Town of Norwell Annual Report

NORWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1639 00054 9863 TOWN OF NORWELL ANNUAL REPORT 1961 NORWELL, MASSACHUSETTS IE SANDERSON BROTHERS, INC. NORTH ABINGTON. MASS. One Hundred Twelfth Annual Report OF THE TOWN OF NORWELL Massachusetts Norwell Public Library For the Year Ending December 31, 1961 TOWN OF NORWELL Plymouth County, Massachusetts Ninth Congressional District Hastings Keith, West Bridgewater Seco nd Co uncillo r District Abraham H. Kahalas Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial Districts Newland H. Holmes, 83 Webb Street, Weymouth Third Plymouth Representative District Alfred R. Shrigley, Hingham County Commissioners Norman G. MacDonald, Chairman Hanson Leo F. Nourse Elva M. Bent Bridgewater Brockton John A. Armstrong, Acting Comm. Plymoutn Population, 1960 Federal Census, 5,207 4 ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS Selectmen G. HERBERT REPASS, Chairman Term Expires 1962 EARLE F. ALLEN, Member Clerk Term Expires 1963 CHARLES H. WHITING Term Expires 1964 Assessors W. CLARKE ATWATER, Chairman .... Term Expires 1964 EARLE F. ALLEN, Member Clerk Term Expires 1963 PAUL B. MacDONALD Term Expires 1962 Board of Public Welfare RALPH H. COLEMAN, Chairman Term Expires 1964 JOHN D. LINDSAY Term Expires 1963 MINNA R. SENGER Term Expires 1962 Town Treasurer ELIZABETH J. POWER Term Expires 1962 Town Collector DONALD C. WILDER Term Expires 1962 Town Clerk NELLIE L. SPARRELL Term Expires 1963 Moderator JOSEPH M. SILVIA Term Expires 1962 Highway Surveyor E. ARNOLD JOSEPH Term Expires 1962 Tree Warden WESLEY H. OSBORNE, JR Term Expires 1962 ELECTED AND APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS 5 School Committee GEORGE H. WHITCHER, JR., Chairman Term Expires 1963 NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Secretary Term Expires 1962 JOHN E. ARNOLD Term Expires 1964 FLETCHER BOIG Term Expires 1963 WILLIAM G. VINAL Term Expires 1962 Regional Vocational School District Committee Member JOHN O'L. EDMONDS Term Expires 1964 Board of Health LORING L. WADSWORTH, Chairman . Term Expires 1963 KATHERINE R. FULLER, Clerk Term Expires 1962 PAUL W. KEEFE Term Expires 1964 Water Commissioners EDWARD F. WALSH, Chairman Term Expires 1964 AUGUSTINE J. THIBODEAU Term Expires 1963 JACOB LEE TURNER Term Expires 1962 Trustees of William J. Leonard Memorial Library MILDRED M. CARR Term Expires 1963 LORRAINE D. DUTY Term Expires 1962 ALFRED H. PROUTY Term Expires 1964 Planning Board JOSEPH J. PARAD IS, Chairman Term Expires 1962 CHARLES W. BAYLEY, JR Term Expires 1966 RALPH H. COLEMAN . Term Expires 1964 GEORGE E. JOSEPH Term Expires 1963 GILMAN O. WALES Term Expires 1965 Appointed Town Officers Town Accountant HARRY L. CHASE, JR Term Expires 1964 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Veterans ' Benefits LEONARD J. COX, Agent Term Expires 1962 Town Counsel "JOSEPH K. COLLINS Term Expires 1962 * SANBORN VINCENT Term Expires 1962 Board of Registrars CHARLES G. PROUTY, Chairman . Term Expires 1962 RUTH M. MURRAY Term Expires 1963 ROSALIND F. WHITTEMORE Term Expires 1964 ( Director of Public Assistance HELEN E. NORRIS ( Chief of Police KENNETH J. BRADEEN ( Permanent Patrolmen THEODORE A. BALDWIN #GEORGE F. CAVANAGH RICHARD G. JOSEPH ELLSWORTH G. KEENE ( Permanent Intermittent Patrolmen HARLAND W. FARRAR RICHARD G. JOSEPH JOHN E. MARTIN ROBERT L. MOLLA AUSTIN S. REYNOLDS DONALD G. ROBBINS RICHARD W. SOUTHER LLOYD S. WEST Matron CARMELLA MOLLA Term Expires 1962 Constables GEORGE