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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-Annual Report1966 Annual Report Town of Lexington Lexington, Massachusetts Front Cover From the Artist's Sketchbook The pencil sketches reproduced on the front cover are preliminary drawings by Mr. Aiden L. Ripley, Lexington's nation- ally known artist, done as part of a com- mission to prepare twelve oil paintings for the Paul Revere Life Insurance Co. of Worcester. All twelve paintings re- flect the life and times of Paul Revere. In the body of this report are included reproductions of the two paintings which depict events in Lexington. On May 19 -21 the Lexington Historical Society held a reception for Mr. Ripley in Cary Hall at which through the courtesy of the Paul Revere Life Insurance Co. all twelve paintings and associated sketches were on exhibit. The Ripley sketches and paintings in this report are copyrighted by the Paul Revere Life Insurance Co. and are shown through its courtesy. ANNUAL REPORT of the TOWN OFFICERS of the TOWN OF LEXINGTON For the Year 1966 Part I Table of Contents Part I Page TOWN BOARDS AND COMMITTEES Board of Selectmen 5 Town Celebration Committee 12 Cary Memorial Library 14 Cary Lecture Committee 16 School Sites Committee 17 Town Report Committee 3 Recreation Committee 18 Planning Board 21 Conservation Committee 24 PROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY Police Department 26 Fire Commissioners 31 Civil Defense 32 Inspections - Regulatory 35 TOWN SERVICES Battle Green Guides 36 Board of Health 37 Board of Public Welfare 42 Veterans' Services 44 Cemetery Commissioners 45 Lexington Housing Authority 47 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 48 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 54 TOWN CLERK 74 FINANCIA L Town Treasurer 74 Tax Collector 75 Comptroller 78 Appropriations Committee 79 Capital Expenditures Committee 80 Retirement Board 81 Trustees of Public Trusts 82 Board of Assessors 83 Summarized Operating Expenses 85 Town Debt and Interest 85 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 86 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS 93 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 96 (Statistical Details Relating to These Offices Are Contained in Part II) 2 Preface To the Citizens of Lexington: December 31, 1966 Last Spring this committee accepted from the Board of Selectmen the assignment of reviewing earlier town reports and redesigning Lexington's 1966 annual report. Attached is our response. Citizens familiar with former reports immediately recognize a change in size. We made this change to achieve greater flexibility in makeup and typographical layout. Of considerably greater real importance, however, is a complete re- organization of the contents. We did this, because of our conviction that an annual report should be oriented to all citizens of the town. We believed that to obtain readability there should be a division between the departmental "state of the union" messages which could be presumed to have wide general interest, as contrasted with the detailed (much of it legally required) statistical information which would have deep interest only for those intimately associated with Lexington's town government. We resolved the problem by dividing the report into two sections: Part 1 intended for the general reader and Part 2 intended for those interested in town government details. Part 1 was delivered to all residents. A limited number of copies (700) of Parts 1 and 2 were bound together for use of town meeting members and others. The combined sections constitute the official town report. Primarily our committee acted as a planning and coordinating agent. We assigned space in Part 1 as equitably as we could but we left to each department or committee the decision as to division of space between photographs, tables, graphs, or the written word. Our responsibility has been to prepare and present as attractively as we knew how the information with which we were supplied. Some of the departments, despite our urgings, modestly preferred not to supply personal photographs. The ice having been broken, we hope in another year to have photographs of all committees and of all department heads. As to cost: Because we typed the report, because we used offset printing, and because we used fewer but larger pages we expect to hold the expense, including delivery, to approximately $5, 000 for 9000 copies. Last year's report, of a significantly greater number of pages but of smaller size, printed by letter press and without any delivery expenses, cost $2300 for 800 copies. We invite, indeed we need, constructive criticisms and suggestions covering this report. What have you liked about it? What haven't you liked? How can next year's committee tailor the 1967 report to be a more effective instrument of communication between the committees, boards, and department heads of Lexington's town government and the citizens whom they serve? Louis A. Zehner, Chairman Wallace B. Baylies Nancy Hudson Elizabeth H. Clarke Jack L. Mitchell Albert Gray, Jr. Ex- Officio Frank H. Totman The Great Dilemma The Unending Problem Because every improvement ever made economic, social, or political . . . repre- sents a break with the past, change is always essential in the evolution of a better Lexington. Pressures for changes are unending but not all changes are desirable. The weighing of the good and bad qualities of proposed changes and, as far as fallible human judgment permits, the wise and timely adjustment to change in the interests of the greatest good for the greatest number . . . this is the major and unceasing problem of Lex- ington's government. — Excerpt from The State of Lexington The Selectmen Report upon Changes, Past and Pending in THE STATE OF LEXINGTON In the last 50 years, even in the last 25, Lexington has evolved from a country village in an agriculture community to the attractive metropolitan suburb it is today. Because the resulting changes stem from deep roots it seems worthwhile to review them, to relate them to present problems and to speculate upon questions which the citizens of Lexington must face if adjustments to these continuing changes are to be wise and timely. All of the changes we shall dwell on are intertwined; no one has operated alone. Their cumulative effect has been broad indeed, but spread over several generations, the effect is that of change and evolution, not revolution. The same forces of change still press onward. For that reason citizens ought to be acquainted with them. Of these changes, probably the growth in automotive transportation has been the most powerful of all. It has enormously increased mobility, both for work and for recreation and has changed favorably the whole structure of American life. Yet undeniably also it has left municipal governments to wrestle with an aftermath of nagging problems such as parking, traffic direction, traffic congestion, highway safety, and the unending struggle to eliminate bottle -necks which interfere with traffic flow. All projections suggest that the number of automobiles will increase as population increases. Steps to increase off - street parking at Lexington Center are badly needed. Children within one mile of elementary schools, under present policies, walk to and from school. In snowy weather and when the frost is coming out of the ground, absence of paved sidewalks forces children to walk in the street at considerable hazard from passing automobiles. Lexington should analyze the need, attach priorities and formulate a pro- gram for paving, over a period of years, at least one side of each such street. It should also fix upon a policy for allocation of costs between the town and the property owners. The major traffic problem is the congestion in Lexington Center itself, much of it arising from non - residents who are passing through, to or from work. We can expect an additional traffic problem to crystalize when the Burlington Shopping Plaza opens. Completion of Worthen Road from its present eastern terminus through to Pleasant Street would do much to divert traffic out of the Center. Such a program must be contin- gent upon willingness on the part of the state highway department, on a basis satisfactory 5 BOARD OF SELECTMEN to the town, to tie the easternmost part of the completed Worthen Road into a Route 2 connector in the area of Pleasant Street or Watertown Street. Second only to the effect of the automobile and coupled with it has been the effect of population growth. From 5,538 in 1916, Lexington's population grew to 13,187 in 1941 and to 31,388 in 1966. This expansion resulted in heavy expense for construction of schools, trunk and lateral sewers, streets, water mains, off - street parking, town office and fire and police quarters. It also mushroomed operating expenses proportionately. Because so much of this construction coincided with inflated post World War II costs the burden upon Lexington became significantly heavier than it had been for the "mature" towns which had expanded their facilities through the depressed low cost 1930's. Thus Lexington's bonded debt grew from $399,400 in 1916 to $453,900 in 1941 and to $12,656,000 in 1966. Debt service of principal and interest were $50,717 in 1916, $83,723 in 1941, and $1,449,882.50 in 1966. By far the largest part of this increase represents the increased costs associated with Lexington's expanded population and expanded services. The third change has been the growing influence of state and federal agencies in setting minimum policy standards for administering purely local school, public welfare, public health, highway, civil service, pension, and conservation programs. This influence reaches into almost every phase of municipal government. It has materially increased cost of local government although there have been offsets arising from state and federal subsidies. Lexington, with its proximity to the research facilities in the Route 128 area and to the research and educational centers in Cambridge, and coupled with its own superior school system has attracted a most desirable cross section of educators, scientists and professional people. They have added much to the town's already soundly based cultural and educational values. One outgrowth of these values has been increased demands for playground and recreational programs, for expanded playground areas, for greater library support, for acquisition of open land for conservation purposes, for summer youth programs, and for assumption by the town of services formerly performed by or paid for by the individual citizens. We list as the fifth development the changing responsibilities of the Board of Selectmen. On top of the demands made upon the selectmen for administering the purely local problems of Lexington, there has been superimposed the greatly increased attention required for those problems which inter -lock with those of adjacent towns, with other towns in the region, and with agencies of the state and federal government. As illustrations we cite such problems as the difference with the town of Bedford relating to the trunk sewer serving both Lexington and Bedford; the early conversations and exploration of a possible regional incinerator; the long drawn out negotiations with the state highway department relating to Route 3; and to the involved discussion with the state highway department concerning a mutually acceptable tie -in of Worthen Road and Route 2. The only real answer to traffic congestion in the Greater Boston area is public transportation. So intimately is Lexington's over -all transportation problem inter - locked with that of Greater Boston that it seems both inevitable and essential that there will be closer involvement with MBTA. Present relations are only in the discussion stage. It may be years before plans are agreed upon and carried through to construction. We men- tion this only as one more illustration of the increasing degree of "external" duties of the selectmen. A generation ago such duties were insignificant. Today, in our complex and inter - related world they are involved, sometimes vexing, and always demanding. 6 BOARD OF SELECTMEN To the foregoing description of the changes which the years have brought to Lexington we add a brief reference to developments which occurred in 1966. 1. The state highway department has dropped its proposed plan to construct Route 3 through East Lexington and to tie it into Route 2 in the area of Watertown Street. There exists in other parts of the state so many traffic problems of higher priority that the state is no longer actively pushing the project. 2. After some initial delay due to need for title clarification the re- construction of the Hunt Block began in 1966 and is now well under way. What started as a proposal by the selectmen to widen Massachusetts Avenue, broadened under recommendations of the Planning Board into a plan for more dramatic changes. The intent was both better to enable Lexington Center to meet the challenge of outside shopping plazas and also to make it worthy of the town, forward looking and attractive. With this program the selectmen heartily concurred. We are confident that when the dust of reconstruction settles and the completed program is seen in its entirety the beautification program will stand as a monument to vision and to desirable village renewal. 3. To minimize expensive personnel turnover and to bring the town's three year old salary schedule abreast of competition, the selectmen appointed a salary review board to study the problem and to bring in recommendations for 1967 that could form a basis for policy decisions. 4. The selectmen appointed a committee to study and report upon: the needs, a pro- posed location, and the estimated costs of new facilities for town office personnel. This report will be ready for the 1967 town meeting. 5. At the town meeting the voters authorized construction of the enlarged public works building on Bedford Street. At the June meeting funds were appropriated. Work is progressing satisfactorily. The completed building should be available early in 1967. 6. We have entered into a "sister city" relationship with the Mexican city of Dolores Hidalgo. That community is an historical counterpart of Lexington in that in 1810 it re- volted against Spain. Representatives from Dolores Hidalgo attended our Patriots' Day Celebration last April. In September, three official and two unofficial representatives returned that visit when they attended the anniversary of the 1810 uprising. As part of this same "sister city" program Lexington has also exchanged teachers at the high school level. We think of this project as building one more bridge between nations. Of itself its value is infinitesimal. But in a world where the airplane shrinks so dramatically the distance between nations it is infinitely important that Lexington join with other towns and cities in America in constructing its own bridge to increased international understandingL 7. The new Visitors' Center near Buckman Tavern was completed and opened to the public for Patriots' Day. Lexington has thousands of tourists, many, many of them children, who visit the town to learn American history first hand. As host to this growing number of visitors the town owes it to these guests to offer the fr'endliest possible welcome and to pro- vide comfort facilities....and we hail the action of the t wn meeting which made these facil- ities possible. 8. It required permissive legislation and the approval of the governor but this year witnessed a major fiscal and accounting improvement in the appointment of a town comp- troller. Long needed, this has resulted in a great gain from strengthening and coordinating the accounting aspects of town government. 9. Not as an accomplishment of 1966 but rather as a project that ought to be under- 7 THE RIPLEY PAINTINGS Of the twelve paintings (see inside front cover) done by Mr. Aiden L. Ripley of Lexington for the Paul Revere Insurance Co. , of Worcester, we show those two which depict events in Lexington. Top: Paul Revere in the Hancock -Clark house warning John Hancock and Samuel Adams; and Bottom: Major Pitcairn commanding the Lexington Minutemen to disperse. 8 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Finally, and at least financially, as the most notable change in town operations we list the vast increase in the school budget, both absolute and percentage -wise. As a re- sult, the major part of the decision - making relating to the town's tax rate has shifted away from the control of the selectmen and from the town meeting and into the control of the school committee. We say this without prejudice to the notable educational values which were derived; we cite it simply as a phase of change of which many citizens may not be aware. The foregoing changes require money to construct or operate. All of them create upward pressures on the tax rate. From this arises the great dilemma of town gov- ernment: how can the town best equate the insistent pressure for new or increased services with the maintenance of a tax rate which residents of Lexington can still tolerate ? The immediately reached conclusion by those distant from this problem is that the state sales tax will provide the answer. Citizens who draw that conclusion await a bitter disappointment. Over the past five years, the tax levy has increased at an annual average of $600,914. (The tax levy is the amount necessary to be raised to operate the town after allowance has been made for all state and federal subsidies, sales tax included.) It is our considered judgment that it will be difficult to restrain the increase to no greater amount than the $600,914. average of the past five years. Indeed, inflationary pressures may very likely push the increase above that figure. The sales tax will restrain taxes from rising to levels they would otherwise reach but in no sense can the sales tax reduce local taxes below present levels. A logical reaction at this stage might well be, "So what? Isn't Lexington's per capita income one of the highest in the Commonwealth? Why shouldn't our taxpayers be willing to accept the added burden of making the town they live in an even finer place?" We could agree to this reasoning if the burden fell equitably. Residents whose incomes fall in the middle and upper third of the five figure bracket could accept increased real estate taxes without hardship. This would not be true for most retired and fixed income residents. For them, increased real estate taxes, on top of rising consumer prices, could prove a real burden. When we talk about the affluence of Lexington it must be qualified by the knowledge that our fine schools and other town facilities are not paid for. We financed the major part of them with bond issues. Principal and interest alone, on that bonded debt amounted in 1966 to 16.9 per cent of our tax levy. It would be well for citizens to realize that every increase in the tax rate makes Lexington a more expensive town to live in. We are unpersuaded that the high tax rate has yet adversely affected property values. Newcomers to Greater Boston with children of school age in the family, find Lexington a very desirable place. Because it is an intellectual community with superior schools, they accept the tax rate as part of the investment they are making in their children's future. Lexington's tax rate is not attractive, though, to people on fixed incomes. That "plus" factor of the schools tends to limit new residents to those with school children; the home formerly occupied by a retired couple is frequently sold to a family with two, three, four, or more children. This adds to the school population, which adds to the in- creased school budget, which adds to the tax rate, which induces more fixed income resi- dents to move from Lexington. At that point the cycle starts all over again. Personal Services Expenses Staff as of Dec. 31 Five Year Trends in the Office of the Board of Selectmen 1962 1963 18, 278. 92 21, 215.85 4, 312. 23 5, 220. 29 3 4 9 1964 28, 269. 69 7, 454. 09 1965 1966 30, 029. 37 27, 568. 64 4, 831. 73 4, 989. 22 4 4 BOARD OF SELECTMEN "What now should be the position of an enlightened town such as Lexington with inflation increasing the costs of every single program and service; with the insistent demand for a kindergarten program; with the need to ac- quire open land for conservation and recreational use before that land is developed for housing; and with the obligation to maintain and advance a salary schedule for non - school administrators and employees which ade- quately recognizes their worth and their service to the town? Clearly and unmistakenly, the town's already high tax rate calls for restraint. . prudent, responsible restraint, but restraint, nevertheless. Equally clearly, the town must maintain existing values; it must consolidate pro- gress already made. What is needed, therefore, is restraint but not reaction. taken soon, is a review of the schedule of charges made by the town for the services it performs for its citizens. The fee schedule for licenses, permits, inspections, cemetery services and the like ought to be reviewed. Perhaps such services ought not be expected wholly to pay their own way. Nevertheless study is desirable to determine the degree to which the town is presently subsidizing them. At that point a policy decision can be reached as to whether amendments to the schedule are in order. Because every improvement ever made ... economic, social, or political ... represents a break with the past, change is always essential in the evolution of a better Lexington. Pressures for changes are unending but not all changes are desirable. The weighing of the good and bad qualities of proposed changes and, as far as fallible human judgment permits, the wise and timely adjustment to change in the interests of the greatest good for the greatest number .... this is the major and unceasing problem of Lexington's town government. As Lexington's Board of Selectmen our responsibility is to the entire town. In that capacity we offer the following observations on a question which is already urgent and which in the months and years ahead we believe will crystallize into Lexington's critical major problem, namely, how best to equate the pressures for social and economic change with a tax rate that taxpayers will accept as tolerable. In the past, the town has spent freely for programs and facilities believed to be desirable. Essentially the money has been well spent. However, much of the capital costs have been bonded. Roughly $1, 400, 000 is annually required to pay interest and principal on that debt. Citizens are conscious that their taxes are high but how many know that data from the State Tax Commission indicate that on an equalized 100 per cent valuation, only two of the 312 towns in the commonwealth have tax rates higher than Lexington's? With her already extremely high present tax rate and with the heavy demand for debt service, Lexington's leeway to spend money freely has become narrower and narrower. A wise determination of priorities has become increasingly essential. This brings us immediately to cases. What now should be the position of an 10 BOARD OF SELECTMEN enlightened town such as Lexington, with inflation increasing the costs of every single pro- gram and service; with the insistent demand of the school committee for a kindergarten program; with the need to acquire open land for conservation and recreational use before that land is developed for housing; and with the obligation to maintain and advance a salary schedule for non - school administrators and employees which adequately recognizes their worth and their service to the town? All this suggests to us that if any one department or committee preempts for its own needs a major part of any increase in town income, then other departments with equally pressing needs must exist on an unjustly lean fare. Either that or else a tax increase will result, so large as to induce severe taxpayer reaction. Clearly and unmistakenly, the town's already high tax rate calls for restraint... prudent constructive restraint, but restraint, nevertheless. Equally clearly, the town must maintain existing values; it must consolidate progress already made. It would be folly to jeopardize the town's investment in past achievements. What is needed is restraint, not reaction. Before asking for new money for new programs, all departments, all committees, and the town meeting itself, owe it to the taxpayers to look searchingly at present oper- ations and to economize where economy is possible. Residents of few towns have paid high taxes less grudgingly than have Lexington's. Fairness to them requires the closest atten- tion to wise priorities. This problem of equating the many conflicting pressures is formidable indeed. Nevertheless Lexington's long history of generally handling her past problems with wisdom and vision is the best hope we have that the town will meet responsibly the social and economic challenges which press upon us now. To the degree that the Board of Selectmen can contribute to such an answer we pledge the best efforts of our hearts and minds. The Board of Selectmen L. to R.: George C. Sheldon, Irving H. Mabee, Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., Chairman, Miss Hazel J. Murray, Clerk Levi G. Burnell, and Robert Cataldo 11 Town Celebrations Committee The past year involved the four observances the committee normally coordinates and one special observance. In addition, this committee cooperated with the Lexington Sister City Committee to fit Sr. Jose Azanza Jiminez, the mayor of Dolores - Hidalgo, Mexico, and his party into our April 19th plans. Patriots Day - The morning parade is always the highlight of the day for many people and particularly for the elementary school children. It is Lexington's own part of the celebration and the committee feels strongly that it should remain so. As a result of this feeling, we continue to refuse offers from non - Lexington groups to provide marching or musical units for the morning parade. Although youth groups from other towns have occasionally marched in the morning parade, they have done so only on invitation from similar Lexington groups. In spite of the restrictions on participation, the parade seems to grow larger each year and slightly more unweildly. That is the main reason we as- sembled the elementary school children and the younger organized groups at the road into the Munroe Cemetery rather than at Munroe School. Customary exercises on the Battle Green followed the parade and were highlighted by the presentation of a town flag to Mayor Azanza by Mr. Lincoln Cole, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, and by the awarding of the Lexington Lions Club White Tricon Hat award to Mr. Joseph Rooney for outstanding service to the town. Memorial services by the D.A.R. and the Lexington Minute Men, the Lions Club road races, and the arrivals of Revere and Dawes at Captain Parker's statue completed the pre- afternoon parade activities. Lt. Col. Ernest Graustein, USMCR, served as Chief Marshal of the afternoon pa- rade. Under his command, the first units left East Lexington at 2 :00 P.M. preceeded by a motorcade of the town's guests and the Spirit of '76. The parade continued up Massachusetts Avenue at the Battle Green rather than using Bedford Street as in the past. The gradual curve in Massachusetts Avenue at Harrington Road is much easier for floats and marching units to negotiate than is the left turn at Bedford Street and Harrington Road. In addition, the newer route provides better mobility for emergency use of police and fire apparatus. We plan to continue to use Massachusetts Avenue rather than Bedford Street. Float judging was again done in East Lexington before the parade rather than along Worthen Road after the parade. The campfire girls and the Lexington Rotary won the Chamber of Commerce trophies for the best floats in the youth and civic divisions, re- spectively. Memorial Day - The parade, under the command of Chief Marshal A.T. Ferry, Past Commandant of Stanley Hill Post No. 37, American Legion, stepped off from Munroe School at 10 :00 A.M. Previous to the parade, members of the town's veterans and mili- tary groups went to Westview Cemetery by bus for memorial services there. Additional brief memorial services were held at parade stops at Munroe Cemetery, Cary Hall, The Old Burying Ground, and at the monument on the Battle Green. John MacDonald, a senior student at Lexington High School recited Lincoln's Gettysburg address at Munroe Cemetery. The parade assembled near the Battle Green flag pole for the major exercises and an ad- dress by Mr. William Carmen, military aide to Governor Volpe. U.N. Day - The Lexington League of Women Voters again sponsored their essay contest for senior students at the high school and a poster contest for younger students. The Rotary Club and the Lexington Lodge of Elks awarded prizes to the winners of the essay and poster contests at the 7:00 A.M. flag raising ceremonies on the Battle Green. Laura Holland and David Bellanger won the Rotary prizes for their essays and Cindy Lou Chase and Cynthia Anthony won the Elks prizes for their posters. The Lexington Lions Club also presented a U.N. flag to the Bridge School at those ceremonies. 12 TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE A U.N. tree was planted at the William Diamond Junior High School at exercises planned by Mr. John Hibbard, the principal. George Abel, president of the Diamond Stu- dent Council acted as master of ceremonies. The tree, a moraine locust, was provided by the Lexington Jaycees. Veterans Day - Lexington observed Veterans Day with a parade at 10:00 A.M from Munroe School. The parade, under the command of Edward Fitzgerald, Past Commander of Lexington Post 3007, V.F.W., proceeded to the Battle Green for commenoration exer- cises. Col. Henry Dittman, Commanding Officer, 3245th ABW, Hanscom Field was the main speaker. As has been customary for the past two years, the parade reassembled on the Battle Green following the exercises and marched to Cary Hall for dismissal. The Chief Marshal and his staff reviewed the parade from in front of Cary Hall just before dismissal. Special Observances - For the second year, at the request of the board of selectmen, the committee assisted the Minuteman Club of the USS Lexington (CV -2) with their me- morial services. The Minuteman Club expects to hold those services annually on the Sun- day closest to May 9 to remember their shipmates who were lost with the USS Lexington at the Battle of the Coral Sea during World War II. The program itself is arranged and conducted by club representatives; the committee provides a public address system, and speakers' stand and arranges for members of the clergy to give an invocation and bene- diction. Beginning in 1962 through 1966, the expenditures of the Town Celebrations Committee have been: $5,018, 6,316, 5,138, 4,737, and 5,400, respectively. Vincent E. Hayes, Chairman Richard S. Sparrow Robert E. Bond Paul Hanson Robert T. Davison White Tricorne Hat Award Annually, on Patriots Day, the Lions Club of Lexington presents a white tricorne hat to a citizen who has rendered outstanding service to the town. Joseph O. Rooney is shown with the 1966 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 O. Rooney 13 Cary Memorial Library Service and lively activity are the key words at Cary Memorial Library. Despite continuous weeding, holdings of magazines, records and books increase yearly, the latter by 10,000 volumes. Circulation has increased by 3,000 over 1965. Circulation refers to the number of items borrowed; it does not measure other services, such as reference. In any one day, about fifty questions from students, adults and industry are answered by our reference staff. Individuals carrying out their own research are in constant attendance at the library. Some innovative programs have been discontinued: a Saturday night film series, adult education classes and Sunday afternoon concerts have been dropped because low at- tendance indicated that the needs were already being met in Lexington. Others have suc- ceeded famously: business and science /technology services, print rentals, multiple copies, art exhibitions, a training course in the use of the library, and a play- reading series. The library's 1966 expenditures amounted to $52,252 for all expenses from books to brooms, and $157,159 for salaries. This was augmented by state aid of 25 cents per capita, or $6,922.75 (1960 census). The trustees have abided by the spirit of the state aid law, to extend and improve library service, and in 1966 this money went towards rental of a Xerox, purchase of a microfilm reader /printer, and purchase of multiple copies of books in high demand. The library also received the back - handed support of delinquent borrowers, who contributed more than $15,000 by paying fines for overdue and lost books. This money was used entirely for books and records. In January, the trustees retained the services of Kenneth Shaffer, Director of Simmons School of Library Science, to develop guidelines for planning the library's future. In brief, Mr. Shaffer agreed with our goal of building a strong book collection such as one might find in a small liberal arts college, but advised that no further expansion in cultural activities be undertaken. An annual increase of at least $5,000 in the book budget was recommended to strengthen the collection, in addition to normal annual increases to meet rising costs of books. Mr. Shaffer also urged closer cooperation between the school li- braries and the public library to insure the efficient use of staff and plants to avoid costly duplications. In line with modern trends in library organization, he suggested a relatively small increase in administrative personnel to direct the work of a considerably augmented clerical staff. These, among other recommendations, are envisaged as part of a twenty to twenty -five year growth and development plan, to enable the library to keep pace with the demands of an expanding population. A copy of Mr. Shaffer's report, "Challenge of Excel- lence," is available at the reference desk. Our library's activities are dramatized by a comparison with other towns in 1965: Per Capita Budget as 1965 % of Total Population Circulation Volumes Budget Town Budget Lexington 31,500 13.2 3.5 $ 5.90 2.00 Brookline 54,004 7.9 6.2 10.45 3.60 Arlington 52,482 8.8 2.9 6.77 2.83 Wellesley 26,297 12.5 3.7 6.92 1.48 Winchester 21,891 10.7 10.1 5.94 1.25 It will be seen that, while circulation is very active, our book collection and pur- chasing power are relatively small. Lexington residents really use their library. 14 CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Executive Committee Mrs. Elizabeth H. Clarke President, Board of Trustees Rabbi Haskell Bernat Robert C. Hilton Director Rev. Harold Handley Vice President Board of Trustees Austin W. Fisher, Jr. Irving H. Mabee Karl Nyren, director of the library since 1961, resigned on August 1, 1966, to accept a position as assistant editor of the Library Journal. The library suffered further loss of professional personnel when two reference librarians took positions in Route 128 science and technology lib raries. Four other staff members left for such personal reasons as marriage, pregnancy, and mili- tary service. In September, six new people were added to the staff, bringing the total to twenty -two. During this trying interim between directors, the library continued to operate smoothly under the com- petent stewardship of our assistant director, Miss Suzanne Nicot. Robert Hilton was appointed to the position of director on December 6, 1966 to assume office on February 1, 1967. A graduate of Boston University (Classics) and Simmons College School of Library Science, Mr. Hilton comes from Lexington from the Fitchburg Library, where he has served 15 CARY LECTURE COMMITTEE Five Year Trends in the Cary Memorial Library 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Personal Services 105,683.59 110.007.89 132,891.40 143,377.10 144,001.11 Expenses 43,455.81 46,479.81 55,489.69 51,920.21 57,664.59 Staff as of Dec. 31 19 18 23 23 23 as assistant chief librarian. Under his direction, the staff and trustees look forward to continued support from an interested public as they proceed with implementation of the Shaffer Report recommendations and continued expansion and improvement of library ser- vices to the people of Lexington. Cary Lecture Committee The committee appointed to be in charge of the lectures series provided under the wills of Elizabeth Cary Farnum and Susanna E. Cary submits its thirty -eight annual report. On Wednesday evening, November 16, Mr. John Roberts presented his film essay entitled, "Norway and the Modern Vikings." An accomplished world traveler and photograper, Mr. Roberts is a veteran of many film assignments for Lowell Thomas and is a highly ca- pable narrator. "Fantasy with Strings," was the theme of a program by Mrs. Dorothy Rankin and her marionettes presented during two day time performances on Saturday, December 3. The T.V. star, "Mr. Lion" with his "Friends" was a supporting feature of this program directed to the interest of Lexington Youth and children. On January 13, 1967, the Boston Ballet Company presented a program entitled, "The Story of Ballet." New England's only professional ballet company presented a lecture demonstration and performance of "The Green Season," American Folk Music and "The Scotch Symphony," by Felix Mendelssohn. The performance attracted a capacity audience with many turned away. Scheduled for March 10, 1967 was a film narration of Egypt by Clifford J. Kamen, entitled, "Egypt - the Golden Land." Many years of foreign travel and motion picture ex- perience are supplemented by Mr. Kamen's extensive academic studies and art training. The expenses incurred by these programs are defrayed by the Harris Cary Edu- cational Fund. Cary Lecture Committee Charles E. Parks, Chairman Mrs. Frederick Frick Mr. Alford S. Peckham 16 School Sites Committee The School Sites Committee was created upon passage of Article 43 of the 1956 town warrant to recommend the acquisition of school sites required by the town. In the belief that its objective has now been accomplished, the committee respectfully requests that this report be accepted as a final report and that the committee be discharged. On the recommendation of this committee, the town meeting has voted for the ac- quisition of twelve school sites. Four are now in use, one - the Lincoln Street site, former- ly the town dump - has been set aside for athletic fields etc., and the remaining seven are available for future schools. Not all of the seven have been acquired by the town as yet. The sites are as follows: 1. William Diamond Junior High 2. Estabrook Elementary School 3. Bridge Elementary School opening in 1966 4. Bowman Elementary School opening in 1967 5. Land off of Middleby Road adjacent to town land (to become athletic fields, etc.). 6. Tarbell Avenue and Sutherland Road site, and pedestrian access. 7. Pedestrian access to town -owned Holmes land near Vine Brook Road (Holmes land recommended as school site to board of selectmen). 8. Site south of Woburn Street (Junior High) 9. Webb Street site 10. Meagherville site 11. Swenson farm site off Marrett Road (Junior High) 12. Highland Avenue and Pelham Road site The original appointments to this committee were Mr. Roland Greeley (Chairman), Mrs. George P. Morey, Mr. Gordon Steele, Mr. Charles Abbott and Mr. Richard Harding. Gordon Steele became Chairman in 1962 upon the resignation of Roland Greeley. Erik Lund was appointed to the committee in January, 1965. Charles Abbott has resigned, effective April 1, 1966. At the time the Sites Committee was authorized, a sum of $5,000 was appropriated for options and other expenses. Of this sum $2,807.21 has been spent to date, leaving a balance of $2,192.79 to be returned to the town treasury upon discharge of this committee. 17 Summer Swim Meet, 1966 Summer Pool Staff, 1966 Playground Award Winners, 1966 Recreation Committee Vincent E. Hayes, Chairman Richard S. Sparrow Robert E. Bond Paul Hanson Robert T. Davison During the year the committee met ten times, had seven sub - committee meetings and went on twenty -two field trips. Joint meetings were held with the board of select- men, appropriation, capital expenditures and conservation committees, the finance board, planning board, senior citizens, school department, public works and En- gineering departments, park department Minute Man Association for Retarded Child- ren, Lions Club and many other local private organizations. The members considered (1) future planning, (2) immediate requirements for expansion and improvement of both facilities and programs and (3) conducting the recre- ational program under the supervision of the Recreation Director. Special field trips were held with the selectmen, school department, planning board, public works and engineering depart- ments, conservation committee, town meet- ing members, Lions Club and various outside contractors. These field trips were made to complete the over -all plans for the future of the Rindge Avenue play area, the Harrington development, the Marvin Street, Poplar Street and Baskin play areas, Center play- ground basketball courts (all purpose play area), high school tennis courts, Old Reser- voir swimming and fishing development, lighting of basketball and softball areas at Center playground, resurfacing of cinder track at Center playground, the new backstops at Diamond Jr. High and Bridge Schools, horse shows at Willard's Woods and to co- ordinate with the Lexington Metco playground instructor to furnish facilities at the Esta- brook playground and finally the completion of the outdoor basketball courts at Adams School. Meetings were also held with various school department officials to discuss new playground equipment (outdoor) installations and the indoor programs in the Muzzey, Diamond, Franklin and high school gymna- siums from October through April. The cinder track at the Center play- ground was resurfaced, a new backstop installed at Diamond, basketball courts at the Adams and Center playgrounds were com- 18 RECREATION COMMITTEE pleted with the installation of outdoor basketball setups, a new hot top basketball area was completed at Baskin, Rindge Avenue and Harrington areas were graded, loamed and seeded, and the firm of Cortel was hired to survey the future recreational possibilities of the Old Reservoir. It is the committee's policy and intention to develop recreation areas in various parts of the town on public lands. Further development of these areas will depend upon the use and interest shown by the citizens of the particular land areas. Near - future planning involved the completion of the Marvin and Poplar Street play areas, lighting the basketball courts, tennis courts and softball diamond at the Center play- ground, the completion of Harrington and Baskin playgrounds, construction of an additional wading pool at the Center to be used for basic instructions in swimming as the present wading pool is inadequate to handle over forty children. Some classes now number one hundred and thirty to one hundred and forty children; also the development of more playing fields to accommodate the request of local companies such as ITEK, Raytheon, S.D.C., Burroughs, etc., and the expansion of Lexington Little League baseball. The Recreation Committee is also working jointly with the planning board on a ten year plan for future recreation facilities for the citizens of Lexington plus traveling to neighboring towns to discuss future recreational needs with Recreation Department heads of these towns. The recreation program was expanded as follows: 1. An all day summer program for retarded children. 2. Field hockey and soccer for fifth and sixth grade girls on Saturday mornings. 3. Basketball league for playgrounds. Lexington's recreation programs, under the direction of Ben W. Bertini, Director are as follows: Summer playgrounds - Center, East (Adams), North (Parker), Hastings, and Harrington open for nine weeks Monday - Friday, June, July and August with the re- tarded children's program at Franklin School operating at the same time. The swimming pool at the center is open for ten weeks during the same months including Saturday and Sunday plus evening swimming. Instructions are given daily with time allowed for free swimming. Arts and crafts sessions are held daily at the playgrounds. Tennis lessons are given daily at the Center, East and North playgrounds where tennis courts are available. Basketball lessons are planned for the summer of 1967. The Lexington Softball League for men is also conducted by the Recreation Com- mittee from May through September. The Autumn programs include soccer for fifth and sixth grade boys on Saturday mornings September, October and November. Field hockey and soccer for fifth and sixth grade girls are also held on the same days. The winter programs for fifth and sixth grade boys and girls and intermediate boys are held on Saturday morning December - April featuring bas- ketball, rope climbing, gymnastics, etc. in the high school, Muzzey and Diamond Junior High gymnasiums. The retarded children's winter program is also held during these same Satur- days at the Franklin School. Physical fitness and exercise classes for men are held at the high school on Monday and Thursday evenings and the ladies' fitness classes are on Tuesday evenings. These classes run from October - April. Badminton classes are also held 19 RECREATION COMMITTEE Part of Lexington's Recreation Program Left: "Okay, Fellows, Who Wants to Play Soccer "; Right: "Keep Your Eye on the Ball, Girls" October - April at Muzzey Junior High on Tuesday and Thursday evenings of each week. Ice skating areas are available at Adams, Center (all purpose play area), Fiske, Kinneen's, Old Reservoir, Harrington, Sutherland Heights, Franklin, Muzzey and Hastings. Golf lessons are given by the Recreation Committee every Spring during March and April in the high school field house on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Reservations for tennis courts, Willard's Woods, the cinder track at Center and all athletic fields throughout the town may be reserved at the recreation office in the town hall. All persons wishing to use the fireplaces at the Willard's Woods picnic area must also obtain a permit from the fire department. Over thirty -five hundred reservations have been issued for the above areas in less than three years. Recreation Committee L. to R.: - Robert Davison, Richard Sparrow, Paul Hanson, Vincent Hayes (Chairman of Committee), Benedict Bertini (Director of Recreation Programs), and Robert Bond 20 Planning Board This report covers briefly the work of the Planning Board in 1966 and summarizes the condition of the town and the proposals for future development. For specific details please see the publications, statements and by -laws referred to below. All zoning amendments proposed by the Planning Board in 1966 were adopted by the town meeting, with minor revisions, and approved by the Attorney General. These in- clude a relaxation of land occupancy requirements in CM -1 (manufacturing) districts, the establishment of CN (neighborhood business) and CS (service and trade) districts, the in- troduction of buffer strips in C -1 (general business) districts balanced by a relaxation of parking requirements, provision for lot size reduction with the resulting open land being preserved for common use as a park or recreation area. Citizens' article for the rezoning of Fuller Hill land to C -3 (research park) was adopted and the rezoning of Paino - LaCava land to C -4 (offices) was rejected, both in line with Planning Board's recommendations. Land of Williams at Waltham line was rezoned to C -1 (general business) despite an adverse report by the Planning Board. It is understood that the intended restaurant on this land, as described to the town meeting, will not be built at this time, once again emphasizing the uncertainty of rezoning for a specific project or individual. The modification of land occupancy requirements in manufacturing districts appears to have stimulated the development of land along Hartwell Avenue. Two new companies have located there since the zoning change and at least two more have shown definite in- terest and are now negotiating with the owners. Portions of land zoned for industry have no municipal water supply or sewer, a condition which must be remedied promptly if the land is to be made usable and revenue - producing. It is worth while to note that a fuller use of land already zoned for industry has topped the list of desirable zoning and land use changes in a community attitude survey con- ducted for the Planning Board by the League of Women Voters. Questionnaires were mailed to thirteen and one half per cent of Lexington's households and almost sixty three per cent of them replied, indicating their opinion on various aspects of town life. The replies and a comprehensive review were published in the Lexington Minute -man. In general the resi- dents appear to regard good government, good schools and attractive appearance of the town as being most important. Zoning changes find little support, except for more industrial land, and even this received only fifty one per cent favorable votes. By comparison the purchase of more open land for conservation received sixty eight per cent of "yes" votes. Kindergartens are favored fifty six per cent to thirty two per cent, the present level of other town services is considered satisfactory, although more beautification and tree plant- ing was favored in forty three per cent of all replies, as opposed to forty four per cent in favor of maintaining the present level. Automatic data processing equipment of the Lexington School Department was used to tabulate and analyze the results of the community attitude survey and the results of the survey will be used in planning the future development of Lexington. During the year a detailed recreation plan for Lexington was prepared by the Plan- ning Board, reviewed by the Recreation Committee and transmitted to the Selectmen. It is planned that a committee consisting of the planning director, recreation director and parks superintendent representing the superintendent of public works, will arrange for the layout or design of individual recreation areas and make detailed recommendations to the Selectmen on the implementation of the Recreation Plan. Reports on housing and on economic aspects of land use were prepared by the Plan- ning Board in 1966 and transmitted to the Selectmen. These reports analyze the past and present trends and are intended to be used as a basis for policy decisions. While pointing out certain problems, such as the growing obsolescence of our housing and discussing the 21 LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD possible courses of action, the reports make a minimum of specific recommendations. In cooperation with the Conservation Commis- sion an inventory of town -owned lands was started in 1966, but not completed due to other more urgent commitments. Non - Taxable Lands in Lexington 1966 Purposes Acres Public Services Schools 191 Town Buildings 23 Disposal area 67 U.S. State and County 356 637 Semi - Private Churches, Private schools Exempt associations 197 Open Non - Recreational Cemeteries 51 Water shed lands 398 School sites 101 Miscellaneous town land 33 Tax title (retain) 69* Recreational and Conservation Town parks, recreation and conservation land Minute Man National Park 652 468 100 568 Streets and Highways Town streets 786 State highways 427 1213 Memorandum Acres Total area of town Non - taxable lands Taxable land 10,650 3,267 7,383 *Scattered small tax title lots not designated to be retained for any specific purpose are not included. Compiled by Lexington Planning Board Plans and descriptions of conserva- tion areas, the acquisition of which was au- thorized by the town meeting, were prepared for the Conservation Commission. The Planning Board is concerned with the beautification and improvement of the center as an important element in the over all development of Lexington. The board is therefore anxious to work with the Selectmen who are managing the Massachusetts Avenue widening and improvement project. Metcalf and Eddy, consultants in the long range federally assisted planning study, have submitted a number of unedited pre- liminary reports, which the board has dis- seminated to principal town boards and to the committees of the Citizens Planning Or- ganization for review. The work of citizens committees during the initial or inventory phase of the study had started more slowly than was anticipated, but hopefully will gain momentum as the specific recommendations for the study are being evolved. The Planning Board is working on a codification of the Zoning By -Law. It is in- tended to make no substantive changes, but to make the law shorter and easier to under- stand through a more logical arrangement and a greater use of tables. The Planning Board believes that in 1967 -1968 the town major areas of concen- tration in planning Lexington's future will be: 1) how to preserve and enhance the appear- ance of the town, and 2) how to improve and provide streets adequate to handle the grow- ing traffic safely and conveniently. Land acquisition, Zoning, and Building By -Law changes, subdivision regulations and work with state highway officials all offer possibilities for the implementation of plans, but the active support of the town meeting and the Selectmen is indispensable to their success. As regards traffic improvements, the four principal items are: 1. Completion of Worthen Road and Route 2 connection for it. The Planning Board supports the Selectmen's proposal of accelerated completion of Worthen Road if an acceptable direct connection to Route 2 is provided. 22 Lexington Planning Board L. to R.: - Roland B. Greeley, Evert N. Fowle, Joseph A. Campbell, Chairman, Natalie H. Riffin, Clerk, Francis T. Worrell, Alexander V. Zaleski, Planning Director 2. Improvement of traffic flow through and around the downtown area. 3. Continued extension of Emerson Road north of Maple Street as outlined in the Planning Board's policy statement of November 1966. This will reduce the use of the center by in -town traffic. 4. Improving the flow of traffic between Massachusetts Avenue at Pleasant Street and Route 2. The Planning Board held forty one meetings and fifteen public hearings in 1966, also several public information meetings, including one jointly with the Town Meeting Members Association; endorsed fifty plans other than subdivision, and five subdivisions consisting of eighty nine lots and 7000 feet of new streets. Four additional subdivision plans have been given preliminary approval and are pending. Bonds and negotiable securities valued at $371,000 were held as of December 31, 1965, to guarantee the completion of required work in subdivisions previously approved. Five Year Trends in the Planning Board 1962 1963 1964 1965 Personal Services 12,841.60 7,533.81 9,320.83 12,373.86 Expenses 8,958.64 7,704.47 5,009.25 5,232.14 Staff as of Dec. 31 1 1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2 23 1966 13,061.58 6,445.41 1 1/2 Conservation Commission The Lexington Conservation Commission submits herewith the annual report -- its third for the calendar year 1966. 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 resources, 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 Commonwealth. Progress has been made. We are aware that during the next five years development and expansion may be as dramatic as it has been during the past ten years. We now face the critical point at which decisions must be made concerning the kind of community we will have over the next 50 or 100 years. The central issues involved may be asked simply as questions. We urge every Town Meeting member, every town official and every resident to consider such questions seriously and thoughtfully, and we urge the citizens to communicate their feelings in these matters to their elected representatives in Town government. zoned? Shall we "le t nature take its course" in the development of presently -zoned areas as Shall we modify the present zoning further to insure that we maintain some of our desirable land area in its present natural state? Shall we pursue the question of conservation modestly hoping that we may yet save our community from the undesirable economic and physical developments which inevitably follow excess- ively increased population density? Shall we •mbark on and pursue a serious, major conservation program to insure proper environmental control and development and to maintain the finest possible quality in our community climate? For broader planning in terms of conservation control, we believe that there is sound justification in terms of economics as well as aesthetics to merit cooperative planning and positive action by every community agency and official, and that this planning and action should receive highest priority. It is felt that the immediate need is for the vigorous prosecution of the land acquisition program, most of which should be completed quickly before it becomes impossible. Mere lip service will, however be insufficient. The rapid completion of the acquisition phase of a permanent open space program will require a great deal of money quickly, and the cooperation of all members of the Town's government. With the availability of outside financial aid and in view of the size of Lexington's tax base, the one -time capital expense should not pose a large burden on the taxpayers. It is not difficult to imagine the future effects of the many pressures for land development in Lexington. Many of our nearby neighboring communities in the Metropolitan area show the effects of uncontrolled development through those years when few citizens were concerned with the ultimate development of their cities and towns. To find the pleasures of a countryside view, to have the opportunity to visit with nature and her many attractions, or to live in an area with suitable open spaces and a variety of nearby recreational opportunities could become a luxury in our fast - growing Northeastern Megalopolis. Through conservation action Lexington has the opportunity to maintain those characteristic qualities which make our town a relatively comfortable and better place in which to live. We hope that future generations may say, They had foresight in maintaining valuable green and wooded areas and streams throughout this historically - precious community." The objectives of sound conservation control require good planning, good sense, and good business judgement as we contemplate the values in maintaining natural areas, connected green arteries, and broad outdoor recreational areas. It is our conviction that there are sound economic, psychological and health benefits for this community in holding a reasonable and well - planned line against the inevitable pressures of community congestion construction and confusion. 24 CONSERVATION COMMISSION There are many approaches to sound conservation as we are re- learning the significance of this term in our times. One basic requirement is that open space be preserved in the community, and the basic means of doing so is to buy it. We could, as a community working together, set aside impor- tant areas for the enhancement of our environment by purchase through a conservation trust. We can and do appropriate a share of our tax dollars on a long -term basis to finance land area purchases to remain under the sole control, management, and use of the Town. We may also continue to avail ourselves of the provisions of state and federal legislation and appropriation which provide matching funds to carry out the aims of conservation and town beauti- fication with reduced cost to the Town. The appropriation of the Town may be extended four -fold in some cases to achieve important conservation goals. The alternatives, or a combination of methods, must be weighed carefully and judiciously. There must be broad community understanding and acceptance to bring about those many values which will insure that Lexington will continue to be a desirable, attractive and pleasant community in which to live and work. Land Acquisition Projects During the year, significant action took place on several land acquisition projects. State and federal grants in aid totaling $80, 600 were received to defray fifty percent of purchase costs of the Harrison Land and Swenson Farm properties (see pp. 223, 224, and 225 of 1965 Town Report). The Town Meeting authorized purchases for four acquisition projects and rejected one project. The four accepted were (1) Whipple Hill, (2) land of Trinity Convenant Church, (3) the West Farm, and (4) land at Redcoat Ian a and Hathaway Road. All of these are located so that they may become parts of greenbelts. The project which was rejected was for the "Hastings Sanctuary, " at the corner of Worthen Road and Massachusetts Avenue. Gift of Land The town owes a debt of gratitude to Mr. Robert L. Lyon, a Lexington businessman, who gave the Town 17 contiguous lots in the Meagherville section of the Town. It is hoped that this is the first of many gifts of land. Other Matters The Commission worked with teachers in the School Department in the creation of modern conservation education courses. The Commission opposed the removal of the land bordering the Hobbs Brook Basin before completion of study by the state planning agency concerned with open space in the area. The Commission supplied material to the two -town Great Meadows Committee for use in its consideration of the future of this 175 acre parcel of open -space owned by Arlington within the boundaries of Lexington. The Commission joined with the Planning Board and Board of Selectmen in opposing the Massachusetts DPW's intent to circumnavigate with a roadway the hill that separates the Peacock Farms neighborhood from Route 2. It is emphasized that these programs proceed only with a great deal of citizen help. Therefore, if the citizens of Lexington who read this report wish to help in any capacity, it is requested that they contact the chairman or any member of the Commission. Moreover, the Commission welcomes all citizens at its meetings, and invites suggestions from landowners, neighbor- hood groups, and all others interested. Jules P. Sussman, Chairman Alford S. Peckham Francis W. K. Smith Aiden L. Ripley Leslie H. York Paul E. Mazerall, Ex- Officio 25 Your Friends on the Lexington Police Force Front Row L. to R.: Sgt. G. W. Forten, Sgt. L. L. Faulkingham, Lieut. W. G. Dooley, Capt. P. E. Furdon, Chief J. F. Corr, Lieut. J. J. Lima Jr. , Lieut R. G. Martin, Sgt. E. B. Morelli, Sgt. J. P. Costello. Second Row L. to R.: Insp. G. C. Barry, Ptlm. S. W. Janusas, Ptlm. J. E. Casey, Insp. L. T. Baylis , Ptlm. W. F. Stygles, Ptlm. K. E. Knute, Ptlm. P. Kozel, Ptlm. J. J. Shine Jr. Third Row L. to R.: Ptlm. C. A. Carlson, Ptim. R. A. Muller, Pthn. R. A. Macinnis, Ptlm. K. M. Cox, Ptlm. G. D. Busa, Sgt. C. A. Withrow Jr. , Ptlm. A. M. McSherry Jr. , Ptlm. P. J. Scopa, Ptlm. R. C. King. Fourth Row L. to R. Ptlm. R. F. McSweeney,Ptlm. W. J. Young, Ptlm. G. B. Wilson Jr. , Ptlm. R. M. Leslie, Ptlm. D. J. Rycroft, Ptlm. P. P. SpencerJr. , Ptlm. D. W. Birch, Ptlm. S. E. Robbins Jr. Police Department E L E V E N T R I P S AROUND THE WORLD That Is the Equivalent of the 278,473 Patrol Miles Driven in 1966 by the Lexington Police Force 25,000 miles The authorized strength of the Lexington Police Department is 45 officers and men. Presently at 36, the department is operating below its intended capacity (see Chart 1). Nevertheless, legislation enacted within the year now allows recruitment of police candi- dates from certain surrounding communities and it can be expected that the vacancies now existing will soon be filled by qualified personnel. A police department, no matter what its complement, can never operate at full strength. In as much as a 24 hour performance goes on throughout every day of the year, it is thus necessary to divide the force into two groups consisting of a day and night shift. Being twice again as long, the night shift is sub - divided into two groups consisting of five patrol officers with a sixth man assigned to headquarters. It follows that 17 square miles containing some 33,000 people are patrolled at night by five men, four of whom are assigned individually to radio dispatched police cruisers thus allowing four one -man cars to provide more complete coverage while the fifth officer, equipped with a two -way walkie- talkie radio, patrols Lexington Center on foot. Between midnight and 8 o'clock in the morning, the number of patrol cars is reduced to two when it obviously becomes necessary to increase the operational ability of each cruiser by the addition to it of a second police officer. The inception of the one -man cruiser came about during the early days of 1966 and has provided Lexington with better coverage by allowing headquarters to place an emer- gency vehicle at a given location within the shortest period of time that may be possible under the circumstances. Chort POLICE OFFICEOS :Town Of Lexington Based On Motional Average Of I., Men Per Thousand Populo4ion Depar} men + Strength Should Be 60.8 Men Population Growth c 17,335 30 29 29 30 o- O i d 1954 '55 '56 7 Z 31 33 '59 2.7,920 31 32 33 1 '6 '63 32 '64 Approx. 33,000 35 '65 36 19G6 27 PROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY - POLICE Chart 2. INVESTSGP.TIOtVS COmptoirli-5...- 2epor+s 5000* in Indicates Poputn +ion Grow }h ,. 2866 3r13 3240 3224'' 2106 2609 -- W Chort NuMBEte.