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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-Annual Report1967 Annual Report Town of Lexington Lexington, Massachusetts The Cover Citizens of Lexington will feel a lift at the cover rendition of one of Lexington's cher- ished landmarks .. . . Buckman Tavern . . . and presently the headquarters of the Lexing- ton Historical Society. The drawing was done by Philip B. Parsons . .. one of Lexington's best known artists. Mr. Parsons has taught, demonstrated, and exhibited widely in eastern Massachusetts and in New Hampshire. He is a member of the Boston Water Color Society and of the Guild of Boston Artists. Of late he has tended to spend more of his time in teach- ing, with emphasis on water color as a medium. His name is almost synonymous with that of the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society of which he was president in 1937 - 1938, and at which he has taught for many years. He and Mrs. Parsons have been residents of Lexington since 1934. ANNUAL REPORT of the TOWN OFFICERS of the TOWN OF LEXINGTON For the Year 1967 Part I Part I Page TOWN BOARDS AND COMMITTEES Board of Selectmen 5 Structure of Town Government Committee 14 Town Celebration Committee 15 Cary Memorial Library 39 Cary Lecture Committee 41 Town Report Committee 3 Recreation Committee 18 Planning Board . 22 Conservation Committee 24 Board of Appeals 84 Permanent Building Committee 72 PROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY Police Department 43 Fire Commissioners 48 Civil Defense . 50 Inspections - Regulatory 51 TOWN SERVICES Battle Green Guides 42 Board of Health 27 Board of Public Welfare 30 Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Committee 35 Veterans' Services 34 Cemetery Commissioners 37 Lexington Housing Authority 33 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 69 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 55 TOWN CLERK 81 FINANCIAL Town Treasurer 83 Tax Collector 82 Comptroller 78 Appropriations Committee 76 Capital Expenditures Committee 76 Retirement Board 52 Trustees of Public Trusts 75 Board of Assessors 73 Summarized Operating Expenses 80 Town Debt and Interest 80 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 85 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS 93 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 96 (Statistical Details Relating to These Offices are Contained in Part II) 2 TOWN REPORT COMMITTEE What is the function of a town report? There are many who believe it is a compilation of detailed finan- cial and operating data, invaluable for the guidance it gives the town meet- ing members in appraising trends and in comparing year -to -year per- formance of the various town boards, departments, and committees. Thus it also serves as an essential source document for future historians. Town Report Wins Award Executive Assistant Gray reported to the Board of Se- lectmen at their Monday even- ing meeting that Lexington has been awarded third prize for this year's issue of the Town Report, in an annual contest sponsored by the Mass. Se- lectmen's Association. Lexington Minute -Man September 21, 1967 The town report committee accepts this viewpoint, though with the observation that it tends to be of greatest value to "management" and of much less interest to the "stockholders." There are just as many people who believe that the annual report is an invaluable op- portunity for town government to communicate with all of its citizens that an informed citizenry is essential to good government tha The annual town report should be a read- able report on stewardship, emphasizing problems faced, decisions made and unsolved prob- lems still under attack. We accept this viewpoint, also, but with the observation that readability without the bone and sinew of needed detail, would be thin fare. We have sought to converge these two viewpoints by recognizing that the report must appeal to two quite different audiences. We have therefore prepared Part I for the attention of the general public and as was done last year, plan to have it delivered to every residence in town. This is intended as a "State of Lexington" message from the respective town boards, departments and committees. We have added another section, Part II, for the use of town meeting members and others interested in the detail of finance, balloting, town meeting min- utes, departmental operating details, and the like. Those citizens who wish a copy of the combined Parts I and II can obtain one at the office of the board of selectmen. The responsibility of the town report committee has been to act as coordinator but never as censor. We have allocated space and offered suggestions but the scope of each re- port and the division between photographs, charts and the written word has been the decision of the respective departments. The 1967 annual report continues the effort started with the 1966 report of gaining readability without loss of essential detail. In addition to emphasis on content, we have sought to make the report worthy of Lexington in appearance. Citizens deeply interested in town government would retain on their bookshelves, in any event, all town reports as source docu- ments. We have sought to make the 1967 report so attractively displayed that all citizens would want to retain their copy to show to out -of -town visitiors or to send to friends or rela- tives. Costs comparisons are of interest but not wholly valid. In 1965 (last year of the old type report) the 700 copies were printed on a letter press. In 1966 we typed the report. used offset printing, used fewer but larger pages and printed 10,200 copies. Naturally, cost per copy in 1966 was less than it was in 1965. The detail follows: Personal Services (Secretarial) Supplie s Printing of Report Total Cost Number of Copies Cost per Copy 1964 1965 2,73- 4.60 $2,734.60 700 $ 3.90 2,32- 3.00 $2,323.00 700 3.22 1966 1,063.47 244.84 4,235.35 $5,543.66 10,200* .544 *9500 copies of Part I and 700 copies of Part II Louis A. Zehner, Chairman Wallace B. Baylies Elizabeth H. Clarke Albert Gray, Jr. Ex- Officio 3 Alford Peckham Frank H. Totman The Selectmen Report upon the Developments and the Challenges in THE STATE OF LEXINGTON In his book, "One Man's America," Alistair Cooke tells this story: On the 19th of May, 1780, in Hartford, Connecticut, the skies at noon turned from blue to gray and by midafternoon had blackened over so densely that, in that religious age, men fell on their knees and begged final blessing before the end came. The Connecticut House of Representatives was in session. And as some men fell down in the darkened chamber and others clamored for an imme- diate adjournment, the Speaker of the House, one Colonel Davenport, came to his feet. And he silenced the din with these words: "The Day of Judgment is either approaching or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for adjournment. If it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish, therefore, that candles be brought. Let us be about our business." To our fellow citizens we emphasize that there is no opportunity for adjournment. To those who are concerned with building and maintaining good government in Lexington, and with the difficult and burdensome tasks in the years ahead, we ask that you bring us candles to illuminate our way and to share in your government to the utmost. The two hundred and fifty- fourth year since our incorporation as the Town of Lexington is now history. As we enter the gate of a new year, we are reminded of lines by a little known poet: And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year, 'Give me a light that I may head safely into the unknown.' " As we look back, our view is one of a continuing process of government of, by, and for the people who are our fellow townsmen. We are reminded that the march of matters which require decisions, week in and week out, is the implementation of responsibility called for in the by -laws of our town: "The selectmen shall have the general direction and manage- ment of the property and affairs of the town in all matters not otherwise provided for by law." Many of the matters which require deliberation and decision are continuing responsi- bilities. Many others are major concerns which may be brought to a conclusion. Still others relate to town affairs and issues that are new and will occupy our attention and concern in the months and years ahead. A dynamic community with an active citizenry is a strong community. Here, in our part of this great nation, we must come to grips with conditions not theory. The need for co- 5 On facing page: —A home on Robinson Hill BOARD OF SELECTMEN operation among our citizens with their government has never been more important and necessary. In our report for 1966, the first to be presented in a more popular format, we empha- sized the nature of the changes which have occurred in Lexington. The new conditions which require new thinking, new decisions, and perhaps a new outlook have reflected our population growth and all that this means in terms of community services, public safety, protection and education. We urged restraint, not reaction, in the approach to our fiscal affairs. We urged wise and timely adjustment to change in the interests of the greatest good for the greatest number, the major and unceasing problem and challenge of government in Lexington. These changes and the challenge they present for all of us continue and will continue for many years to come. They are more fully and definitively developed in the several re- ports of the various boards, committees, and commissions reporting on their past year's stewardship. Particular problems and matters of public concern, and some of the issues and alternatives which confront us as a citizenry, should be studied in greater depth. It is one of the purposes of this new reporting approach to communicate more effectively among all of our town governmental agencies and with our people. Appearance and Environment During the past year we have seen the completion of an initial phase of the beautifica- tion of Lexington's center, subsequent to the widening of Massachusetts Avenue and the change in the frontage lines of privately -owned property. For more than fifty years the town has discussed the "widening of Massachusetts Avenue." The objective of providing a scenic and uniformly attractive approach to our historic Green is nearer to full realization. Private . interests have worked diligently to make their places of business more attractive and appeal- ing for those of us who live here, for those who may be interested in moving here, or for those visiting with us and our families. The concept of a leisurely mall or promenade with appropriate plantings and land- scaping will continue to enhance the image of Lexington with the passing years. We applaud the work of the committee which devoted so much time and effort on behalf of the town and the business community to bring this dream to reality. There is yet more to be done in the years ahead to extend this worthwhile improvement. As we consider the appearance of the town and the environment which we are proud to call Lexington, we are reminded again of the pressures occasioned by the expanding metro- politan area of which we are in reality a part. How can we continue to enjoy the benefits and attributes of a town with its open spaces, its outdoor recreational opportunities, and the kind of environment which many of us have been able to enjoy in former years? The work of our planning board, recreation committee and conservation commission is directly related to these considerations which add up to the quality of a community. One of the major questions being asked is that of the destiny of the Great Meadows. We have been and are deeply concerned about this matter as are many interested citizens. Again, the alternatives, the desirability of maintaining this area "as it is" and its significance for other open space uses will be a continuing item on the agenda of town affairs. The open area on Lincoln Street, which extends from the Bridge School site on Middleby Road to Worthen Road opposite the public playground and high school complex, is now under Five Year Trends in the Office of the Board of Selectmen 1963 Personal Services 21,215.85 Expenses 5,220.29 Staff as of Dec. 31 4 1964 28,269.69 7,454.09 6 1965 1966 1967 30,029.37 27,568.64 31,588.49 4,831.73 4,989.22 5,186.93 4 4 4 BOARD OF SELECTMEN survey in preparation for the development of this land as a part of our recreational facilities for the town. Again, this is a project which represents the thinking and planning of many citizens over many years. Their concern on behalf of their town will soon become another impossible dream come true. A number of areas, recommended by the conservation commission and voted by the town meeting, are in the process of being acquired for the perpetual use and enjoyment of our citizens. We are convinced that a reasonable balance of open space areas reflecting the opportunity for outdoor recreation, natural conservation and enjoyment of our residents will enhance the quality of life in this metropolitan area for many years to come and serve to conserve our spiritual as well as economic values. Health and Recreation Looking ahead, we are concerned with those management measures which must be taken to improve and maintain adequate safeguards for the public health and to insure proper sanitation controls. As the population increases, not only in Lexington but also in our neigh- boring communities, we must work with others to solve inter - related problems among the cities and towns. We are pleased that one of our citizens has been elected chairman of the newly- formed regional refuse disposal planning board. The board included eighteen capable representatives from the contiguous communities of Bedford, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Waltham and Weston. The board has constituted itself in accordance with enabling legislation of the Com- monwealth and is exploring specific measures for the future disposal of solid wastes. More effective disposal of sewage wastes has been accomplished in cooperation with the Town of Bedford and HanscomField authorities. The several agencies concerned with daily matters of public health have been diligent. We have observed that the town's investment in public recreational facilities has been used to the fullest under an effective program of the recreation committee. More recreation workers have handled a record number of children, youth and adults. We commend the committee for its efforts to communicate more effectively with the town. Here, again, is evidence of improving inter - agency cooperation and communication within the town. Many valuable endeavors have been made possible because of effective work on the part of the recreation committee, department of public works, school department, planning board and conservation commission. The Lincoln Street recreational development is such an example. Our agencies working with the intent of the town meeting bring about prog- ress for the good of many. The Selectmen's Committee on Air Polution is another example of citizen participa- tion which will command our attention for many years to come. A public awareness of these associated problems is nationwide in scope. We are locally concerned and have taken steps to control those immediate problems which can be controlled locally. Public Works and Public Safety Among the continuing concerns related to our public safety and protection are traffic control and flow, parking, measures for effectively safeguarding our citizens lives and pro- perty from the ravages of fire, natural calamity or criminals, and the implementation of those regulations which may be necessary in a well- ordered community. An improvement in the appearance of our public works center on Bedford Street is already apparent. The improvement in the effectiveness and efficiency of the department from the benefits of such a structure are virtually completed. After delays which made necessary the authority of the bonding company to assure completion upon default by the builder, the committee responsible for this project was completing its work of double- checking 7 The Visitors Center The Visitors' Center near Buckman Tavern is proving especially worth- while both in welcoming visitors and in providing comfort facilities. It was opened on April 17, 1966 and by year end, 45,466 visitors had signed the guest book. In 1967, 59,264 signed the guest book. The capital cost of the building with its now completed furnishings was paid for by the town, and an anonymous civic leader contributed foundation plantings native to the region. As a community service the Lexington Chamber of Commerce continues to staff the information booth as it did the booth formerly at the corner of Bedford and Meriam Streets. BOARD OF SELECTMEN prior to formal acceptance of the building by the end of 1967. The maintenance of our public ways, utilities and the removal of snow have also become greater responsibilities. The separation of the office of the town engineer, who is responsible to the superin- tendent of public works, is another step in specialization of town services reflecting growth in the business of town government in Lexington. Police protection and traffic control have been major concerns for many years. We are confident that effective progress has been made and that still greater progress is as- sured in the months ahead. With the passage of the necessary legislation by the General Court, we have been able to add qualified police officers who are non - resident and we anti- cipate that more will be added. Our police department is making every effort to keep abreast of national trends, modern police technology and in the training and equipment of officers to be effective guard- ians of the public interest. We are gratified by the acquisition of a new communication con- sole and modern mobile communication equipment which enables our police department to be in simultaneous contact with both the state police and inter -city police radio networks. We view this as a major step forward. The studies of road and street locations, the flow of traffic from our residential areas within the town, as well as the town's responsibility to its citizens in terms of access to con- tiguous communities throughout the metropolitan area are unsolved, persistent and essential. We refer in particular to the matter of Worthen Road. Public debate has raised the question as to whether this inner - community by -pass artery should be completed. It will re- main for the town meeting to appraise this problem carefully in the near future. With the anticipated opening of the new shopping center at Burlington in 1968, new pressures are certain to influence a variety of matters related to the public safety and pro- tection. The flow and density of traffic will require careful observation as it begins to alter present patterns. A difference in degree often brings about a difference in kind and the best planning of today may be obsolete tomorrow. Wherever new roads or buildings are created new pressures will invariably result from their use. Closely related to these issues are matters of the general public welfare, not only of our citizens but of our visitors. We have observed the expanded usefulness of the new visi- tors' center. We are cognizant of the need for effective planning in relation to the anticipated impact upon our town and its facilities when we come to the year 1975 and the observance of the 200th anniversary of the Revolutionary War along this historic battleroad. Closely related to matters of traffic control in Lexington, now and in the future, is the entire question of public transportation both here and in the metropolitan area. Not only are our residents employed along the electronics highway of the nation, Route 128, but they are also employed in the inner city. Certainly the welfare and economy of our community is dependent on the capability for the efficient conveyance of its people. We would commend the work of our fire - fighting forces, both the commissioners and the men. Not only is Lexington's equipment and training maintained at a high level, but those extra calls which arise beyond the call of duty deserve recognition. The service rendered by our men when an ambulance is called for has been singular and the source of many sin- cere words of appreciation from our citizens. Finance and the Business of Our Government An account of the stewardship of a board of selectmen should not be less than that of business and industry in the private sector. The trust of the public weal is associated with the private financial affairs of each of our citizens. In our past report we urged responsi- Juvenile Responsibility Last March the 1966 annual town report was delivered to each residence by the Boy Scouts of the town. With so much attention nationally focused on the misdeeds of young people, the town report committee is happy indeed to ac- knowledge the efficiency with which the Scouts planned and executed what they regarded as a civic duty and which they did without cost to the town. Their action reflects a degree of responsibility which made their parents and their com- munity proud of them. "We would re- emphasize that our concerns are no longer insular. We are actively involved with our neighbors in other cities and towns. We are interdependent, and as time goes on we will be faced with those inevitable economic pressures which suggest work- ing with others yet more closely for our mutual advantage. Such areas as transportation, sanitary refuse disposal, conservation, air and water pollution, and a variety of other matters will surely command the best of a board of selectmen for many years to come." bility and restraint - not reaction on the part of our several agencies which make up the government of Lexington. We do so again. For as we consider the greatest good for the greatest number, the needs and desires for public services and accomplishments, we must recognize that the privilege of taxation must come from the consent of the governed in a democratic and free society. The assets of town business are represented in the assessed valuation of taxable property as well as in the intangible values. We have again seen an increase in the number of building permits is- sued in comparison with the previous year and increased activity in the construction of valu- able industrial properties, particularly along Hartwell Avenue. The liabilities of our town are reflected in the bonded indebtedness as well as in the costs of doing business, of providing the daily services from a town office and in the several departments. We are concerned that our career employees be properly and adequately paid for their labors. These employees who serve us in time of need, who look after our children and guide them in their formative years, and who staff our offices are essential in the main- tenance of good, orderly and business -like government. We must be alert to the opportunity to eliminate waste, either in terms of manpower or materials, as a part of this stewardship. If taxation on an ever - rising, inflationary spiral is inevitable, as some economists tell us, then we must be sure that our investment in town services and capital expenditure is soundly made and administered. The tax rate of Lexington continued to be one of the highest in the commonwealth. We believe that we have made effective, overall progress in terms of our public utilities, educa- tional facilities, and in the necessary public services. We also believe that in the years ahead we may be relatively more fortunate than some communities which are now beginning to ex- perience the pressure of growing populations and mandatory major investments. We must, however, bear in mind that many of our residents have fixed or relatively less affluent income opportunities and that many are rearing larger families. As we study the balance sheets and operating statement of the year's town business, we know that our income must come from ourselves, either directly or through state and federal channels. We believe that our people want high standards of quality in government and its services. We believe that they will value community improvements and investment for their safety, protection, general welfare, recreation and education. But we must caution that these things must be accomplished only with a sense of reasonable balance and good judgment. Prudence in fiscal affairs will require that we take into account the inevitable depreciation of many of our public buildings and equipment. The desire for new investment must be analyzed in terms of comparative costs and the relative values received from one course of action or from alternatives. The questions of population density, public services required, public services de- sired, and alternative actions are vital considerations to be spot - lighted in our anticipated 11 BOARD OF SELECTMEN long range financial study of the town. Such a study may offer appropriate guidelines for our future planning and judgment. We must take into account the forth - coming report of the structure of government committee and the unknown effect of recent home rule legislation passed by the General Court. We have been reasonably far - sighted in anticipating some of the issues which will have a bearing on our financial affairs in the near future. The questions of a town manager and of more adequate town office space will be key matters for discussion in the months immediately ahead. Our Career Employees The business of serving as a full -time, career government employee is often difficult at best. Many dedicated, loyal and highly capable persons have given a full measure of devo- tion to Lexington through the years. We accepted with deep regret the resignations of a number of faithful career employ- ees during 1967. Their contributions to the town's well -being far exceeds the knowledge of most citizens. Dedication, competence and faithfulness have characterized their tenure and the town has been enriched by their performance. As our town enterprise has expanded, many functions have been too great for the time and energy of one person. The position of town clerk has been separated from the responsi- bilities of town treasurer during 1967. Increased financial control has been made possible with the appointment of a town comptroller. These steps are intended to provide a more ef- fective and business -like government in the best interest of our people. We have been aided immeasurably by the work of our salary review board as we ap- proach the new dimensions of collective bargaining and the desire to properly compensate our employees. Our goals in these areas must be commensurate with those in other institutions and industry if we are to keep pace with these changing times and the need to secure and hold employees of the best possible capability. Conclusion No message on the "State of Lexington" can be completely comprehensive nor exhaus- tive in its content. It remains for the citizen to pursue further in the several reports of the various agencies, boards and committees to secure greater detail and insight into the chal- lenges of his government and its operations. It has been our purpose to state some of the highlights, the challenges and opportunities before us to keep Lexington attractive as a good place to live, as a community with an out- standing provision for public safety and protection, with effective agencies to deal with our health and recreation, as a community with good business acumen and a sound financial policy, and as a town that appreciates its career employees. For some these will appear as the annual generalities of being for all the good things and as being against all the bad. For the perceptive citizen, it means the unending quest for good government on the part of fellow citizens who recognize that we live in a changing world and that we are all "the government." We would re- emphasize that our concerns are no longer insular. We are actively involved with our neighbors in other cities and towns. We are interdependent, and as time goes on we will be faced with those inevitable economic pressures which suggest working with others for our mutual advantage. Such areas as transportation, sanitary refuse disposal, 12 BOARD OF SELECTMEN conservation, air and water pollution, and a variety of other matters on the horizon will sure- ly command the best of a board of selectmen for many years to come. We recognize that our citizenry is largely concerned with the affairs of the region, the nation and the world in its daily work. We are fortunate in the quality of our people who will insist on quality in their government. We are well aware of the demands upon us as citizens of this nation in a world that has problems before it far greater than ours. We are convinced that the answers to the difficult problems of our society and our community in our time do not lie in emotion and heat, but rather in good judgment and light as we pass through the gates of a new year. Let the candles be brought there is no cause for adjournment. Levi G. Burnell Allan F. Kenney Board of Selectmen Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., Chairman Sketches by Elinor Lynch Irving H. Mabee Robert Cataldo Let us, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind . . . Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principal. — Thomas Jefferson 13 Structure of Town Government Committee The structure of town government committee was created by vote of the 1966 town meeting and charged not only with studying the structure of the town's government but also with preparing an official report on our findings and recommendations and drafting the legis- lation necessary for their implementation. We have, with town officials, employees and citizens, attempted to reach a common understanding of present and potential problems in Lexington's government. Criteria which have guided our assessment of problems and the adequacy of proposed solutions include ad- ministrative operating efficiency, citizen participation, policy coordination, responsiveness of the government to the electorate and an adequate system of checks and balances. The problems delineated below are no indictment of competent, dedicated citizen par- ticipants and employees but exist because of inherent weakness in the present structure. There has been almost universal agreement among those consulted that administrative de- centralization is one of the most serious problems facing us and can only increase as the town grows larger, services expand and government operations become more complex. Citi- zen participation is neither as widespread, effective nor relevant as it should be. One of the most pervasive organizational difficulties is the lack of liaison and coordination among the existing boards and committees. Plans are implemented slowly or not at all. The town meeting needs more continuous information, analysis of issues and advice to discharge its responsibilities. We propose to help rectify the above by an improved form of administration - - - a Selectmen - Manager Plan, which we are presenting to the town meeting in March and, if accepted, to the voters in 1969 to go into effect in 1970. Administrative authority would be centralized in the hands of a professional manager releasing the selectmen to concentrate on broad issues of public policy and the solution of major town problems. Freeing the selectmen from administrative detail and centralizing policy making agencies under them would allow them to effect coordination among all aspects of planning: physical, social, economic, metro- politan and regional. They would be able to consider broader planning issues and to develop more completely integrated policies and programs. The primary strength of the Manager Plan is the unification of powers in the town Structure of Town Government Committee Arthur E. Bryson, Jr., Stephen T. Russian, Harriet Relman, Margery M. Battin, Chairman: Alan Adams 14 1 1 1 I TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE meeting and the selectmen rather than in their piecemeal distribution among several boards, committees, commissions and departments. It is hoped that "simplyfying the complicated snarl of semi - independent and unrelated administrative officers, boards and commissions in the town and definitely locating responsibility for town activities will assist the voters in all of their contacts with the town. "* We hope to ensure that the government remains responsive, accountable, easily accessible and clearly visible to the voter. *Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers, The Manager Plan in Massachusetts Towns Town Celebrations Committee The committee had a reasonably quiet year. The selectmen gave us no celebrations to handle other than those we have been regularly committed to. The activities associated with those celebrations are summarized below. Patriots Day The miserable weather (cold, snowy, and wet) that greeted us on the morning of April 19th convinced us that we should cancel the morning parade. Consequently, neither the morn- ing parade nor the customary Battle Green ceremonies took place. The Lion's Club presented their White Tricorn Hat award to Mr. Donald E. Nickerson during special ceremonies later in the day. The weather did not, however, interfere with the memorial services conducted jointly by the Lexington Minutemen and the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Lions Club Road Race, nor the arrival of Revere and Dawes at the Battle Green. By 2 :00 P.M. the weather had improved, but only slightly. The temperature had climbed to the high forties, and the snow had changed to occasional drizzle. The afternoon parade, considerably reduced from its usual size, left East Lexington on schedule. Mr. William P. Brenchick, Jr., the Chief Marshal, was preceeded by the Spirit of '76, under the direction of Mr. Douglas Maxner, and the motorcade of the town's guests for the day. Winners of the Chamber of Commerce trophies for the best floats were the Lexington Jaycees in the civic division, and the Battle Green Chapter, Order of DeMolay in the youth division. We are indebted to our friends and neighbors at Hanscom Field. They provided the blankets which our guests used on the reviewing stand to help ward off the raw weather. Memorial Day Members of the Town's Veterans' organizations and of the Lexington Minutemen boarded buses at 9:00 A.M. for the trip to Westview Cemetery. After brief memorial ser- vices, they returned to Munroe School for the annual parade. Raymond E. Lewis, Past Com- mander of Stanley Hill Post No. 38, American Legion, served as Chief Marshal of the parade, which left Munroe School at 10:00 A.M. The parade stopped at Munroe Cemetery for cere monies which included the reading of General Logan's Order of the Day for the first Memorial Day by Mr. Rufus McQuillan, placing wreaths by the Gold Star Mothers, and a recitation of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address by Alan Van Egmond, a senior at Lexington High School. After the customary stops at Cary Hall, the "Old Burying Ground," and the memorial monument on the Battle Green, the parade assembled around the flag pole for the main ob- 15 TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE servance, which included an address by the Honorable Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., Chairman of the board of selectmen. We included as many of the town's youth groups as possible in this year's parade to make up for, in part, the cancellation of the April 19th sunrise parade. We will continue to invite them for future Memorial Day parades. U.S.S. Lexington We again assisted the members of the U.S.S. Lexington (CV -2) Minute Man Club with their annual memorial for shipmates lost during the Battle of the Coral Sea. We are particu- larly thankful for the help of Father Gaudette of St. Brigid's Roman Catholic Church, the Rev. Kenneth E. Peterson of the First Baptist Church, and to Sergeant Lawrence Stone of the Lexington Minutemen. United Nations Day Observance of United Nations Day included a flag raising ceremony on the Battle Green at 7:00 A.M. The Rev. Father Martin U. McCabe of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church gave the invocation, and the Rev. Dr. Stanley S. Harakas of the Greek Orthodox Church gave the benediction. The Lexington Rotary Club presented prizes to the winners of the Lexington League of Women Voters' United Nations Day essay contest. The Lexington Lodge of Elks also pre- sented prizes to the winners of the League's poster contest. Keith Winnard and Joanna Cazden won the essay contest prizes, and Ann Jones, Candie Chase, and Dario Coletta won the poster contest prizes. The Lexington Lions Club continued their practice of providing Town Celebrations Committee Front Row, L. to R. — Betsy Severance, Publicity Chairman, Marilyn Hall, Recording Secretary, Raymond Barnes, Chairman, Eleanor Litchfield, Corresponding Secretary, Back Row, L. to R. — Tony Sperduto, Leo Gaughan, Vice Chairman, Jim Broderick, Ralph Lord, Bernie Belcastro 16 TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE United Nations Flags to the town's schools, by presenting one to Mr. William D. Perkins, Principal of the Bowman School. Mr. Goodrich, Principal, andtheteachers and pupils of' the Bridge School presented a United Nations Day program to accompany the planting of a United Nations tree at the Bridge School. The tree was provided by the Lexington Jaycees and the program took place on the lawn of the school. Veterans Day Servicemen of all wars were remembered by a parade beginning at 10:00 A.M. from the Munroe School, under the command of Chief Marshal Wallace W. Ormiston, Commander, Post 3007, Veterans of Foreign Wars. The parade assembled on the Battle Green for cere- monies which included an address by the Honorable Ronald C. MacKenzie, State Senator, Seventh Middlesex District. All units were dismissed at Cary Hall, following a review of the parade by Chief Marshal Ormiston and his staff. General The Committee enjoys the cooperation of all town departments and organizations. We would, however, particularly like to thank the park department and the police depart- ment. We would be lost without their invaluable help. Total expenses for all of the committee's celebrations amounted to $4,682.99 for 1967. This compares with $4,668.84, $5,137.61, $4,737.00 and $5,399.86 for the years 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966, respectively. Raymond B. Barnes, Chairman White Tricorne Hat Award Annually, on Patriots Day, the Lions Club of Lexington pre- sents a white tricorne hat to a citi- zen who has rendered outstanding service to the town. Donald E. Nickerson is shown with the 1967 award. Recipients of the awards since 1954 are listed below: 1954 Edwin B. Worthen 1955 Albert Burnham 1956 John Garrity 1957 Rev. Harold T. Handley 1958 William E. Maloney 1959 Dr. Fred S. Piper 1960 William R. Greeley 1961 Thomas S. Grindle 1962 Albert G. Frothingham 1963 Miss Margaret Keefe 1964 Mrs. Eleanor B. Litchfield 1965 Msgnr. George W. Casey 1966 Joseph 0. Rooney 1967 Donald E. Nickerson 17 Pool Instructors and Aides Recreation Committee The committee met twelve times and went on seventeen field trips. There were also meetings with the board of selectmen, planning board, appropriation committee, Senior Citizens, school department, American Legion, public works and engineering departments, Lions Club and other local private organizations. Future planning and immediate requirements for expansion and improvement of facilities and programs was considered by the committee plus conducting the recreation program under the direction of the recreation director. Special field trips were taken with the board of selectmen, school committee, engi- neering and park departments, public works and town meeting members. These field trips were made to consider further development of the Sutherland Heights and Rindge Avenue areas, the Marvin Street and Baskin sites, completion of the Poplar Street play lot, a new instructional pool at the Center, filling in the Lincoln Street (old dump site) and the Hart- well Avenue section of town owned land. Also for purchase of more land adjacent to the Harrington development for future completion of a major playground in that section of Lexington. The development of a playing field at Bowman School was also discussed plus installation of a backstop. Future development of the Lexington Reservoir for recreational purposes and filling in the North Street sand pit to establish a recreation site in that area of Lexington were also taken under consideration. Two backstops were installed at the Bridge School field plus a basketball court at Sutherland Heights, a backstop at Harrington and development of the Poplar Street area was completed. An outdoor basketball set -up was put in at the Baskin area, and the Lincoln Street area was filled in and now awaits further development. The Marvin Street area is now under development by the park department. Lights were installed at the Center playground, all purpose play area (basketball and skating) and Kinneens playground for skating on Burlington Street. The lights were gifts from the Lexington Lions Club and Lexington's High School Class of 1935. The committee's policy is to develop recreation areas in Lexington on public lands in many sections of the 18 RECREATION COMMITTEE town. Further development of these areas will depend upon the use and interest shown by the citizens of said areas. Near future planning involved the completion of the Marvin Street play lot, lighting tennis courts at the Center, one more backstop for the Harrington area, new swings and slide at the Center playground, completion of the new instructional pool at the Center, a basketball court for the Rindge Avenue play lot, loaming and seeding of the Lincoln Street (old dump site), enlarging the Baskin play lot and further development of the Bowman School field, The recreation committee is working jointly with the planning board on a ten year plan for future recreation facilities for the citizens of Lexington and traveling to neighboring towns discussing recreational needs with recreation department heads of these towns. The recreation program was expanded as follows: 1. Basketball program and instruction during playground summer season. 2. Evening basketball program for citizens during summer season. 3. New intermediate girls program during winter season. Lexington's recreation programs, under the direction of Ben W. Bertini, Director, are as follows: Summer playgrounds - Center, East (Adams), Harrington, Hastings and North (Parker) open for nine weeks - Monday - Friday, June, July and August. The retarded and emotionally disturbed childrens program at Franklin School is also held at the same time. The swimming pool at the center is open for ten weeks during June, July and August - Sunday - Saturday and includes evening swimming plus daily instructions with time allowed for free swimming. Tennis lessons are given daily at the East, Center and North playgrounds where tennis courts are available. Arts and crafts sessions are held daily at all playgrounds. Basketball lessons, a new program, was introduced during the summer of 1967 at all play- grounds. The Lexington Softball League for men is also conducted by the recreation committee from May through September under the direction of the recreation director. The Autumn programs for fifth and sixth grade boys and girls are held on Saturday mornings September, October and November with the boys playing soccer and the girls playing field hockey. The Winter programs for fifth and sixth grade boys and girls are held on Saturday mornings December - April featuring rope climbing, basketball, gymnastics, mat exercises etc., in the high school gymnasium and field house and the Muzzey Junior High gymnasium, The intermediate boys program for the Winter is also held on Saturday mornings December - April at the Diamond Junior High gymnasium and includes basketball, gymnas- tics, etc. The intermediate girls program (NEW) introduced in 1967 is held at the Bridge Five Year Trends in the Office of the Recreation Committee 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 `Personal Services 14,434.15 17,427.50 20,341.74 22,863.50 24,373.50 Expenses 5,728.00 5,599.97 5,745.25 6,780.22 7,495.05 Staff as of Dec. 31 1 1 1 1 1 *Includes approximately 67 part time employees. 19 RECREATION COMMITTEE Recreation Committee L. to R. — Robert Davison, Richard Sparrow, Paul Hanson, Vincent Hayes, Benedict Bertini (Director of Recreation Programs), and Robert Bond (Chairman of the Committee) School gymnasium, featuring gymnastics, basketball, games etc., on Saturday mornings December - April. The retarded and emotionally disturbed childrens program includes bowling, basket- ball, singing, dancing rope climbing etc., is held on Saturday mornings December - April at the Franklin School. At the conclusion of the program, these children are then driven to the Hayden pool for an hours swim. Men's physical fitness classes at the high school gymnasium and field house features basketball, volley ball, weight training, running, jump rope, agility drills, etc. The ladies exercise classes on Tuesday evenings at the high school gymnasium and field house runs October through April and also features basketball, running and light exer- cises to make the body beautiful, etc. Badminton for adults was extended another month at the Muzzey Junior High gymna- sium, October through May, and functions on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Ice skating areas available when weather permits are Adams, Harrington, Center (all purpose play area), Kinneens, Fiske, Old Reservoir, Sutherland Heights, Franklin and Hastings. Golf lessons are given every Spring during March and April in the high school field house on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and are sponsored by the recreation committee under the direction of the recreation director and golf pro. Reservations for various recreation areas in the town may be reserved at the recre- ation office in the Town Hall. These include tennis courts, the cinder track at Center, ath- letic fields throughout the town and Willards Woods. All persons using Willards Woods picnic area who wish to use the fireplaces in the area, must obtain a permit from the fire department. Over six thousand reservations have been issued in less than four years. 20 Some of the Recreation Committee Youth Programs Swim Meet - Ribbon Winners "I am too breathing right" Two Points Coming Up Minuteman Race — "Keep your Paper Dry!" 21 "Get that ball!" Planning Board Massachusetts General Laws provide that the annual report of a town planning board must contain information regarding ' the condition of the town, plans and proposals for its development and estimates of the cost thereof." With 1965 median income per household of $14,689, Lexington residents are near the top of income range of Metropolitan Boston and Massachusetts municipalities. According to Massachusetts Taxpayers Association our tax rate is also high, only eight cities and five towns among 351 Massachusetts municipalities have adjusted tax rate higher than Lexington. The accompanying table shows Lexington's position among neighboring or comparable towns along Route 128. Rezoning more land for business and industry will not in itself change the land use or reduce the tax rate. Vacant land in Lexington now includes the following: four acres zoned for retail business, 177 acres zoned for research and offices and about 182 acres zoned for light manufacturing. We encourage entrepreneurs seeking Lexington location to use land already zoned, rather than attempt rezoning of additional residential land. This policy has proven successful, stimulated largely by the planning board - sponsored relaxation of lot size and yard requirements in Hartwell Avenue area. The following new firms have located in Lexington since 1966: Amicon, Hewlett - Packard, Honeywell, Instrumentation Lab and Weston - Rotek. The Ginn Company has an- nounced its intention to build in Lexington and several other research and office operations of the same high caliber are now negotiating and may be expected to announce the move to Lexington in 1968. As a general policy, until the available land already zoned for industry and business is largely utilized, the planning board does not expect to support proposals for additional rezoning unless there is assured immediate demand which cannot be met by land already zoned non - residential; unless the rezoning proposal is for a location and a type of use which will not be seriously detrimental to the surrounding areas, either now or in the future; and is in a location such that it will not put extra heavy demand on town services or streets, com- pared to other areas which could be utilized. The implementation of this policy is intended to control and guide the development of the town in a desirable manner and according to long -range plans. It is the belief of the planning board that Lexington should consider what it can do to help alleviate the housing situation in core cities in metropolitan Boston. The board is studying zoning amendments designed to facilitate moderate - income housing. To the extent that such housing may be provided by individual lots, the planning board believes that such small lot developments must be properly planned with adequate nearby open space and that the continued building on small lots laid out long before the emergence of modern concepts of decent housing is not the answer. Green open spaces are one of the most desirable characteristics of Lexington. Their preservation is an important task and an urgent one, as pressures for land development make it economically feasible to build on sites considered unbuildable ten to fifteen years ago. The Personal Services Expenses Staff as of Dec. 31 Five Year Trends in the Planning Board 1963 1964 1965 7,533.81 9,320.83 12,373.86 7,704.47 5,009.25 5,232.14 1 1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2 22 1966 13,061.58 6,445.41 1 1/2 1967 17,355.17 3,535.84 1 1/2 1 PLANNING BOARD practical value of open space, swamps and trees for control of micro - climate, flooding and erosion, as well as its aesthetic value, have been recognized by the town and resulted in votes authorizing open space acquisitions. Our ability to negotiate and to purchase has been lagging behind the authorizations. The planning board proposes that more emphasis be placed on utilization of professional assistance to carry out the land acquisition program. It is believed that otherwise many essential purchases will be lost or else the price will in- crease beyond what the town is willing to pay. The saving due to the early acquisition at a lower price will be much greater than the cost of a negotiator. The urban beautification committee, authorized on recommendation of the planning board, has met with town officials, landscape architects and representatives of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It has become obvious that Lexington is committed in the years to come to increased expenditures for certain new programs having beautification aspects, such as the improvement of the center, or the landscaping and the development of playfields in the former Lincoln Street disposal area. The committee is con- tinuing its studies and will present an interim report to the 1968 Annual Town Meeting. The long range study, a federally supported study carried out by the consulting firm of Metcalf and Eddy, is expected to be completed in the near future. The results and recom- mendations will be distributed to town boards and officials, to town meeting members and will be available to other interested citizens prior to the 1968 Annual Town Meeting. Assist- ing Metcalf and Eddy were citizen study committees: 1. Population and Housing, 2. Schools and Education, 3. Roads and Circulation, 4. Public Works, 5. Recreation, Conservation, Parks, 6. Historic Values and Tourism, 7. Economic Resources, Tax Base, 8. Municipal Services and Buildings, and 9. Future Land Use. The planning board wishes to especially thank Mr. Robert V. Whitman, general chairman of the citizens planning organization, and the members of the above committees who contributed material essential to the study. In 1967 the planning board held forty -three meetings, one public information meeting and twenty -five advertised public hearings on zoning amendments and land subdivisions. In addition to endorsing fifty -three plans requiring no public hearing and approval, the planning board has approved six residential subdivisions with ninety new lots and 1.35 miles of new Planning Board L. to R. — Roland B. Greeley, Chairman, Alexander V. Zaleski, Planning Director, Natalie H. Riffin, Vice Chairman, Erik Lund, Francis T. Worrell, Evert N. Fowle 23 PLANNING BOARD streets. There are now twenty -nine subdivisions in Lexington in various stages of develop- ment and the construction of streets and utilities in these subdivisions is secured by bonds and bank deposits amounting to $601,500. It must be noted that while the number of new house lots approved each year is not as large as ten to fifteen years ago, there are many more problems connected with the approval and construction of new subdivisions because they are frequently located on lands by- passed years ago because of soil, drainage or legal problems. In summation it can be stated that Lexington is a town of which its residents can be justly proud, but continued planning and work are needed to ensure that it remains a town worthy of this pride. Equalized Tax Rates and Related Factors Property Growth Population Persons per Adj. Tax Rate Value per 1955- 65 1965 Sq. Mile '65 1965 1967 Capita LEXINGTON 41.0 31,388 1,905 42.60 47.00 6100 Arlington 11.3 52,482 10,132 33.90 36.30 5400 Bedford 22.9 10,787 786 32.60 35.90 8000 Belmont 0. 28,794 6,273 22.50 23.60 8200 Burlington 272.7 19,473 1,645 31.50 40.50 6350 Dedham 24.1 26,618 2,535 24.10 32.00 6200 Lincoln 51.3 4,463 307 26.40 32.10 10300 Needham 35.9 29,303 2,344 26.10 27.40 9650 Newton 2.3 88,514 4,945 34.40 37.90 7500 Norwood 37.6 28,978 2,768 30.00 30.40 5700 Wakefield 15.6 25,571 3,479 28.70 29.10 6250 Waltham 14.0 57,134 4,604 33.00 34.00 6200 Wellesley 20.9 26,297 2,617 25.50 28.40 9850 Westwood 43.0 12,123 1,087 31.50 36.00 7400 Wilmington 62.2 15,261 893 37.00 34.00 6450 Winchester 19.4 21,634 3,667 30.80 33.60 8100 Woburn 35.9 35,149 2,733 38.30 38.60 5000 AVERAGE 46.0 30,200 3,100 31.05 32.90 7200 (Source: 1965 State Census and Massachusetts Taxpayers Association, property value per capita is de- rived by dividing the total personal and real estate valuation by 1965 population and is high for towns in which industry and business represent a large segment of the total tax base, and for towns composed pre- dominantly of large land holdings with low density of population.) Conservation Commission The Lexington Conservation Commission submits herewith the annual report. . . its fourth . . . for the calendar year 1967. The Lexington Conservation Commission was created in November, 1963, by vote of the town meeting. Its purposes are to promote, develop and conserve Lexington's natural re- sources, including wetlands, streams, woodland, open space areas, ponds, wildlife and flora preserves, and those naturally attractive features which characterize the beauty and appeal of our community. The commission's scope of operation is defined by statutes of the Common- 24 CONSERVATION COMMISSION wealth. The commission is one of 268 municipal conservation commissions in the Common- wealth. It is noteworthy that the degree of cooperation with and from other town boards is now high and is still increasing. Outstanding is the work of the planning board staff in developing a draft plan for open space acquisition, the general sentiment recognizing the need for and desire of a more rapid land acquisition program, and the narrowing of arguments to prices and methods of accomplishment now that the principle of intent is understood and accepted. It is appropriate to review some of these purposes here. Simply stated, a necessary cornerstone of a town environment that features the natural beauty and pleasures of open space, woods, streams, and ponds, interspersed among the industrially, commercially, and residentially developed areas, must be a land acquisition program. It is clear that the public must own some right to most of the land of interest in order to keep it open. It is also clear that Lexington's land acquisition program must be prosecuted and completed quickly, while the land is still open. Many hundreds of acres, preferably over a thousand acres, of the thou- sands still open in Lexington, should be purchased. More specifically, among the results we can have: Broad greenbelts, fairly well connected, several miles long, suitable in total and in part for many active and passive outdoor uses, including hiking, pic- nicking, bicycle riding, horseback riding, and even simply escaping from "modern progress" without leaving the town boundaries. Safeguarded wetlands, which regulate the flow of streams and minimize the incidence of flooded basements, cracked foundations, and town expense for flood control. Natural "centers of blocks in already built -up areas," which provide the amenities of nature to neighborhoods that might otherwise be without them. Safeguarded streams and streambanks, not ditched or buried in culverts, and accessible to the public. Continuation of farming, through sale- and - leaseback or through cash pay- ments and reduced taxes resulting from conservation easements. The commission has also bent its efforts to protect the town's natural resources in ways other than purchase. In one case, unfortunately, it was unsuccessful in its efforts to prevent the Massachusetts Department of Public Works from unnecessarily circumnavigating the hill at Peacock Farms with a Route 2 access road; however, intercession by the Massa- chusetts Department of Natural Resources at the commission's request did lead to a require- ment for creating some natural barriers by landscaping. Land Acquisition Projects and Financial Grants During the year significant actions were taken on several land acquisition projects. State grants in aid were received to defray twenty -five percent of the purchase costs of three parcels: (1) four acres on top of Whipple Hill, known as the Rossetti Land, (2) ten acres connecting the Swenson Farm with the town -owned Tower recreation land and Bowman School land, otherwise known as the "Church" land and formerly owned by the Trinity Covenant Church, and (3) eleven acres off Oak Street, comprised of back land of the West Farm. Final state aid approval was received on a fourth parcel of twenty -four acres located at Redcoat Lane and Hathaway Road, and connecting the Diamond Junior High School schoolyard with Willard's Woods. These state grants -in -aid are for fifty percent of the non - federal portion 25 CONSERVATION COMMISSION of the purchase cost. Application is made for fifty percent federal aid on each of the intended open -space purchases. In cases where both federal and state aid are received (two so far: Swenson Farm and Church land) the financial aid can total seventy -five percent. (See part two of the 1966 town report for excerpts from federal and state law pertaining to conditions on such grants). If no federal aid on a project is received, and the present shortage of fed- eral funds is expected to affect Lexington this way at some time, state approval will still yield a total of fifty percent aid. It is emphasized that the town still retains full control over the land, subject only to the conditions to which it agrees before accepting any grant. These conditions act to protect the open space from being usurped for some other originally unintended use without full con- sideration by town, state and federal governments. The commission feels that the positive value of these safeguards outweighs the slight loss of full flexibility in future use. Final federal approval of the Church land application led to the filing of final papers; $8,000 is expected early in 1968. The town meeting approved three acquisition projects and rejected one. (1) Additional funds were voted for the Redcoat - Hathaway land, based on additional appraisals received and upon results of additional negotiations. The previous town meeting had voted less than the requested funds, and had asked for the additional actions as a condition for consideration of any additional funds. (2) Additional funds were voted for purchase of the approximately thirty - two acres remaining unpurchased from the Whipple Hill authorization of March 1966. The selectmen provided basic appraisal data on which the town meeting based its decision. (3) Six acres adjoining Willards Woods and adjoining the five acre previous Harrison conservation purchase were funded and approved for purchase. (4) The purchase of eight acres of lowland near Grove Street and Route 128 was rejected by the town meeting. Conservation Commission L to R. — Stanley A. Brown, Paul Mazerall, Aiden L. Ripley, Leslie H. York, Mrs. Georgette Sampson, Jules P. Sussman, Chairman; Francis W.K. Smith 26 Board of Health The existing town charter approved under the provisions of a Legislative Act of 1945, provides that the board of health shall consist of three members appointed by the board of selectmen to three year staggered terms with one term expiring consecutively each year. Present board members are Rufus L. McQuillan, Chairman, Dr. William L. Cosgrove, and Dr. Charles G. Colburn. Mr. McQuillan is completing his twenty -third year as chair- man and board member. The board employs a director of public health, a clerk- stenographer and two part time employees, a dental hygienist and a veterinarian as animal inspector. Professional services obtained by contract are: public health nursing from the Lexington Visiting Nurse Association; part time physician and dentist services for clinics; and labora- tory service for routine sanitation tests. Board meetings are held the first Friday of the month and are open to the public. 