F. CAVANAGH Term Expires 1962 HARLAND W. FARRAR Term Expires 1962 * Resigned * Appointed to fill unexpired term t Military leave of absence / Military substitute ( Permanent Civil Service positions TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 7 Special Police Officers W. CLARKE ATWATER Term Expires 1962 CHESTER A. BELL Term Expires 1962 ANDREW L. COLBERT Term Expires 1962 ALBERT GUNDERWAY Term Expires 1962 LLOYD B. HENDERSON Term Expires 1962 JOHN N. MESHEAU Term Expires 1962 GEORGE W. OSBORNE Term Expires 1962 RICHARD W. SOUTHER Term Expires 1962 HAROLD A. YOUNG Term Expires 1962 Auxiliary Police Officers ROBERT A. BARDSLEY Term Expires 1962 RALPH C. BASSETT Term Expires 1962 ARTHUR M. CAPACCIOLI Term Expires 1962 RONALD K. DICKSON Term Expires 1962 H. JAMES GORMAN, JR Term Expires 1962 PHILIP JOSEPH Term Expires 1962 GORDON A. LAMBERT Term Expires 1962 WILLIAM F. LAVERY Term Expires 1962 STANLEY D. LAWRENCE Term Expires 1962 JOHN E. MARTIN Term Expires 1962 JOHN A. MASSON Term Expires 1962 JAMES E. POWER Term Expires 1962 EDWARD W. QUIGLEY Term Expires 1962 DONALD G. ROBBINS Term Expires 1962 THOMAS M. ROBINSON Term Expires 1962 WENTWORTH H. ROOSE Term Expires 1962 JOHN A. ROSE, III Term Expires 1962 ^LEONARD ROWE Term Expires 1962 WILLIAM C. SMITH Term Expires 1962 PAUL R. SORENSON, JR Term Expires 1962 Civil Defense Director W. CLARKE ATWATER Washington Street Cemetery Committee GEORGE W. BENNETT Term Expires 1964 WILDER A. GAUDETTE Term Expires 1962 WILLIAM D. JACOBS Term Expires 196,f * Resigned #Appointment rescinded TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Advisory Board PAUL C. RASMUSSEN, Chairman . Term Expires 1962 PHILIP T. YOUNG, Vice Chairman . Term Expires 1964 MARGARET E.C. REESER, Secretary . Term Expires 1962 RICHARD M. BURBANK Term Expires 1964 PAUL G. JEVNE Term Expires 1962 JAMES E. MACAULAY Term Expires 1964 ROBERT N. MAGLATHLIN Term Expires 1963 ERNEST J. MILANI Term Expires 1964 JOSEPH T. MURPHY Term Expires 1963 STERLING MYRICK Term Expires 1963 Board of Appeals FREDERICK R. HART, JR., Acting Chairman Term Expires 1964 EARLE M. NEWTON, Secretary Term Expires 1963 H. JAMES GORMAN, JR., Associate Member Term Expires 1962 STANLEY H. RICHARDS Term Expires 1963 SANBORN VINCENT Term Expires 1963 HENRY J. WALTER, Associate Member Term Expires 1962 Recreation Commission JAMES T. KING, Chairman ALLAN H. HAKANSON MARY OSBORN KNAPP, JAMES W. ROBERTSON Secretary JOHN J. WINSKE, JR. General School Building Committee CHESTER A. RIMMER, Chairman . Term Expires 1962 DAVID L. TURNER, Clerk Term Expires 1962 EDMUND V. ANDERSON Term Expires 1962 DUNCAN BANKS Term Expires 1962 HAROLD E. CRANTON Term Expires 1962 JOHN O'L. EDMONDS Term Expires 1962 BRUNO ILMONEN Term Expires 1962 EMANUEL A. JOSEPH Term Expires 1962 CLINTON V. MacCOY Term Expires 1962 LEONARD E. MARSDEN Term Expires 1962 * Resigned * Appointed to fill unexpired term TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 9 ARTHUR A. RAYMOND Term Expires 1962 By-Law Committee W. BREWSTER SOUTHWORTH, HORACE ROSS Chairman SANBORN VINCENT DAVID L. TURNER, Clerk DONALD C. WHITTEMORE Permanent Drainage Committee RICHARD E. SPLAINE, WILLIAM E. RITCHIE, Chairman Clerk WILLIAM C. BENNETT **GERALD L. HATHORNE E. ARNOLD JOSEPH * ROBERT S. LARSEN Development and Industrial Commission HENRY ABRAHAMS, Chairman .... Term Expires 1962 JOHN E. ANDREWS, Clerk Term Expires 1965 CHARLES H. CROMBIE Term Expires 1964 JOHN A. deCOURCY Term Expires 1961 D. FRANK MEDEROS Term Expires 1963 Building