - Art 29 5,000 00 2,321 45 2,321 45 2,321 45
Reimbursing Subdividers - Art 30 10,000 00 1,982 79 2,000 00 17.21 17.21
Town Office Bldg Constr - Art 32C 636,505.00 11,009 00 11,136.42 127 42 127 42
Town Office Bldg Remodeling-Art 32R 306,791 00 4,228.14 4,338 29 110.15 110.15
Fluoridation/Prelim Engin Survey-Art 43 1,000 00 200 00 200.00 200.00
Land Purch/Woburn St - Art 48 120,000 00 1,570.00 38,987 78 37,417.78 37,417 78
Wallis Ct/Mass Ave Bldg Line - Art 49 12,000 00 1,000 00 10,100.00 9,100 00 9,100 00
Traffic Signals - Art 50 25,000 00 9,825.35 9,825 35
Devel Lincoln St Dump - Art 51 25,000 00 26 18 26 18 26 18
Rec Garfld - Art 53 5,000 00 367 50 367 50
Street Constr/Blmfld Etc-Art 73,74,75 72,000.00 594 07 2,152.95 1,558 88 1,558.88
Conserv Land/Juniper Hill - Art 79 26,500 00 24,175.00 24,175 00
1969 Articles
West Sub Reg Ref Disp - Art 10, 6/69 7,000 00
Sewer Laterals - Art 15 320,000 00 45,263 95 45,263.95
Westview Cem Devel - Art 33 4,000.00 587 33 587.33
Reimbursing Subdividers - Art 34 16,000.00 7,166 37 7,166.37
Street Sett Manley Ct -Art 42,43,44 96,500.00 305.93 305 93
Consery Land/Caldwell, Busa Prop.Art 73 18,500 00 2,400 00 2,400.00 2,400.00
Conserv Land - Art 75, 82, 83 2,500 00 2,500 00 2,500 00 2,500 00
1968 Articles
Sewer Trunk East & Bridge St - Art 16 48,000 00 75.00 2,614 41 2,539.41 2,539.41
Selectmen Options - Art 32 2,500 00 400 00 1,264 50 864.50 864.50
Land/Lloyd Prop - Art 56 57,500 00 8,705.63 8,705 63 8,705,63
Land Marring Sch/Woburn St - Art 58 16,600 00 2,241.00 2,241 00 2,241 00
Sewer Main Bedford & Air Base - Art 74 575,000 000
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APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS
Orig Appro- Total Ex- Appro & Balances
Account priation penditures Transfer Balance To E&D To 1975 FY
1967 Articles
West Sub Reg Ref Disp-Art 6, 6/67 2,000 00 1,838.11 1,838 11 1,838 11
Traff St Hartwell Ave - Art 8,6/67 16,000 00 11,841 23 11,841 23 11,841 23
Sewer Trunk Misc - Art 17 250,000 00 3,439 00 3,439 00
Conserv Land/Kingston Homes - Art 80 16,000,00 27.00 268 00 241 00 241 00
1966 Articles
Sewer Water Mns&Drains Rt 2-Art 4 6/66 22,300 00 12,627 98 12,627 98 12,627 98
Cary & Town Off Emergency Powr-Art 38 10,000 00 341 75 341 75 341 75
Sch Land Highland & Pelhm - Art 50 60,000 00 45,844 00 3,738 47 (42,105 53) (42,105 53)
Land/Lowell & Woburn - Art 51 45,000 00 49,786.50 14,950 00 (34,836 50) (34,836 50)
Conserv Land/Winch & Arl Line-Art 81 20,975 00 1,712 00 1,712 00 1,712.00
1965, 64, 63 & 62 Articles
Land Valleyfld St - Art 75, 1965 3,000 00 315 00 3,000 00 2,685 00 2,685 00
Bridge School - Art 6, 1964 1,345,000.00 737 40 968 95 231 55 231 55
Bowman School - Art 7, 1964 1,510,000 00 9,267 83 18,896 77 9,628 94 9,628 94
Land/Meaghvlle - Art 45, 1963 10,000 00 10,000 00 10,000 00 10,000.00
Ld Willrd Wds Summr Etc-Art 37, 1962 43,500 00 3,247 54 3,247 54 3,247 54
GRAND TOTAL 32,659,084 14 35,535,910 96 2,876,826 82 509,356 93 2,367,469 89
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Schedule of Receipts
January 1, 1973 to June 30, 1974
General Revenue
Taxes Other Purposes
Local Aid to Public Library 23,914.50
Property 24,377,659 63 Water Pollution Control 10,168 00
Tax Title Redemptions 19,578 05 Conservation 49,534 00
Farm Animal Excise 18 50 Highway Improvement 96,840.05
State Lottery 134,990 14
From the Commonwealth Reimbursement Census 8,353 00
Income
Valuation Basis 52,265 56 Total Gifts from State 2,723,603.03
Education Basis 2,551,303 97
Loss of Taxes 2,625 00 Grants from County
Dog Fund 10,496 88
Corporation 9,346 75
Commercial Revenue