1967 has been a year of changes in the organization of the board of health. Mr. James F. Finneran, director of public health since 1962, was stricken with a heart attack early in the Spring and after resuming his duties, found he was unable to carry on and sub- mitted his resignation. Regretfully his resignation was accepted by the board, and they take this opportunity to commend Mr. Finneran for his excellent work. It was with deep regret the board received the resignation of Mr. James M. West, as a member of the board. Mr. West served for the past six years and the members of the board would like to extend to Mr. West their thanks and appreciation for his willing and faithful service. The tragic death of Dr. Carl R. Benton, town veterinarian, left still another vacancy in the organization. Dr. Benton was appointed animal inspector for the town in 1953 and performed his duties faithfully and well. By the first of September the organization of the board of health was once again at full strength, with the appointment of Dr. Charles G. Colburn to the board, Mr. Robert Heustis of Acton, had been hired as director of public health, and Howard A. Smith, D.V.M. was appointed animal inspector for the town. Communicable Disease Control Diseases prescribed as dangerous to the public health are required to be reported to the board of health by the attending physician, parent or guardian. A biological station for vaccines prepared and distributed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is maintained in the health department for practicing physi- cians. These vaccines, anti - toxins, serums and other biological products provide physi- cians the means to control communicable diseases from early childhood through adult life. Specimen kits are also stocked for physicians use in obtaining laboratory confirmation of communicable diseases. The wide- spread use of these vaccines, at public clinics and by private physicians, has proven most effective in controlling diseases which were prevalent a few years ago. The board realizes that this control cannot be accepted complacently, therefore annual clinics are conducted for poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) and measles immunization. A flu clinic is conducted annually for town employees to prevent an outbreak resulting in a curtailment of town services. The nursing service continues their fine supervision of patients and contacts under the communicable disease control law. This work proved most effective this year, when a person with active pulmonary tuberculosis came in close contact with over sixty young people. When the active case was reported to the health department it became the duty of the department and the nursing service to check all contacts and arrange for testing and re- testing to assure that this disease had not been transmitted to the contacts. For the first 27 BOARD OF HEALTH time in a number of years two patients were hospitalized with active tuberculosis. To help prevent a resurgence of this disease the state health department has made available tuber- culin tine tests for clinic use. This testing is done by the school health services in the schools (grades one through nine) under the sponsorship of the health department. Preventive Disease Control The Lexington Lions Club continued their eye- screening programs under the sponsor- ship of the board of health. The pre - school eye- testing program for the detection of defi- ciencies in visual acuity and muscular balance was held for the sixth consecutive year. The one -day glaucoma screening program continues as a model program for neighboring towns. This year more than five hundred people were screened and again a number of eye disorders were referred for further study. The dental health program conducted in conjunction with the school health services screened all elementary grades for defects and sent notices to parents when a visit to the dentist was indicated. Clinical treatment is provided when financial hardship prevents parents from ob- taining needed corrective work. Education in dental health, a major part of the program, has become a part of the classroom curriculum. A lecture- demonstration type series is used in the classroom supplemented by visual aids. The use of experimental animals in the classroom last year proved most effective. In the lower grades, individual buttons and classroom banners with commendations still prove to be the most effective way in promot- ing group acceptance of good dental health practices. The Mystic Valley Children's Clinic, located at 186 Bedford Street, is a community child psychiatric clinic organized through a partnership arrangement between the Depart- ment of Mental Health and the Mystic Valley Mental Health Association. Over 300 new families have been admitted to the clinic each year for the past four years. The whole gamut of childhood emotional illness is seen including phobias, depressions, and psychosomatic illnesses, learning and reading problems, and behaviour disturbances of various degrees of severity which may or may not have led to police or court involvement. Approximately ten percent of all children seen at the clinic are mentally retarded and of these the great majority are seeking admission to the pre - school nursery clinics in Left to right: Robert C. Heustis, Director of Public Health, Dr. William Cosgrove, Rufus L. McQuillan, Chairman and Dr. Charles G. Colburn 28 BOARD OF HEALTH Arlington and Woburn. The clinic was the initial force which stimulated Head Start pro- grams in this area. Treatment of the emotionally disturbed children, guidance for their parents and consultation to others in the community concerned with children and their problems, con- tinue to be the main purposes of the clinic. The clinic staff of ten is also involved in an extensive training and teaching program both within the clinic and in the community. This year the clinic became a full active member of the American Association of Psychiatric Clinics for Children, a designation granted only to those clinics whose staff meets rather stringent requirements of training and whose work is judged to be of high quality. The increase in the detection of rabies in small ground animals in Massachusetts has led the town veterinarian to initiate a "spot- checking" program in such animals as skunks, bats, etc., besides the usual quarantining of dogs. Residents are urged to report all animal bites, and when a wild animal is involved to save the fresh carcass for labora- tory testing to be done at the State Wasserman Laboratory in Jamaica Plain. The rabies clinic conducted by the town veterinarian has proven to be the most ef- fective means of controlling rabies. A modified live -virus vaccine is now being used and will provide dogs innoculated an effective immunity for two years. Plans by the board of health are now being made to replace the annual May clinic for rabies immunization with two separate clinics; one in the Spring, the other in late Fall with the addition of one Satur- day as a clinic day. The burning of leaves as regulated by the air pollution committee proved effective in the control of odor and smoke this Fall. This committee continues to meet on a regular basis and will from time to time make suggestions to home owners and businessmen on methods of controlling air pollution in residential areas. The board is pleased with the success and steady growth of membership of the senior citizens group which was organized in 1965 under their sponsorship. Mr. McQuillan, representative and organizer of this group, has been discussing plans to include in the health department's established programs additional services geared to the senior citizen. Environmental Health and Sanitation During the past year regular inspections were made of all facilities licensed by the board of health to assure that the terms and conditions of the permits issued by the board were complied with. Violations were brought to the attention of the parties concerned and corrective action was initiated with their cooperation. License renewal is based on previ- ous satisfactory experience which in most cases justifies continued approval. In accordance with the general laws licenses may be revoked at any time under emer- gency conditions which affect the public health and after the permiters have been granted a hearing for repeated and continued violations. We have adopted a procedure that requires that all persons making applications for Five Year Trends in the Health Department 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 Personal Services 10,642.38 11,114.45 11,612.50 12,445.00 13,732.17 Expenses 11,163.33 11,418.41 9,756.96 7,820.07 10,747.33 Staff as of Dec. 31 2 2 2 2 2 29 BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE license and permits required by the general laws and local regulations, be familiar with and demonstrate an understanding of the public health reasons for these regulations in their particular area of concern. This procedure will reduce the number of violations and com- plaints and motivate those involved to provide the leadership and training that their asso- ciates and employees expect. In addition to their duties as members of the board, supervising the operation of the health department, each member represents the board on other various health boards and committees in town. Mr. McQuillan is a member of the Lexington Visiting Nurse Associa- tion Board, the Air Pollution Committee and Senior Citizens Club. Dr. William L. Cosgrove supervisor of the dental clinic is responsible for hiring the personnel to operate the clinic and establishing policies for the dental health program. Dr. Charles G. Colburn is the rep- resentative to the Mystic Valley Mental Health Association and the director has been desig- nated to meet with the school health services and other regular meetings of the school physicians and nurses. Board members and staff have attended meetings and conferences of their respective professional associations related to public health. Local boards of health have continued to show concern and seek information on the vast amount of legislation enacted and proposed on the federal and state level as it affects local boards of health and the public. Recent legislation has classified the major rivers, streams and tributories affecting public water supplies and has established regulations and procedures to be followed as to their use and alterations by private or public agencies. Mental health districts have been designated throughout the commonwealth to provide co- ordinated facilities and services on a regional basis. Medicare and Medicaid programs continue to be amended on an expanded level to include more services and greater allowances for services provided. The state health department has revised their mandatory immunization regulation which previously required only smallpox vaccination for admittance to schools to include diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles and poliomyelitis immunization, unless excused for religious or health reasons certified by proper authorities. Our existing policies and programs have to be reviewed on a continuing basis to avoid duplication by other agencies and to evaluate the need for public health service on the community level and to assure that the objectives of the board of health are achieved. Board of Public Welfare The Lexington Public Welfare Agency administers five categories of assistance, namely: medical assistance, old age assistance, disability assistance, aid to families with dependent children and general relief. The first four categories are commonly known as "federal" programs of assistance inasmuch as the federal government provides a major share of the expense of these federal programs. Of the total caseload, 98 percent receive assistance under one of these programs. Five Year Trends in Public Welfare Administrative Expenses 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 Personal Services 8,028.00 8,121.00 8,500.00 8,781.00 12,497.00 Expenses 740.44 564.80 625.00 625.00 625.00 Staff as of Dec. 31 4 4 4 4 4 30 Category BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE PUBLIC WELFARE Cases, Expenditures, Reimbursements and Net Cost Reimbursements Cases Federal -State Net Cost Aided Expended And Individuals to Town General Relief 16 $ 7,854.74 $ 968.26 $ 6,886.48 Old Age Assistance 63 44,077.12 39,467.75 4,609.37 Aid to Families with Dependent Children 34 53,760.12 38,461.22 15,298.90 Disability Assistance 7 5,650.81 3,958.08 1,692.73 Medical Assistance 246 217,465.73 173,695.54 43,770.19 Administration 5 29,730.11 22,352.99 7,377.12 $358,538.63 $278,903.84 $79,634.79 General relief accounts for two percent of the caseload and is taken care of by the state and local funds. In October, 1967 the legislature voted to have the state assume all expenses of as- sistance and to abolish local offices and establish fifty community centers around the state. This is to go into effect July 1, 1968. It is not known when the local offices will close and when the community centers begin to operate. Medical assistance category has advanced rapidly this past year and is under much discussion as to the availability of funds to carry on in its present form. Many cities and towns have had to ask for additional appropriations to carry them through the year and the budgets for the coming year show a great increase over the present year. Most of the ex- pense is for dental and medical care for children under twenty -one years of age whose parents, according to the exemptions set forth by the state department of public welfare, are unable to care for these expenses. Two hundred and thirty -four applications were made to this office from June 1, 1967 through November, 1967, with approximately fifty percent of them being eligible. Old age assistance is designed to assist needy persons sixty -five years of age and over who have resided in the commonwealth for one year immediately preceding the date of application, to remain in their own homes or the homes of children or others and care for their own needs. Federal pays $50.00 per case per month, the state pays seventy per- cent of the balance and the town pays the remainder. Disability assistance is designed to care for persons from eighteen years of age to sixty -five years of age who are disabled and who may remain disabled for six months or more. The state medical review team has the final say as to the eligibility of the dis- abled person. Federal pays $50.00 per case per month, the town pays twenty -five percent and the state pays the remainder, if any. Aid to families with dependent children is designed for the care and support of children who have been deprived of parental support by reason of the unemployment of the bread- winner or by the death, illness, divorce, separation or desertion of the parent or parents. Primarily, it is designed to keep the children in the home rather than to be placed in an institution. Federal pays $22.00 per eligible person per month, the state pays thirty- 31 Board of Public Welfare Seated, L. to R. — James E. Collins, Director, Howard H. Dawes, Chairman, Robert K. Taylor, Martin A. Gilman. Standing L. to R. — David F. Toomey, Robert P. Trask three and one third percent of the total grant and the town pays the remainder, if any. General relief is the one assistance program administered by the board of public welfare which is locally controlled. This assistance is given needy persons who do not qualify for one of the federal programs or are in need of immediate assistance while await- ing approval for one of the federal programs. The state pays twenty percent of the total amount spent and the town pays the balance. All medical expenses incurred under any of the four federal programs are paid for under the medical assistance (Medicaid) program and reimbursed to the town in the amount of fifty percent by federal, sixty -six and two thirds of the balance by the state and thirty - three and one third by the town. It is again difficult to ascertain, with any degree of accuracy, what the future holds in store for welfare programs. No doubt changes will be made in the administration of the programs but when they will be made or what they will consist of is not known at this time. 32 Lexington Housing Authority Lexington Housing Authority plans to complete the construction of William Roger Greeley Village ... 100 low -rent apartments for the elderly . ... ready for occupancy by late summer, 1968. Construction of the 100 - apartment development started last August. It had been origi- nally anticipated (1966 Annual Town Report) that William Roger Greeley Village would be built in two phases: first, 48 apartment units and the community building; and subsequently, 52 ad- ditional apartment units. Unit costs as bid for the first phase proved too high, and the total development was accordingly re -bid. William Roger Greeley Village consists of 26 buildings, 22 of which are structured in pairs of four apartments each, three are separate and contain four apartment units, and the last building is the community building. The community building will contain the offices of Lexington Housing Authority, a maintenance shop and laundry facilities on its first floor; the upper floor is for relaxation and social functions. Dwellings are planned for single and double occupancy. Dwellings for two persons may be occupied by the following combinations: (a) A married couple; (b) Two men or two women; (c) A brother and a sister; and (d) An eligible tenant and a necessary non - elderly person. To be eligible for admission, a person must meet all of the following requirements: 1. A person must be 65 years of age or over. 2. A person must be a United States citizen (except an alien who has served William Roger Greeley Village 33 VETERANS' SERVICES in the armed forces of the United States and who has been honorably dis- charged and providing application has been made for citizenship), and after May 15, 1957 aliens eligible to receive Old Age Assistance. 3, A person must be of low income . . . . annual net income less than the amount necessary to enable that person to maintain decent, safe, and sanitary housing. 4. A person must be in need of good housing. Temple E. Scanlon is Chairman of Lexington Housing Authority. Other members of Lexington Housing Authority are: Burton L. Williams, Vice Chairman; Albert W. Hruby, Treasurer; William A. Melbye, Contracting Officer; and Joseph O. Rooney, Assistant Treas- urer. Officers are elected by the members and serve until the next annual meeting in April 1968. Executive Director for Lexington Housing Authority is Stillman P. Williams, who is also serving for the construction period as Clerk of the Works. Veterans' Services Activity in the office of the Lexington Veterans Benefits since January 1, 1967 through November 30, 1967 has increased over 1966 in all phases of its different departments. Also this year there was a considerable increase made by the state office to the budget for re- cipients and medical expenses. The following table compares numbers of families aided, benefits paid, State reim- bursements and net cost to the town during the last two years: 1966 1967 Number of Families Aided 49 Ordinary Benefits $ 10,627.26 $ 25,734.53 Medical 6,841.08 10,477.28 Fuel 1,120.60 3,288.99 Total Payments $ 18,588.94 $ 39,900.80 Reimbursement by State 9,294.47 19,850.40 Cost to Town $ 9,294.47 $ 19,850.40 Under Chapter 115 of the Massachusetts•General Laws we have processed forty -nine (49) applications. This involves investigation by the Director of Veterans Benefits in Lexing- ton and also by the state. These investigations are of a continuous nature, if the recipient is on the rolls permanently. The recipient of veterans benefits is eligible for ordinary benefits and medical assistance set forth in the state directives of Chapter 115, therefore each individual has to be checked out thoroughly to ascetain his or her eligibility. Under Title #38 of the U.S. Code we have filed for services connected and non - service Five Year Trends in the Veterans' Benefits Office 1963 1964 1965 1966 Personal Services 2,933.46 3,000.00 2,999.94 3,086.21 Expenses 10,915.88 9,941.89 10,337.41 18,751.93 Staff as of Dec. 31 1 1 1 1 34 1967 4,530.80 34, 42 4.52 1 1 REGIONAL REFUSE DISPOSAL PLANNING connected disability pensions for fourteen veterans and or their dependents, burial allowance for nine widows, also under Title #38. We assisted a number of veterans to apply for as- sistance for education under the new G.I. Bill. Part of this office's duties involve the grave registration, which requires recording all veterans who are interred in Lexington cemeteries. All graves are decorated on Memorial Day, and inspected to see that they are in good condition. There were twenty veterans interred in 1967. Each grave received a flag, and if needed a headstone was filed for. Bernard J. Belcastro, Director Refuse Disposal Planning Committee Pursuant to the vote of the 1967 annual town meeting the moderator, on May 16, 1967, appointed a Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Committee consisting of three residents. On May 18, 1967 this committee met with similarly appointed three -man committees representing the towns of Bedford, Concord, Lincoln, Weston and the City of Waltham. Act- ing upon the authority of the enabling legislation (General Laws, Chapter 50, Sections 44A - 44K) these committees voted unanimously to join together to form the West Suburban Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Board, the duties of which, as prescribed by the enabling legislation, are to investigate and study the methods of refuse disposal and to prepare an agreement for submission to the participating communities. At the special town meeting held inJune, 1967, the sum of $3,000.00 (the maximum al- lowable under the enabling legislation) was appropriated as Lexington's share of the expense of the board. A like sum was appropriated by each of the other communities, making a total sum of $18,000.00 that became available for the board's expenses. Upon its organization, the board voted to create four committees as follows: (1) En- gineering; (2) Site Selection; (3) Finance; and (4) Legal. These committees meet at the call of their respective chairmen, and the full board meets on a regular basis at least once a month to receive and discuss the reports of the committees. Initial investigations by the engineering committee indicate that unless an inordinate amount of volunteer time can be devoted by board members to the studies and investigation required, it will be difficult for the board, with a limited budget of $18,000.00, to suggest a solution accompanied by plans and back -up data for the refuse disposal problems of the re- gion. Accordingly, initial application for a grant of $36,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was made in August of 1967. This application was rejected in November 1967 without prejudice to the right of the board to re- apply. At its November meeting the board voted to re- submit its application for these funds to aid in its study and investigation. To date, the appropriated funds have been kept intact. It is anticipated that the earliest likely date for submission to the participating com- munities of a final report with detailed plans and a draft agreement will be the Spring of 1970. 35 Arnold B. Briggs Richard H. Soule William R. Whalon, Chairman Cemetery Commissioners The Cemetery Commissioners submit their Annual Report for the year 1967. Colonial Cemetery: In addition to the periodic cutting, trimming and raking, several damaged fence rails were repaired and one diseased tree was cut down and hauled away to the town dump. Robbins Cemetery: This cemetery received the regular cutting and raking and in addition, many old headstones were straightened. Westview Cemetery: Forty graves were tamped, loamed and seeded. Twenty -seven sunken graves were raised, loamed and seeded. The pine trees along Bedford Street showed much improvement with a great deal of new growth evident. The mulching program started in 1966 is beginning to pay off. The benches were repaired and painted before being set out this Spring. Approximately four hundred new graves have been staked out in the Vale of Rest section and a similar number in the Sunnyside section. The backhoe has been used in the rear of Sunset pushing back the top soil and leveling off in preparation for an extension in this area. A section was set aside for baby burials in the Sharay Olam section. Grading, loaming and seeding was necessary in order to prepare this area. Several yews were re- moved from the Sunnyside section and planted in the Sunset section, where shrubbery was needed. The department also planted two dogwood, one red maple and a flowering crab. Munroe Cemetery: Seven monuments, upset by vandals, were placed back on the foundations. Fifteen sunken graves were raised, loamed and reseeded. Weed killer was applied to all the gravel roads within the cemetery to try to keep the weeds under control. Lexington Cemetery Commisioners James L. Grant, Chairman John C. Graham James R. Sherman Five Year Trends in the Cemetery Commission ( *Includes One Part Time Employee) 1963 1964 1965 1966 Personal Services 37,000.00 38,500.00 40,130.67 *42,589.99 Expenses 5,645.88 5,728.00 4,367.71 4,949.46 Staff as of Dec. 31 7 7 7 7 On facing page: — Colonial Cemetery, Lexington. 37 1967 44,772.01 12,073.85 7 Thirty greater Boston com- munities are represented in the Lexington Choral Society, shown at a rehers- al, left, and equally as many in the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, below, where craftsmen acquire new skills and add to exist- ing ones. Here are enshrined the longings of great hearts And noble things that tower above the tide, The magic word that winged wonder starts, The garnered wisdom that has never died. — Roscoe C. E. Brown From the Facade of the Brooklyn Public Library Cary Memorial Library "The number of books is uncommonly large and exceedingly well chosen ... , frequenters of the library ....thronged the reading -room, and kept the young lady at the desk incessantly busy recording the books they borrowed and returned." Thus runs a description of Cary Library written by William Dean Howells in 1882 prior to the publication of A Modern Incident which established his reputation as the leading American novelist of his era, and which was probably written in part at Cary Library. It is a description of excellent library service. Through the foresight of many citizens and trustees "consisting of the selectmen, the school committee, and the settled ministers of the town for the time being," Lexington has continued to enjoy excellent library service to the present, a fact to be commemorated next year, 1968, the centennial of the town's acceptance of Maria Cary's 1868 founding gift of $1,000. A centennial committee of citizens, trustees and advisory board members under the chairmanship of Mrs. Shirley Stolz has begun to plan the celebration of this important event in the town's intellectual and social history. Although we will pause to celebrate a proud past, the present and future of library service should be of even greater concern to the town. Several innovations in circulation and book processing procedures -- photographic charging machines and a mechanized book -order file -- were initiated this year after town meeting approval. This equipment has given the library the capacity to handle an increasing volume of activity without the present necessity for an increase in regular staff size. Other important 1967 developments include the building of back files of periodicals Executive Committee, Board of Trustees L. to R. — Austin W. Fisher, Jr., Rabbi Haskell Bernat, Elizabeth H. Clarke, President, Rev. Calvin V. French, Irving H. Mabee, Vice President 39 CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY on microfilm with the use of state aid funds, and a renaissance of children's library service under the able direction of our new Supervisor of Children's Services, Mrs. Rita Aberbach. Periodical indexing and copying services have been improved; together with the developing microfilm collection this means we are now able to offer better reference service in this in- creasingly important area of library research. Service to children is taking into account Lexington's well - developed system of school libraries which allows it to be primarily directed toward serving the individual needs of all children rather than responding to book needs generated by the recurring needs of the cur- riculum. These services are primarily recreational and motivational, but also include assist- ance on special assignments. Services to pre - schoolers and pre - school story hours are also being emphasized. The future needs and program of the library are outlined in a survey "Challenge of Excellence" by Kenneth Shaffer, Director of Simmons School of Library Science, which was submitted to the board in 1966, and has been under discussion during the year. The cardinal recommendation of this report is the long -term development of a strong book collection that will nearly double in size during the next twenty to twenty -five years. Although the survey does not include a building program, it strongly recommended that one be drawn up as soon as possible in order that the library might continue to expand and meet "the challence of excellence." Accordingly the expansion needs of the library are currently being studied by the library staff. Professor Shaffer estimated that the projected size of the collection and supporting services will require an addition nearly the size of the present structure. At the present rate of growth, there will be a critical shortage of shelving space by 1971. This information has been passed on to the capital expenditures committee so that the library's needs can be con- sidered in relation to over -all town planning. Our book stock (118,454 vols. or 3.8 per capita) Microfilm Service Photographic Book Charging 40 Pre - school Story Hour CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY is relatively small for the heavy circulation (13.3 per capita) in Lexington. Expansion would be mandatory even without the expected increase in population during the next twenty years. The present appropriation is $7.11 per capita. The most important expense item is books and related library materials. The appropriation for this in 1967 was $30,685; to this has been added $17,000 out of an estimated $20,000 in trustee funds, and $6,923 in state aid, for a total of $54,608. That is, twenty -two percent of the library's total budget is for new books and related materials. The minimum standard for communities the size of Lexington for purposes of state aid is thirteen percent. That the library exceeds this figure by nine percent is a measure of its effectiveness in supplying library service to the town. Five -year Trends in the Cary Memorial Library 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 Personal Services 110,007.89 132,891.40 143, 377.10 144,001.11 154,180.20 Expenses 46,479.81 55,489.69 51,920.21 57,664.59 66,650.86 Staff as of Dec. 31 18 23 23 23 24 Cary Lecture Committee The thirty -ninth annual report of the Cary Lecture Committee covers the 1967 -1968 season and the period of months from November through April. Provided under the wills of Elizabeth Cary Farnum and Susanna E. Cary, the current series includes five programs. "Africa and the West - A Frustration and a Hope" was the title of the first lecture given by Dr. James H. Robinson, executive secretary of Operation Crossroads - Africa, Inc. of New York. An edifying and stimulating address dramatized the increasing importance of Africa in the world's economy and society in the years ahead. The second program was "Amahl and the Night Visitors" and skillfully portrayed by nearly 100 school youth of Lexington during two evening performances on December 8 and 9. The program was directed by Mr. Paul Ciano and Miss Louise T. Cavalieri of the Lexington school system. The third program on January 19 featured Dr. Arturo Arnaiz Freg, professor of his- tory at the University of Mexico and president of the Society of Mexican Historians. The il- lustrated lecture featured the history culture and people of Mexico with reference to Dolores Hidalgo, Lexington's "Sister City." The program was arranged in cooperation with the Lex- ington Sister City Committee in affiliation with the People -to People Program. Another original program in the Cary Series is scheduled for March 16 in cooperation with the Cambridge Opera Workshop, Inc. "Deceit Outwitted" a comic opera in two acts by Joseph Haydn (1773) and its performance is believed to be a New England premiere. The concluding event of the Series, "A Battleroad Festival" on April 20, is an evening with our heritage and music in cooperation with the Concert Band of Concord, the Middlesex Brass Quintet and the Acton Minuteman Company, with members of the Lexington Minuteman Company serving as hosts. The event was planned as part of the Patriots' Day weekend in cooperation with the Town Celebrations Committee. The committee expresses its appreciation to Mr. Charles H. Cole, architect, and Mr. 41 1 BATTLE GREEN GUIDES Dow Pickering, theatre consultant, for their assistance in appraising the condition of the Cary auditorium stage in terms of its maintenance and facility for theatrical productions and their recommendations for necessary repairs and alterations. The expenses incurred by the Cary programs are defrayed by appropriation from the trustees of the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund. Charles E. Parks, Chairman Mrs. Frederick Frick Alford S. Peckham Battle Green Guides The 1967 tourist season for Lexington Guides was extremely active. Five new guides were appointed and the total number of guides working on the Green for the season was eleven. The average of the combined work hours by the guides rose to thirty -seven hours per day and in most cases there were guides available to the tourists when needed. Canada's Expo 67 did much to increase the activity on the Battle Green during the season and kept those guides on duty busy. The procedure of wearing name plates and Tricorne hats is still in effect as is the interviewing of any prospective guides before they take out the examination papers. The director made his usual daily calls at the Battle Green and is happy to report no difficulties. I am sorry that it was not feasible to have a group picture of all of the guides but the picture shown is representative of the fine young people who served last summer. Leon A. Burke, Jr., Director of Guides 42 Bear in mind that children of all ages have one thing in common — they close their ears to advice and they open their eyes to example. — Reader's Digest James F. Corr Police Department Every police force is challenged with the increasingly difficult task of enforcing laws and of combatting organized crime. Stated in simple terms the basic needs are: 1. An earnest dedicated staff, paid salaries and afforded working conditions which insure holding good men and which permit a recruiting program competitive with non - police job opportunities. Only by continually attracting young men of high caliber, who want to make law enforcement their life work, can we maintain the level of personnel competent to do the job. 2. A training program which builds a staff of professionals who are smarter than the criminals that oppose them. Effective police departments are developed slow- ly, over the years. The great need is to keep ahead of our problems so that we can cope with them as they evolve. To do this, the police department must be kept staffed and trained in advance of actual need. It would be critically serious if this building for future needs were not a basic part of the police department's overall program. 3. Sound administration and adequate facilities of equipment and of quarters to sup- plement the efforts of good men carefully trained; a carefully thought out patrol program which emphasizes mobility and fast action in getting to pressure points and which insures adequate patrolling at all other times. 4. Implicit in all of this is an acceptance on the part of the taxpayers that if the force is to be kept modern and if Lexington is to have the protection of people and pro- perty to which the citizens are entitled the town must be willing to pay the cost. We constantly strive for economy in our operation and for the elimination of fat. We insist, though, that budget economies ought never forbid growth of the bone and CHART 1 POLICE OFFICERS TOWN OF LEXINGTON NATIONAL AVERAGE *1.5 MEN PE2 THOUSAND DEPARTMENT STRENGTH SHOULD BE 60.8 MEN 33,000 CIE F.B.I. C21ME 2EPOraTS POPULATION TREND 43 17,335 27,920 29 29 30 31 33 34 31 32 33 32 35 36 1955 '56 '57 '58 '59 1960 '61 62 '63 '64 '65 '66 '67 43 POLICE DEPARTMENT sinew needed to serve an increasing population and to handle law enforce- ment that is becoming constantly more complex. The year 1967 witnessed an increasing amount of serious crime within the boundaries of Lexington as can be seen from various charts throughout this report. Once again, we ask for the eyes and ears of every citizen in our continuing effort to com- bat these trends. We are ever mind- ful that a police department can not function properly without the assist- ance of its towns people. As can be seen from Chart #1, the department made a long stride forward when it was able to recruit nine additional patrolmen from a neighboring community as a result of special legislation. The effect of this can be seen in other areas of this re- port. We offer a demanding, inter- esting, often exciting, sometimes dangerous profession to the qualified young men who possess the talent and integrity we cherish. We know that no matter what future technological ad- vancements are made in the field of police science, our most valuable asset will always be the dedication and competence of the men who serve in our ranks. Recruitment is still a critical problem in Lexington inasmuch as only one man qualified for appointment as a result of the state -wide civil service examinations held in March of 1967. This is not just Lexington's problem but one of the entire state. During 1967, for example, only 277 men qualified out of 992 who took the examination for all cities and towns in Massachusetts. These figures cut those of the previous year in half. With this in mind, we hope that the town meeting of 1968 will ap- prove our police cadet program as we feel that Lexington needs to take this step toward inducing qualified young men to serve in our ranks. Under the 44 INVESTIGATIONS 12 9 14.5EVE2Y 24HOU23 INVESTIGATION 3 , 531411E CLOCK 2P COMM-AtmTS- E01.2T8 4310 . 6 f 4043 3545 3690 I- 3113 3240 3224 !-- 2106 2609 2866 ^ 1956 57 '58 '59 1960 61 '62 '63 '64 '65 '66 '67 LINE INDICATES POPULATION GROWTH ESTIMATE * 12 $23.077.00 3067* A22EST ARRESTS CLOCK 9 -3 INCLUDING SUMMONSES 8.4EVE 16.075.00. 24 HOURS 6 1165 FINES PAID BY DEFENDANTS' §9,139.00 1373 $4.000.00 1 1005 966 873 836 938 556 3n3HH 1956 57 '55 59 1960 61 '62 '63 '64 '65 '66 '67 ESTI MATE '11E 12 ACCIDENT CLOCK ACCIDENTS 9 INVESTIGATED - REPORTED 2.6EVE2Y TO LEXINGTON POLICE 24 HOUR5 9 3'E 6 886 97 573 930 773 794 610 618 660 543 455 484 1955 56 57 '58 '59 1960 '61 '62 '63 '64 '65 '66 '67 *ESTIMATE VALUE OF P2o ra-rY 2E2O2TED STOLEN ANOfZECOVE2E0 INCLUDES BU2GL A2I ES, AUTO THEFT, L A2CEN1E5 ETC. • STOLEN ❑RECOVERED $162,911 $155,000 $103,721* 579.418 $92,122 564,694 $49'284 1340000 I,26t*, I $27826 Il 3'1_898 $„ 7i I 19622 1963 1964 19G5 1966 1966 196(7,1 *ESTIMATE POLICE DEPARTMENT sinew needed to serve an increasing population and to handle law enforce- ment that is becoming constantly more complex. The year 1967 witnessed an increasing amount of serious crime within the boundaries of Lexington as can be seen from various charts throughout this report. Once again, we ask for the eyes and ears of every citizen in our continuing effort to com- bat these trends. We are ever mind- ful that a police department can not function properly without the assist- ance of its towns people. As can be seen from Chart #1, the department made a long stride forward when it was able to recruit nine additional patrolmen from a neighboring community as a result of special legislation. The effect of this can be seen in other areas of this re- port. We offer a demanding, inter- esting, often exciting, sometimes dangerous profession to the qualified young men who possess the talent and integrity we cherish. We know that no matter what future technological ad- vancements are made in the field of police science, our most valuable asset will always be the dedication and competence of the men who serve in our ranks. Recruitment is still a critical problem in Lexington inasmuch as only one man qualified for appointment as a result of the state -wide civil service examinations held in March of 1967. This is not just Lexington's problem but one of the entire state. During 1967, for example, only 277 men qualified out of 992 who took the examination for all cities and towns in Massachusetts. These figures cut those of the previous year in half. With this in mind, we hope that the town meeting of 1968 will ap- prove our police cadet program as we feel that Lexington needs to take this step toward inducing qualified young men to serve in our ranks. Under the 44 POLICE DEPARTMENT program, high school seniors will be selected to attend Northeastern University. This effort is geared to the needs of the future in a society that becomes increasingly more complex. During 1967, our officers were trained in proficiency with the polygraph, the breath- alyzer, the resuscitator, and in other related scientific areas of law enforcement and public safety. From schools and training sessions in New York, Illinois, and many parts of Massa- chusetts, they brought back outstanding records of accomplishment in police education. But passing their knowledge along to other members of the department became an awkward task due to the varied working hours of our men. For this reason, among others, we are planning an in- service training program around a video -tape replay system which will extend the class- room far beyond its current limits. One of the most important tasks which a police adminis- trator must face is that of providing in- service training in areas that are constantly subject to change. We place it in high priority for 1968. The disturbing losses of past years put protection from house burglaries high on our priority list for 1967. We had become well acquainted with the professional housebreaker through experience and we knew that our only hope in dealing with him was through a more effective system of patrol. And so, 1967 saw the division of Lexington's sixteen square miles into four quadrants, each patrolled by a well- marked, radio - equipped police cruiser. We added a fifth cruiser and manned it with a patrol supervisor who strengthened our defense in housebreak -prone neigh- borhoods and served as a back -up man at the scene of accidents and other emergencies. We have seen, from this added patrol, an encouraging reduction in housebreaks, but we are, by no means, satisfied with the statistics. Eight hundred dollars represents the aver- age loss in each case, and simple arithmetic will indicate that one additional cruiser has al- ready given the town double its money's worth. Our projections show a decrease in total burglaries over last year by six. Thus, forty -eight hundred dollars would have paid for two additional cruisers instead of one. We are moving toward a goal of six patrol sectors. With 1967 C211vIE CLOCKS 12 12 6 3 6 SERIOUS OFFENSES BURGLARY 9 12 IEVE2Y 24HOU2S 6 LA2 CENIES 3 9 12 $284.00 EVERY 24HOUraS 6 VALUE OF O20PE2TY STOLEN 3 OFFENSES KNOWN TO POLICE ( NOT INC LUOING TRAFFIC) OFFENSES 408 323 432 450 460 518* 1962 '63 '64 '65 BURGLARY 119 76 I 128 134 '66 '67 131 127 L A2CENY 243 199 240 222 340* AUTO THEFT 39 35 30 1 1 1 1 I• 20 1t91 21 1962 '63 '64 '63 '66 '67 ESTIMATE CIE 45 POLICE DEPARTMENT one patrol in each precinct, we would then be in a position to deal yet more effectively with the problem. The space age has given us a different kind of space problem. When our present police -town office building was on the drawing board, someone forgot to think about 1967. This year's clerical burden calls for an additional secretary, but without room for another desk, this will be impossible. Three desks already fill the office used by our detec- tives, and we are wondering just where the fourth one will go. We have no adequate juvenile detention facilities; our cell block is far removed from where it should be. Lack of space has forced our fingerprint desk into a hallway already cluttered with tables and chairs, and a base- ment corridor is filled with the lockers of policemen who have no other place to store their raincoats and boots. As far as lost bicycles, stolen property, court evidence, spare tires, ammunition, traffic signs, and practically everything else is concerned, you will find them in a room orig- inally planned for the storage of office supplies. Our space problem is unlike that of our coun- try. For us, there appear to be no new space horizons at 1575 Massachusetts Avenue. Sometimes minor incidents draw attention out of proportion to the overall scope of departmental duties. Such was the case in 1967 when some teen agers rebelled at enforce- ment of town regulations regarding loitering. Muscle and bluster have no place in modern police administration; patience and understanding certainly do. But if I concede these points, I wish parents would as readily concede that easy family dicipline and modern permissiveness condoned for young children are likely to breed problems of adjustment later on. When these children become teen agers and encounter an outside - the - family world of laws, incidents inevitably erupt. It would be a mistake for a police chief to permit teen agers to observe the regulations they wished to observe and as flagrantly as they might disobey their parents, to disobey the regulations they didn't like. If existing laws and regulations are regarded as too stringent the proper course is for the town to amend them, not for the police department to ignore them. Our purpose always, is to serve Lexington's 33,000 citizens with all the competence, courage and integrity that we possess. We look hopefully forward to a year of continued pub- lic awareness of problems still to be overcome and of cooperation from all citizens in helping meet those problems. To a town which has always refused to tolerate a second rate police de- partment, we pledge our best efforts, as we have in the past, to provide Lexington with the physical security and the peace of mind that can be afforded by no other agency. Resuscitator Training 46 1 Five Year Trends in the Police Dept. Personal* Year Services Expenditures 1963 234,253.98 21,417.49 1964 249,637.17 21,600.57 1965 271,909.10 31,362.17 I 1966 291,550.45 48,262.12 I 1967 383,602.28 50,648.88 * Includes School Traffic Officers. 1 1 1 1 1 1 The Police Department in Action By use of the Breathalizer, above, the police department seeks to restrain and detect ex- cessive drinking by drivers, and by use of radar patrol, above, right, to restrain ex- cessive speed ... all with the goal of mini- mizing accidents. Below: Strike detail. Right: Accident victim being aided by police. Fire Department The past year can be considered a "good" year for the fire department in the sense that there were no major injuries to firefighters in the line of duty; there were some very effective fast arrests of incipiently dangerous fires; and continued progress is being made in improving the skills and equipment available to the department. There were moments of anguish, however; loss of life in fire can never be rational- ized, and complete loss of a structure to fire, although unavoidable, nevertheless represents a defeat at the hands of the adversary. Operations for the year involved about the same number and types of runs in the re- cent past. Fortunately, the number of serious fires remained small as the combined result of the nature of the structures and occupancies in the town, an active fire prevention program, and quick detection and extinguishment in a number of cases. On "In considering manpower needs it is well to remem- ber that round - the - clock, seven days a week staffing adds to 168 hours. With the present work week and al- lowing for sickness and va- cations, between three and four men are required on the payroll for every man on duty." at least one occasion the resources of the department were taxed to the limit in coping with a major fire; extensive use was made of mutual aid apparatus from neighboring towns at the scene of the fire and for covering Lexington stations during the emergency. Fire alarm system modernization is well underway with the substantial completion of new watch room and fire alarm in- stallation at headquarters. The balance of the project, which involves splitting of existing overloaded alarm circuits and re- placing dangerously old portions of the alarm system wiring, will be spread over a number of years, but also is well started with the splitting of one circuit, installation of a new cable on Bedford Street from headquarters to Hartwell Avenue, and pre- parations for making municipal fire alarm service available to each of the industrial plants locating in the Hartwell Avenue area. Building and equipment contribute no more problems than one can reasonably expect with items that are in use twenty -four hours each day and are one year older. Constant in- spection, maintenance and repair are the watchword. The department is nearing the end of the post -war equipment acquisition cycle and, in addition, will need to consider additions of auxiliary units as increasing amounts of work, which were formerly subcontracted, are un- dertaken by department personnel. The department is equipped with three large first -line pumpers, first line aerial ladder truck, rescue, two brush fire and general purpose pumpers, reserve aerial ladder truck, ambulance, autos, and utility truck, and has in effect, the civil defense engine and rescue in reserve. Training is to manpower as maintenance and repair are to equipment. Typically for a stand -by emergency organization, constant training is necessary to insure proficiency in all of the skills required of the firefighter. During the year, Lexington officers and men re- ceived special recognition for their performance in courses in advanced first aid as related to operation of the ambulance, and basic and advanced firefighting and fire prevention courses. Personnel include the fifty -one permanent members of the department and the ten call firemen. The effective growth in manpower in the department has been static during a period when the population of the town has increased by twenty -five percent. The shortage of on -duty personnel is becoming a critical problem, and the town must Five Year Trends in the Fire Department 1963 1964 Personal Services 265,053.43 290,204.16 Expenses 42,763.20 30,111.13 Staff as of Dec. 31 43 48 48 1965 1966 1967 325,305.40 341,998.23 386,765.25 35,451.67 33,225.59 35,348.77 49 51 51 Commissioner Chief William P. Fitzgerald Walter F. Spellman Chairman Commissioner Fred C. Bailey Stanley E. Robbins be prepared to provide funds for growth in this area commensurate with the general expan- sion of local activity. No amount of elaborate equipment can compensate for the lack of an alert, well- trained fire fighter, particularly in the area of rescue and safety of life. In considering this problem it is well to bear in mind the requirement for seven -day- a -week staffing, around the clock: 168 hours. With the present work -week, and allowing for sickness and vacations, between three and four men are required on the payroll for every man on duty at one of the stations. and quick detection and extinguishment in a number of cases. On at least one occasion the resources of the department were taxed to the limit in toping with a major fire; extensive use was made of mutual aid apparatus from neighboring towns at the scene of the fire and for covering Lexington stations during the emergency. Fire alarm system modernization is well underway with the substantial completion of the new watch room and fire alarm installation at headquarters. The balance of the pro- ject, which involves splitting of existing overloaded alarm circuits and replacing dangerous- ly old portions of the alarm system wiring, will be spread over a number of years, but also is well started with the splitting of one circuit, installation of a new cable on Bedford Street from headquarters to Hartwell Avenue, and preparations for making municipal fire alarm service available to each of the industrial plants locating in the Hartwell Avenue area. 49 Arthur E. Burrell Civil Defense Five Year Trends.in the Civilian Defense Office Personal Staff Year Services Expenses as of Dec. 31 * 1963 6,658.61 6,916.09 1 1964 6,559.58 11,754.65 2 1965 7,323.38 10,664.20 2 1966 8,944.38 11,293.34 2 1967 8,861.66 8,189.02 2 * Part time staff converted to man -year equivalents. Work continued during 1967 on the development of the community shelter utilization plans and natural disaster contingency plans. Supplies for a fourteen day shelter stay have been prepositioned in buildings which provide shelter space for 25,749 Lexington residents. Additional shelter spaces up to a total of 48,547 spaces are available if needed. A major development in the Lexington program occurred in August when the board of selectmen created a separate civil defense advisory council and appointed the following mem- bers: Dr. Howard, Kassler, Chairman; Irving Mabee, selectman representative; Robert Farwell, school committee representative; Milton Bretscher, appropriation committee repre- sentative; Robert Bittenbender, town meeting member; and Arthur E. Burrell. The duties of the advisory council had been exercised in the past by the board of selectmen. The council is authorized under the town's civil defense by -law to advise the selectmen and the director of civil defense. In cooperation with the University of Massachusetts, the department of civil defense conducted an Emergency Operations- Center Training Program in Cary Hall on May 25th. The purpose of the exercise was to provide key town government personnel with experience in large scale disaster operations and point out the vital need for close cooperation among all participating activities. The exercise was rated a success by the University of Massachusetts instructors and turned into a true test during a driving storm when a large section of the town lost its power and the auxiliary fire department was called in to provide emergency power for the exercise. A special town meeting in June restored part of the fund cut from the expense budget in March and enabled the department to continue the operation of the warning system and to re- schedule repair and maintenance programs that had been discontinued. 50 Civil Defense in Action A navy- surplus fire en- gine secured by the civil defense department and operated by auxiliary firefighters was in action at a recent general alarm fire in Lexington. The auxiliary firefighters and their two surplus fire trucks respond to all ser' ous fires in Lexington an assist the regular depart ment during periods of high fire danger. Inspection Department Personnel: Donald K. Irwin John B. Byrne, Jr. Robert K. Jeremiah Mrs. Anne E. Miller Building Inspector Plumbing and Gas Inspector Wiring Inspector Senior Clerk Our last year's report covered the department's activities in general and outlined what the inspection department problems are relative to the enforcement of the present local codes as delegated to the department. I emphasize the word "local" because the past year has seen a great deal of activity in the uniform code aspect of building and housing codes, both on a state, regional and national level. Although this is something that we on the local level play only a small part in formulating, the effect would be felt nevertheless. On the state level there are a number of proposals for a uniform state code. One committee headed by Senator Samuel Harmon is making a study under a special commis- sion; another group comprised of people representing the New England states is working on regional proposals. These groups are composed of people representing industry, the building trades, manufacturers and representatives of the various building officials asso- ciations of New England, plus representatives of the legislatures. The most drastic and far reaching proposals for changes are on the federal level. Title VIII of the Low and Moderate Income Housing Act of 1968 (H.R. 12142) was introduced in Congress on August 7, 1967, and is still pending. This provides that the secretary of the department of housing and urban development shall develop and publish a national building code designed to permit the use of modern architectural and engineering techniques in order to reduce the cost of housing. The requirement is for the agency to develop the code within one year after passage of the act, and states that no community may receive "subsidy, aid or assistance" from any agency of housing and urban development, unless that community has conformed to the uni- form code within three years of its adoption or unless a variance has been granted by the secretary of housing and urban development. Such aid would include, but not be limited to sewer and water facility grants; open space grants; urban renewal programs; and federal housing administration insurance. At the present time we here in Lexington are using uniform codes that are state wide in regard to plumbing and gas installations and electrical work. We also, under Chapter 143, Section 3B, used the board of standards building code which applied to certain public and semi - public buildings. These are all rather recent developments, and the trend towards unification of codes is continuing, and as mentioned above has reached the federal level. The enactment of uniform codes whether state, regional, and especially federal, always carries with them certain requirements relative to their administration. Under the Five Year Trends in the Inspector's Office 1963 Personal Services 19,374.31 Expenses 1,755.06 Staff as of Dec. 31 2 1964 1965 20,350.84 21,138.21 1,711.19 2,328.03 2 2 51 1966 1967 21,627.93 22,749.24 2,226.96 1,122.88 2 2 RETIREMENT BOARD federal housing code, for instance, the number of inspectors per thousand of population of a community is spelled out. What has developed in our educational, public welfare, and health departments would without question apply in the building code enforcement field. These trends and the factors involved are brought out here, because with code unification will come controls, and what was once a strictly local matter will be an extended arm of another larger governmental agency. Retirement Board The Town of Lexington Contributory Retirement System, which exists under Sections 1 through 28 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, pro- vides for pensions and disability payments to all regular employees, except teachers, who have their own plan. The funds of the system, which come from the five percent deductions made from employees regular salary and wages are invested in securities legal for savings banks in Massachusetts. In 1967, interest of 3.8 percent was credited to members accounts. Each year, town meeting appropriates an amount of money to cover the towns share of retire- ment allowances. During 1967, the board of retirement held twelve meetings. Retirement records for all new employees were initiated, withdrawals were processed for those who resigned, and pensions were processed and paid for all who retired. A cost of living increase was computed and paid, in accordance with Chapter 408 of the 1967 Acts of Massachusetts General Court, for all retirees who had retired prior to December 31, 1964. George P. Morey, Chairman Walter F. Spellman Richard M. Perry, Ex- Officio ''The Money Tree's Near 1303 Massachusetts Avenue stands an elm tree, which cut down, would permit widening the street to conform to state specifications . . . . thereby qualifying the highway for state assistance in reconstruc- tion costs. The hitch: The tree was of singular beauty and was there when the British advanced to disperse the Minute- men on the Common in 1775. The warrant article relating to this deci- sion was roundly debated in the 1967 town meeting and resolved in favor of fore- going state aid and of sparing the tree. Perhaps that says something about Lexington's attitude toward aesthetic and historical values, as opposed to material values, as seen by town meeting members. 