Annual Report of the Town Officers of Wakefield Massachusetts

/ / 135th ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

TOWN OFFICERS

WAKEFIELD, MASS.

Financial Year Ending December Thirty-first

Nineteen Hundred and Forty-six

ALSO

THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS

OF THE

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

During the Year 1946

WAKEFIKLO

Town Officers, 1946-1947

Selectmen Herbert D. Anderson, Chairman William G. Dill, Secretary L. Wallace Sweetser William R. Lindsay Richard M. Davis

Town Clerk Charles F. Young

Assistant Town Clerk Marion B. Connell

Moderator Thomas G. O'Connell

Town Treasurer

John I. Preston

Tax Collector Carl W. Sunman

Town Accountant Charles C. Cox

Assessors George E. Blair, Chairman Term Expires March 1947 Leo P. Douglass, Secretary Term Expires March 1948 George H. Stout Term Expires March 1949

Municipal Light Commissioners Marcus Beebe, 2nd, Chairman Term Expires March 1947 Theodore Eaton, Secretary Term Expires March 1948 Aubrey T. Quinlan Term Expires March 1949

Water and Sewerage Board

John N. Bill, Chairman " Term Expires March 1947

Herman G. Dresser j Secretary Term Expires March 1948 '"''- Sidney F. Adams ' Term Expires March 1949 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Board of Public Welfare

J. Edward Dulong, Chairman Term Expires March 1947 Peter Y. Myhre, Secretary Term Expires March 1948 Winsor L. Finney, Jr. Term Expires March 1947 Helen M. Randall Term Expires March 1948 M. Leo Conway Term Expires March 1949 Harold C. Robinson (Resigned)

School Committee James M. Henderson, Chairman Term Expires March 1948 Mary Louise Tredinnick, Secretary Term Expires March 1948 Paul A. Saunders Term Expires March 1947 Walter C. Hickey Term Expires March 1947 Marcus G. Beebe Term Expires March 1949 William J. Lee Term Expires March 1949

Trustees Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

Hervey J. Skinner, Chairman Term Expires March 1949 Florence L. Bean, Secretary Term Expires March 1949 John J. Round Term Expires March 1949 Albert W. Rockwood Term Empires March 1947 Dr. Richard Dutton Term Expires March 1947 Miriam G. Needham Term Expires March 1947 Walter C. Hickey Term Expires March 1948 Arthur L. Evans Term Expires March 1948 Dr. Frank T. Woodbury Term Expires March 1948

Board of Health Wesley S. Goodwin, Chairman Term Expires March 1947 Dr. Robert Dutton, Secretary Term Expires March 1948 Ned C. Loud Term Expires March 1949

Park and Cemetery Commissioners John T. Stringer, Chairman Term Expires March 1947 Robert F. Fitz, Secretary Term Expires March 1947 George W. Abbott Term Expires March 1947

Town Planning Board Fitzroy Willard, Chairman Term Expires March 1948 Kenneth W. Thomson, Sec'y-Treas. Term Expires March 1947 Edward M. Bridge Term Expires March 1949 Dr. Frank T. Woodbury Term Expires March 1948 Arthur G. Harding Term Expires March 1947 REPORT OP TOWN CLERK

Constables John G. M. Gates Harold Anderson Joseph L. Preston Walter E. Peterson

Reg^istrars of Voters Frederick G. Gorman, Chairman Term Expires March 1947 Charles P. Young, Clerk Pred E. Bunker Term Expires March 1949 Edmund W. Sliney Term Expires March 1948

Finance Committee

Frederick W. Bliss, Chairman Term Expires March 1948 Louis J. Bassill, Secretary Term Expires March 1947 Harry Marshall Term Expires March 1948 V. Richard Fazio Term Expires March 1948 James J. Curley Term Expires March 1948 Frank E. Mclntire Term Expires March 1948 Howard A. Jones Term Expires March 1947 Maurice P. Walsh Term Expires March 1947 Moses M. Prankel Term Expires March 1947 James P. Keating Term Expires March 1947 Arthur M. Moore Term Expires March 1949 D. Thomas Dinan Term Expires March 1949 Joseph B. Burke Term Expires March 1949 George J. Evans Term Expires March 1949 M. Joseph Bowen Term Expires March 1949

Board of Appeals William C. McKie, Chairman and Secretary Term Expires March 1948 Willard P. Lombard Term Expires March 1946 Harold W. Merritt Term Expires March 1947

Recreation Committee

William G. Dill, Chairman Mary E. Lazzaro, Secretary and Treasurer Leo V. Walsh John Powers William McKilligan (Resigned) S. Morton Sherman Anna Mclntire Michael J. Zammitti

For other appointive town oflacers, see Selectmen's Report TOWN GF WAKEFIELD

Town of Wakefield

Population, 1945 State Census 18,677

Congressman, 8th District — Angier L. Goodwin of Melrose. Councillor, 6th District — Victor A. Friend of Melrose. State Senator, 7th Middlesex District — George J. Evans, Wakefield. State Representatives, 22nd Middlesex District — Joseph A. Milano, Mel- rose; Charles Gibbons, Stoneham; Theodore J. Vaitses, Melrose.

List of Jurors

Prepared by the Selectmen of the Town of Wakefield, June 25,' 1946

Name Residence Occupation Achorn, Howard F. 45-46 11 High St. Bank Examiner Achorn, John J. 46 289 Lowell St. Driver Adams, Frank R. 46 40 Central St. Upholsterer Adams, Sidney F. 45-46 128 Pleasant St. Engineer Alden, Walter 45-46 49 Cordis St. Merchant Alley, Ralph E. 45-46 45 Outlook Rd. Leather Worker Altieri, Peter C. 46 55 Harrison Ave. Rigger Anderson, Howard E. 46 21 Franklin St. Janitor Anderson, Randall 46 6 Warren Ave. Winship-Boit Co. Bartlett, Donald A. 45-46 19 Aborn Ave. Salesman Bartlett, Russell T. 44-45-46 23 Park St. Salesman Batchelder, George H. 46 316 Main St. Painter Bayrd, C. Orne 44-45-46 14 Crescent Hill Custodian Benbow, Jr., John 45-46 111 Montrose Ave. Security Anal. Benedetto, Sabatino 44-45-46 86 Water St. Bus Driver Bisacre, Robert C. 46 64 Preston St. Driver Blair, George E. 45-46 34 Church St. Builder Bliss, Roland C. 46 72 Pleasant St. Woodworking Boardman, Raymond A. 45-46 54 Pleasant St. Bank Examiner Boody, Philip C. 46 216 Main St. Insurance Brackett, John L. 46 13 Charles St. Draftsman Brackett, Raymond J. 44-45-46 46 Cordis St. Mechanic Bradford, William H. 46 32 Salem St. Hairdresser Brewer, Murray 44-45-46 1 Highland Ave. Salesman

Bridge, Edward M. 45-46 . 118 Salem St. Architect Brockbank, Gray B. 46 16 Chestnut St. Undertaker Brown, Ernest L. 44-45-46 104 Greenwood Ave. Supt. Butler, Aaron T. 46 81 Butler Ave. Contractor Butler, Oscar W. 44-45-46 114 Butler Ave. Shipper Calvo, Arthur 46 17 Pleasant St. A. D. T. REPORT OP TOWN CLERK

Name Residence Occupation Campbell, Dudley H. 46 7 White Circle Engineer Campbell, Gardner E. 46 11 Wave Ave. Editor Canty, John J. 45-46 241 Vernon St. Truck Driver Carpenter, Elroy F. 46 35 Albion St. Shoeworker Carr, Charles B. 46 18 Auburn St. Manager Carter, Prank C. 45-46 9 Bellevue Ave. Salesman Chickles, George H. 46 19a Armory St. Proprietor Chirone, Adello P. 44-45-46 113 New Salem St. Mechanic Clark, Richard P. 44-45-46 151 Prospect St. Engineer Classen, William A. 46 821 Main St. Garage Prop. Colby, Newton W. 45-46 227 Nahant St. Salesman Condon, William H. 45-46 820 Main St. Show Card Writer Conger, Kenneth L. 44-45-46 185 Prospect St. Contractor Conway, Martin L. 46 10 Bennett St. Engineer Corindia, Eugene 46 9 Armory St. Watchmaker Cox, Earle S. 46 17 Butler Ave. New Haven R. R. Cox, John J. 45-46 18 White Ave. Treasurer Cragin, Earl L. 44-45-46 12 Newell Rd. Accoimtant Crocker, Joseph H. 45-46 11 Pine Ridge Rd. Tel. Co. Crosby, Stephen 44-45-46 6 Nichols St. Mechanic Curran, Matthew P. 46 12 Pranklin St. Water Dept. Curtis, George A. 46 42 Pleasant St. Driver Daland, George M. 45-46 17 Aborn Ave. Salesman Davis, Charles E. 45-46 61 Madison Ave. Bank Teller DeCecca, James 46 5 Middlesex St. Mechanic DePelice, Louis 46 9 Wakefield Ave. U. S. Navy DePeo, Angelo 46 13 Brook Ave. B. «& M. R. R. Devlin, James J. 45-46 23 Nahant St. Sealer W. & M. Dillaway, Newton L. 45-46 89 Montrose Ave. Writer Dodge, Prank C. 44-45-46 11 Sheffield Rd. Teller Dodge, William P. 44-45-46 136 Salem St. Inspector Doe, Irving N. 45-46 237 Salem St. Traffic Agt. Dolbeare, Cyrus M. 45-46 28 Wave Ave. Editor Doucette, Raymond G. 46 20 Quannapowitt Ave. Machinist Dow, Clifford H. 46 122 Vernon St. Engineer Dow, Lloyd A. 45-46 95 New Salem St. Plumber Doyle, Prank W. 44-45-46 12 Cedar St. Printer Drinkwater, Prank 46 147 Lowell St. Salesman Prinkwater, Patrick 45-46 155 Lowell St. Farmer Pulong, Arthur P. 46 160 Vernon St. Painter Ernster, Nicolas 46 11 Aborn Ave. Chemist Evangelista, Joseph 45-46 179 Lowell St. Pedler Evans, Harvey B. 45-46 4 Wave Ave. Salesman Pay, George L. 44-45-46 33 Curtis St. Truck Driver Pinney, Winsor L., Jr. 46 32 Lawrence St. Clerk Plint, Lawrence W. 46 860 Main St. Salesman TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Name Residence Occupation Foster, Harry A. 44-45-46 2 Central St. Accountant Fox, Calvin C, 44-45-46 1 Hope Ter. Yardman Francis, Nestor 46 12 Grafton St. Merchant Galvin, Maurice F. 44-45-46 290 Albion St. Clerk Gardner, George F. 45-46 168 Main St. Manager Gibson, John E., Jr. 46 13a Vernon St. Telegrapher Giles, Kenneth W. 46 191 Broadway Telephone Co. Giles, Richard E. 46 26 Pearl St. Janitor Glynn, John W. 46 119 Water St. Retired Gould, Clarence A. 46 22 Chestnut St. Undertaker Graham, Carl E. 46 14 Bennett St. General Elec. Green, John F. 45-46 28 Yale Ave. Chauffeur Guillow, Paul K. 46 69 Pleasant St. Manufacturer GuUage, Theodore 45-46 323 Salem St. Salesman Hampton, Arthur B. 45-46 2 Norway St. Telephone Co. Hampton, George A. 45-46 4 Norway St. Engineer Hanson, Charles G. 45-46 14 Humphrey St. Salesman Harrington, William H. 46 85 Cedar St. Guard Harris, Ray S. 46 25 Park St. Edison Light Hartshorne, Frederic M. 46 11 Cedar St. Civil Engineer Hatfield, Robert L. 44-45-46 736 Main St. Machinist Hatfield, Willis A. 46 15 Bancroft Ave. Shoeworker Hawkes, John C. 44-45-46 20 Line Rd. Chauffeur Hemsworth, Thomas M. 45-46 23 Converse St. Janitor Henderson, James M. 44-45-46 118 Prospect St. Banker Hitchcock, James A. 46 50 Aborn Ave. Trainman Hodgdon, David 46 68 Greenwood Ave. Theatre Mgr. Hodsdon, Howard R. 46 Bay State Rd. General Electric Holland, William F. 44-45-46 51 Cordis St. Salesman Horovitz, Julius C. 46 33 Elm St. Waste Paper Dealer Hosmer, Wilbur F. 45-46 20 Summer St. Carpet Cutter Howard, Charles 45-46 3 Wolcott St. Accountant Howe, Luther M. 46 19 Lafayette St. Clerk Jack, William H. 46 742 Main St. Machinist Jacques, Carl L. 46 38 Central St. Foreman Johnson, Robert E. 44-45-46 25 Curtis St. Pressworker Johnston, Charles W. 45-46 13 Kingmont St. Stereotjrpist Kane, Thomas H. 46 26 Butler Ave. Elec. Helper Kelso, Hugh M. 46 39 Richardson Ave. Clerk Kennedy, Carl I. 44-45-46 Bay State Rd. Superintendent Kenney, Thomas F. 44-45-46 12 Charles St. Agent Kent, George A. 45-46 29 Sweetser St. Salesman Kiley, Harmon 44-45-46 32 Pine Hill Circle Mechanic Kitchenman, Vassar 46 34 Lawrence St. Salesman Klapes, Charles J. 46 20 Avon St. Merchant Landry, Frank 45-46 20 Stark Ave. Shoeworker REPORT OP TOWN CLERK

Name Residence Occupation Lanzillo, Ernest 44-45-46 8 Court St. Bookkeeper Leach, George A. 45-46 9 Grafton St. Telephone Co. Lewis, Albion W. 45-46 8 Walker Ter. Machinist Litke, David 45-46 3 Coolidge Pk. Radio Engr. Loubris, Albert C. 44-45-46 8 Walnut St. Bookkeeper Loubris, Gaston E. 45-46 21 Wharton Pk. Elec. Engr. Maguire, John F., Jr. 46 15 Wharton Pk. Steam Fitter Malonson, George 44-45-46 193 Broadway Asst. Foreman Mansfield, George R. 45-46 14 Pitman Ave. Guard Miller, Harlow A. 45-46 5 Willow St. Bus Driver Miller, Proctor 46 45 Chestnut St. Clerk Mitchell, Harold H. 44-45-46 41 Park Ave. Accountant Moody, George H. 45-46 54 Chestnut St. Supervisor Moore, Arthur M. 45-46 119 Greenwood St. Salesman Muse, Charles 46 36 Albion St. Hood's Plant Muse, Joseph A. 45-46 18 Hanson St. Mailman MacDonald, Royal M. 45-46 23 Greenwood St. Line Foreman McGilvray, Maurice C. 44-45-46 7 Strathmore Rd. Accountant McKay, Clarence N. 45-46 54 Wave Ave. Accoimtant MacKenzie, Sherman R. 45-46 75 Montrose Ave. Carpet Layer MacLauchlan, John D. 46 26 White Circle Management Rep. McLennan, Allan J. 44-45-46 12 Overlake Rd. Engineer McMann, Edward N. 46 22 Lake St. Clerk Neary, Michael M. 44-45-46 16 Emerson St. Retired Nutile, William 45-46 30 Curtis St. Printer O'Brien, William A. 46 • 21 Mechanic St. Janitor Paige, Frederick W. 46 24 Park St. Machinist Peck, Jerry J. 44-45-46 Farm St. Superintendent Perkins, David N. 46 60 Montrose Ave. Builder Petrucci, Albert J. 46 17 White Circle Navy Yard Phinney, Carleton C. 46 . 19 Wilson Ave. General Electric Pickard, Roswell R. 45-46 191 Lowell St. Electrician Polley, Arnold T. 46 10 Crosby Rd. Bank Manager Porter, William H. 44-45-46 87 Gould St. Carpenter Proctor, Carleton T. 44-45-46 18 Stedman St. Bonds Purdy, Stanley B. 44-45-46 25 Sheffield Rd. Photographer Purrington, Clarence E. 44-45-46 18 Winn St. Salesman Quay, Frederick S. 46 108 Salem St. Florist Quinlan, Aubrey T. 46 84 Cedar St. Manufacturer Ramsdell, Herbert A. 44-45-46 190 Broadway Carpenter Rugg, Philip N. 44-45-46 22 Eastern Ave. Engineer Russell, Elmer A. 45-46 2 Swain PI. Manufacturer Russell, Herbert A. 46 5 Biggs Court Driver Scott, Fred C. 44-45-46 35c Richardson Ave Clerk Sedgley, Ralph W. 46 28 Park St. Watertown Arsenal Shea, Harold P. 45-46 17 Pitman Ave. Insurance 10 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Name Residence Occupation Shea, Richard F. 46 162 Broadway Clerk Shields, Joseph N. 45-46 260 Lowell St. Painter Smith, Alson E. 46 4 Bellevue Ave. Comm. Artist Snowden, Leslie K. 44-45-46 2 Walter Ave. Manager Sousa, Francis M. 45-46 172 Montrose Ave. Supervisor Stafford, James N. 46 2 Vernon St. Machinist Stevens, Charles W. 46 62 Aborn Ave. Accountant Stockwell, Loriston G. 44-45-46 203 Salem St. Stock Clerk Stupp, David W. 45-46 121 New Salem St. Gen. Elec. Styles, Jack A. 45-46 108 Salem St. Estimator Sullivan, Eugene R. 45-46 30 Crescent St. Baggageman Temple, Horace A. 46 143 Vernon St. Tin Knocker Tobey, Hiram A. 44-45-46 235 Lowell St. Salesman Twitchell, Leslie W. 44-45-46 13 Summit Ave. Salesman

Wade, Francis 46 8 Charles Ave. . Fireman Wall, Eugene A. 45-46 1 High St. Clerk Walsh, Arthur T. 46 234 Albion St. Retired Walsh, Thomas A. 45-46 51 Vernon St. Manager Weiss, Robert E. 45-46 19 Lincoln St. Electrician Welford, George W. 46 7 Oak St. Laborer Wennerblad, Gustave A. 45-46 26 Humphrey St. Clerk Weston, Robert J. 46 2 Central Ave*. Insurance Whall, Thomas A. 46 86a Albion St. Foreman Wheeler, Frederick J. 46 54 Emerson St. Telephone Co. Wheelock, Merton H. 45-46 22 Sweetser St. Silversmith White, Andrew W. 46 6 Bennett St. Electrotype Wilkins, Franklin S. 46 12 Highland St. Clerk Winkler, Edward D. 46 132 Vernon St. Elec. Engr. Wrigley, Robert R. 46 Shetland Rd. Technician Young, Charles F. 46 23 Chestnut St. Town Clerk Young, Percy H. 46 18 Park St. Manufacturer REPORT OF TOWN GLERK 11

Result of Town Election — March 4, 1946

(AS CANVASSED BY THE TOWN CLERK AND BOARD OF REGISTRARS)

Selectmen (For One Year) Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Total Herbert D. Anderson 1619 633 1067 3319 John F. Carey 1143 288 748 2179 Richard M. Davis 1407 555 779 2741 WilUam G. Dill 1397 657 803 2857 William R. Lindsay 1693 614 929 3236 L. Wallace Sweetser 1334 564 736 2634 Scattering 1 1 Blanks 3206 594 1733 5533

Town Clerk (For One Year) Charles F. Young 1917 682 1081 3680 Blanks 443 99 278 820

Moderator (For One Year) G. O'Connell Thomas 1775 . 652 1016 3443 Blanks 585 129 343 1057

Town Treasurer (For One Year) John I. Preston 1882 680 1046 3548 Blanks 538 101 313 952

Collector of Taxes (For Three Years) Carl W. Sunman 1803 700 1027 3530 Blanks 557 81 332 970

Assessor (For Three Years) George H. Stout 1679 658 900 3237 Blanks 681 123 459 1263 School Committee (For Three Years) Marcus G. Beebe 1465 516 768 2749 Eleanor K. Cutter 1025 523 474 2022 William J. Lee 1263 323 909 2495 Blanks 967 200 567 1734 12 TOWN OP WAKEPIET.D

Municipal Light Commissioner (For Three Years)

Loren H. Hutchins, Jr. 552 243 300 1095 Aubrey T. Quinlan 900 224 788 1912 Clifford B. Russell 375 225 144 744 A. Salvati 367 38 57 462 Blanks 166 51 70 287

Water and Sewerage Board (For Three Years) Sidney F. Adams 1600 686 910 3196 Blanks 760 95 449 1304

Board of Public Welfare (For Three Years) M. Leo Conway 1624 651 952 3227 Harold C. Robinson 1597 655 885 3137 Blanks 1499 256 881 2636

Trustee Lucius Beebe Memorial Library (One Year) Meriam G. Needham 1601 671 879 3151 Blanks 759 110 480 1349

Trustee Lucius Beebe Memorial Library (For Three Years) Florence L. Bean 1560 645 895 3100 John J. Round 1597 669 901 3167 Hervey J. Skinner 1513 639 855 3007 Scattering 1 1 Blanks 2409 390 1426 4225

Board of Health (For Three Years) Ned C. Loud 1589 639 896 3124 Blanks 771 142 463 1376

Park and Cemetery Commissioners (For One Year) George W. Abbott 1428 544 798 2770 Forrest E. Carter 723 362 456 1551 Robert F. Fitz 938 412 694 2044 John T. Stringer 1119 395 690 2204 Richard J. Volpe 1166 243 517 1926 Scattering 1 1 Blanks 1695 387 922 3004 REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 13

Constable (For One Year) John G. M. Gates 1641 695 930 3266 Walter E. Peterson 1639 683 913 3235 Joseph L. Preston 1571 665 908 3144 Blanks 2229 300 1326 3855 Referendum (Civil Service) Yes 662 217 331 1210 No 628 225 399 1252 Blanks 1070 339 629 2038

Result of State Primaries — June 18, 1946

(AS CANVASSED BY THE TOWN CLERK)

REPUBLICAN Governor Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Total Robert P. Bradford, of Cambridge 537 344 323 1204 Blanks 49 19 47 115

Lieutenant Governor Albert W. Cole, of Lynn 70 36 32 138 Arthur W. Coolidge, of Reading 498 319 325 1142 Blanks 18 8 13 39

Secretary Frederic W. Cook, of Somerville 545 349 340 1234 Blanks 41 14 30 85

Treasurer Fred J. Burrell, of Medford 226 150 114 490 Tia,iirence Curtis, of Boston 310 188 222 720 Blanks 50 25 34 109 • Auditor

Wallace E. Steams, of Boston 151 77 - 94 322 Russell A. Wood, of Cambridge 362 251 219 832 Blanks 73 35 57 1(55

Attorney General Clarence A. Barnes, of Mansfield 526 344 335 1205 Blanks 60 19 35 114 "

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Senator in Congress Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., of Beverly 553 342 340 1235 Blanks 33 21 30 84 Congressman Eighth District Angier L. Goodwin, of Melrose 531 342 329 1202 Blanks 55 21 41 117

Councillor Sixth District Victor A. Friend, of Melrose 525 338 327 1190 Blanks 61 25 43 129

Senator Seventh Middlesex District George J. Evans, of Wakefield 479 312 285 1076 W. Edward Magiera, of Lowell 5 1 6 Newell H. Morton, of Reading 48 30 58 136 John Howard Pearson, of Lowell 41 12 13 66 Blanks 13 8 14 35

Representative in General Court Twenty-second Middlesex District Charles Gibbons, of Stoneham 316 177 206 699 Joseph A. Milano, of Melrose 213 146 150 509 Arthur E. Newcomb, of Wakefield 410 201 202 813 Ellery E. Rogers, of Wakefield 351 232 262 845 Theodore J. Vaitses, of Melrose 153 120 89 362 Blanks 315 213 201 729

District Attorney Northern District William G. Andrew, of Cambridge 101 52 35 188 George E. Thompson, of Melrose 439 294 291 1024 Blanks 46 17 44 107

Clerk of Courts Middlesex County Frederick L. Putnam, of Melrose 480 322 316 1118 Jesse A. Rogers, of Cambridge 51 21 13 85 Blanks 55 20 41 116

Register of Deeds Middlesex Southern District Albert T. Gutheim, of Arlington 334 233 219 786 William D. Hillis, of Cambridge 96 59 61 216 Joseph J. Launie, of Medford 29 12 8 49 Joseph S. Sappett, of Hudson 28 18 10 66' Blanks ' 99 41 72 2i2- . REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 15

County Commissioner Middlesex County Melville G. Rogers, of Tewksbury 322 218 226 766 David Fowler Campbell, of Belmont 50 35 21 106 Albert Nelsen, of Maiden 54 31 15 100 Mathew R. Rose, of Medford 16 9 1 26 Edward J. Wright, Jr., of Westford 66 30 46 142 Blanks 78 40 61 179

County Commissioner Middlesex County (To Fill Vacancy) Edwin O. Childs, of Newton 511 338 320 1169 Blanks 75 25 50 150 DEMOCRATIC Govemor Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Total Maurice J. Tobin, of Boston 104 7 79 190 Francis D. Harrigan of Boston 33 9 16 58 Blanks 23 3 9 39

Lieutenant Governor John B. Carr, of Somerville 9 1 5 15 Paul A. Dever, of Cambridge 89 9 67 165 Daniel J. O'Connell, of Boston 9 1 3 13 Roger L. Putnam, of Springfield 39 7 23 69 Blanks 14 1 6 21

Secretary John J. Concannon, of Boston 18 3 14 35 Benedict F. Fitzgerald Jr., of Cambridge 73 9 52 134 Leo Moran, of Boston 5 3 8 Paul H. Snow, of Boston 11 3 12 26 Blanks 53 4 23 80 Treasurer John J. Hurley, of Boston 113 14 88 215 Thomas Khoury 13 5 18 Blanks 34 5 11 50 Auditor Thomas J. Buckley, of Boston 104 15 79 198 Blanks 56 4 25 85 Attorney General Harry E. Casey, of Boston 10 1 8 19 Michael F. Hourihan, of Boston 21 4 7 32 Edward A. Hutchinson, Jr., of Boston 7 1 1 9 Francis E. Kelly, of Boston 52 :-n 28 -87 Joseph M. McDonough, of Boston 48 4 49 101 Blanks 22 2 11 35 16 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Senator in Congress

David I. Walsh, of Fitchburg 104 17 72 193 Blanks 56 2 32 90

Congressman Eighth District Anthony M. Roche, of Medford 32 4 8 44 James W. Stanton, of Wakefield 110 15 91 216 Blanks 18 5 23

Councillor Sixth District John F. Casey, of Somerville 30 30 65 Edward J. Coughlin, of Somerville 15 7 23 Francis J. DeWolfe, of Somerville 7 1 10 Clement Gregory McDonough, of Lowell 59 40 106 Blanks 49 26 79

Senator Seventh Middlesex District Francis C. Zacharer, of Lowell 89 14 70 173 Blanks 71 5 34 110

Representatives in General Court Twenty-second Middlesex District John L. Quinn, of Wakefield 117 17 87 221 Roy K. Wentworth, of Stoneham 48 5 32 85 Blanks 315 35 193 543

District Attorney Northern District James J. Bruin, of Lowell 29 6 25 60 Lawrence Edward Corcoran, of Arlington 15 3 20 38 Eugene H. Giroux, of Somerville 15 2 13 30 John F. Kelley, of Cambridge 52 4 27 83 Blanks 49 4 19 72

Clerk of Courts Middlesex County John F. Ferrick, of Cambridge 34 2 31 67 Samuel J. Foti, of Cambridge 13 3 16 Edward L. Harley, of Lowell 52 11 35 98 Blanks 61 6 35 102

Register of Deeds Middlesex Southern District John J. Butler, of Wakefield 126 17 89 232 Joseph J. Launie, of Medford 6 1 5 12 Blanks 28 1 10 39 REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 17

County Commissioner Middlesex County Thomas B. Brennan, of Medford 50 7 50 107 John C. Dailey, of Lowell 15 7 7 29 Francis R. King of Lowell 8 3 11 William H. Seabrook, of Somerville 28 1 13 42 WilUam P. Walsh, of Hudson 12 1 12 25 Blanks 47 3 19 69

County Commissioner Middlesex County (To Fill Vacancy) Scattering 3 3 6 Blanks 157 19 101 277 Total Vote Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Total Republican 586 363 370 1319 Democratic 160 19 104 283

Result of State Election

November 5, 1946

(AS CANVASSED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND TOWN CLERK)

Governor Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Total Robert P. Bradford, R. 2348 1534 1268 5150 Maurice J. Tobin, D. 1474 255 679 2408 Harris I. HilUs, S.L.P. 16 7 5 28 Guy S. Williams, Pro. 4 1 5 Blanks 70 13 26 109

Lieutenant Governor Arthur W. Coolidge, R. 2321 1536 1208 5065 Paul A. Dever, D. 1458 248 720 2426 Alfred Erickson, Pro. 6 2 3 11 Francis A. Votano, S.LJ>. 21 6 7 34 Blanks 106 18 40 164

Secretary Frederic W. Cook, R. 2481 1583 1323 5387

Benedict F. Fitzgerald, Jr. , D. 1228 190 593 2011 Malcolm T. Rowe, S.L.P. 33 10 7 50 Blanks 170 27 55 252 18 TOWN OP WAKEFIETiD

Treasurer Laurence Curtis, R. 2324 1504 1216 5044 John E. Hurley, D. 1392 268 703 2363 Lawrence Gilfedder, S.L.P. 31 7 5 43 Charles E. Vaughan, Pro. 9 1 1 11 Blanks 156 30 53 239

Auditor

Thomas J. Buckley, D. 1465 318 761 2544 Russell A. Wood, R. 2199 1448 1135 4782 Pearl J. McGlynn, S.LP. 28 8 6 42 Robert A. Simmons, Pro. 11 2 1 14 Blanks 209 34 75 318

Attorney General Clarence A. Barnes, R. 2350 1511 1290 5151 Francis E. Kelly, D. 1333 243 608 2184 William P. Oro, S.L.P. 35 11 6 52 Howard B. Rand, Pro. 11 4 2 17 Blanks 183 41 72 296

Senator in Congress

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., R. 2468 1538 1297 5303 David L Walsh, D. 1296 248 636 2180 Henning A. Blomen, S.LP. 22 4 4 30 Mark R. Shaw, Pro. 8 3 2 13 Blanks 118 17 39 174

Congressman Eighth District Angier L. Goodwin, R. 2479 1593 1322 5394 Anthony M. Roche, D. 1239 190 585 2014 Blanks 194 27 71 292

Councillor Sixth District John P. Casey, D. 1279 212 644 2135 Victor A. Friend, R. 2385 1557 1241 5183 Blanks 248 41 93 382

Senator

Seventh Middlesex District(

George J. Evans, R. 2608 1597 1362 5567 Francis Zacharer, D. 1118 179 544 1841 Blanks 186 34 71 291 Scattering 1 1 REPORT OP TOWN CT.KRK 19

]Representatives in General Court 22nd Middlesex District Charles Gibbons 2331 1498 1270 5099 Joseph A. Milano 2173 1428 1108 4709 John L. Quinn 1730 396 851 2977 Theodore J. Vaitses 1823 1312 1001 4136 Roy K. Wentworth 756 159 359 1274 Blanks 2923 637 1345 4905

District Attorney Northern District John P. Kelley 1349 216 669 2234 George E. Thompson 2344 1563 1231 5138 Blanks 219 31 78 328

Clerk of Courts Middlesex County John P. Perrick 1281 201 637 2119 Prederick L. Putnam 2362 1552 1226 5140 Blanks 269 57 115 441

Register of Deeds Middlesex Southern District John J. Butler 1771 456 939 3166 Albert T. Gutheim 1918 1309 973 4200 Blanks 223 45 66 334

County Commissioner Middlesex County Thomas B. Brennan 1386 282 703 2371 Melvin G. Rogers 2210 1468 1145 4823 Blanks 316 60 130 506

County Commissioner Middlesex County (To Pill Vacancy) Edwin O. Childs 2798 1664 1460 5922 Blanks 1114 146 517 1777 Scattering 1 1

Question No. 1 (Old Age Pension Amendment) Yes 985 409 443 1837 No 1674 977 954 3605 Blanks 1253 424 581 2258

Question No. Z (Annual Reports by Labor Unions) Yes 1923 1103 1049 4075 No 774 344 357 1475 Blanks 1215 363 572 2150 20 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

LICENSE QUESTION No. 1—^AU Alcoholic Beverages Yes 937 365 421 1723 No 2040 1093 1059 4192 Blanks 935 352 498 1785

No. 2—Beer and Wines Yes 896 373 386 1655 No 1987 1047 1016 4050 Blanks 1029 390 576 1995

No. 3—^Package Stores Yes 2193 1112 1210 4515 No 1226 546 527 2299 Blanks 493 152 241 886

Referendum "Shall the Representatives in the General Court from this District be instructed to vote to request the President and the Congress of the United States to direct our Delegates to the United Nations to propose or support Amendments to its Charter which will strengthen the United Nations and make it a World Federal Government able to prevent War?" Yes 2402 1195 1200 4797 No 396 211 221 828 Blanks 1114 404 557 2075

Result of Recount

DECEMBER 1, 1946 (CONDUCTED BY THE BOARD OP REGISTRARS)

Lieutenant Governor

Pre. 1 Pre. 2 Pre. 3 Total Arthur W. Coolidge, R. 2318 1528 1204 5050 Paul A. Dever, D. 1457 253 720 2430 Alfred Erickson, Pro. 5 2 3 10 Francis A. Votano, S.L.P. 21 6 .7 34 Blanks 114 21 44 179

Auditor Thomas J. Buckley 1470 325 762 2557 Russell A. Wood 2193 1428 1128 4749 Pearl J. McGlynn 27 8 5 40 Robert A. Simmons 10 2 1 13 Blanks 215 47 82 344 REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 21

Record of Town Meetings

MARCH 11, 1946

Meeting called to order at 7:40 P. M., by Town Clerk Charles P. Young, who read the call for the meeting. On motion by Harry Marshall: Voted: That further reading of the warrant, with the exception of the constable's return, be dispensed with. Constable's return read by the Town Clerk. The Town Clerk announced that, owing to the fact that Moderator Thomas G. O'Connell is in Florida, it would be necessary for the meeting to elect a moderator to act at this meeting. Charles C. Cox nominated Theodore Eaton for moderator to act at this meeting. The nomination was seconded by Patrick H. Tenney. On motion by Herbert D. Anderson: Voted: That the nominations be closed. On motion by Harry Marshall: Voted: That the Town Clerk be instructed to cast one ballot for Theodore Eaton for moderator to act at this meeting. The Town Clerk then cast one ballot for Theodore Eaton. The Town Clerk then administered the qualifying oath to Mr. Eaton.

