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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1932-Annual ReportANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF Lexington, Massachusetts Year, 1932 Somerville Printing Co. W. Somerville, Mass. TOWN OF LEXINGTON LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS March, 1932, to March, 1933 SELECTMEN Robert P. Trask, '33, Chairman Theodore A. Custance, '33 John E. Gilcreast, '34 Charles E. Ferguson, '35 Daniel J. O'Connell, '35 Town Treasurer. Town Clerk Collector of Taxes School Committee Cemetery Commissioners Trustees of Public Trusts Moderator Constables Planning Board James J. Carroll James J. Carroll Byron C. Earle James Stuart Smith, '34, Chairman Minnie A. Glynn, '33 Randall B. Houghton, '35 Edward Wood, '36, Chairman John E. A. Mu'liken, '34 George H. Gibson, '33 Waldo F. Glidden, '38 Howard S. 0. Nichols, '34 John F. Turner, '36 Robert H. Holt Patrick J. Maguire John C. Russell Frederick L. Emery, '35, Chairman J. Henry Duffy, '33 Clarence H. Cutler, '33 C. Edward Glynn, '34 William D. Milne, '34 Edgar F. Scheibe, '36 Field Drivers Edward C, Maguire John C. Russell 4 ANNUAL REPORTS APPOINTED OFFICERS Animal Inspector Assessors Assistant Assessors Board of Appeals Bridge Charitable Fund Trustees Building Inspector Burial Agents Cary Memorial Library, Librarian Cary Memorial Library, Assistants Cary Memorial Library, Janitor Cary Memorial Library, Treasurer Clerk, Selectmen Constables Dental Clinic Committee Dr. Chester L. Blakely William G. Potter (Chairman) Fred B. Bartlett Eugene T. Buckley Curlys L. Slocum Donald Wilson Frederick J. Spencer Paul F. McDonnell John F. O'Connor George V, Morse Arthur N. Maddison (Chairman) Theodore A. Custance Curlys L. Slocum C. Edward Glynn Roland W. Baldrey Waldo F. Glidden, '38 Howard S. 0. Nichols, '34 John F. Turner, '36 Fred W. Longbottom Arthur A. Marshall James F. McCarthy Miss Marian P. Kirkland Miss Helen E. Muzzey Miss Katherine Buck Miss Dorothy B. Wentworth Miss Claire Ball Miss Emma 0. Nichols (East Lexington Branch) Horace M. Howard Rev. R. Mitchell Rushton Helen C. Whittemore Charles E. Moloy Charles A. Cummings Mrs. John E. Gilcreast Mrs, William G. Potter Mr. Thomas S. Grindle Fence Viewers Fire Engineers TOWN OF LEXINGTON J Frank •P. Cutter Bartlett J. Barrington Edward W. Taylor Norman C. Hooper Edward F. Buttrick Forest Warden Edward W. Taylor Gammell Legacy Income, Trustees acting with Dept. Public Welfare Mrs. Robert P. Trask Mrs. Richard Whittemore Health Officer Dr. C. Reginald Hardeastle Health Inspector Russell I. Prentiss Lockup Keeper James J. Sullivan Measurer of Grain Albert Bieren Measurer of Wood, Bark and Manure Milk Inspector Moth Dept. Superintendent Odorless Cart, Charge of Police Officers Park Superintendent Plumbing Inspector Posture Clinic Committee John E. Kelley Harold I. Wellington Russell I. Prentiss Osborne J. Gorman Peter Canessa James J. Sullivan (Chief) Patrick J. Maguire (Deputy Chief) John C. Russell (Sergeant) Edward C. Maguire Thomas C. Buckley William C. O'Leary Henry Harvey James Lima Forrest Knapp Edward J. Lennon John W. Rycroft John M. Barry George E. Smith Francis T. Neal, Jr. John J. Garrity Andrew T. Bain Mrs. Charles Whipple Miss Ruth E. Morrison Mrs. Edith C. Kelley 6 ANNUAL REPORTS Public Welfare Agent Public Works, Superintendent Registrars of Voters Sealer of Weights and Measures Slaughter Inspector Stone Building, Janitor Superintendent of Streets Superintendent of Sts., Assistant Superintendent of Water and Sewer Department Town Accountant Town Counsel Town Engineer Town Hall Janitor Town Hall Janitor, Assistant Town Physician Tree Warden Weighers (Public) Wire Inspector • Deceasied. Lawrence G. Mitchell William S. Seamman Leon H. Truesdell, '35 George M. Davis, '33 George H. Lowe, '34 (Chairman) James J. Carroll (Clerk) Charles E. Hadley *George A. Warner *Reuben W. Mead Matthew Stevenson John E. Garmon Robert H. White William C. Paxton, Jr. Albert A. Rosa Charles F. Pierce Sydney R. Wrightington John T. Cosgrove Charles E. Moloy Philip E. Leaf 13r. C. Reginald Hardeastle Osborne J. Gorman William E. Mulliken John E. A. Mulliken Jacob Bierenbroodspot Harold L Wellington William Bieren Albert Bieren Peter Stevens Rupert H. Stevens John E. Kelley Edward F. Smith Miss Lilliam McClure Louis W. Bills TowN OF LEXINGTON COMMITTEES APPOINTED AT VARIOUS TOWN MEETINGS Appropriation Committee Term Expires 1933 Harold B. Needham George W. Butters Francis E. Burke Term Expires 1994 A. Edward Rowse, Jr. (Chairman) Warren G. Lawson Roy A. Ferguson Term Expires 1935 Philip M. Clark Clarence S. Walker Frederic L. Fischer Permanent Memorial for Veterans Appointed December 8, 1921 Minnie S. Seaver William B. Foster Willard D. Brown James H. Russell Charles E. Wheeler Committee on Lectures under Will of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzanna E. Cary Appointed October 31, 1932 Robert H. Holt Rev. R. Mitchell Rushton Mrs. Henry D. Love Committee School Building for Southern Section Appointed June 9, 1930 James Stuart Smith Howard E. Custance Mrs. C. Edward Glynn Clyde E. Steeves Howard S. 0. Nichols William H. Ballard Mrs. S. Lewis Barbour Committee on Arboretum Appointed October 15, 1930 Dr. Fred S. Piper Edward B. Ballard Mrs. Richard B. Engstrom Mrs. William D. Milne Mrs. Hollis Webster Halite C. Blake Stephen F. Hamblin Sheldon A. Robinson Miss Mabel P. Cook Revision of By -Laws Appointed May 4, 1931 Robert H. Holt Francis E. Burke John A. Lyons Joseph R. Cotton 8 ANNUAL REPORTS Building By -Law Committee Appointed December 16, 1929 Nathan B. Bidwell Periey C. Tibbetts Charles E. Ferguson Fred W. Longbottom Edmund A. Webb Plumbing By -Law Committee Appointed October 31, 1932 Charles E. Ferguson Edward W. Sibley Vernon C. Page Lester L. Andrews M. Bowman Judkins TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN WARRANT 9 COMMONWEALTH OP MAS SACIIt'SETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexing- ton, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in. their respective voting places in said town, Cary Memorial Building, in said Lexington, on FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH, 1932 at 8:00 o'clock P. M., then and there to act on thikollowing articles: Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Of- ficers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees. Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay its portion of the cost of acquiring land and of the con- struction and equipment and other expenses on account of a hospital situated in Waltham, and partly in Lexington, known as the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, required by Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as amended, and also being further authorized by Chapter 369 of the Acts of 1928, as amended by Chapter 175 of the Acts of 1930 and Chapter 73 of the Acts of 1931 and to provide said funds by issue of bonds or notes and by direct appropriation. And you are directed to serve this Warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in. the By - Laws of the Town. Hereof, fail not, and make due return on this Warrant, with your doings thereon., to the Town Clerk, en or before the time of said meeting. 1.0 ANNUAL REPORTS Given under our hands, at Lexington, this twenty-third day of February, A. D., 1932. ROBERT P. TRAsK, CLARENCE SHANNON, HALLIn C. BLAKE, THEODORE. A. CUSTANCE, Selectmen of Lexington. February 26, 1932. To the Town Clerk : I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and six other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: PATRICK J. MAGUIRE, Constable of Lexington. TOWN of ILEX/NG-TON SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 4,1932 1] The meeting was called to order by Town Clerk, James J. Carroll, at 8:08 P. M. Moderator Robert H. Holt, being ab- sent. Senator Jos. R. Cotton was unanimously elected, to pre- side at this meeting as Moderator Pro -tem. Town Clerk James J. Carroll, started the reading of the warrant for the meeting, when upon motion of Selectman Mr. Trask, further reading of the warrant was waived, and the Town Clerk continued by reading the Constable's return of the warrant. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved that article two be taken up. Mr. Hollis Webster asked the question, if a quorum be present. The Moderator Pro -tem appointed the following tellers, Custance, Dr. Walsh and Spencer to count the number of Town Meeting members present, with the following results: Custance 24 Dr. Walsh 34 Spencer 18 76 A quorum not being present, the Moderator advised sus- pension of the meeting, ten minutes, in order to call in more Town Meeting Members. While waiting for a quorum Mr. Mitchell, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee read and explained his report, also explaining how the next tax rate, of .$30.0O was arrived at. At nine o'clock a recount of the Town Meeting Members was again taken by the same tellers, with the following re- sults: 12 ANNUAL REPORTS Custance 27 Dr. Walsh 44 Spencer 27 Moderator 1 Town Clerk 1 9:04 P. M. 106 The Moderator read article two. Selectman Mr. Trask offered the following motion : Voted: That the sum of $38,350.06 be appropriated by the Town to pay it's portion of the cosi of acquiring land and of the construction and equipment and other expenses on account of a hospital situated in Waltham, and partly in Lexington, known as the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, re- quired by Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as amended, and also being further authorized by Chapter 369 of the Acts of 1928, as amended by Chapter 175 of the Acts of 1930 and Chap- ter 73 of the Acts of 1931, and for this purpose the sum of $38,250.06 be appropriated, of which $12,350.06 shall be as- sessed in the levy of the current year, and the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is author- ized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town in the amount of $26,000.00 issued and payable as provided by Iaw. Selectman, Mr. Trask, explained the vote, stating that the cost of this hospital had been divided among the Cities and Towns in Middlesex County, except Lowell and Cambridge, who take care of their own patients, also stating notes would be raised to cover half the cost to the Town, to be dated April 1, 1932. Account of this item to be paid to the County Commis- sioners, on or before March 25, 1932, this Special Meeting was made necessary, in order to avoid a twelve per cent penalty. Mr. Jas. G. Robertson, asked how the County Commis- sioners arrived at the figures. Selectman, Mr. Trask; explained, according to the valua- tions of the other Cities and Towns in the County. The vote was presented as read, with the following re- sult : e-sult: TOWN OF LEXINGTON Yes, 99; No, 0; Declared unanimous, 9:06 P. M. Selectman, Mr. Trask, moved the meeting be adjourned. Unanimous at 9:08 P. M. A true record, Attest. 13 JAAIES J. CARROLL) Town Clerk. 14 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHIJSETTd MIDnI.ESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth. of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexing- ton, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in their respective voting places in said town, (Precinct One, Emerson Hall; Precinct Two, Three and Four, Cary Memorial Hall), on MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, A.D. 1932, at six o'clock A. M., then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 1. To choose by ballot the following town officers: One Town Clerk for the term of one year, Two Selectmen for the term of three years, One Town Treasurer for the term of one year, One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year, One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years, One Member of the School Committee for the term of three years. Two Constables for the term of one year, One Moderator for the term of one year, One Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of six years, Two Members of the Planning Board for the term of three years, Seventeen Town Meeting Members in each Precinct for three years, TOWN OF LEXINGTON 15 One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Two for one year (to fill vacancy), One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Four for one year (to fill vacancy). The polls will be open at 6:00 A. M. and will remain open until 8:00 P. M. You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the twenty-first day of March. 1932 at 8 :00 P..M., at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined ex- clusively by the town meeting members, in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929 and subject to the referendum provided for by section eight of said chapter. Art. 2. To receive the report of any Board of Town Offic- ers or of any Committee of the Town, and to appoint other Committees. Art. 3. To choose such Town officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. Art. 4. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purposes, in anticipation of revenue for the current year, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said revenue, or act in any manner relative thereto. Art. 5. To see if the Town will make the usual appropria- tions for Town Expenses for the ens►,ing year, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, in ac- cordance with Chapter 132, General Laws, or aet in any man- ner relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and as- sess an amount of money to be used as a Reserve Fund as pro- vided by Chapter 40, section 6, General Laws, or take any ac- tion relating thereto. Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Chapter 32. General Laws, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the use of the Water Department and payment of water debt, and to provide same by issuance of bonds, notes or by di - 16 ANNUAL REPORTS rest appropriation or by transfer from other accounts, or by any or all of such methods, or take any other action relating thereto. Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1932. Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the support of a Posture Clinic, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health or by a committee appoint- ed by said Board, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for Old Age Assistance in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 118A inserted by Acts of 1930, Chapter 402 or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the painting and repair of the Public Works Department building located on Bedford Street. Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $1,830.69 to the Cary Library Account, the same being the sum received frons the Middlesex County for dog fees. Art. 15. To see if the Town will accept an offer from Caro- line A. Harrington and authorize the Selectmen to execute an agreement with her for the settlement of her petition against the Town for the assessment of damages for the taking of the easement of a building line across her property at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Grant Street and for the con- veyance to the Town of the land between. the said building line and the street together with certain rights in Vine Brook and authorize payment for the same by the issue of bands of notes or by direct appropriation. Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington. Art. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors in determining the rate of Taxation to be levied on taxable property for the year to include in the estimated re- ceipts lawfully applicable to the payment of expenditures, such free cash in the treasury, not exceeding $10,000, as may be approved in writing by the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation. Art. 18. To see if the Town will take any action to express to the proper officials of the Federal Government its opinion TOWN OF LEXINGTON 17 with respect to the control of the Lexington Battle Green by the War Department of the United States. Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to install a water main in ?North Street from Lowell Street, a distance of ap- proximately320(1 feet, subject to the usual guarantee, and ap- propriate inoney for saki installation by the issuance of bonds or notes or by transfer from other accounts. Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to transfer sums from the following accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account: New Headquarters, Fire Station—Architects' Plans and Contractors' Bids Carvil]e Avenue (Installation of Drain) .96 Clark Street (installation of Drain) 1.62 Construction of fence (Between Adams School lot and property of Ellen A. Stone, Trustee) 365.88 18 ANNUAL REPORTS Art. 71, To see if the Town will amend Article VIII of the Code of By -Laws of 1922 by adding at the end thereof the following: "Section 2. The Selectmen, when duly author- ized by the Town, may adopt orders for the exten- sion of water mains under General Laws, Chapter 80, with respect to the assessment of betterments, with- out requiring the agreement described in Section 1." And you are directed to serve this Warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By - Laws of the Town. $2,000.00 Hereof, fail not, and make due return on this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this sixteenth day of February, A. D., 1932. ROBERT P. TRASK, CI,ARENCE SHANNON, HALLID C. BLAKE, THEODORE A. CU STANCE, JOHN E. GILCREAST, Setcctmen of Lexington. Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept the gifts offered in the following extracts of the Will of Miss Amy E. Taylor, late of Lexington:— Clause 30. Whereas, my father, George W. Taylor, late of Lexington, deceased some years ago presented to the Town of Lexington, a flag pole, which now stands on Lexington Common, if such provision has not already been made, I them give, devise and bequeath to the Inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, in trust nevertheless, the sum of Two Thousand Dollars, this fund to be known as the "GEORGE W. TAYLOR FLAG FUND" the income to he used for the care, preserva- tion and replaceluent of said fiag pole, or for the purchase of new flags; any balance of income from said fund to be used for the care of Lexington Common. Cause 31. If I shall not have made such provision in my lifetime, I give, devise and bequeath to the Inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, the sum of Two Thousand Dollars, said fund to be known as the GEORGE W. TAYLOR TREE FUND", in trust, nevertheless, the income of which is to be expended for the care, purchase or preservation of trees for the adornment of said Town. Clause 41. I hereby bequeath to the Town of Lexington the sum of Five Hundred Dollars to be used for the perpetual care of the GEORGE W. TAYLOR LOT in the Munroe Cem- etery in said Town of Lexington. It is my wish and desire to have some special care and decoration on said lot on Memorial Day and on June 25th of each year. February 26, 1932. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and six other public places in the Town, and by mailing a, printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: PA7`RIcx .1. MAGulnn, Constable of Lexington. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 19 20 ANNUAL REPORTS ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION William F. Downe Teller Edward B. McLeod Teller Elizabeth Nourse Teller Edward McCrory Teller PRECINCT THREE Ralph H. Marshall Warden MARCH 7, .1932 Ralph K. Dunham, Jr. Deputy Warden Bessie G. Davis Inspector James M. Ahern Inspector In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters Emma Hovey Deputy Inspector of the Town of Lexington met in tlwir respective voting places David McPeake Deputy Inspector in said Town on Monday, March the seventh in the year of our Frederick Tullar Clerk Lord nineteen Hundred thirty-two at six o'clock in the fore- Charles E. Moloy, Jr. Deputy Clerk Hoon. 'John Kavanaugh Teller The following places were designated as the voting places Roy A. Ferguson Teller for the ra lions precincts; Precinct One, Emerson Hall; Fre Charles Gorman Teller cinet Two, Three and Four, Cary Memorial Hall. Samuel Wellington Teller tDaniel A. Buckley Teller The following election officers having been duly appoint- ed by the Selectmen, and Wardens of the various precincts were assigned for duty as follows: PRECINCT ONE Charles J. Dailey Warden Roland Garmon .. Deputy Warden Ann H. McDonnell Inspector Katherine A. Russell Inspector Ruth T. !-Ian-ington Deputy Inspector Clifton B. Daniels Deputy Inspector Mrs. Mary A. Rowland Clerk Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkinson Deputy Clerk Elizabeth Day Teller William M. Welsh Teller Marion A. Cook Teller Joseph J. Pritchard Teller Called out, but held until closing time, not allowed to leave. t Taken on at 5:30 P. M. PRECINCT FOUR Morton G. Hopkins Warden James J. Waldron Deputy Warden William E. Mulliken Inspector Prank H. Maguire Inspector E. Irene Robinson Deputy Inspector Katherine E. Kiernan Deputy Inspector Howard E. Cuetance Clerk Lester E. Andrews Teller Margaret T. Kennedy Teller Melville Webb Teller Fremont Hannam Teller The polls were declared open in each precinct at six PRECINCT TWO o'clock A. M. and remained open until eight o'clock P. M, af- Irving B. Pierce Warden ter which time after due notice, they were closed. David F. Murphy Deputy Warden James G. Sullivan Inspector The election officers were sworn to the faithful perform - John H. Dacey Inspector ante of their duties. Madeline J. Corbett Deputy Inspector Loring C. Child Deputy Inspector The ballots were counted by the election officers in each Ezra F. Breed Clerk precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Victor A. Harmon Deputy Clerk Town Clerk being used. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 21 22 ANNUAI, REPORTS The total registration of voters in each precinct was as fol- CEMETERY COMMISSIONER lows: Edward Wood 613 703 724 652 2692 Precinct One 1182 (One thousand one hundred eighty-two) Blanks 345 232 251 294 1122 Precinct Two 1123 (One thousand one hundred twenty-three) Edward Wood elected as Cemetery Commission for three years. Precinct Three 1143 (One thousand one hundred forty-three) Precinct Four 1187 (One thousand one hundred eighty-seven) SCHOOL COMMITTEE The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, seal- *Randall B. Houghton 382 565 623 464 2034 ed signed by the election officers, together with the unused 7taymond L, White 264 189 139 263 855 ballots and delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. Blanks 312 181 213 219 925 The Registrars of Voters canvassed the result as follows : Precinct One Ballots Cast 958 (Nine hundred fifty-eight) Precinct Two, Ballots Cast 935 (Nine hundred thirty-five) CONSTABLES Precinct Three Ballots Cast 975 (Nine hundred seventy-five) *Patrick 3. Maguire 580 699 729 677 2695 Precinct Four Ballots Cast 946 (Nine hundred forty-six) *John C. Russell 666 671 663 611 2611 Blanks 660 500 557 604 2321 TOWN CLERK Joseph Brown 1 1 P 1 Proc. 2 Frac. 3 Free. 4 Total 71)8728 J. Carroll 708 768 7B7 728 2991 • Patrick J. Maguire and John C. Russell elected Constables for one year. * Randall R. Houghton elected for School Committee for three years. Blanks 250 167 188 218 823 James J. Carroll was elected as Town Clerk for one year. SELECTMEN Prec, 1 Proc. 2 Pree. 3 Prot. 4 Total Robert H. Holt elected Moderator far one year. Frank P. Cutter 117 117 216 251 701 *Charles E. Ferguson 358 509 406 390 1663 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS John A. Lyons 299 445 407 324 1475 Waldo F. Glidden 571 682 686 600 2539 *Daniel 3. O'Connell ...... 463 292 371 389 1515 Blanks 387 ' 253 289 346 1275 Louis J. Reynolds 174 86 77 90 427 Waldo F. Glidden elected Trustee of Public Trusts for six years. Clarence Shannon 168 200 209 206 783 Blanks 337 221 263 242 1063 PLANNING BOARD Harold Bullock 1 1 MODERATOR Robert H. Holt 817 731 721 645 2714 Blanks 341 204 254 301 1100 • Charles E. Ferguson and Daniel J. O'Connell elected for three years. TOWN TREASURER James J. Carroll 748 793 813 754 3108 Blanks 210 142 162 192 706 James J. Carroll elected as Town Treasurer for one year. COLLECTOR OF TAXES Byron C. Earle 663 746 769 700 2878 Blanks 295 189 206 246 936 Byron C. Earle elected as Collector of Taxes for one year. *Frederick L. Emery 536 657 648 684 2425 *Edgar F. Scheibe 487 623 610 553 2273 Blanks 893 590 692 755 2930 *Frederick L. Emery and Edgar F. Scheibe elected to Planning Board for three years, TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Precinct One for Three Years William M. Aquaro *Thaddeus i&. Baker Frank Bartolone Edward I. Berman *Rudolph F. Carlson 274 351 118 282 292 Town of LEXINGTON 'John D, Collins *Frank A. Cook, Jr. Harry L. Coolidge *Ernest Cutter Joseph L. Dahlstrom Stephen J. Dolan 'J. Henry Duffy *Fred A. Fletcher Arthur A, G, Folger *George E. Foster *George C. Hatch, Jr. Edward D. Hoitt "James Irwin, Jr. *Walter Longbottom James E. McCarthy John F. McKenna Samuel Moretti Eugene L. Morgen ' (}eorge W. Nary Anthony J. Racittl *Albert G. Ross ' Robert L. Ryder 'Charles H. Schofield 'Benjamin S. Stoney Richard B. Talcott Francis D. Tracey Gerald C. Turner *Edward L, Tyler Vito Vidette Joseph Vitale Harry W. Yates, Jr. Blanks • Town Meeting Members elected tor three years. PRECINCT TWO *Susan L. Ball *DeWitt C. Brewster *George W. Butters 'Harold C. Denham * Robert W. Fernald "Arthur L. Graves William Greer "Stephen T, Hamblin *Arthur W. Hatch ' Arthur F. Hutchinson *Edward W. Hutchinson 336 289 278 414 259 204 341 428 281 380 369 237 306 404 286 216 151 132 367 181. 330 326 379 381 258 204 206 394 139 118 1 6374 490 527 577 476 615 544 377 518 507 476 450 23 24 ANNUAL REPORTS Richard P. Jackson 372 'Edward W. Kimball 510 *Marian A. Kimball 432 'Lawrence G. Mitchell 490 Robert H. Moore 413 "George V. Morse 522 *Dana T. Norris 512 *Edward W. Sibley 442 Gladys T. Watson 246 *Marian .0. Wrightington 487 Blanks 5902 • Town Meeting Members elected for three years. PRECINCT TWO (One Year Term) (To fill a vacancy) 'Alfred L. Short 652 Katherine Kimball 1 Blanks 282 " Alfred 1. Short elected a Town Meeting Member for one year. PRECINCT THREE "Hallie C. Blake 566 Clyde A. Hooker ... 175 Harold G. Bowen 166 *Hubert D. Broderie 346 *Eugene T. Buckley 380 John Buckley 179 Walker L. Chamberlain 300 *Philip M. Clark 403 ' George M. Emery 410 * Leland H. Emery 366 Albert W, Emmons 177 'George R. Fuller 353 Robert J. Gaffney 258 John F. Kavanaugh 141 "Eugene G. Kraetzer, Jr. 360 William J. Leary 228 Gustaf Lidberg 144 Frank B. McAllister 192 Richard S. McCabe 285 Patrick H. McDonnell 195 Paul F, McDonnell 145 Robert D. McDonnell 118 Neil McIntosh 294 Henry P. Meade 188 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 25 *Lorna M. Milne 328 *William D. Milne 311 Alfred C. Mortimer, Jr. 122 Clayton M. Morse 246 *Howard M. Munroe 307 James R. O'Connor 201 John F. O'Connor 187 Joseph A. Parks 258 Andrew J. Pewtherer 174 Gordon W. Robinson 292 William B. Rosenberger 258 *Richard E. Rowse 369 George Rudd 264 Thomas F. Ryan, Jr. 170 `George E. Smith 384 *Frederick J. Spencer 332 *Rupert H. Stevens 332 Matthew Stevenson 261 *Margaret G. Taft 368 Harvey P. Winlock 357 Blanks 11,824 ' Town Meeting Members elected for three years. PRECINCT FOUR *M. Lawrence Allen 306 'Earl S. Archibald 276 'Chester L. Blakely 433 Thomas F. Bowles 145 Robert. L. Bradley 197 Charles E. Breslin 249 GabrieIe Brucchi 77 Napoleon J. Corrow 251 James O. Credle 90 Francis B. Culbertson 228 *George W. Day 264 Frank A. Faulkner 143 Helen K. Fitzgerald 233 Archibald R. Giroux 148 William A. Granfield 215 Warren E. Hartwell 226 *Norton T. Hood 260 *Frederic K. Johnson 358 Joseph H. Johnson 197 Joseph A. Kelley 187 Turner C. Kelly 197 •Catheringe A. Kimball 287 ANNUAL REPORTS * John Lamont 310 260 Eugene E. Loupret • 177 Charles McDevitt 174 *W. Benjamin C. Meady 259 *Stanley P. Newhall 265 Hugo L. Nylander 132 Bernard O'Donnell 185 Harry W. Patterson 238 Arthur D. Ritchie 156 John Rose, Jr. 234 Walter J. Rose 210 *Charles H. Rudd 309 'George W. Sarano 267 'Edgar F. Scheibe 271 ' Harold W. Smith 269 A, Randall Soderberg 172 'Joseph Swan 324 Axel W. Swenson 211 E. Elvidge Taylor 258 Stanley C. Thwing 122 * Helen C. Whittemore 263 May Ritchie 1 W. H. Hoyt 1 Blanks 6040 ' Jasper A, Lane ' Town Meeting Members elected for three years. Precinct Four, Town Meeting Member for one year (To fill a vacancy) *Winthrop H. Bowker Blanks 578 368 Winthrop H. Bowker elected Town Meeting Member for one year. A. true record, Attest: J.AmES J. CAIIROLL, Town Clerk. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 27 RECOUNT OF VOTES FOR SELECTMEN OF ELECTION OF MARCH 7, 1932 Recount held Saturday, March 12, 1932 On petitions of the required number of registered voters, from Precincts One, Two, Three and Four, for a recount of the votes cast for Selectmen, at the Annual Town Election, March 7, 1932, the Registrars of Voters of the Town of Lexington find on March 12, 1932, that correct vote cast for Selectmen was as follows: Prec.1 Prec.2 Pre°. 3 Prec. 4 Total Frank P. Cutter 117 117 214 250 698 Charles E. Ferguson 359 510 408 388 1665 John A. Lyons 300 445 406 327 1478 Daniel J. O'Connell 468 296 371 388 1523 Louis J. Reynolds 174 85 78 90 427 Clarence Shannon 168 200 209 203 780 Blanks 330 217 263 246 1056 Harold Bullock 1 ...... 1 1916 1870 1950 1892 7628 The recount showed Frank P. Cutter lost three, Charles E. Ferguson gained two, John A. Lyons gained three, Daniel J. O'Connell gained eight, Louis J. Reynolds remained the sante, Clarence Shannon lost three. LEON H. TRTJE.SDELI , Chairman, GEowwE M. DAVIS, GEORGE R. Lows, JAMES J. CARROLL, Clerk, Registrars of Voters. A true record, Attest: JAMES J. CARROLL, • Town Clerk. PRECINCT FOUR Election of a Town Meeting Member to fill vacancy ac- count William R. S. Eaton, removing from the Town. 28 ANNUAL REPORTS Meeting was held Monday evening, March 21, 1932, in Estabrook Hall. Meeting called to order by Town Clerk, James J. Carroll, at 7:48 P. M., with twenty-eight members present. James J. Carroll explained the purpose of the meeting, stating nominations were in order for Chairman and Clerk, for the meeting. Francis E. Burke was unanimously elected as Chairman and Clerk for the meeting. Nominations were asked for a Town Meeting Member, to fill a vacancy, term of one year. The naiue of E. Elvidge Taylor of 142 Bedford St., was proposed. There were no further nominations, therefore E. Elvidge Taylor was unanimously elected as a Town Meeting Member, for one year. On motion of Walter 8. Beatty, the meeting adjourned. Unanimous at 8:00 P. M. A true record, Attest: JAMBS J. CARROLL, T'otan. Clerk. Town or LExiNcroN 29 To The Town Clerk: As per the meeting of March 21, 1932,.for a Town Meeting Member to fill a vacancy, for the term of one year, 1 hereby accept said election. March 23, 1932. Signed, E. ELVIDCE TAYLOR, ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING March 21, 1932 The meeting was called to order at 8;02 P. M. by Town Clerk James J. Carroll. because of the absence of the Moder- ator, Robert H. Holt. There were 188 Town Meeting Members present. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved that Hon. Joseph R. Cotton, be nominated to act as Moderator Pro -tens, for the meeting, be- ing no other nominations, it was a unanimous vote. 8:03 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask moved to take up article two. tinder article 2, Mr. Mitchell, chairman of the Appropria- tion Committee, moved that the report of the Appropriation Committee, be accepted and placed on file, unanimous 8:04 P. M. Mr. Mitchell spoke further on the reduction of salaries of the employees of the Town, stating he was opposed to same, although some members of the Appropriation Committee were in favor of a reduction, therefore, he offered the following motion: VOTED: That it is the sense of this meeting that the salaries of all town employees, except day laborers, should be reduced by ten per cent beginning July 1, 1932, and that the proper town officials so far as permitted by law, should take the necessary steps to carry this vote into effect. 30 ANNUM. REPORTS Selectman Mr. Trask, speaking for the Selectmen, stated they were opposed to any reduction in Salaries. Mr. James Stuart Smith, of the School Committee, gave a lengthy talk, against any reductions in salaries, of the Teachers. Mr. Francis E. Burke, spoke against any reductions, sante not being necessary, and at the same time, it would not be just to Town employees. Mr. Walter Beatty moved indefinite postponement. The motion as read, being declared lost, unanimously 8:29 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask moved to take up article 5. Art. 5. Voted: That the following amounts be appropri- ated and assessed for the current year : For the expenses of the Appropriation Committee $150.00 —unanimous 8:30. For salaries and expenses of the Selectmen's Department (of which ,$250.00 is for the expenses of the Selectmen for 1932) $5,100.00—unanimous 8:31. For the salary and expenses of the Town Accountant (o!' which $3,000.00 is for salary) $3,175.00—unanimous 8 :32. For the salary and expenses of the Town Treasurer (of which $700.00 is for salary) $1,140.00 — unanimous 8 :33. For the salary and expenses of the Collector of Taxes (of which $2.100.00 is for salary) $5,240.00—unanimous 8 :34. For the salary and expenses of the Board of Assessors (of which $1,000.00 is for salary of Assessors) £6,000.00 —unanimous 8:35. Mr. Folger expressed the desire for more detailed explana- tion of the various items. Selectman Mr. Trask, answered same would be given, on any item as the meeting went along. For legal services (of which $1,000.00 is for the salary of the Town Counsel) $2,550.00—unanimous 8:36. TOWN off' LEXINGTON • 31 For the salary and expenses of the Town Clerk (of which 11,700.00 is for salary) 11,830.00 --unanimous 8:37. For the salary and expenses of the Supt. of Public Works (of which 13,600.00 is for salary) $4,750.00 ---unanim- ous 8 :38. For elections and registrations $3,500.00 - unanimous 8 :39. For salaries and expenses of the Engineering Department $10,975.00 -unanimous 8:40. For the expenses of the Town Office Building and Cary Memorial Hall $8,000.00 -unanimous 8:41. For the expenses of the Planning Board 1250.00 -unanim- ous 8:42. Mr. Francis Chamberlain thought it better to discuss the items a little as the meeting went along. For the expenses of the Board of Appeals $150.00 -unan- imous 8:43. For the salaries and expenses of the Police Department 434,300.00. Also voted that the Selectmen be author- ized to sell the police department automobile and motorcycle -unanimous 8:44. Question by Mr. Cutter, regarding the office of the Super- intendent of Public Works, if necessary, duties, etc. Answered by Town Counsel S. E. Wrightington, under the Chapter, as accepted, same was provided for, with Selectmen, having the right to make aueh an appointment. For the salaries and expenses of the Fire Department $39,000.00 -unanimous 8:45. For hydrant rentals $7,140.00 -unanimous 8:46. For the salary and expenses of the Building Inspector (of which $1,100.00 is for salary) 11,250.00 -unanimous 8 :47. For the salary and expenses of the Wire Inspeetor (of which $7500.00 is for salary) 1825.00 -unanimous 8:48. For the salary and expenses of the Sealer of Weights and Measures (of which $400.00 is for salary) 1520.00 - unanimous 8:49. For the protection of public shade trees and for the plant- ing of shade trees 11,000.00 --unanimous 8:50. For the expense of forest fires 1500.00 -unanimous 8:51. 32 ANNUAL REPORTS For the salary of the Dog Officer 150.00 unanimous 8:52 For the maintenance of public health and sanitation $8,000.00 -unanimous 8:53. For the expenses of the Dental Clinic 11,700.00 -unanim- ous 8:54. For vital statistics $50.00 -unanimous 8:55. For the salary of the Inspector of Cattle $500.00-unanim- ons 8:56. For the salary of the Inspector of Slaughtering 1600.00 - unanimous 8:57. For the salary and expenses of the Plumbing Inspector (of which $1,100.00 is for salary) 11,150.00 -unanimous 8 :58. For the salary and expenses of the Milk Inspector (of which $.300.00 is for salary) $500.00 -unanimous 8 :59. For the expense of the Sewer Maintenance Department $7,000.00 -unanimous 9:00. For the expense of lowering brooks $500.00 - unanimous 9 :01. For the expense of collecting garbage $4,450.00 -unanim- ous 9:02. For the maintenance of the Posture Clinic $500.00 - un- animous 9:03. For the maintenance and care of highways, also voted that the Selectmen be authorized to sell the four horses owned by the Town, 148,000.00. Question by Dr. J. J. Walsh, regarding pay received by the workers in the departments under welfare and unemployed. Answered with full explanation by Selectman Mr. Trask. Dr. J. J. Walsh, offers amendment, that those working un- der welfare and special assignments of unemployed be paid at the rate of four dollars per day, instead of three dollars per day, thereby making the appropriation 149,000.00 instead of 148,000.00 llr. Walsh's amendment was lost unanimously 9 :06 P. M. The original motion as presented for 148,000.00 was then carried unanimously 9:07 P. M. Towx of LEXINGTON 33 For the sale of the Town's four horses—unanimous 9:08 P. 31. For the support of public schools and the payment of tui- tion at vocational schools (full explanation by Jas. S. Smith) $232,179.00—unanimous 9:09 P. M. For the expenses of Traffic Regulations and Control $1,- 400.00—unanimous 1;400.00—unanimous 9 :10 P. M. For the construction and repair of street signs $150.00— unanimous 9:11. For the construction of sidewalks of granolithic where the abutters will pay one-half the expense $1,000.00 — un - unanimous 9:12 P. M. For the expense of the removal of snow and ice $5,000.00— unanimous 9:14 P. M. For the expense of street lights, $22,000.00 — unanimous 9 :16 P. M. For equipment and repairs of the Public Works Depart- ment Building *800.00—unanimous 9:18 P. M. For the expenses and operation of the Public Works Building $5,000.00—unanimous 9 :21 P. M. For highway- construction (Wood St.) (Mass. Ave. to Bed- ford Line) work to be done under Chap. 90, General Laws, $7,000.00 --unanimous 9:23 P. M. For highway construction (Allen St.) $5,000.00. Question by Mr. Spellman, if same included building of sidewalks along Waltham St. Answered by Selectman Mr. Trask, it did not. As presented carried unanimously 9:28 P. M. For highway- construction (Independence Ave.) (From Lo- cust Ave. to Smith Ave.) $500.00 - unanimous 9 :30 P. 31. For highway construction (Smith Ave.) (From Independ- ence Ave. to Fo]len Road) $1,200.00—unanimous 9:31 P.M. For highway construction (Crescent Hill Ave.) (From Haskell St. to Arlington Town Line) $1,500.40 --- un- animous 9 :32 P. M. 34 ANNUAL REPORTS For highway construction (Tucker Ave.) (From Baker Ave. northwesterly approximately 315 feet) $800.00 — unanimous 9:33 P. M. For the expense of the Public Welfare Department $1.5,000.00 — unanimous 9 :34 P. M. For Old Age Assistance $10,000.00—unanimous 9:35 P. M. For Soldiers' Relief $500.00 --unanimous 9 :36 P. M. For State Aid $200.00—unanimous 9:37 P. M. For Soldiers' Burials $100.00—unanimous 9:38 P. M. For Military Aid $100.00—unanimous 9:39 P. 31. For the support of the Libraries $11,000.00 —unanimous 9 :40 P. M. For the maintenance of Public Parks and Playgrounds $13,000.00—unanimous 9 :41 P. M. Art. 16. Selectman Mr. Trask moved to have article 16 taken up at this time, as the Town had been. asked to provide some means of celebration because of t]ie Washington Anniver- sary, so it was decided to combine it with the April 19th celebration. For the expenses of the April 19th Celebration and the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington 1400.00—unanimous 9:42 P. M. For the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of Post 119 of the Grand Army of the Republic $250.00—unanimous 9:43 P. M. Insurance, $8,000.00—unanimous 9 :44 P. M. For the expense of printing and publishing the Town Re- port $846.25—unanimous 9:45 P. M. For unclassified expenses $200.00—unanimous 9:46 P. M. For Water Maintenance account $?0,000.00 — unanimous 9:47 P. 31. (and that the amount of receipts in access of this appropriation be reserved to be appropriated for Water Dept. purposes.) For the maintenance and development of Munroe Cemetery $1,800.00—unanimous 9:48 P. M. For the maintenance and development of Westview Ceme- tery $1,000.00 --unanimous 9:49 P. 31. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 35 For the administration of Trust Funds $70.00—unanimous 9 :50 P. M. For the removal of ashes and care of dumps $2,200.00 — nnanimous 9:51 P. M. For Town Physician, $200.00. Selectman Mr. Trask explained this was a new account. It has cost the Welfare Department considerable in the past for this work, while for a retaining fee of this amount, he was confident a competent physician could be obtained. Unanimous 9 :52 P. M. For the payment of interest on the Public Debt (to be assessed) $19,1.50.00, and the sum of $11,023.75 to be transferred from Water Maintenance account ($50,- 173.75)—unanimous 9:53 P. M. For the payment of bonded indebtedness maturing in 1932 the sum of $115,195.06—unanimous 9:54 P. M. (Bal- ance in Maturing Debt $804.94.) Art. 4. Selectman Mr. Trask moved to take up article 4, offering the following motion : Voted : That the Town Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is au- thorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year, and to issue therefor, a note or notes to be paid from the revenue of the present fin- ancial year. Unanimous 9:55 P. M. Art. 6. Selectman Mr. Trask moved to take up article 6, offering the following motion: Voted: That there be appropri- ated and assessed for the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths in accordance with Chapter 132 of the General Laws, $3,50000. Unanimous 9:56 P. M. Art. 7. Presented by Selectman Mr. Trask, Voted : That. there be appropriated and assessed as a reserve fund for the current year under Chapter 40, Section 6 of the General Laws, $1.,500-00. Unanimous 9:57 P. M. Art. 8. Presented by Selectman Mr. Trask. Voted : That there be appropriated and assessed for pensions for retired members of the Police and Fire departments, under Chapter 32 of the General Laws: Police Pensions. $142.51; Fire Pensions, $1,110.85. Both unanimous 9:58 P. M. • Art. 9. Presented by Selectman Mr. Trask, for indefinite postponement. Unanimous 9:59 P. M. 36 ANNOAL REPORTS Art. 10. Presented by Selectman Mr. Trask, Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1932. Un- animous 10:00 P. M. Articles 11, 12, and 13. Presented by Selectman Mr. Trask for the indefinite postponement. Unanimous 10.01 P. M. Art. 14. Presented by Selectman Mr. Trask, Voted : That the sum of $1,830.69 be transferred to the Cary Library account the same being the sum received from the Middlesex County for dog fees. Unanimous 10:02 P. M. Art. 15. Presented by Selectman Mr. Trask. Voted : That the Board of Selectman be authorized to execute an agreement with Caroline A. Harrington for the settlement of her petition against the Town for the Assessment of damages for the taking of the easement of a Building line across her property at the corner of Massachusetts Ave. and Grant St., and for the con- veyance to the Town of the land between said building line and the street together with certain rights in Vine Brook and for this purpose the sung of $3.500.00 be and hereby is appropriated and assessed. Selectman Mr. Trask, stated this building line was estab- lished in 1926, all owner had waived excepting Mrs. Harring- ton. who at times had stated would sue the Town for damages, elthongh same were not started but could he expected at this time, therefor felt the sum to he paid, would he considerable less. then if the case had to go throngh the courts, also, stating, the Selectmen considered the price a reasonable one. Unanimous 10:05 P. M. Art. 17. Presented by Selectman Mr. Trask: Voted : That the Board of Assessors in determining the rate of taxation to be levied on taxable property for the (current) year be author- ized to include in the estimate receipts lawfully applicable to the payment of expenditures, such free cash in the treasury not exceeding $10,000.00 es may be approved in writing by the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation. Selectman Mr. Trask stated in the past years, had been customary for the Town to transfer from what is known as the Excess and Deficiency Account certain sums of money, that might apply to some other part of the Town's Appropriations, but under a new law, it was now under the direction of the Director of Accounts, and before any such transfers could be made, it was necessary to obtain permission from the Director's Office. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 37 At this time there was about $10,000.00 in the above men- tioned account, and although there were no intentions of trans- ferring any of it at this time, thought it best to get the permission of the Town Meeting Members, in case same was needed. Mr. H. Webster amended the vote by having the word "current" inserted before the word "year". General discussion by Mr. Lamont. Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Mitchell. The motion as presented was carried unanimously 10:14 P. M. Art, 18. Presented by Selectman. Mr. Trask : Resolved: That the Town direct the Selectmen to express to the proper officials of the Federal Government its objection to any as- sumption of control of the Lexington Battle Green by any department official of the Federal Government or the placing thereon of any structure not previously approved by the Town of Lexington. Unanimous 10:16 P. M. Art. 19. Presented by Selectman Mr. Trask : Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to install water mains not less than six inches in diameter, subject to the usual guar- antee, in North Street from Lowell Street, a distance of ap- proximately 3200 feet, and in other streets deemed necessary by the Selectmen, and Further Voted : That for the purpose of installing these water mains the sum of $20,000.00 be appropriated for the Water Construction Account, and that for the purpose of rais- ing the money, the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen. bonds or notes of the Town issued and payable as provided by law. Selectman Mr. Trask stated very little water construction was planned for this year, that water was necessary through North Street, and that suitable guarantees were to be signed. Unanimous 10 :25 P. M. Art. 20. Presented by Selectman Mr. Trask : Voted : That the following sums be transferred to the Excess and Deficiency Account: Carville Avenue (Installation of Drain) $.95; Con- struction of Fence (between Adams School Iot and property of Ellen A. Stone, Trustee) $365.89. The part of the vote referring to the new Headquarters, Fire Station, Architects' Plans and Contractors' Bids ($2,000) was indefinitely postponed. 38 ANNUAL REPORTS Art. 21. Presented by Selectman Mr. Trask : Voted : That the Town accept the gifts offered in the following extracts of the will of Miss Amy E. Taylor, late of Lexington, as follows : Clause 30. Whereas my father, George W. Taylor, late of Lexington, deceased some years ago presented to the Town of Lexington, a flag pole, which now stands on Lexington Common, if such provision has not already been made. I then give, devise and be- queath to the Inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, in trust nevertheless, the sum of Two Thousand Dol- lars, this fund to be known as the "George W. Taylor Flag Fund", the income to be used for the care, pres- ervation and replacement of said flag pole, or for the purchase of new flags; any balance of income from said fund to be used for the care of Lexington Com- mon. Clause 31. .If I shall not have made such provision in my lifetime, I give, devise and bequeath to the In- habitants of the Town of Lexington, the sum of Two Thousand Dollars, said fund to be known as the "George W. Taylor Tree Fund", in trust, nevertheless, the income of which is to be expended for the care, purchase or preservation of trees for the adornment of said Town. Clause 41. 1 hereby bequeath to the Town of Lex- ington the sum of Five Hundred Dollars to be used for the perpetual care of the George W. Taylor Lot in the Munroe Cemetery, in said Town of Lexington. It is my wish and desire to have some special care and decora- tion on said lot on Memorial Day and on June 25th of each year. JTnanimons 10:31. Art. 3. Presented by Selectman Mr. Trask : Voted : To elect such Town Officers as are required by law and are usually chosen by nomination. Under this motion the naives of Edward C. Maguire and John C. Russell were nominated by Selectman Mr. Trask for Field Drivers, and as there were no other nominations, same considered closed, and Edward C. Maguire and John C. Russell were duly elected. Unanimously 10:32 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask moved that the meeting be dissolved. Unanimous 10 :33 P. M. A True Rero?-d, AtteRt: JAMES J. [ anaorx., Town Clerk. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 39 WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY COMMONWEALTI'I OF MASt;ACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: M the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are quali- fied to vote in Elections to meet in EMERSON HALL, East Lexington (Precinct I.) CARY MEMORIAL HALL, Lexington (Precincts IT, IIT, and IV), on TUESDAY, the Twenty-sixth day of April, 1932, at 4 o'clock P. M., for the following purposes: To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following officers: 4 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Re- publican Party; 4 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party; 12 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Demo- cratic Party; 12 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party; 2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Re- publican Party 3th Congressional District; 2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party -5th Congressional District; 2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Demo- cratic Party -5th Congressional District; 2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party— 5th Congressional District. 40 ANNUAL REPORTS The Polls will be open from 4:00 P. M. to 8:00 P. M. And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the Town. Hereof fail not and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands this 12th, day of April A.D., 1932. ROBERT P. TRASK, THEODORE A. CUSTANCE, JOHN E. GILCREAST, CHARLES E. FERGUSON, DANIEL J. O'CONNELL, Selectmen of Lexington. April 16, 1932. To the Town Clerk : I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office in the vestibule of the Town Office Building and six other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the salve to every registered voter in the Town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest : PATRICK J. MAauIRE, Constable of Lexington. TOWN OP LEXINGTON 41 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY April 26, 1932 The following Election Officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the four Precincts as follows: PRECINCT ONE Charles J. Dailey . Warden Roland E. Gannon . Deputy Warden Bartlett J. Harrington . Inspector Richard Truesdell . Inspector Ruth T. Harrington Deputy Inspector Charles H, Schofield Deputy Inspector Mary A. Rowland . Clerk Elizabeth Wilkinson Deputy Clerk Ellese Schofield Teller William M. Welsh . Teller Marion G. Cook Teller Joseph J. Pritchard Teller PRECINCT TWO Irving 13. Pierce Warden Patrick F. Dacey Deputy Warden Ezra F. Breed Clerk Esther Graham Deputy Clerk Victor A. Harmon Inspector John H. Dacey Inspector Madeline J. Corbett • Deputy Inspector Thomas J. Doherty . Deputy Inspector Edward H. McLeod Teller Elizabeth Nourse . Teller Edward McGrory . Teller William Downe Teller PRECINCT THREE Ralph H, lWlarshail . Warden Leonard K. Dunham, Jr. Fred Tidier James L. McKenzie. Jr. Deputy Warden Clerk Deputy Clerk 42 ANNUAL REPORTS Mrs. Bessie G. Davis James M. Ahearn Mrs. Emma Hovey . David McPeake . James McGann Alexander W. Parks Roy A. Ferguson • Merton G. Hopkins . Howard E. Custance James Waldron Frank H. Maguire . William E. Muiliken E. Irene Robinson . Katherine Kiernan . Lester E. Andrews . Mrs. Margaret T. Ke Melville Webb Inspector Inspector Deputy Inspector Deputy Inspector Teller Teller Teller PRECINCT FOUR Warden Clerk Deputy Clerk Inspector Inspector Deputy Inspector Deputy Inspector . Teller nnedy . Teller Teller The Election Officers were sworn to the faithful perform- ance of their duties. The Polls were declared open in each Precinct at four o'clock P. M., and remained opened until eight o'clock P. M. at which time after due notice they were closed. The Ballots were counted by the Election Officers in each Precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The total registration of voters in each Precinct, as follows : Precinct One, 1182 (Eleven hundred eighty-two) Precinct Two, 1123 (Eleven hundred twenty-three) Precinct Three. 1143 (Eleven hundred forty-three) Precinct Four, 1187 (Eleven hundred eighty-seven) The Ballots east were counted, enclosed in envelopes, signed by the Election Officers, together with the unused bal- lots, delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The Registrars of Voters canvassed the result, as follows : Precinct One, Ballots cast, 131 (One hundred thirty-one) Republican, 59; Democrat 72. Precinct Two, Ballots cast, 130 (One hundred thirty) Republican, 93; Democrat, 37. Precinct Three, Ballots cast, 121(One hundred twenty-one) TOWN OF LEXINGTON Republican, 82; Democrat, 39. Precinct Four, Ballots cast, 119 (One hundred nineteen) Republican, 62; Democrat, 57. REPUBLICAN DELEGATES AT LARGE Preic. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Prec. 4 Total George F. Booth 48 90 78 56 272 William H. Butler 49 88 79 58 274 Alvan T. Fuller 51 90 81 57 279 44 ANNUAL REPORTS James H. Brennan 19 4 8 13 44 Thomas F. Cassidy 17 4 8 13 42 James T. Moriarty 18 4 8 11 41 Edward A. McLaughlin, Jr. 18 4 8 13 42 Prime Robichaud 17 3 8 11 39 Joseph Santosuosso 17 3 8 12 40 Nellie L. Sullivan 19 5 8 12 44 Joseph J. Hurley 18 5 8 13 44 Paul H. Hines 18 4 8 11 41 Joseph H. Hanken 17 2 7 11 37 Mary Pratt Potter .......... 48 90 76 58 272 217 47 95 156 515 Blanks 40 14 14 19 87 236 372 328 248 1184 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE Pree. 1 Prec.2 Pree.3 Prec. 4 Total Frank G. Allen 50 91 80 58 279 Gaspar G. Bacon 48 90 78 57 273 Leverett Saltonstall 47 92 79 57 275 Louise M. Williams 44 90 77 66 267 Blanks 47 9 I4 20 90 236 372 328 248 1184 DISTRICT DELEGATES—FIFTH DISTRICT Pree.1 Proe.2 Prec. 3 Prec. 4 Total Amos L. Taylor 53 92 80 59 284 Walter Perham 49 91 77 67 274 Blanks 16 3 7 8 34 118 186 164 124 592 DELEGATES AT LARGE Group 2 Pree, 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Prec. 4 Totals David I. Walsh 50 33 30 40 153 Joseph B. Ely 48 31 29 37 145 Marcus A. Coolidge 46 29 29 35 139 William J. Foley 49 31 28 37 145 William P. Connery, Jr48 30 29 35 142 John J. Douglass 46 29 28 36 139 John W. McCormack 50 31 29 37 147 William J. Granfleld 45 31 26 35 137 Mary L. Bacigalupo 46 29 27 36 138 Helen G. Rotch 43 30 27 35 135 Charles H. Cole 44 31 27 37 139 John F. Fitzgerald 49 31 29 37 146 Not Grouped Roland D. Sawyer 0 2 0 4 6 Blank 83 29 35 87 234 864 444 468 684 2460 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES Group t Prec. 1 Free. 2 Prec. 3 Prec. 4 Totals Prec. 1 Free. 2 Prec. 3 Prec. 4 Total Helen C. Galvin 18 4 8 11 41 Kenneth B. Williams...... 52 92 79 56 279 Dorothy Whipple Fry 17 4 8 11 40 Estelle Irish Pillsbury .. 45 91 77 54 267 Edward G. Morris 17 3 8 10 38 Blanks 21. 3 8 14 46 Mabel R. Worthy 16 3 8 9 36 Agnes H. Parker 17 4 8 12 41 118 186 164 124 592 Francis J. W. Ford 15 4 8 10 37 Eugene Wambaugh 15 3 8 9 35 DEMOCRATIC Alice E. Cram 16 3 8 11 38 DELEGATES AT LARGEArthur W. Heidke 15 2 8 9 34 Group 1 Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 5 Prec. 4 Totals Frances E. Zaletskae 15 2 8 9 34 James M. Curley 21 4 8 19 52 Matthew P. Manny 15 2 8 10 35 James Roosevelt 18 5 8 18 49 M. Grace Barry 17 3 7 11 38 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 45. 46 ANNUAL REPORTS Group 2 William G. Thompson42 24 27 36 129 Edward P. Barry 45 24 28 36 133 John C. Mahoney 44 24 27 36 131 Charles H. Slowey 40 23 28 34 125 Mary H. Ward 42 26 27 36 130 TOWN WARRANT J. Hemry Goguen 39 23 27 35 124 Samuel I alesky 40 23 27 36 125 Charles F. Riorden 42 24 27 34 127 COMMOTWEAhTH OF MAS$ACHTISE r'S Minnr.Eshx, ss. 3. Leo Sullivan 42 24 28 35 129 John P. Buckley 43 24 28 36 131 To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in. said Leo M. Birmingham 40 24 27 34 125 County, Greeting: Daniel F, O'Connell 45 26 28 36 135 In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you Blanks 167 118 139 261 878 are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Leeing- 864 406 468 684 2422 ton, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in their respective voting places in said town DISTRICT DELEGATES—FIFTH DISTRICT Cary Memorial Building, in said Lexington, 011 Group 1 Pref. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Proc. 4 Totals MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE, 1932 James J. Bruin 15 3 6 12 36 Cornelius Desmond 17 3 6 14 40 at 8:00 o'clock P. M. then and there to act on the following Group P articles Cornelius F. Cronin 45 26 27 33 131 Patrick J. Meehan 44 25 27 33 129 Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Of - Not Grouped Scers or of any Comrnittee of the Town and to appoint other John F, Leavitt 0 1 0 1 2 Committees. Blanks 23 16 12 21 72 Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse the State 144 74 78 114 410 Holding Corporation of Cambridge, Mass., the respective sum of $1,218.35 for water pipe laid in Summit Road in the years ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES -FIFTH DISTRICT 1916, 1922 and 1926, and to provide funds for same by direct Group 1 Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 8 Pree. 4 Totals appropriation, by transfer from other accounts, or by issue of Luke A. Manning 16 4 7 13 40 bonds or notes. Thomas H. Duffy 19 5 7 12 43 Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse Sam Groups Lippa the respective sum of pipe J. Frank Facey 41 25 26 35 127 pp P42(f. for water i e laid in Pottier Daniel O'Dea 44 24 26 35 129 Avenue in 1921, and provide funds for same by direct appro- Blanks 24 16 12 19 71 priation, by transfer from other accounts, or by issue of bonds _— — or notes. 144 74 78 114 410 Art. 4. To see if the Town wi]I authorize the Selectmen to install street lights in Tower Street and Richard Road. A true record, Attest: JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk. Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, Outlook Drive from Wachusett Drive southwesterly to its present terminus approximately 1,110 feet, as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated May 11, 1932, appropriate money for TOWN OF LEXINGTON 47 the construction of said street, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 0. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, or accept the layout of as a town way, Downing Road from Marrett Road to Outlook Drive a distance of approx- imately 1,050 feet, as ]aid out by the Selectmen, and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated May 11, 1932,.appropriate money for the construction of said street, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept a deed and conveyance for highway purposes from Neil McIntosh of a strip of land approximately ten feet wide bounded as follows: Northeasterly by Downing Road ; Northwesterly by lot 192; Southwesterly by land of Payson; Southeasterly by part of curved intersection of Downing Road and Marrett Road formerly called Middle Street. All as shown on plan entitled "Revised Plan Fair Oaks, Lexington, Mass. owned by Neil McIntosh. Old South Bldg., Boston, Scale 1 in. -100 July 1924, C. H. Gannett C. E. 53 State St., Boston", recorded in hook 349, plan 49. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote upon petition of Frank W. Perkins to amend the Zoning Law and map of the Town by changing from an R 1 District to a 0 1 District the lot of land at the westerly corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Oak. Street, to take any action relating thereto. Art. 9. To see if the Town will rescind its vote of March 21, 1932 amending Article VIJI of the Code of By-laws of 1922. Art. 10. To see if the Town will amend Article VIII of the Code of By -Laws of 1922 by adding at the end thereof the fol- lowing: Section 2. The Selectmen, when duly authorized by the town niay adopt orders for the extension of water mains under General Laws Ch. 80, with respect to the assessment of better- ments, without requiring the agreement described in section 1." Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the following accounts: Soldiers Relief State Aid Public Welfare 48 ANNUAL REPORTS Forest Fires Sidewalks Town Treasurer Public Works Dept. Waltham Street and Allen Street Drainage Park Department Park Dept., Equipment and Material Brooks, Cleaning Colonial Cemetery Water Dept. Construction Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zon- ing Law of the Town as follows: Under Area Regulations, Section 7, (a) by cancelling the word "and" appearing after the phrase "junction of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue", and hefore the phrase "of Wo- burn and Lowell Streets", and inserting a semi -colon (;) and cancelling the coma appearing after the phrase "Woburn and Lowell Streets", and inserting in place thereof the following: "and the junction of Lowell and North Streets", so that said paragraph shall read as follows:— Section 7:— (a) In res- idence districts designated as R. I. and R. 2, and in 01 Dia• trists designated at the following points, namely, junction of Waltham Street and Marrett Road, known as Grape Vine Cor- ner; junction of Marrett Road and Spring Street; junction of Lincoln and School Streets and Marrett Road, commonly known as "The rive Forks"; junction of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue; of Woburn and Lowell Streets and the junc- tion of Lowell and North Streets, and in 01 districts hereafter created, a yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street, whether accepted or not, and the adjacent line of any porch or building, shall be provided for every lot of land, and no new building or structure shall be constructed and no building or structure shall be moved, al- tered, reconstructed, enlarged or rebuilt in such districts so that a yard less in depth shall result; except that this section shall not apply to buildings fronting on streets on which build- ing lines shall have been specially established according to law during or subsequent to the year 1924. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse the Lex• ington Community Recreation Association the sum of X300. expended for the construction of bleachers on the Lexington Centre Playground. Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to use the appropriation made under Article 5 at TOWN OF LEXINGTON 49 the Annual Town Meeting, March 21, 1932, for the construc- tion of Wood Street, Massachusetts Avenue to the Bedford line, for said construction provided aid is not received under Chapter 90 of the General Laws. Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to petition the Legislature for Legislation extending the Metropolitan Sewerage District to include the entire Town of Lexington or any portion of that part of the Town not now included in. the District. Art. 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install a sewer in Bowker Street from the present end a dis- tance of approximately 125 feet. Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to confirm the action of the Board of Selectmen, acting as a Board of Health, in con- structing a sewer in Vine Street, from Woburn Street a dis- tance of approximately 300 feet northeasterly. Art. 1S. To see if the Town will vote to install water mains in the following streets: Kimball Road, from Reed Street a distance of approx- imately 350 feet, subject to the usual guarantee; Grant Street, from end of present main to East Street, a dis- tance of approximately 1350 feet; East Street, from Grant Street to the Crowley property, a dis- tance of approximately 2,120 feet; and to provide funds for said construction by direct appro- priation or by issue of bonds or notes. And you are directed to serve this Warrent seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By - Laws of the Town. Hereof, fail not, and make due return on this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this seventh day of June, A. D., 1932. Bonsai, P. TRASK; ARLES. E. PER('UtioN, DANIEL, J. O'CoNNELL, E. GILCREAST, THEODOR1I A. CUSTANCE, Selectmen of Lexington. 50 ANNUAL REPORTS June 13, 1932. To the Town Clerk : I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and six other public places in the town and by mailing 0 copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: PATRICK J. MAGUIRE, Constable of Lexington. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 51 SPECIAL MEETING OF TOWN MEETING MEMBERS OF PRECINCT THREE •lune 20, 1932, Emerson Hall, Lexington, Mass. Meeting was called to order by James J. Carroll, Town Clerk, at 7:45 P. M. with twenty-seven memhers present. Town Clerk explained the purpose of the meeting was to fill the unexpired term of the late member George A. Warner, term of two years. Meeting was opened, with the nomination and election of Roy A. Ferguson as Chairman Pro -tem. Nominations were heard from the floor as follows : Pierre A. Northrup, 45 No. Hancock St., William R. Rosenberger, 25 No. Hancock St., Edward W. Ormond, 10 No. Hancock St. Ballots were passed, the following results recorded : Northrup 10, Rosenberger 10, Ormond 5, blanks 1. A tie being declared between Northrup and Rosenberger, ballots were again passed, with the following results, Rosen- berger 15, Northrup 10, Ormond 1, William R. Rosenberger being declared a Town Meeting Member of Precinct Three, term 1934. Motion made and seconded meeting dissolved at 8:12 P. M. Attest: JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk. 52 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN MEETING JUNE 20, 1932 The meeting was called to order at 8:22 P. M., Robert H. Holt, .Moderator, presiding. There were 145 Town Meeting members present. Selectman Mr. Trask moved to take up Article 11. Mr. Mitchell, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, stated as the various articles were presented, he would read the recommendations of the Committee, stating the appropria- tions asked for under Public Works Department of $1,700. Waltham Street and Allen Street Drainage $500. Park De- partment $1,000, and Cleaning Brooks, $300.00 were not ap- ed, for the reason, he had a resolve to offer whereby these items, would be taken care of, his suggestion being, that two day's pay be deducted from the salaries of the Town Employ- ees, from July 1, 1932 to December 31, 1932, which would mean a total of about $3,500.00, offering the following; Re- solved; That it is the sense of this meeting that from July lst. to December 31st. of this year all salaried officers and all town employees contribute the equivalent of two days pay per month to a i'und to be expended by the Board of Selectmen for labor on public works relief of unemployed citizens of the Town. Selectman Mr. Trask, spoke, stating conditions of the un- employed, as they had been, what they were at the present, and how they looked for the future. Mr. Ernest Cutter, spoke, with his suggestions of cutting all salaries as follows: Those receiving up to 1,500. per year, be reduced ten per cent, those receiving over $1,500. per year be reduced fifteen per cent. Mr. Mitchell, stated he was opposed to any reductions. Mr. N. Hooper, asked if any and what contributions, had already been made, from the various departments of the Town Employees. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 53 Answered by Selectmen Mr. Trask, received from the em- ployees of the Town Hall Offices $8:36.; from the School Teach- ers, $1,000.; and also understood the Firemen had a fund es- tablished, which to date had turned over $1.46.00. General discussion. with questions from various speakers, Selectman, Mr. Trask, answering all questions. Mr. Milne, asked if the citizens of the Town had been ask- ed to contribute funds. Answered by Selectman Mr. Trask, no. Mr. Ernest Cutter, he would like to offer his original mo- tion as an amendment to Mr. Mitchell's resolve. Mr. Eugene Buckley, stated the unemployment situation was a Town affair, and should be met as such, by means of ap- propriations and assessments, offering the following motion: That the resolve be indefinitely postponed. Mr. Ernest Cutter, again suggested his motion, but was in- formed by the Moderator, that his motion was not in order, account no article in the Warrant covering same. Mr. N. Hooper asked if the question of indefinite post- ponement was still in order. Answered by the Moderator, it was, whereby the Mod- erator offered the motion of Mr. Eugene Buckley, for indefinite postponement, which was declared lost, unanimously. Discussion of salaries of the teachers, and other offices of the Town, whereby Mr. Greeley offered the following mo- tion: Voted : That it is the sense of the meeting that funds required for the unemployment emergency be raised by ap- propriation or by voluntary gifts and that the Town Officers responsible for the determination of salaries of Town Em- ployees be requested to review all salaries and make substan- tial reductions wherever proper to meet new conditions in the purchasing power of these salaries. General discussion regarding salaries. Mr. Greeley's substitute motion was presented, which was declared lost, unanimously. Mr. Mitchell's resolve then presented, as originally of- fered, which was declared carried, unanimously at 9:25 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask, then offered the following, which were approved by the Chairman of the Appropriation Com- mittee as offered: 54 ANNUAL REPORTS Voted: For Soldiers' Relief to be appropriated and as- sessed—Unanimous, 9:26 P. M. ;200.00 Voted: For State Aid to be appropriated and assessed -- Unanimous, 9:27 P. M. 100.00 Voted: For Public Welfare to be appropriated and as- sessed --Unanimous, 9:28 P. M. Voted: For Park Department Equipxnent and material to be appropriated and assessed—Unanimous, 9:29 P. M. Voted: For Forest Fires to be appropriated and assessed 8,000.00 1,000.00 —Unanimous, 9:30 P. M. 200.00 Voted: For Sidewalks to be appropriated and assessed— Unanimous, 9:36 P. M. 200.00 Voted: For Town Treasurer to be appropriated and as- sessed ---Unanimous, 9:36 P.M. 100.00 Selectman Mr. Trask voted to take up article 2, as follows: Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to reimburse the State Holding Corporation of Cambridge, Mass. the sum of $1,218.35 for water pipe laid in Summit Road in the years 1916, 1922 and 1926. Mr. Mitchell stated the Appropriation Committee did not approve this article, whereby, Selectman Mr. Trask, offered indefinite postponement, which was unanimously carried at 9:38 P. M. Selectman 1iir. Trask, moved to take up article three, as follows: Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to reimburse Sant Lippathe suns of $420.00 for water pipe laid in Pottier Avenue in 1921. Account being disapproved by the Appropriation Omit - tee. Selectman Mr. Trask, offered indefinite postponement, which was carried unanimously at '9:39 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to take up article four, as fol- lows : Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install street lights in Tower Street and Richard Road. Carried unanimous- ly at 9:40 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to take up article five, as follows: Voted that the Town accept the layout as a Town way of Outlook Drive from Wachusett Drive southwesterly to its present terminus approximately 1,110 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and as shown on TOWN OF LEXINGTON 55 plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office dated May 11, 1932, and for the purpose of constructing said street the sum of $8,000.00 be appropriated and assessed. Selectmen Mr. Trask, moved the reading of the order be waived, which was carried unanimously 9:41 P. M. Mr. P. A. Northrup and Mr. Bradley spoke in favor of the passing of the artiele, while Mr. N. McIntosh, opposed it. Mr. Mitchell, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, stated this article not approved by the Committee. The vote was then presented to the meeting, and declared lost unanimously, 10:00 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to take up article six, offer- ing the following: Voted that Town accept the layout as a town way of Downing Road from Marrett Road to Outlook Drive a distance of approximately 1.050 feet, all as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and as shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office dated May 11, 1932, and for the purpose of constructing said street the sum of $8,000.00 be appropriated and assessed. Chairman Mr. Mitchell of the Appropriation Committee stated this article not approved by the Cornmittee, therefor, for that reason, Selectman Mr. Trask offered indefinite post- ponement, which was carried unanimously, 10:01 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask moved to take up article seven, of- fering the following: Voted that the Town acoept the deed and conveyance from Neil McIntosh of a strip of land approx- imately ten feet wide for highway purposes bounded as fol- lows: Northeasterly by Downing Road; Northwesterly by lot 192; Southwesterly by land of Payson; Southeasterly by part of curved intersection of Downing Road and Marrett Road, formerly called Middle Street. All as shown on plan entilted "Revised Plan Fair Oaks, Lexington, Mass. owned by Neil McIntosh, Old South Bldg., Boston, Scale 1" -100 --July 24, 1924, C. 11. Gannett C. E. 53 State St., Boston," recorded in book 349, plan 49. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved acceptance of this article, as it would give additional frontage to an abutting property owner, who would then become responsible. The vote was car- ried unanimously at 10 :05 P. M. :1(i ANNUAL REPORTS Selectman Mr. Trask moved to take up article eight. Mr. George Fuller, presented the following: I move the petition of Frank W. Perkins to amend the zoning Iaw and Wrap of the town by changing from an R. 1 district to a C. 1. district the lot of land at the westerly corner of Massachu- set:t. Avenue and Oak Street, Lexington, be approved and granted. Selectman. Mr. Trask, stated he had a vote drawn up, that he would like to present, providing if accepted by Mr. Fuller, that Mr. Puller would withdraw his, whereby Mr. Trask, offer- ing the following: Voted that the town amend the Lexington Zoning By-law and map by changing from an R. 1. District to a C. 1. District the lot of ]and owned by Margaret J. Perkins and shown on planof land in Lexington Scale -20 feet. -1", January 1924, Alfred Mi]lhouse C. E. Land Court 10158A, and located at the westerly corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Oak Street 116 feet from the intersection of the westerly line of Oak Street and the southerly line of Massachusetts Avenue and for a depth of 100 feet from Massachusetts Avenue. The above motion as presented by Mr. Fuller, was with- drawn. Mr. Wm. D. Milne of the Planning Board read the follow- ing report: REPORT ON FRANK W. PERKINS HEARING Pursuant to the requirements of Section 17 of the Zoning By•Laws and in response to the petition of Frank W. Perkins for the amending of the zoning law and map of the Town by changing from an R. 1. District to a C. 1. District the lot of land at the westerly corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Oak Street, the Planning Board after giving due notice as required by the Zoning Law, held a Public hearing on June 6, 1932 re- eling thereto. At this meeting ten persons appeared in opposition to the proposes] amendment while only the petitioner appeared in its favor. The Planning Board after hearing all who desired to speak and after considering the status of the property affected, rec- ommends to the Town that the proposed change in the zoning law be not made. The Planning Board recognizes that the area described in the petition is already occupied for a non-confroming use but TowN OF LEx1NGTON 57 taking into consideration the sentiment of the neighbors as expressed at the hearing, is opposed to the further extension of development of this particular tract for business puposes. While the location of the area is such that serious con- sideration must be given to complication of traffic on Mass. Avenue due to any increase in business, the Planning Board is of the opinion that no change in the Zoning Law should be made with respect to the location How applied for until such time as the needs of the district require a more extensive busi- ness zone. Furan F. SCHEIBE J. HENRY DnFFY E. EDWARD GLYNN Cr.ARENCE 11. CUTLER WILLIAM D. MILNa FREDERICK L. EMERY, Chairman Mr. N. A. Northrup, Mr. Fuller and Mr. Meady all spoke in favor of the change. A two thirds vote being necessary for the change, the fol- lowing results were determined. Yea, to Amend 10 3s 10 56 Tellers Rraetzer Greeley Norris No, not to Amend 24 31 13 68 declared lost at 10:26 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask moved to take up article nine, pre- senting the following: Voted that the Town rescind its vote adopted March 21, 1932.amending Article VIII of the Code of By -Laws of 1922. Carried unanimously at 10:27 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask moved to take up article ten, offer- ing the following: Voted that the town amend Article VIII of the Code of By -Laws of 1922 by adding at the end thereof the following: "Section 2, The Selectmen, when duly authorized by the Town, may adopt orders for the extension of water mains un- der General Laws Ch. 80, with respect to the assessment of betterments, without requiring the agreement described in sec- tion 1." Carried unanimously at 10:28 P. M. 58 ANNUAL REPORTS Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to take up article 12, offering the following: Voted that the Zoning Law of the Town be amended as follows: Under Area Regulations, Section 7 (a) by cancelling the word "and" appearing after the phrase "junc- tion of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue," and before the phrase "of Woburn and Lowell Streets," and inserting a semi- colon (;) and cancelling the comma appearing after the phrase "Woburn and Lowell Streets," and inserting in place thereof the following: "and the junction of Lowell and North Streets," so that said paragraph shall read as follows:— Section 7:--(a) In residence districts designated as R. 1. and R. 2. and in C. 1. Districts designated at the following points, namely, junction of Waltham Street and Marrett Road, known as Crape Vine corner; junction of Marrett Road and Spring Street ; junction of Lincoln and School Streets and Marrett Road, commonly known as "The Five Forks" : junc- tion of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue: junction of Wo- burn and Lowell Streets and the junction of Lowell and North Streets, and C. 1. Districts hereafter created, a yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street, and not less than forty feet from the center line of such street, whether accepted or not, and the adjacent line of any porch or building, shall be provided for every lot of land, and no new building or structure shall be constructed and no building or structure shall be moved, altered, reconstructed, enlarged or re- built in such districts so that a yard less in depth shall result; except that this section shall not apply to buildings fronting streets on which building lines shall have been specially estab- lished according to law during or subsequent to the year 1924.. Mr. Wm. Milne, of the Planning Board read the follow- ing report: NORTH AND LOWELL STREETS HEARING REPORT Pursuant to the provisions of Section 17, of the Zoning Law, the planning Board, after due notice as required, held a bearing on June 20, 1932, and voted to recommend to the Town that the Zoning By -Law be amended as follows: Section 7:—(a) In residence districts designated as R. I. and R. 2. and in C. 1. districts designated at the following points, namely, junction of Waltham Street and Marrett Road, known as Grape Vine Corner; junction of Marrett Road and Spring Street; junction of Lincoln and School Streets and Marrett Road, commonly known as "The Five Forks"; junc- tion of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue; junction of Wo- TowN ox LEXINGTON 59 burn and Lowell Streets and the junction of Lowell and North Streets, and C. 1. districts hereafter created, a yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street, and not less than forty feet from the center line of sucla street, whether accepted or not, and the adjacent line of any porch or building, shill be provided for every lot of land, and no new building or structure shall he constructed srnd no building or structure shall be moved, altered, reconstructed, enlarged or rebuilt in such districts so that a yard less in depth shall re- sult; except that this section shall not apply to buildings front- ing on streets on which building lines shall have been specially established according to law during or subsequent to the year 1924. Yes 30 45 19 94 Result of Vote Kraetzer Greeley Norris Flo 0 0 0 0 EDGAR F. Scum -es, C. EDWARD GL YNN, CLARENCE H. CUTLER, T. HENRY DuFFY, WILLIAM 1). MILNE, FREIIERICK L. EMERY, Chafrtrutn The above amendment was voted unanimously, 10:35 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask, proved to take up article 13, offer- ing the following: Voted that the sum of $300. be appropriated and assessed to reimburse the Lexington Community Recrea- tion Association the sum expended for the construction of bleachers on the Lexington Center Playground. Mr. Mitchell, of the Appropriation Committee, stated they did not approve payment of this vole. R. H. Stevens, President of the Association, read a full re- port of the building of the bleachers, asking for the passing of the vote. The vote was declare+l lost, unanimously at 10::39 P. M. Selectman, Mr. Trask, moved taking up article 14, offer- ing the following: Voted that the Selectmen he authorized to use the appropriation made ender Article :5 at the Annual Town fleeting March 21. 1932, for the construction of Wood 60 ANNUAL REPORTS Street, Massachusetts Avenue to the Bedford line, for said con- struction provided aid is not received under Chapter 90 of the General Laws. Explanations by Selectman 1!1r. Trask, followed by general discussion from various speakers. Mr. J. Lamont moved for indefinite postponement, which was carried unanimously at 11 P. M. Selectman lir. Trask moved to take up article 15, offering the following: Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to peti- tion the Legislature for legislation extending the Metropolitan Sewerage District to include the entire Town of Lexington or such portionof that part of the Town not now included in the District as they may deem advisable. On the recommendation of Mr. Trask, he asked for in- definite postponement, which was carried unanimously at 11:03 P. M, Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to take up article 16, offering the following: Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to in- stall a sewer in Bowker Street from the present end a distance of approximately. 125 feet. Carried unanimously at 11:04 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to take up article 17, offer- ing the following: Voted that the action of the Board of Se- lectmen, acting as a Board of Health, in constructing a sewer in Vine Street from -Woburn Street a distance of approximate- ly 300 feet northeasterly be approved. Carried unanimously at 11:06 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to take up article 19, offer- ing the following: Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to install water mains in the following streets: Kimball Road, from Reed Street a distant eof approx- imately 350 feet; subject to the usual guarantee; Grant Street, from end of present main to East Street, a distance of approximately 1,350 feet; East Street, from Grant Street to the Crowley property, a distance of approximately 2,120 feet; and for that purpose the sum of $9,700 is appropriated from the balance on hand in the water construction account which includes the proceeds of bonds originally issued under vote of the town for the construction of water mains in Hillcrest Ave- nue, Ledgelawn Avenue and Valleyfield Road, under the usual TOWN OF LEXINGTON 61 62 ANNUAL REPORTS guarantee, which construction has been postponed because the required guarantee has not been filed. After a full explanation by Mr. Trask, the vote was car- ried unanimously at 11:15 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask moved the meeting be closed, unan- imous 11:16 P. M. A True Record, Attest: JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk. AMENDMENT TO ZONING BY-LAW OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING—JUNE 20, 1932 Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zon- ing Law of the Town as follows: Under Area Regulations, Section 7, (a) by cancelling the word "and" appearing after the phrase "junction of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue," and before the phrase "of Wo- burn and Lowell Streets", and inserting a semi -colon ( ;) and cancelling the comma appearing after the phrase "Woburn and Lowell Streets," and inserting in place thereof the follow- ing: "and the junction of Lowell and North Streets," so that said paragraph shall read as follows: — Section 7: (a) In residence districts designated as R. 1. and H. 2., and in C. 1. Districts designated at the following points, namely, junction of Waltham Street and Marrett Road, known as Grape Vine corner; junction of Marrett Road, and Spring Sreet; junction of Lincoln and School Streets and Mar- rett Road, commonly known as "The Five Forks", junction of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue; of Woburn and Lowell Streets and the junction of Lowell and North Streets, and C. 1. Districts hereafter created, a yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street, and not less than forty feet from the center line of such street, whther ac- cepted or not, and the adjacent line of any porch or building, shall be provided for every lot of land, and no new building or structure shall be constructed and no building or structure shall be moved, altered, reconstructed, enlarged or rebuilt in such districts so that a yard less in depth shall result; except that this section shall not apply to buildings fronting on streets on which Iines shall have been specially established ac- cording to law during or subsequent to the year 1924. Art. 12. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 17 of the Zoning By -Laws, the Planning Board after due notice as re- quired, held a Icearing on June 20, 1932 and voted to recom- mend to the Town that the Zoning Law be amended to read as following :•— TOWN' OF LEXINGTON 63 "Section 7:— (a) In residence districts designated as R. 1. and R. 2., and in C. 1. districts designated at the following points, namely, junction of Waltham Street and Marrett Road, known as Grape Vine Corner; junction of Starrett Road and Spring Street; junction of Lincoln and School Streets and Marrett Road, commonly known as "The Five Forks"; junc- tion of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue; junction of Wo- burn and Lowell Streets anal the junction of Lowell and North Streets, and C. 1. Districts hereafter created, a yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street, and not less than forty feet from the center line of such street, whether accepted or not, and the adjacent line of any porch or building, shall be provided for every lot of land, and no new building or structure shall be constructed and no build- ing or structure shall be moved, altered, reconstructed, en- larged or rebuilt in such districts so that a yard less in depth shall result; except that this section shall not apply to build- ings fronting on streets on which building lines shall have been specially established according to law during or subse- quent to the year 1924." EDGAR F. SCIIEIRE, C. EDWARD GLYNN, CLARENCE H. CUTLER, J. HENRY DUPPY, WILLIAM D. MILNE, FREnEkteK L. EMERY, Claairaaaana It was voted unanimously to pass the foregoing amend- ment at 10:35 P. M. Lexington, Mass., July 15, 1932. I hereby certify that foregoing is a true copy of Article 12 of the Warrant for a Town Meeting held June 20, 1932 and of the vote passed under said Article as the same appears of record. Attest: JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk. Boston, Mass., August 11, 1932. The foregoing amendments to zoning by-law are hereby ap- proved. JOSEPH B. WARNER, Attorn e,y General. 64 ANNUAI. REPORTS WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY Cu_ AIMON whALTII of MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the nanne of the Commonwealth you are hereby requir- ed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in EMERSON HALL, Stone Building, East Lexington, (Precinct One) CARY MEMORIAL HALL, Lexington (Precinct Two, Three and Four) TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1932 at twelve o'clock noon, for the ,following purposes: To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the NOMINATION of Candidates of Political Parties for the fol- lowing oces: Governor Lieutenant Governor . . . Secretary of the Commonwealth . Treasurer and Receiver -General . Auditor of the Commonwealth . . Attorney General Representative in Congress Councillor Senator Two Representatives in General Court County Commissioners . . Sheriff for this Commonwealth JP 3.3 .! „ .. p PP pa pa Pr 11 11 Pr PP 5th Congressional District 6th Councillor District 7th Senatorial District 28th Representative District Middlesex County Middlesex County And for the Election of the following officers: District Member of State Committee for each political party for the 7th Senatorial District. Members of the Republican Town Committee. Members of the Democratic Town Committee. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 65 Delegates to State Conventions of the Republican Party. Delegates to State Conventions of the Democratic Party. All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot. The polls will be open from twelve o'clock noon to nine o'clock P. M. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meetings as directed by vote of the town. Bercof fail not and make return of this warrant with you doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands this sixth day of September, A. D., 1932. ROBERT P. TRASK, JOHN E. GILCREAST, CHARLES E. FERGUsoN, DANIEL J. O'CONNELL, THEODORE A. CUSTANCE, Selectmen of Lexington. 66 ANNUAL REPORTS September 13, 1932. To the Town Clerk : F have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in. the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and six other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: PATRICK J. MAGUIRE, Constable of Lexington. TOWN OF L»XINGTON PRIMARY ELECTION SEPTEMBER 20, 1932 67 The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen alai were assigned to duty at the four precincts as follows: PRECINCT ONE Warden Charles J. Dailey Deputy Warden Inspector Deputy Inspector Deputy Inspector Clerk Deputy Clerk , Roland Garmon George Foster • Alfred W. Hayward Miles L. F. Jones Mary Rowland Arthur Hughes PRECINCT TWO Warden Irving B. Pierce Deputy Warden Inspector Inspector Deputy Inspector Deputy Inspector Clerk Deputy Clerk John H. Dacey Victor Harmon Randall Richards George V. Morse Madeline J. Corbett Ezra F. Breed Frederick Connor PRECINCT THREE Warden Frederick H. TulIar Deputy Warden James M. Ahearn Inspector Bessie G. Davie Inspector Charles E Moloy, Jr. Deputy Inspector Emma Hovey Deputy Inspector John Sweeney Clerk James L. McKenzie Deputy Clerk Samuel W. Wellington PRECINCT FOUR Warden Morton G. Hopkins Deputy Warden . Frank Maguire Inspector William E. Mulliken 68 ANNunrL, REPORTS Inspector Deputy Inspector Deputy Inspector Clerk Deputy Clerk Katherine Kiernan Irene Robinson George Hinchey Howard Custance Margaret T. Kennedy The polls were declared open hi each precinct at twelve o'clock noon, and remained open in each precinct until nine o'clock P. 31. at which time after due notice they were closed. The election officers were sworn to the faithful perform- ance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots east were counted, enclosed in envelopes, seal- ed, signed by the election officers. together with the unused ballots, delivered to the Town Clerk. The Town Clerk and Board of Registrars canvassed the re- sult as follows: Precinct 1, Ballots Cast, 380 (Three hundred. eighty) Republican, 315 (Three hundred fifteen) Democrat, 65 (Sixty-five) Governor Republican Democrat Walter E. Brownell 4 Joseph B. Ely 54 Frank A. Goodwin 157 Blanks 11 E. Mark Sullivan 1 William Sterling Youngman 143 Blanks 19 315 65 Lieutenant Governor Gaspar G. Bacon 159 Edward P. Barry 15 Chester I. Campbell 138 David J. Brickley 2 Blanks 18 Raymond A. Fitzgerald 7 William I. Hennessey 1 Francis E. Kelly 3 John P. Malley 3 Michael C. O'Neil 6 John E. Swift 24 Blanks 4 315 65 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 69 Secretary Republican Democrat Frederic W. Cook 274 John F. Buckley 10 Blanks 41 J. Edward Callanan ............. 5 John W. Cussen 2 Arthur G. Flynn 1 George F. Gilbody 1. George F. Grogan • 4 Edward J. Gurry 3 John D. O'Brien 6 Joseph Santosuosso 10 Ray H. Shattuck 0 Charles R. Sullivan 4 Henry J. Sullivan 6 Blanks 13 315 65 Treasurer Francis Prescott 206 Charles F. Hurley 52 Max Ulin 56 Blanks 13 Blanks 53 315 65 Auditor Emerson Johnson Coldwell 100 John E. Buckley 3 Alonzo B. Cook 179 John J. Harrington 1 Blanks 36 Francis X. Hurley 47 Alfred J. Moore 3 Leo A. Spillane 3 BIanks 8 315 65 Attorney General Joseph B. Warner 268 John P. Buckley 23 Blanks 47 Harry E. Casey 2 Daniel J. Dempsey, Jr. 14 William R. Scharton 3 Harold W. Sullivan 6 Raymond E. Sullivan 3 Blanks 14 315 65 70 ANNUAL REPORTS Republican John M. King Edith Nourse Rogers Blanks Congressman Democrat 40 James J. Bruin 6 256 Joseph M. Halloran 4 19 George S. McLaughlin 15 Henry C. Rowland 22 Blanks 18 315 65 Councillor George H. Bailey 57 George A. Bonney 11 Eugene A. F. Burtnett 61 James F. Cavanaugh Waldo Parker Elliott 37 James G. Harris 37 Lewis H. Peters 28 Blanks 88 Sohn J. Brennan 20 John H. Connor 4 Edward J. Coughlin 2 6 Francis R. Gaffney 3 John W. Gahan 0 Daniel V. MaclsaaC 7 Henry G. McIver 1 Philip P. A. O'Connell 7 Thomas L. Twomey 2 Blanks 19 315 65 Senator Joseph R. Cotton 266 John H. Pearson 25 Blanks 17 315 Representatives Albert H. Burnham 253 Nelson B. Crosby 173 William C. Drouet Hollis M. Gott Blanks Rena M. Colson 14 Charles P. F. Fox 3 John Patrick O'Connell 35 Blanks 13 In General Court Joseph J. Barry Francis E. Burke 29 Russell A. Crozier 85 Roger W. Homer 90 Edmund M. Mahoney Edward T. Ryan Blanks 315 65 33 40 3 16 4 11 24 65 TOWN OF LEXINGTON County Commissioners Democrat Thomas J. Boynton 21 Republican Nathaniel 1. Bowditch Frederick H. Bowser, Jr Francis P. Byrne James Ray George A. C. Stone Walter C. Wardwell Blanks Thomas 11. Braden Edmund J. Cheney John R. Fairbairn John H. Gartland Blanks 157 65 20 11 62 165 150 315 71 Thomas J. Brennan 11 Anthony 13. Cassedy 7 Francis D, Donahue 19 Robert F. Donovan 19 James L. Egan 1 Herbert S. Hill 1 Timothy J. Horan 6 Edward A. Hughes 1 George C. McMenimen ......,9 Reginald J. Murphy 4 Cyril J. Shaw 2 William J. Sullivan 3 John A. Williams 2 Blanks 42 65 Sheriff 30 James J. Barrett 11 4 Edward J. Connelly 3 210 Timothy J. Cronin 3 26 Philip J. Gallagher 22 45 Stephen C. Garrity 8 Daniel L. Herlihy 2 William R. Murphy 2 Bernard J. Sheridan 0 William H. Walsh 14 Blanks 5 315 65 State Committee Mary F. Daniel 209 Bartlett J. Harrington 1 Blanks 106 Blanks 84 315 65 Delegates to State Convention Martha C. Spaulding 267 James G. Robertson 269 Arthur W. Hughes 253 Charles E. Hadley 262 72 ANNuA1. REPORTS Guyetta G. Broderic 248 Clara M. Barbour 255 Robert P. Trask 265 Blanks .. 385 2205 Town Committee Albert H. Burnham 252 Martha C. Spaulding 255 Joseph R. Cotton 255 John D. Collins 240 James G. Robertson 253 Arthur W. Hughes 239 Charles E. Hadley 255 Guyetta G. Broderic 230 Albert B. Tenney 241 Alfred L. Short 228 Mabel P. Cook 237 Edward W. Taylor 238 William R. Rosenberger 236 Clarence S. Walker 232 Clara M. Barbour 240 James W. Smith 237 William H. Ballard 241 Evelyn 13. Trask 245 Jennie N. Partridge 247 Clayton A. Hilliard 241 Blanks 1458 6300 PRECINCT TWO Precinct Two, Ballots Cast, 423 (Four hundred twenty-three) Republican, 379 (Three hundred seventy-nine) Democrat, 44 (Forty-four) Governor Republican Democrat Walter E. Brownell 7 Joseph B. Ely 36 Frank A. Goodwin 128 Blanks 8 E. Mark Sullivan 4 William Sterling Youngman 217 Frank G. Allen 1 Blanks 22 379 44 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 73 74 ANNUAL REPORTS Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Republican Democrat Republican Democrat Gaspar G. Bacon 260 Edward P. Barry 8 Joseph E. Warner 343 John P. Buckley 18 Chester I. Campbell 104 David J. Brickley 3 Blanks 36 Harry E. Casey 0 Blanks 15 Raymond A. Fitzgerald 6 Daniel J. Dempsey, Jr. 11 William I. Hennessey 0William R. Seharton 2 Francis E. Kelly 1 John F. Malley 2 Harold W. Sullivan 1 Michael C. O'Neil 3 Raymond E. Sullivan 3 John E. Swift 16 Blanks 9 — BIanks 5 — 379 44 — 379 44 Secretary Congressman.............. Frederic W. Cook .. 340 John F. Buckley 10 John M. King 30 James J. Bruin .. 7 Blanks 39 J. Edward Callanan ............. 1 Edith Nourse Rogers 330 Joseph M. Halloran 1 John W. Cusses 9 Blanks 19 George S. McLaughlin 11 Arthur G. Flynn 0 Henry C. Rowland 15 George F. Gilbody 1 Blanks 10 George F. Grogan 3 — — Edward J. Gurry 3 379 44 John D. O'Brien 0 Joseph Santosuosso 9 Ray H. Shattuck 0 Councillor Charles P. Sullivan 2 George H. Bailey 57 John J. Brennan 10 Henry J. Sullivan 4 George A. Bonney 13 John H. Connor 5 Blanks 6 Eugene A. F. Burtnett ........ 44 Edward J. Coughlin 2 -- -- James F. Cavanagh 14 Francis R. Gaffney ............... 0 379 44 Waldo Parker Elliott 49 John W. Gahan 1 James G. Harris 75 Daniel V. MacIsaac 1 Treasurer Lewis H. Peters 30 Henry G. McIver ................... 1 Francis Prescott 268 Charles F. Hurley 36 Blanks 97 Philip P. A. O'Connell 5 Max Ulin 63 Blanks 9 Blanks 48 Thomas L. Twomey 4 Blanks 15 379 44 — 379 44 Auditor Emerson Johnson Coldwell 154 John E. Buckley 4 Alonzo B. Cook 196 John J. Harrington 2 Blanks 29 Francis X. Hurley 26 Alfred J. Moore 4 Leo A. Spillane 2 Blanks 6 379 44 Senator Joseph R. Cotton 319 Rena M. Colson 9 John H. Pearson 39 Charles P. F. Fox 1 Blanks 21 John Patrick O'Connell ...... 17 Blanks 17 879 44 TOWN Or LaXINGTON 75 7(1 ANNUAL R&PGRTS Representatives in General Court State Committee Republican Democrat Republican Democrat Albert 13. Burnham 329 Joseph J. Barry 13 Mary F. Daniel ...................... 254 Eugene T, Buckley 1 Nelson B. Crosby 202 Francis E. Burke 30 Blanks 125 Blanks 43 William C. Drouet 57 Russell A. Crozier 3 ---- — Hollis M. Gott 54 Roger W. Homer 2 379 44 BIanks 116 Edmund M. Mahoney 6 Edward T. Ryan 4 BIanks 30 Delegates to State Convention 76.8 88 Martha C. Spaulding 317 Eugene T. Buckley ............... 1 James G. Robertson 316 Francis E. Burke 1 Arthur W. Hughes 305 Bernard O'Donnell 1 County Commissioners Charles E. Hadley 317 James Ahern 1 Nathaniel I. Bowditch 244 Thomas J. Boynton 14 Guyette G. Broderle 307 Patrick Shanahan 1 Frederick H. Bowser, Jr 47 Thomas J. Brennan 4 Clara M. Barbour 309 James McKenzie 1 Robert P. Trask 315 John G. Sexton 1 Francis P. Byrne 17 Anthony B. Cassedy 11 Blanks 467 BIanks 433 .lames Ray 11 Francis D. Donahue.. ........... — George A. C. Stone 55 Robert F. Donovan 2 Walter C. Wardwell 299 James L. Eagan 0 2653 440 Blanks 155 Herbert S. Hill 1 Timothy J. Horan 0 Edward A. Hughes 2 Town Committee George C. McMentmen 13 Albert H. Burnham 328 Eugene T. Buckley ............... 2 Reginald J. Murphy 3 Martha C. Spaulding 312 Bartlett J. Harrington 1 Cyril J. Shaw 1 Joseph R. Cotton 326 John J. Donovan 2 William J. Sullivan .............. 7 John D. Collins 293 Francis E. Burke 2 John A. Williams 1 James G. Robertson 311 Bernard O'Donnell 2 Blanks 28 Arthur W. Hughes 294 James Ahern 2 — Charles E. Hadley 314 Arthur A. G. Folger 2 758 88 Guyetta G. Broderic 295 Patrick Shanahan 8 Albert B. Tenney 314 John A. Murray 2 Alfred L. Short 299 James A. McKenzie 2 Sheriff Mabel P. Cook 306 Blanks 421 Thomas H. Braden 35 James J. Barrett 13 Edward W. Taylor 301 Edmund J. Cheney 8 Edward J. Connelly 1 William R. Rosenberger .... 294 John R. Fairbairn ................. 230 Timothy J. Cronin 2 Clarence S. Walker 313 John H. Gartland 58 Philip J. Gallagher 8 Clara M. Barbour 302 Blanks 48 Stephen C. Garrity 7 James W. Smith 308 Daniel L. Herlihy 1 William H. Ballard 311 William R. Murphy .............. 0 Evelyn S. Trask 301 Bernard J. Sheridan 2 Jennie M. Partridge 303 William H. Walsh 7 Clayton A. Hilliard 301 Blanks 3 Blanks 1454 379 44 7580 440 To►vN OF LEXINGTON PRECINCT THREE Precinct Three, Ballots Cast 441 (Four hundred forty-one) Republican, 372 (Three hundred seventy-two) Democratic, 69 (Sixty-nine) 7T 78 Governor Republkean Democrat Walter E. Brownell .............. 7 Joseph B. Ely 53 Frank A. Goodwin 109 Banks 16 E. Mark Sullivan 15 William Sterling Youngman 230 Blanks 11 372 69 ANNUAL REPORTS Treasurer Republican Democrat Francis Prescott 285 Charles F. Hurley Max 171in 39 Blanks Blanks 48 372 56 13 69 Auditor Emerson Johnson Caldwell 150 John E. Buckley 10 Alonzo B. Cook 188 John J. Harrington 0 Blanks 34 Francis X. Hurley ................ 38 Alfred J. Moore 1 Leo A. Spillane 2 Blanks 18 Lieutenant Governor 372 69 Gaspar G. Bacon 241 Edward P. Barry .................. 9 Chester I. Campbell 11.7 David J. Brickley 6 Blanks 14 Raymond A. Fitzgerald 6 Attorney General William I. Hennessey 1 Joseph P. Warner 333 John P. Buckley 24 Francis E. Kelly ................... 2 Blanks 39 Harry E. Casey 2 John F. Malley 8 Daniel J. Dempsey, Jr. 17 Michael C. O'Neil 10 William R. Scharton .._ 1 John E. Swift 20 Harold W. Sullivan 4 Blanks 12 Raymond E. Sullivan 1 BIanks 20 372 69 — — 372 69 Secretary Frederic W. Cook .................339 John F. Buckley 19 Congressman Blanks 33 J. Edward Callanan 3 John M. King 35 James J. Bruin 1 John W. Cussen 1 Edith Nourse Rogers .......... 318 Joseph M. Halloran .............. 9 Arthur G. Flynn 3 Blanks 19 George S. McLaughlin ........ 20 George F. Gilbody 2 Henry C. Rowland ................ 17 George F. Grogan 6 Blanks 22 Edward J. Gurry 1 — — John D. O'Brien 3 872 69 Joseph Santosuosso 6 Ray H. Shattuck 0 Charles R. Sullivan 4 Councillor Henry J. Sullivan Q George H. Bailey 63 John J. Brennan 15 21 George A. Bonney 12 John H. Connor 4 Blanks Eugene A. F. Burtnett ......... 41. Edward J. Coughlin 2 — 372 69 James F. Cavanagh 14 Francis R. Gaffney 6 TORN OF l XIntrroN 79 SO ANNUAL REPORTS Republican Democrat Sheriff Waldo Parker Elliott 40 John W. Gahan 4 Republican Democrat James G. Harris 83 Daniel Y. MacIsaac 4 "Thomas H. Braden 32 James J. Barrett ................... 23 Lewis H. Peters 40 Henry G. Mclver 0 Edmund J. Cheney 7 Edward J. Connelly 2 Blanks 79 Philip P. A. O'Donnell 7 John R. Fairbairn 205 Timothy 7. Cronin 2 Thomas L. Twomey 2 John H. Gartland 91 Philip J. Gallagher 16 Blanks 25 Blanks 37 Stephen C. Garrity 5 Daniel L. HerllhY 1 372 69 WilIiam R. Murphy 0 Bernard J. Sheridan 1 Senator William H. Walsh 2 Joseph R. Cotton 303 Rena M. Colson 7 Blanks 17 John H. Pearson ................... 42 Charles P. F. Fox 7 — Blanks 27 John Patrick O'Donnell 82 372 69 Blanks 28 372 69 State Committee Mary F. Daniel 264 Daniel O'Connell 1 Representatives in General Court Blanks 108 Blanks 68 Albert H. Burnham .............. 337 Joseph J. Barry 19 — -- Nelson B. Crosby 224 Francis E. Burke 61 372 69 William C. Drouet 80 Russell A. Crozier ................ 3 Hollis M. Gott 42 Roger W. Homer 0 Delegates to State Convention Blanks 1I1 Edmund M. Mahoney ........... 1 Edward T. Ryan 12 Martha C. Spaulding 327 Eugene Buckley 4 • Blanks 42 James G. Robertson 328 • Philip Leaf 1 — Arthur W. Hughes 320 Bartlett Harrington 4 744 138 Charles E. Hadley 320 Blanks 681 Guyette G. Broderic 323 County Commissioners Clara M. Barbour 330 Nathaniel I. Bowditch ......... 227 Thomas J. Boynton .............. 17 Robert P. Trask 327 Frederick H. Bowser, Jr..... 60 Thomas .1. Brennan 12 Blanks 319 Francis P. Byrne 20 Anthony 13. Cassedy 12 — — James Ray 13 Francis D. Donahue 7 2604 690 George A. C. Stone 61 Robert F. Donovan 3 Walter C. Wardwell 230 James L. Fagan 2 Blanks 133 Herbert S. Hill 0 Town Committee Timothy J. Horan 1 Albert H. Burnham 335 Eugene Buckley 5 Edward A. Hughes 1 Martha C. Spaulding 328 Bernard O'Donnell ............... 5 George C. McMenimen 6 Joseph R. Cotton .................. 331 James L. McKenzie 5 Reginald J. Murphy ............. 2 John D. Collins 306 James Ahern 5 Cyril J. Shaw ......................... 3 James G. Robertson 324 Bartlett Harrington 4 William 7, Sullivan 5 Arthur W. Hughes 312 John J. Donovan 4 John A. Williams 1 Charles E. Hadley 327 Francis E. Burke 4 BIanks 67 Guyette, G. Broderic 319 Arthur Fo]ger 4 --- -- Albert B. Tenney 338 Patrick Shanahan 4 744 138 Alfred L. Short 305 John C. Murry 4 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 81. Republican Democrat Mabel P. Cook 317 Blanks 646 Edward W. Taylor 327 William R. Rosenberger 320 Clarence S. Walker 328 Clara M. Barbour 327 James W. Smith 327 William H. Ballard 327 Evelyn S. Trask 323 Jennie M. Partridge 328 Clayton A. Hilliard 317 Blanks 974 7440 690 PRECINCT FOUR Precinct Four, Ballots Cast, 378 (Three hundred seventy-eight.) Republican, 298 (Two hundred ninety-eight) Democratic, 80 (Eighty) Governor Walter E. Brownell 6 Joseph B. Ely 53 Frank A. Goodwin 135 James M. Curley 1 E. Mark Sullivan .................. 2 Blanks 26 William Sterling Youngman 145 Blanks 10 298 80 Lieutenant Governor Gaspar G. Bacon 176 Edward P. Barry 14 Chester I. Campbell 213 David J. Brickley 6 Blanks 9 Raymond A. Fitzgerald ....... 9 298 William I. Hennessey 3 Francis E. Kelly 3 John F. Malley 1 Michael C. O'Neill 10 John E. Swift 19 Blanks 15 80 32 ANNUAL RI6r81iTS Secretary Republican Democrat Frederick W. Cook 258 JF, Buck10 Blanks 40 J. Edward Callanan 2 Johnohn W. Cuesenley 2 Arthur G. Flynn 4 George F. Gilbody 0 George F. Grogan 8 Edward. J. Garry 3 John D. O'Brien 0 Joseph Santosuosso 14 Ray H. Shattuck 0 Charles R. Sullivan 3 Henry J. Sullivan 4 Blanks 30 298 80 Treasurer Francis Prescott 206 Charles F. Hurley 66 Max Min 45 Blanks 86 BIanks 47 298 80 Auditor Emerson Johnson Coldweil 94 John E. Buckley 10 Alonzo B. Cook 170 John J. Harrington 0 Blanks 84 Francis X. Hurley 40 Alfred J. Moore 3 Leo A. SpiIIane 4 Blanks 23 298 80 Attorney General Joseph E. Warner 254 John P. Buckley 25 Blanks 44 Harry E. Casey 2 Daniel J. Dempsey, Jr. 11 William R. Schaarton 6 Harold W. Sullivan 10 Raymond E. Sullivan 2 Blanks 24 298 80 TOWN 02' LEXINGTON Congressman Republican Democrat John M. King 43 James J. Bruin ........................ 6 Edith Nourse Rogers .....,, 234 Joseph X. Halloran 9 Blanks 21 George S. McLaughlin 27 Henry C. Rowland 14 Blanks 24 298 3Q Councillor George H. Bailey ..................57 John J. Brennan 24 George A. Bonney 17 John H. Connor 4 Eugene A. F. Burtnett .....,... 38 Edward J. Coughlin 3 James F. Cavanagh 10 Francis R. Gaffney 4 Waldo Parker Elliott .......... 33 John W. Kahan 3 James G. Harris 51 Daniel V, MacIsaac 4 Lewis H. Peters 23 Henry G. McIver 1 Blanks 69 Philip P. A. O'Connell 5 Thomas L. Twomey 2 Blanks 29 298 SU Senator Joseph R. Cotton 246 Rena M. Colson 12 John H. .Pearson 31 Charles P. F. Fox ................. 6 Blanks 21 John Patrick O'Connell 34 Blanks 28 298 80 Representatives in General Court Albert 11. Burnham .............. 251 Joseph J. Barry 15 Nelson B. Crosby 153 Francis E, Burke 67 William C. Drouet 23 Russell A. Crozier 1 Hollis M. Gott 81 Roger W. Homer 7 BIanks 108 Edmund M. Mahoney .......... 7 Edward T. Ryan 12 BIanks 51 696 160 84 ANNUAL RBPORTS County Commissioners Republican Democrat Nathaniel L Bowditch 156 Thomas J. Boynton 22 Frederick H. Bowser, Jr.... 55 Thomas J. Brennan 15 Francis P. Byrne 31 Anthony B. Cassedy 14 James Ray 8 Francis D. Donahue 5 George A. C. Stone 87 Robert F. Donovan 3 Walter C. Wardwell 155 James L. Eagan 6 Blanks 124 Herbert S. Hill 0 Timothy J. Horan 3 Edward A. Hughes 4 George C. McMenimen 7 Reginald J. Murphy 6 Cyril J. Shaw 0 William J. Sullivan 7 John A. Williams 1 Blanks 67 696 160 Thomas H. Braden Thomas J. Cheney John R. Fairbairn John H. Gartland Blanks Mary F. Daniel Blanks Sheriff 36 James J. Barrett 24 11 Edward J. Connelly 1 156 Timothy J. Cronin 1 63 Philip J. Gallagher 21 32 Stephen C. Garrity 9 Daniel L. Herlihy 0 William R. Murphy 1 Bernard J. Sheridan 2 William H. Walsh 8 Blanks 13 298 80 State Committee 192 Eugene Buckley 2 106 Blanks 78 298 80 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 85 gfl ANNUAL REE'ORTS Delegates to State Convention Republican Democrat Martha C. Spaulding 251 Blanks 800 James G. Robertson 24$ Arthur W. Hughes 243 Charles L. Hadley 248 TOWN WARRANT Guyette G. Broderie 250 Clara M. Barbour 247 Robert P. Trask 250 eoMMONWhALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. Blanks 349 To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said 2086 800 County, Greeting : In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby directed Town Committee to notify the inhabitants of said Town of Lexington qualified to 1 vote in. Election rand in Town affairs, to meet in their respective Albert H. Burnham 261 Mary Spencer toting places in said Town, Martha C. Spaulding 244 David Murphy1 Joseph R. Cotton 257 Eugene Buckley 1 Cary Memorial Building, in said Lexington, on the thirty- John hirtyJohn D. Collins 234 Thomas Rudd ........................ 1 first day of October, I932. at 8:00 P. M., then and there to act James G. Robertson 248 James Ahern 1 on the following articles : Arthur W. Hughes 231 Mary .1. Ray 1 Charles E. Hadley ................ 249 David Q Cannell 1 Art. 1. To receive the report of any Board of Town Officers Guyette G. Broderic 244 Mary Gaynor 1 or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Com - Albert B. Tenney 245 Francis Burke 1 tnittees. Alfred L. Short 233 John Garrity 1 Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money Mabel P. Cook 236 Blanks 790 for the Welfare Department by transfer from the Excess and Edward W. Taylor 250 Deficiency Account. William R. Rosenberger 235 Art. 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to Clarence S. Walker 246 236 install street lights in Tower Street, Richard Road, Plymouth Clara M. Barbour Road, and Wachusett Drive. James W. Smith 241 William H. Ballard. 250 Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to confirm the action of Evelyn S. Trask 240 the Board of Selectmen, acting as a Board of Health, in con- Jenaie M. Partridge 240 streeting a sewer in Bedford Street from the present end, said Clayton A. Hilliard 239 end being northwesterly and distant about 1510 feet from the Blanks 1101 northwesterly Line of Elm Avenue, a distance of 300 feet. 5960 Sou Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to install sewers in the following streets: A true record, Attest: JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk. Bedford Street from present end to Tewksbury Street, a distance of approximately 210 feet; Tewksbury Street from Bedford Street to Sargent Street a distance of approximately 225 feet; Shirley Street from Bedford Street to end, a distance of approximately 415 feet; TOWN of LEXINGTON 87 Sargent Street from Tewksbury Street to Shirley Street, a distance of approximately 260 feet; Summit Road from the present end to Pinewood Street, a distance of approximately 242 feet; Appropriate money for said construction and to issue bonds or notes therefor or transfer from other accounts, or act in any manner relating thereto. Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to install water mains in the following streets, subject to the usual guarantee: Allen Street from the present end in Blossom Street, a dis- tance of approximately 1390 feet; Adams Street from East Street, a distance of approxi- mately 1150 feet ; Appropriate money for said installation by the issuance of bonds or notes or by transfer from other accounts. Art. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and Public Works to take by eminent domain on behalf of the Town an easement for the location of a drain for surface water in or under the private ways known as Hillside Terrace, Ledgelawn Avenue, and a passageway extending from Ledgelawn Avenue to a brook, and appropriate money for the construction of the said drain and for the said taking, to be raised either by an issue of bonds or notes of the town or by assessment or transfer from other accounts. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to reduce the salaries of all persons employed by the Town except the laborers, the same to take effect January 1, 1933,.or act in any manner re- lating thereto. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of X1.500 from the account New Headquarters Fire Station, Archi- tests' Plans and Contractors' Bids, to the Excess and Deficiency Account. Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote upon petition of Daniel J. O'Connell to amend the Lexington Zoning By -Laws and map by changing from an R. 1. District to a C. 1. District the following described parcel of land: A triangular parcel of land bounded on the northwest by Fletcher Avenue distant 183.90 feet, on the southwest by Wo - 88 ANNUAL REPORTS burn Street distant 320.22 feet, and on the northeast by the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corp. right of way distant 317.40 feet, containing about 27,994 square feet. Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to waive the provision of the Toning By -Law requiring in C. 1. Districts hereafter created, a yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street, and not less than forty feet from the center line of such street, insofar as it relates to the triangular parcel of land bounded on the northwest by Fletcher Avenue distant 183.90 feet, on the southwest by Woburn Street distnat 320.22 feet. and on the northeast by the Boston and Lowell Rail- road Corp. right of way distant 317.40 feet. containing about 27,994 square feet. And you are directed to serve this Warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By -Laws of the Town. Hereof, fail not, and make due return on this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, at Lexington, this eighteenth day of October A. D., 1932. ROBERT P. TRASIt, JOHN E. GILCREAST, THxon0BE A. CUSTANCE, CHARLES E. FERGUSON, DANIEL J. O'CONNEL, Selectmen of Lexington. October 24. 1932. To the Town Clerk : T have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the Vestibule of the Town Office Building and six other public places in the Town; and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town seven days be- fore the time of said meeting. Attest: PATRICK J. MAGUIRE, Constable of Lexington. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 89 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OCTOBER 31, 1932 The meeting was called to order at 8:07 P. M. Moderator, Robert H. Holt, presiding. There were 190 Town Meeting Members present. The Town Clerk, James J. Carroll, read the warrant for the meeting, until further reading was waived on motion of Selectman Mr. Trask. The Town Clerk read the Constable's return of the warrant. Selectman Mr. Trask, moved to take up article one; offer- ing the following: That a Committee of three be appointed, by the Moderator, one of which shall be the Moderator, to arrange a series of lectures provided by the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzzane Cary. Carried unanimously at 8:10 P. M. Under article one, Selectman Mr. Trask offered the follow- ing: Voted that a Committee of five be appointed by the Moder- ator to revise the Plumbing By -Laws of the Town. Carried un- animously at 8:11 P. M. Under article one, Mr. Albert H. Burnham, read the follow- ing report, to consider a caucus to nominate Town Officers as follows : As voted at a Town Meeting held October 15, 1930, which read as follows: "Voted that a Committee of five be ap- pointed by the Moderator to consider and report to the Town Meeting whether or not it is desirable that the representative town meeting, or its members make recommendations to the voters of the Town as to candidates for town office or for mem- bers of this representative town meeting, and if desirable what method may be adopted for that purpose." Report of Committee as follows: October 24, 1932. Your committee appointed to consider a caucus to nomin- ate town officers have held several meetings and have come to the following conclusions. 90 ANNUAL REPORTS That in a sub division the size of Lexington the voters have as good a chance to know or learn the qualifications of a candi- date for office at the election as at a caucus. That only a small per cent of the towns, of our size hold such a caucus. That if such a caucus were held every voter in town should have a vote. A suggestion was made that the town meeting members con- stitute the caucus, but your committee believes every voter should have the right to take part in such a caucus. That it would probably cost the town from $1000 to $1500 to hold such a caucus. And it is the recommendation of your committee that no action be taken at the present time. Signed by the Committee, JOHN D. COLLINS, EUGENE T. Buercr,nr, JOHN A. LYONS, ALnERT H. BURNHAM. Including. That the report be accepted and the committee be discharged —. Carried unanimously 8:13 P. M. Under article one, Mr. Rowse, Chairman of the Appropria- tion Committee, read the following report, covering the articles in the warrant ; as follows : Art. 2. Approved 51.0,000.00 Excess and Deficiency to Ac- count Public Welfare. Art. 3. Approved. Art. 4. Approved. Art. 5. Approved $6,000.00 Sewer Assessment to Sewer Construction: $6,000.00 Bonds and notes issued and payable in accordance with law. Art. 6. Not approved. Art. 8. Approved. Art. 9. Approved $1,500.00 New Headquarters Fire Sta- tion, Architects' Excess and Deficiency. Plans and contractors bids. Respectfully submitted, A. EDWARD ROW SE, Chairman.. Under article two, Selectman Mr. Trask, offered the follow - 'ug motion: Voted that the sum of $10,000.00 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account to the Welfare Depart- ment. Carried unanimously 8:15 P. M . TOWN OF LEXINGTON 91 Under article three, Selectman Mr. Trask, offered the fol- lowing motion : Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to in- stall street lights in the following streets: Plymouth Road and Wachusett Drive. Carried unanimously 8:19 P. M. Under article four, Selectman Mr. Trask, offered the follow- ing motion : Voted that the action of the Board of Selectmen acting as a Board of Health, in constructing a sewer in Bedford Street from the present end, said end being northwesterly and distant about 1510 feet from the northwesterly line of Elm Avenue, a distance of 300 feet be approved. Carried unanim- ously 8:22 P. M. Under article five, Selectman Mr. Trask, offered the follow- ing motion : Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to construct a sewer in Bedford Street from present end to Tewksbury Street, a distance of approximately 210 feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Tewksbury Street from Bedford Street to Sar- gent Street, a distance of approximately 225 feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Shirley Street from Bedford Street to end, a distance of approximately 41.5 feet; Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Sargent Street from Tewksbury Street to Shirley Street, a distance of approximately 260 feet. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to con- struct a sewer in Summit Road from the present end, a distance of approximately 325 feet; And further voted that for the pur- pose of said construction, the sum of $10,000 be appropriated, $6,000 of this sum to be transferred from the Sewer Assessment Account to the Sewer Construction Account, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to sell bonds or notes of the Town in the sum of $4,000 issued and payable in accordance with law. Explanations of conditions in the above mentioned streets by Mr. Trask. Letter of protest read by Francis E. Burke. on request of petitioners. 