OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND FOR ITS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINETH MUNICIPAL YEAR FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1928 NATICK. MASS. PRESS OF THE NATICK BULLETIN 1929 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND FOR ITS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINETH MUNICIPAL YEAR FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1928 NATICK. MASS. PRESS OF THE NATICK BULLETIN 1929 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/officialreportso1927wayl OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND Moderator Term Expires John Connelly 1929 Town Clerk M. Alice Neale 1929 Selectmen Richard Ames 1929 George G. Bogren 1929 Sidney Loker 1929 Treasurer Frank G. MacKenna 1929 Collector of Taxes Wilbur C. Gorman 1929 Town Accountant Marie R. Hynes 1929 Overseers of the Poor Thomas W. Frost 1929 Andrew Paul 1930 Harold J. Glover 1931 School Committee Llewellyn Mills 1929 Warren L. Bishop 1930 Dorothy G. Stone 1931 Assessors Clarence S Williams 1929 Sidney Loker 1930 Daniel Brackett 1931 Water Commissioners Walter S. Bigwood 1929 3 Harry W. Craig 1929 Alfred C. Damon 1930 Walter C. Smith 1930 James J. Bolton 1931 Trustees of the Public Library^ Alfred W. Cutting 1929 J. Sidney Stone 1929 John Connelly 1930 Amos I. Hadley 1930 Richard Ames 1931 George G. Bogren 1931 Cemetery Commissioners Emma D/Wellington (resigned) 1929 William Read (appointed to fill vacancy) 1929 Frank F. Ames 1930 Charles L. Fullick 1931 Tree Warden Frank F. Ames 1929 Highway Surveyor James Ferguson 1929 Board of Health Waldo L. Lawrence 1929 Thomas J. Dowey 1930 Arthur H. Dudley 1931 Board of Park Commissioners William M. Pettigrew 1929 John B. Wight 1930 Dennis J. McSweeney 1931 Planning Board Frank I. Cooper 1929 Alvin B. Neale 1929 James Bolton 1930 Gilbert Small . 1930 Ronald S. Campbell 1931 Howard S. Russell 1931 Constables W^ilfred L. Celorier 1929 Harry W. Craig 1929 4 Ernest H. Damon 1929 Edward F. Dorsheimer 1929 Charles F. Dusseault 1929 John E. Linnehan 1929 Frank C. Moore 1929 Commissioners of Trust Funds Albert F. Flint 1929 John H. Knapp 1930 John Connelly 1931 Trustees of the Allen Fund John Connelly 1929 Isaac Damon 1929 Howard W. Parmenter 1929 Fence Viewers Selectmen 1929 Field Drivers Constables 1929 Surveyors of Lumber William Fullick (deceased) 1929 Frank Haynes 1929 Melville Loker 1929 William S. Lovell ' 1929 Arthur F. Marston 1929 Measurers of Wood and Bark Arthur W. Atwood 1929 Joseph Decatur 1929 William S. Lovell 1929 Israel A. Lupien 1929 Arthur F. Marston 1929 Memorial Day Committee Civil War Veterans James I. Bryden 1929 Marcus M. Fiske 1929 Llewellyn Flanders 1929 Thomas M. Frost 1929 George B. Howe 1929 Spanish War Veterans William Hardy 1929 Frank C. Moore 1929 Thomas Murray 1929 John Wright 1929 World War Veterans William J. Ahern 1929 Earl G. Barry 1929 Ernest H. Damon 1929 Arthur Hurd Dudley 1929 Cornelius J. Maguire 1929 Charles Howard Smith 1929 Sons of Veterans Ervin W. Schleicher 1929 Pound Keeper Alexander Sauer * 1929 Deg Officers Edward F. Dorsheimer 1929 James E. Linnehan 1929 Inspector of Animals Frank J. Bigwood 1929 Burial Agent George G. Bogren 1929 District Nurse Mary E. McNeil 1929 Superintendent of Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths Daniel Graham • 1929 Sealer of Weights and Measures Albert Marchant 1929 Forest Fire Warden Edward F. Dorsheimer 1929 Chief of Police Edward F. Dorsheimer 1929 Public Weighers Arthur W. Atwood 1929 Howard Parmenter 1929 W. F. Smith 1929 Florence Steade 1929 6 Finance Committee Frank E. Davis 1929 Ernest Lawrence 1929 Harold H. Loker 1929 William S. Lovell 1929 William J. Scotland 1P29 Inspector of Slaughtering William C. Neale 1929 Registrars of Voters Edward F. Lee Republican 1929 M. Alice Neale Republican 1929 Meddie H. Rasicot Democratic 1930 Joseph Zimmerman • Democratic 1931 Engineers of Fire Department Alfred A. Lamarine, Chief 1929 Edward F. Dorsheimer, Clerk 1929 Frank J. Bigwood, District Chief 1929 Director of Extension Service John J. Erwin 1929 Election Officers Precinct 1 James I. Bryden, Warden 1929 Edith H. Davis, Clerk 1929 James Bolton 1929 George Dickey 1929 John E. Dolan 1929 Philip S. Ide 1929 James I. Linnehan 1929 Myrta L. Wight 1929 Precinct 2 Albert Marchant, Warden 1929 Alvin B. Neale, Clerk 1929 May Derrick 1929 William R. Gallagher 1929 Carrie F. Harrington 1929 William Morrisey 