Total Taxes 27,012,797 46
Special Assessments
Licenses and Permits Sewer 101,802 60
Alcoholic 23,500 00 Street and Sidewalk 36,115.70
All Other 55,276 30 Water 2,027 39
Total Licenses and Permits 78,776 30 Total Special Assessments 139,945 69
Privileges
Fines and Forfeitures Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1,569,696.91
Court Fines 73,633 95 Parking Meter Receipts
a On Street 33,286 13
Gifts and Grants
Federal Gov't Total Privileges 1,602,983 04
School
Teaching Training Film Departmental
PL864 Title III a General Government
PL874 297,500 00 Selectmen 635 00
Performing Arts ---- Assessors 3,730 97
Town Clerk 6,569 18
Revenue Sharing Funds 698,291 00 Board of Appeals 5,275.00
Planning Board 326.60
Other Purposes ---- Inspection 91 75
Civil Defense
Water Pollution Control 30,898 67 Total General Government 16,628 50
Conservation 24,289 46 b Public Safety
Police 11,978 20
Total Grants from Federal Government 1,050,979.13 Fire 145 44
Dog Officer 3,979.00
Grants from State Sealer of Weights & Measures 732 80
School Total Public Safety 16,835 44
Food Services 197,823 68 c Health and Sanitation
Vocational Education 18,369 00 Health 600 00
Tuition 3,654 44 Sanitation
Transportation 185,143 34 Sewer Rates 23,068 85
Building Assistance 722,660 16 Sewer House Connections 1,542 33
Other School Total Health and Sanitation 25,211.18
METCO 426,086 26 d Highways
Children-Low Income 48,364 00 State and. County 12,465.62
Special Education 496,451 32 e. Veterans Services
Library Extension 27,476 39 Reimbursement for Relief 23,712 15
Special Education, Deaf & Blind 4,838 75 f. Schools
Autistic Program 20,330.00 Tuition from Individuals 20,908 28
L.A.B Life Care Center 30,000 00 Tuition from Municipalities 17,358 90
Learning Disabilities Title III 170,584 00 Sale of Books & Supplies 643.15
Government Highway Safety 2,245.00
MECET 26,753 00
Administrative Grant 19,000 00
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SCHEDULE OF RECEIPTS
f Schools Continued Municipal Indebtedness
Miscellaneous Bond Issue Municipal Loan 1,375,000 00
Athletics 15,805 00 Premium on Sale of Securities 2,420 00
Rentals 27,815 00 Tax Anticipation Loans 8,050,000 00
Food Services 620,748.54 Bond Anticipation Loan 285,000 00
Pupil Material Recoveries 5,323 09
Other 865 08
L A B Program 33,269 00 Total Municipal Indebtedness 9,712,420.00
Total School 742,736 04 Agency Trusts and Investments
g Recreation 15,275 25 Time Certificates of Deposit 38,005,508.15
h Unclassified State Sporting Licenses 12,588 75
Ambulance Rentals 8,606 50 County Dog Licenses 16,350 45
Miscellaneous 259,271 05 Deposits from Services 71,766 74
Payroll Deductions
Total Unclassified 267,877 55 Federal Withholding Tax 3,552,464 57
State Withholding Tax 911,197 89
Total Departmental 1,120,741 73 Employee Blue Cross 317,864 57
Employee Insurance 10,473 82
Public Service Enterprises Teachers Annuity Dues 198,968 90
Water Teachers Union Dues 73,215 10
Sale of Water 687,828 61 Non Teachers Union Dues 2,833 58
Liens 31,670 94
House Connections 1,487.83 Total Agency Trusts and Investments 43,173,232 52
Miscellaneous 214 21
Refunds
Total Public Service Enterprises 721,201 59 Public Works Department 3,249 35
Fire Department ---
Cemeteries School Department 220 57
Sale of Lots and Graves 13,483 00 Library ---
Care of Lots and Graves 40,907 50 Veterans Benefits ---
Miscellaneous 9,832 25 Blue Cross and Group Insurance 2,650 55
Other 134 90
Total Cemeteries 64,222 75
Total Refunds 6,255 37
Interest
On Taxes and Assessments 59,350 77 Total Receipts 87,871,954.25
On Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1,143 03
On Investments 316,984 62
Miscellaneous 3,186.39
Total Interest 380,664 81
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Schedule of Expenses
General Government
1/1/73 to 1/1/74
Appropriation Committee Town Comptroller
Expenses Expenses (continued)
Supplies 281 06 Carry Over-1972 Repairs 808.00
Services 5,792 00 Carry Over-1972 Copier Supplies 1,065 28
Selectmen Town Clerk
Personal Services 56,674 37
Clerical Pool 23,931 33 Personal Services 55,326 25
Expanses Expenses
Selectmen 1,500 00 Supplies 699 33
Supplies 4,456 00 Services 490 83
Services 4,037 59 Vital Statistics 780 62
Article 7 - 1973 500 00
Community Services 44 35
Juvenile Services 17,154 05 Registration
Bicentennial Committee Expenses 750 00
Article 10 Police Pension ) Personal Services 6,107 39
Article 10 Fire Pension ) 122,038 27
Article 10 Teacher Veteran) Expenses
Article 58 - 1972 22,164 80 Supplies 225.00
Article 32C - 1970 11,009 00 Services 430 65
Article 32R - 1970 4,228 14 Printing 327 22
Carry Over - 1972 545 47 Carry Over - 1972 2,992 22
Carry Over Juvenile Services 110 36
Elections
Director of Guides 1,500.00
Jurisdiction of Selectmen 12,434 94
Town Manager Jurisdiction of Town Clerk 14,687.72
Personal Services 69,111.96 Carry Over - 1972 Selectmen 1,500 00
Tuition-Training-Out-of-State Travel 20,735.28
Law Department
Expenses
Supplies 1,605 40 Personal Services 51,375 00
Services 386 00
Expenses 7,421 76
Town Manager's Jurisdiction Carry Over - 1972 50 00
In State Travel 7,325 75
Professional Services 4,470 79 Collector of Taxes
Printing Town Report 12,824 04 Personal Services 36,074 00
Town Insurance Expenses
Motor Vehicle and Property 195,440 49 Supplies 405 85
Group Insurance and Blue Cross 295,985 54 Services 2,737 17
Carry Over - 1972 14,343 41 Furniture 150 00
Carry Over - 1972 (Prof Services) 7,830 00
Assessors' Department
Fire and Police Medical 7,662 07
Carry Over - 1972 70.00 Personal Services 70,501 22
Town Comptroller Expenses
Personal Services 104,431 37 Supplies 511 05
Services 7,532 53
Expenses
Supplies 1,012 54 Treasurer
Services 3,194 47
Capital Expenditures 27,300.90 Personal Services 30,980 88
Repairs to Office Equipment 8,414 19 Expenses
Clerical Services 9,490 07 Supplies 270 08
Metered Mail 19,327.11 Services 3,689 15
Foreclosure and Redemption 191.33
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SCHEDULE OF EXPENSES
Superintendent of Public Works
Personal Services 166,304.69 Engineering (Continued)
Expenses 5,592 19 Expenses
Carry Over - 1972 25.32 Office Equipment 1,571.84
Carry Over - 1972 82.21
Public Works Department
Board of Appeals
Personal Services 1,209,816 05
Personal Services 10,681.13
Town Offices & Cary Memorial Bldg
Expenses
Personal Services 54,799 60 Supplies 248 08
Services 1,764 45
Expenses 145,980 43
Article 40 - 1971 317 00 Planning Board
Carry Over - 1972 7,789 50
Personal Services 39,261.06
Engineering
Expenses
Personal Services 237,091 63 Supplies 681 40
Services 2,709 20
Expenses 3,809 06 Article 82 - 1972 5,837 33
Services 1,842 54 Carry Over - 1972 1,116 00
Article 25 - 1972 3,046 53
Total General Government 3,297,811 52
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department Fire Department (Continued)
Personal Services 1,139,235 48 Services
Communications 7,560 83
Expenses Repairs to Auto Equipment 1,614 72
Supplies Other 15,372 94
Automotive 43,773 75 Equipment 4,963 00
Public Safety 3,125 36
Uniforms 18,955 29 Ambulance Maintenance 2,392 64
Other 9,622 21 Forest Fires ---
Services Carr+ Over - 1972 2,158 68
