Town of Hamilton Annual Report
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974.43 H 13 1967 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE TOWN of HAMILTON MASSACHUSETTS 175th ^Anniversary, June 21, 1968 19 6 7 974. A 5" H ia 974.45 H 18 1967 ANNUAL REPORT for tke TOWN of HAMILTON MASSACHUSETTS 19 6 7 TOWN OF HAMILTON ESSEX COUNTY COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Incorporated June 21, 1793 Area 14.99 sq. miles Sixth Congressional District Fifth Councillor District Third Essex Senatorial District Third Representative District OFFICIALS Congressman—William H. Bates of Salem Councillor John Buckley of Lawrence — J. Senator—William L. Saltonstall of Manchester Representative—Frances W. Hatch, Jr. of Beverly C. F. Nelson Pratt of Saugus County Commissioners (3) { Daniel J. Burke of Lynnfield [ Edward H. Cahill of Lynn POPULATION 1920 1631 (Federal Census) 1925 2018 (State " ) 1930 2044 (Federal " ) 1935 2235 (State " ) 1940 2037 (Federal " ) 1945 2387 (State " ) 1950 2764 (Federal " ) 1955 4116 (State " ) 1960 5488 (Federal " ) 1965 6141 (State * ) 1967 TOWN OFFICERS Elected and Appointed Selectmen LAWRENCE C. FOSTER, Chairman Term expires 1970 LAWRENCE R. STONE WILLIAM F. MacKENZIE Term expires 1968 Term expires 1969 Board of Public Welfare LAWRENCE R. STONE, Chairman Term expires 1968 WILLIAM F. MacKENZIE LAWRENCE C. FOSTER Term expires 1969 Term expires 1970 Welfare Agent BERNARD A. CULLEN Board of Health WILLIAM F. MacKENZIE, Chairman Term expires 1969 LAWRENCE R. STONE LAWRENCE C. FOSTER Term expires 1968 Term expires 1970 Board of Health Physician DR. ALBERT R. LARCHEZ Moderator PAUL F. PERKINS, JR. Town Clerk—Accountant FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE Treasurer EVERETT F. HALEY Tax Collector BERTHA L. CROWELL Assessors ROBERT H. CHITTICK, Chairman Term expires 1968 ROBERT H. BROOKS CORNELIUS J. MURRAY, JR. Term expires 1969 Term expires 1970 4 Planning Board GEORGE C. CUTLER, Chairman Term expires 1970 DR. HENRY F. LARCHEZ WILLIAM D. DURYEA Term expires 1968 Term expires 1970 HENRY J. GOURDEAU W. WHITNEY LUNDGREN Term expires 1969 Term expires 1971 Finance arid Advisory Committee PAUL M. PILCHER, Chairman HENRY J. MEYER, JR. RICHARD PRESTON DONALD R. PHILLIPS EDMUND J. REINHALTER Town Counsel STANDISH BRADFORD Registrars of Voters GEORGE MORROW, Chairman Term expires 1969 ROBERT N. PEALE GUY F. ALLERUZZO Term expires 1970 Term expires 1968 FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE, Clerk-Officio Fire Engineers LAWRENCE LAMSON, Chief RAYMOND A. WHIPPLE BENJAMIN A. DODGE CHARLES W. DOLLIVER ROBERT H. CHITTICK III Superintendent of Insect Pest Control DOUGLAS A. WOODMAN Tree Warden DOUGLAS A. WOODMAN Forest Warden LAWRENCE LAMSON Building Inspector BENJAMIN A. DODGE Electrical Inspector ROBERT T. BROWN Gas Inspector THOMAS J. MULLINS Plumbing Inspector THOMAS J. MULLINS Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering WILLIAM WALSH 5 Inspector of Milk WILLIAM WALSH Sanitary Inspector PHILIP S. PLUMMER Sealer of Weights and Measures GEORGE W. DIXON Dog Officer DOUGLAS A. WOODMAN Civil Defense Director ALBERT R. CHOUINARD Surveyor of Highways CHARLES F. POOLE Veterans' Service Director FRANK E. STORY Veterans' Agent FRANK E. STORY School Committee DR. HAROLD D. MOSES, Chairman Term expires 1968 J. ROBERT McLERNON PHILIP H. STOCKFORD Term expires 1968 Term expires 1969 JAMES T. CAMPBELL THOMAS A. DODD Term expires 1969 Term expires 1970 Superintendent of Schools