52 Not part of the official re- creation program but a bonus for children living in Lexington are the Hayden Foundation facilities. Shown are pictures of the 1967 ice show. Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress im- placably requires change . . . Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to change them. — Henry Steele Commanger School Committee Report The superintendent's report will elaborate on the successful implementation of the kindergarten program, further work on the dilemma of the slow achiever and the under- achiever, our several federal -aided programs, and on the need for a third junior high school. These represent significant areas of attention by your school committee during the past year. In many ways 1967 was a year of review. Critical reviews of administration salary levels, the guidance program, the summer reading program, the elementary french program, and work with bright underachievers were some of the items considered. This is a community with enormous and varied talents. Our fellow citizens have been generous in their offers of assistance to the school system, and in May a procedure for fur- ther utilization of such talent was formalized. The school committee adopted a set of guide- lines for the appointment and functioning of citizens advisory committees which will be very helpful in the future. The first of these committees was appointed in the fall to consider the issue of vocational and technical education and its implications for Lexington. That committee is now at work and we are confident that its findings and recommendations will be of value. Our greatest opportunity may lie in the area of collective bargaining, which was made mandatory by the Acts of 1965. A considerable amount of time was required for this function during the year, and we expect to sign a contract with the Lexington Education Association early in 1968. This contract will, in general, formalize relationships which have existed for some time. Those continuing relationships are in many ways unique, and therein lies the oppor- tunity for leadership in a period when there is so much evidence of dissent nationally among this group of public employees. The mutual efforts of your school committee and our excel- lent, highly motivated professional staff can set an example for others to follow in this sensi- tive area. With the continued support of our staff and an interested, vigorous citizenry, we hope to make further progress toward our goal of the fullest possible development of each child in the system. School Committee Robert H. Farwell, Elizabeth H. Clarke, Secretary; Logan Clarke, Jr., Chairman, Vernon Page, Austin W. Fisher, Jr. 55 On facing page: The first day at kindergarten. Rudolph J. Fobert Report of the School Superintendent In this, my fourth annual report as superintendent of your public schools, I will discuss four major areas; 1) kindergarten; 2) the profes- sional library; 3) the third junior high school; and 4) the slow achiever report. With the opening of the Bowman elementary school in September we were finally able to house all pupils in grades K -6 (kindergarten through sixth) in the elementary schools and to reduce to eight the number of classes of thirty or more pupils. At Long Last - A Public Kindergarten In September, 652 eager and enthusiastic five -year olds began their first public school experience in kindergarten. The curriculum which they are now enjoying was developed during the spring and summer by a committee composed of the following persons: Drs. Gilbert Berry and Lester Goodridge, Jr., Co- chairmen, Helen Evangelista, Harriet Furlong, Miriam Ivok, Sandra Kavigian, Nancy Rosenthal and Lucille Turner. In developing this new program, the members of the committee visited a number of outstanding kindergarten programs in Massachusetts and other states, discussed the most recent developments in early childhood education with recognized leaders at the university level, reviewed the latest research findings, and attended state, regional and national con- ferences on this subject. The goals of the program are stated primarily in behavioral terms. Specific activities are included in the guide to assist teachers in achieving these goals. Rec- ognizing the special needs of five -year olds, the program is designed to begin the early lan- guage development which is essential for success in first grade. Many opportunities are also provided for other cognitive learnings and for the social and emotional development of each child. Teachers are encouraged to conduct activities in a climate which permits children to express themselves freely and to experiment with their environment. As these five -year olds experience the new curriculum, our teachers are meeting regularly to evaluate the logically developed program to assess its validity. They share their observations and conclusions about the activities and suggest revisions for re- writing the guide. Wherever possible their suggestions are being incorporated into the present guide. In 1969 the total curriculum will be reviewed, analyzed and revised to make it more effective. On behalf of the 652 children who are presently enjoying this new opportunity, and the thousands of children yet to come, we are grateful to the citizens who have given us the op- portunity to add this important year to our public school system. We shall do everything possible to make it an exemplary program. The Professional Library "If the explosion of knowledge has implications for the student, what are the implica- tions for the teacher ?" Since arriving in Lexington one of my objectives has been to provide opportunities for the personal and professional improvement of our staff. An effective way to achieve this goal is to develop library resources which are specifically designed to meet their needs. In 1965, with the opening of the new student library, we were able to convert the former facility into a library for professional staff. With limited local funds we purchased books, magazines and curriculum guides and studies to assist us in improving our curricula. We also bought materials to help staff members who were engaged in graduate study or who were interested in improving their teaching background and techniques. 56 Setting the Stage for a Story Exploring the World of Numbers with an Abacus In 1966, under the auspices of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, we submitted and received a federal grant of $12,500 to develop our professional library into a demonstration center for New England. In 1967, we received an additional federal grant of $25,000 to further improve the re- sources in this center. With the $37,500 we have been purchasing a collection of books and other materials for professional staff unmatched by any public school in New England. At present, the holdings include over 6,000 items from a variety of materials such as books, pamphlets, subscriptions, films, film strips, microfilm, microfiche, transparencies and records. We have also purchased the complete set of research abstracts from the Edu- cational Resources Information Center. The availability of these resources merely provides the opportunity for the growth and development of our staff. To increase the use of these resources I appointed a faculty advisory committee composed of Margaret Kinley, Clifford Baker, Alice Atamian, Lyn McLane, William Read, Margaret Scrogin, Emily Page and Sara Jaffarian. This committee has been assigned the following tasks: 1. To assist in locating appropriate materials for the library. 2. To make the total staff aware of this library and develop ways of encouraging every staff member to become a user. 3. To suggest procedures which would facilitate staff use. 57 Teachers' Research Library A $37,500 federal grant made possible the purchase of books and other material pri- marily useful for professional improve- ment of Lexington's teachers. The library is also utilized as a demonstration center for New England public schools. It is located in the War Memorial Room of the high school. 4. To simplify procedures for procuring and returning the material. I have been encouraged by early reports from our librarians on staff use of this fa- cility. Circulation figures indicate an average monthly use of 800 to 1000 titles, Miss Sara Jaffarian, Coordinator of Instructional Materials, is also working closely with the Cary Memorial Library to coordinate our collection with theirs so that unnecessary duplication will be avoided. This cooperation will permit us to offer a much wider selection of materials for staff and community use. We are presently serving a number of citizens who have a need for these specialized resources. During the next several years we will receive many visitors from New England and other sections of the country who will be referred by the Massachusetts State Department of Education and the United States Office of Education. We plan to demonstrate to them the value of including this type of facility in a public school setting. A New Junior High School in 1971 Our projections based on the actual enrollments of October first re- affirmed the need for an additional junior high school in 1971. These projections were similar to those developed independently by Metcalf & Eddy and Eric T. Clarke. The following trends were noted: 1. Enrollments in grade one will continue to decrease resulting in decreasing enrollments in grades one through six. 2. Enrollments in grades seven through twelve will continue to increase through 1973. 3. There will be approximately 3000 or more pupils in grades nine through twelve from 1971 through 1975. Since our high school was designed to house a maximum of 2700 pupils, the 3000 or more pupils expected in grades nine through twelve will force us to move grade nine out of the high school. We considered and rejected the possibility of increasing the capacity of the high school because of cost, availability of land, adequacy of heating plant, long -range enrollment 58 1 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT forecasts, and other factors. The decision to build the third junior high school of 900 pupils expandable to 1200 was due to our immediate and long -range needs. Immediate Need During the past three years lack of classrooms have forced us to house some sixth graders in the junior high schools and some eighth graders in the high school. The splitting of a grade into two educational levels was an emergency measure to meet a building crisis, and was never considered as a solution to our housing problems. As an emergency measure for one or two years, splitting a grade might be tolerated, but it is educationally undesirable to continue with this temporary arrangement for long periods of time. It is also undesirable to plan a building program with the provision that pupils in the same grade will be assigned to different educational levels. Since it would require assigning annually some ninth grade pupils to the junior high schools and others to the high school for a period of approximately ten years, we rejected the idea of building a junior high school of less than 900 pupils. Therefore, it was decided that all pupils in grades seven, eight and nine would be housed in the junior high school buildings, r +, 1111 0,4 101 Ii11 111 NN A A "Thank You" from the School Committee Lexington's service organizations sponsored last September a luncheon for the teachers newly added to the staff of the school system. That action bespoke pleasing recognition of educational values by the town's businessmen and evidenced the community type of support which has helped advance the school program. The school committee is grateful indeed to the Lexington Chamber of Commerce, to the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and to the Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary Clubs. 59 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT The following illustrates the need for a 900 -pupil junior high school: Enrollments Capacities Grades 7, 8 & 9 Muzzey Junior High School 700* 1970 - 2428 Diamond Junior High School 900 1971 - 2435 New Junior High School 900 1972 - 2383 Total 2500 1973 - 2300 1974 - 2270 *Reduced from 800 to provide for special facilities. 1975 - 2240 Long -Range Need - Phasing Out Muzzey Eventually we must face the problem of phasing out Muzzey Junior High School. How- ever, at this time it was decided not to do this. Recent alterations to Muzzey, plus a reduction of the enrollment from 800 to 700, to expand the library and provide other special facilities, will make Muzzey servicable through the 70's. In planning the new junior high school for an eventual enrollment of 1200 pupils, we have provided the opportunity to phase out Muzzey at a later date. According to the Metcalf & Eddy projections at saturation (1985 -90), the additions to both Diamond and the new junior high school could provide the expanded capacity for enrollments in grades seven, eight and nine in the 80's. Unless there is an unexpected increase in the birth rates, which have been decreasing steadily since 1960, or significant increases in the number of children per dwelling, we should be able to convert Munroe into a school administration building in 1972 and phase out Hancock in 1973. We have developed the educational specifications for the building which have been approved by the school committee. As with Bridge and Bowman, the instructional materials center is the heart of the academic building. We have also begun to describe and define the types of functions which will be conducted in the school. Visits to schools in other parts of the country have convinced us of the open access concept of the instructional materials center to related classrooms. We are working closely with the architect and the new permanent school building committee to provide the number and types of spaces which will facilitate the educational program. In March of 1968 the permanent school building committee will request $125,000 to develop final plans and specifications for this additional junior high school. The Slow Achiever - A Progress Report In 1966, I appointed a committee to study the status of children classified as slow achievers. More specifically, the committee was directed to: 1) review basic research find- ings on slow achievers; 2) identify and describe the status, characteristics and needs of these types of students in our schools; and 3) make recommendations to improve the educational opportunities for these children. The committee of Dr. Constance C. Murray, Chairman, Marcia Berg, Bertrand Bouchard, Robert Davenport, Patricia McSweeney, and Margaret Llewellyn -Jones produced a 200 page report which we are using to develop new programs and activities for slow achievers. In considering the alternatives, we discussed and rejected the notion of mounting a standardized systemwide program in which slow achievers would be grouped together at each level. We decided to make the staff aware of the characteristics and needs of these children and to assist each school in designing its own program. 60 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT During the year the principals and staff of our elementary and secondary schools developed 41 activities and services specifically designed for slow achievers. The activities ranged from a student - teaching- student project to a case study approach which involved a team of teachers, administrators and specialists. We have also continued the pilot class of 20 bright under - achievers which we organ- ized in 1965. Mrs. Anne Harvey, who taught the class in 1965, has returned to assume this responsibility. As a result of the information we have acquired through working with and studying the learning patterns and other characteristics of children in this class, we have or- ganized a second class of younger bright under - achievers under the direction of Miss Judith Wiggin who taught Mrs. Harvey's group in 1966. The most encouraging feature of this focus on slow achievers is the enthusiastic re- sponse from teachers, specialists and principals. I am especially pleased with the creative types of materials, approaches and techniques they have produced. During the next year we plan to assess the effectiveness of these programs and dis- seminate the more promising ones to other schools in Lexington. We will continue to work in this area with the hope of providing these children with a more successful and satisfying experience in school. 61 Location Adams School 739 Massachusetts Avenue Bowman School Philip Road Bridge School 55 Middleby Road Joseph Estabrook School 117 Grove Street Fiske School 34A Colony Road Franklin School 7 Stedman Road Hancock School 33 Forest Street Harrington School 146 Maple Street Maria Hastings School 2618 Massachusetts Avenue Munroe School 1403 Massachusetts Avenue Parker School 314 Bedford Street William Diamond Junior High 99 Hancock Street Muzzey Junior High 1475 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington Senior High 251 Waltham Street School Profiles No. of Principal Opened Classrooms Additions H. William Geick 1913 16 1931 William D. Perkins 1967 23 Dr. Lester E. Goodridge, Jr. 1966 23 Leo A. Cohen 1961 23 Augustus W. Young 1949 19 1954 Mrs. Ethel B. Bears 1931 18 1956 William C. Terris 1891 8 Donald E. Johnson 1956 20 1958 Dr. Gilbert W. Berry 1955 20 1958 Miss Margery McKenney 1904 10 1915 Miss Hilda L. Maxfield 1924 13 1950 John M. Hibbard 1959 30 1926 Santo L. Marino 1902 30 1958% 1956 Charles C. Johnson 1953 %* 1964 1965 * Renovated ••* Nine classroom units of 300 pupils each. 62 As a Matter of Fact - - As of October 2, 1967, the total number of Lexington children attending school, grades K -12, was 9,613. - - Of this total, 9,110, or 94.8 per cent, were enrolled in the Lexington Public Schools. - - Total professional staff of the Lexington Public Schools (Administrators, principals, department heads, coordinators, specialists, classroom teachers) numbers 592 256 or 43.2 per cent have a master's degree 93 or 15.7 per cent have 30 hours of graduate study beyond a master's 7 or 1.2 per cent have a doctorate - - Of the 1967 Lexington High School graduating class of 508, 359 or 70 per cent went on to further education 246 or 48 per cent went on to four -year colleges - - Sixteen Lexington High School students were semi - finalists in the 1967 -68 National Merit Scholarship program, and 27 more received commendation. - - The current staff -pupil status of the Lexington Public Schools is as follows: ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Staff Number Enrollment Staff -pupil Ratio Principals 11 5150 1:468 Classroom Teachers (1 -6) 179 4462A 1:24.9 Kindergarten Teachers 16.5 652 1:39.5 Special Class Teachers 5 36 1:7.2 Art Specialists 9 5150 1:572 Music Specialists 9 5150 1:572 Phys. Ed. Specialists 9 5150 1:572 Instructional Mat. Sp. 9 5150 1:572 Reading Specialists 6 5150 1:858 French Specialists 9 3104E 1 :345 Science Specialists 4 5150 1:1288 Math Specialists 3 5150 1 :1717 Counselors 9 5150 SECONDARY SCHOOLS (Enrollment 3960) Staff Number Staff -pupil Ratio Principals 3 1:1320 Assistant Principals 5 1:792 Classroom Teachers 252 1:15.7 Instructional Mat. Sp. 6 1:660 Reading Specialists 4 1:990 Social Worker 1 1:3960 Counselors 14 1 :283 A. Does not include special classes B. Includes only grades 3 -6 C. Does not include two special class teachers 63 Where the School Dollar Comes From (1967 Receipts) Salaries Town of Lexington Appropriation Commonwealth of Massachusetts Federal 'overnment Miscellaneous (Tuition and Registration Charges) Where the School Dollar Goes (1967 Expenditures) Operating Expenses Athletics Adult Education Vocational Education Out of State Travel 64 Making Your School Dollar Make Sense The accompanying pie charts present, in simplified form, a breakdown of the funds received in 1967 for support of the schools, and an indication of the relative amounts expended for the various segments of the school budget. The following is a detailed accounting of actual revenue and expenditures as of December 31, 1967.* Commonwealth of Massachusetts Receipts Chapter 70 School Aid Chapter 71 Transportation Chapter 69 -71 Special Education Adult Education Vocational Education Transportation PL 874 PL 864 -III PL 864 -V $810,406.40 135,853.96 79,151.00 1,890.00 1,034.25 $1,028,335.61 Federal Government $177,620.00 9,886.84 23,201.69 ESEA Title III Performing Arts 8,180.00 Metco 19,844.80 13.1% $238,733.33 3.0% Town of Lexington Appropriation Personal Services $5,498,754.00 Expenses 988,674.00 Out -of -State Travel 10,950.00 Athletics 74,586.00 Adult Education 11,340.00 Vocational Education 10,290.00 $6,594,594.00 Town of Lexington Tuition, registration charges, and gate receipts. Adult Education $5,803.50 Athletics 9,633.13 Miscellaneous Receipts 6,192.77 Tuition - Out -of -Town -Adult Education 216.00 Day School 4,285.58 Totals * Not including special projects. 65 83.6% $26,130.98 .3$ $7,887,793.92 100.00% THE SCHOOL DOLLAR Expenditures 1967 Personal Services $5,780,706.70 83.9% Expenses 984,809.39* 14.3$ Out -of -State Travel 10,795.56 .2% Athletics 83,577.45 1.2% Adult Education 18,378.09 .3$ Vocational Education 7,858.57 .1$ Totals $6,886,125.76* 100.00% * Not including special projects. In addition to these figures, all of the special projects described in the section on outside resources involved total funding by the agencies with which the public schools are associated. Five Year Summary - School Budget 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 Expenditures $4,285,687.73 4,758,439.76 5,454,886.65 6,131,722.10 6,886,125.76 - Transfers and Receipts 91,999.78 66,066.72 213,540.24 371,056.75 359,026.41 - Income and Reimbursement 462,011.51 450,298.24 464,969.60 556,122.90 1,037,139.96 Net Cost $3,731,676.44 4,242,074.80 4,776,376.81 5.204,542.45 5,489,959.39 66 Lexington's Newest Elementary School In September of 1967, the halls of Lexington's newest elementary school echoed with the sounds of excited and enthusiastic students. The Bowman School was named for the descendants of Nathaniel Bowman, who having left England in 1630, became one of Watertown's earliest settlers. In 1649, he founded a homestead in present Lexington, where two of his grandsons were important in the guidance and organization of the town. From these two men came the descendants who devoted their lives to the leader- ship and growth of Lexington. In 1901, Mrs. Sarah Bowman Van Ness gave the tract of land on Pleasant Street known as Bowman Park to the town. Not far from this park stands the new Bowman School. Designed by the architectural firm of Clinch, Crimp, Brown and Fisher, the Bowman School was built for flexible grouping and individualized instruction. General contractor for construction of the building was Grande and Son. Educational specifica- tions developed by Superintendent Rudolph J. Fobert and his staff, were approved by the School Committee. In the designing of the school, the architectural firm worked closely with the Standing School Building Committee. In addition to the twenty-three regular classrooms, the Bowman School has a music room; and auditorium - gymnasium; an all- purpose room which serves as cafeteria and large group instruction area; an instructional materials center incorporating library, faculty offices, and materials production facilities; a learning laboratory with facilities for arts and crafts, and science; and an administrative, health and conference area. Many classrooms have operable dividers for flexible grouping. Of the total appropriation of $1,544,000, equipment costs were $115,000, and site development cost $318,830. On September 7, 1967, the Bowman School opened its doors to an enrollment of 625 students in grades K -6. 1 o'_ +!ww!''1 .�o�nnu.. +m .x�x. morvanni, 67 Additional Youth Activities A Franklin School student leads a discussion at his science club on "Colored Lights and the Euglena" An historical walk for kindergarteners Winner in a service -club sponsored contest 68 John J. Carroll Albert Gray, Jr. Department of Public Works Five Year Trends Personal Year Services Expenses 1963 N.A. N.A. 1964 462,193.46 534,224.32 1965 476,473.84 501,830.54 1966 419,715.99 538,682.21 1967 480,775.33 555,006.05 (N.A. - Not Available) Total 882,496.30 996,417.78 978,304.38 958,408.20 1,035,781.38 The year 1967 will go down as the one with the greatest number of internal changes in the Public Works Department in a long time. John J. Carroll, superintendent for eight years resigned as of August 14th to enter into a new career. The assistant superintendent left the town to become superintendent of public works in a neighboring community. In the fall of 1967, our assistant town engineer returned to school to further his education. During the summer of 1967, an Assistant Superintendent, Thomas Wenham was hired by the board of selectmen. The board of selectmen, during this period of time, as a further internal change de- cided that the positions of superintendent of public works and town engineer would be divided into separate positions rather than one man holding both. In December of 1967, John J. Mc- Sweeney was hired as town engineer. Albert Gray, Jr., Executive Assistant to the board of selectmen was appointed as acting superintendent until a superintendent was hired. The beautification project for Lexington Center in front of the old Hunt Block and Baker Block is at this writing practically completed with the exception of some additional pedestrian lighting which will be installed in the spring. The remodeling and additions to the town barn are again in the final stages of comple- tion and the building is being put to good use by the public works department. year. I would like to cover briefly some of the activities of the department during the past Construction Highways: During the past year the following streets were reconstructed under betterments: Kendall Road, Laconia Street, Lake Street and Payson Street. The final sec- tion of Massachusetts Avenue which included the famous "tree" was also completed. Massa- chusetts Avenue has now been reconstructed from the Arlington line to Lexington Center. Under our reconstruction projects, Blossomcrest Road was completed and Philip Road started, - to be completed in the spring of 1968. Sanitary Sewers: The sewer lateral construction program continued at its projected pace. A total of $275,360.00 was approved at the annual town meeting for this work. In addi- tion, to keep up with the demand for trunk sewers, a total of $252,500.00 was approved for trunk line construction. The lateral sewer was advertised in three separate contracts and by the end of the year the work was 100 percent completed. The trunk sewers were designed during the year and the work will be completed in the spring of 1968. In addition to the usual 69 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS lateral and trunk funds appropriated each year, anadditional$250,000.00 was approved to take care of subdivisions that are approved between town meetings. During this period, there were three such subdivisions under consideration. By making the trunk lines available now the sub- dividers will be required to install at the time of subdivision construction the necessary lateral sewers. This will in the long run save the town many thousands of dollars by the ad- vance planning. Storm Drains: During the year additional storm drainage was installed on Lowell Street, TiThriTET-TEOTila skell Street for a distance of about 300 feet. This has been a trouble area for a long time. Sections of Burlington Street and Grant Street storm dra..ns were in- stalled to correct flooding problems that have existed for a long period of time. Water Mains: Funds were appropriated for the construction of a 12 inch water main on Hartwell Avenue. This project will be completed by the spring of 1968. Several small mains were installed to replace old mains on various streets in town. Sidewalks: As has been mentioned for a period of years, sidewalk installation re- mains one of our more serious problems. The policy has been to construct sidewalks in areas were children are required to walk to school and where certain traffic hazards exist. Funds were provided for sidewalks to be built on Pleasant Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Watertown Street, Middle Street from Lincoln Street to Marrett Road, Tufts Road from Marrett Road to Phinney Road and a pedestrian connector from present walk to Philip Road. The entire sidewalk problem is under study by the board of selectmen, public works depart- ment and the planning board. The increase in traffic on many of the streets requires a long look at the present policy as to its adequacy to meet current and future conditions. Maintenance Highways: The highway division of the department maintains over 110 miles of ac- cepted streets. in addition to this the department plows, sands and salts over 30 miles of streets, accepted and unaccepted. Maintenance is a continual problem; each year over 4400 catch basins are cleaned of sand and other debris. The two street sweepers operated by the department are in continual operation when weather permits. Sweeping is carried on during winter months during good weather to prevent a build -up of sand on the streets which would make the job that much harder during the spring clean -up. The department conducts two types of street resurfacing; seal coating, which is a combination of asphalt and stone chips, and the application of a bituminous concrete material. The resurfacing program is carried out on a planned program each year so that we will gradually reach the point of resurfacing all of our older streets. We have been having an increasing problem with vandalism of street signs and other highway signs. This creates an inconvenience for ourcitizens in addition to the cost of replacing the necessary signs. I am sure you are familiar with the problems of snow plowing and snow removal which must be carried on during the winter months. The depart- ment has each year been using an increasing volume of salt to attempt to keep the pavements bare for the convenience of the citizens using our streets. Sewer: During 1967 the town purchased a new type sewer cleaner. It is planned that now the sewer cleaning program will be set up on a regularly scheduled basis. In the past, due to the lack of the kind of equipment, the sewer cleaning was done on an emergency basis. In the future this program will be carried on a regular scheduled basis throughout the year. Water: During 1967 a separate water division was created in the public works depart- ment. This division now will have the sole responsibility for the maintenance of the water system. Programs of improvements in maintenance procedures are being developed as standard operating procedure. A program of installing remote reading meters in locations that have been hard to obtain readings has been started. It is planned that all new installation will be of the remote reading type. Over a period of years, it is planned to convert all meters to the remote reading type. Parks: All parks, playgrounds, recreation and conservation areas are maintained by 70 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS the park division. The activity in this division has increased rapidly during the past several years. During 1967 new basketball courts were added at Baskin Playground, Sutherland Road, Center Playground, Adams School; new playgrounds have been added at Bridge School, Har- rington School, Baskin Playground and, in the process of construction, play areas at Poplar Street and Marvin Street. One of the problems faced by the division is the need for additional personnel which will be requested in the 1968 budget. The planned expansion of recreational activities in town will require an increase in personnel if we are to maintain our recreational grounds the way they should be for the benefit of all citizens. The maintenance of the athletic field for the school program is our responsibility and these programs are expanding each year. During snow time the members of this division work with the highway division, plowing and sanding the various streets in town. After a storm the park division takes care of the skating areas and other winter recreational areas. Trees: The biggest problem faced by this division is the lack of equipment to do an adequate job. There are thousands of trees in Lexington in need of pruning. Again this year we are requesting an aerial sky bucket to speed up this process. One of the best methods of keeping our trees healthy is adequate pruning, which we are not in a position to do now. Engineering Division The engineering division has been involved a great deal in almost all portions of the above report. This division works closely with all other divisions of the public works depart- ment supplying them with all necessary engineering data to permit proper construction and maintenance. The type of work done consists of establishing grades, streets lines, construc- tion drawing and easement surveys, just to mention a few. It would be impossible for the public works department to operate efficiently without the aid of the engineering division. One thing that has become apparent during the year is the lack of personnel to carry on ef- fectively all the functions of the division. Because of this lack of personnel, a great deal of the engineering work had to be referred to consultants. The budget request for 1968 will carry a request for additional engineering personnel so we may do a greater variety of en- gineering work within our own organization. The division works very closely with the plan- ing director and the planning board regarding all new subdivision and reviews all the plans submitted and renders a report to the planning board containing its recommendation. All assessors maps are brought up to date each year making all necessary changes. The Future — What Does it Hold? The thing that certainly we can see is the need for additional personnel to carry out the proper functions of the department. The 1968 budget will contain a request for additional men for the various divisions of the department, vehicle maintenance, park and tree division, highway division and engineering division. The volume of work, as with most growing organ- ization, is increasing each year and we must move with it. Each year we add new streets, sewers, water mains and equipment. Several of the items discussed in last years report have already been put into effect; a separate water division has been created and a planned sewer cleaning program started. Now that the town barn is completed, it is anticipated that all town vehicles will be maintained by the vehicle maintenance section of the department. I am sure it is apparent to everyone that our traffic problems are increasing. Studies are being made constantly by the department as to ways of better handling the volumes of traffic in Lexington. It is anticipated that during 1968 a portion of Adams Street from East Street to the Burlington line, will be reconstructed under Chapter 90. Lowell Street from Woburn Street to Maple Street will be put out to contract in 1968. This is the final leg of Lowell Street to be done. We will recommend in the 1968 budget the continuance of providing adequate street lights on streets carrying high volumes of traffic. Problems faced by the public works department of several years ago are the same ones we face today and will face tomorrow, but with adequate planning, a lot of hard work and co- operation by everyone concerned, the challenge will be met. Albert Gray, Jr., Acting Superintendent 71 Permanent Building Committee The permanent building committee was voted into being at the March 1967 town meeting as a result of a proposal by the structure of government committee. It was to be available when authorized by town meeting in each instance, to handle on behalf of the town the construction of school buildings and all other town buildings and recreational facilities and additions or alterations to same, including original equipping and furnishing. At that time, the school committee designated the new planning building committee to build a pro- posed junior high school. Initial funds were appropriated by town meeting for that purpose. The permanent building committee, consisting of five members and two non - voting members representing the using authority, has been at work since last June. It has hired a firm of architects for the junior high school and preliminary plans are now complete so that final plan and specifications funds can be requested of the March 1968 town meeting. Mem- bers of the committee include Thomas Taylor, Charles Spaulding, Mark Moore, Barbara Harvell and Robert Hargrove, Chairman. John Barnaby and Mary Louise Touart are school committee appointees to the committee. Displayed by the Boy Scouts, the Cub Scouts and the Sea Scouts, the flag usually flying on the Battle Green was photographed from the top of a fire department ladder truck. The photograph had world wide distribution through the Associated Press, the United Press, the Armed Service Overseas News Service and the Air Force News Service. 72 Board of Assessors Increased Valuation The increased valuation for 1967 over 1966 is $8,358,650, which is the greatest increase in the history of the town. This increase is due to two sources, first the increase in research and development facilities and secondly, the increased value in the new dwellings. By years the increase from 1962 to 1967 is shown below: 1962 $164,736,596 1963 169,279,100 Revenue Raised 1964 $173,710,440 1966 $184,293,300 1965 179,091,350 1967 192,651,950 This year, the assessors committed to the tax collector the following revenue to be collected: Real Estate Personal Property Auto Excise Farm Annual Excise Betterments and Interest $ 8,615,917.80 438,723.85 956,570.43 44.38 123,784.93 Total $10,135,021.39 The total cost of operation, to run the town for 1967, was $13,748,752.38, which indi- cates $3,613,730.99 comes from other sources. Exempt Property Much has been written about exempt property in Boston, Cambridge, Bedford, and Board of Assessors L. to R. — William L. Potter, F. William Smith, Willard P. Grush, Chairman, Cornelius P. Cronin, Clerk 73 BOARD OF ASSESSORS other communities where government or college property of high value is located. In Lexington, the valuation of exempt property owned by the United States Government, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the town, churches and parsonages, charitable corpora- tions, schools, and the county, is $49,647,400 or 20.3% of the grand total. The new Minute Man National Park has taken 100 acres out of taxation and many build- ings were moved off the land, some of them to other sites in the town. Ten Highest- Paying Taxpayers Assessed The ten highest - paying taxpayers are: Valuation 1. Boston Edison Company $5,642,600 2. Raytheon Company 4,275,200 3. Itek 3,775,400 4. New England Tel. & Tel. Company 2,221,700 5. Kennecott Copper Company 1,732,600 6. Emerson Gardens 1,009,050 7. Capt. Parker Arms 989,750 8. Mystic Valley Gas Company 958,900 9. Systems Development Corporation 682,850 10. The Burroughs Corporation 621,400 Tax Rate The tax rate is fixed by the assessors, after the March annual town meeting has ad- journed. The tax rates, since the revaluation program in 1962, are shown below: 1962 $39.80 1963 38.80 1964 $38.60 1966 $43.60 1965 44.00 1967 47.00 Lexington's experience in higher taxes is a universal trend throughout the Common- wealth and other states. Exemptions Exemptions from taxation, for certain persons who qualify, have long been allowed in Massachusetts. In addition to the exemptions allowed to veterans, a recent law allows persons over 70 years of age, whose property is assessed for less than $20,000, and whose income, if single, does not exceed $4,000, and if married, not over $5,000 for the preceding year, to have an exemption of $350 off their real estate tax bill if they have lived in Massachusetts for ten years and owned property for five years consecutively. Other exemptions are allowed for certain widows and blind persons. Abatements 1 Abatements pertain to over - valuation of real estate and must be filed on or before October 1st of the year to which the application pertains. Five Year Trends in the Assessors' Office 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 Personal Services 22,814.70 21,801.22 22,941.05 24,464.71 26,104.08 Expenses 22,193.45 2,802.97 2,755.29 2,397.58 2,542.19 Staff as of Dec. 31 4 4 4 4 4 74 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 January 1, 1968, such funds numbered thirty -one, with a total book value of $3.72,092.42. Five of these are charitable in nature, five related to parks and highway plantings, six to scholarships, six to maintenance of specific cemetery lots, six to maintenance of the common, and three are miscellaneous in nature. Prior to 1910, administration of these funds was loose, and the funds gradually be- came co- mingled with the general funds of the town and were used to meet current ex- penditures. 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 com- pensation, are elected for six year terms, one of which expires every second year. The town subsequently delegated to these trustees responsibility for administering the perpetual care funds of the Westview and Monroe Cemetaries. The terms of the Bridge Charitable Fund provide for administration by three trus- tees to be appointed for similiar staggered terms by the Board of Selectmen. The select- men customarily appoint the most recently elected 'Trustee of Public Trusts" to the open position. The Bridge Trustees likewise serve without compensation. The trustees have the dual responsibility of making prudent investment of the princi- pal of the trusts under their care and of scrupulously observing the instructions of the be- quest or the town article which made the funds available. The trustees meet about four times a year. The town appropriates $400.00 annually to cover administrative expenses, largely clerical. In investing the principal, they seek to obtain the highest return possible with due regard for safety of principal and within the limitations imposed by law. In some cases, the narrow stated purpose of the bequest has created a serious prob- lem for the trustees in making distributions of the accumulated income to eligible recipients. Illustrative of this would be trusts established to "purchase such luxuries and delicacies for the town poor as are not furnished them, and as shall tend to promote their health and com- fort" or 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." These cases provide a good example of the effect of changing times, and the prob- lems faced by donors in making bequests which the passage of time will not make obsolete. George P. Morey, Chairman William R. McEwen Gaynor Rutherford 75 Appropriation Committee Objectives of the Committee Many people feel that the appropriation committee's function is to "hold the line" on expenditures. Such is not our function as we see it. As long as the expenditures are within the capability of the town as far as finances go, and as long as the project is well planned and conceived, and the town seems likely to get its money's worth" the position of our com- mitteewouldprobably be positive. The elected officials — selectmen, school committee and town meeting members — and the people they appoint, are responsible for the projects pro- posed, the salaries paid, the buildings built and all expenditures of the town except those dictated by state and federal programs of which Lexington is a part. Among the responsibilities of our committee are the considerations of priority among projects. As priority items in 1967 the appropriation committee favored such projects as advanced planning and increased spending for sewers, a sharp increase in the number of men on the police force, and higher salaries for town employees. It has opposed on a priority basis land acquisition costs above a certain dollar amount, new personnel in several departments and an increase in the amount spent for street con- struction. Cost of Government One idea to be kept in mind when thinking of how Lexington's tax rate has changed in the past few years, is the service nature of town government. All the functions of Lexington's officials and employees are service in nature — water, police, fire, schools. None of them produce goods. Prices of services have risen sharply in the past ten years and it is often a good idea to look at the Lexington tax rate in relation to other services. The following table is of in- terest. Index - 1957 -1959 = 100 Consumer Lexington All Medical Year Price Index Tax Rate(a) Services Services Transportation 1955 -7 95 75 94 92 93 1960 103 102 106 108 104 1965 110 131 118 122 111 1966 113 130 122 128 113 1967 116 140 128 136 116 (a) Figures prior to 1965 are estimates because of reassessment. Capital Expenditures Committee The capital expenditures committee is charged with the responsibility of making a five year projection of capital expenses, without the overall program itself being an undue burden in any one year. These projections are for those "non- recurring" expenses, all as differentiated from the annual appropriations, as determined by the appropriation committee. The capital expenditures committee has concentrated its efforts towards fostering greater communication between the various groups that are planning long range programs for the town. We submitted a tentative budget to these parties on December 1, in order to give some insight into the financial implications of proposed projects. It was our intention 76 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE that this budget would provide a guideline in the preparation of articles to be submitted to the town meeting in 1968. This completed report is a refinement of the December 1 budget, based on subsequent discussions through late December. The capital budget presented is subject to further refinement as specific proposals come into final form. We believe, however, that the program outlined in the annual report meets the needs of the town, and represents the maximum expenditure that should be approved in 1968. Should there be any specific proposals presented to the town meeting which differ substantially from the budget figures, the capital expenditures committee submits a supple- mentary report to the town meeting at the appropriate time. Capital Expenditures L. to R. — Jack L. Mitchell, Van T. Boughton, Jr., Hugh M. Chapin, Chairman Margaret F. Rawls, John F. Cogan, Jr. Appropriation Committee Front Row, L. to R. — John H. Blaisdell, Donald R. Grant, Frank T. Parrish, Chairman, Ruth F. Souza, Robert M. Gary, Richard M. Perry, Comptroller, Back Row, L. to R. — Milton H. Bretscher, Louis A. Zehner, Edward E. Furash, George Kolovson 77 Richard M. Perry Comptroller Five Year Trends in the Accounting Department Personal Year Services Staff Expenses as of Dec. 31 1963 13,885.37 1,443.50 3 1964 14,816.00 864.43 3 1965 15,511,99 1,687.71 3 1966 25,417.41* 1,948.92 4* 1967 28,334.77 1,438.49 6 ** * Comptroller Added ** Payroll and check writing functions added 12/1/67) The normal functions of the comptroller's department continued during the year 1967. Over 14,250 vouchers were prepared in payment of services performed, or merchandise pur- chased by the various boards, departments and committees. With the division of the town clerk and treasurer's office in December, the payroll check writing, employee earnings record preparation and related monthly and annual payroll and tax reporting functions were trans- ferred to this office. The preparation of checks in payment of town obligations was also in- cluded in this transfer. The general financial records of the town were maintained and our annual audit of the previous years accounting records was performed early in the year by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bureau of Accounts Auditors. Financial statements and budget reports were prepared monthly and distributed to all concerned. A detailed classification analysis was prepared of all town receipts and expenditures. Retirement records for all new employees of the town were initiated, withdrawals were processed for those who resigned, and pensions were processed and paid for all who retired. A cost of living increase was also computed and paid for retirees who had retired prior to December 31, 1964. In 1968 it is anticipated that this office will prepare over 22,300 payroll checks for employees paid on a weekly basis, and over 20,500 payroll checks for those paid on a semi- monthly basis. Based on past performances, we should process approximately 14,500 vouch- ers and an equal number of checks in the settlement of these accounts. If past trends con- tinue, we will no doubt be asked to furnish more reports and data, as current financial information becomes a must in guiding the future progress of the town. Changes in our payroll check writing, budgeting and accounting procedures will be studied in a continuing effort to streamline and improve our methods. It is anticipated that we will begin a study of the feas- ability of using electronic data processing in an effort to cope with our increasing amount of paper work. 78 Cash on Hand - Jan. 1, 1967 Receipts Taxes (Prop. State & Farm) Licenses & Permits Fines Gifts & Grants Commercial Revenue (State, Income & Corp.) Departmental Public Service Cemeteries Interest Refunds Bond Premiums & Interest Miscellaneous REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER 1967 Operating Statement 10,655,127.90 29,340.20 16,632.45 1,219,682.74 Receipts 791,634.43 1,082,093.38 601,029.05 496,881.01 32,573.45 81,711.30 46,583.17 1,375.42 55,714.90 14,318,744.97 14,318,744.97 79 Expenditures General Government Protection of Per - sons & Property Health & Sanitation Highways Wel. & Vets. Benefits Schools Library Parks, Recreation and Unclassified Pub. Serv. Ent. Cemeteries Debt Services Refunds Miscellaneous 1,091,645.30 941,738.01 727,235.40 1,014,290.97 395,405.95 7,879,800.90 281,498.40 316,575.42 58,926.60 54,627.63 1,600.832.40 97,282.09 51,627.96 Cash on Hand - 12/31/67 14,508,497.03 601,882.37 Expenditures Account Selectmen Town Clerk & Treas. Trustees of Public Trusts Board of Appeals Planning Board Insurance Printing Town Rep. Law Elections Board of Registrars Committees Recreation Collector Comptroller Assessors Health Dental Clinic Police Dog Officer Fire Civil Defense Inspection Weights & Measures Public Welfare Veterans' Benefits Cemeteries Library Retirement Board Education Debt Public Works Accounts Total Articles Total Grand Total SUMMARIZED SCHEDULE OF OPERATING EXPENSES Approp. 48,192.00 34,948.00 400.00 4,563.00 22,440.00 136,000.00 6,000.00 23,500.00 7,939.00 5,188.00 11,050.00 31,900.00 24,829.00 41,164.00 30,476.00 25,975.00 8,220.00 451,165.00 1,550.00 430,871.00 18,225.00 29,484.00 2,045.00 182,322.00 26,947.00 57,491.00 223,336.06 66,100.00 6,508,668.00 1,592,333.00 1,246,281.00 11,299,602.06 3,952,196.98 15,251,799.04 Transfer Total Avail. 3,250.00 51,442.00 -- 34,948.00 12,912.27 42- 5.00 33- 0.00 2,213.02 40- 0.00 13,500.00 75.00 8,500.00 12,344.71 53,950.00 400.00 4,563.00 22,440.00 148,912.00 6,000.00 23,500.00 7,939.00 5,188.00 11,475.00 31,900.00 24,829.00 41,494.00 30,476.00 28,188.02 8,220.00 451,565.00 1,550.00 430,871.00 18,225.00 29,484.00 2,045.00 182,322.00 40,447.00 57,491.00 223,336.06 66,175.00 6,508,668.00 1,600,833.00 1,258,625.71 11,353,552,06 21,050.00 3,973,2 46.98 75,000.00 15, 32 6, 7 99.04 (A detailed schedule is available Expend. 47,260.00 34,050.18 325.00 4,095.04 20,891.01 148,606.24 5,548.39 19,046.01 6,944.90 3,283.53 10,449.28 31,868.61 24,786.30 41,470.96 28,829.02 27,266.81 5,708.23 437,315.37 1,476.28 423,293.21 17,275.68 23,952.90 2,045.00 180,968.74 38,955.32 56,845.86 220,831.06 66,175.00 6,441,173.26 1,600,832.40 1,214,333.80 11,185,903.43 2,211,456.26 13,397,359.49 To E & D 3,583.46 897.82 75.00 467.96 1,538.49 306.03 451.61 52.39 994.10 1,025.72 31.39 42.70 23.04 1,646.98 711.21 2,511.77 14,031.63 73.72 2,469.12 949.32 5,424.00 1,353.26 1,491.68 645.14 2,505.00 64,494.74 .60 17,782.90 125,580.78 38,653.48 164,234.26 in Part II of this report.) TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST - SUMMARY STATEMENT General Purposes Library Town Office Street-Sewer-Library Street and Sewer Public Works Building Total School Street Sewer Water Total Grand Total (A To 1968 598.50 10.50 4,40- 1.60 1,904.47 21- 0.00 218.00 5,108.67 107.10 3,00- 0.00 26,509.01 42,067.85 1,723,137.44 1,765,205.29 Amount of Principal Balance Interest Original Issue Paid in 1967 12/31/1967 Paid in 1967 295,000.00 15,000.00 130,000.00 4,350.00 215,000.00 10,000.00 90,000.00 3,000.00 490,000.00 27,000.00 200,000.00 7,718.00 225,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 1,160.00 328,000.00 35,000.00 293,000.00 13,650.00 1,553,000.00 107,000.00 733,000.00 29,878.00 15,222,000.00 784,000.00 8,642,000.00 273,522.25 730,000.00 60,000.00 310,000.00 10,570.00 3,405,000.00 166,000.00 2,076,000.00 41,286.75 990,000.00 71,000.00 313,000.00 10,745.00 20,347,000.00 1,081,000.00 11,341,000.00 336,124.00 21,900,000.00 1,188,000.00 12,074,000.00 366,002.00 detailed schedule is available in Part II of this report.) 80 Mary R. McDonough Town Clerk Town Clerk and Town Treasurer Five Year Trends* Personal Year Services 1963 22,979.62 1964 24,630.10 1965 20,643.77 1966 25,579.01 1967 31,525.71 Staff Expenses as of Dec. 31 1,945.71 5 2,414.38 6 2,298.62 6 2,499.60 6 1,948.64 6* * Effective December 1, the offices of the town clerk and town treasurer were separated but the report above re- flects the expenses for both departments for 1967. Two people were transferred to the comptrollers office Dec. 1. As the year progressed perhaps the most significant development in my work in 1967 was the growing conviction that the combined duties of town clerk and town treasurer, with the help available, was more than I could perform to my own satisfaction and with the attention both jobs required. At mid year, I recommended to the selectmen that the jobs be separated and that I be relieved of my duties as town treasurer. This recommendation was met and effective Decem- ber 1, Mr. Paul G. Yewell became town treasurer on a part time basis. The data relating to five year trends cover the twelve months operating costs for both town clerk and town treas- urer and include the expenses for the one month Mr. Yewell held the office. The growth in the duties of the town clerk seems directly related to population growth. Births, deaths, marriage, voting registrations, all these and many more continue to increase the work load. The detail of all this is covered in my statistical report contained in Part II. Suffice it to say that I share with my staff the pride in keeping abreast of essential duties but I recognize that some postponable duties have necessarily been pushed aside, par- ticularly filing. Attention must now be concentrated on this. My 1968 budget request includes funds for microfilming. I hope to release space in the active files by microfilming and mov- ing to dead storage material not frequently referred to. Registered voters decreased from January 1 to December 31 from 14,883 to 14,586. This seeming oddity is probably explained by 1967 not being an election year and newcomers to Lexington did not trouble to register. We look for a significant increase in the registration in 1968 when there will be registrations for the town election, the presidential primary, the state primary and the November election. Even though we had a relatively light burden as far as registrations were concerned, we nevertheless in 1967, had to certify to about 1500 signatures for petition or questions to appear on the 1968 ballot. Prior to each election, the election law requires that residents in each precinct have available one evening precinct registration date. The selectmen have authority to cancel this at their option, insofar as town elections are concerned, if residents do not avail them- selves of the opportunity. Only 24 citizens registered for the town elections at these precinct registrations in 1967 and at my recommendation the selectmen voted their elimination. Residents wishing to register may do so at my office on any working day from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Also they may register at my office prior to each election on a Saturday morn- ing and in an evening session during each of the three weeks prior to the closing of registra- tion ... these days to be specified in local newspaper advertisements. 81 Ethel U. Rich Tax Collector Five Year Trends Personal Year Services 1963 18,011.05 1964 18,520.68 1965 18,933.80 1966 19,195.00 1967 20,554.00 Staff Expenses As of Dec. 31 10,548.52 4 7,793.18 4 8,041.33 4 2,436.05 4 2,068.35 4 Collection of real estate taxes in 1967, as a percentage of the total amount collectable increased one percent over 1966 . . . from 97 to 98 percent. Real estate taxes abated for eligible over age 70 property owners increased from $20,230 to $80,500. This was due to an increase from $14,000 to $20,000 in the assessment of residences eligible for exemption. Analysis of Committments, Collections and Outstanding Taxes Outstanding January 1 Committed for current year Total Collectable Collected, abated, apportioned or transferred Balance on December 31 Percentage of real estate collections Abatements for veterans Abatements for over age 70 1966 $ 423,146.31 9,693,539.40 10,116,685.71 9,774,047,81 342,637.90 97% 42,902.40 20,230.40 1967 $ 342,637.90 10,875,600.39 11,218,238.29 10,926,881.90 291,356.39* 98% 46,906.00 80,500.00 *Does not include water rates forthe six months ending Dec. 31, 1967, due to non committment. "Warrants," in the terminology of the town tax collector are instructions to collect sums of money "committed" by authorized town bodies or individuals. The warrants for real estate, personal property taxes, motor vehicle excise taxes and committments for sewer, street, sidewalk and water betterments are issued from the asses- sors' office. The superintendent of public works commits water rates, sewer and water house connections, in lieu of betterments and water miscellaneous, which consists of turning meters on and off, repairing meters, such as a frozen meter, etc. Real estate and property taxes are due July 1st of any year. However, this statement has variations, since some years the bills are not in existence before the middle of July or August, which happened to be the case this year. If you pay your real estate or personal property taxes on or before November 1st of the year in which they are issued, you are with- in the law. Otherwise a penalty of six percent interest will be added, dating back to October 1st of that year. The total committments and warrants to December 1, 1967 amount to approximately $10,700,000. Of this amount some $8,850,000 has been received against the total committed, thus leaving around a three percent balance due at this time. Motor vehicle excise taxes are billed from Boston on I.B.M. machines and sent out to the assessors' office, which in turn prepares a warrant for the collector, along with the bills, to be mailed and collected. The betterments, sewer, street, sidewalk and water are prepared in the town engineer's office, committed by the public works department to the assessors' who then prepare a list which is given to the collector for collection, either in cash, or you 82 TOWN TREASURER may have the privilege of carrying this betterment over a period of five years, ten years, fifteen or twenty years, which is then added to your real estate tax and may be paid with your taxes. The certificate of municipal liens is a form that the lawyers ask for when property is sold and transferred to a new owner. This gives the complete status of the properties in question. The charge is $3.00 which is turned over to the treasurer each week. At this writing $2,586.00 has been given to the treasurer. Receipts for each day are turned over to the treasurer and a copy of the daily work is given to the comptroller for his records. Town Treasurer In Lexington, the offices of town clerk and town treasurer have traditionally been held by one person .. • . since 1965 by Miss Mary McDonough. That she might give all her attention to her expanding duties as town clerk she recommended to the selectmen in mid 1967 that the two offices be separated and that she be re- lieved of her duties as town treasurer. The recommendation was accepted but the problem of finding a successor delayed the "change in command" until December 1 when Paul G. Yewell assumed the treasurership on a part time basis. Mary R. McDonough Paul G. Yewell Associated with the change was a realignment of responsibilities, with preparations of the payroll moving to the office of the comptroller. The treasurer retained all other traditional duties of the office, particularly the acceptance of all money belonging to the town (notably from the tax collector) and the payment of -all bills. From the receipts, the treasurer meets the general payroll, pays all bills that are due, invests any surplus in approved securities at the highest available rate of interest; and pays all debt obligations as they mature. The comptroller receives a record from the treasurer itemizing all town receipts and he issues warrants authorizing all expenditures. The town has been able to obtain interest rates on its investments ranging from 4 1/8% to 5 1/2%. Borrowing has become more expensive this year as is evident by the in- creasing interest rates. The fact that, again this year, the tax- payers have been prompt in payment has meant that the town has been able to cover all expenses and take advantage of investment opportunities that it could not otherwise have done. Thus interest earned for funds invested in 1967 amounted to $43,805.53. Expenses for the town treasurer for 1967 are included with those of the town clerk. 