Communications 14,524 30 Article 35 - 1972 5,747 30
Repairs to Auto Equipment 2,607 42 Article 36 - 1972 56,976 25
Public Safety Equipment 2,558 93 Article 37 - 1972 5,055 28
Other 6,445 07 Article 36 - 1973 3,394 00
Furniture 534 36
Equipment 19,826.66 Disaster Service
Parking Meter Fund 4,432 90 Personal Services 1,500 00
Article 39 - 1971 4,083 12
Expenses
Fire Department Supplies 144.12
Services
Personal Services 239,864 41 Communications 340 22
Other 151.99
Expenses
Supplies Auxiliary Fire 101 23
Automotive 8,450 70
Fuel 5,658.93 Inspection Deptartment
Public Safety 6,754 82
Clothing 5,859 09 Personal Services 64,522.95
Other 4,668 60 Expenses
Supplies 549 21
Services 1,361.29
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SCHEDULE OF EXPENSES
Protection of Persons and Property (Continued)
Insect Suppression Dog Officer
Expenses 1,142 03 Personal Services 16,849 88
Shade Tree Expenses 2,353 59
Article 37 - 1973 499 55
Expenses 11,500 00
Carry Over - 1972 85.23 Total Protection of Persons & Property 1,749,539 32
Dutch Elm Disease
Expenses 2,220.99
Health and Sanitation
Health Department Water Pollution Control
Personal Services 36,836.59 Article 29 - 1973 2,230 43
Expenses Sewer Services
Supplies 858 27
Services Article 12 - 1973 15,377 96
Professional 11,012.25 Article 20 - 1973 79,330 58
Hospital 821 50 Article 21 - 1973 4,650.00
Other 1,621.56 Article 22 - 1973 1,235 00
Article 23 - 1973 36,169.49
Dog Clinic 3,011 33 Article 20 - 1972 393,689 58
Sanitary Landfill 81,169 75 Article 21 - 1972 112,698 65
Garbage Collection 130,996 00 Article 4 - 1971 1,469 73
Article 20 - 1971 71,033 37
Carry Over - 1972 821 50 Article 30 - 1970 1,982 79
Carry Over - 1972 (Sanitary Landfill) 4,417 55 Article 15 - 1969 45,263 95
Article 24-1973 (Sanitary Landfill Comp ) 7,388 00 Article 16 - 1968 75.00
Article 28-1973 (Landfill Study) 11,899 49 Article 17 - 1967 3,439 00
Article 51-1973 (Musquito Control) 16,276 00
Article 52-1973 (Mental Health) 33,411.65 Total Health and Sanitation 1,180,309 95
Article 53-1973 (Tophet Swamp) 5,000 00
Article 21-1970 13,546 58
Sewer Maintenance
Expenses 50,897.20
Carry Over-1972 1,679 20
Highways
Highway Maintenance Road Machinery
Expenses 85,907 54 Expenses 118,381 07
Carry Over - 1972 361.00 Carry Over - 1972 4,162 58
Article 16 - 1973 3,942 37 Article 24 - 1973 (Part 2) 100,977 71
Article 17 - 1973 294.30 Article 24 - 1972 950 00
Article 66-68 - 1973 58,960 95
Article 76 - 1973 675 00 Snow Removal
Article 16 - 1972 4,997 95
Article 17 - 1972 14,232 10 Expenses 112,990 64
Article 19 - 1972 29,775.42 Carry Over - 1972 17,991 57
Article 31 - 1972 1,669 50
Article 64 - 1972 13,000.00 Traffic Regulation Control & Street Signs
Article 25 - 1971 3,075 49
Article 19 - 1970 9,568 69 Expenses 16,497 10
Article 23 - 1970 50,312.50 Article 38 - 1973 1,675 95
Article 73-75 - 1970 594.07 Article 41 - 1972 1,579.37
Article 42-44 - 1969 305 93 Article 50 - 1970 9,825 35
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SCHEDULE OF EXPENSES
Highways (Continued) School Department (Continued)
Street Lights
Expenses 196,188,77 Operation and Maintenance of Plant
Total Highway 858,892 92 Personal Services
Veterans Benefits Maintenance 117,192 43
Custodians 882,103.55
Administration
Expenses
Personal Services 10,400 00 Heat 242,188 38
Utilities 319,430.40
Expenses Contractual Services 243,197 46
Supplies 147 12 Supplies and Materials 55,474 42
Services 680 70
Rental of Buildings 2,480 00
Aid and Expenses
Transportation to Non-Public Schools 19,973 31
Cash Grants 50,255 39
Hospital Care 3,730 43 Out-of-State Travel 13,285 93
