TOWN OF NORWELL
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH
Norwell Public Library
Annual Report
OF THE TOWN OF NORWELL
Massachusetts
For the Year Ending December 31, 1966
WEBSTER COMPANY Printers & Lithographers
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IN MEMORIAM
THOMAS S 0 CANN Died April 20, 1966 BOARD OF SELECTMEN 1953 - 1959
BOARD OF ASSESSORS 1953 - 1959
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE 1953 - 1959 - 1964 - 1966
SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1946 - 1953
PRISCILLA C. CUSHING Died May 29, 1966
COUNCIL ON AGING 1964 - 1966
BENJAMIN F„ STETSON Died April 28, 1966
CONSERVATION COMMISSION 1965 - 1966
LESTER D0 WEST Died November 8, 1966 TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE 1952 - 1955
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TOWN OF NORWELL PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
Twelfth Congressional District HASTINGS KEITH, WEST BRIDGEWATER
First Councillor District NICHOLAS W. MITCHELL, FALL RIVER
Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial Districts WILLIAM D. WEEKS, COHASSET
Second Plymouth Representative District
ALFRED R0 SHRIGLEY, HINGHAM
County Commissioners NORMAN G. MacDONALD, CHAIRMAN PLYMOUTH
GEORGE A.RIDDER JOHN J. FRANEY
E 0 BRIDGEWATER NO. ABINGTON
Population, 1965 State Census, 6,387 6
TOWN OFFICERS, BOARDS, DEPARTMENTS COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS Term BOARD OF ASSESSORS - TERM 3 YEARS Expires
Francis L, Logue, Chairman 1969 James E. Macaulay 1968 Stanley N. Baker 1967
BOARD OF HEALTH - TERM 3 YEARS
Willis R. Keene, Chairman 1967
Katherine R# Fuller, Secretary 1968 Charles C. Ford 1969 Richard B. Kearsley 1966
Loring L 0 Wadsworth, Agent
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE - TERM 3 YEARS
Ralph H 0 Coleman, Chairman and Clerk 1967 Donald C. Kennedy 1969 Barbara A. Marshall 1967 Ruth C. Hersey 1966
Thomas S0 Cann, Deceased Pearl M. Gilmore, Director of Public Assistance
BOARD OF SELECTMEN - TERM 3 YEARS
Chester A. Rimmer, Chairman 1969 Ernest J. Milani 1967 Richard A. Housley 1968 Harry L. Chase, Jr., Clerk
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS - TERM 3 YEARS
Jacob Lee Turner, Chairman 1968 Augustin J. Thibodeau 1969 Edward F. Walsh 1967
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR - TERM 1 YEAR
E. Arnold Joseph 1967
W 0 J 0 LEONARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY TRUSTEES - TERM 3 YEARS
Claire E. Foulsham, Chairman 1967 Lorraine D. Duty, Secretary 1968 John D. Lindsay 1969
Mildred M 0 Carr 1966 7
MODERATOR - TERM 1 YEAR Term Expires David L. Turner 1967
PLANNING BOARD - TERM 5 YEARS
Theodore R. Love, Chairman 1967 John A„ Randall, Vice-Chairman 1968 Gilbert A. Cummings, Clerk 1969 Robert R. Reed 1970 Richard K. McMullan 1971 Charles W. Bayley 1966 E. Arnold Joseph, Work Supervisor
SCHOOL COMMITTEE - TERM 3 YEARS
Robert J. Palli, Chairman 1968
Harold G0 Simms, Vice Chairman 1968 Ann D. Burrows, Clerk 1969 John C. Bond 1969 J. Peter Hall 1967 Margaret E. C. Reeser 1966 Fletcher Boig 1966
REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE TERM 3 YEARS
John O'L Edmonds 1967
TOWN CLERK - TERM 3 YEARS
Nellie G. Tarr 1969
TOWN COLLECTOR - TERM 3 YEARS
Elizabeth J. Power 1968
TOWN TREASURER - TERM 3 YEARS
Elizabeth J. Power 1967 Mary Jane Petze, Resigned
TREE WARDEN - TERM 1 YEAR
Wesley H. Osborne, Jr. 1967 8
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
ADVISORY BOARD - TERM 3 YEARS Term Expires James P. Hall, Chairman 1969 Samuel J. Ballerini, Vice-chairman 1967 John Petze, Secretary 1968 Albert B. Loring 1969 John H. Halford, Jr. 1969 Minnie K. Abrahams 1967 James F„ Staples 1967
George B0 Gregory, Jr. 1968 Richard A. Leahy 1968
AID TO AGRICULTURE - TERM 1 YEAR
William D„ Jacobs, Agent 1967
ATHLETIC FIELD COMMITTEE - INDEFINITE TERM
Arthur A. Raymond, Chairman J. Peter Hall Richard L. Mc Brine
Robert R0 Reed William C„ Bennett
BOARD OF APPEALS - TERM 3 YEARS
Stanley H c Richards, Chairman 1968 Earle M. Newton, Clerk 1969 Edwin R. Trafton 1967
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: Henry J. Walter 1968 Sanborn Vincent 1968
BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS - TERM 1 YEAR
Warren P. Merritt, Chief Engineer 1967 Loring L. Wadsworth, Deputy 1967 John J. Winske, Jr. 1967 James T. King, Clerk 1967 Donald H. Newton 1967 Orville E. Devine 1967
BOARD OF REGISTRARS - TERM 3 YEARS
Charles G. Prouty, Chairman 1968 Ruth M. Murray 1969 Paul B. MacDonald 1967 9
BUILDING CODE - BOARD OF APPEALS - TERM 3 YEARS Term Expires Charles C. Ford 1969 Emanuel A. Joseph 1968 Arthur F. DuLong 1967 ALTERNATE MEMBERS: Theodore R. Love Alexander Knowles
BUILDING INSPECTOR - TERM 1 YEAR
Charles E. White 1967
ALTERNATE BUILDING INSPECTOR - TERM 1 YEAR
William T 0 Stohn 1967
BY-LAW COMMITTEE - INDEFINITE TERM
W. Brewster Southworth, Chairman
David L 0 Turner, Clerk Horace Ross Sanborn Vincent Robert M. Broderick
CAPITAL BUDGET COMMITTEE - TERM 2 YEARS
Robert F. Dwyer, Chairman 1967
George B tt Gregory, Jr., Secretary 1967 Robert Zildjian 1967 John H, Halford, Jr. 1967 James F. Staples 1966 Theodore R„ Love 1967
CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR - INDEFINITE TERM
W. Clarke Atwater
CONSERVATION COMMISSION - TERM 3 YEARS
Arthur L. Merritt, Chairman 1967
George H 9 Whitcher, Jr. 1967 David C„ Stewart 1968 Katherine E. Cranton, Secretary 1969
Mildred T a Hastings 1969
Joseph P 0 Paradis 1967
Wesley H a Osborne, Jr. 1968 Benjamin F„ Stetson, Deceased Davida G, Garceau, Resigned Robert R. Reed, Ex-officio Indefinite Term 10
CONSTABLES - TERM 1 YEAR Term Expires George F. Cavanagh 1967 Harland W. Farrar 1967
COUNCIL ON AGING - TERM 3 YEARS
Mary J. Petze, Chairman 1967
Thomas J B Coughlin, Secretary 1968 Robert G. MacWilliams 1969 Warner M. Abbott 1969 Gladys L. Wilder 1967 Priscilla C. Cushing, Deceased
DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION - TERM 5 YEARS
Loring H0 Jacobs, Chairman 1968 Frederick A„ Truelove 1969 Mario G. Cayon 1971 D„ Frank Mederos 1968 Richard A. Gaudette 1967 Henry Abrahams, Resigned
DOG OFFICER - TERM 1 YEAR
Robert L. Molla 1967
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE COMMITTEE - INDEFINITE TERM
John A. Randall, Chairman Ann Burrows Clinton V. MacCoy Richard Caldwell Robert Detwiler
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS BOARD - INDEFINITE TERM
W. Clarke Atwater, Chairman Kenneth J. Bradeen Warren P„ Merritt
FENCE VIEWER - TERM 1 YEAR
Paul C. Rasmussen 1967 J. Bernard Scott 1967
FOREST FIRE WARDEN - TERM 1 YEAR
Warren P„ Merritt 1967 Loring L. Wadsworth, Deputy 1967
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS - TERM 1 YEAR
Richard E # Cugnasca 1967 11
INSPECTOR OF GAS - TERM 1 YEAR Term Expires George A. Beach 1967
ALTERNATE INSPECTOR OF GAS - TERM 1 YEAR
Warren P. Merritt 1967
INSPECTOR OF WIRES - TERM 1 YEAR
Raymond A a Hansen 1967
ALTERNATE INSPECTOR OF WIRES - TERM 1 YEAR
J. Lee Turner 1967
INSURANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE - INDEFINITE TERM
Donald Shepherd, Chairman Margaret Crowell Dumas, Clerk Harold G. Dutton
METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL - TERM 3 YEARS
Reginald M. Savage 1968
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT - TERM 1 YEAR
Wesley H. Osborne, Jr. 1967
PERMANENT BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE INDEFINITE TERM
Arthur A. Raymond, Chairman Duncan Banks Clinton V. Mac Coy Leonard E. Marsden Fred N. Levin Harold E. Cranton Richard E, Bergeron
PERMANENT DRAINAGE COMMITTEE - INDEFINITE TERM
Richard E 0 Splaine, Chairman
Robert Wa Eich, Clerk William C. Bennett Donald E, Schwinn Robert M. Broderick E. Arnold Joseph, Ex Officio William E. Ritchie, Resigned
Dennet Wa Withington, Resigned 12
PLUMBING INSPECTORS - INDEFINITE PERIOD
George A. Beach Edward P. Roach
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chief Kenneth J. Bradeen Sergeant Ellsworth G» Keene PERMANENT PATROLMEN
Theodore A. Baldwin George F„ Cavanagh Richard C. Joseph Richard W„ Souther Peter C. Tulis
PERMANENT INTERMITTENT PATROLMEN
Harland W„ Farrar Robert L„ Molla John E„ Martin Donald G. Robbins Austin S. Reynolds Lloyd S. West Dennis W. Buettner
PROVISIONAL INTERMITTENT PATROLMEN
Harold A. Young William C 0 Smith John N. Mesheau David Nichols
AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICERS
W. Clarke Atwater John A. Mas son Ralph C„ Bassett David H. Nichols Lawrence S. Hebb, Jr. James E. Power Philip Joseph Edward W. Quigley Frank N. Knudsen William C. Smith Gordon A, Lambert Paul R. Sorenson, Jr.
Stanley D 0 Lawrence, Jr. Clifford F. Torrey
POLICE MATRONS - TERM 1 YEAR Term Expires Helen B. Johnson 1967 Norma J„ Wadsworth 1967
SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS - TERM 1 YEAR
W„ Clarke Atwater 1967 Chester A. Bell 1967 Lloyd B. Henderson 1967 Andrew L. Colbert 1966 John N. Mesheau 1966 Harold A. Young 1966 13
PUBLIC WEIGHER - TERM 1 YEAR Term Expires
Wendall H 0 Prouty 1967
RATION BOARD - INDEFINITE TERM
W. Clarke Atwater, Chairman
Paul C 0 Rasmussen Wandell M„ Mooney
RECREATION COMMISSION - INDEFINITE TERM
Robert G. MacWilliams, Chairman Ruth M. Marsh, Secretary James T. King Mary O. Knapp Austin S. Reynolds, Jr.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES - TERM 1 YEAR
John D0 Dickman 1967
SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL, INC INDEFINITE TERM
Richard A„ Housley, Representative Mario G. Cayon, Representative
SOUTH SHORE MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT - INDEFINITE TERM
William C„ Bennett, Representative
TOWN ACCOUNTANT - TERM 3 YEARS
Harry L. Chase, Jr. 1969
TOWN COUNSEL - TERM 1 YEAR
David L. Turner 1967
TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE - TERM 1 YEAR
D. Frank Mederos, Chairman 1967 Paul C„ Rasmussen 1967 John C. Slupski 1967 Wesley H. Osborne, Jr., Ex officio
TOWN OFFICE MANAGER - TERM 3 YEARS
Harry L, Chase, Jr. 1969
VETERANS AGENT, BURIAL AGENT, AND DIRECTOR OF VETERANS SERVICES - TERM 1 YEAR
Leonard W. Rowe, Jr. 1967 14
VETERANS GRAVES OFFICER - TERM 1 YEAR Term Expires W, H. Osborne, Jr. 1967
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY COMMITTEE - TERM 3 YEARS
Wilder A 0 Gaudette, Chairman 1968 William D„ Jacobs 1969
John R 0 Reardon 1967
WETLAND STUDY COMMITTEE - INDEFINITE TERM
Chester A, Rimmer, Chairman Board of Selectmen
Albert B0 Loring Advisory Board
Dr. Willis R0 Keene Board of Health Edward F. Walsh Board of Water Commissioners Arthur L„ Merritt Conservation Commission Richard K„ McMullan Planning Board David L. Turner Town Counsel Richard E„ Splaine Permanent Drainage Committee 15
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
To the Citizens and Taxpayers of Norwell:
The Board of Assessors of Norwell and the* taxpayers have had their first year under the new formula of full and fair cash value. In most cases the taxpayer has been most understanding and reasonable. It has been a very difficult transition, not only for the taxpayer, but also for the assessors. We had a great influx in requests for abatements, but we found that after explanation, most taxpayers understood that it was our obligation to go to full and fair cash value. We have been tested in Appellate Tax Board several times and have found that we were upheld in our decisions as far as value was concerned. Taking all into consid- eration, the majority of the board feels that we did the just and sensible thing by going to full and fair cash value.
During the past year the law concerning Clause #41 or the Exemption from Real Estate Taxes by Certain Elderly Persons, was changed by the Legislature. This took place after Norwell had set its tax rate and in turn has effected the overlay account for 1966. The voters at the Annual Town Meeting in March of 1967 will be asked to raise approximately $10,000.00 to cover this deficit in the overlay account. The Board of Assessors sought an opinion from Town Counsel on this matter, and it was his advice that since the Attorney- General had stated that this law should become effective in 1966, the Board recalled all previous denials and reprocessed the Elderly exemptions. It is the feeling of the Board that these people were entitled to their exemptions in full. This, coupled with the Veterans Exemptions, cost Norwell taxpayers approximately $26,000, as compared to $12,000 the previous year.
In 1966 the Board put into effect their new card system. This system, which is by street, together with map blocking, has been a great aid in field work and in making comparisons of property relative to value. The next step in this system will be to plot the buildings on the lots by dimen- sion. This phase will commence in 1967. This system is the basis for a master plan of book atlases which are used by larger cities and towns. The Board feels that it is the best time to start this system while Norwell is small and keep it current thereby making it far less costly. This Atlas will not only benefit the Board of Assessors, but also the Water, Fire and Police Departments. This, coupled with the street numbering, will give Norwell an excellent Atlas System.
The sales tax that went into effect in April 1966 has regretably fallen far short of its expected help to cities and towns. At this time it would seem in order for the Board of Assessors, since they set the tax rate, to caution the people on over-spending at the up-coming town meeting.
The Board of Assessors wishes to express its sincere appreciation to all Norwell citizens for their understanding, cooperation and patience.
Respectfully submitted, BOARD OF ASSESSORS Francis L. Logue, Chairman James E. Macaulay Stanley N. Baker 16
1966 RECAPITULATION
TOWN:
Appropriated at Annual Town Meeting $1,864,877.11 From Available Funds 183,001.72 $ 2,047,878.83 Deficit Due to Abatements 1964-1965 4,693.96 School Lunches 14,007.72 Libraries 1,301.75 Disclaimed Tax Title Property 1,566.20 Ch. 58 Sec. 8
STATE: Tax and Assessments: 1966 Estimates: State Parks and Reservations 3,700.15 Metrop. Area Planning Council 204.46 State Audit of Municipal Accounts 164.78 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Bills 587.85 Mass. Bay Transportation Authority 281.99
1965 Underestimates: Metrop. Area Planning Council 204.46 $ 5,143.69 COUNTY: Tax and Assessments:
County Tax 31,646.64 County Hospital Assessment 9,726.24 41,372.88
OVERLAY of current year 22,592.87
GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED $2,138,557.90 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 148,000.00 Licenses 8,358.00 Fines 635.00 General Government 2,785.00 Protection of Persons and Property 65.00 Health and Sanitation 260.00 School (Funds from Income Tax not incl.) Tuitions and Rentals 4,278.00 Libraries 105.00 Public Service Enterprises 60,925.00 (such as Water Dept.) Cemeteries (other than trust funds 920.00 and sale of lots) Interest: On Taxes and Assessments 1,484.00 On Deposit 2,602.00 Distributions & Reimbursements from Local Aid Fund 363,577.80 Trailer Parks 1,925.00
TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS 595,919.80 17
Overestimates of previous year to be used as available funds County Tax 3,412.23 State Recreation Areas 261.24 3,673.47 From Available Funds October 25, 1965 Free Cash 24,163.25 March 14, 1966 Various Available Funds 158,838.47 Free Cash 50,000.00
233,0.01.72
TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS 236,675.99
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $ 832,594.99
NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION $1,305,962.91 TOTAL TAX LEVIED Personal Property Valuation $1,545,052.00 Tax 50,214.30 Real Estate Valuation $38,638,325.00 Tax 1,255,748.61
Total Taxes Levied on Property $1,305,962.91 ****** ABATEMENTS AND EXEMPTIONS
Personal Property Requests for Abatement 6 Requests Granted 3 Requests Denied 3 Amount Abated $ 1,807.70
Real Estate Requests for Abatement 216 Requests Granted 77 Requests Denied 139 Amount Abated $ 8,233.07 STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS
Veterans, Widows, Blind Requests for Exemption 127 Requests Granted 119 Requests Denied 8 Amount Exempted $ 7,184.50
Certain Elderly Persons Requests for Exemption 60 Requests Granted 54 Requests Denied 6 Amount Exempted $ 17,669.75 18
1966 TABLE OF AGGREGATES
NUMBER OF PERSONS ASSESSED Indiv. Corp. Total On Personal Estate Only 22 10 32 On Real Estate Only 1809 64 1873 On Both Personal and 163 1 164 Real Estate Total Number of Persons Assessed 2069
VALUE OF ASSESSED PERSONAL ESTATE
Stock in Trade $ 137,690.00 Machinery 107,950.00 Live Stock 14,260.00 All Other Tangible Personal Property 1,315,152.00 Total Value of Assessed Personal Estate $1,575,052.00
VALUE OF ASSESSED REAL ESTATE
Land Exclusive of Buildings 9,966,025.00 Buildings exclusive of Land 28,765,550.00
Total Value of Assessed Real Estate 38,731,575.00 TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED ESTATE 40,306,627.00
Tax Rate per $1,000 - $32.50 (School Tax - $23.19) (General Tax - $9.31) Taxes for State, County and Town Purposes Including Overlay On Personal Estate 51,189.30 On Real Estate 1,256,829.24
Total Taxes Assessed 1,308,018.54
NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK ESTIMATED
Under Section 36, Chapter 59 Horses 45 Cows 31 Steers 8 Swine 3 Sheep 48 Pullets 300 Donkeys 4
NUMBER OF ACRES OF LAND ASSESSED 11,030 1/2 Acres NUMBER OF DWELLING HOUSES ASSESSED 1762 19
REPORT OF THE ATHLETIC FIELD COMMITTEE
Board of Selectmen Norwell, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
Whitman & Howard Engineering Company submitted plans for athletic fields to be constructed on present town owned land adjacent to the high school. This land was found to be suitable for athletic facilities. The committee submitted these plans to the School Committee and they received their approval.
To save the town money by receiving state aid the athletic fields could be built in conjunction with the addition to the high school. At this writing, money for the high school addition has not been voted by the town. Respectfully submitted,
Arthur A. Raymond - Chairman William C. Bennett J. Peter Hall Richard L. Mc Brine Robert R. Reed
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Major emphasis was placed on updating the school health program and on improving the control of household sewage disposal. Important progress was made in both areas.
A School Health Advisory Committee was appointed to provide pro- fessional guidance for the school health program and for the purpose of coordinating the efforts of the School Committee and the Board of Health. The Board of Health appointed the following individuals for this com- mittee: Dr. Willis R. Keene (chairman), Dr. Richard B. Kearsley, Dr. Raymond G. Vinal, Mr. Richard Hamilton, and Mr. J„ Peter Hall. Though the Board of Health has final responsibility for the school health pro- gram, the School Health Advisory Committee will advise the Board of Health on medical and educational matters related to school health. It will also screen all applications for school nurse, dental hygienist and school physician.
The School Health Advisory Committee met several times for the purpose of defining the goals of the school health program and to inter- view applicants for dental hygienist and parttime school nurse. It was decided that the school health program should emphasize health educa- tion as well as the prevention and early detection of physical and psy- chological abnormalities. It was generally agreed that the program should be directed especially toward the earlier elementary grades because the educational efforts would be most productive in the earlier years and because existing physical and psychological handicaps should be corrected early in the child's educational Career so that these handicaps would not interfere with his educational development. 20
A curriculum for the school health education program has not been finalized, but curricula suggested by the National Health Council, the School Health Education Study, and the American Medical Association are under consideration. It is already clear, however, that a meaningful program cannot be accomplished without first hiring individuals qualified in this area of instruction. The Board of Health is, therefore, asking for additional funds so that an experienced school nurse with a B„S0 degree and educational credits can be hired for the term beginning September, 1967. It is anticipated that professional consultants will also participate in the instructional program.
The school dental health program has been revised, again, to place major emphasis on dental education in the earlier elementary grades. The School Health Advisory Committee suggested that the Board of Health not employ a school dentist, but increase expenditures for dental hygienists who should provide dental health instruction, dental inspections, and per- haps fluoride treatments. The Board of Health voted these recommenda- tions and appointed Dr. Charles Rounds to serve with the School Health Advisory Committee as dental advisor. The Board of Health and the School Health Advisory Committee wish to remind the town that no school dental program will be nearly so effective in the prevention of dental caries as would be the addition of fluoride to town water sources. We urge that this be done without delay.
Applications for household sewage disposal permits continue to pro- vide the Board of Health with its most perplexing problems. Proper enforcement of the sanitary code often requires defining the almost indefinable, such as swamp, filled land, flood plain, stream, impervious material, wet land, etc. For example, filled land is suitable for sewage disposal only when the fill is applied according to specifications contained in the general laws. However, no definition of what constitutes filling accompanies these regulations. The Board of Health has solved this dilemma by disallowing sewage disposal into lots where fill must be applied for the construction of an adequate septic system, but many other facets of the sanitary code continue to provide problems for the Board and uncertainties for the builder. Quality control in the design of septic systems has been improved by requiring that perculation tests and designs for all new systems be made by a registered engineer. The Board is now attempting to improve the quality control of construction by having qualified individuals available at all times for immediate inspec- tion of new and renovated systems.
Mr. Gunderway continues to do an excellent job in managing and main- taining the town dump. We wish to express our appreciation to him and to request the continued cooperation of users so that the dump will remain one of the most economical and best kept dumps in this area.
Willis R. Keene, Chairman Charles Ford Katherine Fuller, Secretary 21
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Board of Selectmen Town of Norwell
Gentlemen:
Number of Nursing Visits 1220
Number of Infant Welfare Visits 67
Number of Antepartal Visits 13
Number of Postpartal Visits 41
Number of Well-child Conferences 9
Number of Immunization Clinics 27
Number of follow-up visits for hospitals and clinics 17
Number of Conferences with Public Health Officials 9
Respectfully submitted,
Catherine A. Roe
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The Town of Norwell, like many other towns of its size 20 years ago, has grown from a very small town into a suburban community and will continue to grow.
We, along with most other towns in similar circumstances, have been so burdened by school construction and operational costs that Administra- tive and functional needs of Town Government have been ignored, gener- ally in the attitude that these requirements can be continuously postponed.
This approach finally collapses but only after some years of impro- visation and inefficiencies and eventually expensive and excessive projects are voted frequently more than is required.
We believe that this transition in the status of our town and the result- ing facility needs is a condition that commands the attention of all tax- payers and that it is the responsibility of the Board of Selectmen to present the nature of the problem to you for your consideration and supported by a realistic, comprehensive and objective solution and most importantly within the capacity of the taxpayer to meet the costs.
The cost of all projects in such a solution should be financed by bond- ing over the maximum allowed period as by th.is method future taxpayers will participate in the burden of additional facilities principally required by this added population. 22
The Board of Selectmen, cognizant of the growth pattern of the town, considers that the consequential and unavoidable expanded facility require- ments should be planned for a uniform tax burden over the next few years, avoiding the significant irregularities in the tax rate resulting from random capital outlay appropriations.
In our opinion the town will soon realize that the need for certain projects is imminent and they will be provided for before 1975. An analysis of the financial costs of the required program demonstrates that with proper planning these costs by themselves will not be respon- sible for any significant increase in the tax rate.
This seeming paradox can be accompli shed by intense planning and the scheduling of projects based upon the effect of the following factors in the near future years.
1) Partial termination of net principle payments 2) Annual reduction of interest on outstanding debt 3) Rising valuations (new construction only) 4) Prudent increase in per capita debt.
The Board has developed a plan for 1967 thru 1975 with the resulting total tax burden for capital outlay in each year, based upon 1965 valua- tions plus new construction, equal to or less than the 1965 actual burden for the same expense category. In substance, the proposed plan or guide to capital outlay will not require any increase in the tax rate.
1967 - 1975 PROPOSED CAPITAL OUTLAY GUIDE PROVIDES FOR ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS PROJECT APPROPRIATIONS
Road Reconstruction High School Addition
Equipment Athletic Fields Side Walks Junior High Conversion Well Development Vinal School Addition
Drainage Town Hall Addition
Principal Central Fire Station
Interest Police Station Emergency Service Water Tower Stabilization Fund Water System Completion Land Taking Water-Park Dept. Garage Wet Land Acquisition Library
The timing of the projects has been determined according to their relative need, grouped wherever it is financially advisable to do so and stabilization fund appropriations have been scheduled to qualify for School State Matching Grant funds. 23
This plan with its provisions for future growth should take care of our needs for many years or to such an extent that the cost of any un- forseen requirement would not be an oppressive burden on the taxpayer.
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
The Town of Norwell fortunately was given its Town Hall and the funds to maintain it. This building has been adequate for 30 years but it cannot be expected to serve the needs of the town expanding from 2500 to over 10,000 in the near future. However, it can be made more than adequate for this growth by a simple addition and retaining the use of all present areas.
This has been proposed before but the town failed to appropriate the necessary funds by a 2/3 vote. No significant objections were ever raised against the principle of an addition but only on a prefunctory ex- amination of a schematic plan never intended for construction.
For this reason the Board of Selectmen suggested and the town voted to employ architects and planning engineers to develop preliminary costs, plans and recommendations for an addition adequate for our future needs.
This has been accomplished and every interested Board and Committee were given whatever opportunity they requested to present their individual requirements to the consultants for their consideration.
A central fire station preliminary plan approved by the Board of Fire Engineers was developed under the same circumstances which would be located in the rear of the present Central Station.
Preliminary plans for a Police Station have been developed either as a separate building or as a wing to a single story fire station.
The preliminary plans and costs for each of these projects separately or in combination will be available before the town meeting along with the recommendations of the Consultants and the Board of Selectmen.
The present Annex and fire station are in a most unsatisfactory con- dition and substantial repairs must be made at once if these buildings are to be used for any length of time. The Annex is an old dwelling house and is not in any way suited for municipal use and it cannot be remodelled to serve our growing needs.
There is a contract price and supervision cost advantage to develop all three projects at one time and there is no significant tax advantage in separating the projects 1 or 2 years apart as the interest and princi- pal will soon be due on all three in the same year.
Although the cost of all three projects is substantial it is less than 80% of one addition to an elementary school and the cost will be spread out over 20 years. In addition the burden of all of these 3 municipal buildings has been included in the Capital Outlay plan. 24
WET LANDS
There are many acres of wet land in the town of Norwell which in their present state are unsatisfactory for building purposes. Construc- tion in these areas can result in the need for a costly municipal sewage system and there could be pollution of our public water supply.
The Board of Selectmen does not consider that present statutory regulations prevent the use of this land and that our interests can only be protected by the outright purchase of the swamps.
We have sponsored a Wet Land Study Committee to investigate the possibility of our qualifying for State and Federal Grants under the Open Space and Conservation programs.
The Capital Outlay plan provides for our share of the cost should we decide to apply for Federal or State assistance if we meet the require- ments and accept the conditions.
The Board has fulfilled all its responsibilities as outlined in our 1965 Annual Report and in addition has directed its efforts as evidenced by the foregoing.
Chester A. Rimmer, Chairman Ernest J„ Milani Richard A. Housley
REPORT OF THE CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY
The replacement of the aged ambulance remains a matter of great importance to the residents of our Town. We have been fortunate this year that no serious mechanical problems have occurred, but the general deterioration continues and soon the vehicle may not meet inspection standards. The purchase of a new ambulance was approved by the Advisory Board last year, but certain questions regarding the type of vehicle arose at the March meeting and action was postponed until the next special or regular meeting which now means next March. The article calling for a new ambulance will again be inserted in the warrant.
Under an agreement between the Massachusetts Hospital Association and the Massachusetts Civil Defense Agency, the so-called Pre-packaged Hospital stored at our headquarters at the Osborn School has been assigned to the South Shore Hospital for its use, or use in a disaster area, when and if a serious emergency should occur. This is a great help to us all as it means that the 200 bed hospital will be used under the direction of the South Shore Hospital and its trained staff at a location - such as at the Osborn School itself - to be designated at the time of need. The custodianship and care of the hospital unit remain with this Town agency, but its use will be under the direction of the Hospital. This is a great improvement over the old uncertainty of who would operate the hospital at time of need. 25
The past year was again a good one in that no major emergencies occurred, requiring the calling out of our Auxiliary Police and other trained units. However, training was continued, there having been two First Aid courses this year. It is unfortunate that we are unable to take more advantage of courses given by the State Agency, but all of our Auxiliary Police and Firemen have jobs from which they cannot get away and the Police are handicapped by a shortage of men. We also need several people who are interested or trained to help with Radiological monitoring, an important part of Civil Defense today.
The plan for the care of school children in times of National emergen- cies was again studied and the plan adopted several years ago was again approved by the School Department and Civil Defense and distributed to the children and parents in April.
A supply of a new type of instant hot beverages is now stored at head- quarters to help with emergency feeding. These are cups containing dry ingredients to which only hot water need be added to serve hot beverages such as coffee, chocolate and soups. This will be a great help when firefighters or police are in the field for long periods.
Anyone interested in volunteer work in any one of the various phases of Civil Defense should contact the Director as there is always a need for more manpower.
W, Clarke Atwater, Director CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY REPORT OF THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
The Norwell Conservation Commission met regularly throughout the year, the first Monday of the month, with additional meetings as required with other Boards or local or State agencies.
During the year we have discussed possible acquisition of land for conservation purposes, land unsuitable for building and upon which owners do not wish to pay taxes. Due to various delays, we have been unable to take title to these properties during 1966. The Planning Board has been advising us of proposed building and we have attended hearings held under the "Hatch Act," which was enacted March 29, 1965. The Hatch Act purpose is to control building in unsuitable wet areas. Robert Reed, Planning Board member, has attended many of the Conservation Commis- sion meetings contributing his knowledge of Planning Board opinions.
In February members of the Conservation Commission attended a meeting in Jlingham of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. The Council includes 79 towns in the eastern part of Massachusetts, and we were advised of their study plans for long-range open space and recrea- tion activities in the metropolitan area. Two thirds of this study is being paid for by the Federal Government. At their request the Conservation Commission prepared a map which has been incorporated into their larger map. At present there are 200,000 acres of undeveloped land, which they hope will be developed to the best advantage for use for recreation and conservation. This map was required so that Norwell could be a member of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, with subsequent advantages to the Town. 26
The first part of the year we were busy contacting public officials regarding the Cohasset Annex, which the Department of Natural Resources was very anxious to have put under its control. The Department eventually bought 2,877 acres from the Federal Government located in Norwell, Scituate, Hingham and Cohasset, to be used for recreation.
The Conservation Commission has assisted our Selectmen in conser- vation matters; in the spring bringing to their attention a brochure prepared by Camp, Dresser & McKee, showing plans to dam the North River to create a 3200 acre reservoir in Pembroke, Norwell and Hanover, which would hold six billion gallons of water. This study was prepared for the Central Plymouth Water Supply District, with funds provided by the Legislature, who are making long range plans for Brockton's water supply. The Legislature has voted additional funds to continue this study.
The Conservation Commission also brought to the attention of the Selectmen a bill filed to relocate Route 128, to make easier access to the Southeast Expressway from Scituate, Cohasset and Hull. Previous bills filed for this purpose have followed the Norwell- Hingham boundary.
Members have represented the Norwell Conservation Commission at panels in other towns; have attended hearings at the State House regard- ing conservation. One in March concerned a constitutional change which would allow land to be assessed on the basis of use and not full and fair valuation. This bill (H57) was submitted by the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation. The matter is now being studied by a special com- mission sworn in by Gov. Volpe, as it will be difficult to find a fair, easily administered and politically acceptable system. A hearing also attended was in regard to lowering minimum house lot requirements. This matter also was turned over to a study committee but returns perennially.
The Conservation Commission Chairman, Arthur Merritt, was selected by the Commission to represent them on the newly formed Wetlands Study Committee initiated by Mr. Rimmer, and which the NCC endorses wholeheartedly.
In November, the Commission attended the first hearing held by the Department of Natural Resources in Pembroke, the initial step in acquiring State Control of marshland along the North River. The Depart- ment feels this is necessary to protect the marshlands from exploitation. Three years ago, March 1963, the voters added Section VI-B to the Zoning By-Law to include a Saltmarch Conservation District, requiring anyone to apply to Zoning Board of Appeals for a permit to fill, drain, dredge or excavate the marsh. The law requires the Conservation Com- mission to give an opinion as to whether or not such action would be consistent with the natural character of the area and the aims and purposes of the Conservation Commission.
The interpretive Soil Study Map prepared by the USDA Soil Conser- vation Service was received in late fall. This map was prepared with 12 interpretations showing limits for land use as follows: Septic tank sewage disposal, commercial and industrial sites, home sites, athletic fields, wetland wildlife sites, sanitary landfill (trench method), sources of 27
sand and gravel, roads, woodland, surface runoff, agriculture and slope characteristics. 35% of Norwell is composed of wetland, with severe limitations for residential, commercial and industrial use. 546 acres or 4% is tidal marsh, subject to the tidal overflow along the North River. Hardpan below the surface prevents water from moving downward readily in many areas.
