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Annual Reports, Town of Acton, Massachusetts 'WHkr nnuaL \yceparI ig68 ACTON C^own of Cfdon mff . OF GENERAL INTEREST Incorporated as a Town: July 3, 17 35 Type of Government: TownMeeting-Selectmen-TownManager (Charter effec- tive at termination of the 1969 Town Meeting). Location: Eastern Massachusetts, Middlesex County, bordered on the east by Carlisle and Concord, on the west by Box- borough, on the north by Westford and Littleton, on the south by Sudbury, and on the southwest by Stow and Maynard. Name: Acton as the name of our Town has several possible derivations: the old Saxon word Ac-tun meaning oak settlement or hamlet in the oaks, the Town of Acton,' England, the Acton family of England, a member of which supposedly offered a bell for the first meeting house in 1735. Elevation at Town Hall: 268' above mean sea level. Land Area: Approximately 20 square miles. Population: Year Persons Density 1910 2136 106 per sq. mi. 1950 3510 175 1955 4681 233 1960 7238 361 1965 10188 507 Climate: Normal January temperature 27.7°F. Normal July temperature 72.0°F. Normal annual precipitation 43.02 inches. Public Education: Pupil enrollment (October 1968): Grades 1-6, 2225; Grades 7-12, 1796 (Regional) Number of teachers and administrative staff: 235 Pupil-teacher ratio: 1 to 30 (avg. elementary grades) 1 to 18 (avg. Jr. and Sr. High) Tax Picture: Year Tax Rate Assessed Valuation 1964 $86 $17, 207, 395 1965 92 18,408, 058 1966 29 70, 309, 795 1967 31 74, 262, 745 1968 34 79, 513, 915 United States Senators in Congress: Edward W. Brooke (R), Newton, Massachusetts Edward M. Kennedy (D), Boston, Massachusetts Representative in Congress, 3rd Congressional Dist:. Philip J. Philbin (D), Clinton, Massachusetts State Senator, Middlesex and Worcester District:. William I. Randall, Framingham, Massachusetts Representative, General Court, 33rd Middlesex Dist: . John A. S. McGlennon, Concord, Massachusetts Governor's Council, 3rd District: George F. Cronin, Jr., Boston, Massachusetts OFFICE HOURS Town Office (Selectmen, Clerk) 8-4:30 (Tues. 7:30 p.m.) Town Hall 263-2761 Treasurer and Collector 8-4:30 (Tues. 7:30-8:30 p.m.) Town Hall 263-7018 Assessors 8-4:30 (Tues. 7:30-8:30 p.m.) Town Hall 263-5012 School Superintendent 8-4:30 A-B Regional H. S. 263-5737 Board of Health 8-4:30 Office at 69 Hayward Rd. 263-4736 Veterans' Agent No. Regular Hours At Home 263-4757 Library Hours: Memorial Library Mon. -Fri., 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. 263-2232 Saturday, 10-6 p.m. Citizens, W. Acton Mon., 7-9 p.m., Tues. 3-6 p.m. Thurs., 3-5 p.m. ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN OF ACTON MASSACHUSETTS FOR ITS TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THIRD MUNICIPAL YEAR FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST 1968 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page SELECTMEN 1 POLICE 3 FIRE 5 CIVIL DEFENSE 8 STREET LIGHT 8 HIGHWAY 9 PLANNING BOARD 11 ENGINEERING 12 BOARD OF APPEALS 13 BUILDING COMMITTEE 13 SEALER OF WEIGHTS 13 BUILDING INSPECTOR 14 HEALTH 15 COUNCIL ON AGING 19 WELFARE 21 CONSERVATION 22 ELIZABETH WHITE FUND 22 ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 23 SEWERAGE STUDY 23 INSPECTOR OF WIRES 24 SCHOOL REPORT 25 Report of the Superintendent of Schools 26 Members of the Acton Public Schools Faculty 30 Members of the Acton- Boxborough Regional School District Faculty .... 33 Report of the High School Principal 35 Report of the Junior High School Principal 37 Pupil Personnel Services 40 School Finances 46 LIBRARIES '52 PUBLIC CEREMONIES 55 RECREATION 57 TOWN FOREST 58 TREE WARDEN 58 INSECT PEST CONTROL 58 ARCHIVES 58 WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION 59 VETERAN'S AGENT 59 CEMETERY 60 VETERANS' GRAVES OFFICER 61 BIRTHS 62 DOG LICENSES 65 TOWN ADMINISTRATION 66 GOODNOW FUND . 66 ACTON STREET DIRECTORY 67 ACTON STREET MAP 68 DOG OFFICER 71 TOWN ELECTION 72 STATE ELECTION 73 ASSESSORS 75 TOWN MEETINGS March 18, 1968 76 July 29, 1968 92 August 29, 1968 93 November 18, 1968 93 TREASURER 98 COLLECTOR 108 TOWN ACCOUNTANT Ill TOWN OFFICERS AND APPOINTMENTS 127 JURY LIST 130 INDEX 133 Ruth Bailey, Principal Clerk, Selectmen's Office Robert W. Dotson, Administrative Assistant, with Police Chief, Edward J. Collins, Jr. Robert W. Dotson, Administrative Assistant at work in his office. IV SELECTMEN "Change" was the byword as the new Board of Selectmen reorganized on March 5, 1968 for a year of hard work and difficult decision and policy making. Chairman John Loring, Member William Sawyer, and the Board's new Member, Clerk Vincent Russo, faced one of the busiest years in the Town's history. The voluminous amount of paperwork involved in complying with Federal, State, County, and Town bylaws, statutes, rules, regulations and policies kept the Administrative Assistant and two full-time clerks going full pace throughout the year. Due to the increased work load in the offices of the Board of Selectmen and the Town Clerk, the offices were separated during mid- 