11. E. Custanee speaks in favor of the sewers, Question by Mr. Murray, how many houses were to be bene- fitted. 92 ANNUAL REPORTS Answered by Mr. Trask, about nineteen. Selectman Mr. Trask moved. the article be voted upon in sections, which was carried unanimously at 8:32 P. M. The section referring to a sewer in Bedford Street from present end to Tewksbury Street. approximately 210 feet. Car- ried unanimously 8:33 P. M. The section referring to a sewer in Tewksbury Street from Bedford Street to Sargent Street, approximately 225 feet. Carried unanimously 8:34 P. M. The section referring to a sewer in Shirley Street from Bedford Street to end, approximately 415 feet. Carried un- animously 8:35 P. M. The section referring to a sewer in Sargent Street from Tewksbury Street to Shirley Street, approximately 260 feet. Carried unanimously 8:36 P. M. The section referring to a sewer in Summit Road from the present end, approximately 325 feet, was opposed, by Mr. Mur- phy. Question by Clark if approved by the Appropriation Com- mittee. Answered by Rowse : Yes. Question by Mr. Murray : How many houses were to be benefited. Answered by Mr. Trask : Three. Mr. Hutchinson moved indefinite postponement, therefore that part of the article referring to a sewer in Summit Road from the present end, a distance of approximately 325 feet. Indefinitely postponed, carried unanimously 8:47 P. M. Under article five Selectman Mr. Trask, offered the follow- ing; And further voted that for the purpose of said construc- tion, the sum of $10,000.00 be appropriated, $6,000 of this sum to be transferred from the Sewer Assessment Account to the Sewer Construction Account, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to sell bonds or notes of the Town in the sum of $4,000. issued and payable in accordance with law. Carried unanimously by rising rote 8:49 P. M. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 9!3 The part of article five referring to Pinewood Street was indefinitely postponed. Unanimous vote 8:50 P. M. Under article six, Selectman Mr. Trask offered the follow- ing: Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to in- stall water mains not less than six inches in size in the follow- ing streets, subject tel the usual guarantee ; Allen Street from the present end inBlossoin Street a dis- tance of approximately 1390 feet ; Adams Street from East Street a distance of approximate- ly 1,150 feet; and rurther voted that for the purpose of install- ing said water mains the sum of $10,000 be appropriated for Water Construction Account, $3,500 to be used for the installa- tion in Allen Street, $4.50() for the installation in Adams Street, and the balance for the Water Construction Account; and for the purpose of raising the money the Town Treas- urer be and hereby is authorized to sell under the direction of and with the approval of the Selectmen, bonds or notes of the Town issued and payable as provided by law. Discussion regarding Allen Street by Mr. Doherty, Tenney, Taylor and Hutchinson. Question by Mr. Chamberlain if approved by the Appro- priation Committee. Reply by Chairman Mr. Rowse, not approved. Mr. Lamont moved, article be indefinitely postponed. Postponement unanimously carried at 9:00 P. M. Under article seven Selectman Mr. Trask offered the fol- lowing; Voted that the Board of Selectmen and Public Works be and they are hereby authorized to take by eminent domain on behalf of the town an easement for the location of a drain for surface water in or under the private ways as shown on a "Plan of Ervington Park, Lexington, Massachusetts, February 3, 1931, F. P. Cutter, C. E. recorded in Middlesex South Dis- trict Deeds, Book 5649, page 576," namely, beginning at a point near the southerly terminus of Hillside Terrace, thence within the exterior lines of the said ways as shown on the said plan, southwesterly to Ledgelawn Avenue, thence northwester- ly in Ledgelawn Avenue to a point opposite a way 12 feet in width as laid out over lot numbered 183 on the said plan, thence southwesterly in the said way to a brook which crosses through the rear of the said lot numbered 183, together with 94 ANNUAL REPORTS. the right to enter thereon for the purpose of constructing and maintaining the same. Carried unanimously 9:04 P. M. Question by Mr. Worthen, if agreeable to take articles ten and eleven together, unanimous 9:05 P. M. Mr, Worthen offered the following; Article ten; Voted that the Town amend the Lexington Zoning By -Laws by chang- ing i'rom an R. 1. llistriet to a C. 1. District the following des- cribed parcel of ]and; A triaiugular parcel of land bounded on the northwest by Fletcher Avenue distant 183.90 feet, on the southwest by Wo- burn Street distant 320.22 feet, and on the northeast by the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corp., xight of way distant 317.40 feet, containing about 27,994 square feet. Article eleven; Voted that the provision of the Lexington Zoning By -Law requiriug in C. 1. Districts hereafter created, a yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street, and not Iess than forty feet from the center line of such street, be waived insofar as it relates to the tri- angular parcel of land bounded on the northwest by Woburn Street distant 320.22 feet, and in the northeast by the Boston find Lowell Railroad Corporation right of way distant 317.40 feet, containing about 27, 994 square feet. Mr. Emery asks regarding twenty foot set back on Fletch- er Avenue, Answered, Mr. O'Connell, he was agreeable to make set back any distance asked or desired. Mr. Emery reads, report of Planning Board as follows; Pursuant to the provisions of the Zoning By -Law, a hear- ing was held by the Planning Board on Monday evening Octo- ber 17, 1932, at 8 P. M. in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building. The petitioner appeared with nine other citizens, owners of property within the affected area designated by the Planning Board. Of those present, the petitioner and two others spoke in favor of the change. One spoke in opposition. This is the second time substantially this same petition has been before the Town. Last year, the same petitioner filed a petition for the same change in zoning of the same plot of land. The present petition asks additionally for removal of the twenty foot set back on Woburn Street. TowN OF LEXINGTON 95 The earlier petition was reported upon adversely by the Planning Board and was decisively rejected by the town meet- ing held on the evening of September 28, 1931. At the recent hearing, the petitioner was requested to state the grounds, if any, upon which the present petition should be favorably recommended that did not exist upon pres- entation of the same petition one year ago. In reply it was stated that when the earlier petition was presented the petitioner was not prepared definitely to commit himself to the particular use to which the lot would be put, if the zoning was changed, whereas now he was willing to bind himself to use in part for a filling station for Automobiles and several small stores. The petitioner files with the Planning Board sketch plans of the proposed buildings which were explained in consider- able detail by the Architect who was also present. It was stated that the buildings and the position thereof would be changed to any reasonable extent to accommodate the views of the Town Officials. In was also stated that the part of the lot, upon which the filling station was to be placed was to be sold to the Jenny Oil Company which would bind itself to erect buildings in con- formity with the plans, and that the stores would also be erect- ed in conformity with the plans. In our report upon the former petition we said :--"The property itself lies on the border line between the principal business section of the Town and in an important residential section. There would seem to be no occasion for enlarging the business section or district until all property within the pres- ent bounds shall have been so nearly utilized as to cause con- gestion or undue appreciation of values. That status has not yet been reached and apparently will not be reached for some years to come. Until that time is reached no reason is seen for enlarging the present business district. In the present busi- ness or C. 1. District on Massachusetts Avenue extending from Meriam Street to Woburn Street there is still available for business a total of 1,310 feet frontage of property not yet avail- ed of for business uses. "In acting upon petitions for cllanges in zoning, the re- quirements of the Town as a whole should be considered and not individual preferences or interests. If the wishes of indi- vidual owners were to be recognized, the Town would quickly lose its orderly development and would be covered with isolat- 96 ANNUAL REPORTS ed business areas in the midst of residential areas, and isolated values on the one hand would be unduly :ipprcciated, and on the other hand adjoining values would be depreciated. It was to avoid just such spotty development that zoning was adopt- ed, and the whole benefit of zoning would be lost if individual l:c•titions for change such as the present are granted, "Changes should be made when public need requires. No business district should be enlarged nor should a new business district be created unless and until public convenience reason- ably requires the change. "With the present large frontage of property within the present business district on Massachusetts Avenue between Meriani Street and Woburn Street now available for business but not yet utilized for business, it is felt that there is no pres- ent need for antending our zoning law to provide additional business area, and while it may be true that at some future tune the property covered by the present petition, together with other properties in different parts of the Town, may in the natural and orderly growth of the Town be required to ac- comodate the demands of business, that time is probably many years ahead, and until then its status should not be changed." The foregoing in our opinion is still pertinent. The personal interests of the present owner and petitioner should not, in our opinion, be controlling, nor should they be regarded with too much solicitude, for he purchased the prop- erty under its present zoning and, so far as we know, was not induced to purchase by any encouragement that the zoning would be changed. The Planning Board has given touch consideration to the area adjacent and including the plot in question. It is prob- ably inevitable that some time the grade crossing of the rail- road at Woburn Street will be done away with, and the grades separated. Whether the highway will be carried over or under the railroad is not determined,—the railroad Engineers them- selves are not yet certain. it must he borne in mind also that Woburn Street is already a link in an important State High- way #128, which will undoubtedly require widening at an early date. Whatever is done, it is important that the plot now under consideration be not yet given over to business develop- ment that is not absolutely required, because of the heavy damages that would result when the time of separating the grades at the Woburn Street crossing and the widening of R'o (earn Street shall arrive. Towx of LEXINGTON 97 The Planning Board also believes that it will probably be found to be for the best interests of the Town to extend Sher- man Street to junction with Woburn Street and to discontinue Pletcher Avenue from Sherman - Street to Massachusetts Avenue and thus do away with the dangerous Fletcher Avenue Railroad Crossing. Until these various changes shall have been considered and worked out, the Planning Board believes it to be unwise to change the zoning of the triangular plot which is the sub- ject of this petition, or to promote immediate erection of any expensive building thereon. Any present gain in valuation and taxable return would likely be more than offset by the damages that would have to be paid when the time for widening Woburn Street shall ar- rive. also for separating the grades at the Woburn Street Rail- road Crossing. The petitioner will suffer no damage by continuing the property in the class in which it was zoned when he purchased it. With respect to removal of the set back on Woburn Street, the Planning Board is clearly of the opinion that it should not be done. The Town has already had one very costly experience in the vicinity of Hunt's Block in undertaking to obtain a strip of land for widening purposes. FREDERICK L. EMERY, Chairtitalt C. EDWARD GLYNN J. HE/Nn c DUFFY WILLIAM D. MILNE CL.1I:ENCE II. CUTLER EDGAR F. SCHEIBE, Clerk October 31, 1932. Discussion by the following speakers; Scheibe, O'Connell, Viano, Burke, Heaney, Marshall, Ryder, Madison and Greeley. Mr. Greeley moved indefinite postponement. Question if Mr. Worthen would withdraw article eleven. Mr. Worthen replies, agreeable to withdraw, article eleven, which was carried unanimously at 9:55 P. M. Mr. Greeley's motion for indefinite postponement was put to a vote and was carried for postponement unanimously at 9:59 P. M. 98 Axid: i. Esr^oRTS Under article nine Selectman Mr. Trask offered the fol- lowing; Voted that the sum of $1500 be transferred from the ac- count New Headquarters Fire Station, Architects' Plans and Contractors' Bids to the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried unanimously at 9:57 P. M. Selectman Mr. Trask moved to take up article 8, offering the following motion; Voted that it is the sense of the meet- ing that the salaries of all persons employed by the Town, ex- cept the laborers, shall be reduced 10 % for the year 1933,.be- ginning January 1st. Explanations by Selectman Mr. Trask. Remarks by F. E. Burke, opposing a reduction or contrib- ution of s>rlaries, offering the following substitute motion; Voted; That it is the sense of the 'fleeting that after De- cember 31, 1932, no employee of the Town be required to con- tribute any portion of Lis or her salary for labor on any public works or welfare relief of the Town; and that the present sal- aries of all Town employees remain unchanged until the next annual Town Meeting; and be it thither voted that the select- men be instructed to prepare and present with the warrant for the next annual Town Meeting a complete statement of the Town's financial condition together with a schedule showing the comparative salaries of Town Employees in the Metro- politan District. Remarks and explanations by the following speakers; Mr. Taylor, Mr. Cutter, Mr. Marshall, who moved that the article be indefinitely postponed. Remarks by Mr. Earle, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Lamont. Mr, Hutchinson suggests when vote taken on above, that same he taken by ballot. Moderator Mr. Holt rules, Mr. Hutchinson's suggestion. out of order but same can be entertained later. Moderator Mr. Holt suggests if Mr. Marshall agreeable to withdraw his postponement, would be in order to continue. Mr. Marshall states agreeable to withdraw. Remarks by Mr. Greeley. Moderator Mr. Holt, offers Mr. Burke's Substitute mo- tion, which was declared lost, unanimously at 11:02 P. M. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 99 Moderator Mr. Holt, offers Selectman Mr. Trask's original motion, which was declared lost unanimously at 11 :04 P. M. Decision of the result of the vote doubted. Moderator Mr. Holt, if enough voters doubted vote, to raise their hands I'or reconsideration, enough voters, doubted decision, therefore rising vote in order. Remarks by Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Hutchinson offers motion, same be taken by ballot_ Moderator Mr. Holt, suggests the meeting vote whether or not, they wanted to take vote by ballot, by being put to a vote, it was declared lost, to vote by ballot, unanimous 11 :07 P. M. Moderator Mr. Holt, appoints the following tellers to take count of voters, for a rising vote on Mr. Trask's original motion, Mr. Devine, Mr. Long and Mr. Robinson. Remarks by Mr. Lamont. Mr. J. S. Smith, explanations and remarks, offering the following resolve; that it is the sense of this meeting, that, from January 1, 1933 to December 31, 1933 inclusive, all salar- ied officers and all town employees contribute ten per cent of their pay to a fund to be expended by the Board of Selectmen for labor on public works or relief of unemployed citizens of the town, except that all laborers, and employees receiving $24. per week or less, shall be exempted from this contribution. Mr. Smith introduced Mr. Houghton from School Commit- tee. Mrs. Webster offers explanations and remarks for teach- ers. Question by Mr. Folger, according to parliamentary law, if in order to entertain another motion, before the original mo- tion determined. Answered by Moderator Mr. Holt, he did not know, as he himself was trying to determine the right of order, but thought procedure was in order, for the reason, that he was trying to get the sense of the meeting. Moderator Mr. Holt, then offered for vote, to the meeting, if the meeting wanted to accept. Mr. Smith's motion in place of Selectman Trask's original motion, which was carried for acceptance, unanimously 11 :22 P. M. 100 ANNUAL REPORTS Remarks by Mr. Taylor. Moderator Mr. Holt offers for vote, Mr. Smith's substitute motion, which was declared carried, unanimous at 11 :24 P. M. Selectman Trask, moves for adjournment. 11:25 P. M. Attest : JAM1s J. CARR.OLL, Town Clerk. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 101 WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHt'sR7TS MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants rj said town who are quali- fied to vote in Elections to nteet in EMERSON HALL, *STONE BUILDING, East Lexington, (Precinct 1) CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING, Lexington Centre, (Precinct 2, Precinct 3, and Precinct 4) on TUESDAY, the EIGHTH day of NOVEMBER, 1932, at six o'clock A. M., to east their ballots for the following of- ficers: Presidential Electors; Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secre- tary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Congress- man; Councillor; Senator; Two Representatives in Gen- eral Court; Two County Commissioners; Sheriff. And to take action on the following questions: No.1 LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION Shall the proposed law which defines and legalizes the practice of chiropractics; establishes a board of registration of chiropractors and defines the number, mode of appointment, tenure, qualification and compensation of its members, and its powers and duties; provides for the preliminary qualifications, examination, certification, original registration and annual license of chiropractors and regulation of their practice, and defines the mode, subjects of and fees for examination, the mode of practice and penalties: and other matters related thereto, which are chiefly as follows: That chiropractic be "the science or practice of locating and adjusting by hand the malpositions of the articulations of the human spine". 102 AN Nti AL REPORTS That any person, with one preceding year's residence in this Commonwealth and with degree from a qualified chiro- practic school received at least one year prior to the date when this law takes effect, may, within ninety days after such date, be certified by the board at its discretion without examination. That otherwise no person, except a member of the board of registration, slia11 practice chiropractic unless, being over twenty-one years of age, of good moral character and gradu- ated from a reputable chiropractic school after personally at- tending courses of at ]cast twenty-two hundred] sixty -minute daylight Hours given to persons qualified to graduate from a public High school, he shall qualify by examination, pay a fee of twenty-five dollars and be registered and certified; except that any ]person licensed in another State maintaining stand- ards equal to those of this Commonwealth may be registered without examination. That the examination be scientific and practical in char- acter, in subjects including anatomy, physiology, symptom- atology, hygiene, sanitation, chemistry, histology, pathology, chiropractic analysis, and the principles and practice of chiro- practic. That the board may, after hearing, revoke a certificate for cause. That the board shall make an annual report and shall keep public records of its proceedings and of the names of per- sons examined or registered by it and of the names and ad- dresses of all registered chiropractors, who shall pay an an- nual license fee, promptly notify the board of any change in address and furnish such other information as the board may require. That the board consist of three members, residents of the Commonwealth for three years, graduates of a chartered chiro- practic school having power to confer degrees in chiropractic, to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for a term of three years. That the board have authority to administer oaths, sum- mon witnesses and take testimony and adopt reasonable rules and regulations pertaining to their duties, and that they pay into the state treasury fees received by them, and that they re- ceive compensation and reimbursement for expenses in such amounts as may be annually appropriated therefor not exceed- ing the amount of such fees. Penalties are provided for practicing chiropractic without holding a certificate or for using the words "Chiropractic TOWN OF LEXINGTON 103 Practitioner", the letters "D.C." or any title or letters indicat- ing engagement in such practice, or for buying, selling or fraudulently obtaining any diploma or record of registration. It is further provided that the present law relating to the registration of physicians and surgeons and providing penal- ties for the unauthorized practice of medicine shall not be held to discriniinate against registered chiropractors; but no chiro- practor, unless registered as a physician or surgeon, may practice obstetrics, or administer drugs, or perform surgical operations by the use of instruments, or hold himself out as and for other than a chiropractor, which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 50 in the affirmative and 151 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 13 in the affirmative and 21 in the negative, be approved? YES NO No.2 LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION Shall the proposed taw which provides for an additional method of nominating candidates for nomination, at the state primaries in September, by members of political parties, for those offices to be filed by all the voters of the Commonwealth at a state election. It provides that the state conventions of the political parties, in each state election year, shall be held before and not after the state primaries, as now, namely, not later than June ] 5. In order to elect delegates to such party conventions, party primaries are established to be held nn the last Tuesday in April. Among other things, these state conventions may en• dorse candidates for offices to be filled by all the voters and to be voted upon at the state primaries. Such endorsement places a candidate in nomination, at such state primaries, without the necessity of filing noniination papers. The name of the en- dorsed candidate is to placed first on the ballot and against his name is to be placed the words "Endorsed by (the name of political party) convention" in addition to the eight -word statement now authorized by law. Candidates endorsed by a party convention may accept said endorsement within ten days, and having so accepted may not withdraw. It also provides for the election of district, of state com- mittees and members of ward and town committees at the pro- posed party primaries in April, as well as delegates to the state party conventions, instead of at the state primaries in September, as now. 104 Axxr:.►I. REPORTS It also provides for the election of delegates to national conventions (to nominate candidates for President) at the pro- posed party primaries instead of at the primaries, new spe• [•tally- held for that purpose, and which existing law requires to be held oil the last Tuesday in April (the same day proposed for the propose] party primaries) . It also provides for certain other new provisions of law and certain clianges in existing laws, relating to holding state conventions and party primaries, the number and election of delegates to state conventions, the number of members at large of a state committee, and other matters, which in more detail chiefly are as follows: State conventions are to be composed solely of del- egates elected at the party primaries, and the number is to be one from each ward and town and one addi- tional for every fifteen hundred votes or major frac- tion thereof above the first fifteen hundred votes cast at the preceding state election in such ward or town for the political party candidate for Governor, in- stead of a number now fixed by the state committee of each party (not less than one from each ward or town) and certain members designated by existing law. 'l'he time, for notice to the State Secretary by al- dermen or selectmen of their determination to hold primaries by wards, precincts or groups of precincts, to be March 1, instead of August 1, as now. The names of candidates for election for delegates to a state convention and for district members of a state committee to be arranged individually by al- phabet instead of in groups arranged by lot, as now. Vacancies in the miler' of delegate to a state or na- tional convention not to be tilled except in case of a tic vote, and then by delegates from the same district, within ten days, and if no other delegate or if not so filled, then by a state committee, rather than solely by the remaining members of the delegation; and statement of filling of such vacancy to be filed with the State Secretary. Seating or delegates at state conventions to be in groups by senatorial districts, and order of business at said convention defined. TowN OP LEXINGTON 105 Voting on candidates, by a convention, to be by roll call, if more than one candidate for the office, or by groups of delegates unless any member of such group objects. The number of members at large of a state com- mittee of a political party to be fixed by the state con- vention of a party instead of by the state committee, as now. The existing provisions as to preparation and filing of nomination papers, objections to nomina- tions, preparation, number, substance, arrangement and form of ballots, hours during which polls shall be open, opening of ballot boxes, canvass and return of votes now applicable to state primaries to be ap- plicable to the proposed party primaries. The power of a state committee to fix the num- ber of district delegates to a national convention to be continued, but the date, of giving notice to the State Secretary, of such fixation to be March 1 in- stead of on or before the third Wednesday in March, as now. The power of city and town• committees to fix the number of members of ward and town committees to be continued but the date, of giving notice to the State Secretary, of such fixation to be March 1 instead of August 1, as now, which was approved in the Senate by a vote of 21 in the affifmative and 17 in the nega- tive and was disapproved in the House of Representa- tives by a vote of 62 in the affirmative and 13S in the negative, be approved? YES NO No.3 PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES It is desirable that the proposed amendment to the Con- stitution of the United States,— "Article— "SECTION 1. The terms of the President and Vice Pres- ident shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3rd day of January, of the years in which such terms would have end - 106 ANNUJAL REroRTS ed if this article had nut been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin. "SECTION 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3rd day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day. "SECTION 3, If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the begin- ning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President un- til a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified. `SEcrioN 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have developed upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have de- volved upon them. "SucTioN 5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article. "SncrloN 6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission,"—he ratified by the General Court? YES NO The polls will be open from six o'clock A. M. until eight o'clock P. M. And you are directed to serve this Warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By - Laws of the Town. Hereof, fail not, and make due return on this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 107 Given under our hands, at Lexington, this eighteenth day of October A. D., 1932. RoenaT P. TRASK, 1OHn E. OILCREAST, THEODORE A. OUSTANCIIt, CHARLES E. FERGUSON, DANIEL J. O'CBNNELL, Selectmen of Lexington. October 24, 1932. To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the Post Office, in the vestibule of the Town Office Building and six other public places in the Town, and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town seven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: PATRICK J. MAGUIRE, Constable of Lexington. 108 ANNUAL REPDRTS PRESIDENTIAL STATE ELECTION November 8, 1932 The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the four precincts as follows: PRECINCT ONE Warden Charles J. Dailey Deputy Warden Sarah F. Healey Inspector Bartlett J. Harrington Inspector Alfred Hayward Deputy Inspector . Joseph J. Pritchard Deputy Inspector . Viola M. Harkins Clerk Roland E. Garmon Deputy Clerk George E. Foster Teller Mrs. Mary A. Rowland Teller Donald Cameron Teller Ellese Schofield Teller Miles F. Jones PRECINCT TWO Warden Irving B. Pierce Deputy Warden Clerk Deputy Clerk Inspector Inspector Deputy Inspector Deputy Inspector Teller Teller Teller Teller Ezra F. Breed John H. Dacey Frederick H. Connor Victor H. Harmon Randall W. Richards George V. Morse Madeline J. Corbett Elisabeth Nourse Clifford W. Pierce Ruth Ray Edward McGrory PRECINCT THREE Warden Frederick H. Tullar Deputy Warden Inspector . Bessie G. Davis James H. Ahearn TOWN of LEXINGTON 109 110 ANNUAL REPORTS Inspector Charles E. Moloy President and Vice President Deputy Inspector Drama Hovey Prec. 1 Prec, 2 Prec. 2 Prec. 4 Total Deputy Inspector John Sweeney Foster and Ford 2 2 1 1 6 Clerk James L. McKenzie Hoover and Curtis ......... 694 866 785 746 3091 Deputy Clerk Samuel W. Wellington Reynolds and Aiken ...... 1 1 0 2 4 Teller George Jaynes Roosevelt and Garner.... 399 258 348 363 1368 Teller Esther Graham Thomas and Maurer 34 19 7 27 87 Teller Katherine Vaughan l7pshaw and Regan ......,, 1 0 9 0 10 Teller Matthew Stevenson Blanks 11 8 0 14 33 PRECINCT FOUR Governor Deputy Warden . . . Howard Custance John J. Balsam 6 4 2 1 13 Inspector William E. Muliiken Joseph B, Ely 404 322 405 372 1503 Inspector Katherine Kiernan Alfred Baker Lewla .,...., 19 15 9 15 58 Deputy Inspector Irene Robinson Charles S. Oram ............. 0 0 0 0 0 Deputy Inspector George Hinchey William Sterling Youngman 671 786 710 735 2902 Clerk Frank Maguire Blanks 42 27 24 30 123 Deputy Clerk Margaret T. Kennedy Teller Agnes Hall Lieutenant Governor Teller James J. Waldron Gaspar G. Bacon 697 858 768 755 3078 Teller Loring C. Child Morris I. Becker 6 2 2 2 12 Teller Harry F. Howard James W. Dawson 3 3 1 2 9 Warden M. G. Hopkins Walter S. Hutchins 22 11 9 15 57 John E. Swift 356 246 341 333 1276 The polls were declared open in each Precinct at six o'clock Blanks 58 34 29 46 167 A. M. and remained open in each Precinct until eight o'clock P. M. Secretary The election officers were sworn to the faithful perform- John F. Buckley 344 220 340 325 1229 ance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election Frederic W. Cook 698 866 763 745 3072 officers in each Precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets. Albert S. Coolidge 24 14 7 15 60 prepared by the Town Clerk being used. Max Lerner 4 3 3 1 11 BlL. Waterman 6 2 0 1 9 The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, Blanks ks ,__._ 66 49 37 66 218 sealed, signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots, delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. The total Treasurer registration of voters was 4982. Domenico A. DiGirolamo 2 2 2 1 7 The Town Clerk and Board of Registrars canvassed the Eva Hoffman 6 2 1 2 11 result as follows Charles F. Hurley .,.,389 265 351 359 1364 Francis Prescott 646 820 732 763 2901 Precinct 1, Ballots Cast, 1142 (Eleven hundred forty-two) Glen Trimble 22 10 9 16 56 Precinct 2, Ballots Cast, 1154 (Eleven hundred fifty four) Blanks 77 55 55 73 260 Precinct 3, Ballots Cast, 1150 (Eleven hundred fifty) Precinct 4, Ballots Cast, 1153 (Eleven hundred fifty-three) Total vote cast 4599 (Four thousand five hundred ninety - [nine) Auditor Jule Babbitt 5 3 3 3 13 Daniel T. Blessington .,, 4 2 3 41 13 Torrti OF LEXINGTON 111 112 ANNUAL REPORTS Pree.1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Prec. 4 Total Sheriff Alonzo B. Cook 625 743 667 688 2723 Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Prec. 4 Total David A. Eisenberg 21 15 10 15 61 John R. Fairbairn 717 882 763 764 3126 Francis X. Hurley 394 301 394 359 1448 Stephen C. Garrity 307 199 300 309 1115 Blanks ............................... 93 90 74 84 341 Blanks 118 73 87 80 368 Attorney General Question No. 1 John P. Buckley 336 218 324 318 1196 Yes 273 211 218 210 912 Maria C. Correia 3 3 3 3 12 No 493 664 598 551 2306 Fred E. Oeleher 0 1 1 0 2 Blanks 376 279 334 392 1381. George E. Roewer 22 12 6 15 55 William R. Scharton 7 3 3 5 18 Question No.2 Joseph E. Warner 687 864 770 743 3064 Yes 470 573 563 483 2089 Blanks 87 53 43 69 253 No 199 188 178 203 768 Blanks 473 293 409 467 1742 Congressman Question No. 3 James J. Bruin 307 199 280 284 1070 Yes 643 744 736 660 2733 Edith Nourse Rogers .... 743 893 802 784 3222 No 101 93 88 93 375 Blanks 92 62 68 85 397 Blanks 395 317 326 400 1438 A true record, Councillor Attest, John J. Brennan 334 225 316 317 1192 Eugene A. F. Burtnett664 832 733 732 2961 JAMES J. CARROLL, Blanks 144 97 101 104 446 Town. Clerk. Senator Joseph R. Cotton 708 893 776 796 3173 John Patrick O'Connell312 192 295 283 1082 Blanks 122 69 79 74 344 Representatives In General Court Joseph J. Barry 348 215 292 288 1143 Nelson B. Crosby 614 789 711 682 2796 Hollis M. Gott 573 746 634 640 2593 Edward T. Ryan 324 211 208 298 1041 Blanks 425 347 383 398 1553 County Commissioners Nathaniel I. Bowditch583 790 674 662 2709 Thomas J. Brennan 299 203 301 282 1085 George C. McMenimen 298 200 249 253 1000 Walter C. Wardwell 610 794 659 674 2737 Blanks 494 321 417 435 1667 TowN or LEXi\C.'ro1 113 RECOUNT OF VOTES FOR LIEUTENANT - GOVERNOR HELD NOVEMBER 19, 1932 upon application tiled, a recount of votes, cast November 8, 1932, i'or the office of Lieutenant -Governor, was lield in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, Saturday November 19, 1932, the result of sante as canvassed by the Board of Reg- istrars, being as follows: Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prey 3 Prec. 4 Total Gaspar G. Bacon 697 858 767 756 3078 Morris I Becker 6 3 2 2 13 James W. Dawson 3 2 1 2 8 Walter S. Hutchins 22 10 9 15 56 John E. Swift 355 247 342 334 1278 Blanks 59 34 29 44 166 Totals 1142 1154 1150 1153 4599 Result of recount, Bacon remained the same, Becker gain- ed one, Dawson lost one, Hutchins lost one, Swift gained two, blanks lost one. Attest : JAMES J. CARROLL, Clerk, Board of Registrars of Voters. 114 ANNUAL REPORTS RECOUNT OF VOTES FOR SECRETARY OF STATE HELD NOVEMBER 26, 1932 llpou application filed, a recount of votes, cast November 8, 1932, for the office of Secretary of the State, was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, Saturday, November 26, 1932, the result of same as canvassed by the Board of Reg- istrars, being as follows: Prec. 1 Pree. 2 Prec. 3 Prec. 4 'retai John F. Buckley 345 220 337 322 1224 Frederic W. Cook 697 866 766 748 3077 Albert S. Coolidge 22 14 7 16 58 Max Lerner 4 3 2 2 11 Albert L. Waterman 6 2 0 2 10 Blanks 68 49 38 64 219 Totals 1142 1154 1150 1163 4589 Result of recount., Buckley lost five, Cook gained five, Coolidge lost two, Lerner remained the same, Waterman gained one, Blanks gained one. Attest : JAMES J. CARROLL, Clerk, Board of Registrars of Voters. TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION 115 116 November 10, 1932. Pursuant to the Law, The Town Clerk of Arlington and the Town Clerk of Lexington met at Lexington this day at twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose of canvassing the votes on the eighth day of November for the two representatives to the General Court of the Commonwealth to represent the 28th Middlesex District. The canvassing showed the result of the votes east in Arlington and Lexington. In Arlington, Nelson B. Crosby had eight thousand eight hundred fourteen (8,814.) votes. In Lexington, Nelson B. Crosby had two thousand seven hundred ninety-six (2,796) votes. In Arlington, Hollis M. Gott had nine thousand three hundred sixty-one (9,361) votes. In Lexington, Hollis M. Gott had two thousand five hundred ninety-three (2,593) votes. In Arlington, Joseph J. Barry had six thousand one hundred eighty-two (6,182) votes. In Lexington, Joseph J. Barry had one thousand one hundred forty-three (1,743) votes. in Arlington, Edward T. Ryan had five thousand eight hundred and eight (5,808) votes. In Lexington. Edward T. Ryan had one thousand forty-one (1,041) votes. The return showed that Nelson B. Crosby and Hollis M. Gott had a majority of the votes cast in both Towns, and a certificate was accordingly filled out and signed by the Clerks of both Towns to be delivered to Nelson B. Crosby of 10 Davis Avenue, Arlington, and Hollis M. Gott of 90 Churchill Avenue Arlington. E. CAROLING PIERCE, Town. Clerk of Arlington. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk of Lexington. 1932 REPORT ANNUAL REPORTS ,.' y 0 0 0 0 00000000041000000 ;a a o a a o o o 0 4 0 0 4 a 0 o ao s,� P o a a a o a a a a o c ..i o o a o a a a ID a 0-^1001' d, alvuJm00t•. lei X04 a1 eP7N , n E 1.1 '-I N .--i N a Its 0D h a vs 0 N .. M 4 .r w 0D II) I!i O'] ,- 1ta m N . -i .0 ,.0 O' 00' . ID tw - ��O 1� '-I M co J 0 0 P 4 0 e a v 0 v a 4 a 4 4 4 e o 0 0 .� 0 0 a 4 o a o 0 0 o a 0 a a a a a 0 o a a o Is7 o a a o o O O u7 0 a o a a e a L!7 D 4, 4 N 71 d1 IG m IG O N v ID LP o 0. 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M a a m d1 4.M w m N m e .CJ M N ICJ ID 10 rY Id .-i r -I 00 d1 rl =C17 N .-� M d' Accountant 4 In 0) 0, o 13 al a cd xp s7 4 V 0 Cd CJ N ❑ p V m qpi 'O waUi ami ei V 0p 1C 0) b LS 4 N w 0a m FrAW EfL P�.Cr.4'"44tn L 4) 0) 0) m 0 0) Moth and Insect Suppression Shade Trees Forest Fires Dug Officer Health Dental Clinic Vital Statistics Inspector of Animals Inspector of Slaughtering Inspector of Plumbing Inspector of Milk Sewer Maintenance Sewer Construction Lowering Brooks • Collection of Garbage Posture Clinic Highway Maintenance Traffic Regulation and Control Automatic Traffic Signals Street Signs Sidewalks Snow Removal Street Lights Public Works Building (Equipment and Re- pairs 1931 Expended 1931 4,415.98 1,595.70 892.92 50.00 2,039.41 1,699.35 23.00 500.00 600.00 1,150.00 473.95 8,555.91 23.285.10 494.44 4,661.16 624.30 59,967.01 253.15 636.05 244.52 3,404.21 11,666.25 26,317.26 ApOrop. Recd and Estimates Transferred 4,500.00 3,500.00 1,600.00 1,000.00 900.00 1,250.00 50.00 50.00 3,500.00 8,500.00 1,700.00 1,700.00 50.00 50.00 500.00 500.00 600.00 600.00 1,150.00 1,150.00 500.00 500.00 8,600.00 7,500.00 32,716.42 500.00 600.00 4,675.00 4,450.00 1,000.00 700.00 60,000.00 49,000.00 300.00 200.00 750.00 600.00 300.00 150.00 3,500.00 1,000.00 14,000.00 5,000.00 25,000.00 22,000.00 15,908.49 15,916.38 1932 Recom- Approved mended by by Approp. Selectmen Committee 3,500.00 3,500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 500.00 500.00 50.00 50.00 8,500.00 8,000.00 1,700.00 1,700.00 50.00 50.00 500.00 500.00 600.00 600.00 1,150.00 1,150.00 500.00 500.00 7,500.00 7,000.00 500.00 4,450.00 700.00 49,000.00 1,400.00 150.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 22,000.00 800.00 800.00 500.00 4,450.00 500.00 48,000.00 1,400.00 160.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 22,000.00 800.00 NOLONIXWJ .TO N tO;L 1931 1982 _ Approp, Eterom- Approved co Expended Recd and Estimates mended h}- by Approp. 1931 Transferred Selectmen Commit ee Public Works Building (Operation) 8,499.96 6,500.00 5,500.00 5,500.00 5,000.00 Highway Construction (Wood St., Mass Ave. to Bedford Line) 4,991.50 5,000.00 7,000.00 7,000.00 7,000.00 Highway Construction (Allen St.) 1,053.76 1.200,00 5,000,00 6,000.00 5,000.00 D. J. O'Connell (Building Line Judgment) 22,715.61 22,715.61 Highway Construction (Independence Ave from Locust Ave. to Smith Ave.) 498.04 600.00 500.00 500.00 Highway Construction (Smith Ave. from Independence Ave. to Follen Rd.) 2,430.65 2,500.00 1,700.00 1,700.00 Highway Construction (Crescent Hili Ave front Haskell St. to Arlington Town Line) 2,154.61 2,500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 Highway Construction (Tucker Ave. from Baker Ave. northwesterly, approx. 315 feet) 1,357.72 1,500.00 1,300.00 1,300.00 Public Welfare 16,413.23 16,983.23 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 OId Age Assistance 1,484.05 2,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 Soldiers' Relief 419.00 1,200.00 600.00 500.00 500.00 State Aid 174.00 400.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 Soldiers' Burials 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Military Aid 500.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Schools (Maintenance) 233,170.36 234,937.00 232,179.00 232,179.00 232,179.00 Libraries 11,847.54 12,293.00 11,585.00 11,585.00 11,000.00 Parks and Playgrounds 14,711.23 14,711.47 13,600.00 13,500.00 13,500.00 SJiIOd g'IYINNV TOWN US LEXINGTON • y 0 a L0 e 0 6 0 e 0 o e o a 0 0 e e en 6 4 6 op e 0 0 0 9 0 6 9 .6 G ti a o 0 0 0 ♦+ 0 0 0 6 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 6 e 0 6 e e 66 O t'• ,� 0 0 e 0 9 9 0 0 0 N ti 99 6 La 6 4 d1 W N 0 0 9 0 0 0 6 0o O .-1 P O 00 0 La ade0° ti ao ,� o Loi 1 : o co 9 ti oo M 711 `` Ll 0 6 In 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 0 In 4 9 0 9 9 A y 9 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 . 0 E 0 0 0 O a o 0 6 6 6 e e 0 0 0 6 ey 6 6 e 6 6 o - 4 O N .-I 9 9 9 6 6 0 0 0 a N b 6 6 0 in 0 0.0 ]n 0 6 CO 0 .- 4 c0 0 0 Ln 041 r[ W , 0 to 0 0 9 0 0 00 0 • W N W 1!u CO 5 6 6 La 6 P P o0 0 a 6 0 CD N .-I 9 b' 00 ,-I 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 t0-• 0 0 0 0 0 9 66 6 6 6 6 0 0 o0 9 on 0 0 6 6 6 a 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 N t- 0 0 0 In 0 0 0 0 LA 0 0 0 0 f--1 a Pl P1 M 1i7 00 ,-1 .-1 0 1[: 0 0 0 0 0 W n0 N .-1 ]n r�1 CO • 'CI 9 0 P P [•• 0 0 0 0'I 0 0 p 0 W 9.'-i 0 0 0 LP 0 6 0 d G N 0 9 Oa s. ,0~+0000' ,-i066ori 60.to G'0 . 0 0 0 1n 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 d, [- t-. 0 (y p M0 .—I eS 00 01 0 0 9 eP eq c-• 0 *0 ly .-i .-i olCV N 0 0 N 1q 1eV •N -I 1-� 1-1 V 9 CP .-I 0 e✓d 0 0 0 9 0 0 <P ,- 0 P oe 41 .--I r-1 CO 0 Ln 9 oO W O 0 N V r1 9 O co *'' eV e+.1 0 0 as .ti a1 .-1 6 *0 00 - 0 ' 6 rI m w 0 00 0 W CO P '.F V. 0 e!., 9 1.4 co OT 9 -V A,/ 0 9 rI 01 o N PT en 9 SN in V?.. C'... 0 pe r 0 *; 9 ed ci Ln 0 aW r- 0 a' •-1 1-1 m P 3 119 120 • AxN1'an REPORTS In accordance with Section. 4 of article 14 of the Town r By -Laws, the Appropriation Committee submits its report to the voters of the Town. The Committee held meetings in October, November and December, 1931,for consideration or.'tentative estimates of the needs of the various departments of the Town for the year 1932. 00 a 0 As a result of this early consideration and with the co- operation of the Board of Selectmen, Town Officers and Heads of Departments, the official budget estimates submitted in January 1932 shows a decrease of approximately X30,000.00 from the tentative estimates. ANALYSIS OF ESTIMATED TAX RATE FOR 1932 Budget approved (excluding bonds) $808.874.91 State and County Taxes and other items to be added by the Asessors in accordance with law 70,000.00 Total $878,874.91 Receipts from State Income Tax and all other Sources, including free cash 235,000.00 17. To be levied and assessed $$43,874.91 Total valuation, Real and Personal, 1931 $21,039,000.00 Addition, 1932 438,000.00 Total $21,475,000.00 •Tax Rate per $1,000 valuation $0.00. The Building Inspector's figures as of January 1, 1932 7"; show permits for building, subject to taxation of $5145,685.00. . At this writing the State Tax Commissioner's Office ad- vises that the State Tax for 1932 may show an increase over ▪ °L 1931 of from 20 to 35% and that receipts from State Income of3 ▪ 5 Tax in 193:.' will drop 20 to 25% from the 1931 figures. (Total for State 1n 1931 #22,000,000.00) moo. (Estimated for 1932 17,000,000.00) `"'q The Bank and Corporation Tax may show a. decrease of °z 'Ivy,. . The County Tax is expected to decrease. dI g'8.4•80 z.The estimated fax rate for 193' shows a reduction of ap- "x proximately 12% or 4.00 l � per thousand. The estimated re- TOWN or LExixGTnN 121 ceipts from all sources shows a reduction of 4.26,000.00 from 1931 which is approximately $1.20 per thousand on the tax rate. If. the receipts for 1932 were to equal those of 1931 a re- duction of $5.20 could have been shown in this year's tax rate. ANALYSIS OF BUDGET ITEMS Fixed by law: To be added by Assessors Police Pensions $70,000.00 870.00 Fire Pensions 1,110.85 Interest 60,173.75 Maturing Debt 116,000.00 $236,154.60 The balance of the items in the budget are in many cases governed by law, but fixed amounts are not required in every case. We call attention to the fact that practically all the remaining items show a reduction of from 10 to 215% of the actual amount expended by these departments last year. INSURANCE — The amount approved, .8,000.00, is to cover necessary premiums to be paid in 1932. FOREST FIRES — The actual amount needed for this work varies with the conditions each year. The custom has been to appropriate $500.00 making transfers from the reserve fund when needed. The committee favors the continuance of this policy. REMOVAL OF ASHES AND CARE OF DUMPS — The work under t -his appropriation is performed by the -Highway Department, but is not, in our judgment, to be confused with Highway Maintenance. The citizens should know as far as possible, the iteins for which their money is spent. The committee approves $2,200.00 and recommends it be- ing set up as a separate account. C{.1LLECTIOX OF GARBAGE — This is operated under a 3 -year contract commencing October of 1930, and running to October 1st 1933, calling for $13,3:10.00 for the period, an average of $4,450 per year. In 1929, $6,36051 was spent, and in 1930, $6,428.26. This shows a decrease of better than 30% since the contract system went into operation. STREET LIGHTS — The cost for 1932 for continuous light- ing from a half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise called for, 25,600.00. The Selectmen advise us that 122 ANNUAI, REPORT:3 the cost from one-half hour after sunset to one o'clock A. M., for the year 1932 will be V2,000.00, showing a saving of .$3,600.00. We approve $22,400.00. ELECTION AND REGISTRATION — The increase in the amount for 1932 over that for 1931 is made necessary by the National and State primaries and elections to be held this year. OLD AGE ASSISTANCE — $10,000.00 is necessary to pay assistance granted under Chapter 118A of the General Laws inserted therein by Section 1 of Chapter 402 of the Acts of. 1930, which went into effect as of fuly 1, 1931. and as amended by Chapter 398 of the Acts of 1.931. Chap- ter 118A provided that Cities and Towns were to be re- imbursed by the State for one-third of the total amount expended. The Act of 1931.provides for reimbursement to cities and towns for the full amount expended. HYDRANTS --- There are 476 hydrants in the town, with a rental charge of $15,00 each, making the total for rental paid into the Water Maintenanee Account $7,140.0[} for 1932. APRIL 19th —The usual amount requested for this item has been $300,00. The widespread celebration of the bi-centen- nial of Washington's birth has been planned to be recogn- ized by various events throughout the year 1931 in all sec- tions of the country. Lexington has been especially ap- pealed to because of its historic background to fittingly celebrate this event. For the Connnittee appointed in Lex- ington the Selectmen requested an appropriation of $250.- 00. 250:00. The Appropriation Committee recommends that Lex- ington's celebration be combined with that of April 19th. The Board of Selectmen a re in accord with this sugges- tion. We recommend an appropriation of $400.00 for the combined celebrations. HEAL'T'H — The increase of $0,000.00 in this department is due to a change in method of the County in collecting the charge made for the care of persons suffering from tuber- culosis. The custom previous has been for the county com- missioners to send a bill annually to the assessors, who have added this sum to the amounts to Levied and assessed. The County now requires the payments to be made each month for the care of patients sent to the hospital by the Town. TRAFFIC REGULATION AND CONTROL — This is a new account set up to take care of automatic signals, traffic beacons, warning signs and the painting of crosswalks. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 123 The committee feels t.liat this wiI] be a valuable asset in determining the cost of the work in the future. UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF —• There is no appropriation asked for under this item for 1932, but we are advised by the Selectmen that the following sums have been set aside out of the appropriations requester) by the following de- partments :— $3,000.00 ---Highway Maintenance. 3,000.00—Parks and Playgrounds. 1,000.00—Moth and Insect Suppression. POSTURE AND DENTAL CLINICS — The committee ap- preciates the value of these clinics. We recommend that some consi.leration be given to the advisability of having these departments operated as a part of the school system and the expense included in their budget. SCHOOLS — The committee recommends the amount submit- ted by the School Committee for 1932. This amount is ap- proximately the same as spent last year. We would Iike to call attention to the fact that this year there is an in- crease of 85 pupils. These estimates include a full year's operation of the new Franklin School and the addition to the Adams School. 'We submit for your consideration the followinig table showing cost per pupil for suburban towns similar to Lexington :— Arlington $114.37 Belmont 102.04 Winchester 106.42 Concord 125.38 Wellesley 148.07 Needham 101.48 Milton 105.64 Swampscott 116.75 Reading 108.26 Stoneham 107.36 Lexington 96.66 PURCHASE OF OFFICE SUPPLIES — The committee sug- gests that the Board of Selectmen consider the advisability of having all departments under its control purchase their stationery and supplies through one source, believing that a substantial decrease in this expense item could be made. PARKS ANI) I'LAYGROUNI)S -- The amount requested this year is $13,500.00, from which the Selectmen have set aside $3,000.00 for unemployment relief reducing the actual 124 ANNUAr. REPORTS amount available to operate this department to $10,500.00 or a reduction of approxirnately 26% over last year's ex- penditu res. HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; WOOD STREET — We ap- prove the sum of '7,000.00 to be expended under Chapter 90 of the General Laws which provides that one third of the cost of construction will be paid by the State, one- third by the County and one-third by the Town. ALLEN STREET—We approve the sum of $5,000.00 to com- plete the work started last fall Making a suitable approach to the new Franklin School. STREETS UNDER THE BETTERMENT ACT --- We approve the following amounts to complete the work which was started Iast fall on the streets as Iisted below:— Crescent Hill Ave., from Haskell St. to the Arling- ton Town Line $1,500.00 Independence Ave. from Locust Ave. to Smith Ave 500.00 Smith Ave. from Independence Ave. to Pollen Rd. 1,700.00 Tucker Ave. from Baker Ave., approximately 315 feet 1,800.00. $5,000.00 This is tinder the Betterment Act which provides that abutting ownrrs shall pay 100% of the cost of the con- struction. MIDDLESEX COUNTY SANITARIUM — Our portion of the expense of this sanitarium is $38,350.05. We approve the amount of 12,350.06 to be levied and assessed in 1932, and that notes be issued to cover the balance of $26,000.00. These notes are to mature $13,000.00 in 1933 and a like amount in 1934. CAROLINE A. HARRINGTON BUILDING LINE DAM- AGES --- We approve the amount of $3,500.10 to settle a claim against the town for damages caused by the estab- lishment of a building line and land taking along Mrs. Harrington's property on Massachusetts Avenue. WATER':IfAINTENANCE — We call attention to the follow- ing summary of expenses : — TOWN 01.' LEN i Nf; D:; Metropolitan Water Tax Interest on Bonds $26,000.00 10,648.76 Balance for actual maintenance itemized as follows: Insurance 800.00 Salaries 4,204.00 Labor 18,000.00 Byron C. Earle 1,000.00 Collection of rates Supplies, maintenance of equipment 125 126 ANNUAL R1131'0fTS accounts thereof, shall be kept separate from the other money and accounts of said town. The town treasurer shall invest all $36,648.75 such funds in accordance with the stipulations, if any, accom- panying them ; otherwise he shall invest tizem as ordered by the selectmen and said commissioners and pay the income there- from upon their order or with their approval. The proceeds of sales of lots or rights of burial in such cemeteries shall be paid into the town treasury anil shall be subject to said 24,004.00 orders." 9,347.25 The appropriation calls for $70,000.00 WESTVIEW AND M1JNROE CEMETERIES The Appropriation Coinniittee presents in some detail a report covering the use of monies received from Town Appro- priations and from gifts for Cemetery purposes, believing that there has been ]Much misunderstanding in the past with regard to• this matter. Section 15 sent Section 25 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws as quoted in full Chapter 114. Cemeteries and Burials Section 15. Appropriation for improvements. etc. "Towns may appropriate money for enclosing any cem- etery lawfully provided by them or for constructing paths and avenues and embellishing the grounds therein, and may estab- lish all necessary rules relative thereto consistent with law. They may lay out such cemetery into lots, and shall set apart a suitable portion as a public burial place for the use of the in- habitants, tree of charge. They may sell and convey to any person, resident or non-resident, the exclusive right of burial and of erecting tombs and cenotaphs upon any lot of ornament- ing the same, upon such terms and conditions and subject to such regulations as they shall prescribe. The proceeds of such sales shall be paid into the town treasury, be kept separate from other funds, and be appropriated to reimburse the towns for the cost of the land, its rare, improvement and embellish- ment, or the enlargement of the cemetery." Section 25. Gifts for cemeteries. Town treasurer to in- vest such funds. "A town in which cemetery eoinlnissioners are chosen may receive gifts or bequests for maintaining cemeteries or cemetery lots, which shall he paid into the town treasury and, with the Quotation from Westview Cemetery Regulations fAll conveyances of exclusive burial rights shall be made Kubjeet to the provisions of the purchase price an amount es11ial to fifty cents per square foot of the area conveyed shall be paid into a perpetual care fund and all monies so received and any other deposits made for the purpose of the perpetual care shall constitute a fund to be known as the Perpetual Care Fund." Monies for the support of Westview Cemetery can be ob- tained from three sources: — appropriations by the town; pro- ceeds from the sale of lots (less fifty cents per square foot for the Perpetual Care fund) and the income from the Perpetual Care Fund. The support of Westview, in the past ha.s been from two sources, namely: — Town Appropriations and the Sale of Lots F''und. The Town aeeountant furnishes the following figures for 1.931: Balance January 1, 1931—Westview $240.72 Appropriation 1931 2,000.00 Transferred from Sale of Lots Fund 3,500.00 #5.740.72 Total Expended 5,514.46 January 1, 1932, Balance 226.26 January 1, 1932, Balance of Sale of Lots Fund 2,858.79 The principal of the Perpetual Care Fund amounts to *10,500.00. The accumulated income is lg2,7T1.37, none of which has ever Leen. expended. Ai] monies received from other sources (both Westview and .Munroe) such as interment fees, and foundation charges TOWN OF LEXINGTON 127 (annual Bare receipts from Munroe) must be paid into the Town Treasury and flow into the general revenue. MUNROE CEMETERY — The situation in regard to Munroe Cemetery is somewhat different. There are no lots available for sale, therefore there is no Sale of Lots Fund. There is no single Perpetual Care Fund as established with respect to Westview, but rather many individual gifts for perpetual care. The total of these is $28,635.00. Interest Ballance, December 31, 1931—$3,678.54. The care of Munroe Cemetery depends therefore upon such monies as the Town appropriates for the use of the Cemetery Conuuissioners and such of the income from the Perpetual Care Funds as the Commissioners may withdraw. Income from Perpetual Care Fund $1,500.00 Appropriation, 1931 2,300.00 $3,800.00 Expended 3,798.70 Balance, January 1, 1932 $1.80 Conferences have been held by a representative of the Ap- propriation Committee with the Commissioner and the advice of the Town Counsel has been obtained with respect to the use of Perpetual Care Funds; and, as a result, the Commissioners are willing to draw upon the income from the Westview Cem- etery Perpetual Care Fund and from the Perpetual Care Funds pertaining to Munroe and thus to reduce their request for ap- propriations from the Town for 1932. Under date of February 13, 1932, your Committee was ad- vised that the Commissioners had unanimously voted to reduce the amounts requested for appropriations to sums as fol- lows :— Munroe Cemetery $1,800.00 Westview Cemetery 1,000.00 The Appropriation Committee recommends the sums in- dicated above and appreciates this co-operation by the Cem- etery Commissioners. SALARY REDUCTIONS — The matter of reducing salaries of Town employees hag received the attention of the com- mittee. The Appropriation Committee is not a unit in favoring a specific recommendation affecting the estimates 128 ANNUAL REPORTS contained in the budget regarding this matter. The com- mittee agrees to the proposition that the matter should be brought before the Town "Sleeting 31embers for a vote, and that this vote precede the consideration of appropriations for 1932. The committee agrees that if a reduction is to be voted, that it should detect all persons receiving salaries from the town, except the day Iaborers, such as employed in the High- way, Park, Water and Sewer Departments, and that it should be a flat rate, applied equally to a]1. in view of the importance of this matter a vote has been prepared for presentation and discussion. The members of tete Appropriation Committee who are also Town Meeting Mem- bers, reserve their rights to vote on this matter when presented. STATEMENT OF RESERVE FUND FOR 1931 Controlled by Appropriation Committee Appropriation Transferred as follows: April 19th $2.10 Forest Fires 400.00 Board of Appeals 50.00 Highway Construction (Bow St) 154.69 Taxes 1931 •— Abatement to Viano (Bow St. Taking) 10.13 Collection of garbage 35.00 $2,500.00 641.92 Balance to Revenue Account 1,858.08 $2,500.00 The Appropriation Committee believes that with proper planning and supervision the amounts recommended for oper- ating the various departments of the Town will be adequate and trusts that transfers later in the rear will not be neces- sary. Respectfully sitbmttted, LAN,. up,wcx: (x. MITCHELL. Clia-irntan GEORGE W. NARY, Secretary HAnot,o B. i anDH M, A Ctba[J Secretary (:i onory W. BUTTERS Roy A. FERGUSON FRANCIS E..d3t-RICE A. EDWARD ROwsE, JR. HUBERT D. BnonsRuc El:GENE .1. 