©F A taBSTS 8i3 r 3,000 *- 4380 10_,S1, 966 938 399 346 391 556 1955' -'' '56 -*- Estimat¢ rt 4 uE OF Ot2OPERTY2 EPOIZTEO STOLE N AN0 PcECOVEIi'EO Includes Bur9{or1es, AufoThe ■ STOL.EI 1ZECOVERE0 84,863 64 694- $19 418 49284 27 t-arc ETC. rIG2•911 0155.000 * 1962 1963 1964 1966 28 Not unmindful of its responsi- bility to investigate and prosecute crimes of a more serious nature, the department's Bureau of Criminal In- vestigation is staffed by highly- trained plainclothesmen. The Bureau's strength was increased during 1966 when a fourth inspector was added in an effort to improve its performance in the area of crime investigation. Each police officer, at one time or another during the early days of his professional career, attends the Massachusetts State Police Acade- my at Framingham as part of the department's continuing effort to keep abreast of our constantly changing society and the laws which govern it. Specialized training courses offered by Northwestern University and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are used constantly to supplement the education of the department carried on by its senior officers. In- service training programs are frequently carried out within the ranks by officers who have attended the FBI's National Academy in Washington and various other semi- nars at both the federal and state level. In addition to his legal educa- tion, a Lexington policeman is required to qualify twice each year with his service revolver under the direction of a qualified range officer. He becomes proficient in the use of the resuscitator and other emergency equipment and is con- stantly refreshed in first aid techni- ques by trained experts in the field. He is carefully schooled in report writing and court procedure by mem bers of the staff and is instructed with equal care in his dealings with the public. Modern Aids Scientific advancements in law enforcement have brougpt the Lexington Police Department its poly- graph; an instrument which became an important part of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation during 1966. The breathalizer and a modern traffic POLICE DEPARTMENT radar system are invaluable to traffic enforcement officers, and the latest resuscitators and fife - saving. devices are all part of the standard equipment of each of the four radio - patrol cars which are for the most part, in constant operation. The resusci- tators were added during 1966. A member of the State Police teletype network, the department's nerve center is in constant communication with each officer on duty. Three full time secretaries compose the staff which handles the complicated paper work that is so vital to law enforcement agencies such as ours. A civilian radio dispatcher was added during 1966 to relieve a police officer for other duties. A tech- nician whose duties include the service of allpark- ing meters as well as the care and maintenance of police vehicles was added during the year to com- plete the list of personnel so necessary to the high degree of performance to the community. Chart 2 indicates an increase in police in- vestigations at twice the rate of the town's popu- lation growth. Five thousand investigations will have been conducted by the end of 1966 in matters of a criminal nature alone, not including motor vehicle accidents and routine patrol inquiries. Estimated projected figures for 1966 (see Chart 4) indicate a definite rising trend from 1965 whenburglaries, for example, occurred at the rate of about one every two and one half days. During that year, 222 larcenies of various descriptions occurred, or about one every one and one half days. Generally, 450 non - traffic, criminal offenses occurred, or about one every 18 hours. New projections are based in part upon the ability of professional burglars to recognize Lex- ington as a community well endowed in the proceeds of their trade and highly vulnerable through the use of the automobile and major connecting arteries such as Route 2 easterly and westerly and Route 128 northerly and southerly. The Lexington Police De- partment answered this challenge with new records of accomplishments in many areas of its criminal juris- diction (see Chart 3), but the financial losses resulting from thefts reached a disturbing $162,911 duringthepast year; $21,173 of which was recovered after investigation (see Chart 4). The recovery figures are especially in- teresting when contrasted withthose of 1961 just prior to the first of many U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have had such widespread effects on Year ends in the Police Dept. Personal* Services Expenditures 1962 x.68 23,645.74 234,253.98 21,417.49 1964 249,637.17 21,600. 271,909.10 31,362.17 1966 291,550.45 48,262.12 *Includes cludes School °Traffie Officers. 208,13 Chart 5 OFFENCES OFFENCES EX. :KNOWN tudtncj 408 Tra'flc 432 To POLICE 450 di5'1�. t 36t 323 23 I9G1 -'62 '63 '64 65 1966 eureGL.A 2y l25 -134 I' 99 -1G t t9. t_A2cCniY 2T0* 149 200 43 240 222 : -:AUTO TN Er 57 ,". 39 35 30 20 t9 1961 ' 62- '63 -' ,4 `65 Est cm fe POLICE DEPARTMENT of 1961 just prior to the first of many U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have had such widespread effects on law enforcement. During that year, for example, all but $28,225 of $84,863 worth of stolen property was recovered. Strict enforcement of the auto theft laws which began in 1961 caused a marked decline (see Chart 5) in the number of motor vehicles stolen in Lexington. It quickly became the department's policy to prosecute offenders, most of whom were joy -ride seeking teenagers who were falling into the footsteps of more hardened criminals. With the department's support, legislation was enacted which now provides a more severe penalty for using a motor vehicle without authority. Traffic regulation is that phase of traffic control whereby one or more lines of traffic are held back temporarily to allow the free and unobstructed passage of other lines of traffic. Its purpose is to obtain the greatest speed in traffic movement consistant with public safety. Chart 6 indicates the increasing rise in traffic accidents within the past ten years. It is interesting that in Lexington, approximately one accident in six involves an inter- section where traffic is controlled by means of a traffic signal light. In retrospect, many of the town's so- called trouble spots are relatively free of accidents involving motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic simply because the public has generally accepted the responsibility of added caution while driving or walking through this area. While we recognize the importance of controlling the flow of traffic in a way that creates as little danger as possible, we are not unmindful of the public's dependence upon traffic lights to guide them safely through intersections or around dangerous curves. Twenty percent of Lexington's traffic accidents involve motorists or pedestrians who have depended on the safety normally afforded by a traffic light. It is an undeniable fact that strict and impartial law enforcement brings about the best results in traffic con- trol and it is upon this premise that our traffic laws are enforced. The projected figures for 1966 and the ensuing years indicate that the crime rate in Lexington will continue to climb. Fortunately, the door is now open for the department to recruit up to its authorized strength. This is indeed a step forward but nevertheless it will solve only half of the problem. The remaining half is recognition by the public that law enforcement has become a deeply involved and complex problem which demands keen minds, high professional standards, and solid public support. Only if our job is seen in this light, only if the public supports insistently an adequate program of compensation, of training and professional improvement can we in the years ahead hope to cope with the increasing problem which organized (and unorganized) crime presents. Postscript: This report, originally submitted November 15, 1966 is hereby amended to indicate that in early December the police department was authorized to recruit additional members of the staff as a result of which, nine policemen joined the force on January 6, 1967. 30 Fire Department The Lexington Fire Department has, during the past year, taken several steps which place it in a much better position to cope with the 50 to 70 per -cent growth in population in the town and, probably, in the anticipated growth of the department during the next decade. The first of these involved a restructuring of the leadership of the department at the chief officer level. Besides Chief Spellman, the department is now staffed with three Deputy Chiefs: Messrs. Fradette, Spidle and Cook, with responsibility, respectively, for fire prevention, apparatus, buildings and grounds, and training. A deputy chief is now on duty at headquarters at all times, day and night. The second step has been the preparation of plans for complete revamping of the head- quarters fire alarm control system and operator's console. The funds for this renovation were voted at the 1966 town meeting and the program will involve complete replacement of the overloaded and obsolete equipment now at headquarters and will permit the orderly ex- pansion of the town's alarm system. The permanent force is now staffed with 50 men, or about 12 on duty at one time. This, as will be noted further on, is not adequate in terms of numbers for the town's pre- sent needs. Only superior training, hard work, and skill on the job could have permitted the department to perform as effectively as it has. The regular on -duty fire fighters are augmented in times of need by the off -duty men; by the 12 -man call force; and can depend on the availability of the completely equipped auxiliary department. Fire Fighting and In- Between Fires Besides fighting fires, operating the ambulance, effecting forcible entries for locked -out homeowners, and so on, the members of the department have two other very essential related duties: education, inspection and fire prevention; and training. During the past year teams of firefighters have been conducting in- service inspections of mercan- tile and manufacturing establishments and public schools in Lexington. During these de- tailed and sometimes lengthy sessions, special hazards are noted, the nature of the occupancy completely evaluated and fire - fighting attacks pre - planned. Besides local in -house training sessions, officers and firefighters have attended many man -days of specialized sessions in all facets of the responsibility of the fire service in courses given at various locations throughout the Northeast. Chief Spellman, besides being president of the Massachusetts Fire Department Drill Instructors Association has been asked by Governor Volpe to serve on a committee to advise on the establishment of a state fire department training academy at Framingham. Five Year Trends in the Fire Department 1962 Personal Services $244,036.34 Expenses 31,382.60 Staff as of Dec. 31 43 1963 1964 $265,053.43 $290,204.16 42,763.20 30,111.13 43 48 31 1965 1966 $325,305.40 $341,998.23 35,451.67 33,225.59 49 51 FIRE DEPARTMENT - CIVIL DEFENSE Fire fighting operations during the year included several multiple alarm blazes, a number of extremely difficult and hazardous situations, some anxious times during the grass fire season, and a large number of effective "fast stops." The record is distinguished by the fact that no firefighters suffered serious injury in the line of duty. The efficacy of mutual aid continues to be demonstrated both in the contribution of the suburbs to the metropolis and vice versa, and in the more common help shared by adjacent communities. The department is equipped with seven major pieces of first line apparatus, a re- serve ladder truck, ambulance, utility truck and autos, and has, in effect, the auxiliary engine and rescue also in active reserve. At the present time, the needs of the town seem to be adequately served with the equipment at hand, and only normal replacements will be required in the near future. Present and Possible Problems As the town grows, so of course must all of its services both in quality and abso- lute quantity. Eventually Lexington may need another fire station and another piece of apparatus. These have both been considered in the past and, based on recent reconsider- ation, there is no urgency yet to force the plans. There is however, a very real and immediate problem in the adequacy of on -duty manning of the two stations. The situation now is, at best, marginal and unless present staffing is augmented at a regular rate, the manpower situation will become critical as the population of the town continues its slow but steady increase. The key to effective rescue and initial fire attack is adequate manning of the first - responding pieces of apparatus; Lexington is now forced to operate all engine, ladder and rescue companies with less than adequate complements. Arthur E. Burrell Stanley E. Robbins, Chairman Fred C. Bailey William P. Fitzgerald Civil Defense Five Year Trends in the Civilian Defense Office Personal Year Services Expenses 1962 2,869.00 7,359.67 1963 6,658.61 6,916.09 1964 6,559.58 11,754.65 1965 7,323.38 10,664.20 1966 8,944.38 11,293.34 The plans and programs of the Department of Civil Defense broad front during 1966. The Department works within the legal framework of the Massa- chusetts Civil Defense Act and follows the program as developed by the Department of Defense. Local plans policies are developed and implemented to enable the total town to carry out emergency functions to minimize injury and repair damage resulting from enemy attack or natural disaster. Staff as of Dec. 31 1 1 1 1 1 moved forward on a The area of civil defense responsibility is so broad that priority areas of emphasis 32 CIVIL DEFENSE have to be established. Major areas of attention during 1966 were the development of natural disaster contingency plans, fallout shelter development, and installation of the warning system. Fallout Shelter System The fallout shelter program is focused on the development of a town -wide shelter system and preparation for the most effective use of that system in the event of nuclear attack. The objective is fallout protection for all citizens of the town. The Lexington shelter program emphasizes maximum use of buildings already existing within the town. Lexington has 30, 955 spaces for individuals in existing buildings which would be immed- iately available. 17, 592 additional spaces could be provided by the addition of expedient shielding and improved ventilation. Some of these additional spaces could be made avail- able in a matter of a few minutes. During 1966, the department continued the stocking of public shelters with austere supplies of food, water, medical and sanitation items, and radiation detection instruments. Supplies have been placed in shelters sufficient to sustain 25, 749 people for a two -week period. The Lexington plan assigns occupants of each residence in Lexington to a specific community shelter building. Distribution of information to residents is scheduled for 1967. Emergency Operating Center A basic part of Lexington's emergency plans is the development of an adequate Emergency Operating Center. For some years the town has been using the converted coal bin in the Cary Memorial Building. This room provides the minimum protection needed, however it has very limited space and is not large enough to accomodate all the required personnel of the Lexington government to direct emergency operations. With the possible construction of an addition to the Town Office Building, consider- ation should be given to the inclusion of more adequate facilities for a governmental Emergency Operating Center. Federal funds are available for participation in any additional costs in equipping and construction caused by inclusion of the Emergency Operating Center. In addition, the Federal Government encourages dual use of the space for normal day to day operations of the government. Training and Education During 1966, under the direction of the training officer, a varied program of training and education was undertaken with the objective of providing specialized training programs for town personnel and volunteers, and providing broad orientation for local officials. There were several training "firsts ", not only for Lexington, but for the State, within our program during the year. A two -day seminar was conducted for all key administrative personnel, principals and assistant principals of the Lexington School Department. This was the first such pro- gram within the State, and involved basic civil defense information as well as work sessions on specific problems which would be peculiar to the school system in a civil defense emer- gency. Three courses in basic civil defense and four courses for radiological instrument operators were conducted during 1966. Lexington's first Medical Self -Help program was conducted as an in -put course at the Kennecott Copper Corporation, Ledgemont Laboratory. Warning The audible warning system was installed in 1966. This warning system, which can 33 CIVIL DEFENSE be controlled from the Emergency Operating Center in Cary Hall or Fire Alarm Head- quarters, would provide warning of attack and other emergency information to the citizens of Lexington. Communications Communications are a critical factor in a major emergency. A nation -wide civil defense communications network has been established which enables Lexington to commun- icate with and receive information from State and surrounding governments under emer- gency conditions. As a result of the 1965 Annual Town Meeting, funds were appropriated to up -date the radio communications system of the Town. The modernization of this system now under- way will provide additional frequencies for town -wide police use as well as links to area police and fire systems. The development and installation is being coordinated by the Civil Defense Department. Financial During the year 1966, Lexington received a total of $14, 190. 90 as reimbursement for capital expenditures under the Federal Civil Defense Matching Funds Program. An additional amount of $712. 00 has been requested for reimbursement to the town. During 1966 the town was given surplus property material with a Federal acquisition cost of over $20, 000. 00. This material, while primarily for Civil Defense use, is avail- able to all town departments. Volunteer Activities The use of volunteer personnel in activities where there is no existing town depart- ments to be assigned responsibility, and to supplement existing town employees, is a basic part of the civil defense program. In Lexington we use volunteers extensively to provide communications and as auxiliary firemen and auxiliary policemen. Major Problems Lack of understanding and knowledge of the program's objectives and lack of know- ledge as to the methods being used to meet these objectives appear to be the major problems. Many people think only of the Civil Defense program in relation to war emergencies, forgetting its very important role in meeting major emergency situations caused by natural disasters. Many other people still think of civil defense as they knew it during World War II. The present responsibilities and programs bear little resemblance to World War II. 1 We are trying to bring this information, first to key people in the town government structure through meetings, training exercises and individual discussions; and to the general public through a town -wide distribution of a basis family civil defense information for Lexington scheduled for some time in 1967. Inspection Department Personnel: Donald K. Irwin John B. Byrne, Jr. Robert K. Jeremiah Dorothy A. Ryder Building Inspector Plumbing and Gas Inspector Wiring Inspector Senior Clerk The inspection department's primary function is the administration of the building, plumbing, gas and electrical by -laws and regulations of both the town and the Common- wealth of Massachusetts. The secondary duties, more or less by tradition than otherwise, encompass zoning enforcement, work with the board of appeals relative to their decisions, and work with the planning board. The sign by -laws are also administered by the department, and although the Historic District's enforcement does not fall within the department's jurisdiction, much time is spent working with the Commission regarding its regulations. All of these second- ary duties have been made the responsibility of the building inspector. At present these additional duties now take up nearly as much time as the building aspect despite the fact that the valuation of building within the town last year was nearly $7, 000, 000. This year the mandatory use of the state plumbing code, the new department of public safety building code, plus the changes in the Massachusetts Gas Code have created problems and added additional duties for both the plumbing and gas inspector, and the building inspector. With the growth of the town, duties have increased for the entire department. Un- fortunately, problems as created by more people do not grow in a simple ratio, but multi- ply more on a ratio of something like two or three to one. The trend of all permits has been up although the latter part of this year permits for single family dwellings were fewer as a result of the mortgage market. Nevertheless, permits in the commercial and industrial market have been markedly higher. This tran- sition from one type of construction to another may be expected to continue, along with a continued increase in additions and alterations. In the past year a plan relative to the removal of abandoned automobiles was de- veloped with the public works department. The results have been rewarding enough to continue the plan. When an assistant is appointed, provision for which was made by the town meeting in June, 1966, it will enable the department to concentrate to a greater degree on the problems of the zoning and sign by -laws and board of appeals variances. Court action was necessary in three zoning cases, with other court appearances Five Year Trends in the Inspector's Office 1962 Personal Services 17,627.38 Expenses 3,625.88 Staff as of Dec. 31 2 1963 1964 19,374.31 1,755.06 2 35 20,350.84 1,711.19 2 1965 1966 21,138.21 2,328.03 2 21,627.93 2,226.96 2 BATTLE GREEN GUIDES necessary as the result of records and information this department possesses. These court appearances prove very time consuming and often require much time in research and preparation. As the town continues to grow, the department must grow with it, and I eventually see the department consisting of a chief building inspector who would also serve as head of the department, an assistant building inspector, a full -time plumbing and gas inspector, a full -time electrical inspector and clerical help consisting of a secretary clerk and a junior clerk. These are relatively long range plans, but as changes are made in the de- partment, they should be made with an over -all plan in mind. Battle Green Guides During the 1966 tourist season, ten licensed guides worked on the Lexington Battlegreen. The average during July and August was six, and the number of combined work hours daily ran between 35 and 42 hours. In general, during this two month period business activity for the guides was very good. Favorable weather combined with an ex- cellent tourist season kept them very busy. Wearing the name plate badges combined with Tricon hats created a businesslike atmosphere between tourist and guide and seemed to bridge a gap that previously existed. Post cards were not sold this year by guides for the first time. From personal observation this is a significant step forward. This now puts the emphasis on the guide and his lecture and to give his individual best in either a lecture tour of the Green, or a detailed tour of Lexington. It is my recommendation that this continue. An open meeting will again be held during the off season with the present guides and all prospective guides and their parents. A suitable announcement will be run in the Lexington Minute -Man regarding this, so that good attendance of prospective canditates will be had for the orientation meeting. The procedure of interviewing all prospective guides by the director of guides be- fore they make application will continue. Such interviews take place on the average of two per month during the off season. In March 1967 the list of guides for re- appointment will be forwarded to the Chair- man of the Board of Selectmen. The reappointments have generally been made on or about April 1st each year. In general, this first year with a newly appointed guide director seemed to go well. There were two occasions when checks and balances had to be administered. One was of a minor nature that was corrected immediately, the other, a little more difficult ended in a suspension of license. The director made a minimum of two stops at the Battlegreen daily, weekends normally three visits, or more. Decorum was excellent all summer and there was a mini- mum of loitering by local youths in the area. Financially the guides found the work this summer excellent. From their comments itpaidthem more than the average summer job for students. The national publicity now being given out on the Minuteman National Park, plus the program of newspaper adver- tising locally, should make next year even better. 36 Board of Health Chairman, R. L. McQuillan and Mr. James West seated, and Dr. William Cosgrove standing The Board of Health is constituted of three members appointed by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of a Legislative Act of 1945. The present Board is com- posed of Mr. R. L. McQuillan, Chairman, Dr. William Cosgrove and Mr. James M. West. The Board employs a Director of Public Health, a clerk- stenographer, and two part -time employees, a dentalhygienist, and a veterinarian as animal inspector. Other professional services, obtained by contract, are: public health nursing service from the Lexington Visiting Nurse Association; part -time physician and dentist services for clinics; and labo- ratory service for routine sanitation tests. Board meetings held on the first Monday of the month, are open for public attendance. Communicable Disease Control 'Diseases prescribed as dangerous to the public health are reportable to the Board of Health by the attending physician or by parent or guardian. The nursing service super- vises the patients and contacts in accordance with the isolation and quarantine regulations established by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Biologicals prepared by the Division of Laboratories, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, are ordered and stocked for distribution to practicing physicians. Five Year Trends in the Health Department 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Personal Services 10,079.31 10,642.38 11,114.45 11,612.50 12,445.00 Expenses 8,961.82 11,163.33 11,418.41 9,756.96 7,820.07 Staff as of Dec. 31 2 2 2 2 2 37 BOARD OF HEALTH Left: Vaccines, Serums and Anti - Toxins at Biologics Station for Physicians. Right: Testing for Visual Acuity and Muscle Balance. The anti- toxins, serums, vaccines, and other biological products provide physicians with the means to control communicable diseases from early childhood through adult life. Specimen kits are stocked for physicians use in obtaining laboratory confirmation of com- municable diseases. Clinics for oral Poliomyelitis vaccine, Diphtheria- Tetanus and Diphtheria- Pertussis- Tetanus were conducted to maintain individual and community levels of immunity against these communicable diseases. The advent of a new vaccine for common measles had di- rected the attention of physicians and public health agencies toward the eradication of this hazardous communicable disease. An open clinic for vaccinating all susceptible residents was held early in December. A town employees' clinic for influenza vaccination was con- ducted to prevent an outbreak resulting in curtailment of town services. Categorical Disease Control Chronic progressive diseases are attacked at the community level by means of screening tests to detect early symptoms. The Lexington Lions Club with the cooperation of the Lexington Pre - School P. T. A. , sponsored an eye- testing clinic for pre - schoolers to detect deficiencies in visual acuity and muscular balance. In the spring the eighth annual eye- screening clinic for detection of the degenerative disease causing blindness, Glaucoma, was conducted under the Lions Club sponsorship. More than four - hundred adults were tested at the one -day clinic and over thirty various eye- disorders were referred to opthamologists (eye specialists). A skin - testing clinic for evidence of tuberculosis infection, conducted for the total school population, was made possible by a donation to the Middlesex Tuberculosis and Health Association by the Lexington Lodge of Elks. Over seven - thousand school children were tested. The dental health program, conducted in conjunction with school health services, screened all elementary grades for defects and sent notices to parents when a visit to the dentist was needed. 38 BOARD OF HEALTH A six -month follow -up examination, with issuance of certificates for completion of needed clinical work, was used effectively to prevent development of extensive defects. Clinical treatments were provided when financial hardship prevented parents from obtaining needed corrective work. Education in dental health, a major part of the program, was ac- complished with lecture- demonstration type series in the classrooms supplemented with visual aids. In the lower grades, individual buttons and classroom banners with commend- ations proved an effective means for promoting group acceptance of dental health prac- tices. The concept of early help for the disturbed child has led to the development of clin- ical services at the community level. The Mystic Valley Children's Clinic, now located at 186 Bedford Street, Lexington, provides diagnosis and treatment of emotional disorders of children, testing of pre - school retarded children, and consultation with parents and others responsible for children's care. Referrals are made to the clinic by school personnel, physicians, the clergy and law enforcement officials, or a parent may call the clinic directly. No child is ever seen without the parents' approval and participation. The clinic serves Arlington, Bedford, Lexington, Winchester, and Woburn, each town or city contributing to the operating expenses, prorated by population. During 1966, a capital fund drive by the Mystic Valley Mental Health Association, Inc. , made possible the purchase of a spacious old residence at 186 Bedford Street to house the clinic and association. Three additional temporary professional positions, authorized by the State Legislature in 1966, will, when filled, decrease the gap between demand for and availability of services. To the clinic's on -going school consultation program, a series of well- attended seminars for school guidance counselors from the five commun- ities, was added this year. The Division of Mental Hygiene, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, pays and supervises the professional staff, which, in 1966, consisted of a psychiatrist- director, chief psychologist, three social workers, two half -time psychologists and a community psychiatric nurse. Zoonotic diseases, those transferred to man by lower animals, are controlled at Left: Tine Tests for Tuberculosis Infection. Right: Dental Examinations in the Schools. 39 BOARD OF HEALTH the community level by the veterinarian - animal inspector. The chief concern, rabies in animals, requires a program of vaccination and revaccination of dogs at regular intervals and surveillance of wild animals as the reservoir for a potential outbreak. In August of this year, a 10 year old boy, living in South Dakota, was bitten by a skunk, and, despite rapid clinical care, died from rabies infection within thirty days. The prevalence of rabies in skunks and bats is a nation -wide phenomena that poses the danger of transference to household animals. Rabies has been found in bats throughout the New England States. Residents are urged to report any bite by bats, and when possible, to save the carcass for laboratory examination. A public clinic for rabies innoculation was held in May to provide owners the opportunity of maintaining immunity in their dogs. The veterinarian investi- gated all reported dog bites, establishing quarantine measures, and inspected all livestock in accordance with the regulations of the State Division of Livestock Disease Control. Environmental Health The development of a state -wide Sanitary Code, initiated in 1960, was continued this year with a revision of the Article on sewage disposal standards. The six Articles adopted to date establish minimum standards for housing, farm labor camps, swimming pool construction and operation, food service establishments, and disposal of sanitary sewage in unsewered areas. All food service establishments, including hotels, restaurants, and school cafe- terias were routinely inspected for maintenance of sanitary standards and for safe methods in storing, preparation, and dispensing of foods. Food markets and bakeries were in- spected for maintenance of sanitary practices and safe practices in storage and handling of food products. Routine laboratory analysis of multi -use eating and drinking utensils was conducted to determine compliance with standards for cleaning and disenfection of the utensils. Children's Mental Health Clinic, 186 Bedford Street 40 MEMORIES OF BY -GONE DAYS For many years the Lions Club sponsored an information booth built as a miniature replica of the Old Belfrey Tower, at the corner of Meriam Street and Massachusetts Avenue. With the advent of the new Visitors' Center the booth was sold at auction and is here shown on its way to its new home. The Lexington Minutemen at Sturbridge 41 PUBLIC HEALTH - PUBLIC WELFARE A continuing short supply of water in this area stimulated many residents to seek auxilary supplies on their own premises. Many specimens submitted for laboratory anal- ysis showed evidence of contamination. Residents were advised that shallow wells (10 to 25 ft.) are usually subject to contamination and not safe for drinking or culinary supplies; use for garden and lawn watering poses no problem. Routine sampling of milk products delivered or sold in stores showed continued im- provement in meeting the minimum bacterial standards of the State Health Department which were made more stringent two years ago. The three tests used on each product de- termine the effectiveness of sanitary controls by the producer (farmer), the processor (plant), and the process (pasteurization). All sales of milk must be made under license of the local Board of Health. A forty per -cent reduction in the number of permits issued for individual sewage disposal systems appears due to three factors: a cutback in home building; a planning board policy of requiring public sewering in new subdivisions; and the installation of additions to the public system. The revised article of the State Sanitary Code adopts more stringent requirements for location, size, and quality of areas to be used for sewage disposal. The Board of Health requirements are more stringent in many aspects of standards for sewage disposal. Other premises under the licensing and certification jurisdiction of the Board of Health include day care centers for children (nursery schools), convalescent and nursing homes, recreational camps, farm labor camps, public and semi - public swimming pools, and subdivisions of land for housing. Board of Public Welfare The Public Welfare Agency administers five categories of assistance, namely: Medicaid, 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 providesa major share of the expense of these federal programs. Of the total caseload, 98 per cent receive assistance under one of these programs. General Relief accounts for two per cent of the caseload and is taken care of by state and local funds. Medicare came into being on July 1, 1966, and though handled by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, will help reduce the medical costs to persons on the Medicaid Program over 65 years of age, through the payment of hospital costs and some other medi- cal expenses. After January 1, 1967, some of the costs of Nursing Home care will also be met by Medicare. One significant category of assistance came into being on September 1, 1966, namely, Five Year Trends in Public Welfare Administrative Expenses 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Personal Services 8,975.60 8,028.00 8,121.00 8,500.00 8,781.00 Expenses 578.04 740.44 564.80 625.00 625.00 Staff as of Dec. 31 4 4 4 4 4 42 Category PUBLIC WELFARE Cases, Expenses, Reimbursements and Net Cost Reimbursements Cases Federal -State Aided Expended and Individuals General Relief 18 $ 9,980.29 $ 4,180.85 Old Age Assistance 69 58,943.91 74,963.97 Aid to Families with Dependent Children 25 37,138.16 38,297.40 Disability Assistance 7 10,307.03 10,657.40 Medical Assistance 88 157,006.00 147,427.70 Administration 4 23,512.83 19,002.14 $296,888.22 $294,529.46 Net Cost To Town $ 5,799.44 16,020.06 * 1,159.24 350.37 9,778.30 4,510.69 $ 2,331.06 * Excess of reimbursements over expenditures includes reimbursements in 1966 by the State Public Welfare Department of funds due from prior years. Medicaid. Up to that time the category of Medical Assistance for the Aged cared for the medical needs of persons over 65 years of age and without funds above a certain limit. The Medicaid program has been extended not only to care for the aged but the children of persons who are below a certain income and not able to pay for the medical care for the children. Under this program the responsibility of children for the care and support of their parents has been eliminated. The federal share of the expense of this category is 50 per cent, the state share is 33 1/3 per cent and the local share is 16 2/3 per cent. Old Age Assistance is designed to assist needy persons 65 years of age and over who have resided in the Commonwealth for one year immediately preceding the date of appli- cation, to remain in their homes or to live in the homes of children or others and care for their own needs. Federal pays $50.00 per case per month, the state pays 70 per cent of the balance and the town pays the remainder. Disability Assistance, or Aid to Permanently and Totally Disabled Persons is de- signed to care for persons from eighteen years of age to 65 years of age who are disabled and who may remain disabled for at least six months. The State Medical Review Team has the final say as to the eligibility of the disabled person. The Division of Vocational Reha- bilitation is contacted when it is felt there is a possibility of rehabilitation. Federal pays $50.00 per case per month, the town pays 25 per cent 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 child in the home rather than to be placed in an institution. Federal pays $22.00 per eligible person per month, the state pays 33 and 1/3 per cent 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 awaiting approval of one of the federal programs. The state pays 20 per cent of the total amount spent and the town pays the balance. 43 PUBLIC WELFARE - VETERANS' SERVICES All medical expenses incurred under any of the four federal programs are paid for under the Medicaid program and reimbursed to the town in the amount of 50 per cent by federal, 66 and 2/3 per cent of the balance for state and 33 and 1/3 per cent for town. It is difficult to make recommendations for the future in welfare programs due to the constant changes in the federal and state programs now in existence and the probability of new ones to come into being. If the present trend continues there is no doubt more and more persons will become eligible to receive one form of assistance or another. 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 Veterans' Services This office is governed by Chapter 115 and its amendments, of the Massachusetts General Laws. It provides that any Veteran of certain war dates, may make application for benefits, if needed, for living expenses or hospital and medical. After an application has been processed and investigated by this office, it is forwarded to Boston for further investigation by the state. If we both concur on our decisions, then the request is author- ized and the recipient is helped. The amount of recipients that receive assistance from this office is increasing each year, due to the fact that the eligibility requirements have become less stringent and also due to the new G.I. bill, which went into effect this year. This bill encompasses all veterans with service after January 1955 until the present emergency is declared over. Out of the thousands of men who went into the service from Massachusetts, I imagine we 44 Five Year Trends in the Veterans' Benefits Office Five Year Trends 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Personal Services 2,702.95 2,933.46 Expenses 10,613.21 10,915.88 Staff as of Dec. 31 1 1 3,000.00 9,941.89 1 2,999.94 3,086.21 10,337.41 18,751.93 1 1 will get our share of unfortunates who shall need some assistance. The Veterans' Services Department of this office is to help veterans' applying for benefits under Title 38 of the U.S. Code which is the government sponsored part of this office and we are required to help veterans and or their dependents who apply for either service connected pension, death pension, burial expenses, grave markers, insurance and also applications for education. The latter being a derivative of the new G.I. bill. It has come to the attention of this office that quite a few of the older graves of veterans who served in the past wars are in need of repair to the headstone and replace- ment of markers. This will be an added financial undertaking, and should be given some consideration in the very near future. Bernard J. Belcastro, Director Cemetery Commissioners The wooden fence surrounding Colonial Cemetery was damaged in several sections during the winter of 1966 when snow ploughs, removing snow from the adjoining parking area, hit the fence. The cemetery crew repaired and reinforced all sections. A cave -in of one of the large family vaults was repaired. Many old graves which had sunk were raised, reloamed and seeded. Three diseased trees were cut down and many of the re- maining trees were trimmed. The Robbins Cemetery received the regular cutting and raking, and in addition, many old headstones were straightened. It was necessary also, to repair several foun- dations which, due to age, were beginning to crumble. In the Westview Cemetery, eighty five markers (headstones) which had sunk below sod were raised. Eighty sunken graves have been raised, loamed and seeded to date. Many of these graves contained wooden boxes, and over the years the boxes have deteri- orated, causing the graves to sink. The use of cement liners for the past several years has helped to eliminate much of this problem. Thirty trees, damaged by the snow of the past winter were trimmed. A great deal of work was done on the pine trees along the Bedford Street side of this cemetery. Many of the trees showed signs of dying and in order Five Year Trends in the Cemetery Commission ( *Includes One Part Time Employee) 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Personal Services 37,112.64 37,000.00 38,500.00 40,130.67 * 42,589.99 Expenses 5,065.25 5,645.88 5,728.00 4,367.71 4,949.46 Staff as of Dec. 31 7 7 7 7 7 45 CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS - LEXINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY to try to save them, holes were drilled 18 inches apart of the entire area on either side of the main gate. The holes were filled with fertilizer and then the area was covered with wood chips. Water was kept on them constantly all summer, and the superintendent reports that it looks as though the work involved will pay off, since the trees are coming along fine. The entrance gates were painted and several sections of fence along Bedford Street side also received a coat of paint. It is hoped that the entire iron fence can be painted in the Spring of 1967. Vandals damaged the fence of Munroe Cemetery along the school and railroad side. This was repaired and also many headstones which had been badly marked with paint were cleaned. Two large diseased maple trees were cut down and a number of trees were trimmed. Twenty five sunken graves were raised, loamed and reseeded. Weed killer was applied to all the gravel roads in this old cemetery to try to keep the weeds under control. The cemetery commissioners hope to be able to black top another section of roadway during 1967. James L. Grant, Chairman William Roger Greeley Village 46 Lexington Housing Authority Lexington Housing Authority was authorized, by unanimous vote of Town Meeting, on 25 November 1963. Acting under initial appointment by the Board of Selectmen in behalf of the 'Ibwn, the original members of Lexington Housing Authority were: Edwin A. Bennett, Albert W. Hruby, Temple E. Scanlon, and Burton L. Williams, The fifth member, Arthur J. Brock, was appointed by the State Division of Housing. Officers of Lexington Housing Authority, in election by the members, are, and have been: Chairman Vice Chairman Treasurer Assist. Treas. Secretary Assist. Secretary April 1966 -67 Temple E. Scanlon Edwin A. Bennett Arthur J. Brock Burton L. Williams Stillman P. Williams Albert W. Hruby April 1965 -66 Albert W. Hruby Edwin A. Bennett Arthur J. Brock Burton L. Williams Stillman P. Williams Temple E. Scanlon Before April 1965 Burton L. Williams Temple E. Scanlon Edwin A. Bennett Albert W. Hruby Arthur J. Brock, pro tem Stephen T. Russian was appointed Legal Counsel for Lexington Housing Authority in April 1964. Stillman P. Williams was appointed Executive Director of Lexington Housing Authority in March 1965. Lexington Housing Authority holds its regular meetings the first Thursday of each month. Special meetings are also held, after due notice has been given to all members and to the Town Clerk. All meetings are open to the public. Early 1968 is target date for the completion and occupancy of the first 48 of Lexington Housing Authority's low rent apartments for the elderly of limited income. As soon as this construction is completed, a second phase -- for 52 additional units -- should be under con- sideration, if not actually begun. The homes will be built on a 10 -acre wooded site at the end of Shirley and Tewksbury Streets, off Bedford Street. Phase 1 will consist of eight buildings -- five containing eight apartments each and two consisting of four apartments, plus a community building. Its road- way will extend from the end of Shirley Street to the rear of the property, with a loop in front of the community building. Phase 11 will consist of six 8- apartment buildings and one of four. At this time, the road will be extended into a U shape to return to Tewksbury Street. At the rear, three acres of hilly woodland will be retained and preserved as a park. The entire development will be known as William Roger Greeley Village. An artist's conception of the completed project is shown on the preceding page. 47 414 44 ;fig M m edi . w1..p, +i. rt''.rat.. 4 f 9 0 John J. Carroll Superintendent .4 fie It Its ra '44 .s *i.: gad 16099 a I4 X ,a,• R i . ( iw wc, I 99 "V 2 �, =wa *', 9 .ye a m ar4. e + To many Lexingtonians, 1966 will go down as the year that the widening of Massachusetts Avenue in the center be- gan to be a reality. The Hunt Block came down; the front was lopped off Trani's store, Baker's store disappeared from sight, albeit not from memory. As important as these occurrences were to the past and future of the town, from a purely parochial viewpoint the Public Works Department had to rank the accom ?lishments second to the remodeling of our old "Town Barn' on Bedford Street. For many years the department has operated out of what used to be an old car barn. However, as the town has grown, public works services have had difficulty keeping pace because of the limitations placed on them by the out- moded old building. As usual the town meeting, when it was shown the need, provided the selectmen with the funds necessary to ex- pand the "barn" into a modern Town Maintenance Center. Thus, at present we are in the process of adding two 7200 square feet wings - one to the north and one to the south - and remodeling the first forty feet in depth across the full 113 foot width of the present structure. The north wing will be primarily for vehicle maintenance; the south wing for storage; the remodeling will be for offices, lunch room, toilet and locker facilities. The remaining portion of the existing building will be used for vehicle storage only. As exciting and time consuming as the "barn" recon- struction has been to all of us, it has not prevented us from carrying out a large program of public works in 1966. Construction Highways We built Wright Street, Butler Avenue and Middleby Road under betterments; we reconstructed the second to last section of Lowell Street from North Street to the Burlington line and we waited impatiently for the State Department of Public Works to get out a contract for the re- construction, under Chapter 90, of the last section of Massachusetts Avenue from Marrett Road to Woburn Street. Bids finally were taken in the fall and work on drainage is slated to begin before winter. The project won't be com- pleted until summer of 1967. Sanitary Sewers Our heavy program of sewer con- struction continued in 1966. The appropriation for laterals was $267,000, and for trunks $204,600, - a total of $471,600. Assuming that we continue to spend about $500,000, each year for sewer construction, the trunk system will be com- pleted in about ten years and the laterals in twelve. This year's work required three separate contracts, the last of which is still in preparation. Besides the laterals which were installed in many streets, we are also in the 48 Sec- Cott. 3 PUBLIC�WORKS DEPARTMENT �L S', V D eNf. s process of constructing three new trunk systems - the first from Bedford Street, near the Armory, to Winter Street; the second from Emerson Road along Route 128 to Burlington Street near North Street and the third a combination of a trunk, force main and pumping station which will serve the Burnham Farms and Westwood Road areas. Storm Drains The major storm drain project in 1966 was the installation of a pipe between Green Lane and Pleasant Street that will remove standing surface water and elimi- nate flooding conditions at certain times of the year. Water Mains Our own crews replaced an old water main on Sylvia Street and in- stalled short lengths of new mains at other locations. Sidewalks One of the major problems of the department in the past few years has been to build enough sidewalks to keep pace with the school building program. We have been spending about $40,000 per year to construct three or four miles of walks. This year we built sidewalks on Grant Street, East Street and Colony Road for the Fiske School pupils; on Marrett Road, Middleby Road and on a right of way from Baskin Road to Middleby Road for the Bridge School students. Maintenance The primary function of a department of public works is to maintain all of the public works and to provide the public services which are vital to the public necessity and convenience. Highways Our highway division maintains over 105 miles of public streets. We seal them with asphalt and stone so they won't break up; patch them if they start to; resurface them if the ravages of old age, the pounding of traffic and savage pavement cuts make them begin to lose their shape and fall apart; we sweep them through twelve months to keep them clean - even through much of the winter; we clean the catch basins that collect the sand from winter sanding and clean and repair the storm drains that clog up from roots and debris; we repair and resurface concrete and bituminous sidewalks; we fix guard rails and mow the grass along uninhabited miles of shoulders alongside the roadway; we maintain the walls that keep earth from sliding onto the road; we put up new street signs and repair and replace the ones that are being damaged by vehicles and vandals; we paint miles of lines on the street to provide guidance to the motorist; we maintain the irritating, although necessary, traffic signals on our busy highways; and, of course, in the winter we sand the streets (less each year because of the clean -up problems in the spring), we salt the streets (more each year because today's motorist wants to travel on bare pave- ment), and we plow and plow and plow. Sewer We maintain almost one hundred miles of sanitary sewer mains, one large pumping station and six small ones. We clean and repair house services and main sewers on a "crisis" basis (which is not the correct way to maintain them); we take care of our pumping stations on a regular basis (which is the right way). Water We operate and maintain a multi- million dollar water system which is supplied by the MDC. It includes nearly 150 miles of mains, thousands of hy- drants, gate valves, meters of all sizes, four Calgon treatment pits and two water standpipes which hold over three million gallons of water to balance pressures in our system. 49 New Wing Added to the Town Barn PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Curbing on Meriam Street and the new visitors center. We read nine thousand meters twice a year, send out 18,000 bills; we repair meters when they leak or begin to lose their ability to measure accurately; we repair broken hydrants, repair leaks and breaks in house services and water mains from 3/4 inches to two feet in diameter; and each day we control the flow of phosphates into our system to deter "red" or rusty water prob- lems. Refuse Disposal Our department is responsible for maintaining the sanitary land fill at Hartwell Avenue where your rubbish goes and for enforcing the collection of your garbage by a private contractor. Building Maintenance We take care of all the town office buildings, our own "barn" Parks All of the parks, playgrounds, recreation and conservation areas are ours to maintain. Our park division takes care of the huge center playground, and the ones called Kinneen's and Baskin's, the one at Sutherland Road and now the new one at Rindge Avenue. We also take care of the athletic fields at the Diamond, Adams, Fiske, Hastings, Harrington, Franklin and now the newer one at Harrington - larger than them all. "Taking care of" means fertilizing, mowing and treating them with chemicals, lining them for Little League and school and twi- league games; it means maintaining a cinder track, tennis courts and a swimming pool that last year had 25,000 persons take at least a dunk in it; it means re- pairing bleachers and benches and swings; it means a full time job for many people. In the winter - as soon as we can after a snow storm - we throw all hands into the huge job of clearing snow from the skating areas around town. The "Res" is the toughest because of its size and depth (we have had tractors break through to test it) but we also have to clear - and flood when conditions are right - the skating areas at Adams, Fiske, Kinneen's and the new one at the center playground. We take care of the historic Battle Green and Buckman Tavern grounds, the not his- toric but very important parks such as Emery at Depot Square, Tower, Bowman, Hastings, Belfry Hill and the relatively new Willard's Woods. Trees There are at least 10,000 shade trees on public ways in the town. They all are ours to maintain. Our most important tool in tree care is also our most controversial - the spray. We spray to kill the elm leaf beetle who feeds on the leaves of our precious elms, defoliates them and then hibernates in the winter to resume his attack in the spring; we spray for tent caterpillars and aphids and canker worms. All our men take courses on spraying; they all must be licensed by the state. Each is aware of the toxicity of the material he is using; each is keenly interested in the safety of the public. We also plant trees - about three hundred a year - and we grow them too. On Bedford Street at our town "barn" we have a beautiful tree nursery where we grow a great variety of trees which eventually find their way onto your streets. Ten thousand trees have millions of branches which constantly need pruning. With a crew of five men who are also busy planting and spraying, pruning takes a back seat. What 50 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT we need and what we are asking for in our 1967 budget is an aerial sky bucket which will really speed this job. This bucket, which eliminates the time - consuming work of climbing each and every tree, gets the man high up in the branches of a tree in seconds. Immediately he is ready to clip off his deadwood or broken branch and then he is off to the next tree be- fore you can say clip Elm." We must save all our shade trees, especially our stately and state tree - the American Elm. One means of helping us do the job would be to support our request for this aerial sky bucket. Engineering Division We will remember 1966 as a year of many things - as a year of .... Maps and Plans - We made a 500 and an 800 feet to the inch scale plan of the town; a sewer map, a drain map, a water map; a street classification plan; snow route plans for heavy storms, light storms, school bus routes and sanding and salting; a map of public lands and of registered land; and a zoning map; of.... Traffic Studies - We made studies for stop signs and traffic lights; we made pedestrian counts and vehicle counts; we made a detailed study including an actual moving picture, of a traffic problem at Eldred Street on Bedford Street; we redesigned a parking lot; we worked with local and state officials on all kinds of traffic problems; of.... Lexington Center - We made a complete, detailed plan of Lexington Center which will sup- port the architectural and engineering design of the widening project; of.... The Town "Barn" - We surveyed and we designed the utility and grading plan for the new additions and renovations; we supplied the clerk of the works for the project right from our own office; of.... Sewers - We did the right of way surveying for the Winter Street trunk sewer and the ones for Burlington Street and North Street; we negotiated with the owners of the properties re- garding damages as we did on all easements throughout the year; we calculated the better- ments and answered innumerable questions about the many sewer laterals built by contract during the year; we worked closely with our consultant on every sewer project; of.... Streets - We did the survey and layout for all the streets accepted at the town meeting; we worked with the consultant to get out a street contract; we got out our own contract for a large resurfacing project; we did preliminary survey for many streets that might be built in the future; of.... Assessors' Maps - We revised them and corrected them and kept them generally up to date - a monumental task, but a necessary one; of.... Subdivisions - We worked with the developers and the planning board before the plans were approved and then we inspected the miles of pipe and street that were laid and built after- wards; of..., Historical Districts - We worked with the Historic Dis- tricts Commisionto supply them with plans and descrip- tions for town meeting and for the legislative bill on the new districts; of.... Route 2 - We worked closely with the state and the con- tractor onthe reconstruction of Route 2; we worked out traffic detours and we kept close tabs on our extensive utility relocations; of.... 51 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT "One of our biggest 'lacks' is people. We are not staffed anywhere near fully enough to meet the demand for the high -type public ser- vices that our affluent, highly intelligent community creates. Com- pared to other towns near us, equal or smaller in size than Lexington, with less miles of streets and utilities to maintain, with less parks and playgrounds than Lexington, we are grossly understaffed. We need to provide better maintenance on our water system, our sewer system, our highways, our parks that can only be provided with an adequate, well- trained staff. We know this is true. An increase in our working force, would improve our service to the people of Lexington. " Recreation - We gave line and grade for the basketball - skating area at the Center Play- ground; we designed and laid out a field at Rindge Avenue; we did all our own engineering work on a major field at Harrington Playground; of.... Meetings - We met with the selectmen constantly, with the Appropriations Committee, the planning board, the committee on the "barn" and the "center," the state and just plain citi- zens; we talked about traffic and easments, about sewers and streets, about local problems and regional problems, about Route 2 and Route 3 and as we met all these people about all these problems we thought of .... The Future - We feel that the complexities of a growing, viable community like Lexington will require a larger, better staffed division in the future. At present we have 11 people. In a recent report to the committee which is studying the town office complex we stated that we felt that by 1975 we would need a staff of 21. The Future....from the Public Works View Point Personnel - One of our biggest "lacks" is people. We are not staffed anywhere near fully enough to meet the demand for the high -type public services that our affluent, highly in- telligent community creates. Compared to other towns near us, equal, or smaller in size than Lexington, with less miles of streets and utilities to maintain, with less parks and playgrounds than Lexington, we are grossly understaffed. We need to provide better mainte- nance on our water system, our sewer system, our highways, our parks that can only be provided with an adequate, well- trained staff. We know this is true. An increase in our working force, would improve our service to the people of Lexington. In order to serve the needs of the town more efficiently we have recommended to the se- lectmen that the public works department be reorganized to have a separate water division. 52 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT This change would make five divisions in the department: parks and shade tree division, highway and sewer division, vehicle maintenance division, engineering division and water division. Our complex water system requires the services of specialists in the water works field. Unless we begin training them soon this vital utility system can only suffer. We feel this change is essential to the well being of the citizens of the community. The future could bring two other reorganizations: one the setting up of a refuse collection division, if and when the town decides to go to rubbish collection, and the other a sewer division when our system increases in size and complexity to the point where regular rou- tine maintenance of parts of it becomes an absolute necessity. The latter reorganization does not seem too far in the future. Highways - There are many important streets in Lexington which are inadequate to meet the demands of modern traffic - vehicular and pedestrian. In the next few years we feel that some of the following streets will have to be rebuilt: Allen Street, Blossomcrest Road, Spring Street, Fern Street (although the construction of Worthen Road may obviate this need), Oak Street, East Street, etc. Many of them are narrow and now carry heavy traffic unsafely and inefficiently. We feel strongly that the town should complete both Worthen and Emerson Roads. The con- cept of the former is about 16 years old. It has been controversial since the idea was born. For the first few years each section proposed to be built became a temporary battleground. However, as the pieces began to fit together the logic of the idea became more evident to more people. Although the most difficult sections remain undone, we feel that most of the townspeople now recognize that Worthen Road is a vital link in the future road system of the town and that it should be completed as soon as possible. Emerson Road is more controversial; more difficult to build; less obviously needed. Emotions run high every time the planning board makes any proposal regarding it at town meetings. In spite of this, we feel that it too is needed by the town. We feel that town of- ficials and interested citizens should make every effort to see that the rights of the few should not block the rights of the many. Sewers - We recently submitted a report to the selectmen telling them that if our present plan of spending about $500,000 per year for sewer construction continues it will take us ten years to complete our trunk sewer system and 12 years to finish the laterals. Water Mains - Our distribution system is now sufficiently built up so that any near future new construction should only be for extensions to the system to handle new building or for the replacement of old mains which have become inadequate because of age or increased demands on them. Storm Drainage - The drought of the past 5 years has made the public apathetic to potential flooding problems. We must maintain our present system of brooks, culverts and drains and continue to improve on it. We must continue to extend storm drainage on streets which do not now have it, to clean our brooks and channels and to cover brooks which are danger- ous to children or are unsightly and odorous. Parks and Playgrounds - As land is purchased each year for recreation, playground and conservation purposes it becomes an addition to the lengthy roster of areas which our park and shade tree division has to maintain. With a wide range of ideas as to how this land is to be used there is a great deal of confusion on our part as to how it is to be main- tained. We merely point out that there must inevitably be an increase in the number of park personnel if the current trend continues. 