83 Board of Appeals Because the record of our 1967 activities and decisions is contained in Part II of this report, we limit this space to observations. Since it was created in 1934 the volume and variety of the board's work has in- creased greatly but probably not more than for other Lexington boards and committees. A sign by -law has been added and findings and determinations are necessary in connection with newly created zones. These require reasonable cooperation with the opinions and decisions of the planning board and historic districts commission. The trend changes in zoning presented to the town meeting seems to be "subject to the approval of the board of appeals." The appeals board has the triple responsibility of granting relief in warranted cases, defending the town against ill- considered requests and checking the actions of other boards and departments. It has considerable latitude in making decisions but must be sure they are justified by our zoning, building and sign by -laws. Controversial petitions make it nearly impossible to please both sides. Perhaps that is why membership on the board of appeals is not an effort to win a popularity con- test. Our members are largely long -time servants of Lexington who desire to be fair in making their decisions and who hold the development and maintenance of the town as their primary function. We wish to express our sorrow at the death of our long -time member Lewis L. Hoyt. We valued his sound opinions. Donald E. Nickerson, Chairman Board of Appeals L. to R. — Howard H. Dawes, George P. Wadsworth, Charles T. Abbott, Donald E. Nickerson, Chairman George C. Sheldon, Louise M. Macomber, Secretary 84 Town Officers and Committees Board of Selectmen Town Clerk ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS March, 1967 to March, 1968 Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., Chairman Levi G. Burnell Irving H. Mabee Robert Cataldo Allan F. Kenney Mary R. McDonough Town Treasurer *Mary R. McDonough * *Paul G. Yewell Collector of Taxes Moderator Trustees of Public Trusts School Committee Planning Board Cemetery Commissioners Constables Lexington Housing Authority Authorized November 25, 1963 'Resigned * *Replacing Miss McDonough Ethel U. Rich Robert B. Kent George P. Morey, Chairman William R. McEwen Gaynor K. Rutherford Logan Clarke, Jr., Chairman Robert H. Farwell Vernon C. Page Elizabeth H. Clarke Austin W. Fisher, Jr. Roland B. Greeley, Chairman Natalie H. Riffin Evert N. Fowle Francis T. Worrell Erik H. Lund James L. Grant, Chairman John C. Graham James R. Sherman John J. Shine, Jr. *Paul E. Furdon * *Guy Busa *Resigned * *Replacing Paul E. Furdon Temple E. Scanlon, Chairman Burton L. Williams Albert H. Hruby Joseph O. Rooney William A. Melbye (State) 85 1969 1968 1968 1969 1970 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1970 1968 1972 1970 1968 1968 1969 1970 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1970 1968 1969 1970 1970 1970 1970 1969 1971 1972 1970 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES By -Law Committees Appropriation Committee Board of Appeals (Acting under Building and Zoning By -Laws) Board of Appeals (Associate Members) Capital Expenditures Committee Authorized March 26, 1955 Civil Defense Advisory Council Authorized May 8, 1967 School Committee Representative Selectmen Representative Appropriation Committee Representative Town Meeting Member Civil Defense Director Hunting Committee Authorized March 23, 1964 86 Frank T. Parrish, Chairman George Kolovson *Allan F. Kenney ** Milton H. Bretscher Louis A. Zehner * Donald Noyes Ruth F. Souza ** *Edward E. Furash Donald R. Grant Robert M. Gary John H. Blaisdell * Resigned * *Replaced Allan F. Kenney ** *Replaced Donald Noyes Donald E. Nickerson *Lewis L. Hoyt **Haward H. Dawes George P. Wadsworth George C. Sheldon Charles T. Abbott * Deceased * *Replacing Mr. Lewis Hoyt Ruth Morey Robert H. Farwell Logan Clarke, Jr. John H. Blaisdell George W. Emery Woodruff M. Brodhead Hugh M. Chapin, Chairman Margaret F. Rawls Van T. Boughton, Jr. Jack L. Mitchell John F. Cogan, Jr. Dr. Howard Kassler, Chairman Robert Farwell Irving Mabee Milton Bretscher Robert Bittenbender Arthur E. Burrell Vincent E. Hayes George C. Sheldon Aiden L. Ripley 1968 1968 1968 1968 1969 1969 1969 1969 1970 1970 1970 1972 1968 1968 1969 1970 1971 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1969 1969 1970 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Appointed Boards and Committees (Cont'd.) Recreation Committee Authorized November, 1956 Town Celebrations Committee Authorized March 26, 1956 Assessors Board of Fire Commissioners Board of Health Board of Public Welfare Board of Retirement Bridge Charitable Fund Robert E. Bond, Chairman Vincent E. Hayes Paul Hanson Robert T. Davison Richard S. Sparrow Benedict E. Bertini, Director Raymond B. Barnes, Chairman Ralph V. Lord Bernard J. Belcastro, Jr. Anthony Sperduto Eleanor B. Litchfield Elizabeth C. Severence Marilyn L. Hall Leo Gaughan James W. Broderick Standing Committees 87 Willard P. Grush, Chairman ** William L. Potter * Lewis L. Hoyt F. William Smith * Deceased ** Replacing Mr. Lewis Hoyt Fred Coolidge Bailey, Chairman William P. Fitzgerald Stanley E. Robbins 1969 1968 1968 1969 1970 1968 1968 1968 1969 1969 1969 1970 1970 1970 1968 1969 1969 1970 1970 1968 1969 Rufus L. McQuillan, Chairman 1968 *James M. West 1967 Dr. William L. Cosgrove 1969 **Dr. Charles Colburn 1970 Dr. Ivan G. Pyle, Consulting Physician *Resigned * *Replacing Mr. West Howard H. Dawes, Chairman Robert K. Taylor Robert P. Trask, Jr. David F. Toomey Martin A. Gilman George P. Morey, Chairman Walter F. Spellman Richard M. Perry, Ex- Officio George P. Morey, Chairman William R. McEwen John F. Cogan, Jr. 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1969 1970 1968 1972 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Appointed Boards and Committees (Con't.) Committee on Lectures under Wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary Authorized March 20, 1967 Conservation Commission Authorized November 25, 1963 Gammel Legacy Income Trustees Historic Districts Commission Historic District Commission Associates Permanent Building Committee Authorized March 20, 1967 Standing Plumbing and Building By -Law Committee Authorized November 25, 1963 Standing School Building Committee Authorized March 25, 1967 Town Report Committee 88 Charles E. Parks, Chairman Angela E. Frick Alford S. Peckham Jules P. Sussman, Chairman Leslie H. York *Alford S. Peckham Francis W.K. Smith Aiden L. Ripley Paul E. Mazerall, Ex- Officio * Resigned Margaret L. West James E. Collins Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman George E. Graves Philip B. Parsons Ruth Bevan Max H. Straw Elizabeth Flynn, Secretary Donald White George W. Emery Charles H. Spaulding Thomas G. Taylor Barbara Harvell Robert G. Hargrove Mark Moore, Jr. Robert W. Custance, Chairman George E. Bullock Perry D. Lord Richard W. Souza Leo Dunn Robert G. Hargrove, Chairman John F. Barnaby, Vice - Chairman Thomas G. Taylor, Sec. - Treas. Mary Louise Touart Charles H. Spaulding Anne Wallace Louis A. Zehner, Chairman Wallace B. Baylies Elizabeth H. Clarke Albert Gray, Jr., Ex- Officio Alford S. Peckham Frank H. Totman 1968 1969 1969 1970 1970 1968 1968 1972 1968 1969 1970 1971 1968 1969 1968 1969 1969 1970 1970 1970 1968 1969 1969 1970 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Air Pollution Committee Dog Leash Law Committee Authorized March 24, 1965 General By -Laws Committee Authorized March 18, 1963 Committee on Public Facilities in or near the Battle Green District Authorized March 18, 1963 Ad Hoc Committees Calvin Y. Sing, Chairman Allan F. Kenney William P. Fitzgerald Lt. James J. Lima, Jr. R. L. McQuillan Newton E. Bennett Mrs. Erna S. Green, Secretary Wallace B. Baylies, Jr. Oscar R. Carlson Burt E. Nichols Dr. Howard A. Smith Donald B. White Allan Green, Chairman Levi G. Burnell John F. Cogan, Jr. Ruth Morey Martin A. Gilman Leslie H. York, Chairman Levi G. Burnell Ruth Morey Philip B. Parsons George Kolovson Regional Refuse Disposal Planning William R. Whalon Committee Arnold B. Briggs Authorized March 20, 1967 Richard H. Soule Structure of Town Government Committee Authorized March 21, 1966 Study of Historic Districts of Lexington Town -Wide Beautification Committee Authorized March 20, 1967 89 Margery M. Battin Arthur E. Bryson Alan G. Adams Stephen T. Russian Harriet V. Relman Wilbur M. Jaquith George C. Sheldon Charles T. Abbott Natalie H. Riffin Stuart O. Dawson *Florence M. Cook Herbert W. Eisenberg Dr. Norman Friedman Lilah H. Grossier George W. Emery Natalie H. Riffin Paul E. Ma zerall TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES APPOINTED OFFICERS Director of Civil Defense Arthur E. Burrell 1968 Gas Inspector John B. Byrne, Jr. 1968 Town Counsel Donald E. Legro 1968 The above are established by the general by -laws of the town. Animal Inspector * Dr. Carl R. Benton 1967 Dr. Howard A. Smith 1968 * Deceased Assistant Town Clerk Rita McNamara 1968 Assistant Town Treasurer * Rita McNamara 1968 Eleanor H. Sullivan 1968 * Resigned Building Inspector Burial Agents Comptroller Donald K. Irwin 1968 Douglass Funeral Service Louis H. Spencer Alice M. McCarthy David Fudge & Son, Inc. Richard M. Perry 1969 Dog Officers Dr. Howard A. Smith Carl A. Carlson Enginee r * John J. Carroll * *John J. McSweeney * Resigned ** Replacing Mr. Carroll 1968 1968 1968 1968 Assistant Engineer *Robert L. Higgins 1968 * Resigned 90 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Appointed Officers (Cont.) Executive Assistant, Selectmen Albert Gray, Jr. Executive Clerk, Selectmen *Hazel J. Murray * Marguerite L. McCausland ** Eleanor M. McCurdy * Retired ** Replacing Mrs. McCausland 1968 1968 1968 1968 Fence Viewers John J. Garrity 1968 Rev. Harold T. Handley 1968 Field Drivers James F. Corr 1968 Carl A. Carlson 1968 Forest Warden William P. Fitzgerald 1968 Insect Pest Control Paul E. Mazerall 1968 Lockup Keeper James F. Corr 1968 Park Department Superintendent Paul E. Mazerall 1968 Plumbing Inspector John B. Byrne, Jr. 1968 Public Works Superintendent * John J. Carroll 1968 * Resigned Public Works Assistant Superintendent Registrars of Voters Sealer of Weights and Measures Tree Warden Director of Veterans Benefits and Services Veterans' Graves Officer Wire Inspector 91 * Guy V. Colella * *Thomas M. Wenham * Resigned ** Replaced Guy V. Colella Raymond E. Lewis Timothy Sullivan Ralph H. Elvedt *Ralph E. Chadwick ** Bernard J. Belcastro * Deceased ** Replacing Mr. Chadwick 1968 1968 1969 1970 1968 1968 1968 Paul E. Mazerall 1968 Bernard J. Belcastro, Jr. 1968 Bernard J. Belcastro, Jr. 1968 Robert K. Jeremiah 1968 Lord, when we are wrong make us willing to change, and when we are right, make us easy to live with. — Peter Marshall There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, therefore it is good. The other says, This is new, therefore it is better." — Dean Inge We make harmony in our pluralistic society by orchestration, not by the suppression of difference. — Lyman Bryson In the whole history of law and order, the longest step forward was taken by primitive man when, as if by common consent, the tribe sat down in a circle and allowed only one man to speak at a time. — Curtis Bok 92 Town Meeting Members TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AT LARGE Levi G. Burnell 3 Whittier Road Robert Cataldo 14 Aerial Street Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. 16 Hill Street James L. Grant 44 Ivan Street Allan F. Kenney 10 Burnham Road Robert B. Kent 15 Patriots Drive Donald E. Legro 84 Gleason Road Irving H. Mabee 25 Highland Avenue Mary R. McDonough 3 Baker Avenue Tracy W. Ames 81 Arthur E. Burrell 2 Daniel P. Busa 82 Helena R. Butters 1445 Austin W. Fisher, Jr. 1303 William Hammer 15 J. Keith Butters James Cataldo Wallace Cupp Homer J. Hagedorn Franklin C. Hudson Howard M. Kassler PRECINCT ONE TERM 1970 Emerson Gardens Thoreau Rd. Lowell St. Massachusetts Ave. Massachusetts Ave. Fiske Rd. TERM 1969 1445 Massachusetts Ave. 43 Rindge Ave. 141 Woburn St. 17 Fiske Rd. 58 Laconia St. 11 Winchester Dr. Lois W. Brown Sanborn C. Brown Alfred S. Busa Logan Clarke, Jr. Anne G. Fisher 1 Roland B. Greeley 1 J. Harper Blaisdell, Jr. Frank E. Douglas Rosemary Fitzgerald Donald L. MacGillivray Rufus L. MacQuillan James E. Storer Eric T. Clarke John F. Downey, Jr. Elizabeth M. Flynn Angela E. Frick William C. Hays Alan S. Hodges * Resigned 7/7/67 Charles T. Abbott Van T. Boughton, Jr. TERM 1968 37 Maple St. 37 Maple St. 38 Circle Rd. 19 Burroughs Rd. 303 Massachusetts Ave. 359 Massachusetts Ave. Nancy D. Hudson Philip Marshall Sumner E. Perlman Haskell W. Reed David F. Toomey Jack L. Mitchell Lotte E. Scharfrnan Jules P. Sussman Weiant Wathen- Dunn Ephraim Weiss Nathaniel Hartwell Joseph P. Marshall William F. Mason Francis B. McNamara Robert S. Wilson PRECINCT TWO 12 Plymouth Rd. 220 Follen Rd. 9 Smith Ave. 37 Charles St. 35 Tower Rd. 69 Pleasant St. 29 22 310 17 44 21 TERM 1970 Moon Hill Rd. Locust Ave. Concord Ave. Smith Ave. Moreland Ave. Dawes Rd. 26 Richard Rd. 56 Robbins Rd. TERM 1969 TERM 1968 93 Thomas G. Taylor Frank H. Totman, Jr. Alice F. Tryon Alan B. Wilson Jason H. Woodward Betty S. Jones Harold E. Roeder Douglas T. Ross Judith J. Totman * Benjamin W. White 58 Laconia St. 21 Blueberry La. 10 Tyler Rd. 76 Lowell St. 9 Spencer St. 16 Peachtree Rd. 23 Whipple Rd. 15 Holmes Rd. 44 Maple St. 462 Lowell St. 353 Woburn St. 110 Woburn St. 156 Vine St. 9 Joseph Rd. 33 Bartlett Ave. 64 Marrett Rd. 46 Moreland Ave. 100 Pleasant St. 23 Pleasant St. 11 Robbins Rd. 64 Bloomfield St. 6 Churchill Lane 33 Dawes Rd. 46 Moreland Ave. 18 Peacock Farm Rd. Elizabeth H. Clarke 29 Moon Hill Rd. Vernon C. Page 12 Independence Ave. Aiden Lassell Ripley George E. Rowe, Jr. Gordon E. Steele Milton L. Gould *Replacing B.W. White Alan G. Adams Robert A. Bittenbender W. Scott Cooledge, III Joseph M. Cronin John J. Garrity Donald R. Grant Shirley D. Bayle Charles H. Cole, II Charles F. Gallagher, Jr. Frederick R. Hartstone Wilbur M. Jaquith William R. Page John R. Bevan Oscar R. Carlson Hugh M. Chapin **Herbert W. Eisenberg Ernest A. Giroux George E. Graves * Resigned 3/7/67 ** * Edward R. Bellone Carl Blake Arthur Bryson, Jr. Jacqueline B. Davison Robert G. Hargrove Edward T. Martin *Resigned 8/15/67 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS PRECINCT TWO (Continued) TERM 1968 52 Follen Rd. 214 Follen Rd. 12 Smith Ave. 36 Webster Rd. Mary Louise Touart Georgia H. Williams Sidney B. Williams *Alvin L. Schmertgler P R E C I N C T T H R E E TERM 1970 15 Somerset Rd. 85 Meriam St. 30 York St. 49 Vaille Ave. 30 Garfield St. 23 Somerset Rd. 6 4 188 44 42 25 56 23 3 55 10 33 Replacing Wallace B. Baylies, Jr. Joseph A. Campbell Evert N. Fowle Martin A. Gilman Allan Green Robert H. Kingston Otis S. Brown, Jr. Carl E. Bryant Richard K. Eaton Malcolm R. Gavin Thomas S. Grindle Erik L. Mollo- Christensen *Replacing E.R. Bellone Albert S. Richardson, Jr. Shirley H. Stoltz J. S. Nason Whitney Stillman P. Williams Charles A. Winchester TERM 1969 Stratham Rd. Franklin Rd. Adams St. Hancock St. Somerset Rd. Oakland St. Alford S. Peckham Richard H. Soule Charles H. Spaulding Francis T. Worrell Leslie H. York TERM 1968 Hancock St. Hayes Ave. Juniper Place Hancock St. Oakmount Cir. Adams St. A.F. Kenney P R E C E N C 142 4 20 86 5 13 H. Bigelow Moore Donald E. Nickerson Frank T. Samuel, Jr. Martin I. Small Donald B. White *Allan F. Kenney T FOUR TERM 1970 Worthen Rd. Wachusett Cir. Loring Rd. Spring St. Loring Rd. Sherburne Rd. Joseph D. Rooney Richard W. Souza Frank L. Stevens, Jr. Alfred P. Tropeano William H. Whalon TERM 1969 50 Spring St. 260 Marrett Rd. 12 Winthrop Rd. 56 Bloomfield St. 17 Moon Hill Rd. 4 Field Rd. Eric B. Kula Donald P. Noyes William L. Potter Margaret F. Rawls Norman J. Richards TERM 1968 3 Bond St. 12 Fair Oaks Dr. 40 Percy Rd. 24 Normandy Rd. 29 Bloomfield St. 10 Barberry Rd. 94 Frank T. Parrish, Jr. Harriet V. Relman Natalie H. Riffin Lee E. Tarbox Burton L. Williams *Joseph A. Trani 5 Compton Cir. 196 Follen Rd. 196 Follen Rd. 23 Peack Farm Rd. 3 Wingate Rd. 2139 Mass. Ave. 21 Woodland Rd. 9 Sheridan St. 57 Hancock St. 67 Reed St. 16 Hancock St. 61 Meriam St. 183 Cedar St. 24 Hancock St. 50 Hancock St. 49 Somerset Rd. 8 Burnham Rd. 22 Hancock St. 73 Hancock St. 10 Burnham Rd. 222 Waltham St. 542 Concord Ave. 11 Winthrop Rd. 25 Vine Brook Rd. 14 Benjamin Rd. 66 Spring St. 261 Waltham St. 21 Fair Oaks Terr. 9 Winthrop Rd. 32 Sherburne Rd. 20 Benjamin Rd. 4 Bennington Rd. 6 Field Rd. 17 Highland Ave. 17 Dane Rd. 11 Slocum Rd. Gabriel Baker Edwin A. Bennett Robert E. Bond Howard L. Levingston Eleanor Bradford Litchfield George P. Morey G. Richard Beamon J. Haskell Casey, Jr. Roy Edward Cook William P. Fitzgerald Barbara M. Harvell Kingston L. Howard Stanley A. Brown Howard H. Dawes John T. Harvell George A. Kolovson William A. Melbye, Jr. Robert E. Meyer Earl F. Baldwin, Jr. Margery M. Battin Richard H. Battin John F. Cogan, Jr. George E. Cooper Robert H. Farwell Leon A. Burke, Jr. Raymond J. Culler Joseph J. Downey Charles G. Esterberg, Jr. *James F. Flynn James W. Lambie *Died 11/15/67 James E. Brown Harold T. Handley David E. Humez Donald K. Irwin Robert C. Johnson Erik Lund *Replacing J.F. Flynn i TOWN MEETING MEMBERS P R E C I N C T F I V E TERM 1970 2 Linmoor Terr. 52 Grove St. 6 Demar Rd. 358 Emerson Rd. 12 Emerson Gardens 90 No. Hancock St. Stephen T. Russian Temple E. Scanlon Phyllis E. Thomas Frederick E. Tucker Sumner P. Wolsky TERM 1969 58 Ledgelawn Ave. 17 Liberty Ave. 5 Ledgelawn Ave. 65 Liberty Ave. 131 Burlington St. 5 Gould Rd. Richard Kimball Christine H. Meyer Ernest E. Outhet Paul B. West Allen Lee Whitman, Jr. TERM 1968 11 Flintlock Rd. 10 Bernard St. 131 Burlington St. 10 Dewey Rd. 10 James St. 11 Blake Rd. P R E C I N C T Michael A. Miller John H. Millican, Jr. Ruth Morey Charles E. Parks Robert V. Whitman SIX TERM 1970 24 Deering Ave. 15 Paul Revere Rd. 15 Paul Revere Rd. 29 Patterson Rd. 191 Lincoln St. 7 Thoreau Rd. TERM John F. Manley James M. McLaughlin George R. Medeiros Daniel E. Power Donald J. Shaw 1969 5 Frances Rd. 209 Lincoln St. 1 Stimson Ave. 10 Barrymeade Dr. 3 Minute Man Lane 22 Shade St. TERM Richard A. Michelson Richard I. Miller Richard M. Perry Alfred L. Viano Marlin E. Whitney 1968 34 Middleby Rd. 1880 Mass. Ave. 21 Parker St. 20 Clarke St. 60 Wood St. 19 Ellison Rd. 95 Gary J. Margolius Henry J. Mascarello Burt E. Nichols David A. Somers Stanley E. Toye *Mary T. Cogan 47 Turning Mill Rd. 62 Ledgelawn Ave. 55 Ivan St. 66 Blake Rd. 1 Park St. 60 Gleason Rd. 11 Blake Rd. 25 Ivan St. 70 Gleason Rd. 31 Turning Mill Rd. 5 Partridge Rd. 90b Hancock St. 90 No. Hancock St. 10 Hawthorne Rd. 9 Demar Rd. 53 Forest St. 55 Asbury St. 20 Middleby Rd. 2236 Mass. Ave. 6 Barrymeade Dr. 54 Asbury St. 30 Patterson Rd. 16 Ellison Rd. 6 Audubon Rd. 43 Wood St. 29 Patterson Rd. 159 Shade St. 29 Lincoln St. 9 Tufts Rd. 21 Paul Revere Rd. 30 Balfour St. 29 Patterson Rd. Acknowledgements As was true also in 1966, the finest thing that can be said of Lexington's 1967 annual report is that it has been a community effort. Whatever acceptance the report earns will accrue from the skills and interests of many people. A citizens' committee has directed policy. Philip B. Parsons drew the cover rendi- tion of Buckman Tavern, which literally invites people to open the book and to examine the report. Alford S. Peckham, a member of the committee, collaborated with the selectmen in their perceptive message on "The State of Lexington." In a change of pace from the conven- tional group - photographs, Mrs. Elinor Lynch drew the pen and ink sketches of the selectmen. Alan G. Adams, publisher of the Minute -Man, gave us free range of his photographic file and most of the photographs relating to 1967 happenings are from his collection. Norman Wilson in charge of photography at the Minute -Man gave us the beautiful photograph used on the frontispiece and the one of the Colonial Cemetery .. . plus much patient technical counsel. Dan Merrill, also on the Minute -Man staff gave the picture of the flag and of the Scouts in front of the Battle Green. Stanley Marshman took the interior photograph of the Lexington Arts and Crafts building. The picture of the intent youngsters on page 61 is the work of Marjorie Lenk. And the Boy Scouts, in an evidence of civic interest, voluteered to distribute copies of the report to each residence in Lexington. All of the foregoing was without cost to the town. Finally, the town boards and committees cooperated with helpful interest and com- petence in preparing their individual annual reports. More than just a compilation of source material, more than just a readable booklet, the committee has sought to incorporate in this annual report the desire of town government to develop better communications with all the citizens. We solicit your suggestions for the 1968 report. Town Report Committee 96 1 ANNUAL REPORT of the TOWN OFFICERS of the TOWN OF LEXINGTON For the Year 1967 Part II Table of Contents Part II FINANCIA L Balance Sheet Statement of Comptroller Schedule of Receipts Schedule of Expenses Appropriation Accounts Town Debt and Interest Trustees of Public Trusts Assessors Page 3 8 9 11 18 25 26 37 ELECTIONS 1 Annual Town Election 40 Report of Board of Registration 43 Report of Town Clerk 44 Report of Town Treasurer 47 TOWN MEETING MINUTES 48 TOWN BOARDS AND COMMITTEES Cary Memorial Library 66 Historic Sites Commission 107 Recreation Committee 70 Conservation Commission 75 TOWN SERVICES Veterans' Services 119 Cemetery Commissioners 65 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 111 LEGAL Board of Appeals 101 Town Counsel . 120 PROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY Fire Commissioners 82 Regulatory Inspectors 90 Police Department 85 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 93 JURY LIST 109 INDEX TO TOWN MEETING ARTICLES 119 Assets Cash In Treasury Invested (Time C.D.) Advances for Petty Treasurer Collector Accounts Receivable Taxes Levy of 1966 Real Estate Levy of 1967 Personal Property Real Estate Motor Vehicle Excise Levy of 1965 Levy of 1966 Levy of 1967 Special Assessments Sewer Unapportioned Added to Taxes Levy of 1966 Levy of 1967 Street Unapportioned Added to Taxes Levy of 1966 Levy of 1967 Sidewalk Unapportioned Added to Taxes Levy of 1965 Levy of 1966 Levy of 1967 150.00 150.00 35,053.63 1,964.60 112,420.70 .70 1,584.38 26,824.69 142,783.15 406.05 939.35 49,564.65 298.94 703.46 20,413.14 14.38 52.70 110.55 BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1967 601,882.37 2,450,000.00 300.00 149,438,93 28,409.77 General Accounts Liabilities and Reserves Payroll Deductions Blue Cross -Blue Shield Group Insurance Guarantee Deposits Sewer House Connections Water House Connections Agency County - Dog Licenses State - Sporting Licenses - Sale of Lands of Low Value Tailings - Unclaimed Checks Special Gifts for Schools Elementary School Library Summer Reading Clinic Music Project Slow Achiever Project Pupil -Parents Counseling METCO Business and Office Education B.U. Supervision of Counselers Diagnostic and Consulting Service Vocational Education -Practical Arts Bequest - Perpetual Care Westview Cemetery Trust Fund Income Jonas Gammel Charity Albert Tenney Memorial Hayes Fountain Fund Taylor Flag Fund Hilton -Monroe Cemetery Raymond -Monroe Cemetery Cemetery Perpetual Care French -Colonial Tower -Colonial Monroe Westview 7,138.81 312.67 20,288.55 10,456.42 34.25 (56.50) 5,480.19 2 3.2 8 1,359.68 593.35 4,390.87 908.44 5,140.00 506.40 16.47 3,400.00 810.00 9.00 543.62 6.72 5.67 385.15 125.00 223.06 60.03 6,70 27.69 7,451,48 30,744.97 5,457.94 306.08 17,148.49 1,560.00 1,392.64 ,LaaHS 3JNV'IVH L96T `T£ UaHLnta3aC Assets Special Assessments (Cont'd.) Water Unapportioned Added to Taxes Levy of 1966 Levy of 1967 Committed Interest Levy of 1966 Levy of 1967 Tax Titles and Possessions Titles Possessions Departmental Selectmen Sewer 41, House Connections Rates Aid to Dependent Children Old Age Assistance Disability Assistance Medical Assistance Veterans Services Cemetery -Westview Water Liens Added to Taxes Levy of 1966 Levy of 1967 Rates House Connections Miscellaneous Unprovided for or Overdrawn Accounts 4,895.50 17.35 17.35 413.82 866.55 10,053.47 16,311.54 2,003.00 2,2 37.46 1,776.45 1,130.00 769.05 34.05 6,365.61 (11,689.65) 165.00 347.94 932.32 10,099.19 1,217.23 98.27 BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1967 221,496.94 26,365.01 12,694.95 Underestimates Parks and Reservations 5,847.11 M.B.T.A. 596.23 MDC 6,675.00 13,118.34 Liabilities and Reserves Revolving Funds School Lunch School Athletics School Adult Education Federal Grants Disability Assistance Administrative Assistance Aid to Dependent Children Administration Assistance Old Age Assistance Administration Assistance Medical Assistance for Aged Administration Assistance Aid to Education Public Law 864 Title V Curriculum Res. and Dev. Appropriation Balances General Sewer Street, Sidewalk & Drains School Library Water Overestimates Metropolitan Sewerage County Tax Sale of Real Estate Sale of Lots and Graves Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus 5,465.41 2,100.87 2,596.26 855.24 1,417.40 3,959.28 11,735.18 9,961.34 11,892.20 3,02 5.89 10,726.12 .06 3,663.04 417,276.71 834,515.59 237,609.60 200, 974.85 6,268.88 68,559.66 19,557.56 15,794.75 10,162.54 57,235.75 1,765,205.29 35,352.31 32,388.30 64,224.41 55.16 .L33Hs aDMV IVH L961 `i£ llaawa3ac Assets Chapter 90 Highway Const. -County Highway Const. -State Highway Maint.-County Apportioned Assessments Not Due Sewer Street Sidewalk Water Suspended Assessments Sewer Sewer -Town Owned Land Street Street -Town Owned Land Sidewalk Water 5,321.12 10,642.25 1,500.00 BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1967 17,463.37 3,523,960.65 Liabilities and Reserves Overlay Reserved for Abatement Levy of 1962 Levy of 1963 Levy of 1964 Levy of 1965 Levy of 1966 Levy of 1967 Reserve for Petty Cash Revenue Reserved Until Collected Motor Vehicle Excise Special Assessment Tax Title Tax Title Possession Water Aid to Highways Departmental Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Parking Meter Surplus Revenue DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS 480,715.46 244,674.53 16,360.16 6,443.11 20,740.80 673.17 2,647.69 1,110.00 1,529.71 6,113.71 748,193.26 Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue Due in 1967 - 1986 Inclusive Apportioned Street Assessment Revenue Due in 1967 - 1986 Inclusive 21,752.35 66,422.55 20,379.78 (3,557.63) 21,954.12 30,039.25 28,409.77 221,496.94 10,053.47 16,311.54 12,694.95 17,463.37 2,790.97 Apportioned Sidewalk Assessment Revenue Due in 1967 - 1986 Inclusive Apportioned Water Assessment Revenue Due in 1967 - 1986 Inclusive 32,815.08 Suspended Sewer Revenue 156,990.42 300.00 309,221.01 13,021.40 1,015,742.46 3,523,960.65 480,715.46 244,674.53 16,360.16 6,443.11 20,740.80 L a HS a3AIV'IVH L961 'IC HaHJAia33Q Assets Net Funded or Fixed Debt Inside Debt Limit rn General Outside Debt Limit General Public Service Enterprise BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1967 Liabilities and Reserves Suspended Sewer Revenue Town Owned Land Suspended Street Revenue Suspended Street Revenue Town Owned Land Suspended Sidewalk Revenue Suspended Water Revenue 781,008.34 DEBT ACCOUNTS 3,131,000.00 8,627,000.00 313,000.00 Serial Loans Inside Debt Limit Sewer Street School Library Town Office Building Public Works Building Water Outside Debt Limit School Public Service Enterprise 2,171,000.00 375,000.00 15,000.00 190,000.00 90,000.00 290,000,00 283,000.00 673.17 2,647.69 1,110.00 1,529.71 6,113.71 td 781,008.34 r z 3,131,000.00 8,627,000.00 313,000.00 12,071,000.00 12,071,000.00 Trust and Investment Funds Cash & Securities in Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts Trustees of' Bridge Charitable Fund Trustees of Library Chairman of School Committee Town Treasurer TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts Welfare Funds 348,021.78 24,070.64 39,260.94 1,796.51 23,086.23 Beals Charitable Harriet R. Gilmore Jonas Gamel Charitable School Funds Hallie C. Blake Prize Charles E. French Medal Ellen A. Stone F. Foster & Tenney Sherburne Library Fund Sarah E. Raymond Cemetery Funds Emma L. Fiske Flower Charles E. French Colonial Herbert Hilton Monroe Harry S. Raymond Monroe Louise E. Wilkins Flower Charles Lyman Weld Park and Common Funds Edith C. Redman Battle Green Orrin W. Fiske Battle Green Geneva M. Brown Frederick L. Emery Hayes Fountain Everett Milliken Hastings George O. Smith George W. Taylor Flag William A. Tower Memorial Albert Ball Tenney Memorial William Tower Fund Principal 4,804.19 1,394.42 782.49 1,233.23 4,422.56 2,108.01 25,800.23 500.00 459.23 2,946.88 5,698.54 2,006.82 77.60 2,553.82 601.46 642.98 3,802.17 6,448.70 1,598.63 7,830.83 3,222.65 2,002.54 11,546.89 5,945.15 20.00 Perpetual Care Colonial 1,831.03 Monroe 56,056.02 Westview 166,193.27 Leroy Brown - Patriots Day 7,388.39 George L. Gilmore Fund 15,045.85 George Taylor Tree 3,057.20 TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS In Custody of Trustees Bridge Fund Samuel J. Bridge Charitable Elizabeth B. Gerry Charitable In Custody of Cary Library General Investment Fund In Custody of Chairman School Committee Mathew Allen Memorial Fund George E. Briggs School Fund Robert P. Clapp School Fund Margaret B. Noyes Book Fund In Custody of Town Treasurer Stabilization Fund 21,815.99 2,254.65 39,260.94 180.64 20.08 1,036.72 559.07 23,086.23 436,236.10 436,236.10 REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER January 30, 1967 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen 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 December 31, 1967: Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1967 Appropriation Balances as of December 31, 1967 Receipts for 1967 in Detail Expenditures for 1967 in Detail Municipal Indebtedness as of December 31, 1967 I have verified the cash balance of the Town Treasurer, and the accounts of the various Trust Funds of the Town. Richard M. Perry, Comptroller SLNn0J3V ZNJ ZsaANI (NV ssnxi General Revenue Taxes Local Property Tax Title Redemption Farm Animal Excise Lieu of Taxes From the Commonwealth Incom e a. Valuation Basis b. Education Basis c. Loss of Taxes Corporation Total Taxes Licenses and Permits Alcoholic All Other Schedule of 1967 Receipts 8,998,532.77 3,901.43 46.63 3,604.18 836,542.58 810,406.40 1,885.61 208.30 10,655,127.90 Total Licenses and Permits Fines and Forfeits Court Fines Grants and Gifts Grants from Federal Government Public Assistance Disability Assistance Aid to Dependent Children Old Age Assistance Medical Assistance School Public Law 864 Title III Public Law 864 Title V Public Law 874 Vocational Education (Barden) Other - Music Research Other Purposes Conservation Civil Defense Total Grants from Federal Government Grants from State School Transportation Food Service 10,545.00 18,795.20 29,340.20 16,632.45 4,155.22 30,903.00 31,413.86 111,417.20 9,886.84 23,201.69 177,620.00 8,384.00 25,104.00 52,400.00 1,610.18 476 095.99 135,853.96 88,927.37 9 School (Continued) Building Assistance Sight Savings, Deaf, Retarded Adjustment Counselors Trans. Retarded and Handicapped Summer Program for Handicapped Other School Special Education 79,151.00 Co -op. Research 4,000.00 Performing Arts 8,990.00 Diagnostic 3,400.00 Other Purposes Meal Tax Library Aid Total Gifts from State Grants from County Dog Fund Commercial Revenue Special Assessments Sewers Street and Sidewalk All Other (Water) Total Special Assessments Privileges Motor Vehicle Excise Parking Motor Fines a. On- Street Total Privileges Departmental a. General Government Selectmen Assessors Town Clerk Planning Board Board of Appeals Other - Dividend on Insurance Total General Government b. Public Safety Police Fire Sealer of Weights & Measures Dog Officer Total Public Safety 350,059.35 9,071.66 1,600.00 19,844.80 27,310.00 95,541.00 5,692.80 6,922.75 740,823.69 2,763.06 70,997.64 44,739.86 3,903.49 119,640.99 949,921.06 12,531.33 962,452.39 26.50 1,180.53 3,845.40 78.00 1,866.00 780.84 7,777.27 1,190.00 4,971.01 331.60 132.00 6,624.61 Departmental (Continued) SCHEDULE OF 1967 RECEIPTS Public Service Enterprises Water c. Health Sanitation and Hospitals Health Dental Clinic Other (Premature child care) Sanitation Sewer Rates Sewer House Connection Total Health Sanitation & Hospital d. Highways General (Chap. 679) State and County Total Highway e. Public Assistance General Refief Disability Assistance Aid to Dependent Children Old Age Assistance Medical Assistance Total Public Assistance f. Veterans' Services Reimbursement for Relief Miscellaneous Total Veterans' Services g. Schools Tuition from Individuals Tuition from Mun. and State Sale of Books & Supplies Miscellaneous Rentals Food Services Athletics Fire Loss Insurance Other Total School h. Recreation Program for Handicapped Total Recreation i. Unclassified Rental of Ambulance Miscellaneous State Withholding Tax Total Unclassified 135.00 172.63 18,139.77 2,066.17 20,513.57 17,550.43 74,745.17 92,295.60 790.06 1,189.97 16,726.95 9,370.14 59,299.08 87,376.20 11,668.65 6,678.70 18,347.35 14,653.65 1,776.68 3,224.38 1,991.00 312,097.71 9,963.75 2,563.24 1,002.87 347,273.28 2,348.00 1,544.86 3,892.86 4,456.00 11,847.85 Comp. 624.46 16,928.31 10 Sale of Water Miscellaneous Liens House Connections Miscellaneous Total Public Service Enterprises Cemeteries Sale of Lots and Graves Care of Lots and Graves Miscellaneous Total Cemeteries Interest On Taxes and Assessments On Motor Vehicle Excise On Investment Funds Miscellaneous (Tax Title) Total Interest Municipal Indebtedness Anticipation Loans Serial Loans a. General Premium from Bond Issue Interest from Bond Issue Total Municipal Indebtedness Agency Trust and Investments Agency Licenses from State Dog Licenses from County Deposits from Services Payroll Deductions a. Federal Withholding Tax b. State Withholding Tax c. Group Insurance d. Time Certificate of Deposit Total Agency Trust and Investments Refunds Motor Vehicle Excise a. General Government b. Public Safety c. Highways d. Public Assistance e. Veterans' Benefits f. Schools g. Libraries h. Unclassified Total Refunds Total Receipts 474,624.79 20,129.35 1,771.13 355.74 496,881.01 9,281.50 14,818.75 8,473.00 32,573.45 37,197.28 687.26 43,805.53 21.23 81,711.30 3,800,000.00 750,000.00 583.75 791.67 4,551,375.42 4,651.00 4,782.75 46,281.15 1,088,326.43 138,370.93 90,946.86 6,500,000.00 7,873,359.12 8.25 47.00 414.52 13,263.50 16,630.67 861.25 1,896.19 100.40 13,361.39 46,583.17 26,686,392.19 Schedule of 1967 Expenses General Government Appropriation Committee Expenses Supplie s Services Selectmen Personal Services Clerical Pool Expenses Selectmen Supplies Services Out of State 216.63 2,716.11 1,065.76 1,814.97 2,306.20 Travel 350.00 Articles 2 - 1967 Buckman Tavern 83 - 1967 General By Laws 35 - 1964 General By Laws Municipal Insurance 1966 Carryover Director of Guides Printing Town Report Town Insurance Real Estate 69,662.27 Emp. Gr. & Bl. Cross 78,943.97 Police & Fire Med. Exp. Town Comptroller Personal Services Expenses Supplie s Services Rep. to Off. Equip. Capital Expenditures Out of State Travel Comp . 1966 Carryover Town Clerk & Treasurer Personal Services Expenses Supplies Services Furniture & Fixtures Out of State Travel Foreclosure & Red. Vital Statistics Registration Personal Services 521.18 917.31 723.91 1,141.28 2,932.74 31,588.49 6,733.12 5,536.93 17.64 1,094.50 68.00 36,293.61 1,000.00 5,548.39 148,606.24 2,401.50 28,334.77 1,438.49 2,92 5.06 8,522.64 250.00 426.96 31,525.71 1,865.19 83.45 500.00 8.00 67.83 1,820.53 11 General Government (Con't.) Registration (Con't.) Expenses Supplie s Services Printing Furniture & Fixtures Board of Registrars 1966 Carryover Law Department Personal Services Expenses Special Fees SpecialCoun. Fees General Expenses Special Counsel - 1964 Carryover 19.60 4,652.00 3,323.35 7,657.40 2,941.00 4,447.61 Collector of Taxes Personal Services Expenses Supplies 356.40 Services 1,711.95 Metered Mail Assessor's Dept. Personal Services Expenses Supplies Services Furniture & Fixtures Out of State Travel Assessor's 1966 Carryover Supt. of Public Works Personal Services Expenses Public Works Dept. Personal Services Town Offices & Cary Memorial Bldg. Personal Services Expenses Supplie s Services Town Officers 1966 Carryover Article 72 - 1965 Public Fac. Bldg. 551.32 1,560.12 8,223.19 19,526.28 7,994.95 412.95 866.00 4,000.00 15,046.01 286.60 20,554.00 2,068.35 2,163.95 26,104.08 2,111.44 430.75 182.75 189.89 50,100.43 1,854.64 480,755.33 20,245.07 27,749.47 1,059.89 SCHEDULE OF 1967 EXPENSES General Government Engineering Personal Services Expenses Supplies Services Equipment Eng. 1966 Carryover Board of Appeals Personal Services Expenses Supplies Services Furniture & Fixtures Planning Board Personal Services Expenses Supplies Services Furniture & Fixtures Planning Board 1966 Carryover Total General Government 74,623.34 1,014.95 1,328.04 898.02 3,241.01 234.88 171.53 1,099.61 629.34 2,508.72 2,603.00 1,271.14 220.90 17,355.17 3,138.06 397.78 69.43 1,091,645.30 Protection of Persons & Property Police Department Personal Services 383,602.28 Expenses Supplies Automotive 10, 580.18 Public Safety 2,067.66 Uniforms 11,127.95 Other 4,662.65 28,438.40 Services Communication 3,933.08 Reps. to Auto Equip. 1,651.35 Tuition 2,086.00 Other 2,566.87 10,237.30 Equipment Automotive 10,838.45 Other 1,396.57 12,235.02 Out of State Travel 2,795.17 Article 39 - Radio Station 8,209.84 Police Department 1966 Carryover 340.16 12 Protection of Persons & Property (Con't) Fire Department Personal Services Expenses Supplies Automotive 4,736.66 Fuel 2,233,96 Public Safety 4,028.01 Clothing 2,520.13 Other 10,151.47 Services Communications 1,351.79 Public Safety 1,600.94 Other 7,105.56 Equipment Automotive 2,036.00 Furn. & Fixtures 318.44 Out of State Travel Article 38 - 1967 Ambulance Article 40 - 1966 Fire Department 1966 Carryover Forest Fire 1966 Carryover Relocate Fire Alarm Art. 35 Carryover Relocate Fire Alarm Art. 36 Carryover Civil Defense Personal Services Expenses Supplies Services Communications Other Equipment Communications Furn. & Fixtures Out of State Travel Inspection Department Personal Services Expenses Supplie s Services Out of State Travel Inspection Dept. 1966 Carryover 2,635.43 2,980.29 203.70 123.00 371.73 572.70 386,765.25 23,670.23 10,058.29 2,354.44 445.00 7,878.00 5,856.43 708.31 500.00 1,279.56 2,815.54 8,861.66 2,221.14 5,615.72 326.70 225.00 22,749.24 944.43 80.78 121.85 SCHEDULE OF 1967 EXPENSES Protection of Persons & Property (Con't.) Weights and Measures Personal Services Expenses Supplies Insect & Suppression Expenses Shade Tree Expenses Supplies Services Dutch Elm Disease Expenses Supplie s Services Dog Officer Personal Services Professional Services Total Protection of Persons & Property 5,591.62 1,765.33 1,072.07 13.00 Health and Sanitation Health Department Personal Services Expenses Supplie s Services Professional Other Hospital Services Equipment Automotive Furn. & Fixtures Health Engineering Dog Clinic Animal Inspection Sanitary Land Fill Garbage Collection Public Facilities Article 29 -1967 Mos- quito Control Article 35 -1967 Mental Health Article 3 -1961 Refuse Disposal 4,820.18 1,745.69 2,102.67 1,200.00 551.50 1,500.00 545.00 1,438.97 7,356.95 1,085.07 750.00 726.28 941,738.01 13,732.17 327.29 8,668.54 1,751.50 613.02 985.33 1,188.96 30,048.73 57,291.63 2,354.55 8,100.00 5,650.00 350.00 13 Health and Sanitation (Con't.) Sewer Maintenance Expenses Supplie s Services Sewer Services Expenses Supplies Services Dental Clinic Personal Services Expenses Supplie s Services Equipment and Educational Articles - 1967 9 Sewer Construction 14 Sewer 15 Sewer 16 Sewer 17 Sewer Construction Construction Construction Construction Articles - 1966 4 Sewer & Water Const. 14 Sewer Construction 15 Sewer Construction 16 Sewer Construction 17 Pumping Station Articles - 1965 14 Sewer Construction 16 Sewer Construction Article - 1963 Sewer Construction Total Health & Sanitation 2,932.71 18,256.32 4,360.86 2,819.13 Highways Public Works Bldg. Expenses Supplies Services Public Works Bldg. 1966 Carryover Art. 2a - 1966 P.W. Bldg. Art. 2b - 1966 P.W. Bldg. 62.18 340.68 11,265.99 4,736.87 21,189.03 7,179.99 5,175.00 402.86 130.37 55.07 226,416.66 652.50 26.35 861.80 21,610.80 122,990.51 46,379.77 37,700.00 101,126.56 1,219.20 1,707.21 1,350.00 727,2 35.40 16,002.86 484.00 45,039.16 202,344.79 Highways (Con't.) Highway Maintenance Expenses Supplies Services SCHEDULE OF 1967 EXPENSES Highways (Con't.) Snow Removal 50,752.58 5,101.79 Articles - 1967 10 Reconst. Mass. Ave. 26 Laconia Street 44 Street Acceptance 52 -55 Street Construction 59 Blossomcrest Road 60 Street Construction 62 Grove Street Highway 1966 Carryover Articles - 1966 22 Highway Construction 23 Highway Construction 52 Beautification Mass. Ave. Articles - 1965 21 Highway Construction 22 Highway Construction 28 Street Options 49 Street Construction 65 Mass. Ave. Const. Article - 1967 18 Drain Construction Article - 1966 18 Drain Construction Article - 1965 17 Drain Construction Article - 1967 19 Sidewalk Article - 1966 19 Sidewalk Article - 1965 18 Sidewalk Road Machinery Expenses Supplies Services Art. 24 1967 Rd. Mach. Rd. Mach. 1966 Carryover Art. 24 1966 Rd. Mach. 50,121.55 3,270.21 55,854.37 13,565.01 6,516.76 500.00 80,673.09 20,000.00 1,166.76 800.00 3,938.45 58,522.59 2,360.60 36,199.95 47,139.78 1,358.53 524.00 150.00 724 00 7,384.72 23,975.45 1,387.83 392.24 31,172.05 1,428.58 53,391,76 82,499.03 734.41 41,414.00 14 Expenses Supplies Services 35,606.39 34,469.06 Rep. to Equip. Snow Removal 1966 Carryover Traffic Regulation and Control Expenses Supplies Services Traffic Regulation 1966 Carryover Street Lights Street Signs Total Highway Welfare Public Welfare Administration Personal Services Expenses Supplies Services Aid and Expenses Personal Services Expenses Services Hospital Medical Fuel & Clothing Disability Assistance Aid and Expenses Federal Grants Aid to Dependent Children Aid and Expenses Federal Grants Old Age Assistance Aid and Expenses Federal Grants 3,896.36 1,560.64 70,075.45 10,658.22 9,261.67 5,457.00 588.48 79,300.00 1,305.38 1,014,290.97 12,497.00 76.38 397.84 474.22 2,901.00 4,439.02 124.65 182.07 2,400.00 4,010.69 31,800.00 25,123.25 18,000.00 25,919.13 4,745.74 6,410.69 56, 923.25 43,919.13 SCHEDULE OF 1967 EXPENSES Welfare (Con't.) Medical Assistance Aid and Expenses 108,000.00 Federal Grants 120,579.60 228,579.60 Veterans' Benefits Administration Personal Services 4,530.80 Expenses Supplies 254.50 Services 449.50 704.00 Aid and Expenses Cash Grants 22,943.99 Hospital Care 6,031.82 Medical and Dental 2,785.57 Other 1,680.64 33,442.02 Graves Registration 278.50 Total Welfare and Veterans Benefits 395,405.95 Schools Administration Salaries - Adminis. 106,364.36 Salaries - Clerks 72,093.39 Expenses 24,066.70 202,524.45 Instruction Salaries Coor. & Dept. Heads Principals Teachers Librarians Guidance Couns. Psychologists Secretaries Textbooks Contractual Serv. Supp. & Materials Expenses 213,777.46 280,447.84 4,076,662.48 106,054.17 192,658.73 22,129.95 232,829.01 76,618.27 18,384.87 268,595.04 10,874.85 5,499,032.67 Other School Services Salaries Attendance 30,814.72 Nurses & Doctors 56,808.99 Food Service 19,841.52 Drivers 8,026.55 Psychiatrists 8,768.46 Contractual Serv. 160,580.84 Supplies & Materials 3,455.95 Programs with Others 303.80 288,600.83 15 Schools (Con't.) Operation & Maint. of Plant Salaries Custodians Maintenance Men Heat Athletics Contractual Serv. Supp. & Materials 314,134.16 48,063.28 56,173.76 145,050.30 91,546.58 27,493.20 Rental of Buildings Transportation to Non - Public Schools Acquisition of Assets Equipment Out of State Travel Vocational Education Adult Education Music Project Summer Reading Project Curriculum Research and Development Performing Arts Program Pupil- Parents Counseling Program Business and Office Equip- ment Program Articles - 1967 74 New Junior High School 91 School Fence Articles - 1964 7 Bowman School 6 Bridge School Articles - 1963 2 Secondary School 42, 43 & 44 School Sites Total School Library Personal Services Expenses Supplies Services Books & Subs. 8,692.42 20,675.73 30,861.60 682,461.28 540.00 16,751.32 71,358.42 10,759.56 7,858.57 18,378.09 29,010.25 33,243.71 19,595.81 10,225.00 691.56 6,797.60 4,975.00 875.00 500,635.82 24,626.46 8,535.10 41,331.64 7,478,808.14 154,180.20 60,229.75 Library (Con't.) Equipment Office Furn. & Fixtures Articles - 1967 43 Library Improve. 61 Library Land Articles - 1966 34 State Aid State Aid to Libraries Total Library Parks, Recreation and Unclassified Parks Expenses Supplies Services Article - 1967 Center Playground Article - 1966 Poplar St. Playground Recreation Personal Services Expenses Supplies Services Unclassified Pensions Fire Police Trustees of Public Trusts Capital Exp. Comm. Standing School Bldg. Committee Permanent Bldg. Comm. Town Celebra. Comm. Historic Dist. Comm. Conservation Comm. Board of Retirement Article - 1967 79 Conservation 80 Conservation SCHEDULE OF 1967 EXPENSES 5,334.24 1,086.87 18,183.26 12,580.39 4,152.91 3,342.20 11,543.53 24,260.08 325.00 54.60 483.20 90.35 4,682.99 1,380.27 825.13 66,175.00 6,421.11 5,696.00 48,000.00 147.59 6,82 3.75 281,498.40 30,763.65 850.00 671.20 24,373.50 7,495.11 35,803.61 74,016.54 10,593.75 180.00 16 Unclassified (Con't.) Historic Dist. Comm. 1966 Carryover Articles - 1966 14 Conservation 15 Conservation 49 Town Gov't. Comm. 81 Conservation 88 -89 Conservation 90 -91 Conservation 96 Conservation Articles - 1964 9 Conservation 21 Conservation 31 Conservation Article - 1963 29 Conservation Total Parks, Recreation and Unclassified Public Service Enterprises Water Maintenance Personal Services Expenses Supplies Services Water Services Expenses Supplies Article - 1967 13 Water Construction Article - 1966 13 Water Construction Article - 1963 30 Water Construction Total Public Service Cemeteries Personal Services Expenses Supplies Services Equipment Article - 1965 29 Westview Development Total Cemeteries 21,903.69 8,769.70 3,162.75 1,843.26 109.50 41,640.00 3,360.00 55.00 12, 263.00 24,2 00.00 16,675.00 1,000.00 767.73 9,802.83 18,596.42 3,358.58 316,575.42 2,995.30 30,673.39 8,188.39 13,393.58 3,357.63 318.31 58,926.60 44,772.01 5,006.01 6,793.75 3,061.87 54,627.63 a s1 Miscellaneous Interest on Debt School Street Sewer Street & Sewer Street & Library Library Public Works Bldg. Town Office Bldg. Water Tax Anticipation Maturing Debt Sewer Water Streets Street, Sewer & Library Town Offices Public Works Bldg. Library School Total Debt & Interest 273,522.25 10,570.00 42,637.13 1,160.00 7,718.00 4,350.00 13,776.00 3,000.00 10,745,00 42,354,02 151,000.00 71,000.00 60,000.00 47,000.00 10,000.00 38,000.00 15,000.00 799,000.00 RETIREMENT BOARD 409,832.40 1,191,000.00 1,600,832.40 Investments Time Cert. of Deposit 6,550,000.00 Tax Anticipation Loans 3,800,000.00 School Lunch Program Personal Services 150,261.60 Supplies 250,411.74 400,673.34 Refunds Real Estate Tax Interest & Costs Motor Vehicle Ex. Tax Inspection Sewer Street & Sidewalk Water Board of Appeals Personal Property Tax Accts. Rec. Selectmen Dog Licenses Sale of Lots Land Accrued Int. on Loans Premium on Loans Perpetual Care Fund Tenney Fund MDC Sewer Rates Federal W/H Tax State W/H Tax Blue Cross &Group Insurance Sporting Licenses State & County Assess. Athletics RETIREMENT BOARD 61,572.36 511,89 30,305.38 1.50 2,455.82 11.41 2,182.61 40.00 183.12 18.00 97,282.09 4,767.50 153.00 791.67 582.75 12,335.00 37.03 6,675,00 1,093,707,95 138,370.93 83,835.34 4,707.50 636,714.41 83,92 3.07 2,066,601.15 26,876,140.80 The board of retirement received $65,000 from the town in 1967, as the town's share of paying allowance to members who had retired. During the year, six members applied and were granted retire- ment. Four beneficiaries were also added, due to people receiving retirement allowances from the con- tributory retirement system. Due to the late date at which year -end amortized value of bonds held, is received from the state, a balance sheet of the financial condition as of November 30, 1967 is submitted. Assets Bonds Stocks Cash Accrued Interest (P /L) on Sale of Investments Refunds Annuities Paid Expenses Paid Pensions Paid $ 991,748.71 218,675.44 32,459.71 782.74 295.25 18,403.58 15,958.73 1,133.21 80,204.99 Total Assets $1,359,662,36 Liabilities Annuity Savings Fund Annuity Reserve Fund Military Service Fund Pension Fund Expense Fund Employee's Deductions Investment Income Total Liabilities $ 359,859.56 132,610.48 2,602.55 231,845.08 1,201,82 113,356.79 35,186.08 $1,359,662.36 George P. Morey, Chairman Walter F. Spellman Richard M. Perry 17 Account Appropriation Accounts Total Approp. Balance To Expenditures & Trans. 12/31/67 E & D Selectmen Personal Services 31,588.49 Expenses 5,186.93 Clerical Labor Pool 6,733.12 Out of State Travel 350.00 Fire and Police Medical 2,401.50 Director of Guides 1,000.00 Town Clerk and Treasurer Personal Services 31,525.71 Expenses 1,948.64 Vital Statistics 67.83 Out of State Travel 500.00 Foreclosure and Redemption 8.00 Trustees of Public Trusts Administration 32 5.00 Board of Appeals Personal Services 2,603.00 Expenses 1,492.04 Planning Board Personal Services 17,355.17 Expenses 3,535.84 Insurance Group 78,943.97 Muncipal 69,662.27 Printing Town Report 5,548.39 Law Personal Services 4,000.00 Expenses 4,447.61 Special Fees 8,500.00 Special Counsel Fees 2,098.40 Elections Jurisdiction Selectmen 6,120.31 Jurisdiction Town Clerk 824.59 Board of Registrars Personal Services 1,820.53 Expenses 1,463.00 Committees Appropriation Committee 2,932.74 Capital Expenditures Committee 54.60 Standing School Building Committee 483.20 Permanent Building Committee 90.35 Town Celebrations Committee 4,682.99 Historic Districts Commission 1,380.27 Conservation Commission 825.13 Recreation Personal Services 24,373.50 Expenses 7,495.11 Collector Personal Services 20,554.00 Expenses 2,068.35 Metered Mail 2,163.95 18 35,142.00 3,553.51 3,553.51 5,2 00.00 13.07 13.07 6,750.00 16.88 16.88 350.00 3,000.00 598.50 1,000.00 32,208.00 682.29 682.29 2,040.00 91.36 91.36 100.00 32.17 32.17 500.00 100.00 92.00 92.00 400.00 75.00 75.00 2,603.00 1,960.00 467.96 497.96 To 1968 598.50 17,590.00 234.83 234.83 4,850.00 1,314.16 1,303.66 10.50 79,250.00 306.03 306.03 69,662.27 6,000.00 451.61 451.61 4,000.00 4,500.00 52.39 52.39 8,500.00 6,500.00 4,401.60 4,401.60 7,054.00 933.69 933.69 885.00 60.41 60.41 3,725.00 1,904.47 1,904.47 1,463.00 3,200.00 267.26 267.26 75.00 20.40 20.40 500.00 16.80 16.80 300.00 209.65 209.65 5,000.00 317.01 317.01 1,400.00 19.73 19.73 1,000.00 174.87 174.87 24,400.00 26.50 26.50 7,500.00 4.89 4.89 20,554.00 2,075.00 6.65 6.65 2,200.00 36.05 36.05 Account APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1967 Total Approp. Balance To Expenditures & Trans. 12/31/67 E & D Comptroller Personal Services 28,334.77 28,337.00 2.23 2.23 Expenses 1,438.49 1,440.00 1.51 1.51 Out of State Travel 250.00 250.00 Office Machines - Capital Outlay 8,522.64 8,523.00 .36 .36 Office Machines - Maint. and Repair 2,925.06 2,944.00 18.94 18.94 Assessors Personal Services Expenses Professional Services Out of State Travel 26,104.08 2,542.19 182.75 26,661.00 2.615.00 1,000.00 200.00 556.92 556.92 72.81 72.81 1,000.00 1,000.00 17.25 17.25 To 1968 Health Personal Services 13,732.17 13,925.00 192.83 192.83 Expenses 10,747.33 11,100.00 352.67 142.67 210.00 Out of State Travel 250.00 250.00 250.00 Engineering 613.02 613.02 Animal Inspection 1,188.96 1,270.00 81.04 81.04 Rabies 985.33 1,030.00 44.67 44.67 Dental Clinic Personal Services Expenses 5,175.00 533.23 7,420.00 800.00 2,245.00 266.77 2,245.00 266.77 Police Personal Services 383,602.28 397,000.00 13,397.72 13,397.72 Expenses 50,648.88 50,650.00 1.12 1.12 Parking Meter 269.04 500.00 230.96 12.96 Out of State Travel 2,795.17 3,415.00 619.83 619.83 Dog Officer Personal Services Expenses 750.00 750.00 726.28 800.00 73.72 73.72 218.00 Fire Personal Services 386,765.25 388,221.00 1,455.75 1,455.75 Expenses 35,348.77 41,400.00 6,051.23 942.56 5,108.67 Ambulance 635.19 650.00 14.81 14.81 Out of State Travel 445.00 500.00 55.00 55.00 Forest Fires 99.00 100.00 1.00 1.00 Civil Defense Personal Services 8,861.66 9,800.00 Expenses 8,189.02 8,200.00 Out of State Travel 225.00 225.00 Inspection Personal Services Expenses Out of State Travel 22,749.24 1,122.88 80.78 27,884.00 1,400.00 200.00 Weights and Measures Personal Services 1,500.00 1,500.00 Expenses 545.00 545.00 Public Welfare Personal Services Administration Aid and Expenses Disability Assistance Aid to Dependent Children Old Age Assistance Medical Assistance to the Aged 12,497.00 12,497.00 625.00 625.00 7,646.74 9,000.00 2,400.00 2,400.00 31,800.00 31,800.00 18,000.00 18,000.00 108,000.00 108,000.00 19 938.34 938.34 10.98 10.98 5,134.76 277.12 119.22 5,134.76 170.02 119.22 1,353.26 1,353.26 107.10 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1967 Account Veterans' Benefits Personal Services Administration Aid and Expenses Graves Registration Soldiers Burials Cemetery Personal Services Expenses Library Personal Services Expenses Retirement Board Accrued Liability and Expenses Education Personal Services Expenses Out of State Travel Vocational Education Tuition and Transportation Debt Interest on Debt Maturing Debt Public Works Personal Services Superintendent Public Works Personal Service Expenses Out of State Travel Engineering Personal Services Expenses Town Offices and Cary Memorial Personal Services Expenses Public Works Building Expenses Highway Maintenance Expenses Road Machinery Expenses Snow Removal Expenses Traffic Regulation and Control Expenses Street Lights Expenses Street Signs Expenses Total Approp. Expenditures & Trans. Balance To 12/31/67 E & D 4,530.80 4,893,00 362.20 362.20 704.00 1,454.00 750.00 750.00 33,442.02 33,500.00 57.98 57.98 278.50 350.00 71.50 71.50 250.00 250.00 250.00 44,772.01 44,780.00 7.99 7.99 12,073.85 12,711.00 637.15 637.15 154,180.20 156,684.00 2,503.80 2,503.80 66,650.86 66,652.06 1.20 1.20 66,175.00 66,175.00 5,437,709.74 984,809.39 10,795.56 7,858.57 409,832.40 1,191,000.00 5,498,754.00 988,674.00 10,950.00 10,2 90.00 409,833.00 1,191,000.00 To 1968 61,044.26 61,044.26 3,864.61 864.61 3,000.00 154,44 154.44 2,431,43 2,431.43 .60 .60 480,755.33 480,755.33 50,100.43 56,090.00 5,989.57 5,989.57 1,854.64 1,889.00 34.36 34.36 200.00 200.00 200.00 74,623.34 78,976.00 4,352.66 4,352.66 3,999.47 4,000.00 .53 .53 20,245.07 20,246.00 .93 .93 27,749.47 34,650.00 6,900.53 16,491.36 17,575.00 1,083.64 71,525.05 81,650.00 10,124.95 53,391.76 53,400.00 8.24 8.24 99,773.07 100,919.38 1,146.31 5,999.52 6,000.00 .48 .48 79,300.00 79,300.00 1,489.89 1,500.00 20 10.11 10.11 6,900.53 1,083.64 10,124.95 1,146.31 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1967 Total Approp. Balance To To Account Expenditures & Trans. 12/31/67 E & D 1968 Sewer Maintenance Expenses 23,741.08 23,749.00 7.92 7.92 Garbage Collection Expenses 57,291.63 62,600.00 5,308.37 100.04 5,208.33 Sanitary Land Fill Expenses 37,649.48 42,900.00 5,250.52 5,250.52 Water Maintenance Expenses 38,909.21 39,878.00 968.79 968.79 Water Services Expenses 9,473.03 9,500.00 26.97 26.97 Park Expenses 30,763.65 32,680.00 1,916.35 17.15 1,899.20 Insect Suppression Expenses 2,302.22 2,700.00 397.78 397.78 Shade Tree Expenses 10,250.73 10,300.00 49.27 49.27 Dutch Elm Disease Expenses 3,099.82 3,200.00 100.18 100.18 Public Facilities Expenses 2,354.55 2,768.00 413.45 267.40 146.05 11,185,903.43 11,353,552.06 167,648.63 1967 Articles 2 Buckman Tavern Repro. & Reconst. 6 West Suburban Reg. Refuse Dis. 8 Traffic Study Bedford St. Hartwell 9 No. Lexington Pumping Station 9 Reserve Fund (Orig. amt. $75.000) 10 Reconst. & Paving Mass. Ave. 11 Police Pensions 11 Fire Pensions 12 Instruct. Pool (See Art. 68 Add.) 13 Water Mains 14 Sewer Mains 15 Sewer Main Volunteer Way 16 Sewer Main Constr. Hartwell Ave. 17 Sewer Constr. Misc. Trunk 18 Drains 19 Sidewalks 20 Curbings 21 Chap. 90 Highway Maint. 17.64 25,000.00 24,982.36 3,000.00 3,000.00 16,000.00 16,000.00 55.07 28,000.00 27,944.93 13,565.01 14,000.00 434.99 24,260.08 28,500.00 4,239.92 11,543.53 17,514.00 5,970.47 10,000.00 10,000.00 14,840.34 82,400.00 67,559.66 226,509.16 275,360.00 48,850.84 652.50 72,500.00 71,847.50 26.35 180,000.00 179,973.65 861.80 250,000.00 249,138.20 10,02 5.85 18,400.00 8,374.15 392.24 31,000.00 30,607.76 5,000.00 5,000.00 4,500.00 4,500.00 24,982.36 3,000.00 16,000.00 27,944.93 434.99 4,2 39.92 5,970.47 10,000.00 67,559.66 48,850.84 71,847.50 179,97 3.65 249,138.20 8,374.15 30,607.76 5,000.00 4,500.00 22 Chap. 90 Constr. Lowell St. 60,000.00 60,000.00 60,000.00 24 Road Machinery Equipment 82,499.03 82,500.00 .97 .97 26 Laconia Street 6,516.76 23,000.00 16,483.24 16,483.24 29 Mosquito Control 8,100.00 8,100.00 30 Appraisal and Options 2,500.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 33 Westview Cemetery Development 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 21 Account 1967 Articles Continued APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1967 Total Approp. Balance To To Expenditures & Trans. 12/31/67 E & D 1968 35 Mystic Valley Childrens Clinic 5,650.00 5,650.00 37 Engineering Service Sewer Maint. 10,000.00 10,000.00 38 New Ambulance 7,878.00 8,000.00 122.00 41 Police Academy 1,400.00 1,400.00 43 Branch Library - Improv. & Renov. 5,696.00 7,000.00 1,304.00 44 Land Acquisition 500.00 500.00 52 -55 Land Acquisition Const. of Ways 80,673.00 88,900.00 8,226.91 59 Street - Blossomcrest Road 20,000.00 20,000.00 60 Street - Phillips Road 1,166.76 30,000.00 28,833.24 61 Library - Land & Building 48,000.00 48,000.00 62 Land - Grove Street 800.00 800.00 63 Land Marrett Road 10,000.00 10,000.00 65 Land - Peacock Farms 2,000.00 2,000.00 69 Spectator Stands 850.00 850.00 68 Instructional Pool (See Art. 12 of 6/67) 20,000.00 20,000.00 74 New Junior High School 4,975.00 20,000.00 15,025.00 75 Beautification Committee 200.00 200.00 77 Conservation Fund 2,000.00 2,000.00 78 Conservation Land - Whipple Hill 50,000.00 50,000.00 79 Conservation Land - Pihl 10,593.75 11,300.00 706.25 80 Conservation Land - Kingston Homes 180.00 16,000.00 15,820.00 83 General By Laws Corn. Exp. 1,094.50 1,300.00 205.50 91 Fence - Adams School 875.00 875.00 1966 Articles Municipal Insurance Carry -Over 36,293.61 37,837.65 1,544.04 Planning Board - Carry -Over 69.43 69.43 Board of Registrars P.S. Carry -Over 866.00 866.58 .58 Historic Dist. Comm. Carry -Over 109.50 109.50 Comptroller Exp. Carry -Over 426.96 426.96 Assessors Exp. Carry -Over 189.89 189.89 10,000.00 122.00 1,400.00 1,304.00 205.50 1,544.04 .58 8,226.91 28,833.24 10,000.00 2,000.00 20,000.00 15, 02 5.00 200.00 2,000.00 50,000.00 706.2 5 15,820.00 Police Exp. Carry -Over 340.16 340.16 Fire Carry -Over Expenses 708.31 735.00 26.69 26.69 Forest Fires Carry -Over 500.00 500.00 Inspection Exp. Carry -Over 121.85 121.85 Engineering Exp. Carry -Over 234.88 263.97 29.09 29.09 Town Offices and Cary Memorial Exp. Carry -Over 4,724.25 4,724.25 Public Works Bldg. Exp. Carry -Over 484.00 543.84 59.84 59.84 Highway Maint. Carry -Over 3,938.45 3,938.45 Road Machinery - Carry -Over 734.41 734.41 Traffic Reg. & Contr. Carry -Over 588.48 5,863.87 5,275.39 5,275.39 Snow Removal - Carry -Over 9,261.67 9,261.67 2A Public Works Bldg. 45,039.16 65,855.00 20,815.84 20,815.84 2B Public Works Bldg. 202,508.04 214,819.83 12,311.79 12,311.79 4 Sewer, Water Mains, Conduits & Dr. 21,610.80 38,557.72 16,946.92 16,946.92 13 Water Mains 3,357.63 3,357.63 14 Conservation Committee 41,640.00 41,640.00 15 Playground, Street Etc. 3,360.00 3,360.00 14 Sewer Mains 122,990.51 123,793.15 802.64 802.64 22 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1967 Account 1966 Articles Continued 15 Sewer Mains, Bedford St. 16 Sewer Mains, Emerson Rd. 17 Sewer Mains, Mill Brook Rd. 18 Drains 19 Sidewalks 22 Chap. 90 Hgwy. Const. Mass. Ave. 23 Street, Lowell St. 24 Equipment Public Works 30 Westview Cemetery Devel. 