1'I +No TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF LECTURES 129 Lexington, Massachusetts, December 31, 1932. To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Dear Sirs :— The Committee in charge of the lectures provided under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary begs to submit its third annual report covering the period from January 1, 1932 to December 31, 1932. The attendance at the Iectures during this period was most satisfactory, the audience generally filling Cary Memorial Hall, where the lectures were held, to its capacity. The lec- tures provided were as follows : January 20. Boston Sinfonietta, Arthur Fiedler, Conductor. February 20. Maurice Hindus, "Russia and the World". March 22. Professor Harlow Shapley, "The Stars". November 17. Admiral William S. Sims, "My Life Afloat". December 14. Abbe Ernest Dimnet, "What Men Live By". All expenses incurred for these lectures have been defray- ed by the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund. They have amounted to $1,325.86, of which $1,164.04 has been paid to the lecturers and $1643.86 has been paid for advertising printing and other expenses. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT H. HOLT R. M. RUSHTON FANNIE B. LOVE 130 ANNUAL RsPowrs REPORT OF TOWN CLERK Lexington, Mass., December 31, 1932. Mr. Robert P. Trask, Chairman, Board of Selectmen, Town of Lexington, Lexington, Mass. Dear Sir : Following is the Town Clerk's Report for the year 1932, covering licenses, fees collected : Number of dog licenses issued 881 Number of dog kennel licenses issued 2 ' Total 883 Number of resident citizens' sporting licenses issued 259 Void 4 Total 255 Number of minor fishing licenses issued 8 Number of minor trappers' licenses issued 1 Number of duplicate sporting licenses Issued 3 Number of resident sporting license issued free (1 void) 9 Number of resident trappers' licenses made void 1 Fees collected and transferred to the Town for year 1932: Marriage licenses ;87.00 Recording and discharging mortgages 244.66 Copies, birth, death and marriage certificates 17.76 Pole locations 13.60 Miscellaneous 4.50 Interest 6.54 $373.95 Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Treasurer. 1 TOWN OP LEXINGTON BIRTHS RECORDED FOR TIME YEAR 1932 Whole Number Recorded, 162, 131 JANUARY Date Name Parents 2 Jean Alice French Robert A. and Alice G. (Murphy) French 2 Eleanor Joyce Williams Ernest and Charlotte M. (Carpenter) Williams 2 Phyllis Nancy Collins William G. and Rena (Wilson) Collin 7 Carol Louise Rymes Christopher E. and Marion L. (Brown) Rymer 7 Gordon Forest Henry and Arlene (White) Forest 11 Helen Delores Heffernan Joseph S. and Helen (O'Laughlin) Heffernan 13 Laurence Rockwell Sayre 13 Allan Baker Sayre 14 George Preston Bates 16 Francis Robert Rycroft 17 Paul Francis Ferguson 18 Warren Robert Keyes 25 Doris Louise Darymple Josiah L. and Margaret (McRonald) Sayre Josiah L. and Margaret (McRonald) Sayre George E. and Dorothea (Breed) Bates Frank P. and Mary E. (Leary) Rycroft Roy A. and Eva M. (Guirke) Ferguson John P. and Jean H. (Kurth) Keyes Clarence N. and Helen M. (Anthony) Darymple 27 Gloria Carolyn Wentzell Noble C. and Carrie R (Sweltzer) Wentzell 28 Donald Charles Proctor Jerome L. and Anna C. (Taylor) Proctor 29 Beverly Fuller Malcolm R. and Frances E. (Symonds) Fuller 30 William Blair Stymest Francis P. and Sadie M. (Richards) Stymest 31 — Shaw John H. and Phyllis C. (Day) Shaw 3 Charles Nutt 5 Alfred Smith Marotta 7 Richard Warren Burke 8 William Mason Northrup Pierre Allaire and Leone (Mason) Northrup Everett Z. and Hilda (Wilson) Rushton Duncan E. and Jessie M. (McCullough) Barker FEBRUARY Charles and Mary (Cusack) Nutt Louis and Jennie (Bacca) Marotta. Leon and Edythe M. (Scribner) Burke 15 --- Rushton 18 ----- Barker 19 19 Nancy Elizabeth Hunted Lawrence A. and Eleanor T. (O'Connor) Hunted 13x2 Date Name ANNUAL REPORTS Parents 21 Joan Frances Wright. Samuel J. and Mary B. (Alasavich) Wright 23 James Joseph Lima, Jr. James J. and Agnes F. (Faria) Lima 23 — Catalano Pasquale and Marie (Toccio) Catalano 24 Richard Austin Wason, Jr. Richard A. and Aldian S. (Armstrong) Wason 27 — Gibson George M. and Celia (O'Hanley) Gibson MARGIT 4 Herbert Roy Kennedy John E. J. and Josephine (Roberts) Kennedy 5 Agnes Melvina Pewtherer Andrew J. and Ruth A. (Crandall) Pewtherer 5 Marion Ellen Ramsdell Raymond V. and Emily M. (Selmer) Ramsdell 7 Baby DeFelice Onel and Julia (Angelo) DeFelice 9 Nancy Edith Low Moses Melvin and Mary G. (Lewis) Low 12 Judith Graham Black Walter G. and Minola M. (Whiting) Black 14 William Steward Kendall William S. and Agnes L. (King) Kendall 18 William Francis Mason William N. and Evelyn C. (Coolidge) Mason 19 Myrtle Ann Burbidge Charles A. and Margaret F. (Banks) Burbidge 19 Irving Frederick Sherwood, Jr. Irving F. and Barbara (Fenno) Sherwood Stillman F. and C. Kathryn (Norris) Kelley John F. and Mary F. (McSweeney) Dowd 21 Priscilla Kelley 30 Dorothy Dowd 31 Cora Anne St. George Christopher F. and Anna (Conarchy) St. George APRIL 1 Ann Byrd Bowker Winthrop H. and Edith D, (Hill) Bowker 2 Priscilla Evelyn Miasen Harry and Jane H. (Churchill) Missen 3 — Clifford Russell L. and Muriel (Brown) Clifford 3 Delbert Lee Earle Edward V. and Bessie (Ervin) Earle 8 Arlene Rose Ferry J. Andrew and Mildred V. (Egan) Ferry 11 Robert Luis Golnsalvos Roland E. and Marion T. (Kiley) Goinsalves 16 Paul William Spellenberg Frederick L. and Catherine M. (Danforth) Spellenberg 16 Robert Whiting Hopkins Paul M. and Hazel I. (Whiting) Hopkins 21 --- Caterino Edward and Leona (Crowell) Catarina 20 ---- Weatherby Frank E. and Florence (Baker) Weatherby 25 Barbara Elizabeth McAnaul Robert C. and Marie E. (Hart) McAnaul TOWN OF LEXINGTON 133 Date Name Parents 25 — 141arsolais Henry and --- Clark 30 Charles William Sawyer Ralph M. and Maude A, (Moore) Sawyer MAY 1 — Marshall William J. and Alice G. (Carew) Marshall 4 Clyde Trowbridge Butcher, Jr. Clyde T. and Kathleen I. (Clarke) Butcher 6 — Smith John J. and Lillian M. (Hill) Smith 6 — Smith John J. and Lillian M. (Hill) Smith 6 — Lennon William E. and Katherine M. (Larkin) Lennon 7 Helen Frances Noonan Francis W. and Rose V. (Brady) Noonan 12 Daniel Francis MacDougall John A. and Catherine (Smith) MacDougall 12 Barbara Ann Elder Roy W. R. and Isabel E. (Bennett) Elder 14 Margaret Madeline Irwin James and Mary T. (Hlllinann) Irwin 15 Carol Elizabeth Johnson Earl B. and Olive (Bridges) Johnson 15 Thomas Wharf Charles J. and Mary A. (O'Gara) Wharf 15 Grace Marie Heaney Patrick J. and Nancy G. (Driscoll) Heaney 18 Melvin Anderson George William and Anna E. (Bugden) Anderson 16 Betsy Ann Lindsey Steele and Dorothy (Crydenwise) Lindsey 17 Nancy Lee Holmes George Ronald and Bertha I. (Morgan) Holmes 17 Baby Thomson ' James D. and Elizabeth W. (Daly) Thomson 20 27 Carol Anne Timothy John E. and Virginia A. (Morgan) Timothy JUNE 3 Barbara Wilson Walter H. and Edith J. (Henderson) Wilson 6 Margaret Mary Mazza Samuel J. and Mary F. (Harrington) Mazza 7 Henry Herbert Hill Henry H. and Beryl M. (Martin) Hill '7 Harold Roderick Kittredge, Jr. Harold Roderick and Elizabeth E. (McCullough) Kittredge 12 Charles Gracie Davis, Jr, Charles G. and Ruth (Hutchinson) Davis 13 Mary Sean McCoubrey Walter W. and Mary (Bangs) McCoubrey 13 Marion Lee Sellars John A. and Hazel L. (Hinckley) Sellars 17 -- Harrington Joseph T. and Alice J. (Arey) Harrington 17 Bradley Sinclair Barker Paul Nicholas and Eva M. (Deguio) Barker 19 — Wheeler Arthur E. and Christine G. (Hanson) Wheeler 19 Frank Battaglia Samuel and Catherine (Sacco) Battaglia 22 Ralph Snelling Lombard Harold F. and Helen E. (Fowler) Lombard 23 Ralph Edward Wesinger 28 Hugh McLellan Russell Warren E. and Janet (McLellan) Russell 29 Joan Mildred Jacobsen Gordon W. and Mildred J. (Armstrong) Jacobson 134 ANNUAL R>lfronTs Date Name Parents JULY 3 Edith Muriel Witthohn John W. and Evelyn R. (Scott) Witthohn 4 Evaline Lohmes Hartley S. and Elaine (Morey) Lohmes 7 Jeannette Merrill Cobb Horace L. and Lola A. (Merrill) Cobb 8 Janet Plummer Albert W. and Rhena (Bertram) Plummer 14 Bernard O'Rourke Bernard and Bridge F. (Phelan) O'Rourke 19 Jean Eine Lahti W. Henry and Effle E. (lkola) Lahti 20 Joseph James Nangle Joseph J. and Mary A. (Mahoney) Nangle 21 Baby Busa Guy and Nellie (Sandella) Busa 28 Donald Louis Saporita Nicholas P. and Mary E. (Reynolds) Saporito. 29 Carole Marie Wright Harold G. and Gertrude B. (Doherty) Wright 29 — TrembIay Canine J. and Anna M. (Moran) Tremblay 31 — Clemmer Harry C. and Ethel M. (Caughey) Clemmer 31 Anne Heaney Thomas J. and Jennie (Sayer) Heaney AUGUST 1 Robert Lawrence Tessier George and Daisy (Holt) Tessier 1 — O'Shea John J. and Mary B. (Cronin) O'Shea 2 Janet Marie Meadows William and Blanche (Pherson) Meadows 3 Norma Jean Cavil' William F. and Vera (Hillberg) Coviil 10 Elizabeth Lynah Thomas G. and Elizabeth (Dee) Lynch 14 — Fiske Earle R. and Evelyn M. (Fuller) Fiske 20 Joyce Elinor Cammeyer Eugene B. and Alga R. (Wiese) Cammeyer 20 Fred Harvey Fred and Dorthea (Sprague) Harvey 22 Antonio Frank Marchese Luigi and Rose (Lanzellotti) Marchese 27 Joseph Frank McKinney James F. and Laura M. (Sparrow) McKinney 27 Shirley Ann Ball Alfred T. and Alma M. (Dickson) Ball 27 David Mann Gleason Douglas and Katherine M. (Mann) Gleason 30 Robert Stevens Clark Ernest W. and Mary E. (Stevens) Clark 30 John Edward Sullivan James L. and Winifred M. (Clougherty) Sullivan 31 SEPTEMBER 1 Rudolph Frederick Carlson, Jr. Rudolph F. and Anna C. (Anderson) Carlson 4 Jeanne Annette Keating James F. and Jane E. (Flynn) Keating 2 Judith Reed Charles R. and Gretchen A. (Bowers) Reed 5 Aurora Angela MaragIoglio Baldo and Anna (Vitale) Maragioglio 8 Betsy Goding Moakley Richard E. and Doris L. (McPeak) Moakley 9 Edward Leo McCormack John J. and Catherine T. (Stone) McCormack Date Name TOWN OF LEXINGTON Parents 135 11 Winifred Rose McDaid William and Rose (O'Connor) McDaid 12 Margaret Teresa O'Connell Charles 3. and Mary A. (Doherty) O'Connell 1$ Mary Josephine Ruggiero Alfonso and Antoinetta (Lociato) Ruggiero 20 Beryl Elaine Richardson Clement Linwood and Marion E. (Lovell) Richardson 22 Harold Henry Hookway Harrold H. and Martha F. (Roche) Hookway 22 Elizabeth Rachel Belcastro Bernard J. and Veronica V. (Ryan) Belcastro 23 Barbara Ellin Cunningham John and Florence D. (Nickerson) Cunningham 23 Beverly Ann Slocum Curleys L. and Katharine W. (Hutchinson) Slocum 24 Owen Paul McDevitt, Jr. Owen P. and Margaret P. (Ingram) McDevitt OCTOBER 6 Maryann Loupert Eugene E. and Cecile (Bolduc) Loupret 14 Baby Boy Hawley John T. and Winifred (Kirkbright) Hawley 15 Paul Frederick Schlaikjer Oscar A. and Georgia (Street) Schiaikier 18 Donald John Meek Leonard and Catherine (Leaf) Meek 20 Muriel Helen Lantz Ralph L. and Helen G. (Shaw) Lantz 21 Ruth Elizabeth Forsyth Jasen H. and Florence A. (Comiskey) Forsyth 25 — Ferry Edward F. and Mary L. (McDonald) Ferry 29 - – Cahill Dennis J. and Bridget (Hurley) Cahill 29 Janet Calder Alexander F. and Eleanor W. (Gordon) Calder 31 Lois Melva Thwing Stanley G. and Melva B. (Woodward) Thwfng NOVEMBER 2 10 Nancy Jean Cunningham Bruce E. and Vera {Swenson) Cunningham 11 Mary Jane Brigham Frederick H. and Irene C. (McGowan) Brigham 13 -- Meadows Jesse and Lillian E. (Wilkinson) Meadows 21 Richard Johnson Kirk George E. and Helen M. (Cassidy) Kirk 22 Philip Bailey Harrington Raymond and Beatrice K. (Bailey) Harrington 23 Elizabeth Alden Rushton Roble M. and Ruth (Chandler) Rushton 25 — Corey Manuel and Eleanor (Lima) Corey 136 ANNUAL REPORTS 5 6 7 s 10 10 17 21 25 26 29 29 30 30 DECEMBER ---Downs Norman A. and Ina (Anderson) Downs Leon Howard Chapman, Jr. Leon H. and Bessie L. (Smith) Chapman — Howard Allen and Lucretia (Harlow) Howard — Alien Frederick Herzog Frederic Curtin Snow Ann Marie Kinneen David Ignatius Walsh Mary Whalen Virginia Dailey Sgrosso Lee Partridge Bates Marion Helen Cofrin Dwight and Mary (Green) Alien Jacob P. and Mina Emery (Ulmer) Herzog Lendol D. and Ernestine A. (Curtis) Snow 'I'Imothy and Martha (Barry) Kinneen Patrick and Annie (Coyne) Walsh John P. and Loretta B. (Wfllwerth) Whalen John P. and Katherine F. (Day) Dailey Alherico and Josephine (Cuccinello) Sgrosso Warren A. and Laura Anne {Henderson) Partridge John W. and Beatrice A. (Finney) Bates Roy P. and Marguerite A. (Brown) Corrin JAMES J. CARROLL. Town Clerk. TOWN of LEXINGTON MARRIAGES RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1932 Whole number recorded for 1932, 95 Date Name Jan. 2 Domenico Pizzi Angelina Dagostino 10 John Walter Egan Pauline Frances Mills Feb. 1 6 11 12 22 Adolphe Stanlie Kroll Alice Irene DeVincent Joseph Howard Griggs Doris Vergie Jordan John Ellis Timothy Virginia Ashton Morgan Thomas Martin Agnes Neilson Leonard Smith Cress Dorothy Martin Mar. 6 Alfred John Lee Sophie Arsenault 9 Kenneth Carleton Mayo Margaret Emily Sears 9 John William Wittholn Evelyn Rita Scott 11 Edward A Peck Vela Edwards Willett (Edwards) 18 David H. Govenar Zelda Golden 20 Ralph Onslow Decker Estelle Violet Richards 24 Walter James Beatteay Ella Thurston 26 Washington George Rounds Florence Riordan (Higginbotham) 27 Salvador Corsellf Pauline Luongo 27 Nicholas Bonanno Mary C. Tedesco Residence Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington W althein Lexington Lexington Waltham Lexington Lexington Milford Lexington Lexington Bedford Lexington Cambridge Quincy Malden Arlington Lexington Cincinnati, Ohio Lexington Lexington Roxbury Everett Waltham Lexington Lexington Lexington Somervilie Lexington Lexington Watertown Lexington 137 138 ANNUAL REPORTS Date Name Apri13 William Joseph Carpenter Ethlyn Ilene Cole 9 Kenneth William Smith Dorothy May Stone 14 Frank F. Forsythe, Jr. Gladys V. Spidel 16 George Howard McHenry Mildred Mary Selma Lakschewitz 17 Francis Dailey Irene F. Mahan 17 Sidney Clarence Johnson Abbie W. (Bodfish) Harlow May 8 14 16 22 27 June 2 4 5 5 5 16 18 19 19 21 23 John Bernard Snyer Nora Gertrude Travers Joseph Maro Agustine Mary Moretti Thaddeus Warren Baker Bertha May Baker (Cleverley) Carl Alden Thayer Marie Jacqueline Lyons William C. Readel Miriam H. Mintiens George Harold Johnson Marguerite Rees William Sylvester Bramhal], Jr. Ruth Melling Ingalls John A. C. Livermore Laura Johnson Fulton James Joseph Casey Katherine Ann Graham John Henry Keenan Mary Ann Olive Dufresne John LaFanci Henrietta McKenzie Benjamin Allen Rowland Sara Briggs Antonio Llbero Meazacappa Venezia Cecilia Amaro Edward Isador Berman Ethel Tepper George Bornstein Sadie Feldberg Robert Alden Proctor Ethelyn Winifred Haslam Residence Lexington Lexington Belmont Lexington Roxbury Lexington Cambridge Lexington Lexington Woburn Gloucester Cotuit Bedford Lexington Arlington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Somerville Lexington Medford Lexington Lexington Lexington Winthrop West Rumney, N. H. Lexington Lexington Somerville Lexington Arlington Malden Medford Methuen Lexington Cambridge Lexington Lexington Brookline Lexington Somerville Lexington Lexington TOWN oi? LEXINGTON Date Name 25 Ernest Ture Berglund Josephine van Gernert 26 William John Robbins Mary Medeiros 26 William Bertil Peterson Mabel Minnie Whiting 27 Clayton B. Bailey Thelma E. Kennedy 29 Joseph McKinney Annie C. MacKinnon 29 Frank E. Clarke Frances Spencer Locke 30 George Edward Glawson Andrea Jefferson July 2 4 9 Robert Thayer Person Barbara Eldridge Felice Antonio Iantosca Anna Graziano Edgar Waite Averill Barbara Osgood Briggs Aug. 2 Albert E. Bertini Lillian Roy 4 John Thomas Cosgrove Gertrude Margaret Westlake 9 Wilbur Wrfston Roberts Willena Madison Irwin 11 Stanley Gusteff Julin Dorthea Willard Hoxie 17 Emery Lincoln Wallace Dorothy Helen Blume 20 Louis Edward Simpson Marion Lillian Hobart (Hobart) 20 Howard Olney Veinott Gladys Edna Webster 23 Eimer Louis Lawyer Heide Louise Eaby 26 Clifford Warren Brooks Ernestine Barter 27 Roy Albro McConnell Laura Simonds Woodworth 28 Creighton Rourke Margaret Theresa Curra Residence Cambridge Lexington Somerville Lexington Lexington Amherst Lexington Concord Lexington Somerville Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Worcester Lexington Boston Lexington Scarsdale, N. Y. Lexington Lexington Cambridge Lexington Lexington Lexington Winchester Lexington Lexington Farmington, N. H. Lexington Lexington Lexington Boston Lexington Westford Lowell Lexington Newton Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington 139 140 ANNUAL REPORTS Date Name Sept. 3 Walter Parker Clark Gladys C. Vann 10 Manuel Joseph Ferry Mary Julia McAvoy 10 Charles Edward Holt, Jr. Penelope Rowe Webster 13 Willis Carl Branch Lulu Vivian Custance 14 Stephen Anthony Condrey Mary Gertrude Butters 14 Noah Samuel Richardson, Jr. Marian Arleen Smith 17 Harold Pryor Simonds Helen Elizabeth Moloy 17 Edward Murray Dalrymple Greta Elizabeth Deojay 21 Arthur Edmond Colvin Evelyn Marion Small 24 Karl A. T. Karlson Lucy M. Spencer 24 John Bieren Velma Inez Cole Oct. 3 George Frederick Fardy Elizabeth Byrne Blackler b Le Roy Burgess Catherine Down 8 Guy Lepore Marion Louise Connor 18 William Peter Bornback Margaret Effie MacRae 20 Lawrence M. Morton, Jr. Jean C. Comeau 20 David McPeake Helen Massucco 23 James Vincent Brown Florence Agnes Maeleaac 27 John Matthew Barry Helen Rose Healey 29 Norman James Whiting Elizabeth Lee Brown Nov.3 John G. Sachetti Katherine Cecelia Flaherty 3 Lawrence Picane Marion Edith Evans Residence Lexington Roxbury Lexington Cambridge Lexington East Milton Marion, No. Carolina Lexington Lexington Wilmington Arlington Lexington Woburn Lexington Lexington Lexington Woburn Lexington Arlington Lexington Bedford Lexington Lexington W. Newton Lexington Somerville Lexington Lexington Lexington Weston Lexington Bedford Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Woburn Woburn Lexington Winchester Newton Lexington TOWN OF LEXINGTON Date Name T Ralph Pompose Sarah Margaret Genetti 8 Vincent Sorrentino Winifred McSorley 1 William DeFelice Dorothy Melanson 11 Carl 0. Reed Annie M. Scott 12 Howard A. Nason Lydia T. DeMaranville 13 Myer Berman Beatrice Selden 20 Clark F. Spencer Hildreth Morrill Judkins 26 John H. Rines Helen Ten Eyck (Wilson) 27 Stephen James Muise Mary Beatrice Doherty Dec. 4 Joseph James Ferry Gertrude Ann McNamara 8 Ira David Keizer Luella Elizabeth Bowen 24 Malcolm Bunker Freda Roulston Bond 31 Stephen Waters Helen N. Parisi Residence Lexington Bedford Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Boston Boston Lexington Lexington Lexington Dorchester Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Burlington Lexington Lexington Lexington Concord Lexington Boston Lexington Lexington Carlyle JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk. 141 142 ANNUAL REPORTS DEATHS RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1932 Including Stillbirths recorded as deaths, 111 Date Name JANUARY Age 8 Wendall R. Richardson 78 4 9 8 Arthur Gossan 13 David Joseph Haley 14 George Blume 17 Caroline Augusta Brown 17 Granville H. Smith 21 Nels R. Swanson 22 Elizabeth Sweetser Capen 24 Eleanor Joyce Williams 24 John McKenzie 79 25 Mary Ellen Gaynor O'Donnell 22 28 Henry E. Tuttle 82 6 Maurice Corey Jackson 2 13 Sarah E. Robinson 79 60 8 26 65 86 21 83 1 9 82 8 18 37 9 6 82 30 22 10 12 8 17 4 6 1 20 FEBRUARY 6 Grace Bowers Parr 7 Robert Winkworth Britton 7 Herbert L. Foss 10 Eleanor Ahearn 11 Emily Ann Bacon 12 George Clark Nash 16 Annie Louise Russell 19 20 Roy Dexter Fountain 22 Catherine Devine Rudd 22 Helen Augusta Kramer 22 Meche]ina Mercadante 23 Seldon Augustus Jacobs 23 Harold B. Needham, Jr. 28 Michael Cardillo 28 Ludwig Gates 29 Charles Henry Franks 18 Charles Ladieu 67 4 5 72 2 23 21 11 22 18 3 14 79 7 24 62 3 11 49 37 11 11 69 9 1 79 6 29 12 6 12 65 3 18 11 2 8 43 59 85 8 1 70 Birthplace Arlington Lexington Arlington Batonrouge, Louisanna Chelsea Ashburnham Boras, Sweden Andover, N. H. Boston Prince Edward Island Lexington Lexington Massachusetts Lexington Boston Nova Scotia Somerville Lexington Lexington Westport, Conn. Pawtucket, R. I. Chicago, III. County Tyrone, Ireland Neponset Arlington Neponset, 111. Lexington Brooklyn, N. Y. Germany Penobscot, Me. Elizabethtown, N. Y. d TOWN OF LEXINGTON Date Name 4 Donald J. MacNeil 5 Elizabeth Thorndike Thornton 11. Alice Pippette 12 William Litie Morris 15 Louis Reynolds 20 Ebenezer Henry Kirk 21 John Cummings Graham 27 Clara Wilmarth Harrington 29 Eliza Ann Thayer (Rice) 30 Frances Josephine Foster 21 Richard Arlan Kenney 19 Lilla Prescott Brackett 1 Lillian Elizabeth Rice 4 Hiram Warren Jackson 13 Bessie Kingsley Mitchell 15 Henry Newton Camey 16 Frederick S. Crowell 16 Winston Wilmot Chamberlin 18 George A. Warner 19 John Ralph Littlefield 21 Catherine Marriatte Janvrin 22 Fred H. Moulton 29 Charlotte Louise Serrilla 1 Addie Spencer Locke 15 Mary A. Black 17 Baby Thomson (stillborn) 18 Mary Sullivan 19 Dorothy Hadley 19 Alfred Seeley Weed 20 31 Patrick Brady 7 Emma L. Merriam 7 John F. Temple 15 Adelaide H. Wilson 17 Cora Lotta Tyler 19 John J. McCarthy 25 Emma Batchelder Freeman 30 George E. Kelley MARCH Age 28 78 70 27 85 76 5 19 37 7 17 76 10 23 78 7 26 76 4 12 3 14 69 2 8 APRIL 65 10 8 63 8 17 56 1 92 1 11 36 8 3 78 5 26 64 7 28 38 1 16 84 9 12 64 2 29 45 11 16 MAY 74 7 15 86 8 55 5 9 4 70 6 69 78 1 18 JUNE 80 97 2 49 1 28 1 15 77 2 6 68 10 10 Birthplace Canada 6 28 Roxbury 7 4 Aldenburg, England 11 1 Columbus, Miss. Vermont Scotland Woburn Medford Northboro Cambridge Lexington Norridgework, Me, Cambridge Cambridge Northampton Holliston Somerville Alma, Me. Hudson Bartlett, N. H. Newburyport Cambridge Boston Boston Danvers Concord Ireland West Townsend New Canaan, Conn. Ireland E. Boston 143. Heath, Masa. Cherryfield, Me. Winchester Cambridge, Mass. Stockton Springs, Me. Harwich 144 ANNUAL REPORTS Date Name 4 Martha Caroline Kimball 10 Charles Franklin Smith 10 Abigail L. Davis 11 Robert Frances Melindy 20 Harris W. Viles 27 George W. Mills 27 William H. Travers 28 Mary F. Moody 19 4 11 18 23 31 31 31 Jonas Edgar Brown Peter Joseph Hoy Henry Charles Valentine Ida H. B. Capper Mary E. Sullivan Jennie White Annie L. Wentworth JULY Age 90 22 78 8 16 78 6 14 41 79 10 1. 60 86 8 AUGUST 68 3 7 62 7 9 68 9 19 77 6 24 88 62 7 23 77 8 12 SEPTEMBER 7 Alice Bullard Hill 55 11 4 13 Marion Vinson 57 4 13 Henry Bowker 56 5 14 Clara Hathaway Fischer 47 22 Edward Saxton Payson 89 27 Amelia Maria Underwood 74 29 Gertrude Read Reed 62 30 Michael Burke 69 8 14 7 11 26 12 8 23 2 William Lenoir Hood 21 Charles Henry Sefton 2 6 Joseph Henry Johnson 9 Joseph A. Monza 13 John Jones Mann 14 Joseph Augustus Nevins 18 Herbert Daniels 19 Helen Grinkieuicz 20 Caroline Mellen Warren 21 Annie Elizabeth Ryder Birthplace Swansey, N. H. Boston Cambridge Woburn Derry, N. H. Medford Connecticut Brunswick, Me. Petersham Boston Plymouth, Mich. Bradford, Vt. Ireland Raymond, Me. Charlestown St. Joseph, Mo. Boston Droylsden Cambridge Groton Lexington Roxbury Ireland OCTOBER 77 10 8 Raleigh, Rice Co., Indiana 84 4 7 Scotland NOVEMBER 71 2 5 Arlington 79 7 19 Verrin, Canada 70 i5 Shannon Settlement, N. B. 82 8 Newton 82 3 21 Bridgetown, N. S. 13 Boston 70 9 4 Somersworth, N. H. 79 1 21 Richmond, Indiana TOWN OF LEXINGTON Date Name 2 Antony Marchese 3 Galen A. Russell 7 Roger Haskell Burnham 20 Elizabeth Adams 25 Charles Edward Holt DECEMBER Age 3 9 35 1 2 3 8 16 79 3 8 62 9 9 Birthplace Lexington Lexington Arlington Clementsport, N. S. Corinna, Me. 'Tames 3. CARROLL, Town Clerk. 145 146 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN December 31, 1932. To THE CITIZENS or LEXINGTON We are pleased to submit herewith a brief report of the principal activities of the several Departments of the Town under our supervision. For more detailed information, we ask you to refer to the reports of the Department heads which fol- low. 1932 ]las been a year when very little progress in Town development has been accomplished. It has been the desire of the Board to recommend as small appropriations as the De- partments could get along with and keep an organization to- gether for routine work. HIGHWAYS At the close of the year, we find our highways in fairly good condition. There was no appropriation made or work done on any of our major streets under Chapter ninety. Under the Betterment Act, we cornpleted Smith Avenue, Tucker Avenue, and Crescent Hill Avenue, on which work was started in 1931. Stedman Road and that part of Allen Street in front of the Franklin School was completed this year, with the excep- tion of grass borders and tree plantings which will be done in the early Spring, making an attractive approach to the school property. The reconstruction of Wood Street which was started in 1931 was completed for a distance of 2,700 feet, and with funds which have been obtained this year from the State and County, it is believed that an additional appropriation of $5,000. from the Town will make it possible to complete this street to the Bedford Line next year. TOWN OF LEXINGTON SIDEWALKS AND CURBS 147 We have laid only 925 linear feet of granolithic sidewalk this year. While this improvement is very desirable and much needed in many 'sections of the Town, we have not urged any- one to have this work done. When conditions improve we hope that there will be many requests for permanent sidewalks. BOARD OF SURVEY There have been two applications before the Board of Sur- vey for approval. Alexander Quinn submitted a plan of lot developments of his property on proposed street from Grant to Aferiam Street. Ross Morash presented plan of part of Roberts Farm, Al- len Street, asking for approval of layouts of proposed streets, namely: Overlook Road, Clematis Road, Roberts Road and Bellevue Road. Both of these applications have been approved. DRAINAGE Except in new street construction, the only drainage in- stallation was 1400 feet of 18 inch pipe laid in Waltham Street from Stedman Road southerly to a culvert. This will prevent damage to property on Waltham Street where water has been flowing from Stedman Road into a private driveway. This drain is large enough to care for the drainage of this section for many years. WATER DEPARTMENT The amount of new construction work was much less than for a number of years. The important installations were 3,394 feet of 8 inch pipe in North Street from Lowell Street to the Willard Farm ; 1,320 ft. of 10 inch pipe in Grant Street ; and 1,370 feet of 12 inch pipe in East Street, These latter installa- tions, when completed, are for the purpose of reinforcing the system in the Meriam Hill section and in the north part of the Town. SEWER DEPARTMENT Only 2,600 feet of sewer pipe was installed this year in the following streets: Oakland, Bowker, Pinewood, Tower, Vine and Bedford Streets and Belfry Terrace. At the present time a 148 ANNUAL REPORTS sewer is under construction in Bedford Street which will be carried through to Shirley and Hill Streets during the coming year where it is much needed. PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS The Park Department has taken advantage of the avail- ability of men who were receiving Unemployment Relief so that a great amount of work has been completed that could not have been done with a normal Park appropriation. At the Centre Playground the work of excavating the skating rink was finished and grading of the banks completed. A number of trees were planted along the main drive from Waltham Street and in other parts of the parks. A sidewalk was constructed from Lincoln Street to the grandstand. The buildings have been repaired and painted. The playing field at East Lexington has been regraded and seeded and is now in good condition for athletics. There is further work of cleaning up the wooded section of this Park which will be carried on during the Winter. This pari: bids fair to be one of the most attractive in the Town. At _North Lexington the wooded area has been cleaned up and this section is becoming an attractive and usable place for recreation. There is considerable work to be done to com- plete this playground and more is planned for the coming year. The unfinished part of Hastings Park has been completed by the construction of a sidewalk between the two rows of trees an the Lincoln Street side, this being an improvement long anticipated by residents in this neighborhood. The under brush was cut at Tower Park, on the area off Lincoln Street, and around the Reservoir. The latter work has shown this to be a surprisingly attractive spot which will be used more and more by the citizens in this growing section of the Town. UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF The unemployment situation has not improved during the year. In return for relief given, men have been asked to do some work. Most of the applicants have been glad to give some- thing in return for assistance received. These men have been selected according to their ability and several important pieces of work have been accomplished with this service. A large number of the brooks and drains have been cleaned out. The TowN of LEXINGTON 143 drainage job an Waltham Street above referred to was done by the unemployed. Stone walls were built on Stedman Road and Pollen Road. On Wood Street, stone walls were relocated, all trees in the way of construction were removed, and much other neces- sary work done in conjunction with the reconstruction of that street. Considerable work was done on the grounds at the Public Works Building. A section at the rear of the building was drained and levelled and made suitable for pipe storage and yard purposes. The area in front of the building was drained, graded and Ioamed. Beds were prepared for shrubbery and trees which were planted under the direction of the Supt. of Parks. There is more of this work to be done another year and it is the purpose of the Selectmen to continue along these lines until the grounds are comparable to those adjacent to other public buildings in the Town. Some of the most effective work done by unemployed was the cleaning up of underbrush and debris along the highways. This not only improved the appearance of the roadsides, but incidentally provided more than 150 cords of wood for those in need of fuel. As a result of this work, the Fire Department reports that no forest fires started from the roadside this year. 120 men have been assisted in this manner during the season, and while most of the work that was done was important and of a constructive nature, much of it would have been post- poned for several years under ordinary conditions. Unemployment Relief funds other than those appropriated for Public Welfare were provided as follows: Brom contribu- tions from town employees, •510,603; from Town. appropria- tion, $5,000; from private subscriptions, 52620, making a total of $21,223. There is a balance at the end of the year of $2400 which will be turned over to the 1933 Fund. OLD AGE ASSISTANCE This is the first full year that the Old Age Assistance Act has been in operation. Fifteen persons were receiving benefits January 1, 1933. Twenty-seven applications were filed during the year, all of which were personally investigated by a rep- resentative of the Old Age Assistance Bureau. Eighteen were granted and nine refused. The total number of persons being aided December 31, 1932 was twenty-six; the total amount dis- tributed, $9,195.88. Two of the recipients died during the year. 150 ANNUAL REPORTS PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT The increased burden on the Public Welfare Department made it necessary in August to appoint a full time Agent to investigate applications for relief and to keep in touch with families receiving aid. In 1930 the total number of persons aided was 164, at a net cost of 17,476.49 or an average cost per person of 151.21. In 1931, 399 persons were aided at a cost of 512,586.92 or $34.03 per person. In 1932, 667 persons have been aided at a net cost of 128,260.08, an average cost per person of 142.37. The explanation of the increase in cost per person over last year is due to the fact that it has been necessary, out of con- sideration for property owners in the Town, to pay a much larger number of rents than in years past. Of the 667 persons aided this year, 369 had a settlement in Lexington, 125 were charged to other cities and towns, and 173, having no permanent settlement, were charged to the State. The total amount expended in the Welfare Department was 135,300.86. Reimbursements were received from State, cities, towns and individuals in the amount of 57,040.78, making a total net expense of 528,260.08. CONCLUSION We wish to call your attention to the fact that in spite of drastic reductions in all departments, the only over- drafts shown in the financial report of the Town are in the Public Welfare and Snow Removal Accounts which were for expenses beyond our control. The cooperation of all super- intendents and heads of departments in conducting their work at the lowest possible cost should be a matter of gratification to the citizens of the Town, and the Selectmen are pleased to publicly express their appreciation of their efforts. Respectfully submitted, ROBFRT P. TR&.sK THEODORE A. CTISTANCB JOHN E. G'ILCREAST CHARLES E. FERGUSON DANIEL J. O'CONNELL TowN OF' LEXINGTON 151 REPORT OF ANIMAL INSPECTOR December 31, 1932. To THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN TowN o>• LiaxiNcroN Gentlemen : I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year ending December 31, 1932. During the year the Tuberculin Test was applied under State and Federal Supervision, to the larger portion of the cattle in the town. The result showed about 244 of the cattle to be reactors to the test and they were slaughtered under Government Inspection. This finding of Tubercular cattle by the State calls for in- spection by the Local Inspector of Animals during the process of cleaning up and disinfection following the slaughter of the diseased animals, and this accounts for the increase of over fifty calls made by me this year as compared with last year. There are still a few herds which have not had their first test yet, but those that lost cattle on the first test have, in most in- stances received a. second test. The following table shows the work done during the year among the herds of cattle, sheep and swine:— Number of premises Inspected March 4, 1932, to Decem- ber 31, 1932 Cattle inspected and reported Hogs reported Sheep and goats reported premises inspected after Tuberculin Test Cattle identified following Interstate Ship- ment " premises visited to identify above cattle JP 87 696 2100 131 17 16 4 Without any doubt the close of 1933 will see Lexington practically a Tuberculosis free area and the State will proceed to keep it so in the future. 152 ANNUAL REPORTS The usual number of dog bite cases occurred during the year and one less case of rabies was found, as compared with 1931. The following table shows the results of the year's work in that line:— Number of Dogs quarantined for biting people 70 " Dogs quarantined (contact with rabid animal) 9 " Cats quarantined (contact with rabid animal) 1 " Cats destroyed (contact with rabid anima!) 4 " Dogs' heads sent to Laboratory 8 " Dogs' heads reported by Laboratory as Posi- tive 7 " Dogs' heads reported by Laboratory as Neg- ative 1 Total number of rabies cases In Town 8 Number of persons bitten by rabid. dog 1 Total number of calls made on Dogs and Cats 155 Total number of calls made on all animals 282 The work among dogs increases a little each year and this year the extra work among the Cattle accounts for the in- crease of 57 calls over last year's total, amongst all animals. The total number of rabies cases in the State has decreas- ed greatly in the past two years, but it is necessary that we keep up our protective vaccination and quarantine of dog bite cases. - In conclusion, I wish to thank the Police Department and the Board of Health for their cooperation at all times. Respectfully submitted, CHESTER L. BLAKELY, M. D. V. Inspector of Animals. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 153 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS To THE HONORABLE ROAR]) OE SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. • December 31, 1932. Gentlemen : We herewith submit our report as Assessors for the year ending December 31, 1932. Value of assessed Stock hi Trade Value of assessed Live Stock Value of assessed Machinery Value of all other assessed personal property 62,219 56,960 1,055,820 342,115 Total personal valuation of Resident and Non- resident owners 51,517,114 Value of buildings, excluding land $13,954,590 Value of land, excluding buildings 5,900,420 Total real estate valuation o! Resident and Non- resident owners $19,855,010 Tax on Omitted Assessments December 20, 1932„ $96.10 36 Omitted Poll Taxes and Old Age Assistance Taxes 108.00 Number of persons assessed on property.... 3816 3118 Number of persons assessed for poll tax Number of cows assessed Number of horses assessed Number of neat cattle other than cows as- sessed Number of swine assessed Number of fowl assessed Number of acres of land assessed Number of dwelling houses assessed 570 190 19 632 5880 9234 2473 Value of real estate exempt from taxation 52,917,522.66 Value of personal property exempt from taxation562,810.05 Town Appropriations: Must include all voted since 1931 tax rate was fixed 5815,500.73 154 ANNUAL REPORTS Deficit for 1927 $153.01 Deficit for 1928 58.86 Deficit for 1929 421.56 Deficit for 1930 966.68 State Tax State Parks Sewer Tax Auditing Municipal Accounts Tax Old Age Assistance Tax County Tax Tuberculosis Hospital For the care of persons suffering from Tuberculosis Overlay for 1932 1,600.11 28,275.00 31.24 4,882.92 1,556.93 3,118.00 28,302.77 1,446.72 3,866.05 11,786.76 $900,366.23 Estimated Receipts Income Tax $49,170.45 Corporation Taxes 6,411.63 Bank Tax 919.86 Motor Vehicle Excise 29,000.00 Licenses 2,000.00 Fines 950.00 Special Assessments 6,350.00 General Government 960.00 Health and Sanitation 6,326.00 Charity 2,700.00 Old Age Assistance 4,436.00 Soldiers' Benefits 174.00 Schools 21,000.00 Public Service Enterprises (Water) 70,000.00 Cemeteries 1,200.00 Interest on Deposit 2,000.00 Interest on Taxes and Assessments 7,200.00 Highway off -set 16,679.91 On account of reimbursements; State-owned land 159.08 In lieu of taxes: From Cambridge and Arlington 837.62 Total estimated receipts 5228,473.55 Net amount raised by taxation on polis and prop- erty 671,892.68 Number of old age assistance taxes -3118 @ $1.00 each 3,118.00 Number of poll -3118 To 52.00 each 6,236.00 Total Valuation: $21,372,124.00—Tax rate $31.00 662,538.68 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 155 Apportioned Sewer Assessments 3,598.47 Apportioned Highway Assessments 5,971.35 Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments 219.55 Apportioned Sewer Interest 1,180.67 Apportioned Highway Interest 2,566.71 Apportioned Sidewalk Interest 62.91 Total amount of all taxes listed in Collector's Warrant 1685,492.34 Respectfully submitted, Wm. U. Pal -TER, Chairman EUGENE BT]CKLEY DONALD WILSON Ct'Rrvs L. Si.ocrsr FRED B. BARTLETT Assessors of Lexington.. 136 ANNUAL RE[ ORTS REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR December 31, 1932. To TFIE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, )L SSACIfUSETTS Gentlemen :— herewith submit my report as Inspector of Buildings for the year ending December 31, 1.932: Number of applications filed and permits grant- ed 102 Number of calls made in reference to Zoning and Building By-laws 447 Cash received for plumbing permits $304.00 Violation of Zoning and Building By- Laws as follows: Building without obtaining permit 16 Violation of Building By -Laws 9 Structures erected without permit and demol- ished 4 Displaying signs within 20 feet of street line 12 Displaying business signs in residential districts 4 Operating roadside stands without permit 4 Using single dwelling for two families 4 During the year permits have been issued for the following property: 28 Single dwellings $184,300.00 1 Two family dwelling 7,000.00 27 Additions and alterations 17,925.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 157 11 Two car garages 4,500.00 10 One car garages 2,700.00 21 Sheds and henhouses 3,845.00 2 Stores 8,800.00 $229,070.00 Non taxable property -1 Grand Stand 285.00 158 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF GARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY $229,070.00 Respectfully submitted, Lexington, December 31,1932. FRED W. LONGBOTr0II, Building Inspector. To THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Gentlemen: The monthly meeting of the Trustees of the Library has been held through the year as usual. T am glad to report good interest in these meetings on the part of the members and a vcry satisfactory attendance. The Trustees of the Library are charged with various re- sponsibilities—the investment of Funds, the care of the prop- erties both of the main Library and of the East Lexington Branch, the inspection of all hooks for the Library shelves, and the making of suitable provision for the necessities of the fu- ture. These responsibilities the Trustees have endeavored faithfully to meet. Our efficient Library staff, under the capable leadership of Miss Kirkland, remains unchanged since our last report. Worthy of special remark is the considerably increased appreciation and use of the Library, shown not only in the larger numbers visiting the Reading Room but also in the much larger number of books taken out. The accompanying reports of the Librarian, the Treasurer, and of the Investment Committee will show' the operations of the Library in detail. Respectfully submitted, CHR1STOPHEn W. COLLIER, Chairman Board of Trustees. TOWN OF LExINCToN 159 REPORT OF INVESTMENT COMMITTEE CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY In Account with R. M. RUSHTON, Treasurer GENERAL FUND: Capital Account $3,000.00 Consumers Power Co. lst lien and Unifying mortgage 4%% Gold bond Ser. 1928 3,000.00 West End St. Ry, Co. 4% 1932 3,000.00 Boston & Maine R. R. 5% 1944 2,000.00 Boston & Albany R. R. Co. 4% 1933 223.54 Lexington Trust Co. Savings Dept PORTION OF MARIA CARY FUND: 354.31 Book 6940 Lexington Savings Bank... Income Total $135.00 120.00 150.00 80.00 8.41 14.30 BOOK PURCHASE FUND: 1,000.00 Puget Sound Power Co. 5% 1933 50.00 BEALS FUND: 1,100.00 Laclede Gas Light Co. 5'4%a 1953 60.50 ALICE BUTLER CARY FUND: 1,000.00 Lexington Cooperative Bank 5 paid- up shares 1,000.00 Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisana R. R. Co. 4% 1934 440.00 Lexington Trust Co. Savings Dept LAURA M. BRIGHAM FUND: 1,000.00 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. 4% 1941. ..,.... '1,000.00 Alabama Power Co. 5% 1951 500.00 Boston Elevated Ry Co, 5% 1941 525.00 Lexington Trust Co. Savings Dept $37.50 45.00 26.40 40,00 50.00 25.00 31.50 GOODWIN MUSICAL FUND: 525.00 Lexington Savings Bank 19.41 $618.21 108.90 146.50 160 ANNUAI. RKKI'oRTs JANE PHINNEY FUND: 124.19 Lexington Trust Co, Savings Dept..... 7,44 EAST LEXINGTON BRANCH WELLINGTON FUND: 1,077.18 Lexington Trust Co. Savings Dept 64.62 ROBBINS FUND: 100.00 Lexington Savings Bank 4.04 PAULINA BURBANK FUND: 1,000.00 Lexington Trust Co. Savings Dept 40.00 135.51 The following income was earned in 19931 hut not credited until 1932. Wellington Fund $21.54 Phinney Fund 2.48 Cary Fund 8.80 Brigham Fund .. 10.50 Alice Butler Cary Fund 12.50 In August, 1932, there matured $3,000. West End St. Rv. Co. 4s, and these funds were re -invested in the following bonds: $2,000.00 New England Power Co. lst Mtg. 5s of 1951. $1,929.44 1,000.00 Kansas City Power & Light Co. lst Mtg. 41/2s of 1957 943.02 Balance of $3,000.00 deposited in Lexington Trust Co. Savings Dept 127.54 $3,000.00 JOHN E. G1LcuEAST, DANIEL J. O'CONNELL RANDATL B. HotTOfTON Investment Committee. Examined and Approved, CHARLES F. PIERCE, Town Accountant. TowN OF LIliXINGTON 161 162 ANNUAL REi'oRTs Expenditures Books $177.30 Cash balance in bank December 31 107.46 REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Examined and Approved, CHARLES F. PInRCE, Income Town Accouizta►It. Balance an hand January 1, 1932 $445.45 Interest on checking account 2.22 Inv. Com. int. on bonds, etc. 753.96 Inv. Com. int. on Brigham Fund 146.59 Fines from Main Library 577.06 West End St, Rwy. Bond called in 3,000.00 $4,925.19 Expenditures Purchase of bonds, etc. $3,000.00 Bindery 168.55 Books 578.76 Dues 5.00 Library of Congress 35.00 Music 113.72 Newspapers and Periodicals 50.20 Postage 68.23 Printing and Supplies 20.15 Safe Deposit 5.00 Sundries 60.68 Cash balance in bank December 31 819.90 $4,925.19 EAST LEXINGTON BRANCH Income Balance on hand January 1, 19$2 $109.92 Invest. Com. int. on bonds, etc. 108.66 Fines 66.18 $284.76 • $284.76 REv. R. H. RUSHTON, Treasurer. • TOWN or LEx1NoTON 163 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY December 31, 1932 To TH1! TRUSTEES OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY I t is my privilege to submit to you the annual report for the year 1932. It is a well known fact, that in times of disturbing econ- omic conditions, when the work of many business organiza- tions is decreasing, that of the Public Library is rapidly in- creasing, and its facilities and resources are taxed to the ut- most. This is not pertinent to our library alone, but prevails all over the country presenting to libraries the opportunity to serve the public as never before. People, everywhere, are becoming better acquainted with libraries. They are learning to use them, and are learning that libraries can and will provide suitable books on every subject, if humanly possible and funds will permit. They are learning that libraries provide books of information, books for the stud- ious, books which will help them to build for the future, as well as books for those seeking diversion and entertainment. Here in Massachusetts they are learning, also, that, by means of the Inter -Library Loan Systems, made possible by Act of Legisla- ture, a library may borrow from any other library in the State, thus enabling it to supplement its own resources very mater- ially. During the year we strengthened our resources by bor- rowing 59 books at an average cost of eight cents per book. By courtesy of the Federal government, a special mailing privilege is granted to a library upon its request. Special labels are used, stating the Section under which such books are mailed. In our report of last year we noted an increase of 8,251) volumes as against an inerease of nearly 2,000 volumes in 1930. It is our pleasure to record circulation figures for 1932 of 98,- 430 volumes, a gain, over 1931, of 13,733 volumes. In the past two years, therefore, our circulation has increased 21,983. The figures this year represent an increase of over 17 per cent, or more than ten books per capita of population. ]Unquestionably, this is in part due to unemployment, but we feel that the larger portion is due to a renewal of interest 164 ANNUAL RRFORTS on the part of many of our citizens, to increased population, and to a decided increase in the work with schools. Constant use of library material is stimulated by modern methods of education. To render every assistance possible to the pupils and others seeking information, two assistants alternate, between the reference room and the stack room, for a certain period each afternoon. Tltey advise 'pupils on the best material for their school topics, suggest good books for book reports, and as- sist very generally in a most constructive way, the value of which cannot be estimated. Much of the information given is found in reference books which do not circulate from the li- brary, and for which we have no tangible results in figures. We realize that this is not an opportune time to make recommendations or develop plans involving large expend- itures, but we do want you to appreciate our most urgent need, that you may keep it in mind, and when economic conditions become normal, endeavor to bring about the long desired im- provements and enlargements. We have so inany times referred to the cramped condi- tions which prevail, in our Junior department, that it hardly seems necessary to speak of it again, but perhaps a few current facts regarding our Junior registration may not be without interest. This registration which includes all under fourteen years of age, now numbers 732, of which, 133 were added this year. You can, readily, see therefore, that this room in much too small for the number of borrowers using it. The tables, with a seating capacity of only twenty, are, altogether, too low for the larger boys and girls who are our constant visitors. Be- cause of the crowded condition of our shelves, we are forced to use the mantel over the fireplace, the window ledge, and, occasionally, put in a table which we need for other purposes. Such conditions are not just to our borrowers, and greatly hamper the efficiency of this department. To the adult department at the Main Library, 431 new bor- rowers were added this year. At the Branch Library the regis- tration shows that 87 new borrowers were added to the Adult department, and 82 to the Junior department. Our total regis- tration, on December 31, 1932, was 4,466, or forty-seven per cent of our total population. It quite naturally follows that increased circulation, means a corresponding increase in the wear and tear upon our TOWN or LHXINGTON 165 books, and greater depreciation of our stock. Much unseen work is accomplished in preparing books and magazines for circulation and in keeping them in repair, a work which can- not be satisfactorily tabulated in terms of statistics. In May our Library acted as host to the Charles River Library Club, the membership, of which, is made up of rep- resentatives of libraries in fifteen near -by towns. tinder the leadership of its Chairman, Mr. Julius Lucht, Librarian of Newton, a lecture was given by Mr. Milton E. Lord, Director of the Boston Public Library, who spoke on "Some European Libraries" with special reference to the Vatican Library. Following Mr. Lord, an illustrated lecture on the Russian Theatre was given by Mr. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana, grandson of two famous men—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Richard Henry Dana, author of "Two years before the mast." By courtesy of the Selectmen, we were accorded the use of Estabrook Hall. Its delightful atmosphere and splendid ap- pointments added much to the success of the day, which closed with a delicious luncheon served in Conwell Hall, by the grac- ious ladies of the First Baptist Church. In November, Good Book Week was observed from Nov. 13 to Nov. 19, by displaying, in the Art Room, a fascinating collection of good books, both new and old. To assist parents in book selection during the Christmas season, many of these were on exhibition for two or three weeks longer. To Mr. Hallle C. Blake and Mrs. William Milne we wish to express our appreciation of the interesting portraits and beautiful bust, of George Washington, which were loaned to us for the entire year. Another interesting feature was the several exhibits held from time to time in our Art Room, which have given many of us an interesting insight into the "hidden talents" of many of our local people. A glimpse of a few of the activities of our Library has been given to you, and in closing, permit me to thank you for your interest and support, and to extend to my staff my sincere ap- preciation of its loyalty and enthusiasm. It is only by working together that we can successfully function for the best inter- ests of the Community. Respectfully submitted, MARIAN P. KIRKLAND, Librarian. 166 ANNUAL REPORTS CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY STATISTICAL REPORT --1932 MAIN LIBRARY: Number of volumes in Library, Janu- ary 1, 1932 New volumes added by purchase ... New volumes added by gift New volumes added by binding news- papers Number of volumes worn out and with- drawn Number of volumes in Main LfbrarY, January 1, 1933 BRANCH LIBRARY: Number of volumes in Library, Janu- ary 1, 1932 New volumes added by purchase New volumes added by gift Number of volumes worn out and with- drawn Number of volumes in Branch Library January 1, 1933 Total number of volumes in Main Li- brary and Branch, January 1, 1933 CIRCULATION —1932 Main Periodicals, bound 109 Periodicals, unbound 6,456 Philosophy and Religion 1,357 Biography 2.580 32,877 909 47 2 123 17 958 33,835 72 3,279 140 3,419 Sent Branch 5 83 70 23 33,763 3,396 37,159 Prom Branch 68 516 22 161 TOWN or LEXINGTON History Travels Social sciences Natural sciences Arts, useful Arts, recreative Arta, line Language and Literature Poetry Fiction.......... Music scores Stereographic seta ... 5 2,137 2,468 1,089 1,320 1,328 641 750 2,667 1,303 58,727 494 167 97 145 164 83 24 18 13 83 49 39 28 54 5 12 94 107 35 78 6,361 6,589 83,432 7,028 7,970 7,028 Total circulation Main Library .... 90,460 7,970 Total circulation Main Library and Branch 98,430 Total circulation, Children's De- partment, Main Library and Branch 22,442 Number of days library was open 305 Number of hours open each week, Main 61 Branch 30 MISCELLANEOUS MAIN LIBRARY: Periodicals subscribed for: Monthly 62 Weekly 16 Quarterly 5 Periodicals given: Monthly 14 Weekly 3 Quarterly Newspapers subscribed for Newspapers given 3 5 3 83 20 103 168 ANNUAL REPORTS Books rebound 574 Newspapers rebound 2 Book repairs 8133 Postale sent delinquents for overdue books 2279 Postale sent for books reserved 1395 Books borrowed on Inter -Library Loan 59 BRANCH LIBRARY: Periodicals subscribed for: Monthly 26 Weekly 4 Newspapers subscribed for Newspapers given Book repairs Books rebound Postals sent delinquents for over- due books REGISTRATION MAIN LIBRARY: Number of Adult borrowers, 1932 Withdrawn, 1932 Number Juvenile borrowers, 1932 Withdrawn, 1932 BRANCH LIBRARY: Number of Adult borrowers, 1932 Withdrawn, 1932 Number Juvenile borrowers, 1932 Withdrawn, 1932 Total registration Main Library and Branch, January 1, 1933 Number of temporary borrowers, Main Library, 1932 30 1 1 218 40 93 2862 70 — 2792 813 81 - 732 575 7 - 568 432 58 -- 374 3524 942 4466 104 EXHIBITS Picture exhibits from Massachusetts Library Art Club: Chartres II—Quaint interiors of old Tyrol—Chartres I—Pen drawings. American miniatures—Homes of our ancestors—Midsummer night's dream. TOWN or LEXINGTON 169 Oereime — Color sketches of Switzerland — Color prints of Japan—Am- erican architecture — Fruits of the earth — Antique laces — Porto Rico—Out West — Australia. F.,xbibits of local interest loaned by: Miss Mabel P. Cook—Mns. Frank R. Kimball—Lexington Girl Scouts— Lexington High School (Junior and Senior classes)—Miss Elsie Louise Shaw—Mra. Sidney R. Wrightington—Mr. Gordon Wolfe. For Sowers, magazines, books, and pictures we are indebted to the following: American Legion (Stanley Hill Post, No. 38)—Mr. John Ballard—Mrs. Walter C. Ballard—Miss Clare Benedict (Switzerland) -Mr. Hallie C. Blake—Mrs. Ronald Brown—Mr. Albert Burnham—Mrs. Edward L. Child—Commonwealth of Massachusetts—Concord Journal— Miss Grace Cramer (Veteran's Bureau, Bedford)—First Church of Christ, Scientist—Mrs. H. L. Fuller—Mr. George L. Gilmore—Mrs. C. Edward Glynn—Miss Katharine Harrington—Mrs. Arthur Hatch —Misses Anstiss and Mary Hunt—Dr. Doris Kendrick—]lobby Kenyon (Dover)—Mr. Nathaniel Kidder (Milton)—Knights of Columbus—Charles D. Leonard—Lexington Girl Scouts—Lexing- ton Times-Minuteman—Lexington Townsman—Miss Agnes Love— Mr. Henry D. Love—Mrs. Hugh D. 14icLellan—Mrs. F. H, Moulton— Mrs. W. E. Mulliken-Outlook Club—Mr. Philip E. Perry—Mr. Robert Perry—Mr. Alfred •Pierce—Dr. Fred S. Piper—Mrs. Percy E. Raymond—Mrs. Charles H. Rice—Mr. J. Riley (Bedford)—Mrs. Guy Robb—Mr. Henry Munroe Rogers (Boston)—Mrs. Walter Rose—Mr. Harold N. Roundy—Sachem Council of Boy Scouts— Mr. Gordon Slater—Theosophical Society (New York)—Mrs. W. A. Therian—Miss Elizabeth Thornton (Estate of)—Dr. J. 0. Tilton— Miss Florence J. Tryon (Westfield)—Unity School of Christianity (Kansas City)—Mr. Hollis Webster—Mrs, Hollis Webster. Respectfully submitted, MARIAN P. KI RK LA ND, Librarian, 170 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS December 31st, 1932. To THE HoxoRABLE BOARD of SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Gentlemen :— Your Cemetery Commissioners desire to submit the fol- lowing report of their doings for the year ending December 31st, 1932. We have endeavored to comply with the wishes of your board, to be as economical as possible with the management of the different cemeteries. At Westview Cemetery besides the general upkeep we have done considerable grading, and excavating of gravel which has been replaced with good loam so that the grass will grow. This .work was done on the west side and north end of the long knoll and was done to meet demand for lots in this location. We hope to be able to begin grading the south lobe during the coining year and shall endeavor to have it ready, or a por- tion of it anyway, for engineers to stake it out in the follow- ing year. We must also paint the fence. The upkeep has been given all necessary care to keep the cemetery as neat as possible. There were fifty-four (54) interments in Westview Cem- etery during this year, twenty-seven (27) lots and thirteen (13) single graves were sold. The Sun] of $:5,727.88 has been paid to the Town Treasurer as funds collected during the year including the sale of lots and graves, interment fees and found- ation charges; the sum of $3,858.38 was expended for labor and supplies. We have done a good deal of necessary work in Colonial Burying Grounds such as straightening stones, filling sunken graves and trimming trees, but there is more work to be done to preserve the plot and give it a neat appearance. For this work, we have expended $225.00. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 171 At Munroe Cemetery we have completed and made safe about three hundred (300) feet more of the driveway. It pays well to do this work for besides making the drive safe for au- tomobile travel we use the loam removed from the drive to grade lots and fill sunken walks to proper grade, thus improv- ing mproving the general appearance and making the care of the lots easier. The sum of $1,204.25 has been paid to the Town Treasurer as funds collected for Munroe Cemetery, including interment fees, annual care charges, foundation charges and perpetual care funds. The sum of $1,799.69 was used for labor, supplies and ma- terials and was drawn from our appropriation of $1,800.00. There were thirty-six (36) interments made in Munroe Cemetery during this year. We find the growing interest in Westview Cemetery deeper each year, but we wish to assure those who are interested in the other Cemeteries or Lexington that the care and main- tenance of these will not be neglected for the newer cemetery. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD WooD, Chairman, JOHN E. A. MULLIKEN, GEORGE H. GIBSON, Lexington Cemetery Commissioners. 172 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC December 31, 1932. To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS Gentlemen: We, herewith, submit the report• of the Dental Clinic for the year ending December 31, 1932: Ih umber Filling of of School Patients Perm. Teeth Adams 160 161 Muroe 115 182 Hancock 65 98 Parker 97 111 Franklin 54 82 Jr. High 22 32 Sr. High 6 13 Finings of Temp. Teeth 25 25 17 21 17 Extrac- Extrac- tions of tions of Perm. Temp. Teeth Teeth 8 29 12 42 20 50 18 2 0 2 5 2 0 11 0 3 Clean- ings 139 82 34 62 27 7 1 Treat- ments 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 Totals 519 679 105 44 161 352 6 Total Number of Patients Total Number of New Patients Total Number of Operations Total Number of Fillings Total Number of Extractions Total Number of Cleanings Total Number of Patients Finished Total Amount of Money Received 519 179 1347 784 205 :352 384 $148.45 The work of the Dental Clinic has been conducted along lines similar to the program followed in 1931. The examination of the teeth of all children in the first six grades was done by the Dental Hygienist. The applications for dental work has increased during the past two years. TOWN of LEXINGTON 173 An examination of the above report shows the following facts: (1) The total number of patients given treatment is the largest in any year. (2) The number of new patients for the year was 179. (3) The total number of pupils in the first six grades receiving treatment equals one-third the total school enrollment for these grades. We believe these facts fully justify the value of the Clinic. Respectfully submitted, MRS. JOHN E. GILCRBAST IRS. WILLIAM POTTER MR. THOMAS S. GRINDLE Dental Clinic Committee. 174 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS December 31, 1932. 