53 Maintaining Quality in an Era of Educational Change The ultimate success of any enterprise requires a statement of objectives. These objectives must be broad enough to apply to the entire enterprise. They must be specific enough to provide a positive frame of reference in evaluating progress. Your school com- mittee has produced such a statement in the form of "Goals for the Lexington Public Schools" which is recorded in another section of this report. Our basic objective is to provide the best possible educational opportunities for the youth of our community. There may have been a time when these opportunities could have been presented without significant awareness of conditions outside our immediate area. A highly mobile society, rapid technological change, a flood of new knowledge and tech- niques are among influences which make such insularity impossible. It is recognition of these influences that led your committee to participate in the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunities (METCO) program for bussing non -white pupils from Boston to suburban schools. Other extrinsic influences on our system and the opportunities they present are reported in the superintendent's report. The pressure of change demands constant review of our program. A major addi- tion has been assured with your committee's vote to establish a public kindergarten which will become operative in September, 1967. This decision resolves a discussion which has gone on in our community for many years. It recognizes that the formal education pro- cess must be started earlier than our past practice has required. Further work has been done in improving the program as it relates to the under - achiever and the slow learner and we look for some exciting results to evolve in the future. We cannot achieve our objectives without a highly motivated staff of competent pro- fessional teachers and administrators, supported by excellent non - certificated personnel. As in the past, we have successfully recruited over a wide area, and our retention of train- ed staff has been good. This is not by accident. Our policies and attitudes stress concern for quality, and good performance is rewarded well. We have had much success in the creation of an environment that encourages the professional to fully develop his talents. A very rapidly rising school population has placed great pressure on the town for new or expanded facilities. The problem is with us yet, but to a diminishing degree, so that we can now begin to plan more effectively for better use of existing facilities and the development of new ones. The objective here is to provide quality and flexibility at reason- able expense. The support of an interested citizenry coupled with the continued loyalty and im- agination of our school staff will help in the achievement of our ultimate goal: the provision of an excellent educational experience for each of our children. Lexington School Committee Alfred L. Viano, Chairman Elizabeth H. Clarke Robert H. Farwell Logan Clarke, Jr. Austin W. Fisher, Jr. 55. Goals of the Lexington Public Schools The purpose of the Lexington Public Schools is the fullest possible development of every child in the school system. The educational program should provide the opportunity for each child to acquire the knowledge, skills and values necessary to his leading a worthy life as a reliable citizen in a free society. Primary Principle Focus on the Individual - Our free society is founded on a belief in the worth and dignity of the individuals who make it up. Its success depends upon the actions and interactions of those individuals. Each individual is unique. His needs, his abilities, his capacity to learn are dif- ferent from those of all others. A free society must nurture these differences and cherish individuality, while fostering a respect for the rights of others. The schools, therefore, must focus on the development of each individual student. They must provide a climate conducive to his full growth, a climate that offers the op- portunity for him to realize his potentials and make his personal contribution to society. The Climate for Individuality Should Include: Stimulation - A variety of incentives to learn and inspiration to pursue learning. Acceptance - The opportunity of some success for each pupil, to permit him to develop confidence and self - esteem. Self- Insight - Guidance toward the realization that one must know and understand and con- trol one's self in order to function effectively, and in order to appreciate others. Responsible Freedom - Encouragement of individual pursuits, self- determination and the acceptance by the individual of responsibility for his own development, as well as responsi- bility for communicating with other individuals. Commitment - The opportunity to become dedicated to something outside one's self, lead- ing toward an understanding of the individual's commitment to other individuals. Tolerance - An environment that nourishes respect for individual differences and inhibits prejudice. 56 GOALS OF THE LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Application of the Primary Principle Teachers - To obtain dedicated, creative men and women of broad culture, selected for their devotion to the goals of the Lexington Schools, for their own developing individualties, and for their qualifications for particular teaching assignments. To assign each teacher to the position for which he is best suited, according to his ability, experience and inter- ests. To encourage each teacher to exercise creativity. To compensate all teachers in recognition of their worth and dignity in relation to the town's ability to pay. Curriculum - To emphasize intellectual development, but also to provide physical, social and aesthetic development. To provide a curriculum based on explicit instruction in sub- ject areas, learning skills, and the skills of communication, as well as implicit instruction in social relations, behavior, mental and physical health, and citizenship. To provide equa- ly appropriate educational opportunities for all pupils, with curriculum standardized only to the extent necessary. To continuously develop, evaluate and revise the curriculum. To build curriculum upon the concept that learning is sequential and continuous, allowing scope for individual differences in interest and aptitude. Organization - To create optimum learning conditions for each student and the most effec- tive use of facilities through flexible grouping patterns. To allow time within the schedule for teacher preparation and conferences. To encourage attention to individual needs by maintaining favorable pupil- teacher ratios. Methods - To allow maximum latitude to teachers in timing and choice of teaching tech- niques. To encourage individual exploration, discovery and problem - solving through inde- pendent thought. To stimulate all pupils at appropriate ability levels, making possible authentic success for each student. Materials - To provide materials to serve the needs of the program. To have materials available when and where needed for the various levels of competence. Guidance - To help pupils make full use of their educational opportunities through the use of trained personnel working with students, parents, and staff. To evaluate the progress of each pupil and recommend a plan that will lead to his fullest development. Communication - To establish, maintain and improve two -way communications with the community. To take into consideration the needs, desires and problems of the community. To inform the community of the significant goals, plans and actions of the schools. Administration - To utilize resources (teachers, administrators, facilities and materials) in the most efficient way to achieve the goal. To assure that full value is received for every dollar spent. To promote a professional environment among the staff. Facilities - To forecast the requirements for physical facilities on a long -range basis to assure that adequate buildings are available to accomodate the school population. To es- tablish the space requirements for each program to allow a wide selection of learning situations and curriculum development. 57 Outside Resources and Their Impact on Our Schools In previous annual reports I have discussed many of the programs and services provided for Lexington's pupils in our public schools. Most of these have been supported by funds from the town and state. Within the past several years we have begun to take advantage of additional funds which have recently become available through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. We have also increased the use of human and material resources from nearby universities to im- prove our programs. In this report, I should like to point out some of the ways we are cooperating with outside agencies to meet some of our program needs. In some instances the impact is felt directly in the classroom, while in others it is more subtle. In certain cases, substantial sums of money are involved from sources other than local and state taxes; in other cases, the impact may re- sult from a mutually profitable relationship involving no direct financial outlay other than tnat represented by the investment of time and effort by professional person- nel. In all instances, the goal is an improved educational program for Lexington's children. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 has made available federal money to public and private schools for a variety of purposes. I have regarded it as a prime responsibility to study the requirements for eligibility and to identify and develop projects which would enable Lexington to obtain maximum benefit from this legislation. The improvement of educational opportunities for our students has always been the pri- mary objective in this effort. We have used federal funds to expand and improve existing programs and to develop new ones. The investment of time in the writing of these propo- sals has, I believe, paid off in additional programs for our pupils which it would otherwise have been difficult to provide. Let me briefly describe some of these projects: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 1. Expanded Summer Reading Program Under Title I, ESEA, Lexington received a grant of $21,386 which allowed us to ex- pand our regular 1966 summer reading program for children in need of remedial help, and to provide a larger staff of teachers and specialists, thus allowing for more individu- alized planning and instruction for each child. Donald Johnson, Harrington School principal, heads this program. Rudolph J. Fobert Superintendent of Schools 2. Instructional Materials In accordance with the provisions of Title II, ESEA, a proposal was submitted and approved for $20,892 for the acquisition of library books, filmstrips, tapes, records and audio - visual equipment to strengthen our program of instructional materials and services. 3. Music Education Lexington's Music Department, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Music Educa- 58 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT tor's Association, has completed phase one of a three -phase project, covering a three -year period, to develop and make available a wide variety of audio - visual materials for more effective teaching of music. This past summer saw the installation at Lexington High School of highly sophisticated equipment for the production of overhead transparencies, tape recordings and photographic materials. At the conclusion of this project this equip- ment will belong to the Lexington School Department. A summer workshop involving music involving music educators from all over the state resulted in the production of master materials from which reproductions may be made available on an at -cost basis to any music educators who wish to use them. Under the di- rection of Thomas Vasil and Frank DiGiammarino the project will continue for two more years. A total grant of $87,440 from Title IV, ESEA, has been awarded for this three -year project. 4. Cultural Enrichment Lexington is participating in the planning of a project which proposes to explore methods by which the public, private and parochial schools of Lexington, Brookline, Newton, Belmont, Waltham and Watertown may develop a meaningful series of school curriculum enrichment programs in cooperation with agencies and organizations representing the finest in cultural resources available in the Boston area. The plan would bring live experi- ences in the fields of music drama and the dance to the students. Theatrical resources of Boston are to be coordinated in order to offer a variety far beyond the capacities of any one institution, in a form suitable for the uses and purposes of the schools. The visual and creative arts will have a similarly coordinated plan by which exhibits and demonstrations will be related to appropriate fields of study. Funds for the planning of this project during the 1966 -67 school year, in the amount of $113,142, have been provided unter Title III, ESEA. Robert N. Kirk, teacher of English at Lexington High and one of the originators of our highly successful high school human- ities program, has been given a leave of absence to represent Lexington on the planning committee for this project. Installation of a stenographic learning laboratory at the senior high school, financed Above: Summer Reading Program Right: Music Education 59 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT Tufts University and Lexington combine forces to provide students not bound for college with a foundation for responsible citizenship. in part by $5900 from Public Law 88 -210 (The Vocational Education Act) has made possi- ble a greater degree of individualized instruction in shorthand and transcription. Pupil stations equipped with headsets make possible the reception of tape recordings of dictation at different speeds simultaneously for several different levels of instruction. Under METCO (Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunities) Lexington, in conjunction with Arlington, Braintree, Brookline, Lincoln, Newton and Wellesley, is offer- ing full -time educational opportunities to non -white children from the Boston Public Schools. Twenty -five children entered grades seven, eight and nine in Lexington this Fall and will continue in our schools until they graduate. This program is supported in full in each of the seven communities by $259,000 from Title III, ESEA and a Carnegie Grant of $126,000. Several other projects have been submitted to Washington but their status has not been decided at the time of this writing. Contributing much to the quality of our schools are the many contacts we have with institutions of higher learning in the Greater Boston area. These contacts take many forms and generally are of a "quid pro quo" nature in which the cooperating institution offers a service in exchange for a service. Teacher Training Typical of this cooperative relationship are the teacher training affiliations we have with Brandeis, Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, Lesley, Tufts, and sever- al of the state colleges. Boston University, for example, offers to our staff credit vouchers for courses in exchange for the teacher training opportunities afforded to its students. I believe, however, that even without such reciprocity, the public schools have a professional responsibility, and indeed much to gain, in providing internship or other training oppor- tunities to those who are studying to become teachers. Some of our best beginning teachers have been people we have had an opportunity to observe in their student years, working in our own classrooms with Lexington children. Educational Research and Development Another school- university relationship that we have found profitable is in the area of educational research and development. Unlike most major businesses, education al- 60 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT locates only a small percentage of its funds to research, and much of this is theoretical or pure research, rather than the type which translates itself into practical application at the classroom level. I have been increasingly convinced that a larger investment is needed in develop- ment, demonstration, and research programs at the classroom level. 1. Problems of Democracy for Terminal Students A good illustration of a development and demonstration program is the social studies project which is being conducted at our senior high school in cooperation with Dr. John Gibson of Tufts University. In 1965, Dr. Gibson, who was recently promoted to Director of the Lincoln Filene Center for Citizenship and Public Affairs, worked with Mr. William Tapply, Miss Helen I. McIntyre, Head of' the Social Studies Department, and with members of the social studies department in developing a course in Problems of American Democracy for so- called terminal students. My concern about young people who are not bound for college and who have not generally received the type of program which will prepare them to participate intelligently in our democratic society as adults led me to contact Dr. Gibson concerning this project. The course that was planned presented content through inductive teaching, the assignment of stimulating reading materials at an appropriate level, with emphasis on case studies and realistic fiction, and the use of challenging and informative audio - visual materials, visiting lecturers and field trips. The course concentrated on five specific areas of vital citizenship participation in a democratic society - the political process, due process of the law, civil liberties, economics and world affairs. So interesting and challenging was this course for twelfth grade terminal students that plans are now underway to intervene at a lower grade level, possibly tenth grade, with a similar approach within the context of the tenth grade world history course. Taking such a group through the tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades might permit a research de- sign and program that could have great value to future educational planning and curriculum organization for the so- called "G' level student. 2. Computer Programming Instruction A grant from the federal government has made it possible for us to offer instruc- tion at the senior high school in computer programming and information retrieval. Sponsor- ed by the Massachusetts Department of Education and headed locally by Walter Koetke, the Computer programming instruction at the senior high school made pos- sible by a grant from the Federal Government. 61 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT program affords advanced mathematics students an opportunity to learn the "language" of the computer. A computer keyboard and "read -out" equipment in our data processing center are linked by telephone line to a shared -time computer at Bolt, Beranek and Newman in Cambridge. Lexington is one of six Massachusetts school systems sharing the benefits of this valuable training and demonstration program. 3. Research in the Encouragement of Educational Change The staff at Adams School, under the leadership of Principal William Perkins, is engaged in a study of patterns of change in education. The project, known as COPED, Cooperative Project in Educational Development, is a federally- funded project initiated concurrently in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, and Madison, Wisconsin. The project employs an inter - university staff made up of teams from nine colleges. Boston University and Lesley College are the two Boston area insti- tutions working with public schools. The major goals of the project are: 1) To develop within selected school systems or individual schools a set of attitudes and norms, skills and opportunities directed towards self - renewal. 2) To contribute to systematic knowledge about the processes of change in an educational system by collaboration of universities and public schools in conceptualizing and theorizing about the process of change, developing strategies for' change, trying out these strategies, assessing the results and interpreting the re- sults. 3) To design and carry forward a program for training public school personnel in action research and change -agent roles. 4) To develop models and test the feasibility of a variety of ways of linking resources in support of educational change. This project merits the investment of professional time, and hopefully we shall learn about factors within a school which encourage or retard educational change. 4. Teacher Researchers and Teacher Liaison Personnel In conjunction with our partnership in Harvard's Center for Research and Develop- ment on Educational Differences, we are exploring the value of teacher researchers and teacher liaison personnel in closing the gap between educational research and classroom practice. Under the teacher - researcher program one teacher each at the elementary, junior high and senior high levels has been released for the equivalent of one classroom period per day to work cooperatively with Harvard and our teachers in the design and im- plementation of research projects directly related to classroom activities. In the teacher liaison program, four teachers spent from four to six weeks during the past summer at Harvard learning about the resources the Center can make available for local classroom research activity. These teachers have returned to Lexington to spend 3 /5th of their time in regular teaching duties and 2 /5th of their time working with our ele- mentary and secondary school staff members to put them in touch with the various learning resources, reference resources, human resources and other assistance available for con- ducting research to improve teacher - learning practices. 5. Earth Science Program Development Lexington continues to serve as one of 75 test and evaluation centers for the de- velopment of an interdisciplinary earth science program for secondary schools. Funded 62 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT by a National Science Foundation grant and coordinated by the American Geological Institute, the development of this program follows much the same pattern as that which produced the PSSC physics program and the BSCS biology program. Robert Champlin and Arthur Latham are the two Lexington High School teachers working in this project. 6. Foreign Language Research Our association with Foreign Language for Elementary Schools (FLES) has led to research by Miss Evelyn Brega, Coordinator of Foreign Languages, comparing the abilities of students who have studied French since third grade with students who began their French program in high school. Although the sampling is limited, the results indicate a better commandlof French by those who have studied it since their elementary school years. This research was done in cooperation with Dr. John Newell of Tufts University and was the subject of a paper presented by Miss Brega and Dr. Newell at a national convention of the American Educational Research Association. Plans call for a continuation of this study to obtain a wider sampling as additional Lexington students complete the Grade 3 to Grade 12 sequence of French instruction. Other Outside Associations Peace Corps An unusual opportunity for some of our teaching staff occurred when the Peace Corps, in cooperation with Brandeis University, selected Lexington as the scene of a unique summer program to train Peace Corps volunteers for teaching assignments in Colombia, South America. This opportunity arose from our teacher training relationships with Brandeis. Dr. Lester E. Goodridge, Jr., now principal of the Bridge School, served as Lexington's coordinator for this program and spent part of his vacation time last April in a government- sponsored visit to Colombia to become better acquainted with the educa- tional needs of that country. The summer school found Peace Corps volunteers, Lexington teachers and Brandeis personnel working together to offer a special educational program to boys and girls from Lexington and other Greater Boston communities. The Lexington High School Science Building served as headquarters for this phase of the project. A unique feature of the instructional offering was the use of closed circuit television and video -tape programs. School -to- School Programs Due in large part to participation of several of the Bridge School staff members in this program, the staff, pupils and parents of Bridge have embarked on a school -to- school relationship with the Fray Damian Gonzales School in Cali, Colombia. Seven Colombian children are being sponsored financially by the Bridge School through its PTA and several local Kiwanis Clubs. A unit on Colombia has been developed for use in the school and includes slides and other materials loaned by returned Peace Corps volunteers and by the Colombian Consulate in Boston. A teacher exchange is contemplated and Jose Rincon, a Colombian music teacher from Bogota, visited the Bridge School in November. Our school -to- school project with the American School in Warsaw, described in last year's report, is in full bloom. Two of our teachers, Mr. John Gawrys and Mrs. Mary Rivers, are in Warsaw as teachers and consultants during this 1966 -67 school year. Mr. Gawrys will return in 1967 while Mrs. Rivers will remain for an additional year with her husband who is principal of the American School. Professional Exchange of Ideas The improvement of our program for Lexington's children is a continuous process which depends on outside resources for stimulation, for professional exchange of ideas, 63 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT and for constructive criticism. It is our hope that this interaction will lead to improve- ments in our programs. In addition to using outside consultants from universities and other agencies, our own public school personnel have served as consultants to other schools and educational organizations, and at conferences and conventions. In virtually every area of our school program whether it be in modern math, foreign languages, language arts, social studies, science, music, art, physical education, pupil personnel services, school administration - this list is endless - members of our staff have been called upon to explain our program. We also benefit from the professional exchanges at these meetings and the "rub -off" in new ideas and improved techniques is often translated into improved curriculum for our students. I personally believe that every available resource both within and outside Lexington should be utilized to improve and enrich the educational program for our students. I shall continue to identify and apply these resources to all levels of instruction. Lexington School Committee L. to R.: Robert H. Farwell, Alfred L. Viano, Elizabeth H. Clarke, Austin W. Fisher, Jr., and Logan Clarke, Jr., Charlotte Lichterman (not shown) resigned June 6, 1966 and Logan Clarke, Jr. was appointed to the vacancy. 64 As a Matter of Fact -- As of October 1, 1966, the total number of Lexington children attending school, grades 1 - 12, was 8,825 Of this total, 8,264, or 93.6 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 564 246 or 44 per cent have a master's degree 95 or 17 per cent have 30 hours of graduate study beyond a masters 7 or 1.3 per cent have a doctorate Of the 1966 Lexington High School graduating class of 499, 398 or 79.8 per cent went on to further education 286 or 57.3 per cent went on to four -year colleges Eleven Lexington High School students were semifinalists in the 1966 -67 National Merit Scholarship program, and 24 more received commendation The current staff -pupil status of the Lexington Public Schools is as follows: ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Staff Number EnrollmentA Staff -pupil Ratio Principals 10 4354 1:435.4 Classroom Teachers 172 4327B 1 :25.1 Art Specialilsts 8 4354 1:544.2 Music Specialists 8 4354 1:544.2 Phys. Ed. Specialists 8 4354 1:544.2 Instructional Mat. Sp. 8 4354 1:544.2 Reading Specialists 5 4354 1:870.8 French Specialists 8 30520 1 :381.5 Science Specialists 4 4354 1:1088.5 Math Specialists 2 4327B 1 :2163.5 Special Class Teachers 5 27 1:5.4 Counselors 8 4542D A. As assigned to Elementary Buildings C. Includes only Grades 3 - 6 B. Does not include special classes D. Includes Elementary Pupils at Muzzey J.H.S. SECONDARY SCHOOLS (Enrollment 3910A) Staff Number Staff -pupil Ratio Principals 3 1:1303 Assistant Principals 5 1:782 Classroom Teachers 239 1 :16.36 Reading Specialists 3 1:1303 Social Worker 1 1:3910 Counselors 15 1: 260.7 A. As assigned to secondary buildings B. Does not include three special class teachers 65 Location School Profiles No. of Principal Opened Classrooms Additions Adams School 739 Massachusetts Avenue William Perkins 1913 16 1931 Bridge School Middleby Road Dr. Lester E. Goodridge, Jr. 1966 23 Estabrook School 117 Grove Street Alexander B. Cumming 1961 23 Franklin School 7 Stedman Road Mrs. Ethel Bears 1931 18 1956 Fiske School 34A Colony Road Augustus W. Young 1949 19 1954 Hancock School 33 Forest Street Santo L. Marino 1891 8 Harrington School 146 Maple Street Donald Johnson 1956 20 1958 Maria Hastings School 2618 Massachusetts Avenue Dr. Gilbert Berry 1955 20 1958 Munroe School 1403 Massachusetts Avenue Miss Margery McKenney 1904 10 1915 Parker School 314 Bedford Street Miss Hilda Maxfield 1924 13 1950 William Diamond Junior High 99 Hancock Street John M. Hibbard 1959 30 Muzzey Junior High 1926 1475 Massachusetts Avenue Dr. William E. Sim 1902 30 1958* Lexington Senior High 251 Waltham Street Charles C. Johnson * Renovated ** Nine classroom units of 300 pupils each. 66 1956 1953 ** 1964 1965 Lexington's Newest Elementary School Situated on a slight knoll in a 19 acre meadow site just off Middleby Road, Bridge School is named for the Bridge family, residents and benefactors of the town for many generations, who at one time were owners of the school site. The first of the line, John Bridge, in the middle 1600's was a founder of Harvard University and personal friend of John Harvard. In March of 1776, Major John Bridge, a grandson, replaced Captain John Parker, then deceased, as leader of the Lexington Minuteman Contingent then sieging Boston. The old home, adjacent to the main entrance to the school, at one time was owned by Major John Bridge. Bridge School was designed by the architectural firm of Clinch, Crimp, Brown and Fisher from educational specifications developed by Superintendent Rudolph J. Fobert and his staff and approved by the School Committee. Working closely with the Standing School Building Committee, the architects have developed a building with enough flexibility to meet today's educational needs and to anticipate educational programs of the future. General contractor for construction of the building was Grande and Son. In addition to the equivalent of twenty -three regular classrooms, Bridge School also has an 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 special facilities for science, arts and crafts; and an administrative, health and conference area. Operable dividers in many of the classrooms afford opportunities for flexible grouping for a wide range of instructional purposes. Of the total appropriation of $1, 417, 000, equipment costs were $109, 585, and site development cost $221,115. The building encompasses a total area of 62, 945 square feet with a rated capacity of 597 pupils. It opened its doors on September 8, 1966 to an enrollment of 502 students. 67 ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENTS 1967 - 1975 6000 TOTAL ADJUSTED CAPACITY 5000 -_ kN - OFgQ - -�N 4000 - 3000- 2000 - 1 000 - 0 F 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 UNMET PROGRAM NEEDS 108 - CLASSROOM CONVERSIONS 216 - PHASE OUT HANCOCK 234 - PHASE OUT MUNROE 5581- TOTAL PUPIL SPACES SECONDARY ENROLLMENTS 1967 - 1978 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 PRESENT CAPACITY 0 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 WITH PRESENT FACILITIES WITH NEW JUNIOR HIGH IN 1971 GRADES 7 +8 TOTAL CAPACITY 1700 3500 - - 3000- - - 2500 67168 69'10 71 - 72 73 74 75 7677 - - 2000 - - - 1500- - - 1000- - 500 - 0 GRADES 9 -12 TOTAL CAPACITY 2700' -6768 676869707l 72 73 74 75 76 7778 JUNIOR HIGH SENIOR HIGH 1971 NEW JR, HIGH - 900 REDUCE MUZZEY BY 100 C_ -GR. 7,8,9 - - -- GR. 7 +8 - 3000- -2500 -- 2000 - -- 1500 - -- 1000 - - 500 - GR. 9 -12 6 8 . 1 0 , 1 1 , 1 2 0 67 6869 7071 72737475767778 6768697071 72737475767778 A Look at Enrollment and Building Needs The beginning of school in the fall of 1966 saw a decrease in enrollments in grades one through six from 4488 in 1965 to 4480 this year. This decrease came after succes- sive increases in elementary enrollments of from 150 to 250 each year for the past fif- teen years. First grade enrollments dropped for the second year in a row. The results of the census of pre - school age children, combined with past experience, has caused pro- jections of future elementary enrollments to show a downward trend, and indicates that, even with the addition of a kindergarten program, no new elementary school will be needed after the Bowman School is completed. Maximum capacity in the elementary schools will then be 5118, which should accommodate a K -6 (kindergarten through sixth grade) pro- gram in the foreseeable future. It should, in fact, eventually be possible to carry out de- sirable conversion of some elementary classrooms for needed space for libraries and special services such as speech therapy, remedial reading and the like, as well as to phase out the two oldest buildings, Hancock and Munroe. These might then be converted to other school or town purposes. Enrollment projections for the secondary schools, however, indicate an increase to well over capacity through the mid 1970's, with over capacity at the senior high begin- ning in 1969, becoming acute by 1971, and continuing at a high level for the next ten years. The school committee has decided that the wisest plan would be to construct a new 900 - student junior high to be completed by 1971. Muzzey's capacity would be reduced from 800 to 700, allowing for enlargement of the library, installation of language lab facilities, and other improvements. The ninth grades would be removed from the senior high and join grades seven and eight in the three junior highs. If secondary enrollments decrease according to projections for the 1980's, it should eventually be possible to return the ninth grade to the high school and phase out Muzzey Junior High. The accompanying graphs indicate these enrollment projections and the situation in the junior and senior highs, both under present conditions and with construction of a new junior high. 69 WHERE THE SCHOOL DOLLAR COMES FROM Salaries Town of Lexington Appropriation Commonwealth of Massachusetts Federal Government WHERE THE SCHOOL DOLLAR GOES Operating Expenses Athletics Adult Education Vocational Education Out of State Travel 70 Making Your School Dollar Make Sense The accompanying pie charts present, in simplified form, a breakdown of the funds received in 1966 for support of the schools, and an indication of the relative amounts ex- pended for the various segments of the school budget. These charts are based on inform- ation compiled on December 27, 1966. The following is a detailed accounting of actual revenue as of December 27, 1966.* Commonwealth of Massachusetts Chapter 70 School Aid Chapter 71 Transportation Chapter 69 Special Class Adult Education Vocational Education Tuition Vocational Education Transportation PL 874 PL 864 -III PL 864 -V $360,195.93 55,719.00 50,879.00 3,712.09 3,327.21 722.00 $474,555.23 Federal Government $167,263.00 1,300.00 3,158.40 $171,721.40 Town of Lexington Appropriation Personal Services $4,768,378.00 Expenses 905,501.00 Out -of -State Travel 10,400.00 Athletics 71, 395.00 Adult Education 0. Vocational Education 14,000.00 $5,769,674.00 Totals 7.40% 2.68% 89.92% $6,415,950.03 100.00% * Not including special projects, tuition or registration charges. An estimate made on December 1, 1966 of expenditures of major school budgets by December 31, 1966 is as follows: Personal Services $5,111,031.00 83.53% Expenses 890,501.00 14.55% Out -of -State Travel 10,160.00 .17% Athletics 78,895.00 1.29% 71 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT Adult Education Vocational Education Totals 19,004.00 .31% 9,355.00 .15% $6,118,946.00 100.00% 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. Another source of revenue to the town is that made possible by the new state -aid formula. Proceeds from the new three per cent sales tax are distributed to towns on the basis of this formula. Lexington's allocation for 1966 under this formula was $1,099,296. without kindergartens. The establishment of a kindergarten program would increase our net average pupil membership, resulting in aln additional $87,599 in state aid. This addi- tional aid will come to Lexington in 1968. This state aid can be applied to the town's budget to offset the school operating costs, thus reducing the effect of the school budget on the tax rate. It was the original in- tent of the legislation authorizing this state -aid formula that such funds also be used to support needed improvements in the local school program. The State Board of Education is currently considering several recommendations to improve school programs. Among these are the institution of state -wide public kindergartens, establishment of minimum pupil- teacher ratios, and the lowering of the mandatory attendance age. Five Year Summary - School Budget 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Expenditures $3,835,245.33 4,285,687.73 4,758,439.76 5,454,886.65 6,131,722.10 - Transfers and Receipts 61,279.52 91,999.78 66,066.72 213,540.24 371,056.75 - Income and Reimbursement 397,673.39 462,011.51 450,298.24 464,969.60 556,122.90 Net Cost $3,376,292.42 3,731,676.44 4,242,074.80 4,776,376.81 5,204,542.45 72 TWO OF LEXINGTON'S CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS Deeply rooted in Lexington's cultural values are the Lexington Choral Society and the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society . . .. both of them with high professional standards and both of them widely recognized as superior in their fields. Above: An outdoor exhibition of the Painters Guild of the Arts and Crafts Society, displayed on the grounds of the Buckman Tavern. Below: A recital in Symphony Hall, Boston, by the Lexington Choral Society. 73 Mary R. McDonough Town Clerk and Town Treasurer Year 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Five Year Trends Personal Staff Services Expenses as of Dec. 31 $18,795..96 $1,738.86 5 22,979.62 1,945.71 5 24,630.10 2,414.38 6 20,643.77 2,298.62 6 25,579.01 2,499.6 6 Duties of the Town Clerk This was another busy year for the town clerk. Along with her regular duties of recording births, deaths, marriages, and all the occurences that require official records, there were three elections this year that required her office's talents. The town elections took place in March, the state primary in September, and then the state election in Novem- ber. Due to a revision in the procedure for absentee ballots, a voter may now vote before the election in the presence of the clerk if he will not have a definite mailing address at election time. This was only in effect for the state election but it is expected to be adopted for all elections, where absentee voting is allowed, as of next year. The number of registered voters increased from 14,205 as of January 1 to 14,883 as of October 8. A change in the by -law necessitated a registration session in each precinct in addition to the regular sessions in the Town Office Building. Special Saturday registra- tion hours are now mandatory at the clerk's office preceding elections. Anyone wishing to register may do so at the clerk's office during any business day. One evening of registra- tion is available in each precinct at a time fixed by the town clerk. Due to the three elections, a revision in the voting list was necessary for each rather than the usual single revision made annually. Also in March, the annual town meeting took place which required five sessions to complete the numerous articles acted upon. Before each meeting, every member had to be notified by mail of the time, day, place, and articles to be taken up. The town meeting members took action upon a greater number of articles than they did last year, and their votes were permanently recorded by the clerk. As is her duty, the clerk sent all records of appropriations voted during the meeting to the town comptroller and assessor, and to their state counterparts. The by -law changes were sent to the attor- ney general's office for final approval or rejection. In April, during this peak activity period concerning elections and the town meeting, the clerk also performed her regular duties including the issuance of the bulk of the dog and fishing licenses, and renewal of gasoline storage permits. Duties of the Town Treasurer The treasurer receives and takes charge of all money belonging to the town. Together with the money received from all town departments, the treasurer also receives a daily deposit from the tax collector. From the receipts, the treasurer meets the general 74 TAX COLLECTOR payroll, pays all bills that are due, invests any surplus in approved securities at the high- est available rate of interest, and pays all debt obligations as they mature. The comptroller receives a record from the treasurer itemizing all her receipts, and he issues to her warrants authorizing all her expenditures. The town has been able to obtain interest rates on its investments ranging from four point eight per cent up to five and one half per cent. It was necessary to borrow $2.8 million in anticipation of taxes with interest vary- ing from 2.98 per cent to 3.78 per cent. The treasurer borrowed $1.5 million for con- struction of the Moreland Avenue School at three point five per cent, and $325,000.00 for the Public Works Building at four point two per cent. Borrowing has become more expensive this year as is evident by the increasing 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 in- vested in 1966 amounted to $74,915.94. Ethel U. Rich Year 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Tax Collector Five Year Trends Personal Staff Services Expenses as of Dec. 31 $16,430.06 $10,023.05 4 18,011.05 10,548.52 4 18-,520.68 7,793.18 4 18,933.80 8,041.33 4 19,195.00 2,436.05 4 The tax collector performs her duties under warrant and with commitments of information supplied by the board of assessors, the superintendent of public works, and other various town departments. Upon receipt of tax bills, water bills, etc., the tax col- lector sends out the bills to the tax - payers. Real estate and personal property taxes are due July 1. However, if payment is impossible at this time, by law, it is permissible to pay no later than November 1 without being charged interest for tardiness. If a tax -payer neglects to pay his tax by November 1, he incurs a six per cent interest rate on his balance outstanding charged from October 1. The total moneys due in the form of taxes; real estate, personal and excise, to- gether with water bills and other miscellaneous charges to the Town of Lexington this year nears $10,000,000.00. The amount of uncollected money due the town will approximate four per cent of the total by years end. The procedure on payment of water bills is unique in that, if they are not paid by March 15 of the year following their incurrence, the balance outstanding is added to the real estate taxes without interest. Thus, it becomes part of the real estate bill. The state billing of excise taxes left something to be desired this year with duplica- tions and misbillings being surprisingly common. The billing is done by I.B.M. equipment 75 TAX COLLECTOR in Boston for all cities and towns in the State. These bills are delivered to the assessors, who, in turn, deliver them to the tax collector for mailing. The total amount of tax money collected in 1966 is expected to be less than in 1965 even though 100 additional bills were sent out over last year's 9,481. This decrease is due to the $.40 per thousand reduction in the rate for real estate and personal property taxes. The excise tax is set at the perennial $66.00 per thousand with a six per cent rate of in- terest charged for tardy payment, ie. 30 days following date of commitment. Several streets in Lexington have had either sewer, street, water or sidewalk betterments during the year. When this work is completed, the betterment is billed to the tax -payer and he may either pay in full at the time of billing or apportion the amount over five, ten, fifteen or twenty years. If he chooses to apportion his amount, the total bill will be divided by the payment period, and the yearly figure will be added to the real estate bill. For this service, the tax -payer incurs a four per cent interest charge, effective from October 1 following the original billing and payable each year thereafter until the better- ment bill is paid in full. This year approximately $79,000.00 has been committed in betterments. Municipal Lien Reports have added $2,400.00 to the tax collector's accounts this year. When ownership of property is sold or transferred, the lawyer handling the trans- action usually applies to the tax collector for a "Municipal Lien Report." This report indicates the tax standing of the property. These reports cost $3.00 and are payable to the tax collector. Each day the tax collector turns over her receipts to the treasurer, and reports itemizing these cash receipts are given to the comptroller for future reference and record. Makes Fence Sense What we have seen of the children's art now beginning to adorn fences surround- ing construction sites convinces us that the idea was a stroke of genius. It all began when children were se- lected to paint murals on the fence around the site of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. Now Lexin ton, Mass., children have tried their an a ence painting. Their murals have already become an added tourist attraction. We hope the idea spreads. It substitutes beauty for ugliness, It gives children a fine outlet for exercising and displaying their creative talents, plus the added re- ward of community approval. And it reminds us how imaginative and expressive children are before they are taught the artistic inhibitions of the adult world. School teachers unwittingly stifle and destroy much artistic talent by telling Johnny that his horse doesn't look like a horse and shouldn't be colored purple. Furthermore, and perhaps most impor- tant, this idea helps to restore to society a much needed sense of community. With apologies to Robert Frost for wholly per- verting his meaning, "Good fences make good neighbors." And graced with chil- dren's art, these are "good fences." Editorial, Christian Science Monitor 76 When the Hunt Block was torn down a fence was erected around the foundation boundary. That fence became the "canvas" upon which Lexington's young people were in- vited to display their imagination in portraying incidents and scenes relating to Lexington. Merchants subsidized the project, the school art department developed it, par- ents supervised it, and the whole town enjoyed it. 77 Richard M. Perry Comptroller Five Year Trends in the Accounting Department (* Comptroller Added) Year Personal Staff Services Expenses as of Dec. 31 1962 13,094.68 1,504.04 3 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* This year 1966 saw the town meeting establish the office of comptroller in the town. About six other towns in the Commonwealth have created this office. In each case, favor- able legislation by the general court was required, as well as approval by the governor. Through the enactment of this law, the comptroller's office handles the duties of the former town accountant. It prescribes the accounting systems and machines to be used by the various departments; processes all of the invoices and bills received by preparing over 14,000 vouchers annually in payment of same; audits the payrolls of all departments; handles the retirement records of town employees; and is responsible for the continuous audit of all accounts and records of the town, wherever located. The cooperation of the various boards, officers; departments, committees and commissions has been gratefully received during this transition period. Many ideas and possible changes have been discussed and, where necessary, changes were implemented. A classification code system was added to the budget system. This will provide a uniform cost accounting procedure which will permit better expenditure comparisons in the future. In order to speed up the processing of the ever increasing number of payroll checks, a major change in the payroll writing procedure was inaugurated late in the year. Many other avenues of possible streamlining or automating our accounting pro- cedures are to be explored in the months ahead. All the while, the test questions must be: is a change necessary; what problems are being encountered in this area as to volume of work handled and deadlines to be met; what are the projected costs as against present costs; and finally will necessary information, not presently available, become available through this change? In summarizing, the future looks busy and full of interesting challenges, but with the General Laws of the Commonwealth as our guiding light, and with the continued cooper- ation of all, we can achieve our goal. 78 Appropriations Committee Orderly town government involving $12 million of spending requires careful planning and much staff work. It is the responsibility of the Appropriation Committee to perform the staff work required in order to present recommendations to the town meeting covering every dollar of expenditure. In addition, any unforeseen or emergency requests during the year must be discussed and a decision made, while special town meetings require a recommended action on each spending proposal. Members serve on various other committees having to do with spending plans such as the Public Works Building Committee and the Town Employees Salary Committee. Finally, the committee takes the responsibility of pointing out areas of weakness or need and suggests corrective steps to the proper town officials when such action seems necessary. Our nine - member committee meets publicly most Monday evenings from October to April (and many Mondays in between). Rarely are there less than seven or eight members present. We welcome visitors to our study sessions. Meeting are held with representatives of each town department and committee to re- view and analyze their budgets, determine whether reasons support the requests and suggest possible alternatives. Similar reviews are made on special articles involving spending. In no sense ought it to be said that our function is to oppose increased appropriations per se. Rather, we act as the "watch dog" committee of the town and subject all requests for money to the business -like scrutiny which every well managed business should have. A summary of our decisions and recommendations is contained in our report sent to each household prior to the town meeting. Additionally, we attempt to fortify our position on the floor of the meeting itself. Mostly, the Appropriation Committee supports the town de- partments. We rarely speak on requests which we favor unless a question arises. At the 1966 town meeting we recommended favorable action on fifty -nine articles and opposed fifteen. Most requests for funds have basic worth and might well result in a better Lexington. Usually our opposition is due to inadequate cost estimates, insufficient planning or poor timing on the part of the people responsible for the article. We must not only weed out such proposals until they are justified but we must also consider over -all financial conditions. L. to R.: - Robert M. Gary, Donald R. Grant, Louis A. Zehner, George Kolovson, Richard M. Perry, Comptroller, Frank T. Parrish, Chairman, John H. Blaisdell, Ruth F. Souza, Donald Noyes, Allan F. Kenney 79 APPROPRIATIONS - CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE With the power to tax, Lexington can have any facility or program which the town meeting votes and which a referendum does not reject. On the other hand, taxation forces the citizens to spend money for certain things whether they wish to or not. In addition, rising taxes force those on relatively fixed incomes to move elsewhere or cut back spending in other areas. Thus, any increased spending for an old program or any new proposal must be strongly backed by facts and plans before it can gain our support. A few examples of the actions of your Appropriation Committee in 1966 will serve to illustrate the foregoing discussion: 1.) Recommended Favorable Action: (a) Construction of the new public works building at the special town meeting in June in spite of the high cost. 2.) Recommended Unfavorable Action: (a) Beautification of the center where no feasible plan and thus no estimated cost was available. (b) Land taking at Countryside where cost estimates were grossly inadequate. 3.) Suggested and worked for: (a) Reorganization of the financial department of the town. Utilization of funds received by school department under National Defense Educational Act for current expenses. (b) The expenditures of the Appropriations Committee in 1966 were $2,803, of which $2,500 represented cost of printing and mailing the committee's annual report. Association dues were $45.00 and supplies made up the remainder. In successive years beginning in 1962 the expenditures of the committee have been $4,055, $4,710, $3,988 and $2,708, respectively. Capital Expenditures Committee The Capital Expenditures Committee is charged with the responsibility of making a five year projection of capital expenses, without the over -all 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 Appropriations Com- mittee. In order to assist the Capital Expenditures Committee and its evaluations, the com- mittee has assisted in the implementation of the long range study of the town being made 80 Capital Expenditures Committee Jack L. Mitchell, Waldo F. Davis, Hugh M. Chapin, Chairman, Margaret F. Rawls, Van T. Boughton, Jr. independently by the consultant firm of Metcalf & Eddy in cooperation with a citizens com- mittee. The efforts of the Capital Expenditures Committee have been directed towards en- couraging the various departments and committees of the town to consider long range objectives and programs to meet the need of a growing community. In addition we hope to increase the areas of communications of the various boards, committees, and town meeting members so that the longer range plans can come to a more ordered fruition. Retirement Board The Town of Lexington Contributory Retirement System exists under Chapter 32, Sections 1 - 28 of the General Laws of Massachusetts and provides for pensions and disability payments of all regular employees except teachers, who have their own plan. Members of the system contribute five per cent of their salary or wages towards funding. Each year the town meeting votes an appropriation of the Pension Fund, which is part of the total retire- ment allowance paid to retirees. The system is managed "by a board consisting of three members .... the town ac- countant, or other officer having similar powers and duties, shall be a member ex- officio, and a second member who shall be elected by members in service of such system from among their number .... for a term not exceeding three years, and a third member who shall be appointed .... by the Board of Selectmen." In Lexington this member is usually the Chair- man of the Trustees of the Public Trusts. The assets of the Lexington Retirement System, currently about $1,000,000, are in- vested in securities legal for savings banks in Massachusetts. These are usually U.S. Treasury, railroad, utility and telephone bonds and bank and insurance stocks. George P. Morey, Chairman Walter F. Spellman Richard M. Perry, Ex- Officio 81 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, 1967,,such funds numbered thirty -one, with a total book value of $376,022.74. Five of these 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 br 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 John F. Cogan, Jr. 82 Board of Assessors It is the duty and responsibility of the Board of Assessors to value each and every property real and personal in the town "equitably and proportionately," so that each property owner may pay his fair share of cost of running the town. A brief synopsis of the steps and processes involved in this valuation may be of some general interest, since all the citizens of the town are directly affected. In the first place, the assessors must establish and maintain a complete record of every property in the town as of the first day of January of each year, the name and address of the owner, a full description of the property, and of course, its value at that time. There are certain exceptions to this, as in the case of automobiles acquired later on during the year. Our principal task concerns the actual valuation of the individual houses and other buildings throughout the town. If reference is made to the statistical section of the board's annual report under the heading Table of Aggregates, one will note that 7,797 houses were assessed in 1966. For the past several years this figure has run: 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 7,797 7,525 7,659 7,411 7,273 7,105 6,860 or an increase averaging a little over 150 houses a year. Each of these houses is inspected, measured, listed and priced by the assessors, in addition, many of these also have to be inspected at about the first day of the year to determine how far along toward completion it is at that time. In addition there are an average of over 180 more houses per year which require inspection and repricing because of alterations or additions made by the owner. The actual pricing of each structure is done by use of a complete manual of costs furnished the town by the Cole- Layer - Trumble Company at the time of 1962 town -wide reval- uation. Use of this manual is an essential to maintaining a parity in the values of vastly dif- ferent types of houses. Lest the impression be made that the assessors' job is primarily mechanical, it should be recognized that their collective experience and judgment are neces- sary to the proper grading of the individual house. Another of the assessors' duties lies in the area of abatements and exemptions. Over the years the State Legislature has set up eligibility requirements which affect a considerable Board of Assessors L. to R. - F. William Smith, Willard P. Grush, Chairman, Lewis L. Hoyt, Cornelius P. Cronin, Clerk 83 BOARD OF ASSESSORS Five Year Trends in the Assessors Office 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Personal Services $ 20,697.61 $ 22,814.70 $ 21,801.22 $ 22,941.05 $ 24,464.71 Expenses 32,282.69 22,193.45 2,802.97 2,755.29 2,397.58 Staff as of Dec. 31 4 4 4 4 4 number of tax - payers. The assessors must carefully screen the eligibility of some 500 veterans, and 126 senior citizens, to name a few of the qualifying categories, so that each may receive his or her proper refund. In the Spring, after the appropriations are known for the year, and after accumulating all of the available data as to other sources of revenues, the assessors must determine the amount to be raised by local taxation. By this time the value (as of January 1) of each prop- erty is known. The tax rate set by the assessors is merely the result of dividing the amount of money to be raised by taxes into the total of the assessed values of all properties in the town. This is but an abbreviated outline of the duties of this Board, which has a direct effect on everybody in Lexington. We appreciate all of the assistance and cooperation which you, the tax - payers have given us. Our total responsibility to you is considerable, and increasing each year. The following brief tabulation may given everyone some food for thought. Year Population Local Taxes Tax Per Capita 1950 17,335 $1,328.000 $ 76.59 1955 22,256 2,368.000 106.38 1960 27,691 4,875.000 176.07 1965 31,388 7,880.000 251.05 84 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 General Purposes SUMMARIZED SCHEDULE OF OPERATING EXPENSES Approp. Transfer 39,118.00 29,374.00 3,140.00 400.00 4,388.00 20,158.00 -- 125,200.00 5,600.00 3,300.00 17,000.00 13,559.00 7,150.00 -- 9,625.00 930.00 29,152.00 500.00 27,270.00 -- 27,577.00 250.00 30,173.00 -- 23,692.00 8,360.00 -- 391,238.00 200.00 1,450.00 -- 386,782.00 20,925.00 -- 25,382.00 200.00 2,045.00 -- 137,506.00 -- 14,125.00 8,200.00 46,135.00 1,420.00 207,136.02 -- 56,866.00 175.00 5,698,279.00 -- 1,477,884.00 10,330.73 1,142,197.00 24,049.99 10,023,446.02 54,995.72 4,517,895.22 Total Avail. 42,258.00 29,374.00 400.00 4,388.00 20,158.00 130,800.00 3,300.00 17,000.00 13,559.00 7,150.00 10,555.00 29,652.00 27,270.00 27,827.00 30,173.00 23,692.00 8,360.00 391,438.00 1,450.00 386,782.00 20,925.00 25,582.00 2,045.00 137,506.00 22,325.00 47,555.00 207,136.02 57,041.00 5,698,279.00 1,488,214.73 1,166,246.99 10,078,441.74 4,517,895.22 14,541,341.24 54,995.72 14,596,336.96 (A detailed schedule appears in Part II.) Library Town Office Street - Sewer- Library Street & Sewer Public Works Building Total School Street Sewer Water Grand Total To Expend. E & D 41,296.70 28,470.18 325.00 3,481.76 19,686.99 92,743.98 2,921.57 16,989.97 12,591.01 6,283.25 9,772.07 29,643.72 26,876.73 27,366.33 27,060.29 22,736.83 6,488.77 340,486.53 1,385.00 375,922.29 20,462.72 23,952.04 2,033.54 136,436.29 21,838.14 47,539.45 201,665.70 57,041.00 5,692,280.39 1,483,214.73 1,126,460.81 9,905,453.78 2,154,952.77 12,060,406.55 TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST - SUMMARY STATEMENT Amount of Original Issue Principal Paid in 1966 295,000.00 15,000.00 215,000.00 10,000.00 490,000.00 27,000.00 225,000.00 20,000.00 328,000.00 - 1,553,000.00 72,000.00 15,222.000.00 704,000.00 730,000.00 70,000.00 2,655,000.00 171,000.00 990,000.00 71,000.00 21,150,000.00 1,088,000.00 (A detailed schedule appears in 85 Part II.) 961.30 903.82 To 1967 75.00 906.24 -- 401.58 69.43 218.37 37,837.65 378.43 -- 10.03 967.99 -- .17 866.58 673.43 109.50 8.28 393.27 -- 33.71 426.96 2,922.82 189.89 955.17 -- 1,871.23 -- 50,611.31 340.16 65.00 -- 9,624.71 1,235.00 462.28 -- 1,508.11 121.85 11.46 -- 1,069.71 486.86 15.55 5,470.32 -- 5,998.61 5,000.00 -- 14,455.72 25,330.46 106,460.48 49,339.66 155,800.14 66,527.48 2,313,602.79 2,380,130.27 Interest Balance Paid in 1966 12 -31 -66 4,800.00 145,000.00 3,300.00 100,000.00 8,636.00 227,000.00 1,740.00 40,000.00 - 328,000.00 18,476.00 840,000.00 267,342.75 9,426.000.00 12,580.00 370,000.00 45,797.75 1,492,000.00 12,686.00 384,000.00 356,882.50 12,512,000.00 Town Officers and Committees ELECTED TOWN OFFICEt.S March, 1966 to March, 1967 Board of Selectmen Town Clerk Town Treasurer Collector of Taxes School Committee Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. , Chairman 1969 George C. Sheldon 1967 Levi G. Burnell 1968 Irving H. Mabee 1968 Robert Cataldo 1969 Mary R. McDonough 1967 Mary R. McDonough 1967 Ethel U. Rich 1967 Alfred L. Viano, Chairman Austin W. Fisher, Jr. *Charlotte Lichterman Robert H. Farwell * *Logan Clarke, Jr. Elizabeth H. Clarke 1967 1967 1968 1968 1968 1969 *Res igned * *Replacing Charlotte Lichterman Cemetery Commissioners James L. Grant, Chairman 1967 John C. Graham 1968 James R. Sherman 1969 Trustees of Public Trusts George P. Morey, Chairman 1970 William R. McEwen 1968 John F. Cogan, Jr. 1972 Moderator Robert B. Kent 1967 Constables *Kenneth M. Cox 1967 Paul E. Furdon 1967 * *John J. Shine, Jr. 1967 Planning Board *Resigned * *Replacing Kenneth M. Cox Joseph A. Campbell, Chairman Roland B. Greeley Natalie H. Riffin Evert N. Fowle Francis T. Worrell Lexington Housing Authority Albert W. Hruby, Chairman Authorized November 25, 1963 Edwin A. Bennett Arthur E. Brock Burton L. Williams Temple E. Scanlon 86 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1971 1967 1967 1969 1970 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES COMMITTEES AUTHORIZED BY TOWN MEETING VOTE Committee on Lectures under Wills of Eliza Cary Farnham & Susanna E. Cary Authorized March 21, 1966 Committee on Public Facilities in or near the Battle Green District Authorized March 18, 1963 Conservation Commission Authorized November 25, 1963 Dog Leash Law Committee Authorized March 24, 1965 General By -Laws Committee Authorized March 18, 1963 Historic Districts Commission Authorized November 19, 1956 Associates School Sites Committee Authorized April 2, 1956 87 Charles E. Parks, Chairman Angela E. Frick Alford S. Peckham Leslie H. York, Chairman Levi G. Burnell Ruth Morey Philip B. Parsons George Kolovson Jules P. Sussman, Chairman *Stephen F. Ells Francis W. K. Smith Aiden L. Ripley Alford S. Peckham Leslie H. York Paul E. Mazerall, Ex- Officio *Resigned 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 Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman George E. Graves Philip B. Parsons Ruth Bevan Max H. Straw Carl E. Bryant Donald White Munroe H. Hamilton George W. Emery Gordon E. Steele, Chairman *Charles T. Abbott Richard R. Harding Ruth Morey *Erik H. Lund *Resigned **Replacing Charles T. Abbott 1968 1966 1967 1967 1969 1969 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1967 1968 1967 1969 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Committees Authorized Standing School Building Committee Authorized March 25, 1957 Standing Plumbing and Building By -Law Committee Authorized November 25, 1963 Structure of Town Government Committee Authorized March 21, 1966 Study of Historic Districts of Lexington Authorized January 28, 1963 Hunting Committee Authorized March 23, 1964 B Y - By Town Meeting Vote (Cont'd) Robert G. Hargrove, Thomas G. Taylor Mary Lou Touart Kenneth Fox ;Irving H. Mabee Jacqueline B. Davison George B. Kolovson Elizabeth A. Wallace John F. Barnaby *Resigned Chairman 1968 1966 1966 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1968 Robert W. Custance, Chairman 1967 Leo Dunn 1967 George E. Bullock 1968 Perry D. Lord 1969 Richard W. Souza 1969 Margery M. Battin Arthur E. Bryson **Alan G. Adams Stephen T. Russian Lotte E. Scharfman *Homer J. Hagedorn *Resigned *Replacing Homer Hagedorn Wilbur M. Jaquith George C. Sheldon Charles T. Abbott Natalie H. Riffin Vincent E. Hayes George C. Sheldon Aiden L. Ripley LAW COMMITTEES Capital Expenditures Committee Authorized March 26, 1955 Recreation Committee Authorized November 19, 1956 88 Hugh M. Chapin, Chairman Waldo F. Davis Margaret F. Rawls Van T. Boughton, Jr. Jack L. Mitchell Vincent E. Hayes, Chairman Richard S. Sparrow Paul Hanson Robert E. Bond Robert T. Davison 1968 1967 1968 1969 1969 1968 1967 1968 1969 1969 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Town Celebrations Committee Authorized March 26, 1956 By - Law Committees(Cont'd) Raymond B. Barnes, Chairman 1968 Marilyn L. Hall 1967 Leo Gaughan 1967 James W. Broderick 1967 Ralph V. Lord 1968 Bernard J. Belcastro, Jr. 1968 Anthony Sperduto 1969 Eleanor B. Litchfield 1969 Elizabeth C. Severence 1969 APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES Appropriation Committee Assessors Frank T. Parrish, Chairman 1968 *Oscar R. Carlson 1967 * *Donald R. Grant 1967 Robert M. Gary 1967 John H. Blaisdell 1967 **Logan Clarke, Jr. 1968 ***George Kolovson 1968 Allan F. Kenney 1968 Louis A. Zehner 1969 Donald Noyes 1969 Ruth F. Souza 1969 Richard M. Perry, Ex- Officio *Resigned **Replacing Oscar R. Carlson ***Replacing Logan Clarke, Jr. Willard P. Grush, Chairman 1968 "John F. McCurdy 1967 **F. William Smith 1967 Lewis L. Hoyt 1969 *Deceased **Replacing John F. McCurdy Board of Appeals Donald E. Nickerson, Chairman 1967 (Acting under Building & Lewis L. Hoyt 1968 Zoning By -Laws) George P. Wadsworth 1969 *Aiden L. Ripley 1970 }George C. Sheldon 1970 Charles T. Abbott 1971 *Resigned *=Replacing Mr. Ripley Board of Appeals Ruth Morey 1967 (Associate Members) Howard H. Dawes 1967 Robert H. Farwell 1967 Munroe H. Hamilton 1967 Logan Clarke, Jr. 1967 John H. Blaisdell 1967 89 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Appointed Boards And Committees (Cont'd) Board of Health Board of Public Welfare Board of Retirement Bridge Charitable Fund Trustees Board of Fire Commissioners Old Age Assistance Bureau Town Report Committee Rufus L. McQuillan, Chairman 1968 James M. West 1967 Dr. William L. Cosgrove 1969 Dr. Ivan G. Pyle, (Consulting Phys ician) Howard H. Dawes, Chairman Robert K. Taylor Robert P. Trask, Jr. David F. Toomey Martin A. Gilman 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 George P. Morey, Chairman 1967 Walter F. Spellman 1969 Richard M. Perry, Ex- Officio George P. Morey, Chairman 1970 William R. McEwen 1968 John F. Cogan, Jr. 1972 Stanley E. Robbins, Chairman 1969 William P. Fitzgerald 1968 Fred Coolidge Bailey 1967 Howard H. Dawes, Chairman 1967 Robert K. Taylor 1967 Martin A. Gilman 1967 Robert P. Trask, Jr. 1967 David F. Toomey 1967 Louis A. Zehner, Chairman Wallace B. Baylies Nancy Hudson Frank H. Totman Jack L. Mitchell Elizabeth H. Clarke Albert Gray, Jr. Ex- Officio APPOINTED OFFICERS Animal Inspector Director of Public Health Board of Health Agents 90 Dr. Carl R. Benton 1967 James F. Finneran 1967 Hazel J. Murray 1967 Dorothy M. Jones 1967 Dr. William F. McLaughlin 1967 (Met. State Hospital) Charles F. Kerr 1967 (Met. State Hospital) Paul F. O'Leary 1967 (Met. State Hospital) TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Appointed Officers (cont'd) Building Inspector Burial Agents Director of Civil Defense Director of Veterans Benefits and Services Dog Officers Executive Assistant, Selectmen Executive Clerk, Selectmen Fence Viewers Field Drivers Forest Warden Gas Inspector Insect Pest Control Lockup Keeper Park Department Superintendent Plumbing Inspector Public Works Superintendent Public Works Asst Superintendent Registrars of Voters Sealer of Weights & Measures Town Comptroller Town Counsel Town Engineer 91 Donald K. Irwin Douglass Funeral Service Louis H. Spencer Alice M. McCarthy David Fudge & Son, Inc. Arthur E. Burrell Bernard J. Belcastro, Jr. Dr. Howard A. Smith Carl A. Carlson Albert Gray, Jr. Hazel J. Murray John J. Garrity Rev. Harold T. Handley James F. Corr Carl A. Carlson William P. Fitzgerald John B. Byrne, Jr. Paul E. Mazerall James F. Corr Paul E. Mazerall John B. Byrne, Jr. John J. Carroll Guy V. Colella Raymond E. Lewis *Charles E. Vaughan Timothy Sullivan Ralph H. Elvedt *Deceased ' :':'Replacing Charles E. Vaughan Ralph E. Chadwick Richard M. Perry Donald E. Legro John J. Carroll 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1969 1967 1967 1968 1967 1969 1967 1967 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Appointed Officers (Cont'd) Asst Town Engineer Robert L. Higgins 1967 Tree Warden Paul E. Mazerall 1967 Veterans' Graves Officer Bernard J. Belcastro, Jr. 1967 Wire Inspector Robert K. Jeremiah 1967 92 J. Keith Butters James Cataldo Wallace Cupp Homer J. Hagedorn Franklin C. Hudson Howard M. Kassler Lois W. Brown Sanborn C. Brown Alfred S. Busa Logan Clarke, Jr. Anne G. Fisher Roland B. Greeley Arthur E. Burrell Daniel P. Busa Charles H. Ehlers Austin W. Fisher, Jr. William Hammer Nancy D. Hudson *Robert M. Briber Eric T. Clarke John F. Downey, Jr. Elizabeth M. Flynn Alan S. Hodges Harold E. Roeder * Moved from precinct; Charles T. Abbott Van T. Boughton, Jr. Elizabeth H. Clarke William J. Dailey, Jr. Vernon C. Page Aiden Lassell Ripley 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 Robert B. Kent 15 Patriots Drive Donald E. Legro 84 Gleason Road Irving H. Mabee 25 Highland Avenue Mary R. McDonough 3 Baker Avenue George C. Sheldon 6 Plainfield Street 1445 43 141 17 58 11 PRECINCT ONE TERM 1969 Mass. Ave. Rindge Ave. Woburn St. Fiske Rd. Laconia St. Winchester Dr. Jack L. Mitchell Lotte E. Scharfman Jules P. Sussman Weiant Wathen -Dunn Ephraim Weiss TERM 1968 37 Maple St. 37 Maple St. 38 Circle Rd. 19 Burroughs Rd. 1303 Mass. Ave. 1359 Mass. Ave. Nathaniel Hartwell Lewis L. Hoyt Joseph P. Marshall William F. Mason Francis B. McNamara, Jr. TERM 1967 2 Thoreau Rd. 82 Lowell St. 8 Blodgett Rd. 1303 Mass. Ave. 15 Fiske Rd. 58 Laconia St. Philip Marshall William G. Nowlin Sumner E. Perlman Haskell W. Reed David F. Toomey PRECINCT TWO TERM 1969 64 Bloomfield St. 29 Moon Hill Rd. 22 Locust Ave. 310 Concord Ave. 21 Dawes Rd. 6 Churchill Lane Douglas T. Ross Angela E. Frick Betty S. Jones Judith J. Totman Benjamin W. White term expires with 1967 town election. TERM 1968 26 Richard Rd. 56 Robbins Rd. 29 Moon Hill Rd. 114 Marrett Rd. 12 Independence Ave. 52 Follen Rd. 93 George E. Rowe, Jr. Gordon E. Steele Mary Louise Touart Georgia H. Williams Sidney B. Williams 16 Peachtree Rd. 23 Whipple Rd. 15 Holmes Rd. 44 Maple St. 462 Lowell St. 353 Woburn St. 35 Emerson Gardens 110 Woburn St. 156 Vine St. 9 Joseph Rd. 21 Blueberry Lane 29 Maple St. 10 Tyler Rd. 76 Lowell St. 9 Spencer St. 33 Dawes Rd. 17 Smith Ave. 215 Follen Rd. 46 Moreland Ave. 18 Peacock Farm Rd. 214 Follen Rd. 12 Smith Ave. 5 Compton Circle 196 Follen Rd. 196 Follen Rd. J. Harper Blaisdell, Jr. Apollo C. Bougas Walter A. Coyle, Jr. Frank E. Douglas Milton L. Gould Lloyd C. Harding Shirley D. Bayle Charles H. Cole, 2nd *Murray G. Dearborn Charles F. Gallagher, Jr. Wilbur M. Jaquith William R. Page *Resigned September 19, 1966. John R. Bevan Oscar R. Carlson Hugh M. Chapin *Howard E. Custance Ernest A. Giroux George E. Graves *Died August 17, 1966 Allan G. Adams Robert A. Bittenbender William I. Burnham Richard P. Cromwell Leland H. Emery Donald R. Grant Milton F. Hodgdon * Replacing H. Custance. Wallace B. Baylies, Jr. Joseph A. Campbell Evert N. Fowle Martin A. Gilman Allan Green Robert H. Kingston *Tracy W. Ames Otis S. Brown, Jr. Carl E. Bryant Richard K. Eaton Malcolm R. Gavin Thomas S. Grindle *Moved from precinct; ** TOWN MEETING MEMBERS PRECINCT TWO (Continued) TERM 1967 12 Plymouth Rd 29 Baskin Rd. 20 Walnut St. 220 Follen Rd. 36 Webster Rd. 50 Tucker Ave. Donald L. MacGillivray Rufus L. McQuillan Frank H. Totman, Jr. Alvin L. Schmertzler Jason H. Woodward PRECINCT THREE TERM 1969 6 Stratham Rd. 4 Franklin Rd. 16 Stratham Rd. 118 Adams St. 42 Somerset Rd. 25 Oakland St. Alford S. Peckham Richard H. Soule Francis T. Worrell Leslie H. York * *Joseph O. Rooney ** Moved from precinct; term expires with TERM 1968 56 Hancock St. 23 Hayes Ave. 3 Juniper Pl. 8 Oakland St. 10 Oakmount Cir. 33 Adams St. Allan F. Kenney H. Bigelow Moore Donald E. Nickerson Martin I. Small Donald B. White TERM 1967 15 Somerset Rd. 85 Meriam St. 4 Frost Rd. 9 Tavern Lane 6 Oakland St. 23 Somerset Rd. 3 Diehl Rd. Mildred B. Marek J.S. Nason Whitney Stillman P. Williams Charles A. Winchester *Frederic R. Hartstone * *John J. Garrity Replacing M. Dearborn. 