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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF TOWN OF LEXINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1964 Somerville Printing Co., Inc. Somerville, Massachusetts CONTENTS r LEXINGTON Town Officers and Committees 7 r 15 Town Meeting Members The Birthplace of American Liberty" 21 List of Jurors Population 1960 Census — 27, 691 43 Board of Selectmen Highest elevation — 385 feet above mean sea level 211 Board of Registrars Lowest elevation — 110 feet above mean sea level Town Clerk Settled — 1642 — Cambridge Farms Annual Town Meeting 45 Incorporated as a Town — 1713 Warrant 63 Elections Valuation — $ 173, 710, 440.00 Minutes of Meeting 71 Tax Rate — 1964 — $ 38. 60 102 Presidential Primary, April 28, 1964 121 Special Town Meeting, June 8, 1964 State '.Primary, September 10, 1964 137 State Election, November 3, 1964 149 Special Town Meeting, November 23, 1964 165 176 t Area of town in acres 10, 650.42 Births, Marriages and Deaths Licenses and Fees 178 Area of town in miles 16. 64 Extreme length in miles 5. 8 Protection of Persons and Property 181 Police Department Extreme width in miles 4. 85 189 Board of Fire Commissioners 194 Building Inspector 197 Wire Inspector 198 Plumbing Inspector Sealer of Weights and Measures 199 200 Public Streets: — ( miles) Civil Defense Accepted 101. 93 Planning and Recreation Private Streets: 203 Planning Board Unaccepted 29.93 204 Recreation Committee Paper Streets 9. 50 Public Services State Highways 17. 10 213 Board of Health Trunk Sewers 21. 27 Executive Health Officer 219 223 Street Sewers 70.65 Inspector of Animals Superintendent of Public Works 225 Water Mains 140. 51 241 Town Engineer 245 Park Department 249 Cemetery Commissioners Registrar of Veterans' Graves 250 Conservation Commission 250 CONTENTS 5 Cary Memorial Library Trustees 255 Director 258 Treasurer 259 Investment Committee 262 Holiday Observances Town Celebrations Committee 265 Patriots' Day 265 United Nations Day 266 Memorial Day 266 Veterans' Day 266 Charities and Benefits Board of Public Welfare 269 Trustees of Public Trusts 272 Veterans' Services 285 Board of Retirement 286 Cary Lectures Committee 291 Hanscom 293 School Department Personnel 296 School Committee 297 Superintendent 301 Financial Statement 339 Pupil Enrollment 348 School Plant 350 Graduation and Graduating Class 352 Roster of Teachers 357 Financial Town Treasurer 381 Collector of Taxes 383 Board of Assessors 383 Town Accountant 388 Balance Sheet 389 Receipts 395 Expenditures 402 Borrowing Capacity 422 Appropriation Accounts 424 Town Debt 437 Legan Department Town Counsel 453 Board of Appeals 469 Index to Minutes of Town Meetings 478 8 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Planning Board Robert E. Meyer, Chairman 1965 Arthur E. Bryson 1966 Joseph A. Campbell 1967 Roland B. Greeley 1968 ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS Natalie H. Riffin 1969 March, 1964 to March, 1965 Lexington Housing Authority Albert W. Hruby Authorized Nov. 25, 1963 Burton E. Williams Lincoln P. Cole, Jr., Chairman 1966 Board of Selectmen Temple E. Scanlon 1965 Levi G. Burnell Edwin A. Bennett Otis S. Brown, Jr. 1965 Robert Cataldo 1966 George C. Sheldon 1967 COMMITTEES AUTHORIZED BY TOWN MEETING VOTE Town Clerk James J. Carroll 1965 Committee on Lectures under Wills of Richard K. Eaton, Chairman Eliza Cary Farnham & Susanna E. Cary Charles Butts, Jr. Twon Treasurer James J. Carroll 1965 Authorized Mar. 16, 1964 Dorothy A. Soule Collector of Taxes Ethel U. Rich 1965 Committee on Public Facilities in or Leslie H. York, Chairman Near the Battle Green District Levi G. Burnell Authorized Mar. 18, 1963 School Committee . Alfred L. Viano, Chairman 1967 Ruth Morey Vemon C. Page 1965 Philip B. Parsons George Kolovson James F. Fenske 1965 Elizabeth H. Clarke 1966 Austin W. Fisher, Jr. 1967 Conservation Commission . Jules Sussman, Chairman 1965 Authorized Nov. 25, 1963 William S. Richey 1966 Cemetery Commissioners John C. Graham, Chairman 1965 Stephen F. Ells 1966 Harvey F. Winlock 1966 Francis W. K. Smith 1967 Gail W. Smith 1967 Aiden L. Ripley 1967 tLouis A. Zehner 1967 Paul E. Mazerall, Ex- Officio Resigned tReplacing Gail W. Smith General By -Laws Committee Levi G. Burnell Authorized Mar. 18, 1963 Martin A. Gilman Allan Green Trustees of Public Trusts . 1967 George P. Morey, Chairman Robert E. Meyer Lawrence A. Sullivan 1966 Haskell W. Reed William R. McEwen 1968 Historic Districts Commission Moderator Charles E. Ferguson 1965 Donald R. Grant, Chairman 1966 Authorized Nov. 19, 1956 Ruth Bevan 1965 Wilbur M. Jaquith 1967 Constables Kenneth M. Cox 1967 George E. Graves 1968 Paul E. Furdon 1967 Philip B. Parsons 1969 AND COMMITTEES TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 9 10 TOWN OFFICERS Robert G. Hargrove, Chairman 1965 Associates William B. Hoyt 1967 Standing School Building Committee 1965 Carl E. Bryant 1967 Authorized Mar. 25, 1957 John F. Barnaby 1966 Donald White 1968 Frederic K. Johnson 1966 Max H. Straw 1969 Austin W. Fisher, Jr. Thomas G. Taylor 1966 1966 Resigned Mary Lou Touart Kenneth Fox 1967 Irving H. Mabee 1967 1967 School Sites Committee Gordon E. Steele, Chairman Jacqueline 8. Davison Authorized April 2, 1956 Charles T. Abbott Richard R. Harding Resigned Ruth Morey Standing Plumbing and Building Robert W. Custance, Chairman 1967 By-Law Committee . George E. Bullock 1965 Bridge Charitable Fund Trustees . George P. Morey, Chairman 1969 Authorized Nov. 25, 1963 Perry D. Lord 1966 Lawrence A. Sullivan 1966 Richard W. Souza 1966 William R. McEwen 1968 Leo Dunn 1967 Study of Historic Districts of Lexington Wilbur Jaquith Fire Commissioners William P. Fitzgerald, Chair. 1965 Authorized Jan. 28, 1963 Otis S. Brown, Jr. Stanley E. Robbins 1966 Charles T. Abbott Fred Coolidge Bailey 1967 Donald P. Noyes Robert E. Meyer tNatalie Riffin Gemmel Legacy Income Trustees Mary E. Casey 1965 Acting with Department of Margaret L. West 1965 Resigned Public Welfare) tReplacing Robert E. Meyer BY -LAW COMMITTEES Memorial Day & Veterans' Day Maurice D. Healy 1965 Van T. Boughton, Chairman 1966 Jerome F. Garrity 1965 Capital Expenditures Committee 1965 Lawrence E. Stone 1965 Authorized Mar. 26, 1955 Robert M. Gary tHugh M. Chapin 1965 George E. Foster 1965 Margaret F. Rawls 1965 Charles E. Parks 1965 Ruth F. Souza 1965 William P. Brenchick 1965 Rodger L. Longley 1966 Winston R. Hindle, Jr. 1967 Old Age Assistance Bureau Howard K. Dawes, Chairman 1965 Robert K. Taylor 1965 Resigned Paul F. Bartell 1965 tReplacing Robert Gary Robert P. Trask, Jr. 1965 Replacing Ruth F. Souza David F. Toomey 1965 Recreation Committee . Vincent E. Hayes, Chairman 1965 Authorized Nov. 19, 1956 Paul Hanson 1965 Hunting Committee . Vincent E. Hayes Colby E. Kelly 1966 Authorized Mar. 25, 1964 Otis S. Brown, Jr. Robert E. Bond 1966 Aiden L. Ripley Richard 5. Sparrow 1967 11 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 12 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Town Celebrations Committee 1965 Raymond B. Barnes, Chairman Executive Assistant, Selectmen Albert Gray, Jr. 1965 Authorized Mar. 26, 1956 James J. Fenske 1965 tMaurice D. Healy 1965 Executive Clerk, Selectmen Hazel J. Murray 1965 Frank DiGiammarino 1965 1965 Anthony Sperduto 1966 Fence Viewers Rev Harold T. Handley 1965 Eleanor B. Litchfield 1966 John J. Garrity Audrey E. Beardsley 1966 John W. Rycroft 1965 Elizabeth C. Severence 1966 Field Drivers 1965 Marilyn L. Hall 1967 Benjamin W. Day Leo Gaughan 1967 Forest Warden William P. Fitzgerald 1965 Resigned Gas Inspector John B. Byrne, Jr. 1965 tReplacing James Fenske Replacing Audrey Beardsley Insect Pest Control . • Paul E. Mazerall 1965 APPOINTED OFFICERS Lockup Keeper . John W. Rycroft 1965 Animal Inspector Dr. Carl R, Benton 1965 Measurer of Wood & Bark Harold I. Wellington 1965 Assistant Town Clerk & Park Department Superintendent Paul E. Mazerall 1965 Assistant Town Treasurer . Mary R. McDonough 1965 Plumbing Inspector . John B. Byrne, Jr. 1965 Board of Health Public Works Snuperintendent John J. Carroll 1965 Director of Public Health . James F. Finneran 1965 Public Works Asst. Superintendent Guy V. Colella 1965 Board of Health Agents . Hazel J. Murray 1965 Dorothy M. Jones 1965 Registrars of Voters . Malcolm H. Clifford, Chairman 1966 Dr. William F. McLaughlin Ralph H. Elvedt 1965 Met. State Hospital) 1965 tRaymond E. Lewis 1966 Charles F. Kerr Charles F. Vaughan 1967 Met. State Hospital) 1965 Paul P. O' Leary Deceased Met. State Hospital) 1965 tReplacing Malcolm Clifford Donald K. Irwin Building Inspector . 1965 Sealer of Weights & Measures Ralph E. Chadwick 1965 Burial Agents Douglass Funeral Service Town Accountant . Raymond L. White 1965 Louis H. Spencer Alice M. McCarthy Town Counsel Donald E. Legro 1965 David Fudge & Son, Inc. Town Engineer John J. Carroll 1965 Director of Civil Defense Arthur E. Burrell 1965 Assistant Town Engineer Robert L. Higgins 1965 Director of Veterans' Benefits Tree Warden Paul E. Mazerall 1965 and Services . Maurice D. Healy 1965 Veterans' Graves Officer Maurice D. Healy 1965 Dog Officers Dr Howard A. Smith 1965 Michael J. Shaughnessy 1965 Wire Inspector . Robert K. Jeremiah 1965 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 13 APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES Appropriation Committee John H. Blaisdell, Chairman 1967 Logan Clarke, Jr. 1965 Richard H. Battin 1965 Frank T. Parrish, Jr. 1965 Ralph B. Fifield 1966 Donald Noyes 1966 Ruth F. Souza 1966 Oscar R. Carlson 1967 Robert M. Gary 1967 Assessors Willard P. Grush, Chairman 1968 Edwin J. Gildea 1966 John F. McCurdy 1967 Newton E. Bennett 1966 Resigned Replacing Mr. Gildea Board of Appeals . Donald E. Nickerson, Chairman 1967 Acting under Building George P. Wadsworth 1969 and Zoning Laws) Aiden L. Ripley 1965 Charles T. Abbott 1966 Lewis L. Hoyt 1968 Board of Appeals J. Henry Duffy 1965 Associate Members) . Ruth Morey 1965 George C. Sheldon 1965 Howard H. Dawes 1965 Nathan B. Ricker 1965 Robert H. Farwell 1965 Board of Health Rufus L. McQuillan, Chairman 1965 Dr. William L. Cosgrove 1966 James M. West 1967 Dr. Ivan G. Pyle Consultant Phyisician) Board of Public Welfare Howard H. Dawes, Chairman 1965 Robert K. Tayor 1965 Paul F.
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