ARTICLE 1 To act upon reports of town officers as published. On motion by Charles C. Cox; Voted: That the subject matter of Article I be laid upon the table.

ARTICLE 2 To choose all town officers not required to be chosen by ballot. On motion by Patrick H. Tenney: Voted: That the moderator appoint a committee of three to bring in nominations for all town officers not required to be elected by ballot.

ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in an- ticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1946, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to re- new any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.—John I. Preston and others. On motion by Frederick W. Bliss, for the Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be, and hereby is, authorized to borrow money from time to time in an- ticipation of the Revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1946, 22 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to re- new any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.

ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to authorize various departments to purchase new equipment at net costs not exceeding amounts specified below, exchanging similar equipment therefor, where now owned, the net cost of such new equipment to be expended from the appropriations voted for such departments. Town Hall Two Emergency Light Units $ 200.00

Lafayette Building One Water Cooler $ 180.00 Two Emergency Light Units 200.00 $ 380.00

Police Department One Automobile $ 1,400.00

Fire Department One Inhalator $ 437.00 1,000 Ft. Hose IVz' 550.00 $ 987.00 School Department Exchange Two Adding Machines $ 515.00 One Projector 475.00 Three Typewriters 225.00 One Ediphone 275.00 One Comptometer 375.00 One Power Mower 500.00 One Sink for Cafeteria 450.00 One Refrigerator 900.00 Two Stoves for Cafeteria 600.00 Exchange One Automobile 1,000.00 Two Stokers 3,100.00 $ 8,415.00

Library Department One Typewriter $ 130.00 Furniture for Montrose Branch 500.00 $ 630.00 Park Department

One Power Mower $ 375.00 One New Truck 1,900.00 Backstop, Nasella Playground 350.00 $ 2,625.00 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 23

Cemetery Department One Power Mower $ 300.00

Recreation Commission Baby Swings $ 206.75 Adult Swings 198.47 See-Saws 176.50 Slides 309.00 Portable Slide 54.75 Portable See-Saw 35.25 Pull-away Merry-go-round 300.00 Freight, Trucking, Labor, etc. 239.40 $ 1,520.12

Water Department New Half-ton Truck $ 1,000.00 On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town authorize various departments to purchase new equipment at net cost not exceeding the amounts specified below; exchanging similar equipment therefor, where now owned, the net cost of such new equipment to be expended from the appropriations voted for such departments.

Town Hall Two Emergency Light Units $ 200.00

Lafayette Building Two Emergency Light Units $ 200.00

Police Department One Automobile $ 1,000.00

Fire Department One Inhalator $ 437.00 One Thousand Feet Hose IVz" 550.00 $ 987.00

School Department Exchange Two Adding Machines $ 515.00 One Projector 475.00 Three Typewriters 225.00 One Edlphone 275.00 One Comptometer 375.00 One Power Mower 375.00

One Sink for Cafeteria • 450.00 One Refrigerator 900.00 Two Stoves for Cafeteria 600.00 $ 4,190.00 24 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Library Department One Typewriter $ 130.00 Furniture for Montrose Branch 500.00 $ 630.00

Park Department One Power Mower $ 375.00

Cemetery Department One Power Mower $ 300.00

Recreation Commission Baby Swings $ 206.75 Adult Swings 100.00 See-Saws 176.50 Slides 309.00 Portable Slide 54.75 Portable See-Saw 35.25 882.25

Water Department New Half Ton Truck $ 1,000.00

ARTICLE 5

To see if the Town will vote to increase the base salaries and wages of all town employees and elected ofificials, said increase to be at the rate of

20% and to be effective as of January 1, 1946, but no increase in any one case to exceed $500 per year, the necessary funds to be provided in the regular budgets.—^Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town vote to increase the base salaries and wages of all town employees and elected ofiacials, said increase to be at the rate

of 20%, and to be effective as of January 1, 1946, but no increase In any one case to exceed $500.00 per year, replacing all temporary increases.

ARTICLE 6

To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 58A of Chapter 48 of the General Laws, being also Chapter 638 of the Acts of the year 1941 entitled an act further regulating the hours of duty of permanent members of the Fire Department in certain cities and towns.—Board of Se- lectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town accept the provisions of Section 58A of Chap- ter 48 of the General Laws being also Chapter 638 of the Acts of the year 1941, entitled an Act further regulating the hours of duty of permanent members of the Fire Department in certain cities and towns. REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 25

ARTICLE 7

To determine how much money the Tov/n will raise and appropriate for General Government, Protection of Persons and Property, Health and Sanitation, Highways, Charities and Soldiers' Benefits, Education, Recrea- tion, and Unclassified, Public Service Enterprises, Interest and Maturing Debt, specifying what appropriations shall be taken from the receipts of a department. On motion by Frederick W. Bliss for the Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $49,779.20 to be apportioned as follows:

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Moderator $ . 30.00 Selectmen's Department Salaries of Board $ 600.00 Salary Clerk of Board 250.00 Salary Clerical Assistant 650.00 New By-Laws 500.00 Other Expense 1,900.00 $ 3,900.00

Accoimting Department Salary of Accountant $ 3,150.00 Salary of Clerk 750.00 Other Expense 460.00 $ 4,360.00

Treasurer's Department Salary of Treasurer $ 1,500.00 Salary of Paymaster 492.00 Tax Titles 250.00 Other Expense 1,600.00 $ 3,842.00

Collector's Department Salary of Collector $ 2,000.00 Salaries of Clerks 2,250.00 Other Expense 1,400.00 5,650.00

Assessors' Department Salaries of Board: Chairman $ 1,200.00 Secretary 1,200.00 Other Member 1,080.00 $ 3,480.00 26 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Salaries of Clerks 2,599.20 Salary of Draftsman 1,800.00 Allowance for Auto 150.00 Other Expense 600.00 $ 8,629.20

Legal Department Salary of Town Counsel 1,440.00 Other Expense 500.00 $ 1,940.00

Town Clerk's Department Salary of Town Clerk 2,760.00 Clerical Assistant 1,440.00 Other Expense 400.00 4,600.00 Vital Statistics 50.00

Election and Registration Salaries of Registrars 360.00 Salary Clerk of Registrars 150.00 510.00 Other Expense 2,930.00 3,440.00

Election Expense—Selectmen Election OfiRcers 1,658.00 Other Expense 292.00 $ 1^50.00

Town Hall Janitors' Salaries 3,150.00 Other Expense 4,200.00 $ 7,350.00

Lafayette Building Janitors' Salaries 1,938.00 Other Expense 2,100.00 $ 4.038.00

An amendment by Leslie J. Tenney that the appropriation be reduced by $10,000.00 was not seconded. Amendment by L. Wallace Sweetser: That the motion of the Finance Committee made under the heading General Government, Selectmen, Salary of Board, be amended by adding to the sum recommended, the sum of $1,900.00, making the total requested $2,500.00. The vote on Mr. Sweetser's amendment was in the negative. A motion by Mr. Sweetser to reconsider the vote passed imder General Government resulted in a negative vote. REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 27

PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Motion by Finance Committee: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $151,509.90 to be apportioned as follows:

Police Department Salary of Chief $ 3,500.00 Salary of Lieutenant 3,200.00 Salaries of Sergeants 5,760.00 Salaries of Regular Patrolmen and/or substitutes therefor 39,420.00 Salary of Clerk 1,565.00 Pension—E. M. Rowe 1,095.00 Other Expense 8,200.00 $ 62,740.00 Fire Department Salary of Chief $ 3,500.00 Salary of Captain 2,880.00 Salaries of Lieutenants 4,785.90 Salaries of Regular Firemen and/or substitutes therefor 42,732.00 Salaries of Call Men 4,995.00 Pensions—H. L. Parker and T. W. Sullivan 1,195.00 Other Expense 4,462.00 $ 64,549.90 Hydrant Rental $ 9,600.00 Moth Department Salary and Wages $ 7,200.00 Other Expense 1,000.00 $ 8,200.00 Building Inspector Salary $ 2,160.00 Allowance for Auto 150.00 Other Expense 275.00 2,585.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures

Salary . $ 780.00 Allowance for Truck 200.00 Other Expense 25.00 $ 1,005.00 Dog Officer—Salary $ 720.00 Animal Inspector —Salary , 360.00 Forest Warden 150.00 Forest Warden Patrol 300.00 Wire Inspector Salary 300.00 Compensation Account 1,000.00 28 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Amendment by Mr. Sweetser: That the recommendation of the Finance Committee be amended by adding to the appropriation for Police Department, Other Expenses, the sum of $5,371.33, making the total $13,571.33. Amendment by Herbert Taylor, Jr.: That the amount proposed to be added, by amendment, to Other Ex- penses be allocated to the item "Salaries of Regular Patrolmen and/or substitutes therefor." Further amendment by Peter Y. Myhre: That the item of "Salary for Regular Patrolmen and/or substitutes therefor" be increased by the sum of $3,974.40, making the total amoimt $43,394.40. The hand vote in the afiBrmative being questioned, the moderator appointed the following tellers to count the vote: Ned C. Loud and William Blanchard in the South section, Linwood Young and Howard Jones in the centre, and Patrick H. Tenney and James D. Henderson in the North section. Result of the Vote: 336 persons voted in the affirmative and 217 persons voted in the negative, and the moderator declared the amendment carried. Amendment by Mr. Sweetser: That the motion of the Finance Committee be amended by adding to the amount recommended the siun of $193.40 to the item Police Depart- ment, "Salary of Clerk." The vote on Mr. Sweetser's amendment was in the afifirmative. Amendment by Herbert D. Anderson: That the motion of the Finance Committee made under the heading of "Protection of Persons and Property," Fire Department, be amended by adding to the appropriation recommended for Fire Department, Call Men, the sum of $1,417.50, making the total for Fire Department, $65,967.40. The vote on Mr. Anderson's amendment was in the negative. The original motion, as amended, was then voted in the afifirmative.

HEALTH AND SANITATION On motion by Finance Committee:

Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $31,991.50 to be apportioned as follows:

Health Department Salaries of Board $ 360.00 Salary of Agent 600.00 Salary of Nurse 1,885.00 Salary of Milk Inspector 600.00 Salary of Plumbing Inspector $ 600.00 Other Expense 4,500.00 $ 8,545.00 REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 29

Care of Dumps $ 2,600.00 ' Garbage Collection 7,500.00 Sewer Department Sewer Maintenance: Salary of Superintendent $ 336.50 Salaries of Clerks 450.00 Salary of Pasmiaster 60.00 Other Expenses 10,000.00 $ 10,846.50 Sewer Connections $ 2,500.00 $ 13,346.50 GENERAL HIGHWAYS On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $54,867.66 to be apportioned as follows: Highway Department Salary of Superintendent $ 3,500.00 Salary of Clerk 1,758.40 Pensions—T. W. Sullivan and S. Terrevecchia 1,609.26 Other Expense 48,000.00 $ 54,867.66 An amendment by Richard M. Davis that the motion be amended by adding $11,142.34 to the item Other Expenses, making the total for that item $66,010.00, resulted in a negative vote. A motion by Fred A. Doucette to adjourn was voted in the negative. At 10:08 P. M., on motion by Harry Marshall: Voted: That the meeting adjourn at 10:30 P. M. to March 18th, at 7:30 P. M. CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Motion by Finance Committee: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $159,763.10, to be apportioned as follows: Welfare Department Salaries of Board $ 600.00 Salary Clerk of Board 250.00 General Relief 12,000.00 General Relief Administration: Salaries of Agent and Clerks 580.00 Other Expense 400.00 $ 13,830.00 General Relief Unpaid Bills: For the Year 1944 128.82 For the Year 1945 90.00 $ 218.82 30 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Aid to Dependent Children—Recipients $ 16,500.00 Aid Dependent Children Administrative Expense 600.00 $ 17,100.00 Old Age Assistance Recipients $ 92,000.00 Old Age Assistance Administrative Expense 5,500.00 $ 97.500.00 Infirmary Salary and Wages $ 3,389.28 Other Expense 6,675.00 $ 10,064.28 Soldiers' Benefits $ 15,000.00 Soldiers' Relief Agent's Salary 600.00 Department of Veterans^ Services Salary of Director $ 3,000.00 Salary of Secretary 1,800.00 Other Expense 650.00 $ 5,450.00 Amendment by Peter Y. Myhre: That the item of Old Age Assistance Administration under the heading Welfare Department be increased by $1,100.00, making the total $6,600.00. The same tellers counted the vote, which resulted as follows: YES, 125; No, 148, and the moderator declared the amendment not carried. The original motion was then voted in the affirmative.

EDUCATION Motion by Finance Committee: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $369,780.67 to be apportioned as follows: School Department Salaries $290,000.00 Pension—^Michael Neary 852.67 Americanization 260.00 Other Expense 6,500.00 Other Expense 50,000.00 $341,112.67 Trade Schools $ 3,000.00 $344,112.67 Library Salaries $ 19,000.00 Pension—Michael Neary 168.00 $ 25,668.00 And that $1,799.05 be appropriated from receipts from Dog Tax for Other Expense. Amendment by James M. Henderson: That the salary item of the School Department appropriation be $299,727.17, making the total for Education, $353,839.84. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 31

While Mr. Henderson was speaking on his amendment, the hour of 10:30 arrived and the moderator declared the meeting stands adjourned. Meeting adjourned at 10:30 P. M. Attendance 800 A true record, Attest: Charles F. Young, Town Clerk. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT Moderator Eaton appointed the following committee to serve imder Article 2: William Blanchard, L. Wallace Sweetser, and Anthony Piazza.

Adjourned Session — March 18, 1946

Meeting called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Moderator Theodore Eaton, Mr. Henderson's amendment of the Finance Committee's motion under the item of "Education" being in order. Mr. Henderson yielded to Mr. Bliss, who asked special privilege to take up Articles 10 and 12 in order to act upon them before the special town meeting opened at 8 P. M. The reason therefor was that the Town might make an appropriation from the tax levy for sewer construction before bond issues were voted, thus complying with technicalities of the law. There being no objection, the moderator declared Articles 10 and 12 to be before the meeting.

ARTICLE 10

To see if the Town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer in Greenwood Street, from an existing manhole in the Metropolitan Sewer System at the Wakefield-Melrose Line, northerly approximately 78' to Woodland Avenue, also in Woodland Avenue from Greenwood Street westerly approximately 160' to the Wakefield-Melrose Line and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow or issue notes or bonds therefor.—Board of Health. On motion by Mr. Bliss: Voted: That the Town authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer as described in Article 10, and raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 therefor.

ARTICLE 12

To see if the Town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer in Stark Avenue, a private way, from an existing man- 32 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

hole in Nahant Street, southeasterly approximately 300' and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow or issue notes or bonds therefor.—^Board of Health. On motion by Mr. Bliss: Voted: That the Town authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer as described in Article 12, and raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 therefor.

ARTICLE 7 (continued) Education The meeting then resumed consideration of Mr. Henderson's amendment under Article Seven, item of "Education." The moderator appointed the following tellers to count the vote: Patrick H. Tenney and Marcus Beebe, second in the North section, William Blanchard and Wesley S. Goodwin in the centre, and Myron 0, Wing and Earl B. Macintosh in the South section.

Result of the Vote: 177 persons voted in the affirmative, and 243 persons voted in the negative, and the moderator declared the amendment not carried. The original motion was then voted in the affirmative.

RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED Motion by Finance Committee: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $88,710.41 to be apportioned as follows: Park and Cemetery Department Salaries of Board $ 360.00 Park Department Expense: Salaries and Wages 3,300.00 Allowance for Auto 100.00 Other Expense 5,325.00 $ 9,085.00 Park Department Unpaid Bills 1945 $ 223.92 Cemetery Department Expense Salaries and Wages $ 3,780.00 Care of Old Cemetery 150.00 Allowance for Auto 100.00 Other Expense 1,500.00

$ 5,530.00 Perpetual Care Income Available $ 705.00 To be Appropriated from Sale of Lots Fund 2,825.00 3,530.00 $ 2,00OX)0 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 33

Recreation Commission Salary of Supervisor $ 300.00 Salaries of Assistants 2,360.00 New Equipment 882.00 Equipment Maintenance and Other Expense 840.00 $ 4,382.00 Miscellaneous Account $ 900.00 Finance Committee 200.00 Planning Board 210.00 Board of Appeals 300.00 Street Lights 20,000.00 Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Trafiac Lights 4,000.00 Rifle Range—State Guard 500.00 Fire and Liability Insurance 7,465.00 Lake Quannapowitt 500.00

Retirement System

Pension Accumulation Fund $ 36,366.00 Interest Deficiency 470.79 Credit Members Military Service 997.70 Expense Fund 1,110.00 $ 38,944.49

Reserve Fund That $33,000.00 be transferred from the Overlay Surplus Account to the Reserve Fund. Amendment by William G. Dill:

That the Finance Committee motion be amended to read $400.00 for salary of supervisor, and $1,140.00 for equipment maintenance and other expense under the item Recreation.

The hour of eight o'clock having arrived, and, in order to call the special town meeting called for that hour, it was voted, upon motion by Mr. Bliss, to recess the annual meeting until later in the evening upon conclusion of the special meeting. Session recessed at 8 P. M.

A true record.

CHARLES F. YOUNG, Town Clerk 34 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Special Town Meeting — March 18, 1946

Meeting called to order at 8 P.M., by Town Clerk Charles F. Young, who read the call for the meeting. On motion by Harry Marshall: Voted: That further reading of the warrant, with the exception of the constable's return, be dispensed with. Constable's return read by the Clerk. Charles C. Cox nominated Theodore Eaton to serve as moderator for the meeting. The nomination was seconded by Harry Marshall: On motion by Mr. Marshall: Voted: That the nominations be closed. On motion by Mr. Marshall: Voted: That the Clerk cast one ballot for Mr. Eaton. The Clerk cast one ballot for Mr. Eaton, and then administered the Qualifying oath to Mr. Eaton.

ARTICLE 1

To see if the Town with authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer in the following locations as shown on a plan entitled "Plan Showing Proposed Sewer for Orchard Avenue, Oak Street, Gerard Street, Sherman Road, Crosby Road and Hillis Avenue" on file in the Water and Sewerage Department office; commencing at a manhole in Greenwood Avenue at Station 2 + 98.53, thence northerly approximately 25' in Green- wood Avenue; thence northerly across land of Marion O. Lynch approximately 102'; thence northerly across land of Jean B. Mocklar approximately 120' to angle; thence easterly across land of Jean B. Mocklar approximately 195' to Orchard Avenue; thence in Orchard Avenue approximately 22^^'; thence northerly approximately 375' to Oak Street; and authorize the Water and Sewerage Board of the Town of Wakefield to take by eminent domain under the authority of Chapter 377, Acts of 1900, and any other authority thereto enabling them an easement across private property in land of owners herein mentioned, the center line of which is described as follows: Commencing at a point 25' northerly from the center line of Greenwood Avenue at Station 2 + 98.53 thence running northerly approximately 102' in land of Marion O. Lynch; thence still northerly 120' to Sta- tion 2 + 20 in land of Jean B. Mocklar; thence easterly through land of said Jean B. Mocklar approximately 195' to Orchard Avenue, said easement taking is to be 10 feet wide its entire length measured equally 5 feet from said center line on each side the owners of property through which said easement is to be taken so far as known are as above set forth in this article; also in Oak Street, from Orchard Avenue easterly approximately 270' to Crosby Road; in Crosby Road, a private way, from Oak Street northerly approximately 655'; in Sherman Road, from Crosby Road westerly to REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 35

Green Street, approximately 920'; in Gerard Street, from Sherman Road southerly approximately 345' to Oak Street; in Oak Street, from Orchard Avenue westerly approximately 305' to Gerard Street, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow or issue notes or bonds therefore. Board of Health.

Frederick W. Bliss, chairman of the Finance Committee, made the following recommendation: That the Town authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer as called for in Article 1, and appropriate $34,000 by bond issue, twenty-year term.

On motion by John N. Bill, chairman of the Water and Sewerage Board: Voted Unanimously: That the Town appropriate the sum of $34,000.00 for the purposes set forth in Article 1 of the warrant for the special Town meeting held March 18, 1946, namely, for the construction of a sewer as therein specified in Orchard Avenue, Oak Street, Gerard Street, Sherman Road, Crosby Road, Hillis Avenue, and in and over private property of owners therein named, and that the Water and Sev/erage Board be and hereby is authorized to construct said sewer and to take by right of eminent domain, under authority of Chapter 377 of the Acts of 1900 and any other authority thereto enabling them an easement in and over private lands of owners named in said Article 1, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow money and issue notes or bonds of the Town to pay therefor. Said notes to be payable in or within 20 years and in the following manner:

$2,000.00 in each of the years 1947 to 1960, both inclusive, and $1,000.00 in each of the years 1961 to 1966, both inclusive.

ARTICLE 2

To see if the town will vote to accept as a gift from Elizabeth C. Hall a certain parcel of land for the use of the Municipal Light Department, said parcel being described as follows: Easterly by North Avenue formerly Grove Avenue 129 feet; southerly by land of the Town of Wakefield being Lot No. 2 of a plan hereafter referred to, 109 feet; westerly by land of the Boston & Maine Railroad 130 feet and northerly by Lot No. 4 on said plan 121 feet; being lot No. 3 as shown on plan No. 1 of houselots in South Reading surveyed October 1846 by John Sargent and recorded with Middle- sex South District deeds in Plan Book No. 2, Plan 65. Municipal Light Board.

Chairman Fitzroy Willard of the Planning Board, in accordance with Chapter 11 A of the Wakefield Zoning By-Laws, reported that the Planning Board took under consideration Article 2 at a meeting held March 14, 1946, and thait the Planning Board unanimously voted and hereby recommends that Article 2 be adopted. 36 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

On motion by Mr. Bliss: Voted: That the Town accept, with appreciation, the gift of the land

described in Article 2, from the donor, Elizabeth C. Hall, and place same under the present jurisdiction of the Municipal Light Department.

ARTICLE 3

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide for unpaid bills of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library for the year 1945, as authorized by Chapter 179 of the Acts of the year 1941. Trustees Lucius Beebe Memorial Library. On motion by Mr. Bliss: Voted Unanimously: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $534.95 to provide, in accordance with Chapter 179 Acts of 1941, for payment of Unpaid Bills of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library as follows: For the year 1945: P. W. Faxon Co. $ 13.64 Library Book House 16.54 Remington Rand, Inc. 32.70 Wakefield News Agency 65.40 H. R. Huntting Co. 116.33 L. A. Wells Library Bindery 144.13 T. E. Toomey Co., Inc. 146.21 $ 534.95 On motion by William G. Dill: Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved: Meeting dissolved at 8:12 P.M. A True Record: Attest: CHARLES P. YOUNG, Town Clerk. RESUMPTION OP ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting, which was recessed at 8 P.M. to provide for the special meeting, was then called to order by Moderator Eaton, the item of Recreation and Unclassified under Article 7 being in order. Mr. Bliss asked special privilege to take up the item Charities and Soldiers' Benefits. This was granted. On amendment by Mr. Bliss: Voted: To increase the amount appropriated for Old Age Assistance Administration from $5,500.00 to $6,600.00, making the total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits $160,863.10. RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED The item of Recreation and Unclassified was then taken up, Mr. Dill's amendment to increase the appropriation for the Recreation Committee by $400.00, so to provide $400.00 for the salary of supervisor instead of $300.00, and $1,140.00 for new equipment instead of $840.00, being in order. The result of the vote on Mr. Dill's amendment was, Yes, 264; No, 199, and the moderator declared the amendment carried. REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 37

An amendment by John T. Stringer to increase the amount appropriated under the item Park Department for $4,940.00 instead of $3,300.00 for salary and wages was not voted. The original motion, as amended, was then voted in the af&rmative. A motion by Richard M. Davis, to take up and reconsider the vote under Highway Department, other expenses, was not voted. PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES On motion by Mr. Bliss: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $93,230.14 to be apportioned as follows: Water Department: Salaries of Board $ 360.00 Salary of Superintendent 3,163.50 Salaries of Clerks 4,300.00 Salary of Collector-Paymaster 600.00 Other Expense 61,300.39

Water Bonds ' 22,000.00 Water Interest 1,506.25 INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT On Motion by Mr. Bliss: Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $14,500.00 to be apportioned as follows: Interest $ 1,000.00 Maturing Debt 13,500.00 LIGHT DEPARTMENT On motion by Mr. Bliss: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $360.00 for salaries of the Light Commissioners, and a further sum of $30,000.00 for salaries covering the following: Manager Janitor Ofiace Clerks OflBce Manager Meter Readers Stock Clerk at Plant Superintendent Electric Dept. to be taken from the receipts of the department, and the balance of the receipts of the department to be appropriated for the use of the department for Other Expenses, provided, however, that if the income from said department shall exceed the expenses of the department for said fiscal year, the use of said excess, in whole or in part, to be determined by the 1947 annual town meeting.

ARTICLE 8

To see if the Town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer in the following locations as shown on a plan entitled "Plan Showing Proposed Sewer for Orchard Avenue, Oak Street, Gerard 38 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Street, Sherman Road, Crosby Road and Hillis Avenue" on file in the Water and Sewer Department office; commencing at a manhole in Greenwood Ave- nue at Station 2 + 60, thence northerly approximately 25' in Greenwood Avenue; thence northerly across land of Flora Jones approximately 100'; thence northerly across land of JeanB.Mocklar approximately 220' to angle; thence easterly across land of Jean B. Mocklar approximately 240' to Orchard Avenue; thence in Orchard Avenue approximately 22l^'; thence northerly approximately 270' to Oak Street; and authorize the Water and Sewerage Board of the Town of Wakefield to take by eminent domain under the authority of Chapter 377, Acts of 1900, and any other authority thereto enabling them an easement across private property in land of owners herein mentioned, the center line of which is described as follows: Commencing at a point 25' northerly from the center line of Green- wood Avenue at state 2 + 60; thence running northerly approximately 100' in land of Flora Jones; thence still northerly 220' to station 3 + 45 in land of Jean B. Mocklar; thence easterly through land of said Jean B. Mocklar 240' to Orchard Avenue, said easement taking is to be 10 feet wide its entire length measured equally 5 feet from said center line on each side the owners of property through which said easement is to be taken so far as known are as above set forth in this article; also in Oak Street, from Orchard Avenue easterly approximately 270', to Crosby Road; in Crosby Road, a private way, from Oak Street northerly approximately 655'; in Sherman Road from Crosby Road westerly to Green Street, approximately 920'; in Gerard Street, from Sherman Road southerly approximately 345' to Oak Street; in Oak Street, from Orchard Avenue westerly approximately 305' to Gerard Street, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow or issue notes or bonds therefor.—Board of Health. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the subject matter of Article 8 be indefinitely postponed.

ARTICLE 9

To see if the Town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer in Green Street from the existing sewer in Greenwood Avenue northerly approximately 1,150' and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow or issue notes or bonds therefor.—Board of Health. Chairman Bliss of the Finance Committee reported that the Finance Committee recommended that the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to construct a sewer as called for in Article 9 and appropriate $12,000.00 by bond issue, twenty-year term.

On motion by Mr. Bliss:

Voted: That the subject matter of Articles 11, 13, 14, and 15 be considered with the subject matter contained in Article 9. REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 39

ARTICLE 11 To see if the Town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer in Main Street, from Oak Street northerly to Green Street approximately 3,400' and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow or issue notes or bonds therefor.—Board of Health.

ARTICLE 13 To see if the Town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer in Morel Circle (so-called), a private way, from the existing sewer in Main Street, easterly approximately 350'; also in Morel Circle, from Main Street, approximately 650' easterly and northerly, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow or issue notes or bonds therefor.—Board of Health.

ARTICLE 14 To see if the Town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer in Eastern Avenue, from the existing sewer in Vernon Street westerly to Court Street, a private way, approximately 700' and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor or authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow or issue notes or bonds therefor.—Board of Health.

ARTICLE 15 To see if the Town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer in Vernon Street from Cordis Street northerly to Lowell Street, approximately 712'; also in Lowell Street from Vernon Street westerly approximately 1,050', and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow or issue notes or bonds therefor.—Board of Health. The Finance Committee also recommended authorization under Articles 11, 13, 14, and 15, and recommended a bond issue of $28,500.00, twenty-year term, under Article 11; a 20-year $8,500.00 bond issue under Article 13; a 20-year $9,000.00 bond issue under Article 14; and a 20-year $18,000.00 bond issue under Article 15. On motion by John N. Bill, Chairman of the Water and Sewerage Board:

Voted Uninamously: That the Town appropriate the siun of $76,000.00 for the purposes set forth in Articles 9, 11, 13, 14, and 15 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting for the year 1946, namely, the construction of sewers as therein specified in Green and Main Streets, Morel Circle, Eastern Avenue, Vernon and Lowell Streets, and authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct said sewers, and authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow said sum of $76,000.00 and issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, payable in or within 20 years, and in the following manner: $4,000.00 in the years 1947 to 1964, both inclusive, $2,000.00 in each of the years 1965 and 1966. 40 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

ARTICLE 16

To see if the Town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to relay water mains in the following streets: Albion Street from Lake Street westerly to the Stoneham Line, approximately 4,600'; in Green Street approximately 700'; in West Water Street approximately 1,400', and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow or issue notes or bonds therefor.—Water and Sewerage Board. The Finance Committee recommended that $42,000.00 be hereby appropriated for relaying water mains in any or all of the following streets: Albion Street from Lake Street westerly to Stoneham line, approximately 4,600 feet. Green Street, approximately 700 feet. West Water Street, approximately 1,400 feet. To be raised by bond issue, fifteen year term. On motion by John N. Bill: Voted Unanimously: That the Town vote to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to relay water mains in the streets named and as specified in Article 16 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1946, and that the Town appropriate the sum of $42,000.00 to pay therefor, and authorize the Treasiu-er with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow the said sum of $42,000.00 and issue bonds or notes of the Town to pay therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in or within 15 years and in the following manner: $3,000.00 in each of the years 1947 to 1959, both inclusive, $2,000.00 in the year 1960, and

$1,000.00 in the year 1961. ^ '

ARTICLE 17

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance of various streets; built imder Chapter 90, General Laws, Ter. Ed., said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose or take any other action in relation thereto.—^Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 17, only such portion thereof to be expended as may be equal to one half the sum provided by the State and Coimty together for the same purpose.

ARTICLE 18

To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of North Avenue; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose or take any other action in relation thereto.—^Board of Se- lectmen. On motion by Finance Committee:

Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate $3,750.00 to carry out the REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 41

purposes of Article 18, only such portion thereof to be expended as may be equal to one half the sum provided by the State and County together for the same purpose.

ARTICLE 19

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a smn of money for the improvement of Salem Street; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County or both for this purpose or take any other action in relation thereto.—^Board of Se- lectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the subject matter of Article 19 be indefinitely postponed.

ARTICLE 20

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufiBcient simi of money to be expended by the Highway Department for construction of Davidson Road, a distance of approximately 400 feet.—^Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee:

Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,250.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 20, imder the Betterment Act.

ARTICLE 21

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a suflacient siun of money to be expended by the Highway Department for the construction of a portion of Outlook Road, a distance of approximately 1,800 feet.—^Board of Se- lectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the subject matter of Article 21 be indefinitely postponed.

ARTICLE 22

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, under the Betterment Act, a sufficient sum of money for the construction of a gravel and tar treated town way, granite curb and a three foot hot top sidewalk, in substantially the same location of the present way known as Outlook Road running westerly from Strathmore Road, such appropriation to include grading, filling, and proper drainage.—^E. R. Haller and Others. On motion by Finance Committee:

Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $10,789.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 22.