50 260 12 56 6 4 PRECINCT FOUR TERM 1969 Spring St. Marrett Rd. Winthrop Rd. Bloomfield St. Barberry Rd. Field Rd. Eric B. Kula Donald P. Noyes Margaret F. Rawls Norman J. Richards William L. Potter 37 Charles St. 35 Tower Rd. 46 Moreland Ave. 23 Peacock Farm Rd. 11 Robbins Rd. 67 Reed St. 16 Hancock St. 183 Cedar St. 24 Hancock St. 222 Waltham St. 1967 town election. TERM 1968 81 Emerson Gard., Erik L. Mollo- Christensen 3 Bond Rd. Frank T. Parrish, Jr. 12 Fair Oaks Dr. Natalie H. Riffin 40 Percy Rd. Lee E. Tarbox 24 Normandy Rd. Burton L. Williams 29 Bloomfield St. term expires with 1967 town election. 94 10 Burnham Rd. 50 Hancock St. 49 Somerset Rd. 22 Hancock St. 73 Hancock St. 43 Somerset Rd. 21 Woodland Rd. 9 Sheridan St. 57 Hancock St. 44 Hancock St. 30 Garfield St. 66 Spring St. 261 Waltham St. 9 Winthrop Rd. 32 Sherburne Rd. 21 Fair Oaks Terr. 10 Barberry Rd. 20 Benjamin Rd. 6 Field Rd. 17 Highland Ave. 17 Dane Rd. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS PRECINCT FOUR (Continued) TERM 1967 Carl Blake Arthur E. Bryson, Jr. Jacqueline B. Davison Chesley M. Dunlap Robert C. Hargrove Edward T. Martin J. Haskell Casey, Jr. Roy Edward Cook William P. Fitzgerald Barbara M. Harvell Kingston L. Howard Richard Kimball Howard H. Dawes John T. Harvell George A. Kolovson Robert E. Meyer Michael A. Miller John H. Millican, Jr. * Resigned December 1, 1966. Gabriel Baker Edwin A. Bennett Robert E. Bond Thornton S. Cody *Leonard J. Colwell Eleanor Bradford Litchfield Norman T. May George P. Morey 4 Wachusett Cir. 30 Loring Rd. 86 Spring St. 225 Waltham St. 5 Loring Rd. 13 Sherburne Rd. Charles E. Scribner Richard W. Souza Alfred P. Tropeano William R. Whalon Edward R. Bellone P R E C I N C T F I V E TERM 1969 17 Liberty Ave. 5 LedgelawnAve. 65 Liberty Ave. 131 Burlington St. 5 Gould Rd. 60 Gleason Rd. 10 131 10 11 5 90b Christine H. Meyer Paul B. West Allen Lee Whitman, Jr. G. Richard Beamon Ernest E. Outhet TERM 1968 Bernard St. Burlington St. Dewey Rd. Blake Rd. Partridge Rd. Hancock St. Ruth Morey Charles E. Parks James M. West *Robert V. Whitman * *Edwin B. Worthen, Jr. * *Resigned March 14, 1966. 2 52 6 8 36 57 285 90 TERM 1967 Linmoor Terr Grove St. Demar Rd. North St. N. Hancock St. Dexter Rd. Bedford St. N. Hancock St. Stephen T. Russian Temple E. Scanlon Frederick E. Tucker *Sumner P. Wolsky * *Phyllis E. Thomas David Reiner ** *Howard L. Levingston 7 Highland Ave. 542 Concord Ave. 25 Vine Brook Rd. 14 Benjamin Rd. 142 Worthen Rd. 11 Blake Rd. 70 Gleason Rd. 31 Turning Mill Rd. 58 Ledgelawn Ave. 25 Ivan St. 90 N. Hancock St. 10 Hawthorne Rd. 6 Angier Rd. 9 Demar Rd. 35 Dexter Rd. 47 Turning Mill Rd. 62 Ledgelawn Ave. 66 Blake Rd. 1 Park St. 55 Ivan St. 3 Gould Rd. 358 Emerson Rd. * Resigned; replaced by S.P.Wolsky. ** Replaced E.D. Worthen, Jr. * ** Replaced J.M. Leon A. Burke, Jr. Raymond J. Culler Charles G. Esterberg, Jr. James F. Flynn James W. Lambie Richard I. Miller *Resigned August 29, 1966. James E. Brown Harold T. Handley David E. Humez P R E C I N C T S I X TERM 1969 5 Frances Rd. 209 Lincoln St. 10 Barrymeade Dr 3 Minute Man La. 22 Shade St. 30 Patterson Rd. Richard M. Perry Alfred L. Viano Marlin E. Whitney *Charlotte R. Lichterman Richard A. Michelson TERM 1968 34 Middleby Rd. 1888 Mass. Ave. 21 Parker St. 95 Donald K. Irwin Robert C. Johnson *Martin Lichterman West. 16 Ellison Rd. 6 Audubon Rd. 43 Wood St. 5 Constitution Rd. 54 Asbury St. 20 Clarke St. 60 Wood St. 5 Constitution Rd. Erik Lund Henry J. Mascarello Burt E. Nichols TOWN MEETING MEMBERS PRECINCT SIX (Continued) TERM 1968 19 Ellison Rd. 29 Lincoln St. 9 Tufts Rd. David A. Somers * *Thomas G. Taylor *Resigned. * *Moved from precinct; term expires with 1967 town election. Earl F. Baldwin, Jr. Margery M. Battin Richard H. Battin George E. Cooper Roy A. Crosby Robert H. Farwell John E. Harvey *Replaced C. Lichterman. TERM 1967 24 Deering Ave. 15 Paul Revere Rd. 15 Paul Revere Rd. 191 Lincoln St. 180 Lincoln St. 24 Balfour St. 1 Constitution Rd. John F. Manley William A. Oliver Donald J. Shaw Daniel E. Power *John F. Cogan, Jr. Stanley N. Juthe, Jr. * *George R. Medeiros ** Replaced M. Lichterman. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 21 Paul Revere Rd. 64 Marrett Rd. 53 Forest St. 106 School St. 6 Barrymeade Dr. 2246 Mass. Ave. 29 Patterson Rd. 30 Harbell St. 20 Middleby Rd. The sources of the photographs used in this annual report and the pages on which they appear are as follows: John A. Garland, Lexington 37, 38, 39, 40, and 41 (bottom) Joseph Kitrosser, Lexington 60 Marjorie Lenk, Lexington 54 Lexington Studio, Lexington 64 Stanley Marshman, Lexington 73 (top) Mortin Studio, Dorchester 15 (bottom) Minuteman Press, Lexington 4, 13, 15 (top) 26, 41 (top) 46, 77 Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, Worcester Cover; 8 Norman Wilson, Lexington 11, 20, 23, 44, 79, 81, 84 96 ANNUAL REPORT of the TOWN OFFICERS of the TOWN OF LEXINGTON For the Year 1966 Part II Table of Contents Part II Page FINANCIA L Balance Sheet 3 Statement of Comptroller 8 Schedule of Receipts 9 Schedule of Expenses 12 Appropriation Accounts 20 Town Debt and Interest 26 Trustees of Public Trusts 27 Assessors . 35 Capital Expenditures Committee 38 ELECTIONS State, Primary, and Local 39 Report of Board of Registration 49 Report of Town Clerk 50 Report of Town Treasurer 51 TOWN MEETING MINUTES 52 TOWN BOARDS AND COMMITTEES Cary Memorial Library 74 Historic Sites Commission 77 Recreation Committee 78 Conservation Commission 82 Board of Health 84 TOWN SERVICES Veterans' Services 88 Cemetery Commissioners 99 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 89 LEGA L Town Counsel 100 Board of Appeals 108 PROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY Fire Commissioners • 115 Regulatory Inspectors ▪ 117 Police Department Civil Defense 124 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 126 JURY LIST 133 INDEX TO TOWN MEETING ARTICLES 135 2 Cash In Treasury Invested (Time C.D) Advances for Petty Treasurer Collector Accounts Receivable Taxes Levy of 1965 Real Estate Levy of 1966 Personal Prop. Real Estate Motor Vehicle Excise Levy of 1965 Levy of 1966 Farm Animal Excise Levy of 1966 $Special Assessments Sewer Unapportioned Added to Taxes Levy of 1965 Levy of 1966 Street Unapportioned Added to Taxes Levy of 1965 Levy of 1966 Assets 150.00 150.00 30,932.68 1,539.08 149,963.89 2,188.55 75,512.19 57,133.53 234.00 1,274.62 38,512.50 268.03 733.69 BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1966 791,634.43 2,400,000.00 300.00 General Accounts Liabilities and Reserves Payroll Deductions Blue Cross - Blue Shield Group Insurance Guarantee Deposits Sewer House Connections Water House Connections Premium on Sewer Loan Agency County - Dog Licenses Mass - Sale of Lands of Low Tailings - Unclaimed Checks 182,435.65 Special Gifts for Schools Elementary School Library Social Studies Student Counselor Workshop ESEA - Title III 77,700.74 2.25 .eauests - Perpetual Care Westview Cemetery Value Trust Fund Income Jonas Camel Charity Albert Ball Tenney Memorial Hayes Fountain George W. Taylor Flag Fund Herbert Hilton -Monroe Cemetery Henry S. Raymond -Monroe Cemetery Cemetery Perpetual Care Charles E. French -Colonial Colonial Monroe Westview 5,712.57 487.54 11,459.20 8,757.25 19.00 2,787.16 23.28 203.60 16.47 2,045.00 9.00 580.65 6.72 5.67 385.15 125.00 223.06 60.03 6.70 27.69 6,200.11 20,216.45 958.12 2,806.16 297.83 2,288.35 3,293.00 1,429.67 BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1966 Assets Special Assessments (Cont'd.) Sidewalk Unapportioned Added to Taxes Levy of 1965 Levy of 1966 Water Unapportioned Added to Taxes Levy of 1965 Levy of 1966 Committed Interest Levy of 1964 Levy of 1965 Levy of 1966 Tax Titles and Possessions Tax Titles Tax Possessions 13,933.45 14.38 86.15 1,905.00 6.19 17.35 173.17 601.01 31,469.40 5,739.56 17,445.82 Departmental Selectmen 2,957.00 Sewer House Connections 2,124.72 Rates 609.63 General Relief Disability Assistance Aid to Dependent Children Old Age Assistance Medical Aid for Aged Veterans' Services School Cemetery - Westview Water Liens Added to Taxes Levy of 1965 Levy of 1966 ( 144.55) ( 54.75) ( 640.16) (1,703.37) (5,328.21) (6,996.81) 5,490.40 782.50 166.59 1,420.91 BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1966 146,362.47 23,185.38 (2,903.60) Liabilities and Reserves Federal Grants Disability Assistance Administration Assistance Aid to Dependent Children Administration Aid Old Age Assistance Administration Assistance Medical Assistance for Aged Administration Assistance Aid to Education Public Law 81-874 Public Law 81-864 Title II Title V Public Law 89-10 George Barden Fund Revolving Funds School Lunch School Athletics School Adult Education Appropriation Balances General Sewer Street School Cary Memoral Library Water Overestimates State Assessments Metropolitan Planning Metropolitan Sewerage 405.18 1,742.72 138.84 5,91.6.37 4,699.04 8,628.66 440.00 17,853.55 27,114.1.6 55,444.62 26,040.67 3,683.86 8,874.50 3,829.53 1,459.19 1,550.85 759,435.33 582,781.46 249,355.22 778,573.77 5,617.91 4,366.58 39.41 10,921.50 160,982.17 6,839.57 2,380,130.27 10,960.91 BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1966 Assets Water (Cont'd.) Rates House Connections Miscellaneous Unprovided for or Over- drawn Accounts Underestimates Parks & Reservations County Tax M.B.T.A. Overlay Deficits Levy of 1960 Levy of 1961 160,054.25 553.45 16.50 4,453.03 60,206.62 1,438.93 510.00 1,022.00 BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1966 Liabilities and Reserves Sale of Real Estate Fund Sale of Lots & Graves Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus Overlay Reserved for Abatement Levy of 1962 Levy of 1963 Levy of 1964 Levy of 1965 Levy of 1966 162,211.70 66,098.58 1,532.00 Revenue Reserved until Collected Motor Vehicle Excise Farm Animal Excise Special Assessment Tax Title Possession Water Aid to Highways Departmental Reserve for Petty Cash Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Parking Meters Sewer Assessment Fund Street Assessment Fund Water Assessment Fund Accrued Interest Surplus Revenue General Water 21,752.35 66,422.55 20, 57 2.78 582.57 27,177.62 74,816.45 2.25 246,706.27 23,185.38 164,051.99 4,515.00 (11,453.04) 9,690.07 19,301.23 4,276.77 10,578.52 432,600.99 44,632.87 32,388.30 59,097.91 55.16 136,507.87 501,824.30 300.00 43,846.59 903.00 477,233.86 3,848,559.60 3,848,559.60 BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1966 Assets Apportioned Assessments not Due Sewer Street Sidewalk Water Suspended Assessments Sewer Sewer Town Owned Land Street Street Town Owned Land Sidewalk Water Net Funded or Fixed Debt Inside Debt Limit General Outside Debt Limit General Public Service Enterprise BALANCE SHEET - December 31, 1966 Deferred Revenue Accounts Liabilities and Reserves Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue Due in 1966 - 1985 Inclusive 519,152.38 253,022.35 15,322.49 9,051.72 18,629.32 673.17 2,647.69 1,110.00 1,529.71 4,246.21 796,548.94 28,836.10 825,385.04 Apportioned Street Assessment Revenue Due in 1966 - 1985 Inclusive Apportioned Sidewalk Assessment Revenue Due in 1966 - 1985 Inclusive Apportioned Water Assessment Revenue Due 1966 - 1985 Inclusive Suspended Sewer Assessments Town Owned Land Suspended Street Assessments Suspended Street Assessments Town Owned Land Suspended Sidewalk Assessments Suspended Water Assessments Debt Accounts 2,723,000.00 9,405,000.00 384,000.00 12,512,000.00 Serial Loans Inside Debt Limit Sewer Street School Library Town Office Building Public Works Building Outside Debt Limit General School Public Service Enterprise 519,152.38 253,022.35 15,322.49 9,051.72 18,629.32 673.17 2,647.69 1,110.00 1,529.71 4,246.21 825,385.04 1,743,000.00 386,000.00 21,000.00 145,000.00 100,000.00 328,000.00 2,723,000.00 9,405,000.00 384,000.00 9,789,000.00 12,512,000.00 Assets 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 BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1966 347,885.90 28,136.84 38,943.44 1,743.39 23,086.23 Liabilities and Reserves Trust and Investment Accounts In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts Welfare Funds Eleanor S. 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 Park and Common Funds Edith C. Redman Battle Green Orrin W. Fiske Battle Green Geneva M. Brown Frederick L. Emery Hayes Fountain Everett Mulliken Hastings George O. Smith George W. Taylor Flag William A. Tower Memorial Albert Ball Tenney Memorial Cemetery Funds Emma L. Fiske Flower Charles E. French Colonial Herbert Hilton Monroe Henry S. Raymond Monroe Louise E. Wilkins Flower Charles Lyman Weld Perpetual Care Colonial Monroe Westview Leroy Brown- Patriots Day George L. Gilmore Fund George Taylor Tree 4,594.54 1,333.58 772.85 1,253.78 4,635.76 2,290.60 27,402.59 500.00 836.35 612.54 3,945.54 6,186.13 1,528.88 7,652.71 4,777.21 2,384.91 16,152.15 5,680.88 442.11 3,243.84 5,526.25 1,932.02 76.19 2,442.37 1,755.51 54,002.34 160,504.77 7,101.55 15,392.94 2,925.01 347,885.90 BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1966 BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1966 Assets Liabilities and Reserves Trust and Investment Accounts (Cont'd.) In Custody of Trustees Bridge Fund Samuel J. Bridge Charitable Elizabeth B. Gerry Charitable In Custody of Trustee of Cary Memorial Library General Investment Fund 25,882.19 2,254.65 28,136.84 38,943.44 In Custody of Chairman School Committee Mathew Allen Memorial Fund 170.87 George E. Briggs School Fund 28.82 C+ Robert P. Clapp School Fund 1,000.02 Margaret B. Noyes Book Fund 543.68 1,743.39 � rn In Custody of Town Treasurer Z Stabilization Fund 23,086.23 H 'o 439,795.80 439,795.80 ei tt LTJ REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER bd rsi 7y January 30, 1967 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen m Lexington, Massachusetts °' o, 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, 1966: Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1966 Appropriations Balances as of December 31, 1966 Receipts for 1966 in Detail Expenditures for 1966 in detail Municipal Indebtedness as of December 31, 1966 I have verified the cash balance of the Town Treasurer, and have examined and verified the securities and accounts of the various Trust Funds of the Town. Richard M. Perry, Comptroller SCHEDULE OF 1966 RECEIPTS General Government Taxes - Levy of 1966 Personal Real Estate In Liew of Taxes Taxes - Prior Years Personal Real Estate 393,795.20 7,474,694.42 513.10 7,869,002.72 From the Commonwealth Income Tax Income Tax School Business Corp. Tax Meal Tax Licenses Auctioneers Automobile Dealers Bowling Child Care Center Common Victualler Guide Innkeeper Liquor Milk Pipe Layers Sunday Sales Taxi Theatre Permits Building Dump Electrical Garbage Disposal Gas Gun Marriage Oil Burner Plumbing Pole Locations Rubbish Septic Tank Sewage Disposal Miscellaneous Court Fines Gifts and Grants Federal Government Aid to Dep. Children Old Age Assistance Disability Assistance Medical Assistance 2,016.32 118,186.24 255,987.00 433,303.76 208.30 8,607.89 4.00 90.00 10.00 210.00 100.00 8.00 89.50 7,558.00 32.50 220.00 50.00 45.00 75.00 6,381.00 1,646.00 2,205.00 10.00 461.00 398.00 594.00 61.50 1,023.25 111.00 26.00 260.00 12.00 303.50 23,263.58 43,000.27 4,453.61 82,066.17 120,202.56 698,106.95 8,492.00 13,492.25 3,343.00 Fed. Gov't. Cont. Con. Land Swenson Farm 79,100.00 Coop Res. Music Project 26,950.00 Civil Defense 2,283.40 Woodhaven Trunk Sewer 130,700.00 State Loss of Taxes 1,926.29 School Aid Tax Base 73,979.36 School Aid Disabled Vets . 5,713.20 ESEA Performing Arts 2,045.00 Highway Chapter 679 35,100.86 Youth Service Board 4,500.00 Chapter 660 Acts of 1963 124,750.00 School Chapters 69 & 71 52,262.39 Aid to Free Pub. Libraries 6,922.75 Withholding Tax Comp. 608.41 Tuition& Transp. 7,875.04 County Dog License Returns Total General Revenue Special Assessments Sewer Advance Unapportioned Current Year Prior Years Charges in lieu of Betterments Street Advance Unapportioned Current Year Prior Years Sidewalk 9 Advance Unapportioned Current Year Prior Years Water Advance Unapportioned Current Year Prior Years Charges in lieu of Betterments 22,430.68 13,061.29 47,904.42 801.74 12,576.00 11,154.49 3,451.28 23,216.27 511.57 850.94 2,499.64 1,845.59 61.02 1,355.12 641.96 942.61 35.01 197.03 391,817.03 315,683.30 2,616.02 9,422,755.83 96,774.13 38,333.91 5,257.19 3,171.73 Special Assessments Motor Vehicle Current Year Prior Years Farm Animal Excise Current Year Prior Years Total SpecialAssess- ment Revenue 751,839.82 86,859.89 53.38 3.00 General Government Assessors Selectmen - Misc. Town Clerk & Treas. Use of Town Hall Mortgages, Term. etc. Maps & By -laws Return of Advance for Election Expenses Recreation Police Copies of Acc. Reports Dog Officer Receipts Fire Sale of Old Materials Weights & Measures Sealing Fees Total General Gov't. Health & Sanitation Dental Clinic Sewer Rates Sewer House Connections Total Health & Sanitation Tax Title Tax Title Sales Excess over cost of LLU High=s Chapter 90 - State Chapter 90 - County Total Highways 665.60 448.74 70.00 2,971.45 197.73 73.71 1,555.00 102.00 5,510.00 505.00 SCHEDULE OF 1966 RECEIPTS General Government (Continued) Public Welfare 838,699.71 56.38 982,293.05 3,312.89 1,161.00 1,657.00 25.00 543.70 7,813.93 210.50 12,262.06 4,605.67 17,078.23 10,680.63 1,340.00 6,015.00 10 Temporary Aid Reim- bursement from State Aid toDep. Children Reimb'rs'mt from State Old Age Assistant Re- imbursement from State Disability Assistance Reimb'rs'mt from State Medical Assistance Reimb'rs'mt from State Total Public Welfare Veterans' Services Reimbursement from State School Department School Lunch Sub- sidy from State 98,360.46 School LunchRec'pts. 275,676.82 Tuition 2,814.62 Transportation 63,612.29 Athletic Activity 13,154.75 Public Law 874 167,263.00 Public Law 864 Titles III & V 4,455.46 Voc. Ed. G. Barden Fund 10,101.00 Adult Education 5,842.50 Sale of Books 739.76 Rentals 2,197.00 Summer Reading Clinic 21,386.00 Sundries 267.50 Miscellaneous 2,207.79 School Bldg. Assist. 240,489.03 Total School Unclassified Ambulance Rentals 3,942.00 Board of Appeals 1,991.00 Costs & Fees 5,470.42 Parking Meter Rec'pts. 12,216.33 Planning Board 261.85 Miscellaneous 11,237.72 Total Unclassified Cemeteries Munroe Cemetery Annual Care Foundations Interment Miscellaneous Westview Cemetery Foundations Interment 143.25 47.00 363.00 210.00 888.75 3,092.00 4,180.85 20,435.21 18,426.72 6,917.04 69,906.64 119,866.46 14,616.70 908,567.98 35,119.32 763.25 SCHEDULE OF 1966 RECEIPTS General Government Westview Cemetery Rent Sale of Lots & Graves Miscellaneous Total Cemeteries Public Service Enterprises Interest & Dividends Deferred Taxes Time Cert. of Deposit Special Assessments Motor Vehicle Excise Sewer Assessments Street Assessments Sidewalk Assessments Water Assessments Dividend Int. from Bond Issues Prem. from Bond Issues Total Int. & Dividends Municipal Indebtedness 161.75 8,870.50 2,157.00 3,792.22 74,915.93 798.25 503.40 20,469.56 10,129.35 604.19 428.97 1,126.94 1,883.05 5,562.58 Moreland Ave. School 1,510,000.00 Public Works Bldg. 328,000.00 Anticipated Revenue 2,800,000.00 Total Municipal tnaedteaness Refunds General Departments Blue Cross Blue Shield Civil Defense Insurance School Lunch Veterans' Benefits Welfare Total Refunds 13,159.10 148.21 35.00 4,095.00 49.73 65.00 12,572.00 30,124.04 Agency Trusts & Investment - Time Cert. of Deposit 6,350,000.00 County Dog Licenses 4,479.50 Special State Licenses 4,628.25 Fed. Income Tax Withheld 911,245.72 State Income Tax Withheld 118,810.31 Blue Cross 65,555.90 Group Insurance 5,215.42 Trusts Westview Cemetery Perpetual Care 15,170.00 Guarantee Deposits 15,933.25 494,355.16 112,768.81 7,445.63 120,214.44 4,638,000.00 Total Agency 7,459,935.10 Sewer House Connections 23,796.58 Water House Connections 12,607.59 Total Guarantee Deposits Total Cash Receipts 1966 Cash Balance 1 /1 /66 Grand Total 12/31/66 11 9,233.00 36,404.17 24,330,346.29 3,042,739.30 27,373,085.59 General Government Appropriation Committee Expenses Selectmen Personal Services Clerical Labor Pool Expenses Selectmen Supplies Miscellaneous Travel and Meetings Out of State Article 49 1966 Town Government Committee Town Office '65 Carryover Director of Guides Town Insurance Real Estate Empl. & Blue Cross Printing Town Report Fire & Police Medical Exp. Town Comptroller Personal Services Expenses Supplies Equip. & Repairs Miscellaneous Comptroller '65 Carryover Town Clerk & Treasurer Personal Services Expenses Supplies Equip. & Maintenance Miscellaneous Travel and Meetings Out of State In State Parking Meter Maintenance 750.00 2,154.33 2,084.92 27,165.35 65,581.63 862.39 815.76 270.77 977.11 848.14 428.00 200.00 246.35 SCHEDULE OF 1966 EXPENSES 2,803.10 27,568.64 6,847.44 4,989.25 1,141.40 78.95 500.00 750.00 92,746.98 2,921.57 8.00 Foreclosure & Redemption Vital Statistics Registration Personal Services Expenses Supplies Advertising Printing Equipment & Repairs Miscellaneous Board of Registrars 1966 Carryover Law Department Personal Services Expenses Special Fees General Expenses Special Counsel - Article 4, 1964 Carryover Collectors Dept. Personal Services Expenses 25,417.41 Supplies Insurance Printing Equip. & Repairs Miscellaneous 1,948.92 110.00 25,579.01 2,253.25 Meeting Expenses Metered Mail Assessor's Dept. Personal Services Expenses Supplies Professional Services Office Equipment Miscellaneous Travel and Meetings In State Out of State 446.35 Selectmen's Elections 35.00 12 Printing Insurance 108.36 145.85 2,441.62 930.65 23.35 8,500.00 4,489.97 674.88 565.00 756.63 81.00 351.49 896.89 540.42 206.82 284.25 489.20 198.00 76.84 79.73 2,633.42 3,649.83 670.25 4,000.00 12,989.97 4,951.20 19,195.00 2,429.00 7.05 5,245.68 24, 464.71 1,908.38 687.20 10,799.63 293.00 11,092.63 Town Clerk & Treasurer Election Voting Machine Art. 33 -1966 Supt. of Public Works Office Personal Services Expenses Out of State Travel & Meeting Public Works Department Personal Services Town Offices & Cary Memorial Building Personal Services Expenses Labor Equip. - Rental Supplies Fuel Power Gas Telephone Water Miscellaneous Public Facilities Bldg. 1965 Carryover Public Facilities, Article 72, 1965 Carryover Public Works Building - Article 13, 1964 Carryover Public Works Building Article 2A - 1966 Public Works Building Article 2B -1966 Engineering Personal Services Expenses Board of Appeals Personal Services Expenses Supplies Advertising Clerk Printing Miscellaneous SCHEDULE OF 1966 EXPENSES 2,354.71 2,132.00 1,809.11 4,718.49 4,830.11 498.27 5,511.56 200.53 2,429.42 163.14 638.38 392.00 36.35 30.00 1,498.38 7,971.11 Expenses Planning Board Personal Services 54,246.59 1,844.84 200.00 419,715.99 18,358.14 Wages Supplies Car Allowance Advertising Professional Services Miscellaneous Travel and Meetings Out of State Article 8 - 1966 Miscel- laneous 1965 Carryover Planning Study - Article 70 1965 Carryover Planning Study - Article 71 1965 Carryover Total General Government 75.00 1,026.84 360.00 1,394.07 2,296.00 1,293.50 Protection of Persons & Prop. 24,484.20 Police Department 291.97 4,118.58 2,000.00 145.00 124,180.17 65,472.72 3,456.12 2,221.89 1,259.87 Personal Services Expenses Supplies Telephone Photo Equipment Auto Supplies Motor Equip. Repairs Sundry Gas - Oil Meals for Prisoners Clothing & Uniforms Public Safety Equip. Automotive Equip. Miscellaneous Travel and Meetings Out of State In State Parking Meter Maint. Fire Department 13 Personal Services Expenses Equipment & Repairs Telephone & Comm. Gas Fuel Power Supplies Maint. Fire Alarm 2,436.00 4,239.91 1,438.82 1,251.53 1,724.45 1,188.69 5,230.89 51.60 13,695.69 2,888.11 11,348.87 2,703.06 350.00 64.50 710.60 1,459.28 1,850.55 1,989.45 1,782.00 5,811.65 7,610.45 13,061.58 6,445.41 180.00 3,077.65 12,000.00 6,240.00 1,062,696.37 291,550.45 48,197.62 414.50 323.96 341,998.23 Fire Department (Cont'd.) Expenses Laundry Water Public Safety Clothing Books, Subscriptions Ambulance Costs Miscellaneous SCHEDULE OF 1966 EXPENSES 1,237.17 200.32 Supplies 4,472.02 2,065.10 76.12 640.47 3,596.89 Travel and Meetings In State Out of State Relocate Fire AlarmArt. 35 1965 Carryover Relocate FireAlarmArt. 36 1965 Carryover Civil Defense Personal Services Expenses Supplies Gas Telephone Miscellaneous Travel and Meetings In State Out of State C.D. Alarm System Art. 41 1963 Carryover Inspection Department Personal Services Expenses Supplies Automotive Miscellaneous Travel and Meetings In State Out of State Weights and Measures Personal Services Expenses Car Miscellaneous 363.99 58.00 1,987.27 99.87 2,537.10 4,962.06 1,707.04 225.00 274.44 1,017.52 852.00 83.00 97.15 420.00 113.54 33,502.07 Shade Tree Expenses & Wages Labor Equip. & Repairs Shade Tree -1965 Carryover Dutch Elm Disease Wages & Expenses Labor Materials 8,972.09 865.56 152.73 2,014.97 9,837.65 1,176.06 2,167.70 421.99 Dog Officer Personal Services 750.00 Expenses Professional Services 635.00 Total Protection of Per- sons and Property 793,249.24 Health and Sanitation Health Department Personal Services 12,445.00 Expenses Supplies 1,027.40 Auto 802.80 Telephone 321.60 Professional Services 4,831.77 Miscellaneous 770.45 86.00 823.80 8,944.38 10,586.30 1,932.04 11,907.50 21,627.93 2,143.96 180.15 1,500.00 533.54 Insect Suppression Expenses 2,008.41 Health Engineering Travel and Meetings In State Out of State Art. 28 -1966 Mosquito Control Art. 32 -1966 Children's Clinic Public Facilities Sanitary Land Fill Dog Clinic Expenses Animal Inspection Personal Services Dental Clinic Personal Services 14 66.05 102.68 7,754.02 221.30 168.73 8,100.00 4,551.00 1,066.37 38,900.00 899.54 1,248.24 5,690.00 Dental Clinic (Cont'd.) Expenses Supplies Car Allowance Miscellaneous Sewer Maintenance Expenses and Wages Labor Equip. & Repairs Power Miscellaneous Sewer Services Expenses and Wages Labor Equip. & Repairs Miscellaneous Article 4 1966 Sewer Water Drains Article 14 1966 Sewer Mains Article 15 1966 Sewer Mains Article 17 1966 Sewer Mains Article 14 1965 - Sewer Mains Carryover Article 16 1965 Sewer Mains Carryover Article 31 1965 Sewer Mains Carryover Article 8 1964 Sewer Water Mains Carryover Article 16 1964 Sewer Mains Carryover Garbage Collection Total Health & Sanitation SCHEDULE OF 1966 EXPENSES 7.11 204.44 587.22 2,793.78 758.43 10,763.13 2,746.82 Highways Public Works Building Expenses and Wages Labor Equip. Rental Miscellaneous Fuel Power Supplies 203.36 3,025.10 7,471.54 632.94 376.50 979.04 2,656.45 1,656.65 829.58 798.77 17,062.06 10,700.00 45,047.46 143,906.85 711.25 6,207.60 51,161.16 6,436.07 13,039.84 17,214.82 19,293.80 61,458.31 474,082.19 7,131.16 15 Article 37, 1966 Public Works Building Highway Maintenance Miscellaneous Basins Supplies Article 18, 1966 Drains Article 19, 1966 Sidewalks Article 20, 1966 Curbings Article 21, 1966 Highway Maintenance Article 22, 1966 Highway Const. Mass. Ave. Article 23, 1966 Const. Lowell St. Article 24, 1966 P.W. Equipment Article 51, 1966 Land Lowell St. Articles 67 -73, 1966 Street Acceptances Articles 74 & 78, 1966 Street Construction Article 79, Land Laconia St. Highway Maintenance 1965 Carryover Edison Way 1965 Carry- over Article 9 Article 17, 1965 Drains Carryover Article 18, 1965 Side- walks Carryover Article 21, 1965 High- way Const. Carryover Article 22, 1965 Lowell Street Carryover Article 28, 1965 Street Options Carryover Articles 43 -48 1965 Land Acquisition Carryover Articles 49 -55, 1965 Land Acquisition Carryover 71,304.80 4,411.00 345.66 19,346.21 76,061.55 6,090.47 9,427.95 5,000.00 4,500.00 900.00 51,639.40 31,052.53 30,000.00 500.00 68,526.29 4,000.00 4,221.41 500.00 11,218.48 26,521.46 1,062.00 3,850.29 1,095.00 99.21 3,333.38 Article 65, 1965 Street Const. Carryover Article 3, 1964 Waltham Street Sidewalk Carryover Article 18, 1964 Sidewalks Carryover Article 21, 1964 Highway Const. Carryover Articles 60 -64 1964 Land Acquisition Carryover Article 29, 1963 Reimb. Subdivisions Carryover Road Machinery Equipment, Repairs Gas Oil Tire Tubes Miscellaneous Snow Removal Equipment, Repairs Outside Rental Salt, Sand Miscellaneous Traffic Regulation & Control Equipment, Rental Power Miscellaneous Traffic Regulation 1964 Carryover Street Lights Street Signs Supplies Equipment Total Highway Welfare Public Welfare Personal Services Administration Supplies Telephone Car Miscellaneous SCHEDULE OF 1966 EXPENSES 32,427.86 14,232.87 1,330.70 3,474.16 6,968.36 43,042.75 29,364.52 28,212.70 530.50 1,284.05 4,921.58 1,124.87 124.50 46.58 229.61 87.57 128.65 93,331.00 207.54 5,869.53 5,894.76 1,961.49 3,697.39 51,465.59 107,588.33 6,736.13 119.60 77,593.13 1,249.37 Public Welfare (Cont'd.) In State Travel Aid and Expenses Cash Grants Medical G Hospital Oil & Fuel Food & Clothing Transportation Aid to Dependent Children Aid and Expenses Federal Grants Disability Assistance Aid & Expenses Federal Grants Old Age Assistance Cash Grants Federal Grants Old Age Assistance ivteatcai Aid and Expenses Federal Grants Veterans' Benefits Sari, Personal Services Car Allowance Aid & Exp. - Cash Grants Med. Surg. &Dental Hospital Fuel & Light Unclassified Care Food & Clothing Miscellaneous Graves Registrations Auto Allowance Supplies not Classified Total Welfare and 721,790.65 Veterans' Services 8,781.00 492.41 16 Administration 4,730.20 529.81 4,146.51 354.07 141.70 28.00 14,200.00 33,557.51 10,200.00 107.03 24,000.00 39,179.37 68,700.00 91,378.41 227.78 11,531.30 2,658.28 2,624.96 106.80 1,130.18 39.86 230.77 50.00 152.00 Schools Salaries -Admin. Salaries - Secretarys and Clerks Expenses 102,138.16 69,700.93 30,590.70 132.59 9,930.29 47,757.51 10,307.03 63,179.37 160,078.41 3,086.21 18,549.93 322,496.75 202,429.79 SCHEDULE OF 1966 EXPENSES Instruction Salaries - Coordinators and Department Heads 206,120.73 Salaries - Principals 239,182.98 Salaries - Teachers 3,615,323.16 Salaries - Librarians 90,208.59 Salaries - Guidance Counselors Salaries - Psychologists Salaries - Secretaries and Clubs Textbooks Contractual Services Supplies & Materials Expenses Other School Services Salaries - Attendance Salaries - Nurses &Drs. Salaries - Food Service Salaries - Drivers Psychiatrists Contractual Services Supplies & Materials Expenses Operation and Maintenance of Plant Salaries - Custodians Salaries - Maintenance Heat Utilities Contractual Services Supplies & Materials Expenses Program with Other gistricts Rental of Buildings Trans. to Non - Public Schools Acquisition of Buildings Acquisition of Equipments Vocational Education Tuition & Transportation Out of State Travel Operation Headstart B.U. Counseling Service E.S.E.A. Title III Music Project 157,644.93 20,427.36 189,667.89 78,906.89 13,367.50 217,027.79 32,227.31 29,953.28 50,959.90 18,566.72 4,900.30 3,965.00 144,753.83 9,620.88 989.73 271,718.82 42,221.78 44,297.24 114,729.26 77,233.37 32,344.20 2,711.25 4,860,105.13 Summer Reading Clinic Curriculum Research and Development Adult Education Article 41 -1966 Harring- ton School Playground Article 44 -1966 Backstop Diamond School Article 53 -1966 Unpaid Bill of John Clark Associates School Exp. - 1965 Carryover Bridge School Article 6, 1964 Carryover Bowman School Article 7, 1964 Carryover Harrington School Reno- vation Article 42, 1964 Carryover 263,709.64 High School Renovation Article 45, 1964 Carryover 585,255.91 2,068.89 580.00 15,595.93 16,952.60 67,102.94 9,303.81 9,533.27 1,626.16 329.28 Secondary School Article 2, 1963 Carryover High School Article 11, 1963 Carryover Standing School Committee Plans & Spec. Article 41, 1962 Carryover School Sites Article 41 -44, 1962 Carryover School Sites Article 43, 1956 Carryover Total Schools Library Personal Services Expenses Books & Periodicals Postage Supplies Telephone Fuel Light Power Binding Water Miscellaneous 32,919.67 7,963.97 1,103.09 2,757.95 4,563.61 1,920.08 42.33 6,342.02 2,672.00 Travel In State 26,450.40 Article 34, 1966 LibraryServ. Total Library 17 18,201.74 1,583.65 17,453.00 9,953.71 750.00 11,730.52 6,698.00 356,768.86 751,475.19 666.36 1,193.29 43,133.77 3,526.96 477.48 3,004.35 338.99 7,290,671.62 144,001.11 57,612.72 51.87 6,775.16 208,440.86 SCHEDULE OF 1966 EXPENSES Park Recreation & Unclassified Parks Expenses Equipment & Repairs Power Telephone Supplies Water Miscellaneous Article 42, 1966 Baskin Rd. Playground Article 43, 1966 Center Playground Track Article 45, 1966 Rindge Ave. Playground Recreation Personal Services Expenses Recreation Supplies Car Miscellaneous Transportation Supplies Pensions Police Fire Trustees of Public Trusts Historic Dist. Comm. Town Celebrations Conservation CQmm. Exp. Standing School Bldg. Committee Capital Expenditures Board of Retirement Accrued Liability Expenses Article 9, 1964 Conser- vation Carryover Article 35, 1964 By- Laws Comm. Carryover Total Park, Recreation & Unclassified 13,991.41 854.71 101.84 8,682.31 358.98 1,976.15 4,500.53 200.00 268.50 1,621.91 189.28 21,546.00 17,398.32 325.00 768.28 5,399.86 300.00 472.58 28.25 56,084.00 957.00 Public Service Enterprises Water Maintenance Labor Equipment & Repairs Office Supplies Meters & Pipes Arlington Water Miscellaneous 2,600.00 10,601.16 1,591.32 5,708.05 573.70 11,116.82 25,965.40 1,344.91 Water Services Supplies 8,622.07 Equipment & Repairs 877.93 Article 13, 1966 Water Mains Article 13, 1965 Water Mains Carryover Article 6, 1960 Water Mains Carryover Total Public Services Cemeteries 887.71 Personal Services 3,000.00 Expenses Equipment & Repairs Supplies Rental Water Fuel Miscellaneous 22,863.50 6,780.22 103,279.29 3,023.76 223.80 167,368.59 Article 29, 1965 West - view Dev. Carryover Article 29, 1964 West - view Dev. Carryover Total Cemeteries Interest on Debt 627.45 3,338.32 215.00 284.11 284.05 200.53 Miscellaneous Streets School Sewer Library Water Town Offices Anticipation Loan Streets & Sewer Street, Sewer Library Maturing Debt Sewer Water Streets Street, Sewer Library Town Offices Library School Total Debt & Interest Investments Time Certificates of 32,191.05 Deposit 18 12,580.00 266,026.93 48,037.75 4,800.00 12,686.00 3,300.00 37,408.05 1,740.00 8,636.00 126,000.00 71,000.00 50,000.00 27,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 789,000.00 9,500.00 18,042.37 1,271.28 1,000.00 62,004.70 42,589.99 4,949.46 395.19 355.31 48,289.95 395,214.73 1,088,000.00 1,483,214.73 8,750.000.00 SCHEDULE OF 1966 EXPENSES Tax Anticipation Loans 3,000,000.00 School Lunch Pro rg�am Personal Services 131,772.00 Supplies 248,203.69 379,975.69 Suprad 996.72 Refunds Real Estate 36,308.24 Water 2,210.63 Sewer 5,165.00 Motor Veh. Excise 27,228.83 Tailings 299.83 Interest Cost 2.00 Miscellaneous 87.00 71,301.53 MDC Sewer Rates 6,675.00 High School Athletics 82,566.10 Premium Loan Accounts 5,562.58 Accrued Interest 980.05 Fed. Withholding Tax 911,245.72 State Withholding Tax 118,810.31 Tenny Fund 32.87 George Barden Fund 2,726.50 Encyclopedea Brit - tanica Award 26.50 Sporting Licenses 4,604.50 Dog License 4,540.25 Trustees of Public Trusts 325.00 Westview Sale of Lots Funds 14,387.00 State & County Assess. 578,498.62 Parking Meter Contract 2,401.50 Blue Cross Account Employees Share 67,289.64 Miscellaneous 4.00 2,252,950.74 26,637,256.39 Account Selectmen Personal Services Clerical Labor Pool Expenses Out of State Travel Fire & Police Medical Director of Guides APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1966 Total Appropriation Balance To Expenditures & Transfers 12/31/66 E & D 27,568.64 6,847.44 4,989.22 1,141.40 750.00 27,573.00 6,900.00 5,095.00 1,190.00 500.00 1,000.00 4.36 52.56 105.78 48.60 500.00 250.00 4.36 52.56 105.78 48.60 500.00 250.00 Town Clerk & Treasurer Personal Services 25,579.01 26,414.00 834.99 834.99 Expenses 2,499.60 2,500.00 .40 .40 Vital Statistics 79.73 100.00 20.27 20.27 Out of State Travel 200.00 200.00 Foreclosure & Redemp. 76.84 100.00 23.16 23.16 Parking Meters Exp. 35.00 60.00 25.00 25.00 Trustees of Public Trusts Administration 325.00 400.00 75.00 75.00 Board of Appeals Personal Services 2,221.89 2,238.00 16.11 16.11 Expenses 1,259.87 2,150.00 890.13 890.13 Planning Board Personal Services 13,061.58 13,158.00 96.42 96.42 Expenses 6,445.41 6,800.00 354.59 285.16 Out of State Travel 180.00 200.00 20.00 20.00 Insurance Group 65,581.63 65,800.00 218.37 218.37 Municipal Property 27,162.35 65,000.00 37,837.65 Town Report Printing 2,921.57 3,300.00 378.43 378.43 Law Personal Services 4,000.00 4,000.00 Expenses 4,489.97 4,500.00 10.03 10.03 Special Fees 8,500.00 8,500.00 Elections Jurisdiction Selectmen Jurisdiction Selectmen 11,092.63 1,498.38 12,059.00 1,500.00 966.37 966.37 1.62 1.62 To 1967 69.43 37,837.65 Board of Registrars Personal Services 2,633.42 3,500.00 866.58 866.58 Expenses 3,649.83 3,650.00 .17 .17 Committees Appropriation 2,803.10 3,300.00 496.90 496.90 Capital Expenditures 28.25 75.00 46.75 46.75 Standing School Bldg. Comm. 472.58 500.00 27.42 27.42 Town Celebrations Comm. 5,399.86 5,500.00 100.14 100.14 Historic Districts Comm. 768.28 880.00 111.72 2.22 109.50 Conservation Comm. 300.00 300.00 Recreation Personal Services 22,863.50 22,867.00 3.50 3.50 Expenses 6,780.22 6,785.00 4.78 4.78 Comptroller Personal Services 25,417.41 25,450.00 32.59 32.59 Expenses 1,948.92 2,377.00 428.08 1.12 426.96 20 Account APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1966 (Continued) Total Appropriation Balance To To Expenditures & Transfers 12/31/66 E & D 1967 Collector Personal Services 19,195.00 19,195.00 Expenses 2,436.05 2,575.00 138.95 138.95 Metered Mail 5,245.68 5,500.00 254.32 254.32 Assessors Personal Services 24,464.71 24,848.00 383.29 383.29 Expenses 2,397.58 2,625.00 227.42 37.53 Professional Services 2,500.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 Out of State Travel 198.00 200.00 2.00 2.00 Health Personal Services 12,445.00 12,517.00 72.00 72.00 Expenses 7,820.07 8,125.00 304.93 304.93 Out of State Travel 102.68 250.00 147.32 147.32 Engineering 221.30 500.00 278.70 278.70 Animal Inspection 1,248.24 1,270.00 21.76 21.76 Rabies Clinic 899.54 1,030.00 130.46 130.46 Dental Clinic Personal Services 5,690.00 7,560.00 1,870.00 1,870.00 Expenses 798.77 800.00 1.23 1.23 Police Personal Services 291,550.45 342,043.00 50,492.55 50,492.55 Expenses 48,262.12 48,645.00 382.88 42.72 Parking Meter Maint. 323.96 400.00 76.04 76.04 Out of State Travel 350.00 350.00 Dog Officer Personal Services 750.00 750.00 Expenses 635.00 700.00 65.00 65.00 Fire Personal Services 341,998.23 350,637.00 8,638.77 8,638.77 Expenses 33,225.59 34,795.00 1,569.41 834.41 Ambulance 640.47 650.00 9.53 9.53 Out of State Travel 58.00 200.00 142.00 142.00 Forest Fires 500.00 500.00 Civil Defense Personal Services 8,944.38 9,380.00 435.62 435.62 Expenses 11,293.34 11,320.00 26.66 26.66 Out of State Travel 225.00 225.00 Inspection Personal Services 21,627.93 22,972.00 1,344.07 1,344.07 Expenses 2,226.96 2,435.00 208.04 86.19 Out of State Travel 97.15 175.00 77.85 77.85 Weights & Measures Personal Services 1,500.00 1,500.00 Expenses 533.54 545.00 11.46 11.46 Public Welfare Personal Services 8,781.00 8,781.00 Administration 625.00 625.00 Aid & Expenses 9,930.29 11,000.00 Disability Assistance 10,200.00 10,200.00 Aid to Dependent Children 14,200.00 14,200.00 Old Age Assistance 24,000.00 24,000.00 Medical Assist. to the Aged 68,700.00 68,700.00 21 1,069.71 1,069.71 189.89 340.16 735.00 500.00 121.85 Account Veterans Benefits Personal Services Administration Aid & Expenses Grave Registrations Soldiers Burials Cemeteries Personal Services Expenses Library Personal Services Expenses Retirement Board Accrued Lia. & Exp. Education Personal Services Expenses Out of State Travel Vocational Ed., Tuition & Transportation Debt Interest on Debt Maturing Debt Public Works Personal Serv. Oper. Supt. Per. Serv. Expenses Out of State Travel Engineering Personal Services Expenses Town Offices & Cary Mem. Personal Services Expenses Public Works Building Expenses Highway Maintenance Expenses Road Machinery Expenses Snow Removal Traffic Reg. & Control Street Lights Expenses Street Signs Expenses Sewer Maintenance Expenses APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1966 (Continued) Total Appropriation Expenditures & Transfers 3,086.21 450.00 18,099.93 202.00 42,589.99 4,949.46 144,001.11 57,664.59 57,041.00 3,175.00 450.00 18,200.00 250.00 250.00 42,605.00 4,950.00 149,470.00 57,666.02 57,041.00 4,768,378.00 4,768,378.00 905,065.31 905,501.00 9,533.27 10,400.00 9,303.81 14,000.00 395,214.73 395,214.73 1,088,000.00 1,093,000.00 419,715.99 54,246.59 1,844.84 200.00 65,472.72 3,456.12 18,358.14 24,484.20 7,131.16 76,061.55 51,465.59 107,588.33 6,736.13 77,593.13 1,249.37 17,062.06 419,715.99 55,046.00 1,933.00 200.00 69,600.00 3,750.00 18,367.00 29,232.00 7,675.00 80,000.00 52,200.00 116,850.00 12,600.00 78,000.00 1,250.00 20,349.00 22 Balance 12/31/66 To E &D 88.79 88.79 100.07 100.07 48.00 48.00 250.00 250.00 15.01 15.01 .54 .54 5,468.89 1.43 5,468.89 1.43 435.69 435.69 866.73 866.73 4,696.19 4,696.19 5,000.00 5,000.00 799.41 799.41 88.16 88.16 4,127.28 293.88 8.86 4,747.80 543.84 3,938.45 734.41 9,261.67 5,863.87 406.87 .63 3,286.94 4,127.28 29.91 To 1967 263.97 8.86 23.55 4,724.25 543.84 3,938.45 734.41 406.87 .63 3,286.94 9,261.67 5,863.87 Account Sewer Services Expenses Garbage Contract Contract Sanitary Land Fill Expenses Water Maintenance Expenses Water Services Expenses Park Expenses Insect Suppression Expenses Shade Tree Expenses Dutch Elm Disease Expenses Public Facilities Bldg. 1966 Articles APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1966 (Continued) Total Approp. Balance To To Expenditures & Trans. 12/31/66 E &D E & D 2A 6/20/66 Public Works Bldg. Alteration 2B 6/20/66 Public Works Bldg. Addition 4 Sewer Water Rte. 2 (8, 12, 1964) 8 Unpaid Bills 9 Reserve Fund (Orig. Amt. $55,000.) 11 Police Pensions 11 Fire Pensions 13 Water Mains 14 6/20/66 Conservation Comm. 14 Sewer Mains 15 Sewer Mains Bedford St. 15 Playg'd. & other Pub. Pur. (6/20/66) 16 Sewer Mains Emerson Rd. 17 Sewer Mains Mill Brook Rd. 18 Drains 19 Sidewalks 20 Curbings 21 Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance 22 Chapter 90 Highway Construction 23 Street - Lowell St. 24 Equipment Dept. Public Works 28 Mosquitoe Control 30 Westview Cemetery Development 32 Mystic Valley Childrens Clinic 33 Voting Machines 34 Improving Library Services 36 Town Office Bldg. Plans & Specs. 37 Public Works Bldg. Add. 38 Cary Mem. Bldg. TownOffice Bldg. 39 Radio Pur. & Install. 10,700.00 10,700.00 61,458.31 61,459.00 .69 .69 38,900.00 38,900.00 32,191.05 32,200.00 8.95 8.95 9,500.00 9,500.00 25,965.40 28,445.00 2,479.60 2,479.60 2,008.41 2,500.00 491.59 491.59 9,837.65 11,500.00 1,662.35 1,662.35 2,167.70 2,950.00 782.30 782.30 1,066.37 1,325.00 258.63 258.63 145.00 66,000.00 65,855.00 124,180.17 339,000.00 214,819.83 45,047.46 83,605.18 38,557.72 3,077.65 3,077.65 4.28 4.28 4.28 21,546.00 36,591.00 15,045.00 15,045.00 17,398.32 17,514.00 115.68 115.68 18,042.37 21,400.00 3,357.63 41,640.00 41,640.00 143,906.85 267,700.00 123,793.15 711.23 57,400.00 56,688.75 3,360.00 3,360.00 38,200.00 38,200.00 6,207.60 109,000.00 102,792.40 6,090.47 34,400.00 28,309.53 9,427.95 40,600.00 31,172.05 5,000.00 5,000.00 4,500.00 4,500.00 900.00 95,100.86 94,200.86 51,639.40 54,000.00 2,360.60 31,052.53 73,000.00 41,947.47 8,100.00 8,100.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,551.00 4,551.00 7,971.11 8,500.00 528.89 528.89 6,775.16 6,922.75 147.59 2,000.00 2,000.00 19,346.21 20,000.00 653.79 653.79 10,000.00 10,000.00 37,000.00 37,000.00 23 65,865.00 214,819.83 38,557.72 3,357.63 41,640.00 123,793.15 56,688.75 3,360.00 38,200.00 102,792.40 28,309.53 31,172.05 94,200.86 2,360.60 41,947.47 4,000.00 147.59 2,000.00 653.79 10,000.00 37,000.00 APPROPRIATION ARTICLES - 1966 (Continued) Total Approp. Balance To To Account Expenditure & Trans. 12/31/66 E & D 1967 1966 Articles (Continued) 40 Central Fire Sta. Fire Alarm 41 Playground Harrington School 42 John Baskin Playground Dev. 43 Resurfacing Center Playg'd. Track 44 Backstop WilliamDiamond School 45 Loam. & Seeding Rindge Ave. Playg'd. 46 Playground Winter St. 47 Playground Poplar St. 49 Town Government Committee 50 School Land Highland Ave. 51 Land Lowell & Woburn St. 52 Center Beautification 53 John Clarke Associates 67 - 73 Street Acceptance 74 - 78 Street Construction Sundry Sts. 79 Town Way Laconia St. from Lowell 96 Old Reservoir - Marrett Rd. 1965 Articles Town Offices & Cary Mem. Carry Over Assessors Prof. Serv. Carry Over Public Facilities Bldg. Carry Over Highway Maintenance Carry Over Board of Registrars Carry Over Accounting Expense Carry Over Shade Tree Carry Over School Expense Carry Over 9 Edison Way 13 Water Mains 14 Sewer Mains 16 Sewer Mains North Lexington 17 Drains 18 Sidewalks 21 Chap. 90 Highway Const. Mass. Ave. 22 Lowell St. 28 Street Options 29 Westview Cemetery Development 31 Sewer Mains Woodhaven 34 Front Entrance of Library 35 Relocate Fire Alarm Spring St. 36 Relocate Fire Alarm Waltham St. 43 - 48 Land Acquisition 49 - 55 Land Acquisition 65 Widening Mass. Ave. 70 Planning Board LongRange Study 71 Planning Serv. for Study Lexington Center Business 72 Public Facilities Bldg. Constr. Equip. & Furniture 75 Valleyfield Street - Land 1964 Articles Fire Carry Over Expense Special Counsel Carry 3 Sidewalk Construction Traffic Reg. & Control Carry Over 36,000.00 36,000.00 36,000.00 9,953.71 10,000.00 46.29 46.29 1,344.91 1,500.00 155.09 155.09 887.71 1,000.00 112.29 112.29 750.00 750.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 78.95 400.00 321.05 321.05 60,000.00 60,000.00 60,000.00 30,000.00 45,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 60,000.00 60,000.00 60,000.00 11,730.52 11,730.52 500.00 500.00 68,526.29 69,000.00 473.71 473.71 4,000.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1966 Balance Balance To To Expenditure 1/1/66 12/31/66 E & D 1967 500.00 500.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 291.97 291.97 4,221.41 4,221.41 670.25 670.25 110.00 110.00 1,176.06 1,552.04 375.98 375.98 6,698.00 6,698.00 500.00 500.00 1,271.28 1,271.28 51,161.16 94,992.00 43,830.84 43,830.84 6,436.07 166,000.00 159,563.93 159,563.93 11,218.48 12,606.31 1,387.83 1,387.83 26,521.46 30,321.93 3,800.47 3,800.47 1,062.00 60,000.00 58,938.00 58,938.00 3,850.29 5,449.10 1,598.81 1,598.81 1,095.00 2,575.00 1,480.00 1,480.00 395.19 3,920.72 3,525.53 3,525.53 13,039.84 21,376.90 8,337.06 8,337.06 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 86.00 2,650.00 2,564.00 2,564.00 823.80 5,300.00 4,476.20 4,476.20 99.21 1,000.00 900.79 900.79 3,333.38 3,613.98 280.60 280.60 93,331.00 100,704.50 7,373.50 7,373.50 12,000.00 12,000.00 6,240.00 6,240.00 4,118.58 5,178.47 1,059.89 1,059.89 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 4,951.20 207.54 119.60 24 600.00 5,237.80 207.54 119.60 600.00 600.00 286.60 286.60 APPROPRIATION ARTICLES - 1966 (Continued) 1964 Balance Balance To To Account Expenditure 1/1/64 1/1/64 E & D 1967 1964 Articles (Continued) 6 Bridge School 7 Bowman School 8 Sewer & Water Mains Rte. 2 9 Conservation Fund 13 Public Works Bldg. Add. Plans & Specs. 16 Sewer Mains 18 Sidewalks 19 11/23/64 Fire & Police Med. 21 Chap. 90 Highway Construction 29 Westview Cemetery Dev. 31 Reimbursing Subdividers 35 General By -laws Committee 42 Harrington School Recreation 43 Estabrook School Recreation 45 High School Renovation 60 - 64 Sundry Streets Land Acq. 1963 Articles 2 New Secondary School 2 Kiln Brook 11 Alterations & Add. Existing High School 27 Street Options 29 Reimbursing Subdividers 30 Water Mains Grove & 128 41 CivilDefense Alarm System 45 Land Acquisition Meagherville 1962 Articles 29 Hartwell Ave. 37 - 39 Willard Woods, Summer St. Etc. Playground 40 Street Options 41 Standing School Bldg. Plans & Specs. 42 - 44 School Sites, Land Acquisition 1961 Articles 3 Dump Site Acquisition 5 Sewer Mains 1960 Articles 6 Water Construction 24" Main 50 Estabrook Elementary School 1958 Articles 4 Diamond Jr. High School 1956 Articles 17 Junior High Sites 16 - 36 Library Addition 43 School Sites Total 356,768.86 386,036.75 29,267.89 29,267.89 751,475.19 1,327,633.18 576,157.99 576,157.99 17,214.82 17,214.82 3,023.76 66,675.00 63,651.24 63,651.24 2,000.00 2,000.00 19,293.80 27,024.47 7,730.67 7,730.67 5,869.53 5,869.53 8.00 739.95 731.95 731.95 5,894.76 15,697.59 9,802.83 9,802.83 355.31 355.31 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 223.80 291.80 68.00 68.00 666.36 700.00 33.64 33.64 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,193.29 1,193.29 1,961.49 2,328.92 367.43 367.43 43,133.77 62,745.35 19,611.58 19,611.58 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 3,526.96 3,526.96 1,850.00 1,850.00 1,850.00 3,697.39 7,056.27 3,358.88 3,358.88 3,379.17 3,379.17 3,379.17 11,907.50 12,000.00 92.50 92.50 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 10,850.80 10,850.00 10,850.00 837.80 837.80 837.80 477.48 19,572.69 19,095.21 19,095.21 3,004.35 50,783.27 47,778.92 47,778.92 5,952.44 5,952.44 5,952.44 1,110.67 1,110.67 1,110.67 1,000.00 2,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 9,033.53 9,033.53 9,033.53 15,228.96 15,228.96 15,228.96 10,450.00 10,450.00 10,450.00 6,268.88 6,268.88 6,268.88 338.99 2,531.78 2,192.79 2,192.79 12,060,406.55 14,596,336.96 2,535,930.41 155,800.14 2,380,130.27 25 Date School 12 -1 -47 Elementary Land 12 -1 -47 High School Land 6 -1 -48 Fiske School 8 -1 -51 High School 8 -1 -50 Fiske School Addition 5 -1 -53 High School Completio 1 -1 -54 Fiske School Addition 8 -1 -54 Hastings School 10 -1 -55 Harrington School 12 -1 -55 High School Addition 9 -1 -56 FranklinAddition #1 11 -15 -57 Harrington & Hastings Addition 8 -1 -57 FranklinAddition #2 8 -1 -58 Bridge Alterations 8 -1 -58 Diamond Jr. High 7 -15 -60 Grove St. School 4 -11 -63 Secondary School 2 -16 -65 Middleby School 1 -01 -66 Bowman School Total School General Purposes 9 -1 -56 9 -1 -56 8 -1 -57 8 -1 -58 8 -22 -66 7 -15 -60 12 -1 -61 7 -1 -56 6 -1 -65 6 -1 -48 3 -1 -50 8 -1 -51 8 -1 -52 8 -1 -54 7 -15 -60 12 -1 -55 12 -1 -55 7 -1 -56 8 -1 -59 5 -15 -59 2 -1 -64 5 -1 -65 6 -1 -47 8 -1 -54 12 -1 -61 7 -1 -56 8 -1 -57 Library Town Office Street - Sewer- Library Street & Sewer Public Works Building Total Gen. Pur. Street Construction Worthen Road Construction Massachusetts Avenue 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 Total Sewer Water 16" Mains 6" - 16" Mains 24" Mains 6" - '6" Mains 6" - 16" Mains Total Water Grand Total TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST Rate of Amount of Principal Interest Original Issue Paid in 1966 1.5' TO 1.5 To 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% n 2.2 TO 2.1 To 1.8 TO 2.3 To 2.4 TO 3.0 TO 3.6 To 3.4 To 2.9 To 2.9 To 3.6 TO 3.0 TO 3.0 TO 3.5 To 3.0 To 3.0 To 3.4 TO 2.9 % 4.2 3.6 TO 2.8 TO 3.56% 2.9 To 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% 2.0 TO 1.8 To 3.6 To 2.4 TO 2.4 To 2.3 TO 3.9 TO 3.4 To 3.1 TO 2.4 TO 1.5 TO 1.8 To 2.8 TO 2.3 TO 3.4 TO 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 15,222,000.00 704,000.00 Interest Paid in 1966 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 70,000.00 295,000.00 15,000.00 215,000.00 10,000.00 490,000.00 27,000.00 225,000.00 20,000.00 328,000.00 1,553,000.00 72,000.00 120,000.00 310,000.00 100,000.00 200,000.00 730,000.00 275.000.00 190,000.00 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 2,655,000.00 10,000.00 30,000.00 10,000.00 20,000.00 70,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 25,000.00 55,000.00 171,000.00 100,000.00 4,000.00 100,000.00 5,000.00 420,000.00 40,000.00 110,000.00 7,000.00 260,000.00 15,000.00 990,000.00 71,000.00 21,500,000.00 1,088,000.00 26 30.00 30.00 1,093.75 8,925.00 437.50 825.00 2,677.50 5,670.00 8,050.00 9,240.00 7,350.00 3,600.00 1,224.00 2,610.00 38,135.00 27,720.00 84,000.00 39,300.00 26,425.00 267,342.75 4,800.00 3,300.00 8,636.00 1,740.00 18,476.00 1,800.00 5,040.00 230.00 5,510.00 12,580.00 1,750.00 1,268.75 437.50 1,700.00 810.00 8,280.00 4,800.00 720.00 414.00 2,730.00 4,590.00 14,337.50 3,960.00 45,797.75 390.00 360.00 6,720.00 966.00 4,250.00 12,686.00 356,882.50 Balance 12 -31 -66 1,000.00 1,000.00 50,000.00 425,000.00 20,000.00 35,000.00 120,000.00 280,000.00 315,000.00 346,000.00 220,000.00 90,000.00 33,000.00 60.000.00 1,210.000.00 715,000.00 2,720,000.00 1,275,000.00 1,510,000.00 9,426,000.00 145,000.00 100,000.00 227,000.00 40,000.00 328,000.00 840,000.00 40,000.00 150,000.00 180,000.00 370,000.00 95,000.00 70,000.00 20,000.00 80,000.00 40,000.00 210,000.00 180,000.00 27,000.00 15,000.00 65,000.00 130,000.00 450,000.00 110,000.00 1,492,000.00 24,000.00 15,000.00 200,000.00 35,000.00 110,000.00 384,000.00 12,512,000.00 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS - 1966 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 distinction of sex or religion." Corpus $1,000 Virginia Electric & Power Company 4 1/2% 1st Mortgage Bonds due 12 -1 -87 $4,000 South Pacific Company 1st Mortgage 2 3/4% Bond Series F due 1 -1 -96 $10,000 North Pacific Railway 3% 2047 82 Shares First National Bank of Boston Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Less Disbursements Balance 12 -31 -66 $ 8,368.42 1,139.04 256.00 9,251.46 $ 1,000.00 2,300.00 6,162.50 4,995.81 472.42 $ 14,930.73 Trustees Bridge Charitable Fund George P. Morey, Chairman William R. McEwen John F. Cogan, Jr. Elizabeth Bridge Gerry Fund To be held and used for the same purposes as the Bridge Charitable Fund. Corpus $1,000 Virginia Electric & Power Company 4 1/2% 1st Mortgage Bonds due 12 -1 -87 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 2,254.65 1,000.00 754.65 500.00 Trustees of Elizabeth Bridge Gerry Fund George P. Morey, Chairman William R. McEwen John F. Cogan, Jr. Orin W. Fiske - Battle Green Trust Fund The income of this fund is to be used "for the maintenance of the Lexington Battle Green or the monuments erected thereon." Corpus Principal- Deposit Cambridge Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 The Beals Fund 85.63 26.91 112.54 The income of this fund is to be expended "for the benefit of worthy, women over sixty years of age, American Born." Corpus Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 2,405.35 Income Receipts 189.19 Balance 12 -31 -66 2,594.54 27 500.00 500.00 indigent, aged men and 2,000.00 2,000.00 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS - 1966 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. Corpus $ 1,118.34 16 Shares American Tel. & Tel. $ 1,026.15 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 92.19 Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 $ 106.64 Income Receipts 78.80 Less Disbursements 50.00 Balance 12 -31 -66 135.44 Geneva M. Brown Fund The income is to be "used for improving and beautifying the common and the triangular parcel of land in front of Masonic Temple." Corpus 2,958.00 $3,000 Interstate Power Co. 5% 1st Mortgage Bonds due 5 -1 -87 2,865.00 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 93.00 Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 1,488.69 Income Receipts 200.85 Disbursements for Town 837.00 Balance 12 -31 -66 852.54 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 5,000.00 $5,000 U.S. Treasury Bonds 3 1/2% due 6 -15 -83 5,000.00 Accumulated Income - Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 1,859.50 242.05 2,101.55 Cemetery Trust Funds - Munroe Corpus Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Principal - Warren Institution for Savings Accumulated Income- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 Colonial Cemetery 9,540.35 1,851.99 11,392.34 Corpus Principal - Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 287.35 Income Receipts 68.16 Balance 355.51 28 33,610.00 9,000.00 1,400.00 42,610.00 1,400.00 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS - 1966 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 sidewalks of footpaths and the driveways on public streets, and in otherwise beautifying the ublic streets, ways and places in said Town, prefer- ence 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 & Power Co. 4 1/2% 1st Mortgage Bonds due 12 -1 -87 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 $ 904.87 270.01 1,174.88 Emma I. Fiske Flower Fund For the preservation and care of a specific cemetery lot. Corpus Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Less Disbursements Balance 12 -31 -66 126.86 18.25 3.00 142.11 $ 2,000.00 990.00 2,000.00 21.25 300.00 $ 5,011.25 300.00 Charles E. French Colonial Cemetery Fund The "annual income, thereof to be devoted to the care of the older part of the cemetery in which repose the remains of Rev. John Hancock and wife. The vault enclosing their remains to receive due care." Corpus $2,000 Chicago Great Western Railway 4% 1988 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 717.97 129.22 847.19 Charles E. French Medal Fund 1,565.00 396.65 1,961.65 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 1,735.78 $1,000 Chicago Great Western Railway 4% 1988 782.50 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank .98 Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 1,597.68 Income Receipts 181.45 Disbursed for Awards 31.85 Balance 12 -31 -66 1,747.28 29 2,519.26 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS - 1966 Jonas Gammel Trust The income is to be expended by the Board of Public Welfare and by two ladies appointed annually for the purpose by the selectmen "in purchasing such luxuries or delicacies for the town poor, where - ever located, as are not usually furnished them, and as shall tend to promote their health and comfort." Corpus Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Less Disbursements Balance 12 -31 -66 $ 262.03 31.82 21.00 272.85 500.00 $ 500.00 George I. Gilmore Fund "To the Town of Lexington, . . . the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the income therefrom to be used as the town may from time to time vote; and if at any time special use arises to which in the opinion of the selectmen the principal of said fund may be applied, then the principal of said fund may be so applied upon vote of the Town Meeting authorizing same. Corpus Balance 1 -1 -66 10,000.00 Loss on Sale of Securities 1,113.35 8,886.65 40 Shares Boston Edison 1,636.15 25 Shares Standard Oil of N.J. 1,857.72 $5,000 Georgia Power Co. 1st Mortgage 4 3/8% 4,312.50 $1,000 Chesapeake and Ohio 4 1/2% 1992 880.00 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 41.65 Receipts 7,965.00 Less Purchases 7,806.37 Balance 12 -31 -66 200.28 Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 4,959.52 511.77 5,471.29 Harriet R. Gilmore Trust for the Benefit of the Poor The income is to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Welfare "for the benefit of poor people in said Lexington, whether the same shall be inmates of the Alms House in said town or otherwise." Corpus Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 478.68 Income Receipts 54.90 Balance 12 -31 -66 833.58 it." 500.00 500.00 Hayes Fountain Trust Fund The "income is to be used for the perpetual care of the fountain and grounds immediately around Corpus Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 30 603.24 62.92 666.16 862.72 862.72 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS - 1966 Herbert Hilton Fund For the preservation and care of a specific cemetery lot. Corpus Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Less Disbursements Balance 12 -31 -66 $ 797.89 229.89 79.00 948.78 $ 4,577.47 $ 4,577.47 Everett M. Mulliken Fund The "income shall be used under the supervision of the proper Town Authorities, for the care of Hastings Park in said Lexington." Corpus $5,000 Central Maine Power Co. 1st Mortgage 4 7/8% Bonds due 5 -1 -87 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 2,226.48 343.73 2,570.21 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 365.27 Income Receipts 79.75 Less Disbursements 13.00 Balance 12 -31 -66 432.02 4,812.50 82.50 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 500.00 Principal- Deposit Provident Institution for Savings 500.00 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 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 301.95 34.40 336.35 500.00 500.00 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." 