1929 Joseph Perodeau 1929 George Richardson 1929 7 WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. To any of the Constables of the Town of Wayland, in said County: Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in town elections to meet at their respective poll- ing places on MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1929 at six o’clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, Town Clerk, three Select- men, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, a Surveyor of Highways, a Tree Warden, and seven Constables, all for one year. One Member of the School Committ.ee, one Cemetery Commissioner, one Commissioner of Trust Funds, two Trustees of Public Library, one Member of the Board of Public Welfare, one Assessor, one Member of the Board of Health, one Water Commissioner, one Park Commis- sioner, and two Members of the Planning Board, all for three years. Also one member of the Board of Public Welfare for two years, to fill vacancy. All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6.15 in the forenoon and will remain open continuously until four o’clock in the after- noon, when they shall be closed. And you are required to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of said town qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1929 at 7:45 P. M., then and there to act on the following arii- 8 cles, viz: Article 1. To hear the reports of Town Officers, agents and committees, and act thereon. Article 2. To choose all necessary Town officers, agents and committees, not elected by official ballot. Article 3. To grant money for necessary Town pur- poses. Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the cur- rent financial year. Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $8,000.00 in antici- pation of re-imbursement from the State and County on account of oiling and repairing State-controlled roads. Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess the sum of $826.29 to reimburse the State and County for work done by order of the County Commis- sioners on the Old Sudbury Road at the bridges. Article 7. To see if the Town will accept the fol- lowing gift: $100 to establish the '‘Charles B. Felch Fund” income from which to be used for the perpertual care of the Charles B. Felch Lot No. 45, section A in the Lake View Cemetery. Article 8. To see if the Town will accept the- fol- lowing bequest: $200 received from the Estate of George F. Marston, to establish the “George F. Marston Fund,” income from which to be used for perpetual care of George F. Marston Lot No. 44, section B, Lake View Cemetery. Article 9. To see if the Town will accept the fol- lowing gift: $200 received from Mrs. Nellie J. Draper to establish the “Paul T. Draper Fund” income from which to be used for perpetual care of Paul T, Draper, Lot No. 29, North Cemetery. Article 10. To see if the Town will accept the fol- lowing gift: $100 received from Mrs. Dana Elkins to establish the “Ainsley Dunham Fund” income from which to be used for perpetual care of Lot No. 15, section E, Lake View Cemetery. Article 11. To see if the Town will appoint a Com- 0 mittee consisting of the School Committee and two other members to be appointed by the Moderator to make a thorough investigation in regard to the housing prob- lem of the School and report at the next town meeting. Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300 or some other amount, and elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the Middlesex County Ti*ustees for County Aid to Agriculture in the v.ork of the Middlesex County Extension Service under the provision of Sections 40-45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts. Article 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Fire Departmen to sell a wagon no longer in use. Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess an additional sum of money for the erection of a building for the housing of the Highway Department equipment. Article 15. To see if the Town will appoint a Com- mittee of three citizens to serve as a Committee on Town Forest, or do or act. Article 16. To see if the Town will authorize its Committee on Town Forest to accept such land as may be offered to be used for the purpose of a Town Forest, or do or act. Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 82, Section 37 of the General Laws and amendments thereto, providing for the estab- lishment of building lines, or do or act. Article 18.