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Home My WebLink About1945-Annual ReportANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF Lexington, Massachusetts Year, 1945 SOMERVILLE PRINTING Co., INC. SOMERVILLE, MASS. LEXINGTON "The Birthplace of American Liberty" Population 1945 Census —14,452 Highest elevation — 380 feet above sea level Lowest elevation —110 feet above sea level Settled ---1642 — Cambridge Farms Incorporated as a Town — 1713 Valuation — X22,237,264.00 Tax Rate 1945 — $27.00 Area of Town in acres 10,650.42 Area of Town in miles 16.64 Extreme length in miles 5.$ Extreme width in miles 4.85 Public Streets Accepted 54.59 miles Private Streets Unaccepted 35.79 miles Paper __. 27.37 miles State Highways 10.84 miles Trunk Line Sewers 6.31 miles Street Sewers 17.33 miles Water Mains 71.83 miles Located 10.6 miles from Boston Well laid out Parks and Playgrounds Schools — Class A 4 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN OF LEXINGTON LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS MARCH, 1945 TO MARCH, 1946 • SELECTMEN Errol H. Locke, Chairman, '48 George W. Sarano,'48 George C. Sheldon, '46 William G. Potter, '47 A. Edward Rowse, '47 Town Clerk Town Treasurer Collector of Taxes School Committee Cemetery Commissioners Trustees of Public Trusts Moderator Constables Planning Board James J. Carroll, '46 James J. Carroll, '46 William S. Scammaa, '46 Tracy W, Acnes, Chairman, '46 Webster Thomas, '47 Mrs. George P. Morey, '48 James J. Walsh, Chairman, '48 John E. Gllcreas¢, '46 Albert H. Burnham, '47 Howard S. 0. Nichols, Chairman, '46 Thomas G. Lynab, '48 Clarence S. Walker, '55 Robert H. Holt, '46 John C. Russell, '46 Edward C. 1Vfagu3re, '46 Edwin B. Worthen, Jr., Chairman, '46 Donald E. Nickerson, '46 Gordon D. Richards, '47 Richard P. Cromwell, '47 Elmer C. Houdlette, '48 Clem H. Ferguson, '48 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Name A Charles T. Abbott Gilbert A. Arnold B William G. Barrett Henry Brask John Milton Brawn John E. Burbridge Gaetano But taro James B. Bushard C Lyon Carter John D. Collins Henry C. Cotton William F. Covl1 Ernest Cutter Richard P Cromwell D Thomas J. Donnelly, Jr. J. Henry Duffy E John F. Fuser F George E. Foster Malcolm R. Fuller John Fowle G Douglas T. Gleason Leon B. Garfield Frederick M. Gay Lincoln C. Grueb. PRECINCT ONE Add rens 26 Richard Road 3 Richard Road 28 Rawson Avenue 9 Robbins Road 8 Plymouth Road 62 Chase Avenue 837 Mass. Avenue 25 BRowker Street 39 Marrett Road 14 Chase Avenee 123 Marrett Road 30 Independence Avenue 127 Fallen Road 21 Sumnitt Road 16 Smith Avenue 25 Maple Street 877 Masa. Avenue 10 Plainfield Street 32 Independence Avenue 10 Independence Avenue 11 Robbins Road 368 Maas. Avenue 7 Robbins Road 10 Tower Road 5 Term Expires 1947 1946 1947 1946 1946 1947 1946 1946 1948 1947 1948 1947 1946 1947 1947 1947 1948 1947 /946 1946 1947 1947 1946 1946 6 TOWN OF LEXINGTON H Warren K. Hadley Winifred Lovering Holman Arnold E. Howard George M. Hynes Lloyd C. Harding J Edwin C. Johnson L Rena M. Lawson Harold S. Liddick Dorothy Lindsay Walter Longbottom Robert F. Lutz M Harold MacGilvray Clarence E. MacPhee Arthur F. Ma -soon Rufus L. McQuillan Charles B. Meek Edward L. Mears Eugene L. Morgan Lyle J. Morse James P. McCarthy R Aiden L. Ripley S Carl J. Samsel Clarence E. Smith John J. Sullivan s Drndle J. Vadeboncoeur W John A. WJleen Lewis L. Hoyt 488 Mass. Avenue 205 Pollen Road 14 Robbins Road 28 Locust Avenue 54 Tucker Avenue 14 Smith Avenue 151 Pollen Road 12 Plymouth Road 23.Rdblbins Road 16 independence Road 821 Mases. Avenue 12 Cary Street 14 Baker Avenue 46 Watertown Street 35 Tower Road 142 Marratt Road 5 Watson Road 20 Robbins Road 26 Locust Avenue 201 Follen Road 52 Pollen Road 15 Robbins Road 6 Pinewood Street 1116 Mass. Avenue 35 Brandon Street 62 Fern Street 1948 1948 1946 1946 1946 1948 1948• 1946 1948 1947 1948 1947 1947 1948 1947 1948 1947 1946 1946 1946 1948 1947 1948- 1948 1946 1948 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AT LARGE 30 Locust Avenue 1946 A Tracy W. Ames George H. Anker Harold C. Ashley ANNUAL REPORTS 7 PRECINCT TWO 8 TOWN OF LEXINGTON L Harold 13. Lamonl 20 Winthrop Road 1948 Elizabeth R. Lewle 2 Forest Street 1948 2 Highland Avenue 1947 Harold F. Lombard 23 Eliot Road 1948 364 Marrett Road 1947 39 Highland Avenue 1946 M Arthur H. McLearn 1387 Mase. Avenue 1946 B Jahn El. Murray 6 Highland Avenue 1947 Walter C. Ballard 8 Raymond Street 1948 Walter J. Murphy 27 Slocum Road 1947 (Tharles S. Beaudry 5 Raymond Street 1946 Walter G. Black 11 Highland Avenue 1946 P 1 George W. Butters 40 Highland Avenue 1947 Charlotte M. Pickering 12 Winthrop Road 1948 Marjorie Pierce 59 Forest Street 1946 C Mnrray Potter 19 Walnut Street 1948 William E. (7bamberlain 14 Eliot Road 1946 D Harold C. Denham Albert R. DeRoehn John H. Devine William F. Downe William H. Driscoll Joseph C. Donnelly E Lester F. Ellis 8 Jackson Court 1947 15 Washington Street 1947 19 Slocum Road 1948 286 Marrett Road 1948 25 Winthrop Road • 1946 48 Forest Street 1947 188 Waltham Street 1946 F Clements H. Ferguson 30 Vine Brook Road 1948 William Wallace Ferguson 6 Belfry Terrace 1946 Robert W. Fernald 4 Washington Street 1947 John E. G1•loreast 73 Bloomfield Street 1946 Roland 13. Greeley 1359 Massachusetts Avenue 1948 William Roger Greeley 1948 Massachusetts Avenue 1948 Arthur L. Graves 76 Bloomfield Street 1947 R Randall W. Richards 67 Farmcrest Avenue 1948 Henry W. Robertson 4 Raymond Street 1946 Richard E. Rowse 1906 Mass. Avenue 1946 Robert L. Ryder 1 Grassland Street 1948 s , Adolph W. Samborski 4 Eliot Road 1946 Edward W, Sibley 18 Eliot Road 1947 Clyde t. Sleeves 24 Hilltop Avenue 1948 Matthew Stevenson 1632 Mass. Avenue 1946 T Lee E. Tarbox 8 Rowland Avenue 1948 Ralph S. Taylor 5 Forest Court 1948 H. Webster Thomas 50 Bloomfield Street 1947 Alfred P. Tropeano 25 Vine Brook Road 1947 W Roland L. Wentworth 41 Bloomfield Street 1947 Edwin B. Worthen 5 Winthrop Road 1948 Edwin B. Worthen, Jr. 5 Winthrop Road 1946 H William M. Hall 1357 Mass. Avenue 1946 0 Stephen F. Hamblin 45 Parker Stre& 1947 James J. Carroll James A. Harding, Jr. 14 Highland Avenue 1946 Michael J. Hopkins 11 Hilltop Avenue 1947 F Ernest R. Hunt 47 Farmcrest Avenue 1947 Charles E. Ferguson 16 Highland Avenue 1946 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AT LARGE 17 Muzzey Street 1946 H Robert H. Holt P William G. Potter S George C. Sheldon W James J. Walsh Sydney Wrightington A Alan G. Adams B Nathan B. Bidwell Louis W. Bills Charles M. Blake Ronald D. Brown Eugene T. Buckley Albert H. Burnham William I. Burnham C Guy S. Chace Philip M. Clark Kenneth F. Clarke D Bessie G. Davis George M. Davis Norman A. Downs D Roswell S. Eldridge Everett S. Emery George W. Emery Leland H. Emery F Roy A. Ferguson ANNUAL REPORTS 9 10 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 11 Bennington Road 1946 Charles O. Goodwin 12 Coolidge Avenue 1947 George E. Graves 33 Adams Street 1945 25 Walnut Street 1947 H Norman C. Hooper 35 Bertwell Road 1946 Clarence R. Hopkins 15 Meriam Street 1947 Pan1 A. Hubbart 29 Harding Read 1947 16 Percy Road 1948 K Joseph G. Kraetzer 85 Meriam Street 1947 1508 Mass. Avenue 1948 7 Bennington Road 1946 L James H. Lewis 23 Meriam Street 1946 PRECINT THREE Moses M. Low 95 No. Hancock Street 1947 M 15 Somerset Road 1946 Richard W. Maynard 77 Meriam Street 1946 Pauline A. Mayo 6 Oakmount Circle 1946 Chai+les A. McCormack 35 No. Hancock Street 1946 25 Adams Street 1948 Neil McIntosh 8 Hancock Avenue 1946 73 Hancock Street 1948 Robert. C. Merriam 4 Oakmannt Circle 1947 59 York Street 1948 George P. Morey 90 No. Hancock Street 1948 27 kdgewt)id Road 1946 Clayton M. Morse 29 Sherman Street 22 Grant Street 1947 Howard M. Munroe 344 Lowell Street 1947 34 Daat Street 1946 30 East Street 1948 p Helen B. Pyle 89 Meriam Street 1948 10 Meriam Street 1947 41 Hancock Street 1948 91 Simonds Road 1947 36 Woodland Road 1948 26 Woodland Road 1946 11 Edgewood Road 1948 17 Edgewood Road 1947 3 Stetson Street 1948 47 Somerset Road 1948 5 Stetson Street 1947 11 Berwick Road 1948 R George Ripley 73 Meriam Stret 1947 Lester T. Redman 10 Hayes Avenue 1949 Gordon D. Richards 58 Hancock Street 1948 8 Walter E. Sands George B. Sargent Clarence Shannon William H. S'hurtlefi James W. Smith Janes W. Smith, Jr. T Fletcher W. Taft Carl W. Terhune Ralph 11. Tucker Gerald C. Turner 103 Meriam Street 1947 50 Hancock Street 1946 18 Edgewood Road 1946 41 Somerset Road 1946 15 Somerset Road 1948 8 Glen Road 1946 4 Upland Road 1947 63 Grant Street 1946: 100 Meriam Street 1946 9 Hillside Terrace 1947 w George P. Wadsworth Harvey F. Winlock L Errol H. Locke ANNUAL REPORTS 26 Hayes Avenue 61 Mei-lam Street TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AT LARGE 3 Abbott Road 38 Somerset Road PRECINT FOUR R A. Edward Rowse A Lester Andrews Earl S. Archibald B D. Miller Bestick Winthrop H. Bowker Frederick S. Britton Carl E. Bryant C Harold Currier Winfield S. Caouette Charles T. Cogswell Otis J. Conner Francis W. Copp J. Everett Cumming Francis B. Culbertson Howard E. Custance Frank B. Custiance Theodore A. Custance D W. John Dunnan, Jr. Paul W. Dempsey H. Raymond Durling F Robert J. Fawcett Robert W. Fawcett George M. Fuller G Bertram P. Guetin Archibald R. Giroux 1 Hill Stret 511 Marren Road 52 Reed Street 2160 Masa. Avenue 8 Bedford Street 12 Fair Oaks Drive 19 Daton Road 4 Wachusett Circle 35 Prospect Hill Road 58 Ouitlook Drive 127 Blake Road 20 Va4•lle Avenue 62 Harding Road 2 Tewksbury Street 100 Gleason Road 100 Bedford Street 118 Blake Read 187 Spring Street 21 Outlook Drive 511 Marrebt Road 91 Bedford Street 2210 Mass. Avenue 84 Middle Street 6 Stratham Road 11 1948 1947 1948 1947 1948 1947 1948 1948 1948 1946 1948 1947 1947 1947 1946 1947 1946 1946 1948 1948 1947 1946 1947 1948 1948 1946 1947 1946 12 H Paul Hanson Carl Hauk Jaanes L. Reggie Converse Hill Norton T. Hood Elmer C. Houdlette Robert W. Hunter J Roy Johnson L Jasper A. Lane M George A. Mallion Thelma F. Mather Everett B. Morrill N Thomas A. Napoli Donald E. Nickerson Fred C. Newhall P Howard A. Patterson Geoffrey ]s. Pippette R Francis H. Ready William R. Rosenberger Lawrence H. Rivers s James C. Shaw Gail W. Smith A. Randall Soderberg W Frederick D. Wells Raymond L. White George G. Whiting George L. Wallace John P. Whalen TOWN OF LEXINGTON 70 Hill Street 14 Harbell Street 42 Wachusett Drive 2101 Mass. Avenue 41 Reed Street 2652 Mass. Avenue 45 Outlook Drive 2295 Mass. Avenue 177 Waltham Street 29 Wachusett Drive 43 Wachueett Drive 53 Harding Road 23 Middle Street 2198 Mass. Avenue 2 Audubon Road • 128 BIake Road 45 Shade Stret 2246 Mass. Avenue 2139 Mass. Avenue 29 Lincoln Street 11 Hamblen Stret 174 Wood Street 51 Dexter Road 58 Prospect Hill Road 12 Middle Street 333 Waltham Street 21 'Ville Avenue 11 Harrington Road TOWN MEETING MEMBER AT LARGE S George W. Sarano 1946 1947 1948 1948 1947 1946 1948 1946 1947 1946 1948 1946 1947 1946 19718 1948 1946 1948 1947 1947 1947 1946 1947 1946 1946 1947 1948 1947 115 Lincoln Street 1948 ANNUAL REPORTS APPOINTED OFFICERS Animal Inspector Appropriation Committee Assessors Board of Appeals (Acting under Building and Zoning Laws) Board of Appeals (Associate Members) Board of Health Board of Health Agents Dr. Chester L. Blakely Lewis L. Hoyt, Chairman, '48 Harvey F. Winlock, '46 Ronald D. Brown, '46 Thooher Tenney, '46 George M. Hynes, '47 Fred C. Newhall, '47 J. Milton Brown, '47 Jasper A. Lane, '48 Michael J. Hopkins, '48 Raymond L. White, Ex -Officio Clyde E. Steevee, Chairman, '46 William I. Burnham, '46 Leland H. Emery, '47 William H. Shanahan, '47 +C. Edward Glynn, Chairman, '48 Lester T. Redman, '48 (To fill unexpired term of C. Edward Glynn) Winthrop H. Bowker, '46 Errol H. Locke, '47 *Arthur N. Maddlson, '49 J. Milton Brown, '49 (To 511 unexpired •term of Arthur N. Ma dd i soon ) Donald E. Nickerson, '50 Thomas G. Lynah, '46 Wal1ter C. Ballard, '46 Aiden L. Ripley, '46 Dr. Ivan G. Pyle, Chairman, '48 George E. Russell, '46 Rufus L. McQuillan, '47 Hazel J. Murray, '46 Thomas. Bowdiage, '46 Alexander Armour, '46 13 14 Board of Public Welfare TOWN OF LEXINGTON Beard of Retirement Bridge Charitable Fund Trustees Building Inspector Burial Agents Constable Dental Clinic Dog Officer Executive Clerk, Selectmen Assistant Clerk, Selectmen Fence Viewers Field Drivers Fire Englneers Forest Warden Gemmell Legacy Income, Trustees John A. Lyons, Chairman, '46 Warren K. Hadley, '46 Henry A. Letoile, '46 Harold F. Lombard, '46 Matthew Stevenson, '46 Howard S. 0. Nichols, '46 tHeien Ready, '48 Raymond L. White Howard S. 0. Nichols, Chairman, '46 Thomas G. Lynch, 48 Clarence S. Walker, '60 William E. Cann Albert F. Douglass Alice M. .McCarthy Charles E. Moloy Mrs. Irving Yeliand Mrs. Frank Hudson Thomas S. Grindle Jahn A. Russell Hazel J. Murray Marcy J. Doherty Stanley A. Higgins John J. Garrity Edward C. Maguire John C. Russell George W. Emery, Chairman Alan G. Adams Thomas J. Donnelly W1I11am H. Driscoll Robert W. Fawcett Roy A. Cook (Aching with Dept. of Public Welfare) Mrs. George W. Emery John A. Lyons Health Inspector Lockup Keeper ANNUAL REPORTS John Lamont John W. Rycro&t Measurer of Wood, Bark &. Manure Harold I. Wellington Jacob Bierenbroodspot Milk Inspector John Lamont Moth Department, Superintendent John 3. Garrity Old Age Assistance Bureau John A. Lyons Warren K. Hadley Henry A. Letaile Harold F. Lombard Matthew Stevensnu Old Age Assistance Bureau, Agent Mrs. Mary E. Casey, ('Military Substitute) James E. Collins (re -instated December 21, 1945) Park Superintendent Plumbing Inspector Posture Clinic Committee Public Welfare, Agent Agent of Selectmen to Administer Soldiers' Relief, Military and State Aid Public Works Superintendent Registrar of Voters John J. Garrity Ernest A. Lindstrom Dorothy Lindsay, Chairman Margaret W. Kelbtell Edith M. Kelley Margaret B. Noyes Dorothy C. Vadeboneoeur 15 Mrs. Mary E. Casey, Military Substitute) James E. Collins, (re -instated Tem- porary Welfare Agent December 21, 1945) Mrs. Mary E. Casey, (Military Substitute) 'William C. Paxton Malcolm H. Clifford, Chairman, '48 George H. Lowe, '46 Leon H. Truesdell, '47 James J. Carroll, Clerk 16 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Sealer of Weights &. Measures Slaughter Inspector Town Accountant Town Counsel Town Engineer Weighers (Public) Wire Inspector * Deceased t Elected by members of Retirement System Resigned John Lamont, (,Military Substitute) Ralph E. Chadwick (re-instalted July 1. 1945) George G. Whiting Raymond L. White (Military Substitute) Sydney R. Wright4ngton John T. Cosgrove Harold I. Wellington Jacob R1ereubroodspot Arthur J. Rivet Evelyn F. BIake Louts W. Bills ANNUAL REPORTS COMMITTEES APPOINTED AT VARIOUS TOWN MEETINGS COMMITTEE ON LECTURES UNDER THE WILL OF EL1ZA CARY FARNHAM AND SUSANNA E. CARY Authorized March 26, 1945 Robert H. Holt T•bomae S. Grindle Miss Mabel P. Cook Stephen F. Hamblin Sheldon A. Robinson Dr. Fred S. Piper 11 18 Grace Lippincott Merriam COMMITTEE ON ARBORETUM Authorized October 14, 1930 Mns. William D. Milne Edward B. Ballard Mrs. Ho414s Webster Mrs. Rieehard Engstrom COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE NEED OF FUTURE SCHOOL SITES Authorized June 12, 1944 *Frederick L. Fleher tRo]and B. Greeley Jahn J. Sullivan Annie F. Putney Eleanor B. Litchfield Continued March 26, 1945 George A.Ma11Fon Webster Thomas, Tracy W. Ames tAlfred P. 'rropeano COMMITTEE TO ADVISE THE TOWN RELATIVE TO THE DESIRABILITY OF PUBLIC KINDERGARTENS Authorized March 26, 1945 Howard A. Patterson Mrs. Leroy F. Marek James P. McCarthy Ralph H. Thicker Mrs. Fred D. Wells TOWN OF LEXINGTON COMMITTEE TO SUPERVISE ON BEHALF OF AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FIRE STATION Authorized March 26, 1945 George W. Emery George C. Sheldon Alden L. Ripley Donald E. Nickerson Gordon D. Riebards COMMITTEE TO SUPERVISE ON BEHALF OF AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FIRE STATION IN EAST LEXINGTON Authorized March 26, 1945 Donald E. Nickerson Gordon D. Richards Alden L. Ripley George W. Emery George C. Sheldon * Deceased f To fill unexpired term t Resigned REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 19 TOWN WARRANT 'COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACIiusISTTs MIDDLESDx, ss. To 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 Lexington, qualified to vote in elections and in Town Affairs, to meet in their respective voting places in said Town. Precinct One, Adams Shcool; Precinct Two, Three, and Four, Cary Memorial Building, on Monday, the 5th day of March, A. D. 1945, at 7:30 o'clock A. M., then and there to act on the following articles : Article 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 yam; One Moderator for the term of one year; Two Members of the Planning Board for the -term of three years; Two Constables for the term of one year; Seventeen Town Meeting Members in each Precinct for the term of three years; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct One for a term of one year; 20 TOWN OF LEXINGTON One Town Meeting Member in Precinct One for a term of two years; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Two for a term of one year; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Three for a term of two years; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Four for a term of two years. The polls will be open at 7:30 A. M. and will remain open. until 8:00 P. M. You are elso to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of March, 1945, at 8:00 P. M., at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively 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. Article 2. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees. Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation • of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1946, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Article 4. To see if the Town will make the usual appropria- tions for Town expenses for the ensuing year, by direct appropri- ation, by transfer from available funds, or by combination of the two methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men and the School Committee to pay a bonds during the year 1945 and to continue payments to April 1, 1946 to some or all regular full-time employees of the Town of Lexington, and appropriate money therefor, said money to be provided by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by a combination of the two methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 21. Article 6. To see if the Towu will vote to appropriate a sum of money to pay the bonus, authorized in 1944, from January 1, 1945 to March 31, 1945 inclusive, said money to be provided bydirect appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by a combination of the two methods, or act in any manner in relation thereto. Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to transfer unexpended appropriation balances in any of the Accounts to the Excess and De- ficiency Account, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to'authorize the Asses- sors to use money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1945 tax rate, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay any unpaid bills for the prior years of the various town departments. Article 10 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the Reserve Fund as provided by Chapter 40, Section 4, General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Artiele 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1945. Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to install water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may deter- mine during the year 1945 in accordance with authority contained in the By-laws of the Town, subject to the assessment of betterments, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor, and to pay for the sante by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the Selectmen ivay deter- mine during the _year 1945 in accordance with St. 1897, Ch. 504 as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor, and to pay for the same by direct appropriatiou, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay contributions to Contributory Retirement Systems on account 22 TOWN OF LEXINGTON of members thereof in the Military or Naval Service, in accordance with Chapter 419 of the Acts of 1943, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay the necessary expenses of School Officers incurred outside the Commonwealth in securing information upon matters in which the Town is interested or which may tend to improve the service in the School Department. Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to establish and maintain kindergartens in the Lexington Public Schools, and appropriate money therefor, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the installation of automatic sprinklers in the Munroe School, or aet in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay the expenses of the Committee of Seven to Study the Needs of Future School Sites, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for highway maintenance under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police De- partment under Chapter 32, General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the scope of the Road Machinery Fund by crediting to said fund an amount based on hourly rental for the use of motorized equipment of the Public Works Department when used on Various projects carried on under the direction of said Department, the amount of said charge not to exceed the amount allowed by the State for the use of similar equipment, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of erecting a backstop at the Center Play- ground, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 23 Article 23. To see if t]ie Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of grading the enclosed field at the Center Playground, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of two new power lawn mowers, for the Park Department, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to appoint one of its members to the Board of Appeals, in accord- ance with G. L. Chapter 41, Section 4A, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the payment of premiums on policies of insurance against loss or damage to Town property which may result from enemy attack, including any action by the Military, Naval, or Air Force in the United States in resisting enemy attack, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift in the amount of ?500.00 under the will of Franklin W. Raymond, to be known as the "The Sarah E. Raymond Library Fund", the income to be used for the purchase of books for the Cary Memorial Library. Article 28. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 11 of the Acts of 1945 authorizing the Selectmen to appoint a Board of Health and transferring to that Board the duties as a Board of Health now performed by the Selectmen. Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to relocate as a town way, or accept the relocation as a town way, Blossoin Street from Concord Avenue to the Cambridge -Concord Highway, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a certain plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, or act in any other manner in relation • thereto. Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to obtain bids and on behalf of the Town to sign a con- tract for the erection of a new Central Fire Station and provide for the payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from avail- able funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town, or by a combination of any of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to obtain bids and on behalf of the Town to sign a contract for 24 TOWN OF LEXINGTON the erection of a new East Lexington Fire Station and provide for the payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from avail- able funds, or by the issue of notes or bonds of the Town, or by a combination of any of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a new one-half ton truck chassis for the Fire Department, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a new cruising car for the Police De- partment, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 34. To see if the Town will amend the General By-laws by adding to Article XXVI the following: "Section 2. No person, except an officer of the law in the performance of his duties, shall enter upon the premises of another with the intention of peeping into the windows of a house or spying upon in any manner any person or persons therein." Article 35. To see if the Town will amend the Plumbing By- law by changing the figure "20" in the last paragraph thereof to "XXI" so that the same shall read as follows : "The provisions of Article XXI of the Building By- laws so far as applicable and especially when required ap- pliances or fittings are not on the market shall be considered a part of this By-law." Article 36. To see if, under Chapter 41, Sections 1 and 2 of the General Laws, the Town of Lexington. will vote to increase the membership of the School Committee from three members to five members for terms of three years. (Inserted at the request of ten registered voters.) Articl 3T. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $400,00 to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of providing suitable headquarters for Lexington Post No. 3007 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States in accord- ance with Chapter 40, Section 9, under the General Laws of Massa- chusetts, said sum -to be raised by general tax. (Inserted at the request of ten registered voters.) REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 26 Article 38. No Almoner or Overseer of the Poor, etc., to act as Agent or Disbursing Officer, etc. Section 3A. In a city or town which has duly accepted this section, no almoner or member of the Board of Public Welfare, or officer performing similar duties, or any agent of any of them, shall directly or indirectly act as agent or disbursing officer of the aldermen or selectmen for the payment of state or military aid or soldiers' relief ; provided, that this section shall not operate to prevent selectmen in towns who are also mem- bers of Boards of Public Welfare from acting in their capacity- as selectmen or through an agent acting for the selectmen. In accord- ance with Chapter 115, Section 3A under General Laws of Massa- chusetts (Ter. Ed.) , (Inserted at the request of ten registered voters.) Article 39. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to modify by amendment or cancel the agreements dated January 27, 1937 and December 31, 1937 or either of them which agreements impose voluntary restrictions on the use by Daniel J. O'Connell and his successors in title of land at the junction of Woburn street, Fletcher Avenue and the Boston and Maine Railroad, now zoned as a C-1 District. Article 40. To see if the Town will amend its Building By-law by striking out in Article II, Section 4 the second paragraph thereof the words "one week" and inserting in place thereof "three weeks" so that the second paragraph of said Section 4 will read as follows: "If the owner of any building or other structure or an applicant for a permit to erect or alter a building or other structure, is aggrieved by any order or decision of the Build- ing Inspector, he may file with the Inspector an objection in writing, and thereupon the matter shall be referred by the Building Inspector to the Board of Appeals who within three weeks from said reference, shall hear the panties, and after taking such expert opinion. as may seem to the Board of Appeals to be necessary, give their decision. In case the decision of the Building Inspector be affirmed, the expense of such expert opinion taken by the Board of Appeals shall be paid to the town on demand by the appellant ; otherwise such. expense shall be borne by the town." Article 4.1. To see if the Town will appropriate money for the improvement of lowlands and swamps and the eradication of mos - 26 TOWN OF LEXINGTON quitoes under Chapter 252 of the General Laws or far the eradica- tion of Mosquitoes by the Board of Health of Lexington or ap- propriate money under See. 4A of Chap. 252 of the General Laws for the purpose as set forth in that Section. And you are directed to serve this Warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in. the By-law of the Toivn. Hereof fail not, your doings thereon, said meeting Given under our ruary, A. D. 1945. and make due return of this Warrant, with to the Town Clerk on or before the time of hands at Lexington, this twelfth day of Feb- ERROL H. LOCKE A. EDWARD RawsE GEORGE W. SARANo GEORGE C. SHELDON WILLIAhr G. POTTER Selectmen of Lexington A true copy Attest: CONSTABLE'S RETURN JOFIN C. RUSSELL, Constable of Lexington. February 24, 1945 To the Town Clerk: I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the vestibule of the Town Office Building and seven other public places in The Town, and by mail- ing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in tile Town, nine days before the time of said meeting. Attest: JOHN C. RUSSELL Constable of Lexington REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 87 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 5, 1945 In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the Town of Lexington met in their respective voting places in said Town on Monday, March the fifth in the year of our Lord nineteen hunderd and forty-five at seven -thirty o'clock in the forenoon. The following places were designated as the voting places for the various precincts: Precinct One, Adams School; Precinct Two, Three and Four, Cary Memorial Hall. The following election officers having been duly appointed by $e'lectmen, and Wardens of the various precincts were assigned duty as follows: the for PREC'INCT ONE Charles J. Dailey Warden Pauline E. Bartlett Inspector George E. Foster Inspector Mary E. Stankard Clerk Mary A. Rowland Teller Mary E. Tracey Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Annie H. McDonnell George F. Stygles K. Claudine Foster Edith T. Kew L. Ellsworth Pierce Helga M. Carlson PRECINCT TWO Victor H. Harmon Warden Arthur E. Locke Inspector Ruth R. Ray (Deputy) Inspector Gertrude H. Mara (Deputy) Clerk Arthur L. Hanson Teller Edward McGrory Teller Elizabeth R. Nourse Teller Mary G. Oliver Teller Madeline V. Peterson Teller Barbara M. O'Connor Teller Helen A. McCaffrey Teller Mary A Demaso Teller 28 TOWN OF LEXINGTON PRECINCT THREE Sidney U. Robbins Warden Ralph H. Marshall Inspector Charles E. Moloy, Jr. Inspector William J. Collins Clerk Emma Zitso Teller Ella G. Callahan Teller Gladys Watson Teller Emnia L. Hovey Teller Margaret King Teller Edna R. Anderson Teller Charles R. Nichols Teller PRECINCT FOUR Howard E. Custance Warden Rose A. O'Dowd Inspector Mary J. Ferry Clerk Helen T. Maguire Clerk Mary Ormond Teller Florence Tobin Telfer Agnes G. Hall Teller Laurina M. Wilson Teller A. Thomas Ferry Teller George F. Smith Inspector The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven -thirty o'clock A. M. and remained open until eight o'clock P. Vii., after which time after clue notice, they were closed. The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally &beets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The total registeration of voters in each precinct was as follows: Precinct One Precinct Two Precinct Three Precinct Four 1837 One thousand eight hundred thirty-seven 1519 One thousand five hundred ten 1635 One thousand six hundred thirty-five 1789 One thousand seven hundred eighty-nine Total 6771 Six thousand seven hundred seventy-one The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the election officers, together with the unused ballots, and delivered to the Town Clerk at his office. REPORT OF TOWN CLERIC 29 The Registrars of 'Voters and the Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows: Precinct One Precinct Two Precinct Three Precinct Four 315 Three hundred fifteen 408 Four hundred eight 442 Four hundred forty-two 404 Four hundred four 1569 One thousand five hundred sixty-nine TOWN CLERK Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total James J. Carroll 300 387 407 368 1462 Blanks 15 21 35 36 107 Total 315 408 442 404 1569 James J. Carroll was elected as Town Clerk for one year. Ruth Morey was elected to the School Committee for three years. 30 TOWN OF LEXINGTON CEMETERY COMMISSIONER Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total James J. Walsh 284 372 409 364 1429 Blanks 31 36 33 40 140 Total 315 408 442 404 1569 James J. Walsh was elected Cemetery Commissioner for three years. SCHOOL COMMITTEE Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total George H. Anker 99 87 74 110 370 Ruth Morey 121 252 244 185 802 Millicent J. Taylor 87 65 119 99 370 Blanks • 8 4 5 10 27 Tota] 315 408 442 404 1569 SELECTMAN MODERATOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre, 4 Total Pre, 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Robert H. Holt 280 371 398 357 1406 Errol H. Locke 278 376 411 361 1426 Blanks 35 37 44 47 163 George W. Sarano 262 365 388 354 1369 Blanks 90 75 85 93 343 Total 315 408 442 404 1569 Robert H. Holt was elected as Moderator for one year. Total 630 816 884 808 3138 Errol H. Locke and George W. Sarano were elected as Selectmen for three years. PLANNING BOARD Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre, 4 Total TOWN TREASURER Clements H. Ferguson 272 376 399 355 1402 Elmer C. Houdtette 254 355 383 339 1331 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Blanks 104 85 102 114 405 James J. Carroll 298 382 405 371 1456 Blanks 17 26 37 33 113 Total 630 816 884 808 3138 Clements H. Ferguson and Elmer C. Houdlette were elected to the Planning Board for three years. Tota] 315 408 442 404 1569 James J. Carroll was elected as Town Treasurer for one year. COLLECTOR OF TAXES Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total William S. Scamman 291 385 418 376 1470 BIanks 24 23 24 28 99 CONSTABLES Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Edward C. Maguire 26.5 380 404 362 1414 John C. Russell 287 377 407 363 1434 Blanks 75 59 73 83 290 Total 630 816 884 808 3138 Total 315 408 442 404 1569 Edward C. Maguire and John C. Russell were elected as Constables for one year. William S. Scamman was elected as Collector of Taxes for one year. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 31 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS For Three Years PRECINCT ONE }William M. Aquaro 167 *Lyon Carter 240 * Henry C. Cotton 242 Paul V. Curran 149 * John F. Enser 169 * Warren K. Hadley 250 * Winifred Lovering Holman 165 * Lewis L. Hoyt 237 * Edwin C. Johnson 197 * Rena M. Lawson 185 'Dorothy Lindsay 199 * Robert F. Lutz 169 *Arthur F. Mason 181 James Paul McCarthy 138 William T. McCarthy 156 *Charles B. Meek 194 * Aiden Larsell Ripley 198 * Clarence E. Smith 183 Ethel M. Smith 141 * John J. Sullivan 165 *John A. Wilson 218 tPaul E. Wilson 157 Blanks 1265 32 TOWN OF LEXINGTON *Edwin B. Worthen 353 Blanks 1177 * Town Meeting Members elected for the term of three years. # Tie vote --No election. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS For One Year PRECINCT ONE 'James B. Bushard 248 Blanks 67 *Town Meeting Members elected for term of one year. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS For One Year PRECINCT TWO 'Adolph W. Samborski 306 Blanks 102 * Town Meeting Members elected for term of one year. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS For Two Years PRECINCT ONE TOWN MEETING MEMBERS *Richard P. Cromwell 252 For Three Years Blanks 63 PRECINCT TWO * Town Meeting Member elected for term of two years. * Walter C. Ballard 357 *John H. Devine 314 * William F. Downe 317 'Clements H. Ferguson 352 * Roland B. Greeley 324 *William Roger Greeley 343 *Harold B. Lamont 302 *Elizabeth R. Lewis 323 *Harold F. Lombard 328 * Charlotte M. Pickering 306 * Murray T. Potter 334 *Randall W. Richards 329 *Robert L. Ryder 291 * Clyde E. Steeves 333 Dorothy D. Swartz 254 * Lee E. Tarbox 335 * Ralph S. Taylor 264 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS For Three Years PRECINCT THREE *Nathan B. Bidwell 298 *Louis W. Bilis 273 * Charles M. Blake 311 *William I. Burnham 338 *P4121ip M. Clark 324 *Bessie G. Davis 246 * Norman A. Downs 307 *Everett S. Emery 297 * George W. Emery 310 * Roy A. Ferguson 313 * George E. Graves 305 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK John W. Hess Thacker Jenney Merlin J. Ladd *George P. Morey *Helen B. Pyle *Lester T. Redman Dorothy P. Rich *Gordon D. Richards Elise Murtagh Rucker Catherine L. Shorey *J:,mes W. Smith Millicent J. Taylor *George P. Wadsworth Alice G. Webster Blanks TOWN MEETING MEMBERS For Three Years PRECINCT FOUR *Lester L. Andrews William A. Barnes *D. Miller Bestick *Winthrop Harold Bowker *Frederick S. Britton Grace M. Buckley Alyce C. Burnell Alice F. Burrows Adrian W. Cleveland Harold A. Conant *Converse Hill *Harold C. Currier *Frank B. Cm:Lance 'Theodore A. Custance *Robert J. Fawcett 'Robert W. Fawcett Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin *James L. Heggie *Robert W. Hunter r Hthel M. Johnsen 'Thelma F. Mather Ethel M. Mitchell 'Fred C. Newhall *Howard A. Patterson *Francis H. Ready Harold E. Roeder Gaius R. Sampson Ingeborg N. Swenson Thomas L. Taylor `George L. Wallace Blanks 107 202 169 219 237 292 148 299 149 136 250 188 304 203 1289 289 155 229 241 241 121 156 144 129 159 235 178 242 247 236 164 95 177 170 80 177 102 291 206 232 90 112 147 164 182 1471 * Town Meeting Members elected for the term of three years, 33 84 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN MEETING MEMBERS For Two Years PRECINCT THREE 'Paul A. Hubbart 326 116 Blanks * Town Meetings Members elected for term of two years. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS For Two Years PRECINCT FOUR *John P. Whalen 284 Blanks 120 * Town Meetings Members elected for term of two years. A true record. Attest: JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk March 26, 1945 Special meeting and election of Town Meeting Member of Pre- cinct One held in Estabrook Hall at 7:30 P. M., March 26, 1945. Meeting called to order by James J. Carroll, Town• Clerk, for the purpose of deciding the seventeenth position for a Town Meeting Member of the election held March 5, 1945 which resulted in a tie vote between William M. Aquaro and Paul E. Wilson, Frederick M. Gay was elected chairman of the meeting. Gaetano Buttaro was elected to serve as clerk. Nominations were made from the floor. Candidates nominated for the term of one year: James P. McCarthy, Paul E. Wilson and William M. Aquaro. Ballots were cast and the result was found to be as follows: James P. McCarthy Paul E. Wilson William M. Agnaro Whereby James P. McCarthy was declared elected as a Town Meeting Member for a term of one year ending in March 1946. JAMES J. CARROLL, 17 14 13 Town Clerk REPORT OF TOWN CLERIC James J. Carroll Town Clerk Lexington, Mass. Dear Sir: March 26, 1945 36 I, James Paul McCarthy, do hereby accept the office of Town Meeting Member of Precinct One for the term of one year ending March, 1946 as per the election held March 26, 1945. JAMES PAUL MCCARTHY (Signed) 36 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 26, 1945 Meeting called to order at 8:04 P. M. by the Moderator, Robert H. Holt. The Warrant for the meeting was read by James J. Carroll, Town Clerk, until further reading was waived upon motion of Webster H. Thomas. Constable's Return for the meeting read by the Town Clerk 8:05 P. M. All articles, unless otherwise noted, were presented by Errol 11. Locke, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen. There were 196 Town Meeting Members present. Article 2. Appropriation Committee Report presented by Lewis H. Hoyt, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, which was moved and seconded to be accepted and placed on file. 8:06 P. M. Article 2. Report of the committee on Proposed School Sites presented by George A. Mallion as follows: March 26, 1945 This committee was appointed as a result of a vote of Town Meeting July 12, 1944 to investigate and report on proposed school sites, and herewith, submits the following report of progress: It is natural to expect that in the postwar era when building is again permitted, Lexington will resume its growth as a commun- ity of homes and that this expansion will require corresponding development of our various town departments and services including schools. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 37 Your committee believes that the locations for grade schools and a central high school should be selected before rather than after this development starts because desirable sites may be available now at more advantageous prices. We have discussed this project with members of the Planning Board, Appropriation; Committee and also other Town officials. We have also viewed numerous proposed locations, but for lack of specific engineering data regarding soil conditions, etc., we are not prepared to make definite recommendations at this time. We are, however, requesting the appropriation of three hundred ($300.90) to be used for borings and engineering information so that we may continue our investigations, and make a complete report at a later date. Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. SULLIVAN H. WEBSTER THOMAS RUTH MOREY ELEANOR B. LITCHFIELD TRACY W. AMES G. A. MALMoN, Chairman. Report accepted and placed on file as a report of progress and the committee continued. 8:10 P. M. Chairman Locke states because of the inactivity of the Civil Service Committee appointed in 1941, that same be discharged. Carried Unanimously 8:11 P. M. Under Article 2, Selectmen A. Edward Rowse presents the following: Voted: That a Committee of seven be appointed by the Moder- ator to make a study of the duties of all Town employees and form- ulate a proposed salary schedule to be presented at the next Town Meeting for consideration. Motion as presented voted upon and declared lost at 8:22 P. M. Report made by Stephen F. Hamblin, Chairman of Lexington Community Committee on Rehabilitation and Employment as fol- lows: 38 TOWN OF LEXINGTON March 26, 1945 Report To The Town it"eeting: This committee was first a volunteer committee, then made a committee of the town by the Town Meeting a year ago. Some figures of interest: Total of our citizens in the armed forces about 1,554 Total reported killed 25 Total reported missing 10 Total discharged to date 115 (of these more itlhan one-half were over 30 Year of age, and are able to find work). Moved out of town after discharge 20 Critical cases 8 The office .for this committee is in the room with Lexington Chapter, American Red Cross. No rental is charged, and the Red Cross attends to many details for this committee. The number of visitors at the office is about one a month. More is done by telephone or visit to the home of the veterans. Of the $204.00 appropriated last year by the Town Meeting, some has been spent for paper and postage, and for the booklet issued to each parent and to each veteran as he returns. Other materials and all labor have been donated. No prediction can. be made now of the needs in the future, when a greater number of ser- vice men will be discharged monthly, and as jobs become scarce. A bill now before the legislature may put this work with the veterans on a very different basis. STEPHEN F. HAMBLIN, Chairman. Report accepted and placed on file 8:25 P. M. Article 3. Voted: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, begining January 1, 1946, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable.within one year and to renew any note or notes that may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Carried 'Unanimously 8 :26 P. M. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 39 Articles 4 and 5 taken up together, it being stated that if Article 4 is passed, Article 5 is to be postponed. Article 4. 'Voted: That it is the sense of the meeting that au increase of the salaries of the full-time Town employees, at the rate of 15% based on their salaries as existing as of December 31, 1944, but in no case exceeding $400.00, be included in the appropriations for 1945. Article 5 presented by A. Edward Rowse as follows: Article 5. Voted: That the Selectmen, as compensation for services rendered, be authorized to pay a bonus to all regular full- time employees of the Town to be computed at the rate of 2/3 of the increases in full-time personal services salaries, excluding step - rate increases which do not exceed $75.00 for the period from April 1, 1945 to December 31, 1945, recommended by the Appropriation Committee, but in no case shall such bonus exceed $200.00, and for the payment of said bonus the sum of $26,624.53 is appropriated and shall be assessed. (School Department employees (estimated) $14,628.45 All other Town employees 11,996.08 $26,624.53 Article 5 as presented as substitute for Article 4 voted upon and declared lost 9:01 P. M. Article 4 as presented by Chairman, Errol H. Locke carried 9:02 P. M. Article 4 presented by Moderator Robert H. Holt. Article 4. Voted: That the following amounts be appropriated for the current year and be assessed except where a transfer is in- dicated : APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:05 P. M. 40 TOWN OF LEXINGTON SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT Personal Services 3,529.04 Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:06 P. M ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:07 P. M. 1,978.00 5,905.25 360.00 TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT Personal Services 2,196.42 (Of which $1,112.50 is for salary of the Town Treasurer) Expenses 448.00 Amendment presented by Town Treasurer, James J. Carroll Personal Services 2,396.42 (Of which $1,312.50 is for salary of the Town Treasurer) Amendment as presented Carried Unanimously 9:12 P. M Expenses 443.00 Carried Unanimously 9:12 P. M, FORECLOSURE & REDEMPTION OF TAX TITLES Expenses 2,500.00 Carried Unanimously 9:13 P. M. COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT Personal Services 5,917.13 (Of which $3,150.00 is for the salary of the Tax Collector) Expenses Amendment presented by Chairman Locke Personal Services (0f which $3,350.00 is for the salary of the Tax Collector) Carried Unanimously 9:14 P. M. Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:14 P. M. ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:14 P. M. LAW DEPARTMENT Personal Services & Special Fees Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:14 P. M. TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT $500.00 Personal Services 550.00 (Of which $1,987.50 is for salary of the Town Clerk) Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:15 P. M. 1,600.00 6,117.13 1,500.00 7,179.63 535.00 1,500.00 500.00 3,361.63 160.50 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK ELECTION$ DEPARTMENT — JURISDICTION SELECTMEN Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:15 P. M. ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT — 502.00 JURISDICTION TOWN CLERK Expenses 226.92 Carried Unanimously 9:15 P. M. REGISTRATIONS DEPARTMENT Personal Services 1,100.00 Expenses 177.00 Carried Unanimously 9:15 P. M. PUBLIC WORKS—SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:15 P. M. 41 42 TOWN OF LEXINGTON BUILDING DEPARTMENT Personal Services 1,100.00 Expenses 205.00 Carried Unanimously 9:18 P. M. WIRE DEPARTMENT Personal Services 600.00 Expenses 100.00 Carried Unanimously 9:18 P. M. WEIGHTS & MEASURES DEPARTMENT Personal Services 500.00 Expenses 195.00 Carried Unanimously 9:18 P. M. 5,876.91 INSECT SUPPRESSION 150.00 Personal Services 408.75 Wages & Expenses 3,225.00 Carried Unanimously 9:18 P. M. TOWN OF'F'ICES & CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING Personal Services 4,711.93 Expenses 7,550.00 Carried Unanimously 9:16 P. M. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Personal Services 9,873.51 Expenses 855.00 Carried Unanimously 9:16 P. M. BOARD OF APPEALS Expenses 150.00 Carried Unanimously 9:16 P. M. PLANNING BOARD Expenses 250.00 Carried Unanimously 9:16 P. M. BOARD OF RETIREMENT Expenses 440.00 Carried Unanimously 9:17 P. M. POLICE DEPARTMENT Personal Services 38,533.13 Expenses 4,136.25 Carried Unanimously 9:17 P. M. FIRE DEPARTMENT Personal Services 43,995.36 Expenses 7,940.00 Carried Unanimously 9:17 P. M. AMBULANCE MAINTENANCE Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:17 P. M. 150.00 SHADE TREES Wages & Expenses (Of which $330.00 is to be transferred from the Taylor Shade Tree Fund) Carried Unanimously 9:18 P. M. FOREST FIRES Personal Services Wages & Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:18 P. M. 1,850.00 50.00 500.00 DOG OFFICER Personal Services 100.00 Expenses 75.00 Carried Unanimously 9:18 P. M. HEALTH DEPARTMENT Personal Services 500.00 Expenses 6,000.00 Carried Unanimously 9:18 P. M. MILK INSPECTION Personal Services 400.00 Carried Unanimously 9:18 P. M. DOG CLINIC Expenses 450.00 Carried Unanimously 9:19 P. M. DENTAL CLINIC Personal Services 1,617.60 Expenses 100.00 Carried Unanimously 9:19 P. M. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK POSTURE CLINIC Expenses 625.00 Carried Unanimously 9:19 P. M. VITAL STATISTICS Expenses 25.00 Carried Unanimously 9:19 P. M. ANIMAL INSPECTION Personal Services 500.00 Carried Unanimously 9:19 P. M. SLAUGHTERING INSPECTION Personal Services 800.00 Carried Unanimously 9:19 P. M. PLUMBING DEPARTMENT Personal Services 900.00 Expenses 220.00 Carried Unanimously 9:19 P. M. SEWER MAINTENANCE Personal Services 100.00 Wages & Expenses 3,500.00 Carried Unanimously 9:20 P. M. SEWER SERVICES Wages & Expenses 2,000.00 Carried Unanimously 9:20 P. M. CARE OF DUMPS & REMOVAL OF ASHES Wages & Expenses 1,500.00 Carried Unanimously 9:20 P. M. GARBAGE COLLECTION Expenses 6,000.00 Carried Unanimously 9:20 P. M. HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE Personal Services 100.00 Wages & Expenses 33,000.00 Carried Unanimously 9:20 P. M. SNOW REMOVAL Wages & Expenses (0f which $3,049.00 is for bills resulting from re- moval of snow during the months of February and March authorized by the Board of Selectmen due to an extreme emergency involving the safe- ty of persons and property) Carried Unanimously 9:21 P. M. TRAFFIC REGULATION 8e CONTROL Wages & Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:21 P. M. 43 44 TOWN OF LEXINGTON STREET LIGHTS Wages & Expenses 25,200.00 Carried Unanimously 9:22 P. M. STREET SIGNS Wages & Expenses 500.00 Carried Unanimously 9:22 P. M. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ROAD MACHINERY Expenses 29,000.00 (To be transferred from the Road Machinery Fund) Carried Unanimously 9:23 P. M. PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT Personal Services 1,002.38 Administration Items 160.00 Town Physician 187.50 Aid & Expenses 20,000.00 Carried Unanimously 9:23 P. M. DEPENDENT CHILDREN AID Personal Services 301.19 Administration Items 80.00 Aid & Expenses 8,100.00 Carried Unanimously 9:24 P. M. OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Personal Services 2,257.72 Administration Items 520.00 Aid & Expenses 40,000.00 Carried Unanimously 9:24 P. M. STATE AILD Cash Grants 500.00 Carried Unanimously 9:25 P. M. MILITARY AID Cash Grants 800.00 Carried Unanimously 9:25 P. M. SOLDIERS' BURIALS Expenses 200.00 Carried Unanimously 9:25 P. M. SOLDIERS' RELIEF Personal Services 250.69 Adrninistration Items 40.00 16,000.00 Md & Expenses 5,000.00 Carried Unanimously 9:25 P. M. Presented by Tracy W. Ames. Article 4. Voted: That the sum of $284,932.82 be appro- priated and assessed for the School Department divided as follows: Personal Services $231,878.82 Expenses 53,054.00 500.00 Carried Unanimously 9:31 P. M. $284,932,82 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK Voted: That the sum of $1,600.00 be appropriated and assessed for the payment of tuition of pupils attending Vocational School. Carried Unanimously 9:32 P. M, Voted: That the sum of $203.00 be appropriated and assessed for the payment of Americanization education. Carried Unanimously 9:32 P. M. Presented by H. Webster Thomas. Article 4. Voted: That the sum of $18,255.13 be appro- priated and assessed for the support of Cary Memorial Library and Branch for thecurrentyear, as follows: Personal Services Expenses (Which includes the amount received from the County for dog licenses) 4$ 46 TOWN OF LEXINGTON UNCLASSIFIED Expenses 275.00 Rationing Board 535.00 War Activities 500.00 Carrried Unanimously 9:34 P. M. WATER MAINTENACE Personal Services 1,200.00 Wages and Expenses 16,000.00 Carried Unanimously 9:35 P. M. WATER SERVICES Wages & Expenses 3,000.00 12,905.13 Carried Unanimously 9:35 P. M. 5,350.00 PARKS & PLAYGROUNDS Personal Services 5,078.16 Wages & Expenses 9,025.00 (Of which $200.00 Is to be transferred from the Tower Park Fund) Carried Unanimously 9:33 P, M, MEMORIAL DAY Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:33 P. M. PATRIOTS' DAY Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:33 P. M. CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM Pension Accumulation Fund Interest Deficiency on Funds Carried Unanimously 9:34 P. M. PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING Wages & Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:34 P. M. 250.00 300.00 INTEREST ON DEBT Interest 3,992.50 Carded Unanimously 9:35 P. M. CEMETERY MAINTENANCE—MUNROE Personal Services 300.00 Wages & Expenses ,...._ 3,406.80 Carried Unanimously 9:35 P. M. CEMETERY MAINTENANCE—WESTVIEW Personal Services 600.00 Wages 8e Expenses 5,550.00 (Of which $2,000.00 is to be transferred from the Westview Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund) Carried Unanimously 9:35 P. M. And Further Voted: That the following amounts be appropriated: 14,319.00 MATURING DEBT 693.31 Of which $35,000.00 is to be transferred from the Water Department Available Surplus Account; $1,500.00 is to he transferred from the Water De- partment Assessment Fund; $2,000.00 is to be 6,500.00 transferred from the Sewer Assessment Fund, INSURANCE Premiums 6,400.00 Carried Unanimously 9:34 P. M. ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST FUNDS Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:34 P. M. PRINTING TOWN REPORT Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:34 P. M. and the balance, $11,000.00 is to be raised in the tax levy of the current year. 9:53 P. M. Amendment made by Selectman, George W. Sarano. Article 2. And Further Voted: That the following amounts be appropriated: 80.00 MATURING DEBT Of which $5,000.00 is to be transferred from the Water Department Available Surplus Fund; $2,000.00 to be transferred from the Sewer Aseas- 900.00 ment Fund; and the balance of $42,500.00 is to be raised in the tax levy for the current year. 49,500.00 49,500.00 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 47 Amendment of Mr. Saran voted upon with the following results: In Favor Opposed 19 41 21 72 Motion lost 9:45 P. M. Alden L. Ripley Leland H. Emery Stephen E. Hamblin 23 66 17 106 Main motion as presented Carried Unanimously 9:55 P. M Article 6. Voted : That the sum of $13,053.39 be appropriated for payment of the bonus, authorized in 1944, from January 1, 1945 to March 31, 1945 inclusive, this money to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 9 :55 P. M. Article 7. Voted : That this article be indefinitely postponed. (No funds available) Carried Unanimously 9 :55 P. M. Article 8. Voted : That the Assessors be authorized to use the following money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1945 tax rate: From the Excess and Deficiency Account $2A,000,00 Carried Unanimously 9 :59 P. M. Article 9. Voted : That the following amounts be appropriated. and assessed for the unpaid bills for the year 194.4 of the following accounts: BOARD OF HEALTH Dr. Victor N. RoChrtte $12.00 Carried Unanimously 9:59 P. M. Article 10. Voted : That the sum of $15,000.00 be appropriated for the Reserve Fund, of which $13,688.50 is to be transferred from the Overlay Reserve Fund, and the balance of $1,311.50 is to be raised by direct appropriation. Carried Unanimously 10 P. M. 48 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Article 11. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be author- ized to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1945. Carried Unanimously 10 P. M. Article 12. Voted : That the Selectmen be authorized to in- stall water mains not less than 6" nor more than 16" in diameter in such accepted or unaccepted streets as may be applied for during -the year 1945, subject to the assessment of betterments, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor. (No appropriation—This vote is necessary to authorize the Town to take easements and do the work in 1945 as last year's vote limited it to construction in 1944) Carried Unanimously 10 P. M. Article 13. Voted : Tliat the Selectmen be authorized to in- stall sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as may be applied for during the year 1945 in accordance with St. 1897, Ch. 504, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain any necessary easements therefor. (No appropriation — Same as Article 12) Carried Unanimously 10:01 P. M. Article 14. Voted: That the sum of $1,495.86 be appropriated and assessed to pay contributions to the Contributory Retirement Systems on account of members thereof in the Military or Naval Service, of which $706.00 is for the State School Retirement System, and 8783.86 is for the Lexington Retirement System, in accordance with Chapter 419 of the Acts of 1943. Carried Unanimously 10:02 P. M. Article 15 presented by Tracy W. Ames, Chairman of the School Committee. Article 15. Voted : That the sum of $100.00 be appropriated and assessed to pay the necessary expenses of School Officers in- curred outside the Commonwealth in securing information upon matters in which the Town is interested or which may tend to im- prove the service in the School Department. Carried Unanimously 10 :03 P. M. REPORT OF TOWN CLERIC 49 Article 16 presented by Tracy W. Ames. Article 16. Voted: That the sum of $5,360.00 be appropriated and assessed for establishing and maintaining kindergartens in the Lexington Public Schools. Voted upon.. as follows: In Favor Opposed 17 44 18 79 Declared lost 10:05 P. M. Aiden L. Ripley Leland H. Emery Stephen E. Hamblin Article 17 presented by Tracy W. Ames. 19 60 17 96 Article 17. Voted: That the sum of $8,000.00 be appropriated for the installation of automatic sprinklers in the Munroe School, this money to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Ac- count. Carried Unanimously 14:07 P. M. Article 18 presented by George A. Mallion.. Article 18. Voted: That the sum of $300.00 be appropriated and assessed to pay the necessary expenses incurred by the com- mittee of seven to study the needs of future school sites. Carried Unanimously 10:08 P. M. Article 19. Voted : That the sum of *900.00 be appropriated and assessed for highway maintenance under authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws; said sum, or any portion thereof to be ex- pended under the direction of the Selectmen and to be used in con- junction with any money which may be allotted by the State, County or both, for this purpose. Carried Unanimously 10:08 P. M. Article 20. Voted: That the following sum be appropriated and assessed for pensions for retired. members of the Police Depart- ment, under Chapter 32 of the General Laws as amended : Police Pensions sise0.0o Carried Unanimously 10:08 P. M. 50 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Article 21. Voted: That the Town enlarge the scope of the Road Machinery Fund by crediting to said fund an amount based on hourly rental for use of motorized equipment of the Public Works Department when used on various projects carried on under the direction of said Department, or other Departments of the Town, the amount of said charge not to exceed the amount allowed by the State for the use of similar equipment. Carried Unanimously 10:09 P. M. • ° Article 22. Voted: That the sum of $400.00 be appropriated for the purpose of erecting a backstop at the Center Playground; this money to be transferred from the Excess and Dofc3eney Account. Carried Unanimously 10 :09 P. M. Article 23. Voted: That the sum of $5,000.00 be appropriated for the purpose of grading the enclosed field at the Center Play- gtound; this money to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 10 :10 P. M. Article 24. Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to pur- chase two new power lawn mowers for the Park Department, and for that purpose the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated and assessed. Carried unanimously 10:10 P. M. Article 25. Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to ap- point one of their members to the Board of Appeals, in accordance with G. L. Chapter 41, Sec. 4A. Carried Unanimously 10:10 P. M. Article 26. Voted: That it is the sense of the meeting that no further payments should be made for premiums on policies of in- surance against loss or damage to Town property w.hich may re- sult from enemy attack, including any action taken by the Military, Naval or Air Force of the United States in resisting enemy attack. Carried Unanimously 10:10 P. M. Article 27. Voted : That the Town accept a gift in the amount of $500.00, under the will of Franklin F. Raymond, to be known as "The Sarah E. Raymond Library Fund," the income to be used for the purchase of books for the Cary Memorial Library. Carried Unanimously 10:12 P. M. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 51 Article 28. Voted : That the Town accept Chapter 11 of the Acts of 1945 authorizing the Selectmento appoint a Board of Health and transferring to that Board the duties as a Board of Health now performed by the Selectmen. Carried Unanimously 10:12 P. M. Article 29. Voted: That the Town accept the relocation as a town way of Blossom Street from Concord Avenue to' the Cam- bridge -Concord Highway. as laid outby the Selectmen, and as shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk's office. Carried Unanimously 10:12 P. M. Under Article 2 presented by Donald E. Nickerson. Report of Committee to Obtain Plans, Specifications and Estimates of Cost for two Fire Stations presented. Article 2. Voted: That the report of the Committee to Obtain Plans, Specifications and Estimates of Cost for the Construction of a new Central Fire Station be accepted and the Committee din. charged. Carried Unanimously 10:13 P. M. Article 30. Voted : That the Selectmen are authorized to contract for the erection of a new Central Fire Station. on the land on Bedford Street, purchased from Elizabeth C. Phelps for that purpose, substantially in accordance with the plans presented at this meeting; and that for the purpose of construction the sum of 8110,000.00 be appropriated and that of this amount, $30,000.00 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account and 80,000.00 be raised by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town; and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $80,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town to be payable, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, within a period not exceeding eight years. Carried Unanimously 10 :16 P. 31. Article 31. Voted: That the Selectmen are authorized to con- tract for the erection ofa new East Lexington. Fire Station, on the site of the present station, substantially in accordance with the plans presented at this meeting; and that for the purpose of con - 52 TOWN OF LEXINGTON struction the sum of $55,000.00 be appropriated and that of this amount, 810,000.00 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account and 845,000.00 be raised by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town; and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Select- men, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $45,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town to be payable in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, within a period not exceeding nine years. Carried Unanimously 10 :20 P. M. Tracy W. Ames, Chairman, School Committee asked to have Article 16 opened. Sidney R. Wrightington replies to open would not be in order, but a motion could be made for reconsideration. Whereby such a request was made. The Moderator, Robert H. Holt, asks of the Town Clerk what time Article 16 was originally closed. The Town Clerk replies at 10:05 P. M. Whereby the question for reconsideration. of Article 16 was placed before the Town Meting and declared lost by voice vote 10 :22 P. M. Article 2. g. Voted: That the Moderator appoint a Committee of five to supervise on behalf of and under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, the construction of the new Central Fire Station. Carried Unanimously 10:24 P. 31. h. Voted: That the Moderator appoint a Committee of five to supervise on behalf of and under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, the construction of a new East Lexington Fire Station. Carried Unanimously 10:24 P. M. 1. Voted: That a Committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to have charge of the lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary for the current year. Carried Unanimously 10:24 P. M. Article 32. 'Voted : That this Article be indefinitely postponed. Article 33. Voted : That the Selectmen be authorized to pur- chase a new cruising car for the Police Department and for that purpose the sum of $1200.00 in appropriated to be provided by a transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. - Carried Unanimously 10:26 P. M. Article 34. Voted: That the Town amend the General By -Laws by adding to Article XXVI the following: REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 53 Section 2. No person, except an officer of the law in the performance of his duties, shall enter uponthe prem- ises of another with intention of peeping into the windows of a house or spying upon in any manner any person or persons therein. Carried Unanimously 10:26 P. M. Article 35. Voted: That the Town amend the Plumbing By- law by changing the figure "20" in the last paragraph thereof to "XXI" so that the same shall read as follows: The provisions of Article XXI of the Building By-law so far as applicable and especially when required appli- ances or fittings are not on the market shall be considered a part of this By-law. Carried Unanimously 10:28 P. M. Article 36 presented by William W. Ferguson. Article 36. Voted: Under Chapter 41, Sections 1 and 2 of the General Laws, to increase the membership of the School Committee of the Town of Lexington from three to five members, two to be elected in 1946, two to be elected in 1947, and one to be elected in 1943, for the terms of three years. Sydney R. Wrightington, Town Counsel suggests that the changes should be made in the motion concerning the terms of office. Whereby William W. Ferguson holds motion until certain changes to be made. 10:32 P. M. Article 2 presented by Tracy W. Ames, Chairman, School Com- mittee. Article 2. Voted: That a committee of 5 be appointed by the Moderator to consider the advisability of kindergartens for the Town of Lexington and make recommendations at the next town meeting. Carried Unanimously 10:32 P. M. Article 39 presented by Eugene T. Buckley. Article 39. Voted: That the Town authorize the Selectmen to cancel the agreements dated January 27, 1937 and recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 6106 page 175, 54 TOWN OF LEXINGTON and December 31, 1937 and recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 6179 page 9, which agreements impose vol- untary restrictions on the use by Daniel J. O'Connell and his suc- cessors in title of land at the junction of Woburn • Street, Fletcher Avenue and the Boston and Maine Railroad, Lexington, Middlesex County, now zoned as a C -1. District, and to execute and deliver to- the othe said Daniel J. O'Connell a release of all rights acquired by the Town by said agreements. Permission granted Daniel J. O'Connell to speak from the floor. Carried by voice vote 10:40 P. M. Article 37 presented by William R. Rosenberger. Article 37. Voted: To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of 1400.00 to be expended ander the direction of the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of providing suitable headquarters for Lexington Post No. 3007 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States in accordance with Chapter 40, Section 9, under the General Laws of Massachusetts, said sum to be raised by general tax. Mr. Nichols representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars granted permission to speak from the floor. Motion by George H. Anker that motion be laid upon the table. Motion of George 1. Anker to lay the article on the table carried 10:54 P. M. Artiele 38. Voted: That this Article be indefinitely postponed. Carried Unanimously 10:55 P. M. Article 36 again presented by William W. Ferguson as origi- nally presented. After some discussion, moved by Frederick D. Wells that motion be p]aced upon table until a further study could be made. To be tabled. Carried 1.0 :59 P. M. Motion by George II. Anker that Article 36 again be taken up. Anker's motion voted upon as follows. In Favor Opposed 14 45 18 77 Lost 11:01 P. M. Aiden L. Ripley Leland H. Emery Stephen E, Hamblin 20 47 14 81 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 65 Article 40. Voted : That the Town amend its Building By-law by striking out in Article II, Section 4 the second paragraph thereof the words "one week" and inserting in place thereof "gree weeks" so that the second paragraph of said Section 4 will read as follows: If the owner of any building or other structure, or an applicant for a permit to erect or alter a building or other structure, is aggrieved by any order or decision of the Building Inspector, he may file with the Inspector au objec- tion in writing, and thereupon the matter shall be referred by the Building Inspector to the Board of Appeals who, within three weeks from said reference, shall hear the par- ties, and after taking such expert opinion as /nay seem to the Board of Appeals to be necessary, give their decision. In ease the decision of the Building Inspector be affirmed, the expense of such expert opinion taken by the Board of Appeals shall be paid to the town on demand by the appel- lant; otherwise such expense shall be borne by the town. Walter G. Black moves for Indefinite Postponement. Motion for Indefinite Postponement declared lost by voice vote 11:05 P. M. Result of vote of original motion as presented as follows: In Favor Opposed 27 74 30 lar Carried 11:08 P. M. Aiden L. Ripley Leland H. Emery Stephen E. Hamblin 9 0 2 11 Article 41. Voted: That the sum of $3,000 be appropriated and assessed for the eradication of mosquitoes under sections 4A and 5 of Chapter 232 of the General Laws. Carried Unanimously 11:10 P. M. Meeting dissolved 11:11 P. M. Attest: JAMES J. C ARROLL, TOWS Clerk TOWN OF' LEXINGTON TOWN WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF 2LfASSACFI1JSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. To the Constable 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 Lexington, quali- fied to vote in ezections and in Town affairs, to meet in the Cary Memorial Building, in said Lexington, on Friday. December 28, 1.945 at eight o'clock P. 4f., then and there to act on the following articles_ Article 1. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the removal of snow and ice and to provide for meeting such an appropriation by a transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account or in such other manner as the meeting may determine, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 2. To see if the Town will ratify and approve payments or liability for snow removal in 1945 prior to this meeting due to an extreme emergency involving the safety of persons and property, as voted by two-thirds of the Selectmen, under authority of G. L. • Ch. 44, Sec. 31, and appropriate money therefor, or act in any man- ner in relation thereto. Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a suns of money for Old Age Assistance, for the balance of the year 1945, and to provide for meeting such an appropriation by a transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. And you are directed to serve this warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By-law of the Town. REPORT OF' TOWN CLERK 57 Hereof fail not, and make doings thereon, to the Town meeting. Given under our hands at ber A. D., 1945. A true copy, Attest ; JOHN C. RUSSELL, Constable of Lexington. To the Town Clerk, due return on this warrant, with your Clerk, on or before the time of said Lexington, this twelfth day of Decem- ERROL H. LOCKE WILLIAM G. POTTER A. EDWARD ROWSE GEORGE W. SARANO GEORGE C. SHELDON Selectmen of Lexington CONSTABLE'S RETURN December 19, 1945 I have notified the inhabitants of Lexington by posting printed copies of the foregoing Warrant in the vestibule of the Town Office Building and seven other public places in the Town and by mailing a printed copy of the same to every registered voter in the Town, eleven days before the time of said meeting. Attest: JOHN C. RUSSELL Constable of Lexington 68 TOWN OF LEXINGTON SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD DECEMBER 28, 1945 The Special Town Meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Robert H. Holt, at 8:05 P. M. There were 100 Town Meeting Members present. Warrant for the meeting was read by the Town Clerk. James J. Carroll, until further reading was waived upon motion of Errol H. Loeke, Selectmen. This was duly seconded and carried. Constable's Return was read by Town Clerk, James J. Carroll. 8:06 P. M. Article 1 as presented by Selectman, Errol H, Locke. Article 1. Voted : That the sum of $5,000.00 be appropriated for the removal of snow and ice, this amount to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Appropriation Committee Report presented by Lewis L. Hoyt, Chairman, which was accepted and placed on file. 8 :07 P. M. Article 1 as presented Carried Unanimously 8:08 P. M. Article 2 presented by Selectman, Errol H. Locke. Article 2. Voted : That the Town ratify and approve payments or liability for snow removal in 1945 prior to this meeting, due to an extreme emergency involving the safety of persons and property, as voted by two-thirds of the Selectmen under authority of G. L., Chap. 44, Sec. 31, and that the sum of $7,000.00 be appropriated therefor to be provided by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 8:10 P. M. Article 3 presented by Selectman, Errol H. Locke. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 59 Article 3. Voted: Thiat the sum of 1530.67 be appropriated for O]d Age Assistance, this amount to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 8:11 P. M. All business of the meeting being completed, meeting was dis- solved at 8:12 P. M. ' Attest: JAMES J. CARROLL, Town, Clerk Approval of Article 34 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meet- ing held March 26, 1945, by Attorney General, Clarence A. Barnes. May 4, 1945 Article 34 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held March 26, 1945. Article 34. Voted: That the Town amend the General By-laws by adding to Article XXVI the following: Section 2. No Person, except an officer of the law in the performance of his duties, shall enter upon the prem- ises of another with the intention of peeping into the win- dows of a house or spying upon in any manner any person or persons therein. Carried Unanimously 10:26 P.. M. JAMES J. CARROLL, Totem Clerk Lexington, Mass, May 4, 1945 I, James J. Carroll, Town Clerk of the Town of Lexington, do hereby certify that the above is a true and exact copy of Article 34 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held March 26, 1945 and as same appears on record. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk 60 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Boston, Mass., May 9, 1945. The foregoing by-law is hereby approved. Clarence A. Barnes (signed) Attorney General. Approval of Article 35 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meet- ing held March 26, 1945 by Attorney General, Clarence A. Barnes. May 4, 1945 Artic]e 35 as passed at an Adjourned Town Meeting held March 26, 1945. Article 35. Voted : That the Town amend the Plumbing By- law by changing the figure "20" in the last paragraph thereof to "XXI" so that the same shall read as follows: The provisions of Article XXI of the Building By-law so far as applicable and especially when required appli- ances or fittings are not on the market shall be considered a part of this By-law. Carried Unanimously 10:28 P. M. JAMES J. CARROr,L, TownClerk Lexington, Mass. May 4, 1945 - I, James J. Carroll, Town Clerk of the Town of Lexington, do hereby certify that the above is a true and exact copy of Article 35 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held March 26, 1945 and as same appears on record. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town, Clerk REPORT OF TOWN CLERK Boston, Maes., May 9, 1945. The foregoing amendment to by-law is hereby approved. 61 Clarence A. Barnes (signed) Attorney General. Approval of Article 40 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meet- ing held March 26, 1945, by Attorney General Clarence A. Barnes. May 9, 1945. Article 40 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held March. 26, 1945. Article 40. Voted: That the Town amend its Building By-law by striking out in Article II, Section 4 the second paragraph there- of the words "one week" and inserting in place thereof "three weeks" so that the second paragraph of said Section 4 will read as follows: If the owner of any building or other structure, or an applicant for a permit to erect or alter a building or other structure, is aggrieved by any order or decision of the Build- ing Inspector, he may file with the Inspector an objection in writing, and thereupon the matter shall be referred by the Building Inspector to the Board of Appeals who, with- in three weeks from said reference, shall hear the parties, and after taking such expert opinion as may seem to the Board of Appeals to be necessary, give their decision. In case the decision of the Building Inspector be affirmed, the expense of such expert opinion taken by the Board of Ap- peals shall be paid to the town on demand by the appellant; otherwise such expense shall be borne by the town. Walter G. Black moves for Indefinite Postponement. Motion for Indefinite Postponement declared lost by voice vote 11 :05 P. M. Result of vote of original motion as presented as follows: 62 TOWN OF LEXINGTON In Favor Opposed 27 74 30 131 Carried 11:08 P. M. Aiden L. Ripley Leland H. Emery Stephen E. Hamblin JAMES J. CeRROLL, 9 0 2 11 Town. Clerk Lexington, Mass. May 9, 1945 I, James J. Carroll, Town Clerk of the Town of Lexington, do hereby certify that the above is a true and exact copy of Article 40 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held March 26, 1945 and as same appears on record. JAMES J. CARROLT,, Town Clerk Boston, Mass., May 15, 1945 The foregoing amendment to building by-law is hereby approved. Clarence A. Barnes (signed) Attorney General. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 63 REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK 1945 December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Following is the report of the Town Clerk's Department for the year 1945, including all licenses issued and fees collected, fees col- lected being turned over to the Town: Male Dog Licenses Issued 647 @ Female Dog Licenses Issued 102 @ Spayed Dog Licenses Issued 369 @ Kennel Licenses Issued 2 Kennel Licenses Issued Transfer licenses Ixsued Military Licenses Issued Total Total Number of Dogs Licensed Resident: Citizen Fishing Issued 154 5 Void 149 Citizen Hunting Issued 185 Citizen Sporting Issued 100 Citizen Minor Fishing Issued 70 1 Void 69 7 1.25 Citizen Trapping Issued 12 @ 5.25 Duplicates Issued 2 @ .50 Citizen Sporting & Trapping ,20 @ Free Citizen Military or Naval Service Sporting Issued 57 Free Citizen Old Age Fishing Issued 3 @ Free 2 @ 2 25 @ SPORTING LICENSES 1,149 $2.00 $1,294.00 5.00 510.00 2.00 738.00 10.00 20.00 25.00 64.00 .25 .50 Free $2.00 2.00 3.25 $2,612.50 $298.00 370.00 325.00 86.25 63.00 1.00 64 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Non•Resident: 3 Day Fishing License Issued 1 @ Citizen Fishing Issued 2 Citizen Military or Naval Service Sporting Issued 11 (r� Total 1.50 5.25 2.00 1.50 10.50 22.00 $1,177.25 OTHER LICENSES, MORTGAGES AND DISCHARGES Marriage Licenses Issued 126 @ $2.00 $252.00 Mortgages Recorded 219.42 Mortgages Discharged 26.00 Pole Locations Certificates 3 @ .75 2.25 Certified Certificates 97.61 Miscellaneous 8.50 Gas Permits 63 0 .50 31.50 $637.28 SUMMARY Dog Licenses $2,612.50 Sporting Licenses 1,177.25 Marriage Licensee 252.00 Mortgages Recorded . 219.42 Mortgages Discharged 26.00 Certified Certificates 97.61 Miscellaneous 8.50 Pole Locations 2.25 Gas Permits 31.50 Total $4,427.02 Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk REPORT OF TOWN CLERK BIRTHS BY MONTHS 1945 65 In Lexington Out of Lexington Totals Month Total Male Females Male Females Males Females January 20 0 0 11 9 11 9 February 22 1 0 12 9 13 9 March 20 0 0 10 10 10 10 April 18 1 0 7 10 8 10 May 18 0 0 10 8 10 8 June 21 0 0 10 11 10 11 July 28 1 0 14 13 16 13 August 19 0 0 7 12 7 12 September 14 0 1 4 9 4 10 October 6 0 0 3 3 3 3 November 12 0 1 6 5 6 6 December 9 0 0 5 4 5 4 207 3 2 99 103 102 105 The parentage of children was as follows: Both Parents born in United States 172 Both Parents born in Foreign Countries 10 One Parent born in United States 24 One Parent born in Foreign Country 24 Both Parents born In Lexington 5 One Parent horn in Lexington 27 JAMES J. CARROLL, Tower Clerk 86 TOWN OF LEXINGTON MARRIAGES BY MONTHS 1945 Groom's Bride's Month Totals First First January 10 5 7 February 6 6 6 14larch 7 7 7 April 9 9 9 May 7 7 7 June 23 22 22 July 9 7 8 August 10 10 10 September 13 12 12 October 10 9 9 November 12 10 11 December 14 11 11 130 115 119 Groom's Bride's Groom's Bride's Second Second Third Third 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 10 0 1 Number of Marriages Recorded 130 Residents 145 Non-residents 115 Solemnized in other places .........._...._...._ 57 Age of O1deSt Groom 74 Age of Oldest Bride 70 Age of Youngest Groom 17 Age of Youngest Bride 17 tJAM.ES J. CARROLL, Town. Clerk. REPORT OF TREASURER December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Seleetnzen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen.: The following loan was sold and placed during the year 1945 as per authorization : LOANS—ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE FROM STATE AND COUNTY Section 6A, Chapter 44, G. L. Year Ended December 31, 1945 Dated Sold To Due Rate Amount Oct. 1, 1945 Lexington Trust Co. Oct. 1, 1946 414 of 1% $1,800.00 Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. CARROLL, • Town Treasurer COMPARATIVE DEATH RATE BY MONTHS (Still Births Excluded) Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oet. Nov. Dec. Total Total: Male 17 23 12 13 15 14 15 11 15 12 17 17 181 Female 16 11 11 17 14 10 10 16 14 18 19 18 174 Residents died In Lexington: Male 3 5 2 3 1 3 5 0 2 0 8 4 81 Female 3 0 2 4 8 3 1 2 5 0 3 5 36 Non-residents died in Lexington: Male 11 13 8 7 10 8 6 8 8 8 13 9 109 Female 7 10 6 13 5 5 8 12 8 16 12 12 114 Residents died out of town: Male 3 5 2 3 4 3 4 3 5 4 1 4 41 Female 6 1 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 1 24 Children under one year: Male 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Female 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Between one and ten years: Male 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Female 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Between ten and thirty years: Male 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 9 Female 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Between thirty and Sixty years: Male 8 8 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 5 46 Female 1 0 3 2 4 2 1 0 2 2 4 2 25 Between sixty and ninety years: Male 8 13 9 9 12 7 10 7 10 10 12 9 116 Female 13 9 8 14 8 7 9 14 12 14 15 11 134 Over ninety years: Male 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 Female 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 Jos J. CARROLL, Town Clerk REPORT OF SELECTMEN 67 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN December 31, 1945 To the Inhabitants of Lexington: The Board of Selectmen respectfully submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1945. The Annual Election was held March 5, 1945. Mr. Errol H. Locke and Mr. George W. Sarano were reelected members of the Board of Selectmen for a term of three years. The Board organised on March 12, 1945 and Mr. Errol H. Locke was elected Chairman. Forty-six regular and six special meetings were held during the year. Regular meetings of the Board are held on Monday evenings at 7:30 P. M., and appointments to meet witth the Board may be made at the Selectmen's Office. Reports of the activities of various Town Departments, which are under the jurisdiction of the Board of Selectmen, may be found elsewhere in this Annual Report. RATIONING BOARD In view of the fact that rationing was about to end, the United States Government closed the Lexington War Price and Rationing Board on September 30, 1945. The Board of Selectmen in cognizant of the valuable services rendered by the members of the Rationing Board and Price Control Panel in the performance of a difficult and unpopular war activity. The Board takes this opportunity to once again commend all individuals who contributed much time and effort in this obviously necessary field of endeavor. BOARD OF HEALTH At the Annual Town Meeting, it was voted to accept Chapter 11 of the Acts of 1945.authorizing the Board of Selectmen to appoint 68 TOWN OF LEXINGTON a Board of Health and to transfer to that Board the duties as a Board of Health, previously performed by the Selectmen. In May, the following individuals were appointed to serve as a Board of Health: Dr. Ivan G. Pyle, for a term of three years; Mr. R. L. McQuillan, for a term of two years; and Mr. George E. Russell, for a term of one year. COMMUNITY COMMITTEE ON REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT At a joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and the Com- munity Committee on Rehabilitation and Employment, the sug- gestion was made that a committee on re-employment be appointed lo serve under the RRehabilitation Committee. As a result, such a committee was appointed consisting of Mr. Herbert Collins, Mr. Robert Mayo and Mr. Robert Merriam. Mrs. Robert Mayo, Execu- tive Secretary of the Lexington Red Cross, consented to serve as contact between the committee and the returning veterans. Her knowledge of the various problems presented, together with her understanding and cooperation is sincerely appreciated by the Board of Selectmen. The office of the committee is located at 1774 Massa- chusetts Avenue, and there are three Red Cross trained volunteers on duty three afternoons each week. Mrs. Mayo is on duty full time. The telephone number is Lexington 0030, and it is hoped that any Veteran, or any member of his family, wishing the assistance of this Committee will not hesitate to call. The members of these committees have done and are doing a splendid service and the Board of Selectmen publicly thank all of them for their patriotic contribution. TAX TITLE PROPERTY There has been a noticeable increase in the sale of tax title property during 1945. Forty-nine (49) parcels of real estate ac- quired by the Town by foreclosure of tax titles were sold this year and approximately X11.145 was realized from the sales. Property for sale is listed in the Selectmen's Office and information pertain- ing to it may be obtained there. REPORT OF SELECTMEN 69 GENERAL The resignation of Mr. William C. Paxton, as Superintendent of Public Works, was accepted by the Board with. regret. Mr. Pax- ton terminated hie services with the Town to engage in private busi- ness. Colonel Henry B, Barry was temporarily appointed Execu- tive Assistant, Department of Public Works. Numerous applications for the position of Superintendent were received, considered by the Board, and interviews held. Mr. Joseph H. De Foe of Winthrop, Massachusetts was appointed as of Janu- ary 2, 1946 to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Paxton's resignation. The Town of Lexington is a member of the Metropolitan Water District, and consequently will receive the benefit of a reduction in the rate charged the Town for water, as provided in Chapter 587, Acte of the General Court, approved July 12, 1945. The Board there- fore, voted to establish new Water rates effective April 1, 1946, as follows: Minimum charge $3.06 for 1200 cubic feet per quarter. 25c per 100 •cubic feet up to 10,000 cubic feet 20e per 100 cubic feet for the next 20,000 cubic feet 150 per 100 cubic feet for the next 20,000 cubic feet Any user of 50,000 cubic feet or more will receive a minimum rate of 13e per 100 cubic feet on the entire amount of water used. The Bedford Airport and the Middlesex County Sanitorium to be charged 13c per 100 cubic feet regardless of the quantity of water used. The Board of Selectmen acknowledge with thanks any coopera- tion and assistance given by various Boards, Committees and Town employees• during the year 1945. Respectfully submitted, ERRoi, H. LOCKE WILLIAM G. POTTER Gnonos 0. SHEI.DON GEORGE W. SARANO A. EDWARD Rowse Board of Selectmen. 70 TOWN OF LEXINGTON LIST OF JURORS AS SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, 1945 Name Occupation Address Alter, Welton R.—Mechanic 242 Lincoln Street Armstrong, William 5. ---Bookbinder 16 Lockwood Road Avery, Lowell—Underwriter 33 Tower Road Banks, Chester It.—Carpenter 8 Brandon Street Barrington, James L.—Dye Stuffe 39 Meriam Street Batatone. Alfred R.—Engineer 49 Bartlett Avenue Baylis, Thomas W.—Dairyman 507 Concord Avenue Beers, Ernest H.—Salesman 358 Marrett Road Briggs, Russell—Retired 27 Eliot Road Browne, Nicholas B.—Tech. Advisor 32 Slocum Road Bryant, Carl E.—Inv. Banking 12 Fair Oaks Drive Buckley, Eugene T.—Manager 22 Grant Street Buckley, William J.—Coal Bus. 234 Lincoln Street Bullock, Christopher—Painter 10a Hill Street Bushard, James B.—Electrician 25 Bowker Street Butters, George W.—Manager 40 Highland Avenue Cairns, Stewart C.—Manager 47 Taft Avenue Caldwell, Laurie—Carpenter 27 Deming Road Campbell, John D.—Carpenter 238 Lincoln Street Carlson, Edward—Elec. Eng. 82 Fattier Avenue Carson, Albert I. --Insurance 12 Hancock Avenue Cavanaugh, James—Truck Driver 36 Liberty Street Chamberlain, Walker L.—Bank Treas. 17 Hancock Street Clare, Frank • J.—Planner & Est. 433a Mass. Avenue Clarke, Kenneth F.—Wool Broker 91 Simonds Road Cole, Clarence L.—Radio Res. 29 Fern Street Cele, Grant B.—Cron. Manager 97 Blake Road Coleman, Harry—Foreman la Sheridan Street Collins, William A.—Machinist 48 Parker Street Conley, Dennis D.—Electrician 3 Sheridan Street Cook, Chester S.—Research Proj. 16 Belfry Terrace Corrigan, James F.—Salesman 109 Mass. Avenue Cullington, Herbert S.—Insurance 11 Smith Avenue Cunningham, Thurman D.—Engineer 21 Barnes Place Custance, Frank B.—Mason 100 Gleason Road LIST OF ,JURORS 71 Name Occupation ' Address Dale, Ralph I.—At home 6 Oakland Street Damery, Arthur G.—Foreman 17 Baker Avenue Davis, George M.—Clerk 36 Woodland Road Deering, Basil R.—Insurance 51 Ledgelawn Avenue Doheney, John J.—President 18 Smith Avenue Dolan, Robert E. --Baker 443a Mass. Avenue Doucette, Stanley -Salesman 20 Charles Street Dowd, John F.—Oen. Mgr. 7 Lexington Avenue Duffy, J. Henry—Insurance 25 Maple Street Dwyer, Charles F.—Soapmaker 15 Freemont Street Enser, John F.—Artist 955 Mass. Avenue Faulkingham, Clifford H.—Mechanic 38 Bow Street Ferguson, Wallace W.—Expeditor 6 Belfry Terrace Fernald, Robert W.—Salesman 4 Washington Street Garmon, Roland B.—Janitor 737 Mass. Avenue Geddes, Harold W.—Manager 15 Audubon Road Gilson, Royal W.—Bank Examiner 19 Parker Street Goshee, George B—Insurance 2 Rowland Avenue Hadley, Eliot C.—Nursery 29 Hillside Avenue Hadley, Warren K.—Aas't. Mgr. 488 Mass. Avenue Hagar, Guy S.—Train Starter 15 Cliffe Avenue Hall, Earle R.—Accountant 917 Mass. Avenue Hall, John E.—Paper Bag Ind. 18 Stratham Road Hall, Kleber—Artist 95 Meriam Street Hampton, Daniel --Barber 20 Bartlett Avenue Harding, Lloyd C.—Bank Clerk 50 Tucker Avenue Hardy, Sherman K—Salesman 78 Hill Street Hargreaves,' James R.—Accountant 1071 Mass. Avenue Harrington, Edward T.—Lever Bros. 9 Glen Road Heaney, John F.—Plasterer 31 Chase Avenue Hersom, Fred E. ----Insurance 36' Blake Road Holm, John A.—Machinist 228 Lincoln Street Holmes, Theodore E.—Ins. Agent 68 Farmcrest Avenue Hunneman, Frederic B., Jr.—Supt. 7 Parker Street Jack, William R.—Draftsman 21 Byron Street Kelley, John J. ---Machinist 8 Mussey Street Kelley, William J.—Maintenance 9 Joseph Road Ladd, Merlin J.—Insurance Bus. 19 Oakland Street Lappen, John A.—Salesmanger 57 Forest Street Litchfield, Gerald B.—Salesman 53 Dexter Road Little, Russell M.—Salesman 7 Forest Street Lombard, Harold F.—Claim Mgr. 23 Eliot Road Lowry, James W.—EIec. Eng. 36 Charles Street 72 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Name Occupation Address MacGilvary, Colin F.