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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1954-Annual ReportANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS YEAR 1954 Somerville Printing Co., Inc. Somerville, Massachusetts LEXINGTON "The Birthplace of American Liberty" Population 1950 Census — 17,335 Highest elevation — 385 feet above mean sea level Lowest elevation — 110 feet above mean sea level Settled — 1642 — Cambridge Farms incorporated as a Town — 1713 Valuation — $45,308,810.00 Tax Rate — 1954 — $46.00 Area of town in acres Area of town in miles Extreme length in miles Extreme width in miles 10,650.42 16.64 5.8 4.85 Public Streets:—(miles) Accepted 66.19 Private Streets: Unaccepted 36.32 Paper 26.13 State Highways 16.23 Trunk Line Sewers 10.86 Street Sewers 33.99 Water Mains 102.39 Located 10.6 miles from Boston Well laid out Parks and Playgrounds Schools — Class A 4 Leon W. Bateman, '56 Frederick M. Gay, '56 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN OF LEXINGTON LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS March, 1954 to March, 1955 Board of Selectmen Haskell W. Reed, Chairman, '55 William E. Maloney, 57 Raymond W. James, '57 Town Clerk James J. Carroll, '55 Collector of Taxes Ethel U. Rich, '55 Town Treasurer James J. Carroll, '55 School Committee George P. Wadsworth, Chairman, 56 Myron C. Fisher, Jr., '55 Richard P. Cromwell, '56 Charles H. Norris, '55 Mrs. Leroy F. Marek, '57 Gail W. Smith, '55 Cemetery Commissioners William G. Potter, Chairman, '57 George M. Hynes, '56 Trustees of Public Trusts Howard S. 0. Nichols, Chairman, '58 Clarence S. Walker, '56 Thomas G, Lynah, '60 William G. Dooley, '55 Aiden L. Ripley, '55 Donald K. Irwin, '56 Moderator Charles E. Ferguson, '55 Constables James F. Mowat, '55 Planning Board Alan G. Adams, Chairman, '59 Donald D. Hathaway, '57 Thomas 5. Grindle, '58 Wilbur M. Jaquith, '59 TOWN OF LEXINGTON COMMITTEES APPOINTED AT VARIOUS TOWN MEETINGS Committee on Lectures under wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary Authorized March 15, 1954 Harold F. Wheeler, Chairman Mrs. Clayton M. Hager W. Neil Chapman Mrs. John Rich John A. Carrier Myron Fisher, Jr. Robert Jackson Mrs. Leroy Marek Mrs. George P. Morey James M. West Capital Expenditures Committee Authorized March 15, 1954 Sanborn C. Brown, Chairman Donald E. Williamson D. Sargent Goddard Elementary School Facilities Committee Authorized March 19, 1952 Robert Hunter, Chairman Charles Goodhue, 3rd William Maloney George P. Wadsworth High School Building Committee Authorized March 19, 1951 Charles H. Norris, Chairman Ernest Cutter Alvin W. Davis Building and Plumbing By -Laws Study Committee Authorized March 19, 1951 Donald K. Irwin, Chairman Ernest A. Lindstrom Earl Outhet Richard S. Morehouse Vernon C. Page Carl H. Erickson Robert W. Custance Committee on Colonial Architecture for Town Buildings Authorized June 1, 1950 Frank A. Currier, Jr., Chairman Ruth Morey Alfred P. Tropeano C. Harry Erickson Aiden L. Ripley Walter E. Sands Eleanor B. Litchfield Town Manager Plan Committee Authorized March 23, 1953 Joseph E. Belcher, Chairman "Norman T. May Lee E. Tarbox *Replacing Lewis L. Hoyt, resigned 6 ANNUAL REPORTS G. B. Colesworthy, Jr. Paul K. Palmer Thornton 5. Cody Richard P. Cromwell School Street School Building Committee Authorized March 16, 1953 Lincoln P. Cole, Chairman John P. Hanrahan Mrs. George P. Morey Maple Street School Building Committee Authorized October 5, 1953 Edward A. Lamer, Jr. Alfred P. Tropeano Jason A. Woodward Benjamin W. Day, '57 Lee W. Simonds, '57 Personnel Advisory Committee Authorized March 22, 1954 W. Neil Chapman, Chairman, '57 Bryant Emerson, '57 Lewis L. Hoyt, '57 High School Building Addition Committee Authorized November 22, 1954 Donald E. NIckerson Charles H. Norris Robert W. Custance Mrs. George P. Morey Gordon E. Steele APPOINTED OFFICERS (Terms for One Year Unless Otherwise Indicated) Animal Inspector Dr. Carl R. Benton Appropriation Committee Gardner C. Ferguson, Chairman, '57 Thomas J. Donnelly, Jr., '55 `James V. MacDonald, '56 Austin W. Fisher, Jr., '55 William C. Madden, '56 Leslie C. Reed '55 John M. Biggs, '57 Donald T. Clark, '56 Robert R. Cave, '57 'Replacing Raymond W. James, resigned Assessors Edward B. Cass, Chairman, '55 William I. Burnham, '56 Leland H. Emery, '57 Board of Appeals (Acting Under Building and Zoning Laws) Errol H. Locke, Chairman, '57 Aiden L. Ripley, '55 Lester T. Redman, '58 Wafter C. Ballard, '56 Thomas G. Lynah, '59 J. Henry Duffy George W. Emery TOWN OF LEXINGTON 7 Board of Appeals—Associate Members Edwin B. Worthen, Jr. Elmer C. Houdlette Board of Health Rufus L. McQuillan, Chairman, '56 Charles H. Cole, '55 Dr, William L. Cosgrove, '57 Ivan G. Pyle, M.D., Consultant Physician Board of Health Sanitarian *Mark D. Lurvey *Replacing Richard F. Jackson, resigned Board of Health Agents Hazel J. Murray, Agent Mrs. Donald V. Manley, Clerk Thomas Bowdidge (Met. State Hospital) Howard R. Carley (Met. State Hospital) John A. Sellars Arthur Silva, '57 Thomas G. Lynah, '60 Board of Public Welfare Harold F. Lombard, Chairman Howard H. Dawes Board of Retirement Howard S. 0, Nichols, Chairman, '55 Frank D. Walker Bridge Charitable Fund Trustee Howard 5. O. Nichols, Chairman, 58 Clarence 5. Walker, '56 Building Inspector Ernest A. Lindstrom Burial Agents Albert F. Douglas Thomas M. Montague Constable Charles E. Moloy Dental Clinic Mrs. Vincent Burke John Blackhall Smith Dog Officers James F. Mowat E. M. LaRose Executive Clerk, Selectmen Hazel J. Murray Alice M. McCarthy Louis H. Spencer Mrs. John F. Rich 8 ANNUAL REPORTS Fence Viewers Field Drivers John W. Rycroft Benjamin W. Day Forest Warden Roy A. Cook Rev. Harold T. Handley John J. Garrity Fire Commissioners Harold E. Roeder, Chairman, '57 William P. Fitzgerald, '56 George C. Sheldon, '55 Gammeli Legacy Income Trustesa (Acting with Department of Public Welfare) Mrs. Robert C. Merriam Harold F. Lombard Lockup Keeper John W. Rycroft John A. Sellars Mrs. John B. Ward Mrs. Albert M. Eames Mrs. Dana W. Atchley Mrs. Everett M. Diilman Measurer of Wood and Bark Harold I. Wellington Moth Department Superintendent Charles H. Brenton Old Age Assistance Bureau Harold F. Lombard, Chairman Howard H. Dawes Plumbing inspector Ernest A. Lindstrom Posture Clinic Mrs. John J. Manning, Chairman Mrs. James Flynn, Co -Chairman Mrs, Nathan B. Ricker Mrs. Bryant C. Emerson Mrs. Charles D. 5chock Mrs, Merwin Hathaway Public Works Superintendent William M. Bums Recreation Committee *Ernest J. Crerie, Chairman, '57 Dr. Howard W. Foley, '55 M. Lawrence Allen, '57 Murray T. Potter, '56 "Replacing Robert T. Person, resigned TOWN OF LEXINGTON 9 Registrars of Voters Malcolm H. Clifford, Chairman, '57 Charles F. Vaughan, '55 Leon H. Truesdell, '56 10 ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Sealer of Weights and Measures PRECINCT ONE Ralph H. Chadwick Name Address Term Expires Town Accountant Frank D. Walker, '54 Town Counsel Harold E. Stevens Town Engineer William M. Bums Director of Veterans' Benefits and Services Maurice N. Healy Harold I. Wellington Jacob Bierenbroodspot Paul Wagner, Jr. Director of Civil Defense Grant B. Cole Public Weighers Wire Inspector Robert Jeremiah Arthur J. Rivet, Jr. Arthur Gennetti Mrs. Edna R. Anderson A Charles T. Abbott Gilbert A. Arnold 8 George A. Baldwin J. Harper Blaisdell, Jr. Marjorie K. Blaisdell Henry Brask Sanborn C, Brown Gaetano Buttaro Lois W. Brown C Donald T. Clark Richard P, Cromwell Frank A. Currier, Jr. Ernest Cutter Edw, A. Copithorne D Thomas J. Donnelly, Jr. J. Henry Duffy F Myron C. Fisher George E. Foster 26 Richard Road 3 Richard Road 49 Follen Road 12 Plymouth Road 12 Plymouth Road 9 Robbins Road 37 Maple Street 837 Massachusetts Avenue 37 Maple Street 25 Moon Hill Road 21 Summit Road 4 Churchill Lane 127 Follen Road 18 Independence Avenue 16 Smith Avenue 25 Maple Street 3 Plainfield Street 10 Plainfield Street G Jerome F. Garrity 15 Theresa Avenue H Lloyd C. Harding Arnold E. Howard Lewis L. Hoyt George M. Hynes 50 Tucker Avenue 14 Robbins Road 30 Locust Avenue 28 Locust Avenue J Edwin C. Johnson 14 Smith Avenue K David Kidd 7 Butler Avenue 1956 1955 1956 1956 1957 1955 1956 1956 1957 1955 1956 1955 1955 1955 1956 1956 1955 1956 1957 1955 1955 1955 1957 1957 1957 L John Lamont M Wm. C. Madden William M. MacLean Clarence E. MacPhee James Paul McCarthy Paul J. McCormack Rufus L. McQuillan Charles B. Meek Elizabeth Moakley Thomas C. Morris P Vernon C. Page Robert T. Person William E. Phillips R Aiden L. Ripley Harold E. Roeder 5 Clarence E. Smith Ernest C. Smith Gordon E. Steele John J. Sullivan George C. Sheldon Thomas Sullivan T Carroll C. Taylor Donald K. Tucker V Emile J. Vadeboncoeur W John A. Wilson Jason H. Woodward G Frederick M. Gay R Haskell W. Reed 5 Harold E. Stevens TOWN OF LEXINGTON 9 Joseph Road 955 Massachusetts Avenue 46 Watertown Street 14 Baker Avenue 201 Folien Road 18 Smith Avenue 35 Tower Road 142 Marrett Road 705 Massachusetts Avenue 4 Robbins Road 12 Independence Avenue 4 Lexington Avenue 37 Tower Road 52 Follen Road 6 Churchill Lane 6 Pinewood Street 50 Fern Street 12 Smith Avenue 1 1 16 Massachusetts Avenue 7 Plainfield Street 17 Curve Street 28 Summit Road 24 Swan Lane 35 Brandon Street 62 Fem Street 11 Robbins Road TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AT LARGE 7 Robbins Road 72 Lowell Street 209 FQllen Road 11 1955 1957 1957 1956 1955 1957 1956 1957 1955 1955 1956 1956 1957 1957 1955 1957 1956 1957 1957 1956 1957 1956 1955 1955 1957 1955 12 Name A Tracy W. Ames George H. Anker 6 Walter S. Baird Walter C. Ballard George W. Butters Walter C. Black C Robert R. Cave F. Sherburne Carter D Marcia W. A. Dane Charles G. Davis John H. Devine William F. Downe John F. Downey F Anne G. Fisher William Wallace Ferguson William P. Fitzgerald G Thomas 5. Grindle Martin A. Gilman Roland B. Greeley William Roger Greeley Bertram P. Gustin H Norman B. Hall, Jr. Helen H. Hager William M. Hall 1956 Stephen F. Hamblin Edward Hamlin Harold T. Handley 1955 James A. Harding, Jr. Robert H. Holt Ernest R. Hunt 1954 James L. Heggie ANNUAL REPORTS PRECINCT TWO Address Term Expires 2 Highland Avenue 364 Marrett Road 14 Percy Road 8 Raymond Street 21 Washington Street 11 Highland Avenue 16 Cutler Farm Road 24 Percy Road 43 Highland Avenue 9 Washington Street 19 Slocum Road 286 Marrett Road 4 Farmcrest Avenue 1303 Massachusetts Avenue 6 Belfry Terrace 5 Parker Street 29 Bloomfield Street 56 Bloomfield Street i 359 Massachusetts Avenue 1948 Massachusetts Avenue 50 Bloomfield Street 35 Clarke Street 28 Slocum Road 1357 Massachusetts Avenue 45 Parker Street 15 Bloomfield Street 1888 Massachusetts Avenue 14 Highland Avenue 11 Bennington Road 47 Farmcrest Avenue 310 Concord Avenue 1956 1956 1955 1957 1956 1956 1957 1957 1955 1956 1957 1957 1955 1956 1955 1956 1956 1955 1957 1957 1955 1957 1956 1955 1956 1956 1955 1955 1955 1956 1957 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 13 14 ANNUAL REPORTS L PRECINCT THREE Harold B. Lamont 20 Winthrop Road 1957 Elizabeth R. Lewis 2 Forest Street 1957 Name Address Term Selden M, Loring 55 Bloomfield Street 1955 Expires A M Alan G. Adams 15 Somerset Road 1955 Alden C. Manchester Horace K. MacKechnie John F. Manley John E. Murray P Paul K. Palmer Donald T, Pring Charles H. Pierce R Leslie C. Read Randall W. Richards Henry W. Robertson 5 Burton B. Stuart Charles E, Scribner Edward W. Sibley T Lee E. Tarbox Winslow J. Tower Alfred P. Tropeano W Edwin B. Worthen 9 Woodcliffe Road 1957 12 Winthrop Road 1956 53 Forest Street 1955 6 Highland Avenue 1956 24 Bloomfield Street 1955 20 Vine Brook Road 1955 47 Bloomfield Street 1957 2 Warren Street 1955 67 Farmcrest Avenue 1957 4 Raymond Street 1955 32 Vine Brook Road ]957 7 Highland Avenue 1955 18 Eliot Road 1956 B Louis W. Bills Charles M. Blake Kenneth F. Blodgett Ronald D. Brown William I. Burnham Woodruff M. Broadhead C George B. Colesworthy, Jr. Grant B. Cole Howard E. Custance D Arthur C. Dodge Norman A. Downs E George W. Emery Leland H. Emery 17 Highland Avenue 1957 P 23 Bloomfield Street 1956 Robert W. Fawcett 25 Vine Brook Road 1956 Gardner C. Ferguson Donald M. Fifield Frederic B. Fletcher 5 Winthrop Road 1957 Gardner L. Frost TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AT LARGE B Leon W. Bateman 10 Winthrop Road 1956 C James J. Carroll 17 Muzzey Street 1955 Charles E. Ferguson 16 Highland Avenue 1955 P Wm. G. Potter 25 Walnut Street 1957 G Philip Godley, 2nd Bradford Giddings George E. Graves H Milton F. Hodgdon Wilbur M. Jaquith L Edward A. Lamer, Jr. Errol H, Locke William H. Lyon Russell M. Little 73 Hancock Street 72 Mariam Street 94 Hancock Street 27 Edgewood Road 30 East Street 21 Hayes Avenue 23 Hancock Street 97 Blake Road 8 Oakland Street 6 Abbott Road 11 Edgewood Road 47 Somerset Road 5 Stetson Street 27 Oakland Street 54 Burlington Street 25 Adams Street 74 Burlington Street 31 Hayes Avenue 12 Adams Street 3 Stetson Street 33 Adams Street 36 Hayes Avenue 42 Somerset Road 12 Hayes Avenue 3 Abbott Road 24 Oakland Street 14 Meriam Street 1957 1957 1956 1955 1957 1955 1955 1956 1956 1956 1957 1956 1956 1957 1955 1955 1955 1956 1956 1955 1957 1955 1956 1956 1957 1956 1955 M Mildred B. Marek Richard W. Maynard Charles A. MacCormack Robert C. Merriam George P. Morey Ruth Morey Clayton M. Morse N Charles H. Norris Donald E. Nickerson P Robert H, Packard R t.ester T. Redman A. Edward Rowse S Walter E. Sands Clarence Shannon Dexter A, Smith T Ralph H. Tucker Gerald C, Turner W George P. Wadsworth James M. West Donald E. Williamson Harvey F. Winlock Edwin B. Worthen, Jr. Z Peter Zitso TOWN OF LEXINGTON 43 Somerset Road 77 Meriam Street 35 No. Hancock Street 4 Oakmount Circle 90 No. Hancock Street 90 No. Hancock Street 29 Sherman Street 12 Berwick Road 49 Somerset Road 14 Gleason Road 10 Hayes Avenue 38 Somerset Road 57 Meriam Street 18 Edgewood Road 55 Hancock Street 100 Meriam Street 9 Hillside Terrace 26 Hayes Avenue 135 Simonds Road 15 Patriots Drive 61 Meriam Street 35 Dexter Road 23 Bertwell Road TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AT LARGE J Raymond W. James M Wm. E. Maloney Name A Charles R, Alexander 66 Blake Road 289 Bedford Street PRECINCT FOUR Address 62 Reed Street 15 1957 1955 1955 1956 1957 1955 1955 1957 1957 1957 1957 1956 1956 ]955 1955 1955 1956 1957 1957 1957 1956 1956 1957 1957 16 B Joseph E. Belcher Winthrop Harold Bowker Carl E. Bryant Levi G. Burnell, Jr, Joseph D. B.rucchi C Winfield S. Caouette Edith B. Cheerer Adrian W. Cleveland Charles T. Cogswell Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. Francis W. Copp Francis B. Culbertson Felix V. Cutler D Russell 5. Davenport Howard H. Dawes Murray G. Dearborn Chesley M. Dunlap F Dan H. Fenn, Jr. George M. Fuller H Paul Hanson Donald D. Hathaway Norton T. Hood Elmer C. Houdlette Robert W. Hunter Donald K. 1 resin Roy Johnsen Frederic K. Johnson Robert C. Johnson 1957 L Merlin J. Ladd Eleanor Bradford Litchfield Wm. H. Lyon, Jr. Term Expires 1957 Thelma F. Mather Thomas H. Moon ANNUAL REPORTS 85 Hill Street 2184 Massachusetts Avenue 12 Fair Oaks Drive 25 Outlook Drive 32 Downing Road 4 Wachusett Circle 268 Bedford Street 39 Robinson Road 35 Prospect Hill Road 686 Marrett Road 127 Blake Road 62 Harding Road 4 Carley Road 329 Bedford Street 10 Bernard Street 16 Stratham Road 225 Waltham Street 24 Fair Oaks Drive 2210 Massachusetts Avenue 70 Hill Street 84 Shade Street 41 Reed Street 2652 Massachusetts Avenue 45 Outlook Drive 6 Valley Road 2295 Massachusetts Avenue 9 Audubon Road 60 Wood Street 2001 Massachusetts Avenue 53 Dexter Road 17 Manning Street 43 Wachusett Drive 84 Simonds Road 1957 1957 1955 1956 1956 1956 1955 1955 1956 1957 1955 1955 1955 1957 1957 1957 1955 1956 1955 1955 1956 1956 1955 1957 1957 1955 1956 1957 1956 1957 1957 1957 1955 N Thomas A. Napoli Donald E. Nickerson, Jr. P Howard A. Patterson James A. Peirce William L. Potter William R. Rosenberger 5 James C. Shaw Gail W. Smith Earle B. Sukeforth Ingeborg N. Swenson T Robert P. Trask, Jr. W Robert H. Watt Frederick D. Wells Norman F. Woodward TOWN QF LEXINGTON 23 Middle Street 2198 Massachusetts Avenue 123 Blake Road 3 Candlewick Close 21 Fair Oaks Terrace 2139 Massachusetts Avenue 11 Hamblen Street 170 Wood Street 48 Outlook Drive 145 Spring Street 217 Waltham Street 130 Bedford Street 58 Prospect Hill Road 20 Robinson Road 17 1956 1955 18 Name ANNUAL REPORTS LIST OF JURORS AS SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, 1954 Occupation 1957 — Elect. Engineer 1956 — Lithographer 1957 — Draftsman Salesman William Applebaum — Executive Albert J. Bachefder — Engineer 2526 Massachusetts Avenue Catherine C. Bailey — Teller 96 Winter Street Robert A. Ball — Manufacturer 8 Warren Street Stanley C. Ballard --- Ind. Engineer 2 Rowland Avenue Robert L. Bathholomew — Foreman 1009 Massachusetts Avenue Thomas E. Beals — Supervisor 10 Sutherland Road Charles L. Beecher — Branch Manager 6 Fair Oaks Terrace Albert G. Behnke — Foreman 124 Maple Street Edward J. Belliveau — Elec. Assembler 30 Oak Street 1956 William G. Berube — Electronics 581 Lowell Street Frank J. Braunfeld — Mech. Engineer 29 Downing Road Frank S. Breen — Securities Trader 104 Bertwelf Road 1956 Michael J. Bresnahan — M. T. A. 136 Lowell Street 1955 Walter B. Briggs, Jr. -- Auditor 19 Normandy Road 1957 Woodruff M. Broadhead — Mfrs, Rep. 21 Hayes Avenue Thomas Brown — Bus Driver 456 Waltham Street Edith M. Burke — Secretary 225 Marrett Road Ralph A. Burnham — Banker 25 Parker Street James E. Byrne — Wool Business 37 Wachusett Drive Stewart P. Cairns — Manager 47 Taft Avenue Collin 5. Campbell — Cost Acct. 2409 Massachusetts Avenue Charles C. Carey — Executive 3 Eliot Road Oscar E. Carlson — N. E. Tel. & Tel. 23 Hayes Avenue Lawrence K. Casey — Accountant 2663 Massachusetts Avenue Richard P. Cassidy — C. P. A. 27 Farrncrest Avenue Clifford D. Castle, Jr. — Pub. Acct. 10 Richard Road George C. Chick — Cabinet Maker 18 Boulder Road Ralph W. Coe — Dairy Maint. i 8 Churchill Lane Donald G. Colony --- Dairy Mach, 6 Stetson Street Donald A. Colpitts — Mechanic 50 Hillcrest Avenue Edward J. Connors — Ret, Package Store 4 Vine Brook Road -Sumner P. Cooley — Inv. Specialist 43 Carville Avenue Thomas A. Corcoran — Electrician 91 Wobum Street Emest J. Cormier — Radio Operator 56 Vine Street Francis W. Cotter — Commercial Photo. 898 Massachusetts Avenue Warren F. Coward — Accountant 219 Follen Road John B. Crawford — Sales Manager 9 Richard Road Lawrence Cuccinello — Rubber Work 37 Ward Street Margaret R. Curran — Secretary 24 Baker Avenue Robert W. Custance — Lumber Dealer 88 Hancock Avenue Ernest Cutter — Accountant 127 Fallen Road Charles T. Abbott Kenneth E. Adams Howard G. Allison Gustaf Anderson — Address 26 Richard Road 38 Simonds Road 15 Utica Street 335 Lowell Street 19 Normandy Road 1956 1956 1955 1957 1955 TOWN OF Agnes Dalrymple — Housewife William F. Daly — Engineer Francis T. DeLosh — Sales Mngr. John F. Dever--- Engineer Frank A. Dolloff — Motor Mechanic Donald S. Doremus — Machinist Carroll T. Downes -- Salesman John F. Downey — Salesman Wilfred L. Dwyer — Mdse. Mngr, Mary 5. H. Ellis — At home Leslie Farrar — Pressman Gardner C. Ferguson — Banker Ernest K. Figenbaum — Draftsman William G. Flaherty — Engineer Loren B. Flood — Salesman Kenneth A. Foss — Research Eng. LEXINGTON 19 1 Sheridan Street 1998 Massachusetts Avenue 234 Concord Avenue 11 Pleasant Street 10 Vine Street 74 Webb Street 30 Fuller Road 4 Farmcrest Avenue 193 Fallen Road 188 Waltham Street 458 Lowell Street 54 Burlington Street 7 Charles Street 9 Cutler Farm Road 53 Cary Avenue 95 Simonds Road Joseph M. Gaffey — Contractor John Gale — Physicist Jerome F. Garrity — Salesman 52 Maple Street 9 Winston Road 15 Theresa Avenue 25 Shade Street 164 Spring Street 56 Bloomfield Street 500 Lowell Street 37 Watertown Street 26 Vine Brook Road 44 Golden Avenue 98 Spring Street Peter Gaudun — Salesman Robert H. George — Truck Driver Martin A. Gilman — Radio Engineer George W. Greenlaw, Jr. — Cost Account, John F, Greenwood — Machinist Benjamin F. K. Groot — Bank Executive Frank T. Grosser — Underwriter John 5. Gunther --- Radio Engineer John H. Hager — Sales 1 Plymouth Road 41 Woodcliffe Road Albert G. Hale — Photographer Marguerite W. Halton — At home 1508 Massachusetts Avenue James A. Harding, Jr. — Executive John J. Hardy — Carpenter John H. Hargrove — Accountant Daniel E. Harrington — Agent Walter G. Hatch — Accountant Agnes Hennessey --- Tel. Operator Theodore Holmes — Insurance Ralph W. Howe --- Retired Charles E. Hutchings — Salesman Charles D. Hufton — Lab. Technician 14 Highland Avenue 104 Vine Street 3038 Massachusetts Avenue 5 Aerial Street 33 Grove Street 53 Grant Street 68 Farmcrest Avenue 20 Hancock Street 50 Somerset Road 162 Burlington Street 'Alfred W. Jackson — Custodian Henry T. James = Machinist Harry A. Jensen — Bookkeeper Edmund M. Jenson — Toolmaker 167 Blossom Street 5 Cary Avenue 166 Lowell Street 74 Ward Street 28 Vaille Avenue 18 Spring Street 46 Fern Street Carl 0. Johnson — Cab Prop. Laurie Johnson — Accountant Lawrence A. Jones — Shipper 20 Mary C. Keane — Paul L. Keating — Dorothea E. Kidd Sarah J. Kinneen Stuart W. Kneen — Cashier ANNUAL REPORTS Elec. Engineer — Clerk — Clerk Manager Merlin J. Ladd — Stephen F. Lannan Roger C. Lappin — Elizabeth R. Lewis Chester D. Ludwig Frank W. Lutz — Clifton C. Larson 144 Lowell Street 11 Hayes Avenue 150 Maple Street 136 Vine Street 155 Maple Street Insurance 2001 Massachusetts Avenue 291 Lowell Street 5 Plymouth Road — Auto Distributor Tel. Co. — Chemist 2 Forest Street -- Truck Driver Baker — Salesman J. Carter MacDonald — Printing Florence MacKinnon — Secretary Ralph E. Mailhiot —Oil Business Bradley E. Malone — Safes Mngr Alden Manchester — Economist Leroy F. Marek — Chem, Engineer Alice G. Marshal! — At home James G. Marshall — Asst. Treas. Charles W. Martel — Radio Tech Clifford M. Martin — Office Mngr. Norman H. Martin — Brokerage Rep, Richard E. Mathes — Prop, Dorothy B. Maxner — Buyer Arlene J. McDonough — Stenographer John T. McDonough — B. & M. John F. McKearney — Salesman Milton E. Merksamer — Financ. Officer Albert L. Merrifield — Asst. Prod. Robert P. Miller — Caterer 16 Vine Street 24 Spencer Street 123 Maple Street 8 Wadman Circle 194 Waltham Street 678 Lowell Street 255 Waltham Street 9 Woodcliffe Road 43 Somerset Road 9 Independence Avenue 22 Forest Street 3 Sunny Knoll Avenue 6 Hillside Terrace 2 Wachusett Circle 30 Wachusett Drice 1 834 Massachusetts Avenue 26 Robbins Road 54 Wobum Street 125 Grant Street 20 Charles Street 240 Wobum Street 17 Munroe Road Alice C. Monahan — At home 51 Lowell Street Frank Jr. Morse — Salesman 222 Fallen Road Theresa C. Morgan — Tel. Operator 22 Vine Street Thomas C. Morris — Research Chemist 4 Robbins Road 69 Bertwell Road Helen Murphy — Stenographer 449 Waltham Street Walter E. Murphy — Accountant 267 Concord Avenue James E. Mullen — Supt, Theodore Neale — P. 0. Clerk 10 Ward Street Harald B. Needham — Assist. Foreman 40 Fem Street Gunerius Nelsen — Wood Maker 32 Simonds Road Floyd Netzer — Truck Driver 62 Valley Road Raymond L. Nickerson — Treasurer 43 Forest Street Harold D. O'Brien — Cashier 1 Fuller Road Joseph J. O'Brien -- Mngr. Auto Div. 5 Richard Road Mary M. O'Leary — Buyer 38 Woodcliffe Road Edward M. Olson — Florist 534 Lowell Street TOWN OF LEXINGTON 21 Ethel M. Padden -- Secretary 488 Marrett Road Linwood E. Palmer, Jr, — Ward Steel 4 Milk Street James T. Parker, Sr. — Machinist 26 Farmcrest Avenue William J. Parker— Broker 31 Independence Avenue John L. Patch -- Manager 11 Dee Road Wilbur L. Peabody, Jr, — Salesman 64 Locust Avenue David L. Peirce — Mngr. Travel Bur. 41 Locust Avenue James A. Peirce — Adv. Mngr. 3 Candlewick Close Elinor Perry — Secretary 8 Bertwell Road Martha W. Paterson — Clerk 125 Waltham Street George F. Phillips --- Clerk 9 Chase Avenue Harold 5. Pierce — Draftsman 42 Ward Street Aurio J. Pierro — Adjustor 28 Rawson Avenue Thomas R. Porter --- Tech. Sales Mngr. 32 Slocum Road Philip E. Pullen — Claims Examiner 17 Percy Road Louis M. Reder — Engineer 119 Maple Street Earl W. Richardson — Glass Blower 18 Winter Street Mrs. Margaret Roberts — Housewife 281 Lowell Street Wilbur W. Roberts — Clerk 10 Muzzey Street Douglass 5. Robertson — Salesman 11 Grapevine Avenue Harold E. Roeder — Manager 6 Churchill Lane Charles B. Rowley, Jr. — N, E. Tel, 10 Meriam Street John J. Rudd — Merchant 17 Vine Brook Road Anthony J. Ruggiero — Executive 19 Richard Road Alfred J. Runnals — Engineering 1 Winthrop Road Herbert L. Rush — Steamfitter 70 Middle Street John J. Ryan — M. T. A. Operator 21 Wilson Road Victor R. Saltsgaver — Edison Co. 10 Parker Street Waldo Saul — Raytheon 53 Pleasant Street Timothy Scott — Electrician 6 Forest Court James B. Seaver — Broker 37 Somerset Road Joseph G. Shea — Salesman 135 Maple Street Justin L. Shea — Auto Dealer 517 Massachusetts Avenue Clarence L. Shedd ---Electrician 33 Shirley Street James L. Sheridan — Estimator 29 Spring Street George J. Sinnett, 3rd — Foreman 6 Hilltop Avenue Dexter A, Smith — Retailer 55 Hancock Street Ernest C. Smith — Sears, Roebuck 50 Fern Street Robert A. Speer — Laborer 36 Ward Street Richard J. Spencer, Jr. — Plumber 87 Waltham Street Jean Spillsbury — Store Mngr. 104 Pleasant Street Edward L. Stevens --- Coal Dealer 254 East Street Clayton J. Sullivan — Printer 14 Taft Avenue Robert C. Thomas --- Sales Eng. 13 Summit Road Robert P. Trask, Jr. — Accountant 217 Waltham Street Frances W. Traver — Supervisor 262 Marrett Road Bertha M. Trenhofm — At home 2 Eustis Street Wesley 5. Turner — Architect 2 Cutler Farm Road 22 ANNUAL REPORTS Louise C. Vanderhout — At home 6 Plainfield Street Gerald L. Warner — Elect. Eng, 139 Maple Street Roland C. Warner — Elect. Eng. 35 Robbins Road Paul B. West — Welder 70 Gleason Road John P. Whalen — Furniture Dealer 11 Harrington Road Stanley W. White — C. P. A. 11 Belfry Terrace William H. Wildes — Accountant 74 Winter Street Thomas F. Williamson — Lever Bros. 37 Ledgelawn Avenue George A. Wood — Accountant 88 Middle Street Paul G. Yewefl — Sales Eng. John Yosgandes — Carpenter 822 Massachusetts Avenue 81 Spring Street Peter Zitso — Com. Photo, 21 Bertwell Road TOWN OF LEXINGTON 23 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN December 31, 1954 To the Residents of Lexington: Once again the Board of Selectmen makes its annual report to the people of Lexington. In this report we will outline the major accomplishments of the year 1954 and also the problems which the. town is facing in the immediate future. In 1954 building in Lexington dropped considerably in com- parison to previous years. Only 277 building permits were issued in 1954, whereas there were 567 in 1953. However, in looking at the number of sub -divisions now pending before the Planning Board for approval, 1955 may be another big building year. The Hanscom Airfield and the M. I. T. Lincoln Laboratories are still expanding and giving the Town much concern. The Jet Interceptor Squadron will be based at Hanscom Airfield in the Spring of 1955 unless present plans are changed in the meantime. The East-West runway is nearing completion and the effect it will have on Lexington is yet to be determined. During the year 1954 we were unable to complete all of the projects for which money was appropriated at the Annual March Town Meeting because our planning was upset by Hurricanes Carol and Edna. In brief, we list below the major projects completed in 1954. 1. Water Mains a. In continuing our policy of enlarging our water mains to provide the required pressure, we have installed a 12" main in Adams Street at East Street thence to Meriam Street and from Meriam Street to Massachusetts Avenue to insure a sufficient supply of water and desired pres- sure in the Meriam Hill area. b. Many sub -division water mains were installed under our supervision and a total of 7,374 feet laid at no expense to the town. c. A water main 360 feet in length was installed in Grassland Street and 660 feet was installed in Winter Street. 24 ANNUAL REPORTS 2. Sewers a. A sewer main has been completed in Lowell Street from the corner of Summer Street to the corner of Maple Street. This will correct a bad situation in that area and also enable the Sun Valley development to be sewered under the sub -division rules. Another sewer was installed in Spring Street, from Mar- rett Road opposite Dan Curtin's across the field to Spring Street, along Spring Street to the corner of Shade Street. c. Sewers were also installed in Butler Avenue, Lincoln Street, Lincoln Terrace, Hill Street and in Adams Street for a distance of 125 feet. d. Sewers were installed in the Sun Valley development a distance of 2500 feet at no expense to the town. b. 3. Street Construction a. The construction of Oak Terrace, Bertwell Road and Wil- liams Road has been completed. b. Massachusetts Avenue has been resurfaced from Grant Street to the corner of Woburn Street. Other streets re- surfaced were Buckman Drive and Dawes Road. c. Many subdivision streets have been constructed under the supervision of our Public Works and Engineering Depart- ments, but at the developers' expense. d. Hill Street was constructed and partially surfaced as a Chapter 90 project. 4. Drainage a. The drainage projects were delayed this year due to the hurricanes. However, we did complete drains in Oak Terrace, Bertwell Road, Williams Road and a portion of the enclosed field at the Center Playground. b. Drains were also constructed in the sub -division streets. The year 1954 had many highlights of which hurricanes Carol and Edna were most prominent. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 25 Both hurricanes struck Lexington with full fury and upset the planning of the Public Works Department and as a result some of the 1954 projects will have to be carried over to 1955. In times of stress such as these the stamina of a town is strained and the true worth of the people is shown. Never did a town show to better advantage than during and after these hurricanes. To point out any one person or group as being outstanding would be impossible. It was all Lexington at work repairing the damage and getting back to normal. Police, Fire, Public Works employees, together with the Civil Defense group, as well as hundreds of indi- viduals all worked together so that by midnight.of the day Hurricane Carol struck so savagely it was possible to get through almost every street and the Fire Department could reach every house. It was a stupendous job done quickly and well. Cleaning up got under way the next day and although the town now is apparently in good condition, the effects and expense of repairs and replace- ments will be spread over several years. Problems Facing the Town Sewers A. As more houses are constructed, the sewer problem becomes increasingly acute. By the time streets and houses are corn- pleted in a development there is far less land area to absorb the sewage and suddenly there is a definite health menace. It is not easy to plan correctly as to how soon a sewer main must be installed in any given area. At the March 1955 Town Meeting we are asking for an appropriation to enable us to start construction of the first portion of a new gravity line from the Pumping Station to the end of Revolutionary Road near Massachusetts Avenue and Route 128. Two years ago much of the area to be sewered was farm land or vacant lots. No amount of foresight could have predicted such a situation. Lexington is faced with several more similar problems, the location of which is known but the time undetermined. How- ever, it is certain that several million dollars worth must come in the not too distant future. For that reason we are forced to install mains only as the need in a specific locality becomes evident. This coming year, because of the present conditions of the sewage pumping station at North Lexington, it will be neces- 26 ANNUAL REPORTS sary to spend a considerable amount of money to make repa i rs. The station at the present time is operating under a badly over- loaded condition with storm conditions requiring the help of emer- gency portable pumps to prevent serious flooding. Even with the portable pumps it is impossible at times to prevent spillage of sewage into streams and onto streets. New and larger pumps must be installed and also a high water alarm system arranged to provide a warning at some permanently staffed station such as Police Headquarters. Streets B. The Board of Selectmen is continuing its policy of recom- mending for acceptance all streets, the construction of which has been requested by a majority of the property owners. As each of these streets is black topped, the percentage of dirt and sub -standard streets becomes so much less and be- fore too many years the number of poor streets will be negligible. The regulations whereby all sub -division devel- opers are required to construct accepted streets is saving the town substantially and adds much to its attractiveness. In 1955 the Board will recommend the construction of the first section of a road, which will by-pass the Center and Massachusetts Avenue, from a point on Bedford Street almost directly opposite the Central Fire Station finally ending near the 1775 House on Route 2. The section recommended for construction in 1955 will run from Bedford Street to Hastings Park. The future as well as the present value of this is enormous. This area on Bedford Street is already very busy commercially and will soon become more important. The proposed road will eliminate most of the danger at Harrington Road and Bedford Street, will make it possible for the Fire Department to reach the Concord Hill area quickly, will open up Robinson Hill for development, will assuage the traffic congestion around the Battle Green by providing large parking areas in the rear of the churches. Drainage C. As with the sewer problem, the drainage problem becomes more serious each year. A few years ago an appropriation of TOWN OF LEXINGTON 27 $5,000 annually was sufficient. About five years ago the annual appropriation was increased to $30,000 and then to $34,000 which took care of a few of the most serious areas. It has been a policy of expediency and up to now has been enough. In 1955 the Board of Selectmen will recommend the construction of two major drains, both a result of large hous- ing developments. The first is the Bartlett Avenue area and the second is the triangle bounded by Marrett Road, Waltham and Bridge Streets. It is hoped that after these areas are drained we may return to a smaller annual outlay. Water Mains D, In 1955 we will recommend the construction of two major links in the system of 12" mains; Waltham Street from Mar- rett Road to Concord Avenue and Concord Avenue from the Cutler Farm to Pleasant Street. Eventually the town will have a complete circle of these large mains with many connecting laterals. Sidewalks and Curbings E. Our recommendations to the 1955 Annual Town Meeting will include substantial amounts for sidewalks and curbings. The need has been evident for a long time, but only minor ap- propriations have been made. A definite program should be started so that eventually there will be sidewalks and curbings on the streets most heavily travelled by school children. New Town Office Building F. In 1928 when the present Town Office Building was com- ple;ed it was thought that the Police Department of eight men would be adequately housed in the basement, for pos- sibly ten years allowing for some increase in personnel. That was twenty-six years ago when the population of the Town was between 7,000 and 8,000. The need for a modern Police Station is self evident. Just a visit to our present station will convince one that it never was really adequate. The work load of a modern police department is many times what it was before automobiles were used to the extent that 28 ANNUAL REPORTS they are now and modern methods require much more equip- ment and detailed records. The Board of Selectmen will recommend to the Annual Town Meeting in March, the appointment of a committee to obtain plans and specifications for the construction of a new Town Office Building to house the Police Department and also to provide additional space for other departments now seriously overcrowded. Parking Lots G. Our first municipal parking lot has been a huge success as proven by its capacity use, and if Lexington is to maintain a high valuation in the center more parking spaces must be available. A huge new shopping center is planned on Route 3 near the Woburn -Winchester line. If Lexington is to maintain the assessed valuation, it is essential that the mer- chants are not hampered. The Selectmen are therefore supporting the Planning Board in its recommendation for the construction of a new parking area in the now unused land in the rear of Massachusetts Avenue between Waltham and Muzzey Streets, This can be provided with no effect on the tax rate as the entire cost will be paid from the parking meter receipts. Incidentally, these funds can be used only for the purchase of additional parking lots and the care and maintenance of the same. We would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank all town personnel for loyal and conscientious effort put into the work involved in operating the town's business, a corporation of more than $41,000,000. We would be remiss if we failed to express our appreciation to the members of all Boards, Committees and Commissioners who willingly devote unlimited time to projects and problems involved in the operation of the town. These individuals who contribute so much to the town without remuneration are a definite asset to the community and deserve the thanks of every resident. HASKELL W. REED FREDERICK M. GAY LEON W. BATEMAN RAYMOND W. JAMES WILLIAM E. MALONEY Selectmen of Lexington TOWN OF LEXINGTON 29 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S APPROVAL OF ARTICLE 50 AS PASSED AT THE ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 24, 1952 Article 50 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held March 24, 1952. Article 50. Presented by Alan G. Adams. VOTED: To amend the Zoning By -Law by striking out Sub- paragraphs 1. and 2. of Paragraph (11 of Section 4. Thereof, and by substituting therefor new Sub -paragraphs 1, and 2. as follows: 1. A district 1,200 feet wide on the northeasterly side of the railroad right of way extending from the northwesterly line of the northern circumferential highway to the southeasterly line of West- view Street. 2. A district 2,400 feet wide on the southwesterly side of the railroad right of way extending from the northwesterly line of the northern circumferential highway to the southerly line of Westview Street and the Lexington -Bedford town line. Report of Planning Board read by Alan G. Adams ARTICLE 50. The Planning Board on Monday, March 10 held a public hear- ing on this proposed amendment which was on the petition of Mrs. Ethel Bean and others. Several owners and abuttors were present, and of those 6 present wished to be recorded in favor and there were none who opposed. The Planning Board voted to recommend the adoption of the proposed amendment. The small area of land proposed to be added to the M-1 or light manufacturing zone, is a small portion of the total M-1 area. At the time of the revision of the Zoning By -Laws of the town it was felt that if Route 128 had then been constructed the proposed area would have quite logically have been included in the M -t area then. ALAN G. ADAMS, Chairman WILLIAM G. POTTER AIDEN L. RIPLEY DONALD K. IRWIN Carried Unanimously 9:58 P. M. There were 184 Town Meeting Members present. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk Lexington, Mass., December 18, 1953. 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 50 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held March 24, 1952 and a true and exact copy of the Planning Board Report on said Article 50 and as both on record. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk Boston, Mass., February 15, 1954 The foregoing amendment to zoning by-law is hereby approved. Signed, GEORGE FINGOLD, Attorney General The foregoing amendment as approved by the Attorney General was published in the Lexington Minute -Man on February 18, 1954; February 25, 1954; March 4, 1954.. JAMES J, CARROLL, Town Clerk 30 ANNUAL REPORTS Chapter 120 THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS In the Year One Thousand Nine Hurtdred and Fifty-four AN ACT TO DEFINE IN PART THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF LEXINGTON AND WINCHESTER. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows: SECTION 1. The following described line shall hereafter be the boundary line in part between the towns of Lexington and Winchester. Beginning at a stone monument in the boundary line of said towns as heretofore established, which monument is situated at latitude forty-two degrees, twenty-six minutes, thirty- seven and three -tenths seconds, longitude seventy-one degrees, ten minutes, fifty- nine seconds, and is known in said town of Lexington as number LW -three and in said town of Winchester as corner number five, thence running north forty-five de- grees one minute west about eighteen hundred and seventy-two feet to a monument in the boundary line of said towns as heretofore established, which latter monument is situated at latitude forty-two degrees, twenty-six minutes, fifty and thirty-seven one -hundredths seconds, longitude seventy-one degrees, eleven minutes, sixteen and sixty -six -one -hundredths seconds, and is known in said town of Lexington as num- ber LW -one and in said town of Winchester as corner number six. SECTION 2. This act snail take effect upon its passage. House of Representatives, February 10, 1954. Passed to be enacted, Charles Gibbons, Speaker. In Senate, February 11, 1954. Passed to be enacted, Richard [. Furbush, President February 16, 1954. Approved, at 3 o'clock and 50 minutes, P. M. CHRISTIAN L. HERTER, Governor. TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, as. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said county, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elections 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 1st day of March, A.D., 1954, at 7:30 oclock 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; Two members of the Planning Board for the term of five years; One Trustee of Pub Iic Trusts for the term of six years; One Moderator for the term of one year; TOWN OF LEXINGTON 31 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 ane year; Seventeen Town Meeting Members in each Precinct for the term of three years; Two Town Meeting Members in Precinct One to fill the unexpired term ending March 1955; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Two to fill the unexpired term ending March 1955; One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Four to fill the unexpired term ending March 1955; 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 Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the fifteenth day of March, 1954, at 8:00 P. M., at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the Town Meeting Members in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929 and subject to the referendum provided for by Section eight of said Chapter. ARTICLE 2. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town. ARTICLE 3. To appoint or provide for the appointment of the following •Committees: Committee on Lectures under wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary Capital Expenditures Committee ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will make appropriations for expenditures by departments, officers, boards and committees of the Town for the ensuing year and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including any special funds, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1955, 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 of Chap- ter 44 of the General Laws. ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will 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 provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and raise and appropriate the funds necessary therefor, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will transfer unexpended appropriation bal- ances in any of the accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or to other accounts suitable for such transfer under Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto, ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to pay any unpaid bills rendered to the Town for prior years, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. 32 ANNUAL. REPORTS ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Reserve Fund as provided by Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1954, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to install new or replacement water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine in accordance with authority contained in the By-laws of the Town, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including any special water funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including any special sewer funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will make supplementary appropriations to be used in conjunction with money appropriated in prior years for the installation or construction of water mains, sewers, drains or streets that have heretofore been authorized, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto, ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a fire engine for the Fire Department and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the installation of traffic lights at the East Lexington Fire Station by the Fire Department, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments under Chapter 32 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for high- way maintenance under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for high- way construction under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by trans- fer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 33 ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to construct concrete, bituminous concrete or other sidewalks where the abutting owner pays one-half of the cost or otherwise; appropriate a sum of money for such construc- tion, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install curbings at such locations as they may determine; appropriate a sum of money for such installation, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the cur- rent tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other mariner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will raise and 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 act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to install drains in such accepted or unaccepted streets ar other land as the Selectmen may determine, in accordance with Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for such installation and land acqui- sition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purchase by or with the approval of the Selectmen of equipment for the Depart- ment of Public Works, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including the Road Machinery Fund, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in re- lation thereto. ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the scope of the Road Machinery Fund by crediting to said fund an amount based on hourly rental for the use of motorized equipment of the Public Works Department when used on various projects carried an under the direction of said Department or other Town Departments, the amount of said credit not to exceed the amount allowed by the State for the use of similar equipment; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint one of its members to the Board of Appeals, in accordance with Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in such unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may determine prior to the final adjournment of the 1955 Annual Town Meeting, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1952 which provides for an increase in the amounts of pensions, retirement allowances and annuities payable to certain former town employees, and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the development and grading of additional land in the Sunset Section layout in West- view Cemetery and the development of additional roadways therein, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from 34 ANNUAL REPORTS available funds, including the Westview Sale of Lots Fund, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purchase by the Cemetery Commissioners of equipment for the Cemetery Depart- ment, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including the Westview Sale of Lots Fund, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 30, To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction of a grandstand in the enclosed field at the center playground or act in any other manner in relation thereto, ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sub -divide into building Tots all or any portion of that part of the so-called Poor Farm Tract, situated off Hill and Cedar Streets and now owned by the Town, which has not been previously sub -divided and to sell such new or previously sub -divided lots in their discretion to veterans of World War II or of the Korean conflict who were residents of Lexington at the time of their induction into the Armed Services, at a price of $300 per lot; ar act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell a por- tion of the so-called Poor Farm Tract to the Lexington Golf Club; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey the land on Meriam Street known as the Old Fire Station Site, upon such terms and conditions as they deem proper; or act in any other manner in relation thereto; said land being described as follows: Beginning at a stone bound on the southeasterly side line of Meriam Street at the property now or formerly of Henry P. Boutelle, thence running northeasterly along Meriam Street a dis- tance of 42.90 Met to a stone bound. Thence turning at an angle of 90° 00' and running southeasterly by land now or formerly of Henry P. Boutelle a distance of 79.56 feet to a stone bound. Thence turning at an angle of 90° 20' 30" and running south- westerly by land now ar formerly of Henry P. Boutelle a distance of 42.68 feet to a point. Thence turning at an angle of 89° 49' 30" and running northwesterly by land now or formerly of Henry P. Boutelle a distance of 79.73 feet to the point of be- ginning and containing 3,407 plus or minus square feet. ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Se- lectmen to petition the General Court to amend the referendum provisions of Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929, being the act establishing the representative town meeting form of government in Lexington, by striking out Section 8 and inserting in place thereof a new Section 8 in substantially the following form, or act in any other manner in relation thereto: SECTION 8. A vote passed at any representative town meeting authorizing the expenditure of twenty thousand dollars or more as a special appropriation, or establishing a new board or office ar abolishing an old board or office or merging two or more boards or offices, or fixing the term of office of town officers, where such term is optional, or increasing or reducing the number of members of a board, or adopting a new by-law, or amending an existing by-law, shall not be operative until after the expiration TOWN OF LEXINGTON 35 of five days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, from the dissolution of the meeting. If, within said five days, a petition signed by not less than three per cent of the registered voters of the town, con- taining their names and addresses as they appear on the list of registered voters, is filed with the Selectmen requesting that the question or questions involved in any such vote which has not be- come operative as aforesaid be submitted to the voters of the town at targe, then the operation of such vote shall be further suspended pending its determination as hereinafter provided, and the Select- men, within ten days after the filing of the petition, shall call a special meeting, which shall be held within fourteen days after the issuing of the call, for the purpose of presenting to the voters at large the question or questions so involved. Ali votes upon any questions so submitted shall be taken by ballot, and the check list shall be used in the several precinct meetings in the same manner as in the election of town officers. The questions so submitted shall be determined by a majority vote of the registered voters of the town voting thereon, but no action of the representative town meeting shall be reversed unless at least twenty per cent of the registered voters shall so vote. Each question so submitted shall be in the form of the following question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot:— "Shall allot:"Shall the town vote to approve the action of the representative town meeting whereby it was voted (brief description of the substance of the vote)?" If such petition is not filed within the said period of five days, the vote of the representative town meeting shall become operative upon the expiration of the said period. ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will amend Article XXVI of the General By -Laws of the Town by striking out Section 2 and inserting in place thereof a new Section 2 to read as follows; Section 2. The Board of Appeals established under the Zon- ing By -Law shall be and shall act as the Board of Appeals under the Subdivision Control Law, being Sections 81 K to 81 GG inclu- sive of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and any acts in amend- ment thereof or in addition thereto. ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will amend the General By -Laws by adding thereto a new Article XXVII to read substantially as follows, or act in any other manner in relation thereto: ARTICLE XXVII: Loam, Sand and Gravel Removal. Section 1. The removal of soil, loam, sand or gravel from any land in the Town not in public use is prohibited unless author- ized by a permit from the Board of Appeals, organized under the Zoning By -Law, except under the following circumstances: a. When such removal is incidental to and in connection with the erection of a building for which a permit has been is- sued by the Building Inspector of the town. b. When such removal is required in order to construct a street that has been approved by the Planning Board over the location from which such removal is made. ib ANNUAL REPORTS c. When such removal is in accordance with special permission from the Board of Appeals issued under the provisions of the Zoning By -Law as now in effect or as hereafter amended. Section 2. Application for permit shall be filed with the Board of Appeals by the record owner of the land and shall be accompanied by a plan showing the location, boundaries and area of the land involved and the portion thereof from which the appli- cant proposes to remove material. Section 3. The Board of Appeals shall fix a reasonable time for a public hearing on the application and shall give public notice thereof, at the expense of the applicant, by publishing notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing in a local newspaper at least fourteen days before said hearing and by mailing a copy of said notice to the applicant and to the owners of all property deemed by said Board to be affected thereby, as they appear an the most recent focal tax list, at least seven days before said hearing. Section 4. In granting a permit the Board of Appeals shall impose limitations as to the time and as to the extent of the per- mitted removal and such other appropriate conditions, limitations and safeguards as the Board deems necessary for the protection of the neighborhood and of the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, and may condition the continuance of the permit upon compliance with regulations of the Board of Appeals then in force or thereafter adopted. In its discretion the Board may require a surety bond, cash or other adequate security to insure compliance with the terms, conditions and [imitations of the permit. The con- curring vote of all the members of the Board shalt be necessary for the issuance of a permit. Section 5. The penalty for violation of this by-law shall be as follows:— for the first offense, fifty dollars; for the second offense, one hundred dollars; and for each sub- sequent offense, two hundred dollars. ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a committee to prepare final plans and specifications, to obtain bids and enter into a contract or contracts for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of a new elementary school building to be constructed on the !and situated westerly of School Street, southerly of Massachusetts Avenue and northerly of Roosevelt Road that the Town acquired for school and playground purposes in 1951; and to super- vise the work; appropriate a sum of money for such purposes and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will authorize the Planning Board to obtain options for land or rights therein that it desires to recommend be acquired by the Town as locations for future streets and will authorize the Selectmen to acquire such land or rights therein for such purposes; appropriate money for such options and such land acquisition and determine whether the same shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 37 ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for the employment of consultants and additional employees by the Planning Board in the administration of the Subdivision Control Law and other functions of the Planning Board; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 40. To receive the report of the Veterans' Memorial Committee and to see if the Town will authorize the construction of a veterans' memorial 'and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided in the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 41. To receive the report of the Town Manager Plan Committee and to see if the Town will authorize the Committee to prepare legislation to estab- lish a Town Manager -Selectmen form of government for the Town of Lexington and submit it to the 1955 Annual Town Meeting; and raise and appropriate money for the expenses of said Committee; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 42. To receive the report of the Job Classification and Salary Plan Study Committee and to take action thereon, including, if recommended by the Committee, provision for a committee to prepare and submit at a subsequent town meeting a by-law establishing a job classification plan and a salary plan as author- ized by Section 108A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws and to raise and appro- priate money for the expenses of such committee. ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Bertwell Road from Simonds Road, north- westerly, to Williams Road, approximately 520 feet as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated October 19, 1953 and to rake by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said road and for land acquisition, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Buckman Drive from Locust Avenue, southerly, a distance of approximately 2000 feet as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated May 7, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said road and for land acquisition, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other man- ner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 45, To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Dawes Road from Follen Road, southwesterly, a distance of approximately 1002 feet as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated May 7, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said road and for land acquisition, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other man- ner in relation thereto. 38 ANNUAL REPORTS ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Oak Terrace from Oak Street, easterly, a dis- tance of approximately 310 feet as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 6, 1954 and to take by eminent domain or other -wise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said road and for land acquisition, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Williams Road from Bedford Street to Dexter Road, a distance of approximately 800 feet, easterly as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan an file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 10, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said road and for land acquisition, and determine whether fhe money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Appletree Lane from Peachtree Road, south- westerly and southeasterly, a distance of approximately 1512 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 31, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in [and necessary therefor; and raise and ap- propriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way and accept the layout of as a town way, Barberry Road from Concord Avenue, southerly and westerly, a distance of approximately 2386 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 21, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money there- for; or act in any other manner in relation thereto, ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Ballard Terrace from North Hancock Street, northerly a distance of approximately 820 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 29, i 953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money there- for; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Bates Road from Wood Street, northeasterly, a distance of approximately 959 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 10, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner In relation thereto. ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Battle Green Road from Minute Man Lane westerly and northwesterly to Paul Revere Road, a distance of approximately 1166 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 39 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 10, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor;• and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation; thereto. ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and: accept the layout of as a town way, Benjamin Road from Concord Avenue, north- erly and westerly to Concord Avenue, a distance of approximately 1154 feet as. laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 17, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Castle Road from Franklin Road, northeasterly to Hayes Avenue, a distance of approximately 470 feet as laid out by the Select- men and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated Decem- ber 9, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money there- for; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Field Road from Concord Avenue southerly to Barberry Road, a distance of approximately 981 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 18, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money there- for; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Holton Road from Wood Street, northeasterly to Patterson Road, a distance of approximately 768 feet as laid out by the Select- men and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated De- cember 15, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Hutchinson Road from Concord Avenue, north- easterly to Webster Road, a distance of approximately 1054 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 15, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee,. easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Lantern Lane from Philip Road northerly to Dawes Road, a distance of approximately 947 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 15, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money there- for; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Minute Man Lane from Massachusetts Avenue northerly and westerly to Battle Green Road as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 10, 40 ANNUAL REPORTS 1953 and to take by eminent dormain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto, ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Patterson Road from Wood Street, northeast- erly and northerly, a distance of approximately 1542 feet as laid out by the Select- men and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated De- cember 14, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto, ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Peachtree Road from Woburn Street, southerly, a distance of approximately 512 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 30, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Peartree Drive from Lowell Street, northeast- erly to Appletree Lane, a distance of approximately 250 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 30, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto, ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Philip Road from Buckman Drive, westerly, a distance of approximately 473 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 15, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 64, To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Scotland Road from Appletree Lane, south- easterly and southwesterly to Appletree Lane, a distance of approximately 852 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 31, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 65, To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Stearns Road from Pleasant Street, northwest- erly to Webster Road, a distance of approximately 252 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 31, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 66. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Webster Road from Hutchinson Road to Hutchinson Road, a distance of approximately 2906 feet as laid out by the Select- TOWN OF LEXINGTON 41 men and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated De- cember 31, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Wildwood Road from Wood Street northeast- erly to Patterson Road, a distance of approximately 618 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 15, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Williams Road from Dexter Road, northeast- erly to Blake Road, a distance of approximately 1030 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 10, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 69. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Wyman Road from Williams Road, northerly and easterly to Blake Road, a distance of approximately 2395 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 15, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and ap- propriate money therefor; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 70. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By -Law by striking out Sub -paragraph 1 of Paragraph (f) of Section 4 thereof, as amended, substituting therefor the following Sub -paragraph 1., and by inserting additional new Sub -paragraphs 3 and 4, as follows, so that said Paragraph (f) thus amended shall read in its entirety; "(f) M 1 —Light manufacturing districts 1. A district 1,800 feet wide on the northeasterly side of the rail- road right of way and extending from the northwesterly line of the northern circumferential highway to the southeasterly line of Westview Street. 2. A district 2,400 feet wide on the southwesterly side of the rail- road right of way and extending from the northwesterly line of the northern circumferential highway to the southerly line of Westview Street and the Lexington -Bedford town line. 3. A district bounded northeasterly by Bedford Street between Westview Street and Hinchey Road, southeasterly by Hinchey Road, southwesterly by a line 1,800 feet northeasterly from and parallel to the northeasterly side -line of the railroad right of way, and northwesterly by the southeasterly line of Westview Street. 4. A district bounded northwesterly by the northwesterly line of the Northeastern Gas Transmission Company pipeline right of way, northeasterly by the southwesterly line of Bedford Street, and southwesterly by a line 1,800 feet northeasterly from and 42 ANNUAL REPORTS parallel to the northeasterly side -line of the railroad right of way." or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at request of ten or more registered voters.) ARTICLE 71. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By -Law by striking out Sub -paragraph 2 of Paragraph (f) of Section 5 thereof and by sub- stituting therefor the following expanded Sub -paragraph 2 as follows: 2. a. Storage and distribution of liquid fuels and lubricants from tanks resting on the ground if earth diked or otherwise com- partmented and if spaced and otherwise safeguarded in accordance with the requirements of the Division of Public Safety of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the standards of the National Bureau of Fire Underwriters. b. Subject to permission from the Board of Appeals and such safety precautions as it may require, bulk distribution of liquid fuels and lubricants from underground storage tanks or from tanks elevated above the ground on sufficient supports. or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at request of ten or more registered voters,) ARTICLE 72. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By -Law to permit the construction to 85 foot height limit of industrial storing or processing facilities not for sustained human occupancy by striking out Paragraph (c) of Sec- tion 7 of said By -Law and substituting therefor the following Paragraph (c): (c) The limitations of height in feet shall not apply to chimneys, ventilators, skylights, tanks, bulkheads, penthouses and other accessory structural features usually carried above roofs, nor to domes, towers or spires of churches or other buildings pro- vided such features are in no way used for living purposes, provided further that, except with permission of the Board of Appeals in each case, no such structural features of any non- manufacturing building shall exceed a height of 65 feet from the ground and no processing or storage feature (not for sus- tained human occupancy) of a manufacturing building shall exceed a height of 85 feet from the ground. or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at request of ten or more registered voters.) ARTICLE 73. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By -Law to provide larger side yards in industrial districts where they abut residential districts and to provide a specific series of ratios of industrial building coverages to required open areas on industrial lots in place of the present single ratio by striking out Sub -sections a. b. and c. of Sub -paragraph 1 of Paragraph (e) of Section 8 of said By-law and substituting therefor the following Sub -sections a. b. and c.: a. For each lot a frontage width not less than 150 feet upon the frontage street. b. For each lot: (1) A front yard not less than 30 feet in depth on each street upon which the lot abuts. TOWN OF LEXINGTON (2) Side yards not less than 30 feet in width nor less than 50 feet wherever any such yard abuts a residential zoning district. (3) A rear yard not Iess than 30 feet in depth nor less than 50 feet wherever such yard abuts a residential zoning district. (4) Between any two buildings neighboring one another on such a lot. a minimum separation distance of either 60 feet, or the average of the heights of the adjacent facades of such two buildings, whichever be the greater distance. c. On industrial lots open areas not occupied by any building (but which may be used for vehicle parking, truck loading or outdoor storage of materials if otherwise lawful) which shall be in the following stated proportions to total sizes of lots, as set forth below, and only the remaining portions of such lots may be covered by principal and accessory buildings, except such fur- ther coverage as may be permitted by the Board of Appeals after construction has occupied the buildable portion set forth hereunder: Size of Lot Zero to 1.99 acres, incl. 2.0 to 5.99 acres, incl. 6.0 to 9.99 acres, incl. 10.0 to 19.99 acres, incl. 20.0 to 29.99 acres, incl. 55% 45% 30.0 or more acres, 50% 50% (Inserted at request of ten or more registered voters.) ARTICLE 74. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and require the Selectmen to designate a member of the Police Department as Youth Patrol Officer, such officer to be released in 1954 and 1955 from such duties as may be necessary to acquire special training to deal with youth, and when trained to give full time to any and all matters concerning the Youth of the Town; and to see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $1000.00 for tuition for said training, and a sum not exceeding $3,800.00 for salary to employ a replacement in the regular patrol, or act in any other manner thereto. (Inserted at request of ten or more registered voters.) ARTICLE 75. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Youth Committee; and to see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the expenses thereof, or act, in any other manner thereto. (Inrerted at request of ten or more registered voters.) ARTICLE 76. To see if the Town will appropriate for and authorize a com- mittee to obtain preliminary plans and specifications and cost estimates for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of an addition to the Franklin School; appropriate a sum of money for the expenses of the committee and deter- mine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 77. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1954 tax rate, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. Minimum Open 75% 70% 65 % 60% Maximum Buildable 25% 30% 35 % 40% 43 44 ANNUAL REPORTS And you are directed to serve this warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By -Laws of the Town. Hereof fail not, and make due return on this warrant, with your doings there- on, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands at Lexington, this eighth day of February, A. D., 1954. A true copy, Attest: JAMES F. MOWAT Constable of Lexington. HASKELL W. REED WILLIAM H. DRISCOLL DONALD E. NICKERSON FREDERICK M. GAY LEON W. BATEMAN Selectmen of Lexington CONSTABLE'S RETURN To the Town Clerk: February 19, 1954 I have served the foregoing warrant by posting a printed copy thereof in five (5) public places in the Town and also by sending by mail, postage prepaid, a printed copy of such warrant addressed to every registered voter of the Town at his last residence, as appears from the records of the Board of Registrars of Voters 10 days before the time of said meeting. Attest: JAMES F. MOWAT, Constable of Lexington ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 1, 1954 In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the Town of Lexing- ton met in their respective voting places in said Town of Lexington, Monday, March the first, in the year of our Lard, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, at seven -thirty o'clock in the forenoon. The following places were designated as the voting places for the various pre- cincts: Precinct One, Adams School; Precinct Two, Three and Four, Cary Memorial Hall. The following election officers having been duly appointed by the Selectmen, and Wardens of the various precincts were assigned for duty as follows: Precinct One Charles J. Dailey Warden Joseph P. Waddleton Inspector George E. Foster Inspector Ilda J. Field Clerk Mary A. Rowland Teller George F. Stygles Teller TOWN OF LEXINGTON 45 46 ANNUAL REPORTS Rose 1. McLaughlin Teller George D_ Smith Teller Dorothy Elliott Teller Gwendolyn Johnson Teller Annie H. McDonnell Teller Alice G. Marshall Teller Precinct Two Precinct 1 7283 Two thousand two hundred eighty-three William W. Ferguson Warden Precinct 2 1791 One thousand seven hundred ninety-one Ralph I. Dale Inspector Precinct 3 215] Two thousand one hundred fifty-one Louise E. Ahem Inspector John H. Dacey Clerk Precinct 4 2728 Two thousand seven hundred twenty-eight Mary G. Oliver Teller Total 8953 Eight thousand nine hundred fifty-three Eleanor T. Husted Teller Mary Pierce Teller The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the Elizabeth Downey Teller election officers, together with the unused ballots, and delivered to the Town Clerk Mary S. H. Ellis Teller at his office, Beatrice F. Morse Teller The Registrars of Voters and the Town Clerk canvassed the result as follows: Edward McCrory Teller Precinct 1 1096 One thousand ninety-six Henry P. Meade Teller Precinct 2 951 Nine hundred fifty-one Precinct 3 1248 One thousand two hundred forty-eight Precinct Three Precinct 4 1243 One thousand two hundred forty-three Emma Zitso Warden Julia Vaughan Inspector Total 4538 Four thousand five hundred thirty-eight Calrence E. Deip Inspector SELECTMEN Edna D. Anderson Clerk Gladys T. Watson Telfer Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Florence M. Bruce Teller Raymond W. James 806 806 1047 1022 3681 Ella G. Callahan Teller William E. Maloney 958 834 1062 1084 3938 Dorothy A. Parks Teller Blank 428 262 387 380 1457 Jean E. Baker Teller Agnes T. Buckley Teller 2192 1902 2496 2486 9076 John T. McDonough, Jr. Teller Raymond W. James and William E. Maloney were elected Selectmen for three years. Velma M. Rhoda Teller Rosalie McDonald Teller TOWN CLERK Mary McDonough Teller Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total James J. Carroll 988 867 1140 1143 4138 Precinct Four Blanks 108 84 108 100 400 The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven -thirty o'clock A. M. and remained open until eight o'clock P. M., after which time, after due notice, they were closed. The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. The ballots were counted by the election officers in each precinct, the tally sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The total registration of voters in each precinct was as follows: Lester L. Andrews Warden Helen M. Smith Inspector Helen M. Kirk Inspector Mary J. Ferry Clerk Michael J. McDonough Teller Mary A, Hallett Teller Mary A. Spellman Teller Caroline F. Deloury Teller Madeline V. Peterson Teller J. Carroll Ryan Teller Agnes G. Hall Teller Ingrid W. Newhall Teller 1096 951 1248 1243 4538 James J. Carroll was elected Town Clerk for one year. TOWN TREASURER Pre.1 Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 Total James J. Carroll 982 863 1137 1131 4113 Blanks 114 88 111 112 425 1096 95] 1248 1243 4538 James J. Carroll was elected Town Treasurer for one year. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 47 COLLECTOR OF TAXES Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre.4 Total Jerome F. Garrity 482 178 311 280 1251 Wallace E. Miller 59 80 149 197 485 Ethel U. Rich 299 443 408 425 1 575 Lillian S. Tullar 35 58 57 109 259 Raymond L. White 177 163 270 191 801 Blanks 44 29 53 41 167 1096 951 1248 1243 4538 Ethel U. Rich was elected Collector of Taxes for one year. CEMETERY COMMISSIONER Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre, 3 Pre. 4 Total William G, Potter 898 801 1045 1041 3785 Walter E. Sands — — 2 — 2 Blanks 198 150 201 202 751 1096 951 1248 1243 4538 48 ANNUAL REPORTS TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC TRUSTS Pre, 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Thomas G. Lynah 899 843 1102 1087 3931 Blanks 197 108 146 156 607 1096 951 1248 1243 4538 Thomas G. Lynah was elected as Trustee of Public Trusts for six years. CONSTABLES Pre. l Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total William G. Dooley 930 801 1041 1024 3796 James F. Mowat 897 816 1069 1081 3863 Blanks 365 285 386 381 1417 2192. 1902 2496 2486 9076 William G. Dooley and James F. Mowat were elected Constables for one year. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS William G. Potter was elected Cemetery Commissioner for three years, Precinct One 'Marjorie K. Blaisdell 639 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Nathaniel P. Blish 427 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre.4 Total James H. Aker 34 26 49 63 172 W. Neil Chapman 368 312 463 440 1583 Marcia W. A. Dane 193 162 231 227 813 Mildred B. Marek 459 438 484 483 1864 Blanks 42 13 21 30 106 1096 951 1248 1243 4538 Mildred B. Marek was elected to the School Committee for three years. MODERATOR Pre. 1 Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre,4 Total Charles E. Ferguson 920 835 1097 1090 3942 Blanks 176 116 151 153 596 1096 951 1248 1243 4538 Charles E. Ferguson was elected Moderator for one year. PLANNING BOARD Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre, 4 Total Alan G. Adams 843 808 1025 1023 3699 Wilbur M. Jaquith 810 746 991 984 3531 Blanks 539 348 480 479 1846 2192 1902 2496 2486 9076 Alan G. Adams and Wilbur M. Jaquith were elected to the Planning Board for five years. *Lois W. Brown 593 Alfred S. Busa 526 *Jerome F. Garrity 679 'George M. Hynes 741 *Edwin C. Johnson 679 *David Kidd 627 *William W. MacLean 622 *William C. Madden 661 William F. Mason 578 *Paul J. McCormack 632 *Charles B. Meek 627 William G. Nowlin 540 *William E. Phillips 644 'Aiden Lassell Ripley 675 'Clarence E. Smith 579 *Gordon E. Steele 685 *John J. Sullivan 596 *Thomas Sullivan 689 *John A. Wilson 731 Blanks 5462 * Town Meeting Members elected for term of three years. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR ONE YEAR Precinct One *Edward A. Copithorne 805 'Jason H. Woodward 812 Blanks 575 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 49 Precinct Two *Paul K. Palmer 738 213 Wanks * Town Meeting Members elected for one year. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS Precinct Two *Walter C. Ballard 696 *F. Sherburne Carter 670 *Robert R. Cave 509 *John H. Devine 499 *William F, Downe 618 Lawrence D. Freeman 423 *Roland B. Greeley 625 *William Roger Greeley 623 *Norman B. Hall, Jr. 565 *James L. Heggie 535 *Harold B. Lamont 572 *Elizabeth R. Lewis 654 *Alden C. Manchester 440 *Charles H. Peirce 611 *Randall W. Richards 591 Frank T. Samuel, Jr. 368 Frederick A. Schloman 400 *Burton B. Stuart 571 *Lee E. Tarbox 619 Joyce R. Waksman 297 *Edwin B. Worthen 749 Albert W. Hruby 1 Blanks 4530 Precinct Three *Louis W. Bills 798 `Charles M. Blake 796 Eugene T. Buckley 478 *William I. Burnham 754 Thornton S. Cody 563 *Norman A. Downs 731 'Robert W. Fawcett 796 *George E. Graves 776 Thacher Jenney 615 Russell M. Little 625 *Errol H. Locke 802 Harold F. Lombard 561 Robert L. Lyon 503 *Mildred B. Marek 671 *George P. Morey 653 *Donald E. Nickerson 689 *Charles H. Norris 702 *Robert H. Packard 675 50 ANNUAL REPORTS *Lester T. Redman 666 *George P. Wadsworth 807 John E, Wallace 409 *James M. West 632 *Donald E. Williamson 635 *Peter Zitso 708 Timothy Donovan 1 Blanks 5170 * Town Meeting Members elected for three years. TOWN MEETING MEMBERS FOR THREE YEARS Precinct Four *Charles R. Alexander 533 *Joseph E. Belcher 757 Clifford W. Birch, Jr. 449 'Winthrop Harold Bowker 706 *Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. 842 Charles E. Connolly 429 Robert M. Coquillette 374 *Russell S. Davenport 752 *Howard H. Dawes 712 *Murray G. Dearborn 722 George H. Doughty, Jr, 344 Elmer J. Frey 3 I 2 *Robert W, Hunter 775 *Donald K. Irwin 697 *Robert C. Johnson 716 *Eleanor Bradford Litchfield 666 'William H, Lyon, Jr. 553 *Thelma F. Mather 670 John P. Meehan 299 *Howard A. Patterson 706 *William L. Potter 722 'Earle B. Sukeforth 860 Frederick E. Tucker 530 Kenneth L. Warden, Jr. 450 *Norman F. Woodward 747 Blanks 5810 * Town Meeting Members elected for three years. TOWN MEETING MEMBER FOR ONE YEAR Precinct Four *Felix V. Cutler 948 Blanks 295 * Town Meeting Member elected for one year. A true record. Attest: JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk TOWN OF LEXINGTON 51 RECOUNT OF TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, PRECINCT ONE, MARCH 12, 1954 ON PETITION OF WILLIAM F. MASON, 20 MAPLE STREET The following were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties as elec- tion workers by the Town Clerk and served under the direction of the Board of Registrars: Charles J. Dailey Ilda J. Field William W. Ferguson Louise E. Ahern Rosalie MacDonald Mary R. McDonough Lester L. Andrews Helen M. Kirk Julia Vaughan Emma Zitso George E. Foster Clarence E. Delp The final result of the recount showed that Clarence E. Smith gained one vote and William F. Mason lost one vote. It remaining the same as the vote of March 1, 1954 whereby Clarence E. Smith was duly elected as a Town Meeting Member for a term of three years. JAMES J. CARROLL, Clerk, Board of Registrars SPECIAL ELECTION, TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, PRECINCT THREE, MARCH 15, 1954 The meeting called to order by Town Clerk, James J. Carroll. There were 31 Town Meeting Members present. James J. Carroll was nominated and elected to serve as chairman and clerk of the meeting. Nominations were made from the floor for Harold F. Lombard, Russell M. Little and James H. Lewis. The following tellers were appointed: Gardner Ferguson, Gardner Frost and Ronald D. Brown. The tellers counted the ballots cast with the following results: Russell M. Little Harold F. Lombard Raymond E. Lewis Russell M. Little was duly elected as a Town Meeting Member for a term of one year. 23 4 4 JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk To Whom It May Concern: March 2, 1954 As of this second day of March, 1954 I do hereby appoint Mary R. McDonough as Assistant Town Clerk and Assistant Town Treasurer, Town of Lexington. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk and Town Treasurer 52 ANNUAL REPORTS ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 15, MARCH Meering called to order by the Moderator, Charles E. Ferguson. 8:07 P. M. There were 186 Town Meeting Members present, Town Clerk, James J. Carroll, read the warrant for the meeting until further reading was waived by motion. 8:08 P.M. James J. Carroll, Town Clerk, read the Constable's Return, 8:08 P. M. ARTfCLE 2. Gardner C. Ferguson, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee presents Appropriation Committee report accepted and filed. 8:09 P. M. Gardner C. Ferguson of the Appropriation Committee recommends the appro- priation of $100.00 under Articles 48-69 inclusive. Haskell W. Reed presents the report of the Committee on Cary Lectures to be accepted and placed on file, and the Committee discharged. 8:10 P. M. Leon W. Bateman presents report of Refuse and Garbage Disposal Study Com- mittee to be accepted, placed on file, and Committee discharged. 8:10 P. M. Sanborn C. Brown, Chairman, presents the report of the Capital Expenditures Committee to be accepted, placed on file, and the Committee to be discharged. 8:08 P. M. Martin A. Gilman, Chairman, presents the report of the Youth Study Commis- sion to be accepted, placed on file, and the Committee to be discharged. 8:10 P.M. Pau[ K. Palmer, Chairman, presents the report of the School Street School Committee to be accepted and placed on file. 8:11 P. M. Donald K. Irwin, Chairman of the Building and Plumbing By -Laws Study Com- mittee presents report as a report of progress, 8:14 P. M. ARTICLE 3. Presented by Haskell W. Reed. VOTED: That a Committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to have charge of the lectures under the wilts of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary for the current year. Carried Unanimously 8:15 P. M. Presented by Haskell W. Reed. VOTED: That the Moderator be and hereby is authorized and directed to ap- point a committee of five registered voters of the Town, to be known as the Capital Expenditures Committee, to make a thorough study of the capital expenditure pro- jects that may be required by the Town within the five year period of 1955 to 1959 inclusive and to file a report at the next annual Town Meeting setting forth all such projects together with the committee's recommendations as to the projects that should be undertaken within the five year period and the year in which each recommended project should be started. Carried Unanimously 8:19 P. M. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 53 Article 4. VOTED: That the following amounts be appropriated for the cur- rent year and be raised in the current tax levy except that where a transfer is in- dicated they shall be provided by such a transfer. APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:17 P. M. SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT Personal Services 8,497.80 2,807.00 $ 600.00 1,250.00 Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:17 P. M. ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT Personal Services 9,940.44 Expenses 500.00 Carried Unanimously 8:17 P. M. TOWN CLERK & TOWN TREASURER'S DEPT. Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:29 P. M. PARKING METER MAINT.—JURISDICTION TOWN TREAS. Expenses (This amount to be transferred from the Parking Meter Account) Carried Unanimously 8:29 P. M. COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses 7,009.60 1,925.00 125.00 Carried Unanimously 8:30 P. M. ASSESSORS' DEPARMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:30 P. M. LAW DEPARTMENT Personal Services Special Fees Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:30 P. M ELECTIONS DEPT,—JURISDICTION SELECTMEN Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:30 P. M ELECTIONS DEPT.—JURISDICTION TOWN CLERK Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:30 P. M REGISTRATIONS DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:31 P. M. 5,355.80 3,450.00 13,927,71 1,850.00 4,000.00 5,000.00 1,500.00 3,845.71 625.00 1,122.00 750.00 54 ANNUAL REPORTS PUBLIC WORKS SUPT'S. OFFICE Personal Services 25,476.78 Expenses 530.00 Gardner C. Ferguson offers the following amendement: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO MOTION UNDER ARTICLE 4 OF THE WARRANT Mr. Moderator: ! move to amend the motion by substituting the amount of $25,099.72 instead of the amount of $25,476.78 for Superintendent of Public Works Personal Services. Question on amendment by voice vote doubtful. Standing vote taken as follows: In Favor Tellers Opposed 10 Alan G. Adams 29 54 William F, Downe 48 19 Robert C. Merriam 19 83 96 Amendment Lost 8:57 P. M. PUBLIC WORKS SUPT'S. OFFICE Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:57 P. M. TOWN OFFICE & CARY MEMORIAL BLDG. Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:57 P. M. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:57 P. M. BOARD OF APPEALS Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:57 P. M. PLANNING BOARD Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:58 P. M. POLICE DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses 25,476.78 530.00 9,711.88 13,735.00 18,019.99 1,220.00 1,153.00 1,500.00 112,135.19 10, 806.90 Carried Unanimously 8:58 P. M. PARKING METER MAINT.—JURISDICTION POLICE Expenses 250.00 (This amount to be transferred from the Parking Meter Account) Carried Unanimously 8:59 P. M. FIRE DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:59 P. M. 137,974.60 21,970.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON CIVILIAN DEFENSE Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:59 P. M. BUILDING & PLUMBING DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:54 P. M. WIRE INSPECTOR Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:55 P. M. SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:55 P. M. INSECT SUPPRESSION Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:55 P. M. SHADE TREES Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:55 P. M. FOREST FIRES Personal Services Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:55 P. M. DOG OFFICER Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:55 P. M. HEALTH DEPARTMENT Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:55 P. M. DOG CLINIC Expenses DENTAL CLINIC Personal Services Expenses POSTURE CLINIC Personal Services Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:56 P. M. Carried Unanimously 8:56 P. M. Carried Unanimously 8:56 P. M. 700.00 6,090.61 4,095.00 2,000.00 700.00 800.00 424.00 5,058.56 15,543.56 50.00 500.00 235.00 650.00 4,726.19 12,915,50 501.90 2,924.00 580.00 1,284.50 57.00 55 56 ANNUAL REPORTS VITAL STATISTICS Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:56 P. M. ANIMAL INSPECTION Personal Services Carried Unanimously 8:57 P. M. SEWER MAINTENANCE Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:57 P. M. SEWER SERVICES Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:57 P. M. GARBAGE COLLECTION Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:58 P. M. CARE OF DUMPS and REMOVAL OF ASHES Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:58 P. M. PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:58 P. M. HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE Wages and Expenses 70,000.00 Street Construction — Sundry Streets 39,343.40 (Of which $8,000.00 is to be transferred from the Bedford Sewer Connection Fund; and $31,343.40 is to be transferred from the Excess & Deficiency Account) Carried Unanimously 8:59 P. M. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT — ROAD MACHINERY Wages and Expenses 23,600.00 (Of which $18,711,22 is to be transferred from the Road Machinery Fund) Carried Unanimously 8:59 P. M. 25.00 680.63 7,370.00 34,100.00 25,993.50 15, 000.00 13,910.00 SNOW REMOVAL Wages and Expenses, 40,000.00 Carried Unanimously 8:59 P. M. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND CONTROL Wages and Expenses 3,825.00 Carried Unanimously 8:59 P. M. STREET LIGHTS Expenses Carried Unanimously 8:59 P. M, 35,500.00 STREET SIGNS Expenses 1,150.00 Carried Unanimously 9:00 P, M. TOWN OF LEXINGTON PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT Personal Services 7,000.00 Administration 925.00 Aid and Expenses 16,000.00 Carried Unanimously 9:00 P. M, DISABILITY ASSISTANCE Aid and Expenses 11,000.00 Carried Unanimously 9:00 P. M. DEPENDENT CHILDREN Aid and Expenses 12,354.00 Carried Unanimously 9:00 P. M. OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Aid and Expenses 85,900.00 Carried Unanimously 9:00 P. M. VETERANS' SERVICES Personal Services 1,560.00 Administration 350.00 Aid and Expenses 10,000.00 Carried Unanimously 9:00 P. M. SOLDIERS BURIALS Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:00 P. M. SCHOOL MAINTENANCE Personal Services 725,820.66 Expenses 1 77,963.00 Americanization Classes 208.00 Vocational Education — Tuition 5,881,00 Handicraft Classes 7,1 10.50 Out of State Travel 500.00 Athletics 12,892.66 Carried Unanimously 9:01 P. M. CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Personal Services 35,536.90 Expenses 16,572.28 (In addition to the amount of $2,797.72 received from the County for Dog Licenses/ Carried Unanimously 9:01 P. M. PARKS Wages and Expenses 24,622.88 Carried Unanimously 9:01 P. M. RECREATION COMMITTEE Personal Services 7,025.00 Expenses 13,295.00 Carried Unanimously 9:02 P. M. 150.00 CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM Pension Accumulation Fund 22,147.11 Carried Unanimously 9:02 P, M, 57 58 ANNUAL REPORTS CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:02 P. M. PATRIOTS' DAY Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:02 P. M. MEMORIAL DAY Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:03 P. M. ARMISTICE DAY Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:03 P. M. INSURANCE Premiums Carried Unanimously 9:03 P. M. PRINTING TOWN REPORT Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:03 P. M. AMBULANCE MAINTENANCE Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:03 P. M. ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST FUNDS Expenses UNCLASSIFIED Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:03 P. M. Carried Unanimously 9:03 P. M. WATER MAINTENANCE Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:03 P. M. WATER SERVICES Wages and Expenses Carried Unanimously 9:04 P. M. 325.00 2,000.00 422.50 125.00 27,000.00 1,724.20 450.00 175.00 1,050.00 38,528.75 38,000.00 CEMETERY MAINTENANCE Personal Services 1,900.00 Wages and Expenses 24,000.00 (Of which $1,250.00 is to be transferred from the Income Trust Fund ---- Westview Cemetery; and $750.00 is to be transferred from the Income Trust Fund — Munroe Cemetery) Carried Unanimously 9:04 P. M. All items under Article Four Carried Unanimously 9:04 P. M. AND FURTHER MOVED: That the following amounts be appropriated: TOWN OF LEXINGTON INTEREST ON DEBT Interest 62, 765.00 Carried Unanimously 9:05 P. M. MATURING DEBT Carried Unanimously 9:05 P. M and to be provided as follows: $74.03 is to be transferred from Premiums nn Loan Account; $8,854.52 is to be transferred from the School Reimbursement Fund; $45,000.00 is to be transferred from the Bedford Sewer Con- nection Fund; $15,071.45 is to be transferred from the Water Department Available Surplus; and $280,000.00 is to be raised in the current tax levy. Carried Unanimously 9:05 P, M. All Articles presented by Haskell W. Reed, Chairman, unless otherwise noted. ARTICLE 5. 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, 1955, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year and to renew any note or notes that may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. Carried Unanimously 9:06 P. M. ARTICLE 6. VOTED: To establish the salary and compensation of the Town Treasurer, Town Clerk and Town Collector of Taxes at the following annual rates: 349,000.00 59 Town Treasurer $2,500.00 Town Clerk 2,700.00 Town Collector of Taxes 5,200.00 the increase over the rates established last year to become effective April 1, 1954, and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of $10,299.68. Carried Unanimously 9:08 P. M. Joseph E. Belcher, Chairman, Committee on Town Manager Selectmen form of administration presents report offering the following motion: ARTICLE 41. VOTED: That the report of the Town Manager Plan Com- mittee be accepted and placed on file and that the Committee be authorized to prepare and submit to the 1955 Annual Town Meeting proposed legislation to establish a Town Manager -Selectmen form of government for the Town of Lexing- ton, and to raise and appropriate $500. for the expenses of said Committee. Charles E. Davis presents the following amendment: VOTED: That the report of the Town Manager Plan Committee be accepted and placed on file and that the Committee be authorized to prepare and submit to the 1955 Annual Town Meeting or Special Town Meeting if such should be called sooner, proposed legislation to establish a Town Manager -Selectmen form of gov- ernment for the Town of Lexington, and to raise and appropriate $500. for the expenses of said Committee. Amendment as presented adopted voice vote. 9:07 P. M. 60 ANNUAL REPORTS Donald E. Nickerson presents the following Amendment: Amendment to Motion under Article 47 of the Warrant Mr. Moderator: I move to amend the motion by striking it out and inserting in place thereof the following: That the report of the Town Manager Plan Committee be accepted and placed on file and the Committee discharged. Amendment presented by Donald E. Nickerson declared lost by voice vote. 9:31 P. M, Article 41, as presented by Joseph E. Belcher containing Amendment of Charles E. Davis carried by voice vote. 9:32 P. M. Article 7, indefinitely postponed. Carried Unanimously 9:33 P. M. ARTICLE 8. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,700.19 for the unpaid bills for prior years of the following accounts: BOARD OF APPEALS Adams Press, Inc. $38.27 PUBLIC WELFARE — AID & EXPENSES Town of Arlington 3,577.96 New England Hospital 2.00 Haynes Memorial Hospital 468.00 HIGHWAY CHAPTER 90 HILL STREET E. W. Giles 259.54 UNCLASSIFIED Boston Edison Company WATER MAINTENANCE Boston & Maine Railroad 6.30 6.62 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Custance Bros. 341.50 Carried Unanimously 9:34 P, M. ARTICLE 9. VOTED: To appropriate $20,000.00 for the Reserve Fund and to provide for the payment thereof by transfer from the Overlay Reserve Fund. Carried Unanimously 9:35 P. M. ARTICLE 10. VOTED: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1954. Carried Unanimously 9:35 P. M, ARTICLE 11. 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 or other land as the Selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and to appropriate for such installation and land acqui- sition the surn of $] 27,000 and to provide said sum by transfer of $20,000 from the Water Assessment Fund; $7,000 from the Water Department Available Sur- plus; and the balance of $100,000 to be provided by the issue of bonds or notes of the town, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and TOWN OF LEXINGTON 61 he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $100,000 and issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, within a period not exceeding fifteen years. Carried Unanimously 9;37 P. M. ARTICLE 12. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897 and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and to appropriate for such installation and land ac- quisition the sum of $212,950.00 of which $72,950 is to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account; $40,000 is to be transferred from the Sewer Assessment Fund; $50,000 is to be raised in the current tax levy; and the balance of $50,000 to be provided 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 $50,000 and issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws within a period not exceeding twenty years. Gardner C. Ferguson presents the following amendment: Proposed Amendment to Motion under Article 12 of the Wap -ant. Mr. Moderator: I move to amend the motion by striking out the portion thereof relating to the appropriation and provision of funds and inserting in place thereof the following: and to appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of $212,950.00 of which $72,950.00 is to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account; $40,000.00 is to be transferred from the Sewer Assessment Fund; and the balance of $100,000.00 to be provided 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 $100,000.00 and issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws within a period not exceeding twenty years. Amendment as presented adopted 9:57 P. M. ARTICLE 12, VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897 and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and to appropriate for such installation and land ac- quisition the sum of $212,950.00 of which $72,950 is to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account; $40,000 is to be transferred from the Sewer Assessment Fund; and the balance of $100,000.00 to be provided 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 $100,000.00 and issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws within a period not exceeding twenty years. Carried Unanimously 9:57 P. M. ARTICLE 13, indefinitely postponed 9:57 P. M. 62 ANNUAL REPORTS ARTICLE 14. VOTED: That the sum of $17,500 be appropriated for the purchase of an equipped fire engine for the Fire Department, this amount to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account, and authority is hereby given to turn in Engine 6 to apply toward the purchase price. Carried Unanimously 9:59 P. M. ARTICLE 15. VOTED: That the sum of $2,400 be raised and appropriated for the installation of traffic lights at the East Lexington Fire Station by the Fire Departrnent. Carried Unanimously 10:00 P. M. ARTICLE 16. VOTED: That the sum of $12,395.59 be raised and appro- priated for pensions for retired members of the Police Department, and that the sum of $5,644,87 be raised and appropriated for pensions for retired members of the Fire Department, under Chapter 32 of the General Laws. Carried Unanimously 10:01 P. M. ARTICLE 17. VOTED: That the sum of $3,000 be appropriated for Chap- ter 90 highway maintenance, and that the sum of $3,000 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Carried Unanimously 10:01 P. M, ARTICLE 18, VOTED: That the sum of $27,000 be appropriated for the construction of all or any part of Hill Street under Chapter 90, highway construc- tion, and that the sum of $27,000 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account, Carried Unanimously 10:02 P. M. ARTICLE 19. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to construct concrete, bituminous concrete or other sidewalks, at such loca- tions as they shall determine, where the abutting owner pays one-half of the cost, or otherwise, and to raise and appropriate therefor the sum of $800, Carried Unanimously 10:03 P. M. ARTICLE 20. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to install curbings at such locations as they may determine, and that the sum of $3,000 be raised and appropriated therefor. Carried Unanimously 10:03 P. M. ARTICLE 21. VOTED: That the sum of $5,000 be raised and appropriated for the improvement of lowlands and swamps in the eradication of mosquitoes, under Section 4A of Chapter 252 of the General Laws. Carried Unanimously 10:04 P. M. ARTICLE 22. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to install drains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as they may determine, in accordance with Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, or otherwise, subject to the assessment of betterments and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, and to raise and appropriate for such installation and land acquisition the sum of $34,000, this amount to be raised in thy current tax levy. Carried Unanimously 10:05 P. M TOWN OF LEXINGTON 63 ARTICLE 23. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $23,797 for the purchase by or with the approval of the Selectmen of equipment for the De- partment of Public Works. Carried Unanimously 10:06 P. M. ARTICLE 24. VOTED: To enlarge the scope of the Road Machinery Fund by crediting to said Fund an amount based on hourly rental for the use of motor- ized equipment of the Department of Public Works when used on various projects carried on under the direction of said Department or other Departments of the Town, the amount of said charge not to exceed the amount allowed by the State for the use of similar equipment. Carried Unanimously 10:06 P. M. ARTICLE 25. 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 Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws. Carried Unanimously 10:06 P. M. ARTICLE 26. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to install street lights in such unaccepted streets as they may determine prior to the final adjournment of the 1955 Annual Town Meeting. Carried Unanimously 10;07 P. M. ARTICLE 27. VOTED: To accept Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1952 which provides for an increase in the amounts of pensions, retirement allowances and annuities payable to certain former town employees, and to appropriate therefor the sum of $1,774.00, this amount to be raised in the current tax levy. Carried Unanimously 10:08 P, M. ARTICLE 28. VOTED: That the sum of $2,000 be appropriated for the development and grading of additional land in the Sunset Section layout in West- view Cemetery and the development of additional roadways therein, and that said sum be provided by transfer from the Westview Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund, Carried Unanimously 10:09 P. M. ARTICLE 29. VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200 for the purchase by the Cemetery Commissioners of equipment for the Cemetery Depart- ment; this amount to be raised in the current tax levy. Carried Unanimously 10:10 P. M. ARTICLE 30, presented by Robert T. Person. ARTICLE 30. VOTED; To appropriate the sum of $7,000 for the construc- tion of a grandstand in the enclosed field at the Center Playground, and to provide for the payment thereof by a transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account, Carried Unanimously 10:11 P. M. ARTICLE 31. VOTED; That lots created for sale to veterans of World War 11 by the subdivision of a portion of the so-called Poor Farm tract fronting on Cedar and Hill Streets pursuant to the vote adopted under Article 18 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on October 7, 1946, may be sold by the Board of Selectmen to veterans of the Korean conflict at the same price and upon the same terms and conditions as they are authorized under said vote to sell them to vet- erans of World War 11. Carried Unanimously 10:13 P. M. 64 ANNUAL REPORTS ARTICLE 32, indefinitely postponed. 10:13 P. M. ARTICLE 33. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to sell and convey at any time on or before March 4, 1955, the land on Meriam Street known as the Old Fire Station Site, upon such terms and conditions as they deem proper; said land being described as follows: Beginning at a stone bound on the southeasterly side line of Meriam Street at the property now or formerly of Henry P. Boutelle, thence running northeasterly along Meriam Street a dis- tance of 42.90 feet to a stone bound. Thence turning at an angle of 90' 00' and running southeasterly by land now or formerly of Henry P. Boutelle a distance of 79.56 feet to a stone bound. Thence turning at an angle of 90° 20' 30" and running southwest- erly by land now or formerly of Henry P. Boutelle a distance of 42,68 feet to a point. Thence turning at an angle of 89° 49' 30" and running northwesterly by land now or formerly of Henry P. Boutelle a distance of 79.73 feet to the point of beginning and containing 3,407 plus or minus square feet. Carried Unanimously 10;15 P, M, ARTICLE 34. VOTED: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized- and directed to petition the General Court to amend the referendum provisions of Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929, being an Act establishing the representative town meeting form of government in Lexington, by striking out Section 8 and inserting in place thereof a new Section 8 in the following form: SECTION 8. A vote passed at any representative town meeting authorizing the expenditure of twenty thousand dollars or more as a special appropriation, or establishing a new board or of- fice or abolishing an old board or office or merging two or more boards or offices, or fixing the term of office of town officers, where such term is optional, or increasing or reducing the number of members of a board, or adopting a new by-law, or amending an existing by-law, shall not be operative until after the expiration of five days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, from the dissolution of the meeting. If, within said five days, a petition signed by not less than three per cent of the registered voters of the town, con- taining their names and addresses as they appear on the list of registered voters, is filed with the Selectmen requesting that the question or questions involved in any such vote which has not be- come operative as aforesaid be submitted to the voters of the town at large, then the operation of such vote shall be further suspended pending its determination as hereinafter provided, and the Select- men, within ten days after the filing of the petition, shall call a special meeting, which shall be held within fourteen days after the issuing of the call, for the purpose of presenting to the voters at large the question or questions so involved. All votes upon any questions so submitted shall be taken by ballot, and the check list shall be used in the several precinct meetings in the same manner as in the election of town officers. The questions so submitted shall be determined by a majority vote of the registered voters of the town voting thereon, but no action of the representative town meeting shall be reversed unless at least twenty per cent of the registered voters shall so vote. Each question so submitted shall TOWN OF LEXINGTON 65 be in the form of the fallowing question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot:— "Shall the town vote to approve the action of the repre- sentative town meeting whereby it was voted (brief description of the substance of the vote)?" If such petition is not filed within the said period of five days, the vote of the representative town meeting shall become operative upon the expiration of the said period. Carried Voice Vote 10:34 P. M. Haskell W. Reed moves that the meeting be adjourned until Monday, March 22, 1954, at 8:00 P. M. 10:34 P, M. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 22, 1954 Meeting caller' to order by the Moderator, Charles E. Ferguson. 8:03 P. M. There were 184 Town Meeting Members present. Unless otherwise noted, all articles presented by Haskell W. Reed, Chairman, Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 35. VOTED: To amend Article XXVI of the General By -Laws of the Town by striking out Section 2 and inserting in place thereof a new Section 2 to read as follows: Section 2, The Board of Appeals established under the Zoning By -Law shall be and shall act as the Board of Appeals under the Sub -division Control Law, being Sections 81 K to 81GG inclusive of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and any acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto. Carried Unanimously 8:04 P. M. ARTICLE 36. VOTED: To amend the General By -Laws by adding thereto a new Article XXVII to read as follows: ARTICLE XXVII: Loam, Sand and Gravel Removal. Section 1. The removal of soil, loam, sand or gravel from any land in the Town not in public use is prohibited unless author- ized by a permit from the Board of Appeals, organized under the Zoning By -Law, except under the following circumstances: a. When such removal is incidental to and in connection with the erection of a building for which a permit has been issued by the Building Inspector of the town. b. When such removal is required in order to construct a street that has been approved by the Planning Board over the location from which such removal is made. c. When such removal is in accordance with special permission from the Board of Appeals issued under the provisions of the Zoning By -Law as now in effect or as hereafter amended. 66 ANNUAL REPORTS Section 2. Application for permit shall be filed with the Board of Appeals by the record owner of the land and shall be ac- companied by a plan showing the location, boundaries and area of the land involved and the portion thereof from which the applicant proposes to remove material. Section 3. The Board of Appeals shall fix a reasonable time for a public hearing on the application and shall give public notice thereof. at the expense of the applicant, by publishing notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing in a local newspaper at least fourteen days before said hearing and by mailing a copy of said notice to the applicant and to the owners of all property deemed by said Board to be affected thereby, as they appear on the most recent local tax list, at least seven days before said hearing. Section 4. In granting a permit the Board of Appeals shall impose limitations as to the time and as to the extent of the per- mitted removal and such other appropriate conditions, limitations and safeguards as the Board deems necessary for the protection of the neighborhood and of the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, and may condition the continuance of the permit upon compliance with regulations of the Board of Appeals then in force or thereafter adopted. In its discretion the Board may require a surety bond, cash or other adequate security to insure compliance with the terms, conditions and limitations of the permit. The con- curring vote of all the members of the Board shall be necessary for the issuance of a permit. Section 5. The penalty for violation of this by-law shall be as follows:— for the first offense, fifty dollars; for the second offense, one hundred dollars; and for each sub- sequent offense, two hundred dollars. Amendment offered by William E. Phillips. Strike out the last sentence of Section 4 of the proposed new Article XXVII of the General By-laws. 8:10 P. M. Amendment voted on and declared lost. 8:11 P. M. William E. Phillips presents the following amendment: To add at the end of the proposed new Article XXVII of the General By-laws another Section to read as follows: Section 6. The effective date of this Article shall be April 1, 1955. 8:15 P. M. Amendment voted on and declared lost 8:17 P. M. Original vote as presented voted on and declared carried at 8:20 P. M. ARTICLE 37, VOTED: That the School Street School Building Committee, appointed under the authority of the vote adopted under Article 10 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on October 5, 1953, be and hereby is author- ized on behalf of the Town to retain architectural services and obtain final plans and specifications for the construction, original equipping and furnishing of a new elementary school to be known as the Maria Hastings School, and to be constructed on the land situated westerly of School Street, southerly of Massachusetts Avenue and northerly of Roosevelt Road that the Town acquired for school and playground purposes in 1951; to obtain bids and to enter into a contract or contracts for such TOWN OF LEXINGTON 67 construction and original equipping and furnishing; and to supervise the carrying on of the work; and that the sum of $725,000 be and hereby is appropriated for such construction, original equipping and furnishing and that payment be provided by raising $25,000 in the current tax levy and by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town for the balance of $700,000, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $700,000 under authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, to be payable in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as amended, within a period not ex- ceeding 20 years. Carried Unanimously 8:32 P. M. ARTICLE 38. Presented by Alan G. Adams. VOTED: To authorize the Planning Board to obtain options for land or rights therein that it desires to recommend be acquired by the Town as locations for future streets; that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the Town to acquire by purchase, by eminent domain or otherwise, such land or rights therein as are or may be included in options obtained by the Planning Board, and to raise and appropriate in addition to money already appropriated therefor the sum of $1,250.00 for such options and land acquisition. Carried Unanimously 8:34 P. M. ARTICLE 39. Presented by Alan G. Adams. VOTED: That the sum of $7,500 be raised and appropriated for the em- ployment of consultants and additional employees by the Planning Board in the administration of the Subdivision Control Law and other functions of the Planning Board. Carried Unanimously 8:40 P. M. ARTICLE 40. Jerome F. Garrity asks permission of the Town Meeting for Charles M. Blake, Jr. to present the Report of the Veterans' Memorial Committee. 8:41 P. M. Charles M. Blake, Jr. read the Report of the Veterans' Memorial Committee. 8:46 P. M. Murray G. Dearborn presented the following: VOTED: That the report of the Veterans' Memorial Committee be accepted and placed on file and that the Committee be and hereby is authorized, subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to acquire a Veterans' Memorial monu- ment substantially in the form of the model presented to the meeting and to erect it an the land situated in front of the Cary Memorial Building, and that the sum of $6,000 be raised and appropriated therefor. 8:46 P. M. William E. Phillips presents the following amendment: Amendment to motion presented. Said memorial shall include a suitable reference to the World War 11 Memorial Library in the high school and to any other special memorials situated in the Town of Lexington that the committee may deem appropriate. 8:53 P. M. Amendment voted on and declared lost. 8:58 P. M. Main motion as presented voted on and lost. 8:59 P. M. ARTICLE 42. Report of the Job Classification and Salary Plan Committee read by Benjamin W. Day. 9:01 P. M. 68 ANNUAL REPORTS Robert R. Cave presents two motions: VOTED: That the report of the Job Classification and Salary Plan Study Committee be accepted and placed on file and the Committee discharged. Carried Unanimously 9:02 P. M. VOTED: That a Personnel Advisory Committee be established for a period of three years from April 1, 1954 to consist of five members to be appointed by the unanimous action of the Moder- ator, the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen and the Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, and to have the following functions: al To develop in co-operation with the Board of Selectmen a classification plan and wage and salary plan as a permissive aid and guide to the Board of Selectmen, Appropriation Committee and department heads. b) To screen all personal service budgets when and as requested by the Board of Selectmen and to submit its written recom- mendations to the Board of Selectmen and Appropriation Com- mittee by November first of the particular year. c) To make studies of the problems of wages, salaries, new job classifications and general personnel administration as it may be assigned these special tasks by the Board of Selectmen. and that the sum of $200 be raised and appropriated for the ex- penses of the committee. 9:05 P. M. Amendment by A. Edward Rowse: that motion read eliminating the Moderator and Chairman of the Appropriation Committee. Appointment to be made by the Board of Selectmen. 9:09 P. M, Amendment voted and adopted. 9:10 P. M. ARTICLE 42. Amendment as voted: VOTED: That a Personnel Advisory Committee be established for a period of three years from April 1, 1954 to consist of five members to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen and to have the following functions: a) To develop in co-operation with the Board of Selectmen a classification plan and wage and salary plan as a permissive aid and guide to the Board of Selectmen, Appropriation Committee and department heads. bi To screen all personal service budgets when and as requested by the Board of Selectmen and to submit its written recom- mendations to the Board of Selectmen and Appropriation Com- mittee by November first of the particular year. c) To make studies of the problems of wages, salaries, new --jib classifications and general personnel administration as it may be assigned these special tasks by the Board of Selectmen. and that the sum of $200 be raised and appropriated for the ex- penses of the committee. Carried 9:15 P. M. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 69 VOTED: That articles 43 to 47 inclusive be taken up together. Carried Unanimously 9:15 P. M. ARTICLE 43. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Bertwell Road from Simonds Road, northwesterly, to Williams Road, approximately 520 feet as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated October 19, 1953, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:16 P. M. ARTICLE 44. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Buckman Drive from Locust Avenue, southerly, a distance of approximately 2,000 feet as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated May 7, 1953, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:17 P. M. ARTICLE 45. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Dawes Road from Fallen Road, southwesterly, a distance of ap- proximately 1,002 feet as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated May 7, 1953, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:17 P. M. ARTICLE 46. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Oak Terrace from Oak Street, easterly, a distance of approxi- mately 310 feet as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 6, 1954, and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:18 P. M, ARTICLE 47. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Williams Road from Bedford Street to Dexter Road, a distance of approximately 800 feet, easterly as laid out by the Selectmen under the Better- ment Act, and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 10, 1953 and to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:20 P. M. VOTED: To appropriate for land acquisition and for construction of the ways enumerated in articles 43 to 47 inclusive, the sum of $48,980 and to provide for the payment thereof by a transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Amendment presented by A. Edward Rowse that it is the sense of the meeting that the amount of $48,980 be bonded instead of transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. 70 ANNUAL REPORTS 9:22 P. M. Amendment declared lost. 9:23 P. M. Original vote as presented carried unanimously 9:24 P. M. VOTED: That articles 48 to 69 inclusive be taken up together. Carried Unanimously 9:25 P. M. ARTICLE 48. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Appletree Lane from Peachtree Road, southwesterly and south- easterly, a distance of approximately 1512 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 31, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:26 P. M. ARTICLE 49. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Barberry Road from Concord Avenue, southerly and westerly, a distance of approximately 2386 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 21, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:26 P. M. ARTICLE 50. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Ballard Terrace from North Hancock Street, northerly a distance of approximately 820 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 29, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:27 P. M. ARTICLE 51. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Bates Road from Wood Street, northeasterly, a distance of ap- proximately 959 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 10, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor, Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:28 P. M. ARTICLE 52. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Battle Green Road from Minute Man Lane westerly and north- westerly to Paul Revere Road, a distance of approximately 1 166 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 10, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:29 P. M. ARTICLE 53. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way. Benjamin Road from Concord Avenue, a distance of approxi- mately 1 154 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in TOWN OF LEXINGTON 71 the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 17, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:29 P. M. ARTICLE 54. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Castle Road from Franklin Road, northeasterly to Hayes Avenue, a distance of approximately 470 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 9, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:30 P, M, ARTICLE 55. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Field Road from Concord Avenue southerly to Barberry Road, a distance of approximately 981 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon. a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 18, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:30 P. M. ARTICLE 56. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Holton Road from Wood Street, northeasterly to Patterson Road, a distance of approximately 768 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 15, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:31 P. M. ARTICLE 57. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Hutchinson Road from Concord Avenue, northeasterly to Web- ster Road, a distance of approximately 1054 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 15, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:31 P. M. ARTICLE 58. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Lantern Lane from Philip Road northerly to Dawes Road, a dis- tance of approximately 947 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 15, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary Therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:32 P. M. ARTICLE 59. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Minute Man Lane from Massachusetts Avenue northerly and westerly to Battle Green Road as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan 72 ANNUAL REPORTS on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 10, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:32 P. M, ARTICLE 60. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Patterson Road from Wood Street, northeasterly and northerly, a distance of approximately 1542 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 14, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:33 P. M, ARTICLE 61. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Peachtree Road from Woburn Street, southerly, a distance of approximately 512 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 30, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:33 P. M. ARTICLE 62. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Peartree Drive from Lowell Street, northeasterly to Appletree Lane, a distance of approximately 250 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 30, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other inter- est in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:34 P. M. ARTICLE 63. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Philip Road from Buckman Drive, westerly, a distance of ap- proximately 473 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 15, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:35 P. M, ARTICLE 64. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Scotland Road from Appletree Lane, southeasterly and south- westerly to Appletree Lane, a distance of approximately 852 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 31, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:35 P. M. ARTICLE 65. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Stearns Road from Pleasant Street, northwesterly to Webster Road, a distance of approximately 252 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown TOWN OF LEXINGTON 73 upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 31, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:36 P. M. ARTICLE 66. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Webster Road from Hutchinson Road to Hutchinson Road, a distance of approximately 2906 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 31, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approvas layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:36 P. M. ARTICLE 67. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Wildwood Road from Wood Street northeasterly to Patterson Road, a distance of approximately 618 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 15, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement Or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:37 P. M, ARTICLE 68, VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Williams Road from Dexter Road, northeasterly to Blake Road, a distance of approximately 1030 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 10, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:38 P. M. ARTICLE 69. VOTED: To establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Wyman Road from Williams Road, northerly and easterly to Blake Road, a distance of approximately 2395 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated December 15, 1953 and to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor. Alan G. Adams reports Planning Board approves layout of the above. Carried Unanimously 9:39 P. M. VOTED: To raise and appropriate for land acquisition and for construction of the ways enumerated in articles 48 to 69 inclusive, the sum of $100. Carried Unanimously 9:39 P. M. William E. Phillips requests Article 70, 71, 72 and 73 be acted upon together. 9:40 P. M. ARTICLE 71. William E. Phillips moves for indefinite postponement. Carried Unanimously 9:40 P. M. ARTICLE 72. William E. Phillips moves for indefinite postponement. Carried Unanimously 9:40 P. M. 74 ANNUAL REPORTS ARTICLE 70 Alan G. Adams, Chairman of the Planning Board presents Report of the Planning Board. 9:41 P. M. Alfred P. Tropeano moves that Article 70 be indefinitely postponed. Carried Unanimously 9:50 P. M. ARTICLE 73. William E. Phillips moves for indefinite postponement. Carried Unanimously 9:50 P. M. ARTICLE 74. Presented by Martin A. Gilman, VOTED: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and directed to designate a member of the Police Department as a Youth Patrol Officer, such officer to be released in 1954 and 1955 from such duties as may be necessary to acquire special training to deal with youth, and when trained, to give full time to any and all matters concerning the youth of the town. Voted on and declared lost. 10:11 P. M. ARTICLE 75. Presented by Martin A. Gilman. VOTED: That the Moderator be and he hereby is authorized and directed to appoint, for a term of two years, a Youth Committee of five members, ane of whom shall have been a member of the Youth Study Commission, to carry our the recommendations of the Youth Study Commission and to continue to work for the welfare of all youth of the town, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for expenses. Voted on and declared lost. 10:12 P. M. ARTICLE 76. Presented by George P. Wadsworth, VOTED: That the School Committee be and it hereby is authorized to retain architectural services and obtain preliminary plans and specifications for an addi- tion to the Franklin School Building, to obtain cost estimates for the construction, original equipping and furnishing of such addition and to report to a subsequent Town meeting; and that the sum of $5,000 be raised and appropriated for the expenses of the Committee. Carried Unanimously 10:13 P. M. ARTICLE 77. Haskell W. Reed moves for indefinite postponement, Carried Unanimously 10:14 P. M. All articles being disposed of, the meeting was dissolved at 10:15 P. M. Attest: JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk Lexington, Mass., March 22, 1954 RESOLUTION OFFERED BY HASKELL W. REED AFTER TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 22, 1954 RESOLVED: That the Town Meeting Members of the Town of Lexington hereby record their opposition to the alternate plan 2 and 3 tentatively proposed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works to locate in Lexington the state highway known as Route 3 and to register their approval of the efforts of the Board of Selectmen in opposing such plan. Unanimous vote by Town Meeting Members present that resolution be accepted. 10:30 P. M. Attest: JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk TOWN OF LEXINGTON 79 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S APPROVAL OF ARTICLE 35 AS PASSED AT THE ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 22, 1954 ARTICLE 35 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held March 22, 1954. ARTICLE 35. VOTED: To amend Article XXVI of the General By -Laws of the Town by striking out Section 2 and inserting in place thereof a new Section 2 to read as follows: Section 2. The Board of Appeals established under the Zoning By -Law shall be and shall act as the Board of Appeals under the Subdivision Control Law, being Sections 81K to 81 GG inclusive of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and any acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto. Carried Unanimously 8:04 P. M. There were 184 Town Meeting Members present. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk Lexington, Mass., March 29, 1954 I, James J. Carroll, Town Clerk of the Town of Lexington do hereby certify that the above is a true and exact copy of Article 35 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting held March 22, 1954 and as same appears an record. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk Boston, Mass., March 30, 1954 The foregoing amendment to by-laws is hereby approved. GEORGE FINGOLD, Attorney General ATTORNEY GENERAL'S APPROVAL OF ARTICLE 36 AS PASSED AT THE ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 22, 1954 ARTICLE 36. VOTED: To amend the General By -Laws by adding thereto a new Article XXVII to read as follows: ARTICLE XXVII: Loam, Sand and Gravel Removal. Section 1. The removal of soil, loam, sand or gravel from any land in the Town not in public use is prohibited unless author- ized by a permit from the Board of Appeals, organized under the Zoning By -Law, except under the fallowing circumstances: a. When such removal is incidental to and in connection with the erection of a building for which a permit has been issued by the Building Inspector of the town. b. When such removal is required in order to construct a street that has been approved by the Planning Board over the location from which such removal is made. c. When such removal is in accordance with special permission from the Board of Appeals issued under the provisions of the Zoning By -Law as now in effect or as hereafter amended. 76 ANNUAL REPORTS Section 2. Application for permit shall be filed with the Board of Appeals by the record owner of the land and shall be accompanied by a plan showing the location, boundaries and area of the land involved and the portion thereof from which the appli- cant proposes to remove material. Section 3. The Board of Appeals shall fix a reasonable time for a public hearing on the application and shall give public notice thereof, at the expense of the applicant, by publishing notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing in a local newspaper at least fourteen days before said hearing and by mailing a copy of said notice to the applicant and to the owners of all property deemed by said Board to be affected thereby, as they appear on the most recent local tax list, at least seven days before said hearing. Section 4. In granting a permit the Board of Appeals shall impose limitations as to the time and as to the extent of the per- mitted removal and such other appropriate conditions, limitations and safeguards as the Board deems necessary for the protection of the neighborhood and of the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, and may condition the continuance of the permit upon compliance with regulations of the Board of Appeals then in force or thereafter adopted. In its discretion the Board may require a surety bond, cash or other adequate security to insure compliance with the terms, conditions and limitations of the permit. The con- curring vote of all the members of the Board shall be necessary for the issuance of a permit. Section 5. The penalty for violation of this by-law shall be as follows:— for the first offense, fifty dollars; for the second offense, one hundred dollars; and for each subsequent offense, two hundred dollars. Amendment offered by William E. Phillips. Strike out the last sentence of the proposed new Article XXVII of the General By -Laws. 8:10 P. M. Amendment voted on and declared lost. 8:11 P, M. William E. Phillips presents the following amendment: To add at the end of the proposed new Article XXVII of the General By -Laws another Section to read as follows: Section 6. The effective date of this Article shall be April 1, 1955. 8:15 P. M. Amendment voted on and declared lost 8:17 P. M. Original vote as presented voted on and declared carried at 8:20 P. M. There were 184 Town Meeting Members present. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk Lexington, Mass„ March 29, 1954 I, James J. Carroll, Town Clerk of the Town of Lexington do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of Article 36 as passed at the Ad- journed Town Meeting held March 22, 1954 and as same appears on record. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk Boston, Mass., March 30, 1954 The foregoing amendment to by-laws is hereby approved. GEORGE FINGOLD, Attorney General TOWN OF LEXINGTON 77 WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY Commonwealth of MassachuseHs Middlesex. ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Adams School, East Lexington (Precinct One/ and Cary Memorial Building, Lexington Center, (Precincts Two, Three and Four), on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of September 1954 at 8:00 o'clock A. M., for the following purposes: To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candi- dates of Political Parties for the following offices: Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of the Commonwealth Treasurer and Receiver -General Auditor of the Commonwealth Attorney General Senator in Congress Representative in Congress Councillor Senator Two Representatives in General Court District Attorney Register of Probate and Insolvency One County Commissioner One County Treasurer for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for this Commonwealth for 5th Congressional District for 6th Councillor District for 7th Middlesex Senatorial District for 19th Middlesex Representative District for Middlesex District for Middlesex County for Middlesex County 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 st least be`ore the time of said meeting as provided in the By -Laws of the Town. Hereof fail not and make return of 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 23rd day of August A.D., 1954. A true copy, Attest: JAMES F. MOWAT, Constable of Lexington HASKELL W. REED FREDERICK M. GAY LEON W. BATEMAN RAYMOND W. JAMES WILLIAM E. MALONEY Selectmen of Lexington CONSTABLE'S RETURN September 2, 1954 To the Town Clerk: I have served the foregoing warrant by posting a printed copy thereof in five (5) public places in the Town and also by sending by meil, postage prepaid, a printed copy of Such warrant addressed to every registered voter of the Town at his last residence, as appears from the records of the Board of Registrars of Voters 12 days before the time of said meeting. Attest: JAMES F. MOWAT, Constable of Lexington 78 ANNUAL REPORTS STATE PRIMARY SEPTEMBER 14, 1954 The following election officers had been appointed by the Selectmen and were assigned to duty at the Town Precincts as follows: Precinct Ono Charles J. Dailey Joseph P. Waddleton George E. Foster Ilda J. Field Mary A. Rowland Helga M. Carlson George D. Smith Rose I. McLaughlin Annie H. McDonnell Mary E. Clifford Warden Inspector inspector Clerk Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Precinct Two William W. Ferguson Ralph 1. Dale Randall W. Richards John H. Dacey Eleanor T. Husted Elizabeth F. Downey Mary S. H. Ellis Beatrice F. Morse Louise E. Ahern Mary Pierce J. Carroll Ryan Jean E. Baker Warden Inspector Inspector Clerk Tel ler Tel ler Teller Teller Teller Teller Tel ler Teller Precinct Three Emma Zitso Julia Vaughan Clarence E. Delp Edna D. Anderson Rosalie MacDonald Agnes T. Buckley Ethel M. Koester Velma Rhoda Ella G. Callahan Elizabeth Fardy Milton F. Hodgdon Dorothy A. Parks Warden Inspector Inspector Clerk Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Precinct Four Lester L. Andrews Helen M. Smith Helen M. Kirk Mary J. Ferry Warden inspector Inspector Clerk TOWN OF LEXINGTON 79 Michael 1 McDonough Teller Mary A, Hallett Teller Mary A. Spellman Teller Sally 5. Hooper Teller Caroline F. Deloury Teller Eleanor M. Cosgrove Teller Agnes G. Hall Teller Ingrid W. Newhall Teller The Polls were declared open in each Precinct at eight o'clock A. M. and re- mained 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: 80 ANNUAL REPORTS SECRETARY Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre.3 Pre Total Edward J. Cronin 113 56 45 58 272 Blanks 13 8 10 11 42 TREASURER 126 64 55 69 314 Pre. 1 Pre, 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Clement A. Riley 56 35 26 28 145 William F. Carr 45 12 14 15 86 John F. Kennedy 20 14 10 23 67 Blanks 5 3 5 3 16 Precinct 1 Twenty-three hundred enghty-four 2384 126 64 55 69 314 Precinct 2 Eighteen hundred seventy-four 1874 Precinct 3 Twenty-two hundred fifty-three 2253 .Precinct 4 Twenty-eight hundred forty-nine 2849 AUDITOR Total: Ninety-three hundred sixty 9360 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Thomas J. Buckley 116 57 48 58 279 The ballots were counted by the election officers in each Precinct, the tally Blanks I0 7 7 11 35 sheets and total vote sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. The ballots cast were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the 126 64 55 69 314 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 1 Ballots Cast: Dem. 126 Rep. 368 Total 494 Precinct 2 Ballots Cast: Dem. 64 Rep. 390 Total 454 Precinct 3 Ballots Cast: Dem. 55 Rep. 540 Total 595 Precinct 4 Ballots Cast: Dem. 69 Rep. 447 Total 516 Totals: 314 1745 2059 DEMOCRATIC PARTY GOVERNOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Robert F. Murphy 95 56 48 52 251 Francis E. Kelly 26 8 4 14 52 Blanks 5 ❑ 3 3 11 126 64 55 69 314 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre, 3 Pre. 4 Total James A. Burke 115 53 46 61 275 Blanks 1] 11 9 8 39 126 64 55 69 314 ATTORNEY GENERAL Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total John F. Collins 112 57 45 55 269 Blanks 14 7 10 14 45 126 64 55 69 314 SENATOR IN CONGRESS ,Pre.1 Pre.2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Foster Furco[o 90 49 43 40 222 John I. Fitzgerald 19 9 8 8 44 Joseph L. Murphy 12 4 3 19 38 Blanks 5 2 1 2 10 126 64 55 69 314 CONGRESSMAN Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Russell E. McMakin 0 1 0 0 1 Blanks 126 63 55 69 313 126 64 55 69 314 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 81 COUNCILLOR Pre. 1 Pre, 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total 33 14 10 21 78 10 11 10 3 34 33 3 4 4 44 17 13 8 16 54 19 11 13 17 60 14 12 10 8 44 John Francis Casey Joseph J. Corcoran Joseph Ray Crimmins James J. Reagan Edward T. Sullivan Blanks 126 64 55 69 314 SENATOR Pre. 1 Pre.2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Cornelius T. Finnegan, Jr. 75 33 22 38 168 Clarence L. Myette 12 8 7 9 36 Walter C. Powers 20 8 10 13 51 Blanks 19 15 16 9 59 126 64 55 69 314 REPRESENTATIVES 1N GENERAL COURT Pre.1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total John F. Monahan 89 47 32 49 217 Thomas F. Murphy 87 41 32 45 205 Blanks 76 40 46 44 206 252 128 110 138 628 DISTRICT ATTORNEY Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Joseph V. Carroll 20 8 11 9 48 Charles H. McCue 16 8 10 13 47 Paul V. Shaughnessy 34 27 15 22 98 Irving L. Stackpole 38 10 9 16 73 Blanks 18 11 10 9 48 126 64 55 69 314 82 ANNUAL REPORTS COU NTY COMMISSIONER Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Thomas B. Brennan 42 26 22 29 119 John J. Burke 15 6 4 4 29 Joseph Perry Costa 7 2 2 6 17 Wafter ), Frizzell 7 1 2 3 13 William E. Higham 7 1 2 2 12 James P. McCarthy 10 1 7 9 27 Jeannette C. Chisholm Sullivan 27 14 6 11 58 Blanks 11 13 10 5 39 126 64 55 69 314 COUNTY TREASURER 4re.1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total C. Michael Bradley 7 2 2 6 17 Francis T. Crawford 4 4 1 7 16 Timothy J. Cronin 26 10 15 10 61 Joseph M. Curley 5 3 2 3 13 Edward L. Harley 15 6 7 5 33 Daniel J. Hurley 9 1 1 0 6 26 Joseph T. Kelleher 11 11 7 11 40 Francis R. King .. 2 0 0 1 3 John J. McGlynn 7 3 0 5 15 Wilbur F. Nixon 10 6 1 6 23 Dennis F. O'Keefe 1 0 0 0 1 Michael A, O'Leary 9 5 0 2 16 Blanks 20 13 10 7 50 126 64 55 69 314 REPUBLICAN PARTY GOVERNOR il're.1 Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 Total Christian A. Herter 337 369 518 426 1650 Blanks 31 21 22 21 95 368 390 540 447 1745 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Pre. 1 Pre, 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total REGISTRAR OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY Sumner G. Whittier 350 373 523 426 1672 Pre.l Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 Total Blanks 18 17 17 21 73 John J. Butler 24 13 9 12 58 Philip P. Dever 18 5 8 7 38 368 390 540 447 1745 John J. Foley 46 16 12 15 89 Clifford Halligan 3 3 4 6 16 SECRETARY 20 13 10 17 60 Pre. 1 Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 Total John V. Harvey 15 14 12 12 53 Michael J. McCarthy 324 359 504 398 1585 BlanksBlanks 44 31 36 49 160 126 64 55 69 314 368 390 540 447 1745 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 83 TREASURER Pre. 1 Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 Total Augustus G. Means 328 365 509 405 1607 Blanks 40 25 31 42 138 368 390 540 447 1745 AUDITOR Pre.1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total William P. Constantino 325 357 497 395 1574 43 33 43 52 171 Blanks 368 390 540 447 1745 ATTORNEY GENERAL Pre.] Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 Total George Fingold 338 369 519 423 1649 Blanks 30 21 21 24 96 368 390 540 447 1745 SENATOR IN CONGRESS Pre, 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Leveret 5altonstall 349 369 513 429 1660 Blanks 19 21 27 18 85 368 390 540 447 1745 84 ANNUAL REPORTS REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT Pre.1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total John Brox 239 292 369 310 1210 Charles E. Ferguson 344 361 493 407 1605 Paul M. Tremblay 80 56 124 94 354 Blanks 73 71 94 83 321 736 780 1080 894 3490 DISTRICT ATTORNEY Pre. 1 Pre.2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total George E. Thompson 307 339 490 396 11532 Blanks 61 51 50 51 213 368 390 540 447 1745 REGISTRAR OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY Pre.1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre.4 Total Sumner R. Andrews 76 122 121 120 439 Gordon L. Axtman .. 2 1 1 1 5 James J. Bagley 6 3 16 9 34 Robert W. Cook 16 19 17 29 81 Lawrence H. Davis 45 58 95 64 262 Warren J. Fitzgerald 138 106 190 132 566 Gordon F. Hughes 3 3 6 5 17 4ohn F. Lombard 11 17 19 24 71 Clarence E. Lord 5 2 5 5 17 Frederick J. Wheeler Jr. 15 8 15 10 48 Blanks 51 51 55 48 205 368 390 540 447 1745 CONGRESSMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre.3 Pre. 4 Total Pre.1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Edith Nourse Rogers 324 350 492 418 1584 Alan G. Adams 322 359 490 405 1576 Blanks 44 40 48 29 161 Stanley E. Andrews 12 6 13 10 41 1 -Ernest Brenner 14 11 13 14 52 368 390 540 447 1745 Albert L. Daigle 0 1 1 1 3 Guy DiNuccio 2 2 3 3 10 Delbert A. Merenda 1 0 3 2 6 COUNCILLOR Ellis Sutcliffe 3 3 8 4 18 Pre.1 Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 Total Horace H. Walker 1 1 4 1 7 M. Edward Viola 326 362 496 396 1580 D. Paul Wormwood 2 0 3 0 5 Blanks 42 28 44 51 165 Blanks 11 7 2 7 27 368 390 540 447 1745 368 390 540 447 1745 COUNTY TREASURER SENATOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre.3 Pre. 4 Tofal Pre. 1 Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 Total Charles P. Howard 322 352 502 407 1583 George J. Evans 306 332 470 386 1494 Blanks 46 38 38 40 162 John C. Connelly 35 33 35 28 131 Blanks 27 25 35 33 120 368 390 540 447 1745 JAMES J. CARROLL, 368 390 540 447 1745 Town Clerk TOWN OF LEXINGTON 85 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 wam the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in Elections to meet in the Adams School, East Lexington (Precinct One) and Cary Memorial Building, Lexington Center (Precincts Two, Three and Four), on TUESDAY,THE SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1954 at 7:30 A. M., to cast their ballots for the following officers: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Senator in Congress; Representative in Congress; Councillor; Senator; Two Representatives in General Court; District Attorney; Register of Probate and Insolvency; One County Commis- sioner; One County Treasurer. And to take action on the following questions: QUESTION NO. 1 A. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages)? B. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and matt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages)? 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? QUESTION NO. 2 A. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county? B. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county? The polls will be open at 7:30 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 return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, an or before the time of said meeting, Given under our hands at Lexington, this 18th day of October, A.D., 1954. I YES 1 NO YES 1—NO YES NO 1 YE5 NO YES 1 NO J A true copy, Attest: JAMES F. MOWAT, Constable of Lexington HASKELL W. REED FREDERICK M. GAY LEON W. BATEMAN WILLIAM E. MALONEY RAYMOND W. JAMES Selectmen of Lexington 86 ANNUAL REPORTS CONSTABLE'S RETURN To the Town Clerk: I have served the foregoing warrant by posting a printed copy thereof in five (5) public places in the Town and also by sending by mail, postage prepaid, a printed copy of such warrant addressed to every registered voter of the Town at his last residence, as appears from the records of the Board of Registrars of Voters 10 days before the time of said meeting. Attest: JAMES F. MOWAT, Constable of Lexington October 22, 1954 STATE ELECTION 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 Joseph P. Waddletan George E. Foster Ilde J. Field Mary A, Rowland Helga M. Carlson George D. Smith Rose I. McLaughlin Annie H. McDonnell Mary Ella Clifford Gwendoline Johnson Alice G. Marshall K. Claudine Foster William C. Madden Warden Inspector Inspector Clerk Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Tel ler Teller Teller Teller Precinct Two William W. Ferguson Ralph 1. Dale Randall W. Richards John H. Dacey Eleanor T. Husted Mary G. Oliver Elizabeth F. Downey Mary 5. H. Ellis Beatrice F. Morse Louise E. Ahern Edward McGrory Velma M. Rhoda Warden Inspector Inspector Clerk Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Precinct Three Emma Zitso Julia Vaughan Clarence E. Delp Edna D. Anderson Warden inspector Inspector Clerk Agnes T. Buckley Florence M. Bruce Rosalie MacDonald .. Ethel M. Koester J. Carroll Ryan Ella G. Callahan 'TOWN OF LEXINGTON Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Teller Tel Ler Elizabeth Fardy Jean E. Baker Mary R. McDonough Everett G. Potter 87 Precinct Four Lester L. Andrews Warden Helen M. Smith Inspector Helen M. Kirk Inspector Mary J. Ferry Clerk Michael J. McDonough Teller Mary A. Hallett Teller Mary A. Spellman Teller Sally S. Hooper Teller Caroline F. Deloury Teller Eleanor M. Cosgrove Teller Agnes Hall Teller Ingrid M. Newhall Teller Catheryne M. Ferry Teller Alice Ryan Teller Madeline V. Peterson Teller The Polls were declared open in each Precinct at 7:30 o'clock A. M. and re- mained 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 1 Twenty-five hundred six Precinct 2 Nineteen hundred eighty-six Precinct 3 Twenty-four hundred six Precinct 4 Three thousand fifty-four Tota[: The ballots were sheets and total vote The ballots cast election officers, toge at his office. The Town Clerk results as follows: Precinct 1 Precinct 2 Precinct 3 Precinct 4 Ninety-nine hundred fifty-two counted by the election officers in each Precinct, the tally sheets prepared by the Town Clerk being used. were counted, enclosed in envelopes, sealed, signed by the ther with the unused ballots and delivered to the Town Clerk 2506 1986 2406 3054 9952 and the members of the Board of Registrars canvassed the Twenty-one hundred thirty-seven Sixteen hundred twenty-one Twenty-one hundred six Twenty-four hundred eighty-three Total: Eighty-three hundred forty-seven 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 88 ANNUAL REPORTS GOVERNOR Christian A. Herter Robert F. Murphy Lawrence Gilfedder Guy 5. Williams Blanks Pre. 1 1466 653 4 3 11 2137 Pre.2 Pre.3 Pre.4 Total 1255 1706 1935 6362 351 385 531 1920 5 5 1 15 2 2 3 10 8 8 13 40 1621 2106 2483 8347 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Pre. 1 Pre. 2 1496 1259 613 347 3 3 3 3 22 9 Sumner G. Whittier James A. Burke Donald E. Babcock Francis A. Votano Blanks Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total 1719 1950 6424 360 507 1827 1 5 12 7 3 16 19 18 68 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 SECRETARY Edward J. Cronin Michael J. McCarthy Fred M. I ngersol l William D. Ross Blanks Pre. 1 Pre. 2 784 463 1288 1107 8 4 9 12 48 35 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total 490 680 2417 1561 1730 5686 11 5 28 10 21 52 34 47 164 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 TREASURER John F. Kennedy Augustus G. Means ... Henning A. Blomen Isaac Goddard Blanks Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre.4 Total 745 413 474 629 226] 1336 1171 1594 1801 5902 9 4 4 4 21 1 4 4 5 14 46 29 30 44 149 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 AUDITOR Thomas J. Buckley William P. Constantino John 8. Lauder Anthony Martin Blanks Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 918 520 606 812 1170 1057 1448 1599 1 1 4 10 7 6 4 6 41 37 44 56 2137 1621 2106 2483 Total 2856 5274 16 23 178 8347 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 89 90 ANNUAL REPORTS ATTORNEY GENERAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY—NORTHERN DISTRICT Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Pre.1 Pre. 2 Pte. 3 Pre.4 Total George Fingold 1485 1253 1717 1920 6375 George E. Thompson 1413 1227 1 655 1887 6182 John F. Collins 619 347 354 532 1852 Joseph V. Carroll 661 352 399 525 1937 Howard B. Rand 6 3 4 5 18 Blanks 63 42 52 71 228 Malcolm T. Rowe 3 5 4 2 14 Bfanks 24 13 27 24 88 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 2137 1621 2106 2483 8247 REGISTER OF PROBATE AND 1NVOLVENCY MIDDLESEX COUNTY SENATOR IN CONGRESS Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Pre.1 Pre. 2 pre. 3 pre. 4 Total Leverett 5altonstaII 1469 1242 1694 1944 6349 Warren J, Fitzgerald 1397 1207 1631 1849 6084 Foster Furcolo 634 359 391 515 1899 John J. Foley 664 357 405 548 1974 Thelma Ingersoll 3 2 3 4 12 Blanks 76 57 70 86 289 Harold J. Ireland 6 3 2 3 14 --' Blanks 25 15 16 17 73 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 COUNTY COMMISSIONER—MIDDLESEX COUNTY CONGRESSMAN—FIFTH DISTRICT Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Edith Nourse Rogers 1857 1428 1917 2278 7480 Blanks 280 193 189 205 867 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 COUNCILLOR—SIXTH DISTRICT Pre. 1 Pre.2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total M. Edward Viola 1495 1221 1664 1887 6267 John Francis Casey 586 337 376 503 1802 Anthony D. Hall 10 11 4 25 50 Blanks 46 52 62 68 228 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 SENATOR --SEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT Pre. I Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Fre. 4 Total George J. Evans 1387 1188 1630 1833 6038 Cornelius T, Finnegan, Jr, 681 387 417 590 2075 Blanks 69 46 59 60 234 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT NINETEENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT Pro. 1 Pre. 2 Pre.3 Pre. 4 Total John Brox 1195 1074 1470 1634 5373 Charles E. Ferguson 1507 T247 1674 1935 6363 John F. Mona ban 553 301 338 459 1651 Thomas F. Murphy 519 277 310 416 1522 Blanks 500 343 420 522 1785 4274 3242 4212 4966 16694 Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Thomas B. Brennan 568 341 385 494 1 788 Alan G. Adams 1522 1246 1684 1941 6393 Blanks 47 34 37 48 166 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 COUNTY TREASURER MIDDLESEX COUNTY Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Charles P. Howard 11352 1184 1629 1836 6001 Timothy ). Cronin 713 387 421 569 2090 Blanks 72 50 56 78 256 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 QUESTION NO. 1—LIQUOR A. (All Alcoholic beverages) Pre. 1 Pre, 2 Pre. 3 Pre. 4 Total Yes 599 359 410 542 1910 No •1173 1001 1341 1516 5031 Blanks 365 261 355 425 1406 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 B. [Wines and Malt Beverages) Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre, 3 Pre. 4 Total Yes 565 359 390 521 1835 No 1145 971 1324 1493 4933 Blanks ,.. 427 291 392 469 1579 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 TOWN OF LEXINGTON C. (Package Stores) Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Yes 1494 1113 1486 Na 534 441 533 Blanks 109 67 87 2137 1621 2106 QUESTION NO. 2—HORSE RACES A. 91 Pre. 4 Total 1754 5847 634 2142 95 358 2483 8347 Pre, 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Pre.4 Total Yes 727 427 563 689 2406 No 1235 1087 1376 1616 5314 Blanks 175 107 167 178 627 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 QUESTION NO. 2—DOG RACES Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre.3 Pre. 4 Total Yes 670 385 520 644 2219 No 1260 1115 1400 1628 5403 Blanks 207 121 186 211 725 At -test: 2137 1621 2106 2483 8347 JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk MASSACHUSETTS WAR BALLOTS --NOVEMBER 2, 1954 NUMBER of service persons who personally applied by Federal postcard or otherwise for State War Ballot 18 NUMBER of service persons who were registered voters for whom State War Ballot applications were made by kindred 2 NUMBER of service persons who were not registered voters, for whom reg- istration as voters and State War Ballots were made by kindred 2 NUMBER of ballots mailed to service persons 22 NUMBER of such ballots cast 16 NUMBER of such ballots rejected None At -test: JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk 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 Town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in Cary Memorial Hall, in said Lexington, on Monday, the 92 ANNUAL REPORTS twenty-second day of November, 1954 at 8:00 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. ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a committee to prepare final plans and specifications, to obtain bids and enter into a contract or contracts for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of a new elementary school building to be constructed on the land situated westerly of Lowell Street and northwesterly of Maple Street that the Town acquired for school and playground purposes in 1951, and to supervise the work; and appropriate a sum of money for such purposes and determine whether the .money shall be pro- vided by transfer from available funds, including unexpended' balances in current appropriations, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a committee to obtain preliminary plans and specifications and cost estimates for the construc- tion and original equipping and furnishing of an addition or additions to the Senior High School building; and appropriate a sum of money for the expenses of the committee and provide for payment thereof by transfer from available funds, in- cluding unexpended balances in current appropriations; 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 warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk. on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands at Lexington, this eighth day of November, A.D., 1954. A true copy, Attest: JAMES F. MOWAT, Constable of Lexington HASKELL W. REED FREDERICK M. GAY LEON W. BATEMAN WILLIAM E. MALONEY RAYMOND W, JAMES Selectmen of Lexington CONSTABLE'S RETURN To the Town Clerk: November 12, 1954 I have served the foregoing warrant by posting a printed copy thereof in five (5) public places in the Town and also by sending by mail, postage prepaid, a printed copy of such warrant addressed to every registered voter of the Town at his last residence, as appears from the records of the Board of Registrars 10 days before the time of said meeting. Attest: JAMES F. MOWAT, Constable of Lexington TOWN OF LEXINGTON 93 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 22, 1954 Meeting called to order by the Moderator, Charles E. Ferguson. 8:05 P. M. There were 155 Town Meeting Members present. Town Clerk, Janes J. Carroll, read the warrant for the meeting until, by motion of Haskell W. Reed, further reading was waived. 8:06 P. M. Town Clerk, James J. Carroll, read the Constable's Return. 8:07 P. M. ARTICLE 1. Gardner C. Ferguson, Chairman of the Appropriation Commit- tee, presented report of the committee which was voted to be accepted and placed on file. 8:07 P. M. Alfred P. Tropeano, Chairman of the Maple Street School Building Committee, read report of the committee. 8:08 P. M. ARTICLE 2. George P. Wadsworth, Chairman of the School Committee, presented the following: VOTED: That the Maple Street School Building Committee, appointed under the authority of the vote adopted under Article 11 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on October 5, 1953, be and hereby is authorized on behalf of the Town to retain architectural services and obtain final plans and specifications for the construction, original equipping and furnishing of a new elementary school to be known as The Harrington School, and to be constructed on the land situated westerly of Lowell Street and northwesterly of Maple Street that the Town acquired for school and playground purposes in 1951; to obtain bids and to enter into a contract or contracts for such construction, original equipping and furnishing, and to supervise the carrying on of the work; and that the sum of $733,000.00 be and hereby is appropriated for such construction, original equipping and furnishing, and that payment be provided by the transfer of $33,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account and by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town for the balance of $700,000.00; and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $700,000.00 under authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as amended, within a period not exceeding twenty years. 8:19 P. M. A. Edward Rowse presented the following amendment: MOTION TO AMEND Mr, Moderator, I move to amend the motion by striking it out and substituting in place thereof the following motion: That the Maple Street School Building Committee, appointed under the au- thority of the vote adopted under Article 11 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on October 5, 1953, be and hereby is authorized on behalf of the Town to retain architectural services and obtain final plans and specifications for the construction, original equipping and furnishing of a new elementary school to include eighteen classrooms and to be known as The Harrington School, and to be 94 ANNUAL REPORTS constructed on the land situated westerly of Lowell Street and northwesterly of Maple Street that the Town acquired far school and playground purposes in 1951; to obtain bids and to enter into a contract or contracts for su�h construction, original equipping and furnishing, and to supervise the carrying on of the work; and that the sum of $759,000.00 be and hereby is appropriated for such con- struction, original equipping and furnishing, and that payment be provided by the transfer of $39,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account and by the issue of bonds or notes of the Town for the balance of $720,000.00; and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $720,000.00 under authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, to be pay- able in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as amended, within a period not exceeding twenty years. 8:30 P. M. Amendment voted on and declared lost unanimously by voice vote. 8:40 P. M. Main motion as presented by George P. Wadsworth voted on and declared car- ried unanimously by voice vote. 8:45 P. M. ARTICLE 3. Presented by George P. Wadsworth. VOTED: That the Moderator be and he hereby is authorized and directed to appoint a High School Building Addition Committee of five residents of the Town, one of whom shall be a member of the School Committee at the time of appoint- ment, to retain architectural services and obtain preliminary plans and specifica- tions for an addition or additions to the Senior High School Building; to obtain cost estimates for the construction, original equipping and furnishing of such ad- dition or additions, and to report to the 1955 Annual Town Meeting; and that the sum of $5,000.00 be appropriated for the expenses of the committee and be pro- vided by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Voted an and declared carried unanimously by voice vote. 8:54 P. M. Haskell W. Reed, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, moves that meeting be dissolved. Carried Unanimously 8:54 P. M. JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk TOWN OF LEXINGTON STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF RETIREMENT December 31, 1954 95 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Following is the report of the Treasurer of the Contributory Retirement System Funds of the Town of Lexington for the year 1954: Total in Account December 31, 1954 $287,380.52 Deposits not on interest: Lexington Trust Company $5,780.93 5,780.93 Deposits on interest: Andover Savings Bank 2,329.60 Cambridge Savings Bank 5,000.00 Chelsea Savings Bank 2,285.13 Dedham Institution for Savings 5,000.00 East Cambridge Savings Bank 1,289,36 Eliot Savings Bank 5,000.00 Hingham Institution for Savings 1,911.36 Hudson Savings Bank 5,000.00 Newburyport Institution for Savings 7,500.00 Lexington Savings Bank -10000.00 Lynn Institution for Savings 2,279.90 Marlboro Savings Bank 5,000.00 Melrose Savings Bank 5,000.00 Newton Savings Bank 3,549.21 Middlesex Institution for Savings 5,000.00 Natick Five Cents Savings Bank 5,000.00 Newton Centre Savings Bank 2,969.69 Provident Institution for Savings—Amesbury 5,000.00 Quincy Savings Bank 1,206.87 Rockland Savings Bank 2,273.28 Somerville Savings Bank 5,000.00 Wakefield Savings Bank 1160.91 Waltham Savings Bank 5,000.00 West Newton Savings Bank 2,000.00 Weymouth Savings Bank 5,000.00 Winchester Savings Bank 1,277.51 Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank 2,429.11 Securities: Bonds (book values) U. 5. Bonds Series G 56,000.00 U. 5, Bonds Treasury 9,952.50 American Telephone Company 5,122.86 Fall River Electric Light 2,059.02 New York Tel. & Tel. Company 5 061.71 Public Service of New Hampshire 10,275.00 104,461.93 88,471,09 96 ANNUAL REPORTS Stocks (market value) Bankers Trust Company 5,425.00 Chase National Bank 4,825.00 Chemical Corn Exchange 9,858.25 First National—Boston 5,832.00 Manhattan Company 4,162.50 Merchants National Bank 3,650.00 National City Bank 7,455.00 National Shawmut Bank 4,150.00 Second National Bank 6,930.00 State Street Trust Company 8,000.00 Co-operative Bank Shares Auburndale Co-operative Bank 3,362.40 Concord Co-operative Bank 3,000.00 Marlboro Co-operative Bank 3,000.00 Needham Co-operative Bank 3,362.80 Mt, Vernon Co-operative Bank 3,000.00 Joseph Warren Co-operative Bank 3,000.00 Federal Savings & Loan Shares Lexington Natick Interest Accrued on Securities December 31, 1954 Cash: !n office or transit TOTAL 6,436.42 2,025.00 558.32 633.88 60,287.75 18,725.20 8,461.42 558.32 633.88- $287,380.52 33.88 $287,380.52 JAMES J. CARROLL, Treasurer TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK To the Honorable Board of Selectmen December 31, 1954 Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Following is the report of the Town Clerk's Department for the year 1954, including all licenses issued and fees collected, fees collected being turned over to the Town: Male Dog Licenses Issued 922 @ $2.00 $1,844.00 Female Dog Licenses Issued 120 @ 5.00 600.00 Spayed Female Dag Licenses Issued 752 2 Void 97 Kennel Licenses Issued Kennel Licenses issued Transfer Licenses Issued Military Licenses Issued 750 @ 2.00 1,500.00 2 @ 25.00 50.00 6 @ 10.00 60.00 6 @ .25 1.50 18 @ Free Total Total Number of Cog Licenses 1824 SPORTING LICENSES $4,055.50 98 ANNUAL REPORTS OTHER LICENSES, MORTGAGES AND DISCHARGES Marriage Licenses Issued 188 @ $2.00 $376.00 Mortgages Recorded 1,177.75 Discharges Recorded 88.53 Certified Certificates 257.50 Miscel fa neous 37.00 Pole Locations 85.50 Gasoline Permits 74 @ .50 37.00 SUMMARY Dog Licenses Issued $4,055.50 Sporting Licenses Issued 2,722.50 Marriage Licenses Issued 376.00 Mortgages Recorded 1,177.75 Discharges Recorded 88.53 Certified Certificates 257.50 Miscellaneous 37.00 Pole Locations 85.50 Gasoline Permits 37.00 Total Respectfully submitted, $8,837.28 Resident JAMES J. CARROLL, Citizen Fishing Issued 374 Town Clerk 2 Void 372 @ 3.25 $1,209.00 Citizen Hunting Issued 167 @ 3.25 542.75 REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES Citizen Sporting Issued 119 @ 5.25 624.75 Citizen Minor Fishing Issued 58 December 31, 1954 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen 1 Void Lexington, Massachusetts 57 @ 1.25 71.25 Gentlemen: Citizen Female Fishing Issued 60 I herebysubmit the report of the Collector's Department for theyear ending 1 Void December 31, 1954. 59 @ 2.25 132.75 Amount outstandingDecember 31, 1953 Citizen Minor Trapping Issued 4 @ 2.25 9.00 $195,044.48 Citizen Trapping Issued 12 @ 5.25 93.00 Amount committed in 1 954 2,614,867.30 PP 9 Duplicate Licenses Issued 0 @ .50 .50 $2,809,911.78 Citizen Sporting Issued 32 @ Free Collected, abated, apportioned or transferred in Citizen Military or Naval Sporting 27 @ Free 1954 Citizen Old Age Assistance Fishing 1 @ Free 2,651,376.34 Non -Resident Amount outstandingDecember 31, 1954 ... Citizen Fishing Issued 2 @ 7.75 15.50 $148,535.44 Citizen Military or Naval Sporting 12 @ 2.00 24.00 Respectfully submitted, Total .. Total Number of Sporting Licenses Issued 865 ETHEL U. RICH, $2,722.50 Collector of Taxes TOWN OF LEXINGTON 99 REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL December 31, 1954 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, 1954 to December 31, 1954. The report is divided into the several sections required by the By -Laws. la) All actions by or against the Town which were pending on January 1, 1954. 1. Town of Lexington vs. 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 vs. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex Su- perior Court No. 171102. Petition for assessment of damages arising out of taking of land for the new route 128. 3. Edward H. Blaguszewski et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 173466. Action for personal injuries and property damage from alleged street defect. 4. Continental Casualty Company vs. Attilio D. Daddario and Town of Lexington et als, Suffolk Superior Court No, 64846 Equity. Suit by surety company against contractor for whom it issued performance bond and Town of Lexington joined in attempt to reach any money due contractor from rhe Town. 5. Town of Lexington vs. Benjamin A. Simeone et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 17001 Equity. Bill in equity to enjoin violation of Zoning By -Law. 6. Town of Lexington vs. Clarence Philip Shannon et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. Equity 17169. Bill in equity to enjoin alleged violation of Zoning fay -Law, 7. Employers' Fire Insurance Co. vs. Attilio D. Daddario, Town of Lexington et afs, Suffolk Superior Court No. Equity 66129. Bill in equity to establish debt of Daddario to plaintiff and to reach and apply alleged indebtedness of Lexington to Daddario. 8. American Employers Insurance Co. vs. Attilio D. Daddario, Town of Lexington et als, Suffolk Superior Court No, Equity 66130. Bill in equity to establish debt of Daddario to plaintiff and to reach and apply alleged indebtedness of Lexington to Daddario. 9. Willard S. Levings et al vs. County of Middlesex and Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 181523. Petition for jury assessment of damages arising out of taking interest in land on Paul Revere Road for highway purposes. 10. Robert Burrell vs. Town of Lexington, District Court of Central Middlesex No. 14079. Action for property damage. 11. Ralph Bernard Witthus vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-98296. Petition for abatement of 1952 real estate tax, 100 ANNUAL REPORTS 12. Town of Lexington vs. Robert Rowsell, Middlesex Superior Court No. Equity 17925, Bill in equity to enjoin violation of Zoning By -Law. 13. Gorham Buttrick et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 185 i 61. Petition for assessment of damages for taking of sewer easement by eminent domain. 14. William Lester Barnes et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No, 185162. Petition for assessment of damages for taking of sewer easement by eminent domain. 15. Abigail J. Durfee vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board Nos. X-96288 and X-101712. Petitions for abatement of 1952 and 1953 real estate taxes. 16. Alden F. Westerlund et al vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-101771. Petition for abatement of 1953 real estate tax. lb) All actions brought by or against the Town during 1954. 1. 'Richard W. O'Connell vs, Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 189112. Petition for jury assessment of damages arising out of taking of interest in land for laying out and extension of Edison Way. .2, Town of Lexington vs. William J. Dailey, Middlesex Superior Court No. Equity 18357. Bill in equity to enjoin violation of the rules and regulations of the Board of Health. 3. Commonwealth vs. Arnold E. Stocker, District Court of Central Middlesex No. 45185 Criminal. Complaint for violation of Building By -Law. 4. Commonwealth vs. Arnold E. Stocker, District Court of Central Middlesex No. 45186 Criminal, Complaint for violation of Plumbing By -Law. 5. Robert J. Schaefer vs. Town of Lexington et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 193591. Action of tort for property damage. 6. Commonwealth vs. Frank Massimilla, District Court of Central Middlesex No. 46078 Criminal. Complaint for violation of General By -Laws in removing loam and gravel without a permit from the Board of Appeals. 7. Abigail J. Durfee vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-106732. Petition for abatement of 1954 real estate tax. 8. Frederic K. Johnson Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 31514. Petition for abatement of 1954 real estate tax, 9. John D. Wilson vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court. Action of tort for damages to land. lc) All actions settled or disposed of during 1954. 1. Edward H, Blagusxewski et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 173466. Action for personal injuries and property damage from alleged street defect. Case settled for $232.00. 2. Employers' Fire Insurance Co. vs. Attilio D. Daddario, Town of Lexington et als, Suffolk Superior Court No. Equity 66129. Bill in equity to establish debt of Daddario to plaintiff and to reach and apply alleged indebtedness of Lexington to Daddario. Decree entered dismissing the bill as to the Town. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 101 3. American Employers Insurance Co. vs. Attilio D, Daddario, Town of Lexington et als, Suffolk Superior Court No. Equity 66130. Bill in equity to establish debt of Daddario to plaintiff and to reach and apply alleged indebtedness of Lexington to Daddario. Decree entered dismissing bill as to the Town. 4, Willard S. Levings et al vs. County of Middlesex and Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 181523. Petition for jury assessment for damages arising out of taking interest in land on Paul Revere Road for highway purposes. Petition dismissed with consent of plaintiff. 5. Robert Burrell vs. Town of Lexington, District Court of Central Middlesex No. 14079. Action for property damage. Case settled for $25.00. 6. !Ralph Bernard Witthus vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X-98296. Petition for abatement of 1952 real estate tax. Petition dismissed. 7. Town of Lexington vs. Robert Rowsell, Middlesex Superior Court No. Equity 17925. Bill in equity to enjoin violation of Zoning By -Law. Bill dismissed after violation ceased. 8. Abigail J. Durfee vs. Board of Assessors, Appelate Tax Board Nos. X-96288 and X-101712. Petitions for abatement of 1952 and 1953 real estate taxes. Abatement of $35.20 ordered for each of the two years. 9. Town of Lexington vs. William J. Dailey, Middlesex Superior Court No. Equity 18357. Bill in equity to enjoin violation of the rules and regulations of the Board of Health. Decree entered enjoining the violation. 10. Commonwealth vs. Arnold E. Stocker, District Court of Central Middlesex No. 45185 Criminal. Complaint for violation of Building By -Law, Defendant found guilty and fined $25.00. 11. Commonwealth vs. Arnold E. Stocker, District Court of Central Middlesex No, 45186 Criminal. Complaint for violation of Plumbing By -Law. Defendant found guilty and fined $10.00. 12. Commonwealth vs. Frank Massimilla, District Court of Central Middlesex No, 46078 Criminal. Complaint for violation of General By -Laws in removing loam and gravel without a permit from the Board of Appeals. Violation ceased, practical restoration of land made, and case placed on file upon a plea of nolo. {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 1954. SERVICES Edward H. Blaguszewski et al vs. Lexington $150.00 Lexington vs. William J. Dailey 310.00 Abigail J. Durfee vs. Board of Assessors 60.00 Kelley Corporation -collection of 1953 personal property tax 75.00 Willard 5. Levings et al vs. Lexington 80.00 Alexander Palladino -Zoning By -Law violation 50.00 Lexington vs. Robert Rowsell 30.00 Commonwealth vs. Arnold E. Stocker 130.00 Robert Burrell vs. Lexington 75.00 Boston and Maine Railroad -petition to D.P.U. to suspend operation of two passenger trains 800.00 102 ANNUAL REPORTS Lexington vs. B, A. Simeone Commonwealth vs. Frank Massimilla Town of Lexington -A. D. Daddario and Raimo Contracting Co Miscellaneous claims by and against the Town 1,800.00 140.00 500.00 75.00 TOTAL $4,275.00 DI58 U RSEMENTS Lexington vs. William J. Dailey -entry fee in Court service of process on defendant $5.00 5.50 Boston and Maine petition -transcript of testimony at the hearing 151.45 Lexington vs. 8. A. Simeone -witness fees and expenses 54.27 Frederic K. Johnson Realty Trust vs. Board of As- sessors -fee for transfer to formal procedure 5,00 General Office Expense TOTAL $10.50 $221.22 500.00 $721.22 I wish to express my appreciation of the cooperation ad assistance extended to me by the officials, employees and citizens of the Town with whom I have been privileged to work during the year. Respectfully submitted, HAROLD E. STEVENS, Town Counsel TOWN OF LEXINGTON 103 REPORT THE CARY LECTURE COMMITTEE December 31, 1954 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The committee in charge of the lectures provided under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary submits its twenty-fifth Annual Report covering the period from January 1, 1954 to December 31, 1954. January 21, 1954 Old Be}fry Club Players in "Born Yesterday" February 25, 1954 Boston Salon Orchestra Group, Samuel Seininger conducting, in "An Evening of Light Operatic Music," with Alice Farnsworth, Eleanor Davis, Wesley Copplestone and William Metcalf May 13, 1954 Alton Hall Blackington—"Stories of New England" illustrated by color pictures June 3, 1954 Life Magazine's Color Pictures—"The World We Live In" October 21, 1954 "Starring the Editors" with Erwin D. Canham, Chirstian Sciene Monitor, Moderator; William E. Mullins, Boston Herald; Lester Allen, Boston Post, Edward Holland, Boston Record The expenses incurred for these lectrues have been defrayed by the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund. Respectfully submitted, MRS. CLAYTON M. HAGER W. NEIL CHAPMAN HAROLD F, WHEELER, Chairman 104 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE December 31, 1954 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: We hereby submit our report for the year ending December 31, 1954. Attendance at, and use of all available recreational facilities continues to show a steady increase. The following figures demonstrate that these facilities are at the present time taxed to the utmost. COMPARATIVE ATTENDANCE AT POOL 1951 1952 1953 1954 13,405 16,632 17,702 17,357 (9 weeks only in 1954) Hurricane Carol forced the closing of the pool for the final week of the season. However, the weekly pool attendance average for 1954 was much larger than in any previous year. 1951 PLAYGROU NDS 1952 1953 1954 6,974 7,815 8,534 8,569 1951 1,284 ARTS AND CRAFTS 1952 1953 2,180 3,184 1954 4,015 The usual flood of applications for use of all facilities available have been received. The committee has tried to find a time and place for all applicants. However, the situation is that there is not the supply of available facilities to meet the ever growing demand. Attendance at the Saturday morning classes continue to increase. The figures for the year 1954 are as follows. FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES—AVERAGE ATTENDANCE EACH SESSION Boys -71 Girls -42 The regular leagues are as usual very active as the following figures indicate. CHURCH LEAGUE -6 Teams—Average Attendance Per Session -62 COMMUNITY BASKETBALL -6 Teams—Average Atendance Per Session -37 LEXINGTON SOFTBALL LEAGUE -135 Young Men Participated. The Tennis Courts are in great demand and are in continual use. The work of preparing the baseball diamond for the Little League has been started and will be ready for use in the spring. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 105 106 ANNUAL REPORTS Requests from many towns -people in the East Lexington section for illumination of the ice skating facilities at the rear of the Adams school has resulted in the erection of the necessary equipment for lighting this area during the skating season, The committee feels that there is an urgent need for additional athletic areas as well as play areas and is presently making a complete study as to available land to meet this need. The committee has received requests in the forms of both peti- tions and representative committees in regard to the development of play areas. All of these requests are being given every consideration. The resignation of Robert Person as chairman of the committee was regretfully accepted. Mr. Person was a member of the committee for five years and has moved to Florida. Mrs. Ruth Morey was appointed by the School Committee to succeed Mr. Person. Included in this report must be the committees highest commendation of it's part time Director, Mr. Adolph Samborski. His cooperation with the committee plus the valuable working knowledge he possesses has removed many burdens from the shoulders of the committee. Respectfully submitted, ERNEST J. CREME, Chairman HOWARD W. FOLEY MURRAY T. POTTER M. LAWRENCE ALLEN RUTH MOREY PARKING METER FUND December 31, 1954 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Following is the report of the Parking Meter Fund: Start of Parking Meter Collections April 15, 1950 Total Collection to December 31, 1954 $40,361.99 Expenses 24,451.98 Parking Meter Fund December 31, 1954 $15,910.01 Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Treasurer REPORT THE INSPECTOR OF WIRES December 31, 1954 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen; I hereby submit my report as Wire Inspector for the year 1954 for electrical work installed in the Town of Lexington. Permits granted 829 New Houses wired 315 Oil burners installed 419 Electric Ranges installed 40 Additions 93 Hot Water heaters installed 47 Alterations 11 Electric dryers installed 65 Temporary services 55 Dish washers installed 7 Electric garbage disposals 4 Post light installed 7 Gas heaters installed 11 Gasoline pumps installed 2 Air conditioning units installed 5 Flood light installed 10 Commercial installations 40 Calcinators installed 6 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Health called for the inspection of the Fairlawn Nursing home and also the Stanley Nur-sing home. The year 1954 has shown a slight drop in New Homes but an increase in additional installations. In the months of August and September due to two Hurricanes, considerable Electrical damage was done but service was restored to normal over a period of a few weeks. I wish to thank the Building Inspector and Building Department and members. of the Fire Department for their assistance. Respectful ly submitted, ROBERT K. JEREMIAH, Inspector of Wires TOWN OF LEXINGTON 107 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF RETIREMENT December 31, 1954 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The Board of Retirement respectfully submits its fifteenth annual report covering the operations of the Town of Lexington Contributory Retirement System for the calendar year ending December 31, 1954. During the year the Board held twelve meetings. Election of one member was held in the Town Accountant's Office and Arthur Silva was re-elected for three years. The Division of Insurance conducted their Triennial examination of the system. A brief review of the operations of the system during the year, together with a financial statement and a list of pensioners are herewith submitted; Retired Members 1954 G. Mildred Thompson Death of Members 1954 John T. Cosgrove Dept. Collector Dept. Engineer Date Retired March 4, 1954 Date Deceased Dec. 21, 1954 INCOME STATEMENT FOR 1954 Ledger Assets December 31, 1953 Ineona Contributions from Members: Group A $20,299.34 Group B 9,267.74 Transfers from other cities and towns 759.40 Contributions from Town; Pension Fund 23,251.00 Military Service .. , 145.11 Expenses 325.00 Interest Received; From Bonds 2,708.41 From Cooperative Banks 402.70 Prom Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n. 242.81 From Savings Banks 2,737.95 Dividends Received: Bank Stocks Interest Accrued December 31, 1954 Increase in market value of stock $254,855.08 30,326.48 23,721.11 6,091.87 3,634.45 558.32 4,698.88 $323,886.19 108 ANNUAL REPORTS Disbursement* Annuity Payments $2,265.10 Annuity Refunds 1,113.85 Pension Payments 24,940.06 Survivorship Payments 1,817.40 Accidental Death Benefits 1,978.98 Refunds 3,510.14 Expenses 175.99 Interest paid on bonds acquired 47.59 Amortization 1.79 Interest accrued December 31, 1953 Ledger Assets December 31, 1954 BALANCE SHEET—DECEMBER 31, 1954 Assets Cash in banks and on hand Securities: Bonds (book value) U. 5. Bonds Series G 56,000.00 U. 5. Bonds Treasury '83 1131/4) 9,952.50 Am. TO. & Tel. 2%a % '87 Deb. 5,122.86 Fall River Electric Light 2,059.02 N. Y. Tel. & Tel. 314i % '78 Ref. Mtg. 5,061.71 Public Service of New Hampshire 10,275.00 Stocks (market value) Bankers Trust Co. 5,425.00 Chase National Bank 4,825.00 Chemical Corn Exchange 9,858.25 First National—Boston 5,832.00 Manhattan Company 4,162.50 Merchants National Bank 3,650.00 National City Bank 7,455.00 National Shawmut Bank 4,150.00 Second National Bank 6,930.00 State St, Trust Co. 8,000.00 Cooperative Bank Shares Auburndale Cooperative Bank 3,362.40 Concord Cooperative Bank 3,000.00 Marlboro Cooperative Bank 3,000.00 Needham Cooperative Bank 3,362.80 Mt. Vernon Cooperative Bank 3,000.00 Jos. Warren Cooperative Sank 3,000.00 35,850.90 654.77 36,505.67 $287,380.52 $6,414.81 88,471.09 60,287.75 18,725.20 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Federal Savings & Loan Shares Lexington 6,436.42 Natick 2,025.00 Savings Banks Deposits Andover Savings Bank 2,329.60 Cambridge Savings Bank 5,000.00 Chelsea Savings Bank 2,285.13 Dedham Inst. for Savings 5,000.00 East Cambridge Savings Bank 1,289.36 Eliot Savings Bank 5,000.00 Hingham Inst. for Savings 1,91 1.36 Hudson Savings Bank 5,000.00 Newburyport Inst. for Savings 7,500.00 Lexington Savings Bank 10,000.00 Lynn Inst. for Savings 2,279.90 Marlboro Savings Bank 5,000.00 Melrose Savings Bank 5,000.00 Newton Savings Bank 3,549.21 Middlesex Inst. for Savings 5,000.00 Natick 5c Savings Bank 5,000.00 Newton Centre Savings Bank ...... 2,969.69 Provident Inst. for Savings, Amesbury 5,000.00 Quincy Savings Bank 1,206.87 Rockland Savings Bank 2,273.28 Somerville Savings Bank 5,000.00 Wakefield Savings Bank 1,160.91 Waltham Savings Bank 5,000.00 West Newton Savings Bank 2,000.00 Weymouth Savings Bank 5,000.00 Winchester Savings Bank 1,277.51 Woburn 5c Savings Bank 2,429.11 Interest Accrued on Securities Dec. 31, 1954 Liabilities Annuity Savings Fund Annuity Reserve Fund Military Service Credit Fund Pension Fund Expense Fund Name Bills, Louis W. Blakeley, Chester L. Brenton, Walter Cataldo, Antonio PENSIONERS Depa rtment Electrician Animal Inspector School Highway 109 8,461.42 iO4,461.93 558.32 $287,380.52 $192,579.49 19,964.70 2,235.31 71,185.95 1,415.07 $287,380,52 Date Retired March 26, 1953 Sept. 1, 1947 Jan. 30, 1939 May 1, 1949 110 ANNUAL REPORTS Cavanaugh, Thomas F. Eaton, Leora B. Garrity, John J. Hannaford, Robert Hayes, Roland Holman, Walter Longbottom, Fred W. Marshall, Ralph H. Mason, William B. Mitchell, Lawrence G. Moloy, Charles E. Murray, John L. Muzzey, Helen Nutt, Henry J. Paladina, Sebastiano Ryan, Alice M. (Ben. George V. Ryan) Spencer, Ellen P. )Men, Frederick J. Spencer) Sullivan, James G. Taylor, Edward W. Thompson, G. Mildred Wallin, Charles F. Weltch, Elsie G. Whiting, Marion E. (Ben. George Whiting) School School Pa rk Highway School Water & Sewer Building Cemetery School Welfare Town Offices Public Works Library Park Ashes & Dump Park Assessors Highway Fire Col lector Park School Call Fireman Feb. 10, 1947 March 15, 1948 Nov. 1, 1953 Sept. 3, 1943 April 30, 1950 March 1, 1944 Feb. 1, 1940 June 1, 1949 May 11, 1950 July 1, 1940 May 13, 1952 Aug. 13, 1944 June 1, 1941 June 1, 1949 June 1, 1948 June 15, 1951 Nov. 17, 1949 April 2, 1943 Jan. 1, 1943 Mar. 4, 1954 Nov. 25, 1938 June 30, 1953 July 3, 1948 Respectfully submitted, HOWARD S. 0. NICHOLS, Chairman ARTHUR SILVA, Elected Member FRANK D. WALKER, Secretary TOWN OF LEXINGTON 111 MARRIAGES BY MONTHS — 1954 Groom's Bride's Groom's Bride's Groom's Bride's Groom's Bride's Months Totals First First Second Second Third Third Fifth Fifth January 13 11 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 February 14 12 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 March 6 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 April 15 13 13 2 1 0 0 0 1 May 32 23 26 9 6 0 0 0 0 June 29 26 26 2 3 1 0 0 0 July 13 12 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 August 12 11 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 September 25 22 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 October 27 22 24 5 3 0 0 0 0 November 17 i 5 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 December 6 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 209 176 187 31 21 2 0 0 1 Number of Marriages Recorded 209 Residents 229 Non -Residents 189 Solemnized in other places 94 Age of oldest Groom 65 Age of oldest Bride 60 Age of youngest Groom 17 Age of youngest Bride 35 JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk BIRTHS BY MONTHS — 1954 (Still Births Excluded/ In Lexington Out of Lexington Totals Month Total Males Females Males Females Males Females January 44 0 0 19 25 19 25 February 24 0 0 10 14 10 14 March 24 0 0 17 7 17 7 April 28 0 0 17 11 17 11 May 42 0 0 17 25 17 25 June 42 0 0 23 19 23 19 July 45 1 0 19 25 20 25 August 40 0 0 17 23 17 23 September 27 0 0 14 13 14 13 October 25 0 0 12 13 12 13 November 16 0 0 6 10 6 10 December 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 360 1 0 171 188 172 188 • The parentage of children was as follows: Both Parents born in United States 346 Both Parents born in Foreign Countries 5 One Parent born in United States 22 One Parent born in Foreign Country 22 Both Parents born in Lexington 3 One Parent born in Lexington 32 JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Clerk 112 ANNUAL REPORTS COMPARATIVE DEATH RATE BY MONTHS — 1954 (Still Births Excluded) 7,“:7C4 M g 171,1 LO In Os bM 0- .-N •OM MN "T.- t- o Mi) 'I n4 M— Nva .- 0,—,- I— Li raa,,0 mm QOM 00 00 00 00 ON WM '-- 0 ... Town Clerk g 0 N 0't .... O N 0.- 00 00 MN •0 0. - 0 J zP-P - 0 Ce Q tNN NM MN NN 00 00 O'- NN OW) DL) 0-N La ar.N -p, 1nN -0 OP- 00 1r7N Men 0- r2 d-- p- u sr)N •0.0 ...4, n10 00 00 00 ..t•- P- OD 2''0 n7 M N r- 0• ,O N N D 0 0 NO .- N 00 11 '1 [)- NO. LON 00 00 00 .m0 ON -0 3 - ti -4 M NM O '0 '5'5 O- 00 00 OM ‚5( O N -N - .--- `p.0'O •OM MN -0 00 00 NO r.•O 00 roMN MN MN u7M '-0 00 00 -10 MN 00 d 117 o• MM N- COM 0- 00 00 WO WN -- - N N 1• Irl — 0 0 0 D 0 '5— N O N C C o 0 C C co 2x c x m oi w G J J T L6 7�- 0 c c iA 0 T TOWN OF LEXINGTON 113 REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD December 31, 1954 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: As has been customary in the past, the Board's report for this year again begins with a statistical record. Regular and Special Meetings 47 Conferences—re: Changes in Zoning 11 with Citizens 19 Consultants 10 Developers 52 Other Boards 12 Determinations of Planning Board jurisdiction (under Subdivision Control Law): No. of Applications Processed 79 Public Hearings — Subdivisions 9 Zoning 2 A comparison of these figures with those of last year perhaps may give the impression that 1954 has seen a slackening in Planning Board activities. Just the opposite is true, however. The actual total time necessary in meetings to complete administrative work increased a little over 16 percent from that of the previous year. Some of this time can be attributed to the additional burden thrust upon the Board this past year by the Middlesex Registry of Deeds which requires that all recorded plans of land riot constituting a subdivision must have the endorsement of a planning board below the statement, "Approval not required under Subdivision Control Law." Before writing such an endorsement, the Board makes an examina- tion of each plan which is filed with an application for a determination of planning board jurisdiction and compares the plan with adjacent properties and previously recorded plats. With a few exceptions most of the applications processed were not subdivisions as defined by the State enabling legislation. As the town has continued to grow at a rapid pace, the problems in connection with each proposed new development have also increased, making it necessary for the Board to spend much more time than in the past studying the relationship of these new subdivisions to public utilities and other elements of the town. This work demands considerable more time than the members of the Board and appointed Town Officers are able to devote to these matters without neglecting other duties. The Board was pleased, therefore, when the Town voted to appropriate funds for the hiring of a staff man on a continuing basis to assist the Board in handling these technical matters and in helping prepare an overall development plan for Lexington. A staff man has been employed by the Board since the first of September and has enabled the Board to keep up-to-date with its increased administrative work load, revise plans for art additional municipal parking area, and prepare an outline for the study and preparation of a long-range development plan for the Town. The 114 ANNUAL REPORTS Board is now examining this outline in detail and is prepared to move forward in 1955 on a broad scale planning program covering ail phases of community de- velopment. The Board wishes again to express its indebtedness and thanks to the Town Counsel, Mr. Harold Stevens, and the Town Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works, Mr. Burns, for their continued interest and support of the Board in its work. It is hoped that the citizens of the Town will also maintain such fine co- operation with the Board, supporting and assisting in carrying on its program. Lexington Planning Board ALAN G. ADAMS, Chairman THOMAS S. GRINDLE DONALD D. HATHAWAY DONALD K. IRWIN WILBUR M. JAQUITH ADEN L. RIPLEY REPORT OF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR December 31, 1954. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I herewith submit my Report as Inspector of Plumbing for the year ending De- cember 3T, 1954. Number of Permits Granted 522 Cash Received from Permits $1,361.00 SUMMARY OF PERMITS New Installations Alterations Replacements Permits Cancelled Fixtures 1878 556 105 Permits 313 139 74 1 2572 522 Respectfully submitted, E. A. LINDSTROM, Plumbing Inspector TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER December 31, 1954 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts 115 Gentlemen: Following is the report of the Town Treasurer for the year 1954: Cash on hand January 1, 1954 $ 844,512.81 Receipts during year 1954 „ 5,225,607.03 Expenditures during year 1954 per Warrants Balance an hand January 1, 1955 6,070,1 19.84 4,541,177.09 $1,528,942.75 REPORT OF TAX TITLE ACCOUNT Number of Tax Titles on hand January 1, 1954 Number of New Tax Titles Added 1954 Number of Tax Titles Released 1954 Number of Tax Titles Disclaimed 1954 Number of Tax Titles Abated 1954 Number of Tax Titles Foreclosed 1954 Number of Tax Titles on hand January 1, 1955 $ 12,555.79 490 24 514 16 498 2 496 1 495 10 485 Total Amount LEXINGTON TRUST COMPANY Bank Deposits in the Name of the Town of Lexington JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Treasurer Balance December 31, 1954 $ 904,761.22 Balance December 31, 1954 per check book $772,339.01 Outstanding Checks December 31, 1954 162,262.54 Warrants #1 and #2 — 1955 934,601.55 29,840.33 $904,761.22 $ 904,761.22 116 ANNUAL REPORTS FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON Balance December 31, 1954 per statement $ 1,980.28 $ 1,980.28 Balance December 31, 1954 per check book THE NATIONAL SHAWMUT BANK OF BOSTON Balance December 31, 1954 per statement $ 2,000.00 Balance December 31, 1954 per check book $ 2,000.00 THE SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON Balance December 31, 1954 per statement $ 1,772.81 Balance December 31, 1954 per check book $ 1,980.28 THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON Balance December 31, 1954 per statement $ Balance December 31, 1954 per check book $ 746,748.36 746,748.36 THE DAY TRUST COMPANY OF BOSTON Balance December 31, 1954 per statement $ 1,287.57 Balance December 31, 1954 per check book $ 1,287.57 SUMMARY OF TOWN TREASURER'S CASH Lexington Trust Company On Hand First National Bank of Boston Second National Bank of Boston National Shawmut Bank of Boston Merchants National Bank of Boston Day Trust Company of Boston 772,339.01 2,81472 72 1,980.28 1,772.81 2,000.00 746,748.36 1,287.57 Balance on hand January 1, 1955 $1,528,942.75 Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. CARROLL, Town Treasurer TOWN OF LEXINGTON 117 REPORT OF THE DENTAL CLINIC COMMITTEE December 31, 1954 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: There have been a number of changes in the Dental Clinic program. During the past year the Dental Clinic Committee conferred with Dr. Maitland of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and at his suggestion the Chairman and Secretary of the Committee made field trips to various cities and towns to study their dental health programs. The Committee then secured the services of Miss Catherine Megerdichian, dental hygienist, in September 1954. She has been carrying on a program of health education in the schools, and has examined or assisted a the examination of a large percentage of the children in the Lexington Schools. The results of the examinations are shown in the tables which make up the main part of this report. The Clinic dentist, Dr. James A. Malloy, also contributed greatly to the re- organization of the Clinic. Through his efforts and cooperation the local dentists in Lexington have helped in the final set-up of the Clinic. The interest of the dentists was reflected in the fact that each one gave generously of his time and services in helping to carry out an examination of the Junior and Senior classes at the high school. SCHOOL DENTAL SCREENING EXAMINATION BY HYGIENIST Tongue Depressor and Available Illumination No. Referred School No. Examined No, Absent to the Home Adams 571 1 82 Center 379 — 58 Fiske 517 44 64 Franklin 236 5 48 Hancock 260 9 38 Munroe 314 — 69 Parker 318 9 51 *Junior High 50 11 * Not completed — 532 to be screened — SENIOR HIGH — Soph. Girls 98 2 13 *Freshmen 84 9 " Not completed — 161 to be screened 118 ANNUAL REPORTS ANALYSTS OF HIGH SCHOOL DENTAL INSPECTION EXAMINATION Seniors Juniors Soph. Boys No. Examined 156 182 84 No. with no defects at that time 19 37 40 No, with caries 137 144 44 No. with necessary extractions ... 14 16 5 No. with caries involving less than 5 teeth 92 92 33 No. exempt from examination 2 T — Percent with no caries at that time 12% 20% 49% No. being caries free — 1 — No. of referrals 97 108 32 This type of survey can be made of the dental inspections because the inspec- tion examination is a more thorough type of dental examination than is the screening. Although there is a high percentage of the students showing defects at the time of the inspection, the more important factor is whether or not they are getting regular dental care. In this case, it seems that at feast 80% of the students are getting regular care. SCHOOL DENTAL INSPECTION EXAMINATION BY DENTISTS Mouth mirror, Explorer and Adequate Illumination SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL No. Referred Class No. Examined No. Absent to the Horne Seniors 156 2 97 Juniors 182 1 108 Soph. Boys 84 2 32 The hygienist screened the members of the Senior, Junior and Sophomore classes who were absent during the time the dentists conducted the dental in- spections. Class Seniors Juniors Soph. Boys No. Examined 2 1 1 DENTAL CLINIC REPORT (-Fillings---, ,Extractions ---z No. of Temp. Perm. Ternp, Perm. School Patients Teeth Teeth Teeth Teeth Adams 24 6 92 7 6 Center 18 38 103 4 2 Fiske 16 41 49 10 3 Franklin 18 3 60 3 2 No. Referred 1 1 Treat- Clean- ments Ings 4 1 11 6 2 4 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Hancock 9 8 11 Munroe 8 2 40 Parker 2 — 2 Junior High 48 — 261 Senior High 20 2 174 TOTALS 163 100 792 2 1i 5 2 17 24 27 9 119 4 3 21 1 42 56 41 52. Number of New Patients Number Finished Total No. of fillings and treatments Total No, of extractions Number of X-rays taken Number of Emergency cases treated Total of Fees Collected Hours Operated 48 115 933 98 111 32 $112.25 312 Respectfully submitted, CLAIRE BURKE JAMES S. SMITH DOROTHY P. RICH, Chairman 120 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS December 31, 1954. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: We hereby submit our report as Assessors for the year ending December 31, 1954, 1954 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 1954 (b) In 1953, since 1953 tax rate was fixed Debt and Interest Charges, matured and maturing, as certified under Chapter 44, Section 16, Not included above Deficits due to abatements in excess of overlay of prior year Of Year Amount 1949 $12.00 $397,657.34 96,700.00 $2,566,308.90 49.4,357.34 $3,060,666.24 1954 1953 STATE: Tax and Abatements Estimates Underestimates State Parks and Reservations $4,227,25 $940.49 State Audit of Municipal Accts1,557.25 State Examination of Retirement System 74.51 Metropolitan North System Sewer and Water—Chapter 92 88,589.09 COUNTY: Tax and Assessments County Tax Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment OVERLAY of Current Year Groes Amount To Ee Raised 2.32 12.00 $94,448.10 $940,49 95,388.59 $65,830.86 21,286.29 $87,117.15 0.00 87,117.15 47,747.42 $3,290,933.72 TOWN OF LEXINGTON ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS Income Tax $145,036.75 Corporation Taxes 98,984.39 Reimbursement on account of publicly owned land 1,376.47 Old Age Tax (Meals) Gen. Laws. Chap. 64B, Sec. 10 3,075.64 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise i 50,000.00 Licenses 7,500.00 Fines 750.00 Special Assessments 15,000.00 General Government 8,000.00 Protection of Persons and Property 5,000.00 Health and Sanitation 25,000.00 Highways .. 500.00 Charities (other than federal grants) 15,000.00 Old Age Assistance (other than federal grants) 50,000.00 Veterans' Services 3,000.00 Schools (Funds from Income Tax not to be included) 2,000.00 Libraries 0.00 Recreation 0.00 Public Service Enterprises (such as Water Depart.)150,000.00 Cemeteries (other than trust funds and sale of lots) 3,500.00 Interest: On Taxes and Assessments 10,000.00 On Deposits 0.00 State Assistance for School Construction—Chapter 645 Acts of 1948 0.00 In Lieu of Taxes: Arlington and Cambridge 1,000.00 Total Estimated Receipts OVERESTIMATES of previous year to be used as Available Funds (c) Additional overestimates to be used as Available Funds AMOUNTS VOTED TO BE TAKEN FROM AVAIL- ABLE FUNDS: (The funds voted to be taken from available funds are in accordance with Chapter 798 of the Acts of 1951). Amount $ 96,700.00 348,677.34 48,980.00 Date of Vote Oct. 6, 1953 Mar. 15, 1954 Mar. 22, 1954 Source of Funds Town Meeting Town Meeting Town Meeting $2,415.20 $494,357.34 Total Available Funds Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation on Polk and Property 121 $694,723.25 $496,772.54 $1,191,495.79 $2,099,437.93 122 ANNUAL REPORTS Number of Polls 5773 @ $2.00 $11,546.00 Real Estate Valuation $42,772,440. Tax Rate 1,967,532.24 Personal Prop. Valuation 2,616,515. $46.00 120,359.69 TOTAL $45,388,955. Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property $2,099,437.93 ITEMS NOT ENTERING INTO THE DETERMINA- TION OF THE TAX RATE Betterments and Special Assessments Added to Taxes: Apportioned Sewer Assessments Apportioned Street Assessments Apportioned Side- walk Assessments Apportioned Water Assessments Water Liens Added to Taxes Committted Amounts Interest Total $24,565.17 $7,046.39 $31,611.56 14,928.56 4,516.32 19,444.88 78.36 25.47 103.83 6,265.64 1,471.97 7,737.61 480.20 $59,378.08 TOTAL AMOUNT OF 1954 TAXES ON POLLS AND PROPERTY AND OF ASSESSMENTS AND LIENS ADDED TO TAXES AS COMMITTED TO TAX COLLECTOR $2,158,816.01 TABLE OF AGGREGATES NUMBER OF PERSONS ASSESSED Individuals Alf Others' Total On Personal Estate only 51 45 96 On Real Estate only 9513 117 9630 On both Personal and Real Estate 133 38 171 TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ASSESSED Partnerships, Associations or Trusts, Corporations. NUMBER OF POLLS ASSESSED VALUE OF ASSESSED PERSONAL ESTATE Stock in Trade $1 13,475.00 Machinery 1,432,371.00 Live Stock 42,720.00 All other Tangible Personal Properly 1,027,949.00 9897 5773 TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED PERSONAL ESTATE $2,616,515.00 TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED ESTATE Land exclusive of Buildings $9,090,700.00 Buildings exclusive of Land 33,681,740.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED REAL ESTATE.. TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED ESTATE NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK ASSESSED Horses 30 Cows 71 Swine 526 FowI 6870 Sheep 35 All others 117 TAXES ON OMITTED REAL ESTATE ASSESS- MENTS AND ON ADDITIONAL REVISION OF VALUATIONS OMITTED POLL TAXES 123 42,772,440.00 $45,388,955.00 $364.09 24.00 NUMBER OF ACRES OF LAND ASSESSED 8800 NUMBER OF DWELLING HOUSES ASSESSED 5176 PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION Value of Real Estate $16,049,339.00 Value of Tangible Personal Estate 890,071.50 TOTAL VALUE OF EXEMPT PROPERTY $16,939,410.50 RECAPITULATION OF COMMITMENTS MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE Commitment First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Fifteenth Sixteenth 5eventeeth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Date of Commitment Mar. 15, 1954 Apr. 23, 1954 May 4, 1954 May 13, 1954 June 9, 1954 June 24, 1954 July 28, 1954 Aug. 16, 1954 Aug. 30, 1954 Sept. 28, 1954 Oct. 14, 1954 Oct. 26, 1954 Oct. 28, 1954 Nov. 8, 1954 Nov. 12, 1954 Dec. 2, 1954 Dec. 8, 1954 Dec. 20, 1954 San. 3, 1955 Jan. 10, 1955 Commissioner's Number Value 571 $333,610 1043 553,500 851 381,480 459 217,090 423 205,330 722 699,000 465 260,770 392 291,440 505 370,940 630 214,230 512 440,730 431 314,340 528 274,130 436 247,690 490 175,710 250 166,080 224 158,580 295 203,150 70 sets (Dealers) 540 322,530 Excise $17,337.48 28,245.95 19,519.50 10,865.40 9,915.96 30,967.24 10,964.85 11,814.87 15,599.20 10,143.94 16,390.76 12,101.38 10,022.98 9,222.50 7,667.94 5,700.06 3,658.02 4,521.38 5,960.00 3,356.30 124 ANNUAL REPORTS In conclusion we wish to acknowledge with thanks the assistance and cooper- ation given to the Assessors Department by officials of the Town and members of the various departments. Respectfully submitted, E. B. CASS, Chairman W. I. BURNHAM L. H. EMERY Board of Assessors REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR December 31, 1954. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: herewith submit my Report as Building Inspector for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1954. Number of Permits Granted 475 Cash Received from Permits $3,975.42 SUMMARY OF PERMITS Single family dwellings 277 3,208.875 Additions & Alterations to Dwellings 73 88,840 Additions & Alterations (to non-residential buildings) 5 9,210 Garages (private) 26 45,650 Garages (public) 1 53,000 Carport 2 1,000 Foundations 5 6,000 Foundation (for school) 1 70,000 Repair to Fire Damage 1 2,000 Tool Sheds 12 5,625 Retail Store 1 7,000 Stable 1 1,500 Barns 2 1.975 Turkey Pen 1 200 Greenhouses & Salesroom 2 6,500 Conservatory 1 800 Porches 8 5,000 School 1 700,000 Office Building 1 48,000 Telephone Building 1 124,000 Tower M. 1. T. 1 2,000 Swimming Pool 1 11,000 Demolitions 15 Renewals 36 475 $4,398,175 Total number of dwellings completed in 1954 242 Respectfully submitted, E. A. LINDSTROM, Building inspector TOWN OF LEXINGTON 125 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY December 31, 1954 To the Citizens of Lexington: Again it is time for the Board of Trustees of the Cary Memorial Library to submit their Annual Report. They are privileged to announce the largest increase in the use of the library ever experienced in a single year. A detailed statement of operations may be found in the report of the Librarian. The Trustees wish to take recognition of the retirement from the Board of Mrs. Ruth Morey and Messrs. Pearson, Goff, Nickerson and Driscoll. Welcomed to membership as new Trustees were Mrs. Marek and Messrs. Giunta, James and Maloney. Mrs. Elsa Murphy resigned as Circulation Librarian, and was replaced by Mrs. Margaret M. Riley, a graduate of the University of Illinois Library School and with wide experience in several libraries. Other staff changes included the appointment of Miss Eleanor R. Trowbridge as Reference and Young People's Librarian, Mrs. Gladys Killam as East Lexington Branch Librarian, and Miss Patricia Barboza as Junior Assistant. The Library was fortunate to receive a bequest of $1,000. from Miss Emma Ostrom Nichols to be held as a permament fund and the income to be used for the purchase of books for the East Lexington Branch Library. By vote of the Board this fund will be designated "The Emma Ostrom Nichols Fund" in memory of the donor who rendered loyal and efficient service as librarian of the East Lexington Branch Library for forty-one years, retiring in 1939. During the year the Trustees had printed 5,000 copies of a selective reading list of books on Lexington, past and present. Improvements that have been completed at the Main Library include the installation of an oil burner, the modernization of three toilets, the installation of a modern sink in the basement, a bicycle rack at the front entrance and the removal of shrubs around the triangle in front of the library, At the East Lexington Branch the first floor interior was painted, the front porch repaired, and some changes made in the plantings around the library, The Trustees realizing the immediate need of more space in the Library voted to reactivate plans for an enlarged Main Library building, and in 1955 will ask that the Moderator be empowered to appoint a Building Committee to bring in preliminary plans, and request that an appropriation be made for expenses. The Trustees extend their appreciation to the Librarian and the members of his staff for their excellent cooperation during the year. Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK M. GAY, President 126 ANNUAL REPORTS BOARD OF TRUSTEES Leon W. Bateman Rev. George W. Casey Richard P. Cromwell Myron C. Fisher Frederick M, Gay Rev. Joseph H. Giunta Rev. Harold T. Handley Rev. Earl D. Haywood George P. Raymond W. James Mildred B. Marek William E. Maloney Rev. Francis J. Murphy Charles H. Norris Haskell W. Reed Rev. Crawford 0, Smith Rev. Floyd J. Taylor Wadsworth REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES December 31, 1954 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I submit my Annual Reoort for the SCALES Scales—Over 10,000 lbs. 100 to 5,000 lbs. Under 100 lbs. WEIGHTS Weights—each 271 CAPACITY MEASURES Liquids—Under one Gallon 8 METERS Inlet—One inch or less More than one inch Grease Cloth MEASURES Yardsticks — 23 TOTALS 26 641 Sealing Fees—Paid to the Town Treasurer Public Schools—Health Dept. scales Tested—Adjusted and Sealed, Re-weighings and measurements were made and ail incorrections rectified. Respectfully submitted, RALPH E. CHADWICK, Sealer of Weights and Measures Year ending December 31, 1954. Adjusted Sealed Condemned 1 8 37 14 14 92 5 59 4 72 34 48 4 27 $329.50 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 127 REPORT OF THE CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY December 31, 1954. To the Trustees of Cary Memorial Library Lexington, Massachusetts Mrs. Marek and Gentlemen: The Librarian respectfully submits the Eighty-sixth Annual Report of the Library. To the Trustees, the staff of the library, the Appropriation Committee, and the townspeople, the Librarian wishes to express heartfelt appreciation for understand- ing and support throughout a year which has seen a tremendous expansion in the use of the library, and a year which has taxed the staff and facilities of the library beyond anything anticipated or hitherto experienced. CIRCULATION A gain of 41,788 books and other items circulated raised the total circulation to 227,608, an increase of some 2234 per cent over 1953. As in the past several years, the greatest gain was in the children's department which reached a total circulation of 92,680 at the main library and branch. Circulation in the Children's Room has continued to rise at a phenomenal pace with a 45 per cent increase over last year. At the main library alone 74,275 books including school deposits were circulated compared to 50,322 last year—an increase of 23,953. CHILDREN'S ROOM This year has seen very satisfying cooperation between the schools and the library. The teacher usage of the facilities offered in the Children's Room has greatly increased. In 1954 more books were sent out on school deposit than ever before—thereby enabling this year's circulation from deposits to just about double. The library is still unable to supply the schools with as many books as they would like. It is hoped that this situation may be remedied by an increase in the book budget for next year. Book Week was observed as usual with Mrs. Merrill, Children's Librarian, visiting elementary schools and telling the children about some of the outstanding fall books. Twice during the year the Children's Librarian prepared booklists which were distributed to every child in Lexington's elementary schools The Children's Room was made a little brighter and more cheerful with the colorful posters which are now changed at least once a month. It is, however, unfortunate that the lack of space prohibits the many potential displays that are so prominent and popular in most children's rooms. For the first time a Summer Reading Contest was held at the main and East Lexington libraries. As it proved so popular it will probably become a permanent activity for the summer months. A tedious, but long needed project was completed this year—the complete revision of the children's catalog. As many obsolete cards as could be determined 128 ANNUAL REPORTS were removed from the catalog. Subject headings were brought up-to-date and made to coincide with those given in an authoritative guide. Thus, the use of the catalog has become much facilitated and more efficient. Forty years ago in 1915 the Trustees reported that "the children's room is now not equal to the demands put upon it." Ten years later, 1925, "with a juvenile registration of nearly 600 and a children's room with a seating capacity of but 25, it is evident that the importance of larger quarters cannot be too strongly em- phasized." In 1948 the children's room was "temporarily" moved to the new balcony and while the shelf space was larger, the floor space was reduced. Today, the situation is critical with a juvenile registration of over 2,100 and a seating capacity of but 8! The shelving space is again inadequate necessitating the stor- age of hundreds of books in the basement during the summer months. Many of the books for even the youngest readers have to be placed on the top shelves so that they must stand on chairs to reach them. There is absolutely no place in the room conducive to study or quiet reading. A picture file for the Children's Room was started this year for the first time. It has already proven its usefulness and has become very popular with many of the teachers. However, it is too bad that a service which should be an active part of the Children's Room must be in the Librarian's office—hardly obvious or handy to the public. General browsing through the books becomes an impossibility each afternoon. There is no space in the Children's Room for a desk kr the Children's Librarian. It is extremely difficult as well as inefficient for the Children's Librar- ian to supervise the Children's Room from her desk on a different floor! It should be apparent to anyone who has recently used or visited this room that enlargement must come ---soon! YOUNG PEOPLE'S ROOM !n April Mks Eleanor R. Trowbridge was appointed to the newly created posi- tion of Reference and Young People's Librarian. It is hoped that with the filling of this position a long felt want for closer co-operation between the high schools of the town and library may be served. Through visits to the schools and talks with individual teachers as well as a talk at a general teacher's meeting at High School, every effort is being made to obtain from the High School teachers advance notice of assignments requiring the use of the library's facilities. When such notice of assignments is received at the library the Reference and Young People's Librarian is responsible for putting aside on special shelves in the Young People's Room books relating to the assignments. In some cases the books are put on reserve and may be used only in the library— in others the books are available for borrowing. Mrs. Creamer, the High School Librarian, has been most co-operative by com- piling bibliographies of books in the High School Library on various assignments and in many other ways. In addition to placing books on special shelves we are now in the process of checking through the bibliographies supplied by the High School with our catalog, the Standard Catalog, and other tools, in an endeavor to build up the library's col- lection on different subjects where it has been shown that more material is needed by the students on the subjects assigned. Work has also been done with the Junior High School and a deposit of books TOWN OF LEXINGTON 129 has been sent to augment the Junior High School Library collection. This de- posit, it is planned, will be changed as occasion demands. The general collection of books in the Young People's Room has also been enlarged, but here, as throughout the library, the work has been hampered by lack of shelf space and inadequate facilities. Year after year we find the schools requiring more and more reference and outside work of their pupils and the library must be ready and able to meet these requirements. We are most anxious that the teachers, as well as the pupils, ac- quaint themselves with the library and with what the library has to offer, and to serve them in every way possible. FILM COOPERATIVE A new service started in June has already proven popular with the free loan to individuals and organizations of twenty-one films, These loans are made possi- ble by the newly developed film cooperative of which the library is a charter mem- ber. Through the cooperative all films owned by the Department of Education and films deposited by the cooperating libraries are available without charge to organizations and individuals in Lexington. A list of films which are available may be seen at the library. CATALOGING During the year the catalog department was moved to what it is hoped will be very temporary quarters in the Historical Room in the basement. This depart- ment is still proving somewhat of a bottleneck with about two hundred recent books remaining uncataloged at the end of the year, resulting in no little incon- venience to patrons who desire new books immediately on publication. BOOK STOCK 4751 books were added to the library during the year, of which 2734 were adult and 2017 were children's books. A total of 2863 volumes were withdrawn, of which 2282 were adult and 581 children's books. RECORDS The library is now purchasing only long playing records, and during the year an even 100 record albums were added, either through purchase or as gifts of friends of the library. INTER -LIBRARY LOAN During the year 168 books were borrowed from other libraries for residents of Lexington, while 66 titles were loaned to other libraries. EAST LEXINGTON BRANCH This year changes were made in the children's room regarding the arrange- ment of books. A plan was followed similar to that of the main library eliminat- ing graded reading shelves except for school readers. The books for grades four through six are now arranged in two sections, fiction and non-fiction. There is a separate section for books for younger children. There is a definite immediate need for a Children's Room to be placed on the 130 ANNUAL REPORTS upper floor. This would give more space for the adult section which is very crowded. During December the library was shelf -read in order to eliminate old books that are not circulating and make room for current ones. The circulation this past year was 27,222, an increase of 6,337 over the previous year. A summer reading contest was sponsored during July and August. Seventy- three children registered for the contest and a total of 1,850 books were read. At the close of the contest a party was held at Cary Memorial Library for the winning team and all children reading twenty-five books or more. A story hour was conducted every Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock for grades one through four. Special story hours for grades one through six were held during Book Week, The library has cooperated with the Adams School in putting out book displays to supplement specific school projects. Also State Certificates were issued to pupils reading and reporting on books approved on State reading lists. Prizes were awarded to the child reading the most books, to the child reading the second largest number of books, and one to the child who had made the greatest improvement in reading. Respectfully submitted, RALPH A. NASON, Librarian REPORT OF THE TREASURER CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY -1954 December 31, 1954. To the Trustees of Cary Memorial Library Lexington, Massachusetts Mrs, Marek and Gentlemen: Herewith is presented the report for 1954 of the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of Cary Memorial Library. Balance on hand January 1, 1954 .... $1,308.23 Receipts F i nes $2,781.62 Gifts for Memorial Books 8.00 Income from General Investment Fund 1,066.51 Sarah E. Raymond Fund 14.38 Estate Emma Ostrom Nichols 1,000.00 Miscellaneous 7.25 Total income 4,877.76 6,185.99 0000000 6 0 00 ooa000 o 0 111 000 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 131 Expenditures Books $2,825.29 A. L. A. Institutional Dues 25.00 Conference and Travel Expense 145.18 Phonograph Records 321.45 Printing 106.00 Film Cooperative 65.00 18 Shares National City Bank of N. Y. 950.58 Salary of Treasurer 50.00 Miscellaneous 24.83 Total Expenditures 4,513.33 Balance on hand Decembr 31, 1954 1,672.66 Balance divided as follows: General Fund 940.60 Alice Butler Cary Fund 261.70 Jane Phinney Fund 25.55 Goodwin Musical Fund 90.11 Laura Brigham Fund 164.55 War Parents Book Fund 150.17 George W. Sarano Fund 39.98 $1,672.66 All of the Dcember 31, 1954 indicated balance is on deposit in a checking account at the Lexington Trust Company, excepting fines for December amount- ing to $400.54, which were in transit on December 31, 1954. EAST LEXINGTON BRANCH REPORT Balance on hand January 1, 1954 $223.03 Receipts Fines $281.23 Income from Investments 173.19 Total Income Expenditures Books 438.68 454.42 677.45 438.68 Balance on hand December 31, 1954 $238.77 All of the December 31, 1954 indicated balance is on deposit in a checking account at the Lexington Trust Company, excepting fines for December amount- ing to $36.22, which were in transit on December 31, 1954. 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ORGANIZATION The present Board of Health is composed of Mr. R. L. McQuillan, Chairman; Dr. William L. Cosgrove and Mr. Charles H. Cole. The annual appointments made by the Board for one-year terms expiring March 3], 1955 are as follows: Hazel J. Murray Agent Anna R. Manley Secretary **Richard F. Jackson Health Sanitarian *Dr. Carl R. Benton Animal Inspector Howard D. Carley Special Agent (Metropolitan State Hospital) Thomas 5. 8owdidge Special Agent (Metropolitan State Hospital) * Approved by the State Department of Public Health ** Mr. Richard Jackson resigned as of September 15, 1954 and was replaced by Mr. Mark D. Lurvey. MEETINGS The Board meets on the third Friday of each month at 3:00 P. M. in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building. During the year 1954 eleven regular meetings and several special meetings were held. LICENSES The Board granted licenses as follows: Transportation of Garbage .. 4 Child Care Centers 9 Poultry Slaughter 1 Animal (including poultry) 62 Refuse Collection 8 Infant Boarding Homes 3 Funeral Director 4 Methyl Alcohol 25 Slaughter House 1 Slaughter 2 Manufacture of Ice Cream 1 Nursing Homes 3 Pasteurization of Milk 2 Massage 1 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 135 A permit is required for keeping horses, cows, goats, swine and poultry and. all residents are urged to comply with the regulations in this regard. RABIES CLINIC The annual Rabies Clinic was held in May and out of 1798 dogs licensed in - Lexington only 594 were brought to the clinic for inoculation. The clinic is free to all residents in Lexington and the Board recommends that dog owners take advantage of the opportunity to aid in the prevention of rabies. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Chickenpox German Measles Hepatitus (infectious) Measles Meningitis (meningococcal) Meningitis (other) Mumps Poliomyelitis (non -paralytic) Scarlet fever Tuberculosis (pulmonary) Whooping cough Psittacosis RECEIPTS State Tuberculosis Subsidy Reimbursement on Subsidy Department of Public Welfare Milk Licenses—Store Milk Licenses—Dealer Licenses to sell Oleomargarine Licenses to sell Methyl Alcohol Licenses to Slaughter and Slaughter House Licenses to Transport Garbage Licenses to Massage Cesspool & Septic Tank Permits Child Care Centers Rubbish Collection Permits Manufacture of Ice Cream Permit Slaughtering fees Engineering fees EXPENSES Postage and Supplies Hospitalization— Tuberculosis Other Prevention of Disease -- Diphtheria Clinic Lexington Visiting Nurse Assoc. Laboratory 103 7 3 21 1 2 217 4 32 11 23 1 $1,273.56 154.50 243.00 23.00 13.50 11.00 25.00 13.00 4.00 1.00 90.00 4.00 10.00 5.00 317.25 150.00 $153.12 3,357.00 503.54 176.25 1,749.96 94.81 136 ANNUAL REPORTS Transportation—car allowance 487.54 Burial of Animals . 44.00 Advertising 238.86 Sundry 4.08 Engineering fees 2,059.03 The receipts are not available for use by the Board of Health, but revert to the Excess and Deficiency Account. Respectfully submitted, RUFUS L. MCQUILLAN, Chairman WILLIAM L. COSGROVE, D.M.D. CHARLES H. COLE REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS December 31, 1954. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: A total of 127 dog bites occurred in Lexington in 1954 which involves 254 inspections, and all were examined and quarantined. There were no cases of rabies in Lexington during the past year. A total of 42 barns or paddocks were inspected according to the instructions of the Director of Livestock Disease Control. There were 46 horses, 131 cows, 23 goats, 16 sheep, 1,711 swine and 4 South American burros. All animals and premises were found satisfactory. Also, there were 17 cows examined for compliance with the inter -state ship- ment rules on Bangs disease and Tuberculosis. These cattle were shipped to local milk producers. The Inspector of Animals wishes to express his appreciation to the Board of Health, the Doctors and the Police Department for their excellent co-operation. Respectfully submitted, CARL R. BENTON, D.V.M. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 137 REPORT OF THE HEALTH SANITARIAN December 31, 1954. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The following is the report of the Health Sanitarian for the year 1954. LABORATORY The Health Department laboratory is equipped to perform analysis on milk, water and restaurant swabs on eating and drinking utensils. A Certificate of Approval for the laboratory has been issued by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the year 1954-1955. FOOD SANITATION The Health Sanitarian inspects all establishments where food is prepared, sold or served. Stores and restaurants are inspected and rated periodically. These ratings are published in the local newspaper. Complete co-operation was obtained from the Board of Selectmen, and no common victualler's license was issued until the establishment was approved by the Health Sanitarian. Two hearings were held by the Board of Health, The rules and regulations of the Board of Health that were violated were made clear to each proprietor, and prompt action was demanded before a common victualler's license was approved for either establishment. MILK INSPECTION Samples of milk and cream from all dealers licensed to sell milk and cream in the Town of Lexington are taken and analyzed regularly in the Health Depart- ment laboratory. During 1954, sixty-three samples of milk and cream were tested. Four dealers had one or more samples that did not comply with the State Minimum Standards. Bacteria counts, fat tests, test for efficiency of pasteurization and tests for recontamination of the milk after pasteurization were used in the analysis of the samples. WATER ANALYSIS Two samples of town water, five samples of well water and eleven samples from drains and brooks were tested. The two samples of town water were potable. Four samples of well water were potable. Recommendations for cleaning and curbing the others were made, and provisions were made far retesting. Eighteen samples taken from the swimming and wading pools proved satisfactory in general. SLAUGHTER Five Hundred Sixty -Two hogs, seventy-five suckling pigs, nineteen calves, nine cows and ten lambs were approved at Monsignore's slaughter -house. Seventeen hogs were condemned and rendered. 138 ANNUAL REPORTS CESSPOOLS AND SEPTIC TANKS The inspection of individual sewage disposal systems continue to take a great deal of the Health Sanitarian's time. During 1954 over eleven hundred individual inspections were made. These inspections include the inspection of land, and cesspool and septic tank installations. Approximately 20% of the cesspools and septic tanks have to be corrected before they can be approved by the Health Sanitarian. As many as five inspections are often required before compliance is obtained on a single installation. SANITATION OF NEW SUBDIVISIONS All new developments are examined by Whitman & Howard, Engineering Firm, who make a report to the Board of Health with their recommendations. Nine different subdivisions were approved during 1954. OTHER ACTIVITIES During 1954, fifty-four complaints were received and investigated by the Health Sanitarian, Various inspections were made at the request of the District Health Office from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, A new chapter establishing rules and regulations for Child Care Centers was adopted and published in the local newspaper. Your Health Sanitarian attended fifteen technical conferences during the year to increase his knowledge pertaining to health activities. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE Since I replaced Mr. Jackson in September, no radical change in policy has been made. In the future commendation certificates will be issued to food establishments which maintain exceptional standards of cleanliness. Swab testings of utensils will be made regularly to determine the efficiency of dishwashing in food esatab- lishments. Since obtaining this position, your Health Sanitarian has felt the need of a food handlers course which will show food handlers the correct methods of handling food. This course will be offered to all food handlers next Fall. In conclusion I wish to thank the Town Officers, Employees and the public for their assistance and cooperation during the past months. Respectfully submitted, MARK D. LURVEY, Health Sanitarian Milk Inspector Slaughter Inspector TOWN OF LEXINGTON 139 REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS December 31, 1954 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The Board of Cemetery Commissioners hereby submits its annual report for the year 1954. All four cemeteries have received the usual maintenance and care for their upkeep which includes the grounds, driveways, trees and shrubs. There were sixteen (16) interments in Munroe Cemetery during the year and one lot was placed under Perpetual Care. At Westview Cemetery there were eighty-four (84) interments, forty (40) Tots were sold as were three (3) single graves and four (4) baby graves. A new com- pressor and a power saw were purchased by the Cemetery Department and both have been used to good advantage. Considerable work has been done on the ex- tension of Westview. A retaining wall one hundred (100) feet long and three (3) feet high has been built. This wall will prevent the soil from washing down into privately owned property bordering Westview Cemetery. Dark green uniforms have been provided for the men at Westview and Munroe cemeteries, to be worn at all funerals. Park benches have been placed around Westview for the con- venience of visitors to the cemetery. Hurricanes Carol and Edna did extensive damage at both Munroe and Westview to trees, shrubs and fences. Some headstones and markers were damaged. A!I necessary repairs have been made and the expense has been charged to the Hurricane Fund. The following funds were collected and committed to the Town Treasurer: WESTVIEW CEMETERY Sale of lots $3,639.25 Sale of single graves 81.00 Sale of baby graves 72.00 Perpetual Care Fund 4,095.00 Interments 2,455.00 Green & Lowering Device 408.00 Foundations 531.50 Flower Urns 40.50 Miscellaneous receipts 120.00 $1 1,442.25 MUNROE CEMETERY Perpetual Care Fund $150.00 Annual Care 136.00 Interments 501.00 Green & Lowering Device 84.00 Foundations . 53.50 Raising two (2) graves 10.00 $934,50 140 ANNUAL REPORTS We are pleased to report that Westview Cemetery to a great extent, is self- supporting. The Cemetery Commissioners wish to take this opportunity to acknowledge with thanks the assistance and co-operation given the Cemetery Department by officials of the Town, members of the various departments and the personnel of the cemetery department itself. Respectfully submitted, Lexington Cemetery Commissioners WILLIAM G. POTTER, Chairman GAIL W. SMITH GEORGE M. HYNES REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS December 31, 1954. 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, 1954: PERSONNEL The manual force of the Fire Department as of this date consists of forty-seven (47) men, of which thirty-four (34) are permanently employed and fourteen (14) are CaII Men. The Board of Fire Commissioners consists of one (1) Chairman, one (1) Clerk, and ane (1) other member. The Permanent Force consists of one (1) Chief Engineer, six (6) Captains (One Master Mechanic), twenty-seven (27) Privates, and one (1) Woman Clerk, Part- time. The Call Force consists of fourteen (14) men. APPARATUS Headquarters Station is covered by two (2) Triple Combination Pumpers, one (1) Junior Aerial Truck, one (1) Rescue Truck, one (1) five -hundred (500) gallon pumper combination brush fire truck, one (1) Triple Combination pumper 750 gallons (Civilian Defense), one (1) General Maintenance Truck (Former Special Service Truck), and the Veterans Memorial Ambulance. Massachusetts Avenue Station is covered by two (2) Triple Combination Pumpers and one (1) Hose Truck (in reserve). TOWN OF LEXINGTON ALARM SUMMARY 141 The above listed personnel and apparatus answered a total of 606 alarms 142 ANNUAL REPORTS STILL ALARMS Accidents 82 during the year as recorded in the following tabulations: Alcohol Stove 1 Animal Rescue 6 BELL ALARMS Automatic Sprinkler 3 Animal Hospital 1 Auto 20 Automatic Alarrn 1 Bonfire 2 Broken Water Pipe 1 Bulldozer 1 Bulldozer 1 Burn Field 2 Catch Basin 1 Brush 11 Chimney 2 Chimney 7 Clothes Dryer 1 Clearing Roads 8 Construction Flare 1 Construction Flare 2 Dwellings 27 Cut Wires 1 False 19 Dump 54 Garage 3 Dwelling 1 Grass 5 Edison Pole 3 Locker Room 1 Electric Range 1 Needless 2 Electrical Trouble 1 Rubbish I Emergency Lights 5 Shack 2 Flooded Boiler 1 Shed 2 Forcible Entry 18 Short Circuit 1 Gas Leak 4 Sprinkler 4 Gas Spill 2 Tool Shed 1 Gas Stove 1 Grass 191 TOTAL 77 Health Protection 4 Hut 1 Incinerator 1 Investigate 18 Leaky Refrigerator 6 Leaves 4 Light Fixture 3 Live Wires 21 Logs 4 Man fallen from tree 1 Milk spill 1 Needless 5 Oil Burners 7 Oil Leak 4 Oven 1 Overturned Truck 1 Peat 3 Pine Needles 1 Property Protection 9 Public Safety 4 Recheck Fires 3 Refrigerator 1 Rescue Operation 5 Resuscitation 8 Rope on Flag Pole 3 4 Rubbish 5 MUTUAL MD LEXINGTON TO: Arlington 10 Belmont 1 Burlington 1 Concord 2 Waltham 20 34 TO LEXINGTON FROM: Arlington 3 Bedford 1 Waltham 3 Woburn 1 8 WHILE COVERING LEXINGTON STATIONS: Arlington answered 2 Bedford answered 1 Waltham answered 1 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Search 2 Shack 1 Shed 1 Sofa Standby Stumps 1 Sump Pump 1 T.V. Set 2 Tree 7 Truck 7 Washing Machine 4 Woods 15 TOTAL 601 2 6 GRAND TOTAL Bell Alarms Mutual Aid Still Alarms 77 34 601 712 143 The apparatus traveled a total of 6014.1 miles, and used the following In extinguishing fires during 1954: 1/2 inch hose 2900 feet 34 inch hose 64900 feet 11/2 inch hose 12300 feet 21/2 inch hose 7450 feet Number lights used 37 Cable used 7800 feet Ladders used 1342 feet Total hours pumped 2 hrs. 30 min. Elapsed time total alarms 478 hrs. 46 min. Elapsed time bell alarms 21 hrs. 7 min. Elapsed time mutual 56 hrs. 7 min. FIRE LOSSES FOR YEAR 1954 Value of buildings involved by fire Estimated loss buildings involved by fire Loss paid on buildings involved by fire Loss paid on contents of buildings involved Loss per capita for Year 1954 Average per Capita Loss for past ten years VETERANS MEMORIAL AMBULANCE Total runs since 1940 Total miles since 1940 Total runs during 1954 Total miles during 1954 $325,250.00 9,560.00 13,939.83 4,367.63 0.9153 $ 1.3146 2458 40251 250 3121 144 ANNUAL REPORTS INSPECTIONS The following inspections were conducted during the year and are considered an important factor in keeping the fire loss at a minimum: Public and Mercantile inspections -1954 210 Inspecting, testing Fire Alarm boxes -1954 783 Underground tank inspection for inflammable storage -1954 Fuel oil 33 Gasoline 2 Inspections made and permits issued: Oil storage (new) Oil storage (renewals) Blasting (new) Blasting (renewals) Use of Tar Kettle Fireworks Display Propane (Bottle Gas) Range Burners Re -inspections of oil burners (Due to vacant houses, violations, etc.) Re -inspections of L. P. Gas Re -inspections on Public & Mercantile Buildings (Violations) An approximate total of 346 man hours were required to conduct above inspections. Inspections made in conjunction with State Fire Marshal's Office to investigate and determine causes of fires Complaints investigated regarding fire hazards Convalescent and nursing homes Day nurseries 343 18 16 52 0 142 16 119 18 21 2 21 10 9 An approximate total of 92 hours were required for filling extinguishers, in- specting and testing fire alarm boxes, etc. FIRE PREVENTION Fire Drills were conducted in the Public Schools at various intervals during the year. Men were detailed to places of public assembly, when requested, as a fire preventative measure. Extinguishers checked and refilled during year 327 Inspections of schools regarding fire prevention methods of egress from classrooms due to changes in classroom use 6 MISCELLANEOUS The necessary funds were appropriated at the March Town Meeting to allow the following projects to be done in the year 1954: 1. The exterior of the Central Fire Station was painted. 2. The interior of the apparatus room was painted. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 145 3. A chain saw and jackhammer were purchased for the Rescue Truck and these were the last two pieces of equipment needed to round out the equipment necessary for all types of rescue work. 4. With the purchase of one f1) new two-way radio this completed the radios for all of the apparatus and trucks including the Chiefs car. This allows head- quarters to be in constant contact with every piece of apparatus at all times. 5. Five new fire alarm boxes were installed in the following areas continuing our annual program: Marrett Rd. and Mass. Ave. Box 427 Fair Oaks Drive and Fair Oaks Terrace Box 6131 Williams Rd, at Bertwell Rd. Box 3511 Crescent Ave. and Great Rock Rd. Box 2712 Taft Ave. at Charles St. Box 286 The following overhead wire work was completed: New wires on Hancock St., to Burlington St.; Oak St., to Carville Ave., to underground box on Massachusetts Avenue; underground wire on Massachusetts Avenue to Taft Avenue along Charles St.; Burlington St., to Bedford St., by way of North Hancock Street. Traffic lights were installed at the East Lexington Station controlling traffic both up and down Massachusetts Avenue and on Locust Avenue. These signals are operated by the Fii'e Department for use when responding to and returning from fires. 