31 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS - 1966 F. Foster Sherburne and Tenny Sherburne Fund (Continued) It is the purpose of this Fund to continue the long established practice of . . . F. Foster Sherburne, during his lifetime, and thus to enable young men and women to obtain an education in a well recognized college or university of higher education. The beneficiaries shall be selected without regard to their race, color, sex or religious beliefs, consideration being given not only to their scholastic ability but also to their character, habits and financial needs, and such awards shall be solely for the payment of tuition. Corpus $4,000 Chicago Great Western Railway 4% 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 North Pacific Railway 4% 1997 $5,000 Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. 4 1/2% Bonds due 3 -1 -87 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Less Disbursements, Scholarships Balance 12 -31 -66 $ 877.31 1,205.21 1,000.00 1,082.52 $ 3,150.00 1,970.00 9,900.00 4,362.50 4,926.51 393.56 $24,702.57 George O. 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 beauti- fying of unsightly places in the highways." Corpus 2,507.65 $4,000 South Pacific Co. 1st Mortgage 2 3/4% Bond Series F due 1 -1 -96 2,335.44 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 172.21 Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 495.00 Income Receipts 110.00 Balance 12 -31 -66 605.00 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 4 1/2% 1st Mortgage Bonds due 12 -1 -87 2,000.00 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 6.25 Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Less Disbursements Scholarship Balance 12 -31 -66 767.69 116.66 600.00 284.35 George W. Taylor Flag Fund The "income to be used for the care, preservation and replacement of said flagpole (on the Battle Green), or for the purchase of new flags; any balance of income from said fund to be used for the care 1 of Lexington Common." Corpus $2,000 Virginia Electric and Power Company 32 2,006.25 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS - 1966 George W. Taylor Flag Fund (Continued) 4 1/2% 1st Mortgage Bonds due 12 -1 -87 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 $ 276.71 101.95 378.66 $ 2,000.00 6.25 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 4 1/2% 1st Mortgage Bonds due 12 -1 -87 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 794.56 124.20 918.76 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 1/2% Bonds due 1999 Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 901.97 Income Receipts 247.11 Balance 1,149.08 3,870.74 661.06 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 $4,000 U.S. Treasury Bonds 3% due 2 -15 -95 $10,000 South Pacific Co. 1st Mortgage 2 3/4% Bonds Series F due 1 -1 -96 Principal- Deposit Warren Institution for Savings Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 1,564.98 473.73 2,038.71 4,000.00 5,750.00 113,44 9,863.44 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 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 33 2,341.81 100.56 2,442.37 2,442.37 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS - 1966 Westview Cemetery - Perpetual Care Corpus Balance 1 -1 -66 Proceeds on Bond Registration Town of Lexington $20,000 U.S. Treasury Bonds 2 1/2% due 6 -15 -69 $28,000 Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company 4 1/2% Bonds due 3 -1 -87 $1,000 Oklahoma Gas & Electric 3 7/8% Bonds due 1988 $15,000 North Pacific Railway Co. Prior Lien Mortgage 4% Bonds due 1 -1 -97 $15,000 Missouri Pacific Equipment Trust 5 1/8% Series M due 10 -15 -69 $5,000 Alabama Power Company 1st Mortgage 4 5/8% Bonds due 5 -1 -87 $12,000 Chicago Great Western Railway 1st Mortgage 4% Bond Series A due 1 -1 -88 $4,000 Hocking Valley 4 1/2% Bonds due 1999 $6,000 Alabama Power Company 1st Mortgage 3 7/8% Bonds due 1 -1 -88 $10,000 Great Northern Railway 3 1/8% 1990 $1,000 Idaho Power Company 4 1/2% Bonds due 1 -1 -87 $3,000 Central Maine Power 3 5/8% Bonds due 3 -1 -83 210 Shares First National Bank of Boston 125 Shares Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. 295 Shares State Street Bank and Trust Co. Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Receipts Disbursements Balance 12 -31 -66 Accumulated Income - Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Less Disbursement to Town, plus fee Balance 12 -31 -66 $8,838.29 6,096.26 5,002.72 9,931.83 Louise E. Wilkins Flower Fund Corpus Principal- Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1 -1 -66 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -66 34 $122,256.32 108.69 19,287.00 17,779.22 27,648.29 872.50 12,523.20 14,913.10 4,543.75 9,241.05 3,870.74 5,085.00 6,751.25 972.50 2,550.00 13,055.00 10,547.22 11,070.00 2,450.72 19,395.69 21,617.22 229.19 75.03 3.16 2.00 76.19 $141,652.01 76.19 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS 1966 Recapitulation Town Total appropriations as certified by town clerk to be raised by taxation, Chapter 41, Section 15A.... Total appropriations voted to be taken from avail- able funds 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 Gross amount to be raised $10,657,362.65 1,352,097.13 $12,009,459.78 1966 1965 Estimates Underestimates $ 20,466.96 5,558.13 149.60 1,183.82 25,741.15 3,029.25 2,630.85 274,313.24 $333,073.00 Tax and Assessments $199,013.43 3,841.10 $202,854.53 0.00 333,073.00 $12,566.58 $12,566.58 215,421.11 100,000.00 $12,712,003.49 Estimated Receipts and Available Funds Motor vehicle and trailer excise $ 761,101.74 Licenses 17,718.00 Fines 3,445.50 Special assessments 156,821.44 General government 10,110.66 Protection of persons and property 2,813.40 Health and sanitation 12,569.80 Recreation 267.36 Public service enterprises (such as water department) 481,184.41 Cemeteries (other than trust funds and sale of lots) 7,554.50 Interest on taxes and assessments 34,647.25 Farm animal excise 55.63 In lieu of taxes Cambridge and Arlington 1,071.36 Total estimated distribution and reimbursement from local aid fund 1,781,424.30 Unclassified 49,764.38 Total estimated receipts $ 3,320,549.73 Additional overestimates to be used as available funds 4,168.75 Amounts voted to be taken from available funds: Amount $ 72,300.00 1,084,891.61 52,000.00 Date of Vote Source of Funds 6 -7 -65 3 -21 -66 3 -23 -66 Cons. fund and Land acq. fund Excess and deficiency and other Excess and deficiency and other 35 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS Amounts voted to be taken from available funds (Continued) A mount Date of Vote Source of Funds 11,730.52 3 -28 -66 Excess and deficiency and other 131,175.00 3 -31 -66 Excess and deficiency and other $1,352,097.13 $1,352,097.13 Total available funds $1,356,265.88 Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation on Property Personal property valuation Real estate valuation $ 9,085,400 175,207,900 Total $184,293,300 Tax Rate $43.60 $ 396,123.44 7,639,064.44 $4,676,815.61 $8,035,187.88 Total taxes levied on property $8,035,187.88 Items Not Entering into the Determination of the Tax Rate; Betterments and Special Assessments Added to Taxes Committed Amount Interest Total Apportioned sewer assessments $49,242.63 $20,486.89 $ 69,729.52 Apportioned sidewalk assessments 1,947.16 603.65 2,550.81 Apportioned street assessments 23,931.24 10,024.29 33,955.53 Apportioned water assessments 959.96 407.21 1,367.17 Water liens added to taxes 20,469.73 -- 20,469.73 $ 128,072.76 Total Amount of 1966 Taxes on Property and of Assessments and Liens Added to Taxes as Committed to Tax Collector $8,163,260.64 TABLE OF AGGREGATES Number of Persons Assessed Individuals All Others* Total On personal estate only 125 46 171 On real estate only 14234 178 14412 On both personal and real estate 56 18 74 Total Number of Persons Assessed 14657 * Partnerships, Associations or Trusts, Corporations Value of Assessed Personal Estate Stock in trade 160,450 Machinery 266,750 Livestock 4,450 All other Tangible Personal Property 8,653,750 Total Valuation of Assessed Personal Estate $9,085,400.00 Value of Assessed Real Estate Land exclusive of buildings Buildings exclusive of land Total Valuation of Assessed Real Estate Total Valuation of Assessed Estate 43,652,800 131,555,100 36 $175,207,900.00 $184,293,300.00 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS Taxes for State, County, and City or Town Purposes, Including Overlay On Personal Estate $ 396,123.44 On Real Estate 7,639,064.44 Total Taxes Assessed $8,035,187.88 Number of Livestock Assessed General Farm Animals Horses 39 Cows 3 31 Fowl 110 6700 All others 4 1 Number of Acres of Land Assessed 7718 Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed 7797 Property Exempt from Taxation Value of Real Estate Value of Tangible Personal Estate $47,115,760.00 1,911,400.00 Total Value of Exempt Property $49,027,160.00 Recapitulation of Commitments Fiscal Year of 1966 on Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Number of Commissioner's Commitment Commitment Vehicles Value Excise 9 1, -12 -66 1069 $ 1,308,545 $ 38,594.65 10 2 -7 -66 801 967,950 15,829.97 11 1 -26 -66 84 16,950 1,120.00 12 3 -22 -66 485 707,250 10,334.38 13 4 -15 -66 2 2,300 63.80 1 2 -24 -66 2061 1,806,300 119,215.80 2 3 -21 -66 3343 2,553,900 168,557.40 3 3 -31 -66 2277 1,605,364 105,954.76 4 4 -14 -66 1474 1,150,070 75,905.14 5 4 -25 -66 1203 822,530 54,287.06 6 5 -13 -66 1572 1,075,199 70,963.35 7 5 -31 -66 1214 823,870 54,090.50 8 7 -19 -66 1335 1,830,165 101,408.61 9 8 -8 -66 61 51,920 3,141.30 10 9 -12 -66 760 884,737 50,707.99 11 11 -22 -66 530 343,155 16,450.26 18271 $15,950,205 $886,624.97 37 RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE MARCH 1966 TOWN MEETING Capital Expenditures Article 13 Water Mains 14 Sewer Mains 15 Sewer Main from Bedford Street to Winter Street 16 Sewer Main from Emerson Road to Burlington Street 17 Sewer Main and Pumping Station in North Lexington 18 Drains 19 Sidewalks 20 Curbs 22 Chapter 90 Highway Construction (Massachusetts Avenue) 23 Permanent Street Construction (North Lowell Street) 24 Equipment DPW 33 Voting Machines 36 Preliminary Plans Town Office Building 37 Final Plans and Bids - Barn 38 Generator - Cary Memorial Building 39 Radio Communications System 40 Additional and Replacement Equipment for Fire Alarm and Communications Systems and converting present battery room to an office 41 Partial Development of a major playground at Harrington School 42 Baskin playground 43 Center playground track 44 Backstop at Diamond Jr. High 45 Prepare land for Ringe Avenue playground 46 Clear and level playground off Winter Street 47 Clear and level playground on Poplar Street 50 Highland Avenue School Site 51 Lowell and Woburn Street triangle of land 52 Beautification of Massachusetts Avenue Waltham Street to Meriam Street (Article reads "Wallis Court to Bedford Street ") 53 Approximate money for a technicality concerning school building 67 -73 Street acceptances 74 -78 Street acceptances underbetterments 79 Laconia Street West from Lowell Street 88 Conservation purchase of West Farm 11 Acres 89 90 Conservation purchase of Roberts Land 91 Between Swenson Farm and Tower Property 92 Bio- engineering study of old residence SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - JUNE 20, 1966 Article 2 Public Works Building 10 year bond 4 Sewer and Water Main under Route 2 14 Hathaway Road - Willards Woods Conservation Land 38 $ 21, 400. 00 267, 700. 00 57, 400. 00 38, 200. 00 109, 000. 00 34, 400. 00 40, 600. 00 5, 000. 00 95, 100. 86 54, 000. 00 73, 000. 00 8, 500. 00 2, 000. 00 36, 000. 00 10, 000. 00 37, 000. 00 36, 000. 00 10, 000. 00 1, 500. 00 1, 000. 00 750. 00 3, 000. 00 3, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 70, 000. 00 45, 000. 00 60, 000.00 11, 730. 00 500. 00 69, 000. 00 4, 000. 00 24, 200. 00 17, 000. 00 1, COO. 00 $ 390, 000. 00 22, 300. 00 45, 000. 00 ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 7, 1966 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. Registered Voters by Precincts Votes Cast by Precincts Precinct 1 2,568 Precinct 1 639 Precinct 2 2,280 Precinct 2 485 Precinct 3 2,024 Precinct 3 548 Precinct 4 2,028 Precinct 4 702 Precinct 5 2,536 Precinct 5 848 Precinct 6 2,326 Precinct 6 571 Total 13,762 Total 3,793 Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 Totals Selectman Robert Cataldo 447 364 410 442 609 402 2,674 Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. 465 353 458 528 648, 433 2,885 Franklyn J. Crosby 182 100 125 224 215 151 997 Blanks 184 153 103 210 224 156 1,030 Totals 1,278 970 1,096 1,404 1,696 1,142 7,586 Mr. Cataldo and Mr. Cole elected Selectmen for three years. Town Clerk Mary R. McDonough 532 418 487 584 742 492 3,255 Blanks 107 67 61 118 106 79 538 Totals 639 485 548 702 848 571 3,793 Mary R. McDonough was elected Town Clerk for one year. Town Treasurer Mary R. McDonough 518 410 473 570 723 486 3,180 Blanks 121 75 75 132 125 85 613 Totals 639 485 548 702 848 571 3,793 Mary R. McDonough was elected Town Treasurer for one year. School Committee Elizabeth H. Clarke 392 327 367 461 545 357 2,449 Franklyn J. Crosby 188 119 135 188 231 169 1,030 Blanks 59 39 46 53 72 45 314 Totals 639 485 548 702 848 571 3,793 Elizabeth H. Clarke was elected to the School Committee for three years. Planning Board E. Conrad Levy 145 101 143 134 199 119 841 Francis T. Worrell 373 289 343 463 525 380 2,373 Blanks 121 95 62 105 124 72 579 Totals 639 485 548 702 848 571 3,793 Francis T. Worrell was elected to the Planning Board for five years. Moderator Robert B. Kent 486 384 458 574 706 475 3,083 Blanks 153 101 90 128 142 96 710 Totals 639 • 7U 848 571 3,793 Robert B. Kent was elected Moderator for one year. 39 TOWN MEETING ELECTION - MARCH 7, 1966 Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 Totals Collector of Taxes Ethel U. Rich 518 414 490 607 738 493 3,260 Blanks 121 71 58 95 110 78 533 Totals 639 485 548 702 848 571 3,793 Ethel U. Rich was elected Collector of Taxes for one year. Cemetery Commissioner 495 375 448 540 670 458 2,986 144 110 100 162 178 113 807 James R. Sherman Blanks Totals 639 485 548 702 848 571 3,793 James R. Sherman was elected Cemetery Commissioner for three years. John J. Shine, Jr. Charles A. Withrow, Jr. Blanks Totals 287 182 170 218 139 128 Constable 241 193 114 278 224 200 399 264 185 296 1,719 175 1,177 100 897 639 485 548 702 848 571 3,793 John J. Shine, Jr. was elected Constable for one year. Trustee of Public Trusts John F. Cogan, Jr. 443 355 Blanks 196 130 Totals 639 485 414 500 613 451 2,776 134 202 235 120 1,017 548 702 848 571 3,793 John F. Cogan, Jr. was elected Trustee of Public Trusts for six years. Lexington Housing Authority Albert W. Hruby 437 353 Blanks 202 132 Totals 639 485 429 505 119 197 642 438 2,804 206 133 989 548 702 848 571 3,793 Albert W. Hruby was elected to the Housing Authority for five years. Question No. One "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and sixty five, entitled 'An Act authorizing certain non - residents of the Town of Lexington to take the examination for the position of police officer, and providing for their eligibility for appointment thereto', be accepted ?" Yes 321 244 No 87 46 Blanks 231 195 Totals 639 485 * J. Keith Butters * James Cataldo * Wallace Cupp * Homer J. Hagedorn * Franklin C. Hudson * Howard M. Kassler * Jack L. Mitchell * Elected for three years. TOWN 306 298 277 366 301 293 277 281 375 381 307 1,909 56 55 101 56 401 211 272 366 208 1,483 548 702 848 571 3,793 MEETING ELECTION - PRECINCT * Jules P. Sussman ** David F. Toomey * Weiant Wathen -Dunn * Ephraim Weiss John J. Campobasso Murray Kaye Rodger E. Longley Blanks ** Elected for one year. 40 294 262 289 287 152 156 202 2,493 1 William Marcuse 164 Barry B. McGinnis 155 Allen Mottur 222 * Lotte E. Scharfman 312 Nathan T. Sidley 151 James E. Spellman 202 Jerome H. Weinstein 209 TOWN MEETING ELECTION - PRECINCT 2 * Robert M. Briber * Eric T. Clarke * John F. Downey, Jr. * Elizabeth M. Flynn Benjamin S. Goldstein 284 ** Milton L. Gould 296 * Alan S. Hodges 272 * Harold E. Roeder 285 * Douglas T. Ross 225 * Angela E. Frick * Elected for three years. ** Elected for one year. TOWN MEETING ELECTION * Shirley D. Bayle * Charles H. Cole, 2nd. * Murray G. Dearborn * Charles F. Gallagher, Jr. ** George E. Graves Frederic R. Hartstone 232 274 248 266 271 * Betty S. Jones * Judith J. Totman * Benjamin W. White Blanks - PRECINCT 285 • Wilbur M. Jaquith 320 339 • William R. Page 285 278 • Alford S. Peckham 341 299 • Richard H. Soule 347 270 Stillman Williams 251 222 • Francis Worrell 333 Blanks 2,712 3 * Leslie H. York Wilbur R. Fletcher John J. Garrity * Joseph O. Rooney Shirley H. Stolz * ** Charles Winchester * Elected for three years. ** Elected for two years. * ** Elected for one year. TOWN MEETING ELECTION - PRECINCT 4 * Wallace B. Baylies, Jr. * Joseph A. Campbell * Evert N. Fowle Robert M. Gary * Martin A. Gilman * Allan Green * Robert H. Kingston 383 * Eric B. Kula 316 337 * Donald P. Noyes •332 408 ** William L. Potter 303 271 * Margaret F. Rawls 351 343 * Norman Richards 346 329 * ** Alfred Tropeano 294 356 Julio Amicangelo 149 ** Edward R. Bellone Francis W. Birch Stanton T. Hamlet George A. Kessler Lauri A. Lindell James S. Miller Blanks 258 255 282 2,372 325 175 188 284 185 233 303 175 283 111 193 244 3,299 * Elected for three years. ** Tie - Special Election to decide between a one or three year term. * ** Elected for one year. TOWN * J. Haskell Casey, Jr. * Roy Edward Cook * William P. Fitzgerald * Barbara M. Harvell * Kingston L. Howard * Richard Kimball ** George A. Kolovson * Elected for three years. ** TOWN * Leon A. Burke, Jr. * Raymond J. Culler * Charles Esterberg, Jr. * James F. Flynn * James W. Lambie * Richard I. Miller * Elected for three years. MEETING ELECTION - PRECINCT 5 375 * Christine Meyer 363 394 * Paul B. West 434 371 * Allen Whitman, Jr. 356 527 Sumner P. Wolsky 334 405 Arthur K. Asbury 246 364 * G. Richard Beamon 362 354 Nicholas Cafarelli 125 Blanks 3,432 Elected for two years. MEETING ELECTION 333 260 302 324 275 300 * ** * * Richard M. Perry David A. Somers Alfred L. Viano Marlin Whitney John Cogan, Jr. Frederick Conroy Howard Levingston William Melbye, Jr. John Morgenstern * Ernest E. Outhet David Reiner Camille B. Skov Phyllis E. Thomas - PRECINCT 6 291 Stanley Juthe, Jr. 249 Leo C. Lentini 342 * Mrs. C.R. Lichterman 270 James McLaughlin 245 George R. Medeiros 195 * Richard Michelson Blanks 2,177 ** Elected for two years. 41 227 196 173 365 252 225 297 225 115 284 182 200 283 STATE PRIMARY ELECTION SEPTEMBER 13, 1966 In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the Town of Lexington met in their respective voting places in said Town of Lexington Tuesday, September 13, 1966 at eight in the forenoon. Registered Voters by Precincts Votes Cast by Precincts Precincts Republican Democrat Total Precinct 1 2,653 1 149 516 665 Precinct 2 2,307 2 124 475 599 Precinct 3 2,080 3 240 285 525 Precinct 4 2,066 4 181 381 562 Precinct 5 2,606 5 246 484 730 Precinct 6 2,397 6 154 403 557 Totals 14,109 Totals 1,094 2,544 3,638 REPUBLICAN PARTY Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Senator in Congress Edward W. Brooke 129 105 211 166 227 138 976 Blanks 20 19 29 15 19 16 118 Totals 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 Governor John A. Volpe 138 116 233 174 229 148 1,038 Blanks 11 8 7 7 17 6 56 Totals 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 Lieutenant Governor Francis W. Sargent 122 110 220 165 218 136 971 Blanks 27 14 20 16 28 18 123 Totals 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson 134 118 228 174 234 141 1,029 Blanks 15 6 12 7 12 13 65 Totals 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 Secretary Raymond M. Trudel 120 101 212 160 208 127 928 Blanks 29 23 28 21 38 27 166 Totals 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 Joseph E. Fernandes Blanks Treasurer 117 100 203 158 203 117 898 32 24 37 23 43 37 196 Totals 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 John J. Buckley Blanks Totals Auditor 124 109 215 160 214 129 951 25 15 25 21 32 25 143 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 42 F. Bradford Morse Blanks Totals STATE PRIMARY ELECTION SEPTEMBER 13, 1966 Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Congressman - Fifth District 132 111 227 173 239 144 1,026 17 13 13 8 7 10 68 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 Councilor - Sixth District Ellen A. Sampson 81 55 145 101 131 72 585 Leonard A. Scott 33 45 62 57 70 58 325 Blanks 35 24 33 23 45 24 184 Totals 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 Senator - Seventh Middlesex District Ronald C. MacKenzie 118 105, 209 155 201 128 916 Blanks 31 19 31 26 45 26 178 Totals 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. Blanks Totals James N. Gabriel Blanks Totals Representative in General Court 33rd Middlesex District 130 113 221 169 220 144 997 19 11 19 12 26 10 97 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 District Attorney - Northern District 113 96 201 156 198 126 890 36 28 39 25 48 28 204 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 Register of Probate and Insolvency Middlesex County John V. Harvey 5 11 16 William Hayes 1 1 Blanks 144 123 240 170 246 154 1,077 Totals 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 County Commissioner - Middlesex County Ralph J. Bens, Jr. 113 98 196 153 193 124 877 Blanks 36 26 44 28 53 30 217 Totals 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 David V. Harmon Blanks Totals County Treasurer - Middlesex County 1 7 15 11 6 40 148 117 225 170 240 154 1,054 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 County Commissioner - Middlesex County to Fill Vacancy Joseph G. Albiani 42 22 46 30 46 31 217 Frederick Lowe 26 25 44 29 38 36 198 Irene K. Thresher 60 64 135 108 133 69 569 Blanks 21 13 15 14 29 18 110 Totals 149 124 240 181 246 154 1,094 43 STATE PRIMARY ELECTION SEPTEMBER 13, 1966 DEMOCRATIC PARTY Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Senator in Congress Endicott Peabody 241 194 122 145 163 184 1,049 Thomas B. Adams 115 143 78 123 170 71 700 John F. Collins 153 130 80 109 148 142 762 Blanks 7 8 5 4 3 6 33 Totals 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 Governor Edward J. McCormack, Jr 234 233 111 169 218 167 1,132 Kenneth P. O'Donnell 185 212 160 197 249 228 1,231 Blanks 97 30 14 15 17 8 181 Totals 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 Lieutenant Governor Joseph E. McGuire 214 196 110 147 181 163 1,011 Herbert L. Connolly 187 167 90 150 169 158 921 Blanks 115 112 85 84 134 82 612 Totals 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti 188 134 69 88 114 103 696 Robert J. DeGiacomo 212 210 149 210 240 199 1,220 Foster Furcolo 86 92 41 53 96 73 441 Blanks 30 39 26 30 34 28 187 Totals 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 Secretary Kevin H. White 396 373 225 303 380 333 2,010 Blanks 120 102 60 78 104 70 534 Totals 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 Treasurer Robert Q. Crane 352 274 176 220 285 259 1,566 Blanks 164 201 109 161 199 144 978 Totals 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 Auditor Thaddeus Buczko 306 281 183 209 289 242 1,510 James H. Kelly 119 90 43 84 97 96 529 Blanks 91 104 59 88 98 65 505 Totals 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 Councilor - Sixth District G. Edward Bradley 140 113 53 88 119 75 588 Daniel T. Carey 55 45 34 42 55 58 289 John P. Donnelly 104 91 62 63 64 82 289 Arthur R. Fitzpatrick 18 18 6 6 11 14 73 Edwin J. Keyes 14 14 6 7 20 11 72 James J. O'Neil 38 43 16 36 31 29 193 Blanks 147 151 108 139 184 134 863 Totals 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 44 STATE PRIMARY ELECTION SEPTEMBER 13, 1966 Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Congressman - Fifth District Charles N. Tsapatsaris 287 284 159 209 285 235 1,459 Blanks 229 191 126 172 199 168 1,085. Totals 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 James J. Long Blanks Totals Daniel E. Power Blanks Totals John J. Droney Blanks Totals Senator - Seventh Middlesex District 312 276 156 210 272 242 1,468 204 199 129 171 212 161 1,076 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 Representative in General Court 33rd Middlesex District 337 316 193 257 321 302 1,726 179 159 92 124 163 101 818 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 District Attorney - Northern District 323 298 173 218 287 264 1,563 193 177 112 163 197 139 981 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 Register of Probate and Insolvency Middlesex County John V. Harvey 284 261 157 213 276 258 1,449 Frank M. DeFino 55 49 24 38 43 19 228 Blanks 177 165 104 130 165 126 867 Totals 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 County Commissioner - Middlesex County John L. Danehy 160 112 64 76 106 122 640 John James Brennan, Jr. 100 115 46 59 87 69 476 Dudley V. Carr 16 23 23 32 30 18 142 John F. Cremens 59 84 45 69 80 55 392 Daniel M. Mulhern 8 10 6 9 8 17 58 Blanks 173 131 101 136 173 122 836 Totals 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 County Treasurer - Middlesex County Thomas B. Brennan 199 190 96 127 167 157 936 Rocco J. Antonelli 86 60 44 63 56 53 362 Robert H. Boland 49 46 25 29 53 34 236 Thomas A. Corkery 32 26 15 18 23 27 141 Blanks 150 153 105 144 185 132 869 Totals 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 County Commissioner - Middlesex County To Fill Vacacy Frederick J. Connors 191 128 81 106 161 117 784 Richard F. Brennan 96 92 45 63 67 71 434 John R. O'Neill 67 99 48 60 72 78 424 Blanks 162 156 111 152 184 137 902 Totals 516 475 285 381 484 403 2,544 45 STATE ELECTION NOVEMBER 8, 1966 In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the Town of Lexington met in their respective voting places in said Town of Lexington on Tuesday, November 8, 1966 at seven o'clock in the forenoon. Registered Voters by Precincts Votes Cast by Precincts Precinct 1 2,779 Precinct 1 2,262 Precinct 2 2,431 Precinct 2 1,918 Precinct 3 2,235 Precinct 3 1,877 Precinct 4 2,207 Precinct 4 1,871 Precinct 5 2,726 Precinct 5 2,344 Precinct 6 2,505 Precinct 6 2,052 Total 14,883 Total 12,324 Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Senator in Congress Edward W. Brooke 1418 1288 1446 1383 1760 1416 8,711 Endicott Peabody 675 506 313 364 451 516 2,825 Lawrence Gilfedder 4 6 6 6 8 7 37 Mark R. Shaw 2 2 4 2 3 4 17 Blanks 163 116 108 116 122 109 734 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Governor John A. Volpe 1605 1383 1549 1455 1888 1578 9,458 Edward J. McCormack, Jr. 596 490 288 379 400 434 2,587 Henning A. Blomen 11 10 8 7 8 6 50 John Charles Hedges 7 5 5 5 3 3 28 Blanks 43 30 27 25 45 31 201 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Lieutenant Governor Joseph E. McGuire 600 454 274 341 403 434 2,506 Francis W. Sargent 1404 1273 1452 1380 1742 1461 8,712 Grace P. Luder 12 8 9 5 8 7 49 Francis A. Votano 16 17 8 12 11 7 71 Blanks 230 166 134 133 180 143 986 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti 702 524 302 381 455 477 2,841 Elliot L. Richardson 1436 1310 1463 1401 1771 1468 8,849 Edgar E. Gaudet 20 13 20 11 17 17 98 Blanks 104 71 ,92 78 101 90 536 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Secretary Kevin H. White 1315 1007 746 916 1122 1082 6,188 Raymond M. Trudel 721 729 889 799 1014 815 4,967 F. Oliver Drake 7 8 8 4 5 3 35 Willy N. Hogseth 9 18 7 10 10 6 60 Blanks 210 156 227 142 193 146 1,074 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 46 Robert Q. Crane Joseph E. Fernandes Domenico A. DiGirolamo Julia B. Kohler Blanks Totals Thaddeus Buczko John J. Buckley August O. Johnson Roger I. Williams Blanks Totals F. Bradford Morse Charles N. Tsapatsaris Blanks Totals G. Edward Bradley Ellen A. Sampson Blanks Totals James J. Long Ronald C. MacKenzie Blanks Totals Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. Daniel E. Power Blanks Totals John J. Droney James N. Gabriel Blanks Totals John V. Harvey Blanks Totals STATE ELECTION NOVEMBER 8, 1966 Precinct 1 Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 2 3 4 5 6 Total Treasurer 1155 889 673 806 843 803 981 848 20 27 15 15 7 5 4 6 237 194 204 196 938 925 5,386 1149 919 5,543 16 10 103 9 6 37 232 192 1,255 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Auditor 933 742 553 626 1089 988 1185 1082 11 25 10 7 5 3 4 5 224 160 125 151 2262 1918 1877 1871 Congressman - Fifth District 782 764 4,400 1351 1145 6,840 13 8 74 7 5 29 191 130 981 2344 2052 12,324 1467 1294 1547 1393 1780 1535 9,016 536 453 225 348 414 372 2,348 259 171 105 130 150 145 960 2262 1918 1877 1871 Councilor - Sixth District 2344 2052 12,324 763 567 375 462 538 584 3,289 1063 1008 1194 1088 1414 1150 6,917 436 343 308 321 392 318 2,118 2262 1918 1877 1871 Senator - Seventh Middlesex District 2344 2052 12,324 724 475 339 367 451 519 2,875 1226 1238 1393 1331 1702 1334 8,224 312 205 145 173 191 199 1,225 2262 1918 1877 1871 Representative in General Court 33rd Middlesex District 2344 2052 12,324 1180 1090 1354 1193 1500 1256 7,573 897 701 458 588 719 707 4,070 185 127 65 90 125 89 681 2262 1918 1877 1871 District Attorney - Northern District 2344 2052 12,324 917 685 487 546 721 710 4,066 975 939 1155 1062 1232 1066 6,429 370 294 235 263 391 276 1,829 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Register of Probate and Insolvency Middlesex County 964 798 607 1298 1120 1270 2262 1918 1877 47 654 818 831 4,672 1217 1526 1221 7,652 1871 2344 2052 12,324 STATE ELECTION - NOVEMBER 8, 1966 Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total County Commissioner - Middlesex County Ralph J. Bens, Jr. 945 922 1161 1038 1344 1068 6,478 John L. Danehy 813 612 378 440 552 603 3,398 Blanks 504 384 338 393 448 381 2,448 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 County Treasurer - Middlesex County Thomas B. Brennan 954 757 565 626 771 790 4,463 Blanks 1308 1161 1312 1245 1573 1262 7,861 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 County Commissioner - Middlesex County to Fill Vacancy Frederick J. Connors 832 582 377 455 544 629 3,419 Irene K. Thresher 1008 998 1217 1107 1404 1091 6,825 Blanks 422 338 283 309 396 332 2,080 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Question No. 1 (Governor and Lt. Gov.) Yes 1526 1318 1353 1406 1685 1514 8,802 No 341 308 258 199 337 320 1,763 Blanks 395 292 266 266 322 218 1,759 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Question No. 2 (Structural Changes, Executive Dept.) Yes 1532 1344 1360 1414 1696 1511 8,857 No 271 239 186 150 290 286 1,422 Blanks 459 335 331 307 358 255 2,045 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Question No. 3 (Developing Industry) Yes 1286 1108 1124 1136 1365 1175 7,194 No 479 434 375 371 560 567 2,786 Blanks 497 376 378 364 419 310 2,344 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Question No. 4 (Home Rule) Yes 1512 1341 1329 1382 1709 1513 8,786 No 278 204 190 145 249 253 1,319 Blanks 472 373 358 344 386 286 2,219 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Question No. 5 (Retain Sales Tax) Yes 1633 1441 1467 1463 1781 1611 9,396 No 272 195 154 161 243 232 1,257 Blanks 357 282 256 247 320 209 1,671 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 48 STATE ELECTION - NOVEMBER 8, 1966 Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Question No. 6. (Opinion on Sales Tax) Yes 1200 1094 1141 1087 1387 1231 7,140 No 443 353 282 337 404 418 2,237 Blanks 619 471 454 447 553 403 2,947 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Question No. 7A. (All Liquors on Premises) Yes 655 578 519 538 634 488 3,412 No 1070 833 840 934 1244 1195 6,116 Blanks 537 507 518 399 466 369 2,796 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Question No. 7 B. (Beer and Wine on Premises) Yes 642 560 469 516 610 461 3,258 No 1014 683 809 894 1222 1163 5,785 Blanks 606 675 599 461 512 428 3,281 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Question No. 7C. (Package Stores Only) Yes 1402 1202 1218 1199 1535 1373 7,929 No 440 378 362 373 461 416 2,430 Blanks 420 338 297 299 348 263 1,965 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Question No. 7 D. (Hotel Liquor) Yes 1304 1128 1029 1064 1369 1178 7,072 No 568 489 585 514 657 652 3,465 Blanks 390 301 263 293 318 222 1,787 Totals 2262 1918 1877 1871 2344 2052 12,324 Board of Registration The Town Clerk's office was open daily throughout the year plus sixteen evening and Saturday dates for registration of new voters. Total number of voters as of January 1, 1966 14,205 Voters taken off as of January 1, 1966 - 1,097 New voters registered as of February 15, 1966 * 654 Total number of voters as of February 15, 1966 New voters registered as of August 13, 1966 Voters taken off as of August 13, 1966 Total number of voters as of August 13, 1966 Voters taken off as of October 8, 1966 New voters registered as of October 8, 1966 Total number of voters as of December 31, 1966 Total voters taken off in 1966 Total new voters for 1966 13,762 + 468 - 121 14,109 - 84 + 858 14,883 1,302 1,980 Mary R. McDonough, Clerk 49 REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK Following is the report of the Town Clerk for the year 1966, including all licenses issued and fees collected, fees collected being turned over to the town: Dog Licenses Male Dog Licenses Issued 1,045 @ $ 2.00 $ 2,090.00 Female Dog Licenses Issued 210 @ 5.00 1,050.00 Spayed Female Dog Licenses Issued 922 @ 2.00 1,844.00 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 4 @ .25 1.00 Total $ 5,110.00 Total Number of Dog Licenses Issued 2,189 Total Fees Turned Over to Town $547.00 Sporting Licenses Resident Citizen Fishing Issued 434 @ 5.25 $ 2,278.50 Citizen Hunting Issued 212 @ 5.25 1,113.00 Citizen Sporting Issued 112 @ 8.25 924.00 Citizen Minor Fishing Issued 75 @ 3.25 243.75 Citizen Female Fishing Issued 59 @ 4.25 250.75 Citizen Trapping Issued 4 @ 8.75 35.00 Alien Fishing Issued 1 @ 9.75 9.75 Duplicate Licenses Issued 4 .50 2.00 Citizen Sporting Issued 37 Free Citizen Fishing - Paraplegic Issued 1 Free Non - Resident Citizen Fishing Issued Citizen Hunting Issued Total Number of Licenses Issued Total Fees Turned Over to Town 1 @ 9.75 3 @ 16.25 943 $225.25 9.75 48.75 $ 4,915.25 Other Licenses, Financing Statements, Terminations, Etc. Marriage Licenses Issued 231 @ 2.00 $ 462.00 Marriage Licenses Issued 49 @ 4.00 191.00 Financing Statements Recorded 1,806.80 Terminations Recorded 74.00 Certified Certificates 1,156.00 Miscellaneous 102.50 Pole Locations 111.00 Gasoline Permits 36 @ .50 18.00 Summary Dog Licenses Issued $ 5,110.00 Sporting Licenses Issued 4,915.25 Marriage Licenses Issued 658.00 Financing Statements Recorded 1,806.80 Terminations Recorded 74.00 Certified Certificates 1,156.00 Miscellaneous 102.50 Pole Locations 111.00 Gasoline Permits 18.00 Total Receipts for 1966 $13,951.55 50 REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER Following is the report of the Town Treasurer for the year 1966: Cash on hand January 1, 1966 Receipts during year 1966 Expenditures 1966 per warrants Cash on hand January 1, 1967 (Included in the above receipts and expenditures is the amount of $8,750,320.83 for Invested Cash) Report of Tax Title Account Number of Tax Titles on hand January 1, 1966 Number of New Tax Titles added during 1966 Number of Tax Titles Released during 1966 Number of Tax Titles on hand January 1, 1967 Total Amount Summary of Town Treasurer's Cash Total Amount Invested during year 1966 Total Amount Interest earned on Investments during 1966 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 Balance December 31, 1966 Stabilization Fund $104,073.97 336,182.54 341,498.75 2,879.17 1,000.00 5,000.00 1,000.00 $791,634.43 Home Savings Bank, Boston, Mass. Balance as of December 31, 1965 Interest added for 1966 Balance as of December 31, 1966 Lexington Federal Savings and Loan Association Balance as of December 31, 1965 Interest added for 1966 Balance as of December 31, 1966 51 $ 3,042,739.30 24,330,346.29 27,373,085.59 26,581,451.16 791,634.43 51 + 3 54 -19 35 5,681.15 8,750,320.83 74,915.94 Mary R. McDonough Town Treasurer 19,704.47 895.37 20,599.84 2,377.60 108.79 2,486.39 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MARCH 21, 1966 Foreword: These reports on the 1966 regular and special town meetings have been condensed from the records of the town clerk. They are not intended as an official record 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, whether passed or rejected. We have omitted the detail related to such parliamen- tary 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 Moderator Robert B. Kent at 8:00 P.M. There were 200 town meeting members present. Invocation offered by Rev. John J. Hogan of Sacred Heart Church. The following motions were all carried unanimously: Article 2. Frank T. Parrish, Jr. moved that the Appropriation Committee Report be accepted and placed on file. Van T. Boughton, Jr. moved that the report of the Capital Expenditures Committee be accepted and placed on file. Richard K. Eaton moved that the report of the Committee on Cary Lectures be accepted and placed on file and the committee discharged. Wilbur M. Jaquith moved that the report of the Historic Districts Study Committee be accepted. Aiden L. Ripley read the 1966 annual report of the Hunting Safety Committee for the Hunting Season of 1965 and moved that the report be accepted and placed on file. Burt E. Nichols moved that the Report of the Lexington Dog Control Law Committee be accepted and placed on file. Rufus L. McQuillan read the Report of the Board of Health and moved that the report be accepted and placed on file. Unless otherwise noted, all of the following articles were presented by Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. Chairman, Board of Selectmen. Article 3. VOTED: That a committee of three be appointed by the moderator to have charge of the lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna 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 21, 1966. 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 8:50 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 treasurer Town clerk Town collector of taxes $1,500.00 7,500.00 8,400.00 The increase over the rates established last year to become effective April 1, 1966, and to raise and appropriate therefore the sum of $17,155.00. 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, 1967 and January 1, 1968, and to issue a note or notes therefore, 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. 52 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MARCH 21, 1966 Article 7. VOTED: That this article involving transfer of unexpended appropriation balances be indefinitely postponed. Carried unanimously. Article 8. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,077.65 for the unpaid bills for prior years of the following accounts: Road Machinery: Builders' Equipment and Supplies Company $ 725.00 Conservation Commission: The Readers' Digest 22.00 Standing School Building Committee: Wrought Iron and Equip- ment Contracts. 2,330.65 Carried unanimously. Article 9. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $55,000.00 for the Reserve Fund. Carried unanimously. Article 10. VOTED: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to petition the Director of Ac- counts of the State for an audit for the year 1966. Carried unanimously. Article 11. VOTED: That the sum of $36,591.00 be raised and appropriated for pensions for re- tired 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 and they hereby are 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 and they hereby are authorized to install water mains not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land 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 therefore; and to appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of $21,400.00, and to provide for payment thereof by transfer of $17,000.00 from the Water Department Available Surplus, and the transfer of $4,400.00 from the Water Assessment Fund. Carried unanimously. Article 14. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are 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 acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore; and to raise and ap- propriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of $267,700.00. Carried unanimously. Article 15. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to install a sewer main or mains in such locations as the Selectmen may determine from an existing sewer main in Bedford Street in the vicinity of Eldred Street to Winter Street in the vicinity of Sullivan Street, 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 therefore; and to appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of $57,400.00, and to provide for payment thereof by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Article 16. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to install a sewer main or mains in such locations as the Selectmen may determine from an existing sewer main in Emerson Road in the vicinity of Angier Road to Burlington Street in the vicinity of Graham Road, sub- ject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, 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 acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore; and to appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of $38,200.00, and to provide for payment thereof by transfer from the Excess andDeficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Article 17. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to install a sewer main or mains, including a pumping station and appurtenances, in such locations as the Selectmen may determine, from Suzanne Road near its intersection with Mill Brook Road to North Street near its in- tersection with Adams Street, and from North Street near its intersection with Adams Street to the ex- isting trunk sewer near the intersection of Grant Street and Colony Road and also to Emerson Road near 53 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MARCH 21, 1966 the point at which it crosses Vine Brook, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, 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 acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore; and to appropriate for such installation and land acqui- sition the sum of $109,000.00, and to provide for payment by transfer of $93,500.00 from the Sewer As- sessment Fund and the transfer of $15,500.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unani- mously. Article 18. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to install drains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, including the—widen- ing, deepening or 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 other- wise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore; and to appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of $34,400.00; and to provide for payment by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Article 19. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to construct concrete, bituminous concrete or other sidewalks, at such locations as they shall determine, where the abutting owner pays one half of the cost, or otherwise; and to appropriate therefore the sum of $40,600.00. and to provide for payment by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Article 20. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to install curbing at such locations as they may determine, and to raise and appropriate therefore 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 $95,000.86 be appropriated for the reconstruction of all or any part of Massachusetts Avenue under Chapter 90 highway construction, and that payment be provided by the transfer of $60,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account and by appropriation of the sum of $35,100.86 received from the State under Chapter 679 of the Acts of 1965. Carried unanimously. Article 23. VOTED: That the sum of $54,000.00 be appropriated for the widening and construc- tion with permanent pavement of Lowell Street from North Street to the Burlington Line, and to provide for payment by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Article 24. VOTED: To appropriate the sum of $73,000.00 for the purchase by or with the ap- proval 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. Carried unanimously. 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 sim- ilar equipment. Carried unanimously. Article 26. VOTED: That this article for supplementary appropriation to prior year's construc- tion be indefinitely postponed. Carried unanimously. Article 27. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to install street lights in such unaccepted streets as they may determine prior to the final adjournment of the 1967 Annual Town Meeting. Carried unanimously. Article 28. 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 by voice vote. Article 29. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to obtain appraisals on and options for land or rights therein that they desire to recommend be acquired by the town as loca- tions forme streets or for playground or recreational or school purposes and that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized on behalf of the town to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or other- wise, such lands or rights therein for such purposes as are or may be included in options obtained by the Selectmen; and that the balances in appropriations previously made for the aforesaid purposes shall be available therefore. Carried unanimously. 54 Article 30. Cemetery and that Carried unanimous Article 31. Carried unanimous ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MARCH 21, 1966 VOTED: That the sum of $4,000.00 be appropriated for the development of Westview said sum be provided by transfer from the Westview Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund. ly. VOTED: That this article for reimbursing subdividers be indefinitely postponed. ly. Article 32. VOTED: That the sum of $4,551.00 be raised and appropriated to be expended under the direction 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 33. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to purchase four voting machines; and to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,500.00 therefore. Carried by voice vote. Article 34. VOTED: To appropriate the sum of $6,922.75 received in 1966 as State aid to public libraries to be used by the Trustees of the Cary Memorial Library in improving and extending library services in Lexington. Carried unanimously. Article 35. VOTED: To accept Chapter 777 of the Acts of 1965 which is an Act establishing the office of comptroller in the Town of Lexington. Carried unanimously. Article 36. Presented by Robert Cataldo. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to obtain preliminary plans and specifications for alterations and additions to the existing Town Office Building and for construction of an additional Town Office Building, and to raise and ap- propriate therefore the sum of $2,000.00. Carried unanimously. Article 37. Presented by Robert Cataldo. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to retain professional services and prepare final plans and specifications and to obtain bids for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of alterations and additions to the Town Public Works Building located at 201 Bedford Street; and to raise and appropriate therefore the sum of $36,000.00. Carried by voice vote. Article 38. Presented by Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. VOTED: To appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the purchase and installation of a generator to provide emergency power for the Cary Memorial Building and the Town Office Building, and to provide for payment by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried by voice vote. Alan G. Adams moved that the meeting be adjourned until Wednesday, March 23, 1966 at 8:00 P.M. The motion offered by Mr. Adams was carried unanimously at 10:45 P.M. ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING•- MARCH 23, 1966 Meeting called to order by Moderator Robert B. Kent at 8:04 P.M. There were 189 town meeting members present. Invocation offered by Elder Alvin E. Wallace, Pastor of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Unless otherwise noted, all articles were presented by Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. Article 39. MOTION: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to purchase and install additional and replacement equipment for the radio communications system of the town; and to appropriate therefore the sum of $37,000.00, and to provide for payment by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Allen Lee Whitman, Jr. moved to amend by striking out the figure $37,000.00 and substituting therefore the sum of $27,500.00. Amendment of Mr. Whitman declared lost by voice vote. Motion, as presented by Mr. Cole, declared carried by voice vote. 55 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 23, 1966 Article 40. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $36,000.00 for the purchase and in- stallation in the Central Fire Station of additional and replacement equipment for the fire alarm and communications systems and to convert the present battery room to an office. Carried by voice vote. Article 41. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 for the partial development of a major playground at the Harrington School. Carried by voice vote. Mr. Hagedorn moved to amend the motion by striking out the word "major." Amendment of Mr. Hagedorn declared lost by voice vote. Van T. Boughton, Jr., Chairman of the Capital Expenditures Committee, said that in the Committee's Report they had supported this article but now suggests that this article be postponed until further study has been made. Article 42. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for further development of the W. John Baskin Playground. Carried unanimously. Article 43. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for resurfacing the Center Playground track. Carried unanimously. Article 44. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00 for a backstop for the large play area at the William Diamond Junior High School. Carried unanimously. Article 45. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for loaming and seeding the the parcel of land situated on Rindge Avenue that was acquired in 1965 for playground and recreational purposes, and other public purposes. Carried unanimously. Article 46. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for clearing and leveling for playground and recreational purposes a portion of a parcel of land owned by the town, located off Winter Street and near Marvin Street. Carried unanimously. Article 47. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for clearing and leveling for playground and recreational purposes a portion of land owned by the town located on Poplar Street. Article 48. Presented by Wilbur M. Jaquith. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and directed to petition the General Court for the enactment of legislation amending Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1956, as amended by Chapter 185 of the Acts of 1958, to provide for the creation of an additional historic district and the extension of existing historic districts substantially in accordance with the proposed legislation prepared and recommended by the Historic Districts Study Committee and filed with the town clerk on March 4, 1966. Lois W. Brown made the following amendment: I move to amend this motion by adding the following: The words "additional historic district" and "East Village Historical District' shall be omitted from the legislation requested and authorized by this motion and that likewise all reference to such district and all boundary definitions of such district be also omitted. Declared lost by voice vote. Main motion, as presented by Mr. Jaquith, declared carried by voice vote. Article 49. VOTED: That the moderator be and hereby is authorized and directed to appoint a committee of five registered voters of the town to study the structure of the town's government, the committee to be known as the Structure of Town Government Committee, and to report its findings and recommendations, including drafts of any proposed legislation, to the 1967 Annual Town Meeting, a copy of such report to be mailed to all registered voters at least one week prior to the first deliberative ses- sion of that Annual Meeting, and that the sum of $400.00 be raised and appropriated for the expenses of the committee. Carried unanimously. Article 50. Presented by Gordon E. Steele. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized on behalf of the town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school, playground and other public purposes, all or any part of three parcels of land situated on and off Highland Avenue and Pelham Road, said land being shown as Parcel "A ", Parcel "B'' and Parcel "C" on a plan entitled '`Plan of Proposed School Site, Lexington, Mass.," dated December 7, 1965, Albert A. Miller, Wilbur C. Nylander, Civil Engineers and Surveyors; and to appropriate for such land acquisition the sum of $60,000.00 and to provide for payment by transfer of $15,000.00 from the Excess and Defi- ciency Account and by raising the balance of $45,000.00 in the current tax levy. Carried 152 to 19. Article 51. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized on behalf of the town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground and recreational purposes and 56 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 23, 1966 other public purposes all or any part of a parcel of land believed to contain 33,955 square feet, more or less, situated at the junction of Lowell Street and Woburn Street shown as Lots 3B, 3C, 4B and 4C and two unnumbered lots on a plan recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 8066, Page 66; and to raise and appropriate for such land acquisition the sum of $45,000.00. Carried 121 to 57. Joseph A. Campbell stated that the Planning Board unanimously agreed that the land use proposed by this article is desirable however the board feels that the decision as to price should be left to the Town Meeting. Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. moved that the meeting be adjourned to Monday, March 28, 1966 at 8:00 P.M. Carried unanimously. ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 28, 1966 Meeting called to order by Moderator Robert B. Kent at 8:03 P.M. There were 190 town meeting members present. Invocation offered by Rev. Dr. Demetrios J. Constantelos of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. Charles A. Winchester moved to re -open Article 51. 8:05 P.M. The moderator states that there must be a two - thirds vote in favor to re -open the article. Declared lost. In favor 77; opposed 98 Article 2. Allan Green presented the Report of General By -Laws Committee which was voted to be accepted and placed on file. Carried unanimously. Article 52. Presented by Arthur E. Bryson, Jr. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to beautify and improve Massachusetts Avenue between Grant Street and Meriam Street by installing pedestrial malls or promenades by installing or replacing curbing, by installing grass plots, planting boxes, benches and ornamental lighting fixtures, by planting hedges and trees, by rede- signing, rearranging and replacing traffic and directional signs and by doing other work incidental to the beautification and improvement of this section of Massachusetts Avenue, including the engagement of professional design services; that the sum of $60,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the aforesaid purposes; and that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to apply for and accept, on behalf of the town, Federal and other grants, and to execute and deliver any contracts and other instruments necessary therefore in such form as the Selectmen, by the execution thereof, shall approve. Carried by voice vote. Article 53. VOTED: To appropriate $11,730.52, subject to validation by the General Court, for the purpose of discharging a moral obligation to John R. Clark & Associates, Inc. for performing cer- tain road, sidewalk and curb work at the Lexington High School, which obligation is unenforceable due to the insufficiency of the appropriation in the year in which the obligation was incurred and due to any failure to comply with the requirements of applicable statutes regulating competitive bidding on public works or public buildings and requiring certification by the town accountant that an appropriation was available therefore, and to authorize and direct the Selectmen to petition the General Court for such validating legislation; and to provide for payment by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Article 54. Presented by Joseph A. Campbell, Chairman of the Planning Board. VOTED: To amend the Zoning By -Law by striking out subparagraphs a. and b. of paragraph 1. in subsection (e) of Section 8 thereof under the caption "CM 1 Districts" and by inserting in place thereof the following new subparagraphs. a. For each permitted principal building a lot containing an area of not less than three acres and a frontage of not less than 200 feet on each street on which such lot abuts. b. For each permitted principal or accessory building: 1. A yard of not less than 75 feet in depth between any such building and any street, limited access highway or district boundary of an R 1, R 2 or A 1 district, provided, however, that such yard may be reduced to not less than 50 feet for any building not exceeding one story or 20 feet in height exclusive of accessory features exempt by subsection (c) of Section 7 of this By -Law. Within such 75 feet or 50 feet, whichever is applicable, there shall be permitted only walks, driveways and parking facilities, landscaped green areas of grass, shrubs, plants and trees; fences, pools, gates or security 57 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 28, 1966 stations, and ornamental structures specified as permitted in the finding and determination of the Board of Appeals. Parking facilities shall occupy not more than 25 per cent of the area of such yard and shall be located not less than 50 feet from the boundaries of any R 1, R 2 or A 1 district. 2. Side and rear yards of not less than 25 feet in depth on all sides other than where the greater yard defined in the preceding subparagraph (1) shall be required. Within such 25 feet there shall be permitted only landscaped green areas of shrubs, plants, trees and grass and the necessary walks, driveways and railroad sidings. 3. A minimum distance of 30 feet between buildings and each building shall be surrounded by a fire lane, provided, however, that buildings may be interconnected by corridors or walkways, if pro- vision is made for access by fire apparatus to all outside walls. Ruth Morey offers the following amendment: Amend paragraph b (1) by striking out the balance of the first sentence, after the words "A 1 district," and deleting the words "or 50 feet, whichever is applicable" in the second sentence, so that the paragraph shall read: "A yard of not less than 75 feet in depth between any such building and any street, limited access highway or district boundary of an R 1, R 2 or A 1 district. Within such 75 feet there shall be permitted, etc. as printed in the warrant. Mrs. Morey states that the Planning Board is not adverse to this change and Mr. Campbell agreed. Amendment offered by Mrs. Morey carried unanimously. Ephraim Weiss offers the following amendment: under Article 54, subparagraph b; change the present wording to read: "b. For each permitted principal or accessory building: 1. A yard of not less than 75 feet in depth between any such building and any street or limited access highway. A yard of not less than 100 feet in depth between any such building and any district boundary of an R 1, R 2 or A 1 district. Within such 100 feet, or 75 feet, whichever is applicable, there shall be permitted Parking facilities shall occupy not more than 25 per cent of the area of such yard and shall be located not less than 100 feet from the boundaries of any R 1, R 2 or A 1 district." Declared lost by voice vote. The moderator declared that the motion offered by Mr. Campbell, as amended by Mrs. Morey, was carried unanimously. Subsequently approved by Attorney General Edward W. Brooke, May 10, 1966. Article 55. Presented by Joseph A. Campbell. VOTED; To amend the Zoning By -Law by striking out the figure "75" in subparagraph d. of paragraph 1. in subsection (e) of Section 8 thereof and by in- serting in place thereof the figure "66.7.' Carried unanimously. Subsequently approved by Attorney General Edward W. Brooke, May 10, 1966. Article 56. Presented by Joseph A. Campbell. VOTED: To amend the Zoning By -Law by striking out subparagraph g. of paragraph 1. in subsection (e) of Section 8 thereof under the caption "CM 1 Districts." Carried unanimously. Subsequently approved by Attorney General Edward W. Brooke, May 10, 1966. Mr. Campbell moved to take up Article 58 before taking up Article 57. Carried unanimously. Article 58. Presented by Joseph A. Campbell. VOTED: To amend the Zoning By-Law as printed in the Town Warrant under Article 58 with the following change: by inserting in place of paragraph 1 of subsection (k) of Section D the following: (k) CS- Service and trade districts 1. A district on the southwesterly side of Bedford Street between the railroad right -of -way and the North Lexington Brook, beginning at the intersection of the center line of said North Lexington Brook with the southwesterly side line of Bedford Street; thence generally southeasterly by said side line of Bedford Street by several courses, a distance of 315 feet, more or less, to the northeasterly side line of the Boston and Maine Railroad right -of -way; thence by said side line of the Boston and Maine Railroad 58 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 28, 1966 right -of -way by a curve of 1890.58 feet radius, a distance of 669.07 feet, and by a curve of 2753.03 feet radius, a distance of 135 feet more or less; thence northeasterly 184 feet, more or less, to the center line of North Lexington Brook; thence generally southeasterly by said center line of the North Lexington Brook a distance of 484 feet more or less to the point of beginning. Motion defeated 71 to 103. Article 57. Presented by Joseph A. Campbell. VOTED: To amend the Zoning By -Law by adding after the designation "C 1" in the first line of subsection (a) of Section 7 thereof under the Caption "Height Regulations" the new district designation "CN," so that said subsection (a) shall read as follows: (a) In R 1, R 2, T 1, C 1, CN and A 1 districts, buildings shall not exceed two and one -half stories and a maximum height of forty feet, except that schools, municipal buildings and hospitals may contain three full stories with a maximum height of forty -five feet. In C 4 districts, buildings shall not exceed two stories and a maximum height of forty feet. Natalie H. Riffin moved for postponement of the motion offered under Article 57 and moved to take up Article 59. Carried unanimously. Article 59. Presented by Natalie H. Riffin. Under Article 59, I offer the following motion: To amend the Zoning By -Law as stated in Article 59 of the March 1966 Town Warrant - by deleting number 8 under E (1) CN - neighborhood business districts (p. 31 of warrant) Laconia St., Lowell St., Woburn St. District. Marlin E. Whitney moved to delete Section D and that part that follows. Lost by voice vote. Joseph A. Campbell gave notice of reconsideration of Article 58. Joseph A. Campbell moved to amend the motion under Article 59, by striking out the figure "22," and the words " and by inserting in place of said paragraph 22, a new paragraph to read as follows :" and by striking out paragraph 22, in its entirety, so that paragraph D. shall read as follows: D. By striking out paragraphs numbered 6., 10., 12., 14., 15., 19., 20., and 25. in subsection (c) of Section 4 thereof under the Caption "C 1 - local business districts." Mr. Campbell's amendment declared carried by voice vote. Robert E. Meyer moved to amend the motion under Article 59 by striking the figure "200" in the fifth line of paragraph 1.e. of subsection (1) of Section C. and inserting in place thereof the figure "100." Declared lost by voice vote. Voice vote on the main motion as presented by Mrs. Riffin not unanimous, so standing vote taken as follows: The vote being more than two - thirds in favor (125 to 39) the moderator declared the following motion adopted: VOTED: To amend the Zoning By -Law as follows: A. By adding at the end of Section 3 thereof under the Caption "DISTRICTS DEFINED" the follow- ing paragraph: "(1) CN- Neighborhood business districts" B. By adding at the end of Section 5 thereof under the Caption "PERMITTED BUILDINGS AND USES" the following new subsection (1): (1) CN Districts 1. All buildings and uses which are permitted in R 1 districts, but subject to all applicable condi- tions and restrictions set forth in Section 5, subsection (a) of this By -Law. 2. Drugstores and retail stores for the sale of beauty and health aids, medicines and medical sup- plies, foods not intended for consumption on the premises, smoking supplies, periodicals, books, station- ery, toys, hardware, and arts and crafts supplies. Expressly prohibited are liquor stores, outside storage and outside display of merchandise. 3. Neighborhood -type service establishments and offices of physicians, dentists, barbers, hair- dressers and beauticians, manicurists, opticians, real estate brokers, and watch, shoe and clothing 59 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 28, 1966 repairs. Expressly prohibited are offices of agents, salesmen and representatives of manufacturing, distributing, wholesale, and insurance companies and establishments for treatment, boarding and care of animals. 