—Clerk 12 Cary Street Mallard, William R.—Electrician 27 Locust Avenue Maloney, Frederick T.—Foreman 15 Chase Avenue Marshman, Stanley C.—Projectionist 19 Curve Street Martin, Emil W.—Sales Corp. 33 Fallen Road Mason, Arthur F.—Salesman 46 Watertown Street Maynard, Guy B.—Spec. Rep. 29 Oakland Street McAnaul, Robert C.—Mechanic 2261 Mass. Avenue McCormack, John J.—Electrician 67 Grant Street McGann, James—Mechanic 156 Woburn Street McLaughlin, Patrick—Bus Driver 11 Fletcher Avenue McQuillan, Rufus L.—Salesman 35 Tower Road Moakley, James A.—Clerk 337 Maas. Avenue Morey, George P.—Broker 90 No. Hancock Street Morgan, Edward—Personnel Mgr. 33 Oakland Street Morris, Richard S.—Engineer 5 Belfry Terrace Morse, Clayton M.—Aes't. Cashier 29 Sherman Street Morse, Lyle J.—Elec. Eng. 44 Locust Avenue Murphy, John F. Manager 64 Marrett Road Mussey, Clifford L.—Salesman 14 Glen Road Myers, J. Raymond Prod. Mgr. 26 Locuat Avenue Needham, Harold B.—Ass't. Foreman 40 Fern Street Nelson, Robert A. T.—Supt. 58 Forest Street Noonan, Louis E.—Machinist 2 Vine Street Nordstrom, Karl—Research Chem. 28 Sherman Street Norris, Dana T.—Purch. Agent 7 Winthrop Road O'Brien, Garrett C.—Longshoreman 8 Bartlett Avenue Olsen, Albert E.—Salesman 286 Woburn Street Ormand, Frederick S.—Nursery 104 Bedford Street Parsons, Philip B. -Artist 18 Revere Street Patterson, Howard A.—Supervisor 123 Blake Road. Peabody, Henry F.—Accountant 8 Curve Street Pearce, Reginald F.—Craftsman 17 Goodwin Road Pearson, William H.—Banker 8 Goodwin Road Perkins, Frank R.—Ruch. Agent 15 Woodland Road Porthouse, John H.—Salesman 10 Aerial Street Porter, Norman W.—Retired 96 Blake Road Richards, Randall W.—Auto Salesman 67 Farmcrest Avenue Ripley, Aiden—Artist 52 Fol]en Road Robertson, Henry W.—Stockbroker 4 Raymond Street Rogers, George—Supervisor 60 Concord Avenue Rogers, Ralph W.—Manager 38 Eaton Road Ross, Albert G.—Pattern maker 7 Locust Avenue Savage, Charles G.—Railroad 14 Manley Court Savoy, Ralph C.—Tech. 74 Simonds Road Sloane, John R.—Ins. Mfg. 23 Edgewood Road LIST OF JURORS 73 Name Occupation Address Smith, Charles W.—Merchant 11 Bloomfield Street Smith, George D.—Operator 12 Locust Avenue Smith, George E.—Merchant 84 Grant Street Snow, Paul R.—Retired 43 Fallen Road Stevens, Damon B.—Prod. Mgr. 25 Highland Avenue Stevens, Peter H.—Engineer 31 Hancock Street Stone, Harold S.—Engineer 40 Harding Road Tarbell, Carl B.—Salesman 2 Raymond Street Taylor, Edward W.—Ins. Broker 49 No. Hancock Street Terhune, John—Retired 54 Grant Street Trenholm, John D.—Bank Officer 2 Eustis Street Turner, Nils M.—Painter 35 Bowker Street Vadeboncoeur; Emile J.—Printing Bus. 35 Brandon Street Webber, Donald E.—Accountant 17 Nichols Road Wennberg, Carl o.—Machinist 14 Cherry Street Whalen, John P.—Furn. Business 11 Harrington Road Whipple, Bertram F.—Bank Clerk 9 Charles Street Wichert, Charles J.—Recog. Clerk 12 Fletcher Avenue Wilson, Job? A.—Maintenance 62 Fern Street Yates, Thomas P.—Machinist 8 Carville Avenue Yeiland, Irving W.—Manager 35 Downing Road Etttell, George S.—Mechanic 306 Lowell Street 74 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE ENGINEERING DIVISION December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts. Gentlemen.: I herewith submit the following report relative to the activities of the Engineering Division during the year 1.94,5: HIGHWAY DIVISION Gave title references of all properties along Grove Street to the County Commissioners for the establishment of its relocation, Made survey for the proposed relocation of North Street from Adams Street to Lowell Street. SEWER DIVISION 1700 man:hourss work. Completed 46 construction and better- ment assessment plans for the redesign of sewers which may service 243 buildings in Lexington Manor and smaller areas close thereby. Proposed manhole locations were staked out and tied in near the force main along North Lexington Brook. Construction plans and estimates were made for the Washing- ton Street sewer and for the extension of the Bow Street sewer from Theresa Avenue to Drew Avenue. WATER DIVISION Up to the year 1923 this Division had very little information in the form of records to show the Locations of its water main gates. REPORT OF TOWN ENGINEER 75 The knowledge of those who had worked many years for the town was almost entirely relied upon in any emergency which arose. So in 1924 these records were brought up to date and have been kept that way ever since, without additional field checking. However, over a period of 22 years, due to removal of trees, telephones poles, hydrants and many other fixtures, widening of streets and demolition of and alterations to buildings, most of these ries of record are worthless. During the past three months we have almost completed field - checking the ties to 657 gates along the 72 miles of our distribution system, These ties will be sketched upon 388 water main plans and 481 separate gate cards will be made up for use by those who man the service trucks. ASSESSOR'S DEPARTMENT Block plans were field checked and brought up to date by the inspection of 710 property transfers. Seven new block plans were completed covering the thickly settled areas along Massachusetts Avenue extending from Oak Street to the Arlington line. PARK DIVISION Made complete plan of park and p1a. grotiind areas showing ex- isting and proposed fixtures. Set line and grade stakes for grounds and fence at enclosed field. CEMETERIES Made up new plan of Westview Cemetery showing lot chance and staked out same. Plotted additional lots on Munroe Cemetery plan. DRAINAGE MATTERS Took elevations along the Shawsheen River from Summer Street to Clark's Mill and drew up map showing tributory areas in Lex- ington. 76 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Plan and estimate were made for proposed drain in Wahington Street and Highland Avenue. Plans were made showing drain locations at Parker Street and Public Works Property. Batters were set for drains at Coolidge Avenue and around Public Works Building. InstxlIed planks at Vine Brook dam and kept them in good working order from March 20 until October 11. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS Made development studies of Minute Man Golf Club property and the area bounded by Massachusetts • Avenue and Cedar, Hill and Bedford Streets. Perambulated town boundaries. In addition to the regular work required by other departments which is not specifically mentioned herein, the services of the En- gineering Division were also used in connection with: Approved of plans for land court and for the installation of public utilities; Locating 45 lots for sale after tax title forclosures; Checking batters of new buildings for Building Inspector; General map work with surveys and plans for all departments and special committees. In conclusion I wish to acknowledge with thanks the assistance given to this Division by Town Officials and members of other divi- sions of the Department of Public Works. Respectfully submitted, JOHN T. COSGRovn Town Engineer. REPORT OF LIBRARIAN OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY 77 December 31, 1945 To the Trustees of the Cary Memorial IRbra.ry: The Librarian respectfully submits the Seventy-seventh Annual Report of the Library. The number of books borrowed by adults in 1945 was greater than ever before with the greatest gains in the fields of Fine Arts, Literature and Sociology. The chaotic condition of the Children's Room w rich is so crowded that books cannot be kept in order re- sulted in a large decrease in the number of juvenile titles borrowed. While Lexington is among the leaders in Massachusetts in the num- ber of adult books circulated per capita, it has one of the lowest circulations of children's books. The comparison of Lexington and communities of Iike size which follows shows only too clearly the results of the long neglect of adequate facilities for the children of this Town. LEXINGTON Winchester Stoneham Dedham Norwood Andover Adult 7uvendle Circulation Circulation 89,820 22,178 78,078 63,380 75,451 67,678 68,102 38,499 64,771 33,170 61,085 41,804 It is significant that the children of 'Winchester read forty thousand more books in one year than did the children of Lexington and in addition attended story hours, musical programs and edu- cational motion pictures at the library thus occupying much of their leisure time broadening their cultural backgrounds rather than contributing to the growing juvenile delinquent problem. Plans for a collection of records which were halted by the war are now in process and the Library will very soon have an excell- 78 TOWN OF LEXINGTON ent collection for lending to music Lovers. The Lexington Music Club is coopbrating in establishing this service which bas proven so successful in other communities. During Children's Book Week in November, Miss Katharine Buck, Assistant Librarian, visited several of the elementary schools to talk on the new children's books. In December, Mins Buck spoke before the Adams School 3 ather's Club and also at the Christmas meeting of the Women's Association of the Sacred Heart Church. The Librarian wishes to thank the Trustees of the Cary Mem- orial Library for their recognition of the extreme difficulties involved in operating the Library in its present crowded quarters and for their efforts to secure the long needed enlargement of the building. Respectfully submitted, RALPH A. NASON Librarian APPENDIX A American Library Association Form For Uniform Statistics Town: Lexington County: Middlesex State: Massachusetts Name of Library: Cary Memorial Library Date of founding: 1868 Name of Librarian Ralph A. Nason Governmental unit of support and service Town Population served (1940 United States census figures) 13,187 Assessed valuation of governmental unit served $22,237,264.00 Terms of use Free for Iending and reference Total number of agencies 5 Consisting of• Central Library 1 Branch in Library building 1 Stations in schools 3 CIRCULATION AND USE Number of volumes of adult non-fiction lent for home use 24,966 Number of volumes of adult fiction lent for home use 64,854 Number of books for children lent for home use 22,178 Total number of volumes lent for borne use 111,998 Period of loan for majority of adult book stock 14 days Number of interlibrary loans: Volumes borrowed 158 REGISTRATION Total number of registered borrowers Borrowers registered during year 8,547 799 REPORT OF LIBRARIAN OF GARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY 79 BOOK STOCK Number of volumes at beginning of year Number of volumes added during year 2,020 43,679 Total Number of volumes withdrawn from record during year. Total number of volumes at end of year Number of newspapers received excluding duplicates Number of periodicals received 'excluding duplicates 45,€29 298 45,494 5 78 80 TOWN OF LEXIN1;TON REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF GARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Afassachu8ett8. Gentlemen: The Trustees are again privileged to report another successful year for the Cary Memorial Library, as is indicated in the more de- tailed reports of the Chief Librarian and the Treasurer. A study of the report of the Chief Librarian reveals the dis- turbing fact that, although our adult circulation showed an increase during 1945, our total circulation showed a decrease for the same period. This decrease is due to the large drop in the circulation of children's books and should serve as a warning to the citizens of Lexington that we are not adequately serving the Library needs of our youth. It is a recognized fact that the schools and -the Library are of equal importance in the over all educational program for our yuuth. In the Town of Lexington, we pride ourselves on the general excellence of our school program but are negligently complacent about an almost total lack of a childrenes Library, which should and must complement the educational program of our schools. A study of our Chief Librarian's figures, comparing the adult and children's circulation in Lexington with the adult and children's circulation in the libraries of several nearby towns reveals to just what extent we are failing our children in providing adequate Library services. During the year 1945, the Trustees continued their study of the possibility of enlarging the present Cary Memorial Library building, and we have prepared detailed plans for the enlargement of and additions to the present Library building. These plans in - dude an adequate children's Library, a Iarge evhibitioii or meeting hall, a new historical Library room, a large reference Library, REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY 81 new music library rooms and total book capacity for 90,000 volumes, almost three times the present capacity. In addition, provision has been made for adequate work space, staff rooms and public sanitary facilities. It is anticipated that this plan will provide an adequate Library for many years to come and that the cost of accomplishing this remodeling and building plan will be approximately half that required to construct an entirely new Library which would offer the same capacity and services to the citizens. During the year, Miss Beatrice Shannon, who has been serving the Library as a Military Substitute, resigned from the Staff and was succeeded in a similar capacity by Miss Audrey Graves. Mr. Alan Adams became a member of the Book Committee, where he rendered valuable service. The Trustees wish to note the decease of Mr. Frederic Fischer, who was for many years a Trustee of the Library and a former Secretary -Treasurer for the Trustees. The Trustees wish to express their thanks to the Chief Librarian and his Staff of assints. Their cooperation has been of great service to the Trustees in properly conducting the affairs of the Cary Memorial Library. Respectfully submitted, H. WEBS= THOMAS, Chairman For the Board of Trustees, Cary Memorial Library. 82 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF INVESTMENT COMMITTEE CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY In account with Rev. Harold T. Handley, Treasurer GENERAL FUND Capital Account $1,000,00 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. lst & re- funding mortgage 3% Consumer's Power Co. 1st mortgage 3%%, 1970 (Called and collected No- vember 7, 1945, to be replaced. $1,000.00 in Income Account for that purpose) Pennsylvania Railroad Co., General %%, 1970 (Galled and collected July 7, 1945) 1,000.00 American Telephone & Telegraph Co %%, 1961 (Called to be redeemed) 1,000.00 Wisconsin Michigan Power Co., 1st mortgage 3%%, 1961 1,000.00 Brooklyn Edison Co., Consolidated mort- gage ortgage 3%%, 1966 1,000.00 Indianapolis Power & Light Co., 1st mortgage 33.%, 1970 1,500.00 Boston & Maine Railroad Co., Income mortgage, Series A, 4%%, 1970 1,500.00 Boston & Maine Railroad Co., let mortgage Series R. R., 4%, 1960 1,000.00 Southern California Edison Co., let and refunding mortgage, 3%, 1965 600.00 3—Lexington Cooperative Bank paid up shares, 3% 1,000.00 I --U. S. Defense Savings Bond Series G 2%%. 1,000.00 Lexington Trust Company Income Ac- count to be re -invested. 124.78 Lexington Trust Company Savings Ac- count No. 6923, I% Income Total $30.00 100.00 71.25 32.50 37.50 32.50 32.50 67.50 60.00 30.00 18.00 1.20 BEALS LIBRARY FUND (General) LaClede Gas Light Co. 1st and refund- ing mortgage, 5%%, 1953 (Called and collected May 31, 1945) ;$9.16 $612.05 REPORT OF CARY MEMORIAL INVESTMENT COMMITrEfl$ 1,000.00 New York Power and Light Company, 1st mortgage 100.00 Lexington Trust Company -Income Ac- count to be re -invested. 13.75 LAURA M. BRIGHAM LIBRARY FUND (General) 1,000.00 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co., re• funding mortgage extended 4%, 1951$40.00 1,000.00 Illinois Bell Telephone Co., 1st mort- gage 2%%, 1981 27.50 1,000.00 Philadelphia Electric Co., 1st mortgage and refunded 2%%, 1971 27.50 42.50 Lexington Trust Company Savings Book No: 6007, 1% .40 LEROY S. BROWN LIBRARY FUND (General) 1,000.00 U. S. Defense Savings Bonds Series G, 21%, 1953 $25.00 1,000.00 Boston Edison Co., 1st mortgage, 2%,%, 1970 27.50 ALICE BUTLER CARY FUND (General) 1,000.00 Lexington Cooperative Bank, 5 paid up shares, 3% 400.00 Lexington Cooperative Bank, 2 matured shares, 3% '1,000.00 Rock Island A.9kansas & Louisiana R. R Co., 1st mortgage, 4''h%, 1934. 500.00 Lexington Savings Bank, Savings Ac- count No. 23842, 2% 40.00 Lexington Trust Co. Savings Account No. 4305, 1.% $30.00 12.00 10.00 .40 MARCIA CARY LIBRARY FUND (General) 354.31 Lexington Savings Bank, Savings Book, No. 6940, 2% 7.11 83 $52.91 $95.40 $52.50 $52.40 GOODWIN MUSICAL COLLECTION LIBRARY FUND (General) 1,025.00 Lexington Savings Bank, Savings Book, No, 17037, 2% 20.60 LIBRARY BOOK PURCHASE FUND (General) 1,000.00 Narragansett Electric Co., 1st mortgage, 3% 30.00 7.11 20.60 30.00 • 84 TOWN OF LEXINGTON JANE PHINNEY LIBRARY FUND (General) 124.19 Lexington Trust Company, Savings Book, No. 3799, 1% 1.20 NELSON W. JENNEY LIBRARY FUND (Branch) 2,000.00 Lexington Savings Bank, Savings Book, No. 21321, 2% 40.00 PAULINA BURBANK PIERCE LIBRARY FUND (Branch) 1,000.00 Lexington Savings Bank, Savings Book, No. 16742, 2% 20.00 CLARA. ROBBINS LIBRARY FUND (Branch) 100.00 Lexington Savings Bank, Savings Book, No. 1476, 2% WELLINGTON LIBRARY FUND (Branch) 1,000.00 Lexington Cooperative Bank, 5 matured shares, 3% 77.18 Lexington Trust Company, Savings Book, No. 3844, 1% $27,487.96 " In default 2.01 27.50 .76 Respectfully submitted, 1.20 40.00 20.00 2.01 28.26 $915.34 H. WFRSTER THOMAS DOTiOLAS PERCY BRAYTON REV. HAROLD T. HANDLEY Investment Committee REPORT OF TREASURER OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY 85 REPORT OF THE TREASURER CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 1945 INCOME Balance an hand January 1, 1945 Fines — Main Library Gift for BoOks Sale of Books Interest on General Fund Surplus Account Interest—Sanxuel E. Raymond's Bequest—From Trustees of Pub- I1c Trusts Investment Committee: Interest on Bonds Interest on Savings Accounts Dividends ---Cooperative Banks Interest on Bonds Sold Premium on Bonds Sold Cash held from Sale of Bonds to be re -invested EXPENDITURES Books Treasurer's Bond Rental Safe Deposit Box Salary of Treasurer Investment Committee: Commission Premiums on Bonds Purchased Accrued Interest on Bonds Purchased Balance on hand December 31, 1945 ($2,000.00 in Account No 22694 Lexington Savings Bank, $128.98 cash in transit, balance in Lexington Trust Company checking account, of which $1,100.00 is to be re -invested) $4,048.98 1,105.93 100.00 26.50 40.00 13.34 580.25 40.91 60.00 38.91 105.00 1,100.00 $7,259.82 $1,033.12 5.00 6.00 50.00 86 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE TREASURER CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 1945 EAST LEXINGTON ACCOUNT INCOME Balance on hand January 1, 1945 $300.93 Fines 213.70 Investment Committee: Interest on Savings Accounts 62.77 Dividends on Cooperative Shares 27.50 EXPENDITURES Books Balance on hand December 31, 1945 ($24.16 cash in •traunfit, balance in Lexington Trust Company checking account) $604.90 $108.93 495.57 $604.90 REV. HAROLD T. HANDLEY Treasurer. 1 have checked this report of the Treasurer of the Cary Mem- 5.00 orial Library and findsame correct with proper supporting vouch - 15.00 ers. The Treasurer's cash is kept on deposit in the commercial 9.24 department of the Lexington• Trust Company, with the exception) of the amount of $2,000.00, which is deposited in the Lexington Savings Bank. The cash balance on December 31, 1945 has been 6,137.46 reconciled with the bank statement. $7,259.82 RAYMOND L. WHITIS Town Accountant MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSIONN 87 REPORT OF THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE During 1945, the same as previous war years, the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service was devoted to those projects which would help in the winning of the war. The fact that Middlesex County farmers increased their pro- duction about one third over pre-war years is proof that everyone did his part in the food production program. Labor on farms was the critical factor in food production and a great deal of the time was spent on finding labor and making it available. In addition to local help foreign labor was imported from Jamaica and Newfound, land and prisoners of war were used on market gardening and fruit farms. Selective Service Boards cooperated fully in the whole program by trying to allow men to remain on farms whip were absolutely essential. The Extension Service checked these farms and made reports to the local Selective Service Boards. The usual assistance was given, such as assistance to Victory gardeners, sending out information on spray schedules for fruit growers and market gardeners and keeping farmers informed as to the regulations on farm equipment, price schedules, especially for eggs and poultry, fruits and vegetables, and help with any emer- gency cases upon personal request. With the homemakers of thie county, food preservation and conservation in the home were the main projects. Information was given regarding successful methods of canning and freezing of fruits and vegetables as well as meats. Due to the severe shortage of cloth- ing materials demonstrations were continued on clothing renova- tion, shortcuts in clothing construction and themaintenance of sew- ing machines. To help with general nutrition demonstrations were 88 TOWN OF LEXINGTON given in the best use of vegetables, cooking with a minimum amount of sugar and preparation of community meals. Boys and girls were encouraged as usual to carry on 4-11 Club work and developed such projects as food production, food preserva- tion, clothing construction and meal preparation. This work was made possible only by volunteer local leaders and the active in- terest nterest of local committee members and parents. The Middlesex County Extension Service shares with other organizations, farmers, homemakers, young people, as well as those organizations interested in agriculture, the satisfaction of knowing that during war years for the most part agricultural products of the area were available in sufficient amounts so that there was actually no food shortage in any town within the county. (Signed) A. F. MaCD0UGaLL Town, Director 4 REPORT OP PARK DIVISION 89 REPORT OF PARK DIVISION December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: The labor situation showed a change for the better during the latter part of 1945. One of our former employees returned to work, and we were able to procure the services of a man who fits into this type of work as he has had previous experience. The fence around the Enclosed Field was completed. Grading was continued in the Enclosed Field and should be finished in 1946. Mr. William R. Greeley has volunteered to draw plans and specifications for a locker building for the Center Playground, and these Should be ready for the next annual Town Meeting. A survey of the use of our tennis courts will be made during 1946 so that an intelligent program can be made for construction work on the present courts. All of our courts are constructed with an asphalt material and they are all ten years old, some as old as eighteen years. During this time nothing has been done to keep them in good condition. The blue spruce on the Common was once again decorated with colored electric light bulbs during the Christmas Holidays. This tree should be replaced with a younger one, as it is infested with blue spruce canker, and all the bottom branches are infested. We wish it were possible to devote more time to our shrubbery and trees in the; growing season, and check on individual cases such as the one just mentioned. Our playground activities remain about the same as last year, but you may be assured that it will increase during the coming year, as the older boys and girls will be hack with us again. The 90 TOWN OF LEXINGTON swimming pool attendance remains about the same. The number and different classes change from year to year but the total re- mains about the same. The attendance during the men and women's hours does not increase, in fact, there is such a decrease that it might be well to change these hours. In conclusion, I wish to thank the members of the Public Works Department for their cooperation daring the past year. Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. GARRITY Supt. of Parks and Playgrounds REPORT OF COLLIICTOR OF TAX REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen• Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: 91 1 herewith submit the report of the Collector's Department for the year ending December 31, 1945. Amount outstanding Dec. 31, 1944 $90,948.48 Amount Committed in 1945 809,307.65 $900,256.13 Collected, abated, apportioned or transferred 810,114.62 Amount outstanding Dec. 31, 1945 Respectfully submitted, Wm. S. SCAMMAN $90,141.61 Collector of Taxes 92 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE DENTAL CLINIC December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gent/en/en: 'rhe .Dental Clinic submits its report for the year ending Dec- ember 31. 1945. F g g F. N F. m to N N N 4� .d�++ Adams 90 157 5 2 15 0 80 Franklin 26 42 2 0 5 0 19 Hancock 9 22 0 0 0 0 4 Munroe 67 101 14 1 9 0 54 Parker 36 53 1 1 16 0 31 Junior High 23 54 0 3 3 0 13 Senior High 25 38 0 7 0 0 a Totals 276 467 22 14 48 0 210 Total number of patients 276 Total number of new patients 92 Total number finished 170 Total number of fillings 489 Total number of extractions 62 Total number of cleanings 210 Total number of operations 761 Total amount of money collected $128.95 Elementary Schools: Number examined 1128 Number needing work other than cleaning 558 Number needing cleaning only 118 REPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC 93 Junior High School: Number examined 551 Number needing work other than cleaning 325 Number needing cleaning only 64 Senior High School: Number examined 500 Number needing work other than cleaning 303 Number needing cleaning only 42 The duties of the dental hygienist have been extended, the past two years, to examining the teeth of the students in the Junior High School and the Senior High School. All pupils in the school system have had the advantage of this examination. Parents are urged to take the necessary steps to correct defects found by these examin- ations. Respectfully submitted, MRs. FRANK E. HUDSON MRS. IRVING W. YIILLAND MR. THOMAS S. GR1NDLF Dental Clinic Committee 94 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: We beg to submit to your Honorable Board the Annual Report of the Fire Department for the calender year 1945. The department answered a total of 464 alarms as recorded in the following tabulations: BELL ALARMS Automobiles 5 Barn 1 Dwellings 22 False 13 Grass 3 Needless 1 No Apparatus 2 Oil Burner 1 Pig House 1 Truck 2 BELL ALARMS—MUTUAL AID Lexington to Waltham Lexington to Arlington Lexington Department aided as follows: Arlington to Lexington 56 13 7 20 1 STILL ALARMS Accidents 4 Aid Waltham 2 Aid Arlington 2 REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS 95 96 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Anfmal Rescue 2 went raised 721 feet of ladders, used 35 lights and 6,000 feet of Automobile 19 cable. The apparatus traveled a total of 2,284.4 miles. Awning 2 Broken Pipe 1 Estimated value of buildings �332,556.U9 Brush 4 ags involved Building 5 Loss paid on buildings involved 8,384.43 Cellar ...._ 1 Loss paid on contents involved 797.34 Chimney 12 Loss per capita for the year 1945 .2375 Cover 1 Defective Wire 3 The Department made 3,643 inspections of public and mercan- Drowning 1 tile buildings. Dumps 26 Electric Motor 2 Emerg. Lights 4 The Veterans' Memorial Ambulance made 123 trips for a total Emerg. Water 1 of 2,146.8 miles. Fence 1 Fireplace 1 The aerial ladder truck authorized byvote of the Town Meet - First Aid 1 Flag Rope 1 ing in March 1944, but delayed in construction and delivery by war Forcible Entry 6 priorities, finally arrived in Lexington on July 4, 1945. Its indispen- Furnace 2 sability was promptly utilized at the fire in the steeple of the Uni- Gas Stove 1 tarian Church on August 31st. A demonstration of tide new Grass 183 Alm Grease 4 of apparatus and its capabilities was given to Town Meeting Mem- Hen House 1 bers, Town Officials, and the general public on July 14., 1945. Investigations 7 Needless 9 oil Burners 16 In early April a two-way radio was installed in Deputy Cook's Overturn Truck 1 car, with a receiving set at Fire Department Headquarters. This Peat 4 facility for better coordination and communication has proved ex - Pig House 1 tremely valuable and undoubtedly increases the effectiveness of Pumping Water 1 our Fire Department. Refrigerator 1 p Rescue 3 Resuscitator 1 Two full time regular members of our force, who served during Rocket 1 the war with the armed services, have now returned to their posi- R. R. Ties 1 D Fire with th tions e e rtment. We expect Rubbish 1pest that some former mem Smoky Buildings 4 bers of our "call Force" will also similarly return. Spilled gasoline 1 Spilled Dir 2 We are askingfor money in our 1.946 budget to build a replace - Sprinklers 3 g P Tree 3 ment unit for either Hose 1 (purchased in 1912) or for Hose 2 Truck 5 (discarded by the Boston Fire Department after a collision. in 1932), Water Lead. 1 depending on which piece collapses first. Wires 1 Woods 28 — — It is highly appropriate at this time to commend all members Total 388 of the Fire Department, full time, "Call", and "auxiliary", for the The Department laid 23,100 feet 1)42 inch hose, 6,250 feet % inch efficient and eonscieutious manner in whieh they have always re - hose, 15,900 feet 11/2 inch hose, 17,050 feet 2r/2 inch hose. The Depart- sponded during the war emergency. Without such a response, the REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS 97 Town's fire protection would have materially suffered. It is hoped that the "auxiliary" will continue despite the war's ending. Equally cooperative and dependable has been the Lexington Police Department. Their help and their radio are invaluable. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W. EMERY THOMAS J. DONNELLY, JR. WII,IIAM H. DRISCOLL ROBERT J. FAWCETT ALAN G. ADAMS Board of Fire Engineers. 98 TOWN OF LEXINGTON FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS 1945 BATTLE GREEN TRUST FUND At the Town Meeting June 25, 1925, it was voted: That the suns of $500.00 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 "Battle Green Trust Fund." Principal $500,04 Deposit — Cambridge Savings Bank $500.00 Income: Balance 1-1-45 Income Receipts Balance 12-31-45-- Lexington Savings 184.78 16.27 Bank.. $201.05 ELEANOR 5 BEALS CHARITABLE FLND Eleanor S. Adams, born in Lexington in 1825. Under her will a legacy of $2.000.00 was given to the Town, the income to be used for worthy indigent aged men and women over sixty years of age, American born. Principal $2,000.00 Deposit —Lexington Savings Bank $2,000.00 income: Balance 1-1-45 Income Receipts 384.81 47.92 Balance 12-31-45—Lexington Savings Bank .... $432.73 HALLIE C. BLAKE PRIZE FUND $1,000.00 was endowed in 1920, the income to be expended an- nually in two rash prizes to the two seniors (a boy and a girl) in REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS 99 each successive graduating class of the Lexington High Scw,ul who by example and influence have shown highest qualities of leadership, conduct, and good will of the student body. Principal $1,000. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 5's-1995 Income: Balance 1-1-45 40.00 Interest on bond 55.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $ 95.00 Less disbursements for cash prizes 50.00 Balance 12 -31.45 --Cash on hand $45.00 CEMETERY TRUSTS FUNDS Principal 1-145 $35,185.00 Received from Town of Lexington 150.00 Principal as of 12-31-45 $35,335.00 Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank $26,335.00 Deposit — Warren Insdtutian for Savings 9,000.00 $35,335.00 Income: Balance 1-1-45 $ 1,443.58 Income Receipts 578.55 2,022.13 Less disbursements to Town of Lexington 1,000.00 Balance 12-31-45—Lexington cravings Bank $ 1,122.13 COLONIAL CEMETERY FUND Principal $ 1,100.00 Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank $ 1,100.00 Income. Balance 1-1-45 408.01 Income Receipts 29.81 437.82 Less disbursements to Town of Lexington 50.00 Balance 12-31-45—Lexington Savings Bank $ 387.82 FREDERICK L. EMERY FUND 5.000.00 was be+luf',trhuct to the Town of Lexington in l9:98, the same to lie 11,e1c1 iii tart and the income c'xpendei1 by the Lexington 100 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Field and Darden Club for the grading and planting of grass borders lying between sidewalks and streets; in the planting of trees along public streets; and in beautifying streets. wars and places in Lex- ington. Principal .. $1,000.00 U. S. Treasury 234'•s — 1960155 10 Paid-up Shares Lexington Cooperative Bank U. S. War Bonds --Series G. Income: Balance 1-1-45 Income Receipts Balance 12-31-45—Lexington Trust Company CHARLES E FRENCH LEGACY $ 5,900.00 $ 1,0;10.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 $ 55.000.00 $ 107.97 139.11 $ 247.0° Charles E. French, a citizen of Boston but a lover of Lexington. Under his will $4,000.00 was left to the Town, the income of 42,000 to be devoted to the care or the Colonial Cemetery; and the income of $2,000.00 for three medals in each of the public highs and gram- mar schools for the best se1iolarsliip in the graduation classes. Principal $ 4,612.91 U. S. War Bonds—Series G. $ 4,000.00 Deposit—Lexington Trust Company 27.65 Deposit — North Avenue Savings Bank 585.26 $ 4,612.91 Income — Schools: Balance 1-1-45 47.73 Income Receipts 63.64 Less disbursements for medals Balance 12-31-45 — Lexington Savings Bank Income — Cemetery: Balance 1-1-45 Income Receipts 110.37 38.72 $ 71.65 $ 25.83 50.94 Balance 12.31-45 — Lexington Savings Bank .... $ 76.1I REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS 101 JONAS GAMMELL LEGACY Jonas Gammell, born in Lexington October 20, 1820. A clause in his will gave to Lexington ,,500.00, the income to be expended for delicacies and luxuries for the intimates of the Almshouse. By de- cree of the Probate Court, April 2:1, 1929, power was given to expend income for the town poor wherever located. Principal Deposit - Lexington Savings Bank Income: Balance 1-1-45 Income Receipt's Balance 12-31.45 - Lexington Savings I.3ank .... $ 500.00 $ 500.00 $ 58.73 11.21 $ 69.94 HARRIET R. GILMORE LEGACY Harriet Robinson, born in Lexington, November 8, 1800. Under her will a legacy of :00.00 was left to the Town, the income to be used for the benefit of the poor of the Town. Principal ..., $ 500.00 Deposit - Lexington Savings Bank $ 500.00 Income: Balance 1-1-45 $ 192.24 Income Receipts 13.91 Balance 12-31-45 - Lexington Savings Flank .. $ 206.15 HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND A balance remaining .after the erection of the Hayes Fountain of 4862.72, by a vote of the Town, a permanent fund was created, the ncome to be available for the care of the fountain and the grounds around i•t. 102 TOWN OF LEXINGTOti LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND A fund created and added to lly certain graduating classes of the High School for the purpose of rendering financial assistance ;or educational purposes to worthy graduates who are recommended by the School Committee. principal as of 1-1-45 Income on Principal Deposit Fund Principal as of 12-31-45 Deposit - Lexington Savings Bank Student Loans $ 270.75 3.72 $ 274.47 $ 189.47 85.00 EDITH C. REDMAN BATTLE GREEN TRUST FUND Principal Income en Principal Deposit Deposit - Lexington Savings Bank (Income to be paid to Town of Lexington.) GEORGE O. SMITH LEGACY $ 500.00 10.05 $ 510.05 $ 274.47 $ 510.05 George O. Smith, born in Lexington January 2, 1832. Under his will a legacy of $2,500.00 was given to Lexington, the income to he expended by the Field and Garden Club. Principal $ 2,452.50 Deposit - Lexington Savings Bank $ 573.65 U. S. Treasury 2-7/8's - 1960/55 1,878.85 Principal $ 862.72 Deposit - Lexington Savings Bank $ 862.72 Income: Income: Income Receipts Balance 1-1-45 $ 229.63 Less payments to Lexington Field and Carden Income Receipts 21.93 Club Balance 12-31-45 -- Lexington Savings Bank .... 5 251.53 Balance 12-21-45 $ 2,452.50. $ 68.96 68.96 None REPORT OF' TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS GEORGE W. TAYLOR FLAG FUND Clause No. 30, Miss Amy E. Taylor's Will : 103 Whereas my father, George W. Taylor, late of Lexington, de- ceased igome year 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 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 be used for the care, preserva- tion 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 Common. Principal $ 2,000.00 U. S. War Bonds — Series G $ 2,000.00 Income: Balance 1-1-45 $ 138.54 Income Receipts 53.10 Balance 12-31-45 — Lexington Savings Bank GEORGE W. TAYLOR TREE FUND Clause No. 31, 3fiss Amy E. Taylor's Will: 1{14 TOWN OF LEXINGTON WILLIAM A. TOWER MEMORIAL PARK FUND By deed of gift from Miss Ellen 11. Tower dated September 17, 1928, and accepted by vote of the Town November 26, 1928, the sum of $10,000.00 was placed in trust, the income thereof to be applied in each and every year for the care, mainteuanee, and improvement of the William Augustus Tower Memorial Park. Principal $10,000.016 U. S. War Bonds — Series G $ 8,000.00 Deposit — Warren Institution for Savings .......... 2,000.00 $10,000.00 Income: Income Receipts $ 230.00 Less payments to Town of Lexington 230.00 Balance 12-31-45 None WESTVIEW CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUND Principal 1-1-45 $27,529.86 Received from Town of Lexington 1,968.72 $ 191.64 Principal as of 12-31-45 $29,493.58 U. S. War Bonds — Series G. Deposit — Lexington Trust Company If 1 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. Principal $ 2,000.00 U. S. War Bonds — Series G. Income: Mance 1.145 Income Receipts $ 2,000.00 $ 148,37 53.30 Balance 1.2.3.1-45 — Lexington Savings Bank $ 20L67 Income: Balance 1-1-45 Income Receipts Less disbursement to Town of Lexington ........ Balance 12-31-45 — Lexington Savings Bank EMMA 1. FISKE ADAMS SCHOOL FUND $27,500.00 1,998.58 $29,498.58 $ 526.56 434.66 $ 961.22 350.00 $ 611.22 At a meeting held July 27, 1939, it was voted to accept a gift of 8500.00 under the will of Emma I. Fiske, the sante to Iw used for decoration and/or equipment of Primary or Primary- Department of the Adams School. Principal 1-1-45 $ 550.23 Income on Principal Deposit 11.05 Principal as of 12-31-45 $ 561.28 Deposit — Lexington Savings Bank $ 561.28 REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS EMMA 1. FISKE FLOWER FUND 105 At a town meeting held July 27, 1939, it was voted that the town accept a gift in the amount of $300.00 under the will of Emma 1. Fiske to be invested and the income used to place three bouquets of flowers around the monument in her family lot in Munroe Ceme- tery on Memorial Day and September 15th of each year. 106 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Income: Balance 1-145 Income Receipts $ 128.63 125.00 $ 253.83 Less disbursements to Town of Lexington 190.00 Balance 12-31-45 — Lexington Trust Company .. $ 63.63 Principal $ 300.00 Deposit — Lexington Savings Bank $ 300.00 HERBERT HILTON TRUST FUND At a Town Meeting bell September 22, 1941, it was voted, "Chat Income: .54 the Town accept 1-1-45 $ a bequest under the will of Herbert Hilton, late Income Receipts 6.00 of San Diego, California, in the sum of $4,577.47 in trust to expend $ 6.54 the income for the benefit of Lot 42 in the Munroe Cemetery as set 6.00 forth in Paragraph 1 and the Codicil to his will." Less disburseanents Balance 12-31-45 — Lexington Savings Bank LOUISE E. WILKINS FLOWER FUND $ .54 In 1941, Louise E. Wilkins paid to the Town of Lexington $75.00 for a Flower Fund for Lot 24, Range D, Hillside Section, Westview Cemetery, the income to be used for the purchase of flowers to be placed on the lot on each Memorial Day. Principal 1-1-45 Ineame Receipts Less disbursesments $ 75.70 1.50 $ 77.26 1,50 Principal as of 12-31-45 $ 75.76 Deposit — Lexington Savings Bank $ 75.76 Principal $ 4,577.47 Deposit — Lexington Savings Bank $ 4,577.47 Income: Balance 1-1-45 $ 76.55 Inconm Receipts 93.02 $ 169.57. Less disbursements 78.00 Balance 12-31-45 -- Lexington Savings Bank .... $ 91.57 ELLEN A. STONE FUND In June 1944, the Town voted to accept a gift of $2,000.00 under the will of Ellen A. Stone, the income to be paid to the School Com- mittee and used to assist needy young girls in obtaining an educa- tion: Principal $ 2,000.00 U. S. Treasury Savings Bonds — Series G LEROY S. BROWN FUND Income: Income Receipts At a Town Meeting held April 7, 1941, it was voted, "That the Town accept a gift of $5,000.00 under the will of Leroy S. Bi -own, the income to be used to help defray the expenses of the 19th of April celebration." $ 2,000.00 $ 50.00 Less payments to Lexington School Committee 50.00 Balance 12-31-45 None SARAH E. RAYMOND TRUST FUND Principal $ 5,400.04 In 1945 the Town accepted a gift of $500.00 under the will of U. S. Wer Bonds — Series G. $ 5,000.00 Franklin T. Raymond to be known as "The Sarah E. Raymond REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS 107 Library Fund", the income to be used for the purchase of books for the Cary Memorial Library. Principal Deposit — Provident Institution for Savings Income: Income Receipts Less payments to Cary Memorial Library .,,., $ 500.00 $ 500.00 $ 13.34 13.34 Balance 12-31-45 Nana Respectfully submitted, HOWARD S. 0. NICIIOLS CLARENCE S. WALKER THOMAS G. LYNAM Trustees of Public Trusts 108 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRIDGE CHARITABLE FUND 1945 Samuel J. Bridge, a descendant of Lexington, made a. gift to the Town of Lexington in 1880 of *2,000.00 with the proviso that two- thirds of the income should he added to the principal each year until the fund should amoturt to $4,000.00 when the entire income should be available for assisting the indigent poor of the Town. Principal 1-1-45 $ 4,040.90 Profit on Sale of Bonds 60.58 Principal as of 12-31-45 $1,000. U. S. Treasury 2 7/8's — 1960/55 1,000. U. S. Treasury 2%'s — Series G. Deposit — Lexington Savings Bank 2,500. U. S. Savings Bonds — Series C Income: Balance 1-1-45 Income Receipts — Bridge Charitable Fund Income Receipts — Gerry Fund Less disbursements Balance 12-31-45 — Lexington Savings Bank .... $ 4,101.48 $ 939.43 1,000.00 287.05 1,875,00 $ 4,101.48 $ 478.39 56.28 33.97 $ 568.64 80.75 $ 487.89 EL3ZABETH B. GERRY FUND Principal 1,1.45 $ 2,067.54 Profit on sale of bonds 206.66 Principal 12-31-45 $ 2,274.20 Deposit -- Lexington Savings Bank $ 680.26 Deposit — Lexington Trusd. Company 500.00 $100. U. S. Treasury 2 7/8's — 1960/55 93.94 1,000.00 U. S. Treasury 25W's — Series G. 1,000.00 $ 2,274.20 REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF BRIDGE CHARITABLE FUND 102 Income: Income Receipts Less •transfer to "Bridge" Fund Baulance 12-31-45 Respectfully submitted, HOWARD S. O. NICHOLa CLARENCE S. WALKER THOMAS G. LYNAH $ 33.97 33.9'1 None Trustees of Public Trusts 110 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF BOARD OF RETIREMENT December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The Board of Retirement respectfully submits its ninth annual report covering the operation of the Town of Lexington Contribu• tory Retirement System for the calender year ended December 31, 1945 During the year the Board held twelve meetings, a brief review of operations of the System during the year, together with financial Statements and membership schedule, is submitted as follows:_ SCHEDULE OF MEMBERSHIP FOR 1945 Active Members: Membership December 81, 1944 Enrolled during 1945 Total Deaths Withdrawals Retirements — Superannua- tion Ordinary Disability Membership December 31, 1945.... Pensioners: Membership December 31, 1944 Retirements for Superannua- tion Ordinary Disability Total Eligible for Not Eligible for Total Prior Service Prior Service Mem- Group 1 Group 2 Group 1 Group 2 ber- Male Female Male Male Female Male ship 32 7 1 16 21 26 103 13 8 9 30 32 7 1 29 29 35 133 1 2 3 7 2 29 7 1 26 22 33 •118 21 2 1 .... 24 21 2 1 24 REPORT OF BOARD OF RETIR8]MEINT 111 Deaths Membership December 31, 1946 21 2 1 24 Total Membership Dec. 31, 1945 50 9 2 30 22 33 **142 * This figure includes the 13 employees of the Town now in the Armed Forces. ** There are 9 employees of the Town who are also Cali Firemen. They are figured in the Group 1 Membership. There are 11 employees who have left the employ of the Town but have not withdrawn their deductions. They were not included in the above Membership Table. INCOME STATEMENT FOR 1945 Income Ledger Assets December 31, 1944 Contributions for Members: Group 1 $6,721.28 Group 2 962.59 Contributions from Town: For War Service Fund 789.86 For accrued liability 10,270.00 Far normal liability 4,049.00 For guaranteed interest over earned Interest 693.31 For expenses 440.00 Interest: From Savings Banks 1,269.39 From V. S. Government Series G Bonds 812.50 Accrued Items: From LI, S. Government Series G Bonds From Town of Lexington—Interest deficiency Total Assets and Income Disbursements Annuity Payments: Group 1—Regular Group 2 Pension Payments: Group 1—Members with Prior Service Group 2—Members with Prior Service $635.32 48.36 214.59 2,426.42 8683.68 10,948.73 677.90 11,626.63 Refunds for Withdrawals from System: Group 1—Deposits and Interest 4,14&05 Group 2—Deposits and Interest 15.24 4,161.29 $95,143.60 7,683.87 16,242.17 2,081.89 2,641.01 $123,792.54 112 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Refunds on account of death: Group 1 ---Deposits and Interest .. Refunds an account of Erroneous De- ductions : Group 1—Deposits and Interest Expenses: Clerical Hire 112.80 Printing and Stationery 25.18 P•ge 15.99 Association Convention Expenses 4.75 Dues to Mass. Association of Contrib- utory Retirement Boards 5.00 Total Disbursements Balance December 31, 1945 419.14 105.87 163.72 BALANCE SHEET—DECEMBER 31, 1945 Assets Deposita not on interest: Lexington Trust Company $9.51 Investments: Lexington Savings Bank No. 25439 1,557.52 Series G United States Defense Bonds 35,000.00 Andover Savings Bank No. 54074 2,216.56 Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank No. 57332 2,271.41 Belmont Savings Bank No. 19158 2,246.21 Cambridge Savings Bank No. 121655 2,955.58 Cambridgeport Savings Bank No. 178244 2,325.62 Chelsea Savings Bank No. 166610 2,174.25 Dedham Institution for Savings No. 74003 2,836.84 East Cambridge Savings Bank No. 107939 1,226.81 Eliot Savings Bank No. 137669 1,107.76 Hingham Institution for Savings No. 38753 1,818.62 Institution for Savings (Newburyport) No, 876372,208.93 Lexington Savings Bank No. 21144 7,211.47 Lynn Institution for Savings No. 151034 2,169.28 Mechanics Savings Bank (Reading) No. 19663 2,203.83 Melrose Savings Bank No. 55112 2,287.33 Natiok Five. Cent Savings Bank No. 58694 1,166.51 Newton Centre Savin;s Bank No. 24445 2,825.58 Newton Savings Bank No. 83839 3,376.98 North -Avenue Savings Bank No. 60142 2,274.19 Provident Institution for Savings (Amesbury) No. 50186 2,182.33 Quincy Savings Bank No. 107510 1,154.01 Rockland Savings Bank No. 43262 2,162.98 17,160.33 $106,632.21 REPORT OF BOA.R.D OF RETIREMENT Somerville Savings Bank No. 73265 2,249.73 The Middlesex Institution for Savings (Concord) No. 41679 3,421.04 Wakefield Savings Bank No. 47729 1,104.59 Waltham Savings Bank No. 93672 1,301.85 Weymouth Savings Bank No. 37459 2,176.50 Winchester Savings Bank No. 29066 1,215.54 Woburn Five Cent Savings Bank No. 65289 2,311.23 Cash: In office or transit 1,240.61 Accrued Items: From U. S. Government Series G Bond From Town of Lexington -Interest deficiency 214.59 2,42442 113 103,991.20 2,641.01 Total Assets $106,632.21 Liabilities 'War Service Fund $1,385.60 Annuity Savings Fund 47,605.45 Annuity Reserve Fund 4,599.53 Pension Accumulation Fund 52,296.32 Expense Fund 745.31 Total Liabilities PENSIONERS, DECEMBER 31, 1945 114 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Stevenson, Matthew Health August 28, 1938 Stewart, James Highway July 16, 1938 Sullivan, James (4. Highway April 2, 1943 Taylor, Edward W. Fire January 1, 1943 Wallin, Charles k'. Park November 25, 1938 RECORD OF DECEASED MEMBERS Name Department Date Deceased Beach, Clayton F. Engineering February 26, 1944 *Collins, Dennis H.Sehool October 18, 1937 *Collins, John J. Highway November 23, 1943 Corcoran, Andrew M. Highway April 24, 1945 Delfino, Angelo Cemetery June 20, 1944 Fardy, Thomas F. Welfare April 5, 1943 Garten, John J. Water &Sewer March 30, 1943 * Hadley, Charles E. Sealer November 21, 1938 *Harrington, Otis Water & Sewer November 20, 1939 *Higgins, Charles W.Highway September 3, 1943 *Kirkland, Marion P. Ltbrary August 28, 1944 Rooque, Arthur J. School September 26, 1943 'Shea, Nicholas Highway April 7, 1944 Wentworth, Dorothy B. Library June 28, 1939 * White, Robert H. Highway January 25, 1938 $106,632.21 ' Retired Members Name Department Date Retired Brenton, Walter School January 30, 1939 Cassella, Charles Water & Sewer December 1, 1944 Cassella, Joseph Water & Sewer January 17, 1942 Denney, James W. Water & Sewer June 13, 1941 Duffy, Mici;nel J. Water & Sewer June 1, 1941 Ferry, Antonio Highway February 1, 1938 French, William G. Highway October 28, 1943 Hannaford, Robert E. Highway September 3, 1943 Holman, Walter Water & Sewer March 1, 1944 Howard, Horace M. Library January 1, 1938 Lembo, Charles Water & Sewer November 1, 1944 Longbottom, Fred W. Building February 1, 1940 Manley, Charles A. School March 19, 1942 Mitchell, Lawrence G. Welfare July, 1, 1940 Murray, John L. Public Works August 13, 1944 Massey, Helen E. Library June 1, 1941 Nichols, Emma D. Library January 1, 1940 Powers, Michael Highway August 14, 1939 Ryeroft, Peter Water & Sewer February 9, 1940 Respectfully submitted, HOWARD S. O. NICFHOLS, Chairman HELEN E. READY RAYMOND L. 'L'4 F11TE, Secretary REPORT OF BOARD OF RETIRiEMENT 115 REPORT OF BOARD OF RETIREMENT December 31. 1945. To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: Following is the report of the Treasurer of the Contributory Retirement System Funds of the Town of Lexington for the year 1945. Total In Account Decem;:er 31, 1945 Deposits not on interest: Lexington Trust Company 9.51 Deposits on interest: Lexington Savin s Bank 7,211.47 Newton Savings Bank 3,376.98 Weymouth Savings Bank 2,176.50 Mechanics Savings Bank 2,203.83 Middlesex Institution for Savings 3,421.04 Natick Five Cents Savings Bank 1,166.51 Somerville Savings Bank 2,249.73 Institution for Savings 2,209.93 Dedham Institution for Savings 2,836.84 Provident Institution for Savings 2,182.33 Lynn Institution for Savings 2,169.28 Winchester Savings Bank 1,215.54 Eliot Savings Bank 1,107.76 Hingham Institution for Savings 1,818.62 East Cambridge Savings Banek. 1,226.81 Quincy Savings Bank 1,154.01 Andover Savings Bank 2,216.56 Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank 2,271.41 Waltham Savings Bank 1,501.85 Chelsea Savings Bank 2,174.25 Wakefield Savings Bank 1,104.59 Melrose Savings Bank 2,287.33 Cambridgeport Savings Bank 2,325.62 North Avenue Savings Bank 2,274.19 Belmont Savings Bank 2,246.21 Newton Centre Savings Bank 2,825.58 $103,991.20 116 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Cambridge Savings Bank Rockland Savings Bank Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank United States Defense Bonds Cash: In Transit Outstanding checks $1,278.53 37.92 2,955.58 2,162.98 2,311.23 35,000.00 $1,240.61 $1,240.61 Lexington Savings Bank -- War Service Fund 1,557.52 Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. CARROLL. $103,991,20 Treasurer. REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD 117 REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD December 31, 1945 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The report of the Planning Board for the year 1945 is submitted herewith: Sixteen meetings have been held, as well as joint meetings with the Board of Selectmen and representation at outside meetings. Mr. William Roger Greeley, former Chairman, resigned at the expiration of his term, and Mr. Elmer C. Houdlette was elected in March to fill the vacancy. The Board has completed a year of considerable activity, and anticipates even greater prdblems in the year ahead. The major activities may be outlined as follows: Four requests were received from parties interested in changes to the Zoning By -Law, none of which has been carried to a public hearing. Assistance was given to the committee on the selection of future school sites. Assistance was also given to the High School student group studying planning problems in Lexington. The Board of Health was approached in regard to dumping, particularly in the areas adjacent to the railroad right of way. The Board's opinion was requested, and given in reference to the W. C. 0. P. transmitter station, now under construction. 118 TOWN OF LEXINGTON At the request of the Selectmen, the Board undertook a study of the Legislative Committee's report on Rapid Transit, and made extensive recommendations upon this matter as pertaining to Lex- ington. The Board has considered, and reported upon, the desirability of the Town's acting in seeking to bring the new U. N. 0. head- quarters to one of several sites in Lexington, if Boston is chosen as the seat of government. The Board's largest activity has been Me preliminary review of new proposed subdivisions. In the past few months alone some 350 lots have been submitted in these layouts, which are still in a state of revision, the most extensive being the "Cutler Farm" pro- perty and the Higgins land on Maple Street, near Pierce's Bridge. The opening up of these areas is indicative of the anticipated trend; the next ten years will undoubtedly be a period of almost unprece- dented building activity and population growth. The proper guid- ance of and planning for these inevitable changes, as the remaining open areas suitable for building are developed, is one of the most important considerations which now face Lexington. The Board is undertaking a study .of the existing Zoning and Building By -Laws, and has made a partial report to the Selectmen. The Board is of the opinion that the proposed parking .area and cross street (study of which was commenced in 1940) between Wal- tham and Mnzzey Streets is one of the moat imperative of our post- war projects, and will encourage definite action at an early date. Mr. Nickerson was not available to sign this report. Respectfully submitted, ELMER C. HOUnLETTCE GORDON D. RICHARDS RICHARD P. CROMWEI,I, CLEar H. FERousoN EDWIN B. WORTHEN, JR. Planning Board REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS 119 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS December 31, 1945 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town Office Building, Lexington, Masaeituse tts. Gentlemen: We hereby submit our report as Assessors for the year ending December 31, 1945. Number of persons assessed On Personal Estate only On Real Estate only On both Personal and Real Estate Total number of persons assessed Individ- uals 122 3002 265 All Others* Total 24 146 63 3065 12 277 * Partnerships, Associations or Trusts, Corporations. Number of Male Polls assessed Value of assessed Stock in Trade $67,260.00 Value of assessed Machinery 771,660.00 Value of assessed Live Stock 84,815.00 Value of all other Tangible Personal Estate $688,425.00 Total value of assessed Personal Estate ........ Value of Buildings, excluding Land $15,558,260.00 Value of Land, excluding Buildings 5,0661,844.00 Total value of assessed Real Estate Total value of assessed Estate Omitted Assessments December 20, 1945 Omitted Poll Taxes Number of Cows assessed 343 Number of Horses assessed 89 Number of Yearlings assessed 17 Number of Swine assessed 632 Number of Fowl assessed 23,230 Number of Sheep assessed 9 All other assessed 58 $113.86 24.00 3488 4022 $1,612,160.00 $20,625,104.00 $22,237,264.00 120 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Number of Acres of Land assessed Number of Dwelling Houses as- sessed* Each building used as a dwelling counted as One without regard to the number of families housed. 9,000 2,975 Value of Real Estate exempt from Taxation $7,660,814.39 Value of Personal Property exempt from Taxation 438,233.26 (Figures used in Fixing Tax Rate G. L. Chapter 59, Sections 23, 25) 1945 RECAPITULATION 1. Total Appropriations as certified by Town Clerk to be raised by Tax- ation, Chapter 41, Sec. 15A 2. Total Appropriations voted to taken from Available Funds: (a) In 1945 (b) In 1944, since 1944 tax rate was fixed be $152,855.66 10,900.00 $754,450.55 163,755.66 Deficits due to abatements in excess overlay of prior years. Of Year 1930-1933 1934 1.935 1936 Amount $579.92 176.80 176.80 176.80 Of Year 1937 1938 1939 1940 Amount $257.31 276.88 295.43 586.66 $918,206.21 $2,526.60 ADDITIONAL STATE ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED TO BE RAISED BY CITIES AND TOWNS IN METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS AREA Metropolitan Sewerage G. L. Ch. 92, ss 5.8 North System Metropolitan Water G. L. Ch, 92, s 26 (1943, 543, See. 2) 1945 1944 Estimates Underestimates $16,700.20 32,887.70 MeitropoIitan Sewerage G. L. Ch. 92, ss 5-8 North System $35.44 STATE: TAX AND ASSESSMENTS $49,587.901 1945 1944 Estimates Underestimates State Tax $25,668.00 State Parks and Reservations 716.56 State Audit of Municipal Accounts 1,408.40 $35.44** REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS State Examination of Retirement Sys- tem Cape Cod Mosquito Control (Barnstable County only) Gypsy and Brown Tait Moths Hospital and Home Care for Civil War Veterans Investigation Soldiers' Relief Smoke Inspection Service 103.36 49,587.90• $35.44** 121 $77,383.22 $35.44 $77,418.66 COUNTY: TAX AND ASSESSMENTS County Tax Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment OVERLAY of current year GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED $31,768.33 7,274.36 $39,042.69 $39,042.69 15,908.99 $1,053,103.15 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS Income Tax $70,686.16 Corporation Taxes 34,024.64 Reimbursement on account of State-owned Land 501.53 Gasoline Tax under Acts of 1943, Chapter 569 24,162.64 NOTE: The amount entered for each of the first four items must be exactly as certified to you by the Commissioner (Col. 3 of Cherry Sheet) Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 13,000.00 Licenses 3,000.00 Fines 100.00 Grants and Gifts 0.00 Special Assessments 5,000.00 General Government 1,500.00 Protection of Persons and Property 200.00 Health and Sanitation 1,500.00 Highways .... 100.00 Charities (other than federal grants for aid to de- pendent children) 8,000.00 Old Age Assistance (other than federal grants) 30,000.00 Old Age Tax (Meals), General Laws, Chap. 64B Sec 10 (Acts of 1941, Chap. 729 Soldiers' Benefits Schools Libraries Recreation 1,471.06 500.00 8,000.00 0.00 200.00 122 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Public Service Enterprises (such as Water Depart- ment, etc.) Cemeteries (other than trust funds and gale of lots) Interest: on Taxes and Assessments In lieu of Taxes: Arlington and Cambridge Taylor Shade Tree Fund and Tower Park Fund 53,087.70 1,200.00 4,000.00 660.00 550.00 TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS $261,443.73 Amounts voted to be taken from available funds: (Before any such amount can be used in fixing tax rate, the Commissioner's written approval must be obtained.) Enter Amount and Date of Approval by Com- missioner of Corporations and Taxation. $ 1.0,900.00 June 6, 1944 121,291.89 Apr. 3, 1945 31,013.77 Apr. 18, 1945 20,000.00 May 1, 1945 $183,205.66 TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS $183,205.66 TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAIL- ABLE FUNDS NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION ON POLLS AND PROPERTY Number of Polls — 4022 at $2.00 each $8,044.00 Total Valuation:—Personal Property Valuation $1,612,160.00 at $27.00 43,528.32 Real Estate Valuation $20,625,104.00 at $27.00 556,877.81 Gain on Personal Estate $ .39 Gain on Real Estate 3.24 $3.63 TOTAL TAXES TO BE LEVIED ON POLL AND PROPERTY .... 3,63 $444,649.39 $608,453.76 $608,453.76 ITEMS NOT ENTERING INTO THE DETERMINATION OF THE TAX RATE 1. Betterments and special.' assessments added to taxes: (a) (b) ,c) Apportioned Sidewalk: Assessments Apportioned Street As- sessments Apportioned Water As- sessments Apportioned Amount $17.38 2,147.04 1,047.41 Committed Interest $2.81 216.27 225.69 Total $20.19 2,363.31 1,27310 REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS (d) Apportioned Sewer As- sessments 1,775.09 385.00 2,160.09 2. Water Liens added to taxes 850.69 850.69 TOTAL OF ALL OTHER COMMITMENTS .. TOTAL AMOUNT OF 1945 TAXES ON POLLS AND PROPERTY AND OF ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES AS COM- MITTED TO COLLECTOR $615,121.14 123 86,667.38 Respectfully submitted, CLYDE E. STEEVES, Chain/UM LELAND H. EMERY WILLIAM H. SHANAHAN WILLIAM 1. BURNHAI WILLIAM A. CANN Assessors of Lexington 124 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES December 31, 1945 7'o the Honorable Board of Nelec't nc►t Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I submit herewith my Annual Report for the year ending De- cember 31, 1945. SCALES: Adjusted Sealed Condemned Platform over 5,000 lbs. Platform 100 to 5,000 lbs. 1 Counter under 100 lbs. Beam over 100 lbs Spring 100 lbs. or over Spring under 100 lbs. 3 Computing under 100 lbs. 1 Personal weighing Prescription 1 WEIGHTS: Avoirdupois Apothecary Metric CAPACITY MEASURES: Liquid AUTOMATIC MEASURING DEVICES: Meters 1" Inlet Meters over 1" Inlet Meters Grease Measuring 11 2 11 7 3 8 15 32 2 7 101 57 12 56 49 8 24 1 1 6 REIPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES 125 126 TOWN OF LEXINGTON LINEAR MEASURES: Yardsticks 23 1 Cloth measuring devices 1 Sealing Fees $ 77.11 Paid to Town Treasurer by Sealer Licenses — Junk 250.00 Paid direct to Town Treasurer Total $327.11 There 'have been 425 trial weighings and measurements of com- modities sold or put up for sale, of which 68 were found incorrect and rectified. I have sealed the scales in all the schools Respectfully submitted, RALPH E. CHADWICK ,Sealer of Weights and Measures REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS State House, Boston June 22, 1945 To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Errol H. Locke, Chairman Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and ac- counts of the town of Lexington for the year ending December 31, 1944, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts. Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL Director of Accounts Mr. Theodore 1V. Waddell Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State Howe, Boston Sir: LI accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Lexington for the year ending . December 31, 1944, and report •thereon as follows: ItEPORT OF DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS 127 The financial transactions, as shown on the books and records of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked with the records in the offices of the town treasurer and the town accountant. The books and accounts in the accountant's office were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were compared with the treasurer's books and with the books and records of the several departments in which charges originated or money was collected for the town. The recorded payments were checked with the treasury warrents and with the disbursements as shown by the books of the town treasurer. The appropriations and transfers as recorded on the accountant's books were checked and verified by comparison with the town clerk's records of financial votes passe:] by the town meetings and with the finance committee's authorization of trans- fers from the reserve fund. The town accountant's ledger was analyzed, and. a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1944. The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were analyzed and checked with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town, with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury and with the books of the town accountant. The recorded paytuents were checked with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the disbursement of town funds and with the account- ant's books. The cash books were footed and the cash balance on March 29, 1945, was verified by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit. The payment onaccount of maturing debt and interest were proved with the amounts failing due and were checked with the cancelled securities and coupons on file. The records of the lax titles held by the town were examined and checked. The amounts added to the tax title account were compared 128 TOWN OF LEXINGTON with the collector's records, the recorded redemptions, foreclosures, and disclaimers were checked, and the tax titles on llama were listed. proved, and compared with the records in the Registry of Deeds. The books and accounts of the town collector were examined and checked in detail. The taxes, assessments, departmental, and water accounts outstanding according to the previous examination and all subsequent commitments were audited and verified. The re- corded collections were compared with the payments to the treas- urer as shown by de treasurer's and town accountant's books; the abatements, as entered, were checked with the records of the depart- ments authorized to grant abatements; the taxes and assessments transferred to the tax title aecount were compared with the treas- urer's and the accountant's records; and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the town accountant's ledger accounts. The outstanding tax, assessment, departmental, and water ac- counts were veri flea by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and fronii the replies received thereto it appears that the outstanding ,i:tosults, as listed, are correct. Tlie records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen and towel clerk were examined and checked. The collections were com- pared with the payments to the town and state, and the r'>islr balturc. was verified by aetuail count of the cash on Bawl. The records of collections by the police, fire and park depart- ments, as well as of the building, plumbing. wire, and milk inspectors and the sealer of weights and measures, were examined and checked in detail, the recorded payments to the treasurer being verified. The accounts of the treasnrer of the Cary Memorial Library were examined and Checked. The recorded receipts from fines, sales, gifts, and income from trust funds were proved, the disbursements were checked with the approved vouchers on file, and the cash bal- ances were verified. The securities and savings bank books representing the invest- ment of the several trust funds in the custody of the trustees of public trusts, the trustees of the Bridge Charitable Fund, the trustees of the Cary Memorial Library, the chairman of the eehool REPORT OF DIRkX TOR OF ACCOUNTS 129 committee, and the town treasurer were personally exa-mined and listed. The income and disbursements were verified. The municipal contributory retirement fund records were ex- amined and checked. The recorded receipts were verified and the payments were compared with- the warrents authorizing them. The cash balance was verified, and the total investments and cash on hand March `9,.1945, were reconciled with the aggregates of the several retirement system funds and with the town accountant's ledger. The surety bonds furnished by the several oilicials required to file such surety were examined and found in proper form. In addition to the departments mentioned, the records of all departments in which money was collected for the town were ex- amined and checked. The payments to the towel treasurer were verified and the cash on hand was proved by actnai count. Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet mentioned, above, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of tax, assessment, tax title, tax posses- sion, departulental, and water accounts, as well as tables showing the transactions and condition of the trustand retirement funds. For the cooperation extended by all town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, HERMAN B. DINE A sai. Cant Director of Account* (Note: The tabulation submitted with the report from the Division of Accounts is not being printed, but the original report is on file in the Selectmen's office and may be examined by any interested citizens.) 130 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL Board of Selectmen Town office Building Lexington, Mae8acku.etts Gentlemen : • December 26, 1945 In accordance with Section 6 of Article II of the Town By -Laws, I herewith make my report in writing as Town Counsel of (a) "All actions by or against the Town which were pending at the beginning of the fiscal year"; (b) "All actions brought by or against the Town during such year"; (e) "All actions settled or disposed of during such year". (a) The following actions were pending on January 2, 1944, and proceeded as stated. 1. Town of Lexington v. Elizabeth Latter; Middlesex Su- perior; contract to recover welfare payments. Pleadings completed. No action during the year. 2. Town of Lexington v. U. S.; U. S. District. [Court; con- demnation proceedings relating to the Bedford Air Port; Taking for the closing of roads in Bedford and Lincoln. No action during the year. 3. Forelosure of tax titles. Numerous tax title foreclosures originally filed by the Town Treasurer in the Land Court and numerous petitions for the issue of new certificates of registered title after foreclosure of tax tit -es, have been dealt with by Town Counsel Many of these have been finally disposed of, some of the more important ones are still pending. REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL 131 4. Town of Lexington v. Johanna Kennedy; Middlesex Pro• bate; proceedings to recover welfare payments, settled. (b) The following cases have been entered during the year 1945. 1. The town of Lexington v. the estate of Daniel Bailey; Middlesex Probate; proceedings to recover welfare pay- ments, settled. (e) The actions settled or disposed of during the year as above set forth are the above numbers: (a) 3, (a) 4, (b) 1 The Town Counsel also reports the separate amounts received by him as compensation and for disbursements during such year and for all other services not covered by the regular salary. 1. Registration petition of Ethel Blaine Tenney, $18.75 2. Settlement of conflicting tax -sales of Cole and Daniels, $43.10 3. Settlement of Kennedy Claim, $57.75 4. Numerous tax titles. January 5, $455, Jan- uary 11, $.15, • February 1, $15, February 15, $50, March 1, $40, March 15, $80, April 17, $40, May 17. $35, June 14. $85. June 21, $140, June 28, $41), October 18, $40, October 25, $15. 5. Settlement of Bailer claim, $25,00 Respectfully submitted, S. R. RrRrc i {Ti NCTON Town Counsel • 1 132 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE POSTURE CLINIC Board of Selectmen Town Office Building Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: December 111, 1945 From January 11, 1945, through December :11, l915, 198 cases of C and 1) posture were treated its the Lexington Posture [Clinics. Silhouetteograph pictures were taken throughout the schools from grades III through VI, and clinics were held once each week throughout the school year. Clinics for special orthopedic examination, recoinmeii 1atiou and medical posture grading were conducted twice during the year by Dr. Mary T. Moore on March :;rd and May 21 1. Pressure of duties caused the resignation of ]7r. William A. Rogers, and the clinic was fortunate at this particular time in obtaining the services of Dr. Moore. Recommendations were made to the parents of seven children for direct hospital examination and treatment beyond the work of the regular clinics. Many interested parents have attended the clinics this past year, and have had the advantage of personal con- sultation with Dr. Moore and the clinic workers. Cases treated: Dia- Sp. D 0 New Old charged Rec. Adams 18 36 52 2 15 4 Franklin 3 29 30 2 11 0 Hancock 7 27 33 1 10 10 Monroe 7 34 41 0 12 0 Parker 8 29 36 1 9 3 43 155 192 6 Respectfully submitted, DOROTHY LINDSAY, Chairman DOROTHY C. VADEBONCOEr7R MARGARET B. NoYES 57 17 3IARCAREr W KETTEL[. EDITH M. KELLEY REPORT OSP' CARY LECTURE COMMITTEE CARY LECTURE COMMITTEE To Thr Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Dear Sire: - 133 December 31, 1945 The Committee in charge of the Lectures provided under • the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary begs to submit its Sixteenth Annual Report covering the period from January 1, 1945, to December 31, 1945, The Lectures provided were as follows: January 19. Hallett Abend "America's Stake in the Pacific" February 21. Austen West "South Africa --Land of Tomorrow" October 29. Lucielle Browning Leading Contralto of Metropolitan Opera Association December 5. Harry J. Robinson "Wanderings in the Peruvian" The expenses incurred for these Lectures, w'h'ich have been defrayed by the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund, amounted to $947.86, of which the sum of $700.00 was paid to Lecturers and The remainder covered advertising, printing, ushers and other expenses. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT H. HOLT THOMAS 5. GRINDLE GRACE .LI11INCOTr MERRIAM 134 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, ?6fassachusetts. Gentlemen: I have the Donor of submitting the following report of the Lexington Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1945. Totall number of arrests Offenses for which arrests were made: Absent Witihout Leave Assault Assault (Indecent) Assault and Battery Begetting Breaking and Entering Carrying Firearms Without a Permit Default Delinquents Destroying Trees Drunkenness Escapees Failing to Slow at Inrtersection Failing to Stop at Red Light Going Away after Damage to Property Going Away after Injury to Person Hunting Without a License Improper Equipment Indecent Exposure Keeping Poultry Without A Permit Larceny Manslaughter Non -Support Operating to Endanger Operating Recklessly Operating after Revocation of License Operating Unregistered Car Operating Uninsured Car Operating Under the Influence of Liquor 135 3 1 3 5 1 1 1 1 15 4 30 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 6 7 1 1 1 1 10 REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT 135 Operating Without Authority Operating Without a License Runaway Speeding .Suspicious Person Trespassing Vagrant • Violation of Health Laws Violation of Probation Violation of Law of Road Total DISPOSITION OF ARRESTS Comrniltted Continued Dismissed Fined Filed Found Not Guilty Probation Re5.iased Suspended Turned over to the Veteran's Hospital Turned over to the Military Turned over to the Wrentham School Turned over to other Police Departments MISCELLANEOT]S BUSINESS Anima16 cared for —Sick or Injured Anima l•a cared for -- Stray Automobiles reported stolen Automobiles reoovered •Automobiles tagged for parking violations Bicycles reported stolen Bicycles recovered Buildings found open Committed ito fhe Tewksbury Infirmary Committed to the Worcester State Hosp,.. Fire Alarms responded to Injured or Sick persons ass'Isted Lost dogs reported Lost dogs returned -to owners Massages delivered Missing persons investigated Public 1J iibiea notified of defects Reports and Complaints investigated Speed Checks 4 1 4 1 4 2 3 3 1 135 18 8 8 26 12 14 7 8 7 5 5 2 15 135 36 52 5 11 278 29 32 79 1 5 41 37 26 17 92 51 68 889 13 136 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Street Lights reported out 149 Transients accommodated 13 Vacant houses reported 181 Total Mileage recorded on Car No. 31 95,665 Total Mileage recorded on Car No. 32 .... 26,145 Total Mileage recorded on Spare Car 847 • AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS OF 1945 BY MONTHS: January February March April May June July August September OOotober November December Total 13 13 11 10 12 10 8 15 11 15 10 14 141 We wish to express our sincere thanks to all who have co-op- erated with and assisted us in the performance of our various duties. Respectfully submitted, JOHN W. RYcxosr Chef of Police. REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS 137 REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS December 31, 1945 To The honorable hoard of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: The Board of Cemetery Commissioners submits the following report covering its work during the year 1945. The various cemeteries in the Town have received the necessary care to keep thew in good order, and improvements have been made where necessary. The buildings at Munroe Cemetery are in fairly, good repair and have been repaired where necessary and repainted during the year. The tool house at Westview Cemetery is in poor condition and much too small and inadequate to house the increasing amount of equipment necessary to operate the cemetery. It should be much larger with suitable facilities for an office and rest rooms. Last fall another new section was started at Westview Ceme- tery which we hope to complete this conning year. New trees, ever- greens, shrubs and additional flower beds have been added to beautify the grounds. Special attention is given to lots under perpetual care, and it is hoped that more lots will be placed under such care. Efforts are being made each year to improve the appearance of Munroe anti Colonial Cemeteries by raising sun -ken graves. We have been unable to clo all that we would like to do on account of the shortage of labor. 138 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Cairn Robbins Cemetery has been cared for and is in acceptable condition. There were one hundred four (1041 interments during the year: Westview Cemetery Munroe Cemetery 22 82 Thirty three (33) lots and twenty (20) single graves were sold at Westview Cemetery. The following list of sums have been paid to the Town Collector during the year:— WESTVIEW CEMETERY Sale of Lots and Graves Perpetual Care Fund $5,032.50 2,319.22 Interments 974.00 Foundations 304.50 Inrterest 15.45 Rents 120.00 Lowering Device and Gruen 348.00 $9,113.67 MUNROE CEMETERY Perpetual Care Fund $ 250.00 Annual Care 221.25 Interments 273.00 Foundations 52.60 Lowering Device and Green 96.00 $ 892.85 Your commissioners wish to thank the other departments for their help and co-operation whenever it was necessary- to call upon them. Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. WALSH. Chairman. JOHN E. GILCREAST ALr.ERP H. BURNHAM Lexington. Cemetery Commissioners REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS 139 REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS December 31, 1945 1'a The }Honorable Board of .Selectmen Lexington, Massachu8etta Gentlemen: I Herewith submit Iuy report as Inspector of Animals for the 3 -ear ending December 31, 1945. The Division of Livestock Disease Control did not ask for an inspection of livestock and premises during 1945. The following table shows the extent of the duties performed during the year. Number of cantle examined for Interstate shipment Number of dogs and cats quarantined for bites Number of calls after quarantine (Ito release) Number of heads serut to laboratory Total number of ea11a made during the year 1945 2 75 78 1 155 There were no cases of rabies in Lexington during 1945. I wish to express my appreciation to the Board of Health and the Police Department for their hearty cooperation. Respectfully submitted, CHESTER L. BLAIiELY, M. D. V. Inspector of Animate 140 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, .11ossac•Jusetts. 11 entlemcn : The Warr; o;' Appeals t•cl,o!ts that sixteen hearing and three special meetings were held during the year 1945, and decisions rendered as follows: Feb. 23 Antonio .J. Lima To alter dwelling at 847 Waltham Street to accommo- date more than one family. Granted Feb. 23 Mass. Broadcasting Corp. To erect and maintain a radio broadcasting transmitting Station. Granted. March 16. Rufus Crowell & Company To operate a plant at 177 Beri ord Street for the cold draw- ing and annealing of small metal tubing. Granted. April 6 Carpenter Powers, Inc. To manufacture Iig•ht wourlen boxes at 89 Cary Avenue. Denied. April 20 Edward S. Sweeney To maintain and operate a riding school located at 12G5 - 12'l7 Massachusetts Avenue. Granted. lliay 4 Fulton Brown To connect buildings located at No. 7 and No. 9 Mmzzey Street. Denied. lilay 25 Frank A. and Marr Napoli To renew permit to maintain. existing roadside stand on Marrett Road. Granted for one year. REPORT OF BOARD OF APPEALS May 25 Eben Johnson To erect a house onLot37, Cary Street, said lot having a frontage of only seventy-one feet. Granted. May 25 Myrtle I. Collins To operate a kindergarten and nursery school at 1404 Mass- achusetts Avenue. Denied. June 8 Richard Kelly To maintain a golf driving range on land owned by Mr. Howard M. Munroe on Lowell Street. Granted for one year. .June 8 William H. Schuler To maintain a riding stable on the premises owned by Larchmont Farms on Larchniont Lane. Granted. -lune 22 .Alice M. Gordon and Myrtle I. Collins To maintain and operate a kindergarten school on the premises located at 1464 Massachusetts Avenue. Granted. July 13 Commnnity- Nursery School, Inc. To maintain and operate a nursery school and kindergarten at 2173 .Massachusetts Avenue. Granted. Sept. 7 David A. Rix To use the premises at the corner of Waltham Street and %Iarratt Road for a gasoline filling station, including a two -car garage !]ubritorium) and six (6) under- ground tanks for the storage of gasoline and oils with a total capacity of ninety-one hundred (9100) galions. Granted. Sept. 7 Community Nursery School, Inc. To occupy the barn and premises at 1377 Mass, Avenue for a nursery school and kindergarten. Granted. Sept. 28 Miss Lily C. Johanson To maintain a riding school and stable on premises located at 5(8 Concord Avenue. (:ranted. Oct. 19 Community Nursery School. Inc. To maintain and overate a nursery school and kindergarten at 31 MIriney Street awl own•d by the Old itt-lrry Club. Granted. 141 142 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Nov. 16 Barry D. Hull To maintain and operate a riding school and stable at 258 Lowell Street, at the corner of Maple Street. Denied Respectfully submitted, WINTEIROF' H. BOWKER, Chairman J. MILTON BROWN LEST'ER T. REDMAN EaROr. H. LOCKE D. E. NICKERSON REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH 143 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: December 31, 1945 The Board of Health respectfully submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1945. The first meeting of the newly appointed Board of Health was held June 12, 1945 and organized for the year. Dr. Ivan G. Pyle was elected Chairman. Mr, John Lamont was appointed Health and Milk Inspector and Miss Hazel J. Murray was appointed Secretary and Agent to the Boar.l. These apointnnent.s were made for a term expiring March 31, 1940. Regular meetings or the Board are held on the third Thursday of each month and the citizens of Lexington. are cordially invited 10 meet with the Board on any health problems which may arise. Suggestions pertaining to the public health of the residents of the town and .constructive criticisms will be appreciated. Licenses Numerous licenses and permits required by statute law and by the Regulations of the Board of Health were issued upon receipt of application. Restaurant inspections On December 6, 1945 a thorough inspection of bakeries, restaur• rants and other establishments selling foods to the public was made by Mr. Jain Lamont, Health Inspector, who was accompanied by a Stade Health Inspector. The conditions as found were considered to be average and the Board feels that inspections of this type at regular intervals will prevent unsanitary conditions and possible outbreaks of food -borne diseases. 144 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Rabies Clinic At the Free Rabies Clinic hell in May, 460 dogs were inoculated against rabies. There are approximately 1037 licensed dogs in Lex- ington and the Board strongly urges that owners of dogs take ad- vantage of the Clinic. Only licensed dogs owned by residents of Lexington may be inoculated at the Free Rabies Clinic The communicable diseases reported during the year are as follows : Disease Communicable Diseases No. in No. in Metropolitan Lexington State Hospital Total Chicken Pox 84 84 Dysentery, Flexner Type 39 39 Diphtheria 0 0 Dog Bite 73 73 German measles 2 2 Lobar Pneumonia 5 3 8 Measles 123 123 Mumps 41 41 Scarlet Fever 22 22 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1 12 13 Whooping Cough 62 62 Anterior Poliomyelitis 4 4 Influenza 3 3 Septic Sore Throat 1 1 Paratyphoid Fever 2 2 Erysipelas 1 1 The Board of Health solicits the cooperation of all physicians in reporting communicable diseases, and in eases where patients are being eared for by members of their own families, we urge the fam- ilies to report the disease. The Board of Health will endeavor to carry on all necessary services in 1946 and plan to make a complete revision of the present Board of Health Rules and Regulations. It is sincerely hoped that this project may be completed during the coming year. Middlesex County Sanitorium continues to maintain a Diag- nostic Clinic to which physicians may refer patients for examination and x-ray without cost to the patient. Respectfully submitted, IVAN G. PYIE, C1iairnan GEORGE E. RUSSELL R. L. McQuIr.r..►x REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH TABLE 1 Financial Summary -1945 Appropriation for Board of Health Expenses Expenditures: General Administration Postage and office supplies Health Inspector automobile allow- ance Miscellaneous $ 69.34 150.00 33.00 Quarantine and Contagious Diseases Hospitalisation and treatment 1,395.60 Medical attendance 114.50 Diphtheria Clinic 41.50 Tuberculosis Middlesex County Sanatorium 2,697.00 State Institutions 114.50 Tuberouiosle contacts by Lexington -Visiting Nurse Association 62.50 Other Expenses Burial of animals Milk and vinegar analysis Inoculations and vaccine 30.00 44.00 50.45 $ 4,802.39 145 $6,000.00 146 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE HEALTH INSPECTOR December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: I -herewith submit my report as Health Inspector for the year 1945. No. of No. of Permits Inspections Complaints Granted Cesspool and Septic tank inspections 60 10 Garbage vethiclos inspected 23 Grocery stores and markets 160 Restaurants 60 Dumping on roadside and privately owned land 20 Septic tank and Cesspool permits granted 9 Animal Permits granted including poultry 125 There were two cases prosecuted during the year, ouv for failure to rectify an overflowing cesspool, anal one for keeping, poultry without a permit. I3oth rases were found guilty and con- ditions were complied with. Respectfully submitted, JOHN LAMONT Health Inspector REPORT OF SHADE TRkE AND MOTH DIVISION 147 REPORT OF THE SHADE TREE AND MOTH DIVISION December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Leriv uiori, :llrrssrac lr �axef IM. Gentlemen: The year 1915 ,,lIo►ved little in1IH0venlent hi the labor sitnaticn in these divisions, there;oi e, n0 extensive work was done. A few trees were pruned and dead woof] removed, when found that by leav- ing them they would be dangerous to the public. 12 of our old trees were removed as most of thein were not able to survive the Hgrricltne of 1938. Many uiore will have to be removed •before the last signs of this disaster disappears. 500 small evergreens were replaced around they dump on Lincoln St., to replace those that died or were burned. 15 young maples were planted along our highways to replace trees that had been removed. These youn-g trees were taken from our nursery, the supply of which is almost exhausted. We have a few Norway Maples Left at the Lincoln Street Nuhsery, ,shout 10.1 liw,l. Maple 8ztedlings whish will not be ready for planting until 1950, and 300 Evergreens on the grounds at the Public Works Building. -We have a number of places in town with hard sur:ace side- walks that have been lifted hr the roots of the trees that were planted too near the walks. This is a dangerous condition, as the sidewalks in some places have lifted as high as 3 inches. When re- pairs are done, a scientific job of rooting and pruning should be done' to the trees. If this is done it may add many years to the life of a tree. The gypsy moth situation has shown some improvement. We have no large infestation at present, but a spotted condition does 148 TOWN OF LEXINGTON exist and it can be found only by careful scouting. This does not mean that they are being exterminated, only suppressed, and may be kept that way only by continuing the work of the past. In our 1944 report we called your attention to the possibility of the dangers that may be expected from the elm leaf beetle. We may expect the same condition to exist in. 1946 unless more ]ielp is available during the spraying season. The early spring spraying was very effective against the tent caterpillar :incl this practice should be continued. In the Shade Tree budget for 1946 we included $600 for the eradication of poison ivy along the roadsides. This work will take about three years to complete, but this division will be restored to its original strength as soon as possible. The Public Works employees are to be commended for their work throughout the year, especially during the spraying season. This work was new to them and we are extremely grateful for their co-operation. Respectfully submitted. J0}IN J. G RRITY Supt. Moth and Shads Tree Divisions RK.PORT OF APRIL 19 COMMITT 149 REPORT OF THE 19'wH OF APRIL COMMITTEE December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, 11aas[achW etts. Gentlemen: Continuation of war conditions and restrictions made it again necessary to conduct the celebration of Patriot's Day, 1945, on a scale quite similar to the two previous years. The Sunrise Parade was even more fully attended tliwi in pre- vious years. Mr. Malcolm H. Clifford was Marshal, with George E. Foster, Adjutant, and John Lamont, chief of staff. All the Lexington Allied Veterans organizations were well represented. The Lexington Drum Corps under the leadership of Edward C. Maguire furnished martial music for the parade and at the Flag Raising. The Girl Scout Drum Corps led the large contingents of Girl and Boy Scouts. There was a large attendance of Sea Scouts, many from out of town. The Lexington Rangers, (Mounted Patrol), under the connuand of Col. Paul Bowser, turned out in force and added dash and color to the occasion ; they were also present at the noon exercises and units of these horsemen met and escorted the riders impersonating REVERE and DAWES, from the Arlington line to the Battle Green. The FLAG RAISING ceremonies at the Green upon arrival of the Sunrise Parade was conducted by the Scout Exeeutives, and was as usual, most impressive, the local Clergy also participating. The Sea Scouts hoisted and broke out the National Colors. The Memorial Exercises at noon were conducted by the Lexing- ton Minute Men and the Lexington• Chapter Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution, the Reverend Harold T. Handley, (`icaplain of the Minutemen, acting as matter of ceremonies. The Governor's Proc- lamation was read by Mr. Errol H. Locke, Chairman of the Select- men. Following the arrival of "Revere" and "Dawes", and the 150 TOWN OF LEXINGTON starting of "Dr. Prescott" with The Alarm, for Concord, a luncheon was served in G. A. R. Hall by the Lexington Red Cross t'an.teen, Mfrs. Robert D. Mayo, Chairman, to participants in' the celebration .ind invited guests. This year 52 letters of invitation were mailed to returned veterans of World %Var 11 and service men in Lex- ington on pass or furlough, these being all o: whom we ,:;ad k'u.wledge at that time: a few were present at the luncheon. We are indebted to Mr. and Mrs. John Whalen for leading us in an enjoyable impromptu entertainment following the lnuchesns. The expenses for this year's celebration amounted to $199.24, somewhat more than a year ago; this does not represent an elabor- ation of the program but rather is due to the increased cost of sever- al items of material and service. In recognition of the patriotic spirit of the late Leroy S. Brown who established the fund, the income from which is to be used to help defray the expenses of the annual celebrations of the Nineteenth of April, your comnrittee feels it will be proper to use that income to meet the major part of this year's expenses, and the balance from the Town's appropriation. Town of .Lexington Patriots' Day Committee Jol-IN LAMON , Chairrnan ALBERT 0. Fn(rrHINGHAMM, Clerk Ex Officio REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR 151 REPORT OF THE MILK INSPECTOR December 31, 1945 To The k o:it:ruble iGard of ,Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: 152 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING To The Honorable Hoard of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: December 31, 1945 I herewith submit my report as Milk Inspector for the year 1945. I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughtering from January ist to December 31st, 1.945. Humber of samples seized 84 Samples analyzed for butter fat, solids JOSEPH MotisIi.NORE and bacteria 84 Inspection of milk plants 20 Inspection of farms 108 Milk licenses leaned 65 Cattle 834 Oleomargarine licenses issued ,,,......••......... 22 Calves 748 Hogs 144 Sheep 128 Respectfully submitted, Goats 67 JOHN LAMONT Milk inspector Sixteen carcasses were condemned and properly disposed of. Respectfully submitted, GEORCE G. WHITING Inspector of Slaughtering R];PORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 153 REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT December 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: During- the past year the Public Works Department has en- deavored to carry on its activities with only a slight increase in personnel over the previous year. All employees of the department have earned the highest commendation for their whole hearted co- operation in carrying on under many difficulties. The following table indicates a comparison between. the strength of the department on December 31, 1941, December 31, 1944, and December 31, 1945: Dec. 31 1941 Administrative 7 Engineering 6 Clerical Parks Mechanics and Janitors Highway Water and Sewer Labor Pool 6 9 y 20 18 0 75 Dec. 31 1944 2 4 3 2 5 4 6 0 Dec. 31 1945 2 5 3 5 0 2 13 26 36 This table indicates a net gain of nine (9) over last year. in view of the small labor force, all employees formerly carried as Highway, and all except. two (2) on Water & Sewer were trans- ferred during the later part of the year to a labor pool. This, it is believed, increased efficiency, as the men had to be used on any class of work arising. During some days the same men would be working on patching highways, fixing breaks in water mains, con - 154 TOWN OF LEXINGTON necting a sewer service and many other activities charged to the Public Works Department. Naturally, they were paid from funds appropriated for the particular activity on which they were engaged. There is still a woeful lack in supervisory employees, such as trained men to act as Foremen in the Highway and Water and Sewer Divisions. True, the town is indeed fortunate to have a General Foreman who is very competent in all activities, but he is alone. It is very easy to visualize what would happen if he became ill, even for a short period, or if he left the service of the town. Every effort will be made to secure competent men to act in such capacities under the direction of the General Foreman. The clerical force in the Administrative Office nerds strengthen- ing. There are many records which should be accomplished as soon as events occur, such as posting cost of repairs to motor vehicles. This requires the application of cost of each item to the repair order, as well as wages of mechanics and then posting to each vehicle record as applicable. Water hill stubs must be posted to the consumption records as soon as payments are effected. Expenditures as well as encumbrances against appropriations must be posted daily in order that free balances may be ascertained. Cost records of repair and maintenance activities as well as water and sewer services installed must be kept up to date. CHANGES IN ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL .lir. William C. Paxton was reappointed Superintendent of ,Public Works March 12, 1945 for the year ending March 31, 1946: Mr. John J. Garrity was appointed as Assistant Superintendent, Department•of Public Works, in addition to his other duties, April 24, 1945, for the period ending March 31, 1946. On June 25, 1945, Mr. William C. Paxton tended his resignation. It was accepted by the Board of Selectmen as of August 9, 1945. Colonel Henry B. Barry, United States Army, Retired, was appointed Executive Assistant, Department of Public Works, as of July 16, 1945. REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 155 On November 19, 1946, as amended November 26, 1945, the Board of Selectmen appointed Mr. Joseph H. DeFoe, Superintendent of Public Works, effective January 1, 1946 GENERAL The Town Engineer, Park Superintendent, and the Inspectors of Wire, Building and Plumbing report their detail work in sep- arate statements submitted by each. HIGHWAY DIVISION Local Highways: The following were re -surfaced: Robinson Road Blossom Street — from near the Cambridge - Con- cord Highway to Concord Avenue. Part of Shade Street. Part of Grove Street. Chapter 99 Maintenance : Massachusetts Avenue was treated from Audubon Road to School Street. The town was delayed in undertaking its Chapter 90 Maintenance as no heavy road roller was available. It was necessary to wait until one could be borrowed, and finally, the Town of Billerica was kind enough to lend us their 12 ton roller during the first part of October. Miscellaneous: Such street cleaning as was possible was under- taken but the daily cleaning of the center was not neglected. Our new Austin -Western Patrol Sweeper was finally delivered during September of 1945, but rather late in the year to do much cleaning of other streets. Catch basins were cleaned, but brook channels and other drains were only given attention when stoppages occurred. Due to serious conditions, however, a new drain was installed on I3ow Street and one on Parker Street. Snow Removal: The winter was extremely heavy and hired equipment was very hard to get. Fourteen (14) storms occurred 156 TOWN of LEXINGTON during the calendar year with an accumulation of 102 inches. Com- pared with the 29 inches total accumulation in 1944, 39 inches in 1943, and 31 inches in 1942, the severity of weather conditions can well be visualized. The Saow Loaner, wlriclr was received November 14, 1945, has proved the wisdom of its purehase without question. During the stor-rns this year, beginning November 29, it has lifted snow at a rata which is only limited by the number of trucks available to carry the snow away. A ten cubic yard capacity truck can be loaded in three quarters of a minute. Snow is cleared from the center with this machine in one day, whereas, in the past, it took considerable rime when it had to be done by hand COST OF STORM REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT a LA 0 M 00 N 00 LA 1.4 0 N CO m V' 0.1 N N rY E1 0 d m 4 09 N,4 0 0 00 .•▪ •I • C.� ▪ ▪ a N M CO ue 49 ,~ 3 a Fw0 boa cd o�] M M M If M M CO .tea ▪ m V .0 00 o CY C.3▪ . -0 0 r• 0 tl1 LA COs : 04 C. 00 iR -0 N a a .n m 00 .•4 00 • N .0 0 Ira L) c E1 0.i v pcj-0 . oo CO N 00 1[] .r M r -I 0 N 69 0 0 0 CO N - M M N T ▪ Lr N 00 00Li co M [o 6 N �1 v' 00 ...I I[] 00 M M 00 0 00 a .4 00 00 1-1 N .0 00 C.] N a 0 OD 00 0 LA 'W 09 00 • 000- • -0 ti v t � N Imre 00 • CO N w.• m °° d% N .4 ; 0—m 00 Co m ▪ �, m N 0 N ara .0 ▪ 0.3N O 00 0 0 .•-I • l y. N M 00 N 00 • ▪ ) 0 CO 41. 0. a x " E Ira N 6.i 0) a 00 00 xa7 m CC • .▪ 4 M m a N m .0▪ 4 '+ I0 10 00 Ca 10 00 00 • cc a In 0 0 0 N Ir: v a Nw 4J N ro' co N • Iti N - N N N p.� .•-1 N 4V M N M CO CO 1 vr, a m t• - N N 0 N V. en 0 00 ti -0 N n7 CO N N ▪ ti ti N a m a ci A Fa x ti 157 158 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Street Lighting: The following 800 lumen street lights were installed during 1945: One on Robbins Road; one on Hibbert Street; four were authorized during 1945 ror Paul Revere Road, but installation as yet has not been coinpletrd. w 800 Lumens 2500 Lumens 6000 Lumens oi Lamps •In Service is December 31, 1945 1135 38 68 Traffic Regulation and Control: Street lines werc painted in the business section and at the approaches to the several churches in the town. At the request of the Police Department a two car taxi stand was set up alongside Emery Park (Depot Square) . a Street Signa: Wilful damage by individuals cantinlLd during c the past year as well as in previous years. We were somewilat Nandi• capped in not being able to secure metal signs but this, no doubt, will be remedied in the near future when materials become available. N CD CD 69 00 N Road Machinery: New Equipment was received during the year as follows: Patrol Sweeper Snow Loader 5-tnn. Auto -Car Dump Truck Sept. 14, 1945 Nov. 14, 1945 Dee. 28, 1945 There is also on order, placed as soon as restriction by WPB was lifted, a Caterpillar 1)6 crawler type tractor. The vendor can 0.1 in give no definite date of delivery but it is expected before March 31, 0.1 : 1946. The poor condition of the Town Fleet of Motor Vehicles is in- dieated by the large number of repair orders handled at the Garage, viz: 64 Town vehicles 265 repair orders Pollee ears 67 repair orders 00 Experience 'h•as shown that.]ight 11/2 and 2 ton trucks are en- tirely unsuitable for plowing snow, especially when the AkIwnfall contains considerable moisture. During every storm serious break- downs happen thus preventing efficient snow removal, Plowing of unaccepted streets presents a problem. Small crawler type tractors, REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 159 such as the one Cletrac which the town owns, should be secured for this purpose. At least six of the light dump trucks will have to be replaced in Ile rely near future due to age and constant mechanical fail- ure. Replacement should be with dump trucks of not Iess than 31/2 -ton capacity. Ashes c( Dumps: The llunip at the Public Works Building on Bedford Street has just about reached its capacity and will have to be closed shortly. The Lincoln Street Dump is the cause of numer- ous complaints and it is felt that the town should secure another spot and close this dump. Ashes were removed from all Town Build- ings and Schools on schedule during the heating season. WATER AND SEWER DIVISIONS General Statistical information contained in. the 1944 report is not repeated as practically no change occurred during 1945. Fiscal conditions ran be found in the Town Accountant's Report. Water Branch Meters: The town was without a meter repair man until Sep- tember 7, 1945 When. Mr. Eugene Moloy returned to service with the town. The fine meter repair room has been reinstated to its original purpose and it is intended to concentrate on meter repair and check of meters which have been installed for a long period of time. Distributing Mains: Several breaks in mains occurre.l during the year which were repaired forthwith. The large -feeder main on Massachusetts Avenue, just at the Arlington Line, failed and the main on Walnut Street, feeding the Middlesex Sanitoriuui, feliled on Christmas Eve necessitating attention until noon Ohl istnras I)ay. Other breaks occurred on Marrett Road and several other spots throughout the town area. Scrzi.ces: Number of services installed and renewed 38 Service work orders completed 724) 160 -:-OWN OF LEXINGTON Sewer Branch Very little cleaning of sewers was accomplished due to the shortage of manpower. This project will require serious considera- • lion next year. Number of Sewer services Installed 19 TOWN OFFICES AND CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING At the Beginning of the heating season the central heating plant .boileis in ('ary- Memorial Hall developed leaks due to er eks in front sections. These cracks were repaired by welding and it is an- ticipated the boilers will now give service for several more years. Under a law of the Commonwealth, all inflammable material in Cary Memorial IIall will have to he fireproofed next year. The canvas floor covering nee;ls replacing as well as the window drapes which are worn, frayed and not worth the cost of repairs. PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING The sprinkler system in this 'alibiing has hers strengthened by replacing the oIll valves installed about 181J1 with new dry valves of the most modern type. The building requires eousid_rable minor repairs and the roof needs attention as soon as weather penning. This building houses not only the town garage and repair shop; but also contains storerooms for Water Department pipe and fittings, paint and other materials needed in maintenance. A stock clerk or storekeeper is badly needed to take charge, bring inventory up to date and submit re -order requisitions to the Superintendent so that proper competition may be secured and the lowest price paid for the requirements. Garbage Collection Unfortunately, there has been no competition in the solicitation of bids for carrying out this important project so necessary in any community. Labor troubles and other factors for which the town was not responsible have developed from time to time and the number of complaints received during the year are extremely large, REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 161 viz: seven hundred nine (709). This is over twice as many as re- ceived during 1944.. The contract price to October 19, 1945 was $6,000 per annum, and from October 19, 1945 to end of contract period is 8,500 per annum. This increases the average cost per capita per year from 40e to 57c. Postwar Program This program is receiving the constant attention it deserves and as soon as projects are approved they will be carried out with the utmost dispatch. Conclusion Words cannot express the appreciation the undersigned feels for the assistance given him by all in carrying out his temporary mission with the town. The loyalty and devotion to duty of alI employees of the Public Works Departmerrt deserve special commen- dation. Respectfully submitted, HENRY B. BARRY Executive Assistant Department of Public Works ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS INCLUDING SCHOOL PLANT SURVEY AND LONG RANGE PLANNING PROGRAM TOWN OF LEXINGTON MASSACHUSETTS 1945 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 165 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE 7'o the Citizen* of Lexington: In compliance with the law, the School Committee herewith submits its Report for the year 1945. During the past four years, much of our planning and activi- ties ctivities has been directed toward assisting the boys and girls in pre- paring for their part in the War Effort. This year began the change -over to the complex problems or Peace, and the more active development of our plans for the sub- stantial growth which seems bound to come in the next few years. lit was felt advisable to obtain• competent appraisal of our present school plant and facilities, and independent expert recommendations. for future development. For this important work, we retained. Mr. John E. Nichols, former Supervisor of School Buildings and Plants of the Department of Education, State of Connecticut, who has made similar surveys in several towns in tills vicinity. Mr. Nichols' survey is made a part of this report, and we urge thought- ful study by every citizen. During the year, at separate meetings, we asked the principals. of the Senior High, Junior High, and Elementary. Schools to sit in. with us for a discussion of their plans and problems. For the janitors and maintenance men, a definite salary schedule, by posi- tion, was set up. A capable Guidance Director was obtained to fill a real need in that field, Expansion of athletic and physical educa- tion opportunities was continued through increased equipment and. coaching. Beyond regular maintenance work, some major repairs were accomplished, such as in the Senior High School where auditorium, classrooms, corridors and otlices were painted; the Junior High School where classrooms were painted; the Adams School where 166 TOWN OF LEXINGTON old toilet facilities in the boys' lavatory were replaced with modern equipment; and painting the exterior of Adams School. Five }ears tgo, the Tum authorized us to proceed to have sprinkler systems installed in three of our s.ehools. During the first part of the war, systems were installed in the Hancock School, and the Senior and Junior High School Buildings. During the present Scar, a sprinkler system has been placed in the Munroe School thereby completing this project. Further, we :have entered into a contract for quarterly inspection of the sprinkler systems in all our schools, to assnre of their being at all times in proper working order. The report of the Superintendent of Schools gives in detail the many accomplishments, and the plans for the future. We recom- mend that it be read by everyone interested in the education of the children of Lexington. We want to express our appreciation to the Superintendent, Thomas S. Grindle, the school principals, teachers, staff and janitors for their loyalty during the year. To those of our citizens who have come forward with constructive criticism, we extend our thanks. A truly informed public can be most helpful to us, and to the town, in the important years ahead. Respectfully submitted, TRACY W. AMES, Chairman H.'WEBsrER THOMAS RUTH ].1'MOREY School Committee REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 167 SCHOOL PLANT SURVEY By JOHN E. NICHOLS Hartford, Connecticut SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS J. Lexington should set up a long-range schoolhousing program that will insure a systematic meeting of its educational needs as they develop. 2. The Existing Plant a. The Junior -Senior' High School building is very seriously overcrowded. It lacks many of the facilities necessary for an up-to-date program of senior high school education. Those facilities it possesses are better adapted to a junior high school program alone. b. The Hancock School is not a satisfactory building from the standpoint of educational utility, convenience, safety or health. After fifty-four years of service it is obsolete as a school. It cannot be modernized even at excessive cost. c. The Munroe School, too, is an unsatisfactory building which lacks the facilities for a modern educational program. Its Location on a busy thoroughfare and its wholly inadequate site constitute serious disadvantages. d. The Parker School, while unsatisfactory and inadequate in a number of particulars, nevertheless can with modifications and additions serve the educational program for some years to come. e. The Adams School is in the main a safe and satisfactory building, needing only minor improvements. 158 OWN OF LEXINGTON f. The Franklin School is fundamentally an excellent building on a good site. adapted to the addition of more classrooms and central facilities. 3. Population and Enrollments a. Lexington's advantages as a location for suburban Homes near Boston will insure its continued growth. Such a growth will be scattered rather than concentrated in a few neighbor- hoods. By 1950 its population will probably reach 14,500; by 1955, about 111,000 exclusive of hospital population. b. The elementary enrollment, grade 1 through 6, which in 1920 was 15.2% of the total population but which has de- clined since then to 9.6% or about 1,200, will again increase. By 1950, due to an increased birth rate, it should be about 10% of the population or 1.450.. By 1955 it should have reached 105% of the population or 1,680. In terms of class- rooms this means an increase of nine and sixteen respec- tively beyond the number now in use. These figures do not include pupils of kindergarten age. If a single session kindergarten program is instituted it will require six or seven more classrooms immediately, and one additional room during each five year period to accommodate increasing enrollments. c. The Junior High School enrollment, now about 550 or 4A% of the total population, will increase to about 4.5% or 650 by 1950. By 1955 it will stand at about 880. This figure is higher than the combined Junior and Senior High School enrollment was in 1925 when 'the present building was built to house it. d. The Senior High School enrollment which has declined to 511 or 4.1% of the population, will continue to decline for some time. In 1950 it will have reached its low paint of 3.8% or approximately 550, and will have started upward reaching about 640 by 1955. 4. Building Utilization a. Only three elementary schools, Adams, Munroe and Parker, have any excess space. This is enough for only about 195 pupils ideally distributed. Other buildings are being used REPORT Or THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT so near their theoretical maximum capacities that some classes are over large. The • situation, already serious, will become critical unless additional elementary school facili- ties are provided very soon. b. The present high school building is housing 40% more pupils than were enrolled when it was built. Crowding is injuring the educational program. The enrollment must be reduced drastically. 169 5. Recominan-dations a. Construct a new senior high school building- for at least ?00 on a ten :acre site adjoining the town's playground. b. Remodel the present high school building and use it as a junior high school. c. Abandon Hancock and replace it with 0 new elementary school on a site of eight or more acres, situated in the neigh- borhood of Audubon and Jean Roads. d. Purchase a site for a second elementary school to be built in the future near the junction of Grant Street and Colony Road. e. Add to Franklin and Parker as increasing enrollments ne- cessitate new construction there. f. Build the second new elementary school on the site already acquired. Abandon Munroe or remodel it for the use of primary grades only. h. Purchase a site for a third future elementary school between Woburn and Maple Streets, near Lowell Street. g. 170 TOWN OF LEXINGTON SCHOOL BUILDING SURVEY Lexington, Mass. INTRODUCTION With the ending of the war and the approach of conditions which will make possible the improvement of educational facilities, the School Committee of Lexington pauses to take stock and look ahead. An excellent school plant does not insure a satisfactory- edu- cational program. On the other band, a satisfactory program cannot be developed and maintained unless the facilities it requires are available. The school plant, then—the grounds, the buildings, the rooms, and their furnishings—to a very large degree limit and other- wise control the effectiveness of the educational process. Methods of teaching, the teaching staff, the curriculum—all may be altered almost at wi]1. Mistakes are easily corrected, once detected. By contrast, however, buildings once built usually remain substantially unchanged for many years, exerting ureanw.h•ile their influence for the good or ill of the programs they house. A mistake, then, in building is a very serious matter. A school plant that is allowed to grow like Topsy, without an orderly plan, results eventually in chaos, 'waste and actual harm. If there is to be a reasonable assurance thatmeasures affecting edu- cational facilities will stand the test of time, they must be planned carefully. with foresight and vision. It is fitting, therefore, that at intervals the School Committee reappraise its educational facilities in the light of established stand- ards and existing needs, that it forecast future needs, and that it outline an orderly successibn of steps that will meet those future needs as they develop REPORT OF THE HOMOOL DEPARTMENT 171, THE EXISTING PLANT Standards of Appraisal In order to appraise the existing plant with regard to its ade- quacy for immediate and future educational needs, we must estab lisli certain objectives and a method of measuring the extent to whidk the plant meets those objectives. A number of methods for measuring the adequacy- of school plants have been evolved and given the test. of wide application. They cannot be described here in detail. Certain of the most common elements are listed below in general terms, -haw -- ever, as a basis for comparison. The Site School sites should be so located that they can be reached both conveniently and safely by the pupils using them. For elementary schools, a satisfactory walking distance is about three quarters of a inile. Approach routes should not cross or lie along busy highways cr railroads or other areas of physical or moral hazard. The school site slhould be quiet and attractive. In size and con -- tour it should provide generously for adequate programs of physical education and recreation, and facilities to supplement classrooms and laboratories. For this there should be game fields and courts. for pupils of various ages, physical skills and interests—sufficient for all pupils rather than the athletic few alone. There should be - service areas, parking areas, gardens, lawns, drives, and walks. Ex- perience has shown that, for elementary schools, at least six acres of. usable land should be provided for 200 children, eight acres for; 400. In junior and senior high schools, sites should be increased to about fourteen acres for 600 pupils, and nearly nineteen acres for 1200 pupils (approximately the present Junior -Senior High School en- rollment). nr•ollmen t). Building Design and Construction Sahoo] buildings should he attractive and inviting in appear- ance. Monumental formality and factory-like barrenness, both, 172 TOWN OF LEXINGTON should be absent. Buildings Should be reduced to a minimum num- ber of stories practicable, in order to increase convenience and safety and diminish traffic difficulties. Buildings of two stories should be of fire safe construction. Those of three stories or more should be fire resistive. Corridors should be of adequate but economical width, without obstructions and dead ends. Stairways and exits should be gener- ous in number and width, located and designed so that no occupant may be trapped by fire or smoke. in no case should rooms for concentrated occupancy, such as auditoriums, gymnasiums and lunchrooms, be situated on other than a ground floor where they niay be quickly emptied immediately to the out doors. Building elements useful to the community and for extracur- ricular use should be so situated that they may be entered directly and conveniently and used independently of t]ie rest of the building. Dooms should be so situated that the activities they house will not interfere with other activities. Auditoriums and gymnasiums should not be situated one above another, while music units and shops should be adequately isolated. No room for pupil occnpan•ey should be situated below ground level. Finishes should include warm, clean and resilient floors, at- tractive but durable wall coverings, acoustical ceiling materials to reduce noise and interference between activities. Interiors, as well as exteriors, should be interesting and pleasing. Design and construction should be such that buildings may be enlarged and/or altered to accommodate increasing or changing demands-- this without undne expense or destruction of existing work. Services Windows should provide a generous level of natural illumi- nativn, evenly distributed throughout all rooms occupied by pupils. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 17a For mark days and evening use, natural illumination should be sup- plemented by a system of artificial lighting which will provide at least twenty five foot-candles, without glare Or dark areas. School buildings should be well and evenly heated and vensti- lated be a system economical of operation. Those parts of a build- ing subject to evening use should be zoned for independent heating- and eatin-and ventilating. Toilets should be situated conveniently for all floors. They ehould be finished with materials that promote thorough cleanliness. Fixtures should be of modern sanitary design, adapted to the ages of the pupils they serve. Facilities should be provided for economy and convenience in cleaning and general maintenance --janitors' closets on each floor, incinerators, workrooms and tool storage. There should be satisfactory facilities for the storage of pupils' wraps -and other belongings, where they may be kept clean, dry • and wcnre but conveniently accessible to their owners. :durational h'aCllitie. Only to that degree to which a school building serves as an educational tool, is it a good school •building. Safety, healthfulness and sanitation are but the essential attributes of any building hous- ing children. Educational utility is the reason for the existence of a school building. A modern six grade elementary- program involves certain activ- ities for which provision must be made if the plant is to be ade- quate. These include: Classrooms for the acquisition of tool skills in reading, writ- • ing, and numbers. • Auditorium fur group activities, audio-visual education. self expression and social adjustment. Gymnasium for physical and health education, recreation, social education. 174 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Lunchroom for lunching and social education. Health room for health education and examinations, accident •and sickness care. Offices for the administration of the school, records, and gui i- -ante. Teachers' Room to which the teaching state may retire during their free time for rest, work and toileting. Janitors' Work Room for repairs and niainteinunce. Storage for educational supplies, office suplies, building sup- plies. In addition to the above, high schools should provide facilities for specialized learning activities. These include: Classrooms and laboratories for such academie subjects as English, Social Studies. Mathematics and Languages. Laboratories for the Sciences including General Science, Phys- ics, Chemistry and Biology; for Homemaking including, besides Foods and Clothing, Honie 1}edoration, home Management, Home Repairs, Famnily Relations. Care of Children ,inti the Sick; for Cont- . menial Studies including Typing, Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Filing, Accounting, Distributive Education; for Art employing various media, and for Crafts Shops for work in wood, metals and power. Special Facilities for Music including Hand, Orchestra and Choral Groups and individual practice. A Library for research • and general cultural reading. Conference Rooms and rooms and offices for various student activities and organizations relating to publications, debating, drama, etc. More elaborate Auditorium and Stage facilities, Gymnasiums, Locker and Shower Rooms. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 176 Elementary Classrooms should provide at least twenty five square feet per pupil and the facilities for active rather than pas- sive learning, for the exploration and actual application of acquired skills. Such facilities will include display counters, work benches, filing cases, cupboards, work sink, library shelves and reading corner, storage for teaching supplies, educational materials, text- books, maps, and tools, bulletin boards and blackboards, furniture which may be moved and grouped to accommodate a variety of learning activities and situations. In like manner, all other needed spaces should not only be provided, but designed and equipped in a manner wholly appropri- ate to the uses to which they should be put. Moreover, they should be so situated with respect to one another and the building as a whole, that the integration of related activities may be readily ef- fected. THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING The original portion of the high school building — that part ]rousing most of the junior high school facilities — is forty three years old. It is of secwxl class construction, that is, with brick exterior walls and a wooden interior including the stairs, four stories in height. The addition, which houses the Senior High School, is twenty years old. Whereas the type of construction employed in the additions meets modern standards, its design presents a mine ber of serious faults from a fnrrctional standpoint. The Gymnasium is situated deep below ground. As a result, it is poorly lighted and ventilated and inaccessible for both pupils and public use. The locker rooms are inconveniently located with respect to the Gymnasium itself, and their complete inadequacy for the number of pupils results in overcrowding, confusion and poor sanitation.. The girls' locker room is especially dark and badly ven- tilated, The Auditorium, located immediately above the Oynrnasium, suffers on that account. Noise attending the use of the Gymnasium is transmitted by air and through structural elements to the Audi- torium, resulting in interference. On the other hand, the Auditor - 176 TOWN OF LEXINGTON ium's central location, with windows opening on a narrow light well, causes disturbance to activities in the surrounding classrooms. Facilities for the teaching of Science are extremely limited. The senior high school has but one working laboratory, which is so small and its facilities so ]united, it cannot meet the needs of science education. There is very little indeed for the teaching of Biology anal `General Science. The Homemaking Unit is not a unit at all — only two separ- ated rooms whose isolation from one another militates against in- tegrationof title Homemaking program. Both rooms, the foods laboratory and the clothing laboratory, have obsolete and inadequate facilities for the teaching of even these two aspects of homemaking, and bear little resemblance to modern laboratories for these sub- jects. There are no provisions whatever for such other important areas as hove accounting, home decoration, purchasing, family relations, care of cghildren and the sick. home maintenance, etc. The burden imposed by the meagerness of these facilities is increased by the fact that they, like other special rooms, have to be shared by both the Junior and Senior High School. The Library is about half the size originally intended for it, having been reduced to provide additional classroom space. It is crowded and the books, storage and work facilities necessary for the demands placed upon the room are inadequate. There are no facilities. at all For Music. Those for Art are meager in the extreme, permitting little or nothing beyond simple drawing and painting. There are no Social Studies or English laboratories. These subjects are taught as best they can be in ordinary classrooms, bare of the working equipment and storage adapted to their needs. The rooms for Commercial subjects, again, lack special facili- ties. They are ordinary classrooms into which the bare essentials of a limited commercial program have been crowded. There are no provisions at all for education in the enormous field of retailing. The Health Unit exists only in space stolen from the Admin- istrative Offices. It bears no resemblance to a modern health unit in its location, design or appointments. REPORT OF THE SCHOOI, DI1'AR'FIVIENT 177 The Administrative Unit is very badly conjested. The Super- intendent's Office, Princinal's Office and Health Room are crowded into space scarcely adequate for the Senior High School principal alone. The Dean of Girls is forced to use a storeroom as.her office. The Director of Guidance has sufficient room — but it is wasteful of space and poorly stilted to his needs. The Cafeteria, situated in the basement, is dark, unattractive and barren. The kitchen and food storage facilities are wholly in- adequate in space and equipment. That the staff is able to manage as well as it does is a tribute to its skill and patience. The Shop, situated in a separate wing, and of more recent con- struction, is fairly adequate but only by comparison with the school's outer facilities. While the hest unit within the building, it is nevertheless mediocre when judged in the light of actual needs and the provisions of outer high schools of like size in comparable communities. One of tlx: most serious criticisms of the high school plant deals With its site. With an area of less than three and a ltaif acres, it is about a sixth of what is needed for an up-to-date program of health and physical. education. The existence of the town park at such a distance from the school is of little use except for competi- tive athletics. In the old Junior High School section, toilet facilities are dark and poorly ventilated. These facts coupled with the unsuitable finishes and the obsolescence of the fixtures, ae in many other schools can result only in conditions of sanitation that few wou'd t °ni•ate in their own ]fomes. The construction of the old portion is definitely substandard. Its open stairs are of wood arul lack suitable resistance to the up- ward spread of fire and smoke. This situation is made the more serious hy- the use of the fourth floor attic rooms. These rooms are much too small for the numbers using them, resulting in dangerous overet owd'ing. They are reported to be intolerably hot in sitting. The shortcomings of this building are compounded by the gen- eral eneral overcrowding that exists within its walls. There are too many puilils attempting to stake use of inadequate facilities. One audi- 178 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Corium for all the assembly needs of approximately twelve hundred pupils in two schools is not enough. One Uymnasitnn is not enough. The Cafeteria and Library are too small. The shop requires more space and additional equipment. Over all there hangs the necessity for continual compromise between the junior and the Senior High School use of the same inadequate facilities, with resulting eerious limitations on the programs of both high school divisions. In many cases — the science facilities for example — improvement might be gained through combinationis of space except that present cunditione of overcrowding effectively prevent such a move. In conclusion, the high school building, while fairly pleasing and reassuring in its superficial external appearance, is nevertheless tar from adequate as a high school building, However it represents an investment by the townthat cannot be cast aside. While from a realistic standpoint it must be continued in use, it cannot continue to house the numbers it now does. Its rooms are not sufficiently specialized, nor is there the variety- or facilities needed for a modern senior high school program. With fewer pupils, alterations could be made which would adapt it v'ith moderate success to a junior thigh school program whose needs are less specialized, The Haycock ,school This building constructed in 1891, is already fifty four years old. Of second class constrnctiint it is nevertheleee four stories !Ogle An attempt has been made to render it more safe by enclosing the open wooden stairr& But the assembly- roost still remains on the top floor -- a potentially dangerous location for Heavy pupil concentrations. The old oil soaked floors, the many furnaces, the lack of basement fireproofing, and the probable absence (consider- ing the time when it was built) of fire -stopping — alt .ttici to the tire hoard. Records clearly indicate that buildings of this character produce the worst record among school disasters. The toilets are situated in small, dark basement rooms with wooden floors. Finishes are such as to make satisfactory cleanliness •so difficult as to be practically impossible. Their isolation, three stories below the topmost, is an inconvenience to pupils and teachers alike, and imposes difficulties in administration and supervision. The rooms are large — a definite asset in comparison to Lex- ington's other elementary school buildings — but they are barren• REPORT OF THE SOHOOL DEPART?MIENT 179 and poorly lighted by both natural and artificial sources. They pos- sess few facilities for a modern elementary program — work tables sinks, book -shelves, counters, tack board paper trays, ete. Aside from considerations of safety, the location of the Audi- torium is such that its use cannot but interfere with classroom activities beneath it. In other respects, too, it is poorly adapted to p]ayi-ooiii purposes. . There is no .Health Room, no Hest Room, no adequate Teachers' Room. The ends of the corridors have been pressed into service for these purposes with little success. Wire cages which jut out into the corridors do fluty as wardrobes. The site of about two .and a half acres is small as compared with the six or more acres which should be available. Moreover, it is of such a shape and so divided by the building's location on it. that it dales not otter needed playground facilities. The heating plant is wholly obsolete and inefficient. There are no fewer than tive separate fires to operate. Adequate temperature controls are racking. Modernization of the plant would be difficult and tremendously- expensive. In cotes usion, whereas this building was designed and con- structed in accordance with accepted standards of a half century ago, it has long outlived its usefulness as a school building. It fails to meet modern standards or the needs of a modern educational pro- gram. Its shortcomings cannot be corrected or alleviated at any reasonable expense. The building should 1,e abandoned at the earliest possible date. The Munroe School This is a brick veneer building and therefore to be rated as third class construction. Three stories in height, including the basement, its assembly room is on the top floor, with all the dis- advantages of that location. Toilets are in the basement. They are crowded, dark, poorly ventilated and unsuitably finished and equipped. 180 TOWN OF LEXINGTON The classrooms are relatively small, lacking the furniture, work- ing equipment and especially the spare for desirable classroom ac- tivities. • The Auditorium consists simply- of two ordinary classrooms separated by fouling partitions that can be operated only with ex- treme difficulty. There is no stage — only a Iow temporary wooden platform without facilities for even Vlie simplest dramatic work. The room's flat floor, ]ow ceiling, and irregular shape (the two. rooms wo- rooms are at right angles to each other) make it entirely unsuitable for either the assembly or gymnasium needs of an elementary school. The building does otter some advantage over the Hancock School, however, in that it. contains a Teachers;' Room. Coats are hung in alcoves where they are accessible to any who may be pass- ing in the corridors. The site, listed at 1.73 acres. is wholly inadequate. Its location on a busy thoroughfare constitutes a liability in safety and conven- ience. Finally, the design of the building and the limitations of its site offer no possibilities for enlargement without extensive demo- lition of existing work and the purchase of very expensive property-. In conclusion, whereas this building is perhaps a little less obsolete from the standpoints of safety, health and appearance, than the Hancock School, it offers little more from an educational point of view. It, too, should be rtandoned as sons, as possible — 81'(.011(1 only to the Hancock.. School I;uilding. ?'he Parker School This building, constructed in 19-'O with an addition five years later, reflects the modern trends to some extent in its one story and basement design. It suffers, however, in the degree to which tlia basement has been provided and utilized for pupil activities. All classrooms, nine in number, are on the first or main floor and basement floor. They, too, are mlatively small but better equip- ped and more attractive than those in schools hitherto mentioned. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 181 They are better lighted and have, in each, either wardrobes or cloak rooms for children's outer garments. The Auditorium -Gymnasium is in the basement. Its low ceiling', as at the Munroe School, prevents its use for many desirable in- door games. It 'has no stage worthy of the name. In short it is a typical basement that has been pressed into service as hest it can be as an auditorium. Toilets are in the basement, just as at Hancock and Munroe. Here, too, they are inconvenient of access, poorly finished and equip- ped. Ventilation sand cleanliness is especially- unsatisfactory as evidenced by the odors they exude. This school has a lunchroom (something absent front, both Hancock and Munroe) in the Basement but the kitchen facilities are so meager as to be almost pathetic. The cold barrenness of the lunchroom itself and the strong odors eminating from the adjoin- ing boys' toilet room would repel any normal child. The site of the Porker School is fairly adequate in total size but most of it has not been developed -- and much of it cannot be because of the steep slopes. It, too, is situated on a busy thorough- fare. One serious disadvantage of the building lies in its poor pro- visions for future expansion. Probably the most feasible point for additions is on the south end of the front, with a connection to the existing building through what is now a stairwell. Additions are needed to provide those facilities that now are lacking. lag- conclusion, tate Parker School, while far from meeting mod- ern standards nevertheless must probably be retained as a part of the existing school plant for a good many more pears. It can give rea- sonably satisfactory service during that time if it is supplied with a suitable Auditorium -Gymnasium. better toilets at classroom level, a kitchen, and classroom equipment — and if the playground is developed and the lunchroom is attractively finished. 1$2 TOWN OF LEXINGTON The Adams School The Adams School was built in 19l, with an addition that was !Tuned in 1931. With two stories and a basement, the type of con- siruction employed meets modern standards reasonably well. There are' adequate provisions against the danger of fire. The toilets are situated on the classroom floors for the most part, and are suitable in finish and equipment. The Auditoritun, with a fairly satisfactory stage, can serve the essential assembly and gymnasium 'Leeds of a six grade elementary school. The basement lunchroom is the hest of Lexington's school lunchrooms, but the kitchen, like the others, is far from adequate. The classrooms compare with those of Parker. Here may be found the only material evidence that Lexington has given thought to the development of a kindergarten program. Kindergarten faei.l- ities are conspicuously absent in the Lexington Schools. While this does not purport to be an educational survey, the conclusion that this most valuable part of the educational process can not much longer be denied is a foregone conclusion. It behooves the town to give the thought it is now giving to facilities for it, and future school building committees will do well to anticipate the kindergarten program in designing its buildings. While the school's site is small. it adjoins town property which does duty as a school playground. This arrangement appears en- tirely satisfactory. No protection is offered, however, in any way of an enclosure from the train tracks that skirt the gronixls. The infrequency of trains is not sufficient protection. In conclusion, this building, arith a few minor improvements, can be considered adequate for a. good many years to come. The Franklin School This is Lexington's most modern school building, constructed in 1931. Of modern construction and with two stories without base- ment, it is also Lexington's best. Although the classroom's have the disadvantage of those in many modern sciwols in their relatively small size, they are attractive and as well equipped as any in the town. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 183 The ground floor Activities Room does duty as an Auditorium, Gymnasium and Lunchroom, This multiplicity of use imposes diffi- culties in scheduling and the ince of equipment. Moreover, the room has no stage and the kitchen is. very small. There are possibilities, however, for future additions Which could correct these shortcom• ings. The site is by far the hest of all those in Lexington. Moder- ately generous in size and most attractive, it will meet the demands which may- be imposed by additions in the foreseeable future. In conclusion, this school building is reasonably adequate as ,it stands and will form a sound basis for future crpunsion and long continued use. POPULATION Economic conditions, more than any others, comprise the ulti- mate control over public school enrollments because of their effect upon birth rate, youth employment, private school enrollments, and population migration•. The greatest factor of direct control, however. is the total population. In order to forecast school enrollments, then, and the loads they will impose upon school facilities, it is desirable to forecast, as accurately as we may, the town's population. The population of Lexington over a period of years is shown on the accompanying graph. The figures used oanit the hospital population. It will be seen that the growth has been fairly constant, averaging close to 1500 in each five year period, except during the depression between 1930 and 1935 when migration to Lexington came to a standstill. It is probable, too, that the increase was greater during the early part of 1940 -1945 period than during the Iatter part when the construction of new homes was impossible. There is no means of showing that with the release of building restrictions the former rate of population increase will again be obtained. But in view of the tremendous backlog of demand for' home construction that has been built up during the war, it seems safe to look for growth during the next ten years that will equal and probably surpass the previous average. The curve of estimated population growth that has been used as a means of predicting school enrollments, then, appears fairly 184 TOWN OF LEXINGTON conservative. It shows a population of approximately 14,500 by 1950, and one of approximately 16,000 by 1955. ENROLLMENTS The Elementary Grades The accompanying graphs show elementary school enrollments, grades 1 through 6, at five year intervals between 1920 and 1945. As will be seen from the graph and the Table of .Enrollments, the number of children in the elementary grades rose rather con- stantly as the population increased from 1920 to 1930. It'practically held its own in relation to the population during the depression period 1930 to 1935. Beginning- then, however, the lower birth rate that had prevailed during the depression began to be felt in the elementary grades. Consequently, the enrollment did not respond to -the upswing in population that took place between 1935 and 1940, During that period the elementary enrollment fell from 14% of the population to 10.7%. The next period, 1940 to 1945, has seen tliat ratio begin to level out with a further decline to only 9M%. The birth rate during the early stages of the war jumped, nation wide, to new highs. There is little doubt that the rate will continue to be high for a few years immediately following the war. From then on it will probably decline more or less depending upon economic conditions. The effect of the recent increase in the birth rate will begin to be felt in the elementary schools by 1950 and even more by 1935 when the upper grades become involved. The ratio of elementary enrollment will very likely not reach the 1920 and 1925 points of 15.3y,.. and 14.7% for a long time, but it does seem. reasonable to estimate a ratio of 10% by 1950 and 10.5% by 1955. Accordingly we may expect an enrollment in grades 1 through 6 of about 1,450 by 1950 and 1,650 by 1955. This will require, in 1950, the use of about nine more class• rooms than are now being used, and in 1955 about sixteen more. These figures, 'however, leave out of consideration the develop- ment of a kindergarten program. If such a program is introduced (and Lexington should have one) it will increase the load upon REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 185 the elementary schools by about one. seventh. The elementary en- rollments on this basis would jump to about 1,660 and 1,830 by the years 1950 and 1955. This will require in 1950 about eight rooms in addition to the nine, making a new total of about seventeen more rooms. In 1955 this would stand at nine plus sixteen or twenty-five more rooms. Either with or withont kindergartens, Lexington must expect and prepare for many More elementary school children than its buildings can now accommodate.. The High School Grades The Junior and Senior High School enrollments, separately and combined, are shown on the accompanying graphs and Table of En- rolInients. Because of the longer interval between birth, and entrance into high school, there is 'a longer lag between birth rate and high school enrollments than between birth rate and elementary school enroll- ments. No immediate upswing in high school enrollments, then is predicted. The ratio of population to total high school enrollment of Lexington pupils has fallen off from ft high of 11.4% in 1935 to 8.5% in 1945. The rate of decline is lessening, however, so that a ratio of about 8.3% is predicted for 1950, and 9.5% by 1955 when the increase that was apparent in the elementary grades earlier be- gins to make itself felt. On this basis, a total high school enrollment of about 1,200 may be expected in 1950, and 1,520 in 1955. These figures do not include estimate of tuition pupils. Changes in senior high school enrollment -trends will lag behind those of the junior high school. The ratio of population to these two enrollments, then, wil] vary. The upswing in senior high school enrollments wil] be longer delayed than diose in the junior high school. With this in mind the high school enrollments have been estimated, as shown in the Table of Enrollments, as follows: Junior High School Senior High School enrollment % of pop enrollment % of pop. 1950 650 4.5 550 3.8 1955 880 5.5 640 4.0 186 TOWN OF LEXINGTON The figures contained int the Table of Enrollments casts an interesting sidelight on conditions of crowding that are now so obvious at the high school building. When it was remodeled and added to in 1925 the combined enrollment was 747 excluding tuition pupils. The enrollment in 1945 was 1061 excluding tuition pupils, or over 40% greater. In tihe light of present day standards it is doubtful if the facilities provided in 1925 were adequate for the en- rollment even at that time. The situation now is very much worse. REPORT OF THE SOHOOL DEPARTMENT 187 iU1.11.1 X000 X000— Y 000 PO ,OCK) ,000 ,000 — — ,,sy.k1017" n4 Td" ,0007 1000 •800 •600 *400 200 i _ _ • 3' �' • 000 9!+ 800'501" 700 600tto-"' s, g' � _ f _ ' ` s. +e ,:1 l� -� --'- . - -�"-� 3.1 400' 3•. 200 1•. oi p'1 . ^ le �• ^4+ 0i -a0 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 if POPULA7}OM EHROLMEMTi LE X1KGTOTN•MA$$. ss 188 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TABLE OF ENROLLMENTS 4Do�00000 i0 00 CC la P CO pi P .6 pi "-1 H * CCD 1.0 O P 0 >n Sr7 a o m ND P C .-i O v r -I H - r umcm ,,4m cm m cm cm c -un • r -I m un cm N ti cm "5 N N r CD o e�p P O P o P P ep O a, cc N P7 "i C Po sa unp a In io 6 u ]00 M o �00m min 0a V CJN M N M w 6 pi 17 DI 40 pi 05 07 m CO d' in l7 !a] P L.C. "-i '-I 0 rY a cm a b? 0? ww6•P.ND 00000b•ND W. H N E0 L0 M 4, V' W Q L0 P f. H N CV - .14 O 10 V' ,...P7 .41.1 CV N 47 en P "-I d' V S- mm 10 rl pj pi d'LeeW "-i - rl * .- Y, M m [ti 00 ry d 47 ""-1 900 S .P4 '4 pa d' M 47 .p "'i .7 4, M N eq un 00 ry o .ti CS • * 10 ccmmoo00008 .05CSS.5 CP., P L. "-1 C- yr C> y' EV N V M 0- W rY N r-1 '4' LS M 0 pi wND N5 �bE CP hp Ie0 16 Q 04. e M Ted Op 0,1 O 01 D 00 00 oR 01w m 01 w w ❑J 07 t/ PP 4.110 cc d d 0 0 41) 61 0 .00 CP ) 'G LC • ; d ^Y rC 'g R 0 E-ILDCS^ CD CD C7 CD CD CD CK C7 0 00 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPART•MF�1NT 189 DISTRIBUTION OF HOMES It has become evident that home construction during the period immediately preceeding the war was rather evenly scattered through- out the town of Lexington. There were concentrations of new Phonies, to be sure, but these concentrations themselves were scattered and relative) malt. It is the consensus of those who are familiar with past trends within the town, and who have considered future ones, that when home building is resumed it will again be scattered. It appears likely, moreover, that the northern side of the town may build up more nearly in proportion to the southern side than has been the case in the past. CAPACITIES AND DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS Elementary School8 The theoretical capacities of existing eiernentary school build- ings are given in the table below, based on a desirable class maxi- mum of thirty pupils iNo. 1945 Classrooms Capacity Enrollment Hancock 3 240 246 Munroe 8'° 240 176 Parker 9 270 235 Adams 14 420 318 Franklin 8 240 252 * Note: Not including the two classrooms used for assembly. It is evident that the only relief is in the Munroe, Adams, and Parker school buildings. These three buildings together might ac- commodate about 195 additional pupils if filled to a theoretical but not to a practical capacity. This limited margin could offer relief only if attendance lines were considerably altered yearly. Such a maneuver will of course meet popular opposition. %fore over, changing attendance lines will not take care of increasing elementary enrollments more than momentarily. A more permanent solution must be sought. 190 TOWN OF LEXINGTON An examination of the accompanying maps indicates large areas that have no school conveniently situated within them. As the con- centration of homes within these unserved areas becomes greater, the cost and inconvenience of transportation to schools as they are now distributed will also become greater, While there 'slay be a Slight increase in the capital outlay ;Ind operational cost required for more elementary°srhuol buildings limn for fewer and larger ones, there are many benefits to be derived from a system of neighborhood schools --the expense and inconven- `ence of transportation is reduced, the nearness of the school to the home encourages better school and home working relationships, the Smaller school helps the child preserve his identity as an individual, his out-of-school playground is nearby. These are advantages well worth their small additional cost, provided the enrollments in such neighborhood schools can be maintained at an efficient level —that level at which economical class sizes of twenty-five or thirty can be had without combinierg grades. On this basis a neighborhood school becomes entirely feasible when its potential enrollment reaches 6 x 28 + or about 168 pupils not including the kindergarten. Lexington should snake plans, then, to so ,distribute its future elementary school construction that all sections of the town — as they become sufficiently populated — may be served equally well. In general three quarters of a mile is accented as a sal•is.actory walking distance for elementary school children. This k the radius of the circles that have been used on the Wraps. Care should be taken to see that in the future schools are not situated with too much overlapping of convenient attendance areas (see Munroe and Han- cock). Such overlapping is wasteful except in conjested districts. Unfortunately, Lexington's school buildings are poorly situated from the standpoint of safety of -access. While all are on or near busy thoroughfares, Adams and Munroe are the worst in this regard. New school buildings should be located to avoid a duplication of this situation as far as possible -- and so that highways and rail- roads will lie along district lines which ehilcllen will not need to cross. The High. School As has been pointed out, the greatest crowding situation is at the high school. While now very serious, it will soon grow critical. -r ( , L . . T ON \,EL,_,r ® # , 0 § _ V ■ | [ v•% j i 5 r z v., \ E- / REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 191 It is difficult to calculate without qualification the capacity of a high school building. By using undesirably small moms, by. increas- ing class sizes, by rigid scheduling that ignores individual needs, and by means of other expediences, the numbers housed in a ]Nigh school building can be increased — as the increase already experi- enced will bear out. But increases by such means are made only at the expense of the educational program — and at the expense of each student. They should not be tolerated by a town that is finan- cially able to make adequate provision for the welfare of its youth. It gats been stated, already, that the existing high school building could be adapted moderately well to junior high school needs. On the basis of preliminary studies, it appears that it might accommo• date as a junior high school, SOU to 850 pupils. This was the com- bined Junior -Senior High School enrollment when in 1925 the build- ing was enlarged. This will soon be the enrollment in the junior high school grades -alone. RECOMMENDATIONS In the light of the considerations which have been discussed above, the following recommendations are designed to establish a plan of procedure which will meet Lexington's immediate school - housing needs, and its future ones as they arise. They are arranged, insofar as that is- possible, in the order in which they should be car- ried out. 1: Acquire a site for a new senior high school building. If possible, this site should adjoin the present town playground which is admirably central in location. In .this case, the additional land to be acquired for the building, ]awns, ap- proaches, service areas and parking areas should comprise at least ten acres. If a parcel of hind other than one adjoin- ing the playground is acquired, it should contain about twenty or more acres to provide for future expansion of the building and pliy-sical education facilities. 2. Acquire a site for a new Elementary School #1, to be sit- uated as near as practicable to a point midway between Audubon Road and Jean Road. This site should be adequate for an eventual enrollment of 400 or more and should there- fore comprise eight or more acres of useful land. 192 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 3. Build a new Senior High School on the site selected for it (see project 1 above). The building should be designed to accommodate comfortably about 700 pupils when built — if within the next three years — with possibilities for expand- ing it to twice that capacity. This will mean the anticipation, in planning, of a second gymnasium, and additional small auditorium, and enlarged cafeteria, and more shops, labor- atories and classrooms — all properly integrated with those of the original unit. Such a school building should, if pos- sible, be limited to two stories without basement and should make provision for full utilization of its facilities by the community. 4. Alter the existing high school building to serve as a junior high school, enlarging certain rooms to adapt them to spec- ialized requirements, rearranging and reequipping the others. 5. Acquire as mueh additional land as possible adjoit:'ing the junior high school, to improve its physical education and recreation facilities. 6. Acquire a site for a new Elementary School #2, similar to that for Elementary School #1 but situated as near as pos- sible to a point on the east side of tirant Street at its junc- tion with Colony Road. 7. Constructa new Llementary School #] on the site previ- ously acquired for it. This school should contain at least twelve classrooms plus a kindergarten, a combination audi- torium -gymnasium, a lunchroom, office, health room, teachers' room, and janitors' room, Classrooms should be at least 770 square feet in area, equipped for an activity program. The building should be located and designed for a consider- able amount of expansion. (It should be borne in mind t -hat delay on projects 3 and 4 will force this one ahead of them.) S. Discontinue Hancock's use for school purposes and transfer its pupils to Elementary School #1. Send to it, also, those pupils living nearer to it than Franklin and Parker. 9. Construct an addition to the Franklin School, providing suffi- cient classrooms to meet enrollment demands at that time, a stage, a lunchroom and a kindergarten. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 193 10. As enrollments increase further, construct a new Elementary School #2 on the site pre►'iously acquired (see project No. 6). This would be essentially similar to new Elementary School #1, and would serve to relieve that school and 'll,funroe by 'housing nil pupils attending them who live north of Massa- chusetts Avenue and the railroad. 11. (a) Transfer the remaining Munroe pupils above the third grade to Franklin, Adams and Elementary School #1. Re- model the Munroe school building as a primary unit housing the pupils of grades 1 through 3 who live in the immediate neighborhood, removing the second story and -adding a small assembly room, probably between the two front wings. OR (b) Abandon Munroe completely and transport the primary grades to Adams, Franklin and/or new Elementary School #1. 12. Acquire a site for new Elementary School #3, similar to the others. situated in the area between Woburn and Maple Streets, south of Lowell Street. 13. As the population in the Parker School's area increases, construct an addition to it consisting of the necessary num- ber of classrooms, .i suitable kindergarten, new toilets, and an auditorium -gymnasium. The lunchroom and kiterhen facil- ities and the playground should be improved. (It would be desirable to construct the auditorium -gymnasi- um, a kindergarten; and first floor toilets prior to the time when an addition is forced by rising enrollments.) 14. As enrolIments continue to increase and make it necessary, enlarge the new high school, build Elementary School #3, and enlarge Elementary Schools #1 and #2. It is further recommended that Lexington appropriate immedi- ately the funds necessary to develop preliminary sketches on the basis of the foregoing recommendations. Such sketches would assist in making estimates of construction costs. They would be valuable in working out such problems as, for example, would be involved at Parker in the event better toilet facilities and perhaps an audi- 194 TOWN OF LEXINGTON torium-gymnasium and kindergarten are added before new class- rooms are constructed. Such sketches should extend to the pro- vision of kindergarten facilities at existing schools in advance of other classroom additions. Finally, sketches would serve as a basis for application for federal funds for public works when and if such funds are voted by Congress. It is recommended that working drawings and specifications for only the new Senior High School, the alterations of the Junior High School, and the new Elementary School #1 be undertaken immediately. Plans for those projects to follow later should not be frozen into working drawings and specifications until the time for their construction approaches. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 196. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee of Lerch gton: Like the rest of the country, the schools suddenly found teem_. selves in September in a postwar world. The peace brought with it a change of objectives, directions and attitudes to which the - schools must adjust their programs for the greatest good of their- For heirFor some time school authorities have known that a building program looking into the future must be seriously considered. The report of the specialist engaged to study our school building needs has confirmed many of our own observations. While this report will discuss some of the important features of the years work, it will of necessity be brief due to the report on school buildings which is included. Changes in the School Curriculum Beginning last September, a course in beginners' French was offered in the ninth grade of the Junior High School. Previously. French was not offered before the Senior High School. Spanish has been established' as a regular coarse in the Senior High School thus giving pupils an opportunity for wider choice in the modern languages. The number of pupils who eleet this subject and their apparent interest will determine how far it will be ex- tended. In the Junior High School a new course in Educational and Vocational Information has been introduced in the eighth grade. This work is designed to acquaint pupils with the world of work. It attempts to teach in general about many different kinds of work. stressing the necessary qualifications, education and training. It 79fi TOWN OF LEXINGTON makes no attempt ata vocational choice. The last part of the course is given over to intelligent planning of the pupil's program for the ninth grade. A similar course for pupils in the ninth grade has been organized and will be given the last part of this school year. In the Senior High School, several groups of Juniors and Sen- iors have organized in classes for guidance purposes. Here they have studied educational and vocational plans in an endeavor to make a more intelligent. choice of their future work. The classes in both these groups in the Junior and Senior High Schools iaeve been conducted by the Director of Guidance. A new unit on Air -Age Geography has been introduced as pari of the regular geography coarse in the Junior High School. • There has been an increase in enrollment in the classes dealing with Latin America and The Far East, and in Global Geograpli offered in the Senior High School showing the interest pupils awl parents have for more knowledge in these fields. The additional teacher of Physical Education, devoting most of her time to the elementary grades, has strengthened our work in this field. Meetings are in progress to discuss ways of improving our program in Health and Physical Education. The limited space available for such work in the Senior High School makes any mater- ial expansion of the work very difficult. The course of study for ?arithmetic in grades one through six has been studied and revised during the year. Tt is hoped tliat the new courses of study will be available in the near future. Teachers have met both in grade groups and as a whole for this study. The enlarged program in Music Appreciation for the elementary grades has been continued Arid improved. Much study has been given to the outstanding artists and conductors heard through the med- ium of broadcasting. Pupils are enconraged to bring pictures of these artists to add to the collection already started. New textbooks are being considered for introduction in September 1046. One weakness in our musical program is the lack of pupil material for orchestra and bards. This is a matter which should be seriously considered by both parents and school authorities. REPORT or THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 197 Teacher Changes There have been twenty-two changes in our teaching force drrr- the year. As :always, these new teachers were selected with much - thought as to their qualifications, and their work indicates that they will be excellent additions to our staff. Two men in the Armed Forces. have returned during the year and it is expected that all our em pIo)-ees so occupied will return not later than the opening of school. n September 1946. Thirteen married women are regularly employed with one year' appointments. ea.r- appointmeuts. In this group are some of our strongest teachers and their a► ailabilit3 during the teacher shortage has been a great help in maintaining the standard of work. However, it is expected that. manyof them will return to their duties as home makers in the near. future. 7'eacitiny Load The employment of additional teachers in September has mater- ially strengthened our school program. Our average teaching load is less now than in years past. The common practice for finding the teaching Load is to divide the average membership by the total teach- ing force, exclusive of supervising principals. This procedure is often misunderstood both by laymen and teachers, A factor which has tended to make our teaching load appear high in the past is that many systems have provided more educational offerings in their programa. Extra teaching services are most needed in the Senior High: Sehool. The lack of space in that school makes this improvement_ difficult. With the indicated growth in the lower grades, additional teachers will be needed in the elementary schools. Provision has been made in our budget for an additional teacher in the Senior High School and one in the elementary grades . School Libraries With; the beginning of school in September, the librarian in the Junior and Senior }Iigh School was permitted to devote full time to this work. The modern school program readies beyond the use 198 TOWN OF LEXINGTON of basic textbooks. Pupils must have access to reference materials and should be taught how to select and wisely use these materials. The school libraries are invaluable in this respect. There are approximately 6,000 volumes in the combined library. A limited number of volumes is added each year. In the school year 1944 - 45, the library circulated 14,677 books. All seventh grade pupils are given instruction in the use of the library as follows: (1) -Use of card catalog, (2) Introduction of the Dewey Decimal classification system, (3) Study of the printed parts of a book, (4) A discussion of encyclopedias and special reference books. Class group meetings are followed by a checkup examina- tion. There is a clipping and pamphlet file for topics of general .information and a vertical file containing vocational material. Pic- tures, posters and other appropriate decorative material are furn- ished by the Art Departments of both schools. Deficiencies in books for special assignments, etc., are supplemented by loans from Cary Memorial Library. We are continuing the plan originated a few years ago of adding to the libraries in the elementary schools. This work is carried on •either as a separate library unit or in conjunction with the individ• ual classroom. It is now under consideration to give pupils in grades four through six a wider choice in their library selections thus en- abling them to secure "Reading Certificates" and thereby create a greater desire for good reading. Testing Program Achievement tests were given during the year through grades three to nine inclusive. The results of these tests show that our averages, in general, were above those throughout the country. Their greatest value is their help in planning remedial assistance. A battery of Vocational Aptitude Tests has been given to the members of the Junior class in Senior High School for the past few years. These tests are of value in guiding pupils in their vocational choices. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 199 For some time, tests in many traditional high school subjects, prepared by the Cooperative Test Service of the American Council of Education, have been given in. Lexington. The median scores of our students compare very favorably with those of the norms group vehicib consists of students in public secondary schools in the East, Middle West, and West. Guidance The position of a full-time Director of Guidance for the Junior and Senior High Schools was established with the opening of schools in September. Part-time services of some of our regular teachers are also given to this • work. The primary purpose of a Guidance Program is to help the individual pupil find himself. This work, in general, covers the following broad fields: 1. Direction and supervision of the testing program in the schools 2. Keeping up to date a complete set of files covering personal information of. each pupil 3. Organizing group classes in educational and vocational guidance for each grade 4. Individual counseling and guidance 5. Placement duties Special guidance teachers have been selected in each grade who assist in carrying out definite parts of the program. The help of the homeroom teachers is also important in this work. We believe this addition to our programa will prove to be an important one. Vocational Education One hears much now regarding the importance of vocational edu- cation for high school students. Such work now is restricted almost entirely to our commercial students and in a very limited way to a few boys in the shop courses. While we are doing a very important work, it serves only a small group of boys and girls who complete their formal education with high school graduation. It is true that students who desire to study some definite trade have their tuition 1 200 TOWN OF LEXINGTON paid, but it is necessary to travel to some nearby city to get such training. The present lack of available rooms in the Senior 1-Iigh School makes it impossible for even a small extension in this work. To encourage pupils wlio are especially interested, credit is being al- lowed towards a diploma from the Lexington Senior High School for one years work satisfactorily completed at. a trade school. Teachers' Meetings Teachers' meetings have been held in the various schools throughout the year. In the High Schools, teachers have met to discuss the revisions and adjustments necessary to meet the educational changes of the future, Much material has been published during recent years regard- ing the revision of secondary education. Among the most prominent of these are "Education for all American Youth" published by the Nations] Education Association, and `General Education In A Free Society", published by Harvard University. These books have been used as a basis for several of these meetings. The elementary teachers have met in the various buildings to discuss the many problems relating to elementary education. During the fall months, special meetings of the teachers in each grade have been held to review the course of study for that grade and to make suggestions for improvement. All of these meetings have been plan- ned on a cooperative basis with much of the information and dis- cussion presented by the teachers themselves. During the year, a special endeavor has been made for all the teachers and principals to visit schools other than the one Where they are regularly employed, thereby giving each teacher a brooder point of view of the entire educational program. improvements to School: Plant Requests are made in the budget for money to continue the enlarged plan for painting, repairs and replacements to our physical plant. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 201 The major projects completed during the past year were: 1. Painting exterior of the Adams School. 2. Replacing old toilet facilities in boys' lavatory at Adams School with modern equipment and tiling of the walls and and floor of this room. 3. Painting classrooms in the Junior High School. 4. Painting auditorium of the Junior and Senior High School. i. Painting classrooms, corridors, and offices on two floors in the Senior High School. The rooms in this building were refinished in different color combinations according to their exposure to the sun. This practice has been used in refinishing several of our buildings. The appearance of school buildings and their furnishings have a decided effect on the attitude of a pupil towards them. Buildings and furnishings which are well maintained are, in general, much less abused. Following is a summary of our schedule of painting since 1939. EXTERIOR Building Date Work Done Hancock School , 1940 (part) Parker School 1940 Munroe School 1941 Franklin School 1942 Senior High School 1944 Adams Schocl 1945 INTERIOR Adams—Section of classrooms 1939, 1940 Auditorium 1940 Hancock—Classrooms, ccrridors and stairway 1939, 1940 Auditorium and toilets 1941 Munroe—Classrooms, corridors and stairways 1941, 1942 Parker—Four classrooms and corridors 1944, 1945 Senior High School—classrooms, corridors and offices on first and second floors 1945 Junior—Senior High School—Combined auditcrium 1945 202 TOWN OF LEXINGTON New Salary Schedule Our new salary schedule became effective April 1, 1945. This schedule includes several new features. (1) It is a preparatory type schedule which allows all women teachers with similar training and experience to attain the same maximum salary. (2) It requires of teachers a certain amount of professional 'improvement by the end of fire years in order to receive any advanced pay increments unless the maximum salary has already been attained. (3) Permanent additions of $200 to the base salary is made possible through pro- fessional study extending over a period of yeal+s. While our teacher turnover the pastyear was large, it was in many instances due to war conditions. The new salary schedule assisted greatly in attracting desirable candidates, and at the time of its adoption it compared favorably with Many. However, several communities have recently established schedules considerably in advance of ours. Trends in Education There are signs in the field of education that certain changes in our thinking are developing which consider the entire welfare of the dhild. Three of these •will be briefly mentioned. 1. During the past decade, teachers have accepted to a greater degree than ever before the fact that education is not just prepara- tion for life, but is life itself. This acceptance has had a noticeable effect on our classroom methods, textbook and curricula. In- creasingly, attempts are made to plan the pupil's program to meet problems which are very real to bion and to supply Trim with vital materials and information. 2. There is a general movement to broaden the areas of our school curriculum. Programs including subjects which fallow the pupils' interests are being organized in larger units of time rather than short periode. The division of the total fields of knowledge and skills into separate compartments is neither desirable nor sound. To teach the facts of history, geography and civics by themselves without regard to the whole field of civilisation is wasteful and artificial. All the different studies that make tip our language arts— REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 20r as Beading, Literature, Language, Spelling, Wilting -- should like- wise be considered. 3. The war brought about some developments that should be continued. Through such activities as salvage campaigns, paper.• drives, rationing, bond and stamp sales, the schools have become• more directly in touch with the community. Teachers have become, more conscious of these social contributions and children have learned a feeling of worth. Such cooperation has a distinct value: both to the school and the community. Lessons To Be Learned Front The Military Training Program We have heard and read much, both favorable and unfavorable,_ about the training practices of the Armed Forces. In training their personnel, many claims have been made for their effectiveness, but no impartial investigation of results has been made. The American Council of Education has begun a two year study to determine what. is of value in these programs for use in civilian schools and colleges.. A sum of $150,000 has been granted the council to carry on this. study. The results should be of interest and value to all levels of education. Whatever these results will show, the following facts should be kept in mind when comparing the education programs of the armed services with the regular school programs. "(1) (2) Most of the educational leaders and experts of the armed. services were professional educators in civilian life. Practically unlimited funds were available — no going - without a motion -picture projector, for example. (3) The complete and undivided attention of the men was enforced. (4) A life or death motivation was a universal factor. In short, we took education for war seriously. If we want to make education for peacetime purposes more effective, we, shall !have to spend more liberally than we have for civil– ian education." 204 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Future Growth We are all aware of the responsibility of providing educational opportunities for veterans who have been denied this privilege be- cause of the war. There is also another great group of prospective students who should receive our attention. luring the first three years of the war two million babies were born. These children will enter the public schools in 1948, 1940, 1950. From 1915 until 1933 there was a gradual decrease in our birth rate. After 1933 there was a slight increase until 1941 when it took a sudden jump reaching a high of twenty-two births per thousand in 1943. Following World War I more babies were born than had been born in any previous period in our history. By 1929 schools were overcrowded clue to a sudden- rise in birth rate following the return of the soldiers. It is estimated by 1949 that onr first grade enrollrnents will show an increase of: one-third. As these larger classes progress through the grades, we can see with relative certainty that a decided increase in school facilities will be imperative. Likewise, due to its favorable location, Lexington will have a natural growth in the future not due entirely to the postwar condition. It can easily be seen that these changes will have an influence upon the problem of education. It is very evident that we shall need more room to take care of our postwar growth. In the light of these facts it is neeesary that we do not underestimate the seriousness of these population trends but make provisions in time to meet them. Conclusion Many important problems face education in the future. Their successful solution will come only to the degree in which, the public understands and appreciates their importance. It is my opinion that one of the more important functions of school authorities is to keep the public intelligently informed about the schools. Our greatest 'seed is an enlightened citizenry. The great amount of time and thought which your committee Inas given to the consideration of school matters has been a distinct. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 206 '206 TOWN OF LEXINGTON help and the faithful efforts of all employees is greatly appreciated_ Only through the cooperative efforts of all has anything of value been accomplished. Respectfully submitted, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THOMAS S. OSINDLE December 31, 1945 Superiitte►ident of Schools_ School Maintenance 'General 'Control: Superintendent, Attendance Supervisor, Office As- sistance and Expenses $8,217.60 'Expenses of Instruction Salaries of Supervisors, Principals, Teachers, Sub- stitutes, Junior and Senior High Clerks and Other Expenses of Instruction 198,189.42 Textbooks 3,031.15 Supplies 7,350.22 Expenses of Operating School Plant: Wages of Janitors, Fuel. and Miscellaneous Oper- ation 35,566.73 Maintenance of School Plant: Repairs 14,746.71 Libraries_................_................................................_433.59 Health 3,185.86 Transportation................_...._.....«........._8,569.00 Miscellaneous: Graduations, Athletics, Express, etc. 1,656.49 Tuition—Atypical Education 139.81 Outlay—New Equipment 1,292.54 Total Expenditures $282,384.12 Appropriation $284,932.82 Added Refund 34.00 Unexpended Balance RECEIPTS $284,966.82 2,582.70 $284,966.82 $284,966.82 Tuition: Town of Bedford $9,934.93 Other Tritton and Transportation 252.66 City cf Boston 138.50 Cnmmonweatli of Massachusetts: General School Fund Part I 18,070.00 State Wards 3,243.72 Rentals 130.00 Miscellaneous 213.83 Total Receipts 31,983.64 NET EXPENDITURES FOR 1945 $250,400.48 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 207 Expended: Tuition $1,137.29 Unexpended Balance 462.71 Appropriated $1,600.00 Reimbursement—Commonwealth of Massachusetts 328.27 NET EXPENDITURES FOR 1945 809.02 AMERICANIZAT10N Expended: Instruction $200.00 Supplies 3.00 Total Expenditures Unexpended Balance Apprcpriated Reimbursement --Commonwealth of Massachusetts NET EXPENDITURES FOR 1945 SCHOOL COM M ITTEE ORGANIZATION 208 :OWN OF LEXINGTON ANNOUNCEMENTS ,S!chooi Entrance: Any child who is 5 years 8 months of age on or before the opening date of school may be admitted to the first grade. Children of school age should not be presented for admission to the first grade after October 1 unless they have had prevfous training. Birth and vaccination certificates must be presented before a $203.00 child is entered as a regular pupil. 0.00 203.00 104.00 Employment Certificates: $99.00 Employment permits are issued to boys and girls between the ages of fourteen and sixteen, to work only when school is not in session, and educational certificates for all boys and girls between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one are issued at the Office of the Superintendent of Schools in the High School Building. All persons must make personal application and present a birth certificate. CHAIRMAN TRACY- W. AMES, 2 Highland Avenue Tel. Lex. 0230 (Term Expires March 1946) TREASURER H. WEBSTER THOMAS, 50 Bloomfield Street Tel. Lex, 0653 (Term Expires March 1947) SECRETARY RUTH MOREY, 90 North Hancock Street Tel. Lex, 1131 (Term Expires March 1948) SUPERINTENDENT OF $CHOOLS THOMAS S. GRINDLE, 29 Bloomfield Street Tel. Lex. 0165-W Office: High School Building Tel. Lex. 0277 Regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the first and third Monday of each month except during July and August. Vocational Education: Lexington boys and girls may attend state -aided vocational schools in other communities since Lexington has no school of this type. The state law permits any person to obtain a vocational edu- cation provided he meets required age and educational requirements. The town is required to pay the tuition of these pupils although the State reimburses the town for one -halt of the tuition. SCHOOL TELEPHONES Adams Lex. 0673 Franklin Lex, 0128 Hancock Lex. 0461 Munroe Lex, 0547 Parker Tex, 0662 Junior High Lex, 0288 Senior High Lex. 0342 RDPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 9946 School opens, Wednesday, January 2 School closes, Friday, February 15 School opens, Monday, February 25 School closes, Friday, April 12 School opens, Monday, April 22 School closes, Friday, June 21 * School opens, Wednesday, September 4 ' School closes, Friday, December 20 HOLIDAYS Good Friday—Friday, April 19 • Memorial Day—Thursday, May 30 Armistice Day—Monday, November 11 Thanksgiving—November 21 and 22 * These dates are tentative and subject to change. NO SCHOOL SIGNALS 209 The No School Signal will be 3 blows 3 times of the fire alarm whistle. At 7:30 A. M., indicates No School—All Schools—A11 Day. At 8:00 A. M., indicates No S ihool—Elementary Schools --.All Day. At 12:30 P. M., indicates No School for afternoon session of Elementary Schools when there has been a morning session. The No School Announcement will be broadcast over Stations WNAC, WEEI and WEZ for morning and afternoon closing. When possible, parents and pupils are requested to secure in- formation from the radio stations, or from the local "No School Signal". Those not able to secure information from these sources may call Junior High School (Tel., Lex. 0288) or the Senior High School (Tel., Lex. 0342) between 7:30 A. M. and 7:45 A. M., and the elementary schools at 8:05 A. M. and at 11:30 A. M. Children who are absent at the opening of the school should come later during the school session, if weather conditions warrant it. 210 TOWN OF LEXINGTON GENERAL POLICY It will be the policy of the School Department to close school only in case of extreme weather conditions; otherwise, to hold regular sessions. The widely varying conditions in the several parts of Lexington make it difficult to reach decisions equally fair to all. PARENTS ARE URGED, THEREFORE, WHEN SCHOOLS ARE OPEN ON STORMY DAYS TO EXERCISE THEIR PERSONAL JUDGMENT AS TO THE WISDOM OF SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Name Manfred L. Warren Irving F. Sherwood Ernest C. Allison Amy Campbell Lancelot B. Cooper Ruth A. Dainty Mary E. DeMille Patricia A. Fencer Herbert M. Goddard Bertha V. Hayward Margaret J. Leake Arnold W. Lunt Wilma F. Lunt Myrtle A. Marshall Helen I. McIntyre Kenneth E. Moyle Lillian M. Spidle Ruth A. Walcott Agnes G. Wheeler Alice S. Whiting Marie L. Stone Merrill F. Norlin A. Elizabeth Allan Gladys M. Anderson Annette P. Breen Ruth M. Conrad William H. Cuzner Caroline T. Feindel Harriet J. Hodgkins Mary C. Houghton Betty King Laura L. Marshall William M. Molloy Annie M. Nickerson Doris Norwood Dorothy E. Petersen Anne Smarsh Earle B. Sukeforth Beatrice Trulson ROSTER OF TEACHERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Subject Taught Principal Asst. Prin., Science English Business Training Biology, Gen. Education English Social Studies English Science, Math. Social Studies French Science, Law English Hist., Gen. Education Dean, Social Studies Mathematics Business Training French, Spanish Science Latin, Social Studies Clerk JUNIOR HIGH SCH Piincipal Twin, General Lang. Soria] Studies Social Studies, Eng. Math., Social Studies Math., Guidance English English English, Social Studies English Art Eng., Sccial Studies *Eng., Sccial Studies English, Mathematics English, Science Science, Social Studies Math., Business Tr. Social Studies, Eng. 211 Yrs. in Where Educated Lex. Bowdoin College I-niversity of N. H. Bates College Burdett College Springfield College Boston University Worcester T. C. Boston University Middlebury College University of Maine Earlham College Bostcn University rniversity of N. H. Dalhousie University Boston University Bucknell University Salem T. C. Wellesley College University of Vt. Radcliffe College Bryant & Stratton OOL Wesleyan University Colby College Bridgewater T. C. Bridgewater T. C. Lowell T. C. Annapolis Bridgewater T. C. Gloucester Training Wellesley College Bridgewater T. C. Mass. School of Art North Adams T. C. Salem T. C. North Adams T. C. Salem T. C. Bridgewater T. C. Bridgewater T. C. Bridgewater T. C. 18 20 1 17 3 3 1 3 27 16 17 19 12 15 25 1 2 2 19 8 21 5 11 a 25 16 1 1 1 1 3 8 2 212 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Name Blanche Whelpley Solvay Valentine Edward E. Abell A. Irving Dodge Doris B. Leavitt Dorcas S. Nason Robert A. Proctor Margaret Sandberger Dorothy V. Schrader Gordon M. Trim Ethel L. Wright Annette G. Emerson Elizabeth French Elizabeth Howe Helen F. Spooner Elinore M. Welch Ruth E. Morrison Wilma A. Quinn Margaret L. Small Anita A. Twitchell Virginia Whitehouse Irene B. Larkin Elizabeth E. Breen Helen Trainor Janice F. Whitemore Edith Alcorn Mary 'McLaughlin Florence Harris Elsie P. Chapman Margaret A, Keefe Bertha V. Cox Midred E. Zwicker Dorothy Gilmore Bettina M. Pillsbury Helen F. Blinikhorn Mildred H. King Priscilla E. Tarbox Constance B. Loud Jeanette Marsilli Subject Taught Math., Business Tr. Clerk JUNIOR -SENIOR HIGH Physical Education Manual Arts Physical Education Librarian Manual Arts Music Mathematics Guidance Director Household Arts Yrs. In Where Educated Lex. Salem T. C. 30 Bryant & Stratton 3 SCHOOL Springfield College Mass. State Course Bouve-Boston P. E. Bridgewater T. C. Fitchburg T. C. American Institute Bridgewater T. C. Colby College Keene T. C. SPECIAL TEACHERS Physical Education Household Arts Remedial Reading Music Art ADAMS SCHOOL Principal Grade I I II II III III IV IV V V & VI VI Jr. High Opp. Bouve-Boston P. E. ' Simmons College Wheelock Framingham T. C. N. E. School of Design Plymouth Normal Bridgewater T. C. Farmington Normal Farmington Normal Lowell T. C. Boston University Framingham T. C. Lowell T. C. Fitchburg T. C. Lowell T. C. Gorham Narmal Farmington Normal Class Aroostook State FRANKLIN SCFjOOL Prin. Frank'n & Han'k. Boston University Grade I I 8r I I II III IV IV & V V VI Building Assistant Salem T. C. Boston University Lowell T. C. Gorh n T. C. Lowell T. C. Framingham T. C. Bridgewater T. C. Salem T. C. Salem T. C. 16 20 8 2 17 9 1 3 2 19 16 22 4 7 2 2 4 1 1 2 17 15 1 2 4 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Name Catherine Dargan Ellza.beth F. Leach Alice Daunheimer Alice T. Farrand Marion E. White Margaret 13. Noyes Ina M. Mosher Meredith White Althea E. Ames Elizabeth DeShon Helen E. White Kathleen J. McSweeney Helen T. Keefe Dorothy E. Porter Mary M. Kinneen Hilda L. Maxfield Harriett Hinckley Mark Basti Winifred Taylor Marion M. Marston Katherine L. Mara Martha L. Lane Thelma Schaeneman Mary Begley HANCOCK SCHOOL Subject naught Grade I II II & III III Iv V VI Building Assistant 213 Yrs. I n Where Educated Lex. 2 Framingham T. C. Gorham T. C. Bridgewater T. C. Worcester T. C. Keene Normal Bridgewater T. C. Bridgewater T. C. Bridgewater T. C. MUNROE SCHOOL Prin. & Grade VI Farmington N¢rmal Grade I II III IV V Primary Opp. Class Washington T. C. Gorham Normal Lesley Normal Keene NormraI Lowell T. C. Emmanuel College PARKER SCHOOL Prin. & Grade VI Grade I I & II II III IV V V & VI Building Assistant Bridgewater T. C. Farmington Normal Lowell T. C. Bridgewater T. C. Machias Normal Boston University Glcucester Training Iiniversity of Vt. Bridgewater T. C. 1 14 15 28 4 11 1 7 7 10 2 1 4 15 2 25 SCHOOL PHYSICIANS Dr. Harold J. Crumb, 30 Grant Street Tel. Lex. 1088 Dr. Doris Kendrick, Kingston, Mals. Dr. Howard W. Newell, 12 Clarke Street, Lexington Tel. Lex. 0898 SCHOOL NURSE Elsie G. Weltch, 12 Langley Road, Arlington, Mass. AMERICANIZATION TEACHER Gladys M. Anderson, 12 Warren Street, Lexington, Mass. TEACHERS ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE H. John Adzigian Senior—Junior High School Philip 31. Caughey Junior High School Mary A. Haliaren Adams School George V. ferry Senior High School William D. Purcell Junior High School 214 TOWN OF LEXINGTON CARETAKERS OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS Roland N. Hayee 523. Masa. Avenue, Lexington William J. Kenealy 53 Vine Street, Lexington Arthur R. Linfield 58 Oak Street, Lexington Thomas F. Ryan, Jr. 29 Shirley Street, Lexington ADAMS SCHOOL Thomas Sullivan 17 Curve Street, Lexington FRANKLIN SCHOOL Clarence E. MacPhee 14 Baker Avenue, Lexington HANCOCK SCHOOL Thomas F. Cavanaugh 149 Brant Street, -Lexington MUNROE SCHOOL Antonio Bacigalupo 7 Dunham Street, Lexington PARKER SCHOOL Arthur N. Lee 59 Ward Street, Lexington REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE 1945 215 No. of physical examinations: Totals Dr. Crumb 479 Dr. Kendrick 603 Dr. Newell 1290 2372 No. with some degree of defect 546 No. with poor nutrition 53 No. with defective skin 52 No. with enlarged tonsils 195 No. with enlarged glands ..... 38 No. with heart murmurs 32 No. with poor vision 69 No. with pronated arches 71 No. with defective hearing 16 No. of children immunized against diphtheria 104 No. of children having tonsils removed 93 No. of children having vision corrected 49 No. of children attending lip-reading classes 1 The new Massachusetts vision test was used this year. The Audiometer was used for hearing tests. REPORT OF THE ATTENDANCE OFFICER Number of home visits 364 Number of truants 58 Number of court cases 1 ENROLLMENT iN LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS October 1945 Boys Girls Totals Senior High School 261 331 . 592 Junior High School 264 286 550 Adams School 178 139 317 Franklin School 131 116 247 Hancock School 117 129 246 Munroe School 104 74 178 Parker School 124 113 237 1,179 1,188 2,367 216 TOWN OF LEXINGTON WAR BONDS AND STAMPS SOLD IN LEXINGTON SCHOOLS January 1, 1945 to December 31, 1945 Cash Stamps Toward Bonds Total Adams School $3,979.65 $800.65 $4,780.30 Franklin School 2,563.30 407.70 2,971.00 Hancock School 2,505.80 1,531.75 4,037.55 Munroe School 2,606.55 618.90 3,225.45 Parker School 2,511.65 812.70 3,324.35 Junior High School 3,981.05 21,028.50 25,009.55 Senior High School 4,528.95 2,843.55 7,372.50 $22,676.955 $28,043.75 $50,720.70 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT LEXINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Doris E. Andrews Rosamond J. Ashley Helen Pauline Bailey Barbara Jane Baker Lorraine Claire Baker Shirley M. Bartlett Nicolina Basile Marjorie M. Baudreau Roland M. Benson Louis Charles Bentley, Jr. Dorothy Bettencourt Ruth Edna Bickford Lois M. BIack Barbara Elizabeth Bond Eva M. Brucchi Erma May Burgess Ruth A. V. Burgess Phyllis Burgoyne Barbara A. Burke Robert L. Burke Rosalie Annelle Burri Phyllis Gertrude Byrne Mabel E. L. Christensen Patricia S. Cogswell Philip Adams Comley Irene Copeiotti Philip James Corbett Monica J. Cotter Doris M. Coughlin Dorothy T. Cronin Jeanette Cuccinello Barbara A. Cummings Betty Jane Cummings B. Jane Currier Audrey Roberta Custance John P. Dailey Elizabeth F. Dodge .loan E. Donnelly Gordon F, Downe Richard E. Darling *Russell L. Durling Vlrginia June Eaton CLASS OF 1945 Beverly Fel] Robert W. Ferguson Robert J. Findlay, Jr William F. Furdon *Henry Gnade, Jr. Sam W. Goodwin Richard William Gordon Elizabeth Emma Groff Beverly Hammond Jane K. Hanson Barbara M. Harris Stanley A. Harvey William E. Hedges Mary Elizabeth Hemmingaon Anne Louise Hilton Virginia Claire Holland Rita E. Hunt Frederick B. James, Jr. Louise M. Kelley Jean Kennedy *Walter R. Kennedy Beatrice Kew Katherine L. Kinneen *Kurt M. Kramp Carl E. Larsen William Etsell Larssen Kenneth J. Lima C. Frances Litchfield Victor J. Loring Eileen F. Lynch Donald R. Macbeth Maurine Ingrid MacDermid Catherine MacGillivray Donald J. MacLean Jean L. MacNutt Joseph Paul Marshall Doris Alma Maxwell Joan McCausland Ann L. McDonough Paul G. McMahan Joan E. McNaught Helen M. Meehan 217 218 TOWN OF LEXINGTON John E. Murray, Jr. Geraldine M. Neal Ruth Ann Neal M. Jeanne Nelson Arthur V. Nickerson, Jr. Thomas K. Norton, Jr. Esther A. Nortonen *George E. Oldford, Jr. Mary L. Osborne Gene Paladina Marion E. Pangborn Richard Chester Papen Beatrice E. Parnnegiani Charles B. Peck, III Frances C. Phillips Norma G. Puffer Emily M. Ricardelli Thelma K Richter Robert A. Rockett *Roderick J. Rockett Caroline A. Ruocco Lillian M. Ruocco James Henry Rush Mary Elizabeth Sanseverino Howard A, Schofield A. Eleanor Sgrosso * In the Service. Theodore Shoemaker, Jr. Natalie Mae SiIsby Arabelle Rose Particle Smith Sally Smith Shirley Smith Mary Agnes St. George Jean M. Sullivan Betty Floyd Sweetnam M, Hildreth Thompson Ruth French Thompson Phyllis Mary Toulouse Frances Wealthea Tracey Frederick Joseph Trimhold Frederick R. Van Norden, Jr. Perry G. Vienot *William W. Watson Phyllis Alberta Webb Carl T. Wennberg Eva M. Wheeler Mary Elizabeth Whelan Eleanor May White Nancy W. White Barbara Emily Whiting Marilyn M. Woodis CLASS OF 1941: Frank William Martines REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMF7NT PRIZES — 1945 George O. Smith Prizes Robert P. Clapp Oral Essay Prize Robert P. Clapp Written Essay Prize George Ernest Briggs Essay Prize D. A. R. Good Citizenship Medal Washington Franklin Medal Hallle C. Blake Prizes American Legion Athletic Medal Elsa W. Regestein Awards Honorable Mention: Charles Edward French Medals 1. Louise M. Kelley 2. Monica J. Cotter Ruth M. Reynolds Jacqueline J. Murphy Monica 3, Cotter Lcuise M. Kelley Monica 3. Cotter Jane K. Hanson Hobert L. Burke Joan E. Donnelly John E. Murray, Jr. Louise M. Kelley Phyllis A. Webb Barbara A. Burke Sam W. Goodwin Maurine I. MacDermid Charles 13, Peck, III William W. Watson Monica 3 . Cotter Louise M. Kelley Maurine I. MacDermtd 219 220 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER • December 31, 1945. To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: r Following is the report or the Town Treasurer for the year 1945: Cash on Hand January 1, 1945 $502,606.86 Receipts During Year 1945 1,070,956.91 $1,573,563.77 Expenditures During Year 1945 per Warrants 1,052,300.33 Balance on Hand January 1, 1946 $521,263.44 REPORT OF TAX TITLE ACCOUNT Number of Tax Titles on Hand December 31, 1944 214 Number of New Tax Titles Added 1945 27 Number of Tax Titles Foreclosed in 1945 Number of Tax Titles Released in 1945 Number of Tax Titles Disclaimed 1945 Number of Tax Titles on Hand December 31, 1945 Total Amount 241 62 179 39 140• 9 131 $17,422.87 LEXINGTON TRUST COMPANY Bank Deposits in the Name of the Town of Lexington James 3. Carroll, Town Treasurer Balance December 31, 1945 $539,352.69 Balance December 31, 1945 per check book $528,534.19 Outstanding Checks December 31, 1945 11,318.50 $539,852.69 REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON Balance December 31, 1945 per statement Balance December 31, 1946 per check. book 2E1 $1,932.40 $1,932.40 THE NATIONAL SHAWMUT BANK OF BOSTON Balance December 31, 1945 per statement $2,000.00 Balance December 31, 1945 per check book $2,000.00 THE SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON Balance December 31, 1945 per statement $12,000.00 Balance December 31, 1945 per check book $12,000.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDS, JAMES J. CARROLL, TREASURER Total in account December 31, 1945 $103,991.20 In Transit $1,278.53 Outstanding Checks 37.92 $1,240.61 $1,240.61 Total on Deposit 102,750.59 $103,991.20 Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. C-iRROI,t.. Town Treasurer. 222 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR December 31, 1945. To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts 0entlemma : I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Buildings for the year ending December 31, 1945• Number of permits granted 166 Cash received from permits $407.00 Violation of zoning and building laws 15 Number of illegal signs Permits were divided as follows: One family houses 10 $58,500.00 One family houses with garages 8 61,600.00 Private garsges 16 8,430.00 Garages and porches 3 1,800.00 Garage and bedroom 1 2,600.00 The repairs 3 6,200.00 Lubricating bay 1 6,000.00 Alterations and additions 40 17,895.00 Repairs and remodelling 15 6,200.00 Hen houses, sheds, kennel and shed roof 42 12,780.00 Greenhouses 5 4,700.00 New foundations, cellar, moving house and garages 9 5,740.00 New fire places and chimneys 4 550.00 Radio Station WCOP 1 80,000.00 Garage WCOP 1 1,000.00 8 Steel towers WCOP 1 20,000.00 Foundations for towers WCOP 1 9,000.00 Demolitions 3 500.00 One Temporary Roof 1 Renewals 1 Total valuation of all permits $303,295.00 For the year of 1945 number of Inspections 720 Inspecting all school buildings and signs. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM A. CANN Building Inspector. REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR 223 REPORT OF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR December 31, 1945. To The Honorable Board of ,Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Plumbing for the year ending December 31, 1945. Cash received for plumbing permits $110.25 Plumbing applications filed and permits granted ...,70 Inspections made on plumbing installations 303 SUMMARY OF PERMITS New installations 10 Alterations 39 Replacements 21 FIXTURES INSTALLED Water closets 36 Lavatories 29 Bathtubs 13 Sinks 27 Sink and tray combinations 4 Wash trays 10 Bendix machines 2 Showers 9 Boilers 23 Storage System 7 Tank heaters S Tankless heaters - 6 Indirect heaters 1 Sewer Connections 8 Urinals 9 Floor Drain 1 Drinking fountains 2 224 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Soda fountains 1 3 Slop sinks Total Respectfully submitted, 268 E. A. LINDSTROM Plumbing Inspector. REPORT OF MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT 225 REPORT OF EAST MIDDLSEX MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT December 31, 1945. A particularly bad mosquito season in 1944 brought increased demands for relief from this nuisance. Although there has been a limited mosquito prevention program carried on for years it was evident that the effective control of mosquitoes in this area re- quired the active cooperation of our neighboring communities. A campaign to interest ajacent municipalities in t!be mosquito problem acid to enlist their active support resulted early in 1945 the organization of the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Pro- ject including Lexington and the surrounding communities of Arl- ington . Cambridge, Belmont, Watertown, and Waltham. This project was organized under the auspices of the State Reclamation Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 252 Secti$n 1 to 14 inclusive of the General Laws, Tercentenary Edition. It was recommended that each municipality appropriate an amount based on population, assesse d valuation, and the extent of the mosquito problem in the particular community- This was done in every case except Arlington where $1,000 was appropriated instead of $2,000 as recommended. The appropriations were: Arlington $1,000.00 Belmont 6,805.00 Cambridge 6,000.00 Lexington 3,000.00 Watertown 2,000.00 Waltham 6,000.00 $24,805.00 Balance from Old Belmont -Cambridge -Watertown Pro- ject $355.18 286 TOWN OF LEXINGTON One representative from each municipality was appointed by the state to serve on the Board of Commissioners. The membership of this Board is as follows: Mr. J. Frank Hooker, Cambridge, Chadmnan Mr. Keble B. Perine—I3elmont, Secretary Mr. J. Philip Bower—Arlington Mr. William C. Paxton—Lexington Mr. John A. Colbert—Watertown Mr. Joseph T. Mulcahey—Waltham The duties of the Board of Commissioners are to establish pol- icies, employ a superintendent and other personnel, set salaries, and approve payrolls and bills. The State Reclamation Board acts in an advisory capacity and furnishes the part time services of an expert entymologist, Pbe state holds in trust all money contributed by the cities and towns and pays all bills approved by the Board of Commissioners. An immediate problem facing the Board of Commissioners was to find a qualified man to act as superintendent of the project. Mr. Richard H. Hinchey of Waltham was employed on May 15, 1945 as full-time superintendent at a salary of $2.50 a month. Of necessity the organization of the project, the appropriation of money by six different municipalities, the employment of a super- intendent, and the purchase of equipment was a slow proeess. It was soon evident that the project as a whole could not get under way until two months or more after mosquito breeding had started. Central Work by Project — May 15 to October 30 Mr. Binchey, as superintendent of East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project, had an extremely difficult task. The late start, meant that mosquito breeding was well underway before any work was done. The greatest problem throughout the season was obtain- ing sufficient labor, particularly satisfactory foremen. Transporta- tion of men and equipment was always a problem. It was difficult and in some cases impossible to purchase needed equipment In spite of all these 'handicaps a great deal of work was done Total $25,190.18 and in some areas at least mosquito breeding was greatly reduced. REPORT OF MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT 22T It was by no means possible to do a complete job due to, the extent of the problem and the lack of labor and equipment. Preventive measures consisted of cleaning out existing brooks and drainage ditches to facilitate the removal of water, construc- tion of new ditches, and the application of oil to mosquito breeding areas of water. A small amount of DDT was given the project by Professor Robley B. Evans of Belmont who had this insecticide prepared at M. L T., at a time when it was unavailable for civilian use. This was used with promising results. DDT will be available in quantity by next season. The working force consisted of the superintendent, a part-time secretary, and inspector, and from two to sixteen laborers including working foremen. Planning for 1946 The Hoard of Commisioners believes that in spite of the many difficulties encountered a good start was made in 194:1 toad that a much better program can be carried on in 194.6. - Mr. Hinchey has resigned and the Commissioners plan to ob- tain the services of an experienced man as a full -dine superintend- ent on a year around basis. Labor which was our most difficult problem should be more plentiful next year. Considerable additional equipment is needed, particularly two or possibly three trucks and a power sprayer, In view of the high wage scale of labor and the amount of equip- ment that must be purchased this Commissioners believe that appro- priations of the municipalities in the -project should be the same as last year with the exception of Arlington and Belmont. At a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the East Middle- sex Mosquito Control Project held Decrneber 6, 1945, it was voted that the municipalities in the project be requested to appropriate the following amounts: 228 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Arlington $2,000.00 Belmont 6,000.00 Cambridge 6,000.00 Lexington 3,000.00 Watertown 2,000.00 Waltham 6,000.00 $25,000.00 The balance of approximately $9,000 Left at the end of 1945 can be used to purchase badly needed equipment and to carry on the project until 1946 appropriations are received. In the past yetar the work in Lexington consisted of the follow- ing areas: Vine Brook Area Mill Street Area Revere and Hancock Streets Area Ditches near Marrett Street Cedar and Hill Streets Areas Pine Meadow Golf Course Town Dump Turtle Pond Area Concord Avenue Area Cleaning Beaver Brook both north and south of Concord Avenue FINANCIAL STATEMENT April 2 to December 26, 1945 Appropriations : Arlington $1,000.00 Belmont 6,805.00 Cambridge 6,000.00 Lexington 3,000.00 Watertown 2,000.00 Waltham 6,000.00 OId Balance Total Expenditures for 1945 Balance December 26, 1945 $24,805.00 385.18 $25,190.18 16,188.78 $9,001.40 REPORT OF MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT 229 Expenditure in Each Municipality in 1945: Arlington Belmont Cambridge Lexington Waltham Watertown $1,447.14 4,126.86 3,612.36 2,113.88 4,026.02 862.52 230 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF VETERANS' SERVICES Total $16,188.78 December 31, 1945. To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Expenditures are classified approximately as follows: Labor and Supervision 86%n Equipment and Insurance 8% Truck Hire 4% 011 3% Gentlemen: I submit herewith the following report as Agent of the Board Lor the disbursement of Soldiers' Relief, Military Aid and State Aid for the year ending December 31, 1945. SOLDIERS' RELIEF Seven cases representing 12 persons received aid under Chapter 115 of the General Laws. The amount expended was $1.084.00. Four cases representing 7 persons were closed during 1945, leaving a balance of 3 cases as of December 31, 1945. One case received War Allowance during 1945 amounting to 450.00. This amount is reimbursed at a later date by the Common- wealth of Massachusetts. Reimbursement from State during 1945 on War Allowance was $25.00. MILITARY AID Three persons received aid under this classification during 1945. The amount expended was ;7T5.00- Reimbursements from the State during 1945 amounted to $302.50. STATE AID One person received aid under this classification during 1945. The amount expended was $72.00. This person was eligible for this REPORT OF VETE1RANS' SERVICE 231 grant as an addition to Government Pension. Reimbursements from the State during 1945 amounted to $302.00. SOLDIERS' BURIALS No applications were received during 1945 for assistance under Sections 19 and 20 of Chapter 115. Respectfully submitted, JAMES E. COLLINS Agent. 232 ; oWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF WIRE INSPECTOR • December 31, 1945. To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I submit my report as Inspector of Wires for the year ending December 31, 1945. Number of applications for permits granted Number of calls made in connection with the inspec- tions Changes ordered made to improper material Fees paid in accordance with the class of work are: 1. Additional wiring, alterations, oil burners and elec- tric ranges 2. Complete wiring of new or old buildings 209 215 7 $ .50 1.00 I extend my most sincere appreciation to the officers and members of the Fire Department, for their assiktauce 'and support al all times. Respectfully submitted, LouIs W. RIms Inspector of Wires. REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE 233 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Mossaehiusetts 234 TOWN OF LEXINGTON The disbursements under this Chapter were as follows: Cash Grants and Additional Aid Lexington Settlements Aided by Other Cities and Towns (24 cases --28 persons) $14,845.24 1,944.65 December 31, 1945. REIMEURSEMENTS Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Credited to Excess and Deficiency Account) $3,428.18 Other Cities and Towns (Credited to Excess and Deficiency Account) 44.00 Gentlemen: Individuals (5 persona) (Credited to Excess and Deficiency Account) 3,780.00 Cancelled Checks (Credited to Excess and Deficiency The Board of Public Welfare submits its report for the year Account) 11.45 ending December 31, 1945. $7,263.63 Net Cost to Town $9,526.26 $16,789.89 GENERAL RELIEF (Chapter 117 of the General Laws, Support by Cities and Towns) SETTLEMENTS --GENERAL RELIEF Lexington Settlements 6 Families 20 Perces 20 Singles 20 Persons The year 1945 showed a further decline in expenditures for Other Cities and Towns 1 Family 3 Persons General Relief, resulting principally from the deaths of several long- 1 Single 1 Person State (No Settlement) 2 Families 10 Persons standing recipients. a Singles 6 Persons Institutions 1 Family 2 Persons The sum of 416,694.20 was expended for aid during the year 3 Singles 3 Persons Lexington Settled Cases Aided by Other 1945, compared to 419,083.34 expended in the year 1944, resulting Cities and Towns 1 Family 5 Persons in a decrease of $2,293.45. 23 Singles 23 Persons For the year 1945, $3,780.00 was returned to the Town from estates of former recipients and from those now gainfully employed. This latter amount was credited to the Excess and Deficiency Ac- count resulting in its not being available for use by the Board. Aid was granted 64 eases during the year, representing 93 per- sons; 11 of the above cases were family units totalling 40 persons, the balance representing individual needs. 24 of the above cases consisting of 28 .persons were Lexington settlements aided by other cities and towns which were reimbursed by the Town of Lexington. 64 Cases 93 Persons The following figures graphically illustrate the steady decline in the net cost to the Town of expenditures for General Relief : Year 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 $53,707.90 45,011.67 31,509.24 14,503.66 13,013.18 9,526.26 RHPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE • 236 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN (Chapter 118 of the General Laws) 9 eases were aided during 1945. There were S eases as of Jan- uary 1, 1945 and 1 case added during the year. Two cases were closed during the year, leaving a balance of 7 cases on December 31, 1945. The actual disbursements, under this Chapter, were as follows: Cash Grants $6,638.33 Administration (Federal Grants (available for use) 295.53 Total REIMBURSEMENTS Federal, Aid (available for use) Federal, Administration (available for use) Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Credited to Ex- cess and Deficiency Account) individuals (cancelled checks) (Credited to Excess and Deficiency) Net Cost to Town OLD AGE ASSISTANCE $1,894.56 295.53 2,572.16 72.40 (Chapter 118A of the General Larva) $8,933.86 $4,834.66 $2,099.21 During 1945 there were 173 citizens w]io received this class of assistance. As of January 1. 194-5 there were 150 active cases. Dur- ing the year 23 cases were approved for assistance and 29 cases were closed, leaving 144 cases as of December 31, 194.5. The actual disbursements, under this Chapter, were as follows: Cash Grants $77,053.11 Lexington Settlements Aided by Other Cities and Towns (22 persons) 1,112.02 Administration (Federal Grants) 1,013.05 Total $79,178.15 236 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REIMBURSEMENTS Federal, Aid (available for use) $30,392.37 Federal, Administration (available for use) 1,013.05 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Credited to Excess and Deficiency Account) 36,932.26 Other Cities and Town (15 persons) Credited to E & D Account 1,730.32 Individuals (cancelled checks) Credited to E & D Account) 488.69 Individuals (Credited to E & D Account) 7.30 Meal Tax Receipts (Credited to E & D Account) 2,157.00 Net Cost to Town PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICES. 72,720.99 $6,457.19 During the past year the Board of Public Welfare has received few requests forsupplementary aid. These requests ate generally referred to the various private charitable agencies of the Town. Valuable assistance was rendered by: American Tied (Cuss. Lexington Chapter Mrs. Robert. D. Mayo, Executive Secretary Consultant Service in individual family programs Transportation to Clinics by Motor Corps. Financial assistance for families of men in- the Armed Forces. Lexington Nursing Association Mrs. Alice F. Burrows, Director Nursing care, medical problems. Miss Elsie G. Weltch, School Nurse Consultant service in child welfare problems. Lexington Fire Department Roy A. Cook, Deputy Chief, Ambulance Service. Trustees of Public Trusts + Grants from income for specific temporary need. REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE • 237 At this time the Board of Public Welfare desires to express its appreciation for the understanding and cooperation shown by many of the Town's citizens and its charitable agencies. Respectfully submitted, JOHN A. LYONS, Chairman WARREN K. HADLEY H+ROLD F. LOMBARD MATTHEW STEVENSON HENRY A. LETOILE 238 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT Lexington, 31assachusetts December. 31, 1945 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusett8 Gentlemen: Herewith is presented the report of the Accounting Department for the year 1945. The report is made in accordance witit the re- quirements of the State system of accounting and is set forth in the following schedules: Balance Shect, showing financial condition of the Town Decem- ber 31, 1945. Receipts for the year 1945 in detail. Expenditures for the year 1945 summarized. Schedule of Appropriation Accounts -- Revenue. Schedule of Appropriation Accounts — Non Revenue.. Analysis of Overlay Accounts, Trust Accounts, Surplus counts and others. Borrowing Capacity of the Town. Schedule of Interest on Town Debt shoving payments due each year. Schedule of Town Debt showing payments due each year. In accordance with the provisions of Section 58, Chapter 41 of -the General haws, each head of a department, board or com- mittee autthorized to expend money- was requested to furnish at the close of the year a list of remaining unpaid bills. There are seven unpaid bills remaining for the year 1945. Such bills are as follows: Ac- PublIc Welfare Howard W. Newell, M. D. 6.00 Convalescent Home for Obildren 75.40 81.00 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 239 Soldiers' Relief Howard W. Newell, M. D. 3.00 Fire Department A. G. Davis Ice Co. 37.16 Board of Appeals Adams Press, Inc. 4.00 Traffic Regulation and Control Beaton and Maine Railroad 8.08 Law Department Sydney R. Wrigiitdngton 243.35 $376.59 Respectfully submitted, RAYMOND L. WHITE Town Accountant. 240 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN OF LEXINGTON, MASS. BALANCE SHEET—DECEMBER 31, 1945 GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS Cash Treasurer's Revenue $486,826.55 Treasurer's Nan Revenue 34,436.89 Collector's Petty Cash 150.00 Cary Memorial Library 5,533.43 $526,946.87 In accordance with the provisions of Section 51, Chapter 41 of Accounts Receivable the General Laws. I have examined the accounts of the various Town Taxes—Polls Officers and Boards entrusted with the receipt, custody or expend- Levy of 1940 70.84 iture of money. In each. case I have found the records correct. I Levy of 1941 38.00 Levy of 1942 398.00 have during the year 1945 verified the cash balance and reconciled Levy of 1943 474.00 the bank balances of the Town Treasurer. I have also verified the Levy of 1944 524.00 cash balance of the Collector of Taxes and Town Collector. Levy of 1945 758.00 In accordance with the provisions of Section 53, Chapter 41 of the General Laws, I have during the year 1945 audited the accounts of the Trustees of Public Trusts and the Trustees of the Gary Meuz- orial Library and have examined the securities held by these Trust, ees. I have found the accounts correct and the securities in proper order. I have also verified the cash balance of the Trustees by recon- ciliation of bank balances. RAYMOND L. WHITE, Town Accountant Taxes ---Personal Levy of 1941 386.65 Levy of 1942 386.58 Levy of 1943 382.30 Levy of 1944 332.46 Levy of 1945 1,060.35 2,262.84 2,548.34 Taxes --Real Estate Levy of 1945 36,219.19 MIDDLESEX, S. S. Motor Vehicle Excise Levy of 1940 77.87 Then personally appeared the above named, Raymond L. White, Levy of 1941 607.72 and made oaththat the foregoing statements made by him are car- Levy of 1942 753.48 rect and true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Levy of 1943 , 563.74 Levy of 1944 600.76 Levy of 1945. 8+19.39 Before me, JAMES J. CARROLL, Notary Public My commission expires March 8, 1952 Sewer Assessments Unappropriated 776.0016 Added to Tax Bills 1945 325.64 3,222.95 1,101.64 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Street Assessments Added to Tax Hills 1945 Committed Interest Sewer Assessments 1945 Street Assessments 1945 89.04 12.22 Tax Title Accounts Tax Titles 19,870.12 Tax Title Possessions 21,996.69 Departmental Accounts Health $ 1,667.05 Highway 209.98 Old Age Assistance 762.21 Dependent Children Aid 628.86 Public Welfare 1,221.53 Selectmen 661.74 Munroe Cemetery 269.00 Westview Cemetery - 3,336.20 School 7,323.26 Military Aid• 200.00 State Aid 223.00 Sewer House Connections 1941 219.83 House Connections 1944 23.65 House Connections • 1945 241.45 Miscellaneous 1945 19.95 Water Rates 1942 21.21 Rates 1943 36.46 Rates 1944 410.40 Rates 1945 8,984.02 House Connections 1941 16.78 House Connections 1943 3.17 House Connections 1944 126.57 House Connections 1945 412.00 Miscellaneous 1940 23.07 NIiecellaneous 1941 3.00 Miscellaneous 1942 19.00 Miscellaneous 1943 44.75 Miscellaneous 1944 5.50 Miscellaneous 1945 39.00 Water Assessments, Added to Tax 13,111s 1945 194.14 Water Liens, Added to Tax Hills 1945 143.86 Committed Interest -- Water Assessments 194540.97 241 111.74 242 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Highway Maintenance -Chapter 90 &sate Add 900,00 -County Aid 900.00 Under Estimates North Metropolitan Sewer Tax 335.49 101.86 Middlesex County Tax 41,866.81 $16,502.83 504.88 10,723.90 Overdrawn Accounts Overlay 1932 Overlay 1933 Overlay 1934 Overlay 1935 Overlay 1936 Overlay 1937 Overlay 1938 Overlay 1939 Overlay 1940 Overlay 1941 88.88 262.26 75.00 75.00 '75.00 75.00 75.00 138.20 378.88 497.87 31.60 1,800.00 424.37 1,683.81 $646,021.43 4 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT LIABILITIES AND RESERVES 'Temporary Loans -Anticipation of Revenue Dated October 1, 1945 --- Due Ootober 1, 1946 Cary Memorial Library Income Accounts General Library Account Laura M. Brigham Account Alice Butler Cary Account Goodwin Musical Collection Account Jane Phinney Account Branch Library 4,441.17 224.57 179.18 170.94 21.60 495.97 Appropriation Accounts -Revenue Town Offices and Cary Meanorial Building-Ex- penses uilding Ex- penses 156.20 Foreclosure and Redemption of Tax Titles 2,168.87 Public Works Building -Wages and Expenses 1,100.00 Police Department -New Cruising Car •1,200.00 Drain Construction -Sundry Streets 453.37 Highway -Snow Removal 505.00 Highway-R:•ad Machinery 6,321.00 Parks and Playgrounds -Grading Enclosed Field • 469.91 Parks and Playgrounds -Two Power Lawn Mowers Cary Library -Planes and Speoiflcations For Enlai gement . 700.00 Fire Department -New Central Fire Station 30,000.00 Fire Department -New East Lexington Fire Station 10,000.00 Fire Department -Plans and Specifications for New East Lexington Fire Station 51.68 School Department -Future School Sites 300.00 School Department -Munroe Sprinkler System2.584.27 1,000.00 Appropriation Accounts -Non -Revenue Sewer Construction - Sundry Streets Sewer Construction - Federal Aided Projecte Street Construction - Follen Road Water Construction -- Sundry Streets Public Safety Committee -- Expenses Cemetery Fund Income Accounts French Colonial Munroe Westview Tailings (Check Issued and not Cashed) Dog Licenses 9,619.73 19,517.24 348.15 4,043.84 907.93 43.40 8.24 241.78 5.47 243 244 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Liabilities and Reserves -Continued Federal Tax Withholding Federal Grants $1 800 Aid to Dependent Children -Administration , Aid to Dependent Children -Aid Old Age Assistance -- Administration Deposits Water House Connections Miscellaneous 51.28 3.88 21.36 5.49 14.00 Over Estimates Metropolitan Water Tax - 1945 1,222.78 6,683.43 State Parks and Reservations Tax - 1945 178.01 57,010.30 34,436.89 298.89 235.44 12.60 Overlay Reserve for Abatements Overlay for 1942 Overlay for 1943 Overlay for 1944 Overlay for 1945 Revenue Reserves-Avallable When Collected Motor Vehicle Excise Special Assessments Tax Titles Tax Title Possessions Departmental Water Surplus Accounts Sewer Assessment Fund Water Assessment Fund 663.80 1,231.00 856.46 8,634.63 3,229.95 1,314.64 19,870.12 21,996.69 17,007.71 10,723.90 2,150.75 2,862.24 Water Department .Available Surplus 48,753.43 Sale of Real Estate Fund 19,500.80 Westview Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund 9,631.74 Overlay Reserve Fund Road Machinery Fund Excess and Deficiency - Surplus Account 5,036.31 13,979.00 352,169.90 DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS Assets Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due Apportioned Street Assessments Not Due Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments Not Due Apportioned Water Assessments Not Due 5,791.02 76.51 19.49 1,400.79 11,385.89 74,136.01 453,884.17 $848,021.43 $ 7,491.67 3,036.96 53.01 4,276.77 $ 14,858.41 REPORT 01' TOWN ACCOUNTANT Deferred Revenue—Continued Liabilities Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due in 1946 $ 1,347.58 Due in 1947 1,252.48 Due in 1948 1,064.25 Due in 1949 1,006.24 Due in 1950 990.24 Due in 1951 979.96 Due in 1952 562.96 Due in 1953 287.96 Apportioned Street Assessments Due in 1946 1,229.86 Due in 1947 .e• 1,059.99 Due in 1948 747.11 Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments Due in. 1946 Due in 1947 Due in. 1948 Due in 1949 17.38 17.39 11.87 6.37 Apportioned Water Assessments Due in 1946 921.09 Due in 1947 838.97 Due in 1948 728.64 Due in 1942 671.42 Due in 1950 533.87 Due in 1951 486.43 Due in 1952 57.75 Due in 1953 36.60 TOWN DEBT Assets Net Bonded or Fixed Debt Inside Debt Limit Outside Debt Limit Liabilities General Loans Inside Debt Limit: Town Office Building Loan 1928 -1948 Outside Debt Limit: Lexington Defense Loan 1942-1947 • 245 $ 7,491.67 3,036.96 53.01 4,276.77 $ 14,858.41 $36,889.00 188,111.00 $225,000.00 $ 6,000.00 6,000.00 246 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Town Debt—Continued Highway Loans Inside Debt Limit: Follen Road 1941-1946 Sewer Loans Inside Debt Limit: Loan 1927.1947 $2,000.00 Loan 1938-1953 (No. Lexington W.P.A. Projects) 21,889.00 Loan 1941-1949 4,000.00 Outside Det Limit: Loan 1938-1953 (No. Lexington W.P.A. Projects) 26,111.00 Loan 1939.1950 (Municipal Relief) 25,000.00 Loan 1939-1950 (Municipal Relief) 15,000.00 Sewer and Drainage Loans Outside Debt Limit: Vine Brook P.W.A. Project 1938-1953 Water Loans Outside Debt Limit: Loans 1941.1949 1945 RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE Taxes—Levy of 1945 Polls $5,040.00 Personal 42,295.82 Real Estate 515,490.05 $562,825.87 Taxes—Prior Years Polls 148.00 Personal 1,178.01 Real Estate 41,227.32 From the Commonwealth Income Tax 83,870.00 Corporation Tax 44,027.36 Meal Tax 2,157.00 Licenses Liquor 2,000.00 Sunday 305.00 Bowling 20.00 Milk 33.00 • 42,553.33 130,054.36 3,000.00• 27,889.00• 66,111.00 96,000.00 20,000.0 $225,000.00 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Receipts--Cotndinued Pasteurization 60.00 Junk 200.00 Victuallers 82.50 Automobile Dealers 45.00 All Llers 99.75 Permits Marriage Building Plumbing Cesspool Wire Transfer of Garbage Gas Bicycle All Others Fines and Forfeits Court Fines Grants and Gifts From the Commonwealth Aid to Industrial Schools English Speaking Classes Highway Fund Distribution Loss of Taxes -State Land 252.00 407.00 110.25 5.50 103.00 32.00 33.50 54.25 1.50 328.27 104.00 24,162.64 501.53 From the County Dog Licenses 2,013.77 Dog Damage Vaccine 96.60 From die United States Government Old Age Assistance -Administration 1,013.05 Old Age Assistance -Aid 30,118.76 Dependent Children - Administra- tion 295.53 Dependent Children -Aid 1,722.61 Other General Revenue For Loss of Tui Town of Arlington Land 312.55 City of Cambridge Land Tax Title Redemptions Real Estate Tax 352.62 • 247 248 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Receipts-Cm/Untied COMMERCIAL REVENUE Special Assessments and Privileges Special Assessments Sewer 2,836.25 Apportioned paid in advance $303.20 Added to 1945 Tax Bills 1,449.45 Added to Prior Tax Bills 154.88 Added to Tax Titles 234.69 Street Apportioned paid in advance 225.80 Added to 1945 Tax Bills 2,046.10 Added to prior Tax Bills 183.60 Sidewalk 999.00 Apportioned paid in advance Added to 1945 Tax Bills 222.00 26,096.44 2,110.37 33,149.95 80.00 17.38 Water Apportioned paid in advance 290.04 Unapportioned 1,060.20 Added to 1945 Tax Bills 842.47 Added to prior Tax $ills 66.60 Added to Tax Titles 257.35 privileges Motor Vehicle klxcise Tax Levy of 1946 11,850.54 Prior years 996.28 Signs -Overhanging Total Special Assessments and Privileges Treasurer Release $2,142.22 2,455.50 97.38 2,516.66 12,846.82 16.00 COMMERCIAL REVENUE -DEPARTMENTAL General Government Fees -Tax Titles Collector Certificate Fees 665.17 Tax Demand Costs 6,118.18 Total General Revenue' $803,630.92 $280.00 190.05 Selectmen Recording Fees 117.50 Miscellaneous ...i 37.76 8123.00 410.05 155.26 $20,074.58 REPORT OF' TOWN AOCO.IJNTANT Receipts --Continued Town Clerk Mortgages Recorded 219.42 Mortgages Discharged 26.00 Business Certificates 97.61 Pole Location Certificates 2.25 Miscellaneous Certificates 8.50 %ranting License Fees 13.2.25 Dog License Fees 224.90 Cary Memorial Building Rental Settlement of Coal Fire Loss Legal Department I3oard of Appeals -Hearings Gasoline - Hearings Accountant's Department Clerical Services -Retirement Sys- tem Sale of Materials Total General Government 323.00 1,367.04 105.00 8.00 112.80 11.00 710.93 1,690.04 113.00 123.80 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department Revolver Permits Telephone Sale of Rug Sale of Clay Pigeons Sale of Shot Guns Settlement of Auto Claim Fire Department Oil Burner Permits Sale of Old Truck Restitution for False Alarm Inspection Sealer of Weights and Measures .... Other Protection Dog Officer Total Protection of Persona and Property $46.50 6.70 15.00 6.00 13.50 33.75 ,Soldiers' Benefits $121.45 State Aid 249 250 $3,386.08 Health Department Tuberculosis Dental CIinic Slaughtering TOWN OF LEXINGTON Receipts -Continued HEALTH AND SANITATION $1,724.48 128.95 389.50 Sewer Department House Connections Total Health and Sanitation HIGHWAYS General Patching Sale of Bricks Cancellation of Registration Machinery Rentals • Total •Highways $296.65 14.50 4.00 13,409.88 PUBLIC WELFARE Temporary Aid Reimbursement -State 33,428.18 Reimbursement --Individuals 3,824.00 Aid to Dependent Children Reimbursement -State Old Age Assistanee Reimbursement -State ....... ....... 