6. Under Capital Expenditures for 1954 money was appropriated for a new 1000 -gallon pump. A Mack 225 H.P., Model 95 was purchased, equipped and placed into service on September 6, 1954. During the year 1954 we encountered two hurricanes, one August 31 and the other September 1 ] , during which numerous calls were received and handled for all types of emergencies. During the period of the "Carol" hurricane on August 31, our fire alarm system was completely disrupted but was partially restored in twenty-four hours and completely restored in thirty-six hours. In the September 11 hurricane, "Edna," the fire alarm system again was completely disrupted, partially restored in sixteen hours and completely restored in twenty-eight hours. Due to falling high tension wires an underground cable from the Junior High School to Bloomfield Street was burned out and had to be replaced. During the hurricanes electric service was disrupted at both stations; however, at Headquarters we have an auxiliary lighting plant which operated approximately forty-eight hours con- tinuously and rendered partial service. At the East Lexington station we were without fighting for approximately thirty-six hours. RECOMMENDATIONS We make the following recommendations to be considered by the Honorable Board of Selectmen: 1. Tie in fire alarm in Parker School to Fire Department alarm systems. 2. Extend water main along Massachusetts Avenue to Marrett Road. 3. Continue the raising of low hydrants throughout the town. 746 ANNUAL REPORTS 4. Re -Name streets of the same or similar names to relieve the confusion and miscalling of these streets. 5. Tie in sprinkler at Cary Hall to fire alarm system. 6. Tie in water main from Adams Street to North Street from Westwood Road. 7. Tie in water main from Abbott Road to Oakland Street. 8. Extend water main to serve Wellington Lane section. In closing, the Board of Fire Commissioners would like to extend their thanks to the members of the Fire Department for their efficiency and courtesy in carrying out their duty; also to the Police Department as well as to other town departments for their cooperation. We would also like to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen for their assistance throughout the year. Respectfully submitted, HAROLD E. ROEDER, Chairman WILLIAM P. FITZGERALD GEO. C. SHELDON Board of Fire Commissioners REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE December 3 i, 1954. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The Board of Public Welfare submits its report for the year ending December 31, 1954. GENERAL RELIEF The sum of $23,354.58 was expended for aid during the year 1954. During the year aid was granted to 39 cases, representing 86 persons; of the above 14 cases were family units consisting of 61 persons, the balance (25) representing individual cases. Twelve of the above cases, totalling 25 persons were Lexington settlements aided by other cities or towns which were reimbursed by the town of Lexington. DISBU RSEMENTS Cash grants and additional aid Lexington Settlements aided by other cities and towns (12 cases -25 persons) Administration $15,845.15 7,509.43 REIMBURSEMENTS Comm. of Mass. *(Not available for use) $3,743.56 Other Cities and Towns *(Not available for use) 3,080.80 Recovery Account 155.00 Cancelled checks 77.90 $23,354.58 7,057.26 Net Cost to Town $16,297.32 * The items "not available for use" are credited to Excess and Deficiency Account and do not revert back for use in this Department. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 147 SETTLEMENTS—GENERAL RELIEF Lexington Settlements .. 6 Families 20 Persons 9 Singles 9 Persons Other Cities and Towns 1 Family 3 Persons 3 Singles 3 Persons State (no settlement) 4 Families 22 Persons 1 Single 1 Person Institutions 0 Families 0 Persons 3 Singles 3 Persons Lexington Settled cases aided by other cities and towns 3 Families 16 persons 9 Singles 9 Persons 39 Cases (14 Families --61 persons (25 Singles —25 persons AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN Twenty-two cases were aided during 1954. There were 16 cases as of January 1, 1954 and 6 cases added during the year. Four cases were closed during the year, leaving a balance of 18 cases on Decmber 31, 1954. DISBURSEMENTS Cash Grants $23,126.14 Administration (F,G.) (available for use) 1,473,30 $24,599.44 REIMBURSEMENTS Federal Share—Aid (available for use) $10,559.85 Federal Share—Admin. (available for use) 1,844.48 State Share—Aid (not available for use) 6,981.31 Cancelled checks 10.00 $19,395.64 Net Cost to Town $5,203.80 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE During 1954 there were 192 citizens who received this class of assistance. As of January 1, 1954, there were 167 active cases. During the year 25 cases were approved for assistance and 27 cases were closed by death and 19 for other reasons, leaving 146 cases as of December 31, 1954. There were 10 applications denied or withdrawn during the year, DISBURSEMENTS Cash Grants Lexington settled cases aided by other cities and towns Administration (Federal Grants) $137,606.77 7,242.97 4,678.97 $149,528.71 148 ANNUAL REPORTS REIMBURSEMENTS Federal Share—Aid (Available for use) $55,876.81 Federal Share—Admin. (Available for use) 4,978.77 State Share (Not available for use) 55,551.37 Other Cities and Towns (Not available for use) 3,823.43 Recoveries 3,599.92 Cancelled checks 917,72 Meal Tax Receipts (Not available for use) 3,790.24 Net Cost to Town DISABILITY ASSISTANCE 128,538.26 $20,990.45 Twelve cases were aided during the year 1954. There were 10 cases as of January 1, 1954 and 4 cases added during the year. Two cases were closed during the year, leaving a balance of 12 cases on December 31, 1954. DISBURSEMENTS Cash Grants Administration (F. G.) (Available for use) REIMBURSEMENTS $1 1,602.70 491.10 $12,093.80 Federal Share—Aid (Available for use) $4,522,31 Federal Share—Admin. (Available for use) 391.96 State Share—Aid (Not available for use) 3,882.47 State Share—Admin. (Not available for use) 195.97 Cancelled checks 10.00 9,002.71 Net Cost to Town $3,091.09 At this time the Board of Public Welfare wishes to express its appreciation for the understanding and cooperation shown by many of the Town's citizens and Charitable Agencies. Respectfully submitted, HAROLD F, LOMBARD, Chairman HOWARD H. DAWES JOHN A. SELLARS TOWN OF LEXINGTON 149 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS December 31, 1954. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The Board of Appeals reports that one hundred and forty-one hearings were held during the year 1954. Following is a list of these hearings and the decisions rendered in each case: Jan. 14—Morris Berman To: Erect a single family dwelling on Lot 39, Hibbert Street, using the existing foundation. Plot plan submitted showed that the corner of the building nearest Hibbert Street would be set back 7'4" and 19.05 from Woodbury Street. Granted. Jan. 14—Philip A. D'Errico To: Erect a service building and greenhouse at 213 Cambridge -Concord Highway. Denied. Jan. 14—Paul L. Tocci To: Subdivide Lot # 196 on Grassland and Payson Streets into two lots. Denied. Jan. 14—Angelo Martinelli To: Erect a single family dwelling on Lot F, #59 Williams Road, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Jan. 14—Frank Silva To: Erect a single family dwelling at #11 Ledgelawn Avenue, situated 19 feet from the street and one foot from the easement across the back of his lot, in accordance with the plat plan submitted. Granted. Jan. 14—P. A. Del Vecchio To: Erect a single family dwelling on Lot 133, 17 Eldred Street, which because of the location of an outside chimney will have a side yard of 8'3". Granted. Jan. 14 --George H. Parker Jr. To: Maintain dwelling at 58 Cliffe Avenue as presently located. Granted. Jan. 28—Robert L. Lyon To: Subdivide the lot numbered 265 Bedford Street and 9-11 North Hancock Street into two lots. Granted—subject to the condition that in converting the playhouse into a single family dwelling the Building By-laws of the Town shall be met in every respect; and subject to the further condition that the house on 265 Bedford Street shall be used only as a single family dwelling, Jan. 28—Dianne Estates Inc. To: Subdivide Lot 3, Waltham Street, into two lots as shown on plot plan sub- mitted. The new lot #3 Ion which a dwelling has been erected] would have a frontage of 79.79 ft, on Waltham Street with an area of 9.850 s.f more or less; and lot #4 a frontage of 70 ft. on Waltham Street with an area of 9,380 s.f more or less. Granted. 150 To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: ANNUAL REPORTS Jan, 28—Albert L. Hildebrand Jr. Erect a single family dwelling on Lot #145 Donald Street, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Jan. 28—James A. Carrig Continue the use of the temporary Real Estate office at the corner of Concord Avenue and Pleasant Street. Granted—subject to the condition that the permit shall expire January 17, 1955. Jan. 28—James B. Catalano Continue the operation of the retail business of selling plants and flowers growing on the premises at 643 Waltham Street. Granted—subject to the following conditions: 1. Automobiles shall be parked on the premises and not on the highway; 2. That this permit shall expire January 5, 1955. Jan. 28—Mass. Institute of Technology Erect a stainless steel tower at M,I.T, Field Station, 238 Wood Street. Granted—subject to the condition that the tower shall be removed not later than February 1, 1957. Mar. 4—St. Camillus institute Erect, operate and maintain a hospital of first class construction on the premises consisting of approximately 7.46 acres on the southwesterly corner of Watertown Street and the Concord Turnpike. Denied. Mar. 4—Wendell H. Burgess Make the existing two-family apartment into three apartments at 4 Wallis Court. Denied. Mar. 4—Paul L. Tocci Subdivide lot 196 located at 24 Grassland Avenue, into two lots. Denied. Mar, 4—Nishan Haroian Operate a roadside stand at #353 Concord Avenue. Granted—subject to the following conditions: 1, That only products of the land of the owner of the stand that is within the Town of Lexington shall be sold; 2. That the cars of customers shall not be parked on the highway; 3. That this Permit shall expire November 15, 1954; 4, That the premises shall be kept in a neat and orderly condition. Mar. 4—Ernest DeVincent To: Continue the operation of the roadside stand located at the corner of Pleasant Street and Concord Turnpike, subject to the following conditions: 1. The stand shall be kept in a neat and orderly condition, and only the products of the land of the owner that is within the Town of Lexington shall be sold. 2. This Permit shall expire November 29, 1954. Granted. Mar. 4—Lloyd H. Miller To: Continue the operation of roadside stand at 973 Concord Avenue, subject to the following conditions: 1. That the premises shall be kept in a neat and orderly condition; 2. That there shall be no flood lighting of the premises; 3. That no parking of cars shall be permitted on the Concord Turnpike; 4, That this permit shall expire April 1, 1955; 5. That only products of the land of the owner of the stand that is within the Town of Lexington shall be sold on the premises. Granted. To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To; To; To: To: TOWN OF LEXINGTON 151 Mar. 25—Warren E. Russell Use a portion of the building located at 1505 Massachusetts Avenue, known as the Russell House, for the purpose of conducting a Real Estate and In- surance business. Denied. Mar. 25—John F. O'Connor Use the premises located in a C.1 district at 271 Lincoln Street for the - purpose of storing and selling petroleum products and inflammable fluids,, lubricating, washing and tuning of motor vehicles, selling and installation of.• tires, batteries and other automobile accessories. Denied. Mar. 25—Mary Pestana Erect a toolhouse not larger than 10' x 8' and located at the rear of Lot 89' on Theresa Avenue, but not closer than five feet from the side line and the rear line, Granted. Mar. 25—William L. Hench Erecta single family dwelling on Lot 10 numbered 6 Castle Road, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Mar, 25—Ralph B. Witthus Maintain the dwelling at #503 Lowell Street, in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted, Apr. 8—Louis Kraff Erect a sign on the property located at 310 Marrett Road size approximately 63" x 43". The sign was double faced, illuminated on each side and operated only for such hours as the store would be open. Denied. Apr, 8—Harvey W. Newgent Erect a sign approximately 2 ft. by 7 ft. at right angles to the front of the building at #10 Depot Square. Denied. Apr. 8—Harold Quinn Erect a single family dwelling to be used as a combination residence and doctor's office at 1492 Massachusetts Avenue. Denied. Apr. 8—Andrew Cupp Erecta greenhouse 35' x 155' at 171 Woburn Street. Granted. Apr. 8—Paul W. Johnson Erect a single family dwelling on Lots 36-8 and 37 numbered 3 Cary Street, on the present foundation. Granted—provided that the condition of the said foundation is satisfactory to the Building Inspector and that the Building By-laws of the Town are complied with. Apr. 8—Harry A. Hall 3rd Erect a single family dwelling at #10 Patriots Drive, the house to be set at such an angle that a portion of the building would be 13 ft. from the rear lot line. Granted. Apr. 8—Howard A. Smith D.V.M. Erect a single family dwelling at 476 Bedford Street. Granted—subject to the same condition as in the permit granted October 15, 1953 to maintain a veterinarian's office and animal hospital in a portion of the building, and subject to the further condition that the use of the premises as a veterinarian's 152 ANNUAL REPORTS To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To; To: To: To: To: office and animal hospital shall continue only so tong as Dr. Smith owns and occupies the premises. Apr. 29—Maria V. Chiesa Subdivide parcel of land at 42 Adams Street in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Apr. 29—Richard C. Boyer Erect a building of masonry construction for the purpose of making orna- mental ironwork at 334 Woburn Street. Denied. Apr. 29—K. Mahtesian Maintain the existing sign on the front of the building at 315 Woburn Street. Granted—subject to the condition that this sign shall not be illuminated; and also subject to the further condition that the sign at the rear of the building be removed. Apr. 29—Arlmont Laundry Inc. Maintain the existing sign on the roof at the front of the building at 319 Woburn Street. Granted—subject to the condition that this sign shall not be illuminated and that the existing sign on the rear roof of the building be removed. Apr. 29—A. Sorenson Erect a single family dwelling located at 7-A Revere Street. Granted—provid- ing said building complies with the Lexington Building By-laws and is sub- stantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Apr. 29—Walter La -Dow Maintain the dwelling at 65 Williams Road, with a side yard of 8 ft. 7 in. Granted. Apr. 29—Alan C. Wagner Erect a single family dwelling on Lots 45, 46, 47 and 48 in Block 9, num- bered 24 Blake Road, which does not have the required frontage. Granted. Apr. 29—Anthony R. Cataldo Continue to use the existing building at 703 Massachusetts Avenue for the processing, warehousing and selling of fresh fruits and vegetables. Granted —subject to the following conditions: That the permit shall be for one year expiring March 10, 1955; that no fruits or vegetables shall be sold at retail on the premises; that no by-products from the use or materials used shall be stored outside the building; that the premises shall be kept in a neat and orderly condition. May 6—Barbara Anderson Erect a single family dwelling on Woodberry Road (so-called] substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. May 6—Emile Saulnier Erect a single family dwelling and garage on Lot 125 Liberty Avenue which would not have the required frontage and side yards. Denied. May 6—Louis V. Gomes Erect a single family dwelling at 19 Chadbourne Road substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. May 6—Patricia Dow Erect an addition 12' x 8' to existing dwelling at 71 North Hancock Street, which will be set back 23 ft. from North Hancock Street and 17 ft. from braemore Terrace. Granted. To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: ro: To: TOWN OF LEXINGTON 153 May 6—Henry J. Travers Build a greenhouse 20' x 50' and a conservatory 15' x 30' attached to existing shop and garage located at 40 Earle Street, Lexington. Granted. May 6—Albert E. McClellan Jr. Erect a tool house 6' x 16' at 375 Woburn Street, which because of the small rear yard, will be one foot from the rear lot line. Granted. May 6—Clifton W. Kellogg Build an addition to the present garage at 163 Grove Street which would come to within 13 ft. of the lot line. Granted. May 27—Philip Silva Erect a two -car garage, of cement block construction at 7 Fern Street, located within two feet of the house. Granted. May 27—John C. Nygard Erect a single family dwelling at 59 Outlook Drive, with side yards of 10 ft. instead of the 12 ft. required under the Zoning by-law, Granted. May 27—Jules H. Demyttenaere Maintain dwelling at #3 Constitution Road as it is now located on the lot. Granted. May 27—Fredk. J. Hopwood Erect a single family dwelling on Lot G, 61 Williams Road which would not have the required area. Granted, May 27—Lexington Sand & Gravel Co. Remove sand and gravel from portions of its parcel of land which is bounded by Bedford Street, Hinchey Road, Westview Street, and by land of Charles A. Linehan and by lands of other owners, all as shown on plot plan submitted. Granted—with conditions and limitations. May 27—Chas. A. Linehan Remove loam, sand and gravel from the ridge now existing along the common boundary between his parcel of land situated on Westview Street and the adjoining land of the Lexington Sand and Gravel Co. Granted—with con- ditions and limitations. June 10—Ruth V. Ready Erect a single family dwelling on Lot No. 17, numbered 10 Jean Road, sub- stantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted, June 10—Prince A. Newell Erect a single family dwelling on Lot 30 located at 98 Maple Street, which lot consisted of 4.2/10 acres with a frontage of 78.2. Denied. June 10—Joseph P. Belotti Change the line dividing lots 35 and 36 at 8-10 Cambridge -Concord -Highway, in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. June 10—AIfred P. Tropeano Erect and maintain physicians, dentists and other professional offices at 114 Waltham Street, located an the lot substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted, and with a metal fire escape in the rear of the building instead of a second inside stairway from the second floor; and subject to the 154 ANNUAL REPORTS condition that the use of the offices shall be limited solely to physicians, dentists and other professions. Granted. June l0—James W. Quinn To: Remove the existing mounds from that portion of the gravel pit located off Woburn Street, designated as Parcel #1 on the plot plan submitted. Granted —subject to conditions and limitations. June 10—Clarence P. Shannon To: Remove soil, loam, sand and gravel from parcel of land situated on North Street. Denied—with permission given to remove only the present stockpile of excavated sand and gravel, subject to conditions and limitations. June 24—William A. Murray To: Subdivide Lot "A," 98 Laconia Street into two lots, each with a frontage of approx. 83 ft, and area of approx. 18,500 sq. ft. and to erect a single family dwelling on lot marked "A.2". Granted. June 24—Robert L. Lyon To: Continue the use of the house numbered 265 Bedford Street and 9 North Hancock Street, as a two-family dwelling. Granted. June 24—Rose Ampolo To: Permit the erection of single family dwellings on Lots 6 to I inclusive, located on Graham Road, which would not meet the requirements of the Lexington Zoning By-law as amended. Denied. June 24—Palladino Bros. Co. To: Conduct a contracting and landscaping business, including stockpiling and sale of loam, fill, sand and gravel on a parcel of land located on Mass. Avenue starting at #201 and proceeding easterly on Mass. Avenue for a distance of 479 feet, more or less, with access to and from Bow Street, all of said land being located in a C.2 general business district. Granted—with restrictions and conditions. July 15 John Brucchi To: Operate a riding school at 63 Paul Revere Road, Denied. July 15—Charles 5. Tuck To: Erect a double faced sign approx. 11' x 4' on the porch roof of the building located at 442 Marrett Road, substantially as shown on the sketch submitted. Granted. July 15----Melkon M. Samoorian To: Subdivide Lot D located at 365 Waltham Street as shown on plot of land dated September 25, 1946, Miller & Nylander, Civil Engineers. Granted. July 15—David J, Harrigan To: Build an extension of approximately 4 ft. on to existing garage at 294 Marrett Road, which will be 7%2 ft, from the side line. Granted. July 15—John D. Kennedy To: Erecta single family dwelling at 485 Concord Avenue, on Lot A.1, which does not have the required frontage. Granted. July 15—Charles H. Murray To: Erect a single family dwelling on lots 42 and 43, numbered 104 Winter Street, which does not comply with the Zoning By-law. Granted. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 155 Aug. 12—Jas. W. Quinn & Brothers To: Operate a sand and gravel pit within the area shown on parcel #2 on plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass., dated April 1954. Granted— for a period of five years, subject to conditions and restrictions. To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To; Aug. 12—Carmine Massimilla Subdivide Lot C, 118 Lowell Street, into two parcels, in accordance with plan submitted dated June 1954 by Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor, and to erect a single family dwelling substantially as shown on the plan. Granted. Aug. 12—Morris G, McKay Subdivide Lot 24 numbered 26 Fletcher Avenue, substantially in accordance with the plan submitted. Granted. Aug. 12—Marion F. Hannaford Subdivide parcel of land at 172 Middleby Road into two lots, marked "A" and "B" and to erect a single family dwelling on lot "B." Granted—provided that all conditions as to set back and side yards of the Zoning By-law are complied with. Aug. 12—John H. Millican Erect an addition 30' x 75' to #2 greenhouse at 93 Hancock Street. Granted —subject to the condition that no signs shall be erected at the driveway entrance. Aug, 12—Sarah B. Currier Erect a single family dwelling at #20 Preston Road, Denied. Aug. 12—Wallace E. Howell Change the existing lot line between lots 15-A and 16-A, 35 and 37 Moon Hill Road, as shown on the plot plan submitted. Granted. Aug. 12—J. Edward McManus Erect a single family dwelling at #3 Laurel Street which will have a rear yard of 7 ft. 8 ins. from the adjoining lot which is held by the Town of Lexington. Granted. Aug. 26—Anne M. Elden Erect a single family dwelling at 330 Concord Avenue, which will be set back 27,52 from the street instead of the required 30 ft. Granted. Aug, 26—James R. Bright Erect an addition to the existing house at 56 Robbins Road, which will not have the set back from the street as required by the Zoning By-law, Granted. Aug. 26—John E. Hossfield Subdivide parcel of land located at 128 Reed Street into two parcels, designated as Lots "A" and "6" on plot plan submitted, and to maintain on each of the subdivided lots the existing dwellings. Granted. Aug. 26 --Robert F. Freda Erect a two -car garage attached to the existing house at 165 Lincoln Street which would be set back 7'l" from the northeasterly lot line. Granted. Aug. 26 ----Edward A. Bannon Erect a porch attached to existing dwelling at 56 Harding Road, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. 156 To: ANNUAL REPORTS Aug. 26—Mrs, C. S. Broussard Operate a Nursery School 5 days a week for children aged 2 to 5 years, from 8 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. at 21 Butler Avenue. Granted—subject to conditions as set forth in the Permit Order. Aug. 26—Madeleine C. Harrison To: Continue operation of Nursery School and Kindergarten for not more than ten children, five days a week, during the school year, at 29 North Street. Granted—subject to the conditions as set forth in the Permit Order. Aug. 26—Paul Alibrandi To: Erect and operate a roadside stand at 565 Lowell Street. Granted—subject to the following conditions: 1. That this permit shall expire September 1, 1955; 2. That there shall be no floodlighting of the premises; 3. That the premises shall be kept in a neat and orderly condition, and that only the products of the land of the owner of the stand that is within the Town of Lexington shall be sold. Sept. 9—Raymond & Emilio DeSimone To: Continue the use of toolshed an land located on private right of way off Webb Street, Lexington, subject to the following conditions; 1. The building shall not be used for residential purposes; 2. The use of the building shall extend only until August 14, 1955. Granted. Sept. 9—Mary E. Dacey To: Continue operation of Kindergarten for children of pre-school age, at 545 Bedford Street, Lexington. Granted—subject to the following conditions: 1. That not more than 10 (ten) children shall be in attendance at any one time; 2. That this permit shall expire August 20, 1955, Sept. 9—Pearl Verdone To: Subdivide Lot "E" located on Deming Road, as shown on plan submitted. Denied. Sept. 9—William H. Sullivan To: Erect single family dwellings on Lots 8 and 9, being numbered 85 and 87 Winter Street, Lexington. Denied. Sept. 9 --Nellie M. Norris To: Erect a toolhouse on Lot 151—First Street, subject to the following conditions: 1. That the building shall not be used for dwelling purposes; 2, That this permit shall expire Sept. 10, 1955. Granted. Sept. 9—Six Moon Hill, Inc. To: Maintain a co-operative swimming pool located at #24 Moon Hill Road. Granted. Sept. 9—Frank A. Napoli To: Operate the existing roadside stand situated an Marrett Road for the sale of products of the land of the owner that is within the Town of Lexington; the permit to expire June 1, 1955. Granted. Sept. 9—Mass, Institute of Technology To: Erect a 90 foot steel tower located at the M.I.T. Field Station, 238 Wood Street. Granted: subject to the condition that this permit shall expire, and the tower shall be removed, not later than October 1, 1957, To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: TOWN OF LEXINGTON 157 Sept. 23—Fred L. Spetlenberg Subdivide parcel of land at 494 Lowell Street, as shown on the plot plan submitted. Granted. Sept. 23--Eston & Clara Chapman Subdivide Lot A located at 549 Lowell Street, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Sept. 23—James W. Lambie Erect an addition 11' x 15' to existing dwelling at 56 Shade Street, sub- stantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Sept. 23—E. J. Harris Erect a single family dwelling at #5 Garfield Street, substantially in accord- ance with the plot plan submitted. Granted—subject to the condition that sewage disposal shall be provided satisfactory to the Board of Health. Sept. 23—Donald M. Guiler Build a shed dormer at 57 Dexter Road. Granted. Sept. 23—Persis L. Ballou Maintain and operate a scheduled play group for not more than 10 children at her residence 2013 Mass. Avenue, said play group to be operated in the forenoon, not more than three days a week, subject to the condition that the children shall be properly supervised at all times, and that the permitted use shall expire June 19, 1955. Granted. Sept, 23—Robert W i [des Erect a single family dwelling on lots 3 and 4 Sullivan Street shown on Plan of Park Heights No. 5, Lexington, Mass., substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Oct, 14—Russell 5. Davenport Erect a flower room addition 26' x 30' to the existing greenhouse at 482 Bedford Street, substantially in accordance with the drawing submitted. Granted. Oct. 14—George E. Stone Erect a sign on his dwelling at 2287 Mass. Avenue, bearing the word "In- surance." Denied. Oct. 14—William H. Sullivan Erect single family dwellings on Lots 32 and 39 Hillcrest Street. Denied. Oct. 14—Lexington Methodist Church Erect two signs, one 4' x 6' and one 4' x 8' approximately in the locations shown on the sketch submitted, both to be set back not less than 25 feet from the street lines. Granted—subject to the condition that the signs are to be removed not later than November 1, 1956, Oct. 14—Mrs. Harry W. Cram Jr. To: Operate a primary school for not more than ten children between the ages of 2 and 51 years at #759 Waltham Street, five days a week from 9 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Granted—subject to the following conditions: 1. That the school shall be operated only during the usual school year; 2. That the out- side play area shall be enclosed by a satisfactory fence; 3. That the children shall be properly supervised at all times; 4. That this permit shall expire September 30, 1955. 158 ANNUAL REPORTS Oct. 14 ----Wilson Farm Inc. To: Continue to operate roadside stand adjacent to #6 Pleasant Street. Granted —subject to the following conditions: 1, That the premises shall at all times be kept in a neat and orderly condition; 2. That no cars shall be allowed to park on Pleasant Street; 3. That no floodlights shall be installed; 4. That only vegetables, fruit and poultry products grown on the land of the petitioner that is within the Town shall be sold; 5. That this Permit shall expire October 23, 1955. Oct. 14 William Graham Jr. To: Operate a funeral home on the premises numbered 1508 Massachusetts Avenue. Denied. Nov. 18 ---Geo. A. Knox Jr. and Jos. P. Spinelli et al To: Subdivide Lot 9, located on Shade Street, into two separate parcels. Denied. Nov. 18—Shell Oil Co. and Everett LaFrance To: Enlarge the service station and lubritorium at 1095 Massachusetts Avenue, in accordance with the plans submitted. Denied. Nov. 18—Viand Properties, Inc. To: Erect a one-story showroom addition to the existing building at 1668 Massa- chusetts Avenue, substantially in accordance with the plot plan and plans submitted. Granted. Nov. 18—Jos. F. McCormick To: Erect a single family dwelling on Lot 156 numbered 9 Donald Street, which would have a side yard less than the ten feet required by the Lexington Zoning By-law. Denied. Nov. 18—F. C. Nelson To: Erect a carport addition to existing dwelling at 8 Sherburne Road, which would have a 5 foot side yard instead of the 12 feet required by the Lex- ington Zoning By-law. Denied. Nov. 18—Prince A. Newell To: Erect a single family dwelling on Lot #30 located at 98 Maple Street, subject to the following conditions: That the house be set back from Maple Street approximately 200 feet and that construction of the dwelling will be started not later than June 1, 1955; and also to the further condition that if con- struction is not started by this date the Permit shall expire. Granted. Nov. 18—David W. Walsh Jr, To: Erect a small attorney's sign on the premises at 183 Woburn Street. Denied. Nov. 18—Robert WiIdes To: Erect a single family dwelling on Lots 1 and 2 located on Sullivan Street, as shown on plan of Park Heights #5, Lexington, Mass., substantially in accord- ance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Dec. 2—Donald K. Irwin To: Erect a single family dwelling on Lots 30 and 31 in Block 25 Nichols Road, substantially as shown in the plot plan submitted. Granted. Dec. 2—Concetta Cataldo To: Erect a single family dwelling on Lots 175 and 176 at the corner of Rindge Avenue and Winn Avenue, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted, To: To; To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: To: TOWN OF LEXINGTON 159 Dec. 2—John J. Viano Erect a single family dwelling at 15 Woodcliffe Road, Lexington, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Dec. 2—Robert Wildes Erecta single family dwelling on Lots 28 and 29 located on Cushing Street, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Dec. 2—Robert Wildes Erect a single family dwelling on Lots 24 and 25 located on Cushing Street, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Dec. 2—Robert Wildes Erect a single family dwelling on Lots 26 and 27 located on Cushing Street, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Dec. 2—Robert Wildes Erect a single family dwelling on Lots 16 and 17 located on Cushing Street, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Dec. 2—Robert Wildes Erect a single family dwelling on Lots 18 and 19 located on Cushing Street, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Dec. 2—Robert WiIdes Erect a single family dwelling on Lots 20 and 21 located on Cushing Street, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted. Granted. Dec. 16—Carmine Massimi Ila Remove sand and gravel from land designated as part of Lot C, being located at the rear of 96 Lowell Street, as per plot plan submitted. Denied. Dec. 16 ---Eric Ka rl son Subdivide Lot C, 30 York Street, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted, Granted. Dec. 16—Harvey W. Newgent Maintain a Real Eestate office in the Boston & Maine R.R. Depot in Depot Square, subject to the following conditions: 1. That only one sign 30 x 36 shall be displayed as presently located under the portico fiat against the building; 2. This Permit to run for one year from December 2, 1954, Granted. Dec. 16—William Alexson Maintain the single family dwelling on Lot 19-8 Wyman Road, in its present location, with a set back less than that required by the Lexington Zoning By-law, Granted. Dec. 16—Church of Our •Redeemer Erect two signs each 4' x 6' on their property located between Meriam and Hancock Streets, substantially in accordance with the plot plan submitted, and subject to the condition that the signs shall be removed not later than January 1, 1956. Granted. Dec. 16—James A. Carrig To: Erect a single family dwelling on Lot #1 located on Blanchard Road, Lex- ington. Granted. 160 To: Erect a ington. To: Erect a ington. To: Erect a ington. To: Erect a ington. To: Erect a ington. To: Erect a ington. To: Erect a ington. To: ANNUAL REPORTS Dec. 16—James A. Carrig single family dwelling on Lot #2 located Granted. Dec. 16—James A. Carrig single family dwelling on Lot #3 located Granted. Dec. 16—James A. Carrig single family dwelling on Lot #4 located Granted. Dec. 16—James A. Carrig single family dwelling on Lot #5 located Granted. Dec. 16—James A. Carrig single family dwelling on Lot #6 located Granted. Dec. 16—James A. Carrig single family dwelling on Lot #7 located Granted. Dec. 1 6—James A. Carrig single family dwelling on Lot #8 located Granted. on Blanchard Road, Lex - on Blanchard Road, Lex - on Blanchard Road, Lex - on Blanchard Road, Lex - on Blanchard Road, Lex - on Blanchard Road, Lex - on Blanchard Road, Lex - Dec. 16—James A. Carrig Erect a single family dwelling on Lot #9 located on Blanchard Road, Lex- ington, subject to the condition that there shall be no access on to the Cambridge -Concord -Highway, and that this restriction shall be included in any deed covering the sale of this lot. Granted. Dec. 1 6—James A, Carrig To: Erect a single family dwelling on Lot #10 located on Blanchard Road, Lex- ington. Granted—subject to the condition that there shall be no access an to the Cambridge -Concord -Highway, and that this restriction shall be included in any deed covering the sale of this lot. Dec. 16—James A. Carrig To: Erect a single family dwelling on Lot #11 located on Blanchard Road, Lex- ington, subject to the condition that there shall be no access on to the Cambridge -Concord -Highway, and that this restriction shall be included in any deed covering the sale of this lot. Granted. Dec. 16—James A. Carrig To: Erect a single family dwelling on Lot #12 located on Blanchard Road, Lex- ington. Granted—subject to the condition that there shall be no access on to the Cambridge -Concord -Highway, and that this restriction shall be included in any deed covering the sale of this lot. Dec. 16—James A. Carrig fo: Erect a single family dwelling on Lot #13 located on Blanchard Road, Lex- ington, subject to the condition that there shall be no access on to the Cambridge -Concord -Highway and that this restriction shall be included in any deed covering the sale of this lot. Granted. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 161 The Board is deeply grateful to Mr. George Emery, Mr. Edwin B. Worthen Jr., Mr. J. Henry Duffy and Mr, Eimer C. Houdlette, associate members of the Board of Appeals, for their valuable assistance during the past year. Respectfully submitted, ERROL H. LOCKE, Chairman LESTER T. REDMAN THOMAS G. LYNAH WALTER C. BALLARD AIDEN L. RIPLEY REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER December 31, 1954 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: submit herewith the report of the Engineering Division for the year ending December 31, 1954: As in previous years the department has been seriously extended in trying to cover the many operations in the town. Supervision of construction in developments has been one of our biggest problems, and as these streets can be accepted as town ways upon completion, it is important that the work be kept to town standards. We have again used consultants services for supervision of major town con- struction, but most of the sewer and water design and preparation of plans has been done by this department. Details of the work done, both contract and town forces, may be found in the report of the Superintendent of Public Works. The Town Engineer has attended many of the Planning Board meetings in an advisory capacity and has passed on all matters of construction in developments. The continuing expansion at the Bedford Airport has raised many problems of supplying various municipal services. There has been no slackening in the growth of the town and we still have the problem of a sufficient office and field staff to plan utilities in time for future needs. In conclusion I wish to acknowledge with thanks the assistance given to this Division by Town Officials and members of the other town departments. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM M. BURNS, Town Engineer 162 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE PARK, SHADE TREE AND INSECT SUPPRESSION DIVISIONS To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: December 31, 1954. As in previous years the report of the Shade Tree, Insect Suppression and Park Divisions are combined in the following section. Section I covers the activities of the Park Division and Section II the Shade Tree and Insect Suppression. SECTION 1 The Park appropriation did not call for any expansion for the year 1954. Owing to the tremendous rainfall of the summer season, most of our time was devoted to mowing. Because of this vast amount of mowing, we will need some new equipment for the coming year to compliment our gang mower, Contract was let for two new tennis courts at the Center Playground which will be completed and ready for use in the early summer of 1955. We have two more courts that should be done this coming year, also, due to the heavy rains we have a great deal of trouble keeping clay on our clay courts. We would recommend that in the near future, these courts be made into a Laykold Tennis Court Surface, which will ease our maintenance problem. This year we suffered two disastrous hurricanes on which we had to use our Park help for the month of September and part of October which delayed us in our work of pruning shrubs and spading beds on the various parks. We were also given a great deal of help on our Park work from the Public Works Department, Some of our men were also used on the Sub -grading of the new Little League Field, which we hope will be ready for use in the Spring, The Recreation Committee report will give you more detailed information on all activities on the playgrounds. SECTION 11 The first part of the year 1954 was devoted to the scouting of Gypsy Moth and Tent Caterpillar. We did not have. much infestation of the gypsy moth, but they are in surrounding towns so that we must take every precaution so they will not filtrate in again. Due to the inclement weather in the early spring, dormant spraying of elms was not carried on as scheduled. There was such a substantial increase in Dutch Elm Disease in the year i 954 that much of our time has been spent sampling and removing these trees. Following is a report of the Dutch Elm Disease work: Suspected D.E.D. samples sent of Shade tree Laboratories: Samples sent 148 Samples returned diseased 125 (45 Public -80 Private) Samples returned sterile 23 To date 52 of these diseased trees have been removed. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 163 In the early Spring, fifty-five trees infested with Scolytus Beetle, the carrier of D,E,D., were removed. These trees were not tested at the College, as we know from our own experience that they should be removed. As in previous years we did our regular street tree planting in new developments and also made some replacements of trees that had died, as far as time and money would allow. Trees were planted on the following streets: Appletree Lane 13 Rock Maple Scotland Road 14 Rock Maple Woburn Street 4 Rock Maple Hudson Road 2 Rock Maple Harding Road 3 Norway Maple Replacements on various streets: 24 Rock Maple — 2 Norway Maple We will be unable to fill all requests for trees this coming Spring due to our limited time of planting and our early spraying program. On August 31st and September 12th our town was hit by two severe hurricanes, which left most of our trees in very bad condition, It was, therefore, necessary for ail Public Works De- partments to spend their time on cleaning up the debris which is not fully completed yet. Our trees on the Common, Buckman 'Tavern and at the Cary Memorial Hall have all had a complete pruning. We have 462 public and private trees that had to be removed because of streets being blocked. There are a number of trees in dangerous condition still to be removed. It may be necessary to have outside help to complete all removal including D.E.D. In conclusion I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen, the Superintendent of Public Works and the many other departments which have helped us during the past year. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES H, BRENTON, 164 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS December 31, 1 954 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: In accordance with Article XVIII, Section 1 of the By -Laws of the Town of Lexington, f submit herewith the annual report covering the work of the Public Works Department during the year T954. During 1954, Lexington again experienced continued pressure for extensions of various municipal services. This pressure was reflected again in the activities reported in the function of the Public Works Department This report covers the work of the Public Works Department only; and a separate report has been given under the office of the Town Engineer in addition to separate reports by the Wire, Plumbing and Building Inspectors. The following table shows comparison of employee personnel as of December 31st over the past five years: Administration Engineering Clerical Parks Mechanics & Janitors Highway Water & Sewer Labor Pool Plumbing & Bldg. Inspectors Wire Inspector 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 3 3 3 3 3 7 5 4 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 7 6 6 6 9 5 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 27 29 24 25 24 TOTALS 60 58 52 52 55 HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (Contract) Street Length Paved Area Mass, Avenue 1,000' 7,200 sq. yds. (ay. cost per sq. yd.—$2.45) During this year ane contract was let for street construction, including drainage, covering four streets. Amount of work completed and costs are indicated below: BETTERMENT STREET CONSTRUCTION (Contract) Street Oak Terrace Bertwell Road Williams Road Buckman Dr. & Dawes Rd. 2950' 7866 sq. yds Length Area Pavement 460' 1226 sq. yds. 530' 1413 sq. yds. 790' 2106 sq. yds. TOTALS 4730' 12611 sq. yds. Total Drainage Contract Price 183'-12" Conc. Pipe 106`-18" Conc. Pipe 327'-24" Conc. Pipe $39,1 16.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 165 166 ANNUAL REPORTS CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION: The sum of $27,000.00 was made available by the Town under this program for construction of approximately 1900 feet on Hill Street. ROAD MAINTENANCE: Surface treatment was applied to fourteen streets in 1954, with a total length of 4.93 miles covering an area of 63,365 square yards. The following table indicates the extent of work done and unit quantities and costs: SURFACE TREATMENT -1954 No. of Type of Length Area Asphalt Aggregate Cost Streets Treatment In Miles Sq. Yds. per. yd. per. yd. per yd. 9 Mixed in Place 2.23 26,760 .7394 110.799 .26043 5 Sealing 2.70 36,605 .301 30.18 .1048 MISCELLANEOUS: As in the previous year a general program for cleaning streets and general maintenance work after the winter months was conducted in the spring of 1954. The procedure of cleaning the center each morning during the year was con- tinued in 1954 and clean-up groups were organized for cleaning the streets after rainstorms. Additional cleaning of catch basins was needed where stoppages occurred, usually after these storms. Patching was done, when weather permitted, during the year and once more sewer and water services accounted for approximately one-third of the total cost of patching. SNOW REMOVAL: The past year was an average year for snow removal with 6 major storms reported, two of the storms deposited 10" each. One Haiss Snow Loader was purchased during the year. The accompanying table indicates the cost breakdown chargeable to Snow Removal. SNOW REMOVAL 1. Cost of Major Snow Storms: c> 0. in u7't e n . pi N Ci N o 'Q NN --IAO F.. '0 .47 O Ch N.0 NNIr'1 NN o.- --PN 00N U R E S 7 In V 9 C7 o. O 07 1+i ^ '0 0 0 c 0 b '5 070'^r) J O W. N 0 N � m to 0 LnN ra} u'1 N O co I1) on O O IA t' v – 0' oh N N y 0. rn 0070 .47 O C >- P r- '0 pi 4W P's 003 O 0 0 '0 '0 CO CV � E rTo•w01o.rn w , I+] c 000000 • 00ut000 E aN lA m c0N o ^0^ Incr vn C O In In 0 0 In W u' I N n I A 0 n • E LON..:o:^o a N O'0nvN = 7 NC ^ r') n Cry w ni N d cc 0 Ino '01)000 E 0 '1.11- E in'0 ^N r+)� ry CO N R ; ; a o v E E C C C C u W ^ C C 3 CCCCu V —,_40 v b 0 +pr 10 v N 0 0 0 1 m +fr 0' C O Y Cr,0 0 '0 N 0 O 0) 0 O Il) b cn 0 ^ 0. r. v r. N 0, cr.,— If) co N '- r7 — 0, CO N N TOTAL COST OF SNOW REMOVAL, 1954 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 167 STREET LIGHTING: Fifty-eight 1,000 lumen street lights and six 2,500 lumen street lights were installed during the year 1954, so that, currently lamps. in service are as follows: 800 Iumens 1,000 Iumens 2,500 Iumens 6,000 Iumens 10,000 Iumens. 1240 90 59 44 31 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND CONTROL: The main and, of course, largest item under this budget is the painting of street lines and crosswalks. Other charges, while rather small in amount of money involved, but, nevertheless, a recurring year- ly expense, are the operation of the two traffic signal lights on Mass. Ave. at the Depot and Waltham Street and the automatic flashing highway crossing signals at Fletcher Avenue. During the past year most of the street lines and crosswalks. were painted twice; the approximate linear footage painted is indicated below 24,753 Center Lines 5,479 Crosswalks 737 Curbing 137 Parking Tees 198 Boys 87 Parking Lines 23 "STOP" Signs 92 "SLOW" Signs 7 Solid Circle 8 Bus Stop 12 No Parking 3 Taxi Stands 38 Arrows 44 M.P.H. Signs STREET SIGNS: During the past year 46 old signs were taken down, repaired, painted and installed and 54 new signs were purchased and installed. At the pres- ent time we have approximately 60 signs to be erected, all of them to be purchased. ROAD MACHINERY: Equipment purchased and received during the year is as follows: A. G.M.C. 21 ton truck. B. Haiss Snow Loader. C. HD5G Allis Chalmers Tractor. The new G.M.C. replaced an old International 234 ton truck. The new HD5G replaced an old HD7. Repairs to our equipment were made as far as possible by our own mechanics; and, during the course of the year, 324 repair jobs were completed as follows: Police Cars 22 repairs Public Works Vehicles 286 repairs Miscellaneous 16 repairs ASHES AND DUMPS: Collection of ashes and refuse at the various schools and public buildings for disposal at the Lincoln Street Dump was made system- atically. Approximately 3,100 tons of fill were trucked in from time to time to cover the rubbish and keep the dump in as presentable an appearance as possible. 168 ANNUAL REPORTS WATER DIVISION General Information Range of Static Pressure in Mains Length of Pipe in Street Number of Services Number of Hydrants Total Water Consumption in 1954 Average Daily Consumption in 1954 Average Daily Consumption per capita Street Adams Street 1 Merriam Street f Street Grassland Street Winter Street 20 to 120 pounds 548,531 feet 5,623 920 705,703,000 gals. 1,933,400 gals. 101 gals. 1954 WATER CONSTRUCTION (Contract) Size of Length Pipe of Pipe 12" 6,098' 8" 54' 6" 241' TOTAL: 6,393' TOTAL: Average Cost per foot Cost of Foot $4.14 1954 WATER CONSTRUCTION (Town Labor 8 Equipment) Size Length Cost per ft. 6' 354' $4.99 12" 656' 8.17 1.010' $7.05 Total $26,471.00 $26,471 .00 Total Cost $1,768.19 5,356.70 $7,124.89 1954 WATER CONSTRUCTION (Development at no Cost to Town) Size of Length Pipe of Pipe 8" 550' 12" 375' 6" 7,400' 6" 475' 6" 600' 6" 600' i 8" 650' 6" 1,000' Sunnyknoll Terrace 6" 574' Peacock Farm Road 6" 300' Trotting Horse Drive 6" 850' Street Fairlawn Lane Whipple Road Wheeler Road Lincoln Terrace Quincy Avenue Ledgelawn Avenue Fairbanks Road TOTAL: 7,374' TOWN OF LEXINGTON 169 EXTENT OF DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM DEC. 31. 1954 Size of Pipe 16" 25,058' 12" 105,379' 10" 21,221' 8" 113,640' 6" 266,147' 4" 17,086' Length in Feet TOTAL: 548,531' HYDRANT INSTALLATION Hydrants in service January 1, 1954 840 Hydrants installed in 1954 80 Hydrants in service December 31 920 1954 WATER MAINTENANCE Number of New Services Installed: Main to House 220 Totalling 18,429' Curb to House 58 Number of Services Renewed: 1. Main to Curb 20 2. Curb to House 33 Number of New Services to Curb only* 83 Number of Services Repaired 14 TOTAL JOBS: 428 * Installed to curb to prevent digging up newly -paved streets, and will be billed later, when connected. METERS. During the year a total of 242 new meters were installed. Addi- tional work included removing, repairing and testing 176 meters and replacing same. DISTRIBUTING MAINS: Twenty-one water main breaks were repaired in 1954 on various streets throughout the Town, as indicated below: Size of Size of Street Main Street Main Franklin Avenue 6" Concord Avenue 6" Smith Avenue 6" Lowell Street 6" Vaille Avenue 6" Spring Street 6" Lincoln Street 6" Hill Street 12" Forest Street 6" Outlook Drive 6" Marrett Road 6" Bow Street 6" Kendall Road 6" Winter Street 12" Bedford Street 12" Hancock Street 6" Woburn Street 6" Bernard Street 6" Vine Street 6" Brandon Street 2" N. Hancock Street 6" 170 ANNUAL REPORTS SEWER DIVISION General Information Lexington is part of the North Metropolitan Sewerage District Area tributary to existing sewer system 5.50 sq. miles Total length of trunk line sewers 10.82 miles Total length of street line sewers 35.24 miles Total number of house connections 2269 Amount expended for maintenance $9,150.81 1955 Sewer Assessment Rate $13.98 Number of sewer services installed -166 Totalling 9,186' Number of sewer services repaired 22 Sewer laterals and trunk lines were constructed in various locations as indicated below: Spring Street Butler Avenue 1954 SEWER CONSTRUCTION (Contract) Size Length Cost/Ft. 8" 3187' $14.97 8" 500' 14.16 TOTAL: 3687' Average cost per foot — $14.86 Street Lowell Street 1954 SEWER CONSTRUCTION (Trunk Litre—Contract) Size Length Cost/ft. 14" 3056' $19.54 10" 438' Average cost per foot --- $19.54 1954 SEWER CONSTRUCTION (Town Labor 8 Equipment) Location Size Length Costlft. Hill Street 8" 125' $11.24 Lincoln Street 8" 420' 7.03 545' Average cost per foot — $5.00 Tota I $47,716.12 7,079.41 $54,795.53 Tota I $68,268.95 Total $1,405.53 2,952.44 $4,357.97 1954 SEWER CONSTRUCTION (Developments at no cost to Town) Size Length Street of Pipe of Pipe Fairlawn Lane 10" 150' Whipp(e Road 10" 150' Wheeler Road 1700' 110" 485' Lincoln Terrace 8" 440' 5 8„ TOTAL: 2925' TOWN OF LEXINGTON 171 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS Town Offices, Cary Memorial Building and Barnes Property: General altera- tions, repairs, painting, etc., were made on all three properties. Public Works Buildings: Al! expenditures were confined to the usual necessary repairs and maintenance. Mosquito Control: The Town contributed $5,000.00 to the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project for constructing ditches and culverts, spraying, etc. The Superintendent of this project reports that Lexington's program and budget, as set up in 1954, were inadequate for effective control and requests that appropriations be increased for 1955. Garbage Collections: Our garbage collection was made under the contract originally let in April of 1953. There has been considerable improvement made in the collection of garbage. CONCLUSION In conclusion I wish to acknowledge with thanks the assistance and cooperation given to the Public Works Department by officials of the Town and members of the various Town Departments. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM M. BURNS, Superintendent of Public Works 172 ANNUAL REPORTS THE LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS -1954 SCHOOL COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION MR. GEORGE P. WADSWORTH, 26 Hayes Avenue (Chairman) Tel. LE 9-1 T94 (Term Expires March 1956) MYRON C. FISHER, 3 Plainfield Street (Tenn Expires March 1955) CHARLES H. NORRIS, 12 Berwick Road (Term Expires March 1955) RICHARD P. CROMWELL, 21 Summit Road (Term Expires March 1956) MRS. MILDRED B. MAREK, (Secretary) (Term Expires March 1957) Tel. LE 9-2997 Tel. LE 9-0479-W Tel. LE 9-1418 Tel. LE 9-2032 Regular meetings are held on the first and third Mondays in each month, except July and August, in the Committee Room in the Junior High School Building. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS JOHN BLACKBALL SMITH, 24 Muzzey Street Tel. LE 9-1276 Office—Junior High School Building Tel. LE 9-0277 TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PERSON NEL - School Secretaries PRISCILLA W. SMITH, 15 Somerset Road MRS. EVELYN M. GNADE, 5 Wallis Court MRS, DOROTHY D. SEYMOUR, 36 Simonds Road ELIZABETH PAPEN, 9 Hilltop Road MRS. PRISCILLA MCKEE, 66 Hancock Street School Physicians DR. HAROLD J. CRUMB, 1632 Massachusetts Avenue DR. HOWARD J. POTTER, 11 Muzzey Street DR. MARY E. PERRY, 107 Waltham Street School, Dentist DR. JAMES A. MALLOY, 4 Waltham Street CATHERINE MEGERDICHIAN, Dental Hygienist 135 Robbins Street, Waltham School Nurses MRS. ELIZABETH MAHER, 3 Dee Road MRS, RUTH L. CLARKE, 198 Follen Road Superintendent of Buildings E. BURBANK SAUL, 63 Kilburn Road, Belmont Supervisor of Attendance E. BURBANK SAUL, 63 Kilburn Road, Belmont Census MRS. BARBARA O'CONNOR, 290 Marrett Road Americanization Teacher GLADYS M. ANDERSON, 16 Winthrop Road Director Lexington Evening School HERBERT M. GODDARD, 43 Hillside Avenue, Bedford Director of School Lunches ETHEL L. WRIGHT, 1 Sunny Knoll Avenue 173 Superintendent's Off ice Superintendent's Off ice Superintendent's Office Senior High School Junior High School Tel, LE 9-1088 Tel. LE 9-3218 Tel. LE 9-2297 Tel. LE 9-2153 Tel. WA 5-4927 Tel. LE 9-2 i 16-W Tel. LE 9-0597-M Tel. BE 5-0100-W Tel. BE 5-0100-W Tel. LE 9-0713-M Tel. LE 9-2826 Tel. LE 9-1170-J Tel. LE 9-0553 174 ANNUAL REPORTS SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1954 To the Citizens of Lexington: COMMITTEE ACTIVITY Providing adequate housing and teaching facilities in our still rapidly -growing community continues to be the chief responsibility and concern of the Lexington School Committee. The first grade enrollment this year exceeds 500 for the first time in the history of our Town, and October first figures (official enrollment for the school year), show a total school population of 3926, an increase of 396 over 1953. Transporting pupils to school, providing rooms for almost 4000 of them, securing an adequate staff of good teachers, surveying and evaluating curriculum, and trying to make wise decisions on general policies related to all these matters have kept the School Committee busy on an average of four hours for each of their 32 meetings this year. Each member of the School Com- mittee also serves on at least one building committee, acting as the liaison between the Building Committee, which is responsible for a particular building or addition, and the School Committee, which is responsible for providing and maintaining adequate school hous- ing facilities for all children throughout the Town. The Superin- tendent of Schools is a member ex -officio of all committees. .BUILDING General Every town needs to provide new school buildings from time to time. When a town grows rapidly, as Lexington has for several years and apparently will for some years to come, the normal needs of many years must be met within a few years. Such a period of rapid change presents real problems in school planning, school administration and town financing. In planning for the necessary physical plant, the School Committee aims to have enough rooms ready when they are needed. To have too few rooms for the pupils enrolled at any given time weakens the educational program; to have too many adds unduly to the tax rate; and accurate planning during a period of rapid growth is extremely difficult. With the help of the Elementary School Facilities Committee, the various building committees, and the many interested citizens we have in TOWN OF LEXINGTON 175 Lexington, the School Committee hopes to continue the expansion of physical facilities as needed while maintaining a sound educa- tional program and without increasing total school costs. We have met our space needs in the elementary schools this year by continuing to house the Center School in part of the Junior High School building and by opening the new 10 -room Fiske School Addition. This new Addition, which more than doubles the class- room capacity at Fiske, uses the common facilities built in the original building for this purpose. This new complete school unit provides modern facilities for about 500 pupils. Until the addition was opened in November it was necessary to operate on a two -session basis at the Fiske School. Our carefully planned building timetable does not provide for undue delays in construction, and unless other proposed buildings are ready on schedule we shall again have to resort to temporary emergency operation. Schedule The following building schedule, planned to meet our needs for the next five years, was announced by the School Committee early in November. A copy of the schedule and a discussion of the reasons for each proposal was sent to each town meeting member and each household in town; YEAR TO BE VOTED November 22, 1954 March 1955 March 1956 March 1957 March 1958 PROJECT Maple -Lowell Street -15 room elementary school 14 -classroom addition to the high school, auditorium and shop wing 8 -room addition to the Franklin School Renovations to the present junior high school building A new junior high school or expansion of the present building, depending on the recommendation of a pro- fesional study The need for additional rooms is easily understood if one looks carefully at the following figures: In the first three years each grade is near 500; in the fourth through seventh grades the range is from 370 to 332 per grade; the eighth and ninth grades have just under 250 each; and the last three grades are still under 200 each. Looking at it another way, this year we enrolled 157 seniors, but 508 first -graders (as of October first). Not listed in the above timetable but of vital importance in our planning for the next five years are the Fiske Addition, in use since 176 ANNUAL REPORTS early November, and the 16 -room Maria Hastings School, approved at the regular town meeting in March of this year, and currently under construction. The Maple -Lowell Street building listed above —known now as the Harrington School—was voted at the special town meeting on November 22nd. Approval of this building at a special town meeting allows 18 or 19 months for actual construction before the building is needed in September 1956. Junior High Schaal With the buildings completed or under construction and the additions to older buildings, the School Committee feels that the elementary school needs are taken care of for five years. The new high school building is in its second year of operation. The larger classes are now reaching the junior high school, and it is clearly apparent that additional facilities must be provided at this level. Because it has been necessary to house an elementary school unit in part of the Junior -Senior High school buildings until another elementary building could be completed (Maria Hastings), the major alterations needed to convert it into an adequate building for a modern junior high program have not yet been undertaken, It is estimated that when renovated the present building will provide adequate facilities for approximately 900 students. By 1960 we expect about 1400 junior high school students and unless present trends change, the number will continue to increase though at a slower rate. Because of the many complexities involved not only in housing the junior high population, but also in providing for an adequate educational program, the School Committee believes that careful study, with outside professional assistance, is needed to assure the best solution to this problem. It is our feeling that to take care of the junior high enrollment for the immediate future the ninth grade should temporarily be kept in the high school building. To do this it will be necessary to add additional classrooms, the auditorium and the shop wing now, two years earlier than originally planned. The School Committee is well aware, also, that either the present junior high building must be expanded or a second building provided by the fall of 1959. At that time the three upper grades will need all the space in the high school building. PROFESSIONAL STAFF While we .must have school buildings, these buildings would be of little value without an adequate staff of capable, well trained TOWN OF LEXINGTON 177 teachers. To attract outstanding teachers to Lexington and to keep the excellent teachers already in our system requires, among other things, a fair compensation. Our salary schedule was revised last year and will need to be revised from time to time to enable us to compete favorably with other towns in our area. The School Com- mittee is pleased that with but few exceptions we have been able to keep our teachers even when other offers have promised higher remuneration. We are grateful for the loyalty and the cooperation of our staff as a whole. As in business, when a school system grows there is need for more supervision and closer coordination. The School Committee has continued its policy of appointing department heads to coordi- nate the work of given departments in Junior and Senior High Schools, and supervisors to plan and direct special subjects on the various levels. With seven elementary schools already in operation, the eighth opening in 1955 and the ninth in 1956, the Superintendent and the School Committee recognized the need for an elementary school supervisor or coordinator, and various candidates were considered over a period of several months. Mr. Paul F. Poehler, Jr., who has seen the public schools from the viewpoint of teacher, principal and superintendent, was appointed to the position and began his duties in October. TRANSPORTATION With the residential developments in outlying districts of the Town and with people moving from other towns where transportation is provided throughout the school system, the School Committee has had many requests for an expansion of our transportation. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires the School Committees of towns and cities to provide transportation for pupils living more than two miles from school and more than a mile frorn an established bus route. The School Committee has, therefore, included in the 1955 budget an amount necessary for this additional transportation. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts yearly refunds to each com- munity a sum of money determined by formula for the transporta- tion of students living more than a mile and a half from school. Lexington has, of course, received this reimbursement yearly and it will be increased with the increase of transportation to the 178 ANNUAL REPORTS secondary school levet, However, all state refunds are made a year or more following the actual expenditures and go into the Excess and Deficiency Fund when received. SPECIAL CLASS A new law was passed last spring requiring public schools to extend their programs to include classes for the "trainable but uneducable" children in the community. Since the State Depart- ment of Education is still working on the details of operation for a program to comply with the new law, it is impossible at this tirne to say just what the extended program will mean for Lexington in terms of additional classrooms and teachers. The School Committee will plan our local program as soon as standards and specific require- ments are available. At present our two special classes seem to be taking care of community needs. CURRICULUM One very important part of a school program is curriculum study, planning, evaluation and revision. While curriculum -planning is a professional job carried on by the professional staff, the School Com- mittee must be familiar with the curriculum. This year the School Committee has, about once a month, asked the head of a depart- ment to attend one of its meetings to discuss in some detail the work of that department as it is at the present and as it is planned for the future. The Committee has found these discussions both very interesting and extremely valuable, and is grateful to all the faculty members who have cooperated so willingly. The Health and Safety programs have been expanded during the year, as it is being recognized increasingly that these two areas form a very important part of the physical education curriculum. The program of the Homemaking Department also has been broadened during the year, the better facilities in the new high school building making such an expansion possible. In spite of the increase in facilities we find that there are still a number of girls who cannot be accommodated in this particular curriculum. During the past year the homemaking program of study was approved by the State Department of Education and from now on Lexington will yearly receive a reimbursement of approximately 50% of the net operating costs in this program of studies. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 179 The experimental French class, inaugurated at the Center School last year, is being continued, and another class was started this year in the third grade at Fiske School. The School Committee considers this experiment an outstanding success. The evening classes for the adult members of the community continue to grow. Three new classes were added this year, and four additional classes are planned for next year. COMMUNITY USE OF BUILDINGS There is a continued demand from community groups for the use of school facilities, The School Committee gladly makes these facilities available when such use does not interfere with the school program. Non -school groups pay a fee to cover the cost of heat, lighting and custodial service. ACKNOWLEDMENTS The interest of the community as a whole in our educational program, our needs and our problems has been outstanding. The willingness of our citizens to give their time to school problems when called upon and to accept the increasing costs of a growing school system reflects the importance we place on our schools. The School Committee greatly appreciates this community help and support. We extend special thanks to those serving on the Ele- mentary School Facilities Committee, the High School Building Committee, the Fiske Addition Building Committee, the Maria Hastings Building Committee, the Harrington Building Committee and the High School Addition Committee for their valuable contri- butions. The effective operation of any school system depends very largely on its executive officer, the Superintendent of Schools. We are indeed fortunate in having as our Superintendent during this critical period one who is both an able administrator and a sound educator, and who somehow finds time for whatever needs to be done for our schools. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE P. WADSWORTH, Chairman RICHARD P. CROMWELL MYRON C. FISHER MILDRED B. MAREK CHARLES H. NORRIS 180 ANNUAL REPORTS C 2 8 I [it J] W C L) T2 72 u a, 4-8 E wx x TOWN OF LEXINGTON 181 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee and Citizens of Lexington, I herewith submit this, my third annual report. INTRODUCTION This year's report is in the form of the old style annual school statement. Instead of a report written entirely by the Superintendent of Schools with assistance from key personnel, as has been customary in recent years, we are pleased to present brief accounts from principals and directors of the educational programs and services conducted under their supervision. May I urge your careful reading of these and your critical analysis. Throughout these pages, you should find challenging statements and certainly items of an informative nature. It is our hope that your curiosity will be aroused, and your wonderment about "why" or "why not" will be so intense that you will visit our schools and learn at first hand "what goes on." The printed word limits the amount of information we may disseminate in this annual publication, but the amount of knowledge every Lexington resident may secure about our schools and our educational program is limited only by the individual's time, interest and initiative. We welcome your intimate contact with all that goes on in our schools! GROWTH An increase in school population may mean just one or two things to Mr. Average Citizen, if there is such a person. Certainly more money for educational purposes is apparent, and if the added number of children is sufficient, a building or two may be obvious. Perhaps a few people will realize that if the enrollment gain is large enough, more teachers will be needed and with them added clerical and custodial personnel, particularly if a new schoolhouse is opened. No doubt there will be anxious parents who will inquire about expansion in transportation facilities. An occasional individual wilt question if there is need of curriculum survey and analysis because of the sudden upward surge in school population; and it is possible that a business executive will realize that there must be a change in the administration set-up as the system grows from small to medium and moves toward large. There is more involved in meeting the needs of a booming school community than dollars and cents, and bricks and steel. This section of the report proposes to briefly discuss other factors that make meeting all of the problems a matter of some complexity. For a quick introduction the table that follows will clearly indicate that we have had growth and are continuing to grow: 182 ANNUAL REPORTS Year 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 estimate 1955 4300 * Indicates Bedford pupils included t Does not include Superintendent School Enrollment Oct. 1st Salaries 2370 (*81) $231,912.82 2366 (88) 258,773.48 2413 (*88) 317,747.32 2552 (*86) 365,562.35 2658 (*60) 2813 [*25) 2991 3247 3530 3926 429,000.00 459,735.67 523,386.33 564,673.49 629,323.44 725, 820.66 813,371.85 Expenses $53,054.00 66,594.00 78,519.00 80,000.00 102,737.00 104,575.00 110,000.00 125,000.00 148,896.00 177,963.00 175,513.00 SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION Teaching Total ,Personnelt $284,966.82 96 325,367.48 396,266.32 445,562.35 531,737.00 564,310.67 633,386.33 689,673.49 778,219.44 903,783.66 988,884.85 100 103 107 116 122 128 140 158 169 182 Since September 1952, the community of Lexington has completed the following school buildings which are now in use: 1. Lexington High School, $2,000,000 {approximately) 2, Addition to Fiske School, $325,000 Under construction at present: 1. Maria Hastings School, $725,000 Awaiting final plans and contract: 1. Harrington School, $733,000 [voted) It may be noted with pride at this point that the Fiske Addition, Maria Hastings, and Harrington Schools were voted at town meetings without a dissenting vote. This is truly a high compliment to the members of the building committees involved and to all the individuals of the School Committee. But the greatest commendation must go to the citizens of our town who are concerned with our educational pro- gram and pledged to not only support us in maintaining a reputation for fine schools, but to encourage us in our endeavor to present better offerings to our children. Not all of the activity in school building is represented by what has been completed, under construction or voted, however: The Elementary School Facilities Committee, appointed early in 1952, and still functioning, has done an outstanding piece of work in surveying enrollment trends and has been instrumental in recommending specific building committees. As an added responsibility this committee supervised the erection of the Fiske Addition. And very recently, at a special town meeting held in November, a com- mittee was appointed to secure preliminary plans for a classroom addition to the high school building and an auditorium and shop wing. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 183 A committee to secure preliminary plans for an addition to the Franklin School has worked diligently with an architectural firm, and now has a proposal ready to present for town action when the need at the Franklin School becomes more - apparent. In spite of the output of time, effort and money in the accomplishments to - date, there is considerably more that demands rhe immediate attention of our citizenry. Recently the School Committee sent a report to all residents of Lexington outlining a five-year building program that began with the Harrington School and proposes a school building vote at every Annual Town Meeting through March of 1958. It should be recognized that the School Committee's recommendations are not based on the continued rapid increase in the school population, and, con- sequently, dates and plans must be considered to be tentative and subject to constant study. Lexington correctly met the first impact of increased students by erecting and planning elementary buildings. This was followed by a new high school and the many reasons for this decision are well known. Now we are confronted with t critical situation in the middle group, the junior high school. Much has been• written and said about our needs for this section of our school program, and there. will continue to be information presented on this subject in order that when a recommendation is presented for consideration, residents and voters may have all of the facts. As a preparatory step, the Lexington School Committee will request funds at the 1955 Annual Town Meeting for the purpose of securing a professional survey of our junior high school requirements for use in determining not only the educational program, but the type of building and feasible locations. FINANCE During the process of developing the 1954 School Budget, a comparison table was constructed from figures supplied by the Massachusetts Department of Educa- tion which showed the cost per pupil in Lexington and in twenty-four communities similar and familiar to this town. At that time, 1953, our cost per pupil of $211 placed us in the twenty-first position. Since then our school budget has increased sixteen percent, but comparisons with the same school systems finds us for the next school year in the same position, twenty-first, A number of conclusions may be made from the table that follows, but most certainly it cannot be said that our increased expenditures exceeded those of other communities. There may be some comfort in realizing that our neighbors have similar problems! COMPARISON OF PER PUPIL COSTS OF TOWNS FAMILIAR AND SIMILAR TO LEXINGTON For the School Years ending June 30, 1953 and June 30, 1954 1953 1954 Cost Cost Towns Per Pupil Rank Towns Per Pupil Rank Andover $231. 17 Andover $246. 15 Arlington 264. 8 Arlington 258. 9 Belmont 287. 2 Belmont 307. 2 Braintree 207. 22 Braintree 235. 19 Brookline 350. 1 Brookline 369. 1 184 ANNUAL REPORTS Towns Dedha m Framingham 274. 6 Hingham 267. 7 Lexington 211. 21 Marblehead 232. 16 Methuen 188. 25 Milton 252. 11 Needham 207. 23 Norwood 276. 5 Reading 227. 18 Stoneham 200. 24 Swampscott 284. 3 Wakefield 214, 20 Watertown 244, 13 Wellesley 278. 4 West Springfield 261. 9 Weymouth 224. 19 Winchester 258. 10 Winthrop 233. 14 Woburn 232. 15 1953 Cost Per Pupil Rank 250. 12 1954 Cost Towns Per Pupil Rank Dedham 247, 14 Framingham 256, 10 Hingham 255. 13 Lexington 232. 21 Marblehead 240. 16 Methuen 208. 25 Milton 266. 8 Needham 239. 17 Norwood 270, 6 Reading 225. 22 Stoneham 210. 24 Swampscott 288. 4 Wakefield 220. 23 Watertown 269. 7 Wellesley 290. 3 West Springfield ,.,, 272. 5 Weymouth 237. 18 Winchester 255, 12 Winthrop 255. T1 Woburn 234. 20 Will our school expenditures continue to increase? In view of the present and expected growth in the school population, there can only be an affirmative answer to the question; that is a simple reply. But there are other reasons, although they may be closely related to enrollment gains, why we may expect our costs to continue upward: 1. Erection of new buildings 2. Renovations of old buildings 3. Expansion of transportation 4. Reduction of class sizes 5, Addition of new equipment 6. Revision of and addition to curriculum 7. Recognition of salary needs 8. Addition of special educational services 9. Organization redesign, and 10. Attraction of outstanding teachers Good schools cost money, better ones cost more. No community is so wealthy that it does not feel the impact of soaring school expenditures, Lexington is no exception to this, but we are blessed with a population that is concerned with providing the best public school education possible for our future citizens. CURRICULUM Unlike many industries, school systems in general do not have personnel delegated to the sole task of research. Survey of curriculum, analysis of teaching TOWN OF LEXINGTON 185 186 ANNUAL REPORTS methods and techniques, and experimentation must be done by the staff and after a full teaching day, While this is not entirely of a detrimental nature, there are obvious disadvantages and these become more apparent and are more difficult to overcome as numbers increase, The curriculum is not static. It should be as moving and as active as our society. If our children are to meet the challenges of the days ahead, their schooling must be in step with our dynamic civilization. The spelling lists of 1925 will not do for 1955, nor will the drill type of instruction suffice for children whose imagi- nations are fixed with the vivid achievements in science, arts and communica- tion. A restless, eager, demanding world about us penetrates to our very classrooms and prosaic subject matter and teaching fail to satisfy our responsibilities. While every teacher in her daily work instinctively considers the curriculum, there have been specific accomplishments during the past year that we are certain will improve our courses of study and general teaching efficiency: 1. In-service training course in the elementary curriculum con- ducted by Boston University -Harvard Extension Division 2. Mid -winter Institute in the fields of Health, Safety and Physical Education 3. Extension of the experimental program of the teaching of French in the elementary schools. 4. Appointment of a Coordinator of Elementary Education whose chief function will be to constantly follow the courses of study on that level, 5. Appointment of a representative committee to study the test- ing and measuring program in our schools, 6. Establishment of departments on the secondary level in Social Studies and Sciences, 7. Development of comprehensive guides in physical education, and study activated kr similar outlines in health and safety educa- tion, 8. Expansion of science activities on the secondary level through participation in fairs and demonstrations, 9. Increase in field trips on all levels for first-hand contact and observation of science, industry, society and history, 10. Publication of elementary language arts guide and adoption of new textbooks with a wide range of supplementary materials, 11. Extension of staff meetings on all levels for curriculum study and development of plans for expansion of discussion groups, 12. Investigation of camping programs and a community summer school. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 1871 While we have and are making improvements in our offerings to our boys and girls, there remains a tremendous amount to be done. In addition to this, we are of the size and have the facilities to assume a leadership position in the field of- public school education, and to this our entire staff needs to give professional thought and consideration. fn this connection, we need to be aware of and invite the participation of the vast resources available in our community in the form of residents who are doing outstanding work in many fields of art. science, industry and education. These people can do much to enrich our present courses and certainly can give us direction and guidance in our pioneering efforts. We have a very real responsibility to bring them into our planning. PERSONNEL So much has been written and said about the shortage of teachers that it is. unnecessary in this report to repeat statistics. It is sufficient to say that there is a tremendous scarcity in both number and quality. Quickly do we recognize that to secure top -grade teachers we must work daily every day of the year at searching for them. We are blessed with an excellent faculty, but alert to the necessity of holding and securing superior instructors. SALARIES What attracts and retains good teachers? Salary is certainly one factor. Since 1945, Lexington has yearly made revisions in the pay schedule for teachers. While this may appear on first impression to be an outstanding achievement, it must be recognized that teaching salaries were very unattractive and constant raises were necessary. Even though Lexington has provided increases each year for the past ten, we have done no more than keep pace with neighboring com- munities that have done the same thing. We have maintained our position, but figures indicate that we have accomplished no more than that. There is no evidence to date to show that our salary revisions have been of such a nature that superior teachers from other school systems have come to Lexington primarily because of remuneration. It should be reported that in recent years schools not only have been competing. with each other, as has always been customary, but it is now quite common to find teacher candidates weighing offers from industry. This is particularly true of those having training in science, mathematics, industrial arts, and business, Many a science major with teacher -training is tempted by an offer from industry that provides a salary considerably above that which the school can offer. To compete with private resources for this type of person, schools must go beyond salary schedule provisions or else be reconciled to offering less than the best instruction and guidance to our boys and girls. ft is recommended and expected that a further revision in the,salaries of Lexington teachers be effective September 1, 1955. Whatever is granted will very likely not improve our competitive position with neighboring schools. To. do this and to permit us to roam at will in our search for outstanding personnel,, only a very drastic increase would need to be made. 188 ANNUAL REPORTS It must be noted, too, that in spite of considerable research, study and discus- sion with teacher representatives, we have made but little progress on a plan for competence payment. We have found no school system that satisfactorily bases teacher salary on a merit basis. While it is acknowledged that there is a variance in performance and achievement among teachers and that there is increasing pressure from the public to reward because of competence, there is to date no plan available that is acceptable to teachers. Some method must be devised for recognizing outstanding performance through the medium of salary, and the development of such a scheme should be the number one objective of the teaching profession. Salary demands will undoubtedly prevail until several factors are resolved: 1. Acceptance of standard teaching salaries, 2. Stabilization of the price level, and 3. Sufficient supply of teachers LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS Teachers do not come to a community or remain there solely because of compensation. Research indicates that living accommodations attract and hold. is Lexington enticing in this respect? Certainly we have an outstanding community and one which every American may well be privileged to call home. But teachers declare it difficult to live here. We find 63% of our staff living elsewhere, and there appear to be good reasons for this. From our Town officials we learn that not more than 10% of our residents live in rented houses. This means that there exist practically no rentals, and because of the demand for them, prices are usually beyond the teachers' salaries when they are available. There are houses for sale, but unless veterans' assistance is available, the average teaching salary of about $3800 does not permit real estate ownership. For the single teacher, some facilities are available, but the lack of apartments in Lexington forces those seeking some privacy to other communities. With but one or two exceptions, restaurants are closed on Sundays and holidays, and the teacher who rents a room without meals being furnished faces some real eating problems if she has no automobile at her disposal. It is normal to want to live in the community in which you teach and there are some advantages to parents, children and administration when a great majority of the instructional staff lives in the neighborhood. The school program gains much. While we use every resource In aur power to assist our teachers to find acceptable living quarters in Lexington, it must be concluded that the supply may conservatively be reported to be inadequate. This is a community problem! TOWN OF LEXINGTON 189 TRANSPORTATION During the course of the year, many questions arise referring to pupil trans portation. Without going into details or becoming involved with interpretations the State law is briefly and simply this: The School Committee may furnish trans- portation for all children of school age who live a distance of more than two miles from the school attended and the transportation may be furnished to within a mile of the home. Lexington for a number of years has needed to furnish transportation to only the elementary children, and the School Committee has seen fit to offer this to all those who lived a mile or more from their school. As the town has increased in size and outlying sections have developed, trans- portation has become a major school problem. Strategic location of new elementary buildings wilt promise some solution, but increased traffic and the scarcity of sidewalks thwart attempts to reduce this item. Parents and administrators have a grave concern for the safety of the children as they go to and from school. The erection of homes three or four miles from our junior and senior high schools with no public transportation within walking distance compels recognition of the need to offer a facility to children above the elementary school level. As soon as funds are available we should provide buses for those who live more than two miles from the junior and senior high schools. While we must acknowledge our responsibility in this area and do all within our resources to meet the many complexities, it is necessary to recognize limitations. We are not only governed by costs and available vehicles, but also by time. Not every child can be picked up in front of his house and deposited at his school within fifteen and twenty minutes. The greater the number of stops, the longer the time for the bus to complete the run. If we are to maintain the essential school day, we need to have the cooperative understanding of parents that transportation schedules must be maintained and cannot be charged to the instruction program. It is vital that teaching time is not sacrificed to transportation or any other activity related to but not a bona fide part of the educational program. ENROLLMENT AND REDISTRICTING As each proposed budding has been presented for voter consideration, a careful analysis of school population has been made. In our concern to secure the much- needed structure, we have avoided delving in projections or long-range forecasts. We are aware, however, of the trend and fully realize that by September 1960 our total school enrollment will be in the neighborhood of 6000. This is not an extreme estimate. While we may safely predict a gain of 1000 students over the next five or six years, we cannot with any great degree of accuracy determine location. We may well have classroom space on the elementary level, but not in the geographical area where needed. This has been true for a number of years in Lexington and is the reason why we have children attending schools outside of what was formerly 190 ANNUAL REPORTS considered to be their school district. It was our expectation that this condition would be somewhat eliminated with the acquiring of the Fiske Addition and the erection of the Maria Hastings and Harrington Schools, but it is now apparent that old school district lines will need to be changed and certainly until the latter two schools are in operation there will continue to be a shuttling of children. Because of population concentration, the Adams School district will have to be considerably reduced. Some relief will be secured when the Harrington School is completed and space at the Munroe School will permit same expansion of that district into territory now served by Adams. The opening of the Maria Hastings school may make possible a change in the Franklin School district and this may permit that school to give further relief to Adams. This proposal, however, will necessitate considerable study since the Franklin School is receiving pressure from growth in the Turnpike area. Care must be taken in determining the lines for the Maria Hastings School since further real estate development in that section can quickly fill the school to capacity. Nevertheless, it is planned that this school will not only serve the children within walking distance but give relief to Franklin, Hancock and Parker Schools. The Parker School is at capacity and permits of no further expansion. This means that the school district must be reduced in area. As already noted, Maria Hastings will provide space for children normally in the Parker district and children on the eastern side of Bedford Street in the general area of Winter and Grove Streets will continue to be transported to the Fiske School. When the Fiske School was opened in 1949, it was presumed it would com- fortably accommodate all children within a mile radius of the building. Rapid building devlopments have drastically changed the district and it will be of an uncertain nature until the Harrington School is ready for occupancy. The sharp increase in population in this area may be visualized by noting that when the ten -room addition to the Fiske School was in the planning stage one year ago, it was estimated that there would be vacant rooms when it was ready for occupancy. The rooms were opened for class purposes on November 8, 1954, with one room not active, even though the entire building with a capacity of 570 children had an enrollment of 563. Added enrollment since November 8, 1954, will make necessary the use of the available room as soon after January 1, 1955, as is possible, Unless there is an increased tempo in home construction in the vicinity of Maple and Lowell Streets, the Harrington School should have some free rooms to relieve the overload at Fiske created by the necessity of extending that school district to North Lexington. This may well result in children living within walking distance of Fiske being transported to Harrington. As the center of Lexington becomes further commercialized, it is likely that the school populations in the Munroe and Hancock districts will decrease and there is some possibility that there may be classroom space available in these buildings. If this develops, vacant rooms may be used to meet the requirements of the recently enacted legislature for special classes. Certainly we shall have other buildings overcrowded and Munroe and Hancock may have the necessary rooms to provide adjustments. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 191 During the next few months, we must face the task of setting up new school districts. Arbitrary lines of demarcation often prove unsatisfactory to individual families. Certainly we shall devote considerable time and thought to changes and secure the advice and assistance of parents as welt as administrators and trans- portation directors. The most convenient districting feasible will be developed in keeping with space available. ADMINISTRATION Until very recently, school superintendents began their careers as classroom teachers. This background is, of course, invaluable and today's administrators with that experience are happiest and feel most effective when in close contact with teachers and children, But yearly it is evident, except in the small systems, that the increasing duties and complexities of the position leave less and less time for class associations, and the superintendent finds himself becoming truly an admin- istrator and divorced from the intimacies of the educational program. Policy development, deliberations with lay people, public relations activity, committee assignments and responsibilities, and administrative duties completely consume the 58 -hour week of the average superintendent. Some graduate schools of education responsible for training administrators have recognized this and now place emphasis on the executive functions rather than stress the details of the classroom and teaching phases, assuming these areas will be supervised by carefully selected personnel. Lexington is no longer a small school system; the statistics already listed prove that. No longer can one person handle every detail, make each decision or even become acquainted to any degree with each member of the staff. Authority must be delegated to carefully selected personnel and quick and efficient lines of communication developed between these individuals and the Superintendent of Schools. This is, of course, a situation that arises in every growing business and is in no way peculiar to public school education. It is, however, a slower process in evolving and this is due in a very large measure to the difference in the promptness of action between public and private enterprises. The duties and responsibilities of the Superintendent of Schools in Lexington have increased at a tremendous rate during the past few years. It is doubtful if anyone could have accurately anticipated the added demands and only those closely associated with the position are capable of realizing the enormity of the activity brought about by the increase in every phase of the school system. To bring about a relief and a more efficient organization, we have secured from outside trained and experienced personnel and from within our ranks out- standing members have been promoted to supervisory positions. This expansion of administration must be continued as we grow if we are to do no more than retain Lexington's reputation for good public schools. As we reach for improvement and leadership in the field of education, added technicians will be necessary. FOR CONSIDERATION If the annual school report serves no other purpose, it causes the school administrator to review the work of the year and to consider some of the immediate needs and perhaps think hopefully of some long-range developments. Without attemtping to indicate datelines, here are some of the matters that should give us concern: 192 ANNUAL REPORTS An Activity in the Junior High Library Charging Books at the War Memorial Library, Lexington High School TOWN OF LEXINGTON 1. Revision of elementary school geographical boundaries, 2. Establishment of kindergartens, 3. Increase in guidance services, 4. Reduction of class sizes, 5, Stabilization of elementary school day, 6. Establishment of a summer school, 7. Enriched curriculum for the gifted child, and 8. Extension of remedial instruction on all grade levels. CONCLUSION 193 In this section of the report, the Superintendent usually expresses his apprecia- tion to the School Committee, principals, teachers, secretaries, custodians, cafeteria employees and other associates of the schools for the cooperation and understanding extended to him during the school year. Parent-Teacher Associations and countless other organizations are also included. This 1 wish to do at this time and with the utmost sincerity. I have been privileged to work with fine people throughout the year and my associations have given me great pleasure as well as making possible some real accomplishments. But I should like to widen this group worthy of praise and commendation. During the year 1954 the citizens of Lexington were asked to approve a record school budget, to vote close to a million and a half dollars for two elementary buildings, and to appropriate funds to two committees for preliminary building plans. These were major issues calling for wise and deliberate judgment and pledging the future financial resources of Lexington, Only people vitally concerned with the welfare of their children and confident of the future of their town, state and nation would rise and unanimously vote the actions recommended. Without a dissenting vote, Lexington in 1954 granted every school request presented. It gives me a great sense of pride and gratification to end this report with a word of high commendation to the citizens of Lexington for the outstanding support rendered our schools during the year 1954. Respectfully submitted, JOHN BLACKHALL SMITH, Superintendent of Schools 194 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Mr. John Blackhall Smith Superintendent of Schools Lexington, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Smith; To help the citizens of Lexington understand what the school is attempting to do and how it is being done, this report will give my impressions and interpre- tations of the kind of education given to our pupils, not trying to cover all phases of it, but including many of the essentials of the classroom work and related activities. The pupils in grades nine to twelve are changing from youths to young adults. The work of the school, stated simply, is to help make their development as complete and successful as possible. It seems to me that, in a school in New England from which two out of three pupils continue their education beyond high school, this is a four-year process that is definitely helped by taking place in one school unit. Starting in the ninth grade, the pupils are working toward a somewhat definite goal and this continues through their high school course. They are getting adjusted to the high school aim of using their opportunities to prepare for what comes after high school, whether it be further education or starting to earn a living. It is the beginning of a developing process that comes to them through the general point of view of the high school teachers toward classroom work, and through the atmosphere of the school that emphasizes worthwhile accomplishment. Furthermore, they are learning what their strengths and weaknesses are in different types of classroom work, as compared with others in their classes and as compared with the requirements of higher institutions or of the people for whom they may someday be working, "Know thyself" is important. And knowing something about the opportunities of the future, and what is required as well as what is offered in college and in the business world, is also important, The task of making their plans for the future fit their talents and interests reasonably well is the basis and chief motivating force of our students' high school education. The new building inspires both pupils and teachers to do their school work well, and it provides many excellent facilities for so doing. Its bright and cheerful classrooms, its science rooms, art room, gymnasium, cafeteria and audio-visual room are outstanding among schools, The library is beautiful and completely equipped for the study of reference materials and for the enjoyment of good reading in comfort. The spirit of the student body and faculty is definitely improved by the pleasant and well-planned features of the building in which they do their work. But a good building does not alone make a good school, so the faculty is meeting the challenge to provide good teaching in many commendable ways. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 195 Modem teaching is more than assigning lessons and hearing recitations. Of course there is much of that in all classes, but there is also a great variety of ways of arousing the minds of the young people to understand the material being taught, to develop the desire to learn. and to acquire the habits and skills of studying. The teachers are all trying to the best of their abilities to provide effective and inspiring teaching, as the following examples show. All freshmen have instruction in the use of the library, to give them a working knowledge of the library and its various tools. Students from other classes are given special instruction when it is needed, and all are guided and encouraged in their reading. Instead of moving the projectors to the classrooms, teachers have the pupils go to the audio-visual room, where our projector is always ready. One hundred forty-seven films are scheduled for this year. Only films that have definite value to enrich classroom work or the program of school clubs are used. Sets of film strips, in addition to models, specimens and charts, are a part of the science equip- ment. Also recordings of poetry, plays and good music, and such records as "I Can Hear It Now" are used in related classes. That the science department is improving in many ways is shown by the special projects displayed at the Science Fair. The homemaking courses emphasize practical learning and application of the knowledge and skills used by a good homemaker; and an effort is being made to provide part-time courses of interest to all girls. The art room is a beehive of young people enjoying the expression of their artistic feelings. The results are colorful, intriguing, and sometimes pleasing, and often bewi Ideri ng. Training for office work is made as practical as possible. Each member of the typing classes is appointed to work once a week for the teachers, making assignment sheets and other material used in teaching. Members of the typing classes also do a great deal of clerical work for the office. During senior year instruction is given in what employers expect from office workers and in how to apply for a job. Business students then have an interview with a local businessman who has agreed to cooperate in this training. In the mathematics classes information is given on the use of mathematics in numerous lines of work. Pamphlets and films about preparation for engineering and conferences with representatives from colleges give additional information to those who are interested. The Public Address system is used to provide speech training. The Monday morning opening exercises, conducted by pupils and participated in by the pupils in all homerooms, is a sincere and impressive experience. A student committee has charge of making the daily announcements. Members of the Audio -Visual Club attend to the technical adjustments of the P. A. apparatus for announcements and for rallies and assemblies in the gym, They also run the projectors when films are shown. In order to show the connection of the classroom study with its use in daily living, students make trips to Iearn by seeing and by hearing first hand from those 196 ANNUAL REPORTS who do the job. Pupils who go to a fumiture store, or to the airport for a guided explanation concerning the weather station and aviation devices, or to a newspaper plant get much practical information. Trips to science museums, art exhibits, or the theater add much enrichment to the classroom studies. At least a hundred pupils attend town meetings each year, and committees of pupils talk with Lex- ington officials to get information about local government. Representative students are invited to attend meetings of he Rotary Club; others go to student conferences at nearby schools and to the student dinners of the United Council on World Affairs. During the year numerous guests come to speak on subjects on which they are authorities; for example, a Lexington realtor, foreign students from nearby colleges, the Diplomatic Attache of the Saar, an American correspondent for a French newspaper, and a Lexington lady well-known in the field of art. Pupils act as hosts to these guests; they are invited, transported (if necessary). intro- duced to members of the faculty and to the class, and their visit is made as en- joyable as possible. They are, moreover, thanked verbally at departure and in writing later. Experiences of this kind have real value to the students. Several courses aim especially to develop the desire and skill to get informa- tion from many sources. In many classes, for example, mimeographed assign- ment sheets are used covering a topic or unit of study which takes a period of days or weeks to complete. In some classes more than one textbook is used— sometimes three or four, or even more. Magazines written specially for pupils are used to present and interpret current social, political and scientific news. They give the background needed to understand the problems and carefully re- veal all points of view without bias. In addition to the many reference books, magazines and pamphlets in the library, some are kept in the classrooms where they are easily available. In these courses, also, pupils get experience in being chairman or secretary of the class, in working together on committees, in making reports on material they have obtained from their own independent reading, in following parlia- mentary procedure, in taking part in forums and on panels, and in taking notes on these reports and an lectures given by their teachers to prepare them to take notes in college. This is participation with a purpose—not merely taking part. Such group work gives experience in leadership and fellowship, planning, using a variety of materials, applying problem -solving techniques, thinking clearly, sum- marizing, organizing, evaluating and then presenting their ideas clearly and con- vincingly. Pupils are thus learning to understand others, to have a tolerant attitude toward those who are different from themselves, to know about the problems of our country and our place in world affairs, to listen with courtesy and to express their ideas tactfully. Since English and the social studies form a core of content studies which involve all four communication processes (speaking, listening, reading and writ- ing) both departments try to follow practices in common which will cut down overlaps and repetitions and take advantage of motivation opportunities which may exist from time to time more prominently in one or the other of those sub- ject- fields. To this end, a constantly growing series of guide sheets is used in common in both fields. Some of these are "Simplified Rules for Parliamentary Proce- TOWN QF LEXINGTON 197 dure", "Making Discussions Profitable and Enjoyable", "Preparing and Participat- ing in Panel Discussion", "Analyses of Sample Essay -Type Answers", and "Writ- ing a Source Theme". Much attention is given in both fields to sharing assignments and to the proper timing of teaching expressional skills. Since the students in a given English class are, in so far as possible, kept together in the corresponding social studies class, the two teachers concerned work together during the year. What is taught in the English section is soon thereafter applied in the social studies class. Moreover, a skill once attained is kept polished by referring social studies papers to the English teacher and vice versa. The largest continuous areas of correlation lie in parliamentary practice and in writing from sources. Parliamentary procedure is approached through com- mittee work in English in grade 9 and is broadened until students in grade 11 have a full discussion period each week under their own parliamentary organiza- tion. By this time they are equipped for managing their own class periods in American History and later in American Problems. Source writing is introduced in grade 9 through library and class practices which eliminate direct quoting from reference works, teach pupils to use several sources and to write in their own words. Source work grows in scope until students in grades 11 and 12 write joint English -social studies research papers 2500 to 3000 words long and carefully documented. Together with the many good schools in this section of the country, Lexing- ton High School has an excellent reputation among those familiar with secondary education, Every year its graduates are on the honor rolls of leading colleges. The opportunities given pupils to develop their abilities to participate effectively as good citizens in solving intellectual problems have brought special commenda- tion. Many features of the new building have attracted the attention and ap- proval of visitors from various parts of the country. But the challenge is still before us to continue to improve our instruction, to arouse pupils who neglect their educational opportunities, and to provide better programs for those not interested in academic work. Respectfully submitted, MANFRED L. WARREN, Principal. 198 ANNUAL REPORTS Junior High Students Gather Inspiration from Captain Parker TOWN OF LEX I NGTON 199 REPORT OF THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Mr, John Blackhall Smith Superintendent of Schools Lexington, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Smith: This report is submitted with three major objectives in mind: 1. To interpret our present educational program in terms of the growth of boys and girls enrolled in the 7th and 8th grades. 2. To point to some of the steps that need to be taken in order to strengthen that program. 3. To present some major considerations for an early return of the 9th grade to the Junior High School. 1. This is our first opportunity to express in print the many advantages we are enjoying as a result of moving into our new quarters. For the first time since the Junior High School was first organized in Lexington, parents can feel less appre- hension about the moving of 6th grade pupils to Junior High School. They need no longer fear that early sophistication will result from being associated with the "ideas" of very much older adolescents. The Senior High School group is in its own separate building (much to its advantage as well as ours). The pattern that is set in Junior I -sigh School now is ane entirely in keeping with the normal develop- ment of the 12-14 years age group. We are experiencing a wholesome enthusiasm on the part of boys and girls in that age group who no longer feel the need of "living up " to the social patterns of 1 l th and 12th grade pupils. Our pupils feel complete freedom in expressing the normal reactions of very young adolescents. With that freedom comes growth in accepting more responsibility which they feel is very real because they know they have an identity of their own, The oppor- tunities for leadership and citizenship training are greatly augmented. Junior High School pupils know they alone are responsible for our building and its grounds. They feel a pride of possessorship which was not possible when the Senior High shared the budding. They are quick to recognize that they alone must assume the responsibility for attractive surroundings. The program of studies follows a pattern generally accepted in progressive schools, nation-wide, as sound in principle. Rather than following a core program, we emphasize a well -integrated program which insures systematic and planned growth in each of the major subject areas. We plan our class groups and teach- ing assignments so that there is an opportunity for close correlation in teaching units. The degree of correlation is very much dependent on the opportunities teachers have to confer and plan together. Ideally, the English teacher and the Social Studies teacher, as well as the teachers of Art, Music, Science, Mathematics and Industrial and Household Arts who work with the same group of pupils, should plan their daily programs so that pupils see in a realistic way the importance of their learning in specific areas. They study English because they realize it enables 200 ANNUAL REPORTS them to express more correctly and fluently in words and on paper the ideas which are brought to their thinking in History, Geography, Science, etc. At the same time, they recognize that to be able to express themselves with meaning, there must be a background of facts, principles of science and social living which comes only from study and research. Learning in this fashion gives the much-needed motive of present urgency (which the core program boasts) and at the same time insures the full instruction in what are termed the important school subjects—which latter virtue is sometimes lacking in the core program, 11. If the above outlined program of instruction is to be promoted as effectively as possible, it is imperative that two conditioning factors in our present Junior High School program be improved as soon as possible. These two factors are fa) class size and lb/ teacher load. a. It is immediately apparent that the above two factors are closely inter -related. Without reference to that relationship let it be clearly recognized that in continuing classes of thirty-six pupils at Junior High School age we are guilty of short-changing boys and girls of their right to a maximum of individual attention. At present, out of twenty-eight classes, only four classes are less than thirty pupils. There are fifteen classes of thirty-four to thirty-five pupils, seven classes of thirty-six and two classes of thirty-seven pupils. We must acknowledge, however, that for the past few years and at present writing space limitations have made reduction of class sizes impossible. b. We must constantly be alert not only to the over -size of classes but also to above over -teaching schedules. An overloaded teacher certainly cannot perform to the best of her ability and give the attention that we believe necessary to individual needs. Teachers should have sufficient time in the deify schedule for planning and consultation. III. It has been generally accepted that the Junior High School's major function is to provide a learning environment best adapted to meet the needs of pupils at a particular stage of growth. One of the clearly identified needs is that of growth in assuming responsibilities. It is exactly at this point that the 9th grade, as a part of the Junior High School, serves a vitally important need — the need to feel important in the leadership and fellowship among one's own fellows. Those adults who have been closely associated with the 14-16 boy or girl in group learning and social situations know that in the 9th grade, where the Junior High School is a separate unit, the boy and girl have a rich experience in growth towards maturity which is denied them as 9th grade pupils in a four-year high school. This can be spelled out very specifically. Take John, a 7th grade boy, first coming to the Junior High School. He looks forward to the new situation. No longer is he largely under the direction of a single teacher. No longer does he feel the security of being among only those boys and girls whom he has known for years. He meets new teachers and new pupil associates. The adjustment to all the new facets in his school experience pretty much occupies his full time in the 7th grade. When John becomes an 8th grader he begins to feel quite at home. His voice is heard in Student Council more often; he volunteers to assume leader- TOWN OF LEXINGTON 201 ship roles; he begins to feel the importance of his own part in the life of the school community, But his effort in leadership roles is limited by its newness. He depends a great deaf an teacher -help. He is almost ready to stand an his own in many functions but he is still a rather young boy. Then comes an important change. John is at the first stages of physical maturation. He loses his high childish voice, he begins to think of himself as a man; he needs to assert that new feeling of importance. He needs to assert it under teachers who have chosen to work with early adolescents. He needs to find himself in roles of leadership in which he knows he is important — he is a member of the upper class in the school. And he has had a beginning in assuming more mature responsibilities in the Bth grade. John now has assurance ---- he knows better what to do and feels competence at an age that is golden in the fascinating experience of seeking self-expression, It is the above, briefly developed, opportunity for realistic acceptance of re- sponsibility at a very important stage of growth, which John loses if he goes from the 8th grade to the Senior High School where he must assume the role of the under-classman. The situation simply cannot give him the experience in real leadership which he is now ready to assume. Are we following the course best for John and his younger brother, if we long postpone the return of the 9th grade to the Junior High School? It is hoped that the recommendation implied in this report will be given thorough consideration, Respectfully submitted, MERRILL F. NORLfN, Principal 202 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE COORDINATOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION Mr. John Blackhall Smith Superintendent of Schools Lexington, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Smith: My first report will of necessity be brief. Since this is a new position, these first weeks have been used to get acquainted with policies and personnel. All elementary classrooms have been visited and conferences have been held with the principals, supervisors, directors and a number of the teachers. I have been impressed by the sincere, conscientious work of the teachers. This is reflected in the basic programs carried on in each elementary school, Teachers seem anxious to find better ideas, techniques and methods for improving their work. In a questionnaire that was received from each teacher asking for opinions about the curriculum, it was interesting to note the areas they felt we should study. Plans are now in the formative stages that will bring together the best thinking of the 100 elementary teachers, 6 principals and 5 supervisors and directors. American Education Week witnessed about 2000 adults visiting classrooms indicating high parent interest. My observation at a few parent -teacher association meetings gives me a feeling that the Lexington teaching staff — from teachers to administrators — can count an the parent support so necessary to continue a good school system. In weekly meetings held with elementary principals I have been pleased to discover the very able leadership that this group is giving teachers. One gets the feeling of teamwork — of sharing ideas (and problems) --- to the end that teachers may be assisted and encouraged to develop even better programs for children. At this time it may be worth calling attention to two problems as we plan ahead. First, the community has been kept tremendously busy planning and pro- viding sufficient classrooms. It is my feeling, however, that as soon as possible class sizes should be reduced to contain no more than a maximum of 30 pupils in the intermediate grades and 25 in the primary grades. To achieve this goal will take time, money and patience. Second, the elementary principals could profit by having more clerical assistance, thus enabling them to spend additional time and effort on the instructional program. Respectfully submitted, PAUL F. POEHLER, JR., Coordinator of Elementary Education TOWN OF LEXINGTON 203 204 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE AMERICANIZATION INSTRUCTOR Mr. John Blackhall Smith Superintendent of Schools Lexington, Massachusetts Dear Mr, Smith: Classes in Adult Civic Education are held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings E from 7:30 to 9 in the Junior High School building and are open to all men and women above 18 years of age who are interested in preparing for American citizen - 2 ship, and who are desirous of learning about our democratic form of government. o. = During the past year the following nationalities were represented in our classes: yItalian, Latvian, Armenian, French, Swedish, Danish, Polish, Hungarian and Porto Rican. This group earned their livelihood in the following occupations: Farm labor, s housework, clothing factory, radio, tailor -designer, construction work, precision tool and design, retired business and retired education. w m A great deal of time is spent on the development of an understanding of basic N English. Many of our students have fine backgrounds in foreign education but are naturally handicapped by the lack of understanding of both oral and written Eng- lish. Before a great deal can be accomplished in the preparation for citizenship 2 this weakness has to be overcome. 