HAMMOND A. YOUNG Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District Committee Hamilton Members RICHARD S. HERNDON JOE Y. JACKSON Term expires 1968 Term expires 1969 Elected Member Elected Member DR. HAROLD D. MOSES Term expires 1968 Appointed Member Members of Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District Committee CHARLES F. TERRELL (Wenham) Chairman JOE Y. JACKSON (Hamilton) Vice Chairman A. WINSLOW DODGE (Wenham) Secretary-Clerk RICHARD S. HERNDON, JR. (Hamilton) Treasurer ELEANOR F. KENNARD (Wenham) Asst. Secy-Clerk DR. HAROLD D. MOSES (Hamilton) 6 Trustees of Public Library JOHN F. NEARY, Chairman Term expires 1970 JEAN B. SHACKELFORD, Resigned CAROLYN W. LANDER SARAH H. TRUSSELL Term expires 1968 Term expires 1969 Librarian ELIZABETH C. MOULTON Park Commissioners GEORGE H. RICKER, Chairman Term expires 1970 ALBERT P. LOUGEE RAY M. SANFORD Term expires 1969 Term expires 1968 Park Superintendent WILLIAM G. POOR Water Commissioners GORDON L. THOMPSON, Chairman Term expires 1970 JAMES L. DeANGELIS RICHARD H. SMITH Term expires 1968 Term expires 1969 Superintendent of Water Works RAYMOND A. WHIPPLE Cemetery Commissioners PAUL S. TUCKER, Chairman Term expires 1968 LUTHER M. CAVERLY JOHN T. WALKE Term expires 1969 Term expires 1970 Cemetery Superintendent PHILIP S. PLUMMER Conservation Commission CLIFFORD D. CORLISS, JR., Chairman Term expires 1968 MARY M. McGRAY CHARLES H. SHACKELFORD (Deceased) (Resigned) Term expires 1968 Term expires 1969 HENRY H. TAYLOR, JR. EDWARD FIELDING, JR. Term expires 1969 Term expires 1970 FREDERIC WINTHROP Term expires 1970 7 Housing Authority FRANCIS R. KENNEDY, Chairman Term expires 11-14-68 State Appointed Member MADELINE L. RICKER NEWELL W. PENNIMAN, JR. Term expires 1968 Term expires 1970 DONALD B. ALMOUIST AUGUST W. HOAGLUND Term expires 1972 Term expires 1971 Board of Appeals Protective (Zoning) By-Law and Subdivision Control Law GEORGE G. BECKETT, Chairman Term expires 1969 JOHN F. NEARY H. GRANT CROWELL Term expires 1970 Term expires 1968 Alternate Members DONALD G. HARADEN CARL POEHLER, JR. Board of Appeals, under Building By-Law ROBERT S. PIRIE, Chairman W. WHITNEY LUNDGREN CARL POEHLER, JR. RAYMOND R. MARTEL ALBERT L. HAM Measurers of Wood, Lumber and Bark THEODORE E. JOHNSON ROBERT E. HENDERSON ERNEST E. MacGREGOR Field Drivers GEORGE MORROW HAROLD M. DODGE WILLIAM W. BANCROFT Deceased Fence Viewers GEOFFREY C. SARGEANT HAROLD A. DALEY NEIL M. MacLAREN School Needs Study Committee Authorized by Annual Town Meeting Held March 1, 1954 DR. HAROLD D. MOSES, Chairman JAMES T. CAMPBELL JOSEPH M. HURLEY, JR. HAMMOND A. YOUNG GEORGE C. CUTLER HENRY J. GOURDEAU JOHN F. NEARY 8 Personnel Board GEORGE B. COTTLE, Chairman Term expires 1968 Appointed by Moderator WILLIAM G. CLYDE G. GORDON LOVE Term expires 1969 Term expires 1969 RICHARD G. TAYLOR FOSTER F. ALLEN Term expires 1970 Term expires 1970 Appointed by Finance Committee Appointed by Selectmen Council on Aging NEWELL W. PENNIMAN, JR., Chairman MARIE A. ARNOLD WALTER C. COOKE DANA H. BENFIELD CHESTER H. PEABODY ROLAND E. BONNETTE LAWRENCE T. PETERSON Appointed by Selectmen Appointed by Chairman Revaluation Study Committee Authorized by Annual Town Meeting Held March 7, 1966 FREDERIC WINTHROP, Chairman MARION T. ADAMS LAWRENCE LAMSON GELEAN M. CAMPBELL NATHANIEL C. NASH GEORGE C. CUTLER ROBERT S. PIRIE Home Rule Study Committee Authorized by Special Town Meeting Held April 17, 1967 CLARK S. SEARS, Chairman GEORGE G. BECKETT LAWRENCE