ARTICLE 23 To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Crosby Road, rimning northerly from Oak Street approximately 600 feet, and raise and appropriate money for the construction thereof.—Board of Selectmen. 42 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

On motion by Herbert D. Anderson: Voted: That the Town accept and allow the report of the Board of Se- lectmen laying out a town way in substantially the location of the private way known as Crosby Road, all as shown on plan filed with the Town Clerk, with said report. The moderator announced that the plan and report was there, available for inspection.

ARTICLE 24 To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Sherman Road running westerly from Crosby Road approximately 400 feet and raise and appropriate money for the construction thereof.—Board of Selectmen. On motion by Herbert D. Anderson: Voted: That the Town accept and allow the report of the Board of Se- lectmen laying out a town way in substantially the location of the private way known as Sherman Road, all as shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk, with said report. The moderator annoimced that the plan and report was there, available for inspection.

ARTICLE 25 '^ To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Aborn Avenue running easterly from Pleasant Street approximately 1000 feet and raise and appropriate money for the construction thereof.—Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town accept and allow the report of the Board of Se- lectmen laying out a town way in substantially the location of the private way known as Aborn Avenue, all as shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk with said report; and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $8,600.00 for the construction thereof. The moderator announced that the plan and report was there, available for inspection.

ARTICLE 26 To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Jefferson Road running northerly from Richard- son Street approximately 800 feet.—Board of Selectmen. On motion by Herbert D. Anderson: Voted: That the Town accept and allow the report of the Board of Se- lectmen laying out a town way in substantially the location of the private way known as Jefferson Road, all as shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk, with said report. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 43

ARTICLE 27 To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Hamilton Road, running northerly from Rich- ardson Street approximately 600 feet.—Board of Selectmen. On motion by Herbert D. Anderson: Voted: That the Town accept and allow the report of the Board of Se- lectmen laying out a town way in substantially the location of the private way known as Hamilton Road, all as shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk, with said report. The moderator annoimced that the plan and report was there, available for inspection.

ARTICLE 28 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufiBcient sum of money to be expended by the Highway Department to rebuild and re- surface Pitman Avenue with curbs and sidewalks.—^Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the subject matter of Article 28 be indefinitely postponed.

ARTICLE 29 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a suflBcient sum of money to continue the drainage project started under W. P. A., on Mad- ison Avenue to Greenwood Avenue, a distance of approximately 1500 feet. —^Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the subject matter of Article 29 be indefinitely postponed.

ARTICLE 30 To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Se- lectmen to investigate the advisability of laying out and constructing a public way from Water Street north to Crescent Street parallel to, and easterly from Main Street and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to make necessary surveys, plans and pay other expenses therefor. —^Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to investigate the advisability of laying out and constructing a public way as described in Article 30, and raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for expenses necessary therefor.

ARTICLE 31 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00, to construct sidewalks on various streets in the town.—Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the subject matter of Article 31 be indefinitely postponed. 44 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

ARTICLE 32 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Highway Department to purchase new equipment consisting of one snow loader, one street sweeper, three heavy duty trucks, five ton; one sidewalk roller, 3^^ ton; two sidewalk tractors and plows, four power lift units, one power shovel and one bulldozer complete with plow, and raise and appropriate the sum of $65,- 800.00 therefor.—Board of Selectmen. Motion by Finance Committee: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $30,000.00 and that the moderator appoint a committee of five to confer with the Selectmen and the Highway Department and purchase such equipment as the committee may deem advisable. Amendment by L. Wallace Sweetser: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $30,000.00 and that the moderator appoint a committee of five who shall be members of the Finance Committee to purchase such equipment as said committee may deem advisable. The vote on the amendment was in the negative. The original motion was then voted in the afifirmative.

ARTICLE 2 On motion by William Blanchard: Voted: That Article 2 be now taken up.

Mr. Blanchard, reporting for the committee appointed imder Article 2, nominated the following persons for officers not elected by ballot. PLANNING BOARD FOR THREE YEARS Edward M. Bridge RECREATION COMMITTEE John Powers, Mary Lazzaro, William G. Dill, William MacKllligan, Anna Mclntire, S. Morton Sherman, Leo V. Walsh. FIELD DRIVERS P. Carroll Robie, Charles Doyle, Jr., George E. Bennett. SURVEYORS OP LUMBER William E. Knox, James R. Cole, Edward G. Bowditch, Lyman L. Pres- cott, Hiram M. Tobey, Myron E. Wing.

ARTICLE 33 To hear and act upon a report of a special committee appointed imder articles 5, 6 and 7 of the warrant for the Town Meeting of June 25th, 1945, which was to investigate the advisability of erecting a new police station, new Town Hall and new Highway building and the proposed cost thereof and suitable location therefor.—Harry Marshall, Chairman of Committee.

. Harry Marshall read the report of the committee, signed by all of the committee members, which recommended the construction of a new police station at the corner of Crescent and Lincoln Streets, at the corner of Cres- REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 45

cent and Centre Streets, or at the northerly comer of Crescent and Centre Streets; a new combination highway and moth department building on town owned land adjacent to the present highway bam, and, if necessary, that additional land be acquired to enlarge the site; that no new town hall be erected, but that adequate repairs be made to the present structure to bring about modernization of the building; and that the committee voted to request the Federal Government to advance funds, available for mu- nicipalities for plans and specifications in connection with post-war public works planning. Plans prepared by Edward M. Bridge, architect, were presented with the report which was signed by the members as follows: Harry Marshall, chairman; Joseph W. Maclnnis, Arthur L. Gardner, John T. Stringer, James M. Henderson, R. Francis Shea, secretary; Richard M. Davis, Arthur L. Evans, and V. Richard Fazio. Mr. Marshall then offered the following motion:

That the report of the Special Committee appointed under Articles 5, 6 and 7 of the warrant for the Town Meeting of Jime 25, 1945, be accepted and adopted. That the Selectmen be and are hereby authorized to negotiate and execute necessary agreements on behalf of the Town of Wakefield with the Federal Government for grants or advances of money to the Town to be expended for the preparation of working drawings and specifications for a new Police Station and new Highway Department buildings. Further, that the moderator appoint a committee of five to act as a committee on the erection of a new Police Station. Said committee to investigate the cost thereof based upon working drawings, specifications, and contractors* estimates or bids, to determine a suitable location and cost thereof upon which to erect said proposed Police Station. Further, that the Moderator appoint a second committee of five to act as a committee on the erection of Highway Department buildings on the site as proposed in the report of the committee, the cost of said buildings to be based on working drawings, specifications, and contractors' estimates or bids. Said committee being hereby authorized to expend for the purposes herein mentioned the grants and advances that may be made available by advances or grants of Federal funds. That each of said committees report at a future Town Meeting. Neither of said committees herein provided for to have any power or authority to bind the Town by contract or otherwise to erect any of the buildings herein mentioned or the purchase of any land. Amendment by John J. Round: That the report be accepted as a report of progress. While the debate was in progress, Frederick W. Bliss moved that the meeting be adjourned to next Monday, March 25th, at 7:30 -P. M.

Voted: To adjourn until next Monday, March 25, 1946, at 7:30 P. M. Meeting adjourned at 10:30 P. M. Attendance 600 A true record: Attest: CHARLES P. YOUNG, Town Clerk 46 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

ADJOURNED SESSION — MARCH 25, 1946

Meeting called to order by Moderator Theodore Eaton at 7:35 P. M., Mr. Rounds' amendment under Article 33 being in order. On motion by Charles C. Cox: Voted: That this meeting be not adjourned imtil 11 P. M., unless all of the articles of the warrant be finished.

ARTICLE 33 (continued)

Amendment by John J. Round: To strike out the words "as a report of progress," so that his amendment will read as follows: That the report be accepted. The vote on Mr. Roimd's amendment was in the afBrmative. Motion by Mr. Bliss: That the vote to accept be reconsidered. The vote on Mr. Bliss' motion was in the afiBrmative.

On motion by John J. Round: Voted: That the report of the committee be accepted. Mr. Bliss stated that he would like to see a vote taken on the substance of Mr. Marshall's motion. The Moderator said he would call for a vote on the remaining part of Mr. Marshall's motion.

Town Counsel John I. Preston raised an objection, stating that the vote to accept had discharged the committee and its recommendations, and that there was no motion before the meeting. The Moderator then called for a vote on that portion of Mr. Marshall's motion beginning with the words, "That the Selectmen be and are hereby authorized," and continuing as follows: to negotiate and execute necessary agreements on behalf of the Town of Wakefield with the Federal Govern- ment for grants or advances of money to the Town to be expended for the preparation of working drawings and specifications for a new Police Sta- tion and new Highway Department buildings. Further that the Moderator appoint a committee of five to act as a committee on the erection of a new Police Station. Said committee to investigate the cost thereof based upon working drawings, specificaions, and contractors' estimates or bids, to determine a suitable location and cost thereof upon which to erect said proposed Police Station. Further, that the Moderator appoint a second committee of five to act as a committee on the erection of Highway Department buildings on the site as proposed in the report of the committee, the cost of said buildings to be based on working drawings, specifications, and contractors' estimates or bids. Said committee being hereby authorized to expend for the purpose herein mentioned the grants and advances that may be made available by advances or grants of Federal funds. That each of said committees report at a future Town Meeting. REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 47

Neither of said committees herein provided for to have any power or authority to bind the Town by contract or otherwise to erect any of the buildings herein mentioned or the purchase of any land. The vote as called for by the Moderator was in the afiBbrmative.

ARTICLE 34 To see if the Town will vote to erect and equip a new garage for the use of the Highway Department and authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase or take by right of eminent domain a suitable lot of land therefor, and raise and appropriate a sufiBcient sum of money or authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to issue notes or bonds of the Town therefor.—^Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the substance matter of Article 34 be indefinitely postponed.

ARTICLE 35 To see if the Town will vote to construct and equip a new Police Sta- tion, purchase or take by right of eminent domain a suitable lot of land therefor, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to issue notes or bonds therefor.—Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the substance matter of Article 35 be indefinitely postponed. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That Articles 36 and 37 be taken up jointly.

ARTICLES 36 and 37

Ai'ticle 36. To see if the Town will vote to set aside a portion of the Town land on Farm Street for the exclusive use of the Town Infirmary measuring approximately eleven hundred feet on Farm and Nahant Streets and being about six hundred feet in depth.—Board of Public Welfare. Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to lay out in building lots and ways thereto, a portion of the Town land on Farm Street and not now reserved for the use of the Town Infirmary; said lots to be sold to veterans for the building of homes, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purposes of this article.—Board of Selectmen. Motion by Finance Committee: That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to investigate and study the subject matter of Articles 36 and 37 and report at a future Town Meeting. Amendment by James D. Stanton: That a committee of nine members be appointed by the Town Modera- tor for the purpose of conducting investigation into the possibility of al- lowing town owned land, or privately leased land to be leased to the Town 48 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

by community-minded citizens, for the erection of temporary emergency housing for veterans, under the cognizance of the Federal War Housing Administration. That the selectmen be authorized to follow the recommendations of the committee and enter into agreements with the Federal Government as outlined in the Federal Housing Act. This Committee to be composed of at least five (5) veterans and representatives of cognizant committees. Amendment by Peter Y. Myhre for the Welfare Department: That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the practicability of selling lots in land of Town Farm, not required by the Board of Public Welfare for its purposes, to veterans for housing purposes, and report at a future meeting. Mr. Myhre, after offering the amendment, requested to have it withdrawn, and it was withdrawn. Town Counsel John I. Preston raised a point of order, stating that the amendment by Mr. Stanton was beyond the scope of the article, and the Moderator ruled that it was beyond the scope of the article. On motion by Mr. Horovitz: Voted: That Articles 36 and 37 be laid on the table and placed at the end of the list of articles.

ARTICLE 38

To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept on behalf of the Town, conveyances or easements from time to time, giving the Town the right to slope land back from the street lines and to construct retaining walls.—Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Comimittee: Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to accept on behalf of the Town, conveyances or easements from time to time, giving the Town the right to slope land back from the street lines and to construct retaining walls, such authorization to extend until the next annual Town Meeting.

ARTICLE 39

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a suflScient sum of money to pay the rental for the year 1946 to the Boston & Maine Rail- road for the land occupied as a parking area at Tuttle, Chestnut and Mur- ray Streets.—^Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $125.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 39.

ARTICLE 40 To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to install a new lighting system, new plumbing, and erect a coal bunker, and make certain structural alterations and additions at the Warren School and raise and appropriate a sum of money sufiacient to carry out the purposes of this Article.-—School Committee. —

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On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the subject matter of Article 40 be indefinitely postponed.

ARTICLE 41

To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to install additional seats at the Walton Field and raise and appropriate a sum of money sufiBcient to carry out the purposes of this Article.—School Com- mittee. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the subject matter of Article 41 be indefinitely postponed.

ARTICLE 42 To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to sell the land and buildings thereon located on the so-called Hamilton School Lot, bounded on the North by Albion Street, on the East by land now or formerly Winship-Boit Co., on the South by land now or formerly Winship- Boit Co., and on the West by Lake Street.—School Committee. On motion by Finance Committee:

Voted: That the Town authorize the School Committee to sell the land and buildings thereon, located on the so-called Hamilton School lot, bounded on the North by Albion Street, on the East by land now or formerly Winship-Boit Company, on the South by land now or formerly Win- ship-Boit Company, and on the West by Lake Street. The vote in the aflOrmative was unanimous.

ARTICLE 43 To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $782.37 or any part thereof to be paid to the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Asso- ciation Fund as provided for in Chapter 419 of the Acts of the year 1943. School Committee. On motion by Finance Committee:

Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the simi of $392.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 43.

ARTICLE 44 To hear and act upon a report of the special committee appointed under Article 25 of the Warrant for the Town Meeting of March, 1945, continuing the study and consideration of the general subject of Ash and Refuse collection, the same being a continuation of the studies of the committee appointed under Article 21 of the Warrant for Town Meeting for March, 1944.—^Wesley S. Goodwin, Chairman of Special Committee. Wesley S. Goodwin read the report of the committee, signed by Mr. Goodwin, Robert Button, Robert F. Fitz, Herbert D. Anderson, Maurice F. Walsh, and Ned C. Loud, which recommend action be taken at this meeting authorizing the start of ash and refuse collection; that there are 80 miles of accepted streets in Wakefield, and 5100 family imits; that a collection be made every two weeks from cans put at curbs. The report stated 50 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

that an investigation of equipment has been made and the committee believes a Gar Wood type of loader should be purchased. The committee has conferred with the Board of Selectmen and recommends that the collection of ashes and refuse be conducted by the Highway Department, the report stated. The report stated the total cost of equipment necessary to carry out the program would be under $6,500.00, and that such equipment should be serviceable for from twelve to fifteen years, and could be utilized as additional equipment for plowing during snow storms. On motion by Frank P. Wakefield: Voted: That the report of the Committee be accepted.

ARTICLE 45

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the setting up of Ash and Refuse collection the same to be done under the direction of the Highway Department and raise and appropriate sufficient funds to purchase the necessary and proper equipment for such ash and refuse collection, or to see what the Town will do about it.—Board of Health. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town authorize the setting up of Ash and Refuse Col- lection, the same to be done under the direction of the Highway Depart- ment, and raise and appropriate the sum of $6,500.00 for the purchase of the necessary and proper equipment therefor, said purchase to be made by the committee named under Article 32 after conference with the Board of Health and Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 46

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide for unpaid bills of the Selectmen's Miscellaneous Accoimt for the year 1945 as authorized by Chapter 179 of the Acts of the year 1941.— Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted Unanimously: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $43.52 to provide, in accordance with Chapter 179, Acts of 1941, for payment of unpaid bills of the Selectmen's Miscellaneous Account as follows: For the year 1945: Lynn Sign Company $ 43.52

ARTICLE 47

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide for unpaid bills of the Soldiers' Relief Department for the year 1945, as authorized by Chapter 179 of the Acts of the year 1941.—Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $348.21 to pro- —

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vide, in accordance with Chapter 179, Acts of 1941, for payment of unpaid bills of the Soldiers' Relief Department as follows: For the year 1945: John H. Holleran, M. D. $ 10.00 Frank T. Woodbury, M. D. 21.00 Sigmund J. Szydlowski, M. D. 21.00 Joseph O. Migliore, M. D. 24.00 J. William Burke, M. D. 27.00 New England Sanitarium and Hospital 117.11 Maiden Yellow Cab Co. 30.00 Lane Drug Stores Inc. 2.65 Edward G. Nagle 5.35 Greenwood Pharmacy 5.98 Cataldo Pharmacy 15.20 Smith's Drug Store 25.32 Morris Market 7.00 Ignazio Tine 7.00 Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. 7.00 Alfred's Men's Shop 22.60 $ 348.21 The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.

ARTICLE 48

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide for unpaid bills of the Welfare Department for General Relief for the year 1945 as authorized by Chapter 179 of the Acts of the year 1941. —Board of Public Welfare. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $47.66 to provide, in accordance with Chapter 179, Acts of 1941, for payment of Unpaid Bills of the Welfare Department, for General Relief as follows: For the year 1945: Boothby's, Inc. $ 1.16 Elite Shoe Store 4.50 John H. Holleran, M. D. 12.00 Robert Dutton, M. D. 6.00 Helen V. Walsh 24.00 $ 47.66 The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.

ARTICLE 49

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide for unpaid bills of the Welfare Department for the Infirmary for the year 1945, as authorized by Chapter 179 of the Acts of the year 1941. Board of Public Welfare. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $165.21 to pfo- 52 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

vide, in accordance with Chapter 179, Acts of 1941, for pasmaent of unpaid bills of the Welfare Department for the Infirmary as follows: For the year 1945: Curley Grain and Fuel Co. $ 36.08 Burwen Oil Corporation 56.63 Spero Bros. 72.50 $ 165.21 The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.

ARTICLE 50

To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to sell that piece of property now owned by the Town, and bounded: northerly by the land of the Boston and Maine Rail- road; northeasterly by land now or formerly of Chickles; southeasterly by land formerly of the Town of Wakefield, now known as Victory Village; and southwesterly by Richardson Street.—^Emilio Pica and others. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the subject matter of Article 50 be indefinitely postponed.

ARTICLE 51

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to de- fray the expenses of the observance of the Fourth of July, and that the Moderator appoint a committee to take charge of said observance.—^Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the subject matter of Article 51 be indefinitely postponed. Edgar A. Lowry of the West Side Social Club told the meeting that the club was sponsoring an elaborate program for the Fourth and desired to take over the entire expense of a Town celebration, including a parade and band concert and fireworks. It was for that reason that action under the article was indefinitely postponed.

ARTICLE 52

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,- 200.00 to be expended by Corp. Charles F. Parker Camp No. 39, United Spanish War Veterans; Wakefield Post No. 2106, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Corp. Harry E. Nelson Post No. 63, American Legion; Sons of Union Vet- erans; for the proper observarfbe of Memorial Day, May 30, 1946.—^Leon A. Blanchard and others. On motion by Finance Committee:

Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 52.

ARTICLE 53

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the simi of $75.00 to be expended by Corporal Harry E. Nelson Post No. 63, American Legion, REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 53

for the proper observance of Armistice Day, November 11, 1946.—Clarence N. MacKay and others. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 53.

ARTICLE 54 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50.00 to be expended by Wakefield Post No. 2106, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, for the proper observance of Armistice Day, November 11, 1946.—Daniel P. Kelliher and others. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the simi of $50.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 54.

ARTICLE 55 To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for nursing, the same to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, as salary to the nurse employed by the Wakefield Visiting Nurse Association, and in aid of its nursing work among the people of Wakefield.—^Beatrice G. Monge and others. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 55.

ARTICLE 56 To see if the Town will vote to set aside for the purposes of a playground, a portion of the premises recently purchased by the Town from the Heywood-Wakefield Company, and place the same under the jurisdiction of the Park and Cemetery Department; the said property being bounded by Water Street, Melvin Street, land of Hawkes and land formerly of Boston and Maine Railroad and land of owners unknown.—Sabatino Benedetto and others. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town set aside for playground purposes approximately two acres of the land mentioned in Article 56 and place the same under the jurisdiction of the Park and Cemetery Commission, the areas bounded to be determined by joint action of the Board of Health, the Park and Ceme- tery Commission, and a committee of five citizens to be appointed by the Moderator. ARTICLE 57 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,- 500.00 to improve and furnish recreational facilities in the area described in Article 56.—Sabatino Benedetto and others. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 57. 54 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

ARTICLE 58 To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install a thirty inch culvert under Preston Street at the junction of New Salem Street or what they will do about it.—Robert J. Schefisch and others. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 58.

ARTICLE 59

To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee to be known as the "Capital Outlay Expenditures Committee" which shall draw up a program; and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for expenses of said committee.—^Finance Committee. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee to be known as the "Capital Outlay Expenditures Committee" which shall draw up a program, and vote to raise and appropriate the siun of $1,000.00 for expenses of said committee.

ARTICLE 60

To see if the Town will vote to Amend the Town By-Laws by adding to Section two, Chapter three the following: "Said estimates and recommendations in so far as they pertain to any subject contained in the War- rant for the Annual Town Meeting shall be in print and made available in printed form at least seven days prior to the consideration of the Town Warrant."—^Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee, seconded by the Board of Select- men: Voted: That the subject matter of Article 60 be indefinitely postponed.

ARTICLE 61

To see if the Town will vote to Amend its Zoning By-Lav/s and Zoning Map by changing from a General Residence District to a Single Residence District that area enclosed in heavy black lines on a map entitled "Amended Zoning Map for Town of Wakefield, Massachusetts" dated Jan- uary 21, 1946 accompanying this Article and made a part thereof, and to confirm and adopt the zoning districts as shown on said map in this and all other respects, or take any other action in respect thereto.—^Planning Board. Motion by Finance Committee: That the matter referred to in Article 61 be referred to the next annual town meeting. Amendment by Fitzroy Willard: That the Town amend the Zoning By-Laws and Zoning Map of the Town so as to change from a General Residence District to a Single Resi- dence District that area enclosed in heavy black lines on a map entitled REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 55

"Amended Zoning Map for the Town of Wakefield, Mass." dated January 21, 1946, and to confirm and adopt the zoning districts as shown on said map in this and all other respects. Mr. Willard, chairman of the Town Planning Board read a report of the Planning Board which stated in detail that hearings had been held, and that advertising and all other legal requirements had been complied with, and that the Planning Board recommended that Article 61 be adopted. The vote on Mr. Willard's amendment was in the negative. The original motion was then voted in the affirmative.

ARTICLE 62

To see if the Town will vote to return to the Town Treasury a sum not exceeding $35,000.00, being part of the balance of the Operating Fund of the Municipal Light Department as of December 31, 1945, and to authorize the Assessors to use the same in computing the tax rate for 1945; and also to see if the Town will authorize the Municipal Light Department to transfer the remainder of the balance of its Operating Fund as of December 31, 1945, to the Construction Fund of the Municipal Light Department.—Mu- nicipal Light Board. On motion by Finance Committee:

Voted: That the sum of $35,000.00, being part of the balance of the Op- erating Fund of the Municipal Light Department, as of December 31, 1945, be returned to the Town Treasury, and the Assessors be hereby authorized to use the same in computing the tax rate for 1946; and authorize the Mu- nicipal Light Department to transfer from its Operating Fund $34,738.70 to its Construction Fund, this latter sum being the remainder of the balance in its Operating Fund, as of December 31, 1945.

ARTICLE 63

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Municipal Light Depart- ment to transfer the balance of its Reserve Fund for defense and protection of the plant, amounting to $3,002.40, as of December 31, 1945, to the Construction Fund of the Municipal Light Department.—Municipal Light Board. On motion by Finance Committee:

Voted: That the Municipal Light Department be authorized to transfer from its Reserve Fund for defense and protection of the plant, $3,002,40 to its Construction Fund, being the balance in its Reserve Fund for Defense and Protection of the Plant as of December 31, 1945.

ARTICLE 64

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use such free cash as may be in the Treasury or any part thereof, in computing the tax rate for the current year.—Charles C. Cox, Town Accountant. 56 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Board of Assessors be authorized to use the simi of $67,000.00, Free Cash now in the Treasury, in computing the tax rate for 1946. On motion by Charles C. Cox:

Voted: That Article 1 be taken from the table.

ARTICLE 1 On motion by Finance Committee:

Voted: That the Town accept the report of Town oflScers, as published.

ARTICLES 36 and 37 On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to investigate and study the subject matter of Articles 36 and 37 and report at a future Town Meeting. Frank P. Wakefield requested, and received, unanimous consent to offer a resolution that the meeting give a vote of thanks to the Finance Com- mittee for their work in preparing recommendations for the various articles, and the meeting so voted. On motion by Harry Marshall: Voted: That the meeting be dissolved. Meeting dissolved at 10:42 P. M. Attendance 300 A true record: Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG, Town Clerk COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS Moderator Thomas G. O'Connell annoimced the appointment of the following committees under Articles 32, 33, 36 and 37, 45, 56, 59 of the An- nual Town Meeting. Article 32—William Blanchard, Patrick H. Tenney, Hiram M. Tobey, James S. McGonagle, William H. Butler, Jr. Article 33 (Police Building) —Robert H, Adams, William T. Curley, John G. Gates, Charles F. Young, Herbert D. Anderson. (Highway Building)— William H. Allyn, John T. Stringer, Richard M. Davis, Frank P. Wakefield, Christopher B. Dinan.

Articles 36 and 37—William G. Dill, James W. Stanton, J. Edward Du- long, William J. Lee, Frederick G. Gorman. Article 45—Same as Article 32. Article 56—Sabatino Benedetto, John W. Moccia, Louis J. Nutile, Charles Confalone, Joseph A. Fotino. Article 59—Frederick W. Bliss, Maurice P. Walsh, Charles C. Cox, V. Richard Fazio, Fitzroy Willard, John H. Morgan, Harry Marshall, Herbert D. Anderson, Arthur L. Gardner. REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 57

FINANCE COMMITTEE D. Thomas Dinan, Arthur M. Moore, M. Joseph Bowen, George J. Evans, Joseph B. Burke. APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS George A. Bennett was appointed inspector of animals by the Board of Selectmen, being nominated by the board March 5, 1946, approved by the Department of Agriculture, Division of Livestock Disease Control, on March

7, 1946, appointed by the Selectmen on March 12, 1946, and sworn in to office on March 13, 1946.

Special Town Meeting — July 15, 1946

Meeting called to order at 7:34 P. M. by Moderator Thomas G. O'Con- nell, who read the call for the meeting. On motion by Herbert D. Anderson: Voted: That further reading of the warrant, with the exception of the constable's return, be dispensed with. Constable's return read.

ARTICLE 1

To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Se- lectmen to negotiate and execute necessary agreements on behalf of the Town of Wakefield with the Federal Government for grants or advances of money to the Town to be expended for the preparation of working drawings and specifications for a new police station and further to see if the Town will instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five to act as a committee on the erection of the said new police station, said committee to investigate the cost and suitable location therefor, and authorize said committee to expend any grant or advance for the purposes herein stated, made available from Federal Funds.—Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to negotiate and execute necessary agreements on behalf of the Town of Wakefield v/ith the Federal Government for grants or advances of money to the Town to be expended for the preparation of working drawings and specifications for a new Police Station, and further that the Moderator appoint five citizens to act as a committee to investigate the cost and suitable location for a new Police Station, and authorize said committee to expend any grants or advances received from the Federal Government, or any part thereof, for the purposes herein stated; said committee to report at a future town meeting. 58 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

ARTICLE 2

To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Se- lectmen to negotiate and execute necessary agreements on behalf of the Town of Wakefield with the Federal Government for grants or advances of money to the Town to be expended for the preparation of working drawings and specifications for new Highway Department buildings and further to see if the Town will instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five to act as a committee on the erection of new Highway Department buildings, said committee to investigate J:he cost and suitable location therefor, and authorize said committee to expend any grant or advance for the purposes herein stated made available from Federal Fimds.—^Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town authorize and instruct the Board of Se- lectmen to negotiate and execute necessary agreements on behalf of the Town of Wakefield with the Federal Government, for grants or advances of money to the Town to be expended for the preparation of working drawings and specifications for new Highway Department buildings, and further that the Moderator appoint five citizens to act as a committee to investigate the cost and suitable location for new Highway Department buildings, and authorize said committee to expend any grants or advances received from the Federal Government, or any part thereof, for the purposes herein stated; said committee to report at a future Town Meeting.

ARTICLE 3

To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $175.00 for election expense of Selectmen by transfer from the following available balances: "Repairs of Foreclosed Tax Title Property" $ 124.71 Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance for Year 1944 50.29 —^Board of Selectmen On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $175.00 for Election Ex- pense of the Selectmen as follows: Election Officers $ 135.00 Other Expense 40.00 by transfer from the following available balances: "Repairs of Foreclosed Tax Title Property" $ 124.71 Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance for Year 1944 50.29

ARTICLE 4

To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $615.60 for pension of Police Officer James P. Hartnett, retired under the Veterans' Act, Chapter 32, Section 56, General Laws, by transfer from the following available balances: * REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 59

Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance for Year 1944 $ 272.64 Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance for Year 1945 342.96 —^Board of Selectmen On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $615.60 for pension of Police Officer James F. Hartnett, retired under the Veterans' Act, Chapter 32, Section 56, General Laws, by transfer from the following available balances: Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance for Year 1944 $ 272.64 Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance for Year 1945 342.96

ARTICLE 5

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the salary of an additional lieutenant in the Fire Department by transfer from the following appropriation balances for the year 1946: Salaries of Regular Firemen and/or substitutes therefor $ 1,324.80 Fire Department Other Expense 52.25 $ 1,377.05 —Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee:

Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $1,377.05 to pay the salary of an additional lieutenant in the Fire Department by transfer from the following appropriation balances for the year 1946:

Salaries of Regular Firemen and/or substitutes therefor $ 1,324.80 Fire Department Other Expense 52.25

ARTICLE 6

To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Line Road, running westerly from Lowell Street approximately 1100 feet.—Board of Selectmen. On motion by Herbert D. Anderson: Voted: That the Town accept and allow the report of the Board of Se- lectmen laying out a way in substantially the location of the private way known as Line Road, as shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk with said report.

The Moderator announced that the report and plan were there for inspection by any voter desiring to do so.

ARTICLE 7

To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen lasting out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the same location of 60 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD the private way known as Bellevue Avenue, running easterly from Preston Street, approximately 700 feet.—Board of Selectmen. On motion by Herbert D. Anderson: Voted: That the Town accept and allow the report of the Board of Se- lectmen laying out a town way in substantially the location of the private way known as Bellevue Avenue, as shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk with said report. The Moderator announced that the plan and report were there for inspection for any who desired to see it. On motion by Herbert D. Anderson:

Voted: That articles 8, 9, 10, 11 be taken up jointly.

ARTICLES 8, 9, 10, 11 Article 8. To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Sylvan Avenue, running southerly from Broadway approximately 1300 feet.—^Board of Selectmen. Article 9. To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Woodland Road, running southerly from Sylvan Avenue approximately 1100 feet.—^Board of Selectmen. Article 10. To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town v.'ay under the Betterment Act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Oakland Road, running westerly from Sylvan Avenue approximately 200 feet.—Board of Selectmen. Article 11. To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Savin Road, running westerly from Sylvan Avenue approximately 300 feet.—^Board of Selectmen. On motion by Herbert D. Anderson: Voted: That the Town accept and allow the reports of the Board of Se- lectmen laying out as town ways the private ways known as Sylvan Ave- nue, Woodland Road, Oakland Road, and Savin Road in substantially the locations of said private ways, all as shown on plans filed with the Town Clerk with said reports. The Moderator announced that the plans and reports were there for inspection should any voter desire to so do.

ARTICLE 12 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant the use of additional space in the Lafayette Building to those veterans' organizations specified in Section 9 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws. —Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant the use of additional space in the Lafayette Building to those Veterans' organizations specified in Section 9, Chapter 40 of the General Laws. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 61

ARTICLE 13

To see if the Town will instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee to investigate the advisability and cost to the Town of providing either by itself or with any aid or assistance of the Federal Government, which might be obtainable, temporary housing for veterans. Said committee to report back to a Town Meeting to be called in the future by the Board of Selectmen.—Board of Selectmen. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee to investigate the subject matter contained in Article 13 and that said committee report at a future Town Meeting.

ARTICLE 14

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Park and Cemetery De- partment to purchase a power mowing machine at a price not to exceed $650.00, same to be taken from appropriation for said department passed at the Annual Town Meeting.—Park and Cemetery Commissioners. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town authorize the Park and Cemetery Department to purchase a power-mowing machine at a net cost not to exceed $650.00, same to be taken from the appropriation for said department voted at the annual Town Meeting of 1946.

