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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1952ANNUAL REPORT 1953 1953 OFFICERS' REPORT OF THE RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURES AS PRESENTED BY THE SELECTMEN FOR TIIE Financial Year Ending December 31, 1953 INCLUDING REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1953 Town Clerk JOHN J. LYONS Town Accountant MARY T. FINN JOHN J. WILLIS Moderator ATTORNEY ELWYN A. KING Town Treasurer JAMES J. MAKER Tax Collector FRANK E. WALLWORK, JR. Selectmen ARTHUR A. THOMSON ARTHUR P. KIRK Highway Surveyor Building Inspector IRA D. CARTY MARTIN LAWLOR, SR. Tree Warden Plumbing Inspector JOHN J. CONNORS EDWARD J. WELCH Supt. Moth Department Wiring Inspector JOHN J. CONNORS JOHN J. THOMSON Board of Assessors MARGUERITE M. SOUCY EDWARD W. PYIELAN HENRY E. LUND FLORA II. McCUBBIN, Board of Health DR. JULIUS KAY GEORGE E. JEWETT Term Expires 1954 Term Expires 1955 Term Expires 1956 Clerk Term Expires 1954 Term Expires 1955 R. GEORGE CARON Term Expires 1956 MARY F. SHERIDAN, R. N. and Clerk Board of Public Works $OSEPH D. SULLIVAN Term Expires 1954 FRANCIS B. KITTREDGE Term Expires 1955 IRVING C. HOWES Term Expires 1956 Superintendent of Public Works WILLIAM B. DUFFY School Committee lION. CHARLES W. TROMBLY Term Expires 1954 ROGER B. MERRIMAN Term Expires 1954 WILLIAM F. ROCK Term Expires 1955 CAROLINE M. INGRAM Term Expires 1955 DR. FRED C. ATKINSON Term Expires 1956 Superintendent of Schools FRANCIS J. O'BRIEN 3 Board o! Registrars FRED McCORMACK PATRICK C. CRONIN JOHN J. McDI2F?IE JOHN J. LYONS, Clerk Term Expires 1954 Term Expires 1955 Term Expires 1956 Board of Public Welfare ARTHUR P. KIRK ARTHUR A. THOMSON JOHN J. WILLIS Licensing Board ARTHUR A. THOMSON ARTHUR P. KIRK JOHN J. WILLIS Planning Board RICHARD G. WHIPPLE FRANCIS G. DRISCOLL NICHOLAS NICETTA EDWIN W. REINHOLD (Resigned) FRANK W. LEE (to fill Vacancy to 1954) HOWARD GILMAN MRS. ANGELINA B. KELLEY, Clerk Term Expires 1954 Term Expires 1955 Term Expires 1956 Term Expires 1957 Term Expires 1958 Housing Authority WILLIAM ANDREWS Term Expires 1954 IRVING C. HOW-ES Term Expires 1955 BERNARD W. BINGHAM Term Expires 1956 EDWIN C. MURPHY, Appointed by State until July 27, 1956 RAYMOND BROADHEAD Term Expires 1958 Board of Appeals (Appointed by Selectmen) PETER RITCHIE Term Expires 1954 HENRY E. LUND Term Expires 1955 ANDREW E. ALVINO Term Expires 1956 RICHARD G. WHIPPLE Term Expires 1957 NICHOLAS NICETTA Term Expires 1958 Associate Members Board of Appeals (Appointed by Selectmen) DONALD F. SMITH JAMES J. REGAN BENEDICT PERRONE MRS. ANGELINA B. KELLY (Clerk) Permanent Police ALFRED H. McKEE, Chief RICHARD S. HILTON, Sergeant A. HOUGHTON FARNHAM MYRON B. LEWIS NORMAN M. FLEMING RUSSELL F. DONNELLY JOSEPH W. LAWLOR ROBERT L. SANBORN EVERETT R. WOODHOUSE Reserve Police Force FRANK H. DUSHAME, JR. LEO R. MACKLIN CHARLES R. MeCUBBIN PAUL G. DYER PAUL V. LAFOND JOHN J. LANNI RONALD F. HAGGERTY Intermittent Police Force FRANK HOWARD ALEXANDER NESS, JR. Constables FRANK HOWARD ARCHIE M. GOURLEY ALEXANDER NESS, SR. JOHN J. ROCIIE AUGUSTINE WAL$II Fire Department JAMES HARGREAVES, Chief (Permanent) EDWIN KOENIG, 1st Deputy CALVIN R. SNELL, 2nd Deputy-Clerk Permanent Firemen JAMES P. DAW, JR. ERNEST SUMMERS CHRISTOPHER HIGGINBOTTOM DONALD THOMSON HECTOR LeFEBVRE T. KARL WAINWRIGHT PETER H. MARTIN Civilian Defense Director S. FORBES ROCKWELL Advisory Board (Appointed by Moderator) TURNER A. BRIDGES THOMAS It. WILKINSON JOHN E. COUGHLIN HARVEY S. LEBOW JOHN GAUDET (Resigned) LEONARD WINDLE (Resigned) ROBERT SALTONSTALL (Resigned) HUGH McCLUNG JOHN E. HANSON JAMES DEWHIRST School Building Committee Appointed by School Committee: DR. FRED C. ATKINSON lion. CHARLES W. TROMBLY WILLIAM F. ROCK Appointed by the Moderator: FRANCIS B. KITTREDGE ABBOT STEVENS JOHN W. COSTELLO S. FORBES ROCKWELL Supt. Town Infirmary ORIN FOSTER Matron, Town Infirmary MRS. NORA FOSTER JAMES J. DOOLEY EDWARD J. ELLSEY Public Weighers ALBERT E. HOULE DOMENIC REITANO Surveyor of Wood, Bark and Lumber JOHN C. FARNHAM JOHN M. BARRELL Fence Viewers WILLIAM J. THOMPSON JOHN J. WILCOX Animal Inspector DR. EDWARD C. BULGER Slaughtering Inspector ROBERT J. BURKE Custodian Tax Title Property JAMES $. MAKER Veterans Agent BERNARD BINGtIAM Dog Officer STANLEY BURTURLIA Public Welfare Agent LILLIAN B. DEARDEN Keeper of Lock-Up ALFRED II. McKEE, Chief Auctioneer Tax Title Property JAMES g. MAKER Burial Agent MYRON LEWIS, SR. Sealer of Weights and Measurer ERNEST J. ROBERTS Special Civil Constable JOHN H. FENTON Forest Fire Warden JAMES HARGREAVES, Chie~ l~ecreational Council MRS. ELIZABETH ELLIOT WILLIAM MAGOWAN CARL THOMAS ELMER JACKSON NATHANIAL ARCHER JOHN CUSHING PHILIP SUTCLIFFE DOMENIC BONNANO WILLIAM McEVOY KENNETH TERROUX WARREN STANWOOD Special Police Officers ALBERT SCHOFIELD ROLAND AMBIEYIL ALEXANDER NESS FREDERICK SALOIS CHARLES S. FOWLER JOHN J. LYONS JOSEPH J. SENIA RENE BEAULIEU WALTER STAMP, JR. FRANK HOWARD FRED CHRISTIE WILLIAM McEVOY SYLVESTER MURPHY PHILIP MIDGLEY CHARLES ZUILL JOHN T. DOLAN JOHN J. WILCOX DONALD E. HILTON FRANK W. LEE KENNETH L. DEARDEN MALCOLM HAMILTON CARL H, THOMAS WILLIAM P, CALLAHAN JOHN FARNUM WILLIAM McEVOY Rent Control Board Appointed by Selectmen Special Town Meeting, July 31, 1953 DOMENIC J. BONNANO, Chm. IRVING C. HOWES PHILIP SUTCLIFFE WILLIAM BAMFORD EDWIN C. MURPHY (Resigned) RAYMOND BROADHEAD MRS. ANNA DONAHUE, Clerk ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 1953 ARTICLE 1. At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of North Andover. qualified to vote in elections and Town Affairs. and questions, convened in the Bradstreet Sehooi iu voting precinct 1, the Engine House in voting pre- einet 2, the Thomson School in voting precinct 3, and the Town Hall in voting precinct 4, agreeable to the requirements of the foregoing warrant, business was transacted and votes for the candidates and questions appearing on the ballot were as follows: Number of Votes by Precincts I II III IV Total 803 1192 955 1014 3964 Moderator for one year Elwyn A. King 432 642 580 441 2095 Arnold It. Salisbury 308 483 328 508 1627 Blanks 63 67 47 65 242 Town Clerk for one year John J. Lyons 708 1049 816 894 3467 Blanks 95 143 139 120 497 Town Treasurer for one year James J, Maker 709 1043 807 877 3441 Blanks 94 144 148 137 523 Tax Collector for one year Frank E. Wallwork, Jr. 666 1034 821 366 3387 Blanks 137 158 134 148 577 Selectmen for one year James Curtin 124 97 178 133 532 Dewey A. Dyer, Jr. 184 169 130 177 660 H. Parker Eaton 329 610 422 443 1804 Arthur P. Kirk 344 590 447 506 1887 Arnold W. Sullivan 105 149 98 168 520 Arthur A. Thomson 376 654 607 577 2214 John J. Wi]lis 504 614 479 616 2213 Blanks 443 693 504 422 2062 Highway Surveyor for one year Ira D. Carry 504 783 620 694 2601 John J. Mahoney 274 372 312 305 1263 Blanks 25 37 23 15 100 School Committee for three years Dr. Fred C. Atkinson 538 756 634 580 2508 Elizabeth T. Elliot 120 196 163 282 761 Blanks 145 240 158 152 695 Board of Health for three years R. George Caron 661 980 793 820 3254 Elizabeth T. Elliot 1 Blanks 141 212 162 194 709 Assessor for three years Henry E. Lurid 629 988 768 807 3192 Blanks 174 204 187 207 772 Board of Public Works for three years Irving C. IIowes 612 948 740 805 3105 Blanks 191 244 215 209 859 Tree Warden for one year John J. Connors 671 1029 798 831 3329 Blanks 132 163 157 183 635 Planning Board for five years Howard Gilman ,~38 500 530 415 1783 Donald F. Smith 315 471 300 403 1489 Blanks 150 221 125 196 692 Planning Board forltwo years (Un-expired) Frank G. Driscoll, Jr. 343 469 345 445 1602 Frank W. Lee 239 513 392 373 1517 Archie F. Provencher 114 91 119 71 895 Blanks 107 I19 99 125 450 Housing. Authority for five years Raymond Broadhead 306 595 501 364 1766 Ralph E. Finck 386 460 328 495 1669 Blanks 111 ]37 126 155 529 Housing Authority for one year (Un-expired) William E. Andrews 529 837 645 708 2719 Raymond Broadhead 1 Blanks 274 355 309 306 1244 Board of Public Welfare for one year James Curtin 133 103 192 133 561 Dewey A. Dyer, Jr. 202 172 137 184 695 H. Parker Eaton 3tl 616 419 442 1788 Arthur P. Kirk 347 584 440 505 1876 Arnold W. Sullivan 112 163 101 176 552 Arthur A. Thomson 367 660 601 557 2185 John J. Willis 491 589 454 590 2124 Blanks 446 689 521 455 2111 Constables for one year Archie M. Gourley 442 628 597 467 2034 Frank P. Howard 475 749 647 667 2538 Harry Mellian 349 566 467 559 1941 Alexander Ness, Jr. 473 743 610 688 2514 John J. Roche 552 817 627 737 2733 Augustine J. Walsh 417 610 470 562 2059 Blanks 1307 1847 1457 1390 6001 ARTICLE 2. To elect all other of~cers not required by law to be elected by ballot. VOTED that this article be referred to the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 3. To see i£ the town will vote to accept the report of receipts and expenditures as presented by the Select- men. VOTED to accept the reports of receipts and expenditures as presented by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 4. To see what action the town will take as to its uncxpended appropriations. VOTED that all unexpended appropriations be returned to the Treasury, with lhe exception of the following amonnts, as of January 1, 1953 which were originally appropriated under the articles indicated: Article Year Amoullt II. :1952 Scaler of Weights & Measures $35.12 (Graduates not received) Chap. 90 G.L. tIighway Construction 7,895.54 New High School 88,157.77 Water Mains 260.25 Civil Defense 939.49 To Replace Water Services 785.45 l(ittredge School Construction, etc. 268.83 32. 1952 19. 1952 51. 1952 18. 1951 64. 1950 72. 1950 ARTICLE 5. To see what action the town will take as to the rer'ommendations of the Advisory Board. VOTED that the budg'et be taken as a whole and the vote on the total, with the exception of the following changes: Item 7, snowremoval, increased from $10,000 to $20,000.00 and Item 56, itemized annual town reports, increased from $2,500.00 to $2,553.32. Motion duly seconded. 1. Schools and Physician $213,368.00 $47,766.00 $261,134.00 2. Redeeming School Bonds 35,000.00 35,000.00 3. Interest on School Bonds 21,800.00 21,800.00 4. Highway Surveyor 4,580.00 4,580.00 5. Refuse Disposal 7,770.00 1,000.00 8,770.00 6. Streets, General Maint. 30,000.00 30,000.00 Clerk 2,589.60 2,589.60 General Labor 20,310.40 20,310.40 7. Snow Removal 20,000.00 20,000.00 8. Sewer Maintenance & Construction 5,000.00 3,000.00 8,000.00 9. Playgrounds--Bathing Beach 4,250.00 1,700.00 5,950.00 10. Public Parks, Triangles, Burying Grounds 3,500.00 650.00 4,150.00 11. Board of Public Works 450.00 450.00 12. Water Maintenance & Construction 25,000.00 24,000.00 49,000.00 13. Fire, Incl. Ambulance 4,540.00 4,540.00 Chief 4,122.56 4,122.56 No. Depot traent Full time regulars (7) 23,161.32 Call and spare employees 12,961.83. 14. Forest Fire Warden 150.00 15. Forest Fires 16. Police Chief 4,122.56 Sergeant 3,748.16 Full time regular (7) 23,161.32 Reserves and specials 2,960.96 17. Insect Pests 6,715.00 1,200.00 18. Dutch Elm Disease 2,750.00 250.00 19. Tree Warden 600.00 Superintendent 379.50 Labor 5,660.00 20. Brush Cutting 645.00 21. Town Forest 150.00 22. Stevens Memorial Library 13,040.00 4,000.00 23. Veterans ]~enefits 13,000.00 24. Board of Public Welfare 450.00 25. Public Welfare Agent 750.00 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 500.00 4,811.00 Superintendent & Matron, Infirmary 2,692.00 Outside Relief & Repairs 1,331.00 21,669.00 Old Age Assistance 68,000.00 Aid to Dependent Children 20,000.00 Disability Assistance 5,000.00 Town Accountant 552.50 Accountant 3,070.00 Clerical Hire 500.00 32. Treasurer--Bond Included: 1,329.00 Treasurer 3,640.00 Clerk 2,585.96 33. Custodian Tax Title 100.00 125.00 34. Tax Title Foreclosures 165.00 35. Discount on Notes 2,200.00 36. Interest on East Side Sewer Notes 42.50 37. Redeeming East Side Sewer Notes 2,000.00 38. Essex County Retirement System 13,285.77 39. Tax Collector 1,600.00 Collector 1,525.00 Clerk--Cashier 2,730.00 40. Assessors ' 2,399.00 Board of Assessors 2,100.00 Clerk 2,586.00 41. Town Clerk 700.00 250.00 42. Election--Registrars 650.00 2,875.00 43. Vital Statistics 400.00 44. Planning Board 500.00 45. Board of Appeals 200.00 46. Selectmen 1,080.00 870.00 47. License Commissioners 100.00 48. Janitor, Town Hall 400.00 10 Total 23,161.32 12,961.83 150.00 500.00 4,8.11.00 4,122.56 3,748.16 23,161.32 2,960.96 7,915.00 3,000.00 600.00 379.50 5,660.00 645.00 150.00 17,040.00 13,000.00 450~00 750.00 2,692.00 23,000.00 68,000.00 20,000.00 5,000.00 552.50 3,070.00 500.00 1,329.00 3,640.00 2,585.96 225.00 165.00 2,200.00 42.50 2,000.00 13,285.77 1,600.00 1,525.00 2,730.00 2,399.99 2,100.00 2,586.00 950.00 3,525.00 400.00 500.00 200.00 1,950.00 100.00 400.00 Salaries No. Department 8* Wages 49. Dog Warrant 245.00 50. Building Inspector 500.00 51. Sealer of Weights & Measures 425.00 52. Contingent Fund 53. Animal Inspector 325.00 54. Street Lighting 55. American Legion Rent 56. Itemized Annual Town Reports 57. Insurance 58. Armistice Day 59. Memorial Day 60. V.F.W. Maintenance 61. Board of Health Board of Health Nurse Physician 62. Garbage Disposal 63. Expenses of Dump 64. Maintenance of Town Building 65. Wiring Inspector 66. Community Center 67. Reserve Fund Art. 11. Art. 13. Art. 14. Art. 18. Art. 19. Art. 20. Art. 21. Art. 23. Art. 24. Art. 25. Art. 26. Art. 27. Art. 29. Art. 30. Art. 31. Art. 35. Art. 39. Art. 41. Art. 42. Art. 47. Art. 48. Art. 49. Art. 62. Art. 63. Art. 69. Total 450.00 2,970.00 750.00 140.00 90.00 2,035.00 16,000.00 600.00 2,553.32 13,300.00 300.00 506.00 350.00 5,380.00 3,600.00 400.00 936.00 3,764.00 500.00 125.00 65.00 7,000.00 TOTAL $424,537.67 $413,582.09 Amounts to be Raised and Appropriated Group Insurance, Town Employees $2,000.00 Continuance of Town History 2,540.00 Town Infirmary Repairs 500.00 Town Dump Site 5,000.00 Police Officer at Bathing Beach 500.00 Playground Instructor and Superintendent 1,250.00 Playground Supplies 500.00 Play Equipment, benches, Kittredge School 900.00 Flourida%ion of water 2,500.00 Fire alarm box near Ward Hill line 1,500.00 Fire alarm box, Gr. Pond Rd., & Bradford St. 1,500.00 New Police Car 650.00 Stevens Library Repairs (outside) 2,000.00 Stevens Library Repairs (inside) 600.00 Uniforms for School Band 1,750.00 New .High School, additional land 800.00 Sidewalk, Waverly--Maple to Second Sts. 800.00 Chapter 90, Highway Construction 3,750.00 Chapter 90, Highway l~aintenance 2,000.00 Drain, catch basins, Waverley Road-- Greene St. 500.00 Sidewalk project 2,000.00 Painting, replacing street signs 200.00 Extension of water mains 900.00 Truck, water and sewer dept. 1,600.00 Drainage, improve road, Mifflin Drive, Chapter 80 14,090.00 amount to be raised and appropriated 11 Total 385.00 500.00 515.00 2,035.00 325.00 16,000.00 600.00 2,553.32 13,300.00 300.00 500.00 350.00 5,380.00 450.00 2,970.00 750.00 3,600.00 400.00 4,700.00 625.00 65.00 7,000.00 $838,119.76 $50,330.00 Amounts to be Taken from Available Funds Art. 32. To Stabilization Fund $50,000.00 Art. 41. Chapter 90, Highway Construction 11,250.00 Art. 44. Drainage, New High School 4,000.00 Art. 45. Bulldozer blade for traclor (dump) 2,700.00 Art. 46. New sidewalk tractor 2,800.00 Art. 52. New refuse truck 8,700.00 Art. 61. Water Dept. Receipts to Stabilization Fund 2,355.49 Art. 65. Reduction of tax rate 35,000.00 Art. 66. Extent water system, Middlesex on Mifflin Drive 2,600.00 Art. 67. Extend sewer system, Douglas to Bradstreet 4,000.00 Art. 68. Extend Drainage & Cons't. Douglas Rd. Chptr. 80 1,285.00 Art. 70. Water system, Bradstreel to Mifflin 2,000.00 Art. 71. Sewer system, Bradstreet to Mifflin & Green Sts. 2,500.00 Art. 72. Drainage, W. Bradstreet Rd. Chapter 80 3,060.00 Art. 73. Water, Adams from Unity Avenue 1,200.00 Art. 74. Water, Putnam from Mifflin 650.00 Art. 75. Water, Putnam from Greene St. 800.00 Art. 76. Sewer, Putnam from Greene Sr. 1,700.00 Art. 77. Drainage, improve Putnam St.--Chapter 80 3,250.00 Art. 78. Sewer, Woodbridge, Mifflin and Tyler Sts. 2,700.00 Art. 79. Sewer, Spruce, Mass. Ave. and Hemlock Sts. 2,250.00 Art. 80. Water, Johnson St., Sutton Hill Road 6,000.00 Total amount to be taken from available funds $150,800.49 Summary Amount appropriated at Town Meeting (Budget Amount to be raised by Taxation GRAND TOTAL Article 64. From Stabilization Fund, clean and cement line water mains in water system Certified to be a true copy. $838,119.76 50,330.00 $888,449.76 $9,000.00 JOHN J. LYONS, Town Clerk Al~TICLE 6. To sec if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow ,nonev from time to ti~ne in anticipation o~ the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1954 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Sect]on 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. VOTED to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Select~nen, to borrow money from time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1954 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with 12 Section ]7, Chapter 44, General Laws. The vole wa~ unanimous and so declared. ARTICLE 7. To consider the report of all special mittees. It{r. Francis Kittredge reported i'or the School Building Comnfittee that all bids received on the new High School were very favorable, all were within limits, full and complete. A new high school will be had that the Town will be proud of. ARTICI~E $. To see if the town ;;'ill vote to authorize the Board of tlealth to appoint one of their members to the position of Board of Health Physician andt to fix his compensation, in accordance with Section 4A, Chapter 41 of the General Law. VOTED to authorize the Board of Ilea]th to appoint one of their members to the position of Board of Health Physician and to fix his compensation in accordance wi;h SectiOn 4A, Chapter 41, of the General Laws in the amount of $750.00 for the year t95.3. This amount having' been included in the Board of Health Budget. ARTICY~E ~. To see if the town will vote to authorize the School (Jommittee to appoint one of its members to the position of School Physician and to fix his compensation, in accordance with Section 4A, Chapter 41, Geueral Laws. VOTED to authorize the School Committee to appoint one of its members to the position of School Physician and to fix his compensation, in accordance with Section 4A, Chapter 41, General Laws in the amount of $~00.00 for the year lOig. This amount having been included in the budget. AI4TICL~ 10. To see it' the Town will vote to accept the provls~ons cf Chapter 624 "Acts of 1952: An act providing for an increase in the annual amounts of certain pensions, retire- men; allowances, annuities a~zd other benefits, payable by the Commonwealth and its subdivisions, to certain £ormer employ- ecs and persons claiming under them." Petition of the Board of Selectmen~ VOTED to accept the provisions o£ Chapter 824, Acts of 1~52: An act providing' for an increase in the annual amom~ts of certain pensions, retirement allowances, annuities and other benefits, payable by the Commonwealth and its subdivisions. to certain former employees and persons claiming under theml The vote was unanimous and so declared. AI~TIC]5~3 11. To see if the Town ~vill raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds the sum of Two Thou~ sand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the purpose of providing Group :insurance for permanent employees of the town, in accordance 18 with proposals submitted to the Board of Selectmen, the town to pay part (50%) of the premiums. Petitio~ of the Board of Selectmen. VOTED to raise and appropriate the stun of $2,000.00 for the purpose of providing Group Insurance for permanent em- ployees of the Town, in accordance with proposals submitted to the Board of Selectmen, the Town to pay part (50%) of the premiums. This type of employee benefit is customarily afforded in private industry and is now authorized for public employees under the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 5 (44) of the General Laws. ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town ~vill vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to dispose of and cause to be removed from the land upo~ which it is located, the building known as the Center School, upon such terms and conditions as the said Board of Selectmen may detcrraine and to authorize the said Board of Selectmen to execute any and all necessary legal instruments and to do all things neeessa~T to convey title to said building. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. VOTED to authorize the Board of Selectmen to dispose of and cause to be removed from the land upon which it is located, the building known as thc Center School, upon such terms and conditions as the said Board of Selectmen may determine and to authorize the said Board of Selectmen to execute any a¢~d all ~ecessary legal instruments and to do all things necessary to convey title to said building This school has not been in use since the completion of the Kittredge School. AP~TICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by transfer from available funds, the sum of Twenty-five Itundred Forty Dollars ($2,540.00) to be expended by the Board of Selectmen for the continuance of the preparation, writing and publication of the history of the To~vn of North Andover. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. VOTED to raise and appropriate .$2,540.00 to be expended by the Board of Selectmen for the continuance of the prepara- t]on, writing and publication of the history of the Town of North Andover. ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate or transfer from available fnnds the sum of Five Hun- dred Doll-ars ($500.00) to repair the sill on the ell, build two new sills from the office to the main house and to the ell and repair the wails in the cellar of the Town Infirmary. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. 14 Voted to raise and appropriate $500.00 to repair sill on the ell, build two new sills from the office to the main house and to the ell and repair the walls in the cellar of the Town Infirmary. This work to be performed under the direction of the Board of Public Welfare. ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way, Pembrook Road from Lyman Road to 2Vli/~Iin Park Drive, as indicated on plan now filed with thc Board of Public Works. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. VOTED to accept as a public way, Pembrook Road from Lyman Road to 3~[iffiin Drive, as indicated on plan now filed with the Board of Public Works. This was adjudicated by the Selectmen January 26, 1953. ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way, Sawyer Road, as indicated on plan filed with the Board of Public Works. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Voted to accept as a public way, Sawyer Road, as indi- cated on plan now filed with the Board of Public Works. This was adjudicated by the Board of Selectmen January 26, 1953. ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way, Woodbridge Road from Greene Street to Tyler Road for a distance of two hundred (200) feet, as indicated on plan now filed with the Board of Public Works. Woodbridge Road adjudicated January 5, 1953. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. VOTED to accept as a public way, Woodbridge Road from Greene Street to Tyler Road for a distance of 200 feet, as indicated on plan now filed with the Board of Public Works. Woodbridge Road adjudicated by the Board of Selectmen January 5, 1953. ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by transfer from available funds, the sum of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) the whole or any part thereof, to bc used by the Committee hereinafter named, for the lease or purchase a£ a suitable dump site for the Town, and its inhabitants, to replace the Perry Dump, upon the ~nder- standing that the so-called sanitary land-fill method shall be employed in the use of said dump site. Said Committee shall be composed o£ the Board of Health, the Board of Selectmen, the Highway Surveyor and the chairman of the Advisory Board, and shall investigate and determine the feasibility of acquiring, by lease or purchase, for the use mentioned, any site within the town limits including the so-called Steinberg site, Burke site, ]5 Re~-[ site, Rogers site. The said Board of Selectmen, upon majority vote of said Committee, shall be and hereby is author- ized to negotiate and complete the lease or purchase of the so recommended site and to do all thing's necessary, in behalf of the town, to make said majority recommendation effective. Peti[ion of the Board of Seleetmen. VOTED to raise and appropriate $5,000.00 to be used by the Committee hereinafter named, for the lease or purchase a suitable dump site for the Town, and its inhabitants, to replace the Perry Dump, upon the understanding that the so-called sanitary land fill method shall be employed in the use of said dump site. Said Committee shall be composed of the Board of Iiea]th, the 14ighway Surveyor, the Board of Selectmen, the Chairman of the Advisory Board and one mem- ber of the'Plamdng Board, and shall iuvestigate and determiue the feasibility of acquiring by lease or purchase, for ~he use meutioned, any site withh~ the town limits including the so- eM]ed Steinbe;'g site, Burke site, Rog'ers site. ri'he said Board of Selectmen, upon majority vo{e of said Committee, shall be and hereby is authorized to negotiate and complete the lease or purchase of the so recommended site and to do all things necessary, in behalf of the Town, to make said majority commendation effective. ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($.500.00) for the services of a policeman at the Bathing Beach, three hours daily, eight hours Saturdays and Sundays for a ten-week period, to enforce parking limited to North Andover residents; this figure to include the cost of car stickers to be issued by said policeman, and tags, issued at the Town Building, for Nor*.h Andover Bathers only. Petition of the Board of Selectmen on recommendation of the Recreational Council. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the service or a policeman at the Bathing Beach, three hours daily (5 to 8) and eight hours Saturdays and Sundays for a ten-week period to enforce parking limited to North Andover residents; th~s figure to include the cost of car stickers to be issued by said policeman, and tags, issued at the Town Building, for North Andover bathers only. ARTICLE 20. To see [f the Town will raise and appro- priate the stun of Twelve Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) for six playground instructors and a supervisor for an eight- week period; one of these instructors to act in the capacity of assistant supervisor and to conduct pre-playground workshops. Petit[on of the Board of Selectmen on recommendation of the Recreational CouneiI. 16 VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,250.00 for six playgrounds instrnetors and a supervisor for an eight-week period; one of these instructors to act in the capacity of assis- tant supervisor and to conduct pre-playground workshops. ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Five I-Im~dred Dollars ($500.00) £or playground supplies; this amount to include expenses of pre- play~-ound workshops and special trips for the playgrmmd children. Petition of the Board of Selectmen on recommendation of the Recreational Co~mcil. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for playground supplies, this amount to include expenses of pre- playground workshops and special trips for the playground children. ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for banking and flooding skating rinks. Petition of the Bosrd of Selectmen on recommendation of the Recreational Council. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00) to furnish and install play equipment and benches in the Kittrcdge School grounds; equipment to consist of two sets of six s~vings and one set of six see-saws and four park-type benches, all in loca- tions to be approved by the Superintendent of Schools. Use of the Kittredge School grounds for this purpose has been voted upon favorably by the School Committee, as of December 11, 1952. Petition of the Board of Selectmen on recommendation of thc Recreational Council. VOTED to raise and appropriate the stun of $900.00 to furnish and install play equipment and benches in the Kittredge School grounds; equipment to consist of two sets of six swings and one set (ff six see-saws and four park-type benches, all in locations to be approved by the Superintendent of Schools. Use of the Kittredge School gronnds for this purpose has been voted upon favorably by the School 'Committee as of December 11, 1952. The responsibility for maintenance and control of this equipment to rest with the School Committee. ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate or otherwise provide Two Thousand Five Hundred Dol- lars ($2,500.00) to install and operate equipment to apply fluoride to the water supply. Petition of the Board of Health. ]7 VOTED to raise and appropriate the sma of $2,500.00 to install and operate eciuipment to apply flouride to the water supply. ARTICLE 25. To see if tire Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, a sum of money to install a Fire Alarm Box on Osgood Street, close to Ward Ilill Line to serve residents of that vicinity. Petition of John ,1. l{oehe and, others. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to install a Fire Alarm Box on Osgood Street, close to Ward Hill line to serve residents of that viei~rity. g_I{TICIAg 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or take from available funds in the treasury, a sufficient sum of money to install a Fire Alarm Box at the corner of Gr. eat Pond Road, Pond Street and Bradford Street. At present, this box is only a "phantom box." It is at the intersection of the Crockett Sanitarimn, Campion Ilall and the Brooks School and is with the recommendation of the Fire Chief. Petition of Walter W. 5iazurenko mid others. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $1500.00 to install a Fire Alarm Box a; the corner of Great Pond Rd., Pond St., and Bradford St. At present, this box is a "phaatom box." It 5s at the intersection of Crockett Sanitarium, Campion IIall and the Brooks Sehooh AI~TICI~E 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from a~.ailable funds the sum of Six Ilundred Fifty Dollars ($650.00) to be used with the present police ear, to purchase a new police ear. Petition of Alfred Il. 5~eKee, Chief of Police. VOTED to raise and appropriate the snm of $650.00 to be used with the present police ear, to purchase a new police ear. AiiTiCJ~E 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for tire payment of a bill contracted in 1~48 by the Police Department. Petition of .~-lfred H. 5IeKee, Chief of Police. VOTED to s~rike from warrant. At{TICI~E 2~. To see if the Town will raise and appro- p~qate a sufficient amount of money to repair the metal flash- ings, gutters and downspouts on the Stevens Memorial IAbrary. Petition of the Board of Trustees of Stevens Memorial IAbrary. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to repair the metal flashings, gutters and downpours on the Stevens ~emorial I~ibrary. 18 ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town ~vill raise and appro priate a snfflcient amount of money to replace worn cork run- hers in thc main lobby of the Stevens Memorial Library and to install rubber treads to protect the stairs leading to the Children's Room at the library. Petition of the Board of Trustees of Stevens 1VIemorial Library. VOTE/) to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 to replace worn cork runners in the main lobby of the Stevens 1VIemorial Library and to install m~bbcr treads to protect the stairs leading to the Children's room at the Library. ARTICLE 312 To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate, or transfer from available £unds, the sma of One Thou- sand Seven Hnndred Fifty Dollars ($1,750.00) for the use of the School Committee in buying uniforms or other equipment for the Norttr Andover School Band. Petition of the School Committee. VOTED to raise and appropriate the smu o~ $~,750.00 for the nsc of the School Committee in buying unifornrs or other equipment for the North Andover School Band, in connection with school functions and activities, this equipment to remain in custody of thc School Department. ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate, or transfer from available fmlds, a sum of money to be added to the Stabilization Fund, authorized under Chapter 124, Acts of 1945, and established, nnder Article 36 of the Warrant, by thc vote of the Annual Town 15[eeting held 5.larch 16, 19411. Petition of the School Building Committee. VOTED to take from available fnnds the sum of'$50,000.00 to be added to the Stabilization Fund, anttmrized under Chap- ter 124, Acts of J945, and established, under Article 36 of the Warrant, by the vote of ~.he Annual Town l~Ieeting held March 16, 1946. The vote was unanimous and so declared. ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to execute, in the name and in behalf of thc Town, a quitclaim deed and such otlier legal documents as may be necessary or advisable, to effect, on or before 15~Iay 1, 1953, the following transaction: The sale and conveyance to John J. and Anna Cyr, for an agreed consideration of ten cents per square foot, of a parcel of land now owned by the Town of North Andover and not needed for inclusion i~ the site of the new higl~ sclmol; which parcel contains 10,000 square feet (more or less), fronting on Parker Street one hundred feet and adjacent to land now, or to be, owned by Frank Lord. Petition of the School Building Committee. 19 VOTED that the Selectmen be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to execute, in the name and in behalf of the Town, a quitclaim deed and such other legal documents as may be necessary or advisable, to effect the following trans- action: The sale and conveyance to the John J. and Ann Cyr of North Andover, or to their nominee, for an agreed considera- tion of ten cents (10c) per square foot of a parcel of land bounded and described as follows: A certain parcel of land in North Andovcr, Mass., on the northerly side of Parker Street, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the south- . easterly corner of the land herein described, at a point in the northerly line of Parker Street, said point being 216.02 feet westerly from the easterly terminus of said northerly line of Parker Street; thence, by the northerly line of Parker Street, N 70o-18~-10' W, 100.00 feet to an iron pipe at the southeasterly corner of the land of Frank Lord; thence by land of said Lord, and other land of the grantors, N19o-4]'-50"E, 100.00 feet to a point; thence, by other land of the grantors, S70o-18'-10"E, 100.00 feet to a point; thence still by other land of the grantors, S19o 41'-50"W, 100.00 £eet to the point o~ begim~ing. Contain- ina 10,000 square feet, more or less. AI~TICLE 34. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to execute, in the name and in behalf of the Town, a quitclaim deed and such other local documents as may be necessary or advisable, to effect, on or before )Iay 1, 1953, the following transaction: The sale and conveyance to Frank and Louise Lord, for an agreed consideration of ten cents per square foot, of a parcel of land now owned by the Town of North Andover and not needed for inclusion in the site of thc. new high school; which parcel is that segment of land in the rear of, and contiguous to, other land of said Lords, containing 2,000 square feet (more or less). Petition of the School Building Committee. VOTED that the Selectmen be, aml they are hereby, are authorized and directed to execute in the name and in behalf of the Town, a quitclai~n deed and such other legal doemnents as may be necessary or advisable to effect the following trans- action. The sale and conveyance to Frank Lord of North An- .dover, or to his nominee, for an agreed consideration of ten cents (10) per square foot, of a parcel of land bounded and described as follows: A certain triangular shaped parcel of land in the Town of North Andover, Mass., on the easterly side of Panlkner Road, bounded and described as follows: Begin- ning at an iron pipe in the easterly line of Faulkner Road, said iron pipe being at the north-westerly corner of land of Frank Lord and also marks the southerly end of a curve in the street line of 11~.09 feet radius; thence by other land of the Town, S70od8' 10"E, 11:[.25 feet to a point; thence, by other land of 2O the Town, S19o-41'-50"W, 31.03 feet to an iron pipe at the northeast corner of land of Frank Lord; thence by land of said Lord: N55o-05'W, 118.40 feet to the point of beginning. Con- raining 1,773 square feet more or less. ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, a sum not to exceed Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) for the purchase of approximately 8,000 square feet of land needed for inclusion in the site of the ne~v high school, this being the easterly portion of the property of John J. and Anna Cyr, bounded by Parker Street, Parker Place, and other land of said Cyrs. Petition of the School Building Committee. ¥OTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 for the purchase of a parcel of land needed for the site of the new High School from the John J. and Arum Cyr, of North Andover or their successors in title; and the Selectmen are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to expend the same, and to execute in the name and behalf of the toxvn, sneh agreements or other legal documents as may be necessary or advisable for said purposes. The land is bounded and described as follows: A certain pa.reel of ]and in North Andover, Mass., on the south- erly side of Parker Street, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the southerly line of Parker Street, said point being the easterly terminus of said street line and is at its intersection with the northerly line of a private ~vay called Parker Place; thence, by the northerly line of said Parker Pl., N88o-09'-10"W, 239.99 feet to a point; thence, by other land of the grantors, N19o-41'-50"E, 73.56 feet to a point in the southerly line of Parker Street, thence by the southerly line of Parker Street, $70o-18'-10"E, 228.44 feet to the point of beginning. Containing 8,404 square feet, more or less. The said grantors John J. and Anna Cyr release, remise and grant to the Town of North Andover all right, title and interest in and to the full length of Parker Place, from Grassmere Street, so called, to Parker Street, containing 8,404 square feet, more or less. ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase for thc sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) the so-called wharfage lot con- taining twenty-six hundredths (0.26) acres, situated on the northerly side of Lake Cochichewiek and bounded on the north by Great Pond Road and on the east and xvest by land of the Town of North Andovcr. Petition of Stanley Stefanowicz and others. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICI~E 37. To see if the Town of North Andover will raise and appropriate a reasonable sum of money to resurvey 21 and hot top the left side of Maple Avenue from corner of See- ond Street to the corner of First Street. Petition of Katherine Midgley and other~. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install a hot top side- walk on the west side of Waverley Road from Middlesex Street to Union Street. Petition of Hubert Burke and others. Stricken from Warrant. zYRTICLE 39. To see if the Town wilt raise and appro- priate the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) to install a hot top sidewalk on the easterly side of Waverley Road from ~laple Avenne to Second Street, a distance of approximately Five Hnndred Fifty (550) Feet. Petition of Saverio Campione and others. VOTED that the sum of 2800.00 be raised and appropriated to install a hot top sidewalk on the easterly side of Waverly Road from Maple Avenue to Second Street, a distance of approximately 550 feet. The work to be done under the pro- visions of Chapter 83 of the General Laws. ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to straighten the road and eliminate a very dangerous curve on Great Pond Road between the residence of Fritz Ostherr and the town pumping station, upon eonditiou that E. F. l~eland, or recorded owner of such land, convey to the Town, such land as is necessary for the widening of this road. Petition of Victor G. Brightman and others. Stricken from warrant. ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Con- struction, or take any action in relation thereto. Petition of James Maker, Town Treasurer. VOTED that the sum of $3,750.00 be raised and appro- priated to meet the Town's share of the costs of Chapter 90, Highway Construetiou, and that in addition, the sum of $11,250.00 be transferred from nnappropriated available funds iu the treasury to meet tire State and County shares of the cost of the work, the reimbursement from the State and County to be restored upon the receipt to unappropriated available funds in the treasury. ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds 22 in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway lV[ain- tenanee, or take any action in relation thereto. Petition of James }Iaker, Town Treasurer. VOTED that the sum of $2,000.00 be raised and appro- priated to be expended by the IIighway Surveyor, under Chapter ;10 of the General Laws, together with any money which may be allotted for such purpose by the State or County, or both for Highway Maintenance. ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Nine Thousand Feur Hundred Ten Dollars ($9,410.00) to extend the 30" storm drain in Greene Street from Waverley Road toward 5iassaehusetts Avenue. Petition of the IIighway Surveyor. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Thousand Four Hundred Forty-five Dollars ($5,445.00) to extend and improve existing drainage structures necessary to serve the proposed new High School. Petition of thc Ilighway Surveyor. VOTED to take from available funds in the Town Treasury the sum of $4,000.00 to extend and improve existing drainage structure necessary to serve the proposed new high school. ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Twenty-seven Hundred Dollars ($2,700.00) for the purchase of a bulldozer blade for Clertrac Tractor. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. VOTED to take from available funds in the Town Treasury the sum of $2,700.00 for the purchase of a bulldozer blade £or Clertrae Tractor. ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Twenty-eight Hundred Dollars ($2,800.00) for the purchase of a sidewalk tractor. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. VOTED to take from available funds in the ]'own Treasury the sum of $2,800.00 for the purchase of a sidewalk tractor with the nnderstanding that one of the present sidewalk tractors be traded in toward the purchase price of the new tractor. Your Board recommends advertising for bids. There being a reason- able doubt as to whether a caterpillar type specialized sidewalk tractor should be acquired or whether a rubber-tired tractor will better meet the varied needs of the Town at ali times of the year. It is recommended that the conmfittee to be appointed under Article 52 assist and advise the Highway Surveyor in the purchase of the above mentioned equipment. 23 ARTICLE 47. To see if thc Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to install a surface drain of 350 feet, build two catchbasins on Waverley Road from Trinity Court to Greene Street. This drain to take care of new development of that district. Petition of the ]~Iighway Surveyor. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to install a surface drain of 350 feet, build two catch basins on Waverly Road from Trinity Court to Greene Street. This drain to take care of new development of that district. To be pended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 48. To see if thc Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) to be used for a sidewalk project; the town to pay one-half the cost and the applicant to pay the other half. Petition of thc Highway Surveyor. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to be used for a sidewalk project; the Town to pay one-half the cost and the applicant to pay the other half, to be expended under the direction of the ttighway Surveyor. ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for the pur- pose of painting and replacing street signs. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for painting and replacing street signs. To be expended trader the direction of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for main- tenance of any street in town under Chapter 90 of the G-eneral Laws, said money to be used in conjunction with money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this pur- pose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Seventy~five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) for the further rebuilding' of Great Pond Road under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used with any money allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Eighty-seven Hundred Dollars ($$,700.00) 24 for the purchase of a Refuse Collection truck fully equipped. This price includes trade-in of present Diamond T dump truck now being used. Petition of the ]~ighway Surveyor. VOTED that the sum of $8,700.00 be transferred from available funds in the Treasury for the purchase of a Refuse Collection truck fully equipped. The price includes a trade-in of present Diamond T dump truck now being used; and that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to assist and advise thc Highway Surveyor in the purchase of this modern piece of equipment. The Board recommends advertising for bids. AB, TICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to amend Ar- t/cie II, Section 5, paragraph (i) of the North Andover Zoning By-law by striking there from the words: "Railroad Avenue at Middlesex Street." Petition of John Wolfenden and others. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to amend exist- ing Zoning By-Laws by changing from a general residential to business classification the following described parcel of land: A certain area in the Town of North Andovcr at Wilson's Corner on the westerly side of Andover Street, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the south- erly line of Turnpike Street with the western line of Andover Street, sometimes called Elm Street; thence running north- westerly along Turnpike Street 350 feet to a point; thence turning and running southwesterly on a linc parallel with said Andover Street 250 feet by ]and of Sarah E. Loftus to a point; thence turning and running southeasterly by other land of said Loftus on a line parallel with said Turnpike Street 350 feet to said Andover Street; thence running northeasterly and again northeasterly by said Andovcr Street to a point of beginning. Petition of John R. Mahoney and others. Stricken from Warrant. AI~TICLE 55. To see if the town will vote to amend exist- ing Zoning By-Laws by changing from a general residential to agricultural classification the following described parcel of land. This property is located on the westerly side of Chicker- lng Road northerly of the Boston and Maine Railroad crossing and is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in thc intersection of the westerly llne of Chickering Road with the northerly line of the Boston and Maine Railroad; thence northwesterly by the northerly line of the Boston and Maine Railroad 236 feet to a point; thence northerly by a line parallel to and 200 feet westerly from the westerly line of Chiekering 25 Road 236 feet to a point ~ thence southeasterly by a line parallel to and 200 feet northeasterly from the northerly line of the Boston and 2~aine Railroad 236 feet to a point in the westerly line of Chiekering Road; thence southerly by the westerly line of Chiekering Road 236 feet to the point of beginning. Petition of Henry Imnd and others. VOTED to amend existing zoning by-laws by changing from a general residential to agricnltnral classification the following described pared of land, this property is located on the westerly side of Chickering Read northerly of the Boston and Maine Railroad crossing and is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point i~] the ~nterseetion of the westerly line of Chiekering Road with the northerly line of the Boston and Maine Railroad; thence northwesterly by the northerly line of the Boston and Maine P~ailroad 236 feet to a point; thence northerly by a line parallel to and g00 ~eet westerly from the xvesterly line of Chiekering Road. 236 feet to a point; thence southeasterly by a line parallel to and 200 feet north- easterly front the northerly line of the Boston and Maine Rail- road 236 feet to a point in the westerly line of Chiekering Road; thence southerly by the westerly line of 0hiekering Road 286 feet to the point o~ beginning. The vote was unanimous and so declared. ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will amend the Zoning By-Law and the Zoning M_ap of the town to make the following parcel of land, now zoned as a general residence district, a business zone: Lots 159, 160, 161 and 162 as shown on Plan No. 463, on file at the North Essex Registry of Deeds. Said lots are contiguous, and together constitute a parcel of land on the westerly side of Jetwood Avenue, 100 feet south of ~[assaehn- setts Avenue, and having a frontage on Jetwood Avenue of 200 feet. Petition o£ Domenick _~[[ang'ano and others. Stricken from ~Varrant. ARTICI~E 57. To see 5f the Town will vote to amend thc Zoning By-Laws by chan~ing the classification of a piece of property owned by Edward 5V. Saul from an agricultural to a business district: Said property is located on the westerly side of Salem Tmmpike and is bounded and described as fol- lows: Beginning at an iron pipe in the westerly line of the Salem Turnpike at State Highway Station 1SI + 42 thence southwesterly by other ]and of the said Sanl, 85.67 feet to an iron pipe in the center line of an old abandoned way, thence northwesterly by the center-linc of said old abandoned way. 363.46 feet to an iron pipe; thence northeasterly 29.48 feet to an iron pipe in westerly line of the Salem Turnpike; thence 26 southeasterly by westerly line of the Salem Turnpike, 364.38 feet to the point of beginning. Petition of Edward W. Saul and others. VOTED to ameud the zoning' by-laws by changing the classification of a piece of property owned by Edward W. Saul from an agricultural to a business district: Said property is located on the westerly side of Salem Turnpike and is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at an iron pipe in the westerly line of the Salem Turnpike at State lfighway Station 181 + 42 thence southwesterly by other land of the said Saul 85.67 feet to an iron pipe in the center line of an old abandoned way, thence northwesterly by the center line of said old aban- doned way, 36;].46 feet to an iron pipe; thence northeasterly 29.48 feet to an iron pipe in the westerly line of the Salem Turnpike; thence southeasterly by westerly line of the Salem Turnpike 364.38 feet to the point of beginning. Vote was un- animous and so declared. ARTICI:E 58. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By Laws by changing from Restricted Residential to Business, the following described parcel of land. A parcel of land on the easterly side of Cbickering Road, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the interseetlon of the south- erly line of Dufton Court with the easterly line of Chiekering Road; thence southeasterly, by the southerly line of Dufton Court, 219.25 feet to a point; thence southwesterly 45.6 feet to a point; thence southerly 209.0 feet to a point; thence south- westerly 39.0 feet to a point; thence northwesterly 135.4 feet to a point in the easterly line of Chiekering Road; thence north- erly, by the easterly line of Chickerlng Road~ 325 feet to the point of beginning. Petition of George tt. Sehruender and others. VOTED to amend the Zoning By-laws by changing from restricted residential to business, the following described parcel of land; a parcel of land on the easterly side of Chickering Road, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the southerly line of Dufton Court with the easterly line of Chiekering Road; thence southeasterly, by the southerly line of Dufton Court, 219.25 feet to a point; thence southwesterly 45.6 feet to a point; thence southerly 209.0 feet to a point; thence southwesterly 39.0 feet to a point; thence northwesterly 135.4 feet to a point in the easterly line of Chickering Road; thence northerly, by the easterly line of Chickering Road, 325 feet to the point of beginning. Vote was unanimous and so declared. ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by changing from Restricted Residential to l~dueational, the following described parcel of land: A parcel 27 of land on the easterly side of Osgood Street bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Osgood Street at land of Robert Saltonstall; thence, by the easterly line of Osgood Street, northwesterly, northeasterly, northerly and northeasterly, 3553.41 feet of land now or for- merly o£ Greenwood; thence southeasterly 395 feet, by a stone wall, to a point; thence easterly, by a stone wall, 440 feet to a point; thence southeasterly, by a stone wall, by several courses 540 feet to a point in the southerly shore of Lake Cochiehewiek; thence easterly, southeasterly, northeasterly and southeasterly, by various courses, by the southerly shore of Lake Coehiehe- wick, 34.00 feet to land of Caroline S. Rogers; thence south- westerly 1879.38 feet to a point; thence again southwesterly 600 feet to a point; thence southeasterly 160 feet to a point; thence southwesterly, by a stone wall, 311.90 feet to a point; thence northwesterly 42.75 feet to a point; thence southwesterly 60 feet to a point; thence southeasterly 45.45 feet to a point; thence southwesterly 117.75 feet to the point of beginning. Petition of Abbot Stevens and others. VOTED to amend the Zoning By-laws by changing from restricted residential to educational, the following described parcel of land; A parcel of land on the easterly side of Osgood Street bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Osgood Street at land of Robert Salton- stall; thence, by the easterly line of Osgood Street, north- westerly, northeasterly, northerly and northeasterly, 3553.41 feet to land now or formerly of Greenwood; thence south- easterly 395 feet, by a stone wall, to a point; thence easterly, by a stone wall, 440 feet to a point; thence southeasterly, by a stone wall, by several courses 540 feet to a point in the south- erlv shore of Lake Coehichewiek; thence easterly, southeasterly, northeasterly m~d southeasterly, by x, arious courses, by the southerly shore of Lake Coehichewiek, 3,400 feet to land of Caroline S. Rogers; thence sonthxvesterly 1,879.88 feet to a point; thence again southwesterly 600 feet to a point; thence southeasterly 160 feet to a point; thence southwesterly, by a stone wall, 311.90 feet to a point; thence northwesterly 42.75. feet to a point, thence southwesterly 60 feet to a point; thence southeasterly 45.45 feet to a point; thence southwesterly 117.75 feet to the point of beginning. The vote was unanimous and so- declared. ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Four Thousand Three Hundred. Dollars ($4,300.00) to purchase a Tractor with back hoe attaehment~ Petition of Board of Public Works. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will appropriate from available funds, the sum of Two Thousand Three Hundred 28 Fifty-five Dollars and Forty-nine Cents ($2,355.49) being the amount of water department receipts in excess of water depart- ment operating expenses for 1952 to a Stabilization Fund as provided for by Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1945, with the understanding that it is to be used by the town for capital im- provements in the water works system under the provisions of the above act. Petition of Board of Public Works. VOTED to take from available funds in the Treasury the sum of $2,355.49 being the amount of water department receipts in excess of water department operating expenses for 1952 to a Stabilization Fund as provided for by Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1945, with the understanding that it is to be used by the Town for capital improvements in thc water works system under the provisions of the above act. ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate m' otherwise provide Twelve ttundred Dollars ($1,200.00) to be added to the uncxpended appropriation made under Article 51, 1952 to make such extensions of the water main system, under the regulations voted at the annual town meeting, as the Board of Public Works, on October first, considers most necessary, such extensions not having been petitioned for at the annual meeting. Petition of Board of Public Works. Voted to raise and appropriate the smu of $900.00 to be added to the unexpended appropriation made under Article 51, 1952, to make such extensions of the water main system, under thc regulations voted at the annual Town Meeting, as the Board of Public Works, on October first, considers most necessary, such extensions not having been petitioned for at the annual meeting. To be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($1,600.00) to be used with the present Chevrolet ton and a half truck to purchase a new truck for the Water and Sewer Department. Petition of Board of Public Works. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00 to be used with the present Chevrolet ton and a half truck to purchase a new truck for the Water and Sewer Department. Board recommends advertising for bids. ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town ~vill vote to raise and appropriate, provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, Nine Thousand Dollars ($9,000.00) to clean and cement line water mains in the water works system. Petition of Board of Pnblic Works. 29 VOTED to take froni accumulated excess water receipts available in the Stabilization Fund, the amount of $9,000.00 to Mean and cement line water raains in the water works system. In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40, section 58, of the General Laws. Vote was u~au]mous and so declared. AI~TIC~E 65. To see if the Town will vote to instruct, authorize and require the Board o[ Assessors to deduct :[rom the amount required to be assessed under Section 23 of Chapter 59 of the General Laws, as amended, the sum of Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00) or some part thereof, from avail- able funds~ which sum is herewith appropriated from available funds under Section 7 of Chapter 798 of the Acts of 1951 for the purpose of this authorized deduction. Petition of John isl. Pillion and others. VOTED to take from available funds in the Treasury the sum of $35,000.00, instruct, authorize and require the Board of Assessors to deduct from the anmunt required to be assessed under Section 23 of Chapter 59 of the General Laws as amended, which sum is herewith appropriated from available funds in the Treasury under Section7 of Chapter 798 of the Acts of 1951 for the purpose of ttSs authorized deduction. Vote was un- animous and so declared. ARTICLE 66. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a snffieient surn of money to extend the water system on l~ifttin Drive Five Itundred Thirty (530) feet from l~fiddlesex Street. Petition o~ Ralph F. Duffy and others. VOTED to take the sum of $2,~i00.00 from available funds in the Town Treasury to be expeuded by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of this article, on the following condi- tions: 2. That on or before June 1, ]953, the petitioners and or own- ers make a guarantee acceptable to the Board of Public Works of six percent of thc actual cost of construction, as water fa;es, for a period of 14 years. 2. That on or before June 1, 1953 the construction of at least two additional houses shall have been started. 