34 Improving Library Services 36 Town Office Bldg. Plans & Specs. 38 Cary Memorial Bldg. & Town Office Emergency Power 39 Radio Comm. Pur. & Install. 40 Central Fire Sta. Fire Alarm 41 Playground - Harrington School 46 Playground - Winter St. 47 Playground - Poplar St. 49 Town Government Committee 50 School Land - Highland Ave. 51 Land - Lowell & Woburn Sts. 52 Center Beautification 7 4 & 78 Street Constr. Sundry Sts. 81 Conservation Fund -Land Winchester, Arlington Line 88 & 89 Conservation Fund West Farm 90 Conservation Fund Roberts 96 Old Reservoir - Marrett Rd. 1965 Articles 14 Sewer Mains 16 Sewer Mains, No. Lexington 17 Drains 18 Sidewalks 21 Chap. 90 Hgwy. Const. Mass. Ave. 22 Lowell St. 28 Street Options 29 Westview Cemetery Development 31 Sewer Mains - Woodhaven 34 Front Entrance of Cary Library 35 Relocate Fire Alarm - Spring St. 36 Relocate Fire Alarm - Waltham St. 34 -48 Land Acquisition 49 -55 Street Construction 65 Widening Mass. Ave. 72 Public Facilities Construction 75 Valleyfield St. - Land Total Approp. Balance To To Expenditures & Trans. 12/31/67 E & D 1968 46,379.77 37,700.00 101,126.56 23,975.45 31,172.05 58,522.59 2,360.00 41,414.00 147.59 8,209.84 5,856.43 671.20 55.00 36,948.35 12,263.00 24,200.00 16,675.00 1,000.00 56,688.75 10,308.98 38,200.00 500.00 102,792.40 1,665.84 28,309.53 4,334.08 31,172.05 94,200.86 35,678.27 2,360.00 41,947.47 533.47 4,000.00 4,000.00 147.59 2,000.00 2,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 37,000.00 28,790.16 36,000.00 30,143.57 46.29 46.29 3,000.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 328.80 2,721.05 2,666.05 60,000.00 60,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 60,000.00 23,051.65 473.71 473.71 13, 975.00 1,712.00 24,200.00 17,000.00 32!.00 1,000.00 1,219.20 43,830.84 42,611.64 1,707.21 159,563.93 157,856.72 1,387.83 1,387.83 1,428.58 3,800.47 2,371.89 47,139.78 58,938.00 11,798.22 1,358.53 1,598.81 240.28 524.00 1,480.00 956.00 3,061.87 3,525.53 463.66 8,337.06 8,337.06 4,000.00 4,000.00 1,279.56 2,564.00 1,284.44 2,815.54 4,476.20 1,660.66 900.79 900.79 150.00 280.60 130.60 724.00 7,373.50 6,649.50 1,059.89 1,059.89 3,000.00 3,000.00 23 533.47 46.29 4,000.00 1,284.44 1,660.66 10,308.98 500.00 1,665.84 4,334.08 35,678.27 4,000.00 2,000.00 10,000.00 28,790.16 30,143.57 3,000.00 328.80 2,666.05 60,000.00 15,000.00 23,051.65 473.71 1,712.00 325.00 42,611.64 157,856.72 2,371.89 11,798.22 240.28 956.00 463.66 8,337.06 900.79 130.60 6,649.50 3,000.00 Account 1964 Articles APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1967 Total Approp. Balance To Expenditures & Trans. 12/31/67 E & D Special Counsel Carry -Over 6 Bridge School 7 Bowman School 99 6 8 64 Conservation General Fund 16 Sewer Mains 21 Conservation Fund - Soil Survey 21 Chap. 90 Hgwy. Construction 31 Reimbursing Subdividers 35 Town General By -Laws 43 Estabrook School Recreation 1963 Articles 2 New Secondary School 2 Kiln Brook 15 Sewer Construction 27 Street Options 29 Reimbusing Subdividers 30 Water -Grove St. & Rte. 128 41 Civil Defense Alarm System 45 Land Acquisition - Meagherville 1962 Articles 29 Hartwell Ave. 37 -38 -39 Willard Woods, Summer St. 42 -43 -44 School Sites, Land Acq• 286.60 286.60 24,626.46 29,267.89 4,641.43 500,635.82 576,157.99 75,522.17 767.73 1,426.11 658.38 7,730.67 7,730.67 50.13 50.13 9,802.83 9,802.83 18,596.42 25,000.00 6,403.58 68.00 68.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 8,535.10 1,350.00 3,358.00 318.31 41,331.64 19,611.58 11,076.48 30,000.00 30,000.00 1,350.00 1,850.00 1,850.00 3,358.00 318.31 92.50 92.50 10,000.00 10,000.00 6,000.00 10,850.00 47,778.92 6,000.00 10,850.00 6,447.28 50.13 1,850.00 To 1968 4,641.43 75,522.17 658.38 7,730.67 6,403.58 1,000.00 11,076.48 30,000.00 92.50 10,000.00 6,000.00 10,850.00 6,447.28 1961 Articles 3 Dump Site Acquisition 350.00 5,952.44 5,602.44 5,602.44 1960 Articles 6 Water Construction 24" Main 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 50 Estabrook Elementary School 9,033.53 9,033.53 9,033.53 1958 Articles 4 Diamond Junior High School 15,228.96 15,228.96 15,228.96 1956 Articles 17 Junior High Sites 10,450.00 10,450.00 10,450.00 36 Library Addition 6,268.88 6,268.88 6,268.88 TOTALS 13,397,359.49 15,326,799.04 1,929,439.55 164,234.26 1,765,205.29 24 Date 12 -01 -47 12 -01 -47 6 -01 -48 8 -01 -51 8 -01 -50 5 -01 -53 1 -01 -54 8 -01 -54 10 -01 -55 12 -01 -55 9 -01 -56 11 -15 -57 8 -01 -57 8 -01 -58 8 -01 -58 7 -15 -60 4 -11 -63 2 -16 -65 1 -01 -66 9 -01 -56 9 -01 -56 8 -01 -57 8 -01 -58 8 -22 -66 7 -15 -60 12 -01 -61 6 -01 -65 6 -01 -48 3 -01 -50 8 -01 -51 8 -01 -52 8 -01 -54 7 -15 -60 12 -01 -55 12 -01 -55 7 -01 -56 8 -01 -59 5 -15 -59 2 -01 -64 5 -01 -65 8 -01 -67 6 -01 -47 8 -01 -54 12 -01 -61 7 -01 -56 8 -01 -57 School Elementary Land High School Land Fiske School High School Parker School High School Completion Fiske School Addition Hastings School Harrington School High School Addition Franklin Addition #1 Harrington & Hastings Addition Franklin Addition #2 Muzzey Alterations Diamond Jr. High Estabrook School Secondary School Bridge School Bowman School Town Debt and Interest Rate of Amount of Interest Original Issue 1.5 1.5 % 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% 2.2 % 2,1 % 1.8 % 2.3 % 2.4 % 3.0 % 3.6 % 3.4 % 2.9 % 2,9 % 3.6 % 3.0 % 3.0 % 3.5 % Total School General Purposes Library 3.0 Town Office 3.0 % Street - Sewer - Library 3.4 Street and Sewer 2.9 % Public Works Building 4.2 Total Gen. Pur. Street Construction 3.6 Worthen Road 2.8 Massachusetts Avenue 2.9 % Total Street Sewer Trunk Construction Trunk Construction Trunk Construction Sunnyfield Trunk Construction Trunk Construction Trunk Sewer Trunk Construction Various Sewers Sundry Sewers Shade Street Weston Woodhaven Trunk Construction Trunk Construction Total Sewer Water 16" Mains 6" - 16" Mains 24" Mains 6" - 16" Mains 6" - 16" Mains Total Water Grand Total 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% 2.0 % 1.8 % 3.6 % 2.4 % 2.4 % 2.3 % 3.9 % 3.4 % 3.1 % 2.4 % 3.8 % 1.5 % 1.8 % 2.8 2.3 % 3.4 % 22,000.00 25,000.00 500,000.00 1,740,000.00 100,000.00 160,000.00 310,000.00 700,000.00 700,000.00 775,000.00 470,000.00 180,000.00 60,000.00 330,000.00 2,050,000,00 1,045,000.00 3,200,000.00 1,345,000.00 1,510,000.00 15,222,000.00 295,000.00 215,000.00 490,000.00 22 5,000.00 328,000.00 1,553,000.00 12 0,000.00 310,000.00 200,000.00 730,000.00 275,000.00 190,000.00 95,000.00 175,000.00 100,000.00 330,000.00 400,000.00 70,000.00 45,000.00 100,000.00 210,000.00 500,000.00 165,000.00 750,000.00 3,405,300.00 100,000.00 100,000.00 420,000.00 110,000.00 260,000.00 990,000.00 21,900,000.00 25 Principal Paid in 1967 1,000.00 1,000.00 25,000.00 85,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 15,000,00 35,000.00 35,000.00 39,000.00 25,000.00 10,000.00 3,000.00 30,000.00 105,000.00 55,000.00 160,000.00 70,000.00 80,000.00 784,000.00 15,000.00 10,000.00 27,000.00 20,000.00 35,000.00 107,000.00 10,000.00 30,000.00 20,000.00 60,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 25,000.00 55,000.00 Balance 12/31/67 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 340,000.00 15,000.00 30,000.00 105,000.00 245,000.00 280,000.00 307,000.00 195,000.00 80,000.00 30,000.00 30,900.00 1,105,000.00 660,000.00 2,560,000.00 1,205,000.00 1,430,000.00 8,642,000.00 130,000.00 90,000.00 200,000.00 20,000.00 293,000.00 733,000.00 30,000.00 120,000.00 160,000.00 310,000.00 85,000.00 65,000.00 15,000.00 75,000.00 35,000.00 195,000.00 160,000.00 24,000.00 12,000.00 60,000.00 120,000.00 425,000.00 55,000.00 750,000.00 Interest Paid in 1967 15.00 15.00 6 56.2 5 7,437.50 350.00 715.00 2,362.50 5,040.00 7,245.00 8,304.00 6,600.00 3,240.00 1,122.00 1,740.00 35,090.00 25,740.00 79,200.00 37,200.00 51,450.00 273,522.25 4,350.00 3,000.00 7,718.00 1,160.00 13,650.00 29,878.00 1,440.00 4,200.00 4,930.00 10,570.00 1,575.00 1,181.25 350.00 1,600.00 720.00 7,560.00 4,320.00 648.00 345.00 2,535.00 4,2 50.00 13,562.50 2,640.00 166,000.00 2,076,000.00 41,286.00 4,000.00 5,000.00 40,000.00 7,000.00 15,000.00 71,000.00 1,188,000.00 20,000.00 10,000.00 160,000.00 28,000.00 95,000.00 313,000.00 12,074,000.00 330.00 270.00 5,600.00 805.00 3,740.00 10,745.00 366,002.00 Trustees of Public Trusts 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." $ 500.00 Corpus Principal -- Deposit Cambridge Savings Bank Accumulated Income-- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 $ 112.54 Income Receipts 30.44 Balance 12 -31 -67 142.98 $ 500.00 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 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 2,000.00 Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 2,594.54 Income Receipts 209.65 Balance 12 -31 -67 2,804.19 HALLIE C. BLAKE PRIZE FUND It is believed that, "the income is to be expended annually in two cash prizes to the 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." 2,000.00 Corpus 16 Shares Amer. Tel & Tel Principal - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Less - Disbursements Balance 12 -31 -67 135.44 79.45 100.00 114.89 1,026.15 92.19 1,118.34 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 X3,000 Interstate Power Co. 5% First Iiortgage Bonds due 5 -1 -87 Principal - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington SavinP:s Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Disbursements for Town Balance 12 -31 -67 852.54 193.63 202.00 8L4.17 26 2,865.00 93.00 2,958.00 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS 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 day of April, 1775." Corpus $5,000 U.S. Treasury Bonds 3j due 6 -15 -83 5,000.00 :ccumulated Income Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 2,101.55 Income Receipts 286.84 Balance 12 -31 -67 2,388.39 Cemetary Trust Funds -- Munroe Corpus Principal- Lexington Savings Bank (Various Deposits) Principal - Warren Institution for Savings (Various Deposits) Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 11,392.34 Income Receipts 2,053.68 Balance 12 -31 -67 13,446.02 33,610.00 9,000.00 Colonial Cemetery Corpus Principal- Lexington Savings Bank (Various Deposits) Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -67 355.51 75.52 431.03 1,400.00 5,000.00 42,610.00 1,400.00 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 of footpaths 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 10 Paid -Up Shares Lexington Federal Savings and Loan Association $1,000 Interstate Power Co. 5% 1st Mortgage due 5 -1 -87 $2,000 Virginia Electric and Power Co. 42% 1st Mortgage Bonds due 12 -1 -87 Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 1,174.88 Income Receipts 262.57 Balance 12 -31 -67 1,437.45 27 2,000.00 990.00 2,000.00 21.25 5,011.25 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS Erma I. Fiske Flower Fund For the preservation and care of a specific cemetary lot. Corpus Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receirts Less - Disbursements Balance 12 -31 -67 142.11 20.12 3.00 159.23 300.00 300.00 Charles E. French Colonial Cemetery Fund The "annual income, thereof to be devoted to the care of the o1rlAr part of the cemetary in which repose the remains of Rev. John Hancock and wife. The vault enclosing their remains to receive due care." Corpus $2,000 Chicago Great Western Railway 40 1988 Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -67 847.19 138.04 985.23 1,565.00 396.65 1,961.65 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 $2,000 Baltimore and Ohio Equipment Trust Series GG 3 5/8% due 1 -1 -71 $1,000 Chicago Great Western Railway 4% 1988 Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Disbursed for awards Balance 12 -31 -67 1,747.28 193.70 37.68 1,903.30 28 1,735.78 782.50 .98 2,519.26 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS Jonas Gemmel 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 pro- mote their health and comfort." Corpus Principal—Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Less - Disbursements Balance 12 -31 -67 272.85 34.14 24.50 282.49 500.00 George I. Gilmore Fund 500.00 "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 opin- ion of the Selectmen the principal of said Fund may be applied, then the principal of said fund may be so applied upon vote of the Town Meeting authorizing same." Corpus 40 Shares Boston Edison 25 Shares Standard Oil of N.J. $5,000 Georgia Power Co. First Mortgage 4 3/8% $1,000 Chesapeake and Ohio 4i% 1992 Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income--Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -67 5,471.29 687.91 6,159.20 1,636.15 1,857.72 4,312.50 880.00 200.28 Harriet R. Gilmore Trust for the Benefit of The income is to be expended under the direction of of Public Welfare "for the benefit of poor people in sa whether the same shall be inmates of the Alms House in ft otherwise. Corpus Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -67 833.58 60.84 894.42 29 500.00 8,886.65 the Poor the Board id Lexington, said Town or 500.00 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS Hayes Fountain Trust Fund The "income is to be used for the perpetual care of the fountain and grounds immediately around it." Corpus Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -67 666.16 69.75 735.91 Herbert Hilton Fund 862.72 ror the preservation and care of a specific cemetery lot. Corpus Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Less - Disbursements Balance 12 -31 -67 948.78 251.29 79.00 1,121.07 4,577.47 Everett Iii. Mulliken Fund 862.72 4,577.47 The "income- -shall be used under the supervision of the proper Town Authorities, for the care of Hastings Park in said Lexington." Corpus $5,000 Central Maine Power Co. 1st Mortgage 4 7/80 Bonds due 5-1-87 Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 2,570.21 Income Receipts 365.62 Balance 12 -31 -67 2,935.83 4,812.50 82.50 Henry S. Raymond Fund For the preservation and care of specific cemetery lots. Corpus Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Less - Disbursements Balance 12 -31 -67 432.02 87.80 13.00 506.82 1,500.00 4,895.00 1,500.00 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 Principal -- Deposit Providence Institution for Savings 30 500.00 500.00 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS 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 Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1-67 Income Receipts Less - Disbursement Balance 12 -31 -67 336.35 35.11 270.00 101.46 500.00 500.00 F. Foster Sherburne and Tenny 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 es- tablished 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 $4,000 Chica o Great Western Railway 40 1988 $2,000 Interstate Power Co. 1st Mortgage 5 1/8% 5 -1 -89 $10,000 Niagara Mohawk Power 4 3/4% 1990 $5,000 No. Pacific Railway 4% 1997 $5,000 Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company 4a% Bonds due 3 -1-87 Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Less - Disbursements, Scholarships Balance 12 -31 -67 1,082.52 1,215.14 1,200.00 1,097.66 31 3,150.00 1,970.00 9,900.00 4,362,50 4,926.51 393.56 24,702.57 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS George 0. 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. - -lst Mortgage 2 3/4o 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 -67 605.00 Income Receipts 110.00 Balance 12 -31-67 715.00 Ellen A. Stone Fund The interest, as it accrues, is to be paid "to the School Committee who are to employ it in aiding needing and deserving young women of Lexington in getting a good school education." Corpus 2,006.25 $2,000 Virginia Electric and Power Company 44%o 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 -67 284.35 Income Receipts 97.41 Less - Disbursements Scholarship 280.00 Balance 12 -31 -67 101.76 George W. Taylor Flag Fund The "income to be used for the care, preservation and replace- ment 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 $2,000 Virginia Electric and Power Company 42 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 -67 378.66 Income Receipts 102.38 Less - Disbursements 484.75 Balance 12 -31 -67 - 3.71 32 2,006.25 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS 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 $2,000 Virginia Electric and Power Company 4i% 1st Mortgage Bonds due 12 -1 -87 Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -67 918.76 132.19 1,050.95 2,000.00 6.25 2,006.25 Albert Ball Tenney Memorial Fund The income is "to be used to provide nightly illumination of the (Lexington Minute Man) Statue." Corpus $4,000 Hocking Valley 4 Bonds due 1999 3,870.74 Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 661.06 Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 1,149.08 Income Receipts 264. 27 Balance 12 -31 -67 1,413.35 4,531.80 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 Less -Loss on Sale 4M U.S. Treas. Bonds $2,000 New England Power Company 4% 1st Mortgage Bonds $2,000 Western Mass. Electric Co. 4 3/8.; 1st Mortgage Series C $10,000 South Pacific Co. 1st Mortgage 2 3/40 Bonds Series F due 1 -1 -96 Principal -- Deposit Warren Institution for Savings Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Receipts Disbursements Balance 12 -31 -67 Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 2,038.71 Income Receipts 557.97 Less - Disbursements 33.23 Balance 12 -31 -67 2,563.45 33 9,863.44 880.00 1,510.00 1,590.00 5,750.00 113.44 3,120.00 3,100.00 20.00 6,983.44 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS Westview Cemetary -- Perpetual Care Corpus Balance L41,652.01 Proceeds on Bond Registration Adjustment - 108.69 Town of Lexington 12,200.00 Gain on Sale 1,377.03 $28,000 Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company 42 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 $15,000 Missouri Pacific Equip- ment Trust Certificates 5 1/8% Series M due 10 -15 -69 14,913.10 $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 Bond Series A due 1 -1 -88 9,241.05 $4,000 Hocking Valley 41% Bonds due 1999 3,870.74 $2 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% 1990 6,751.25 $1,000 Idaho Power Company 42i Bonds due 1 -1 -87 972.50 $3,000 Central Maine Power 3 5/8% Bonds due 3-1-83 2,550.00 210 Shares First National Bank of Boston 13,055.00 125 Shares Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. 10,547.22 295 Shares State Street Bank and Trust Co. 11,070.00 255 Shares Shawmut Assoc. Inc. 12,236.13 $15,000 Northwes'-rn Bell Telephone Co. 4 3/8% Debentures due 3 -1 -2003 11,006.25 $5,000 General Telephono Co. of Calif. 42i 1st Mortgage due 9 -1 -86 3,993.75 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 229.19 Receipts 31,356.25 Disbursements 27,236.13 Balance 12 -31 -67 4,349.31 Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1-67 9,931.83 Income Receipts 6,141.09 Less - Disbursement to Town 5,000.00 Balance 12 -31 -67 11,072.92 34 155,120.35 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS 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 Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -67 2,553.82 2,442.37 111.45 2,553.82 Louise E. Wilkins Flower Fund Corpus Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 Income Receipts Less - Disbursement Balance 12 -31 -67 77.60 76.19 3.41 2.00 77.60 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS George P. Morey, Chairman William R. McEwen Gaynor Rutherford 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 discretion of the Selectmen... among the deserving poor of said Town of Lexington without distinc- tion of sex or religion." Corpus $14,930.73 $1,000 Virginia Electric and Pwer Company 42 let 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° 204.7 6,162.50 82 Shares First National Bank of Boston 4,995.81 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 472.42 Accumulated Income -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -67 $9,251.46 Income Receipts 1,214.39 Less - Disbursements 3,580.59 Balance 12 -31 -67 6,885.26 Trustees Bridge Charitable Fund George P. Morey, Chairman William R. McEwen Gaynor Rutherford 35 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS Elizabeth Bridge Gerry Fund To be held and used for the same purposes as the Bridge Charitable Fund. Corpus $1,000 Virginia Electric and Power Company 4ai lst Mortgage Bonds due 12 -1 -87 Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Principal -- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank $2,254.65 $1,000.00 75465 500.00 Trustees of Elizabeth Bridge Gerry Fund George P. Morey, Chairman William R. McEwen Gaynor Rutherford 36 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS 1967 Recapitulation Town Total appropriations as certified by town clerk to be raised by taxation, Chapter 41, Section 15A . . . $12,024,513.57 Total appropriations voted to be taken from avail- able funds ... 738,849.82 Deficits due to abatements of prior years Offsets to Cherry sheet Estimated Receipts Tax and Assessments State State parks and reservations State audit of municipal accounts State examination of retirement system Met. planning council Mass. Bay Transportation Authority Elderly retiree program Motor vehicle excise tax bills M.D.C. charges for water -sewer connection County County tax County hospital assessment Overlay of current year 1967 Estimates 29,719.82 8,935.21 1,557.08 1,370.77 46,542.73 2,110.39 2,725.65 303,477.67 $396,439.32 Tax and Assessments $264,101.30 5,082.76 $269,184.06 1966 Underestimates $4,453.03 1,438.93 $12,763,363.39 1,021.00 92,563.61 $5,891.96 $ 402,331.28 $47,640.04 $47,640.04 316,824.10 172,649.00 Gross amount to be raised $13,748,752.38 Estimated Receipts and Available Funds Total estimated distribution and reimbursement from local aid fund $ 2,414,422.31 Motor vehicle and trailer excise 722,016.07 Licenses 21,984.25 Fines 3,343.00 Special Assessments 143,536.96 General government 7,223.78 Protection of persons and property 1,682.00 Health and sanitation 17,078.23 School (local receipts of school committee) 26,798.05 Recreation 1,161.00 Public service enterprises (such as water department) 424,195.85 Cemeteries (other than trust funds and sale of lots) 6,299.50 Interest on taxes and assessments 112,768.81 Farm animal excise 44.38 In lieu of taxes Cambridge and Arlington 1,154.91 Unclassified 40, 590.90 Total estimated receipts $ 3,944,300.00 Overestimates (from Cherry Sheet) $ 10,960.91 37 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS Amounts voted to be taken from available funds. $144,953.39 421,846.00 94,500.00 17,550.43 7,000.00 53,000.00 $738,849.82 Date of Vote 6/20/66 3/20/67 3/27/67 3/31/67 4/03/67 6/12/67 Excess and deficiency and other Other accounts Excess and deficiency and other Chapter 679 Acts of 1965 Article 81 of 1966 town meeting Excess and deficiency account Total available funds Total estimated receipts and available funds Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation on Property Personal property valuation $ 9,334,550 Real estate valuation 183,317,400 Total $192,651,950 Tax Rate $47.00 738,849.82 $ 749,810.73 $ 438,723.85 8,615,917.80 $4,694,110.73 $9,054,641.65 Total taxes levied on property $9,054,641.65 Items Not Entering into the Determination of the Tax Rate Betterments and Special Assessments Added to Taxes Apportioned sewer assessments Apportioned sidewalk assessments Apportioned street assessments Apportioned water assessments Water liens added to taxes Commited Amount Interest $47,879.91 $19,305.20 1,934.25 634.60 23,756.19 9,742.61 728.50 284.11 19,519.56 $ 67,185.11 2,568.85 33,498.80 1,012.61 19,519.56 $ 123,784.93 Total Amount of 1967 Taxes on Property and of Assessments and Liens Added to Taxes as Committed to Tax Collector $9,054,641.65 TABLE OF AGGREGATES Number of Parcels Assessed Total Bills on personal estate 270 Bills on real estate 9552 Bills on farm animal excise 5 Value of Assessed Personal Estate Stock in trade $ 129,350 Machinery 269,550 Live stock 4,750 All other tangible personal property 8,930,900 Total Valuation of Assessed Personal Estate Value of Assessed Real Estate Land exclusive of buildings $ 44,585,600 Buildings exclusive of land 138,731,800 $ 9,334,550 Total Valuation of Assessed Real Estate $183,317,400 Total Valuation of Assessed Estate $192,651,950.00 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS Taxes for State, County, and City or Town Purposes, Including Overlay On personal estate $ 438,723.85 On real estate 8,615,917.80 Total Taxes Assessed $9,054,641.65 Number of Livestock Assessed General Farm Animals Horses 42 Cows 3 16 Fowl 110 6700 All other 4 1 Number of Acres of Land Assessed 7629 Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed 7921 Property Exempt from Taxation Value of Real Estate Value of Tangible Personal Estate $47,736,060 1,911,400 Total Value of Exempt Property $49,027,160.00 Recapitulation of Commitments Fiscal Year of 1967 on Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Date of Number of Commission's Commitment Commitment Vehicles Value Excise 13 1/31/67 1386 $ 1,752,390 $ 39,334.00 14 2/14/67 345 398,730 7,570.00 15 2/28/67 750.00 16 4/21/67 249 419,225 6,774.10 17 6/08/67 2 650 20.63 1 3/14/67 3612 2,671,670 176,330.22 2 4/05/67 2675 2,235,600 147,549.60 3 5/01/67 2826 2,116,470 139,687.02 4 5/24/67 3711 2,653,820 175,152.12 5 6/21/67 1627 1,770,585 104,107.36 6 8/14/67 1097 1,105,895 54,292.20 7 9/25/67 1021 1,257,245 56,740.60 8 10//0/67 462 562,365 23,129.16 9 11/20/67 672 788,535 25,133.42 19685 $17,733,180 $956,570.43 Willard P. Grush, Chairman William L. Potter F. William Smith 39 Annual Town Election, March 6, 1967 The following places were designated as the voting places for the various precincts: Precinct One, Harrington School; Precinct Two, Adams School; Precinct Three, Cary Memorial Hall; Precinct Four, High School; Precinct Five, Central Fire Station; Precinct Six, Maria Hastings School. The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven o'clock A.M. and remained open until eight o'clock P.M. Registered Voters by Precincts Votes Cast by Precincts Precinct One 2,698 Precinct One 730 Precinct Two 2,348 Precinct Two 778 Precinct Three 2,173 Precinct Three 844 Precinct Four 2,148 Precinct Four 944 Precinct Five 2,658 Precinct Five 983 Precinct Six 2,394 Precinct Six 702 Total 14,419 Total 4,981 Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 Totals SELECTMAN Arthur E. Bryson, Jr. 261 321 310 455 393 276 2,016 Franklyn J. Crosby 19 33 25 55 24 23 179 Allan F. Kenney 367 389 465 397 528 357 2,503 Gerard S. Marsan 46 18 21 18 7 24 134 Blanks 37 17 23 19 31 22 149 Totals 730 778 844 944 983 702 4,981 Allan F. Kenney was elected Selectman for three years. Mary R. McDonough Blanks Totals 600 130 652 126 TOWN CLERK 737 107 801 143 818 165 608 4,216 94 765 730 778 844 944 983 702 4,981 Mary R. McDonough was elected Town Clerk for one year. TOWN TREASURER Mary R. McDonough 575 635 724 764 791 596 4,085 Blanks 155 143 120 180 192 106 896 Totals 730 778 844 944 983 702 4,981 Mary R. McDonough was elected Town Treasurer for one year. SCHOOL COMMITTEE for three years Austin W. Fisher, Jr. 375 435 456 534 526 355 2,681 Logan Clarke, Jr. 436 474 548 665 633 451 3,207 Albert S. Richardson, Jr. 307 314 397 380 470 341 2,209 Blanks 342 333 287 309 337 257 1,865 Totals 1,460 1,556 1,688 1,888 1,966 1,404 9,962 Austin W. Fisher, Jr. and Logan Clarke, Jr. were elected to the School Committee for three years. 40 ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 Totals SCHOOL COMMITTEE for one year Nancy D. Hudson 375 340 343 437 387 260 2,142 Vernon C. Page 302 406 467 452 545 415 2,587 Blanks 53 32 34 55 51 27 252 Totals 730 778 844 944 983 Vernon C. Page was elected to the School Committee for one year. PLANNING BOARD 702 4,981 Franklyn J. Crosby 177 139 138 179 294 123 1,050 Chipman P. Ela 102 103 89 97 108 79 578 Erik Lund 298 398 463 537 477 408 2,581 Blanks 153 138 154 131 104 92 772 Totals 730 778 844 944 983 702 4,981 Robert B. Kent Blanks Erik Lund was elected to the Planning Board for five years. MODERATOR 533 593 693 753 783 197 185 151 191 200 566 3,921 136 1,060 Totals 730 778 844 944 983 702 4,981 Ethel U. Rich Blanks Totals Robert B. Kent was elected Moderator for one year. COLLECTOR OF TAXES 592 639 726 799 813 607 4,176 138 139 118 145 170 95 805 730 778 844 944 983 702 4,981 Ethel U. Rich was elected Collector of Taxes for one year. CEMETERY COMMISSIONER James L. Grant 533 581 692 731 776 564 3,877 Blanks 197 197 152 213 207 138 1,104 Totals 730 778 844 944 983 702 4,981 James L. Grant was elected Cemetery Commissioner for three years. CONSTABLE John J. Shine, Jr 517 559 658 688 718 540 3,680 Guy D. Busa 489 544 610 675 702 516 3,536 Blanks 454 453 420 525 546 348 2,746 Totals 1,460 1,556 1,688 1,888 1,966 1,404 9,962 John J. Shine, Jr., and Guy D. Busa were elected Constables for three years. 41 ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 1 2 3 4 Daniel F. Coughlin Edward H. Fitzgerald, Jr. William A. Melbye, Jr. Joseph O. Rooney Blanks Totals 59 149 108 292 122 730 LEXINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY 69 99 118 310 182 86 111 137 399 111 778 844 94 107 175 412 156 944 Precinct 5 84 165 154 444 136 983 Joseph O. Rooney was elected to the Housing Authority for five years. *Tracy W. Ames *Arthur E. Burrell *Daniel P. Busa *Austin W. Fisher, Jr. *William Hammer *Nancy D. Hudson *Elected for three years. TOWN MEETING ELECTION - PRECINCT ONE 346 *Philip Marshall 408 Allen Mottur 448 *Sumner E. Perlman 451 *Haskell W. Reed 315 *David F. Toomey 470 *Helen R. Butters 340 285 328 412 380 334 Precinct 6 Totals 55 447 104 735 126 818 327 2,194 90 797 702 4,981 John J. Campobasso, Jr. 225 Vincent A. McCrossen 237 Robert S. Wilson 314 Blanks 2,737 TOWN MEETING ELECTION - PRECINCT TWO *J. Harper Blaisdell, Jr. Walter A. Coyle, Jr. *Frank E. Couglas *Donald L. MacGillivray *Rufus L. McQuillan ** *Alvin L. Schmertzler *Thomas G. Taylor 369 *Frank H. Totman, Jr. 290 *Jason H. Woodward 367 Elsie A. Dorain 359 Chipman P. Ela 333 Bessie R. Ezekiel 318 *Rosmary Fitzgerald 335 * *William C. Hays 395 362 282 185 262 329 319 Melvin G. Holland *James E. Storer *Alice F. Tryon *Alan B. Wilson ** *Milton L. Gould Blanks *Elected for three years. * *Elected for two years. *Elected for one year. TOWN MEETING ELECTION - PRECINCT THREE *Alan G. Adams *Robert A. Bittenbender *John J. Garrity *Donald R. Grant * *Frederic R. Hartstone *Shirley H. Stolz *J.S. Nason Whitney *Elected for three years. *Edward R. Bellone Carl Blake Apollo C. Bougas Robert M. Briber *Arthur E. Bryson, Jr. Richard P. Cromwell William J.Dailey, Jr. *Jacqueline B. Davison *Robert G. Hargrove 532 *Stillman P. Williams 487 *Charles A. Winchester 408 *W. Scott Cooledge, III 450 Vern Countryman 365 *Joseph M. Cronin 461 Herbert W. Eisenberg 466 George V. Kotelly 441 442 419 2 57 435 318 256 227 352 343 434 318 3,935 Joyce A. Miller 312 *Albert S. Richardson, Jr. 433 ** *Frank T. Samuel, Jr. 362 * *Charles H. Spaulding 385 Blanks 4,587 * *Elected for two years. ** *Elected for one TOWN MEETING ELECTION year. - PRECINCT FOUR 371 *Edward T. Martin 480 *Joseph O. Rooney 141 Charles E. Scribner 191 *Richard W. Souza 631 *Alfred P. Tropeano 272 *William R. Whalon 281 Harry G. Berglund 435 Frederick J. Conroy 359 William T. Donahue *Elected for three years. ** *Elected for one year. 42 491 412 302 368 356 384 214 210 143 Richard J. Foley Robert M. Gary Kenneth M. Knobel ** *Harriet V. Relman George E. Rowe *Frank L. Stevens, Jr. Joseph A. Trani Blanks 144 2 57 196 355 280 365 324 3,366 BOARD OF REGISTRATION TOWN MEETING ELECTION - PRECINCT FIVE *Gabriel Baker *Edwin A. Bennett *Robert E. Bond *Howard L. Levingston *Eleanor Bradford Litchfield *George P. Morey 608 *Stephen T. Russian 508 *Temple E. Scanlon 558 *Phyllis E. Thomas 451 *Frederick E. Tucker 558 *Sumner P. Wolsky 459 ** *Stanley A. Brown *Elected for three years. ** *Elected for one year. *Earl F. Baldwin, Jr. *Margery M. Battin *Richard H. Battin *John F. Cogan, Jr. *George E. Cooper *Robert H. Farwell *Elected for three years. TOWN MEETING ELECTION - 576 H. Gordon Buchanan 551 Martin L. Hagerty 472 ** *William A. Melbye, 455 Camille B. Skov 410 Irvin G. Stiglitz 380 Blanks PRECINCT SD( 390 *John F. Manley 400 *George R. Medeiros 419 *Daniel E. Power 397 *Donald J. Shaw 382 * ** *Mary T. Cogan 429 * *Joseph J. Downey 368 364 442 405 314 339 306 344 Jr. 359 301 289 5,214 ** *Garry J. Margolius 337 *James M. McLaughlin 366 * ** *Stanley E. Toye 314 Blanks 4,162 * *Elected for two years. ** *Elected for one year. * ** *Tie for one year. Board of Registration The Town Clerk's Office was open daily throughout the year plus nine evening and Saturday dates for registration of new voters. Total number of voters as ofJanuary 1, 1967 Voters taken off as of February 14, 1967 New voters registered as of February 14, 1967 Total number of voters as of February 14, 1967 New voters registered as of May 18, 1967 Voters taken off as of May 18, 1967 Total number of voters as of May 18, 1967 New voters registered as of December 31, 1967 Voters taken off as of December 31, 1967 Total number of voters as of December 31, 1967 Total voters taken off in 1967 Total new voters for 1967 43 14,883 - 947 + 483 14,419 + 49 - 40 14,428 + 161 - 82 14,507 1,069 693 Mary R. McDonough, Clerk Report of Town Clerk Following is the report of the Town Clerk for the year 1967, including all licenses issued and fees collected, fees collected being turned over to the town: Dog Licenses Male Dog Licenses Issued 1,048 @ $ 2.00 $2,096.00 Female Dog Licenses Issued 243 @ 5.00 1,215.00 Spayed Female Dog Licenses Issued 952 @ 2.00 1,904.00 Spayed Female Dog License Issued (Seeing Eye Dog) 1 @ No charge -- Kennel Licenses Issued 5 @ 10.00 50.00 Kennel Licenses Issued 1 @ 25.00 25.00 Kennel Licenses Issued 1 @ 50.00 50.00 Transfer Licenses Issued 1 @ .25 .25 Total Total Number of Dog Licenses Issued Tot al Fees Turned Over to Town Resident Citizen Fishing Issued Citizen Hunting Issued Citizen Sporting Issued Citizen Minor Fishing Issued Citizen Female Fishing Issued Citizen Trapping Issued Alien Fishing Issued Archery Deer Stamps Issued Duplicate Licenses Issued Citizen Sporting Issued Citizen Fishing - Old Age Asst. Issued Non Resident Citizen Fishing Issued Special Fishing Issued Citizen Hunting Issued Total Number of Licenses Issued Total Fees Turned Over to Town 2, 252 $562.75 Sporting Licenses $5,340.25 428 @ 5.25 2,247.00 196 @ 5.25 1,029.00 123 @ 8.25 1,014.75 71 @ 3.25 230.75 56 @ 4.25 238.00 4 @ 8.75 35.00 1 @ 9.75 9.75 6 @ 1.10 6.60 2 @ .50 1.00 30 @ Free 1 @ Free 1 @ 9.75 9.75 1 @ 5.25 5.25 1 @ 16.25 16.25 921 $221.10 $4,843.10 Other Licenses, Financing Statements, Terminations, Etc. Marriage Licenses Issued 232 @ 2.00 464.00 Marriage Licenses Issued 56 @ 4.00 224.00 Financing Statements Recorded 1,677.25 Terminations Recorded 51.00 Certified Certificates 1,333.00 Miscellaneous 137.00 Pole Locations 174.00 Gasoline Permits 23 @ .50 11.50 Summary Dog Licenses Issued 5,340.25 Sporting Licenses Issued 4,843.10 Marriage Licenses Issued 688.00 Financing Statements Recorded 1,677.25 Terminations Recorded 51.00 Certified Certificates 1,333.00 Miscellaneous 137.00 Pole Locations 174.00 Gasoline Permits 11.50 Total Receipts for 1967 $14,255.10 44 MARRIAGES BY MONTHS -- -1967 Groom's Bride's Groom's Bride's Groom's Bride's Groom's Bride's Months Totals First First Second Second Third Third Fourth Fourth January 12 9 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 February 10 8 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 March 11 10 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 April 24 20 19 4 5 0 0 0 0 May 24 19 22 4 1 1 1 0 0 June 52 49 49 3 3 0 0 0 0 July 29 25 24 4 5 0 0 0 0 August 34 28 31 6 3 0 0 0 0 September 38 35 36 3 2 0 0 0 0 October 23 18 19 5 4 0 0 0 0 November 26 22 22 3 4 1 0 0 0 December 19 15 18 4 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 302 258 268 42 31 2 2 0 1 Number of Marriages Recorded 302 Residents 326 Non - Residents 278 Solemnized in Lexington 155 Solemnized in Other Places 147 Age of Oldest Groom 85 Age of Oldest Bride 74 Age of Youngest Groom 18 Age of Youngest Bride 16 1967 Deaths Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total Male 20 23 18 18 20 16 18 18 20 21 20 12 224 Female 24 20 24 24 16 17 22 15 19 24 13 11 229 Residents Died in Lexington Male 0 7 3 2 5 2 2 3 4 3 1 0 32 Female 6 4 4 4 1 2 3 2 6 5 2 6 45 Non - Residents Died in Lexington Male 9 9 9 10 7 6 10 5 11 10 14 11 111 Female 11 9 14 14 12 10 16 10 8 14 10 4 132 Residents Died out of Lexington Male 11 7 6 6 8 8 6 10 5 8 5 1 81 Female 7 7 6 6 3 5 3 3 5 5 1 1 52 Children Under One Year Male 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Female 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Between One and Ten Male 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Female 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Between Ten and Thirty Male 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 9 Female 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Between Thirty and Sixty Male 4 1 2 3 1 4 2 4 5 1 5 2 34 Female 1 2 3 4 3 1 6 1 5 1 2 1 30 Between Sixty and Ninety Male 16 20 14 12 17 12 13 12 12 15 13 9 165 Female 17 15 15 18 11 14 15 14 12 21 10 9 171 Over Ninety Male 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 Female 5 1 4 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 23 45 BIRTHS BY MONTHS 1967 (Still Births Excluded) In Lexington Out of Lexington Totals Months Totals Males Females Males Females Males Females January 22 0 0 12 10 12 10 February 32 0 0 17 15 17 15 March 33 0 0 17 16 17 16 April 30 1 0 11 18 12 18 May 37 0 0 21 16 21 16 June 36 0 0 15 21 15 21 July 27 0 0 18 9 18 9 August 34 0 0 11 23 11 23 September 25 0 0 11 14 11 14 October 12 0 0 7 5 7 5 November 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 December 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 288 1 0 140 147 141 147 46 Mary R. McDonough, Town Clerk Report of Town Treasurer Following is the report of the Town Treasurer for the year 1967: Cash on hand January 1, 1967 Receipts during year 1967 Expenditures 1967 per warrants Cash on hand January 1, 1968 (Included in the above receipts and expenditures is the amount of $6,543,805.53 for invested cash) $ 791,634.43 26,686,388.74 27,478,023.17 26,876,140.80 601,882.37 Report of Tax Title Account Number of Tax Titles on hand January 1, 1967 35 Number of New Tax Titles added during 1967 + 8 43 Number of Tax Titles Released during 1967 - 2 Number of Tax Titles Disclaimed during 1967 - 1 Number of Tax Titles on hand January 1, 1968 40 Total Amount 10,008.18 Summary of Town Treasurer's Cash Total Amount Invested during year 1967 6,350,000.00 Total Amount Interest earned on Investments during 1967 43,805.53 Newton Waltham Bank & Trust Company Lexington Trust Company Cash on Hand New England Merchants National Bank of Boston State Street Bank and Trust Company First National Bank of Boston Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company Depositors Trust Company 11,368.67 14,677.88 32 3,830.06 244,005.76 1,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 1,000.00 Balance December 31, 1967 $601,882.37 Stabilization Fund Home Savings Bank, Boston, Mass. Balance as of December 31, 1966 Interest added for 1967 Balance as of December 31, 1966 Lexington Federal Savings and Loan Association Balance as of December 31, 1966 Interest added for 1967 Balance as of December 31, 1967 47 19,704.47 1,145.59 21,745.43 2,377.60 113.77 $ 2,600.16 Paul G. Yewell Town Treasurer Town Meeting -March 20, 1967 Foreword: These reports on the 1967 regular and special town meetings have been condensed from the records of the town clerk. They are not intended as an official record to establish the legality of the proceedings nor to report upon the debate but as a succinct statement of the actions taken which formally bound the town. They include all main motions and all amendments that were proposed and passed. We have omitted the detail related to such parliamentary maneuverings as votes on the previous questions, motions to recess and to adjourn that were rejected, reports of individual tellers when voting results were doubted, motions that were ruled out of order, and rejected motions to lay on the table or to postpone indefinitely. Citizens interested in such information will find the detail readily available in the official minutes at the office of the town clerk. Meeting called to order by the Moderator, Robert B. Kent, at 8 :02 P.M. There were 196 town meeting members present. Invocation offered by Rev. Henry H. Clark. Article 2. The following committee chairmen separately presented reports for their respective committees and moved that these reports be accepted and placed on file. All these motions were voted unanimously: Frank T. Parrish, Jr. for the Appropriation Committee. Hugh M. Chapin for the Capital Expenditures Committee. Charles E. Parks for the Committee on Cary Lectures. Margery M. Battin for the Structure of Town Government Committee. Aiden L. Ripley for the Hunting Safety Committee. Article 3. That a committee of three be appointed by the moderator to have charge of the lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzanna E. Cary for the current year. Carried unanimously. Article 4. This article relates to the appropriations and transfers covering all operating town departments and committees which were voted at the town meeting of March 20, 1967. To avoid dupli- cation, these appropriations and transfers are omitted from the minutes of the meeting but are included in complete detail in the same schedule of this report which lists also the expenditures that were made from these appropriations, the balances unexpended at year end and the expenditures, transfers, and balances involving all other appropriation articles. (Article 4 was completed at 10 :35 P.M.) Article 5. VOTED: To establish the salary and compensation of the town treasurer, town clerk and town collector of taxes at the following annual rates: Town clerk Town treasurer Town collector of taxes $10,000.00 1,500.00 8,900.00 The increase over the rates established last year to become effective April 1, 1967, and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of $19,650.00. Carried unanimously. Article 6. VOTED: That the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial years beginning January 1, 1968 and January 1, 1969, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17. Carried unanimously. Article 7. POSTPONED: This article relating to excess and deficiency funds was postponed indefinitely. Article 8. POSTPONED: This article relating to unpaid bills was postponed indefinitely. Article 9. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $75,000.00 for the reserve fund. 48 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MARCH 20, 1967 Article 10. VOTED: That the board of selectmen be authorized to petition the director of accounts of the state for an audit. Carried unanimously. Article 11. VOTED: That the sum of $26,500.00 be raised and appropriated for pensions for retired members of the police department, and their dependents, and that the sum of $17,514.00 be raised and appropriated for pensions for retired members of the fire department, and their dependents, under Chapter 32 of the General Laws. Carried unanimously. Article 12. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized to appoint one of their members to the board of appeals in accordance with Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws. Carried unanimously. Article 13. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized to install water mains not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and to raise and appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of $82,400.00. Carried unanimously. James F. Flynn moved that the meeting be adjourned until Wednesday, March 22, 1967 at 8 :00 P.M. Carried 10:52 P.M. Adjourned Town Meeting -March 22, 1967 Article 14. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized to install sewer mains, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the selectmen may determine, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897 and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise ac- quire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and to appropriate for such in- stallation and land acquisition the sum of $275,360.00 of which $10,360.00 is to be raised in the current tax levy and the balance of $265,000.00 is to be provided by the issue of bonds or notes of the town; and the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be authorized to borrow the sum of $265,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as amended, within twenty years from their dates. Carried by voice vote. Article 15. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized to install a sewer main or mains in such locations as the selectmen may determine from an existing trunk sewer located about 1,500 feet north- west of Bedford Street to a new subdivision to be located off Volunteer Way near Rangeway, and to ap- propriate for such installation and-land acquisition the sum of $72,500.00 of which $2,500.00 is to be raised in the current tax levy and the balance of $70,000.00 is to be provided by the issue of bonds or notes. Carried unanimously. Article 16. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized to install a sewer main or mains in such locations as the selectmen may determine from an existing sewer main on the westerly side of Route 128 at the Boston and Maine Railroad track, thence to and along Hartwell Avenue, and to appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of $180,000.00 of which $5,000.00 is to be raised in the current tax levy and the balance of $175,000.00 is to be provided by the issue of bonds or notes of the town. Adopted by voice vote of 152 to 7. Article 17. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized to install trunk sewers in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and to appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of $250.000.00 of which $10,000.00 is to be raised in the current tax levy and the balance of $240,000.00 is to be provided by the issue of bonds or notes of the town; and the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be authorized to borrow the sum of $240,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the town there- for, to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as amended, with- in twenty years from their dates. Carried unanimously Article 18. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized to install drains in such accepted or un- accepted streets or other land as the selectmen may determine, includinTFFT.videning, deepening or 49 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 22, 1967 altering the course of brooks, streams and water courses and the construction of new channels in said other land, in accordance with Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of $18,400.00. Carried unanimously. Article 19. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized to construct concrete, bituminous con- crete or other sidewalks, at such locations as they shall determine, where the abutting owner pays one half of the cost, or otherwise; and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of $31,000.00. Carried unanimously. Article 20. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized to install curbing at such locations as they may determine, and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of $5,000.00. Carried unanimously. Article 21. VOTED: That the sum of $4,500.00 be raised and appropriated for Chapter 90 high- way maintenance. Carried unanimously. Article 22. VOTED: That the sum of $60,000.00 be raised and appropriated for reconstruction of Lowell Street between Woburn Street and Maple Street under Chapter 90 highway construction. Carried unanimously. Article 23. POSTPONED: by unanimous vote. Article 24. POSTPONED: next session of the town meeting. Article 25. VOTED: To enlarge the scope of the road machinery fund by crediting to said fund an amount based on hourly rental for the use of motorized equipment of the department of public works when used on various projects carried on under the direction of said department or other departments of the town, the amount of said charge not to exceed the amount allowed by the state for the use of simi- lar equipment. Carried unanimously. Article 26. POSTPONED: This motion relating to supplementary appropriations was indefinitely postponed. This motion relating to street construction was indefinitely postponed This motion, with accompanying amendments, was postponed to the Article 27. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized to install street lights in such unaccepted streets as they may determine prior to the final adjournment of the 1968 Annual Town Meeting. Carried unanimously. Article 28. POSTPONED: This article relating to removal of overhead wires on Meriam Street was indefinitely postponed. Article 29. VOTED: That the sum of $8,100.00 be raised and appropriated for the improvement of lowlands and swamps and the eradication of mosquitoes under Section 4A of Chapter 252 of the General Laws. Carried unanimously. Article 30. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized to obtain appraisals on and options for land or rights therein that they desire to recommend be acquired by the town as locations for future streets or for playground or recreational or school purposes and that the selectmen be authorized on behalf of the town to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, such lands or rights therein for such purposes as are or may be included in options obtained by the selectmen; and to raise and ap- propriate for such appraisals, options and land acquisitions the sum of $2,500.00, Carried unanimously. James F. Flynn moved that the meeting be adjourned to Monday, March 27, 1967 at 8:00 P.M. Carried by voice vote. 10 :52 P.M. 50 Adjourned Town Meeting -March 27, 1967 Meeting called to order by the Moderator, Robert B. Kent, at 8:02 P.M. There were 182 town meeting members present. Invocation offered by Rev. Richard W. Lund. Article 24. The Moderator read the motion and two amendments that were presented under this article at the Adjourned Town Meeting held March 22, 1967 and were postponed to the first order of business at this meeting: Motion as amended: To appropriate the sum of $82,500.00 for the purchase by or with the approval of the selectmen of equipment for the department of public works, and to provide for payment thereof by transfer from the excess and deficiency account. Passed by voice vote. Article 31. MOTION: That the planning board be authorized to obtain appraisals on and options for land or rights therein that it desires to recommend be acquired by the town as locations for future streets or for playground or recreational or other public purposes, and that the selectmen be authorized on be- half of the town to acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, such lands or rights therein for such purposes as are or may be included in options obtained by the planning board; and to raise and ap- propriate for such appraisals, options and land acquisition the sum of $1,000.00. Lost by vote 92 to 88. Article 32. POSTPONED: This motion relating to conservation was indefinitely postponed by unanimous vote. Article 33. VOTED: That the sum of $4,000.00 be appropriated for the development of Westview Cemetery and that said sum be provided by transfer from the Westview Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund, tarried unanimously. Article 34. POSTPONED: This article relating to subdivisions was indefinitely postponed by unanimous vote. Article 35. VOTED: That the sum of $5,650.00 be appropriated to be expended under the direc- tion of the board of health for providing cooperative complementary facilities to the out - patient clinic of the Mystic Valley Children's Clinic established in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 123 of the General Laws in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, and for providing payment for services rendered or to be rendered by such clinic. Carried unanimously. Article 36. MOTION: That the selectmen be authorized to enter into a contract for a study of traffic conditions in such locations as the selectmen may determine on Bedford Street, Hartwell Avenue and Wood Street; and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of $26,000.00. Lost by voice vote. Article 37. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized to retain engineering services to prepare plans for sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the selectmen may deter- mine; and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of $10,000.00. Carried unanimously. Article 38. VOTED: To appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 for the purchase by the selectmen of a new ambulance and that, in addition, the selectmen be authorized to turn in the present ambulance to ap- ply toward the purchase price, and that said sum of $8,000.00 be provided by a transfer from the excess and deficiency account. Carried by a vote of 93 to 82. Article 39. VOTED: To accept Section 95A of Chapter 32 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, as amended by Chapter 727 of the Acts of 1965, which is an act authorizing the selectmen in towns to act on behalf of towns with respect to certain annuities to the widow and children of any official or employee who was retired or pensioned under the provisions of any non - contributory retirement law or who was qualified for retirement under the provisions of such law but died before being retired, and who had no rights under any such law to elect that benefits thereunder be paid to a survivor. Carried unanimously. Article 40. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the payment of a pension to the widow of the late John W. Rycroft under Section 95A of Chapter 32 of the General Laws. Carried unanimously. Article 41. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,400.00 to pay the necessary expenses of a member of the police department while attending the National Police Academy conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Washington, D.C. Carried unanimously. Article 42. VOTED: To appropriate the sum of $6,922.75 received in 1967 as state aid to public libraries to be used by the trustees of Cary Memorial Library in improving and extending library ser- vices in Lexington. Carried. 51 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 27, 1967 Article 43: VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $7,000.00 for improvements and renovations at the East Lexington Branch Library. Carried unanimously. Articles 44 - 49: Presented by Levi G. Burnell, with each article voted on separately. All were approved by unanimous voice vote and provided for establishment of the following town ways and for the respective acceptance of their lay -outs as town ways: Article 44: Hadley Road from Eldred Street, a distance of 792 feet. Article 45: Longfellow Road from Hawthorne Road to Whittier Road. Article 46: Whittier Road from Longfellow Road a distance of 758 feet. Article 47: Tricorne Road from Marrett Road a distance of 557 feet. Article 48: Tyler Road from Winchester Drive a distance of 1215.49 feet. Article 49: Phinney Road from Fairbanks Road a distance of 750 feet. Article 49: VOTED: To raise and appropriate for land acquisition and for construction of the ways enumerated in Article 44 - 49 the sum of $500.00. Carried unanimously. Article 50 - 57. These articles involved acceptance and establishment of town ways with au- thority for the selectmen to acquire the necessary land: Article 50. Crescent Road from Watertown Street to Green Lane postponed indefinitely by voice vote. Article 51. Ewell Avenue from Eastern Avenue to Deering Avenue postponed indefinitely by voice vote. Article 52. Kendall Road from Marrett Road a distance of 320 feet. Carried by voice vote. Article 53. Lake Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Columbus Street. Carried by voice vote. Article 54. Payson Street, from Bridge Street to Grassland Street. Carried by voice vote. Article 55. Valleyfield Street from Bridge Street a distance of 1240 feet. Carried by voice vote. Article 56. Blossomcrest Road from Worthen Road to Meadow Brook Avenue. Lost by vote of 83 to 78. Article 57. This article relating to Emerson Road was indefinitely postponed by voice vote. Articles 52, 53, 54 and 55. VOTED: To raise and appropriate for land acquisition and for con- struction the sum of $70,250.00. Carried unanimously. James F. Flynn moved that the meeting be adjourned to Thursday, March 30, 1967, at 8:00 P.M. Carried unanimously. 10:57 P.M. 52 Adjourned Town Meeting -March 30, 1967 Meeting called to order by the Moderator, Robert B. Kent at 8:02 P.M. There were 176 town meeting members present. Invocation offered by Rev. Nathan W. Goff. Article 58. VOTED AGAINST: To establish as a town way and accept the lay -out of, as a town way, Laconia Street from Lowell Street a distance of 1150 feet. Article 59. VOTED: To accept the alteration and relocation of Blossomcrest Road from Allen Street a distance of 723 feet, the sum of $20,000.00 of which $2,449.57 is to be raised in the current tax levy and the balance provided by appropriation of $17,550.43 received from the state under Chapter 679 of the Acts of 1965. Article 60. VOTED: To establish as a town way and accept the lay -out of, as a town way, Philip Road from Follen Hill Estates to Minute Man Highlands, appropriate for the construction of said street and for land acquisition the sum of $30,000.00. Article 61. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized on behalf of the town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for library and other public purposes a parcel of land with the buildings thereon now known as and numbered 12 Clarke Street in Lexington, and abutting upon the Cary Memorial Library site; and to raise and appropriate for such acquisition the sum of $48,000.00. Carried 138 to 19. Article 62. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized on behalf of the town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground, recreation and other public purposes a parcel of land situated on the northeasterly side of Grove Street in Lexington shown as Lot 9 on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Massachusetts," dated April 18, 1952, drawn by Albert A. Miller and Wilbur C. Nylander, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 7898, Page 161; and to raise and appropriate for the acquisition of said land the sum of $800.00. Carried 155 to 3. Article 64. Robert Cataldo moved that this motion on Worthen Road be postponed indefinitely. Carried unanimously. Article 63. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized on behalf of the town to purchase, take by eminent domain, or otherwise acquire for street purposes, and other public purposes, a parcel of land situated on the northerly side of Marrett Road, shown on a plan entitled Plan of Land in Lexington, Massachusetts," dated January 24, 1967, John J. Carroll, Town Engineer; a copy of which plan is on file in the office of the town clerk; and to raise and appropriate for the acquisition of said land the sum of $10,000.00. Carried 116 to 46. Article 65. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized on behalf of the town to purchase, take by eminent domain, or otherwise acquire for playground recreation, nature preservation and other public purposes, a parcel of land containing 19,988 square feet, more or less, and shown as Lot A on the sub- division plan of Peacock Farms, Section Six, dated July 7, 1966, revised August 27, 1966, September 15, 1966 and September 22, 1966, registered as Land Court Plan 27502B; and to raise and appropriate for the acquisition of said land the sum of $2,000.00. Carried unanimously. Article 66. POSTPONED by unanimous vote, article relating to land on Tufts Road. Article 67. POSTPONED by unanimous vote, article relating to land on Freemont Street. Article 68. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 for the installation of an instructional pool at the Center Playground. Carried by voice vote. Article 69. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $850.00 for two sections of spectator stands at the Center Playground. Carried by voice vote. Article 70. To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for a topographical survey and plan of the so- called dump area on Lincoln Street. Indefinitely postponed 100 to 70. Article 71. POSTPONED by unanimous vote, article relating to loaming Baskin Playground. Article 72. This article relating to school land was indefinitely postponed by unanimous vote. Article 73. VOTED: To establish a permanent building committee to be available when author- ized by the town to retain architectural services, prepare plans and specifications, obtain bids, let con- tracts, and supervise the construction of school buildings and all other town buildings and recreational facilities and additions to the foregoing and the original equipping and furnishing of the same and also the 53 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 30, 1967 making of alterations in and renovations to such buildings and facilities. Such committee shall consist of five registered voters of the town to be appointed by an appointing authority consisting of the moderator, chairman of the board of selectmen and chairman of the school committee. Meetings of the appointing authority shall be called by the moderator. No regular member of the committee shall be an elected official or employee of the town. Town meeting members shall not be deemed elected officials for this purpose. The first appointments to the committee shall be for the following terms: One member to serve for one year, two members to serve for two years and two members to serve for three years. Terms shall expire on April thirtieth, except that members shall continue in office until their successors have been appointed and qualified. The first year of the terms of members first appointed shall expire on April 30, 1968, whether such appointments are made before or after May 1, 1967. Upon the expiration of the term of a member, his successor shall be appointed for a term of three years. Vacancies shall be filled for the balance of unexpired terms. The board or committee for which such a building or facility is being planned or constructed shall appoint two non - voting representatives to the committee who shall be entitled to participate in the activities of the committee only with respect to the particular building or facility for which they are so appointed and only for the time during which the committee is exercising its function with respect to such building or facility. The plans and specifications for all such construc- tion, additions, alterations, renovations, equipping and furnishing in each instance shall be subject to the approval of the board or committee for which such a building or facility is being planned or constructed. If any regular member of the committee shall cease to be a resident of the town of Lexington or shall become an officer of the town by election and qualification as such or shall become an employee of the town, he shall forthwith cease to be a member of the committee. The committee shall choose its own officers. Carried unanimously. Article 74. VOTED: That the permanent building committee to be appointed under authority of the vote adopted under Article 73 of the warrant for the 1967 Annual Town Meeting be authorized on be- half of the town to retain professional services and prepare preliminary plans, specifications and cost estimates for the construction of a new junior high school building on the parcel of land situated on and off Marrett Road that was acquired for school, playground and other public purposes under the authority of the vote adopted under Article 3 of the warrant for the Special Town Meeting of June 7, 1965; and that the sum of $20,000.00 be appropriated therefor, and that payment be provided by the current tax levy. Carried by voice vote. Article 75. VOTED: To establish a town -wide beautification committee to study and prepare a program for the improvement and beautification of streets, malls, parks, playgrounds and other public places, lands and buildings owned by the town and places of historic interest in the town, and to report its findings and recommendations, including methods of financing such program, to a future town meeting, not later than the 1968 Annual Town Meeting; and to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the ex- penses of said committee. Such committee shall consist of seven registered voters of the town, including one member or designee of each of the board of selectmen, the planning board and the historic districts commission, and the remaining four members to be appointed by the moderator. Carried 103 to 52. Motion that meeting be adjourned to Monday, April 3, 1967 at 8:00 P.M. Carried by voice vote at 10:40 P.M. 54 Adjourned Town Meeting -April 3, 1967 Meeting called to order by the Moderator, Robert B. Kent at 8:05 P.M. There were 176 town meeting members present. Invocation offered by Rev. Edward J. Gaudette. Article 76. VOTED: To amend the zoning by -law by striking out subsection (e) of Section 3, subsection (e) of Section 4, subsection (e) of Section 5, subsection (d) of Section 8, and the designation T1 in subsection (a) of Section 7. Carried unanimously. Article 77. VOTED: That this article be taken up after Article 81. Article 78. VOTED: That the conservation commission be authorized to purchase or otherwise acquire in the name of the town, and that the selectmen be authorized on behalf of the town to take by eminent domain, upon the written request of the conservation commission, for conservation purposes as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, all or any part of a parcel of land believed to contain 32 acres, more or less, situated in East Lexington and bounded northwesterly by other land of the town; northeasterly by the Lexington- Winchester town line; and southeasterly by the Lexington- Arlington town line, said parcel being the land substantially as described by two deeds recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 9596, Page 406, and Book 9442, Page 113; and all or any part of a parcel of land on the southwesterly side of Winchester Drive, bounded southwesterly by other land of the town and believed to contain 8,000 square feet, more or less, and being the land substantially as described in a deed recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 9962, Page 441; and to appropriate therefor the sum of $50,000.00, and provide for payment by the transfer of $7,000.00 from the unexpended balance of the appropriation to the conservation fund which was made under Article 81 of the warrant for the 1966 Annual Town Meeting and by raising the balance of $43,000.00 in the current tax levy. Carried 116 to 48. Article 79. VOTED: To raise and appropriate an additional sum of $11,300.00 to be used in con- junction with money appropriated under Article 14 of the warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on June 20, 1966, for the land acquisition authorized under said Article 14. Carried 99 to 59. Article 80. VOTED: To authorize the conservation commission to purchase or otherwise ac- quire in the name of the town, and to authorize the selectmen to take by eminent domain, upon the written request of the conservation commission for conservation purposes as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, all or any part of a parcel of land believed to contain 6.5 acres, more or less, being described in a deed from Nathan Ribock to Kingston Homes, Inc., dated May 20, 1965 and recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds in Book 10824, Page 208; and to raise and appropriate for said land acquisition the sum of $16,000.00. Carried 145 to 14. Article 81. MOTION: To authorize the conservation commission to purchase or otherwise acquire in the name of the town and to authorize the selectmen to take by eminent domain, upon the written request of the conservation commission for conservation purposes as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, all or any part of a parcel of land containing 7.97 acres as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Massachusetts," dated November 24, 1943, by .Vred A. Joyce, Surveyor, all as described in a deed from Edwin B. Worthen et al, dated May 26, 1944, recorded in Middlesex South District Deeds, Book 6944, Page 539; and to raise and appropriate for said land acquisi- tion the sum of $14,000.00. The vote, 90 in favor and 78 opposed, lacked the necessary two - thirds and the motion was declared lost. Article 77. VOTED: To raise and appropriate an additional sum of $2,000.00 to the conservation fund, established by vote under Article 9 of the warrant for the Special Town Meeting held June 8, 1964. Carried unanimously. Article 82. VOTED: To establish an unpaid committee to be known as the Regional Refuse Dis- posal planning committee, consisting of three residents of the town to be appointed by the moderator, and to authorize said committee to act under the provisions of Sections 44A to 44K, of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, as amended. Carried by voice vote. Article 83. VOTED: To amend the general by -laws of the town by substituting therefor general by -laws as prepared and recommended by the general by -laws committee acting under the provisions of the vote adopted under Article 31 of the warrant for the 1963 Annual Town Meeting, a copy of which gener- al by -laws entitled "General By -Laws of the Town of Lexington" and dated 1967; together with supple- mental notations thereto dated February 28, 1967 is on file in the office of the town clerk and excepting that Article XI Section 1 shall read as follows: 55 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - APRIL 3, 1967 ARTICLE XI BOARD OF APPEALS Section 1. The board of appeals established under the zoning -by law shall act as the board of appeals under the subdivision control law, being Section 81K to 81GG inclusive of Chapter 41 of the general laws, and any acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto. and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,300.00 in the current tax levy for the preparation, printing and publishing thereof. Carried unanimously. Article 84. POSTPONED: This article relating to town accountant was indefinitely postponed. Carried unanimously. Article 85. VOTED: That the time for filing of the findings and recommendations of the com- mittee called the structure of town government committee established under Article 49 of the warrant for the 1966 Annual Town Meeting be extended to the 1968 Annual Town Meeting. Carried unanimously. Article 86. VOTED: To amend the building by -law by inserting in ARTICLE III thereof between the definitions of "Superintendent of Public Works" and "Veneer" an additional definition to read as follows: SWIMMING POOLS Every outdoor artificial pool of water capable of having a depth of two feet or more at any point, and having a surface area of more than one hundred square feet, and used for swimming or bathing, whether excavated or above ground, together with bathhouses, equipment and appurtenances used therewith. Carried unanimously. Article 87. VOTED: To amend the building by -law by adding at the end thereof ARTICLE XXIV to read as follows: SWIMMING POOLS Section 1. Swimming pools are hereby declared to be structures subject to the provisions of the building by -law and subject also to the following: A. No swimming pool or part thereof, including the excavation therefor, shall hereafter be installed, constructed, altered or repaired until a permit therefor has been issued by the building in- spector and unless such permit is infull force and effect, except for ordinary repairs necessary for the upkeep or maintenance of any such swimming pool. B. Every swimming pool shall be completely surrounded by a fence or wall not less than four feet in height. Each such fence or wall shall be so constructed as not to have openings, holes, or spaces larger than four inches in any direction, except for doors and gates and except for picket fences where the space between pickets shall not exceed four inches. C. All gates for openings through such enclosure shall be not less than four feet in height and shall be equipped with a self - closing and self - latching device for keeping the gate or door securely closed at all times when not in actual use, except that the door of any dwelling which forms a part of the enclosure need not be so equipped. D. If intended for use during the hours of darkness, suitable illumination shall be pro- vided which shall be shielded from shining upon any street or adjoining property. Underwater pool lights shall be twelve volts or less and must be supplied from an isolating transformer. E. Every swimming pool shall be equipped with a permanent ladder or steps which per- mit exit from the swimming pool water. F. Spring boards are not permitted unless located in an area of the swimming pool which has a water depth of seven feet or more. Carried by voice vote. Article B8, VOTED: To amend the building by -law by inserting the words "or two" between the words "one' and °story" in the second sentence of Article XVII, Section 9, paragraph A. under the sub - caption "Bearing Partitions and Exterior Walls." Carried unanimously. Article 89. VOTED: To amend the building by -law by striking out of Article XXII, Section 2, the second paragraph which reads: 56 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - APRIL 3, 1967 "The walls and ceiling shall be metal lathed and plastered to make a minimum thickness of three - fourths of an inch," and by substituting therefor a new second paragraph to read as follows: "The walls and ceiling shall have a fire resistance rating of at least one hour." Carried unanimously. Article 90. VOTED: To raise and appropriate, under the authority of Section 2 of Chapter 417 of the acts of 1966, the sum of $653.39 to cover disbursements from the appropriation under Article 11 of the warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on November 25, 1963 in excess of the amount then available in said appropriation. Carried unanimously. Article 91. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $875.00 for the erection of approxi- mately three hundred and fifteen lineal feet of chain link fence, including one twelve -foot double gate, on the Adams School Playground, said fence to run generally north and south, adjacent and parallel to the existing Boston and Maine railroad tracks. Carried unanimously. Article 92. POSTPONED: That the board of selectmen be directed to apply for admission to the Metropolitan Air Pollution Control District under the provisions of Section 142B of Chapter 111 of the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Postponed indefinitely by voice vote. Article 93. POSTPONED: This motion to appropriate from available funds towards reduction of the tax rate was postponed indefinitely by unanimous vote. Article 2. Frank T. Parrish, Jr., Chairman of the Appropriation Committee estimates that the tax rate will be $4$.00. Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., moved that this meeting be dissolved. Carried unanimously at 11 :25 P.M. 57 Special Town Meeting June 12, 1967 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Robert B. Kent, at 8:03 P.M. There were 168 town meeting members present. Invocation offered by Rev. John Hogan. Article 1. Frank T. Parrish, Jr. presented the report of the appropriation committee which was voted to be accepted and placed on file. Carried unanimously. Hugh M. Chapin presented supplemental report of the capital expenditures committee which was voted to be accepted and placed on file. Carried unanimously. Article 2. VOTED: To appropriate, subject to validation by or authority of the general court, the petition to the general court therefor being hereby approved, the sum of $25,000.00 for remodeling, reconstructing or making extraordinary repairs to Buckman Tavern, and to provide for payment by trans- fer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Article 3. VOTED: That in addition to money already appropriated, the sum of $3,200.00 be raised and appropriated for Civil Defense - expenses for the balance of the year 1967. Carried by voice vote. Article 4. VOTED: That in addition to money already appropriated, the sum of $700.00 be raised and appropriated for conservation commission - expenses for the balance of the year 1967. Carried by voice vote. Article 5, That in addition to money already appropriated, the sum of $1,086.00 be raised and appropriated for cemetery department - personal services for the balance of the year 1967. Lost by voice vote. Article 6. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the purpose of meeting the town's share of the expenses of the west suburban regional refuse disposal planning board formed by the regional refuse disposal planning committees of the towns of Lexington, Bedford, Concord, Lincoln and Weston and the city of Waltham, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 44B, of the general laws. Carried by voice vote. Article 7. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for expenses of the permanent building committee, authorized by vote adopted under Article 73 of the warrant for the 1967 Annual Town eeting, arrie unanimously. Article 8. VOTED: That the selectmen be authorized to enter into a contract for a study of traffic conditions in such locations as the selectmen may determine on Bedford Street, Hartwell Avenue and Wood Street; and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of $16,000.00. Carried 98 to 57. Article 9. VOTED: That in addition to money appropriated under Article 16 of the 1965 Annual Town Meeting, the sum of $28,000.00 be appropriated for the installation of a sewer main or mains, and the acquisition of land or interest therein necessary therefor, in such locations as the selectmen may determine from the existing North Lexington Pumping Station to the existing sewer main located in Hamilton Road; and to provide for payment therefor by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Article 10. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $14,000.00 for the reconstruction and permanent paving of a portion of Massachusetts Avenue. Carried by voice vote. Article 11. VOTED: That Article 11 be referred to the board of selectmen with the request that they investigate further means of cooperating with the Town of Arlington with respect to the future uses of the so- called Great Meadow located in the Town of Lexington and owned by the Town of Arlington; that they consult with the various officers, boards, and appointed committees and commissions of both towns for this purpose; and that they report to the next Lexington Town Meeting their findings together with recommendations for action by the Lexington Town Meeting. Carried unanimously. Article 12. VOTED: That in addition to money appropriated under Article 68 of the warrant for the 1967 Annual Town Meeting, the sum of $10,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the installation of an instructional pool at the Center Playground. Carried unanimously. Article 13. To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way, Emerson Road from Adams Street a distance of 410 feet, more or less, westerly, as laid out by the selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the town clerk, dated April 10, 1967 and to authorize the selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and to raise and appropriate the sum of $30,000.00 for the construction of said street and for land acquisition. Lost by voice vote. 58 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - JUNE 12, 1967 Article 14. VOTED: to amend the zoning by -law by adding at the end of paragraph (c) of Section 9 thereof, under the caption USE OF LAND, the following new sentence: Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, outdoor storage of two or more unregistered automobiles, except where expressly authorized in a special permit issued by the board of appeals for an automobile sales or repair business, or an accumulation in the open or discarded items not used or intended to be used by the occupant of the property shall be deemed to be a junk yard. Carried 130 to 1. Article 15. VOTED: To amend the zoning by -law by striking out the second paragraph of Section 14 thereof under the caption BOARD OF APPEALS and substituting in place thereof the following new paragraph: An appeal to the board of appeals under general laws, Chapter 40A, Section 13, shall be taken within thirty days from the date of the order or decision which is being appealed, by filing a notice of appeal, specifying the grounds thereof, with the town clerk. Carried unanimously. Article 16. POSTPONED: To amend the zoning by -law by striking out the entire Section 15 thereof and by inserting in place thereof the following new Section 15: SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS The invalidity of any section or provision of this by -law, or in the administration thereof, as it applies to one or more lots or areas of land shall not invalidate its application to any other lot or area of land nor any other section or provision hereof. Mr. Greeley moved for indefinite postponement which was carried unanimously. Article 17. VOTED: To amend the zoning by -law by striking out the text of Section 18 thereof under the caption PENALTY FOR VIOLATION and substituting in place thereof the following: Whoever violates any provision of this by -law shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for each offense, except that the penalty for the removal of earth materials in violation of this by -law shall be as provided for in the general by -laws of the Town of Lexington. Every day a violation continues after its abatement has been ordered by the town shall constitute a new offense. Carried unanimously. Article 18. To amend the zoning by -law by redesignating as paragraph c paragraph b of sub- section 1 of Section 8 (c) thereof under the caption C 2 Districts and by adding a new paragraph b to read as follows: b. For each lot indoor or outdoor parking area on the lot, available and accessible for parking of motor vehicles, containing not less than fifty percent of the area of such lot, provided, however, that for any lot upon which any building is located on May 24, 1967 such parking space may be the lesser of fifty percent of the area of such lot or the area of such lot that was available for parking on May 24, 1967, whether or not said area was used for parking. The provisions of this paragraph b. shall not apply to the district described in paragraphs 2. and 4. in subsection (d) of Section 4 hereof under the caption C2 - General Business Districts. A vote of 88 in favor and 72 opposed lacked the necessary two- thirds and the article was declared not adopted. Article 19. POSTPONED: To amend the zoning by -law by striking out paragraph f. of subsection 2. of Section 8 (a) thereof under the caption AREA, FRONTAGE AND YARD REGULATIONS and by adding at the end of said Section 8 (a) a new subsection 6. (as set forth in Article 19 of this meeting). A motion to lay Article 19 on the table was carried by voice vote. Article 20. VOTED: To amend the zoning by -law by striking out the figures "60,000" and "175" as they appear in paragraph a. of subsection 1. of Section 8 (k) under the caption CS Districts and by substituting in place thereof the figures "15,500" and "125 ", respectively, so that said paragraph a. shall read as follows: a. A lot containing an area of not less than 15,500 square feet and a frontage of not less than 125 feet on the street designated as the frontage street. Carried unanimously. Article 21. To amend the zoning by -laws as follows: a. By striking out the description of district 4 in subsection (c) of Section 4 thereof under the caption C 1 - Local Business Districts and by inserting in place thereof the following: 4. A district on the northeasterly side of Bedford Street beginning at the intersection of said northeasterly line of Bedford Street and the southeasterly boundary of the land of Town of Lexington 59 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - JUNE 12, 1967 (public works garage lot); thence northeasterly along said boundary 168 feet; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly boundary of lots 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 shown on plan recorded in Middlesex South District Regis- try of Deeds, Book 6826, Page 504, and along an extension of said boundary to the southeasterly boundary of land now or formerly of the Metropolitan Equipment and Service Company, Inc., a distance of 620 feet, more or less; thence southwesterly along said southeasterly boundary of land now or formerly of the Metropolitan Equipment and Service Company, Inc., a distance of 165 feet, more or less, to the north- easterly line of Bedford Street; thence along said line of Bedford Street northwesterly a distance of 635.8 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. b. By adding a new subsection (k) of Section 4 thereof to read as follows: (k) CS - Service and Trade Districts 1. A district on the northeasterly side of Bedford Street beginning at the intersection of said northeasterly line of Bedford Street and the southerly line of the right of way of the Boston and Maine Rail- road Company; thence along said right of way of the Boston and Maine Railroad Company generally south- easterly a distance of 1,585 feet, more or less, thence southwesterly a distance of 1,030 feet, more or less, to a point in the southeasterly boundary of land now or formerly of the Metropolitan Equipment and Service Company, Inc., said point being in line with the rear boundary of lots 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 as shown on plan recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 6826, Page 504, extended southeasterly; thence along said extension and along the rear boundary of said lots 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 northwesterly a distance of 620 feet, more or less; thence southwesterly along land of the Town of Lexington (public works garage lot) a distance of 168 feet to Bedford Street; thence northwesterly along the northeasterly line of Bedford Street a distance of 507 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. It was unanimously voted to post- pone this article indefinitely. James F. Flynn moved that the meeting be adjourned to Thursday, June 15, 1967 at 8 :15 P.M. Carried unanimously at 11:15 P.M. Adjourned Town Meeting, June 15, 1967 Meeting called to order by the Moderator, Robert B. Kent at 8 :17 P.M. There were 170 town meeting members present. Invocation offered by Rev. Harold T. Handley. Article 22. POSTPONED: Proposal to amend the zoning by -law on business districts. Article 23. VOTED: To amend the zoning by -law by striking out paragraph 2. in subsection (g) of Section 4 thereof under the caption A 1 - Garden Apartment Districts. Carried unanimously. Article 19. Following a favorable vote for reconsideration the following motion (as amended) was offered and VOTED: To amend the zoning by -law by striking out paragraph f. of subsection 2. of Section 8 (a) thereof under the caption AREA FRONTAGE AND YARD REGULATIONS and by adding at the end of said Section 8 (a) a new subsection 6. to read as follows: 6. The board of appeals may grant a special permit for exceptions from the area and front- age provisions contained in subsection 1. of this Section 8 (a) for any tract of land of ten acres or more to be subdivided, subject to the requirements and conditions described below. Subdivision of land in accordance with the provisions of this subsection shall be known and may be referred to as Planned Unit Development. a. The general objectives of planned unit developments are to encourage: 1. Preservation of open space for conservation, outdoor recreation or park purposes. 2. Better utilization of natural features of the land through a greater flexibility of design. 3. More efficient provision of municipal services. b. The number of building lots in any tract of land for which a special permit is issued shall not exceed such number of lots, usable for building and conforming to the area and frontage requirements specified in Section 8 (a) 1. hereof, as could be contained in eighty -five percent of the area of the tract to be subdivided. 60 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, JUNE 15, 1967 c. At least twenty -five percent of the total area of such tract shall remain unsubdivided, and except as provided below, unbuilt upon, and shall be used for conservation, outdoor recreation or park purposes. 1. Such unsubdivided land may be in one or more parcels of a size and shape appropriate for its intended use as determined by the board of appeals after consideration of the recommendations by the planning board. 2. Such unsubdivided land shall be conveyed to and accepted by the Town of Lexington or to all home owners within such tract jointly or to a trust, the beneficiaries of which shall be the home owners within such tract. Such trust shall have as one of its purposes the maintenance of such land for conser- vation, recreation or park purposes. The future ownership of such unsubdivided land, which may differ from parcel to parcel, shall be specified by the board of appeals as a condition of the special permit. 3. When such unsubdivided land is conveyed to persons other than the Town of Lexington, the town shall be granted an easement over such land sufficient to ensure its perpetual maintenance as con- servation, recreation or park land. 4. Access at least forty feet wide shall be provided to each parcel of such unsubdivided land from one or more streets in the subdivision. 5. A maximum of twenty percent of such open land may be devoted to paved areas and struc- tures used for or accessory to active outdoor recreation, and consistent with the open space uses of such land. d. The following minimum standards shall be observed with respect to any reduction of street frontage or lot area permitted in a planned unit development: 1. Street frontage may be reduced to not less than 120 feet, and lot area may be reduced to not less than 20,000 square feet. 2. Street frontage may be further reduced on curves in accordance with the provisions of subsection 7. of Section 8 (g) of this by -law. e. The petition for a special permit for a planned unit development shall be accompanied by a preliminary subdivision plank a copy of which shall also be submitted to the planning board. In addition to the information required by rules and regulations of the planning board to be shown on preliminary sub- division plans, such plan for a planned unit development shall show the following: 1. Soil culture of the land such as wooded, pasture rock outcrops or swampy. 2. Proposed landscaping and use of land which is to be reserved for conservation, recreation or park use, including any proposed structures thereon. f. The planning board shall submit in writing to the board of appeals its report and recommen- dation as to said petition for special permit, to include the following: 1. Its determination as to the number of lots usable for building. 2. A general description of the tract in question and surrounding areas. 3. An evaluation of the appropriateness of the proposed development and the extent to which it accomplishes the objectives of planned unit development. 4. Recommendations for the granting or denial of the special permit, including recommen- dations for modifications, restrictions or requirements to be imposed as a condition of granting the special permit. g. The board of appeals shall not take any action on a petition for a permit for a planned unit development until the planning board shall have submitted its written recommendations to the board of appeals or forty -five days shall have elapsed from the date of submission of the preliminary subdivision plan and application for special permit. In determining whether to grant a special permit for a proposed planned unit development which meets the minimum standards stated herein, the board of appeals shall consider: 61 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, JUNE 15, 1967 1. The report and recommendations of the planning board. 2. The general objectives of planned unit development. 3. The existing and probable future development of surrounding areas. 4. The appropriateness of the proposed development in relation to topography, soils and other characteristics of the tract in question. h. Where its decision differs from the recommendations of the planning board, the board of ap- peals shall state in its decision the treasons therefor. i. Nothing contained herein shall in any way exempt a proposed subdivision from compliance with the rules and regulations of the planning board, nor shall it in any way affect the right of the board of health and of the planning board to approve, with or without conditions and modifications, or disapprove a subdivision plan in accordance with the provisions of such rules and regulations and of the subdivision control law. j. The planning board shall not recommend and the board of appeals shall not grant a special permit for the subdivision of land into lots having the reduced area and frontage, as provided for in this subsection, if it appears that because of soil, drainage, traffic or other conditions the granting of such permit would be detrimental to the neighborhood or to the town or inconsistent with the purposes of plan- ned unit development. In granting a special permit, the board of appeals shall impose such additional conditions and safeguards as public safety, welfare and convenience may require, either as recommended by the planning board or upon its own initiative. k. Subsequent to a special permit granted by the board of appeals under the provisions of this subsection 6, and the approval of a definitive plan of a subdivision by the planning board, the location of_ side and rear lines of lots in such subdivision may be revised from time to time in accordance with ap- plicable provisions of other laws and regulations but any change in the number of lots, the lines of streets, the reserved open space, its ownership or use or any other conditions stated in the original special permit shall require a new special permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this by -law. Carried unanimously. Article 24. MOTION: To amend the zoning by -law by striking out the words "The foregoing pro- visions in Section 8 (a) 1. as to area, frontage and side yards only shall not apply to the following:" as they appear at the beginning of paragraph (a) 2. of Section 8 thereof and subparagraphs a., b., c., d. and e. thereunder any by inserting in place thereof the following paragraph (a) 2. and subparagraphs a., b., c., d. and e: 2. The foregoing provisions of Section 8 (a) 1. as to area, frontage and side yards only shall not apply to any lot lawfully laid out by plan or deed duly recorded, or shown on a plan endorsed by the plan- ning board as not requiring approval under the subdivision control law, for a periodof five years from the date of such recording or endorsement, whichever is earlier, provided such lot has an area of at least 5,000 square feet and a street frontage of at least fifty feet, and provided that at the time of such record- ing or endorsement such lot complied with the area and frontage requirements of this by -law in effect at the time of such recording or endorsement, nor shall said provisions of Section 8 (a) 1. as to area, front- age and side yards apply to the following: a. Any lot lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed prior to March 18, 1929, provided such lot contains an area of at least 5,000 square feet and a street frontage of at least fifty feet, and provided further that if such lot has a frontage of less than 100 feet or an area of less than 10,000 square feet and at any time on or after June 15, 1967 is held in common ownership with one or more contiguous vacant lots, all having frontage upon a common street, said provisions as to area, frontage and side yards shall apply to the extent that it is possible by combining such lots. b. Any lot lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed on or after March 18, 1929 and prior to August 8, 1938, provided such lot contains an area of at least 7,500 square feet and a street frontage of at least seventy -five feet, and provided further that if such lot has a frontage of less than 100 feet or an area of less than 10,000 square feet and at any time on or after June 15, 1967 is held in common ownership with one or more contiguous vacant lots, all having frontage upon a common street, said provisions as to area, frontage and side yards shall apply to the extent that it is possible by combining such lots. c. Any lot lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed on or after August 8, 1938 and prior to December 4, 1950, provided such lot contains an area of at least 12,500 square feet and a street frontage of at least 100 feet. 62 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, JUNE 15, 1967 d. Any lot situated outside the area described in Section 8 (a) 1.b., lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed on or after December 4, 1950 and prior to November 30, 1953, provided such lot contains an area of at least 15,500 square feet and a street frontage of at least 125 feet. e. For any lot lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed, provided such lot complied with area and frontage requirements in effect at the time of such recording and has an area of at least 5,000 square feet and a frontage of at least fifty feet on a public way or a way shown on a plan approved under the subdivision control law, the board of appeals may grant a special permit for an exception to the pro- visions of Section 8 (a) 1. as to area and frontage only, where a substantial area in the vicinity of such lot has been developed and built upon and the residences in such area have been constructed on lots gener- ally having no more area and frontage than such lot, and where substantial financial hardship as to the owner of such lot would result from the requirement of larger area and frontage than generally prevail in the area. Notwithstanding the granting of such permit, the side yard requirements set forth in Section 8 (a) 3. shall be applicable. By a vote of 101 to 55, less than the required two- thirds, the motion was de- clared not adopted. Article 25. POSTPONED: That the selectmen be authorized to construct a bituminous concrete or other sidewalk within the location of Concord Avenue from the westerly terminus of Benjamin Road to Waltham Street, including related work as required, where the abutting owner pays one -half the cost, or otherwise; and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of $20,000.00. Indefinitely postponed by voice vote. Article 26. VOTED: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way, Laconia Street from Lowell Street a distance of 1150 feet, more or less, southerly and easterly. Carried by voice vote. Article 27. VOTED: To amend the zoning by -law of the Town of Lexington, Section 4 (j) C 4- Small Office Districts, by adding at the end the following paragraph: A district on the northerly side of Worthen Road bounded and described as follows: SOUTHEAST- ERLY by Worthen Road by five courses measuring respectively, twenty -five feet, one hundred eleven and 63/100 (111.63) feet, three hundred forty -eight and 26/100 (348.26) feet, one hundred nineteen and 2/100 (119.02) feet, and ninety -two and 97/100 (92.97) feet; NORTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of First National Stores, Inc., and Custance Brothers, Inc., four hundred seventy -six and 82/100 (476.82) feet; NORTHWESTERLY by land of Town of Lexington, Lexington Housing Authority, eight hundred fifty -seven and 98/100 (857.98) feet; SOUTHWESTERLY by land of Arthur C. and Florence B. Ruge, three hundred thirty -seven and 93/100 (337.93) feet; NORTHWESTERLY by land of said Arthur C. and Florence B. Ruge, twenty -five (25) feet; and SOUTHWESTERLY by land of Grace Chapel, Inc., four hundred fifty (450) feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. By a vote of 120 to 37 (more than the necessary two- thirds) the motion was adopted. Article 28. VOTED: To amend the zoning by -law adding in paragraph 2 of subsection (j) of Section 5 thereof under the captions C 4 Districts the following new subparagraph d.: d. Funeral homes. Carried unanimously. Article 29. VOTED: To amend the zoning by -law by adding at the end of Section 4 (b) under the caption R 2 - Two Family Dwelling Districts the following new district: 5. A district on the southwesterly side of Massachusetts Avenue extending from the westerly line of Oak Street to the easterly line of Pleasant Street and for a depth of 100 feet throughout. Carried unanimously. Article 30. VOTED: To amend the zoning by law so as to change certain land from an R 1 One Family Dwelling District to a CN Neighborhood Business District, by adding in Section 4, Geographical Descriptions of Districts, at the end of paragraph 1 in subdivision (1) CN Neighborhood Business Districts, the following additional description: This district shall also include the land on the northerly side of North Hancock Street commenc- ing at the point of beginning of the land described in the preceding paragraph; thence northerly along the easterly boundary of said land described in the preceding paragraph a distance of 108.96 feet to the Lot 12 referred to in said preceding paragraph; thence easterly along the southerly lot line of said Lot 12 and then continuing on the same course a total distance of twenty -nine feet, more or less, to a point; thence southerly in a straight line, running in part along the westerly boundary of the lot shown on plan entitled "Land on North Hancock St., Lexington Belonging To Heirs Of Olive J. Smith," recorded in said Registry 63 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, JUNE 15, 1967 of Deeds in Book 3214, End, a distance of 119 feet, more or less, to a point in the northerly sideline of North Hancock Street; and thence westerly along the northerly sideline of North Hancock Street a distance of forty -two feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. More than two - thirds voted in favor (110 -28) and the motion was declared adopted. 11:48 P.M. Article 31. To amend the zoning by -law of the Town of Lexington, Section 4 (h) C 3 Special Com- mercial Districts, by adding the following at the end of said Section: "A district on the southerly side of the Cambridge Concord Highway (Route 2), bounded and de- scribed as follows: SOUTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of Lexington Investment Trust by four courses measuring respectively, one hundred sixty -three (163) feet, one hundred fifty -five (155) feet, three hun- dred sixty -three (363) feet, and three hundred nineteen (319) feet; thence by the Northern Circumferential Highway and the Cambridge Concord Highway by six courses measuring respectively, NORTHWESTERLY, twenty -two (22) feet; NORTHEASTERLY, three hundred seventeen and 9/10 (317.9) feet, NORTHEASTERLY, ninety -nine (99) feet and three hundred sixty and 8/10 (360.8) feet; NORTHWESTERLY, thirty -three (33) feet; and NORTHEASTERLY, three hundred fifty -six and 5/10 (356.5) feet; thence EASTERLY by Spring Street by two courses measuring respectively, one hundred forty -two and 5/10 (142.5) and one hundred fifty (150) feet; and SOUTHERLY, five hundred fifty -four (554) feet to the point of beginning." Declared lost by voice vote. Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. moved that the meeting be dissolved. Carried unanimously at 12:08 A.M. 64 1 Cemetery Commissioners The Cemetery Commissioners submit their Annual Report for the year 1967. Munroe Cemetery: There were fourteen interments this year. Five foundations for head stones were approved and set. 6destview Cemetery: There were one hundred and eighty six interments for the year. Ninety - seven lots, ten single graves and five baby graves were sold. Ninety five deeds for lots purchased were issued. One Hundred and nine foundations for flush markers were approved and set. The following funds were collected and committed to the Town Collector. Munroe Cemetery Annual Care 42.75 Interments 344.00 Green & Lowering Device 66.00 Fiiscellaneous Receipts 14.45 $467.20 .destview Cemetery Sale of Lots 8,767.50 Sale of Single Graves 288.00 Sale of Baby Craves 120.00 Perpetual Care 9,813.00 Interments 5,056.00 Green e. Lowering Device 876.00 Foundations 976.00 Tent 210.00 Saturday Burial Fee 675.00 iiscellaneous Receipts 98.75 $26,880.25 The Cemetery Commissioners take this opportunity to acknowledge with thanks the assistance and cooperation given to the department by the officials of the Town, the members of the various departments and the personnel of the Cemet °ry Department. 65 Cary Memorial Library Herewith is presented the Report for 1967 of the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of Cary Memorial Library: Balance on hand January 1, 1967 $ 1,942.88 Receipts Fines, etc. Transfer from General Investment Account Gift -- Lexington Savings Bank Copying Service Total Income $14,180.17 1,405.31 120.00 310.50 116 015.98 $17,958.86 Expenditures Books $13,113.60 Dues 239.31 Conference Expenses 928.19 Exhibits 586.30 Miscellaneous 688.49 Recruitment 81.00 Tufts Work -study Program 127.47 15,764.36 Balance on hand December 31, 1967 $ 2,194.50 The December 31, 1967, indicated balance is on deposit at the Lexington Trust Company. East Lexington Branch Library Balance on hand January 1, 1967 $ 917.95 Receipts Fines, etc. Transfer from General Investment Account Total Income $ 1,809.10 742.16 2,551.26 $ 3,469.21 Expenditures Books $ 3,240.16 Dues 2.00 3,242.16 $ 227.05 The December 31, 1967, indicated balance is on deposit at the Lexington Trust Company. 66 Cary Memorial Library General Investment Account Balance on hand January 1, 1967 Income Transfer to General Fund Balance on hand December 31, 1967 The above balance is divided as follows: General Fund Alice Cary Fund Jane Phinney Fund Goodwin Musical Fund Laura M. Brigham Fund War Parents Memorial Fund Sarah E. Raymond Fund George Walter Sarano Fund East Lexington Branch Library $1,754.49 189.35 19.20 70.40 198.40 115.20 128.00 19.20 308.95 $2,803.19 $2,485.69 2,464.97 $4,950.66 2,147.47 $2,803.19 The above indicated balance is on deposit in the General Investment Account in the Lexington Savings Bank. Development Fund Balance on hand January 1, 1967 $3,375.73 Interest 154.02 Balance on hand December 31, 1967 $3,529.75 The above indicated balance is on deposit in the Development Fund Account in the Lexington Savings Bank. General Leroy S. and Geneva Brown Beals Maria Cary Book Purchase Alice Butler Cary Jane Phinney Goodwin Musical Laura M. Brigham George W. Sarano Funds $14,802.44 War Parents Book Memorial $ 1,800.00 4,000.00 Nelson W. Jenney 2,000.00 1,100.00 Pauline Burbank Pierce 1,000.00 400.00 Caira Robbins 300.00 1,000.00 Wellington Library 1,100.00 2,958.50 Emma Ostrom Nichols 1,000.00 300.00 Sarah Elizabeth Raymond 2,000.00 1,100.00 Abbie C. Smith 1,000.00 3,100.00 300.00 $39,260.94 67 Investments 4) E U C NI 4- O E 1) O + U C K - CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY O O s . 0 CA O O O O N LA 0 N. 0 L1 n -.1• LA 0 LA n O O 0 4- N 00 0 CA O 1- M u, n O n M CA 0 LA M N M CA N M N M N VD M N 0 - ‘0 M - - P n - ea C O a 0 0 o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 LA s.0 0 4- 4- - O O 0 0 O 0 0 Ln O 0 N 0 Ol 0 Ol . o o O M O O O O N O O D . O O O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O - U O O O al O O O O CA O O ? o N ^ • ^ M .- N - 4 •.O VD ^ M CA 4.4 L rel N N 4! O K Treasurer \ ^ L\ . M ? X CO N 4- M 4- CO M M M O O 0 N M N N N 4- Ni M 0 4- n n N. n n N. L- CA Ol Ol ON C71 ON N .- ^ - ^ ^ ^ N > Description Q1 Q Q1 lT f F i F a+ u u r+ VI New York Power and Light Co. American Tel. and Tel. Co. Lexington Savings Bank Boston Edison Company Narragansett Electric Co. Philadelphia Electric Co. Lexington Federal Savings & Loan 140 Shares National Shawmut Bank 68 LO Ql 00 ON ON C U1 N 0) N N 0 N L L L L L J (0 (0 (0 (0 L L L L L- V) 0) 0) 0) 0 • n W - L M 00 L!1 \Q • N N Northern Pacific R.R. Southern Pacific R.R. • Y • 4- O (0 m T 4.4 U (0 0 O (0 (0 a+ L LL First National Bank of Boston State Street Bank and Trust Co. Gulf Oil Corporation Cary Memorial Library Board of Trustees Selectmen School Committee Levi G. Burnell **Mrs. Elizabeth H. Clarke Robert Cataldo Logan Clarke, Jr. Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. Robert H. Farwell Allan F. Kenney *Austin W. Fisher, Jr. * *Irving H. Mabee Vernon Page Settled Ministers Rabbi Haskell Bernat - Temple Isaiah The Rt. Rev. Msgr. George W. Casey - St. Brigid's Church Rev. Henry H. Clark - Hancock Congregational Church *Rev. Calvin V. French - Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Rev. Nathan Goff - Grace Chapel Rev. Harold T. Handley - Church of our Redeemer The Rev. Dr. Stanley Harakas - St. Nicholas Church Rev. Richard E. Harding - Lexington Methodist Church Rev. Richard W. Lund - Pilgrim Congregational Church Rev. Martin U. McCabe - Sacred Heart Church Rev. Bill Mclninch - Church of Christ Rev. Kenneth E. Peterson - First Baptist Church Rabbi Herbert Rosenblum - Temple Emunah Rev. Floyd Taylor - The First Parish Church Advisory Committee Thomas S. Grindle Theodore Mairson Mrs. Mildred Marek -Executive Committee ;;;President -Nice President Mrs. Ruth Morey Mrs. Shirley Stolz, Chairman Hermon Swartz Miss Millicent J. Taylor 69 Recreation Committee The following table compares the attendance on Lexington's playgrounds and pool during the last three years: 1965 1966 1967 Playgrounds 15,679 15,886 15,549 Arts and Crafts 6,360 6,928 6,972 Swimming Pool 22,016 34,831 37,907 Despite four days of rain and a two day holiday over July 4th weekend, resulting in a six day loss during the 1967 summer season, attendances managed to hold up well. Playground attendance was down slightly by 337 while arts and crafts rose a bit by 44. Pool attendance, however, continued to soar as a result of more mixed free swimming hours, with an increase of 3,076 to a record high of 37,907 for the Town of Lexington's Municipal Pool. It is the Recreation Committee's policy, under the Recreation Director, to qualify as many child- ren as possible for swimming in the deep pool, thus enabling them to enjoy a family swim with their parents and other adults during the evenings and Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Water safety is also taught at the pool so that children may be qualified to swim in other deep water areas. Attendance Figures at the Playgrounds Were as Follows Center 4,443 East (Adams 3,388 North (Parker) 2,238 Hastings 3,543 Harrington 1,937 15,549 Inter - playground activity was again held at the Center Playground where the major facilities were used. Volley ball matches for girls were scheduled on Monday and Wednesday mornings followed by free swimming in the pool. Junior and Senior boys baseball games were played on Tuesday and Thursday mornings with free swimming and water polo matches in the pool at the completion of the games. All the events were held in the cool mornings, giving the participants the opportunity to report back to their respective playgrounds for the afternoon sessions, North (Parker) has been reduced to a junior play- ground because of the small size of the field. All children over 12 years of age report to another near- by playground. Tennis instructions were also held in the mornings at the Center, Adams and Parker playgrounds where tennis courts were available, and continued to be very popular to both children and adults. Inter - playground basketball games were held on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and set a new attendance record. Participation Attendance of Major Activities were as Follows Boys' Baseball(Junior and Senior) 1,050 Girls' Volley Ball 490 Boys' Basketball 602 Tennis Instructions 861 Retarded and Emotionally Disturbed Children's Program - at Franklin School The program for retarded and emotionally disturbed children was again held at the Franklin School with time off for swimming at the Municipal Pool at the Center every day from 11:00 A.M. to 12 noon. The children were also encouraged to swim in the deep pool, and many did so plus diving off the diving board. The children were then returned to Franklin for the afternoon sessions which included bowling, field trips, arts and crafts, nature walks and regular playground activity. The program: a) Nine weeks - Monday, June 26, 1967 through Friday, August 25, 1967 b) Monday through Friday - 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. - Franklin c) Monday through Friday - 11:00 A.N. - 12:00 noon - swimming in pool at Center d) Monday through Friday - 12:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M. - Franklin 70 REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE Attendance 34 enrolled - daily average 24 Activities - See saws, bowling, jungle gym, arts and crafts, story telling, singing indoor and outdoor games, daily swimming, marching, nature walks, acting in plays, some afternoon sessions include field trips etc. Note: Transportation from Franklin to the pool and back to Franklin was supplied free of charge by the C & W Bus Transportation Incorporated, 1. The swimming pool opened on Thursday, June 22, 1967 and closed on Friday, August 25, 1967, The playgrounds opened on Monday, June 26, 1967 and closed on Friday, August 25, 1967, 2, Lexington Recreation Twi -Night Basketball League - A new program was introduced during the summer of 1967. Twi -night basketball under lights at the Center all purpose play area ran for seven weeks and was open to all boys and men interested in participating. Three leagues A, B, & C were formed depending on the age and size of the basketball players, with play -offs in the final week. a) Attendance enrolled 135 - nightly average 103 3, Lexington Softball League a) Eight teams - Lincoln Lab (Champions), Public Works, Hancock, Oldex, Shoemaker & Jennings, McSweeney's Painters, Jefferson Jets and Weston Instruments, b) Statistics - 91 games - 160 players - daily average 48. c) Diamonds - Fiske, Hastings, 4. Autumn Program - Boys Soccer - Sept., Oct., Nov, a) Fifth and sixth grade boys - 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. Saturday mornings, b) All matches at Center playground. c) Attendance - 694 - Average per Saturday 99 5, Autumn Program - Girl's Field Hockey & Soccer - Sept., Oct., Nov, a) Fifth and sixth grade girl's - 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. - Saturday mornings, b) All matches at Center playground. c) Attendance 251 - Average per Saturday 35 6, Winter Programs a) Fifth and sixth grade girl's - Saturday morning gym classes. 1. Girl's at Muzzey Junior High Gymnasium - 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. - December 3, 1966 through April 8, 1967, 2. Attendance - 1140(New Record) - Average per Saturday 71 3. Activities - Rope climbing, volley ball, basketball, group games, obstacle courses, mat exercise, modern dancing, square dancing, relays, punchball, parellel bars, side horse, stunts, swedish box etc. b) Fifth and Sixth Grade Boy's - Saturday morning gym class, 1. Boys at High School Gymnasium & Field House - 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. - December 3, 1966 through April 8, 1967, 2, Attendance 1733(New Record) - Average per Saturday 115 3. Activities - Relays, rope climbing, basketball, gymnastics, tug - b -war, mat exercises, etc. 71 REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE c) Intermediate boys ( Junior High age - 7th, 8th, 9th grades) Saturday morning gym class. 1. Boys at Diamond Junior High School Gymnasium - 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 noon - December 3, 1966 through April 8, 1967, 2, Attendance 1169 - Average per Saturday 73 3. Activities - Relays, basketball, gymnastics, mat exercises. d) Retarded and Emotionally Disturbed Children's Program - Saturday mornings 1. Boys and girls at Franklin School - 9:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. - Swimming in Hayden Pool 12:00 noon - 1:00 P.M. - December 3, 1966 through April 8, 1967, 2, Attendance 251 - Enrollment 22 - Average per Saturday 15, 1 3. Activities - Basketball, bowling, ropes, mat exercises, musical games, coasting and sledding (when snow is on the ground), nature walks,(weather permitting), square dancing etc. - swimming in the Hayden Pool at the conclusion of program at Franklin School. e) Badminton - Tuesday and Thursday evenings at Muzzey Junior High School gymnasium - 7:30 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. - October 18, 1966 through May 23, 1967, 1. This program is for adult men and women of the Town of Lexington (18 years and over). Instruction in badminton is also offered by volunteers of the Lexington Badminton Association, 2, Attendance 709 - an Average of 16 per session for 44 sessions. 3. Thursday evening sessions were added to this program in order to accommodate the Tuesday overflow. The program was also extended from April 5, 1967 to May 23, 1967. f) Ladies Exercise Classes - Tuesday evenings at the High School Gymnasium and Field House - 7:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. - October 18, 1966 - April 11, 1967, 1. Activities - Exercises to music toward improving muscular fitness, the figure and co- ordination, basketball and running in the Field House, gymnastics etc, 2. Attendance - 449 - an average of 21 for 21 sessions. g) Men's Exercise Classes - Monday and Thursday evenings at the High School gymnasium and Field House - 7:30 P.M. - 9:30 P.M. - October 17, 1966 through April 13, 1967, 1. Activities - basketball, calisthenics, track, weights, volleyball etc, 2. Attendance - 1775 - an average of 40 for 44 sessions. h) Spring Program - Golf Instructions 1. Lexington residents - 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. - seven Tuesday evenings and seven Wed- nesday evenings - February 28, 1967 through April 12, 1967, 2. All instructions given in High School gymnasium, 3. Total enrollment 100 - an average of 25 per class. 4, Activities - Instructions for beginners, high handicappers, intermediate and advanced golfers. Orientation on golf, including grip, stance, body position and pivot plus the proper use of each golf club toward improvement in the game. 7. Facilities a) Playgrounds 72 REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE 1. Center - (including enclosed diamond), equipment building, three senior baseball diamonds, four junior diamonds, one football field with stands, one track with field events area, eight hard top tennis courts, a practice tennis court, playground equip- ment, sand box, horse shoe pits and one all purpose play area with lights for basketball, ice skating etc. 2. Hastings - one junior baseball diamond, one basketball court, large open area, play- ground equipment, limited use of indoor facilities. 3. 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. 4. North (Parker) - two hard top tennis courts, two junior baseball diamonds, hard top basketball court, hard top play area, limited use of Parker School indoor facilities. 5. Harrington - one junior baseball diamond, playground equipment and horse shoe pits, outdoor basketball court, limited use of indoor facilities of Harrington School. b) Play Areas 1. Baskin - one baseball and football area (junior size) - can also be used for other activities, one hard top (outdoor) 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, playground equipment, outdoor basketball court, hard top play areas, ice skating area. 4. Franklin - one junior baseball diamond, outdoor basketball court, ice skating area. The Retarded Children's summer program uses two rooms at Franklin School and the winter program for these same children uses the gymnasium plus the adjoining play areas outdoors whenever possible. 5. Kinneen's - small basketball area, junior baseball diamond, playground equipment, ice skating area lighted for evening skating. 6. Rindge Avenue Area (New) - one baseball and football area (junior size), can also be used for other activities. 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. c) Municipal Swimming Pool (Wire Fence Enclosure) 1. One large 35' x 75' pool - 3' at shallow end and 8y at deep end. 2. One small 35' x 35' pool - 0 to 21' deep. 3. Two locker buildings - one for girls and one for boys. d) Picnic Area 1. Willard's Woods - entry road, parking area, three fireplaces - reservations by permit only, fire laws to be observed, five tables. e) 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 seperate hockey players from free skaters - lighted for evening skating. 73 REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE 3. Franklin - one area 4. Fiske - one area 5. Harrington - one area 6. Hastings - one area 7. Kinneen's - one large area divided by board partition to separate hockey players from free skaters - lighted for evening skating. 8. Reservoir - one small area separated by dike from main body. Ice patrollers re- strict hockey to delineated areas at designated times - lighted for evening skating. 9, Sutherland (Liberty Heights) - one area. f) Indoor 1. Senior High School Field House and Gymnasium, Muzzey Junior High, Diamond Junior High and Franklin School Gymnasiums with permission of the Lexington School Committee. 2. Rooms for various meetings - by permission of the Lexington Board of Selectmen and Police Department 8. Permits Issued Senior, Junior and elementary schools for girls and boys sports activities, boy scouts, girl scouts, cub scouts, brownies, Grace Chapel, St. Brigids J.F.K., Youth Group, Ledgemont Laboratory, Kennecott Copper Corporation, Town Baseball Team, Legion Baseball Team, Little League, Minute -Man Baseball League, Lexington Softball League, Suburban Tennis League, Promenaders, Battle Green Chapter of DeMolay, Lions Club, Prof. Schrock (M.I,T,), Lexington Tennis Association, Itek, Lincoln Lab, Weston Instruments, Burroughs Corporation, Systems Development Corporation, Raytheon, Spring Tennis League, Fiske School P.T.A., New England Tennis Association, Lexington Paul Revere Tennis Committee and Women's Tennis League. Respectfully submitted, Recreation Committee Robert E. Bond, Chairman Vincent E. Hayes Richard S. Sparrow Paul Hanson Robert Davison Benedict W. Bertini, Director Conservation Commission The Lexington Conservation Commission submits herewith part two of its annual report for 1967. The following tables summarize major operations of the Commission during 1967 and the status at year -end. Summary of New Funds Appropriated for Conservation Commission Articles by the Town Meeting during 1967 Operating Expenses, March and June, Article 4 Conservation Fund, March, Article 77 Whipple Hill purchase, 32 acres, additional funding for Art. 82, 1966; under Art. 78, 1967 ($50, 000 total included $7, 000 transfer) Redcoat Lane purchase, 23 acres, additional funding for Art. 14 of June 1966, under Art. 79 of March, 1967 Longfellow Road purchase, 6. 