ARTICLE 15

To see if the Town will accept a bequest of $2,000.00 under the will of the late Annie L. Cox, which by said will is to be held, and the income thereof to be used for Library purposes, and that the Town Treasurer be authorized to receive same in behalf of the Town.—John I. Preston, Treas- urer. On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town accept, with appreciation, a bequest, under the will of Annie L. Cox, of $2,000.00, the income thereof to be used for Library piu*poses, and that the Town Treasurer be authorized to receive same in behalf of the Town. On motion by Charles C. Cox: Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved. Meeting dissolved at 8:05 P. M. -Attendance 83

A true record: Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG, Town Clerk 62 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

CO]VIMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

TOWN MEETING, JULY 15, 1946 Moderator Thomas G. O'Connell announced the appointment of the following committees: Article 1 (Police Station)—Cyrus M. Dolbeare, William T. Curley, John G. Gates, Charles F. Young, Herbert D. Anderson. Article 2 (Highway Buildings)—William H. Allyn, John T. Stringer, Richard M. Davis, Frank P. Wakefield, Christopher B. Dinan. Article 13 (Veterans' Housing)—James W. Stanton, Chairman; J. Henry Morgan, Edward J. Connelly, John N. Heningar, E. Hayward Bliss, Robert

B. McKenna, Morrison Merrill, John I. Preston, Joseph W. Mclnnis.

AUGUST 13, 1946 Resignation of Harold C. Robinson as a member of the Welfare Board received and referred to the Board of Selectmen.

TOWN MEETING—SEPTEMBER 9, 1946 Meeting called to order at 7:37 P. M., by Moderator Thomas G. O'Con- nell, who read the call for the meeting. On motion by Herbert D. Anderson: Voted: That further reading of the warrant be dispensed with, with the exception of the constable's return. Constable's return read by the Moderator.

ARTICLE 1

To see if the Town will appropriate a suflBcient sum of money to cele- brate the return of men and women who served with, or were affiliated or associated with, any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States in World War II, as provided for in Chapter 1 of the Acts of the year 1946, said sum to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account.—Board of Selectmen. On motion by Frederick W. Bliss for the Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 1, said sum to be taken from the Excess and De- ficiency account. Colonel Edward J. Connelly explained that the money is to be used for a welcome-home celebration for the Wakefield veterans of World War II, including a short parade to the Common, where suitable scrolls will be given to each veteran by the Selectmen, and a band concert will be held. In the evening, he said, it is planned to have a military ball in the state armory where all veterans will be welcome without charge, all to show the appreciation of the Town to its war veterans.

ARTICLE 2 To see if the Town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to relay water mains in Lake Street for a distance of approximately 700 feet; and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor by transfer from un- REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 63

expended balances of the following appropriations: Water Mains Relajdng —appropriated under Article 22 of the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1940. Water Mains Relaying—appropriated under Article 16 of the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1946.—Water and Sewerage Board. On motion by Frederick W. Bliss: Voted: That the Town authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to relay water mains in Lake Street for a distance of approximately 700 feet and appropriate the simi of $6,000.00 therefor, by transfer from unexpended balances of the following appropriations: Water Mains Relaying under Article 22 of the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1940 $ 150.23 Water Mains Relaying under Article 16 of the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1946 $ 5,849.77 Mr. Bliss stated that this is a continuation of the program of replacing old water mains over the Town, the one referred to in this article being approximately sixty years old. On motion by Charles C. Cox: Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved. Meeting dissolved at 7:49 P. M. Attendance 25 A true record: Attest: CHARLES P. YOUNG, Town Clerk

TOWN MEETING—DECEMBER 9, 1946 Meeting called to order by Moderator Thomas G. O'Connell, at 7:35 P. M., who read the call for the meeting. On motion by Charles C. Cox: Voted: That reading of the balance of the warrant, with the exception of the constable's return, be dispensed with. Constable's return read by the Moderator.

ARTICLE 1 To see if the Town will appropriate a suflacient sum of money for the use of the Welfare Department for Old Age Assistance to provide for payments to recipients, said sum to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency account.—Board of Public Welfare. On motion by Frederick W. Bliss, for the Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 1, such sum to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account.

ARTICLE 2 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the salary of an agent for the Wakefield Welfare Depart- ment for the year 1947, said sum to be raised in the tax levy for the year 1947.—Board of Public Welfare. :

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Motion by Finance Committee: That the subject matter of Article 2 be indefinitely postponed. The vote on this motion was in the negative. On motion by Peter Y. Myhre Voted; That the Town appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 to pay the salary of an Agent for the Board of Public Welfare for the year 1947, said sum to be raised in the tax levy for the year 1947.

ARTICLE 3

To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the School Com- mittee to negotiate and execute necessary agreements on behalf of the Town of Wakefield with the Federal Government for grants or advances of money to the Town for the preparation of working drawings and specifications for alterations and additions to the Hurd School; and authorize said School Committee to expend any grant or advance for the purpose herein stated made available from Federal funds.—School Committee. Motion by Finance Committee: That the subject matter of Article 3 be indefinitely postponed. The vote on this motion was in the negative. On motion by Frederick W. Bliss, chairman of the Finance Committee:

Voted: That the School Committee be, and is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute agreements with the Federal Government for grants or advances of money for the Town to expend for the preparation of working drawings and specifications for alterations and additions to the Hurd School; that the Moderator appoint a committee of nine, two or three of whom shall be members of the School Committee, to act as a building committee for the said alterations and additions, recommending the cost thereof, and cost of said buildings based on working drawings, specifications, and contractors' bids; and that the aforesaid committee be hereby authorized to expend for these purposes such grants or advances as are made available through Federal Funds as heretofore mentioned, and that the said committee report at a future Town Meeting.

ARTICLE 4

To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the School Com- mittee to negotiate and execute necessary agreements on behalf of the Town of Wakefield with the Federal Government for grants or advances of money to the Town for the preparation of working drawings and specifications for alterations, additions and further facilities for the High School; and authorize said School Committee to expend any grant or advance for the purpose herein stated made available from Federal funds. — School Committee. Motion by Finance Committee:

. That the subject matter of Article 4 be indefinitely postponed. The vote on this motion was in the negative. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 65

On motion by Frederick W. Bliss:

Voted: That the School Committee be, and is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute agreements with the Federal Government for grants or advances of money for the Town to expend for the preparation of working drawings and specifications for alterations, additions, and further facilities for the High School; that the Moderator appoint a committee of nine, two or three of whom shall be members of the School Committee, to act as a building committee for the said alteration and additions, recommending the cost thereof, and cost of said building based on working drawings, specifications, and contractors' bids; and that the aforesaid committee be hereby authorized to expend for these purposes such grants or advances as are made available through Federal funds as heretofore mentioned, and that the said committee report at a future Town Meeting.

ARTICLE 5

To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the School Com- mittee to negotiate and execute necessary agreements on behalf of the Town of Wakefield with the Federal Government for grants or advances of money to*^ the Town for the preparation of working drawings and specifications for a new Intermediate School and facilities; and authorize said School Committee to expend any grant or advance for the purpose herein stated made available from Federal funds.—School Committee. Motion by Finance Committee: That the subject matter of Article 5 be indefinitely postponed. The vote on this article was in the negative. On motion by Frederick W. Bliss:

Voted: That the School Committee be, and is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute agreements with the Federal Government for grants or advances of money for the Town to expend for the preparation of working drawings and specifications for a new Intermediate School and facilities; that the Moderator appoint a committee of nine, two of whom shall be members of the School Committee, to act as a building committee for the erection of said Intermediate School, recommending the cost thereof, and cost of said Intermediate School to be based on working drawings; specifications and contractors' bids; and that the aforesaid committee be hereby authorized to expend for these purposes such grants or advances as are made available through Federal funds as heretofore mentioned, and that the said committee report at a future Town Meeting.

ARTICLE 6

To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of' money for payment of additional expense in connection with the "Welcome Home" celebration for veterans of World War II, by transfer from the available balance in the appropriation made under Article 18 of the warrant for the annual town meeting of 1944 for expenses of the veterans rehabilitation committee.—Board of Selectmen. 66 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

On motion by Finance Committee: Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $54.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 6 by transferring from the available balance in the appropriation made under Article 18 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1944 for expenses of the Veterans' Rehabilitation Committee.

ARTICLE 7 To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the betterment act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Ames Street running northerly from Grafton Street approximately 400 feet to and beyond Minot Street.—Board of Se- lectmen. Motion by Finance Committee: That the subject matter of this article be deferred until a later Town Meeting. On motion by Herbert D. Anderson: Voted: That the Town accept and allow the report of the Selectmen laying out a town way in substantially the location of the private way known as Ames Sreet, as shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk with said report. The Moderator announced that the plan and report were there for inspection by any voter who desired to examine same. On motion by William G. Dill:

Voted: That Articles 8, 9, 10, and 11 be considered jointly.

ARTICLES 8, 9, 10, 11

Article 8. To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the betterment act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Middle Street running northerly from Grafton Street approximately 310 feet to Minot Street.—Board of Select- men.

Article 9. To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the betterment act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Minot Street running easterly from Ames Street approximately 350 feet to and beyond Middle Street.—^Board of Selectmen.

Article 10. To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a tov/n way under the betterment act in substantially the same location of the private way known as Gerard Street running northerly from Oak Sreet approximately 340 feet.—^Board of Selectmen. Article 11. To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the betterment act in substantially the same location as the private way known as Perham Street running northerly from Water Street approximately 555 feet.—Board of Selectmen. Motion by Finance Committee: REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 67

That the subject matter of Articles 8, 9, 10, 11 be deferred until a later Town Meeting. The vote on this motion was in the negative. On motion by Herbert D. Anderson: Voted: That the Town accept and allow the report of the Board of Se- lectmen laying out as Town Ways in substantially the locations of the private ways known as Middle Street, Minot Street, Gerard Street, and Per- ham Street, as shown on plans filed with the Town Clerk with said reports. The Moderator announced that the plans and reports were there for inspection by any voter desiring to examine same. On motion by Charles C. Cox: Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved. Meeting dissolved at 8:30 P. M. Attendance 75 A true record: Attest: CHARLES P. YOUNG, Town Clerk

DECEMBER 26, 1946 Moderator Thomas G. O'Connell appointed the following committee of nine to serve under Articles 3, 4, and 5 of the Special Town Meeting of De- cember 9, 1946, relative to securing plans, and estimates, and to serve as a building committee for additions to the Hurd School and High School, and for an Intermediate School building. Thomas G. Dignan, 142 Main Street; Marcus G. Beebe, 7 Whittemore Terrace; Walter C. Hickey, 25 Gould Street; WilUam G. Dill, 18 Grafton Street; Edward J. Connelly, 39 Lawrence Street; Paul A. Saunders, 309 Al- bion Street; V. Richard Pazio, 23 Armory Street; Vassar Kitchenman, 34 Lawrence Street; James P. Keating, 18 Coolidge Park.

A true record: Attest: CHARLES P. YOUNG, Town Clerk 68 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

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Any errors or admissions noted in these records should be reported to the Town Clerk at once.

Date Name of Child Parents

Jan. 1 Arthur Joseph Morin, Jr. Arthur J. and Mary C. (Gregorio) 2 James Roland Langlois Louis J. and Genevieve F, (Kur- kowski) 3 Joie Mead Rindone Louis and Ruth W. (Mead) 4 Jean Paula Colantuonio Guy and Grace M. (Calvetti) 5 James Edgar French Luther H. and Frances E. (Lowe) 6 Concetto Charles Ferrara Charles and Santa Lucy (Farrar) 8 Ronald William White William and Marjorie E. (Holoway) 10 Faith Dorothy Milnes James L. and Frances A. (Harald) 10 Maureen Zucchero Edward J. and Margaret M. (Allen) 11 Mary Dorothy DuBois Philip A. and Dorothy M. (Dou- cette) 12 Ronnie Charles Clifton Charles N. and Ada D. (Wilkinson) 14 Stephen Gary Marshall John B. and Nancy (Dellinger) 15 George Frederick Peabody Warren M. and Dorothy I. (Oliver) 17 Margo Clarie Wood Oscar L. and Mary E. (Margeson) 20 Donna Lee Wyeth Harold K. and Mary Ann (Di- Donato) 20 Margaret Louise Day Harry E. and Alice H. (Sedgley) 21 John Patrick Breen, Jr. John P. and Alice J. (McGee) 22 Donna Marie Lusignolo Elizabeth M. (Juliano) 22 Anne Claire Sullivan Eugene R. and Anne T. (McGrath) 24 Carol Ann Wood Victor M. and Annette M. (Orsini) 24 Marjorie Fortier Presper Stewart H. and Gertrude A. (For- tier) 25 John Doherty John E. and Kathleen L. (Mc- Caughey) 25 Jeanette Elizabeth Hurd Ellis A. and Mary E. (Potter) 26 Frances Conti Ernest C. and Lucille A. (Cate) 28 Batten Raymond J. and Edna D. (Roos) 29 George William Russell, Jr. George W. and Ruby Estelle (Love- jcy) 30 Carol Anne Brennan William A. and Mary E. (Kimball) 30 Clare Kiley Maurice F. and Margaret C. (V/eafer) 31 Betty Lee Benedetto George A. and Annie B. (Taylor) REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 69

Date Name of Child Parents Feb. 1 Richard West Howland, Jr. Richard W. and Cecile Georgianna (Berard)

1 Gary Timothy Scanlon Karry A. and Mary C. (Gleason) 2 Jan Thurston Darlington Edgar R. and Beverly J. (Still) 3 Carolyn Margaret Bradley Richard F. and Eleanor M. (Sulli- van) 3 Andrew Ayers Rea Herbert E. and Rosamond L. (Ayers) 12 Nancy Anne Ramsdell Linwood W. and Ellen (Starrett) 12 Jane Stoutermire Richard B. and Ethelyn (Foster) 14 Edward Lennon Galvin Henry F. and Mary (Lennon) 15 Richard Grant Morrill Raymond G. and Grace Anne (Grant) 15 Ralph Elton Bailey Ralph T. and Josephine (Alkins) 17 George Henry McCauley, Jr. George H. and Pauline (Muse) 17 Dennis Kevin Robbins Daniel J. and Helen A. (Lally) 17 Richard Ernest Tucker Carle R. and Marilyn F. (Greel) 18 Kenneth Paul Hatfield Paul S. and Jacquelyn (Cape) 19 Victor Edward Tine Harold and Rita M. (Reddy) 20 Bradlee Sheridan George H. and Henderika (Daniels) 21 Susan Carol Snow Robert J. and Helen J. (Peters) 22 George Coviello Christopher and Ida E. (Cittadine) 23 David Ralph Melendy Ralph E. and Marjorie S. (Jacques) 23 Harold Joseph McCaughey, Jr. Harold J. and Florence L. (Wilkes) 24 Robert Vincent Berube Kenneth J. and Mary C. (Ramsdell) 25 White Dennis A. and Fanny (Kimmage) 26 Patricia Lee Conway Leonard J. and Jean L. (Johnson) 26 Maureen Ann Roberson Robert F., Jr. and Evelyn C. (Du- long)

27 Adelaide Ann Vingerhoet Remie and Adelaide I. (Murphy) 27 George Edward Spicer Ernest F. and Dorothy L. (Hoag- lund) 27 Joeffrey Carl Spicer Ernest F. and Dorothy L. (Hoag- lund) 27 Sargent Parker Watts, Jr. Sargent P. and Florence G. (Mitch- ell)

Mar. 1 Aden Heath O'Dorney George J. and Dorothy L. (Clapp) 1 Janet Elaine Martell John T. and Ruth E. (Temple) 1 John Hanson Boody Philip C. and Esther J. (Hanson)

2 Donne Marie Santoro Joseph J., Jr. & Marion H. (Killam) 4 Gerald Arthur Curran John T. and Ardis C. (Robinson) 5 Richard Hodges Webber Charles B. and Faylene B. (Hodges) 5 Stewart McKenzie William E. and Doris E. (Bent) 6 James Harvey Molloy John J. and Violet M. (Savage) 70 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Date Name of Child Parents

7 Edith Ann Hickox Robert S. and Doris Edith (Allen) 8 Schreiter Ernest M. and Virginia R. (Skinner) 9 Nancy Lynn Holland Richard and Gretchen (Stuerwaid) 10 Rosalee Margaret Dufault Vertume, Jr. and Margaret J. (Leach) 10 Donna Jeanne Pollock Andrew and Sarah P. (Altieri) 11 Carolyn Jane Chipman Robert V. and Marjorie G. (Milne) 11 Ann Maureen Mitchell Ralph W. and Ethel V. (Riley) 12 Kenneth John Bilicki Theodore J. and Rose A. (CucuruUo) 13 Charles Joseph DiPederico Charles and Mary D. (Sylvester) 13 Shirley Ann Josephson Harry and Dorothy L. (Doucette) 14 Marsha Catherine MacKay Donald P. and Catherine L. (Sta- megna) 16 Ruth Elizabeth Derfler Pred O. and Helen E. (Blodgett) 17 Kathleen Ann Burke John W. and Velma I. (Mitchell) 17 Virginia Elaine Eriksson Valfred and Mabel E. (Hanson) 18 Michael Arthur Hurton Thomas G. and Margaret R. (Sul- livan) 19 Stephen Wendell Hampton Clyde W. and Louise (Worthylake) 20 Richard Allan Grover Arthur C. and Betty V. (Rindone) 21 Paul Earle Wade Francis V. and Elva G. (Hatch) 21 Stephen William Sardell George R. and Terese J. (LaGreca) 22 Judith Ann Carney Loyd and Mary B. (Foley) 23 Marshal Toth John S. and Maide (Purrington) 24 Alan Walter Simonsen Walter and Helen A. (Gowen) 24 Lawrence Edward Cieri, Jr. Lawrence E. and Julia (Alfideo) 25 Alice Mae Crowell Francis A. and Alberta I. (Martin) 27 William Zappala Salvatore and Ann M. (McLaughlin) 28 Thomas Patrick Butler William H., Jr. and Helen C. (Ken- nedy) 28 William Burrell, 3rd William, Jr. and Phyllis D. (Sin- clair) 30 Sandra Lee Petrillo Fred and Camilla (Piemi) 31 Michael Paul DePelice Paul and Theresa (Nasella)

April 3 Paul Henry Janvrin James L. and Rita M. (Livernois) 3 Helen Lorraine Muse Joseph L. and Margaret R. (Dou- cette) 4 Salvatore Giuliano Sebastian and Theresa (Bosma) 5 David Richard Muse Richard S., Jr. and Christine S. (Perry) 6 Albert Philip Dusey, Jr. Albert P. and Stella V. (Malinowicz) 7 Stephen Rice Carlson Paul G. and Margaret L. (Rice) 7 David Tropeano Benjamin and Jeanette L. (Rufo) 8 George Vita Lazzaro Salvatore J. and Mary E. (Morgan) REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 71

Date Name of Child Parents

12 Joan Marie DeVries John S. and Rose H. (Bogan) 14 Carleton Harvey Hodges Carleton H. and Gwendolyn (Glid- den) 14 Everett Allen Edwards Vertrude A. and Elinor M. (Bean) 14 Deborah Rowe Murray Donald M. and Natalie O. (Rowe) 15 Virginia Ann Mitchell Robert W. and Ona W. (Wyman) 15 Russell Everett Dorr, Jr. Russell E. and Lillian (Phipps) 16 Richard Encarnaceo Julio and Olivia (Souza) 17 Elaine Esther DeMarco Thomas J. and Anna E. (Callahan) 17 Barbara Jeanne Gile William and Vera E. (Graham) 18 Michael John Muse Robert F. and Mary (Beatty) 18 Robert Lawrence Bartnick Lawrence P. and Kathleen R. (Bed- ford) 19 Karen Lee Wingo John H. and Mary M. (DeMarco) 19 Barron Rogers Nagle Edward G., Jr. and Eleanor (Pitz) 19 Judith Alison Wilkes Bertram A. and Joan C. (Poley) 21 Robert WilUam Walsh Maurice L. and Beatrice W. (Buck) 22 Barbara Jean Smith Chester M. and Pauline (Robinson) 23 Bruce Webb MacLellan Herbert S. and Beatrice E. (Rich- dale)

24 Peter Costello John J., Jr. and Patricia A. (Pallon) 25 Charles Hamilton Kelley Charles H. and Beatrice L. (Davis) 25 Jeanette Linda Ripa Prank and Nellis (Christopher) 26 Bronwyn Evans George J. and Priscilla (White) 26 Susan Jane Diamond Kenneth T. and Thelma (Allen) 26 Susan Ruth Hombrook Prancis J. and Ruth L. (Ericsson) 27 Deborah Hayward Eaton Winston W. and Geraldine (Biesen- beek) 28 Joseph Steven Jazakowiz Joseph W. and Valda G. (Kenison) 28 Ruth Alice Hylan Horace W. and Shirley (Estes) 29 DelRossi Alvin P. and Mary (Marshall) 30 Donna Catherine Berube Donald P. and Catherine E. (Glynn) 30 John Joseph Douglass Leo P. and Margaret (Conway)

May 2 Donald Willard Baillie Donald A. and Marjorie L. (Towne) 4 Jacqueline Muse Roger C. and Plorence (Snyder) 4 Prances Puleo Joseph and Antoinette (Cavaleri) 5 Harold Joseph Ball, Jr. Harold J. and Rita M. (Gleason) 5 Patrick James CKeefe Brendan T. and Mary L. (Tecce) 6 Steven Mark Shulman Charles and Evelyn (Polimer) 7 Pettingill James E. and Pauline P. (Hyson) 8 Ann Lois Litke Elmer D. and Clara E. (Killenberg) 11 Gail Patricia Cronin Edward W. and Pannie (Zagarella) 12 William Cacciola William S. and Josephine M. (Mc- Hugh) 72 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Date Name of Child Parents

13 Robert Phipps Merton R. and Lillian M. (Bridges) 13 Joyce Palmer Frank E. and Esther (Allen) 13 James Joseph Curley James J. and Mary M. (Keane) 14 Brenton Wyckoff Oakes Gilbert B. and Lucy M. (Upson) 14 Anne Maher Garano Louis E. and Margaret C. (Maher) 14 Kenneth Edward Eldridge Everett C. and Doris E. (White) 14 Paul David Walsh Walter L. and Margaret M. (Glea- son) 14 Arthur Joseph Beane Arthur E. and Mary G. (Murray) 15 Eileen Mary Doherty John and Dorothy A. (Gay) 15 Barbara Marie MacLeod Daniel M. and Mary D. (White) 16 Joanne Mary Galore Frank and Rita M. (Antonucci) 17 Elaine Falangas Antonios and Christina (Sakallara- kis) 18 Springer Abner and Eleanor (Dahl) 18 Denis George Cryan Brendan H. and Virginia M. (Le- Blanc) 19 James Malcolm Forbes James M. and Doris J. (Saunders) 20 Nancy Jean Corbett Winston and Mary E. (Whelton) 20 Linda Hazel Phinney Charles N. and Ruth (Ayscough) 20 Marcia Anne Litchfield Arthur H. and Florence C. (Mc- Gowan) 21 Douglas "Walter Grace Walter H. and Mildred E. (Ratcliffe) 22 Linda Marie Ruffo Daniel and Pamela (Rigione) 22 Paula Marie SanAngelo Nicholas J. and Dorothy M. (John- son) 23 Joanne Esta Davis Irving and Margaret (Thomson) 23 Charles Frederick Studley, Jr Charles F. and Shirley A. (Graves) 23 Lawrence Howard Tucker Maurice E. and Jessie B. (Campbell) 24 Leslie Gould Dole Roy M. and Madeleine (Gould) 25 Mary Joyce Elliott Harry F. and Mary J. (Fitzpatrick) 26 Linda Kondrato Charles and Ruby F. (Willson) 26 Joanna Martha Mclnnis Peter J. and Marguerite J. (Cronin) 28 Richard Joyce Walter C. and Grace E. (Manning) 30 Robert James Croce Bernard A. and Evelyn R. (Shaw) 31 Janice Kathryn Smith James A. and Dorothy F. (Curran) 31 Bonita Ann Porter Henry O. and Mary A. (Miezwa)

June 1 Collins Michael F. and Elizabeth (Grady) 1 Katherine Ann Sullivan John F. and Muriel M. (Magee) 1 John Greenleaf McKowan John v., Jr. and Dorothy D. (Green- leaf) 1 Stephen John Woodruff Frank E. and Evelyn C. (MacDon- ald) 4 Sandra Marie Philbrick Roger E. and Mary L. (Doucette) REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 73

Date Name of Child Parents 6 Rosemary Perillo Ralph F. and Virginia (Beccarrea) 8 Russell Warren Gibson Ksnneth R. and Marjorie (Doucett) 8 Geraldine Paula DeFelice Francesco and Serina (Tine) 8 Harry Hamilton Climenson Ernest E. and Mona A. (Watson) 8 Ronald Arthur Beane Leo F. and Elizabeth M. (Walsh) 8 Robert Gerald Beane Leo P. and Elizabeth M. (Walsh) 12 Patricia Lee Amirault Leo P. and Margaret (Fitzpatrick) 12 Nancy Lee Magown Herbert B, and Bernice Y. (Dufour) 13 Peter Anthony Galore Peter and Rose F. (Volpe) 17 Dottie June Keller Allen and Freda M. (Wile) 18 William McQuarrie William and Margaret (Bennett) 18 Scott MacQuarrie William and Margaret (Bennett) 19 Donna Marie Dillon Herbert W. and Dorothea T. (Lucey) 19 Dorothea Terese Dillon Herbert W. and Dorothea T. (Lucey) 22 Judith Ann Dow Clifford H. and Alice C. (Dumas) 22 Richard William Hines Leonard W. and Marie J. (Brock) 23 Walter James Meuse George A. and Hilda M. (McKenna) 23 Bruce Howard Laidlaw John H. and Mildred (Nash) 24 Charles Henry Gerrior Lloyd C. and Mary J. (O'Neil) 25 Timothy Lawrence Sullivan Daniel F. and Mildred M. (Young) 25 Donna Mary Sharpe Edward J. and Lillian (Meuse) 25 Cheryl Ann DeFelice Fred and Catherine A. (Whalen) 26 Sarah Purdy Gascoigne Edward J. and Frances (Purdy) 28 Alan James Pasquale Rocco J. and Anita M. A. (Porter) 28 Herbert Paul Morrison Eben C, Jr. and Margaret M. (Ol- son) 29 Gail Marlene Turner Herlbert S. and Margery M. (Mor- gan)

July 1 Betsy Ann Cochran Arnold M. and Elizabeth (Griffiths) 1 Deanna Colette Dulong Joseph H. and Marie J. (Cayla) 1 Henry James Skane, Jr. Henry J. and Patricia A. (Legg) 6 Harry Joseph Petrucci Joseph and Josephine P. (Chefalo) 6 Gloria George Chickles George H. and Catherine (Tzou- vellis) 7 Raymond David Campbell Walter J. and Patricia A. (Donegan) 7 Claire Garland Raymond P. and Thelma M. (Den- nis) 12 Frank Michael Puleo, Jr. Frank M. and Aida A. (Vitagliano) 13 Samuel John Camponescki Sisto and Mary (Patronella) 13 Correne Lynne Belt William B., Jr. and Barbara C. (Og- den) 13 Cynthia Ann Lawrence William K. and Priscilla A. (Lam- prey) 14 Shelia Marie Whitney Charles L. and Theresa E. (Paulaus- kis) 74 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Date Name of Child Parents

15 Robert Alan Bauer Alfred W. and Miriam T. (Dingle) 15 Maureen Frances Bryant George L. and Wanda (Bazylewicz) 15 Richard Adams Dalrymple Frederic A. and Betty Jean (Waid) 17 Philip Joseph Collins Lester J. and Bernice E. (Bennett) 20 Mary Linda Gordon Chester H. and Elizabeth A. (Schantz) 21 Ronald David Buckley George J. and Catherine R. (Rob- bins) 22 Stephen Douglass DeSouza Anthony F. and Bertha H. (Har- court) 23 Martha Jean Sampson Henry F. and Martha (AUyn) 23 Nathaniel Jefferson Swett Nathaniel F., Jr. and Mary J. (Ma- loney) 24 Gail Marie Mueller Donald N. and Doris M. (Gutro) 23 Howard Scott Wells Walter H. and Margaret E. (Scott) 24 Nancy Gail Luken Francis and Marjorie (Brown) 24 ^Ferreira John and Rita (Curley) 26 Karen June Hayden Albert W. and Hazel J. (Sederquest) 28 Roger William Fosdick, Jr. Roger W. and Bertha (Rackitson) 31 Robert Philip Monson Herbert N. and Virginia A. (Holden) 31 Gail Ann Joyce Francis S. and Matilda M. (Rosati) 31 Paul Harold Murphy William H. and Madeline A. (Beane) 31 Joan Alice Turnquist Roy H. and Ruth A. (Schroeder) 31 Elizabeth Roberto Angelo and Frances (Manzoli) 31 Mary Ann Hoyt Laurence B. and Mary M. (Dignan)

Aug. 1 Glenn Henry Melton, Jr. Glenn H. and Josephine (Coccoro) 6 Sharon Lee Courage Lyle J. and Alice M. (Gallugi) 6 Jane Reid Brown Robert I. and Edith (Oxnard) 6 William John Walsh, Jr. William J. and Theresa J. (Collins) 7 Maureen Anne Hurley John E. and Marguerite M. (Casey) 7 John Everett Henry, Jr. John E. and Rita F. (Clayton) 8 Doris Marie Airhart Murray C. and Doris M. (Climo) 10 Donald Paul Giles Albert J. and Evelyn E. (Matson) 10 Harold Laurence Henchey, Jr. Harold L. and Marion (Perkins)

10 William Francis CuUen, 2nd William P. and Margaret I. (O'Don- nell) 10 Carol Ann Sparks Lewis T. and Helen S. (Rogers) 11 John Edward Cotter John J. and Grace E. (Dwyer) 11 June Louise Lawson George E. and Doris A. (Neeb) 12 John Leonard George A., Jr. and Madelyn E. (Smith) 13 Robert Wayne Fogg Forrest G., Jr. and Grace E. (Proc- tor) 13 Janet Ruth McCabe Edward T. and Ruth M. (Bevans) REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 75

Date Name of Child Parents

15 Sheila Mary Keen Francis J. and Mary L. (Luciano) 16 Jean Ellen Hall Robert F. and Bertha F. (Ayscough) 17 Peter Stuart Greenhood Elisha R., Jr. and Marilyn (Dushame) 17 Ruth Ann Butler Harold A. and Marion K. (Achorn) 17 Joan Tamson Peck Sydney C. and Audrey F. (Spinney) 18 Carolyn Carley Robert G. and Isabel L. (Winches- ter) 18 John David Carey Lee A. and Ruth (David) 22 Mary Patrice Daley Thomas F., Jr. and Catherine E. (Burke) 22 Douglas Rennie Smith Arthur M. and Ruth M. (Paton) 23 Marshall Earle O. and Ruth F. (Price) 24 Patricia Ann Luken Willard C. and Carolyn M. (Con- nors) 24 Phyllis Marie Henderson Waldo E. and Nora R. (Pasqualini) 26 Donna Lee Thresher Seward E., Jr. and Lillian M. (Baker) 26 Sherry Kim Sayce Robert A. and Barbara J. (Clarke) 27 Jeffrey Charles F. and Eleanor C. (Wake- field) 29 Francis Michael Richard Frank W. and Doris M. (Hayes) 30 Ronald Curtis Barney Joseph T., Jr. and Bessie B. (Daniel) 31 David Willard Rizza John J. and Jime R. (Osgood) 31 Richard Samuel Rizza John J. and June R. (Osgood) 31 John Henry Costello Henry and Nora F. (Hurton)

Sept. 2 Edward Vincent Seero, 3rd Edward .V. and Shirley A. (Downs) 3 Stanley Walter Bucht Walter S. and Ruth E. (Edmands) 3 Judith Barbara Whitcomb Frederick R. and Thelma L. (Simp- son) 3 John Joseph MacKay, Jr. John J. and Marion B. (Bennett) 7 Clark Sawyer Clark J. and Lilianne (Wilbur) 8 Frank John Cassiola Frank R. and Gladys A. (Smith) 8 Leon Leslie DeVoe George J. and Ruth A. (Samsel) 8 Elena Carleton Coon Maurice P. and Katherine E. (Doo-

little) » . 9 George Stanley Robbins Stanley J. and Amelia A. (Bene- detto) 9 Edward Morton Cochran, 3rd Edward M., Jr. and Eleanor M. (Sheridan) 9 Richard Bissell Joseph H. F. and Ruth F. (O'Con- nell) 10 Ronald Stephen Hussey Gardner and Frances (Drogo) 16 Paul Joseph Farrington John J. and Margaret M. (Moley) 16 Richard Charles Moores, 2nd Richard C. and Ina A. (Case) 76 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Date Name of Child Parents 16 Nancy Louise Shellenberg Roland C. and Lydia L. (Thomas) 17 Dean Warren Westover Merle W. and Margaret M. (Mc- Laughlin) 18 Maureen Carmody Cornelius M. and Mary A. (Curran) 18 Denise Lee Pettigrew Dannis and Ann E. (Peard) 19 Charles William Root Charles B. and Lorraine (Muse) 18 Janet Armita Volpe Sonnino P. and Armita A. (Palmer- ino) 19 Diane Priscilla Dearborn Stanley S. and Rupertia M. (Plum- mer) 19 Frances Marie Therese Ante- Arthur A. and Cecile M. M. (Ca- tomaso brion) 19 Charlotte Elizabeth Pendergast Harold A. and Helen E. (Harper) 19 John Francis Carney John E. 8.nd Jennie J. (Caruso) 19 Patricia Ann Sardella Joseph P. and Rose M. (Ripa) 20 Merideth Louise Mason Kenneth R. and Elinore P. (Dav- ison) 20 Donna Lee Johnson John H. and Dorothy M. (Russell) 22 Frederick Paul Richards Frederick W. and Mary S. (De- Marco) 24 Darlene Cleveland Chester S. and Jeanne F. (Mclntyre) 24 Gail Marie Dingle Leon B. and Lillian A. (Cottreau) 24 Maria Spino Frank J. and Rose E. (Nasella) 25 Barry Fraser L^nderv/ood John H. and Olive C. (Fraser) 25 Phyllis Lorraine Gaw Stanley H. and Jennie A. (Haladay) 25 Paul Lofaro Vita S. and Beatrice (Shionis) 25 Leon Martin Curley James M. and Helen M. (Dineen) 27 John Raymond Kress John R. and Eileen L. (McArdle) 28 Andrea Elizabeth Brewer Alvin D. and Jennie E. (Andrews) 29 Gail Ellen Robinson Herman L. and Lois J. (Hamilton) 29 Marilyn Ruth Cheever Richard C. and Ruth M. (Atkinson)

Oct. 1 Robert Newell Ellsworth Charles G. and Vivian H. (Osgood) 2 Paul Roland Butters Roland W., Jr. and Florence (Dus- ton) 2 Patricia Louise LeFave Edward B. and Ruth M. (Knight) 2 Howell William L. and Florence L. (Rowe) 5 Susan Jean Kendrick Edward R. and Marion A. (Butler) 5 Sheila May Smith Stephen W. and Dorothy (Pike) 5 James Franklin Herrington, Jr. James F. and Bertha Ann (de- menti) 6 Robert Arthur Ring Arthur L. and Mary A. (Musi) 7 Regina Marie Haskins John J. and Mary L. (Healey) 7 Kristine Beardsell William Lee, Jr. and Helen M. (Swanson) 7 Barry Edward McCann Ralph E. and Marjorie G. (Jacobs) REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 77

Date Name of Child Parents

10 Gloria Jean Haladay Ferdinand J. and Fernanda (Pica) 11 Linda Jean Weaver Gordon L. and Florence (Petrillo) 11 Forrest Clifford Symmes, 3rd Forrest C, Jr. and Ina Claire (De- Nichols) 12 Earle James Lawson Samuel G. and Marion E. (Logan) 12 Linda Anne Morgan Francis L. and Evelyn L. (Green- leaf) 12 William Francis Kent James and Thesda (Vine) 14 Allen William Scarpello William and Doris F. (David) 14 Jeanne Marie Miles Howard W. and Rita V. (LeFave) 17 William Ronald Pepe William C. and Vienna A. (Di- Tonno) 18 Edward Ernest Coveney Ernest G. and Evelyn F. (Whitney) 19 Nancy Carol Tine Anthony and Alice P. (Roach) 21 John Nelson Bennett Nelson J. and Frances R. (Doucette) 21 Carol Ann Muse Edward D., Jr. and Helen R. (Krisko) 23 Steven Andrews Forte Raymond R., Jr. and Maree (An- drews) 23 Susan Petkewich Edward W. and Althea V. (Dou- cette) 24 Richard Norman Dyer Frank E. and Mary E. (Keese) 24 Marcia Eileen Gustin Herbert C. and Elizabeth M. (Tay- lor)

26 Patricia Maria Coccoro Antonio J. and Marguerite I. (Baril) 27 John Francis O'Brien James J. and Helen Janet (Lucey) 28 Judith Ann Greene Stanton W. and Frances M. (Dou- cette) 29 Thomas Crupi Carmello and Rose F. (Pizzuto) 29 Charles Robert Dillon Robert E. and Janet P. (Leather) 29 June Alice Farrar Galen L. and Barbara S. (Schneider) 31 Garey Emmitt Snyder Jack E. and Ruth M. (Bill) 31 Stephen Frederick Gass Frederick A. and Patricia D. (Stack)

Nov. 2 James Patrick Landers James R. and Alice R. (McNealy) 3 Joanna Lillian Capone Luca A. and Lillian (Tedesco) 3 Susan Virginia Fiske Benjamin M. and Jeannette A. (Cheyne) 3 Richard Stephen Jenderseck John S. and Catherine C. (O'Don- nell)

I 4 Miles Hjalma Anderson, Jr. Ralph H., Jr. and Faye J. (Coake- ley) 4 Edwin Stone Waters Edwin S. and Marjorie M. (Mahar) 5 Ellen Ann Leahy Vincent T. and Anna (Wienart) 78 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Date Name of Child Parents

6 Donna Marie Confalone Antonio R. and Josephine A. (Del- Rossi) 7 Virginia Mary Steadman Henry D. and Mary V. (Baril) 8 Ronald Peter Maher Harold J. and Laura M. (Rathe) 10 John Edward Haladay Edward J. and Mary E. (O'Neill) 10 David Henry Perrone Enroci and Elizabeth M. (Starratt) 10 Gail Rose Spadafora Peter E. and Marion B. (Gutta- dauro) 13 John Michael Peard Norman J. and Edith A. (Adamson) 14 Linda Louise Carleton Roy H. and Ruth E. (Marshall) 15 Dana Hoyt Evans Richard C. and Dorothy A. (Good- win) 15 Joan Twitchell Evans Malcolm T. and Kathryn B. (Twitch- ell) 17 Marianne Connelly Francis T. and Rose M. (Terra- vecchia) 17 Robert Nelson Reid, Jr. Robert N. and Edith R. (Lassiter) 18 Robert William McCarthy Charles G. and Veronica K. (Col- lins) 19 Marsha Louise Taylor Miner P. and Mabel F. (Shelton) 21 Leonard Richard Devenere Vito L. and Marion J. (IMirabito) 22 Barbara Ann Colantuonio Albert and Ella L. (D'Allesandro) 23 Richard Kenneth Ohman, Jr. Richard K. and Mae (Guice) 23 Janice Marie Finney William J. and Marjorie F. (Hatch) 24 Green Arthur S. and Eleanor (Currier) 24 Richard Thomas Jenkins George A. and Janice (Lovell) 25 Dianne Marie Murray Ernest R. and Shirley (Gile) 25 Joanne May Murray Ernest R. and Shirley (Gile) 25 Robert Charles Lally Charles B. and Ruby V. (Reynolds) 25 Donald McElroy John S. and Eunice L. (Edwards) 26 Janice Sue Harmen Charles J. and Helen R. (Serazyn- ski) 28 Pamela Jean Tyler Robert E. and Claire E. (Graves) 29 Diane Louise Seavey Murray A. and Astrid (Josephson) 29 Thomas Hancock Joslin Charles S. and Mary H. (Kimball)

Dec. 1 Carola Drew Howard William W. and Miriam A. (Rod- erick)

1 Susan Jean Perkins Charles W. and Edith I. (Shepherd) 2 William Albert Cummings Foster K. and Doris L. (Kennedy) 2 Cheryl Ann Hudson Carl E. and Beverly C. (Reynolds) 2 Martha Frances Ryan Edward J. and Lois H. (Perkins) 8 Frederick Andrew Locke, Jr. Frederick A. and Mary G. (Carroll) 9 Charles Flores Hodgdon David and Rosaria (Flores) 9 Susan Jean Fitzpatrick William H. and Helen (Pucko) REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 79

Date Name of Child Parents

12 Linda Ealine Wilkins Franklin S. and Mary (Ambrozik) 12 Judith Pierce Whipling Henry F. and Margaret E. (Stod- dard) 14 Marcia Elaine Mann Donald B. and Alice M. (Mowry) 15 Janis Sherron Fossett George A. and Cornelia (Cochran) 16 Paula Louise DiAmico Salvatore and Mary L. (Moreno) 16 Donald George Cook George W. and Irene J. (Higgins) 17 Kristina Towle Alley Lester Axel and Barbara E. (Low) 18 Stephen Hardwick Chew John A. and Eleanor L. (Hickey) 18 Anthony Joseph Ciccarelli Anthony J. and Josephine M. (Guariniello) 18 Jane Lois Salvati Arnold and Lillian (Orsini) 20 Marilyn Louise Ives Richard B. and Barbara (Colburn) 21 Vincent Louis Sampson, Jr. Vincent L. and Virginia S. (Mans- field) 23 Martha Jean Sullivan Eugene J. and Irene (Lazzaro) 23 Judith Ellen O'Connor Robert W. and Grace (Devlin) 23 Joanne Camusi John P. and Anna M. (DePasquale) 24 John Paul Marshall Edward D. and Beatrice S. (Dom- beck) 24 Mary Susan Harrison Gladys M. (Douglass) 26 Edna May Methvin Ray G. and Ruth M. (Hennigar) 29 Martha Irene Buxton Charles H. and Myrtle M. (Ames) 31 James Anthony Wallace William T. and Dorothy E. (Walsh) 31 Daniel John Concessi Daniel and Lillian J. (Benedetto) 80 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

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Place of Date Marriage Name Residence Jan. 1 Boston Leonard F. MacMackin Wakefield Eileen Donnelly Boston 3 Medford Warren Burr Weston Wakefield Virginia May Schulman Wakefield 4 Reading Samuel G. Lawson Wakefield Marion E. Connell Wakefield 5 Wakefield Harold J. Akey Bremen, Washington Muriel E. Pinkham Wakefield 5 Wakefield Edward A. Loiko Wakefield May V. Dobbs Brookings, S. Dakota 5 Wakefield Herman Habermann Wakefield Adelaide T. Johnson Wakefield 5 Wakefield Franklin H. Charter West Acton, Mass. Elizabeth Jones Wakefield 10 Melrose Walter E. Coe V/akefield M. Natalie Westcott Wakefield 12 Melrose Theodore J. Coburn Wakefield Helen F. Woodman Woburn 12 Wakefield Earl Leslie Seado Wakefield Katherine Lawrence Wells Wakefield 12 Wakefield Dominic G. DelRossi Wakefield Rose C. Leone Wakefield 17 Waltham Warren A. Reiss Wakefield Marie E. Marcoux Waltham 19 Wakefield Sherwood Emory Collins, Jr. New York Joan Yeuell Wakefield 19 Arlington Robert E. Mahler, Sr. Arlington Alice R. Moore Wakefield 20 Wakefield Frank Naimo Stoneham Nancy Mandala Wakefield 24 Quincy Harold Arthur Holt Wakefield Margaret M. Chrisom Quincy 27 South Natick Lewis C. Daniels Wakefield Elaine Elkerton Natick 27 Wakefield Charles A. T. Kitchell No. Reading Jennie T. Cubitoso Wakefield REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 81

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 27 Wakefield Robert A. Hamilton Wakefield Aileen L. Carroll Wakefield 30 Reading Bernard J. McDonald Wakefield Mary L. Callan Reading, Mass.

Feb.

3 Wakefield Burton Alvin Bean Wakefield June Whitney Wakefield 7 Wakefield Michael A. Pero Wakefield Sarah E. Devlin Wakefield 7 Boston Harold O. Kinsman Wakefield Alice R. Hodsdon Melrose 8 Wakefield Emilio S. Bucchio Wakefield Marion L. Robbins Wakefield 9 Wakefield Lewis T. Sparks Toledo, Illinois Helen S. Rogers Wakefield 9 Lawrence Leslie F. Slade Watertown Evelyn Emery Bonney Wakefield 9 Melrose Herbert O. Allyn Wakefield Irene C. Howard Melrose 10 Wakefield Stephen Leonardis V/obmii Margaret M. Carey Wakefield 10 Wakefield James T. Longo Bloomfield, N. J. Theresa J. Cicciarella Wakefield 14 Wakefield Herman George Eames Wakefield Virginia Hatfield Wakefield 15 Wakefield William N. Weir Wakefield Estelle Sanford Wakefield 16 Wakefield Gordon D. Hansell Wakefield Violet Ann Martino Wakefield 16 Medford Antonio J. Luciano Wakefield T. Sylvia O'SuUivan Medford 17 Wakefield Frank Boccelli Wakefield Ann Marie DiTonno Wakefield 20 Wakefield Freeman A. Pearl Melrose Katherine J. Magee Wakefield 22 Aubumdale Edward J. Steele, Jr. Auburndale Elizabeth Roberto Wakefield 22 Wakefield Sydney E. Thorup W. Roxbury Helen J. Gove Wakefield 24 Wakefield Walter E. Kloss New York Virginia W. Still Wakefield 24 Wakefield Roy Austin Chambers Stoneham Josephine Salucco Wakefield 26 ^ Wakefield Miller C. Tinsley Evansville, Indiana Dorothy E. Fuller Wakefield )

82 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence Mar. 1 Wakefield Harold G. Wilcox Maiden Catherine J. Williams Wakefield 1 Wakefield Raymond L. Zingarello New Haven, Conn. Emelia R. Marynowski N. Billerica 3 Wakefield Patrick J. Powers Melrose Pauline A. Mauceri Wakefield 3 Stoneham Mario Joseph DiGangi Wakefield Lena R. Badamo Stoneham, Mass. 4 Wakefield Walter F. Collins Wakefield Jean Sederquest Wakefield 9 Wakefield John F. Sullivan Wakefield Muriel M. Magee Wakefield 16 Wakefield George Graham Davis Wakefield Dorothy Eileen Rose Wakefield 16 Melrose Richard A. Smith East Kingston, N. H. Eva L. Sampson Wakefield 23 Lowell Sidney E. Vining Wakefield Dorothy F. Battersby Dracut 23 Wakefield Walter A. Hall, Jr. Everett Ruth J. Page Wakefield 23 Hanover, N. H. Richard Cyrus Little Wakefield Pauline Anna White Wakefield 28 Wakefield Donald Russell Bridge Melrose Phyllis Virginia Brown Wakefield 30 Wakefield Samuel K. Christie Wakefield Helen M. Webster Lincoln, Nebraska 31 Wakefield Robert G. Peterson Maiden Mary B. Walsh (Metcalf Maiden

Apr. 6 Wareham Anthony P. Encarnacao Wakefield Mary Baptesta Wareham 7 Wakefield Joseph Titus Wakefield Shirley L. Plummer Wakefield 7 Lynnfield Arthur T, Reynolds Wakefield Winifred M. Preston Lynnfield 8 Wakefield Vincent L. Sampson Saugus Virginia S. Mansfield Wakefield 13 Melrose Lawrence E. Austin Wakefield Ruth A. Macneil Melrose 18 Wakefield Joseph R. Rector Melrose Jean M. Butters Wakefield 20 Wakefield Joseph J. Pyburn Lynnfield Elizabeth M. Galvin Wakefield REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 83

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 20 Wakefield Irving A. Jay Wakefield Jean E. MacDearmid Wakefield 21 Wakefield William H. Johnson Wakefield Ruth E. Anderson Maiden 21 Wakefield Charles C. Urwin Otterville, Miss. Phyllis M. Whyte Wakefield 21 Wakefield Michael A. D'Orlando Reading Lillian Corindia Wakefield 21 Cohasset Robert H. Toombs Wakefield Marjorie M. Oliver Cohasset 21 Wakefield John Michael Walsh Reading Mary P. Maguire Wakefield 21 Wakefield Kenneth J. Hatfield Wakefield Theresa M. Mahan No. Reading 21 Wakefield Michael F. Dorandi Wobum Marion M. Leary Wakefield 24 Cambridge Reginald M. Atkinson Wakefield Sylvia G. Fox Somerville 25 Wakefield George A. Roberto Wakefield Barbara Ryan Wakefield 27 Wakefield Terrance M. Ward Melrose Theresa A. Stringer Wakefield 26 Saugus Harold J. Lawrence Wakefield Madeline F. Porter MacAdoo Saugus 27 Nashua, N. H. Robert James Johnson Maiden Shirley B. MacDonald Wakefield 27 Lowell Ernest J. Walsh Wakefield Loretta F. Custer Lowell 27 Wakefield C. Bernard Owen, Jr. Wakefield

Muriel I. Blanchard Wakefield 27 Wakefield Erwin E^zych Marinette, Wis. Jean M. Smallwood Wakefield 28 Wakefield Henry S. Kulacz Wakefield Anastasia Pappas Wakefield 28 Somerville Earl H. Crowell Wakefield Mary A. Ventura Somerville 28 Wakefield Joseph Bisso Wakefield Florence A. Evangelista Wakefield 28 Wakefield Horace F. Garfi Newburyport Concetta J. Zammitti Wakefield

May

1 Scltuate Norman L. Malmsten Wakefield Marie G. LeBlanc Saugus 84 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence

2 Wakeneld Arthur J. Hupprich Wakefield Ann M. Ashenden (Hennessey) Wakefield 3 Wakefield Frank M. Selander Detroit, Michigan Madeline G. Howe Wakefield 5 Wakefield Raymond S. DeMartino Lawrence Mary Joan Filoramo Wakefield 11 Wakefield Charles E. Fredette Gardner, Mass. Josephine A. McGrath 12 Wakefield Frank G. McKenzie Marlboro Frances A. Brown Wakefield 12 Wakefield Thomas A. Sullivan Wakefield Mary E. Joyce Wakefield 12 Saugus Mario G. Galluci Wakefield Marie C. Faragi Saugus 12 Wakefield Joseph P. losua Wakefield Mary J. Ricelli Wakefield 14 Quincy Richard L. Sheaff Wakefield Harriet S. Sears Wollaston 17 Maiden Stanley F. Welford Wakefield Muriel F. Lundgren Maiden 18 Wakefield Edward J. Haberman Wakefield Priscilla N. Fisher Wakefield 18 Wakefield Edwin N. Grundberg Stoneham Helen F. Ayer Wakefield 20 Wakefield George E. Wilson Everett Lillian G. Thrush Wakefield 23 Wakefield Daniel R. Cahill Salem Bridgett V. Webb Wakefield 21 Plymouth, N. H. Phillip A. Temple Wakefield Meryl Myers Wakefield

25 Wakefield . Richard C. Herland Melrose Ann Gibson Wakefield 25 Needham Roger L. Arringdale Wakefield Theodosia Pawlikowski New Britain, Conn. 25 Wakefield John J. Keefe Depew, N. Y. Mary E. Joyce Wakefield 26 Saugus John W. Nelson Wakefield Ida Jarvi Maiden 26 Stoneham James H. Doucette Wakefield Isabel A. Doucette Stoneham 30 Wakefield Arthur R. Buxton No. Chelmsford Ruth Paulauskis Wakefield REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 85

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence June

1 Wakefield Robert E. Wetherby Springfield, Vt. Phyllis E. Prince Wakefield 1 Wakefield Thomas W. Hoag Wakefield Dorothy C. Davis Wakefield 1 Swampscott Joseph A. Johnson Wakefield Anita E. Smith Swampscott 2 Dorchester Saul S. Goldstein Chelsea Barbara Weinberg Wakefield 2 Wakefield Leo J. Zanotti Medford Josephine J. Mauceri Wakefield 2 Wakefield Frank A. Tecce Wakefield Agnes M. LaRosa Chelsea 2 Reading Bernard J. Meuse Wakefield Mary L. Tebeau Reading 7 Wakefield Harold J. Mugford Wakefield

Virginia I. Yeuell Arlington 7 Everett Benjamin F. Stentiford, Jr. Wakefield Louise M. (Nardone) Kurkier Wakefield 8 Wakefield Harold W. Carter Lynnfield Center Eunice L. Hawkes Wakefield 8 Wakefield Elwin H. Laetsch Reading Isabel Ambrozik Wakefield 8 Wakefield Joseph H. Cutting Hingham Lillian C. Dunn Wakefield 8 Melrose Robert C. MacGregor Derry Village, N. H. June S. Habblitz Wakefield 9 Wakefield Robert E. Anderson Wakefield Florence Neeb Wakefield 9 Wakefield Robert F. Mahan North Reading Mary L. Sullivan Wakefield 9 Wakefield Howard Stewart Dorchester Alice M. Dulong Wakefield 11 Wakefield Hjalmer A. Anderson Bangor, Maine Christine I. Coviello Wakefield 12 Wakefield Charles O. Bayrd Wakefield Theresa Borden Melrose 13 Wilmington, N. O. Robert N, Reid Wakefield Edith Lassiter Smithfield, N. C. 13 North Andover Otto Ackert Wakefield Gladys C. Palmgren Reading 15 Somerville Herbert S. Welford Wakefield Rose T. Bradford Somerville 15 Wakefield Walter I. Lewis, Jr. Newark, N. J. Eleanore C. Stone Wakefield 86 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence

15 Stoneham Howard I. Bridges Wakefield Marguerite F. Donovan Stoneham 16 Cambridge Robert J. Weston Wakefield Genevieve E. Campbell Cambridge 17 Wakefield Frederick D. Graham, Jr. Wakefield Carolyn G. Irvine Wakefield 17 Wakefield Paul B. Delory Melrose Mary Ruth Lilley Wakefield 19 Wakefield Joseph M. Conway Wakefield Ruth M. Tenney Wakefield 22 Wakefield Louis L. Sutro Salem Ruth B. Wilson Ipswich 22 Medford George E. Legge Wakefield Frances P. Coffin Brookline 23 Wakefield Norman C. Hinds Reading Mary T. Campbell Stoneham 23 Lawrence William T. Cosman Wakefield Marguerite M. Quinlan Lawrence 27 L3nin Leslie S. Burnell Swampscott Mildred P. Withington Wakefield 29 Maiden William C. Lloyd, Jr. Wakefield Rita E. Vaughn Maiden 29 Wakefield John A. Nardone Wakefield Ida J. DelRossi Wakefield 29 Saugus Percy R. Leather Wakefield Phyllis J. Knights Saugus 30 Wakefield Michael Pizzuto Bronx, N. Y. Madolyn M. DeMarco Wakefield 30 Wakefield Lawrence H. Melendy Reading Margaret M. Costantino Wakefield 30 Melrose Robert A. Hubbard Wakefield Isabel Stone Melrose 30 Maiden Ray F. Abbott Wakefield Edna M. Fitzmaurice Maiden 30 Wakefield Thomas J. Calt Melrose Virginia G. Bauer Wakefield 30 Wakefield Harris S. Pomeroy Peabody Ida Osborn Lynnfield Center 29 Des Moines, Iowa Charles J. Dulong Wakefield Katherine L. Woods Des Moines, Iowa

July 3 Winchester Edward L. Worth Wakefield Anna C. McKeown Winchester 3 Wakefield Harold R. Lawson Wakefield Luella I. Babcock Melrose REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 87

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 7 Wakefield Armand D. Rotondi Melrose Lena C. Romano Wakefield 4 Wakefield John J. Fazio Wakefield Marion A. Sedgley Boston 7 North Saugus Fred Stentiford Wakefield Winifred L. Nickerson Saugus 13 Wakefield Richard D. VanDemark Wakefield Alice E. Hopkins Wakefield 13 Wakefield Hubert Cronin Roxbury Frances A. White Wakefield 14 Wakefield Edward A. Hamel Wakefield Claire M. Gaudette Salem 15 Wakefield Robert C. Jackman Wakefield Norma E. Boyce Wakefield 22 Wakefield John L. Bruce Wakefield Olive A. Bridge Wakefield 24 Wakefield Richard W. Brown Wakefield Patricia Wilkins Wakefield 21 Wakefield Elliot C. Atherton Maiden Elaine N. Spaulding Melrose 27 Hinsdale, N. H. Gardiner R. Hudson Hinsdale, N. H. Jean L. Adams Wakefield 28 Wakefield James S. Rose Wakefield Dorothy R. DelRossi Wakefield 31 Maiden William J. Murphy Maiden Ann G. Moore Wakefield

Aug.

4 Wakefield Leo J. Spadafore Melrose Elvira A. Passamonte Wakefield 3 Wakefield Richard H. Peaslee Wakefield Priscilla C. Fairweather Wakefield 4 Wakefield Pasquale Nicastro Boston Jean Orsini Wakefield 3 Wakefield Charles H. Young Wakefield Helen R. Fahey Wakefield 3 Wakefield Thomas J. Boland Wakefield Ruth E. Johnson Swampscott 3 Wakefield Morris F. Stoddard, Jr. Wakefield Nathalie A. Monge Wakefield 4 Stoneham Edward J. Robbins Wakefield Dorothy M. Eaton Stoneham 7 Everett Alfred A. Petrucci Wakefield Madolyn Chisholm North Reading 88 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence

6 Seabrook, N. H. Pasquale J. Carisella Wakefield Virginia J. Lund Wakefield 11 Wakefield Phillip Gross Illinois Mary L. Cresta Wakefield 11 Wakefield Edward A. Weed Newport, Maine Dorothy E. Young Wakefield 16 Wakefield Chester E. Whiting Wakefield Miriam R. Ross Wakefield 17 Wakefield Hugh J. Morgan Wakefield Barbara L. Fisher Wakefield 18 Wakefield Edgar J. Russell Wakefield Mary A. Lazzaro Wakefield 18 Wakefield Marshall E. McCamish, Jr. Melrose Lurline S. Jacobs Wakefield 18 Wakefield Faldo J. Mazzola Assonet Mary C. Deniso Wakefield 18 Wakefield James F. Boland Maiden Grace F. Ferrick Wakefield 20 Everett Thomas W. Bennett Wakefield Helen L. Collins Wakefield 24 Reading Charles Puleo Chicago, 111. Mary Morris Wakefield 24 Dorchester George F. Weadick Wakefield Eleanor P. Patten Dorchester 25 Wakefield Samuel DiDonato Wakefield Phyllis E. Peck Maiden 25 Wakefield Kenneth E. Humphrey Wobum Claire T. LeFave Wakefield 30 Nashua, N. H. Lucius H. Whittredge, Jr. Lynn Barbara Gould Locke Wakefield 31 Wakefield Edward B. Reed Rockport Doris Webster (D'Ornelas) Goward Rockport 31 Reading Walter R. Brown Wakefield Claire I. Allison Reading 31 Wakefield Donald S. Cleveland Mattapan Ruth V. Hanson Wakefield

Sept. 1 Wakefield Gordon R. Spence Maiden Hannelore Oswald Wakefield 1 Wakefield Israel Black Roxbury Mary A. Petrillo Wakefield 1 Roxbury George J. Casper Wakefield Bessie Barron Salem REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 89

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 2 Everett Walter L. Bradley Wakefield Mary Parker (Gould) Saugus 2 Melrose Francis A. Edmands Wakefield Claire A. Ledoux Melrose 2 Everett William A. Hampton ' Wakefield Gertrude E. Hanson Everett 4 Quincy Maurice G. Flynn Wakefield Louise G. McLaughlin Quincy 7 Wakefield Robert B. MacKenna Wakefield Florence M. Mosher Wakefield 7 Wakefield Robert C. Schmidt Newton Phyllis C. Robertson Wakefield 7 Wakefield George A. DelRossi Wakefield Rita M. Barrett Wakefield 8 Wakefield William O. Wass Wakefield Elizabeth M. Johnson Wakefield 8 Maiden Hugh C. Walsh Wakefield Laura M. Marshall Maiden 8 Wakefield Leo Kusnerz Wakefield Mildred N. Mahan Wakefield 8 Wakefield Augustus A. Welling, Jr. South Boston Mary R. May Wakefield 8 Wakefield Rosario Carobene Wakefield Antonetta M. Mauceri Wakefield 14 Wakefield Irving W. Watson South Weymouth Joan H. Livas Wakefield 14 Heading William L. Henderson Reading Marie A. Burns Wakefield 14 Old Deerfield J. Gilbert Parsons Wakefield Esther M. Austin Greenfield 15 Wakefield John J, Previte Wakefield Catherine F. Carbone Wakefield 15 Wakefield John P. McLaughlin Wakefield Ann T. Clancy Wakefield 15 Wakefield Joseph D. DeMeo Revere Rita F. Lannon Wakefield 15 Wakefield Gaetano Giuliano Wakefield Jean E. Redfearn Wakefield 15 Wakefield John O. Clay Lynnfield Center Edna R. Surrette Wakefield 20 Melrose William M. Kohler Wakefield Helen M. Swansburg Melrose 21 Reading John S. Cusato Wakefield Evelyn B. Peters Reading 90 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 21 Wakefield John S. Egan Wakefield Margaret K. McMann 21 Boston Roland H. Hulsman Roxbury Effie M. Harding Wakefield 21 Wakefield William B. Devine Lynn Aurora O. Cresta Wakefield 22 Wakefield Edward J. Sheffield Maiden Helen M. Walsh Wakefield 22 Wakefield Kermit R. Flanagan West Virginia Mary I. Colwell Wakefield 22 Wakefield James R. LeBlanc Wakefield Eleanor D. Samsell Wakefield 25 Lynn Anthony Lagogianis Lynn Demetra Pappas Wakefield 28 Wakefield Henry W. Smith Tewksbury Jean E. McAllister Wakefield 28 Wakefield Paul F. Champagne Wakefield Ursula M. Muse Wakefield 28 Wakefield Henry C. Short Oakdale, Tenn. Grace R. Stevens Wakefield 29 Wakefield David P. Martino Wakefield Florence T. Perrone Wakefield 29 Wakefield Leo J. Loughlin Wakefield Eleanor M. LeFave Wakefield 29 Wakefield John Corindia Wakefield Anne M. O'Connor Wakefield 29 Everett Peter Calderaro Wakefield Gloria P. Luongo Everett 30 Wakefield Frank A. Chisari Bronx, N. Y. Emma Giunta Wakefield

Oct. 5 Wakefield Arthur W. Anderson Wakefield Dorothy M. Chute Wakefield 5 Wakefield Leo Pincince Wakefield Vienna Mitchell Wakefield 5 Wakefield Carold H. Brownell Fitchburg Helena G. (Colcord) Martin Wakefield 5 Lynn Ralph E. Grandfield Wakefield Doris M. Pierce L3nin 5 Wakefield Francis W. Radideau Medford Mary A. Todesco Wakefield 6 Cambridge Salvatore Campanella Wakefield Belmira Correia Somerville REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 91

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 6 Wakefield Donald M. Bachelder Stratton, Maine Amelia Angelini Wakefield 6 Wakefield Albert P. Doyle Saugus Dorothy M. Taylor Wakefield 6 Wakefield Francis A. Sousa Wakefield Maria A. Martin Wakefield 9 Boston Donald W. Meuse Wakefield Alice T. Walsh (Saunders) Wakefield 11 Wakefield Carl A. Moudy Maiden Marion S. Mayo Wakefield 12 Falmouth Raymond G. Paltz, Jr. Falmouth Patricia L. Holden Wakefield 12 Wakefield Norman P. Hamlin Melrose Marion J. Tucker Wakefield 12 Wakefield Albert P. Rock Byfield Elizabeth A. Costello Wakefield 12 Quincy John S. Confalone Wakefield Georgette Angelini Quincy 12 Wakefield Robert P. Hurton Wakefield Anna J. Brown (Curran) Wakefield 12 Melrose Monford F. Gove Melrose Phyllis M. Bird Wakefield 13 Somervllle James A. Evangelista Wakefield Helen T. Pondelli Somervllle 13 Boston Vincent Giuliano Wakefield Concetta M. Addonizio Medford 13 Reading James H. Melanson Wakefield Natalie E. Cutcliffe Reading 13 Wakefield Frank J. Kimimel, Jr. Jamaica Plain Dorothy Bradford Wakefield 13 Wakefield Robert E. Johnson, Jr. Wakefield

Marion A. Riley . Wakefield 14 Wakefield Earle T. McKinney Newburyport Dorothy M. Petras Wakefield 16 Boston John A. Cahill Wakefield Claire R. Burke Roslindale 17 Wakefield Douglas R. Dunn Ontario, Canada Emily U. Russell Wakefield 18 Wakefield William Simpson Melrose Jeannette L. Hale (Thompson)' Melrose 19 Wakefield Herbert L. Johnson Melrose Myra G. Neal Wakefield 19 Lynnfield Burton C. Allison Wakefield Marjorie E. Cheever Lynnfield Center 92 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 20 Wakefield Robert T. Boland Quincy Margaret A. Fitzgerald 20 Wakefield Thomas R. Doren Dorchester Annabelle H. McLaughlin Wakefield 20 Maiden Walter W. Thorensen Wakefield Phyllis Frederickson Medford 20 Reading Lloyd S. Freeman Wakefield Virginia R. Knox (Ross) Wakefield 20 Wakefield Robert M. Kimball Wakefield Mabel P. Jillett Wakefield 22 Wakefield William A. Stewart South Carolina lola Sava Wakefield 26 Wakefield Francis R. Gould, Jr. Wakefield Audrey J. Borzelors (Whalen) Wakefield 26 Reading Francis E. Muse Wakefield Sarah E. Fennelly Reading 26 Wakefield Orlando Alves Wakefield Wanda H. Dycyan Wakefield 27 Maiden Masmeno DelRossi Wakefield Lucy J. Brandano Maiden 31 Wakefield Daniel J. Benjamin Wakefield Catherine A. Muise Wakefield

Nov. 2 Somerville Malcolm L. Russell Wakefield Joan R. Bradford Somerville 2 Reading Richard J. Melanson Wakefield Ruth A. Surrette Reading 3 Reading George H. Morgan Wakefield Alyce M. Fljmn Reading 3 Wakefield Anthony G. Sullo Maiden Mary E. Grace Wakefield

9 Wakefield Robert H. Danell Chicago, 111. Virginia M. Hudson Wakefield 9 Melrose Gilbert H. Bridges Wakefield Margaret C. Styles Melrose 9 Wakefield Robert A. Speers Maiden Mabel MacRae (Campion) Maiden 10 Wakefield Russell A. Holman Boston Mary G. McDermott Boston 12 Ayer Francis D. Smith Wakefield Jean M. St Cyr Leominster 14 Wakefield Kenneth R. Hatfield Wakefield Marjorie B. Connell Wakefield 16 Wakefield Arthur J. MuUaney Roxbury Gertrude T. Doucette Wakefield REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 93

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence

16 Wakeneld William J. Burns Wakefield Helen E. Lucey Wakefield 16 Wakefield Irving L. Husson Lynn Adeline M. Ellis Wakefield 17 Wakefield Stanley O. Anderson Wakefield Flora J. Pinkney Wakefield 17 Lynn Donald C. Chisholm Wakefield Shirley D. Garde Lynn 23 Wakefield Pasquale Barricelli Maiden Theresa E. D'AUesandri Wakefield 24 Wobum Christopher J. O'Keefe Wakefield Catherine Wraga Woburn 24 Wakefield Thomas J. Dignan Wakefield Patricia M. Peterson Melrose 27 Maiden Warren B. Baker Wakefield Marie A. Devlin Medford 30 Wakefield LeRoy R. Little Wakefield Dorothy F. O'Neill Wakefield 30 Wakefield William E. Jefferson Stoneham Jean B. Surrette Wakefield

Dec.

1 Wakefield Harry D. Stevens Wakefield Mary E. Pica Wakefield 1 Reading Bradford L. Frautten Wakefield Blanche M. Masel Reading 1 Everett William T. Bilton Wakefield Lillian R. Julian Everett 3 Wakefield Ralph L. Bangs Wakefield Mary G. Eskildson Hudson, N. H. 6 Whitman Harold F. Kane Wakefield Rosemary LaRoque Avon 6 Stoneham Robert J. Lamoureaux Wakefield Josephine B. Zacconi Stoneham 7 Wakefield Morrison Merrill Wakefield, Katherine Eldridge Wakefield 8 Wakefield John J. DiStaula Woburn Frances A. Filoramo Wakefield 8 Waltham Laurence W. Clapp Wakefield Mary E. Zaia Maiden 11 Boston Joseph A. McKeon Wakefield Mary T. Storozuk Roxbury 12 Wakefield Harvey F. Cann Wakefield Margaret A. Hanscom North Reading 94 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Place of Date Marriage Name Residence 13 Wakefield Angelo M. Troisi Wakefield Eleanora C. Holman Wakefield 18 Salem Robert K. LaRhette Watertown Jeanette A. Jefferson Wakefield 18 Maiden Charles S. Howard Wakefield Irma N. Gass Maiden 20 Everett Ronald L. Cassidy Wakefield Marie E. Hannus Wobum 21 Stoneham Dwight W. Schuman Wakefield Barbara R. Garside Stoneham 22 South Dartmouth Donald L. Nahigyan Wakefield Verna P. Dutra South Dartmouth 24 Wakefield Charles W. Sturtevant Lowell Gladys E. Kitchenman Wakefield 27 Boston Tazewell B. Amiss Melrose Anna F. Amiss Wakefield 28 Wakefield William A. Rough Union, N. J. Dorothy A. Chandler Wakefield REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 95

Record of Deaths

Any errors or admissions noted in these records should be reported to the Town Clerk at once.

Date of Death Name Years Months Dajrs Jan. 2 Carl T. Nordberg 66 9 2 2 John Gerniglia 22 7 11 4 Irene Cassidy Hatfield 55 1 25

5 — Paragi Stillbori]L 4 Carrie Stone WlUard Chambers 76 2 22 4 Ellen Frances Greaney (Honohan) 65 7 8 Laura Louisa Keith (Eaton) 100 3 12 9 John Qualters 71 4 29 9 Annie Estelle Horton 83 2 15 11 James R. Scheri — — 11 13 Sarah Elma Shurman 86 — — 15 Selina Isabel Green (Green) 78 5 11 17 Emily Lewis 35 2 1 19 Lavinia Delight Sampson (Yeaw) 61 — 4 23 Ruth Caldwell Adams 58 7 12 23 Frank B. Gladwin 64 4 — 23 Jeremiah M. Doucette 80 11 8 24 Charles M. L3^ch 63 11 2 26 George Edwin Halgren 62 10 12 29 John P. Studley 41 — 22 30 Mary Florence Watkins (Bach) 86 5 2 31 James Henry Keough 81 1 9

Feb. 2 Eugene C. Sanderson 48 4 28 2 Scanlon 21 hours 11 mln. 3 Laura Ann Baggs 75 10 25 13 Sharon Ethel Topping 4 5 13 John B. Hyland 74 2 9 13 Annie Mary Welch (Clines) 17 Delia Hatch (Dickey) 67 7 4 20 James Donald Thomson 51 5 X 23 Nicola Romano 67 4 10 25 White Stillborn 26 Bridgett T. Hopkins 76 — 28 Batten Stillborn 96 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Date of Death Name Years Months Days Mar. 2 Jeoffrey Carl Spicer — — 4 2 Howard Slocum Potter 76 4 10 2 Gertrude Bumette 30 — — 2 William Allan Roberto 38 — — 2 Virginia E. Stevens 24 7 2 2 Antonio Pagliuca 32 — — 4 William Underhay McKie 82 9 24 5 Elizabeth Ann Johns Wallace 77 5 3 8 Donna Marie Santoro — — 4 7 Emil Nelson 78 3 3 7 Elizabeth M. Muse (Dulong) 68 4 21 8 Malcolm Willard Russell 46 13 8 Alice J. Dohaldson (Nee Walsh) 72 — — 8 August Johnson 85 — 4 8 Schreiter 2 hours 49 min. 9 Chester Winfred Gould 60 4 8 9 Emma Kittinger Bishop 71 2 19 11 John Cotton 76 4 29 12 Frank Fay Webber 83 2 — 13 Franklin Paul Wade 7 8 13 16 Joseph Gorham Bishop 81 — 13 19 Jessie Gowan Tyzzer 70 3 22 19 John Foley 59 4 29 22 Rosalie M. Doucette 73 7 5 24 Lucy (Farwell) Miner 85 4 26 26 Flora Evel3ni Maxim (Stevens) 70 5 15 26 Nellie Muse 80 1 9 29 Anna Preston Scoboria 85 — 7 29 Alonzo Lincoln Oliver 81 1 21 29 Louise M. Bird 66 3 4 29 Agnes Gerd Bucht Rutberg 33 3 17 30 George E. Spicer — — 5

Apr. 2 Charles R. Anderson 35 5 2 3 Annie Palmer Hutchinson (Palmer) 85 — 9 5 Antonio Restuccia 85 — — 8 Ida May Wallace 76 7 23 9 Mary Etta Regan (Kelley) 85 1 5 13 Zephirine Louise Barstow (Fletcher) 70 1 7 13 Annie Augusta Brown Mackinnon 80 11 19 14 Elizabeth Mander Evans 83 5 5 15 Fannie H. Atwood (Hall) 85 25 20 Dorothy Haggerty (Bauer) 37 9 16 —

REPORT OP TOWN CLERK 97

Date of Death Name Years Months Days 22 William Tarbox 89 — 22 29 Ralph Angelo Gallugi 63 4 18 30 DelRossi 1

May 2 Arabella Frances Rafuse 76 23 4 Charles L. F. Clark 76 — — 5 Charles Henry Mann 88 9 23 6 Foster Severance Barstow 69 19 7 Flora Annie Fowler Elliot 96 11 22 7 Pettingill Stillborn 8 Alma Johnson 76 11 15 Frederick Richard Amiro 39 11 15 15 William Zagaria 7 11 18 Dorothy Kathalen Robb 57 1 29 20 Josephine Taggart (Jess) 75 3 23 25 Fred Harry Charles 85 1 15 26 Mary C. Denver Strum 84 — — 30 Joseph Murden 75 6 30 31 Julia Freehan Merrill 74 — —

June 1 Martha Thereza O'Hea 79 2 29 2 William Francis Bowman, Jr. 70 2 4 7 Anna (Lorimer) Brooks 82 8 10 8 Elizabeth C. Tasker 72 2 27 8 William N. Stanley 77 4 24 9 Harry Trueman Colpitts 58 2 14 10 Willard George Blatz 4 7 12 13 Amilia Longo 76 — — 13 Mercie May Teague (Whittemore) 66 — 15 14 Fred V. P. Elliott 57 10 10 18 MacQuarrie 1 hour

19 MacQuarrie 3 hours;

20 Adele Scandur 3 11 • 3 22 Nellie Woodbury Hodgdon Cook 77 11 9 24 Mary Margaret Grady (MacDougal) 65 23 24 Theodore A. Miller 70 27 Ceclia Evangelista 50 — — 29 Nellie (Fitzgerald) Lannon 57 — — 30 Eliah Lee Deaton 65 3 18

July 1 Arthur U. Hawkes 73 6 _^ 1 Mary Lizzie Woodman 73 3 20

4 Hattie Ethel Moulton Stoddard 66 11 , 23 98 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Date of Death Name Years Months Days 5 James Francis Curley 80 4 13 7 George Sanborn 75 — — 7 John Sowjrrda 63 8 Frank Henry Hackett 73 7 2 8 William J. Reed 57 — — 9 Frank G. Meriam 32 6 — 14 James Elliott Choate 22 11 — 16 Charles Louis Beckett 44 9 26 19 Thomas Regan 89 1 4 19 William Francis Daley 21 11 25 22 Cora Layton 5 5 25 23 Harry S. Hall 39 — >— 24 Ferreira Stillborn 28 Arthur Eldridge Morrill 65 11 23 30 Mona Elizabeth Ann Ryan (Small) 80 — 1

Aug. 1 Ruth A. O'Brien (Joyce) 43 11 15 3 Charles H. Florance 70 1 11 4 Howard Walker 65 9 30 7 Minnie C. Tyler 82 — — 12 John Leonard 2 hours 14 Bessie Maud Lindgren 73 5 19 15 Mary Eleanor Cassidy (Regan) 46 4 23 23 Marshall Stillborn 23 James Ivy Watt 68 11 6 25 Alma Rose Poison Bernard 79 9 9 27 Jeffrey Stillborn 28 Frank A. Wilder 78 3 28

Sept. 1 Carrie King (Drake) 92 5 4 2 Rose Caroline Smith Schefisch 60 10 4 2 George Edward White 41 — 23 4 Edgar C. Russell 63 3 13 5 Alice M. Donegan (McCall) 71 6 — 7 Sawyer 2 hours 40 min. 8 John Charles Doyle 72 11 28 11 Nathan Wyman Eaton 60 5 21 11 Elizabeth Annie Purser Fisher 68 2 13 12 Arthur L. Balcom 73 10 29 13 Arthur Gibbons 78 8 24 13 Charles Franklin Morehouse 87 7 8 17 Ida Alice Bill (Peck) 86 4 25

18 Jeremiah Shanahan 63 ,—.. ' ^^ REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 99

Date of Death Name Years Months Da; 18 Rose McCourt (MacGrane) 72 — — 20 Jeanette C. Miner 92 2 5 21 Malvina A. Lawson Harper 75 2 1 21 Mary F. Cahill 72 7 24 24 Lewis Taylor Willard 75 7 28 24 Annie Shields Hill Brackett 86 5 22 25 Harriett Bartlett (Prouty) 79 8 11 28 Ellen R. Gallagher (Mahoney) 70 — —

Oct. 2 Howell Stillborn 3 Stanley Walter Bucht 30 5 James A. Singer 83 8 29 5 William A. Jameson 86 4 7 6 Robert S. Barker 75 10 25 7 Gerrit Oldenbrook, Sr. 66 3 5 12 Giacomo Recchiuti 75 7 28 13 William H. Butler 77 4 26 13 Jennie Edith Davis (Amazeen) 79 2 20 14 Flora Collins (Morin) 65 3 9 14 Carrie May Thorpe (Ramey) 82 7 15 15 Martha Houston Hodgkins 69 3 12 17 Ida May Sweet 90 11 28 22 Mabel S. Boothby 65 1 12 24 Herbert William Allen 81 10 27 24 Charles L. Stohl 65 9 15

28 Leda Pincince - 53 — 13 28 Eliza Montague (Coburn) 66 4 3 31 Clifford Francis Anderson — 10 8 31 Lela Maude Cayley (MacDonald) 66 9 9 31 Julia Alice Donegan 34 4 27

Nov. 2 Cecelia V. Bradley 43 1 5 Lester Eugene Prescott 79 3 10 David H. Linden 47 1 17 10 Elmer Ballard 59 — — 11 Arthur G. Melanson 48 2 9 12 Margaret Stewart Anderson 70 4 6 12 Mary E. Gerry (McCarthy) 70 2 — 14 Francis J. Brant 41 3 14 15 Joan Twitchell Evans Stillborn 18 Maynard E. S. Clemons 79 11 8 18 Walter Davenport Adams 72 6 — 21 Rufus Charles North 80 1 3 100 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Date of Death Name Years Months Days 21 Anna M. Stafford 82 11 2 23 Elizabeth M. Hubbard 78 1 26 24 Oneslme Dufault 91 8 24 Sherry Green Stillborn 26 Glenn Roberts Poumier 13 11 2 30 Harry Sagrans 60 — ^

Dec. 3 Lulia Smith (Edmands) 76 2 3 7 Ellen P. Curran 85 — — 9 William Henry Marsden 63 3 17 10 Louis Artemus Pickering 77 9 7 10 Anne Sweeney 86 4 6 11 Elizabeth Randall Thurston 72 4 7 11 William Thacker 59 7 24 15 George Clyde Borgal 37 4 29 17 Eva Gertrude Poster 77 4 1 18 Gustave Magnitzky 76 3 15 19 Arthemise Lenoir (DeCoste) 73 26 20 Ignatz Nikitin 27 — — 20 Bronislawa Szymanski (Kubeski) 65 1 20 23 Pamela (Derby) Hasty 70 1 7 23 Robert Melbome Biggs 76 5 15 25 Josephine Waterman MacKay Peindel 100 9 12 26 John Preemont Rowell 86 11 16 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 101

Dog Licenses

Number of licenses issued—1,179. 699 Males @ $2.00 $ 1,398.00 103 Females @ $5.00 515.00 366 Spayed Females @ $2.00 732.00 2 Kennel Licenses @ $25.00 50.00 2 Kennel Licenses @ $50.00 100.00 1 Breeder's License @ $10.00 10.00 6 Transfers @ 25c 1.50 25 Tags @ 10c 2.50

Paid to Town Treasurer $ 2,809.00 Town's Fee $ 238.60

Balance, less county charges for damage done by dogs, etc., to Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.

Hunting and Fishing Licenses

Number of licenses issued—862. 268 Fishing Licenses @ $2.00 $ 536.00 296 Hunting Licenses @ $2.00 592.00 155 Sporting Licenses @ $3.25 503.75 48 Minor and Female Fishing Licenses @ $1.25 60.00 9 Minor Trapping Licenses @ $1.25 20.25 16 Trapping Licenses @ $5.25 84.00 9 Duplicate Licenses @ 50c 4.50 36 Military and Naval—FREE 24 Citizens' Sporting Licenses—^PREE 1 Citizens' Fishing (Old Age Asst.)—FREE

Total $ .1,800.50 Paid to Div. of Fisheries and Game $ 1,602.50 Town's Fee, to Town Treasurer 198.00

A true record.

Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG, Town Clerk 102 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Report of Selectmen

To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield: We herewith respectfully submit the annual report of the Board of Se- lectmen for the year ending December 31, 1946, together with the reports of the several departments imder our control or supervision. The Board, consisting of William R. Lindsay, William G. Dill, L. Wal- lace Sweetser, Herbert D. Anderson and Richard M. Davis, organized March 5, 1946, by electing Herbert D. Anderson, Chairman, and William G. Dill, Secretary. Charles C. Cox was appointed Clerk.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS Fire Department—Herbert D. Anderson Police Department—L. Wallace Sweetser Moth Department—^William G. Dill Highway Department—^Richard M. Davis Traffic—L. Wallace Sweetser Town Hall—William R. Lindsay Lafayette Building—William G. Dill

APPOINTMENTS

Town Counsel—John I. Preston Wire Inspector—Joseph W. Maclnnis Fire Inspector—Clifford E. Jacobs Dog Officer—George A. Bennett Lock-up Keeper—John G. Gates Board of Appeals, 3 years—Willard P. Lombard Soldiers' Relief Agent—John Findlay Burial Agent and Agent Care of Soldiers' Graves—John Findlay Fence Viewers—Frank D. MacKay, Dennis F. Regan, Gaston E. Loubris Superintendent Moth Department—John A. Landry (retired), Ernest J. McWhinnie Superintendent of Streets (Acting)—Robert B. MacKenna Janitor, Town Hall—William O'Brien Night Janitor, Town Hall—Thomas E. Giles Janitor, Lafayette Building—John N. Heningar Building Inspector—Joseph W. Maclnnis Compensation Agent—Joseph W. Maclnnis Registrar of Voters, 3 years—Fred E. Bunker Custodian Town Farm Buildings—Jerry J. Peck Sweetser Lecture Committee—Harry I. Reed, Eb V. Yeuell, Charles J. Peter- son, Thomas F. Kenney, Charlotte R. Fitz, Dr. George E. Potter, Edward A. Rich. REPORT OP SELECTMEN 103

Inspector of Animals—George A. Bennett was nominated subject to the approval of the State Division of Livestock Disease Control. Constable—Harold R. Anderson Licenses were granted by the Selectmen for the sale of alcoholic beverages for the year 1946 to the following, subject to the approval of the State Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission: City Hall Liquor Store (Israel Blank), 6 Water Street.

Jeffrey's Package Store, Inc. (John Jeffrey, President) , 354 Main Street. Palumbo's Annex (Ignazio Palumbo, Jr.), 37 Albion Street, S. Tine & Sons, Inc., 38A Water Street. Receipts from these and other licenses granted during the year 1946 are shown in the Town Accountant's report. Reports of the various departments under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen and containing complete information, will be found under other and appropriate headings in this report. The Chairman appreciates the cooperation of his colleagues on the Board, as well as all other town officers, who have assisted him during the past year. The Board appointed Harold W. Merritt as a member of the Board of

Appeals to replace Colby L. Burbank who resigned as of February 1, 1946. Acknowledgment is hereby made of the valuable service which Mr. Burbank has rendered to the Town during the time he served as a member of the Board of Appeals. As of May 20, 1946, John Landry resigned. Mr. Landry had for many years been superintendent of the Tree and Moth Department. Always with the interests of the beauty of the Town before him, the retired superintendent was a hard and conscientious worker. In his retirement the Town lost a valuable and respected servant. Ernest J. McWhinnie, a regular member of the Police Department, was appointed to the vacancy created by the retirement of Mr. Landry. Since Mr. McWhinnie had been an em- ployee in the Tree and Moth Department for some years, it is felt that he is well qualified for the position of Superintendent.

As of July 1, 1946, Roland B. Oliver was appointed as a member of the Contributory Retirement Board, succeeding James M. Henderson who retired.

On July 9, 1946, the Board met jointly with the Recreation Committee for the purpose of filling a vacancy created by the resignation of William MacKilligan. Mr. Michael J. Zammitti was unanimously appointed to membership on the Recreation Committee.

The Board found it necessary and therefore did as of September 1, 1946, adopt Rules and Orders for the Regulation of Carriages or Vehicles for Hire. These rules apply for the operation of taxi-cabs in the Town of Wakefield, as well as fixing the rates to be charged.

The Board met with the Board of Public Welfare to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Harold C. Robinson. The joint meeting was unanimous in the selection and appointment of Winsor L. Finney, Jr., as a member of the Board of Public Welfare. 104 TO'OVN OP WAKEFIELD

The Board participated in the Victory celebration sponsored by the West Side Social Club on July 4th. The program was well arranged and consisted of a pet show and games for the children in the morning; a parade in the afternoon and band concert, and fireworks in the evening. The Board was represented on September 26th at a public reception to the Right Rev. Msgr. Florence J. Halloran, commemorating his elevation to the rank of monsignor. A committee was appointed to plan a "welcome home" celebration for all veterans of World War II. Col. Edward J. Connelly was named as Chairman of the committee. Suitable arrangements were made and Oc- tober 12th was fixed as the date. A parade was formed at Walton Field with many veteran and civic organizations represented. The parade moved to the Common where a speaking program took place. Governor Maurice J. Tobin was the principal speaker. Follov/ing the speaking program, each Gold-Star Mother was presented, on behalf of the Town, State and Nation, a framed certificate acknowledging the sacrifice made by her loved one. In the evening, military balls were held jointly at the Armory and the Town Hall, both of which were well represented by veterans of World War II. Special thanks are extended to Col. Edward J. Connelly and his committee for arranging the details of the "Welcome Home" celebration which contributed to make the affair the success that it was. As of October, 1946, Col. Edward J. Connelly retired as Director of Veterans' Services. Mrs. Bertha L. Todd was appointed to the position. The members of the Board were sorry to have the Town lose the services of Col. Connelly. Being a military man most of his life. Col. Connelly was deeply interested in the affairs of the young veteran of World War II. Dur- ing approximately one year Col. Connelly set up the department and performed many services for the veterans of Wakefield. During 1946 the members of the Board have perambulated the Town boundaries with the Highway Commissioner of the City of Melrose and with the members of the Board of Selectmen of Stoneham. This is required to be done every five years. The voters, having appropriated the necessary funds, the permanent members of the Fire Department were placed on the so-called "70 hour" week schedule. In order to accomplish this, it was necessary to increase the permanent force by adding four men. During 1946 the Board appointed the following as members of the permanent police force: Daniel J. Sullivan, Maximilian J. Ramocki, John T. Curran and William F. Hovey. James F. Hartnett, a member of the Police Department since May, 1923, was retired on July 14, 1946, due to a disability suffered in the line of his duty. The Board of Selectmen, acting as the Board of Survey, have approved plans for the following streets during the past year: Line Road Crystal Lake Park Kimball Avenue REPORT OF SELECTMEN 105

Bellevue Avenue Gerard Street D Street Extension Ames Street Middle Street Minot Street Perham Street and a layout of a development by Deacon Brown, Inc., on the site of the former Beebe property at Lakeside. The members of the Board extend their thanks to all those who have, in any manner, cooperated with them during the past year. HERBERT D. ANDERSON WILLIAM G. DILL WILLIAM R. LINDSAY L. WALLACE SWEETSER RICHARD M. DAVIS Selectmen :

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Report of Chief of Police

January 1, 1947 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen I have the honor to submit to your Honorable Board, the reports of the doings of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1946.

Number of arrests 597 Number of arrests on warrants 52 Number of arrests without warrants 298 Number of arrests on capias 11 Number of summons served 236 Male 555 Female 42 Residents 291 Non-residents 306

FOR THE FOLLOWING CRIMES, VIZ:

Accosting 1 Arrested for other officers 23 Arson 2 Assault and battery 8 Automobile Laws, Violation of: Causing personal injury to person 1 Causing property damage 3

Failing to stop on signal of officer v 2 Improper plates 1 Mechanical signal, not stopping 63 Not keeping to right of way 4 Operating after suspension of license 2 Operating—^Failing to slow down at intersection 30 Operating so as to endanger 6 Operating—Speeding 20 Operating under the influence 14 Operating without a license 8 Operating without official inspection 74 Parking overtime 2 Uninsured car 2 Unregistered car 3 Using without authority 2 Breaking, entering and larceny in the night-time 1 Breaking, entering and larceny in the day-time 7 REPORT OP CHIEF OP POLICE 107

Children: Neglected 19 Stubborn 1 Delinquency, contributing to 2 Drunkenness 178 Exposing person 4 Fish and game law, violation of 2 Forgery 1 Gaming, being present 6 Illegitimacy 1 Insane 11 Larceny 17 Lewd and lascivious co-habitation 4 Lewdness 1 Loitering 1 Lottery tickets in possession 3 Malicious mischief 1 Narcotic Drug Laws, violation of 27 Non-support 12 Obscene pictures in possession 1

Revolver, carrying without a license . 1 Runaway boys 1 Robbery—armed 2 Safe keeping 7 Sodomy 1 Trespass 2 Truancy 1 Violation of probation 9 Wilfully and maliciously injuring town property 2

HOW DISPOSED OP

Continued 14

Concord Reformatory ' 2 Defaulted 2 Delivered to other ofificers 23 Discharged 3 Dismissed 7 Fines imposed 276 Grand jury 2 House of Correction 37 Insane hospital 11 Lyman School 2 Middlesex Training School 1 Placed on file 29 Probation 19 Released 109 108 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Sherborn Reformatory for Women 2 Shirley School 3 State Department of Public Welfare 16 State Farm 3 State Prison 1 Suspended sentence to House of Correction 29 Suspended sentence to Sherborn Reformatory 1 Suspended sentence to Shirley School 2 Suspended sentence to State Farm, 1 Suspended sentence to Middlesex Training School 2

AMOUNT OF FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURT

72 at $ 5.00 $ 360.00 152 at 10.00 1,520.00 13 at 15.00 195.00 1 at 20.00 20.00 9 at 25.00 225.00 1 at 35.00 35.00 17 at 50.00 850.00 6 at 100.00 600.00 3 at 200.00 600.00 1 at 300.00 300.00 1 at 450.00 450.00

Total $ 5,155.00

JVEISCELLANEOUS REPORT

Accidents reported 269 Amount of lost property recovered $ 1,816.53 Amount of property left outside of stores cared for $ 662.70 Amount of stolen property recovered $ 8,005.40 Bicycles found 31 Bicycles taken away—^no lights 11 Broken wires reported 18 Buildings found open and secured 687 Burglary (false alarm) 17 Complaints and cases investigated 2185 Dead and stray cats reported 76 Dead bodies cared for 9 Dead dogs reported 26 Defects in gas pipes 5 Defects in hydrants reported 1 Defects in streets and sidewalks reported 79 Defects in water pipes reported 7 REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE 109

Detail for public assemblages 197 Dog bites reported 42 Dogs killed 29 Electric light poles blown down 5 Fires discovered and alarm given 25 Fires discovered and extinguished without alarm 12 House lights reported out 93

Lanterns in dangerous places ' 15 Lights found burning in buildings 23 Lost children cared for 28 Lost dogs found and returned to owners 103 Medical examiner cases 12 Obstructions removed from the street 3 Officers at fires 164 Persons missing 62 Posting notices 68 Rimaway boys cared for 17 Runaway girls cared for 2 Search warrants served for gaming implements 1 Sick and disabled people assisted 266 Street lights not burning 153 Water running to waste 16 Wires burning trees 4 Number of duty calls 54,940 Number of light department calls 1949 Number of ambulance cases 417 Miles covered by ambulance 4,857 Miles covered by cruising car—^No. 1 48,463 Miles covered by Oldsmobile car—No. 2 10,352 Miles covered by motorcycle 4,815 Legal papers served for out-of-town police departments during the year 319 Legal papers served in town for our department during the year 349 Money collected at office for fines imposed by the courts $ 626.00 Money collected at office for non-support cases $ 4,620.70 Money collected for restitution $ 323.36 Money collected for revolver permits issued $ 49.50 Money collected on ambulance cases $ 198.00 Money collected for bicycle plates $ 41.90

RECOMMENDATIONS

I recommend the addition of another radio-equipped car for the department. This car to be used mostly by the Special Officer who devotes all his time to the investigation of cases and a car is badly needed for this work. 110 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

CONCLUSION The March Town Meetmg having voted two additional regular patrolmen be added to the Police Department, the Board of Selectmen on May 7, 1946 appointed Daniel J. Sullivan and Maximilian J. Ramocki from the reserve list to regular patrolmen. Both appointments to take effect May 7, 1946. On May 20, 1946, Patrolman Ernest J. McWhinnie retired from the department to accept the position of Superintendent of Tree and Moth De- partment. He had been a regular patrolman of the police department since March 19, 1935. Jxme 18, 1946, Reserve Officer John T. Curran was appointed a regular patrolman to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Patrolman Ernest J. McWhinnie. This appointment to take efifect June 30, 1946. July 14, 1946, Patrolman James F. Hartnett, due to physical disability, was retired. He had been a regular patrolman of the police department since May 15, 1923. July 23, 1946, Reserve Officer William F. Hovey was appointed a regular patrolman to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Patrolman James F. Hartnett. January 17, 1946, Sergeant John M. Wenzel resumed his duties in the department after having been on leave of absence since June 2, 1944, during which time he served in the U. S. Navy. February 10, 1946, Patrolman Charles H. Sullivan resumed his duties in the department after having been on leave of absence while in the U. S. Army.

May 2, 1946, Patrolman Henry F. Galvin resumed his duties as a regular patrolman, after having been on leave of absence while in the IT. S. Army. William J. Joyce and James T. McKeon were appointed reserve officers as of August 1, 1946. I desire to take this opportunity to express my thanks to the Honor- able Board of Selectmen for their co-operation at all times during the past year on matters pertaining to the department. To Mr. L. Wallace Sweetser, Committee on Police, my sincere thanks for his individual support and co-operation during the year. To all the various town departments who have assisted and co-oper- ated with the police department during the past year and to the Wakefield Daily Item for the service they have rendered the department at various times during the year, and to all other citizens who have aided the department in various ways, my sincere thanks. I also want to extend my sincere thanks to the Lieutenant, Sergeants, all members of the department and to the special officers and to my secretary. Miss Dorothy McGrail, my thanks for the faithful discharge of their duties at all times during the year. Respectfully submitted, JOHN G. GATES, Chief of Police. REPORT OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT 111

Report of Chief of Fire Department

January 1, 1947 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: I herewith submit my Annual Report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1946, with the total number of alarms, and the losses on same as near as is possible to obtain.

APPARATUS

There are at present 10 pieces of apparatus in this department, and are as follows: One Triple Combination pm'chased from the Seagrave Corporation and put in service October 28, 1938. This piece of apparatus designated as En- gine 3 is of the covered type and represents the latest type of ptunping engine. It is equipped with a 750 gallon centrifugal type pump, 100 gallon booster tank, 250 feet of % inch hose, 1,250 feet of 2^/^ inch hose, ladders, smoke masks, 2 fog nozzles for combatting gasoline and oil fires, 3 shut-oflf type nozzles, 4 types of extinguishers, salvage covers, first aid kit, plxis much other equipment necessary to bring this unit up to an eflacient piece of apparatus. One Triple Combination purchased from the Seagrave Corporation and put in service July, 1924. This piece of apparatus is equipped with a 750 gallon type centrifugal pump, 1,250 feet of 2% inch hose, 200 feet of % inch hose, 80 gallon booster tank, 2 types of cellar pipes, salvage covers, stretcher, smoke masks, 3 types of extinguishers, 2 fog nozzles for oil and gasoline fires, shut-off type nozzles, ladders, first aid kit, and much other equipment. One Double-bank type 75 foot aerial ladder truck purchased from the Seagrave Corporation and put in service December, 1928. This piece of apparatus carries 379 feet of ladders, 80 gallon booster tank, 300 feet of % inch hose for booster line, booster pump, life net, salvage covers, stretcher, 2 oxygen type smoke masks for heavy concentrations of smoke and gases, 3 cannister type smoke masks, 1 portable Baker water gun, several types of cellar pipes, water gun mounted on aerial ladder with 3 inch hose attached, oxygen tank for resuscitation work, and other necessary equipment. One Triple Combination of the enclosed body type put in service in December, 1941, replacing the old Pierce-Arrow car which had reached an unreliable state. This piece of apparatus is equipped with a booster" pump, 300 feet of % inch hose, 145 gallon water tank, 1,500 feet of IVz inch hose, 2 types of nozzles, pump tanks for grass and brush fire use, shovels, brooms, first aid kit, and other necessary equipment. Pierce- . One Arrow Combination put in service in 1927. Equipment consists of 1,000 feet of 2V2 inch hose, 200 feet of % inch hose for booster line^ 112 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

booster tank, booster pump, ladders, axes, extinguishers, pump tanks, de- luge set, 1,100 gallon water gun mounted, first aid kit, shovels, bars and other equipment. This machine is used mainly to replace such other pieces of hose carrying equipment as may be out of commission for repairs. One Dodge Chief's Car purchased in 1939 replacing a 1929 Buick which had outlived its usefulness. This car carries extra oxygen bottles for resuscitation work, first aid supplies, P «Sc Q door opener, 2-way radio on the same wave length as the police radio, and other equipment that has proved to be a valuable asset to the department's equipment. One Triple Combination stationed at the Engine 2 station in Green- wood and purchased from the Seagrave Corporation in 1929. This piece of apparatus is equipped with a 600 gallon centrifugal t3T)e pump, 80 gallon booster tank, 200 feet of % inch hose for booster line, 1,350 feet of 2^^ inch hose, ladders, axes, nozzles, smoke masks, cellar pipe, salvage covers, and other equipment. One Pierce-Arrow sedan type hose carrsdng piece of equipment designated as Auxiliary 1 and which was put into service in 1942 to serve as an auxiliary piece for defense purposes. This piece of equipment is carrying 1,000 feet of 1^/^ inch hose, pump tanks, axes, nozzles and other equipment. Two Trailer type pumping engines which were purchased from the Of- fice of Civilian Defense. These units are equipped with 400 feet of 2% inch hose, 200 feet of l^^ inch hose, pump tanks, nozzles and much other necessary equipment. During the year this department purchased an E & J Resuscitator In- halator and Aspirator, a combination of three instruments each of which serves a distinctly important part in emergency lifesaving and is immediately available by the three-way movement of a single lever. The resuscitator gently inflates and deflates the patient's lungs with controlled posi- tive and negative pressures, the inhalator is used for simple respiratory distress, and the aspirator to withdraw fluids from the patient's throat. This has proved to be a valuable piece of equipment. In near future a micro at- tachment should be purchased so that the machine would be available to work on two persons at the same time. During the year this department has responded to 586 alarms divided as follows: 131 Box Alarms and 455 Still Alarms.

Estimate of Property Endangered $171,700.00 Loss on Same 13,259.49 Insurance Paid on Same 12,471.49 Insurance on Same 183,085.00 Transit Value 2,600.00 Transit Loss 265.00

CONCLUSION In closing this report. I wish to extend to the Honorable Board of Se- lectmen my sincere thanks for the interest and co-operation manifested by them in all matters pertaining to this department. REPORT OF WIRE INSPECTOR 113

To Herbert D. Anderson for his hearty co-operation and interest during the past year on matters pertaining to this department as Committee on Fire Department. To all other Town Departments who have rendered valuable assistance during the past year, you have my sincere thanks. To the officers and members of the Fire Department, and to the members of the Auxiliary Fire Force for the prompt and faithful discharge of their duties during the past year, I extend my sincere thanks. During the year, Lieutenants Harry A. Russell and Alfred C. McGrath and Private James W. O'Donnell were retired after long and faithful service. This year the 70-Hour-Bill was accepted by the Town at the Annual Town Meeting. This meant the reduction in hours of firemen from 84 hours per week to 70 hours per week. This meant the increasing of the permanent force to 20 men or the addition of four new men. The following were appointed to fill the existing vacancies by retirements and the additional men, Ralph E. McCann, John F. Sullivan, Charles W. Richards, Clarence L. Melanson, Donald C. Jacobs, Charles C. Curran and Melvin A. King. Respectfully submitted, CLIFFORD E. JACOBS, Chief of Fire Department.

Report of Wire Inspector

January 2, 1947 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Wakefield, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I submit the following report of Wire Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1946. Permits granted 623 Inspections made 482 Wiring jobs condemned 7 Defects in wiring located and corrected 34 Wiring without filing applications ' 47 Notices sent to owners of unsafe wiring 16 Wiring jobs suspended, violation of national code 8 Permits refused 5 Wiring in public buildings inspected 21 Wiring without license, work suspended 7 114 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

In closing this report I wish to extend my sincere thanks to Mr. James M. Whitehead, Manager of Municipal Light Department and Chief Clifford Jacobs, for the interest they have shown and the valuable aid they have given to this department. To the working force of the Municipal Light Department and all mas- ter and licensed electricians and helpers who have rendered valuable assistance by their hearty co-operation during the past year to this depart^ ment, you have my sincere thanks. Respectfully submitted, J. W. MacINNIS, Wire Inspector.

Report of the Forest Warden

January 1, 1947 To the honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: During the year there was a total of 167 woods and grass fires. Respectfully submitted, CLIFFORD E. JACOBS, Forest Warden. REPORT OP SUPERINTENDENT OP STREETS 115

Report of Superintendent of Streets

January 16, 1947

To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Wakefield, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I respectfully submit the annual report of the work done and the expense incurred in the Highway Department for the year ending December 31, 1946. Appropriation — March $ 54,867.66 Expenditures 54,845.92

Balance $ 21.74

EXPENDITURES

Overhead

Salary of Superintendent $ 3,500.00 Salary of Clerk 1,758.40 Office 218.45 Pensions 1,604.12 $ 7,080.97

General Maintenance

Patrol $ 1,310.40 Patching 5,997.00 Street Cleaning 4,759.15 Cleaning Catchbasins 1,603.38 Repairs to Sidewalks 1,549.53 Repairs to Equipment 3,238.89 Resurfacing and Repairs 129.68 Street Signs 649.59 Miscellaneous 1,075.33 SuppUes 3,136.18 Buildings 1,015.31 Traffic Lines 547.59 Tar and Sand 575.45 Repairs to Guardrail 9.74 $ 25,597.22 Drainage: New and Maintenance 4,716.99 Saturday Afternoons 2,971.89 Holidays 1,147.96 116 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Vacations 589.00 Snow and Ice 11,477.79 Sidewalks—Cement 1,054.30 Curb 59.80 Tar 150.00 $ 1.264.10

GENERAL MAINTENANCE

Patrol—Tlie cleaning of the gutters in the business section daily, with a truck and two men once a week cleaning the business section in Green- wood.

Resurfacing and Repairs—Little of this work was done this year in order to take care of drainage.

The cost: Labor $ 24.45 Material 105.23 $ 129.68 Tar and Sand: Labor $ 185.61 Material 285.84 Rental 104.00 $ 575.45

Street Cleaning—^This item includes the cleaning of the streets and gutters of the Town in the spring and fall of the year.

The cost: Labor $ 4,759.15 — Repairs to Equipment ^The following is a list of equipment, showing the model, year and the money spent to keep same in repair. Much of the equipment is old and requires more repairs and parts.

Labor Material Total Oldsmobile Coupe 1940 $ 41.99 $ 44.75 $ 86.74 Dodge Pick-up 1937 84.32 24.00 108.32 Mack Truck 1938 98.32 79.24 177.56 Dodge Truck 1941 52.73 68.20 120.93 Dodge Truck 1935 82.44 30.50 112.94 Dodge Canopy Truck 1938 21.36 26.90 48.26 Dodge Truck 1936 114.01 160.74 274.75 Air Pump 1.01 1.01 Shovel % YD Marion 1932 11.39 11.39 Shop 25.00 8.15 33.15 Snov; Loader 11.55 28.80 40.35 14 Ton Gas Roller 1931 58.80 17.66 76.46 6 Ton Gas Roller 1929 22.84 22.84 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS 117

Stone Spreader 3.15 3.15 Grader 7.12 1.83 8.95 Stone Drag 21.50 44.50 66.00 Tools 48.62 48.62 Cletrac 1935 32.29 2.00 34.29 Cletrac 1936 33.30 606.22 639.52 Cletrac 1937 33.46 474.05 507.51 Cletrac 1941 87.95 10.64 98.59 Best Tractor 2.00 2.00 Sweeper 1.57 4.00 5.57 Cement Mixer 9.45 345.53 354.98 Crusher (1928 Motor Plant) 1.05 1.05 Compressor 30.45 72.45 102.90 Hydraulic Jack 3.15 3.15 Supplies 230.62 230.62 Miscellaneous 17.29 17.29

$ 956.11 $ 2,282.78 $ 3,238.89 $ 3,238.89

Supplies

Gasoline $ 1,508.08 Kerosene 76.36 Oil 227.14 Miscellaneous 1,324.60 $ 3,136.18

Street Signs—This item includes the erection of new signs for street direction and traflBc control, and the repair and painting of signs. This year we have been able to secure more metal signs. Much pressure has been put upon this item in the past year for additional traffic signs. The cost: Labor $ 343.08 Material 306.51 $ 649.59

Traffic Lines—This item is for trafiQc lines in the business section, schools and churches, bus stops, stop lines, taxi stands and at traf&c lights. All traffic lines are painted twice a year and the markings are made to conform with State Highway Specifications.

The cost: Labor $ 368.48 Material 179.11- $ 547.59

Buildings: Light, Water, Heat $ 700.09 Repairs and Upkeep 315.22 $ 1,015.31 118 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Repairs to Guardrail—This item is for repairing and repainting of Guardrails.

The cost: Labor $ 9.74 $ 9.74

Repairs to Sidewalks—This item is for repair to damaged sidewalks and curbs.

The cost: Labor $ 1,052.10 Material 497.43 $ 1,549.53

DRAINAGE

This item includes the la5dng of new drainage and the repairs to old drainage, and cleaning of brooks, culverts and basin tops.

The cost: Labor $ 2,932.17 Material 1,784.82 $ 4,716.99

SNOW AND ICE

The following are the expenditures for this work: Snow Removal and Hauling Labor $ 1,220.34 Rental 1,135.77

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Street Plowing Labor $ 1,243.03 Rental 3,052.25 — $ 4,295.28 Sidewalk Plowing $ 156.28 $ 156.28 Sanding Labor $ 1.754.17 Material 899.40 Rental 12.00

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Repairs to Plows Labor 469.17 Material 622.61 $ 1.091.78 Snow Fence Labor 344.08 $ 344.08 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS 119

Coasting Signs Labor $ 9.01 $ 9.01 Drainage Labor $ $401.76 $ 401.76 Miscellaneous Material $ 157.92 $ 157.92

Total $ 11,477.79

CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE

Appropriation by Town $ 500.00 Allotment from Sfate 500.00 Allotment from County 500.00

Total $ 1,500.00 Expended: Labor $ 177.90

Balance $ 1,322.10

CHAPTER 90 NORTH AVENUE

Appropriation by Town $ 3,750.00 Appropriation by County 3,750.00 Appropriation by State 7,500.00

$ 15,000.00 Expended: Labor $ 7,834.51 Material 5,010.29 Rental 2,155.20 15,000.00

SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS

Morgan Avenue—^This was a continuation of the work started last year. Balance 1945 $ 1,397.13 Expended: Labor $ 642.05 Material 747.36 1,389.41

Balance $ 7.72 120 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

White Circle Balance 1945 $ 312.95 Expended: Material $ 21.47 21.47

Balance $ 291.48

Water Street Sidewalks Balance 1945 $ 465.10 Expended: Labor $ 446.28 Material 8.33 454.61

Balance $ 10.49

Cutter Street

Balance 1945 $ 1,140.23 Expended: Labor $ 676.51 Material 355.79 1,032.30

Balance 107.93

Willow Street

Balance 1945 $ 1,623.02 Expended: Labor $ 700.07 Material 285.38 985.45

Balance $ 637.57

Wolcott Street Balance 1945 $ 2,106.69 Expended: Labor $ 81317 Material 870.93 1.684.10

Balance $ 422.59

Abom Avenue is now under construction and will be completed as soon as conditions are favorable. Appropriation $ 8,600.00 Expended: Labor $ 783.05 Material 5,563.23 6,346.26

Balance $ 2,253.74 REPORT OP SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS 121

Davidson Road—^Due to lack of materials in other departments we have been unable to enter this road in 1946. Appropriation $ 4,250.00 Expended: Material $ 63.40 63.40

Balance $ 4,186.60

Outlook Road—The same condition exists on this street as on David- son Road. Appropriation $ 10,789.00 Expended: Material $ 241.00 241.00

Balance $ 10,548.00

New Way—Water to Crescent Street. Appropriation $ 500.00 Expended: Material $ 415.00 415.00

Balance $ 85.00

Preston Street—^We have been imable to secure pipe for this culvert, but hope same will be available shortly. Appropriation $ 500.00

NEW EQUIPMENT

Appropriation $ 30,000.00 Expended: Snow Loader $ 5,542.72 Sidewalk Roller 2,666.00 Sweeper 7,750.60 Power Lifts for Snow Plows: Lifts $ 255.00 Installing 150.00 405.00 16,274.32

Balance $ 13,725.68

This equipment was purchased by a special committee, and the above is equipment that we have received from this appropriation. At this time I wish to express my appreciation for the support given me by the Board of Selectmen, and the heads of the several Town De- partments.

Respectfully submitted, ROBERT B. MacKENNA, Superintendent of Streets. 122 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Report of Supt. of Moth Department and Tree Department

January 7, 1947 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Wakefield, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I respectfully submit the annual report of the Moth and Tree Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1946. We found the Tent Caterpillars and Satin Moths about the same as last year. There are no Brown Tail Moths at all. Gypsy Moths have increased in the woodlands near the Saugus and Lynnfield lines. There was an increase in Elm Beetles this year, due to the weather and insufiQcient help to complete the spraying of our elm trees while the beetles were eat- ing. If we had one extra man during our spraying season, we would be able to complete this work at a more satisfactory time. We have 4,590 shade trees on our streets, 3,588 maples; of these 700 are young trees and need care each year, 592 are elms and 410 are a variety of trees. We have 1,500 young trees in our nursery on Broadway and care must be given them each year. 100 trees were planted on various streets that were grown in the nursery. We removed 24 trees that were dead or in a dangerous condition and on advice from the State, we removed all the bark from the elm wood that was stored in the Highway Yard and burned it, as we found many nests of the European Beetle, which is a carrier of the Dutch Elm Disease. About 12 cords of wood were put in the Town Hall from the trees we removed. We spent: Tree Work $ 3,159.00 Moth Work 2.686.60 Spraying 1,993.40 Cutting Brush 611.00 Insecticides 602.00 Truck and Sprayer 321.05 Other Expenses 323.47

Balance $ 3.47 Income for the year beginning April 1, 1945, and ending March 31, 1946, was $1,047.21. At this time I wish to express my appreciation for the support given me by the Honorable Board of Selectmen and several of the town departments. John A. Landry, retired superintendent, has been most co-operative, in a number of instances. To him I extend my sincere thanks. Respectfully submitted, ERNEST J. McWHINNIE, Superintendent of the Moth and Tree Department. REPORT OP BUILDING INSPECTOR 123

Report of Building Inspector

January 2, 1947 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Wakefield, Massachusetts Gentlemen:

I submit the following report of my activities for the year ending De- cember 31, 1946. Permits granted 292 Building inspections 732 Sidewalk permits 32 Signs 28 Awning permits 6 Sign inspections 38 Awning inspections 14 Shingle permits 106 Rooming houses inspected 5 Elevator inspections 37 Public buildings inspected 26 Convalescent home inspections 5 Fire escapes inspected 21 Buildings torn down 14 Buildings condemned 4 Fire inspections 19 Permits refused 18 Chimneys condemned 19 Complaints investigated 26 Building without permits 17 Construction suspended, violation of building laws 3 Cases to Appeal Board 20 Elevators condemned 1 Notices sent to owners of unsafe condition of buildings 16 Notices posted on dangerous and unsafe buildings 4 Approximate valuation of permits issued $775,440.00 Permit fees received 784.40

Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH W. MacINNIS, Building Inspector. 124 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Report of Compensation Agent

January 14, 1947

To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Wakefield, Massachusetts

Gentlemen:

There were forty-nine (49) compensation cases in 1946, requiring an expenditure of $943.71 out of an appropriation of $1,000.00.

COMPENSATION ACCOUNT

Appropriation for 1946 $ 1,000.00 Spent for 1946 943.71

Balance $ 56.29

Expenditures by Departments for 1946: Highway $ 139.35 School 230.25 Water and Sewer 467.51 Board of Health 58.50 Welfare 20.00 Lafayette building 14.00 Other expenses 2.10

Total $ 943.71

Respectfully submitted. JOSEPH W. MacINNIS, Compensation Agent. REPORT OF ANIMAL INSPECTOR 125

Report of Animal Inspector

January 14, 1947 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: My report as Animal Inspector for the year 1946, January 1 to Decem- ber 31, 1946, inclusive, is as follows:

Sixty (60) dogs have been placed in quarantine. None were rabid. Ninety-nine (99) animals were picked up on Town highways, having been killed or injured by automobiles, and were properly taken care of. Twenty-five (25) barns were inspected. There are 55 head of cattle in the Town. There are 61 goats, 1 sheep, 11 hogs, and 30 horses. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. BENNETT, Animal Inspector.

Report of Dog Officer

January 14, 1947 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:

My report as Dog Officer for the year 1946, January 1 to December 31, inclusive, is as follows: Have canvassed Town twice for unlicensed dogs. Have answered 358 calls. Have fed and given shelter to 114 dogs. There have been 25 dogs whose owners were found and, they were returned. Eighty-nine dogs were disposed of.

Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. BENNETT, Dog Oflacer. 126 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Report of Contributory Retirement Board

January 1, 1947 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Wakefield, Mass. Gentlemen: The Contributory Retirement Board submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1946. The total membership for the year ending December 31, 1945, was 176 active members and 17 inactive members, also 38 members who are on the Pension List, making a total of 231 members. During the year of 1946, 34 new members were admitted to the system, and also during the year, 6 members resigned, having withdrawn their accumulated deductions by re- fimd payments. There were 3 members who passed away and pasmients covering deductions and interest were paid to the beneficiaries and 9 members were retired who are now on the Pension List of which 3 retired from the Fire Department, 1 in the School Department, 1 in the Highway De- partment, 1 in the Moth Department, 1 in the Water and Sewer Depart- ment and 1 from the Municipal Light Plant, also 1 from the Welfare De- partment. Six of our members on the Pension List passed away during the year. The total active members as of December 31, 1946 are 192 members and members on the Pension List number to 41 members making total of en- rollment of 233 members. Presented below is a statement for the year ending December 31, 1946. Balance as of January 1st, 1946 $112,811.91 1946 RECEIPTS Contributions of Members $ 18,209.84 Member Transfer from Town of Arlington 250.44 Investment Income 3,510.56 Town Appropriations 1946 Pension Fimd 36,366.00 Expense Fund 1,110.00 Interest Deficiency 470.79 Military Service Fund 997.70 $ 60,915.33

$173,727.24 1946 EXPENDITURES Pensions and Annuities Paid $ 32,660.42 Refunds to Members 3,185.07 Administrative Expense 1,026.74 $ 36,872.23

Balance $136,855.01 REPORT OP CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT BOARD 127

ASSETS

United States War Bonds, Series "G" $ 45,000.00 First National Bank of Boston, Bank Stock 3,900.00 National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Bank Stock 2,287.50 Wakefield Trust Company balance checking account 16,585.81 Wakefield Co-operative Bank, Paid-up Shares 2,000.00 Merrimack Co-operative Bank, Paid-up Shares 2,000.00 Brighton Co-operative Bank, Paid-up Shares 2,000.00 Congress Co-operative Bank, Paid-up Shares 2,000.00 Merrimack Co-operative Bank, Matured Shares 2,000.00 Brighton Co-operative Bank, Matured Shares 2,000.00 Congress Co-operative Bank, Matured Shares 2,000.00 20 Co-operative Banks 40 Serial Shares each 55,081.70 $136,855.01

LIABILITIES Pension Fund $ 18,051.76 Annuity Savings Fund 98,692.74 Annuity Reserve Firnd 16,698.06 Expense Fund 333.39 Investment Income Account 259.60 Military Service Fund 2,819.46 $136,855.01

Respectfully submitted,

WILLIAM P. HURTON, Chairman CHARLES C. COX, Secretary ROLAND B. OLIVER 128 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Report of Sweetser Lecture Committee

SEASON OP 1946

RECEIPTS

Income from Invested Fimds $ 201.00 Received from sale of tickets 457 at .35 159.95 Sales by Stores: Smith's Drug Store 55 Nagle's Drug Store 55 Lane's Drug Store 7 Cataldo's Pharmacy 17 Greenwood Pharmacy 16 Crystal Pharmacy 3 Item Office 8

161 at .35 56.35 Sale of Electrotype .75

Total $ 418.05

EXPENSES

Oct. 30 Irwin Williamson Lecture $ 100.00 Nov. 6 Philip Jones Lectiu-e 50.00 Nov. 13 Capt. George Bailey Lecture 50.00 — $ 200.00 Wakefield Item, Advertising and Printing $ 63.95 Ticket Boys 7.50 Loud Speaker Operators 6.00 Janitors at Lectures 36.00 Federal Tax on Admissions 41.04 154.49

$ 354.49 Balance to Sweetser Charities $ 63.56 $ 418.05 GEORGE E. POTTER HARRY I. REED EDWARD A. RICH EB V. YEUELL CHARLOTTE R. FTTZ CHARLES J. PETERSON THOMAS F. KENNEY REPORT OF SWEETSER CHARITY FUND 129

Report of Sweetser Cliarity Fund

JANUARY 1, 1946—JANUARY 1, 1947

RECEIPTS

orward Jan. 1, 1946 $ 596.86 Savings Bank 10.01

Total Receipts $ 606.87

EXPENDITURES—None

Leaving Balance on Hand, January 1, 1947 $ 606.87 In Wakefield Trust Company $ 98.22 In Wakefield Savings Bank 508.65

Total $ 606.87

Respectfully submitted,

CHARLOTTE R. FITZ, Treasurer Sweetser Charity Fund :

130 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures

January 6, 1947

To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:

Gentlemen

I respectfully submit the following report:

Adjusted Sealed Condemned Platform scales over 10,000 lbs. Platform scales, 100 to 5,000 lbs. 4 8 Counter scales over 100 lbs. 1 Counter scales under 100 lbs. 1 8 Spring scales over 100 lbs. 2 Spring scales under 100 lbs. 5 19 Computing scales over 100 lbs. 3 4 Computing scales under 100 lbs. 3 31 Personal weighing scales 2 Prescription scales 4 Avoirdupois weights 61 Apothecary weights 36 Metric weights 61 Gasoline meters 5 70 1 Oil truck meters 9 26 1 Gasoline pumps 7 63 2 Yard sticks 12 Fees collected, $103.80.

Respectfully submitted,

JAMES J. DEVLIN, Sealer. REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS 131

Report of the Board of Assessors

January 6, 1947 To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield: We herewith submit the annual report of the Assessors' Department for the year ending December 31, 1946. State Tax $ 18,000.00 State Audit of Municipal Accounts 2,810.19 State Examination of Retirement System 106.93 Smoke Inspection Service 225.63 Charles River Basin 2,162.89 Reservations 5,884.02 Nantasket Beach Maintenance 642.51 Boulevards 147.57 Metropolitan Sewerage, North System 20,946.39 Under-estimated Charges for 1946 425.50 $ 51,351.63 Estimated County Tax for 1946 35,446.22 Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment 8,434.24 Under-estimated County Tax for 1945 82.26 $ 43,962.72

Total State, Metropolitan and County Charges $ 95,314.35 Charges for Town Purposes $ 1,149,573.80 Overlay for 1946 17,000.00 $ 1,166,573.80

Gross Levy $ 1,261,888.15 Estimated Receipts: Total Town Receipts $ 246,404.75 Total Credits from State 128,861.04 Transfer from Light Dept. to Treasury 35,000.00 Transfer from Overlay Surplus to Reserve 33,000.00 Transfer from Available Funds 17,902.87 Transfer from Surplus Revenue 67,000.00 Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $ 528,168.66

Net Levy $ 721,445.49 6137 Polls @ $2.00 12,274.00

Total Tax Levied on Polls and Property $ 733,719.49 December Assessment (Real Estate) 56.45

$ 733,775.94 Rate of Taxation, $31.80 per $1,000.00 132 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

TOWN VALUATIONS

Buildings $17,584,650.00 Land 3,895,685.00 Personal Property 1,206,630.00

Total $22,686,965.00 December Assessments (Real Estate) 1,775.00

$22,688,740.00 Gain in Valuation for 1946 $ 75,290.00 Property of the Town including Land and Buildings, Municipal Light Plant, Water Works, Sewer System and Tangible Property $ 4,317,789.00

PROPERTY EXEMPT PROM TAXATION

Commonwealth of Massachusetts $ 178,750.00 United States of America 88,450.00 Literary Institutions 134,350.00 Benevolent Institutions 72,850.00 Houses of Religious Worship 580,175.00 Cemeteries, Land and Buildings 71,100.00 Tangible Property 36,995.00 Parsonages 29,750.00

$ 1,192,420.00 Number of Polls assessed (88) added Polls since Tax Levy 6,225 Number of Motor Vehicles assessed 5,062 Excise Tax Committed in 1946 $ 23,283.26 Number of Dwelling Houses assessed 3,934 Number of Persons, Partnerships and Corporations assessed 5,404 Value of assessed Stock in Trade $ 386,965.00 Value of Real Estate assessed including $275 Dec. Assessment $21,480,610.00 Value of Live Stock assessed $ 17,840.00 Value of Machinery assessed $ 193,325.00 Value of all Othe?; Ratables assessed $ 608,500.00 Number of Horses assessed 23 Number of Cows assessed 42 Number of Goats assessed 48 Number of Swine assessed 55 Number of Fowl assessed 11,533 Number of Sheep assessed 4 Number of Ducks assessed 20 Number of Geese assessed 20 Number of Turkeys assessed 26 Number of Acres of Land assessed 3,604.46 REPORT OF TOWN PLANNING BOARD ISS

Number of Acres, Lake Quannapowitt 247.94 Number of Acres, Crystal Lake 82.86 Number of Acres, Town Common 2.5 Number of Acres, Park at Lakeside 6.75 Number of Acres, Hart Hill Park 23.06 Number of Acres, Cemetery on Church Street 4.14 Number of Acres, Cemetery on Lowell Street 35.0 Area of Town Rockery 4,300 sq. ft. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE E. BLAIR, Chairman LEO F. DOUGLASS, Secretary GEORGE H. STOUT Board of Assessors.

Report of the Town Planning Board

To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:

The Town Planning Board submits its report for the year ending De- cember 31, 1946. During the past year the efiforts of the Board have been devoted to a number of town problems. The Board has continued its policy of being represented at public hearings and has had conferences with groups of citizens from different sections of the town as well as with civic organizations and has held one conference at which members of the Reading and Stoneham Planning Boards were present. The Board has considered methods of relieving traffic congestion in Wakefield Square and is of the opinion that the problem can be solved by the construction of a new street, with an off-street parking area, east of Main Street from Water to Crescent Streets. The Planning Board believes that to Serve the Town to better advan- tage it should function under General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81A (Acts of 1936, Chapter 211) and that the Town should adopt a by-law at the An- nual Town Meeting of 1947 that will make the change possible. Respectfully submitted, FITZROY WILLARD, Chairman ICENNETH W. THOMSON, Secretary EDWARD M. BRIDGE DR. FRANK T. WOODBURY ARTHUR E. HARDING :

134 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Report of the Board of Health

To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:

In reporting for the year 1946 the Board of Health would call atten- tion to the relative freedom from serious contagion and tuberculosis as will appear from the comparative tables which will follow. During the year the Board has continued its pre-school immunization clinic against diphtheria under the direction of Dr. Ira W. Richardson. This clinic while quite satisfactory did not produce the results the Board of Health would have liked. Later in the season following advice of the State Board of Public Health Dr. Richardson held a second immunization clinic at which time a total of 791 were immunized including the booster doses.

That immunization against diphtheria has proven its value is shown by a comparison of conditions in 1946 with previous conditions, for ex- ample: The report of the Board of Health for the year 1899 showed that the town had seven cases of diphtheria and eleven cases of typhoid fever, in 1946 there was no typhoid and but one case of diphtheria. This improvement in the incidence of diphtheria has resulted without any question from the immunization clinics of previous years, while the improvement in typhoid is without doubt the result of better drinking water conditions and the pasteurization of milk. The one case of diphtheria in 1946 was that of a Wakefield settled case who had been away from town for more than two weeks, and unexpectedly appeared at a doctor's oflBce in Wakefield, and was immediately taken to the Haynes Memorial Hospital where he died within twenty-four hours.

The Board of Health will continue its pre-school immunization clinics and strongly urges that all parents arrange for the immunization of any child over six months and up to school age either through their family physician or by bringing them to the Board of Health clinic. The receipts of the Department for 1946 were as follows: Milk and Food Inspector $ 118.50 Plumbing Permits 231.00 Reimbursement and Licenses 101.11

Total $ 450.61

These receipts were deposited in the Wakefield Trust Company to the credit of the Town of Wakefield. The Town also received from the State credited to the Board of Health—T B subsidies amounting to $614.29. The comparative expense to the town for tuberculosis and contagion is as follows 1943 1944 1945 1946 Tuberculosis $ 3,383.91 $ 2,354.70 $ 2,313.01 $ 1,461.50 Contagion 1,128.02 1,464.97 970.73 862.95 REPORT OP BOARD OF HEALTH 135

The following is a four year comparison of all reportable diseases; 1943 1944 1945 1946 Chicken-pox 122 59 26 57 Diphtheria 1 1 Dog Bites 46 33 33 36 German Measles 100 9 3 2 Malaria 3 Measles 18 306 9 95 Mumps 22 66 23 10 Miningitis 3 2 1 Lobar Pneumonia 6 5 2 3 Poliomyelitis 3 2 Septic Throat 5 1 Scarlet Fever 70 70 23 17 Typhoid Fever 3 1 Tuberculosis 13 8 10 3 Whooping Cough 24 8 14 8 Dysentery (Sonne) 7

435 570 155 232

Miss Russell, Health Nurse, made the following number of visits during the year 1946: Chicken-pox 28 Diphtheria 1 Measles 30 Mumps 4 Scarlet Fever 35 Tuberculosis and Contacts 415 Whooping Cough 2

515

Number of trips to hospitals and sanatoriums made by Miss Russell during the year 1946: Middlesex County Sanatorium 14 North Reading State Sanatorium 29 Melrose Hospital 1 New England Sanitarium 1 Haynes Memorial Hospital 1 Children's Hospital 1

During the year 1946 the work of Plumbing Inspector for the first five months was performed by Mr. David Taggart, who was appointed a temporary plumbing inspector, following. the death of Mr. David Martin. The remaining seven months this work was carried on by Mr. Kenneth G. Shaw 136 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

as provisional plumbing inspector, ami diaring the twelve months the" following number of permits were issued: 206 Number of Fixtures installed 739 Electric Storage Water Heaters 1 Gas Storage Water Heaters 6 30 gallon Water Tanks 26 Tankless Heaters 32 Water Closets 193 Bath Tubs 90 Lavatories 153 Stall Showers 10 Urinals 13 Flat Rim Sinks 76 Stop Sinks 4 Sink and Tray Combination 29 Cabinet Sinks 4 Bradley Wash Fountains 6 Laundry Trays 28 Washing Machines 2 Soda Fountains 3 Drinking Fountains 5 Water Piping 14 Beauty Shop Units 2 Blow Down Tanks 1 Gasoline Catch Basins 2 Floor Drains 3 Sewer connections 52 Cesspool connections 11

739

Respectfully submitted, WESLEY S. GOODWIN, Chairman NED C. LOUD ROBERT DUTTON, M. D., SeCy. REPORT OF MILK AND FOOD INSPECTOR 137

Report of Milk and Food Inspector

Herewith is submitted my report as Inspector of Milk and Food for the year ending December 31, 1946.

This, my 19th report, I have confined to as few words as seem con- sistent since more space would only contain a repetition of last year's summary and appear of little avail from a health standpoint. In passing, however, it might be said that guarding the milk and food supply of a community, approximating 20,000 inhabitants and a shopping center for many more is a responsibility of no little importance and requires more, in my opinion, than casual interest and casual pay. The pay for this work is the same today as 19 years ago.

The following details cover the year 1946: 60 Retail Milk Licenses @ 50c $ 30.00 32 Dealer Milk Licenses @ 50c 16.00 5 Pasteurizing Licenses @ $10.00 50.00 3 Ice Cream Manufacturing Licenses @ $5.00 15.00 15 Oleomargerine Licenses @ 50c 7.50

$118.50

The above total has been deposited in the Wakefield Trust Company to credit of town of Wakefield, and I hold receipt.

It should interest the Wakefield public to know that all milk distributed by dealers in the town of Wakefield is either pasteurized or certified. 18l Samples of milk collected for analyses. 22 Dairy farms visited—totaling 31 inspections. 16 Communities supplying Wakefield dealers. 12 Towns in Massachusetts—4 towns in New Hampshire. 4 Food complaints adjusted, all out of town patrons.