3. The excavating of a cellar hole and/or the eonstrnction of a complete foundation of masoury or some such building material whereon the super structure of the house will be erected. AItTICLE 67. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient stun of money to extend the sewer system on Mifflin Drive frown Douglas tload to Bradstreet Road. Petition of Ralph F. Duffy and others. VOTED that the sum of $4,000.00 be taken from available funds in the Town Treasury to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of this article snbjeet to assess- ments or betterment charges under the conditions of Chapter 380 of the Acts of 1906, and with the furti~er provision that construction of at least four houses shall have been started on or before June 1, 1953, with the following conditions: 1. The excavating of a cellar hole and/or the construction of a complete foundation of masonry or some-such building material whereon the superstructure of the house will be erected. ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient stun of money to extend the drainage system and construct a road on Douglas Road from Mifflin Drive to Greene Street, under Chapter 80 of the General haws providing for the assessment of betterments upon the property owners. Petition of Ralph F. Dully and others. VOTED that the sum of $1,285.00 be taken from available funds in the Town Treasury for thc purpose of this article to he expended uudcr the direction of the Highway Surveyor under the provisious of Chapter 80 of the General Laws, as amended, and the Selectmen are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to take such steps as provide for the assessment of betterments therefor under Chapter 80, as amended. ARTICLE 69. To see if thc Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avaib able funds, a sufficient smu of money to extend the drainage system and improve the road on Mifflin Drive under Chapter 80 of the General Laws providing for the assessment of better- ments upon the property owners. Petition of Ralph F. Duffy and others. VOTED that the stun of $14,090.00 be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of this article to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor under the provisions of Chapter 80 of the (Jeneral Laws, as amended the assessment of betterments to be applied for the purpose of this article as set forth in your Advisory Board's recommendation on Article 68 of this warrant. The contract to be awarded to the lowest of three competitive public bidders. No work to be done by tIighway Department lmtil sewer and water is installed. ARTICLE 70. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able fnnds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water 3] system on West Bradstreet Road from the present terminus Five Hundred Fifty (550) feet to Mifflin Drive. Petition of John J. Donovan and others. VOTED that the sum of $2,000.00 be taken from available fnnds iu the Town Treasury to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of this article, on the following conditions: 1. That on or before June 1, 1953 the petitioners and/or owners make a guarantee, acceptable to the Board of Public Works of six percent of the actual cost of construction as water rates for a period of 14 years. 2. That on or before June 1, 1953 the construction of at least two additional houses shall have been started. 3. The excavating of a cellar hole and/or the constrution of a complete foundation of masonry or some-such building materiM whereon the superstructure of the house will be erected. ARTICLE 71. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or provide by bond issue or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on West Bradstreet Road from Mifflin Drive to Greene Street. Petition of John J. Donovan and others. VOTED that thc stun of $2,500.00 be taken from available funds in the Town Treasury to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of this article subject to the conditions of Chapter 380 of the Acts of 1906, and with the further provision that construction of at least two additional houses shall have been started on or before June 1, 1953 with the followi~g condition. 1. The excavating of a cellar hole and/or the construction of a complete foundation of masonry or some-such building material whereon the superstructure of the house will be erected. A~TiCLE 72. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from ava~l- able funds, a sufficient stun of money to extend the drainage system and improve the road on West Bradstreet Road nnder Chapter 80 of the General Laws providing for thc Assessment of betterments upon the property owners. Petition of Santo A. DiNfauro and others. VOTED that thc sum of $3,060.00 be taken from available funds in the Town Treasury ~or the purpose of this article to be expended nnder thc direction of the Highway Surveyor, under the provisions of Chapter 80 of the (~eneral Laws, as amended--the assessment of betterments to be applied for the purpose of this article as set forth in your Advisory Boards recommendation on Article 68 of this Warrant. No work to be 32 done by tlighway Department until sewer and water is in- stalled. AI~TICLE 73. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Adams Avenne Three Hundred Twenty (320) feet from Unity Avenue. Petition of Santo A. Dii;iauro and others. VOTED that the sum of $1,200.00 be takeu from available funds iii thc Town Treasury to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of this article upon the following conditions: I. That o~.~ or before June 1, 3953, the petitioners or owners make a guarantee, acceptable to the Board of Public Works of six per cent of the actual cost of construction, as water rates, for a period of 14 years. 2. That on or before June 1, 1953, the petitioners and/or owners shall post a bond with the Selectmen in such form and amount as the latter may require to assm'e the town that six months after the completion of the project the road and sidewalks affected by the project shall have been so reconstructed and repaired, including the installation of all necessary drainage systems therein, as to meet such requirements as the Highway Surveyor shall have prescribed as the conditions precedent to his certification of such ways under the Seleetmen's "Regulations for the Laying Out of Streets." 3. The excavating of a cellar hole and/or the construction of a complete foundation of masonry or some-such building material whereon thc superstructure of the house will be erected. ARTICI~E 74. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Putnam Road One I-hmdred Sixty (160) feet from the present terminus near Mifflin Drive. Petition of Blanche Adams and ethers. VOTED that the sum of $650.00 be taken from available funds in the To;vn Treasury to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of this article, on the following conditions: 1. That on or before June 1, 1953, the petitioners and/or owners make a guarantee acceptable to the Board of Public Works, of six per cent of the actual cost of construction, as water rates, for a period of 14 years. 33 2. That on or before June 1, 1953, construction of one house shall have been started. 3. The excavating of a cellar hole and/or the construction of a complete foundation of masonry or some-such building material whereon the superstructure of the house will be erected. ARTICLE 75. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Putnam Road One IIundred Ninety (190) feet from Greene Street. Petition of Rodosildo DeBurro and others. VOTED that the sum of $800.00 be taken from available funds in the Town Treasury to be expended by the Board of Public Works, for thc purpose of this article, on the following conditions: 1. That on or before June 1, 1953, the petitioners and/or owners make a guarantee acceptable to the Board of Public Works, of six per cent of the actual cost of construction, as water rates, for a period of 14 years. 2. That on or before June 1, 1953, construction of one addi- tional house shall have been started. 3. The excavating of a cellar hole and/or the construction of a complete foundation of masonry or some-such building material whereon the superstructure of the house will be erected. AIITICLE 76. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able f~mds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer systen~ on Putnam Road Three Hundred Seventy-five (375) feet from Greene Street. VOTED that the sum of $1,700.00 be taken from available funds in thc Town Treasury to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of this article subject to assess- ments or betterment charges under the conditions of Chapter 380 of the Acts of 1906, and with the further provisions that constrnction of at least one additional house shall have been started on or before June 1, 1953, with the following condi- tions: 1. The excavating of a cellar hole and/or the construction of a complete foundation of masonry or some-such building material whereon the superstructure of the house will be erected. ARTICLE 77. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- 34 able funds, a sufficient stun of money to extend the drainage system and improve the road on Putnam Road from Greene Street to 3litltin Drive, under Chapter 80 of the General Laws providing for the Assessment of betterments upon the property owners. Petition of Rodosildo DeBurro and others. VOTED that the sum of $3,250.00 be taken from available funds in the Town Treasury for the purpose of this article to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor, under the provisions of Chapter 80 of the General Laws, as amended--the assessment of betterments to be applied for the purpose of this article as set forth in your Advisory Board's recommendation on Article 68 of this warrant. No work to be done by Highway Surveyor m~til sewer and water is installed. AI4TICLE 78. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Woodbridge Road from Mifflin Drive to Tyler Road. Petition of Philip T. 3liller and others. VOTED that the sum of $2,700.00 be taken from available funds in the Town Treasury to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of this article on the following conditions: 1. That on or before June 1, 1953, the construction of one additional house shall have been started. 2. That on or before June 1, ]958 the petitioners and/or owners shall post a bond with the Selectmen in such form and amount as the latter may require to assnre the Town that six nmnths after the completion of the project, the road and sidewalks affected by the project shall have been so reconstructed and repaired including the installation of all necessary drainage systems therein as to meet such requirements as the Ilighway Surveyor shall have prescribed as the conditions precedent to his certification of such ways under the Selectmen's "Regulations 2or the l~aying Out of Streets." 3. The excavating of a cellar 1, ole and/or the eonstrnetion of a complete foundation of masonry or some-such building material whereon the superstructure of the house will be erected. ARTICLE 79. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Spruce Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Hem- lock Street. Petition of Ernest Connor and ethers. 35 VOTED that the sum of $2,250.00 be taken from available funds in the Town Treasury to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of this artiele on the following conditions: 1. That on or before June 1, 1953, the construction of one additional house shah have been started. 2. That on or before June 1, 1953, the petitioners and/or owners shM1 post a bond with the Selectmen in such form and amount as the latter may require to assure the Town that six months after the completion of the project, the road and sidewalks affected by the project shall have been so reconstructed and repaired including the installation of aH necessary drainag'e systems therein, as to meet such requirements as the Highway Surveyor shall have prescribed as the conditions precedent to his certification of such ways under the Seleetmen's "Regulations for the Laying Out of Streets." 3. The excavating of a cellar bole and/or the construction of a complete foundation of masonry or some-such building material whereon the superstructure of the house will be erected. ARTICLE 80. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system from Johnson Street, westerly and northerly on Heath Road Extension to its intersection with Sutton Hill Road, and thence westerly by Sutton Hill Road, a total distance of ap- proximately 1600 feet to a point opposite property now owned by Frances S. Barrows. Petition of Harry Sutton, Jr. and others. VOq'ED that the sum of $6,000.00 be taken from available flmds in the Town Treasury to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of this article upon the following conditions: 1. That on or before June 1, 1953, the construction of two additional houses shall have been started. 2. That on or before June 1, 1953, the petitioners and/or owners make a guarantee acceptable to the Board of Public Works of six per cent of the actual cost of eonstruetlon, as water rates for a period of 14 years. 3. That on or before June 1, 1953, the petitioners and/or owners shall post a bond with the Selectmen in such form and amount as the latter may require to assure the Town that six months after the completion of the project, the road and sidewalks affected by the project shall have been so reconstructed and repaired, ineluding the installation of 36 all necessary drainage systems therein, as to meet such requirements as the Highway Surveyor shall have prescribed as thc conditions precedent to his certification of such ways under the Selectmen's "Reg~flations for the Laying Out of Streets." 4. The excavating of a cellar hole and/or the construction a complete £oundation of masonry or some-such building material whereon the superstructure of tke house will be erected. Mr. William B. Duffy motioned and duly seconded that a vote of thanks be given to the Advisory Board for the time and effort they put into their work this year, a tough job well done. The vote was unanimous. Meeting adjourned at 6:50 P.M. Mrs. Lillian Deardon, Mrs. Angic Kelley, Miss Rose Mc- Evoy, l~iss Rita Enaire, Alfred Garneau and Jack Hegarty assisted the Board of Registrars and Town Clerk in checking voters into the meeting. Mr. Sid Rea, Edward McOabe; Dewey Dyer, John Corrigan, Andrew Coffin and Carl Thomas assisted the Moderator and Town Clerk in counting hand votes. Approximately 440 voters were present. NO. 1. SPECIAL TOWN I~iEETING HELD FOLLOWING THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 14, 1953 ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by changing from Agricultural to Business, the following described parcel of ]and: A parcel of land on the easterly side of Salem Turnpike a~ad on the northerly side of Berry Street, bounded and de- scribed as follows: Beginning at the intersectkon of the easterly linc of the Sa]em Turnpike with the northerly line of Berry Street; thence northwesterly, by the easterly line of the Salem Turnpike, 90 feet to a point; thence northeasterly 250 feet to a point which is 240 feet from the northerly linc of Berry Street, thence southeasterly 630 feet to a point; thence south- westerly 350 fcet to a point in the northerly line of Berry Street; thence northwesterly to the northerly line of Berry Street, 660 feet to the point of beginning. Petition of Joseph M. Finneran and others. ¥OTED to strike from Warrant. 37 NO. 2. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD FOLLOWING THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 14, 1953 ARTICLE 1. To see if the To~ will raise and appropriate or cause ~o be transferred from available funds, the sum of $32,000.00 to be used for thc purpose of purchasing a new ladder trnck and equipment therefore, includi~g ladders and lighting equipment, to replace the ]adder trnck and equipment damaged in the aecide~qt in which thc ladder truck was involved on March 2, 1953. Said purchase to be made by a committee composed of the Board of Selectmen, Board of Fire Engineers, and three other persons appointed thereto by the Advisory Board or by such committee as the Town 5Ieeting may deter- mine. Petition of the Board of Fire Engineers. VOTED that the sum of $18,000.00 be appropriated from the Stabilization Fund for the purpose of ~ecuring a new ladder truck and equipment therefore, as described in the above ar- ticle, the value of the old truck to be applied toward the purchase price of the new truck. The sum of money recom- mended for this article will enable the to,am to secure a modern "City Service Type" ladder fire truck with full complement of ladders and suitable pumping equipment, suitable for the varied needs of the Town. It is recommended the committee to make the purchase of this equipment be composed of the Board of Selectmen, The Board of Fire Engineers, and three other cit~ izens to bo appointed by the Moderator experienced in the maintenance and repair of automobiles engines and equipment. The vote was u~animous and so ¢leclared. l~][eeti~ng adjourned at 7:15 P.M. ATTEST JOHN J. LYONS, Town Clerk SPECIAL TOWN MEETING JULY 14, 1953 At the Special Town Meeting held in the Town IIal] on Tuesday eveninp~', July 14, 1953 at 8:30 P.M., the following articles appeared in the Warrant with the vote of the meeting following: ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zonit~g By-law and zoning map of the Town by reclassifying from agricultural to industrial, the following described premises: 38 Beginning at a point in the westerly line of Osgood Street at land of Francis A. and Helen E. Hyland approximately 250 feet south of the Haverhill line, thence southerly by the west- erly line of 0sgood Street, by various courses, 3812.26 feet to land of Thomas and Bertha Morrell; thence sonthwesterly by land o2 said Morrell, 1<[87.5 feet to land of Albert A. Steinberg; thence northwesterly crossing land o2 said Steinberg in a straight linc to the northeasterly corner of land of Margaret A. Rogers, 760 feet; thence northwesterly by various courses by ]and of said Rogers and by land of Mary Youngebauer, 1518 feet tc land of the Boston and ~iaine Railroad Company; thence northeasterly by land of said Railroad, 3381.25 feet to land of Frane~s A. m~d Heleu E. Hyland; thence southeasterly by land of said Hyland, 632.70 feet to the point of beginning. Petition of Board of Selectmen. VOTED to amend the Zoning Byda~v and zoning map o~ the Town by reclassifying from agricultural to industrial, the following' described premises: Beginning at a point in the westerly line of Osgood Street at land of Francis A. and Helen E. Hyland approximately 250 feet south of the Ilaverhi]l line; i.henee southerly by the westerly line of Osgood Street, by various courses, 3812.26 feet to land of Thomas and Bertha Morrell; thence southwesterly by ]and of said Morrell, 1487.5 feet to land of Albert A. Stein- berg; thence northwesterly crossing land of said Steinberg in a straight line to the northeasterly corner of land of 5~argaret. A. Rogers, 760 feet; thence northwesterly by various courses by land of said gogers and by land of )~ary Youngebauer, 1518 feet to land of the Boston and Maine Bailroad Company; thence northeasterly by land of said ~aSlroad, 3381.25 feet to land of ~rancis A. and Helen E. Hyland; thence southeasterly by land o~ said Hyland, 632.70 feet to the point of beginning. The vote was unanimous and so declared. AgTICLE 2. To see if the Town wSll vote to appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of $12,500 for the purchase of a new bulldozer and equipment, to be used in the operation of the new dump and fill method of re,use disposal, the old Highway Department tractor to be used as a trade-in to rednee the purchase price. Petition of the Board of Select- Stricken from the Warrant. ARTICLE g. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action of the Town Meeting of 5Iareh 1, 1953, with reference to Article 45, wherein the sum of $2,700.00 was appropriated ~ar the purchase o~ a bulldozer blade to be used on our old 39 Highway Department tractor in the operation of the dump. Petition of thc Board of Selectmen. Stricken from the Warrant. Approximately 400 voters were present. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 P.M. Donald Smith, Esq. Dominie Bonanno, David Roche, and John MeDuffie were assigned to assist the Moderator and Town Clerk in the hand counting, if needed. A true copy: ATTEST JOIIN J. LYONS, Town Clerk SPECIAL TOWN MEETING JULY 31, 1953 At the Special Town Meeting held in the Town Hall, Friday evening, July 31, 1953, at 7:30 P.)]]., the following article appeared in tile Warrant with the vote of the meeting following: ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 434 of the Acts of 1935 which is Act relative to rent control," and whether the town will declare that a substantial shortage of rental housing aeeomodations exists in the Town of North Andover aml that the control rents in the Town is necessary in the Public Interest. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. VOTJc]D to accept the provisions of Chapter 434 of the Acts of 1953 which is "an Act relative to rent eon;roi," and the Town will declare that a substantial shortage of rental housing accommodations exist in the Town of North Andover and that the control of rmzts in the town is necessary in the public interest. A motion ~vas duly made and seconded. The vote was clearly in the affirmative and so declared. Approximately 60 voters were present. Meeting' adjonr~ed at 7:35 P.M. A true copy: ATTEST JOHN ,l. LYONS, Town Clerk SPECIAL TOWN MEETING AUGUST 24, 1953 At the Special Town Meeting held in the Court Room of the Town Building on Monday evening, August 24, 1953 at 8:00 P.M., the following article appeared in the Warrant with the vote of the meeting following: AI~TICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of North Andover by adding the 40 following article to be known as Article 5-A under General Provisions as follows: Any structure for living accomodations which shall be erected, placed or maintained in any district of the Town shall have a first floor area of at least 450 square feet. Petition of the Planning Board of North Andover. VOTED no structure for living accommodations shall be erected, placed or maintained in any district of the Town nnless it shall have a first floor area of at least 450 square feet, except that the Board of Appeals, may, in its deseretion, grant a permit for the erection or maintenance of such a structure in an Agricultural district only. The vote was favorable: 21 Affirmative; 9 Negative, and so declared. Meeting adjourned at 8:15 P.M. 31 registered voters were present. A trne copy: ATTEST JOHN g. LYONS, Town Clerk SPECIAL TOWN MEETING NOVEMBER 16, 1953 At the Special Town Meeting held in the Com't Room, Town Building on Monday eveuing, November 16, 1953 at 8:00 P.M., the following article appeared in the Warrant with the vote of the meeting following. AiiT~CLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the stun of $4,600.00 from the Disability Assistance Account .to the Old Age Assistance Account. Petition of the Board of Public Welfare. Voted to transfer the stun of $4,~00.00 from the Disability Assistance Account to the Old Age Assistant Account. ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to transfer $3,000.00 from the School Department appropriation for Salaries and Wages to the School Department appropriation for expenses. Petition of the School Committee. VOTED to transfer the sum of $3,000.00 from the School Department appropriation for Salaries and Wages to the School Department appropriation for expenses. The vote on the above articles was unanimous and so declared. Meeting adjourned at 8:05 P.SI. Fifteen voters were present. A true copy: ATTEST JOHN J. LYONS, Town Clerk 41 BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER ESSEX COUNTY, MAS~A(~HUSETTS ARTICLE 1 Section 1. The Annual Town Meeting shall be held on the first i~Ionday in March. Section ~1. The warrants for all Town Meetings shall be directed to either of the constables, who shall serve the same by posting a true and attested copy thereof at the Town Hall and at five or more public places in each precinct of the Town, not more than fifteen nor less than ten days before the time of holding said Meetings. Section 3. When a Town Meeting shall be adjourned to a time certain that is more than fourteen days from the time of adjournment, the Town Clerk shall cause notice of the time and place of such adjourned meeting to be duly posted in three or more public places in each precinct in the Town two days at least before the time of holding said adjourned meet- ing, which notice shall also briefly state the business to come before such meeting. Section 4. After the election of Town Officers whose names appear on the official ballot, and the vote upon the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, the Annual Meeting in each year shall stand adjourned for the consideration of all other matters in the warrant to 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon of the second Saturday next following, at a place to be designated by the Selectmen in the warrant for said meeting. The warrant shall also state the date and hour of said adjournment. Section 5. At said adjourned meeting the Moderator shall appoint an Advisory Committee of seven, who shall serve from the dissolution of said meeting until the dissolution of the Annum Meeting next following. They shall consider the reports of the Town Officers, the recommendations of the Finance Committee for the ensuing year, the several articles in the Warrant for the Annual Meeting next following, and any and all other municipal questions. The Committee shall give at least one public hearing within ten days preceding the date of the Adjourned Aauual Meeting, upon all matters to be considered by them. They shall prepare and distribute among voters, prior to said ad- journed meeting, printed copies of such findings and recom- mendations as they see fit to make, and shall report the same to said meeting. For this purpose and for the performance of their other duties hereunder, they may incur such reasonable expense as may be necessary. 42 ARTICLE II Section 1. The Selectmen in addition to their general dnties, shall have authority to defend suits brought against the Town, unless otherwise ordered by a vote of the Town. Section 9.. The Selectmen shall annually cause a report to be printed which shall contain a statement of their doings during the preceding £inancial year; the report of the School Committee and of such other officers, boards and committees as are required to make reports; the list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen; a report of all Town 3~eetings held since the publication of the last Annual Town Report; the regula- tions of the Board of Health and of the Board of Water Commissioners; the By-I~aws of the Town; and such other matters as they deem expedient or as the Town votes to insert. Said report shall be bound in pamphlet form, a~d shall be ready for distribution among the taxpayers at least twenty-one days before the Annual Town i~feeting. ARTICLE I. II Section 1. The Selectmen shall annually, during the month of March, appoint at least five police officers, and a Chief of Police. The latter shall have general supervision and direction of the constables and police officers of the Town. Section 2. The Selectmen may make such rules and regu- lations as they deem necessary, under the Revised Isaws, in relation to the passages of carriages, sleighs, street ears or other vehicles through the streets and ways of the Town, or the use of sleds or other vehicles for coasting therein. Any violation of said rules and regulations shall be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar or more than twenty dollars. Section 3. No person shall keep a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metal or second-hand articles, or shall go from house to house collecting or procuring by par- chase or barter any such articles, without a written license from the Board of Selectmen. The fee for such license shall not be less than one dollar. Each license shall continue in force until the first day of May next ensuing unless sooner revoked by the Selectmen. Section 4. No person shall behave in a rude or disorderly manner, nor use loud, profane or indecent language, nor throw stones, snow balls or other missiles in any street or other public place. Section 5. No person shall loiter upon any sidewalk, street or way of the Town, or upon private property thereto adjoining without the consent of the owner thereof, after he has been requested by a constable or police officer to depart. Section 6. No person shall pasture cattle or other animals either with or without a keeper, upon any of the streets or ways of the Town, provided that this By-Law shall not affect the rights of any person to the use of the land within the limits of such street or way adjoining his own premises. Section 7. No person shall go through the streets or ways of the Town as a hawker or peddler, selling or exposing for sale fruits or vegetables, without first obtaining a written license from the Selectmen of thc Town; provided that this By-Law shall not apply to a person engaged in the pursuit of agriculture who peddles fruits or vegetables. Every licensee hereunder shall cause his name and the number of his license to be plainly and legibly exhibited upor the vehicie, conveyance, or receptacle in which he carries or transports his wares, and every such licensee shall upon de- mand of a constable or other police officer of the Town exhibit his written license to such constable or officer. Petition of Board of Health. Section 8. See Building Laws adopted in 1942 and printed in pamphlet form. ARTICLE IV Section 1. The financial year of the Town shall begin ~vith the first day of January and end with the 31st day of De- cember and for the payment of bills contracted by the several departments for ordinary expenses, during the interval be- tween the close of the financial year and the time of making the next annual appropriations, the Selectmen shall have authority to draw from any available funds in the hands of the Treasurer, and the amount so drawn shall be charged agai~st the said next annual appropriation for the depart- ment for which such draft shall have been made; but in no case shall such expenditure for any purpose exceed one-sixth of the amount appropriated for that purpose at the Annual Town Meeting in the preceding year. Section 2. No money shall be paid from the Town Treasury, except the state and county taxes and bank discount, without a warrant therefor si~omed by the Selectmen. Section 3. All pro~nissory notes of the Town shall be si,o~ned by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen. ~ection 4. All Town officers, boards and committees, who in any way receive or expend money belonging to the Town, shall keep a record of their official acts, and an account of their receipts and expenditures; they shall make an annual report to the To;vn in season to be audited and incorporated into the Annual Town Report. Section 5. All Town officers, board and committees, who shall receive money in behalf of the Town, shall pay to the 44 Treasurer monthly, and oftener if so requested by the Select- men, all money so received. All other persons who shall have in their possession money belonging to the Town shall pay the same forthwith to the Town Treasurer. Section 6. The Superintendent or other official charged by the Board of Water Commissioners with the duty of collecting and receiving money due the Town, shall give a bond in a penal sum and with sureties approved by the Board of Select- men. Section 7. The Selectmen and the Auditor shall constitute a committee to be known as the Finance Committee, whose duty it shall be to prepare a table of estimates of expenses for which appropriations are to be made at the next annual Town Meeting, and to report the same in writing on or before . the first day of February in each year to the Selectmen, who shall incorporate said report in the Annual Town ~eport. ~ectiou 8. It shall be the duty of the Auditor to inspect all bills presented against the Town; to see that they have the approval of the o~cer, board or committee contracting the same, and are in proper form; to indicate the accom~t to v~h~ch they are chargeable; and, if there are funds, to transmit said bills with his certificate to the Selectmen, who shall draw their warrant on thc Town Treasurer authorizing payment thereof; to examine the books and accounts of all town officers, boards, and committees receiving and expending money; to ~nvesfigate the condition of all funds and trust funds held for the benefit of the Town. He shall verify the amounL of funds in the hands of Ll~e town o~cers, boards and commlt~ees by actnally count- ing the cash in their possession, and by personal application at banks of deposit, shall ascertain the amounts held therein to the credit of the Town. ~e shalI report to the Tow~ in detail under each department all receipts and expenditures by the Town for the previous financial year. ~ectioa 9. No o~ce, board or committee of the Town shall have any pecuniary 5ntercst, either direct or indirect, person- ally or through another person, in any loan, contract or em- ployment o~ any sort made by, with or for tha~ department to which his o~ its duties appertain. All contracts or employ- ments made ~n violation of this By-Law shall be void as to the Town, and no bills therefor shall be approved, audited or paid. ARTICLE V 8cotton 1. The assessment ~f taxes shall be completed and the tax list and warrant shall be delivered to the Collector of Taxes on or before the fifteenth day of Angst, and the tax bills shall be distributed on or before the second day of Sep- tember in each year. 45 Section 2. The Collector of Taxes shall use all means and processes provided by law for the collection of taxes re- maining unpaid after the first day of January in each year. Section 3. The compensation of the Collector of Taxes shall be fixed annually by vote of the Town. ARTICLE VI Section 1. The Board of Selectmen may declare any sewer laid in any land, street or way, public or private, opened or proposed to be opened for public travel, to be a common sewer; and the same shall not be lald or connected with any existing common sewer except by the board of o~cers authorized by law to lay and maintain common sewers. Section 2. The Board of Health may make and enforce regulations for the public health and safety relative to house drainage and its connection with pnblic sewers, if a public sewer abuts the estate to be drained. Section 3. No person shah enter his drain into any common sewer without a written license from the Board of Selectmen, and any person entering under such license shall comply with such rules and regulations as to material and construction as the Board of Selectmen may prescribe. Said Board may close any drain entering a common sewer for failure to comply with the provisions of this By-Law. No excavation shall be made within a public way in con- necting such private drains with a common sewer except un- der the direction of the Highway Surveyor or other persons having charge of the streets of the Town. ARTICLE VII Section 1. No person shall open any hydrant of the water- works system of the Town without written permission pre- viously obtained from the Board of Water Commissioners; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of hydrants and water by the Chief of the Fire Department, or the person acting in his stead, in ease of fire. ARTICLE VIII Section 1. The following shall be the device of the Town seal: In the center of a double circle the inscription, "Incor- porated April 7th, 1855"; in the margin without the inner circle the legend, "Town of North Andover, Massachusetts." ARTICLE IX Regulations of Advertising Signs and Billboards Section 1. STATUTORY AUTHORITY. In pm'suanee of the authority granted to towns in Section 29 of Chapter 93 46 of the General Laws, and pursuant to all other provisions of law, and without relaxing any restrictions now imposed on outdoor advertising devices by Sections 29 to 33 inclusive of said chapter or by any lawful state regulation thereunder, such devices are hereby further restricted in the Town of North Andover as provided in the following sections. Section 2. EXEMPTIONS. This by-law shall not apply to signs or other devices in or over public ways, described in Sections 1, 2 or 8, of Chapter 85, General Laws, or to signs or other devices on or in the rolling stock, stations, subways or structures of or used by common carriers, except adver- tising devices on bridges or viaducts or abutments thereof. It also shall not apply to any advertising device legally permitted and maintained on the date of the taking effect of this by- law, until one year after the first day of July next following said date. Section 3. DEFINITIONS: "Advertising Devices" shall mean billboards, painted bulletins, poster panels, signs, placards and other outdoor units designed to call public atten- tio~ to the matter displayed thereon. "Advertising Sign" or "sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device. "Sign-board" shall mean any structure designed for displaying an outdoor advertisement. "Highway" or "street" shall mean any public way twenty feet or more in width. "Public Park" shalI mean a piece of public land of at least five t~honsand square feet set apart for beauty and public en- joyment. "Public Reservation" shall mean a piece of public land set apart for recreational use, as a state or municipal forest, as a protection to public water supply, as a memorial or ceme- tery, or as a place of unusual scenic or historical interest. "Permitted" shall mean authorized by an of 6cial permit. "Display" shall mean to make or maintain visible from any highway, public park or reservation. "Area" of a sign or sign-board shall mean the area of the face view of the entire device including all attachments except supports and lattice at the base thereof. "I~esldential district" shall mean any area zoned as resi- dential. "Non-conforming business" shalt mean a business located in a residential or rural district, other than such rural business as farming or the raising and sale on the same premises of farm, garden or orchard products. "Lawful sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device not prohibited by any prov~slon of law or by any lawful state regulation. 47 ~'Accessory sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device which carries only advertisements strictly incidental and subordinate to a principal use of the premises on which it is located, including signs indicating business transacted or goods sold or produced on the premises or an occupant thereof, but not including any sign which is rented or controlled by any party except the owner or occupant of the premises. "Sign on a wall" shall mean a sign closely attached through- out to and facing with the wall, or on a window or door therein. "Lot" shall mean a plot of ground containing and devoted to the purposes of a building, or laid out to contain a building, with all required open spaces: or a tract of unbuilt, undivided land under one ownership. Section 4. PROHIBITIONS. No person, firm, association or corporation, except the owner or a tenant occupant of the premises, shall be permitted or allowed to erect, display or maintain any billboard or other outdoor advertising device thereon except in pursuance of written authority from such owner or tenant and nnless either the name and address of the party holding such authority or a lawful permit number from the state licensing authority be displayed on such device. No billboard or other outdoor advertising device shall be erected, displayed or maintained: (a) Upon any rock, tree, fence or pole; (b) Within one hundred feet of any church, public build- - lng, monument, or memorial, or within three hundred feet of any public park, playgrotmd or public reservation, if within view from any portion thereof; except that this provision shall not apply to accessory signs on the walls of buildings; (c) If it contains any obscene, indecent or immoral matter. (d) Unless ali parts and attachments and the gronnd about the base thereof are kept in neat and safe condition. Section 5. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS. No advertising sign or signboard shall be permitted or allowed to be so located as to obstruct a view between any points on connecting streets within fifty feet of a corner of the rights of way; or extend more than twenty feet above the surface on which it stands; or to obstruct any door, window or fire escape on a building; or, if on a roof or wall of a building, to extend above the legal limit of height for such building or wall; or in a residential district, to extend not more than six inches nearer to any bmmdary of the lot or premises on which it is located than it would be lawful to maintain a building, except as provided in paragraph (c) of Section 6. Section 6. RESTttlCTIONS IN RESIDENTIAL DIS- TRICTS. No person, firm, association or corporation shall 48 erect, display or maintain or allow to be displayed or main- tained on his or its property, in a residential district, any bill- board or other advertising device, except devices specified in paragraphs (a) (b) (c) and (d) of this section. (a) Any lawful accessory sign or signs not exceeding five square feet in aggregate area on any one building or lot; or any lawful sign or signs advertising only the sale or rental of the premises, not exceeding a total area of ten square feet; or, on the premises of any pnbllc building, public recreation ground, farm garden, tree-nursery or forest, any ]awful accessory signs not exceeding all together fifteen square feet in area within the limits of said premises; or any lawful accessory signs on the front wall of any building occupied by a non-conforming business. (b) Any lawful sign displayed by the town, or any sign displayed by the United States, the state or county relative to government business. (c) At any boundary linc of the town a lawful sign not exceeding five square feet in area indicating the meetings of any civic organizations located therein. (d) On property owned or principally occupied by a religious, civic or charitable organization, association of war veterans or the like, any lawful accessory sign displayed by written permission of the Selectmen, with approval of the inspector of buildings 5f any, for a limited period not exceeding · sixty days. Section 7. ADMINISTRATION. Whenever notice of an application to a state authority for a permit for an adver- tising device to be erected or displayed in the town is received by the Town Clerk or any other town official, he shah imme- diately transrait to the Inspector of Buildings or other officer charged with the administration of this By-Law. Such offffcer, or, in the lack of other responsible officer, the Town Clerk, shall thereupon make an examination of the case and, as promptly as possible, within thirty days of the receipt of the application by the town, shall send written notice to the state authority to whom the application is addressed, stating whether or not the proposed advertising device would violate any provisions of this By-Law, and, if he finds such v/olation, specify what provisions would be violated. La case of such violation, he shall send like notice also to the applicant and to the owner or tenant of the proposed location of the device. Any person desiring to erect a sign in the town may a description thereof and of its proposed location with the officer charged with the enforcement of this By-Law, who shall thereupon make an examination of the case and shall give written notice to the applicant whether or not the proposed 49 advertising device would violate any provision of this By- Law, and if so, what provision. Said officer shall preserve for record all descriptions, notices of applications, letters and other papers received by him and copies of all notices issued and letters sent. by him relating to outdoor advertising. Section 8. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT. The Se- lectmen or any other officer charged with the enforcement of this by-law shall give written notice of any violation of See- tions 4, 5 or 6 of this by-law to the party violating the same and to the owner or tenant of the property concerned, with orders to remove promptly any device in violation thereof, and shall cause any party who continues such violation for fifteen days after such notice to be prosecuted; shall pursue appro- priate legal processes to restrain the erection or maintenance of devices in violation of this by-law and to cause their re- moval or abatement in accordance with Chapter 93, Sections 29, 31 and 33; and shall also notify the state regulatory au- thority of outdoor advertising of any known violations of lawful state regulations that come to his notice. · qection 9. I~ any provision of this by-law is deelared constitutional or illegal by any court, the validity of the re- malning' provisions shali not be affected thereby. Section 10. No provision of this by-law shall be construed in such a manner as to be inconsistent with the rules and regu- rations now or hereafter in force, concerning outdoor adver rising, or any state authority having jurisdiction. ARTICLE X There shall be an annual audit of the accounts of the town to be made by the Director of the Division of Accounts in the Department of Corporations and Taxation, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, of the General Laws. ARTICLE XI No person shall be allowed to place, throw, dump or other- wise deposit posters, handbills, flyers, advert[sing sheets, waste or rubbish in or from the public streets or ways. AKTICLE XII Previous to the erection of a new building or the alteration of any existing one, notice shall be filed with the Board o~.' Assessors by the owner of the property. 50 A_~TICLE XIII Section 1. The violation of these By-Laws, except such as by their terms provide a penalty for the breach thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Section 2. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed at any Town ~leeting, provided an article or articles for that purpose have been inserted in the warrant of said meeting, Section 3. All By-Laws heretofore made and adopted are hereby repealed. (Sec "Zoning By-Law" adopted in 1943 and printed in pamphlet form.) North Andover, Mass., January L ~954. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the By-Laws of the Town of North Andover. Attest: JOHN J. LYONS Town Clerk 51 TOWN CLERK'S REPORT To The Honorable Board of Selectmen North Andover, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I am pleased to submit the report of the Town Clerk for the year ending Dcee~nber 31, 1953. Thc registered vote as of this date was 5971. March 9, 1953. John J. Willis resigned from Police De- partment. March 28, 1953. Robert L. Sanborn appointed a permanent police officer. May 16, 1953. Advisory Board appointed by the Moderator for the ensuing year until dissolution of Town Meeting in 1954. ' John E. Coughlin Thomas H. Wilkinson Turner A. Bridges Harvey S. Lebow John Gander tIngh McClung James Dewhirst May 16. Memorial Day Committee, appointed by Modern- tot. John D. MeRoSbie, Frank L. Olms, Chairman Honorary Chairman Edward C. Garvey James J. Dooley Americo P. Lanni Raymond P. Beaudoin Myron B. Lewis Attorney Ralph Finek Charles G. Ward May 23, 1953. Abbott Stevens appointed by Moderator for a three year term to the School Building Committee. September 2, 1953. In accordance with Chapter 41, Section 29, G.L. Mrs. Flora M. McCubbin, Assistant Assessor ha~dng been chosen to assess taxes and estimate the value of property for thc purpose of taxation for the town of North Andover for the ensuing, do swear that she will truly and impartially, ac- cording to her best skill and judgment, assess and apportion aH such taxes as she may during that time assess; that she will neither overvalue nor undervalue any property subject to taxation, and that she will faithfully perform all duties of said office. /s/ Flora It. MeCubbin The above sworn to 2nd day of September, 1952. /s/ John J. Lyons, Town Clerk May 16, 1953. Peter H. Martin, duly sworn as regular fireman. 52 October 10, ]953. John J. Lanni, Rona]d F. Itaggerty, and Paul lJ. Lafond, duly sworn as members of the Reserve Police Force. October 5, 1953. Frank Howard and Alexander Ness appointed Internfittent police officers for a six months period. October 30, 1953. John E. Hanson appointed by the Mo- derator to the Advisory Board caused by the resignation of John Gaudet. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Department of the Attorney General April 22, 1953 Mr. John J. Lyons No. Andover Town Clerk Dear Mr. Lyons: I return herewith amendments to zoning by-laws adopted by the Town of North Andover on March 14, 1953, under ar- ticles 55, 57, 58 and 59, together with zoning maps, with the approval of the Attorney General noted thereon. Very truly yours, /s? FRED W. FISHER Asst. Attorney General July 23, 1953 Dear Mr. Lyons: I return herewith amendment to zoning by-law adopted by the Town of North Andover on July ]4, 1953, under article 1, together with zoning map, with my approval noted thereon. Very truly yours, /s/ George Fingold Attorney General September 4, 1953 Dear Mr. Lyons: I return herewith amendment to zoning by-laws adopted by the Town of North Andover on August 24, 1953, under article 1, with the approval of the Attorney General noted thereon. Very truly yours, /s/ Fred W. Fisher Asst. Attorney General 53 NOTICE In accordance with the provision of Chapter 148, Section 13, General Laws, a certification of registration must be filed and signed by the holder with the Town Clerk of any license granted as related to the KEEPING STORAGE, MANUFAC- TURE OR SALE OF INFLAMMABLES OR EXPLOSIVES. Certificates must be filed with the Town Clerk. Committee appointed by Moderator--New Refuse Truck, Article 52 of Annual Town Meeting. William B. Arsenault, Harold W. Trombly and Thomas ff. Wilkinson. Committee appointed by Moderator--New Ladder Truck, Article I of Special Town Meeting following Annual Town Meeting. Richard Heider, Leo Kane, and Lcster C. Perkins, to be a part of Committee with Board of Selectmen and Board of Fire Engineers. VITAI~ STATISTICS RECORDED FOR THE YEAt~ OF 1953 158 births were recorded--97 males and 61 females. There was one set of twins. There were 97 marriages recorded for the year. Oldest groom 72. Youngest groom 18. O~dest bride 67. Youngest bride 17. Peop]e from out of town married in North Andover, 5. Marriages performed in North Andover, 39. Marriages performed of North Andover residents out of town, 53. There were 168 deaihs recorded for the year. 87 males, 81 females. North Andover residents who died and buried in North Andover, 19. North Andover residents ~vho died in North Ando~er and buried out of town, 38. North Andover residents who d~ed out of town and brought here for burial, 25. North Andover residents who died out of town and buried out of town, 32. Non-residents ~vho died in North Audover and buried in North Andover, 1. Non-residents who died in North Andover and buried out of town, 10. Non-residents who died ont of town and brought here for burial, 43. DOGS LICENSED Males, 243. Females, 20. Spayed, 132. $25 Kennels, 4. $10 Kennels, 8. Total 407. Gross Amount received, $1,030.00. Fees, $81.40. The Net Amount paid to the Tomv Treasurer, $948.60. 54 FISH AND GAME LICENSES 518 Licenses were issued during the year. Gross aatount received $1,556.50. Fees, $108.00. Net Re- turns sent to the Division of Fisheries and Game, $1,576.50. There were 33 free licenses issued during the year. Seven (7) new business certificates were issued. As Town Clerk, I wish to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to all Town Officials, all Departments, to my fellow workers of the Town Building, and the people of the Town for the cooperation during the past year. I am most grateful for the spirit of friendliness and genuine helpfulness that marked all our transactions. Respectfnlly submitted, JOHN J. LYONS Town Clerk DOG OFFICER'S REPORT Dogs destroyed at request of owners Stray dogs destroyed Licensed Kennels Licensed dogs Males 243 @ $2.00 Females 20 @ 5.00 Spayed 132 @ 2.00 Kennels 4 (¢ 25.00 Kennels 8 @ 10.00 Total Licenses 407 Lost dogs returned Calls attended Dog bites reported Livestock, Foul killed by dogs 2 15 12 289 486.00 100.00 264.00 lO0.O0 80.00 $1,030.00 24 84 9 6 STANLEY BUTURLIA Dog Officer 55 TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT 1953 Total Commitments ]953 Real Estate Levy 1953 Personal Property Levy 1953 Motor Vehicle Ex. Levy 1953 Poll Tax Levy 1953 Water Liens 1953 Moth Assessments 1953 Betterments Storm Drain Chip. 80 1953 Betterments--Sewer-- Chap. 380 $660,261.40 546,396.84 29,015.36 72,072.82 5,698.00 377.94 213.50 6,456A6 30.78 97.00% collected 97.75 % collected 97.88 % collected 89.65% collected 100.00% collected The uncollected balances of 1953 taxes are: Real Estate $12,308.49 Persoual Property 616.44 Motor Vehicle Excise 7,453.80 Poll none Water Liens 320.60 Moth none Betterments--Storm Drain Chap. 80 4,193.83 Betterments Sewer Chap. 380 none The above statistics reflect another good year in the collec- tion of local taxes. Total funds transferred to the Treasurer amounted to $647,990.12, an increase of $24,980.37 over 1952. As the tax rate remained at $44.00 per thousand, the increased funds collected indicate an increase in value of assessable properties and also a decrease in unpaid balances. The uncollected balance of Motor Yehiele Excise is due primarily to two late December commitments totaling $8,384.67. The m~eollected balance of Chapter 80 Betterments is to be apportioned over a 10 year period and will be collected on that basis. The uncollected Real Estate balance is the smallest balance in the recent history of the town. As all taxes prior to 1953 have been collected, your collec- tor is anticipating a refund o£ $121.00 on his 1952 bond. This report is indicative of the cooperation of the local taxpayers with the efforts of the collector to keep unpaid balances at a minimum. Respectfully submitted, FRANK E. WALLWOi~K, JR. Collector of Taxes 56 1952 TAXES PERSONAL PROPERTY Uncollected balance January 1, 1953 Interest Receipts Collected and Paid to Treasurer Interest Receipts Abatements Uncollected REAL ESTATE Uncollected balance January 1, 1953 Interest Receipts Municipal Liens Refunds Adjustment Collected and Paid to Treasurer Interest Receipts Municipal Liens ~ New Tax Titles Uncollected MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE Uncollected Balance January 1, 1953 Commitment January 10, 1953 Commitment January 24, 1953 Commitment January 26, 1953 Commitment January 28, 1953 Commitment January 30, 1953 Commitment February 13, 1953 Interest Receipts Refunds Adjustment Collected and Paid to Treasurer Interest Receipts Abatements Uncollected WATER LIENS Uncollected balance January 1, 1953 Interest Receipts Collected and Paid to Treasurer Interest Receipts Uncollected MOTH ASSESSMENT Uncollected balance January 1, 1953 Collected and Paid to Treasurer Uncollected 57 $692.56 10.39 $670.56 10.39 22.00 00.00 $17,822.76 391.34 72.00 10.79 .01 $17,798.36 391.34 72.00 35.20 00.00 $5,024.41 1,422.73 2,364.61 54.68 439.14 109.95 35.78 10.93 331.14 .01 $7,836.95 10.93 1,945.50 00.00 $76.96 1.93 $76.96 1.93 00.00 $6.50 6.50 00.00 $702.95 $702.95 $18,296.90 $18,296.90 $9,793.38 $9,793.38 $78.89 $78.89 $6.50 $6.50 BETTERMENTS--Storm Drain Chap. 80 (Apportioned) Uncollected balance January 1, 1953 $19.87 Committed Interest 7.74 Interest 1.10 Collected and Paid to Treasurer $19.87 Committed Interest 7.74 Interest 1.10 Uncollected 00.00 1953 TAXES POLLS Commitment March 27, 1953 $5,664.00 Commitment April 16, 1953 14.00 Commitment August 1, 1953 8.00 Commitment August 26, 1953 4.00 Commitment August 28, 1953 2.00 Commitment October 26, 1953 4.00 Commitment December 12, 1953 2.00 Interest Receipts 3.36 Re£unds 14.00 Collected and Paid to Treasurer Interest Receipts Abatements PERSONAL PROPERTY Commitment July 13, 1953 Commitment December 12, 1953 Refunds Interest Receipts Collected and Paid to Treasurer Interest Receipts Abatements Uncollected $4,584.00 3.36 1,128.00 $28,779.96 235.40 11.00 1.89 $28,106.32 1.89 303.60 616.44 REAL ESTATE Commitment April 27, 1953 Commitment July 13, 1953 Commitment December 9, 1953 Interest Receipts Refunds Municipal Liens Collected and Paid to Treasurer Interest Receipts Municipal Liens Abatements Addition to Tax Title Uncollected MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE Commitment March 9, 1953 Commitment March 30, 1953 58 $14.08 546,353.28 29.48 95.31 1,405.69 164.00 $525,276.58 95.31 164.00 9,920.90 296.56 12,308.49 $1,706.65 1,588.10 $28.71 $28.71 5,715.36 $5,715.36 $29,028.25 $29,028.25 $548,061.84 $548,061.84 Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment Commitment April 9, 1953 April 15, 1953 April 23, 1953 May 4, 1953 May 6, 1953 May 15, 1953 May 22, 1953 July 28, 1953 August 14, 1953 August 25, 1953 August 25, 1953 September 28, 1953 November 23, 1953 November 25, 1953 December 4, 1953 December 12, 1953 December 17, 1953 December 19, 1953 Commitment December 28, 1953 Interest Receipts Refunds Collected and Paid to Treasurer Interest Receipts Abatements Cancelled Refund Uncollected WATER LIENS Commitment July 13, 1953 Collected and Paid to Treasurer Uncollected MOTH Committed July 13, 1953 Collected and Paid to Treasurer Uncollected BETTERMENTS--Storm Drain Chap. 80 (Unapportioned) Commitment April 18, 1953 Betterment Discharges Collected and Paid to Treasurer Betterment Discharges Uncollected BETTERMENTS--Stbrm Drain Chap. 80 (Apportioned Paid in Advance) Committed May 21, 1953 Committed Interest Collected and Paid to Treasurer (~ommitted Interest 59 2,197.47 1,677.30 1,576.71 5,984.52 4,651.26 7,880.99 5,573.79 16,211.36 5,123.94 1,810.21 272.27 3,258.56 287.40 3,470.10 140.66 226.47 45.39 6,884.67 1,500.00 19.67 2,319.14 $60,264.35 19.67 6,671.29 2.52 7,453.80 $377.94 $57.34 320.60 $213.50 213.50 00.00 $5,900.00 6.00 $1,732.42 6.00 4,167.58 $173.70 6.95 $173.70 6.95 $74,411.63 $74,411.63 $377.94 $377.94 $213.50 $213.50 $5,906.00 $5,906.00 $180.65 $180.65 BETTERMENTS--Storm Drain Chap. 80 (Apportioned) Committed July 13, 1953 Committed Interest Interest Collected and Paid to Treasurer Committed Interest Interest Uncollected Uncollected Committed Interest $276.10 99.41 .06 $256.80 92.46 .06 19.30 6.95 $20.80 9.98 $20.80 9.98 BETTERMENTS--Sewer Chap. 380 Commitment July 18, 1953 Committed Interest Collected and Paid to Treasurer Committed Interest $375.57 $375.57 $30.78 $30.7~ REPORT OF THE MOTH AND TREE DEPT. GYPSY MOTH INFESTATION This year ~ve have been heariug and reading about the heavy infestation of the Gypsy Moth throughout the State. This past sum~ner an Aerial Survey was made by the Depart- ment of Natural Resources and it showed that hundreds of acres of woodlands were completely or partially defoliated in our town. This infested area is along the Boxford border the Middlcton line, and spreads as far as Salem Street in the woodlands in the Eastern part of the Town. Woodlands in this infested area border Forest, Lacy, Salem, Boxford, Foster, Summer, Winter, Dale, and Bradford Streets and the Town Forest. We are in hope that, if the State Department of Natural Resources does aerial spraying, they will spray our infested areas. It's the only way we can control the Gypsy Moth at this time. With all the feeding of these insect pests, namely; the Gypsy Moth, Tent Caterpillar, Elm Leaf Beetle, Birch Leaf Miner., and Fall Web Worm, we have managed, by continuous spraying during the feeding period, to keep our street shade trees, roadside trees, and shrubs from being defoliated. DUTCH ELM DISEASE The Dutch Elm Disease continues to spread all over the State. This year we sent 105 "suspect samples" to the Shade Tree Laboratories, University of Massachusetts, to be cultured. Of this number, 87 of these trees had this disease. This is an increase of 21 over last year. These 87 trees have been removed 60 and burned as the law requires. We did the usual spraying that is required every year to control and stop the spread of this disease carried by the Ehn Bark Beetle. We have done a great deal of Elm Tree sanitation work by removing all the dead wood in our trees and by removing' all dead Elms. The following figures from the Shade Tree Laboratories show the number of trees that have been diseased throughout the state. North Andover 87 Essex County (including 33 towns) 2,253 State (1953) 5,620 Total for State (1,q50-1953) 23,3f~6 TREES The Tree Department has been doing the usual work in carting for our street trees. This includes trimming, removing dangerous and dead trees and dead wood. With the number of new homes being built in our town, there have been many requests for removal or trimming of trees interferring with building or blocking driveways and sidewalks. We planted 50 l~Iaple trees in all parts of the town, but mostly on streets where new homes have been built. Brush cutting was done in the parts of town where conditions were poor, such as narrow country roads and blind corners. TOWN FOREST Release cutting was done in the Town Forest, as in past years. This work must be done each year until the Pines are large enough to outgrow the hard wood trees. We are asking $300.1)0 to buy a brush saw for trimming {he brush in the Town Forest and along the roadside. This saw slashes through brush four to six times faster than hand cutting. It would be a great help to this Department, because it would improve the condi- tions of our narrow eonutry roads, Town Forest, and clear the fire lanes, which need cutting badly. 