During the year the Commission received cooperation and assistance from other Boards. We would particularly like to thank the Town Clerk for her assistance in obtaining copies of new legislation, which certainly indicates that Massachusetts is alert to the need of conservation of our resources. We would also like to acknowledge the understanding and support from the Planning Board, who endorsed our plans to obtain the soil map study for the town. The Board of Assessors have been most sympathetic in providing assistance and advice. We hope that these Boards and any others will call upon us during the coming year if we may help them in any way.
We would like to note the passing of a valued member, Benjamin Stetson, April 28, 1966. He was of great assistance to the Commission due to his lifelong knowledge of Norwell and the North River.
We note with interest the addition of the study of Conservation in the Norwell Schools. Mr. David Ryan and Mrs. Janice Litchfield of the South Shore Nature Center are providing much to the community and whenever possible we attend their meetings.
We would welcome any interested townspeople to our meetings so they may express any suggestions and exchange ideas for the benefit of the town and the continued growth of Norwell in keeping with its potential. Respectfully submitted,
Arthur Merritt, Chairman Mildred Hastings George Whitcher Joseph Paradise David Stewart Wesley Osborne, Jr. Katherine E„ Cranton, Secretary
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ON AGING
Board of Selectmen Town Hall Norwell, Mass.
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Chapter 242 of the Acts of 1966, the Norwell Council on Aging respectfully submits the following report of its activities and programs.
1. Early in 1966 the Council prepared an article for town meeting for the establishment of a Housing Authority to provide for the future 28
housing needs of the aging. Although the voters did not act favorably on the article, the opportunity was presented to them. Numerous towns in this area have constructed housing facilities for the aging.
2. The Council arranged for and provided transportation to the Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester for a group of Norwell Senior Citizens.
3. A Harvest Supper and motion picture was held for all Senior Citizens in November at the Christian Education Building of the Church Hill Methodist Church.
4. The Council is providing some equipment to the ' 'drop-in center" for Senior Citizens at the Town Hall. This center and all Council pro- grams are open to all Norwell residents 60 years of age or over.
Much of the planning and arranging for the activities outlined above was done by the late Pat Cushing, who died as the result of a tragic accident in late May. The Council and Townspeople have lost a valuable and ardent worker.
Respectfully submitted,
NORWELL COUNCIL ON AGING Mary Jane Petze, Chairman Thomas Coughlin, Secretary Robert MacWilliams Warner Abbott Gladys Wilder Pat Cushing * * Deceased REPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Board of Selectmen Town of Norwell
Gentlemen:
During the past year, the commission has been concerned primarily with consideration of the land in the westerly part of the town which is bounded northeasterly by the Southeast Expressway, easterly by High Street, southerly by the Norwell-Hanover town line, and westerly by the Norwell -Rockland town line. The entire area, with the exception of eight properties along the westerly side line of High Street, contains approxi- mately 160 acres of land and is in one ownership.
During the past year, the commission has held joint meetings with the Board of Selectmen, the Planning Board and the Conservation Com- mission of the Town of Norwell, the Board of Selectmen, and Planning Board and the Industrial and Development Commission of the Town of Rockland and with the Board of Assessors of the Town of Hingham.
On the southwesterly side of the Southeast Expressway in the Town of Hingham, about one mile northerly from the tract of land under consid- 29 e ration, there is an industrial complex which has been developed in a manner similar to that proposed for the Norwell land. The Board of Assessors of the Town of Hingham has stated that a considerable tax in- come will be received by the town of Hingham in the year 1967 with a negligible town expense; and they are favorably impressed with the ec- onomic advantages which they believe will accrue to the town in the years to come.
As a result of the meetings with various town boards and commissions, and as a result of its own investigations, this commission has recommended to the Planning Board that it consider submitting an article to the next town meeting providing that the entire parcel of 160 acres described above be re-zoned from a residential district to an industrial district with appropriate restrictions.
Loring H. Jacobs, Chairman Mario G. Cayon, Secretary D. Frank Mederos Frederick C. Truelove Richard Gaudette
REPORT OF THE DOG OFFICER
Selectmen Town of Norwell Norwell, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit my report as Dog Officer of the Town of Norwell for the year 1966.
Complaints investigated 37
Dogs returned to owners 26
Dogs reported missing 48
Injured dogs to veterinarian and calls on injured dogs 11
Strays 12
A reminder to all dog owners — All dogs must be licensed at 3 months and the license runs from April 1 to March 31 of the succeeding year.
Please call Dog Officer if your dog returns home after having been reported missing.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert L. Molla, Sr. Dog Officer 30
REPORT OF THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
The Annual Report for the Center last year was written soon after the installation of the new Town Network covering the operations of the Highway and Tree Departments, and the adoption of the eight hour shifts for the operators. Both of these have proved most successful, and without doubt have improved the efficiency of the Center, and hence of Depart- ments of the Town whose telephone and radio calls are handled by the operators.
The Station Receiving Panels which receive the automatic alarms for the Schools, Churches, Nursing Homes and certain industry, have been coordinated into new alarm boxes for even greater efficiency.
We are asking for a nominal increase in the budget for the coming year which will enable us to continue the present wage of $2.00 an hour for full time operators, and $1.75 an hour for those who work less than forty hours a week. This is still a lower wage scale than we consider proper for such responsible positions, so we hope that the Town's future financial planning will permit wages more comparable with outside business and industry.
There is always a need for additional trained operators for the Center on a full-time or part-time basis. Anyone interested may contact one of the Committee or visit the Center where the operator on duty would be. glad to outline the duties.
Again we wish to express our appreciation, and the appreciation of the residents of the Town, to the operators for their loyalty in maintaining a schedule which is so necessary for a responsible operation of this nature. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER BOARD
W. Clarke Atwater, Chairman Kenneth J. Bradeen Warren P. Merritt
REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Board of Fire Engineers submits to the Board of Selectmen and the citizens of the Town of Norwell the report of the Fire Department for 1966.
From January 1, 1966 through December 31, 1966 the following calls were processed through the Emergency Communications Center:
Buildings (includes electrical, chimneys & burners) 22 Grass and woods 55 Dump 3
Automobile 8 . Resuscitator calls 13 Investigations 23 Accidents 9 31
Lost Persons 4 Mutual Aid Given 5 Fire Permits Issued 3080 Miscellaneous calls (for information, etc.) 3486
TOTAL 6708
The new pumping engine was delivered and put in service at the Ridge Hill Station on May 1st, and a new motor was installed in Engine #6 at the Church Hill Station. This brought our apparatus up to peak efficiency. Other new equipment purchased included an emergency generator for the Church Hill Station and 600 feet of new hose.
At the Annual Meeting in March funds were appropriated for the re- shingling of the Ridge Hill Station and this project has now been completed.
The new Fire Alarm System has been installed and all Norwell Schools as well as two nursing homes, one church and the Old Colony Knitting Mill are tied in. Sprinkler systems have been installed in Stetson Hall and Red Well nursing homes and the knitting mill, and before long buildings in the new shopping plaza at Queen Anne's Corner will be connected.
The construction of the shopping plaza, along with the yearly growth of the Town will, of course, add to the activity of the Fire Department. Members of the Department are continuously being instructed in the latest methods of fire fighting and fire prevention so that any disaster can be averted.
During the past year Mutual Aid agreements were set up with the neighboring towns of Hingham, Hanover and Marshfield.
The Board of Fire Engineers feels that due to the growth of the Town, both in population and building, the Fire Chief should devote more time to Fire Department duties. Presently the Fire Chief also serves as Superintendent of the Water Department, and as activity has increased in that department, less time has been available for Fire Department duties.
The Board of Fire Engineers have met several times with the Water Commissioners and the Board of Selectmen, and it was mutually agreed that the Fire Chief should devote his time to the Fire Department and to the Water Department on approximately a two-thirds, one-third basis. It is felt that this arrangement will provide for adequate supervision for both departments at this time.
After many meetings of the Board of Selectmen, the representatives of Whitman and Howard* and the Board of Fire Engineers, an agreement has been reached as to the style and location for a new Fire Station. This will be presented at the Annual Town Meeting. We hope the resi- dents of the Town will recognize this need and support the Article in the 1967 Warrant.
It is with pleasure that we commend the citizens of Norwell for their excellent cooperation in helping us carry out our Fire Department duties. 32
We also extend sincere thanks to the operators of the Communications Center for the excellent manner in which they handle emergencies.
Respectfully submitted,
BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
Warren P a Merritt, Chief Loring L„ Wadsworth, Deputy Chief John J. Winske, Jr. Donald H. Newton
Orville E 0 Devine James T„ King, Clerk REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
To the Citizens of Norwell,
I hereby submit my annual report for the year ending 1966 concerning the activities of the Highway Department.
The new town garage has worked out very well this past year. It has made it possible for us to put on snow plows, and do repair work under cover thereby saving time and money. This year there is a new item in my budget for Building Operation and Maintenance so that we may take proper care of this very worthwhile investment.
In the Spring we did our street cleaning and sweeping. We have been trying to use more chemicals and less sand but we still have to hire equipment every spring and fall. There is a great demand for this equip- ment, often causing a delay in sand removal. I plan to ask for a street sweeper in 1968 so that this problem will be eliminated.
The Chapter 90 work on Main Street was started in the spring. We seeded and fertilized the roadside that we did in 1965. We waited until school closed and then began the new section. We cleaned out the pond and installed a specially made, 65" x 40" arch pipe that cost $2000. We also put in approximately 2000 feet of drainage, 13 catch basins, and 9 man holes. We ran into a ledge problem and had to blast, making it necessary to close the road for a few days. We increased the size of the water main near the Osborn School per Town Meeting vote. We excavated over 4000 cu. yards of gravel and used it for fill, and we brought in about 3500 yards of new gravel. We put down 1200 tons of Type I base on the road. In 1967 we will put a finish cover of 1 1/4" top and grade and seed the roadside to complete this section.
The Gas Co. worked on this piece of roadway also, relocating about 3000 feet of gas main. We are grateful to them for their promptness and efficiency.
This year I believe we will get to the bend in the road in front of Mr. B„ Cugnasca's with our Chapter 90.
Some of this year's Chapter 90 money will go to Tiffany Rd. to finish the bridge. This job was put out to bid and will cost more than originally appropriated. 33
We got our new backhoe in April and have used that for water service installations and highway work.
The special articles for mix voted at town meeting were completed on Grove, South, and Prospect Streets. The Summer Street and School Street mixes will be held until 1967 to give the water services a chance to settle.
In 1967 we hope to continue our Type I on Grove Street, River Street, and Tiffany Road, plus the mix in place work on South, Prospect, School and Summer Streets.
We also have a special article in for a necessary drainage easement on Main Street.
We are asking for a new dump truck, snow plow, and sander this year, to help us keep up with the work load and next winter's snow removal.
Snow removal and ice control has become a big item in our budget. Each year we have to ask for more money to provide funds for more chemicals, equipment and manpower to insure a dry pavement on the heavily traveled narrow roads. We must provide a roadway on which motorists, school, police, and fire vehicles can travel in comfort and safety.
The speed limit signs designated by the State Traffic Surveyor, Board of Selectmen, police, and residents were put up on High Street, Grove Street, Norwell Ave., and Old Oaken Bucket Road. These signs were installed as soon as they arrived. We hope to keep them in good condi- tion by proper maintenance. We are hoping to get a sign making machine. This will cut costs and speed up replacements of missing signs.
Last August and September we did our patch and oil schedule work, plus routine maintenance work.
I also have kept checking each development as the roads are put in to be sure they are put in to town regulations.
Late in November our department did the sidewalk work on High and Oak Streets. I am glad to see they are being used. There is still some clean-up work yet to be done. I hope eventually a cross walk will be put in at the corner of Grove and High Streets on the Jones property.
You can see each year there are a few more problems and the traffic gets larger in volume and we add new roadways each year.
The Tiffany Road bridge job should be done by the end of June. It will be necessary to have this road closed to through traffic this winter and spring.
I wish to express my sincere thanks for the cooperation of all town officers, the various committees, the town departments, and the citizens of Norwell with whom I have had the pleasure of working this past year. 34
I would also like to say we are most grateful for the assistance of the Department of Public Works at the Middleboro District 7 office. Without their help and cooperation of testing material, setting lines and grades for our Chapter 90 project, setting up the oil schedule for Chapter 81, painting and marking Main Street (Rte 123), and designing and planning for the Tiffany Road bridge, these projects would not have been possible.
Sincerely
E. Arnold Joseph Highway Surveyor REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Board of Selectmen Norwell, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
As inspector of Animals for the Town of Norwell, I have completed my duties for 1966 and report as follows:
Inspected barns and reported same to the State. Reported to the Division of Livestock Disease Control the census of animals in the Town of Norwell. Quarantined and released approximately forty-seven dogs.
Respectfully submitted,
Richard E. Cugnasca, D.V.M. Inspector of Animals
REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR
Board of Selectmen Norwell, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The annual report of the Building Inspector is respectfully submitted as follows:
The year 1966 shows a slight decrease in the total number of building permits issued. This is in no way a surprise, as we are all fully aware of the tight money situation, which is reflected in the slowing up of new home building. It might be noted that the exact decrease was 15 less permits issued in 1966 than in 1965.
Construction of the new William Vinal School on Old Oaken Bucket Road was started this past year and is progressing satisfactorily.
The Star Market complex, after a speedy start, was plagued with difficulties — shortages of materials, and later strong winds caused considerable damage to exterior walls. Now, the situation is under con- trol and work is progressing rapidly. 35
Building permits issued and inspections made during 1966:
RESIDENTIAL New Dwellings 67 Alterations Additions & Out Buildings 30 Garages 11 COMMERCIAL New Buildings 2 Alterations & Additions 4 Municipal Buildings 2 OTHER Buildings Demolished "3 Buildings Moved 4 Swimming Pools 8 Trailers — Construction Offices 3
TOTAL PERMITS ISSUED 134
Grateful appreciation is extended to Mr. Harry Chase and Mrs. Mildred Sundwall for their cooperation and assistance.
Respectfully submitted,
Charles E„ White, Building Inspector William T. Stohn, Alternate Inspector
REPORT OF THE GAS INSPECTOR
The number of inspections covering gas appliance installations has been increasing steadily, and for the calendar year 1966 one hundred and twenty inspections were made by either Gas Inspector George A, Beach or the Alternate Gas Inspector, Warren P. Merritt.
Inspection fees collected are the source from which the Inspectors' salaries are paid. This amounted to $494.00 this year.
Respectfully submitted,
George A. Beach Inspector of Gas
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF WIRES
Two hundred and forty-seven electrical permits were issued and inspections made for the year 1966.
Permit fees collected and salaries paid therefrom to Inspector Raymond A. Hansen and Alternate Inspector J. Lee Turner amounted to $2,449.13. 36
The continued cooperation of the townspeople is appreciated by this department.
Respectfully submitted,
Raymond A, Hansen Inspector of Wires
REPORT OF THE JAMES LIBRARY
January 2, 1967
In 1966, the James Library has again striven to improve and expand the service it has been rendering to the reading public of Norwell for almost 60 years.
During the year the number of registered reader families has in- creased by 117 to 791, an all-time high which reflects an ever growing interest in the material offered, well above and beyond the natural growth of population. These readers borrowed 12,413 volumes from the adult section and 8,789 children's books, totaling 21,202 volumes.
At present the James Library makes available to the public a total of 13,867 volumes, of which 11,207 are adult reading material and 2,660 are juveniles. A total of 377 new books were acquired during the year.
In order to meet the needs of the public's greater interest, the Library hours have again been increased, to 16 per week, and the Trustees have applied for admission to the Eastern Regional Library Association, which will enable the Library to draw on the facilities of the Boston Public Library.
During the summer of 1966 the exterior of the library building was repainted, and the Trustees are happy to announce that they have been able to install a gas conversion burner to improve the heating system.
It is gratifying to the Trustees to note that the Town's students con- tinue to make extensive use of the material and facilities of the Library.
This report cannot be regarded as complete without our public ack- nowledgment of a debt of gratitude to our two librarians, Mrs. Helen Roubound and Mrs. Constance Sayrs, whose knowledge and helpfulness are a credit to the Library.
Respectfully submitted,
Trustees of the James Library Mildred Hastings, Treasurer John M. Kolbjornsen Clinton V. MacCoy Harriet L. Meyer, Secretary William C. Bennett, Chairman 37
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council was established by Chapter 668 of the Acts of 1963. Its purpose is to conduct research and studies and prepare ' 'such data, maps and charts and tables as may be helpful or necessary to improve the physical, social and economic conditions of the district ..." Originally the Council consisted of one representative each from 47 towns and cities of the Boston metropolitan area, 25 guber- natorial appointees, and the heads of various state departments. In 1965 the Council was expanded by an act of the General Court to conform to a Federally defined metropolitan area and thus make available Federal funds in planning assistance in the ratio of two to one. This expansion resulted in the membership of 79 towns and cities, including Norwell, in the Council. The undersigned was appointed Norwell' s representative in August 1965.
Since its inception the Council has undertaken and made considerable progress in the following planning programs.
ECONOMIC BASE - The Economic Base and Population Study was com- pleted early in 1966. The final reports are nearly ready for publication and distribution.
OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION - Phase I of this study has been completed and distributed. Phase II, which will contain specific recom- mendations for the future development of such resources, will be finished early in 1967.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STUDY - The research and study of this program is in its final stages. It is expected that the report will contain recommendations concerning waste disposal.
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE - In 1966 the Council began the development of a community assistance program and to this end has issued summaries of various Federal programs of assistance.
NEW WORK PROGRAM - The Council has applied to the Federal government for funds to conduct three of the projects included in this program. They are: (a) a comprehensive housing study; (b) an airport study; and (c) a community assistance program. Also, an application is being prepared for a sewer and water facilities study, the initial stages of which were begun this past fall when an engineering consultant was en- gaged to compile an inventory of existing sewer and water facilities of the region. In addition, this program will include a regional health and facilities study and a secondary roads study.
In May 1964 the Council established permanent headquarters at 44 School Street, Boston, Mass. Its quarterly meetings are held in various communities or at 44 School Street. Pertinent documents produced by the Council considered of interest to town officials have been appropriately referred.
Reginald M. Savage, Representative .
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REPORT OF THE PERMANENT BUILDING & MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE
Board of Selectmen Norwell, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
Completion of the William Gould Vinal Elementary School is now expected in May, 1967.
Expansion of the sanitary leaching bed at the high school has been accomplished.
Preliminary plans for the addition to the high school have been sub- mitted to the School Committee, but are now being held in abeyance pending further study of buildings in the school system.
Respectfully submitted,
Arthur A. Raymond, Chairman Harold E. Cranton Duncan J. Banks Clinton V. Mac Coy Leonard E. Marsden Fred N. Levin Richard E. Bergeron REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD
Board of Selectmen Norwell, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The Planning Board reorganized after the March, 1966 Town Meeting with Theodore R. Love, Chairman; John A. Randall, Vice-Chairman; Gilbert A. Cummings, Clerk; Robert R. Reed and Richard K. McMullan, Members. The Board meets on the second floor of the Town Hall Annex on Thursday evening each week at 8 o'clock. All meetings are open, with no formal agenda. ZONING BY-LAWS
The Planning Board, in conjunction with the Development and Indus- trial Commission, will propose two amendments to the Zoning By-Laws for consideration at the Annual Town Meeting. Both amendments concern Business i C* Zoning, which heretofore has been considered to be "Indus- trial" rather than "Commercial."
The purpose of the first amendment will be to provide greater pre- cision in the selection of uses permitted in present and future Business 'C Zones by allowing only those believed to be compatible with a low- density residential community. 39
The second will propose the establishment of an additional Commercial Zone, C2, containing 160 acres, bounded by High Street, the Southeast Expressway and the Rockland and Hanover Town Lines. This new zone would, of course, be subject to the restrictions proposed above, which have been expressly composed to protect existing residences.
It is believed that the first amendment will benefit the Town by per- mitting only those uses which would widen our tax base without sub- stantially altering the character of the Town. The second will extend this benefit to an area which, it is believed, can be developed in the near future.
SUB-DIVISIONS AND THE SUB-DIVISION CONTROL LAW
There has been a noticeable decrease in the number of sub-divisions reaching the stage of final approval; hearings were held on only one definitive plan, that for Black Pond Hill Development, off Summer Street, containing 39 lots.
During the year the Board examined and endorsed 42 plans which did not require approval under the Sub-Division Control Law. GROWTH OF THE TOWN
During the past year there were 67 building permits issued for new dwellings, of which 36 were in approved sub-divisions and 31 were on individual lots scattered throughout the Town. While this is a substantial decrease from the 89 issued last year and is below the five-year average of 70, it still falls within the 60-70 range on which projections for future schools and other construction have been based.
A nation-wide decrease in new home starts attributed to "tight money" has certainly made itself felt in Norwell. How long this slowdown will continue before being overcome by pent-up demand can only be surmised. However, if Norwell continues to extend its water-mains, we may see an increase in new home starts.
Thus, while the number of new home starts in Norwell in 1964 and 1965 indicated that we might have to revise our growth projections up- ward, the decrease in 1966 will permit us to continue with the previously projected growth rate of 60-70 new homes per year. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
From 1960 through 1964 the Elementary School population increased at a relatively uniform rate from 779 to 1062, about 70 per year. From 1964 to 1966 the enrollment in Grades 1 through 6 increased from 1062 to 1112, at the rate of only25per year. If the rate of growth experienced from 1960-64 had continued, we would again have been short of Secondary School space in 1970, despite the completion of the Vinal School in 1967. A projection at the earlier high rate, tempered with the trend of the past two years, indicates that our present capacity, including the Vinal School, will meet our needs until 1972; or, if the rate of increase continues to turn downward, somewhat longer. It is difficult to make a long range prediction based on a sharply reduced rate of growth which has occurred 40
in only two years. Our capital expenditure recommendations are based on the least optimistic possibility.
Whether the next expansion would be in the form of a new school or an addition to the Vinal School will depend upon future population distribution. It is evident that the Elementary School Site Committee must continue its efforts to provide a new school site. There is no question but that the present three schools will not meet the ultimate needs of the Town. A fourth school site must eventually be provided, and this is best done sooner than later. The supply of available land will constantly decrease.
The Federal and State Governments may soon require public Kinder- gartens. The addition of a Kindergarten Program to the Elementary School System would add initially about 200 pupils, who, attending double sessions with 25 per class, would require four rooms. This would advance the need for additional Elementary School space from 1972 to 1970, based on present projections. SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Secondary Schools, Grades 7 through 12, are the Town's present most pressing problem; not whether they should be expanded, a simple matter of counting heads, but how the expansion should be effected. This is a year of decision for Norwell. It is imperative that action be taken this year, which, if done incorrectly, could produce needless problems in years to come.
The most obvious way of increasing our Secondary School capacity is by enlarging the High School building from its present nominal capacity of 450 to 900, as was originally planned. The present enrollment of 422 could reach 550 by 1969.
The enlarged capacity of 900 could serve until 1979 or 1980, but would still be too small to contain the ultimate projected total of 1100 or more. Therefore, we would for ten years have a building too large for our im- mediate needs and yet too small for our ultimate needs.
In the meantime we would still be faced with the problem of the Junior High School, which has a 1966 population of 327 and a capacity of not more than 400, which it should reach by 1969. Therefore, assuming for the moment that it is physically possible, as well as desirable, to add to the present Junior High School building, plans for its expansion should be started at once.
It would seem, in the light of present knowledge, that our previous plans for Secondary School expansion are seriously deficient in providing for both present and future needs. To overcome this deficiency the fol- lowing proposal is made:
1. Construct as soon as possible a new High School building with a minimum capacity of 700, to be ready in September, 1969. 2. Upon completion, occupy this new building with Grades 9 through 12 until its maximum capacity is reached, which should occur about 1974. At that time continue the High School with Grades 10,11 and 12 only, until such time as the building must be enlarged to its ul- timate capacity of 1100-1200, probably about 1978-1980. 41
3. In September, 1969, move Grades 7 and 8 to the present Senior High School building, which will then become the Junior High School, abandoning the present Junior High School building for school pur- poses. Continue Grades 7 and 8 in this building until it becomes necessary to remove Grade 9 from the High to the Junior High School. At that time, probably about 1973 or 1974, both schools will be at maximum capacity. Removing Grade 9 to the Junior High School and at the same time enlarging the Junior High School to its ultimate capacity will then meet the demand from both schools.
Therefore, while at first glance this proposal might appear to require a greater expenditure than the simple step of adding to the present High School building, examination of all the factors involved will show that if we do add to the present High School, thereby forcing an almost immediate addition to the Junior High, we will by 1970 have built additional space for 900 or more Secondary students. If we proceed on the plan proposed above, we will by 1973 or 1974 have built for only 700. We strongly recommend that imminent Secondary School expansion be a completely new Senior High School.
CIVIC CENTER
Other pressing needs, which have been deferred from year to year are those of a new Central Fire Station, additional space for Town Offices, and a new Police Station. Other future Town needs are - additional Civic Meeting Places, a Library, a Youth Center, and a Center for Senior Citizens.
The previously outlined proposal for schools calls for abandonment of the present Junior High School building for school purposes. This building is suitable for most of the uses listed above, and we propose that it be converted to these uses.
The following plan is presented to meet the Town's forseeable needs for these facilities:
1. Construct a new Central Fire Station. 2. When the Junior High School building is vacated in 1969, remodel the second floor of the main building, the westerly portion of the first floor, and a portion of the second floor of the Sparrell Wing for Town Office use. 3. Relocate present School Administration Offices to the second floor of the Sparrell Wing. 4. Remodel the present School Administration Offices, the adjacent locker rooms and toilets, and the gymnasium into a Town Youth Center. 5. Retain the third floor of the main building as a Civic Meeting Place for Veterans' or similar organizations, complete with the existing kitchen. 6. After the Town Offices have been moved, remodel the first floor of the Cushing Memorial Town Hall for use as a Police Station, retaining the Auditorium for its present uses. 7. Remodel the first floor of the Sparrell Wing into a Town Library with a separate entrance and parking space. 8. Use space not required by the Police Department on the first floor of the present Town Hall as a Center for Senior Citizens. 42
This program will meet the Town's needs suitably and economically. It is fortunate that it ties in so well with the proposed school program. This is why 1967 is Norwell's Year of Decision. What we do this year will govern our actions for years to come.
SIDEWALKS
While citizens who may have had to move hedges or fences are under- standably somewhat less than enthusiastic, the sidewalks constructed during the past two years have met with the approval of the Police and School Departments and have served their purpose in relieving bus trans- portation without subjecting the children to the risk of sudden death.
It is the opinion of the School Department that this program should be continued in the vicinity of the Cole School until substantially all children within legal distance of this school can walk to school.
To this end we recommend that in 1967 a sidewalk be constructed on High Street from the Cole School to the Southeast Expressway.
PROGRAM FOR MAJOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
A planned program for the orderly construction of new schools and other Town facilities will require continuing action at successive Town Meetings. The following schedule is recommended:
1967 Annual Town Meeting
1. Approve funds for final surveys and plans for construction of a new Senior High School building. 2. Approve funds for plans for construction of a new Central Fire Station. 3. Authorize the Permanent Building and Maintenance and Athletic Field Committees to study land requirements for anew Senior High School and to report to a 1967 Special Town Meeting with recom- mendations and a request for an appropriation. Funds should be made available to these committees for this purpose.
1967 Special Town Meeting
1. Approve funds for additional land for new Senior High School build- ing. 2. Approve construction of new Senior High School building.
1968 Annual Town Meeting
1. Approve funds for plans for remodeling present Junior High School building for use as a Civic Center. 2. Approve funds for plans for remodeling present Town Hall, first floor, for use as Police Station and Center for Senior Citizens. 3. Approve acquisition of land for new Elementary School, based on report of existing Elementary School Site Committee, to be pre- sented for action at this meeting. 4. Set up a Study Committee for the establishment of a Town Library. 43
This committee's function will be to make a preliminary report at the 1969 Annual Meeting and a definitive report and request for appropriation at the 1970 Meeting.
1969 Annual Town Meeting
1. Approve funds to be used for remodeling the present Junior High School building; work to start after June and to be completed in fall or early winter, 1969. 2. Approve funds for remodeling present Town Hall, first floor, for use as a Police Station and Center for Senior Citizens; work to start in late 1969 after Town Offices have been moved. 3. Act on preliminary report of Library Committee. If report out- lines requirements sufficiently, it is recommended that modifica- tion of this portion of the Junior High School building be included in the general remodeling, as a matter of economy.
1970 Annual Town Meeting
1. Approve funds for plans for new Elementary School or addition to an existing school. 2. Establish the Town Library and approve funds to be used for re- modeling first floor of Sparrell Wing, if not already done. 3. Approve demolition of present Town Hall Annex building and con- struction of Town parking lot.
1971 Annual Town Meeting
Approve construction of additional Elementary School space to be ready in September, 1972. This may be deferred or advanced if conditions warrant, as outlined under ' 'Elementary Schools".
1972 Annual Town Meeting
Approve funds for plans for additional Junior High School space.
1973 Annual Town Meeting
Approve construction of additional Junior High School space, to be ready by September, 1974.
This schedule will meet the requirements of the Town, as outlined in this report. Action must be taken in 1967 because of the immediate need for additional Secondary School space. Ensuing action, which is depend- ent upon the initial step, must necessarily follow in a logical sequence. Other actions may be advanced or retarded. For example, it may be expedient to appropriate funds for the new Central Fire Station in 1967, so that the actual expenditure may be made ahead of the heavy expendi- ture for the new Senior High School. On the other hand, the need for still further Elementary and Secondary School space is based on long range projections which may not prove to be accurate. It must be under- stood that this program, extending as it does over a number of years, is subject to annual review and revision to suit the changing needs of the Town. 44
RECREATION
The success and popularity of the Playground Program proves that it fills a need. This program should be continued and expanded.
A popular part of the Playground Program has been Swimming In- struction. Facilities for this are probably no longer available. It is quite likely that suitable Town swimming facilities, either fresh or salt water, can be developed from natural sources at relatively little cost. A study to determine the feasibility of this should be made as soon as possible.
Another development, related to the Playground Program, is the formation of a Town Teen Committee. The fact that several hundred teenagers are willing to undertake, underwrite and supervise their own activities is a credit to the Town, and everything possible should be done to encourage and aid them. An integral part of the Civic Center Program here presented is use of the gymnasium and related facilities in the present Junior High School building as a Youth Center. All needed facilities - parking space at other than school hours, separate entrances, gymnasium, stage, locker rooms, toilets, and adjacent rooms for general use - all ideally suitable, can be provided with little or no remodelling. GENERAL
The Conservation Commission has provided Town Departments with a soil study map of Norwell prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture. This comprehensive set of documents will prove useful for many purposes.
The problem of preserving wetland areas not suitable for building and which may be essential to maintaining our water resources, is one which the Town should continue to endeavor to solve.
Theodore R. Love, Chairman John A. Randall, Vice-Chairman Gilbert A. Cummings, Clerk Robert R. Reed Richard K. McMullan
REPORT OF THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE
By Robert B. Ewing, County Agent-Manager & Regional Coordinator
The primary responsibility of the Cooperative Extension Service is as the law states "to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on the subjects relating to Agriculture and Home Economics and to encourage the application of same."
Resources of the University of Massachusetts and the United States Department of Agriculture are available to the Staff of the Plymouth County Extension Service because of an assistance agreement. Members of the staff provide educational information pertaining to Agriculture, 45
Home Economics and 4-H Club Work, through correspondence — news- papers and radio — meetings — office and telephone calls — and farm and home visits.
To make this service available to you, funds are provided by the Federal, State and County Governments. Thus the name — Cooperative Extension Service.
Since 1965 when the Southeast Extension Region was organized, the Agricultural Agents have conducted Regional Programs and activities for the commercial farmers in Barnstable, Bristol, Norfolk and Plymouth Counties.
Each Agent is responsible for specific commodity program(s), i.e., Dairy and Livestock; Fruit and Vegetables; Floriculture; Nurseries; Horticulture; Poultry and Turkeys. For this reason the Agent can keep up-to-date with research, participate in advanced training at the University of Massachusetts and offer the farmers a more effective service.
The Extension Home Economists supply information, conduct meetings and programs that meet the needs of homemakers in Plymouth County. At the request of social workers in the communities of Plymouth County, they have provided information pertaining to the many phases of the homemaker's life. They have also conducted programs for the elderly, blind and handicapped. The Extension Home Economists have been coordinators of programs for underprivileged families. In short, home- makers in just about every age group and walk of life have access to information from the Plymouth County Extension Home Economists.
4-H clubs are organized by the 4-H Club Agents for boys and girls 10-19 years of age and who are interested in projects in the broad areas of Careers, Citizenship, Clothing, Conservation, Crafts, Foods, Horti- culture, Livestock, Recreation, Safety and Science.
With other youth programs, 4-H Club Work contributes to the char- acter building process of Plymouth County young people.
4-H Club members have the opportunity to participate in local 4-H Club Programs and through it, receive excellent training in conducting meetings; giving demonstrations; public speaking and committee work. They also receive training in preparing all types of exhibits in the community; at Fairs and at some statewide activities.
This year 4-H club members were enrolled in 26 of the 27 communities of Plymouth County.
Adult volunteer 4-H club leaders are to be commended for their con- tributions to the 4-H Club Program in Plymouth County; for, without their services, such a 4-H program would not be possible.
You are invited to make full use of the Extension Service, but remem- ber that although the Extension Service furnished the information, it is you who make the decision as to how the information may be used to best advantage. 46
Requests for information can be directed to the Plymouth County Extension Service, Court House, Brockton, Massachusetts, 02401.
The Board of Trustees, appointed by the Plymouth County Commis- sioners, administer the Plymouth County Extension Service Program and is composed of the following members:
Mr. Gilbert Blackledge Whitman, Chairman Mr. George Ridder East Bridgewater, Vice-Chairm? Mrs. Mabel Chandler Duxbury, Secretary Mr. Robert Chisholm West Bridgewater Mr. Arthur Chaffee, Jr. Bridgewater Mr. John Duffy Halifax Mrs. Gladys Gibbs Hanover Mr. Philip Gibbs Carver Mr. Fred Freidenfeld Middleboro
REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Board of Selectmen Town of Norwell
Gentlemen: As we close out the books for 1966 we find a continuing increase in all statistics. The arrests and court complaints have again escalated beyond the increase in population and despite recent rulings of the Supreme Court that seriously hamper good police work. We are pleased to note an in- crease in extra curricular activities. These include speaking engagements at Service and Youth groups.
We are particularly thankful to Washington Park Pharmacy and Walter Hall Real Estate for their sponsorship of the Norwell Police and Fire Departments in the 100 Club. I am indebted to Sergeant Keene for his excellent substitution as Acting Chief during my hospitalization and con- valescence. Also to Safety Officer Baldwin for his supervision of the Bicycle Rodeo.