'To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEx!NGTON, MASSACHLTSET.CS Gentlemen : We herewith submit to your Honorable Board the annual _report of the Fire Department. The Department answered 425 alarms as follows: Bell Alarms Automobiles Brush Buildings Dump False Grass Trees Still Alarms Automobiles Buildings Chimneys Drowning Grass Needless Sulphur Trees Dump Mutual Aid District Arlington Waltham Woburn 10 21 33 1 10 21 1 14 21 16 1 6 1 2 3 6 9 22 1 TOWN of LEXINGTON 175 Outside Mutual Aid District Concord 1 Bedford 2 Bedford Veterans' Hospital 1 Burlington 2 Lexington Department was aided as follows: Arlington 16 Waltham 7 Medford 1 Woburn 1 Watertown 1 Belmont 1 The estimated loss per capita was $3.39, the estimated value of Buildings involved was $670,091.00, and the estimated value of Contents was $97,568.00. The loss on Buildings was estimated at. $26,468.00 and on Contents at '7,534.00. The amount of insurance paid on Buildings was $11,818,00, and the amount paid on Contents was 45,672.00. The Department made 4,464 inspections of public and mer- cantile buildings and 2,223 inspections of private dwellings. We believe that this constant attention to fire prevention materially lessers the fire losses. Thirty-six Company Drills were held. We wish to commend those members of the permanent force who answered alarms when they were not on duty. This amounted to 270 hours of service for which there was no com- pensation. The attendance of the Call Men was excellent Loth at fires and at drills which gave evidence of interest in their work. We desire to express our appreciation for the prompt and aide assistance rendered our department by the Police De- partment. Respectfully su1initted, EDWARD W. TAYLOR NORMAN C. Hooesa EnwAxu F. BUTrRICK Board of Fire Engineers. 176 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN December 31, 1932. To THE HONORABLE BOARn OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Gentlemen : I herewith submit my report for the Forest Warden's De- partment for the year ending December 31, 1932. It appears from the records that there .were 278 alarms for grass and brush fires. Although only slight damage was done by these fires, in almost every instance there was opportunity for very heavy losses. The number of alarms for these types of fires is excessive. We again ask the Citizens to exercise greater care in setting and maintaining fires out-of-doors. Carelessness was the direct cause of the majority of these fires. We were not able to determine that any of them orig- inated from any other cause. In but one instance were we obliged to summon aid out- side of our Mutual Aid District. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD W. TAYLOR, Forest Warden. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 177 178 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF HEALTH OFFICER 1:ecember 31, 1932. Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Mass. Gentlemnen : ..Ittaclled is my report as Health Officer for the Town of Lexington from April 1, 1932, to December 31, 1932. 1 made 39 visits during the past nine months to investigate cases of reported contagious diseases and to establish quaran- tine where necessary. There were 25 cases of flog Bite during this time, and in spite of my repeated requests, the dogs concerned were still allowed to roam unrestrained. There is no regulation regard- ing the care of dogs during the hot summer weather, and I would, therefore, strongly suggest that a ruling be made that dogs be tied up during this time. 1 would also suggest a stricter quarantine of those having contagious diseases in an effort to stamp them out altogether. Under the present conditions quarantine is very loosely kept, if at all, in certain sections of the town. The ten eases of Diphtheria all occurred in children, and as far as I was able to find out none of these children had re- ceived susceptibility tests. Following is a list of contagious diseases from April 1, 1932, to December 31, 1932: Dog Bite 25 Measles 36 Diphtheria 10 Scarlet Fever 29 Mumps 32 Whooping Cough 8 Tuberculosis, Pulmonary 12 Lobar Pneumonia 3 Infantile Paralysis 1 Chicken Pox 10 Tuberculosis Meningitis 1 Cerebro Spinal Meningitis 1 Syphillis (Tertiary) 1 Total 169 Respectfully submitted, C. REGINALD HARDCASTI.E, M.n., Health Officer. TONVx OF LnxI OTO> 179 LIST OF JURORS AS SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, 1932 Name Occupation Address Ahern, James M., Sexton 69 Woburn Street Allen, M. Lawrence, Automobile Bus 24 Outlook Drive Ames, Tracy W., Insurance 18 Winthrop Road Bailey, George J., Farmer East Street Barrington, James L., Dye Bus 24 Bloomfield Street Bartlett, Fred B., Golf Course 72 Bedford Street Bean, George W., Golf Course Operator .................. 241 Bedford Street Bevington, Alfred J., Farmer 58 Marrett Road Brenton, Charles H., Chauffeur 13 Fletcher Avenue Briggs, Clarence E., Organ Dealer Outlook Drive Buckley, Joseph, Plumber 364 Marrett Road Buttrlek, Edward F., Clerk 996 Mass. Avenue Callahan, Bartholomew D., Foreman 8 Fletcher Avenue Chamberlain, William E., Manufacturer 14 Eliot Road Childs, Calvin W., Automobile Dealer 6 Chandler Street Cronin, Cornelius P., Salesman 14 Utica Street Crosby, Patrick J., Salesman 14 Cliffe Avenue Custance, Howard E., Contractor 2 Tewksbury Street Cutter, Frank P., Engineer 83 North Hancock Street Eastman, Harry W., Jeweler Winter Street Emery, Leland H., Salesman 85 Meriam Street Engstrom, Richard, Chemist 6 Eliot Road Fitzgerald, Thomas W., Mason 7 Fletcher Avenue Fletcher, Frederick B., Contractor 18 Independence Avenue Frost, Harry G., Salesman Lincoln Street Graham. John G., Farmer Burlington Street Greeley, William R., Architect 1948 Mass. Avenue Hall, Irving G., Jr., Agent 73 Meriam Street Harrington, Bartlett J., Contractor 11 Curve Street Hathaway, Alton H., Bakery Bus 25 Oakland Street Hauck, Carl, Wood Carver Harbell Street Hopkins, Morton G., Insurance 9 Audubon Road Horton, Lawrence M., Salesman 6 Lincoln Street Jackson, C. Henry, Florist 40 Clarke Street Jaynes, George A.. Contractor Hayes Lane 180 ANNUAL REPORTS Name Occupation Address Kelley, Turner C., Broker 2151 Mass. Avenue Kettell, Russell H., Teacher 10 Eliot Road Lamont, Harold B., Banker 20 Winthrop Road Lawrence, Herbert M., Hardware 28 Muzzey Street Longbottom, Walter, Conductor 16 Independence Avenue Lowe, George H., Retired 421 Marrett Road Maddison, Arthur N„ Real Estate 15 Winthrop Road Marshall, William J., Shipper 9 Independence Avenue Marsolais, Charles H., Contractor 198 Mass. Avenue Martin, Ernest C., Druggist 4 Rowland Avenue McCormack, John J., Chauffeur 39 Grant Street McDonnell, Michael E., Clerk 7 Curve Street McDonnell, Paul F., Type Setter 28 vine Street McKearney, John F., Jr., Salesman 155 Grant Street Merriam, Robert C., Manufacturer 24 Oakmount Circle Milne, William D., Engineer 6 Glen Road Morse, Clayton M., Clerk 19 Sherman Street Morse, George V., Lumber 1 Vine Brook Road Mulliken, William E., Coal Business 67 Waltham Street Murphy, H. Dudley, Artist Summit Road Murray, John A., Salesman 19 Theresa Avenue Muzzey, Clifford L., Salesman 14 Glen Road Nichols, Howard S. 0., Retired 19 Hayes Avenue Noonan, Louis E., Teamster 2 Vine Street Norris, Dana T., Office Assistant 7 Winthrop Road O'Connell, Charles J., Town 74 Webb Street O'Connor, John E., Bus Operator 29 Waltham Street O'Donnell, Bernard, Machinist 4 Shirley Street Olson, Albert E., Salesman Woburn Street Parks, Joseph A. Salesman 4 Hillside Terrace Partridge, Ashley W., Bakery Business ........................ 274 Marrett Road Potter, William G., Farmer Walnut Street Pratt, James A., Tree Surgeon Webb Street Preston, Elwyn G., Treasurer 4 Bennington Road Rhones, Edward F., Laundry Winter Street Richards, Gordon D., Contractor 31 Hancock Street Ross, George M., Banking 46 Hancock Street Rowse, Richard E., Salesman 14 Adams Street Ryan, Christopher S., Manager 10 Bedford Street Rycroft, Peter, Laborer 12 Utica Street Sandison, William A., Clerk 54 Reed Street Sargent, Edward H., Secretary 27 Oakland Street Shepard, Frank R., Retired 1386 Mass. Avenue Sherburne, Warren, Auditor 34 Hancock Street Simonds, George A., Mechanic 8 Adams Street Slocum, Curlys L., Instructor Blossom Street TOWN OF LEXINGTON Name Occupation Address Smith, Allen C., Dry Goods 5 Forest Street 14 Grant Street Smith, Lester E., Grocer 34 Clarke Street Sorenson, Harry, Mechanic 92 Woburn Street Steeves, Clyde E., Steamfitter 50 Hilltop Avenue Stevens, Rupert H., Contractor 86 Meriam Street Swan, Joseph, Real Estate 23 Bedford Street Teague, George S., Candy Maker 'Walley Road Valentine, John S., Insurance 1698 Mass. Avenue Walker, Clifton E., Chiropodist 102 Bedford Street Washburn, George E., Teacher 21 Parker Street Wellington, Herbert A., Salesman 2139 Mass. Avenue Whalen, John P., Furniture Bus 21 Eliot Road Wheeler, Harry A., Treasurer 31 Somerset Road Whipple, Bertram F., Bank Business 13 Chase Avenue Whipple, Paul, Shoe Business 15 Belfry Terrace Whittemore, Richard, Insurance 2209 Mass. Avenue Wilson, Donald, Contractor 33 Bloomfield Street Wilson, Walter H., Farmer 33 Fern Street Wood, George H., Painter 1798 Maas. Avenue Worthen, Edwin B., Banker 5 Winthrop Road Zuhowitch. Matthew M., Garage Keeper 136 Oak Street 181 Smith, George E., Merchant Adopted June 28, 1932. 182 ANNLTAL REPORTS REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH DEPARTMENT AND TREE WARDEN December 31, 1932. To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SEI.EC'TMEN, LEXINGTON, MASS. Gentlemen: I, herewith, submit my annual report as Tree Warden and Superintendent of Moth Department for the year ending De- cember 31, 1932. During the past year the work in connection with the care of trees and shrubbery and the suppression of insects and moths was carried on as usual. However, as sufficient funds were not available, the work was somewhat curtailed, and in the Fall months little was done. Necessary precautions to prevent damage by pests were taken. Trees and shrubbery were treated with creosote for the suppression of the Gypsy Moth. The foliage on trees and shrub- bery in parks, school grounds, cemeteries and on street trees were given further protection by spraying with arsenate of lead solution. The elm leaf beetle did considerable damage, especi- ally in the area in the centre of the Town. A number of trees were trimmed. Decayed tissues were cot out, and the cavities filled with cement. Dead trees were removed. At times, it seenied advisable to cut trees down. This however, was only done when conditions existed which seemed dangerous to public safety. One hundred eighty trees were set out on the various streets of the Town. In order to keep the trees in the Town in good condition, it is imperative that constant care and attention he given to them. As a result of continued unemployment, it became neces- sary to provide work for several men. Consequently, employ- ment was given to these men in cutting brush on highways and also in Bowman Park. The work was done during the Winter and Fall months. TowN OF LEXINGTON 18.': I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen and the Super- intendent of Public Works for assistance given to me during the past year. Respectfully submitted, OSBORNE J. GORMAN, Supt. of Moth Dept. and Tree Warden. 184. ANNUAL REI'ORTs REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD December 31, 1932,. Early in the year the Board was called upon once more to consider the extension of Sherman Street through to Oakland Street, and again the Board felt constrained to affirm its earl- ier recommendation that this extension be not endorsed until it could also he extended in the opposite direction to a roper junction with Woburn Street and in any event, the cost would be so great that neither extension• could be made until the de- mand was more imperative, and until the town could better af- ford to do the work. Considerable time was also devoted to the matter of de- velopment in the region of the East Lexington meadows in con- junction with the work in the same district of the Town of Arlington. Further recommendations will he made at a future date in the same connection. Petition for approval of layout for development upon the petition of Frank W. Perkins in East Lexington and petition of Harry E. Johnson for development of the so-called "Brick -Village" near the Arlington line were heard and both reported upon adversely. Much time was devoted to the consideration of the adapt- ability of the O'Connell land at the junction of Woburn Street and Mass. Ave. for a fire station, and while the Chief of the Fire Department desired a larger plot and the Selectmen found it did not contain sufficient land for recreational purposes, the Planning Board is still of the belief that the site is well suited for the purpose and will easily carry a station that would be as Iarge as the Town could afford to build, and leave room for any necessary recreational facilities needed. It is felt that Lexington cannot afford to be too ambitious in this direction at this time. The Board is actively considering the development likely to take place in and about this area. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 185 The work of the Planning Board during the past year has been quite varied with many lines of activity acted upon at the various meetings. The question of planting a Town Forest of approximately twenty acres was considered very fully early in the year, and at the suggestion of the Planning Board, the Board of Select- men have agreed to recommend this, and it only awaits the vote of the Town at our 1933 annual meeting to bring this into effect. These Town Forests are planted with trees supplied gratuitously by the State and are administered by a group of three unpaid commissioners and should add greatly to the beauty of the Town, and will supply trees for transplanting along our highways and in our parks at very small expense. It is proposed that these trees be planted by our unemployed on areas suitable for such growth. The twenty acres need not necessarily be in one plot. The final location is stili to be de- termined and the commissioners to direct these forests will be arranged for. In this connection, the Planning Board hopes before long to secure a nur cry in which we can start trees to replace and increase the plantings in our public lands. The Planning Board has felt the need of additional en- gineering services to permit of the devolpment of a plan for a comprehensive system of main ways in the undeveloped areas of the town consistent with the requirements of the design of the ultimate sewerage system. Not only should the develop- ment of these areas be fixed by au orderly development of a street system but these streets should be so located in harmony with the sewerage plan so that excessive costs for takings may be avoided and opportunity for recovery by betterment assess- ments may be afforded. We are now being assisted in secur- ing this much needed data, by employing some engineers se- cured through the Emergency Planning & Research Corpora- tion. The efforts of the Planning Board in cooperation with other agencies in town for the removal of obnoxious advertis- ing signs and window posters in our business districts has re- sulted in progress, and it is expected that a general agreement will result. The principal credit for what has already been ac- complished is due to the helpful assistance of the women of the Outlook Club. Relative to the new State highways aboutto be construct- ed through the town, the Planning Board has recommended a setback of 100 feet from the center line of these new streets or 50 feet from the street line. This attempt has not been con- ferred by the town hut we are hoping for their agreement. 186 ANNUAL REPORTS It is hoped that in this connection we may get a tree plant- ing program to help in covering up the raw spots occasioned by such work. The problems of the various real estate developments in different sections of the town have been given careful study toward getting them related and tied together in a comprehen- sive plan to simplify street and sewer development as much as possible. The new circular route around the Metropolitan District has been carefully studied, much time having been given to it; the Planning Board is seeking to have this route swing west of the town proper rather than have this hazardous and non- paying traffic come through the center of the town. Respectfully submitted FREDERICK L. EMERY, Chairman WILLIAM D. MILNE CLARENCE H. CUTLER C. EDWARD VLYNN J. HENRY 1DUFFY EDGAR F. Se intan, Clerk TowN OP LGx]NGToN 187 188 ANNUAr. RnrOr;Ts REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT December 31, 1932. To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, M ASSAC H U S LIPS Gentlemen December 31, 1932. To TI -IE HONORABLE BOARD Or SEF,ECTMEN„ LEXINGTON, tilASSACHUETTS. Gentlemen : I herewith submit illy report as Plumbing Inspector for I have the honor to submit the following report for the the year ending December 31, 1932. year ending December 31, 1932: Number of Applications filed and permits grant- Number of Arrests 415 ed 72 Offenses for which arrests were made :— Seventy-one permits issued at two dollars $142.00 Assault and Battery 15 Assault with intent to kill 1 One permit was issued where no charge was made. The Bastardy 4 old fixtures were replaced by new ones. An application was Breaking and entering 18 filed for this so as to keep a record of the work being done. Carrying revolver without a permit 1 Respectfully submitted, Cruelty to animals 2 Default 4 ANDREW BAIN, Disturbing the peace 4 Plumbing Inspector. Drunkenness 76 Employing minors to peddle 1 Escape from Lyman School 1 Insane 1 Keeping unlicensed dog .. 1 Larceny 39 Malicious Mischief 8 Manslaughter 4 Non -Payment of Pine 8 Non -Support 6 Peddling without a license 5 Polygamy 1 Rape 1 Receiving stolen property 1 Ringing false alarms 2 Runaway 1 Setting fire 1 Suspicious persons 8 Trespassing 2 Using dynamite without a permit 1 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Vagrancy Violating Automobile Laws Violating By -Laws Violating Liquor Law Violating Sunday Law Total Disposition of Cases Appealed. Committed to Concord Reformatory Committed to House of Correction Committed to Lyman School Committed to Tewksbury Continued Discharged Filed Fined Held for Grand Jury Probation Released Suspended Turned over to Parents or Guardians Turned over to Out of Town Police Total 189 1 186 2 8 5 415 2 1 15 2 1 7 76 48 203 2 23 18 4 4 9 415 Aggregate Amount of Fines Imposed $3,795.00 Aggregate Terms of Imprisonment 10 years, 3 months Miscellaneous Business Accidents Reported Accidents Investigated Buildings Found Open Complaints Investigated Officers' Special Duty Street Lights Reported Out 310 275 130 375 150 hrs. 135 Unoccupied Houses Given Special Attention 96 Number of Duty Calls 9,175 Number of 141i1es Run by Chevrolet Car 46,000 Number of Miles Run by Motorcycle 13,600 Number of Fire Alarms Responded To 96 Number of Stolen Automobiles Recovered 15 Violation of Automobile Laws C1iTe nses Itemized :— Going away and not making selves known atter causing injury to persons and property 8 190 ANNUAL REPORTS Operating under the influence of liquor 36 Operating so the lives and safety of the public might be endangered 14 Operating without a license 15 Operating at a speed greater than reasonable and proper 75 Operating uninsured and unregistered cars 9 Operating with improper lights 3 Operating with faulty brakes 3 Operating recklessly 2 Using automobile without authority 3 Violating Law of the Road 9 Violating signal lights 9 Total 186 During the year we had four fatal accidents. A radio has been in=stalled in the police car, and it is giv- ing very good service. Deputy Chief Patrick J. Maguire after thirty-three years of efficient service to the Town has been retired on a pension December 31, 1932. He demonstrated his courage on the night of September 19, 11)10 after being shot by burglars who had broken into a house on Highland Avenue. He pursued these men single handed and gave up the chase only after all his am- munition had been used. We all wish him many years of hap- piness. Respectfully submitted, JAMES .L SULLIVAN, Chief of Police. TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE POSTURE CLINIC COMMITTEE December 31, 1932. 191 HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Gentlemen :— The usual preliminary work of taking photographs with a silhouettograpll camera of all Lexington school children from the third thrn the sixth grades was completed during the first weeks of the school terms, and the postnre clinics, one in each school building, began operating October 1, 1932. These posture photographs are graded A -13 -C -D according to expert standards of posture elassifiration, and those grouped in the lowest class are the ones who receive the benefit of special help in the clinics. We feel that we are snaking gratifying progress in three special directions; first, we have been able to see the large number of D cases diminish this year to the point where we are able to approach the next intermediate group, the C. class, to give to them also the benefits of Dr. Roger's examinations and the clinic procedure; second, we have been able to operate the clinics in every building except the Adams School during the earlier part of the week when the children are in better mental and physical condition to acquire the most help from the clinic instructors than they are on Friday, the day previously given to the work ; third, we are having many morevisits from parents to the weekly clinics, and also at Dr. Roger's clinic held at bi-monthly intervals. We feel this fact to be a mark of increasing interest and definite desire on the part of these parents to airs the clinic workers with home cooperation. We wish to acknowledge with gratitude the e. onstant help and cooperation of all the teachers in the town, who with their prompt assistance in maintaining attendance and supplemen- tary support of the posture program in the classroom are making it possible to carry the work of the clinics along to the ideal point of habit formation. 192 ANNUAL REPORTS The following statistical report covers the year extending from Dec. 31, ]931 thru December 31, 1932, with the exclusion of all school vacation periods and holidays. Total number of caaea C or U -- Third through Sixth Grades. School i] C Total Adams ......... 115 25 140 Adams Munroe 71 33 104 Munroe Hancock 50 32 82 Hancock Parker 51 40 91 Parker Franklin 43 24 67 Franklin Number Thus Far Treated 116 68 40 42 32 298 Totals 330 154 484 The number of D grade eases has actually decreased dur- ing the past year, a fact which has made it possible for lis to give clinic treatment to the C group. The combination of D's and O's this past year send our clinic enrollment tip, but does not impede progress, since we give the first efforts to the D grade group. At Dr. Roger's clinics held in February, April and June, 210 children were examined and graded. Of this number 104 were discharged from the clinic with grades of A -B or C's al- ready treated who were advised to continue under the reg- ular physical education posture program. Total enrollment of cases up to the present, and includ- ing those discharged and new entrants -484. Nuniber of cases which have to the present time been re- ferred to the :Massachusetts General Hospital for X -Ray or in- dividual help -9. 'Number of eases referred to the posture workers for special postural defects and corrective measulti.s- 16. Total attendance record for the year throughout the town in all five clinics has been 1,929. The records of grades attained by each school at Dr. Roger's Clinics were as follows: Adams Munroe Hancock Franklin Parker A 0 2 3 2 7 A— 2 0 0 0 0 13 + 0 0 0 0 0 B 0 15 7 10 7 B— 2 0 5 0 0 c+ 2 3 4 0 4 c 5 2 5 9 8 TOWN OF LEXINGTON INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL RECORDS AND ATTAINMENTS Adams No. of D Cases 115 No, of C " 25 No. previously or now enrolled No. of special corrective cases No. discharged by Dr, Rogers.... 116 2 '11 Total attendance from Dec. 31, 1931—Dec. 31, 1932-576 M un roe No. of D Cases 71 No. of C " 33 No. previously or now enrolled 68 No. of special corrective cases 2 No. discharged by Dr. Rogers.... 22 Total attendance from Dec. 31, 1931 ---Dec. 31, 1932-336 Hancock No, of 11. Cases 50 No. of C " 32 No. previously or now enrolled 40 No. of special corrective cases 7 No. discharged by Dr. Rogers.... 24 Total attendance from Dec. 31, 1931—Dec. 31, 1932--370 Franklin No, of D Cases 43 No. of C " 24 No. previously or now enrolled 32 No. of special corrective eases 1 No. discharged by Dr. Rogers.... 21 Total attendance from Dee. 31, 1931—Dec. 31, 1932-257 Parker No. of D Cases 51 No. of C " 40 No. previously or now enrolled 42 No. of special corrective cases 4 No. discharged by Dr. Rogers.... 26 Total attendance from Dec, 31, 1931 ---Dec. 31, 1932-390 Respectfully submitted, MARY L. WHHIPPLE RUTH E. MORRISON EDITH C. IZEI.LEY Posture Clink Committee. 193 191 • ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES December 31, 1932. To THE HoNORA111.0 BOARD Or SELECT,IIEN LEXINGTON, MA1s S AC 111"SETT S Gentlemen: - 1 herewith present my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1932. Device Adjusted Sealed Not Sealed Condemned Platform over 5,000 lbs. 2 5 1 Scales Platform 100 to 5,000 lbs 3 53 Counter 100 lbs under .. 1 29 Spring 100 lbs or over.... 8 2 Spring under 100 lbs .. 68 1 1 Computing 100 lbs or over 2 Computing under 100 !As 2 35 Personal Weighing 6 1 Prescription 5 Weights Avoirdupois 10 254 Apothecary 1 60 6 Troy 15 Capacity Measures Liquid 201 Auto. Meas. Devices Gasoline Pumps 39 40 1 Gasoline Meters 6 30 Kerosene Pumps •---- 1 Oil Measuring Pumps, 1 22 33 Linear Measures Yard Sticks 17 2 Adjusting charges $10.91 Sealing fees Total 95.58 5106.49 ToW> OF LEXINGTON 195 196 ANNUAL REPORTS There .have been 248 Test Weighings at the different stores. 160 tests fell short. The store -keepers were notified and the packages opened and made to weigh full weight. One oil truck was sealed. The Scales and Licenses of the pedlers and hawkers have been examined and found correct. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES E. HADLEY, Sealer of 1Veirlh.ts and Measures_ REPORT OF SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR Lexington, Maas.. December 31, 1932. To TEE 13oARn of SELF:eTMF:N, HEALTH DEP'ARTMEN'T'. Gentlemen: I hewith submit the annual report for the year 1932 as Inspector of Slaughtering: G. BUNZEL Swine 2,416 Veal 134 Sheep 39 Cattle 4 2,593 A. HOLMAN Swine 1,052 Veal 3 Sheep 5 1,060 A. YOUNG Hogs 387 Calves 13 Sheep 4 Cattle 1 405 Number of Animals inspected 4,058 Number of Animals Condemned—Swine 55 Calves 2 57 Respectfully submitted, MATTHEW STEVENSON, Slaughtering Inspector. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 197 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS December 31, 1932. HONORABLE BOARD OH SELECT -AIM, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS Gentlemen: I wish to submit the nineteenth Annual Report of the Park Department. This year our Parks and Playgrounds have been kept in excellent condition, we were able to do so with the use of unemployed labor. Again we may be grateful and proud of the Recreation Association for obtaining wooden bleachers on the Center Playground. This enabled at least three hundred citizens to watch the game and playground activities in a more advantageous position. Activities at the Center Playground were much larger this year than ever be- fore and every available space was utilized. Following is a list of Parks and Playgrounds that come under this Depart- ment. PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS Bowman Park Robbins Park Battle Green Hastings Park Acre2 Valuation 3.83 82,500.00 .25 850.00 2.54 200,000.00 3.15 30,000.00 Center Playground 38.28 17,150.00 Buckman Tavern 2.86 50,£00.00 Depot Park 3.07 18,500.00 Reservoir 13.24 1,500.00 Town Meadows 23.00 2,000.00 East Lexington Playground 9.61 2,700.00 Tower Park 7.12 33,500.00 Parker School Playground 5.00 2,500.00 Belfry Hill 2.50 9,510.00 198 ANNUAL REPORTS BATTLE GREEN This sacred piece of ground was given its usual care; trees and grass being fertilized, walks and borders trimmed, flag- pole lowered and raised and repainted. During the summer the lawn got very dry and considerably burned from the drought but with the assistance of the Fire Department this lawn was kept wet so that by September both grass and trees came back to their normal condition. In the coming year I propose to regrade the old walk which extends through the center of the Green. This should remove the brown patch that shows up every dry spell. Some work will be done on the trees such as cleaning out the dead wood and treating the cavities. HASTINGS PARK This park has kept up very well through the year, and with the new sidewalk, which made a great improvement, should not call for any expense for a long time with the ex- ception, of course, of care and maintenance. This is the most natural looking park in the whole town and receives its share of comments. PARKER SCHOOL PLAYGROUND With the exception of cutting out the dead wood and clean- ing up in general, this playground received Iittle attention, but it is the intention of this Department this corning year to improve it by adding a children's corner with small children's apparatus such as swings, teeters, sandbox and fireplaces, and also providing for an instructor for eight weeks during the summer. This will give the children in this locality an oppor- tunity to obtain the same advantages that the children receive in other parts of the town. If enough demand is made, trans- portation will be furnished once a week to those who wish swimming instruction at the Center Playground Swimming pool. RESERVOIR During the winter and spring the dead wood, brush and debris was cleaned up and burned. transforming the deplorable condition which existed there to a suitable place for recrea- tional purposes. During the summer, tests were made of the water for swimming purposes and it was found that in ,July it became unfit for swimming purposes, showing at Hannaford's side 82 D. coli in 100 e.e., at the Fawcett side 1000 D. coli in TOWN OF LEXINGTON 199 100 c.c., at the Gate house 100 D. coli iii 100 c.c. It seemed advisable with this condition to drain the water out and it was done. While it was being emptied, the Gate house was re- paired. In the coining year I think it would be advisable to follow up our water tests as in the past years. EAST LEXINGTON PLAYGROUND In the early spring the athletic field was graded and re- seeded but owing to the lack of watering facilities, it was im- possible to force the seed to make a good turf early enough to be of any advantage to the baseball season but in another year it should be in good condition. The old playground apparatus has been replaced with all new parts. The grove has been reloamed and will be seeded and grass growing by the time the children have their summer vacation. Tennis courts were in popular demand and although no sur- vey has been taken of these courts, we do know that they are in demand at all times and steps should be taken to add more courts in the near future. This playground had supervision for nine weeks during the summer and bad a very successful sea- son. The old trees add a great deal of comfort and distinction to this park and we are working with the end in view of saving thein all. CENTER PLAYGROUND Swimming Pool The attendance at the Swimming Pool has been the Larg- est since it was dedicated. During the past year we were call- ed upon to have night swimming for adults. This was not very successful from the attendance standpoint, but as we started this experimentin the Iate part of the season, it is not fair to jndge its necessity. I therefore suggest that it he start- ed in the first part of the season and give it a good test. As the season is very short at its best, we believe that the pool should be used to its capacity. On Sunday, August 28, a swim- ming exhibition and meet was held. As this was the end of the pool's third seasona very creditable showing was made,. A large percentage of those who passed the life-saving test have learned to swim entirely at our Community poo] during this period. There were ten Junior Life -Savers and three Senior Life -Savers who passed the extremely difficult American Red Cross Life -Saving test. Mr. Abell had charge of the pool the past year as he has also had since it was opened, and to him all credit should be given for this great showing. 200 ANNUAL REPORTS During the season cards were issued to: 371 boys 161 men 475 girls 203 women 1210 Total number cards issued. The total attendance for the season was 12,868 and as the pool was used fifty-one days this gives us a daily attendance of 252. This does not include the Wading pool where the tots bathe; their daily attendance was 50. This means that to the coming year we will have to arrange for them as they advance into the large pool. I am recommending in my 1933 budget that we install a filter system. This is really necessary to safe -guard the health of those that make use of it. As our pool is a 110,000 gallon pool, and with a daily attendance of 252, this gives approx- imately 436 gallons of water per person and as this is a dump and fill pool where the water is put in on Sunday and renewed the following Sunday, it is a very dangerous condition. The water has been found above the average which is due only to the mostcareful supervision. With this filter system proposed the water would be changed every 12 hours. This will not only keep the water clean and healthful, but it will help regulate the temperature. Center Playground During the past year the following improvements have been made: a new bubbling fountain, resurfacing No. 1 and 2 tennis courts, new backstop for athletic field, reseeding dia- mond, grading around locker building, and new chainlink fence. 1 am in hope during the coming year that the grading around the swimming pool and skating rink will be finished. High School Girls Games Total Attendance Field Hockey 4 1200 Lexington Hockey Club 4 800 Boss 13aseball 11 3000 Soccer 5 750 Football 4 2400 TOWN Or LEXINGTON 201 Junior High Football Baseball Soccer Baseball Manor Cresent All Stars 2 400 4 500 s 900 8 1500 Baseball 1 500 Football 1 6110 Minute Boys Football Baseball Twilight Sunday Carroll A.C Football American Legion Jr. flaseb all 4 3600 18 1500 18 7500 6 3350 12 1200 Recreation Association Tennis Tournament 1 100 Track Meet 1 500 American Legion Field bay Fire Works 1 1200 1 5000 In conclusion, I wish to thank all who helped make my work of the past year so pleasant. I wish to thank those who offered any constructive criticism, for, after all, this is one way of finding out what the citizens want. The financial statements of this department will be found in the town accountant's report. Respectfully submitted, JonN J. GARRITY, Supt. of Parks and Playgrounds. o0.) ANNUAL REPORTS THE EAST LEXINGTON PLAYGROUND REPORT FOR SEASON OF 1932 The East Lexington Playground opened its 1932 season on June 27, and closed after a nine week period of activity, on August 27. The children from this section of the town were very for- tunate this past year in having a rejuvenated playground with a complete new set of apparatus. This remodeled playground has proved a decided advantage over that used in previous years, and especially over the arrangement of last year when the children were forced to go to the Center Playground each day because of reconstruction work on their own playground. We now have an ideal playground locality which is completely surrounded by large shade trees, this affording a cool and com- fortable retreat for play on warm and sultry summer days. Each Tuesday and Thursday the children from East Lex- ington went to the Lexington Center Playground for swim- ming instructions—the girls in the morning and the boys in the afternoon. The girls took the nine o'clock bus and return- ed at 11:45 A. M. This permitting them to be home before lunch time and allowing them to come to their own playground again in the afternoon, while the boys took the 1 :15 P. M. bus and returned at 4:15 P. M. Each child was given two bus tick- ets to cover his transportation. In the morning one of the senior girls was given a list of all those going to the swimming pool and put in charge of the whole group, checking over the list on the return trip. In the afternoon one of the senior boys served in an identical capacity. Because it was not convenient for the East Lexington children to visit the swimming pool every day the boys and girls, this past summer, spent practically all their time playing baseball, and tennis. Each morning from nine to ten the tennis courts were reserved for children who wished to learn to play tennis. inslrnctions were given and a gie:t many children be- came interested in the game so that before the season had closed many girls and boys had shown considerable advance- ment. The greater part of the morning was then spent play- ing baseball in which the girls participated or played other games at a different section of the playground. The boys were very fortunate this season in having one of the older boys of the town take an interest in their baseball team, organizing it for them and supervising the practice sessions. This was greatly appreciated by the boys with the result that many ap- peared each morning for practice. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 20; The boys had a fine team and played many games, includ- ing games with Lexington Center and Arlington Heights as well as a great many games among themselves. The last part of each morning was set aside for story time. During this period the children related incidents from their own experiences or disenssed books and stories they were read- ing or had read. A period of handwork was conducted each afternoon from two to three -thirty into which the very young children as well as the older ones entered with equal enthusiasm. Many useful articles were made at this time, namely: hot dish mats, vases, cellophane belts and bracelets, and scrap books. The scrap books were compiled by several different groups of children. Empty scrap books and magazines were divided among these various groups of children, each group competing with the other to prone which was capable of making the most attrac- tive and interesting scrap hook. The books were made for the Children's Hospital and were scrap books that any child could enjoy. During the season there were two Field Days—a prelim- inary Field Day at the termination of the first seven weeks and a final Field Day on Thursday of the last week of play- ground. Inthe weeks previous to the Field Days several tour- naments were run off and at the Field Day the winners from East Lexington and those from Lexington Center met and com- peted for the championship. The tournaments that were brought to a close for the first Field Day were croquet, horse- shoes, jackstones, and j:►cknife and those for the final Field Day were croquet, tennis, jackknife, horseshoes, and baseball throw. On Thursday of the final week there was held an excursion to Norumbega Park to which the most regular attendants of the playground were invited. Forty-five children left East Lex- ington at nine o'clock on a special bus, joined the other child- ren of the town at the Lexington Center playground, and spent a most enjoyable day at Norumbega. This year at the East Lexington, as at the Center play- ground the regular attendants of the playground were divided into two teams, a red and blue team, each having an equal number of participants and a captain. The purpose of these teams was to furnish an incentive for competition and to main- tain interest until the close of the season. Games and contests were carried on between the two teams and the ultimate win- ner was determined by the number of points acquired during 204 ANNUAL REPORTS the period of competition. The captains of the Red and Blue teams respectively were Stanley Jason and Elinus Hadley, both of whom proved able and willing leaders of their groups. The season was brought to an end an Sunday, August 28, with a swnrming exhibition and meet. At this time, as in prev- ious years, prizes were awarded for the season's best and most faithful workers. The cup for the season's best worker in East Lexington was awarded to Elinus Hadley who had a total of 197 points. Letters for attaining a total of 150 points were also bestowed upon Marion Hynes and Stanley Jason. The daily attendance at the East Lexington Playground this year was approximately forty-five children, which was a de- cided improvement over last year (1931) when the attendance rarely totaled half this number. This increase was no doubt due to the attractive new playground the children now have at their disposal and to the corresponding opportunities offer- ed for such a number of different sports. Another interesting feature was that the attendance at the playground during the past summer was evenly divided, there being approximately as many regular girl attendants as boys. This fact showed an equal amount of interest in playground activities in the part of both boys and girls. If it should be possible to increase the many improvements made during the past year it is hoped that within a short time to come the playground will be equipped with the following: a construction of some sort to be used as a field house, and some sort of a flat surface either of board or cement could be used for the playing of such games as jackstones. The inter- est in handicraft would be greatly increased if the children were given the opportunity for leather work. Arrangements should be made before another year for the children to have the use of a toilet. Another addition that is very much needed is an incinerator or rubbish barrels placed at various places around the field which would help a great deal toward keeping the playground in good order. Respectfully submitted, HELEN E. MCCARRON. LEXINGTON CENTER PLAYGROUND REPORT OF 1932 The Lexington Center Playground season of 1932 from June 27 to September 5 was considered the most successful both in interestand activities since the opening of the swimming pool three years ago. The eight week playground period and ten TOWN OF LEXINGTON 203 week swimming season of healthful recreational activity was thoroughly enjoyed during the summer months by an increas- ing number of Lexington children. At the Center Playground 91 children were enrolled with 44 in regular attendance. The swimming pool proved even more popular than in previous years with registered and an average attendance on warm days of 3:10 persons enjoying the pool. On hot days the pool was taxes] to rapacity with the present system of filtra- tion. As an inovation the pool was open evenings for adults but not many availed themselves of the opportunity tlius provided. During the summer large numbers learned to swim and every child attending the pool regularly, advanced through one or more fish tests, thus improving both in stroke, technique and adaptation to the water. A large life-saving group worked for five weeks in learning and passing the extremely difficult American Red -Cross -Life -Saving Tests. Many of those who passed the tests have learned to swim entirely at our Com- munity pool during the last three years. Those earning the Life Saving awards were: Bertha Kaupinen Sonia Huoppi Betty Thompson Miriam Hyde Betty Fitzgerald Junior Life Saving Paul Franks Canterbury Pierce Shirley Robertson Charles Tracy Paul Peterson Senior Life Saving Mildred Gaffney Dorothy Davis Dorothy Rudd The plan of management of the pool and playground was similar to that of last year. By the use of two instructors at the pool and two on the playground it was possible to carry on a program of ;lctivities in both places at the sante time. At various hours during the clay the instructors at the pool changed with those on the playground not only giving the youngsters an opportunity l'or contact with every instructor in all activities but also giving the instructors an interesting and varied program with an opportunity for specialized in- struc•tion. 296 ANNUAL REPORTS The classified card system of admission instituted by :lir. J. J. Garrity, Supt. of Parks and Playgrounds, again proved most satisfactory in providing safety and privacy to the resi- dents of Lexington. The swimming system providing for a graded series of fish tests starting from a beginner and advanc- ing to an expert not only stimulated interest in correct swim- ming but provided keen rivalry among the children. The in- creased enrollment makes it necessary to use both the wading pool and the swimming pool at practically every hour during the day, making it necessary to have an instructor at each pool to provide safety and swimming instruction. A third per- son is necessary to take attendance and to care for the children in the locker building. On the playground the point system of playground awards, based upon attendance, sportsmanship, participation, stimu- lated a great deal of interest in all playground activities. Dur- ing the last three weeks of the season keen interest resulted through competitions provided by dividing the playground children into teams of Reds and Blues. The activities program of the playground was made as varied and interesting as possible. Every Tuesday was set aside as a special day. After the regular picnic lunch varied activities such as treasure Bunts, stunts. -special games, swim- ming meets, tournaments and other features were keenly en- joyed. Each week a special tournament such as croquet, ten- nis, cutting, horseshoes, baseball, jacks, naildriving, and hand- icap races were contested, the winners in each age division being allowed to compete against East Lexington on field days for the playground championship. Large numbers partcipated in the daily game hours of baseball, squash ball, singing games, playground ball and cricket. The interest in tennis this year resulted in tennis classes being formed with regular instruc- tion for both beginners and advanced groups. A special Kid- dies hour under Sylvia Swett this year proved most popular. Helpful safety talks were given at this time and various safety measures were dramatized by the children. Bubble blowing, sand sculpturing and games, all helped to make this hour a most attractive and worthwhile one. The various apparatus and equipment of the playground was enjoyed as completely as in other years. The swings, croquet, horseshoes sets. and tennis courts were equally popular. The craft work of the playground proved even better than last year due to the splendid instruction of Robert Mara and Dorothy Rudd. The boys and girls showed keen interest in this work and made many attractive articles such as leather TOWN of LEXLNGTON 20T moccasins, leather and cellophane belts, silhouettes, spool dolls, scrap books, beadwork, teatiles, and metal trays of all kinds. Many of the best articles, some receiving ribbons, were shown to the public in a special window display through the courtesy of Mr. Worthen, at the Lexington Savings Bank. During the summer season two informal swimming meets were held among the Lexington playground children, not only stimulating interest in swimming but providing opportunity for every child to compete. Of still greater interest was the first outside swimming competition for the Lexington boys and girls. This year we invited Belmont and Waltham to partic- ipate against Lexington at the Lexington pool in swimming and diving competition. Due to the regular daily instruction at the Lexington pool our boys and girls easily defeated their rivals from the larger towns. It is hoped to continue this meet as an annual event each summer season. Tlie regular playground season closed on Sunday, August 28, with an exciting afternoon of swimming activity. An ex- hibition of the work of three years pool instruction and activ- ity was given at this time and most favorably received by the audience of about five hundred people. After a parade of the regular swimmers each group went through regular class lesson starting with the beginniug steps in swimming and pro- gressing to the most advauced group in swimming, diving, and life-saving. After the exhibition in life-saving and the pre- sentation of Red Cross Life -Saving emblems, the regular meet was held. At the end of the keenly contested meet the au- dience was entertained by four expert divers. Since the day marked the closing of the seasons' points to determine cup winners and letter awards, the individual scores were watched with keen interest. The winners of the cups donated by the Lexington Recreation Association for the most points in play- ground n-tivii les were : lora Corcoran of the Center Play- ground and Elinus Hadley of East Lexington Playground. The Aimerica0 Legion Swimming advancement medals were presented to Madeline Walsh for the girls and Russell Gfroerer for the boys. The ]otters were given as follows : First Year Letters: Betty Thompson, Virginia Cumming, Jean Ferguson, Betty Moody, Robert Townsend, Frank Love, Freeman Nourse, Robert Michaelson, and Canterbury Pierce. Second Year Letter: Nora Corcoran. Third Year Letters: Dorothy Cumming, Peter Welch, Francis Roque. 208 ANNUAr. REPORTS Every year shows an increasing number of boys and girls participating in playground activities. Many children have availed themselves of this opportun- ity and their parents fully realize the value of t]ie playground and pool in offering a program of citizenship training and rec- reational development. However the increasing number of parents who are unable to send their children to some high- priced camp or summer resort should realize the opportunities for child training and out -door activities right here in our -own community. Respectfully submitted, EnwAse E. ABELL. LEXINGTON CENTER PLAYGROUND REPORT OF 1932 On Tuesday, duly 5, the Lexington Center Playground wel- •eomed an exceptionally large group of children. A general program was planned so that a large variety of :activities was available for each child. At 10 o'clock each morn- ing the flag was raised, and announcements were made by Mr. Abell and the other instructors. From 9-10 the girls, under Miss Rudd, played games and read stories. At this time the boys had Craft work under Bob Mara's supervision. From 10-11 games were played by the boys, Miss Swett had a group of girls for stories from 11-12. In the afternoon the girls had a craft period from 1-3. At 3 o'clock Miss Swett conducted "Kiddies Hour," for girls and boys under eight. From 3-5 the boys enjoyed games and tour- naments with Bob Mara. From 4-5 the older grils played games, and read stories with Miss Sweet. This program was varied from time to time to include special activities. tourna- ments, etc. Tuesday was lunch day. The atent1ance averaged about 75. After lunch was eaten under the trees, games were played, tournaments were run, and one week a treasure hunt was a popular specialty. Two field days were held, one in August and one in July, and both were well and enthusiastically attended. Several outside baseball games were played with Somer- ville, Bedford and East Lexington. The champions of the var- ious tournaments played against the East Lexington cham- pions, thereby presenting exciting competition between the Center Playground and East Lexington. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 209 On August 18, a group of about 150 children, whose at- tendance on the playground had been regular, were taken to Ilorunlbega Park for the day. An exciting baseball game was played, lunch was eaten under the trees. After lunch, the children were allowed to enjoy the amusements of the Park. The 27th of August brought to a close a most successful playground season. The addition of a table for craftwork was a great improve- ment this year. In the future, another table and benches might be added, for I feel sure they would be used. Rubbish barrels are still a long felt need. It has been sug- gested that certain citizens might donate these gladly if asked to. I have found the townspeople very willing to cooperate in furnishing materials for our use. Many thanks are due them. I sincerely hope for as much improvement in 1933 as was made in 1932. The playground is fast becoming the town's "live spot" in the summer, and is being appreciated by more people than ever before. I wish to thank all those who helped me to try to improve our playground this year. Respectfully submitted, DOROTHY T. RUDD. 210 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS December 31, 1932. HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS Gentlemen: I submit the annual report of the Superintendent of Pub- lic Works: Although during the past year it has been necessary to practice strict economy in all departments, I feel that, under the circumstances, the results have been very satisfactory. I believe, however, that it will be impossible to cut the appro- priations in 1933, to any great extent, and obtain good service. Of course it is desirable to cut expenses in every reason• able way but there is certainly a limit beyond which there may be danger through inability to furnish efficient service. It would be unfortunate to make changes that would cause fur- ther unemployment in the town by the reduction of necessary appropriations. There is agitation everywhere to reduce, but reductions can be carried so far as to be unreasonable and dangerous. The various divisions of the Public Works Department have been carefully maintained in the past, and it would be unfortunate, if through lack of money, some part of the pub- lic work should become impaired and necessary repairs could not be made. The outcome would be that the town would be obliged to expend for replacement many times the amount that might be required if proper repairs should be made at the right time. It appears to me that the better way is to provide suf- ficient funds to carry on the various departments to the same degree of efficieney at least as has been done this year. TowN or l.r:xiXGTON - 211 HIGHWAYS This department has accomplished very good results with the means provided; many streets have been partially resur- faced where under ordinary conditions the whole street might have been done. Wherever it was possible to pass a portion of a street for another year, it has been done. When you consider that about 83% of our streets are old water bound macadam or gravel with bituminous top you may realize the difficulty in keeping the surfaces in passable condi- tion and to prevent the breaking up of the whole structure. A number of heavy rains through the summer caused a large amount of damage and required much work and expense. To repair and restore the surfaces of streets and a number of sidewalks 75,100 gallons of bituminous material and 5,800 cubic yards of gravel, stone and sand were used. It was necessary to rebuild or repair drains which had become blocked or too small to take care of the surface water at several locations. Streets accepted in 1931 were completed, also Allen Street and Stedman Road. In conjunction wit]i the last two streets, about 1,048 feet of drainage was constructed of sufficient sir.►: to take care of surface water for all time. More than a half mile of Wood Street was completed and from the end of the completed section to the l3edrord town line, the greater part of the necessary excavating and grading has been done, hut to complete the work will call for more funds. 6,405 square feet of granolithic sidewalks were construct- ed, one-half the cost being paid by abutters; 1,500 feet of guard nail was constructed or rebuilt; a number of street and traffic signs were erected; snow fence to prevent drifts in the street was set up; streets and sidewalks cleared after snow storms, and if necessary, sand was applied to the surfaces. Work on the new state highway to be constructed in Lex- ington from the Arlington line to the Lincoln line partly through new territory and partly along Concord Avenue will probably begin early in 1933 as the engineering work is prac- tically finished. This highway will provide a new route far traffic to and from the middle and western parts of the state and will at the same time materially reduce the traffic in Mass- achusetts Avenue especially between Marrett Road and the Arlington line. "1 ANNUM. REPORTS MOTH AND SHADE TREE DEPARTMENT The usual work of the Moth and Shade Tree Department was carried nn although not to the same extent as in previous years. There is danger of having our trees ruined by the various pests which infest them if the proper preventives are not em- ployed. The gypsy moth is becoming more prevalent because of the neglect of many towns to give proper attention to the extermination of this insect. The eine leaf beetle is also causing a great amount of damage to the elm trees. A special appro- priation should be made to allow the department to exterm- inate this particular pest by spraying with arsenate of lead solution after the spraying for gypsy moths is finished. More than 400 trees were planted in the public ways dur- ing the year and a great many of the old trees were trimmed, braced and cemented. This department, with the aid of unemployed, cut and burned brush and undergrowth from the sides of many of the streets improving the appearance and safety conditions very much. PARK DEPARTMENT As will be noted by the Superintendent's report. the Park Department has accomplished a great amount of work. The grounds have been graded, fertilized, and sown with grass seed ; trees and shrubbery have been trimmed and new trees and shrubbery planted. This department also used many of the unemployed to cat out and remove trees and to cut anis burn brush both in the Park property and on a number of the streets. The ball fields, tennis courts, and swimming pool were enjoyed by a great 11141 11y of the people both adults and chil- dren. The season has certainly proved the value of parks and. playgrounds as a means of recreation. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT The Engineering Department has given excellent service as will be seen from the detailed report of the Town Engineer. Streets have been laid out in new developments to conform with other streets or future streets which may be developed. Enginering service has been rendered for all depalr•tinents. Street lines and grades have been established for highways con- struction and repairs including drainage, also for sewers, water mains and the Park department plans have been macre TOW. OF LEXINGTON 213 or are under way for work which has been finished and many plans have been made up for work planned to be done in the future. A number of studies have been made for the Board of Survey and the Planning Board, and work has also been done to extend the block plans bringing them up to date. WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT The Water and Sewer Department has constructed 9,188 feet of water main of six, eight, ten and twelve inch sizes of pipe and 2,600 feet of sewers. The total water mains now in use amount to 64.43 miles and there are 15M0 miles of sewers. In comparing meter readings of the amount of water re- ceived from the Metropolitan District and of that used by con- sumers in the town, it was evident that a much larger quantity was being received than could be accounted for by the local meters. This indicated that there must be a large amount run- ning to waste through leakage, and as the department did not have proper apparatus to find where the leaks might be, an en- gineering company that specializes in this particular work was employed to survey the entire system. When the study had been completed, it was found that about 54,000,000 gallons a year was running away. With the exception of the standpipe, repairs were made immediately so that the system now appears to be in first class condition. PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING At the end of the second year of existence of the Public Works Building, there is no doubt that it has been a very economical feature in the operation of the various depart- ments. Having all tools and equipment in one location where they can be looked atter properly and repairs made when need- ed has helped to keep the equipment in good order and has re- duced the expense and saved wear and tear by being cared for in good time. Work on the grounds around the Public Works Building has been done with unemployed labor; drainage installed; and preparations made by excavating to fill in with loam and plant trees .Incl gran; in order to improve the appearance of the property. This work: will be carried on next year and as much as possible will be clone each year to make the building and grounds attractive and a credit to the town, 214 ANNUAL REPORTS In conclusion, I wish to assure the Board that it has been my endeavor to carry out the policy of economy which has been a most outstanding condition required this year. Every effort has been made by the superintendents to cut the cost of operation as low as could be done with good work and I am sure that the accomplishments of the various departments have been satisfactory. Yours very truly, WILLIAM 5. SCAMMAN, Superintendent of Public Works. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 215 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS December 31, 1932. Lexington, Mass. To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS Gentlemen : The activities of the Highway Department were curtailed this year. Last� year our appropriation was reduced, but even then it was 20% higher than our 1932 appropriation. To do the usual amount of work was impossible as we were confined to a five day week and part of the time worked only four days a week. Every street was given its share of cleaning, repair and treatment according to its requirements. Sidewalks were re- paired and maintained, curbing laid, holes patched, catch ba- sins built and storm drains kept clean to carry oaf surface water. One crew of men was employed in lowering ditches for surface drainage in various parts of the 'Town for more than a. month. In the winter, snow was removed promptly froIn the streets and sidewalks; sidewalks and streets were sanded to prevent accidents and snow fence was erected to re- duce drifting. In addition to applications of tarvia and oil on the prin- cipal streets, outlying streets were scraped and graded with patching material or gravel. School Street was widened and surface treated. Assisted by funds from the State and County, the work of relocating Wood Street has advanced satisfactor- ily. Many unemployed were kept busy on this project. Retain- ing walls were built on Allen Street after widening and re- construction from Waltham Street to the Franklin School. New construction totaling 3,771 feet was completed on Cres- cent Hill Avenue, Dexter Road, Independence Ave., Smith Avenue, Tucker Avenue and Allen Street, as a result of the acceptance of these streets last year. 216 ANNUAr. REPORTS The summer was characterized by sudden downpours. Six of these incurred damage of over $8,000 due to washouts. With rainfall as recorded by the Weather Bureau of .56 inch to 3.10 inches in periods ranging from five minutes to a few hours, the damage could not be averted. But for the many catch basins built during the past few years it would have been far greater. Yetthis loss had to be met out of our regular appropriation diminishing our funds for other work. By why of recommendation I wish to tall attention to the fact that out of a total of 53 miles of Town maintained high- way, only 11 miles have actually been constructed to meet modern traffic loads. Most of our roads are old-time water- bouncl macadam, constructed 25 years or more ago. As requir- ed these roads have been surface treated with asphalt or tar with perhaps a single course of crusher) stone. They have serv- ed adequately but a more thorough treatment than the sur- face patching of the past year or two is required for their main- tainence. Otherwise within the next few years the Town will face the necessity of reconstruction on a Iarge scale. As unproved method of treatment developer) exclusively by this Ilepartment and which has won recognition from the State Highway Engineers will make it possible to retain such roads for many years at a cost not greatly in excess of repeat- ed patching. The wisdom and economy of such treatment is obvious. To permit deterioration by an appropriation that al- lows only for patching holes is false economy. The cost of the treatment described is approximately one•third the cost of new construction. Atleast a small section of highway should be so treated each year. The services of Mr. William C. Paxton were made avail- able to this Department this year as Assistant Superintendent of Streets. His previous experience with the Engineer's De- partment has proven most helpful. I wish to thank the Selectmen, the Superintendent of Pub- lic Works and the members of this Department for their co- operation during the past year. Respectfully submitted, R. H. WHITE, Superintendent of Streets. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 217 REPORT OF WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT December 31, 1932. To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, LEXINGTON, Moss. Gentlemen: I submit herewith my annual report as Superintendent of the Water and Sewer Departments for the year ending De- cember 31, 1932: WATER DEPARTMENT • The outstanding acconiplishinents of the past year by this department are as follows: 1. The extension of a 10 inch main in Grant Street connecting with East Street; 2. 'A water waste survey of our distribution system, which was made by the Picometer Company of New York, with the assistance of the Water Department. The scope of the survey is as follows: 1. A test for accuracy of the Venturi meter at the Arlington line; 2. A test for accuracy of the 6" detector meter on West- minster Avenue; 3. A test for accuracy of meters larger than 3" in diameter: 4. Measurement of the total consumption of the town; 5. Investigation in all districts where the night rate of flow was excessive, for the purpose of locating all underground leaks in the mains and services. During the course of the survey, five underground leaks were located. These were as follows: 218 AN\UAL REPORTS Joint leak on the 8" main along the old Lexington reservoir 20' south of the 4" blow -o8 Service leak to 1894 Massachusetts Avenue Joint leak on old hydrant branch opposite drive- way to East Lexington railroad station , Joint leak on 4" main on Cliffe Avenue, west of Cummings Avenue Joint leak on plug of 10" main going to old Ar- lington pumping station, opposite Lexington railroad station Standpipe leakage Total Ieakage Leakage In gal- lons per days 20,000 15,000 30,000 30,000 50,000 3,000 148,000 None of the leaks reported showed on the surface. The leak at 1894 Massachusetts Avenue seeped through the ground and found its way into a catch -basin. Joint leak opposite East. Lexington railroad station found its way into the Massachusetts Avenue sewer. Leak on Cliffe .venue seeped through the ground for abount 900' into the Arlington Reservoir. The 10" plug leak was running away through a brick drain which was within five feet of the leak. A]1 of the teaks were repaired and the wastage of water stopped immediately. The leakage from the standpipe varies with the temper- ature and amounts to from 3,000 to 5,000 gallons per day. Permanent repairs cannot he made and I would recommend that no money he expended for this purpose, but that a new standpipe of larger capacity be constructed as soon as pos- sible. All large meters were tested during the survey, and all but one were found to be registering correctly. The gates in the system were reported to be in good condition. Considerable work has been done during the year in the way of improvements and repairs to our distribution system. The fact that we have had considerab1v less construction work has given us time to do these odd jobs which have been some- what neglected. This work has helped materially in making it possible to retain a foil maintenance crew on a 40 -hour a week basis. TOWN or LExINo'roN 219 Repairs have been made to all hydrants and valves. We are also removing and testing all meters which have not been tested recently and these are being overhauled and put into service again. The work of lining pipe with cement, which was started Last year, has been carried on during stormy weather, and about 12,000 feet has been lined and is ready for use. A survey of all hydrants in our distribution system has been made by Mr. Taylor, Chief of the Fire Department, and myself. Chief Taylor has recommended that about forty (40) additional hydrants be installed in various parts of the town where sections have been built up since water mains have been installed. As requested by Mr. Taylor, a number of hydrants have been raised from 6" to 2'. The hydrant on the westerly side of Massachusetts Avenue in front of the Hunt Building has been removed, and one additional hydrant has been installed on the easterly- side near Martin's drug store. Additional hy- drants have been installed in the vicinity of the Common, as requested by Chief Taylor. Several 2 nozzle hydrants in var- ious parts of the system have been replaced with the 3 nozzle type hydrant. Several new gates have been installed in the system where long extensions had been made without being gated. A new hydrant has been installed in Belfry Terrace, and it was necessary to extend the main for a short distance in order to make they installation. Extensions totalling 9,188 feet have been made to our water distribution system. Of this number, 6,498 feet were laid under our guaranty system. WATER MAIN EXTENSIONS Location No. of Ft. Size Avon Street 325 6" East 250 6" East 1378 12" Grant 2070 10" Kimball Road 386 8" Larchmont Lane 228 6" Middleby Road 370 10" North Street 3394 *Pinewood 256 Simonds Road 252 8" *Tower Street 279 8" Total 9188 8„ 6" 220 ANNUAL REPORTS 1069 feet of 5" Average cost per foot $1.85 4311 feet of 8" " fl 2.14 2448 feet of 10" fl 2.22 1370 feet of 12" " 3.47 Total cost of construction $20,892.54 Total miles laid L74 Pg *Laid In game trench as Sewer main, You will note that the average cost per foot of water main extensions for the year has dropped considerably, due principally to the decrease in the cost of materials. To re- lieve the unemployment situation, it was decided, where soil conditions permitted, to do the excavating by hand, and of 9188' of trench excavation, 0892' was excavated by hand. EXTENT OF PIPING SYSTEM 2,610 feet 39,084 " 14,224 " 65,647 " 190,750 " 27,890 " 16" 12" 10" 8" 6" 4" Total 340,205 " =64.43 Miles HYDRANTS 1932 Installations In use January 1, 1932 Taken out 24 476 500 3 Total December 31, 1932 497 Location of 1932.hydrants: Grant St., between Bowser's and East St. 3 Pinewood St., 247 feet from Summit Road 1 Simonds Road, 410 feet from Preston Road 1 North St., from Lowell St. to Adams St 3 North St. from Adams St. to Willard Property 4 Belfry Terrace 1 Depot Square near Martin's Drug Store 1 Outlook Drive, corner Middleby Road 1 TOWN' OF LEXINGTON 221 Middleby Road, 370 feet from Outlook Drive 1 East St., near Bailey's 1 Kimball Road, 350 feet from Reed St. 1 Mass. Ave., near house at No. 1932 1 Mass. Ave., near Dr. Harrington's 1 Mass. Ave., near house at No. 1960 1 Larchmont Lane, 228 feet from Bedford St. 1 Avon St., 325 feet from Myrtle St. 1 Bedford St., corner Hancock St. 1 Hydrants taken out: Mass. Ave., in front of Hancock Cong. Church Elm Ave., near Hancock St. Mass. Ave., in front of Hunt Building 1 1 SERVICES Forty-three (43) services have been added during the year, totalling 2,477 feet. Fourteen renewals have been made, totalling 642 feet. METERS Forty-five (4 S) new meters have been added during the year, totalling 2,:510 in use. METROPOLITAN WATER TAX Tlie 1932 Metropolitan Water Tax is made up as follows: To meet the requirements of Sinking Fund $704.06 Serial Bonds 3,814.67 Interest 12,040.88 Maintenance and Operation 7,345.90 Town of Brookline, credit 803.47 Total Tax $24,708.98 WATER DEPARTMENT STATISTICS System built in 1884 by the Lexington Water Co. Town purchased system in 1895. Entered Metropolitan Water System in 1903. Standpipe of 550,000 gallon capacity built in 1912, Number of miles of pipe now in use, 64.43. Number of hydrants now in use, 497. Range of static pressure of mains, 27 to 116 tbs. Total consumption of water for year, 246,791,000 gallons. Average daily consumption, 674,300 gallons. Average daily consumption per capita, 67 gallons. Number of meters in service, 2510. ANNUAL RD1'ORT9 Number of buildings supplied by Town water, 2429. Number of buildings not supplied by Town water, 180. Estimated population, I0,000. Monthly Average Consumption of Water in Gallons Per Capita Jan. Feb. Mar, Ayr. May .lune July Aug. Sept. Oct, Nov. Dec. 1932 66 64 65 70 73 81 88 63 61 56 56 55 MOVEMENT OF THE BONDED DEBT The debt movement up to the present time is as follows: 1896—Original bond issue 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 Added $10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 53,000.00 5,200.00 2,000.00 13,000.00 8,600.00 16,900.09 32,000.00 4,800.00 8,500.00 4,000.00 3,000.00 4,000.00 9,000.00 20,000.00 12,800.00 1,750.00 73,950.00 22,000.00 39,300.00 35,090.00 31,000.00 Paid N'et Debt $200,000.00 210,000.00 209,000.00 2.18,000.00 216,000.00 214,000.00 222,000.00 224,000.00 273,000.00 264,800.00 261,800.00 244,500.00 226,200.00 223,500.00 215,400.00 197,500.00 195,600.00 208,700.00 191,800.00 177,400.00 162,000.00 144,600.00 127,200.90 107,500,00 89,300.00 82,600.00 84,900.09 78,000.00 55,250.00 107,950.00 95,450.00 106,250.00 108,450.00 109,950.00 $1,000.00 1,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 3,000.00 4,000.00 8,200.00 8,200.00 19,300.90 18,300.00 15,700.00 16,700.00 17,900.09 17,900.00 18,900.00 21,700.00 22,900.00 19,400.00 20,400.00 21,400.00 19,700.00 18,200.00 15,700.00 17,700.00 19,700.00 24,500.00 21,250.00 34,500.00 28,500.09 32,800.00 29,500.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 1929 30,000.00 1930 156,000.00 1931 65,000.00 1932 20,000.00 Amount to be paid in 1933 FINANCIAL REPORT WATER DEPARTMENT Schedule "A" 1931 and Prior Items Outstanding Jan. 1, 1932 Collected $19,058.44 $9,216.32 1932 Items 223 224 ANNUAL REPORTS 32,450.00 107,500.00 Salaries, Superintendent and clerks 3,266.28 20,500.00 242,000.00 Shop and Office Supplies 686.25 32,000.00 276,000.00 Byron C. Earle 941.08 33,000.00 262.000.00 Vacation Pay Roll 1,540.32 36,000.00 Sundries 128.68 Total Outstanding Abated Jan. 1, 1933 $708.50 $9,1.33.62 Outstanding Committed Collected Abated Jan. 1, 1933 Services $1,331.88 $921.37 $48.92 $361.59 Hydrants 7,140.00 7,140.00 Guaranties 5,789.26 4,060.89 96.80 1,631.57 Repairs 118.42 76.70 2.50 39.22 Miscellaneous 1,000.43 617.75 44.98 337,70 Rates 67,630.38 57,141.25 399.55 10,089.58 Totals $83,010.37 $69,957.96 $592.75 $12,459.66 Grant Totals $102,068.81 379,174.28 $1,301.25 $21,593.28 Collected ofter books closed 2,800.10 Total Outstanding Schedule "B" Detail of Maintenance and Operating Expenses Metropolitan Water Tax $24,708.98 Interest on Debt 11,098.75 Pitometer Survey 2,500.00 $18,793.18 $38,307.73 Service Installations: Labor 1,98L60 Pipe and Fittings $1,486.20 Labor $13,231.68 Maintenance of automobiles 849.49 Freight 90.37 Miscellaneous Stock 1,208.23 Equipment and Repairs 582.96 Insurance 1,046.39 Pipe and Fittings 3,358.15 Recel pts Appropriation $70,000.00 Receipts in excess of appropriation 9,174.28 Expenditures Schedule "B" $68,703.41 Balance on hand January 1, 1933 10,470.87 (Transferred to Water Dept. available •surplus) Schedule "Cl" Water Construction Labor $6,757.52 Fittings 2,669.36 Large Iron Pipe 6,596.61 Meters 347.55 Hydrants 721.90 Jointing Compound 500.09 Automobiles 286.49 Rental of Equipment, and Contracts 1,370.46 Miscellaneous Stock 297.54 Freight 56.96 Trucking 4.50 Tools and Equipment 303.26 Sundries 26.75 Insurance 103.50 3,467.80 Rece l pts 1931 Balance $22.64 Authorizations and Refunds 20,021.74 Expenditures Schedule "C" $20,042.49 Balance on hand January 1, 1933 1.89 26,027.88 $68,703.41 79,174.28 79,174.28 $20.042.49 $20,044.38 $20,044.38 TOWN of LTGX1NGTON 225 SEWER DEPARTMENT Extensions to our sewer system in 1932 are as follows: street No. of Feet Bedford Street 416 Belfry Terrace 191. Bowker Street 124 Oakland Street 1017 *Pinewood Street 241 *Tower Street 277 Vine Street 334 Total Total Cost, $15,034.65. Average cost per foot, $5.783. Total trunk line sewers, 2.63 miles. Total street sewers, 13.97. • Constructed in same trench With water pipe. 2600 Ft. Size- 10" ize 10" 8" 8'^ 8" 8" Work on the extension of the Bedford Street sewer was started on the 14th of September, and on December 31st ap- proximately 416 feet of this extension had been completed. Two connections have already been made with the completed section. The appropriation made for this project, which will extend to Tewksbury St., in Tewksbury St. from Bedford St. to Sargent St., in Sargent St. from Tewksbury St. to Shirley St, and in Shirley St. from Sargent St. to Bedford St., was based on machine excavation. It was later decided to do this work by band. In order to complete this project an additional ap- propriation will have to be made. This project will furnish considerable work for the Sewer Department employees, who ordinarily would have to be laid off. Thirty-one sewer connections have been made during the year, totalling 1,241 feet. There are now 664 buildings con- nected with our sewer system. Due to the heavy rain storms this fall it was not possi- ble to flush the trunk line sewers, but this will be done as soon as conditions permit. There is considerable work to be done on our trunk line, in the way of repairs to leaky joints. and re- pairs to manholes. These repairs will be attended to early this spring. A stoppage in the system occurred in the pipe east of Vine Brook near Waltham St. It was found that the pipe had settled about eight inches, causing it to crack. A new section of pipe 226 ANNUAL Ri3PORT9 about 40 feet long had to be laid. This was constructed on a concrete saddle which will prevent further settlement. Manhole covers and frames of a heavier type are now be- ing used on all new work. Several frames and covers along Mass. Ave. have been replaced. These frames and corers had been damaged, due to heavy traffic. METROPOLITAN SEWER TAX To meet requirements of Sinking Fund Serial Bonds Interest Maintenance of system Total Tax Services Miscellaneous Rentals SEWER DEPARTMENT Schedule "A" 1931 and Prior Items Outstanding .Tan. 1, 1932 $3,286.46 $179.96 1,22 1.00 769.92 2,712.04 $4,882.92 Outstanding Collected Abated Jan. 1, 1933 $837.60 $20.05 $2,428.81 1932 Items $1,233.32 $1,070.37 114.62 32.02 4,463.02 3,629.45 Totals $5,810.96 $4,731.84 Grand Totals $9,097.42 $5,569.44 Collected after books closed (to Jan. 13, 1933) Total Outstanding 8.66 $8.66 $28,71 Schedule "B" Detail of Maintenance and Operating Expenses $1,279.52 472.67 136.30 415.42 1,716.14 Salary of Superintendent 1,281.00 Sand, Cement, and Brick 47.63 Trucking 48.00 Labor Maintenance of Automobiles Equipment and Repairs Shop and. Office Supplies Insurance ..., $162.95 82.60 824.91 0,070.46 $3,499.27 390.34 ;3,148.93 Towx of LEXINGTON 227 Freight Pipe 90.40 36.44 228 ANNUAL REPORTS 1. The construction of a new standpipe; $5.523.52 2. The extension of a 16" main in Massachusetts Service Installations: Pipe and Fittings $323.13 Avenue from Child's garage to Pleasant Street; Labor 687.17 $1,010.30 3. Replacements for 4" mains in various sections of the town; $6,533.82 4. That the surplus from Water Rates be used to re- place 4" mains. Receipts Several applications have been received for extensions of Appropriatiojz $7,000.00 $7,000.00 water mains and these will be presented at the Annual Town Meeting. Expenditures The co-operation of all Town Officials and Water and Schedule "B" $6,533.82 Sewer Department employees is gratefully acknowledged. Balance on hand January 1, 1933 466.18 Respectfully submitted, ALBERT A. Ross, , Superintendent, Water and Sewer. Schedule "C" Labor $8,656.71 Contracts 1,736.16 Sand, Cement, and Brick 737.85 Equipment and Repairs 434.38 M iscellaneous 85.44 Office Supplies 24.19 Insurance 153.50 Freight 148.92 Pipe 162.93 Automobiles and Trucking 465.70 MiaceIlaneous Stock 940.79 Receipts 1931 Balance $9,431.32 Appropriation and Transfers 10,000.00 $7,000.00 $13,729.47 $19,431.32 Expenditures Schedule "C" $13,729.47 Balance on hand January 1, 1933 5,701.85 $19,431.32 RECOMMENDATONS While I have no specific recommendations for 1933, there are numerous things to be given consideration, however, as follows: TOWN OP LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR December 31, 1932. To Tim HONORABLE BOARD OP SELECTMEN, LEXING'TON, MASSACHUSETTS Gentlemen : 229 I herewith submit my report as Tax Collector for the year 1932: 1928 Taxes Uncollected January 1, 1932 $64.19 Collected in 1932 $64.19 1929 Taxes Uncollected January 1, 1932 255.95 Collected in 1932 255.95 1930 'faxes Uncollected January 1, 1932 Collected in 1932 Highway Betterment uncollected Jan. 1, 1932 Collected in 1932 1931 Taxes Uncollected January 1, 1932 Collected in 1932 Highway Betterment uncollected Jan. 1, 1932 Collected in 1932 Sewer Frontage uncollected Jan. 1, 1932 Collected in 1932 Uncollected January 1, 1933 Sidewalk uncollected January 1, 1932 Collected in 1932 Building Line Betterment uncollected Jan. 1, 1932 Collected in 1932 718.62 25.11 252,306.43 2,985.34 3,618.56 27.13 902.35 718.62 25.11 253,306.43 2,985.34 3,470.10 184.46 $3,618.56 27.13 902.35 230 ANNUAL REPORTS 1932 Taxes Committed October 1, 1932 $668,774.68 Committed December 20, 1982 182.10 Collected in 1932 Uncollected January 1, 1933 ..._ Old Age Assistance committed Oct. 1, 1932 .... Old Age Assistance committed Dec. 20, 1932.... Collected in 1932 Uncollected January 1, 1938 $668,956.78 408.954.32 260,002.46 $668,956.78 3,118.00 43.00 $3,161.00 Highway Betterment for 1932 8,538.06 Collected in 1932 Uncollected January 1, 1933 2,674.00 487.00 $3,161.00 4,875.11 3,662.95 gS,538.06 Sewer Frontage for 1932 4,779.14 Collected in 1932 2.158.28 Abated in 1932 22.26 Uncollected January 1, 1933 2,598.41 Sidewalk for 1932 282.46 Collected in 1932 Uncollected January 1, 1938 $4,779.14 201.66 80.80 $282.46 BYRON C. EARLE, Tax Collector. TowN of LEXINGTON 231 REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT TREASURER'S RECEIPTS Taxes Current Year Polls $5,338.00 Personal Property 42,160.77 Real Estate 368,434.97 $405.933.74 Previous Years Polls ;1,502.00 Personal Property 2,811.08 Real Estate 228,240.32 $232,553.40 From Commonwealth Loos of Taxes $159.08 Income Tax (1932) 34,875.00 Income (Educational Bureau) (1932) 18,080.00 Corporation Tax (1930-1931) 10.01 Corporation Tax (1932) 8,086.21 National Bank Tax (1930-1931) 73.15 National Bank Tax (1932) 148.81 Old Age Assistance 4,074.19 Veterans' Exemption 168.61 Trust Company Tax (1930-1981) 67.91. Trust Company Tax (1932). 1,462.49 Licenses Liquor Junk Pedlers Sunday Theatre $67,205.46 $1.00 25.00 45.00 45.00 25.00 • 232 ANNUAL REPORTS Pool and Bowling Milk and Oleomargine Slaughtering Marriage Plumbing All Other Fines Police Court Grants and Gifts County of Middlesex (Dog License) 20.00 28.00 850.95 87.00 142.00 464.41 $1,233.36 $892.60 $1,830.69 Other General Revenue City of Cambridge (Tax) 1932 $404.86 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax (1932) 18,751.53 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax (Previous Years) 5,730.55 $24,886.94 Old Age Assistance Taxes 1931 $1,063.00 Old Age Assistance Taxes 1932 2,674.00 $3,737.00 Special Assessments Sewer (In advance) $545.64 Sewer (Unapportioned) 1,742.23 Sewer (1932) 2,158.28 Sewer (Previous Years) 1,961.82 $6,407.97 Sidewalks (In advance) ;29.77 Sidewalks (Unapportioned) 270.63 Sidewalks (1932) 201.66 Sidewalks (Previous Years) 27.12 $529.19 Highway Betterments (In advance) $515.01 Highway Betterments (Unapportioned) 951.78 Highway Betterments (1932) 4,875.11 Highway Betterments (In Previous Years) 2,542.99 ;8,884.89 TOWN OF LEXINGTON DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT Treasurer Fees $150.00 Collector Certificates $14.00 Fees 80.00 $94.00 Town Clerk Recording and Discharging Mortgages $244.66 Birth and Death Certificates 17.75 Pole Locations 13.50 Miscellaneous 4.50 Town Office and Cary Memorial Hall Rent Old Furniture Sold Telephone Calls Miscellaneous Selectmen Advertising $280.41 $257.00 30.00 5.90 .87 $293.77 $120.00 Zoning and Building Laws Sold 5.90 2.04 Miscellaneous $127.94 Other Departments Law Department, Miscellaneous 2274.96 Board of Appeals, Advertising 200.00 Planning Board, Advertising 40.00 $514.96 PROTECTION QF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department Damages $16.60 Telephone Calls .50 $17.10 233 234 ANNUAL REPORTS INSPECTION Feei Sealer of Weights and Measures $106.49 Building Inspector 304.00 Wire Inspector 149.50 $559.99 FORESTRY Moth and Insect Extermination Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Reimbursement $79.33 HEALTH AND SANITATION Dental Clinic Reimbursement (School Children) $148.45 Miscellaneous Receipts Reimbursement (Individuals) Reimbursement (Commonwealth of Massachusetts) ;871.28 42.14 $913.39 Sewer Maintenance Connections and Rentals $5,569.44 Highways Commonwealth of Massachusetts (For Highway Purposes) Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Wood St. Con- struction) County of Middlesex (Wood St. Construction) Horses Sold Old Material Sold Damages CHARITIES $16,679.91 2,600.00 2,800.00 400.00 20.00 6.00 $22,305.91 Infirmary Sale of Old Material $10.00 TOWN of LEXINGTON 235 Department of Public Welfare Reimbursements from Individuals $104.00 Reimbursements from Cities and Towns 2,242.77 Reimbursements from Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts 3,386.27 $5,733.04 Mothers' Aid Reimbursements from Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts $1,307.74 Soldiers' Benefits Reimbursement from Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts (State Aid 1931) ;174.00 Schools Individuals (Tuition) $260.00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Vocational Schools Tuition) 685.83 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (English Speak- ing Classes Tuition) 140.55 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Minor Wards Tuition) 2,624.56 City of Boston (Minor Wards Tuition) 369.20 Town of Lincoln (Tuition) 57.91 Town of Billerica (Tuition) 136.00 Town of Bedford (Tuition) 9,478.19 Town of Burlington (Tuition) 5,808.38 Rent 47.00 Telephone Calls 24.92 Damages 20.02 Sale of Books and Supplies 69.28 RECREATION Parks William Augustus Tower Memorial Park Fund (Interest) Edith C. Redman, Eattlegreen Trust Fund (In- terest) 419,620.84 $480.00 20.27 ;600.27 236 ANNUAL REPORTS Unclassified Old Infirmary Barn Sold 41.00 Water Department (Refund) 21.74 Cash Adjustment .08 422.82 Water Department Schedule Rates $7,146.00 Metered Rates 64,024.26 $71,164.25 Guarantees ;4,965.54 Miscellaneous 1,515.20 Services 1,264.50 Sale of Materials 264.79 $79,174.28 CEMETERIES Munroe Cemetery Care of Lots and Graves $555.25 Interments, etc. 299.00 $854.25 Westview Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves $3,433.00 Interments. etc. 624.13 $4,057.13 CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS Car4of Lots (Munroe Cemetery) Interest ;1,620,00 Care of Lots (Colonial Cemetery) Interest $205.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 237 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue) $795,000.00 Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Loan 26,000.00 Water Loan 20,000.00 Premiums on Loans 131.03 $841,131.03 interest Deposits $1,331.94 Accrued 123.33 Taxes 8,107.93 Sewer 11.00 Highway Betterments 1.12 Sidewalks .43 Tax Titles 573.80 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 159.03 #10,313.53 Agency, Trust and Investment Town Clerk (Dog Licenses) $664.00 Munroe Cemetery (Perpetual care funds) 500.00 Westview Cemetery (Perpetual care funds) 1,670.75 $2,824.76 Refunds Taxes $2,531.76 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1,115.29 Sewer Department 233.84 Water Department 121.80 Highway Maintenance 1.00 Soldiers' Relief 10.00 Department of Public Welfare ._._ 34.00 Cemeteries 2.70 Sewer Assessments 2.02 Milk Inspector 5.00 Old Age Assistance 5.00 $4,062.41 Total Receipts, 1932 1,756,761.00 Cash on hand January 1, 1932 $136,458.34 $1,893,119.34 ANNUAL H PORTS EXPENDITURES Departmental General Government Appropriation Committee Printing, Stationery and Postage Services, Stenographer $75.00 5.00 $80.00 Selectmen Reimbursement for cost and expenses, 1932 $250.00 Clerk 1,988.67 Clerical Assistance 1,328.33 13,567.00 Stationery and Postage $818.33 Printing and Advertising 121.45 Services of Checkers 16.00 Recording 46.02 Furniture and Furnishings 4.00 Typewriter 105.87 Miscellaneous 8.76 $4,687.43 Accounting Department Aecountant'e Salary $3,000.00 Clerical Assistance 30.90 Printing, Stationery and Postage 166.43 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Auditing Mu- nicipal Accounts Tax $3,196.33 $1,556.93 Treasurer's Department Treasurer's Salary 1700.00 Clerical Assistance 23.84 $723.84 Printing, Stationery and Postage $197.17 Carefares 1.82 Adjusting Typewriter 34.25 Bond 235.00 Recording 22.08 $1,213.96 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 239 : 2 40 ANNUAL REPORTS Coiiector's Department Recording $11.51 Collector's Salary $2,100.00 Printing, Stationery and Postage 122.25 Clerk 1,256.00 Bond 5.00 Clerical Assistance 405.38 Dog Checks 17.81 Printing, Stationery and Postage 549.44 Advertising, Recording, etc. 606.54 $1,865.32 Bonds 480.00 Standard Mailing Machine 32.50 Election and Registration Registrars' Salaries $150.00 $5,429.86 Election Officers 1,345.00 Clerical Services 16.25 Assessor's Department Services of Constables 13.00 Assessors' Salaries $975.00 $1,524.25 Assistant Assessor's Salary 2,998.74 Printing, Stationery and Postage $662.90 CIerk 1,465.33 Meals 66.13 Clerical Assistance 58.80 Equipment and Repairs 247.52 $5,497.87 $2,490.80 Printing, Stationery and Postage $206.53 Temporary Assistant Assessors 204.00 Superintendent of Public Works Real Estate Transfers 82.70 Traveling Expense 1.40 'Salary of Superintendent $3,600.00 Assessors' Meeting 7.50 Clerk 837.33 $6,000.00 $4,437.33 Printing, Stationery and Postage 69.20 Bond 5.00 Other Finance Offices and Accounts Superintendent (Allowance for use of Automobile) 200.00 Printing and certifying securities issued $193.94 $4,711.53 Law Department Town Office and Cary Memorial Hail Salary of Town Counsel $1,000.00 Professional Services, Town Counsel 1,160.40 Janitors' $3,232.01 Sub Janitors 14.00 $2,160.40 $3,248,01 Services, Stenographer $28.08 Fuel 1,208.07 Costs 56.75 Light 1,556.08 Janitors' Supplies 126.10 $2,245.23 Repairs 434.75 Telephone 898.54 Town Clerk's Department Sewer and Water 74.15 Salary of Town Clerk $1,760.00 Supplies 118.25 Clerical Assistance 8.75 Furniture and Furnishings 30.76 $1,708.75 $7,692.71 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 241 Engineering Department Salary of Engineer $3,136.36 Clerks 7,006.81 $10,143.17 Transportation 115.41 Field and Office Supplies 515.82 Engineer (Allowance for use of Automobile) 200.00 $10,974.40 Planning Board Printing, Advertising and Stationery $49.03 Massachusetts Federation of Planning Boards 16.00 Landscape Architect 100.00 Clerical Services 38.00 Photographic Enlargements 3U.00 $232.03 Board of Appeals Printing, Stationery and Postage $186.46 Clerical Services 12,00 $198.46 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department Salaries: Chief $2,000.00 Patrolmen 28,332.25 Matron 35.00 Waltham Officers (April 19) 61.00 $31,428.25 Taxi and Automobile Service 83.76 Chief (Allowance for use of Automobile) 200.00 Medicine and Medical Attendance 38.00 Equipment and Repairs 2,001.64 Printing, Stationery and Postage 67.00 Telephones 734.16 Meals for Officers 23.00 Meals for Prisoners 49.80 Furniture and Furnishings 20.75 242 ANNUAL REPORTS Fire Department Salaries: Engineers $1,000.00 Regular men 24,454.86 Call men 3,922.25 Extra Duty 45.00 Clerical Services 40.00 Substitutes for regular men 122.50 $29,584.11 Equipment and Repairs - Apparatus $2.847.46 Hose 466.98 Equipment for men 184.20 Gasoline and oil 364.33 Alarm Boxes, etc. 1,567.76 Shop Equipment 169.90 Maintenance of Chief's car 290.00 Fuel 796.88 Light and Power 590.78 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds Repairs $908.10 Furniture and Furnishings 301,88 Laundry work 173.98 Water and Sewer 41.21 Rent 150.00 Stationery, Printing and Postage 77.47 Telephone 303.27 Lunches 6.35 Medicine and Medical Attendance 185.18 Ice 27.14 Fallen Church (Use of bell for fire alarm purposes) 50.00 $38,995.98 Hydrants 7,140.00 Inspection of Buildings Salary of Inspector $1,100.00 Inspector (Allowance for use of Automobile) 100.00 Stationery and Printing 30.84 Bond 5.00 $34,646.35 -. $1,235.84 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 243 Inspection of Wires Salary of Inspector Equipment and Repairs Stationery and Printing Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary of Sealer Printing, Stationery and Postage Automobile Service Equipment and Repairs Moth and Insect Suppression Salary of Superintendent Labor Labor (-Unemployment) $750.00 13.34 10.00 $773.34 $40}.00 6.35 29.55 21.12 $467.02 $1,674.67 1,117.50 886.50 $3,678.87 Insecticides 11.79 Equipment and Repairs 155.55 Shade Trees Labor Hardware and Tools Trees Forest Fires Fighting Fires Lunches Equipment and Repairs Dog Officer Officer's Salary $3,846.01 244 ANNUAL REPORTS Health and Sanitation Stationery and Postage $11.77 Express and Telephones ....... 5.51 Automobile Service 30.00 Medical Attendance 632.75 Drugs and Medicines 62.00 $742.03 Contagious Diseases Hospitals $1,437.00 Cities and Towns 383.$5 Tubercular Cases 4,678.50 Salary of Inspector 500.00 Expenses of Inspector 6.75 Equipment and Repairs 192.58 Burying Dead Animals 48.00 $7,988.11 Vital Statistics Birth returns $11.75 Death returns 17.50 Inspection Plumbing Inspector's Salary Plumbing Inspector's Expenses Animal Inspector's Salary $556.63 Slaughtering Inspector's Salary 37.70 Milk Inspector's Salary 395.60 Milk Inspector's Expenses (Analyses, etc.) $999.83 $610.80 15.30 371.62 $997.72 $50.00 $29.25 $1,100.00 40.00 500.00 586.67 300.00 186.96 $2,713.63 Dental Clinic Salary of Dentist $1,000.00 Salary of Assistant 600.00 $1,600.00 Laundry 25.75 Supplies 62.26 Stationery 10.50 Transportation 1.20 $1,699.71 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 245 24(i ANNUAL REPORTS Lowering Brooks Posture Clinic Equipment $33.00 Salaries $425.00 Labor 466.58 Professional services 50.00 $499.58 $475.00 Town Physician REFUSE AND GARBAGE Physician's Salary (April 1 -December 31, 1932).. $150.00 Removal of Ashes and Care of Dumps Labor 82,147.34 Sewer Maintenance Supplies 7.00 Salary of Superintendent $1,200.00 Clerk 81.00 $ 2,154.34 $1,$81.00 Collection of Garbage Stationery, -Printing and Postage 412.02 Labor 1,990.96 Contract for removal et garbage $4,449.96 Equipment and Repairs 849.61 Pipe and Fittings 217.61 Damages 61.48 HIGHWAYS Insurance 1,716.14 Street Signs Pipe Privilege 5.00 Signs $100.26 $6,533.82 Labor 49.44 Metropolitan Sewer Tax 4,882.92 $149.70 $11,416.74 Public Works Building (Carbarn) (Equipment and Repairs) Sewer Construction Stationery, Printing and Postage $ .86 Palating Building $579.00 Labor 10,292.33 Repairs 1.86 Stone 28.56 Material 150.94 Equipment and Repairs 1,569.58 Labor 32.94 Pipe and Fittings Y44,84 Landscape Architect 35.00 Damages 58.92 Other material .... 822.28 $799.74 Recording 28.60 Insurance 153.50 H Ighway Construction $13,729.47 (Independence Avenue from Locust Avenue to Smith Avenue) Labor . $126.70 Stone 362.40 M Iddlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Superintendent 12.50 Middlesex County (Towne portion, cost of land, construction and equipment of hospital) $38,350.06 $501,60 TOWN OF LEXINGTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Equipment and Material). (Unemployment) Equipment Stone Other material Use of truck $410.95 57.71 265.70 244.66 $979.02 247 Highway Construction (Smith Avenue from Independence Avenue to Pollen Road) Labor #332.94 Tarvia and Oil 558.60 Stone 294.00 Superintendent 37.50 Highway Construction (Crescent Hill Avenue from Haskell Street to Arlington Town line) Labor Stone Tarvia and Oil Superintendent $1,223.04 $444.80 1,093.25 279.30 25.00 $1,842.35 Highway Construction (Tucker Avenue from Baker Avenue northwesterly approximately 315 feet) Labor Stone $47L75 243.00 Superintendent 25.00 Tarvia and Oil 93.10 Other material 38.40 $871.25 Highway Maintenance Salary of Superintendent $1,900.00 Labor 19,043.41 Labor (Unemployment) 2,392.58 $23,335.99 248 ANNUAL RBPORTS Stone and Gravel Equipment and Repairs Feed Other material Light Pipe Privilege Superintendent (Allowance for use of Automobile) Telephone Tarvia and OR Public Works Building (Operation) Labor Telephones Equipment and Repairs Light and Power Fuel Repairs, Building Furniture and Furnishings 12,970.38 3,141.27 146.60 1,923.92 9.80 5.00 200.00 79.26 6,184.30 $47,996.52 $3,266.94 238.40 536.02 638.37 259.61 30.77 24.74 $4,994.85 Highway Construction (Allen Street) Labor $1,238.91 Stone 1,909.75 Labor (Unemployment) 799.50 Pipe 538.43 Other material 138.66 Tarvia and Oil 465.50 Superintendent 50.00 $5,140.75 Highway Construction (Wood Street From Massachusetts Avenue to Bedford Line) Labor Stone Tarvia and On Equipment Pipe Other material ... Superintendent $6,010.08 3,595.62 1,303.40 46.14 568.93 76.15 350.00 $11,950.32 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 249 SIDEWALKS Construction $1,185.96 Snow and Ice Removal Labor $4,396.73 Sand 751.95 Equipment and Repairs 631.46 $5,780.14 Street Lights Street Lighting $21,326.60 Purchase of Land (To cover cost of taking land between the building line and the line of Massachusetts Avenue) Caroline A. Harrington $3,500.00 Traffic Regulations and Control Light $316.92 Equipment and Repairs 833.78 Labor 243.82 Stationery, Postage and Printing 5.50 $1,399.97 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE Salary of Visitor $200.00 Salary of Agent 466.67 $686.67 Printing, Stationery and Postage $31.86 Clothing, groceries and provisions 3,953.28 Coat, wood and oil 2,234.38 Board and care 4,547.78 Medicine and Medical Attendance 783.16 State Institutions 86.00 Cash Aid 18,641.60 Burials 302.50 Miscellaneous Relief 532.83 Cities and Towns (Temporary Aid) 1,682.10 Hospitals 461.01 Mothers' Aid (Town) Cash 1,215.00 Mothers' Aid (Other Cities and Towns) 262.69 535,300.86 250 ANNUAL REPORTS Old Age Assistance Cash Aid $8,964.41 Printing, Stationery and Postage 4.47 Fuel 215.25 Medicine and Medical Attendance 6.75 $9,1.90.88 Soldiers' Benefits State Aid $199.G0 Soldiers' Relief Fuel $67.50 Clothing, Groceries and Provisions 295.33 Rent 89.50 Medicine and Medical Attendance 17.85 Cash Aid 274.00 9744.18 SCHOOLS New School House (Franklin) LaIbr $633.48 Sprinkler system 12.10 Stone 161.00 Furniture and Furnishings 191.50 Miscellaneous 459.84 $1,457.92 AdamsSoitool Building (Addition) Architects $420.22 Labor 514.33 General contract ..... 11,671.18 Sprinkler system 13,44 Furniture and Furnishings 1,818.88 Miscellaneous 902.80 $15,340.85 Schools (Maintenance) General Expense Salary of Superintendent $4,160.00 Secretaries 2,075.61 Attendance Officer 200.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 251 252 ANNUAL REPORTS Printing, Stationery and Postage 142.21 MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Telephones 534.96 Traveling Expense6 493.58 High School School Nurse 1,900.00 Repairs $3,348.72 School Physicians 1,100.0 Janitor's Supplies 825.48 Health Supplies 52.22 Water and Sewer 623.17 $10,658.57 $4,797.37 Teachers' Salaries High School $83,566.39 Elementary Schools 80,102.89 Americanization School 283.26 Text Books and Supplies High Text and Reference Books High Supplies $163,952.54 $2,282.76 $4,322.07 6,604.83 Elementary Text and Reference Books 1,776.52 Elementary Supplies 4.080.28 $12,461.83 Miscellaneous Stems Vocational School Tuition $798.88 Evening School Tuition 58.15 857.03 Transportation 6,121.15 Janitors' Services: High School Elemnentary Schools 7,800.94 5,719.75 Elementary Schools Repairs $3,143.18 Janitor's Supplies 439.78 Water and Sewer 688.12 #4,271.08 Furniture and Furnishings High School $533.56 Elementary School 460.42 $993.98 Other Expenses Diplomas and Graduation Exercises $313.15 Total $227,482.70 LIBRARIES Cary Memorial Library and Branch Salaries: Librarian $1,800.00 Assistants 5,620.00 Treasurer 50.00 Janitors 1,325.00 Sub -Assistants 27.25 Labor 33.00 $20,498.87 8,856.25 Telephones 104.15 Office Supplies 63.72 Fuel and Light Ice 11.15 High School $4,461.41 Treasurer's Bond 2.50 Elementary Schools 5,074.10 Fuel 353.39 Light 729.25 $9,535.51 Repairs, Building 681.93 TOWN OF LEXI NSr rON Furniture and Furnishings Water and Sewer Taxi Service Janitor's Supplies 80.00 49.41 47.50 16.94 $10,995.19. Cary Memorial Library and Branch (From County) Dog Licenses Dues $11.00 Books 1,101.00 Newspapers and periodicals 219.45 Printing and Supplies 185.38 Binding 313.80 $1,8-30.63 RECREATION Parks and Playgrounds Salary of Superintendent $1,656.00 Telephone 62 63 Stationery, Printing and Advertising 17.73 Labor 3,639.85 Labor (Unemployment) 3,000.00 Equipment and Repairs 3,570.19 Fertilizer, Seed and Loam 286.99 Shrubs and Trees 7.18 Water Rates 73.60 Light 46.11 Laundry 3.50 Landscape Architect 30.00 Transportation (Children) 99.50 Instructors 1,003.00 $13,396.18 State Parks and Reservations Tax 31.24 Celebrations and Entertainments (April 19th and 200th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington) Costumes and Tableaux Music Refreshments Clerical Services and Printing Cartage $68.79 155.00 30.53 29.76 10.00 253 254 ANNUAL BRPORTS Norse Hire Sign Flowers Beacon Lights Brooms Pensions Police Fire UNCLASSIFIED 13.25 6.50 10.00 15.00 12.00 $350.83 $142.51 1,110.85 $1,253.38 Memorial Day Post No. 119 G. A- R. $250.00 Town Reports Printing $846.25 Insurance Premiums $5,965.83 Unclassified Flowers (Funerals) Printing Ink Reviewing Stand Photographic Enlargements Various Persons (Tailings) PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES $8.00 2.28 2.93 12.00 40.00 65.21 1,99 (Water Department Maintenance) Salary of Superintendent $1,800.00 Clerks 2,406.36 Printing, Stationery and Postage 519.95 Telephone 73.55 Insurance 1,046.39 Labor 16,821.10 TOWN Off' LEXINGTON Pipe and Fittings Meters and Fittings Equipment and Repairs Damages 3,719.07 2,113.82 1,859.44 12.00 Engineering Services (Waste Survey) 2,500.00 24.00 Convention Expense $32,896.68 Transfers as follows: To Metropolitan Water Tax $24,708.98 To Interest Account 11,098.75 $68,703.41 Metropolitan Water Tax $24,708.98 Water Department (Construction) Insurance $103.50 Labor 7,699.30 Pipe and Fittings 9,272.83 Meters and Fittings 86.05 Equipment and Repairs 1,340.29 Hydrants 1,504.00 Other Material 37.52 $20,042.49 CEMETERIES Munroe Cemetery Salary of Superintendent $250.00 Labor 1,029.85 365.51 Fertiliser, Seed and Shrubs 72.30 Equipment and Repairs 35.37 Printing, Stationery and Postage 18.12 Water Rates 28.64 Material 255 Cemetery Trust Funds Care of Lots (Munroe Cemetery) Labor Shrubs and Loam Water Rates Equipment and Repairs $1,799.69 256 ANNUAL REPORTS Cemetery Trust Fund Care of Lots (Colonial Cemetery) Labor $193.54 Equipment and Repairs 3.80 $197.34 Westview Cemetery Salary of Superintendent 450.00 Clerk 100.00 Labor 2,664.20 Material 14.40 Fertilizer, Loam and Shrubs 406.34 Equipment and Repairs 315.14 Stationery and Postage 18.10 Water 86.50 Insurance 11.00 $3,965.68 Administration of Trust Funds Clerk $50.00 Rent of Safe 2.50 Typewriting 5.00 $57.50 Interest Temporary Loans (In anticipation of Revenue) $10,705.69 General Loans 3,526.26 Highway Loans 120.00 Schools Loans 17,700.00 Sewer Loans 4,832.50 Water Loans 11,098.75 Miscellaneous (Refunds) 7.87 $47,991.06 Municipal Indebtedness Temporary Loans (In anticipation of revenue) $80,000.00 General Loans 14,500.00 $1,379.96 Highway Loans 1,000.00 180.63 SehooI Loans 50,500.00 28.45 Sewer Loans 17,000.00 4.78 Water Loans 33,000.00 $1,593.82 $916,000.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Agency, Trust and investment Old Age Assistance Tax State Tax County Tax County Tax (Tubercular Patients) Middlesex County (Dog Licenses) Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Refunds) Munroe Cemetery (Perpetual care fund) Westview Cemetery (Perpetual care funds) Refunds 257 $3,130.00, 28,276.00 28,302.77 5,312.77 648.60. 62.17 500.00- 1,906.25 $68,137.56 Taxes $2,531.76 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1,115.29 Sewer Department 233.84 Water Department 121.80 Highway Maintenance 1.00 Soldiers' Relief 10.00 Public Welfare Department 34.00 Cemeteries 2.70 Sewer Assessments 2.02 Milk Inspector 5.00 Old Age Assistance 5.00 $4,062.41 Total Expenditures 1932 $1,781,364.59 Balance on hand December 31, 1932 111,754.34 $1,893,119.34 Unpaid Bills Police Department $33.88 Sewer Maintenance 4.56 Sewer Construction 34,72 Public Welfare Department 166.74 Health Department 431.00 Public Works Building (op) 205.63 Soldiers, Relief 22.00 Snow Removal 44.00 Town Office and Cary Memorial Hall 43.47 Highway Maintenance 751.76 Planning Board 9.43 Insurance 256.00 $2,003.18 ANNUAL REPORTS APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS Appropriation Com- mittee Selectmen Accountant Treasurer Collector Assessors Other Finance Of- fices and Accounts Law Department Town Clerk Superintendent o Public Works Election and Regis- tration Town Office and Cary Memorial Hall Engineering Dept Planning Board Board of Appeals Police Department Fire Department Hydrant Rentals Inspector of Build- ings Inspector of Wires Sealer o f Weights and Measures Moth and Insect Sup- pression Shade Trees Forest Fires Dog Officer Health Department Dental Clinic Vital Statistics Inspection of Cattle Inspection of Slaugh- tering Inspector of Plumbing Inspector of Milk Sewer Maintenance Sewer Construction • Balance. Transfers and Appropriations Receipts Expenditures Balance $150.00 $80.00 6,100.00 4,687.43 3,175.00 $21.33 3,196.33 1,240.00 1,213.96 5,240.1)0 200.00 5,429.86 6,000.00 6,000.00 216.03 193.94 2,550.00 2,245.23 1,830.00 50.00 1,865.32 4,750.00 4,711.53 3,500.00 2,490.80 3,000.00 7,692.71 10,975.00 10,974.40 250.00 232.03 150,00 75.00 198.46 34,300.00 350.00 34,646.35 39,000.00 38,995.98 7,140.00 7,140.00 1,250.00 1,235.84 825.00 773.34 520.01) 457.02 3,500.00 372.00 3,846.01 1,000.01) 999.83 700.00 300.00 997.72 50.00 50.00 8,000.00 7,988.11 1,700.00 1,699.71 60.00 29.25 500.00 500.00 600.00 586.67 1,150.00 1,140.00 500.00 486.96 7,000.00 6,533.82 9,431.32• TOWN OF LZl1XINGTON Transfers and Appropriations Receipts Expenditures Sewer Construction6,000.00 Sewer Construction Lowering Brooks 500.00 499.58 Removal o f Ashes and care of Dumps 2,200.00 2,154.34 Collection of Garbage 4,450.00 4,449.96 Posture Clinic ...,500.00 475.00 Middlesex County Tu bercuiosis Hospital 12,350.06 Middlesex County Tu- berculosis Hospital 26,000.00 (Loan) Town Physician 200.00 Highway Maintenance 48,000.00 Street Signs 150.00 Sidewalks 1,200.00 Snow Removal 5,000.00 22,000.00 4,000.00 (Loan) 13,729.47 Street Lights Public Works Build- ing (Equipment and Repairs 800.00 Public Works Build- ing (Operation) 5,000.00 Public Works Depart- ment (Equipment and Material) (Un- employment) 1,000.00 Highway Construction (Wood St., Mass. Ave. to Bedford 8.50* line) 7,000.00 Highway Construction 146.241 (Allen St.) 5,000.00 Highway Construction (Smith Ave., Inde- pendence Ave. to 69.25* Pollen Road 1,200.00 High way Construction (Independence Ave., Locust Ave. t o 1.96' Smith Ave. 500.00 Highway Construction (Crescent Hill Ave., Haskell St. to Ail- 345.39* ington Town Line) 1,500.00 • Balance. 5,200.00 25 Balance 5,701.85. 38,350.06 150.00 47,996.52 149.70 1,185.96 5,780.14 (780.14 overdraft) 21,326.60 799.74 4,994.85 979.02 .26 20.98 11,950.32 258.18 5,140.75 1,223.04 501.60 1,842.35 5.49 46.31 .36 3.04 260 Highway Construction (Tucker Ave., Baker Ave. northwesterly approx. 315 feet) Traffic Regulations and Control Purchase of Land (Caroline A. Har- rington) Department of Public Welfare Old Age Assistance Soldiers' Relief Welfare State Aid Soldiers' Burials Military Aid School Maintenance New School House (Franklin) Adams School Build- ing (Addition) Libraries ... Libraries (from Coun- ty Dog Licenses Parks a n d Play- grounds laygrounds April 19th and 200th anniversary of birth of George Washing- ton Police Pensions Fire Pensions Memorial Day Insurance ▪ own Report Unclassified Reserve Fund Water Department (Maintenance) Water Department (Construction) • Balance. ANNUAL REPORTS Transfers and Appropriations Receipts Expenditures Balance 142.28* 800.00 1,400.00 3,500.00 23,000.00 10,000.00 700.00 23,000.00 300.00 100.00 100.00 232,179.00 2,180.68' 15,609.95• 11,000.00 1,830.89 12,500.00 500.20 13,396:18 871.25 71.03 1,399.97 3,500.00 10,000.00 35,300.86 (2,300.86 overdraft) 9,190.88 46.67 744.18 10,000.00 35,300.86 (2,300.86 199.60 227.482.70 1,457.92 722.76 15,340.85 269.10 10,995.19 1,830.63 400.00 142.51 1,110.85 250.00 8,000.00 848.25 200.00 1,500.00 70,000.00 22.64• 20,000.00 (Loan) 350.83 142.51 1,110.85 250.00 5,965.83 846.25 65.21 1,500.00 68,703.41 20,020.75 1.89 Cemetery Mainten- ance Westview Cemetery Administration o f Trust Funds Interest on Public Debt Maturing Debt • Balance. TOWN OP LEXINGTON 261 Transfers and Appropriations Receipts Expenditures Balance 1,800.00 225.20• 1,000.00 70.00 39,150.00 804.94* 115,195.06 1,799.69 3,500.00 3,965.68 760.58 57.50 11,098.75 47,991.06 116,000.00 26:. ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN Or LEXINGTON Balance Sheet—December 31, 1932 GENERAL ACCOUNTS Assets Cash Balance: In Banks and Office $111,754.75 Accounts Receivable: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, 1931 1,268.48 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, 1932 7,824.19 Tax Levy, 1932 260,002.46 Old Age Assistance Taxes, 1932 487.00 Special Assessments: Sewer Assessments, 1931 148.46 Highway Betterment Assessments, 1932 3,662.95 Sewer Assessments, 1932 2,598.61 Sidewalk Assessments, 1982 80.80 Unapportioned Sewer Assessments 1,316.43 Unapportioned Highway Betterment Assessments 2,437.20 Unapportioned Sidewalk Assessments 499.94 Departmental' Bills (Sundry Departments) 358.86 Health Department 2,409.33 Public Welfare Department 11,595.72 State Aid 199.60 School Department 4,735.68 Munroe Cemetery 244.50 Westview Cemetery 2,315.00 Sewer Maintenance 3,450.85 Water Department 21,508.46 Tax Titles 38,208.64 Loans authorized 4,000.00 Overlay, 1931 (Overdraft) 770.42 Snow Removal (Overdraft) 780.14 Public Welfare Department (Overdraft) 2,300.86 Tax Levy, 1931 2.00 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue 9,092.67 Temporary Loans (In anticipation of Revenue) 295,000.00 Vestview Cemetery (Sale of Lots Fund) 2,791.79 Departmental Revenue 21,858.69 Sewer Maintenance Revenue 3,450.85 Special Assessments Revenue 10,744.39 Water Revenue 21,608.46 Tax Title Reserve 38,208.64 Tailings 241.52 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 26 - 264 ANNUAL REPORTS Sewer Assessment Fund (Available for Sewer Construction) 1,730.92 Overlay, 1932 8,755.18 New Headquarters Fire Station 500.00 Clark Street (Drain) 1.62 Waltham Street (Damages) 109.00 Public Works Building (Equipment and Repairs) .26 Highway Construction (Wood Street) 258.18 Highway Construction (Allen Street) 5.49 Highway Construction (Smith Avenue) 46.31 Highway Construction (Independence Avenue) .36 Highway Construction (Crescent Hill Avenue) 3.04 Highway Construction (Tucker Avenue) 71.03 Veterans' Memorial Fund 3.617,89 Committee on Permanent Memorial (Veterans of all wars) 800.00 Water Department (Available Surplus) 10,582.05 Westview Cemetery 760.58 Old Age Assistance Tax 43.00 Old Age Assistance Taxes, 1931 6.00 Cemetery Trust Funds (Care of Lots) Munroe 26.18 Cemetery Trust Funds (Care of Lots) Colonial 7.66 Public Works Department (Equipment and Material) 20.98 Town Clerk (Dog Licenses) 5.40 Excess and Deficiency 48,003.59 Department Appropriations (Loan Balances) Sewer Construction $5,701.85 New School House (Franklin) 722,76 Adams School House (Addition) 269.10 Water Construction 1.S9 $484,959.33 Deferred Revenue Accounts Apportioned Sewer Assessments not due $19,247.39 Apportioned Highway Betterment Assessments not due ..... 45,221.49 Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments not due 849.89 TOWN of LDxrNaTON Deferred Revenue Accounts 265 266 Apportioned Sewer Assessments: Due in 1933 $3,664.81 1934 3,160.50 1935 2,746.83 1936 2,393.31 1937 1,981.77 1938 1,925.97 1939 1,383.91 1940 1,003.18 1941 859.83 1942 127.28 $19,247.39 Apportioned Highway Betterment Assessments: Due in 1933 $6,756.40 1934 6.575.09 1935 6,156.40 1936 5,790.41 1937 5.685.74 1938 5,522.51 1939 3,968.69 1940 2,745.96 1941 1,456.34 1942 613.95 $45,221.49 Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments: Due In 1933 $189.80 1934 173.62 1935 173.65 1986 70.90 1937 52.78 1938 52.78 1939 52.78 1940 52.78 1941 30.30 $849.39 ANNUAL REPORTS Net Bonded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit Debt Account $347.500.00 Outside Debt Limit 505,000.00 $852,500.00 0 TOWN of LEXINGTON 267 Due Date of Last Maturity General Loan --Inside Debt Limit: New Town Office Building., Loan 1928 4% $35,000.00 1948 School Construction Loan 1915 4% 6,000.00 1935 Parker School Loan 1919 4%% 21,000.00 1939 School Construction a n d Remodeling Loan 1925 4% 58,500.00 1945 Franklin School Loan 1934 4% 96,000.00 1940 Adams School (Addition) ,Loan 1930 3%% 54,000.00 1941 Buckman Tavern Loan 1913 414% 11,000.00 1943 Public Works Building Loan 1930 431% 12,000.00 1936 Sewer Loan 1927 4% 9,000.00 1941 Sewer Loan 1927 4% 15,000.00 1947 Sewer Loan 1928 44% 10,000.00 1942 Sewer Loan 1930 4% 9,000.00 1936 Sewer Loan 1931 434 % 8,000.00 1936 Trust Fund (Refunding) Loan 1910 4% 3,000.00 1935 $347,500.00 General Loan—Outside Debt Limit: Street Improvement (Sun- dry Streets) Loan 1924 4% $2,000.00 1934 School House (Construction and Remodeling) Loan 1924 4% 161,000.00 1939 Sewer Loan 1915 4% 39,000.00 1945 Sewer Loan 1924 4% 2,000.00 1934 Sewer Loan 1925 4% 9,000.00 1935 S wer Loan 1927 4% 4,000.00 1936 Middlesex County Sanitor- ium Loan1932 514% 26,000.00 1934 Water Loan 1927 4% 10,000.00 1942 Water Loan 1927 4% 10,000.00 1942 Water Loan 1928 4% 22,000.00 1943 Water Loan 1929 4 % 24,000.00 1944 Water Loan 1930 4'4% 40,000.00 1940 Water Loan 1930 4% 24,000.00 1940 Water Loan 1930. 4% 40,000.00 1940 Water Loan 1930 4% 15,000.00 1935 Water Loan 1931 3'a% 45,000.00 1941 Water Loan 1931 4%% 12,000.00 1936 Water Loan 1932 41,4% 20,000.00 1937 $505,000.00 Total Inside Limit $347,500.00 Total Outside Limit 505,000.00 Grand Total $852,600.00 Year Water 1933$36,000.00 1934 36,000.00 1935 36,000.00 1936 31,000.00 1937 28,000.00 1938 24,000.00 1939 24,000.00 1940 24,000.00 1941 11,000.00 1942 6,000.00 1943 4,000.00 1944 ...... 2,000.00 1945 1946 1947 1948 TOWN OF LEXTNGTON TOWN DEBT, WHEN DUE December 31, 1932 Sewer $16,000.00 16,000.00 15,000.00 9,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 5,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 26g Trust bunds Other Debt Total $1,000.00 $72,000.00 $125,000.00• 1,000.00 72,000.00 125,000.00 1,000.00 58,000.00 110,000.00 52,000.00 92,000.00 52,000.00 86,000.00 52,000.00 82,000.00 51,500.00 81,500.00 2.5,500.00 55,500.00 13,500.00 30,500.00 7,500.00 18,500.00 7,500.00 15,500.00 6,500.00 12,500.00 6,500.00 10,500.00 2,000.00 3,000.00 2,000.00 3,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 $262,000.00 $105,000.00 $3,000.00 $482,600.00 $852,500.00 `270 ANNUAL REPORTS TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS CASH AND SECURITIES Cash and Securities In hands of Trustees $100,146.87 Public Property Accounts Town of Lexington 921,070.93 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS 271 Eleanor S. Beal's Charity Fund $2,111.63 Samuel J. Bridge Charity Fund 4,168.48 Harriet R. Gilmer Charity Fund . 532.11 Jonas Gammell Charity Fund 548.60 Elisabeth B. Gerry Charity Fund 2,067.54 Lexington High School Scholarship Fund 243.85 Cary Memorial Library Fund 11,096.00 Cary Memorial Library Fund (Reserve) 354.31 Robbins Library Fund 100.00 Wellington Library Fund 1,077.18 Beal's Library Fund 1,100.00 Laura M. Brigham Library Fund 3,025.00 Book Fund (Library) 1,000.00 Goodwin Music Fund (Library) 625.00 Cary Maintenance Fund (Library) 2,440.00 Jane Phinney Fund (Library 124.19 Pauling Burbank Fund (Library) 1,000.00 George 0. Smith (Park Fund) 2,463.63 Hayes Fountain Fund 1,067.65 Charles E. French (Medal and Cemetery Fund) 4,693.51 Battle Green Fund (Orrin W. Fiske) 691.33 Hallie C. Blake (Prize Fund) 1,000.00 William Augustus Memorial Park Fund 10,000.00 Battle Green Fund (Edith C. Redman) 500.00 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds (Principal) (Munroe) 28,035.00 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds (Income) (Munroe) 2,563.34 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds (Principal) (Westview)12,425.75 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds (Income) (Westview) 3,303.96 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds (Principal) (Colonial) 1,100.00 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds (Income) Colonial) 788.75 $100,146.87 Public Property Accounts Real Estate $540,925.62 Water Works 282,065.00 Sewer System 98,080.31 $921,070.93 CHARLES F. PIERRCE, Town Accountant. :272 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS THE COMMONWEALTH ()F MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION DIVISION OP ACCOUNTS State House, Boston May 12, 1932. 'To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Robert P. Trask, Chairman Lexington, Massachusetts 41entlemen : I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and .accounts of the town of Lexington for the fiscal year 1931, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Accountant of this Divi- sion. Very truly yours, (Signed) THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts. Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston Sir: As directed by you, I have made an audit of the hooks and accounts of the town of Lexington for the fiscal year 1931, and submit the following report thereon: The financial transactions of the town, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and reconciled with the books and records in the town ac- countant's office. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 273 The books and accounts in the town accountant's office were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the reports to the town accountant of pay- ments to t -he treasurer and with the treasurer's books. The records of payments were checked with the warrants approv- ed by the selectmen and with the treasurer's books. The classification book, in which are recorded the receipts and disbursements in classifier) form. was checked and com- pared with the ledger accounts, the appropriation accounts were checked with the town clerk's records of appropriations voted by the town, the ledger accounts were analyzed, the post- ings were checked to the books of original entry, the necessary eot-recting and adjusting entries were made, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared show- ing the financial condition of the town as of December 31, 1931. The books and accounts of the town treasurer were ex- amined and checked with the records in the several depart- ments collecting money for the town and with the other sources from which money was paid into The town treasury. The re- corded payments were checked with the warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds and with the books and records in the town accountant's office. The cash book was footed throughout for the period cov- ered by the audit, the cash in the office was verified by an actual count, and the bank accounts were reconciled with statements furnished by the banks. The books and accounts of the tax collector were examin- ed and checked in detail. The commitments of poll, property, old age assistance, and motor vehicle excise taxes were checked and reconciled with the assessors' warrants, the recorded col- lections were checked with the commitment books, the abate- ments were checked with the assessors' records of abatements granted, the payments to the treasurer were verified by a com- parison with the treasurer's cash book, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the town accountant's books. The outstanding accounts were further verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing to the town, the replies received thereto indicat- ing that the accounts, as listed, are correct. The commitments of sewer, betterment, and sidewalk as- sessments Find of departmental accounts receivable were check - 274 ANNUAL REPORTS ed and verified. The recorded collections were checked, the payments to the treasurer were verified, the abatements were compared with the records of the departments authorizing the abateitients, the apportioned assessments were checked and verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed and recon- ciled with the books and records in the accountant's office. The records of tax titles held by the town were examined and checked and the ledger was adjusted to the list of tax titles on hand. The commitments of water charges were examined and checked. The recorded collections were checked in detail to the commitment lists and the recorded payments to the treas- urer were compared with the treasurer's books. In order to prove the collector's accounts, it was again necessary to check all entries in the cash books to the postings in the several commitment books. The clerical work in the col- lector's office was found to be inaccurate, there being numer- ous errors in posting to the commitment books and in the ad- dition of the rash books. It is apparent that no determined effort is being made to prove the cash in the collector's office daily, for a cash variation of $478.35 was found as of March 8, 1932, the amount of this discrepancy being deposited by the collector to the credit of the town on May 3, 1932. The cost of the audit was increased materially by the con- siderable amount of detailed checking which was necessary in order to prove the tax accounts. The town clerk's records of dog. sporting. and town li- censes and fees were examined and checked, the payments to the county, State. and town treasurer, respectively, being ver- ified. The securities representing the investment of the trust funds held by the trustees of public trusts, the trustees of the Bridge Charitable Trust Fund, and the trustees of the Cary Memorial Library were personally examined and listed, the in- come and expenditures being verified. The cash account of the treasurer of the Cary Memorial Library was examined and the balance on :)larch 22, 1932, was verified. In addition to the departments and accounts mentioned, the record of receipts by the selectmen for licenses, etc., from town hall rents, from the sealer of weights and measures. the TOWN Or LEXINGTON 275 dental clinic, the building, plumbing, and wire inspectors, as well as of the school, library, and cemetery departments were examined and checked, and the payments to the treasurer ver- ified. The surety bonds for the faithful performance of the duties of the town treasurer, tax collector, town clerk, superintendent of public works and building inspector were examined and found to be in proper form. Tables are appended to this report showing a reconcilia- tion of the cash of the town treasurer, tax collector, and the library treasurer, summaries of the taxes, assessments, water, sewer, and other accounts receivable, together with tables show- ing the transactions of the several trust funds. For the co-operation extended by the town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) EDWARD H. FENTON, EHF :CAB Chief Accountant. 27 fi ANNUAL REPORTS RECONCILIATION OF TOWN TREASURER'S CASH John H. Kane, Treasurer Balance January 1, 1931 #246,523.80 Receipts January 1 to February 3, 1931 34,468.89 Payments January 1 to February 3, 1931 $64,706.44 Balance February 3, 1931 216,276.25 Helen C. Whittemore, Temporary Treasurer Balance February 4, 1931 $216,276.25 Receipts February 4 to March 6, 1931 49,076.83 Payments February 4 to March 6, 1931 $73,320.94 Balance March 6, 1981 192,932.14 $280.982.69 $280,982.69 $266.253.08 $266,253.08 James J. Carroll, Treasurer Balance March 7, 1931 $192,932.14 Receipts March 7 to December 31,1931 1,630,053.29 $1,822,985.43 Payments March 7 to December 31, 1931 $1,686,627.09 Balance December 31, 1931 136,358.34 $1,822,985.43 Balance January 1, 1932 $136,358.34 Receipts January 1 to March 8, 1932 107,645.31 Payments January 1 to March 8, 1.932 $121,545.85 Balance March 8, 1932: Lexington Trust Company $84,810.90 Atlantic National Bank 18,830.35 Cash in office, certified ...,18,810.55 Memorandum 8.00 Lexington Trust Company Balance March 8, 1932, per statement Balance March 8. 1932, per check register Outstanding checks March 8, 1932, per list 122,457.80 $84,810.90 1,893.85 8244,003.65 $244,003.65 $86,704.75 $86,704.75 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Atlantic National Bank Balance March 8, 1932, per statement Balance March 8, 1932, per check book 277 $18,830.35 818,830.35 RECONCILIATION OF LIBRARY TREASURER'S CASH Balance January 1, 1931 Receipts: Trust Fund income $965.30 Dog fund transferred from town 1,719.94 Fines, etc. 678.73 Interest on Deposits 5.09 278 ANNUAL REPORTS Highway betterment assessment 1931 committed interest 19.14 Interest on taxes 50.01 Sewer accounts receivable 40.07 Water accounts receivable 683.65 Balance, Lexington Trust Company, March 8, $323.13 1932 Cash in office March 8, 1932, verified Cash variation March 8, 1932 3,269.06 Payments $3,036.82 Balance December 31, 1931 855.37 Balance January 1, 1932 $556.37 Receipts January 1 to March 22, 1932: Trust Fund income 157.99 Fines 100.00 Payments January 1 to March 22, 1932 Balance, Lexington Trust Company, March 22, 1932 257.99 $3,592.19 $3,552.19 $813.36 TAXES —1928 Outstanding January 1, 1931 Tax titles disclaimed Payments to treasurer Outstanding December 31, 1931 Outstanding January 1, 1932 Overpayment to treasurer by collector trans- ferred to taxes 1931 $155.95 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 657.41 Outstanding March 8, 1932, per Iist $813.36 RECONCILIATION OF TAX COLLECTOR'S CASH Byron C. Earle, Collector Cash balance March 8, 1932, per tables: Taxes 1930 Taxes 1931 Old age assistance taxes 1931 Motor vehicle excise taxes 1931 Sewer assessment 1931 Sewer assessment 1931 committed interest Highway betterment assessment 1931 $383.24 434.80 37.00 415.37 38.17 3.88 43.91 TAXES —1929 $ 603.93 1,166.96 478.36 $3.27 68.86 $3.27 58.86 58.86 64.19 $64.19 58.86 Outstanding January 1, 1931 $1,356.34 Tax titles disclaimed 481.10 Overpayments refunded 515.33 Payments to treasurer $2,048.52 Abatements 36.60 Outstanding December 31, 1931 268.75 $2,149.24 $2,149.24 $62.13 $62.13 $123.05 $123.06 $2,352.77 ;2,362.77 TowN OF LEXINGTON Outstanding January 1, 793E Overpayment to treasurer by collector trans- ferred to taxes 1931 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 Outstanding March 8, 1932, per list 279 280 ANNUAL REPORTS ;268.75 Overpayment to treasurer by collector on motor vehicle excise taxes 1930 trans - 255.95 (erred to taxes 1931 .20 $524.70 Outstanding December 31, 1931 252,261.23 $723,483.37 $255.95 268.75 $524.70 TAXES -1930 Outstanding January 1, 3.931 $213,784.68 Abatements after payments, refunded 1,654.62 Tax Titles disclaimed 432.80 Highway betterment assessments 1930, re- ported as taxes 1930 230.49 Adjustment 2.00 $216,104.59 Payments to treasurer $193,116.66 Abatements 7,385.82 Tax titles 13,989.11 Taxes 1930 reported as highway betterment assessments 1930 439.02 Outstanding December 31, 1931, and March 8, 1932, per list 790.74 Cash balance December 31, 1931, and March 8, 1932 383.24 $216,104.59 TAXES -1931 Commitment per warrant $721,224.14 Additional commitment 794.68 Abatements after payments, refunded 1,464.55 $723,483.37 Payments to treasurer $466,563.98 Abatements 4,647.83 Transferred from reserve fund. 10.13 Outstanding January 1, 1932 $252,261.23 Abatements after payment, refunded 277.78 Abatements after payment, to be refunded 508.90 Overpayments to be refunded 19.80 Sewer assessments 1.931 reported as taxes 1931 60.87 Highway betterment assessments 1931 re- ported as taxes 1931 86.26 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 $78,704.08 Abatements January 1 to March 8, 1931 1,987.58 Overpayment by collector on taxes 1928 trans- ferred to taxes 1931. 64.19 Overpayment by collector on taxes 1929 trans- ferred to taxes 1931 255.95 Outstanding March 8, 1931, per list 171,768.24 Cash balance March 8, 1931 434.80 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES -1931 Commitment per warrant $3,001.00 Additional commitment 17.00 Commitment list in excess of warrant 12.00 Taxes 1931 reported as old age assistance taxes 1931 1.00 Payments to treasurer 11,974.00 Outstanding December 31, 1931 1,057.00 Outstanding January 1, 1932 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 $570.00 Outstanding March 8, 1932, per list 450.00 Cash balance March 8, 1932 37.00 $255,224.84 $253,214.84 $3,031.00 $3,031.00 ¢1,057.00 Taxes 1931 reported as old age assistance $1,057.00 taxes 1931 1.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES -1929 Outstanding January, 1, 1931 $1,081.]6 Overpayments to collector refunded 1,78 Payments to treasurer $61.09 Abatements 1,021.85 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES -1930 Outstanding January 1, 1931 $6,561.14 Commitment 3,156.57 Abatements after payment refunded 68.61 Overpayments to collector refunded 55.91 Overpayment to treasurer by collector: Transferred to taxes 1931 .20 Payments to treasurer $7,303.70 Abatements 197.56 Outstanding December 31, 1931 1,341.17 Outstanding January 1, 1982 $1,341.17 Abatement after payment to be refunded 4.05 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 Outstanding March 8, 1932, per list 281 $1,082.94 $1,082.94 $8,842.43 $8,842.43 282 ANNUAL REPORTS Outstanding January 1, 1932 $6,058.26 Commitment January 1 to March 8, 1932 395.78 Abatements after payment refunded ' 106.29 Abatements after payment to be refunded 9.08 Overpayments to collector to be refunded 13,46 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 $2,940.07 Abatements January 1 to March 8, 1932 167.79 Outstanding March 8, 1932, per list 3,069.64 Cash balance March 8, 1932 415.37 UNAPPROPRIATED SEWER ASSESSMENTS Outstanding January 1, 1931 $2,987.48 Commitment 15,629.90 Payments to treasurer $2,961.99 Abatements 8,159.11 Apportionments 7,498.12 Added to taxes 1931 2,413.77 Outstanding December 31, 1931 2,584.39 $1,346.22 Outstanding January 1, 1932 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 $703.46 Apportionments January 1 to March 8, 1932 641.76 Outstanding March 8, 1932, per list $1,345.22 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES -1931 Commitments $32,097.88 Commitment Iist in excess of commitment .70 Abatements after payment refunded 609.67 Overpayments refunded 36.28 Payments to treasurer $24,785.14 Abatements 1,901.13 Outstanding December 31, 1931 6,058.26 $32,744.53 $32,744.53 $455.77 528.10 1,600.52 SEWER ASSESSMENTS -1929 Outstanding January 1, 1931 Tax titles SEWER ASSESSMENTS —1930 Outstanding January 1, 1931 $2,036.57 Tax titles disclaimed 59.38 Highway betterment assessments 1930 re- ported as sewer assessments 1930 21.13 $6,582.87 $6,582.87 $18,617.38 $18,617.38 $2,584.39 $2.584.39 $1,192,76 $1,192.76 $2,117.08 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Payments to treasurer Tax titles Sewer assessments 1930 reported as highway betterment assessments 1930 Oustanding December 31, 1931, and March 8, 1932, as per list: Sewer assessments $56.10 Sewer assessment committed interest 3.28 283 284 ANNTJAL REPORTS $1,783.80 Payments to treasurer 3846.37 257.34 Abatements 5,400.00 Apportionments 20,438.22 16.56 Added to taxes 1931 654,02 Outstanding December 31, 1931, and March 8, 1932, per list 739.41 SEWER ASSESSMENTS -1931 Commitment per warrant Highway betterment assessments 1931 re- ported as sewer assessments 1931 59.38 $6,203.12 79.71 Payments to treasurer 32,305.03 Abatements 279.53 Outstanding December 31, 1931 3,698.27 Outstanding January 1, 1932 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 $831.16 Abatements January 1. to March 8, 1932 959.82 Sewer assessments 1931 reported as taxes 1931 60.81 Outstanding March 9, 1931, per list: Sewer assessments $1,480.61 Sewer assessment committed interest 323.76 Cash balance March 8, 1932 $2,117.08 $6,282.83 $6,282.83 $3,698.27 328,078.02 HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS -1930 Outstanding January 1, 1931 35,543.93 Overpayment to collector, adjusted .02 Taxes 1930 reported as highway betterment assessments 1930 439.02 Sewer assessments 1930 reported as Highway betterment assessments 1930 16.56 Payments to treasurer 33,148.47 Abatements 917.51 Tax titles 1,681.98 Highway betterment assessments ported as taxes 1930 Highway betterment assessments 1930 ported as sewer assessments 1930 1930 re - 230.49 21.13 35,999.58 35,999.58 HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS -1931 Commitment per warrant Payments to treasurer 34,626.94 Abatements 566.32 1,804.37 Highway betterment assessments 1931, re - 42.05 ported as sewer assessments 1931 79.71 33,698.27 Outstanding December 31, 1931 2,905.63 UNAPPORTIONED HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS Outstanding January 1, 1931 $8,673.37 Commitment 19,504.65 328,078.02 Outstanding January 1, 1932 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 Highway betterment assessments 1931, re- ported as taxes 1931 3814.68 86.26 $8,178.60 38,178.60 32,905.63 TowN OF LEXINGTON 28S Outstanding March 8, 1931, per list: Highway betterment assess- ments $1,324.14 Highway betterment assess- ment committed interest 617.50 1,941.64 Cash balance March 8, 1932 63.05 UNAPPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS Outstanding January 1, 1931 $346.63 Commitment 1,530.35 Payments to treasurer $1,095.03 Abatements 46.20 Apportionments 199.65 Outstanding December 31, 1931 and March 8, 1932, per list 536.10 SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS -1930 • Outstanding January 1, 1931 Payments to treasurer SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS -1931 Commitment per warrant Payments to treasurer $119.45 Outstanding December 31, 1931 27.13 $2,905.63 $1,876.98 $1,876.98 $166.67 $166.67 $146.58 $146.58 Outstanding January 1, 1932 $27.13 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 $27.13 286 ANNUAL REPORTS; INTEREST ON TAXES Interest collections 1931: Taxes 1929 $112.91 Taxes 1930 6,223.22 Taxes 1931 2,125.43 Motor vehicle excise taxes 1929 1.15 Motor vehicle excise taxes 1930 146.77 Motor vehicle excise taxes 1931 166.05 Payments to treasurer: 1931 $6,963.63 Jan. 1 to March 8, 1932 1,761.89 $8,725.52 Cash balance March 8, 1932 50.01 APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS Due 1932-1941 Outstanding January 1, 1931 $14,623.16 Apportionments 1931 7,880.73 Payments in advance $269.47 Added to taxes 1931 2,741.80 Abatements 186.32 Outstanding December 31, 1931: Due in: 1932 $3,322.76 1933 3,172.96 1934 2,759.38 1935 2,334.48 1936 2,048.96 1937 1,637.39 1938 1,631.90 1939 1,095.45 1940 726.00 1941 577.02 $8,775.53 $8,775.63 $22,503.89 BUILDING LINE BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS -1931 19,306.30 Commitment per warrant $902.35 $22,503.89 Outstanding December 31, 1931 and March 8, 1932, per list: EnlIding line betterment assessments $713.00 APPORTIONED HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS Building line betterment assessment com- Due 1932.1941 mitted interest 183.35 Outstanding January 1, 1931 $29,843.73 $902.35 Apportionments 1931 22,077.03 $51,920.76 TOWN OP LExINGTON 287 Payments in advance $1,977.08 Added to taxes 1931 5,194.14 Abatements 689.23 288 ANNUAL REPORTS Receipts January 1 to February 3, 1931: Sporting licenses $173.25 Permits and miscellaneous collections :'6.98 Outstanding December 31, 1931: 199.23 Due in: Unidentified cash 44.50 1932 $5,920.08 1933 5,920.12 1934 5,738.79 Payments 1931: 1935 5,320.08 County treasurer $1.80 1936 5,014.09 Division of Fisheries and 1937 4,915.12 Game 157.50 1938 4,917.57 Town treasurer 25.98 1939 ',363.73 $185.28 1940 2,140.87 Estate of John H. Kane 80.45 1941 809.86 44,060.31 $51,920.76 Helen C. Whittemore. Temporary Town Clerk Receipts February 4 to March 5, 1931: APPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS Dog licenses $53.00 Due 1932.1940 Sporting licenses 19.25 Permits and miscellaneous collections 18.70 Outstanding January 1, 1931 $640.17 Apportionments 1931 199.65 Added to taxes 1931 $107.53 Outstanding December 31, 1931: Due in: 1932 $166.87 1933 166.88 1934 137.11 1935 137.13 1936 24.38 1937 22 48 1938 22.48 1939 82.48 1940 22.48 732.29 TOWN CLERK John HL Kane, Town Clerk $839.82 $839.82 Payments February 6 to March 5, 1931: Division of Fisheries and Game $17.50 Town Treasurer 18.70 James J. Carroll, town clerk 48.00 $84.20 Fees retained by town clerk 6.76 James J. Carroll, Town Clerk Cash balance March 6, 1931 $48.00 Receipts March 6 to December 31, 1931: Dog licenses 32,160.00 Sporting licenses 509.75 Permits and miscellaneous collections 361.74 Interest on bank deposits5.64 3245.73 $245.73 $90.95 $90.95 3.027.13 Cash balance January 1, 1931 32.00 $3,1i75.13 TOWN Or LEXINGTON Payments March 6 to December 31, 1931: County treasurer $2,025.40 Division of Fisheries and Game 461.00 Town Treasurer 351.74 Refunds 5.75 2,843.89 Fees retained by town clerk 216.60 Cash balance December 31, 1931 14.64 Cash balance January 1, 1932 $14.64 Receipts January 1 to April 16, 1932: Dog licenses Sporting licenses Permits and miscellaneous receipts $943.00 244.50 Outstanding January 1, 1931 $2,761.96 Commitment 7,361.69 97.56 Detailed list in excess of commitment .08 1,285.06 Overpayments refunded 34.27 $1,299.70 Abatement after payment, refunded 4.86 289 $3,075.13 2 O ANNTIAL REPORTS Payments to treasurer $48.75 Outstanding December 31, 1931 93.00 Outstanding January 1, 1932 Commitment January 1 to March 8, 1932 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 Outstanding March 8, 1932, per list SEWER DEPARTMENT $93.00 52.39 $10.50 134.89 Payments January 1 to April 16, 1932: Division of Fisheries and Game ....................................... 156.00 Fees retained by town clerk 95,55 $251,55 Cash balance April 16, 1932: Due County $872.20 Due Division of Fisheries and Game 72.75 Due town treasury 103.20 1,048.15 Cash balance April 16, 1932 Balance Lexington Trust Com- pany April 16, 1932 $995.65 Cash in office April 16, 1932, ver- ified 52.50 HEALTH DEPARTMENT Outstanding January 1, 1931 $93.00 Commitment 4$_75 $1,299.70 $1,048.15 $1,048.15 $141.75 Water services reported as sewer accounts re- ceivable 100.00 Abatements reported in error 4.34 Payment in advance of commitment 51.10 Payments to treasurer $6,569.98 Abatements 190.69 Transferred from adjustment account, Byron C. Earle, Collector 1.00 Sewer accounts receivable reported as water services 210.90 Error to commitment 28.00 Outstanding December 31, 1931 3,317.73 Outstanding January 1, 1932 $3,317.73 Commitment January 1 to March 8, 1932 1,706.99 Overpayments refunded 28.59 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 $1,937.11 Error in commitment 28.59 Outstanding March 8, 1932, per list 3,047.54 Cash balance, March 8, 1932 40.07 $14L75 $145.39 $145.39 $10,318.30 $10,318.30 $5,053.31 $5,053.31 TowN or LEXINOMN HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Outstanding January 1, 1931 Commitment 291 292 ANN HAL REPORTS MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE $719.00 Commitment 26.00 Payments to treasurer Payments to treasurer $25.00 Added to taxes 1931 719.00 PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT Outstanding January 1, 1931 $3,761.75 Commitment 7,059.03 Payments to treasurer Abatements Outstanding December 31, 1931 $3,831.31 737.63 6,251.94 Outstanding January 1, 1932 $6,251.94 Commitment January 1 to March 8, 1932 1,482.00 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 Outstanding March 8, 1932, per list SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Outstanding January 1, 1932 Commitment Payments to treasurer Outstanding December 31, 1931 $29.00 7,704.94 $507.13 39,682.79 •$39,552.09 637.83 Outstanding January 1, 1932 $637.83 Commitment January 1, to March 8, 1932 156.00 Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 Outstanding March 8, 1932, per list • Includes $19,793.82 income tax. $52.00 741.83 $744.00• $744.00 $10,820.78 $10,820.78 $7,733.94 $7,733.94 $40,189.92 $40,189.92 $793.83 $793.83 WATER RATES AND SERVICES Outstanding January 1, 1931 Commitment Overpayments refunded Abatement after payment refunded Overpayment adjusted Sewer accounts receivable reported as water services Adjustment Payments to treasurer Abatements Water services reported as sewer accounts re- ceivable Error in commitment Outstanding December 31, 1931 Outstanding January 1, 1932 Commitment January 1 to March 8, 1932 Collections in advance of commitment Overpayments refunded Overpayments to be refunded Payments to treasurer January 1 to March 8, 1932 Error in commitment Erroneous refund, to be adjusted Outstanding March 8, 1932, per list Casb balance March 8, 1932 $15,638.06 76,046.96 76.60 2.50 .10 210.90 3.75 $70,688.70 2,187.57 100.00 23.73 18,978.87 $18,978.87 22,529.98 55.55 5.25 7.60 $15,296.93 6.25 6.00 25,585.32 683.65 $1,016.89 1,016.89 $91,978.87 $91,978.87 $41,577.15 $41,577.16 MUNROE CEMETERY—ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Outstanding January 1, 1932 $168.75 Commitments 1,406.33 Overpayments to treasurer, refunded . 24.00 $1,599.08 TOWN o>r LEXI GToN Payments to treasurer $1,406.08 Outstanding December 31, 1931 193.00 Outstanding January .1. 1932 193.00 Commitments January 1 to April 23, 1932 684.75 Detailed list in excess of commitment 153.00 Payments to treasurer January 1 to April 28, 1932 $186.00 Abatements January 1 to April 28, 1932 25.50 Commitment in excess of detailed list 1.50 Outstanding April 28, 1932, per Iist 759.75 Cash on hand April 28, 1932, verified 58.00 293 $1,599.08 $1,030.55 $1,030.75 WESTV1EW CEMETERY -ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Outstanding January 1, 1931 $3,336.00 Commitments 5,602,34 Detailed list in excess of commitment 23.00 38,916.34 Payments to treasurer 7,012,34 Outstanding December 31, 1931 1,949.00 $8,916,34 Outstanding January 1, 1932 $1,949.00 Commitments January 1 to April 28, 1932 2,225.51 Collections in advance of commitment 15.00 $4,189.51 Payments to treasurer January 1 to April 28, 1932 $1,038.69 Outstanding April 28, 1932, per list 2,458.07 Cash on hand April 28, 1932, verified 665.75 Due from superintendent of cemetery April 28, 1932 27.00 $4,189.51 ELEANOR S. BEALS CHARITY FUND In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 $2,119.58 $2,119.58 On hand at end of year 1931 2,069.21 2,069.21 294 ANNUAL REPORTS Receipts Withdrawn from savings bank Income Payments $50.37 Expenditures $128.25 77.88 $128.25 $128.25 HARRIET R. GILMORE CHARITY FUND in Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 $580.89 $580.59 On hand at end of year 1931 511.47 511.47 Receipts Payments Withdrawn from savings bank $69.42 Expenditures $92.50 Income 23.08 $92.50 592.50 JONAS GAMMELL CHARITY FUND In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 $676.41 $676.41 On hand at end of year 1931 582.80 582.80 Reeelpts Payments Withdrawn from savings bank $93.61 Expenditures $122.60 Income 28.99 $122.60 $122.60 LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts Savings Bank Deposits Securities Total On hand at beginning o•f year 1931 $132.60 $100.00 $232.60 On hand at end of year 1931 138.27 100.00 238.27 Receipts Payments Deposited in savings Income $5.67 bank $'5.67 TOWN OF LEXINGTON HALLIE C. BLAKE PRIZE FUND In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts On hand at beginning of year 1931 On hand at end of year 1931 Receipts Income $50.00 Securities Par Value $1,000.00 1,000.00 Total 11,000.00 1,000.00 Payments Expenditures $50.00 GEORGE A. SMITH PARK FUND In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts On hand at beginning of year 1931 On hand at end of year 1931 Receipts Savings Bank Deposits $584.56 585.46 Securities Par Value $2,000.00 2,000.00 Payments Deposited in savings Income $110.90 bank $0.90 Lexington Field and Garden Club Total $2,584.56 2,585.46 $110.90 296 ANNUAL REPORTS HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts Savings Bank Deposits $984.01 1,026.25 On hand at beginning of year 1931 On hand at end of year 1931 Receipts Payments Income $42.24 Deposited in savings bank Total $984.01 1,026.25 $42.24 WILLIAM AUGUSTUS TOWER MEMORIAL PARK FUND In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts Savings (Bank Securities Deposits Par Value Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 $2,000.00 $8,000.00 $10,000.00 On hand at end of year 1931 2,000.00 8,000.00 10,000.00 Receipts Payments Income $485.00 Transferred to town $485.00 110.00 CHARLES E. FRENCH SCHOOL MEDAL FUND In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts $110.90 BATTLE GREEN FUND In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 $632.34 $632.34 On hand at end of year 1931 662.29 662.29 Receipts Payments Deposited In savings Income $29.95 bank $29.95 EDITH C. REDMAN BATTLE GREEN FUND In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts Savings Rank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 $600.00 $500.00 On hand at end of year 1931 500.00 500.00 Receipts Payments Income $21.47 Transferred to town ....... $21.47 Savings Bank Securities Deposits Par Value Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 $639.24 $2,000.00 $2,639.24 On hand at end of year 1931 657.72 2,000.00 2,657.72 Receipts Payments Deposited in savings Income $108.48 bank $18.48 Expenditures $90.00 $108.48 1108.48 CHARLES E. FRENCH COLONIAL CEMETERY FUND In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts Savings Dank Securities Deposits Par Value Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 $58.93 $2,000.00 $2,068.93 On hand at end of year 1931 ........ 40.09 2,000.00 2,040.09 Receipts Payments Withdrawn from savings Transferred to Cemetery bank $18.84 Commissioners $100.00 Income 81.16 $100.00 $100.00 TOWN OF LE'xIN TON CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS MUNROE CEMETERY In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts 29{' Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 $81,837.44 $31,837.44 On hand at end of year 1931 32,313.54 32,313.54 Receipts Withdrawn from savings bank $123.90 Income 1.376.10 Bequests 600.00 $2,100.00 Payments Deposited in savings bank Transferred to Cemetery Commiaeioners CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS WESTVIEW CEMETERY In Custody of Trustees of Public Trusts On hand at beginning of year 1931 On hand at end of year 1931 Receipts Income $525.14 Sale of lots 1,947.25 Cash on hand at beginning of year 1931 18,00 $2,490.39 •In general treasury. $60[].00 1,500.00 $2,100.00 Savings Bank Cash Deposita Total $18,00 $11,271.23 $11,289.23 *235.50 13,526.12 13,781.62 Payments Deposited In savings bank $2,254.89 Cash on hand at end of year 1931 235.50 $2,490.39 SAMUEL .1. BRIDGE CHARITY FUND In Custody of the Trustees of the Bridge Charitable Fund On hand at beginning of year 1931 On hand at end of year 1931 Savings Bank Deposits $283.95 203.05 Securities Par Value $4,000.00 4,000.00 Total $4,283.95 4,203.05 21: 8 Receipts Withdrawn from savings bank Income Income transferred from Gerry Fund ANNUAL REPORTS Payments $80.90 Expenditures $350,25 181.15 97.20 $359.25 ELIZABETH B. GERRY CHARITY FUND In Custody of the Trustees of the Bridge Charitable Fund On hand at beginning of year 1931 On hand at end of year 1931 Income Receipts Savings Bank Deposits $680.26 680.26 Securities Par Value $1,600.00 1,600.00 5369.25 Total $2,280.26 2,280.26 Payments Transferred to Bridge $9'7.20 Charity Fund $97.20 CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY GENERAL FUND In Custody of Library Trustees Saxings Bank Securities Deposits Par Value $98.16 $11,000.00 97.92 11,000.00 On hand at beginning of year 1931 On hand at end of year 1931 ........ Receipts Withdrawn from savings bank Income Total $11,098.16 11,097.92 Payments Deposited in savings $2.16 bank $1.52 Transferred to Library 488.86 Trustees 489.10 $491.02 $491.02 ROBBINS LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Library Trustees Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 $100.00 $100.00 On hand at end of year 1931 100.00 100.00 Receipts Income Payments Transferred to Library $4.29 Trustees $4.29 TOWN OF LEXINGTON GrON WELLINGTON LIBRARY FUND 299 In Custody of Library Trustees Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 $1,101.41 $1,101.41 On hand at end of year 1931 1,098.72 1,098.72 Receipts Payments Withdrawn from savings Deposited in savings bank $24.23 bank $21.54 Transferred to Library Income 43.50 Trustees 46.19 367.73 $67.73 BEALS LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Library Trustees Securities Par Value Total On band at beginning of year 1931 31,100.00 31,100.00 On hand at end of year 1931 1,100.00 1,100.00 Receipts Payments Transferred to Library Income 366.50 Trustees 360.50 LAURA BRIGHAM LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Library Trustees On hand at beginning of year 7931 On band at end of year 1931 Receipts Withdrawn from savings bank 311 .SI Income 136.20 3148.01 Savings Bank Deposits $536.81 535.50 Securities Par Value Total 32,500.00 33,036.81 2,500.00 3,036.50 Payments Deposited in savings bank 310.50 Transferred to Library Trustees 137.51 3148.01 LIBRARY BOOK FUND In Custody of Library Trustees Securities Par Value Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 $1,000.00 31,000.00 On band at end of year 1931 1,000.00 1,000.00 300 ANNUAL REPORTS Receipts Income 350.00 Payments Transferred to Library Trustees 450.00 GOODWIN MUSICAL COLLECTION LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Library Trustees Savings Bank Securities Deposits Par Value $500.00 On hand at beginning of year 1931 On hand at end of year 1931 Receipts Sale of securities Income Premiums on securities sold 3500.00 30.00 25.00 $555.00 $525.00 Total 3500.00 525.00 Payments Deposited in savings bank $525.00 Transferred to Library Trustees 30.00 ALICE BUTLER CARY LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Library Trustees On hand at beginning of year 1931 On hand at end of year 1931 ........ Receipts Withdrawn from savings bank 39.90 Income 112.76 3122.66 Savings Bank Deposits $449.90 448.80 Securities Par Value 32,000.00 2,000.00 $555.00 Total 32,449.90 2,448.90 Payments Deposited in savings bank 38.80 Transferred to Library Trustees 113.86 3122.66 MARIA CARY LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Library Trustees Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 3354.31 3354.31 On hand at end of year 1931 354.31 354.31 Receipts Payments Transferred to Library Income 315.21 Trustees $15.21 Tn\rz, OF LEXINGTON JANE PIiINNEY LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Library Trustees Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1931. $126.98 $126.98• On hand at end of year 1931 126.67 126.67 Receipt. Payments Withdrawn from savings Deposited in savings bank $2.79 bank $2.48 Transferred to Library Income 5.00 Trustees 5.31 $7,79 $7.79 PAULINA BURBANK LIBRARY FUND in Custody of Library Trustees Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1931 On hand at end of year 1981 #1,000,00 $1,000.00 Receipts Payments Deposited in savings Bequest $1,000.00 bank $1,000.00 Transferred to Library Income 13.33 Trustees 13.33 $1,013.33 $1,013.33 302 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN OF LEX1XNGTON Balance Sheet—December 31, .1931 GENERAL ACCOUNTS Assets •Cash : Genera! Cary Memorial Library Accounts Receivable: Taxes: Levy of 1928 Levy of 1929 Levy of 1930 Levy of 1931 Old Age Assistance Taxes: Levy of 1931 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: Levy of 1930 Levy of 1931 $58.86 268.75 1,178.98 252,261.23 $1,341.17 6,058.26 Special Assessments: Sewer: Unapportioned $2,584.39 Apportioned 1930 59.38 Apportioned 1931 3,698.27 Highway Betterment: IJnapportfoned 739.41 Apportioned 1931 Sidewalk: 17napportioned 536,10 Apportioned 1931 27.13 Building Line Betterment: Apportioned 1931 2,905.63 902.35 Tax Titles Departmental: Health $93.00 Public Welfare 6,251.94 State Aid 174.00 School 637.83 Munroe Cemetery 193.00 Westview Cemetery 1,949.00 Sewer Water Rates and Services Overlay 1930 Deficit $136,358,34 556.37 253,762.82 1,057.00 7,399.43 11,452.66 19,988.10 9,298.77 3,266.63 18,978.87 959.64 $463,077.63 TOWN OF LEN 1NI,In Liabilities and Reserves Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Revenue $300,000.00 Sewer Assessments $19,306.30 Cary Memorial Library 555.3T Highway Betterment Assessments 44,060.$1 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds--- Sidewalk Assessments 732.29 303 :304 ANNUAL REPORTS DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS Apportioned Assessments Not Due: Westview Cemetery 235.50 Premiums on Loans 804.94 Veterans' Memorial Fund 3,617.89 Tailings 243.51 Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund— Westview Cemetery 2,858.79 Unexpended Balances: Committee on Permanent Memorial $800.00 New Fire Station 2,000.00 Sewer Construction 9,451.82 Carvllle Avenue Drain .95 Clark Street Drain 1.62 Waltham Street 109.00 Highway Construction—Wood Street 8.50 Highway Construction—Allen Street 146.24 Highway Construction --Smith Avenue 69.35 Highway Construction — Independence Avenue 1.96 Highway Construction -- Crescent Hill Avenue 345.39 Highway Construction—Tucker Avenue142.28 Naw Schoolhouse 2,180.68 Adams School Addition 15,609.95 Construction of Fence 365.89 Water Construction 22.64 Westview Cemetery Construction 226.26 1 31,462.03 Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1931 .4,549.97 Sewer Assessment Fund 1,251.08 Water Department Available Surplus 111.18 Tax Title Suspense 16.97 Revenue Available When Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $7,399.43 Special, Assessment 11,452.66 Tax Title 19,988.10 Departmental 9,298.77 Sewer Maintenance 8,266.63 Water 18,978.87 70,384.46 Surplus Revenue 46,985.94 $463,977.63 $64,098.90 TowN OF LEXINGTON 305 306 ANNUAL REPORTS Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue Due in: DEBT ACCOU NTS 1932 $3.322.76 Net Funded or Fixed Debt: 1933 3,172.96 1934 2,759.38 Inside Debt Limit $398,500.00 1935 2,334.48 Outside Debt Limit 524,000.00 1936 2,048.96 1937 1,637.39 1938 1,631.90 1939 1,095.45 1940 726.00 1941 577.02 Apportioned Highway Betterment Assessment Revenue Due in: 1932 . $5,920.08 1933 5,920.12 1934 5,738.79 1935 5,320.08 1936 5,014.09 1937 4,915.12 1938 4,917.57 1939 3,363.73 1940 2,140.87 1941 809.96 Apportioned Sidewalk Assessment Revenue Due In: 1932 ;166.87 1933 166.88 1934 137.11 1935 137.13 1936 34.38 1937 22.48 1938 22.48 1939 22.48 1940 22.48 $19.306.30 44,060.31 732.29 $64,098.90 $922,500.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON General Loans Inside Debt Limit: School Construction, 1915 $8,000.00 Parker School Loan, 1919 24,000.00 School Construction Loan, 1925 63,000.00 School Construction Loan, 1930 108,000.00 Adams School Loan, 1931 60,000.00 Buckman Tavern Park Loan 12,000.00 Public Works Building Loan 21,000.00 Trust Fund Refunding Loan, 1910 4,000.00 Sewer Loan, 1927 10,000.00 Sewer Loan, 1927 17,000.00 Sewer Loan, 1928 11,000.00 Sewer Loan, 1930 12,000,00 Sewer Loan, 1931 10,000.00 New Town Office Building Loan, 1928 , 37,500.00 Street Improvement Loan, 1922 "Depot Park" 1,000.00 General Loans Outside Debt Limit: Street Improvement Loan, 1924 $3,000.00 School Construction. 1924 184,000.00 Sewer Loan, 1915 42,000.00 Sewer Loan, 1924 3,000.00 Sewer Loan, 1925 12,000.00 Sewer Loan, 1927 5,000.00 Water Loan—Outside Debt Limit: Water Loan, 1927 $23,000.00 Water Loan, 1928 24,000.00 Water Loan, 1929 26,000.00 Water Loan, 1930 137,000.00 Water Loan, 1931 65,000.00 307 $398,500.00 249,000.00 275,000.00 $922,500.00 308 ANNtAL REPORTS TRUST ACCOUNTS Trust Funds --Cash and Securities: In Custody of: Trustees of Public Trusts Trustees of Bridge Charitable Fund Trustees of Cary Memorial Library $69,948.72 6,483.31 21,886.92 $98,318.95 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Eleanor S. Beals Charity Fund Harriet R. G4ilmor Charity Fund Jonas GammelI Charity Fund Lexington High School Scholarship Fund Hallie C. Blake Prize Fund George O. Smith Park Fund Battle Green Fund Edith C. Redman Battle Green Fund Hayes Fountain Fund William Augustus Tower Memorial Fund Charles E. French School Medal Fund Charles E. French Colonial Cemetery Fund Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds: Munroe Cemetery Westview Cemetery Samuel J. Bridge Charity Fund Elizabeth B. Gerry Charity Fund $2,069.21 511.47 582.80 238.27 1,000.00 2,585.46 662.29 500.00 1,026.25 10,000.00 2,657.72 2,040.09 32,313.54 13,761.62 $4,203.05 2,280.26 Cary Memorial Library General Fund $11,097.92 Robbins Library Fund 100.00 Wellington Library Fund 1,098.72 Beals Library Fund 1,100.00 Laura M. Brigham Library Fund 3,035.50 Library Book Fund 1,000.00 Goodwin Musical Collection Library Fund 525.00 Alice Butler Cary Library Fund 2,448.80 Maria Cary Library Fund 354.31 Jane Phinney Library Fund 126.67 Pauline Burbank Library Fund 1,000.00 309 310 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Massachusetts. Gentlemen : December 31, 1932. In accordance with section 6 of Article XI of the Town $69.948.72 By -Laws, I herewith make my report in writing as Town Counsel, of (a) "all actions by or against the town which were pend - 6,483.31 int; at the beginning of the preceding fiseaI year"; (b) "all actions brought by or against the town during such year"; (c) "all actions settled or disposed of during such year". (a) The following actions were pending on January 1, 1932, and proceeded as stated. ( 1) John Swenson. Adm. v. Town of Lexington ; Super- ior, Middlesex; personal injuries; ad danmuni /FI;3.O00. No ac- tion taken during the year. 21,886.92 (2) Caroline A. Harrington v. Town of Lexington; Su- perior, Middlesex; petition for assessment of damages for es - $98,318.95 tablishment uI building line. Settled in accordance with vote of the town. (3) Town of Lexington v. John J. Burns: In Re: Estate of Susan E. Smith; Probate Court, Middlesex; petition against executor to compel payment for perpetual care of cemetery lot. Defendant paid in accordance with final decree; petition for contempt dismissed. (4, Lexington v. Commonwealth; Superior, Middlesex; claim for reimbursement for support of a pauper; argument on exceptions before full bench of Supreme Judicial Court; exceptions overruled. Payment by defendant in accordance with judgment. Towx OF LEXINGTON 311 (5) Town of Lexington v. City of Revere; Superior, Mid- dlesex; action of contract for reimbursement for support of a pauper; argued on exceptions before full bench of Supreme Judicial Court ; exceptions overruled. Judgment for defend- ant. (6) Town of Arlington v. Town of Lexington; Superior, 3fiddlesex; petition for assessment of damages from layout of a highway; settled without payment. Petition dismissed. (7) Town of Arlington v. Town of Lexington; Superior, Middlesex; appeal from assessment of betterments for high- way layout; settled; betterment abated. (8) Raoul H. Beaudreau v. Town of Lexington; Superior Middlesex; petition for assessment of damages for highway layout. Pleadings completed. No action taken during the year. (9) Sarah E. Holmes v. Town of Lexington; Superior, Middlesex; petition for assessment of damages for highway layout; settled by an adjustment of boundaries. Petition dis- missed. (10) Sarah E. Holmes v. County Commissioners of Mid- dlesex County; Superior, Middlesex; settled. Petition dis- missed. (11) Mary E. Garvin v. Town of Lexington, et als; Su- perior, Suffolk; tort for misrepresentation and negligence with respect to inn -keeper's license; ad damnum $2i5,000; pleadings completed; interrogatories answered. (12) Charles W. Ryder v. Board of Assessors of Lexing- ton; Board of Tax Appeals; appeal from assessment of taxes. Appeal dismissed. (13) Minnie M. Ryder v. Board of Assessors of Lexing- ton; Board of Tax Appeals; appeal from assessment of taxes. Appeal dismissed. (14) Robert L. Ryder v. Board of Assessors of Lexing- ton; Board of Tax Appeals ; appeal from assessment of taxes. Appeal dismissed. (15) Lizzie E. Baker Lee v. Board of Assessors of Lex- ington; Board of Tax Appeals; appeal from assessment of taxes. Appeal dismssed. (16) Lexington Real Estate Trust v. Board of Assessors of Lexington; Board of Tax Appeals; appeal from assessment of taxes. Appeal dismissed. 312 ANNUAL REPORTS (17) Ryders Stock Farm, Inc., v. Board of Assessors of Lexington; Board of Tax Appeals; appeal from assessment of taxes. Assessment abated in. part. (18) Charles W. Ryder v. Town of Lexington; Superior, Middlesex; tort for flowage of land ad damnum $50,000; plead- ings completed. No action taken during the year. (19) Charles W. Ryder et al, Trustees of Lexington Real Estate Trust v. Town of 4Lexington ; Superior, Middlesex; tort for flowage of land; ad damnum $50.000; pleadings completed. No action taken during the year. (20) Robert L. Ryder. Trustee v. Town of Lexington; Su- perior, Middlesex; tort for flowage of land ; ad damnum $50,- 000; pleadings completed. No action taken during the year. (21) Elizabeth E. Holton, et al v. Town of Lexington ; Superior, Middlesex; petition for damages from street lay- out; pleadings completed. Prepared for trial; case continued. (22) Town of Lexington v. Joseph V. Eoinay, et al; Su- perior, Middlesex; bill in equity to enjoin violation of zoning law; stipulation in lieu of injunction filed; no action taken. (23) Donald Shea v. Town of Lexington: Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex; tort for flowage of land; ad damnum $10,000; pleadings completed and hearings held. (24) Eva D. Gorberg v. Town of Lexington; Land Court; bill in equity to remove cloud on title arising from a tax sale; prepared for trial; disclaimer filed. (h) The following rases have been entered during the year 1932. (1) Town of Lexington v. Frank E. Bougie; Superior, Middlesex; bill in equity to enjoin violation of zoning law; settled by compliance by defendant. (2) Town of Lexington v. Crescenzio Sperandio; Su- perior, Middlesex; hill in equity to enjoin violation of zoning law; settled by compliance by defendant. (3) Town of Lexington v. Nicholas Alteriso; Superior, Middlesex ; hill in equity to enjoin violation of zoning law ; settled by compliance by defendant. (4) Town of Lexington v. Frederick G. Jones; District Court of Central Middlesex; contract to recover water guar- anty; removed to Superior Court; settled by payment by de- fendant of $100. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 313 (5) Town of Lexington v. John A. Gartland; District Court of Central .'Middlesex ; contract to recover water guar: anty; pleadings completed. (6) Benjamin B. Meady v. Town of Lexington; Superior, Middlesex; action of tort for damages from discharge of sur- face water; ad damn.um 410,000; pleadings completed. (7) Town of Lexington v. John Devine; District Court of Central Middlesex; contract to recover old age assistance; defaulted; continued for judgment. (8) Louis Vanderwoude, et al v. Town of Lexington; Su- perior, Middlesex; petition for assessment of damages for lay- out of Tncker Avenue; pleadings completed. (9) Louis Vanderll-oude, et al v. Town of Lexington; Su- perior, Middlesex; petition for abatement of betterment assess- ment for layout of Tucker Avenue; pleadings completed. (e) Of the above actions the following were disposed of during the year: (1) Harrington v. Lexington, (2) Lexington v. Burns, (3) Lexington V. Conunonwealth, (4) Lexington v. Revere, (5) Arlington v. Lexington, (6) Arlington v. Lexington, (7) Holmes v. Lexington, (8) .Holmes v. County Commissioners, (9) Ryder v. Assessors, (10) Ryder v. Assessors, (11) Ryder v. Assessors, (12) Lee v. Assessors, (13) Lexington Real Estate Trust v. Assessors, (14) Lexington v. Jones, (15) Lexington v. Bougie, (16) Lexington v. Sperandio, (17) Lexington v. Alteriso. 314 ANNUAL RErowrs The Town Counsel also reports the separate amounts re- ceived by him as compensation and for disbursements in each of such actions during such year and for all other services not covered by his regular salary. (1) Lexington v. urns Disbursements (reimbursed by defendant) 29.60 (2) Ryder v. Assessors Disbursements (3) Lexington v. Sperandio 50.00 Disbursements (reimbursed by defendant) 3.30 (4) Harrington v. Lexington 100.00 (5) Lexington v. Bougie Disbursements (reimbursed by defendant) 6.00 (6) Lexington v. Alteriso Disbursements (reimbursed by defendant) (7) Lexington v. Commonwealth Lexington v. Revere Disbursements (8) Holmes v, Lexington (9) Gorberg v. Lexington (10) Lexington v. Jones $100.00 275.00 14.00 25.00 25.00 6.05 300.00 19.20 50.00 35.00 50.00 Disbursements 5,25 Yours sincerely, S. R. WRIGHTINGTON, Town. Counsel. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 315 REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER To THE HONORABLE BOARD OIr SELECTMIEN LEXINGTON) MASSACHUSETTS Gentlemen: I herewith submit the sixteenth annual report relative to the activities of the Engineering Department during the year 1932: HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Lines and grades were established for the completion of the construction of the streets listed below: 1. Allen Street at Franklin School. 2. Crescent Hill Avenue from Haskell Street to Arling- ton line. 3. Independence Avenue from Locust Avenue to Smith Avenue. 4. Smith Avenue from Independence Avenue to Pollen Road. 5. Tucker Avenue from Baker Avenue to 315 feet north- westerly. 6. Stedman Road from Alien Street to Waltham Street. 7. Wood Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Ballard property. Profiles were made and grades established for: 1. Franklin Avenue from Crescent Hill Avenue to Arling- ton line. 2. Grant Street from Have Lane to East Street. :9. Haskell Street from Lowell Street to Summer Street. 4. Valley Road from Bedford Street to Parker School. Lines and grades were established for: 316 ANNUAL REPORTS 1. Construction of granolithic sidewalks bordering thirteen properties on six separate streets. The total frontage thus improved was 1,021 feet. The various widths of construc- tion totaled 725 square yards. 2. Setting curb along Massachusetts Avenue and Wal- tham Street at corner block. 3. Constructing wall along the southerly side of Pollen Road. 4. Preliminary construction of Wood Street from Ballard to Holton properties. BOARD OF SURVEY The following work was undertaken for the Board of Se- lectmen or for Board of Survey purposes: 1. Detailed surveys and plans were made of the streets listed below : (a) Hastings Road from Lincoln Street to Massachusetts Avenue, (b) High Street extended from Winchester line to Lowell Street, (e) Oak Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Carville Avenue, (d) Road from Massachusetts Avenue across Gavin property. 2. Plans were made in connection with: (a) Relocation of East Street, (b) Development study of Fuller and .Morey properties along North Hancock Street, (c) Relocation of Allen Street, (d) Study of new Concord Avenue Highway, (e) Adoption of FoIlen Road having a width of 50 instead of fib feet, (f) Approval of Morash development at Allen Street. TOWN OF LICKINGTON 317 SEWER DEPARTMENT Lines and grades were established for the construction of lateral sewers as tabulated hereunder: Name of Street 1. Bedford Street 2. BeItrey Terrace 3. Bowker Street 4. Oakland Street 5. Pinewood Street 6. Tower Street 7. Vine Street From Lumber Company End End End Summit Road Plainfield Street Woburn Street Length n feet 416 191 124 I017 241 277 334 'Miscellaneous work for this department appears as fol- lows: 1, Recorded plans and assessment estimates at Registry of Deeds for Bedford, Sargent, Shirley and Tewksbury Streets. 2. Made rip plans and estimates for Pinewood Street and Summit Road. 3. Completed final field measurements of all 1932 con- struction work. 4. Inspected houses in view of possible blasting damage. 5. Wrote a report on the subject of sewers and assess- ments. The sewer assessment "Cost" figure for 1933 will be $4.849 per foot . WATER DEPARTMENT Lines and/or grades were given for the extension of 2,400 linear feet of water mains. PLANNING BOARD Topographical surveys and plans were completed at the following locations: 1. Bounded by Burlington Street, North Street, Adams Street, Coolidge Avenue and North Hancock Street containing about 300 acres; 2. Roberts farm and vicinity easterly of Allen Street con- taining about 70 acres. 318 ANNUAL REPORTS Plans and/or stndies were made in connection with: 1. Extension of Sherman Street from Fletcher Avenue to Woburn Street with an estimate of damages. 2. Development study of Massachusetts Avenue property opposite Bow Street. 3. Relocation of Lincoln Street from near 3Iarrett Road to Weston Street. 4. Study of circumferential highway with Metropolitan Division of Planning. ASSESSORS DEPARTMENT The block plans have been brought up to elate as of April 1, 1932 by checking transfers of over seven hundred parcels of land and buildings. All buildings erected within the block plan area during 1932 have been located and placed upon said plans. Az/other 40 scale block plan lias been completed of prop- erties in the vicinity of Fine and Woburn Streets. PARK DEPARTMENT Lines and grades were established for: 1. Sidewalk along Lincoln Street at Hastings Park. 2. Sidewalk along playground road from Lincoln Street to bleachers. 3. Tennis courts at Parker Field, In addition thereto, pans were made for the development of a new athletic field and levels were taken at the Lexington Reservoir. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT Completed new 20 scale plan of Westview Cemetery with the necessary changes to insure better reproductions on smaller scales. Drew plans and staked out lots in the westerly section of the northerly lobe. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 319 DRAINAGE MATTERS Lines and grades were established for the installation of 28 catch basins and 3, 887 linear feet of storm drainage pipes varying in size from 8 inches to 30 inches in eight separate streets. Final plans have been completed of 3.108 feet of this amount and the remainder will be done early in 1933. Plans were also made showing drainage fixtures in Locust Avenue, Bertwell Road and Baker Avenue. Soundings were taken along Vine Brook from Hayes Lane to near North Street for relocation study of channel. AIR SURVEY MAPS I wish to call your attention once more to the air survey maps. The longer it becomes our privilege to use them in their various forms, the more extensive uses we find for them. In two and one-half years the value of useful work accomplished with these maps already exceeds the original expenditure of $3,000. and they will continue to be of service for many years to come. GENERAL WORK The services of the Engineering Department were also re- quired in connection with : 1. Approval of land court cases. 2. Approval of plans relative to installation of public utilities. 3. Numbering plans for various streets. 4. 118 miscellaneous plans for various departments and committees. 5. Street lines and/or grades for :xi property owners. 6. Copying 25 plans from Registry of Deeds. 7. Placing information on 400 scale mounted map which may some day be used for a drainage study of the entire town. 8. Survey of Lincoln line which when completed will re- veal source of 'error in existing information. 9. Starting 100 scale map bounded by Woburn Street, Hayes Lane, Grant Street, East Street and Lowell Street. 10. Various activities at Public Works grounds. 11. Setting curbing at High School. 12. Shea drainage case. 320 ANNUAI. REroRTs CONCLUSION The present personnel of the Engineering Department with the Town Engineer is: S'1'ANLET A. H1f.I.INS • 1. Biu -s LEWIS J OHN O'CONNOR ALBERT MILLER 111 conclusion 1 wish to gratefully acknowledge the as- sistance given to this department by the Town Officials and members of other departments. Respectfully submitted, JOIHN T. COSGROVE, Toum. Engineer. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 321 REPORT OF THE TOWN PHYSICIAN Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Mass. Gentlemen December 31, 1932. During the past nine months, that is to say, since April 1, 1932, to December 31, 1932, I have made 291 house calls, and have treated 121 patients in my office, making a total of 412 visits in all. There were nine maternity cases receiving prenatal care. Four of these cases being delivered under extremely adverse conditions in their own home. Two were delivered at the Rooth Memorial Hospital in Boston. The entire expense of one of these cases was borne by a public spirited woman of the town. There are still three cases getting systematic prenatal care which includes the necessary laboratory examinations. There has been a great deal of sickness among the unfort- tunate people of the town. People who through no fault of their own are obliged to ask aid of the town. I urgently suggest that in view of present existing condi- tions, and consequently, in the large number of sick people who need care, and the inability of one person to give the care that is necessary, that the town either have a closer cooperation with the Public Health Associationof this town, or engage a nurse who will be either under the supervision of the Board of Health or the Town Physician so that the sick may be given the attention that they need. Under existing conditions it is practically impossible to carry on any constructive work for the welfare of indigent patients. This is especially so in ma- ternity cases. Babies have an unfortunate habit of arriving at almost any hour of the day or night, and a nurse that is not available at night, Saturday afternoons or Sundays is not of much use to the doctor or the patient. I do not wish am statements to be misconstrued into critic- ism of the present nurse who no doubt has as much as she can 322 ANNUAL REPORTS do, and in any case, as far as I know, is under no control of the town authorities. It is imperative, in my opinion, that a definite schedule of work and appointments be drawn up each day of people to be seen and the work that should be done for them. The closest cooperation between the physician and the nurse is of para- mount importance if the sick are to be adequately taken care of. This is not the case at present, nor can it be the case, unless the town authorities have some control ever the activities of the town nurse. Sincerely yours, C. RECGINALD HARDCASTLE, M.D. Town Physician. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 323 324 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRIDGE CHARITABLE FUND -1932 Lexington, Mass., December 31, 1932. Mr. Robert P. Trask, Chairman, Board of Selectmen, Town of Lexington, Lexington, Mass. Dear Sir : Following is the Report of the Town Treasurer for the year 1932: Cash on hand January 1, 1933 $136,358.34 Receipts during the year 1932 1,756,761.00 $1,893,119.34 Expenditures for year 1932 1,781,364.69 Balance on hand January 1, 1933 $111,754.75 Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. GARROLL, Taxan Treasurer. ELIZABETH B. GERRY FUND— Elizabeth Bridge Whitcomb, born In Lex- ington Jan. 15, 1814. At her death, leaving no will and no direct descendants, by an act of the Legislature in 1885 her property was given to the Town, and by a vote of the Town became a part of the Bridge Charitable Fund. Balance of Fund, as reported in 1931 Invested as under: 1600 United States 4th 4 4s Lexington Savings Bank BRIDGE FUND Income Account -1932 Receipts Interest on 2000 Lawrence Gas & Elec. 41s 2000 U. S, 4th 4Vis From Lexington Savings Bank $1,387.26 680.26 Income from Gerry Fund Interest on 1600 U. S. 4th 4%s 68.00 Lexington Savings Bank 27.46 $2,067.54 2,067.54 $90.00 85.00 6.17 $181.17 95.46 $276.63 Payments Cash paid for charitable purposes $167 65 Excess of Receipts 108.98 Balance Dec. 31, 1931 81.00 Balance Dec. 31., 1932 $189.98 TOWN OE LEXINGTON SAMUEL .0. BRIDGE, a descendant of Lexing- ton, made a gift to the Town in 1880 of $2,000.00 with the proviso that two-thirds of the income should be added to the principal each year until the fund should amount to $4,000.00, when the entire in- come should be available for assisting the indigent poor of the town. Amount of Fund, as reported in 1931 .., Invested as under: 2000 United States 4th Liberty 41,4s 2000 Lawrence Gas Company 43s Lexington Savings Bank $1,878.85 1,977.60 122.05 325 13,978.50 $3,978.50 Signed, HOWARD S. 0. NICHOLS WALDO F. GiLIDDEN JOHN F. ToRNER Trustees Bridge Charitable Fund. Examined and approved, CHARLES F. PIERCE, Town Accountant. 326 ANNUAL REPORTS TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC TRUSTS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON FINANCIAL REPORT 1932 ELEANOR S. BEALE LEGACY— Eleanor S. Adams, born in Lexington in 1825. Under her will a legacy of $2,000.00 was given the Town, the income to be used for worthy indigent aged men and women over sixty years of age, American horn. Principal Account Principal deposited in Lexington Savings Bank Income Account Receipts Interest on deposit In Lexington Savings Bank Payments Excess of Receipts Balance Dec. 31 1931 Balance Dee. 31, 1932 HARRIET R. GILMOR LEGACY— Harriet Robinson, born in Lexington, Nov. 5, 1806. Tinder her wfI1 a legacy of $500.00 was left to the town, the income to be used for the benefit of the poor of the town. Principal Account Principal deposited in Lexington Savings Bank $2,000.00 2,000.00 81.98 39.50 $42.48 69.21 $111.69 $ 500.00 500.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Income Account Receipts Interest on deposit in Lexington Savings Bank Payments Balance Dec. 31, 1931 Balance Dec. 31, 1932 CHARLES E. FRENCH LEGACY - Charles E. French, a citizen of Boston, but a lover of Lexington. Under the will $4,000.00 was left to the town, the income of $2,000.00 to be devoted to the care of the Colonial • Cemetery, and the income of $2,000.00 for three medals in each of the public high and grammar schools far the beat scholarship in the graduation classes. Principal Account as reported in 1931 Principal invested as under: 3000 Town of Lexington 4s 1000 Town of Lexington 41,is North Avenue Savings Bank Income Account -Cemetery Receipts Interest on 2000 Lexington 4s From Lexington Savings Bank Payments Cash paid to Cemetery Commissioners ,,,. Excess of Receipts Balance Dec. 31, 1931 Balance Dec. 31 1932 Income Account -Schools Receipts Interest on Lexington 4s and 41As From Lexington Savings Bank North Avenue Savings Bank $3,000.00 1,000.00 510.00 $80.00 .80 $82.50 4.20 23.20 32'7 20.34 11.47 82.11 328 ANNUAL REPORTS Payments For premium on 1000 Lexington 4%s 25.00 Medals Excess of Payments Balance Dec. 31, 1931 Balance Dec. 31, 1932 JONAS GAMMELL LEGACY - Jonas Gammell, born in Lexington Oct. 10, 1820. A clause in his will gave to Lex- ington $500.00, the income to be expended for delicacies and luxuries for the in- mates of the Almshouse. By decree of Probate Court, April 23, 1929, power was given to expend income for the town poor wherever located. Principal Account ;4,510,00 Principal deposited in Lexington Savings Bank Income Account $4510.00 80.80 80.00 .80 40.09 $40.89 109.90 Receipts Interest from Lexington Savings Bank .... Payments Excess of Payments Balance Dec. 31, 1931 Balance Dec. 31, 1932 GEORGE O. SMITH LEGACY - George O. Smith, born in Lexington, Jan. 5, 1832. Under his will a legacy of $2,- 500.00, was given to Lexington, the in- come to be expended by the Field and Garden Club. Principal Account (as reported in 1931) , Principal Invested as under: 2000 United States Liberty 4y%s Deposited in Lexington Savings Bank Income Account 90.00 $1,878.85 573.65 115.00 $5.10 147.72 $142.62 $500.00 $23.25 $57.43 34.17 82.77 $48.60 $2,452.50 2,452.50 TowN op LEx1NGToti Receipts Interest on 2000 U. S. 4th 4s From Lexington Savings Bank Payments Lexington Field & Garden Club Excess of Payments Balance Dec. 31, 1931 Balance Dec. 31, 1932 CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS Receipts Susan E. Smith Alice M. Cutting Estate of Charles H. Franks Amount of Funds Dec. 31, 1931 329 330 ANNUAL SCROoL REPORT Colonial Cemetery Income $85.00 Receipts 24.32 Transferred from Cemetery Trust Funds 109.32 Income Interest from Warren Institution for Sav- ings Amount of Funds Dec. 31, 1932 $29,036.00 Income Account Receipts Cash returned by Cemetery Commission- ers, unexpended Interest from Lexington Savings Bank Warren Institution for Savings Payments Cash paid to Cemetery Commissioners .... Transferred to Colonial Cemetery Income Excess of Payments Balance Dec. 31, 1931 Balance Dec. 31, 1932 $1,620.00 910.00 110.'00 .68 11.81. 11.13 $150.00 150.00 100.00 $400.00 28,635.00 156.81 927.08 330.91 $1,414.80 2,530.00 $1,116.20 3,678.54 $2,563.34 Payments Cash paid to Cemetery Commissioners .... Balance Dec. 31, 1932 HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND— A balance remaining after the erection of the Hayes Fountain of 7862.72, by a vote of the town a permanent fund was erected, the Income to he available for the care of the fountain and the grounds around it. Principal Account Principal deposited in Lexington Savings Bank Income Account Receipts Interest from Lexington Savings Bank .... No Payments Balance Dec. 31, 1931 Balance Dec. 31, 1932 LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL Scholarship Fund Balance, Dec 31, 1931, as reported Receipts Interest from Lexington Savings Bank .... Balance Dec. 31, 1932 Invested as under Lexington Savings Bank $143.85 Note of James A. Collins 100.00 $910.00 3.76 $913.75 125.00 $788.75 $862.72 862.72 $41.40 163.53 204.93 $238.27 5.58 $243.85 7243.85 Tow\ OF LEXINGTON PERPETUAL CARE FUND Westview Cemetery Balance as reported Dec. 31, 1931 Receipts Town Treasurer Balance Dec. 31, 1932 Income Account Balance as reported Dec. 31, 1931 Receipts Interest Lexington Savings Bank Warren Institution for Savings Balance Dec. 31, 1932 BATTLEGREEN TRUST FUND At the Town Meeting, June 25, 1925, it was VOTED That the sum of Five Hundred. Dollars received by the Town under the will of the late Orin W. Fiske be appropriated and set apart as a perpetual trust fund, to be known as the Battlegreen Trust Fund. Principal as reported Dec. 31, 1931 Principal deposited in Cambridge Sav- ings Bank Income Account Balance as reported Dec. 31, 1931 .............. Receipts Interest Cambridge Savings Bank Lexington Savings Bank Balance Dec. 31, 1932 $110.49 422.10 ;22.75 6.29 83 $10,754.75 • 1,771.00 ;13,525.75 2,771.37 532.59 $3,303.96 132 ANNUAL REPORTS HALLIF C. BLAKE PRIZE FUND— $1,000.00 UND$1,000.00 was endowed. in 1920, the in- come 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 good will of the student body. Principal Fund (cash received from Hallie C. Blake) Principal invested in: 1000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. 5e Dec. 1995 Income Account Receipts Interest an 1000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. 5s Pay menta Cash paid for prizes .............................. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS TOWER MEMORIAL PARK TRUST FUND— By deed of gift from Miss Ellen M. Tower, dated Sept. 17, 1928, and accepted by vote of the town Nov. 26, 1928, the sum of ;10,000.00 was placed in trust, the in- come thereof to be applied in each and 5500.00 every year for the care, maintenance and improvement of the William Augustus 500.00 Tower Memorial Park. 163.29 • 29.04 $191.33 Principal Fund, as reported Dec. 81, 1931 Principal invested as under: 4000 Boston Elevated Railway Co. 5s 1942 $4,000.00 4000 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 5s 1955 4,000.00 Deposited in Lexington Savings Bank 2,000.00 Income Account ;1,000.00 1000.00 59.00 50.00 $10,000.00 $10,000,00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Receipts Interest on 4000 Boston Elevated Ry. 5s 4000 Pacific Gas & Electric 5s Lexington Savings Bank Payments Cash paid to Lexington Park Department EDITH C. REDMAN BATTLEGREEN TRTTST Fund — Principal of Fund Principal deposited in Lexington Savings Bank Income Account Received Interest from Lexington Savings Bank .... $200.00 200.00 80.00 333 334 ANNUAL REPORTS 480.00 REPORT OF WIRE INSPECTOR 480.00 $500.00 500.00 Paid To Lexington Park Department Signed, HOWARD S. D. NICHOLS WALDO F. Gr.1DDRN JOHN P. TURNER Trustees Public Trusts. Examined and approved, CHARLES F. PIERCE, Town Accoun out. 20.20 20.20 December 31, 1932. To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELEC TEN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSP PTS Gentlemen :-- I herewith submit my report as Wire Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1932. Number of applications and permits granted 253 Number of calls made In connection with the in- spections 350 • tend my most sincere appreciation, for their assistance and support at all times. Respectfully submitted, Louts W. BILLS, Wire Inspector. The fees paid in accordance with the class of work are: A one or two car garage or additional work $ .50 Complete wiring of new or old home 1.00 Amount of fees collected on permits 149.50 To the officers and members of the Fire Department, I ex- Annual Reports OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON For the Year 1932 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 3 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1932 The School Committee submits, herewith, its Forty-seventh Annual Report, including the customary sub -divisions as fol- lows: A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. STATEMENT BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHOOL COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION LEXINGTON PARENT -TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS SCHOOL CALENDAR SCHOOL HOURS DIRECTORY OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS HEALTH REPORTS SCHOOL STATISTICS: 1. Teachers' Resignations, Appointments and Transfers 2. Prizes 3. Distribution of Senior High School Pupils by Courses and Subjects 4. Enrollment by Schools for October, 1932 5. Vocational School Enrollment 6. Extract from State Returns 7. Report of Attendance Officer 8. Lexington School Savings 4 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT STATEMENT BY SCHOOL COMMITTEE The School Committee has met regularly on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, with all members and Superin- tendent Grindle almost invariably in attendance. It has dealt with the usual problems of properly maintaining school build- ings and grounds, providing the best obtainable teachers and sufficient equipment for the pupils. It is hardly necessary to state that the Committee has been especially mindful of the need of strict economy in conducting the school affairs this year and is gratified to be able to show a substantial saving to the Town as compared with the previous year. In 1931, a year in which all expenditures were very care- fully considered, the School Department expenses amounted to $233,1174. In 1932 the total amount expended was $227,482.70 from which the teachers' contribution amounting to $5,742.92 can be deducted, making a total saving over 1931 of approx- imately $11,330. The Committee expects to make a further sub- stantial saving in 1933. It must be borne in mind, that a certain amount must al- ways be expended on buildings and equipment, as well as for providing instruction, or our children will be the sufferers. Curtailment of building repairs to the point of neglect is not an economy, because eventually much larger sums will have to be spent, also leafy roofs, bad plumbing, neglected surfaces, etc., adversely affect the results which the teachers are trying to achieve. Strictest economy is undoubtedly one of the things most to be desired in these times, but not to an extent which in any degree impairs the efficiency of the schools. The Commit- tee, in preparing its 1933 budget, has figured on keeping ex- penses as low as possible consistent with earrying on our schools in an efficient manner, It believes this is sound busi- ness, and what the Town wants. The housing facilities in the elementary schools are en- tirely adequate for the present, but a normal increase in pupil enrollment in the High School Building, will produce an over- crowded condition there, which the Town will have to rec- ognize, and remedy in whatever seems the best way. TOWN OF LSxLNCTON 5 The School Committee has been greatly aided by the care- ful attention to detail and whole -hearted co-operation of the School Superintendent, and by the attitude of all members of the school organization. JAMES STUART SMITH, Chairman MINNIE A. GLYNN RANDALL D. HouQlrlToN School Committee. 6 ANNUAL Si'i-1ooL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENT Year ending December 31, 1932 General Expenses: Superintendent, Attendance Officer, Office Assistance and Expenses Expenses of Instruction: Salaries of Supervisors, Principals and Teachers Textbooks Stationery and Supplies Expenses of Operation, Janitors, Fuel, etc Maintenance, Repairs, etc. Libraries Health Transportation Miscellaneous Expenses, Graduations, Ath- letics, Express, etc Outlays, Furniture, Equipment, etc, $6,182.95 164,581.82 3,964.08 6,733.95 27,480.74 5,327.83 254.12 3,052.22 6,072.35 932.95 1,769.40 Total expenditure for day schools $228,342.41 Vocational Tuition $867.03 Americanization Classes 283.26 Total 1,140.29 Grand Total Expenditures $227,482.70 Appropriation $232,179.00 Unexpended Balance 4,696.30 Receipts Tuition: Bedford Burlington Lincoln Billerica Other $9,478.19 10,076.43 57.91 135.00 260.00 $232,179.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Americanization Vocational Education General School Fund State Wards City of Boston Rent Miscellaneous Net Expenditure for 1932 140.55 585.83 18,080.00 2,624.56 369.20 47.00 114.22 7 $ AtiNI:AI, SODOM R1['ORT 41,968.89 '8185,513.81 ■ The net cost of education to the town was further reduced by 35,742.92, the amount contributed by school employees from July 1, 1932, to December 81, 1932. SCI-tOOL COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION Chairman JAMES STUART SMITH, 4 Percy Road 'Fel. Lex. 0018 (Term Expires Manch, 1934) Secretary RANDALL B. HOUGHTON, 16 Oakland Street - . Tel. Lex. 0388-M (Term Expires March, 1931 Treasurer MINNIE A. GLYNN, 56 Hancock Street Tel. Lex. 1552 (Term Expires March, 1933) Superintendent of Schools THOMAS S. GRINDLE, 29 Bloomfield Street . . Tel. Lex. 0165-W Office: High School Building, Tel. Lex. 0277 Secretary to the Superintendent HAZEL W. HARGROVE, 3058 Massachusetts Avenue . Tel. Lex. 0118 Regular meetings of this School Committee are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month in the High School Building. TowOF LEXINGTON LEXINGTON PARENT -TEACHER ASSOCIATION Officers of Council PRESIDENT Mrs. William Potter VICE-PRESIDENTS Mrs. Hugh McLellan, Mrs. Fletcher Tart SECRETARY Mrs. Hugh E. Leonard Treasurer Mrs. George Wheaton Directors of Local Branches ADAMS SCHOOL FRANKLIN SCHOOL Mrs. Luther R. Putney Mrs. Earl S. Archibald HANCOCK SCHOOL . . Mrs. Clarence R. Hopkins MUNROE SCHOOL Mrs, Margaret Jackson PARKER SCHOOL Mrs. Frederick B. James JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL . . Mrs. Chauncey Woodward SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL . . Mrs. William D. Milne 1933 School Calendar School Opens, Tuesday, January 3. Closes, Friday, February 17. Opens, Monday, February 27. Closes, Thursday, April 13. Opens, Monday, April 24. Closes, Friday, June 23. Opens, September 11. Closes, December 21. Holidays Memorial Day, May 3D. Columbus Day, October 12. Thanksgiving, November 30, December 1. School Hours Morning Session Afternoon Session Grades I-11 8:45 to 11:30 1:30 to 3:16 Grades III—VI 8:45 to 12:00 1:30 to 3:15 Grades VII—XII 8:10 to 1:50 10 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT ROSTER OF TEACHERS IN LEXINGTON SCHOOLS Name Manfred L. Warren Irving F. Sherwood David Hartwell Chester A. Neilsen George V. Perry Amy Campbell Alice B. Crowe Greta F. Dyes Anne L. Forsyth Grace P. French Bertha V. Hayward Margaret S. Holmes Margaret Jenness Cora D. Leighton Helen I. McIntyre Elsa W. Regestein Lillian M. Spidle Marion C. Strode Ruth A. Walcott Dorothy A. Burke Merrill F. Nor]in Philip M. Caughey Benjamin J. Hill Arnold W. Lunt Gladys M. Anderson Beatrice T. Cummings Eunice R. Harvey Harriet J. Hodgkins Betty King Helen A. McDuffee Annie M. Nickerson Dorothy Perkins ' SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Subjects Taught Princpal Asst. Princ., Science English Commercial Geog., and Commercial Commercial Mathematics Science k uglish Science History English French Latin History Mathematics Commercial English French Clerk JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Princpal History Bus. Train., Science Science Ane. History, Civics English Geography English English Latin History English, French Years in Lex - Where Educated ington Bowdoin College 5 N. H. State College 7 Harvard College 2 Northeastern Univ. 3 Tufts College 3 Burdett College 4 Univ. of Vermont 1 Radcliffe College 2 Smith College 11 Wellesley College 21 University of Maine 14 Tufts College 4 Earlham College 3 Radcliffe College 14 Boston University 5 Mt. Holyoke College 24 Salem T. C. 2 Wheaton College Wellesley College 12 2 Wesleyan University Bowdoin College Bridgewater T. C. Boston University Bridgewater T. C. Bridgeviater T. C. Bridgewater T. C. GIoucester Training Bridgewater T. C. Boston University Salem T. C. Bridgewater T. C. 6 4 1 4 8 5 s 12 3 3 5 1 Name Muriel A. Rollins Edna L. Stone Blanche L. WhelpieY JUNIOR Edward E. Abell Grace Benne A. Irving Dodge Robert Proctor Doris Flint Marion L. Cronan Dorcas S. Nason Chester Cook Flora R. Hall Margaret L. Lyman B. Marion Brooks Helen E. Sullivan .Etta M. Taylor Harriet E. Dryer Clara A. Anderson Marion E. White Marjorie Osgood. Ruth C. Childs Edna F. Harding Elsie M. Philbrick EIizabeth Barnes TOWN OF LEXINGTON 1.1 Grade Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics Where Educated AND SENIOR HIGH Physical Education Physical Education Manual Arts _+ianual Arts Household Arts Household Arts Librarian Music.( Part time) ADAMS SCHOOL Principal Grade I II 1I III IIT&IV IV v V & IV VI Opportunity Bldg. Assistant Years in Lex- ington Moses Brown School 6 Gorham Normal 4 Salem T. C. 17 SCHOOLS Springfield Training 3 Boston Sch. Phys. Ed. 4 Mass. State Course 4 Fitchburg T. C. 7 Framingham T. C. 1 Framingham T. C. .... Bridgewater T. C. 3 N. E. Cons. of Music 3 Gorham Normal Oneonta Normal Keene Normal Fitchburg T. C. Voohree's Normal Keene Normal Gorham Normal Keene Normal Keene Normal Hyannis T. C. Bridgewater T. C. Presque Isle Normal Boston University FRANKLIN SCHOOL Margaret A. Keefe Principal & VI Bertha Vik Grade I Reba E. Vail II Mary E. Kelley III Josephine Manchester IV Mildred Ferguson V Vivian C. Vase Gertrude A. Greene Jennie F. Blodgett Arlene E. Rowe Keene Normal Salem T. C. Farmington Normal Framingham T. C. Gorham Normal North Adams T. C. HANCOCK SCHOOL Principal Aroostook State Normal Grade I Bridgewater T. C. II Bridgewater T. C. III Leslie School 6 5 1 4 19 4 3 2 2 1 3 7 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 4 38 6 12 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT Name M. Adelaide MacDonald Neva G. Mitchell Margaret B. Noyes Harriet S. French Helen Henderson Olive M. Strangman Mabel E. Wheeler Marjorie E. Hartt Katherine Hennessy Lida B. Kelley Florence Ricker Mary A. Hallaren Grace M. Kilfoile Sara Suttill Ruth E. Morrison Helen M. Sullivan Elizabeth L. Call Alice T. Farrand Marion M. Marston Martha H. Leino Martha L. Lane Vera T. Blinkhorn Name Barbara Bevin Evelyn Blain ire Helen Spooner Elinore Welch Grade III & IV IV V VI Bldg. Assistant MUNROE Principal & VI Grade I II 111 IV V Opportunity Opportunity Bldg. Assistant PARKER Principal & VI Grade I II II & III III IV V V & VI Where Educated Machias Normal Quincy Training Bridgewater T. C. North Adams T. C. Lowell T. C. SCHOOL Framingham T. C. Plymouth Normal Framingham T. C. Salem T. C. Castine Normal Fitchburg T. C. Lowell T. C. Salem T. C. Bridgewater T. C. Years in Lex- ington 3 30 16 18 7 2 3 15 5 4 3 1 SCHOOL Plymouth Normal 10 Bridgewater T. C. Farmington Normal 6 Worcester T. C. 1 Machias Normal 2 Fitchburg T. C. 3 Gloucester Training 13 Lowell T. C. 1 SPECIAL TEACHERS Subjects 'Taught Physical Education Penmanship, Art Music Art Years in Lex - Where Educated 1ngton Boston Sch. Phys. Ed. 3 Bridgewater T. C. 2 Framingham T. C. 6 New School of Design 3 SCHOOL PHYSICIANS Dr. W. L. Barnes, 1657 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington . Tel. Lex. 0410 Dr. Doris Kendrick, 177 Bedford SL, Lexington . . . Tel. Lex. 0987 SCHOOL NURSE AND ATTENDANCE OFFICER Elsie G. Weltch, 93 Whitney Road, Medford . . . Tel. Mystic 3209-J TOWN OF LEXINGTON 13 SCHOOL DENTIST Dr. E. E. Morrill, 69 Harding Road, Lexington . . Tel. Lex. 0968 (Dental Clinic conducted by the Dental Clinic Committee in Cooperation with the School Department) AMERICAAIIZATION TEACHER Gladys M. Anderson, 6 Belfry Terrace, Lexington . . Tel. Lex. 0265-M CARETAKERS OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS Arthur J. Rocque, 41 Grant St., Lexington Walter Brenton, Marrett Road, Lexington William .T. Gorman, 6 Grant St., Lexington William J. Kenealy, 15 Bedford St., Lexington ADAMS SCHOOL Cleseon Schofield, 11 Pleanant St., Lexington FRANKLIN SCHOOL Woodbury M. Philbrook, Grassland St., Lexington HANCOCK SCHOOL Thomas F. Cavanaugh, 201 Grant SL, Lexington MIUNROE SCHOOL Dennis H. Collins, 4 Cottage St., Lexington PARKER SCHOOL Charles A. Manley, 67 Woburn St., Lexington 1 14 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To THE MEMBERS OF THE LEXINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE: I, herewith, submit my report of the Lexington Public Schools for the year ending December 31, 1932. The schools have enjoyed a year of real progress with no serious disturbances to affect their results. The increase in en- rollment of thirty pupils is the smallest for years. This in- crease is practically confined to the Senior High School. The number of changes in the teaching force is less than formerly due to fewer changes in general, and to the fact that four teaching positions were eliminated by consolidating cer- tain classes. Many teachers have taken professional courses during the year. The generous co-operation between the parents, citizens and the teachers has been most apparent and gratifying. The schools have been sympathetic to the needs of those children who are enduring hardships under present conditions. Their hardships are perhaps more apparent to the teachers than is often realized. Gifts of food and clothing thru funds donated by the Teachers' Club, the Parent-Teacher Associa- tion and individuals have been of material help. The problem of the public schools at the present moment may be concisely stated in these words, "increased responsibil- ity, decreased resources." The position of many publicly sup- ported organizations, and especially the public schools, is just the reverse of most private organizations. While the demand and supply of the latter have shown a decrease. the demands of the public schools are continually increasing. The respon- sibilities are greater because of the unusual number of pupils remaining in school due to the depression. In practically every community young men and young women are remaining in school to prepare themselves for opportunities that will pre- sent themselves when more prosperous times return. It is well TOWN OF LEXINGTON 15 that they do so. If the ratio of school enrollment to school pop• ulation prevailing in 1920 existed today, nearly two million additional young people would be competing for jobs. The need for rigid economy in public expenditures is ob- vious to all who understand the present economic conditions. This economy should be secured, however, by an intelligent survey of the entire field before any drastic changes are made. We believe the schools are willing to face conditions as they exist. We object only to attempts of false economy, economy which will be costly to the children now attending schools. and to those who will attend in the future. It is inevitable that during such an economic depression the public schools should be criticized, often without any sound basis for such criticism. "Our present educational system unfits young people to deal with actual necessities. It takes away self-reliance, begets conceit and draws attention to what is ornamental rather than what is fundamental." This is from a newspaper editor- ial of 1884. It may he a shock for solue to learn that the schools of the "good old days when I was a boy" were so bad. It is un- fortunate that we cannot all have the experience of living for a little time in each generation. Then we would know that at- tacks on the public schools are not new. Since its beginning the public school has been the subject of just such sweeping at- tacks as the one quoted above. Yet it has thrived, none the less. It has become more efficient, opening wider its doors to greater numbers of children and gaining generally in public esteem. It might be well to consider briefly some facts concerning the public schools; facts perhaps known to all of us. but worthy of some consideration in the appraisal of our modern educational system. What are some of the merits and achieve- ments of the public schools? THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IS FOR ALL THE CHILDREN OF ALL THE PEOPLE This is not true everywhere. Most countries have two schools systems. One for those who are to rule and one for the ruled. A child's educational opportunities are determined largely by his social position. There is complete education for those of high birth and a meager elementary training for the low -born. In America the plan is different. Our ideal, even if 16 ANNUAL SCHOOL RETORT not always realized, is "what the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all its children." This ideal is of recent origin. In early times few could obtain a first-rate education who were unable to pay tuition. That time has passed. Exceptional is the community, today, that does not maintain free schools to which parents may be proud to send their children. Whatever our individual opinion may be concerning the merits of the public school system, we cannot minimize the fact that public education is one of the major functions of our government and most essential to its maintenance. Nearly one-fourth of the total population of our commun- ities is served by our school systems. It is a system that con- tinues without our power to arrest it. Regardless of prosper- ity or depression, children are born and grow and must have their opportunities, so despite the depression schools are con- stantly growing in numbers. As a basic function of our social order, it deserves the most serious and reasoned consideration. THERE HAS BEEN A MARKED INCREASE IN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE The number of children which the schools are required to serve has increased because of the following reasons: (1) Raising the age of compulsory school attendance, (2) Increas- ed regularity of attendance, (3) General increase in popula- tion and (4) Greater number of children of school age actual- ly attending school. The last cause is outstanding. The large percent of increase in school attendance, especially in the high schools. over the general population increase in the country is not often realized by the public generally. Tracing the growth of the United States from 1913-1914 to 1930 the number of children of school age increased 21..4% while the number of these children who actually attended school was increased 34%. During this same period, while our population bad increased 21.4% and our entire school en- rollment 34%, the increase in high school enrollment had jumped 216%. Comparing the school growth of Lexington during the same period, we find the following facts: TOWN OF LHEINETON 17 1913-1933 Enrollment 1912-1914 1922-1923 1832-1932 Per cent Increase High School 225 323 744 High School 230% Grade I—VIII 766 1260 1111 Grade I -VII 123% 991 1583 2455 Total 148% These figures show that (1) the total increase in our school enrollment has been much greater than the average for the entire country. (2) That while our high school enrollment shows a decided jump, it had not increased in the same propor- tion over the elementary grades as in the country at large. These two facts are due largely to the rapid growth in Lexing- ton since 1914, and to the fact that a much larger percent of its school population has always attended high school than in many communities. This nation wide increase in high school enrollment is one of the greatest social movements in our history. It has added enormously to the task entrusted to the schools. HIGHER STANDARDS NOW PREVAIL IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION The standards of requirements for entering the teaching profession have been materially raised during recent years. Formerly teaching was regarded much more as a stepping stone to some other life work than as a profession in itself. Previous to the world war (1913) teachers' salaries were la- mentably Iow. No group of workers for which figures are available, then received so low an income. Salaries were then based on the assumption that the teacher must work dnring the longer vacations or receive part of her compensation by way of living at home. The educational requirements in many instances were limited to a high school training. But recent years have seen a change in the requirements for teachers. Two years of training at a normal school or teachers college have been the standard for grade teachers and a four year college course the standard for high school teach- ers. There is now a movement to require three or four years' training in all state teachers colleges and to demand added educational courses of all high school teachers. Another im- portant factor in raising the standards of the profession is the interest in advanced study by teachers already in the service. These advanced requirements will have two decided ad- vantages. First, they will furnish elementary teachers with a 18 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT broader and enriched background. Second, they will furnish secondary school teachers with professional training in educa- tional methods in addition to their academic training. The need of properly trained teachers has always been ap- parent. To secure such teachers is not always an easy matter. Failure to raise teachers' salaries, because of the loss in pur- chasing power of the dollar around 1920, caused during the following years a rapid decrease in the supply of teachers. Thousands of the best left teaching for more remunerative activities. Higher salaries since 1920 have resulted in increased attendance at teachers' training institutions and a greater supply of teachers. It is the common impression that there is an over supply of teachers. 14'hile it is true that there is an over supply of people who are willing to keep school, yet there is no over supply of superior experienced teachers. The present. over supply of candidates can he traced large- ly to the extra number of recent graduates of training schools and colleges, and also to the large group of former teachers who left for more lucrative positinlis. bot are unw temporarily without employment. • Every person who graduates from a training school 1'or teachers is not always a good teacher, any more than every graduate of ai medical school is if good doctor or every grad- uate of a law school is a goon lawyer. The doctor, the lawyer or the teacher can be called good only after he has success- fully proved himself. In this present period of finatu•iral depression when all items of public expenditure are being scrutinized carefully the public 8110111(1 realize that a good teacher in the classroom pro- vides more elements essential to a good 8c•11001 than all other factors combined. The only time when it is possible to elevate the standards for admission to teaelling is a time like the present, when more people desire to teach than can be sup- plied with positions. ft is our present task to insist that only the best material available be accepted and that the financial reward for this service compare favorably with its obligations. THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM HAS CHANGED TO MEET PRESENT NEEDS Education like everything else changes as time passes. A fallacy which often creeps in and warps our thinking is that the average citizen thinks of school in terms of the school which he attended years ago. Twenty-five years ago few owned TOWN Or LEXINGTON 19 automobiles and none dreamed of radios or airships. Now all three are common to everyday life. The quarter of a century just passed has witnessed an enormous change in every walk of life and the school has had to change ton. The little red school was a fine thing in its day, so also was the old oaken bucket, the family horse and the eandle, but times have changed. The critics of modern education attack most frequently the so-called "frills." These are supposed to include those sub- jects most recently added to the curriculum; namely, Drawing, Music, Shopwork, Household Arts and Health Work. It should be re -called that English, Geography and History were once classified as "frills". It is unsound reasoning to assume that the newer subjects are necessarily the unimportant ones.. First let us look around to see if some of the older subjects may have lost part of ,their value in relation to modern stan- dards of living. They who contrast the modern school cur- riculum with that of the past and criticize the changes as "frills" fail to realize that all social agencies must change to meet new conditions. "It would be as reasonable to classify bathtubs, good roads, telephones and electric lights as "frills". Annual reports of recent years have discussed in detail the curriculum changes of the present day school. Schools change as social needs demand it. The schools today cannot return to the meager curriulum of the three Ws of pioneer days unless they also turn the hands of the cultural clock backwards. If we wish to produce a generation able to meet the needs of the complex age confronting them, we cannot afford to neglect the teaching of such subjects as health, the social studies, the sciences, industrial arts and fine arts. The twentieth century has given us a new conception as to the function of the public schools. Formerly the work of the school was complete when the child had attained the ability to write a legible hand, to read and to perform simple ma- thematical calculations. Today the child acquires the valu- able skills known as the three R's and becomes proficient in them as he applies them in the study of such subjects as Hy- giene, History, Civics, Science, Music and Art. Through these subjects he comes into possession of habits of thought and action that mold his character for public service. One of the public school's greatest virtues is its flexibility. The American public schools' ability to modify its organiza- tion and curriculum stands out unique in educational history. The public school is recognizing that the educational method :20 ANNUAL SCHOOL REl'ORT which satisfied the eighteenth century will not do for the twentieth. He who condemns the school for its efforts to adapt its organization, methods and course of study to the needs of an age of rapid change condemns the school for its greatest virtues. "A static school in a dynamic civilization soon loses its influence." INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN ARE NOW MORE CONSIDERED To adapt the work of the school to the needs and abilities ,-of the individual pupil has been one of the outstanding ad- vances in education during the past few years. It has materi- ally altered the general plan of education_ That children differ in ability has long been known, but since means have now been 'devised for measuring the comparative interest and abilities of school children the need of fitting the school to the indiv- idual child has become more apparent. In the old days this problem was not so acute. Children who had no interest or who required a longer period of time to complete their courses did not remain long in school. Some came scarcely at all. The schools were primarily for the brighter pupils. If a pupil could not keep up, he was rather -encouraged to drop out. Today a far-reaching change has taken place. The average citizen now believes that education is the road to success, and wishes it for all his children. Laws have been passed which compel all children to attend school, and the product of the 'modern school is expected to equal or excel that of twenty-five years ago when only the bright children remained in school. Manifestly this change has involved difficulties. To meet them the schools have arranged and enlarged their curriculum to allow more concern for the variations in the nature of children and a better understanding of their needs. A great amount of time and thought has been given to this problem in Lexington. Professional courses relating to this work have been taken by our teachers and in teachers' meet- ings there have been discussions of its different phases. For neveral years all through the system, teachers have been en- couraged to study their pupils as individuals. It may he said that the Lexington teachers have a great amount of informa- tion relating to the capacities, home environments and inter- est of their individual pupils. TowN os LEXINGTON 21 HEALTH WORK HAS A DEFINITE PLACE IN THE SCHOOL The physical well being of the Lexington children has re- ceived a great amount of attention. Our school buildings in general measure up to the required standards of light, heating and ►•entilation. Playgrounds are supplied for all our grade schools. A program of physical education reaches all the child- ren in the schools and all these classes are held in the open when possible. Proper lunch facilities are maintained for the pupils of the Junior and Senior High Schools. In the grade schools a mid-morning lunch of milk, or cocoa and crackers is provided. Undernourished children are checked and watched by the school nurse. The physical condition of every child is studied by the school physicians and school nurse and notice of defects is sent to the parents. This work is supplemented by visits to the home by the school nurse. Other agencies outside the direct control of the schools which are of value in raising our health standards are the Dental Clinic, Posture Clinic, Pre -School Clinic and the dif- ferent clinics maintained by the State Department of Public Heal th. An important part of our general health program which is little understood by many parents is the extra curricular activities carried on after school hours. As far as space and equipment permit, every boy and girl is urged to take part in some form of athletics. Teams are planned for all. During the fail and spring a large percentage of the boys and girls en- gage in some athletic games carried on out-of-doors. The pro- gram during the winter months is curtailed because most of the work is ]irnited to the gymnasium. These activities are un- der the supervision of the physical training teachers and mem- bers of the school faculty. and should be encouraged by all parents. The complete program of health for the children of Lex- ington should be considered in terms of what the town is do- ing through the School Committee, the Playground Committee and the other agencies as mentioned above. WHAT THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IS DOING Mention has already been made of the rapidly increased enrollment in secondary schools. In view of this fact the fol - 22 ANNEAL SCHOOL REPORT lowing report from the Principal of the Senior High School is of interest. "In these days when there are fewer opportunities for a boy or girl to get work, and when everyone believes they should complete their high school coarse, more pupils than ever are remaining in school. This statement is accepted as true by all, but few realize the extent of this rapid increase in enrollment., or the new problems it brings to the school. Let us look first at the growth of our high school. When the present new building was erected (1925) there were 482 in the Junior High and 333 in the Senior High. There are now 552 in the Junior High and 550 in the Senior High. This shows two significant facts: (1) The Senior High School has in. creased 64% in the last seven years, while the Junior High School has increased 14 % ; and (2) the two echools with three grades in each, are practical]y'the same in size at the present time. This indicates how many more boys and girls are re- maining in school through the Senior High years. The records of the Class of 1932 show the same thing: nearly seven -eighths of those who entered the Senior High School stayed to corn- plete their course. The growth is also shown by the sizes of the graduating classes since 1926: 88, 89, 81, 93, 113, 126, 146 and there are now 174 Seniors. These facts bring clearer to our attention the rapid growth of our Senior High School in recent years. Some of the causes and results of this growth in the upper grades of our school system are not bard to understand. We hear a great deal about machinery having been developed, re- placing men in industry and making it unnecessary for men to work as many hours as they slid formerly. Industry has no place for youth of high school age. The school has to accept them and provide a suitable education. "Whether we favor it or not," says Dr. William U. Carr, Director of Research, N. P. A., "the social forces about us appear certain to increase the demand for school opportunities." We will not go back to hand labor. We do not expect children to work and let their parents retire. Yet, it would be injurious to the children, and to society, to permit them to remain idle until there is a place for them in industry. They must be taken care of by our schools for the sake of their menta], moral and physical wel- fare. in recent years the schools have been saddled with bur- dens they were never before expected to carry; they have been given problems to settle that the home, society and even the church have been unable to take care of, and at the sante time TOWN of LEXINGTON 23 have been flooded with numbers of boys aiid girls as never be- fore. Let us consider juat what the school should do for these pupils who are now reniainiug in school instead of going to work. For the most part they are not interested in the tradi- tional subjects taught in the traditional way. For the most part those traditional subjects are of little value to them edu- cationally, because they either cannot or will not, apply their minds to profit from such studies as languages or mathematics. The school can no longer say, "These are t]ie subjects that educated people have studied and you must also study them". For, so long as the school takes that attitude it bas within its walls many dissatisfied and restless youngsters who are wast- ing their time and the taxpayers' money. Membership in the high school is no longer limited to those wlio plan to enter col- lege; two-thirds of its members are unable financially to attend college, or do not wish to go, or are unable to do the work of such a restricted program. "We now think of the high school as a place to train the young for membership in the home and in society, and they demand a broad training and a wide range of opportunities for slow, normal and gifted children", states Arthur B. Lord of the State Department of Education. "We cannot evaluate educational results wholly by academic learn- ing, but must also consider the progress of the child's indiv- idual abilities, interest aiid habits." Thus, we see that the great increase in the number of pupils, a large proportion of whom are of a new type, has brought to teachers the task of conducting classes of young people not interested in the traditional subjects. What should the teachers do? Make them interested? Teachers have tried to make dry, meaningless, unsuited studies interesting to them. 'I'liose who have thought it out have decided that the children were not all wrong, but there was need of a change in the sub- ject matter offered them. Hence, many new subjects have been offered, bringing to the pupils the new bodies of knowledge that have been developed along scientific, social, civic, econ- omic, commercial and vocational lines. "Modern life has com- pelled the curriculum to grow. Pupils uninterested in the traditional subjects have demanded new programs of instruc- tion", says Dr. Charles H. Tndd (University of Chicago). This enlarged program has had to be made hurriedly, without the guidance of one fixed educational philosophy and without the refining influence of experience. It is changing in details all the time and improving as we see more clearly what is the nature of the complicated and little understood law ANNUAL SCHOOL Rut ORT material with which the schools have to deal and what are the uses of the finished products the schools are supposed to turn out. If one stops to think how different all the youngsters are who attend a single school and then how uncertain their future needs are, one may beginto understand the task before the school today. At the same time that the schools have been providing a broader education for those who do not plan to go to college. they have continued to provide college preparation for increas- ing nu nbers of pupils. College entrance requirements have been forced higher by the number of candidates for entrance. yet among those wlio would like to go to college, many lack the intellectual habits and abilities needed to meet the entrance requirements. The fact mast be recognized that not all who can afford ai college education have the kind of mind, or the studious habits, required to do college work. The Senior High Seliools hears the brunt of the task of getting pupils into college whether they are competent or doubtful, and whether they prepare their lessons regularly and well, or seldom and partially. ?More are entering college slain ever before and their good work is attested by the statements of college authorities. Edward Angdy writes (Readers' Digest) December, 1932, "All the various university presidents I. have talked with in reeeut months have agreed that the collegian of today is a wiser, so- berer and more adult fellow than his daddy before hint." Pres- ident Hopkins of I)artinouth said, "In straightforwardness, in un]iypoeritical honesty, in cleanness of thought and integrity of action, in aspiration and idealism, the like of our college youth has not been seen before." And in the Harvard .]room Bulletin (December. ON) we find, "Everybody agrees that the average Harvard undergraduate does more work now than lie did a decade ago, and does it more intelligently." It is evi- dent to all that great numbers of students are today success- fully meeting the Higher entrance regliireinents and higher standards of our colleges. We have, therefore, seen the need to broaden the program of the high school to meet the demands of the new type of pupils who are attending in such great numbers, while at the same time preparing those who wish to enter college. What changes have been made in the courses in our school? The subjects in the College Course are practically the same as they were twenty years ago, but in teaching them allowances have to he made for many differences between pupils. There are those who do not intend to go to college, but who wish to study "college" subjects.. Whenever it is possible, these pu- TOWN OF LEXINGTON 25 pils are put in classes separate from those preparing for col- lege examinations and they follow a more flexible outline of subject matter which may fit their needs and abilities better than the restricted college entrance requirements. In the last few years the Commercial Course has been broadened, but not increased. Those who wish to may study Shorthand and Typing, but in place of three years of Rook - keeping we offer a study of : (1) elementary business practice; (.!) the fundamentals of business organization, salesmanship. and advertising: and (3) the duties of many kinds of clerks. Since business is now so specialized and so much is done by various office n►acliines, we do not attempt to train for definite positions, but we try to give a general background upon which to build later. Drawing, Music and Domestic Science, and Sewing have been on the program for many years. We now have one class in Drawing t]iat meets four days a week. Our orchestra meets three periods a week. Domestic Science and Sewing were ex- temled when the new building was erected, but have been cut flown in the Senior Hie School recently to one class each day and four other groups meeting once a week. The Manual Arts for the Senior High School started with the new building in 1923 and have been increased gradually until now we have one class in woodworking and one in metal working each day. Mechanical drawing and Shop Mathematics are correlated with these. The program offered in our schools is similar to the offer- ings of other towns of our type in t]iis vicinity. English is a required subject for all pupils. We urge pupils to study science and a history each year, because it is generally agreed that these studies are needed by young people who are to beeoune in- telligent citizens. A recent investigation showed that a larger proportion of our pnipls study science and history than is the ease in most schools. While a small number of our pupils are taking subjects for which they lack special interest or ability, yet the great majority are pursuing studies they find interest- ing and profitable, and they are developing worthwhile char- acters and personalities. The number of classes in different subjects may he seen frons the table on page 32." CONCLUSION In planning our program for the present and near future it is necessary to observe the situation from a sane point of view. Present re -actions or short sighted economies that re - 26 ANNUAL. SCHOOL RErORT tard the effectiveness of any department will be as much critic- ized in the future, as alleged "fads" are criticized at the pres- ent time. Economy must be practised in education as in all other activities. The policy of the Department is to maintain the schools on as economical a basis as possible and still to main- tain a high standard of efficiency. Public education has ex- perienced similar conditions in the seventies and again in the nineties. From each of these major depressions the schools have emerged with greater effectiveness. Much has been said in recent years regarding progressive education. The Lexington schools have never gone beyond the limits of the hest conservative procedure in modern education. Certain activities which other towns are now curtailing or eliminating have never been permanently installed in Lexing- ton. Examples of these are vocational courses in shop work in the senior high school and printing in the junior high school. We have be=lieved that sound progressive procedure does not in- dicate a hasty acceptance of every new partially proved meth- od. It recorxrntends, rather, that we hold fast to that which is proved until we find evidence of its worthlessness and until we have something of known value with which to replace it. The real leaders and thinkers believe more than ever in the value of the schools as a social stabilizer. Despite opposi- tion public education is essentially sound and ready to meet -the serious problems of the future, better than ever before. In closing I wish to express my appreciation to all mem- bers of the department for their cooperation and to the citizens who have in any way assisted the schools. It is a pleasure to record the hearty support of your Committee. All such co- operation is greatly appreciated by every member of the School Department. January 16, 1932 Respectfully submitted, THOMAS S. GRINDLE, Superintendent of Schools. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 27 EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORTS OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIANS AND SCHOOL NURSE SCHOOL PHYSICIANS "Physical Examinations Defects noted: Nose and Throat: Enlarged or diseased tonsils 190 Tonsils removed 91 Enlarged cervical glands 172 Heart 89 *Teeth: Carious Eyes: Defective vision Corrected *Ears: Defective bearing Under treatment Not Vaccinated Immunization against Diphtheria: June, 1932—Schick Test: Results --Positive 12 Negative 105 Pseudo 1 Total 118 November, 1932—Toxin antitoxin admin- istered to 740 70 32 77 18 28 198 2,307 * The examination of teeth in the elmentary grades was done by the Dental Hygienist and the test for defective hearing, with the use of the audiometer, was conducted by the School Nurse. At the present day Diphtheria is a preventable disease. In spite of this fact, we have had several cases of Diphtheria in Lexington this fall. This disease has occurred entirely in per- sons not immunized to Diphtheria, either because of prejudice against the process or ignorance of its benefits. With closer cooperation of the parents with health recommendations, the children of Lexington could be thoroughly protected against this dreaded, and at the present, disgraceful disease. The same holds true in the case of Smallpox. We, for- tunately, have had no cases in Lexington, but there are still outbreaks of Smallpox in not far distant communities—all in unvaccinated persons. ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT Our aim is not only to cure and correct disease, but to pre- vent disease in so far as is possible. To this purpose we strong- ly urge the co-operation of the parents and teachers." SCHOOL NURSE School hygiene is but one part of a program to produce mentally and physically sound human beings. The school tries to give the child the best surroundings in which to work; good light, air, ventilation and cleanliness. The school nurse, with the help of the teachers, looks after the health work, trying to keep each child in the best physical contrition which is so essential for good school work. Before the child enters school, he should have a physical xaminatioi] by the family physician or Well-(hild Clinic and have all defects corrected. This starts hint in school in the best physical condition. About 50% of our children entering school for the first time this year had their examivation and many defects corrected. Why can't it be 100 % ? Pln•sical examinations by the school doctors were made this fall and notices of defects sent to the homes. The nurse visits all homes where the child has a serious defect. The State Tubercular Clinic made us their yearly visit. Children were given a physical examinatiou and X -Rays taken. Three children were so much improved that they were dis- charged. We have only a small group left. With the use of the audiometer we found many children with defective hearing. These cases had not been discovered by the old method of testing. In November three treatments of toxin -anti -toxin, oue week apart, is given to any child or adult that wishes to take itto prevent Diphtheria. ]:n May, six months later, the Schick test is given to these children to see if they have become im- mune. This year 198 children were given the toxin -anti -toxin. The Schick test was given last May to 118 children that. had been immunised and all hut 12 were found immune. We have had seven cases of diphtheria this year which is very unusual, but the records show that these children had not been treated with toxin -anti -toxin. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 29 In December an eye clinic was held at the Adams School. Dr. Ruggles, of Boston, had charge. There were 14 children present. Many bonne visits have been made this year. This is one of the most important parts of school nursing. By getting in close touch with the family there is a much better understand- ing between the home and the school. At this time when so inany are in financial difficulty- the nurse can find many ways in which to help after a home visit. With the help of the different organizations of the town, we have been able to given plenty of free milk atschool, help the families with having defects corrected such as eyes and tonsils. With aid from the Teachers' Club we have been able to help inany children with warm clothes, shoes and rubbers. Child health day which comes in May is the goal we set to have all defects corrected as far as possible. Tags are given to those that earn thein. The following is the results: Physically Fit 265 Teeth 810 Improvement 673 We had six IOD % rooms for perfect teeth. In order to make a success of health work in the schools we must have the co-operation of the parents as well as the teachers and principals. Number of children inspected In school 11. fa given first aid excluded from school home visits children inspected at home " taken to clinics 7724 228 154 692 78 14" 30 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT TEACHERS' RESIGNATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND TRANSFERS -1932 Name Frances Fraser Mary C. O'Brien Ethelyn Haslam wary Chambers Elizabeth Simpson Helen 14. Nelson Olive Walmsley Sophia Szopa Gertrude C. O'Brien Name Marion C. Strode Doris Flint Elizabeth Barnes Helen Henderson Sara Suttfll Helen M. Sullivan Name Elsie M. Philbrick Grace M. KiIfoile Marion E. White Mildred Ferguson RESIGNATIONS Sober)] Date Senior High June 22, 1932 Junior High June 22, 1932 Senior -Junior High June 22, 1932 Adams School June 22, 1932 Adams School June 22, 1932 Adams School June 22, 1932 Franklin School April 1, 1932 Munroe School June 22, 1932 Parker School June 22. 1932 APPOINTMENTS School Senior High Senior -Junior High Adams School Hancock School Munroe School Parker School Date Sept. 12, 1932 Sept. 12, 1932 Sept. 12, 1932 Sept. 12, 1932 Sept. 12, 1932 Sept. 12, 1922 TRANSFERS From To Junior High Adams School Franklin School Munroe School Hancock School Adams School Parker School Franklin School PRIZES ---1932 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Robert P. Clapp Oral Essay PrizeJackson H. Cook Robert P. Clapp Written Essay Anita Pring George O. Smith Essay Prize Doris Dalrymple Robert W. Hannam TOWN OF LEXINGTON Hallie C. Blake Prizes Sally B. Kimball Edward A. Readel. French Scholarship Medals First, Martha Nichols Tie, Warren Sherburne, Jr. Third, Wendell I. Lippe Washington and Franklin Medal Arthur J. Rocgiie, Jr. American Legion Athletic MedalsHelen L. Archibald Edward A. Readel FRENCH SCHOLARSHIP MEDALS Junior High School 1. Edward Nichols 2. Helen Michelson 3. Virginia Horton Adams School 1. Ralph CateIdo 2. Edmund Donnelly 3. Barbara Putney Hancock School 1. A. Edward Rowse, 3rd 2. Margaret Montgomery 3. Richard S. Horton Munroe School 1. Margaret Wilson 2. Janice Wilkins 3. Ethel Dutka Parker School 1. Joseph Silva 2. Mary Lowe 3. Harvey Hamilton PUTNAM PRIZE Hancock School A. Edward Rowse, 3rd SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY COURSES October, 1932 31 Business College General Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Total Sophomore 54 53 107 40 46 86 9 8 17 210 Junior 38 25 63 35 31 66 15 11 26 155 Senior 41 63 94 33 30 63 12 6 18 . 176 Post Grad 0 1 1 7 1 8 0 1 1 10 Total 133 132 265 115 108 223 36 26 62 550 These are approximate figures. When a pupil takes sub- jects from two courses he may be counted in either. 32 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT DISTRIBUTION OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS BY SUBJECTS Suhiects English No, of Classes No. of Pupils Grade Grade Grade Post Total X Xl XII Grad. 20 210 155 175 5 545 Languages: French 10 87 89 55 3 234 Latin 6 54 30 13 2 99 16 Social Studies: American History World History American Problems & Law Commercial Geography 6 175 2 177 3 95 95 3 90 90 4 125 125 - 16 Mathematics: Plane Geometry 3 84 1 85 Review Algebra (II) 2 62 3 65 Review Geometry 1 39 1 40 Solid & trigonometry 1 19 14 — 7 Sciences: College Physics with Lab3 25 2 27 Practical Physics 3 84 84 College Chemistry ---Lab3 24 17 41 General Chemistry 2 17 18 3 38 Biology 6 145 1 146 — 15 Commercial Subjects: Stenography 2 16 15 31 Typewriting 4 89 20 4 113 Bookkeeping 1 37 37 Clerical Training 2 58 58 Business Organization 2 51 51 Elements of Business 2 72 72 - 13 Non-academic subjects: Home Economics Manual Arts Freehand Drawing 4/wk Orchestra 3/wk. Gym. 2/wk. Total number 2 15 14 11 1 41 2 9 14 14 37 1 5 8 8 21 1 2 7 5 14 - 6 12 199 148 160 507 105 ThWNI OF LtXINOTOiti 33 ENROLLMENT IN LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS October, 1932 School Boys Girls Total Senior High School 286 264 550 Junior High School 294 268 562 Adams School 176 191 367 Franklin School 124 104 228 Hancock School 124 133 257 Munroe School 115 115 230 Parker School 145 126 271 Totals 1264 1191 2455 34 .A.NN UAL SCHOOL REPORT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ENROLLMENT -1932 IB10yd' m .s 1131.010.1U t110 2ulyisutssaaia .- Sulssn awoF7 Ivo I-110913 m allgowa3ny,-d SuvalsJ ,-r 2upslscuawoH M TOWN OF F,EXINGTON 35 36 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT MEMBERSHIP ATTENDANCE (Extract from School Returns to the State Department of Education School Year Ending June 30, 1932) Pupils Enrolled Elem. Jr. High Sr. High Total Boys 692 283 263 1,238 Girls 680 258 269 1,207 Total 1,372 541 532 2,446 Non -Resident Pupils (including State and City Wards) who attended the schools for not less than half the school year 30 85 124 189 Aggregate Attendance 218,149 91,120 88,224 397,493 Average Daify Attendance 1,236 500 485 2,221 Average Number of Days the Pub- lic Schools were in Session1763¢ 181 182 179 Average Membership 1,326 534 512 2,372 REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER Number of home calls 354 Number of truants 35 December 31, 1932 !p O N P N a .-1 .n al. Q Q �tee: v. r- el M t- M Q 4 N 46 m 0 +O 0 M 94;00 00 [+ A 01 G m v0 N d e .-1 - -4 ei 61. LO ▪ CO 1a <v 10 rn O � N 10 00 10 4.401 143-7 0 • N 006 N 10 �mHo`�oFutiltiaoly �E :oN mao ti oa tim Q w Ica 10 oo r-1 m e C et m m 0, r c� N ri - LA LV NP 1m q3 c. $ W Q Q . -[ .-1 00 05-60 CO ea kea ca ,-i v cu o� z». r+ H m CO N m OD 00 E. ,-1 Ra�wcpa o 0. N. t`oiedt- V. N N .. on ln4 1100 I 1q 6 H N r+ rd V d V y o0 i- 10 •M 7, N 'o m_ M O 10 C: 000.0N m 010 00 cn 0- m 00 10 ti Grand Totals INDEX Animal Inspector, Report of i.61 Appointed Town Officers 4 Appropriation Committee, Report of 116 Assessors, Report of 158 Building Inspector, Report of 156 Cemetery Commissioners, Report of 170 Committees Appointed 7 Committee Reports: Appropriation Committee 116 Committee on Lectures 129 Dental Clinic, Report of 172 Elected Town Officers 3 Fire Engineer, Report of 174 Forest Warden, Report of 176 Health Officer, Report of 177 Jury List 179 Library, Report of Trustees 158 " Investment 159 " Treasurer 161 " Librarian 163 Moth Superintendent, Report of 182 Planning Board, Report of 184 Plumbing Inspector, Report of 187 Police Department 188 Posture Clinic 191 Recount of Votes for Selectmen 27 Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of 194 Selectmen, Report of 146 Slaughtering Inspector, Report of 196 Superintendent of Parks, Report of 197 Superintendent of Public Works, Report of 210 Superintendent of Streets, Report of 215 Superintendent of Water and Sewer Dept., Report of 217 Tax Collector, Report of 229 Town Accountant, Report of Treasurer's Receipts 281 Departmental General Government 233 Municipal Indebtedness Expenditures Appropriation Accounts Balance Sheet Town Debt Trust Fund Accounts Director of Accounts Town Clerk, Report of Births Marriages Deaths Town Counsel, Report of Town Engineer, Report of Town Officers, List of Town Physician, Report of Town Records Warrant for Special Town Meeting. March 4, 1932 Special Town Meeting, MI�Iar•ch 4, 1932 Warrant for Town Meeting, March 7, 1932 Annual Town Election, March 7, 1932 Adjourned Town Meeting, March 21, 1932 Warrant for Presidential Primary, April 28, 1932 Presidential Primary, April 26, 1932 Warrant for Town Meeting, June 20, 1932 Special Meeting of Town Meeting Members of Pre- cinct Three Town Meeting, June 20, 1932 Amendment to Zoning Law Warrant for State Primary Primary Election Warrant for Town Meeting, October 31, 1932 Special Town Meeting, October 31, 1932 Warrant for State Election Presidential State Election Recount of Votes for Lieutenant Governor " " " Secretary of State Representative Election Town Treasurer, Report of .. Trustees of Bridge Charitable Fund 1932, Report of Trustees Cary Memorial Library, Report of Trustees of Public Trusts, Report of Wire Inspector, Report of 237 238 258 262 269 270 272 130 131 137 142 310 316 3 221 9 9 11 14 19 29 39 41 46 51 52 62 64 67 86 89 161 108 113 114 115 328 324 168 326 334 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Attendance Officer, Report of 35 Caretakers of Buildings and Grounds 13 Distribution of Senior High School Pupils by Subjects32 Enrollment in Public Schools, 1932 33 Financial Statement E Health Reports 27 Lexington School Savings 38 Membership Attendance 35 Parent-Teacher Association 9 Prizes, 1932 Senior High School 30 Roster of Teachers 10 School Committee for 1932, Report of 3 School Committee Organization 8 School Nurse, Report of 28 School Physicians, Report of 27 Senior High School Enrollment by Courses 31 Statement by the School Committee 4 Superintendent, Report of 14 Teachers' Resignations and Appointments, 1932 32 Vocational School Enrollment, 1932 34 What Our Graduates Are Doing 35