4:1. J As a working knowledge of our language is secured, considerable time is de- voted to learning some of the essentials of our American history and the develop- ment of our form of government. There are many discussions on our country as it exists today and its relations with people in other countries. Most of our students are, of course, interested in securing citizenship papers and all of those enrolled during the past year secured first papers and eight of that group filed for their second and final citizenship documents. In preparation for the various citizenship tests, considerable time is spent in a question and answer procedure in developing the necessary information for the formal examination, It has been possible to divide our students into three groups --- beginners, intermediate and advanced — and by so doing we find common interests that make possible faster advancement in their preparation for their union with our country. Respectfully submitted, GLADYS M. ANDERSON, Americanization Instructor TOWN OF LEXINGTON 205 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF ADULT EDUCATION Mr. John Blackhall Smith Superintendent of Schools Lexington, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Smith: EVENING SCHOOL Evening School opened in September with 31 classes in 21 different courses with a teaching staff of 21. Two new courses, one in Family Meals and one in Party Refreshments, were offered for the first time. If we had had the facilities, we could have filled 6 classes instead of the 3. Classes in advanced shorthand and typewriting were added. Each year there is an increasing demand for courses in our Adult Education program. If it were possible to provide the course requested, our enrollment would have been close to 1,200. Because each course of an Arts and Crafts nature is limited to 20 and because aur facilities limit the number of classes in any one course, we were able to accommodate only about half of those who wanted to enroll in the evening school. Because of the large number of requests for courses in millinery, basketry and French, plans are being made to include these in the courses for next year. The Vocational Division of the Massachusetts Department of Education, which supervises our Adult Education program, has for the past two years presented a weekly program on WBZ-TV known as The How Show. On this program teachers in Adult Education throughout the state present the techniques of their courses. We are proud that nine of our Evening School teachers have appeared on The How Show. At the annual exhibit last spring the cafeteria and corridors of the new high school made an ideal setting for the display of the work completed in the classes. The widespread interest in this program was indicated by the more than 3,000 people from Lexington and surrounding towns who came to see the exhibit. Many of the visitors praised the quality, beauty and fine workmanship of the articles produced. Their comments indicated that they were impressed with the very satisfying use which could be made of one's leisure time in the evening school. Respectfully submitted, HERBERT M. GODDARD, Director of Adult Education 206 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Mr. John Blackhall Smith Superintendent of Schools Lexington, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Smith: During the past year the Music Department of the Lexington Schools has been most active. Our primary function has been to bring as much good music to as many students as we could reach, and by so doing to create and develop a love for and a better understanding of the music of the masters, past and present. Toward that end, the elementary grades, in addition to their singing, have engaged in rhythmic activities, toy orchestra, experience in guided listening to the works of great composers, of famous orchestras and singers, participation in Glee Clubs, instrumental music classes, orchestra and band. In the spring of each year the Glee Clubs and orchestras of each elementary school present a concert, Junior High School offers general music one period per week to all students. This course offers sight -singing, part reading, music listening and project work. Boys' and girls' Glee Clubs, orchestra, band and instrumental classes augment this program. On the Senior High School level elective chorus classes, boys' Glee Club, Freshman -Sophomore girls' Glee Club, Junior -Senior girls' Glee Club, orchestra and band are offered. As added features, the Senior High School has a Madrigal group, girls' octet, boys' octet and presents annually a Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta. Last April our Senior Orchestra was honored by being the only high school orchestra in the State asked to put on an exhibition concert at the Annual Convention of Massachusetts Music Educators in Worcester. On May 1, 1954, the Lexington Schools were host to the Northeastern Massa- chusetts Music Festival at which over 5,000 boys and girls, representing Junior and Senior High Schools in Middlesex and Essex counties, took part in auditions, parade and a combined band concert on Parker Field. Perhaps the success of the Festival may be attested to by the increased instrumental music enrollment which now exceeds 500 students. May 1 express to our administrators, faculty and townspeople my deep apprecia- tion for their help and support during this past year. Respectfully submitted, DONALD J. GILLESPIE, JR., Director of Music TOWN OP LEXINGTON 207 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION Mr. John Blackhall Smith Superintendent of Schools Lexington, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Smith; During the last year great progress has been made in the Lexington Schools in the field of Health, Safety and Physical Education, HEALTH In order to have all teachers more health -conscious a one -day Health Workshop, with outstanding leaders in the field of health as coordinators, was conducted last March, Previous to this, the new Massachusetts State Department health film, School Health in Action, was shown to all school personnel. As an outgrowth of this workshop and film, school health has become a vital concern of all teachers and administrators. The teachers are more and more frequently referring their pupils' health problems to the two school nurses, Mrs. Ruth Clarke and Mrs. Eliza- beth Maher. An important addition to health service is a full-time dental hygienist, Miss Catherine Megerdichian, who, with the cooperation of the local dentists, is checking on the dental problems of every school child in Lexington. Under the guidance of an elementary school health committee, teachers have selected the textbooks of the American Book Company to serve as a basic text in Health. A complete set of fourth-grade health books has been placed in all schools. Next year a set will be purchased for the fifth grades. in addition, a graded book and teacher's guide has been given to all elementary teachers so that there will be continuity throughout the six grades. The health committee is also arranging a master plan of improved teaching techniques, plus lists of supplementary materials and films. !n order to keep the teachers better informed on modern trends, speakers and films are a part of the regular teachers' meetings. SAFETY In addition to the excellent daily instruction in safety given by the classroom teacher, two valuable accomplishments during the past year should be noted. First is the working out of a master plan for teaching safety in the elementary grades under the guidance of the health and safety committee. Second, with the cooperation of teachers, custodians and administrators an outstanding job was done last spring in scotchlite-taping one thousand bicycles of Lexington children, PHYSICAL EDUCATION In physical education, with the collaboration of the entire staff, a master sched- ule has been organized for the first six grades. This will serve as the fundamental 208 ANNUAL REPORTS core of the physical education program, but is subject to changes from year to year. A master schedule is also being worked out in both Junior and Senior High Schools. As an innovation this year, the Physical Education Department is conducting an after-school play period once a week for both boys and girls in the elementary schools. In a few schools special classes called corrective gymnastics are helping children needing extra work in physical education. With the purchase of mats for all elementary schools tumbling has become a welcome addition to the curriculum. In Junior High an extensive intramural program in addition to varsity sports is conducted for boys by the regular classroom teachers, The girls also enjoy regular after-school athletic activities. fn Senior High large numbers of boys and girls take part in both intramural and varsity athletics. With the expanded facilities in the new school, greater emphasis is being placed upon individual games and sports which may be played in adult life. Activities such as tennis, golf, badminton, horseshoes, handball, bait -casting, etc., are offered to Junior and Senior boys and girls. With the corrective rooms open for individual pupil activity, new emphasis is also placed upon body-building and postural training, Although the physical education staff has increased, it is still inadequate to meet the needs of Lexington's growing school population. it is impossible to satis- factorily care for the pupils in regular physical education classes to say nothing of giving important individual help in overcoming postural, strength and coordination deficiencies. The after-school program in the elementary schools is inadequate when compared with some of the surrounding communities. CONCLUSION In the Lexington Schools during the past year several worthwhile improvements have been made in the field of Health, Safety and Physical Education. However, in the area of physical education, further progress is dependent on additional per- sonnel. With an increased staff each child will be given more opportunity to participate in physical activities which lead to better skills, improved coordination and strength and added wholesome interest in sports and games, Lexington will develop increasingly better citizens because more physical education results in an enriched child better able to adjust to adulthood and life's situations. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD E. ABELL, Director of Physical Education TOWN OF LEXINGTON 209 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE Mr. John Blackhall Smith Superintendent of Schools Lexington, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Smith: In submitting a report of the accomplishments and future plans of the present health program in the Lexington Public Schools, we would first like to state briefly what we consider the main purposes and functions of the health services. The health services comprise of procedures designed to maintain the physical and mental health of the public and school personnel, to prevent diseases, and to help in the correction of remedial defects. The school nurses act as consultants to the teachers helping every teacher become "health' conscious" and helping her to acquire the skills necessary to keep the environment healthful. The school nurses conduct a general supervision of the health of the children, bringing their needs and conditions to the attention of the teachers, parents, administrators and community groups. In our efforts to accomplish the above services in the year January 1954 to January 1955, our program included: assisting our school physicians, Harold J. Crumb, M.D., Mary Perry, M.D., and Howard Potter, M.D,, with the physical ap- praisals of pupils in grades 1, 4, 7, 10 and 12. In grades 1 and 4 the parents were given the choice of having the physical examinations by their own physician or being in attendance at the school examination. Of 977 children examined, 539 were done by family physician, 1 1 1 by the school physician with the parent in at- tendance, 327 by the school physician without the parent. In grades 7, 10 and 12, 823 students were examined by the school physicians. This included students participating in school athletics. "Screening tests", — those preliminary evaluations of vision and hearing to screen out those children needing further examination and diagnosis by qualified specialists—were conducted in the odd grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, in compliance with the previous state law. However, since the new state Jaw requires annual screening of all students commencing September 1954, this is now in effect. Using the Massachusetts Vision Test for the eye tests and the Pure Tone Audiometer for the hearing tests, we examined 2,494 students' eyes and referred 243 to eye specialists. One thousand seven hundred forty-three pupils were given hearing tests and 46 were referred to otologists. The Lexington Lions Club was of great assistance in providing examinations and glasses for children from needy families. Our program for the prevention of diseases included patch -testing of children of the first grade, chest X-rays of the students in the eleventh and twelfth grades, and chest X-rays of the teachers, custodians and clerical workers for detection of tuberculosis. The materials for patch testing the first grade pupils were provided '210 ANNUAL REPORTS by the Lexington Tuberculosis Committee. Of 487 pupils tested, 3 were found to have positive patch tests, but in subsequent chest X-rays were found to be free of active communicable tuberculosis. The X-raying of the eleventh and twelfth grade students was also provided for by the Lexington Tuberculosis Committee. An excellent film from Middlesex Health Association concerning tuberculosis was shown to the students, preceded by a discussion on tuberculosis by the school nurse. Three hundred eight students were X-rayed and all were negative. One hundred fifty-nine teachers and other school personnel had chest X-rays in com- pliance with the state law requiring chest X-rays every three years. We are happy to report that these also were all negative. In addition to testing for tuberculosis, the two school nurses worked in con- junction with the Board of Health sanitarian, Richard Jackson, nurse Florence Kinsman, R.N., and Howard Potter, M.D., in conducting three immunization clinics at Cary Memorial Hall, for prevention of tetanus and diphtheria. A total of 360 children were immunized between the ages of 5 and 17. In order to standardize the first aid procedure in our schools, we prepared a First Aid Guide, approved by the school physicians, for our teachers and principals, This was prepared in an effort to assist the teachers in caring for the numerous sudden illnesses and accidents occurring in the schools during the year. This guide outlines the treatment, evaluation, and responsibility for injuries and illnesses. Other information concerning the nurses' and teachers' responsibilities to keep a healthful environment in the schools was offered to the teachers by means of group conferences, teacher -nurse conferences and health materials. We also prepared information concerning school health services to be included in the Handbook for .Parents. In an effort to keep abreast of new medical advances, we took advantage of three excellent courses in Mental Hygiene, Tuberculosis and Diabetes, conducted at Simmons College and at Waltham Hospital. For our future plans, we hope to continue developing a close relationship with our teachers, school personnel, students and their parents in an effort to provide our utmost assistance with their medical problems. We wish to thank the teachers and school administrators for their cooperation and kindness which has helped us immeasurably in conducting what we have strived to make a good school health program. Respectfully submitted, RUTH L. CLARKE, R.N. ELIZABETH E. MAHER, R.N. School Nurses TOWN OF LEXINGTON .211 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS Mr. John Blackhall Smith Superintendent of Schools Lexington, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Smith: During the year many new products have been tested in several schools. Some new items and equipment have been bought and found more economical and more efficient. Quantity buying and controlled use of supplies have enabled our cus- todians to do a fine job of keeping our buildings clean and respectable at lower than anticipated costs in spite of continued increases in enrollment. Our custodial staff has been increased by one full time man who replaces two part time workers at Adams and Fiske. A large percentage of maintenance work this year has been a definite improve- ment of buildings rather than just repair work. More and more our buildings are used for other than school activities causing additional wear and much extra work by custodial staff. Each new building and addition requires a great amount of time, Labor and planning just prior to its oc- cupancy to make it suitable for use. Approximately 140 hours were needed to clean and set up furniture in the Fiske Addition. Considerable damage was caused by hurricanes Carol and Edna. All repairs have been made and even though part of the Parker roof was blown away, school opened on time. Following are principal repairs and improvements made during the year: ADAMS Remodeled girls' toilet 2 New oil burners 2 Rooms new lights and acoustical ceilings Resurfaced parking area Sanded and refinished desks Broken windows repaired Corridors, toilets, and nurse's room painted FISKE Master clock overhauled Kitchen equipment installed, partition removed, plumbing and wiring revised Repainting of some exterior surfaces Replacement of all exterior classroom doors 212 ANNUAL REPORTS PARKER New lighting and power service installed 2 Rooms new lights Remodeled girls' toilet Some painting New corkboard installed Sanded and refinished desks Auditorium seats replaced HANCOCK 1 Coat exterior paint Exterior pointed Office and auditorium painted FRANKLIN Exterior painted 2 New large windows replaced MUNROE 1 Room new lights installed and acoustical tile ceiling Sanded and refinished desks New auditorium curtain installed CENTER AND JUNIOR HIGH Replaced all traps in heating system New lawn mower and snow blower Play yard graded and seeded Broken seats in auditorium replaced 1 Boiler retubed Some classrooms and corridors painted and desks refinished Shop and refinishing room ceilings renewed and painted and walls painted 1 Room remodeled for physical education use Venetian blinds in office Expansion public address system HIGH SCHOOL Gym floor sealed Gym ceiling acoustical tiled and new speakers installed in gym and Locker rooms Several rooms acoustical tiled Boys' showers made vandal proof Respectfully submitted, E. BURBANK SAUL, Superintendent of Buildings TOWN OF LEXINGTON 213 STATISTICS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS OF THE LEXINGTON SCHOOLS GENERAL INFORMATION AND DIRECTORY 1954 214. ANNUAL REPORTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SALARIES 1954 Appropriation for Salaries Expenditures: General Control: Superintendent, Secretaries $21,448.26 Expenses of Instruction: Principals' Salaries 41,841.49 Teachers' Salaries 591,191.14 Expenses Operating School Plant: Wages of Janitors 53,682.68 Maintenance: Repairs, etc. 4,200.01 Auxiliary Agencies: Health 6,656.64 Miscellaneous Expenses: Atypical Education 522.75 Total Expenditures for Salaries Unexpended Salary Budget EXPENSES 1954 Appropriation for Expenses ... Expenditures: General Expense: School Committee $295.83 Superintendent's Other Expenses 2,092.23 Expenses of Instruction: Textbooks 10,340.54 Stationery and Supplies 28,095.80 Expenses Operating School plan: Fuel 22,527.74 Misc. (Power, Janitors' Supplies) 27,795.44 Maintenance Repairs, etc. 51,1 1 1.07 Auxiliary Agencies: Libraries 2,180.95 Health 801.50 Transportation 21,721.66 Miscellaneous Expenses: Sundries 1,1 17.96 Atypical Education 299.37 Outlays --New Equipment 9,545.15 Total Expenditures for Expenses $725,820.66 719,542.97 $6,277.69 $177,963.00 177,925.24 Unexpended Expense Budget $37.76 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 215 SUMMARY OF SCHOOL COSTS Total 1954 Expenditures for Salaries and Expenses $897,468.21 Income and Reimbursements: Tuition: Town of Bedford $3,500.00 Other Tuition 3,534.52 Commonwealth of Massachusetts: School Funds and State Aid for Public Schools — Chapter 70 117,400.00 State Wards 5,881.13 Rentals and Miscellaneous 1,989.05 Total Income 132,304.70 Net Cost of Schools' Salaries and Expenses for 1954 $765,163.51 SEGREGATED BUDGETS -1954 Vocational Education Tuition Appropriation $5,881.00 Special Appropriation, October 1954 2,000.00 Special Appropriation, December 1954 1,181.43 $9,062.43 Expenditures: Tuition 7,394.33 Transportation 1,667.40 9,061.73 Unexpended Balance Total Expenditures Income: Reimbursement: Tuition 1,681.36* Transportation 314,40* 1,995.76 $ .70 $9,061 .73 Net Cost for 1954 $7,065.97 . This reimbursement is based on the expenditures for the year ending August 31, 1953. Vocational Education --Handicraft Classes Appropriation $7,110.50 Expenditures: Salaries of Director, Instructors, Clerical and Janitors $6,675.04 Supplies and Equipment 188.56 6,863.60 Unexpended Balance $ 264.90 George Barden Fund 291.46 Smith -Hughes Income 271.19 Total $ 809.55 216 ANNUAL REPORTS Expenditures: Salaries of Instructors 562.65 Unexpended Balance Total Expenditures from Town Appropriation Credits to Vocational Education Handicraft Classes: Reimbursement - Commonwealth of Mass$2,449.19* Tuition 216.08 Registration Fees 580.00 $ 246.90 $6,683.60 3,245.27 Net Cost for 1954 $3,618.33 Americanization Classes Appropriation $208.00 Expenditures: Salaries 200.00 200.00 Supplies 8.00 8.00 Total Expenditures $208.00 Income: Reimbursement: Commonwealth of Massachusetts $100.00 Net Cost for 1954 $108.00 Out-of-state Travel Appropriation $500.00 Expenditures: Travel 454.83 $454 83 Unexpended Balance $ 45.17 Net Cost far 1954 $454.83 SUMMARY—ALL SCHOOL BUDGETS Total appropriation All School Budgets 1954 $936,543.86 Total expenditures All School Budgets 1954 934,181.29 Total income and reimbursement All School Budgets 1954 143,651.00 Net Cost of All School Budgets for 1954 $790,530.29 * This reimbursement is based on the expenditures for the year ending August 31, 1953. LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC FINANCIAL STATEMENT (Includes Junior and Senior High Schools) JANUARY 1, 1954 TO DECEMBER 31, 1954 INCOME 'Is�c • mr c _ C t ,3 4 m 2 8 x x° mF I m ono moa (3 a 1- ▪ .RCT m Bal. -Jan. 1, 7954... Town Appropriation Admissions $1,556.74 $3,673.41 TOTALS 1 To r� $2,986.61 12,892.66 8.50 5,238.65 821,117.92 EXPENDITURES Cleaning, etc.....,.. 186.30 32.00 128.30 909.95 95.00 63.85 43.80 14.00 28.00 28.00 1,529.20 Coaches' Expenses 9.26 9.26 Custodians, etc.... 323.00 355.80 678.80 Dues, etc. -Ent. Fees 4.50 5.00 9.00 15.00 18.00 30.00 81.50 Equipment 492.85 1,063.87 60.00 3,816.78 662.08 287.44 150.69 18.00 18.00 406.33 4,976.04 Officials 176.00 49.30 413.75 316.00 22.80 977.85 Salaries -Physicians", Coaches 850.00 87.50 1,125.00 100.00 2,050.00 600.00 300.00 175.00 200.00 100.00 550.00 6,137.50 Printing 49.00 22.75 14.00 85.75 Rental 195.00 195.00 Transportation 287.00 84.60 273.10 8.40 511.60 267.00 84.00 52.50 179.25 97.50 1,844.95 Guarantee 995.56 995.56 Movies 340.00 340.00 Miscellaneous 16.18 1.35 51.64 152.73 5.70 31.57 3.17 3.97 7.20 273.51 TOTALS 52,008.33 $254.75 $3,441.42 $173.40 89,480.17 $1,839.78 $784.86 $447.96 $415.22 $118.00 $132.70 81,028.33 $20,124.92 BALANCE -December 31, 1954 $993.00 LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPILS ENROLLED OCTOBER 1, 1954 BY GRADES AND BY AGES Over Grand AGES 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 Total Total Grade I Boys 67 186 12 .... ........ .... 265 Girls 62 179 2 .... .... 243 508 Grade II Boys .... 60 163 22 1 246 Girls .... 61 179 7 1 248 494 Grade lIl Boys .... .... 63 145 25 .... .... 233 Girls .... .... 80 130 11 .... 221 454 Grade IV Boys .... .... 36 140 24 5 1 ..•• 206 Girls ,,.. 37 109 18 .... 164 370 Grade V Boys .... .... 1 53 1 1 1 31 1 .... 197 Girls .... .... 52 11.4 12 1 .... .... .... 179 376 Grade VI Boys .,.. 46 124 18 2 .... .... 190 Girls .... .,.. 50 103 4 .... .... ... 157 347 Special Class Boys 2 2 3 1 4 7 2 1 22 Girls .... 2 1 1 1 .... .... .... .... .... 5 27 Grade VII Boys ,... .... .... 46 107 17 2 1 .... 173 Girls ,... .•.. 44 99 14 1 1 .... 159 332 Grade VIII Bays ..., .,.. 6 30 64 19 3 .... 122 Girls ,,,• 5 51 52 8 3 .... .... .... .... 119 241 Grade IX Boys .... ..., .... 32 59 25 5 1 --- •••• 122 Girls .••. .... .... 47 65 13 1 126 243 Grade X Boys .... 23 42 18 2 1 .... 86 104 190 Girls .... .... ••.. .... 35 54 12 3 .... .... Grade XI Boys .... ..•• .,,. 22 59 10 T 92 Girls .,,, 34 48 7 ............89 181 Grade XII Boys .... •.•• ••.. 22 35 1 1 68 Girls .... 33 48 6 2 89 157 Post Graduates Boys .... "' • ••. Girls .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... -0-5.... , .... 1 1 1 Total Boys 67 246 238 206 221 184 213 161 122 105 94 104 48 13 0 2022 Girls 62 240 261 174 175 183 165 156 113 109 105 94 58 7 2 1904 GRAND TQTAL 129 486 499 380 396 367 378 317 235 214 199 198 106 20 2 3926 NOI9NIX31 JO NMOI m LEXINGTON SCHOOL PLANT Special Facilities o A h V 0 N 0 0G 2 o 0 1= E .2 u 0 a YO SE 7 u oQ 2 M 0 0 u 0 oD N 0 0 u b 0 b oQ a o N D « 0 N co din u -I 4 6 N N m Name of School TOWN OF LEXINGTON Auditorium, cafeteria, gym, library Auditorium, gym, cafeteria ▪ 0 0 0 C - N N N N Auditorium, library Auditorium, playroom (basement) Auditorium (basement) c0 c-0 Auditorium, lunchroom N N N y m p ° .c 0 0 V V a U 13 v b v v 'd vQ c•] D. N << O `—° Q 0•.� 0' m D. v O o..1. ,n ^ in ^ — N N p ^ Os O. Os O• O' 04 N `1 m co `o coo ^ O N O CO p '0 ' Y N N X •0 a a 0 m N Os m0 v4 e0 A c' ,6 '0 0 O Lr7 0 r•1 D• N '0 y 0O r� R7 0 c N N.. 0 0 c 2 0 0 3 212 220 ANNUAL REPORTS LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION a( PROGRAM ]r PROCESSIONAL—March from "Athalia" Mendelssohn INVOCATION Rev. Earl D. Hayward SENIOR CHORUS—"Gloria" From the St. Cecilia Mass Gounod Soloists: Ann Rosenberger, Alan Engborg, Richard Wharton INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER Richard L. Hale, President of Senior Class ADDRESS—"The Urge to Know" Dr, Nils Y, Wessell President of Tufts College SENIOR CHORUS—"Alleluia" Randall Thompson AWARD OF PRIZES Principal Manfred L. Warren CONFERRING QF DIPLOMAS Mr. Richard P. Cromwell of the School Committee BENEDICTION Rev. Earl D. Hayward RECESSIONAL—"Pomp and Circumstance" Elgar N 0 CARY MEMORIAL HALL Wednesday, June Ninth, Nineteen Hundred Fifty -Four TOWN OF LEXINGTON LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1954 Richard Lowe Hale Lawrence G, Movsessian . Vice President Frank Edgar Sands, 11 Secretary Karen Fowle Johnson Treasurer President Judith Lillian Adams Arnold Deane Aldrich Ruth Cecilia Ambrose Michele Andolina Virginia Ann Armstrong Patricia Barbosa Beverly Anne Barry Lorna Lowry Baxter Marjorie Esther Berg John Windsor Berglund Ronald George Bettencourt John Bieren, Jr. Richard Edward Blodgett George Ronald Blume Barbara Marie Boisvert Sandra Gay Bolter Gloria Ruth Brenton Ralph Edwin Buker David Harold Bullock Anthony Joseph Busa Mary Ellen Callahan Richard Jerome Carmichael Joseph Carpizo Jeanne Marie Casey Barbara Pauline Cassidy Michael A. Centauro Wilbur Daniel Cheever Donald Chisholm Maria Antoinette Cipriano Roger Joseph Collins June Cotter Nancy Coyne Gail Janet Crerie Virginia Cromwell Robert Lawrence Cronin Rosamond Cronin Stanley Ralph Crossman Sandra Kent Crowley Carolyn Culler Charles Cosmo Dellovo Robert Anthony DeSimone Joan Marie Dexter Joan Claire Diamond John Barrett Douglas Chester Dymsza Alan Engborg Herbert Walter Evans Anastica Mary Farfaras Hope Suzanne Fay Barbara Ann Ferreira Ronald Fietze Joan Fletcher Richard I]ennis Frissore Gertrude Beverly Frith Barbara Elizabeth Fuller Arlene Furey Katherine Leonora Gaposchkin Marilyn Ellen George Barbara Suzzanne Gillingham Elaine Ann Gillis Walter 5. Gudinski Shirley Louise Haigh Richard Lowe Hale Frederick T. Handley Eleanor Jean Harris Stephen Thomas Hauser Anne Marie Holmes Nancy Fairbanks Hooper Joan Carol Hultman Rose Marie lodice Karen Fowle Johnson 221 222 Patricia Anne Kaleta William Ernest Karabats •Cynthia Fay Karlson Otis J. Keating Robert B. Kelley Irene F. Kiley Bernard J. Kinneen Edward L, Kinneen Frederick Lloyd Kirkland Christine Ruth Koester Joan Rose Lambert Henry Peter Lavenski Ann Margaret Leahy Nancy Deborah Legro Selden M. Loring, Jr. Donald Peter Lund Sylvia W. Lunt Dorothy Dean Lyon Laurier B. MacDonald Frederick H. Maclnnis Francis G. Mackie Carole Sandra Maggioli Camille Rita Maguire William H. Mahoney Deborah Jane Manning Jean Shirley Marashio John B. Marsh Donald Francis Martin Lois Massi Sheila Ann McCormack Bruce Colin McGee Paul Vincent McLaughlin Marilyn Jean Meadows Carolyn Mears Paul C. Meleedy Gerardine Ann Meurer Lynne Milliken Pieter Rowe Mimno Joan Lois Moniz Donald Bruce Moore Nancy J. Morse Lawrence G. Movsessian George M. Moynihan Sandra N. Murray ANNUAL REPORTS Heather Ann Nason Donald E. Nottebart Frederick Reigh Nottebart Joseph John O'Brien John Osgood Mary Frances Panetta Carole Anne Perkins Ann Pickering Barbara Porter Lois E. Porter Sandra Gail Porthouse James J. Redmond Margaret Marie Rees Arthur G. Richardson Mary B. Ricker Donald William Roberts Harold Wendell Robinson, Jr. John Gilbert Rodes Ann Louise Rosenberger Martha Jane Rycroft Janet C. Sampson Frank Edgar Sands, 11 William Arthur Setterlund Patricia Jane Shanahan Gail Sheldon Joseph Leslie Simon George William Slade, 11 Philip S. Soderstrom Edward M. Sorenson Ernest F. Stokes, Jr. Gloria Carol Stone Theodora Briggs Terletsky Sandra Jeanne Traver Darlene 5. Trebino Thomas P. Tuck John M. Wass William B. Wetherell Richard A. Wharton Patricia F. Wilbur Patricia Helen Wildes Joanne L. Wilson Edward L. York TOWN OF LEXINGTON 223 ROSTER OF TEACHERS Name Manfred L. Warren H. John Adzigian Hilda M. Allen Michel J. Antone Jennie Bujnievicx Amy A. Campbell Wilbur E. Cheever James W. Coffin Lancelot B. Cooper Mrs. Sheila M. Creamer Parker J. Dexter Norma Gaeta Joseph W. Gibson Leo V. Gittzus Herbert M. Goddard Chester D. Ingraham Margaret F. Kinley Margaret J. Leake Doris B. Leavitt Harold W. Louder Mrs- Myrtle A. Marshall Helen I. McIntyre Kenneth Moyle Constance C. Murray Robert A. Proctor Richard D. Ramsdell Elizabeth H. Ratte SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Subject Taught Principal Geometry, Cons. Ed. Latin General Math., Algebra English Business Training Head of English Dept. Community Life Biology, Health Librarian Commercial Law lntrod. to Business English History Industrial Arts Math., Physics English, Gen. Ed. English French, Spanish Physical Education Gen. Science & Physics History, Law Dean, Social Studies Math History Industrial Arts Art French Mrs. Margaret SandbergerMusic Homemaking Asst. Princ., Science English Business Training Guidance Director English Homemaking Science Algebra Rosella M. Schatz Irving F. Sherwood Margaret Smith Lillian M. Spidle Donald K. Tucker Earl A. Turner Mrs- Barbara E. West Agnes G. Wheeler Blanche L. Whepley Yrs. in Where Educated Lex. Bowdoin College, B,A, Columbia Univ., M.A. 27 Harvard Univ., B.5. Tufts College, M.Ed. 13 Pembroke College, B.A. Radcliffe College, M.A. 3 Brown Univ., M.A-, B.A. 3 Univ. of New Hampshire, B.A. Middlebury College, M.A. 4 Burdett College 26 Harvard Univ., B.A., M.A. 7 Bowdoin College, B.A. Harvard Univ., A.M.T. --- Springfield College, S.S. 12 St. Lawrence Univ., B.S.Ed. 7 Boston Univ., M.C.S. -Bates College, B.A. 1 Radcliffe College, B.A. Harvard Univ., M.A. — Harvard Univ., B.A., A.M.T. 1 Fitchburg T. C., B.S.Ed. 1 Middlebury College, B.A. 12 Tufts College, B.A. Columbia Univ., M.A. 8 Acadia Univ., B.A., M.A. 8 Earlham College, B.A. 21 Rollins College, B.A. 17 Bates College, B.S., M.Ed. — Dalhousie Univ., B.A. 9 Boston Univ., B,A., M.A. 28 Bucknell Univ., B.A., M.A. 21 Bates College, B.A. Boston Univ., M.A, Fitchburg T. C. 8 26 Mass. School of Art, B.S.Ed. 1 Boston Univ., B.A. Middlebury College, M.A. 8 Colby College - Amer. Inst. 18 Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed. 1 Univ. of New Hamp., B.A. 29 Skidmore College, S.A. 1 Salem T. C., B.S.Ed, 24 Univ. of Mass., B.5.Ed. 7 Amherst College, B.A. 7 Univ. of Mass., B.S. �- Univ. of Vermont, B.S. 10 Salem T. C. 39 224 Name Merrill F. Norlin Gladys M. Anderson Eleanor Brocklebank Philip M. Caughey Ruth M. Conrad Ruth Ann Curtis William H. Cuzner Augustine C. DiRubio A. Irving Dodge Caroline T. Feindel Elizabeth B. Gill Eero R. Helin Mary C. Houghton Betty King Mrs. Eleanor W. Mahoney Harriet C. Mandeville Santo L. Marino Laura L. Marshall William M. Molloy Vernon W. Nickerson William E. Sim David 5. Terry Edward E. Abell Mrs. Elinore W. Blackhall Donald J. Gillespie, Jr. Elizabeth Howe Paul F. Poehler, Jr, Mary Louise Roberts Helen F. Spooner Constance 0. Trask George 6. White Ethel L. Wright ANNUAL REPORTS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Subject Taught Principal Social Studies Home Economics Social Studies Math English, Math Math Math Industrial Arts English Music & Science Physical Education English English Remedial Reading Science & Math Science Art Social Studies Science & Math Social Studies Health & Science SPECIAL Health, Safety & Physical Edtcatfon Director Elementary Art Director of Music Reading Consultant Elementary Coordinator Physical Education, Elem. and Junior High Music, elementary Physical Education, Elem. and Junior High Instrumental Music Dietitian Where Educated Wesleyan Univ., B.A. Boston Univ., M.A. 28 Bridgewater T. C. 30 Univ. of New Hemp., B.A. -- Bowdoin College, B.S. Harvard Univ., M.Ed. 26 Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. 9 Barnard College, B.A. Radcliffe College, A.M,T. — U. 5. Naval Academy, B.S. Harvard Univ., M.A. 20 Univ, of N. Hemp., B.S., M.A.— Boston Trade School Mass. State Courses 29 Bridgewater T. C., B.S.Ed. 12 Elmira College, B.A. 2 Colby College, B.A. Columbia Univ., M.A. Wellesley College, B.A. Bridgewater T. C. Worcester T. C. Univ. of R. I., B.A., B.Ed, Univ. of Illinois, B.S. Harvard Univ., M.Ed. — Mass. School of Art., B.S.Ed. 9 North Adams T. C., B.S.Ed. 10 Bridgewater T. C., B.S.Ed. 5 Boston Univ., B.5., M.A. 2 Springfield College, B.S. 2 Yrs. in Lex. 9 25 5 Springfield College, B.P.E. Boston Univ., M.Ed. 25 N. E. School of Design 25 Boston Univ„ B. Music, M.Ed. 8 Wheelock College ' Boston Univ., M.A. 11 Dartmouth College, B.A. Columbia Univ., M.A. Beaver College, B.S. Framingham T. C. 28 Boston Univ., B.S. — N. E. Conservatory, B.A. Keene T. C., B.S.Ed. Syracuse Univ., M.A. 10 Name Ruth E. Morrison Wilma A. Quinn Carmella Tringale Alice M. Coughlin Mrs. Agnes C. Manning Mrs, Patricia Lundberg Mrs, Mary Louise Holmes Mrs. Faye M. Burgess Mrs. Susan B. Guy Mrs. Marie T. Palmer Mary L. Mooney Mrs. Prudence 5, MacKechnie Edith C. Alcorn Bertha Wahl Alice Edgecomb George H. Russell Martha Jane Smyers Mrs, Elsie P. Chapman TOWN OF LEXINGTON ADAMS SCHOOL Subject Taught Principal Grade 1 11 11 11 III 111 111 IV IV V V VI VI Bid, Asst. Special CENTER SCHOOL Mrs. Ethel 8. Bears Principal Mrs. Theresa A. Blandino Grade 1 Mary P. Gonis Barbara Joan Silk Mary E. Downs 11 Elsa Martinson 11 Mrs. Virginia R. Plunkett 11 Angela Yaghdjian 111 Mrs. Joan W. Raley 111 Mrs. Marion E. Michaelis IV Mildred Trop IV Mrs. Lillian G. Meoli V Mrs. Grace I. Holmes V Betty A. Brackett VI Mrs. Maureen Geoghan VI William N. Herbert Mrs. Grace E. Clem Mrs, Carol E. Marshall Mrs. Diane B. Higgins Mrs. Hazel W. Hoyt 225 Yrs. in Where Educated Lex. Plymouth Normal School Boston Univ. 32 Bridgewater T. C., B.S. 14 Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. 6 Salem T.C., B.S.Ed. 1 Salem T. C., B.S. 7 Valley City State T. C., North Dakota, B.S.Ed. 1 Univ. of Oklahoma, B.S. — Boston Univ., M.Ed. 2 Salem T.C. 6 Boston Univ., B.S. 4 Lowell T. C., B.S. in Ed. 2 Radcliffe College, B.A, Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. 13 Salem T. C., B.S.Ed. Boston Univ., M.Ed. Gorham T. C. Boston Univ., A.A., B.S.Ed. Wellesley College, B.A. Aroostook State Normal 5c h 1. 24 8 1 Salem T. C. 6 Boston Univ., B.S.Ed., M.Ed. 7 Wheelock College, B.S.Ed. — Lowell State T. C., B.S.Ed. — Salem T. C., B.S.Ed. 1 Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed, 1 Oberlin College, B.A. — Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. 1 Illinois Normal School, B.S.Ed. 2 Keene Normal School 24 Boston Univ., B.S.Ed. Boston Univ„ A.B., Ed.M. Univ, of Mass., B.A. Plymouth T. C., B.E. Simmons College, B.S. 1 3 2 1 FISKE SCHOOL Principal Plymouth T. C., B.S.Ed. 1 Grade 1 Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. 4 Lesley College, B.S. Ed. 2 Lesley College, B.S.Ed, 2 II Boston Univ., B.S.Ed, 4 226 ANNUAL REPORTS Name Mabel Cook Mrs. Lillis P. Nelson Mrs. Doris R. Garcia Mrs. Jean MacLean Eileen R. Quirke Audrey J. Tufts Mrs. Gloria M. Turgiss Ruth V. Matto Catherine 5. Pearson Jean G. French Patrice M. Doherty Merrel A. Collard, Jr. John E. Jacobus Mrs. Ann H. Fay Margaret A. Keefe Jxephine Bailey Mrs. Jeanette Ayvazian Sally Jane O'Brien Mrs. Barbara W. Duncan Mrs. Rose R. Shattuck Holen F. Blinkhorn Evelyn Andelman Mrs. Pearl M. Casterline Thelma Louise Hall Nancy J. Mitchell Maria A. Ciampa Violette Dubois Rita E. Wall Natalie Carpenter Mrs. Rebecca C. Ullom Helaine Rothblatt Mrs. Mary A. Delsie Margaret B. Noyes Mrs. Irene 5. Roche Mrs. Josephine C. Hawkins Subject Taught 11 11 11 111 III 111 IV IV 1V V V VI VI Bldg. Asst. Yrs. in Where Educated Lex, Framingham T. C. Boston Univ„ B.S.Ed, Pembroke College, B.A. 1 Queens College, B.A. 1 Truro Normal School 3 Salem T. C., 8.5.Ed. Boston Univ., M.Ed. 5 Tufts College, B.A. Bridgewater T. C., B.S.Ed. 5 Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed. 1 Univ, of Utah, B.S. Bridgewater T. C., B.S.Ed. 2 Smith College, A.B. 2 Boston Univ., A.B., Ed.M. 3 Boston Univ., B.S., Ed.M. 3 Middlebury College, A.B. — FRANKLIN SCHOOL Principal Grade I I I 11 & Ill III IV V VI Bldg. Asst. Keene Normal School, B.S.Ed. Boston Univ., M.A. 26 Gorham T. C. 4 Salem T. C., B.S.Ed. 9 Boston Univ., M.Ed. Goucher College, M.Ed. 4 Lesley College, B.S.Ed. Fitchburg T. C. 6 Lowell T. C„ B.S.Ed. 18 Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed, 2 Keene T. C., B.E. 2 Wheaton College, B.A. — HANCOCK SCHOOL Grade 1 Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed. 2 1 Bridgewater T. C., B.S.Ed. Boston Univ., M.Ed. — 11 Lowell T. C., B.S. Ed., M.Ed, 6 11 Salem T. C., B.S.Ed. Boston Univ., Ed.M, 5 North Adams T. C., B.S.Ed, 1 Bridgewater T. C., B.S.Ed. — Clark Univ., A.B. 2 Hyannis State T. C., B.S.Ed. — Bridgewater T. C. 40 Fitchburg T. C. Bridgewater T. C. 2 2 TOWN OF LEXINGTON MUNROE SCHOOL Name Subject Taught Alexander B. Cumming Principal 8. Grade VI Clare M. Corcoran Mrs. Mary E. Neville Mrs. Louise A. Rice Regina McKenna Claire M. Hughes Mrs. Claire R. Grossman Patricia L. Merrill Janice H. Webb Margery McKenney Mrs. Janice M. Hill Mary M. Kinneen Hilda L. Maxfield Mildred B. Gale Eleanor Chapin Virginia L. Sargent Elizabeth C. Cluin Carolyn M. Young Jeannette Gregory Marion Marston Martha Basile Mrs. Barbara R. Holland Mrs. Barbara B. Anderson Richard M. Hayden Margaret J. Armstrong Barbara McAloon Grade I it I I III III IV V VI Bldg. Asst. Special PARKER SCHOOL Principal Grade I 1 11 ill 111 1V V V VI VI Bldg. Asst. CUSTODIANS 227 Yrs. in Where Educated Lex, Gorham N. 5., B.S.Ed. Columbia Univ., M.A. 6 Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed. 3 Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed, 10 Boston Univ., B.S.Ed. 2 Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. Boston Univ., M.Ed. 7 Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed. 1 Wheaton College, B.A. Boston Univ., Ed.M. Colby College, B.A. 1 Plymouth T. C., B.S.Ed. 2 Eastern State Normal, B.S.Ed. 6 Pembroke College, B.A. — Emmanuel College, B.A. Boston Univ., M.Ed. 19 Bridgewater T. C., B.S.Ed. 11 Keene T. C, B.S. 8 Middlebury College, B.A. — Plymouth T. C., B.A. 8 Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed, 8 Salem T. C. 6 Fitchburg T. C., B.S.Ed. 2 Washington State T. C. 24 Lowell T. C., B.S.Ed. 8 Framingham T. C., B.S.Ed. 3 Stephens College, A.A. Cornell Univ., B.S. Boston Univ., B.S.Ed. Univ. of Maine, B.A. Boston Univ., M.Ed. Wheaton College, B.A, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL George H. Doughty, Jr. (Head Custodian), 75 Paul Revere Road William P. Casey, 1063 Massachusetts Avenue Horace W. Bonney, 261 Waltham Street Edward McDonnell, 39 Woburn Street Generino Santosuosso, 81 Bow Street Tel. LE 9-2396-M Tel, LE 9-0716-J Tel. LE 9-1402-W Tel. LE 9-1207-W 228 ANNUAL REPORTS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Arthur R. Linfield (Head Custodian and Maintenance), 58 Oak St Antonio Bacigalupo, 7 Dunham Street Anthony J. Janusas, 12 Tucker Avenue Thomas F. Ryan, Jr., 29 Shirley Street ADAMS SCHOOL Thomas Sullivan, 17 Curve Street James A. Wiggins, 44 Bow Street FISKE SCHOOL Carl R. Petterson, 6 Hill Street James A. Wiggins, 44 Bow Street FRANKLIN SCHOOL Clarence E. MacPhee, 14 Baker Street HANCOCK SCHOOL David Kidd, 7 Butler Avenue MUNROE SCHOOL William J. Marshall, 9 Independence Avenue PARKER SCHOOL Louis A. Bonney, 261 Waltham Street CENTER SCHOOL William Knight, 18 Bowker Street • Tel, LE 9-0984-M Tel. LE 9-0957-W Tel. LE 9-4156-M Tel. LE 9-0022-R Tel. LE 9-2371 Tel. LE 9-2575 Tel. LE 9-1114-R Tel. LE 9-2575 Tel. LE 9-2359-W Tel. LE 9-1174-M Tel. LE 9-0989-W Tel. LE 9-1402-W Tel. LE 9-2421-W TOWN OF LEXINGTON REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: 229 December 31, 1954. I submit herewith the following report of the Lexington Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1954. I wish to thank all those who have been of assistance to us in the performance of our duties during the past year. January February March April Respectfully submitted, JOHN W. RYCROFT, Chief of Police 1934 PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT ANALYSIS d T1 "Z . E O �_ ,. 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 0 6 6 May 3 0 0 2 June 0 0 0 0 July 1 0 0 1 August 2 0 1 1 September 2 0 2 0 October 3 1 2 1 1 November 2 0 1 0 1 December 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Nightime a a 1 12 1 66 1 11 1 8 1 50 1 12 1 6 0 O ? 2 8 1 0 — 0 0 ? 1 0 ? 1 1 13 1 1 3 0 1 30 1 0 12 1 O ? 1 1 19 1 1 49 0 O ? 1 0 15 1 E LL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TOTAL 23 1 17 18 5 19 5 9 230 0. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ANALYSIS ANNUAL REPORTS papinuop — C^! — — N N n') — N r- N payn7asofd p04126lysanul PaII!N 03 SA AW paJnlul 03' AW Pal I!?I AW sA-AW pa)nlul AW Pall!N ❑3d sn AW panful aid,AAW 03sAAIN AW 5^ AW 03d s AW pajnlul suosiad syuaNDW A.inlul swedn a70 sueuysapad N—NC)OOM—N'0 NN M N U b N 0' "' Co 000000000000 ' O N N N 0 —NCO '0' — 00000,-000000 '00'NNO.u)--N VNn 000000000-00 N �wOO�a-NNS-� b C']M If W I()M,O nu7P 0'PNN—P u7 u'1'0)o. m— N N N N--- N M N •--•--•--�A i•) OWN N[ryN� N0En0'InNvnNno- N— N M N N— N N N— 'nm—NN'00 ('1 IC1 N 00000-000000 000000000-00 00000-000-00 NeoN W ON NoO,Du r, N-- N N N'--- N N C] N 0 C7N C)-0' r7 r7 v' MN M MMC)NNN M'M os LEVEE c_a m a 9 > au ° s� Ei`{C --QtnQZ❑ IM N M 10 I� 10 N l 10 b N N IN 1-L. 1- i" b 04 N I.0 M SPEEDING AND IMPROPER OPERATION LEXINGTON POLICE REPORT FROM JANUARY 1, 1954 -DECEMBER 31, 1954 - Arrests - — Statistics Disposition. x m Offenses m m c t mm A m c 'oLL E t �� no Z Assault w/deadly weapon 1 1 1 1 Assault (Indecent) 1 1 1 1 1 Assault and Battery 10 10 5 7 3 Begetting 1 1 i 1 B&E & Attempt Larceny 2 2 2 1 1 Breaking and Entering & Larc17 17 8 4 13 3 2 3 6 3 Drunkenness 40 4 44 20 24 75. 6 6 17 2 9 3 1 Escapees 5 5 1 5 5 Default Warrant 2 2 2 2 Larceny & attempt. Larc. 26 26 10 11 15 2 6 5 4 9 B&E wlintent to commit felony & arson 1 1 1 Malicious Damage to Property 3 1 4 4 3 Manslaughter 1 1 1 1 Non -Support 4 4 4 3 1 Registering Bets 2 2 2 200. 1 1 Setting up and promoting 2 2 2 300. 1 1 Allowing premises to be used kr gaming purposes 2 2 2 100. 1 1 Runaway 2 2 2 2 Being present where gaming ap, paratus are found 2 2 2 100. 2 Operating to Endanger 19 5 24 4 20 685. 23 1 Operating with View Obstructed 3 3 2 1 25. 3 Operating after Rev. of License 9 1 10 4 6 50. 1 6 1 1 1 Operating an Uninsured Car 14 14 1 13 700. 7 7 Operating an Unregistered Car 17 17 1 16 70. 10 7 3 o 7 NO1 NIX31 30 NMOL LEXINGTON POLICE REPORT FROM JANUARY 1, 1954 - DECEMBER 31, 1954 (Continued) —Arrests- ,— Statistics Dispositions- -,3 isposition9 Pv m 3 Offenses m —�' i m" P 1. $ g S W d $ mE m°m ceZa ow E o 71'5 � o n w <o u ❑o Z . n rL O ❑ Operating without License 19 19 1 4 15 145. 4 13 1 1 Operating without Sticker 2 1 3 2 1 15. 3 Operating under Influence 25 25 5 20 830. 1 5 16 3 Hit and Run, Personal and/or Property 4 4 4 90. 4 Refusing to Stop 2 2 2 30. 2 Speeding 93 6 99 1 18 81 420. 31 66 2 Vio. Law of Road 10 1 11 2 9 55. 11 Vio. of Probation 3 3 3 2 1 Vio. Town Ordinance 19 2 2i 1 20 175. 20 1 Vio. Traffic Signal 14 14 2 12 85. 14 Discharging shot gun w/o permit 1 1 1 1 Oper. w/o registration 1 1 1 1 Allow. improper person to operate 1 2 3 1 1 2 50. 2 1 Aper. after right has been sus- pended 3 3 1 2 50. 1 1 1 Using m.v. w/o authority 5 5 2 4 i 1 4 Attaching wrong plates 6 6 1 5 90. 6 Oper. w/o tailite 1 1 1 5. 1 Cruelty to animals 1 1 1 25, 1 Fugutive from Justice 1 1 1 1 Transporting goods on the Lord's Day 1 1 1 1 Larceny of auto 1 1 1 1 Conspiracy to steal 5 5 4 5 1 4 Totals 402 25 427 34 101 326 $4,370. 18 81 235 15 30 15 3 28 2 SJ Od34 ]Vf1NNV TOWN OF LEXINGTON MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS 233 Animals Cared For (Sick, Injured or Dead) 89 Animals Cared For (Stray/ 34 Automobiles Reported Stolen 6 Automobiles Recovered 5 Automobiles Tagged (Parking Violations) 17 Bicycles Reported Stolen 34 Bicyles Recovered 29 Buildings Found Open 79 Committed To Insane Hospitals 6 Fire Alarms Responded To 66 Injured or Sick Persons Assisted 48 Lost Dogs Reported 326 Lost Dogs Returned To Owners 71 Messages Delivered 167 Missing Persons Investigated 38 Public Utilities Notified of Defects 154 Reports and Complaints Investigated 2,174 Speed Checks 1,617 Street Lights Reported Out 106 Sudden Deaths Investigated 4 Transients Accommodated 26 Vacant Houses Reported 1,036 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #31 37,578 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #32 21,865 Total Mileage Recorded on Car #33 47,255 AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS January 37 February 20 March 26 April 23 May 32 June 33 July 21 August 20 September 24 October 33 November 43 December 39 TOTAL 361 Personal Injury Accidents 153 Fatal Accidents 2 Persons Injured 257 Persons Killed 2 234 ANNUAL I:EPCRTS REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRIDGE CHARITABLE FUND 1954 Samuel J. Bridge, a descendant of Lexington, made a gift to the town of Lexington in 1880 of $2,000. 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. when the entire income should be available for assisting the indigent poor of the town. Principal $14,726.48 $1,000. U. 5. Treasury 2%s's-3-15-1960-55 1,000. U. 5. Treasury 2Y2'c—Series G—Jan. 1945 Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank $2,500 U. S. Savings Bonds—Series G—Jan. 1949 10,000. U. 5. Bonds—Series G—Dec. 1950 $939.43 1,000.00 287.05 2,500.00 10,000.00 Invested Principal $14,726.48 Income: Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank: Balance 1-1-54 $1,809.34 Income Receipts—Bridge Charitable Fund 429.95 Income Receipts—Gerry Fund 53.28 Balance 12-31-54 ELIZABETH B. GERRY FUND Principal Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank Deposit Lexington Trust Co. $100. U. 5. Treasury 2/e's 3-15-1960-55 $1,000. U. S. Treasury 21/2 %—Series G—Jan. 1945 $2,274.20 $2,292.57 $680.26 500.00 93.94 1,000.00 Invested Principal $2,274.20 Income: Income Receipts Less ---Transfer to "Bridge" Fund Balance 12-31-54 $53.28 53.28 Respectfully submitted, HOWARD 5. 0. NICHOLS CLARENCE A. WALKER THOMAS G. LYNAH None TOWN OF LEXINGTON 235 FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TRUSTS 1954 BATTLE GREEN TRUST FUND At the Town Meeting June 25, 1925, it was voted: That the sum of $500. 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 $500.00 income: Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1-1-54 350.16 Income Receipts 26.34 Balance 12-31-54 376.50 ELEANOR 5. BEALS CHARITABLE FUND Eleanor 5. Adams, born in Lexington in 1825. Under her will a legacy of $2,000. 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; Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1-1-54 $891.40 Income Receipts 87.38 Balance 12-31-54 $978.78 HALLIE C. BLAKE PRIZE FUND $1,000. 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 influence have shown highest qualities of leadership, conduct, and good will of the student body. Principal $1,000.00 $1,000. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 5's-12-1-1995 $1,000.00 Income: Balance 1-1-54 $34.17 Interest on Bond 40.00 $74.17 Less Disbursements for cash prizes 50.00 Balance 12-31-54 $24.17 236 ANNUAL REPORTS CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS Principal $39,535.00 Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank $30,535.00 Deposit—Warren Institution for Savings 9,000.00 Invested Principal $39,535.00 Income: Balance 1-1-54—Deposit, Lexington Savings Bank $1,996.84 Income Receipts 1,492.58 Balance 12-31-54 $3,489.42 COLONIAL CEMETERY FUND Principal $1,100.00 Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank $1,100.00 Income: Deposit, Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1-1-54 256.49 income Receipts 47.02 Balance 12-31-54 $303.51 FREDERICK L. EMERY FUND $5,000. was bequested 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. Principal $5,000.00 $1,000. U. 5. Treasury 2%'s 12-15-1960-55 $1,000.00 10 Paid-up Shares Lexington Fed. Savings & Loan 2,000.00 U. 5. War Bonds—Series G—July 1944 2,000.00 Invested Principal $5,000.00 Income: Deposit Lexington Trust Co.: Balance 1-1-54 $126,62 Income Receipts 123.03 Balance 12-31-54 $249.65 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 devoted to the care of the Colonial Cemetery; and the income of $2,000. for three medals in each of the public high and grammar schools for the best scholarship in the grad- uation classes. TOWN OF LEXINGTON 237 Principal $4,612.91 U. S. War Bonds -Series G -April 1943 $4,000.D0 Deposit -Lexington Trust Co. 27.65 Deposit -North Avenue Savings Bank 585.26 Invested Principal $4,612.91 lncome-Schools: Deposit, Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1-1-54 $229.89 Income Receipts 76.04 Balance 12-31-54 $305.93 Income -Cemetery -Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1-1-54 $231.40 Income Receipts 57.18 Balance 12-31-54 $288.58 JONAS GAMMELL LEGACY Jonas Gammell, bom in Lexington, October 20, 1820. A clause in his will gave to Lexington $500. 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 $500.00 Deposit -Lexington Savings Bank $500.00 Income -Deposit Lexington Savings Bank: Balance 1-1-54 177.37 Income Receipts 19.50 Balance 12-31-54 $196.87 HARRIET R. GILMORE LEGACY Harriet Robinson, born in Lexington, November 8, 1806. Under her will a legacy of $500. was left to the Town, the income to be used for the benefit of the poor of the town: Principal $500.00 Deposit -Lexington Savings Bank $500.00 Income -Deposit Lexington Savings Bank: Balance 1-1-54 $339.25 Income Receipts 23.83 Balance 12-31-54 $363.08 HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND A balance remaining after the erection of the Hayes Fountain of $862.72 by 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, 238 ANNUAL REPORTS Principal $862.72 Deposit -Lexington Savings Bank $862.72 Income -Deposit Lexington Savings Bank: Balance 1-1-54 461.45 Income Receipts 37.77 Balance 12-31-54 LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND $499.22 A fund created and added to by certain graduating classes of the High School for the purpose of rendering financial assistance for educational purposes to worthy graduates who are recommended by the School Committee. Principal as of 1-1-54 $295.93 Income on Principal Deposit Fund 3.33 Principal as of 12-31-54 $299.26 Deposit -Lexington Savings Bank Student Loans EDITH C. REDMAN BATTLE GREEN TRUST FUND Principal 1-1-54 Income on Principal Deposit Invested Principal -Lexington Savings Bank GEORGE O. SMITH LEGACY $1 14.26 185.00 $299.26 $526.76 15.90 $542.66 George 0. Smith, born in Lexington, January 2, 1832. Under his will a legacy of $2,500. was given to Lexington, the income to be expended by the Field and Garden Club. Principal $2,452.50 Deposit -Lexington Savings Bank U. 5. Treasury 2%'s-3-15-1960-55-$2,000 $573.65 1,878.85 Invested Principal $2,452.50 Income: Income Receipts Less: Payments to Lexington Field & Garden Club Balance 12-31-54 GEORGE W. TAYLOR FLAG FUND $74.70 74.70 None Clause No. 30, Miss Amy R. 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 Lex- ington Common, if such provision has not already been made, i then give, devise and bequeath to the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, in trust nevertheless, TOWN OF LEXINGTON 239 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 replace- ment of said flag pole, or for the purchase of new flags; any balance of income from said fund to be used for the care of Lexington Common. Principal $2,000.00 U. 5. War Bonds—Series G—July 1944 $2,000.00 Income: Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1-1-54 ... $664.87 Income Receipts 70.57 Balance 12-31-54 $735.44 GEORGE W. TAYLOR TREE FUND Clause No. 31, Miss Amy R. Taylor's will: If I shall not have made such provision in my lifetime, I give, devise and be- queath 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—July 1944 $2,000.00 Income: Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1-1-54 $676.76 Income Receipts 70.93 Balance 12-31-54 $747.69 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. 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—Jan. 1943 $4,000 April 1943 $4,000.00 $8,000.00 Deposit—Warren Institution for Savings 2,000.00 Invested Principal 10,000.00 Income: Income Receipts Less—Payments to Town of Lexington $257.50 257.50 Balance 12-31-54 None 240 ANNUAL REPORTS WESTV€EW CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUND Principal 1-1-54 $56,862.75 Received from Town of Lexington 4,554.00 Principal 12.31-54 $61,416.75 U. 5, War Bonds—Series G . $60,500.00 Deposit—Lexington Trust Co. 916.74 Invested Principal $61,416,74 Income: Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1-1-54 $1,974,53 income Receipts 1,401.90 Balance 12-31-54 $3,376.43 EMMA I. FISKE ADAMS SCHOOL FUND At a meeting held July 27, 1929, 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 1-1-54 $146.96 Income on Principal Deposit 4.43 Principal 12-31-54 $151,39 Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank $151.39 EMMA I. FISKE FLOWER FUND At a meeting held July 27, 1930, it was voted that the town accept a gift in the amount of $300. under the will of Ernma I. Fiske to be invested and the in- come used to place three bouquet of flowers around monument in her family lot in Monroe Cemetery on Memorial Day and September 15th of each year. Principal $300.00 Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank $300.00 Income: Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1-1-54 $11.05 Income Receipts 9.35 $20.40 Less Disbursements 3.00 Balance 12-31-54 $17.40 LOUISE E. WILKINS FLOWER FUND In 1941, Louise E. Wilkins paid to the Town of Lexington $75.00 for a flower fund for Lot 24, Range D., Hillside Section, Westview Cemetery, the income to be used for the purchase of flowers to be placed on the lot on each Memorial Day. TOWN OF LEXINGTON Principal 1-1-54 $76.3 i Income Receipts 2.27 $78.58 Less -Disbursements 2.00 Principal 12-3-54 $76.58 Deposit -Lexington Savings Bank 241 $76.58 LEROY S. BROWN FUND At a Town Meeting 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 expense of the 19th of April celebration". Principal $5,000.00 U. S. Treasury 31/4% due 1953-6-15 Income: Deposit -Lexington Trust Co. Balance 1-1-54 Income Receipts Less -Disbursements to Town of Lexington Balance 12-31-54 $5,000.00 296.76 165.09 $461.85 82.20 $379.65 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, California, 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 I and the Codicil to his will. Principal $4,577.47 Deposit -Lexington Savings Bank $4,577.47 Income: Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1-1-54 Income Receipts Less Disbursements Balance 12-31-54 $288.42 146.16 $434.58 111.00 $323.58 ELLEN A. STONE FUND In June 1944, the Town voted to accept a gift of $2,000, under the will of Ellen A. Stone, the income to be paid to the School Committee and used to assist needy young girls in obtaining an education, Principal U. 5. Treasury -Series G -Feb. 1945 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 242 ANNUAL REPORTS Income: Deposit -Lexington Savings Bank Income Receipts Less payments to Lexington School Committee Balance 12-31-54 $50.00 50.00 None 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 Deposit -Provident Institution for Savings Income: Deposit -Provident Institution for Savings Income Receipts Less payments to Cary Memorial Library Balance 12-31-54 $500.00 $500.00 $18.13 18.13 None 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 Deposit -Lexington Savings Bank Income: Balance 1-1-54 Income Receipts for year added to Principal GENEVA M. BROWN FUND $1,583.43 $1,583.43 1,536.99 46.44 $1,583.43 In 1946 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 beautifying the Com- mon and triangular parcel of land in front of Masonic Temple. Principal $3,000.00 $3,000. U. S. Treasury "G" Bonds -Dec. 1948$3,000.00 Income: Deposit -Lexington Savings Bank Deposit Lexington Savings Bank 1-1-54 Income Receipts Balance 12-31-54 EVERETT MULL1KEN - HASTINGS PARK FUND Principal $5;000.00 $5,000. U. 5. Treasury "G" Bonds -Dec. 1949. $5,000.00 394.07 86.71 $480.78 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Income: Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1-1-54 Income Receipts Balance 12-31-54 243 504.35 140.07 $644.42 GEORGE GILMORE FUND The sum of $10,000. the income therefrom to be used as the town may from time to time vote; and if at any time a special use arises to which in the opinion of the Selectmen the principal of said fund may be applied, then the principal of said fund may be so applied upon vote of Town Meeting authorizing same. Principal $9,000. U. S. Treas. Bonds 2%2%-12-15-67-72 Lexington Savings Bank Invested Principal Income: Deposit—Lexington Savings Bank Balance 1-1-54 Income Receipts Balance 12-31-54 $10,000.00 $9,078.35 921.65 $10,000.00 $603.32 424.43 $1,027.75 ALBERT BALL TENNEY MEMORIAL FUND The sum of $4,000. is hereby given to the Town of Lexington to be held in trust and administered by the Trustees of Public Trusts as a permanent fund to be known as the "Albert Bali Tenney Memorial Fund", the income therefrom to be used to provide nightly illumination of the Minute -Man Statue. Principal $4,000. U. 5. Treasury—Series G—Dec. 1950 Income Receipts Less—Paid to Town of Lexington Balance 12-31-54 $4,000,00 $4,000.00 50.00 50.00 Respectfully submitted, HOWARD 5. O. NICHOLS CLARENCE A. WALKER THOMAS G. LYNAH None 244 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT December 31, 1954. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Lexington, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Herewith is presented the report of the Accounting Department for the year 1954. 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, 1954. Receipts for the year 1954 in detail, Expenditures for the year 1954 in detail. Schedule of Appropriation Accounts—Revenue. Schedule of Appropriation Accounts—Non-Revenue. Analysis of Overlay Accounts, Trust Accounts, Surplus Accounts and others. Borrowing Capacity of the Town. Schedule of Municipal Indebtedness. 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 General 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 unpaid bills. There are two unpaid bills remaining for the year 1954 for which there is no appropriation. These bills are as follows: Town of Arlington — Welfare .. $1,133.60 Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Co. — School .... 1,980.00 $3,113.60 In accordance with the provisions of Section 51, Chapter 41 of the General Laws, I have examined the accounts of the various Town Offices and Boards en- trusted with the receipts, custody or expenditure of money. In each case 1 have found the records correct. During the year 1954 the cash balances have been verified and the bank balances of the Collector of Taxes and Town Treasurer have been reconciled. In accordance with Section 53, Chapter 41 of the General Laws, 1 have audited the accounts of the Trustees of Public Trusts, Trustees of Cary Memorial Library and the School Committee, The securities held by these trustees have been ex- TOWN OF LEXINGTON 245 amined and found correct and in proper order. The cash balances have also been reconciled with the bank balances. FRANK D. WALKER, Town Accountant. Middlesex, ss Then personally appeared the above that the foregoing statements made by h knowledge and belief. named, Frank D. Walker, and made oath im are correct and true to the best of his JAMES J. CARROLL, Notary Public Term Expires, March 7, 1959 246 TOWN OF LEXINGTON BALANCE SHEET—DECEMBER 37, 1954 3 ANNUAL REPORTS CO. NDCIC vt C)O 0 0rhvrooUlcr. 000 • c4 r: 4 W P C')OP N V O W. D• u10131v30N o 07 'c- v ^ ups C7 ‘0 N N 01 co 47 C N N CO 0 J c c E .0 — CNn'7� 0 11) 117 07 Q=[ C C D T ❑. Q+ • tt i 7 U 1i ar U^^^ Q17 Z) 11_ _ = >C O J m 10 - 7 7 4 Ca 0' }�. -J Ce F -Li V1 C3 C3 10 $1,539,242.75 o o 0 01 N o N ^ N U 0. 0 m r C%7 .D N. 0 c 0 77 175 DC c C m C .. 4: 4> (0 • 40 a P o u7 rn O N 'D O 07 N G 'D C) Go N GD 1.4) N C 7 CO FD 117 n o o n V .3 W 7 u u c1 Vehicle Excise Tax 0 N C7 CO, N 1170,^rr)- 1f7ok GOA Ul,t Ouy O. • s6 06 N — r. (Ni 6 r GD ND OD 10 ON n OD ^ P7O, 1".alnr.4al ' v_v7 • sO N cp 'tire tit u") C7 G<7 N ^^^^ .-u7 a 2 0 Q CO ^N 0 CO nrnrno N'D Lf —0 o OD .0 -CV C) Q 0' v7 r• 10 0 10.DN 0303 -- o n u7 U 113 0, BALANCE SHEET — DECEMBER 31, 1954 — Cointinued Assets—Continued Liabilities—Continued Water Department Available Surplus 21,185.86 Safe of Real Estate Fund 11,688.30 Westview Safe of Lots Fund 18,446.90 Overlay Reserve 20,121.03 Road Machinery Fund 31,794.42 Tax Collector's Reserve 228.31 Reimbursement for School Construction 8,854.52 Excess & Deficiency 455,932.37 $2,407,839.42 APPROPRIATIONS— REVENUE AND NON -REVENUE Balance ACCOUNT from 1953 Appropriation Committee Personal Services Expenses Selectmen Personal Services Expenses Accounting Personal Services Expenses Town Clerk & Treasurer Personal Services Expenses Parking Meter Maintenance Foreclosure & Redemption of Tax Titles 1,637.50 Collector Personal Services Expenses Assessors Personal Services Expenses Law Department Personal Services Special Fees Expenses Election Expenses Town Clerk Selectmen Appropriation & Transfers $600.00 1,250.00 8,497.80 2,807.00 $2,407,839.42 Expenditures Transfer Carried & Transfers to E & D to 1955 $577.50 $22.50 1,190.50 59.50 8,372.80 125.00 2,625.62 178.38 9,940.44 9,639,84 300.60 500.00 498.69 1.31 12,195.44 1,925.00 125.00 11,005.64 3,775.00 13,927.71 1,850.00 4,000.00 5,000.00 1,500.00 12,195.44 1,925.00 120.91 4.09 124.79 3.00 1,512.71 10,951.53 54.11 3,685.91 4.09 85.00 13,927.71 1,848.74 1.26 4,000.00 4,275.00 725.00 1,275.13 224,87 625.00 625.00 4,446.56 4,446.56 NOI NIX31 d❑ NMOL S1210d3M 1Vf1NNV APPROPRIATIONS - REVENUE AND NON -REVENUE --Continued Balance Appropriation Expenditures Transfer Carried ACCOUNT from 1953 & Transfers & Transfers fo E & D to 1955 Registration Personal Services 1,122.00 1,016.25 105.75 Expenses 750.00 750.00 Superintendent of Public Works Office Personal Services 25,476.78 24,995.18 481.60 Expenses 530.00 510.36 19.64 Town Offices & Cary Memorial Building Personal Services 9,711.88 9,611.42 100.46 Expensess 1954 13,735.00 12,998.95 736.05 Expenses 1953 1,600.00 1,105.00 495.00 Engineering Personal Services 18,019.99 18,008.02 11.97 Expenses 1,220.00 1,218.89 1.11 Board of Appeals Expenses 1,153.00 1,153.00 Planning Board Personal Services 7,500.00 2,191.54 5,308.46 Expenses 1,500.00 1,384.82 115.18 Street Options 2,500.00 1,250.00 1,200.00 2,550.00 Police Department Personal Services 112,135.19 107,193.57 4,941.62 Expenses 11,103.68 11,003.26 100.42 Parking Meter Maintenance 250.00 107.55 142.45 Fire Department Personal Services 137,974.60 136,732.90 1,241.70 Expenses 23,160.76 23,107.02 53.74 New Fire Engine 17,500.00 17,000.00 500.00 es Traffic Lights E. Lexington Station 2.400.00 2,400.00 A vo NOI9NIX31 JO NMQl APPROPRIATIONS - REVENUE AND NON -REVENUE -Continued Balance Appropriation Expenditures Transfer Carried ACCOUNT from 1953 & Transfers & Transfers to E 8.0 to 1955 Civilian Defense 1,335.19 700.00 867.27 1,167.92 Building & Plumbing Personal Services 6.330.61 6,330.61 Expenses 4,095.00 1,018.16 70.84 3,006.00 Wire Inspection Personal Services 2,000.00 2,000.00 Expenses 700.00 698.22 1.78 Sealer of Weights & Measures Personal Services 800.00 800.00 Expenses 424.00 420.87 3.13 Insect Suppression Wages & Expenses 5,058.56 4,046.24 1,012.32 Shade Trees Wages & Expenses 15,543.56 11,766.35 3,777.21 Forest Fires Personal Services 50.00 50.00 Wages & Expenses 500.00 446.99 53.01 Dag Officer Personal Services 235.00 235.00 Expenses 650.00 449.50 200.50 Health Personal Services 4,910.09 4,910.09 Expenses 12,915.50 8,277.64 3,967.87 669.99 Eradication of Mosquitoes 5,000.00 5,000.00 Cn 0 S1bOd321 JVf1NNN APPROPRIATIONS - REVENUE AND NON -REVENUE -Continued Balance & Transfers & Transfers to E & D to 1955 ACCOUNT from 1953 Appropriation Expenditures Transfer Carried Dog Clinic Expenses 537.37 532.47 4.90 Dental Clinic Personal Services 2,924.00 2,774.00 150.00 Expenses 580.00 540.80 39.20 Posture Clinic Personal Services 1,284.50 1,222.50 62.00 Expenses 57.00 48.86 8.14 Vital Statistics 25.00 25.00 Animal inspection Personal Services 680.63 680.63 5.w.r Maintenance Wages & Expenses 9,370.00 9,150.8i 219.19 Sew�r Services (1953) 2,392.92 2,019.33 373.59 " IT 954) 34,100.00 29,056.37 2,043.63 3,000.00 T., . w2r Construction Sundry Streets (1952) 4,759.39 4,759.39 " (1953) 27,851.24 26,750.09 1,101.15 " (1954) 112,950.00 112,950.00 No. Branch Vine Brook 2,924.21 2,924.21 Bedford Street 6,137.64 6,137.64 Drain Construction (1952) 5,664.47 5,664.47 (1953) 7,709.22 6,698.01 1,01 1.21 II (1954) 34,000.00 5,630.03 28,369.97 Garbage Collection _ 25,993.50 25,989.83 3.67 ACCOUNT APPROPRIATIONS -- REVENUE AND NON -REVENUE --Continued Balance & Transfers & Transfers to E & D fo 1955 from 1953 Appropriation Expenditures Transfer Carried Highway Ashes & Dumps 15,000.00 14,975.77 24.23 Public Works Building 13,910.00 12,054.51 1,855.49 Maintenance 70,000.00 67,617.76 2,382.24 Chapter 90 Maintenance 3,000.00 2,997.60 2.40 Chapter No. 90 Construction (1953)2,404.66 2,404.66 " (1954)27,000.00 21,178.55 Street Construction (Mass. Ave. 1953) 4,613.42 4,150.98 " " (Bartlett Ave. 1953) 728.00 948.30 1,362.60 " " Gleason Rd. 2,906.45 2,693.35 " " Edison Way 1,219.73 142,25 1,058.32 " " Parking Lot 973.07 797.76 " " (1954) 88,423.40 56,034.68 Sidewalk Construction 800.00 536.50 263.50 Curbing Construction 3,000.00 968.4] Road Machinery Wages & Expenses 23,600.00 23,599.96 .04 New Equipment 30,432.00 23,516.78 1,132.99 Snow Removal 40,000.00 35,155.04 4,844.96 Traffic Regulation & Control 3,825.00 3,822.92 2.08 Street Lights New High School 4,700.00 4,393.00 307.00 Street Lights 35,500.00 31,826.86 3,673.14 Street Signs 1,150.00 1,147.36 2.64 Public Welfare Personal Services Administration Aid & Expenses 7,000.00 6,606.61 393.39 925.00 902.82 22.18 16,077.90 15,845.15 232.75 5,821.45 462.44 313.70 213.10 303.66 175.31 32,388.72 2,031.59 5,782.23 NOl9NIX31 dO NMOI SflIOd38 1VfINNV APPROPRIATIONS -- REVENUE AND NON -REVENUE --Continued ACCOUNT Aid to Dependent Children Aid & Expenses Old Age Assistance Aid & Expenses Disability Assistance Aid & Expenses Veterans Benefits Personal Services Administration Aid & Expenses Soldiers' Burials School Department Personal Services Expenses Americanization Classes Vocational Education Handicraft Tuition Balance from 1953 Out of State Travel Land for New Elementary School 907.25 Est. Cost. Incidental Expenses New H. S886.87 Fiske School Addition 14,221.98 Harrington School Construction ACCOUNT & Transfers & Transfers to E & D Appropriation Expenditures Transfer 12,364.00 12,364.00 86,817.72 86,656.40 161.32 11,010.00 7,843.92 3,166.08 1,560.00 1,560.00 350.00 350.00 10,176.70 7,951.45 2,225.25 150.00 150.00 725,820.66 719,542.97 6,277.69 177,963.00 177,925.24 37.76 208,00 208.00 7.110.50 6,863.60 246.90 9,062.43 9,061.73 .70 500.00 454.83 45.17 33,000.00 2,41 3.51 APPROPRIATIONS REVENUE AND NON -REVENUE -Continued Plans & Specifications Maria Hastings Harrington Maria Hastings School Construction Plans & Specifications Franklin School Addition Orig. Const. & Equip, New High School ,.,. Plans & Specifications Addition New H. 5 Veterans Library Elementary School Facilities Committee Library Personal Services Expenses Park Department Wages & Expense Recreation Personal Services Expenses 1953 Expenses 1954 Grandstand Police Pensions Fire Pensions Memorial Day Armistice Day Balance from 1953 10,000.00 10,000.00 16,660.90 10,068.92 1,932.41 3,277.00 & Transfers & Transfers Appropriation Expenditures 10,000.00 4,821.18 25,000.00 21,696.70 5,000.00 3,985.12 140.41 16,774.62 5,000.00 3,247.47 toE&D Transfer 26.69 35,695.90 35,588.37 107.53 19,370.00 16,483.40 2,886.60 24,622.88 24,059,82 563.06 7,025.00 6,958.30 66.70 3,277.00 13,295.00 10,067.78 327,22 7,000.00 6,671.00 329.00 12,695.59 12,695.59 5,869.87 5,088,97 780.90 422.50 398.83 23.67 125.00 120.10 4.90 to 1955 Carried 907.25 886.87 11,808.47 33,000.00 to 1955 Carried 5,178.82 3,303.30 1,014.88 5,000.00 6,821.45 1,932.41 2,900.00 NOIDNIXT1 JO NMal N w ;�T10d3i1 1YflNNV APPROPRIATIONS — REVENUE AND NON-REVENUE—Continued Balance & Transfers & Transfers to E & 0 to 1955 ACCOUNT from 1953 Appropriation Expenditures Transfer Carried Patriots' Day 2,000.00 1,999.20 .80 Hurricane Relief (Carol) 55,830.39 (55,830.39) " (Edna) 3,440,25 ( 3,440.25) Insurance 27,000.00 26,942.70 57.30 Contributory Retirement 23,396.11 23,396.11 " Expenses 325.00 325.00 Ambulance Maintenance 450.00 450.00 Printing Town Reports 1,724.20 1,723.89 .31 Administration Trust Funds 175.00 155.00 20.00 Unclassified 1,050.00 523.79 526.21 Town Managers Committee 500.00 500.00 Unpaid Bills -1953 4,700.19 4,700,19 Job Class & Study Committee 200.00 28.75 171.25 Reserve Fund 20,000.00 16,007.47 3,992.53 Water Maintenance 31,200.00 29,035.92 2,164.08 Water Services 38,000.00 34,100.07 3,899.93 Water Construction 6-16 (1953) 2,245.58 1,006.16 1,239.42 Water Construction 6-16 (1954) 27,000.00 26,955.72 44.28 Water Construction 16" (1953) 396.32 24.66 371.66 ACCOUNT APPROPRIATIONS — REVENUE AND NON-REVENUE—Continued Balance from 1953 & Transfers & Transfers Appropriation Expenditures to 5 & D Transfer Cemetery Personal Services 1,900.00 1,900.00 Wages & Expenses 22,000.00 21,735.23 264.77 Capital Outlay 3,200.0 2,577.59 622.41 Interest Water Maintenance 7,328.75 7,328.75 On Debt 63,649.40 60,394,40 3,255.00 Maturing Debt 349,000.00 349,000.00 to 1955 Carried $152,654.34 $2,995,765.45 $2,964,300.66 $71,301.67 $112,817.46 NOIDNIX37 d0 NM01 L a. 512i0d321 lVfINNV NON - REVENUE ACCOUNTS ACCOUNT TOWN OF LEXINGTON 257 CI) — N 0. Ll) CO O• r.7 'V ' OP: Lr) V—O. NCO '0 V u7NIf7 .N[7 N `0 .- 03 ,0 Ln — 0 u7 '0 •o r'r' nN•o m M O. 0: •O r7 4. 0o CO u7 N N CO '' IN In Q 0' •' ' c0•o 0 N ICO O. n Nor 11) O 'O u7 In •0 0 CV rr.. a 00 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Irl 0 a 0 0 0 V n w 1.6 D, 0. •0 ro — CD N 0 0 0 0 0 nm , . r. N CO •0 '' o u7 P o u7 •0 frl o: a 700.000.00 II 4' 2 N iA 2' — 2 c Q 0 L P w m. N New Elementary School (Fiske) Renovations Various Schools Orig. Const. & Equip. New High School Addition Fiske School New Elementary School (Maria Hastings) 258 ANNUAL REPORTS BORROWING CAPACITY—DECEMBER 31, 1954 Real & Personal Property: Valuation 1952 Less Abatements $37,458,834.00 Valuation 1953 Less Abatements 40,853,994.00 Valuation 1954 Less Abatements 44,617,868.00 Motor Vehicles: Valuation 1952 Less Abatements 3,325,639.00 Valuation 1953 Less Abatements 3,729,004.00 Valuation 1954 Less Abatements 4,242,369.00 134,227,708.00 Average Valuation for 3 years (less abatements) 44,742,569,00 Borrowing Capacity .595 2,237,128.00 Town Debt December 31, 1954 (in- cluding auth. but unissued 5,237,000.00 Loans Outside Debt Limit: School (High) 1,620,000.00 " (Fiske) 350,000.00 " (Fiske addition) 310,000.00 (Maria Hastings) 700,000.00 (Harrington — not is- ssued) 700,000.00 " (Land Elem.) 13,000.00 Water 6-16 295,000.00 " ) 6" & over 162,000.00 4,150,000.00 Total Debt Inside Debt Limit 1,087,000.00 Borrowing Capacity Dec. 31, 1954.. $1,150.128.00 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 259 1954 RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE Taxes—Levy of 1954 Polls $9,700.00 Personal 113,134.24 Real Estate 1,880,829.97 2,003,664.21 Taxes—Prior Years Palls .. 400.00 Personal 4,675.47 Real Estate 62,224.25 From the Commonwealth Income Tax 116,741.18 Corporation Tax 91,408.30 Meal Tax 3,790.24 Licenses Liquor 6,000.00 Sunday 55.00 Bowling 60.00 Milk 35.50 Junk 200.00 Victuallers 45.50 Automobile Dealers 56.00 Other 78.70 Permits Marriage 396.00 Building 4,106.73 Plumbing 1,361.00 Cesspools 90.00 Oil Burners 39.50 Garbage 6.00 Other 87.50 Fines and Forfeits Court Fines 1,475.86 Grants and Gifts From the Commonwealth English Speaking Classes Geo. Barden Smith Fund 2,233.34 Loss of Taxes—State Land 1,850.48 School Aid—Chapter 70 44,100.00 67,299.72 21 1,939.72 6,530,70 6,086.73 1,475.86 260 ANNUAL REPORTS Refunds for pay'ts to School Loans 8,854.52 Vocational Education 4,716.14 Youth Service Board Director of Standards 46.00 From the County Dog Licenses 2,817.22 U. 5. Grants Old Age Assistance— Administration 4,978.77 Aid & Expenses 55,876.81 Dependent Children— Administration 1,844.48 Aid & Expenses 10,559.85 Disability Assistance— Administration 391 .96 Aid & Expenses 4,522.31 Old Age Assistance—Recoveries 3,599.92 Other General Revenue for Loss of Taxes Comm of Mass. 415.80 Tax Title Redemptions Tax Titles 3,770.80 Tax Title Possessions 1,765.00 TOTAL GENERAL REVENUE COMMERCIAL REVENUE 61, 800.48 2,817.22 81,774.10 415.80 5,535.80 Special Assessments and Privileges Special Assessments Sewer: Apportioned paid in advance Added to 1954 Tax Bills Added to prior Tax Bilis Unapportioned $11,555.74 23,437.20 1,187.65 12,154,21 Street: Apportioned paid in advance 6,188.88 Added to 1954 Tax Bills 14,107.58 Added to prior Tax Bills 316.11 Unapportioned 825.00 48,334.80 21,437.57 $2,449,340.34 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Sidewalk: Apportioned paid in advance Added to 1954 Tax Bills Unapportioned 45.80 93.00 Water: Apportioned paid in advance3,122.95 Added to 1954 Tax Bills 5,674.68 Added to prior Tax Bills 778.09 Unapportioned 3,885.85 261 262 ANNUAL REPORTS PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department Bicycle Permits 138.80 Revolver Permits 13,461.57 Privileges: Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes Levy of 1954 204,773.72 Prior Years 36,074.42 240,848.14 TOTAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND PRIVILEGES COMMERCIAL REVENUE — DEPARTMENTAL Treasurer Release Fees—Tax Titles & other $89,72 Collector Certificate Fees 1,736.00 Tax Demand Costs 857.97 Selectmen Miscellaneous Town Clerk Cary Memorial Building Rentals Janitor Services Legal Department Board of Appeals — Hearings Planning Board—Hearings— Zoning Books 610.57 319.00 22.00 1,385.00 136.00 89.72 2,593.97 2,351.81 341.00 1,521.00 TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT—DEPARTMENTAL $324,220,88 $7,508.07 Fire Department Oil Permits and Blasting Sale of misc. material Inspection Weights and Measures Wires Other Protection Dog Officer Care and feeding dogs 85.00 96.50 194.50 29.53 329.50 1,328.50 39.00 TOTAL PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY HEALTH AND SAN ITATION Health Department Dental Clinic Slaughtering Others State—Tuberculosis Sewer Department House Connections Bedford Connection Trunk Lines TOTAL HEALTH AND SANITATION 112.25 338.00 569.50 1,273.56 727.75 53,000.00 18,072.26 H IGHWAYS H ighway Joint Maintenance—State 997.59 " —County 997.59 Joint Construction—state 12,058.72 " —County 6,029.37 Machinery Rentals 31,732.26 Miscellaneous 472.37 TOTAL HIGHWAYS 181.50 224.03 1,658.00 39.00 1,019.75 1,273.56 53,727.75 18,072.26 52,287.90 $2,102.53 $74,093.32 52,287.90 TOWN OF LEXINGTON PUBLIC WELFARE Temporary Aid Reimbu reement—State Reimbursement—Cities & Towns Reimbursement—From Individuals Aid to Dependent Children Reimbursement—State Soldiers` Benefits State Aid Individuals Old Age Assistance Reimbursement—State Reimbursement—Cities & Towns Disability Assistance Reimbursement—State TOTAL PUBLIC WELFARE Tuitions Tuitions " Other Athletic Activity School Lunch Program Safe of Books, Supplies, etc. School Registration—Practical Arts 'Transportation Aid from Comm. TOTAL SCHOOLS 3,743.56 3,080.80 155.00 6,981.31 2,543.90 20.00 55,551.37 3,823,43 4,078.44 SCHOOLS 5,872.63 3,352.54 5,238.65 98,324.41 2,009.05 711.00 2,667.80 6,979.36 6,981.31 2,563.90 59,374.80 4,078.44 118,176.08 RECREATION AND PARKS Transportation Bus Tickets TOTAL RECREATION & PARKS .... 37.00 UNCLASSI FLED Ambulance Rentals 1,773.00 Rental Barnes Property 1,105.00 Parking Meters 7,887.06 Miscellaneous I terns 1,1 15.70 House Rental 261.00 37.00 263 79,977.8 i 118,176.08 264 ANNUAL REPORTS PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES Water Department Sale of water Rates of 1954 & prior years .. Liens added to taxes Miscellaneous House Connections 1954 House Connections prior years Sundry Items 146,740.06 435.55 147,175.61 7) 0.82 683.84 178.92 TOTAL PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES CEMETERIES Munroe Annual Care Interments Foundations Perpetual Care 136.00 547.00 101.50 150.00 Westview Sale of Lots 3,924.25 Perpetual Care 3,945.00 Interments 2,443.00 Foundations and G. L. 1,010.00 House Rent 120.00 TOTAL CEMETERIES INTEREST Taxes 2,297.10 Tax Titles 122.24 Motor Vehicle Excise 91.82 37.00 Special Assessments Sewer 7,000.15 Street 4,325.65 Sidewalk 14.65 Water 1,549.46 12,141.76 TOTAL UNCLASSIFIED 12,141.76 Interest on Bank deposits Interest on bonds issued TOTAL INTEREST 3.22 1,063.17 1,573.58 934.50 11,442.25 2,511.16 12,889.91 1,066.39 148,749.19 12,376.75 16,467.46 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 265 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS General Loans School 1,010,000.00 Sewer 100,000.00 Water 6-16" 100,000.00 Temporary Loan 500,000.00 1,710,000.00 Premiums 3,910.50 3,910.50 TOTAL MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS 1,713,910.50 REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS 266 ANNUAL REPORTS EXPENDITURES {Including cash payments and departmental transfers) GENERAL GOVERNMENT Appropriation Committee Personal Services Secretary $500.00 Extra Clerical Services 77.50 Expenses Refunds Postage & Office Supplies 181.38 Old Age Assistance- Printing & Mailing Reports 925.00 Aid & Expenses 917.72 Meeting Expense 63.62 Public Welfare- Association Dues 12.00 Aid & Expenses 77.90 Sundry 8.50 Disability Assistance - Aid & Expenses 10.00 Dependent Children- Selectmen's Department Aid & Expenses 10.00 Persona[ Services Veterans- Executive Clerk 3,737.60 Aid & Expenses 178.70 Senior Clerk 2,572.80 1,194.32 Junior Clerk 2,062.40 $577.50 ] ,190.50 Miscellaneous 224.80 8,3 72.80 224.80 Expenses TOTAL REFUNDS & TRANSFERS 1,419.12Po Selectmen1,000.00 Postaagege& & Office Supplies 387.3232 AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENTS Equipment & Repairs 276.67 Agency Advertising 296.26 Sporting Licenses 2,561.00 Constable Service 301.43 Dog Licenses 3,769.25 Bulletins 12.00 6,330.25 Sundry 351.94 Deposits Out of State Travel Sewer House Connections 27,086.36 Water House Connections 17,860.00 Accounting Department44,946.36 Federal Withholding Taxes 161,190.44 Personal Services 161,190.44 Accountant 5,149.84 Other Trusts Senior Clerk 2,496.00 Tower Park Memorial 257.50 Junior Clerk 1,994.00 Ellen Stone Fund 25.00 Albert 8. Tenney Memorial 100.00 Expenses 382.50 Postage & Office Supplies 170.81 TOTAL AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENTS 212,849.55 Equipment & Repairs 59.62 Binding Records 64.50 TOTAL CASH RECEIPTS 5,225,658.26 Association Dues 3.00 CASH BALANCE JANUARY 1, 1954 844,512.81 Travel & Meeting Expense 150.76 State Forms GRAND TOTAL DECEMBER 31, 1954 $6,070,171.07 Sundry 50.00 2,625.62 9,639.84 498.69 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Town Clerk & Treasurer's Department Personal Services Town Clerk & Treasurer Ass't. Town Clerk & Treasurer Junior Clerks Expenses Postage & Office Supplies Equipment & Repair Travel & Meeting Expense Association Dues Bond Premium Certification of Notes Sundry Advertising Parking Meter Maintenance 5,149.84 2,884.80 4,160.80 395.02 580.77 79.88 19.50 325.00 504.53 8.54 11.76 120.91 Foreclosure & Redemption of Tax Titles Collector's Department Personal Services Collector 5,149.84 Senior Clerk 2,623.80 Junior Clerks 3,177.89 Expenses Postage & Office Supplies 2,360.55 Equipment & Repair 506.35 Recording Fees 28.00 Bond Premium 640.75 Binding 47.50 Advertising 36.26 Sundry 13.50 Meeting & Travel Expense 32.38 Association Dues 20.62 Assessors' Department Personal Services Assessors 2,250.00 Secretary 4,875.91 Senior Clerk 2,623.80 Junior Clerks 4,178.00 Expenses Postage & Office Supplies Equipment & Repair Recording & Transfer Fees Assistant Assessors 558.61 23.21 345.72 478.00 267 12,195.44 268 ANNUAL REPORTS Sundry Auto Allowance Binding Assoc. Dues & Meeting Expense 1.50 320.00 36.00 85.70 Law Department Personal Services Town Counsel 4,000.00 Special Fees 4,275.00 Sundry 1,275.13 Elections Department Expenses (Jurisdiction of Selectmen) Wardens & Other Officers 2,175.40 Meals 335.60 2,045.91 Printing, Preparing & Mailing Warrants 1,857.56 Sundry 78.00 10,951.53 3,685.91 13,927.71 Elections Department Expenses (Jurisdiction of Town Clerk) Postage & Supplies Voting Lists & Tally Sheets Ballots Sundry Registrations Department Personal Services Registrar Assistant Registrars Clerk Expenses Postage & Supplies Printing Voting List Tally Sheets & Ballots Advertising 15.27 391.48 195.00 23.25 297.00 494.25 225.00 68.70 500.00 23.52 157.78 Public Works -Superintendent's Office Personal Services Superintendent 9,278.81 Office Manager 3,409.77 Clerical 12,3 06.60 Expenses Postage, Supplies & Equipment 311.46 1,848.74 9,550.13 4,446.56 625.00 1,016.25 750.00 24,995.18 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Equipment & Repairs Sundry Association Dues 159.23 26.67 13.00 Town Offices & Cary Memorial Building Personal Services Janitor 3,763.26 Ass't. Janitor 2,939,68 Second Ass't. Janitor 2,908.48 Expenses Labor 1,412.32 Repairs & Other Expenses 1,906.27 Telephone 2,593.60 Fuel 4,065.16 Light & Power 2,693.47 Gas 205.42 Water 47.71 Sundry 75.00 Expenses -1953 Equipment & Repair Engineering Department Personal Services Assistant Engineer 4,240.71 Others 13,767.31 Expenses Field & Office Supplies Equipment Rentals Equipment & Repair .Maps, Blueprints, etc. Sundry Land Court Board of Appeals Expenses Clerical Postage & Supplies Advertising Equipment & Repair Planning Board Personal Services Town Planner Expenses Clerical 580.09 230.16 129.87 244.12 30.75 3.90 276.00 281.74 581.91 13.35 274.50 269 510.36 9,61 1.42 12,998.95 1,105.00 18,008.02 1,218.89 270 ANNUAL REPORTS Postage & Supplies Prof. Special Services Assoc. Dues & Meeting Expense Photos, Maps & Blueprints Advertising Equipment & Repair Reports Sundry Street Options TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY 145.07 433.00 42.70 179.55 106.63 68.62 126.25 8.50 1,384.82 1,200.00 Police Department Personal Services Chief 5,376.34 Lieutenants & Sergeants 13,257.17 Patrolmen 81,668.66 Matron 66.00 Clerk 2,454.40 Policewomen 4,275.00 Special Police 96.00 Expenses Postage & Office Supplies 327.64 Office Equipment & Repair 453.02 Telephone 1,982.35 Motor Equipment 770.54 Gasoline & Oil 2,144.58 Radio Maintenance 475.43 Equipment for Men 1,777.97 Equipment for Women 89.17 Meals 74.76 Photographic Supplies & Serv252.46 Ammunition 172.32 Training 400.00 Sundry 116.55 Parking Meter Maintenance 107.55 CAPITAL OUTLAY Fire Department Personal Services 1,153.00 Deputy Chief 5,326.66 Captains & Lieutenants 26,291.56 Privates 99,732.15 Callmen 3,506.03 Extra Duty 1,113.50 Clerk 763.00 2,191.54 107,193.57 9,144.34 1,768.08 136,732.90 158,450.10 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 271 Expenses Office Expenses 20679 Telephone 1,038.42 Apparatus 326.79 Equipment for Men 1,230.07 Fire Fighting Equipment 1,340.37 Equipment & Repair 1,164.33 Alarm Box & Radio Mainten5,826.06 Shop Supplies 519.05 Hose 1,417.38 Fuel & Light 3,176.77 Rescue & Salvage 616.25 Maintenance --Bldgs. and Grounds 3,245.86 Gas & Oil 950.45 Medica I 1,105.30 Sundry 196,92 Water 85.80 22,446.61 CAPITAL OUTLAY (Blacktop) 600.00 CAPITAL OUTLAY (New Fire Engine) 17,000.00 East Lexington Fire Station Traffic Lights 2,400.00 Civilian Defense Expenses Telephone Equipment 90.00 777.27 Building & Plumbing Department Personal Services Inspector 5,850.61 Substitute 480.00 Expenses Auto Allowance Sundry Wire Department Personal Services Inspector Expenses Auto Allowance Sundry 637.44 380.72 612.42 85.80 867.27 6,330.61 1,018.16 2,000.00 698.22 272 ANNUAL REPORTS Weights & Measures Personal Services Sealer Expenses Auto Allowance Sundry 300.00 120.87 Insect Suppression Wages & Expenses Labor 2,256.19 Equipment & Repair 658.14 Supplies 1 1.43 Equipment Rentals 183.75 Insecticides 931.73 Sundry 5.00 Shade Trees Wages & Expenses Labor 8,91 1.46 Equipment, Tools & Repair 1,198.86 Loam & Trees 430.00 Equipment Rentals 466.75 I nsectic ides 242.79 Oi [ 121,44 Spraying -Contract 340.24 Sundry 54.81 Forest Fires Personal Services Warden Wages & Expenses Labor Supplies & Equipment Dog Officer Personal Services Officer Expenses Care & Feeding of Dogs 326.00 120.99 800.00 420.87 4,046.24 11,766.35 50.00 446.99 235.00 449.50 TOTAL PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY 326,414.71 HEALTH & SANITATION Health Department Personal Services Sanitarian 4,910.09 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Expenses Auto Allowance 487.54 Office Expenses 293.54 Laboratory Supplies 99.35 Quarantine & Contagious Di- seases 285.94 Hospitals 267.60 Tuberculosis 3,357.00 Visiting Nurse Ass'n. 1,749.96 Advertising 141.98 Sundry ... 205.69 Engineering Service 1,389.04 Mosquito Control Dog Clinic Expenses Veterinarian Sundry Dental Clinic 100.00 432.47 Persona! Services Dentist 1,590.00 Nurse 1,184.00 Expenses Postage & Office Supplies Laundry Dental Supplies Advertising Travel Allowance Posture Clinic 151.37 15.75 282.83 10.85 80.00 Personal Services Physician 150.00 Nurses 1,062.50 Expenses Sundry Postage & Supplies Vital Statistics 15.00 43.86 273 8,277.64 5,000.00 274 ANNUAL REPORTS Sewer Mainte Wages & Expenses Labor 1,463.67 Postage & Office Supplies 10.58 Light & Power 4,810.23 Equipment, Tools & Repair 596.11 Equipment Rental 905.44 Pipe & Fittings Gravel & Other Supplies 85.88 Pumping Station 1,278.90 Sewer Services Wages & Expenses Labor Pipe & Fittings Gasoline & Oil 14,745.81 3,172.11 40.16 Town Equipment Rental 1,790.00 Other Equipment Rentals 4,860.00 Lumber --Gravel, etc. 4,196.81 532.47 Sundry 97.98 Claims 153.50 2,774.00 Sewer Services -1953 Sewer Construction -Sundry Streets Wages & Expenses Labor 2,915.96 Town Equipment 755.00 Pipe, Cement, etc. 2,073.97 Advertising 96.54 Contract 149,914.43 Professional Services 9,830.23 540.80 Other Equipment Rentals 860.00 Equipment and Supplies 395.63 Drains (Manholes) 189.66 Sundry 102.10 1,212.50 58.86 25.00 Animal Inspection Department I nspcctor 680.63 Sewer Construction Bedford Sewer Conn. Drain Construction ---.Sundry Streets Wages & Expenses Labor 2,031.97 Town Equipment 477.00 Pipe 3,059.17 Supplies 489.79 Drains (Manholes) 1,039.80 Contract 10,894.78 9,150.81 29,056.37 2,019.33 167,133.52 6,608.09 17,992.51 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 275 Garbage Collection Contract Care of Dumps & Removal of Ashes Wages & Expenses Labor 8,700.41 Equipment Rentals .. 715.00 Town Equipment 3,906.50 Gravel 1,575.60 Sundry 28.50 Fence 49.76 TOTAL HEALTH & SANITATION HIGHWAYS Public Works Building Wages & Expenses Labor Fuel, Light & Power Equipment & Repair Mechanics Took & Equipment Building Repairs & Supplies Sundry Gas Highway Maintenance Wages & Expenses Labor Postage & Office Supplies Equipment and Repair Town Equipment Rental Other Equipment Rental Asphalt and Tarvia Stone, Cement, Gravel, etc Manholes, Sidewalks & Fence Sundry 9,883.64 1,280.64 377.78 119.17 319.88 25.00 48.40 34,407.81 216.53 452.90 7,013.75 2,866.00 10,536.66 9,466.60 2,430.93 226.58 Street Construction—Sundry Streets 1954 Labor 88.21 Professional Services 3,876.43 Contract 52,673.98 Sundry 582.74 Registry of Deeds 412.30 25,989.83 14,975.77 12,054.51 67,617.76 57,633.66 296,938.22 276 ANNUAL REPORTS Street Construction --Edison Way Contract Street Construction—Bartlett A Contract Street Construction—Gleason Road Contract 1,777.90 Professional Services 915.45 Sheet Construction—Mass. Avenue 1953 Contract 2,750.98 Professional Services 1,400.00 Chapter 90 Construction—Hill Street Contract 23,434.59 Advertising 6.12 Guard Posts 142.50 Parking Area (Contract) Capital Outlay Highway Department—Road Machinery Expenses Gas & Oil 10,268.34 Parts & Repairs 8,935.64 Tires & Tubes 2,972.37 Plate Fees 1.50 Sundry 1,422.11 New Equipment Snow Removal Wages & Expenses Labor 15,655.48 Plow & Truck Repairs 2,431.22 Equipment Rentals 8,363.50 Gravel, Sand & Salt 2,843.52 Sundry 21.32 Town Equipment 5,528.00 Weather Service 312.00 916.07 414.30 2,693.35 4,150.98 23,583.21 797.76 23,599.96 23,516.78 35,155.04 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 277 Traffic Regulation and Control Labor 2,527.76 Light 147,55 Signs 301,99 Town Equipment 135.00 Paint 445.45 Railroad Signals 100.00 Equipment & Repair 107.85 Traffic Signal Maintenance 42.90 Sundry 14.42 Streets Lights Street Lights (High School) Street Signs Labor Signs Paint Cement & Pipe Town Equipment 785.52 42.45 13.65 269.74 36.00 Highway Department—Chapter 90 Maintenance Asphalt 2,965.83 Advertising 2.45 Sundry 24.50 Sidewalk Construction Contract Curbing Construction Labor Cold Top & Gravel TOTAL HIGHWAYS 816.10 152.31 3,822,92 31,826.86 4,393.00 1,147.36 2,992.78 536.50 968.41 297,821.21 PUBLIC WELFARE AND VETERANS' SERVICES AND BENEFITS Public Welfare Personal Services Agent 4,726.19 Social Worker 2,828.80 Senior Clerk 2,623.80 Junior Clerk 2,373.64 Paid from Fed. Grants O.A.A. Paid from Fed, Grants A.D.C. Paid from Fed. Grants D. A. 3,981.42 1,473.30 491.10 12,552.43 278 ANNUAL REPORTS Administration Postage & Office Supplies Office Equipment & Repair Auto Expense Telephone Meeting Expense Gas & Oil Gas Town Equipment Sundry 995.27 24.50 57.33 238.63 106.25 115.10 18.79 10.50 34.00 Paid from Fed. Grants O.A.A. 697.55 Aid and Expenses Cash Grants 7,098.25 General Relief 8,746.90 Aid to Dependent Children Aid and Expenses Cash Grants Paid from Federal Grant .... Old Age Assistance Aid and Expenses Cash Grants Other Cities & Towns Paid from Federal Grant .... Disability Assistance Aid and Expenses Paid from Federal Grants Veterans' Services & Benefits Personal Services Director Administration Aid & Expenses Cash Grants All other TOTAL PUBLIC WELFARE & VET- ERANS' SERVICES & BENEF[TS.. 10,762.14 137,606.77 7,242.97 58,193.34 3,758.78 4,589.70 3,361,75 SCHOOLS Schools Personal Services Superinendent 8,666.64 Attendance Officer 200.00 1,600.37 15,845.15 23,126.14 144,849.74 11,602.70 1,560.00 350.00 7,951.45 219,437.98 TOWN QF LEXINGTON Other Expenses (Clerks) 15,452.20 Principal & Teachers (High) 232,708.00 Principal & Teachers (Elem) 344,700.15 Substitutes and Special 51,590.34 Janitors—High and Elem. 55,611.65 Maintenance—High and Elem6,685.28 Health 6,656.64 Atypical Education 530.25 Paid from Geo. Bar- den Fund 3,258.18 Expenses General Expense 1,999.16 Textbooks 11,544.75 Supplies 24,717.99 Fuel 21,470.49 Light & Power 14,847.84 Telephone 2,014.45 Towel Service 2,304.62 Gas 1,536.52 Water 902.25 Miscellaneous 2,452.00 Maintenance—Repairs 48,962.36 Janitors' Supplies 6,902.70 Libra ries 2,169.44 Health 720.75 Transportation 21,812.00 Sundry 2,304,06 Atypical Education 300.40 Outlay—Building 4,184.84 Outlay --New Equipment 5,488.88 School Committee 422.23 Teachers Travel & Misc. Ex- pense 600.32 Automobile Driving Inst. 282.42 Americanization Classes Vocational Education Tuition Vocational Education Handicraft Classes Out of State Travel New Elementary School (Fiske School) Contract 722,801.15 177,940.47 208.00 9,061.73 6,863.60 454.83 1,000.00 279 280 ANNUAL REPORTS Plans & Specifications Maria Hastings School Maple Street School Addition to Fiske School Plans and Specifications Franklin School Addition Construction, Original Equipping & Furnishing New High School Veterans' Memorial Library TOTAL SCHOOLS LIBRARY Library Personal Services Librarian 5,150.00 Assistants & Substitutes 26,592.57 Janitors 3,845.80 Expenses Administration 1,691.60 Books, Periodicals, Bulletins 7,202.49 Binding 2,152.11 Fuel & Light 1,660.55 Building & Grounds 3,671.26 Sundry 105.39 TOTAL LIBRARIES 149,388.51 4,821 .18 288,337.25 3,985.12 17,773.38 3,247.47 35,588.37 16,483.40 RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED Parks Wages & Expenses Postage & Office Supplies Office Equipment & Repair Labor Equipment & Repair Equipment Rentals Gas & Oil Grass Seed, Fertilizer, etc. Light & Power Water Flags, Flag Pole Maintenance Chemicals 11.08 40.32 17,659.69 2,889.69 758.07 37.27 733.73 343.79 392.39 168.54 99.89 1,385,882.69 52,071.77 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Miscellaneous Supplies Swimming Pool Sundry Loam Professional Service Recreation 123.21 360.97 62.90 370.25 8.03 Personal Services Clerical 261.87 Supervision & Instruction Winter Prigram 1,220.75 Summer Program 5,405.75 Janitor Service 40.00 Expenses Postage & Office Supplies 43,94 Transportation 168.50 Awards 175.90 Equipment Si Repair 4,182.14 Craft Materials 148.76 Advertising 51.1 1 Labor 926.7] Fence -Sidewalk -Swimming Pool 1,234.40 Sundry 491.50 Tennis Court 5,527.00 Equipment Rental 424.75 Grand Stand Pensions Police Fire Board of Retirement Expenses 23,396.11 Accrued Liability 325.00 Memorial Day May 30th Veteran's Day Nov. l l th Patriots` Day April 19th Expenses 1 e Workingman's Compensation.. 7,914.60 24,059.82 6,928.37 13,374.71 6,67 1.00 12,695.59 5,088.97 23,721.11 398.83 120.10 1,999.20 281 282 ANNUAL REPORTS Public Liability 256.38 Auto Liability 2,651.50 Auto, Fire & Theft 436.70 Building, Fire & Boiler 15,683.52 Town Report Printing Ambulance Maintenance Administration of Trust Funds Hurricane Damage (Carol/ (Edna) Unclassified Unpaid Bills Job Classification Study Group TOTAL RECREATION AND UN- CLASSIFIED 26,942,70 1,723.89 450.00 155.00 55,830.39 3,440.25 523.79 4,700.19 28.75 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES Water Maintenance Wages & Expenses Postage & Office Supplies .... 1,147.53 Office Equipment & Repairs .. 262.80 Recording Fees 47.06 Labor 15,020.41 Pipe, Fittings & Hydrants 953.40 Meters, Parts & Repairs 7,073.42 Equipment Rentals 2,193.17 Equipment & Repair 1,432.81 Water -Arlington 445.29 Trench Repair 195.30 Sundry 264.73 Water Services Wages and Expenses Labor Pipe & Fittings Valves Curb Boxes Equipment Rentals Lumber, Stone, Gravel, etc Meter Parts Sundry 6,650.11 12,401.53 7,356.76 1,643.02 5,111.00 588.26 2.23 347.16 29,035.92 34,100.07 188,852.66 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 283 Water Construction Sundry Streets (Includes 6-16" pipe) 284 ANNUAL REPORTS Equipment Rental 48.00 Sundry 98.98 Wages & Expenses 2,577.59 Contract 23,823.90 Labor 3,478.12 TOTAL CEMETERIES INCLUDING Pipe & Fittings 34,194.00 PERPETUAL CARE INCOME 26,212.82 Equipment Rentals 1,874.50 Valves & Valve Boxes 15,480.85 Asphalt, Explosives, Sand, etc471.90 INTEREST ON DEBT Equipment, Tools & Repair 396,14 Interest on Debt Professional Services 2,630.51 Highway Loans Z353.75 Sundry 216.57 Sewer Loans 13,271.25 82,566.49 School 43,503.75 Water Construction Woburn Street 16" & over Fire 381.25 Anticipation of Revenue 882.08 Wages & Expenses Water 7,328.75 Labor .. 24.66 Other 2.32 Equipment Rental 12.00 67,723.15 Explosives, Lead, Sand, etc400.00 Valves & Boxes 97.02 TOTAL. INTEREST ON DEBT 67,723.15 Professional Service 5,270.37 Contract 1,305.29 TOTAL WATER CEMETERIES Munroe and Westview Personal Services Superintendent 900.00 Clerk 1,000.00 Wages & Expenses Labor 19,263.02 Postage & Office Supplies 292.21 Equipment Rentals 32.06 Equipment, Tools & Repairs 789.23 Shrubs, Seeds, Fertilizer, Loam 840.42 Lumber, Paint, Cement, etc23.19 Water 17,32 Trees 137.22 Auto Allowance 280.97 Sundry 34.09 Fuel 25.50 Westview Capital Outlay Labor 632.36 Fill 499.00 Equipment 1,299.25 7,109.34 152,81 1.82 1,900.00 Maturing Debt Highway Sewer School Water F ire TOTAL MATURING DEBT 29,000.00 114,000.00 147,000.00 44,000.00 15,000.00 349,000.00 349,000.00 County Tuberculosis Assessment 21,286.29 State Taxes 93,717.94 County Tax 63,436.96 Sporting Licenses 2,561.00 Dog Licenses 3,667.00 Trustees of Public Trust Perpetual Care Fund 4,095.00 21,735.23 Withholding Taxes Refunds: Real Estate Taxes Personal Taxes 16,058.89 4.40 175,892.32 TOWN OF LEXINGTON 285 Polls 24.00 Motor Vehicle Excise 6,854.66 Public Services 6,854.87 General 68.41 Interest 27.98 Estimated Receipts 61.40 Wm. A. Tower Memorial Park Fund Premium on Bonds School Lunch Program Schou! Athletic Program Anticipation of Revenue TOTAL EXPENDITURES CASH BALANCE 29,954.61 41.00 2,928.01 101,906.14 20,124.92 500,000.00 4,541,228.32 1,528,942.75 $6,070,171.07 286 ANNUAL REPORTS MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS DECEMBER 31, 1954 Debits Net Bonded and Fixed Debt $4,537,000.00 Credits East Lexington Fire Station $25,000.00 Street Construction 1947—No. 1 21,000.00 1947—No.2 12,000.00 1950 5,000.00 Cary Ave. & Aerial St. 21,000.00 1952 60,000.00 New High School 1,470,000.00 Completing New High School 150,000.00 Maria Hastings School 700,000.00 New Elementary School (Fiske) 350,000.00 Addition Fiske School 310,000.00 Land Elementary School 13,000.00 Land High School 13,000.00 Remodeling Hancock School 35,000.00 Remodeling Various Schools 30,000.00 Addition Parker School 80,000.00 $ewer Loan 1947 6,000.00 " " 1948 25,000.00 " 1949 20,000.00 " 1948 (Trunk Line) 215,000.00 " 1950 150,000.00 1951 80,000.00 " North Lexington 34,000.00 " " Sunnyfield 155,000.00 1954 100,000.00 Water Construction 6-16" (1947) 25,000.00 6-16" (1948) 135,000.00 6-16" (1951) 35,000.00 6-16' (1954) 100,000.00 16" & over (1947) 72,000.00 16" & over (1953) 90,000.00 REVENUE 1954 Credits Transferred for various funds Poll Commitment Personal Commitment Real Estate Commitment $4,537,000.00 $392,859.62 11,570,00 120,359.69 1,967,896.33 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Estimated Receipts Balance of Appropriations Debits Appropriation made in 1953 Appropriation made in 1954 Miscellaneous accounts to be raised Surplus PROPERTY ACCOUNTS Debits 287 288 ANNUAL. REPORTS 843,193.09 71,301.67 $3,407,180.40 $10,000.00 2,949,168.52 230,267.48 217,744.40 $3,407,180.40 DEFERRED ASSESSMENTS DECEMBER 31, 1954 Sewer: Apportioned Sewer Assessments (not duel $169,405.06 Deferred Assessments 15,465.94 Tax Tit a 381.18 Due in 955 23,282.99 " " 956 23,175.96 al " 957 23,073.91 " 958 22,432.48 " 959 17,798.65 " 960 16,146.95 " 961 14,220.71 " 962 10,413.20 " 963 3,013.10 Street: Land and Buildings $11,856,779.00 Furniture and other Property 722,524.50 Apportioned Street Assessments (not due $12,579,303.50 Deferred Assessments 3,231.91 Due in 1955 14,053.83 " " 1956 13,959.22 Credits r1" 1957 13,959.00 Land and Buildings: " 1958 13,958.58 II " 1959 12,162,97 Town Offices & Cary Memorial Building 766,000.00 1960 9,807.03 Fire Department 212,000.00 " " 1961 8,105.74 Sewer Department 1,91 1,650.00 1962 7,955.29 School Department 6,330,000.00 Library Department 195,000.00 Parks and Playgrounds 293,000.00 Sidewalk: Public Works Building 104,255.00 Tax Title Property 66,425.00 Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments (not due) Water Supply System 1,936,900.00 Due in 1955 78.36 Cemetery Department 41,549.00 " " 1956 78.36 11,856,779.00 " " 1957 78.35 " 1958 78.35 Furniture and other Property: " " 1959 78.35 II " Town Offices & Cary Memorial Building .... 30,650.00 1960 78.35 Police Department 4,450.00 1961 78.35 Fire Department 130,000.00 1962 10.09 Weights & Measures 1,000.00 Public Works Department 153,780.00 Water: School Department 294,115.00 Library Department 106,200.00 Apportioned Water Assessments (not due) ...... Cemetery Department 2,329.50 722,524.50 $12,579,303.50 Deferred Assessments 4,938.53 Due in 1955 6,012.78 " " 1956 6,012.70 " " 1957 6,007.44 169,405.06 97,193.57 97,193.57 558.56 558.56 34,534.02 Jo TOWN OF LEXINGTON 289 " 1958 " 1959 " 1960 " 1961 " 1962 " 1963 OVERLAY RESERVE Credits Credits Balance January 1, 1954 30,357.31 Balance January 1, 1954 18,771.22 To adjust overlay 9,763.72 Collections for Rentals during 1954 31,734.42 4,871.86 2,608.69 1,933.77 1,623.14 334.14 190.97 34,534.02 290 ANNUAL REPORTS Debits Transfer by Vote of Town 2,000.00 Balance December 31, 1954 18,446.90 ROAD MACHINERY FUND 20,446.90 40,121.03 50,505.64 Debits Debits Transferred by Vote of Town 20,000.00 Transferred by Vote of Town 18,711.22 Balance December 31, 1954 20,121.03 Balance December 31, 1954 31,794.42 40,121.03 50,505.64 PARKING METER ACCOUNT Credits Balance January 1, 1954 8,400.11' Receipts for 1954 7,884.90 16,285.01 Debits Transferred by Vote of Town 375.00 Balance December 31, 1954 15,910.01 16,285.01 SALE OF REAL ESTATE FUND Credits Balance January 1, 1954 11,388.30 Sale of Lots 300.00 11,688.30 Debits Balance December 31, 1954 11,688.30 WESTVIEW CEMETERY—SALE OF LOTS FUND Credits Balance January 1, 1954 16,522.65 Collections in 1954 for Sale of Lots 3,924.25 20,446.90 WATER DEPARTMENT—AVAILABLE SURPLUS Credits Balance January 1, 1954 29,238.33 Receipts in Excess of Appropriation 14,018.98 43,257.31 Debits Transferred by Vote of Town 22,071.45 Balance December 31, 1954 21,185.86 43,257.31 SEWER ASSESSMENT FUND Credits Balance January 1, 1954 45,402.97 Collections 1954 48,029.56 93,432.53 Debits Transferred by Vote of Town 40,000.00 Balance December 31, 1954 53,432.53 93,432.53 TOWN OF LEXINGTON WATER ASSESSMENT FUND 291 292 ANNUAL REPORTS Credits Balance January 1, 1954 25,212.20 Collections 1954 13,385.81 38,598.01 Debits Transferred by Vote of Town 20,000.00 Balance December 31, 1954 18,598.01 38,598.01 EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY Credits Balance January 1, 1954 465,109.53 Tax Titles 5,038.07 Chapter No. 90 20,088.09 Balance Revenue 1954 217,744.40 Audit Adjustments 179.33 708,159.42 Debits Tax Titles taken in 1954 6,453.65 Transferred by Vote of Town 245,773.40 Balance December 31, 1954 455,932.37 708,159.42 TOWN OF LEXINGTON TRUST ACCOUNTS DECEMBER 31, 1954 Assets Trust Funds Cash and Securities in custody of: Trustees of Public Trusts $185,444.43 " " Bridge Charitable Fund 19,360.57 " " School Funds 1,194.80 " " Cary Memorial Library 34,411.43 " " Contributory Retirement System 286,822.20 527,233.43 Liabilities Hallie C. Blake Prize Fund $1,024.17 Edith C. Redman Battle Green Fund 542.66 Battle Green Fund 876.50 Eleanor S. Beals Charity 2,978.78 Leroy 5. Brown Patriots' Day 5,000.00 Leroy 5. Brown Income 379.65 Colonial Cemetery Perpetual Care 1,100.00 Colonial Cemetery Perpetual Care Income 303.51 Munroe Cemetery Perpetual Care 39,535.00 Munroe Cemetery Perpetual Care Income 3,489.42 Westview Cemetery Perpetual Care 61,416.75 Westview Cemetery Perpetual Care Income 3,376.43 Frederick L. Emery Fund 5,249.65 Emma 1. Fiske Flower Fund 317.40 Emma I. Fiske School Fund 151.39 Charles E. French Colonial Cemetery 2,316.23 Charles E. French School Medal 2,891.19 Jonas Gammel Charity Fund 696.87 Harriet R. Gilmore Charity Fund 864.61 George L, Gilmore Fund 11,027.75 Hayes Fountain Fund 1,364.17 Lexington High School Scholarship 299.26 Herbert T. Hilton Munroe Cemetery 4,901.05 George 0. Smith Park Fund 2,573.65 George W. Taylor Flag Fund 2,735.44 George W. Taylor Tree Fund 2,747.69 William A. Tower Memorial Fund 10,000.00 Louis E. Wilkins Flower Fund 76.58 Ellen A. Stone 2,000.00 Sarah E. Raymond Library Fund 500.00 Charles E. Weld 1,583.43 Geneva M. Brown Fund 3,480.78 Everett Mulliken Hastings Park Fund 5,644.42 Albert B. Tenney Fund 4,000.00 Samuel J. Bridge Charitable Fund Elizabeth B. Gerry Robert E. Clapp School Fund George E. Briggs Fund Matthew Alien Memorial Fund Ellen A. Stone School Fund Income 17,080.31 2,280.26 857.40 124.45 136.39 76.56 Cary Memorial Library Fund 11,500.00 Beals Library Fund 1,100.00 Laura M. Brigham Library Fund 3,100.00 Laura M. Brigham Income 164.55 Leroy S. Brown Library Fund 2,000.00 Geneva M. Brown Library Fund 2,000.00 Alice Butler Cary Library Fund 2,500.00 Alice Butler Cary Library Income 261.70 Marcia Cary Library Fund 400.00 Goodwin Musical Collection Fund 1,100.00 Goodwin Musical Collection Income 90.11 Library Book Purchase Fund 1,000.00 185,444.43 19,360.57 1,194.80 rowN OF LEXINGTON Emma O. Nichols Library Fund 1,000.00 Jane Phinney Library Fund 300.00 Jane Phinney Library Fund Income 25.55 War Parents Book Memorial 1,800.00 War Parents Book Memorial Income 150.17 George W. Sarano Fund 300.00 George W. Sarano Income 39.98 Nelson W. Jenney Library Fund 2,000.00 Pauline Burbank Pierce Library 1,000.00 Wellington Library Fund 1,100.00 Clara Robbins Library Fund 300.00 Funds Held for Investment 49.42 Current Expenses General 891.18 Current Expenses East Lexington 238.77 War Service Fund 2,235.31 Annuity Savings Fund 192,579.49 Annuity Reserve Fund 19,964.70 Pension Accumulation Fund 71,185.95 Expense Fund 1,415.07 Interest Accrued on Investments (558.32) 293 294 INDEX 34,41 1.43 286,822.20 $527,233.43 INDEX Animal Inspector, Report of Appeals, Report of Board of Appointed Officers Assessors, Report of Board of Births Building Inspector, Report of 136 149 6 120 111 124 Cary Memorial Library: Investment Committee, Report of 132 Librarian, Report of 127 Treasurer, Report of 130 Trustees, Report of 125 East Lexington Branch, Report of 131 Cemetery Commissioners, Report of 139 Committees Appointed 5 Deaths 112 Dental Clinic, Report of 117 Fire Engineers, Report of 140 Health Sanitation, Report of 137 Health, Report of Board of 134 Highway Division, Report of 164 Jurors, List of 18 Lectures, Report of Committee on 103 Marriages 1 1 1 Park Division, Report of 162 105 113 Plumbing Inspector, Report of 114 Police Department, Report of 229 Public Welfare Agent, Report of 146 Public Works, Report of Superintendent of 164 Parking Meter Fund Planning Board, Report of Recreation, Report of Committees on 104 Retirement Board, Statistical Report of 95 Retirement Board, Report of 107 INDEX School Department Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of Selectmen, Report of Sewer Division, Report of 295 172 126 23 170 Tax Collector, Report of 98• Town Accountant, Report of 244 - Town Clerk, Report of 97 - Births 111- 1i2: 1L 99 161 10 4 Deaths Ma rriages Town Counsel, Report of Town Engineer, Report of Town Meeting Members Town Officers Town Records: Warrant for Town Meeting, March 1, 1954 Annual Town Meeting, March 1, 1954 Special Election, Town Meeting Members Town Meeting, March 15, 1954 Adjourned Town Meeting, March 22, 1954 Warrant for State Primary, September 14, 1954 State Primary, September 14, 1954 Warrant for State Election, November 2, 1954 State Election, November 2, 1954 Warrant for Special Town Meting, November 22, 1954 Special Town Meeting, November 22, 1954 Town Treasurer, Report of Trustees of the Bridge Charitable Fund, 1954, Report of Trustees of Public Trusts, Report of Water Division, Report of Wire Inspector, Report of 30 44 51 52 65 77 78 85 86 92 93 115 234 235 168 i06 296 INDEX ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT Accounting Department: Expenses Personal Services Administration of Trust Funds Agency, Trust and Investments Ambulance — Maintenance Animal Inspector - Personal Services Appropriation Accounts — Revenue Appropriation Accounts — Non -Revenue Appropriation Committee: Expenses Personal Services Assessors' Department Expenses Personal Services Balance Sheet: Deferred Revenue Accounts General Accounts Property Accounts Board of Appeals — Expenses Borrowing Capacity of the Town Building and Plumbing Department: Expenses Personal Services Care of Dump and Removal of Ashes Cemetery Maintenance: Munroe: Personal Services Wages and Expenses Westview: Personal Services Wages and Expenses 266 266 282 265 282 273 248 257 266 266 267 267 288 259 287 269 258 271 271 275 283 283 283 283 INDEX 297 Collectors Department: Expenses Personal Services County Taxes Curbing Construction Deferred Asse=sments Dental Clinic: Personal Services Expense Dependent Children: Aid and Expenses 267 267 284 277 288 273 273 278 Disability Assistance 278 Dog Clinic—Expenses 273 Dog Officer: Expense 272 Personal Services 272 Drain Construction 274 Elections Department: Expenses (Under Jurisdiction of Selectmen) 268 Expenses (Under Jurisdiction of Town Clerk) 268 298 INDEX Refunds Schools Welfare 284 277 277 Fire Department: Civilian Defense 271 Expenses 271 Personal Services 270 Foreclosure and Redemption of Taxes Titles ?67 Forest Fires: Personal Services Wages and Expenses Garbage Removal Health Department: Expenses Personal Services Highway Department: Road Machinery Highway Maintenance: Chapter 90 Wages and Expenses Hurricane Damage 272 272 275 272 272 276 277 275 282 Engineering Department: Expenses 269 Insect Supervision: Personal Services 269 Personal Services 272 Wages and Expenses 272 Eradication of Mosquitoes 273 Insurance 281 Excess and Deficiency 291 Interest 284 Expenditures: Revenue; Job Classification Study Group 282 Cemeteries 283 General Government 266 H Law Department: Health and Sanitation 272 Expenses 268 Highways 275 Interest on Debt 284 Personal Services and $pecial Fees 268 Library 280 Protection of Persons and Property 270 Libraries; Public Service Enterprises 282 Personal Services 280 Recreation and Unclassified 280 Expenses 280 INDEX Licenses Maturing Debt Memorial Day Mosquito Control Municipal Indebtedness New Equipment Old Age Assistance: Aid and Expenses Overlay Reserve Fund Parking Meter Account Parking Meter Area Parks and Playgrounds: Wages and Expenses Patriots' Day Pensions: Police Department Fire Departrnent Planning Board — Expenses Police Department: Expenses Personal Services Posture Clinic — Expenses Premium on Bonds Property Accounts Aid and Expenses Public Welfare: Aid and Expenses 299 300 INDEX 284 Public Works: Superintendent's Office: 284 Expenses 258 Personal Services 268 281 Public Works euliding: 273 Wages and Expenses 275 265 Receipts: Agency, Trust and Investments 265 276 Cemeteries 264 General Government 259 General Rvenue — Taxes, etc. 259 Health and Sanitation 262 278 Highways 262 Interest 264 289 Municipal Indebtedness 265 Protection of Persons and Property 262 Public Service Enterprises 264 289 Public Welfare 263 Recreation and Parks 263 276 Refunds and Transfers 265 Schools .., 263 Special Assessments and Privileges 260 280 Unclassified 263 281 Recreation Committee: Persona! Services 281 Wages and Expenses 281 281 Refunds 265 281 Registration Department: 269 Expenses 268 Personal Services 268 Retirement Board — Expenses 281 Revenue Account 1954 286 Road Machinery 240 Road Machinery, New Equipment 276 Sale of Real Estate Fund 289 School Department: Addition to Fiske School 280 277 Americanization Classes 279 270 270 273 285 287 277 INDEX 301 302 INDEX Athletic Program 285 Town Report — Printing Construction, etc., New High School 280 Expenses 279 Traffic Regulation and Control: New Elementary School {Fiske) 279 Wages and Expenses Out of State Travel 279 Personal Services 278 Transfers Vocational Education 274 Veterans Memorial Library 280 School Lunch Program 285 Selectmen's Department: Expenses 266 Personal Services 266 Sewer Assessment Fund 490 Sewer Construction 274 Sewer Maintenance: Personal Services 274 Wages and Expenses 274 Sewer Services 274 Shade Trees — Wages and Expenses 272 Sidewalks 277 Snow Removal 276 State Taxes 284 Street Construction 275 Street Lights 277 Street Signs 277 Tower Memorial Park Fund 285 Town Clerk and Treasurer's Department: Expenses 267 Personal Services 267 Town Offices and Cary Memorial Building: Expenses 269 Personal Services 269 Trust Accounts Trustees of Public Trusts Trust Fund Income Unclassified Unpaid Bills Veterans' Services and Benefits Vital Statistics Water Assessment Fund Water Construction Water Department Available Surplus Water Maintenance: Wages and Expenses Water Services Weights and Measures Department: Expenses 272 Personal Services 272 Westview Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund 289 Wire Department: Expenses Personal Services Withholding Taxes Welfare Administration 282 277 265 291 284 291 282 282 278 273 291 283 290 282 282 271 271 284 278 INDEX 303 TABLES Appropriation Accounts — Revenue 248 Appropriation Accounts — Non -Revenue 257 Interest on Town Debt Due 1955 - 1982, inc, 288 Principal on Town Debt Due 1955 - 1892, inc. 288 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Enrollment in Lexington Public Schools 218 Financial Statements 214 Roster of Teachers 223 School Committee Organization 172 School Committee, Report of 173 Senior High School Graduating Class 221 Superintendent of Schools, Report of 181 TABLE OF TOWN DEBT DECEMBER 31, 1954 SHOWING ANNUAL. PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL TO BE RAISED BY REVENUE Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Duein Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in. Duey in Due in Title of Loan Total Rate 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1946 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973. 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 No. Lexington Sewer Loan -1946 $34,000.00 1% $17,000.00 $17,000.00 } Sewer Mains -1947 6,000.00 11/2 % 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 Water Mains 15"-1947 72,000.00 11/2 % 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000:00 $4,000.00 $4;000.00 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 Street Construction 1947 No. 1 21,000.00 114 % 7,000.00 7,000.00 7,000.00 Street Construction 1947 No. 2 12,000.00 11/2 % 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 '•' School Land (High) 1947 13,000.00 1/% 1,000.00 1;000.00 1,000.00 1,000,00 1,000.00_ 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000:00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 ^ •••••`` School Land (Elementary) 1947 13,000.00 11/2 % 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1.,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 •^' y Water Mains 6-16" 1947 No. 2 25,000.00 11/2% 10,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 Water Mains 6-16" 1948 135,000.00 13/ % 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00, Sewer Mains (Trunk Lines) 1948 215,000.00 134 % 10;000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00. 10,000,00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000,00 10,000.00 ` 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 $10,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000:00' $5,000.00 Sewer Mains 1948 25,000.00 134 % 10,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 New Elementary School 1948 350,000.00 134 % 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 Remodeling Hancock School 35,000.00 11/2 % 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 Sewer Mains 1949 20,000.00 11/4 % 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00t Sewer Mains 1950 150,000.00 134 % 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 5,000,00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 $5,000:00 $5,000.00 t E. Lexington Fire Station 25,000.00 11/4 % 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 ••»•••••• .•.•••.-•t Street Loan 1950 5,000.00 11/4 % 5,000.00 2.... Reconstruction & Remodeling Schools 30,000.00 13/4% 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 ^-^•- Addition Parker School 80,000.00 13/4% 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 Construction & Equip. New H. S. 1,470,000.00 134 % 90,000.00 90,000.00 90,000.00 90,000.00 90,000.00 .85,000.00 85,000.00 85,000.00 85,000.00 85,000.00 85,000.00 85,000.00 85,000.00 85,000.00 85,000.00 85,000.00 85,000.00 Sewer Mains 1951 80,000.00 13/4% 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5.000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 , Water Mains 1951 35,000.00 134% 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 Street Construction 1951 21,000.00 2% 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 Street Construction 1952 60,000.00 1 70% 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 Sewer—Sunnyfield Area 1952 155,000.00 ' 2% 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000:00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00. 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 Completing New High School 150,000.00 2 20% 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000..00 Water Mains 16" and over 1953 90,000.00 2%2% 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 Fiske School Addition 310,000.00 2 1 % 20,000.00 20,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 Maria Hastings School 700,000.00 1 8% 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000,00 35,000:00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 Sewer Construction 1954 100,000.00 1 8% 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00. 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 Water Construction 6-16" 1954 100,000.00 1 8% 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 $4,537,000.00 $364,000.00 $354,000.00 $327,000.00 $299,000.00 $279,000.00 $264,000.00 $249,000.00 $241,000.00 $241,000.00 $216,000.00 $216,000.00 $21 1,000.00 $21 1,000.00 $209,000.00 $184,000.00 $179,000.00 $169,000.00 $84,000.00 $80,000.00 $70,000.00 $15,000.00 $15,000.00 $15,000.00 $15,000.00 $10,000.00 $10,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 Title of Loan Due in Due in Due in Due in TABLE OF TOWN DEBT ,DECEMBER, 3i, I.4.i4 SHOW t1s 6 ANNA/ ►L PAYMENTS OF INTEREST TO BE RAISED BY REVENUE Due in Due in Due in Due in Total Rate 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 Due in 1962 1963 Due in 1964 Due in 1965 Du in 1g66 Due in Due in 1967 1968 Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in 1969 1970 1971 1972 197.3 1974 1975 1976 1977 Due in Due in Due in Due in Due in 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 No. Lexington Sewer Const. Loan of 1946 $510.00 Sewer Mains 1947 135.00 Water Mains 16" 1947 9,720.00 Street Construction No. 1 1947 525.00 Street Construction No. 2 1947 360.00 School Land (High) 1947 1,365.00 School Land (Elementary) 1947 1,365.00 Water Mains 6-16" 1947 675.00 Water Mains 6-16" 1948 10,631.25 Sewer Mains (Trunk Lines) 1948 40,993.75 Sewer Mains 1948 743.75 New Elementary School 1948 42,875.00 Remodeling Hancock School 1,200.00 Sewer Mains 1949 625.00 Sewer Mains 1950 30,275.00 E. Lexington Fire Station 781.25 Street Loan 1950 31.25 Reconstruction & Remodeling Schools 1,837.50 Addition Parker School 11,900.00 Brig. Const. Equip. Furn. New High School 228,900.00 Sewer Mains 1951 11,900.00 Water Mains 1951 2,450.00 Street Construction 1951 1,680.00 Street Construction 1952 3,670.00 Sewer-Sunnyfield Area 1952 41,200.00 Completing New High School 26,510.00 Water Mains 16" 1953 11,250.00 Fiske School Addition 1954 63,210.00 Maria Hastings School 1954 132,300.00 Sewer Construction 1954 18,900.00 Water Mains 6-16" 1954 12,150.00 1% $340.00 $170,00 Y2% 75.00 45.00 $15.00 ?, Y2 % 1,050.00 990.00 930.00 $870.00 $810.00 $750,00 $690.00 $630.00 $570.00 $510.00 5450.00 $3'0.00 $330.00 $270.00 $210.00 $150.00 $90.00 $30.00 1/4% 262.50 175.00 87.50 Y2 % 180.00 120.00 60.00 Y2 % 195.00 180.00 165.00 150.00 135.00 120:00 105.00 90.00 75.00 60.00 45.00 0.00 1/2 y 195.00 180.00 165.00 150.00 135.00 120.00 105.00 90.00 75.00 60.00 45.00 0.00 15.00 Y2 % 375.00 225.00 75.00 3/ % 2,231.25 1,968.75 1,706.25 1,443.75 1,181.25 918.75 656.25 393.75 131.25 3/4% 3,675.00 3,500.00 3,325.00 3,150.00 2,975.00 2,800:00 2,625..00 2,450.00 2,275,00 2,100.00 1,925.00 1,710.00 1,575.00 1,400.00 1,225.00 1,050.00 875.00 700.00 $525.00 $393.75 $306.25 $218.75 $131.25. $43.75 3/4 % 350.00 218.75 131.25 43.75 3/4% 5,906.25 5,468.75 5,031,25 4,593.75 4,156.25 3,718.75 3,281.25 2,843.75 2,406.25 1,968.75 1,531.25 1,093.75 656.25 218.75 Y2 % 525.00 375.00 225.00 75.00 Y4 % 250.00. 187.50 125.00 62.50 ...; 3/4% 2,537.50 2,362.50 2,187.50 2,012.50 1,881.25 1,793.75 1,706.25 1,618.75 1,531.25 1,443.75 1,356.25 1,268.75 1,181.25 1,093.75. 1,006.25 918.75 831.25 743.75 656.25 568.75 481.25 393.75 306.25 218.75 14 % 281.25 218.75 156.25 93.75 31.25 Y4% 31.25 3/4% 525.00 437.50 350.00 262.50 175.00 87.50 3/4% 1,400.00 1,312.50 1,225.00 1,137.50 1,050.00 962.50 875.00 787.50 700.00 612.50 525.00 487.50 350.00 262.50 175.00 87.50 3/ % 25,725.00 24,150.00 22,575.00 21,000.00 19,425.00 17,850.00 16,362.50 14,875.00 13,387.50 11,900.00 10,412,50 8,925.00 7,437.50 5,950.00 4,462.50 2,975.00 1,487.50 3/4% 1,400.00 1,312.50 1,225.00 1,137.50 1,050.00 962.50 875.00 787.50 700.00 612.50 525.00 437.50 350.00 262.50 175.00 87.50 34% 612.50 525.00 437.50 350.00 262.50 175.00 87.50 420.00 360.00 300.00 240.00 180.00 120.00 60.00 1,020.00 950.00 680.00 510.00 340.00 170.80 3,100.00 2,900.00 2,700.00 2,500.00 2,400.00 2,300.00 2,200.00 2,100.00 2,000.00 1,900.00 1,800.00 1,700.00 1,600.00 1,500.00 1,400.00 1,300.00 1,200.00 1,100.00 1,000.00 900.00 800.00 700.00 600.00 3,190.00 2,970.00 2,750.00 2,530.00 2,310.00 2,090.00 1,870.00 1,650.00 1,430.00 1,210.00 990.00 825.00 715.00 605.00 495.00 385.00 275.00 165.00 55.00 2,250.00 2,000.00 1,750.00 1,500.00 1,250.00 1,000.00 750.00 500.00 250.00 6,300.00 5,880.00 5,512.50 5,197.50 4,882.50 4,567.50 4,252.50 3,937.50 3,622.503,307.50 2,992.50 2,677.50 2,362.50 2,047.50 1,732.50 1,417.50 1,102.50 787.50 472.50 157.50 12,600.00 11,970.00 11,340.00 10,710.00 10,080.00 9,450.00 8,820.00 8,190.00 7,560.00 6,930.00 6,300.00 5,670.00 3,040.00 4,410.00 3,780.00 3,150.00 2,520.00 1,890.00 1,260.00 630.00 1,800.00 1,710.00 1,620.00 1,530.00 1,440.00 1,350.00 1,260.00 1,170.00 1,080.00 990.00 900.00 810.00 720.00 630.00 540.00 450.00 360.00 270.00 180.00 90.00 1,800.00 1,620.00 1,440.00 1,260.00 1,080.00 900.40 810.00 720.00 630.00 540.00 450.00 360.00 270.00 180.00 90.00 2% 17% 2% 2 20% 2 50% 2 10% 1 8% 18% 18% $710,668,75 $80,602.50 $74,482.50 $68,290.00 $62,510.00 $57,230.00 $52,206.25 $47,391.25 $42,833.75 $38,423.75 $34,145.00 $30,247.50 $26,405.00 $20,602.50 $18,830.00 $15,291.25 $11,971.25 $8,741.25 $5,686.25 $131.25 $43.75 500.00 400.00 300.00 $200.00 $100.00 $4,148.75 $2,740.00 $1,587.50 $1,312.50 $1,037.50 " $762.50 $531.25 $343.75 $200.00 $100.00