4. Subject to a special permit by the Board of Appeals issued in accordance with the applicable pro- visions of Section 14 of this By -Law: a. Delicatessens, and lunch counters and soda fountains incidental to the permitted business of a drugstore. b. Self service automatic laundry and dry - cleaning establishments and pick -up stations of cleansing, laundry and dyeing plants. c. Gasoline service stations, including the maintenance and minor repairs of passenger automo- biles, where in the judgment of the Board of Appeals a clearly established neighborhood need will be served thereby. Special permits issued hereunder shall be subject to such conditions, restrictions and safeguards as the Board of Appeals may impose to protect the character of the neighborhood and to re- duce interference with the safe and convenient flow of traffic. d. Branch banks and undertakers. C. By adding at the end of Section 8 thereof under the Caption "AREA, FRONTAGE AND YARD REGULATIONS" the following new subsection (1): (1) CN Districts 1. In CN Districts there shall be provided: a. For each permitted principal building a lot having an area of not less than 15,500 square feet and a frontage on at least one street, designated as the frontage street for such building, of not less than 125 feet, provided, however, that any lot of land which on February 21, 1965, was in ownership separate from that of adjoining land located in the same CN district shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this By -Law for area and frontage in CN districts. b. On each lot a front yard on the frontage street of not less than 30 feet in depth which may be used for parking except for the portions thereof within 10 feet of a street or within 20 feet of an R 1, R 2 or A 1 district, which portions shall contain only green areas of grass, plants, shrubs and trees, and necessary walks, driveways and fences. c. On each lot having only buildings and uses permitted in R 1 districts, side and rear yards which would be required if such lot were located in an R 1 district. d. On each lot other than those described in paragraph c. hereof, a side yard on each side of not less than 20 feet and a rear yard of not less than 20 feet. These yards, where within 20 feet of an R 1, R 2 or A 1 district, shall contain only fences, green areas of grass, shrubs, plants and trees and the necessary walks and driveways. e. For each permitted principal or accessory building other than those permitted in R 1 dis- tricts, a parking area on the same lot as such building and containing not less than one parking space, as hereinafter defined, for each 200 square feet of floor area in such building. As used herein, the term "parking space" shall mean an area available for parking one motor vehicle and having a width of not less than 10 feet and an area of not less than 200 square feet, exclusive of passageways and drive- ways appurtenant thereto, and with free and unimpeded access to a street over unobstructed driveways laid out so as not to require backing out into a street. The term "floor area," as used herein, shall mean the aggregate horizontal area in square feet of floors within the walls enclosing the building, ex- clusive of garage, cellar, basement or other areas used only for storage or for services incidental to the operation or maintenance of the building. f. All principal and accessory buildings on one lot shall have a total floor area, as defined in the preceding paragraph e., of not more than 3,000 square feet. g. A distance of not less than 20 feet between buildings. D. By striking out paragraphs numbered 6., 10., 12., 14., 15., 19., 20., and 25, in subsection (c) of Section 4 thereof under the Caption "C1 -LOCAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS." 60 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 28, 1966 E. By adding at the end of Section 4 thereof entitled "GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF DISTRICTS" a new subsection (1) to read as follows: (1) CN- Neighborhood business districts 1. A district on the easterly side of Bedford Street between North Hancock Street and Harding Road beginning at a point on the northerly side line of North Hancock Street, said point being westerly and a distance of 64.48 feet from the westerly terminus of a curve of 281.86 feet radius; thence westerly a distance of 68.70 feet to a point of curvature; thence following the northerly side line of North Hancock Street, the easterly side line of Bedford Street and the southeasterly side line of Harding Road to Lot 12 as shown on a plan recorded in the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 6988, page 1; thence southeasterly along the southwesterly lot line of said Lot 12 a distance of 107.68 feet to a point; thence easterly along the southerly lot line of said Lot 12 a distance of 46 feet to a point; thence south- erly by a straight line a distance of 108.96 feet to the point of beginning. 2. A district on the northerly side of Marrett Road beginning at a point 69.50 feet westerly of the westerly terminus of a curve of 215.47 feet radius; thence westerly along the northerly line of said Marrett Road a distance of 197.70 feet to a point; thence northerly a distance of 214.15 feet to a point; thence westerly a distance of 86.04 feet to a point; thence northeasterly a distance of 78.12 feet to a point; thence southeasterly a distance of 260.42 feet to a point; thence southwesterly a distance of 60 feet to a point; thence westerly a distance of 15.3 feet to a point; thence southerly a distance of 200.9 feet to the point of beginning, said district including Lots 193, 194 and 195 as shown on a plan recorded in the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 349, page 49, and Lot 239 as shown on a plan recorded in the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 321, page 5. 3. A district at the intersection of the northeasterly line of Lincoln Street with the easterly line of School Street, extending for a distance of 200 feet southeasterly along said Lincoln Street and for a dis- tance of 200 feet northerly along said School Street and for a depth of 200 feet from the lines of said streets. 4. A district at the southwesterly corner of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue beginning at a point on the southerly line of said Concord Avenue; thence bearing to the right with a curve of 69.17 feet radius, a distance of 90.99 feet to a point of tangency in the westerly line of said Waltham Street; thence S05 °39'05 "E, a distance of 42.06 feet to a point of curvature; thence bearing to the right with a curve of 1,945.62 feet radius, a distance of 52.94 feet to a point; thence N81 °04'20 "W, a distance of 150 feet to a point, thence N50 022'30 "W, a distance of 148.54 feet to a point in the southerly line of Concord Avenue; thence S81 °01'25 "E, a distance of 96.61 feet to the point of beginning. 5. A district at the southeasterly corner of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue beginning at a point on the southerly line of Concord Avenue; thence along said southerly line S79 043'15 "E, a distance of 68.52 feet to a point; thence S11 °44'55 "W, a distance of 160.45 feet to a point; thence westerly a distance of 99.50 feet to a point in the easterly line of said Waltham Street; thence northerly along said easterly line of Waltham Street bearing to the left by a curve of 2,005.62 feet radius, a distance of 95.33 feet to a point of reverse curvature; thence bearing to the right by a curve of 60.97 feet radius, a dis- tance of 112.72 feet to the point of beginning. 6. A district on the westerly side of Bedford Street beginning at a point on the southwesterly side of Bedford Street, said point being 154 feet northwesterly from a stone bound at the southeasterly terminus of a curce of 866.4 feet radius, and extending southeasterly along Bedford Street to the north- easterly side line of Reed Street and to a depth of 100 feet from the adjacent side line of Bedford Street. 7. A district on the northeasterly side of Bedford Street beginning at the intersection of the north- easterly side line of Bedford Street with the northerly side line of the Boston and Maine Railroad right of way; thence northwesterly by said side line of Bedford Street, a distance of 152.2 feet, more or less, to the northwesterly boundary of land now or forfnerly of Dynel Incorporated; thence northeasterly by said boundary 100 feet; thence southeasterly by a line parallel to and 100 feet northeasterly from the northeasterly side line of Bedford Street to the northerly side line of the Boston and Maine Railroad right of way; thence by said side line of the Boston and Maine Railroad right of way, northwesterly to the point of beginning. 9. A district at the northwesterly corner of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue extending 200 feet northerly along the westerly side line of Waltham Street and 200 feet westerly along the northerly side line of Concord Avenue from the intersection of said lines; thence back at right angles to each said street until the lines intersect. Motion that the meeting be adjourned to Wednesday March 30, 1966 at 8:00 P.M. at the Cary Memorial Hall. Carried unanimously. 61 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 30, 1966 Meeting called to order by Moderator Robert B. Kent at 8:05 P.M. There were 179 town meeting members present. Invocation offered by Rev. Harold T. Handley of the Church of Our Redeemer. Joseph A. Campbell moved reconsideration of Article 58. Declared adopted by vote of 94 to 64. Article 58. The moderator reads the motion offered by Mr. Campbell at the March 28, 1966 adjourned town meeting under Article 58 as follows: MOTION: To amend the Zoning By -Law as printed in the Town Warrant under Article 58 with the following change: by inserting in place of paragraph 1 of subsection (k) of Section D the following: (k) CS Service and trade districts 1. A district on the southwesterly side of Bedford Street between the railroad right -of -way and the North Lexington Brook, beginning at the intersection of the center line of said North Lexington Brook with the southwesterly side line of Bedford Street; thence generally southeasterly by said side line of Bedford Street by several courses, a distance of 315 feet, more or less, to the northeasterly side line of the Boston and Maine Railroad right -of -way; thence by said side line of the Boston and Maine Rail- road right -of -way by a curve of 1890.58 feet radius, a distance of 669.07 feet, and by a curve of 2753.03 feet radius, a distance of 135 feet, more or less; thence northeasterly 184 feet, more or less, to the center line of North Lexington Brook; thence generally southeasterly by said center line of the North Lexington Brook a distance of 484 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Joseph A. Campbell moved to amend the motion, as presented at the previous session, by de- leting Section D, the description of areas. Carried by 111 to 52, more than a two -third vote and declared adopted. Article 58 as adopted reads: A. By adding at the end of Section 3 thereof under the Caption "DISTRICTS DEFINED" the follow- ing paragraph: "(k) CS- Service and trade districts" B. By adding at the end of Section 5 thereof under the Caption "PERMITTED BUILDINGS AND USES" a new subsection (k) as follows: (k) CS Districts 1. All buildings and uses that are permitted in R 1 districts but subject to all applicable conditions and restrictions set forth in Section 5, subsection (a) of this By -Law. 2. Retail sales of automobiles, aircraft, marine craft, farm and other heavy machinery and vehicles, including the accessories thereof; air conditioning, heating, refrigerating and plumbing equipment and supplies; structural and building materials and supplies; fuel, grain, animal feed, ice, lumber; trees, shrubs, plants, and accessory materials and chemicals for the preservation and health of plants. Spe- cifically prohibited are automobile graveyards and junk yards. Outdoor storage is prohibited, except as provided in paragraph 4.e. hereof. 3. Places of business of general, building and building maintenance, landscaping, electrical, and other similar contractors, masons, carpenters, well - drillers, blacksmiths and locksmiths; television, radio and electrical appliance repairs, reupholstering, furniture repair and other similar repair ser- vices. Outdoor storage is prohibited, except as provided in paragraph 4.e. hereof. 4. Subject to a special permit by the Board of Appeals issued in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 14 of this By -Law: a. Wholesale of commodities listed in paragraph 2. of this subsection, if accessory to the permitted retail sale of such commodities. b. Commercial car wash establishments, if not detrimental to neighboring areas, particularly with regard to the safe and convenient flow of traffic. c. Automotive repair shops, including gasoline service stations incidental to the operation of such repair shop. d. Dressmaking or tailoring establishments, including those specializing in alterations, furriers, 62 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 30, 1966 milliners, printing shops, bakeries and other similar trades, provided that all work shall be of custom or job order type for sale on the premises, and that there shall be no production for stock or for whole- sale. e. Outdoor storage of supplies and equipment incidental to permitted uses and subject to appropriate requirements for lighting, screening, fencing, cover and safety precautions. There shall be no outdoor storage within the required minimum yards next to a district boundary, street or highway as specified in subsection (k) of Section 8 of this By -Law. 5. Expressly prohibited is any business or use, including those enumerated in paragraphs 1 through 4 of this subsection, if its conduct may be disturbing or detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of persons working or living in the neighborhood by reasons of special danger of fires, explosion, pollution of waterways, corrosive, toxic or noisome fumes, gas, smoke, soot, obnoxious dust or glare, disagree- able odors, offensive noise or vibration. C. By adding at the end of Section 8 thereof under the Caption "AREA, FRONTAGE AND YARD REGULATIONS" the following new subsection (k): (k) CS Districts 1. In CS districts there shall be provided for all uses other than those permitted in R 1 districts: a. A lot containing an area of not less than 60,000 square feet and a frontage of not less than 175 feet on the street designated as the frontage street. b. A yard of not less than 40 feet in depth on each street, limited access highway and district bound- ary of an R 1, R 2 or A 1 district upon which such CS district abuts. The areas within such 40 feet from a district boundary of an R 1, R 2 or A 1 district and within 20 feet from a street or a limited access highway shall contain only (1) fences and gates or security stations, (2) walks, driveways and access ways occupying not more than 50 per cent thereof, and (3) green areas of grass, plants, shrubs and trees. Where a lot in a CS district is bounded by a railroad right -of -way, the land in such right -of -way adjoin- ing such lot may be considered as a part of the required minimum yard. c. On each side that does not abut on a street, limited access highway or district boundary of an R 1, R 2 or A 1 district, a side yard or a rear yard of not less than 20 feet in width which may be uti- lized for parking or outdoor storage, if not otherwise prohibited by this By -Law or by the Board of Appeals in the granting of a special permit. d. On each lot an open area, not occupied by any building or structure, or not less than 75 per cent of the lot. Not more than two- thirds of such open area may be utilized for parking and outdoor storage, if not otherwise prohibited by this By -Law or by the Board of Appeals in the granting of a special permit. e. On each lot parking, loading and unloading facilities reasonably sufficient to serve all permitted uses on such lot without using adjacent streets therefore and with adequate provisions for access, turn- ing and exit without endangering or inconveniencing the users of such lot or the traffic in the streets adjacent thereto. f. A distance between buildings on the same lot of not less than 20 feet. 2. In CS districts there shall be provided for any building or use permitted in R 1 districts the same area, frontage and yards as would be required at that location for a building in an R 1 district. No such building or use permitted in R 1 districts shall be on the same lot as any building or use not permitted in R 1 districts. (Adopted. ,8:30 P.M.) Article 57. The moderator stated that Article 57 was open for discussion and read the motion as presented by Joseph A. Campbell at the March 28, 1966 Town Meeting. Roland B. Greeley moves to amend the motion by substituting therefore the amendment to the Zoning By -Law as printed in Article 57 of the warrant. Carried unanimously. VOTED: To amend the Zoning By -Law by adding after the designation "C 1" in the first line of subsection (a) of Section 7 thereof under the Caption "HEIGHT REGULATIONS" the new district desig- nations "CS, CN ", so that said subsection (a) shall read as follows: (a) in R 1, R 2, T 1, C 1, CS, CN and A 1 districts, buildings shall not exceed two and one -half stories and a maximum height of forty feet, except that schools, municipal buildings and hospitals may 63 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 30, 1966 contain three full stories with a maximum height of forty -five feet. In C 4 districts, buildings shall not exceed two stories and a maximum height of forty feet. Carried unanimously. Subsequently approved by Attorney General Edward W. Brooke, May 10, 1966. Article 60. Presented by Evert N. Fowle. MOTION: To amend the Zoning By -Law as printed under Article 60 in the warrant. Donald P. Noyes offered the following amendment: To amend the motion by striking out in para- graph (2) line 2 the words "unless otherwise permitted by the Board of Appeals." Declared lost by voice vote. Voice vote of Article 60 was not unanimous. A standing vote was taken as follows: showed more than two - thirds in favor 122 to 36. The moderator, therefore declared the following motion adopted: VOTED: To amend the Zoning By -Law by adding at the end of Section 8 (a) 2 thereof the following: f. Any tract of land containing at least 10 acres of land to be subdivided, provided each lot therein contains an area of not less than 20,000 square feet, a frontage of not less than 120 feet on a street, and further provided that the Board of Appeals grants a special permit for the subdivision into such lots subject to the following requirements and conditions: 1. The number of building lots therein shall not exceed the number of 30,000 square foot lots which could be contained in 85 per cent of the area of the tract being subdivided. 2. There shall remain unsubdivided and in one parcel, unless otherwise permitted by the Board of Appeals, an area of land containing not less than 25 per cent of such total tract and including free and unimpeded legal and physical access at least 40 feet wide from one or more streets. Such unsubdivided parcel shall not have any buildings erected on it, and shall be used for conservation, recreation or park purposes and shall either be deeded to and accepted by the Town of Lexington for such purposes or deeded to an association of the residents of the tract of land, to all such residents jointly or to a trust or corporation having as one of its purposes the maintenance of such unsubdivided parcel as conserva- tion, recreation or park land. When the ownership of the unsubdivided parcel is deeded to persons other than the town, the Town of Lexington shall be granted an easement over the parcel sufficient to ensure the perpetual maintenance of such unsubdivided parcel as conservation, recreation or park land. 3. Simultaneously with the submission of the application for the special permit, the applicant shall transmit a copy of the preliminary subdivision plan to the Planning Board. The Board of Appeals shall not take any action on such application until the Planning Board shall have submitted its recommenda- tions to the Board of Appeals or until a period of forty -five days from the date of submission of the preliminary subdivision plan and the application for the special permit shall have elapsed. The Board of Appeals shall give due consideration to the recommendations of the Planning Board and, where its decision differs from such recommendations, shall state the reasons therefore in its decision. 4. 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. 5. The Planning Board shall not recommend and the Board of Appeals shall not grant a special per- mit 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 a permit would be detrimental to the neighborhood or to the town. In granting a special permit, the Board of Appeals shall impose such additional conditions and safeguards as public safety, welfare and conven- ience may require, either as recommended by the Planning Board or upon its own initiative. Subse- quently approved by Attorney General, Edward W. Brooke, May 10, 1966. Article 61. Joseph A. Campbell moved that Article 61 on Board of Appeals be committed to the Planning Board for further study. Carried unanimously. Article 62: Presented by Wilbur M. Jaquith. MOTION: To amend the Zoning By -Law so as to change certain land from a C 4 -Small Office District to a C 1 -Local Business District, as follows: 1. By adding in Section 4, Geographical Descriptions of Districts, under (c) C 1 -Local Business Districts, the following paragraph: 64 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 30, 1966 A district on the easterly side of Waltham Street,.adjacent to the Lexington- Waltham line, bounded and described as follows: Southerly by the Lexington- Waltham line, 200 feet; westerly by Waltham Street, 140 feet, more or less; northerly by land, now or formerly of Leonard V. Short, 200 feet; and easterly by land, now or formerly, of said Short, 140 feet, more or less. 2. By adding in said Section 4, under (j) C 4 -Small Office Districts, at the end of Paragraph 1, the following: There is excepted from the above - described land the parcel bounded and described as follows: southerly by the Lexington - Waltham line, 200 feet; westerly by Waltham Street, 140 feet, more or less; northerly by land, now or formerly, of Leonard V. Short, 200 feet; and easterly by land, now or for- merly, of leonard V. Short, 200 feet; and easterly by land, now or formerly, of said Short, 140 feet, more or less. Adopted by a vote of 140 to 17, more than the required two - thirds. Subsequently approved by Attorney General, Edward W. Brooke, May 10, 1966. Article 63. Joseph A. Campbell moved that this article on Spring Street be indefinitely postponed. Carried unanimously. Article 64. Joseph A. Campbell moved that this article on Route 2 be indefinitely postponed. Carried unanimously. Article 65. VOTED: To amend the Zoning By -Law by adding at the end of Section 4, (h) C -3 Special Commercial Districts, the following new paragraph: A district on the Town of Lexington and City of Waltham boundary, on the easterly side of the Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128), on the southeasterly side of the Route 128 - Route 2 Interchange, so -called and the westerly side of Spring Street, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the westerly line of Spring Street at the common boundary of the Town of Lexington and City of Waltham, thence westerly along such boundary of the Town of Lexington and City of Waltham, to the easterly line of the Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128); thence northerly along the easterly line of the Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128) to the intersection of the easterly line of the Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128) and the southeasterly line of Route 128 - Route 2 Interchange, so- called; thence northeasterly and easterly, by two lines, along the southeasterly and southerly lines of said Interchange, to a point on the common boundary of said Inter- change and land of Lexington Investment Trust and land now or formerly of Chester and Isabelle Lamantea; thence southeasterly and southwesterly by land now or formerly of Chester and Isabelle Lamantea, Benjamin A. and Ann L. Greene, Francis A. and Thelma P. Gallagher, Michael J. and Helen M. Lynch, Robert C. and Patricia D. Snodgrass, Dominick and Catherine Morley, Warren W. and Elizabeth B. Fox, and William and Eileen Cowles; thence southeasterly along a line parallel to and seventy (70) feet northeasterly from the common boundary of the Town of Lexington and City of Waltham six hundred sixty three (663.00) feet more or less to the westerly line of Spring Street; thence southerly by the westerly line of by the westerly line of Spring Street, seventy -four (74) feet, more or less, to the point of beginning at the boundary of the Town of Lexington and City of Waltham. Adopted by a stand- ing vote of 140 to 32, more than the required two - thirds. Irving H. Mabee stated that the Board of Selectmen is unanimously in favor of this article. 10:45 P.M. The following spoke in favor of the article: John E. Harvey, Richard K. Eaton, Alan G. Adams. The following spoke in opposition of the article: Richard W. Souza, Robert H. Kingston, Allan Green, James W. Lambie and Martin I. Small. MOTION: That the meeting be adjourned to Thursday, March 31, 1966 at 8:00 P.M. in Cary Memorial Hall. Carried by voice vote. 11:09 P.M. ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 31, 1966 Meeting called to order by Moderator Robert B. Kent, at 8:03 P.M. There were 153 town meeting members present. Monsignor George W. Casey offered the invocation. ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 31, 1966 Otis S. Brown, Jr. presented the following: Article 66. Motion under Article 66. That the town vote to amend the Zoning By -Law of the Town of Lexington by adding at the end of Section 4 (j) C 4 -Small Office Districts as presented in Article 66 of the warrant. Motion, as presented by Mr. Brown, declared lost by voice vote Articles 67 to 78 presented by Levi G. Burnell. Article 67. VOTED: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Suzanne Road, from 375 feet, more or less, south of Mill Brook Road to 620 feet, more or less, north of Mill Brook Road, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore. Carried unanimously. Article 68. VOTED: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Brigham Road from Hancock Street a distance of 648 feet, more or less, westerly, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore. Carried unanimously. Article 69. VOTED: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Dewey Road from Grove Street a distance of 880 feet, more or less, easterly, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore. Carried unanimously. Article 70. VOTED: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Juniper Place from Meriam Street a distance of 432 feet, more or less, westerly, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take byeminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore. Carried unanimously. Article 71. VOTED: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Mill Brook Road from Suzanne Road a distance of 137 feet, more or less, easterly, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore. Carried unanimously. Article 72. VOTED: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Mohawk Drive from Oak Street a distance of 377 feet, more or less, easterly, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore. Carried unanimously. Article 73. VOTED: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Partridge Road from Turning Mill Road to Turning Mill Road, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore. Carried unanimously. VOTED: To raise and appropriate for land acquisition and for construction of the ways enumer- ated in articles 67 to 73, inclusive, the sum of $500.00. Carried unanimously. Article 74. VOTED: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Butler Avenue from Carville Avenue to Baker Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment 1F and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore. Carried by voice vote. Article 75. MOTION: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way, Kendall Road from Marrett Road to 670 feet, more or less, north of Grapevine Avenue as laid out by the Select- men under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise ac- quire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore. Defeated by voice vote. Article 76. MOTION: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way, Middleby Road from Lincoln Street to Outlook Drive as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and 66 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 31, 1966 shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore. Defeated by a standing vote of 67 to 74. Article 77. VOTED: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way, Wright Street from Skyview Road to James Street 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 January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain. purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore. Carried unanimously. Article 78. VOTED: To accept the alteration and relocation of Moreland Avenue as a town way from 205 feet, more or less, westerly of Fern Street to 355 feet, more or less, westerly of Fern Street, as altered and relocated by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore. Carried unanimously. Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. moved for reconsideration of Article 76. Declared carried by voice vote. Main motion as follows, as presented by Mr. Burnell under Article 76 declared carried by voice vote. VOTED: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way, Middleby Road from Lincoln Street to Outlook Drive 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 January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land neces- sary therefore. Adopted by a standing vote of 110 to 25. Main motion of Mr. Burnell declared carried. VOTED: To appropriate for land acquisition and for construction of the ways enumerated in Articles 74 and 76 to 78, inclusive, the sum of $69,000.00, and to provide for payment thereof by trans- fer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Article 79. Presented by Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., VOTED: To establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Laconia Street from Lowell Street a distance of 170 feet, more or less, westerly, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 3, 1966, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefore, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 for the construction of said street and for land acquisition. Carried by voice vote. Article 80. Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. moved for indefinite postponement of Laconia St. Article. Carried by voice vote. Article 81. Presented by Jules P. Sussman. VOTED: To appropriate an additional sum of $20,975.00 to the Conservation Fund established by vote under Article 9 of the warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on June 8, 1964, and provide for payment thereof by the transfer of $19,975.00 from the unexpended blanace of the appropriation for acquisition of land voted under Article 47 of the warrant for the 1963 Annual Town Meeting, and the transfer of $1,000.00 from the unexpended balance of the ap- propriation for acquisition of land voted under Article 48 of the warrant for the 1963 Annual Town Meet- ing. Carried by voice vote. Article 82. Presented by Jules P. Sussman. VOTED: That the Conservation Commission be and hereby is authorized, on behalf of the town, to expend from the Conservation Fund the sum of $19,975.00 to acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, in the name of the town, for conserva- tion 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 36 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 in three deeds re- corded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 9596 Page 406; Book 9442, Page 113; and Book 6918, Page 184; and that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the town to take by eminent domain for the aforesaid purposes such part or all of the above described premises or any interest therein as shall be requested in writing by the Conservation Commission. Carried 126 to 3. Article 83. Presented by Jules P. Sussman. VOTED: That the Conservation Commission be and hereby is authorized, on behalf of the town, to expend from the Conservation Fund the sum of $1,000.00 to acquire by purchase, by eminent domain or otherwise, in the name of the town, for conservation pur- 67 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 31, 1966 poses as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, 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 re- corded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 9962, Page 441; and that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the town to take by eminent domain for the aforesaid purposes such part or all of the above described premises or any interest therein as shall be requested in writing by the Conservation Commission. Carried unanimously. Article 84. Jules P. Sussman moved that this article on Hastings Park land be indefinitely post- poned. Carried unanimously. Article 85. Jules P. Sussman moved that this article be indefinitely postponed. Carried unani- mously. Article 86. Jules P. Sussman moved that this article be indefinitely postponed. Carried unani- mously. Article 87. Jules P. Sussman moved that this article be indefinitely postponed. Carried unan- mously. Article 88. Presented by Jules P. Sussman. VOTED: To appropriate an additional sum of $24,200.00 to the Conservation Fund established by vote under Article 9 of the warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on June 8, 1964, and provide for payment by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Article 89. Presented by Jules P. Sussman. VOTED: That the Conservation Commission be and hereby is authorized, on behalf of the town, to expend from the Conservation Fund the sum of $24,200.00 to purchase or otherwise acquire, in the name of the town, for conservation purposes as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, the fee or any lesser interest in all or any portion or portions of a parcel of land owned by Alphonso B. West and Margaret S. West, husband and wife, located off Oak Street and Massachusetts Avenue, all as described in a certain option to purchase dated February 2, 1966, a copy of which is on file with the Town Clerk. Carried unanimously. Article 90. Presented by Jules P. Sussman. VOTED: To appropriate an additional sum of $17,000.00 to the Conservation Fund established by vote under Article 9 of the warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on June 8, 1964, and provide for payment by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Article 91. Presented by Jules P. Sussman. VOTED: That the Conservation Commission be and hereby is authorized, on behalf of the town, to expend from the Conservation Fund the sum of $17,000.00 to acquire by purchase, by eminent domain or otherwise, in the name of the town, for conservation pur- poses as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, all or any part of Lot B on "Plan of Land in Lexington, Massachusetts belonging to George H. Roberts," dated April 26, 1932, recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 5641, Page 195; and that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the town to take by eminent domain for the aforesaid purposes such part or all of the above described premises or any interest therein as shall be requested in writing by the Con- servation Commission. Carried unanimously. Article 92. Presented by Francis T. Worrell. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized in the name and on behalf of the town to convey to Louis Stoico and Catherine F. Stoico, hus- band and wife, a parcel of land containing 9,600 square feet, more or less, as shown and marked Parcel B -1 on Land Court Plan No. 16684A, and a sewer easement extending from an existing sewer in land of the town to the southeasterly boundary of land of Louis Stoico as shown on plan entitled "A Compiled Plan of Land in Lexington, Massachusetts," dated January 20, 1966, by Albert A. Miller and Wilbur C. Nylander, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, said easement to be of a width and in a location and subject to such terms and conditions as the Selectmen by the execution of the instrument of conveyance shall approve, and said conveyances to be in consideration of the conveyance by said Louis Stoico and Catherine F. Stoico to the town of a parcel of land containing 84,000 square feet, more or less, as shown and marked Parcel "A" on said plan dated January 20, 1966. Carried unanimously. Article 93. Presented by Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. VOTED; That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized in the name and on behalf of the town to convey to Douglas T. Ross a parcel of land containing 8147 square feet, more or less, shown as Lot 176 on plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Massa- chusetts," dated February 15, 1966, by Everett M. Brooks Company, Civil Engineers, and being a portion of the land that was acquired by the town pursuant to vote adopted under Article 42 of the 1960 Annual Town Meeting, and no longer needed by the town, such conveyance to be in consideration of payment by 68 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 31, 1966 said Douglas T. Ross to the town of the sum of $300.00 and the conveyance by said Douglas T. Ross to the town of a parcel of land containing 8147 square feet, more or less, shown as Lot 175 on said plan. Carried unanimously. Article 94. Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. MOTION: To amend the Building By -Law as follows: 1. By inserting in Article III thereof between the definitions of "Fire Department" and "Fire Door" the following definition: FIRE RESISTANCE RATING: The time in hours that the material or construction will withstand the standard fire exposure as determined by a fire test made in conformity with the "Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials," American Society for Testing and Materials E119. 2. By deleting the reference "Article XX" in the last sentence of Article IX, Section 1., para- graph A., and substituting therefore the reference "Article XXI," so that said sentence shall read as follows: "All steel and reinforcing shall be protected as required in Article XXI of this By- Law." 3. By deleting the words "not exceeding 900 square feet" and the words "Classrooms exceeding 900 square feet and" appearing after the words "Schools - Classrooms" in Article XII, Section 2., so that said classification shall read as follows: "Schools - Classrooms 50 - Corridors 100 - Stairways, including landings 100" 4. By inserting the word "resistance" between the words "fire" and "rating" in the second line of Article XX, Section 2., paragraph C.2., so that said paragraph shall read: "The walls and ceilings shall, unless otherwise constructed of incombustible material having a minimum fire resistance rating of' one hour, be metal lathed and plastered to make a minimum thickness of three - fourths (3/4) of an inch." 5. By striking out paragraph D. of Section 2. of Article XX and inserting in place thereof a new paragraph D. to read as follows: "D. Basement and Cellar Ceilings. In buildings of second -class construction or third -class con- struction, basement and cellar ceilings shall be constructed of incombustible material having a fire re- sistance rating of at least one hour." 6. By striking out paragraph A.3.b of Section 2. of Article XXI and inserting in place thereof a new paragraph to read as follows: "b. The lowest point of the truss is less than twenty -five (25) feet above the floor, but there is a continuous ceiling constructed of incombustible material below the truss, or if there are any openings in such ceiling, such openings open into shafts or ducts that extend to the roof of the building and the walls of such shafts or ducts are of incombustible material having a fire resistance rating of at least one hour." Carried unanimously. Article 95. Presented by Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. VOTED: To amend the General By -Laws by add- ing thereto a new Section 1A. under Article XXVI, Miscellaneous, to read as follows: Section 1A. The dog officer is authorized to require owners or keepers of dogs to restrain their dogs from running at large in the following areas: 1. Schools, school yards or school playgrounds. 2. Parks or public recreation areas. 3. Commercially zoned areas. The dog officer is further authorized to require owners or keepers of dogs to restrain their dogs from running at large when off the premises of the owner or keeper when it has been determined by the dog officer that the dog is an annoyance, is dangerous, or is known to cause damage in a neighborhood. Any owner or keeper of a dog who shall fail to comply with any order of the dog officer issued pursuant to this article shall be punishable by a fine of ten dollars. Carried by voice vote. Subsequently approved by Attorney General, Edward W. Brooke, May 10, 1966. 69 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - MARCH 31, 1966 Article 96. Presented by Richard I. Miller. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for a bioengineering study of the Old Reservoir off Marrett Road in order to determine its suitability for swimming, multiple use recreation, and as a natural science park. Carried unanimously. Article 97. Presented by Judith J. Totman. MOTION: To refer the matter of the fencing of swimming pools to the Standing Plumbing and Building By -Law Committee to make a study thereon and to report its recommendations to the next Town Meeting not later than the 1967 Annual Town Meeting, a copy of such report to be mailed to all registered voters at least one week prior to the first deliberative session of the meeting at which such report is submitted. Charles A. Winchester moved to amend the motion by striking out the words "registered voters" and substituting therefor "Town Meeting Members." Carried by voice vote. Main motion, as amended, as follows, carried unanimously. VOTED: To refer the matter of the fencing of swimming pools to the Standing Plumbing and Building By -Law Committee to make a study thereon and to report its recommendations to the next Town Meeting not later than the 1967 Annual Town Meeting, a copy of such report to be mailed to all Town Meeting Members at least one week prior to the first deliberative session of the meeting at which such report is submitted. Carried unanimously. Article 98. Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. moved that this article on tax reduction be indefinitely postponed. Carried unanimously. Robert B. Kent, Moderator, thanked the students that had manned the telephones during the course of the town meeting. Motion that the meeting be dissolved. Carried unanimously 11:18 P.M. 70 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD JUNE 20, 1966 Meeting called to order by the Moderator Robert B. Kent at 8:06 P. M. There were 175 town meeting members present. Rabbi Herbert Rosenblum gave the invocation. Article 1. The report of the Appropriation Committee plus a Supplemental Report of said com- mittee, as presented by Frank T. Parrish, Jr. was voted to be accepted and placed on file. The Report of the Capital Expenditures Committee, as presented by Hugh M. Chapin, was voted to be ac- cepted and placed on file. The final report fo the Lexington School Sites Committee, as presented by Gordon E. Steele, was voted to be accepted, placed on file and the committee discharged. Article 2. Presented by Robert Cataldo. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized, on behalf of the Town, to enter into a contract or contracts for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of alterations and additions to the Town Public Works Building located at 201 Bedford Street, and to supervise the work; and that the sum of $66, 000. 00 be appropriated for the alter- ations to and the equipping and furnishing of the present building and that payment be provided by the transfer of $15, 000. 00 from the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the construction of sewer mains in a portion of Worthen Road voted under Article 8 of 25, 1963, the•transfer of $3, 100. 00 from the unexpended balance of the appropriation for engineering services voted under Article 4 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on November 25, 1963, the transfer of $31, 900. 00 from the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the installation of sewer mains voted under Article 16 of the Warrant for the 1964 Annual Town Meeting, and the transfer of $16, 000. 00 from the unexpended balance of the appropriation for final plans and specifications for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of alterations and additions to the Town Public Works Building voted under Article 37 of the Warrant for the 1966 Annual Town Meeting; and that the sum of $339, 000. 00 be appropriated for the construction, original equipping and furnishing of said additions and that payment be provided by the transfer of $11, 000. from the unexpended balance of the supplementary appropriation for the construction, original equipping and furnishing of an addition to the Cary Memorial Library building voted under Article 16 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on November 19, 1956, and by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town for the balance of $328, 000. 00; and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and she hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $328, 000. 00 and 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 a period not exceeding ten years from their dates. Adopted by a standing vote of 153 to 8. Article 3. Presented by Robert Cataldo. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to abandon such portions of the easement of a building line in and through the property now or formerly of Joseph Trani, Incorporated, and the property now or formerly of Bessie G. Baker on the northeasterly side of Massachusetts Avenue, as are no longer required by the Town, said easement having been acquired by the Town by eminent domain by Order dated December 16, 1930 and registered in Middlesex South Land Registry District as Document No. 110252; that the minimum amount to be paid for such abandonment shall be $1. 00; and that the instrument of abandonment shall be in such form as the Selectmen by the execution thereof shall approve. Carried unanimously. Article 4. Presented by Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. VOTED: To appropriate the sum of $22, 300. as a supplementary appropriation to be used in conjuntion with money appropriated under Article 8 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on June 8, 1964 and under Article 12 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on November 23, 1964 for installing sewer and water mains, conduits and drains under the portion of Route 2 to be reconstructed in the Town and under any roads constructed in the Town in connection therewith as authorized by votes under said Article 8 and Article 12 and to pro- vide for payment by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Article 5. Presented by Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. VOTED: To accept Section 20C of Chapter 10 of the General Laws, inserted by section 6 of Chapter 786 of the Acts of 1962, as amended by Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 451 of the Acts of 1963, which is an Act relative to the non - criminal disposition of parking violations in cities and town in the Commonwealth. Carried unanimously Article 6. Presented by Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. VOTED: To amend the Building By -Law by adding in Article II, Section 2 thereof, immediately following the first sentence of said Section 2 a new sentence to read as follows: The Board of Selectmen may also at any time and for such terms as it may determine appoint such additional assistant building inspectors as it may deem necessary for the proper enforcement of building, zoning, and sign by -laws, and regulations administered or enforced by the Building Inspector. Carries by voice vote. Joseph A. Campbell moved to take up Article 9, Carried by voice vote. 71 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD JUNE 20, 1966 Article 9. Presented by Joseph A. Campbell. MOTION: To amend the Zoning By -Law by striking out the figure 100 in the first sentence of paragraph b. of subsection (b) 1. of Section 8 there- of under the caption C 1 Districts and by inserting in place thereof the figure 150, so that said first sen- tence shall read as follows: For each permitted principal and accessory building, other than principal buildings permitted in an R 1 or R 2 district, a parking area on the lot containing not less than one parking space, as herein- after defined, for each 150 square feet or fraction thereof of floor area in said buildings. A standing vote showed 93 in favor and 61 opposed. Article 7. Presented by Joseph A. Campbell. VOTED: To amend the Zoning By -Law by striking out subparagraph (2) of subsection (b) 1. a. of Section 8 thereof under the caption C 1 Districts and by inserting in place thereof the following new subparagraph (2): (2) If a boundary of the lot abuts on or is within 10 feet of land in an R 1, R 2 or A 1 district, a side yard or rear yard, whichever is applicable, adjoining such boundary not less than 20 feet in width, of—which yard the 10 feet nearest such boundary shall be unpaved and may contain only grass, plants, shrubs, trees and fences, and shall not be used for parking, driveways or outdoor storage. Roland B. Greeley gives notice of reconsideration of Article 9. Article declared adopted by standing vote of 114 to 44. Approved by Attorney General Edward W. Brooke July 8, 1966. Joseph A. Campbell moves for reconsideration of Article 9. Article 8. Presented by Joseph A. Campbell. VOTED: To amend the Zoning By -Law by adding at the end of subsection (g) of Section 8 thereof under the caption All Districts the following new paragraph 7: 7, Lot width or frontage street shall be measured along the street line between the boundaries of a lot and shall not include jogs in street width, back -up strips and other irregularities in street line. Where more than one half of the lot frontage is on a circular turnaround or on a curve of less than 100 feet radius, such frontage or lot width may be reduced to not less than 60 per centum of the distance other- wise required, provided that the distance between lot boundaries measured in a line parallel to the street line and at a distance therefrom equal to the required front yard shall be not less than the front- age or lot width otherwise required and further provided that such distance at front yard depth shall be dimensioned on a plan approved or endorsed by the Planning Board. Carried unanimously. Subsequent- ly approved by Attorney General Edward W. Brooke, July 8, 1966. Article 10. Presented by Joseph A. Campbell. VOTED: To change to Philip Road the name of the unaccepted portion of Moreland Avenue between Worthen Road and Rockville Avenue. Carried by voice vote. Article 11. Presented by Joseph A. Campbell. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to accept on behalf of the Town a deed conveying to the Town, under the provisions of subparagraph f. of paragraph 2 of subsection (a) of Section 8 of the Zoning By -Law, a parcel of land containing 1. 5 acres, more or less, substantially as shown on a plan entitled 'Plan of Proposed Lots in Lexington, Mass. " dated April 9, 1966, by Miller and Nylander , Civil Engineers and Surveyors. Car- ried by voice vote . Motion that Articles 12, 13, 14, and 15 be taken up in reverse order - Articles 15, 14, 13, and 12. Article 15. Presented by Jules P. Sussman. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for play- ground, street, and other public purposes all or any part of a parcel of land shown as Parcel B on plan entitled "Town of Lexington, Mass. Planning Board Proposed Streets in Conservation Areas'', dated June 1966, said Parcel B being a portion of Lot 3 on plan entitled ''Land of Peter J. Kinneen at Lexing- ton' dated July 27, 1917, F. P. Cutter, (C. E. ), recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 260 Plan 50, and all or any part of a parcel of land shown as Parcel A on said plan entitled "Town of Lexington, Mass. Planning Board Proposed Streets in Conservation Areas ", said Parcel A being a portion of a parcel of land adjacent to said Lot 3, containing 16 acres, more or less, and believed to be owned by New Amsterdam Casualty Company et al; and to appropriate therefor the sum of $3, 360. 00, and to provide for payment thereof by transfer from the excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Article 14. Presented by Jules P. Sussman. MOTION: That the Conservation Commis- sion be and hereby is authorized, on behalf of the Town, to purchase or otherwise acquire, in the name 72 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD JUNE 20, 1966 of the Town, for conservation purposes as provided by Section 8c of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, all or any portion of a parcel of land containing about 9. 55 acres, being shown as Lot 3 on plan of "Land of Peter J. Kinneen at Lexington, July 27, 1917, F. P. Cutter (C. E.) Lexington ", recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 260, Plan 50, and a parcel of land adjacent thereto con- taining 16 acres, more or less, and believed to be now owned by New Amsterdam Casualty Company et al; and that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the Town to take by eminent domain for the aforesaid purposes such part or all of the above described premises or any interest therein as shall be requested in writing by the Conservation Commission; and to appropriate therefor the sum of $52, 640. 00 and to provide for payment thereof by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Frank T. Parrish, Jr. moves to amend the article by striking out the amount of $52, 640. 00 and inserting in place thereof the amount of $41, 640. 00. Declared adopted by voice vote. Main motion, as amended, carried unanimously as follows: VOTED: That the Conservation Commis- sion be and hereby is authorized, on behalf of the Town, to purchase or otherwise acquire, in the name of the Town, for conservation purposes as provided by Section 8c of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, all or any portion of a parcel of land containing about 9. 55 acres, being shown as Lot 3 on plan of "Land of Peter J. Kinneen at Lexington, July 27, 1917, F. P. Cutter (C. E.) Lexington ", recorded in Middle- sex South District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 260, Plan 50, and a parcel of land adjacent thereto containing 16 acres, more or less, and believed to be now owned by New Amsterdam Casualty Company et al; and that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the Town to take by eminent domainfor the aforesaid purposes such part or all of the above described premises or any interest there - inas shall be requested in writing by the Conservation Commission; and to appropriate therefor the sum of $41, 640. 00, and to provide for payment thereof by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously. Article 13. Presented by Jules P. Sussman. MOTION: That the Conservation Commis- sion be and hereby is authorized, on behalf of the Town, to purchase or otherwise acquire, in the name of the Town, for conservation purposes as provided by Section 8c of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, all or any portion of a parcel of land containing 29, 786 square feet, more or less, as shown on a plan dated June 15, 1962, made by Albert A. Miller and Wilbur C. Nylander, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, re- corded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 10129, page 36, and the fee or any lesser interest in all or any part of that portion of Lot B situated southerly of Stratham Road as shown on plan entitled "Plan at Lexington, Mass.," dated July 12, 1922, recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 308, Plan 26; and that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the Town to take by eminent domain for the aforesaid purposes such part or all of the above described pre- mises or any interest therein as shall be requested in writing by the C nservation Commission; and to appropriate therefor the sum of $12, 500. 00, and to provide for payment thereof by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Declared lost by voice vote. Article 12. Presented by Jules P. Sussman. MOTION: That the Conservation Commis- sion be and hereby is authorized, on behalf of the Town, to purchase or otherwise acquire, in the name of the Town, 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 36 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 Lexinton - Arlington town line, said parcel being the land substantially as described in three deeds recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 9596, Page 406: Book 9442, Page 113; and Book 6918, Page 184; and all or any part of a parcel of land on the southwes - terly 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 Distrsct Registry of Deeds, Book 9962, Page 441; and that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the Town to take by eminent domain for the aforesaid purposes such part therein as shall be requested in writing by the Conservation Commission; and to appropriate therefor the sum of $110, 975. 00; and to provide for payment the transfer of $20,975.00 from the unexpended balance in the appropriation to the Conservation Fund under Article 81 of the warrant for the 1966 An- nual Town Meeting and by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town for the balance of $90, 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 a period not exceeding one year from their dates. Frank T. Parrish, Jr. moves for indefinite postponement. Carried by a standing vote of 77 to 37. Article 16. Presented by Robert C. Hargrove. VOTED: To appropriate, subject to val- idation by or authority of the General Court, the sum of $653.39 to cover disbursements from the appro- priation under Article 11 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on November 25, 1963, in ex- cess of the amount then available, and to provide for payment thereof by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously. Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. moved that this meeting be dissolved. Carried unanimously. 12:36 A.M. 73 CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Report of the Treasurer - 1966 Herewith is presented the Report for 1966 of the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of Cary Memorial Library: Balance on hand January 1, 1966 $ 5,411.79 Receipts Fines, etc. Transfer from General Investment Fund Total Income $13,273.19 3,490.98 16,764.17 $22,175.96 Expenditures Books, etc. 17,747.39 Dues 228.00 Exhibits 670.08 Conference Expense 439.23 Miscellaneous 523.80 Recruitment 624.58 20,233.08 Balance on hand December 31, 1966 1,942.88 The December 31, 1966, indicated balance is on deposit at the Lexington Trust Company. East Lexington Branch Library Balance on hand December 31, 1966 937.92 Receipts Fines, etc Transfer from General Investment Fund Total Income 1,850.04 509.02 2,359.06 3,296.98 Expenditures Books, etc. 2,377.03 Dues 2.00 2,379.03 Balance on hand December 31, 1966 917.95 The December 31, 1966, indicated balance is on deposit at the Lexington Trust Company. General Investment Account Balance on hand January 1, 1966 Income 2,147.46 Income Omitted from 1965 Income 91.37 Transfer to General Fund Balance on hand December 31, 1966 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 74 1,335.21 105.18 10.65 38.78 87.35 64.12 91.59 10.65 742.16 2,485.69 4,246.86 2,238.83 6,485.69 4,000.00 2,485.69 CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY The indicated balance on the previous page, is on deposit in the General Investment Account in the Lexington Savings Bank. Development Fund Balance on hand January 1, 1966 $ 3,236.73 Interest 139.00 Balance on hand December 31, 1966 3,375.73 The above indicated balance is on deposit in the Development Fund Account at the Lexington Savings Bank. Suzanne Nicot, Acting Treasurer Report of Investment Committee Year of Rate of Description Maturity Income Value Income Pacific Gas and Electric Co. 1st Mtg. 1974 3% $ 1,000.00 $ 30.00 New York Power and Light Co. 1st Mtg. 1972 2 3/4% 1,000.00 27.50 American Tel. and Tel. Co. 1973 3 3/8% 1,000.00 33.75 Lexington Savings Bank 4 1/4% 3,585.69 84.95 Boston Edison Company 1970 2 3/4% 1,000.00 27.50 Narragansett Electric Co. 1st Mtg. 1974 3% 1,000.00 30.00 Philadelphia Electric Co. 1st Mtg. 1971 2 3/4% 1,000.00 27.50 Lexington Federal Savings & Loan 4 1/4% 1,000.00 55.63 National Shawmut Bank 140 Shares 2,912.50 301.00 Northern Pacific R.R. Prior Lien 1997 4% 4,000.00 160.00 Southern Pacific R.R. 1986 2 7/8% 4,000.00 115.00 First National City Bank of N.Y. 234 Shares 6,464.25 294.30 First National Bank of Boston 287 Shares 6,496.06 717.52 State Street Bank and Trust Co. 58 Shares 1,444.90 108.41 Gulf Oil Corporation 64 Shares 3,040.04 134.40 Report of the Investment Committees $38,943.44 $2,147.46 Balance of Principal General $14,484.94 Leroy S. and Geneva Brown 4,000.00 Beals 1,100.00 Maria Cary 400.00 Book Purchase 1,000.00 Alice Butler Cary 2,958.50 Jane Phinney 300.00 Goodwin Musical 1,100.00 Laura M. Brigham 3,100.00 George W.Sarano 300.00 War Parents Book Memorial 1,800.00 Nelson W. Jenney 2,000.00 Pauline Burbank Pierce 1,000.00 Caira Robbins 300.00 Wellington Library 1,000.00 Emma Ostrom Nichols 1,000.00 Sarah Elizabeth Raymond 2,000.00 Abbie C. Smith 1,000.00 $38,943.44 Elizabeth H. Clarke, President 75 CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Board of Trustees Selectmen School Committee Levi G. Burnell Robert Cataldo Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. *Irving H. Mabee George C. Sheldon Settled Ministers ** Mrs. Elizabeth H. Clarke Robert H. Farwell *Austin W. Fisher, Jr. Logan Clarke, Jr. Alfred L. Viano *Rabbi Haskell Bernat - Temple Isiah The Rt. Rev. Msgr. George W. Casey - St. Brigid's Church Rev. Henry H. Clark - Hancock Congregational Church The Rev. Dr. Demetrios J. Constantelos - Greek Orthodox Church of Lexington 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 Rev. Richard E. Harding - Lexington Methodist Church Rev. Richard W. Lund - Pilgrim Congregational Church Rev. Miles R. McKey - Follen Community Church The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Murphy - Sacred Heart Church Rev. Kenneth E. Peterson - First Baptist Church Rabbi Herbert Rosenblum - Temple Emunah Rev. Floyd Taylor - The First Parish Church Thomas S. Grindle Mrs. J.J.G. McCue Theodore Mairson Mrs. Mildred Marek *Executive Committee * *President Advisory Committee 76 Mrs. Ruth Morey Mrs. Shirley Stolz Hermon Swartz Miss Millicent J. Taylor HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION The Historic Districts Commission reports that it held 24 meetings during 1966 at which 35 hearings were conducted in connection with 40 applications for certificates of appropriateness or permits for demolition or removal. The work of the Commission during the year increased substantially over that of prior years due primarily to changes occurring in the business areas within the Battle Green District. There follows a statistical analysis of the Commission's activities for 1966. (a) Applications before Commission in 1966 Applications pending 1/1/66 5 Applications received during 1966 45 Total applications before Commission 50 Applications disposed of during 1966 Certificates of appropriateness issued 33 Certificates of appropriateness denied 1 Permits for demolition or removal issued 5 Permits for demolition or removal denied None Applications withdrawn 2 41 9 (b) Summary of applications disposed of during 1966 Certificates issued New dwellings 3 Changes in existing dwellings 1 Public buildings 1 New commercial buildings 7 Additions and changes to existing commercial buildings 4 Signs 11 Parking areas and sidewalks 2 Gate 1 Color changes 3 33 Certificates denied Plaque 1 Permits for demolition or removal issued Dwelling and barn 1 Commercial buildings 4 5 Applications withdrawn Signs 2 Total 41 (c) Applications before Commission by Districts Hancock - Clarke District 3 Battle Green District 41 Munroe Tavern District 6 East Village District None The Commission regretfully reports the retirement of Donald R. Grant who had served faithfully as a member of the Commission and its chairman since 1959. The Commission expresses its appre- ciation to Associate Commissioners Carl E. Bryant, Donald B. White and George W. Emery for their assistance during the year. Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman Ruth Bevan Philip B. Parsons George E. Graves Max H. Straw 77 REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE The following table compares the attendance on Lexington's playgrounds and pool during the last three years: 1964 1965 1966 Playgrounds 15,547 15,679 15,886 Arts and Crafts 6,439 6,360 6,928 Swimming Pool 23,552 22,016 34,831 With only three days of rain, the summer of 1966 was ideal for playgrounds and swimming. At- tendance at the playgrounds reached an all time high of 15,886 while the pool attendance soared to 34,831, a gain of 12,000 plus over 1965. Children who qualified to swim in the deep pool under the Lexington Recreation Program were allowed to swim in the evenings and week -ends with the adults for the first time in the history of the pool, thus boosting the attendance figures. Arts and crafts was slightly higher in attendance over 1965 with6,928. Attendance Figures at the Playgrounds Were as Follows Center 3,997 East (Adams) 3,685 North (Parker) 2,840 Hastings 2,912 Harrington 2,452 15,886 Again, all inter - playground activity was held at the Center Playground where the major facilities were used. Girls volley ball matches were held on Monday and Wednesday mornings followed by water polo and free swimming in the pool. Baseball for junior and senior boys was held on Tuesday and Thurs- day mornings with free swimming and water polo in the pool at the conclusion of the games. All events were held in the cool mornings, enabling the teams to report to their respective playgrounds for the after- noon sessions. Boys' inter - playground basketball matches were held on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and proved very popular as did the tennis instructions given Monday through Friday. Participation Attendance of Major Activities Were as Follows Boys' Baseball (Junior and Senior) 902 Girls' Volley Ball 441 Boys' Basketball 552 Tennis Instructions 945 1. The swimming pool opened on Thursday, June 23, 1966 and closed on Friday, August 26, 1966. The playgrounds opened on Monday, June 27, 1966 and closed on Friday, August 26, 1966. 