LAMSON STANDISH BRADFORD DR. DONALD F. MORI ROBERT A. GREELEY MARJORIE A. RYDER REPORT of tLe TOWN CLERK 19 6 7 10 REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK To the Citizens of Hamilton: I herewith submit my twenty fourth annual report as Clerk of the Town of Hamilton. During the year 1967 the election and town meetings consisted of the Annual Town Meeting and Election and a Special Town Meeting. A detailed report of each is printed in this town report as a part of the Clerk's report. A list of births, marriages and deaths recorded during the year is included in this report as a part of the Clerk's report. As I have mentioned before, in many instances records of out-of-town births are not received in this office in time to be included in the town report, but such records are recorded in the town records of births when received. I express my sincere appreciation to all who have assisted me in any way during the past year. Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE Town Clerk 11 REPORT OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Held in the Junior High School Auditorium, March 6, 1967 AND of the ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION Held March 14, 1967 MODERATOR: Paul F. Perkins, Jr. ELECTION OFFICERS Checkers George Morrow George F. Dawe Rav M. Sanford Philip C. Hopkins Robert N. Peale Counters George W. Dixon Guy F. Alleruzzo Dorothy Crowley Donald H. Child Olivia C. Wetson George F. Dawe Harold M. Child Philip C. Hopkins Richard T. O'Gara Stephen J. D'Arcy Assistants Gelean M. Campbell James H. Dodge Town Clerk Francis H. Whipple Police Edward H. Frederick Thomas J. Mullins The Moderator, Mr. Paul F. Perkins, opened the meeting at twenty- two minutes after eight in the evening on Monday, March 6, 1967. Reverend Wendell L. Rockey, Jr., offered the invocation. Moderator: "The Warrant containing the articles to be acted on at this meeting is set forth in your Annual Report on pages 89-97. The report and recommendations of the Finance and Advisory Committee begin on page 98. The first business of the evening is article 2: 'To choose and appoint, or to fix the number of and to authorize the Select- men to appoint, other Town Officers in such manner as the Town may determine." 12 Moved by Mr. William MacKenzie and duly seconded: "That four field drivers and four measurers of wood, lumber and bark be elected by the meeting from the floor, and that the field drivers be nominated and elected first and the measurers of wood, lumber and bark immediately following." Voice vote: Motion unanimously carried. Moved by Mr. William MacKenzie and duly seconded: "That Harold M. Dodge, George Morrow, William W. Bancroft be elected field drivers for the ensuing year." Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried. Moved by Mr. William MacKenzie and duly seconded: "That Theo- dore E. Johnson, Ernest E. MacGregor and Robert E. Henderson be elected measurers of wood, lumber and bark for the ensuing year." Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried. Article 3. Moderator: "To hear the reports of the Town Officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and all other committees and take any action thereon or relative thereto." Moved by Mr. Lawrence C. Foster and duly seconded: "That the reports of Town Officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and all other committees as printed or inserted in the Town Report for 1966, be received and placed on file." Voice vote.