1968; this adnainistrative change was not only increased efficiency in both offices, but has better delineated the work load of the Town Clerk and the Select- men. The Board held 53 scheduled meetings throughout the year; as usual. Board members attended numer- ous Town Board and Committee meetings and hearings. The Board received an estimated 1000 pieces of correspondence which required action. The Board received, reviewed, and acted on 230 licenses, permits and petitions; twenty-seven public hearings were held; fifteen contracts were awarded through public bid; the Board adopted eight orders of street layout and two orders of land-taking. During the year, the Board made a thorough review of the functions of Town Boards and Committees. The Bylaw Compilation Committee and the Insurance Advisory Committee were discharged. The Board appointed an Advisory Committee on Refuse Disposal, an Insurance Auditing Committee, and representatives to a joint committee, between Acton and Maynard, which is investigating the possibility of a joint sewerage treatment plant between the Towns. On July 1, 1968, the Commonwealth assumed all responsibility for welfare programs throughout the State and Acton's Welfare Board was dissolved. The State, in conjunction with the welfare take-over, organ- ized Community Service Boards; the Selectmen appointed a representative to this newly created Board. One hundred and ninety appointments to various Town boards and committees were made during the year, and 20 resignations were received and accepted. The Selectmen conducted a program of interviewing citizens interested in serving on Town boards and committees. During the year, the Downey House at the rear of the Town Hall was demolished and removed in prep- aration for additional parking area. The Town Hall itself received a "face lifting" in the form of a new painting. Chairman John Loring presented the Boston Post Cane to Mrs. Sarah Greenough, Acton's oldest living resident: Mrs. Greenough was born in Acton on April 15, 1873. Among the numerous policy decisions made during the year were those to initiate a sanitary land fill program at the Town dump, to recommend and support a twenty-four hour coverage plan for the Fire Depart- ment in 1969, and to implement a policy of channeling the workload of the Highway Department toward a maintenance rather than a construction program. The Selectmen revised the enforcement policy on the Town Bylaw governing junk cars; 59 unregistered vehicles were removed from public ways within the Town during 1968. During the year, the Selectmen became increasingly aware of problems arising due to the filling of wet- land areas within the Town; the majority of problems centered on the filling in of Fort Pond Brook. The Selectmen, Administrative Assistant, Town Engineer, and the Town Counsel expended a great deal of time and effort to prevent increased filling in these areas. The rainstorm flooding which occurred from March 18, 1968 to March 22, 1968 brought to the forefront the importance of, and the need for, a strong and meaningful flood plain bylaw to protect citizens of Acton presently living in flood plain areas. During the latter part of July 1968 the various Town boards, committees and departments submitted preliminary budgets for 196 9. The naonth of August and half of September was dedicated to meetings between department heads, committee chairmen and the Board of Selectmen to discuss budgets. The Board was able to submit to the Finance Committee on September 19, 1968 the preliminary budget requests for 1969. With the passage at the 1968 Annual Town Meeting, of the Hunting Bylaw, the Selectmen received numerous requests for permission to hunt on Town lands. The Board, after consultation with numerous Town officials, established a policy which prohibits hunting on Town lands. Throughout the year, the Board met frequently with the members of the Town Building Land Acquisition Committee to discuss the purchase of land for a Highway Department facility, and the possibility of renovating the Town Hall for municipal offices. At the time of this writing, the Board and the Town Building Land Acquisi- tion Committee are engaged in negotiations with several parties interested in selling land to the Town. Presently the Selectmen, Administrative Assistant and Town Counsel are finishing work on a compilation and revision of the Town's bylaws. This work brings to an end the efforts of numerous individuals and Town groups. The Selectmen wish to extend warmest thanks to the Acton League of Women Voters and the Town Bylaw Compilation Committee for their dedicated work and research on Town Bylaws. The Selectmen intend to present this compilation to the Town at the 1969 Annual Town Meeting. Of course one of the most significant changes which occurred during 1968, took place at the ballot box on March 4, 1968 when Acton voters chose to support a Town Manager Charter which will become effective at the termination of the 1969 Annual Town Meeting.
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