Other 14,240.43
Carry Over - 1972 13 55 Vocational Education 113,160 72
Graves Registration 617 18 Vocational Capital Expense Budget 158,326 00
Total Veterans Benefits 80,084 80 Adult Education 17,280 56
Schools PL90-576 - Child Care 7 84
Administration METCO 349,405 92
Personal Services Education of Children from
Low Income Families 33,969 00
Administration 256,158.44
Clerical 181,553 44 Library Extension 12,094 71
Expenses 51,524 72 Learning Disabilities Title III 159,477 22
Instruction Pupil School Material Recoveries 3,636 93
Personal Services Administrative Grant Title III 7,968 00
Coordinators & Dept. Heads 497,565 32 Autistic Program Part B 14,633 05
Principals 657,163 28
Teachers 12,274,797.23 Lab Life Care Program 58,633 24
Librarians 376,408 60
Guidance Counsellors 633,019 52 MECET 26,213 75
Psychologists 86,666 89
Secretaries and Clerks 530,658 75 Carry Over - 1972 163,724 90
Carry Over - 1972 48,016.82
Expenses Carry Over - 1972 277 50
Textbooks 71,788 39 Article 44 - 1972 1,500 00
Contractual Services 20,116.72 Article 2 - 1971 312,771 83
Supplies and Materials 629,462 76 Article 8 - 1971 9,279 73
Article 7 - 1964 9,267 83
Other School Services Article 6 - 1964 737.40
Personal Services Total Schools 20,429,424 82
Nurses and Doctors 160,045 89
Food Service Supervision 48,934.34
Expenses
Pyschiatrists 10,397.50
Contractual Services 482,381 20
Food Services 62,537 55
Other 2,535 45
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SCHEDULE OF EXPENSES
Cary Memorial Library Unclassified (Continued)
Personal Services 403,215 28 Article 59 - 1972 37,853 80
Article 63 - 1972 4,772 81
Expenses Article 99 - 1972 448 16
Supplies 21,162 30 Article 10 - 1971 10,837 70
Services 34,483 27 Article 43 - 1971 1,000 00
Books 75,301 07 Article 48 - 1970 1,570 00
Article 49 - 1970 1,000 00
State Aid to Libraries 13,057 22 Article 79 - 1970 24,175 00
Article 34 - 1969 7,166 37
Article 34A - 1973 174,747 47 Article 32 - 1968 400.00
Article 34B - 1973 (Equipment) 3,127 89 Article 80 - 1967 27 00
Article 34C - 1973 566,630.86 Article 50 - 1966 45,844 00
Article 35 - 1973 6,424 15 Article 51 - 1966 49,786 50
Article 34 - 1972 53,435.40 Article 75 - 1965 315.00
Total Library 1,351,584 91 Total Parks Recreation and Unclassified 1,135,094 50
Parks Public Service Enterprises
Expenses 43,979 63 Water Maintenance
Carry Over - 1972 3,153 55
Article 5 - 1971 54 00 Expenses 48,051 66
Article 47 - 1971 1,740 70 Carry Over - 1972 11,253 92
Recreation Water Services
Personal Services 82,353 06 Article 18 - 1973 23,463 56
Article 46 - 1972 1,500 00
Expenses Article 18 - 1970 3,534 92
Supplies 8,602 05
Services 14,463.00 Total Public Service Enterprises 87,804 06
Article 44 - 1973 1,554 67
Article 45 - 1973 34,251 60
Article 45 - 1972 303.75 Cemeteries
Article 47 - 1972 8,006 28
Article 53 - 1970 367 50 Expenses
Supplies 4,306 57
Unclassified Services 1,557 62
Trustees of Public Trusts 955 00 Article 15 - 1970 4,000 00
Article 15 - 1971 1,781 46
Standing School Building Committee 30 00 Article 33 - 1969 587 33
Carry Over - 1972 338 85
Permanent Building Committee 90 00
Total Cemeteries 12,571 83
Town Celebrations Committee 10,836 19
Historic Districts Commission 2,134 27 Miscellaneous
Conservation Commission 5,433.21 Interest on Debt
Board of Retirement 404,622 25 Public Works Building 6,930 00
Library 2,250.00
Capital Expenditures Committee 30 00 Street Sewer and Library 35,697 50
Town Offices 27,900 00
Article 39 - 1973 2,755.55 School 423,019 50
Article 42 - 1973 20,000 00 Street and Water Mains 3,914 75
Article 43 - 1973 104,302 96 Sewer 60,525 50