On the dark side of the ledger, we have lost the services of two regular Police Officers. Officer Cavanagh has been on medical leave since he was struck on the Expressway in 1965. Officer Tulis has resigned. With our inability to attract new people to the Department, we have been unable to replace these men. It is my fond hope that with the raises approved by the Selectmen, and the promise of new facilities, our manpower will im- prove.
Calls received 13,806 Arrests 208 Breaking & Entry 37 Court Complaints 263 Larceny 75 Accidental Deaths 2 Prowlers 27 Stolen Cars 12 Auto Accidents 109 Cruiser Ambulance 94 M. V. Violations 258 Emergency Messages 67 Mutual Aid 83 Domestic trouble 25 47
Vandalism 107 Missing Persons 29 Summons served 446 Warrants 18 Insane Committments 7 Open Doors 140
Respectfully submitted,
Kenneth J. Bradeen, Chief REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Board of Selectmen Town of Norwell
Gentlemen:
Mrs. Ruth Hersey, who had faithfully served as a member of the Board found it impossible to run for re-election in March. Mr. Donald C. Ken- nedy was elected to a 3 year term. A new member of the Board, he has contributed a great deal in both time and knowledge. Following election, the Board organized with Ralph H. Coleman as chairman and clerk.
We regret to report that on April 20th Thomas Cann passed away. He had been a Board member for several years and could always be counted on when needed.
On May 16th Ralph H. Coleman and Donald C. Kennedy, remaining members of the Board, met with the Board of Selectmen and Mrs. A. Barbara Marshall was elected to serve until the next town election.
In May we received authority from Civil Service to engage a clerk on a 17 1/2 hour per week basis. We were fortunate in securing Mrs. Helen M. Harner to fill the position.
In September, Title XIX of the Social Security Act provided for a new program known as Medical Assistance or Medicaid. This new category replaces the Medical Assistance for the Aged program and provides for medical assistance to certain persons in addition to the aged. This has increased the work load of our director Mrs. Gilmore, who has a greatly increased number of social service calls that must be made.
Our total expenditures are increasing each year but our Federal re- imbursements have increased so that our Town appropriations have had a gradual decrease.
In 1961 the Town appropriated $44,000 while in 1966 the Town Appro- priation was only $25,000. In 1961 the total aid granted was $41,900 while in 1966 it was $58,777. Following is a summary of receipts and expenditures: AID RECEIPTS AND TRANSFERS:
Town Appropriation $25,023.60 Federal Balance 1/1/66 23,359.42 Federal Receipts 1966 30,977.64 Transfer from MAA Adm. Account 3,342.58 $82,703.24 48
EXPENDITURES ;
Town Account $24,515.11 Federal Accounts 34,292.46 $58,807.57
Balance 12/31/66 $23,895.67*
*To E & D $ 508.49 To Fed. Accts.- $23,387.18 ADMINISTRATION AND EXPENSE
RECEIPTS;
Town Appropriation $ 3,550.00 Federal Balances 1/1/66 7,696.45 Federal Receipts 1966 5,638.57 $16,885.02
EXPENDITURES ;
Town Account $ 3,539.69 Federal Account 5,311.26 Transfer to MA Aid Account 3,342.58 $12,193.53
Balance 12/31/66 $ 4,691.49*
*To E & D $ 10.31 To Federal Accounts- $ 4,681.18 SUMMARY
BOARD SALARIES $ 539.69 Total Aid and Administration 67,118.83 $67,658.52
Federal Receipts $36,616.21 State Receipts 20,264.07 $56,880.28
NET COST TO TOWN $10,778.24
Respectfully submitted,
Donald C a Kennedy A. Barbara Marshall Ralph H. Coleman, Chairman
REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMISSION
Board of Selectmen Norwell, Mass.
Gentlemen:
This report of the 1966 summer program is dedicated to our many volunteers and the service clubs of Norwell. 49
Our second program ended successfully with great enthusiasm by the youngsters on the playgrounds.
Our enrollment was higher than last year.
Our Swim program at Ken's Cabins awarded Red Cross Certificates to 61 Beginners, 68 Intermediates, 52 Swimmers, for a total of 181. If time had permitted, many more youngsters would have passed. Here is a program for which volunteers deserve a big THANK YOU. We had an excellent Instructor, Miss Susan Vinal, on this project. Her volunteers were Edith Love, Nancy Axon, Claire Macdonald, Laura Reardon, and Eric Redding.
The results obtained by this group amazed all and the Commission recognizes how popular this activity has become. As a result, NOT having the use of a pool in 1967, we have introduced a special article asking for funds to study swim facilities for another year.
On the playgrounds we also had volunteers. At the Cole School where our attendance is the greatest, we had one paid Leader, 3 paid Assistant Leaders and two volunteers, Eric Kirby and Gail Raymond.
At the Osborn playground, we had one paid Leader, 2 paid Assistant Leaders and 3 volunteers, Richard Power, Joanne Meyers, and Janet Warmsley.
At the Junior High playground, we had one paid Leader, one paid Assistant Leader and 4 volunteers, Christine Reynolds, William Power, Janice Sibbald and Robert Lloyd.
The Commission recognizes that these volunteers are receiving train- ing and hopefully will be hired in future years, but we also recognize that these volunteers had a rare quality. Absenteeism was practically non- existent and they worked along with our paid leaders equally. For this we Thank them.
Our playground program this year was well attended and received. We had a "water" problem at the Osborn and Jr. High Schools at the start of the program. However, with the aid given by our Ass't. Supt. of Schools, Mr. Hamilton, we were able to use the "football" field in back of the High School and had toilet facilities at the High School for the Osborn playground youngsters. Our Director - again with the help of the C. D„ Director hauled water from Norwell Center to the Junior High School in containers provided by Mr. Atwater. Under the circumstances we feel that parents, youngsters, and leaders did very well.
Our Inter- school contests were played at the Little League Field. This makes a good "middle" ground for the rivalry between the Cole and Osborn playgrounds. (In passing, we would like to note here that the Commission gave permission to the Little League to level and build 3 more diamonds on the field. Hopefully they will be able to hold all their activities at the one area next year. The Little League paid for all work done and no assistance was asked for from the town. This area could well be used for a Softball league on nights the League is not operating.) 50
This year our Arts and Crafts program, under the able direction of Mrs. Paula Baronis, showed remarkable improvement. The youngsters were kept busy at all times and thoroughly enjoyed it.
A repeat of last years success was the bicycle rodeo under the able direction of one of NorwelPs finest, Officer Theodore Baldwin, who seems to enjoy it as much as the children do. 175 youngsters participated in this program.
Due to a conflict in dates, we were unable to go to Fenway Park. A trip to Ellis Haven in Plymouth for a day's outing was scheduled instead. Four bus loads of children and supervisors went and had a wonderful time.
A swim meet was held on Friday, Aug. 12, at Ken's Cabins swimming pool with over 150 youngsters signed up. This meet was held before a large audience of parents who witnessed a fine swim meet. Ribbons were awarded to the winners of the various events.
At the Field Day, there was a fine display of Arts & Crafts, plus the competitive games put on by the various playgrounds. Ribbons were donated by the Kiwanis and Lions Clubs. Again our thanks to these or- ganizations for their interest in our youngsters.
We hope for an 8 weeks program in 1967. If we are fortunate and have facilities, this would include waterfront activities in the afternoon. The extra two weeks could include a Fenway Park trip and 4th of July Celebration.
As was announced in the newspapers, our Director, Felix Dixon, has been put on a full time basis. One reason was the Town Teen Program which we have sponsored. This is a group from grades 9 - 12 at the High School level. Private and Parochial school students in this group are eligible. We have spent considerable time with this group and feel it is a most worth while activity. Some thought should be given to even- tually having a "home" for this group. It is necessary that our Director be present at all of their functions.
At the present time our equipment is stored in the Jr. High School. As time goes on, we will acquire more, and larger space will be required where it will be at our instant use.
Again, we at this time do not have the use of a pool in 1967. We hope the Town will look with favor on our proposal to develop a swim facility. We feel the townspeople in general would benefit by this.
We would hope to be more specific on the area, etc., by Town Meeting.
In closing, we again would express our appreciation to all those who contribute so much time and effort to aid us in our attempts to enrich the lives of individuals.
Respectfully submitted, Recreation Commission
Robert G. MacWilliams, Chairman Ruth M. Marsh, Secretary James T. King Mary Osborn Knapp Austin S. Reynolds 51
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Norwell:
Following the March 1966 elections, the School Committee was organ- ized as follows:
Robert S. Palli, Chairman Harold G. Simms, Vice Chairman Ann Burrows, Clerk John Bond, Member J. Peter Hall, Member
Mr. Palli, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Bond were further appointed as members of the Joint Committee of School Union #13.
If one were forced to characterize the 1966 school year, the word change would be most appropriate; and the changes began taking place shortly after the elections.
Due to illness, Mr. Arnold Bartlett, the Ass't. Superintendent, was forced to submit his resignation effective April 1, 1966; and it was with regret that the School Committee accepted. Mr. Bartlett had devoted much time to his duties as an administrator.
The Committee voted unanimously to engage the services of Boston University in finding a replacement for Mr. Bartlett; and in the interim, Mr. Kiernan, Superintendent of Union #13 was requested to assist the Norwell School Department in its operations.
After several meetings with representatives from Boston University, the Committee hired Mr. Richard C. Hamilton to act as an interim Assist- ant Superintendent of Schools for the remainder of the 1965 - 1966 school year.
Boston University continued to screen applicants and arranged inter- views with prospective candidates for the Assistant Superintendency. On July 5, 1966, the Committee unanimously voted to elect Richard C. Hamil- ton as Assistant Superintendent of the Norwell Schools for the 1966 - 1967 school year.
In addition to a new Ass't. Superintendent, the Committee voted to elect Mr. Henry Goldman as Principal of the Nellie L. Sparrell Junior High School and Mr. Vincent Poirier as Administrative Assistant to the Assistant Superintendent.
With the passage of Chapter 763 by the General Court, a new dimen- sion has been added to the responsibilities of school committees; col- lective bargaining. This Committee, as a result, has devoted many long hours negotiating with the various professional and non-professional groups in the system. Such negotiations, however, have proved so time consuming that in the future it may well be necessary to engage a pro- 52
fessional negotiator to represent the interests of the community in col- lective bargaining sessions.
In order to better acquaint the community with the responsibilities encumbent upon all school committee members, the following code of ethics adopted by the Massachusetts Association of School Committees is herewith included.
1. Realize that his prime responsibility is to the children. 2. Recognize that his basic function is to be policy making, and not administrative,, 3. Remember that he is one of a team and must abide by, and carry out, all committee decisions once they are made. 4. Be well informed concerning the duties of a member on both a local and state level. 5. Remember that he represents the entire community at all times. 6. Accept the office as a committee member as a means of unselfish service with no intent to "play politics", in any sense of the word, or to benefit personally from his committee activities. 7. Endeavor to establish sound, clearly defined policies which will direct and support the administration. 8. Recognize and support the administrative chain command and re- fuse to act on complaints as an individual outside the administra- tion. 9. Act only on the recommendations of the chief administrator in all matters of employment or dismissal of school personnel. 10. Give the chief administrator full responsibility for discharging his professional duties and hold him responsible for acceptable results. 11. Refer all complaints to the administrative staff for solution and only discuss them at committee meetings if solutions fail. 12. Action at official meetings is binding and a member cannot bind a committee outside such meetings. 13. Statements or promises on how he will vote should not be made on matters that will come before committee. 14. Uphold intent of Executive Sessions. 15. Not withold pertinent information on school matters or personnel problems from his own committee members. 16. Make decisions only after all facts on a question have been pre- sented and discussed.
Above all, the Norwell School Committee will endeavor to provide its children with a quality educational program.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert J. Palli, Chairman 53
REPORT OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee:
Reflecting the continuous growth of this School System are the in- creased numbers of its professional, non-professional, and student body population.
Our present professional staff, representing the areas of instruction, supervision, administration, and health, number 116; the non-professional personnel number 39, and the total student enrollment is approximately 1883, with an anticipated enrollment next year of over 2000.
Further indicative of our rapid growth is the fact that each of the Town's four schools is operating at capacity, with overflow populations in the Osborn and Cole Elementary Schools, as well as the Sparrell Junior High. These buildings have been forced to utilize cafeteria, library, and storage space as teaching stations. With the completion of the new Vinal Elementary School, however, the present strain should be somewhat alleviated, at least in the elementary schools.
The Vinal Elementary School, so named in honor of Captain William G. Vinal, will be ready for occupancy on September 1, 1967. This modern 14 room building, expandable to 24 rooms, will house over 300 children, 12 classroom teachers, remedial specialists, principal, secretary, 2 custodians, and four cafeteria workers. One problem, it appears, has been met; another remains to be confronted.
Anticipating what has now become a spectre which haunts every com- munity, increased student enrollment and the diversification of curriculum, the town of Norwell had taken steps to expand its present High School facilities. Two considerations, however, have prompted this office and other town officials to request that the citizens of Norwell reconsider the advisability of such an expansion. First, the new addition would cost in excess of a million dollars, more than the total cost of the original build- ing. Secondly, the Sparrell Junior High is physically incapable of coping with the expanding student population and the growing diversification of the curriculum. The conclusions are obvious.
Should the town spend the million or more to expand the High School, it would be only a question of a few years before the necessity of build- ing a new Junior High would arise. The total expenditure would indeed be substantial. On the other hand, the construction of a new high school would relieve the present structure for use as a Junior High and the town would have two new, expandable buildings.
Within recent years, the Federal Government has taken it upon itself to subsidize the efforts of state and local school systems in the areas of curriculum development, library services, educational facilities, etc. Norwell, through the efforts of its administrators and teaching personnel, has tried to avail itself of Federal monies. We are presently receiving financial assistance for the following areas: 54
1. Science: To develop and maintain improved science programs, the High School will receive approximately $7,000. over the next five years.
2. Library: A continuous grant of over $4,000. a year for an indef- ite period.
3. Summer Project: To assist those students who, for one reason or another, are not actualizing their academic potential, the School Department has received almost $7,500.
With or without Federal or State assistance, the School Department continues to revamp and re-evaluate its present course of studies. As a result of last year's in-service science program, teachers represent- ing all levels formulated a science curriculum for grades 1-6 and are continuing their fine work in this area. The English and math depart- ments have already completed courses of study for their respective areas, and work is presently under way to improve all of the other academic areas. Since curriculum development is a continuing process, no defini- tive course of studies will ever be forthcoming.
To facilitate and expedite curriculum development, it is our intention to appoint Curriculum Co-ordinators and Assistants for grades 1-12. This should give a higher degree of continuity to future courses of study and assure a systematic program of evaluation and revision.
One of the major areas with which our administrators and some mem- bers of our teaching staff are presently concerned is that of reading. Through the efforts of these people, we are hoping to establish a sound and intensive phonics program in the elementary schools and an effective remedial reading program throughout the system.
Since a school department must concern itself with matters other than the purely academic, we have added a bookkeeper to the Superintendent's office in an attempt to centralize all the financial transactions of the system and to render more efficient a system of accounting that has been somewhat undefined.
In accordance with Chapter 763 of the General Court, the School De- partment has recognized and negotiated with the representatives of five newly formed collective bargaining groups: The Norwell Teachers' Asso- ciation; the AFL-CIO, representing the custodians; the secretaries, cafe- teria workers, and Principals, acting as independent agents. In every instance, to date, the representatives involved maintained the negotia- tions on the highest professional level, and the groundwork for future cooperative effort in this area has been securely laid.
Although it is not customary to inject personal observations into such a report, I wish to conclude my remarks by extending my sincere thanks to the committee for its tireless efforts in behalf of the educational interest of the town and to the citizens of Norwell for their deep and abiding concern they have demonstrated for their schools.
Respectfully submitted,
Richard C. Hamilton Assistant Superintendent 55
Norwell School Department
School Committee Term Expires
Robert Palli, Chairman 1968 Ann Burrows, Clerk 1969 Harold Simms, Vice Chairman 1968 J. Peter Hall 1967 John Bond 1969
Superintendent of Schools Union #13 Albert E. Kiernan (acting) Office: Main Street, Hanson
Assistant Superintendent of Schools Union #13 Richard C. Hamilton Office: Norwell Junior High School
Administrative Assistant Vincent Poirier Office: Norwell Junior High School
School Physician
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Hygienist Charlotte Gilmore
School Nurses Catherine A. Roe Mildred V. Wilcox
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I—I -. ^ CO rUi pq .2 CD S ^ S * 8 O cd . go a rj CD CD cd •H 1) 0 I £ S3 h (D 0 3 co co w H PS Ph O 62 Secretarial Louise Schiner Office of Ass't Superintendent Karin Pint Office* of Ass't Superintendent Edith Devine Senior High School Phyllis Semple (part time) Senior High School Jane Richardson (part time) Senior High School Ernestine Bustard Junior High School Phyllis Beauregard Grace Farrar Cole School Janice Litchfield Ella Osborn School Custodial George Alexander Grace Farrar Cole School Clifton Leake Grace Farrar Cole School Everett Magoun Grace Farrar Cole School Emil Rosenberg Ella Osborn School Thomas McNiff Ella Osborn School Walter Brown Nellie L. Sparrell Junior High Leonard Cox Nellie L. Sparrell Junior High Royal W. Elafson Nellie L. Sparrell Junior High Edmund Lapham Senior High School Elphege Daneau Senior High School REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Assistant Supt. of Schools Norwell, Mass. Dear Mr. Hamilton: My annual report as school physician is submitted for 1966 as follows: Physical examinations have been completed for all students in the high school, eighth and fourth grades. I have also initiated health records for the several first grades, with the preferred help of the family physi- cian. As usual supplemental tests are done for vision, hearing, growth and fitness. In the high school emphasis is stressed for all those in con- tact and competitive sports. Each student is questioned for evidence of any injury or residual disability. Blood pressures, TPR and Urinalyses are also evaluated. The coaches have been most cooperative on the few necessary restrictions. Parents and family physicians are asked to share responsibility in participation in sports. Contagion has been well controlled to date with only a few mumps cases in the Elementary school. There have been no sanitation problems in the new modern buildings. The regular immunization clinics offered by the Board of Health are well attended. 63 Measles vaccine was offered this year for the first time in both Ele- mentary schools, and the Junior High School. This should diminish one of the most hazardous of children's diseases. The chairman of the Board of Health has organized a Health Council composed of himself, the School Physician, the Dental Consultant, the Assistant Supt. of Schools, a School Committee member, and an indepen- dent physician. Excellent liason has resulted with a new emphasis on examination, prophylaxis and education. New qualified personnel are being interviewed to effect the program. A tour of the new Vinal Elementary School with the acting Principal and the Assistant Supt. of Schools was helpful in planning for both health and playground areas. Some related suggestions will be offered to the Building Committee. Our physical education and athletic facilities continue to be most in- adequate. We have been most fortunate in being able to borrow a nearby football field. I wish to extend my thanks to all who help with the school health pro- gram. Sincerely, Raymond G. Vinal, M a D. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSES Mr. Richard C. Hamilton Assistant Superintendent of Schools Norwell, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Hamilton: The following report is a survey of medical services rendered the School Department by the School Nurses. Assistance was given at Measles, D.P.T 0 and Polio Booster Clinics at all schools, as well as with the physical examinations of pre-schoolers, grade school children 1-4, and all Junior and Senior High students. The nurses, furthermore, administered the vision and audiometer testing of all pupils and the Heaf Tests for grades 1, 4, 7, and 11. In addition to these organized health programs, emergency first aid was administered as needs arose; children were transported home when necessary; routine sanitary inspections were conducted, and home visits made when required. Respectfully submitted, Catherine A. Roe, School Nurse Mildred V. Wilcox, School Nurse 64 REPORT OF THE CAFETERIA SUPERVISOR Mr. Richard C. Hamilton Assistant Superintendent of Schools Norwell, Mass. Dear Mr. Hamilton: For my first report as School Lunch Director, it is my pleasure to state that the participation in the school lunch program has increased (proportionately) over the last year. We must consider the effects on the school lunch budget of the rise in cost of food and transportation. This represents a figure of 7% over last year's figures. Also to be considered is the fact that the Federal Government has decreased the amount of "surplus" commodities issued to the schools. Not only has the amount and variety of foods offered been decreased, but the amount given to the Norwell Schools is not what was expected. A much deserved raise for the school lunch personnel was ap- proved by the School Committee, effective January 1967. All these factors greatly affect the funds on which we operate. Because of these factors the School Committee found it necessary, on advice of the Office of the School Lunch Programs, to increase the price of lunches. Students will pay $.30 for a complete lunch and the adults will be charged $.50 starting January 9, 1967. The Norwell Schools have been one of the last school systems to raise its prices. It is our hope that we can remain solvent and self-sustaining with this slight increase. I want to thank all the employees of the School Lunch Program for their kindness and cooperation in helping to make my first year as director a most pleasant experience. Respectfully submitted, Ruth Horgan School Lunch Director 65 'alooooasoo O •a o o xi o go •a 1 1 o < I -+-> c 1 s w bD CO CO 5 cm CO a CO 66 PUPIL GROWTH OVER ONE YEAR 1965 - 1966 October 1, 1965 October 1, 1966 Grades 1-6 1108 1124 Special Classes (Norwell residents) 18 19 Grades 7-8 288 330 Grades 9-12 371 426 Total 1785 1899 Growth Rate 6.4% * Special Class (Union #13 assigned to Norwell) 18 11 SOUTH SHORE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TREASURER'S REPORT 1966 In accordance with Section XII of the South Shore Regional School District Agreement effective January 6, 1960, I submit herewith details of the 1966 financial transactions of the School District. Details are presented with respect to the 1966 estimated expenditures; apportionment of estimated expenditures to member towns; actual cash receipts and disbursements; balance sheet and statement of outstanding debt as of December 31, 1966. Total operating costs for the year were $327,375.16 which involved salaries and wages of $2 3 3, 13 5. 44 and other expenses of $94,239.72 details of which are shown in the cash expenditures schedule. Capital Outlay costs for the year were $210,023.93 involving cost of new equipment in the amount of $21,223.93 and bond principal and interest payments totalling $188,800.00 as shown in the expenditures schedule. Expenditures under Manpower Development and Training Act PL 87- 415 totalling $53,608.22 involved two areas of training: Precision Sheet Metal and Radio- Television Repairman. The Federal Government paid the entire cost of these projects and the School District benefited to the extent of $11,960.81 which was expended for new equipment under these programs which will remain in our shops for future use by the School District. Expenditures under PL 88-210 for new equipment in the amount of $34,763.30 were made from 100% grants provided by the Federal Govern- ment. Expenditures under PL 88-210 for the Occupational Preparatory Pro- gram in the amount of $758.22 were derived from a grant by the Federal Government in the amount of $7,634.00. This program which started 67 December 5, 1966 with an enrollment of 51 students from the member towns of District, will be 100% financed by the Federal Government. It is less exacting in its requirements than the regular day program in the District Vocational School. The students in this program will attend morning sessions in their respective high schools for academic subjects and be transferred for afternoon sessions at the District Vocational School for shop training and be transported home from the District Vocational School four days each week. Expenditures under PL 88-210 for Remedial Reading in the amount of $1,415.08 involves a project conducted during the summer months which was 100% financed by the Federal Government. Expenditures under PL 88-210 Work Study Programs in the amount of $10,092.76 were 100% financed by the Federal Government. This pro- gram involves a supervised work program available to needy students who were paid at the rate of $1.50 per hour for building and grounds maintenance activity. Expenditures under Smith Hughes- George Barden Fund in the amount of $624.01 involved a renovation project in the Auto Body Shop. Various additional expenditures under self-explanatory titles were made per detail set forth in the expenditure schedule. Surplus Revenue was determined to be $132,392.65 as of December 31, 1966 and was derived from the following sources: Balance January 1, 1966 $140,689.28 Additions Federal Grants used to pay 1966 Operating costs George Barden Funds 30,372.00 Manpower Development & Training Funds 2,360.52 Unexpended appropriations for 1966 Operating Costs 19,424.32 Excess of 1966 District Receipts over estimated 14,546.53 66,703.37 Total $207,392.65 Deductions 1965 Surplus Revenue used to reduce 1966 Operating Costs 75,000.00 Balance December 31, 1966 $132,392.65 A $100,000.00 portion of 1966 Surplus Revenue has been voted by the District Committee to be used to reduce the 1967 operating cost assess- ments to member towns resulting in a remaining balance of $33,097.65 available to the School District as of January 1, 1967. An amount of Surplus Revenue equivalent to three months expenditures is necessary to enable payment of School District expenditures between January 1 and April 1 of each year inasmuch as the annual assessment revenue received by the School District from member towns is payable in quarterly installments on the first day of April, June, August and De- cember of each year. Respectfully submitted, John A. Ashton, Treasurer 68 SOUTH SHORE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 1966 BUDGET Operating Costs Salaries $242,226.00 Expenses 106,934.00 Total Operating Costs $349,160.00 Less 1965 Surplus Revenue 75,000.00 1966 Estimated Receipts 171,000.00 246,000.00 Net Operating Assessments to Member Towns $103,160.00 Capital Costs Debt Service Bond Principal Payment 160,000.00 Bond Interest Payment 28,800.00 Total 188,800.00 Less-1966 Estimated Receipts 94,000.00 Net Debt Assessment to Member Towns 94,800.00 Total 1966 Assessment to Member Towns $197,960.00 APPORTIONMENT OF 1966 ESTIMATED DISTRICT EXPENDITURES TO MEMBER TOWNS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT OPERATING COSTS TOWN 10/1/65 RATIO AMOUNTS Abington 44 21.57% $ 22,252.00 Cohasset 15 7.35% 7,582.00 Hanover 38 18.63% 19,218.00 Norwell 20 9.80% 10,110.00 Rockland 57 27.94% 28,823.00 Scituate 30 14.71% 15,175.00 Total 204 100.00 $103,160.00 DEBT SERVICE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT TOTAL 10/1/58-60 RATIO AMOUNTS ASSESSMENTS Abington 1754 22.82% $ 21,633.00 $ 43,885.00 Cohasset 862 11.21% 10,627.00 18,209.00 Hanover 871 11.33% 10,741.00 29,959.00 Norwell 771 10.03% 9,508.00 19,618.00 Rockland 1685 21.92% 20,780.00 49,603.00 Scituate 1744 22.69% 21,511.00 36,686.00 Total 7687 100.00 $ 94,800.00 $197,960.00 SOUTH SHORE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT CASH RECEIPTS January 1, 1966 to December 31, 1966 Balance January 1, 1966 66,013.48 Accounts Receivable-Returned Check 6.00 69 Assessment Revenue Town of Abington 43,885.00 Town of Cohasset 18,209.00 Town of Hanover 29,959.00 Town of Norwell 19,618.00 Town of Rockland 49,603.00 Town of Scituate 36,686.00 197,960.00 Equipment Sales, Lost, Damaged 359.41 Federal Grants PL 87-415 Manpower Development & Train. 44,239.64 PL 88-210 New Equipment 20,186.00 PL 88-210 Occupational Preparatory 7,634.00 PL 88-210 Remedial Reading 6,892.00 PL 88-210 Work Study 8,897.63 Vocational Education-Smith Hughes- George Barden 32,039.00 119,888.27 Massachusetts Sales Tax 24.95 Miscellaneous Income 279.57 Petty Cash Advance Returned 200.00 Physical Education Proceeds 219.73 Rental Income 456.94 School Lunch Proceeds 14,963.92 Shop Sales 9,353.92 State Grants Construction Reimbursement 94,004.05 Operating Expense Reimbursement 124,643.15 Pupil Trans. Reimbursement 18,694.00 237,341.20 Student Deposits 846.20 Tuition Income-Day Classes 20,971.08 Tuition Income-Evening Classes 1,883.20 U. S. Treasury Bills 741,098.79 U. S. Treasury Bills Int. Income 8,901.21 Withholdings Blue Cross-Blue Shield 3,659.34 Deferred Annuities 1,020.00 Federal Income Tax 26,772.83 Group Life Insurance 279.24 Mass. Teachers Retirement 8,929.02 Plymouth County Retirement 2,060.39 State Income Tax 3,769.41 46,490.23 $1,467,258.10 SOUTH SHORE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT CASH EXPENDITURES January 1, 1966 to December 31, 1966 FEDERAL DISTRICT FUNDS FUNDS TOTAL Operating Expenses Salaries and Wages District Officer 3,746.25 3,746.25 Superintendent- Director 2,167.00 11,458.75 13,625.75 Teachers 28,205.00 145,079.75 173,284.75 Health 951.38 951.38 Clerical 12,662.13 12,662.13 70 Janitors 16,475.80 16,475.80 Bus Drivers 8,956.05 8,956.05 Lunchroom 3,433.33 3,433.33 Total 30,372.00 202,763.44 233,135.44 Other Expenses Office Supplies & Expenses 13,001.05 13,001.05 Travel- Administrative 566.45 566.45 Books & Instructional Supplies 9,430.22 9,430.22 Shop Supplies-Prod. & Misc. 45,073.85 45,073.85 Subscriptions and Dues 167.44 167.44 Health and First Aid 372.87 372.87 Pupil Transportation Expense 6,551.65 6,551.65 Janitor Supplies 3,380.12 3,380.12 Utilities-Elec. Gas. Fuel, Water 10,626.67 10,626.67 Maintenance Land & Building 2,969.62 2,969.62 Maintenance-Machinery & Equip. 2,099.78 2,099.78 Total 94,239.72 94,239.72 Total Operating Costs 30,372.00 297,003.16 327,375.16 Capital Outlay New Equipment 21,223.93 21,223.93 Bond Principal 160,000.00 160,000.00 Bond Interest 28,800.00 28,800.00 Total Capital Costs 210,023.93 210,023.93 Federal Grants PL 87-415 Manpower Development Training 53,608.22 PL 88-210 New Equipment 34,763.30 PL 88-210 Occupation Prep. 758.22 PL 88-210 Remedial Reading 1,415.08 PL 88-210 Work Study 10,092.76 Vocational Education- Smith- Hughes, George Barden 624.01 101,261.59 Accounts Receivable-Returned checks 20.00 20.00 Massachusetts Sales Tax 1.85 1.85 Petty Cash Advance 200.00 200.00 Physical Education 100.86 100.86 School Lunch 15,824.66 15,824.66 Student Deposits 423.00 423.00 U # S. Treasury Bills 715,962.54 715,962.54 Withholdings Blue Cross-Blue Shield 3,652.25 Deferred Annuities 680.00 Federal Income Tax 26,438.01 Group Life Insurance 279.24 Mass. Teachers Retirement 8,868.92 Plymouth County Retirement 2,031.97 State Income Tax 3,727.34 45,677.73 r Total Expenditures 131,633.59' 1,285,237.73 1,416,871.32 Balance December 31, 1966 50,386.78 1,467,258.10 71 o o rH •CO 00 o LO 00 ^ rH CO CO o co (N O CM* LO* o CM 00 CO LO OS 0) CO b- CM CO CO CO 00 rH CM co" rH CO CO CXI T-l cs CO o CM O rH O 00 rH CM 00 CM Oi CM Oi LO O CO ^ CO Oi CD CM CM Oi O CO Oi 00 ^ O O CO CO CM CO OS 01 t!* CO* LO* LO CM* Oi* O* rH LO CM CO CO rH Oi LO b- C- 00 "tf rH LO CO CO Oi Oi CM H (M ^ CO Ol O O LO LO LO* CO CM rH y s o 00 o ^ w g is OH 3 w w a P3 W CCS g O < H P=h 00 o oo CM o CN ^* 00* 00 OI CO CO co" CO CM CM CM CM 00 o o t> LO O CO* O* O* 00 ^ LO CO b- CM D O CM LO b- 3 u CO 03 PQ > > o 59 TO' /is W 3 • -»-> CO £ [D Ph 72 o o © o o 00 PS O s o W 03 o © ©o o© 00 73 REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES To the Board of Selectmen Norwell, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Weighing and measuring laws have been strictly enforced throughout the year. Inspections have been made on all scales, oil trucks, gas pumps and any other measuring. devices. The buying public should at all times observe weighing and measuring devices while purchasing and report any violations to me. Following is an account of work performed by me and an account of fees collected: 53 Weighing and Measuring Devices Sealed 2 Weighing and Measuring Devices Adjusted Sealing Fees Returned to Town Treasurer $95.30. Reweighing: Total Tested 284 Total Correct 258 Total Incorrect 7 Total Overweight 19 Reweighing of food put up for sale and retesting of gas pumps and oil trucks has been made on many occasions. Respectfully submitted, John D. Dickman Sealer of Weights and Measures REPORT OF SOUTH SHORE MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT The Honorable Board of Selectmen Town of Norwell Gentlemen: As representative for this Town on the Commission of the South Shore Mosquito Control Project I am furnishing you two copies of the annual report of activities of the project for the year ending October 31, 1966 in the Town of Norwell. Our request for next year is for $7150., which includes the usual salt marsh maintenance assessment of $150. May I ask that you put an article in the warrant in substance to seek 74 this amount as the Town of Norwell 's appropriated share so they might continue as a member of the South Shore Mosquito Control Project. Sincerely yours, William C. Bennett Commissioner for Norwell South Shore Mosquito Control Project To the Citizens of the Town of Norwell: Submitted herewith is the report of the South Shore Mosquito Control Project's activities in the Town of Norwell for the year ending October 31, 1966. The Town of Norwell appropriated $4000 for mosquito control in 1966. Along with this $150 was appropriated for maintenance of salt marsh ditches. Both appropriations were expended by the South Shore Mosquito Control Project in effort toward a better control of mosquitoes in the Town of Norwell. The South Shore Mosquito Control Project functions under Massachu- setts General Laws Chapter 252 Section 59 mosquito control provisions and Chapter 112 salt marsh ditch maintenance. It is a cooperative effort embracing the City of Quincy and the Towns of Norwell, Braintree, Cohas- set, Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Scituate and Weymouth, covering a total area of 172.21 square miles serving a population in excess of 223,000. The project continues to base its operation on a three phase reduction program, giving priority in this order: Source reduction, by proper ditch maintenance and water manipula- tion the mosquito breeding areas are eliminated. Reduction at the source, with small amounts of insecticides applied at breeding source millions of mosquito larvae and pupae can be destroyed. Reduction of the source, or adult control, by space spraying or fogging the elimination of many flying mosquitoes of one generation, thus reduce the next. The project operates on a year round basis. It is therefore necessary that its town members appropriated funds be ample to carry on the various phases of the aforementioned operations to the amount practical to the mosquito conditions of that particular town. Its funds must also be ample to meet their share of the project's overhead and fixed expenses in fair- ness to the other project towns. In the Town of Norwell the appropriations are not ample to operate to any great extent after overhead and fixed expense. Labor $ 805.18 Maintenance 218.00 Rents 125.90 75 Tools & Equipment 27.25 Office Supplies 21.53 Telephone 21.53 Reimbursements 5.45 Insurances 190.75 Retirement 190.75 $1606.34 10% Reserve 415.00 Average Deficit 465.89 $2487.23 Norwell appropriation $4150.00 Less overhead 2487.23 Balance for actual operations $1662.77 This figure of $1662.77 is the amount left for labor, insecticides and other service to conduct a year round operation. With this amount the following was accomplished toward the control of mosquitoes in the Town of Norwell this year: 1560 gallons of insecticide were applied to 1560 acres by Piper Cub aircraft to eliminate the larvae of the early season mosquito. This year the project's greatest problem was the Culex, or more commonly known 1 'house" mosquito. With the Culex mosquito, the mosquito that breeds around the home and seeks to rest within the home, large scale space spraying and fogging is not too effective. It became mostly a problem of educating the public as to what they could do around their own homes to keep mosquitos from breeding and what and when to spray within the home. This project had four articles published in local newspapers and radio this year. It met with spme success. However, there still remained our annual amount of a thousand calls requesting neighborhood spraying or fogging. In the Town of Norwell 715 gallons of insecticides were space sprayed for adult mosquitoes by hydraulic sprayers or mist blowers. When weather and other conditions were favorable an insecticidal thermal fogger was used. 36 gallons of insecticide and oil in a fog were applied at the rate of 15 acres to the gallon. With the deluge type rain showers of the past summer the many areas capable of breeding the Culex mosquitoes were impossible to keep up with. The project's concentrated efforts were centered around spraying storm catchbasins and roadside drainage ditches. It was necessary to expend 60 gallons to treat 535 catchbasins in the Town this year. The insecticides used in the past year by the South Shore Mosquito Control Project were: DDT Dust, DDT Emulsions, Malathion Emulsion, Malathion Miscible 76 in fog oil, Nailed DiBrom 14 in fog oil, Baytex Emulsion (catchbasins) Abate #4 Emulsion (larval), #2 oil. All these insecticides are registered and are labelled for use in mosquito control. When they are formulated and applied in accord with and at no greater amounts than their labels recommend to be proper for mosquito control operations they pose no hazard. However, in the fore- seeable future there shall be some curtailments or restrictions to the use of many chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides, such as DDT. To re- place these are many newer insecticides coming into use each year. These have all been developed with the purpose of offsetting the disadvantages and ill side effects of many of the older insecticides. These new insecti- cides shall cause some changes to mosquito control. The main one being their cost. They are a good deal more expensive. They are also limited in their use and effect. These changes must be made for as it is the project's duties to make the area as free of mosquitoes as possible, it is also duty bound to operate in such a way never to be a hazard to persons, wildlife or environment. The project wishes to acknowledge the help received from officials and departments of the town and sincerely hopes that benefits derived by these departments as a result of this cooperation are as great as those derived by the project. REPORT OF STATE AUDIT Mr. Arthur H. MacKinnon Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation Boston, Massachusetts Sir: As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Norwell for the period from June 5, 1963, the date of the previous examination, to December 31, 1965, and report thereon as follows: The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined, checked and verified by comparison with the records in the offices of the treasurer and the town accountant. The town accountant' s general and appropriation ledgers were analyzed. The appropriations and transfers were compared with the town clerk's records of financial votes passed by the town meetings and with the ad- visory board's records of transfers from the reserve fund. The necessary adjusting entries resulting from the audit were made, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1965, was prepared and is appended to this report. The surety bonds furnished by the several town officials required by law to furnish such bonds for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form. 77 The accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the various sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the records of disbursements were compared with the accountants books and with the treasury warrants approved by the board of selectmen. The cash balance on December 31, 1965 was proved by actual count of the cash in the office, by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements certi- fied by the bank of deposit, and by verification of the time deposits held in safekeeping at the bank. Considerable difficulty was experienced in reconciling the treasurer's cash, and it was found necessary to reconcile the bank statements for the period from May 16, 1964, the date of the former treasurer's resigna- tion as treasurer, to December 31, 1965, which consumed a great deal of time with its consequential cost. Accordingly, it is urged that the treas- urer prove the balances in the banks and the cash in the office with the cash book at least weekly, that the bank accounts be promptly reconciled with the bank statements upon their receipt, and that the treasurer keep a permanent record of such reconciliations. The payments made on account of maturing debt and interest were compared with the amounts falling due and checked with the cancelled securities on file. It is recommended that the bond and coupon account be reconciled promptly upon receipt of the statement. The securities and savings bank books representing the investment of the several trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treas- urer and the State treasurer were examined and listed. The income was proved and all transactions were examined and checked in detail. The records of tax titles and tax possessions held by the town were examined and checked. The amounts transferred to the tax title account were checked with the collector's books. The reported redemptions and sales were checked with the receipts as recorded on the treasurer's books, the foreclosures were verified, and the tax titles and tax possessions on hand were listed, reconciled with the town accountant's ledger accounts, and checked with the records at the Registry of Deeds. The records of payroll deductions on account of Federal and State taxes, the county retirement system, and group insurance were examined and checked. The deductions were footed, and the balances on hand were reconciled with the respective controls in the town accountants general ledger. It is recommended that the employees' individual cards be reconciled with the town accountant's ledger controls at least quarterly. The books and accounts of the town collector were examined and checked. The taxes, excise, assessments, departmental accounts receiv- able, and water rates and charges outstanding at the time of the previous audit, as well as all subsequent commitments, were audited and proved. The recorded collections were checked with the payments to the treasurer, the abatements were checked with the assessors' and other departmental 78 records of abatements granted, the amounts transferred to the tax title account were compared with the treasurer's tax title records, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved with the respective accounts in the town accountant's ledger. Verification of the outstanding accounts was made by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received thereto it appears that the accounts, as listed, are correct. The town clerk's financial records were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts on account of dog and sporting licenses issued, as weTFas from miscellaneous receipts, were audited. The pay- ments to the treasurer were checked with the treasurer's cash book. The records of departmental cash collections by the board of select- men, the sealer of weights and measures, the building, wire and gas inspectors, and by the police, health, highway, school and library depart- ments, and by all other departments in which money was collected for the town, were examined and checked. The payments to the town treasurer were verified by comparison with the treasurer's and the accountant's books. In addition to the balance sheet, there are appended to this report tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, excise, assessment, tax title, tax possession, departmental, and water accounts, as well as schedules showing the condition and transactions of the trust and investment funds. For the cooperation extended by the several town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, William Schwartz Assistant Chief of Bureau REPORT OF STATE AUDIT Mr. Arthur H. MacKinnon Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation Boston, Massachusetts Sir: In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the treasurer of the Town of Norwell for the period from January 1 to March 31, 1966, preparatory to a transfer of the cash and securities and the books and accounts to the newly appointed temporary treasurer, and submit the following report thereon: The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the town accountant's books, with the records of the several depart- 79 ments collecting money for the town, and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the payments were checked with the warrants approved by the selectmen. The cash balance on March 31, 1966 was proved by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements received from the banks of deposit, by certification of the United States Treasury Bills held in safekeeping, and by actual count of the cash in the office. The savings bank books and securities representing the investment of the trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and listed. The bequests were checked, the income was proved, and the amounts transferred to the town were verified by comparison with the treasurer's recorded receipts. The payroll deduction records for Federal and State taxes, the county retirement system, and group insurance were examined. The deductions were footed, the payments to the proper agencies were verified, and the balances on hand were reconciled with the ledger controls. The payments on account of maturing debt and interest were compared with the amounts falling due and were checked with the cancelled securi- ties on file. The outstanding coupons on March 31, 1966 were listed and reconciled with a statement furnished by the bank of deposit. The records of tax titles and tax possessions held by the town were examined and checked. The foreclosures were verified and the tax titles and tax possessions on hand were listed, reconciled with the town account- and's ledger controls, and compared with the records at the Registry of Deeds. The surety bond furnished by the newly appointed temporary treasurer was examined and found to be in proper form. Appended to this report are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the payroll deduction and tax title ac- counts, as well as schedules showing the condition and transactions of the trust and investment funds. During the progress of the audit cooperation was received from the officials of the town, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for my- self, I wish to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, William Schwartz Assistant Chief of Bureau 80 TOWN OF NORWELL TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT To the Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: I submit herewith the annual report of the Town Accountant for the year ended December 31, 1966. The report is arranged and classified as prescribed by the Director of Accounts and in accordance with Chapter 41, Section 61, General Laws of Massachusetts. The following sequence is used: Receipts Payments Recapitulation Transfers from Reserve Fund Balance Sheet RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE 1966 Tax Levy Personal Property 49,152.05 Real Estate 1,195,386.25 $1,244,538.30 Previous Years Tax Levies Personal Property 998.23 Real Estate 34,095.76 35,093.99 Massachusetts Loss of Taxes 1,337.64 Meals Tax 1,864.16 Valuation Basis Acts of 1963 19,750.00 State Tax Basis 52,239.16 School Tuition and Transportation 23,024.76 School Building Assistance 172,591.33 School Aid Chapter 70 114,653.00 Vocational Education 890.52 School Aid Chapter 69-71 6,903.40 Free Public Libraries 1,301.75 394,555.72 Federal Grants Old Age Assistance 9,754.71 Aid to Dependent Children 4,831.19 Disability Assistance 1,003.07 Medical Assistance 15,530.40 Public Law 874 16,323.00 Public Law 864 Title 5 508.97 47,951.34 Licenses and' Permits 8,527.63 Court Fines 647.00 1,731,313.98 81 COMMERCIAL REVENUE 1fi7 QAQ Qfi Motor venicie n,xcise iaxeb ±D < ,y *±o. v 0 odifc? oi rioii rvigxiLo fi on Municipal Lien Certificates DU4. uu r\Y\ r y o °«7 L/OolbAof c On 1T aAcbvo c 1 987 jrianning ooara — rco© no Board of Appeals - Fees 1UU 0 UU Sale of By-laws, Resident and Voting Lists loO.Oo Copy Fees A OK Town Hall Rentals 4o4.UU r . JV1. cusning runa Fire Department Fees 4UU./inn UUfin 1 OO A. Sealer of Weights and Measures Fees 128.60 Percolation Tests 40.00A(\ C\C\ Sale of Plumbing Codes 2.00O f\f\ Road Machinery Fund 4,225.91A o o c m Mass. Highways 44,loU.U4 County Highways 12,500.00"1 A P" A A A A o c o o o n a School Lunch 85, .388.99 School Athletics o,64o.52 School Tuitions yy5.o5 School Rentals 177.00 Library Fines 206.83A A /* O O Public Welfare 111.38 Old Age Assistance 5,250.47 Aid to Dependent Children 3,451.75 Disability Assistance 1,080.15 Medical Assistance 10,370.32 Veterans Benefits 3,092.43 Co D. Ambulance 777.95 Trailer Fees 2,498.00 Washington Street Cemetery Fees 885.00 353,531.33 WATER REVENUE Water Rates 4o, 026.OD Water Liens 3,210.85 WfitPT* Connpptions 12,545.00 58,782.71 INTEREST Earned Interest 13,768.59 On Deferred Taxes 1,414.46 Accrued Interest on Loans 642.90 15,825.95 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Temporary Loans 56,500.00 Anticipation of Revenue Loans 200,000.00 Old Oaken Bucket Road School Loan 600,000.00 Town Garage Loan 35,000.00 Water Loan 214,000.00 Loan Premiums 390.72 1,105,890.72 82 AGENCY, TRUSTS AND INVESTMENTS Dog Licenses Due County 2,026.50 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 842.17 Washington Cemetery Permanent Fund 4,850.00 Stabilization Fund 65,000.00 Cash Investments 978,838.00 Profit U« S. Treasury Notes 978.17 Federal Withholding Taxes 121,804.71 Mass. Withholding Taxes 15,629.11 Retirement Fund 11,302.40 Blue Cross 13,091.36 Group Insurnace 1,692.24 1,216,054.66 REFUNDS, RECOVERIES AND TRANSFERS County Dog Tax Refund 1,464.35 School Department 998.09 Welfare Department 16,121.50 Fire Department 691.44 Assessors* Department 7.50 Collector's Department 17.20 Group Insurnace 18.54 Selectmen's Department 17.06 Petty Cash 445.00 Tailings Account 296.16 Highway Department 15.00 Police Department 100.00 Treasurer's Department 4.50 Federal Withholding Taxes 15.41 Conservation Fund 11,688.16 31,899.91 Total Receipts 4,513,299.26 PAYMENTS MODERATOR - SALARY David L* Turner 10.00 To Revenue 70.00 $ 80.00 Appropriation 80.00 SELECTMEN - SALARIES Chairman Chester A. Rimmer 100.00 Members Chester Aa Rimmer 700.00 Ernest J a Milan! 700.00 Richard A. Housley 700.00 2,200.00 Appropriation 2,200.00 SELECTMEN - EXPENSES Petty Cash Advanced 15.00 83 Office Supplies and Postage 1,106.53 Travel Expense 123.44 Equipment and Repairs 211.19 Books and Subscriptions 110.50 Association Dues and Attendance 126.25 Notary Fees 2.00 Real Estate Taxes 28.95 Surveying, Maps and Plans 171.26 Street Numbering 52.81 Land Damage Awards 370.00 Advertising 17.10 2,335.03 To Revenue 727.03 3,062.06 Appropriation 2,730.00 Transfer Reserve Fund 300.00 Refunds 32.06 3,062.06 SELECTMEN CAPITAL OUTLAY Equipment 209.25 Appropriation 209.25 TOWN OFFICE MANAGER AND TOWN ACCOUNTANT Harry L. Chase, Jr. 9,000.00 Appropriation 9,000.00 TOWN HALL CLERKS Mildred B« Sundwall 2,926.00 Dorothy F. Drew 2,018.34 Mary Fitzgerald 1,975.80 Phyllis Wilcox 486.50 Alice Lincoln 2.63 Marion D0 Bayley 70.00 D. Catherine Edmonds 253.31 Marjorie J. Kennedy 15.75 7,748.33 To Revenue 2,069.27 9,817.60 Appropriation 9,817.60 TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS - SALARIES Salaries 1,682.59 Appropriation 1,500.00 Transfers Reserve Fund 182.59 1,682.59 TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS - EXPENSES Equipment and Repairs 23.88 Advertising 9.45 Caterer 177.63 Office Supplies and Postage 74.80 285.76 To Revenue 164.24 450.00 Appropriation 450.00 o 86 ASSESSORS - EXPENSES irctty L/o-oil nUValltcU i n nn unite ouppiic© emu ^u&Ldgc ceo HP o 1 nr\D 1 Q7 no quipintJnt dnu rvcpd-ir© 1 OQ QQ A ccnr»1 TYi ipe onH A ttp>ri H tin^p Iflfi1UDi 1RlO Travel Expenses 34.10 Transfers, Maps and Plans 740.57 Books and Subscriptions 43.15 1,820.44 Q7 OR 1,917.50 AirnT'n'nT'l fi nn 1 900 00 rvciunubTP o "Pn 1*1 c 1,917.50 TOWN nOTTN^FT r\\y\ r\ T TllTMOT* Dot olnOT" TT o L/dviu i urnci , ntJidinci rt?c rLXira Ijcgal HiXptJIlbcoT jjaviu lurncr i o^q fin "FMr»hci-rr1XvIL/Xld.1 LI A,A nUiltHunt nn .Tnhn T^pfyp 20 00 Henry W. Hardy 50.00 John T. Thomson 112.95 Col-East Inc. 20.46 Hunt and Hunt 25.00 Philip S. Cronin 266^5 Helen E. Balboni 141.35 Bingham, Dana and Gould 1,323.64 Walter R. Hall, Inc. 100.00 4,119.45 To Revenue 630.55 4,750.00 Appropriation 4,750.00 TOWN CLERK - SALARY Nellie G. Tarr 3,500.00 Appropriation 3,500.00 TOWN CLERK - CAPITAL OUTLAY E quipment 346.50 Appropriation 346.50 TOWN CLERK - CLERKS Patricia J. Pollock 1,026.48 To Revenue 173.52 1,200.00 Appropriation 1,200.00 TOWN CLERK - EXPENSES Office Supplies and Postage 495.60 Telephone 181.19 Association Dues and Attendance 155.23 87 Equipment and Repairs 114.77 Advertising 61.74 Recording Fees 271.50 1,280.03 To Revenue 19.97 1,300.00 Appropriation 1,300.00 REVISED TOWN BY-LAWS Printing 38.40 Balance, December 31, 1966 91.86 130.26 Balance, January 1, 1966 130.26 REGISTRATION AND LISTING REGISTRARS - SALARIES Charles G. Prouty 50.00 Ruth M. Murray 50.00 Paul B. MacDonald 50.00 150.00 Appropriation 150.00 REGISTRATION AND LISTING - CLERKS D. Catherine Edmonds 239.37 To Revenue 60.63 300.00 Appropriation 300.00 REGISTRATION AND LISTING - EXPENSES Office Supplies and Postage 678.96 Street Listing D. Catherine Edmonds 289.62 Mary H. Love 225.00 1,193.58 To Revenue 195.42 1,389.00 Appropriation 1,389.00 BOARD OF APPEALS - EXPENSES Office Supplies and Postage 12.00 Association Dues and Attendance 15.00 Advertising 87.75 114.75 To Revenue 10.25 125.00 Appropriation 125.00 PLANNING BOARD - EXPENSES Petty Cash Advanced 10.00 Office Supplies and Postage 46.65 Advertising 61.71 Surveying, Maps and Plans 226.02 Recording Fees 4.00 Committee Expenses 13.80 362.18 88 To Revenue 247,82 610.00 Appropriation 600.00 Refunds 10.00 610.00 PERMANENT BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE - EXPENSES Committee Expenses 25.01 Surveying, Maps and Plans 175.00 200.01 To Revenue 49.99 250.00 Appropriation 250.00 SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES Pacton Corp. 1,032.60 Pipe and Fittings 127.50 1,160.10 Balance, December 31, 1966 138.27 1,298.37 Balance, January 1, 1966 1,298.37 CONSERVATION COMMISSION - EXPENSES Office Supplies and Postage Association Dues and Attendance Surveying and Plans To Revenue 8.49 100.00 Appropriation 100.00 COUNCIL ON AGING - EXPENSES Caterer 168.75 Rent 75.00 Transportation 107.00 E quipment 123.51 474.26 To Revenue 25.74 500.00 Appropriation 500.00 CAPITAL BUDGET COMMITTEE - EXPENSES Charles E. Downe 412.50 To Revenue 87.50 500.00 Appropriation 500.00 TOWN HALL AND ANNEX - CUSTODIAN'S SALARY George W. Osborne 3,877.00 Harold A. Young 323.00 4,200.00 Appropriation 4,200.00 TOWN HALL AND ANNEX - EXPENSES Labor 166.25 89 Fuel 1,200.12 Light and Power 1,174.89 Janitor's SuDDlies 489.34 Rpnairs 334.07 Telephone 373.35 Rubbish Collection 78.00 Water 85.18 Hall License 25.00 3,926.20 To Revenue 523.80 4,450.00 Appropriation 4,450.00 TOWN HALL AND ANNEX - CAPITAL OUTLAY Equipment 170.85 To Revenue 9.15 180.00 Appropriation 180.00 F. M. CUSHING FUND Repairs 557.65 Balance, December 31, 1966 17,879.30 18,436.95 Balance, January 1, 1966 14,776.95 Receipts 3,660.00 18,436.95 POLICE CHIEF - SALARY Kenneth J. Bradeen 7,500.00 Appropriation 7.500 00 POLICE SERGEANT - SALARY Ellsworth G« Keene 6,300.00 Appropriation 6,300.00 REGULAR POLICE SALARIES AND PAYROLLS T. A. Baldwin 5,800.00 R. C. Joseph 5,734.40 R. W. Souther 5,507.52 P. C. Tulis 4,861.44 G. F. Cavanagh 5,115.10 Payrolls 13,437.65 40,456.11 To Revenue 485.01 40,941.12 Appropriation 36,381.12 Transfers Reserve Fund 4,560.00 40,941.12 POLICE DEPARTMENT - EXPENSES Chief's Expenses 276.14 Telephone 108.01 Office Supplies and Postage 82.77 Laundry _ 26.25 Equipment and Repairs 878.01 90 Books 57.50 Association Dues 40.00 1,468.68 To Revenue 258.32 1,727.00 Appropriation 1,727,00 POLICE DEPARTMENT - CRUISER EXPENSES Gas, Oil and Repairs 5,293.69 To Revenue 45.89 5,339.58 Appropriation 4,600.00 Transfer Reserve Fund 739.58 5,339.58 POLICE DEPARTMENT - CAPITAL OUTLAY Equipment 2,252.15 To Revenue 447.85 2,700.00 Appropriation 2,700.00 POLICE DEPARTMENT - OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL Kenneth J. Bradeen 237.59 To Revenue 12.41 250.00 Appropriation 250.00 POLICE DEPARTMENT - ALLOWANCE FOR UNIFORMS Uniforms 518.76 To Revenue 6.24 525.00 Appropriation 525.00 DOG OFFICER Robert L. Molla, Sr. 492.50 To Revenue 7.50 500.00 Appropriation 500.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT - CHIEF ENGINEER'S SALARY Warren P. Merritt 2,500.00 Appropriation 2,500.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT - PAYROLLS Payrolls 8,863.75 To Revenue 3,136.25 12,000.00 Appropriation ' 12,000.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT - STEWARDS Payrolls 900.00 Appropriation 900.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT - EXPENSES Light and Power 505.64 91 Fuel 1,005.33 Building Maintenance 503.37 Equipment and Repairs 818.31 Gas, Oil and Repairs 1,786.80 Mileage 286.38 Rubbish Collection 58.50 Office Supplies and Postage 45.45 Fireman's Sunday 57.00 Association Dues and Attendance 100.00 Medical 27.00 Maps and Books 91.50 Advertising 29.70 5,314.98 To Revenue 1,715.02 7,030.00 Appropriation 6,955.00^ Transfer Reserve Fund 75.00 7,030.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT - GENERAL EQUIPMENT Equipment 1,946.52 To Revenue 131.23 2,077.75 Appropriation 2,077.75 FIRE DEPARTMENT - CAPITAL OUTLAY Equipment 918.59 To Revenue 131.41 1,050.00 Appropriation 1,050.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT - FIRE TRUCK R. J. Perry, Inc. 15,000.00 Appropriation 15,000.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUNCIATOR PANEL Equipment 179.74 Balance, December 31, 1966 5.98 185.72 Balance, January 1, 1966 185.72 CIVIL DEFENSE Equipment and Repairs 445.48 Mileage 22.50 Association Dues 28.00 Office Supplies and Postage 7.50 503.48 Balance, December 31, 1966 176.61 680.09 Appropriation 500.00 Balance, January 1, 1966 180.09 680.09 C. D. AMBULANCE Payrolls 422.00 Gas, Oil, Repairs 88.58 92 Laundry 21.87 Advertising 10.20 Books 2.25 544.90 To Revenue 455.10 1,000.00 Appropriation 1,000.00 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER - SALARIES Payrolls 15,885.55 To Revenue 664.45 16,550.00 Appropriation 16,550.00 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER - EXPENSES Telephone 2,691.93 Equipment and Repairs 416.87 Office Supplies and Postage 127.96 Maps and Plans 28.50 3,265.26 To Revenue 1.23 3,266.49 Appropriation 3,000.00 Transfer Reserve Fund 266.49 3,266.49 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES John D. Dickman 206.93 Equipment 26.07 233.00 Appropriation 233.00 BUILDING INSPECTOR Charles E. White 2,565.00 William T. Stohn 43.70 2,608.70 Appropriation 2,000.00 Transfers Reserve Fund 608.70 2,608.70 GAS INSPECTOR George A. Beach 373.00 Warren P. Merritt 121.00 494.0(5 To Revenue 106.00 600.00 Appropriation 300.00 Transfer Reserve Fund 300.00 600.00 WIRE INSPECTOR Raymond A. Hansen 2,051.63 J. Lee Turner 397.50 2,449.13 To Revenue 150.87 2,600.00 Appropriation 2,000.00 Transfer Reserve Fund 600.00 2,600.00 93 TREE WARDEN - SALARY W. H. Osborne, Jr. €,400.00 Appropriation 6,400.00 TREE WARDEN - CAPITAL OUTLAY Equipment 148.10 To Revenue 1.90 150.00 Appropriation 150.00 DUTCH ELM DISEASE Labor 1,307.45 E quipment 99.00 1,406.45 To Revenue 93.55 1,500.00 Appropriation 1,500.00 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT Gas, Oil and Repairs 2,271.94 Advertising 12.15 Telephone 6.95 Office Supplies 6.80 2,297.84 To Revenue 2.16 2,300.00 Appropriation 2,000.00 Transfer Reserve Fund 300.00 2,300.00 PEST CONTROL Labor 954.00 Materials 749.75 Equipment 84.64 1,788.39 To Revenue 11.61 1,800.00 Appropriation 1,800.00 TREE MAINTENANCE Labor 2,771.30 Contractors, R. E. Tillgren, Inc. 180.00 Equipment 349.63 Trees, Shrubs, etc. 276.50 Telephone 14.25 Association Dues and Attendance 84.90 3,676.58 To Revenue 23.42 3,700.00 Appropriation 3,700.00 TREE WARDEN - PICK-UP TRUCK Joseph's Garage 1,788.00 Appropriation 1,788.00 94 MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC GROUNDS Labor 5,919.08 Contractor, Vincent C, Lincoln 24.00 Materials 888.08 E quipment 648.41 Association Dues and Attendance 48.00 Surveying 40.00 7,567.57 To Revenue 32.43 Appropriation 7,600.00 BOARD OF HEALTH - SALARIES Chairman Willis R. Keene, M.D. 112.50 Richard B. Kearsley, M.D. 37.50 Members Willis R. Keene, M.D, 25.00 Charles C. Ford 75.00 Katherine R. Fuller 100.00 350.00 Appropriation 350.00 BOARD OF HEALTH - AGENT'S SALARY Loring L. Wadsworth 2,100.00 Appropriation 2,100.00 BOARD OF HEALTH - AID AND EXPENSES Petty Cash Advanced 10.00 Office Supplies and Postage 72.60 Medical Care 449.60 Laboratory Fees 60.00 Clinics 586.42 Plumbing Inspectors 1,314.50 Medical and Dental Supplies 420.02 Inspector of Slaughtering 50.00 Animal Disposal 320.00 Agent's Expenses 296.55 Advertising 18.00 Engineering 225.00 3,822.69 To Revenue 43.31 3,866.00 Appropriation 3,256.00 Transfers Reserve Fund 600.00 Refund 10.00 3,866.00 INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS - SALARY Richard E. Cugnasca, D.V.M. 277.00 Appropriation 200.00 Transfer Reserve Fund 77.00 277.00 95 SCHOOL NURSE - SALARY Catherine A. Roe 4,100.00 Appropriation 4,100.00 SCHOOL NURSE - TRANSPORTATION Norwell Visiting Nurse Association, Inc. 600.00 Appropriation 600.00 ADDITIONAL NURSING HELP Payrolls 206.00 To Revenue 94.00 300.00 Appropriation 300.00 SCHOOL DENTIST - SALARY Blake Lombard 480.00 To Revenue 720.00 1,200.00 Appropriation 1,200.00 SCHOOL DENTAL HYGIENIST Payrolls 820.00 To Revenue 340.00 1,160.00 Appropriation 1,160.00 SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Raymond G# Vinal, M.D. 1,200.00 Appropriation 1,200.00 TOWN DUMP EXPENSES Labor 1,623.00 Contractors, Lou Brouillard, Jr. 1,335.00 Albert Gunderway, Sr. 240.00 P. Lanzillotta & Son, Inc. 85.00 Signs 53.20 Equipment and Repairs 4.80 Materials 311.70 3,652.70 Appropriation 3,625.00 Transfer Reserve Fund 27.70 3,652.70 MOSQUITO CONTROL Commonwealth of Massachusetts 4,150.00 Appropriations 4,150.00 HIGHWAYS - SURVEYOR'S SALARY E. Arnold Joseph 6,968.00 Appropriation 6,968.00 96 HIGHWAYS - CAPITAL OUTLAY Equipment 570.00 Appropriation 570.00 HIGHWAYS - TOWN ACCOUNT L abor o en*} 41 "P T,nn!7lllnttfl Rj Snns Tnp 2 066 50 iJUUgldSTVviicrlaQ O. TV/T-ilvllLCllCii+ r>Vi*^11 Herbert E. Joseph 147.00 Raymond L« Connelly 48.00 Charles F. Jokinen 24.00 Balboni Bros., Inc. 60.00 Barry Trucking Co. , Inc. 77.00 George Legs; 50.00 E quipment 2,691.86 Water 12.00 Light and Power 335.37 Telephone 347.70 Fuel 1,010.13 Office Supplies and Equipment 132.60 lVld.tCildJ.iS 7,978.99 IVlcipb, xrld.no dliU oUUbOxipLlUIlo ZO .L. C7 V rlSBUl/ldllUXl UU.CS dXlU r\l LtJllUculL't! 1 74 IVlCUll/GU fi no si o* A dvpfti n 121X <_. X. uu50 18 246 55 X \J IWVCUUC 2 Q4Q 21,195.68 AmrmiTH ntl nn 21,195.68 niuxiWAioPTTflHWAV<3 - V^xxrVx'fHAPTFT?1 Hi XV ox81 Labor 6,537.87 Contractors, Town of Norwell 2,163.51 P# Lanzillotta & Sons, Inc. 1.393 75 Herbert E. Joseph 552.00 Raymond L. Connelly 588.00 Douglas S. Mitchell 920.00 Henry C. Bearce, Jr. 510.00 Barry Trucking Co., Inc. 341.00 Materials 8,993.87 22,000.00 Appropriation 22,000.00 HIGHWAYS - CHAPTER 90 Labor 5,267.79 Contractors, Town of Norwell 1,360.40 Lou Brouillard, Jr. 60.00 P. Lanzillotta & Son, Inc. 5,689.00 Raymond L. Connelly 882.00 Douglas S. Mitchell 1,414.00 o 97 Herbert E. Joseph 786.00 Fred E. Nova 541.08 John Parmenter 232.55 Materials 9,767.18 26,000.00 Appropriation 26,000.00 HIGHWAYS - CHAPTER 679 Labor 5.14 Materials 7,654.94 7,660.08 Appropriation 7,660.08 HIGHWAYS - SIGNS AND ROAD MARKINGS Labor D4D.UU Contractors, Kc ana rllLrrlWAYbTJ TOT-TAX/ A "VO - bJNOWOXT/""\TI/' REMOVALT3 TV /T/""\T T A T Labor 8,537.65 Contractors, Vincent C. Lincoln 1,550.00 Raymond L 0 Connelly 1,528.50 Richard S# Allen 629.00 Robert L« Molla, Sr. 344.00 Douglas So Mitchell 1,036.00 Mahoney Oil Co. 486.00 Lou Brouillard, Jr. 105.00 Herbert E. Joseph 1,268.00 Allan R. Wheeler, Inc. 960.00 D. F. Barry Trucking Co. 1,050.00 Finnies Sales and Service 400.00 Salvadore Trotta 30.00 P. Lanzillotta & Sons, Inc. 240.00 Equipment and Repairs 4,692.62 Materials 13,892.66 Weather Service 250.00 36,999.43 To Revenue .57 37,000.00 Appropriation 32,000.00 Transfer Reserve Fund 5,000.00 37,000.00 HIGHWAYS - MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT Gas, Oil and Repairs 9,252.34 To Revenue 47.66 9,300.00 Appropriation 9,000.00 Transfer Reserve Fund 300.00 9,300.00 98 HIGHWAYS - 1965 WATER SERVICE ACCOUNT Labor 691.75 Contractors, Richard S. Allen 72.00 Equipment 311.60 Materials 322.30 1,397.65 To Revenue 372.34 1,769.99 Balance, January 1, 1966 1,769.99 HIGHWAYS - 1966 WATER SERVICE ACCOUNT Labor 3,043.60 Contractors, Richard S. Allen 270.00 Herbert F. Joseph 146.00 George Legg 100.00 Natale A. Molla 40.00 Equipment 177.00 Materials 378.16 4,154.76 To Revenue 3,345.24 7,500.00 Appropriation 7,500.00 HIGHWAYS - SNOW PLOW Dyar Sales and Equipment 871.20 Balance, December 31, 1966 328.80 1,200.00 Appropriation 1,200.00 HIGHWAYS - LOADER, TRACTOR, BACKHOE Clark Wilcox Co. 12,985.00 Balance, December 31, 1966 15.00 13,000.00 Appropriation 13,000.00 HIGHWAYS - RADIO EQUIPMENT A. J. Nielsen 255.88 Balance, December 31, 1966 1,544.12 1,800.00 Appropriation 1,800.00 TOWN GARAGE Labor 314*00 Contractors, Lamont Associates, Inc. 1,640.00 Richard S# Allen 525.00 R. A. Hansen Co. 66.88 Materials 406.18 Insurance 27.20 2,979.26 Balance, December 31, 1966 1,094.42 4,073.68 Balance, January 1, 1966 4,073.68 99 HIGHWAYS - STREET LIGHTS Brockton Edison Co. 7,458.20 Plymouth County Electric Co. 22.50 New Bedford Gas and Electric Co. 67.50 7,548.20 To Revenue 659.80 8,208.00 Appropr i ation 8,208.00 HIGHWAYS - BOWKER STREET - LAND DAMAGE AWARDS Payments 15.00 Balance, December 31, 1966 1,001.96 1,016.96 Balance, January 1, 1966 1,016.96 HIGHWAYS - HIGH AND OAK STREETS SIDEWALKS Labor 2,588.25 Contractors, Raymond L. Connelly 312.00 Town of Hanover 200.00 John Parmenter 152.75 Materials 1,561.07 Surveying and Plans 423.23 5,237.30 Balance, December 31, 1966 3,262.70 8,500.00 Appropriation 8,500.00 BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE - SALARIES Chairman Ralph H« Coleman 250.00 Members Thomas S. Cann 45.74 Ruth Hersey 32.50 Donald C 0 Kennedy 117.50 Barbara Marshall 93.95 539.69 To Revenue 10.31 Appropriation 550.00 PUBLIC WELFARE - AID ALL CATEGORIES Payments 24,515.11 To Revenue 508.49 25,023.60 Appropriation 25,000.00 Refunds 23.60 25,023.60 WELFARE - ADMINISTRATION AND EXPENSES Pearl M. Gilmore - Salary 2,556.78 Helen M. Harner - Salary 443.22 3,000.00 Appropriation 3,000.00 100 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - U. S. AID Payments 16,839.89 j j Balance, December 31, 1966 3.091.68 19,931.57 1 c Balance, January 1, 1966 7,513.92 Receipts and Refunds 12,417.65 19,931.57 i 5 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - U. S. ADMINISTRATION Telephone 57.55 Equipment and repairs 32.18 Advertising 4.48 Association Dues and Attendance 2.00 Office Supplies and Postage 9.78 105.99 Balance, December 31, 1966 2,404.64 2,510.63 Balance, January 1, 1966 171.63 Receipts and Recoveries 2,339.00 2,510.63 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - U.S. AID Payments 5,175.25 Balance, December 31, 1966 4,747.29 9,922.54 Balance, January 1, 1966 6,186.54 Receipts and Recoveries 3,736.00 9,922.54 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - U.S. ADMINISTRA Pearl M. Gilmore - Salary 3,799.00 Pearl M„ Gilmore - Expenses 369.65 Helen M. Harner - Salary 642.32 Telephone 20.10 4,831.07 Balance, December 31, 1966 381.42 5,212.49 Balance, January 1, 1966 3,666:30 Receipts and Recoveries 1,546.19 5,212.49 DISABILITY ASSISTANCE - U.S. AID Payments 438.56 Balance, December 31, 1966 613.44 1,052.00 Balance, January 1, 1.966 316.00 Receipts and Recoveries 736.00 1,052.00 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - U.S. AID Payments 11,838.76 Balance, December 31, 1966 14,934.77 26,773.53 Balance, January 1, 1966 9,342.96 Receipts and Recoveries 17,430.57 26.773.53 101 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - U.S. ADMINISTRATION Telephone 145.45 Office Supplies and Postage 101.25 AoonfifoHnti TYiioc and A WchY\c\ar\cp> 10.00 Appraisals 30]00 Equipment and Repairs 83.50 Subscriptions 4.00 374.20 - Transfer to M 0 A. U.S. AID 3,342.58 Balance, December 31, 1966 570.21 4,286.99 Balance, January 1, 1966 2,800.68 Receipts and Recoveries 1,486.31 4,286.99 VETERAN'S AGENT - SALARY Leonard W. Rowe, Jr. 200.00 Appropriation 200.00 VETERAN'S SERVICE OFFICER - SALARY Leonard W. Rowe, Jr. 300.00 Appropriation 300.00 VETERAN'S AGENT - EXPENSES Office Supplies and Postage 10.00 Association Dues and Attendance 105.20 Telephone 116.30 Mileage 91.64 323.14 To Revenue 22. 