2. Retarded and emotionally disturbed childrens' program - at Franklin School. a) Nine weeks - Monday, June 27, 1966 through Friday, August 26, 1966. b) Monday through Friday - 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. - Franklin c) Monday through Friday - 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon - swimming in pool at center. Monday through Friday at Franklin - 1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. (New - this program was expanded to an all day activity.) b) Attendance 21 - daily average 17 c) Activities - Jungle gym, see -saws, story telling, arts & crafts, singing, indoor & outdoor games, acting in plays, marching, daily swimming, field trips during afternoon sessions, etc. 3. Lexington Softball League a) Six teams - Jefferson Jets (Champions) Hancock, Public Works, Eagles, Shoemaker & Jennings and Oldex. b) Statistics - 69 games - 120 players - average daily 47 c) Diamonds - Hastings, Fiske 78 REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE 4. Autumn Program - Boys' Soccer - (September, October, November) a) b) c) Fifth and sixth grade boys - 8:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Saturday mornings. All matches at Center Playground. Attendance - 686 - average 98 per Saturday. 5. Autumn Program - Girls' Soccer & Field Hockey - New - Two week trial. a) b) c) Fifth and sixth grade girls - 8:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Saturday mornings. All games at Center Playground. Attendance - Two week trial - (2 sessions) 82 - average 41 6. Winter Programs a) Fifth and sixth grade girls' and boys' Saturday morning gym classes. 1) Girls at Muzzey Junior High - 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. - December 4, 1965 through April 9, 1966 - Attendance 706 - an average of 44 per session for 16 sessions. 2) Boys at High School - 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. - December 11, 1965 through April 9, 1966 - Attendance 895 - an average of 89 per session for 10 sessions. 3) Activities Girls - Volley ball, rope climbing, basketball, group games and mat exercises, obstacle courses, relays, square dancing, modern dancing, stunts, swedish box, side horse, parallel bars and punch ball. Boys - Track meets, rope climbing, basketball, mat exercises, tug -o- war, relays, etc. b) Intermediate boys - (Junior High age) at Diamond Junior High School Saturday morning gym classes - 9 :00 A.M. - 12:00 noon December 5, 1965 through April 9, 1966. 1) Activities - Basketball, gymnastics, relays. 2) Attendance - 1184 - an average of 74 per session for 16 sessions. c) Badminton - Tuesday evenings at Muzzey Junior High School - 7:30 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. - October 19, 1965 through April 5, 1966. 1) This program is for adult men and women of the town. Volunteer in- struction is given by members of the Lexington Badminton Association. 2) Attendance - 441 - an average of 20 per session for 22 sessions. d) Ladies exercise classes - Tuesday evenings at the high school - 7 :30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. - October 26, 1965 through April 5, 1966. 1) Activities - exercise to music toward improving muscular fitness, the figure and coordination. 2) Attendance 378 - an average of 19 for 20 sessions. e) Mens' fitness classes - Monday and Thursday evenings at the high school - 7: 30 P.M. - 9:30 P.M. - October 18, 1965 through April 7, 1966. 1) Activities - basketball, volley ball, calisthenics, track weights, etc. 2) Attendance - 1,045 - an average of 26 for 40 sessions. 79 REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE f) Spring Program - Golf Instructions 1) Lexington Residents - 7:00 P.M. - 9 :00 P.M. - Seven Tuesdays evenings and seven Wednesday evenings - March 1, 1966 through April 13, 1966 - two classes each evening. 2) All instructions given in high school field house. 3) Total enrollment 100 - average of 25 per class. 7. Facilities a) Playgrounds 1) (Center - including enclosed field) - 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, and horseshoe pits, one all purpose play area. (basketball, ice skating, etc.). Hastings - one junior baseball diamond, playground equipment, large open area, limited use of indoor facilities, basketball court. 2) 3) 4) 5) b) East - one senior baseball diamond, one junior baseball diamond, hard top area, basketball area, two hard top tennis courts, play- ground equipment, horseshoe pits, limited use of indoor facilities of Adams School, one all purpose play area. (Basketball, ice skating etc.). North - two junior baseball diamonds, two hard top tennis courts, basketball court, hard top play area, limited use of Parker School indoor facilities. Harrington - one junior baseball diamond, outdoor basketball, play- ground equipment and horseshoe pits, limited use of indoor facilities. Play Areas 1) Kinneen's - equipment. small baseball area, basketball area and playground 2) Franklin - school play area with one junior baseball diamond and a hard top basketball court. The Retarded Children's Program makes use of two rooms at Franklin School as well as the adjoining play facilities. 3) Fiske - two junior baseball diamonds, playground equipment, basket- ball court, hard top play areas. 4) Sutherland Road (Liberty Heights) - one baseball and football area - can be used for other outdoor activities. 5) Baskin - one baseball and football area - can be used for other out- door activities, one hard top basketball court. 6) Diamond - large athletic field, outdoor basketball facilities - one major baseball diamond - one junior baseball diamond. c) Municipal Swimming Pool (Wire Fence Enclosure) 1) A large 35' x 75' pool - 3' at shallow end and 8' to 8 1/2' at deep end. 2) A small 35' x 35' pool - 0 to 2 1/2' deep. 3) Two locker buildings - one for boys and one for girls. 80 REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE d) Picnic Area 1) Willard's Woods - entry road, parking area, five tables, three fire- places - reservations by permit only, fire laws to be observed. e) Skating Areas 1) Center - one area, (all purpose area). 2) Fiske - two areas, one small and one large. 3) Muzzey Junior High - one area. 4) Kinneens' - a leveled and flooded area. Also a small ski jump and run coming off the adjoining hill. 5) East - this area is divided by a two and one half inch high two feet board partition to separate hockey players from free skaters. Area enlarged in 1966. 6) Reservoir - a small area separated by a dike from the main body. Ice patrollers restrict hockey to a delineated area at designated times. 7) Harrington - one area. 8) Hastings - one area. 9) Sutherland Road (Liberty Heights) - one area. 10) Franklin _ one area. f) Indoor 1) High School Field House, Senior High, Muzzey, Diamond Junior High and Franklin School gymnasiums (with the permission of the Lexington School Committee). 2) Rooms for various meetings (by permission of the Board of Selectmen). 8. Permits Issued Senior, Junior and elementary Schools for boys, and girls sports activities boy scouts, cub scouts, girl scouts, brownies, Church of Our Redeemer, Grace Chapel, town baseball team, Lexington Little League, Minuteman League, Lexington Softball League, Bedford Air Base, Lexington Junior Chamber of Commerce, Suburban Tennis League, Forest Hills Tennis League, Promenaders, Battle Green Chapter of DeMolay, Lions Club, Prof. Schrock (M.I.T.), Marine Corps Detachment, Lexington Tennis As- sociation - Willard's Woods, ITEK, Lincoln Laboratory, Women's Tennis League, System Development Corp., Raytheon and Burroughs Corp. Vincent E. Hayes, Chairman Robert E. Bond Paul Hanson Robert Davison Richard S. Sparrow 81 CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Lexington Conservation Commission submits herewith part two of its annual report for 1966. Funds appropriated by the Town Meeting during 1966 for use by the Commission Reimbursements received under federal and State -- grant - in-aid programs* Approvals of grant- in-aid applications received* Regular Expenses, March, Art. 4 West Farm Purchase, March, Art. 88 and 89 Trinity Covenant Church land purchase, Mar. ,Art.90 & 91 Whipple Hill purchase, March, Art. 82 Land off Redcoat Ln. ,purchase, June, Art.14 Total 1966 Conservation Appropriations Swenson Farm, 50% of $158,200 for 58 A. ,voted Mar. and June, 1965, purchased mid -1965, H.U.D. grant Harrison property, 50% of $3,000 for 5 A. ,voted Nov. 1964, purchased mid -1965, D.N.R. grant Total cash reimbursements received in 1966 Swenson Farm: 25% of $158,200 representing 50% of non - federal portion of the part purchased for con- servation purposes; D.N.R. grant (to be disbursed early '67) Church Land: (a) 50% of $17,000; H.U.D. grant (b) 50% of non - federal portion from D.N.R. Total * H.U.D. grant refers to money received from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. D.N.R. grant refers to money received from the Mass. Dept. of Natural Resources. At year -end it was indicated that the high ratio of applications to available federal funds would cause the rejection of many good applications for federal financial help of worthy projects (nationwide). So far Lexington has been fortunate in these programs; 100% success in this respect may not always be possible, but with three possible sources of financial aid at least a 50% grant on each eligible project can probably be received. Thus Lexington can pursue a permanent open space acquisition program in a timely manner and in consonance with its needs while keeping the net Town cost within the reasonable capabilities of its citi- zens. The grants received against the Swenson Farm purchase represent about 66? (12 %) on a single year's tax rate. Under combined federal and State programs, Lexington can (and does) receive total reimbursement up to 75% of the acquisition costs (see p. 225, 1965 Town Report). In practice, the Town must first appro- priate the entire cost, and must then seek the reimbursement. These federal and State programs have been adopted by the Congress and the Legislature to provide encouragement and aid to municipalities in pursuing the necessary actions to conserve their living environ- ments. Moreover, with the limited sources of municipal funds available to Massachusetts' communities, many significant accomplishments of this form at the municipal level might otherwise be impossible. The breadth of the enabling legislation allows great flexibility. In return for the grant of financial aid, the granting agencies require the Town to place reasonable safeguards over the land's future use and require that the Town avoid discrimination among users of the land. The Town owns the land so purchased, and requirements of the federal government are specific and are set forth in a contract with the granting agency. Requirements of the State government are stated in the general laws of the Commonwealth and in policies of the Commissioner of Natural Resources. The selection of the more detailed material for the following paragraphs is based on the many ques- tions asked by citizens during the past year. Massachusetts can provide financial help to communities for the purchase of land and planning for its use for human enjoyment. The law,G.L.Ch. 132A,Sect. 11, is reprinted below in part: Section 11. The Commissioner shall establish a program to assist the cities and towns, which have established conservation commissions under section eight C of chapter forty, in acquiring land and in planning or designing suitable public outdoor facilities as described in section two B and two D.(*) He may . . , reimburse any such city or town for any money expended by it in establishing an approved project under said program in such amount as he shall determine to be equitable in considera- tion of anticipated benefits from such project, but in no event [over]. . . fifty per cent of the cost No reimbursement shall be made hereunder . . . unless a project application is filed . . , and approved . . . nor until such city or town shall have voted to expend . . . an amount equal to the total cost of the project . . . ( *) SECTION 2B It is . . . the policy of the Commonwealth that all such sites acquired or developed $ 300.00 24,200.00 17,000.00 19,975.00 41,640.00 $103,115.00 e $79,100.00 1,500.00 $80,600.00 $39,550.00 8,500.00 4,250.00 $52,300.00 82 ( *) CONSERVATION COMMISSION . . . shall in so far as practicable be preserved in their natural state; . . . and that no commer- cial activities except those essential to the quiet enjoyment of the facilities by the people shall be permitted. SECTION 2D . . . (1) to acquire, plan, construct, maintain and operate public recreational facili- ties, including roads, areas for parking, picnicking and camping, provisions for swimming, wading, boating, outdoor games, winter sports, horseback riding, bicycling and hiking trails, nature study, rest areas outlooks, comfort stations, food accommodations and such other facilities as the com- missioner deems necessary and desirable and consistent with the policy of the Commonwealth, as set forth in section two B. The Mass. D.N.R. also administers the disbursements of money in Massachusetts from the federal Land and Waters Conservation Fund. Lexington has not yet found it necessary to participate in that program. Lexington is eligible to receive 50% federal financial aid under Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended. Statements of the U.S. Congress incorporated into the law, setting forth the law's purposes, are noteworthy from the standpoint of Lexington citizens, and are reprinted below from the federal law: . Rapid expansion of the Nation's urban areas has created critical problems of service and finance for all levels of government and . . , combined with a rapid population growth in such areas, threatens severe problems of urban and suburban living, including loss of valuable open -space land in such areas, for the preponderant majority of the Nation's present and future population. The Congress further finds that there is an urgent need for the additional provision of parks and other open -space areas in the developed portions of the Nation's urban areas. It is the purpose of this chapter to . encourage more economic and desirable urban development, and to help provide necessary recreational, conservation, and scenic areas by assisting State and local governments in taking prompt action to provide, preserve, and develop open space land which is essential to the proper long -range development and welfare of the Nation's urban areas, in accordance with plans for the allocation of such land for open space uses . . . [The Congress wishes to] . assure that local governing bodies are preserving a maximum of open space land, with a minimum of cost, through the use of existing public land; the use of special tax, zoning, and subdivision provisions; and the continuation of appropriate private use of open space land through acquisition and leaseback, the acquisition of restrictive easements, and other available means. No open -space land for the acquisition of which a grant has been made under this chapter shall, without the approval of the Administrator, be converted to uses other than those originally approved by him. TheAdministratorshall approve no conversion of land from open -space use unless he finds that such conversion is essential to the orderly development and growth of the urban area involved and is in accord with the then applicable comprehensive plan, meeting criteria established by him. TheAdmini- strator shall approve any such conversion only upon such conditions as he deems necessary to assure the substitution of other open -space land of at least equal fair marketvalue and of as nearly as feasible equivalent usefulness and location. As amended Pub. L 89- 117,Title IX, §909(d). Aug. 10,1965, 79 Stat. 497. The H.U.D. regulations and contract with the Town state that in order to get and keep the money, the Town must: apply for and get H.U.D.'s permission before consummating the purchase; be fair with the seller of the land; conform to labor and non - discrimination requirements; stick to the purpose for which the land was purchased; initially appropriate gross costs; and show that the land purchase is needed to satisfy the purposes of the law. The Conservation Commission is empowered to institute regulations for the use of the land, and may charge users reasonable differential fees, based on place of residence. Moreover, it is clear that the U.S. government cannot and will not dictate undesirable uses of the land from the viewpoint of the Town. Complete copies of these laws, contracts, and regulations are matter of public record and may be obtained by requests of the appropriate agencies. Jules P. Sussman, Chairman Alford S. Peckham A. L. Ripley 83 Francis W. K. Smith Leslie H. York Paul E. Mazerall, ex- officio REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH The Board of Health submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1966. Organization and Meetings The present Board of Health is composed of Mr. Rufus L. McQuillan, Chairman, Dr. William Cosgrove and Mr. James M. West. It meets the first Monday of every month, with the exception of the month of August, at 7:00 P. M. in the Health Department Office. In 1966 eleven (11) regular meetings were held. James F. Finneran James F. Finneran * James F. Finneran Dorothy M. Jones Dorothy M. Jones Hazel J. Murray *Dr. Carl R. Benton *James F. Finneran Isabel S. Finneran, R. D. H Dr. Nyman Halfond 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. Director of Public Health Milk Inspector Inspector of Slaughtering Clerk Agent Agent Animal Inspector Assistant Animal Inspector Dental Hygienist Dentist Collector of Milk Samples Special Agent Special Agent Special Agent Communicable Diseases Animal Bites .148 Diphtheria 1 Chickenpox 72 German Measles 4 Hepatitus, Infectious 1 Measles 3 Meningitis 3 Mumps 123 Salmonellosis 3 Scarlet Fever 14 Streptococcal Sore Throat 240 Tuberculosis 1 A total of 613 cases of communicable diseases were reported in 1966. According to law all communicable diseases must be reported either by the attending physi cian or by parent or guardian. Lexington Visiting Nurse Association The Lexington Visiting Nurse Association made 1361 house visits on behalf of the Health Department. These calls were as follows: Communicable Diseases . 259 Tuberculosis .. . 125 Health Supervision: Infants under 1 year 296 Pre- school Children 644 School Children 36 Adult 1 Immunization Clinics Diphtheria- Tetanus Clinic .. 349 Poliomyelitis Oral Sabin Vaccine Clinic 997 Influenza Clinic (Town Personnel Only) 303 Measles Prevention Clinic 330 Rabies Innoculation Clinic for dogs 938 84 BOARD OF HEALTH Detection Clinics Tuberculin Tine Test (All schools ) .. 7100 Glaucoma Eye Screening Clinic . .. 593 Pre- school Eye Screening Clinic . . . 210 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 VO 2 -8282. Report of the D ent al Hygienist Dental screening examinations were completed in all the elementary schools. During the Fall term there were 4399 children examined and 646 defect notices mailed. The Dental Health Program for the past year included: Classroom Talks (grades 1 -6) 203 School Visits 164 Conferences 25 Oral Prophylaxis 121 Luride Treatments 95 X -rays 83 Operative Report of the Dental Clinic PATIENTS 524 Elementary Schools 521 Junior High Schools 2 Senior High School 1 FILLINGS . • 663 Deciduous • 325 Permanent . 338 EXTRACTIONS 24 Deciduous 21 Permanent • 3 TREATMENTS 72 EXAMINATIONS 136 Clinic Days (A. M. only) • 62 Appointments 524 Completed . . 100 Emergency treatments . . • • • • • 0 Mystic Valley Children's Clinic The operational report for Lexington residents is as follows: Total number of applications (all towns) 307 LEXINGTON RESIDENTS: Application for clinical services 78 Cases carried over January 1, 1966 7 Diagnostic & other interviews . 563 Interview Hours by Staff . 782 Additional Staff Hours on Cases 1812 Number of Hours Staff Consultation to Community Agencies 206 Total number of staff Hours for Lexington Residents 2800 85 BOARD OF HEALTH REFERRAL SOURCES Schools . 21 Medical 24 Social & Legal Agencies 9 Self & Friends . . . . . . 17 Report of the Inspector of Animals Massachusetts is an island surrounded by states where rabies in ground animals have been reported. Maine has had 24 rabid animals reported during the first 9 months of 1966, 19 cases of which were in foxes, New Hampshire had 22 cases of rabies in animals reported; 13 foxes, in upper New York State there were 136 cases of rabies reported, 3 dogs, 1 cat, 24 farm animals, 83 foxes, 21 skunks and 4 others, Rhode Island had no rabid animals reported in 1966 but in 1965 a rabid dog was discovered in Providence. It is obvious that the danger of rabies in ground animals can spread to Massachusetts, an example of this is that in Stafford Springs, Connecticut, a couple of miles from the Massachusetts border, a rabid fox had bitten a dog which was immediately issolated. The Rabies Clinic held annually in May, is now more important than ever and we urge every dog owner to attend this clinic on the day scheduled for his precinct. There were four animal heads sent into the Wasserman Laboratories this year for rabies examination, all tested negative. The animals concerned had bitten people and had to be examined as defined in the Rabies Control Law. There were a total of 148 animal bites reported in 1966, these bites are as follows: 142 dog bites 2 mouse bites 1 cat 1 hamster 1 mole 1 squirrel Let it be reiterated that canine distemper vaccination annually is important since there is no permanent immunity. The usual calls were made to inspect animals according to instructions of the Director of Livestock Disease Control to be sure there were no contagious diseases present, and that the animals were in good health. This information also serves as an annual animal census: Cows, bulls & steers 28 Sheep 5 Horses and Ponies 81 Goats 4 Deer 2 All animals and premises were found to be free of contagious diseases. There were 30 horse stables and 2 dairy herds. Sanitation: Food, Milk and Water All eating establishments, food markets, and bakeries were inspected for maintenance of sanitary standards and for proper methods of storage, preparation, and dispensing of foods. Multi- use utensils used in eating establishments were subjected to routine analysis to determine compliance with the regulation for bacteriacidal treatment. Of the four - hundred and twenty -three (423) samples collected and tested, forty -seven (47) or 11% were over the accepted standard for bacteriological cleanliness. Notices were sent to the establishment operators and re- sampling carried out to deter- mine correction of deficient bacteriacidal treatment. Two- hundred and fifty -two (252) 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. Twenty -nine (29) samples exceeded the legal standard for a colony plate count, and twenty samples exceeded the standards for the coliform test. Written notices of deficiencies were sent to dealers and re- sampling of products was carried out to determine that corrective action had been taken. Eighteen (18) well -water samples were tested on request of residents, nine showing bacterio- logical contamination and six found free from contamination. Three of the contaminated wells were found free from contamination after disenfecting procedures were carried out. One water sample from a household (public supply) was tested and found free of bacteriological contamination. Sixty -one (61) field tests were made at nine public and semi - public swimming pools to determine compliance with the regulation for residual chemical disenfectant. 86 BOARD OF HEALTH Sewage Disposal and Subdivisions of Land Fifty -seven (57) applications were received for private sewage disposal systems, and of the forty -five (45) completed, twenty -eight (28) were new systems and seventeen (17) were additions to existing systems. Plans for eight (8) new subdivisions of land were submitted for Board of Health approval as required under law. Six (6) plans were approved subject to regrading requirements for surface drain- age, one (1) plan was approved with restrictions on certain lots and one (1) plan disapproved because of insufficient plans for private sewage disposal systems. Complaints and Nuisances Seventy -seven (77) complaints of conditions deemed detrimental or hazardous were received during 1966. A breakdown of complaints received is as follows: 15 Exposed sewage wastes 30 Rubbish and garbage nuisances 6 Drainage problems 6 Animal and Fowl complaints 4 Noxious weeds and odors 10 Insects and rodents 6 Housing deficiencies All complaints were investigated and evaluated and correction obtained by written notice to property owners and occupants. Other Inspections Fifteen (15) Day Care Centers (Nursery and Kindergarten Schools) were inspected prior to renewal of required licenses. Three (3) Convalescent and Nursing Homes were inspected prior to certification by the Board of Health. Licenses The Board granted licenses and permits as follows: Animal Permits (including poultry). . 53 Child Care Center Licenses . . . . . 13 Disposal Works Installers Permits.. 9 Food Establishment Permits.. . . . . 37 Funeral Directors Licenses . . . . 6 Garbage Disposal Permits . . . . 4 Methyl Alcohol Permits . . .. . . . 6 Milk Licenses-Store . . . 45 Swimming Pool Permits Milk Licenses - Vehicle 20 Nursing Home Licenses . . . 4 Oleomargarine Registrations, 22 Recreation Camp License. • • 1 Rubbish Disposal Permits . . 10 Septic Tank and Cesspool Permits 45 Sewage Disposal Permits. 9 10 A permit is required for keeping horses, cows, goats, swine and poultry. All residents are urged to comply with the regulation in this regard. 87 BOARD OF HEALTH - VETERANS' SERVICES Child Care Centers . Dental Clinic Fees Disposal Work Installers Permits . Food Establishment Permits . . . Garbage Disposal Permits Methyl Alcohol Permits . .. . . . Milk Licenses -Store Board of Health Receipts $ 210. 00 210. 00 18. 00 39. 00 10. 00 6. 00 22. 50 Swimming Pool Per Burial of Animals Clinics & Health Services Dental Clinic Engineering Laboratory Lexington Visiting Nurse Assoc.. • Mystic Valley Children's Clinic . . Milk Licenses - Vehicle Oleomargarine Registrations. . . Recreation Camp License Reimbursement, Premature Infant Rubbish Disposal Permits Septic Tank and Cesspool Permits Sewage Disposal Permits mits . . . . 22. 50 • • • . $ 10. 00 . 11. 00 . 3. 00 . 90. 00 . 26. 00 . 260. 00 . 12. 00 Board of Health Expenses $ 131. 00 Office Supplies .$447. 00 1 478. 61 Out of State Travel 147. 32 798. 77 Public Health Education 199.40 221. 00 Rabies Clinic 899. 54 590. 00 Sundry (meetings, dues, etc.) . . 210. 00 3, 600. 00 Transportation 800. 00 4, 551. 00 Tuberculosis Care 335. 93 The receipts are not available for use by the Board of Health but revert to the Excess and Deficiency Account. 1966. R. L. McQuillan, Chairman VETERANS' SERVICES DEPARTMENT I submit my report of the Department of Veterans' Services for the year ending December 31, The office of the Lexington Veterans Benefits since January 1, 1966 thru December 31, 1966 has done an increase of business over 1965 in all phases of its different departments. Under Chapter 115 of the Massachusetts General Laws we have processed forty seven (47) applications. This involves investigation by the Director of Veterans Benefits in Lexington and also by the State. These investigations are of continuous nature, if the recepient is on the rolls permanently. The recepient 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 ascer- tain his or her eligibility. Under Title #38 of the U. S. Code we have filed for service connected and non - service connected disability pensions for ten (10) Veterans and or their dependents, burial allowance for six (6) widows, also under Title #38. We assisted a number of Veterans to reopen their N. L. I. policy, and other Veterans to apply for assistance for education under the New G. I. Bill. Part of this office's duties are for the Grave Registration, that is to record all Veterans who are interred in Lexington cemeteries. Also to see that all graves are decorated on Memorial Day, and that they are in good condition. This year we recommended to the superintendent of cemeteries that a number of the grave markers be raised level to the ground. He agreed and complied with this. There were twenty six (26) Veterans interred in 1966. Each Veteran received a flag, and if needed a headstone was filed for. Bernard J. Belcastro, Director 88 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 1966. 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: 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Administration 3 3 3 3 3 Engineering 7 9 10 9 11 Clerical 6 6 6 6 6 Park Department 15 16 16 15 18 Custodians 3 3 3 3 3 Public Works Department 34 36 39 42 45 Total 68 73 77 78 86 Street Construction - Sundry Streets Contractor - T.D. Sullivan and Sons Amount - $166,709.50 Drainage Location Length Length Size Middleby Road 1670' 706' 12" 52' 48" Butler Avenue 600' 68' 12" Wright Street 300' 62' 12" Laconia Street 170' 293' 12" .52 Miles - 2,740 Feet 1,181 Feet Street Construction - Capital Outlay In 1966 we reconstructed another section of Lowell Street - North Street to the Burlington line. This work was included in the contract awarded to T.D. Sullivan and Sons. Drainage Location Length Length Size Lowell Street 1300' 401' 35' 45' 12" 18" 21" 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 started late in 1966 and will be completed in the summer of 1967. Chapter 90 Maintenance On July 11, 1966 a contract was awarded to the William P. Capone Corporation in the amount of $59,185.00 for resurfacing of certain streets. Included in this contract was the resurfacing of Waltham' Street from Brookside Avenue to near Worthen Road. Location Length Waltham Street 3149' Curbing Location Length Bedford Street 522' Meriam Street 238' 89 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 1966 the following street lights were installed and removed: One hundred seventeen - 800 lumen lights, and two - 6000 lumen lights were removed during the year. 179 - 1000 lumen, 3 - 2500 lumen, 12 - 3500 lumen, 3 - 4000 lumen, 33 - 11,000 M.V. lights were installed so currently lamps in service are as follows: 800 lumen 813 1,000 1231 2,500 107 3,500 16 4,000 " 32 6,000 " 28 7,000 " 3 10,000 " 5 11,000 lumen M.V. 205 20,000 lumen M.V. 53 Snow Removal There are two basic costs of snow removel. 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, churches, schools, etc., and the salting and sanding that is done directly before, during and after the storm. All these costs are lumped together and referred to as the cost of a particular storm. Secondly, there are the many other costs which occur during the year such as sanding and salting in ice storms, quick freezes, which require sanding, our weather service which is invaluable, the purchase of equipment such as chains, plows, plow blades, bolts, etc. Many of these latter expenditures occur during the summer months. We prepare for the winter many months before it arrives. The accompanying tables indicate the days and the amounts that snow was recorded and the cost breakdown for each storm. Jan. 2 - 3" Mar. 6 - Trace 8 - 8" 12 - 2" 13 - Trace 13 - 3.5" 19 - 1" 27 - Trace 20 - Trace 5.5" 21 - 1" 23 - 10" Apr. 28 - Trace 24 - 5" Dec. 2 - Trace 30 - 5" 5 - Trace 33" 13 - Trace 14 - 2" Feb. 4 - 4" 15 - 1" 5 - Trace 20 - Trace 15 - Trace 21 - Trace 16 - 1" 24 - 4" 24 - Trace 25 - 2" 25 - 13" 29 - 2" 26 - Trace 31 - Trace 18" 11" 90 TOTAL - 67.5" 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 January 2 1 2 $ 888.76 $ 540.75 $ 1,671.11 $ 36.45 $ 3,137.07 January 8 2 8 5,914.51 2,906.50 7,251.33 700.13 16,772.47 January 23 3 15 11,913.26 5,281.75 15,427.67 1,037.89 33,660.57 January 30 4 5 8,914.25 3,419.75 8,007.42 431.46 20,772.88 February 4 5 4 1,304.77 638.50 1,961.47 124.68 4,029.42 Clean up after storms 2,992.13 2,992.13 February 25 6 13 7,089.00 2,409.50 7,390.14 430.13 17,318.77 March 1 7 5.5 1,050.13 643.25 2,090.72 249.15 4,033.25 December 14 8 3 372.89 201.00 787.82 102.58 1,464.29 December24 9 6 6,710.00 2,652.50 13,158.57 1,188.18 23,709.25 December29 10 2 1,644.02 572.00 2,299.64 307.98 4,823.64 63.5 $45,801.59 $19,265.50 $63,038.02 $ 4,608.63 $132,713.74 2. Cost of sand purchased: Material cost - 3977.20 tons 4,374.92 Other costs - Trucking 126.00 3. Cost of salt and calcium chloride purchased: Material cost - approximately 1780.18 tons 26,079.65 Trucking 126.00 4. Cost of Weather Services 395.00 5. Cost of tools and equipment purchased: Blades, moldboard, labor for overhaul, etc. 4,605.44 6. Claims 125.00 7. Sander bodies 5,540.00 8. 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 14, 493.70 1966 TOTAL REMOVAL COST $188,579.45 Cost of Snow Removal Operations Misc. Sanding, Inches Repairs to Storm of Plowing Equipment, Date Number Snow Plowing Lifting Walks Chains,etc. TOTAL January 2 1 2 $ 2,340.17 $ 415.10 $ 139.16 $ 242.64 $ 3,137.07 January 8 2 8 9,752.69 4,471.93 665.06 1,882.79 16,772.47 January 23 3 15 17,730.84 13,339.76 795.95 1,794.02 33,660.57 January 30 4 5 10,585.21 8,376.25 672.61 1,138.81 20,772.88 February 4 5 4 2,992.10 400.83 284.94 351.55 4,029.42 Clean up after storms 432.56 1,258.81 78.21 1,222.55 2,992.13 February 25 6 13 7,612.71 7,811.71 533.79 1,360.44 17,318.77 March 1 7 5.5 2,581.75 706.57 339.67 405.26 4,033.25 December 14 8 3 453.89 461.26 549.14 1,464.29 December24 9 6 13,376.65 4,834.22 1,376.76 4,121.62 23,709.25 December29 10 2 2,788.84 968.22 237.25 829.33 4,823.64 63.5 $70,647.53 $42,583.40 $ 5,584.66 $13,898.15 $132,713.74 91 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 96,000 Ft. Crosswalks 9,463 Ft. Curbing 950 Ft. Parking Tees 160 Do Not Enter 7 Stop Signs and Lines 49 Bus Stops 7 Boys 33 Slow Signs 17 Do Not Park 7 Road Machinery The following equipment was purchased during 1966: 1. Sedan - new (1) 2. Sedan - used (1) 3. Pickup Trucks - new (3) 4. Street Sweepers - new (2) 5. Dump Trucks - new (5) 6. Rack Body Truck - new (1) 7. Sand Spreaders - new (2) Sidewalk Construction: 1965 (Completed in 1966) Contractor - Bernard J. Lazaro Location Length Marrett Road 4,683' Worthen Road 611' Revere Street 1,765' Bedford Street 66' Sidewalk Construction Contractor - Bernard J. Lazaro 7,125 Feet Location Length Grant Street 2,579' Colony Road 752' Raymond Street 362' Grove Street 186' Berwick Road 85' Vine Brook Road 57' Mass. Avenue (Information Center) 98' 4,119 Feet 92 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Drain and Brook Cleaning In 1966 there were 3,488 catch basins cleaned. Approximately 2,500 feet of brooks were cleaned during 1966. Drain Construction Included in the contract awarded to T. D. Sullivan and Sons was a storm drain on Pleasant Street through an easement to Route 2. feet. Location Pleasant Street Length Size 220' 12" 356' 15" 324' 18" 202' 24" 616' 30" 1,718 Feet During the construction of the Harrington School Playground an 18" drain pipe was extended 232 Drain Construction: Town Labor and Equipment Location Oak Street Length 898' Size 12" Street Construction: (At No Cost to Town) Drainage Location Length Length Size Elena Road 697` 731' 12" Philip Road 922' 378' 12" Clyde Place 293' 179' 12" Ingleside Road 955' 246' 12" 230' 15" 561' 24" Saddle Club Road 526' 80' 12" Oak Park Circle 405' 265' 12" Sheila Road 385' 118' 12" Circle Road 1,335' 1,301' 12" Suzanne Road 302' 44' 12" Emerson Road 990' 1,295' 12" 1.29 Miles - 6,810 Feet 5,428 Feet Sidewalk Construction Included in the contract awarded to T. D. Sullivan and Sons are the following sidewalks: Location Length Marrett Road - Spring Street to Cary Avenue East Street - Burroughs Road to Grant Street Baskin Road to Middleby Road (through town -owned land) 93 1,870' 1,865' 1,100' 4,835 Feet DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Pavement Maintenance The following list of streets were sealed by Town Forces in 1966: Location Length Pollen Road - Pleasant Street to Pinewood Street 1,900' Taft Avenue - Sutherland Street to Charles Street 370' Summit Road - Follen Road to Pinewood Street 822' Charles Street - Mass. Avenue to Taft Avenue 760' Fottler Avenue - Beyond Brandon Street to Cliffe Avenue 400' Percy Road - Eustis Street to Highland Avenue 900' Highland Avenue - Washington Street to Percy Road 1,685' Warren Street - Percy Road to Eliot Road 670' Joseph Road - Mass. Avenue to Spencer Street 225' Spencer Street - Southerly from Joseph Road 365' Tower Road - Mass. Avenue to Richard Road 540' Rhodes Street - Mass. Avenue to Lockwood Road 265' Lockwood Road - Rhodes Street to Byron Avenue 240' Bloomfield Street - Mass. Avenue to Highland Avenue 1,350' Simonds Road - Bedford Street to Burlington Street 2,894' Winthrop Road - Portion 400' York Street - Meriam Street to end of accepted portion 700' Hancock Avenue - Hancock Street to end 565' Hartwell Avenue - two strips 10 feet wide 14, 000' 29,001 Feet Pavement Maintenance The following list of streets were resurfaced under a contract awarded to William Capone Corpora- tion in the amount of $59,185.00. Location Bow Street Fairbanks Road Lillian Road Meriam Street Prospect Hill Road Revere Street Shirley Street Sylvia Street Tyler Road Tufts Road Underwood Road Williams Road Lincoln Street Shurburne Road Byron Avenue 94 Length 175' 1,775' 618' 1,596' 1,526' 1,859' 492' 730' 367' 349' 560' 1,287' 681' 922' 251' 13,259 Feet DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Sidewalk Resurfacing The following sidewalks were resurfaced by the William Capone Corporation: Location Edgewood Road Meriam Street Oakland Street Chandler Street Stetson Road Bloomfield Street Lincoln Street Glen Road Winthrop Road 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 1966 Average Daily Consumption in 1966 Average Daily Consumption in 1966 per capita Location Length 968' 526' 1,281' 757' 767' 703' 474' 711' 466' 6,653 Feet 40 to 120 pounds 143.55 miles 8,165 1,328 1,484,893,000 gallons 4,068,200 gallons 130 gallons Extent of Distributing System December 31, 1966 Size of Pipe 4" 6" 8" 10" 12" 16" 24" 1966 6" 8" Length of Feet 16,378 333,924 198,826 22,461 144,302 27,253 14,084 757,228 Total 1,406 3,851 5,257 Feet Total Hydrant Installation Hydrants in service January 1, 1966 1,317 Hydrants installed in 1966 11 Hydrants in service December 31, 1966 1,328 Water Construction: Town Labor and Equipment Grassland Street Sylvia Street Rockville Avenue Philip Road Size Length 95 6" 8" 6" 8" 443' 724' 126' 40' 1,333 Feet 25 Miles Hydrants 0 0 0 Location DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Water Construction: At No Cost to Town Size Length Hydrants Elena Road 6" 737' 2 Philip Road 8" 900' 1 Clyde Place 6" 309' 1 Ingleside Road 8" 1,075' 2 Saddle Club Road 8" 586' 1 Oak Park Circle 6" 360' 1 Suzanne Road 8" 315' 0 Emerson Road 8" 975' 3 5,257 Feet 11 one Mile Number of new services connected 162 Number of services renewed and repaired - curb to house 68 230 Water Treatment During 1966 the department continued treating Lexington's water system with "Calgon," a chemical used for control of rusty water. Broken Mains Size of Main Bridge Street (6 times) 6" Butler Avenue 6 Cushing Street 6" Demar Road (3 times) 6" Gerard Terrace 6" Grassland Street (2 times) 6" Independence Avenue 8" King Street 2 Lowell Street 6" Lowell Street 8" Marrett Road 8" Massachusetts Avenue (2 times) 12" Meriam Street (2 times) 6" North Street 8" Outlook Drive 6 Patriots Drive 8" Pleasant Street (2 times) 12" Robbins Road 6" School Street 8" Simonds Road 6" Sullivan Road 6" Turning Mill Road 8" Vaille Avenue 8" Volunteer Way 12" Waltham Street (2 times) 12" Watertown Street 12" Winchester Drive 6" Winter Street 12" 96 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Sewer Division - General Information Lexington is part of the North Metropolitan Sewerage District. Area tributary to existing sewer systems 790.27 Acres Total length of trunk line sewers 22.33 Miles Total length of street line sewers 75.43 Miles Total number of house connections 5,717 Amount expended for maintenance $17,062.06 1967 sewer assessment rate 19.41 Number of sewer services installed 201 Number of sewer services repaired 11 Sewer Maintenance Pumping Stations: The Myrtle Street pumping station was checked every day including running the standby generator weekly. Two of the three pump motors were rebuilt and all three pumps requires exten- sive maintenance. Our smaller stations at Brigham Road, Byron Avenue, Constitution Road, Patterson Road and Worthen Road were checked semi - weekly. Routine Cleaning of Mains: Approximately 20,000 feet of sewer mains were cleaned of sand, silt, gravel, roots, and debris during the year. Sewer Construction: Town Labor and Equipment Location Size Length Patriots Drive 8" 84' Sewer Construction Contractor - Susi and DeSantis Company Incorporated Amount - $198,660.00 Location Size Length Grove Street 6" 305' 8" 940' Robinson Road 8" 1,195' Turning Mill Road 8" 655' Demar Road 8" 1,000' Philip Road 8" 290' Blake Road 8" 380' Hartwell Avenue 8" 300' 5,065 Feet .95 Miles Contractor - Crognale Construction Company Amount - $73,376.50 Location Size Length Wright Street 8" 280' Cushing Street 8" 370' Sullivan Street 8" 285' Winter Street 8" 1,420' Bridge Street 8" 1,135' Grassland Street 8" 380' Valleyfield Street 8" 750' 4,620 Feet .87 Miles 97 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Sewer Construction: At no Cost to the Town Location Size Length Elena Road 8" 704' Philip Road 8" 678' Clyde Place 8" 258' Saddle Club Road 10" 440' Oak Park Circle 8" 364' 2,444 Feet .46 Miles Trunk Sewer On November 28, 1966 a contract in the amount of $103,155.00 was awarded to J. D'Amico Incor- porated to install a pumping station at Adams and North Streets and a force main from the pumping station along Vine Brook through Grant Street to Colony Road. A sewer line from Suzanne Road through private lands, Westwood Road and Adams Street to the pumping station will also be installed under this contract. The work has not been started. Winter Street Trunk Sewer On August 22, 1966 a contract for sewer work was awarded to Susi and DeSantis Company Incor- porated for the amount of $198,660.00. Included in this amount is a trunk sewer from Bedford Street near Eldred Street through private lands to Winter Street. This contract is now in progress. This work is broken down as follows: 1,638' 8" 1,352' 10" 255' 24" 3,245 Feet .62 Miles Burlington Street Trunk Sewer This trunk sewer from Emerson Road near Angier Road through private lands to Burlington Street near North Street was also included in the contract awarded to Susi and DeSantis Company Incorporated. This work is broken down as follows: 2,340' 8" Special Projects New chairs were purchased for the Cary Hall Auditorium. The kitchen was remodeled and two water coolers were installed. Town forces did much work in conjunction with the additions and alterations at the Town Garage Building. This included building a new road and parking area, laying water, sewer and drain lines and tearing down partitions in the existing building. The area around the Public Facilities Building was planted and two sidewalks constructed. Much of the area for the Harrington School playground was loamed and seeded. The Muzzey Street entrance to the Waltham Street parking lot was made two way which necessi- tated revamping the spaces and moving the bumper blocks. 98 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS A paved basketball court was constructed at Wyman Road playground. Some projects undertaken for other departments include such items as: setting up voting machines; excavating and grading part of a parking area at Lexington High School; picking up and delivering Civil Defense materials to stock public fallout shelters; making and installing traffic regulation signs in coopera- tion with the Lexington Police Department and sweeping roads at Westview and Munroe Cemeteries. John J. Carroll Superintendent of Public Works CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS' REPORT The Cemetery Commissioners submit their Annual Report for the year 1966. Munroe Cemetery There were seventeen interments during this year and one lot was placed under Perpetual Care. Seven foundations for head stones were approved. Westview Cemetery There were one hundred and sixty five interments for the year. Eighty nine lots, eight single graves and three baby graves were sold. Eighty six deeds for lots purchased were issued. Ninety eight foundations for flush markers were approved and set. The following funds were collected and committed to the Town Treasurer: Munroe Cemetery Westview Cemetery Perpetual Care Annual Care Interments Green & Lowering Device Foundations Saturday Burial Fee Miscellaneous Receipts Total $ 100.00 43.25 443.00 72.00 24.00 75.00 6.00 $ 763.25 99 Sale of Lots Sale of Single Graves Sale of Baby Graves Perpetual Care Interments Green & Lowering Device Foundations Tent Saturday Burial Fee Miscellaneous Receipts Total $ 8,600.50 234.00 72.00 9,288.00 4,016.00 744.00 910.00 45.00 575.00 144.50 $24,629.00 James L. Grant Cemetery Commissioners Chairman REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL Pursuant to Section 6 of Article XI 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, 1966 to December 31, 1966. 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, 1966. 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, transferred 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, trans- ferred to Formal Procedure No. 39934, and No. X- 156089, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 40470. Petitions for abatement of 1962 and 1963 real estate tax. 4. William J. Shields et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154758, No. 40308 and No. 41635. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. 5. Frank L. Stevens et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154759, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 39942, No. 40346 and No. 41634. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. 6. James Lettieri et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154846. Petition for abatement of 1962 real estate tax. 7. 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 abate- ment of 1962 and 1963 real estate tax. 8. Robert E. Doran et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154841, No. X- 156105 and No. X- 158877. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963 and 1964 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, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 40512. Petitions for abatement of 1962 and 1963 real estate tax. 12. William Ernest Porter et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154855, No. X- 156109, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 40511, and No. X- 158860, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 41685. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. 13. Fred E. Hersom, Jr. et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 39969, No. 40307 and No. 41637. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. 14. Michael J. Carroll et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154872. Petition for abatement of 1962 real estate tax. 15. 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. 16. Robert J. Sorrentino et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 39970 and No. 41633. Petitions for abatement of 1962 and 1964 real estate tax. 17. Robert P. Outerbridge et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 39972, No. 40304 and No. 41636. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. 18. Alfred H. Maxwell et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 39971, No. 40305 and No. 41632. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. 19. David L. Gennaro et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154867, No. 40310 and 41630. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. 100 TOWN COUNSEL 20. M. Joseph Carroll et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154869. Petition for abatement of 1962 real estate tax. 21. William L. Nussbum et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 39998 and No. 41631. Petitions for abatement of 1962 and 1964 real estate tax. 22. Lillian N. Pearce vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 39999, No. 40306 and No. 41629. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. 23. Lexington Golf Club vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154980, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 40015, and No. X- 156235, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 40513. Petitions for abatement of 1962 and 1963 real estate tax. 24. Helen C. MacBeth et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 253018. Petition for assessment of damages arising out of a taking by eminent domain of certain land for sewer construction. 25. Jordan L. Raskind, p.p.a. vs. Eugene T. Muller, a fireman, Middlesex Superior Court No. 253958. Action to recover for alleged personal injuries and property damages as the result of a motor vehicle accident. Case transferred to Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. 26. Alice C. Monahan et als vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154978. Petition for abatement of 1962 real estate tax. 27. Alice C. Monahan et als vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154979. Petition for abatement of 1962 real estate tax. 28. Lexington Motor Inn, Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 155286, trans- ferred to Formal Procedure No. 40133, and No. X- 158887, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 41701. Petitions for abatement of 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. 29. Helen H. May vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 256320. Petition for assess- ment of damages arising from a taking by eminent domain of certain land as part of the refuse disposal sites. 30. William A. Detlefsen et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 155455. Petition for abatement of 1963 real estate tax. 31. Emerson Gardens Realty Corp. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 41485. Petition for abatement of 1963 real estate tax. 32. Paul J. Goldstein vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 158381, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 41426. Petition for abatement of 1963 real estate tax. 33. 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. 34. 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. 35. 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. 36. Mary L. Spears et als vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 257683. Petition for assessment of damages from the taking by eminent domain of certain land as part of the refuse disposal sites. 37. Homes, Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 156555 and No. X- 158608. Petitions for abatement of 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. 38. 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. 39. Jenney Manufacturing Company vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 156062, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 40426, and No. X- 158645, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 41551. Petitions for abatement of 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. 40. 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 101 TOWN COUNSEL trunk sewer easement. 41. Oscar W. Carlson et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of certain land as site . 260845. Petition a part of a school 42. City of Boston vs. Town of Lexington, Municipal Court of the City of Boston. for assistance to several persons alleged to have residence in the Town of Lexington. 43. B. L. Cummings, Inc. vs. James F. Finneran, individually and as Milk Inspector, and Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 25879 Equity. Petition for declaratory relief to determine rights of petitioner subsequent to revocation of license as milk dealer. 44. 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. 45. Lexington Coal and Oil Co. , Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 41691. Petition for abatement of 1964 real estate tax. 46. Wayne R. Maguire et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 158914. Petition for abatement of 1964 real estate tax. 47. First National Stores, Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 158974, trans- ferred to Formal Procedure No. 41737. Petition for abatement of 1964 real estate tax. 48. Lexington Golf Club vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 159035, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 41847, and No. X- 162109, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 43693. Petitions for abatement of 1964 and 1965 real estate tax. 49. Alice C. Monahan et als vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 159156. Petition for abatement of 1964 real estate tax. 50. Alice C. Monahan et als vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 159157. Petition for abatement of 1964 real estate tax. 51. Jenney Manufacturing Company vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 43704. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 52. Metropolitan Pipe and Supply Company vs. Oliver Killam, Jr. , Town of Lexington et als, Middle- sex 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. Action to recover 53. 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. 54. 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. 55. 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. 56. Wesley A. Taylor et als vs. Board of Appeals, Tidewater Oil Company et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 26786 Equity. Appeal from decision of Board of Appeals granting special permit for gasoline service station. 57. Joseph Dangora, Trustee, vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 162175. Petition for statutory partial exemption from real estate tax. 58. 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 tx. (b) All actions brought by or against the Town during 1966. 1. First National Stores, Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 43901. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 102 TOWN COUNSEL 2. Lexington Golf Club vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 162109, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 43693. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 3. Emerson Gardens Realty Corp. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 43892. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 4. Harold J. Crumb et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 162483, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 44075. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. William Ernest Porter et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 162679, trans- ferred to Formal Procedure No. 44235. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 8. Robert E. Doran et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 162678. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 9. Alice C. Monahan et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 162561. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 10. Alice C. Monahan et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 162562. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 11. William J. Shields et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 44493. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 12. Frank L. Stevens et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 44495. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 13. Fred E. Hersom, Jr., et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 44494. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 14. David L. Gennaro et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 44491. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 15. Robert Sorrentino et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appelate Tax Board No. 44490. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 16. Robert P. Outerbridge et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 44492. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 17. William L. Nussbum et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 44496. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 18. Lillian N. Pearce vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 44497. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 19. Edward B. Lloyd et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex County Commissioners No. 4935. Com- plaint filed with Middlesex County Commissioners for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. Transferred for hearing and determination by the Appellate Tax Board at the request of the Town, Formal Procedure No. 45031. 20. Roy Johnsen and Ethel M. Johnsen vs. Richard P. McDonnell, an employee of the Town, Middle- sex Superior Court No. 277829. Suit for alleged personal injuries , property damage and consequential damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident. 21. Harold S. Lebow et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 163465, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 45444. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 22. Peter Ligor et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 164082, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 45445. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 23. Guille Steel Products Co., Inc. vs. Grande and Son, Inc., Town of Lexington, et al, Middlesex 103 TOWN COUNSEL 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. 24. Lexington Coal & Oil Co., Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 43896. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. 25. 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. 26. Harold Pearlstein and Superior Plumbing & Heating Co. vs. Barry St. George, an employee of the Town, District Court of Central Middlesex No. 23419. Suit for alleged personal injuries and property dam- age arising out of a motor vehicle accident. 27. 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. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. 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. 31. 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. 32. Charles P. McEnroe vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 280581. Suit for alleged breach of contract of employment. 33. 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. 34. Town of Lexington vs. City of Cambridge et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 27369 Equity. Suit to enjoin alleged violation of Zoning By-Law. 35. 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 defect. 36. 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. 37. 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. 38. James E. Storer et als vs. Joseph A. Campbell et als, members of Lexington Planning Board, Middlesex Superior Court No. 27476 Equity. Appeal from decision of Planning Board approving subdivision plan. 39. 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 sus - tained during street construction. 40. 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. 41. Richard A. Michelson et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 165873, trans- ferred to Formal Procedure No. 46481. Petition for abatement of 1966 real estate tax. 104 TOWN COUNSEL (c) All actions settled or disposed of during 1966. 1. United States of America vs. Certain Land in the Town of Lexington, A. G. Davis Ice Company, Inc. et al, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Civil Action No. 62- 757-5. A land condemnation proceeding in which the Town is named as a party defendant. Case dismissed as no land of the Town involved. 2. Robert E. Doran et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154841, No. X- 156105, X- 158877 and X- 162678. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax. Cases settled. 3. William Ernest Porter et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 154855, No. X- 156109, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 40511, No. X- 158860, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 41685, and No. X- 162679, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 44235. Petitions for abatement of 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 real estate tax. Cases settled. 4. Helen C. MacBeth et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 253018. Petition for assessment of damages arising out of a taking by eminent domain of certain land for sewer construction. Settled when reached for trial. 5. Lexington Motor Inn, Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 155286, trans- ferred to Formal Procedure No. 40133, and No. X- 158887, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 41701. Petitions for abatement of 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. Settled during trial. 6. Helen H. May vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 256320. Petition for assessment of damages arising from a taking by eminent domain of certain land as part of the refuse dis- posal sites. Settled when reached for trial. 7. William A. Detlefsen et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 155455. Petition for abatement of 1963 real estate tax. Settled when reached for trial. 8. Paul J. Goldstein vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 158381, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 41426. Petition for abatement of 1963 real estate tax. Settled when reached for trial. 9. Mary L. Spears et als vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 257683. Petition for assessment of damages from the taking by eminent domain of certain land as part of the refuse disposal sites. Settled when reached for trial. 10. Homes, Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 156555 and No. X- 158608. Petitions for abatement of 1963 and 1964 real estate tax. Settled when reached for trial. 11. Oscar W. Carlson et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 260845. Petition for assessment of damages arising from the taking by eminent domain of certain land as a part of a school site. Case settled during trial. 12. B. L. Cummings, Inc. vs. James F. Finneran, individually and as Milk Inspector, and Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 25879 Equity. Petition for declaratory relief to determine rights of petitioner subsequent to revocation of license as milk dealer. Suit dismissed by consent of parties after petitioner ceased doing business. 13. Wesley A. Taylor et als vs. Board of Appeals, Tidewater Oil Company et als , Middlesex Superior Court No. 26786 Equity. Appeal from decision of Board of Appeals granting special permit for gasoline ser- vice station. Case tried and decision of Board of Appeals. upheld. 14. Joseph Dangora, Trustee, vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 162175. Petition for statutory partial exemption from real estate tax. Appeal tried resulting in decision for the Board of Assessors. 15. Edward B. Lloyd et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex County Commissioners No. 4935. Com- plaint filed with Middlesex County Commissioners for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. Transferred for hearing and determination by the Appellate Tax Board at the request of the Town, Formal Procedure No. 45031. Appeal dismissed for lack of jurisdiction at hearing on Town's motion to dismiss. 16. Harold S. Lebow et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 163465, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 45444. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. Settled during trial. 105 TOWN COUNSEL 17. Peter Ligor et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X- 164082, transferred to Formal Procedure No. 45445. Petition for abatement of 1965 real estate tax. Appeal dismissed for lack of jurisdic- tion on Town's motion to dismiss. 18. Town of Lexington vs. City of Cambridge et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 27369 Equity. Suit to enjoin alleged violation of Zoning By -Law. Suit tried resulting in finding for City of Cambridge and denial of injunction. 19. James E. Storer et als vs. Joseph A. Campbell et als, members of Lexington Planning Board, Middlesex Superior Court No. 27476 Equity. Appeal from decision of Planning Board approving subdivision plan. Suit dismissed by consent of parties. 20. Harold Pearlstein and Superior Plumbing & Heating Co. vs. Barry St. George, an employee of the Town, District Court of Central Middlesex No. 23419. Suit for alleged personal injuries and property dam- age arising out of a motor vehicle accident. Settled upon payment of a part of the claim by Town's insurer. (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 1966. 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. City of Cambridge Oscar W. Carlson et al v. Town Albert DeVincent et al v. Town - on account B. L. Cummings, Inc. v. Town et als Francis Donahue, Jr. v. Town et al Catherine Geanacopulos et al v. Town - on account Guille Products Co., Inc. v. Town - on account Harley Hansen et al v. Town - on account Roy Johnsen et al v. Town et al - on account Adolph Krol et al v. Town - on account Helen C. Macbath et al v. Town Helen H. May v. Town Charles P. McEnroe v. Town et als - on account William L. Potter et als v. Town Jordan Raskind v. Muller Mary L. Spears et al v. Town James E. Storer et als v. Planning Board Wesley A. Taylor et als v. Board of Appeals et als Carl Uraneck v. Lima et al Labor Relations Commission Case No. MCR -44 Total 106 $ 265.00 150.00 3235.00 500.00 1320.00 350.00 120.00 70.00 300.00 100.00 150.00 150.00 100.00 70.00 70.00 160.00 100.00 150.00 150.00 200.00 90.00 100.00 150.00 300.00 150.00 $8500.00 TOWN COUNSEL Disbursements Appellate Tax Board, transfer fees Lexington Motor Inn v. Board of Assessors Official stenographer Witness fees and service Harold S. Lebow v. Board of Assessors Witness fee and service Lexington v. Cambridge Service subpoena Witness fees and service Entry fee General office expense Total Special Counsel Fees Norman J. Richards, Esquire Services in trial of Lexington Motor Inn v. Board of Assessors Services in trial of Harold S. Lebow v. Board of Assessors Daniel A. Lynch, Esquire Services in the matter of Uraneck v. Busa et al Donald E. Legro, Esquire Special services in Appellate Tax Board matters Total Donald E. Legro $ 45.00 50.00 13.20 7.00 43.95 14.50 10.00 $2400.00 $2583.65 $ 300.00 100.00 3500.00 1038.00 $4938.00 Town Counsel 107 BOARD OF APPEALS The Board of Appeals held hearings on 103 petitions during the year 1966. Of these, six petitions were withdrawn by the respective petitioners, 17 were yearly renewals, and 80 petitions were brought before the board for hearing. Following is a listing of these hearings and the decisions rendered in each case. January 4, 1966 1. Warren M. Haussler - To vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order to construct a carport at 12 Larchmont Lane with approximately 19 feet setback instead of the required 30 feet and with 13 feet side yard instead of the required 15 feet. Granted. 2. Charles H. and Susan E. Thomas - To vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order to maintain garage at 23 Patterson Road which has seven and one half feet side yard instead of the required 15 feet. Granted. 3. Charles H. Thomas - For permission to erect a greenhouse approximately 23 feet by 16 feet for non - commercial use at 23 Patterson Road. Granted. 4. Lexington Trust Company - For permission to locate a 15 foot travel trailer at 7 Muzzey Street, Lexington, to be used for temporary drive -in banking service during a period of construction on Lexington Trust Company main office building at 1822 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington. Granted. 5. Pasquale P. Barbieri - To convert a single - family dwelling at 161 North Street to a two - family dwelling. Denied. February 1, 1966 6. Irene R. Buono - To vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order to construct a one -car garage which would have a side yard of eight feet instead of the required twelve feet on property at 15 Fairland Street. Granted. 7. Muffin House of Lexington, Inc. - To vary the Sign By -Law in order to attach a sign, 18 inches by 36 inches to front of building at 1710 Massachusetts Avenue. Denied. 8. Lexington Housing Authority - Requested a Finding and Determination that the proposed first phase of construction by Lexington Housing Authority of 48 apart- ment units, and a community building, off Shirley Street, constitutes a desirable development, not detrimental to the area. Granted. 9. Mystic Valley Mental Health Association, Inc. - For permission to use the prop- erty at 186 Bedford Street belonging to William R. and Anna M. Dini as head- quarters of said Association, a voluntary, non - profit educational and charitable organization, and for the operation of a community mental health clinic. Granted. 10. Kennecott Copper Corporation - For permission to place a mobile office trailer, ten feet by 55 feet on the petitioner's property located at 128 Spring Street, Lexington, to be used as temporary office space for a period of not more than nine months. Granted. 11. Wilson Farm, Incorporated - To vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order to demolish existing two - family house and erect a new two - family house at 556 Massachusetts Avenue, which is in a single family zone. Denied. March 1, 1966 12. Hazel H. Woodberry - To vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order to maintain house on recorded Lot Number One at 1454 Massachusetts Avenue and to permit building upon recorded Lot Number Two, 1454 Massachusetts Avenue, neither of which has the legal frontage but does have the legal area. Granted. 108 BOARD OF APPEALS 13. Ellwood C. Barrett - For permission to move printing business presently located at 21 Depot Square, Lexington, in the C 2 - general business district, to 5 Wallis Court, Lexington, which is also located in the C 2 general business district. Granted. 14. William T. Hardy - For permission to raze present one -story masonry building located at 915 Waltham Street, Lexington, which is being used as a gasoline service station and repair garage, and to replace it with a Phillips Petroleum Company designed colonial type two -bay gasoline service station with one bay extended to Massachusetts inspection size, complete with two pump islands, under- ground storage for gasoline, fuel and waste oil, perimeter lights, curb cuts, drives, etc. as shown on accompanying plans, said new improvements to be used as a gaso- line and oil service station for the storage and dispensing of gasoline, oil, oil products, petro - chemicals, automobile tires and accessories, and other goods, wares and merchandise. Granted with the following conditions: 1. No separate structure shall be built for the dispensing of automobile tires and accessories. 2. Dispensing. machines for cigarettes and beverages shall be installed inside the structure only. 3. Other goods, wares and merchandise may be sold with the understanding that they are automotive materials and shall be sold inside the building. 4. Hours of operation shall be from 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. seven days a week. 5. One recog- nition sign may be installed with the understanding that it will be fixed, not rotating. 15. Robert O. Tillinghast - For permission to use premises at 177 and 183 Bedford Street for a commercial garage for sale and repair of motor vehicles. Also to erect a free - standing sign approximately five feet by seven feet. Sign withdrawn. Garage granted on condition that 175 feet frontage on Bedford Street is acquired. 16. Mark Management (Lexington Motor Inn) - For permission to erect a temporary enclosure 12 feet by 30 feet for storage use until April, 1966 at the Lexington Motor Inn. Granted until June 1, 1966. 17. Dr. Leonard V. Short - For a Finding and Determination that the proposed construc- tion of an office building to be located at 1050 Waltham Street, Lexington, will con- stitute a desirable development, not detrimental to the area. Granted with the following conditions: 1. The building shall be constructed and parking areas and services pro- vided according to drawings 0, A -1 and A -2 by John C. Danielson, Architect, dated December 14, 1965. 2. The planning board recommendations must be followed as listed below: (a) Only the first and second floors may be used for offices, the basement being devoted solely to storage, building services and related auxiliary uses. (b) Sew- age shall be disposed into the Waltham sewage system. (c) Drainage of the parking area and connection to the sanitary sewer in Waltham must be approved by the Lexington Town Engineer. 3. Parking spaces must not be within 25 feet of street and must be a minimum of ten feet wide with an area of 200 square feet. There must be 178 parking spaces. 4. No water can be allowed to drain to street, so provision must be made to pick up surface water before it reaches street. 5. In connection with sew- age, the Lexington Public Works Department must receive and approve of (a) A plan by a registered professional engineer. (b) A copy of a recorded sewer easement from Donald R. Williams Realty Trust to Dr. Leonard V. Short. 6. Sewer must be installed by a licensed drain layer in accordance with the then current specifications of the Town of Lexington Public Works Department and subject to approval of the City of Waltham Public Works Department. 7. The sewer service is to be considered as a private sewer and is to be built and maintained by the owner of the property. 8. When the Lexington sewer becomes available the owner must connect to it and pay betterments to be assessed, and must enter into an agreement to that effect. April 5, 1966 18. Athens Realty Trust - To vary the Lexington Sign By -Law in order to construct and erect two free - standing signs and two directional signs on property at 32 - 44 Bedford Street, Lexington. Denied. 19. Alan G. and Rebecca W. Adams - To vary the Lexington Zonirg By -Law in order to erect a building at 9 - 11 Meriam Street which will have a five foot side yard on the Northeasterly side abutting land in an R 1 District, instead of the required twenty foot side yard; and which will have no rear yard instead of the required ten foot rear yard. Granted, with the condition that the alley between the Adams and the MacNeil 109 BOARD OF APPEALS buildings be blocked off at both ends either by walls or gates; and, if it becomes necessary, a question of "no parking" on the side of Depot Square should be con- sidered. 20. Mary J. Walsh Convalescent and Nursing Homes, Incorporated - Requested per- mission under Section 5 (a) 7.c of the Zoning By -Law and also to vary Article XI, Section 1 of the Building By -Law, to build a net 14 bed addition to the existing Fairlawn Nursing Home at 265 Lowell Street which would be of second class con- struction. Granted. 21. Roberts and Roberts - Requested a Finding and Determination that the proposed construction of an office and /or research building in Minute Man Research Develop- ment, Forbes Road, will constitute a desirable development, not detrimental to the area. Granted. May 10,1966 22. Philip and Janet Bainbridge - For permission to errect a greenhouse, approxi- mately 11 feet by 14 feet for private use only, to be attached to rear of their home at 77 Moreland Avenue. Granted. 23. George A. Pittman - To maintain residence at 11 Nichols Road which has a six foot side yard instead of the required ten feet. Granted 24. H. Jerrold Van Hook - To vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order to build an extension of existing room at 89 Meriam Street which would have a nine foot plus or minus side yard instead of the required 15 feet. Granted. 25. Michael Colangelo - To vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order to erect a cabana eight foot by 16 foot at 115 Kendall Road which would have a side yard varying from six feet at the rear corner to 11 feet at the front corner instead of the required 15 feet. Denied. 25. John and Rosina Busa - To operate a roadside stand under Section 14 (f) of the Zoning By -Law of the Town of Lexington on the premises at 52 Lowell Street, Lexington. Granted for six months, with the following conditions: 1. Sale of pro- ducts shall be in conformity with Section 14 (f) of the Lexington Zoning By -Law. 2. This permit shall expire on November 10, 1966. 3. Only one sign shall be used and that on the front of the building. The sign shall be no longer than 20 feet and no higher than two feet, containing the words "Sun Valley Farms." 4. No sign shall be erected on Lowell Street. 5. The stand shall be operated only from April 1 to November 10 from 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. six days a week and from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on Sunday. 6. The parking area shall not be brilliantly lighted. 7. Suf- ficient parking space will be available for 20 cars. 8. The premises must be kept in a neat and orderly condition and no empty boxes, barrels or similar material stored outside the building. 9. Access to the premises shall be from Lowell Street and no traffic shall be routed over Lillian Road. 10. The produce shall be sold from that portion of the packing building covering an area 18 feet by 20 feet, or approximately half of the present building; or in a remodeled farm stand building on the same site having dimensions no greater than 30 feet by 30 feet, all in practi- cal conformity with drawings submitted. May 24, 1966 26. Evelyn Beauchesne Burnell - To erect a porch and walkway at the rear of her house at 32 Adams Street, of which one corner of the walkway would be only 13 feet from the rear line instead of the necessary 15 feet. Granted. 27. Rose Manna and Anthony Modoono (Highland Farm) - Permission to install an alu- minum greenhouse directly behind the present building on lot abutting 192 Woburn Street, measuring approximately 50 feet by 100 feet. Also to install an awning over the apron on front of building measuring approximately ten feet by 40 feet - awning to be made of plastic (clear) and become a permanent part of the building and to be used to protect plants and shrubs from intensive direct sunlight. Denied. 28. Arthur B. Goodwin - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to build a porch platform on 110 BOARD OF APPEALS house at 229 Lincoln Street which would leave an 11 foot side yard instead of the required 15 feet. Granted. 29. Caleb R. Layton - To vary the Sign By -Law in order to erect a sign on the second floor at 1762 Massachusetts Avenue which would be 18 inches by ten feet six inches, or larger than that permitted. Denied. 30. Josiah Willard Hayden Recreation Center, Incorporated - Permission to erect at 26 Lincoln Street a storage building and pavillion, approximately 60 feet by 20 feet, to be used in conjunction with the present Hayden Recreational Center for recreational purposes. Granted. 31. James H. McManus Shoppes, Incorporated - Requested to vary the Sign By -Law in order to erect a double faced illuminated sign installed on a steel pole inde- pendent of the location building at 399 Lowell Street. Denied. 32. Evert N. Fowle - Permission to vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order to erect a two -car garage on property at 12 Winthrop Road which would have a ten foot side yard instead of the required 15 feet. Denied. 33. Lexington Housing Authority - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to permit con- struction of housing for the elderly on a ten acre parcel at Shirley, Sargent and Tewksbury Streets having insufficient frontage on the frontage streets. Granted. 34. Louis and Catherine Stoico - For special permit under Section 8 (a) 2.f of the Lexington Zoning By -Law to subdivide a 10.6 acre parcel at the Southwesterly corner of the intersection of Marrett and Follen Roads into lots containing not less than 20,000 square feet and having a frontage of not less than 120 feet. Denied. 35. Anthony Barsamian - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to confirm the validity of the existing buildings located at 395 - 401 Lowell Street in conformance with the requirements of the Zoning By -Laws, more particularly with reference to Section 8 (b) 1.a. Granted. 36. John Brucchi - For permission to conduct a private riding school at 63 Paul Revere Road in which riding lessons would be given under the supervision of Susan Brucchi. Granted. 37. Doris Ulchak - To vary the Zoning By -Law under Section 8 (a) 1.c.(2) in order to maintain the garage and attached shed as they presently exist with insufficient side yard, as part of the premises located at 200 Follen Road. Garage granted, shed denied. July 5, 1966 38. Hartwell - Lexington Trust - For a Finding and Determination that a proposed 30,000 square feet building on a 5.25 acre lot located on the Northwest side of Hartwell Avenue and on the Southwesterly side of Westview Street, all as shown on plans sub- mitted, will constitute a suitable development and will not result in substantial de- triment to the neighborhood. Granted with the following condition: construction shall be started on this building within the period of one year. 39. Massachusetts CUNA Association, Incorporated - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to erect a one story building at 267 Lincoln Street as an office for Massachu- setts CUNA Association, Incorporated which is the Credit Union Organization in Massachusetts. No variance is asked for, except for use in a CN district. Denied. 40. Edward F. Cataldo - For permission to include a small undenominational chapel, 24 feet by 27 feet, on the Northerly side of proposed wing to Pine Crest Nursing Home at 30 Watertown Street, permission for which was granted December 7, 1965. Granted with the following conditions: 1. The chapel shall be used for reli- gious services and meditation purposes only, no funeral services being permitted, and 2. It shall be for the use of the patients only. 41. Maurice and Raquel Sussman - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to build an ad- 111 BOARD OF APPEALS dition on existing house at 34 Barberry Road, one corner of which will have 22.5 feet front setback instead of the required 30 feet. Granted 42. Morton A. Madoff - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to construct an addition consisting of an entrance hallway and living room, to the residence at 27 Normandy Road, which would have a 13 foot four inch side yard instead of the required 15 feet. Granted. 43. Katherine J. Marotto - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to erect a swimming pool at 5 Parker Street which will have ten feet rear yard instead of the required 15 feet. Denied. (Not present or represented.) 44. Thomas F. Scanlan and Edward P. Kavanagh - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to erect a single family dwelling at 68 Blake Road which would have insufficient frontage and area. Denied. 45. Robert O. Tillinghast - For permission to use the first floor at 183 Bedford Street as a dentist's office, and to convert the second floor front, and the second floor rear and third floor into two apartments, with outside staircase to third floor. Denied. July 12, 1966 46. Caleb R. Layton - To vary the Lexington Sign By -Law in order to erect a sign at 1762 Massachusetts Avenue which would be 18 inches by ten feet , six inches, or larger than that permitted. Granted. 47. Lexington Housing Authority - To vary the Building By -Law so as to allow, in part frame construction for the proposed State -aided Housing for the Elderly on a ten- acre parcel known as Lot B on Shirley, Sargent and Tewksbury Streets. Granted with the following conditions: 1. That the front and back walls only shall be of wooden construction, and that they shall be so constructed to have a fire resist- ance rating of one hour. 2. That fire detecting equipment shall be installed in each apartment and connected with the main fire station to immediate alarm will be given when heat rises to a certain point. 48. Robert R. Howard, Jr., Ernest A. Giroux, Agent - To vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order to maintain the attached shed as it presently exists as part of the premises located at 200 Follen Road, Lexington, with side yard of only five feet instead of the required 15 feet. Denied. 49. Louis and Catherice Stoico - For a special permit to subdivide a 10.6 acre parcel at the Southwesterly corner of the intersection of Marrett Road and Follen Road into lots containing not less than 20,000 square feet and having a frontage of not less than 120 feet in accordance with Section 8 (a) 2.f. of the Zoning By -Law as amended by Article 60 of the March 1966 Town Meeting. Granted 50. Anthony R. Cataldo - For permission to build a 100 foot addition to existing green- house at 1265 Massachusetts Avenue. Granted. August 2, 1966 51. George S. Grey - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to maintain a house on Lot 113, 1 Sutherland Road with an 11 foot rear yard; and to build a screened porch on the West side ten feet by 12 feet which would have the required rear yard but would be 12 feet six inches from the side line instead of the required 15 feet. Granted. 52. George T. Sullivan - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to build a two car garage at 60 Burlington Street which would be nine and one half feet from the rear lot line instead of the required 15 feet. Denied. 53. Katherine J. Marotto - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to erect a swimming pool at 5 Parker Street which will have ten feet rear yard instead of the required 15 feet. Granted. 112 BOARD OF APPEALS 54. Morris N. and Astrid M. Kazanjian - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to erect a garage on the East end of house at 6 Fiske Road which would have a 24.9 foot setback from the street and which would be 15.1 feet from the property line but with an over- hang only 13.9 feet from the property line. Granted. 55. Pasquale P. Barbieri - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to make a one bedroom apartment over garage and breezeway at 161 North Street to be used for family use only and not to be rented. Denied. 56. Anthony P. Modoono and Rose M. Manna - For permission to build at 192 Woburn Street a greenhouse with connecting area, approximately 40 feet by 100 feet, con- necting area to run from existing building to greenhouse and to be approximately 30 feet by 45 feet. Greenhouse will be used mainly for growing and storage of plants. Also permission to add a Fiberglas roof over apron on front and side of building to give plants, etc. protection from direct sun. Granted. September 13, 1966 57. Evert N. Fowle - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to construct a two car garage . on property at 12 Winthrop Road which would have a 12 foot side yard instead of the required 15 feet. Granted. 58. George T. Sullivan - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to build a two car garage at 60 Burlington Street which would be 12 and one half feet from the rear lot line instead of the required 15 feet. Granted. 59. Caryl E. Gleason - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to create a buildable lot at the corner of Green Lane and Concord Turnpike which would have insufficient front- age and area due to a town and state taking. Granted. 60. Muzzey Corporation, by Norman T. May - To vary the Zoning By -Law to allow the use of the premises at 24 and 26 Muzzey Street which is in an R 1 district, for pro- fessional office use. Denied. 61. John H. Millican - For permission to continue retail sale of nursery stock and allied products, such as small hand tools and plant containers, at 93 Hancock Street; and also to sell Christmas trees, wreaths, etc. from December 10 to December 24 inclu- sive. Granted. October 4, 1966 62. Mal Keljikian (Mal's Servicenter) - To continue the use of operating a general auto- mobile repair shop and for storage of cars at 7 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington which is in a C 2 district. Granted with the following restrictions: 1. No parking of cars would be allowed on the exterior of the premises. 2. No gasoline sales would be permitted. 3. The principal business will be the temporary storage and repairing of damaged cars. 4. The hours of operation shall be 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. five days a week and 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 A.M. on Saturdays. 5. The premises shall be kept in a neat and orderly condition and no storage of oil cans or other objectionable material shall be permitted. 63. Mystic Valley Mental Health Association, Incorporated - For permission to install an exterior iron fire escape on the three story 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 offices and consultation rooms, in accordance with the Board of Appeals Permit dated February 1, 1966. Denied. 64. Cecil and Mary A. Splaine - Requested to vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order to create a buildable lot, numbered Lot 163 Webster Road which has 125 feet frontage in- stead of the required 150 feet and 11,362 square feet area instead of the required 30,000 square feet due to a state taking. Denied. 65. Donna Realty Trust (Frank Compagnone) - To vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order to erect a single family dwelling at 63 Blake Road which would have a frontage of 75 feet and an area of 10,660 square feet. Denied. 113 BOARD OF APPEALS October 25, 1966 66. Follen Church - Permission to sell Christmas trees at 764 Massachusetts Avenue December 9 through December 24, 1966. Granted. 67. C. Bix Shoemaker - To vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order to build an addi- tion to home at 5 Gerard Terrace, one corner of which would be 13 feet 3 inches in- stead of the required 15 feet from the side line. Granted. 68. Ruth Dalrymple - To vary the Zoning By -Law in order to erect a garage at 85 Winter Street which would have a ten foot side yard instead of the required 15 feet. Granted. 69. David Mullen (TV Lab) - To vary the Sign By -Law in order to erect a sign on the side of building at 403 Waltham Street which would be larger than that allowed. Denied. 70. Richard J. Lawless - Permission to replace, under the Sign By -Law, the existing American Gas Identification sign with a new Chrysler Corporation identification sign at 581 Marrett Road. Denied. November 15, 1966 71. Amicon Corporation - Finding and Determination that a proposed 25,400 square feet building located on a 4.18 acre lot on the Northwest side of Hartwell Avenue and on the Southeast side of Westview Street and bounded on the Northeast by a 5.25 acre lot owned by the Trustees of the Hartwell Lexington Trust, will constitute a suitable de- velopment and will not result in substantial detriment to the neighborhood. Granted. 72. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Lincoln Laboratory - Permission to build or assemble a temporary one story, wood frame or prefabricated wood or metal shelter, approximately 50 feet by 50 feet upon its property located at 138 Wood Street, Lexing- ton. The front set back to be approximately 600 feet West of Wood Street with back and side lot set backs each approximately 50 feet minimum from property of the U.S. Department of Defense. The estimated length of time for use, one year. Granted as follows: To erect a canvas structure approximately 40 feet by 60 feet supported on four or more 40 foot poles at 238 Wood Street. Structure to be removed at the end of one year. 73. Ernest E. Outhet - Permission to subdivide a parcel of land containing 15.1 acres more or less, located at 189 Wood Street, into lots of not less than 20,000 square feet and having a frontage of not less than 120 feet each in accordance with Section 8 (a) 2.f. of the Lexington Zoning By -Law. Granted. 74. Richard J. Lawless - To replace, under the Sign By -Law, the existing American Gas identification sign with a new Chrysler Corporation identification sign, at 581 Marrett Road. Granted with the conditions that the lights will be turned off at 10:00 P.M. and the sign shall be non - flashing and non - revolving. December 20, 1966 75. William Sullivan - Fora variance to erect a building upon a poured foundation at 2 Augustus Rd. with a set back from the street of 28'1" rather than the specified 30' set back. Granted. 76. Mark Moore, Jr. - For a variance to erect a single family dwelling on Lot C, Tavern Lane, with a street frontage of 115.99 feet instead of the required 125 feet. Granted. 77. James F. and Ann F. McCann - For a variance to permit an existing structure to have a rear yard set back of three feet and also to permit an existing tool shed to have a side yard set back of one foot, on property now known as and numbered 11 Blodgett Rd. Denied. 78. LeRoy Realty Trust - For variance to erect a two family house at 13 Sylvia St. in a one family zone; also to build with a 10 ft. side yard and 15 ft. front set back. Denied. Mrs. Ruth Morey and Messrs. Howard Dawes, Robert Farwell, Munroe Hamilton, J. Harper Blaisdell, Jr., Logan Clarke, Jr. and Woodruff Brodhead served as associate members during the year. Donald E. Nickerson, Chairman Charles T. Abbott George C. Sheldon Lewis L. Hoyt George P. Wadsworth 114 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS We submit herewith the annual report of the fire department for the calender year ending December 31, 1966. A total of 1591 alarms were answered as recorded in the following tabulation: Bell Alarms Accidental 9 False 56 Auto 6 Grass, Brush & Woods 23 Buildings 87 Sprinkler 10 Faulty Fire Alarm 22 Dump 2 215 Still Alarms Adcidents 24 Emergency 17 Animal Rescue 27 False Calls 8 Assistance 71 Investigation 42 Automobile 45 Needless 6 Bldgs. & Misc. 66 Grass, Brush & Woods 316 Bus 3 Oxygen 50 Dump 61 Truck 8 Emergency Service 47 Fire Prevention 26 817 Mutual Aid Lexington to: To Lexington from: Arlington 23 Arlington 11 Bedford 3 Air Force Base 3 Belmont 1 Concord 1 Air Force Base 1 Waltham 6 Waltham 21 21 Woburn 5 Lincoln 1 55 While covering Lexington Stations: While covering out of town stations: Waltham answered 1 Lexington answered 2 Arlington answered 1 Second Alarms Struck for 1966 - 2 Veterans Memorial Ambulance Summary Total runs during 1966 504 Bell Alarms 215 Total mileage during 1966 7150 Still Alarms 817 Mutual Aid 55 Total runs 1,087 Ambulance runs 504 Grand Total 1,591 The apparatus traveled a total of 18,634 miles and used the following in extinguishing fires during 1966: 200 ft. of 1/2 inch hose Number of lights used 20 111,900 ft. of 3/4 inch hose Feet of cable used 11,050 20,600 ft. of 1 1/2 inch hose Feet of ladders used 2,566 23,900 ft. of 2 1/2 inch hose Total hours pumped: 82 3,600 ft. of 3 inch hose Elapsed time of bell alarms 105 hrs. 59 min. Elapsed time of still alarms 437 hrs. 18 min. Elapsed time of mutual aid 28 hrs. 14 min. Total 571 hrs. 31 min. 115 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS Fire Losses for Year 1966 Value of buildings involved by fire Estimated loss of building involved by fire Estimated loss of contents Loss paid on buildings Loss paid on contents $3,031,680.00 92,713.93 106,336.43 77,412.27 79,109.64 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 122 Applications received for storage of propane 1 Applications received for blasting permits 87 Applications received for use of tar pot 2 Inspections made and permits issued: Fuel Oil 111 Propane Gas 1 Blasting New - 16 renewals - 71 84 Tar Pot 2 Blasting locations inspected 100 Underground tanks approved - fuel oil 41 General Inspections: Public and Mercantile 1223 Fire alarm boxes inspected and tested quarterly (240 boxes in service) 960 Spot checking and testing all circuits 35 Batteries in fire alarm room tested weekly Extinguishers checked and refilled 953 Emergency generators and lighting systems checked weekly Special Inspections and Surveys: Department of Public Health - quarterly 20 Nursing Homes 42 Homes for the Aged 18 Churches and church property 31 Lexington Public Schools 150 Nursery Schools 18 Co- operating with State Fire Marshall 25 Requests for information 310 Inspections of new construction 60 Complaints investigated and corrected 55 Reinspections of all types 110 Miscellaneous The necessary funds were appropriated to allow the following projects to be completed in 1966: 1. Installed Rural C wires on Allen Street from Stedman Road to Trinity Church. 2. Extended fire alarm wires on Reed Street from Ash Street to Centre Street. 3. Replaced old fire alarm wire with Rural C wire on Woburn St. from Mass. Ave. to Utica St. 4. Replaced fire alarm wires from Muzzey Jr. High School on Mass. Ave. to Woburn Street. 5. Replaced fire alarm wires with Rural C wire on Marrett Rd. from Spring St. to Waltham St. 6. Five new fire alarm boxes were installed at the following locations: #2814 - Ames Ave. and Carville Ave., #5682 - Carriage Dr., #1516 - Appletree Lane and Scotland Rd., #6432 - Webster Rd. and Hutchinson Rd., #4253 - Patterson Rd. and Wildwood Rd. Stanley E. Robbins, Chairman Fred C. Bailey William P. Fitzgerald 116 REPORT OF REGULATORY INSPECTORS BUILDING INSPECTOR Donald K. Irwin I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1966. Number of Permits Granted 479 Cash received from Permits- - - -$6, 381. 00 Summary of Building Permits No. of Permits Amount Single Family Dwellings 112 $2,220,600 Two Family Dwellings 1 15,000 Additions & Alterations 196 674,730 Re- Locate Dwellings 11 63,500 Commercial Buildings 10 2,242,000 Foundation for Commercial Building 1 35,000 Additions & Alterations for Commercial Use 8 571,500 Garages 29 86,367 Carports 2 1,800 Schools 1 968,030 Alterations to Schools 1 4,844 Service Stations 1 23,000 Addition to Public Works Building 1 415,000 Sheds, Barns and Greenhouses 15 4,839 Swimming Pools 34 92,769 Fire Damage Repairs 4 22,400 Signs 25 9,350 Roadside Stand 1 3,000 Demolition 13 12,160 Re -roof 12 8,360 Renewal 1 $7,474,249 The year 1966 has been a rather unusual one for despite a rather drastic decline of about 25 per cent in single family dwellings, there was a slight in- crease in total permits with a valuation of over seven million, four hundred thou- sand dollars, a half million dollars more than last year. Most of this increase was the result of commercial construction. In Lexington Center we had the Willard Adams Trust building and the store complex for the 1775 Realty Trust. In the Hartwell Avenue, CM -1 area, we had -a large addition for Itek, and new buildings for Amicon Corporation and Weston -Rotek Company. In the C -3 area off Spring Street, a substantial addition was made to the Kennecott Copper building. In addition there were eight permits for alterations to commercial buildings. The 30 permits for swimming pools represent an all time high. There was an increase of over 35% in complaints relative to zoning, signs, and Board of Appeals violations, the investigation of and action taken representing at least a third of the Building Inspector's and clerk's time. Five cases ended in court proceedings. 117 WIRING INSPECTOR Robert K. Jeremiah I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1966. Number of Permits Granted 635 Cash Received from Permits - - - -$2, 205. 00 Summary Of Electrical Permits New Buildings 126 Oil Burners Installed 111 Electric Ranges Installed 16 Additions 93 Hot Water Heaters Installed 30 Alterations 24 Electric Dryers Installed 93 Temporary Services 22 Dish Washers Installed 19 Electric Garbage Disposals 11 Post Lights Installed 12 Gas Burners Installed 21 Gasoline Station 1 Air Conditioning Units 19 Flood Lights Installed 12 Commercial Installations 13 House Re- Locations 11 Swimming Pool Wiring 12 Outdoor Signs 7 Electric Heatingllnstalled 15 New 1 00 Amp. Services 80 Fire Alarm Systems 9 New 200 Amp. Services 24 Circulating Pumps 13 Temporary Festoon Lighting 1 Electric Gutter Cable 5 Electric Kiln 1 Water Collers 2 Water Pumps 2 Emergency Generator 1 Electric Hot Water Heater 1 The year 1966 has shown a slight decrease in new buildings and a rise in Electrical permits issued. With the building of the Moreland Elementary school, Weston Rotek Instrument Building, the Adams Building, 1775 Realty Trust Building, additions to Kennecot Copper B gilding, Itek Building, and the drive by Boston Edison to increase the services to the homes to- gether with the re- location of 11 homes, it has been a busy year. An inspection was made at the Pineknoll Nursing Home, the Grey Nuns Nursing Home, and the Hancock House Nursing Home. 118 PLUMBING AND GAS INSPECTOR John B. Byrne, Jr. I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1966. Number of Plumbing Permits 424 Cash Received from Permits $1,022.25 Summary of Plumbing Permits Fixtures Permits New Installations 1855 155 Alterations 429 147 Replacements 170 122 Permits Cancelled 4 2454 424 Complaints 19 Number of Gas Permits 332 Cash Received from Permits $448.00 Summary of Gas Permits Fixtures Permits New Installations 303 158 Alterations 77 46 Replacements 146 128 Permits Cancelled 2 526 332 Complaints 7 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Ralph E. Chadwick I herewith submit my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1966. Scales: Adjusted Sealed Condemned 100 lbs. to 5,000 lbs. 10 47 8 10 lbs. to 100 lbs. 7 50 7 10 lbs or less 5 20 0 Weights: Weights each Volumetric Measures: Liquid, one gallon or under Meters: Inlet -One inch or Less Mor e than one inch Taximeters Linear Measures: 16 11 248 8 2 128 8 32 1 9 2 Yardsticks 9 3 Totals 49 551 31 Sealing Fees paid Town Treasurer $659.70 Re -weighing pre - packaged commodities 950 Schools and health scales tested for accuracy. 119 LEXINGTON POLICE REPORT FROM January 1st - December 31st., 1966 OFFENSES Arrests Statistics co a) d N cd 0 co 0) 0) ti Residents Assault w /deadly weapon 2 1 3 2 1 Assault 1 1 1 Assault (Indecent) 2 2 Assault and Battery 8 1 9 Begetting 1 1 1 Breaking & Entering 10 10 6 6 4 Breaking & Entering & Larceny 11 11 4 6 5 Conspiracy to commit Armed Robbery 1 Drunkenness 58 Escapes 3 Embezzelment Larceny by check 7 Larceny 27 Larceny (Attempted) 1 Lewdness 3 Malicious Damage to Property 4 4 2 3 1 Manslaughter 1 Non - Support 7 Discharging gun w/o permit 2 Default Warrant 11 Runaway 6 Truant 1 Vagrancy 9 Trespassing 19 Receiving Stolen Property 2 Narcotic Drug Law, Violations 11 Keeping Swine w/o Permit 2 Fail to Connect to Sewer 2 Gaming - Pulbic Place 7 A.W.O.L. 1 1 1 Non - payment Wages 1 1 1 Contributing to Delinquency Minor 2 2 2 Fake Identity to Procure Liquor 1 Disorderly Conduct 11 Abroad at Night 5 Stubborn Child Threatening 1 Use Telephone to Annoy 2 Disturbing the Peace 3 Ringing False Alarm 2 Illegal Possession of Firearms 4 Peeping Tom 1 Deliver Alcohol Minor 1 Remove Historic Sign 1 Remove Traffic Sign 1 Operating to Endanger 64 Operating with View Obstructed 10 Operating after Rev. of Li- cense or right to Operate 18 2 7 2 1 1 1 33 29 4 4 62 1 4 3 3 9 16 27 3 5 11 3 3 24 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 7 2 5 2 1 12 6 4 1 1 9 2 21 2 2 5 7 1 5 1 8 1 6 11 10 2 11 6 5 2 2 2 2 7 1 7 Committed 1 1 1 $55. 9 4 10 4 1 $50. 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 $30. 2 8 1 3 7 1 7 1 1 7 2 2 1 1 $100. $500. 1 1 11 6 1 10 $80. 5 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 2 2 $25. 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 4 $40. 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 71 1 26 45 $1035 2 12 4 8 $ 120 12 18 6 12 $ 550 2 1 11 3 5 Dispositions 1 43 6 120 ▪ 0 Q) 0 Y 0 co O a N 0 z a � a 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 2 7 1 2 8 1 2 9 27 1 14 2 5 3 9 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 14 1 7 2 1 6 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 20 3 1 LEXINGTON POLICE REPORT FROM January 1st - December 31st., 1966 (Continued) Miscellaneous Business: Animals Cared for (Sick Injured or Dead) 89 Animals Cared for (Stray) 38 Automobiles Reported Stolen 23 Automobiles Recovered 50 Automobiles Tagged (Parking Violations) 2,899 Bicycles Reported Stolen 93 Bicycles Recovered 41 Buildings Found Open 132 Committed to Insane Hospitals 7 Fire Alarms Responded To 161 Injured or Sick Persons Assisted 263 Lost Dogs Reported 421 Lost Dogs Returned to Owners 132 Messages Delivered 89 Missing Persons Investigated 101 Public Utilities Notified of Defects 175 Reports and Complaints Investigated 4,838 Speed Checks 1,144 Street Lights Reported Out 150 Sudden Deaths Investigated 20 Transients Accommodated -- Vacant Houses Reported 1,869 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #30 15,694 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #31 54,957 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #32 59,299 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #33 58,593 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #34 54,699 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #35 20,419 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #36 34,635 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #37 15,828 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #38 8,469 Automobile Accidents January 136 February 96 March 57 April 47 May 60 June 67 July 63 August 74 September 70 October 70 November 82 December 108 Total 930 Personal Injury Accidents 389 Fatal Accidents 7 Persons Injured 601 Persons Killed 8 121 LEXINGTON POLICE REPORT FROM January 1st - December 31st., 1966 OFFENSES Arrests Statistics 5 0 Juveniles Residents Dispositions m a a, N -1-+ a) N a • c s,., ° a � aa) (::) W E 0 � � C7 z � • ° 0 A ° f.., z Probation 5 'O 5 a� cn Dismissed Operating after Rev. of Li- cense or Right to Operate 18 18 6 12 $550. 2 1 11 3 1 Operating an Uninsured Car 23 2 25 1 10 15 $500. 1 16 2 1 5 Operating an Unregis- tered Car 26 3 29 13 16 $245. 23 6 Operating without License 39 8 47 3 11 36 $300. 38 1 2 6 Operating without Sticker 38 19 57 29 28 $455. 55 2 Operating under Influence 32 32 10 22 $825. 1 2 21 4 1 3 Hit and Run, Personal and /or Property 12 12 5 7 $45. 4 3 5 Refusing to Stop 8 2 10 4 6 $230. 10 Speeding 550 89 639 8 189 450 $7960. 6 613 3 17 Vio. Law of Road 17 1 18 5 13 $155. 17 1 Vio. of Probation 9 9 6 3 3 2 1 1 2 Vio. Town Ordinance 81 13 94 42 52 $508. 90 1 3 Vio. Traffic Signal 113 32 145 35 110 $775. 1 142 2 Vio. Park. Meter Reg. 21 9 30 11 19 $62. 28 2 Vio. of a Stop Sign 63 30 93 1 39 54 $520. 90 1 2 Vio. of School Bus Law 11 14 23 9 16 $230. 24 1 Allowing an Improper Person to Operate 4 1 5 1 2 3 $35. 4 1 Using a M.V. w/o Authority 17 17 10 7 10 1 1 1 14 Failure to Display Proper Plates 4 4 1 3 $30. 4 Attaching Wrong Plates 4 4 1 3 3 1 Improper Equipment 3 3 1 1 2 2 1 Oper. w/o Registration in Possession 23 5 28 7 21 $165. 26 2 Oper. w/o License in Possession 23 2 25 1 12 13 $110. 23 1 1 Allow Spillage 4 4 1 3 $45. 4 Towing Unreg. Trailer 2 2 2 $20. 2 Towing Uninsur. Trailer 1 1 1 $10. 1 Racing 1 1 1 1 Failure to Display Reg. Plates 1 1 1 $20. 1 Pushing Unregistered M.V. 1 1 1 $25. 1 Allow Uninsur. M.V. to be Operated 2 2 1 1 2 Failure to Use Signal 1 1 1 $10. 1 Fail. to slow - Intersection 1 1 1 1 Altering License 1 1 1 $25. 1 False Name to Police 1 1 1 $25. 1 Follow. too Close 2 2 2 $20. 2 Fail to use Care in Turning 2 2 2 $20. 2 Minor w /Alcohol in Car 7 7 4 3 $50. 1 5 1 Allow Unreg. Vehicle to be Operated 3 3 3 $30. 3 Fail. to keep Right 1 1 2 2 $30. 2 Motor Running Unattended 1 1 1 $10. 1 Totals 1499 266 1765 66 627 1139 $16075 .28 48 1377 25 20 38 6 224 122 LEXINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ANALYSIS - 1966 a 0 H Pedestrians MV vs Ped. A A a a 00 44 44 41 •� �•� Investigated Prosecuted Convicted January 136 92 44 2 1 2 47 61 5 120 11 5 1 53 2 3 0 53 8 8 February 96 70 26 1 0 1 34 66 1 89 6 1 0 63 1 2 0 35 7 7 March 57 41 16 0 0 0 20 33 1 50 6 1 0 28 0 4 0 30 5 5 April 47 26 21 1 0 1 18 28 1 36 10 1 0 19 1 8 0 23 8 7 May 60 38 22 1 0 1 32 49 6 45 9 6 0 36 1 7 0 27 8 8 June 67 42 25 0 0 0 21 31 4 51 12 4 0 20 0 7 0 31 9 7 July 63 34 29 0 0 0 34 43 6 43 14 5 0 29 0 9 0 37 6 6 August 74 52 22 0 0 0 36 51 5 54 15 6 0 37 0 8 0 46 9 9 September 70 56 14 0 0 0 30 49 2 54 14 2 0 38 0 9 0 34 5 5 October 70 47 23 0 0 0 35 57 5 54 11 4 0 49 0 4 0 68 2 0 November 82 50 32 1 1 0 40 68 3 63 16 2 1 57 0 9 0 39 5 5 December 108 62 46 1 1 0 42 65 1 88 19 0 1 59 0 6 0 50 9 9 Total 930 610 320 7 3 5 389 601 40 747 143 37 3 488 5 76 0 473 81 76 LEXINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ANALYSIS - 1966 ha a) U •N H x A z w fA w January 5 1 5 x 13 x x x 5 x x 9 x x x 13 x x 32 x x 14 x February 1 0 1 x 3 x March 1 0 1 x 31 x April 1 0 1 x 15 x May 6 0 6 x 60 x x 7 x x x ? x x 7 x x 8 x x ? ? x x June 4 0 4 x 9 x x x 9 x x ? x x x 13 x m '0 g � a) a) cad a) U 0 0 0 pq a) (� y N x A z < w w" w July 6 0 5 x 10 x x x 14 x x x 7 x x x 8 x x x 12 x August 5 0 6 x 15 x x x 11 x x x 17 x x x 8 x x 72 x x ? x September 2 0 2 x 6 x x x 13 x x October 5 0 4 x 7 x x x 9 x x x 3 x x x 7 x x x November 3 1 2 x 81 x x 10 x x 60 x December 1 1 0 x 79 x x Total 40 3 37 33 7 9 31 19 3 123 CIVIL DEFENSE STATUS OF FALLOUT SHELTER PROGRAM Lexington, Massachusetts Spaces Persons Facility Available Licensed Marked Stocked Assigned Hanscom Field 5,090 5,090 5,090 4,740 943 Fiske School 1,449 527 527 527 1,470 Fire Headquarters 146 146 146 146 201 Sword Building 65 90 Estabrook School 1,057 559 559 559 1,153 Itek Corporation 2,245 2,245 2,245 2,245 2,393 National Guard Armory 1,387 1,387 1,387 1,387 1,365 Diamond Junior High 100 100 100 100 130 St. Brigid's Church 452 452 453 J. F. Kennedy School 823 379 718 Police Station 280 280 280 280 350 Cary Memorial Hall 440 440 440 440 550 Post Office 353 353 353 353 463 Lexington Trust Company 211 66 66 235 Lexington Furniture Company 65 67 Battle Green Inn 1,818 1,793 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 140 140 140 140 78 Muzzey Junior High School 678 678 678 664 700 Maria Hastings School 772 439 439 439 777 Lexington Inn 483 493 Raytheon Executive Offices 2,051 2,051 2,051 1,043 2,447 Lexington Senior High School .915 211 211 210 753 Hayden Recreation Center 1,348 436 436 436 1,365 Sisters of Charity 2,588 2,588 2,588 2,588 2,587 L.H.S. Science Building 255 255 255 255 333 Kennecott Copper Corporation 711 710 East Lexington Fire Station 51 51 51 51 51 Adams School 334 334 334 335 366 Metropolitan State Hospital 7,627 7,627 7,627 8,745 6,263 Evangelical Covenant Church (1) 98 99 Reorganized Church (1) 108 111 Lexington Nursing home (1) 420 422 Christian High School (1) 479 479 Total Lexington 35,039 26,834 25,937 25,749 30,408 Massachusetts 4,048,000 2,216,000 2,073,000 1,011,000 National 136,121,000 77,949,000 76,422,000 34,399,000 Shelter spaces are surveyed by the Army Corps of Engineers, and the balance of the program is conducted by the Lexington Department of Civil Defense. Survival supplies are stored within the shelter areas, or in the closest available space. On the basis of dwelling units, Lexington's De- partment of Civil Defense has assigned a Community Shelter Facility for every family in Lexington. (1) Not surveyed by Army Corps of Engineers 124 Facility CIVIL DEFENSE Fallout Shelter Spaces Available in Lexington Existing Expedient Spaces Ventilation Shielding Hanscom Field 5,090 Fiske School 527 922 Fire Headquarters 146 Sword Building 65 165 Estabrook School 559 498 Itek Corporation 2,245 National Guard Armory 1,387 Diamond Junior High School 100 St. Brigid's Church 452 J.F. Kennedy School 379 444 Police Station 280 Cary Memorial Hall 440 109 Post Office 353 273 Lexington Trust Company 66 62 Lexington Furniture Company 65 185 Battle Green Inn 1,818 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 140 140 Muzzey Junior High School 678 Maria Hastings School 439 333 Lexington Inn 483 Raytheon Executive Offices 2,501 446 Lexington Senior High School 211 704 Hayden Recreation Center 436 912 Sisters of Charity 2,588 L.H.S. Science Building 255 1,072 Kennecott Copper Corporation 135 East Lexington Fire Station 51 Adams School 334 Metropolitan State Hospital 7,627 2,308 Evangelical Covenant Church 98 Reorganized Church 108 Lexington Nursing Home 420 Christian High School 479 Totals 30,955 8,573 1,634 298 70 1,900 1,221 2,964 90 842 Total 5,090 3,083 444 230 1,057 2,245 1,387 100 452 823 350 2,449 626 128 250 1,818 280 1,899 772 483 2,947 915 1,348 5,552 1,327 135 141 1,176 9,935 98 108 420 479 9,019 48,547 Shown above are the existing spaces surveyed by the Army Corps of Engineers, and the spaces that can be made available by the addition of expedient ventilation or shielding. This chart indicates that there is a substantial surplus of shelter space located in Lexington as compared with the 1965 population of 31,388 people. 125 SUMMARY ALL SCHOOL BUDGETS 0) '0 0 C G (1) ro X ro 0n v C U W W G W a X 4. x 1 O) Cr, in m O u) (N (D .c OJ n .-I (D C') o • . • LO CD 0 tO 0) OD 1 1 CO 0) U) O In • N • tD In CO .7 O a •-i .-4 .-1 LO N .I W CO N CO O a) O C7 In N 0 LO M CO CO CO If) :0) 0) w - I N w m 4.-1 .i O N CO U)) CD O N .-1 LA {n C•7 C+) C') CO C[♦ 0 to CO C•) O• w • 0) w co )n0) N0) O 0 0 1 CO 1-1 01 0 in U, N 1 1 N Ln N O • N CV LO 0 .i .i N ▪ CO N CO . CO .-1 N CO 0) .-I CO 0 CC) O O 'n O N. co C'') (n O 0 0D 0 C3 N CO CO .1 O CO 0 0 0 O) Ln 0 0 0 0 0) CO O • LO 0 : U CO Ln 0 O .1 O • (D 0 0 .-4 N .--1 co 1 O) :0 c•) LO 4.0 U) La • Ln m 0 (/) fl N CO CO CO ▪ LO 0 0) Ln - 0 0 N 1 O 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 .,7 ••I • • • • • W +' CO .1 0 1 0 La 4-' ro N 0 0 0 0) >o •4 � C') o O w • C) co U) 1 1 0 C O (O O o4 =0) 0 6 CA C 0.1 ro'Ot,g Ui a F > •0 F. 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F. 0. •.1 W 0 '0 < .0 +' (!) f+ 0 4-1 .0 O V U, 0 •-1 m m m m m m m m 4) 4) 4) ro 4--1 4-1 .i .+ U U U U +' +' V +' m m m m .i .-1 4-1 .-1 C) (O 1 .7 N U) CD O o) 0 0) 0) 2nd Class 1st Class N N N CO 0 (O u) u) 00) 0) 0) 0) C') N N C,i 0 0 0 (D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 co O o M 0 •.i 0 •.I O (O N O C') N b • M O (O O 0 b 4i 1 N 0 N 0 CO 0 •.1 0 •.1 0) 1 '-1 0 (O U) 0 1 0 F. 0 F+ (O 0) O N S • O aD C. o (n 00 N Cm N OD 0) 0 .10 0.N F.(D (D CO U) (n C') 0) 0) a N (A 1 1 01 _-I 1-1 al C▪ al 4) ■O C4 m .. .. .0 ori 4 -x O 0 f. 0 0 W ,C o.i E U C roU) W Z (n Muzzey Junior LEXINGTON SCHOOL PLANT (continued) ecial Facilities co E 4, 0 Oro al O b F. • o raa U) Z +• ro U O 4- • 1 O m A F. roa) U 0 U b a) U F. MI t, a 0 0 U a) 4, a 0 F. ros a) •-•• N .3 N 0 0 •.i 0 O ) a) C) 0 F. .-1 +) > 0 0 U 41 0 .-1 0 0 0C z cn Auditorium ,cafeteria,gym,library, SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 1 C+ U 1 o a) C. •-1-1 E 0 0 +, (n a ro 0 a) . 6) a) -1 •.I a) C. 0 0 > •f 0 c+) a'0 00 �N E ro ro a. cl f. co I); E F0+ • y%) 0 F. 3 C: > D a 0 0 0 0 0 0" 'EO • V Fro. F. 0 0 F. ro N E ro ro 0 A .%1 4- C..0 0 4, 0 0 0 ... F. E •-1 ro 0 4. .-i ro E 0 .0 ro +, m ro •.1 F. 0 RS 0 ro F. C: o •.1 W rC •.a C 4- 0 0 a) 0 O 0 1-• F. 4-, A F. a) co O O a) V O •.1 ..-I a) ro a) 1, C F. U) 4-• X 4, 0 ++ 0 9.-1 A '0 CO a) C) 1 CD ^ E C) 4- -ro 00 F. 0 0 4-+ >, O4- ro O 3-1 ro C F. ••1 E a) F. 0 m1 .O ro vi 0° ro F 0. o; CC n a0 0 C. > E 0 C: a) X 0 1, C: }.. C. E A ro E > +• •N 0 C...I 0 •,1 a) .0 > •.I .-I > nc •.1 a •.1 0 4. a) 44 +• or H a. bC 1 ^F.4, 4.'O aror1 EE 0E a) 0- 0 4,0 0 .00 7 a H 0 .i Co Ca' CO F. E .0 •.1 •.1 •.1 •.1 G. O (D F. 0 C. O - C. C. C. C. 0 C. C. > a) •3-1 - 1 0 C) 0 0 0 0 ++ (1) •.1 .0 A cn a) C. 0 ++ +' ++ 1, H 0 4, 4+ 0 0 E b >, ••1 •-I .I .I •.I V O a ro ro ro 0 F. ro 4-. 'C TI 03 0 0 •.i a) C, a) a) O ro 3-1 4+ 0 0 0 0 C 1, 04, E. ++ F4.4 0.06 6 6 0 CO m i N N 2nd Class 1st Class 1st Class Auditorium ,gym,cafeteria,library. Auditorium,lunchroom O) CO O CO CO 1 VD 1 O c7 1st Class C3 al al a) a) al a) W W M M M Ul N a) .% H H .%1 .ro ro t Cc$ H .i U U 0 0 0 H O U U '0 ++ 'O 4, ++ 4, 4) •0 O U) O al W co a) 0 0 HI N .i .-1 .-1 .-1 N 2nd Class a d d O Q C ¢ pp ¢ d 'O 'U ‹ < H 0) 1 .-1 0 H c0 co t!) co 1 1 .n 0 1 0 CO 1 ul CO u) 0) 0) V) .I) .f) 0 0 .-1 N N V) 0) rnrn rnrn COO) 0) 0) 0) 0)rnrn 0)0)0) .-i •-1 H H H H H HI -4 H H HI H H1 H H c+) .-I CO .-1 c•) CO 0) 0) 0) . 1 .-1 .1 Ni P) I!) 0 0 0) N CO CO m N u) n N n U) 1 of CO O CO .--I N Co O .i v) 0 1 co n 0 0 o cD O l0 O •0 N • • }. • • o CO co 1 N tD O C, .A 1103 0 F. O a. N n of n O o+ c0 co 1 .-1 C. N .i 1 a N a. N H it H 0 a) DO ro 0 .0 in Estabrook c0 O cD O o 0 CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 CO O n OD O CO U) O U) CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 OD O CO .•-1 0 H 0) 0 on uo O N N O O O CO O CO CO O CO 0) 0 0) n 0 U) cr) 0 0 0 aD .1 0 N O N .-1 O .-1 0) O .-I .-1 O U) U7 O 0) .i .iO n 1 O) CO 0) U) .-{ CO U7 n NCDN 0) 1 N l0 01 0 1 U) N N 1 N 0 CO N CO u1 c") O.-1 u) (D CsrA COn.i CO U) 0 0) 0 n 1 N cf) N U) O CO CO u7 7 CO O CO O t0 O .-1 CO co n co uo N $15,972,230.90 0 0 0 +, co •.1 x bO no .-i 0 0 0 a) C. X 0 O • � 0 f1 1-' F. X RI •Fes. C-. X X X x W E. 127 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Personal Services 1966 Appropriation for Salaries Paid from PL -874 $4,768,378.00 340,357.53 $5,108,735.53 Expenditures: General Control Administration $102,138.16 Sec. G Clerks 69,700.93 Expenses of Instruction Coordinators 6 Dept. Heads 206,120.73 Sec. & Clerks 20,020.29 Principals 239,182.98 Sec. & Clerks 135,488.26 Teachers 3,615,323.16 Special Class Assts. 15,070.37 Librarians 90,208.59 Sec. & Clerks 6,284.22 Guidance 157,644.93 Sec. E Clerks 8,956.02 Psychologists 20,427.36 Sec. 6 Clerks 3,848.73 Attendance 29,953.28 Health Nurses C Doctors 50,959.90 Transportation Pupil Transportation 4,900.30 Food Services Supervisors 18,566.72 Operation E Maintenance: Maintenance Men 42,221.78 Custodians 271.718.82 Total Expenditures for Salaries 5,108,735.53 Unexpended Balance 0 Expenses 1966 Appropriation for Expenses 905,501.00 Expenditures: General Control School Comm. & Supt's Office 30,590.70 Expenses of Instruction Supv. Supplies & Expenses 10,868.85 Principals 33,546.27 Teaching 85,136.51 Teaching (Spec.Areas) 50,710.48 Textbooks 78,906.89 128 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Expenses (continued) Library Books & Supplies Audio Visual Supplies & Expenses Psychological Educational TV Other School Services Psychiatrists,Health Supplies & Exp. Transportation Food Services Student. Publications Operation of Plant Custodial Supplies & Misc. Fuel Utilities Maintenance of Plant Repairs to Grounds Repairs to Bldgs. Repairs to Equipment Fixed Charges Rental of Buildings Community Services Transportation to Non-Public Schools Acquisition of Fixed Assets Replacement of Equipment New Equipment Programs with Other Districts Transfer of Funds Total Expenditures for Expenses Unexpenanded Balance Total Expenditures, Salaries & Expenses Income & Reimbursement: Tuition Comm. of Mass. School Funds, Chapter 70 Transportation, Chapter 71 Special Classes State Wards Rentals & Misc. 45,709.36 24,255.87 10,378.51 2,016.75 6,173.68 141,970.58 10,717.14 468.04 24,370.81 44,297.24 114,729.26 2,423.10 70,876.28 14,618.63 580.00 15,595.93 20,272.39 63,783.15 2,068.89 2,955.61 433,303.76 55,719.00 50,879.00 7,875.04 5.390.49 Less Personal Services paid from PL -374 Net Cost Salaries & Expenses 1966 Se7re'ated 3ud7ets 1966 Vocational Education - Tuition and Transportation 1966 Appropriation Expenditures: Tuition Transportation Total Expenditures Unexpended Balance 7,362.61 1.941.20 129 905,065.31 $ 435.69 $6,013,800.84 556,122.90 $5,457,677.94 340,357.53 $5,117,320.41 $ 14,000.00 9,303.81 $ 4,696.19 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Segregated Budgets 1966 (Continued) Vocational Education - Tuition and Transportation (Received reim. Comm. Mass. $4,049.21 which was trans. to the Adult Education account.) Vocational - Adult Education Cash Balance January 1, 1966 George Barden Fund - Balance January 1, 1966 Deposits: Registration 6 Tuition 1966 Reimbursements: Comm. of Mass. Transfer from Voc. Education Income Transfer from PL -874 Expenditures: Salaries of Director, Instructors, Clerical & Custodians Supplies, texts, printing, travel, etc. Unexpended Balance 1966 Appropriation Expenditures $ 18,123.04 829.96 OUT OF STATE TRAVEL Net Cost for 1966 $ 9,533.27 ATHLETIC BUDGET JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS $ 2,409.46 1,500.00 5,896.50 3,712.09 4,049.21 2,936.59 $ 20,503.85 18,953.00 $ 1,550.85 10,400.00 9,533.27 $ 866.73 Balance January 1, 1966 479.22 Town Appropriation 71,395.00 Admissions: Football 7,702.07 Basketball 1,561.24 Gymnastics 452.84 $ 81,590.37 Girls' Boys' Diamond Muzzey Expenditures: Senior Senior Jr. High Jr. High Football 19,695.34 Cross Country 680.43 Basketball 8,705.54 1,753.25 1,621.31 Hockey 7,732.56 Track 4,352.33 Baseball 5,271.85 1,520.76 1,684.84 Tennis 719.44 Golf 833.00 Soccer 3,698.69 Gymnastics 1,998.11 Wrestling 1,244.60 Indoor Track 1,136.16 Swimming 1,543.08 Field Hockey 1,807.97 Basketball 1,390.49 Cheerleaders 921.92 Softball 892.49 Tennis 390.25 130 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ATHLETIC BUDGET (continued) Expenditures: Girls' Boys' Diamond Muzzey Senior Senior Jr. High Jr. High Gymnastics $ 997.42 Lacrosse 638.76 General Misc 6,115.62 352.74 377.23 Director Athletics 1,500.00 Doctors' Salaries. 555.00 7,039.30 65,781.75 $3,626.75 3,683.38 Total Expenditures 80,131.18 Unexpended Balance... $ 1,459,19 Food Services Program Income: Cafeteria Sales 273,776.77 Other Income 2,901.39 Subsidies: State 41,738.70 Federal 56,621.76 $375,038.62 Previous Cash Balance 9,252.25 Credited from Town Funds 12,418.96 $396,709,83 Expenditures: Food 235,845.69 Labor 140,264.83 Equipment 371.25 Other: Equipment Replacement $ 1,177.66 Service 1,343.45 Express 4,092.21 Insurance 136.00 Mileage 495.19 Supplies: Cleaning 2,737.39 Linen 1,943.19 Office 191.71 Paper 3,594.10 Postage 112.50 Miscellaneous 580.34 16,403.74 $392,885.51 Current Cash Balance 3,824.32 Cash on Hand 180.00 Amount due from State and Federal Funds 19,194.72 Cash Value $ 23,199.04 Value of Inventories 14,130.22 $ 37,329.26 Accounts Payable 33,158.28 Operational Balance $ 4,170,98 Gratis Lunch Value Commodity Value Commodity Value -Home Economics Classes Supplies Purchased -Home Economics Classes Miscellaneous Data 131 $ 9,769.00 48,664.40 198.06 524.73 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT *Matching Fund Supervisory Salaries $17,301.00 Equipment Existing Lunchrooms 8,082.75 Gas 2,812.00 Electricity 16 516.20 Water ' 1,419.96 Office Equipment 190.89 Telephone 979.40 Renovations Existing Lunchrooms 17,602.50 Equipment for New School 32,274.31 $97,179.01 *A Federal requirement wherein the State must account for each Federal dollar to be matched by $3.00 from sources within the Commonwealth. Balance January 1, 1966 Reimbursement Received Expenditures: Personal Services Adult Education Unexpended Balance Balance January 1, 1966 Reimbursements Received Expenditure Unexpended Bqlance Balance January 1, 1966 Reimbursement Received Unexpended Balance Federal Funds from PL-874 $340,357.53 2,936.59 Federal Funds from PL-85 -864 Title III Federal Funds from PL-85 -864 Title V Miscellaneous $179,886.43 167,263.00 $347,149.43 343,294.12 $ 3,855.31 $ 56,816.62 1,300.00 $ 58,116.62 2,672.00 55,444.62 $ 22,885.21 3,155.40 $ 26,040.61 Library Award $ 23.28 Summer Reading Program 3,184.26 Music Research Program 499.60 Smith Hughes - George Barden Funds 8,874.50 Curriculum Development & Research 23,258.85 Boston University Counseling Services 16.47 ESEA Pefforming Arts 2,045.00 Suprad 203.60 132 Lionel Arlan Stanley Abkowitz Robert E. Allen Lawrence B. Arnold William L. Bade Ulmont F. Bailey Albert P. Bandini Richard E. Barthelemy David K. Barton Donald H. Bates Lloyd S. Beckett, Jr. George B. Beckonert Arthur Bergstrom Robert J. Bertini, Sr. Carl Blake Richard B. Blomfield Henry Blumenthal Arthur P. Bonney Frederic J. Bourque Robert M. Bowers Donald C. Bowersock Charles D. Bracken Frederick P. Brehm Marvin L. Brooks Stanley C. Brown Donald C. Bruster Bernard F. Burns, Jr. Robert J. Burrell Kendrick Bushnell Norman E. Buzzell Robert L. Cady James F. Cairns Francis X. Campbell John R. Campbell Maurice M. Carey Milton G. Choate Claude A. Clarke Edgar T. Cogan Donald H. Cohen James R. Collier Paul Collins E. Crawley Cooper George R. Cotten James F. Crain Percey F. Crowell Charles B. Crowley Charles M. Cullen John James Dacey Carlton C. Davis, Jr. Robert E. Dean Frank K. Dearborn Edward E. Dempsey Michael A. DeSesa William S. Doane David B. Dobson David B. Dole Robert J. Downing Ralph H. Dudley Charles H. Dugan David R. Dominie Joseph E. Dratch JURY LIST 1966 1967 54 Bridge St. 32 Lillian Rd. 26 Burroughs Rd. 11 Ledgelawn Ave. 4 Bowser Rd. 4 Brent Rd. 35 Carville Ave. 34 Grant St. 6 Abbott Rd. 12 Hayward Ave. 112 Burlington St. 47 Downing Rd. 8 Kimball Rd. 130 East St. 4 Wachusett Cir. 11 Patterson Rd. 1 Page Rd. 3 Burnham Rd. 94 Concord Ave. 65 Follen Rd. 66 Baskin Rd. 63 Reed St. 55 Baskin Rd. 7 Woodland Rd. 342 Marrett Rd. 40 Woodland Rd. 76 Meriam St. 3 Childs Rd. 30 Bloomfield St. 21 Ledgelawn Ave. 9 Marlboro Rd. 117 Kendall Rd. 8 Grandview Ave. 100 Bertwell Rd. 5 Dewey Rd. 10 Childs Rd. 71 Hancock St. 19 Stimson Ave. 26 Dane Rd. 3 Chandler St. 15 283 37 5 11 34 6 42 32 1949 150 119 62 19 40 163 27 4 1265 3 16 Franklin Rd. Marrett Rd. Lawrence Lane Freemont St. Sherburne Rd. Justin St. Gerard Terr. Ledgelawn Ave. Wyman Rd. Mass. Ave. Adams St. Laconia St. Freemont St. Wheeler Rd. Grove St. Burlington St. Deering Ave. Jean Rd. Mass. Ave. Pinewood Rd. Holmes Rd. 133 John H. Dyer Walter R. Ellis James E. Enterkin Gary J. Fallick Edwin L. Field Francis X. Fields Richard A. Finn Robert N. Fisher William D. Fitzgerald Robert E. Fitzmaurice Roland A. Forgue Irwin S. Forman Warren W. Fox Michael J. Furey Richard G. Furth Aaron A. Galvin Robert Garber Walter T. Gavan M. Louise Geary Martin Gibbs Alan Glasser Albert Glickman Maurice J. Goodrich Lester E. Gordon Hoyt S. Grant, Jr. Clyde M. Gray, Jr. Thomas R. Guinan Joseph E. Halley Paul E. Hamburger Peter Harris Astrid E. Haussler B. Frank Herr Joseph I. Herzlinger Bobby J. Hickman George A. Higley Charles E. Hill Craig C. Hill Donald E. Hodgkins S. David Hoffman G.A. Horner Arthur W. Hornig John R. Howe Adelbert E. Hughes George M. Hurley Jack Ingalls John R. Jackson Charles L. Japps William R. Jens Anthony G. Johns Edwin R. Johnson Lyle R. Johnson Daniel A. Jones Frank L. Jones Richard I. Jones Herbert Karsh Matthew J. Kavanagh Edward J. Kearney Calvin Keeler Aaron L. Keller Claude M. Kellett Onys A. Kelley, Jr. 24 3 10 4 1 53 6 12 292 423 12 9 187 4 7 15 6 50 8 32 Oakland St. Hill St. Cherry St Diehl Rd. Patriots Dr. Dexter Rd. Blueberry Lane John Poulter Rd. Waltham St. Bedford St. Lawrence Lane Fessenden Way Spring St. Bowker St. Bridge St. Barberry Rd. Frost Rd. Eldred St. Rowland Ave. Slocum Rd. 36 Wyman Rd. 6 Burroughs Rd. 6 Hathaway Rd. 27 Oakland St. 15 Turning Mill Rd. 39 Paul Revere Rd. 46 Coolidge Ave. 11 Swan Lane 18 Cooke Rd. 21 Benjamin Rd. 12 Larchmont Lane 38 Eastern Ave. 181 Grant St. 18 Minute Man Lane 65 School St. 159 Burlington St. 23 Demar Rd. 33 Prospect Hill Rd. 24 Eastern Ave. 96 Hancock St. 144 Marrett Rd. 18 Spring St. 60 Albemarle Ave. 114 Adams St. 7 Fairland St. 24 Webster Rd. 118 Reed St. 20 Freemont St. 16 Cutler Farm Rd. 4 Watson Rd. 22 Spring St. 30 Colony Rd. 11 Red Coat Lane 18 Constitution Rd. 27 Thoreau Rd. 160 Emerson Rd. 10 Walnut St. 101 Kendall Rd. 25 Baskin Rd. 11 Ross Rd. 24 Turning Mill Rd. Thomas H. Kelley Edward J. Kelly Melvin J. Kelly Francis C. Kensley Howard R. Kinner Keith C. Klane Robert C. Kley David H. Kraus Albert E. Landers Thomas H. Lavin Robert E. Lenk Leo C. Lentini Irving Less in Philip L. Levins Irwin G. Levitan Frank Lind David M. Link Sidney D. Lindsley Jordan Loftus Joe A. Lowry Robert M. Lurie Kenneth N. MacWilliams Edward W. Marble Joseph Mason Paul M. McCarthy Thomas F. McDonald Robert McKenna Edward F. McLaughlin G. Douglas McLean Lester W. McLellan Percy H. McNutt John E. Meade A. Frederick Meyers Joseph D. Minsky Francis T. Monahan Harold L. Morian, Jr. Channing D. Morrison Hans Mueller John P. Mullen Donald R. Murphy William P. Murphy F. Robert Naka Edward Neidorf Robert B. Newman Michael J. Nich, Jr. Denis Noiseux Henry Novak Stephen J. Packard Kenneth E. Palm Chester C. Palmer Harry G. Pars Oliver F. Pecor Philip Peper Sumner E. Perlman Andrew C. Peters, Jr. Richard F. Phelps William T. Phipps, Jr. Frank D. Pieroni Daniel E. Power Jason Radlo L. Thomas Rand JURY LIST 1966 - 1967 55 Bertwell Rd. 266 Bedford St. 24 Homestead St. 33 Oakland St. 14 Thoreau Rd. 29 Winchester Dr. 99 Burlington St. 59 Laconia St. 15 Constitution Rd. 22 Demar Rd. 59 York St. 25 Middleby Rd. 12 Diamond Rd. 25 Munroe Rd. 4 Essex St. 23 Lincoln St. 4 Gerard Terr. 45 Eldred St. 21 Hathaway Rd. 1 Longfellow Rd. 4 Tufts Rd. 66 Colony Rd. 12 Ledgelawn Ave. 37 Tyler Rd. 56 Harding Rd. 27 Watertown St. 25 Homestead St. 9 Blodgett Rd. 7 Peachtree Rd. 27 Gleason Rd. 4 6 13 9 4 9 8 35 21 315 Wheeler Rd. Baskin Rd. Hancock Ave. Abernathy Rd. Brown Rd. Millbrook Rd. Diamond Rd. Lawrence Lane Adams St. Bedford St. 26 Estabrook Rd. 20 Demar Rd. 34 Shade St. 17 Moon Hill Rd. 63 Harding Rd. 18 Highland Ave. 53 Turning Mill Rd. 11 Trotting Horse Dr. 12 Westwood Rd. 91 Grove St. 42 Winthrop Rd. 9 Patriots Dr. 86 North St. 10 Tyler Rd. 11 Deering Ave. 34 Fair Oaks Dr. 8 Myrna Rd. 57 Cary Ave. 2246 Mass. Ave. 3 Fiske Rd. 7 Hunt Rd. 134 Norman W. Rasmussen Eleanor Redick Glen M. Reem, II Joseph F. Regan William N. Reid William F. Reidy Nicholas Reinhardt William T. Rice David L. Richardson Richard T. Rigby Charles W. Roberts John E. Roberts Bernard J. Rothmel Robert F. Rowland Jules Rudolph Walter K. Ryall Omar K. Salmassy John B. Sampson F. William Sarles, Jr. Paul J. Sawtelle Richard E. Schneider Ronald A. Schuler William J. Scouler Richard W. Schwenz Robert J. Schwartz Harold E. Searles Norman I. Sebell James C. Sethares Richard B. Shaner Laurence H. Shanks Paul R. Shuman Alfred I. Simon Walter L. Smart Burton H. Smith Philip P. Spencer William T. Spencer James H. Stanton William R. Stern David G. Stevens Richard S. Stone 57 38 351 40 4 389 10 51 23 106 Ledgelawn Ave. Adams St. Lincoln St. Fair Oaks Dr. Farmcrest Ave. Woburn St. Eliot Rd. Dexter Rd. Baskin Rd. Grove St. 78 Simonds Rd. 53 Munroe Rd. 4 Burroughs Rd. 26 Demar Rd. 5 Winchester Dr. 54 Simonds Rd. 96 N. Hancock St. 47 Burlington St. 54 Ledgelawn Ave. 11 Cary Ave. 40 28 144 3 1355 59 25 12 40 10 19 14 326 31 65 32 2127 10 48 60 William R. Supple, Jr. 25 Carl B. Swanton, Jr. 66 Edward T. Swasey 7 Erwin Taenzer 11 Robert L. Tagen 17 Joseph L. Taishoff 138 Arthur R. Taverna 17 Charles H. Taylor, Jr. 9 Henry R. Thies 162 Warren J. Thorburn 2 Lawrence L. Tierney John P. Tossberg Gilmore H. Trafford David A. Treffs Frederick E. Tucker Warren A. Tucker Robert L. Upton Jerrold H. VanHook John J. Waldhauer Thomas A. Wall Daniel J. Walsh, Jr. Wyman Rd. Ledgelawn Ave. Simonds Rd. Brown Rd. Mass. Ave. Liberty Ave. Somerset Rd. Middleby Rd. Williams Rd. Hillcrest Ave. Augustus Rd. Hickory St. Waltham St. Fuller Rd. Cary Ave. Hancock St. Mass. Ave. Adams St. Grove St. Baskin Rd. Outlook Dr. Harding Rd. Jackson Ct. Lantern Lane Diamond Rd. Burlington St. Ingleside Rd. Eldred St. Marrett Rd. Fulton Rd. 76 Buckman Dr. 21 Nichols Rd. 29 Harding Rd. 17 Deering Ave. 66 Blake Rd. 56 Baskin Rd. 80 Cedar St. 89 Meriam St. 96 Burlington St. 8 Taft Ave. 54 Buckman Dr. James P. Walsh Kenneth D. Warnock William E. Warren Weiant Wathen -Dunn Floyd G. Webb Robert Paul Weber Lewis R. Werlin Sheldon M. Weisman Ephraim Weiss John West INDEX TO TOWN MEETING ARTICLES 29 Cedar St. 7 Fulton Rd. 52 Farmcrest Ave. 44 Maple St. 39 Locust Ave. 58 Taft Ave. 54 Albemarle Ave. 240 Grove St. 462 Lowell St. 63 Freemont St. John Wylder Merle T. Westlake, Omar C. Wheeler Forrest S. White Marlin E. Whitney William J. Wiles Lloyd Wilkinson Walter L. Williams Robert S. Wilson Edward J. Winter Sumner P. Wolsky 9 Foster Rd. Index to Town Meeting Articles ( "S" preceding a number refers to Special Town Meeting) General Government Abandoning of Easement 5, 3 By -Law amendment, leash law 95 Elections 1, 33 Financial Discharging account payable 53 Operating Appropriations 4, 5 General Financial 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 26, 35 Historic Districts 48 Structure of Town Government Committee 49 Protection of People and Property Civil Defense 38 Communications Equipment 39 Fire 40 Regulatory 56 Planning, Recreation and Conservation Conservation 81,91,96 S12 - 15 Planning Board 31, 67 - 79, S10, 54 - 66, S7 - 9 Recreation Committee 41 - 47 Cary Memorial Library 34 Cemetery Commissioners 30 Board of Health 28, 32 Public Works Construction 36, 37, S2 Curbings 20 Equipment 24, 25 Highways 21, 22, 23 Sewers 14 - 18, S14 Sidewalks 19; Streets 52 Street Lights 27 Traffic 80 Water 13, S4 Land Conveyances 92, 93, S11, S15 Exchange (Ross) 93 135 32 343 38 43 23 304 195 33 21 1 Percy Rd. Bedford St. Liberty Ave. Wood St. N. Hancock St. Concord Ave. Woburn St. Bartlett Ave. Tower Rd. Park St. LEXINGTON "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 -- $184,293,300.00 Tax Rate -- 1966 -- $43.60 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 105.27 Private Streets: Unaccepted 30.23 Paper Streets 9.50 State Highways 17.10 Trunk Sewers 22.33 Street Sewers 75.43 Water Mains 143.55 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. An additional registration session in advance of each election will be provided in each precinct at a time to be an- nounced by the town clerk. The town clerk's 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 Scnool; Precinct 2, Adams School; Pre- cinct 3, Cary Memorial Hall; Precinct 4, High School; Precinct 5, Central Fire Station; Precinct 5, Maria Hastings School.