5 acres, March, Art. 80 Total of New Appropriations in 1967 Cash Reimbursements Received During 1967 under State Grand -in -Aid Programs $ 1,000 2,000 43,000 11, 300 16, 000 $73, 300 *West Farm, 25% of $24,200 for 11 acres, voted March, 1966, purchased March, 1967 $ 6,050 *Church Land, 25% of $16, 000 for 10 acres, voted March, 1966, purchased March, 1967 4, 000 *Whipple Hill, 25% of $11,788 for 4 acres, voted March, 1966 and 1963, purchased Feb. , 1967 2,947 Swenson Farm, 25% of $158, 200 for 58 acres, voted March and June, 1965, purchased mid - 1965 (total 1966 -67 reimbursement = 75% on Swenson Farm) 39, 550 Total cash reimbursements received in 1967 $52, 547 Approvals Received on State and Federal Grant -in- Aid Applications for which Funds not yet Received Church Land, 50% of $16, 000 for 10 acres, see above (to be disbursed early in 1968) $ 8,000 (federal) Redcoat Lane, 50% of non - federal portion of $50, 984, voted June, 1966, and March, 1967, purchased mid -1967, State (disbursement expected mid -1968) (State) 25, 492 ''West Farm, additional 25% 6, 050 ''Church Land, additional 25% 4, 000 Whipple Hill, additional 25% 2, 947 Total approved- unpaid grants as of 31 December 1967 $46,489 *50% federal applications are pending, and if not approved, the State will reimburse an additional 25 %, or total of 50% State aid instead if 75% combined State - Federal aid. 75 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Actual Conservation Land Purchases During 1967 Name Acres Cost West Farm 11 $ 24,200 Church Land 10 16,000 Whipple Hill 4 11,788 Redcoat Lane 23 50,984 Totals 48 $102,972 With one small exception, every Conservation Commission purchase funded by the Town Meeting before 1967, was consumated by the end of 1967; the exception is a small parcel on Winchester Drive whose purchase is an involved task because of the change in Town boundaries a few years ago. The funding situation for the federal grant program has not improved substantially from the situation reported last year. Three federal applications are still pending and two more are about to be submitted, pending completion of appraisals. Some other towns in Massachusetts are beginning to report rejections. The State grant -in -aid program appears to be in better shape. It has been operating successfully for several years now. In response to many questions, selected excerpts from the applicable State and Federal conservation reimbursement laws were reprinted here last year. Two questions, especially, concerned the degree of control that could be exercised by State and Federal governments over the use of the land, and the desirability of giving up any of the Town's nearly total flexibility of open -space usage in exchange for financial help. It is noteworthy that some communities regard these safeguards as positive benefits, and have even offered to accept the restrictions for only a token grant of a dollar. Discussion at inter -board meetings and at Town Meeting suggest that the breadth of purpose in conservation land purchase and land use is still not substantially understood by many in Town govern- ment. Readers are referred to the 1966 Town Report, part 2, pp. 82 and 83, and specifically to reprinted excerpts from the General Laws, Ch. 132A, Section II, subsections 2B and 2D, pertaining to authorized uses of land on which State aic4 is received. Some feeling has been expressed that Commission purchases should be restricted to broad areas "unsuitable" for building, of marginal recreational value, to be used by few people. Although significant portions of the land sought by the Commission may include such characteristics, the Commission does not intend to limit considerations to such lands. For example, Commission plans will include the purchase of buffer strips between existing residential development and major highways. Such land may be "developable" in a narrow engineering sense, but is "unsuitable" from the standpoint of good environmental planning, i. e. , with respect to engineering in a broader and more professional sense. Moreover, parcels of only a few acres which have special esthetic, recre- ational, hydraulic, botanical, or other natural resources attributes valuable to the community, will be recommended for purchase when these attributes outweigh their value to the existing community for residential or for other development. One of the many principles the Commission employs in dealing with owners of Lexington land requires emphasis. The Commission feels that all landowners must be treated fairly and treated alike, whether rich or poor, and whether resident in Lexington or in Australia. No special concessions should be granted in negotiations because the owner lives in Town or because the owner is not rich. Even a Town Meeting member or other Town officer must be treated with the same impartiality as others. It is hoped and expected that the Town Meeting and other boards will treat the Commission's proposals with the same principles of impartiality as the Commission uses with respect to land ownership and price. Jules P. Sussman, Chairman Francis W. K. Smith, Vice Chairman Aiden L. Ripley Leslie H. York Stanley A. Brown Paul E. Mazerall, Ex- Officio 76 1967. Board of Health The Board of Health submits the following report for the year ending December 31, Organization and Meetings The present Board of Health is composed of Mr. Rufus L. McQuillan, Chairman, Dr. William Cosgrove and Dr. Charles Colburn. It meets the first Friday of every month, with the exception of the month of August at 7:00 P.M. in the Selectmen's Room of the Town Office Building. In 1967 eleven (11) regular meetings and one (1) public hearing were held. James F. Finneran James F. Finneran *James F. Finneran Robert C. Heustis Robert C. Heustis *Robert C. Heustis Dorothy 1. Jones Dorothy M. Jones Hazel J. Murray *Dr. Carl R. Benton *James F. Finneran *Dr. Howard A. Smith Isabel S. Finneran, R D H John R. Condon Paul F. O'Leary (Metropolitan State Hospital). . Charles S. Karr (Metropolitan State Hospital). . Dr. Wm. McLaughlin (Metropolitan State Hospital). *Approved by the State Department of Public Health Robert C. Heustis replaced James F. Finneran, August 1967. Dr. Howard A. Smith replaced Dr. Carl R. Benton, May 1967. Director of Public Health Milk Inspector Inspector of Slaughtering Director of Public Health Milk Inspector Inspector of Slaughtering Clerk Agent Dgent Animal Inspector Assistant Animal Inspector Animal Inspector Dental Hygienist Collector of Milk Samples Special Agent Special Agent . Special Agent Communicable Diseases Animal Bites 129 Chickenpox 44 Encephalitis 1 German Measles 7 Hepatitus, Infectious 13 Measles 5 Meningitis 1 Mumps 57 Slmonel l 12 Scarlet Fever 19 Streptococcal Sore Throat 240 Tuberculosis 2 A total of 654 cases of communicable diseases were reported in 1967. According to law all communicable diseases must be reported by the attending physician or by parent or guardian. Lexington Visiting Nurse Association The Lexington Visiting Nurse Association made 1116 house visits on behalf of the Health Department. These calls were as follows: Communicable Diseases 174 Tuberculosis 146 77 Health Supervision: Infants under 1 year 247 Pre - school children 523 School children 26 Immunization Clinics Diphtheria- Tetanus Clinic 319 Poliomyelitis Oral Sabin Vaccine Clinic 598 Influenza Clinic (Town Personnel Only) 321 Measles Prevention Clinic 99 Rabies Innoculation Clinic for dogs 896 Detection Clinics Tuberculin Tine Test 455 Glaucoma Eye Screening Clinic 594 Pre - school Eye Screening Clinic 196 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 -3282. Report of the Dental Hygienist Dental screening examinations were completed in all the elementary schools. During the Fall term there were 5064 children examined and 525 defect notices mailed. All those requesting dental clinic services were sent a special form letter informing them of Medicaid Aid (title 19). Therefore, from September to December there were no clinic days. The Dental Health Program included: Classroom Talks (grades 1 -6) 266 School Visits 213 Conferences 53 Oral Prophylaxis 74 Luride Treatments 63 X -rays 32 Operative report of the Dental Clinic, January to June only PATIENTS 316 Elementary Schools 314 Junior High Schools 2 FILLINGS 461 Deciduous 202 Permanent 259 EXTRACTIONS 2 Deciduous 2 Permanent 0 TREATMENTS 63 EXAMINATIONS 81 78 Clinic Days (A.M. only) 38 Appointments 316 Completed 75 Mystic Valley Children's Clinic The operational report for Lexington residents is as follows: Total number of applications (all towns) 375 LEXINGTON RESIDENTS: Application for clinical services 96 Cases carried over January 1, 1967 16 Diagnostic and other interviews 937 Interview Hours by Staff 1083 Additional Staff Hours on Cases 1833 Hours Staff Consultation to Community Agencies . . . 198 Total Staff Hours for Lexington Residents 3114 REFERRAL SOURCES Schools 31 Medical 29 Social & Legal Agencies . . 13 Self & Friends . . . 23 Report of the Inspector of Animals The function of the town veterinarian is to; 1. examine and quarantine any animal that has inflicted a wound to a human, 2. to inspect annually all livestock in the town, 3. to conduct the annual Rabies Clinic, and 4. to be available to the Board of Health for consultation concerning any problem arising that involves the animal population that can transfer any disease to our human population. In our town of Lexington, and in most other progressive towns in Massachusetts, annual Rabies Clinics are held. This year 896 dogs were innoculated against Rabies at the annual clinic. We are more fortunate than our other New England states in that we are not real- izing any outbreaks of Rabies. The only positive cases that have been recognized has been in the bat population, the number in Massachusetts has been 5 in 1967, the nearest reported case has been in Bedford, Massachusetts. As of May 1967 the policy of the Rabies Clinic has been changed. A modifiedlive virus is used which induces an immunity for at least two years, thus animals innoculated this year are recommended to return to the clinic in 2 years. With these changes our annual clinic will be given bi- annually, in the Spring and in the Fall. In an effort to have a control of all animals the Board of Health accepted a recommendation, by myself, to spot check stray wild animals such as skunks, etc. that have been killed on our roads here in Lexington, and to send the carcass to the State Department of Public Health, Wasserman Laboratories, Jamacia Plain, Mass. There were 129 animal bites reported from January 1 to December 31, 1967, 113 canine bites and 16 other animal bites such as moles, rabbits, chipmunk, squirrel, hamsters and one bat. The animals were either quarantined or the heads sent to the Wasserman Laboratory for testing. All were reported as negative. A decline of 20% has been realized in dog bite incidences this year. I believe this to be the result of the adopting and enforcing of the modified leash law. 79 The annual inspection of all livestock was made during the month of December, the following number of animals were examined: Cows, bulls & steers 21 Sheep 2 Horses and Ponies 91 Goats 4 Twenty -nine barns and housing facilities were inspected and all were in satis- factory condition. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Board of Health and its staff for assisting me in my first year as town veterinarian. Also, I would like to thank the Police Department for their continued help in taking the numerous injured animals to veterinary hospitals, and in particular, dog officer, Sgt. Carl Carlson for his excellent performance in handling the many complaints and responsibilities that go with this assignment. I would also like to pay special tribute to my late colleague and former town veterinarian whose untimely death was a tragic occurence to all his many friends and our Town. Sanitation: Food, Milk and Water All eating establishments, food markets, and bakeries were inspected for mainten- ance of sanitary standards and for proper methods of storage, preparation, and dispensing of foods. Multi -use utensils used in eating establishments were subject to routine analysis to determine compliance with the regulation for bactericidal treatment. Of the 157 samples collected and tested 12.81% were over the accepted standard for bacteriolo- gical cleanliness. Notices were sent to the establishment operators and re- sampling carried out to determine correction of deficient bactericidal treatment. 93 random samples representative of milk products sold by licensed dealers were collected for analysis. All samples were negative for the presence of phosphatose indicating satisfactory pasteurization process. 35 samples exceeded the legal standards for a colony plate count, and 59 samples exceeded the standards for the coliform test. Written notices were sent to dealers and resampling of products was carried out to determine that corrective action had been taken. 25 water samples were tested on request of residents, 20 samples from brooks and streams, 3 private wells and 2 requests to test the municipal water supply. Field tests were made at all of the 11 licensed public and semi - public swimming pools to determine compliance with the regulation for residual chlorine and hydrogen -ion concentration (PH). 38 applications were received for private sewage disposal systems. This included alterations, repairs and new construction. Plans for 9 new subdivisions of land were submitted for Board of Health approval as required by law. All of these subdivisions will be serviced by municipal sewage systems. 8 were approved subject to providing proper drainage and 1 was disapproved due to poor drainage conditions. Complaints and Nuisances 84 complaints of conditions deemed detrimental or hazardous were received during 1967. A breakdown of complaints received is as follows: 7 Eating and Food Establishments 28 Exposed sewage wastes 19 Rubbish and garbage nuisances 10 Drainage problems 80 7 Animal and Fowl complaints 2 Noxious weeds and odors 5 Insect and rodents 3 Housing deficiencies 2 Air pollution All complaints were investigated and evaluated and correction obtained by written notice to property owners and occupants. One case was settled through court action. Other Inspections 13 Day Care Centers (Nursery and Kindergarten Schools) were inspected prior to renewal of required licenses. 2 Convalescent and Nursing Homes were inspected and approved prior to certification by the Board of Health. Licenses The Board granted licenses and permits as follows: Animal Permits (including poultry) Child Care Center Licenses • . Disposal Works, Installers Permits Food Establishment Permits . . Funeral Directors Licenses . Garbage Disposal Permits . • • • Massage License . • • • • Methyl Alcohol Permits • • • • Milk License -Store • . • • • • • 50 • • 12 ..15 ..38 • . 6 • 4 • . 1 . 6 ..45 Milk License - Vehicle . . . 20 Nursing Home Approval . . 2 Oleomargarine Permits . . 22 Recreation Camp License . 1 Rubbish Disposal Permits . 12 Septic Tank and Cesspool Permits • • . 38 Sewage Disposal Permits. . 8 Swimming Pool Permits . . 12 A permit is required for keeping horses, cows, goats, swine and poultry. All residents are urged to comply with the regulation in this regard. Board of Health Receipts Child Care Centers $180.00 Dental Clinic Fees 135.00 Disposal Works Installers Permits 30.00 Food Establishment Permits 36.00 Garbage Disposal Permits • 2.00 Massage License . • . . 5.00 Methyl Alcohol Permits . . • 6.00 Milk License -Store . . . . 22.50 Milk License - Vehicle $ 10.50 Oleomargarine Permits . • • • 12.00 Recreation Camp License . 3.00 Reimbursement, Premature Infant 172.63 Rubbish Disposal Permits . . . 28.00 Septic Tank and Cesspool Permits 190.00 Sewage Disposal Permits . . 24.00 Swimming Pool Permits . • • • 27.50 Board of Health Expenses Advertising $ 140.38 Buriel of Animals 174.00 Clinic & Health Services • 1,478.61 Dental Clinic 533.23 Emergency Service 321.60 Engineering 613.02 Laboratory Equipment . • • 511.50 Lexington Visiting Nurse • 4,000.00 Mystic Valley Health Clinic . $5,650.00 Office Supplies 217.53 Printing . 372.87 Rabies Clinic 985.33 Premature Infant Care . 345.27 Sundry (meetings, dues, etc). 132.32 Transportation 422.82 Tuberculosis Care 1,967.40 The receipts are not available for use by the Board of Health but revert to the Excess and Defiency Account. R. L. McQuillan, Chairman 81 Fire Commissioners The Board of Fire Commissioners submits herewith Part II of the annual report of the fire department for the calender year ending December 31, 1967: A total of 1481 alarms were answered as recorded in the following tabulation: Bell Alarms 1967: Accidental Auto Buildings Faulty Fire Alarm False Accidents Animal Rescue Assistance Automobile Buildings and Misc. Bus Dump Emergency Service 11 6 86 14 45 32 18 78 45 68 1 67 40 Lexington To: Arlington 21 Bedford 4 Air Force Base 2 Concord 1 Waltham 13 Woburn 2 43 While covering Lexington Stations: Arlington answered Belmont answered 1 1 Second Alarms Struck for 1967 -2 Veterans Memorial Ambulance Total runs during 1967 512 Total mileage during 1967 7320 The apparatus traveled a total of 79,000 ft. of 3/4 inch hose 11,750 ft. of 1 and 1/2 inch hose 14,850 ft. of 2 and 1/2 inch hose 3,350 ft of 3 inch hose Elapsed time of bell alarms Elapsed time of still alarms Elapsed time of mutual aid Still Alarms Mutual Aid 10,525 miles 82 Grass, Brush and Woods Sprinkler Dump Truck Emergency Edison False Calls Investigation Needless Grass, Brush and Woods Oxygen Fire Prevention Truck To Lexington From: Arlington Belmont Waltham 18 1 5 2 188 20 5 51 6 195 70 20 22 738 8 1 5 14 While covering out of town stations: Lexington answered 1 Summary Bell Alarms Still Alarms Mutual Aid Total runs Ambulance runs 188 738 43 969 512 1481 and used the following in extinguishing fires during Number of lights used Feet of cable used 7700 Feet of ladders used 1662 Total hours pumped 102 hrs. 14 min. 111 hrs. 54 min. 421 hrs. 15 min. 37 hrs. 10 min. Total hours pumped: 570 hrs. 19 min. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISIONERS Fire Losses for Year 1967* Value of buildings involved by fire $769,200.00 Estimated loss of buildings involved by fire 33,605.00 Estimated loss of contents 23,091.00 Loss paid on buildings 32,711.22 Loss paid on contents 21,516.00 *Twelve 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: Applications received for storage of oil 115 Applications received for blasting permits 87 Applications received for gas tank removal 3 Inspections made and permits issued: Fuel Oil 100 Blasting New - 14 Renewals - 73 87 Gas Tank Removal 3 Blasting Locations Inspected 204 Underground tanks approved - fuel oil 36 General Inspections Public and Mercantile 1504 Fire Alarm boxes inspected and tested quarterly 968 (242 boxes in service) Extinguishers checked and refilled 1035 Batteries in fire alarm room tested weekly Emergency generators and lighting systems checked weekly Special Inspections and Surveys: Department of Public Health - quarterly 20 Nursing Homes 23 Homes for the Aged 11 Churches and Church Property 51 Lexington Public Schools 202 Nursery Schools 20 Co- operating with State Fire Marshall 30 Requests for Information 507 Inspections of New Construction 86 Complaints Investigated and Corrected 77 Reinspections of all Types 156 Training Officers' Report 1. Various phases of firefighting procedures and skills conducted weekly by company officers. 2. Extensive outside fireground training and skills conducted from May through October. 3. Academy Training: A. Eleven privates graduated and received diplomas in fire fighting courses at the Central Massachusetts Fire Training Academy at Framingham, Massachusetts. (Four privates graduated from Basic Fire Fighting Course - seven privates graduated from Advanced Fire Fighting Course.) B. Two lieutenants graduated and received diplomas for officers courses at Central Massachusetts Fire Training Academy in Framingham, Massachusetts. 83 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISIONERS C. One lieutenant passed Red Cross First Aid Instructors Course and attended a course on advanced instruction of the initial emergency care and transportation of the sick and injured at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. 4. Training officers and company officers attended regular monthly meetings and seminars of fire train- ing programs throughout the state. Miscellaneous The necessary funds were appropriated to allow the following projects to be completed in 1967: 1. Purchase of new Chief's car. 2. Purchase of new Veterans' Memorial Ambulance. 3. Existing old wires were replaced with new cable on Bedford Street from Worthen Road to Hartwell Avenue, setting the stage for tying -in the Hartwell Avenue industrial area and splitting the North Lexington circuit. 4. Replaced old fire alarm wire with new cable along length of Spring Street and on Marrett Road from Spring Street to Hudson Road. Fred C. Bailey, Chairman William P. Fitzgerald Stanley E. Robbins 84 Police Department January 1st - December 31st, 1967 Animals Cared For (Sick, Injured or Dead) 107 Animals Cared For (Stray) 40 Automobiles Reported Stolen 23 Automobiles Recovered 28 Automobiles Tagged (Parking Violations) 4,172 Bicycles Reported Stolen 137 Bicycles Recovered 60 Buildings Found Open 237 Committed to Insane Hospitals 16 Fire Alarms Responded To 192 Injured or Sick Persons Assisted 281 Lost Dogs Reported 360 Lost Dogs Returned to Owners 120 Messages Delivered 96 Missing Persons Investigated 72 Public Utilities Notified of Defects 182 Reports and Complaints Investigated 5,303 Speed Checks 1,167 Street Lights Reported Out 144 Sudden Deaths Investigated 18 Transients Accommodated 21 Vacant Houses Reported 730 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #30 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #31 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #32 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #33 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #34 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #35 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #36 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #37 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #38 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #39 Automobile Accidents January February March April May June July August September Octobe r November December Total 8,124 70,943 77,224 73,118 78,974 32,176 9,610 13,276 16,336 12,309 74 116 120 69 68 67 77 62 65 85 126 100 1,029 Personal Injury Accidents 399 Fatal. Accidents -9 Persons Injured 575 Persons Killed 7 LEXINGTON POLICE REPORT FROM January 1st - December 31st, 1967 OFFENSES Assault w /deadly weapon Assault Assault (Indecent) Assault and Battery Begetting Breaking and Entering Breaking and Entering and Larceny Conspiracy Arrests co cn m ▪ .-, -a 5 a , 0. N m 0 cn f, [� 0 ti Z C4 o Statistics rn 4 4 3 1 10 10 2 8 2 1 1 1 10 10 1 9 9 9 1 8 Committed Dispositions N • p ▪ + q m a, •I•J o rn ,- Dismissed 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 5 1 10 5 1 2 1 Drunkenness 85 4 89 4 34 51 $190. 8 4 15 7 2 53 Escapees 2 2 1 1 2 Fraud 1 1 1 1 Larceny, Check 1 1 1 1 Larceny 35 1 36 11 9 16 2 1 8 1 2 22 Larceny (Attempted) 7 7 3 4 1 2 4 Lewdness 5 5 3 2 1 1 3 Malicious Damage to Property 1 1 1 1 1 Manslaughter Non- Support 7 7 3 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 R ape Robbery Suspicion of 1 1 1 1 Runaway 6 6 12 8 1 3 7 1 2 2 Truant Fugitive from Justice Trespassing 4 4 4 35. 1 3 Receiving Stolen Property Narcotic Drug Law, Violations 10 10 2 8 2 1 3 4 Indecent Exposure 4 4 2 2 2 2 Procuring Alcohol for Minor 2 2 2 2 Violation of Zoning Laws 8 8 8 80. 8 Unlawful Sale of Alcohol 1 1 1 300. 1 Operating to Endanger 83 12 95 1 15 79 1060. 49 7 4 35 Operating with View Obstructed 22 3 25 6 19 265. 25 Operating after Rev. of License or right to Operate 16 16 2 14 470. 11 4 1 Operating an Uninsured Car 27 27 1 6 20 525. 20 2 1 4 Operating an Unregistered Car 35 1 36 1 8 27 460. 32 4 Operating without License 56 8 64 3 24 37 490. 1 49 2 1 11 Operating without Sticker 93 30 123 48 75 935. 119 4 Operating under Influence 38 2 40 6 34 655. 18 10 2 10 Hit and Run, Personal and /or Property 11 1 12 1 5 7 120. 5 3 2 2 Refusing to Stop 14 5 19 8 11 180. 12 2 5 Speeding 895 198 1093 6 335 761 13485. 5 1073 1 14 Violation Law of Road 92 16 108 1 41 66 980. 103 1 4 Violation of Probation 2 2 2 1 1 Violation Town Ordinance 197 87 294 134 150 2229. 268 16 Violation Traffic Signal 263 75 338 69 269 1830. 1 332 5 Violation Park. Meter Reg. 110 28 138 44 94 250. 1 118 19 Violation of a Stop Sign 116 40 156 63 93 880. 155 1 Violation of School Bus Law 22 17 39 13 26 305. 39 Allowing an Improper Person to Operate 3 3 3 20. 3 Using a M.V. w/o Authority 7 2 9 4 4 4 1 1 7 86 LEXINGTON POLICE REPORT FROM January 1st - December 31st, 1967 Arrests Statistics s Dispositions OFFENSES m �' - a) $4 o ° a o y •� 'b co a> m m o - -c o 5 .> m 0 0 .Q a o co w H '- a ZZ <o UQowwza i 'c Released Dismissed Allowing Plates to be Used Attaching Wrong Plates 6 6 1 5$ 15. 6 Improper Equipment Operating w/o License in Possession 40 7 47 17 30 335. 45 2 Operating w/o Registration in Possession 52 15 67 1 27 39 390. 61 1 5 Transporting Goods on the Lord's Day Possession of Burglary Tools 3 3 3 3 Unlawful Discharging, Firearms 5 5 2 3 40. 4 1 Unlawful Possession of Dan- gerous Weapons 1 1 1 1 Disorderly Conduct 7 7 2 7 50. 2 1 4 Habitual School Offender 1 1 1 1 1 Vagrancy 4 4 1 3 3 1 Vandalism 5 5 4 5 1 5 Abroad at Night Time 3 3 3 1 2 Selling Milk w/o Permit 1 1 1 1 Arson 1 1 1 1 Contributing to Del. of Minor 3 3 2 1 1 2 Peeping Tom 1 1 1 1 Suspicion 1 1 1 1 Disturbing the Peace 9 9 6 3 140. 7 2 Stubborn Child 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 Abortion 1 1 1 200. 1 Possession of Harmful Magazines 1 1 1 1 Selling of Harmful Magazines 1 1 1 1 Fail to Pay Overtime 1 1 1 1 Missing Persons 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Possession of Brass Knuckles 1 1 1 50. 1 Possession of Dangerous Weapon 1 1 1 50. 1 Mentally Disturbed 2 2 2 2 Loitering 4 4 4 50. 3 1 Hawkers and Pedlars 1 1 1 1 Dog Violation 1 1 2 2 20. 2 Throwing Litter on Street 1 1 1 20. 1 Dumping Violation 9 9 1 8 90. 9 Threatening 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 Removal of Gravel w/o Permit 2 2 1 1 50. 2 Receiving Stolen Property 1 1 1 1 Annoying Telephone Calls 1 1 1 1 Lodgers 2 2 1 1 2 Violation of Weekly Wage Law 1 1 1 1 Delinquent 1 1 1 1 1 Possession of High Explosives 1 1 1 1 1 Violation of Board of Health Rules 1 1 1 1 Failing to Produce License 2 2 1 1 75. 2 Racing 2 2 1 1 50. 2 Permitting Unregistered Motor Vehicle to be operated 1 1 1 1 1 Permitting Uninsured Motor Vehicle to be operated 1 1 1 1 1 Failing to Dim Lights 1 1 1 10. 1 87 LEXINGTON POLICE REPORT FROM January 1 - December 31, 1967 Arrests Statistics OFFENSES -o •-d >, -o + + cc a) a) z-1 .4-,-I ° a) N al r, Z a) a ° .9 :b o ° a) ca -',1,' � ) ° w a o CD 1 o 0) o N 0 o a E w o a., -- 0 o 44 H ,- a Z a < o U ca 0 4) 4) Z P, cn a Dispositions Leaving Motor Vehicle Running Unattended 13 13 4 9 122. 13 Showing License of Another 1 1 1 Alcohol in Motor Vehicle by Minor 16 16 2 7 7 140. 9 Backing up on State Highway M 2 2 2 25. 2 Minor w /Alcohol in Possession 7 7 2 5 40. 4 3 Operating w/o Head Lights 1 1 2 1 1 20. 2 Failing to Display Plates 6 6 3 3 35. 5 1 Operating Motor Cycle w/o Proper Head Gear 17 1 18 6 12 120. 1 15 2 Possession of Forged License 1 1 1 Throwing Glass on Street 1 1 1 10. 1 Spilling on Highway 6 6 6 50. 6 Operating w/o covering on 6 Sand 1 1 1 10. 1 Delivering Alcohol to Minor 1 1 1 Operating Motor Cycle w/o Valid License 3 3 2 1 20. 2 1 Passenger on Motor Cycle w/o Head Gear 2 2 1 1 10. 2 Operating Unregistered Motor Cycle 2 2 1 1 100. 1 1 Operating Uninsured Motor Cycle 2 2 1 1 100. 1 1 Operating w/ Jr. License after 1 :00 A.M. 1 1 1 1 10. 1 Operating with Faulty Brakes 1 1 1 10. 1 Refusing to name Owner of Motor Vehicle 1 1 1 10. 1 Incorrect Address on Registration 1 1 1 1 Using Motor Vehicle w/o Authority a /Suspension 2 2 2 30. 2 Dismissed 1 7 1 Totals 2590 566 3156 62 1062 2060 $28141. 26 35 2690 41 13 33 11 307 88 LEXINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ANALYSIS - 1967 4 F .4 ao .t ° A Z w Pedestrians A A A y 0.5 m a 2 ow a 2 2 0 0 b 0 0 d o v a o N0 S. 5 > �.a 5�, > ° >�9 °9� O' a� a.9 2 2 2 9 2x 5 2x 52:x Investigated Prosecuted Convicted January 74 45 29 0 0 0 30 49 1 55 18 1 0 34 0 14 0 35 9 8 February 116 36 30 0 0 0 41 55 2 98 16 2 0 50 0 3 0 41 14 12 March 120 81 39 0 0 0 42 58 2 95 23 2 0 51 0 9 0 57 14 14 April 69 52 17 0 0 0 32 45 2 53 14 2 0 35 0 8 0 39 8 8 May 68 55 13 2 1 1 30 43 4 52 12 4 1 39 1 4 0 24 6 6 June 67 48 19 1 0 1 32 57 5 54 8 3 0 50 1 4 0 30 4 4 July 77 57 20 1 0 1 38 50 5 55 17 5 0 31 1 14 0 37 7 7 August 62 40 22 0 0 0 25 33 3 48 11 3 0 22 0 8 0 34 3 6 September 65 43 22 2 0 2 19 22 3 46 16 3 0 15 2 4 0 34 5 5 October 85 63 22 2 0 2 29 40 5 68 12 4 0 25 2 11 0 43 10 9 November 126 76 50 2 1 1 41 58 4 102 20 3 1 47 0 8 1 59 11 11 December 100 61 39 1 0 1 44 68 2 80 17 2 0 56 1 10 0 52 16 15 Total 1029 707 322 11 2 9 403 578 38 806 184 34 2 455 8 97 1 485 107 105 LEXINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ANALYSIS - 1967 ID a� 0 o a) -o ; o � aH A Z w Pq w F a A z <4 w s 4 January 1 0 1 X 13 X X July 5 0 5 X X X X - X February 2 0 2 X 5 1/2 X X 7 X X X X 18 X X 10 X X March 2 0 2 X 7 X X 8 X X X 8 X August 3 0 3 X 7 X April 2 0 2 X 16 X X 16 X X X 5 X X X 64 X May 4 1 3 X 7 X X September 3 0 3 X 7 X X 6 X X X 7 X X 10 X X 13 X X 15 X October 5 0 5 X 14 X June 5 0 5 X - X X X 17 X X X 2 1/2 X X X - X X X X X X 13 X X 7 X X 8 X X X 9 X X November 4 1 3 X 12 X X X 66 X X X 12 X X X 9 X December 2 0 2 X 7 X X 9 X Total 38 2 36 33 5 12 26 18 2 89 Regulatory Inspection Summary of Building Permits No. of Permits Amount Single Family Dwellings 136 $2,784,000.00 Two Family Dwellings 1 20,000.00 Additions and Alterations 175 1,046,298.00 Garages 16 38,970.00 Carports 2 2,000.00 Service Stations 1 20,000.00 Signs 25 9,633.00 Re- roofing 17 15,840.00 Commercial Buildings 4 2,698,200.00 Swimming Pools 23 91,710.00 Tool Sheds 14 3,039.00 Road Stands 1 20,000.00 Grain Tank 1 900.00 Re- locate Dwellings 3 30,000.00 Re- locate Buildings 2 350.00 Accessory Buildings 3 12,500.00 Demolitions 8 6,995.00 Fire Damage Repairs 2 23,000.00 Housing for Elderly 1 765,000.00 (Two Permits - #372 - 372A) (1) Total 436 $7,588,435.00 1967 saw a decrease in the total number of permits issued, but a 21 percent increase in the num- ber of single family dwellings over 1966. Looking back five years to 1962 when 136 single family homes were built also, we find a marked increase in the cost estimate per unit. This averages out to 4.8 percent per year, well over the national average. The Hartwell Avenue CMI district saw two more buildings started, one for the Hewlett Packard Company and the other for Instrumentation Laboratories. The housing for the elderly, the William Roger Greeley Village, with its 100 apartments got under way and it is expected to be completed next summer. Lexington center had continued changes with the new addition to the Federal Savings Bank Build- ing, a second story on the telephone building, and new store fronts and alterations on a number of stores. Late in the year a permit was issued for the demolition of the old car barn building on Bedford Street, long a landmark in town. There were 76 complaints received relative to zoning, signs, board of appeals and historic dis- tricts decisions, that were investigated. Three of the investigations developed into court cases, two in- volving gravel removal and the other, business use in a residential area. Overall it was an active year with commercial construction again making up a large percentage of the total. 90 WIRING INSPECTOR Robert K. Jeremiah I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1967. Number of Permits Granted - - - - 718 Cash Received from Permits - - - 82,162.00 Summary of Electrical Permits New Buildings 137 Oil Burners 121 Electric Ranges 19 Additions 106 Hot Water Heaters Installed 28 Alterations Electric Dryers i �5 Temporary Services 32 Dish Washers Installed Electric Garbage Disposals 12 Post Lights Installed 6 Gas Burners Installed 41 Gasoline Pumps 3 Air Conditioning Units 11 Flood Lights •Installed 8 Commercial Installations 6 Re- Locations of Buildings 23 Swimming Pool Wiring Outdoor Signs 6 Electrical Heating Installed 12 New 100 Amp. Services 81 Fire Alarm Systems 6 New 200 Amp. Services 16 Circulating Pumps 10 Temporary Festoon Lighting 3 Electric Gutter Cables Electric Kiln 2 Emergency Lighting 3 Hood Fans Pumping Stations 1 Ice Making Machines 1 Fire Inspections 6 The year 1967 has shown an increase in new build- ings and a rise in Electrical Permits issued. With the building of the Hewlett Packard Building, the Amicon Building, additions to the Telephone Building, the Fairlawn Nursing Home, the Pine Knoll Nursing Home, and the Lexington Indoor Tennis Court, and the drive by Boston Edison to increase the services to the homes, and with the re- locations of five buildings, it has been a busy year. An inspection was made at the Pine Knoll Nursing Home, the Grey Nuns Nursing Home, the Fairlawn Nursing Home, and the Hancock House Nursing Home. 91 PLU'rn INS A'd GAS INSPECTOR John B. Byrne,Jr. I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1967. Number of Plumbin" Permits Cash Received from Permits 420 4;1,212.75 Summary of Plumbing Permits Fixtures Permits New Installations 2401 161 Alterations 359 147 Replacements 162 112 Permits Cancelled 3 1 292 21 Complaints 24 :'lumber of Gas Permits 319 Cash Received from Permits 3437.50 Summary of Gas Permits Fixtures Permits New Installations 202 67 Alterations 172 132 Replacements 101 100 Permits Cancelled 470 9 Complaints 11 S' ALFR OF WFIGa ^S AND T EAS?1PES Bernard J. Belcastro I herewith submit my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1967. Scales: Adjusted Sealed Condemned 100 lbs. to 5,000 lbs. 3 10 lbs. to 100 lbs. 10 52 10 lbs. or less 6 Weights: Weights each 56 Meters: Inlet -One inch or Less 30 114 Pore than one inch Volumetric Measures: Liquid, one gallon or under Totals 8 239 Sealing Fees paid Town Treasurer $365.60 92 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1 9 6 7 Personal Services 1967 Appropriation for Salaries Paid from PL -874 $181,475.31 PL-864 III 65,331.46 PL -864 V 49,242.30 Perf. Arts 10,225.00 Metco 19,796.80 R E D 16.926.00 $5,498,754.00 342,996.87 $5,841,750.87 Expenditures: General Control Administration $106,364.36 Sec. & Clerks 72,093.39 Expenses of Instruction Coordinators & Dept. Heads 213,777.46 Sec. & Clerks 30,325.98 Principals 280,447.84 Sec. & Clerks 163,334.76 Teachers 4,076,662.48 Special Class Assts. 16,203.15 Librarians 106,054.17 Sec. & Clerks 8,142.88 Guidance 192,658.73 Sec. & Clerks 11,869.93 Psychologists 22,129.95 Sec. & Clerks 2,952.31 Attendance 30,814.72 Health Nurses & Doctors Transportation Pupil Transportation Food Services Supervisors 56,808.99 8,026.55 19,841.52 Operation & Maintenance Maintenance Men 48,063.28 Custodians 314 134.16 Total Expenditures for Salaries 5,780,706.61 Unexpended Balance $ 61,044.26 Expenses 1967 Appropriation for Expenses $ 988,674.00 Expenditures: 93 Expenses (continued) General Control School Committee & Supt's Office 14,066.70 Expenses of Instruction Supv. Supplies 6 Expenses 10,874.85 Principals 32,269.23 Teaching 82,572.14 Teaching (Spec. Areas) 78,859.28 Textbooks 76,618.27 Library Books & Supplies 53,518.05 Audio Visual Supplies & Expenses 24,556.98 Psychological 16,384.87 Educational TV 2,000.00 Other School Services Psychiatrists, Health Supplies 6 Exp. 8,768.46 Transportation 160,580.84 Food Services 2,785.29 Student Publications 670.66 Operation of Plant Custodial Supplies & Misc. 28,421.59 Fuel 56,173.76 Utilities 145,050.30 Maintenance of Plant Repairs to Grounds 1,706.72 Repairs to Bldgs. 75,862.63 Repairs to Equipment 14,115.23 Fixed Charges Rental of Buildings 540.00 Community Services Transportation to Non - Public Schools 16,751.32 Acquisition of Fixed Assets Title III Replacement of Equipment New Equipment 13,927.51 15,206.80 42,224.11 Programs with Others Transfer of Funds 303.80 Total Expenditures for Expenses Unexpended Balance Total Expenditures, Salaries 6 Expenses Income & Reimbursement: Tuition Comm. of Mass: School Funds, Chapter 70 Transportation, Chapter 71 Special Classes Rentals 6 Misc. 4,285.58 810,406.40 135,853.96 79,151.00 6,192.77 Less Personal Services paid from PL -874, 864, Perf. Arts, Metco 6 R & D accounts Net Cost Salaries & Expenses 1967 94 984,809.39 $ 3,864.61 $6,765,516.00 1,035,889.71 5,729,626.29 342,996.87 $5,386,629.42 Segregated Budgets 1967 Vocational Education - Tuition and Transportation 1967 Appropriation $10,290.00 Expenditures: Tuition - Day Classes $5,877.87 Evening Classes 400.40 Transportation Total Expenditures Unexpended Balance Net Cost: Expenditures Reimbursement from Comm. of Mass: Transportation - 1/2 of expenditures for school year ending June 1966 $6,278.27 1,580.30 7,858.57 1.034.25 7.858.57 $2,431.43 Net Cost $6,824.32 On hand, 1/1/67 Receipts 1967 Total *Expenditures 1967 *Expenditures 1967: Vocational - Adult Education Appropriation George Barden Cash Total $1,200.00 $1,550.85 $2,750.85 $11.340.00 $11,340.00 11.340,00 1.890.00 $3,090.00 2,280.00 810.00 Salaries of Director $1,300.00, Instructors $15,066.00, Clerical $263.25, and Custodians $991.36 Supplies $289.01, Texts $13.93, Equipment $178.07, Repairs $90.97 and Printing $185.50. Total Expenditures $18,378.09 Less Cash, State Funds, Tuition paid to Town Net Cost 1967 Appropriation Expenditures Net Cost for 1967 7,254.09 $11,124.00 OUT -OF -STATE TRAVEL ATHLETIC BUDGET JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS 5.803.50 19._033.50 $7,354.35 $21,784.35 4,758.09 18.378.09 2,596.26 3,406.26 $17,620.61 757.48 $18,378.09 $10,950.00 10,795.56 $ 154.44 Balance January 1, 1967 $ 1,459.19 Town Appropriation 74,586.00 95 ATHLETIC BUDGET (continued) Admissions: Football 7,038.77 Basketball 2,004.00 Gymnastics 590.36 $ 85,678.32 Girls' Boys' Diamond Muzzey Expenditures: Senior Senior Jr. High Jr. High Football 23,391.47 Cross Country995.10 Basketball 7,897.99 1,413.48 1,321.08 Hockey 7,971.74 Track 3,821.24 Baseball 5,111.44 1,474.08 1,713.20 Tennis 685.23 Golf 853.42 Soccer 4,190.88 Gymnastics 1,496.79 Wrestling 1,067.75 Indoor Track2,092.29 Swimming 2,175.37 Field Hockey1,952.85 Basketball 1,534.12 Cheerleaders367.10 Softball 825.20 Tennis 581.90 Gymnastics 1,198.27 Lacrosse 1,057.06 General Misc4,994.46 12.00 6.94 Director Athletics 1,600.00 Equipment Manager 625.00 Faculty Manager 312.50 287.50 Doctors' Salaries 550.00 7,516.50 69,520.17 3,212.06 3,328.72 Total Expenditures 83,577.45 Unexpended Balance $ 2,100.87 Food Services Program Income: Cafeteria Sales 310,206.39 Other Income 3,165.99 Subsidies: State 33,192.56 Federal 55,734.81 $402,299.75 Previous Cash Balance 3,824.32 Credited from Town Funds - $406,124.07 Expenditures: Food 231,922.14 Labor 151,111.75 Equipment - Other: Equipment Replacement $ 370.43 Service 1,393.53 Express 6,584.10 Insurance 136.00 Mileage 649.54 Supplies: Cleaning 2,119.00 Linen 2,004.40 Office 73.29 Paper 3,865.44 Postage 137.50 Miscellaneous 306.22 96 Food Services Program (continued) Current Cash Balance Cash on Hand Amount due from State and Federal Funds Cash Value Value of Inventories Accounts Payable Operational Balance Miscellaneous Data Gratis Lunch Value Commodity Value Commodity Value -Home Economics Classes Supplies Purchased -Home Economics Classes $ 17,639.45 $400,673.34 5,450.73 180.00 34.401.16 $ 40,031.89 10 407.48 $ 50,439.37 43,660.08 6,779.29 10,953.06 81,846.05 217.39 433.84 Matching Fund Supervisory Salaries $ 18,931.52 Equipment New Schools 25,706.00 Gas 3,148.00 Electricity 16,159.00 Water 172.45 Office Equipment 23.35 Telephone 1,061.92 Repair Existing Equipment 1,765.14 Food Truck Expenses 221.69 Food Supplies 7,418.96 Expendable Equipment New Schools 3,245.63 Heavy -Duty Equipment, New Schools 1,607.95 *A Federal requirement wherein the State must account for each $ 79,461.61 Federal dollar to be matched by $3.00 from sources within the Commonwealth. Balance January 1, 1967 Reimbursement Received Expenditures: Personal Services Unexpended Balance Balance January 1, 1967 Reimbursement Received Expenditures: Personal Services Unexpended Balance Balance January 1, 1967 Reimbursement Received Expenditures: Personal Services Unexpended Balance Federal Funds from PL -874 Federal Funds from PL -864 Title III Federal Funds from PL -864 Title V 97 $ 3,855.31 177,620.00 $181,475.31 181,475.31 - 0 - $ 55,444.62 9,886.84 $ 65,331.46 65 ,331.46 - 0 - $ 26,040.61 23.201.69 $ 49,242.30 49 ,242.30 - 0 - Performing Arts Balance January 1, 1967 $ 2,045.00 Reimbursement Received 8,180.00 $ 10,225.00 Expenditures: Personal Services 10,225.00 Unexpended Balance - 0 - Metco Balance January 1, 1967 $ 5,092.00 Reimbursement Received 19,844.80 24,936.80 Expenditures: Personal Services 19,796.80 Unexpended Balance $ 5,140.00 Curriculum Development L Research Balance January 1, 1967 $ 23,258.85 Expenditures: Personal Services $16,926.00 Expenses 2,669.81 19,595.81 $ 3,663.04 Summer Reading Program 1966 Balance January 1, 1967 $ 3,184.26 Expenditures: Refund to Comm. of Mass. - 3,184.26 Unexpended Balance - 0 - Summer Reading Program 1967 Federal Funds Received $ 27,310.00 Expenditures: 25,950.32 Unexpended Balance $ 1,359.68 Music Research Balance January 1, 1967 499.60 Received 29,104.00 29,603.60 Expenditures: 29,010.25 Unexpended Balance $ 593.35 Slow Achiever Federal Funds Received $ 8,500.00 Expenditures: 4,109.13 Unexpended Balance $ 4,390.87 Pupil -Parent Counseling Program Federal Funds Received $ 1,600.00 Expenditures: 691.56 Unexpended Balance $ 908.44 Business 6 Office Equipment Federal Funds Received $ 7,304.00 Expenditures: 6,797.60 Unexpended Balance $ 506.40 Miscellaneous Library Award $ 23.28 BU Counseling 16.47 Diagnostic & Consulting Services $ 3,400.00 98 SUMMARY OF ALL SCHOOL BUDGETS N N 0 t0 0 0 +' 7 cc) 0U)0m O 0 77.n0rn U N N N of CO .n t0 CO : •wU: o) W m t0 H O.1 r m z • u) 7 r r m 7 w)oC0. -1r • 0- u).-I V: 4 10 N N 7 0) OA : i° 7 t0 CO m 7 0 03 S -4 0 O CO N 0 0 0 -i Cc)tp to 7 7 F N ID 7 7 S b • a) . 7 t0 co 4-) o) a) +''4 N 7 UD Id rom a• 0 '0 .O-1 Ga 4-'' 0 17 a C� E 0 0 O U pro H D •'0 •0 0 0 w 0 Gc F fro. 4, [w a) 0 'O ro 4-, 0 F O O t0 N C'') 0 0 N m 0 0 to 0 • 7 0 0 0 7 o 4 H 0 u) CO m N m N $1,035,889.71 .-1 1- CO 0 u) 0 N CO OO co 0 CO u) 0 7 0 7 0 O n 01 h 0) W u) n t0 O E0 ^ 0) 43 N o ED O O H 0 u) 7 7 CO ' 4 N .--1 CO t0 co 0) m LO to 10, 0- u) N 7 CO Cr) m • N • m 7 0) 0- • o 0 0 O .i Cr) t0 m m {n N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 t0 7 u) 1- 0) J u1 CD (0 ('4 w ow w ) co 00.1077 0) m.4.1 70) m 10 > .-1 L. • w C/3 0N) '0 w 0 C/3 •..I N w L. +' • N 0 ..-4 F .-w1 L C1 0 7 CO ,C w X 0'0 -+' a w > s 0 *To pay for 1967 Commitments. m0 '0 O (0 Nmy }°' M f+ f. 0 }i •.-1 0 0 di '0 1 +' o 0 0 0 41:1 03 I II RS V N NNy H F � -7 W O 0 0 0 n '-1 u) L0 7 0) 0 1` C` N 0 E0 t0 CO H N 0) 7 10 m 0 N .n a) 0) m .•I Y. 1 .-I W O N 0 .n O) 0 u) .i LT .I m 1- m CO •-I O -4 N N 0) '0 10 P. f. w n > 1n +' V • N 00) 0 w aa) m •.E4 E 101) 0m to `boo a 0c0 .1 ,q6 ... w U N • E •-4 ••1 1N/) � N •.N1 F4 0 F 0) £ 6 .%1 £ .F_. 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O to .-f 0 0) (0 7 t0 t0 N 0 0) w 1) to o to (v 00 01 0) 0 .-I 03 03 CO 03 (v 01 3 00u)(n0) W .4 $17,468,744.42 .1 ro 0 H BOARD OF APPEALS The Board of Appeals scheduled ninety petitions during the year 1967. Of these three were with- drawn by the respective petitioners, eight were yearly renewals and seventy -nine were brought before the board for hearing. Following is a listing of these hearings and the decisions rendered in each case: 1. Nicholas Cannalonga - permission to continue to operate a roadside stand under the trade name of Wagon Wheel Nursery on property located at 927 Waltham Street, Lexington, to be used for the sale of nursery products grown on said land; also to sell Christmas trees, wreaths, etc. in the appropriate season. Granted 2. Mystic Valley Mental Health Association, Inc. - permission to install an exterior fire escape from the southwest third floor rear window of the building at 186 Bedford Street to provide a second exit from the third floor, required by safety regulations to permit use of the third floor for consultation rooms and offices, in accordance with the board of appeals permit dated Febru- ary 1, 1966. Granted. 3. Burton R. Liebman - to vary the zoning by -law in order to maintain existing buildings at 24 Locke Lane, the overhang of which has a 28.5 setback instead of the required 30 feet; and to permit 12 feet extension of present building to the garage with same 28.5 feet setback. Granted. 4, Jonah Kalb - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to maintain at 17 North Street a building on e corner of which is 10 feet from the side line instead of the required 15 feet; also to erect a wing, foundation of which would conform to the by -law but one corner of overhang would require a 16 inch variance; and to construct a deck in rear of present house and garage one corner of which would be 11 feet from the side line instead of the required 15 feet. Granted. 5. Ralph H. Hall - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law to permit the removal of 10.3 feet of exist- ing garage located at 75 Hancock Street, leaving existing building with 7 feet rear yard and pro- posed 5 feet side yard. Granted to maintain the existing garage with 7 feet rear yard with the understanding that the proposed 5 feet side yard should be 10 feet. 6. Thomas A. Rosse - A finding and determination that a proposed one -story building be used for administrative offices, research and development, and light manufacturing to be located on the westerly side of Hartwell Avenue between Maguire Road and Wood Street, consisting of twenty acres, will constitute a desirable development, not detrimental to the area. Granted. 7. Richard A. Currier - permission to lease to Davey Tree Export Company of Kent, Ohio space in the rear of building at 394 Lowell Street, Lexington, to be used for the purpose of office and storage of equipment and supplies pertaining to the landscape business. Granted. February 14, 1967 8. New England Telephone and Telegraph Company - for permission to construct and use a second floor addition approximately 46 feet by 70 feet on the existing automatic dial telephone exchange building at 73 Waltham Street within the C 2 district. Granted. 9. Honeywell, Inc. - for a finding and determination that a proposed Research and Development Facility to be occupied by Honeywell, Inc., and to be located on Lot 5 (Forbes Road) in Minute Man Research Park, Lexington, will constitute a desirable development, not detrimental to the area. Granted. 10. Nicholas A. Cannalonga - for permission to extend the present building at Wagon Wheel Nursery, 927 Waltham Street, 22 feet by 26 feet to be used for storage and display purposes only. Granted. 11. Trustees Hartwell Westview Trust - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to permit parking spaces for vehicles within a 15 foot portion of the 25 foot side yard area in the north- westerly boundary at the rear of a building constructed for Weston Instruments, Inc. at the corner of Hartwell Avenue and Westview Street. Granted. 12. William D. Lanning - to vary the Lexington sign by -law in order to erect a sign at 1762 Massa- chusetts Avenue which would be 18 inches by 10 feet, 6 inches, or larger than that permitted. Granted. 13. Robert M. Adam - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to erect a two -story addition at 63 Spring Street which will have 5.7 feet side yard instead of the required 7.5 feet. Granted. 101 BOARD OF APPEALS 14. Church of Christ - for permission under the sign by -law to demolish present sign and replace with a new one at 319 Lowell Street. Granted. 15. Wilson Farm, Inc. - permission to demolish existing roadside stand and construct new stand at 10 Pleasant Street which will be further back from the road. Granted. 16. Mark Moore, Jr. - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to construct a house on Lot C, Tavern Lane as shown on a "Plan of Land in Lexington, Massachusetts," dated December 9, 1966 by Albert A. Miller and Wilbur C. Nylander, duly recorded at Middlesex County Regis- try of Deeds. Granted. 17. Lexington Housing Authority - for a finding and determination by the board of appeals that the 10 acre development of the Lexington Housing Authority located in an A 1 district and to be known as William Roger Greeley Village including the portion previously approved by the board of appeals, constitutes a desirable development not detrimental to the neighborhood and the town; the number of paved parking spaces to be at least fifty (one -half of the proposed number of dwelling units) with additional space provided along the access roads within the development and on unpaved grass areas to bring the number of parking spaces up to 100. Granted. 18. Robert O. Tillinghast - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to reduce the area of Lot C at 859 -861 Massachusetts Avenue by 254 square feet to be added to Lot A, and to main- tain a garage in its present location with insufficient side and rear yards; and to construct a two - family dwelling on Lot A as shown on plot plan submitted. Granted. April 4, 1967 19. E.L. Sharkey for permission to continue the use, and extend for two years beginning March 30, 1967, of the premises known as Lot 11, 16 Hazel Road, as the site of microwave transmitting equipment, including specifically a long -range calibration unit. The land is owned by the un- dersigned and leased to Raytheon Company on a two -year basis. Granted for two years. 20. Dr. William C. Graham - to vary the sign by -law in order to maintain present sign in front of office at 21 -A Muzzey Street. Granted for two years. 21. Ella Brehm - to vary the sign by -law in order to erect a free standing sign, 2 feet by 1 1/2 feet, on aluminum post to be used for directional purposes. The address of the property in- volved is 1640 -44 Massachusetts Avenue and 1 Wallis Court. Granted with the following con- ditions: The sign shall be located from the back side of the post and extend over the fence which adjoins a post so that there will be no overhang above the sidewalk and it shall not be lighted later than 8:30 P.M. 22. Adams Pool Corporation, Sumner J. Foster, President - for approval for the building of a neighborhood pool for recreational purposes at 316 Emerson Road. Granted. 23. Frederick F. Bird - to vary the zoning by -law in order to build an extension to present house at 2685 Massachusetts Avenue which would be 14.2 feet from the side line instead of the re quired 20 feet. Granted for 18 feet instead of the requested 14.2 feet. 24. Vine Brook Swim Corporation - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to use Parcel "A" located at the rear of 157 East Street for the building of a neighborhood pool for recrea- tional purposes, which parcel is shown on a plan entitled "Saddle Club Estates, Section III," dated March 1, 1967, Wilbur C. Nylander and Albert A. Miller, C.E.'s, which parcel does not have the required frontage and therefore requires a variance. Denied. 25. Todd Realty, Inc. - for permission to subdivide a parcel of land containing 12.8 acres, more or less, located next to 157 East Street, into lots of not less than 20,000 square feet and hav- ing a frontage of not less than 120 feet (cluster zoning), each in accordance with Section 8(a)2.f. of the Lexington zoning by -law, all as shown on a plan entitled "Saddle Club Estates, Section III," dated March 1, 1967, made by Wilbur C. Nylander and Albert A. Miller, C.E.'s. Denied. April 18, 1967 26. Alfred Busa - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to maintain a dwelling on Lot 8 Circle Road, Green Valley, Section 7, said lot having a frontage of 124.50 feet instead of the required 125 feet. Granted. 102 BOARD OF APPEALS 27. Charles L. Devoe - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to construct at 14 Winthrop Road a side porch having a side yard of 10 feet instead of the required 15 feet. Granted. 28. Janet L. Legere - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to build a house at 16 Grape- vine Avenue which will have a side yard of 7.15 feet instead of the required 10 feet. Granted. 29. S & A Realty Trust (Ralph Hall) - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to relocate a lot line between 75 and 73A Hancock Street and remove, if required, part of existing garage; or to permit a variance of 6.7 feet side yard instead of the required 10 feet. Denied. 30. Arthur and Patricia Millican - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to build a one - car garage extension to present house at 90A Hancock Street which would be 10 feet from the side line instead of the required 15 feet. Denied. May 23, 1967 31. George Avakian - to vary the Lexington zoning -by -law in order to erect a two -car garage on property at 181 Marrett Road which would have a 5 foot side yard instead of the required 15 feet. Denied. 32. Mark Moore, Jr. - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to construct a house on Lot Tavern ane which has insufficient frontage. Granted. 33. Garry J. and Mary R. Margolius - to divide Lot 196A at the intersection of Weston Street and Shade Street into two lots, neither of which would have the required area and frontage. Granted. 34. Thomas F. and Patricia J. Connors - to maintain the house at 119 Lowell Street on Lot 43A which has frontage on Lowell Street of 141.52 feet and an area of 13,790 square feet. Granted. 35. Ray Howland, Jr. - for permission to construct and operate a nursing home on a parcel of land situated on Bryant Road and Emerson Road as shown on a plan filed with petition. Granted. June 13, 1967 36. Ralph H. Hall - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to relocate lot line at 75 Hancock Street which will result in Lot 1 having an area of 6,400 square feet instead of the required 15,500 square feet and frontage of 48 feet instead of the required 125 feet. Granted. 37. Harry Knight - to vary the sign by -law in order to erect a sign approximately 3 1/2 feet by 7 feet on property at 235 Bedford Street. Denied. 38. Carmine and Rose Ciriella - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to divide Lot E at 4 Stedman Road into two lots, neither of which would have the required frontage or area; namely, each would have 87.75 feet frontage instead of the required 150 feet and 15,113 square feet area instead of the required 30,000 square feet. Denied. 39. David J. Myerson, M.D. - permission to use the finished basement space at his home, 11 Moon Bill Road, as a professional office. Denied. 40. Harvey W. Newgent - requested to vary the sign by -law in order to erect a sign 20 feet high by 9 feet long on the second floor at 1762 Massachusetts Avenue which is larger than that allowed. Granted. 41. Lexington Indoor Tennis Club Corp. - for permission to enlarge the club house and to include a swimming pool on property located between numbers 459 and 505 Bedford Street. Granted. 42. Trustees, Hartwell - Lexington Trust - for a finding and determination that a proposed 24,500 square foot building located on a 5.8 acre lot, to be occupied by Hewlett- Packard Company and located on the southeasterly side of Hartwell Avenue and the southwesterly side of Hinchey Road will constitute a suitable development and will not result in substantial detriment to the neighborhood. Granted. 103 BOARD OF APPEALS July 25, 1967 43. Carl and Leota L. Janke - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to erect an addition to the house at 30 Vine Brook Road which will provide a side yard of 18 feet plus or minus at the widest point to 3 feet plus or minus at the narrowest point, because of the angular bound- ary, instead of the required 15 feet. Granted on the condition that no portion of the addition shall be closer than 10 feet to the side line. 44. William F. Schreiber - to vary the Lexington by -law in order to build a one - family house on a 2.8 acre parcel of land at the junction of Turning Mill Road and Gould Road with 64.27 foot frontage instead of the required 150 foot. Granted subject to the following conditions: 1. That the house shall be located as shown on the engineered drawing and approximately 275 feet from Turning Mill Road. 2. This variance is granted with the condition (which is to be re- corded and run with the land so as to bind future owners) that no portion of the 2.82 acres may be subdivided, or sold, and no further building may be erected thereon except upon the approval of the planning board of a definitive subdivision plan. 45. Perry A. Miles - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to construct an open deck at 3 Dewey Road, one corner of which would extend to a point eight feet from the existing lot line instead of the required 15 feet. Denied. August 22, 1967 46. Dunfey Corporation - to add the word "Sheraton" to existing "Lexington Motor Inn" sign lo- cated on the roof of the premises at 727 Marrett Road, Lexington. Granted. 47. Muzzey Corporation - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law to allow the use of the premises at 24 and 26 Muzzey Street, which is in an R 1 district, for professional office use. Denied. 48. Frank L. Martin - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to build a 22 foot by 24 foot two -car garage at 140 Adams Street, five feet from boundary line with 136 Adams Street in- stead of the required 15 feet. Denied. 49. R.J. Foley Realty Trust - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to subdivide lot at 45 Percy Road (corner of Percy Road and Highland Avenue) into two lots, one of which would have sufficient area and frontage and one of which would have 12,850 square feet area and 104.20 feet frontage. Granted. September 12, 1967 50. Thomas J. Driscoll - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to permit the reduction of area of the lot at 20 Cedar Street from 20,350 square feet to 12,150 square feet which is less than the required 15,500 square feet. The remaining land will be added to lot at 11 Lake Street to increase its area from 8,400 square feet to 16,600 square feet and its frontage from 80 to 160 feet. Granted. 51. Hartwell Westview Trust - a finding and determination that a proposed 80,000 square foot building, located on a 14.03 acre lot, located on the northwesterly side of Hartwell Avenue between Hartwell Avenue and Westview Street, bounded on the northeast by a 4.18 acre parcel of land belonging to Amicon Corporation, bounded on the southeast by a 5.0 acre parcel be- longing to Systems Development Corporation and bounded on the southwest by the B & M RR., all as shown on plan submitted with application, will constitute a suitable development, and will not result in substantial detriment to the neighborhood. Granted. 52. Thomas A. Rosse - for a finding and determination that a proposed 100,000 square foot build - on a 20 acre lot located on the westerly side of Hartwell Avenue between Maguire Road and Wood Street to be leased to Instrumentation Laboratory, Inc., will constitute a suitable de- velopment and will not result in substantial detriment to the neighborhood. Granted. 53. Edward H. Bohemier - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to erect a swimming pool on property at 7 Cummings Avenue which would have a 10 foot rear yard instead of the required 15 feet. Denied. 54. John H. Millican - for permission to continue retail sale of nursery stock and allied products, such as smalfhand tools and plant containers, at 93 Hancock Street, and also to sell Christ- mas trees, wreaths, etc., from December 10 to December 24 inclusive. Granted. 104 BOARD OF APPEALS 55. Donna Realty Trust - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to permit the construction of a house on a lot containing 5,655 square feet, located at corner of Simonds and Dexter Roads which would have a side street side yard of 17 feet instead of the required 20 feet. Denied. 56. John Seppa - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to maintain a garage at 5 Bryant Road which has a 29 foot setback instead of the required 30 feet and to erect a porch, one corner of which will have a setback of 24 feet instead of the required 30 feet. Granted. October 3, 1967 57. Wilbur E. Cheever and Edward J. Kelly - to vary the zoning by -law with respect to street frontage and lot size in order to permit an exchange of land at 266 and 268 Bedford Street. Granted. 