61 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH Thc Board of Health hereby submits the Annual Report for the year ending December 3L 1953. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL Ali contagious diseases are required by law to be reported to the board of health by the attending Physician, Parent or Guardian. The annual immunization program, a protection against Whooping Cough, Dipthcria and Tetanus, was held in the spring. Twenty children received the immunization and 128 children were given Booster Doses. Bioligics, culture, outfits and tumor kits are available at ail times to all local physieSans. TUBERCULOSIS The tuberculosis report for the year shows a decline of new cases as well as a decline in the ~umber of patients in the sanatorimns. During the year there ~vere 2 new cases reported. There were 4 patients admitted to sanatoriums and 6 were discharged. Every patient was discharged with medical eon- sent. A report received from the school nurse on the patch testing of high school students showed a decline in the number of positive reactors. There were 136 food handlers x-rayed. No active cases of tuberculosis were found. A chest clinic is held every Thursday from 1:30 P.M. to 5:00 P.IVL at Essex Santorium. The department will arrange transportation for anyone desiring chest x-rays. By early diagnosis and early hospitalization patients eau be more effectively and successfully treated, and at the same ti~ne further spread o~ tuberculosis within the community is checked. The Essex Connty Health Association and Essex Sanatorium participates in control programs and their assist- anee is greatly appreciated. ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION The Board deeply regrets the death of i~ir. Fred Leach, Plumbing Inspector since 1932. 3¢~r. Edward Welch, Assistant Plumbing Inspector, is now acting in that capacity. New plumbing Rules and Regulations which the Board have been evaluating for some time were adopted. 62 A sanitary-fill type of disposal for rubbish was started in September. The site is supervised by a state health engineer and operated by the highway department. There were 17 public health nuisance complaints in- vestigated. Most nuisance complaints pertain to overflowing eesspooks and septic tacks. These are usually found to be old and installed without proper drainage or unlawful drainage into surface drains. In an effort to improve such conditions the Board promulgated t~ules and Regmlations relative to the installation of pri~.ate sewage disposal units. CIVIL DEFENSE The health department has accepted the responsibility of the Medical Service Division of Civil Defense. When organi- zational plans are received from state headquarters it is hoped that through recruiting doctors, nurses, dentists, and other auxiliary personnel, North Andover will be ready to ~ueet any major disaster. In June residents were giveu an opportunity to have their blood typed. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion assisted in this program. There were 317 persons typed, each received a~ identifieation card. DIABETES During' National Diabetic week a Diabetic Survey was held. The health department is always ready and willing to assist patients in their recovery and perscrvation of health. During the year referrals were made to Rehabilitation and Nutritional Specialists and to the Crippled Children and Rheu- matic ~exer Clinics. We take this opportunity to express our sincere apprecia- tion to the citizens of North At, dover and all town officials and departments who have assisted us during the past year. Respectfully submitted, MARY F. SHERIDAN, I].N., Agent 6~ ASSESSORS' REPORT FOR 1953 Aggregate Value of Real Estate $12,417,120.00 Aggregate Value of Personal Estate Total Assessed Estate Number of Polls 2,832 Real Estate Levy Personal Estate Levy Total Levy Tax Rate $44.00 per Thousand Appropriated: Town Warrant State Parks & Reservations Municipal Audit County Tax County T. B. Itospltal Overlay, 1953 Over]ay deficit, 1951 Veterans' District Fee Underestimates, 1952 Total Appropriation Estimated Receipts: From Available Funds to meet other appropriations From Available Funds to reduce rate Local, State and County Total Estimated Receipts 654,090.00 $5,664.00 546,353.28 28,779.96 $1,032,950.25 822.25 1,964.44 27,595.57 10,228.74 17,955.10 9.60 700.00 299.16 $144,500.49 35,000.00 332,227.38 Balance to be raised by Taxation Moth Levy Water Liens Betterments, with interest Omitted Real and Personal Estate, Levy Number Motor Vehicles taxed to Dee. 31, 1953 Total Levy on Motor Vehicles to Dec. 31, 1953 Rate of Excise $50.42 per Thousand 64 3,598 $13,071,210.00 580,797.24 $1,092,525.1 511,727.87 $580,797.24 213.50 377.94 406.29 264.88 72,072.82 Number of Dwellings Assessed 2,076 Sheep 25 Horses 20 Cows 468 Other neat cattle 245 Swine 123 Fowl 4,839 Other animals 192 Male dogs Female dogs Kennel Other See Town Clerk's Report Properties Exempt 'from Taxation: Real and Personal Estate: Religious Purposes ~ $601,330.00 Educational -- Private 1,274,140.00 Benevolent & Charitable 102,940.00 l~][unicipal, including schools 925,150.00 Other Statutory 9,400.00 Individual disabled veterans (102) 213,220.00 Comm. of Mass. Forest land 40,100.00 Cemeteries 6,160.00 Housing Authority 79,780.00 Total Exempt from Taxation $3',~252,220.00 Respectfnlly submitted, HENRY E. LUND, Chairman EDWARD W. PHELAN MARGUERITE SOUCY Board of Assessors REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT We, the undersigned, Board of Fire Engineers, respectfully submit the annum report for the Fire Department for the year 1953. Number of alarms 283 Ambulance Calls 446 Property Endangered (value) $958,200 Total insurance on property 635,000 Total loss by fire 214,360 Total insurance paid for loss 12,640 Total loss not covered by insurance 201,720 The figure named above as not covered by insurance in- cludes the U.S. Navy plane that was a total loss at the Lawrence Air Port. Value $200,000 dollars. 65 We have had two donations this year, which are always acceptable and are of great value to onr ever amounting equipment. We received a Walker from Mrs. Ilarold West, Pleasant Street. A hospital bed from the Appleton estate. We have had the usual trips to Boston with both the am bulance and Chief's Car. Persons needing hospital equipment call your Fire Station, we may have what you require. Respeotfnlly submitted, ,JAMES HARGREAVES, Chief EDWIN F. KOENIG CALVIN SNELL REPORT OF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR July 1, to December 31, 1953 Permits Issued: Septic Tanks 26 New Dwellings 43 Office Buildings 2 Nursing Itome 1 Restaurant 1 Alterations (Old Dwellings) 13 Tankless Heaters 6 Sewer Connections 1 TOTAL 93 Inspections Made: Septic Tanks 26 New Dwellings 55 Office Buildings 3 Nursing Home 2 Restaurant 1 School Buildings 4 Alterations (Old Buildings) 9 Tankless Heaters ~ Sewer Connections 4 TOTAL 108 Respectfully submitted, EDWARD J. WELCII Inspector of Plumbing 66 REPORT OF VETERANS' BENEFITS DEPT., 1953 Cash Disbursements I~/edical and Medicine Dr. Charles F. Lee $121.00 Dr. Julius Kay 24.00 Dr, David W. Wallwork 12.00 Dr. Thomas A. Ceplikas 12.00 Dr, Ilarrv V. Byrue 13.00 Dx'. Park~nson L. Oddy 3.00 Dr. Dudley Merrill 3.00 David S. Belyea, O.D. 23.00 C. Franklin Green, /).S.C. 12.00 Dr. Benjamin E. Hollins 3.00 Meagan's Drug Store 385.07 Lang'evin's Pharmacy 12.02 ,Joseph M. /?inneran 3.00 Alan Drug 57.13 Crockett Convalescent J88.30 Lawrence General Hospital 84.00 Robert Breck Brigham Hospital 108.00 Peter Bent Brigham Hospital 336.00 WiLMad Co. 18.00 Sonotone of Lawrence 6.00 Groceries: Campbell's Market $19.98 Miscellaneous: Ruth Bingham, Clerk New England Tel. & Tel. Co. Saunders Studio Postage Hobbs & Warren, inc. $300.00 44.50 21.00 12.00 106.10 $8,206.18 1,423.52 19.98 483.60 Bernard W. Bingham Veterans' Agent 300.00 $10,433.28 25.00 Cancelled check $10,408.28 Respectfully submitted, BERNARD W. BINGHAM Veterans' Agent 67 REPORT OF NORTH ANDOVER-BOXFORD DISTRICT DEPT. OF VETERANS' SERVICES The following cases were assisted in I953: Discharge (photostat) 21 Discharge (certified copy) 14 Discharge (recorded) 4 Bonus (World War II) 1 Bonus (Korean) 48 Forms notarized 11 Taxes 12 Power of Attorney 15 Veterans' Administration Compensation 8 Pension 9 Annual Income Report 22 ;Education, Training 8 Loan Guaranty 6 Itospitalization 12 Insurance 4 Insurance (dividend) 8 Medical-Dental 6 Respeetfully submitted, BERNARD W. BINGItAM District Director NORTH ANDOVER AND BOXFORD DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICE N. Anc[oYer Boxford Total Balance Carried over from 1952 $114.82 $4.58 $119.40 Appropriated in 1953, Section 11, Chapter 599, Acts of 1946, Raised by the Assessors in 1953 Tax Levy 700.00 100.00 800.00 Totals $814.82 $104.58 $919.40 Expended to December 31, 1953 (A) 668.22 93.81 762.03 Balance, December 31, 1953 $146.60 $10.77 $157.37 County Taxes. North Andover Boxford (A) Basis of Apportionment, Chapter 599, Acts of 1945, An Act establishing the basis of apportiomnent of State and $9,386,690.00--Percent .8769 1,317,222.00--Percent .1231 District Department of Veterans' Service JAMES J. MAKER District Treasurer 68 NORTH ANDOVER AND BOXFORD DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICE Bernard 'vV. Bingham (Salary) $720.00 New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Services) 33.53 Veterans' Information Service, Frank Ostlin, Director, ~Ioline, Illinois (Veterans' Laws) 6.00 Thomas J. MeGrail, Jr. (District Treasurer's Bond) 2.50 Total $762.03 BERNARD W. BINGHAM Agent BUILDING INSPECTOR'S REPORT To the Board of Selectmen: I hereby submit my annual report as Building Inspector. There were 119 permits granted for the year 1953. Estimate Owners Name & Address Class of Bldg. Cost Walter Pendak, · 71 Marblehead St. Garage $150 Henry Lund, Chickering Rd. Office Bldg. 1,000 Norman Fleming, 385 Sutton St. Garage 500 Harold Boynton, Jr., Osgood St. Dwelling 8,000 Charles & Aleda Canty, Turnpike Rd. Dwelling 10,000 Francis Cote, 53 Waverly Rd. Garage 550 Salvatore Piazza, Jr., Adams Ave. Dwelling 6,000 Paul Desrosiers, Greene St. Dwelling 9,000 Arthur Laehene, Sutton St. Dwelling 8,000 'v'Stephen Gioia, ~ifflin Dr. cor. Dwelling 12,000 Woodbridge Rd. J~ Edmund Dixon, 67 Chestnut St. Porch & Garage 650 John McGregor, Garage 1,500 285 Chestnut St. ~'William White, 91 Waverly St. ~ James Barclay, 69 Lyman Rd. qVincent Boylan, Hewitt Ave. Joseph Balsam~t4>7 Wesley St. ~ Joseph Cristalid, 70 Glenwood Ave. Garage 500 Vincent Boy]an, Chestnut St. & Longwood Ave. 14,000 Lotta Johnson, Andover By- Pass & Hillside Rd. 8,000 2 stall Garage 1,300 Garage & Breezeway 500 D~velling 11,000 Hen House 2,00(t Dwelling Dwelling 69 Stephen Love,joy, Forrest St. 4, Joseph MeComiskey, Mass. Ave. CerellO Faro, 5 Behnont St. Gordon Ch amberlin, 67 Hewitt Ave. Louis & Josephine DiFruseio, · goO Andover 7'Frank Furnari, 671 Mass. Ave. Anthony Forgetta, 1210 Osgood St. Ralph Duffy, 37 Pelnbrook Rd. 41qalph & Ruth Adie, Jr., Foster St. George D,port, Mass. Ave. . Carmelo Spavanto, Mass. Ave. & Ilamiltm~ Rd. A~edis Mellian, 30 Maple Ave. JEleanor Adams, Salem St. YThomas Sul]ivmL 18 Sargent St. Benjamin La Tone, Sawyer Rd. Alfred Gielbunt, Milk St. .~Mr. & 3irs. Carl Bert, Sutton Hilt Swift Terminals Inc., Sutton St. John McGregor, 285 Chestnut St. ~ Joseph Giard, ~;larblemdge Rd. 2~[aorJee Desaint et. alii., 2~)3 Hillside Rd. James De Corpo, Sawyer Rd. William Derrieult, Hewitt Ave. Louis Dubois, Martin Ave. Robert Sanborn, Waverly Rd. Edward Ryan, Jr., Chadwick & Osgood St. Paul Desrosiers, Green St. Vincent Landers. Moody St. Paul Desrosiers, 'Wood Lane Panl Desrosiers, Greene St. ~Frank Kozdras, Salem St. Francis Trombly, Sawyer Rd Joseph hIaker & Thomas Ceplikas, Main St. Raymond & Patrieia Martineau, 95 Moody St. Leo Constantineau, Winter St. Ben,alton La Tone, Sawyer qWilliam Linehan, Moody St. 7O Estimate Class of Bldg. Cost Dwelling 1,500 Dwelling 9,500 Alterations 500 Addition of 2 roolns 300 Dwelling 12,000 Dwelling & Garage 8,500 Ilot House 600 Garage 1,000 Dwelling 3,000 Dwelling ~ 0,000 Dwelling 12,000 Garage 500 Dweliing 8,062 Garage 800 Dwelling ,5, ,-~-: ) 16,000 Dweliing 10,000 Dwelling 35,000 Trnek Terminal 50,000 Dwelling 14,000 Dwelling 5,000 Garage & Workshop 1,500 Dwelling 6,500 l)welling 4,000 Dwelling 5,000 Dwelling 5,000 Garage 1,000 Dwelling 9,000 Dxvelling 5,000 Dwelling 9,000 Dwelling 9,000 Dwelling' 6,000 Dwelling 12,000 Doetor's o~ees (2) 12,000 Dwelling 7,000 Dwelling 15,000 1) welling 6.000 Dwelling' 10.000 ~" Carmelo Marino, Thrinity Court ,~ Joseph & Irene Quartarone, Mifflin Dr. ¥ Kaspar Kasparian, Middlesex St. 4 Raymond Hartman, 63 Thorndike Rd. 4Abbott Galaher, h~iilk St. 0 Gilbert Cardozo, 11 Sargent St. x/Charles Packard, Moody St. -/ Joseph Nigrelli, Sawyer Rd. ,. Edwin Murphy, 134 Great Pond Rd. ~' David Ritchie, Jr., 18 Morris St. ~ George & Edith Hayes, 29 First St. Sutton Hill Co., Inc., Sutton Hill Rd. /Stanley Stefansky, Great Pond Rd. ,.' Ralph Vernile, 19 Young Rd. ;/Mary Sutton Ramsdell, 129 Johnson St. v Henry Lund, Chickering Rd. , John Bennett, 36 Parker' St. v~'Lawrenee Electric Co., Pleasant St. 7 Carmelo MatinG, Waverly Rd. 7 Dr. Horatio Rogers, Osgood '~ Edith Minieueei, Chiekeriug Rd. Augustine McDonald, 261 Andover St. 4 William Bootman, Princeton St. ,i Antonio Giarrusso, 60 Marblehead St. ~', Mary Niketuk, Salem St. Charles Mitchell, Marbleridge Rd. '/Jack Broadhead, 66 Longwood Ave. v' George MacKenzie, 341 Middlesex St. q Antonio Chiara, Harwood St. ,i Gardner Humphreys, 322 Turnpike St. , William Robinson, 22 Amfis St. ,Jovee Sweeney, ~04 Middlesex St. 71 Estimate Glass of Bldg. Cos% Dwelling ~ 0,000 D~velling 8,500 Dwelling 15,000 Garage 300 Dxvclling 10,000 Garage Dwelling 7,500 Dwelling 6,500 Alterations 1,500 Garage 500 Alterations 225 Dwelling 12,000 Dwelling 8,500 Garage 300 Alterations 100 Pump Honse 150 Porch 100 Electric Utility Substation 9,600 Dwelling 18,000 Alterations 5,000 Dairy Queen 6,000 Alterations 300 Garage 1,500 Alterations 200 Dwelling 8,000 Dwelling 3,000 Garage 350 Elevation of Porch 700 Alterations 160 Garage 350 Garage 250 Alterations 1,500 Owners Name & &ddress Stanley Stepansky, Great Pond Rd. 4 Joseph Caimi, Sutton YIill Rd. v Carmelo Spavanto, Mass. Ave. & Hamilton Rd. ! Edward & Nine Kawash, Mass. Ave. ;/Tide Water Associated Oil Co., Mass. Ave. & Perry St. v Stephen Gioice, Mifflin Dr. cor. Woodbridge Rd. ¢ Salvatore Occhipiut, Mifflin Dr. ~ Carmelo Marine, Waverly cor. Mass. Ave. ,/Vincent Boy]an, Pleasant St. ~ Ernest Seymour, Jr., 36 Linden Ave. Carmelo Mangano, Mass. Ave. & Holbrook Rd. q Alfred McEvoy, Mass. Ave. Mr. R. Pelletens, Dewey St. 4 Arthur Kent, 858 Johnson St. J Clara Allport, 20a Johsnon St. Robert Campbell, Ingalls Crossing zVincent Boylan, Sawyer Rd. 4 Alphonse Brien, 361 Middlesex St. Garage ~ Antonia Lieei~rdello, Glenwood St. I Robert Miller, 260 Dale St. ¢ Mary Ann Ste]la, Putman Rd. John Aponovich, 6 Lyman Rd. Antonio Abate, Beacon Hill Blvd. Stanley Pas, 535 Foster St. George Mac/(ellar, 19 Tyler Rd. ~' Thaddeus Zimny; Johnson St. k Canmelo Marine, Pembrook Rd. ~/ Carl Thomas, Boxiord St. ~;Valter Grvmeiviez, Adams Ave. ~tAngelo Ko~ntandies, Osgood cor. Sutton St. Addition o Emery Bazin, 130 Bay State Rd. Garage Respectfully submitted, 72 Estimate Dwelling 8,500 Dwelling 30,000 Dwelling 12,000 Dwelling 10,000 Service Station 10,000 Garage & Breezeway 1,000 Dwelling 9,000 Dwelling 10,000 Dwelling 13,000 Garage & Lean-to 900 Dwelling 8,000 Dwelling 7,500 New Porch 100 Chicken Coop 200 Sun Porch 200 AdclJtion ~o House 1,500 Dwelling 12,000 400 Alterations 800 Dwelling 4,000 Dwelling 10,000 Garage 1,320 Dwelling 7,000 Garage 500 Garage 1,029 Dwelling 8,000 Dwelling 10,000 Tool Shed 40 Garage 500 10,000 20O MARTIN J. LAWLOR Building Inspector PUBLIC WORKS The Board of Public Works herewith submits its forty- seventh annual report containing the fifty-sixth annual report of the Water Department, the forty-seventh annual report of the Sewer Department, the twenty-ninth annual report of the Park Department and the seventh annual report of the Play- ground Department, for the year ending December 31, 1953. JOSEPH C. SULLIVAN, Chairman FRANCIS B. KITTREDGE IRVING C. HOWES 73 WATER DEPARTMENT The total amount eolleeted for water rates during the year 1953 amounted to $52,861.52. Main Pipe During the year 1953 there were laid 2534 feet of six-inch pipe as outlined in the Superintendent's Report. Service Pipe Service pipe laid (1953) on private property 3804.9 feet Service pipe laid (1953) on town property 1792.1 feet Total 5597.0 feet Service Pipe Renewals Service pipe laid (1953) on private property 1587.4 feet Service pipe laid (1953) on town property 796.1 feet Total 2383.5 feet FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF WATER DEPARTMENT 1953 Debit Appropriation for Maintenance and Constrnetion $49,000.00 Article 63, 1953--Truck 1,600.00 Article 80, 1953 Sutton Hill Road 6,000.00 Article 24, 1953--Fluoride 2,500.00 Article 62, 1953 Water Extensions 900.00 Article 75, 1953--Putnam l~oad 800.00 Article 51, 1952 Water Extensions 260.25 Article 64, 1950--Replace water services 785.45 Collected Water Rates 42,861.52 Collected Water Const. and 3.Iaintenance 10,292.58 Expended Expended Expended Expended Expended Expended Expended Expended Expended Expended $114,999.80 74 Credit on Administration Account $8,070.71 on General Account' 16,324.13 on Service Account 9,384.97 on Pumping Station Account 11,274.99 on Extensim~s 781.97 Article 63, 1953--Truck 1,598.13 Article 80, 1953 Sutton Hill Road 5,214.18 Article 24, 1953--Fluoride 1,378.53 Article 62, 1953--Water Extensions 154.30 Article 75, 1953 Putna~n Road 800.00 Expended Article 51, 1952--Water Extensions 260.25 Expended Article 64, 1950--Replace water services 398.28 Balance Maintenance and Construction Account 3i163.23 Balance Article 63, 1.q53--Truck 1.87 Balance Article 80, 1953 Sutton Hill Road 785.82 Balance Article 24, 1.953--l?luoride 1,121.47 Balance Article 62, 195a--Water Extensions 745.70 Balance Article 64, 1950--Replace water services 387.17 Paid Town Treasurer--Water Rates and Const. 