Code Committee THEODORE R. LOVE, Chairman ARTHUR SEWELL ARTHUR DuLONG, Clerk CHARLES E. WHITE CHARLES E. WHITING Conservation Commission TIMOTHY FULLER, Chairman Term Expires 1963 RONALD G. WHITNEY, Clerk Term Expires 1964 STANLEY N. BAKER Term Expires 1962 FRANK H. BURNS Term Expires 1964 THOMAS P. HALL Term Expires 1963 CLINTON V. MacCOY Term Expires 1962 GILMAN O. WALES Term Expires 1964 * Resigned ** Appointed to fill unexpired term 10 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES (/)Town Government Study Committee CHESTER A. RIMMER, THOMAS T. BARSTOW Chairman JOHN O'L. EDMONDS W. BREWSTER SOUTHWORTH ROBERT B. SANDERSON SANBORN VINCENT Town Forest Committee D. FRANK MEDEROS, Chairman .... Term Expires 1962 JOSEPH K. COLLINS Term Expires 1962 PAUL C. RASMUSSEN Term Expires 1962 WESLEY H. OSBORNE, JR., Ex-Officio Sealer of Weights and Measures JOHN D. DICKMAN Term Expires 1962 Board of Fire Engineers WARREN P. MERRITT, Chief Term Expires 1962 LORING L. WADSWORTH, Deputy Chief Term Expires 1962 FREDERICK K. WILLIAMS, Clerk . Term Expires 1962 JAMES T. KING Term Expires 1962 T. CURTIS POWER Term Expires 1962 Forest Fire Warden WARREN P. MERRITT Term Expires 1962 Inspector of Animals RICHARD E. CUGNASCA, D.V.M. Term Expires 1962 Inspector of Gas Piping and Gas Appliance GEORGE A. BEACH Plumbing Inspectors GEORGE A. BEACH EDWARD P. ROACH Inspector of Wires RAYMOND A. HANSEN * Resigned (/) Appointed by Article 24, Adjourned Annual Town Meeting March 7, 1961 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 11 Alternate Inspector of Wires J. LEE TURNER Insurance Advisory Committee DONALD SHEPHERD, Chairman HAROLD G. DUTTON MARGARET CROWELL DUMAS, Clerk *GILBERT B. OXFORD Dog Officer ROBERT L. MOLLA Term Expires 1962 Moth Superintendent WESLEY H. OSBORNE, JR Term Expires 1962 Burial Agent LEONARD J. COX Term Expires 1962 Aid to Agriculture WILLIAM D. JACOBS, Agent Term Expires 1962 Fence Viewers PAUL C. RASMUSSEN Term Expires 1962 J. BERNARD SCOTT Term Expires 1962 * Appointed to fill unexpired term 12 SELECTMEN'S REPORT REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN The year 1961 saw the completion of the Southeast Expressway through the southwesterly portion of the Town of Norwell. The completion of this section of the Expressway makes it possible for the Boston commuters to enter and leave the Expressway at Route 3 within a couple of thousand feet of the town line dividing Norwell and Hanover at Assinippi. This past year also ushered in the initial construction of the next section of the Southeast Expressway from Route 3 in Hanover through the southern portion of Norwell, across the North River to Pembroke. While there is no direct access to the Southeast Expressway within the boundaries of the Town of Norwell, the Town will reap all the advantages, as well as the disadvantages, of the limited- access highway which connects with the other express highway systems west and north of Boston. This accessibility adds Norwell to those munici- palities that are within one-half hour of Boston proper, at reasonable driving speeds. The situation created by this efficient highway to which the Town has access will no doubt bring us, in time, commercial and industrial establishments which can be of benefit to the Town. It will also increase the Town's population. All of these changes will bring to us complex problems which will have to be met by your Town Government and by the voting citizens of the Town.

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