58. Eric W. Johanson - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to reduce property at 28 Volunteer Way from 19,232 square feet to approximately 18,000 square feet and to add to lot at 8 Skyview Road thereby increasing this lot from 9,202 square feet to approximately 10,400 square feet. Granted. 59. L. Robert Swift for Honeywell, Inc. - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to change the minimum yard depth from the required 100 feet to the side line of Forbes Road to 79 feet. Granted. 60. Ida G. Krebs - to erect a dwelling on part of lots Al2, A5 and A6, with a frontage of 65.22 feet and 73.30 feet and an area of approximately 6.8 acres on Concord Avenue as shown on plan submitted, said dwelling to be used as a school for tutoring students with a maximum of thirty -two students at any one time. Denied. 61. To vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to relocate two -car garage at 10 Bloomfield Street, which would have a side yard of 10 feet instead of the required 15 feet. Granted for 12 feet instead of the requested 10 feet. October 31, 1967 62. Follen Church - for permission to sell Christmas trees at 764 Massachusetts Avenue from December 8 through December 23, 1967. Granted. 63. Sacred Heart Parish - for permission to erect a free standing wooden sigh of colonial design, approximately 6 feet by 3 feet, to be located in front of the Parish Center at the intersection of Follen Road and Massachusetts Avenue. Granted. 64. Robert B. and Mary A. Newman - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to maintain an existing garage at 17 Moon Hill Road, the roof and overhang of which has insufficient side and front setback. Granted. 65. Bruce C. McGee - for permission to continue the operation of a linoleum business with ad- ditional office space for rental purposes within the main building at 703 -705 Massachusetts Avenue. Granted. 66. Busa Realty Trust - permission to subdivide a parcel of land containing 12.8 acres, more or less, located next to 157 East Street, into lots of not less than 20,000 square feet and having a frontage of not less than 120 feet (planned unit development) in accordanc with Section 8(a) 6. of the Lexington zoning by -laws. Granted. 67. Joseph Maurano - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to permit the addition of a garage to the existing house at 10 Cushing Street which would have a side yard of 6 feet at one corner instead of the required 15 feet. Denied 68. Donna Realty Trust - to construct a house on a lot located at the corner of Dexter and Simonds Roads which has insufficient frontage and area but which would have the required setbacks. Granted. November 21, 1967 69. Norbert F. and Victoria M. Todtenkopf - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law to permit the existing building at 59 Bridge Street to remain with side yards of 7.2 feet and 7.1 feet respectively in- stead of the required 7.5 feet. Granted. 105 BOARD OF APPEALS 70. Gerald W. Jones - to vary the Lexington Zoning by -law in order to maintain house at 5 Leroy Road one corner of which has 11 feet side yard instead of the required 12 feet, and to erect an addition one corner of which would have 7.8 feet side yard instead of the required 12 feet. Granted for 9.5 feet instead of the requested 7.8 feet. 71. John H. Bellinger - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to reconstruct a two -car garage at 922 Massachusetts Avenue approximately 5 feet from the side lot line instead of the required 10 feet. Granted. 72. Raymond and Joan Bell - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to maintain house at 20 Woodcliffe Road which has a 27 foot front setback and to erect a new entryway 5 feet by 8 feet which will not project any further than the existing platform and steps but which has a front setback of 22 feet instead of the required 30 feet. Granted to maintain, denied to cover entryway. 73. Pasquale P. Barbieri - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to extend the existing automobile service facilities by adding a 50 foot extension to existing building, plus seventeen additional parking spaces, in rear of 153 North Street at the southeasterly corner of Lowell Street, 30 feet of which would extend into R 1 district. Also to vary the side yard requirement from 20 feet to 10 feet, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts having taken this land for high- way purposes. Granted. 74. Adolph Cuccinello - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law to (1) subdivide two lots of land at 92 Bridge Street into two different sized lots, one of which would have 80 feet frontage and 9,360 square feet of area, the other of which would have 126.25 feet frontage and 6,509 square feet of area; (2) permit the existing house to have a 7 1/2 foot side yard on the new lot to be formed; (3) permit the construction of a house on the new vacant lot to be created to have a side yard of 7 1/2 foot. Denied. 75. Lexington Trust Company - for permission to hang a double face sign, 1 foot by 3 feet by 10 inches under the marquee at 44 Bedford Street at the shopping center known as "Lexington Plaza." Granted. 76. Dunfey- Lexington Trust - for a finding and determination on the site plan accompanying peti- tion for additions to the building and automobile parking areas of the Sheraton - Lexington Motor Inn at 727 Marrett Road, Lexington. Granted. December 19, 1967 77. Edwin J. Breslin - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law in order to construct a walk -in re- frigerator, approximately 10 feet by 13 feet, to be attached to existing building at 2219 Massa- chusetts Avenue which is presently being used for a non - conforming use. Granted. 78. Arthur F. Douglass - for a finding and determination for approval to erect a Funeral Home in C 4 district on Worthen Road (between First National Store and Grace Chapel). Also for approval for four platforms outside exterior doors, and two bay windows; also narrow band of wood trim on side elevations which would extend outside line of building. Granted. 79. Trustees of Hartwell Westview Trust - for a finding and determination that a proposed 80,000 square foot building, located on a 14.033 acre lot, located on the northwesterly side of Hartwell Avenue between Hartwell Avenue and Westview Street, bounded on the northeast by a 4.18 acre parcel of land belonging to Amicon Corporation, bounded on the southeast by the B & M RR, all as shown on plan submitted, will constitute a suitable development, and will not result in substantial detriment to the neighborhood. Denied. 80. Coca -Cola Bottling Company of New England - with respect to the construction of a proposed 80,000 square foot type II building of noncombustible, unprotected materials, fully sprinklered, on a 14.033 acre lot, which is located on the northwesterly side of Hartwell Avenue as shown on plot plan submitted, and which the owners have contracted to sell to petitioner, to grant the following variances of the building by -law; a) to permit the construction of such building with an allowable area limitation of 40,000 square feet in one or more areas between fire walls therein, and b) to permit construction of such building (or such portion or portions thereof as may be determined to be a garage or garages) exclusively in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Department of Public Safety of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts insofar as the said rules and regulations apply to the construction of garages. Denied. 106 BOARD OF APPEALS 81. Robert O. Tillinghast - to vary the Lexington zoning by -law under Section 5(b)1. in order to permit a four family unit in remodeled barn in rear of 465 Massachusetts Avenue. Denied. Also serving on the Board of Appeals as associate members were Mrs. Ruth Morey, Robert H. Farwell, Logan Clarke, Jr., J. Harper Blaisdell, Jr., Woodruff M. Brodhead and George W. Emery. Donald E. Nickerson, Chairman Charles T. Abbott George C. Sheldon Howard H. Dawes George P. Wadsworth Historic Sites Commission The Historic Districts Commission reports that it held 25 meet- ings during 1967 at which 64 hearings were conducted in connection with 66 applications for certificates of appropriateness or permits for demolition or removal. The work of the Commission again in- creased substantially over the preceding year with the number of applications before the Commission in 1967 being 54% more than in 1966. 1967 represents the first full year of the Commission's ac- tivities under the expansion of areas within our historic districts and it is interesting to note that 40 of the 68 new applications re- ceived during 1967 pertained to premises in the expanded areas. There follows a statistical analysis of the Commission's activities for 1967. (a) Applications before Commission in 1967 Applications pending 1/1/67 699 Applications received during 1967 Total applications before Commission 77 Applications disposed of during 1967 Certificates of appropriateness issued 61 Certificates of appropriateness denied 1 Permits for demolition or removal issued 4 Permits for demolition or removal denied None Applications withdrawn 3 69 Applications pending 12/31/67 —8 (b) Applications before Commission by Districts Hancock - Clarke District 7 Battle Green District 56 Munroe Tavern District 7 East Village District 7 107 (c) Summary of applications disposed of during 1967 Certificates issued Residential premises New dwellings 8 New garage 1 New fence 1 Aluminum siding, windows and doors 7 Change in shingles 1 Change in location of new dwelling 1 Color changes 2 21 Commercial premises New fence 1 Additions and changes to existing buildings 7 Signs 31 39 Church premises Sign 1 61 Certificates denied Sign 1 Permits for demolition or removal issued Dwelling and barn 1 Barns 2 Garage 1 4 Applications withdrawn Alteration in dwelling 1 Fence 1 Sign 1 Total The Commission expresses its appreciation to Mrs. Elizabeth L. Adam who withdrew as Clerk during the year and was replaced by Mrs. Elizabeth M. Flynn. Messrs. Carl E. Bryant, George W. Emery, Munroe H. Hamilton and Donald B. White acted as Associate Commissioners during the year. Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman Ruth Bevan Philip B. Parsons George E. Graves Max H. Straw 108 Richard E. Allen Joseph R. Altieri Rod J. Ames Glen K. Armstrong Lawrence B. Arnold Robert W. Arthur Nils Attemann William L. Bade Ulmont F. Bailey Sidney P. Barg Richard E. Barthelemy Donald H. Bates Lowell S. Bensky Ralph R. Berggren Robert J. Bertini, Sr. Stanley I. Blank Richard B. Blomfield Henry Blumenthal Charles D. Bracken Frederick P. Brehm Marvin L. Brooks Rodney A. Brooks Stanley C. Brown Donald C. Bruster Robert L. Cady John R. Campbell Nathaniel M. Channen Donald H. Cohen James R. Collier E. Crawley Cooper Harry Cram, Jr. Alvin Cronig Charles B. Crowley Thomas F. Culhane John P. Defandorf Michael A. DeSesa Rogers B. Downey Robert J. Downing Robert A. Drainoni Joseph E. Dratch Robert M. Earsy Charles J. Egan John F. Egan Walter R. Ellis Robert D. Enzmann Frederick D. Ezekiel Gary J. Fallick Herbert W. Feinstein Stanislaw Feld Richard A. Finn Robert N. Fisher William D. Fitzgerald Irwin S. Forman Charles C. French Michael J. Furey Aaron A. Galvin Robert Garber M. Louise Geary P. Spencer George Albert Glickman Jury List 480 Mass. Ave. 8 Hutchinson Rd. 3 Rolling Lane 64 Hancock St. 11 Ledgelawn Ave. 40 Garfield St. 56 Adams St. 4 Bowser Rd. 4 Brent Rd. 30 Dexter Rd. 34 12 10 29 130 10 11 122 63 55 Grant St. Hayward Ave. Blake Rd. Greenwood St. East St. Butler Ave. Patterson Rd. Reed St. Reed St. Baskin Rd. 7 Woodland Rd. 62 Dexter Rd. 342 Marrett Rd. 40 Woodland Rd. 9 Marlboro Rd. 100 Bertwell Rd. 5 Deering Ave. 26 Dane Rd. 3 Chandler St. 283 Marrett Rd. 759 Waltham St. 65 School St. 34 Justin St. 19 Red Coat Lane 32 Williams Rd. 62 Freemont St. 6 Berwick Rd. 27 Deering Ave. 479 Waltham St. 16 Holmes Rd. 67 Harding Rd. 11 Coolidge Ave. 47 Wachusett Dr. 3 Hill St. 29 Adams St. 75 Allen St. 4 Diehl Rd. 5 Young St. 6 Hickory St. 6 Blueberry Lane 12 John Poulter Rd. 292 Waltham St. 9 Fessenden Way 15 Pine Knoll Rd. 4 Bowker St. 15 Barberry Rd. 6 Frost Rd. 8 Rowland Ave. 13 Munroe Rd. 6 Burroughs Rd. 109 Thomas J. Goblick Hoyt S. Grant, Jr. John L. Grant George W. Greenlaw, Jr. Paul E. Hamburger David J. Harrigan Peter Harris Keith W. Harrison Daniel I. Harwood Astrid E. Haussler Robert A. Hendrickson Forrest E. Hodgdon Donald H. Houghton George A. Horner, Jr. Nancy D. Hudson George M. Hurley Lawrence B. Hunt John R. Jackson David E. James, Jr. Charles L. Japps Arnold E. Jeltsch Richard R. John, Jr. Anthony G. Johns Edwin R. Johnson Joseph E. Johnson Daniel A. Jones Earl A. Jones Frank L. Jones Richard I. Jones Morton G. Kane Herbert Karsh Matthew J. Kavanagh Edward J. Kearney Claude M. Kellett Thomas H. Kelley Melvin J. Kelly Richard M. Kestler Howard R. Kinner Earl C. Klaubert Milton M. Klein Robert C. Kley, Jr. Norman A. Koss George V. Kotelly Albert E. Landers Thomas H. Lavin Edwin L. Lawson Harry Lerner Irving Lessin Leonard H. Levine Philip L. Levins Irwin G. Levitan E. Conrad Levy Ralph M. Lewis Sidney G. Lindsley David M. Link Jordan Loftus John A. Loring, Jr. Joe A. Lowry Robert M. Lurie Emilio Lyons 51 Vaille Ave. 15 Turning Mill Rd. 23 Butler Avenue 176 Grant St. 18 Cooke Rd. 41 Williams Rd. 21 Benjamin Rd. 16 Bennington Rd. 14 Whittier Rd. 12 Larchmont Lane 136 9 50 96 58 114 8 24 9 118 Grant St. Leroy Rd. Coolidge Ave. Hancock St. Laconia St. Adams St. Hancock Ave. Webster Rd. Phinney Rd. Reed St. 52 Liberty Ave. 19 Saddle Club Rd. 16 Cutler Farm Rd. 4 Watson Rd. 13 Hathaway Rd. 30 Colony Rd. 185 Cedar St. 11 Red Coat Lane 18 Constitution Rd. 49 Eldred St. 27 Thoreau Rd. 160 Emerson Rd. 10 Walnut St. 11 Ross Rd. 55 Bertwell Rd. 24 Homestead St. 9 Prospect Hill Rd. 14 Thoreau Rd. 12 Minute Man Lane 54 Burlington St. 99 Burlington St. 15 Fulton Rd. 48 Vaille Ave. 15 Constitution Rd. 22 Demar Rd. 42 Arcola St. 10 Angier Rd. 12 Diamond Rd. 21 Lillian Rd. 25 Munroe Rd. 4 Essex St. 68 Meriam St. 7 Manning St. 45 Eldred St. 4 Gerard Terr. 21 Hathaway Rd. 545 Bedford St. 1 Longfellow Rd. 4 Tufts Rd. 4 Hickory St. Norman R. MacInnis John E. Marques Joseph D. Mason William E. McCallum Paul M. McCarthy Thomas F. McDonald Robert McKenna Leon F. Michelove Joseph D. Minsky Francis T. Monahan Harold I. Morian, Jr. Robert R. Morrison William F. Mottla Robert H. Moulton Hans Mueller John P. Mullen Julian S. Natanson Edward Neidorf Michael J. Nich, Jr. Denis U. Noiseux Henry Novak Keith Onanian Stephen J. Packard Chester C. Palmer Harry G. Pars John H. Pettibone Richard F. Phelps William T. Phipps, Jr. George G. Pick Frank D. Pieroni Joseph M. Pilato Richard M. Raia L. Thomas Rand Norman W. Rasmussen Eleanor Redick Glen M. Reem, II Joseph F. Regan William N. Reid Nicholas Reinhardt Peter L. Richman Gerald F. Ross Bernard J. Rothmel Robert F. Rowland Jules Rudolph John B. Sampson F. William Sarles, Jr. Robert A. Scannell Robert J. Schwartz Richard W. Schwenz Charles S. Scimeca Robert C. Scott William J. Scouler Earl A. Scruton Harold E. Searles Norman I. Sebell Norman L. Seltzer Erwin B. Shaw Albert D. Sikes Lawrence H. Shanks Ernest Simpson 37 10 37 245 56 27 25 1 9 4 JURY LIST - 1967 - 1968 Normandy Rd. Richard Rd. Tyler Rd. Bedford St. Harding Rd. Watertown St. Homestead St. Cooke Rd. Abernathy Rd. Brown Rd. 9 Millbrook Rd. 76 Blake Rd. 24 Pine Knoll Rd. 146 Burlington St. 35 Lawrence Lane 21 Adams St. 5 White Terr. 34 Shade St. 63 Harding Rd. 18 Highland Ave. 53 Turning Mill Rd. 320 Massachusetts Ave. 11 Trotting Horse Dr. 91 Grove St. 42 Winthrop Rd. 118 Blake Rd. 34 Fair Oaks Dr. 8 Myrna Rd. 20 Tyler Rd. 57 Cary Ave. 4 Holmes Rd. 14 Robbins Rd. 7 Hunt Rd. 57 Ledgelawn Ave. 38 Adams St. 351 Lincoln St. 40 Fair Oaks Dr. 4 Farmcrest Ave. 10 Eliot Rd. 22 Barberry Rd. 22 Suzanne Rd. 4 Burroughs Rd. 26 Demar Rd. 5 Winchester Dr. 47 Burlington St. 54 Ledgelawn Ave. 38 Downing Rd. 1355 Massachusetts Ave. 3 Brown Rd. 104 Kendall Rd. 32 144 95 59 25 17 24 14 10 511 Woodland Rd. Simonds Rd. No. Hancock St. Liberty Avenue Somerset Rd. Blake Rd. Burroughs Rd. Somerset Rd. Hillcrest Ave. Concord Ave. 110 Arthur G. Slade Burton H. Smith William L. Sovie Allan I. Spear Donald B. Sparrow William T. Spencer William R. Stern David G. Stevens Donald W. Stevens John W. Stitt Richard S. Stone George W. Sutton Carl B. Swanton, Jr. Edward T. Swasey Richard L. Swinimer Erwin Taenzer Joseph L. Taishoff Arthur R. Taverna Charles H. Taylor, Jr. Henry R. Thies Warren J. Thorburn Lawrence L. Tierney Walter P. Tierney Douglas B. Tiffany John P. Tossberg Frank H. Totman, Jr. David A. Treffs Joseph W. Tripi Roger Trudeau Frederick E. Tucker Jack F. Underwood Robert L. Upton H. Jerrold VanHook Melvin R. VanVoorhis John J. Waldhauer Thomas A. Wall Daniel J. Walsh, Jr. James P. Walsh John Wanamaker Robert F. Ward Kenneth D. Warnock William E. Warren Floyd G. Webb Robert P. Weber Sheldon M. Weisman Omar C. Wheeler Forrest S. White Raymond H. Whittaker William J. Wiles Lloyd N. Wilkinson Herman Woebcke Charles E. Woodward Joseph B. Workman John Wylder George L. Wyman John E. Wyman 52 31 517 8 26 32 10 48 58 16 60 37 66 7 21 11 138 17 9 162 2 76 110 109 21 46 17 40 7 66 Webb St. Fuller Rd. Bedford St. Millbrook Rd. Wyman Rd. Hancock St. Adams St. Grove St. Bridge St. Fair Oaks Dr. Baskin Rd. Winthrop Rd. Harding Rd. Jackson Ct. Barnes Pl. Lantern Lane Burlington St. Ingleside Rd. Eldred St. Marrett Rd. Fulton Rd. Buckman Dr. Concord Ave. Reed St. Nichols Rd. Moreland Ave. Deering Ave. Vine St. Volunteer Way Blake Rd. 3 Burroughs Rd. 80 Cedar St. 89 Meriam St. 17 Thoreau Rd. 96 Burlington St. 8 Taft Ave. 54 Buckman Dr. 19 Bertwell Rd. 53 Vaille Ave. 3 Loring Rd. 7 Fulton Rd. 52 Farmcrest Ave. 39 Locust Ave. 58 Taft Ave. 240 Grove St. 343 Bedford St. 38 Liberty Ave. 80 Burlington St. 21 Deering Ave. 304 Concord Ave. 22 Crescent Rd. 51 Bertwell Rd. 63 Emerson Gardens 9 Foster Rd. 12 Ross Rd. 191 Grove St. Department of Public Works 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 1967. 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: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 Administration 3 3 3 3 3 Engineering 9 10 9 11 9 Clerical 6 6 6 6 7 Park Department & Shade Tree 16 16 15 18 19 Custodians 3 3 3 3 4 Public Works Department 36 39 42 45 49 73 77 78 86 91 Street Construction - Sundry Streets Contractor - Belli Brothers Amount - $155,568.00 Drainage Location Length Length Size 555' 298' 12" 1240' 70' 12" 208' 15" 68' 18" Lake Street Valleyfield Street Payson Street 357' Kendall Road 320' 70' 12" Laconia Street 1150' 745' 12" Philip Road 920' 456' 12" 315' 18" ,86 Miles - 4,542 Feet 2,232 Feet Included in the contract awarded to Belli Brothers was the reconstruction of a part of Mass- achusetts Avenue. Drainage Location Length Length Size Massachusetts Avenue 550' 137' 12" Street Construction - Capital Outlay Location Blossomcrest Road Length 202' Drainage Size 12" Chapter 90 Construction A contract was awarded to Belli Brothers Incorporated in the amount of $129,757.50 for the re- construction of Massachusetts Avenue from Marrett Road to Woburn Street. The work was completed this year. Chapter 90 Maintenance A contract was awarded to Essex Bituminous Concrete in the amount of $39,550.00 for the resur- facing of certain streets. Included in this contract was the resurfacing of Waltham Street from the High School driveway to Forest Street, Location Length Waltham Street 1580' 111 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Garbage Collection On May 19, 1965 a contract was signed with Stanley Roketenetz, Incorporated to collect garbage for a three year period beginning June 1, 1965 and ending May 31, 1968, Street Lighting In 1967 the following street lights were installed and removed: Twenty eight - 800 lumen incandescent lights, sixteen - 2500 lumen incandescent lights, one - 4000 lumen incandescent lights were removed during the year. Nine - 1000 lumen incandescent, eighty three - 3500 lumen MV, one - 7000 lumen MV, forty one - 11,000 lumen MV, three - 20,000 lumen MV, five - 35,000 lumen MV lights were installed, so currently lamps in service are as follows: 800 lumen incandescent 785 1000 lumen incandescent 1,239 2500 lumen incandescent 91 3500 lumen MV 99 4000 lumen incandescent 31 6000 lumen incandescent 28 7000 lumen MV 4 10,000 lumen incandescent 5 11,000 lumen MV 246 20,000 lumen MV 56 35,000 lumen MV 5 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, sidewalk plowing, removal of snow from business areas, 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 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. Last year the Selectmen voted not to plow any more churches or synagogues, This move will allow the Department of Public Works to spend a little more time on the public streets, rather than rushing the job to get churches and synagogues plowed out for services. At the height of each storm, the Department of Public Works has approximately 60 Town men working, 30 pieces of Town equipment and 19 pieces of hired equipment. The accompanying tables indicate the days and the amounts that snow was recorded and the cost breakdown for each storm. Jan. 7 - Trace 29 - Trace 31 - 0.5" 0.5" Feb, 1 - Trace 2 - 2.6" 7 - 9.7" 19 - Trace 20 - 1.0" 21 - 1.0" 23 - 8,7" 27 - 1,2" 28 - Trace 24.2" Mar. 5 - 1,1" May 7 - Trace 6 - 1.0" Nov,7 Trace 7 - 10.9" 9 - Trace 9 - 0.3" 14 - Trace 15 - 6.8" 15 - 4,0" 16 - 2.0" 22 - 1.0" 22 - 2.0" 5.0" 23 - 0.3" Dec,11 - Trace 24,4" 23 - 3.0" Apr. 3 - Trace 24 - Trace 5 - Trace 28 - 13,5" 6 - Trace 31 - 3.5" 7 - 4.1" 20.0" 18 - Trace 19 - Trace TOTAL 78,2" 4,1" 112 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Snow Removal 1. Cost of Major Storms: Inches Town Labor Cost Storm of Hired Town Employee's Repairs to Date Number Snow Equipment Equipment Wages Equipment TOTAL February 3 -6 1 2,6 $ 2,457,03 $ 1,741.38 $ 3,338.63 $ 431.14 $ 7,968.18 February 7 -9 2 9,7 6,810.76 2,696.75 8,411.47 582.10 18,501.08 February 23 -26 3 8.7 5,357.96 2,131.00 6,186.17 160.04 13,835.17 February 27 -28 4 1.2 829,50 1,548,48 283.09 2,661.07 March 7 -10 5 11.9 9,639.01 3,242,35 8,329.52 633.22 21,844.10 March 15 -19 6 8.8 6,791.25 2,795,00 5,714.08 478.67 15,779.00 March 20 -24 7 2.3 822.50 2,189.76 316,57 3,328.83 November 15 -16 8 4,0 806.89 1,262.80 3,887.28 182.70 6,139.67 December 23 -27 9 3.0 1,304.75 926.25 2,959,37 209.85 5,400.22 December 28 -31 10 17.0 9,913.58 3,458.25 11,397,68 1,423.40 26,192,91 69.2 $43,081.23 $19,905.78 $53,962.44 $ 4,700.78 $121,650.23 2, Cost of said purchased: Material cost - 4795.75 tons 5,275.33 Other costs - Trucking 560.00 3. Cost of salt and calcium chloride purchased* Material cost - 1541.45 tons 24,973.34 Trucking 370,00 4. Cost of Weather Services 425.00 5. Cost of tools and equipment purchased: Blades, moldboard, labor for overhaul, etc. 5,851.72 6. Plow and Frames 4,806,50 7. Sanding and salting for ice conditions and small storms, putting on chains and plows, putting out and filling sand boxes, putting up snow fences, digging out hydrants and repairing plows 6,565.76 1967 TOTAL REMOVAL COST $170,477.88 Cost of Snow Removal Operations Misc,Sanding, Inches Repairs to Storm of Plowing Equipment„ Date Number Snow Plowing Lifting Walks Chains, etc, TOTAL February 3 -6 1 2,6 $ 4,058.94 $ 2,358.78 $ 311.79 $ 1,238.67 $ 7,968,18 February 7 -9 2 9.7 9,368,02 7,245.16 608.85 1,279.05 18,501.08 February 23 -26 3 8.7 7,418.83 5,113,10 466,90 836.34 13,835.17 February 27 -28 4 1.2 1,256.33 202.38 1,202.36 2,661.07 March 7 -10 5 11.9 9,942.06 10,207.39 700,64 994.01 21,844,10 March 15 -19 6 8.8 10,415.93 3,632.87 627.03 1,103.17 15,779.00 March 21 -24 7 2.3 951.00 176.95 2,200.88 3,328.83 November 15 -16 8 4.0 3,717,84 531.11 370.41 1,520,31 6,139.67 December 23 -27 9 3.0 3,791.75 57.00 217,61 1,333.86 5,400.22 December 28 -31 10 17.0 13,211.25 9,847.32 756.07 2,378.27 26,192.91 69.2 $64,131,95 $39,169.68 $4,261.68 $14,086.92 $121,650.23 113 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Traffic Regulation and Control Some of the breakdowns in this budget include: painting street lines, crosswalks and other traffic control markings, making and installing all kinds of traffic signs, maintenance of existing traffic lights and installation of new lights. The approximate number of linear footage painted is shown below. Center Lines 102,500 Ft, Crosswalks 9,520 Ft, Curbing 962 Ft, Parking Tees 160 Do Not Enter 7 Stop Signs and Lines 51 Bus Stops 7 Boys 37 Slow Signs 19 Do Not Park 7 Road Machinery The following equipment was purchased during 1967: 1, Dump Trucks (2) 2. Truck Mounted Compressor (1) 3. Truck Mounted Sewer Cleaner (1) 4, Sidewalk Tractor (1) 5. Front End Loader (1) 6. Street Roller (1) 7. International Farm Tractor (2) 8. Gang Mower (1) 9. Sewer Trash Pump (1) 10. New Plows (4) Contractor - Bernard J. Lazaro Location Sidewalk Construction - 1967 Rindge Avenue Vinebrook Road Massachusetts Avenue Drain and Brook Cleaning Length 40' 65' 115' 220 Feet In 1967 there were 4,405 catch basins cleaned. Approximately 2,960 feet of brooks were cleaned during 1967. Drain Construction: Town Labor and Equipment Location Length Size Lincoln St. 450' 12" Burlington St, 351' 12" Hawthorne Rd, 247' 12" Lowell St, 151' 12" 1199 Feet 114 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Street Construction: (At No Cost to Town) Drainage Location Length Length Size Brent Road 653' 225' 12" Paddock Lane 645' 125' 12" 882' 15" Worthen Road 1000' 320' 12" Nickerson Road 1683' 1231' 12" 240' 18" Morgan Road 223' 72' 12" 4204 Feet 3095 Feet Sidewalk Construction Included in the contract awarded to Belli Brothers are the following sidewalks: Location Valleyfield Street Laconia Street Blossomcrest Road Kendall Road Pavement Maintenance Length 1235' 1015' 815' 220' 3285 Feet The following list of streets were sealed by Town Forces in 1967: Location Edgewood Road Coolidge Avenue Underwood Avenue Munroe Road Normandy Road Woodcliffe Road Hudson Road Paul Revere Road School Street Hancock Street Wood Street Taft Avenue Length 860' 680' 560' 1800' 1540' 1880' 1000' 990' 2560' 1500' 2240' 1160' 16,770 Feet Pavement Maintenance The following list of streets were resurfaced under a contract awarded to Essex Bituminous Concrete in the amount of $39,550,00. This contract was started but will not be completed until 1968, Location Oak Street Wilson Road North Street 115 Length 1736' 779' 6279' 8794 Feet DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Water Division - General Information Range of Static Pressure in Mains Length of Pipe in Streets Number of Services Number of Hydrants Total Water Consumption in 1967 Average Daily Consumption in 1967 Average Daily Consumption in 1967 per capita Cost of Water per Year 40 to 120 pounds 144,62 miles 8,307 1,340 1,452,281,000 gallons 3,978,900 gallons 127 gallons $174,273,72 Extent of Distributing System December 31, 1967 Size of Pipe Length of Feet 4" 16,378 6" 335,464 8" 201,994 10" 22,461 12" 145,302 16" 27,253 24" 14,084 762,936 Total 1967 6" 1,540 8" 3,168 12" 1,000 5,708 Total Hydrant Installation Hydrants in service January 1, 1967 Hydrants installed in 1967 1,328 12 Hydrants in service December 31, 1967 1,340 Water Construction: Town Labor and Equipment Location Size Length Hydrants King Street 6" 372' 1 Vine Street 8" 491' 2 Manley Court 6" 467' 1 Valleyfield Street 6" 36' _ ,26 Miles 1,366 Feet 4 Water Construction: At No Cost to Town Location Size Length Hydrants Brent Road 8" 653' Paddock Lane 6" 665' 2 Worthen Road 12" 1000' 3 Nickerson Road 8" 1749' 3 Morgan Road 8" 275' .82 Miles 4,342 Feet 8 116 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Water Treatment During 1967 the department continued treating Lexington's water system with "Calgon ", a chemical used for control of rusty water. Broken Mains Size of Main Blake Road 6" Bedford Street 12" Cushing Street 6" Demar Road 6" Forbes Road 10" Grant Street 8" Grove Street . . (2 times) 12" Hillcrest Avenue (2 times) 8" Kendall Road 6" Lake Street 12" Lincoln Street 10" Lowell Street 12" Massachusetts Avenue 8" Valleyfield Street 6" Sewer Division - General Information Lexington is part of the North Metropolitan Sewerage District. Area tributary to existing sewer systems , , , 956.57 Acres Total length of trunk line sewers 23,18 Miles Total length of street line sewers 78,70 Miles Total number of house connections 5,894 Amount expended for maintenance $43,362,95 1968 sewer assessment rate 17.91 Number of sewer services installed 177 Number of sewer services repaired 18 Sewer Maintenance Pumping Stations: The Myrtle Street pumping station was checked every day including running the standby generator weekly. Our smaller stations at Brigham Road, Byron Avenue, Constitution Road, Patterson Road and Worthen Road were checked semi - weekly, including North Street. Routine Cleaning of Mains: Approximately 14,600 feet of sewer mains were cleaned of sand, silt, gravel, roots, and debris during the year. The North Street pumping station was the latest pumping station to be added to our sewer system. It is now in full operation with many houses in the Burnham Farm area and Westwood Road section connected to public sewer, Last Spring we had a major breakdown on our main pumping station, The pumping operation of the pumping station had to be substituted while repairs were made. Sewer Construction: Town Labor and Equipment Location Length Size Manley Court 75' 8" Sewer Reconstruction: Town Labor and Equipment Location Length Size Grant Street 584' 8" 117 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Sewer Construction Contractor - R. A. Buccella Amount - $49,697.00 Location Size Length Emerson Road 8" 1270' 'Burnham Road 8" 760' Brown Road 8" 945' 2975 Feet .56 Miles Contractor - Great Northern Construction Company Amount - $119,100.00 Location Size Length Hillcrest Avenue 8" 1740' Laconia Street 8" 1055' Dewey Road 8" 1690' Burlington Street 8" 1895' 6380 Feet 1,21 Miles Contractor - Avon Construction Company Amount - $58,385.00 Location Size Length Lowell Street 12" 860' Blossomcrest Road 8" 660' Lake Street 10" 520' Ward Street 8" 640' 2680'Feet .51 Miles Contractor - J. D'Amico Incorporated Amount - $103,155.00 Location Size Length Adams Street 8" 425' Westwood Road 8" 765' Westwood Rd. to Suzanne Road 8" 367' Grant Street 8" 483' - North St. to Emerson Rd.(along VineBrook)8" 1380' 3420 Feet ,65 Miles Force Main - North St. to Grant St. (along VineBrook) 8" 3239 Feet ,61 Miles Pumping Station at North Street Sewer Construction: At No Cost to the Town Location Size Length Nickerson Road 8" 1556' Paddock Lane 8" 966' 2522 Feet .48 Miles 118 Veterans' Services I respectfully submit my report of the Department of Veterans' Services for the year ending December 31, 1967. The office of the Lexington Veterans' Benefits since January 1, 1967 through December 31, 1967 has done an increase of business over 1966 in all phases of its different departments. Also this year there was a considerable increase made by the state office to the budget for recipients and medical ex- penses. Under Chapter 115 of the Massachusetts General Laws we have processed forty -nine applications. This involves investigation by the Director of Veterans Benefits in Lexington and also by the state. This office also does Veterans Service work. Under Title #38 of the U.S. Code we have filed for service connected and non - service connected disability pensions for fourteen veterans and or their de- pendents, burial allowance for nine widows, also under Title #38. We assisted a number of veterans to apply for assistance for education under the new Vietnam bill. Bernard J. Belcastro, Director Index to Town Meeting Articles Note: Please turn to section on town meetings for action taken on articles indexed below. "S" preceding a number refers to special town meeting. General Government Appeal Board 12, S15 Building Committee, Town 73, S7' By -Laws 83, 84 Elections 1 General Laws 39 Town Government, Committee on Structure of 85 Reports, Town Officers and Committees 2, 3, S1 Financial Appropriations, General 4, 5, 93 Appropriations, Supplemental 26, 40, 77, 90, S2 -S8 General 6 - 10 Pensions, Police and Fire Depts.11, 40 Health, Board of 29, 35 Historic Districts Library, Public 42, 43 Planning, Recreation and Conservation Beautification, Town 75 Conservation 32, 77 -81, S4 Planning Board (Including Zoning By -Law Amendments) 31, 34, 75, 76, S14 - S24, S27 -S31 Recreation 68, 69, 71, S12 Regional 82, 90, S6, Sil Protection of People and Property Cemetery Department 33, S5 Civil Defense S3 Communications Emergencies (Ambulance) 38 Protection of People and Property (Con't.) Fire Police 41 Refuse Disposal (Regional) 82, S6 Regulatory (See also. Planning Board) 86 -89, S14 -S24, S27 -S31 Public Works Construction Curbings 20 Equipment 24, 25 Highways 21, 22 Parking, Public 72 Sewers 14 -17, 37, S9 Sidewalks 19, S25 Streets 23, 44 -60, 64, S10, S13, S26 Street Drains 18 Street Lights 27 Traffic 36, S8 Water 13 Wiring, Underground 28 Land Acquisition (See also Conservation) 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67 Conveyances Exchange Option Fund 30 Survey and Study 70, S11 Schools (See also, Appropriations, General) 72, 74, 90, 91 119 Town Counsel Pursuant to Section 6 of Article XX 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, 1967 to December 31, 1967. 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, 1967, 1, Lillian R. Gale vs. Edward W. Gourdeau, Sr., an employee of the Town, Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex No. 3359 of 1962. Suit for alleged property damage arising out of a motor vehicle acci- dent. 2. Alfred P. Tropeano et al, Trustees of Lexington Professional Building Trust, vs. Board of Asses- sors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 151876, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 39088, and No. X- 158820, trans- ferred to Formal Procedure No, 41683. Petitions for abatement of 1962 and 1964 real estate tax. 3. First National Stores, Inc, vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 153726, transferr- ed to Formal Procedure No. 39934, No. X- 156089, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 40470, and No. X- 158974, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 41737, Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, and 1964 real estate tax. 4. First National Stores, Inc, vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, 43901. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 5. William J. Shields et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X- 154758, No, 40308, No. 41635 and No. 44493. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax. 6. Frank L. Stevens et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154759, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 39942, No, 40346, No. 41634 and No. 44495, Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax. 7. James Lettieri et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X-154846. Petition for abatement of 1962 real estate tax. 8. Fred Corazzini vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154842, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 39964, and No. X- 156106, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 40508. Petitions for abatement of 1962 and 1963 real estate tax. 9. M, Joseph Carroll et al vs, Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X-154856. Petition for abatement of 1962 real estate tax. 10. Thomas A. Napoli et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154858 and No. X- 156108, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 40510, Petitions for abatement of 1962 and 1963 real estate tax, 11. Mary I. Napoli vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154859 and No. X- 156110, trans- ferred to Formal Procedure No, 40512. Petitions for abatement of 1962 and 1963 real estate tax. 12. Fred E. Hersom, Jr, et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, 39969, No, 40307, No. 41637 and No. 44494. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax. 13. Michael J. Carroll et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X-154872. Petition for abatement of 1962 real estate tax. 14. Charles E. Clark et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 39968 and No. 40309. Petitions for abatement of 1962 and 1963 real estate tax. 15. Robert J. Sorrentino et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, 39970, No. 41633 and No. 44490. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax. 16. Robert P. Outerbridge et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 39972,—No. 40304, No. 41636 and No. 44492, Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax. 17. Alfred H. Maxwell et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, 39931, No. 40305 and No. 41632, Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. 120 TOWN COUNSEL 18, David L. Gennaro et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X- 154867, No, 40310, No. 41630 and No. 44491, Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax. 19. M. Joseph Carroll et al vs, Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X- 154869, Petition for abatement of 1962 real estate tax, 20. William L. Nussbum et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, 39998, No. 41631 and No. 44496, Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax, 21. Lillian N. Pearce vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, 39999, No, 40306, No. 41629 and No. 44497. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax, 22. Lexington Golf Club vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154980, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 40015, No. X- 156235, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 40513, No. X- 159035, trans- ferred to Formal Procedure No. 41847, and No. X- 162109, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 43693. Peti- tions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax. 23. 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, 24, Alice C. Monahan et als vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X- 154978, No. X- 159157 and No. X-162561. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax, 25. Alice C. Monahan et als vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X- 154979, No. X- 159156 and No. X-162562. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax. 26. Emerson Gardens Realty Corp, vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 41485 and No. 43892, Petitions for abatement of 1963 and 1965 real estate tax. 27. William L. Potter et als, Trustees of Walnut Farm Trust, vs, Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No, 257097. Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of an easement for 24" water main. 28. Albert DeVincent et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No, 257066, Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of certain land for a part of a school site. 29. Adolph Krol et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No, 257067. Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of certain land for a part of a school site. 30. Franziska Porges Hosken vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, 41391 and No. 41575. Petitions for abatement of 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. 31. Jenney Manufacturing Company vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 156062, trans- ferred to Formal Procedure No, 40426, No. X- 158645, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 41551, and No. 43704. Petitions for abatement of 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax. 32. Edward H. Hinds, Trustee of Hinds Realty Trust, vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No, 262882. Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of a trunk sewer easement, 33. City of Boston vs. Town of Lexington, Municipal Court of the City of Boston. Action to recov- er for assistance to several persons alleged to have residence in the Town of Lexington. 34, Edward H. Hinds, Trustee of Hinds Realty Trust, vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No, 265320. Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of a trunk sewer easement. 35. Lexington Coal and Oil Co., Inc, vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 41691 and No. 43896, Petitions for abatement of 1964 and 1965 real estate tax. 36. Wayne R. Maguire et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-158914. Petition for abatement of 1964 real estate tax. 121 TOWN COUNSEL 37. 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 contractor. 38. Edward H. Hinds, Trustee of Hinds Realty Trust, vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 267706. Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of a trunk sewer easement. 39. Frank D. Walker et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 268540. Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of a trunk sewer easement. 40. Paul Nesbeda et als vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 273108. Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of a sewer easement. 41. Daniel F. Coughlin et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 162376, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 43890. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 42. Harold J. Crumb et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 162483, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 44075. Petetion for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 43. Benjamin DelGaudio et al vs. Inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 275851. Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of a sewer easement. 44, Hugo R. Maienza, James Stevens and Joseph A. Trani, Trustees of The 1775 Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 162694, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 44284. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax, 45. Roy Johnsen and Ethel M. Johnsen vs, Richard P, McDonnell, an employee of the Town, Middlesex Superior Court No. 277829. Suit for alleged personal injuries, property damage and consequential damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident, 46. Guille Steel Products Co., Inc. vs. Grande and Son, Inc., Town of Lexington et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 27119 Equity. Suit by a sub - contractor against the Town's contractor, the Town, and the contractor's surety company to obtain payment of amount alleged to be due from the contractor. 47. Carl Uraneck, p.p.a. vs. James J. Lima, Jr. and Guy D. Busa, police officers, Middlesex Superior Court No. 271554. Action of tort for personal injuries. 48. Charles P. McEnroe vs. Alfred L. Viano, Chairman of School Committee, Middlesex Superior Court No. 280576. Suit for alleged tortious ratification of illegal act of Administrative Assistant of Lexington Schools. 49. Charles P. McEnroe vs. Dr. Austin W. Fisher, member of School Committee, Middlesex Superior Court No. 280577. Suit for alleged tortious ratification of illegal act of Administrative Assistant of Lexington Schools. 50. Charles P. McEnroe vs. Elizabeth H. Clarke, member of School Committee, Middlesex Superior Court No. 280578. Suit for alleged tortious ratification of illegal act of Administrative Assistant of Lexington Schools. 51. Charles P. McEnroe vs, Charlotte Lichterman, member of School Committee, Middlesex Superior Court No. 280579. Suit for alleged tortious ratification of illegal act of Administrative Assistant of Lexington Schools. 52. Charles P. McEnroe vs. James R, Maclnnes, Jr,, employee of the Town, Middlesex Superior Court No. 280580. Suit for alleged illegal and negligent discharge of plaintiff from position with Town of Lexington, 53. Charles P. McEnroe vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 280581. Suit for alleg- ed breach of contract of employment. 54. Charles P. McEnroe vs. Robert H. Farwell, member of School Committee, Middlesex Superior Court No. 280582. Suit for alleged tortious ratification of illegal act of Administrative Assistant of Lexington Schools. 122 TOWN COUNSEL 55. Catherine I. Geanacopulos et al vs. the Inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 281785. Suit for personal injuries and consequential damages arising from alleged sidewalk de- fect. 56, Harley L. Hansen et als vs. Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., et als, members of the Board of Selectmen, Middlesex Superior Court Equity No, 27444, Bill in equity to enjoin the Selectmen, the Superintendent of Public Works and The Town's contractor from entering upon land of the petitioners in which a slope ease- ment was taken, 57. Diran M. Semonian et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No, 281551. Petition for assessment of damages arising out of a taking by eminent domain of a drain easement. 58, Francis Donahue, Jr, vs, Town of Lexington et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 283196. Suit against the Town and its contractor for personal injuries and property damage alleged to have been sustain- ed during street construction, 59. Athena Kutrubes vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 165872, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 46480, Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax. 60, Richard A, Michelson et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X- 165873, transferr- ed to Formal Procedure No, 46481, Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax. (b) All actions brought by or against the Town during 1967. 1. Lexington Golf Club vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 166103, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 46698, Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax. 2, Lexington Coal & Oil Co., Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 46735. Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax. 3. Town of Lexington vs. Joseph A. Goodwin, Middlesex Superior Court No. 27780 Equity. Suit to en- join violation of Zoning By -Law. 4, Harold J. Crumb et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X- 166270, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 46812, Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax, 5. Robert P. Outerbridge et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, 46764, Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax, 6, Arlex Oil Corporation vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 46737, Petition for abate- ment of 1966 real estate tax, 7. Arlex Oil Corporation vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 46738, Petition for abate- ment of 1966 real estate tax, 8. Arlex Oil Corporation vs, Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 46739. Petition for abate- ment of 1966 real estate tax, 9. Emerson Gardens Realty Corp. vs, Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 46736, Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax, 10, Daniel F. Coughlin et als vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 165724, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 46353, Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax, 11. First National Stores, Inc. vs, Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 47670. Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax. 12, Alice C. Monahan et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X- 167885, Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax, 13. Alice C. Monahan et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 167886, Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax. 14, Roger H. Weede et al vs. Town of Lexington et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 285869, remand- ed to District Court of Central Middlesex No. 24343, Action of tort for personal injuries and property damage. 123 TOWN COUNSEL 15, Laurence H. Moore, Trustee of Great Road Realty Trust, vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 167058, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 48046. Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax, 16. 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, Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax, 17. Thomas DiSilva, Trustee of DiSilva Family Trust, vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No X- 168713, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 48517, Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax, 18. Thomas A, DiSilva vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 168714, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 48518. Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax. 19. Vincent G. DiSilva et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 168715, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 48519, Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax, 20. Vincent G, DeSilva et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X- 168716, Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax. 21. Edward W. McGrory et al vs. Town of Lexington et als, Middlesex Superior Court No, 287285, Action of tort for personal injuries arising out of a fall in Cary Hall, 22, William D. Adler et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X- 168830, Appeal from denial of exemption from a portion of 1966 real estate tax. 23. Rolla M. Tryon et al vs. Town of Lexington et al and counterclaim of defendant Jean Presho vs. Town of Lexington et al, Middlesex Superior Court No, 28126 Equity. Bill in Equity to enjoin owner of ad- jacent land from obstructing ditch and counterclaim for injunction against Town and plaintiffs and for damages. 24. William R. Moore et als vs. Board of Appeals et als, Middlesex Superior Court No, 28142 Equity. Appeal from decision of Board of Appeals granting special permit for nursing home. 25. Lawrence C. Bradshaw et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X-169038. Appeal from denial of exemption from a portion of 1966 real estate tax. 26, ,ernes D. Eplett et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No, 289980. Action of tort for property damage arising out of alleged sewer break. 27. Robert L. Johnson et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 169296, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 48936. Petition for abatement of 1967 real estate tax. 28. Alfred P. Tropeano et al, Trustees of Lexington Professional Building Trust, vs, Board of Ass- essors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 169188, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 48851. Petition for abate- ment of 1967 real estate tax.. 29. Athena Kutrubes vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 169298, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 48938. Petition for abatement of 1967 real estate tax. 30, Richard A. Michelson et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 169297, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 48937. Petition for abatement of 1967 real estate tax. (c) All actions settled or disposed of during 1967. 1, William J. Shields et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, X- 154758, No, 40308, No.41635 and No. 44493, petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate taxes. Appeals withdrawn by appellants when assigned for trial. 2. Frank L, Stevens et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154759, transferred to Formal Procedure No, 39942, No, 40346, No. 41634 and No. 44495, petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate taxes. Appeals withdrawn by appellants when assigned for trial. 3. M. Joseph Carroll et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154856, petition for abatement of 1962 real estate tax. Appeal withdrawn by appellants when assigned for trial. 124 TOWN COUNSEL 4. Michael J. Carroll et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154872, petition for abatement of 1962 real estate tax. Appeal withdrawn by appellants when assigned for trial. 5. Charles E. Clark et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 39968 and No. 40309, peti- tions for abatement of 1962 and 1963 real estate taxes. Appeals withdrawn by appellants when assigned for trial. 6. Robert P. Outerbridge et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax 41636, No. 44492 and No, 46764, petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 es. Appeals withdrawn by appellants when assigned for trial, 7. Alfred H. Maxwell et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax No. petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963 and 1964 real estate taxes. Appeals assigned for trial. Board No. 39972, No. 40304, No. , 1965, and 1966 real estate tax- 39971, No. 40305 and No. 41632, withdrawn by appellants when 8. David L. Gennaro et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154867, No. 40310, No. 41630 and No. 44491, petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate taxes. Appeals with- drawn by appellants when assigned for trial. 9. M. Joseph Carroll et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154869, petition for abatement of 1962 real estate tax. Appeal withdrawn by appellants when assigned for trial. 10. William L. Nussbum et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 39998, No. 41631 and No. 44496, petitions for abatement of 1962, 1964 and 1965 real estate taxes. Appeals withdrawn by appellants when assigned for trial. 11. Lillian N. Pearce vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 39999, No, 40306, No. 41629 and No. 44497, petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate taxes. Appeals withdrawn by appellant when assigned for trial. 12. Emerson Gardens Realty Corp. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 41485, No. 43892 and No. 46736, petitions for abatement of 1963, 1965 and 1966 real estate taxes. Appeals withdrawn by appel- lant on partial abatement of 1965 tax. 13. William L. Potter et als, Trustees of Walnut Farm Trust, vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 257097, petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of an easement for 24" water main. Case settled when assigned for trial. 14. Albert DeVincent et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middleses Superior Court Mo. 257066, petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of land for a part of a school site.Case tried and damages assessed by the Court. 15. Adolph Krol et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 257067, petition for assess- ment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of land for a part of a school site Case tried and damages assessed by the Court. 16. Wayne R. Maguire et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 158914, petition for a- batement of 1964 real estate tax. Appeal withdrawn by appellants after it was restored to the active list following dismissal for lack of prosecution. 17. Hugo R. Maienza et als, Trustees of the 1775 Realty Trust, vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 162694, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 44284, petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. Appeal withdrawn by appellants when case reached for trial. 18. Lexington Coal & Oil Co., Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, 41691, No. 43896 and No. 46735, petitions for abatement of 1964, 1965 and 1966 real estate taxes. The 1964 and 1965 appeals were tried and were settled at the close of the evidence. The 1966 appeal was withdrawn by the appellant. 19. Roy B. Johnsen et al vs. Richard P. McDonnell, an employee of the Town, Middlesex Superior Court No. 277829, remanded to District Court of Central Middlesex No. 23657 -607. Suit for alleged personal in- juries, property damage and consequential damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident. Case tried and finding for plaintiffs entered for personal injuries and property damage, and finding for defendant on count for consequential damages. 125 TOWN COUNSEL 20, Guille Steel Products Co,, Inc, vs. Grande and Son, Inc., Town of Lexington et al, Middlesex Superior Court No, 27119 Equity, Suit by a subcontractor against the Town's contractor, the Town and the contractor's surety company to obtain payment of amount alleged to be due from the contractor. Suit dis- missed as to the Town on Town's motion. 21. Harley L. Hansen et al vs, Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. et als, members of the Board of Selectmen, Middlesex Superior Court Equity No, 27444, Bill in Equity to enjoin the Selectmen, the Superintendent of Public Works and the Town's contractor from entering upon land of the petitioners in which slope easements were taken. Case tried and injunction issued against the respondents. 22. Arlex Oil Corporation vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 46737, petition for abate- ment of 1966 real estate tax. Appeal withdrawn by appellant. 23. Arlex Oil Corporation vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 46738, petition for abate- ment of 1966 real estate tax. Appeal withdrawn by appellant. 24. Arlex Oil Corporation vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No, 46739, Petition for abate- ment of 1966 real estate tax. Appeal withdrawn by appellant. 25. Roger H. Weede et al vs. Town of Lexington et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 285869, remanded to District Court of Central Middlesex No. 24343 -690, Action tort for personal injuries and property damage. Cases settled during trial on payment to passenger for personal injuries by Town's insurer and insurer for other operator, and payment by the Town of a portion of the property damage claim. 26. William D. Adler et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 168830, appeal from de- nial of exemption from a portion of 1966 real estate tax, Appeal tried and decision entered for appellants. 27. Lawrence C. Bradshaw et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 169038, appeal from denial of exemption from a portion of 1966 real estate tax. Appeal tried and decision entered for appell- ants. (d) The amounts received by the Town Counsel as compensation and disbursements for services not covered by the regular salary of the Town Counsel during 1967. Services Miscellaneous claims against the Town Miscellaneous claims by the Town Takings and settlements of land damage claims Tax title sales Special conveyancing - Subdivisions Town of Lexington v, Joseph Goodwin Albert DeVincent et al v, Town Francis Donahue, Jr, v. Town James Eplett et al v, Town Katherine I. Geanacopulos et al v. Town Guille Steel Products v. Grande & Son and related cases Harley Hansen et al v. Town Arnold Jacobs v. Cary Library Roy Johnsen et al v. Town et al Adolph Krol et al v. Town Edward McGrory et al v. Town et al William R. Moore et als v. Board of Appeals et al Paul Nesbeda et al v, Town William L. Potter et als vi Town piran M. Semonian et al v. Town Mary L. Spears et al v, Town Roger H. Weede et al v, Town et al Rolla M. Tryon et al v. Town et al and counterclaim Jean Presho v. Town et al Total 126 275.00 950.00 3085.00 110.00 1380.00 75.00 410.00 140.00 35.00 150,00 245.00 145.00 50.00 140.00 340.00 135,00 150.00 120.00 45.00 40.00 20.00 200.00 260.00 $8500,00 TOWN COUNSEL Disbursements Appellate Tax Board, transfer fees 55.00 Lexington Coal & Oil Co, v. Assessors - Official stenographer 76.80 Lexington v, Goodwin - Entry fee 5.00 Service of subpoena 7.50 Order 5.00 Service of order 7.50 Uraneck v. Busa et al- Transcript 37.80 Geanacopulos v. Lexington - Deposition 28.00 General office expense 2,400.00 Total $2,622.60 Special Counsel Fees Norman J. Richards, Esquire Services in Wayne R. Maguire et al v. Assessors Services in Ali=ce Monahan et al v. Assessors Services in Adolph F. Krol et al v. Town Services in Albert DeVincent et al v. Town Services in Lexington Coal & Oil Co. v. Assessors 25.00 25.00 300.00 300.00 115.00 Donald E. Legro, Esquire Special services in Appellate Tax Board matters 1,620.00 Total $2,385.00 Donald E, Legro Town Counsel 127 L E X I N G T O N The Birthplace of American Liberty" Population 1965 Census - 31,388 Highest elevation -- 385 feet above mean sea level Lowest elevation -- 110 feet above mean sea level Settled -- 1642 -- Cambridge Farms Incorporated as a Town - 1713 Valuation -- $192,651,950.00 Tax Rate -- 1967 -- $47.00 Area of town in acres 10,650.42 Area of town in miles 16.64 Extreme length in miles 5.8 Extreme width in miles 4.85 Public Streets: (miles) Accepted Private Streets: Unaccepted Paper Streets State Highways Trunk Sewers Street Sewers Water Mains 106.99 29.31 9.50 17.10 23.18 78.70 144.62 Voter Registration: Residents who have lived in the town for six months and in the commonwealth for twelve months 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 in advance of each election will be provided at times to be announced by the town clerk. The town clerks office will be open for registrations at a time and hours to be announced for one Saturday prior to each town election and for two Saturdays prior to each state election or primary election. Voting Places: Precinct 1, Harrington School; Precinct 2, Adams School; Pre- cinct 3, Cary Memorial Hall; Precinct 4, High School; Precinct 5, Central Fire Station; Precinct 6, Maria Hastings School.