53,154.10 $114,999.80 WATER AND SEWER RECEIPTS FOR 1953 Collected Water Rates 1952 $870.74 Collected Water R}~tes 1953 41,990.78 Collected Water Construction and Maintenance 10,292.58 Coileeted Sewer Construetim~ and Maintenance ~,199.81 $57,353.91 EXPENDITURES -- WATER DEPARTI~ENT -- 1953 Adminis- Pumping Exten- tration Gel~eral Services Plant sions Totals Coal 439.41 439.41 Electric Power 6,707.45 6,707.45 Meters 436.00 749.59 1,186.I9 Pipe 2,825.49 2 ,$25.49 Supplies 987.37 4,159.20 2,716.29 404.00 211.70 8,478.56 Miscellaneous 419.53 2,386.36 1,I02.11 266.78 184.90 4,360.18 Wages 6,663.81 9,341.47 1,991.49 3,457.35 385.37 21,839.49 Totals 8,070.71 16,324.13 9,384.97 11,274.99 761.97 45,~96.77 Cost of Construction Distribution Suction Main Reservoirs Puall~ing Station Pumping Plant Service Piping and Meters Incidental Construction Expenses Land and Right o~ Way Toll Account $386,301.72 1,943.61 49,092.85 20,462.37 50,113.89 153,493.58 5,471.38 1,815.70 4,597.89 $673,292.99 75 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Office: Town Office Building OFFICE HOURS Daily: 8 to 12 and 1 to 5 Rules, Regulations and Water Rates All meter rates shall be computed quarterly; in ease of a meter stopping or failing to register, the quantity of water used shall be estimated as the amount which ordinarily passes through the meter when in operation. Bills for metered water shall be rendered quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October for the amount of water used during the previous quarter, based on the following sliding scale. SCHEDULE OF RATES First 2000 cubic feet 18 cents per 100 cubic feet All over 2000 cubic feet 12 cents per 100 cubic feet These rates are subject to the following minimum charges per quarter: 5/8~ meter ......... $1.50 8~" meter ......... 2.00 1" meter .......... 4.00 1~½ meter ........ 8.00 2° meter ......... $15.00 3" meter ......... 25.00 4" meter ......... 50.00 6" meter ......... 100.00 76 Regulations Thc following regulations, until further notice, shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who uses water. 1. All applicat]ous £or the use of water must be made at the office of the Board of Public Works and must state fully the purpose for which it is intended to be used. The Water Department will in all cases furnish and lay the service pipe from the street main to and through the cellar wall and provide on the end thereof a stop and waste valve. In any case where an owner shows sufficient reason he may be permitted to lay a pipe on his own property, but provision must be made, at the owner's expense, so that a meter in- stallation can be made where the Water Department work ceases. The owner of the premises shall in all cases pay for such service pipe aa may be laid within his premises, together with the stop and waste valve, at such rates as may be fixed by the Board of Public Works. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to establish a minimum price for service installations. Payments in full must be made for any service installation before the water is turned on. 2. The Water Department will set meters on all services and charge a rental of two dollars per year for 5/8-inch meters and a suitable increase for larger sizes. Consumers at their option may purchase said meters when they will be marked on the books as private and no rental will be charged. All meters will be kept in repair by the Water Department unless damaged by the frost, hot water, or through the fault or negligence of the owner or tenant of the property. No more khan one meter may be installed on any service unless the owner agrees to have each additional meter (for the purpose of billing) considered as a separate service. 8. All persons using water must furnish internal pipes, connections and fixtures and keep them and ail pipe to the street line in good repair and protected from frost at their own expense, and the Town will not be liable for any damage resulting from failure to do so. Any expense incurred in clearing services must be borne by the eousumer. No person will be permitted to connect with any water pipes on the 'inlet side of the meter in any way or manner without a written permit from the Board of Public Works. 4. Water rates shall be payable at the office of the Board of Public Works quarterly. No abatement of water rates shall be made except when the entire premises are shut off for a period of at least three months. In all eases of non- payment of water rates within sixty days after the same are due as well as for any violation of these rules, the supply may ba shut off and water will not again be let on except upon 77 payment of thc amount due and the sum of one dollar, for shutting off and letting on the water. In case of shutting off or letting on the water for repairs, testing of pipes or any other purpose the sum of one dollar will be charged. 5. The water rates shall be paid by the owner or lessee of the whole premises and the owner shall in all eases be responsible for the water rates of his tenant. 6. No water taker shall supply water to parties not en- titled to its use, except on written permit from the Board of Publle Works. 7. All apparatus and places supplied with water must be accessible at all reasonable times to the inspection of the Board of Public Works or their agents to examine the pipes and fixtures and ascertain the quantity of water used and the manner of its use, and all pipes and fixtures shall be subject to rejection by said Board o£ Public Works if con- sidered unsuitable for the purpose. 8. Upon application of an owner a meter will be removed and tested. For this service a charge of one dollar will be made. In ease the meter in question is found to over-register more than three per cent this charge will be cancelled and a proper adjustment made. 9. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to restrict the use of hose or fountains, to shut off the water when it becomes necessary to make extensions or repairs or for violatibn of any of the I~egulations. 10. Art. 7, See. 1, Town By-Laws: No person shall open any hydrant of thc water works system of the Town without written permission previously obtained from the Board of Public Works. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of hydrants and water by the Chief of the Fire Department, or the person acting in his stead, in case of fire. Water Waste at 100 Lbs. Pressure Size Diagram I Gallons Cost Cost Cost in of ! per per per per Inches Leak 24 Hrs. Day Month Quarter 1-64 207 .055 1.66 4.58 1-32 J · 48:[ .129 3.87 8.57 1-16 · 1244 .332 7.57 19.71 1-8 · 4890 1.304 i 25.07 72.80 78 WATER EXPENDITURES -- 1953 Materials Wages Totals Addr essograph--Multigraph Corp. 35.39 35.39 Akron Brass Mfg. Co. Inc. 6.73 6.73 Allied Paint Stores, Inc. 10.93 10.93 American Water Works Asso. 10.00 10.00 Bacigalupo and Salisbury 55.00 55.00 Barrett .Division, The 277.49 277.49 Beau & Poore 13.88 13.88 Beaudoin, Archie T. 175.08 175.08 Belmont Smelting & Refining Works 54.40 54.40 Bevington Thos. and Sons, Inc. 10.00 10.00 Bill's Auto Service 245.00 245.00 Board of Public Works 41.08 41.08 Boston & Maine R.R. 15.86 15.86 Bourdelais Bros. 478.96 478.96 Boynton Press, The 5.15 5.15 Braman, Dow & Company 6.08 6.08 Bride, Grimes & Co. 244.56 244.56 Bristol Company, The 92.60 92.60 Builders Providence, Inc. 35.22 35.22 Caldwell, George A. Co. 2,292.64 2,292.64 Calzetta, John J. 1,874.88 1,874.88 Capitol Motor Trans. Co. 6.23 6.23 Carey, George A. 5.50 1,975.50 1,981.00 Caron, Joseph A. 178.43 178.43 Carroll & Connelly 209.81 209.81 Central Service Station 182.53 182.53 Chamberlain, Francis J. 880.06 880.06 Chapman Valve Co. 138.80 138,80 City Glass Co. 7.50 7.50 Clark, Philip 387.14 387.14 Clark-Wilcox Co. 140.59 140.59 Clinton Trans. Co. 3.25 3.25 Coleman, 1VL Leather Co. 4.77 4.77 Connor, M. Edward 23.95 23.95 Crane Hardware Co. 181.19 181.19 Cyr, L. C. Const. Co. 50.00 50.00 Dill, Robert S. 2,056.69 2,056.69 Donovan, Edward 8.96 8.96 DriscoI1, John D. 308.16 308.16 Duda, John & Sons 29.79 29.79 Duffy, William B. 138.40 4,796.84 4,935.24 Dunham, George 48.41 48.41 Dumas & Company 14.00 14.00 Eagle-.Tribune 66.10 66.10 Eddy Valve Co. 292.01 292.01 Essex Farm Equipment Co. 21.68 21.68 Essex Hardware & Plmnbing Supply Co. 75.00 75.00 Essex No. District Reg. of Deeds 4.00 4.00 Field, T. E. Co. 5.00 5.00 Finberg Supply Co. 1,956.67 1,956.67 Fleming, Norman 12.72 12.72 Foley, Henry P. 135.70 135.70 Ford Meter Box Inc., The 31.20 31.20 Garafolo Building & Wrecking Co. 14.40 14.40 Garlock Packing Co. 11.82 11.82 Glines, Roland B. Co. 30.15 30.15 Godin, Louis J. 3,356.91 3,356.91 Gorham, Fire Equipmeni Co. 9.86 9.86 79 Materials ~ages Totals Granz, A.P. 10.95 10.95 tIaddow, Wilma .1,687.28 1,667.28 Hamblet Machine Co. 39.50 39.50 ttaverhill-Lawrence Trans. Co. 3.15 3.15 Hedge & Mattheis Company 49.25 49.25 Hellige Inc. 4.05 4.05 ttersey Manufacturing Company 173.07 173.07 Itilco Supply, Inc. 16.82 16.82 .Hollins Super Service Station 16.17 16.17 I-Iosking, John R. 54.32 54.32 Howe & French, Inc. 3.86 3.86 Jones Express 2.55 2.55 King, Elwyn A. 3.00 3.00 LaMotte Chemical Co. 8.83 8.83 Larmee's Transit, Inc. 1.90 1.90 Lawlor, Edward 10.08 10.08 Lawlor, Joseph W. 19.08 19.08 Lawrence Electric Co. 6,719.45 6,719.45 Lawrence Motor Parts Co. 11.74 11.74 Lawrence Rubber Company 61.35 61.35 Lawrence Truck Sales Co. 7.50 7.50 Leach, Fred 20.60 20.60 Lee, A. Company 164.63 164.63 Longbottom's Market 2.41 2.41 Lufkin Rule Co. The 8.80 8.80 Lundquist, Robert D. 530.49 530.49 MacMillan Oil Co. 16.04 16.04 Mass. Dept. Public Works 325.44 325.44 Master-Craft Corp. 33.76 33.76 May, Edwin 389.39 389.39 McCubbin, Charles 29.12 29.12 McDermott, J. F. Co. 2.92 2.92 McDonald, John 7.84 7.84 McEvoy, William 4.48 4.48 Merrimac Boiler Works 57.11 57.11 Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. 14.55 14.55 Moto-Mower Co. The 6.13 6.13 Mueller Company 412.72 412.72 Municipal Service 37.70 37.70 Nasagco, Materials & Const. Co. 12.50 12.50 Neptune Meter Co. 843.88 843.88 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 592.09 592.09 New England Water Works Asso. 6.00 6.00 New Jersey Meter Repair Co. 6.82 6.82 Niagara Alkali Company 287.00 287.00 North Andover Coal Co. 229.60 229.60 Nutter Hardware 48.88 48.88 O'Mahoney Company, M. 94.50 94.50 Parker, Danner Co. 57.61 57.61 Pete's Auto Top 13.50 13.50 Pitometer Company, The 963.68 963.68 Pollard, Joseph G. Co. Inc. 22.11 22.11 Postman A. L. Co. 7.43 7.43 Prescott, It. R. Inc. 925.49 925.49 Public Works Supply Co. 81.55 81.55 Railway Express Agency 8.42 8.42 Rehn, Doris C. 284.47 294.47 Reilly, Francis P. 941.25 941.25 Robinsons Express Company 9.04 9.04 Robinson, J. W. Co. 353.60 353.60 8~ Rockwell Mfg. Co. Sanborn, Robert San£ord, George II. Saunders Studio 12.00 Shattuck's Express 1.80 Shawsheen Motor Mart 52.68 Sheehan, Cecilia M. Sjostrom. Eric Smith's Fire Equipment 1.75 Smith Motor Co. 88.77 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. 727.42 Stamp, Walter Star Electric Service & Tire Co. 94.15 Sterling Division 60.00 Sumner & Dunbar 18.00 Swaney, C. R. Co. 44.12 Szelest, Bruno Toomey, T. E. Co. Inc. 26.00 Treat IIardware Corp. 47.13 Tyning, Harold United Seal Co., The 12.92 United States Post Office 334.23 Utilities Supply Corp. 29.70 Verda's Garage 4.00 Wallace & Tiernan Co. Inc. 30.37 War Surplus Stores 9.60 Warren Steam Pump Co. Inc. 5.44 Water Works Engineering 5.00 White Motor Co., The 318.56 Wilde, Samuel R. Windle, Harold Wing's Express Co. 4.08 Wipex Co., Inc. 34.46 162.42 Wages Totals 162.42 12.72 12.72 3,016.24 3,016.24 12.00 1.80 52.68 52.50 52.50 19.41 19.41 L75 88.77 727.42 2.24 2.24 94.15 60.00 18.00 44.12 9.71 9.71 26.00 47.13 9.71 9,71 12.92 334.23 29.70 4.00 30.37 9.60 5.44 5.00 318.56 70.40 70.40 1.12 1.12 4.08 34.48 $23,997.28 $21,839.49 $45,836.77 WATER EXPENDITURES 1953 ARTICLE 63--1953 Truck supplies Beco Associates Central Service Station Eagle-Tribune Essex Signs Lawrence Truck Sales Co. Viger And Perrault Wages Tot~s $24.50 $24.50 56.50 56.50 7.20 7.20 23.00 23.00 1,480.86 1,480.86 6.07 6.07 $1,598.13 $1,598.13 ARTICLE 80--1953 Sutton Hill Road ~upplies Wages Totals Barrett Division $10.78 $10.78 Belmont Smelting & Refining Wks. Inc. 17.00 17.00 Bourdelais Bros. 585.00 585.00 Bruckman, H. 4.15 4.15 Caldwell, George A. Co. 216.67 216.67 Calzetta, John J. 196.59 196.59 Capitol Motor Trans. Co. 4.22 4.22 81 Carey, George A. Caron, Joseph A. Clark Philip Clipper Lines Inc. Dill, Robert S. Donovan, Edward Eddy, Valve Company Foley, Henry P. Garafolo Bulding & Wrecking Holmes Transportation Service Hydraulic Development Corp. Lundquist, Robert D. May~ Edwin McCubbin, Charles Public Works Supply Company Sanford, George H. Shat!ucks Express Socony-Vacuum Oil Company Sumner & Dunvar Utilities Supply Corp. Warren Foundry & Pipe Co. Supplies Wages Totals 113.19 113.19 92.59 92.59 78.76 78.76 1.75 1.75 141.51 141.51 5.22 5.22 312.40 312.40 66.69 66.69 16.76 16.76 2.58 2.58 79.32 79.32 112.00 112.00 9.71 9.71 15.30 15.30 50.90 50.90 90.63 90.63 2.54 2.54 62.87 62.87 81.10 81.10 112~30 112.30 2,731.65 2,731.65 $4,358.68 --$855.50 $5,214.18 ARTICLE 24, 1953~Fluoride Supplics Wages Totals Brid Grimes & Co. $15.82 $15.82 Bru~ man, H. 2.30 2.30 Caldwell, George A. Co. 3.07 3.07 Crsn~ Hardware Co. 3.19 3.19 Dye ~Clark 7.98 7.98 Hell e Inc. 102.77 102.77 Law ;ace Rubber Co. 4.00 4.00 Lee. . Co. 441.00 441.00 Om ~ Machine Co. 7.27 7.27 Prc~ tionccrs Inc. 78?,.07 789.(]7 Rally' y Express Agency 2.06 2.06 $1,378.53 $1,378.53 ARTTCLE 51, 1952, & ARTICLE 62, 1953--Water Extentions Supplies Wages Totals Bourdelais Bros. $73.13 $73.13 Caldwell, George A. Co. 134.45 134.45 Calzetta, John J. 15.66 15.66 Carey, George A. 15.66 15.66 Dill, Robert S. 27.39 27.39 Essex Sand & Gravel 11.23 11.23 Lundquist, Robert D. 24.64 24.64 May Edwin 24.64 24.64 Nasago Materials & Const. Co. 3.75 3.75 Suburban Excavators Inc. 84.00 B4.00 $306.56 $107.99 ARTICLE 75, 1953---Putnam Road Supplies Wages Belmont Smelting & Refining Wks. Inc. $17.00 Bourdelais Bros. 90.00 $414.55 Totals $17.00 90.00 82 Supplies Wages Totals Caldwe]l, George A. Co. 17.53 17.53 Calzetta, John J. 36.04 36.04 Carey, George A. 36.04 36.04 Clark, Philip 29.12 29.12 Dil], Robert S. 32.37 32.37 Hydraulic Deve]opment Corp. 18.68 18.68 Nasago Materials & Const. Co. 3.75 3.75 ReiHy, Francis P. 18.00 18.00 RensseIaer Valve Co. 97.45 97.45 Sanford, George H. 10.62 10.62 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. 34.78 34.78 Warren Foundry & Pipe Co. 358.62 358.62 $655.81 $144.19 ARTICLE 64, 1950--Water Services Supplies Wages Caldwell, George A. Co. $398.28 $800.00 Totals $398.28 SEWER DEPARTMENT Thirty-seven connections totaling 2206 feet were made between buildings and main sewers in 1953. Five hundred and forty feet of main sewer were installed as outlined in the Superintendeut's Report. Sewer assessments number 142 and 143 for $1,600.30 were committed to the Town Treasurer for collection: Financial Statement of Sewer Department 1953 Debit Appropriatiou :for Maintenance and Construction $8,000.00 Article 76, 1953--Putnam Road Sewer 1,700.00 Collected Sewer Account 4,199.81 Credit Expended Administration Account $1,249.82 Expended General Account 1,726.48 Expended Colmection Account 4,078.34 Expended Extension Account 160.06 Expended Article 76, 1953--Putnam Road 1,700.00 B~.lance Maintenauce and Construction Account 785.30 Paid Town Treasurer--Sewer Receipts 4,199.81 Expenditures--Sewer Department--1953 Adminis- tration ~eneral Pipe Supplies $20.95 $736.42 Miscellaneous 192.91 243.23 Wages 1,035.96 745.83 Totals $1,249.82 $1,726.48 $13,899~81 tions s~ns Total $831.65 $831.65 667.29 1,424.66 307.15 743.29 2,272.25 $160.06 4,215.10 83 $4,078.34 $160.06 $7,214.70 Sewer Expenditures---1953 Supplles Barrett Division $59.29 Beaudoin, Archie T. Beaudoin, Raymond Bourdelais Bros. 393.76 Bride, Grimes & Co. 207.04 Calzetta, John J. Calzetta, Thomas Carey, George A. Caron, Joseph A. Central Service Station 27.10 Chamberlin, Francis J. Clark, Philip Clark-Wilcox Co. 33.00 Cyr, L. C. Const. Co. 35.08 Davis & Furber, NIach. Co. 2.75 Dill, Robert S. Driscoll, John D. 68.75 Duffy, William B. Edson Corporation, The 21.70 Essex No. Dist. Reg. of Deeds 16.45 Foley, Henry P. 148.89 Haddow, Wilma IIauch Manufacturing Co. 4.59 IIollins Super Service Station 94.34 Jackson Lumber Co. Inc. 2.00 Lawrence Truck Sales Co. 6.50 Lundquist, Robert D. May, Edwin McCubbin, Charles McDonald, Bernard L. 26.00 O'Mahoney, M. Co. 726.46 Pete's Automobile Top 26.00 Pollard, Joseph G. Co. Inc. 14.68 Reilly, Francis P. 309.75 Robinsons Express Co. 1.75 Robinson, J. W. Co. 105.79 Sanford, George II. 57.09 Smith Motor Co. 20.00 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. 212.79 Star Electric Service & Tire Co. 13.94 Sterling Division 29.89 Szelest, Anthony, Jr. 4.50 Treat IIardware Corp. 42.51 United States Post Office 1.50 Water & Sewage Works 3.00 Weston & Sampson 192.91 White Motor Co., The 89.80 Wilde, Samuel II, Wages Totals $59.29 $63.47 63.47 15.00 15.00 393.76 207.04 647.40 647.40 21.76 21.76 717.51 717.51 19.42 19.42 27.10 209.54 209.54 192.27 192.27 33.00 35.08 2.75 715.45 715.45 68.75 603.16 603.16 21.70 16.45 148.89 420.00 420.00 4.59 94.34 2.00 6,50 273.63 273.63 253.84 253.84 34.34 34.34 26.00 726.46 26.00 14.68 309.75 1.75 105.79 15.51 72.60 20~00 212.79 13.94 29.89 4.50 42.51 1.50 3.00 192.91 89.80 12.80 12.80 $2,999.60 $4,215.10 Sewer Expenditures 1953 ARTICLE 76, 1953---Putnam Road Supplies Wages Beaudoin, Archie T. $14.93 Bourdelais Bros. $382.50 Calzetta, John J. 77.93 84 $7,214.70 Totals $14.93 392.50 77.93 Carey, George A. 72.06 72.06 Clark, Philip 63.46 63.46 Dill, Robert S. 70.55 70.55 Driscoll, John D. 164.75 164.75 Essex Sand and Gravel 18.85 18.85 Foley, Henry P. 87.52 87.52 Garafolo Building & Wrecking 23.28 23.28 Hollins Station 15.40 15.40 Nightingale, Wilfred 48.53 48.53 O'Mahoney, M. Co. 451.31 451.31 Ouellett, IIenry & Sons 18.75 18.75 Puritan, Iron Works, Inc. 95.25 95.25 Sanford, George A. 26.95 26.95 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. 55.48 55.48 Topping, Edward 12.50 12.50 $1,325.5~ $374.41 $1,700.00 PARK DEPARTMENT Financial Statement -- Park Department -- 1953 Appropriation for supplies Appropriation for wages Debit Credit Expended on supplies Expended on wages Expenditures -- Park Department -- 1953 ~upplles Wages $650.00 3,500~00 $650.00 3,500.00 85 Totals Associated Seed Growers, Inc. $26.19 $26.19 Beauchamin, R. A. Co. 2.36 2.36 Beaudoin, Archie T. $1,056.51 1,056.51 Board of Public Works 3.00 3.00 Bruckman, II. 30.96 30.96 Calzetta, John II. 10.19 10.19 Carey, George A. 18.02 18.02 Chamberlin, Francis J. 1,1§3.89 1,163.89 Clapper Co., The 32.00 32.00 Crane Hardware Co. 23.32 23.32 Cyr, L. C. Const. Co. 33.00 33.00 Dill, Robert S. 16.60 16.60 Dodge Associates 200.00 200.00 Dolge, C. B. Company 30.77 30.77 Dubrey, P.S. Trucking Co. Inc. 2,83 2.83 Duffy, William B. 200.00 200.00 Essex Farm Equipment Co. 10.76 10.76 Granz, A.P. 26.20 26.20 PIartney, Spray Company 40.25 40.25 IIerbst Brothers 29.00 29.00 Lebet, Louis D. 3.75 3.75 Lundquist, Robert D. 19.41 19.41 Oates, Frank & Son 7.00 7.00 Railway Express Agency 2.43 2.43 Supplies Wages Totals Sawtelle Brothers 43.50 43.50 Shawsheen Farm Equipment Co. 3.00 3.00 Smith, Coburn 1,015.38 1,015.38 Socony-Vacumn Oil Co. 56.05 56.05 Star Electric Service & Tire Co. 1.63 1.63 Twin Elm Gardens 42.00 42.00 $650.00 $3,500.00 $4,150.00 Financial Statement of Playground Department--1953 Debit Appropriation for expenses $1,700.00 Appropriation for wag.es 4,250.00 Article 23, 1953--I{ittredge Playground 900.00 $6,850.00 Credit E.xpended on expenses $1,700.00 Expended on wages 4,250.00 Expended Article 23, ]953--Kittredg'e Playground 900.00 $6,850.00 Expenditures -- Playground Department -- 1953 Supplies Wages Totals Allied Paint Stores $13.33 $13.33 American Playground Device Co. 13.56 13.56 Associated Seed Growers 27.00 27.00 Athlctic Trainers Supply Co. Inc. 12~98 12.98 Bailey, Kenneth C. 30.00 30.00 Bean & Poore 226.25 226.25 Beauchamin, R. A. Co. 9.11 9.11 Boaudoin, Archie T. $540.06 540.06 Bill's Automobile Service 11.60 11.60 Board of Public Works 48.02 48.02 Bride, Grimes & Co. 152.59 152.59 Bruckman, H. 220.04 220.04 Burke, Robert J. 20.00 20.00 Calzetta, John H. 92.83 92.83 Carey, George A. 46.62 46.62 Central Service Station 19.95 19.95 Chamberlin, Francis J. 684.71 684.71 Clapper Co., The 48.00 48.00 Conway, Barrel Co. 9.00 9.00 Corcoran, Walter 250.00 250.00 Crane, IIardware Co. 138.21 138.21 Cushing, John 160.00 160.00 Cyr, L. C. Const. