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1948-Annual Report
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF Lexington, Massachusetts Year, 1948 1 LEXINGTON "The Birthplace of American Liberty" Population 1945 Census — 14,452 Highest elevation — 385 feet above mean sea level Lowest elevation — 110 feet above sea level Settled — 1642 — Cambridge Farms Incorporated as a Town — 1713 Valuation — $27473,095 Tax Rate 1948 — $42.00 Area of Town in acres 10,650.42 Area of Town in miles 16.64 Extreme length in miles 5.8 Extreme width in miles 4-85 Public Streets Accepted 57.25 Private Streets Unaccepted 35.3 Paper 26.66 State Highways 11.28 Trunk Line Sewers 7.19 Street Sewers 24.09 Water Mains ....... .......... 84.98 Located 10.6 miles from Boston Well laid out Parks and Playgrounds Schools — Class A OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Officers and Committees LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS March, 1948 to March, 1949 Selects William C. Paxton, Chairman, '49 George W. Emery, '50 William H. Driscoll, '51 Frederick M. Gay, '50 Donald E. Nickerson, '51 Town Clerk Town Treasurer James J. Carroll, '49 James J. Carroll, '49 Collector of Taxes William S. Scamman, '49 School Committee H. Webster Thomas, Chairman, '50 George P. Wadsworth, '50 Adolph W. Samborski, '49 Charles G. Davis, '49 Mrs. George P. Morey, '51 Cemetery Commissioners Albert H. Burnham, Chairman, '50 *John E. Gilcreast, '49 William G. Potter, '51 Gail W. Smith, '49 (To fill unexpired term of John E. Gilcreast.) Trustees of Public Trusts Howard S. 0. Nichols, Chairman, '52 Clarence S, Walker, '50 Thomas G. Lynah, '54 Moderator Robert H. Holt, '49 Constables John C. Russell, '49 Edward C. Maguire, '49 Planning Board Richard P. Cromwell, Chairman, '50 Edwin B. Worthen, Jr., '50 *Thayer Rudd, '49 Frederic K. Johnson, '49 (To fill unexpired term of Thayer Rudd.) *Resigned Gordon D. Richards, '50 Alan G. Adams, '51 *Elmer C. Houdlette, '51 Aiden L. Ripley, '51 (To fill unexpired term of Elmer C. Houdlette.) 3 4 TOWN OF LEXINGTON APPOINTED OFFICERS Animal Inspector Dr. John J. Murphy, '49 Appropriation Committee Harvey F. Winlock, Chairman, '49 *Thacher Jenney, '49 Ralph H. Tucker, '49 (To fill term of Thacher Jenney.) Robert W. Fawcett, '50 Howard A. Patterson, '50 Emile J. Vadeboncoeur, '50 Lee E. Tarbox, '51 Adrian W. Cleveland, '51 Clarence E. Smith, '51 Assessors Clyde E. Steeves, Chairman William I. Burnham William H. Shanahan, '50 Leland H. Emery, '50 Frederick J. Spencer, '52 Board of Appeals (Acting under Building and Zoning Laws) Errol H. Locke, Chairman, '53 Aiden L. Ripley, '60 (To fill term of Elmer C. Houdlette.) John F. Rich, '51 Lester T. Redman, '53 j -J. Milton Brown, '49 Thomas G. Lynah, '49 (To fill term of J. Milton Brown.) Elmer C. Houdlette, '50 J. Henry Duffy, '49 Walter C. Ballard, '49 'Aiden L. Ripley, '49 Board of Appends (Associate Members) Elmer C. Houdlette, '49 (To 1111 term of Aiden L. Ripley.) Board of Health Rufus L. McQuillan, Chairman, '50 George E. Russell, '49 Ivan G. Pyle, M. D. Carl W. Terhune, '51 Consultant Physician Board of Health Agents Hazel J. Murray, '49 Thomas Bowdige, '49 Alexander Armour, '49 Board of Public Welfare Harold F. Lombard, Chairman, '49 Arthur F. Mason, '49 Dana T. Norris, '49 John A. Sellars, '49 Sydney P. Birch, '49 Board of Public Welfare Agent James E. Collins Bridge Charitable Fund Trustees Howard S. 0. Nichols, Chairman, '52 Clarence S. Walker, '50 Thomas G. Lynah, '54 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Albert F. Douglass Building Inspector Ernest A. Lindstrom Burial Agents Alice M. McCarthy Thomas M. Montague Constable Charles E. Moloy Dental Clanac Mrs. Arvin Philiippart Mrs. Vincent Burke Thomas S. Grindle Dog Ofwer John A. Russell Fence Viewers Stanley A. Higgins John J. Garrity Executive Clerk, Selectmen Hazel J. Murray Field Drivers Edward C. Maguire John C. Russell Fire Engineers Thomas J. Donnelly, Chairman Robert J. Fawcett Lester T. Andrews Roy A. Cook George M. Hynes Harold E. Roeder Forest Warden Roy A. Cook Gammell Legacy Income, Trustees (Acting with Dept of Public Welfare) Mrs. Robert C. Merriam Harold F. Lombard Health Inspector Lockup Keeper John Lamont John W. Rycroft Measurer of Wood and Bark John Bierenbroodspot Harold T. Wellington Milk Inspector John Lamont Moth Department, Superintendent John J. Garrity Old Age Assistance Bureau Harold F. Lombard, Chairman Arthur F. Mason Dana T. Norris John A. Sellars Sydney P. Birch Old Age Assistance Bureau, Agent Park Superintendent James E. Collins John J. Garrity 5 6 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Plumbing inspector Ernest A. Lindstrom Posture Ciinio Mrs. Lawrence F. Viano, Chairman Mrs. Donald M. Guernsey Mrs. Robert C. McAnaul Mrs. George P. Wadsworth Mrs. Donald S. Wilson Mrs. D. Sargent Goddard Mrs. Robert W. Hunter Mrs. Thomas C. Morris Mrs. Russell S. Davenport Public Works, Superintendent Joseph H. DeFoe Public Works, Assistant Superintendent William M. Burns Recreation Committee Bertram P. Gustin, Chairman, '50 Paul F. Hannah, '51 Kenneth G. Packard, '50 Tracy Ames, '49 Howard W. Foley, '49 Registrars of Voters Leon H. Truesdell, Chairman, '50 George H. Lowe, '49 Malcolm H. Clifford, '51 Sealer of Weights and Measures Ralph E. Chadwick Slaughter Inspector Richard R. Wiggins (To fill unexpired term of George G. Whiting.) Town Accountant Touan. Counsel Frank D. Walker, '51 Daniel A. Lynch -George G. Whiting Town Engineer William M. Burns Veterans Director of Benefits and Services Edwin B. Chapin Weighers, Public Evelyn F. Blake Matthew P. Gorham Thomas Lynch Harold I. Wellington Jacob Bierenbroodspot Wire Inspector Louis W. Bills *Resigned #Deceased Terms one year unless otherwise noted. OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 7 COMMITTEES APPOINTED AT VARIOUS TOWN MEETINGS COMMITTEE ON LECTURES UNDER THE WILL OF ELIZA CARY FARNHAM AND SUSANNA E. CARY Authorized March 22, 1948 Walter E. Sands Hazel S. Moore Gardner Frost PERMANENT RECREATION COMMITTEE Authorized March 22, 1948 Bertram P. Gustin Tracy W. Ames Kenneth G. Packard Howard W. Foley Paul F. Hannah COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE LOCATION AND HISTORICAL APPROPRIATENESS OF LEXINGTON MINUTE MEN MEMORIAL Authorized April 1, 1946 Julius Seltzer Fred W. Bodge John J. Garrity Mrs. Robert W. Fernald Mrs. Richard W. Rowse Philip B. Parsons Walter L. Chambers HIGH SCHOOL PLANNING COMMITTEE Authorized March 31, 1947 Charles G. Davis Mrs. George P. Morey H. Webster Thomas Mrs. Douglas T. Gleason Russell H. Kettell Adolph F. Samborski John F. Rich COMMITTEE TO SUPERVISE ON BEHALF OF AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CENTRAL FIRE STATION Authorized March 26, 1945 George W. Emery Donald F. Nickerson George C. Sheldon Gordon D. Richards Aiden L. Ripley COMMITTEE TO SUPERVISE ON BEHALF OF AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FIRE STATION IN EAST LEXINGTON Authorized March 26, 1945 George W. Emery George C. Sheldon Donald E. Nickerson Gordon D. Richards Aiden L. Ripley g TOWN OF LEXINGTON COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE MATTER OF A WAR MEMORIAL Authorized April 1, 1946 Archibald R. Giroux A. Edward Rowse Mrs, Thornas S. Grindle Lyon Carter Steele Lindsay Robert H. Watt Clyde A. Booker George V. Morse William Phillips COMMITTEE TO OBTAIN PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES FOR A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Authorized September 29, 1947 George P. Wadsworth Ruth Morey Ralph H. Tucker Russell H. Kettell Gaynor K. Rutherford COMMITTEE TO SUPERVISE THE CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPMENT OF THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING Authorized March 22, 1948 George P. Wadsworth Ruth Morey Ralph H. Tucker Russell H. Kettell Gaynor K. Rutherford TOWN MEETING MEMBERS PRECINCT ONE Name A Charles T. Abbott Gilbert A. Arnold B Sydney P. Birch Henry Brask *John Milton Brown James B. Bushard Gaetano Buttaro C Lyon Carter Percy Catton Walter L. Chambers Richard P. Cromwell Anna F. Cummings Ernest Cutter D Thomas J. Donnelly, Jr. J. Henry Duffy Address 26 Richard Road 3 Richard Road 35 Independence Avenue 9 Robbins Road 8 Plymouth Road 25 Bowker Street 837 Mass. Avenue 39 Marrett Road 203 Follen Road 47 Fern Street 21 Summit Road 77 Follen Road 127 Follen Road Term Expires 1950 1949 1950 ' 1949 1949 1949 1949 1951 1951 1949 1950 1950 1949 16 Smith Avenue 1950 25 Maple Street 1950 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES F George E. Foster John Fowle G Douglas T. Gleason Lincoln C. Grush H Warren K. Hadley Howard F. Hamacher Lloyd C. Harding Arnold E. Howard Lewis L. Hoyt George M. Hynes 1 Donald Irwin J Edwin C. Johnson • L Dorothy Lindsay Robert F. Lutz M Harold MacGilvray John MacLachlan William W. MacLean Clarence E. MacPhee Arthur F. Mason James Paul McCarthy Paul J. McCormack Rufus L. McQuillan Edward L. Mears Charles E. Meek Eugene L. Morgan Thomas C. Morris P Vernon C. Page Robert T. Person William E. Phillips R Aiden L. Ripley S Carl J. Samsel Clarence E. Smith Gordon E. Steele John J. Sullivan 10 Plainfield Street 1950 10 Independence Avenue 1949 11 Robbins Road 10 Tower Road 488 Mass. Avenue 9 Richard Road 50 Tucker Avenue 14 Robbins Road 30 Locust Avenue 28 Locust Avenue 30 Baker Avenue 14 Smith Avenue 23 Robbins Road 821 Mass. Avenue 12 Cary Street 15 Lexington Avenue 46 Watertown Street 14 Baker Avenue 46 'Watertown Street 201 Pollen Road 11 Richard Road 35 Tower Road 5 Watson Road 142 Marrett Road 20 Robbins Road 4 Robbins Road 12 Independence Avenue 4 Lexington Avenue 37 Tower Road 52 Follen Road 15 Robbins Road 6 Pinewood Street 12 Smith Avenue 1116 Mass. Avenue 1950 1949 1951 1949 1949 1949 1949 1951 10 TOWN OF LEXINGTON V Emile J. Vadeboncoeur W John A. Wilson J. Russell Wood 35 Brandon Street 62 Fern Street 6 Tower Road TOWN MEETING MEMBERS G Frederick M. Gay *Deceased A Tracy W. Ames George H. Anker B 1949 Walter C. Ballard Leon W. Bateman Charles S. Beaudry 1951 Newton E. Bennett Walter G. Black George W. Butters C Robert M. Coquillette F. Sherburne Carter *William E. Chamberlain Ernest J. Crerie D Charles G. Davis Harold C. Denham John H. Devine William F. Downe F Clements H, Ferguson William Wallace Ferguson Robert W. Fernald William P. Fitzgerald Howard W. Foley G Arthur L. Graves Roland B. Greeley William Roger Greeley H 1950 William M. Hall 1950 Stephen F. Hamblin 1951 James A. Harding, Jr. 1951 Michael J. Hopkins Ernest R. Hunt 1951 1951. 1950 1950 1951 1950 1951 1949 1951 1950 1950 1951 1949 1949 1950 1950 1951 1951 AT LARGE 7 Robbins Road PRECINCT TWO 2 Highland Avenue 364 Marrett Road 8 Raymond Street 10 Winthrop Road 5 Raymond Street 4 Rowland Avenue 11 Highland Avenue 40 Highland Avenue 53 Forest Street 24 Percy Road 14 Eliot Road 50 Spring Street 9 Washington Street 8 Jackson Court 19 Slocum Road 286 Marrett Road 30 Vine Brook Road 6 Belfry Terrace 4 Washington Street 5 Parker Street 283 Marrett Road 76 Bloomfield Street 1359 Mass. Avenue 1948 Mass. Avenue 1357 Mass. Avenue 45 Parker Street 14 Highland Avenue 11 Hilltop Avenue 47 Farmcrest Avenue 1949 1951 1950 1950 1950 1950 1951 1951 1949 1949 1949 1950 1949 1951 1949 1949 1950 1950 1951 1951 1951 1949 1950 1950 1949 1950 1951 1951 1949 1950 1949 1950 1950 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 11 12 TOWN OF LEXINGTON L B Harold B. Lamont 20 Winthrop Road 195/ William John Baskin 45 Adams Street 1951 Elizabeth R. Lewis 2 Forest Street 1951 Louts W. Bills 73 Hancock Street 1951 Russell M. Little 7 Forest Street 1951 Charles M. Blake 59 York Street 1951 Harold F. Lombard 23 Eliot Road 1951 Ronald D. Brown 27 Edgewood Road 1949 Albert H. Burnham 84 East Street 1949 M William I. Burnham 30 East Street 1951 John E. Murray 6 Highland Avenue 1950 Eugene T. Buckley 22 Grant Street 1950 P Charles H. Peirce 47 Bloomfield Street 1951 Guy S. Chace 10 Meriam Street 1950 Marjorie Pierce 59 Forest Street 1949 Richard H. Childs 87 Simonds Road 1951 Murray Potter 19 Walnut Street 1951 Kenneth F. Clarke 91 Simonds Road 1950 George W. Proctor 7 Forest Court 1950 William G. Potter 23 Walnut Street 1950 D Arthur C. Dodge 6 Abbott Road 1950 R Norman A. Downs 11 Edgewood Road 1951 C Randall W. Richards Henry W. Robertson Richard E. Rowse S Charles E. Scribner Adolph W. Samborski Edward W. Sibley Dexter A. Smith T Lee E. Tarbox H. Webster Thomas Alfred P. Tropeano W Edwin B. Worthen Edwin B. Worthen, Jr. 67 Farmcrest Avenue 1951 4 Raymond Street 1949 17 Winthrop Road 1949 7 Highland Avenue 1949 4 Eliot Road 1949 18 Eliot Road 1950 2 Rowland Avenue 1949 8 Rowland Avenue 1951 50 Bloomfield Street 1950 25 Vine Brook Road 1950 5 Winthrop Road 1951 5 Winthrop Road 1949 E Everett S. Emery Leland H. Emery 3 Stetson Street 5 Stetson Street 1951 1950 Robert W. Fawcett 27 Oakland Street 1951 Roy A. Ferguson 11 Berwick Road 1851 G Charles O. Goodwin 12 Coolidge Avenue 1950 George E. Graves 33 Adams Street 1951 H John W. Hess 20 Vine Street 1949 Milton F. Hodgdon 36 Hayes Avenue 1949 Thacher Jenney 25 Oakland Street 1951 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AT LARGE K C Joseph G. Kxaetzer 85 Meriam Street 1950 James J. Carroll 17 Muzzey Street 1949 L E7 James H. Lewis 23 Meriam Street 1949 William H. Driscoll 25 Winthrop Road 1951 Errol H. Locke 3 Abbott Road 1951 Moses M. Low 95 No. Hancock Street 1950 F William H. Lyon 24 Oakland Street 1950 Charles E. Ferguson 16 Highland Avenue 1949 M H Richard W. Maynard 77 Meriam Street 1949 Robert H. Holt 11 Bennington Road 1949 Charles A. McCormack 35 No. Hancock Street 1949 Neil McIntosh 8 Hancock Avenue 1949 Robert C. Merriam 4 Oakmount Circle 1950 PRECINCT THREE J. Lawrence Miles 14 Colony Road 1951 George P. Morey 90 No. Hancock Street 1951 A Ruth Morey 90 No. Hancock Street 1949 Alan G. Adams 15 Somerset Road 1949 Clayton M. Morse 29 Sherman Street 1949 *Deceased OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES R Lester T. Redman C. Raymond Reed Gordon D. Richards A. Edward Rowse Robert L. Ryder S Walter E. Sands George B. Sargent Clarence Shannon William H. Shurtleff James W. Smith, Jr. Rupert H. Stevens T Carl W. Terhune Ralph H. Tucker Gerald C. Turner w George P. Wadsworth Harvey F. Winlock TOWN E George W. Emery L Daniel A. Lynch N Donald E. Nickerson A Lester L. Andrew B Winthrop H. Bowker Carl E. Bryant C Winfield S. Caouette Adrian W. Cleveland Charles T. Cogswell Otis J. Conner Francis W. Copp Margaret H. Cook Francis B. Culbertson Frank B. Custance Howard E. Custance Theodore A. Custance 10 Bayes Avenue 20 Oakland Street 58 Hancock Street 38 Somerset Road 65 Bertwell Road 57 Meriam Street 50 Hancock Street 18 Edgewood Road 41 Somerset Road 8 Glen Road 10 Dexter Road 53 Grant Street 100 Meriam Street 9 Hillside Terrace 26 Hayes Avenue 61 Meriam Street MEETING MEMBERS AT LARGE 47 Somerset Road 5 Goodwin Road 17 Hancock Street PRECINCT FOUR 1 Hill Street 2160 Mass. Avenue 12 Fair Oaks Drive 4 Wachusett Circle 39 Robinson Road 35 Prospect Hill Road 58 Outlook Drive 127 Blake Road 11 Wachusett Drive 62 Harding Road 100 Gleason Road 2 Tewksbury Street 100 Bedford. Street 13 1951 1950 1951 1950 1949 1950 1949 1949 1949 1949 1950 1949 1949 1950 1951 1950 1950 1949 1951 1951 1951 1949 1950 1949 1950 1950 1949 1950 1949 1951 1949 1951 14 TOWN OF LEXINGTON D Russell S. Davenport Howard H. Dawes H. Raymond Durling F Robert J. Fawcett George M. Fuller G Bertram P. Gustin Archibald R. Giroux Ernest A. Giroux H Paul Hanson Carl Hauck Converse Hill Norton T. Hood Elmer C. Houdlette Robert W. Hunter J Roy Johnsen Frederic K. Johnson L Jasper A. Lane Eleanor Bradford Litchfield George A. Mallion Thelma F. Mather Thomas H. Moon N Thomas A. Napoli Fred C. Newhall P Howard A. Patterson R Francis H. Ready William R. Rosenberger 5 James C. Shaw Gordon E. Slater Gail W. Smith A. Randall Soderberg Earle B. Sukeforth Ingeborg N. Swenson 329 Bedford Street 10 Bernard Street 21 Outlook Drive 511 Marrett Road 2210 Mass. Avenue 84 Middle Street 6 Stratham Road 6 Revere Street 70 Hill Street 14 Harbell Street 2101 Mass. Ave. 41 Reed Street 2652 Mass. Avenue 45 Outlook Drive 2295 Mass. Avenue 9 Audubon Road 177 Waltham Street 53 Dexter Road 29 Wachusett Drive 43 Wachusett Drive 84 Simonds Road 23 Middle Street 2 Audubon Road 123 Blake Road 2246 Mass. Avenue 2139 Mass. Avenue 11 Hamblen Street 9 Kimball Road 174 Wood Street 51 Dexter Road 48 Outlook Drive 145 Spring Street 1951 1951 1950 1951 1949 1950 1949 1949 1949 1950 1951 1950 1949 1951 1949 1950 1950 1951 1949 1951 1949 1950 1951 1951 1951 1950 1950 1951 1949 1950 1951 1949 w Robert H. Watt Frederick D. Wells George L. Wallace John P. Whalen Raymond L. White *George G. Whiting OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 132 Bedford Street 58 Prospect Hill Road 21 Vaille Avenue 11 Harrington Road 12 Middle Street 333 Waltham Street TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AT LARGE P William C. Paxton, Jr. *Deceased 359 Bedford Street 15 1950 1949 1951 1950 1949 1950 16 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Policy REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN December 31, 1948 1949 To the Inhabitants of Lexington: Your town is governed by elected representative Town Meeting Members and you also elect annually members to the Board of Selectmen, School Committee, Trustees of Public Trusts, Planning Board, Cemetery Commissioners and a Moderator; ail of whom are responsible to you for the operation of their respec- tive offices. These unpaid officers elected by you function, with the ex- ception of the Moderator, as committees and it is not the thoughts of any one member which determines the policy of the committee, but rather the unified decision of the entire Board after due con- sideration has been given to a specific problem. In addition to this unpaid group, you also elect a Town Clerk, Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes who hold full-time paid positions in the government of the Town of Lexington. The Board of Selectmen has under its definite jurisdiction the Police Department, Accounting Department and Public Works Department. The latter department includes the following divisions : highways, water, sewer, parks, building and plumbing, wiring and engineering. In addition, the Board appoints the fol- Iowing committees or boards : Public Welfare, Board of Health, Fire Engineers, Assessors, Board of Appeals, and Recreation Committee. In the first group the Board of Selectmen exercises direct control and its policies are carried out by appointed officials re- porting directly to the Board. In the second group, however, the Board has only indirect control by appointing other citizens of the Town as committees in charge of specific phases of your muni- cipal government. The Board of Selectmen, elected by you, also works with other elected groups so that a co-ordinated program of municipal management and development can be achieved. The Board's ac- tivities, therefore, are primarily executive and policy making. We find that many of the citizens do not know the proper department to contact for assistance in solving their particular POLICY 17 problem and as a result the Board of Selectmen is constantly be- ing requested to handle matters which are either routine in muni- cipal government or which come under the jurisdiction of other departments. We are, therefore, including in this report a list of the general complaints we have received and the proper de- partments which can give you more immediate service than can the Board of Selectmen. If, however, you as a citizen of this town are not satisfied with the decision reached by any depart- ment under our control, upon receipt of a written complaint, we will always be glad to review the matter so that you can receive the best possible service. You as citizens realize, of course, that the town is growing very rapidly. During the past twelve months the Building In- spector has issued 461 permits of which 313 were for single family dwellings. Since 1946 we have had an increase of 889 single family houses or a potential increase in population of 3100 persons, making an estimated population for 1949 (or when these houses are completed) of 17,500. The activity in the Building Department can be compared with the report of 1922, approximately three years after the con- clusion of the first World War, and the report of 1938. 1922 1938 1948 Total permits 212 122 461 Residence 59 54 313 The building activity within the town has the effect of in- creasing the work in many departments, — first,in the Public Works Department where the Building and Plumbing Inspector must pass upon all plans and inspect all construction. Also on this Department falls the responsibilty of doing the engineering involved in the approval of these plans and the installation of water and sewer facilities to service this new construction. The Assessing Department, which determines the value of the con- struction on January lst of the following year, is also affected as well as the Tax Collector who has to send out additional bills and collect alI moneys due the town whether from taxes, better- ment assessments or use of water. All sanitary inspections must be made by a representative of the Board of Health. Besides these immediate matters involved with construction, there are various problems which, because of the increase in population, are being forced upon us at an accelerated rate. The problems of schools, additional main highways, mass transporation, adequate sewerage facilities, adequate water sup- ply and, most important, adequate planning so that the Town 18 TOWN OF LEXINGTON will grow along the lines that you as citizens have a right to expect, are so urgent that they deserve the study of all citizens under the leadership of the elected Boards. We mentioned in our last annual report, the report of the Committee on Postwar Planning which was submitted to the Board of Selectmen in 1945, and as of January 1, 1948, the Town of Lexington has completed 100% of the projects listed by that Committee as "Utmost Urgently Needed," 60% of the projects listed as "Urgently Needed" and 22 % of the projects listed as "Needed." However, this report as submitted by the Committee on Postwar PIanning was based upon the information available and conditions prevailing at that time. With a fair percentage of the buildable land north of Metropolitan Boston situated with- in our town boundaries, it is evident that the town may continue to grow very rapidly and some problems which in 1945 appeared to be from ten to fifteen years away will soon be upon us within the next five year period. During 1948 the Board attempted to segregate the problems of the municipality into two groups; those which need the immediate attention of the citizens in 1949 and those which will probably have to be faced during the next five years. One problem facing us in 1949 is the matter of schools. In 1946 and 1947 the Town of Lexington obtained land and general plans for a new High School. It is our understanding that the School Committee will present this matter to the Annual Town Meeting and recommend immediate construction. The Veterans Administration in October of 1948 requested the Town of Lexington to furnish water to the Veterans' Hospital in Bedford. As Bedford is outside of the Metropolitan Water Dis- trict we immediately discussed the problem with the Metropoli- tan Water District Commission, as well as the Water Commis- sioners of the Town of Bedford and received their written ap- proval of the project. Although the details as yet have not been definitely developed, it appears that the town will be requested to appropriate a substantial sum of money for the construction of a 12" water main in Bedford Street from Tewksbury Street to Winter Street and a 12" water main in Westview Street from Bedford Street to the railroad track. According to the tentative agreement discussed with the representatives of the Veterans Administration a connection fee will be charged to the United States Government which should cover approximately 70% of the cost of construction and as the Committee on Postwar Plan- ning recommended the installation of this 12" main as one of the needed projects of the town, it is the opinion of the Board POLICY 19 of Selectmen that this work should be recommended for con- struction in 1949. In addition to this major construction there will be many requests for extensions to our present system as a result or residential construction. At the annual Town Meeting in 1948 the construction of trunk line sewers was authorized, serving both the North and South districts of Vine Brook and the start of a low level trunk sewer at the Arlington line to as far as the extension of Melrose Avenue. This construction was authorized because of complaints received from these areas for many years. We presumably should this year recommend the construction of street laterals to provide sewerage facilities in these three sections. The completion of the new Fiske School makes it desirable that we consider the construction of Woodland Road, Hayes Av- enue, York Street and a portion of Colony Road. At the Special Town Meeting in the fall of 1948 it was agreed that the widening of Waltham Street would again be con- sidered at the Annual Town Meeting in 1949 as a Chapter 90 project. Surface drainage has been a problem that has concerned the Town for many years and because of complaints received we must consider, at this time, drainage construction in Adams Street, East Street, Oak Street, School Street, and Baker Avenue. It has been many years since the Town of Lexington has done anything on a sidewalk construction program, but because of in- creased pedestrian traffic we must seriously consider sidewalks on all main streets. It is also essential that we consider in con- nection with the new Fiske School the need for sidewalks on Adams Street, Merriam Street, Colony Road and Grant Street. We have also received requests from the School Department to consider a sidewalk on Pleasant Street. During the past two years we have made some progress in the installation of curbing on our main streets. This program should be extended and this Board is recommending that the town consider the continuation of curbing on Woburn Street, the installation of curbing at Depot Park and possibly on Mas- sachusetts Avenue from Harrington Road to Parker Street. The information we have received from the Cemetery Com- missioners indicates that an extension of the cemetery area is of vital necessity and that a small portion should be done annually. In the first report submitted by the newsy appointed Recrea- tion Committee they correlated many of the suggestions sub - 20 TOWN OF LEXINGTON mitted by the Park Department over a period of years. The Board of Selectmen does not feel that this is the time to embark upon an extensive recreational program. However, we are recom- mending, with the Recreation Committee, resurfacing the East Lexington tennis courts and some increase in supervision and instruction. Again due to the increased growth of the town the duties of the Board of Health have increased and the Board of Health is recommending the employment of a full-time Health Agent or Sanitarian. The Board of Selectmen, after thoroughly studying this problem, fully endorses the decision of the Board of Health and is recommending the employment of a full-time Agent, who will assume the duties now being performed by our part time Health and Milk Inspector. We feel that you should know something about the problems that will probably need attention during the next five years. Al- though we have under construction at the present time the new Fiske School on Adams Street, we apparently are even now faced with the problem of still more elementary school facilities. School construction represents an immediate capital outlay drastically increasing our bonded debt for many years to come, and usually increases our current maintenance costs through increased per- sonnel and operational expenses. Obviously our school problem is one in which every citizen should be vitally interested and to which a great deal of consideration should be given. As was indicated last year, we must continue the new low level trunk line sewer from Melrose Avenue extension to the pressure manhole near Grant Street. How long this construction can be postponed is unknown, but we do know that in the spring of 1948 the present sewer outlet was overloaded and as an emer- gency measure, the surplus sewage was pumped into the Vine Brook Channel for a period of about three weeks. An unsanitary condition such as this cannot continue for a prolonged period without some action being taken by the local Board of Health, State Department of Public Health or by residents of the affected area. With the addition of the north and south districts of Vine Brook sewers and the connection of the many houses in North Lexington to our existing system this overloading may become so great as to force the new trunk sewer upon us sooner than we expect, at an estimated cost of $500,000. According to a report received by the New England Fire Ad- justment Bureau, the town should constantly strengthen its water supply by the installation of 12" mains, the elimination of POLICY 21 dead ends and of old 4" mains which are still in service. This program is not one that can be overcome in a short period of five years, but it is something that we should constantly consider, and annually eliminate some of the weak spots in our distribution system. With the increased population we are finding a greater need and demand for public transportation serving additional sections of the town. With the exception of our main highways our gen- eral street layout is inadequate to cope with the problem of mass transportation and so therefore we will have to make takings and widenings to improve our highway system. In 1946 and 1947 it was evident that the citizens felt that the town should start some form of a recreational program and so therefore, in 1948 the Board of Selectmen with the School Committee and the Moderator appointed a Recreation Committee. Their recommendations include the appointment of a full-time Recreational Director and a capital outlay of approximately $150,000 over a ten-year period. We will still have the recurring problem of surface drainage. We cannot continue indefinitely to build streets and homes with- out doing some substantial work on the major brook channels of the town. Again we call your attention to North Lexington Brook from Strathann Road to beyond Revere Street, Clematis Brook from Waltham Street and Marrett Road to Waltham Street at Brookside Avenue. No major drainage construction has been done since 1939 and in addition to the construction of open channels it will be necessary to lay large sized drains in many locations. In 1946, at the Annual Town. Meeting, authorization was given to the Board of Selectmen to bond $45,000 for the con- struction of a new East Lexington Fire Station. However, due to increased building costs this amount was not sufficient, and construction was postponed. This building is obsolete, one of the greatest fire risks in the town and in addition is showing evi- dence of structural deficiencies. Therefore, the Board feels that serious consideration will have to be given to this station within a short period of time. In addition to the problem of developing our facilities to care for a larger population, we have many general problems, one of which is personnel. During the war years the Town op- erated with skeleton forces in practically all departments. Today, with the growth of the Town and the general demand for putting services on a prewar basis, the number of employees 22 TOWN OF LEXINGTON has increased 21%. A comparison of the employees in the vari- ous governmental departments is as follows : 1945 1948 General Government 27 28 Public Works Department ..... 37 55 Protection of Persons and Property Police Department 15 22 Fire Department 16 23 Miscellaneous 8 8 School Department 115 128 Libraries 7 9 Charities 4 5 Cemeteries 5 5 Total 234 283 In addition to the increase in personnel the Town of Lex- ington should recognize that the cost of living has definitely af- fected the income of its employees and the Board of Selectmen is recommending at the Annual Town Meeting that a 10% in- crease with maximum of $300 be given to all salaried employees. The employees of the Cemetery and Public Works Departments, who are on an hourly rate, received a blanket increase in 1948 and their rates will undoubtedly be reviewed in April of 1949. Due to the trend in Metropolitan communities in reducing the number of hours in Fire Departments, we have been requested by the Fire Engineers to consider the establishment of a seventy hour week. According to the statistics prepared by the Fire En- gineers this would mean the addition of six firemen, or an in- crease in the annual budget of approximately $18,000 without increased protection to the Town. The Board of Selectmen is sympathetic to the problem of the Fire Engineers, but at the present time feel that some alternate method might be devel- oped which would reduce hours, maintain the protection required and at the same time be less expensive to the citizens. In the Police Department our major problem has been one of retirements due to length of service, physical incapacities and resignations. At the present time we have on the Police Depart- ment 22 men with the following terms of service : 2 years or less 5 men 2 - 5 years 2 men 5 -10 years 2 men 10 -15 years 2 men 15 - 25 years 9 men Over 25 years 2 men POLICY 23 Vacancies, 2 men (due to retirement and resigna- tions during November and December, 1948) . As so many of our men are relatively new to police work it is the recommendation of the Chief of Police that immediate consideration be given to the problem of training and schooling these men so that the activities of the Police Department can be performed in the most efficient and effective manner. At the Annual Town Meeting in 1948 the Town accepted Chapter 41, Sec. 81 A as enacted by Section 4 of Chapter 340 of the Acts of 1947 whereby additional duties were placed in the hands of the Planning Board. This Board now is one of the ma- jor committees of the Town. In its hands rest the problems of subdivisions, revised Zoning By-laws, planning for major high- ways, mass transportation and charting the future growth of the Town of Lexington. In our contacts with the citizens we find that there are two subjects which need some immediate consideration. First, the need for greater business area not only in Lexington. Center, but also in some of the other sections of the Town. Secondly, a need for an apartment house zone. The problem of Lexington Center is one that has concerned Boards of Selectmen and Plan- ning Boards for the past thirty years and since 1928 no attempt has been made to improve this situation. We are fast reaching a point where some constructive overall plan must be developed for the guidance of the Town in the immediate future. It is not necessary for the Board of Selectmen to stress the need for an apartment house zone, but we do know that long time residents of the Town have found it necessary to move to other localities because of lack of this type of housing. If our zoning by-law was revised to meet these needs it would have a very definite effect upon our financial condition and the productive use of these areas would bring to the municipality additional income at a relatively low cost. During 1948 for the construction of schools, water and sewer mains, we borrowed $1,205,000 making a total debt as of Decem- ber 31, 1948, of $1,918,000 or 5.26% of the assessed valuations. It is apparent therefore that the expenditures of the Town must receive the greatest consideration, not only of the Board of Se- lectmen but of the citizens at large. The total municipal debt of $1,918,000 is divided as follows: Outside the debt limit Water loans $496,000 School loans 520,000 24 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Sewer and Drain loans 76,000 Inside the debt limit 826,000 Our borrowing capacity as of December 31, 1948, is approxi- mately $1,318,000 and therefore the available borrowing capacity of the Town inside the debt limit at the present time is only $492,000. Of this amount, however, $90,000 has been authorized but not issued, making $402,000 available for borrowing within the debt limit for the ensuing year. In this report the Board has attempted to outline to the citizens some of the problems which the Town will have to face in the immediate or not too distant future. We have not men- tioned any of the accomplishments of the past year because they are adequately covered in the individual reports submitted by various committees and department heads. However, we would like to point out that the positions of Town Engineer and As- sistant Superintendent of Public Works have been combined and that the Town Engineer has been requested by the PIanning Board to meet with them at their regular meetings. This is defi- nitely a step in the right direction for more efficient management of the Town as thereby there is a co-ordination between the im- mediate and future needs of the Town. We also feel that now is the time to consider the establish- ment of a new Division of Public Safety which would have under its control the Fire and Police Departments. The suggestion has been made to the Board of Selectmen many times during the past ten years and we believe that it is of sufficient merit to be given consideration by all the citizens. The operation of our municipality, because of its growth, is becoming a more complex problem. In order to do the work with volunteer personnel, either elected or appointed, it is es- sential that every citizen plan to devote some of his or her time to the Town. More and more committees are being appointed to study particular phases of municipal government or the condi- tions surrounding the expenditures of a specific sum of money. We, as a Board of Selectmen, welcome your suggestions and are grateful for your willingness to serve on any committee. We offer our sincere gratitude and appreciation to those who have served and helped us in the many appointed committees during the past year. It would be impossible to close this report without commend- ing the paid personnel of the municipality. We thoroughly recog- nize that with the growth the town has experienced during the past few years the problems to be met have likewise increased. However, from our personal observation and the reports that POLICY 25 we have received, not only from the appointed committees of the Town, but also from the citizens, it would appear that in spite of many difficulties the respective work in the various departments has been carried on efficiently and courteously. We want to ex- tend our appreciation and express our gratitude for the co-opera- tive attitude of all who have contributed to this result. WILLIAM C. PAXTON GEORGE W. EMERY WILLIAM H. DRISCOLL FREDERICK M. GAY DONALD E. NICKERSON Selectmen of Lexington Information or Complaints Department and Telephone Number (Tel. LExington 9-0500 connect- ing all departments unless other- wise indicated.) Public Works, Emergency, LExing- ton 9-1618 Water—Bills, services, mains, connec- Public Works, Emergency, LExing- tions ton 9-1618 Sewer—Services, mains Public Works, Emergency, LExing- ton 9-1618 Public Works Public Works Public Works Board of Health Board of Health Selectmen's Office Selectmen's Office Building Department Building Department Building Department Mr. Louis W. Bilis, LE 9-0760 Town Engineer Robert W. Armstrong, Supt., KIrk- land 7-6170 Ambulance Fire Department, LE 9-0270 Highways Garbage Collection Street Lights Street Signs Overflowing Cesspools Unauthorized dumping Damage by dogs Rental of Public Buildings Building and Plumbing Permits Zoning By-law violations Sign Violations Wiring inspection Subdivisions Mosquito Control RETIRED FROM MUNICIPAL SERVICE The Board of Selectmen congratulate the following individuals who, after long terms of service to the community, have been retired: NOM, Leora B. Eaton John T. Cosgrove Sebastiano Paladino Edward Maguire Department Date Retired Years of Service School March 14, 1948 Engineering May 20, 1948 Public Works June 1, 1948 Police December 1, 1948 21 30 22 33 26 TOWN OF LEXINGTON IN MEMORIAM Name James W. Denney Michael J. Duffy William J. Kenealy Matthew Stevenson George Whiting James Stewart Sydney R. Wrightington Years of Service Department 15 Water 21 Water 25 School 6 Health 20 Fire 43 Highway 22 Town Counsel POLICY 27 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The Board of Appeals reports that hearings were scheduled for ninety- seven petitions during the year 1948. Of these, one petition was withdrawn by the petitioner and ninety-six were brought before the Board for hearing. Following is a list of these hearings and the decisions rendered in each case: Jan. 9 A. I. Philippart, Jr. To: Divide Lot 23 on Kimball Road, adding approximately 40 feet of frontage to Lots 22 and 24. Granted. Jan. 9 Anna L. Sword To: Erect a building on Lot 1 Maple Street which erection deprived the existing dwelling at the rear of this lot from frontage on an accepted street. Denied. Jan. 9 Donald Lunday To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House" on Lot 10 Middleby Road. Granted, subject to the conditions that the "Transite" Flue was to be used only if heating was by gas and in the event that other methods of heating were used, a chimney was to be provided in accordance with the Lexington Building By-law, and that clapboards or shingles be used over the plywood of the exterior walls. San. 9 Joseph L. Gallini To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House" on Lot 12 Middleby Road. Granted, subject to the conditions that the "Transite" Flue was to be used only if heating was by gas and in the event that other methods of heating were used, a chim- ney was to be provided in accordance with the Lexington Build- ing By-law, and that clapboards or shingles be used over the ply- wood of the exterior walls. Jan. 23 Hugh T. Clark To: Build on three lots which were a subdivision of four lots num- bered 173, 174, 175, 176, Lots 173 and 174 being located an East- ern Avenue and Lots 175 and 176 being located on School Street. This subdivision resulted in frontages of less than 100 feet. Pe- tition granted subject to the condition that no building erected on any one of the three new lots was to be nearer than 7' feet from the side lot lines. Jan. 23 Karl Axelson To: Add a breezeway and garage to the existing dwelling at 244 East Street which would result in a side yard of 8 feet. Granted. Feb. 20 Norman W. Brown (Shell Oil Company, Incorporated) To: Erect a neon cut-out Shell sign over Shell's property at 1096 Massachusetts Avenue. Application withdrawn by the petitioner at the hearing. 28 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Feb. 20 William Ulchak To: Erect an addition to the existing dwelling at 200 Pollen Road which would result in a side yard of 10 feet. Granted. March 4 Mary Schumacher To: Alter the existing two-family dwelling at 148 Wood Street into four family apartments. Denied. March 4 Anthony R. Cataldo To: Use the existing building at 703 Massachusetts Avenue for the processing, warehousing, and selling of fresh fruits and vege- tables and to equip the existing garage for a refrigeration room. Granted, subject to the conditions that the permission granted was to be for the term of one year from March 5, 1948, and that no by-products or materials used there were to be stored outside the building and the premises were to be kept in a neat and orderly condition. March 25 Warren E. Russell To: Conduct a restaurant at 1505 Massachusetts Avenue. Granted, subject to the conditions that the use would extend only until April 1, 1949, that sufficient provision would be made for parking of automobiles of guests on the premises so that it would not be necessary to park on the street, that there would be no flood light- ing on the premises, and that any sign erected on the premises would not be appreciably larger than 20 square feet. March 25 Olive R. Feria To: Erect a duplex house on the premises located at 4-6 Allen Street. Denied. March 25 Donald Kourian To: Operate a sawmill located at 124 Grove Street. Granted, sub- ject to the condition that the permit would expire on October 1, 1948. April 2 George and Ouilla Tait To: Erect on No. 7 Carley Road a single dwelling and one -car gar- age which would result in a side yard of approximately 13 feet. Granted. April 2 Joseph E. Belcher To: Erect on Veteran's Lot #6 Hill Street, a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By-law. Granted. April 2 Joseph Connolly To: Erect on Veteran's Lot # 11 Cedar Street, a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By-law. Granted. April 2 Philip S. Gilman To: Erect on Veteran's Lot #7 Hili Street, a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By-law. Granted. April 2 David G. Govan To: Erect on Veteran's Lot #20 Cedar Street, a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By-law. Granted. POLICY 29 April 2 Richard H. Martin To: Erect on Veteran's Lot # 18 Cedar Street, a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By-law. Granted. April 2 John McCullough To: Erect on Veteran's Lot # 19 Cedar Street, a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By-law. Granted. April 2 Wilbur E. Neal To: Erect on Veteran's Lot # 16 Cedar Street, a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By-law. Granted. April 2 Harry C. Wyman To: Erect on Veteran's Lot #4 Hill Street, a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building lay -law. Granted. April 2 Mary H. Cornell To: Erect on Lot #42 Outlook Drive, a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building 13y -law. Granted. April 2 Leonard H. Brauer To: Erect on Lot #3 Lincoln Street, Barrymeade Farm Develop- ment, a dwelling designed by Charles M, Willis, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By-law. Granted. April 2 Charles D. Hufton To: Erect on Lot #3 on Burlington Street, of Land formerly owned by Jack and Helen Johnson, a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By-law. Granted. April 2 Stanley U. Locke To: Erect on premises shown on plan of 1922 Lexington Building Trust as Lots G and H, Boulder Road, a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By-law. Granted. April 2 Ruth Mitchell To: Erect on premises shown on Plan of Land, "Lexington Building Trust" as Nos. 26, 27, 28 in Block 5 on Williams Road, corner of Gleason Road, a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By- law. Granted. April 16 Lillian C. Kraff To: Create a two-family house at 259 Marred Road by altering the attic of the dwelling into an apartment. Denied. April 16 Burton A. Murray To: Erect a dwelling on the remaining portions of Lots 62 and 63 Prospect Hill Road, said lots having a total frontage of slightly over 80 feet. Granted. 30 TOWN OF LEXINGTON April 16 Anthony E. Colozzi To: Maintain a physician's office at 1963 Massachusetts Avenue. Granted. April 16 The School Committee To: Erect a public school on land lying between Adams Street and Colony Road. Granted. April 23 Oren J. Vose To: Erect on the premises located at the northeast corner of Bart- lett Avenue and Lowell Road a dwelling and garage which would not have the required set -back from Bartlett Avenue. Granted, April 23 W. E. Maloney and Arlex Oil Corporation To: Erect a building to be used as showroom, office, and garage for housing motor vehicles. Granted, subject to the condition that the premises are kept in a neat and orderly condition at all times. April 23 Fulton Brown To: Build an addition to the storage building located at 7 and 9 Muzzey Street to house a tumbling barrel. Denied. April 23 Donald T. Hill To: Erect a dwelling on Burlington Street on Lot H, which is the incorporation of Lots 17, 18, and portions of 16 and 19 in Block 11, said Lot H having a frontage of 95 feet. Granted. May 7 Frances N. Cochrane To: Extend the existing one -car garage at 2648 Massachusetts Av- enue to accommodate two cars, which extension would bring the edge of the proposed addition to within 5%4 feet of the existing tot line. Granted. May 7 J. E. Stevens To: Erect a dwelling on Lot 2 Briggs Road, which lot would have a frontage of 81.75 feet. Granted. May 21 A. V. Paynter Socony Vacuum Oil Company, Inc. To: Add a one -car lnbritorium to the existing building at 273 Bed- ford Street. Granted, subject to the condition that the premises are kept in a neat and orderly condition and that no material shall be offered for sale and stored outside the building. May 21 George A. Glover To: Erect a dwelling on Lot J Burlington Street which is the in- corporation of Lots 21, 20, and a portion of Lot 19, said Lot J having a frontage of approximately 92.66 feet. Granted. May 21 Thomas D. Kennedy, Sr. To: Erect a dwelling and garage on Lot 147A Grant Street, said lot having a frontage of 105 feet and an area of 10,020 sq. feet. Granted. May 21 Glenn Wright To: Erect a dwelling and garage on Lots 29, 30, and a portion of Lot 31 at the corner of Simonds Road and Preston Road. The POLICY 31 plot plan submitted showed a frontage of 60 feet on Preston Road, a frontage of 105 feet on Simonds Road, a setback of 30 feet from Preston Road, setback of 20 feet from Simonds Road and side - yard of 16 feet and 37 feet. Granted. May 21 Milton J. Scott To: Erect a dwelling and garage on Lots 21, 22, and a portion of Lot 23 Blake Road. The plot plan submitted showed an area of 11,320 square feet. Granted. June 4 Richard W. Hyde To: Erect on Lot 13 Cedar Street a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis which would not meet the requirements of the Lexing- ton Building By-law. Granted. June 4 Willard P. Grush To: Erect on Lot 13 Colony Road a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis which would not meet the requirements of the Lexing- ton Building By-law. Granted. June 4 Johnstone Fitz -Gerald To: Erect an Lots 40 and 41 in Block 22 Dexter Road a dwelling and garage designed by Charles M. Willis which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By-law. Denied. June 4 Lawrence W. Sharpe To: Erect on Lot 14, Lot 14A, Lot 15 and a portion of Lot 16 Nichols Road a dwelling designed by Charles M. Willis which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By-law. Granted, June 4 Shell Oil Company To: Erect one 48 -inch cut-out Shell sign attached to a sign pole at 286 Lincoln Street, Granted. June 11 Donald B. Faulkner To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House," with foundation walls conforming to the Lexington Building By- laws, on premises numbered 204 Woburn Street. Granted. June 11 William 0. Rees To: Erect on the premises numbered 16 Lexington Avenue, a dwell- ing and garage in accordance with plot plan which showed that the rear corner of the house would be seven and one-half feet from the southeast lot line and the garage on the opposite side would be seven and one-half feet from the northwest lot line and that the garage was separated from the porch at the rear of the house by a space of six feet where the land began to slope steeply toward the rear of the lot. Granted. June 25 Albert and Charlotte Crocket To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House" on Lot C, numbered 549 Marrett Road. Granted. June 25 Lawrence H. and Dorothy C. Bode To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House" on Lots A and B, numbered 555 Mirrett Road. Granted. 32 TOWN OF LEXINGTON June 25 Gertrude M. Hammond To: Use the building located at 169 Grove Street for occupancy by two families. Granted subject to the conditions that the use of the premises as a two-family house shall run not longer than five years from July 1, 1948 and that if the Building Inspector so re- quests, a second means of egress from the second floor shall be provided. June 25 Gaetano A. Coscia To: Erect a dwelling an Hill Top Avenue, on the new lot created by adding 25 feet of Lot 100 to Lot 101, the new lot having a frontage of 75 feet. Granted. June 25 John A. MacDonald To: Use the room adjoining the kitchen and garage at 342 Bedford Street, for the storage and sale of fruits, vegetables, eggs and chickens raised on the premises and slaughtered at a slaughter- house in Littleton. Granted subject to the conditions that no auto- mobiles shall be parked on Bedford Street in front of the premises and that the permit shall expire July 1, 1949. June 25 Countryside Associates, Inc., by Loreto Visco To: Use a portion of the land owned by the estate of Howard M. Munroe on Lowell Street, adjacent to Countryside, Incorporated, for a golf driving range. Granted subject to the conditions that sufficient parking space on the land of the Estate of Munroe is provided to eliminate parking on the streets, that the operation of the driving range shall cease by 11:00 P.M., and that the per- mit shall expire June 25, 1949. July 8 Frank J. Moore To: Erect a greenhouse at 222 Follen Road. Granted. July 8 Ralph B. Witthus To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House," with a cellar and foundation wall conforming to the Lexington Building By-law, on the premises numbered 503 Lowell Street. Granted. July 8 Lillian B. Cunha To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House" on Lots 5 and 6, Block 95, Reed Street. Granted. July 8 John C. Kehoe by Monson MacPhee To: Erect a dwelling on Lots 35B, 36, 37, 38B in Block 23 Bertwell Road, said lots having a total frontage of 80.04 feet. Granted. July 22 William Neal To: Use the building located at 16 Curve Street for the storing and lettering of trucks and the carrying on of a sign business. Denied. July 22 Milton C. Shaw To: Erect at 142 Grant Street a garage which would be set back 12% feet from the street line and 3 feet from the northeasterly lot line. Denied. July 22 Shell Oil Company To: Erect one 48 -inch neon sign on a sign pole at 286 Lincoln Street. Granted. POLICY August 12 Franklin H. Childs To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House" on La 166 Calvin Street. Granted, subject to the condition that a foundation in accordance with the Lexington Building By-law is provided. August 12 Harold Kelley To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House" on Lot 167 Calvin Street. Granted, subject to the condition that a foundation in accordance with the Lexington Building By-law is provided. August 12 Domenic Sicari DeAmicis To: Make, to the barn located at 218 Bedford Street, certain altera- tions which will make it possible for the petitioner to carry on his work as consultant in electronics. Granted, subject to the conditions that the antenna to be erected on the building would approximate in appearance that commonly used for television receiving, that the top of the antenna would not be located more than approximately 50 feet from the ground, and that the use of the premises shall not extend beyond September 1, 1951. August 12 Joseph A. Costa To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House," with a cellar and foundation wall conforming to the Lexington Building By-law, on the premises numbered 115 Reed Street. Granted. August 12 William G. Grinnell To: Erect, at 35 Harding Road, a garage of prefabricated construc- tion which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Building By-law. Granted. August 26 Ernest E. Alger, Jr. To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House" on Lot 114 Fair Oaks Drive. Granted, subject to the condition that a foundation in accordance with the Lexington Building By-law is provided. August 26 S. J. Hymers To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House" on Sunnyfield Lot 52 Ivan Street. Petition withdrawn at the hearing. August 26 Florence C. Capone To: Erect a greenhouse for private use at 1099 Massachusetts Avenue. The petitioner stated at the hearing that she wished to change the location of an existing greenhouse on these premises and locate it so that it lined up with the garage on the other side side of the house. Granted, subject to the condition that no com- mercial use is made of the greenhouse. August 26 Anthony J. Ruggiero To: Use, on the dwelling on Lot 34 Richard Road, a brick -faced wall consisting of 4" brick backed up by a 4" cinder block. It was stated at the hearing that there would be brick headers every seventh course and that the space betwen the headers and the cinder block would he filled with mortar. Granted. 33 34 TOWN OF LEXINGTON August 26 Harvey Atkinson To: Erect, at 1351 Massachusets Avenue, a two -car garage on the northeasterly side of his existing residence, attached to the build- ing and located 7% feet from the northwesterly lot line. Granted, September 9 Milton C. Shaw To: Erect, at 142 Grant Street, a one -car garage which would be set back 12 feet from the street line and 15 feet from the north- easterly lot line. Granted. September 9 Ruth S. Lyons To: Reshingle the roof and sides of the house at 1314 Massachu- setts Avenue, with wooden shingles. Granted. September 9 John Callahan To: Erect a dwelling and garage on Lots 29, 28, 27 and a portion of 26 in Block 9, Blake Road, said lots having a total frontage of 95 feet. Granted. September 9 Henry E. Trotta To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House" on Lot 144 Donald Street. Granted, subject to the condition that a perimeter foundation wall in accordance with the Lexington Building 13y -law is provided. September 9 Harvey Newgent To: Erect dwellings on Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 East Street, using the so- called box frame construction. Granted. September 9 Harvey Newgent To: Erect dwellings on Lots 15, 16, 17 East Street, using the so- called box frame construction. Granted. September 9 Harvey Newgent To: Erect dwellings on Lots 18 and 19 Lowell Street, using the so- called box frame construction. Granted. September 23 School Committee To: Construct the Fiske School, located on land lying between Adams Street and Colony Road, allowing larger area between fire walls than provided in the Lexington Building By-law and eliminating sprinklers in the "B" area on the plans as well as eliminating fire doors shown on the same plans. Granted, with the recommenda- tion that a thermal fire alarm system connected to the town fire alarm system be installed through all parts of the building. October 28 First Parish Church To: Make a one-story addition of third class, instead of first class, construction. Granted. October 28 George A. Selfridge To: Erect dwellings on two lots on Manning Street, which are the sub -division of three lots shown on plot plan submitted as Lots 36, 37, 38. One of the new lots had a frontage of 106 feet and an area of approximately 9570 square feet, and the other lot had a frontage of approximately 82 feet and an area of approximately POLICY 35 12580 square feet. Granted, subject to the condition that the houses would be located as shown on the plan submitted, i. e., the houses be set back 25 feet from Manning Street and in no case less than 20 feet from the new lot lines. October 28 Donald Kourian To: Continue the use of the sawmill located at 124 Grove Street, for a temporary period. Granted, subject to the following condi- tions: That the mill will not be operated beyond July 1, 1949 and that immediately following this date, the sawmill will be dis- mantled and removed from the premises. October 28 Maxine J. Mowll To: Conduct a kindergarten at 19 Oakland Street, between the hours of 9:00 to 12:00, for a period of one year. Granted, subject to the following conditions: That not more than 15 children would be accommodated, that their activities shall be supervised at ail times, that there should be no outdoor play period and that the use of the premises as a kindergarten shall not extend beyond July 1, 1949. October 28 Elenoir C. Hood To: Teach piano at 41 Reed Street. Granted so long as the peti- tioner occupies the premises and that she personally teaches piano. November 18 Salvador Cassella To: Make an addition to the existing dwelling at 97 Reed Street, which addition would be closer to the existing garage on the premises than allowed by the Lexington Building By-law, No one appeared for the hearing. November 18 Willard I. Woodis To: Make a third -floor apartment in the dwelling located at 41 Grant Street. Denied. November 18 Charles G. Davis To: Add to and enlarge the existing one -car garage at 9 Wash- ington Street to accommodate two cars. The plan submitted showed that the proposed new garage would be approximately 121 feet from the existing dwelling and 3 feet from the exist- ing lot line. Granted, provided that the garage be constructed in the manner and of materials required by the General Laws, in- cluding the rules and regulations of the Department of Public Safety. November 18 Biagio Cacciola To: Erect and maintain a greenhouse at 706 Marrett Road. Granted. December 2 Abbott Spray & Farm Equipment Company To: Maintain a retail gasoline and oil station at 916 Waltham Street. Denied. December 2 W. E. Doran To: Erect and maintain a greenhouse and boiler room at 154 East Street. Granted. 36 TOWN OF LEXINGTON December 2 Shell Oil Company To: Construct a 2 -bay lubritorium addition to the existing service station at Massachusetts Avenue and Maple Street. Denied. December 16 George B. Medeiros To: Erect a prefabricated dwelling known as the "Wolsey House" with a breezeway and garage on Lot 9 Middleby Road, Granted, subject to the condition that a foundation conforming to the Lexington Building By-law be provided under the entire struc- ture. December 16 Thomas F. Connors To: Enlarge the existing one -car garage located at 2151 Massa- chusetts Avenue, to accommodate two cars. The plan submitted showed that the proposed addition would be 8 feet from the ex- isting lot line in the rear and 14 feet from the lot line at the front of the garage. Granted. December 16 Salvador Cassella To: Make an addition to the existing dwelling at 97 Reed Street. The plans submitted showed that the proposed addition would be 6'/a feet from the existing garage on the premises. Granted. December 16 Arthur J. Williams To: Erect a dwelling on Lots 13 and 14 North Street which are located partly in Lexington and partly in Burlington. Plans sub- mitted showed that the portion of Lots 13 and 14 located in Lex- ington would be approximately 40 feet deep with a frontage of 100 feet on North Street for each lot, or a total area in Lexing- ton of approximately 8000 square feet. Denied. A hearing on the petition of Richard H. Childs for permission to main- tain a convalescent and rest home at 7 Adams Street was scheduled and advertised, but the petitioner withdrew his application before the date of the hearing. The Board recalls in particular its pleasant association with Mr. John Milton Brown, a faithful member of the Board of Appeals for eight years, and deeply regrets his passing. During this past year, the Board was sorry to have Mr. Elmer C. Houd- lette, who had been a regular member of the Board since 1947, resign as a regular member and was pleased when he rejoined the Board as an asso- ciate member. The Board also had the pleasure of welcoming Kr. Thomas G. Lynah and Mr. Aiden L. Ripley as regular members of the Board of Appeals. The Board extends its appreciation to Mr. Walter C. Ballard and Mr. J. Henry Duffy, associate members of the Board of Appeals, for their valued assistance on the Board. Respectfully submitted, ERROL H. LOCKE, Chairman LESTER T. REDMAN JOHN F. RICH THOMAS G. LYNAH AIDEN L. RIPLEY ELMER C. HOUDLETTE POLICY 37 REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD December 31, 1948 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: In March, 1948, the Town Meeting, accepting the provisions of Chapter 340, Acts of 1947, transferred to the Planning Board the duties and re- sponsibilities of the Board of Survey which thereupon went out of exist- ence. Chapter 340 also created new powers of subdivision control and these, as required by the statute, were given to the Planning Board. As a result the nature of the Work to be performed by the PIanning Board was materially altered and the amount greatly increased. Whereas the Planning Board had formerly been a purely advisory body it now be- came an administrative body as well with powers to decide, rather than to recommend, on matters affecting subdivisions. One of the first projects of the new Board was to frame and adopt a new set of subdivision regulations. During the year it held 45 regular meetings. At these meetings a wide variety of problems was considered. Among them were problems having to do with the following: parking meters; sale of tax title property; bus routes; veterans housing plans; parking areas; an aerial survey; zoning changes; subdivision regulations; release of bonds on subdivisions; numerous problems on particular subdivisions. The Board held 25 conferences with subdividers, developers or their representatives. It held two public hearings on subdivision matters and one on zoning. The Board conferred with the Recreation Committee on possible loca- tion of playgrounds. Representatives of the Board conferred with the Arlington Planning Board in regard to a proposed subdivision in Arlington on the Concord Turnpike and in some measure was influential in preventing the establish- ment of a. business area that would have created traffic hazards. The Board met with the Selectmen and the Cemetery Commissioners in regard to a proposed conversion of the Minuteman Golf Club property into a cemetery. It also was represented at the legislative hearing on the matter in the State House. The cemetery project was finally discarded. The Board had an aerial survey made of the Town. The resultant stereoscopic photos have been of considerable help in subdivision matters and have been used by other departments of the Town. The population map, showing the location of all dwellings, was brought up to date and has proved very useful on various occasions both to the Board itself and other departments of the Town. In conjunction with the Lexington Arts & Crafts Society the Board drafted a new provision for the Zoning Bylaw covering "customary home occupations." The Town Meeting in March, 1948, authorized the Board to spend certain sums on the preparation of a revision of the Zoning Bylaw and Map. To this end the Board employed Mr. John T. Blackwell as consultant. A great deal of time and effort went into this project. The Board believed that the existing Bylaw needed to be improved and changed in various important respects to keep it up to date with practice elsewhere and to reflect the current and prospective growth of the Town. Among the sub - 38 TOWN OF LEXINGTON jects involved were types of zones, lot sizes, off-street parking, setbacks, the combining of small lots into larger ones and others. The revised Bylaw was nearing completion at the year end. The Board especially wishes to acknowledge the help and guidance of Mr. William M. Burns, the Town Engineer, who attended all of its meet- ings after the Board assumed its new duties in March. Mr. Thayer Rudd resigned from the Board in April and the Select- men in conjunction with the Planning Board appointed, in his place, Mr. F. K. Johnson. In November Mr. Elmer C. Houdlette resigned and was replaced by Mr. Aiden L. Ripley. The Board is grateful for the cooperation of the Selectmen, of Mr. Daniel A. Lynch, the Town Counsel, and of other departments and officials of the Town during the year. Respectfully submitted, ALAN G. ADAMS F. K. JOHNSON GORDON D. RICHARDS AMEN L. RIPLEY EDWIN WWII/EN, JR. RICHARD P. CROMWELL, Chairman REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Pursuant to Section 6 of Article XI of the General By -Laws of the Town of Lexington, I hereby submit my report in writing as Town Counsel for the period from January 1, 1948 to December 31, 1948. In accordance with the said By -Laws, my report is divided as follows: (a) All actions by or against the Town which were pending on Jan- uary 1, 1948. (b) All actions brought by or against the Town during 1948. (c) All actions settled or disposed of during 1948. (d) The amounts received by the Town Counsel as compensation and disbursements for services not covered by the regular salary of the Town Counsel during 1948. "(a) All actions by or against the Town which were pending on Jan- uary 1, 1948: 1. Town of Lexington v. a Resident of the Town, Middlesex Superior Court No. 151658. Action of contract for reimbursement for assistance given under General Laws, Chapter 117. 2. Town of Lexington v. a Resident of the Town, Middlesex Superior Court No. 151810. Action of contract for reimbursement for assistance given under General Laws, Chapter 117. 3. Ernest B. Johnson v. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 153921. Petition for jury assessment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway purposes. "(b) All actions brought by or against the Town during 1948." 1. Owen McDevitt v. Middlesex County Commissioners, Middlesex Su- perior Court No. 154397. Petition for jury assessment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway purposes. POLICY 39 2. James J. Murphy, et ux v. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 154028. Petition for jury assessment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway purposes. 3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. William Wittholm, District Court of Central Middlesex. Initiation and prosecution of complaints for violation of Plumbing By -Laws. 4. Josephine P. Bailey v. Town of Lexington and Middlesex County Commissioners, Middlesex Superior Court No. 155572. Petition for jury as- sessment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway purposes. 5. W. John Baskin, et al v. Town of Lexington and Middlesex County Commissioners, Middlesex Superior Court No. 155570. Petition for jury as- sessment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway purposes. 6. Albert H. Burnham v. Town of Lexington and Middlesex County Commissioners, Middlesex Superior Court No. 155567. Petition for jury as- sessment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway purposes. 7. John J. Kelly, et als v. Town of Lexington and Middlesex County Commissioners, Middlesex Superior Court No. 155571. Petition for jury assessment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway purposes. 8. Everett Kourian v. Town of Lexington and Middlesex County Com- missioners, Middlesex Superior Court No. 156250. Petition for jury assess- ment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway purposes. 9. John Morrow, Jr., et al v. Town of Lexington and Middlesex County Commissioners, Middlesex Superior Court No. 155573. Petition for jury as- sessment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway purposes. 10. William B. Porter, et al v. Town of Lexington and Middlesex County Commissioners, Middlesex Superior Court No. 155569. Petition for jury assessment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway pur- poses. 11. William B. Porter, et als v. Town of Lexington and Middlesex County Commissioners, Middlesex Superior Court No. 155574. Petition for jury assessment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway pur- poses. 12. Carl F. i]hlendorf, et ale v. Town of Lexington and Middlesex County Commissioners, Middlesex Superior Court No. 155568. Petition for jury assessment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway pur- poses. 13. Town of Lexington v. Thomas Morrison, Middlesex Superior Court No. 14895 -Equity. Bili in equity to enjoin violation of Zoning Law. 14. Thomas A. Napoli v. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 155565. Petition for jury assessment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway purposes. 15. Helen B. Sarano v. Town of Lexington and Middlesex County Com- missioners, Middlesex Superior Court No. 155566. Petition for jury assess- ment of damages arising out of taking of Iand for highway purposes. 16. Marie A. Miller, et al v. Town of Lexington and Middlesex County Commissioners, Middlesex Superior Court. Petition for jury assessment of damages arising out of taking of land for highway purposes. 17. Town of Lexington v. Robert L. Nay, Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex (non -entry). Action of tort for property damages to Town automobile. 18. Town of Lexington v. Fulton Brown, Middlesex Superior Court Na. 14932 -Equity. Bill in equity to enjoin violation of Zoning Law. 40 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 19. August Schumacher v. Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals, Emer- gency Housing Commission No. 47-139. Appeal from decision of Board of Appeals denying petitioner permission to convert an existing two-family dwelling into a dwelling for multiple occupancy. 20. Chesley W. Teele v. Paul W. Franks (Town of Lexington), Dis- trict Court of Central Middlesex No. 12082. 21. Palmina Sanseverino v. Lexington Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 1-74038. Petition for abatement of real estate tax. 22. Maud A. Needham v. Lexington Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-74237. Petition for abatement of real estate tax. 23. Frank L. Stevens, et al v. Lexington Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 1-74681. Petition for abatement of real estate tax. 24. Arthur G. Brick, et al v. Lexington Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-75292. Petition for abatement of real estate tax. 25. Carl R. Queander, et al v. Lexington Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 1-75861. Petition for abatement of real estate tax. 26. Norman T. May, et al v. Lexington Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-75862. Petition for abatement of real estate tax. 27. Charles Everett Ross, et al v. Lexington Board of Assessors, Ap- pellate Tax Board No. X-75949. Petition for abatement of real estate tax. "(c) All actions settled or disposed of during 1948." 1. Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. William Wittholm. Case dis- posed of by procuring conviction for violation of General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 142, Section 3, and Section 3 of the Lexington Plumbing By -Laws and assessment of fine for each violation. 2. Town of Lexington v. Robert L. Nay. Case disposed of by payment to Town of $277.30. 3. Mary Schumacher v. Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals. Case dis- posed of by opinion of the Emergency Housing Commission ordering issuance of permit. 4. James J. Murphy, et al v. Town of Lexington. Case disposed of by payment to plaintiff of $1,000.00 and abatement of water betterment assess- ment upon execution of confirmatory deed and release to the Town. 5. Ernest B. Johnson, Jr. v. Town of Lexington. Case disposed of by payment to plaintiff of $200.00 and abatement of water betterment assess- ment upon execution of confirmatory deed and release to the Town. 6. Helen B. Sarano v. Town of Lexington and Middlesex County Com- missioners. Case disposed of by payment to plaintiff of $1,432.33 upon execu- tion of a confirmatory deed and release to the Town. 7. Marie A. Miller, et al v. Town of Lexington. Case disposed of by payment to plaintiffs of $1,100.00 upon execution of confirmatory deed and release to Town of Lexington and execution of partial release from Lexing- ton Savings Bank. 8. Thomas A. Napoli v. Town of Lexington. Case disposed of by pay- ment to the plaintiff of $1,500.00 and deferment of payment of water better- ment assessments upon execution by the plaintiff of a confirmatory deed and release to the Town. 9. Palmina Sanseverino v. Lexington Board of Assessors. Case dis- posed of by decision of Appellate .Tax Board ordering abatement in the amount of $25.20. POLICY 41 10. Maud A. Needham v. Lexington Board of Assessors. Case disposed of in the Appellate Tax Board by a decision for the Board of Assessors. "(d) The amounts received by the Town Counsel as compensation and disbursements for services not covered by the regular salary of the Town Counsel during 1948." Town of Lexington v. Robert L. Nay Disbursements: Middlesex Deputy Sheriffs, Service of Writ Town of Lexington v. William Wittholm Karl G. Magnuson v. Town of Lexington James J. Carroll, Jr. v. Town of Lexington Opposing House Bill # 1478 re Use of Land for Cemetery Purposes Mary Schumacher v. Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals .... Ernest B. Johnson, Jr_ v. Town of Lexington James J. Murphy, et al v. Town of Lexington Disbursements: Photostatic copy of Murphy Deeds Photostatic copy of Order of Taking of Grove Street Property Helen B. Sarano v. Town of Lexington Disbursements: Recording Deed, Registry of Deeds 3.00 Recording Death Certificate George Sarano 1.50 Thomas A. Napoli v. Town of Lexington, et al 50.00 Palmina Sanseverino v. Town of Lexington 50.00 Maud A. Needham v. Town of Lexington 50.00 Marie A. Miller, et al v. Town of Lexington 50.00 Disbursements: Recording Confirmatory Deed Acquisition of Sewer Easement from Town of Arlington Disbursements: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Recording Easement Recording Plan Lexington Estates Trust v. Town of Lexington Disbursements: Recording Fee 3.50 Board of Survey Agreement with Custom Built Homes, Inc. 100.00 Drafting Various Deeds and Easements 395.00 Recording Fees 28.63 30.00 3.75 50.00 15.00 25.00 42 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Public Works REPORT OF THE SUPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: During the year 1948 the Public Works Department was confronted with an unusual construction program even in excess of new construction 100.00 in the year 1947. This was due to the continued demand for water and sewer 75.00 main extensions; the replacement in some instances of undersized water 50.00 mains; construction of trunk sewers, and the unusual number of house con - 100.00 nections for water and sewer services. Consequently, maintenance work in general was limited to the most urgent requirements, with the exception 1.60 of surface treatment of roads which was quite substantial. Our clerical work continued to increase because of construction activity. 2.80 In order to expedite the billing of betterment assessments and charges for 50.00 the installation of services, and to keep office records and other clerical work up to date, indications are that another clerk should be added to our present staff. During 1948 all clerks in the Public Works Department were put under the Administrative Office and could be placed in any one of the department offices, where the need was most acute. This was helpful, but could not be used to advantage as each girl was fully occupied with her own duties. In May of this year, Mr, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, retired and the position of Assistant Superintendent of Public Works and Town Engi- neer was then consolidated and Mr. William M. Burns, former Ass't Super - 3.25 intendent of Public Works appointed to fulfill both positions. The arrange - 50.00 ment has worked out very satisfactorily and Mr. Burns has done an excellent job of coordinating the engineering work with the actual construction. This 3.50 arrangement is a logical one due to the close relationship that must exist 185 between the Engineering Department and construction work done by the 5.00 Public Works Department. The personnel of the Engineering Department 75 has been increased by the addition of one Chief of Party and one Transit Man, who have proved to be capable and have strengthened our organization considerably. Our outside work personnel, under the direction of our General Fore- man, has accomplished a tremendous amount of work comparable to the heavy construction work of 1947, as the records hereinafter noted will indi- cate. $1,374.38 My appreciation is hereby extended to the members of the Board of Selectmen, the Town Treasurer, the Clerk of the Board of Assessors, the Clerk of the Board of Selectmen, and to the members of the various unpaid Boards for the generous assistance and cooperation so graciously extended to me during the past year. Respectfully submitted, DANIEL A. LYNCH Town Counsel Our Park Department, under the direction of Superintendent John J. Garrity and his General Foreman, have performed a very satisfactory service. Indications are that the demand for new construction in 1949 will still be substantial and it would be desirable to supplement our outside work personnel with qualified men when available, especially in the Water and Sewer Departments. The following table shows the comparison of the employee personnel for the years noted: Administration Engineering Clerical Parks Mechanics & Janitors *Highway *Water & Sewer Labor Pool Plumbing & Building Inspectors Wire Inspector Totals PUBLIC WORKS 43 44 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Dec. 31 Dec. 31 Dec. 31 Dec. 31 Dec. 31 Dec. 31 further surface treatment of streets. $1000. from Middlesex County, 11000. 1941 1943 1945 1946 1947 1948 from the State of Massachusetts and $1000. furnished by the Town of 7 2 2 2 3 3 Lexington. 6 5 5 5 5 7 With the above funds a section of Woburn Street starting at Massa - 6 4 3 4 5 6 chusetts Avenue .59 miles in length containing 10,333 square yards was 9 2 5 4 5 5 honed and Massachusetts Avenue was sealed starting at Wood Street and 9 5 5 5 5 5 extending a distance of .53 miles to Marrett Road. Area sealed 11,200 20 4 0 0 0 0 square yards. 18 9 2 2 2 2 Quantities of asphalt and aggregate used and unit costs for above sur - 0 0 13 20 31 29 face treatments are as follows: 2 2 2 1 1 1 78 34 38 2 1 46 1 1 1 1 58 59 "Consolidated for most part under "Labor Pool" in 1945. General The consolidation of the Building and Plumbing Departments late in 1946, under Mr. E. A. Lindstrom, has proved to be a satisfactory arrange- ment. This department has had another very busy year due to the increased building activities and Mr. Lindstrom has performed his many duties in a very capable manner. The reports of the Town Engineer, Park Superintendent and the Wire, Plumbing and Building Inspectors are given in detail in separate reports for your information. HIGHWAY DIVISION Highway Construction (Contract) The construction of five streets, in- cluding drainage, was let out on contract and the work completed. The streets and pertinent information are as follows: Area. Contract Street Length. Pavement Drainage Price Rhodes Street 265' 707 sq.yds. 55' 12" conc. pipe $2608,75 Lockwood Road 240' 640 sq.yds. 315' 12" conc. pipe 3062.75 Byron Avenue 271' 722 sq.yds. 204' 12" conc. pipe 3204.50 Grant Street 2480' 8267 sq.yds. 1093' 12" conc. pipe 36768.90 Winter Street 2733' 7288 sq.yds. 1904' 12" conc. pipe] 29276.75 15" conc. pipe] $74921.65 The above construction was in accordance with aur specifications for one course penetration macadam. Road 'Maintenance: Surface treatment was applied to forty streets having a total length of 12.72 miles and an area of 219,745 square yards. Two types of treatment were used: The first was honing and the second was sealing. All of the following work was done with Town labor and equipment. Honing: Thirty-one streets, 7.01 miles in length containing 108,900 square yards were honed. Sealing: A seal coat was applied to seven streets, 4.59 miles in length containing 89,312 square yards. Under Chapter 90 Maintenance the sum of -$3000. was available for Honing: .59 gallons of asphalt, 76.5 pounds of peastone and sand used per square yard. Entire cost including equipment was .159 cents per square yard. Sealing: .335 gallons of asphalt, 34.5 pounds of 5/8" crushed stone and rice stone used per square yard. Entire cost including equipment was .112 cents per square yard. The cost of honing noted above is higher than usual because of the poor condition of the roads after the severe winter of 1947 and 1948. An- other reason for added costs was due to the many service connections and sewer and water mains constructed which disrupted street surfaces with the result that heavier applications of asphalt and aggregate were neces- sary to obtain a satisfactory contour to the surface. Chapter 90 Construction: The sum of 115,000. was made available to continue the construction and relocation of Grove Street. The County, State and Town equally share the cost of this work. A contract was let late in 1948, however, construction will not be started until the spring of 1949, when the weather is favorable for this type of work. Board of Survey Developments: The Planning Board will report on this item in their yearly report. Miscellaneous: All streets were cleaned in the spring and Lexington Centre was cleaned every morning. Because of the severe winter an un- usual amount of patching of streets was necessary in the spring. Other patching was done during the year as required, All catch basins were cleaned in the spring and the usual fall cleaning was omitted, except in locations where it was most essential for proper drainage. The widening and deepening of brook channels; replacement of guard rail; maintenance of existing drainage; and roadside maintenance was continued, but was limited, of necessity, due to the tremendous amount of new construction the department was called upon to do this year. Snow Removal: Starting in January we had a most severe winter. The extraordinary snowstorms in December of 1947 were forerunners to frequent snowstorms that we experienced throughout the winter with scarcely any letup. The unusual amount of snow made it necessary to remove snow from practically all main streets. Other streets had to be widened repeatedly, and this was a real problem, particularly on narrow streets. The plowing of sidewalks was impossible in many instances. No sooner was the plowing of one storm completed, including partial widen- ing and snow removal, when another storm would be upon us. Our own equipment, which we have secured during the past three years, proved to be most valuable. The accompanying table "Cost of Snowstorms" gives a breakdown of all storms. Cost of SitOW Storms PUBLIC WORKS 0100 t4. 4S CO 47 CO 1 r 4J e;rrmry0100 1 4;00 co V Ccrl e ea 4e en 00 w ' LD St e a ca 0 00r- t- Ch t-a.i .4 U0 E-1 :00 v 07 000 - 00 1-1 OS Ch 0) c K"11wmCCaaarnCh 04 CO OD OD 06 GNi er co ca a r4 LS OS OS CO 0PW o - ,- 1-4 D ° 'n os dm M C=5 Cr TO 00 DDD eo do W 00 ea 01 L0 N LO CO d N11000 •r C7 d G N.4 x/4141 WOG] oe, C6 CA o0Stalmom CSLS CO E ~ o CO w ,-i . 4 OC . 00 Ni0 7.4.4 > W N NG ca N O NN eLco4500t- eioo 4e •... cmoU0-0400wUD0/oo Ey�"01- 0 OS CA "- �roocao0 69 -v Do4o40 x 0.oop 11000 W CS 00 LO CO� 00 10 0001co G7 w w W eg r 4. o g co t0 0 ca 00 CO tO g la 747444434 4° ril i Z 0000,4,1.000,'M C0C00,11-11-40104N• WWMM r-1 45 46 TOWN OF LEXINGTON ..s, Street Lighting: Nineteen lamps were installed on various streets °[ this year: 15-800 lumen; and 4-6000 lumen. eb w be 8 In addition to the above, 42-6000 lumen lamps and poles were removed co o on Massachusetts Avenue from Woburn Street to the Minute Man and were so 7s m replaced with 31-10,000 lumen lights and new poles of greater height with- °° og out cost to the Town of Lexington. This change in lighting gives us the 1!] 0 glatest in lighting at practically .no change in our lighting costs, and in ad - 0 i0 0 dition, all night lighting for the Centre. ' =.0 800 Lumens 2500 Lumens 6000 Lumens 10,000 Lumens �' Lamps in Service 09- O Dec. 31, 1948 1168 49 36 31 w p1 Traffic Regulation and Control: Street lines were painted in the busi- r44 ness sections of the town and in several other locations where the need was 0 • o most essential. A Street Marking Machine was purchased this year and delivery made in the late summer. We had an opportunity to use it dur- ,n,4-1 ing the fall months and indications are that it will be a great labor saving 0 o piece of equipment. ed .Cy The cost of laying out the lines for either hand painting or machine m 0 o painting is nearly the same, however, the application of paint will be 01 i speeded up tremendously. The intention is to paint the lines both spring eq o and fall, which should last sufficiently between paintings so as to eliminate m 0 layout work except where road surface treatment is applied or where $ 03 changes are deemed advisable. Since there is an apparent need for more Qi -4 extensive marking of streets, it is contemplated that this can be done at a c minimum cost with our new machine. a. a Street Signs: Approximately 100 new metal street signs were erected. se- $ c Miscellaneous repairs were necessary for many of our existing signs, w�, including painting. There is still a shortage of 2" steel pipe, however, we m 0 were fortunate in getting delivery in sufficient quantity to erect the above - g mentioned signs. 4:v c9 CI w b Road Machinery: Equipment purchased and received during the year o- Qi 3 i• was as follows: xo A. Two—Ford 2 -ton Dump Trucks. , B. Two—Ford %-ton Pickup Trucks. m ° m C. One—Ford 1 -ton Pickup Trucks. a m c D. One—Chevrolet %-ton Pickup Trucks. E. One—Buffalo Springfield 3 to 4 ton Sidewalk Roller . E g F. One—Two-door Chevrolet Stylemaster Sedan. o m Z The above pieces of equipment are all replacements of old equipment, 1E a? with the exception of one sdi-ton Pickup Truck which was needed for Water i 0 tn 0Department maintenance. This truck included a special body with tom- o a m partments to store materials and tools. a.03 M Repairs to our equipment have been done by aur own mechanics and 3 ai the extent of same are as follows: g �' o Public Works Vehicles -348 repair orders m 0 Police Cars — 18 repair orders b as o Miscellaneous —15 repair orders i R Drai nage Construction: Drainage completed this year is as follows: k .0 a Lcation Type of Pipe Size of Pipe Length of Pipe Cost North Hancock S. Concrete 12" 495' $2404.49 Rear of Central Fire Station Concrete 30" 409' 3790.98 66%N $10633.43 PUBLIC WORKS 47 Winthrop Road Concrete S 36" 586' Z 12" 40' 8825.91 $14521.38 Ashes and Dumps: 3464 barrels of ashes and 8 truckloads of refuse were collected at the various schools and public buildings and disposed of at the Lincoln Street Dump. The Dump has been the source of many com- plaints, however, they have been reduced this year, since the time of dump- ing has been controlled and a competent attendant placed in charge during dumping hours. A light wire fence and gate have been erected. The gate is opened at 7:00 A. M. and locked at 5:30 P. M., except on Sundays when the Dump is closed at 2:30 P. M. Curbing Coerstructian: Approximately 465 feet of curbing were in- stalled on the northerly side of Woburn Street starting at a point near Vine Street and extending to Utica Street. WATER DIVISION General Information Range of static pressure in mains 21 to 120 pounds Length of Pipe in streets 84.14 miles Number of services 3676 Number of hydrants 702 Total water consumption in 1948 381,990,000 gallons Average daily water consumption in 1948 1,043,700 gallons Average daily consumption per capita 68 gallons 1948 Water Construction (Town Labor and Equipment) Size o f Length Street Pipe of Pipe Adams Street Bernard Street Bowman Street Calvin Street Carl Street Carley Road Donald Street Eldred Street Fiske School Henderson Road Homestead Street Ivan Street Ledgelawn Avenue from Bedford St. Ledgelawn Avenue from Liberty Ave. Liberty Avenue Marrett Road Middleby Road Moon Hill Road Munroe Road 12" 8" 8" 6" 6" 6" 6" 6" 6" 6" 6" 56" 18.. 6" 100' 650' 900' 327' 279' 573' 793' 796' 1590' 650' 686' 692' 433' Type of Cost per Pipe Foot Total Cast Iron. Cement Lined $6.09 $609.77 Cement Lined 4.18 2706.71 Cement Lined 4.86 4374.49 Cement Lined 3.62 1184.21 Cement Lined 3.28 915.63 Cement Lined 3.75 2150.79 Cement Lined 3.01 2387.47 Cement Lined 2.79 2225.50 Cement Lined 2.77 4399.44 Cement Lined 3.67 2387.06 Cement Lined 3.28 2252.00 Cement Lined Cement Lined 3.58 4030.37 575' Cement Lined 3.09 1766.93 6" 425' 6" 265' 8" 192' 10" 1071' 6" 650' 6" 265' Cement Lined Cement Lined Cement Lined Cement Lined Cement Lined Cement Lined 3.13 3.29 5.38 5.04 5.36 3.79 1328.56 872.38 1032.64 5400,82 3482.19 1004.90 48 Myrna Road Outlook Drive Rindge Avenue Williams Road Wilson Road Woodcliffe Road Totals Size of Pipe 6" 8" 10" 12" Street TOWN OF LEXINGTON 6" 680' Cement Lined 2.48 1686.48 6" 64' Cement Lined 2.76 176.76 6" 208' Cement Lined 2.66 553.87 6" 82' Cement Lined 8.77 309.28 6" 793' Cement Lined 3.21 2547.74 8" 610' Cement Lined 4.31 2630.16 14349' $52416.15 Average Cost of Construction Total Length Cost Per Laid Foot 10393' $3.28 2785' 4.42 1071' 5.04 100' 6.09 1948 Water Construction (Contract) Size of Pipe Length of Pipe Type of Pipe Cast Iron 500' Cement Lined 976' Cement Lined 700' Cement Lined 6068' Cement Lined Burlington Street 8" Fern Street 10" Grove Street 5 8" 112" Maple Street from Lowell Street 12" Maple Street from Mass. Ave. 12" North Street 8" Winter Street 12" Size of Pipe 8" 10" 12" Totals Average Cost Total Length Laid 3567' 976' 12852' 17395' 2027' Cement Lined 3077' 2367' 1680' 17395' of Construction Cost per Foot $5.85 11.74 9.41 Extent of Distributing System, January 1, 1949 Size of pipe 16" 12" 10" 8" 6" 4" Total Cement Lined Cement Lined Cement Lined Length in Feet 11485 68374 20668 97916 228779 17086 444308 Total Cost $20,855.43 11,461.68 120,916.07 $153,233.18 PUBLIC WORKS 49 Hydrant Installation Hydrants in service January 1, 1948 648 Hydrants installed in 1948 59 Hydrants removed in 1948 5 Hydrants in service December 31, 1948 702 1948 Water Construction (General) During this year the existing 4" and 6" water mains which extended down Maple Street a distance of 3000' from the connection to our 12" main on Massachusetts Avenue were replaced with a 12" main and extended another 2000 feet through to connect with our 16" main on Lowell Street. This makes a most necessary cross connection to our two sources of supply, which assures us of a more constant supply of water. The 4" main on Fern Street was replaced with a 10" main, which has been a decided im- provement to the water supply in that district, particularly for fire pro- tection. 1948 Water Maintenance Number of new services installed 297-21,045 lin. ft. Number of services renewed 1. Curb to house 9 2. Main to house 16 3. Main to curb 57 Number of services repaired 15 Work orders completed 1788 Meters: 297 meters have been added to the system this year and 134 have been removed, repaired, tested and placed in service. We now have 3676 meters in use. Standpipe: Our steel standpipe was painted this year for the first time since erection in 1934. The interior was sandblasted and three coats of paint applied, and the exterior was wire brushed and two coats applied. The tank was found to be in good condition, however, painting was nec- essary. Office Equipment: A Sundstrand Water Billing Machine was pur- chased this year to replace our old machine. It has proved to be most efficient. Distributing Mains: Water main breaks were repaired in the follow- ing locations: Street Size of Main Cary Avenue 6" Grant Street 8" Harding Road 6" Independence Avenue 8" Oakland Avenue 6" Shade Street 8" SEWER DIVISION General Information Lexington is part of the North Metropolitan Sewerage District. Area tributary to existing sewer system 3.59 sq. miles Total length of trunk line sewers 7.60 miles Total length street sewers 23.19 miles Total number of house connections 1257 50 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Amount expended for maintenance $6022.78 1949 Sewer Assessment Rate 9.10 per lin. ft. Number of sewer services installed, 153 -totalling 8238 lin. ft. Number of sewer services renewed, 3 Number of services installed main to curb, 4 - totalling 98 ft. Miscellaneous: The Sewage Pumping Station was put into operation for the first time late in 1947, when the first connections were made to the Manor Sewerage System. Since this station was built about 10 years ago, certain adjustments to equipment were necessary. The wet well has been cleaned of sludge approximately once a month. The cleaning of sewers was limited to those where stoppages occurred and to some laterals with a slight grade. 1948 Sewer Construction (Work done with Town Labor and Equipment) Size of Length. Type of Cost per Street Pipe of Pipe Pipe Foot Total Adams Street from Coolidge Ave. 8" 69' Vit. Clay $10.98 $757.77 Adams Street from East Street 8" 355' Vit. Clay 3.54 1258.00 Berwick Road 8" 400' Vit. Clay 4.86 1944.51 Bow Street 8" 180' Vit. Clay 5.18 931.67 Butler Avenue 8" 64' Vit. Clay 3.29 210.26 Candlewick Close 8" 231' Vit. Clay 3.75 865.74 Carley Road 8" 560' Vit. Clay 6.90 3865.49 Coolidge Avenue 8" 90' Vit. Clay 3.86 347.73 East Street 8" 149' Vit. Clay 5.34 795.94 Eliot Road 8" 543' Vit. Clay 4,65 2524.97 Fuller Road 8" 104' Vit. Clay 3.61 375.40 Ledgelawn Avenue 8" 200' Vit. Clay 2.75 551.14 Merriam Street from Adams St. 8" 712' Vit. Clay 4.04 2877.91 Merriam Street from Abbott Rd. 8" 38' Reed Street 8" 800' Smyth Street 8" 215' Totals Vit. Clay Vit. Clay Vit. Clay 4710' Average cost per foot - $4.78 1948 Sewer Construction (Contract) 3.54 5.45 3.24 134.41 4358.61 697.27 $22496.82 TRUNK SEWERS: Mill Brook Sewer: 1,245 linear feet of construction was completed from the Arlington line near the Boston & Maine Railroad tracks to a point along the Arlington Reservoir opposite Rindge Avenue. The cost of this project, which is completed for the present, was $55,776.76 ($44.80 per foot). South Branch of Vine Brook Sewer: 2,009 linear feet of construction was completed starting at Vine Brook Road and running adjacent to Vine Brook. This project was started in the summer and is still under construc- tion. The cost to date is $41,021.50 ($24.00 per foot). PUBLIC WORKS 51 North Branch of Vine Brook Sewer: Construction was started late this year at the junction of the South Branch of the Vine Brook Sewer. No pipe has been laid to date. Sewer Laterals: The construction of 8" sewer laterals 2,704 feet in length, in sections of Woburn Street and Baker, Banks and Chase Avenues, were completed at a cost of $31,165.35 ($11.53 per foot). This work was started late in 1947. GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS Town Offices and Cary Memorial Building: A new canvas covering was purchased for the floor of the Cary Memorial Hall, and the front steps were water -proofed under contract. The exterior woodwork of Cary Me- morial Hall, including sash, was painted on both sides, and the rear of the building, with the exception of the cornice. Miscellaneous painting of walls and ceilings in both buildings was done where the need was most urgent. Public Works Building: A two -post, split rail truck lift was purchased and installed this year for the purpose of greasing and repairing cars and trucks. Two 1,000 gallon fuel tanks and one fuel pump were installed this year by our supplier at no cost to the Town of Lexington. One is used for gasoline and increases our storage capacity to 2,500 gallons. The sec- ond tank, including pump, is for diesel oil. Formerly, diesel oil was stored in drums which Was satisfactory until additional diesel equipment was ac- quired. Our fuel requirements have greatly increased in the past three years due to additional equipment secured, and increased construction ac- tivity. We now have adequate storage facilities. Insurance: Valuations of property have risen again this year and it was necessary to increase fire insurance 15%. Additional insurance was placed on the Hancock School to cover the increased valuation due to major changes made this year. Insurance was placed, also, on the new Fiske School to cover it during construction which is still in progress. Garbage Collection: During the past year the collection of garbage in general has been satisfactory, except during the early months of 1948 when the unusual amount of snow retarded collections, and again, late in 1948, there were many complaints which appeared to have some justifica- tion. Every effort will be made to make this service satisfactory. Retirement System: Mr. John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer, retired in May, 1948 after approximately thirty years of service with the town. Mr. Sebastiano Paladina, after twenty-two years of service with the town, retired in May, 1948. FUTURE PLANNING Engioteering Indications arc that this department must devote its entire efforts to the planning and construction of sewers, water mains, and new roads dur- ing the year 1949. From the present outlook, it appears that our con- struction activities should be extensive for the next several years, however, it is anticipated that work will begin to slow down in 1950. Sewers Trunk Sewers: The planning of five major trunk sewers was com- pleted early in 1948, including complete plans and specifications. They are as follows: Project 1. South Branch of Vine Brook to Grapevine Avenue. 52 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Project 2. North Branch of Vine Brook to Marrett Road. Project 3. Mass. Avenue at Arlington line to Bartlett Avenue. Project 4. Continuation of No. 3 above to Maple Street. Project 5. Continuation of No. 4 above to a location north of Woburn St. to connect with the North Lexington Sewer, Projects 1, 2, and 1/3 of 3 have been reported under sewer construc- tion in 1948. Present indications are that the remainder of project 3 and projects 4 and 5 should be considered for construction in the near future to connect with the North Lexington Sewer at a point in the meadow be- tween Grant and Vine Streets. At this location, the North Lexington Sewer terminates in an existing sewer which is already overloaded, and will be more unsatisfactory when the volume of sewage increases with new home construction. The North Lexington Sewer was designed to be a part of projects 3, 4, and 5 previously mentioned, and built as the section needed first. In- dications are that due to the rapid growth of Lexington during the past two years, and the expected continued growth, it is felt that we must keep in mind that the construction of these sewers may become a real necessity in the near future. Sewer Laterals We are now planning the construction of sewer laterals for 1949 in the Farmcrest, Fair Oaks and Bow Street areas, sections of which should be connected with the trunk sewers now under construction. Drainage There have been many requests for drainage projects which should be undertaken as soon as funds are available. The drainage problem is be- coming very acute, especially with increased building activity. Many streets 'without drainage discharge surface water into adjacent property where the building of homes is in progress. Some projects are being con- sidered in the 1949 budget, however, due to the unusual demand for other construction, it appears that drainage construction may be limited to only the most urgent projects. Highways There are, at present, approximately 35 miles of unaccepted streets in Lexington, many of which are impassable in the spring. It would be most desirable for the general welfare if these streets could be built and ac- cepted. We are now preparing plans for the construction of 3 streets which many be considered in the 1949 budget. Under Chapter 90 Construction, it is expected that funds will be avail- able for the widening of Waltham Street an the easterly side from near Massachusetts Avenue to Forest Street. Sidewalks Many of our sidewalks are in need of repairs and corrective measures should be taken at once_ In 1949 it is expected to continue maintenance work started during 1948, as far as available funds will permit. Parks Mr. John J. Garrity, Superintendent of the Park Division, has reported future planning in a separate report covering this department. Water System Our water system, which has been improved and strengthened con- siderably in the past two years, still is in need of further strengthening. PUBLIC WORKS 53 It is anticipated in 1949, that a connection will be made with a 12" main, from the existing 12" main on Winter Street to the 12" main on Grove Street, 'which will complete a loop around that section of town which is badly needed. In addition, it is expected in 1949, that satisfactory ar- rangements will be made with the Veterans' Administration to furnish water to its hospital at Bedford. This will involve the replacement of the existing 6" main on Bedford Street with a 12" main, starting at Tewksbury Street and extending to Winter Street, and also running down Westview Street to the railroad tracks and connecting with the Veterans' Admin- istration 10" cast iron water main at this location. The portion of the 12" main on Bedford Street will be a decided improvement to our system. There are very few 4" mains Ieft to be replaced, however, we have many 6" mains that have been extended to such distances as to be entirely inadequate for the areas served and should be replaced or supplemented with larger mains. It is suggested that a reasonable appropriation be made available each year for this purpose. The elimination of dead ends should be undertaken as soon as funds are available. Extensions of mains in the past two years have resulted in the connection of some of these dead ends, and it is expected that extensions this year will account for others. General New equipment purchased during the past three years has proved to be invaluable, as evidenced by the amount of work previously reported this year under the Water, Sewer and Highway Departments, .including the removal of snow which was unusually heavy. Our old trucks, including pickups, have been replaced, with the ex- ception of five small trucks. It is anticipated that two of these will be re- placed this year and one Army Truck traded in toward the purchase of a large Dump Truck. We are in need of additional snow plowing equipment for sidewalks, and recommend the purchase of two Crawler Tractors similar to our present Cletrac. Conclusion In conclusion, I Wish to express my deep appreciation for the contin- ued cooperation and assistance extended to me in the performance of my duties by the elected and appointed officials of the Town, all Public Works employees, other Town employees and residents of Lexington. In closing, I am most pleased to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed my work. Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH H. DEFOE, Supt. of Public Works REPORT OF THE ENGINEERING DIVISION December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I submit herewith the report of the work of the Engineering Division for the year ending 31 Dec. 1948. CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION The Engineering Division prepared the construction plans, wrote all the specifications and prepared the contracts for the following work: 54 Street Construction Grant Street Winter Street Byron Avenue Rhodes Street Lockwood Road Massachusetts Avenue (widening) TOWN OF LEXINGTON Water Construction Burlington Street North Street Maple Street Fern Street Grove Street Winter Street Sidewalks Waltham Street Massachusetts Avenue Bedford Street Follen Road Construction Engineering service, lines, grades, inspections, etc. was also furnished by this department for all Contract Construction. Final estimates for payment for the North Lexington Sewer and the sewers on Liberty Avenue, Ledgelawn Avenue, Woburn Street, Baker Avenue, Banks Avenue, Chase Avenue and Tucker Avenue were prepared by this Division. CONSTRUCTION BY TOWN FORCES Sewer Mains approximately 4700 Lineal Feet, construction plans, de- signing and lines, grades, inspection, etc. were furnished by this Division. Water Maims approximately 16,500 Lineal Feet, construction plans, design, location of gates, hydrants and appurtenances were furnished by the Engineering Division. Plans required for recording of betterment assessments for the pre- ceding work were also prepared by this Division. DRAINAGE The Engineering Division also designed, drew construction plans and furnished lines and grades for the construction of a 36" reinforced concrete drain on Winthrop Road. A 30" drain in the rear of the Central Fire Station and a 12" drain on North Hancock Street. Details of cost, length, etc. of all the above work may be found in the report of the Superintendent of Public Works. ASSESSORS The Department has not been able to spend as much time as we would like on the preparation of Assessors Plans. It would be highly desirable to have an atlas prepared showing every piece of property in the Town with its corresponding owner. This book would be very valuable to the Assessors and others in the Town. PLANNING BOARD The Town Engineer has met with the Planning Board at all of their meetings to assist them in their studies. FUTURE PLANNING Sewerage The completion of the North and South Branches of the Vine Brook Sewers and the construction of sewers in the Fair Oaks and Farmcrest sections, will tax even more the already overloaded main line from East Lexington to Grant Street. One of the first considerations should be to- ward completion of the Mill Brook Sewer to alleviate this condition. It will not be too many years before sewerage will be requested for the Spring Street section, a large portion of which will also contribute to the Mill Brook Sewer. PUBLIC WORKS 55 Drainage The urgency of surface drainage cannot be overstressed. The vacant fields that were absorbing the runoff from the streets now are built upon and no provision is made to handle the water that once drained to the fields. The Town is liable for serious damage suits from water damage if steps are not taken to control its surface drainage. Engineering It appears that the Department must concentrate on construction of sewers, water mains, roads, etc. for the next few years or at least while the demand is so great. However, it is important to try to bring the Block plans up to date and to extend them to cover the Town. The atlas drawn to a smaller scale should also be planned as a must. Field work in conjunction with future sewer and water work should be continuous. This would enable the department to give estimates of cost and time when certain projects are mentioned. Planning at this level would also eliminate the necessity for costly consultant fees for Special Studies. CONCLUSION In conclusion I wish to acknowledge with thanks the assistance given to this Division by Town Officials and members of the other Town Depart- ments. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM M. BORNS Town Engineer REPORT OF THE PARK DIVISION December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: This division has very little to report of a progressive nature for the year 1948. Maintenance of our parks and playgrounds continued in the same high standard as in past years; grass was mowed, edges of walks trimmed, shrubbery beds spaded, bare spots in our lawns loamed and seeded. The cost of maintenance has risen to such a high level that money appropriated for our parks and playgrounds just about takes care of general repairs and maintenance. Our parks, such as the Common, Buck- man Tavern grounds, and Tower and Hastings Parks need a considerable amount of regrading because the loam has either settled or washed away. We try to do a portion of this work each year and in so doing no large appropriation is needed in any one year. The walks at Tower Park are constructed of a sandy gravel material and every winter a considerable amount is washed away. A study of this condition should be made to see if some kind of hard top can be applied in the worst places to prevent erosion_ Our playgrounds are being used to a greater extent each year, there- fore, more maintenance is required from this department. The two softball playing fields are being used practically every night during the summer and baseball diamond No. 1 is used every Sunday and two nights a week. 56 TOWN OF LEXINGTON During the past year tennis has come back in great strides and tourna- ments for the championship of the town were played off in the fall. Money was appropriated for the reconstruction of the two courts at East Lexing- ton but when contracts were drawn up, it was found that the money ap- propriated was not adequate to do this work, so it was deemed best to wait until the year 1949 when we could get enough money to do this work satisfactorily. In June, a Recreation Committee was appointed to take full responsi- bility for all recreation programs in the town and the supervision of all recreational facilities in the town that were then under the jurisdiction of the Park Department. Their report will be found in another part of this book. Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. GARRITY Supt., Parks and Playgrounds REPORT OF THE MOTH AND SHADE TREE DIVISION December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: After a winter of record snowfall and record hardships to the general public and a very wet spring, our trees came out in much better condition than we had anticipated. This was true up until the time that our trees leafed out. Then injury began to show up, especially in our maples. They suffered a great deal from wind and sun scald, which gave them a very sickly appearance all through the summer. There is nothing that can be done when trees are in this condition as it is caused by excessive znoisturc, both in the sap streams and on the foliage. We had to remove a great many of our old trees this past year because of the building boom in the town, especially in the outskirts. We must be careful not to be too liberal in issuing permits for the removal of such trees as in so doing we will lose the rural aspect of our town which we so highly value. I do not think that there is any more timely subject in regard to our trees as important as the Dutch Elm Disease. You often hear said that the elm trees will take care of themselves. That is not so. It has been found that once this disease gets started, it is hard to control. Ml lovers of trees in our state are conscious of the damage caused by this terrible blight, especially those of us who experienced the passing of our American Chestnut trees. Therefore, ]et us get right down and see what Lexington is up against in regard to this monster. We have approximately 5,000 elm trees bordering our streets, and 2,000 on our public parks, cemeteries, and school grounds, making a total of 7,000 elm trees in all which this division is responsible for. With this disease only 10 miles from our borders, things do not look too bright. It is not necessary to consider in detail here the tremendous damage done to the elms in other sections of the state as almost everyone should be, and no doubt is, acquainted with the harm caused by this disease once it gets a start in a community. A vigilant watch is being kept on all of our PUBLIC WORKS 57 elm trees, both by the Shade Tree Division and the Massachusetts Agri- cultural Department. May we again advise property owners to burn at once all elms which have been removed. This will destroy the Bark Beetles which may be im- bedded in the trees. Even if the trees do not show signs of the disease, they should be destroyed just the same because if allowed to remain on the ground, they will become a breeding place for the Scolyties Beetle, which is the carrier of the Dutch Elm Disease. Most of the spraying, using a DDT and oil solution, was done with the new mist sprayer purchased this past season, and seemed very satis- factory. A spraying schedule is being worked out so that there will be no duplications. This will call for four different sprayers. The first spraying will take place in late April. This will be for Scale and Tent caterpillars and will wind up in early August. This August spraying should take care of the fall Web Worm. The Japanese Beetle is creeping into the south and east ends of our town and has destroyed some very fine lawns. This insect is perhaps the hardest pest to destroy of all that we have and care should be taken when applying insecticide that more harm is not done than good. Other insects were kept under control and we are glad. to report that we had no de- foliation in the Town. Airplane spraying was continued in the school grounds, park areas, and cemeteries when it is hard to use our own equipment. I would advise continuation of this procedure another year. A pruning program was started this year, taking one section of the town at a time. Massachusetts Avenue from the Arlington Heights line to Waltham Street has been completed. With the exception of an occasion- al dead limb, this section should not need any attention for at least five years. We have removed a great many of the limbs obstructing the street lights and will continue until this job is completed. Very few trees were planted along our roadsides and they came from our own nursery. Although an appropriation was made for tree planting, this was not used because the streets where this planting was to be done were not completed. We are in hopes that in 1949 this work will be done. In conclusion, 1 wish to thank the Public Works Department and all others who assisted us in our work. Very respectfully submitted, JOHN J. GARRITY Supt., Moth and Shade Tree Division REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS December 31, 1948 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Buildings ending December 31, 1948. Number of Permits Granted Cash Received from Permits for the year 462 $1,939.00 58 TOWN OF LEXINGTON SUMMARY OF PERMITS Single Family Dwellings 330 $2,843,470.00 Alterations for Living Quarters 4 14,900.00 Additions & Alterations 73 87,416.00 Private Garages 23 18,150.00 Greenhouses 4 4,300.00 Accessory Buildings 7 3,350.00 Lubritoriums 3 11,500.00 Showrooms 2 13,500.00 Broadcasting Tower & Base 2 30,500.00 Alterations to School Building 1 125,000.00 Alterations to Churches 2 87,000.00 Public Hall 1 3,000.00 New Fiske Elementary School ... 1 399,409.00 Demolitions Relocations (Renewals of Permits: Dwellings Miscellaneous 16 4) $3,641,495.00 8 1. 462 Cancellations: 1 Dwelling $12,000,00 1 Alteration for Living Quarters 6,000.00 1 Miscellaneous Alterations 100.00 1 Accessory Building 1,000.00 19,100.00 $3,622,395.00 Total Number of Dwellings Completed in 1948: 126 Total Number of Building Inspections during 1948: 1,477 Respectfully submitted, E. A. LINDSTROM, Building Inspector REPORT OF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Plumbing for the year ending December 31, 1948. Cash Reeeived for Plumbing Permits $1,229.75 Plumbing Applications Filed & Permits Granted 511 PUBLIC WORKS SUMMARY OF PERMITS New Installations Alterations Replacements Permits Cancelled .... FIXTURES INSTALLED Bathtubs 317 Lavatories 493 Waterclosets 514 Showerbaths 52 Sinks 268 Sink & Tray Combinations 82 Slop Sinks 5 Wash Trays 121 Urinals 19 Storage Systems 172 Boilers 19 Tank Heaters 18 Tankless Heaters 158 Indirect Heaters 2 Floor Drains 9 Dental Chairs 2 Dish Washers 8 Washing Machines 8 Sewer Connections 34 Thermostats 0 12 59 308 108 91 4 Drinking Fountains Area Drains 3 Roof Drains 16 Gas Stacks 1 2,333 Total Number of Plumbing Inspections during 1948: 740 Respectfully submitted E. A. LINDSTROM, Plumbing Inspector REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE December 31, 1948 Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: We hereby submit the report of the Recreation Committee formed by motion under Article II of the adjourned Town Meeting of March 22, 1948, and empowered by the Board of Selectmen to take full responsibility for all recreation programs in the town and the supervision of all recreational 60 TOWN OF LEXINGTON facilities in the town that are now under the jurisdiction of the Park Department. Upon assuming jurisdiction we found that: 1. The swimming program was good. 2. The Center Playground program was inadequate and without suffi- cient supervision. 3. The East Lexington Playground program was larger than the Cen- ter program but still Inadequate and lacking in supervision. 4. The tennis facilities, representing a substantial capital outlay, were not properly or completely utilized because of lack of supervision and their poor condition. The summer program was continued under the Park Department be- cause of budget commitments, but the Recreation Committee held regular meetings and observed its operation. With the funds and facilities avail- able, we undertook the sponsorship of the Winter Indoor Program orig- inated and carried on by the Lexington Athletic Booster Club. This we enlarged to include grammar school children, an intratown basketball league, and badminton under the auspices of the Tennis Association. The Committee passed on applications for facilities, reviewed existing recreation policies, and formulated supplemental rules governing the use of recreational facilities. We have resurveyed the recreational facilities of the town and wish to recommend that a regular policy be adopted to acquire additional fa- cilities. We list those major facilities as follows: 1. North Lexington Playground facilities. 2. Toilet facilities at the Center Playground. 3. Additional portable bleachers. 4. Development of Kinneen's Pond as a recreation area. 5. Development of Reservoir as a family swimming area. 6. Continue developing the Aldrich Property accepted by the town in 1938. In addition to the acquisition and development of additional facilities, we are of the opinion that the greatest recreational needs of the town are to have a full time director, to institute a program for the north and west sections of the town, and to enlarge the craft program. Respectfully submitted, The Recreation Committee SERTRAM P. GIJSTIN, Chairman PAUL. F. HANNAH TRACY Am ES KENNETH G. PACKARD HowARD W. Fumy PUBLIC WORKS 61 REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF WIRES December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report as Wire Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1948. New houses Oil Burners Hot water heaters Electric Ranges Stokers Gas Heaters Heat regulators Dish Washing Machines Clothes dryer Changes ordered made to improper work and material 57 Many problems confront the Inspector today, new type of construction of buildings, change in the type of wire and other material, and also new type of appliance used in the home. I extend my most sincere appreciation to the officers and members of the Fire Department and the Building Inspector, for their assistance and support at all times. and alterations 433 124 24 14 2 2 7 5 1 Respectfully submitted, Lours W. BILLS Inspector of Wires 62 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Elections and Town Meetings TOWN WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, lam erre directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elec- tions and in Town affairs, to meet in their respective voting places in said Town. Precinct One, Adams School; Precinct Two, Three and Four, Cary Memorial Building, on Monday, the lst day of March, A.D., 1948, 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: Two Selectmen for the term of three years; One Member of the School Committee for the term of three years; One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years; One Cemetery Commissioner to fill the unexpired term ending March, 1949; Two Members of the Planning Board for the term of three years; One Trustee of Public Trusts for the terns of six years; One Moderator for the term of one year; One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; One Town Clerk for the term of one year; One Town Treasurer for the term of one year; 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 to fill the unexpired term ending March, 1949; Three Town Meeting Members in Precinct Two to fill the unexpired terms ending March, 1949; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Three to fill the unexpired term ending March, 1949; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Four to fill the unexpired term ending March, 1949. The polls will be open at 7:30 A.M. and will remain open until 8:00 P.M. You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Cary Me- morial Hall in said Town on Monday, the 22d day of March, 1948, 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 pro- vided 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 Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 63 time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1949, 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 appropriations for Town expenses for the ensuing year, 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. Article 5. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to proceed with the remodelling of the Hancock School according to plans submitted by the School Committee and recommended by them by complet- ing said plans and specifications and letting contracts, and provide for the payment therefor by issue of bonds or notes of the Town, by direct ap- propriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee to proceed with the erection of an elementary school on land acquired by the Tdwn for school purposes on December 16, 1947; to obtain bids on behalf of the Town, and to authorize the School Committee to sign a contract for the construction of the same and provide for payment there- of by direct appropriation, by transfer from available 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 7. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to purchase and install oil burning equipment in the Junior -Senior High School Building and to provide for payment thereof by direct appropria- tion, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay the necessary expenses of School Officers incurred outside the Common- wealth in securing information upon matters in which the Town is inter- ested or which may tend to improve the service in the School Department, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to transfer unexpended ap- propriation balances in any of the Accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1948 tax rate. or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 11.. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay any unpaid bills for prior years of the various Town Departments or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the Reserve Fund as provided by Chapter 40, Section 6, General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1948, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to install water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may determine during the year 1948 in accordance with authority contained in the By-laws of the 64 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Town, subject to the assessment of betterments, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any land or easements necessary therefor, and to pay for the same 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 15. To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may determine during the year 1948 and in accordance with St. 1897, Ch. 504 as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any land or easements necessary therefor, and to pay for the same by direct av- propriation, 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 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a new cruising car for the Police Department, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Chapter 32, General Laws, as amended, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a new truck chassis for the Fire Department, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a new car for the Fire Department, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 20. 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 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction of Grove Street; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; and to be raised by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to construct cement or bituminous concrete sidewalks where the abutting owner pays one-half of the cost, and provide funds for said construction by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by a com- bination of these two methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to construct curbings, and provide funds for said construction by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by a combination of these two methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the improvement of lowlands and swamps and the eradication of mosquitoes under Chapter 252 of the General Laws or for the eradication of mosquitoes by the Board of Health of Lexington or appropriate money under Sec. 4A of Chapter 252 of the General Laws for the purpose as set forth in that Section, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the scope of the ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 65 Road Machinery Fund by crediting to said fund an amount based on hourly rental for the use of motorized equipment of the Public Works De- partment when used on various projects carried on under the direction of said Department, the amount of said charge not to exceed the amount al- lowed by the State for use of similar equipment, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint one of its members to the Board of Appeals, in ac- cordance with G. L. Chapter 41, Section 4A, or set in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in such unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may determine during the year 1948, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of equipment for the Department of Public Works and provide for payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 265 of the Acts of 1947, authorizing the dosing of public offices in cities and towns on Saturdays, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 30. To see if the Town will vote a supplementary appropria- tion to be used in conjunction with money already appropriated for the construction of sanitary sewers in that part of North Lexington as shown on a set of plans in the office of the Town Engineer, and to provide for the payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other man- ner in relation thereto. Article 31. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen, under such regulations and conditions as they shall determine, to use Town equip- ment and furnish materials and labor for temporary repairs on unaccepted streets in the Town upon application of the abutters and upon agreement of the abutters to pay the total cost for such service, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters.) Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to establish the salary and compensation of the Town Treasurer, Town Clerk and Town Collector of Taxes, being all the •elected officers of the Town on a salary basis, as pro- vided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, and to pro- vide funds necessary therefor by direct appropriation, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to ratify and approve pay- ments or liability for the payment of snow removal in 1947, due to an ex- treme emergency involving the safety of persons and property as voted unanimously by the Selectmen, under authority of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 31, and to provide for the payment therefor by direct appro- priation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the settlement of damages arising out of the taking by eminent domain for highway purposes of approximately 49,600 square feet of land belonging to James J. Murphy and Bertha J. Murphy by order of the County Commissioners, dated December 6, 1946, and to provide for the 66 TOWN OF LEXINGTON payment thereof by direct appropriation, by a transfer from available funds, by the issue of bonds or notes of the town, and to authorize the Se- lectmen to enter into an agreement with the said Murphys to set back at the expense of the town a stone wall on said land to the remaining land of said Murphys, if and when the land on which the said wall now rests, is required for the construction of Grove Street, or act in any other man- ner in relation thereto. Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for settlement of damages arising out of the taking by eminent do- main for highway purposes of approximately 21,450 square feet of Iand belonging to Ernest B. Johnson, Jr. by order of the County Commissioners, dated December 6, 1946, and to provide for the payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for settlement of damages arising out of the taking by eminent do- main for highway purposes of approximately 7300 square feet of land be- longing to Owen M. McDevitt, et al., by order of the County Commissioners, dated December 6, 1946, and to provide for the payment thereof by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for settlement of damages arising out of the taking by eminent do. main for highway purposes of approximately 12,500 square feet of land belonging to George W. Sarano and Helen B. Sarano by order of the County Commissioners, dated May 14, 1946, and to provide for the payment thereof by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for settlement of damages arising out of the taking by eminent do- main for highway purposes of approximately 8500 square feet of land be- longing to Thomas A. Napoli by order of the County Commissioners dated May 14, 1946, and to provide for the payment thereof by direct appropria- tion, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for settlement of damages arising out of the taking by eminent do- main for highway purposes of approximately 8700 square feet of land be- longing to Marie A. Miller by order of the County Commissioners, dated May 14, 1946, and to provide for the payment thereof by direct appropria- tion, by transfer from available funds, or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the construction of sanitary sewers in that part of Lexington known as North Branch Vine Brook, as shown on a set of plans in the office of the Town Engineer; to authorize the Board of Selectmen to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any easements or other interest in land necessary therefor; and to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow such sums as may be necessary there- for, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town in accordance with the law, and to use any other available funds that may be raised by taxation or ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 67 appropriated for that purpose, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the construction of sanitary sewers in that part of Lexington known as South Branch Vine Brook, as shown on a set of plans in the office of the Town Engineer; to authorize the Board of Selectmen to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow such sums as may be necessary therefor, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town in accordance with the law, and to use any other available funds that may be raised by taxation or appropriated for that purpose, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the construction of sanitary sewers in that part of Lexington • from Mill Brook to Rindge Avenue, as shown on a set of plans in the office of the Town Engineer; to authorize the Board of Selectmen to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow such sums as may be necessary therefor, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town in accordance with the law, and to use any other available funds that may be raised by taxation or appropriated for that purpose, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into an agreement for the acquisition, installation, and maintenance of parking meters in locations to be determined by the Board of Selectmen, and to provide for the payment thereof by direct appropria- tion, by a transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to accept the relocation by the Board. of Selectmen, of Massachusetts Avenue from Edison Way to the Police Station Driveway as shown on a Plan dated February 4, 1948, an file in the office of the Town Clerk and to provide payment for the con- struction of said street if relocated by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds or by the issue of bonds or notes of the town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the widening of the southeasterly side of Waltham Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Vine Brook Road as shown an a plan of Waltham Street, Lexington, Massachusetts, dated July 1925, by Clarence B. French, Town Engineer, and in compliance with the order of the County Commis- sioners, dated August 3, 1925, and to provide for the payment thereof by direct appropriation, by a transfer from available funds or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in re]ation thereto. Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell and convey to Boston Edison Company a perpetual ease- ment for the purpose of erecting, constructing, repairing, operating and inspecting transmission lines for the transmission of high and low voltage electric current and necessary lines for ground wire attachments and tele- phone and signal purposes over, across and upon a strip of land 250 feet in width lying beneath the surface of Bntterfield's Pond under the pro- visions of Chapter 263 of the Legislative Acts of 1926, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. 68 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to adopt a resolution afford- ing the people of Lexington an opportunity to express to their representa- tives in Congress, in the Executive Department of the United States, and in the United Nations, their deep feelings regarding war and peace, and requesting such representatives to take such steps as may be necessary to make the United Nations into a world government capable of enacting, interpreting, and enforcing world law to prevent war. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters.) Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 39 of Article XXIV of the General By -Laws of the Town of Lexington by adding thereto the following section to be known as Section 39A: "No person shall without a written permit from the Board of Selectmen or the Chief of Police and a written permit from the owner or cecupant of land fire or dis- charge any rifle, air -rifle or pistol on or across any land within the confines of the Town, but this section shall not prevent the use of such firearms in the lawful defense and protection of one's person or other human being or property, nor to veterinarians in the practice of their profession, nor in the performance of any duty required or authorized by law, nor to mem- bers of the Police Department in carrying out their duties and for target practice upon ranges first duly approved by the Chief of Police. Any person desiring to discharge said firearms or air -rifles must that obtain a written permit specifying the locus from the owner or occupant of the land upon and across which ane desires to discharge said firearms or air -rifles, said permit shall then be presented to the Board of Selectmen or to the Chief of Police and if the discharge of the above firearms or air - rifles upon and across the locus specified does not disturb the safety of persons or property of others, the Board of Selectmen or the Chief of Police shall issue a written permit to allow such discharge and impose such safety conditions or precautions as they deem necessary." Or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters.) Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to enter into a contract for the re -assessment of the valuation of all real property in the Town and to provide for the payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other man- ner in relation thereto. Article 50. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to publish comparative values of real estate in the Town and to provide for the payment therefor by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 51. To see if the Tdwn will authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to petition the Legislature for authority to expend a sum of money for necessary alterations on Buckman Tavern, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Planning Board under General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81A as enacted by Section 4 of Chapter 840 of the Legislative Acts of 1947, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to provide that the members of the Planning Board now in office shall serve as members of the Plan- ning Board established by vote under Article 52 until the next Annual Town Meeting, or act in any manner in relation thereto. ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 69 Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be expended by the Planning Board established under Section 81A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws for carrying out Sections 73 to 81Y inclusive of said Chapter 41 and to provide for the payment thereof by direct appropriation, by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By-law by striking out the second and third paragraphs of Section 6 (a) thereof and inserting in place thereof substantially the following: Lots lawfully platted and duly recorded by plan or deed prior to the date of adoption of this amendment, vacant or improved, and of Iess width or area than the minimum required by the zoning by-law are hereby regulated as to change of use as follows: after adoption of this amendment, any such lots adjoining one another in a common ownership may be built upon only if combined into units of ownership which fulfill the lot width, front yard and side yard requirements of the zoning by-law, but not necessarily the lot area requirements thereof, provided that this shall not prevent build- ing on any isolated single small vacant lot, duly recorded as aforesaid, not adjoined by other land of the same owner, and further provided that on any such lot there shall be established between each side lot line and the nearest side of any permitted main or accessory structure a side yard at least 7.5 feet wide if said lot was recorded prior to July 19, 1929, at least 10 feet wide if said lot was recorded on or after July 19, 1929, but not before October 6, 1938, and at ]east 15 feet wide if said lot was recorded on or after October 6, 193S. Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zon- ing By-law by appending to the first sentence of Section 13 thereof the following words: "also the name of the owner of the lot in question and the names of the owners of the lots adjacent thereto." Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 7 (a) of the Lexington Zoning By-law by striking out the word "twenty" and substitute therefor the word "thirty", and by striking out the word "forty" and substitute therefor the word "fifty", and by inserting before the last clause thereof the words: "except that on a vacant lot between buildings already existing a structure may be placed as near the street lot line as the average of the setbacks of the buildings existing in the lots adjacent on either side of the lot in question; and ... " so that Section 7 (a) shall then read: In .residence districts designated as R.I. and R.2 and T.1 and in C.1 districts designated at the following points, namely, junction of Wal- tham Street and Marrett Road, known as "Grape Vine Corner"; junction of Marrett Road and Spring Street; junction of Lincoln and School Streets and Marrett Road, commonly known as "The Five Forks"; junction of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue; junction of Woburn and Lowell Streets and the junction of Lowell and North Streets, and in C.1 districts hereafter created, a yard of at least thirty feet in depth between the ex- terior line of the street, and not less than fifty feet from the center line of such street, whether accepted or not, and the adjacent line of any porch or building, shall be provided for every lot of land, and no new building or structure shall be constructed, and no building or structure shall be moved, altered, reconstructed, enlarged or rebuilt in such districts so that a yard less in depth shall result; except that on a vacant lot between buildings al- ready existing a structure may be placed as near the street lot line as the average of the setbacks of the buildings existing in the lots adjacent on 70 TOWN OF LEXINGTON either side of the lot in question; and except that this section shall not ap- ply to buildings fronting on streets on which building lines shall have been specially established according to law during or subsequent to the year 1924. Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate an additional sum to be used in conjunction with money already appropriated for con- struction of streets established as town ways by vote of the Town on March 31, 1947, and on September 22, 1947, and to provide for the payment there- for by transfer from available funds or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, 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-laws of the Town. Hereof fail not, and make due return on this we/Front, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands at Lexington, this ninth day of February, A.D., 1948. WILLIAM C. PAXTON GEORGE W. EMERY WILLIAM H. DRISCOLL FREDERICK M. GAY EnRox. H. LOCILE Selectmen. of Lexington A true Copy, Attest: JOHN C. RUSSELL, Constable of Lexington ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 1, 1948 In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the Town of Lexington met in their respective voting places in said Town of Lex- ington Monday, March the first in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-eight at seven -thirty o'clock in the forenoon. The following places were designated as the voting places for the va- rious precincts: Precinct One, Adams School; Precinct Two, Three and Four, Cary Memorial Hall. The following election officers having been duly appointed by the Se- lectmen, and Wardens of the various precincts were assigned for duty as follows: PRECINCT ONE Charles J. Dailey Warden George E. Foster Inspector K. Claudine Foster Inspector Mary E. Stankard Clerk Mary A. Rowland. Teller Helga M. Carlson Teller Mary E. Tracey Teller Annie J. McDonnell Teller Marie E. Mahoney Teller L. Ellsworth Pierce Teller Frances Harrington Teller Roland E. Garmon Teller ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS PRECINCT TWO Clyde E. Steeves (Deputy) Warden Arthur E. Locke Inspector Ruth R. Ray (Deputy) Inspector John H. Dacey Clerk Mary G. Oliver Teller Madeline V. Peterson Teller Edward McGrory Teller Elizabeth R. Nourse Teller Barbara M. O'Connor Teller Gertrude H. Mara Teller Helen McCaffrey Teller Helen K. Fitzgerald Teller PRECINCT THREE Sidney U. Robbins Warden William J. Collins Inspector Emma J. Zitso Inspector Charles F. Vaughan Clerk Gladys T. Watson Teller Rosalie MacDonald Teller Ella G. Callahan Teller Edna D. Anderson Teller Elizabeth M. Burton Teller Anna L. McCormack Teller Mary R. McDonough Teller Florence Bruce Teller PRECINCT FOUR Frederick S. Britton Warden Edith M. Boyd. Inspector Mary J. Ferry Inspector Helen M. Kirk Clerk Helena T. Maguire Teller Mary A. Spellman Teller Florence P. Tobin Teller Caroline F. Deloury Teller Robert E. Ryan Teller Agnes L. Hall Teller Catherine M. Ferry Teller The polls were declared open in A.M. and remained open until eight due notice, they were closed. The election officers were sworn duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The total registration of voters in each precinct was as follows: Precinct One 1796 One thousand seven hundred ninety-six Precinct Two 1407 One thousand four hundred seven Precinct Three 1545 One thousand five hundred forty-five Precinct Four 1787 One thousand seven hundred eighty-seven 71 each precinct at seven -thirty o'clock o'clock P.M., after which time, after to the faithful performance of their Total 6535 Six thousand five hundred thirty-five 72 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 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. The Registrars of Voters and the Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows: Precinct One 646 Six hundred forty-six Precinct Two 654 Six hundred fifty-four Precinct Three 696 Six hundred ninety-six Precinct Four 652 Six hundred fifty-two Total 2648 Two thousand six hundred forty-eight TOWN CLERK Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total James J. Carroll 582 591 604 589 2366 64 63 92 63 282 Blanks 646 654 696 652 2648 James J. Carroll was elected Town Clerk for one year. SELECTMEN Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total 180 230 273 240 923 William H. Driscoll 385 433 427 380 1625 Paul J. McCormack 240 121 131 151 643 Donald E. Nickerson 364 398 449 421 1632 Blanks 123 126 112 112 473 1292 1308 1392 1304 5296 Walter S. Beatty William H. Driscoll and Donald E. Nickerson were elected as Selectmen for three years. James J. Carroll Blanks TOWN TREASURER Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total 591 596 618 593 2398 55 58 78 59 250 646 654 696 652 2648 James J. Carroll was elected Town Treasurer for one year. COLLECTOR OF TAXES Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total William S. Scamman 584 598 638 616 2436 Blanks 62 56 58 36 212 646 654 696 652 2648 William S. Scamman was elected Collector of Taxes for one year. CEMETERY COMMISSIONER Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total William G. Potter 537 559 587 561 2244 0 0 2 2 4 Frank J. Timothy ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 73 Charles Murphy 1 0 0 0 1 108 95 167 89 399 Blanks 646 654 696 652 2648 William G. Potter was elected Cemetery Commissioner for three years. CEMETERY COMMISSIONER Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Gail W. Smith 534 557 607 566 2264 Blanks 112 97 89 86 384 646 654 696 652 2648 Gail W. Smith was elected as Cemetery Commissioner for one year. SCHOOL COMMITTEE Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total James Barry 1 0 0 0 1 A. G. Bernier 0 0 0 1 1 Ruth Morey 519 550 582 560 2211 Blanks 126 104 114 91 435 646 654 696 652 2648 Ruth Morey was elected to the School Committee for three years. MODERATOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Robert H. Holt 537 562 Blanks 109 92 646 654 Robert H. Holt was elected Moderator for one year. PLANNING BOARD Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Alan G. Adams 506 547 Elmer C. Houdlette 501 529 Blanks 285 232 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 601 565 95 87 696 652 Pre. 3 584 549 259 Pre. 4 553 533 218 Total 2265 383 2648 Total 2190 2112 994 1292 1308 1392 1304 5296 Alan G. Adams and Ebner C. Houdlette were elected to the Planning Board for three years. TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 2 Pre. 4 Total Thomas G. Lynah 542 584 622 575 2323 Blanks 104 70 74 77 325 646 654 696 652 2648 Thomas G. Lynah was elected as a Trustee of Public Trusts for six years. 74 TOWN OF LEXINGTON CONSTABLES Pre. 1. Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Edward C. Maguire 560 603 627 586 2276 John C. Russell 568 592 616 571 2347 Blanks 164 113 149 147 573 1292 1308 1392 1304 5296 Edward C. Maguire and John C. Russell were elected Constables for one year. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS For Three Years PRECINCT ONE William M. Aquaro 297 *Lyon Carter 439 *Percy Catton 351 Myron O. Fisher 349 *Warren K. Hadley 476 *Lewis L. Hoyt 457 *Edwin C. Johnson 419 *Dorothy Lindsay 429. *Robert F. Lutz 384 *William W. MacLean 388 *Arthur F. Mason 386 *Paul J. McCormack 428 *Charles B. Meek 422 *William E. Philips 355 *Ai.de.n L. Ripley 411 Louis Ruocco 257 *Clarence E. Smith 383 *Gordon E. Steele 410 *John 3. Sullivan 370 Roger W. Thwing 232 * John A. Wilson 460 Blanks 2879 * Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years. TOWN MEETING MEMBER For One Year PRECINCT ONE *Thomas C. Morris 465 Blanks 181 *Town Meeting Member elected for term of one year. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Far Three Years PRECINCT TWO *Walter C. Ballard 506 *Leon W. Bateman 487 ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 75 *F. Sherburne Carter *John H. Devine *William F. Dowse *Clements H. Ferguson Elizabeth K. Govan *Roland B. Greeley *William Roger Greeley Edward Hamlin *Harold B. Lamont Lauritz A. Lauritzen *Elizabeth R. Lewis *Russell M. Little *Harold F. Lombard *Charles H. Peirce *Murray T. Potter *Randall W. Richards *Lee E. Tarbox Ralph S. Taylor Elsie J. Temple *Edwin B. Worthen .. D. A. Smith Blanks *Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years. 427 414 349 479 250 428 435 296 416 261 442 415 895 323 404 393 402 304 220 517 8 2547 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS For One Year PRECINCT TWO 'Robert M. Coquillette 406 *Ernest J. Crerie 409 *D. A. Smith 48 Fred Scholman 20 James Connell 7 Charles E. Scribner 1 Ed Hamlin 1 E. J. Costello 1 Blanks 1069 *Town Meeting Members elected for term of one year. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS For Three Years PRECINCT THREE *William John Baskin *Louis W. Bills *Charles M. Blake *William L Burnham Edward B. Cass *Richard H. Childs *Norman A. Downs *Everett S. Emery *Robert W. Fawcett 316 429 431 472 216 859 410 387 380 ' 76 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 'Roy A. Ferguson Donald M. Fifield Bradford Giddings *George E. Graves *Thacher Jenney Rebecca S. Kingsley * Errol H. Locke J. Lawrence Miles * George P. Morey Robert A. Porter *Lester T. Redman Gretchen B. Reed Dorothy P. Rich *Gordon D. Richards Ernest E. Rogers William S. Sullivan *George P. Wadsworth Mary H. White Peter Zitso Dexter Smith Blanks 476 208 300 434 313 198 442 339 309 234 365 193 242 430 134 222 419 183 207 1 2773 °Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS PRECINCT THREE For One Year *John W. Hess Dexter Smith Blanks *Town Meeting Member elected for term of one year TOWN MEETING MEMBERS For Three Years PRECINCT FOUR *Lester L. Andrews *Winthrop H. Bowker Harold C. Currier *Frank B. Custance *Theodore A. Custance *Russell S. Davenport *Howard H. Dawes Chesley M. Dunlap W. John Dunnan, Jr. *Robert J. Fawcett Elizabeth Nute Hall *Converse Hill *Robert W. Hunter *Eleanor Bradford Litchfield *Thelma F. Mather Russell F. Morash *Fred C. Newhall Richard C. Patten *Howard A. Patterson *Francis H. Ready *Gordon E. Slater *Earle B. Sukeforth *George L. Wallace 519 1 176 517 427 275 403 417 379 288 260 277 444 286 412 375 822 342 184 501 240 356 390 297 417 408 ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 77 A. G. Bernier 1 Blanks 2866 'Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS For One Year PRECINCT FOUR 'James A. Peirce 475 Blanks 177 *Town Meeting Member elected for term of one year. A true record. Attest: JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk Approval of Article 37 as passed at an Adjourned Town Meeting held March 24, 1947, by Attorney General, Clarence A. Barnes. JUNE 20, 1947 Article 37 as passed at an Adjourned Town Meeting held March 24, 1947. Article 37. VOTED: That the Town amend the Zoning By -Law by striking out paragraph (a) of Section 6 and substituting in lieu therefor the following: "fi(a)—In R.1 and R.2 Districts no dwelling shall be erected or moved upon land laid out for house lots after the adoption of this amend- ment to the Zoning By -Law unless there shall be provided for each such dwelling or other permitted structure a lot frontage of not less than 100 feet upon the frontage street and an area of not less than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) square feet. On each side of each dwelling, garage, barn, stable or other accessory permitted struc- ture nearest each sideline there shall be provided a side yard of at least 15 feet in width and no building or structure shall be moved, altered, reconstructed, enlarged or rebuilt in such districts so that a side yard less in width shall result. No lot in R.1 or R.2 Districts, upon which is Iocated any dwelling or other permitted structure and accessory structures or for which a building permit has issued and is still outstanding, shall be sub- divided and reduced so that said lot shall have a lot frontage and area less than, or side yards and street setback less than, the minimum required. Nor shall any lot in said Districts, upon which permitted structures have been erected or moved or for which a building permit has issued and is still outstanding, be subdivided in any manner unless said structure shall retain the required frontage, area, side yard, and street depth upon a street or highway existing at the time of erection or moving thereon or a street constructed thereafter in accordance with existingTown Laws. No lanconveyed, devised, or otherwise transferred that violates the restrictions on subdivisions of lots herein eet forth shall be included in determining the frontage and area of any other lot, and the building inspector, or other parson authorized to issue permits to erect or move structures thereon, shall not issue a permit unless said other lot con- tains the required frontage and area exclusive of land transferred in violation of the restrictions pertaining to subdivisions. The provisions of this section pertaining to side yards only shall not apply to lots of less than 100 -foot frontage duly recorded by plan or deed at the time this By -Lav is adopted. However, on such lots 78 TOWN OF LEXINGTON there shall be provided on the side of each dwelling, garage, barn, stable or other accessory permitted structure nearest each side line a side yard, as follows: On lots recorded previous to July 19, 1929 the side yard shall be at least 7.5 feet in width and on lots recorded after July 19, 1929, but before October 6, 1938 the side yard shall be at Least 10 feet in width; and on lots recorded after October 6, 1938 and prior to the adoption of this amendment the side yard shall be at least 15 feet in width." In Favor Oppossed 37 Charles M. Blake 2 89 William F. Downe 14 29 Tracey W. Ames 2 155 18 Carried 10:35 P.M. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk Lexington, Mass. June 20, 1947 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 37 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held March 24, 1947 and as same appears on record. JAMES J. CARROLL Town Clerk Boston, Mass. March 12, 1948 The foregoing amendment to zoning by-law is hereby approved. (Signed) CLARENCE A. BAR.1ss Attorney General March 22, 1948 Special Election of Town Meeting Members, Precinct 2, March 22, 1948, for the election of one Town Meeting Member for a term of one year, end- ing in March, 1949, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Matthew Stevenson. Meeting called to order b James J. Carroll, Town Clerk, at 7:45 P.M. There were thirty-seven Town Meeting Members present. Tracy W. Ames was elected Chairman of the Meeting. James J. Carroll was elected Clerk of the Meeting. Nominations were made from the Boor for Edmund J. Costello and Charles E. Scribner, which were both duly seconded. Written ballots were taken with the following results: Charles E. Scribner 25 Edmund J. Costello 12 Charles E. Scribner was duly elected to fill the vacancy. JAMES J. Cmutoee Town Clerk Lexington, Mass. March 22, 1948 I, Charles E. Scribner, do hereby accept my election as a Town Meeting Member, Precinct Two, for a term ending March, 1949. (Signed) CHARLES E. SCRIBNER ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 79 ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING — Held March 22, 1948 Meeting called to order by Moderator, Robert H. NoIt at 8:02 P.M. There were 192 Town Meeting Members present. James J. Carroll, Town Clerk, read the Warrant for the Meeting until further reading was waived upon a motion, duly carried, by Donald E. Nickerson. The Town Clerk, Jame: J. Carroll, read the Constable's Return. 8:03 P.M. Article 2. Lewis L. Hoyt, Chairman of Appropriation Committee, presented Appropriation Committee's Report which was voted to be ac- cepted and placed on file. i;:04 P.M. Article 2. Chairman Selectman, William C. Paxton, presented "Tem- porary Recreation Commission Report" which was voted to be accepted and placed on file. 8:05 P.M. Article 2. George P. Wadsworth presented "Report of the Elementary School Building Committee" which was voted to he accepted and placed on file. 8:05 P.M. William C. Paxton mikes motion that Recreation Committee be ap- pointed. Carried 8:07 P.M. WiIIiam C. Paxton moves the appointment of the Committee for Cary Lectures be placed on table. Carried 8:07 P.M. William C. Paxton presents Article 3. Article 3. VOTED: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1949, and to issue a note or notes that may be given for a period of less than one year. Carried Unanimously 3:08 P.M. Article 5. Presented )y H. Webster Thomas. VOTED: to authorize the School Committee to proceed with the re- modelling and repairing of the Hancock School, substantially in accordance With tentative plans submitted by the School Committee and recommended by them, by completing sad plans and specifications and letting contracts; and that for the purpose of this remodelling and repairing the sum of $125,000.00 be appropriated and that of this amount, $30,000.00 be ap- propriated and assessed and $95,000.00 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 he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $95,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, to be payable in not more than ten years in accordan'e with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44 as amended by Chapter 207, Acts of 1947. Motion by Ernest Cutter for Indefinite Postponement. 8:28 P.M. Motion for Indefinite Postponement Lost 8:29 P.M. Main motion voted upon as follows: Iia Favor Oppossed 34 George H. Anker 7 92 Paul Hanson 6 88 Tracy W. Ames 0 164 13 Carried 8:35 P.M. 80 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Article 52. Presented by Richard P. Cromwell. VOTED: To establish a Planning Board of six members under Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81A as enacted by Section 4 of Chapter 340 of the Legislative Acts of 1947. Motion by Paul J. McCormack as follows: "I move as follows: That the proposal contained therein be referred to a committee for further study and report at a subsequent Town Meeting, such committee to be appointed by the Selectmen, to include the Town Counsel and be five in number." Motion by Paul J. McCormack as presented declared lost. 8:51 P.I. Main motion as presented carried 9:01 P.M. Article 53. Presented by Richard P. Cromwell . VOTED: That the members of the Planning Board now in office shall serve as members of the Planning Board established by General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81A as enacted by Section 4 of Chapter 340 of the Legislative Acts of 1947 until the next Annual Town Meeting. Carried 9:04 P.M. Article 54. Presented by Edwin B. Worthen, Jr. VOTED: That the sum of $3,500.00 be appropriated and assessed to be expended by the Planning Board established under General Laws, Chapter 41 Section 81A as enacted by Section 4 of Chapter 340 of the Legislative Acts of 1947, for carrying mit the provision of Sections 73 to 81Y of said Chapter 41. Carried unanimously 9:09 P.M. William C. Paxton moves take up Article 4 which was presented by the Moderator. Article 4. VOTED: That the following amounts be appropriated for the current year and be assessed except where a transfer is indicated: APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:20 P.M. SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses (This includes $500 for the Recreation Committee) Carried Unanimously 9:20 P.M. ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:21 F.M. TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:22 P.M. COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:22 P.M. $550.00 1,010.00 6,038.64 2,319.00 7,424.67 800.00 1,256.00 589.24 3,650.67 1,750.00 ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses 10,637.50 2,145.00 Amendment by Archibald R. Giroux: Personal Ser- vices to read $10,637.50, of which $10,000.00 be trans- ferred from Excess and Deficiency Account, balance to be assessed. Amendment as presented accepted and voted at 9:28 P.M. Expenses voted: $2,145.00 9:29 P.M. LAW DEPARTMENT Personal Services 2,000.00 Expenses 425.00 Special Fees 1,500.00 Carried Unanimously 9:29 P.M. TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT Pers final Services 1,969.30 _Expenses 160.50 Carried Unanimously 9:30 P.M. ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT—JURISDICTION SELECTMEN Expenses 3,143.00 Carried Unanimously 9:30 P.M. ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT—JURISDICTION TOWN CLERK Expenses 607.56 Carried Unanimously 9:30 P.M. REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT Personal Services 648.52 Expenses 724.00 Carried Unanimously 9:31 P.M. PUBLIC WORKS—SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE Fcrsonal Services 20,820.77 Exixnses 475.00 Amendment by Archibald R. Giroux: Personal Serv- ices to read $20,820.77, of which $10,000.00 be trans- ferred from Excess and Deficiency Account, balance to be assessed. Amendment as presented accepted and voted at 9:32 P.M. Expenses voted: $475.00 9:33 P.M. TOWN OFFICES & CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING Personal Srevices 7,021.31 Expenses 9,500.00 Carried Unanimously 9:33 P.M. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Amendment by Archibald R. Giroux: Personal Serv- ices to read $17,813.73, of which $10,000.00 be trans- ferred from Excess and Deficiency Account, balance to be assessed. Amendment as presented accepted and voted at 9:34 P.M. Expenses voted: $1,015.00 9:35 P.M. 17,813.73 1,015.00 81 82 TOWN OF LEXINGTON BOARD OF APPEALS Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:85 P.M. PLANNING BOARD Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:36 P.M. POLICE DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:36 P.M. FIRE DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:37 P.M.. BUILDING & PLUMBING DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:37 P.M. WIRE DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:37 P.M. WEIGHTS & MEASURES DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:38 P.M. INSECT SUPPRESSION Personal Services Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:38 P.M. SHADE TREES Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:39 P.M. FOREST FIRES Personal Services Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:39 P.M. DOG OFFICER Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:39 P.M. HEALTH DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:40 P.M. MILK INSPECTOR Personal Services Carried Unanimously 9:40 P.M. 600.00 1,200.00 65,138.40 6,237.00 71,065.67 12,095.00 4,700,00 780.00 942.19 185.00 590.63 285.00 495.00 4,468.00 7,500.00 50.00 500.00 112.50 100.00 700.00 4,330.00 450.00 ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS DOG CLINIC Expenses 389.00 Carried Unanimously 9:40 P.M. DENTAL CLINIC Personal Services 2,000.00 Expenses 100.00 Carried Unanimously 9:40 P.M. POSTURE CLINIC Expenses 625.00 Carried Unanimously 9:41 P.M. VITAL STATISTICS Expenses 25.00 Carried Unanimously 9:41 P.M. ANIMAL INSPECTION Personal Services Carried Unanimously 9:41 P.M. SLAUGHTERING INSPECTION Personal Services Carried Unanimously 9:41 P.M. SEWER MAINTENANCE Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:41 P.M. SEWER MAINTENANCE Services Carried Unanimously 9:41 P.M. DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION Sundry Streets Carried Unanimously 9:42 P.M. GARBAGE COLLECTION Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:42 P.M. CARE OF DUMPS & REMOVAL OF ASHES Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:42 P.M. PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:42 P.M. HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE Wages and Expenses Amendment by Archibald R. Giroux: Wages and Ex- penses to read $52,500.00, of which $10,000.OQ be transferred from Excess and Deficiency Account, bal- ance to be assessed. Amendment as presented accepted and voted at 9:43 P.M. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ROAD MACHINERY Expenses (This amount to be transferred from the Road Machinery Fund) Carried Unanimously 9:43 P.M. 562.50 900.00 6,460.00 20,000.00 10,000.00 9,900.00 4,525.00 14,000.00 52,500.00 20,000.00 83 84 TOWN OF LEXINGTON SNOW REMOVAL Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:44 P.M. TRAFFIC REGULATION & CONTROL Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:44 P.M. STREET LIGHTS Expenses (1:00 A.M.) Carried Unanimously 9:45 P.M. STREET SIGNS Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:45 P.M. PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT Personal Services Administration Aid and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:46 P.M. DEPENDENT CHILDREN AID Administration Aid and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:46 P.M. OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Personal Services Administration Aid and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:46 P.M. VETERANS' SERVICES Personal Services Benefits Carried Unanimously 9:46 P.M. SOLDIERS' BURIALS Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:46 P.M. SCHOOL MAINTENANCE Personal Services Expenses Americanization Classes 65,000.00 2,500.00 27,000.00 1,500.00 835.43 80.00 22,000.00 40.00 10,000.00 5,893.56 680.00 60,000.00 1,046.67 2,000.00 200.00 365,562.35 80,000.00 203.00 Vocational Education—Tuition 2,965.00 1,670.00 Handicraft Classes Carried Unanimously 9:47 P.M. CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Personal Services Expenses (In addition to the amount of $2,035.61 received from the County for Dog Licenses) Carried Unanimously 9:51 P.M. PARKS & PLAYGROUNDS Personal Services Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:51 P.M. 18,769.74 6,264.39 4,685.00 21,000.00 ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM Pension Accumulation Fund Carried Unanimously 9:52 P.M. BOARD OF RETIREMENT Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:52 P.M. PATRIOTS' DAY Expenses Carried Unanimously MEMORIAL DAY Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:54 P.M. INSURANCE Premiums Carried Unanimously PRINTING TOWN REPORT Expenses Carried Unanimously AMBULANCE MAINTENANCE Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:54 P.M. 9:55 P.M. 9:65 P.M. 9:55 P.M. ADMINISTRATION TRUST FUNDS Expenses Carried Unanimously UNCLASSIFIED Expenses Carried Unanimously WATER MAINTENANCE Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:56 P.M. 9:55 P.M. 9:55 P.M. 19,083.52 150.00 1,500.00 250.00 9,800.00 1,200.00 250.00 100.00 250.00 27,310.00 WATER SERVICES Wages and Expenses 24,000.00 Carried Unanimously 9:56 P.M. CEMETERY MAINTENANCE—MUNROE Personal Services Wages and Expenses ($6,000 less $1,000 which is to be transferred from the Income Trust Fund—Munroe Cemetery) Carried Unanimously 9:59 P.M. CEMETERY MAINTENANCE—WESTVIEW Personal Services 687.50 Wages and Expenses 9,500.00 010,000 leas $500 which is to be transferred from the Income Trust Fund—Westview Ceme- Carried Unanimously 10 P.M. Capital Outlay 3,500.00 To be transferred from the Westview Sale of Lots Fund Carried Unanimously 10:01 P.M. 350.00 5,000.00 85 86 TOWN OF LEXINGTON INTEREST ON DEBT Interest 6,521.25 Carried Unanimously 10:02 P.M. AND FURTHER VOTED: That the following amounts be approriated: MATURING DEBT 109,000.00 Of which $30,000 is to be transferred from the Water Department Available Surplus Fund; $2,- 462.25 to be transferred from Premium on Loans and the balance of $76,537.75 to be raised by di- rect appropriation Carried Unanimously 10:03 P.M. Article 6. Presented by H. Webster Thomas. Voted: to raise and appropriate $500,000.00 for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of a new elementary school building on land acquired by the Town for school purposes on December 16, 1947, sub- stantially in accordance with the plans submitted at this meeting by the School Committee; and to meet said appropriation that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow $500,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in not more than twenty years, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 186 of the Acts of 1947. The School Committee is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for the construction, equiping and furnishing of said building and the Moderator is hereby authorized and directed to ap- point an Elementary School Building Committee of five to have supervision of the construction, furnishing and equiping of the School Building. Carried Unanimously 10:22 P. M. Article 7. Presented by H. Webster Thomas. Voted: To authorize the School Committee to contract for the purchase and installation of oil burning equipment in the Junior -Senior High School building and for that purpose, the sum of $12,000.00 is appropriated to be provided by a transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 10:25 P. M. Article 8. Presented by H. Webster Thomas. Voted: That the sum of $300.00 be appropriated and assessed to pay the necessary expenses of School Officers incurred outside the Common- wealth in securing information upon matters in which the Town is inter- ested or which may tend to improve the service in the School Department. Carried Unanimously 10:26 P.M. Motion by Eugene T. Buckley: Meeting be adjourned for one week. Motion for adjournment lost 10:27 P. M. Article 9. William C. Paxton moves for Indefinite Postponement. Indefinite Postponement Carried 10:27 P. M. Article 10. William C. Paxton moves for Indefinite Postponement. Indefinite Postponement Carried 10:27 P. M. Unless otherwise noted, all articles presented by William C. Paxton. Article 11. Voted: That the following amount be appropriated and assessed for the unpaid bills, for the year 1947, of the following account: Board of Health — Dr. Howard W. Newell $45.00 Public Works Dept. — Hedge & Mattheis Co. 850.00 Carried Unanimously 10:28 P. M. Article 12. Voted: That the sum of $15,000 be appropriated and as- sessed for the Reserve Fund. Carried Unanimously 10:29 P. M. ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 87 Article 13. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to pe- tition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1948. Carried Unanimously 10:29 P. M. Article 14. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to install water mains not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter in such accepted or unaccepted streets as may be ap- plied for during the year 1948, subject to the assessment of betterments, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any land or easements necessary therefor, and to appropriate therefor the sum of $250,000.09, which said sum shall be raised by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, and that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $250,000.00, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town payable, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, within a period not exceeding fifteen years. Carried Unanimously 10:30 P M. Article 15. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets as may be applied for during the year 1948 in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897 and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any land or easements necessary therefor, and to appropriate therefor the sum of $92,000.00 of which $7,000.00 is to be raised by direct assessment, and the balance of $85,000.00 is to be raised by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town; and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $85,000.00, 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 ten years. Carried Unanimously 10:82 P. M. Article 16. Voted: That the sum of $1,500.00 be appropriated for the purchase of a new cruising car for the Police Department and to provide for the payment thereof by a transfer of $1,500.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 10:33 P. M. Article 17. Voted: That the following sums be appropriated and as- sessed for pensions for retired members of the Police and Fire Depart- ments, under Chapter 32 of the General Laws as amended: Police Pensions $1,500.00 Fire Pensions 5,400.61 Carried Unanimously 10:33 P. M. Article 18. Voted: That the sum of $1,400.00 be appropriated for the purchase of a truck chassis for the Fire Department, and to provide for the payment thereof by a transfer of $1,400.00 from the Excess and De- ficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 10:34 P. M. Article 19. Moved to be Indefinitely Postponed. Indefinite Postponement Carried 10:34 P. M. Article 2�. Voted: That the sum of $2,000.00 be appropriated and assessed for highway maintenance under authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws; said sum or any portion thereof to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen and to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State, County or both, for this purpose. Carried Unanimously 10:35 P. M. 88 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Article 21. Voted: That the sum of $5,000.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the construction of Grove Street; said sum, or any portion thereof, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen and to be used in con- junction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County or both, for that purpose. Carried Unanimously 10:36 P. M. Article 22. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to construct cement or bituminous concrete sidewalks, at such loca- tions as they shall determine, where the abutting owner pays one-half of the cost, and to appropriate and assess therefor the sum of $1500.00. Carried Unanimously 10:37 P. M. Article 23. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to construct curbings at such locations as they may determine and to appropriate and assess therefor the sum of $2,000.00. Carried Unanimously 10:37 P. M. Article 24. Voted: That the sum of $2,000.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the eradication of mosquitoes under Section 4A of Chapter 252 of the General Laws. Carried Unanimously 10:38 P. M. Article 25. Voted: That the Town 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, or other Departments of the Town, the amount of said charge not to ex- ceed the amount allowed by the State for the use of similar equipment. Carried Unanimously 10:89 P. M. Article 26. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to appoint one of their members to the Board of Appeals, in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 4A. Carried Unanimously 10:39 P. M. Article 27. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to install street lights in such unaccepted streets as they may deter- mine during the year 1948. Carried Unanimously 10:40 P. M. Article 28. Voted: That the sum of $21,500.00 be appropriated for the purchase of equipment for the Department of Public Works, and to provide for the payment thereof by a transfer of $21,500.00 from the Road machin- ery Fund. Carried Unanimously 10:40 P. M. Article 29. Voted: That the Town accept Chapter 265 of the Acts of 1947, authorizing the closing of public offices in cities and towns on Sat- urdays. Declared Lost by Voice Vote 10:40 P. M. Article 30. Voted: That the sum of $23,000.00 be appropriated as a supplementary construction appropriation to be used in conjunction with money already appropriated for the construction of sanitary sewers in that part of North Lexington as shown on a set of plans in the Office of the Town Engineer, and to provide for the payment thereof by a transfer of $23,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 10:41 P. M. ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 89 Article 31. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized, under such regulations and conditions as they shall determine, to use Town equipment and furnish materials and labor for temporary repairs on unaccepted streets in the Town upon application of the abutters and upon agreement of the abutters to pay the total cost for such service. Carried Unanimously 10:45 P. M. Article 22. Voted: To establish the salary and compensation of the Town Treasurer, Town Clerk and Town Collector of Taxes as follows: Town Treasurer $1,458.91 Town Clerk 2,242.12 Town Collector of Taxes 3,750.00 and that to provide for the payment thereof the sum of $7,451.03 is to be appropriated and assessed. Carried Unanimously 10:46 P. M. Article 33. Voted: That payments or liability for payments of snow removal in 1947, due to an extreme emergency involving the safety of per- sons and property, as voted unanimously by the Selectmen under the au- thority of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 31, be and they hereby are ratified and approved and that the sum of $12,343.68 be appropriated and assessed therefor. Carried Unanimously 10:47 P. M. Article 34. Voted: That the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the settlement of damages arising out of the taking by eminent domain for highway purposes of approximately 49,600 square feet of land belonging to James J. Murphy and Bertha J. Murphy by order of the County Commissioners, dated December 6, 1946. And Further Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to enter into an agreement with James J. Murphy and Bertha J. Murphy to set hack at the expense of the Town a stone wall on land taken from said Murphys by eminent domain for highway purposes to the re- maining land of said Murphys, if and when the land on which the said wall now rests, is required for the construction of Grove Street. Carried Unanimously 10:48 P. M. Article 35. Voted: That the sum of $200.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the settlement of damages arising out of the taking by eminent domain for highway purposes of approximately 21,450 square feet of land belonging to Ernest B. Johnson, Jr. by order of the County Commissioners, dated December 6, 1946. Carried Unanimously 10:48 P. M. Article 36. Voted: That the sum of $500.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the settlement of damages arising out of the taking by eminent domain for highway purposes of approximately 7,300 square feet of land belonging to Owen M. McDevitt, et als, by order of the County Commis- sioners, dated December 6, 1946. Carried Unanimuosly 10:49 P. M. Article 37. Voted: That the sum of $1,432.33 be appropriated and assessed for the settlement of damages arising out of the taking by eminent domain for highway purposes of approximately 12,500 square feet of land belonging to George W. Sarano and Helen B. Sarano by order of the County Commissioners, dated May 14, 1946. Carried Unanimously 10:50 P. M. 90 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Article 38. Voted: That the sum of $1,500.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the settlement of damages arising out of the taking by eminent domain for highway purposes of approximately 8,500 square feet of land belonging to Thomas A. Napoli by order of the County Commissioners, dated May 14, 1946. Carried Unanimously 10:50 P. M. Article 39. Voted: That the sum of $1,100.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the settlement of damages arising out of the taking by eminent domain for highway purposes of approximately 8,700 square feet of land belonging to Marie A. Miller by order of the County Commissioners, dated May 14, 1946. Carried Unanimously 10:51 P. M. Clarence E. Smith moves that Meeting be Adjourned for one week, Monday, March 29, 1948, 8 P. M. Motion Carried at 10:52 P. M. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk SECOND ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING March 29, 1948 Meeting called to order by Robert H. Holt, Moderator 8:03 P. M. There were 176 Town Meeting Members present. Article 2. Chairman, William C. Paxton presents the following: Voted: That the following resolution be and it hereby is adopted. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Robert H. Holt, Esquire was first elected Moderator of the Town of Lexington on March 3, 1924, and WHEREAS, he was re-elected to said office annually thereafter up to and including the year 1948, and WHERAS, he has continually served the Town of Lexington as Town Moderator for a period of twenty-five years in a most capable, highly efficient and ever -gracious manner, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED That the citizens of the Town of Lexington in town meeting assembled, do hereby pay tribute to their esteemed fellow citizen, Robert H. Holt, Esquire, in recogni- tion and appreciation of his years of outstanding service to the Town of Lexington, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That this Resolution be spread on the permanent records of the Town of Lexington. Said Resolution accepted by Town Meeting Members and placed on file. 8:05 P- M. Article 2. Presented by William C. Paxton. c. 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 8:06 P. M. ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 91 Article 2. Charles G. Davis presents Report of Progress — High School Planning Committee. Voted to be accepted and placed on file 8:07 P. M. Unless otherwise noted, all articles presented by Chairman William C. Paxton. Upon vote of Town Meeting, there were no objections in taking up Articles 40, 41 and 42 together. 8:08 P. M. Article 40. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to construct or contract for the construction of sanitary sewers in that part of Lexington known as North Branch Vine Brook, as shown on a set of plans in the office of the Town Engineer, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Carried Unanimously 8:38 P. M. Article 41. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to construct or contract for the construction of sanitary sewers in that part of Lexington known as South Branch Vine Brook, as shown on a set of pians in the office of the Town Engineer, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Carried Unanimously 8:39 P. M. Article 42. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to construct or contract for the construction of sanitary sewers in that part of Lexington from Mill Brook to Rindge Avenue, as shown on a set of plans in the office of the Town Engineer, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Carried Unanimously 8:40 P. M. Articles 40-42 inclusive. Voted: To appropriate for the purposes of sewer construction and ]and acquisition enumerated in Articles 40, 41 and 42, the sum of $275,000.00 and to provide for the payment thereof by the issuance of bonds or notes of the Town in the amount of $275,000.00 and that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $275,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town payable in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, within a period not exceeding twenty-five years. Motion made by Harold B. Lamont: Said bonds or notes of the Town payable in accordance with the pro- visions of General Laws, Chapter 44, within a period not exceeding thirty years. Motion to amend Carried 8:44 P. M. Articles 40-42 inclusive, Voted: To appropriate for the purposes of sewer construction and land acquisition enumerated in Articles 40, 41, and 42, the sum of $275,000.00 and to provide for the payment thereof by the issuance of bonds or notes of the Town in the amount of $275,000.00 and that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to bor- 92 TOWN OF LEXINGTON row the sum of $275,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town payable in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, within a period not exceeding thirty years. Carried Unanimously 8:45 P. M. Article 43. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to enter into an agreement for the acquisition, installation and main- tenance of parking meters in locations to be determined by the Board of Selectmen. Motion made by Leon W. Bateman: "I move that the parking problem be referred to the Planning Board for further study to report to the next Town Meeting." Amendment as presented Carried Unanimously 9:03 P. M. Article 43 as amended Carried Unanimously 9:03 P. M. Article 44. Voted: That the relocation by the Board of Selectmen of Massachusetts Avenue from Edison Way to the Police Station Driveway, as shown on a pian dated February 4, 1948, and filed in the office of the Town Clerk, be accepted and that the sum of $4,400.00 be appropriated and assessed to pay for the construction of said street as so relocated. Carried Unanimously 9:04 P. M. Article 45. Voted: That the sum of $7,900.00 be appropriated and as- sessed for the widening of the southeasterly side of Waltham Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Vine Brook Road as shown on a plan of Waltham Street, Lexington, Massachusetts, dated July, 1925, by Clarence B. French, Town Engineer, and in compliance with the order of the County Commis- sioners, dated August 3, 1925. Carried Unanimously 9:24 P. M. . Article 46. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to sell and convey to Boston Edison Company, on such terms as they shall determine, a perpetual easement for the purpose of erecting, constructing, repairing, operating and inspecting transmission lines for the transmission of high and low voltage electric current and necessary lines for ground wire attachments and telephone and signal purposes over, across and upon a strip of land 250 feet in width lying beneath the surface of Butterfield's Pond under the provisions of Chapter 263 of the Legislative Acts of 1926. Carried Unanimously 9:26 P. M. Article 47. Presented by William Roger Greeley. Voted: To adopt the following resolution: RESOLUTION Whereas. Modern science has now produced means by which mankind can destroy itself; and Whereas, the United Nations was created as an instrument to preserve peace and its charter is capable of amendment so as to make it effective for the maintenance of world order; and, Whereas, the People of Lexington have since 1713 been happy to delegate certain functions of government to their town government, other functions to their State government, and still other functions to their national government, and are now entirely ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 93 willing to delegate further limited functions of government to a world government for the purpose of maintening peace; Now Therefore, Be it Resolved, by the people of Lexington, Massa- chusetts, in Town Meeting assembled, that they call upon their representa- tives in the Congress in the Executive Department of the United States, and in the United Nations, to take note of these truths and forthwith to take such steps as may be necessary to have our delegates to the United Nations present or support amendment to the Charter for the purpose of making the United Nations into a world government capable of enacting, interpreting, and enforcing world law to prevent war. Carried Unanimously 9:30 P. M. Article 47. Presented by William Roger Greeley. MARCH 29, 1948 RESOLUTION ADOPTEII UNDER ARTICLE 47 OF THE WARRANT FOR THE MARCH, 1948, TOWN MEETING WHEREAS, the United Nations was created as an instrument to pre- serve peace and its charter is capable of amendment so as to make it effective for the maintenance of World order; and, WHEREAS, disarmament and world peace can only be achieved by world order, world law and some measure of world government; and, WHEREAS, the people of Lexington have since 1713 been happy to delegate certain functions of government to their town government, other functions to their state government and still other functions to their na- tional government and are now willing to delegate further limited functions of government to a world government for the purpose of maintaining peace; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the people of Lexington, Massachusetts, in Town Meeting assembled, that they call upon their rep- resentatives in the Congress, in the Executive Department of the United States and in the United Nations, to take note of these truths and forth- with to take such steps as may be necessary to have our delegates to the United Nations present or support amendment of the Charter for the pur- pose of constituting the United Nations a world government capable of enacting, interpreting, and enforcing world law to prevent war; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to both Senators from Massachusetts, the Congressman from the fifth Congressional District, the President of the United States, the Secretary of State and the United States representatives in the United Nations. Carried Unanimously 9:30 P. M. Article 48. Voted: That the Town amend Section 39 of Article XXIV of the General By-laws of the Town of Lexington by adding thereto the following section to be known as Section 39A: "No person shall without a written permit from the Board of Selectmen or the Chief of Police and a written permit from the owner or occupant of land fire or discharge any rifle, air -rifle or pistol on or across any land within the confines of the 94 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Town, but this section shall not prevent the use of such firearms in the lawful defense and protection of one's person or other human being or property, nor to veterinarians in the practice of their profession, nor in the performance of any duty required or authorized by law, nor to mem- bers of the Police Department in carrying out their duties and for target practice upon ranges first duly approved by the Chief of Police. Any person desiring to discharge said firearms or air -rifles must first obtain a written permit specifying the locus from the owner or occupant of the land upon and across which one desires to discharge said firearms or air -rifles, said permit shall then be presented to the Board of Selectmen or to the Chief of Police and if the discharge of the above firearms or air - rifles upon and across the locus specified does riot, in the opinion of the Board of Selectmen or the Chief of Police, endanger the safety of persons or property of others, the Board of Selectmen or the Chief of Police shall issue a written permit to allow such discharge and impose such safety con- ditions or precautions as they deem necessary." In Favor 42 94 35 Richard E. Rowse Paul Hanson Harold. F. Lombard Opposed 1 2 0 171 3 Carried 9:38 P. M. Article 49. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to enter into a contract with a firm of expert real estate ap- praisers for the revaluation of all real property in the Town and for the submission of a report to the Board of Assessors, and to appropriate and assess therefor the sum of $25,000.00. Lost 9:50 P.M. Article 50. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to prepare and publish comparative values of the real estate in the Town and to appropriate and assess therefor the sum of $2,000.00. Lost 9:50 P.M. Article 51. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and directed to petition the Legislature for authority to expend a sum not in excess of $10,000.09 for necessary alterations in Buck- man Tavern. Carried Unanimously 10 P. M. Article 55. Moved to be Indefinitely Postponed. Indefinite Postponement Carried 10:01 P. M. Article 56. Moved to be Indefinitely Postponed. Indefinite Postponement Carried 10:01 P. M. Article 57. Moved to be Indefinitely Postponed. Indefinite Postponement Carried 10:02 P. M. Article 58. Voted: That an additional sum of $10,000.00 be appropri- ated to be used in conjunction with money already appropriated for the ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 95 construction of streets established as town ways by vote of the Town on March 31, 1947, and on September 22, 1947, and to provide for the payment thereof by a transfer of $10,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 10:03 P. M. Article 59. Motion by Harold B. Lamont for Indefinite Postponement. Indefinite Postponement Carried 10:04 P. M. Meeting dissolved at 10:05 P. M. JAMES J. CARROLL, Toxon Clerk TOWN WARRANT THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and worn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Pri- maries to meet in their respective voting places in said Town, Precinct One, Adams School; Precinct Two, Three and Four, Cary Me- morial Building, on Tuesday, the twenty-seventh day of April, 1948, at 2:00 o'clock P. M. for the following purposes: To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices: 7 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party. 7 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party. 16 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party. 16 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party. 2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Par- ty, 5th Congressional District. 2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 5th Congressional District. 2 District Delegates to the Nations; Convention of the Democratic Party, 5th Congressional District. 2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 5th Congressional District. District Members of the State Committee (One Man and One Woman) for each political party for the 7th Middlesex Senatorial District. 35 Members of the Republican Town Committee. 10 Members of the Democratic Town Committee. The polls will be open from 2:00 P. M. to 8:00 P. M. 96 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands this fifth day of April, 4.0., 1948. WILLIAM C. PAXTON DONALD E. NICKERSON GEORGE W. EMERY FREDERICK M. GAY WILLIAM H. DRISCOLL Selectmen of Lexington A true copy, Attest: JOHN C. RUSSELL, Constable of Lexington PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY --- April 27, 1948 The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the Town Precincts as follows: PRECINCT ONE Charles J. Dailey George E. Foster Mary E. Stankard Mary A. Rowland Annie H. McDonnell Helga M. Carlson Pauline E. Bartlett Warden Inspector Clerk Teller Teller Teller Inspector PRECINCT TWO Clyde E. Steeves Ruth R. Ray Elizabeth IL Nourse Helen McCaffrey Madeline V. Peterson Edward McCrory Mary G. Oliver Gertrude H. Mara Warden Inspector Clerk Teller Teller Teller Inspector Teller PRECINCT THREE Sidney U. Robbins Charles F. Vaughan Gladys T. Watson William J. Collins Rosalie MacDonald Edna D. Anderson Emma H. Viso Ella G. Callahan Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector Teller Teller Teller Teller PRECINCT FOUR Lester L. Andrews Mary J. Ferry Helen M. Kirk Mary A. Spellman Warden Clerk Inspector Inspector ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 97 Caroline F. Deloury Teller Robert E. Ryan Teller Agnes L. Hall Teller Catherine M. Ferry Teller The polls were declared open in each Precinct at two o'clock P. M. and remained open until eight o'clock P. M. at which time after due notice they were declared closed. The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. The total number of registered voters in each precinct as follows: Precinct One Precinct Two Precinct Three Precinct Four Sixteen hundred sixty-four Thirteen hundred fifty-two Fourteen hundred sixty-one Sixteen hundred seventy-six Total Sixty-one hundred fifty-three 1664 1352 1461 1676 6153 The ballots were counted by the election officers in each Precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots 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. The Town Clerk and the members of the Board of Registrars canvassed the results as follows: Precinct One Ballots Cast: Precinct Two Ballots Cast: Precinct Three Ballots Cast: Precinct Four Ballots Cast: Totals Dem. 10 Dem. 14 Dem. 15 Dem. 5 Dem. 44 Rep. 49 Rep. 72 Rep. 101 Rep. 58 Rep. 280 Total 59 Total 86 Total 116 Total 63 Total 324 REPUBLICAN PARTY DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Robert F. Bradford 46 70 100 58 274 Leverett Saltonstall 47 71 101 57 276 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 47 72 101 57 277 Joseph William Martin, Jr. 47 67 98 55 267 Clarence A. Barnes 46 68 97 55 266 Katherine G. Howard 44 66 94 53 257 Edwin L. Olander 42 65 93 53 253 Blanks 24 25 23 18 90 348 504 707 406 1960 ALTERNATE DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Esther W. Wheeler 37 66 93 53 249 Carroll L. Meins 37 65 92 55 249 98 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Clara F. Roberto Richard V. Wigglesworth Florence G. Claussen Anne M. Zyfers Milton P. Higgins Blanks 38 66 92 53 249 38 68 95 54 255 36 66 90 53 245 35 66 89 53 243 39 65 91 53 248 83 42 65 32 222 343 504 707 406 1960 DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Otis M. Whitney Thomas Pappas Blanks 47 70 41 66 10 8 98 59 95 53 9 4 274 255 31 98 144 202 116 560 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION Elizabeth B. Cusack Leo A. Roy Blanks Pre. 1 Pre. 2 44 67 44 67 10 10 98 144 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total 91 51 253 92 52 255 19 13 52 202 116 560 STATE COMMITTEE Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total 42 63 89 53 247 7 9 12 5 33 Vincent Hockmeyer Blanks 49 72 101 58 280 STATE COMMITTEE Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Marion R. Symonds 45 65 91 51 252 Blanks 4 7 10 7 28 49 72 101 58 280 TOWN COMMITTEE Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Ernest J. Crerie 35 63 84 47 229 Helen IL Smith 37 66 92 51 246 Thelma F. Mather 89 66 90 50 245 Michael F. Shea 40 64 83 46 233 Alyce C. Burnell 37 66 85 50 238 Sarah E. Goodwin 37 65 92 50 244 Alice G. Webster 40 65 94 49 248 Dorothea S. Dodge 39 66 90 51 246 Ruth A. Stone 40 67 89 47 243 ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 99 100 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Margaret H. Cook 39 65 89 50 243 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL Emory D. Heald 34 64 83 46 227 CONVENTION Clyde E. Steeves 37 68 87 48 240 Newton E. Bennett 38 68 86 48 240 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Thomas J. Donnelly, Jr. 39 65 83 47 234 William R. Conley 2 2 5 2 11 Gaetano Buttaro 38 64 81 46 229 Frank T. Y. Goon . 1 2 4 2 9 Lee E. Tarbox 39 69 87 50 245 Michael A. O'Leary 2 1 4 2 9 Elizabeth R. Lewis 35 69 88 49 241 Bernard J. Killion 2 1 6 2 11 Arthur F. Mason 40 64 84 49 237 Clementina Langone 1 1 4 2 8 Howard A. Patterson 39 65 86 51 241 Michael LoPresti 1 1 5 2 9 Essala C, Foster 39 64 84 46 233 Mary E. McDonald 1 1 5 2 9 Archibald R. Giroux 45 70 95 52 262 Charles H. McGlue 2 2 4 2 10 Lulu M. Blake 34 67 89 49 239 Thomas F. Graham 1 1 6 2 9 Guyetta G. Broderic 37 66 87 48 238 Samuel Michelman 1 1 4 2 8 Blanche T. Nilson 38 67 88 48 241 Rita M. Moylan 1 1 5 2 9 Herbert T, Nilson 36 66 87 49 238 Mary Higgins 1 1 5 2 9 Richard H. Childs 39 68 86 52 245 Charles Collatos ... 1 1 4 2 8 Albert H. Burnham 40 70 91 51 252 Silas F. Taylor 1 1 4 2 8 Ruth G. Bevan 31 65 86 46 228 James T. Violette 1 2 4 2 9 Esther S. Barry 35 68 82 46 231 Daniel F. Donovan 2 2 6 2 12 Robert C. Merriam 41 70 99 53 263 — "' — Eleanor B. Litchfield 34 65 86 51 236 21 21 74 32 148 Alfred P. Tropeano 35 66 83 50 234 Margaret E. Cromwell 35 65 89 47 236 DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION Walter E. Sands 40 70 97 54 261 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 8 Pre. 4 Total James W. Smith, Jr. 0 0 7 0 7 Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. 5 4 7 2 18 Albert G. Frothingham 0 0 1 0 1 John George Asiaf 4 4 5 1 14 Blanks 430 264 545 305 1544 Stanley Borsa 4 4 5 1 14 — Gerald T. Bowler 4 3 6 1 14 1711 2520 3535 1972 9738 Jeremiah D. Crowley 5 4 5 1 15 Joseph T. Conley 4 3 6 2 15 DEMOCRATIC PARTY Walter A. Cuffe 4 4 5 1 14 DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION C. Gerald Lucey 5 3 6 1 15 Francis V. Matera 4 3 5 1 13 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Harvey A. Pothier 5 3 5 1 14 John W. McCormack 3 9 7 2 21 William H. J. Rowan 4 4 6 2 16 James M. Curley 3 8 5 3 19 Colin J. Cameron 4 3 6 2 15 Thomas J. Buckley 2 8 7 3 20 Charles J. Artesani 4 3 5 1 13 William J. Foley 3 8 4 2 17 Francis X. Casey 6 4 7 2 19 Chester A. Dolan, Jr. 3 8 5 3 19 Daniel Rudsten 4 3 5 1 13 Joseph E. Casey 2 8 6 2 18 John M. Shea 6 4 7 2 19 Charles F. Jeff Sullivan 2 8 6 3 19 Daniel B. Brunton 2 8 4 2 16 72 56 91 22 241 Margaret M. O'Riordan 1 8 6 2 17 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL Roger L. Putnam 2 8 6 3 19 CONVENTION Maxwell B. Grossman 1 8 4 2 15 Francis E. Kelly 1 9 4 3 17 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total John T. MeMorrow 2 8 5 2 17 James A. Burke 5 3 6 1 15 David J. Brickley 2 8 4 3 17 Joseph E. Duffy 5 3 6 1 15 Joseph A. Scolponeti 1 8 6 3 18 Howard B. Driscoll 5 2 6 1 14 Edward P. Gilgun 1 8 4 2 15 Gerald P. Lombard 4 2 5 1 12 John J. Toomey 5 3 6 2 16 31 130 83 40 284 Robert G. Connolly 5 2 5 1 13 ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 101 102 TOWN OF LEXINGTON GATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL ALTERNATE DELEGATES Edward J. Mulligan 5 3 5 1 14 CONVENTION James J. Twohig, Jr. 5 3 6 1 15 Anthony Parenzo 4 2 5 1 12 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total John G. Curley 5 2 6 1 14 Blanks 51 165 69 31 316 Patrick Cronin 5 2 6 1 14 DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION Harold C. Nagle 4 2 5 1 12 Thomas F. Reilly 5 2 5 1 13 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total John H. O'Connor, Jr. 5 2 7 1 15 Daniel O'Dea 6 12 8 3 29 James E. Hannon 4 2 6 1 13 James J. Bruin 5 9 8 3 25 Frank B. Oliveira 4 3 5 1 13 75 38 90 17 220 DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total James A. Bowes 1 0 1 0 2 Francis E. Cassidy 1 0 1 0 2 Lawrence W. Caton 1 0 0 0 1 12 22 15 5 54 Joseph H. Downey 1 0 1 0 2 DISTRICT DELEGATE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION Leo A. Gosselin 1 0 0 0 1 Thomas A. Keating 1 0 0 0 1 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Mathias LaPierre 1 0 0 0 1 John J. Walsh 2 3 0 1 6 Leo F. McGrath 1 0 0 0 1 DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION James Leo O'Connor 1 0 1 0 2 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total James F. Reynolds 1 0 0 0 1 Blanks 7 4 14 3 28 GeorgelkeSullivanStanton 1 0 1 0 2 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL Alice D. Sivan 1 0 1 0 2 CONVENTION 12 0 6 0 18 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Blanks 8 6 15 5 34 STATE COMMITTEE Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Frank A. Cassidy 1 6 3 3 13 Marie F. Akey 1 0 1 0 2 George B. Murphy, Jr. 2 6 5 0 13 Thomas B. Brennan 1 0 1 0 2 Blanks 7 2 7 2 18 Joseph J. Buckley 1 0 1 0 2 John C. Carr 1 0 1 0 2 10 14 15 5 44 Lawrence E. Corcoran 1 0 1 0 2 STATE COMMITTEE Frederick M. Kelley 1 0 0 0 1 Frances Balogh 0 0 1 0 1 Ida C. McDonough 1 0 0 0 1 Blanks 10 14 14 5 43 Edward McLaughlin 1 0 0 0 1 Wilfred J. Paquet 1 0 0 0 1 10 14 15 5 44 Luke Ryan 1 0 1 0 2 Anna A. Sharry 1 0 1 0 2 TOWN COMMITTEE Jacob W. Shinberg 1 0 0 0 1 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Wanda Walczak 1 0 0 0 1 Eugene T. Buckley 3 0 3 3 9 Frances Balogh 3 0 3 1 7 13 0 7 0 20 Elizabeth M. Burton 3 0 3 3 9 Daniel A. Cronin 3 0 3 1 7 DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION Agnes L. Hall 0 0 3 2 5 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre, 4 Total John F. McKearney, Jr. 3 0 3 2 8 Blanks 45 38 60 18 161 John G. Sexton 3 0 3 1 7 11 21 16 6 54 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total George B. Murphy, Jr. 6 12 7 3 28 Walter 11. Wilcox 6 10 8 2 26 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 103 Mary A. Spellman 3 0 3 3 9 Blanks 79 140 126 34 379 100 140 150 50 440 JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealths you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Pri- maries to meet in Adams School, East Lexington. (Precinct ane) and Cary Memorial Hall, Lexington Center, (Precinct Two, Three and Four), on TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1948 at 8:00 o'clock A.M., for the following purposes: To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices: Governor for this Commonwealth Lieutenant Governor for this Commonwealth Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth Treasurer and Receiver -General for this Commonwealth Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth Attorney General for this Commonwealth Senator in Congress for this Commonwealth Representative in Congress for 5th Congressional District Councillor for 6th Councillor District Senator for 7th Middlesex Senatorial District Two Representatives in General Court for 19th Middlesex Representa- tive District Register of Probate and Insolvency for Middlesex County Two County Commissioners for Middlesex County County Treasurer for Middlesex County VACANCIES Sheriff for Middlesex County The polls will be open from 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. And you are directed to serve this Warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting es provided in the By-laws of the Town - Hereof fail not and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands this 9th day of August, A.D., 19.48. Wn.LIArs C. PAXTON GEORGE W. EMERY Wzz.LIAea H. DRISCOLL DONALD E. NICKEiRsON FREI»EUCK M. GAY Selectmen of Lexington JOHN C. Russe r, Constable of Lexington A true copy, Attest: 104 TOWN OF LEXINGTON STATE PRIMARY — September 14, 1948 The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the Town Precincts as follows: PRECINCT ONE Charles J. Dailey Paul V. Curran George E. Foster Mary E. Stankard Marie E. Mahoney Mary E. Tracey Annie H. McDonnell George F. Stygles Helga M. Carlson Henry F. Brander Alice G. Marshall Warden Inspector Inspector Clerk Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Randall W. Richards PRECINCT TWO Madeline V. Peterson Mary G. Oliver Gertrude H. Mara Elinor T. Husted Ralph I. Dale Elizabeth R. Nourse Barbara O'Connor Warden Inspector Inspector Clerk Teller Teller Teller Teller Sidney U. Robbins Bradford Giddings Charles F. Vaughan Emma H. Zitso Gladys T. Watson Edna D. Anderson Henry P. Meade Ella G. Callahan James T. McGann Rosalie MacDonald Elizabeth A. McCormack PRECINCT THREE Warden Inspector Inspector Clerk Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Lester L. Andrews Harry Boyd Helen M. Kirk Mary J. Ferry Helena T. Maguire Caroline F. Deloury Mary A. Spellman Robert E. Ryan Agnes G. Hall Laurina M. Wilson . Catherine M. Ferry PRECINCT FOUR Warden Inspector Inspector Clerk Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 105 106 TOWN OF LEXINGTON The polls were declared open in each Precinct at eight o'clock A. M. AUDITOR and remained open until eight o'clock P. M. at which time after due notice Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total they were declared closed. Douglas Lawson 37 40 52 38 167 The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their Edwin L. Olander, Jr. 73 173 168 114 528 duties. Wallace E. Stearns 18 12 9 20 59 The total number of registered voters in each precinct as follows: Russell A. Wood 121 155 176 197 649 Precinct One Seventeen hundred thirty-six 1736 Blanks 29 32 15 21 97 Precinct Two Fourteen hundred sixty 1460 Precinct Three Fifteen hundred seventy 1570 278 412 420 390 1500 Precinct Four Seventeen hundred eighty-nine 1789 ATTORNEY GENERAL Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total CIarence A. Barnes 250 393 399 370 1412 Blanks 28 19 • 21 20 88 Total: Sixty-five hundred fifty-five 6555 The ballots Were counted by the election officers in each Precinct, the tally sheets and total 'vote sheets prepared by the Town. Clerk being used. The ballots 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. 278 412 420 390 1500 SENATOR IN CONGRESS The Town Clerk and the members of the Board of Registrars canvassed Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total the results as follows: Leverett Saltonstall 263 398 406 374 1441 Precinct Ona Ballots Cast: Dem. 58 Rep. 278 Total 336 Blanks 15 14 14 16 59 Precinct Two Ballots Cast: Dem. 25 Rep. 412 Total 437 Precinct Three Ballots Cast: Dern. 22 Rep. 420 Total 442 278 412 420 390 1500 Precinct Four Ballots Cast: Dem. 32 Rep. 390 Total 442 CONGRESSMAN Totals: Dein. 137 Rep. 1500 Total 1637 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Edith Nourse Rogers 262 384 399 371 1416 REPUBLICAN PARTY Blanks 16 28 21 19 84 GOVERNOR 278 412 420 390 1500 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Robert F. Bradford 222 377 375 347 1321 COUNCILLOR Edward M. Rowe 47 27 36 40 150 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Blanks 9 8 9 3 Victor A. Friend 251 387 392 358 1388 278 412 420 390 1500 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Arthur W. Coolidge 254 398 404 379 1435 Blanks 24 14 16 11 65 278 412 420 390 1500 SECRETARY Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Frederic W. Cook 257 400 402 376 1435 Blanks 21 12 18 14 65 278 412 420 390 1500 TREASURER Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Laurence Curtis 250 394 405 370 1419 Blanks 28 18 15 20 81 278 412 420 390 1500 Blanks 27 25 28 32 112 278 412 420 390 1500 SENATOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total George J. Evans . 245 383 397 358 1383 Blanks 33 29 23 32 117 278 412 420 390 1500 REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Charles E. Ferguson 255 390 384 362 1391 Harold E. Tivey 84 147 152 119 502 John Brox 38 61 58 44 201 Victor N. Chuff 10 20 12 6 48 Everett B. Fox 10 16 17 7 50 John A. May 112 125 164 183 584 Blanks 47 65 53 59 224 556 824 840 780 3000 ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 107 REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Loring P. Jordan 176 274 295 270 1015 John F. Lombard 74 110 107 102 393 Blanks 28 28 18 18 92 278 412 420 390 1500 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total William G. Andrew 169 267 287 276 999 Edwin O. Childs 197 821 331 285 1134 Harland J. Barnes 58 58 61 71 248 Albert L. Sargent 56 73 76 62 267 Blanks 76 105 85 86 352 556 824 840 780 2000 COUNTY TREASURER Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Charles P. Howard 246 377 389 361 1373 Blanks 32 35 31 29 127 108 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Charles F. Jeff Sullivan 22 7 7 12 48 Blanks 0 3 0 1 4 58 25 22 32 137 SECRETARY Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Edward J. Cronin 33 17 14 18 82 Jerome Patrick Troy 19 5 7 11 42 Blanks 6 2 1 3 13 58 25 22 32 127 TREASURER Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total John E. Hurley 51 22 21 28 122 Blanks 7 3 1 4 15 Thomas J. Buckley Blanks 58 25 22 32 137 AUDITOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total 51 21 19 28 119 7 4 3 4 18 278 412 420 390 1500 58 25 22 32 137 SHERIFF ATTORNEY GENERAL Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Smith J. Adams 16 35 35 34 120 Enrico Cappucci 5 2 1 5 13 Paul J. Allen 11 14 17 16 58 John F. Kelley 24 10 5 11 50 Louis E. Boutwell 166 255 278 235 934 Francis E. Kelly 19 5 7 8 39 Francis J. Cook 19 27 16 30 92 Patrick Gilbert Sullivan 0 4 8 6 27 Frederick L. Galbraith 3 10 13 14 40 Blanks 1 4 1 2 8 Francis P. Shea, Jr. 23 16 16 17 72 58 25 22 32 137 Horace H. Walker 13 11 11 11 46 Blanks 27 44 34 33 138 SENATOR IN CONGRESS Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total 278 412 420 390 1500 John I. Fitzgerald 16 5 3 6 30 DEMOCRATIC PARTY Francis D. Harrigan 9 4 7 4 24 Joseph A. Langone, Jr. 2 1 1 4 8 GOVERNOR John D. Lynch 17 2 7 9 35 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Richard M. Russell 100 6 44 9 29 Paul A. Dever 49 22 16 25 112 Blanks Maurice J. Tobin 7 2 6 6 21 58 25 22 32 137 Blanks 2 1 0 1 4 58 25 22 32 137 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Edward P. Barry 9 8 9 3 29 Benedict F. Fitzgerald, Jr, 27 7 6 16 56 John D. Lynch Blanks CONGRESSMAN Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total 1 0 0 0 1 57 25 22 32 136 58 25 22 32 137 ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 109 COUNCILLOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total John F. Casey 29 9 10 10 58 James Michael O'Meara 17 11 8 15 51 Blanks 12 5 4 7 28 58 25 22 32 137 SENATOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pie. 4 Total John I. Fitzgerald 1 0 0 0 1 Blanks 57 25 22 32 136 58 25 22 32 137 REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Thomas F. Murphy 49 14 14 19 96 Blanks 67 36 30 45 178 116 50 44 64 274 REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total John J. Butler 46 17 14 26 103 Blanks 12 8 8 6 34 58 25 22 32 137 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total James A. Cullen 43 16 15 25 99 Blanks 73 34 29 39 175 116 60 44 64 274 COUNTY TREASURER Blanks 58 25 22 32 137 SHERIFF Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Patrick J. Brennan 28 10 5 11 54 Roger Joseph Kane 6 0 1 0 7 John W. Kelleher 9 5 8 7 29 Horace H. Walker 8 5 5 12 30 Blanks 7 5 3 2 17 58 25 22 32 137 JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk 110 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Toum. of Lexington, qualified to vote in elec- tions and in Town. Affairs, to meet in the Cary Memorial Building, in said Lexington, on Mohd. y, the eighteenth day of October, 1948 at 8 P. M. then and there to act on the following articles: Article 1. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town and to appoint other Committees. Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for Old Age Assistance—Aid and Expenses, for the balance of the year 1948, and to provide for the payment therefor by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for Public Welfare—Aid and Expenses, for the balance of the year 1948, and to provide for the payment therefor by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the Highway Department Road Machinery Account, for the balance of the year 1948, and to provide for the payment therefor by trans- fer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 341 of the Acts of 1948, authorizing the Town to expend a sum not exceeding $10,000 for alterations and improvements on Buckman Tavern, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for alterations and improvements on Buckman Tavern, under Chap- ter 341 of the Acts of 1948, and provide for payment therefor by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 7. To see if the Town will vote a supplementary appropriation to be used in conjunction with money already appropriated for the construc- tion of sanitary sewers in that part of Lexington known as North Branch Vine Brook as shown on a set of plans in the office of the Town Engineer, and to provide for the payment therefor by transfer from available funds, or by issue of bonds or notes of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for Interest on Debt, and to provide for payment therefor by transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into an agreement for the acquisition, installation and maintenance of parking meters in locations to be determined by the Board of Selectmen, and to provide for the payment therefor by a transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept a bequest under the will of Geneva M. Brown for the specified purposes outlined in said will, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept a bequest under ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 111 the will of Everett M. Mulliken for the specified purposes outlined in said will, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be used in addition to money already appropriated for the widening of the southeasterly side of 'Waltham Street from Massachusetts Avenue to a point on said Waltham Street opposite the southerly boundary of Vine Brook as shown on a plan of Waltham Street, Lexington, Massachusetts, dated July 1925, by Clarence B. French, Town Engineer, and in compliance with the order of the County Commissioners, dated August 3, 1925, and to provide for the payment thereof by a transfer from available funds, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Ar•ticIe 13. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zon- ing By-law by adding to the areas designated as M. 1, or light manufactur- ing districts, the following area now designated under said Zoning By-law as an R. 1, or one -family dwelling residence district:— Beginning at a point which is at the intersection of a line 125 feet west of the westerly sideline of Marsh Street and parallel to it and a line 250 feet south of the southerly sideline of land now or formerly of the Boston & Lowell R. R. Corp. and parallel to it, thence running in a southwesterly direction along a line 125 feet west and parallel to the westerly sideline of Marsh Street to a point which is at the intersection of a line 125 feet west of the westerly sideline of Marsh Street and parallel to it and a line 1,000 feet south of and parallel to the southerly sideline land now or formerly of the Boston & Lowell R. R. Corp. thence turning and running in a northwesterly direction along the above described line to Mellex Road, thence turning and running in a north- erly and easterly direction along the east side of Mellex Road to a point which is at the intersection of the easterly sideline of Mellex Road and a line 250 feet south of the southerly sideline of land now or formerly of the Boston & Lowell R. R. Corp. and parallel to it, thence along said line in a southeasterly direction to the point of beginning. Article 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enter into an agreement with the Veterans Administration for the extension of water mains to the Bedford Line and supplying Water therefrom to the Veterans Administration in Bedford, Massachusetts upon such terms as the Selectmen shall determine, and to provide for the payment therefor by a transfer from available funds Or by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town, 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-laws of the Town. Hereof fail not, and veake due return on this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands at Lexington, this twenty-seventh day of Sep- tember, A. D., 1948. A true copy, Attest: WILLIAM C. PAXTON GEORGE W. EMERY WILLIAM H. DRISCOLL FREDERICK M. GAY DONALD E. NIcxERnON Selectmen. of Lexington JOHN C. RUSSELL, Constable of Lexington 112 TOWN OF LEXINGTON SPECIAL TOWN MEETING There were 149 Town Meeting Members present. The meeting was called to order at 8:03 P. M. by the Town Clerk, James J. Carroll, account the Moderator, Robert H. Holt, being absent. Nominations were made from the floor and Errol H. Locke was duly elected Moderator pro -tem for the meeting. 8:04 P. M, The Town Clerk read the Warrant until further reading was duly voted to be suspended. 8:04 P. M. Officers Return of the Warrant read by the Town Clerk. 8:05 P. M. The various articles for the meeting were presented by George W. Emery unless otherwise noted. Article 1. Harvey F. Winlock, Chairman of the Appropriation Com- mittee, presented Report of the Appropriation Committee which was duly voted to be accepted and placed on file. 8:05 P. M. Article 2. Voted: that the sum of $8,000.00 be appropriated for Old Age Assistance—Aid and Expenses, for the balance of the year 1948; this money to be provided by a transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 8:06 P. M. Article 3. Voted: That the sum of $6,000.00 be appropriated for Pub- lic Welfare—Aid and Expenses, for the balance of the year 1948; this money to be provided by a transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 8:07 P. M. Article 4. Voted: That the sum of $5,500.00 be appropriated for the Highway Department Road Machinery Account, for the balance of the year 1948; this money to be provided by a transfer from the Road Machinery Fund. Carried Unanimously 8:08 P. M. Article 5. Voted: That the Town Accept Chapter 341 of the Acts of 1948, authorizing the Town to expend a sum not exceeding $10,000.00 for alterations and improvements on Buckman Tavern. Carried Unanimously 8:09 P. M. Article 6. Presented by William Roger Greeley. Voted: That the sum of $10,000.00 be appropriated for alterations and improvements on Buckman Tavern, under Chapter 341 of the Acts of 1948, and to provide for payment therefor by a transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried 8:15 P. M. Article 7. Voted: That the sum of $45,000.00 be appropriated as a supplementary appropriation to be used in conjunction with money already appropriated for the construction of sanitary sewers in that part of Lex- ington known as the North Branch Vine Brook as shown on a set of plans in the office of the Town Engineer, and to provide for the payment therefor by the issuance of bonds or notes of the Town in the amount of $45,000.00 and that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $45,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town payable in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, within a period not exceeding ten years. Amendment presented by Harold B. Lamont that term of the bonds or notes to read thirty years instead of ten years. Amendment voted upon by rising vote as follows: ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 113 In Favor Tellers Opposed 9 Guy S. Chace 16 50 John P. Whalen 29 7 George H. Anker 25 66 70 Amendment lost 8:26 P. M. Amendment presented by William E. Phillips that term of the bonds or notes to read twenty years instead of ten years. Amendment voted upon by rising vote as follows: In Favor 7 47 4 58 Amendment lost 8:40 P. M. Original motion read by the Moderator pro -tem and declared lost. 8:41 P. M. Article 8. Voted: That the sum of $9,712.50 be appropriated for Inter- est on Debt; this money to be provided by a transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 8:42 P. M. Article 1. Frederic K. Johnson presented Report of the PIanning Board regarding parking meters. Said report being duly voted to be ac- cepted and placed on file. 8:44 P. M. Article 9. Presented by Frederic K. Johnson. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to enter into an agreement for the acquisition, installation and maintenance of park- ing meters in locations to be determined by the Board of Selectmen. Rising vote as follows: In Favor Tellers 17 Guy S. Chace 37 John P. Whalen 19 George H. Anker 73 Tellers Guy S. Chace John P. \i'halen George H. Anker Opposed 17 34 29 80 Opposed 8 45 15 68 Motion carried 9:02 P. M. Article 10. Voted: That the Town accept a bequest of $3,000.00 under the will of Geneva M. Brown, late' of Lexington, to be invested, and the' income therefrom used for improving and beautifying the Common and the triangular parcel of land in front of Masonic Temple. Carried Unanimously 9:03 P. M. Article 11. Voted: That the Town accept a bequest of $5,000.00 under the will of Everett M. Mulliken, late of Lexington, to provide a permanent fund, the income from which shall be used under the supervision of the proper Town authorities, for the care of Hastings Park. Carried Unanimously 9:04 P. M. 114 TOWN OF LEXINGTON • Article 12. Indefinitely Postponed, 9:15 P. M. Article 1, Richard P. Cromwell presented Report of the Planning Board covering Article 13 which was duly voted to be accepted and placed on file. 9:16 P. M. Article 13. Presented by Richard P. Cromwell. Voted: That the Town amend the Lexington Zoning By-law by adding to the areas designated as M. 1, or light manufacturing districts, the fol- lowing area now designated under said Zoning By-law as an R. 1, or ane - family dwelling residence district:— Beginning at a point which is at the intersection of a line 125 feet west of the westerly sideline of Marsh Street and parallel to it and a line 250 feet south of the southerly sideline of land now or formerly of the Bos- ton & Lowell R. R. Corp. and parallel to it, thence running in a southwest- erly direction along a line 125 feet west and parallel to the westerly sideline of Marsh Street to a point which is at the intersection of a line 125 feet west of the westerly sideline of Marsh Street and parallel to it and a line 1,000 feet south of and parallel to the southerly sideline land now or formerly of the Boston & Lowell R. R. Corp. thence turning and running in a north- westerly direction along the above described line to Mellex Road, thence turning and running in a northerly and easterly direction along the east side of Mellex Road to a point which is at the intersection of the easterly sideline of Mellex Road and a line 250 feet south of the southerly sideline of land now or formerly of the Boston & Lowell R. R. Corp. and parallel to it, thence along said line in a southeasterly direction to the point of beginning. Mr. Linehan granted permission to speak from floor stating his ob- jections to the change as contained in Article 13. Article 13 voted upon and Carried Unanimously 9:30 P. M. Article 14. Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are auth- orized to enter into an agreement with the Veterans Administration, sub- ject to the approval of the next Annual Town Meeting, for the extension of water mains to the Bedford Line and to supply water therefrom to the Veterans Administration in Bedford, Massachusetts, upon such terms as the Selectmen shall determine. Carried Unanimously 9:36 P. M. All articles of the Warrant being acted upon, the Moderator pro -tem declared the meeting be dissolved at 9:37 P. M. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and Waif% the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Elec- tions to meet in their respective voting places in said Town, Precinct One, Adams School; Precinct Two, Three and Four, Cary Memorial Building, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of November A. D., 1948, at 7:00 o'clock A. M. to cast their ballots for the following officers: ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 115 Presidential Electors; Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Senator in Congress; Representa- tive in Congress; Councillor; Senator; Two Representatives in General Court; Register of Probate and Insolvency; Two County Commissioners; County Treasurer. VACANCIES One Sheriff And to take action on the following questions: QUESTION NO. 1. Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 28, 1945, received 227 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 9, 1947, re- ceived 232 votes in the affirmative and 8 in the negative? YES' NOI SUMMARY This proposed amendment to the Constitution adds to the declaration of the rights of the inhabitants, as now set forth in the Constitution, the following: "The right of free speech shall not be abridged." QUESTION NO. 2. Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 6, 1946, received 220 votes in the affirmative and 28 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 9, 1947, re- ceived 228 votes in the affirmative and 5 in the negative? YESI NO SUMMARY This proposed amendment to the Constitution provides that the use of revenue from fees, duties, excises or license taxes relating to the registra- tion, operation or use of vehicles on public highways or to fuels used for propelling such vehicles, except revenue from any excise tax imposed for the privilege of registering such vehicles in lieu of local property taxes, shall be for highway purposes only, QUESTION NO. 3. Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 6, 1946, received 243 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 3, 1948, re- ceived 231 votes in the affirmative and 9 in the negative? YESI] NO SUMMARY This is an amendment of Article XVII of the Amendments to the Constitution. It provides that in case of a failure to elect the secretary, treasurer and receiver general, auditor or attorney general of the Common- wealth, or in case of the death of a person elected to any of such offices between the day of election and the third Wednesday of the following Jan- uary, such an officer shall be chosen by a joint ballot of the senators and representatives from the people at large, instead of from the two persons 116 TOWN OF LEXINGTON who had the highest number of votes in the election as is now required. It also provides that if there is a vacancy in any of such offices during a session of the Legislature the vacancy shall be filled in like manner by choice from the people at large. but if the vacancy occurs at any other time it shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council. . QUESTION NO. 4. I}o you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 84 in the affirmative and 130 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 15 in the affirmative and 22 in the negative? YES NO! SUM MARY This measure by amending General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 272, Section 21 provides that the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 of said Chap- ter 272 which make it an offense to advertise or give information as to the procurement of means for the prevention of pregnancy or conception shall not apply to treatment or prescription given to married women by reg- istered physicians for the protection of life or health. QUESTION NO. 5. 17o you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 5 in the affirmative and 203 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 0 in the affirmative and 36 in the negative? SUMMARY This measure prohibits the denial of the opportunity to obtain or re- tain employment because of membership or non -membership in a labor or- ganization and prohibits agreements which exclude any person from em- ployment because of membership or non -membership in a labor organiza- tion. Violation of the provisions of the measure is made an offense pun- ishable by fine or imprisonment or both. QUESTION NO. 6. Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 82 in the affirmative and 12£ in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 13 in the affirmative and 20 in the negative? YES! NO YESI NOI SUMMARY This measure requires that elections of officers of tabor organizations shall be held at least annually. Sixty days' notice of a regular election and twenty days' notice of an election to fill one or more vacancies are required to be given by public announcement at a regular meeting, by notice in writing to each member, or in any other adequate manner. Candidates to be voted for must be nominated by a paper signed by ten members filed at least thirty days before a regular election and at least ten days before an election to fill a vacancy. The voting at such an election must be by secret written or printed ballot. Watchers appointed by nominating members and by union officers may be present during the voting and counting of ballots. ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 117 Coercion and intimidation of members in connection with an election is prohibited, and violations of the provisions of the measure are made pun- ishable by fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hun- dred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or both. QUESTION NO. 7. Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 95 In the affirmative and 110 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 14 in the affirmative and 18 in the negative? SUMMARY This measure prohibits the calling of a strike by a labor organization in any business or plant or unit thereof, except when authorized by vote of the majority of all the members of the organization employed in the busi- ness, plant or unit thereof. Such authorization is to be expressed by a secret written or printed ballot at a meeting called for that purpose. The Labor Relations Commission is authorized to make rules for the conduct of the voting. Within twenty-four hours after the voting the labor organization conducting it shall make a written report of the result to the commission, which shall be a permanent public record. If no report is filed the vote taken shall be void and a person making a false report shall be guilty of perjury. Coercion and intimidation of members of a labor organization in con- nection with such voting is made a penal offense. QUESTION NO. 8. Is it desirable that the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States,— "ARTICLE — "SECTION 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. Rut this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term. "SECTION 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Con- gress," — be ratified by the general court? QUESTION NO. 9. A. Shall licences be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages)? E. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ? YESI NO YES NO YES NOI 118 TOWN OF LEXINGTON C. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises? YES NO The polls will be open at 7:00 A. M. and will remain open until 8:00 P. M. And you are directed to serve this Warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By-laws of the Town. Hereof fail not, and make due return on this Warrant, with your do- ings thereon, to the Town Clerk on or before the time of said meeting. Given, under OUT hands at Lexington, this thirteenth day of October, A. D., 1948. A true copy, Attest: WILLIAM C. PAXTON GEoRGs W. EMERY WILLIAM H. DRISCOLL FREDERICK M. GAY DONALD E. NICKERSON Selectmen of Lexington JOHN C. RUSSELL, Constable of Lexington STATE ELECTION -- November 2, 1948 The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the four precincts as follows: PRECINCT ONE Charles J. Dailey Pauline E. Bartlett George E. Foster Mary E. Stankard Mary A. Rowland Ilda J. Field Warden Inspector Inspector Clerk Teller Teller Annie H. McDonnell Mary E. Tracey George F. Stygles Helga M. Carlson Henry F. Brander Gwendoline Johnson Frances Balough K. Claudine Foster Paul V. Curran Alice G. Marshall Frances J. Lewis PRECINCT TWO Helen K. Fitzgerald Mary E. Gowen (Deputy) Randall E. Richards Gertrude H. Mara (Deputy) Ralph I. Dale Elizabeth R. Nourse Mary G. Oliver Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Warden Inspector Inspector Clerk Teller Teller Teller ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS Barbara M. O'Connor Teller Eleanor T. Rusted Teller Edward McGrory Teller Mary S. H. Ellis Teller PRECINCT THREE Sidney U. Robbins Warden Charles F. Vaughan Inspector Bradford Giddings Inspector Emma Zitso Clerk Henry P. Meade Teller Rosalie MacDonald Teller Ella G. Callahan Teller Florence M. Bruce Teller Gladys T. Watson Teller Edna D. Anderson Teller Elizabeth A. McCormack Teller Anna L. McCormack Teller Mary R. McDonough Teller PRECINCT FOUR Lester L. Andrews Warden Harry Boyd Inspector Helen M. Kirk Inspector Mary 3. Ferry Clerk Madeline V. Peterson Teller Mary A. Spellman Teller Helena T. Maguire Teller Caroline F. Deloury Teller Robert E. Ryan ,k Teller Agnes G. Hall Teller Laurina M. Wilson Teller Catherine M. Ferry Teller Marie E. McAnaul Teller 119 Town Clerk, James J. Carroll, read the Warrant for the State Elec- tion until further reading was waived by motion of Randall E. Richards, which was seconded and declared a unanimous vote. The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven A. M., and re- mained open in each precinct until eight P. M., at which time after due notice, they were dosed. 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 sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The total registration of voters was dred thirty-one). Pre. 1 Total number of voters: 1960 Pre. 2 Total number of voters: 1596 Pre. 3 Total number of voters: 1705 Pre. 4 Total number of voters: 1970 7231 (seven thousand two hun- Nineteen hundred sixty Fifteen hundred ninety-six Seventeen hundred five Nineteeen hundred seventy 120 TOWN OF LEXINGTON The Town Clerk and lows: Pre. 1 Ballots cast: Pre. 2 Ballots cast: Pre. 3 Ballots cast: Pre. 4 Ballots cast: Total vote cast: Absentee Ballots Precinct 1 Precinct 2 Precinct 3 Precinct 4 Totals State War Ballots Precinct 1 Precinct 2 Precinct 3 Precinct 4 Totals Board of Registrars canvassed the result as fol - 1785 Seventeen hundred eighty-five 1451 Fourteen hundred fifty-one 1586 Fifteen hundred eighty-six 1792 Seventeen hundred ninety-two 6614 Six thousand six hundred fourteen No. Sent No. Returned 22 20 60 58 37 34 34 29 153 141 No. Sent No. Returned O 0 1 1 O 0 O 0 1 1 PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Dewey and Warren 4 1072 1073 1196 1262 4603 Teichert and Emery 3 1 0 3 7 Truman and Barkley 635 336 348 476 1795 Wallace and Taylor 41 12 16 18 87 Watson and Learn 2 0 2 1 5 Thomas & Smith 2 3 2 4 11 Thurmond and Wright 0 1 0 0 1 Blanks 30 25 22 28 105 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 GOVERNOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Robert F. Bradford 1029 1049 1201 1244 4523 Paul A. Dever 718 384 366 526 1994 Horace I. Hillis 10 0 4 3 17 Mark R. Shaw 1 1 0 3 5 Blanks 27 17 15 16 75 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Pre, 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Arthur W. Coolidge 1072 1067 1225 1276 4640 Charles F. Jeff Sullivan 660 348 334 471 1813 ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 121 122 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Lawrence Gilfedder 13 2 3 7 25 CONGRESSMAN Guy S. Williams 3 1 1 4 9 Blanks 37 33 23 34 127 Pre, 1 Pie. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Edith Nourse Rogers 1559 1258 1416 1623 5856 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 Oliver S. Allen 2 0 2 0 4 Stewart Cairns 1 0 0 0 1 SECRETARY Carl Terhune 0 0 1 0 1 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total $tanks 223 193 167 169 752 i Frederic W. Cook 1192 1136 1262 1378 4968 Edward J. Cronin 518 269 284 371 1442 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 Gote E. Palmquist 16 2 3 5 26 COUNCILLOR Blanks 59 44 37 38 178 Pre, 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 Victor A. Friend 1048 1052 1201 1253 4554 John F. Casey 616 307 306 434 1663 TREASURER Blanks 121 92 79 105 397 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total TotalT — Laurence Curtis 1041 1050 1214 1282 4587 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 John E. Hurley 667 349 328 463 1807 SENATOR rlarold J. Ireland 1 3 2 5 11 Malcolm T. Rowe 17 2 2 8 29 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Blanks 59 47 40 34 180 George J. Evans 1341 1162 1305 1458 5266 _ _ Blanks 444 289 281 334 1348 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 AUDITOR Pre. 1. Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Thomas J. Buckley 772 468 438 602 2280 Russell A. Wood 930 925 1096 1134 4085 Robert A. Simmons 4 3 2 8 17 Francis A. Votano 15 1 3 6 25 Blanks 64 54 47 42 207 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 ATTORNEY GENERAL Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Clarence A. Barnes 1118 1084 1214 1309 4725 Francis E. Kelly 589 317 322 430 1658 Anthony Martin 15 5 7 12 39 Carl Terhune 0 0 1 0 1 Blanks 63 45 42 41 191 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 SENATOR IN CONGRESS Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Leverett Saltonstall 1244 1164 1289 1407 5104 John I. Fitzgerald 489 262 266 351 1368 Henning A. Blomen 8 2 3 4 17 E. Tallmadge Root 3 1 3 3 10 Blanks 41 22 25 27 115 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Charles E. Ferguson 1362 1237 1340 1488 5427 John Brox 827 843 1002 999 3671 Thomas F. Murphy 547 300 293 422 1562 Blanks 834 522 537 675 2568 3570 2902 3172 3584 13223 REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Loring P. Jordan 1076 1062 1206 1278 4622 John J. Butler 575 287 291 409 1562 Blanks 134 102 89 105 430 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total William G. Andrew 1082 1053 1166 1252 4553 Edwin 0. Childs 1007 995 1115 1163 4280 James A. Cullen 625 328 344 466 1763 Blanks 856 526 547 703 2632 3570 2902 3172 3584 13228 ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 123 COUNTY TREASURER Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Charles P. Howard 1365 1214 1335 1493 5407 Blanks 420 237 251 299 1207 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 SHERIFF Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Louis E. Boutwell 1121 1088 1228 1311 4748 Patrick J. Brennan 554 286 291 399 1530 Blanks 110 77 67 82 336 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 QUESTION NO. 1 —FREE SPEECH Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Yes 1365 1185 1285 No 144 87 95 Blanks 276 179 206 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 QUESTION NO. 2—HIGHWAY REVENUE Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Yes 1353 1175 1298 1445 5271 No 180 108 96 133 517 Blanks 252 168 192 214 826 Pre. 4 1432 128 232 Total 5267 454 893 Total Yes No Blanks 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 QUESTION NO. 3 — APPOINTMENTS BY GOVERNOR Pre. 1 1267 161 357 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 1110 1236 97 93 244 257 Pre. 4 1347 152 293 Total 4960 503 1151 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 QUESTION NO. 4—BIRTH CONTROL Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Yes 898 909 1060 1091 3958 No 758 439 433 575 2205 Blanks 129 103 93 126 451 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 QUESTION NO. 5 —LABOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Yes 584 654 691 650 2579 No 957 639 723 909 3228 Blanks 244 158 172 233 807 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 124 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Yes No Blanks Total Yes No Blanks QUESTION NO. 6—LABOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 776 820 754 445 255 186 Pre. 3 904 500 182 Pre. 4 Total 898 3398 643 2342 251 874 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 QUESTION NO. 7—LABOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 803 815 731 452 251 184 Pre. 3 928 478 180 Pre. 4 Total 919 3465 639 2300 234 849 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 QUESTION NO. 8 — TERM OF PRESIDENT Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Yes 1071 998 1096 1172 4337 No 410 245 271 339 1265 Blanks 304 208 219 281 1012 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 QUESTION NO. 9A ---.LIQUOR LICENSE NO. 1 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 2 Pre. 4 Total Yes 511 360 350 524 1745 No 992 853 962 983 3790 Blanks 282 238 274 285 1079 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 QUESTION NO. 9B — LIQUOR LICENSE NO. 2 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Yes 489 366 No 964 803 Blanks 332 282 Total Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total 370 511 1736 926 962 3655 290 319 1223 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 QUESTION NO. 9C —LIQUOR LICENSE NO. 3 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Yes 1177 941 1073 1235 No 461 383 397 424 Blanks 147 127 116 133 Total 4426 1665 523 Total 1785 1451 1586 1792 6614 JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS 125 Approval of Article 13 as passed at the Special Town Meeting held October 18, 1948, by Attorney General, Clarence A. Barnes. Article 13 to be presented by the Planning Board -- Requires 2/3 vote. Voted: That the Town amend the Lexington Zoning By-law by adding to the areas designated as M. 1, or light manufacturing districts, the fol- lowing area now designated under said Zoning By-law as an R. 1, or one - family dwelling residence district:— Beginning at a point which is at the intersection of a line 125 feet west of the westerly sideline of Marsh Street and parallel to it and a line 250 feet south of the southerly sideline of land now or formerly of the Boston & Lowell R. R. Corp. and parallel to it, thence running in a southwesterly direction along a line 125 feet west and parallel to the westerly sideline of Marsh Street to a point which is at the intersection of a line 125 feet west of the westerly sideline of Marsh Street and parallel to it and a line 1,000 feet south of and parallel to the southerly sideline land now or formerly of the Boston & Lowell R. R. Corp. thence turning and running in a north- westerly direction along the above described line to Mellex Road, thence turning and running in a northerly and easterly direction along the east side of Mellex Road to a point which is at the intersection of the easterly sideline of Mellex Road and a line 250 feet south of the southerly sideline of land now or formerly of the Boston & Lowell R. R. Corp. and parallel it, thence along said line in a southeasterly direction to the point of be- ginning. Article 13 voted upon and Carried Unanimously 9:30 P. M. Lexington, Mass. November 12, 1948 I, James J. Carroll, Town Clerk of the Town of Lexington, do hereby certify the above to be a true and exact copy of Article 13 as voted and passed at a Special Town Meeting held October 18, 1948. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk Boston, Mass. December 21, 1948 The foregoing amendment to zoning by-law is hereby approved. CLARENCE A. BARNES, Attorney General Approval of Article 48 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held March 29, 1948, by Attorney General, Clarence A. Barnes. Article 48. Voted: That the Town amend Section 39 of Article XXIV of the General By-laws of the Town of Lexington by adding thereto the following section to be known as Section 39A: "No person shall without a written permit from the Board of Selectmen or the Chief of Police and a written permit from the owner or occupant of land fire or discharge any rifle, air -rifle or pistol on or across any land within the confines of the Town, but this section shall not prevent the use of such firearms in the lawful defense and protection of one's person or other human being or property, nor to veterinarians in the practice of their profession, nor in the perform- ance of any duty required or authorized by law, nor to members of the 126 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Police Department in carrying out their duties and for target practice upon ranges first duly approved by the Chief of Police. Any person desiring to discharge said firearms or air -rifles must first obtain a written permit specifying the locus from the owner or occupant of the land upon and across which one desires to discharge said firearms or air -rifles, said permit shall then be presented to the Board of Selectmen or to the Chief of Police and if the discharge of the above firearms or air - rifles upon and across the locus specified does not, in the opinion of the Board of Selectmen or the Chief of Police, endanger the safety of persons or property of others, the Board of Selectmen or the Chief of Police shall issue a written permit to allow such discharge and impose such safety condi- tions or precautions as they deem necessary." In Favor 42 94 35 171 Carried 9:38 P. M. Richard E. Rowse Paul Hanson Harold F. Lombard Opposed 1 2 0 3 May 17, 1948 I, James J. Carroll, Town Clerk of the Town of Lexington, do hereby certify the above to be a true and exact copy of Article 48 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held March 29, 1948 and as same appears on record. JAMES J. CARROLL Town Clerk Boston, Mass. September 22, 1948 The foregoing amendment to by-law is hereby approved. (Signed) CLARENCE A. BART ES Attorney General PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTIES 127 Protection of Persons and Properties December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The Board of Health respectfully submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1948: Mr. Rufus L. McQuillan was elected Chairman with Mr. George E. Russell and Mr.'Carl W. Terhune serving as members of the Board. Dr. Ivan G. Pyle served as consulting physician. Mr. John Lamont was ap- pointed Health and Milk Inspector and Miss Hazel J. Murray was ap- pointed Secretary and Agent to the Board. These appointments were made for a term expiring March 31, 1949. SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR Due to the unfortunate death of Mr. George E. Whiting, who had served many years as Slaughtering Inspector, the Board nominated Mr. Richard R. Wiggins to fill this position. His nomination was approved by the Department of Agriculture and Livestock and Mr. Wiggins was appointed to serve the unexpired term ending March 31, 1949. TUBERCULOSIS AND X-RAY PROGRAM APPROVED During the year, in co-operation with the Middlesex Health Association, a tuberculosis and X -Ray program was successfully carried out. There were 3,714 persons X -Rayed. There were 28 cases of pulmonary tubercu- losis discovered and 44 cardiovascular conditions. The Board feels that this is a very important survey which should be carried on at regular intervals. FULL TIME TRAINED SANITARIAN RECOMMENDED The Board has recommended the appointment of a full time trained sanitarian as soon as funds are made available. The health work of the town has increased to such an extent that a part time inspector can no longer do the work consistent to the health of the town. HEALTH REGULATIONS An addition was made to the Health Regulations whereby al] es- tablishments slaughtering poultry for commercial purposes must obtain a permit from the Board of Health and the establishments visited at reg- ular intervals. A further amendment to the Board of Health regulations requires the approval of all nursing and convalescent homes before receiving approval from the State Department of Public Health. This is also true in con- nection with the licensing of Boarding Homes for Infants and Children. Licensed Nursing and Convalescent Homes Mrs. Virginia Coleman 6 Raymond Street, Lexington Miss Eva MacAuley 20 Parker Street, Lexington 128 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Licensed Boarding Home for Infants and CMkiren Alice E. Marietta Veronica V. Belcastro Elizabeth R. White Louise Brown Gladys Smith Violet P. Burgess 30 Cummings Avenue, Lexington 174 Wood Street, Lexington 26 Downing Road, Lexington 28 Winter Street, Lexington 21 Locust Avenue, Lexington 34 Fletcher Avenue, Lexington RABIES CLINIC At the Free Rabies Clinic held in May, 414 dogs were inoculated against rabies. There are approximately 1,183 licensed dogs in Lexington and the Board strongly urges that owners of dogs take advantage of the Clinic. Only licensed dogs owned by residents of Lexington may be inoculated at the Free Rabies Clinic. Thecommunicable diseases reported during the year are as follows: COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Disease Total Anterior Poliomyelitis 2 Chicken Pox 61 Cat Bite 1 Dog Bites 79 German Measles 6 Lobar Pneumonia Measles Meningitis Mumps Pulmonary Phthisic (Asthma) Rheumatic Fever Scarlet Fever Tetanus 1 Trichinosis Whooping Cough 4 87 4 214 1 1 8 1 4 The Board of Health solicits the co-operation of all physicians in re- porting communicable diseases, and in cases where patients are being eared for by members of their own families we urge the families to report the disease. Middlesex County Sanitarium continues to maintain a Diagnostic Clinic to which the physicians may refer patients for examination and X - Ray without cost to the patient. Respectfully submitted, R. L. MCQHILLAN, Chairman GEORGE E. RUSSELL Caw. W. TERHUNE PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 129 REPORT OF THE HEALTH INSPECTOR December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen I herewith submit my report as Health Inspector for the year 1948. No. of No. of Permits Inspections Complaints Granted Cesspool and Septic tank 340 12 151 Garbage vehicles 22 Grocery stores and markets 250 Restaurants 200 Animal Permits granted including poultry 110 Respectfully submitted, JOHN LAMONT Health Inspector REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year ending December 31, 1948. 1. A total of 74 animals were examined and quarantined which had bitten persons in Lexington during the past year. 2, There were no cases of rabies in Lexington in 1948. 3. A total of 20 barns were inspected according to the instructions of the Director of Livestock Disease Control. There were seven horses, nine goats, 172 cows, and 1,503 swine examined during this inspection. All animals and premises were found satisfactory. 4. Also, there were 132 cows examined for compliance with inter- state shipment rulings on Bangs disease and Tuberculosis. These cattle were shipped to local milk producers. 5. The Inspector of Animals wishes to express his appreciation to the Board of Health and the Police Department for their excellent co- operation. Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. MURPHY, JR. Inspector of Animals 130 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE DENTAL CLINIC December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The Dental Clinic submits its report for the year ending December 31, 1948. Adams Franklin Hancock Munroe Parker Junior High Senior High Totals Total Total Total Total Total Total se A V 4 qd a, 4> cs m fa k as °o. �`� A' 0.i G4 H u. Pa 39 21 102 36 32 78 13 18 47 46 38 102 23 31 60 42 — 148 21 — 88 G � v' 1 � O WE 29 32 31 31 12 5 5 14 7 10 4 25 10 bo 13 10 6 25 7 7 6 220 140 625 140 43 75 74 number of patients 220 number of new patients 84 number finished 192 number of fillings 765 number of extractions 183 of money collected $109.40 In the fall 91/2 days were spent examining the teeth of all elementary school pupils and of members of the High School field hockey and football teams. Results of the elementary school examinations show the following: Adams Franklin Hancock Munroe Parker Total No. of Pupils examined No. showing no defects No. needing cleaning Cavities—tem. teeth Cavities—perm. teeth Needed extractions temp. teeth Needed extractions perm. teeth 417 114 16 645 519 220 66 6 300 179 242 87 15 230 232 205 239 71 92 5 7 205 323 195 187 1323 430 49 1703 1312 148 69 64 53 74 398 10 10 6 3 1 30 Notices have been sent to parents concerning the defects noted. Respectfully submitted, MRS. VINCENT P. BURHE Mas. A. L PHILIPPART, JR. MR. THOMAS S. GRINDLE Dental Clinic Committee PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 131 REPORT OF THE MILK INSPECTOR December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Milk Inspector for the year 1948. Number of samples seized and analyzed Inspection of Milk plants Inspection of Farms Milk Licenses Issued Oleomargarine Licenses issued 106 30 84 67 23 Respectfully submitted, JOHN LAMONT, Milk Inspector REPORT OF THE POSTURE CLINIC December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: From January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1948, 199 cases of C and D posture were treated in the Lexington Posture Clinics. Silhoueteograph pictures were taken throughout the schools from grades III through VI. Because of unavoidable delays attendant upon the reorganization of the Posture Clinic pictures at the Parker School which would ordinarily have been taken in 1947 could not be done until January, 1948, so that two sets of pictures for the Parker School in January and in October, 1948 will necessarily enter this report. The actual conduct of the clinics was under way March 1, with the establishment of two groups of children at each school, and the shortening of the period of instruction for each group to six weeks in order to ac- commodate all C and D cases in time for an examination by the orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Robert J. Joplin, before the end of May. Because of the necessary curtailment of a part of the 1948 program one special orthopedic examination was conducted by Dr. Joplin on May 22 at which both groups of children from each school were accommodated. Recommendations were made at this clinic to the parents of twenty-seven children for hospital examination and care beyond the work of the regular clinic. A large number of parents attended Dr. Joplin's clinic with their children and had the advantage of personal consultation with him and with clinic workers. Parents have also visited the weekly clinics and have shown a most interested and active co-operation with the work. During the latter part of November silhouetegraph pictures were taken of the entire seventh grade of the Junior High School. Of 187 students photographed, 23 are reported as D cases, and 66 as C cases. No classes of clinical instruction are as yet under way among this group. 132 TOWN OF LEXINGTON A report of the cases treated follows: Adams Franklin Hancock Munroe Parker D C 27 9 20 21 23 21 14 17 20 27 New 31 36 37 28 44 Dis- Sp. Old charged Rec. 5 9 6 5 12 5 7 10 7 3 13 6 3 16 3 104 95 176 23 60 27 Respectfully submitted, SYLVIA S. VIANO, Chairman REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I submit herewith my Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 1948. SCALES: Devices: Adjusted Seated Condemned Platform over 10,000 lbs. 1 Platform 5,001 to 10,000 lbs. 1 1 Platform 100 to 5,000 lbs. 5 20 1 Counter 100 lbs. or over 4 1 Counter under 100 lbs. 1 23 2 Beam over 100 lbs. 3 Spring 100 lbs or over 5 Spring under 100 lbs. 7 22 4 Computing under 100 lbs. 15 34 6 Personal Weighing 7 1 Prescription 7 WEIGHTS: Avoirdupois 126 Apothecary 49 Metric 57 CAPACITY MEASURES: Liquid 50 1 AUTOMATIC MEASURING DEVICES: Meters 1" In]et 3 67 1 Meters over 1" Inlet 13 Meters Grease 1 43 1 Meters Cloth 4 Meters Oil Measuring Pumps 1 2 LINEAR MEASURES: Yard Sticks 20 32 557 21 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 123 Sealing Fees -- Paid to Town Treasurer Court Fines $103.38 15.00 $118.38 Public School Scales — tested, adjusted, and sealed. I have made 1647 trial re-weighings and measurements of commodities, of which 612 were found incorrect and rectified. Respectfully submitted, RALPH E. CHADWICK, Sealer of Weights and Measures REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughtering from July 23, 1948 to December 31, 1948. JOSEPH MONSIGNORE Cattle 90 Hogs 61 Calves 3 Sheep 1 One carcass was condemned and properly disposed of. Respectfully submitted, RICHARD R. WIGGINS Inspector of Slaughtering REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT December 81, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: We respectfully submit to your Honorable Board, the Annual Report of the Fire Department for the calendar year ending December 31st, 1948, as follows: PERSONNEL; The manual force of the Fire Dep't., as of this date, consists of forty (40) men, of which twenty-three (23) are permanently employed and seventeen (17) are Call Men. The Board of Engineers consists of one (1) Chairman, one (1) Chief Engineer, one (1) Clerk, and three (3) other members. The Permanent Force consists of one (1) Chief (Engineer), three (3) Captains, one (1) Lieutenant, one (1) Dep't. Clerk (Lieut.) and seventeen (17) Privates (one replacement during the year). The Call Force consists of seventeen (17) men, one of whom is assigned to the Veterans Memorial Ambulance. 134 TOWN OF LEXINGTON It is with regret that we report the death of Private George G. Whiting, who lost his life in performance of duty, July 3rd, 1948. APPARATUS: Headquarters Station is covered by three (3) Triple Combination Pumpers (one added during the year), one (1) 65 -foot Junior Aerial Ladder Truck, one (1) Special Service Truck (Lighting Units), one (1) Hose Truck, and the Veterans Memorial Ambulance. Massachusetts Avenue Station is covered by two (2) Triple Combina- tion Pumpers and one (1) Hose Truck (Reserve). ALARM SUMMARY: The above listed Personnel and Apparatus answered a total of 530 alarms during the year as recorded in the follow- ing tabulation: BELL ALARMS Abandoned House 1 Apartment House 3 Automobiles 2 Boiler Room 1 Cellar 1 Chimney 1 Dump 1 Dwellings 18 False 13 Garage 1 Grass 4 Greenhouse 1 Hospital 1 Kitchen Range 1 Mattress 1 Needless 1 Oil Burner 1 Truck 1 Total 53 MUTUAL AID Lexington to Arlington 6 Lexington to Waltham 12 Lexington to Bedford 1 Total 19 Arlington to Lexington 6 Waltham to Lexington 4 Total 10 STILL ALARMS Accidents 21 Animal Rescues 7 Arcing Wire 1 Assists 10 • PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 135 136 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Automobiles 22 GRAND TOTALS Awning 1 Bell Alarms 53 Boiler Room 1 Still Alarms 458 Brush 17 Mutual Aid 19 Bus 1 Cellar 1 Total 530 Child Rescue 1 Chimney 12 The department used the following in extinguishing fires during 1948: Dairy 1 '/s Inch Hose 9,350 Feet Dump 20 N. Inch Hose 26,250 Feet Dwelling 4 11/2 Inch Hose 9,300 Feet Electric Motor 2 21/2 Inch Hose 14,850 Feet Electric Plate 1 Electric Pole 1 Lights used ---- 28 Electric Range 2 Feet of cable 6,400 Emergency Lights 4 Feet of Ladders 1,418 Fire Prevention 10 Engines Pumped 63 11-47M First Aid 1 Apparatus miles 2,934 Furnace 1 Elapsed Time Total Alarms 431 Hours and 42 Minutes Forcibie 9 Elapsed Time Bell Alarms 20 Hours and 10 Minutes Gasoline 1 Elapsed Time Mutual Aid 28 Hours and 27 Minutes Gasoline Spill 8 Grass 102 FIRE LOSSES FOR 1948 Health Protection 2 Hot Water Heater 1 Value of buildings involved by fire $627,500.00 Incinerator 2 Estimated loss buildings involved 26,860.00 Loss paid buildings involved 22,026.50 Investigation 12 Loss paid contents buildings involved 2,950.00 Leaves 1 Needless 31 Loss per capita for the year 1948 0.64 Oil Burners 10 INSPECTIONS: Inspections of all public and mercantile buildings Oil Drum 1 were conducted during the year, as in the past, and are an important factor Oil Spill 3 in keeping the fire loss down to a minimum. Oven 2 Patients 2 Public and Mercantile inspections during the year 4,101 Patrol 5 Tank inspection for inflammable storage 17 Peat 9 Inspection and testing of Fire Alarm Boxes 524 Power Shovel 1 Inspections made and permits issued for: Property Protection 58 Public Service 2 Oil Storage (New) 280 Range 5 oil Storage (Renewal) 52 Refrigerator 7 Blasting (New) 9 Resuscitator 4 Blasting (Renewal) 4 Rubbish 6 Removing Tanks 1 Rug 1 Supervised Fire Works 1 Salvage 1 FIRE PREVENTION: Fire Drills were conducted in the Public Shack 1 Schools. Men detailed to places of Public Assembly as a fire preventative Store 2 measure. Trailer 1 Txee 2 VETERANS MEMORIAL AMBULANCE Truck 7 Runs since 1940 1,188 Woods 13 Mileage since 1940 21,916 Runs during 1948 197 Total 458 Miles during 1948 3,674 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 137 138 TOWN OF LEXINGTON MISCELLANEOUS: Fre Alarm Wire changeovers amounted to seventeen (17) during the year, which are caused by the re -setting of electric light and telephone poles, over which the Fire Department has no control. In conclusion we would like to take this opportunity to extend our thanks and appreciation to the members of the Fire Department, who un- selfishly gave their time and services during periods of need, and to the Police Department for their willing and cooperative spirit during the year. We also wish to sincerely thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen for their efforts in the matter of the extension of water mains throughout the town, which greatly improves the fire -fighting problem in these areas. Respectfully sumitted, H. E. RoEOEK LESTER L. ANDREWS ROY A. COOK THOMAS .1. DONNELLY, JR. ROBERT J. FAWCETT GEORGE M. HYNES Board of Fire Engineers RECOMMENDATIONS We respectfully submit for consideration by your Honorable Board, the following recommendations: 1. Installation of hydrants at the following Locations: Spring Street, on westerly side of Concord Pike, Simonds Road, be- tween Harding & Dexter Roads, On Bedford Street between #384 and #482. 2. The widening of the following streets: Paul Revere Road from Cedar Street, west. Coolidge Avenue from Hancock Street to black -top. 3. Tie in the sprinkler system at the Pubic Works Building with the Fire Alarm system. 4. The erection of a Drill Tower in the rear of Fire Headquarters on Bedford Street. 5. The allocation of land in the vicinity of the Lexington Reser- voir, now owned by the Town, for the erection of a third fire. station, in the near future. For the Board of Fire Engineers THOMAS J. DONNELLY, JR. Chairman AMBULANCE DATA FROM 1943 THROUGH 1948 Am't App. Am't Spent Balance 1~7 0000 00 e- 0 cr: m L— CO O N u7 w e4 00 CO a CO 16 00 m ' GO '-1 .-1 .--1 r.1 of '•N 0 4 0 9 0 0 U m 0 GO N --1 '-1 CV w CO h m cD o a rn V m !: rl N 01 CO CO Runs Time 2 Men Time 1 Man Total Time Gas, Oil 6, ,- CO 0 H 0 14 C. CO +A r CCC e4 r m ar'o o 01 0 N W vi CV G G Pk GO 'tl1 co CO CO s a 00 0 n In 1.1 4 a c o C7 Cp Z-1 00 O ea Tri +La -,-I-1 01 CO t 2 t t = _ M6 w 0'0 GO 00 N Co m N 4-4 .-1 M ,-4 '-1 — 1-1 0 M CO C4 110 - d N U Chi i!] ; ZO N e CV N N 00 N r W .--1 l!] N 00 C? 00 N O 0 01 CD '0 61 r1 . -1 H N H N CO ' 110 CO 0- CO w ri ,--1 r -I 1-1 1-1 .-1 REPAIRS MADE BY FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL Saving to Town w y 9 j 0 0 0000f'0 4,?,no>nvv 16 ,•, o fl ed to e` 6 CO mi. mP mi. d14] m 00000c u7 147 L In u7 47 6404 *4 NCO +-1 CV CO CV CV N CO CO CO cv» 6 Co N 00 G d' d, 614 'Sr - 7 C4 1�,-4 . 1 r-1 ti 4 l0- 0- T'1 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 139 EAST MIDDLESEX MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR 1948 The Project experienced a very successful season in 1948. It was aided in a large measure by the dry weather of late summer and fall_ Relatively few complaints of mosquito annoyance were received except from Newton. The 1948 budget was smaller than the one preceding because of the normal decrease in costs for Belmont, Cambridge and Watertown. There was a further budget restriction brought about when Lexington and Wes- ton made cuts in appropriations which amounted to a total of $9,000, less than what the Commission had recommended. However, the Project was able to keep its organization of three working groups by reducing the num- ber of laborers and shortening the working season. THE PROGRAM The 1948 report actually goes back to December 1st, 1947 and begins with that winter program. The plan to retain foremen and assistant fore- men through the winter almost turned out to be a failure, owing to the weather. Deep snow was on the ground all winter. This made it impossible to do most of the drainage that had been scheduled. This critical situation was considerably relieved when two of the men found temporary employ- ment elsewhere. It was further improved when the remaining group was able to do a week's work for the Weston Highway Dept. The greatest benefit to the winter program was the acquisition of the McLean Hospital barn. The repairing of this building and the transfer of tools and supplies to it was adaptable for winter work. The building was suitable for use as a work shop. The spring season commenced with some ditch cleaning and then an all out Iarviciding campaign to control the large hatch of early mosquitoes. Air spray service was used at the largest breeding areas. The program was well carried out and few adult mosquitoes of these early species were seen in the following months. Late spring and early summer were abnormally rainy. Field work was hampered. There seemed to be very little House Mosquito breeding so Batch basin spraying was postponed nearly two weeks. This turned out to be an ill chosen course for almost over night these mosquito larvae seemed to be everywhere. All available vehicles were put into use before the first basin spraying schedule was completed. The summer program was much like that of preceding years. It in- cluded larviciding, ditch cleaning, new ditching and pond clearing. A new feature was the backyard inspection survey undertaken at the suggestion of Mr. Perine. Late summer and fall are usually the periods when the greatest amount of new drainage is accomplished. This sort of work got an added boost this year when the long drouth reduced the requirement for larviciding. At the end of October diminishing funds made it advisable to lay off all the men except three foremen. They will continue drainage work as long as weather will permit. There is a certain amount of repair work to be done also. 140 TOWN OF LEXINGTON FIELD RECORDS The amounts of larvicide, culvert and ditching applied and constructed since November 30, 1947 are as follows: Gals. Ditching Municipality of Spray Culvert New Reclaimed Cleared Arlington 633 - 580' 3,570' 3,200 Belmont 341 - 705 1,960 6,320 Cambridge 1,922 - --- - 4,050 Lexington 804 - 120 600 7,170 Newton 2,O17 529 3,940 2,856 5,155 Waltham 609 320 2,201 2,950 10,095 Watertown 424 - - 365 Wellesley 679 12 4,135 295 3,757 Weston 1,746 - 1,905 490 7,975 9,175 861' 13,586' 12,721' 48,087' Practically all the spray material used this year was DDT in emulsion form. A little fuel oil, DDT in oil, DDT wettable suspension and Rhothane were used. The culvert installed in Waltham was donated material. In Newton most of the culvert was purchased by the Project and the cost will be as- signed to that city after the bill is received. All drainage work was done by hand this season. The JEEP was of assistance for hauling out rocks and a few rocks were dynamited. The following chart shows the total amount of culvert and ditch con- struction since the spring of 1946. Munaicipaiiiy Arlington Belmont Cambridge Lexington Newton Waltham Watertown Wellesley Weston Total Calvert 288 44 26 563 547 32 525 54 New 1,380 10,405 7,152 5,520 11,070 10,051 3,680 7,195 5,055 Ditching Reclaimed 16,370 21,870 19,350 18,545 8,861 38,955 2,050 3,294 16,985 2,079' 61,508' 146,280 EQUIPMENT (1) Vehicles: The United States Public Health Service, 13 ton Ford Truck, continues in use by the Project. The Project owns two % ton Ford Trucks, one Willys JEEP equipped with spray apparatus and one Harley-Davidson motor cycle "Servi-Car" equipped for catch basin spray- ing. All the vehicles are in good condition and no major overhauls or re- placements are anticipated for next year. There was considerable breakage and minor repairing this year. A dozen tires were purchased. The Project needs two additional vehicles, namely a % ton truck and a motor cycle :Servi-Car. PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 141 (2) Power sprayers and pumps: The Project has a Pacific Marine spray unit for use in a boat and a second Pacific Marine pump in reserve for spare parts. For removing water from excavations, the Project has a Mallory 2" centrifugal pump and also a hand operated diaphram pump. (3) Hand sprayers: The Project has twenty-two sprayers of several types. Nearly all are in need of repairs. It is probable that several re- placements will have to be made before next season. (4) Ditching tools: These are in good supply and only a few addi- tional items will be needed next year. (5) Shop equipment: There are some mechanics tools on hand. Most needed are soldering and welding equipment, power drill and bench grinder. PERSONNEL The Project had no difficulty in procuring labor. In fact, most of the employees had been with the Project in previous seasons. Wages remained unchanged and were as follows: Foremen—$1.35; Assistant Foremen— $1.20, Laborers —$1.00, Clerk—$.90, Inspector—$1.20. There has been some pressure from the employees for higher wages and also for oppor- tunity to lengthen the working hours. The Project has heretofore followed the recommendations of the State Officials for a forty hour week. Extra time is allowed only for emergencies and is at regular rates. The wages paid by the Project are in line with local trends, with the possible excep- tion of the foremen's rate. The Project allows holiday pay and employs the foremen the year round. The weakest point in labor relations is with the men who work from spring through the fall season. These men earn a maximum of about $1,400 per season and must find employment elsewhere during the three or four winter months. It is advantageous to the Project if the best of those men will return from year to year. The tendency however, is for the best men to find permanent employment elsewhere. To improve the situation it has been suggested that some sort of longevity pay increase schedule be set up. The matter will be considered at a meeting of the Commission. FINANCIAL This financial report is based on accounts as of November 27, 1948. ,'d'unieipadity Arlington Belmont Cambridge Lexington Newton Waltham Watertown Wellesley Weston Totals Balances Nov. 29, 1947 (def. 263.47) 3,634.73 1,620.39 558.64 923.49 1,118.99 2,344.89 707.50 210.63 Appropriations 1948 2,000. 2,000. 4,000. 2,000. 8,000. 8,000. 500. 5,000. 5,000. $10,855.79 $36,500. Expenditures Balances 1948 Nov. 27, 1948 2,479.10 (def. 742.57) 4,719.45 915.28 3,838.05 1,782.34 2,201.81 356.83 8,183.99 739.50 6,560.09 2,558.90 625.15 2,219.74 4,467.31 1,240.19 5,678.50 (def. 467.87 $38,753.45 $8,602.34 Bills outstanding on November 27, 1948 are estimated at $2,844.01. 142 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Classification of Expenditures: LABOR—$23,456.02 (Includes wages of foremen, asst. foremen and laborers.) SALARY, WAGES, TRAVEL—$6,334.49 (Includes salary of Super- intendent—$3,999.84, plus mileage $715.00; Clerk ---$922.05; Inspector— $585.60, plus mileage $112.00.) OPERATION and EQUIPMENT—$6,992.73 (Includes: Employment insurance—$1,023.09; Purchase and operation of vehicles—$2,027.19; Air Spray Service—$1,315.30; Gasoline and Oil—$816.01; Garage RentaI— $316.00; Hand Tools and Equipment—$126.61; Pumps—$252.85; Repairs on Pumps and Power Sprayers—$113.05; Rope—$108.59; Superintendent's Expenses at New Jersey Mosquito Assn. Meeting—$73.13; Office Costs— $263.78; Materials for Shop—$25.47; Other Costs—$531.66.) SUPPLIES—$1,970.21 (Includes: DDT—$1,347.65; Oil—$49.65; Weed Killer—$4.03; Boots—$151.58; Office Supplies—$72.58; All Other -- $303.72.) The $8,602.34 balance, less the outstanding bills $2,844.01, leaves a fund of approximately $5,758.33 with which to finance the Project until late April or May of 1949. This fund is not enough. APPROPRIATIONS 1949—It is suggested that the Commission con- sider the following tentative figures: Arlington: $2,000. To liquidate the overexpenditure of $742.57 and to carry an maintenance and larviciding. Belmont: $2,000. To carry on larviciding and maintenance. Cambridge: $3,000. To provide chiefly for larviciding and mainten- ance. Lexington: $8,000. For new drainage and larviciding and mainten- ance. An alternative appropriation of $3,500. would provide only for emergency larviciding and maintenance. Newton: $8,000. For new drainage, larviciding and maintenance. Waltham: $8,000. For new drainage, larviciding and maintenance. Watertown: No recommendation, in view of the $2,219.74 balance. Wellesley: $5,000. For new drainage, larviciding and maintenance. Weston: $8,000. To liquidate the $467.87 over expenditure and to provide for new drainage, larviciding and maintenance. BUDGET DIFFICULTIES A serious and chronic budget difficulty is the shortage of funds in early spring. At that season the Project is usually down to its last nickle, and anxiously awaiting the earliest of the new appropriations. At the end of March the State finance department expects to "encumber" sufficient Project funds to cover anticipated expenditures for the fourth quarter of their fiscal year, that is, for April, May and June. Unfortunately the Project does not receive the first of its new appropriation until several weeks later, Another phase of the difficulty is the necessity for ordering supplies several months in advance of the desired date of delivery. As soon as the State receives the request to purchase something it encumbers enough funds to cover the expected cost. This encumbrance ties up the funds until the goods are received and paid for or the order canceled. In the case of equipment being purchased and fitted out, or repaired, during the PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 143 winter months it is necessary to place orders and provide for encumberance some time in the fall. The best solution for this budget problem is to build up a reserve fund in the account of each municipality. The total of these reserves must be sufficient to meet the Project's requirements as affected by the purchase delays and the encumbrance system described above. THE M.D.C. APPROPRIATION Last year the M.D.C. was asked to contribute $1,000. for 1948 to compensate for the Mosquito Control work being done in its territory by the Project. As the proposition finally worked out the M.D.C. gave approxi- mately $1,000. worth of DDT, but it was delivered too late for use in the 1948 season. It would seem advisable for the Commission to lose no time in re- questing a contribution for the 1949 season from the M.D.C. DELAYED PAYMENT OF BILLS Bills are promptly approved and forwarded by the Project. But, as last year, the State delays payment for several weeks to several months. Creditors are protesting and in some cases have refused to do further business with the Project. On the other hand the Project payrolls are invariably met on time. This is made possible through a special banking arrangement and by prompt clerical action on each payroll by the Re- clamation Board. AN EARLIER ANNUAL REPORT It is difficult to complete the annual report of the Superintendent within ten days of the date set for ending the fiscal year. This delays the budget meeting and the annual report of the Commission. These functions could be cleared up during the month of November by having the fiscal year end a month earlier. AIR SPRAY Aeroplane service was negotiated for at $35. per hour of flying time. This included the time going and coming from the nearest airport. An estimated 3,100 acres were sprayed with 3,600 gallons of DDT solution. Flying service was $1,315.30. The insecticide was furnished by the Project. The cost to the Project was reduced through an arrangement by which the pilots located all the designated areas from mosquito control maps. The before and after spraying checks made by our personnel showed that the air spray was well done and very effective. Airborne Sprayers Inc. of Arlington deserves credit for its excellent work. It is almost certain that air spray will be at higher rates in the future. The several local services have been operating with very little profit. An interesting prospect is the possibility that a new type of helicopter may be available for air spray work next season. If the machine can load near the spray area and do small inaccessible places it may be of valuable service. BACK YARD INSPECTION This was undertaken at the suggestion of the Chairman of the Com- mission. It proved very timely because the wet weather in early summer was favorable for HOUSE MOSQUITO breeding. The inspection work be- gan June 29th and ended August 13th. It covered an estimated 7,926 144 TOWN OF LEXINGTON properties in selected areas of Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Newton, Waltham and Watertown, and revealed 438 premises producing mosquitoes. A recheck in Arlington, Belmont and Cambridge in August revealed fewer violations. However, at this season dry weather was well advanced and would normally reduce backyard mosquito prdouction. A newspaper publicity campaign directed at backyard mosquito viola- tions was put on in July. Practically all of the backyard inspection work was done by John Moir, a young student from Belmont. He deserves a great deal of credit for carrying out a difficult job with tact and perseverance. The cost of this inspection was $219. It included the treatment of all breeding places and helped complete our record of private catch basins. CATCH BASIN PROGRAM Catch basin spraying did not commence until the end of June be- cause HOUSE MOSQUITOES were scarce prior to that time. However, experience showed that it would be wise to start earlier in the future. This year basins were sprayed in all municipalities except Lexington and Weston. Our count for the total number of basins is 20,613. The program for three routine sprayings was not completed. The motor cycle "Servi-Car" demonstrated that it is the vehicle of choice for basin spraying. It cut the spraying costs to less than half. This sort of work is hard on the motor cycle. The load is heavy for it and the short runs and thousands of stops, reduce motor cooling and wear the breaks and clutch. Our figures on motor cycle costs are: Purchase price — $899.85, Spray tank — $60.00, Spray equipment and installation approximately $55.40, making a total $1,015.25. Operating costs for season approximately $73.55. Two motor cycles could service most of the basins in the district. REPORT FOR LEXINGTON — 1948 Mosquito control operations in Lexington in 1948 were limited by a small budget. The mosquito control Commission had recommended that Lexington increase it appropriation from $6,000. to $8,000. in order to in- crease the rate of progress with drainage. The Town was faced with the prospect of greatly increased expenses in 1948, particularly in School and Public Works departments, and elected to economize on mosquito control with an appropriation of $2,000. It was also requested that the Project direct its efforts toward reducing mosquitoes as much as possible for that year. This, of course, would require the application of temporary measures to the exclusion of more permanent drainage work. The Project used 804 gallons of DDT larvicide in Lexington in 1948. Of this amount 400 gallons were sprayed by plane at an operating cost of $126.20. Ditch maintenance consisted of 7,170 ft. of cleaning. The only new drainage work was 120 ft. of new and 600 ft. of reclaimed ditch. No catch - basin spraying or backyard inspection was done. From a mosquito control standpoint the results were far from satisfac- tory and the situation would have been much worse if dry weather had not occurred in late summer. It is strange that there were only two mosquito annoyance complaints. According to our information there were a lot of adult mosquitoes in many parts of Lexington, particularly from July to the middle of August. PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 145 With the experience gained this season it is considered unlikely that adequate temporary relief from mosquitoes can be obtained with a budget under $3,000. In fact $3,500. would be a better minimum figure If the Town wishes to make reasonable progress with mosquito control drainage the budget should be $6,000. and if this program is also to include moderate spray coverage the budget will require $8,000. Expenditures for mosquito control in 1948 are as follows: Labor $1,- 267.13; Insecticide, $118.10; Aeroplane service $126.20; Share in overhead and operating costs of the Project $690.38; making a total of $2,201.81. There was a credit balance of $558.64 in the Lexington account on November 29, 1947, and there is a credit balance of $356.83 as of November 27, 1948. The 1948 appropriation was received by the Project on August 21st, which made it necessary to borrow credit from the other municipalities in order to carry on the work in the early part of the season. It is suggested that the Commission consider the recommendation of either an appropriation of $8,000. to provide for drainage and limited temporary control measures or $3,500. for an emergency program of tempor- ary measures. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT L. ARMSTRONG 146 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Education REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 1948 To the Citizens of Lexington: In compliance with the law, the School Committee hereby submits its report for the year 1948. The School Committee recommends to the citizens of Lex- ington a careful study of the report of the Superintendent of Schools to the School Committee which is a part of this School Department Report. The information contained in Mr. Grindle's summary of such matters as our building accomplishments and our increased enrollments, as well as his report on matters of actual school operation, is worthy of a careful study by citizens interested in the progress of the Lexington Schools. Increased School Costs The most serious problem confronting the cities and towns of Massachusetts today is the problem of increased school costs. It is causing great concern to the citizens of Lexington and is similarly causing great concern to the members of the School Committee who are, after all, citizens of Lexington and tax- payers. In the Town of Lexington, approximately 80% of the School Department's budget is for personal services and it is therefore obvious that increased salaries for teachers is the prin- cipal cause of this increase in school costs during the past five years. For the time being, with the salary increases recom- mended to be made retroactive to January 1, 1949, Lexington's teachers' salaries compare favorably with those in the other towns in the Metropolitan Boston area with whom we compete for teachers. However, this salary situation changes from time to time as one or more of the competing towns makes further salary adjustments and if we are to obtain teachers of the high standards which we demand in Lexington, we must be prepared to make further adjustments if and as they become necessary. Comparisons are often dangerous for without sufficient background information, it is often possible to draw erroneous conclusions from analogies. However, many citizens of Lexing- ton have expressed curiosity as to comparative educational ex- EDUCATION 147 penditures between Lexington and the neighboring towns. In this connection, therefore, we point out that for the 1947-1948 school year, the cost per pupil in Lexington was $177.08 whereas in the towns of Belmont, Dedham, Needham, Wellesley, and Win- chester, the average cost was $203.79, ranging from a low of $190.64 in Dedham to a high of $225.29 in Wellesley. We also note that in these same five towns, the average percentage of their 1947 tax for school purposes was 42.2% whereas in Lex- ington, this figure for the same period was 38.3%. It is. true that for the 1948-1949 school year, the cost per pupil in Lexing- ton will be approximately $200.00 per pupil, but it is also equally true that the costs in these other communities will probably be increased proportionally to approximately $220.00 per pupil. It can be seen, therefore, that the Town of Lexington, while seemingly spending a great deal of money for education, is not alone in so doing and in fact, to a certain extent, Lexington lags behind the other residential communities with whom we compete for teachers and with whom we. are compared educationally. The cost of school expenses, other than personal services, has increased similarly. This has been primarily caused by the in- crease in cost of fuel, books, and general school maintenance. A review of Lexington School Department budgets prior to 1944 reveals the fact that for approximately ten years prior to 1944, little or nothing had been done to maintain the schools ade- quately. During the war period from 1941-1944, non-avail- ability of maintenance materials was the principal cause, while prior to that time for six or seven years, the School Department, along with other Town departments, worked on very low bud- gets because of the general economy wave which engulfed the Town at that time. As a result, 1944 found the schools in poor physical condition and since that time, it has been the program of the School Committee to improve the school buildings through a planned program of maintenance, replacements, and repairs over a several year period. A certain amount of regular main- tenance repairs is necessary in any school system at all times and if a regular orderly program of maintenance and repairs is carried out, it should be possible to maintain these buildings from year to year without the necessity of extra -ordinary ex- penses at any one time. If, however, regular items of main- tenance, replacements, and repairs are eliminated over a period of eight or ten years, it is obvious that considerable money must be spent before the normal program can be resumed. It is the policy of the present School Committee to continue to put our buildings into first-class condition and then, when this condition 148 TOWN OF LEXINGTON has been attained, to plan for regular expenditures on an an- nual basis to maintain this desirable condition. Long Range Planning Various uninformed persons have from time to time criticized the School Committee for the lack of long range planning on major expenditures. A careful reading of the reports to the Town by the School Committee and the reports to the School Committee by the Superintendent of Schools during the past years will reveal that a great deal of thought has been given to looking ahead towards needed improvements in our system. In this connection, however, it may be of interest to the citizens of Lexington if we cite here the contents of a letter which was sent to the Board of Selectmen on February 5, 1946 in response to their request that the School Committee submit a five-year pro- gram of major outlays for the School Department. The program, as outlined by the School Committee at that time, is as follows : 1. Purchase and develop, for playground purposes a section of the Warren Russell land in the rear of the High School. 2. Purchase sites for a new Senior High School. 3. Build on Town property, a new twelve -room elemen- tary school to replace old Hancock School and pro- vide extra room for growth. 4. Establish kindergartens (equipment). 5. Build new Senior High School. 6. Remodel present High School building for a Junior High School. 7. Purchase site for new elementary school in the vicinity of Grant Street and Colony Road. 8. Develop playgrounds at the Franklin and Parker Schools. A careful study will show that much of this program has already been accomplished. The Town, of course, decided to re- tain the Hancock School and this building has been recently re modelled to meet standard requirements, thus eliminating the necessity of presenting a replacement school. However, this move did not provide additional classroom capacity and so a new school was built in the vicinity of Grant Street and Colony Road as suggested three years ago under step seven. The play area in the rear of the High School has been developed and a new Senior High School site has been acquired. At the Annual Town Meet- EDUCATION 149 ing in 1949, a request will be made for an appropriation to cover the construction of the new High School. The 1949 Town Meeting will have an opportunity to vote on requests for funds for developing additional play areas at both the Franklin and Parker Schools, which is another step in our program as laid out three years ago. It can therefore be seen that with the exception of the establishment of kindergartens and the remodelling of the present High School building for a Junior High School build- ing, our program of major outlays has been pretty well followed. It does not seem possible at this time to establish public kinder- gartens without having to erect additional schoolroom capacity for that specific purpose. While the School Committee still is firmly convinced of the value of public kindergartens in a public school system, it can not honestly recommend adoption of this addition to our school system at this time when we are faced with the space requirements necessitated by a rapidly growing school population. The School Committee wishes to express its appreciation to the Superintendent, Principals, teachers, secretarial staff, and custodians for their loyalty and cooperation during the year. It also wishes to express, on behalf of the Town, its sincere appreciation to those who have so unselfishly served the Town on the Fiske School Building Committee and the High School Planning Committee during the year. Respectfully submitted, H. WEBESTER THOMAS, Chairman RUTH MOREY CHARLES G. DAVIS ADOLPH SAMBORSEI GEORGE WADSWORTH School Committee 15o TOWN OF LEXINGTON' REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Mrs. Morey and Gentlemen: This report reflects the activities and accomplishments of the Lex- ington schools during the year 1948. It will, however, be shorter than previous reports due to the increased publicity and information on school matters which have been given to the citizens during the past year. There is now a Director of Publicity for the School Department whose duty is to keep the public informed on all vital matters relating to the schools. Four times a year a leaflet is published entitled "Our Schools" and space is frequently alloted in the local paper for such matters. In September a booklet entitled "Handbook for Parents", financed by the Lexington Tuberculosis Committee, was issued to all parents of school children. It is recognized that an informed citizenry makes for good govern- ment and in no field is this more important than in the operation of our schools. Building Accomplishments (a) Hancock School The renovation of the Hancock School consumed much thought and time during the year. The greater part of the work was done during the summer vacation so that school began on schedule in September. Though the outside of the Hancock School looks much as it did last spring, the interior has changed almost beyond recognition. AlI rooms and corridors from the third floor down have been painted. Floors in the class- rooms, corridors, and stairways of the first and second floor have been covered with linotile. Modern toilets have been installed on the first two floors to replace the old ones in the basement. These same floors have been further modernized by the addition of a storage room, a rest room, toilet facilities for a future kindergarten, and a special room for working with small groups of children. Bulletin and display boards have replaced some of the blackboards in all classrooms, making these rooms appear lighter and more colorful. To meet the modern requirements for safety, smoke partitions have been built on the first and second floors. Perhaps the most sweeping changes have been made in the basement. The antiquated toilets have disappeared. Modern oil -fired boilers and ventila- ting equipment have replaced the old furnaces. An airy teachers' room and a health room occupy part of the basement. Much of the rest has been remodeled to make space for a large combination room that is used as a lunchroom, play area, and auxiliary assembly hall to lessen the load on the third floor assembly room. The entire building has been insulated to reduce the cost of maintenance. (b) Fiske School Work on the new Fiske School is progressing satisfactorily and the building should be ready for occupancy considerably in advance of the opening of school in September. This will be one of the most attractive and modern schools in this section of the State. It consists of eight class- rooms, each thirty-two by twenty-eight feet. There is to the southeast, a kindergarten room with its distinctive sunny half -circle bay window. At the far end is the fifty by sixty foot gymnasium -auditorium, which will have a stage twenty -feet wide and a seating capacity of four hundred. EDUCATION 151 One also sees the conveniently located spaces for the forty-eight by twenty- eight foot lunch room and its adjacent kitchen, the administration rooms, lavatories, and storage rooms. Steel frameworks are already in place for the full -height classroom windows, which are to be partly clear glass and partly glass block. The auditorium windows will be glass block. Every clasroom has a door opening directly to the outside so that pupils may pass outdoors immediately in case of fire. After looking at the construction of the building, however, one wonders how a fire could possibly make headway, for the only combustible materials appear to be the wooden floor in the auditorium, the storage shelves, and the tar on the roof. The basic structure is thoroughly fireproof. Sidewalls are brick backed with cinderblock, subfloors are concrete, corridor walls are glazed structural tile topped by cinderblock. The monitor roof over the eight large classrooms is of reinforced concrete. The roof over the rest of the building has a structural steel frame supporting precast concrete slabs. Moreover, the electric bell system will have a special fire alarm unit communicating directly to the town's central fire station. As the building nears completion, its extremely modern design and efficiency will become more apparent. The monitor type roof will admit daylight through transom windows to the central corridor, a passageway usually dark and dismal in older schools. There will be four conveniently placed toilets, and in addition the first grade room and the kindergarten will have separate toilets of their own. Each classroom will have a lava- tory, a drinking fountain, and more than the usual amount of shelf space and cork bulletin boards for displaying pupils' papers. The heating plant will be located in a corner of the basement. Cast iron sectional boilers, convertible from oil to coal in case of need, 'will furnish steam for convector radiators in the classrooms and for modern unit vent heaters that will supply warm fresh air. Convectors and warm air will heat the auditorium. This heating system should prove economical to operate, for fiberglass insulation is freely used in the construction of the building, the glass block windows act as double windows, and the covered steam pipes run directly under the floor, thus warming the floor in the same way that radiant heating would. Increased Growth The school enrollment trend has definitely turned upward again. The prediction is that over the entire country an increase in the enrollment of small children will continue for at Ieast a few years. The United States Census Bureau has recently compiled data on probable school enrollment extending over a period of years. The important fact to he reckoned with is the increase in the nation's birth rate. The Census Bureau's forecast shows that in comparing our present enrollment in the elementary and secondary schools of the .nation with the estimated enrollment for 1958 there will be an increase of 33%. Even with an allowance for errors in those figuers they show that we face a serious situation in providing suitable teaching personnel, equip- ment, and housing facilities to meet these needs. There is no reason to think that the situation in Lexington will be different from that of the entire country. On the other hand, the situation 152 TOWN OF LEXINGTON is likely to be more accute because of the increased growth of the town. Six hundred eighty-nine permits for new houses have been issued in Lex- ington during the past three years. While the large growth has been in the lower grades, a study of the present grade enrollment will show that this increase will reach the Junior High School shortly. An increase in these grades also affects the Senior High School as both schools use the same building. It is a serious problem to consider what the situation will be when the present high level of the elementary school enrollments reaches the secondary schools. Birth Rate Increase 275 250 225 200 175 150 125 100 RECORDED BIRTHS IN LEXINGTON 1935 — 105 1937 — 120 1939 — 151 1941-161 1943 — 188 1945-207 1947-279 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1947 The number of births is the best single index to the future school population of a community. Guidance — Accumulative Record Card The importance of guidance and the establishment of such a depart- ment in our school system has been stressed in several previous reports. This is but one phase of our school program. The purpose of a guidance program is to help the individual student in planning and developing his educational and vocational objectives. The recognition of the individual student is not a new idea to teachers and principals but with the growth of school population and the increased complexity of curricular offerings and employment opportunities the need for attention to the individual has EDUCATION 153 been felt by school administrators throughout the country. To satisfy this need guidance programs have been introduced. One of the fundamental features of a guidance program is what authori- ties call the individual inventory. From our experience as teachers we well know that individuals vary in intelligence, school achievement, background, aptitudes, interests, attitudes, personality, physical development, and many other aspects. To help the individual student we must know as much as we can about him and his varying abilities. One of the instruments which must be available in the individual inventory is an adequate school record card. During the year a new accumulative record card has been developed for use in the elementary grades. We believe this new record will be very valuable because it will be a source of cumulative information on one sheet which we do not have at present. A similar record card has been in use in the secondary schools for some years. We will now have available a complete record of each child in convenient form for reference purposes. Teacher Shortage Situation Much publicity has been given in recent years to the scarcity of qualified teachers especially in the elementary field. However, few laymen are aware of the seriousness of the actual condition. Fewer students have been following the teaching profession for the past decade with the result that fewer and fewer graduates are available from the teachers' colleges. The present scarcity of qualified teachers in the elementary grades is more acute than at any time in our memory. The condition is becoming more serious each year because of the increased birth rate, with the attendant increase of pupils of elementary age. A readjustment cannot be expected overnight. This situation makes the problem of securing suitable candidates more difficult each year. The Lexington School Committee maintains a high stand- ard in the selection of teachers and the Superintendent recommends only the best available candidates Who can be attracted by what Lexington has to offer. Relocation Of Elemetary School Pupils Much thought has been given to the distribution or relocation of the present and future pupil growth in the elementary grades. The pupils to attend the Fiske School will include those now attending the Hancock School who reside in the part of the town east of Massa- chusetts Avenue. Pupils living in the eastern portion of town and now being transported to the Adams and Parker Schools will also be transferred to the Fiske School. Likewise, pupils will be transferred from the Franklin School to the Hancock School. By careful planning of the relocation of school boundaries, the congestion in certain sections can be eliminated for a few years. Professional Growth The growth of teachers in-service has been extended and supplemented by study and travel. Two extension courses have been offered by the School Department during the year. They were "Social Studies in the Elementary Grades" and "Current Affairs". Teachers from surrounding communities were invited to attend. 154 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Seventy-two per cent of the Lexington teachers have pursued studies or traveled for professional improvement during the year. Teacher Load While it is possible for the same subject matter to be taught in a superficial way in large classes or small classes, schools prosper when teachers are not given responsibility over too many children. A concern for human development and personality and for the best development of talents is rarely found in the work of even the best teachers when classes are more than twenty-five pupils per teacher. Here is where we see a constant relationship between cost and educational quality. The problem of equalizing the teacher load is difficult. To secure a fair and unbiased distribution of a teacher's time, an overview of all subjects, grades, and extra duties covering the entire school system is necessary. Among the factors which affect and accentuate the matter are: 1. The present scarcity of qualified teachers. 2. The difficulty in determining the strain of teaching one sub- ject compared to another or one grade to another. 3. Extra -curricula activities as a factor in the teacher load. 4. Lunch time duties, recess time duties, before and after school supervision of students' activities. 5. Out-of-school time spent by teachers in preparation of ma- terials, marking papers, preparing plans, etc. 6. Inadequate facilities. In considering this matter we are dealing with many intangibles which renders a fair solution very difficult. Rental Of School Buildings Increased demands are continuously being made for the use of certain school buildings for civic and educational purposes. The School Committee has been liberal in granting the use of school property for these purposes. The school plant represents a large outlay of public funds which returns value in the proportion that it is wisely used. However, such extra use involves considerable additional expense in the heating, lighting, and maintenance of the building. This makes no direct contribution to the education of our children but is in keeping with a good program of public relations. New Englamd School Development Council A cooperative organization of school systems known as the New England School Development Council has been founded. Its purpose is to improve the quality of public school education through research, exchange of informer tion on improved educational practices, provision for group studies by member systems of various educational problems common to the New Eng- land area, and the substantial advancement of a program of public rela- tions. Our school system is a charter member of this Council. It consists of approximately one hundred school systems throughout New England. School Committee members, teachers, and administrators take an active part in the programs. Pamphlets of information are published at stated times during the year. EDUCATION 155 Evaluation Of Pupil Progress Among the important duties of the School Department in public rela- tions is that of finding a satisfactory means for indicating pupil progress to parents. Since each child is a unique and complex personality, probably no perfect means for evaluating his progress can be devised. At any rate, the old style of report card with its subject grades and its letter grades for a few arbitrary divisions of "deportment" did not answer the purpose. Nor are we wholly satisfied with the newer and more meaningful check list for "Progress in Developing Proper Attitudes and Habits" used in most of our report cards, though the "Report on Studies" portion seems satisfactory. Teacher committees are continuously at work on this matter. At present a group representing all the grades is carrying out a study to improve the evaluation of character traits and standardize, in so far as possible, some means of clearly conveying the information to parents. The Senior High School has already completed a new step in this direction. A special report form will be -sent out for every high school pupil and will attempt to show the development of several important by- products of studying. It will indicate in some detail how well homework is done, how well the student participates in class, and what his attitude is. It will also evaluate progress made in developing the basic learning skills: listening, reading, speaking, writing, and problem solving. Since the adult world attaches great importance to traits of character and personality and since the most lasting contribution of formal education is the life-long ability to obtain knowledge and to make wise decisions, the teachers are taking great care in making these reports. It is believed that, if students and parents talk over these points of evaluation, the students will be en- couraged to develop further the character traits so needful for well-rounded living in modern America. In the Junior High School and the elementary schools periodic ratings are also made concerning personal characteristics. Each school in the sys- tem welcomes suggestions from parents as to improvements in evaluating character traits. What Our Recent Graduates Are Doing After a class is broken up by graduation, townsfolk sometimes wonder what becomes of its members. Here is an analysis of the present activities of the students who graduated from Lexington High School in the Class of 1948: Attending four-year colleges — 47 Attending two-year colleges — 8 Attending preparatory schools — 7 Attending business schools —10 Attending nursing or vocational schools —13 Working in business positions — 48 Working at farming — 9 Working in factories — 7 Working at service stations — 3 Working at building trades —3 Working at temporary jobs — 2 In the Armed Services —14 At home or moved from town —14 U.naccounted for — 3 156 TOWN OF LEXINGTON This listing shows that forty-seven of last year's graduates are attend- ing four-year colleges and that a total of eighty-five, or forty-five per cent of the class, is engaged in seeking further education. This figure is more than double the twenty-two per cent which President Conant of Harvard recently gave for Massachusetts as a whole. Nor did the members of this class who went on to college merely "get into college." Every student who applied, except one, was admitted to the school of his choice. At least twelve had their choice of two or more top- flight colleges. Several were deemed worthy of large scholarships in recog- nition of their high academic attainments, strong character, and promise of leadership. Full tuition scholarships were awarded to three graduates admitted to Harvard, Wellesley, and Radcliffe. One girl who entered Cor- nell received a National Prize Scholarship paying her entire expenses for four years; and three boys likewise obtained under the Naval Training Pro- gram the full cost of their education at Harvard, Cornell, and Rennselaer. Numerous others were given awards known to their families and their friends but not reported specifically to the school authorities. Importance Of Adult Education Supplying the adult with various forms of educational opportunities is being recognized as one of our obligations. For the past three years, the Lexington School Department has main- tained handicraft instruction for Lexington residents. The subjects taught in Lexington are braided rugs, ceramics, dressmaking, furniture finishing, hooked rugs, jewelry making, knitting, tray painting, weaving, and wood- carving. Any person over sixteen years of age interested in handicraft in- struction and not attending a full-time day school may join. Classes meet for a three-hour session once a week for twenty weeks. It is the aim of the School Department to offer only such instruction as will develop artistic ability and the skill to meet discriminating stand- ards of production. For this purpose instructors must be qualified crafts- men, actively engaged in their crafts at the time of their employment. They must be approved by the State Department of Education. The Com- monwealth reimburses Lexington one-half the maintenance cost of ap- proved. classes. Modern Education Many people do not realize how far-reaching are the activities of the modern public school. Much has been added to the school program since the days of the "three R's", but these have not been neglected. Contrary to popular opinion the chief emphasis is still Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. They consume a large per cent of a child's time in the lower grades. But the methods which are employed aim to stimulate achievement and lead to the development of self-reliance and self-discipline. The use of films, games, projects, records, radio programs and other proved devices add variety and increased efficiency to the traditional classroom procedure. It all means that we are buying a different kind of education, one which is more inclusive such as health education, art, music, athletics and vocational guidance. These expanded programs mean a bigger bill, but most people believe they are well worth what they cost. EDUCATION 157 Music This is the third year that a definite program of instrumental music has been offered in the Lexington schools and results of this Work are be- coming evident. Class instruction on the various instruments is given in all schools. In each of the elementary schools an orchestra has been organized. An orchestra has been developed in both the Junior and Senior High Schools. Early in the year the bands in the two high schools were combined into one unit. They have played at various events during the year and have been very favorably received. Attractive uniforms for the band have been purchased from proceeds received from the Annual Spring Concert, paper salvage drive, and Band Tag Day sponsored by the Boosters Club. Sufficient funds were secured to completely outfit a forty-one piece band and two drum majorettes. Nearly two hundred pupils have received instruction during the year. The objectives have been to provide all groups with interesting and worth- while musical activities. The high quality of music provided by the other sections of our music program have continued along the same plan as previously outlined with music appreciation receiving increasing attention. During each year large groups of parents and friends enjoy various musical programs presented by the different schools. Conclusion There is much more to education than can he expressed by the printed word. The intangibles representing the personal, cultural and spiritual development of a child are the lasting effects of our educational process. Many outside agencies and individuals assist greatly in carrying on aur program. The past year has been replete with varied problems and duties. To the School Committee I express appreciation for their devotion to their many duties during the year. May I also express to all fellow workers in the department my appreciation for their services. Respectfully submitted, THOMAS S. GRINDLE Superintendent of Schools December 31, 1948 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SCHOOL MAINTENANCE General Control: Superintendent, Attendance Supervisor, Office Assistance and Expenses Expenses of Instruction Salaries of Supervisors, Principals, Teachers, Substitutes, Junior and Senior High Clerks and Other Expenses of Instruction Textbooks Supplies Expenses of Operating School Plants: Wages of Janitors, Fuel, and Miscellaneous Operation Maintenance of School Plants: Repai rs $ 10,608.67 319,618.59 5,002.46 12,593.59 49,604.77 19,388.25 158 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Libraries Health Transportation Miscellaneous: Graduations, Athletics, Express, etc. Tuition—Atypical Education Outlay—New Equipment 1,037.05 3,895.42 12,178.05 3,899.80 359.22 5,319.73 Total Expenditures $443,505.60 Appropriation $445,562.35 Unexpended Balance 2,056.75 RECEIPTS $445,562.35 $445,562.35 Tuition: Town of Eeford $ 13,942.28 Other Tuition and Transportation 980.00 City of Boston 957.18 Commonwealth of Massachusetts: General School Fund Part I 19,716.40 State Wards 4,485.01 Rentals 172.50 Miscellaneous 503.28 Total Receipts $ 40,756.65 NET EXPENDITURES FOR 1948 $402,748.95 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Expended: Tuition $ 2,951.08 Unexpended Balance 13.92 Appropriated $ 2,965.00 Reimbursement—Commonwealth of Massachusetts 992.14 NET EXPENDITURES FOR 1948 $ 1,958.94 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION — HANDICRAFT CLASSES Expended: Salaries of Director, Instructors and Janitors $ 2,369.00 Appropriated—Town of Lexington 2,075.00 Appropriated—George-Barden Fund 556.26 Unexpended Balance 262.26 Reimbursement—Commonwealth of Massachusetts 334.50 Receipts—Registration Fees 283.00 NET EXPENDITURES FOR 1948 $ 1,751.50 AMERICANIZATION Expended: Instruction $ 76.00 Supplies 7,00 Unexpended Balance 120.00 Appropriated 203.00 Reimbursement—Commonwealth of Massachusetts 34.00 NET EXPENDITURES FOR 1948 $ 49.00 EDUCATION SCHOOL COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION H. WEBSTER THOMAS, 83 Merriam Street (Chairman) (Term Expires March 1950) GEORGE WADSWORTH, 26 Hayes Avenue (Secretary) (Term Expires March 1950) CHARLES G. DAVIS, 9 Washington Street (Term Expires March 1949) RUTH MOREY, 90 North Hancock Street (Term Expires March 1951) ADOLPH SAMBORSICI, 4 Eliot Road (Term Expires March 1949) SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 159 Tel. LE 9-0653 Tel. LE 9-1194 Tel. LE 9-2233 Tel. LE 9-1131 Te]. LE 9-1947-M THOMAS S. GRINDLE, 29 Bloomfield Street Tel. LE 9-0165-W Office: High School Building Tel. LE 9-0277 Regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the first and third Mondays of each month except during July and August. ANNOUNCEMENTS School 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 previous training. Birth and vaccination certificates must be presented before a child is entered as a regular pupil. Employment Certificates: Employment certificates 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. Vocationoi 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 education 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-half of the tuition. SCHOOL TELEPHONES Adams LE 9-0673 Franklin LE 9-0128 Hancock LE 9-0461 Munroe LE 9-0547 Parker LE 9-0662 Junior High LE 9-0288 Senior High LE 9-0342 160 TOWN OF LEXINGTON SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1949 School opens, Monday, January 3, 1949 School closes, Friday, February 18 School opens, Monday, February 28 School closes, Thursday, April 14 School opens, Monday, April 25 *School closes, Wednesday, June 22 *School closes, Wednesday, September 7 "School closes, Friday, December 23 Holidays Good Friday -- Friday, April 15 Memorial Day -- Monday, May 30 Columbus Day — Wednesday, October 12 Thanksgiving — November 24, 25 'These dates are tentative and subject to change. ENROLLMENT IN LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS October, 1948 Boys Girls Total Senior High School 257 317 574 Junior High School 300 272 572 Adams School 234 208 442 Franklin School 117 115 232 Hancock School 117 145 262 Munroe School 130 81 211 Parker School 134 117 251 1,289 1,266 2,544 THRIFT STAMP SALES January 1, 1948 to December 31, 1948 Adams School Franklin School Hancock School Munroe School Parker School Junior High School Senior High School $2,616.55 1,239.10 1,459.80 1,288.75 1,501.55 965.35 204.10 $9,275.20 NO SCHOOL SIGNALS The No School Signal will be 3 blows 3 times of the fire alarm whistle. At 7:15 a.m. indicates No School — All Schools — All Day. At 7:45 a.m. indicates No School — 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 different radio stations. EDUCATION 161 When possible, parents and pupils are requested to secure information from listening to the radio stations, from the local "No School Signal" or telephone the school their child attends. Children who are absent at the opening of the schools should come later during the school session if weather conditions warrant it. GENERAL POLICY The 7:15 a.m. signal will rarely be sounded. The widely varying conditions in the several parts of the town make it difficult to reach de- cisions 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 SEND- ING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. Name Manfred L. Warren H. John Adzigian Helen J. Armitage Amy Campbell Wilbur E. Cheever Lancelot B. Cooper Herbert M. Goddard Helen L. Harriman Chester D. Ingraham Margaret F. Kinley Myrtle A. Marshall Helen I. McIntyre Kenneth E. Moyle Constance C. Murray Elizabeth H. Ratte Irving F. Sherwood Lillian M. Spidle Earl A. Turner Agnes G. Wheeler Alice S. Whiting Warren Wilder Merrill F. Norlin Lydia Abbott Gladys M. Anderson ROSTER OF TEACHERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Subject Taught Principal Geometry, History English Business Training English Biol., Gen. Education Physics History English, World Hist. English Hist., Cons. Education Dean, Social Studies Mathematics History French Asst., Prin., Science Business Training English Science Latin, Social Studies French, Spanish JUNIOR HIGH SCH Principal Latin, English Social Studies Yrs. In Where Educated Lex. Bowdoin College, B.A., Columbia Univ., M.A. Harvard Univ., B.S.Ed. Bates College, B.A., Boston Univ., M.A. -- Burdett College 20 Harvard Univ., B.A. & M.A. 1 Springfied Col., B.S.Ed. 6 Middlebury Col., B.A. 6 Col. of St. Elizabeth, B.A. 2 Tufts College, B.A., Columbia Univ., M.A. 2 Acadia Univ., B.A. & M.A. 2 Dalhousie Univ., B.A. 3 Boston Univ., B.A. & M.A. 22 Bucknell Univ., B.A. & M.A. 151 Bates College, B.A., Boston Univ., M.A. 2 Boston Univ., B.A. & M.A. 2 Univ. of N. H., B.A. 23 Salem T. C., B.S.Ed. 18 Amherst College, B.A. % Univ. of Vt., B.S.Ed. 4 Radcliffe Col., B.A. & M.A. 5 Boston Univ., B.A. & M.A. — 21 *7 OOL Wesleyan Univ., B.A. & M.A. 22 Colby College, B.A. 2 Bridgewater T. C. 24 162 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Name Althea Barstow Theodore H. Benttinen Philip M. Caughey Subject Taught Mathematics, English Science History, Geography Ruth M. Conrad Mathematics Alexander B. CummingScience, Health William H. Cuzner Mathematics Caroline T. Feindel Mary C. Houghton Betty King Laura L. Marshall English English, History English Art William M. Molloy English, Social Studies Annie M. Nickerson Dorothy E. Petersen Anne Smarsh Earle B. Sukeforth Therese Sullivan Blanche Whelpley English, Social Studies Mathematics Science, Social Studies Math., Bus. Training Substitute—English Math., Bus. Training JUNIOR -SENIOR HIGH Edward E. Abell Physical Education Sheila M. Creamer Librarian A. Irving Dodge Manual Arts Doris B. Leavitt Robert A. Proctor Manual Arts Margaret Sandberger Music Gene C. Sharpies Donald K. Tucker Ethel L. Wright Physical Education Household Arts Guidance Director Household Arts Donald J. Gillespie, Jr. Instrumental Music Elizabeth Howe Remedial Reading Helen F. Spooner Music Elinore Welch Art Virginia Whitcomb Physical Education *Includes Years In Service Yrs. In Where Educated Lex. Gorham Normal School Univ. of Maine, B.S.Ed. — Hyannis T. C., B.S.Ed. 1 Bowdoin College, B.S. Harvard Univ., M.Ed. Clarke University *19 Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. 3 Gorham Normal School, B.S.Ed., Columbia Univ., M.A. — Annapolis Naval Acad., B.S.Ed. *14 Bridgewater T.C., B.S.Ed. 6 Wellesley Col., B.A. 3 Bridgewater T. C. 19 Mass. School of Art, B.S.Ed. 3 North Adams T. C., B.S.Ed. 4 Salem Teachers College 21 Salem T. C., B.S.Ed. 4 Bridgewater T. C., B.S.Ed. 6 Bridgewater T. C., B.S.Ed. 11 Lowell Teachers College — Salem Teachers College 33 SCHOOL Springfield Col., B.P.E., Boston Univ., M.Ed. 19 St. Lawrence Univ., B.S.Ed. 1 Boston Trade School (Mass. State Courses) 23 Bouve-Boston, Rollins College, B.A. 11 Fitchburg T. C. 20 Colby College, American Institute 12 Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed. — Mass. State Col., B.S.Ed., Boston University 1 Keene T. C., B.S.Ed., Syracuse Univ., M.A. 4 Boston Univ., B.Mus. 2 Wheelock College, Boston University, M.A. 5 Framingham T. C. 22 New England School of Design 19 Bouve-Boston, B.S.Ed. Name Ruth E. Morrison Wilma A. Quinn Carmella Tringale Barbara Muther Mildred E. Bailey Regina McKenna Agnes C. Manning Anita A. Cook Susan B. Guy Eleanor LoPresti E. Belle Fitzgerald Edith Alcorn Eleanor DeMeritt Alice Edgecomb Eleanor G. Macaulay Elsie P. Chapman GeraldThe Foran Margaret A. Keefe Jeanette Marsilii Lora J. Boyer Mary A. Quirk Elizabeth Hall Rose Shattuck Helen F. Blinkhorn Claire Haffey Eleanor Blaine Doris Nilson Katherine Dargan Anne O'Brien Violette Dubois Theresa A. Farrington EDUCATION 163 ADAMS SCHOOL Yrs. In Subject taught Where Educated Lex. Principal Plymouth Normal School, Boston University 26 Grade I Bridgewater T. C., ;7.XX =;� X17 B.S.Ed. 7 I Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. — I Bridgewater T. C., B.S.Ed. 1 II Farmington Normal, Boston Univ., B.S.Ed. 1 II Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. 1 II and III Salem T. C., B.S.Ed. 1 III Farmington Normal, Boston Univ., B.S.Ed. Salem Teachers College Bridgewater T. C. B.S.Ed. III IV IV V V VI VI Junior High Oppor- tunity CIass Building Assistant 3 Keene T. C., B.S.Ed. 1 Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. 7 Mary Washington College, B.S.Ed. 2 Gorham T. C., Univ. of New Hampshire Salem T. C., B.S.Ed. Aroostook State Normal School Lesley Col., B.S.Ed. FRANKLIN SCHOOL Principal—Franklin & Hancock Schools Grade I I II II III IV V VI Building Assistant Keene Normal School, Boston Univ., B.S.Ed. Salem T. C., B.S.Ed. Waynesburg College Salem T. C., B.S.Ed. Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed. Fitchburg T. C. Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed. 1 Bridgewater T. C., B.S.Ed. — Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed. 2 1- 18 20 3 2 1 12 HANCOCK SCHOOL Grade I Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed. 5 I Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed. Lowell T. C, B.S.Ed. Boston Univ., B.S.Ed. I II I and II 164 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Name Evelyn O. Guy Marion E. White Margaret B. Noyes Elizabeth Bond Ethel Bears, Substitute Althea E. Ames Blanche N. Bean Helen E. White Nancy A. FitzGerald Miriam Wright Margery McKenney Mary M. Kinneen Elinore Tarky Subject Taught III IV V V and VI VI Yrs. la Where Educated Lex. Gorham Teachers College 2 Keene Normal School 18 Bridgewater T. C. 34 Lesley College — Salem Teachers College — MUNROE SCHOOL Prin. & Grade VI Grade I II III IV Farmington Norm. School 14 Keene Normal School, Boston University Gorham Normal School Fitchburg T. C., B.S.Ed. Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed. V Eastern State Normal Emmanuel Col., B.A., Boston Univ., M.A. Building Assistant Lesley College, B.S.Ed. Primary Opp. Class PARKER SCHOOL Hilda L. Maxfield Prin. & Grade VI Mildred B. Gale Grade I Florence Schofield, Substitute Elizabeth C. Cluin Winnifred T. Gibson Marguerite Gavin Marion M. Marston Martha Basile Martha L. Lane Carolyn Young II II III Ili IV V Building Assistant 2 4 2 2 13 Bridgewater T. C., B.S.Ed. 5 Keene Teachers College 2 Lowell Teachers College — Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. 2 Bridgewater T. C., B.S.Ed. 7 Salem T. C., B.S.Ed. — Machias Normal School 18 Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. 2 Gloucester Training School 28 Salem T. C., B.S.Ed. — SCHOOL PHYSICIANS Dr. Harold J. Crumb, 1632 Mass. Avenue, Lexington Tel. LE 9-1088 Dr. Howard. W. Newell, 12 Clarke Street, Lexington Tel. LE 9-0898 Dr. Mary E. Perry, 11 Harrington Road, Lexington Tel. LE 9-2297 SCHOOL NURSE Elsie G. Weltch, 121 Bedford Street, Lexington, Mass. AMERICANIZATION TEACHER Gladys M. Anderson, 12 Warren Street, Lexington, Mass. CARETAKERS OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS Roland N. Hayes 823 Mass. Avenue, Lexington Thomas F. Ryan, Jr. 29 Shirley Street, Lexington Arthur R. Linfield 58 Oak Street, Lexington Antonio Bacigalupo 7 Dunham Street, Lexington William B. Mason 60 Oak Street, Lexington EDUCATION ADAMS SCHOOL Thomas Sullivan 17 Curve Street, Lexington FRANKLIN SCHOOL Clarence E. MacPhee 14 Baker Avenue, Lexington William Knight William J. Marshall Anthony J. Janusas HANCOCK SCHOOL 18 Bowker Street, Lexington MUNROE SCHOOL 9 Independence Avenue, Lexington PARKER SCHOOL 12 Tucker Avenue, Lexington REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE 1948 165 No. of physical examinations: Totals Dr. Crumb 322 Dr. Perry 364 Dr. Newell 210 896 No. with some degree of defect 286 No. with poor nutrition 26 No. with defective skin 48 No. with enlarged tonsils 68 No. 'with heart murmurs 40 No. with pronated arches 99 No. with defective posture 40 No. with defective nervous system 4 No. with defective vision 5i9 No. with defective hearing 62 No. of children immunized 211 No. of children having tonsils removed 21 No. of children having vision corrected 44 Some of the hearing loss is beyond correction; some was due to colds at the time of the test and others are under doctors' care. Chest X-rays were given to all pupils in the Junior and Senior High Schools, also school personnel. No cases of tuberculosis were found. No. of individual inspections 6,489 No. of home visits 678 No. of first aid treatments 257 No. of home nursing classes in Senior High School 6 REPORT OF THE ATTENDANCE OFFICER Number of home visits Number of truants 274 75 166 TOWN OF LEXINGTON LEXINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Verne Alton Adams Donald F. Albertine Francis E. Armstrong Robert W. Armstrong Jeanne M. Arnold Carol Elaine Ashley Calvin W. Ayer Geraldine L. Banks Ivan K. Barnes Margery -Gene Baxter Phyllis J. Beach Virginia Marie Belcastro Louise Cudmore Bickford Nancy Elizabeth Booker Sarah Preble Bowker Lorna Louise Bowlby Lillian Beatrice Boynton Joyce F. Brenton Raynard E. Brooks James E. Brown Katharine Elizabeth Brown Margaret Anne Brown William A. Brown Ann Marie Buckley Joanne W. Burbidge Sally G. Burns Lavinia Anne Buse Margaret Cacciola Paul L. Callahan, Jr. Richard J. Carpenter Florence M. Carroll William Casella N. Edward Cerasuoto Donald W. Clark Albert W. Clifford, Jr. C. Mae Clyde Alicia G. Coddington Arthur Collins James F. Comley Robert P. Condon Cynthia Susan Cook Shirley Louise Cook Emmanuele M. Coscia Jean L. Cox Leanna May Cox Maureen M. Cronin Eleanor Grace CuccinelIo Joan Louise Culbertson Geraldine Cushman Sara Ann Custance Class of 1948 Gordon Henry Damery Shirley Davenport Alan Davis Ellen M. Devereux Nathan H. Dewing, Jr. Richard F. DeWolfe Nancy Brigden Dodge Elizabeth C. Draskovich David A. Dreselly John W. Durfee Elaine H. Dyer Dale Ervin Donald W. Ervin Donald Eunson Fohn Eunson Gail Eveleth Dolores Mary Ferreira William E. Furey Mary L. Garten Paul G. Garten Donald C. Gay Leo Gilligan Margaret E. Gleason Lois Eaton Goodwin Winona Arlien Gowen Shirley Frances Graham Roberta Anne Grush Dora A. Haigh Willis Hamilton Robert S. Hardy Charles N. Harvey Leonard Ralph Hayes, Jr. Deborah Holt J . Robert Hosford Robert W. Howard Margaret Mary Hurley Jean L. Iovino Violet Rita Iovino Elaine Ivusic Barbara Jean Jack Charlotte Elinor Johnson Francis S. Jones Frank Richardson Joslin, Jr. Dorothy Kelley J oan -Marie Kelly Robert Sexton King David Paul LaMontagne Robert A. Lipp David E. Lombard Melvin Low EDUCATION Richard MacAlpine Lyon Sally MacDonald Robert Gregory Mack Barbara Ann MacKay Claire Myles Martin Virginia Ruth Martin Donald Robert McAnaul Suzanne McCausland John Thomas McDonough, Jr. Patricia J. McGregor Ann Mary McHugh Barbara Anne McKenzie Anne Elizabeth McLaughlin Mary Ann McLaughlin Richard McLaughlin Anne Theresa McNamara Frank Joseph Meleedy Charles Louis Merrill, Jr. David Samuel Michelson Arthur Thomas Miller Eugene Mirabelli, Jr. Janice Carver Moakley Jane D. Moretti Prudence Morey Walter H. Mountain Alfred A. Murray Stanley Michael Nawoichik Bettie Louise Nelson Katherine Cecilia Nutt John Edward Nylander Nancy Gates O'Donnell John Russell Packard Janet Marie Palladino Richard Waldon Parker Nancy Dane Parks James Howard Patterson Lillian Neale Pearce Mary E. Perry Vera M. Petersen Andrew G. E. Pewtherer Eleanor Polley Jean Porter John Raymond Ruth M. Ridgeway Albert Uhl Rivet Barbara E. Rivinius Joan L. Rockett Marjorie D. Rycroft Dorothy Ann Saltsgaver Harriet H. Schofield Paul A. Scopa Frederick W. Shaw Patricia Ann Sheldon Greta E. Sibley Alice Silva Robert E. Smith Robert Richard Smith Alice F. Sorenson Robert Spencer Peter Stebbins Peter H. Stevens Alfred H. Stewart Peter Swanson Douglass D. Sweetser, Jr. Charles A. Sykes Alice V. Teeter Joan Beverly Thatcher Lois Joan Thomann Eleanor Ann Tierney John William Timbury, Jr. Margaret Timothy Mary E. Towle Louisa Ann Tracey Richard Dean Warren Blanche Rose Waye Sherman Weaver William James Weaver Robert Cushman Webster Carol Barton White Nancy A. White Roger Wilson White Donald D. Wilson Martha Adella Rose Yntas Robert Joseph Young Louis Aylesbury Zehner, Jr. Helene A. Zittel CLASS OF 1946 James W. Garten Donald A. Rundlett CLASS OF 1945 Harry R. Alger Evar D. Carlson Irving A. Rich, Jr. 167 168 George O. Smith TOWN OF LEXINGTON PRIZES — 1948 1. David S. Michelson 2. John R. Packard *Robert B. Dilmore Sarah P. Bowker Mary E. Towle John R. Packard William A. Brown Margaret E. Gleason Richard W. Parker Leanna M. Cox Sarah P. Bowker Raynard E. Brooks Richard W. Parker Cynthia S. Cook Claire M. Martin Patricia J. McGregor Leanna M. Cox John R. Packard Richard W. Parker Nancy D. Parks Richard D. Warren Sarah P. Bowker Leanna M. Cox Cynthia S. Cook Claire M. Martin Patricia J. McGregor Mary Towle Robert P. Clapp Oral Essay Prize Honorable Mention: Robert P. Clapp Written Essay Prize George Ernest Briggs Essay Prize Washington Franklin Certificate Hallie C. Blake Prizes D. A. R. Good Citizenship Award American Legion Athletic Medals Elsa W. Regestein Awards Honorable Mention: Charles Edward French Medals * Class of 1949 EDUCATION 169 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board o/ Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The Trustees are pleased to report a successful year for the Cary Memorial Library, as is indicated in the detailed reports of the Librarian and Treasurer. It is said that the measure of success of a public library is the circula- tion of books. If this is true, the Cary Memorial Library can be said to by achieving great success in supplying the Library needs of Lexington, as is indicated by the following graphical recapitulation of the circulation for the past ten years, which shows the 1948 circulation of 124,404, to be the largest in the history of the Library. 125,000 - CARY }IIWORIAL LIBRARY CIRCULATION 120,000 1939 - 1948 115,000 - 110,000 105,000 100,000 95,000 90,000 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1948 1947 1548 It should not be assumed, however, from the satisfactory 1948 circula- tion figures that our Library is meeting the full needs of the community. A breakdown of the circulation figures reveals the disturbing fact that, al- though our total circulation is showing satisfactory increases from year to year, this increase is due almost entirely to increases in adult circula- tion and that our juvenile circulation is not keeping pace. This, of course, is the direct result of the lack of juvenile library facilities in our Main Library. In the spring of 1948, the Librarian reported to the Trustees that it would be necessary once more to discard books from the main stacks because of the fact that the stacks were overcrowded. During the summer months, the Librarian and his staff carefully went over all the books in the stacks and at the September meeting of the Trustees reported that some 6,000i 170 TOWN OF LEXINGTON odd volumes should be discarded in order to make ample room on the stacks for the new additions. The Trustees were very much disturbed when the Li- brarian reported that most of the 6,000 volumes were volumes of standard fiction and non-fiction and should be retained as part of the Library. The Li- brarian asked for permission to sell or otherwise dispose of these 6,000 vol- umes but after considerable discussion, it was decided to hold these books in storage until it could be seen whether additional stack capacity could be provided. The Improvement Committee was directed to consult with the arch- itect as to whether it would be possible to provide additional stack capacity in the stack room and if possible also to provide juvenile library facilities, bear- ing in mind that such alterations should be a part of the long term Library enlargement plans so that if later, the Town decides to go ahead with the plans for enlarging the Library, this work would not have to be undone. As a result of this work, the Trustees will recommend to the Town that money be appropriated to put in a second floor in the stackroom and that half of this space be utilized for a Children's Library and that the other half be utilized for additional stack space. Various stat changes took place during 1948. Miss Sona Semerjian, Children's Librarian and Mrs. Evelyn Buck Norton, Cataloger, resigned from the staff. Miss Eleanor Trowbridge, Branch Librarian, received her degree in Library Science from Simmons College and has been advanced to full professional status. Miss Claire Morrissey, formerly with the Med- ford Public Library, was employed as circulation assistant. It was impos- sible to fill the position of Children's Librarian and Cataloger under the present salary schedule and it was further felt that it was an idle gesture to have a full time Children's Librarian with the limited children's facili- ties the Library now has. It was with regret that the Trustees of the Cary Memorial Library marked the retirement of Mr. Errol H. Locke as a member of the Trustees. Mr. Errol H. Locke has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 1959 and his guidance and counselling will be sorely missed- In his place, the Trustees welcomed Mr. Donald E. Nickerson recently elected to the Board of Selectmen. Mr. Nickerson has already been very active among the Trustees and is giving excellent service on the Finance Committee. The Trustees wish to express their thanks to the Librarian and his staff. Their cooperation during the difficult conditions of 1948 with staff vacancies during practically the entire year has been of great service to the Trustees in properly conducting the affairs of the Library. Respectfully submitted, H. WEBSTER TrioMAs, Chairman For the Board of Trustees, Cary Memorial Library. EDUCATION 171 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY December 81, 1948 To the Trustees of the Cary Memorial Library Lexington, Massachusetts Mrs. Morey and Gentlemen: The Librarian respectfully submits the Eightieth Annual Report of the Library. CIRCULATION The circulation of books in 1948 reached a new record of 124,404. Of this total 104,476 were borrowed from the Main Library, and 16,928 from the East Lexington Branch. It is interesting to note the large volume of circulation handled over one desk in Lexington as compared to the number of books circulated from the main desks in libraries of such larger towns as Waltham, Watertown, Belmont and Wakefield. The Cary Memorial Library circulates from its main desk from seven to thirty-eight thousand more books than do any of these other libraries. The space in our small delivery room is not ade- quate to properly handle such a volume of business, and the removal of the children's room to a separate location would relieve the pressure an this point. REGISTRATION Before the close of the year, plans had been completed for a re -registra- tion of borrowers, the first in some eighteen years, and the installation of a modern charging system as recommended by the Librarian several years ago. Photocharging was tried for a period of a month but proved to be im- practical for this library at the present time. It was therefore decided to use Gaylord Electric Automatic Charging machines in both the Main Library and the East Lexington Branch. These machines have been in use the past twenty years in hundreds of libraries to obtain accuracy and speed in charging. BOOK COLLECTION In early summer the stack became so crowded that it was impossible to shelve books, and it was therefore necessary to remove from the shelves several thousand titles of fiction, non-fiction and children's books which were in least demand. These volumes are now stored on the floor of the base- ment awaiting disposal. Space is urgently needed also for music books and phonograph records. STORY HOURS Late in September a program of weekly "Story Hours" for the children of the Adams School was instituted at the East Lexington Branch. The children have evidenced great enthusiasm in these programs and the at - 172 TOWN OF LEXINGTON tendance has grown steadily since September. During Children's Book Week in November, in connection with the "Story Hour," a display of the new children's books was held in Emerson Hall. Reviews of these books for grades one through six were given by Miss Eleanor Trowbridge, the Branch Librarian. Mrs. Robert W. Fernald has graciously donated her time for many of the "Story Hours" which are held immediately after the close of school on Monday afternoons. In order to keep the program of interest to all, the first three grades alternate weeks with the upper grades. STAFF The efforts of the past ten years to build a competent trained staff have been largely nullified by the resignations of two of our library school graduates and the impossibility of replacing them even at a considerable advance over our present salary schedule. During the year the Librarian attend library conferences in Boston, Pittsfield, Swampscott and Atlantic City. He is currently serving on the Executive Board of the Massachusetts Library Association, as Chairman of the Publications Committee, Editor of the M. L. A. Bulletin, and Presi- dent of the Charles River Library Club. Other staff members attended various conferences and served on committees of the M. L. A. Miss Kath- arine Buck, acting Children's Librarian, arranged displays and reviewed books at several schools during Chilren's Book Week. The friendly cooperation of the Board of Trustees of the Library has proved most helpful in meeting the many problems of administration dur- ing the past year. Respectfully submitted, RALPH A. NASON Librarian 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 14,452 Assessed valuation of governmental unit served $27,173,095.00 Terms of use Free for lending 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 37,620 Number of volumes of adult fiction lent for home use 59,203 Number of books for children lent for home use 27,581 Total number of volumes lent for home use 124,404 EDUCATION 173 Period of loan for majority of adult hook stock 14 days Number of inter -library loans: Volumes borrowed 117 Volumes loaned 14 REGISTRATION Total number of registered borrowers Borrowers registered during year BOOK STOCK Number of volumes at beginning of year Number of volumes added during year Total 7,900 1,032 49,127 2,558 51,685 Number of volumes withdrawn from circulation 769 Total number of volumes at end of year 50,916 Number of newspapers received excluding duplicates Number of periodicals received excluding duplicates 5 84 174 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Charities REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE To the Honorable Board o/ Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: December 31, 1948 The Board of Public Welfare submits its report for the year ending December 31, 1948. GENERAL RELIEF The sum of $26,729.81 was expended for aid during the year 1948. During the year aid was granted to 67 cases, representing 118 persons; of the above 17 cases were family units consisting of 58 persons, the balance representing individual eases. 16 of the above cases totaiing 26 persons were Lexington settlements aided by other cities and towns which were reim- bursed by the Town of Lexington, DISBURSEMENTS Cash Grants and Additional Aid $23,732.88 Lexington Settlements Aided by other Cities and Towns (16 cases --- 26 persona; 2,996.93 REIMBURSEMENTS Comm. of Massachusetts *(not available for use) $3,295.82 Other Cities and Towns *(not available for use) 926.12 Individuals *(not available for use] 71.50 Cancelled checks 103.70 $26,729.81 4,397.14 Net Cost to Town $22,332.67 * The items "not available for use" are credited to Excess and Deficiency Account and do not revert back for use in this Department. SETTLEMENTS — GENERAL RELIEF Lexington Settlements 10 Families 26 Persons 22 Singles 22 Persons Other Cities and Towns 3 Families 8 Persons 2 Singles 2 Persons State (No Settlement) 5 Families 27 Persons S Singles 3 Persons Institutions 0 Families 0 Persons 7 Singles 7 Persons Lexington Settled cases aided by other cities and towns 2 Families 10 Persons 14 Singles 14 Persons 68 - Cases 119 - Persons 68 Cases 20 Families — 71 Persons 48 Singles — 48 Persons CHARITIES 176 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN 20 Cases were aided during 1948. There were 14 cases as of January 1, 1948 and 6 cases added during the year. 5 Cases were closed during the year, leaving a balance of 15 cases on December 31, 1948. DISBURSEMENTS Cash Grants $14,179.53 Administration (F. G.) (available for use) 387.24 $14,566.77 REIMBURSEMENTS Federal Share—Aid (available for use) $3,872.97 Federal Share—Admin. (available- for use) 387.24 State Share—Aid (not available for use) 4,038.96 Individuals (Cancelled checks) 56.35 8,355.52 Net Cost to Town $6,211.25 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE During 1948 there were 188 citizens who received this class of assist- ance. As of January 1, 1948 there were 159 active cases. During the year 29 cases were approved for assistance and 20 cases were closed by death and 10 for other reasons leaving 158 cases as of December 31, 1948. DISBURSEMENTS Cash Grants $108,131.25 Lexington Settlements aided by Other Cities and Towns (26 persons) 2,155.33 Administration (Federal Grants) 2,543.38 $112,829.96 REIMBURSEMENTS Federal—Aid (available for use) $44,154.17 Federal—Admin. (available for use) 2,543.38 State (not available for use) 43,882.32 Other Cities and Towns (20 persons) (not avail- able for use) 1,627.13 Cancelled checks 995.82 Meal Tax Receipts (not available for use) 2,835.58 96,038.40 Net Cost to Town $16,891.56 At this time the Board of Public Welfare wishes to express its ap- preciation for the understanding and cooperation shown by many of the Town's Citizens and its Charitable Agencies. Respectfully submitted. HAROLD F. LOMBARD, Chairman ARTHUR F. MASON JOHN A. SELLARS D. T NORRIs SYDNEY P. BIRCH 176 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Miscellaneous REPORT OF THE 19th OF APRIL COMMITTEE December 31, 1948. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Your Committee appointed to conduct the celebration of Patriots' Day, April 19, 1948, respectfully reports as follows: Weather seasonable and fair. The usual SUNRISE PARADE was held, starting at 7 a.m., John D. Brucchi, (Chairman of this committee), acting as Marshal. The Staff was made up of units from organizations represented ir. the Lexington Allied Veterans Council. On arrival at the Green the ceremony of FLAG RAISING was conducted by the Commissioners of the Soy Scouts and Girl Scouts; all their organizations participating. The Sea Scouts from Lexington and nearby towns hoisted and broke out the National Colors. The newly reorganized High School Band furnished the music for the National Anthem. At noon the historic memorial service commemorating the Lexington men who lost their lives in the battle on Lexington common April 19, 1775, was conducted by the Lexington Minute Men and the Lexington Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. The invocation was by Rev. Har- old T. Handley, Chaplain of the Minute Men; the Governor's Proclamation was read by William C. Paxton, Chairman of Selectmen, and the historical address was made by the Rev. Roy M. Pearson of the Hancock Church. Then followed the annual enactment of the historic rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes, Jr., this year performed by members of the National Lancers, chartered in 1836 as the Governor's Bodyguard. The Worcester Continentals were also in attendance. The most popular event of the day was the impressive military and civic parade, George E. Foster of the State Guard Veterans Association, as Chief Marshal. We were specially honored by Governor Bradford and Lieut. Governor Coolidge who marched with the staff for the whole route of the parade and then reviewed the parade. Large contingents from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps as well as WACS and Bands gave the affair national significance. A number of smaller units from the Centen- nial Legion of Historic Military Commands, headed by the Colors of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company, furnished an historical back- ground, and the mechanized units from the Army showed some of the power of modern defence. The several marching units and bands of junior organizations added color and spirit to the parade. A copy of the official program and the Roster of the parade is filed as a matter of record. The total expenditures authorized by this committee amount to $1442.56 Estimating that the income from the Leroy Brown fund will yield 125.00 The amount chargeable against the appropriation, should be, net, 1318.56 Leaves an unexpended balance of 181.44 in the appropriation of $1500.00 MISCELLANEOUS 177 Detailed approved bills are submitted with list of same and some ac- counting classifications. Yours respectfully, TOWN OF LEXINGTON PATRIOTS' DAY COMMITTEE JOHN D. BRUCCHI, Chairman By ALBERT G. FROTHINGHAIH, Clerk of Committee REPORT OF THE CARY LECTURE COMMITTEE December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The Committee for the lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary submits its nineteenth annual report covering the pe- riod from January 1, 1948 to December 31, 1948. The first two lectures of January 7 and February 13, 1948 were in charge of the committee whose members were Mrs. Raymond Bond, Mr. Walter E. Sands and Mr. Philip Clark, Chairman, The Town Moderator, Mr. Robert H. Holt, appointed a new committee in May, 1948 due to the resignation of Mrs. Bond and Mr. Clark. The new committee has had only one lecture in 1948, Miss Cornelia Otis Skinner. The lectures in 1948 were as follows: January 7th — "Jungle Family" Sasha Siemel presented lecture of tiger hunting in South America with colored movies, two performances. February 18th — The Helmericks, a young American couple who flew in their own plane to Alaska, presented "We Live in Alaska" lecture with colored movies. October 11th— Cornelia Otis Skinner in her Original Monologue Character Sketches. The expenses incurred for these 1948 lectures which have been defrayed by the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund amounted to $1350.75. We are p'eased to report that these lectures have been attended to the capacity of the auditorium and much to our regret we were forced to close the doors a full half hour before the performance of Miss Skinner began. Because these lectures are for Lexington residents only, we have asked identification as such to be presented at the doors. Respectfully submitted, MRS. ROBERT H. MOORE MR. GARDNER FROST MR. WALTER E. SANDS, Chairman 178 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The Cemetery Commissioners submit the following report of their work for the year 1948. All of the Cemeteries in the town have received the necessary care to keep them in good order. At Munroe Cemetery the buildings have been kept in good repair, the work having been done by our own department employees. The grounds and driveways have been kept in a neat condition throughout the year and we have trimmed our own trees. At Westview Cemetery we have completed the inside work of the con- struction of our service building, including plumbing, heating and utility facilities. The development of additional areas in Sunnyside and Sunset Sections has continued so far as our available funds would permit. Lots will be ready to sell in both sections in 1949. The routine work at Westview Cemetery increases each year with the growth of the property. At Memorial Day many people who were visiting Westview Cemetery spoke of the beauty of the place and were pleased with the care and attention that it had received. At Munroe Cemetery during the year 1948 there were twenty four (24) interments, and the sum of $1139.25 was collected and paid to the Town Collector. At Westview Cemetery during the year 1948 there were eighty four (84) interments, forty three (43) Iots and seven (7) single graves were sold, the sum of $8603.26 was collected and paid to the Town Collector. At Munroe Cemetery $500.00 has been added to the perpetual care funds during 1948 and at Westview Cemetery the perptual care fund has been in- creased by $1926.31 this year. The Commissioners wish to express their appreciation to other town departments for their assistance during the year, and to the townspeople for their interest in our department. Respectfully submitted, ALBERT H. BURNHAM, Chairman December 31, 1948 REPORT OF THE MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The committee to conduct the observance of Memorial Day, 1948, re- spectfully reports that the religious service was held at the First Parish church on Sunday, May 30th, and the ceremonies at the Cemeteries on Mon- day, May 31st, being the legal holiday. The parade formed at Cary Memorial Hall at 2 p.m., and marched to the Munroe Cemetery where wreaths and flags were placed and full his - December 31, 1948 MISCELLANEOUJS 179 toric ritual observed. The march then continued to Cary Memorial Hall where honors were paid to the patriots of World Wars I and II, followed by similar exercises at the Old Cemetery for the Revolutionary Dead. and later at Westview and at the Revolutionary Monument on The Green. Fol- lowing the parade, light refreshments were served by the Women's Aux- iliary. Reverend Crawford 0. Smith gave the Invocation at the Munroe Ceme- tery, and Reverend Harold T. Handley at the Old Cemetery and at the Revolutionary Monument on The Green. The Lexington Drum and Bugle Corps furnished music for the parade. The Firing Squad was furnished by the local posts of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. The expenses approved by your committee were as follows: Partridges' for Refreshments $22.03 The Flag Center—Flags for graves 48.00 Geo. E. Foster, express on flags; refreshments 5.80 J. T. Carlson, Wreaths 151.00 Lexington Drum & Bugle Corps 35.00 As the Appropriation was Leaving a deficit or overdraft of which we trust the Selectmen will approve. The Committee: Geo. E. Foster, Albert H. Burnham, James J. Wal- dron, Robert H. Watt, Albert G. Frothingham, and Harold Rycroft. TOWN OF LEXINGTON MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE By ALBERT G. FROTHINGHAM, Clerk of Committee. 261.88 250.00 11.83 REPORT OF THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE The Middlesex County Extension Service is a county organization maintained to serve the various towns of the county especially in the field of agriculture and home economics. In agriculture the principal interest during the year in Lexington has been among the market gardeners, poultrymen, and dairymen. With poultry there are many small flocks as well as a few large commercial producers who avail themselves of the services of the Extension Service. Individual farm visits were made upon request to assist largely in flock management and disease control. Three local dairymen belong to the County Selective Breeding Association and there was one participant in the New England - wide Green Pastures Contest. Market gardeners have been primarily in- terested in labor saving equipment, weed control, and the spray schedule for various vegetables. Judges were furnished for the Lexington Grange Fair. Lexington served again as the center for the Annual Meeting of the Homemakers of Middlesex County. A monthly service letter was sent to Iocal homemakers on various home economics problems. 180 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Of interest to 4-11 boys and girls 6 clubs were organized during the year in clothing, crafts, cooking, and agriculture.These clubs are under the leader- ship of Mrs. Marie Murray, Mrs. Henry Parks, Mrs. William Mahoney, Mrs. Warren Chafe, Mrs. Wilbur Cheever, John Garrity, and George Alderson. A county medal was awarded to Peter Hall in the National Poultry Con- test on his fine 4-H Poultry Club work. He also was awarded twenty-five chicks on his excellent records. Bailey Medals were awarded to William and Paul Mahoney and to Joseph Busa on their excellent gardens. Joseph was treasurer of the 4-H County Fair. Others who did fine work were Guy Busa and George Doherty. WILLIAM I. BURNHAM Town Director FINANCIAL 181 Financial REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS THE COMMONWEALTH OF' MASSACHUSETTS Department of Corporations and Taxation Division of Accounts State House, Boston 33 July 6, 1948 To the Board of Selectmen MR. WILLIAM C. PAXTON, JR., Chairman Lexington, Massachusetts Gen tlemen : I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Lexington for the period from April 27, 1947 to March 1, 1948, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts. Very truly yours, FRANCIS X. LANG (L.S.) Director of Accounts FXL:HAC MR. FRANCIS X. LANG Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston Sir: As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Lexington for the period from April 27, 1947, the date of the previous examination, to March 1, 1948, and submit the following report thereon: The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked. The general and appropriation ledgers were analyzed, the receipts and payments as recorded were checked With the treasurer's books, and appropriations and loan authorizations were compared with the town clerk's records of town meetings, the transfers from the reserve fund were verified with the amounts authorized by the finance committee, while other ac- counts were checked with the records of the various departments in which the transactions originated. A trial balance was taken off, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on March 1, 1948. The balance sheet shows an overdraft of $12,343.68 in the 1947 ap- propriation for snow removal, in which connection attention is called to Section 31, Chapter 44, General Laws, which provides that in cases of extreme emergency involving the health or safety of persons or property, the selectmen may, by a two-thirds vote, authorize the incurrence of ]iabili- 182 TOWN OF LEXINGTON ties in excess of an appropriation voted by the town; but no authority exists, however, for the payment of the liabilities thus incurred until the provision has been made therefor. The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were compared with the town accountant's books, with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town, and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The recorded payments were checked with the selectmen's war- rants authorizing the disbusement of town funds, while the cash balance on March 1, 1948 was verified by reconciliation of the bank balance with statements furnished by the banks of deposit and by actual count of the cash in the office. The recorded payments on account of debt and interest were checked with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities on file. The bonds and coupons due and unpaid on March 1, 1948 were listed and recon- ciled with the bond and coupon bank balance. The savings bank books and securities representing the investments of the retirement funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined, listed and compared with the books of the retirement system. The income was proved and the cash balance on March 1, 1948 was reconciled with a statement furnished by the bank of deposit. The records of the several trust funds in the custody of the trustees of public trusts, the trustees of the Bridge Charitable Fund, the library trustees, and the chairman of the school committee, were examined and checked. The savings bank books and securities were listed, the income was proved, the payments were compared with the approved vouchers on fele, and the transfers to the town were checked with the town treasurer's cash book. The books and accounts of the treasurer of the Cary Memorial Library were examined and checked. The receipts from fines, gifts, and trust fund income were proved, the payments were compared with the approved vouchers on file, and the cash balance on March 1, 1948 was verified. The records of tax titles and tax possessions held by the town were examined and checked. The additions to the tax title account were com- pared with the collector's books; the recorded redemptions and sales of tax possessions were compared with the receipts as recorded on the treas- urer's cash books; and the tax titles and tax possessions on hand were listed, reconciled with the town accountant's ledger, and checked with the records in the Registry of Deeds. The books and accounts of the town collector were examined and checked. The poll, personal property and real estate taxes, motor vehicle and trailer excises, as well as special assessments outstanding at the time of the previous examination, and al] subsequent commitment lists were audited and checked with the assessors' warrants for their collection. The payments to the treasurer were checked to the treasurer's cash book, the recorded abatements were compared with the assessors' record of abate- ments granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the respective ledger accounts, The records of departmental and water accounts receivable were ex- amined and checked in detail. The accounts outstanding at the time of the previous examination and all subsequent commitment lists were audited and proved. The payments to the treasurer were compared with the treasurer's cash book, the abatements were checked with the departmental records of FINANCIAL 183 abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved with the town accountant's ledger. It was noted that the outstanding tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, and water accounts include charges as far back as 1940. A determined ef- fort should be made to collect all outstanding accounts, and those found to be uncollectable should be abated. Verification of the outstanding tax, departmental, and water accounts was made by sending notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct. The financial records of the town clerk and of the selectmen were examined and checked. The receipts from licenses, permits, recording fees, and miscellaneous charges were compared with the recorded payments to the town treasurer, and the town clerk's cash on hand on March 1, 1948 was verified by actual count. The surety bonds of all tcwn officials required by law to be bonded were examined and found to be in proper form. The recorded receipts for sewer, water, and hydrant connection guarantee deposits, as well as the deposits by veterans for the purchase of town -owned land, were checked. The refunds were verified, the transfers to accounts receivable were checked, and the deposits on hand were listed and proved to the town accountant's ledger accounts. The records of receipts from the permits and miscellaneous sales by the police, fire, and building departments were examined, the payments to the treasurer being checked to the treasurer's recorded receipts and the cash on hand being verified. The records of the sealer of weights and measures and of the school department, as well as of all other departments collecting money for the town, were examined, checked and reconciled with the treasurer's and the town accountant's books. There are appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet referred to, tables showing a reconciliation of the town treasurer's 'and the library treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, assessment, tax title, departmental and water accounts, as well as tables showing the condition and transactions of the trust and retirement funds. For the co-operation received from the 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 (L.S.) Assistant Director of Accounts HBD:HAC 184 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT Lexington, Massachusetts December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Herewith is presented the report of the Accounting Department for the year 1948. This report is made in accordance with the requirements of the State System of Accounting as set forth in the following schedules: Balance Sheet showing financial condition of the Town December 31, 1948. Receipts for the year 1948 in detail. Expenditures for the year 1948 summarized. Schedule of Appropriation Account— Revenue. Schedule of Appropriation Account — Non Revenue. Analysis of Overlay Accounts, Trust Accounts, Surplus Accounts, and others. Borrowing Capacity of the Town. Schedule of Interest on Town Debt showing 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 Gen- eral Laws, each head of a department, board or committee authorized to expend money was requested to furnish at the close of the year a list of un- paid bills. There are three unpaid bills remaining for the year 1948. These bills are as follows: Welfare Ridgemont Convalescent Home $ 8.56 Fire Department Scott Realty Co. 25.00 Board of Appeals Adams Press, Inc. 31.25 Insurance Brewer & Lord 1557.05 $1621.86 Respectfully submitted, FRANK D. WALKER, Town Accountant In accordance with the provisions of Section 51, Chapter 41 of the Gen- eral Laws, I have had examined the accounts of the various Town Officers and Boards entrusted with the receipts, custody or expenditure of money. In each case I have found the records correct. During the year 1948, I have had the cash balances verified and the bank balances of the Town Treasurer reconciled. The cash balance of the Collector of Taxes and Town Collector have also been verified. FINANCIAL 185 In accordance with Section 53, Chapter 41 'of the General Laws, during the year 1948, I have had audited the accounts of the Trustees of Public Trusts, Trustees of the Cary Memorial Library and School Committee and the securities held by these trustees examined. I have found the accounts correct and securities in proper order. The cash balance of the Trustees has also been reconciled with the bank balances. FRANK D. WALKER, Town Amur/toad MumusEx, s.s. Then personally appeared the above named, Frank D. Walker, and made oath that the foregoing statements made by him are correct and true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Before me, JAMES J. CARROLL, Notary Public My commission expires March 8, 1952. 186 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN OF LEXINGTON BALANCE SHEET — DECEMBER 31, 1948 ASSETS Cash in Bank and on Hand Taxes: 1947 Poll Personal 1948 Poll Personal Real Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes Unapportioned Assessments: Sewer Sidewalk Water Street Sewer Assessments Added to Taxes Water Assessments Added to Taxes Committed Interest on Special Assessments Tax Titles Tax Title Possession Accounts Receivable Water Accounts Receivable Loans Authorized Underestimates: No. Met. Sewer Tax State Parks and Res. Tax County Tax Overlay Deficits $1,155,565.28 6.00 20.70 26.70 886.00 4,276.44 69,628.38 74,790.82 54,206.68 484.00 28,988.20 7,322.89 7,629.65 91,001.27 398.36 381.22 779.58 2,604.75 194.62 2,834.65 TOWN OF LEXINGTON BALANCE SHEET LIBRARY SECTION—DECEMBER 31, 1948 ASSETS Cash 184.71 5,718.27 13,550.88 29,692.12 11,789.29 90,000.00 5,634.02 131.71 $1,486,494.30 6,956.15 $6,956.15 FINANCIAL 187 BALANCE SHEET—DECEMBER 31, 1948 LIABILITIES Loans Authorized. but Unissued $90,000.00 Tailings 293.25 Revenue Appropriation 100,479.05 Non Revenue Appropriation 635,253.87 Trust Fund Income 617.00 U. S. Grants 3,279.33 Dog Licenses to be turned over to County 39.60 Deposits Sewer 215.00 Water 350.49 Hydrant 75.00 Miscellaneous 800.00 1,440.49 Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment Overlay: 1947 1948 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue Special Assessments Revenue Tax Title Revenue Tax Title Possession Revenue Departmental Revenue State and County Aid to Highway Revenue Water Revenue Premiums Sewer Assessment Fund Water Assessment Fund Water Dept. Available Surplus Sale of Real Estate Fund Westview Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund Overlay Reserve Fund Road Machinery Fund Excess and Deficiency 26.70 13,043.27 TOWN OF LEXINGTON BALANCE SIIEET LIBRARY SECTION—DECEMBER 31, 1948 LIABILITIES General Fund (Main Library) Laura Muzzey Brigham Fund Alice Butler Cary Fund Goodwin Musical Collection Fund Jane Phinney Fund War Parents Book Memorial Fund George W. Sarano Memorial Fund Branch Library Fund 673.13 13,069.97 7,629.65 91,965.56 5,718.27 13,550.88 19,692.12 10,000.00 11,789.29 13,961.12 12,982.27 29,783.12 46,546.11 7,488.30 10,417.65 14,642.88 69,039.68 276,142.21 $1,486,494.30 6,192.99 107.36 458.64 49.28 16.86 11.37 2.67 116.99 $6,956.15 188 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN OF LEXINGTON BALANCE SHEET—DECEMBER 31, 1948 DEFERRED REVENUE Debits Apportioned Sewer Assessments (not due) $42,017.65 Apportioned Street Assessments (not due) 16,810.89 Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments (not due) 6.37 Apportioned Water Assessments (not due) 37,218.16 $96,053.07 FINANCIAL 189 190 TOWN DF LEXINGTON TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN OF LEXINGTON BALANCE SHEET—DECEMBER 31, 1948 BALANCE SHEET DEFERRED REVENUE 'MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Credits Sewer Assessments Deferred 518.40 Apportioned Sewer Assessments: 1949 4,880.29 1950 4,760.25 1951 4,749.95 1952 4,393.99 1953 4,191.86 1954 3,877.71 1955 3,877.68 1956 3,871.78 1957 3,866.41 1958 3,029.33 42,017.65 Apportioned Street Assessments: 1949 1,712,95 1950 1,712.92 1951 1,712.87 1952 1,712.85 1953 1,712.74 1954 1,649.38 1955 1,649.36 1956 1,649.32 1957 1,649.25 1958 1,649.25 16,810.89 Apportioned Sidewalk Assessment: (1949) 6.37 Water Assessments Deferred 1,226.00 Apportioned Water Assessments: 1949 4,202.01 1950 4,033.96 1951 4,006.05 1952 3,741.63 1953 3,697.03 1954 3,680.70 1955 . 3,670.30 1956 3,670.29 1957 3,670.29 1958 1,619.90 37,218.16 $96,053.07 Debits Net Bonded or Fixed Debt $1,918,000.00 $1,918,000.00 FINANCIAL 191 TOWN OF LEXINGTON BALANCE SHEET MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Credits 192 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Taxes—Levy of 1948 General Loans: Polls $6,870.00 New Central Fire Station $60,000.00 Personal 71,130.57 Real Estate 989,375.28 Highway: $1,067,375.85 Street Const. 1947 #1 $67,000.00 Taxes—Prior Years Street Const. 1947 #2 36,000.00 103,000.00 Palls 746.00 Personal 2,560.16 School: Real Estate 56,664.69 High School Land 23,000.00 59,970.85 Elementary School Land 20,000.00 From the Commonwealth New Elementary School 500,000.00 Income Tax 100,515.03 Remodeling Hancock School A 95,000.00 638,000.00 Corporation Tax 68,548.37 Meal Tax 2,658.26 Sewer: 171,721.66 1947 18,000.00 Licenses 1948 Sundry Streets 85,000.00 Liquor 8,000.00 1948 Trunk Lines 275,000.00 Sunday 445.00 1938 30,000.00 Bowling 25.00 1939 Municipal Relief 10,000.00 Milk 62.50 1939 Municipal Relief 6,000.00 Pasteurization 10:00 No. Lexington Sewer 136,000.00 Junk 150.00 1941 1,000.00 561,000.00 Victuallers 120.00 Automobile Dealers 164.00 Drainage: All Others 173.28 1938 60,000.00 4,149.78 Permits Water: Marriage 294.00 1941 5,000.00 Building 2,042.35 1947 #1 156,000.00 Plumbing 1,176.26 1947 #2 85,000.00 Cesspool 94.50 1948 250,000.00 496,000.00 Oil Burner 121.50 Transfer of Garbage 30.00 Gas 31.50 $1,918,000.00 Revolver 17.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 1948 RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE 3,807.11 Fines and Forfeits Court Fines 514.75 Grants and Gifts From the Commonwealth Vocational Education 1,326.64 English Speaking Classes 34.00 Veterans Services 722.77 Loss of Taxes—State 536.33 2,619.74 From the County Dog Licenses 2,035.61 FINANCIAL From the United States Government Old Age Assistance -Administration 2,543.38 Old Age Assistance -Aid 44,154.17 Dependent Children -Administration 387.24 Dependent Children -Aid 3,872.97 Other General Revenue For Loss of Taxes Town of Arlington Land 486.19 City of Cambridge Land 548.52 Tax Title Redemptions Tax Titles 1,685.71 Tax Title Possessions 950.00 U. S. Grants Sewer Projects Smith, Hughes 3c Barden Total General Revenue 193 50,957.76 1,034.71 2,635.71 10,949.37 556.26 $1,378,329.16 COMMERCIAL REVENUE Special Assessments and Privileges Special Assessments Sewer: Apportioned paid in advance $721.80 Added to 1948 Tax Bills 1,478.70 Added to Prior Tax Bilis 187.49 Miscellaneous 19.95 Unapportioned 6,957.07 Street: Unapportioned 1,621.83 Added to 1948 Tax Bills 548.53 Added to Prior Tax Bills 56.50 Sidewalk: Added to 1948 Tax Bills Water: Apportioned paid in advance 1,710.79 Added to 1948 Tax Bills 2,314,24 Added to Prior Tax Bills 181.35 Unapportioned 17,020.27 Privileges: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Levy of 1948 55,448.20 Prior Years 6,856.44 Total Special Assessments and Privileges 9,365.01 2,226.86 6.37 21,226.65 62,304.64 $95,129.53 194 TOWN OF LEXINGTON COMMERCIAL REVENUEDEPARTMENTAL General Government Treasurer Release Fees -Tax Titles Collector Certificate Fees $554.00 Tax Demand Costs 390.05 Selectmen Miscellaneous Town Clerk Mortgages Recorded 834.01 Mortgages Discharged 56.25 Pole Location Certificates 64.50 Miscellaneous Certificates 96.75 Sporting License Fees 194.00 Dog License Fees 255.40 Miscellaneous 42.40 Cary Memorial Building Rental Legal Department: Board of Appeals --Hearings 460.00 Planning Board 70.00 Total General Government $73.00 944.05 391.74 1,543.31 1,072.00 530.00 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department Bicycle Permits Fire Department Oil Permits $16.50 Sale Truck 25.00 Inspection Sealer of Weights and Measures 103.38 Inspection of Wires . 406.50 Other Protection Dog Officer 121.50 Insect Suppression 400,00 $4,554.10 $32.68 41.50 509.88 521.50 Total Protection of Persons and Property $1,105.58 FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SANITATION Health Department Tuberculosis $894.27 Dental Clinic 111.65 Contagious Diseases 16.25 Sewer Department House Connections Total Health and Sanitation HIGHWAYS 195 $1,022.17 57.91 Highway General $1,173.08 Joint Construction State 1,000.00 Joint Construction County 1,000.00 General Gas Tax Refunds Machinery Rentals Total Highways $1,080.08 $3,173.08 196 TOWN OF LEXINGTON UNCLASSI FIED Ambulance Rentals $1,184.50 Sale of Real Estate 75.00 All other items 2,830.39 Total Unclassified $4,089.89 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES Water Department Sale of Water Rates of 1948 Rates Prior Years Liens Added to Taxes $75,147.64 11,060.05 1,045.07 $87,252.76 Miscellaneous House Connections - 1948 1,387.35 House Connections Prior Years 120.50 386.32 Total Public Service Enterprises 52,285.77 PUBLIC WELFARE Temporary Aid Reimbursement - State $3,295.82 Reimbursement - Individuals 81.50 Reimbursement - Cities & Towns 926.12 Aid to Dependent Children Reimbursement - State Old Age Assistance Reimbursement - State 43,882.32 Reimbursement - Other Cities & Towns 1,627.13 Total Public Welfare SCHOOLS Tuitions $22,198.86 Other Items 973.81 Total Schools RECREATION Transportation $100.00 Total Recreation $23,172.67 $100.00 52,672.09 $55,845.17 $4,303.44 4,038.96 45,509.45 $53,851.85 $23,172.67 $100.00 CEMETERIES Munroe Annual Care $121.00 Interments 332.00 Foundations 70.00 All Other Items 266.25 Westview Sale of Lots Interments 4,944.75 921.50 Foundations 206.00 House Rent 80.00 All Other Items 514.68 Total Cemeteries INTEREST Taxes $1,736.69 Tax Titles 48.56 Added to Tax Titles 389.05 Motor Vehicle Excise 57.94 Special Assessments Sewer 393.50 Street 26.40 Sidewalk 8.20 Water 608.08 Interest on bank deposits 473.38 Interest on bonds issued 868.75 Total Interest 1,507.85 $789.25 6,666.93 $2,232.24 2,378.31 $4,089.89 $88,760.61 $7,456.18 $4,610.55 FINANCIAL MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS General Loans Water $250,000.00 School 595,000.00 Sewer 360,000.00 $1,205,000.00 16,201.80 Premiums Total Municipal Indebtedness REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS Refunds School Department Old Age Assistance (Aid & Ex- penses) Public Welfare (Aid & Expenses) Aid Dependent Children -Aid & Expenses Public Works Dep't. Cemetery Insurance Highway Cemetery Department Munroe Perpetual Care Westview Perpetual Care Total Refunds and Transfers $750.00 1,000.82 112.70 56.35 28.02 50.40 14.45 10.88 350.00 1,936.33 $2,023.62 2,286.33 AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENTS Agency Sporting Licenses Dog Licenses Tailings Trust and Investment Cemetery Perpetual Care Munroe Westview $1,638.25 2,777.20 57.81 1,000.00 500.00 Deposits Sewer House Connections 18,260.00 Water House Connections 12,825.00 Hydrants 60.00 Veterans 2,400.00 Plans 75.00 Other Trusts Geneva M. Brown 3,000.00 Leroy S. Brown 16.62 Colonial Cemetery 50.00 197 $1,221,201 80 $4,309.95 198 TOWN OF LEXINGTON French 25.00 Tower Park 240.00 Federal Withholding Tax Total Agency Trust & Investments Total Cash Receipts Cash Balance January 1, 1948 Grand Total 3,331.62 62,115.49 $105,040.37 3,048,637.47 734,184.60 $3,782,822.07 EXPENDITURES (Including cash payments and departmental transfers) GENERAL GOVERNMENT Appropriation Committee Personal Services $450.00 Secretary Extra Clerical Service 72.00 Expenses Postage 106.00 Office Supplies 76.74 Printing Reports 571.00 Meeting- Expenses 37.10 Association Dues 30.00 Selectmen's Department Personal Services Executive Clerk 2,649.64 Senior Clerk 1,626.66 Junior Clerk 1,439.33 Expenses $4,473.26 Selectmen 1,000.00 Postage and Office Supplies 309.71 94.87 Printing and Preparing Warrants 134,00 Transportation Survey 300.00 1,500.00 Recreation Committee 390.04 Other Expenses 337.86 Advertising 33,620.00 Accounting Department Personal Services Accountant Senior Clerk Junior Clerk 3,800.00 1,881.00 1,482,97 Expenses Postage and Office Supplies 181.69 Office Equipment 357.18 $522.00 820.84 5,715.63 2,566.48 7,163.97 FINANCIAL Binding Association Dues State Forms Sundry Treasurer's Department Personal Services Treasurer Clerk 39.50 3.00 84.16 23.49 199 200 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 689.02 Town Clerk's Department Personal Services Town Clerk 2,242.12 Clerks 1,962.97 Expenses Postage 1,458.91 Supplies and Equipment 1,252.00 Sundry Expenses Office Expenses 302.41 Bond Premiums 278.50 Other Expenses 7.60 Foreclosure and Redemption of Tax Title Collectors Department Personal Services Collector 3,750.00 Senior Clerk 1,949.67 Junior Clerk 1,535.98 Expenses Postage 563.38 Office Expenses 614,87 Advertising 14.70 Recording Fees 14.50 Bond Premium 406.25 Other Expenses 205.77 Assessors Department Personal Services Assessors 1,875.00 Secretary 3,673.27 Asst Secretary 898.83 Senior Clerk 1,949.65 Junior Clerk 1,701.00 Expenses Postage, Supplies and Equipment 334.36 Automobile Allowance 200.00 Transfer Fees 230.87 Assistant Assessors 509.50 Other Expenses 167.46 Law Department Personal Services Town Counsel 2,000.00 Special Fees 1,215.00 Other Expenses 201.94 2,710.91 58.58 89.17 12.75 Election Department Expenses (Jurisdiction Selectmen) Wardens and Other Officers 2,110.65 Meals 31.50 588.51 Postage and Supplies 425.62 120.10 Preparing and Mailing Warrants 477.08 Sundry Items 80.00 7,235.65 1,818.97 Expenses (Jurisdiction Town Clerk) Postage and Supplies 234.87 Ballots 195.00 Tally Sheets 42.50 Sundry 135.19 Registration Department Personal Services Registrars 208.32 Assistant Registrars 333.08 Expenses Postage and Supplies 2.45 Printing Voting Lists 647.39 Advertising 105.45 Sundry 3.60 Public Works - Superintendent's Office Personal Services 10,097.25 Superintendent 6,300.00 Assistant 4,029.86 Clerical 9,395.67 1,442.19 3,416.94 Expenses Postage, Supplies and Equipment ... 367.83 Sundry 59.60 Town Offices and Cary Memorial Building Personal Services Janitor 2,708.25 Assistant Janitor 2,156.53 Second Assistant Janitor 2,042.85 4,205.09 160.50 3,124.85 607.56 541.40 758.89 19,725.53 427.43 6,907.63 FINANCIAL Expenses Fuel 3,279.28 Light and Power 2,226.20 Telephone 1,257.53 Repairs and Other Expenses 2,724.18 Engineering Department Personal Services Engineer 1,425.78 Assistant Engineer 3,311.13 Others 9,751.49 Expenses Office Supplies 608.57 Equipment Rentals 110.85 Sundry 165.58 Planning Board Clerical 6.50 Postage and Supplies 64.50 Special Services 3,000.65 Other Expenses 134.07 Board of Appeals Clerical Postage and Supplies Advertising Total General Government PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department Personal Services Chief $3,800.00 Lieutenant 3,228.82 Sergeants 5,452.39 Patrolmen 51,338.02 Matron 30.00 Special Traffic Duty 84.10 Expenses Postage and Office Supplies 178.40 Office Equipment 397.73 Telephone 940.65 Motor Equipment Maintenance 1,301.75 Gasoline and Oil 1,470.14 Radio Maintenance 536.30 Equipment for men 1,231.77 Equipment Repairs 26.54 Meals 28.76 201 202 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 9,487.19 14,488.40 885.00 Bicycle Registration Sundry Items Police Cruiser 34.20 60.10 Fire Department Personal Services Deputy Chief 3,750.00 Captain and Lieutenants 15,542.35 Privates 47,784.98 Call Men 2,867.23 Extra Duty 7.82 Expenses Office Expenses 312.79 Telephone 496.62 .Apparatus 1,827.43 Equipment for men 590.16 Fire Fighting Equipment 537.29 Equipment Repair 224.55 Alarm Box Maintenance 2,337.38 Shop Supplies 340.43 Fuel and Light 2,764.71 3,205.72 Maintenance Buildings and Grounds 1,189.15 165.00 Gasoline and Oil 796.79 268.65 Auto Allowance 500.00 123.00 All Other 281.64 546.65 $109,980.30 63,93133 New Central Fire Station New Chassis Building and Plumbing Department Inspector Expenses Auto Allowance 500.00 Other Expenses 221.12 Wire Inspection Department Inspector Expenses Auto Allowance 150.00 Other Expenses 22.00 .Sealer of Weights and Measures Personal Services Sealer Expenses Auto Allowance 240.00 Other Expenses 33.22 6,206.34 648.50 69,952.38 12,198.94 621.98 1,392.55 4,700.00 721.12 942.15 172.00 590.63 273.22 FINANCIAL Insect Suppression Personal Services Inspector Wages and Expenses Labor 2,232.29 Insecticides 465.21 Equipment and Repairs 155.94 Gasoline and Oil 42.42 Equipment Rentals 254.06 Sundry 11.05 Shade Trees Wages and Expenses Labor 2,731.61 Tools 202.91 Insecticides 544.38 Equipment Rentals 41.25 Airplane Spraying 354.36 New Blower 1,537.88 Sundry Items 196.42 Forest Fires Warden Wages and Expenses Labor Apparatus and Repair Dog Officer Salary Feeding dogs, etc. Total Protection of Persons & Property 103.25 60.72 112.50 169.50 HEALTH AND SANITATION Health Department Inspector Expenses Auto Allowance $200.00 Office Expenses 124.35 Quarantine and Contagious Diseases 552.54 Tuberculosis 1,899.00 Other Expenses 229.47 Milk Inspection Inspector Mosquito Control Dog Clinic Expenses Veterinarian 100.00 Other Expenses 275.75 494.88 203 204 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Dental Clinic Personal Services Dentist Nurse 1,530.00 353.34 Expenses Dental Supplies 147.35 Other Expenses 12.85 Posture Clinic 3,140.97 Expenses Physician 100.00 Nurses 322.50 Photographic Supplies 109.42 Other Expenses 9.00 5,608.31 50.00 163.97 282.00 $700.00 3,005.36 $172,093.27 Vital Statistics Animal Inspection Inspector Slaughtering Inspection Inspector Sewer Maintenance Wages and Expenses Labor 2,298.68 Equipment and Repair 178.40 Pumping Station 399.72 Light 1,143.51 Office Expenses 37.00 Equipment Rentals 1,646.64 Other Expenses 318.83 Sewer Construction Sundry Streets Labor 8,551.61 Town Equipment 6,122.28 Pipe, Cement & Supplies 5,853.83 Contract 32,121.91 Equipment Rentals 1,078.58 Equipment & Supplies 3,469.07 Engineering 180.00 Sundry 688.98 Sewer Services 450.00 Labor 8,484.81 2,000.00 375.75 Pipe & Fittings 85.81 Joint Compound 45.00 Supplies 1,254.52 Equipment Rentals 5,413.70 Other Expenses 100.08 1,883.34 160.20 540.92 20.50 562.50 852.50 6,022.78 58,066.26 15,383.92 Sewer Main—Trunk Lines Labor Contracts FINANCIAL 1,293.51 76,291.17 Town Equipment 1,540.00 Pipe & Materials 2,330.65 Construction Engineering super- vision 7,708.04 Plans & Specifications 9,656.53 Advertising 397.51 Claim 100.00 North Lexington Sewer Contract Labor 31,663.99 4,403.76 Materials & Supplies 5,369.38 Town Equipment 1,031.25 Drain Construction Labor Pipe & Supplies Sundry Garbage Collection Contract Care of Dump and Removal of Ashes Labor Town Equipment Other Items 1,354.06 7,943.41 139.27 99,317.41 42,468.38 9,436.74 205 206 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Aerial Survey 500.00 Sundry Items 390.32 Highway Department Road Machinery Expenses Parts & Repairs 11,783.19 Gasoline & Grease 10,330.35 Tires & Tubes 2,546.88 Sundry 363.27 New Equipment Snow Removal Labor 22,936.21 Trucks 10,615.53 Equipment & Repairs 7,772.56 Town Equipment 18,490.07 Sand & Salt 2,842.70 Sundry 572.17 Traffic Regulation & Control Labor Light 1,210.47 Traffic Si 120.42 Signal Maint. 29.05 9,959.99 Paint 209.80 Equipment Rentals 27.63 Equipment & Repairs 148.33 4,770.54 Marking Machine 716.12 177.37 All Other 17.58 175.76 Total Health and Sanitation HIGHWAYS Public Works Building Labor 8,608.16 Fuel, Light & Power 1,581.98 Mechanics Tools & Equipment 2,284.71 Building Repairs & Supplies 1,152.88 Other Items 167.44 Highway Maintenance Wages and Expenses Postage & Office Supplies Labor Asphalt Stone & Gravel Equipment & Repairs Town & Private Equipment Rentals Sidewalk Construction 286.95 14,741.23 10,524.59 10,864.78 1,855.19 10,482.04 2,060.20 5,123.67 13,795.17 256,330.22 Street Lights Street Signs Labor Signs Paint Town Equipment Sundry ' Street Construction Labor Contract 815.32 539.43 19.20 89.63 18.44 280.00 78,345.50 Blue Prints 74.05 Advertising 59.40 Town Equipment 121.50 Miscellaneous Material 238.89 Widening Massachusetts Avenue Contract Chapter #90 Maintenance Labor Materials 304.75 3,435.86 51,705.30 25,023.69 13,124.67 63,229.24 2,479.40 26,298.52 1,482.02 79,119.34 4,349.40 FINANCIAL Equipment Rentals 106.89 All Other 152.50 Sidewalk Construction Contract All Other 2,512.00 38.21 Chapter # 90 Construction --Grove Street Materials Curbing Construction Labor 389.94 Curbing & Supplies 648.62 Equipment Rentals 397.75 Total Highways CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Welfare Personal Services Agent 2,754.03 Social Worker 1,949.66 Senior Clerk 1,949.66 Junior Clerk 1,701.00 Administration Postage, Supplies & Equipment 383.96 Telephone 138.61 Auto Expense 216.83 Office Repairs 64.12 Meeting Expenses 84.70 All Other 38.15 Aid & Expenses Cash Grants 13,212.05 General Relief 13,155.03 Other Items 362.73 207 208 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Aid & Expenses Cash Grants 2,068.90 4,000.00 All Other 778.09 2,550.21 363.34 1,431.31 8,354.35 926.37 26,729.81 Aid to Dependent Children Aid & Expenses Cash Grants 14,179.53 Old Age Assistance Aid & Expenses Cash Grants 108,551.36 Other Cities & Towns 1,735.22 110,286.58 Veterans' Benefits Director 1,046.66 288,951.61 Total Charities and Soldiers' Benefits SCHOOLS Personal Services Superintendent 6,040.00 Attendance Officer 191.71 Clerks 6,809.53 Teachers (High) 158,412.95 Teachers (Elem.) 140,284.34 Teachers (Special) 15,767.56 Janitors (High) 14,163.69 Janitors (Elem.) 17,754.24 School Nurse and Physician 3,976.61 Home Instruction 42.50 Expenses General Expenses 1,082.62 Textbooks 4,967.62 Supplies & Other Expenses of Instruction 12,046.27 Fuel 11,096.71 Light & Power 5,602.70 Water 749.51 Towel & Laundry Work 2,093.61 Telephone 670.35 Janitors' Supplies 1,822.36 Repairs 14,167.60 Libraries 1,100.95 Health 1,235.54 Travel & Expenses 200.00 Transportation 11,270.35 Tuition 249.72 Athletic Supplies 8,643.84 Graduation Supplies 346.82 Miscellaneous Supplies 2,285.53 New Equipment 5,319.73 School Committee Expenses 43.74 Americanization Classes Vocational Education Tuition Handicraft CIasses 1,781.74 Geo. Barden Fund 654.26 Out of State Travel New Oil Burner High School Preliminary Plans, Incidental Ex- penses New High School 2,846.99 363,443.13 79,995.47 83.00 2,951.08 2,436.00 197.95 9,447.47 61.535.69 164,370.29 FINANCIAL Completing & Equipping Adams School Remodeling Hancock School Contract 100,294.77 Architects 12,238.28 Advertising 4.41 Sundry 527.00 New Elementary School Architects 24,427.00 Contract 206,696.57 Supervision of Construction 3,685.25 Drain • Construction 11,942.86 Insurance 484.00 Water Main Construction 4,399.43 Installation of Gas Service 1,046.25 Advertising and Printing 84.31 Professional Services 154.00 Acquiring Portion of Warren E. Russell Land Professional Services 30.00 Contract 280.00 Total School LI BRARY Personal Services Librarian Assistants Substitutes Janitors 3,574.98 10,886.30 1,237.61 2,935.41 Expenses Administration 1,076.45 Books, Periodicals 3,807.53 Binding 968.90 Fuel & Light 1,456.60 Building & Grounds 813.51 Other Expenses 140.04 E. Lexington Library Total Library RECREATION & UNCLASSIFIED Parks & Playgrounds Personal Services Superintendent 2,685.12 Instructors 2,054.99 Wages and Expenses Office Supplies 105.31 4.08 113,064.46 252,919.67 310.00 18,634.30 8,263.03 604.18 4,740.11 209 210 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 886,388.00 27,501.51 Telephone Auto Allowance Labor Equipment & Repairs Gas & Oil Town & Private Equipment Rentals Grass Seed, Fertilizer, etc. Light & Power Water Flag Pole Maintenance Transportation Equipment Other Expenses Pensions Police Fire 77.69 400.00 11,683.76 1,340.29 29.85 526.50 749.95 195.57 174.66 351.70 100.00 2,697.45 488.20 Board of Retirement Expenses 150.00 Accrued Liability 19,033.52 18,920.93 1,661.70 5,400.60 19,183.52 Billing Machine 2,567.35 Patriots Day 1,443.56 Memorial Day 261.83 Damages Property 5,232.33 Insurance Workmen's Compensation 6,302.30 Public Liability 426.17 Auto Liability 790.98 Auto Fire & Theft 445.95 Building & Fire 1,792.40 Miscellaneous 1.00 Ambulance Maintenance Administration of Trust Funds Unclassified Unpaid Bills Total Recreation & Unclassified PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES Water Maintenance Wages and Expenses Postage & Office Supplies 637.99 Administration Expenses 407.82 Labor 15,089.73 Pipe, hydrants, etc. 1,952.36 Meters and parts 3,777.97 Equipment rentals 1,082.89 Street repairs 395.75 9,758.80 386.64 80.00 25.52 770.95 70,433.84 FINANCIAL Equipment repairs 1,858.77 Insurance 12.96 Interest on Debt 3,963.75 Other Expenses 657.44 Water Services Labor 5,834.53 Pipe & Fittings 10,327.71 Parts 237.27 Curb Boxes 1,823.44 Meters & Parts 832.16 Equipment Rentals 5,202.63 Water Construction 6-16" Pipe Labor 13,567.33 Pipe 122,822.88 Town & Rented Equipment 11,894.29 Sand & Gravel 3,848.14 Supplies & Equipment 6,214.45 Contract 71,435.57 Sundry 385.78 Water Construction 16" Pipe & Over Labor 164.71 Supplies 408.73 Town Equipment 25.50 Contract 8,667.00 Painting & CIeaning Standpipe Total Water CEMETERIES Munroe Personal Services Superintendent Clerk 225.00 125.00 Wages and Expenses Postage & Office Supplies 65.60 Labor 5,157.78 Tools & Repairs 117.55 Shrubs, Fertilizer, etc. 288.65 Equipment Rentals 65.00 Auto Allowance 50.00 Water 5.16 Other Expenses 26.84 Westview Personal Services Superintendent Clerk 562.50 125.00 211 212 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Wages and Expenses Postage & Office Supplies 34.90 Labor 6,914.58 Tools 1,766.11 29,838.43 Shrubs, Fertilizer, etc. 780.24 Auto Allowance 250.00 Water, Gas & Oil 57.07 All Other 169.70 24,257.74 229,668.44 9,265,94 6,600.00 299,630.55 Capital Outlay Developing & Grading Colonial Cemetery Labor 9,972.60 3,499.59 97.80 Total Cemeteries, including Perpetual Care Income INTEREST ON DEBT General Loans 40.00 Highway Loans 1,552.50 Sewer Loans 5,806.25 Sewer & Drains 1,080.00 School 5,080.00 Water 2,187.50 Fire 487.50 MATURING DEBT General 2,000.00 Highway 13,000.00 Sewer 34,000.00 Sewer & Drain 12,000.00 School 4,000.00 Water 34,000.00 Fire 10,000.00 Total Interest on Debt and Maturing Debt 350.00 County Tuberculosis Assessment U.S. Grants Advances on Sewer Projects State Taxes County Taxes .Sporting Licenses Dog Licenses 5,776.58 687.50 Trustees of Public Trusts Geneva M. Brown Munroe Cemetery -- Perpetual Care Fund Westview Cemetery — Perpet- ual Care Fund 3,000.00 500.00 1,936.33 16,233.75 109,000.00 9,204.96 17,080.00 45,927.40 44,249.55 1,638.25 2,762.80 5,436.33 20,384.07 125,233.75 FINANCIAL Withholding Taxes Refunds Real Estate Taxes 4,205.70 Personal Tax 42.45 Poll Tax 28.00 Motor Vehicle Excise 1,294.47 Public Services 7,738.05 Interest 23.32 Tax Titles 247.85 Miscellaneous 965.00 Premiums on Loans Total Expenditures Cash Balance December 31, 1948 Grand Total 213 62,754.07 14,544.84 2,611.18 206,209.38 2,627,506.79 1,155,315.28 $3,782,822.07 WATER ASSESSMENT FUND For Water Construction by Vote of Town Credits Balance January 1, 1948 Collections 1948 Water Assessments Paid in Advance $1,754.29 Water Assessments 1947 181.35 Water Assessments 1948 2,397.17 Unapportioned 16,976.77 $8,674.51 21,309.58 $29,984.09 Debits Refund $200.97 Balance December 31, 1948 29,783.12 $29,984.09 WATER DEPARTMENT AVAILABLE SURPLUS Credits Balance January 1, 1948 $53,343.88 Receipts in Excess of Appropriation 23,217.74 $76,561.62 Debits Transfer by Vote of Town: $30,000.00 Auditors Adjustment 15.51 $30,015.51 Balance December 31, 1948 46,546.11 $76,561.62 214 TOWN OF LEXINGTON SEWER ASSESSMENT FUND For Maintenance and Construction Credits Balance January 1, 1948 Collections 1948 Sewer Assessments Paid in advance $678.30 Sewer Assessments 1947 187.49 Sewer Assessments 1948 1,395.77 Unapportioned 7,000.57 Debits Balance December 31, 1948 $3,720.14 9,262.13 $12,982.27 $12,982.27 $12,982.27 ROAD MACHINERY FUND Credits Balance January 1, 1948 $55,378.58 Collections for Rentals 1948 $52,285.77 Balance of 1948 appropriation 8,375.33 Debits 60,661.10 $116,039.68 Transfer by Vote of Town: March 26 $41,500.00 October 23 5,500.00 $47,000.00 Balance December 31, 1948 69,039.68 SALE OF REAL ESTATE FUND Credits Balance January 1, 1948 Collections: Sale of Town Farm land Debits Balance December 31, 1948 $116,039.68 $4,788.30 2,700.00 $7,488.30 $7,488.30 $7,488.30 FINANCIAL WESTVIEW CEMETERY SALE OF LOTS FUND Credits Balance January 1, 1948 Collections in 1948 for Sale of Lots Debits Transfer by Vote of Town: March 26 — Capital Outlay Balance December 31, 1948 OVERLAY RESERVE FUND Credits Balance January 1, 1948 Balances transferred Balance December 31, 1948 Debits EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY 1948 Credits Balance January 1, 1948 Collections on Tax Titles Sale of Town Land Adjustment Revenue Surplus 1948 Debits Tax Titles taken during 1948 Approved transfers Balance December 31, 1948 Tax Levy: Polls 215 $8,972.90 4,944.75 $13,917.65 $3,500.00 10,417.65 $18,917.65 $188.48 14,454.40 $14,642.88 $14,642,88 $14,642.88 $244,564.51 $5,211.29 75.00 14.30 REVENUE ACCOUNTS 1948 Credits 5,300.59 110,170.51 $360,035.61 $1,672.64 82,220.76 276,142.21 $360,035.61 $8,466.00 Personal Property 75,564.51 Real Estate 1,065,717.66 1,149,748.17 216 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Appropriation of Available Funds: 1948 (Approved) Estimated Receipts 1948 Overestimated 1947 Taxes Appropriation Balances December 31, 1948 Estimated Receipts — Surplus Debits Appropriations March 26 - 31, 1948 Overlay Deficits State & County Assessments Overlay 1948 Balance to Excess and Deficiency PROPERTY ACCOUNTS Debits Land and Buildings Furniture and Other Property Credits 32,462.25 380,043.42 305.44 58,079.26 51,995.07 $1,672,633.61 $1,439,225.36 1,851,26 96,640.52 24,745.96 110,170.51 $1,672,633.61 $4,606,455.49 415,288.69 $5,021,744.18 Land and Buildings Town Offices & Cary Memorial Building $706,000.00 Fire Department 131,680.00 Sewer Department 822,328.00 Schools 1,219,388.49 Libraries 127,500.00 Parks and Playgrounds 283,000.00 Public Works Building 104,255.00 Foreclosed Tax Title Property 49,955.00 Water Supply 1,123,300.00 Cemeteries 39,049.00 Furniture and Other Property: Town Offices and Cary Memorial Building $30,650.00 Police Department 4,250.00 Fire Department 85,655.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures 1,000.00 Tree Wardens Department 2,000.00 Sewer Department 1,000.00 Highway Department 91,000.00 Schools 98,024.19 Libraries 84,000.00 Parks and Playgrounds 3,300.00 Public Works Building 3,980.00 4,606,455.49 FINANCIAL Water Supply Cemeteries BORROWING CAPACITY Real and Personal Property Valuation 1946 Less Abatements Valuation 1947 Less Abatements Valuation 1948 Less Abatements Motor Vehicles Valuation 1946 Less Abatements Valuation 1947 Less Abatements Valuation 1948 Less Abatements 217 218 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 9,600.00 829.50 415,288.69 $5,021,744.18 $22,251,060.00 25,603,392.00 26,915,830.00 804,120.97 1,441,464.00 2,038,162.00 79,053,574.97 Average Valuation for (3) years, less abatements 26,351,191.65 Borrowing Capacity 5% 1,317,559.58 'Town Debt December 31, 1948 $1,918,000.00 Authorized but not issued 90,000.00 Total 2,008,000.00 Loans Outside Debt Limit Water Loan 1941 $5,000.00 Water Loan 1947 60,000.00 Water Loan 1947 96,000.00 Water Loan 1947 85,000.00 Water Loan 1948 250,000.00 School (Elementary) Land 20,000.00 School Elementary (Building) 500,000.00 Mun. Relief Sewer & Dr. 38 60,000.00 Mun. Relief Sewer 38 6,000.00 Mun. Relief Sewer 38 10,000.00 1,092,000.00 Total Debt Inside Debt Limit (including author- ized but not issued) Borrowing Capacity January 1, 1949 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 916,000.00 $401,559.58 $129,251.61 7,030.32 1,398.12 29,197.63 145,767.34 $312,645.02 LIABILITIES Battle Green Fund— Orin W. Fiske $746.77 Battle Green Fund — Edith C. Redman 510.05 Eleanor S. Beals Charity Fund 2,582.36 Hallie C. Blake Prize Fund 1,059.17 Patriots' Day Fund — Leroy S. Brown 5,000.00 Patriots' Day Fund— Leroy S. Brown (Income) 300.27 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds: Colonial (Principal) 1,100.00 Colonial(Income) 282.22 Munroe (Principal) 37,385.00 Munroe (Income) 328.64 Westview (Principal) 35,697.07 Westview (Income) 1,407.45 Frederick L. Emery Fund 5,411.82 Emma A. Fiske Flower Fund 800.54 Emma A. Fiske School Fund 472.21 Charles E. French Colonial Cemetery Fund 2,186.65 Charles E. French School Medal Fund 2,690.99 Jonas Gammen Charity Fund 604.97 Harriet R. Gilmor Charity Fund 749.57 Hayes Fountain Fund 1,182.72 Lexington High School Scholarship Fund 284.10 Herbert T. Hilton Munroe Cemetery Fund 4,721.84 George O. Smith Park Fund 2,573.65 George W. Taylor Flag Fund 2,357.49 George W. Taylor Tree Fund 2,368.13 William A. Tower Memorial Park Fund 10,000,00 Louise E. Wilkins Flower Fund 75.76 Ellen A. Stone Fund 2,000.00 Samuel E. Raymond Library 500.00 Charles Lyman Weld Fund 1,372.67 Geneva Id. Brown Fund 3,000.00 Samuel J. Bridge Charity Fund Elizabeth B. Gerry Charity Fund $4,750.06 2,280.26 Robert P. Clapp School Fund 852.14 Flag Fund 115.52 George E. Briggs Fund 157.10 Matthew Allen Memorial Fund 120.65 Ellen A. Stone School Fund (Income) 152.71 Cary Memorial Library Fund 10,084.45 Beals Library Fund 1,100.00 Laura M. Brigham Library Fund 8,042.50 Leroy S. Brown Library Fund 2,000.00 Alice Butler Cary Library Fund 2,440.00 Marcia Cary Library Fund Income Reserve 854.81 Goodwin Musical Collection Fund 1,025.00 Library Book Purchase Fund 1,000.00 .Tone Phinney Library Fund 124.19 Nelson W. Jenney Library Fund 2,000.00 $129,251.61 7,030.32 1,398.12 FINANCIAL Pauline Burbank Pierce Library Fund 1,000.00 Clara Robbins Library Fund 100.00 Wellington Library Fund 1,077.18 War Parents Book Memorial Library 1,750.00 George W. Sarano Memorial Fund 100.00 Geneva M. Brown 2,000.00 War Service Fund 1,093.17 Annuity Savings Fund 77,143.46 Annuity Reserve Fund 12,281.53 Pension Accumulation Fund 55,159.09 Expense Fund 515.09 Interest Accrued on Investments (425.00) 219 29,197.63 145,767.34 $312,645.02 220 TOWN OF LEXINGTON APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS — REVENUE 6661 07 papasMaod saausisg e311.1 etAeij03 pa1aa;suE1y saaueisg papuadxaua s;usazsM s,uaui3aaiasr uo saan;lpuadx3 sldtaaau pus saa;sus.cy `soco''I s�st s uoi'{aiadoaddV Incua p.IBM103 saoust?g General Government rI0 01 0 N 50 00 CO 00 m� uy•� t'- CO N� 07 01 co0 0 0 0 CO G CO 05 GO I -I 0 00 cN ti b Cp -01 00 8ti .-1 C.: Ira a0 e w N 0 • N • ca 0010 0 0100 0 4 O N 0 CO G 0 d ▪ N t- H APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - REVENUE - Continued Assessor's Department Personal Services 10,637.50 9,584.75 1,052.75 Expenses 2,145.00 1,954.69 190.31 Law Department Personal Services 2,000.00 2,000.00 Special Fees 1,500.00 1,215.00 285.00 Expenses 425.00 201.94 223.06 Town Clerk's Department Personal Services 4,211.42 4,205.09 6.33 Expenses 160.50 160.50 Elections Department Selectmen 3,143.00 3,124.85 18.15 Town Clerk 607.56 607.56 Registrations Department Personal Services 648.52 541.40 107.12 Expenses 724.00 34.89 758.89 Public Works -Supt's Office Personal Services 20,820.77 19,725.53 1,095.24 Expenses 475.00 427.43 47.57 Town Offices & Cary Memorial Bldg Personal Services 7,021.31 6,907.63 113.68 Expenses 9,500.00 9,468.01 31.99 Expenses '47 19.20 19.18 .02 Engineering Department Personal Services 17,813.73 14,488.40 3,325.33 Expenses 1,015.00 885.00 130.00 Planning Board Expenses 1,200.00 865.07 334.93 Special 3,500,00 2,050.00 380.00 1,070.00 Expenses '47 290.65 290,65 Board of Appeals 600.00 546.65 11.35 42.00 Billing Machine 3,000.00 2,567.35 432.65 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - REVENUE - Continued Retirement Board Expenses 150.00 150.00 Pensions 19,033.52 19,033.52 Protection of Persons and Property Police Department Personal Services 65,138.40 63,933.33 1,205.07 Expenses 6,237.00 6,234.36 2.64 New Cruiser 1,500.00 648.50 851.50 Fire Department Personal Services 71,065.67 69,952.38 1,113.29 G Expenses 12,095.00 108.71 12,198.94 4.77 9 New Truck Chassis 1,400.00 1,392.55 7.45 z Plans & Specifications for New E Lexington Fire Station 51.68 51.68 0 E. Lexington Fire Station 10,000.00 10,000.00 Completion New E. Lex. Expenses" incidental 3,000.00 3,000.00 >1 Supplementary Const. E. Lex. Fire X Station 19,631.72 19,631.72 H New Central Fire Station 1,931.68 621.98 1,309.70 p Forest Fires Z Personal Services 50.00 50.00 Wages & Expenses 500.00 163.97 336.03 Building and Plumbing Personal Services 4,700.00 4,700.00 Expenses 780.00 721.12 58.88 Wire Department Personal Services 942.19 942.15 .04 Expenses 185.00 172.00 13.00 Sealer of Weights & Measures Personal Services 590.63 590.63 Expenses 285.00 273.22 11.78 rIVIDNVNIJ APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - REVENUE -Continued Insect Suppression Personal Services 495.00 494.88 .12 Wages & Expenses 4,468.00 3,140.97 1,327.03 Shade Trees Wages & Expenses 7,500.00 5,608.31 1,891.69 Dog Officer Personal Services 112.5D 112.50 Expenses 100.00 70.00 169.50 .50 Health and Sanitation Personal Services 700.00 700.00 Expenses 4,330.00 3,005.36 1,324.64 Eradication of Mosquitoes 2,000.00 2,000.00 Milk Inspection Personal Services 450.00 450.00 Dog Clinic Expenses 389.00 375.75 18.25_ Dental Clinic Personal Services 2,000,00 1,883.34 116.66 Expenses 100.00 75.54 160.20 15.34 Posture Clinic Expenses 625.00 540.92 84.08 Vital Statistics 25.00 20.50 4.50 Animal Inspection Personal Services 562.50 562.50 Slaughtering Inspector Personal Services 900.00 852.50 47.50 No. Lexington Sewer 23,000.00 21,667.56 1,332.44 Sewer Construction 7,000.00 7,000.00 Sewer Maintenance Wages & Expenses 6,460.00 6,022.78 437.22 Sewer Services 20,000.00 15,383.92 4,616.08 Sewer Mains '47 169.00 169.00 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS --- REVENUE - Continued Drain Construction 10,000.00 9,436.74 563.26 Dumps and Ashes 4,525.00 600.00 5,128.67 1.33 Garbage Collection 9,900.00 59.99 9,959.99 Highways Wages & Expenses 52,500.00 52,490.00 10.00 Wages & Expenses '47 277.30 277.30 Chapter 90 Maintenance 2,000.00 2,000.00 4,000.00 Chapter 90 Grove St. 486.73 5,000.00 830.88 363.34 5,954.27 Sidewalks 1,500.00 1,488.21 11.79 Curbings 2,000.00 1,431.31 568.69 Snow Removal 65,000.00 63,229.24 1,770.76 Snow Removal '47 12,343.68 12,343.68 Traffic Regulation & Control 2,500.00 2,479.40 20.60 Traffic Regulation & Control '47 41.20 41.20 Street Lights 27,000.00 26,298.52 701.48 Street Signs 1,500.00 1,228.98 271.02 Street Signs '47 598.50 253.04 345.46 Road Machinery 20,000.00 5,500.00 25,023.69 332.40 143.91 New Equipment 21,500.00 13,124.67 8,375.33 New Equipment '47 25.00 25.00 Reconstruction Waltham Street7,900.00 7,900.00 Reconstruction Mass. Ave. 4,400.00 4,349.40 50.60 Street Construction 10,000.00 6,449.58 3,550.42 Charities and Soldiers' Benefits Public Welfare Personal Services 835.43 325.54 509.89 Administration 80.00 77.86 2.14 Aid and Expenses 28,000.00 122.70 26,711.81 1,410.89 Aid & Expenses '47 18.00 18.00 Dependent Children Adminintration 40.00 26.24 13.76 Aid and Expenses 10,000.00 756.35 10,450.92 305.43 'IVIDNVNId 1.0 OIONIXl'I AO NMO,L 11501 20 1,554 11.4 11.4 Ow la Ewa In 7N.1 .141.5 111 1161 114 1115 TAME 0T TOWN 5055 0000481441 a1, 1111 8110111.1 MINI 41. PAYMENTS 0P 1NTENEST TO 15 1141940 al' 111,1ENLE 014 11x14 Das to Imo In 01.15 Dil. 1111. 