57 345.71 Appropriation 300.00 Transfer Reserve Fund 45.71 345.71 VETERANS BENEFITS - AID AND EXPENSES Payments 7,592.73 To Revenue 95.27 7,688.00 Appropriation 5,575.00 Transfers Reserve Fund 2,113.00 7,688.00 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - GENERAL EDUCATION EXPENSES School Committee Expenses 536.71 Superintendent's and Assistants Salary 18,840.50 Superintendent's Expenses 1,264.94 Superintendent's Clerks 5,991.00 Census 125.00 Attendance Officer 50.00 Petty Cash 300.00 Principal's Expenses 846.16 102 Principal's Clerks 16,325.27 Teacher's Salaries 648,741.35 Books and Supplies 30,522.26 Guidance Expenses 1,336.41 A ft 1 O O Teachers to Conferences 491.83 Janitor's Salaries 45,190.31 Fuel 13,561.13 Light and Power 15,370.10 Telephone 2,920.50 Water 939.84 Janitors Supplies and Equipment 6,269.26 Truck Expenses 183.66 Repairs and Replacements 17,848.18 Tuitions 6,128.02 Graduation Expenses 541.97 Nurse - Salary 2,019.92 Transportation 54,566.74 Physical Education and Athletics 6,806.44 Libraries o, boo. ob School Lunch Supervisor 4,521.12 School Lunch Expenses 229.40 Health Expenses 1,608.74i a (\ O HA Capital Outlay 4,724.29 To Revenue 65.89 912,525.50 Appropriation 912,000.00 Tuitions 110.00 Refunds 415.50 912,525.50 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL EXPENSES Payments 541.50 To Revenue 208.50 750.00 Appropriation 750.00 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - VOCATIONAL TRAINING Tuition 1,207.10 Transportation 208.90 1,416.00 To Revenue 4.00 1,420.00 Appropriation 1,420.00 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - ADULT PRACTICAL ARTS Instructors 600.00 Tuitions 45.00 Equipment Rental 50.00 695.00 To Revenue 105.00 800.00 Appropriation 800.00 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PUBLIC LAW 874 Building License 20.00 103 Maintenance of Grounds 4,929.75 Professional Services 1,273.00 Surveying and Plans 225.00 Teachers Salaries 19,428.27 25,876.02 Balance, December 31, 1966 16,343.00 42,219.02 Balance, January 1, 1966 25,896.02 Receipts 16,323.00 42,219.02 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PUBLIC LAW 864 TITLE 5 Teacher's Salaries 3,976.44 Balance, December 31, 1966 508.97 4,485.41 Balance, January 1, 1966 3,976.44 Receipts 508.97 4,485.41 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - PUBLIC LAW 864 TITLE 3A Books and Supplies 1,541.38 Balance, December 31, 1966 3,322.55 4,863.93 Balance, January 1, 1966 4,863.93 SCHOOL LUNCH Petty Cash 50.00 Payrolls 24,763.51 Provisions and Equipment 65,968.33 90,781.84 Balance, December 31, 1966 1,762.81 92,544.65 Balance, January 1, 1966 7,155.66 Receipts 85,338.99 Refunds 50.00 92,544.65 SCHOOL ATHLETICS Payments 2,207.45 Balance, December 31, 1966 1,933.48 4,140.93 Balance, January 1, 1966 497.41 Receipts 3,643.52 4,140.93 SOUTH SHORE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Payment 19,618.00 Appropriation 19,618.00 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE COMMITTEE Richard S. Allen 30.00 Balance, December 31, 1966 323.00 353.00 Balance, January 1, 1966 353.00 OLD OAKEN BUCKET ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - LAND TAKING Payments 16,029.90 104 Balance, December 31, 1966 3,970.10 20,000.00 Balance, January 1, 1966 20,000.00 OLD OAKEN BUCKET ROAD SCHOOL PRELIMINARY PLANS Architects Fees 1,664.76 Brochure 98.70 1,763.46 Balance, January 1, 1966 1,763.46 OLD OAKEN BUCKET ROAD SCHOOL FINAL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS Architect Fees 15,000.00 Balance, January 1, 1966 15,000.00 OLD OAKEN BUCKET ROAD SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT Clerk of the Works 6,270.00 Contractors Francis L. Piermarocchi Inc. 485,435.21 Advertising 82.50 Architect Fees 18,335.24 Surveying 696.00 Insurance 801. 00 i 511,619.95 Balance, December 31, 1966 288,380.05 800,000.00 Appropriation 800,000.00 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION FINAL PLANS - SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES Engineering w + 2,000.00 Contractors Valley Construction Co. 12,644.59 Advertising 49.60 | 14,694.19 Balance, December 31, 1966 65,305.81 80,000.00 Appropriation 80,000.00 W. J. LEONARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY Salaries 1,932.10 Books 1,778.88 Office Supplies and Postage 16.65 Telephone 115.87 Building Maintenance 128.00 3,971.50 To Revenue 4.38 3,975.88 Appropriation 3,775.88 Transfer Reserve Fund 200.00 3,975.88 JAMES LIBRARY James Library 4,150.87 Appropriation 4,150.87 105 AID TO AGRICULTURE County of Plymouth 100.00 Appropriation 100.00 GROUP INSURANCE Blue Cross - Blue Shield 10,939.36 Insurance 1,556.60 12,495.96 To Revenue 2,242.58 14,738.54 Appropriation 14,720.00 Refund 18.54 14,738.54 MEMORIAL DAY Provisions 191.59 Flowers 126.00 Flags and Markers 72.82 Transportation 15.00 405.41 To Revenue 6.24 411.65 Appropriation 411.65 PENSIONS AND ANNUITIES Geraldine A, Rosebach 720.00 Appropriation 720.00 PLYMOUTH COUNTY RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION Plymouth County Retirement Association 15,089.00 Lester D„ West 100.00 15,189.00 Appropriation 15,189.00 RECREATION COMMISSION - SALARIES AND EXPENSES Salaries 3,065.00 Office Supplies and Postage 17.75 Equipment 1,275.40 Rent 1.00 Association Dues 35.00 4,394.15 To Revenue 2.40 4,396.55 Appropriation 4,271.55 Transfer from Reserve Fund 125.00 4,396.55 RECREATION COMMISSION - FENCING Reliable Fence Company 300.00 Appropriation 300.00 TOWN REPORTS AND BUDGETS Webster Company 2,488.15 106 Office Supplies and Postage 132.80 Advertising 12.15 2,633.10 To Revenue 1,366.90 4,000.00 Appropriation 4,000.00 TOWN SCHEDULE INSURANCE Andrew G. Gordon 23,092.83 Sampson Insurance Agency 10.00 American Casualty Ins. Co. 70.00 23,172.83 To Revenue 520.21 23,693.04 Appropriation 22,009.10 Transfer Reserve Fund 1,683.94 23,693.04 BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS - SALARIES Jacob Lee Turner 700.00 Edward F. Walsh 700.00 Augustine J. Thibodeau 700.00 2,100.00 Appropriation 2,100.00 WATER DEPARTMENT - CLERK Vivian J. Walsh 2,000.00 Appropriation 2,000.00 WATER DEPARTMENT - SERVICES Labor 2,047.12 Contractors Everett Stoddard 20.00 George Legg 95.00 Walter Allen 40.00 Pipe, Ffttings and Meters 4,007.03 Equipment and Repairs 190.76 6,399.91 To Revenue .09 6,400.00 Appropriation 6,400.00 WATER DEPARTMENT - EXPENSES Labor 7,409.75 Contractors Warren P. Merritt 250.00 Natale L. Moll a 213.50 James Gallant 208.00 Light and Power 4,263.97 Fuel 731.25 Telephone 520.10 Mileage 1,402.56 Association Dues and Attendance 15.00 Office Supplies and Postage 368.26 Pipe, Fittings, Hydrants and Meters 6,574.54 107 Equipment and Repairs 604.34 Surveying, Maps and Plans 312.37 Building Maintenance 31.87 Materials 29.59 Advertising 37.80 Gas - Oil 26.86 22,999.76 To Revenue ,2A_ 23,000.00 Appropriation 23,000.00 WATER DEPARTMENT - WELLS OR WELL FIELDS Labor 1,580.75 Contractors Natale L„ Molla 25.00 Richard S. Byrne 3,047.75 Richard S„ Allen 72.00 Landers Bros. 40.00 Wasco Scaffolding Company 270.00 Gas and Oil 160.37 Building Materials 124.76 Pipe and Fittings 1,290.56 Light and Power 22.32 Laboratory Fees 7.50 Maps and Plans 2.35 6,643.36 Balance, December 31, 1966 44.21 Balance, January 1, 1966 1,687.57 Appropriation 5,000.00 6,687.57 WATER DEPARTMENT - STANDPIPE Engineering 263.30 Contractors Richard S. Byrne 90.00 353.30 Balance, December 31, 1966 69,646.70^ 70,000.00 Appropriation 70,000.00 WATER DEPARTMENT - 1964 GROVE ST. MAINS Loma Corp. 426.54 Balance, December 31, 1966 1,060.46 1,487.00 Balance, January 1, 1966 1,487.00 WATER DEPARTMENT - 1965 FOREST AND CIRCUIT ST. MAINS Labor 110.00 Donahue and Flaherty Inc. 11,661.71 Pipe, Fittings and Hydrants 15,547.32 Materials 18.69 Gas - Oil 8.26 27,345.98 Balance, December 31, 1966 2,654.02 30,000.00 Appropriation 30,000.00 108 WATER DEPARTMENT - 1965 PROSPECT ST. MAINS Donahue and Flaherty Inc. 9,033.23 Pipe and Fittings 15,937.80 Maps and Plans 29.40 Laboratory Fees 7.50 25,007.93 Balance, December 31, 1966 6,492.07 31,500.00 Appropriation 31,500.00 WATER DEPARTMENT - 1965 WINTER AND CROSS ST. MAINS Labor 122.00 Contractors Donahue and Flaherty Inc. 20,812.76 Richard S. Allen 54.00 R. E. Tilgren 90.00 Pipe, Fittings and Hydrants 29,180.50 Laboratory Fees 22.50 50,281.76 Balance, December 31, 1966 3,718. 24 54,000.00 Appropriation 54,000.00 WATER DEPARTMENT - 1964 PUMPING STATION AND MAINS Labor 54.00 DeLuze Bulldozer Service 268.75 Pipe and Fittings 1,181.06 Equipment 6.68 1,510.49 Balance, December 31, 1966 923.37 2,433.86 Balance, January 1, 1966 2,433.86 WATER DEPARTMENT 1966 PUMPING TESTS Labor 1,157.50 Contractors Abington Motor Sales 50.00 Wasco Scaffolding Company 541.02 Pipe and Fittings 154.46 Gas - Oil and Repairs 108.63 Equipment 39.73 2,051.34 Balance, December 31, 1966 948.66 3,000.00 Appropriation 3,000.00 WATER DEPARTMENT - 1966 PUMPING STATION AND EQUIPMENT Labor 671.50 Contractors Donahue and Flaherty Inc. 3,215.25 R. A. Hansen Company 1,179.93 Natale L. Molla 1,154.50 R. E. Chapman 2,210.00 109 Hardy Welding and Piping Corp. 68.00CO A A 1 AO O A A Frank S. Barbuto Inc. 1,08,3.00 Equipment 4,zlo.lo Pipe and Fittings 2,239.59 OA P. A 1 Surveying, Maps and Plans z4o.4 ( Laboratory Fees 20.00 Advertising 24.30 16,328.69 Balance, December 31, 1966 8,671.31 25,000.00 Appropriation 25,000.00 WATER DEPARTMENT - 1966 MAIN ST 0 MAINS Contractors Natale L. Molla 264.00 Frank Whittaker 40.00 Richard S. Allen 160.00 P. Lanzillotta & Sons Inc. 487.50 George Legg 70.00 Pipe and Fittings 3,558.05 Materials 6.60 4,586.15 Balance, December 31, 1966 913.85 5,500.00 Appropriation 4,500.00 Transfer Reserve Fund 1,000.00 5,500.00 WATER DEPARTMENT - 1966 LAND TAKING GRASSY SWAMP Land Taking Awards 5,521.00 Surveying and Plans 597.37 David L. Turner Legal Services 864.60 6,982.97 Balance, December 31, 1966 5,017.03 12,000.00 Appropriation 12,000.00 WATER DEPARTMENT - LAND AND RIGHTS Land Taking Awards 784.85 Surveying and Plans 75.00 859.85 Balance, December 31, 1966 4,355.35 5,215.20 Balance, January 1, 1966 5,215.20 WATER DEPARTMENT - 1962 OLD OAKEN BUCKET ROAD MAINS Daniel J. Donahue 53.50 Appropriation 124,07 177.57 Balance, January 1, 1966 177.57 CARE OF VETERANS GRAVES Church Hill Cemetery Corp. 84.00 First Parish Cemetery 175.00 Pinehurst Cemetery Corp. 52.50. 311.50 110 To Revenue 138.50 450.00 Appropriation 450.00 WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY - EXPENSES Clerk 100.00 Contractors Albert Gunderway, Sr. 20.00 David R. Casey Contracting Co. 900.00 Materials 67.52 1,087.52 To Revenue 567.48 1,655.00 Appropriation 1,655.00 WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY - ROADS AND WATER SERVICES Labor 271.15 P 0 Lanzillotta & Sons 52.00 Materials 1,889,60 2,212.75 Balance, December 31, 1966 2,287.25 4,500.00 Appropriation 4,500.00 INTEREST - TEMPORARY LOANS State Street Bank 25.77 South Shore National Bank 2,194.50 2,220.27 To Revenue 339.73 2,560.00 Appropriation 2,560.00 INTEREST - MATURING DEBT 1965 Town Garage 1,260.00 1960 Senior High School 21,275.00 1953 High School Addition 2,062.50 1949 Elementary School 1,350.00 1956 G. F a Cole School 5,040.00 1964 Ga F. Cole School Addition 2,660.00 1966 Old Oaken Bucket Road School 10,800.00 1947 Water Loan 1,293.75 1955 Water Loan 1,650.00 1964 Water Loan 687.50 1965 Water Loan 7,704.00 55,782.75 To Revenue 1,700.00 Appropriations 57,482.75 TEMPORARY LOANS South Shore National Bank 200,000.00 State Street Bank 63,500.00 263,500.00 Ill PRINCIPAL - MATURING DEBT 1965 Town Garage 5,000.00 1960 Senior High School 45,000.00 1953 High School Addition 15,000.00 1949 Elementary School 15,000.00 1965 G0 F. Cole School 20,000.00 1964 G. F. Cole School Addition 30,000.00 1947 Water Loan 5,000.00 1955 Water Loan 15,000.00 1964 Water Loan 10,000.00 1965 Water Loan 19,000.00 179,000.00 Appropriations 179,000.00 PREMIUM 1965 WATER AND GARAGE LOAN State Street Bank 318.72 PREMIUM 1966 OLD OAKEN BUCKET ROAD SCHOOL State Street Bank 72.00 AGENCY AND TRUST ACCOUNTS State Parks and Reservations 4,505.20 Mass. Bay Transportation Authority 282.00 State Audit 164.78 State Motor Vehicle Tax Bills 587.85 Metropolitan Area Planning Council 225.61 County Tax 32,990.10 County T # B0 Hospital 9,726.24 Dog Licenses Due County 1,939.00 F. B. Clapp Fund 43.75 Farrar Fund 16.10 Washington Street Cemetery Permanent Fund 350.00 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 765.10 Federal Withholding Taxes 123,582.75 Mass. Withholding Taxes 15,124.05 Retirement Fund 11,300.02 Blue Cross 12,859.56 Group Insurance 1,686.48 Cash Investments 1,277,844.33 1,493,992.92 REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS Real Estate Taxes 15,048.81 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 6,931.01 Water Rates 106.47 Licenses and Permits 28.00 Revenue Cash Investments 200,000.00 Cash 38.24 222,152.53 Total Payments 4,573,653.78 112 RECAPITULATION Cash Balance, January 1, 1966 340,233.19 Receipts 4,513,299.26 4,853,532.45 Payments 4,573,653.78 Cash Balance, December 31, 1966 279,878.67 4,853,532.45 TRANSFERS FROM THE 1966 RESERVE FUND W. J. Leonard Memorial Library 200.00 Gas Inspector 300.00 Veteran's Agent- Expenses 45.71 Treasurer's Bonding Cost 1,350.36 Town Dump Expenses 27.70 Inspector of Animals 77.00 Wire Inspector 600.00 Board of Health - Aid and Expenses 600.00 Veterans Benefits 2,113.00 Building Inspector 608.70 Selectemen's Expenses 300.00 Town Meetings and Elections - Salaries 182.59 Treasurer's Expenses 300.00 Recreation Commission 125.00 Snow Removal and Sanding 5,000.00 Treasurer's Clerks 200.00 Town Schedule Insurance 1,683.94 Emergency Communications Center - Expenses 266.49 Tree Warden - O. and M„ Account 300.00 Police Payrolls 4,560.00 Fire Department - Expenses 75.00 Police Cruiser Expenses 739.58 Collector's Clerk 250.00 Main Street - Water Main 1,000.00 Highways - M. and O. Account 300.00 21,205.07 TOWN OF NORWELL BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1966 ASSETS Cash 279,878.67 Non Revenue Cash Investments 200,000.00 Revenue Cash Investments 299,006.33 Accounts Receivable 1964 Personal Property Tax 97.50 1965 Personal Property Tax 422.40 1966 Personal Property Tax 1,107.82 1965 Real Estate Tax 181.50 1966 Real Estate Tax 41,762.46 1965 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 2,415.70 113 1966 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 15,934.94 Tax Titles 8,244.34 Tax Possessions 6,931.78 Civil Defense Ambulance 416.05 1966 Water Rates 19,258.94 1966 Water Liens 316.07 State Aid to Highways 9,500.00 County Aid to Highways 4,750.00 111,339.50 To be raised in 1967 Tax Levy 1966 State Parks and Reservations 805.05 1966 Mass. Bay Transpor- tation Authority .01 1966 Met. Area Planning Council 21.15 1966 County Tax 1,343.46 1965 Overlay 389.40 1966 Overlay 9,619.90 ' 12,178.97 Loans Authorized 281,500.00 Fixed Debt Inside Debt Limit 145,000.00 Outside Debt Limit 1,745,000.00 1,890,000.00 Trust Funds In Custody of Treasurer 115,212.13 In Custody of State 200.00 115,412.13 3,189,315.60 LIABILITIES AND RESERVES Agency, Trust and Reserves Federal With. Taxes 10,553.12 Mass. With. Taxes 2,074.39 Retirement Fund 1,249.97 Blue Cross 1,359.31 Group Insurance 161.52 Tailing Account 296.16 Dog Licenses Due County 126.00 C. H« Pike Fund Income 53.59 Sawyer Fund Income 58.38 Highway Funds for Appropri- ation 3,830.04 19,762.48 Loans Authorized and Unissued 225,000.00 Excess and Deficiency 174,736.77 Unexpended Balances of Accounts Revised Town By-Laws 91.86 Sewage Disposal Facilities 138.27 Sanitary Leaching Bed 382.30 Conservation Fund 9,419.84 F. M. Cushing Fund 17,879.30 114 Annunciator Panel 5.98 Fire Dept. Repairs 1,375.00 Civil Defense 176.61 Highways Chapter 90 19,000.00 Highways - truck 7,000.00 Highways - sander 2,500.00 Highways - snow plow 328.80 Highways - tractor 15.00 Highways - radio equip. 1,544.12 Town Garage 1,094.42 Road Machinery Fund 4,225.91 Bowker St. Land Damages 1,001.96 Highways - School Street 209.63 Drainage - Washington Park 1,331.66 Sidewalks - High and Oak Streets 3,262.70 Union Bridge Construction 1,100.00 Permanent Drainage Committee 282.97 Eng., Culverts, etc. 4,375.72 Welfare O.A.A. -U. S. Aid 3,091.68 O.A.A. -U.S. Adm. 2,404.64 A.D.C. -U.S. Aid 4,747.29 A.D.C. -U.S. Adm. 381.42 D.A. -U.S. Aid 613.44 D.A. -U.S. Adm. 1,324.91 M.A. -U.S. Aid 14,934.77 M.A. -U.S. Adm. 570.21 Schools Public Law 874 16,343.00 Public Law 864 Title 5 508.97 Public Law 864 Title 3A 3,322.55 George-Barden Account 586.95 School Lunch 1,762.81 School Athletics 1,933.48 Elementary School Site Comm. 323.00 Land Takings Elem. School 3,970.10 New Elementary School 288,380.05 Athletic Field Committee 500.00 Senior High School 881.90 Senior High School Addition Plans 65,305.81 Leonard Library Building Fund 11.74 Mass. Free Public Libraries 1,301.75 Motor Vehicle & Equip. Fund 8,786.81 Municipal Planning 5,000.00 Water Department Wells or Well Fields 44.21 Standpipe 69,646.70 1963 Grove St. Mains 230.11 1964 Grove St. Mains 1,060.46 1965 Old Meeting House Lane Mains 993.26 1965 Prospect St. Mains 3,579.72 1965 Walnut Road Mains 99.58 115 1965 Forest and Circuit St. Mains 2,654.02 1965 Prospect St. Mains 6,492.07 1965 Winter and Cross St. Mains 3,718.24 1964 Pumping Station & Mains 923.37 1966 Pumping Tests 948.66 1966 Pumping Station and E quipment 8,671.31 1966 Main Street Mains 913.85 1966 Cost Analyst 1,000.00 1966 Professional Engineers 2,500.00 1966 Land Takings- Grassy Swamp 5,017.03 1966 Land Takings- South St. 15,000.00 Land and Rights 4,355.35 Washington Street Cemetery Replacement of Trees 116.00 Roads and Water Services 2,287.25 633,980.52 Revenue Reserved until Collected Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue 18,350.64 Tax Title Revenue 15,176.12 Departmental Revenue 416.05 Water Revenue 19,575.01 Aid to Highway Revenue 14,250.00 67,767.82 Recoveries Old Age Assistance 4,500.00 Aid to Dependent Children 1,655.88 6,155.88 Temporary Loans 56,500.00 Debt Accounts 1949 Elementary School 45,000.00 1953 High School Addition 75,000.00 1956 G. F. Cole School 200,000.00 1960 Senior High School 530,000.00 1964 G. F. Cole School Addition 80,000.00 1966 Old Oaken Bucket Rd. School 600,000.00 1947 Water 55,000.00 1955 Water 60,000.00 1964 Water 20,000.00 1965 Water 195,000.00 1965 Town Garage 30,000.00 1,890,000.00 Trust Accounts Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 31,460.02 F. B. Clapp Cemetery Fund 1,000.00 Coffin Cemetery and Charity Fund 3,549.61 Charles H. Pike Fund 200.00 A.T. Otis Cemetery and Tomb Fund 2,363.80 116 A.T. Otis Charity Fund 3,419.26 Sawyer Cemetery Fund 200.00 Farrar and Estes Cemetery Fund 316.10 Stabilization Fund 66,555.66 A0 Wakefield Charity Fund 2,519.56 A. Wakefield Library Fund 116.50 Washington Street Cemetery Permanent Fund 3,711.62 115,412.13 ' 3,189,315. Harry L. Chase, Jr. Town Accountant 117 TOWN OF NORWELL Commonwealth of Massachusetts WARRANT for Annual Town Meeting Monday, March 14, 1966, at 7:30 o'clock in the afternoon At the Senior High School and Saturday, March 19, 1966, at 12 Noon At the Senior High School For the Election of Town Officials Plymouth, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwell, in said County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. GREETINGS: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwell, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet at the Senior High School in said Norwell, on Monday, the fourteenth day of March, 1966, at 7:30 p.m., then and there to act upon the following articles, to wit: ARTICLE 1 To see if the Town will accept the reports of its Officers, Boards, Departments, Committees and Commissions, as printed in the 1965 Town Report, or act on anything relative thereto. ARTICLE 2 To see what sums the Town will raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds to pay Town debts, expenses and charges including debt and interest for the ensuing year and to fix the salary and compen- sation of all elective officers of the Town, effective from January 1, 1966, as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as amended, and to provide for a reserve fund, and raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds for the following: Moderator, Selectmen's Department, Town Office Manager and Accountant, Town Hall Clerks, Town Meetings and Elections, Treasurer, Tax Title Account, Town Collector, Assessor's Department, Town Counsel, Town Clerk, Registrations and Listings, Board of Appeals, Planning Board, Development and Industrial Commission, Permanent Building and Main- tenance Committee, Conservation Commission, Council on Aging, Capital Budget Committee, Town Hall and Annex, Police Department, Dog Officer, Fire Department, Civil Defense, Emergency Communications Center, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent, Moth Department, Dutch Elm Disease, Operation and Maintenance of Equipment, Pest Control, Tree Maintenance, Removal and Replacement, Capital Outlay, Maintenance of Public Grounds, Building Inspector, Gas 118 Inspector, Wire Inspector, Board of Health, Inspector of Animals, School Nurse, School Dentist, Dental Hygienist, School Physician, Town Dump, Mosquito Control, Highway Surveyor, Highways-Town Account, Capital Outlay, Chapter 81, Chapter 90, Signs and Road Markings, Snow Removal and Sanding, Road Machinery Maintenance and Operation Account, Water Services Account, Street Lights, Welfare- Salaries, Aid (All Categories), Administration and Expense, Veterans' Benefits, School Department, Out-of-State Travel, Vocational Training, Practical Arts - Adults, South Shore Regional Vocational School, Athletic Field Committee, Libraries, Water Department, Cemeteries, Maturing Debt and Interest, Anticipation of Revenue Loans, Aid to Agriculture, Plymouth County Retirement, Group Insurance, Town Schedule Insurance, Pensions and Annuities, Town Reports and Budgets, Recreation Commission, and Memorial Day; or act on anything relative thereto. ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial years beginning January 1, 1966 and January 1, 1967, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, as amended, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for less than one year in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17, as amended, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Town Treasurer. ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town of Norwell By-laws, Article XVII Zoning By-laws, by deleting in SECTION X, Enforcement, Paragraphs numbers 2, 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d, and by substituting therefor a new Paragraph number 2, to read as follows: "2. Whoever violates the provisions of this By-law shall be fined not less than $5.00, nor more than $50.00, for each offense."; or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Planning Board. ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town of Norwell By-Laws, Article XIV, entitled Building Code of Norwell, by adding in SECTION III, Paragraph 3, entitled 4 'Applications for Permits," two new sub- paragraphs, designated C and D, to read as follows: "C. All permits shall be void unless operation thereunder shall be commenced within six months after the date of the permit, or if operations thereunder are discontinued for a period of more than six months. All permits expire twelve months after the date of the permit, but may be renewed without any additional fee. 119 D. No work shall be commenced until a permit has been granted."; or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Planning Board. ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town of Norwell Zoning By-laws, Article XVII, by deleting Paragraph E of SECTION IV, and by substituting therefor a new Paragraph "E," to read as follows: "E. A private club, if managed and controlled by the membership, not including one whose chief activity is a service customarily carried on as a business, but the foregoing shall not prohibit the customary functions of bona fide Country Clubs, Sportsman Clubs, Amateur Dramatic Clubs, Social or Educational Clubs, and the like."; or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town of Norwell Zoning By-laws Article XVII, by deleting Paragraph C of SECTION IV, and by substituting therefor a new Paragraph C, to read as follows: "C. Institutional, educational, recreational, philanthropic or reli- gious building or use, providing such building or use is not a business undertaking, but not including one, the chief activity of which is a service, (1) to delinquent, criminal, mentally deficient or mentally deranged persons; or (2) customarily carried on as a business."; or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 8 To see if the Town will vote to transfer $100,000.00, or any other sum, from available funds, and authorize the Assessors to use this sum, to decrease the 1966 tax rate, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Advisory Board. ARTICLE 9 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $5,000.00, or any other sum, to employ the services of municipal planners, architects and engineers, to develop preliminary plans, specifications, costs and illustrations of afire station, town hall addition and police station, or any combination of the same, 120 under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, subject to the require- ments and approval of all boards and officials involved, and with the stipulations that such services will be completed before June 1, 1966, adequate for the development of final plans and that any fees paid shall be applied to the normal professional service costs on any portion voted by the Town for final design, construction and supervision under the direction of the Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 10 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $15,125.00, or any other sum, in antici- pation of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for Chapter 81 work on the highways, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 11 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $19,500.00, or any other sum, in antici- pation of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Plymouth, for Chapter 90 work on the highways, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 12 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $7,660.08, or any other sum, in anticipa- tion of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for Chapter 679, Acts of 1965. Work on the Highways, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 13 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $30,000.00, or any other sum, to the Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund, to provide for the depreciation, replacement and purchase of motor vehicles and equipment, and establish a control list of all vehicles, recording and date of purchase, mileage, type, maker, repairs and any other pertinent data essential to replacement determination by a vote of the Town, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 14 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate 121 from available funds, the sum of $7,000.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of a new Heavy Duty Dump Truck for the Highway Department, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 15 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $2,500.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of a new V-Body Sander of approximately six yards capacity for the Highway Department, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 16 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $1,200.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of a new Snow Plow for the Highway Department, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 17 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $16,000.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of a new Loader-Tractor- Backhoe (to be one integrated unit) for the Highway Department, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 18 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $15,000.00, or any other sum, to be used by the Highway Surveyor for the re surfacing of sections of Grove, School, Prospect, Summer and South Streets and for the opening, closing and patching of such advance "Across the Street" water service trenches in any street prior to resurfacing, as are approved by the Board of Select- men and the Planning Board, subject to an agreement by the Water Com- missioners, to install the service piping and connections in the trenches while open and to record the location of the installed services on a street layout, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 19 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $2,150.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of a 1966 pick-up truck to replace the present 1955 pick-up truck, for use in the Tree and Public Grounds Departments, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Tree Warden. 122 ARTICLE 20 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $10,000.00, or any other sum, to purchase and equip an ambulance, to replace the present 1951 ambulance, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Civil Defense Director. ARTICLE 21 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $1,922.26, or any other sum, for the refund of paid taxes to such residents of Old Meeting House Lane as were declared by the court to be illegally assessed for betterments, with such refunds to be made if the required enabling legislation is passed by the current session of the legislature, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 22 To see if the Town will vote to construct a sidewalk on the westerly side of High Street, from Washington Street to the Grace Farrar Cole Elementary School, a distance of approximately 1,800 feet, and to con- struct a sidewalk on the southerly side of Oak Street, from Washington Street to High Street, a distance of approximately 900 feet, and to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, for this purpose, the sum of $10,800.00, or any other sum, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Planning Board. ARTICLE 23 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the stabilization fund the sum of $100,000.00, to be used for the construction of a new elemen- tary school on Old Oaken Bucket Road and to rescind $200,000.00 of the Treasurer's borrowing authority voted in Article 2 of the October 25, 1965 Meeting, as such sum will be available from this Stabilization Fund appropriation and the attending State Matching Grant, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 24 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $80,000.00, or any other sum, to obtain final plans and specifications for an addition to the Senior High School, including the development of such athletic areas as are required by the expanding student body, and to develop and construct adequate sewage facilities for the enlargement of the school capacity to nine hundred, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. 