36, 932.26 Reimbursement -Other Cities and Towne Reimbursement -Individuals Recovery 33.50 10.00 150.00 193.50 77.11 $152,45 $644.51 Military AM Total Public Welfare 1,730.32 7.30 735.00 302.00 327.50 SCHOOLS Massachusetts Trade Schools $68.31 6,256.55 Sale of Books and Supplies 89.76 244.07 Other Tuitions All other Items Total Schools $2,242.93 312.21 $13,724.98 $7,252.18 2,572.16 39,404.88 629.50 36,658.69 $2,555.14 $13,724.98 $49,858.72 $6,658.69 REPORT OF TOWN AOCOTJNTANT R ece i ptsContinued RECREATION Transportation Victory Garden Refunds 112.50 $86.61 Total Recreation UNCLASSIFIED Insurance Dividends $55.68 Ambulance Rentals 511.38 Cost Added to Tax Titles 217.70 Land Court Fees—Tax Titles 205.25 Sale of Real Estate 11,437.08 Sale of Safe 19.00 Total Unclassified $199.10 $12,437.09 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES Water Department Sale of Water Rates 1945 $71,049.93 Rates — Prior Years 8,123.56 Liens Added to Taxes 1,017.47 Liens Added to 'Fax Titles 285.67 Miscellaneous House Connections 1945 210.40 House Connections Prior Years 24.21 Sundry Items 327.22 Total Public Service Enterprises CEMETERIES Munroe Annual Care Interments Foundations $212.25 265.00 41.60 Westview Sale of Lots 4,102.00 Interments 1,157.00 Foundations 278.50 House Rent 110.00 Total Cemeteries $80,476.63 561.83 $518.85 5,647.50 251 252 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Receipts—Continued INTEREST Cemeteries $15.45 Taxes 1,063.77 Tax Tit3es 231.45 $199.13 Added to Tax Titles 1,208.35 Motor Vehicle Excise 25.89 $12,437.09 $81,038.46 Speeivl Assessments Sewer 428.03 Street 214.45 Sidewalk 3.65 'Water 295.18 $2,544.91 941.31 Total Interest $3,486.22 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Temporary Loans Anticipation of Revenue $1,800.00 Total Municipal Indebtedness .. AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENTS Agency Sporting Licenses Dog Licenses Tailings Trust and Investment Cemetery Perpetual Care Munroe Westview $1,045.00 2,387.60 135.70 150.00 1,968.72 Deposits Sewer House Connections 1,940.00 Water House Connections 1,744.81 $3,568.30 2,118.72 3,684.81 Federal Withholding Tax 50,214.15 $1,600.00 $6,166.35 Total Agency, Trust and Investments $59,585.98 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Receipts -Continued REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS Refunds Foreclosure and Redemption of Tax Titles Highway Road Machinery Ac- count Collector's Deparment-Expenses School Department - Personal Services Libraries - Personal Services Old Age Assistance --- Aid and ,Expenses Aad to Depandent Cbiklren - Ald and Expenses Public Welfare - Aid and Ex- penses Soldiers' Relief - Aid and Ex- penses Transfers Park Department Tower Fund Income Patriots' Day Leroy S. Brown Fund Incorne Cemetary Department Munroe Perpetual Care Fund Westview Perpetual Care Fund Colonial Perpetual Care Fund Total Refunds and Transfers..., Total Cash Receipts Cash Balance January' 1, 1945 Grand Total $ 250.53 91.00 0.87 34.00 5.40 503.59 72.40 18.20 14.00 1,000.00 350.00 50.00 $ 990.09 230.00 190.00 1,400.00 253 $ 2,810.09 $1,070,956.91 502,606.88 $1,573,563.'77 254 TOWN OF LEXINGTON EXPENDITURES (Including Cash Payments and Departmental Transfers) GENERAL GOVERNMENT Appropriation Committee Personal Services Secretary $ 400.00 Extra Clerical 83.80 $ 483.80 Expenses Postage Office Supplies Printing Reports and Envelopes Preparing Reports Aiee.in3 Expenses Aisoci^tion Dues 99.74 9.69 339.50 69.38 27.75 10.00 Selectmen's Department Personal Services Executive Clerk 2,109.79 Senior Clerk 1,355.25 Junior Clerk 84.00 Expenses Selectmen 1,000.00 Town Meeting Checkers 4.00 Postage 258.27 Office Supplies 170.64 Advertising 149.13 Constable Service 4.00 Printing Warrants 111.00 Preparing Warrants 163.20 Recording Deeds 122.10 V. J. Day Celebration 523.00 Sundry Items 156.26 Accounting Department Personal Services Accountant 3,350.00 Senior Clerk 1,355.25 Junior Clerk 1,198.18 Expenses Postage and Supplies 171.88 Equipment and Repair 55.00 Binding 28.00 State Forms 61.25 Sundry Items 25.28 New Equipment 230.40 556.06 3,529.04 2,661.69 5.903.43 341.41 230.40 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Expend itures-Continued Treasurer's Department Personal Services Treasurer 1,262,50 Cler4r 1,109.47 Expenses Postage 104.17 Supplies 81.53 Equipment and Repair 16.90 Bond 236.00 Sundry Items 4.40 Foreclosure and Redemption of Tax Titles Postage and Supplies 17.48 Entry and Recording Fees 105.68 Travel Expense 2.80 Attorney's Fees 716.00 Advertising 22.64 Sundry Items 1.00 Collector's Department Personal Services Collector 3,300.00 Senior Clerk 1,567.13 Junior Clerk 1,200.00 Expenses Postage 351.96 Supplies 463.73 Equipment and Repair 29.62 Advertising 41.40 Recording Fees 33.54 Bond Premium 381.50 Sundry Items 4.01 Assessors' Department Personal Services Assessors 1,000.00 Secretary 3,112.50 Senior Clerk 1,567.13 Junior Clerk 1,176.00 Assistant Assessors 216.00 Expenses Postage and Supplies 170.16 Equipment and Repair 6.25 Automobile Allowance 250.00 265 2,371.97 256 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Expend ituresContinued Oaeolino and Oil Transfer Fees Travel and Meeting Expense Binding Association Dues Sundry Items 21.40 108.84 24.14 4.25 10.00 1.81 New Equipment 291.60 Law Department 443.00 Personal Services Town Counsel Salary Town Counsel Fees 865.60 6,067.13 1,305.76 7,071.63 Expenses Recording and Entry Fees • Sundry Items 1,000.00 150.00 9.75 1.00 Town Clerk's Department Personal Services Town Clerk 1,987.50 Clerk 1,236.12 Assistant Clerk 108.00 Expenses Postage 39.31 Supplies 104.61 Bond _7.50 Post Office Box 2.25 Association Dues 3.00 Sundry Items 3.76 Elections Department Selectmen's Expenses Wardens Tellers Inspectors and Clerks Constable Meals Checkers Carpentry Town Clerk's Expenses, Postage and Supplies Ballots and Tally Sheets 44.00 210.00 108.00 6.00 35.25 4.00 15.00 108.16 112.00 596.35 291.60 1,150.00 10.75 3,331.62 160.43 422.25 220.16 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 257 Expenditures -Continued Registrations Department Persona] Services Registrars 300.00 Cleriva1 Assistance 759.85 Expenses Postage and .Supplies Voting Lists Advertising 67.87 68.00 26.46 Public Works -Superintendent's Office Personal Services _Superintendent 4,526.73 Clerk 1,223.83 Expenses Postage and Supplies Association Dues Sundry Items 94.66 10.00 22.11 Town Offices and Cary Memorial Building Personal Services Janitor 2,321.6.7 Assistant Janitor 1,477.80 Second Assistant Janitor 868.50 Exfenses Labor 973.20 Other Repair Expenses 740.02 Equipment and Repair 635.61 Telephone 814.47 Fuel 1,379.47 Light and Power 1,774.94 Supplies 418.52 Gas 124.80 Water 57.90 Town Equipment Rental 24.96 Sundry Items 10.95 Engineering Department Persona] Services Engineer 3,300.00 Assistant Engineer 2,902.09 Draftsman 2,937.28 1,059.85 162.33 5,?50.56 126.77 4,667.97 6,954.84 9,139.37 258 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Expenditures -Continued Expenses Supplies 339.63 Town Equipment Rental 386.76 Equipment and Repair 5.62 Maps, Blueprints, etc. 43.17 Sundry Items 13.5? New Equipment Board of Appeals Expenses Clerical Postage and Supplies Advertising Sundry Items Planning Board Expenses Clerical Association Dues Sundry Iteme 58.80 38.00 56.83 46.29 7.00 5.4Q, 15.00 2.68 Retirement Board Expenses Total General Government PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 440.00 Police Department Personal Services Chief 3,375.00 Lieutenant 2,817.14 Sergeant 2,641.07 Patrolmen 29,548.00 Matron 10.00 Expenses - Administration Postage and Supplies 88.18 Equipment and Repair 3.00 Telephone 882.91 Sundry 86.44 788.75 58.80 143.12 22.98 440.00 $ 67,334.42 38,391.21 • REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 253 Expenditures- Continued Equipmnent Melutes= nee Motor Equipment 941.08 Gasoline and Oil 1,018.60 Radio Maintenance 271.95 Equipment for Men 392.95 Meals - Officers and Prisoners 21.92 Other Expenses Medical Aid 3.00 Photograph and Fingerprint Equipment and Supplies 138.75 Bicycle Registration 10.00 Sundry Items 56.73 Fire Department Personal Services Deputy Chief 5,287.50 Captains 11,156.96 Master Mechanic 2,687.07 Privates 22,322.50 Call Men 2,869.71 Extra Duty 279.50 Expenses - Administration Postage and Supplieg 75.60 Equipment and Repair 11.08 Telephone 348.19 Sundry Items 2.00 Equipment Equipment for Men 260.69 Fire -fighting equipment 81.33 Maintenance and Repairs Repairs to apparatus 1,942.65 Gasoline and Oil 355.76 Alarm Boxes, etc. 986.70 Shop Supplies 332.15 Sundry Items 7.02 Rescue and Salvage 104.64 Fuel and Light Fuel Oil 652.00 Light and Power 600.56 Gas 87.04 Maintenance to Buildings and Grounds Repairs --Building 178.49 3,915.51 42,543.24 • 260 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Expenditures -Continued Furniture and Furnishings Laundry Water Sundry Items Other Expenses Rental of Land Rental of barn Automobile Allowance Sund ry Items New Equipment Two -Way Radio New Aerial Ladder Building Department Personal Services Inspector Expenses • postage and Supplies Automobile Allowance Bona Wire Department Personal Services Inspector Expenses Postage and Supplies Automobile Allowance Weights and Measures Personal Services Sealer Expenses Postage and Supplies Automobile Allowance Insect Supression Personal Services Superintendent 110.27 281.58 39.66 190.62 25.00 240.00 200.00 91.89 275.00 14,100.00 1,100.00 34.44 150.00 5.00 7,204.92 14,375.00 1,100.00 189.44 600.00 600.00 3.00 55.00 58.00 500.00 500.00 221.53 46.53 175.00 375.00 375.00 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Expenditures- Oonainued Wages and Expenses Labor Insecticides Equipment and Repair Town Equipment Rental Sundry Items 1,659.84 705.00 397.70 259.97 35.93 Shade Trees Wages and Expenses Labor 1,196.27 Tools, etc. 83.98 Town Equipment Rental 46.50 Supplies 17.67 Outside Labor 107.89 Sundry Items 6.00 3,058.44 1,458.31 Forest Fires Personal Services Ward en 50.00 50.00 Wages and Expenses Labor 294.25 Equipment and Supplies 120.13 414.38 Dog Officer Personal Services Dog Officer 100.00 100.00 Expenses Feeding Dogs 114.00 Supplies 5.50 119.50 Total Protection of Person and Property HEALTH AND SANITATION Health Department Personal Services Inspector 500.00 Expenses - Administration Postage and Supplies Automobile Allowance 98.14 • 150.00 500.00 261 $114,674.48 '262 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Expend Itures-Oontinued Quarantine and Contagious Diseases Board and. Treatment 450.00 Medical Attendance, etc 149.50 Drugs and Medicines 25.82 Hospitals 258.00 Cities and Towns 491.93 Diphtheria Clinic 40.00 Sundry Items 2.50 Tuberculosis County Sanatorium 2,697.00 State Institutions 365.00 Sundry Items 40.50 Other Expenses Burial of Animals, etc. 34.00 Milk Inspection Personal Services Inspector .Dog Clinic Expenses Pcstage and Supplies Veterinarian Nurse Dog Handlers Clerk Vaccine Sundry Items 400.00 20.00 100.00 20.00 40.00 12.00 209.35 1.96 Dental Clinic Personal Services Dentist 950.00 Dental Nurse 663.00 Expenses Postage and Supplies 87.43 Transportation 4.10 Laundry 4.40 Posture Clinic Expenses Physician Nurses Photographic Supplies 100.00 474.90 7.79 4,802.39 400.00 403.31 1,613.00 95.93 582.69 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 263 Expendituresontinued Vital Statistics Death Returns Birth Returns 20.50 1.00 Animal Inspector Impactor 500.00 Inspector Slaughtering Inspector Personal Services Inspector 500.00 800.00 Plumbing Department Personal Services Inspector 900.00 Expenses Postage and Supplies 2.00 Automobile Allowance 150.00 Bond 5.00 Sewer Maintenance Personal Services Clerk Wages and Expenses Labor Light and Power Sundry Items 97.00 16.98 8.25 19.45 Sewer Services Expenses Labor 1,695.61 Pipe and Fittings 315.60 Town Equipment Rental 150.50 Supplies 7.72 Care of Dumps and Removal of Aches Labor 1,734.54 Town Equipment Rental 349.00 Sundry Items 9.66 21.50 500.00 800.00 900.00 157.00 97.00 44.68 264 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Expenditures-Oontinued Garbage Removal 6,500.00 Total Health and Sanita- tion H IGHWAYS Highway Maintenance Personal Services Clerk Expenses - Administration Postage and Supplies Equipment and Repair 96.76 32.80 49.75 General Labor 1$,818.06 Equipment and Repair 193.82 Asphalt, ete 794.91 Stone, gravel, ete. 2,880.74 Town Equipment Rental 2,873.53 Gasoline and Oil 22.26 Equipment Rental 255.00 Sundry Items 444.54 Highway Maintenance Chapter 90 Labor 1,000.27 Equipment Rental 41.40 Town Equipment Rental 164.49 Stone, gravel etc. 914.76 Asphalt 522.63 Paint 54.75 Sundry Items 1.47 Snow Removal 2,109.43 Labor 8,271.14 2,093.20 Trucks - Hire 9,401.68 Town Equipment Rental 3,729.90 Equipment and Repair 1,368.81 Sand and Salt 1,935.14 Snow Fences 22.00 Sundry Items 116.85 6,500.00 96.76 20,365.41 2,699.77 24,845.52 $ 21,680.13 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Expend itures-Oontinued Traffic Regulation and Control Wages and Expenses Labor 235.77 Lighting 106.55 Traffic Signal Maintenance 50.00 Town Equipment Rental 20.39 Paint 30.00 Sundry Items 27.62 Street Lights 24,009.53 Street Signs Labor 256.15 Signs 129.19 Town Equipment Rental 14.00 Paint 32.50 Sundry Items 4.74 Road Machinery Parts and Repairs 7,021.21 Gasoline 2,874.69 Grease and 0i1 525.86 Tires and Tubes 1,051.34 Replacing, and New Equipment 17,327.91 Sundry Items 474.40 Total Highways CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Public Welfare Personal Services Town Physician 187.50 Welfare Agent 444.47 Social Worker 14.37 Senior Clerk 278.00 Junior Clerk and Stenographer 257.29 Administration - Expense Postage and Supplies 8.20 Meeting Expenses 17.20 Gasoline and Oil 59.79 Automobile Expenses 58.58 470.33 24,009.53 265 266 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Expen d itu res-Gontdnued Aid and Expenses Groceries and Provisions 91.97 Fuel 533.71 Medicine and Medical Care 587.87 State Institutions 2,282.00 Cash Grants 9,044.04 Clothing 40.71 Rent 955.00 Hospitals 1,051.44 Burials 232.50 Taxi and Ambulance 24.00 Other Cities and Towns 1,944.65 Aid to Dependent Children Personal Services Welfare Agent Social Worker 436.58 Senior Clerk Junior Clerk and Stenographer 29,275.41 1,181.63 143.77 $ 102,199.31 Administration Postage and Supplies Aid and Expenses Cash Grants 113.43 28.75 91.45 66.76 62.89 4,747,65 Old Age Assistance Personal Services Welfare Agent 837.53 Social Worker 64.40 Senior Clerk 707.95 Junior Clerk and Stenographer 611.29 Administration Postage and Supplies 271.84 Gasoline and Oil 20.01 Automobile Expenses 85.87 Meeting Expenses 24.42 Aid and Expenses Cash Grants 46,660.74 Cities 980.40 Towns 131.62 16,787.89 300.39 62.89 4,747.65 2,221.14 402.14 47,772.76 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Expend ituree--Cottinued Soldiers' Relief Personal Services Welfare Agent 112.11 Senior Clerk 73.49 Junior Clerk and Stenographer 64.99 Administration Meeting Expenses ... Aid and Expenses Cash Grants Other Cities and Towns Medicine and Medical Attendance Hospitals 6.00 759.05 48.00 152.95 124.00 250.59 6.00 1,084.00 State Aid 122.00 122.00 Military Aid 775.00 775.00 Total Charities and Soldiers' Benefits SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES School Department Personal Services Superintendent 5,100.01 Clerks 4,864.11 Attendance Officer 200.00 Teachers -High 83,169.75 Elementary 82,921.98 Special 28,842.21 Janitors - High 9,163.53 Elementary 11,071.47 Nurse 2,005.03 Physician 945.00 Athletic Assistance 700.00 Home Instruction 134.50 Town Painter 265.80 Expenses General Control Office Expenses 229.51 Traveling Expenses - Superin- tentlent 371.25 229,383.39 267 $ 75,857.85. 268 'OWN OF LEXINGTON Expenditures -Continued Expenses of Instruction Textbooks High 1,949.70 Elementary 1,097.35 Supplies High 3,735.80 Shop 472.73 Elementary 2,605.38 Teachers' Traveling and Miscellan- nous Expense I-Iigh 7.70 Elementary 79.70 Teachers' Tuition and Agency Fees High and Elementary 462.50 Fuel High 2,123.61 Elemental y 6,268.30 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds Light and Power High 3,091.69 Elementary 1,246.65 Telephone High 343.58 Elementary 239.76 Towel Service High 947.71 Water High 380.75 Elementary 398.83 Repairs to Buildings High 7,248.61 Elementary 4,075.05 Repairs to Equipment 1,563.59 Libraries High 199.18 Elementary 214.76 Health Transportation of Nurse 200.00 Supplies High 35.83 Transportation of Students Eleinentary 8,569.00 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 269 Expen d iturea-wont inued Miscellaneous High Athletics 1,030.25 Diplomas and Graduation Exer- cises Sundry Items Elementary Sundry Items Atypical Education Tuition 76.59 1,199.12 1,238.50 5.31 Outlay - Buildings High 591.09 Elementary 105.14 Outlay - Furnishings High 505.66 Elementary 90.65 Out of State Travel Superintendent Americanization Classes Salary Supplies Vocational Education Waltham Newton Boston Medford Essex County Cary Library Personal Services Librarian Assistants Substitutes Janitors Expenses - Administration Postage and Supplies Telephone Books a.nd Periodicals, etc Rocks Periodicals Index and Bulletins 61.15 200.00 3.00 532.34 134.21 370.74 6.00 44.00 2,535.00 7,201.25 617.45 2,448.17 260.56 109.39 2,041.18 261.70 3.00 r 53,000.73 61.15 203.00 '270 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Expenditures -Continued Binding, Periodicals Fuel Light 793.24 14.50 904.98 656.16 Buildings and Grounds Ropaire 133.87 Water 25.31 Supplies 106.70 Sundry Items . 28.87 Total Schools and Libraries .... RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED Parka and Playgrounds Personal Services Superintendent 2,301.25 Clerk 1,224.92 Instructors 1,413.00 Expenses --- Administration Postage and Supplies 30.40 Telephone 62.54 Automobile Allowance 400.00 Parks 1,137.29 Labor 5,773.23 Equipment and Repair 808.22 Town Equipment Rental 534.91 Grass Seed, Fertilizer, etc. 8.46 Light and Power 179.43 Water 168.15 Flag Pole, Flags and Repairs 93.22 Miscellaneous Supplies 128.87 12,801.87 Playgrounds Transportation 87.50 Chemicals 78.13 Equipment and Repair 305.50 Miscellaneous Supplies 365.28 Sundry Items 8.27 Fence 4,140.00 5,339.46 4,939.17 9,032.11 4,140.00 $301,926.89 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Expend itures-Continued Grading - Enclosed Field Labor Grass Seed, Fertilizer, etc, Gravel, Cinders, Lumber and. Con- crete Loam and Sand Contract. - Stone Fillers Sundry Items Erecting Backstop Contract Memorial Day Music Flags Wreaths Food Patriots' Day WT eaths pensions -Police Department State School Retirement Fund Contributions for Teachers United States Service Contributory Retirement System Pension Accumulation Fund Interest Deficiency War Service Fund in Public Works Building Wages and Expenses Labor Light and Power Town Equipment Rental Coal Mechanics' 'Toole, etc. Equipment and Repair Building Repairs and Supplies Sundry Items 360.24 184.34 402.95 3,273.63 300.00 8.93 400.00 35.00 23.40 164.50 17.95 4,630.09 400.00 240.85 271 272 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Expenditures -Continued insurance Workmen's Compensation 1,138.38 Public Liability 23.27 Automobile Liability 229.96 Automobile Fire and. Theft 88.99 Buildings - Fire 3,210.39 Motor Vehicle 365.10 Sprinkler Leakage 940.64 Administration of Trust Funds Printing Town Report Ambulance Maintenance Laundry Equ1pmend. and Repair Sundry Items Unclassified 9.24 Lighting Clock 9.24 Funeral Flowers Clerical 1,500.00 Sundry Items 1,500.00 Rationing Board War Activities 706.00 14,319.00 693.31 789.86 4,178.82 382.70 23.30 96.46 336.09 311.16 895.41 50.17 706.00 15,802.17 6,274.11 55.00 1.134.01 47.09 61.34 33.85 13.52 39.00 10.00 39.00 257.90 417.60 Fire Department Flans and Specifications for New Central Fire Stadion 2,995.43 Plans and Specifications for New East Lexington Fire Station..,, Bonus General Police, Fire and School Unpaid Bills Health Department Alterations to Library Plans, Specifications for Enlarge- ment of Library 1,573.32 3,022.12 8,117.90 12.00 2,100.00 5,996.73 55.00 1,134.01 142.28 777.02 2,995.43 1,573.32 11,140.02 12.00 2,100.00 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Expenditures -Continued Eradication of Mosquitoes 3,000.00 Munroe School Automatic Sprinklers 5,415.73 Total Recreation and Unclassified ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES Water Department Personal Services Clerk 1,200.00 Administration Posdage 508.00 Supplies 160.87 Equipment and Repair 11.00 Recording Fees 27.72 Sundry Items 8.05 Maintenance Labor 6,355.32 Pipe and Fittings 381.18 Hydrants and Fittings 259.40 Meters and Parts 1,052.58 Equipment and Repairs 62.60 Thawing Out Pipes 51.24 Town Equipment Rental 1,918.45 Insurance 111.60 Sundry Items 318.14 New Equipment 1,047.43 Water Services Expenses Labor 1,714.92 Pipe and Fittings 481.82 Town Equipment Rental 145.50 Sundry Items 43.01 Cemeteries Munroe Personal Services Superintendent 200.00 Clerk 100.00 273 3,000.00 5,415.73 ■ $ 81,915.28 1,200.00 11,289.15 1,047.43 274 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Expenditures -Continued Wages and Expenses Pcstage and Supplies 18.40 Labor 2,807.12 Planting Trees 26.60 Water 1.52 Equip.ment and Repairs 73.79 Cement 8.74 Loam, Seed and F.:rkil1zer 114.80 Sundry Items 169.41 Westview • Personal Services Superintendent Clerk 500.00 100.00 Wages and Expenses Postage and Supplies 48.50 Sundry Office Expenses 31.00 Labor 4,128.28 Planta and Trees 193.60 Ga'saline and Oil 69.87 Water 12.40 Loam, Seed and Fertilizer 377.15 Cement 16.64 Equipment and Repairs 175.06 Sundry Items 266.80 Total Enterprises and Cemeteries MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Temporary Loans Anticipation of Reimbursements .... $ 2,000.00 General Loans General 5,000.00 Highway 3,000.00 Sewer 20,000.00 Sewer and Drain 12,000.00 School 4,500.00 2,385.25 Public Service Enterprises Water 5,000.00 Total Municipal Indebtedness .. INTEREST 300.00 "remporary Loans Anticiiation of Reimbursement ..., 13.50 3,218.38 600.00 6,310.30 51,500.00 $ 25,359.51 $ 51,600.00 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT Expenditures—Continued General Loans General 355.00 FIi,; away 33.75 Sewer 1,603.75 Sewer and Drain 1,620.00 School 180.00 Public Service Enterprises Water Total Interest ..., REFUNDS 168.75 Real Estate Taxes 2,522.08 Personal Taxes 6.75 Poll Taxes 4.00 Motor Vehicle Excise 47.59 Water Rates 1,350.58 Selectmen -Return of Rentals for Hall 40.00 Total Refunds AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENTS Federal Taxes Federal Withholding Tax ................ 44,423.13 State Taxes State Tax 25,568.00 North Metropolitan Sewer 17,035.69 Metropolitan Water 31,664.92 Auditing Municipal Accounts 1,408.40 Auditing Retirement System 103.36 State Parks and Reservations 537.55 County Taxes County Taxes 31,857.21 Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital 7,274.36 Licenses State Sporting Licenses 1,045.00 County Dog Licenses 2,394.80 3,974.75 3,971.00 275 27G TOWN OF LEXINGTON ExpendIturee--Continued C emete ries Westview ---Perpetual Care 1,968.72 Munroe—Perpetual Care 150.00 Trust Fund Income Munroe Cemetery 1,049.94 Westview Cemetery 605.21 Colonial Cemetery 42.40 French Cemetery 87.60 Leroy S. Brown 190.00 Miscellaneous Trusts $3,974.75 Samuel E. Raymond Fund 513.34 Deposits Refunded Sewer House Connections 89.53 Water House Connections 365.74 Federal Grants Dependent Children Aid For Administration 283.16 For Aid 1,890.68 Old Age Assistance For Administration 991.70 For Aid 30,392.37 $3,971.00 201,832.81 Total Agency, Trust and In- vestments Total Revenue Expenditures .... NON•REVENUE EXPENDITURES Committee on Public Safety Expenses Administration Labor Report Center Air Raid Total Non -Revenue Accounts ...... Total Revenue and Non -Revenue.. Cash Balance December 31, 1945 Grand Total 3.92 8.55 58.43 3.00 3201,882.81 73.90 ;1,052,226.43 $73.90 1,052,300.33 521,263.44 $1,573,563.77 RDPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 277 278 TOWN OF LEXINGTON SEWER ASSESSMENTS FUND DEBITS Transfer by vote of Town: For Maintenance and Construction March 26—To Road Machinery Account $29,000.00 Balance December 31, 1945 13,979.00 CREDITS Balance January 1, 1945 Collections 1945 Sewer Assessments Paid in Advance Sewer Assessments 1944 Sewer Assessments 1945 Total Transfer to Pay Maturing Debts Balance December 31, 1945 Total DEBITS $383.20 133.50 1,449.45 $2,000.00 2,150.75 $4,150.75 WATER ASSESSMENT FUND For Water Construction by vote of Town CREDITS Balance January 1, 19.15 Collections 1945 Water Assessments Ilnapportioned $1,060.20 Water Assessments Paid in Advance 290.04 Water Assessments 1944 66.60 Water Assessments 1945 853.27 Total DEBITS Transfer to Pay Maturing Debts $1,500.00 Balance December 31, 1945 2,662.24 Total $4,162.24 ROAD MACHINERY FUND CREDITS Balance January 1, 1945 Collections for Rentals 1945 Unexpended Appropriation Balance December 31, 1945 $13,130.47 483.15 $2,184.60 $42,979.00 1,966.15 WATER DEPARTMENT AVAILABLE SURPLUS $4,150.75 CREDITS Balance January 1, 1945 $50,789.47 Receipts in Excess of Appropriation $27,899.54 Unexpended Appropriation Balance December 31, 1945 5,064.42 32,963.96 DEBITS Transfer by vote of Town: March 26—To Maturing Debts 135,000.00 Balance December 31, 1945 48,753.43 $1,892.13 $83,753.43 2,270.11 $4,162.24 $29,365.38 13,613.62 SALE OF REAL ESTATE FUND CREDITS Balance January 1, 1945 $82,753.43 $8.063.72 Receipts from Sale of Tax Title Property 11,437.08 Total $19,500.80 DEBITS 7talan.ce December 31, 1945 $19,500.80 WESTVIEW CEMETERY SALE OF LOTS FUND CREDITS Balance January 1, 1945 Collections in 1945 for Sale of Lots Unexpended Appropriation Balance December 31, 1945 $4,102.00 230.70 $7,299.04 4,332.70 $42,979.00 $11,631.74 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT DEBITS Transfer by vote of Town: March 26—For Wages and Expenses $2,000.00 Balance December 31, 1945 9,631.74 $11,631.74 OVERLAY RESERVE FUND CREDITS Balance January 1, 1945 Overlay 1944 DEBITS Transfer by vote of Town: March 26—To Reserve Fund ., $13,688.50 Balance December 81, 1945 5,036.31 $18,724.81 REVENUE ACCOUNTS 1945 CREDITS Tax Levy Polls Personal Property Real Estate Appropriation of Available Funds 1945—Before fixing tax rate Estimated Receipts 1945 Appropriation Balances December 31, 1945 Estimated Receipts—Surplus DEBITS Appropriations March 26, 1945 $907,306.21 December 28, 1945 12,530.67 Taxes for 1945 State Tax Slate Pattka and Reservations Auditing .Municipal Accounts Auditing Retirement System Accounts North Metropolitan Sewer Tax Metropolitan Water Tax Middlesex County Tax County Tuberculosis Hospital Tax North Metropolitan Sewer Tax -1944 279 $13,688.50 6,036.31 $18,724.81 $5,068.00 43,528.71 556,994.91 185,386.33 260,893.73 47,945.73 38,599.99 $1,141,417.40 919.836.88 25,568.00 715.56 1,408.40 103.36 16,700.20 32,887.70 31,768.33 7,274.36 35.44 280 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Overlay Overdrafts For 1930 For 1931 For 1932 For •1933 For 1934 lror 1935 For 1936 For 1937 For 1938 For 1939 For 1940 Overlay for 1945 Excess Revenue to Excess and Deficiency TRUST ACCOUNTS ASSETS Trust Funds—Cash and Securities In Custody of: Trustees of Public Trusts Trustees of Bridge Charitable Fund Trustees of School Fund Trustees of Cary Memorial Library Treasurer of Contributory Retirement System LIABILITIES Battle Green Fund—Orin W. Fiske $701.05 Battle Green Fund—Edith C. Redman 510.05 Eleanor S. Beals Charity Fund 2,432.73 Halite C. Blake Prize Fund 1,045.00 Patriots' Day Fund—Leroy S. Brown 5,000.00 Patriots' Day Fund—Leroy S. Brown (Income) 63.63 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds: Colonial (Principal) 1,100.00 Colonial (Income) 387.82 Munroe (Principal) 35,335.00 Munroe (Income) 1,122.13 Westview (Principal) 29,499.49 Westview (Income) 610.31 Frederick L. Emery Fund 5,247.08 Emma A. Fiske Flower Fund 300.54 Emma A. Fiske School Fund 561.28 Charles E. French Colonia] Cemetery Fund 2,104.42 Charles E. French School Medal Fund 2,656.91 Jonas Gammell Charity Fund 569.94 Harriet R. Giimor Charity Fund 706.15 38.76 187.56 176.80 176.80 176.80 176.80 176.80 257.31 276.88 295.43 586.66 15,908.99 86,683.58 $1,141,417.40 $115,554.01 7,197.44 1,229.52 27,487.96 106,632.21 $258,101.14 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNT4NT Hayes Fountain Fund 1,114.25 Lexington High School Scholarship Fund 274.47 Herbert T. Hilton Munroe Cemetery Fund 4,669.04 George O. Smith Park Fund 2,573.65 Geor:e W. Taylor Flag Fund 2,191.64 George W. Taylor Tree Fund 2,201.67 William A. Tower Memorial Park Fund 10,000.00 Louise E. Wilkins Flower Fund '15.76 Ellen A. Stone Fund (Principal) 2,000.00 Samuel E. Raymond Library Fund 500.00 Samuel 3. Bridge Charity Fund 4,710.52 Elizabeth B. Gerry Charity Fund 2,486.92 Robert P. Clapp School Fund 849.54 George E. Briggs Fund 178.62 Matthew Allen Memorial Fund 151.36 Ellen A. Stone Fund (Income) 50.00 Cary Memorial Library Fund 11,724.78 Beals Library Fund 1,100.00 Laura M. Brigham Library Fund 3,042.50 Leroy S. Brown Library Fund 2,000.00 Alice Butler Cary Library Fund 2,940.00 Marcia Cary I.,ibrary Fund—Income Reserve 354.31 Goodin Musical Collection Fund 1,025.00 Library Book Purchase Fund 1,000.00 Jane Phinney Library Fund 124.19 Nelscn W. Jenney Library Fund 2,000.00 Paulina Burbank Pierce Library Fund 1,000.00 Clara Robbins Library Fund 100.00 Wellington Library Fund 1,077.18 War Service Fund 1,385.60 Annuity Savings Fund 47,605.45 Annuity Reserve Fund 4,599.53 Pension Accumulation Fund 52,296.32 Expense Fund 745.31 EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY 1945 CREDITS Balance January 1, 1945 Collections on Tax Titles Revenue Surplus 1945 281 115,554.01 7,197.44 1,229.5.2 27,487.96 106,632.21 $258,101.14 $359,397.65 17,659.54 86,683.58 $463,740.77 282 TOWN OF LEXINGTON DEBITS Tax Titles taken during 1945 Transfers by vote of Town: March 26—Bonus $13,053.39 Playgrounds—Erecting Back Stop 400.00 Playgrounds --Grading Enclosed Field 5,000.00 Snow Removal 12,000.00 School—Munroe—Sprinkler System 8,000.00 Fire—New Central Fire Station 30,000.00 Fire—New East Lexington Fire Station 10,000.00 Police—New Cruising Car 1,200.00 A3so::sors—Reduction of Tax Rate 20,000.00 Old Age Assistance—Aid and Expenses 530.67 Balance December 31, 1945 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Borrowing Capacity of the Town January 1, 1945 Real and Personal Property Valuation 1943 Lesa Abatements Valuation 1944 Leas Abatements Valuation 1945 Less Abatements Motor Vehicles Valuation 1943 Less Abatements Valuation 1944 Less Abatements Valuation 1945 Less Abatements $11,386.81 100,184.06 352,169.90 $463,740.77 $21,997,638.08 21,971,020.56 22,056,208.41 687,808.40 485,304.85 357,676.60 $67,555,656.90 Average Valuation for 3 years, less Abatements$22,518,652.30 Borrowing Capacity, 3% 675,556.00 Town Debt December 31, 1945 $225,000.00 Loans Outside Debt Limit: Lexington Defense Lcan 1942 $6,000.00 Water Loan 1941 20,000.00 Total Federal Project Loans: Outside Debt Limit: Sewer Loan of 1938 ,., Municipal Relief Loan Sewer 1940 26,111.00 25,000.00 $26,000.00 REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 283 284 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Municipal Relief Loan Sewer 1940 Sewer and Drain Loan 1938 15,000.00 96.000-00 162,111.00 188.111.00 Town Debt Inside Debt Limit 36,889.00 Borrowing Capacity January 1, 1945 $638,667.00 PROPERTY ACCOUNTS ASSETS Land and Buildings $3,628,857.78 Furniture and Other Property; 299,008.69 LIABILITIES Land and Buildings Town Otices and Cary Memorial Building $467,000.00 Fire Department 29,629.33 Sewer Department 594,500.00 Sdhools 1,146,188.49 Libraries 120,500.00 Parks and Playgrounds 221,500.00 Town Farm Land 6,525.00 Public Works Building 48,800.00 Forciosed Tax Title Property 77,035.00 Water Supply System 880,630.96 Cemeteries 35,549.00 Aircraft Warning Service Tower 1,000.00 Furniture and Other Property Town Offices and Cary Memorial Building ................ 30,650.00 Police Department 3,750.00 Fire Department 57,655.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures 1,000.00 Tree Warden 2,000.00 Sewer Department 1,000.00 Highway Department 16,000.00 Schools 98,024.19 Libraries 74,000.00 Parka and Playgrounds 3,300.00 Public Works Building 1,200.00 Water Supply System 9,600.00 Ce :eteries 829.50 $3,927,866.47 $3,628,857.78 299,008.69 $3,927,866.47 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS—REVENUE 9961 01 p. azo, sa.)un;t;. attire :OU 01 pai.tepu.1.7y saauclin uepua'xaui sa8Jeg0 .raq;O j100 S.ra;sue,r,L sl][,a1 S1 MILLI s,uaur -;aelas uo se.mlipuadxa sidlaaa1 lam° pnu saatsue.I1L 'sUBJ 5561 —! unllarldoaddF Y66I m0J3 p.realoj11 503U General Government N Ci Lit 41 CO Ifo 411 O .i cO y1 ,-1 C7 cd0e arca �o�c 46 ca co of 1.4m ,-i ,-i CO W 1!a N cr. o N N W1 er 1ra +19 CO c 1.7 m V1 N 47 N co • . oa o0 Cd orb 1E, N ti u7 1n 9] c O'+ 4 u 91 O W O 10 co.W La 01 O cry m OD 0 °;0 ,+ d _,0 y 0 0 A 5,a� 1~ 1.N E , m 1:4 L J ai o ti m t iam v411,5 w am A� Ac Ci F t mu) ou [d 1d N 0 r3 V 0 4,3a1 F 1d m 0 7, d cl ^ M 61 oa°a" g 1. `0 aiE °m a iEy ° pz °t,a0i P.2 k° c x o c x m m x o` e,t 00w x �aWooQ1G] tn.41�G.Nkr. U0..P"'0,41 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS -REVENUE -Continued Law Department Personal Servicer - Special Fees Expenses Town Clerik's Department Personal Services Expenses Elections Department Expenses -Selectmen Expenses -Town Clerk Registrations Department Personal Services Expenses Public Works -Supt's. Office Persona] Services Expenses Town Offices and Cary Memorial Building Personal Services Expenses Engineering Department Personal Services Expenses Planning Board Expenses Board of Appeals Expenses Retirement Board Expenses 1,500.00 1,150.00 500.00 10.75 350.00 489.25 3,361.63 3,331.62 30.01 P/ 160.50 160.43 .07 1=J '0 C 502.00 422.25 79.75 -W3 226.92 220.16 6.76 O 1,100.00 1,059.35 40.15 177.00 162.33 14.67 Z 5,876.91 5,750.56 126.35 z 150.00 126.77 23.23 0 4,711.93 4,667.97 ' 43.96 x 7,550.00 10.63 6,065.47 435.96 156.20 p• •3 9,873.51 9,139.37 734.14 855.00 847.55 7.45 250.00 22.95 227.02 150.00 143.12 1.83 440.00 440.00 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS -REVENUE -Continued Protection of Persons and Property Police Department Personal Services 38,533.13 38,391.21 Expenses 4,136.25 3,887.49 28.02 220.74 New Cruising Car 1,200.00 Fire Department Personal Services 43,995.36 Expenses 275.00 7,940.00 Aerial Ladder 14,100.00 Plans and Specifications ---- Central Station 2,996.43 Plans and Specifications --- East Lexington Station 1,375.00 New Central Fire Station 30,000.00 New East Lexington Fire Station Building Department Persona! Services 1,100.00 Expenses 205.00 WIre Department Personal Services Expenses Weights and Measures Department Peisonal Services Expenses Insect Suppression Personal Services 408.75 Wages and Expenses 3,225.00 Shade Trees Wages and Expenses 1,520.00 141.92 10,000.00 600.00 100.00 500.00 195.00 42,543.24 1,452.12 61.87 7,541.79 735.03 14,100.00 • 1,200.00 ILO co H 2,995.43 250.00 1,573.32 51.68 p 30,000.00 >i 10,000.00 k 1,100.00 0 189.44 15.56 O x 28.10 600.00 58.00 500.00 221.53 375.00 3,058.44 42.00 1.57 33.75 166.56 1,458.31 61.69 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS -REVENUE -Continued Forest Fires Personal Services 50.00 M.00 Wages and Expenses 500.00 414.38 Dog Officer Personal Services 100.00 100.00 Expenses 75.00 50.00 '119.50 85.62 5.50 Health and Sanitation Health Department Personal Services 500.00 500.00 Expenses 6,000.00 12.00 4,814.39 1,197.61 Eradication of Mosquitoes - Expenses 3,000.00 3,000.00 Milk Inspection Personal Services 400.00 400.00 Dog Clinic Expenses 460.00 403.31 46.69 Dental Clinic Personal Services 1,617.50 1,613.00 4.50 Expenses 100.00 95.93 4.07 Posture Clinic Expenses 625.00 582.69 42.31 Vital Statistics Birth and Death Returns 25.00 21.50 3.50 Animal Inspection Personal Services 500.00 500.00 Slaughtering Inspection Personal Services 800.00 800.00 Plumbing Department Personal Services 900.00 900.00 Expenses 220.00 157.00 68.00 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS -REVENUE -Continued O '?3 H 0 8 3 ra 00 Sewer Maintenance Personal Services 100.00 97.00 . 3.00 Wages and Expenses 3,500.00 44.68 3,455.32 Sewer Services Wages and Expenses 2,000.00 250.00 2,169.43 80.57 Drain Construction Sundry Streets 453.37 458.37 Dumps and Ashes Wages and Expenses 1,500.00 600.00 2,093.20 6.80 Garbage Collection Contract 6,000.00 600.00 6,500.00 O Highways Z Highway Maintenance ❑ Personal Services 100.00 96.76 3.24 Wages and Expenses 33,000.00 169.16 20,534.57 12,634.59 V Chapter 90 900.00 1,800.00 2,530.61 169.16 0.23 ?q Snow Removal Wages and Expenses 225.00 28,000.00 551.75 24,845.52 3,426.23 506.00 0 Traffic Regulation and Control G Wages and )Expenses 500.00 470,32 29.67 Z Streets Lights Lighting 25,200.00 24,009.53 1,190.47 Street Signs Wages and Expenses 500.00 436.58 63.42 Road Machinery Expenses 4,505.00 29,000.00 2,674.56 29,275.41 483.15M 6,321.00 Charities and Soldiers' Benefits Public Welfare Town Physician 187.50 187.50 Personal Services 1,002.38 994,13 8.25 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS -REVENUE -Continued Administration Items 160.00 141,77 2.00 16.23 Aid and Expenses 20,000.00 13.45 16,789.89 3,223.56 Dependent Children Personal Services 301,19 300.39 0.80 Administration Items 80.00 62.89 17.11 Aid and Expenses 8,100.00 72.40 4,747.65 3,424.75 Old Age Assistance Personal Services 2,257,72 2,221.14 36.58 Administration Items 520.00 402.14 117.86 Aid and Expenses 40,530.67 7,488.69 47,772.76 246.60 Soldiers' Relief • Personal Services 260.59 250.59 Administration Items 40.00 6.00 34.00 Aid and Expenses 5,000.00 14.00 1,084.00 3,930.00 State Aid 500.00 122.00 378.00 Military Aid 800.00 775.00 25.00 Burials 200.00 200.00 Schools and Libraries School Maintenance Personal Services 231,578.82 34.00 229,383.39 2,529.43 Expenses 53,054.00 ' 53,000.73 53.27 Out of State Travel 100.00 61.15 38.85 Americanisation Classes 203.00 203.00 Vocational Education 1,600.00 1,137.29 462.71 Future S'ahool Sites - Expenses 300.00 300.00 Installation of Sprinkler Sys- tem -Munroe School 8,000.00 5,415.73 2,584.27 Cary ;Memorial Library Personal Services 12,905.13 5.40 . 12,801.87 108.66 Expenses 6,350.00 5,339.46 10.54 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS -REVENUE -Continued Plans and Specifications fnr Enlargement 2,800.00 2,100.00 700.00 dO ,L1fOdifi 8 z 2 G 1-3 Recreation and Unclassified Parks and Playgrounds Personal Services 5,078.16 4,939.1.7 138.99 Wages and Expenses 8,825.00 230.00 9,022.11 22.89 Fence 4,140.00 4,140.00 Grading -Enclosed Field 5,000.00 4,530.09 469.91 Erecting Back Stop 400.00 400.00 Two Power Lawn Mowers 1,000.00 1,000.00 Memorial Day 250.00 240.85 9.15 Patriots' Day 300.00 9.24 290.76 Z Pensions -Police Department 1,500.00 1,500.00 0 Retirement Board Pensions War Service Fund 789.86 789.86 t' PI Pensions Accumulation Fund 14,319.00 14,319.00 `rMq interest Deficiency 693.31 693.31 Z Public Works Building 0 Wages and Expenses 6,500.00 1,795.70 6,959.18 10.53 225,89 1,100.00 Insurance Z Premiums 6,400.00 93.50 6,090.23 403.27 Administration of Trust Funds Expenses 80.00 55.00 25.00 Town Report Priming 900.00 234.01 1,134.01 Ambulance Maintenance 160.00 108.43 33.85 7.72 Unpaid Bills 12.00 12.00 Unclassified 275.00 100.35 1.17 173.48 Rationing Board 535.00 257.90 277.10 War Activities 500.00 1.17 418.77 82.40 Bonus -All Others 3,372.85 3,022.12 350.73 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS--REVENUE—Continued Bonus—School, Police, and Fire Reserve Fund State School Retirement Fund— Contributions 9,680.54 15,000.00 706.00 8,117.90 14,644.73 706.00 1,562.64 365.27 Enterprises and Cemeteries Water Maintenance - Personal Services 1,200.00 1,200.00 PJ Wages and Expenses 955.00 16,000.00 11,547,38 957.95 P] 4.449.67W b Water Services 3.000.00 2,385.25 614.74W z Cemetery Maintenance '-'1 Munroe - 0 Personal Services 300.00 300.00 '7 Wages and Expenses 3,406.80 3,218.38 188.428 Westview Personal Services 600.00 600.00 Z Wages and Expenses 5,550.00 5,319.30 230.70S Interest and Maturing Debt 8 Interest on Debt 3,992.50 168.75 3,974.75 186.50. ...... -. d Maturing Debt 49,500.00 49,500.00 y Totals $32,338.14 019,836.88 $18,841.41 $859,079.35 $6,981.05 $47,945.73 $57,010.30 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS—NON-REVENUE m ro Sewer Construction Sundry $9,619.73 $9,619.73 Sewer Construction Federal Aided Projects 19,517.24 19,517.24 Street Construction Follen Road 348.15 348.15 Water Construction Sundry 4,043.84 4,043.84 Public Safety Committee Expenses 981.83 $73.90 907.93 ,-S Totals $34,510.79 $73.90 $34,436.89 a Grand Total $66,848.93 $919,836.88 $18,841.41 $859,153.25 $6,981.05 $47,945.73 $91,447.19 p M Transfer to Road Machinery Fund t" S Transfer to Sale of Lots Fund >4 54 W Transfer to Water Department Z Available Surplus INDEX INDEX Animal •Inspector, Report. of Appeals, Report of Board of Appointed Officers April 19th c nmdrttee, Report of Assessors, Report of Board of Birth B ttild4ng Inspector, Report of 222 293 139 140 13 149 119 65 Cary Memorial Library: Investment Cominithee, Report of 82 Librarian, Report of 77 Treasurer, Report of 85, 86 Trustees, Report of 80 Cemetery Cornmiss'ioners, Report of 137 Committees Appointed 17 Dental CIinic, Report of Director od Accounts, Report od Engineer, Report of Fire Engineers, Report of 92 126 74 94 Health Inspector, Report of 146 Health, Report of Board of 143 Highway Division, Report of 155 aurora, List of Lectures, Report of •Committee on 70 133 Marriages 66 Middlesex County Extension Service, Report of S7 Milk Inspector, Report of 151 Mosquito Control Project. 225 Park Division, Report of Planning Board, Report of Plumbing Inspector, Report of Police Department, Report of Posture Clirnic Report of . Public Welfare Agent, Report of Public Works, Report of Superintendent of 89 117 223 134 132 233 153 294 INDIH7R Retirement Board, Report of Treasurer 115 Retirement Board, Report of 110 School Department 163 (See Page 294 for detailed index) Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of 124 Selectmen, Report of 67 Sewer Division, Report of 159 Shade Tree and Moth DiVision, Repent of 147 Slaughtering, Report of Inspector of 152 Tax Collector, Report of 91 Town Aocountant, Report of 238 (See Page 295 for detailed index) Town Clerk, Report of 63 Birfha 65 Io,rrages 66 Tower Counsel, Report of 130 Town Engineer, Report of 74 Town Meeting Members 5 Town Officers 4 Town Records: Warrant for Town '_sleeting March 5, 1945 19 Annual Town Meeting, March 5, 1945 27 Adjourned Town Meeting, March 26, 1945 36 Warrant Town Meeting, December 28, 1945 56 Special Town Meeting, December 28, 1945 56 Town Treasurer, Report of 220 Trustees of the Bridge Charitable Fund, 1945, Report of 108 Trustees of Public Trusts, Report of 98 Veteran's Services 230 Water Division, Report of 159 Wire Inspector, Report of 232 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Attendance Officer, Report of 215 Enrollment .in Lexington Public Schools 188, 215 Financial Statements 206 Population and Enrollments 187 Prizes 21d Roster of Teachers 211 School Committee Organization 207 School Committee, Statement by 165 School Plant Survey 167 School Building Survey 170 School Nurse, Report of 215 Senior High School Gradneting Class 217 Superintendent of Schools, Report of. 195 TA6LE OF TOWN DEBT DECEMBER 31, 1945, SHOWING ANNUAL PAYMENTS OF INTEREST TO BE RAISED BY REVENUE 1946.1953 INCLUSIVE Due Due Due Due Duo Due Due Duo Title of Loan Rate in 1940 in 1947 In 1948 in 1949 in 1950 in 1951 In 1952 in 1953 Total Sewer and Suntace Drainage Loan of 1938 l,0% $1,440.00 $1,260.00 41,080.00 $900.00 4720.00 4540.00 5360.00 4180.00 $6,480.00 Sewer Loan of 1938 .................................... 1%% 840.00 735.00 630.00 525.00 420.00 315.00 210.00 105.00 3,780.00 Municipal Helier Loan or 1940 tor Sewer Construction ................................................ 1% 225.00 175.00 1255.00 75.00 25.00 625.00 Municipal Relief Loan o9 1940 for Sewer Construction.................................................... 1% 135.00 105.00 75.00 45.00 15.00 375.00 Sewer Loan of 1941 ...................................... %% 26.25 18.75 11.25 3.76 60.00 Water Loan of 1941 ........................................ %% 131.35 93.75 54.25 /8.75 300.00 New Taws Office Building Loan of 1928 4% 200,00 120,00 40.00 ................ 340.00 Sewer Loan of 1927 ...................................... 4 % 80.00 40.011 120.00 Lexington Defense Loan of 1942 .............. 1% 46.00 15.03 60.00 Street Construction Loan of 194! ............ 3.'1% 11,25 11.25 Total 53,133.7E $2,56250 52,011.50 52,567.59 41,180.00 4855.90 5570.00 5285.00 512,171.25 TABLE OF TOWN DEBT DECEMBER 31, 1945. SHOWING ANNUAL PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL TO BE RAISED BY REVENUE 3948.1943 INCLUSIVE Due Dna Due Due Due Due Due Due Title of 7,oan Hale In 1946 in 1947 In 1948 In 1949 in 1950 in 1951 in 1952 in 1953 Total Sewer and Surface Drainage Loan of 1938 11% 512,000.00 412,000.00 412,000.00 4I9,000.00 512,000.00 412,000.0+1 512,000.00 518,000.00 496,000.00 Sewer Loan of 1938 ....... ................................. 10 % 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 4,000.00 6,000.011 6,000.00 6,000.00 48,000.00 Municipal Relief Lean of 1340 for Sewer , Conslruotion................................................ 1%1 8,000.00 3,000.00 5.000.08 5,000.00 5,000.00 25,000.00 Municipal Relief Loan of 1940 for Sewer Construction 1% 3,000.08 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 15,000.00' Sewer Loan of 1941 4 % 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000,00 4,000,00 Water Loan of 1941 5tt % 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5.000.00 20,000.00 Now Town Office Building Loan of 19384% 2,000.00 9,000.03 2,000.00 6,000.00 Sewer Loan of 1927 4% 1,000.00 1,000.00 ................ 2,000.00 Lexington Defense Loan of 1942 1%n 3,000.00 3,000.00 6,000.00 Streit Construction Loan of 1341 %.% 3,000.09... 3,000.00 ................ Total 441,000.00 438,000.00 434,000.00 532,000.00 426,000.00 515,000.00 0018,000.00 418,000,00 ;225,000.00 INDEX 295 INDEX TO ACCOUNTANT REPORT Accounting Department: Expenses 254 Personal Services 254 Administration of Trust Funds 272 Agency, Trust and Investments 275 Ambuian•ce—Maintenance 272 Animal Inspector—Personal ~Services 263 Appropriation Accounts—Revenue 284 Appropriation Accounts—Non Revenue 292 Appropriation Committee: Expenses 254 Personal Services 254 Assessors' Department: Flxpensea 255 Personal Services 255 Balance Shut: Deferred Revenue Accounts 244 General Accounts 240 Property Accounts 283 Town Debts 245 Board of Appeals—Expenses 258 Bonus: General 272 Police, Fire and Schools 272 Burrowing ,Capacity of the Town 252 Building Department: Expenses 250 Personal Services 260 Care of Dumps and Removal of Ashes 263 Cemetery Maintenance: Munroe: Personal Services 273 Wage and Expenses 274 Westview: Personal Services 271 Wages avid Expenses 274 Collector's Department Expenses Pe: conal Services 296 INDEX Committee on •Public Safety—Non Revenue 276 Contributory Retirement System: Interest Deficiency on Funds 271 Pension Accumulation Fund 271 War Service Fund 271 County Taxes 276 Dental Clinic( Expenses 262 Personal Services 262 Dependent •Children: Administration 266 Aid and Expenses 266 Personal Serriees 266 Dependent Children Fund: For Administration 276 For Aid 276 Drg Clinic—Expenses 262 Dog Officer: Expenses 261 Personal Services 251 Elections Department: Expenses (Under Jurisdiction of Selectmen) 256 Expenses (Under Jurisdiction of Town Clerk) 256 Engineering Department: Expenses 258 Personal Services 267 Eradication of Mosquitoes 273 Excess and Deficiency 281 Expenditures: Revenue: Agency, Trust and Investments 275 Charities and Soldiers' Benefits 266 Enterprises and Cemeteries 273 General Government 254 Health and Sanitation 261 Highways 264 Interest on Dela 224 Municipal Indebtedness 274 Protection of Persons and Property 258 Recreation and Tlnclassified 279 Refunds 275 Schools and Libraries, 267 255 Non Revenue: 255 Committee on Public Safety 276 INDEX 297 298 INDEX Federal Grants 276 Miscellaneous Deposits 244 Federal Taxes 275 Miscellaneous Trusts 276 Fire Department: Municipal Indebtedness 274 A:_=!al Udder 260 Expenses 259 Municipal Indebtedness due 1945-1963 inclusive 272 Personal Services 259 Old Age Assistance: Plans and Specifications—East Lexington Fire Stadion 272 AdMini tr+attlon 266 Plans and Specifications—New Central Fire Station S72 ' Aid and Expenses 266 Foreclosure and Redemption of Taxes Thies . 255 Forest Fires Persana1 Se ides 261 Wages and txpenses 261 Garbage Removal 264 Health Department: Expenses 2E1 Personal Serviioes 261 Highway Department: Road Machinery 265 Highway Maintenance Chapter 90 Personal Services Wages and Expenses Insect Supervision. Personal Services 2E0 Wages and Expenses 261 Insurance 272 Interest 274 Interest on Town Debt true 1945-1953 inclusive 292 264 264 264 Law Department Expenses 256 Personal Services and Special Fees 256 Lbiraries Cary Memorial—Personal Services 269 Public Welfare: Expenses 269 Administration Items 265 Plans and Specifications for Enlargement of Library 272 Aid and Expenses 265 Personal Services 265 Licenses 275 Town Physician 265 Memorial Day 271 Public Works: Superintendent's Office: M}]ltary Aid 262 Expenses 267 Milk Inspeotton—Personal Services 262 Personal Services 257 Personal Services 266 Old Age Assistance Fund: For Administration 276 For Add • 276 Overlay Reserve Fund 279 Parks and Playgrounds: Erecting Back Stop 271 Fence 270 Grading Enclosed Field 271 Personal Services 270 Wages and Expenses 270 Pensions: Police Department 271 Perpetual Care: Munroe Westview Planning Board—Expenses 258 Plumbing Department: Expenses 263 Personal Services 263 Police Department: Expenses 25S Personal Services 258 Posture Clinic—Expenses 262 Property Accounts 283 276 276 INuiax 299 Public Works Building: Wages and Expenses 271 Rationing Board—Expenses 272 Receipts: Agency Trust and Investments 252 Cemeteries 251 General Government 243 General Revenue—Taxes, etc. 246 Health and Sanitation 250 Highways 250 Interest L52 Municipal Indebtedness 252 Protection of Persons and Property 249 Public Service Enterprises L51 Public Welfare 250 Recreation 251 Refunds and Transfer 253 Schools 250 Special Assessments and Privileges 248 Unclassified 251 Refunds 215 Registrations Department: Expenses 257 Personal Services 257 Retirement Hoard—Expenses 2,58 Revenue Account 1945 279 Road Machinery Fiend 277 Sale of Real Estate Fund 276 School Department: Americanization Classes 269 Expenses 267 Munroe SChoo1—Automatic Sprinklers 273 Out of State Travel 269 Persona! Services 267 State School Retirement Fund 271 Vocational &truestion 269 Selectmen's Department: Expenses 254 Personal Services 254 Sewer Assessment Fund 277 Sewer Maintenance: Persona] Services 268 Wages and Expenses 268 300 INDEX Sewer Services 263 Shade Trees—Wages and Fiaepenses 261 Slaughtering Inspector—Personal Services 263 Snow Removal 264 Soldiers' Rs1lef: Administration 267 Aid and Expenses 267 Personal Services 267 State Add 267 State Taxes 275 Street Lights 265 Street Signs 265 Town Clerk's Department: Expenses 25G Personal Services 256 Town Offices and Cary Memorial Building: Expenses 257 Personal Services 257 Town Report—Printing 272 Traffic Regulation and Control: Wages and Expenses Transfers ...' 263 265 Treasurer's Department: Expenses 255 Personal Services 255 Trust Accounts 280 Trust Fund Income 276 Unclassified 272 Unpaid Bills 272 Vital Statistics 263 War Activities Expenses 272 Waiter Assessment Fund 277 Water Department Available Surplus 272 Water House Connection Deposits 252 INDEX 301 Water Maintenance: Personal Services 273 Wages and Expenses 273 Water Services 273 Weights and Measures Department: Expo 260 Personal Services 260 Westview Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund 278 Wire Depantmen : Expenses 260 Personal Services 260 TABLES Appropriation AR:count —Revenue 284 Appropriation Accounts—Nen Revenue 292 Interest on Town Debt due 1946-1953 inc. 292 Town Debt due 1946-1953 inc. 292 • •