4011 Ow In 0131 11•• la 0r le oat tn. D01 le 1104 0648 1514 1116 1101 1100 1116 1616 1141 112 1112 1146 1951 Ma Sr.. and Urfa. 10.1..,. Lam of 1966 4 6140.1 114% 6 .4.0 1 101.24 1 11640 4 140.55 4 115.65 1 4 5 1...r Led.n. a 10.111 1.114.0 RA 56614 110.50 111.01 316.00 106.01 3333.... 1un1c1a41 1.31.01de o7 1920 for & ar 0.0,..48101. IX 71.10 62.60 51.141,.1 Re01e4 5.. 1 1120 for 1•w•r-,..amnia16.00 144 44.60 14.00 5040 1434 .0 041 116 ii% 1.43 3333... ler loon o1 1441 10.46 x16 11.71 Cameo! Flre. 96AUoo loo• .6 1444 1.660.0 %% 416. 656.14 64141 14.11 Na 0'51.304, 8..or Coa.ln21lao Leap M 1941 6.140.14 44 1.150.10 1.15040 1.040.14 640.0 Sr... 11k04 Mr 1,411.04 3774 114.0 111.50 146.10 141.40 N.prr 1.150 11 11451.00 0,6+1, L014.0 6.14.. 1514.00 14..00 41.114 }u- 1.4x111111 - 1,69600 7446 187.40 440.60 040.0 017.40 C.n.e•..Y.. #1 00 1,.44.10 7104 117.1 961.50 441.46 511.4. 111.30 0.000.0 ebn 144 1117 1.74..00 4476 610.00 140.14 410.50 111.00 &Ina 14.0 - 411.1. 153T 5.14,50 74% 141.0041675 01604 &tool land - il1rtw.eny 1447 1442.0 3496DO 100.00 111.00 9.40.N 50.1ar Nal. 411• 161 1141 4,01641 7176 1.215.10 1,1i1.05 9110 011.00 Wun 41.050 1.16• 1412 1,444.60 7196 1.100.50 9060.. 1.1600 1.11.40 94.,, 1171.., 1T.0e1 .e.0 1016 44,11671 %% 4114.00 4,660.41 1.113.0 0,400.00 Sewn 11,.1,1 6649 4.51671 1146 1,144.0 1,611.00 14.. 4612,01.1, BnMW 1010 67,60.14 x76 4191.15 11676 412404110. Hanevek. 891442 7.50,55 14% ,41604 1.51154 7216.55 %Au - 1615.011.61 173.671.26 111.111.76 1 1415.70 511.708.16 111.411.71 411.113,00 215.90.40 113,11154 4 101,6e 16.64 100.0 51040 140.50 170.. 116.04 111.50 14.0 46.00 16.00 1.190.00 1.110.40 14/0.40 /4.00 910.00 890.1 810.14 161.44 15.11 59.42 51.14 11.1 614./0 111.04 17.14 20.40 910.04 1.6o.00 11000 10.40 15644 51,664 14.3.64 160.111. 160.1* 11514 116.4 155-0. 1E... 140.0 416.14 162.0 115.14 504.40 13.0 1.640.0 2.14.71 5411.26 1,14.72 1.106.25 1,111.78 1,11614 110.96 464.26 14674 1,001.00 5403-00 5.111.1 660..00 0 5,150.00 3.11640 9.10.0 4.116.55 1.11.14 70.14 161.. 510.14 11,12. 41 56 1611 4.751,16 0,41,16 6400.18 6.158.76 1.011,15 1,34.71 1.161.51 4,11611 1.41.21 1.010.11 825.50 114.14 111.14 116.0 420.00 16.00 511411.11 41%11604 41.'421 4.447.50 4.462.14 14.1.710 Do. la 0..4 114414 Nolo 4514 12444 1..1 154 111 017. 1411 ITU 1,•.4 Sr■ Dula 0 1 4.11 04 0013 112 ,111 1511 ,101 1105 1.6 1$5.04 190.00 110.52 11.4 NOM 100.14 162.14 11031 145.00 90.00 140.00 121.1 110,10 11-40 90.11 5114. • la.a 11.55 50.14 15. •••1041 11.4 44.0 10.1 160 ..... 441.29 1,.711 1,04.011 1,16.0. 1,140.4 1.1131 1.401.00 1,01.0 LOW. 69/40 1035 666-14 100-14 4,414 01496 14616 1,0476 1114-10 1,1.0.4 1,11.}5 4151 116.93 14.06 111.00 110.01 125.0 4140 6..00 1..011 1650 L i 41........2 1.486.1 11,46.711.50.4 11.115.71 0.11054 11,5_ 54.11.71 u,11.00 11,504.04 5 948-04 5 110.00 14,00 4 544.71 5 104.14 1 11156 5 111.56 6 11.46 TABLE 111 TOWN 60747 DPCI RBHR 11. 1.4 SHOWING ANNVI 1, PAYMENTS 014 PRINCsPAL 7'10 05 1101,30 .o ..5.46'6 0.61. 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C' -'D 00 ti 0 0 0 0 00 a co cio 00 0 6a a 00 07 CO 0 Le) a) oaf X4,00 �W❑ oxo U1 an cd Nq .0 A U M r!1 E • a..E os 2� 8 V 00 d d N N r a a a a as a a 00) 0V N r+ r-1 0 0 r 10)0 10 u7 0 0 I-01 ac c,0.1 0 .+ 0 0 P7T wH 133 0) m 8^� Z m .0 a, rq enk p.�� aW W • 0 :0 y+d+ 0 • rar' m� 1,7) a) 8 m 0 40 CO 000 .11. .44-1 CO 0w0 o0 001-1 00 CO N d 0) r 0. 004 Nw CO 00 ,-I Lex, Branch 226 TOWN OF LEXINGTON APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS — REVENUE— Continued CG 0 1p .i OV 0 N 00 4 rl CO o© opo cao Qi rlo 4N �N w 000 LC, 00 Tea co �n rcD u "d r rl 00 '-4 pp TOO CO 00 m0) 00' et ▪ CO . -1 . 4 u7 ti CO 00 0 co N C, 9a o G 4OCD 00 G 0 a a a op 4 u7 a oa CO CN�uO� ▪ ,-r rl ti Lo .r -I 0 000 0 911 6 c CS 0 ti 0 8 H a 0 a el. 9CO x'00 tl 0 e6 -91 401 c000 N N r •n 0 N 0000100' 0000E00 aaa666 a a a6rn01) 0O . + N N OO N Q rl d Lo m CO Ei▪ 00 2oLCa E8 L:17./ 0 A d 'm o li°d I E1 W a d m 1 .0 W tb ° .0 8 ..2 rA 0 .5 �' a of !I a � o H m 5a r. a. .a+ -to Z6S 0 0 0 0 4 0 00 co a 6 N 00co 00 a N 0 ri a O 0000 rT • r ✓ 0D N 00 1-4 ti 0011 ND 9m�-w 00, of0?w rrnriw N N 0o91$o0 0 o as a6aa o a +-+ami oci0 0 c' +-1 rl - 1.1 9 t- 9-1 .-r N 0 0 0 0 4 d' N 00 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS—REVENUE—Continued FINANCIAL 227 t- w N di I15 00 OOOIAO C7C7 t=00000 Md .41q CV6 1rj a co to T • 0 228 TOWN OF LEXINGTON APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS —NON REVENUE N o, N LL7 .--i M H t- O M t- 00 "di 0 dI M .--. 0 3I7 L7 ut tD tp NjiM 77 OCA C' CV CO4r1 u7 +7 t- ' to 54 t'.. IIP -1-1 .-I 0 M rr .--I N [0 0.3 Cc'd Cl 0M o, CC:. °;:. cp CA 0 CV 040/0 r N OV d• L+7 01 N dI d' N Ir 'eM 6'+ c? C1� 00 L0 Cta 00 m 00 w r oa 41 00 01161 M +�-I N 01 t` arm-. O-0 6 H W QN tr 00000 QIf) t'- co a 0 CA CV New Elementary School $241,622.32 $1,110,000.00 FINANCIAL 229 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: We hereby submit our report as Assessors for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1948. NUMBER OF PERSONS ASSESSED Individuals On Personal Estate only 619 On Real Estate only 6686 On both Personal and Real Estate 476 TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ASSESSED *Parnerships, Associations or Trusts, Corporations NUMBER OF POLLS ASSESSED VALUE OF ASSESSED PERSONAL ESTATE Stock in Trade Machinery Live Stock All other Tangible Personal Property All Others* 42 131 17 $108,860.00 796,400.00 68,870.00 825,025.00 Total 661 6817 493 7971 230 TOWN OF LEXINGTON PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION Value of Real Estate $8,670,556.10 Value of Tangible Personal Estate 554,799.43 TOTAL VALUE OF EXEMPT PROPERTY $9,225,355.53 1948 RECAPITULATION Total Appropriations as certified by Town Clerk to be raised by tax- ation, Chapter 41, Section 15A Total Appropriations voted to be taken from Available Funds: (a) In 1948 $168,897.86 (b) In 1947, since 1947 tax rate was fixed 89,862,50 $1,366,763.11 208,760.36 $1,575,523.47 Deficits due to abatements in excess of overlay of prior years Of Year Amount Of Year Amount Of Year Amount 4191 1933 $193.10 1936 $199.23 1939 $217.62 1934 202.29 1937 205.35 1940 197.39 1935 202.29 1938 208.42 1941 192.48 1942 33.09 TOTAL VALUE OF ASSESSED PERSONAL ESTATE $1,799,155.00 VALUE OF ASSESSED REAL ESTATE Land exclusive of Buildings $5,399,765.00 Buildings exclusive of Land 19,974,175.00 TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED REAL ESTATE TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED ESTATE NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK ASSESSED Horses 99 Cows 266 Bulls 1 Heifers 9 Swine 557 Fowl 16,080 All other '70 OMITTED ASSESSMENTS OMITTED POLL TAXES NUMBER OF ACRES OF LAND ASSESSED NUMBER OF DWELLING HOUSES ASSESSED $12.18 84.00 8,965 3,307 $25,373,940.00 $27,173,095.00 STATE: TAX AND ASSESSMENTS 1948 Estimates State Parks and Reservations $1,132.11 State Audit and Municipal Accounts 2,800.71 State Examination of Retirement System 68.40 Additional State Assessments 39,126.81 1947 Under- estimates 74.54 2,144.96 $1,851.26 $43,128.03 $2,219.50 $45,347.53 COUNTY: TAX AND ASSESSMENTS County Tax $41,414.90 Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment 9,878.09 $51,292.99 OVERLAY of Current Year $51,292.99 $24,745.96 GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED $1,698,761.21 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE SURPLUS Income Tax $103,114.26 Corporation Taxes 45,784.39 Reimbursement on account of publicly owned land 510.41 Gasoline Tax 0.00 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 35,000.00 FINANCIAL Licenses 4,000.00 Fines 200.00 Special Assessments 2,000.00 General Government 5,000.00 Protection of Persons and Property 3,500.00 Health and Sanitation 12,000.00 Highways 1,000.00 Charities (Other than federal grants for aid to dependent children) 6,500.00 Old Age Assistance (Other than federal grants) 38,500.00 Old Age Tax (Meals) Gen. Laws. Chap 64B, Sec. 10 2,835.58 Veterans' Benefits 500.00 Schools 15,000.00 Recreation 175.00 Public Service Enterprises (Such as Water De- partment, etc.) 74,787.07 Cemeteries (Other than trust funds and sale of lots) 3,000.00 Interest: On Taxes and Assessments 2,800.00 Gas and Electric Franchise Taxes 149.81 In Lieu of Taxes: Arlington and Cambridge 886.90 Chapter 498, Acts of 1948 22,800.00 TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS $380,043.42 OVERESTIMATES of previous year to be used as available funds (a) State Parks and Reservation Tax 1947 $305.44 Amounts voted to be taken from available funds: (Before any such amount can be used in fix- ing tax rate, the Commissioner's written ap- proval must be obtained.) $39,862.50 Oct. 8, 1947 118,897.86 Apr. 6, 1948 10,000.00 Apr. 21, 1948 168,760.36 TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAX- ATION ON POLLS AND PROPERTY $169,065.80 231 549,109.22 Number of Polls -4191 at $2.00 each $8,382.00 Personal Property Valuation 1,799,155. (Tax Rate 75,564.51 Real Estate Valuation 25,873,940. ($42.00 1,065,705.48 TOTAL $27,178,095. $1,149,651.99 232 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOTAL TAXES LEVIED ON POLLS AND PROPERTY $1,149,651.99 ITEMS NOT ENTERING INTO THE DETERMINATION OF THE TAX RATE Betterments and Special Assessments added to Taxes: Amount Committed Total Interest Apportioned Sewer Assessments $1,918.27 $458.80 $2,377.07 Apportioned Water Assessments 2,779.75 686.87 3,466.62 Apportioned Street Assessments 548.53 21.88 670.41 Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments 6.37 .52 6.89 Water Liens added to Taxes 374.74 374.74 6,795.73 TOTAL AMOUNT OF 1948 TAXES ON POLLS AND PROPERTY AND OF ASSESSMENTS AND LIENS ADDED TO TAXES AS COMMITTED TO TAX COLLECTOR $1,166,447.72 RECAPITULATION OF COMMITMENTS MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE Date of Commitment Commitment Number First March 10, 1948 479 Second April 1, 1948 311 Third May 1, 1948 514 Fourth May 20, 1948 828 Fifth Sept. 10, 1948 1089 Sixth Sept. 11, 1948 1430 Seventh Sept. 26, 1948 366 Eighth Dec. 31, 1948 356 Ninth Jan. 31, 1949 162 Commissioner's Value $127,052. 59,370. 181,230. 218,560. 361,980. 633,250. 256,320. 268,930. 164,620. CLYDE E. STEEVES WILLIAM I. BURNHAM WILLIAM H. SHANAHAN LELAND H. EMERY FREDERICK J. SPENCER Board Excise $4,844.62 2,281.22 6,805.63 8,219.49 13,181.19 20,137.95 5,318.58 3,332.30 867.65 of Assessors FINANCIAL 233 REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I herewith submit the report of the Collector's Department for the year ending December 81, 1948. Amount outstanding December 31, 1947 $155,491.98 Amount Committed in 1948 1,548,483.75 $1,703,975.73 Collected, abated, apportioned or trans- ferred 1948 1,488,077.60 Amount oustanding December 31, 1948 $215,898.13 Respectfully submitted, WM. S. SCAMMAN Collector of Taxes REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRIDGE CHARITABLE FUND 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 be added to the principal each year until the fund should amount to $4,000.00 when the entire income should be available for assisting the indigent poor of the Town. Principal 1-1-48 $4,101.48 Principal as of 12-81-48 $4,101.48 $1,000. U.S. Treasury 2 7/8's — 1960/55 $939.43 $1,000. U.S. Treasury 2W's ---- Series G 1,000.00 Deposit — Lexington Savings Bank 287.05 $2,500. U.S. Savings Bonds --- Series G 1,875.00 Income: Balance 1-1-48 Income Receipts — Bridge Charitable Fund Income Receipts — Gerry Fund $4,101.48 $567.38 71.07 46.48 $684.93 Less Disbursements 96.92 $588.01 234 TOWN OF LEXINGTON ELIZABETH B. GERRY FUND Principal 1-1-48 $2,274.20 Deposit --. Lexington Savings Bank $680.26 Deposit — Lexington Trust Co. 500.00 $100. U.S. Treasury 2 7/8's — 1960/55 93.94 $1,000. U.S. Treasury 21's — Series G 1,000.00 Income: Income Receipts Less transfer to "Bridge" Fund $2,274.20 $46.48 46.48 Balance 12-31-48 None Respectfully submitted, HowAiw 8. O. NICHOI.$ CLARENCE S. WALKER THOMAS G. LYNAH T'rustees REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS 1948 BATTLE GREEN TRUST FUND At the Town Meeting June 25, 1925, it was voted: That the sum 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 $500.00 Deposit — Cambridge Savings Bank Income: Balance 1-1-48 Income Receipts $500.00 $230.82 15.95 Balance 12-31-48 $246.77 ELEANOR S. BEALS CHARITABLE FUND EIeanor 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 1-1-48 $531.49 Income Receipts 50.87' Balance 12-31-48 — Lexington Savings Bank $582.36 FINANCIAL 286 HALLIE C. BLAKE PRIZE FUND $1,000.60 was endowed in 1920, the income to be expended annually in two cash prizes to the two seniors (a boy and a girl) in each successive graduating class of the Lexington High School who by example and in- fluence 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 1-1-48 Interest on Bond 236 TOWN OF LEXINGTON FREDERICK L. EMERY FUND $5,000.00 was bequeathed to the Town of Lexington in 1938, the same to be held in trust and the income expended by the Lexington Field and Garden 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, ways and places in Lexington. $1,000,00 Principal $5,000.00 $1,000.00 U.S. Treasury 2%'s -1960/55 $1,000.00 10 Paid-up Shares Lexington Cooperative Bank 2,000.00 $44.17 U.S. War Bonds - Series G 2,000.00 60.00 $1,000.00 $104.17 Less disbursements for cash prizes 50.00 Balance 12-31-48 - Cash on hand $54.17 CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS Principal 1-1-48 $36,885.00 Received from Town of Lexington 500.00 Principal as of 12-31-48 Deposit- Lexington Savings Bank Deposit- Warren Institution for Savings Income: Balance 1-1-48 Income Receipts $3'7,385.00 $28,885.00 9,000.00 $37,385.00 $583.21 745.48 $1,328.64 Less disbursements to Town of Lexington .... 1,000.00 Balance 12 -31 -48 -Lexington Savings Bank $328.64 COLONIAL CEMETERY FUND Principal $1,100.00 Deposit -Lexington Savings Bank $1,100.00 Income: Balance 1-1-48 $300.56 Income Receipts 31.66 Less disbursements to Town of Lexington .... Income: Balance 1-1-48 Income Receipts $5,000.00 $275.49 145.83 $421.32 Less disbursement to J. J. Garrity 10.00 Balance 12 -31 -48 -Lexington Trust Co. $411.32 CHARLES E. FRENCH LEGACY 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 $2,000.00 to be de- voted to the care of the Colonial Cemetery; and the income of $2,000.00 for three medals in each of the public high and grammar schools for the best scholarship in the graduation classes. Principal $4,612.91 U.S. War Bonds - Series G $4,000.00 Deposit -Lexington Trust Co. 27.65 Deposit - North Avenue Savings Bank 585.26 Income - Schools: Balance 1-1-48 Income Receipts $4,612.91 $108.89 63.40 $166.79 Less disbursements for medals 61.06 Balance 12-81-48 $105.78 Income - Cemetery: Balance 1-1-48 $131.06 Income Receipts 52.94 $832.22 50.00 Less disbursement to Town of Lexington .... $282.22 $184.00 25.00 $159.00 FINANCIAL 237 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 inmates of the Almshouse. By decree of the Probate Court, April 23, 1929, power was given to expend income for the town poor wherever located Principal Deposit - Lexington Savings Bank $500.00 Income: Balance 1-1-48 $93.06 Income Receipts 11.91 $500.00 Balance 12-31-48 $104.97 HARRIET R. GILMORE LEGACY Harriet Robinson, born in Lexington, November 8, 1806. Under her will a legacy of $500.00 was left to the Town, the income to be used for the benefit of the poor of the Town. Principal $500.00 Deposit - Lexington Savings Bank Income: Balance 1-1-48 Income Receipts Balance 12 -31 -48 -Lexington Savings Bank $500.00 $234.81 14.76 $249.57 HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND A balance remaining after the erection of the Hayes Fountain of $862.72, by a vote of the town, a permanent fund was created, the income to be available for the care of the fountain and the grounds around it. Principal $862.72 Deposit -Lexington Savings Bank Income: Balance 1-1-48 Income Receipts $862.72 $296.72 23.28 Balance 12-31-48 LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND A fund created and added to by certain graduating classes of the High School for the purpose of rendering financial assistance for educa- tional purposes to worthy graduates who are recommended by the School Committee. Principal as of 1-1-48 1282.15 Income on Principal Deposit Fund 1.95 $320.00 238 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Deposit - Lexington Savings Bank Student Loans $99.10 185.00 EDITH C. REDMAN BATTLE GREEN TRUST FUND Principal $500.00 Income on Principal Deposit 10.05 Deposit - Lexington Savings Bank $284.10 $510.05 GEORGE 0. SMITH LEGACY George 0. Smith, born in Lexington, January 2, 1832. Under his will a legacy of $2,500.00 was given to Lexington, the income to be 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 Income: Income Receipts Less payments to Lexington Field and Gar- den Club Balance 12-31-48 $2,452.50 $68.96 68.96 None GEORGE W. TAYLOR FLAG FUND Clause No. 30, Miss Amy E. Taylor's 'will: Whereas my father, George W. Taylor, late of Lexington, deceased some years ago presented to the Town of Lexington a flag pole, which now stands on Lexington Common, if such provision has not already been made, I then give, devise and bequeath to the inhabitants of the Town of Lexing- ton, 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, preservation 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 U.S. War Bonds- Series G $2,000.00 Income: Balance 1-1-48 Income Receipts $2,000.00 Principal as of 12-31-48 $284.10 Balance 12-31-48 $301.15 56.34 $357.49 FINANCIAL 289 GEORGE W. TAYLOR TREE FUND Clause No. 81, Miss Amy E. Taylor's will: If I shall not have made such provision in my lifetime, I give, devise, and bequeath to the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, the sum of Two Thousand Dollars, said fund to be known as the "George W. Taylor Tree Fund," in trust, nevertheless, the income of which is to be expended for the care, purchase, or preservation of trees for the adornment of said Town. Principal $2,000.00 U.S. War Bonds — Series G $2,000.00 Income: Balance 1-1-48 $311.59 Income Receipts 56.54 Balance 12-31-48 $368.13 • WILLIAM A. TOWER MEMORIAL PARK FUND By deed of gift from Miss Ellen M. Tower dated September 17, 1926, 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, maintenance, and improvement of the William Augustus Tower Memorial Park. Principal $10,000.00 U.S. War Bonds—Series G $8,000.00 Deposit— Warren Institution for Savings 2,000.00 Income: Income Receipts Less payments to Town of Lexington 240.00 Balance 12-31-48 $10,000.00 $240.00 WESTVIEW CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUND Principal 1-1-48 $83,634.83 Received from Town of Lexington 240 TOWN OF LEXINGTON EMMA I. FISKE ADAMS SCHOOL FUND At a meeting held July 27, 1939, it was voted to accept a gift of $500. under the will of Emma I. Fiske, the same to be used for decoration and/or equipment of Primary or Primary Department of the Adams School. Principal 1-1-48 $584.05 Income on Principal Deposit 9.29 $593.34 Less payment 121.13 Deposit —Lexington Savings Bank - $472.21 EMMA I. FISKE FLOWER FUND At. a meeting held July 27, 1939, it was voted that the town ac- cept a gift in the amount of $300. under the will of Emma I. Fiske to be invested and the income used to place three bouquets of flowers around the monument in her family lot in Munroe Cemetery on Memorial Day and September 15th of each year. Principal $300.00 Deposit — Lexington Savings Bank $300.00 Income: Balance 1-1-48 $.54 Income Receipts 6.00 $6.54 Less disbursements 6.00 Balance 12-31-48 $.54 LOUISE E. WILKINS FLOWER FUND In 1941, Louise E. Wilkins paid to the Town of Lexington $75.00 for None 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 1-1-48 $75.76 2,061.33 Income Receipts 1.50 Principal as of 12-31-48 $35,696.16 U.S. War Bonds, Series G $32,500.00 Deposit — Lexington Trust Co. 8,196.16 Income: Balance 1-1-48 Income Receipts Less disbursement to Town of Lexington ...... Balance 12-31.48 .............................................. 135,686.16 $1,054.82 853.54 $1,908.36 500.00 $1,408.36 $77.26 Less disbursements 1.50 Principal as of 12-31-48 $75.76 Deposit — Lexington Savings Bank $75.76 LEROY S. BROWN FUND 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. Brown, the income to be used to help defray the expenses of the 19th of April celebration." Principal $5,000.00 U.S. War Bonds, Series G $5,000.00 FINANCIAL Income: Balance 1-1-48 Income Receipts 241 $189.06 127.83 $316.89 Less disbursements to Town of Lexington .... 16.62 Balance 12-31-48 $300.27 HERBERT HILTON TRUST FUND At a Town Meeting held September 22, 1941, it was voted, "That the Town accept a bequest under the will of Herbert Hilton, late of San Diego, Calif., in the sum of $4,577.47 in trust to expend the income for the benefit of Lot 42 in the Munroe Cemetery as set forth in Paragraph 1 and the Codicil to his will." Principal Deposit— Lexington Savings Bank Income: Balance 1-1-48 Income Receipts Less disbursements Balance 12-31-48 $4,577.47 $4,577.47 $122.39 93.98 $216.37 72.00 $144.37 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 Conunittee and used to assist needy young girls in obtaining an education. Principal U.S. Treasury Savings Bonds—Series G Income: Income Receipts Less payments to Lexington School Corn- mittee $2,000.00 Balance 12-31-48 SARAH E. RAYMOND TRUST In 1945 the Town accepted a gift of $500.00 under the will of Franklin T. 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. Principal $500.00 Deposit - - Provident Institution for Savings Income: Income Receipts Less Payments to Cary Memorial Library $2,000.00 50.00 . 50.00 None Balance 12.31-48 $500.00 310.00 10.00 None 242 TOWN OF LEXINGTON CHARLES LYMAN WELD FUND In 1947 the Town accepted a legacy of $1,343.39 under the will of Charles Lyman Weld, late of Lexington, "for educational purposes or a Chapel at Westview Cemetery." Principal $1,343.39 Deposit — Lexington Savings Bank $1,343.39 Balance 1-1-48 $1,345.63 Income Receipts 27.04 Balance 12-31-48—Lexington Savings Bank $1,372.67 GENEVA M. BROWN FUND In 1948 the Town accepted a bequest of $3,000.00 from Geneva M. Brown to be invested and the income to be used for improving and beauti- fying the Common and triangular parcel of land in front of Masonic Temple. Principal $3,000.00 $3,000. U.S. Treasury "G" Bonds Respectfully submitted, HOWARD S. 0. NICHOLS CLARENCE S. WALKER THOMAS G. LYNAH Trustees of Public Trusts $3,000.00 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF RETIREMENT December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Gentlemen: The Board of Retirement respectfully submits its tenth annual re- port covering the operation of the Town of Lexington Contributory Retire- ment System for the calendar year ended December 31, 1948. During the year the Board held fourteen meetings. The election of one member of the Board took place on Thursday, June 24, 1948, and Wallace C. Weisinger was elected for the term ending June 30, 1951. A brief review of operations of the System during the year, together with financial statements and pensioners are submitted as follows: RETIRED MEMBERS —1948 DATE RETIRED Miss Leora B. Eaton -- School March 15, 1948 Mr. John T. Cosgrove — Town Engineer May 29, 1948 Mr. Sebastian Paladina— Highway June 1, 1948 Mrs. Marian Whiting (beneficiary) July 8, 1948 RETIRED MEMBERS DECEASED 1948 Mr. James W. Denney June 13, 1941 Mr. Michael J. Duffy June 1, 1941 FINANCIAL Mr. William J. Kenealy December 8, 1946 August 28, 1938 July 16, 1938 Mr. Matthew Stevenson Mr. James Stewart Mr. Sydney R. W rightington February 8, 1946 INCOME STATEMENT FOR 1948 Ledger Assets December 31, 1947 Income Contributions from Members: Group A $12,126.82 Group B 3,683.83 Transfer Members Accounts Group A Contributions from Town: Pension Fund For Expenses From Interest: Gross Interest on Bonds Interest on Cooperative Shares Interest from Savings Banks Accrued Interest on Investments Total to be accounted for Disbursements Annuity Payments: Regular Ordinary Disability Pension Payments: Regular Ordinary Disability Accidental Death Benefit Refunds Administrative Expenses: Medical Fees $150.00 Printing & Stationery 106.10 Postage 21.00 Travel 20.15 Association Dues 5.00 Safety Deposit Box 9.00 19,033.52 150.00 243 244 TOWN OF LEXINGTON $131,928.50 $15,810.65 75.33 19,183.52 BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1948 ASSETS Deposits not on Interest: Lexington Trust Co. Book Value of: U.S. Bonds Series G $61,000.00 A.M. Tel. & Tel. 2 7/8% 1987 Deb. 5,135.85 N.Y. Tel. & Tel. 3 1/8% 1978 Ref. Mtg. 5,071.50 Cooperative Bank Shares Deposits in Trust Companies & Savings Banks on Interest: Andover Savings Bank 2,329.60 Cambridge Savings Bank 3,121.72 1,621.03 Chelsea Savings Bank 2,285.13 15.00 Dedham Institute for Savings 2,981.52 1,488.94 East Cambridge Savings 1,289.36 3,124.97 Eliot Savings Bank 1,164.24 425.00 Hingham Institute for Savings 1,911.36 Hudson Savings Bank 8,030.00 38,619.47 Newburyport Inst. for Savings 2,350.44 Lexington Savings 8,629.90 Lexington Savings (War Ser.) 2,700.71 Lynn Inst. for Savings 2,279.90 Marlborough Savings 3,036.31 Melrose Savings 2,403.99 Middlesex Inst. for Savings 3,559.98 Natick Federal Savings & Loan 2,025.00 Natick Five Cents Savings 1,232.05 Newton Centre Savings 2,969.69 Newton Savings 3,549.21 Provident Inst. for Savings 2,293.63 Quincy Savings 1,206.87 Rockland Savings 2,273.28 Somerville Savings 2,364.46 Wakefield Savings 1,160.91 Waltham Savings 1,368.23 Weymouth Savings 2,276.08 Winchester Savings 1,277.51 Woburn Five Cents Savings 2,429.11 $880.18 202.27 14,806.78 3,862.72 1,069.96 2,898.43 311.25 Accrued Interest an Investments Dec. 31, 1947 318.23 Gross decrease of bonds by amortization 5.81 Balance December 31, 1948 170,547.97 24,355.63 $146,192,34 Cash in Office Interest Accrued $2,670.62 71,207.35 2,000.00 69,500.14 389.23 425.00 $146,192.34 FINANCIAL LIABILITIES Annuity Savings Fund Annuity Reserve Fund Special Fund for Military Service Credit Pension Fund Expense Fund Name Blakeley, Chester L. Brenton, Walter Cassells, Charles Cavanaugh, Thomas F. Cosgrove, John T. Eaton, Leora B. Ferry, Antonio French, William G. Hannaford, Robert E. Holman, Walter Howard, Horace M. Lembo, Charles Longbottom, Fred W. Manley, Charles A. Mitchell, Lawrence G. Murray, John L. Muzzey, Helen E. Nichols, Emma 0. Powers, Michael Russell, James H. Rycroft, Peter Sullivan, James G. Taylor, Edward W. Wallin, Charles R. Whiting, Marion E. (George Whiting) PENSIONERS December 31, 1948 Department Animal Inspector School Water & Sewer Janitor Town Engineer School Highway Highway Highway Water & Sewer Library Water & Sewer Building School Welfare Public Works Library Library Highway Accountant Water & Sewer Highway Fire Park Beneficiary Respectfully submitted, HOWARD S. 0. NicHois, Chairman WALLACE WEISINGER FRANK D. WALKER, Secretary 245 $77,143.46 12,281.53 1,093.17 55,159.09 515.09 $146,192.34 Date Retired September 1, 1947 January 30, 1939 December 1, 1944 February 10, 1947 May 20, 1948 March 15, 1948 February 1, 1938 October 28, 1943 September 3, 1943 March 1, 1944 January 1, 1938 November 1, 1944 February 1, 1940 March 19, 1942 July 1, 1940 August 13, 1944 June 1, 1941 January 1, 1940 August 14, 1939 March 16, 1947 February 9, 1940 April 2, 1943 January 1, 1943 November 25, 1938 July 3, 1948 246 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Statistical LIST OF JURORS Name Occupation Address Allen, Robert G.—Engraver 253 Bedford Street Allison, Howard --Draftsman 15 Utica Street. Anderson, Robert A.—Engineer 7 York Street. Barker, Duncan E.—Electrician 447 Concord Avenue Barnes, William A.—Salesman 13 Muzzey Street Barrett, Walter E.—Superintendent 195 Follen Road Barrows, Clifton F.—Tree Surgeon 8 Locust Avenue Baskin, John—Farmer 45 Adams Street Black, Harry C.—Accountant 136 Bedford Street Blodgett, Frank—Boat Builder 1654 Mass. Avenue Bodge, Fred W.—Clerk 7 Belfry Terrace Britton, Frederick S.—Advertising 8 Bedford Street Bryant, Joseph A.—Chem. Mgr. 6 Colony Road Buckley, Paul A.—Com. Artist 139 Shade Street Burbidge, Harold W.—Milkman 22 Butler Avenue Burgess, Wendell H.—Carpenter 2 Wallis Court Burleigh, Dean R.—Machinist 14 Fair Oaks Drive Cameron, Donald B.—Insurance 30 Carville Avenue Carey, Charles C.—Executive 3 Eliot Road Casey, John R.—Salesman 8 Spencer Street Chapman, Everett T.—Clerk 10 Curve Street Childs, Frederick R.—Auto Dealer 27 York Street Cloud, Robert W.—Res. Ass't. 39 Bridge Street Cobb, Stanley T.—Bank Clerk 40 Bloomfield Street Cochrane, John—Expeditor 2847 Mass. Avenue Colby, William B.—Shipyard 127 Shade Street Connell, James J.—Adv. Solicitor 55 Forest Street Copeland, Dwight L.—Engineer 12 Plymouth Road Cox, Ralph E.—Clerk 410 Waltham Street Custance, Roy—Florist Work 9 Kendall Road Davis, George M.—Clerk 36 Woodland Road Dearborn, Horace G.—Painter 118 Marrett Road Denham, Harold C.—Office Clerk 8 Jackson Court Dennis, Erwin A.—Reg. Mgr. 31 Slocum Road Donnelly, Joseph—C.P.A. 48 Forest Street Donovan, Timothy P.—Electrician 144 Grant Street Duncan, Edward D.—Ass't. Treas. 21 Leonard Road Eaton, L. Edward—Chemist ....51 Bertwell Road Ells, Clifford—Salesman 335 Marrett Road Ferguson, Roy A.—Realtor 11 Berwick Road Fletcher, Clifford A.—Cabinet Maker 46 Blossomcrest Road Flynn, Henry A. ----Plumber 26 Oakland Street Foster, Larry N.—Com. Artist 1984 Mass. Avenue Furness, Harold S.—Accountant 39 Bertwell Road STATISTICAL Name Occupation Address 247 Galbraith, Thomas A.—Electrician 178 Waltham Street Gardner, William Q.—Manager 30 Bloomfield Street Gills, Joseph L.—Cons. Sup't. 140 Cedar Street Goddard, Dwight S.—Food Distributor 50 Forest Street Godley, Philip, 2nd ---Engineer 12 Adams Street Goodall, Rawley—Estimator 10 Lexington Avenue Gordon, Richard L.—Boston Edison 905 Mass. Avenue Graves, George E.—Architect 33 Adams Street Gray, Freeman N.—Newspaper 9 Burlington Street Grush, Russell—Printer 28 Burlington Street Hadley, Frederick C.—Engineer 4 Candlewick Close Hager, Wendell P.—Chemist 6 Hudson Street Hagerty, William D_ ---Wool Business 6 Lincoln Street Hamilton, Eugene B.—Retired 1 Braemore Terrace Hannon, Kenneth E.—Manager 52 Maple Street Hanson, Harry—Car Inspector 12 Curve Street Hanson, Otto B.—Publisher 325 Bedford Street Hargrove, John H.—Auditor 3058 Mass. Avenue Hathaway, Alton H.—Food Broker 16 Vine Brook Road Heath, Charles—Insurance 70 Burlington Street Henley, Clarence P.—Carpenter 411 Marrett Road Herbert, Leroy J.—Chemist 110 Bow Street Hoffman, Henry J.—Baker 2664 Mass. Avenue Hogan, Charles E.—Underwriter 34 Hayes Avenue Hosford, John J.—Manufacturing 55 Spring Street Howes, Howard W. Jr.—Foreman 35 Bowker Street Hurley, Stephen E.—Machinist 53 Independence Road Hyde, Walter L.—Superintendent 22 Forest Street Ingersoll, Frederick M.—Distributor 11 Eliot Road Jackson, C. Henry—Florist 40 Clark Street James, Raymond W.—Chem. Engineer 66 Blake Road Johnson, Harold S.—Engineer 31 Vine Brook Road Johnson, Roy—Insurance 2295 Mass. Avenue Johnston, William P.—Export Mgr. 10 Calvin Street Jones, Vernon C. ----Accountant 51 Gleason Road Kenealy, John T.—Merchant 15 Independence Avenue Keyes, John P.—General Agent 3 Sunny Knoll Avenue King, John A. C.—Salesman 17 Lockwood Road Kraetzer, Joseph G.—Insurance 85 Meriam Street Kropp, George V.—Chemist 19 Cedar Street Langton, George P.—Sup't. 25 Fuller Road Lawrence, Herbert M.—Hardware 36 Highland Avenue Lewis, Thomas B.—Fuel Price Spec. 341 Wood Street Litchfield, Harry W.—Milk Dealer 1949 Mass. Avenue Locke, Wilbur—Adv. Agent 6 Middle Street Long, David A.—Credit Man 53 Burlington Street 248 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Name Occupation Address MacAuley, Clarence H.—Salesman 10 Grassland Street MacLean, Keith L.—Electrician 80 Bloomfield Street Manning, John J.—Gen. Manager 40 Outlook Drive Mattson, Frank D. —Meeh. Engineer 36 Cary Avenue Meehan, William C.—Painter 182 Waltham Street Melly, Francis J.—Engineer 3 Bowker Street Metchear, Charles R. Jr. ----Ass't. Treas. 30 Edgewood Road Meyers, J. Raymond Prod. Manager 17 Audubon Road Miles, John L. Salesman 14 Colony Road Miller, HenrySalesEngineer 209 Fallen Road Milne, Alexander R.—Plumber 9 Utica Street Mills, Robert L.—Mechanic 303 Concord Avenue Moone, Thomas Salesman 84 Simonds Road Morey, Lloyd H.—Treasurer 12 Daniels Street Morris, Thomas C. Chemist 4 Robbins Road McAvoy, John F. Welder 117 Burlington Street McCausland, Elton B.—Manager 1 Berwick Road McCormick, John H.—Photographer 58 Dexter Road McDonough, Patrick—Shipfitter 38 Woburn Street McElman, Clarence E.—Buyer 30 Farmcrest Avenue McGovern, Edward M.—Telephone 260 Bedford Street Neal, Harris F. Steam Engineer 462 Marrett Road O'Connor, William—Gas Station ., 290 Marrett Road Peck, Charles B. Salesman 5 Washington Street Pierce, James A.—Adv. Manager 2184 Mass. Avenue Perkins, Frank R.—Purch. Agent 15 Woodland Road Peterson, Carl P.—Florist 26 Bow Street Phillips, Earle G.—Maintenance Man 12 Cedar Street Pierce, Arthur S.—Trucking 6 Dexter Road Porter, John H.—Distributor 8 Kimball Road Preston, Reuben—Electrician 18 Fair Oaks Drive Proctor, George W.—Bookkeeper 7 Forest Court Rice, Francis Y. --Buyer 65 Blake Road Robinson, Vernon T.—Retired 3 Audubon Road Russell, Herbert P.—Office Manager 6 Berwick Road Ryan, Robert E.—Gardener 10 Bedford Street Seaver, James B.—Investment Broker 2 Plymouth Road Shea, Henry B.—Asst. Div. Head 54 Harding Road Sheldon, George C.—Sales Manager 1 Bennington Road Shoemaker, Theodore—Const. Engineer 191 Waltham Street Silsby, Frederick W.—Sail Maker 19 Muxxey Street Silva, James E.—At home 1 Sheridan Street Slocomb, Louis W.—Sales Manager 91 Gleason Road. Smith, Clarence E.—Broker 6 Pinewood Street Smith, John J. Jr.—Furniture Sales 121 Grove Street Snyder, Paul R.—Banker 19 Bertwell Road STATISTICAL Name Occupation. Soderberg, A. Randall -Auditor Southworth, Lyon -Chemist Tappley, Horace G. -Editor Taylor, Carroll C. -Executive Teele, Norcross -Real Estate 44 Bloomfield Street Temple, Walter F. -Paper Salesman 1894 Mass. Avenue Thayer, Raymond H. -Leather Salesman 17 Nichols Road Thompson, John H. -Navy Yard 274 Marrett Road 249 Address 51 Dexter Road 10 Audubon Road 20 Outlook Drive 90 Pollen Road Viano, Ernest E. -Garage Viano, Lawrence F. -Garage 186 Bedford Street 14 Vine Brook Road Waddleton, Joseph P. -Steam Waite, Edwin L. -Chauffeur Walker, Bernard L. -Radio Service Welti, Edgar -Printer White, Bradford C. -Meeh. Engineer Willis, Charles M. -Architect Wills, Frederick I). -Engineer 58 Prospect Hill Road Woodward, Winthrop L. -Tel. Co. Insp. 15 Norton Road 68 Bow Street 30 Brookside Avenue 302 Marrett Road 3 Hancock Avenue 21 Colony Road 15 Dexter Road REPORT OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY In account with Rev. Harold T. Handley, Treasurer Capital Account: GENERAL FUND 1000.00 Indianapolis Pr. & Lt. Co. 1st Mtge 3144% 1970 (May 1st) 1000.00 So. Cal. Edison Company let. & Prfd Mtge. 3% 1965 (Sept. 1) 1000.00 Pacific Gas & Electric Company lst & Prfd. Mtge Sev. H 3% Dec. 1, 1974 1000.00 Boston Edison Company lst Mtge S4'% Dec. 1970 1000.00 New York Pr. & Lt. Company lst Mtge 2%% March 1, 1975 1000.00 Narragansett Electric Company let Mtge 3% 1000.00 U.S. Gov't Savings Bond Series G.M 596726 21,4%❑ 1000.00 U.S. Gov't Savings Bond Series G.M 11945 2%% 1500.00 Boston & Maine R.R. 1st Mtge Series R.R. 4% 1960 1000.00 Wisconsin, Michigan Pr. Co. 1st Mtge 3%% July 15, 1961 (called July 1948) 1948 Income Tota[ $32.50 30.00 30.00 27.50 27.50 30.00 25.00 25.00 60.00 18.75 250 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 1500.00 Boston & Maine R.R. Income Mtge Bonds Series R.R. 4%% 1970 (sold Dec. 1948) 1000.00 Lexington Savings Bank Acct. #26532 2% 100.00 Lexington Savings Bank Acct. #26505 2% 600.00 Lexington Cooperative Bank 3 matured shares 21/2% 124.78 Lexington Trust Co. Acct. #6023 1% 354.31 Lexington Savings Bank Acct. # 6940 2% 1000.00 Lexington Savings Bank Acct. # 2% 67.50 20.00 2.00 15.00 1.20 7.11 20.00 A. B. CARY FUND 1000.00 Lexington Cooperative Bank 5 shares paid up 2%% $25.00 500.00 Lexington Savings Bank Acct. #4305 2% 10.00 40.00 Lexington Trust Co. Savings Dept. 1%❑ .40 400.00 Lexington Cooperative Bank 2 shares paid up 2%% 10.00 1000.00 Chicago R. I. & Pacific bond in default since 1934 exchanged (back interest) 104.20 Received in exchange bonds, income bonds, prfd. stock, common stock, scrip, interest on same 15.50 (Sold in December 1948 with exception of 2 shares prfd. 4 shares common in process of sale) Includes Marcia Cary Fund (8354.31): Beals Library Fund ($1100.00) and Le- roy & Geneva Brown Fund ($4000.00). 124.19 Lexington Trust Company Savings Acct. 1% (Jane Phinney Fund) $1.20 1025.00 Lexington Savings Account #17037 2% (Goodwin Musical Fund) $20.60 20.60 1000.00 Illinois Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. 1st Mtge 21i% 1981 (L. M. Brigham Fund) $27.50 1000.00 B. & 0. R.R. Series A lst Mtge #25111 4% 1980 (L. M. Brigham Fund) 40.00 1000.00 Philadelphia Electric Co. 2%% 1st Mtge 1971 (L. M. Brigham Fund) 27.50 42.50 Lexington Trust Company #6007 1% (L. M. Brigham Fund) .40 95.40 $439.06 165.10 1.20 1750.00 Lexington Savings Bank Acct. #27079 2% (War Parent's Memorial Book Fund) $35.00 35.00 STATISTICAL 100.00 Lexington Savings Bank Acct. #27264 2% (George Walter Sarano Fund) $2.00 EAST LEXINGTON FUNDS 2000.00 Lexington Savings Bank #27079 2% (Nelson W. Tenney Fund) 1000.00 Lexington Savings Bank #21321 2% (Paulina Burbank Pierce Fund) 1000.00 Lexington Cooperative Bank 5 paid up shares 2%% (Wellington Fund) 77.18 Lexington Trust Co. Savings Dept #3844 1% (Wellington Fund) 100.00 Lexington Savings Bank Acct. #1476 2% (Clara Robbins Fund) Total $40.00 20.00 25.00 .76 2.01 251 252 TOWN OF LEXINGTON GENERAL FUND Lexington Trust Co. (Cash) 11,036.67 2.00 823.00 Indianapolis Pwr. & Lt. Co., 1's, '70, 314%, M2415 1,000.00 So. Cal. E. E. I., 1's, '65, 3%, M64128 1,000.00 Pacific Gas & El. Co., 1's, '74, 3%, M103368, Series L 1,000.00 B. & M. R.R., l's, '60, 4%, 53489 (1M) #456 (500.) 1,500.00 Lexington Savings Bank, #26532, 2% 1,000.00 U.S. Savings Bond Series G, '65, 21/2%, M4268223 G 1,000.00 Lexington Cooperative Bank Matured 3's, 942, 3% 600.00 Lexington Savings Bank, Surplus, 2% 2,000.00 N. Y. Pwr & Light Co., l's, '75, 214%, M41102 1,000.00 Lexington Trust Co. Savings, #6023, 1% 124.78 LEROY S. BROWN FUND (GENERAL) 87.77 U.S. Savings Bonds, '53, 2%%, M159672 G Boston E. E. I., '70, 2%,%; M12126 $846.13 REV. HA&OLD T. HANDLEY, Trewn rer H. WEBSTF.B THOMAS DONALD E, NICKERSON Finance Committee MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL FUNDS ALICE BUTLER CARY FUND Cash in Lexington Trust Company $500.00 Lexington Savings Bank, #23842, 2% 500.00 Lexington Trust Co., #4305, 1% 40.00 Lexington Cooperative Bank, 5 shares, #79 1,000.00 Lexington Cooperative Bank, 2 Shares # 943 400.00 Chicago R, I. & Pacific R.R„ 2 shares, Preferred & Common (Process of Sale) Chicago R. I. & Pacific R.R., 4 shares, Common JANE PHINNEY FUND Lexington Trust Co., #3799, 1% 124.19 GOODWIN MUSICAL FUND Lexington Savings Bank, #17037, 2% 1,025.00 LAURA M. BRIGHAM FUND Illinois Bell Tel. Co., l's, '81, 2%%, M.A. 26203 1,000.00 Baltimore & Ohio R.R. Co., 4's, '80, 4% 25101 1,000.00 Philadelphia El Co., l's, '71, 2% %, M198 1,000.00 Lexington Trust Co., #6002, 1% 42.50 1,750.00 100.00 WAR PARENTS BOOK MEMORIAL FUND Lexington Savings Bank, #27079, 2% GEORGE WALTER SARANO FUND Lexington Savings Bank, #27064, 2% Lexington Savings Lexington Savings Lexington Savings BEALS FUND Bank, #2-26532, 2%, Bank, #1-26051, 2% MARCIA CARY FUND Bank, #6940, 2% BOOK PURCHASE FUND • Narragansett El. Co., l's, '74, 3%, ACM578 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 100.00 354.31 1,000.00 EAST LEXINGTON BRANCH FUNDS Nelson W. Janney Fund Lexington Savings Bank Book No. 21321 $2,000.00 Paulina Burbank Pierce Fund Lexington Savings Bank Book No. 16742 1,000.00 Clara Robbins Fund Lexington Savings Bank Book No. 1476 100.00 Wellington Library Fund Lexington Cooperative Bank Matured Shares (1944), Book No. 1885 1,000.00 Lexington Trust Company, Book No. 3844 77.18 REV. HAROLD T. HANDLEY, Treasurer H. WEBSTER THOMAS DONALD E. NICKeasoN Finance Committee REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Income Balance on hand 1-1-1948 Receipts Fines Gifts $1,290.07 95.00 $4,060.52 STATISTICAL 253 Surplus Income Account Interest 40.00 Raymond Fund Interest from Trs. Pub. Trust 10.00 Refund Convention expense 30.00 Transfer 191.00 Investment Com. Co-operative Bank Dividends 50.00 Savings Bank Interest 119.91 Bonds and Securities (Income) 588.45 Sale—bonds and securities 2,379.73 Bequest Mrs. Geneva M. Brown 2,000.00 Expenditures Books $1,149.60 Scholarships and Conventions 250.00 Transfer 191.00 Safe Deposit Rental 5.00 Tuesday A.M. Lib. Ass'n & Mass. Lib. Ass'n 10.00 Fees .25 Treasurer's Salary 50.00 6,794.16 $,10,854.68 1,655.85 Balance 1-1-1949 $9,198.83 REV. HAROLD T. HANDLEY, Treasurer Of the above amount $4,379.73 is held for re -investment in capital accounts. Two thousand dollars; representing a surplus income Savings Account is deposited (in addition to the above) in the Lexington Savings Bank. All of the rest is in the Checking Department of the Lexington Trust Company. Cash in transit amounted to $285.40 (fines Main Library deposited in January for December) . EAST LEXINGTON FUNDS 1948 income Balance 1-1-1948 Receipts Fines Investment Committee Dividends Cooperative Bank Savings Bank Interest Expenditures Books Balance 12-31-1948 $216.92 25.00 62.77 259.12 $71.42 304.69 $376.11 259.12 $116.99 REV. HAROLD T. HANDLEY, Treasurer 254 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Balance Deposited in Checking Account Lexington Trust Company. $26.74 Cash in transit (fines E. Lexington Branch deposited in Jan- uary for December). I have examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer and have counted and verified the securities of the Investment Committee and find the same to be as represented by the foregoing reports. FRANK D. WALKER, Town Accountant January 21, 1949 Lexington Massachusetts REPORT OP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I submit herewith the following report of the Lexington Police Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1948. I wish to thank all those who have been of assistance to us in the per- formance of our duties during the past year. Respectfully submitted, JoH,I W. RresoF'r Chief of Police 5 Offenses Affray 2 Accosting 1 Assault 5 Assault & Battery 2 Bastardy 1 Breaking & Entering 5 Drunkenness 41 Escapees 4 Gaming 1 Larceny 6 Lewdness 2 Malicious Damage Arrests Statistics Q1 cci W Non -Residents 2 2 1 1 Amount of Fines v Y V n 0 Dispositions d 0•0 2 1 5 5 $45 2 8 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 5 2 5 2 2 1 2 2 43 35 8 $45 9 1 10 1 7 12 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 $100 1 1 1 7 3 5 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 to Property 2 2 1 1 2 Manslaughter 3 Assault with Danger - 1 5 2 ous Weapon Non -Support Runaway Robbery 1 Suspicious Person 1 Truant 2 Vagrant 1 Operating to En- danger 18 Misuse of Number Plate 2 Operating after Rev. of License 5 Operating an Un- insured Car 1 Operating an Un- registered Car 1 Operating without License 9 Operating without Sticker 7 Operating under In- fluence 9 Hit & Run, Personal & Property 7 Improper Brakes 1 Speeding 33 Vio. Law of Road 6 Via. of Probation 3 Vio. Town Ordinance 2 Vio. Traffic Signal 1 Vio. Parking Rules 6 Cruelty to Animals 1 Unlicensed Peddler 2 Illegal Sale of Am- munition 1 Totals 202 STATISTICAL 3 3 3 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 18 2 16 $335 1 12 5 5 2 3 $160 4 1 1 1 $100 1 1 1 $20 1 9 2 7 860 9 7 6 1 $35 7 1 10 1 9 $205 5 6 255 256 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Lost Dogs Returned To Owners 48 Messages Delivered 135 1 Missing Persons Investigated 64 2 1 Public Utilities Notified of Defects 186 1 Reports and Complaints Investigated 1090 Speed Checks 730 1 Street Lights Reported Out 214 Sudden Deaths Investigated 9 Transients Accommodated 36 Vacant Houses Reported 250 Speed Violations Registry Suspension or Warning 52 Department Warning 562 Total Mileage Recorded on Car No. 31 16994 Total Mileage Recorded on Car No. 32 45428 Total Mileage Recorded on Car No. 33 35080 7 2 I 6 $105 3 4 1 1 1 4 37 10 27 $230 1 34 2 6 1 1 5 $55 4 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 $30 2 1 1 $2 1 6 6 6 1 1 $25 1 2 2 $30 2 1 1 $100 1 10 212 15 87 125 $1692 24 11 106 24 13 20 $ 7 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS: Animals Cared For (Sick, Injured or Dead) Animals Cared For (Stray) 101 59 Automobiles Reported Stolen 6 Automobiles Recovered 11 Automobiles Tagged (Parking Violations) 587 Bicycles Reported Stolen 33 Bicycles Recovered 31 Buildings Found Open 95 Committed To Insane Hospitals 16 Fire Alarms Responded To 65 Injured or Sick Persons Assisted 67 Lost Dogs Reported 143 AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS January 31 February 14 March 27 April 19 May 27 June 14 July 19 August 12 September 15 October 18 November 18 Deeember 28 Total 242 Personal Injury Accidents 85 Fatal Accidents 2 REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massnhhunetts Gentlemen: Following is the report of the Town Clerk's Department for the year 1948, including all licenses issued and fees collected, fees collected being turned over to the Town: Male Dog Licenses Issued 718 @ $2.00 $1,436.00 Female Dog Licenses Issued 135 @ 5.00 675.00 Spayed Dog Licenses Issued 421 @ 2.00 842.00 STATISTICAL Kennel Licenses Issued Kennel Licenses Issued Transfer Licenses Issued Military Licenses Issued 3 @ 2 @ 4 @ 7 @ Total Total Number of Bogs Licensed 1290 SPORTING LICENSES Resident Citizen Fishing Issued 276 Citizen Hunting Issued Citizen Sporting Issued Citizen Minor Fishing Issued Citizen Minor Trapping Issued Citizen Trapping Issued Duplicates 10.00 25.00 .25 Free 257 30.00 50.00 1.00 $3,034.00 258 TOWN OF LEXINGTON OTHER LICENSES, MORTGAGES AND DISCHARGES Marriage Licenses Issued 147 @ $2.00 $294.00 Mortgages Recorded 834.01 Discharges Recorded 56.25 Certified Certificates 96.75 Miscellaneous 13.50 Pole Locations 64.50 Gasoline Permits 47 @ .50 23.50 SUMMARY Dog Licensee Issued $3,034.00 10 Void Sporting Licenses Issued 1,836.25 266 @ 2.00 532.00 Marriage Licenses Issued 294.00 Mortgages Recorded 834.01 215 Discharges Recorded 56.25 3 Void Certified Certificates 96.75 Miscellaneous 13.50 2.00 424.00 Pole Locations 64.50 Gas Permits 2150 212 @ 185 @ 89 2 Void 87 16 2 Void 3.25 601.25 1.25 108.75 14 @ 2.25 31.50 21 @ 5.25 110.25 8 1 Void 7@ .60 Citizen Sporting Issued 32 1 Void Citizen Military or Naval Sporting Citizen Fishing (Old Age Assistance) Non -Resident Citizen 3 day Fishing Issued Citizen Fishing Issued Citizen Hunting Issued Citizen Military or Naval Sporting Total 1 @ 1 @ 1 @ 4 @ Total Number of Sporting Licenses Issued - 851 Free Free Free 1.50 5.25 10.25 2.00 3.60 1.50 5.25 10.25 8.00 $1,836.25 Total Month Total January 21 February 18 March 30 April 27 May 26 June 17 July 27 August 25 September 27 October 19 November 11 December 8 $6,252.76 Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. CARROLL, $1,382.51 Town Clerk BIRTHS BY MONTHS 1948 In Lexington Out of Lexington Totals Males Females Males Females Males Females 1 0 12 8 13 8 0 0 4 14 4 14 1 0 16 13 17 13 0 0 16 11 16 11 O 0 12 14 12 14 0 0 7 10 7 10 O 0 16 11 16 11 O 0 13 12 13 12 0 0 14 13 14 13 0 0 7 12 7 12 1 0 5 5 6 5 0 0 4 4 4 4 256 3 0 126 127 129 127 The parentage of children was as follows: Both parents born in United States 226 Both parents born in Foreign Countries 3 One parent born in United States 28 One parent born in Foreign Country 28 Both parents born in Lexington 4 One parent born in Lexington 42 JAMES J. CARROLL, Town. Clerk STATISTICAL 259 MARRIAGES BY MONTHS 1948 Groom's Bride's Groom's Bride's Groom's Bride's Months Totals First First Second Second Third Third January 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 February 10 9 10 1 0 0 0 March 6 2 3 3 3 1 0 April 9 8 9 1 0 0 0 May 8 7 8 1 0 0 0 June 22 18 21 4 0 0 1 July 14 11 11 2 3 1 0 August 22 19 20 3 2 0 0 September 26 23 25 3 I 0 0 October 15 12 12 3 2 0 1 November 12 10 10 2 2 0 0 December 8 4 8 4 0 0 0 157 128 142 27 13 2 2 Number of Marriages Recorded 157 Residents 186 Non -Residents 128 Solemnized in other places 74 Age of oldest Groom 87 Age of oldest Bride 66 Age of Youngest Groom 19 Age of Youngest Bride 15 JAMES J. CARROLL, To Clo* 260 TOWN OF LEXINGTON COMPARATIVE DEATH RATE BY MONTH —1948 (Still Births Excluded) . ; CD C4 l w 41, ti 47 CO U7 07 0 04 eD00 C- CD CD i' CV 00 o r- 07 er 00 0 01 C1 00 el m C4 .r egrr NCD 47 Ino 0700 ,- rl 00 00 rlC1 w00 Ori R-,� ..4 1.4 I, Zi 0 Ori C1 0 0701 U7 07 ❑ C4 0. +s o s00' .i roti r+- 00 00 .0-4 01N 070 CD C4 0. a▪ > er 11:1 00 co C7 C4 OO Op 00 NN 0.0 ,4 t7 O 04 00 1, d, CO CI 07 07 0 .- l 0 0 04 ,-4 10. ,.i L'O G 077 m ›. y�r OS CV CC 'Cr Crl a4 CD C7 CD C7 010 000 Qrlti ,y 00 u1 610 ,T ,I. Cit, -1 OO 00 00 CV 00 VD 04 Sri -' • 0u 00 L -I 47 w 0 C7 0 C7 rt 0 m- 47 CC C7 rl �- r~ 4 N � 0105"11.,1 001 00 M0 ❑ ,-1 01-0 ter .+ ,- rl rH CS CC(747 d1 CD07 0707 CD 1-1 00 00 0C1 Ca 1-- 00 1-1 rH ch, 04 o0 m NN CD .0 cH OO CO ce CZ CV 00 rH 1-1 I-, yW ,0 -1 00 CV 0700 47 CV MO OG rl❑ C7 0-0 C70 • STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF RETIREMENT December 31, 1948 261 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Following is the report of the Treasurer of the Contributory Retire- ment System Funds of the Town of Lexington for the year 1948. 262 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER December 31, 1948 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Following is the report of the Town Treasurer for the year 1948: Total in Account December 31, 1948 $145,559.99 Cash on Hand January 1, 1948 $ 734,184.60 Deposits not on interest: Receipts During Year 1948 3,04$,652.47 Lexington Trust Company $ 2,670.62 Deposits on interest: $3,782,837.07 Rockland Savings Bank 2,273.28 Expenditures During Year 1948 per Warrants 2,627,521.79 Cambridge Savings Bank 3,121.72 Newton Savings Bank 3,549.21 Balance on Rand January 1, 1949 $1,155,815.28 The Middlesex Institution for Savings 3,559.93 Natick Federal Savings & Loan Association 2,025.00 REPORT OF TAX TITLE ACCOUNT Weymouth Savings Bank 2,276.08 Number of Tax Titles on Hand December 31, 1947 111 Newton Centre Savings Bank 2,969.69 Number of New Tax Titles Added 1948 13 Melrose Savings Bank 2,403.99 Chelsea Savings Bank 2,285.13 124 Quincy Savings Bank 1,206.87 Number of Tax Titles Foreclosed 1948 0 East Cambridge Savings Bank 1,289.36 Andover Savings Bank 2,329.60 124 Hingham Institution For Savings 1,911.36 Number of Tax Titles Released 1948 23 Waltham Savings Bank 1,368.23 Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank 2,429.11 101 Hudson Savings Bank 3,030.00 Number of Tax Titles Disclaimed 1948 1 Wakefield Savings Bank 1,160.91 _ Provident Institution For Savings 2,293.63 Number of Tax Titles on Hand December 31, 1948 100 Winchester Savings Bank 1,277.51 Total Amount $5,718.27 Dedham Institution For Savings 2,981.52 Natick Five Cents Savings Bank 1,232.05 LEXINGTON TRUST COMPANY Marlborough Savings Bank 3,036.31 Bank Deposits in the Name of the Town of Lexington Somerville Savings Bank 2,364.46 James J. Carroll, Town Treasurer Lynn Institution For Savings 2,279.90 Balance December Eliot Savings Bank 1,164.24 31, 1948 $426,756.91 Institution For Savings 2,350.44 Balance December 31, 1948 per check book $353,804.90 Lexington Savings Bank 8,629.90 Outstanding Checks December 31, 1948 72,952.01 Lexington Savings Bank (War Service Fund) 2,700.71 $426,756.91 UniAmerican States Savgs Bonds 61,000.00 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON American Telephone And Telegraph Company (Shares) 5,000.00 Balance December 81, 1948 per statement $1,932.40 New York Telephone Company (Shares) 5,000.00 Balance December 31, 1948 per check book $1,932.40 Marlborough Cooperative Bank (Shares) 2,000.00 Cash: In office or transit 389.23 THE NATIONAL SHAWMUT BANK OF BOSTON Total $145,559.99 JAMES J. CARRDLL, Treasurer Balance December 31, 1948 per statement , $2,000.00 Balance December 81, 1948 per check book $2,000.00 STATISTICAL 263 THE SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON Balance December 31, 1948 per statement Balance December 31, 1948 per check book $1,772.81 $1,772.81 THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON Balance December 31, 1948 per statement $402,866.16 Balance December 31, 1948 per check book $402,866.16 THE DAY TRUST COMPANY OF BOSTON Balance December 31, 1948 per statement Balance December 31, 1948 per check book $425,473.38 $425,473.38 TOWN OF LEXINGTON CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDS, James J. Carroll, Treasurer Total in account December 31, 1948 $145,559.99 In office or transit $389.23 Total on Deposit 145,170.76 $145,559.99 Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Treasurer 264 INDEX INDEX Animal Inspector, Report of 129 Appeals, Report of Board a£ 27 Appointed Officers 4 April 19th Committee, Report of 176 Assessors, Report of Board of 229 Births 258 Building Inspector, Report of 57 Cary Memorial Library: Investment Committee, Report of 249 Librarian, Report of 171 Treasurer, Report of 252 Trustees, Report of 169 Cemetery Commissioners, Report of 178 Committees Appointed 7 Deaths 260 Dental Clinic, Report of 130 Director of Accounts, Report of 181 Engineer, Report of 53 Fire Engineers, Report of 133 Health Inspector, Report of 129 Health, Report of Board of 127 Highway Division, Report of 43 Jurors, List of 246 Lectures, Report of Committee on 177 Marriages 259 Memorial Day Committee, Report of 178 Middlesex County Extension Service, Report of 179 Milk Inspector, Report of 131 Mosquito Control Project 139 Park Division, Report of 55 Planning Board, Report of 37 Plumbing Inspector, Report of 58 Police Department, Report of 254 Posture Clinic, Report of 131 Public Welfare Agent, Report of 174 Public Works, Report of Superintendent of 42 Recreation, Report of Committee on 59 Retirement Board, Report of Treasurer of 242 Retirement Board, Report of 261 INDEX 265 School Department 146 Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of 132 Selectmen, Report of 16 Sewer Division, Report of ... 49 Shade Tree and Moth Division, Report of 56 Slaughtering, Report of Inspector of 133 Tax Collector, Report of 233 Town Accountant, Report of 184 Town Clerk, Report of 256 Births 258 Deaths 260 Marriages 259 Town Counsel, Report of 38 Town Engineer, Report of 53 Town Meeting Members 8 Town Officers 3 Town Records: Warrant for Town Meeting, March 1, 1948 ... 62 Annual Town Meeting, March 1, 1948 70 Adjourned Town Meeting, March 22, 1948 79 Adjourned Town Meeting, March 29, 1948 90 Warrant for Primary Election, April 27, 1948 95 Presidential Primary Election, April 27, 1948 96 Warrant for State Primary Election, September 14, 1948 108 State Primary Election, September 14, 1948 104 Warrant for Special Town Meeting, October 18, 1948 110 Special Town Meeting, October 18, 1948 112 Warrant for State Election, November 2, 1948 114 State Election, November 2, 1948 118 Town Treasurer, Report of 262 Trustees of the Bridge Charitable Fund, 1947, Report of 233 Trustees of Public Trusts, Report of 234 Water Division, Report of 41 Wire Inspector, Report of S1 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Attendance Officer, Report of 165 Enrollment in Lexington Public Schools 160 Financial Statements 157 Prizes 168 Roster of Teachers 161 School Committee Organization 159 School Committee, Report of 146 Senior High School Graduating Class 166 Superintendent of Schools, Report of 150