123 ARTICLE 25 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the Massachusetts Free Public Library Fund, the sum of $1,301.75 as follows: $650.88 to the W. J. Leonard Memorial Library Account and $650.87 to the James Library Account, said funds having been received by the Town from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Education, as Aid to Free Public Libraries under Chapter 760, Acts of 1960, as amended by Chapter 672, Acts of 1963, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Advisory Board. ARTICLE 26 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $150.00, or any other sum, for the purpose of maintaining during the ensuing year the Mosquito Control Works, as estimated and certified to by the State Reclamation Board, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 27 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $1,375.00, or any other sum, to reshingle the side-walls of Co. #2 Ridge Hill Fire Station, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Fire Engineers. ARTICLE 28 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $1,800.00, or any other sum, for the Highway Department, for a communications unit at the garage and two two-way radios, for motor vehicles, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 29 To see if the Town will accept a part of Till Rock Lane, as laid out by the Selectmen, in accordance with the description and plan presented at a Hearing in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall and now on file in the Town Clerk's office, without appropriation, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 30 To see if the Town will vote to accept an alteration of the layout of a portion of Winter Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, in accordance with 124 the description and plan presented at a hearing in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall and now on file in the Town Clerk's Office, which involves acquisition of land in order to straighten Winter Street in the vicinity of Burns Lane, by acquiring by purchase or taking by eminent domain, four contiguous parcels on the opposite side from Burns Lane, belonging now or formerly to Joseph W. and Jean M. Rosano (approximately 1/2 acre), Joseph R. Dillon and Joanne L. Greene (approximately 1/2 acre), Webster Cranberry Co., Inc. (approximately four and three-tenths acres), and William A. and Ella Eva Stillman (approximately four and three-tenths acres), making a total of nine and six- tenths acres, more or less, and for the purpose to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $5,000.00, or any other sum, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 31 To see if the Town will vote to allow the Board of Public Welfare to pay from available funds the sum of $407.40 for unpaid hospital bills rendered under Chapter 117, Section 24A, of the General Laws, prior to January 1, 1965; or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Public Welfare. ARTICLE 32 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the 1965 County Dog Tax Refund to the School Department General Education Expenses Account, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Advisory Board. ARTICLE 33 To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Washington Street Cemetery Permanent Fund the sum of $4,500.00, or any other sum, for repair and maintenance of cemetery roadway and additional water service or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Washington Street Cemetery Committee. ARTICLE 34 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $700.00, or any other sum or sums, to fence the property owned by the Town of Norwell on Prouty Avenue, formerly known as the MacCollem lots, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Recreation Commission. ARTICLE 35 To see if the Town will vote to accept General Laws, Chapter 40, 125 Section 6B, to enable the Town to provide a uniform allowance for the Police Department, and to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $525.00, or any other sum, for this purpose, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Norwell Police Association. ARTICLE 36 To see if the Town will vote: WHEREAS, there exists in the Town of Norwell a shortage of safe, sanitary and adequate dwellings available for elderly persons of low income at rentals which they can afford; WHEREAS, it is hereby determined that a Housing Authority is needed for the provision of housing for elderly persons of low income; NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby voted that the Norwell Housing Authority shall be organized and established under and in accord- ance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 121, Section 26K, as amended; or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Norwell Council on Aging. ARTICLE 37 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds the sum of $1,000.00, or any other sum, to be used by the Water Commissioners for the employment of Water Department Cost Analysts to determine self-supporting water rates providing revenue from users only to meet all department costs including principal, inter- est, service equipment and depreciation and to establish a continuous rate-making procedure required for department operation, as outlined in Chapter 41, Section 69B, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 38 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $2,500.00, or any other sum, for use by the Water Commissioners to employ established water department professional engineers or organizations, to develop a water service ex- pansion plan including mains, storage, well and pumping facilities, in units of $75,000.00 total cost, based upon 15 years borrowing and the issuance of $5,000.00 bonds, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 39 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000.00, or 126 any other sum, for conducting pumping tests at new well sites for the Town Water System, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds, or by any combina- tion of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners. ARTICLE 40 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $25,000.00, or any other sum, for the construction of a pumping station, including original pumping station equipment, and for laying water mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter, between the pumping station and existing water mains, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds; by borrowing, or by any combination of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners. ARTICLE 41 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4,500.00, or any other sum, for relaying water mains, of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter, in Main Street near the High School, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by borrowing, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners. ARTICLE 42 To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain, for purposes of public water supply, by the Board of Water Commis- sioners, a parcel of land containing approximately 15 acres, located at a place known as Grassy Swamp, situated southwesterly from Wash- ington Street, northeasterly from High Street, southerly from Ridge Hill Road and northerly of Hall Drive, more particularly shown on a plan entitled 1 'Sketch Plan Of Land Showing Well Location off Washing- ton Street, Norwell," dated November 4, 1965, revised January 13, 1966, and revised January 20, 1966, by Loring H. Jacobs, Registered Land Surveyor, a copy of which is on file in the Town Clerk's office, said plan being made a part hereof and incorporated herein by reference, and appropriating therefore the sum of $18,000.00, or any other sum, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners. ARTICLE 43 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $5,000.00, or any other sum, to be added to the Developing Well and Well Field 127 Account and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of the fore- going, or take any other action relative thereto. Requested by the Board of Water Commissioners. ARTICLE 44 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $18,000.00, or any other sum, for laying and relaying water mains of not less than six inches, but less than sixteen inches in diameter, in Lincoln Street, from the end of the existing water main near the crossing of the high tension power line, and the junction of Lincoln and Grove Streets, for a distance of about 3,000 feet, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of the foregoing, or take any other action rela- tive thereto. Requested by 82 registered voters in the Town of Norwell. ARTICLE 45 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $30,000.00, or any other sum, for the laying and re-laying of water mains of not less than six inches, but less than sixteen inches in diameter, in Circuit Street from the end of the existing main for a distance of approximately 5,000 feet, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxa- tion, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combi- nation of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto. Requested by 23 registered voters in the Town of Norwell. ARTICLE 46 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $8,400.00, or any other sum, for laying and relaying water mains of not less than six inches, but less than sixteen inches in diameter, in Cross Street from the junction of Cross and Winter Streets, in an easterly direction for a distance of approximately 1,200 feet, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto. Requested by 18 registered voters in the Town of Norwell. ARTICLE 47 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $21,500.00, or any other sum, for the laying and relaying of water mains of not less than six inches, but less than sixteen inches in diameter, in Pine Street from the junction of Pine and River Streets for a distance of approximately 3,500 feet, and to determine whether the same shall be raised by taxation, by transfer from available funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of the foregoing, or take any other action relative thereto. Requested by 44 registered voters in the Town of Norwell. 128 ARTICLE 48 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, the sum of $100,000.00, or any other sum, to be added to the Stabilization Fund, as provided by the General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B, or act on anything relative thereto. Requested by the Advisory Board. ARTICLE 49 To see if the Town will give instructions to its elected Town Officers. SALE OF FISH RIGHTS Subsequent Meeting for the Election of Officers SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1966 Polls Open 12:00 Noon to 8:00 P.M. And you are further directed to notify all legal voters to assemble at the Senior High School, Main Street, on Saturday, March 19, 1966, during the polling hours, then and there to act upon the following: "To bring to the Election Officers, their votes, all on one ballot for the following named officers to wit: One Selectman for three years; One Town Clerk for three years; one Assessor for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years; one member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years; one Highway Surveyor, one Moderator and one Tree Warden, all for terms of one year each; one member of the Planning Board for a term of five years; two members of the School Committee for three years; and one member of the Board of Trustees of the William J. Leonard Memorial Library for three years." You are hereby required to notify and warn said inhabitants of Norwell qualified to vote in town affairs, incase all the articles in the foregoing Warrant shall not be acted upon at meeting called for the fourteenth day of March, to meet in adjourned session at the Senior High School, Tuesday, the fifteenth day of March, 1966, Thursday, the seventeenth day of March, 1966, and Friday, the eighteenth day of March, 1966, at 7:30 P.M., in the afternoon then and there to act upon such of the foregoing articles as shall not have been acted upon on March 14, 1966, or act upon such other articles in said Warrant as the meeting may deem advisable. You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting a copy thereof, attested to by you in writing, at each of five public places in the Town, seven days at least before the time for holding the meeting called for in the Warrant. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said Town on or before the fourteenth day of March, 1966. Given under our hands at Norwell this seventh day of February in the year of our Lord 1966. CHESTER A. RIMMER, Chairman ERNEST J. MILANI RICHARD A. HOUSLEY BOARD OF SELECTMEN 129 RECORD OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 14, 1966 Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the qualified voters of the Town of Norwell met at the Senior High School on March 14, 1966. The meeting opened at 7:45 P„M. with the Moderator, David Lee Turner, in charge. 258 voters were then present. Tellers were appointed and sworn in by the Moderator: George Whitcher, Jr., James Macaulay, Francis Chase, Jr., Stanley Richards, and Leonard Marsden. Mr. Emmanuel S. Hedgebeth, minister of the Congregational Church, offered a prayer for the meeting. The service of the warrant by the Constable, Harland W. Farrar, was read by the Town Clerk. It was voted to omit the reading of the articles in the warrant until taken up for action. It was VOTED to admit resident non-voters and students, who were seated on the stage at the right of the Moderator. ARTICLE 1 VOTED to accept the report of the Officers, Boards, Departments, Committees and Commissions as printed in the 1965 Town Report. ARTICLE 2 VOTED that the Town raise and appropriate the sums of money as indicated in the recommended column of the Transcript of Articles in the Warrant and Budget for 1966 for the Town of Norwell and for the purpose as noted for all items in Article 2, excepting Items 28, 31, 42, 65, 64, 66, 111 and 154, and that the Town fix the salaries and compensa- tion of all elected officers of the Town as shown in the recommended column effective from January 1, 1966, as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws. Item 28. Motion made and seconded that the salary of the Town Clerk be voted at $3,000. Amendment made and seconded and VOTED that the Town Clerk's salary be $3,500. The main motion, as amended, was VOTED. Item 31. Motion made and seconded that the sum of $220.00 be voted under Town Clerk-Capital Outlay. This was amended to read $346.50. The amendment was VOTED and the main motion, as amended, was VOTED. Item 42. VOTED that the amount of $500.00 be raised and appropri- ated, for the Capital Budget Committee. Item 65. VOTED that the sum of $16,550.00 be raised and appropri- ated, Salaries, Emergency Communications Center. ' 130 Item 66. VOTED that the sum of $3,000.00 be raised and appropri- ated, Expenses, Emergency Communications Center. Item 111. VOTED that the sum of $910,535.65 be raised and appro- priated, General Education Expenses. This is the amount listed in the articles, less the County Dog Tax Refund in the amount of $1,464.35. Item 154. VOTED that the Town appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 for the Reserve Fund and that to meet the appropriation the sum of $1,981.26 be appropriated and transferred from the Overlay Surplus account and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $23,018.74. SPECIAL ITEM. ARTICLE 2. VOTED that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $12,500.00 for the payment of interest on the 1966 Old Oaken Bucket School Loan. ARTICLE 3 VOTED to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial years beginning January 1, 1966, and January 1, 1967, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, as amended, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for less than one year in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17, as amended. VOTED that Article 5 be taken up for action before Article 4. ARTICLE 5 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to amend the Town of Norwell By-Laws, Article XIV, entitled Building Code of Norwell, by adding in SECTION III, Paragraph 3, entitled "Applications for Permits," two new Sub- paragraphs, designated C and D, to read as follows: "C. All permits shall be void unless operations thereunder shall be commenced within six months after the date of the permit, or if operations thereunder are discontinued for a period of more than six months. All permits expire twelve months after the date of the permit, but may be renewed without any additional fee. D. No work shall be commenced until a permit has been granted.* ARTICLE 4 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to amend the Town of Norwell By-laws, Article XVII, Zoning By-laws, by deleting in SECTION X, Enforcement, Paragraphs numbers 2, 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d and by substituting therefor a new Paragraph number 2, to read as follows: "2. Whoever violates the provisions of this By-law shall be fined not less than $5.00, nor more than $50.00, for each offense." ARTICLE 6 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to amend the Town of Norwell Zoning By-laws, 131 Article XVII, by deleting Paragraph E of SECTION IV, and by substituting therefor a new Paragraph "E," to read as follows: "E. A private club, if managed and controlled by the membership, not including one whose chief activity is a service customarily carried on as a business, but the foregoing shall not prohibit the customary functions of bona fide Country Clubs, Sportsman Clubs, Amateur Dramatic Clubs, Social or Educational Clubs, and the like." The Chairman of the Planning Board, Charles W, Bayley, Jr., gave an oral report to the Town Meeting. He said a Public Hearing on the changes in the By-laws had been advertised and held on February 18, 1966, at which no opposition was expressed, and no suggestions made for revi- sions. This report covered Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7. ARTICLE 7 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to amend the Town of Norwell Zoning By- laws, Article XVII, by deleting Paragraph C of SECTION IV, and by substituting therefor a new Paragraph C, to read as follows: "C. Institutional, educational, recreational, philanthropic, or reli- gious building or use, providing such building or use is not a business undertaking, but not including one, the chief activity of which is a service, (1) to delinquent, criminal, mentally de- ficient or mentally deranged persons; or (2) customarily carried on as a business." ARTICLE 8 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate and transfer the sum of $50,000.00 from Free Cash to the 1966 Revenue Account and authorize the Assessors to use this sum to decrease the 1966 tax rate. ARTICLE 9 VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to employ the services of municipal planners, architects and engineers, to develop preliminary plans, specifications, costs and illustrations of a fire station, town hall addition and police station, or any combination of the same, under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, subject to the requirements and approval of all boards and officials involved, and with the stipulations that such service will be completed before August 1, 1966, adequate for the development of final plans and that any fees paid shall be applied to the normal professional service costs on any portion voted by the Town for final design, construction and supervision under the direction of the Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee. ARTICLE 10 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to raise and appropriate the sum of $15,125.00 in anticipation of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for Chapter 81 work on the highways. 132 ARTICLE 11 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to raise and appropriate the sum of $19,500.00 in anticipation of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Plymouth, for Chapter 90 work on the highways. ARTICLE 12 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to transfer the sum of $7,660.08, in anticipa- tion of repayment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for Chapter 679, Acts of 1965, Work on the Highways. ARTICLE 13 VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $32,000.00 for a Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund, to provide for the depreciation, replace- ment and purchase of motor vehicles and equipment, and establish a control list of all vehicles, recording the date of purchase, mileage, type, maker, repairs and any other pertinent data essential to replacement determination by a vote of the Town. ARTICLE 14 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate the sum of $7,000.00 for the purchase of a new heavy duty dump truck for the Highway Department and that to meet the appropriation the sum of $2,925.19 be appropriated and transferred from the Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund and the sum of $4,074.81 be appropriated and transferred from the Road Machinery Fund. ARTICLE 15 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate and transfer the sum of $2,500.00 from the Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund for the purchase of a new V-Body Sander of approximately six yards capacity for the Highway Department ARTICLE 16 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate and transfer the sum of $1,200.00 from the Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund for the purchase of a new Snow Plow for the Highway Department. ARTICLE 17 VOTED to appropriate and transfer the sum of $13,000.00 from the Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund for the purchase of a new loader- tractor-backhoe (to be one integrated unit) for the Highway Department ARTICLE 18 Motion made and seconded that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 to be added to the Highway Town Account, and authorize the use of said sum by the Highway Surveyor for the resurfacing of sections of Grove, School, Prospect, Summer and South Streets and for ' 133 the opening, closing and patching of such advance "across the street* water service trenches in any street prior to resurfacing, as are ap- proved by the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board, subject to an agreement by the water commissioners, to install the service piping and connections in the trenches while open and to record the location of the installed services on a street layout. Motion made and seconded to amend by adding the word "accepted" before "street prior to resurfacing." The main motion, as amended, was VOTED, as follows: "VOTED: to raise and appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 to be added to the Highway Town Account, and authorize the use of said sum by the Highway Surveyor for the resurfacing of sections of Grove, School, Prospect, Summer and South Streets, and for the opening, closing and patching of such advance "across the street" water service trenches in any accepted street prior to resurfacing as are approved by the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board, subject to an agreement by the Water Commissioners, to install the service piping and connections in the trenches while open and to record the location of the installed services on a street layout." ARTICLE 19 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate and transfer the sum of $1,788.00 from the Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund for the purchase of a 1966 Pick-up truck to replace the present 1955 pick-up truck, for use in the Tree and Public Grounds Department. ARTICLE 20 VOTED that action under Article 20 be indefinitely postponed. ARTICLE 21 VOTED that the Town approve the refund of paid taxes to such resi- dents of Old Meeting House Lane as were declared by the court to be illegally assessed for betterments, with such refunds to be made if the required enabling legislation is passed by the current session of the legislature. ARTICLE 22 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate the sum of $8,500.00 to construct a sidewalk on the westerly side of High Street, from Washing- ton St. to the Grace Farrar Cole Elementary School, a distance of approximately 1,800 feet and to construct a sidewalk on the southerly side of Oak Street, from Washington Street to High Street, a distance of approximately 900 feet, and that to meet the appropriation the sum of $2,779.17 be appropriated and transferred from the Highways- Grove St. Sidewalk Fund and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $5,720.83. ARTICLE 23 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town appropriate and transfer from 134 the Stabilization Fund the sum of $100,000.00 to be used for the construc- tion and equipping of a new Elementary School on Old Oaken Bucket Road, and appropriate and transfer the attending State Matching Grant for use on this project. ARTICLE 24 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town appropriate the sum of $80,000.00 to obtain final plans and specifications for an addition to the Senior High School, including the development of such athletic areas as are required by the expanding student body, and to develop and construct adequate sewage facilities for the enlargement of the school capacity to nine hundred and that to meet the appropriation the sum of $3,295.58 be appropriated and transferred from the G„ F„ Cole School addition final plans and specifications account, the sum of $7,929.12 be appropriated and transferred from the G. F„ Cole School Addition, Construction and Equipment Account, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $68,775.30. ARTICLE 25 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town appropriate and transfer from the Massachusetts Free Public Library Fund, the sum of $1,301.75 as follows: $650.88 to the W. J0 Leonard Memorial Library Account and $650.87 to the James Library Account. ARTICLE 26 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for the purpose of maintaining during the ensuing year the Mosquito Control Works, as estimated and certified to by the State Reclamation Board, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931. ARTICLE 27 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,375.00 to re-shingle the side-walls of Co. #2 Ridge Hill Fire Station. ARTICLE 28 VOTED that the Town appropriate and transfer the sum of $1,800.00 from the Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund for the Highway Department, for a communication unit at the garage and two two-way radios for motor vehicles. ARTICLE 29 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town accept apartof Till Rock Lane, as laid out by the Selectmen, in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall and now on file in the Town Clerk's office, without appropriation. ARTICLE 30 Motion made that the Town accept an alteration of the layout of a por- 135 tion of Winter Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, in accordance with the description and plan presented at a hearing in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall and now on file in the Town Clerk's office, which involves ac- quisition of land in order to straighten Winter Street in the vicinity of Burns Lane, by acquiring by purchase or taking by eminent domain, four contiguous parcels on the opposite side from Burns Lane, belonging now or formerly to Joseph W. and Jean M, Rosano (approximately 1/2 acre), Joseph R0 Dillon and Joanne L, Greene (approximately 1/2 acre), Webster Cranberry Co., Inc. (approximately four and three-tenths acres), and William A. and Ella Eva Stillman (approximately four and three-tenths acres), making a total of nine and six-tenths acres, more or less, and for the purpose to raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000.00. This motion was withdrawn and it was VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to indefinitely postpone action on Article 30. ARTICLE 31 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town authorize and direct the Board of Public Welfare to pay from available funds the sum of $407.40 for unpaid hospital bills rendered under Chapter 117, Section 24A, of the General Laws, prior to January 1, 1965. ARTICLE 32 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town appropriate and transfer the 1965 County Dog Tax Refund in the amount of $1,464.35 to the School Department General Education Expense Account. ARTICLE 33 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town appropriate and transfer from the Washington Street Cemetery Permanent Fund the sum of $4,500, for repair and maintenance of cemetery roadway and additional water service. ARTICLE 34 VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 to fence the property owned by the Town of Norwell on Prouty Avenue, formerly known as the MacCollem lots. ARTICLE 35 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to accept General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 6B, to enable the Town to provide an allowance for uniforms for the Police Department, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $525.00 to be expended under the supervision of the Chief of Police for this purpose. ARTICLE 36 Moved, seconded, but DEFEATED that "WHEREAS, there exists in the Town of Norwell a shortage of safe, sanitary and adequate dwellings available for elderly persons of low income at rentals which they can afford; 136 WHEREAS, it is hereby determined that a Housing Authority is needed for the provision of housing for elderly persons of low income; NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby voted that the Norwell Housing Authority shall be organized and established under and in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 121, Section 26K, as amended." ARTICLE 37 VOTED that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to be used by the Water Commissioners for the employment of Water Department Cost Analysts to determine self-supporting water rates providing revenue from users only to meet all department costs including principal, interest, service equipment and depreciation and to establish a continuous rate-making procedure as outlined in Chapter 41, Section 69B. ARTICLE 38 VOTED that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for use by the Water Commissioners to employ established water de- partment professional engineers organizations, experienced and qualified to participate in Federal programs for Public Works planning, to develop a water service expansion plan including mains, storage, well and pumping facilities, in units of $75,000.00 total cost, based upon 15 years borrowing and the issuance of $5,000.00 bonds. ARTICLE 39 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000,00 for conducting pumping tests at new well sites for the town water system. ARTICLE 40 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 to be expended under the direction of the Water Commission- ers, for the construction of a pumping station, including original pumping station equipment, at a place known as Grassy Swamp, and for laying water mains of not less than six inches, but less than sixteen inches in diameter, between the pumping station and existing water mains, and that to raise this amount the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen is authorized to borrow $25,000.00 under General Laws, Chapter 44, as amended. ARTICLE 41 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 for relay- ing water mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter in Main Street near the High School and that to raise this amount the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen is authorized to borrow $4,500.00 under General Laws. Chapter 44, as amended. 137 ARTICLE 42 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to authorize and direct the Water Commis- sioners to take by eminent domain, for purposes of public water supply, a parcel of land containing approximately 14.08 acres, located at a place known as Grassy Swamp, situated southwesterly from Washington Street, northeasterly from High Street, southerly from Ridge Hill Road and northerly of Hall Drive, more particularly shown on a plan entitled "Plan of land in Norwell for development of water supply Town of Nor- well," dated February 11, 1966 by Loring H„ Jacobs, Registered Land Surveyor, a copy of which is on file in the Town Clerk's office, and appropriate to meet the cost of such acquisition and the expenses in connection therewith the sum of $12,000.00 and that to raise this amount the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen is authorized to borrow $12,000.00 under General Laws, Chapter 44, as amended. ARTICLE 43 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to be added to the Developing Well and Well Field Account and that to meet the appropriation the sum of $15.09 be appropriated and transferred from the 1962 Norwell Avenue Mains account, the sum of $124.07 be appropriated and transferred from the 1962 Old Oaken Bucket mains account and that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,860.84. ARTICLE 44 Motion made and seconded that the Town appropriate the sum of $18,000.00 for laying and relaying water mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter, in Lincoln Street, from the end of the existing water mains near the crossing of the high tension power line to the junction of Lincoln and Grove Streets, a distance of about 3,000 feet, and that to raise this amount the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen is authorized to borrow $18,000.00 under General Laws, Chapter 44, as amended. Motion made, seconded and VOTED to indefinitely postpone action on Article 44. ARTICLE 45 VOTED to indefinitely postpone action on Article 45. ARTICLE 46 VOTED to indefinitely postpone action on Article 46. ARTICLE 47 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to indefinitely postpone action on Article 47. ARTICLE 48 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to raise and appropriate the sum of $35,000.00 to be added to the Stabilization Fund, as provided by General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B. 138 ARTICLE 49 Motion made, seconded but FAILED TO CARRY under Article 49 that it is the desire of this meeting that the Water Commissioners be in- structed that the engineering study be completed by August 1, 1966, and furthermore that the payment of monies voted under Article 40 of 1965 town meeting be postponed until completion of the study authorized under Article 38 of this meeting and a report be made by the Water Commis- sioners to the townspeople at the first special Town Meeting after August 1st, 1966. Fish Right #1 was sold to Mrs. James Warren of High Street for $4.00 and Fish Right #2 was sold to Charles Bayley, Jr., of Main Street for $2.00. The business of the warrant having been completed, the meeting was VOTED to be adjourned, until the Town Election March 19, 1966 at the Senior High School. A True Copy ATTEST: Nellie G. Tarr Town Clerk 1966 APPROPRIATIONS Voted at the Annual Town Meeting, March 14, 1966 ARTICLE 2. Item 1. Moderator, Salary $ 80.00 2. Selectmen, Salaries Chairman, Additional Salary 100.00 3. Members (3) 2,100.00 4. Expenses 2,730.00 5. Capital Outlay 209.25 6. Town Office Manager and Accountant, Salary 9,000.00 7. Town Hall Clerks 9,817.60 Town Meetings and Elections 8. Salaries 1,500.00 9. Expenses 450.00 Town Treasurer 10. Salary 2,200.00 11. Clerical Assistance 1,346.80 12. Expenses 1,531.00 13. Tax Title Account 2,200.00 14. Bonding Cost 500.00 15. Capital Outlay 270.00 139 Town Collector 16. Salary 5,200.00 17. Deputy Collector's Salary 18. Clerical Assistance 1,800.00 19. Expenses 1,400.00 20. Capital Outlay Assessors 21. Salaries Chairman, Additional Salary 100.00 22. Members (3) 2,700.00 23. Clerical Assistance 7,327.00 24. Expenses 1,900.00 25. Capital Outlay 300.00 Town Counsel 26. Retainer Fee 750.00 27. Extra Legal Expenses 4,000.00 Town Clerk 28. Salary 3,500.00 29. Clerical Assistance 1,200.00 30. Expenses 1,300.00 31. Capital Outlay 346.50 32. Out-of-State Travel Registration and Listing 33. Registrars' Salaries (3) 150.00 34. Clerical Assistance 300.00 35. Expenses 1,389.00 Board of Appeals 36. Expenses 125.00 Planning Board 37. Expenses 600.00 Development and Industrial Commission 38. Expenses 100.00 Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee 39. Expenses 250.00 Conservation Commission 40. Expenses 100.00 Council on Aging 41. Expenses 500.00 Town Hall and Annex 43. Custodian's Salary 4,200.00 44. Expenses 4,450.00 45. Capital Outlay 180.00 Police Department 46. Chief's Salary 7,500.00 140 47. Sergeant's Salary 6,300.00 48. Regular Police Salaries 49. Payroll 50. Regular Police Officers' Salaries and Payrolls 36,381.12 51. Expenses 1,727.00 52. Cruiser Expenses 4,600.00 53. Capital Outlay 2,700.00 54. Out-of-State Travel 250.00 55. Dog Officer, Salary and Expenses 500.00 Fire Department 56. Chief Engineer's Salary 2,500.00 57. Payroll 12,000.00 58. Stewards 900.00 59. Expenses 6,955.00 60. General Equipment 2,077.75 61. Capital Outlay 1,050.00 Civil Defense 62. Expenses 500.00 63. Ambulance Expenses 1,000.00 Emergency Communications Center 64. Salaries and Expenses 65. Salaries 16,550.00 66. Expenses 3,000.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures 67. Salary and Expenses 233.00 Tree Warden - Supt. of Public Grounds and Moth Department 68. Salary 6,400.00 69. Capital Outlay 150.00 70. Dutch Elm Disease 1,500.00 71. Operation & Maintenance of Equipment 2,000.00 72. Pest Control 1,800.00 73. Tree Maintenance 3,700.00 74. Roadside Brush Control 75. Maintenance of Public Grounds 7,600.00 Building Inspector 76. Remuneration and Expenses 2,000.00 Gas Inspector 77. Remuneration and Expenses 300.00 Wire Inspector 78. Remuneration and Expenses 2,000.00 Board of Health 79. Salaries: Chairman 150.00 80. Members (2) 200.00 81. Agent's Salary 2,100.00 141 82. Aid and Expenses 3,256.00 Inspector of Animals 83. Salary and Expenses 200.00 School Nurse 84. Salary 4,100.00 85. Additional Nursing Help 300.00 86. Transportation 600.00 87. School Dentist, Salary 1,200.00 88. School Dental Hygienist, Salary 1,160.00 89. School Physician, Salary 1,200.00 90. Town Dump, Expenses 3,625.00 91. Mosquito Control, Expenses 4,000.00 Highways 92. Highway Surveyor's Salary 6,968.00 93. Capital Outlay 570.00 94. Town Account 6,195.68 95. Chapter 81 6,875.00 96. Chapter 90 6,500.00 97. Signs and Road Markings 2,500.00 98. Snow Removal and Sanding 32,000.00 99. Road Machinery - Maintenance and Operation 9,000.00 100. Water Services 7,500.00 101. Street Lights 8,208.00 Board of Public Welfare 102. Chairman 250.00 103. Members (2) 300.00 104. Aid - All Categories 25,000.00 105. Administration & Expenses 3,000.00 Veterans Benefits 106. Agent's Salary 200.00 107. Service Officer's Salary 300.00 108. Agent's Expenses 300.00 109. Aid and Expenses 5,575.00 Education 110. School Comm. Salaries Members (5) 111. General Education Expenses 910,535.65 112. Out-of-State Travel 750.00 113. Vocational Training 1,420.00 114. Adult Practical Art Classes 800.00 115. South Shore Regional Vocational School 19,618.00 Athletic Field Committee 116. Expenses 500.00 Libraries 117; W. J. Leonard Memorial Library Salaries and Expenses 3,125.00 142 118. James Library 3,500.00 Public Service Enterprises 119. Water Commissioners' Salaries (3) 2,100.00 120. Clerical Assistance 2,000.00 121. Capital Outlay 122. Services 6,400.00 123. Expenses 23,000.00 Cemeteries 124. Veterans' Graves 450.00 125. Washington St. Cemetery - Expenses 1,655.00 Interest and Maturing Debt 126. Anticipation of Revenue Loans 2,560.00 127. 1949 Elementary School 1,350.00 128. 1953 High School Addition 2,062.50 129. 1956 G. F. Cole School 5,040.00 130. 1960 Senior High School 21,275.00 131. 1964 G. F. Cole School Addition 2,660.00 132. 1947 Water Loan 1,293.75 133. 1955 Water Loan 1,650.00 134. 1960 Water Loan 135. 1964 Water Loan 687.50 136. 1965 Water Loan 7,704.00 137. 1965 Town Garage 1,260.00 138. 1949 Elementary School 15,000.00 139. 1953 High School Addition 15,000.00 140. 1956 G. F. Cole School 20,000.00 141. 1960 Senior High School 45,000.00 142. 1964 G. F. Cole School Addition 30,000.00 143. 1947 Water Loan 5,000.00 144. 1955 Water Loan 15,000.00 145. 1960 Water Loan 146. 1964 Water Loan 10,000.00 147. 1965 Water Loan 19,000.00 148. 1965 Town Garage 5,000.00 149. Aid to Agriculture 100.00 150. Plymouth County Retirement Fund 15,189.00 151. Group Insurance 14,720.00 152. Town Schedule Insurance 22,009.10 153. Pensions and Annuities 720.00 154. Reserve Fund 23,018.74 155. Town Reports and Budgets 4,000.00 156. Memorial Day 411.65 157. Recreation Commission Salaries and Expenses 4,271.55 158. Capital Outlay Special Item Payment of Interest on the Old Oaken Bucket School Loan 12,500.00 ARTICLE 9. Preliminary plans, etc., fire station, police station, town hall addition 5,000.00 143 ARTICLE 10. Chapter 81 work on highways 15,125.00 ARTICLE 11. Chapter 90 work on highways 19,500.00 ARTICLE 13. Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund 32,000.00 ARTICLE 18. Highway Town Account for resurfacing streets 15,000.00 ARTICLE 22. Sidewalk Construction 5,720.83 ARTICLE 24. Final Plans and Specs, for addition to Senior High School 68,775.30 ARTICLE 26. Mosquito Control Works 150.00 ARTICLE 27. Re-shingle side-walls of Co. #2 Ridge Hill Fire Station 1,375.00 ARTICLE 34. Fence Town property on Prouty Ave. 300.00 ARTICLE 35. Police Department - uniform allowance 525.00 ARTICLE 37. Water Dept. Cost Analysts 1,000.00 ARTICLE 38. Develop Water Service Expansion plan 2,500.00 ARTICLE 39. For conducting pumping tests 3,000.00 ARTICLE 43. Developing Well and Well Field Account 4,860.84 ARTICLE 48. To Stabilization Fund 35,000.00 TOTAL $1,864,877.11 AUTHORIZED BORROWING ARTICLE 3. VOTED to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial years beginning January 1, 1966 and January 1, 1967, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, as amended, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for less than one year in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17, as amended. ARTICLE 40. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 to be expended under the direction of the Water Commissioners, for the construction of a pumping station, including original pumping station equipment, at a place known as Grassy Swamp, and for laying water mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in 144 diameter, between the pumping station and existing water mains, and that to raise this amount the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen is authorized to borrow $25,000.00 under General Laws, Chapter 44, as amended. ARTICLE 41. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 for relaying water mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter in Main Street near the High School and that to raise this amount the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen is author- ized to borrow $4,500.00 under General Laws, Chapter 44, as amended. ARTICLE 42. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the Town authorize and di- rect the Water Commissioners to take by eminent domain, for purposes of public water supply, a parcel of land con- taining approximately 14.08 acres, located at a place known as Grassy Swamp, situated southwesterly from Washington Street, northeasterly from High Street, southerly from Ridge Hill Road and northerly of Hall Drive, more par- ticularly shown on apian entitled "Plan of Land in Norwell for development of water supply, Town of Norwell, " dated February 11, 1966, by Loring H. Jacobs, Registered Land Surveyor, a copy of which is on file in the Town Clerk's office, and appropriate to meet the cost of such acquisition and the expenses in connection therewith the sum of $12,000.00, and that to raise this amount the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen is authorized to borrow $12,000.00 under General Laws, Chapter 44, as amended. TOTAL $41,500.00 TRANSFERS Voted at Annual Town Meeting, March 14, 1966 ARTICLE 2, From Capital Budget Committee Account for Item 42. General Expenses of Capital Budget Comm. $ 500.00 ARTICLE 2, From Overlay Surplus account to Reserve Item 154. Fund 1,981.26 ARTICLE 8. From Free Cash to 1966 Reserve account 50,000.00 ARTICLE 12. From Mass. Highway Funds, Chapter 679, Acts of 1965 - work on highways 7,660.08 ARTICLE 14. From Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund 2,925.19 From Road Machinery account 4,074.81 (for heavy duty dump truck, Highway Dept.) ARTICLE 15. From Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund 2,500.00 (V-Body Sander for Highway Dept.) ARTICLE 16. From Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund 1,200.00 (Snow Plow for Highway Dept.) 5 145 ARTICLE 17. From Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund 13,000.00 (Loader- Tractor- Backhoe for Highway Dept.) ARTICLE 19. From Motor Vehicle and Equipment Fund 1,788.00 (1966 Pick-up Truck, Tree Dept.) ARTICLE 22. From Highways -Grove St. Sidewalk Fund 2,779.17 (Sidewalk High Street) ARTICLE 23. From Stabilization Fund 100,000.00 (Elementary School, Old Oaken Bucket Road, and Attending State Matching Grant) ARTICLE 24. From Grace Farrar Cole School Addition Final Plans and Specifications Account 3,295.58 (For final plans and specifications Senior High School Addition) From G. F. Cole School Addition Construction and Equipment account 7,929.12 (For final plans and specifications Senior High School Addition) ARTICLE 25. From Mass. Free Public Library Fund 1,301*. 7 (Leonard Library $650.88 James Library 650.87) ARTICLE 28. From Motor Vehicle & Equipment Fund 1,800.00 (Communication unit at garage and 2-way radios for motor vehicles) ARTICLE 32. 1965 County Dog Tax Refund 1,464.35 (to School Dept. Gen. Education Expense Acct.) ARTICLE 33. From Washington St. Cemetery Permanent Fund 4,500.00 (for repair and maintenance of cemetery roadway and additional water service) ARTICLE 43. From 1962 Norwell Avenue mains account to Developing Well & Well Field Account 15.09 From 1962 Old Oaken Bucket Road Mains Acct. to Developing Well & Well Field Account 124.07 TOTAL $208,838.47 I hereby certify the amounts herein contained were voted to be raised and appropriated, or appropriated and transferred, for the year 1966 at the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Norwell, held March 14, 1966; and authorized borrowing or bonding voted as above specified. A True Copy Attest: NELLIE G. TARR Town Clerk of Norwell 146 TOWN ELECTIONS March 19, 1966 Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the qualified voters of the Town of Norwell met on Saturday, March 19, 1966 at the Senior High School and cast their votes for the elected town officials. Prior to the opening of the polls at 12 Noon, the ballet box was opened and examined, and found empty, and the register set at 0000. The Town Clerk swore in the following appointed election officers to the faithful and impartial performance of their dutues: Wilder A, Gaudette, Warden; Mary McBrine, Clerk; John Piotti, Ballot Box Officer; Margaret E. C„ Reeser, Julia Rosebach, Eleanor J. Benner, Eleanor F. Mitchell, Mary Jane Clark, John Reagan, Helen T. Gregory, Carmella Molla and Frances S. Molla, as Inspectors. The polls were declared closed at 8:00 P.M. and the following tally made of ballots and voting sheets, in open meeting: Ballots received 3486 Ballots unused 2232 Ballots used 1254 Absentee Ballots cast 7 TOTAL BALLOTS CAST 1261 Voting Sheets - names checked as voting 1261 Ballot box register 1261 The Town Clerk swore in the following tellers: Claire Foulsham, Margaret Peterson, Barbara Meacham, Betty Long, Barbara Farren, Ruth C. Hersey, Emma S„ Oronte, Lillian Brokaw, Eleanor L. MacLeod, Jeanne St. Aubin, Margery Barry, June Lepisto, Marian Robinson, Ann J. Valair, Margery A. Abbott, Ruth Sinowski, Eleanor Booth, Phyllis Yanarella, Charles W, Bayley, Jr., Agnes M. Albert, Jean Lantz and Ralph Coleman. Upon being canvassed in open meeting, the voters were found to be cast as follows: BOARD OF SELECTMEN for 3 years Chester A. Rimmer 1073 Blanks 188 TOWN CLERK for 3 years Nellie G. Tarr 1170 Blanks 91 MODERATOR for 1 year David Lee Turner 1126 Blanks 134 Write-in 1 147 BOARD OF ASSESSORS for 3 years Francis S. Logue 664 Richard E„ Splaine 372 Malcolm B. Sykes 164 Blanks 61 BOARD OF HEALTH for 3 years Charles C. Ford 1128 Blanks 133 BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS for 3 years Augustin J. Thibodeau 1062 Blanks 199 TRUSTEE, WILLIAM J. LEONARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY for 3 years John D. Lindsay 1045 Blanks 216 SCHOOL COMMITTEE for 3 years John C. Bond 881 Ann D. Burrows 673 Thomas H. Clark 301 Carol E. Mesheau 445 Blanks 222 HIGHWAY SURVEYOR for 1 year E. Arnold Joseph 1155 Blanks 106 TREE WARDEN for 1 year Wesley E. Osborne, Jr. 1048 Jon C* Haskins 186 Blanks 27 PLANNING BOARD for 5 years Richard K. McMullan 1104 Blanks 157 BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE for 3 years David M. Arnold 438 Donald C. Kennedy 712 Write-in 1 Blanks 110 NELLIE G. TARR, Town Clerk of Norwell 125 1H I L 148 APPOINTMENTS RECORDED TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE Term Expires David L 0 Turner Town Counsel 3/31/66 Robert F. Dwyer Member, Capital Budget Comm. 3/31/67 Sanborn Vincent Associate Member, Zoning Board of Appeals 4/30/68 Richard Cugnasca Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering 1967 Elizabeth J. Power Temporary Town Treasurer 3/18/67 George F. Cavanagh Constable 3/31/67 Harland W„ Farrar Constable 3/31/67 The following: Auxiliary Police Officers 4/30/67 W. Clarke Atwater Lawrence S. Hebb, Jr. Clifford F 0 Torrey Ralph C. Bassett Philip Joseph Gordon A. Lambert Stanley D. Lawrence, Jr. John A0 Mas son David H. Nichols Edward W0 Quigley William C. Smith Paul R0 Sorensen, Jr. James E # Power Frank N. Knudsen Norma J. Wadsworth and Helen B. Johnson Police Matrons 3/31/67 The following: Special Police Officers 3/31/67 Lloyd B. Henderson Chester A* Bell W. Clarke Atwater David Lee Turner Town Counsel 3/31/67 Harry L e Chase, Jr. Town Office Manager 3/31/69 Harry L. Chase, Jr. Town Accountant 3/31/69 John D. Dickman Sealer of Weights & Measures 3/31/67 Wendall H. Prouty Public Weigher 4/30/67 William D. Jacobs Aid to Agriculture, Agent 3/31/67 Ruth M. Murray Board of Registrars 3/31/69 Charles E. White Building Inspector 3/31/67 William T. Stohn Alternate Building Inspector 3/31/67 Robert Zildjian Member, Capital Budget Comm. 3/31/67 Katherine W. Cranton Member, Conservation Comm. 3/31/69 Mildred T a Hastings Member, Conservation Comm. 3/31/69 Ann Burrows Member 1965 Elementary School Site Committee Indefinite Robert Gc MacWilliams Member, Council on Aging 3/31/69 Warner M. Abbott Member, Council on Aging 3/31/69 Robert L. Molla Dog Officer 3/31/67 Paul C. Rasmussen Fence Viewer 3/31/67 J. Bernard Scott Fence Viewer 3/31/67 Richard E. Cugnasca, D.V.M, Inspector of Animals 3/31/67 George A. Beach Inspector of Gas 3/31/67 Warren P. Merritt Alternate Inspector of Gas 3/31/67 Raymond A. Hansen Inspector of Wires 3/31/67 Jacob Lee Turner Alternate Inspector of Wires 3/31/67 Wesley H. Osborne, Jr. Moth Superintendent 3/31/67 Earle M. Newton Member, Board of Appeals 4/30/69 149 Term Expires Charles C. Ford Member, Building Code - Board of Appeals 3/31/69 Warren P. Merritt Forest Fire Warden 3/31/67 Loring L 0 Wadsworth Deputy Forest Fire Warden 3/31/67 The following: Members, Board of Fire Engineers 4/30/67 Warren P. Merritt John J. Winske, Jr. Loring L. Wadsworth James T„ King Donald H. Newton Orville E. Devine James P„ Hall Member, Advisory Board 3/31/69 Albert B. Loring Member, Advisory Board 3/31/69 James H. Halford, Jr. Member, Advisory Board 3/31/69 Paul C a Rasmussen Member, Town Forest Comm. 3/31/67 D„ Frank Mederos Member, Town Forest Comm. 3/31/67 Leonard W. Rowe, Jr. Veterans' Agent, Burial Agent and Director of Veterans' Services 4/30/67 Wesley H 0 Osborne, Jr. Veterans' Graves Officer 4/30/67 William D. Jacobs Member, Washington St. Cemetery Committee 3/31/67 Mario G. Cayon Member, Development and Industrial Commission 3/31/71 John C. Slupski Member, Town Forest Comm. 3/31/67 Robert W. Eich Member, Permanent Drainage Committee Indefinite Joseph P. Paradise Member, Conservation Comm. 3/31/67 Barbara A* Marshall Elected by Bd. of Selectmen and Bd. of Public Welfare 3/18/67 Member, Bd. of Public Welfare John H. Halford, Jr. Member, Capital Budget Comm. (appointed by the Advisory Board) 3/31/67 Patricia J. Pollock Assistant Town Treasurer 5/11/67 (appointed by Town Treasurer) Helen M. Marsden Deputy Collector of Taxes (appointed by Elizabeth J. Power, with the written approval of the Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation 12/31/66 Richard Aa Leahy Member, Advisory Board 3/31/68 Richard A« Gaudette Member, Development and Industrial Commission 11/23/67 Donald E„ Schwinn Member Permanent Drainage Committee Indefinite Gladys L a Wilder Member, Council on Aging 3/31/67 ELECTION OFFICERS Wilder A0 Gaudette To serve as Warden 8/15/67 Richard T. Messinger To serve as Deputy Warden 8/15/67 Mary E. McBrine To serve as Clerk 8/15/67 Edward F. Walsh To serve as Deputy Clerk 8/15/67 John J. Piotti To serve as Ballot Box Officer 8/15/67 150 Term Expires Inspectors 8/15/67 Eleanor J. Benner, Mary Jane Clark, Helen T„ Gregory, Margaret E. C. Reeser, Carol E. Mesheau, Carmella Molla, Frances S. Molla, Julia F. Rosebach, Eleanor F n Mitchell, Rosemary A. Keaveney Deputy Inspectors Dorothy L c Dempsey, Richard G„ Puffer, Beatrice ,C. Bailey, Jessie R. Bailey, Ruth C. Hersey, Eleanor L. MacLeod, Arlene C. DiStasio, Helen C. Zona, Barbara J 0 Benzaquin, Marilyn T 0 Wasic. To serve as Tellers 8/15/67 D 0 Catherine Edmonds, Marian H 0 Robinson, Betty L. Long, Margery Abbott, A. Bradford Ashton, Charles Wa Bayley, Jr., John D. Lindsay, Dale Barnecott, Jean M. Lantz, Eleanor H a Booth, Maxine D. Lawrence, Fay L. Baldwin, Matilda A. Baldwin, Helen M n Marsden, Matilda L. Slocum, Phyllis Sa Lindsay, Doris P„ Irish, Nancy C 0 Joseph, Jeanne R. St. Aubin, Lillian Brokaw, Agnes M. Albert, Ann J. Valair, Claire E. Foulsham, Margaret M. Peterson, Ruth C. Sinowski, Margaret C. DeFabio, Mary J. Penezick, Emma S. Oronte, Ruthann Ryan, Albin W. Marcinkus, Jeannette Marcinkus, John A0 Reagan, Sr., John J, Tumulty, Olive M. Tumulty, Mae E. Brown, June M. Lepisto, Vivian J c Walsh, Barbara A, Farren, Alice L # Feneck, Eleanor G. Wright, Jean R. Lloyd, Whitman G. Goodwin, Ralph H. Coleman, Barbara Meacham, Phyllis L. Yanarella, Margery A. Barry, Yolanda Ryan, Shirley Mc Carlson. To serve as substitute tellers 8/15/67 Paul G. Jevne, Wayland S. Bailey, Patricia J. Pollock, Lorraine D. Duty, Norma Sletner, Barbara J„ Schow, June Robbins, Beulah L„ Bradeen, Sylvia D. King, Helen C. Fredrickson, Marilyn K. Fitzgerald, Wendall P. Hight, Ann M. Glynn, Jean L« Perry, Florence E. Hudspeth, Shirley L. White, Alice B. Coakley, Mary C„ Duarte, Marion D. Dempsey and Monica Cavanagh. 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Ward and Patricia Moran. 13 Kimberly Anne Barton, born in Quincy; daughter of Nor- man Wade Barton and Pamela Ann Paylor. 17 James Joseph Walker, born in Boston; son of William J. Walker and Claire L. Pettee. 19 Merry Bell Clark, born in Boston; daughter of John Clark and Merrill A. Hahn. 23 Jill Marie Knowles, born in Quincy; daughter of Ralph Everett Knowles and Marilyn I. Palmer. 28 Patricia Louise Morrill, born in Boston; daughter of Martin E. Morrill, Jr. and Mary J. Rogers. 28 Kim Ann Bandarra, born in Quincy; daughter of Gilbert Bandarra and Jovita Correia. 29 Kathleen Mary Doherty, born in Boston; daughter of Henry J. Doherty and Helen M. O'Rourke. 31 Tracy Lynn Tocci, born in Boston; daughter of Vincent A. Tocci and Catherine L. Delaney. November 4 Christopher Charles Nichols, born in Boston; son of Charles R. Nichols and Patricia S. Bowman. 6 Denise Marie Dionne, born in Brookline; daughter of Arthur Francis Dionne and Lorraine Szpakowski. 156 7 William Joseph Knowles, Jr., born in Boston; son of William J. Knowles and Joanne M. Sullivan. 12 Mark Gerard Gibson, born in Weymouth; son of Gerard R. Gibson and Margaret E. Gorham. 17 Kenneth James Ney, born in Quincy; son of Jack Joseph Ney and Carol Ann Sanborn. 21 William Karl Bandlow, born in Weymouth; son of Joseph L. Bandlow and Catherine A. Slowe. 27 Michael Phillip Lawrence, born in Quincy; son of Charles Phillip Lawrence and Joanne Elizabeth Cageorge. December 2 Jeanne Marshall Haskins, born in Weymouth; daughter of Jon C. Haskins and Polly E. Bezanson. 3 Cynthia Ann Larson, born in Boston; daughter of Russell Leonard Larson and Eleanor Marie Fitzpatrick. 7 Dawn Ann Mac Donald, born in Weymouth; daughter of Keith A. MacDonald and Karen A. Lee. 9 Richard James Smith, Jr., born in Weymouth; son of Richard J. Smith and Grace E. 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Licenses must be renewed every year. 5. Licenses for males cost $2.00; for females, $5.00; for spayed females, $2.00. 6. Applications must be filed before kennel licenses can be issued. 7. On June 1st, the Town Clerk turns over to the Board of Selectmen a list of owners of unlicensed dogs. 8. On June 10th, the Selectmen issue a warrant to the Dog Officer directing him to seek out, catch and confine all dogs within the town which have not been licensed. 9. Inquiries regarding dog licenses may be directed to the Town Clerk or the Dog Officer, Mr. Robert L # Molla. FISH AND GAME LICENSES ISSUED IN 1966 86 Residents Citizens Fishing @ $5.25 $ 451.50 161 26 Residents Citizens, Minor, Fishing (a $3.25 84.50 15 Residents Citizens, Female, Fishing (g $4.25 63.75 1 Non-Resident, 7 day, Fishing @ $5.25 5.25 1 Non-Resident, Fishing (p $9.75 9.75 73 Residents Citizens, Hunting, @ $5.25 383.25 51 Residents Citizens, Sporting @ $8.25 420.75 11 Residents Citizens over 70 FREE 1 Non- Resident, Hunting @ $16.25 16.25 1 Duplicate . 50 1 Archery Deer Stamp 1.10 TOTALS 267 Licenses Issued $1,436.60 Town Clerk's fees, as Agent of the State 63.60 Paid to Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of Fisheries and Game $1,373.00 Nellie G. Tarr, Town Clerk GASOLINE STORAGE PERMIT RENEWALS ISSUED BY TOWN CLERK 1966 James J. Malatesta and John L. DeMarchi Washington Street Fidelity Realty Trust Cor. Pond and Whiting Streets Fredrickson Brothers Washington Street Hilltop Service Station Main Street Jenney Manufacturing Co. Main Street Herbert E. Joseph Main Street Peter Dickman, % d/b/a Mac Donald Motor Serv. Washington Street Richard A. and Wilder A. Gaudette Washington Street, cor. of Grove Street 162 Raymond J. and Margaret M. Miller Washington Street Shell Oil Co. Washington Street Russell D. Harvey Washington Street Nellie G. Tarr Town Clerk JURORS DRAWN, 1966 George M. Hersey, River Street and Florence Garrett, Pine Street, for Criminal session at Brockton Superior Court on March 7, 1966. Virginia O. Cashman, Tiffany Road, and Howard L. Chadwick, Grove Street, for Criminal session at Brockton Superior Court on March 14, 1966 Mabel A. Briggs, Winter Street, for Civil Session on April 4, 1966 at Brockton. Lloyd G. Kelley, River Street; Edward J. Stoner, Cape Cod Lane; John M. Benting, Jr., Norwell Avenue; Edna E. Black, Cross Street; and Kenneth R. Merritt, Washington Street - all for Criminal session to be held at Plymouth, August 22, 1966. Lincoln A. Shaw, River Street, for criminal session on September 6, 1966, at Plymouth. Alden C. Crocker, Lincoln Street, for criminal session on September 14, 1966 at Brockton. Eric W. Anderson, Lincoln Street, for civil session at Plymouth on October 10, 1966. James L. Haskell, River Street, for civil session at Brockton on November 7, 1966. John E. Sullivan, Old Meeting House Lane; Bertil G. Jansson, Stetson Road and Russell J. Honkonen, High Street - all for civil session at Brockton, to be held on December 5, 1966. Douglas G. Marshall, River Street; Grand Jury at Plymouth, Jan. 3, 1967. Ernest G. Doring, Mt. Blue Street; Traverse Juror, Criminal session at Plymouth, January 3, 1967. Catherine C. Finnegan, Stetson Shrine Lane, Traverse juror, Criminal session at Brockton, January 3, 1967. 163 LIST OF JURORS IN THE TOWN OF NORWELL From July 1, 1966 to July 1, 1967 Adams, Albena J., Grove Street, Secretary, Sangamo Electric Co., 817 Washington St., Braintree Allen, Emily T., Cross Street, Housewife, Retired-Engineer, Self-Em- ployed, Cross St., Norwell Anderson, Erik W# , Lincoln Street, Salesman, Colony, Inc., 480 Centre Street, Quincy Anderson, Gustaf S., High Street, Mechanic, Polaroid I Corp., Cambridge, Mass. Andrews, John E., Main Street, Public Accountant, Self-Employed, 100 Court St., Plymouth. Benzaquin, Paul, Main St., Columnist and Broadcaster, Self-Employed, Main Street, Norwell Burbank, Richard M., Old Meeting House Lane, Manufacturer's Repre- sentative, Self-Employed, Old Meeting House Lane, Norwell Carr> John A., River St. , Vice-President, Croston & Carr Co., 72 Summer Street, Boston Cashman, Virginia O., Tiffany Road, Claims Representative, U.S. Gov't., Health, Education & Welfare Dept., 120 Boylston St., Boston Cheever, John P., River Street, President, J. P. Plastic, Inc., 294 Pleas- ant St., Stoughton Crocker, Alden C., Lincoln St., Salesman, Allied Chemical Corp., 160 Dascomb Rd., Andover Crowley, Edwin B., Brigantine Way West, President and Treasurer, George D. Emerson Co., Somerville, Mass. Deane, Walter A., Old Oaken Bucket Road, Technical Writing Supervisor, E G & G, Inc., 95 Brookline Ave., Boston Donovan, John J., Prospect St., Maintenance Electrician, General Dyna- Imics, Quincy, Mass. Doring, Ernest C., Mount Blue Street, Retired- Treasurer, Gen. Mgr., Shoe Pattern Mfg., 157 Federal St., Boston Early, Charles H., Jr., Nancy Lane, Senior Research Chemist, Union Paste Co., Corp., 1605 Hyde Park Ave., Hyde Park Edmonds, John O'L., Old Meeting House Lane, Manufacturer's Repre- sentative, Kingsley Door & Hardware Co., Norwell, Mass. 164 Fagerstrom, Ernest H., Norwell Avenue, Engineer, Whitman & Howard, Engineers, 89 Broad St., Boston Finnegan, Catherine C, Stetson Shrine Lane, Housewife, Attorney at Law - Director -40 Court St. , Boston, Union Federal Savings and Loan, Boston, Mass. Fisher, Edward A., Tiffany Road, Sales & Service, engine driven equip- ment, Self- Employed, Tiffany Road, Norwell Fuller, Peirce, Chittenden Lane, Insurance Agent, Conn. General Life Ins. Co., 10 Post Office Square, Boston Gabriel, Frederick C, Grove St., Structural Steel Layout, Security Steel, 440 Somerville Ave., Somerville Gaudette, Eleanor, Forest St., Housewife, Gas Station and School Bus Business, Self-Employed, Washington St., Norwell Gore, Edwin S., Winter St., Safety Engineer, Liberty Mutual Ins., Co., 175 Berkeley St., Boston Hager, Carl E., Lincoln St., Industrial Appraiser, Factory Mutual Eng. Div., Norwood, Mass. Haskell, James L., River St., Marine Terminal Manager, Port Terminals, Inc., 666 Summer St., Boston No ! Hatch, Margaret E., Old Oaken Bucket Road, Retired- Teller, First Na- r n tional Bank of Boston, 67 Milk St., Boston Pi: j De Hersey, George Murray, River St., Claims Adjuster, Adjuster, Inc., 45 i Broad St., Boston I Pc Honkonen, Charles J., Pleasant St., Salesman- Estimator, Walworth Co., Di j 1515 Washington St., Braintree Honkonen, Russell J., High St., Mechanical Designer, General Dynamics, Quincy, Mass. Jansson, Bertil G., Stetson Road, Business Partner, Copeland Auto Body Co., 65 Copeland St., Quincy Kreider, Frederick L., Summer St., Credit Manager, White Fuel Corp., 900 E. First St., Boston Lantery, Frank B., Ridge Hill Road, Designer, General Dynamics, Quincy, Mass. Lowe, Donald R,, Winter St., Local Testman, N.E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., 41 Belvedere St., Boston Maglathlin, Robert N., Grove St., Manager, Sylvania, Electronics Systems, Div. of G. T. & E., Waltham, Mass. 165 Marshall, Douglas G., River St., Industrial Painting Contractor, H. Newton Marshall Co., Inc., Boston, Mass. McElwee, James P., Knollwood Rd., Equipment Designer, Sylvania Elec- tric Products, Inc., 109 B Street, Needham McHardie, Donald, Washington St., Assembly Mechanic, Instron Corp., Canton, Mass. McLachlan, Campbell C, Trout Brook Lane, Maintenance Man, Boston Edison Co., Boston, Mass. Mederos, Dennis F., Pine St., Corp. Clerk and Manager of Marine Sales, Walworth Co., 1515 Washington St., So. Braintree Merrifield, Earl H# , Grove St., Marine Draftsman, General Dynamics, Quincy, Mass. Messinger, Richard T., Main St., Manager, Insurance Broker, BCM In- surance Agency, Inc., 141 Milk St., Boston Murphy, Arthur J., Winter St., Salesman-Long Distance Movers, D. W. Dunn Co., 3175 Washington St., Boston Murray, William H., Jr., Grove St., Chief Electrician, Boston Herald- Traveler Corp., 300 Harrison Ave., Boston North, Robert B., River St., Salesman, Communications Consultant, New England Telephone Co., 6 St. James Ave., Boston Pizzotti, Alfred L., Norwell Avenue., Salesman, Boston Envelope Co., Dedham, Mass. Pollock, James H., Jefferson Ave., Millwright-Plant Maintenance, Chev. Div., General Motors Corp., Western Ave., Framingham Reynolds, Austin S., Grove St., Procurement Planner, General Dynamics, Quincy, Mass. Sewall, Ruth R,, Winter Street, Homemaker Shaw, Lincoln A., River Street, Assistant Treasurer, Rockland Trust Co., Union St., Rockland Shepherd, Donald, River Street, Life Insurance Agent, Donald Shepherd & Co., River St., Norwell Slupski, John C., Washington Park Drive, Supervisory Electrician, Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass. Smith, James W., Circuit Street, R. E. Trustee, J. J. N. Realty Trust, 291 Washington St., Dorchester Snow, C. Philip, Mount Blue Street, Manager, Assistant Treasurer, Brook- line Trust Co. , 1 Harvard St. , Brookline 166 Stohn, William T., Forest St., Building Contractor, Self-Employed, Forest St., Norwell Sturgis, Joseph J. Main Street, Sales Engineer, DoAll Boston Co., 32 Needham St., Newton Sullivan, John E# , Sr., Old Meeting House Lane, Manager, Gillette Safety Razor Co., Gillette Park, Boston Sullivan, John J., Mount Blue St., Treasurer, Gen. Manager, Wolfe-Sulli- van, Hingham and Rockland, Mass. Thompson, Earle F., Norwell Avenue, President, Rockland Webbing Co., Rockland, Mass. Torrey, Kenneth A., High Street, Accountant, Coombs & McBeath, Inc., Main Street, Norwell Visser, Willem, Church Street, Assistant to President, Intermatio (Wool) Inc., 263 Summer Street, Boston Weller, Maynard C, River Street, President & Manager, Coburn Wilbert Vault Corp., 10 Buckley Ave., Whitman Zambuto, Domenic A., Ridge Hill Road, Electrical Engineer, Sylvania Electronics Systems, 189 B Street, Needham 167 est MARRIAGES RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF NORWELL - 1966 February 5 Married in Norwell, George F. Crowley and Nancy L a Keefe, both of Norwell, by John E. Kenney, Priest. 5 Married in Norwell, John K. Bradeen of Norwell and Mari- lyn Crafts of Hinghamby John M. Kolbjornsen, Clergyman. 12 Married in Norwell, Ellsworth Keene, Jr., and Linda Thompson, both of Norwell, by John M 0 Kolbjornsen, Clergyman. 12 Married in Norwell, Carmine Camerano of Medford and Ethel (Bryant) Dunton of Norwell by Warren M. Roberts, Clergyman. 12 Married in Norwell, Ned Forest Nichols of Boston and Janet Marie Mahoney of Norwell by Robert J. Canniff, Priest. 12 Married in Plymouth, Paul Emerson Prowse, of Norwell and Joan F. Gellar of Plymouth by Carl Knudsen, Clergy- man. 28 Married in East Bridgewater, Carl Lester Denham of Scituate and Monica Marjorie Cavanagh of Norwell by Elaine S. Powers, Justice of the Peace and Assistant Town Clerk. March 5 Married in Swampscott, Michael Joseph Kent of Norwell and Judith Ware Bauer of Swampscott by Richard P. Little, Priest. 11 Married in Braintree, Charles Van Divier Anderson of Braintree and Nancy Frances Littlefield of Norwell by Carl R. Johnson, Jr. , Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace. 11 Married in Weymouth, Richard C. McNeil of Norwell and Mary T. Walsh of South Weymouth by William J# Jensen, Clergyman. 19 Married in Scituate, Rollin W. Bailey and Ruth (Chipman) Dean, both of Norwell, by Samuel Young, Minister of the Gospel. April 16 Married in Norwell, Richard T. Brophy of Scars dale, New York, and Joan Yetman of New York, New York by John E. Kenney, Priest. 30 Married in Norwell, Eugene Vincent O'Connor, Jr., of Pembroke and Maureen Agnes Albert of Norwell by John E a Kenney, Priest. May 6 Married in Hingham, Francis Anthony Pompeo of Norwell and Diane Leighton of Hingham by Isadore L. Rosenblum, Justice of the Peace. 168 7 Married in Weymouth, James Baxter Campbell of Nor- well and Sandra Kathryn Richardson of Weymouth by Harry Christensen, Town Clerk, and Justice of the Peace. 28 Married in Norwell, Michael Richard McLaughlin of Dux- bury and Kathleen FitzPatrick of Norwell by John E. Kenney, Priest. 29 Married in Norwell, Joseph L. Masterson of Irvington, New Jersey and Geraldine Worth of Norwell by Eugene T. Boneski, Priest. June 4 Married in Norwell, Joseph Patrick Brown of Long Island City, New York and Barbara Ann Breen of Astoria, New York by John J. Allston, Priest. 4 Married in Central Village, Mass., Gentry Clark, II of Norwell and Eleanor Anne Porter, of Westport Point by Joseph A. Henry, Priest. 6 Married in Boston, Ronald Paul Salvage of Boston and Gertrude Joyce Brown of Norwell by Emile N. Winkler, Justice of the Peace. 18 Married in Norwell, Albert J. Feneck and Rose A. Jensen, both of Norwell, by John E. Kenney, Priest. 18 Married in Norwell, Randolph E. Wright of Hanover and Sandra Jane Goodwin of Norwell by John M. Kolbjornsen, Clergyman. 18 Married in West Yarmouth, Russell Woodill, Jr., of Nor- well and Paula Elizabeth Hirst of West Yarmouth by Roger Burlingham, Clergyman. 19 Married in Norwell, George William Jacobsen, Jr., of Huntington, New York, and Madeline Jane Beach of Nor- well by Robert J. Canniff, Priest. 24 Married in Hingham, Andrew Stephen Grohe of Norwell and Erin Maureen O'Brien of North Weymouth bylsadore L. Rosenblum, Justice of the Peace. 25 Married in Norwell, Donald Nickerson Kirkland of Need- ham and Susan Denise May of Norwell by John E. Kenney, Priest. July 2 Married in Norwell, Joseph R. Forrand of Abington and Frances R. Hurley of Norwell by John E. Kenney, Priest. 2 Married in Norwell, Lawrence A* Yourell of Norwell and Doreen A. Lucas (Twomey) of Rockland by Emmanuel S. Hedgebeth, Clergyman. 15 Married in Boston, Edward S. Rapp of Norwell and Mardi Ann Perry of Boston by Emile N. Winkler, Justice of the Peace. 169 24 Married in Rockland, Richard Lee Bowser of Rockland and Carol Ann Catyb of Norwell by Howard B. Higgins, Clergyman. 25 Married in Norwell, Silverio S. Morgado of Cambridge and Susan D. Edge of Assinippi by Robert J. Canniff. 30 Married in North Scituate, Ralph L. Domato of Winsted, Connecticut, and Susan M# Jordan of Norwell by Allan D. Creelman, Minister of the Gospel. 30 Married in Quincy, Neil Allan Joseph of Norwell and Sharon A. Smith of Quincy by Michael D. Sullivan, Priest. August 4 Married in Plymouth, Kenneth Paul Gabriel of Norwell and Evelyn Mary Brennan of Winchester by Edmund M. Higgins, Priest. 5 Married in Boston, Thomas Arlington of Quincy and Dianne Yetman of Norwell by Ross H. Currier, Justice of the Peace. 6 Married in Norwell, John Michael Gorman of New London, Connecticut, and Hazel Marguerite Gallant of Norwell by Richard L. Harrington, Priest. 20 Married in Norwell, Robert William Lally of Dorchester and Judith K. Tedeschi of Norwell by Richard Cardinal Cushing, Priest. 27 Married in Norwell, Allan J. Gasunas and Sandra Snow- dale, both of Hanover, by Warren M. Roberts, Clergyman. September 9 Married in Norwell, Jetmond J. Helle of West Quincy and Barbara L. Leake of Norwell by R. E. Mulley, Minister of the Gospel. 10 Married in Milton, Wayne Merwin Rockne of Gardiner, Maine, and Carol Frances Gardner of Norwell by Donald E. Tatro, Clergyman. 24 Married in Kingston, Richard A. Frehill of Norwell and Ruth Glenda Bouchard of Kingston by Leroy E. Owens, Priest. 24 Married in Norwell, David Harold Cranton of Scituate and Sarah Merritt Snyder of Norwell by John M. Kolbjornsen, Clergyman. 24 Married in Norwell, Robert Thomas Luddy of East Hart- ford, Connecticut, and Paula Elizabeth Scott of Norwell by John M. Kolbjornsen, Clergyman. 25 Married in Scituate, Dennis R. Jenkins of Scituate and Jo Ann Garrity of Norwell by William M. Wade, Justice of the Peace. 170 October 8 Married in Norwell, James M. Walsh of Norwell and Mary Julia Mahoney of Weston by John E. Kenney, Priest. 14 Married in Boston, Thomas A. Dolbertof Quincy and Linda A, Dangora of Norwell by Emile N. Winkler, Justice of the Peace. 15 Married in Hingham, Steven Kenneth DeVore of Lind, Washington, and Carol Jeanne Bradley of Norwell by John M. Gallop, Priest. November 3 Married in Scituate, Wilton G. Webber and Marie (Mott) Woodill, both of Norwell, by William M. Wade, Justice of the Peace. 4 Married in Hanover, William E. Stewart of Hanover and Christine L. Johnson of Norwell by Robert L. Jones, Clergyman. 5 Married in Weymouth, John Douglas Orcutt and Susan Mabel Ransom, both of Norwell, by William F. Knox, Minister of the Gospel. 5 Married in Norwell, John Richard Gilbrook of Dorchester and Mary Ann Roach of Norwell by Robert J. Canniff, Priest. 11 Married in New Haven, Conn., Jeffrey Louis Kelley of Waterbury, Conn., and Linda Jane Packard of Norwell by James Keating O.P„, Assisting Priest. 18 Married in Hanover, Paul R. Hayes of Hanover and Judith A. Doherty of Norwell by Martin Connor, Priest. 19 Married in Scituate, Jonathan Hall Bond and Joyanne C. Redding, both of Norwell, by Samuel Young, Minister of the Gospel. 25 Married in Watertown, William H. Gilmour of Norwell and Donna Ruth Flowers of Watertown by Terry Clay Thomason, Clergyman. 26 Married in Rockland, Mass., David Allan Boudreau of Rockland and Pamela Alice McNeil of Norwell by Ralph L. Belcher, Justice of the Peace. 26 Married in Hingham, Arthur W. Blaisdell of Hanover and Barbara S. Davis of Norwell by Richard P. Camp., Jr., Clergyman. December 2 Married in Scituate, Alexander G. Gray of Flushing, New York, and Nancy Jane Morris of Jamaica, New York, by William M. Wade, Justice of the Peace. 3 Married in Braintree, Eric J. Mason of Norwell and Diane 171 D. Bishop of South Weymouth by Ernest B. Johnson, Jr., Clergyman. 11 Married in Hanover, Alan E. Scott of Hanover and Sally J. Snowdale of Norwell by William G. Sewell, Minister of the Gospel. 17 Married in Norwell, S. Nelson Miller and Brenda (Via) Proper, both of Norwell, by John M. Kolbjornsen, Clergy- man. 17 Married in Norwell, James S. Henderson of South Hadley and Nancy E. Larkinof Norwell by John E. Kenney, Priest. 18 Married in Norwell, Lewis W. Clark, Jr., and Linda Claire DiStasio, both of Norwell, by John E. Kenney, Priest. 23 Married in Scituate, Douglas Marvil Flagg of Rockland and Lorraine B. Maken of Norwell by William M. Wade, Justice of the Peace. 31 Married in Norwell, Chesley Henry Marr of Pembroke and Barbara Marie Burke of Holbrookby Ralph E. Mulley, Minister of the Gospel. Nellie G. Tarr Town Clerk DELAYED RETURN OF 1965 MARRIAGE December 31 Married in Middleboro, Kevin James O'Brien of Norwell and Lucia E. Pease of Brockton, by Marshall Mar anville, Justice of the Peace. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS QUALIFICATIONS: Must have been a resident of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for one year. Must have been a resident of the Town of Norwell for six months. Must have attained the age of 21 by the time they exercise their franchise to vote. Some evidence must be shown proving six months residence, such as a receipted utility bill, dated six months previously, showing the Norwell address. If a naturalized citizen, citizenship papers must be presented at the time of registration. Final papers must be presented. Any qualified resident may register with the Town 172 Clerk any day, Monday through Friday, or on a Mon- day night from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M., except for those periods during which registrations are closed by law. The Board of Registrars are also in special session previous to elections and primaries. Registered voters as of January 1, 1966 3,068 Registered during 1966 362 3,430 Removed from list during 1966 (Moved from town, died, etc.) 152 Registered voters as of January 1, 1967 3,278 Charles G. Prouty, Chairman Ruth M„ Murray Paul B. Mac Donald Nellie G. Tarr, Clerk RESIGNATIONS RECORDED IN 1966 William E. Ritchie, from the Drainage Committee, February 16, 1966. Mary Jane Petze, as Town Treasurer, March 31, 1966. Allan K. Hamer, from the Advisory Board, April 15, 1966. Henry Abrahams, from the Industrial Development Commission, April 9, 1966. Davida Garceau, from the Conservation Commission, April 20, 1966. Dennett W. Withington, from the Permanent Drainage Committee, May 1966. John A. Reagan, Sr., as an Election Officer, September 1966. 173 REPORT OF STATE AUDIT Pursuant to General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 40, the Town Clerk hereby publishes the following: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Department of Corporations and Taxation Bureau of Accounts State Office Building, Government Center 100 Cambridge Street, Boston 02202 October 6, 1966 To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Chester A. Rimmer, Chairman Norwell, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Norwell for the period from June 5, 1963 to December 31, 1965, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr„ William Schwartz, Assistant Chief of Bureau. Very truly yours, Arthur H. MacKinnon Director of Accounts The complete report of the audit was received by the Town Clerk and filed on October 10, 1966. 1 H 174 LO OSo t> % rH Oi CM CO O CM O ^ CM CO* l>* rH O* 00 ^ OS Oi O CO i-H CD O CM rH CD CM LO #3- m- co o CO co LO o i—i CM 1—1 Oi 00 rH CM CMCO CD CD 0 0 0 CQ CO Q CQ CQ CQ >> >> o o o o Q H-> -*^> X X W X X rH rH w w > W w w CD 0 — 0 S«i CD CD w 0 0 o o CD 03 co rH O O CO CO CO o rH O o o CD Ph CD w 0 § § Ph H-> Ph a s O Cd Cd CD .CD Ph p 0 cd a 4-» w j CQ CO > > ^^>>>K_q0CQ p O O w w rH rH rH rH H W W : co co O O CD 0 rH Jh H-J H-> H-> -H-> L- "c3^£-2S423S^'Scd H Ph w cd > w cd E CD CD O O cd O O •rH rH Ph PL, % H H s O H O ^lOtHhlOtHhlOlOLO CO H cdcdcdcdcdcdcocd CO S a> rH O < < o H Ph i I 175 iH O t> OS 00 LO CD N O CM LO O t> O LO CO O t> Oi CS1 CO iH l> t+* t-* T^' lO i—I CO 00 CO H 00O CM CO 00 t> ^ CM LO "tf CM CM LO OOCMOLOt-Ot-^LO io^ooiOcooi>t>a>o t> W I> H t}? ^ ^ t>-" CO* 05(NO00WHH t>[>H© W W cm lo ai o H H 0 i i— ft H H CO 0 33 CO PS H H HP « O O W H H PQ Q Q W W W u H H w § g H H Q 0 (D GO CO CO w CQ a o W 4-* -*-> X w Q fn x g u ?n Ph ft o o 0) 0 0 w w o o g ft ft ft a « o o o 1 I r— CD CO w w h u u 0 o o CO CO jz; Ph Ph Ph . 0 C3 CD o H PQ CD J CO CQ J > > 2 r ~ H H * ^ co co O & £ W W S •o o cd --j Q H 73 73 > Q O o «J g w co O "sHLOCOLOCOCOlOcOCO cococococococococo co H <3iCn0500505050505 6 ^ LO CO CO °g CO CO co co < H H OS o 176 REPORT OF THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE During the past year an effort was made to acquire parcels of state- owned land in the Town of Norwell included in the Expressway land taking which the Commonwealth might declare excess. The Committee was notified that the land under consideration was not considered excess by the Department of Public Works, as plans had been made for further ex- pansion and beautification when funds became available - either from Highway funds or Federal participating funds under the recent Highway beautification program. The Town Forest of Norwell at the present time is not adequate. It consists of twenty-nine (29) acres split into three sections in various parts of the town, and in our opinion the acquisition of more land is im- perative. Several hundred acres are needed for a town of our size, es- pecially in view of the tremendous growth in population ahead. The Committee solicits gifts of parcels from the citizens which could be used to amplify our present areas. Respectfully submitted, D. Frank Mederos, Chairman Paul C. Rassmussen John C. Slupski Wesley H. Osborne, Jr., Ex Officio REPORT OF THE TREASURER Cash on hand January 1, 1966 340,233.19 Receipts for year 1966 4,513,299.26 4,853,532.45 Payments for year 1966 4,573,653.78 Balance December 31, 1966 279,878.6'/ EIGHTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF COFFIN CEMETERY AND CHARITY FUND Amount of Fund $2,000.00 Interest available January 1, 1966 1,399.28 Interest added during 1966 150.33 1,549.61 Withdrawn during 1966 00.00 Interest available January 1, 1967 1,549.61 EIGHTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF ABIGAIL T. OTIS POOR FUND Amount of Fund $2,000.00 Interest available January 1, 1966 1,274.45 Interest added during 1966 144.81 1,419.26 Withdrawn during 1966 00.00 Interest available January 1, 1967 1,419.26 177 EIGHTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF ABIGAIL T. OTIS CEMETERY FUND Amount of Fund $1,000.00 Interest available January 1, 1966 507.67 Interest added during 1966 66.65 574.32 Withdrawn during 1966 00.00 Interest available January 1, 1967 574.32 EIGHTY- FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF ABIGAIL T. OTIS TOMB FUND Amount of Fund $500.00 Interest available January 1, 1966 256.04 Interest added during 1966 33.44 289.48 Withdrawn during 1966 00.00 Interest available January 1, 1967 289.48 THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF ANNABEL WAKEFIELD POOR FUND Amount of Fund $1,000.00 Interest available January 1, 1966 1,412.86 Interest added during 1966 106.70 1,519.56 Withdrawn during 1966 00.00 Interest available January 1, 1967 1,519.56 THIRTY EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF ANNABEL WAKEFIELD LIBRARY FUND Amount of Fund $100.00 Interest available January 1, 1966 11.60 Interest added during 1966 4.90 16.50 Withdrawn during 1966 0.00 Interest available January 1, 1967 16.50 WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY FUND Balance January 1, 1965 7,626.99 Received from sale of lots 350.00 Interest added during 1966 234.63 8,211.62 Withdrawn during 1966 4,500.00 Article 33, March 1966 Town Meeting 3,711.62 FRED B. CLAPP CEMETERY FUND Amount of Fund $1,000.00 Interest available January 1, 1966 00.00 Interest added during 1966 43.75 Paid to Pinehurst Cemetery Corp. 43.75 Interest available January 1, 1967 00.00 178 SARAH A. SAWYER CEMETERY FUND Amount of Fund $200.00 - In custody of Commonwealth of Massachusetts Interest available January 1, 1966 50.16 Interest added during 1966 8.22 58.38 Withdrawn during 1966 00.00 Interest available January 1, 1967 58.38 CHARLES H a PIKE CEMETERY FUND Amount of Fund $200.00 Interest available January 1, 1966 44.59 Interest added during 1966 9.00 53.59 Withdrawn during 1966 00.00 Interest available January 1, 1967 53.59 MARY E. FARRAR OR JOSEPH ESTES CEMETERY FUND Amount of Fund $300.00 Interest available January 1, 1966 3.09 Interest added during 1966 13.01 16.10 Withdrawn during 1966 00.00 Interest available January 1, 1967 16.10 STABILIZATION FUND Balance in Fund January 1, 1966: Principal 110,000.00 Interest 17,385.22 127,385.22 Appropriated, in 1966 to the Fund 35,000.00 Interest earned in 1966 4,170.44 166,555.66 Appropriated in 1966 from the Fund 100,000.00 Balance in Fund - Principal and Interest January 1, 1967 66,555.66 CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Added Interest Name of Fund Amount Interest Withdrawals Balance Eliza Josselyn $200.00 $ 9.21 $ 0.00 $ 17.80 Samuel C. Cudworth 200.00 9.21 0.00 17.80 Prudence C. Delano Tomb Fund 300.00 13.81 0.00 26.69 Nancy Hersey 100.00 4.60 0.00 8.90 Mary O. Robbins 200.00 9.21 0.00 17.80 Charles H. Merritt 100.00 4.60 0.00 8.90 James W. Sampson 250.00 11.52 0.00 22.25 Susan C. Damon 100.00 4.60 0.00 8.90 Davis Damon 100.00 4.60 0.00 8.90 Anson Robbins Tomb Fund 100.00 4.60 0.00 8.90 George H, Bates 100.00 4.60 0.00 8.90 F 179 Adeline Payne & Benjamin R. Jacobs 200.00 9.21 0.00 17.80 N. P. Brownell 150.00 6.90 0.00 13.34 George Otis Torrey 185.48 8.53 0.00 16.48 Emma J. Turner Damon 150.00 6.98 0.00 15.50 Stockbridge Cemetery 540.92 39.50 8.60 383.54 Leaffie B. Curtis Miller 150.00 8.45 3.00 46.82 Betsey Tolman 100.00 6.33 0.00 50.01 George P. Clapp 100.00 7.31 0.00 73.21 Gad Leavitt 100.00 7.68 0.00 81.91 Thomas Sampson 75.00 4.66 0.00 35.46 John H. Knapp 100.00 6.41 0.00 51.64 Albert S. Greene 200.00 19.74 0.00 266.73 Charles Tolman 300.00 21.53 0.00 208.96 Chester S. Barker 100.00 6.50 0.00 53.68 Samuel D. Stetson 75.00 4.43 0.00 29.68 Sarah T* David 75.00 4.43 0.00 29.72 Melvin Little 200.00 13.27 0.00 113.32 E. Chamberlain & Marion Tyler 100.00 6.37 0.00 51.10 Samuel Eels 100.00 6.48 0.00 53.40 Abbie S. Bates 200.00 23.96 0.00 366.17 Olive A. Brigham 100.00 5.42 0.00 28.74 Benjamin P. Nichols 75.00 3.73 0.00 13.31 Timothy Chapman 100.00 4.99 0.00 18.39 Lewis W0 Kilburn 100.00 4.99 0.00 18.39 W. Wallace Farrar 200.00 10.66 0.00 52.36 Robert K, Stoddard 150.00 7.88 0.00 36.32 Henry L. Nichols 100.00 4.70 0.00 11.57 Wilbur Nichols 100.00 4.78 0.00 12.96 Charles E. Brewster 100.00 4.60 0.00 9.31 Maurice E. Pratt 100.00 4.66 0.00 10.58 Vadilla A a Damon 200.00 10.79 0.00 55.00 Floretta Whiting 100.00 4.72 0.00 11.77 Martha E. French 100.00 4.64 0.00 9.67 Peter Tomansen 50.00 2.30 0.00 4.89 Rufus H. Binney 200.00 9.63 0.00 27.74 Arthur Stoddard 100.00 4.86 0.00 15.50 Herbert T. Howard 100.00 4.86 0.00 15.50 Nellie & Willard Thatcher 50.00 2.30 0.00 5.05 Alpheus Thomas 100.00 4.64 0.00 10.03 George Wilder & Asa Vining 200.00 9.74 0.00 30.41 Rufus H. Binney Flower Fund 200.00 11.69 0.00 76.10 Robert J. Coulter 100.00 4.86 0.00 14.87 John M. Hall-Lot 41 100.00 5.05 0.00 19.78 Peter Larsen 100.00 5.05 0.00 19.78 Alice K. Henderson 100.00 4.78 0.00 12.86 Walter A. Wood 90.00 4.37 0.00 13.94 John M 0 Hall-Lot 34F 100.00 5.05 0.00 19.88 Chester A. Robinson 100.00 4.78 0.00 13.06 William Purtle 100.00 4.64 0.00 9.67 John R. Collamore 200.00 10.57 0.00 50.23 John J. McGrail 100.00 4.64 0.00 9.67 F 180 LouisW. Wheeler 100.00 5.05 0.00 19.88 IE Charles E. Chadwick 200.00 10.57 0.00 49.96 Conrad Willers 200.00 10.35 0.00 44.47 Walter R. Hall 100.00 4.88 0.00 15.79 Mrs. Albert I. Farrar 200.00 11.34 0.00 67.95 Charles Holden-now » Wesley H.Osborne, Sr. 200.00 5.25 0.00 24.35 Llllie C. Wilder 200.00 15.04 0.00 155.72 j: George V. Jackson 50.00 2.35 0.00 5.51 i Lorenzo D. F. Marston 50.00 2.35 0.00 5.35 , Hilda S. Currie 100.00 5.15 0.00 21.98 )\ Neil D c Dwyer 100.00 4.88 0.00 15.64 I Ray Clark 150.00 7.79 0.00 34.69 G H. Elizabeth Turner 150.00 7.79 0.00 34.69 A Charles A. & Elizabeth R Bates 100.00 4.86 0.00 15.34 c Florence A. Wiggin 100.00 4.86 0.00 15.46 M Joseph E. Reagan 200.00 10.39 0.00 46.13 George A. Poole 150.00 7.88 0.00 36.27 G M. Josephine Farrar Jc Flower Fund 500.00 24.55 0.00 80.37 A Bessie P. Keene 200.00 10.14 0.00 39.89 M Eva Delaney 200.00 11.07 0.00 61.94 Minot F. Williamson 200.00 10.26 0.00 42.41 E Muriel Smellie 50.00 2.33 0.00 5.31 W John W. Ekstrom 100.00 4.95 0.00 17.10 C Anna M. Carey 200.00 11.23 0.00 65.64 M Robert Withers 100.00 4.90 0.00 16.40 C Mabel T. Rowell 200.00 10.79 0.00 55.00 H Truman C. Crowner 100.00 5.07 0.00 20.55 Albin J. Johnson 50.00 2.30 0.00 4.75 Jc Charles Cutler 200.00 11.17 0.00 64.11 G Frank E. Lind & Henry Jc G. Burnside 200.00 10.66 0.00 51.80 I William W. Leonard 200.00 9.79 0.00 31.74 W. H. Sharp 100.00 4.90 0.00 16.19 Je James T. Murray 30.00 1.38 0.00 3.28 F Mrs. Henry Hines 50.00 2.35 0.00 5.39 M Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Young 100.00 5.03 0.00 19.03 K J.W. Hall & B.E. Hall 200.00 11.01 0.00 60.44 Ri Anna Curtis 200.00 10.99 0.00 59.96 J, Thomas B. Gallagher 100.00 4.95 0.00 17.21 El Mr. & Mrs. F. Winsor Jc Damon 75.00 3.46 0.00 7.05 Z\ Patrick Kerins 75.00 3.52 0.00 8.65 M Anna Curtis Flower Fund 100.00 4.68 0.00 10.94 L, Bertha MacFadden 100.00 4.93 0.00 16.74 Re Gustaf A. Anderson 100.00 4.88 0.00 15.62 Ju Herman H. Kenney 100.00 4.72 0.00 11.75 F: Carl W. Buckler 100.00 4.82 0.00 14.01 RI Sigurd & Belle Sjurson 50.00 2.35 0.00 5.39 He Harold & Effie Osborne 100.00 4.64 0.00 9.67 He Mary Curtis 400.00 21.76 0.00 114.09 Ec Henry N. Powers 200.00 10.74 0.00 54.27 Os Alexander Black 50.00 2.30 0.00 4.84 181 Edward P. Keefe 50.00 2.30 0.00 4.84 Edward P. Keefe 200.00 10.66 0.00 52.32 Joseph R. Mason 200.00 10.39 0.00 46.01 Wallace H. Damon 200.00 10.49 0.00 47.98 Ainslie 200.00 10.49 0.00 47.98 Frank S. & L. Carrie Staples 200.00 10.07 3.50 36.43 Mrs. Charles Little 150.00 7.48 0.00 27.35 William Shimmin 125.00 6.02 0.00 17.64 Alice M. McHardie 125.00 6.02 0.00 17.64 Mrs. Samuel Olson 100.00 4.82 0.00 13.98 Edith C. Hall 100.00 4.72 0.00 12.10 Geraldine B. Roseback 100.00 4.78 0.00 13.34 Alfred G. Howes 200.00 10.22 0.00 41.58 Robert W. Webb 150.00 7.62 0.00 29.98 Charles A. Snell 100.00 4.72 0.00 12.19 Marshall W. & Hassle T. Grigsby 200.00 10.04 0.00 37.74 Grace E. Murphy 100.00 4.75 0.00 12.56 Joseph A. Studley 200.00 9.98 0.00 36.11 Archie F. Merritt 100.00 4.78 0.00 12.98 Michael L. Cullinan or Mary L. Bennett 200.00 9.83 0.00 32.52 Bessie & Perley Keene 200.00 10.14 0.00 39.69 William J. Gunn 150.00 7.18 0.00 19.83 Carrie W. Keene 300.00 14.77 0.00 49.62 Mrs. Marie P. Martin 50.00 2.30 0.00 4.44 Carl Frederickson 200.00 9.65 0.00 28.55 Herman P. & John D. Dickman 200.00 9.65 0.00 28.55 John Marshall 75.00 3.44 0.00 6.65 George H. Scothorne 200.00 9.74 0.00 30.12 Joseph B. Sousa 100.00 4.66 0.00 10.65 J.J. Prouty & Alfred H. Prouty 100.00 4.64 0.00 9.87 Jeanne E. Ewart 100.00 4.64 0.00 9.87 Frank & Virginia Cashman 100.00 4.64 0.00 9.87 Mary J. Hansen 50.00 2.30 0.00 4.56 Kenneth Campbell 150.00 7.05 0.00 16.92 Richard H. Brooks 200.00 9.50 0.00 24.70 J. Lyman Wadsworth 200.00 9.46 0.00 23.89 Eleanor Gaudette 200.00 9.46 0.00 23.89 Joseph Tulis 150.00 7.05 0.00 16.80 Charles MacFaden 150.00 7.13 0.00 18.96 Mrs. Sigrid Johnson 200.00 9.52 0.00 25.21 L. A. Weatherby 200.00 9.54 0.00 25.58 Rena F. Jones 100.00 4.82 0.00 13.99 June Lepisto 100.00 4.82 0.00 13.99 Frederick A. Nutt 100.00 4.82 0.00 13.99 Richard & Elaine Watson 200.00 9.58 0.00 26.59 Henry F. Dunton 100.00 4.72 0.00 11.77 Helen C. Fredrickson 200.00 9.46 0.00 23.61 Edward F. Farmer 150.00 6.96 0.00 14.94 Osgood Sidney 200.00 8.93 0.00 11.57 182 Walter & Dorothy Anderson 200.00 9.30 0.00 19.97 Florence Shea 150.00 6.96 0.00 14.94 Elizabeth Olsson 100.00 4.62 0.00 9.59 Joseph Silvia 150.00 6.94 0.00 14.42 John A„ Reagan 150.00 6.85 0.00 12.21 Bernice I 0 Peachey 150.00 6.85 0.00 12.21 Frank & Anna Cellini 150.00 6.85 0.00 12.21 "Bater Lot" 200.00 8.84 0.00 9.55 George Magoun 100.00 2.21 0.00 2.21 George Crowley 150.00 6.63 0.00 6.63 John Anderson 200.00 8.11 0.00 8.11 Pepezick & Vellone 200.00 4.50 0.00 4.50 Everett E 0 Belcher 150.00 3.38 u.uu o.Sb Nancy Cassidy 100.00 2.25 0.00 2.25 Charles L. Fraser 200.00 2.25 0.00 2.25 Thomas Cann zuu.900 uu00 u.O uu00 0.00 0.00 Priscilla Cushing 50.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 George Kujawski 150.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $25,821.40 $1,290.29 $15.10 $5,638.62 Respectfully Submitted Elizabeth J. Power Town Treasurer REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN, MOTH SUPERINTENDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC GROUNDS To the Citizens of the Town of Norwell: Weather conditions during 1966, because of nearly normal rainfall, were more favorable for the growing of grass and trees than in the past several years. Our grass areas required more frequent mowings than in the past. Hopefully, our new plantings of trees and shrubs will respond favorably to this added moisture. Mature trees, particularly sugar maples, which have suffered from drought and generally poor growing conditions will probably continue to decline in vigor. It is gratifying to note that there has been considerable planting of trees and shrubs on the section of the Southeast Expressway which passes through Norwell. We are supplementing this planting with trees on ad- jacent roadsides. Approximately seventy trees have been planted in this effort. The number of elm trees on our roadsides, or in fact anywhere in our town, is slowly diminishing. This is of course due to a condition known as Dutch Elm Disease. Research has provided us with no new method, cure, or indeed hope which can stop the effects of Dutch Elm Disease. There was no serious defoliation of shade trees in 1966 because of insect pests. However, some spraying is always required to control leaf-feeding insects. Every attempt is made to use less-toxic materials so that the general environment is affected as little as possible. 183 Poison ivy control was carried out where requested and along road- sides. Norwell High School's football games were played at the Hanover Regional Vocational Technical field this year. Excellent cooperation was had by all concerned. This was probably the best solution to the limited playground areas we now have. It is apparent that if we expect to play athletic contests on turf areas, there is a need for considerably larger playgrounds. If playground areas are to be maintained to insure reason- able playing conditions, they must be constructed according to certain specifications. These specifications must include proper grades, drainage, soil, and grass species. To maintain turf playgrounds in a reasonable condition will require considerable equipment, materials, and labor. In closing I wish to thank our employees and the other town depart- ments for their cooperation and help during the year. Respectfully submitted, Wesley H. Osborne, Jr. Tree Warden Moth Superintendent and Superintendent of Public Grounds REPORT OF THE VETERANS AGENT AND THE VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER Board of Selectmen Norwell, Mass. Gentlemen: This department paid $6,619.39 for the first eleven months of 1966, for Veterans Benefits. Expenditures for the month of December are not yet completed, but are estimated at $1,008.21; making a total of $7,627.60 for the year. This compares with an expenditure of $4,414.80 for the year 1965. However, there were a maximum of three recipients in 1965 compared with six in 1966. Many are unaware of the services provided by this department. Vet- erans and their dependents are financially aided in terms of rent, food, clothing, personal needs, medical and hospital needs, and other areas of an emergency nature. Generally speaking, to be elegible for such aid, one must be a Veteran, having insufficient resources to meet the afore- mentioned needs. Such Veterans include those involved in a labor dispute, those suddenly finding themselves without employment, through no fault of their own, or those accidentally and temporarily disabled. As Service officer this department will furnish any information con- cerning Veterans affairs, as well as aid any Veteran in processing a claim for any benefit he is interested in and eligible to obtain. The phone number of this department is listed under the Town of Norwell, Veterans Services. Please call after 6:00 P 0 M 0 weekdays and 184 anytime weekends. The Town Manager will locate this Agent during week- days prior to 6:00 P 0 M 0 in the event of an emergency. I wish to extend my appreciation and thanks to Mr. Chase, the Town Manager, to the Town Officers, to the secretarial staff of the Town Hall, and to the Norwell Lions Club for their providing Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets to needy Veterans and their families. Respectfully submitted, Leonard W. Rowe, Jr. Veterans Agent REPORT OF NORWELL VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION Board of Selectmen Norwell, Mass. Gentlemen: The Norwell Visiting Nurse Association has continued to provide its usual services for the town during the year 1966. These include: 1. A full time nurse for bedside nursing. 2. Furnishing a car for the nurse. 3. Loaning equipment, such as hospital beds, walkers, wheel chairs, crutches, and wide variety of bedside materials. This equipment is available, free of charge, to any resident of the town. 4. Giving a Nursing Scholarship to Norwell High School graduates. 5. Maintaining a monthly well-child clinic. 6. Assisting the Board of Health at clinics. In the last year we have added to the above list: 1. New babies and their mothers have been visited by one of our nurses, given a small gift and told of services available to them. 2. Twenty-nine young people received certificates on completion of a baby sitting course sponsored by the Visiting Nurse Association, under the able direction of Mrs. Thomas Clark, R.N. A description of the services provided by our Association was com- bined with the Annual Appeal and mailed to all residents of the town. The response was most gratifying, and I would like to say a personal thank you to all members both old and new. Our two rummage sales, the first Friday and Saturday of May and November continue to be our largest source of income. Without the dona- tions of goods and time by our friends they would not be possible. The Sparrell Funeral Service continues to be an invaluable help to us by allowing rummage to be left and stored there at any time. Respectfully submitted, Katherine R. Fuller President 185 NORWELL VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION, Inc. Treasurer's Report - January 1 thru December 31, 1966 Cash in following Banks as of 1/1/66 Rockland Trust Co. - checking a/c $1,164.86 So. Scituate Savings Bank-General a/c 9,191.69 So. Scituate Savings Bank- Brooks a/c 50.00 $10,406.55 RECEIPTS Fees: Nurses $ 421.00 Well-Child Clinic 46.00 Dental Hygienist 59.00 526.00 American Cancer Society 15.00 Membership Drives 1,685.75 Town of Norwell - for transportation 600.00 Rummage Sales 2,680.12 Withholding Taxes: Social Security 73.50 State 41.73 Federal 245.40 360.63 Interest 374.99 Dividends 100.65 Capital Gains 9.72 Donations 40.60 Sale of Books 1.75 6,395.21 Total Cash and Receipts $16,801.76 PAYMENTS Nurses Salaries: Catherine A. Roe 1,750.00 Relief Nurses 242.00 1,992.00 Well- Child Clinic: Dr. Alice E. Butler 280.00 Hygienist 95.00 Taxes: Commonwealth of Mass. 39.40 Internal Revenue Service 377.00 416.40 Telephone, Office Supplies, Printing & Postage 516.28 Transportation 390.76 Insurance 274.27 Rummage Sale Expenses 197.97 Equipment 311.83 Gifts 184.40 Scholarships 200.00 Filing Fees 8.00 Car Registration Fee 6.00 Residents* Lists 2.50 Subscriptions 17.50 Drugs, etc. 48.70 Annual Meeting Expense 53.23 4,994.84 186 Cash in following Banks as of 12/31/66: Rockland Trust Co. - Checking a/c 530.65 So. Scituate Savings Bank - General a/c 11,226.27 So. Scituate Savings Bank - Brooks a/c 50.00 11,806.92 Total Payments and Cash $16,801.76 Other Investments: Massachusetts Investors Trust Stock 2,000.00 Mutual Fund Stock 1,000.00 So. Scituate Savings Bank - Memorial Funds 547;33 Respectfully submitted, Ruth C. Chase, Treasurer REPORT OF THE WASHINGTON ST. CEMETERY COMMISSION Board of Selectmen Norwell, Mass. Gentlemen: During this past year your Cemetery Committee has had the driveways re-surfaced with hot-top and it anticipated that this will last for many years. The Committee installed additional water faucets for the con- venience of the lot-holders. The Committee is asking the town to appro- priate a sum of money to acquire additional land for expansion of the present cemetery since there are only a few more lots available for sale. If the townspeople wish to avail themselves of lots the prices are as follows: 2 graves $ 50.00 plus $150.00 perpetual care 4 graves 100.00 plus $200.00 perpetual care 6 graves 150.00 plus $200.00 perpetual care The townspeople can call 659-2824 or 659-2252 for further information. We are indebted to the Park Commission for the well-kept look of the grounds and wish to thank that committee for the fine work. Both the Police and Fire Departments have had monuments placed in the Cemetery as Memorial Stones, we were very happy to have them placed there since the stones are real improvements in "Our Town Cemetery" look. Respectfully submitted, William D. Jacobs John R. Reardon Wilder A. Gaudette 187 REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS Board of Selectmen Norwell, Mass. Gentlemen: The following is our report for the 1966 Annual Town Report: At the 1966 March Meeting the Town voted according to Articles 40 and 42 to authorize the Water Commissioners to acquire land for a new well site and to install pumping facilities thereon. The site is now owned by the Town and the new pumping facilities have supplied water to the system since August 8, 1966. During the year the Board continued to test for new water source areas. Several promising areas were found and extensive pumping tests were made at two locations to determine if these areas are suitable for water source sites. We expect the determinations to be made before the coming March Meeting. As authorized by Article 41 of the 1966 March Meeting a section of Water Main on Main Street near the High School was reinstalled before the street section containing the main was lowered and resurfaced. Articles 37 and 38 - The Board expects to have reports on these articles before the coming March Meeting. During the year no water main extensions were installed by the De- partment. However, main extensions are planned for 1967. New Stand Pipe. We expect to have a report on this project for the coming March Meeting. Comparative Figures 1964 1965 1966 Water Pumped 119,000,000 128,000,000 138,070,000 Users (Takers) 1,104 1,255 1,300 The Water Board meets at 8:00 P.M. on Thursdays. We wish to invite any interested townspeople to our weekly meetings. The Board wishes to express Its appreciation to other Town Boards and Personnel for co-operation they have given us during the year. Respectfully submitted, Jacob Lee Turner, Chairman Augustin J. Thibodeau Edward F. Walsh Board of Water Commissioners 188 REPORT OF THE WILLIAM J. LEONARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY Norwell Board of Selectmen Norwell, Massachusetts Gentlemen: We wish to report that 1966 has seen a 15% increase in circulation over 1965 and a 30% increase over 1964. There were 312 new cards issued, 60 adult and 152 juvenile, giving a total of 917 regular borrowers. In 1966 over 500 new books were purchased and many books in excel- lent condition were donated by the generous people of Norwell to whom we extend our gratitude. Our Memorial Book Service has been honored by the Norwell Fair Housing Association by a book donation in memory of an American soldier who gave his life in Viet Nam. You are invited to participate in this com- memerative memorial service. Student reading certificates were given to all that participated in our summer reading program. Due to school reading facilities and conflicting hours between the library and the summer recreation program, circula- tion in the juvenile department was kept down. In 1967 we shall have the same hours year round. New tile flooring was installed throughout the library and the entire building is being shingled. As in the past the problem of inadequate space is most evident to our borrowers and librarians. The population increases each year and the number of new borrowers increases each year, but our library remains 13 1/2 feet by 22 ft. Our student work space is still one table and four chairs, when occupied, blocks the aisle used by browsers. An ever in- creasing number of Norwell citizens are obtaining out of town library cards. The students of today are the leaders of tomorrow and deserve a better library in their own town. The quality of the town library depends on the will of the people. We need a new library. The courtesies extended us by Combination No. 2 of the Fire Depart- ment and Gaudettes Service Station are greatly appreciated. The trustees wish to thank the librarians who have worked very hard to improve the library and extend to all borrowers unlimited service. The hours for 1967 are as follows: Monday & Wednesday 2 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. Tuesday & Thursday 7 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. Friday 7 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Saturday 10 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. A cordial invitation is extended to all to come and visit with us. Respectfully submitted, Claire E. Foulsham, Trustee Lorraine Duty, Trustee John Lindsay, Trustee 189 REPORT OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Board of Selectmen Norwell, Mass. Gentlemen: In 1966 the Zoning Board of Appeals held five (5) public hearings on petitions for variance of the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Norwell. The following are the hearings held and the results thereof: Ronwell Company, Inc. - for permission to erect a dwelling on a lot having insufficient area and frontage, at the corner of Brantwood Road and Wash- ington Street. Permission granted with restrictions. Toiva Jarvinen - for permission to erect a building for a non-conforming use, on a lot off Green Street (now known as Wildcat Lane). Petition denied. Ronwell Company, Inc. - for permission to erect a dwelling on a lot having insufficient area and frontage on Old Oaken Bucket Road. Permission granted on basis of plans submitted. Russell Rich - for permission to erect a dwelling on a lot having insuf- ficient area and frontage, on King's Landing. Petition denied. Thomas Royle Dawber, M.D. - to permit the widening of an existing drainage ditch in his marshland adjoining the North River. Decision pending. Respectfully submitted, Zoning Board of Appeals Stanley H. Richards, Chairman Earle M. Newton, Secretary Edwin R. Trafton INDEX - 1966 Assessor's Report 15 Athletic Field Committee 19 Board of Health 19 Public Health Nurse 21 Board of Selectmen 21 Civil Defense 24 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 178 Conservation Commission 25 Council on Aging 27 Development and Industrial Commission . . . 28 Dog Officer 29 Emergency Communications Center 30 Fire Department 30 Highway Surveyor 32 Inspector of Animals 34 Inspector of Building 34 Inspector of Gas 35 Inspector of Wires 35 James Library 36 Metropolitan Area Planning Council Representative 37 Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee 38 Planning Board 38 Plymouth County Extension Service 44 Police Department 46 Public Welfare 47 Recreation Commission 48 School Department: 51 School Committee's Report 51 Assistant Superintendent's Report 53 School Department Personnel: 55 A. School Committee, et al 55 B. Faculty 56 C. Secretarial and Custodial 62 School Physician's Report 62 School Nurse's Report 63 Cafeteria Supervisor's Report 64 Building Enrollment (current) 65 Pupil Growth over one year, 1964-1965 66 Regional High School Treasurer's Report . 66 Sealer of Weights and Measures 73 South Shore Mosquito Control Project 73 State Audit 76 Town Accountant's Report 80 Balance Sheet , 112 Town Clerk's Report 117 Annual Town Meeting March 14, 1966 Warrant 117 Annual Town Meeting March 14, 1966 Minutes 129 Appropriations, Annual Town Meeting 138 Annual Town Election, March 19, 1966 146 Not for Circulation Appointments, Recorded 148 Births 151 Births, Delayed Returns 155 Deaths 157 Dog Licenses 160 Fish and Game Licenses 160 Gasoline Storage Permits 161 Jurors Drawn 162 Jurors, List of 163 Marriages 167 Marriages, Delayed Returns 171 Registrations of Voters 171 Resignations 172 State Audit 173 Town Collector's Report 174 Town Forest 176 -Town Officers, Appointed 8 Town Officers, Elected 6 Town Treasurer's Report 176 Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent 182 Veterans' Agent and Service Officer 183 Visiting Nurse Association 184 Washington Street Cemetery Committee 186 Water Commissioners 187 William J. Leonard Memorial Library 188 Zoning Board of Appeals 189 8 1 5 ? 0 0 1 2 3 7 1 1 2 3 4 6 8 6 6 2 3 i i i?