Respectfully submitted,

LAWRENCE E. DOUCETTE, Inspector of Milk and Food. 138 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Report of Middlesex County Extension Service

Food production was of the utmost importance during 1946 and the main effort of the Extension Service was along this line. Through meetings, radio, farm and home visits, county bulletin, news releases and calls in person and by telephone at the office, assistance was given to as many people as possible. Fruit growers this year were interested especially in knowing more about frost damage and its prevention and the latest materials to use in spraying to overcome insects and diseases. Because of the wet season there was a severe infestation of scab and growers required all the assistance possible to produce a good quality crop. Twilight meetings of interest to local growers were held in various parts of the county. Information was sent to our local paper and the radio to help all those interested in home gardens. Three projects were emphasized to assist those interested in poultry, namely, Better Use of Ranges, Brooding and Rearing; Disease Control and Sanitation. Of interest to dairymen, the Selective Breeding Association and the Herd Improvement Association were developed and expanded during the year. Because of food shortages, homemakers were given assistance, to help them in the problem of feeding their families the right foods essential to health despite the shortages. Demonstrations and illustrated talks were given on :"When Meat is Scarce," "Sugar Saving Desserts," "Use of Avail- able Foods," "Oil Sparing Salad Dressings." Homemakers were given in- struction in clothing renovation and short cuts and speed tricks in clothing renovation. Food preservation was the main project followed during the summer to insure satisfaction in home canning and in the preparation of food for freezing. 4-H Club work was carried on under the direction of the 4-H Commit- tees of which Mrs. Lyle Courage was chairman and who was also the leader of a canning club. Mrs. Edmund Becker and Mrs. Walter K. Free- man were leaders of clothing clubs. Mrs. Freeman was a counselor at the county 4-H camp. Miss Alma Becker did the outstanding work in the town, being a blue ribbon winner in the county dress revue, at which time she modeled her wool suit. She also participated in the dress revue for the state at the State College. She was elected mistress of ceremonies at the Teen Tour Luncheon in Boston. Respectfully submitted, ERIC V. LARSON, Town Director Middlesex Coimty Extension Service. REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES 139

Report of Library Trustees

TRUSTEES OF THE LUCIUS BEEBE MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Hervey J. Skinner, Chairman Mrs. Florence L. Bean, Secretary Dr. Richard Button Mrs. Miriam G. Needham Arthur L. Evans Albert W. Rockwood Walter C. Hickey John J. Round Dr. Frank T. Woodbury

STAFF LIBRARIAN Helen Frances Carleton ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN AND CHIEF CATALOGUER H. Gladys Mackenzie ADULT DEPARTMENT Yolanda Roberto Ruth Tyler *Beatrice Wheeler PICTURE COLLECTION Clara G. Wilson CHILDREN'S ROOM Dorothy M. Rose GREENWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY Clara G. Wilson MONTROSE BRANCH LIBRARY Yolanda Roberto REPAIR DEPARTMENT Etta F. Smith

PART-TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANTS Marguerite B. Collins Angelina Granese Alma S. Chamberlain Barbara O. Pement Etta E. Ux

"Resigned September, 1946 140 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE LUCIUS BEEBE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR OF 1946

The Trustees of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library herewith submit the ninety-first annual report. Although the first full year since hostilities ceased has gone by, conditions are still abnormal, and the Library still finds it necessary to meet difficult situations. For a long time the circulation of books was very high, then due to various factors in common with other libraries, it de- creased. For the past few years it has shown signs of leveling off, and this year shows an upward trend. It is not necessary to say that the largest circulation is in the books of fiction, but the Trustees are glad to be able to report that there is a decided increase in the circulation of books of fine arts, useful arts, periodicals, biography, and philosophy this year. In fine arts the increase was 40% over that of 1945, in useful arts 18%, in biography 13.8%, in philosophy and religion 13%. There has also been an increase of 23.8% in the pictures borrowed. These pictures, of which the Library has an extensive collection, are much used by schools and clubs. At the close of the year 1946 the total number of borrowers was 8487, and of this number 1088 were new borrowers. To all these patrons the library system offers many services, of which the circulation of books is only a part. At the Main Library and at the two branches in Greenwood and Montrose many reference questions are answered at the desk and over the telephone, lists of books on special subjects are compiled, and an inter- library loan service is maintained, to mention just a few of the services offered to the patrons. Thirty-six school deposits are sent out from the Library, other deposits are sent to the Elizabeth E. Boit Home for Aged Women, to the summer Girl Scout Camp, and to the Y. M. C. A. Day Camps. Probably no department of the library system is as important as the Children's Room. This year the Friday afternoon story hours have been continued, also the summer story hours at the day camps at the Y. M. C. A., at the day camps for Girl Scouts, and at the summer Bible School. The music appreciation class, started a few years ago, met each week to hear records on the victrola and to continue the appreciation study. Each year classes in the use of the books and how to find them in the Library are given in the Children's Room and at the Greenwood and Montrose Branches to the four higher grades. Two new features have been inaug- urated in the Children's Room this year, one a story hour for pre-school children held on Friday mornings, the other the preparation of a Treasure Chest of books to be sent to the children in the war countries. This latter undertaking has served the twofold purpose of helping the local children to think of those less fortunate and of collecting a considerable number of books to be sent away. Four boxes to hold the books collected were made by High School students under the guidance of Mr. Louis Marche of the High School faculty. The first chest is ready to be sent to^ England, the second will go to China. Mrs. Hester Wilson, representing Treasure Chests in the Boston Area, spoke to the children in September about the REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES 141

boys and girls in Europe and Asia today, thereby heightening their interest in the project. Among the special gifts received by the Library this year are thirteen books given in memory of men in the service and six books in memory of Miss L. Josephine Mansfield. Mr. Stephen Paine of Brookline has given a complete set of "Fortune"—forty boimd volumes. Again this year the Christmas decorations were the gift of Mrs. Albert W. Rockwood and Mr. Lucius M. Beebe. On the evening of September 18, 1946, the official opening of the new home of the Montrose Branch took place. The guests of honor were the donors of the Montrose Chapel, which has been so skillfully remodeled under the efficient direction of Mr. Edward M. Bridge, the architect. More than a hundred visited the building and took the opportunity to greet the surviving members of the Montrose Chapel Society — Mr. John G. Reid, Mrs. James George, Mr. Shirley W. Dager, Mrs. Edward W. Wilder, Mrs. Fred G. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. George I. Oliver, and Mrs. Grace I. Richardson —and to express to them appreciation of their gracious gift. The open house was held under the direction of a group of Montrose citizens representing the Community Association and the Parent-Teachers' Association. They had planned every detail carefully, and their hospitality contributed much to the very happy occasion. Sandwiches and coffee were served from an attractive table, and flowers added to the homelike atmosphere of the room. In the afternoon children from the Montrose district were entertained with stories and victrola music under the supervision of Miss Carleton and Miss Roberto, the branch librarian, and were treated to Ice cream by the Montrose Associations. Both the Community Association and the Parent-Teachers' Associa- tion have shown keen interest in the Branch from the very beginning and have been generous in their cooperation. Wall paper, floor finish, and re- making the lawn are tangible evidences of their interest, but even more important is their continued enthusiastic support. The Greenwood Branch continues to hold an important place in the library system. Miss Clara Wilson has arranged some very popular dis- plays, which appeal to the grownups, as well as to the children. These have been varied in accordance with the season, the Christmas one being especially noteworthy.

Early in the year the Trustees and the Selectmen met in joint session to appoint a successor to Mrs. Alice W. Wheeler who had resigned. Mrs. Miriam G. Needham was unanimously elected, and the choice has proved a wise one. Mrs. Needham is thoroughly conversant with library work from her service in the Winthrop, Somerville, and Wakefield- systems. When the Library was moved from the Town Hall to the new building in April 1923, its book resources were not as extensive as they are. now. At the close of that year the Trustees' report gave the number of volumes as 23,839; at the close of 1946 there are 74,936, over three tim.es as many. Book- shelves have been added in every available space, and the time is coming 142 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

when additional stack room should be built at the rear of the building, a project which the Trustees have suggested for consideration under the capital outlay plan. For one reason or another the staff has been incomplete much of the year, and this has been a very real handicap. If it were not for the readiness with which each member of the staff has given her best, the public would have felt the lack of service greatly. The Trustees feel a deep sense of gratitude to the librarian, Miss Helen F. Carleton, to the members of the staff, and to the part-time workers who have been so loyal. Respectfully submitted,

HERVEY J. SKINNER, Chairman FLORENCE L. BEAN, Secretary RICHARD DUTTON, M. D. ARTHUR L. EVANS WALTER C. HICKEY MIRIAM G. NEEDHAM ALBERT W. ROCKWOOD JOHN J. ROUND FRANK T. WOODBURY, M. D. GIFTS Gifts of books, magazines and flowers to the library during the year 1946 have been received from: Mrs. Emma Malone Almeida R. K. Grifnn American Legion Frederic S. Hartshorne Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Bean Harry A. Haskell Lucius M. Beebe Channing Howard Mrs. Henry A. Behnke Mrs. Paul J. Kenney Larkin E. Bennett David Lushan Mrs. Raymond A. Boardman George J. McCullough Richard Boucher J. Kenneth McDonald Mrs. Grace Boulter Mrs. Edgar S. Malone Edward M. Bridge Mrs. Hubbard B. Mansfield George L. Carpenter Arthur B. Moulton Mrs. Lillian Carr Mr. and Mrs. George Oliver Mrs. William A. Cheyne Stephen Paine Shirley W. Dager A. V. Phillips Mrs. Phillips C. Davis Mrs. Fred G. Reid Cyrus M. Dolbeare John G. Reid Mrs. Charlotte G. L. Dominick Mrs. Grace I. Richardson Mrs. Riberot Dutton Sidney N. Rittenhouse Mrs. Richard Dutton Mrs. Albert W. Rockwood Mrs. Walter H. Eaton William M. Sawin William E. Eaton Mrs. John B. Sawyer Mrs. Frank L. Edsdn Lloyd Shea Mrs. W. Raymond Emerson Mr. and Mrs. Hervey J. Skinner George J. Evans Walter J. Stevens W. Perry Farwell Mrs. William G. Swain REPORT OP LIBRARY TRUSTEES 143

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Wakefield Daily Item Reading Wakefield Garden Club Mrs. Arthur W. Flint Wakefield Rotary Club Angier L. Goodwin Frederick C. Warner Mrs. Anna A. Goodwin Donald White Mrs. W. W. Greenough Mrs. Edward W. Wilder Miss Ruth Woodbury LECTURE HALL MEETINGS The following local groups used the Library Lecture Hall for meetings during 1946: Children from playground Girl Scout troops Lip Reading Class Wakefield Arts and Crafts Society Wakefield Chapter, American Red Cross Wakefield Garden Club Wakefield Historical Society Wakefield Taxpayers' Association

FINANCIAL STATISTICS—1946 INCOME Library Funds Held by Wakefield Trust Company Original Book Fund Value Income Junius Beebe Fund $ 23,030.00 $ 27,031.61 $ 720.80 Decius Beebe Fund 14,000.00 13,532.08 438.67 Marcus Beebe Fund 15,000.00 17,611.33 496.55 Katherine E. Beebe Fund 5,000.00 5,389.76 112.77 Eleanor H. Beebe Fund 5,000.00 5,303.57 120.18 Frederic Beebe Fund 5,000.00 5,965.06 965.82 Charles S. Beebe Fund 1,000.00 1,097.81 22.71 John H. Beebe Fund 2,500.00 2,710.21 58.45 J. Oliver Beebe Fund 5,000.00 5,334.94 140.19 Alice Beebe Carpenter Fund 5,000.00 5,414.77 112.36 George O. Carpenter Fimd 1,000.00 1,091.56 22.60 Sylenda B. Stearns Fund 2,000.00 2,142.64 46.31

$ 83,530.00 $ 92,625.34 $ 3,257.41 Note: 25% of the net income of the Junius Beebe Fund and 10% of the other funds listed above are added to the principal each year. Original Book

Fund - Value

Harris Mason Dolbeare Memorial Fund $ 1,089.15 $ 1,109.06 Library Funds Held by Town Treasurer Principal Income John Gould Aborn Fund $ 1,689.00 $ 33.95 Cyrus O. Beebe Fund 2,000.00 40.20 144 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

Frederic Beebe Fund 1,000.00 20.10 Robert Parker Dolbeare Fund 500.00 10.05 Willard Donnell Fund 500.00 10.05 Milledge Elliott Fund 1,000.00 20.10 Rev. Thomas Albert Emerson Fund 500.00 10.05 Flint Memorial Fund 1,000.00 20.10 Merrill W. Gove Fund 500.00 10.05 Melvin J. Hill Fund 500.00 10.05 Francis P. Hurd Fund 2,500.00 50.25 Franklin Poole Fund 500.00 10.05 Mary H. Pratt Fund 200.00 4.02 Ashton H. Thayer Fund 500.00 10.05 Cyrus Wakefield Fund 500.00 10.05

Total $ 13,389.00 $ 269.12 SUMMARY Town Appropriation $ 25,668.00 Dog Tax 1,799.05 Income from Trust Funds 3,526.53

$ 30,993.58 EXPENDITURES Books $ 4,980.96 Periodicals 532.00 Binding 1,280.89 Salaries, library service 15,973.58 Heat, light, telephone 1,675.59 Printing and supplies, maintenance 2,932.93 Salaries, janitor service and pension 3,184.47 Miscellaneous 326.73

$ 30,887.15 Balance 106.43

Income $ 30,993.58 Money returned to Town, 1946: Fine, Payments for lost books, etc. $ 1,202.61

SPECIAL APPROPRIATION Montrose Branch library $ 5,800.00

• -' Wakefield Daily It6m, Advertising .::. .. $ . 6.00 Benoit Construction Compsthy, IriC, Contract 5,496.28 Edward M. Bridge, Architect's Fee 297.72

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LIBRARY BORROWERS REGISTERED

Main Library 6,164

Greenwood Branch Library , 2,030 Montrose Branch Library 293

Registered borrowers 8,487

LIBRARY RESOURCES

Volumes belonging to Library, January 1, 1946 72,800 Volumes purchased 3,227 Gifts 110 Bound volumes of magazines 59

Volumes added 3,396 Volumes withdrawn, 1946 1,251 Volumes belonging to Library, December 31, 1946 74,945 Magazines currently received at Library, 1946 (25 gifts) 201 Pictures belonging to Library, December 31, 1946 60,783 Mounted pictures 18,771 Pamphlets belonging to Library, December 31, 1946 3,483 REPORT OF PARK AND CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS 147

Report of Park and Cemetery Commissioners

January 1, 1947 To the Citizens of Wakefield: We hereby submit our annual report of the Park and Cemetery De- partment for the year 1946. This past year we were handicapped because of shortages of funds to hire extra help for the Park, Common, five playgrounds, and thirteen triy angular plots. The wind storm in the spring did considerable damage to trees along the lake shore, bath house, and on the park and common. Several of them had to be removed, and should be replaced this year.

Our equipment is about worn out, and we are asking for new equipment in our 1947 budget, in order that we may take care of the park system as it should be taken care of. We must have proper equipment, and we hope it will be forthcoming. There is much work to be done at the playgrounds, this coming year. The baseball diamonds and tennis courts should be taken care of. The bath house was well attended this year, with very few accidents, which were minor ones. The lifeguards and all employees did a wonderful job, and we wish to thank them publicly. We turned in to the Town Treas- urer $282.75 collected from non-residehts. Another addition to the park system was the generous gift of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hall of about three acres of land and buildings thereon on North Avenue adjoining Veterans' Field. By a vote of the Special Town Meeting held January 6, 1947, instructing the Park Department to send a letter of thanks to Mrs. Hall for her generous gift, the following letter was sent to Mrs. Hall. Wakefield, Mass. January 10, 1947 Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hall 3 Norman Road, Saugus, Mass!

Dear Mrs. Hall: At a special Town Meeting held by the Town of Wakefield on January 6, 1947, it was voted unanimously to accept your generous gift of a parcel of land on North Avenue, Wakefield, for Park purposes. At the same meeting it was voted that the Park and Cemetery Commissioners express to you their deep appreciation in behalf of the Town of Wakefield for your generous gift, and your Civic Interest in the Town of Wakefield. It was also voted at a special meeting of the Park and Cemetery Com- 148 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

missioners held January 9, 1947, that this addition to the Park System be known as the William H. Hall Park. Thanking you again in behalf of the Town of Wakefield, we remain Respectfully submitted, JOHN T. STRINGER, Chairman ROBERT F. FITZ, Secretary GEORGE W. ABBOTT Park and Cemetery Commissioners

A further addition to the park system is the new Water-Street Play- ground. $1,500.00 was allocated by the Town in 1946 for this project, which was spent for fill. It will cost about $8,000.00 to finish this work and an article to take care of this has been put in the 1947 Town Warrant. Your commissioners are negotiating for two more parcels of land on the shores of the lake for park purposes. We expect them to materialize in the near future. Forest Glade Cemetery receipts for 1946 were as follows: Sale of Lots and Graves $ 2,395.00 Perpetual Care 2,374.00 Miscellaneous Receipts 1,668.35

Total $ 6,437.35 We are confronted with making new lots and graves, and we are taking care of this in our 1947 budget. Respectfully submitted,

JOHN T. STRINGER, Chairman ROBERT F. FITZ, Secretary GEORGE W. ABBOTT Park and Cemetery Commissioners :

REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD 149

Report of the Municipal Light Board

January 2, 1947 To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield: We submit for your consideration the fifty-third annual report of the Municipal Light Board, covering the year ending December 31, 1946. The net profit of the Electric Department was $54,686.45 as compared to $56,093.08 in 1945 and that of the Gas Department was $6,822.39 compared to $9,990.07 in 1945. The balance in the Operating Fund was $65,295.98, a decrease of $4,- 442.72 from last year. The sum of $35,000.00 was paid to the Town, making a total of $358,- 611.80. We are asking for an appropriation of $22,000.00 to cover the cost of street lighting for 1947.

The Manager's report, including financial statements for the year is included in this report. Respectfully submitted, MARCUS BEEBE, 2nd, Chairman THEODORE EATON, Secretary AUBREY T. QUINLAN

To the Board of Light Commissioners: Gentlemen The following condensed Profit and Loss statement shows the financial operations of the Department for the year ended December 31, 1946 and the changes from the previous year. Sales of Gas and Electricity $466,810.88 Increase $ 31,545.74 Cost of Gas and Electricity 225,746.38 Increase 20,867.47

Gross Revenue 241,064.50 Increase 10,678.27 Operating Expense 179,609.69 Increase 14,742.07

Operating Revenue 61,454.81 Decrease 4,063.80 Other Income 1,530.50 Decrease 582.76

Gross Income 62,985.31 Decrease 4,646.56 Other Expense 1,476.47 Decrease 72.25

Net Income 61,508.84 Decrease 4,574.31 Paid to Town in lieu of Taxes 35,000.00

Net $ 26,508.84 Decrease $ 4,574.31 : —

150 . TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

The Town's equity in the plant is shown on the Balance Sheet in two items Appropriated Surplus 524,932.86 Earned Surplus 495,393.94 Increase 26,825.60

Total $ 1,020,326.80 Increase $ 26,825.60 The maximum loan on the system as recorded at the substation was 3,500 K. W. which is an increase of 300 K. W. over the previous. Specifica- tions covering equipment to give us additional capacity are being prepared and bids will be asked for in a short time. The Greenwood circuit has been changed to three phase and we plan to change our other circuits as rapidly as possible. Both gas and electric lines have been installed in Morel Circle to serve twenty houses in that development. Eighty electric and sixty-six gas services were installed in various parts of the town to serve new houses, most of which were connected to existing lines. The twenty-two Fire Alarm boxes which we received late in 1945 were installed, replacing older type of boxes and four new boxes were installed No. 141 Robert St., No. 311 Jefferson and Hamilton Roads, No. 391 White Circle, and No. 394 Vernon St. near Juniper Ave. Eight new boxes have been purchased, six of them will be used to replace old boxes and two boxes for new locations. The Police Department has asked for a new box to be located near the Mapleway Playground. Financial statements follow: MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT

BALANCE SHEET as of DECEMBER 31, 1946 ASSETS PLANT INVESTMENT Gas Department (Schedule A) $296,046.09 Electric Department (Schedule B) 242,999.96 General Equipment (Schedule C) 18,957.17 Office Building 22,525.00

Total $ 580,528.22 CURRENT ASSETS Operation Fund $ 65,295.98 Construction Fund 68,283.47 Depreciation Fund 255,250.16 Office Fund 100.00 Change Fund 300.00 Special Deposits 36,190.27 Accounts Receivable 22,540.93 Materials and Supplies 28,635.47

Total $ 476,596.28 REPORT OP MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD 151

Prepaid Insurance $ 707.60

TOTAL ASSETS $ 1,057,832.10

LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS CURRENT LIABILITIES Consumers Deposits $ 36,190.27 Interest on Consumers Deposits 1,315.03

Total $ 37,505.30

APPROPRIATED SURPLUS Loans Repayment $473,300.00 Appropriations for Construction-Repayment 51,632.86

Total $ 524,932.86 SURPLUS (SCHEDULE D) $ 495,393.94

TOTAL LIABILITIES and SURPLUS $ 1,057,832.10

STATEMENT OP INCOME AND EXPENSE GAS DEPARTMENT INCOME PROM THE SALE OF GAS Residence $113,243.12 Commercial 13,957.27

Prepay z 1,530.54 Mimicipal 461.54 Minimum Bills 213.87

Total $129,406.34

DEDUCT OPERATING EXPENSE Gas Purchased $ 69,257.07 Distribution 24,098.20 Commercial 6,377.33 New Business 207.29 General 7,993.04 Depreciation 14,602.17

Total $122,535.10

OPERATING INCOME $ 6,871.24 152 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

ADD—OTHER INCOME Jobbing $ 27.29 Interest on Bank Balances 180.00 Income from Rents 234.00

Total $ 441.29

GROSS INCOME $ 7,312.53 DEDUCT OTHER EXPENSE Interest on Consumers Deposits $ 360.42 Bad Debts 129.72

Total $ 490.14

NET INCOME TO SURPLUS (SCHEDULE D) $ 6,822.39

STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT INCOME FROM THE SALE OF ELECTRICITY Residence $171,333.37 Commercial 65,527.48 Power 63,899.43 Municipal—Power 3,087.22 Light 13,281.88 Street Lighting 20,000.00 Minimum Bills 157.44 Other 117.72

Total $337,404.54

DEDUCT OPERATING EXPENSE Electricity Purchased $156,489.31 Distribution 47,135.41 Utilization 7,433.02 Commercial 15,675.28 New Business 719.16 General 16,348.36 Depreciation 39,020.43

Total $282,820.97

OPERATING INCOME $ 54,583.57 ADD—OTHER INCOME Jobbing $ 123.21 REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD 153

Interest on Bank Balances . 420.00 Rent Income 546.00

Total $ 1,089.21

GROSS INCOME $ 55,672.78

i DEDUCT—OTHER EXPENSE Interest on Consumers Deposits $ 841.00 Bad Debts 145.33

Total $ 986.33

NET INCOME TO SURPLUS (SCHEDULE D) $ 54,686.45

PLANT INVESTMENTS GAS DEPARTMENT—SCHEDULE A

Land $ 6,604.47 Structures 17,751.63 Boiler Plant Equipment 879.69 Miscellaneous Power Plant Equipment 1,310.25 Street Mains 205,775.07 Services 30,273.65 Consumers Meters 26,102.76 Consumers Meter Installations 7,348.57

Total $296,046.09

ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT—SCHEDULE B

Land $ 213.57 Structures 1,196.87 Substation Equipment 11,652.50 Poles, Fixtures and Overhead Conductors 41,257.15 Underground Conduits 78,025.88 Underground Conductors 45,947.82 Consumers Meters 10,373.28

Consumers Meter Installations ' 5,932.66 Line Transformers 21,500.11 Transformer Installations 3,970.45

Street Lighting Equipment . 22,929.67

Total $242,999.96 154 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

GENERAL EQUIPMENT—SCHEDULE C

Office $ 1,155.80 Transportation 3,660.74 Laboratory 931.47 Miscellaneous 13,209.16

Total $ 18,957.17

SURPLUS AS OP DECEMBER 31, 1946 CREDITS

Balance, January 1st $468,568.34 Profit from Electric Operations 54,686.45 Profit from Gas Operations 6,822.39 Sale of Junk 316.76

Total $530,393.94

DEBITS Paid to Town $ 35,000.00

SURPLUS, December 31, 1946 $495,393.94

COST OF GAS Total cost at Plant $ 69,257.07 Cost per M. C. F. $0,678 Average selling price per M. C F. $1,365 Average cost delivered per M. C. F. $1,293 Total gas purchased—cubic feet 102,085,421 Total gas sold—cubic feet 94,779,800

COST OF ELECTRICITY

Total cost at switchboard $156,489.31 Cost per K. W. Hour 1.306c Average selling price per K. W. Hour 3.010c Average cost delivered per K. W. Hour 2.522c Total electricity purchased—K. W. Hours 11,960,664 Total electricity sold—K. W. Hours 11,208,011

Respectfully submitted, JAMES M. WHITEHEAD, Manager REPORT OF WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD 155

37th Annual Report of the Wakefield Water and Sewerage Board

The year 1946 was the first year since the beginning of the war that any considerable amount of new construction was carried on by the Water and Sewer Department. However, due to the continued shortage of labor and difficulties in obtaining materials not all of the work voted at the 1946 Town Meeting was completed. Funds for a considerable portion of such work were raised by Bond Issue and therefore these funds are now available to permit continuance of this work in 1947. An important job which was completed in 1946 was the replacing of the old 12" cement lined pipe in Albion Street with 12" cast iron pipe. This pipe was replaced from Lake Street to Green Street, Stoneham and 900 feet of similar pipe was replaced in Lake Street.

In 1945 a special Town Meeting voted $5,000.00 for the use of the department in obtaining an engineering survey of the principal areas of the town which are not sewered. Prof. Charles O. Baird was engaged for this work and made surveys and investigations during 1945 and 1946. He has recently completed the work imder the appropriation and has submitted a full report together with drawings of the areas which he has surveyed. Prof. Baird made complete preliminary surveys and designs of the two main trunk sewers as well as special investigations of several independent areas which constituted independent problems and required special consideration. A complete system of maps was prepared covering the area of 250 acres which was surveyed by the engineer.

. The two main sewers studied by Prof. Baird and described in his report consist of the Montrose Main Sewer and the Woodville -Greenwood Main Sewer. The Montrose Sewer consists of a trunk sewer beginning at the Low Level Sewage Pumping Station behind the Nasella Playground and running in a northerly direction along the old Electric Railway right of way to New Salem Street, thence along the easterly side of the Boston & Maine Railroad to Lowell Street and through the Forest Glade Cemetery. Within the cemetery the sewer divides, one branch running easterly behind Cool- idge Park and the adjoining streets and a second branch continuing north to Lyons Lane, thence westerly across the railroad tracks to Vernon Street to serve the northerly portion of Vernon Street and the adjoining area. Another main branch of the Montrose Sewer will extend northeasterly along New Salem Street to the junction of Lowell Street. These main sewers which will serve the Montrose and adjacent areas have been completely studied so that the cost of work can be estimated and so that the preparation of construction drawings can be started with relatively little delay. 156 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

The proposed Woodville -Greenwood Main Sewer will begin at the previously mentioned pumping station and will extend in a southerly direction to Nahant Street, thence along Oak Street as far as Atwood Street. A suitable location has been worked out so that this main sewer can deliver sewage by gravity to the Low Level Pumping Station. Complete surveys of the area through which the sewer passes have been prepared and are available for other extensions within the area. All areas surveyed by Prof. Baird have been completely mapped and are related to a coordinate system established by him which will readily permit further extensions to the system in the future. These maps will undoubtedly be of distinct value not only to this department but to the other departments in the town. A complete series of vertical control points throughout the area have been established and the elevation of 113 bench marks are available for future use.

Although the $5,000.00 appropriation was sufficient for investigating some of the most important unsewered portions of the town it was not adequate to investigate all of the areas which require study. Some of the remaining sewerage problems which should be studied in advance in order to determine methods of providing sewerage facilities include the following: North Avenue near the Reading line; the development in the vicinity of Cutter Street adjacent to North Avenue; Lowell Street; Main Street, and the adjacent streets at the head of the lake near the Reading line; practically all of the Wakefield Park area; Water Street near Farm Street and the end of Montrose Avenue adjacent thereto; the southeast portion of Greenwood beyond the limits of the present sewers; Lake Avenue and Spaulding Street including the area near the boathouse; and other isolated spots which constitute special sewerage problems.

Due to the impetus of the house building program several new streets have been accepted during the year and undoubtedly many others will be accepted by the town within the next year or two. Such building activity produces an immediate demand for new water mains and undoubtedly these new developments will require the construction of many additional sewers. The volume of such work will tax the capacity of the department almost to the limit aside from the construction of the main trunk sewers to areas which are not sewered at present.

Some of the work which must be contemplated by the department within the next fe\w years is itemized below. Since most of this work will require the expenditure of considerable sums of money it is recorded herewith in order to keep these items before the voters:

Water System

1. Even though a considerable portion of the old 12" cement lined pipe in Albion Street was replaced last year, there is still about 18 miles of this old cement lined sheet iron pipe still in use. It is essential that all of this pipe be replaced within the next few years, and just as soon as con- REPORT OF WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD 157

ditions permit the program of replacement must advance at a more rapid rate.

2. The Stoneham Standpipe is now 63 years old and the need for its replacement is undoubtedly imminent.

3. The replacement of the existing wooden shed on the north side of Broadway with a fire resisting building for storage purposes is an important consideration which the department has had in mind for several years.

4. More than half of the water used by the town is pumped by the Broadway Station. This station is an old building with a wooden roof and if a fire should occur it might be extremely serious and costly for the town. We believe that sprinklers would be cheap insurance.

5. At present the steam plant at the Broadway Pumping Station is kept in readiness for standby use in case of electric power failure. If a gasoline standby is installed it will be possible to eliminate the steam plant and licensed operators will not be required. Sewerage System

1. Many requests have been received for the extension of sewers in streets not sewered at present and many house owners are desirous of obtaining sewer connections from their homes to existing sewers. The scarcity of vitrified pipe and cast iron soil pipe as well as the shortage of labor have contributed to the inability of the department to keep up vvrith the demands. Undoubtedly the coming year will see an ever greater demand, on the part of property owners, for the construction of new sewers.

2. As previously discussed, preliminary surveys for the Montrose Main Sewer have been completed and the probable location established to such an extent that this project can go forward rapidly if desired. The demand for sewerage in the Montrose district will undoubtedly be much greater as the construction of new homes in that area progresses. Montrose is the only well developed large area of the town which is not sewered at the present time and the construction of this sewer must be given serious consideration by the town within a very few years. The construction of such a sewer is a major operation and can not be contemplated until the avail- ability of both material and labor is greatly improved over conditions which held during the past year.

For further details of the departmental work refer to the report of the Superintendent. 158 TOWN OP WAKEFIELD

1946 1946 Receipts Expenditures

Water Rates $ 89,626.10 Superintendent $ 3,163.50 Hydrant Rental 9,600.00 Clerks 4,167.25 Services 3,800.02 Collector, Paymaster 600.00 Construction 1,570.55 Maintenance 59.259.62 Turn Ons 34.00 Bonds Retired 22,000.00 Summons 113.60 Interest 1,716.25 All Other 1,112.38 Commissioners' Salaries 360.00 Water Rates Refunds 60.40

$ 91,327.02 Credit Balance 14,529.63

$105,856.65 $105,856.65 Respectfully submitted, JOHN N. BILL SIDNEY P. ADAMS HERMAN G. DRESSER

SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT

To the Water and Sewerage Board: I respectfully submit the following report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1946:

WATER CONSTRUCTION

Morel Circle, Main Street easterly then northerly and westerly to Main Street, 1,082 feet of 6-inch cast iron pipe. Brook Street, from dead end south to Prospect Street, 45 feet of 6-inch cast iron pipe. Prospect Street, from Brook Street westerly to dead end opposite house of Swan, 220 feet of 6-inch cast iron pipe. Elm Square, from dead end southerly, 72 feet of 1-inch copper tubing.

WATER RECONSTRUCTION

Monroe Street, easterly from main on North Avenue, 25 feet of l^inch copper tubing. Monroe Street, westerly from main on North Avenue, 31 feet of 1-inch copper tubing. Winn Street, westerly from main on North Avenue, 37 feet of 1-inch copper tubing. West Water Street, from Main Street westerly, 890 feet of 8-inch cast iron pipe. REPORT OF WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD 159

Albion Street, from Lake Street to Stoneham line at Green Street, Stoneham, 3,807 feet of 12-inch cast iron pipe. Green Street, from Oak Street northwesterly, 881 feet of 8-inch cast iron pipe. Lake Street, from Albion Street, 900 feet of 12-inch cast iron pipe.

NEW HYDRANTS SET

Morel Circle, south entrance to circle, north side of street, 192 feet east from Main Street, 5-inch Corey hydrant. Morel Circle, north entrance to circle south side of street, 215 feet east from Main Street, 5-inch Corey hydrant. West Water Street, corner Foster Street, 5-inch Corey hydrant. Albion Street, opposite No. 280 Albion Street, at the intersection of Hartley Street, 5-inch Corey hydrant. Albion Street, opposite No. 327 Albion Street, near the intersection of Broadway, 5-inch Corey hydrant.

HYDRANTS BROKEN OFF BY MOTOR VEHICLES

Albion Street, corner Green Street.

SERVICES

New Services 85 Services relaid during year 75

Number of feet of pipe laid on public land . 2135' - 5" Number of feet of pipe laid on private land 2973' - 6" Number of feet of pipe relaid on public land 2078' - 11" Number of feet of pipe relaid on private land 2138' - 9" I

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