Article 55 - 1973 85,636.40
Article 58 - 1973 200 00 Bond Anticipation 2,236 44
Article 60 - 1973 5,000.00 Tax Anticipation Loans 116,433 70
Article 61 - 1973 10,000 00
Article 53 - 1972 30,646 27
Article 57 - 1972 68,396.27
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SCHEDULE OF EXPENSES
Miscellaneous (Continued) Refunds (Continued)
Maturing Debt
Petty Cash 500 00
Public Works Building 30,000.00 Dog Licenses 13,844 40
Library 15,000 00 Sale of Lots Fund 555 00
Street Sewer and Library 20,000 00 Perpetual Care Fund 17,565 20
Town Offices 170,000 00 M D C Sewer Rates 6,675.00
School 1,811,000 00 Federal W/H Tax 3,550,101 70
Street 40,000 00 State W/H Tax 845,390 26
Water 7,000 00 Blue Cross and Group Insurance 310,840 11
Sewer 188,000 00 Sporting Licneses 12,588 75
State and County Assessments 1,758,327.27
Total Debt and Interest 2,959,907 39 Athletics 214,072 47
Tax Sheltered Annuities 168,998 89
Investments 37,034,706 60 Teachers Union Dues 73,215 10
Insurance Claims 8,638.81
Tax Anticipation Loans 8,050,000 00 Harrington Seedling Forest 240 90
Expenditures Recovered 43,298.84
School Lunch Program Bicentennial Fund 15,819 16
Off Duty - P W 10 36
Personal Services 348,330.46 Union Dues Custodian 1,078 58
Union Dues P W 1,617.00
Supplies 443,413.63 Off Duty Police and Fire 9,083 20
Conservation Account 2,008 19
Refunds PL92-512 870,000.00
Premium & Accrued Interest Bond 2,591 88
Interest and Costs 1,879 63 Hall Company Sewer Extension 1,220.82
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 37,195 78 Campanelli Inc 13,100.00
Real Estate Tax 116,827 78 Varian Vacuum 9,500 00
Sewer 4,509 29 Minuteman Vocational - Sewer Extension 27,000 00
Water 4,707.31
Personal Property Tax 8,428 72 Total Expenditures 87,171,142 18
Ambulance 90 00
Street 37.50
Other 107 57
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The Birthplace of. American Liberty
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Population 1971 census - 33;412 . ,,,,.: ,
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Highest eleyation .- 385 feet above mean sea level
Lowest elevation - 110 feet above mean . a level
Settled 1642 - Ca ridge Fame
Incorporated as a Town - 1713
Valuation - $245,586,100.00
Tax Rate - 1974 - $70.40
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Area of Town in acres 10,650.42
Area of Town in miles 16.64
Extreme length in miles 5.80
Extreme width in miles 4.85
1.111
Public Streets (miles)
Accepted 115.83
Private Streets
Unaccepted 25.38
Paper Streets 9.34
State Highways 17.10
Trunk Sewers 32.00
Street Sewers 100.01
Water Mains 150.38
Voting Registration: To become a registered voter, a person must be
a legal resident of the town on the 28th day prior to a state or
presidential primary or state election, and a legal resident on the
20th day prior to a special election or annual town election. Resident
citizens may register at the Town Clerk's office on any business day
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Additional registration sessions, both
evening and Saturday, in advance of each election will be provided at
times to be announced by the town clerk. Any resident citizen eighteen
years of age or over may register.
Votini Places: Precinct 1, Harrington School; Precinct 2, Bowman
School; Precinct 3, Bridge School; Precinct 4, Senior High School;
Precinct 5, Cary Memorial Building; Precinct 6, Diamond Junior High
School; Precinct 7, Estabrook School; Precinct 8, Fire Headquarters
Building-Bedford Street; Precinct 9, Maria Hastings School.
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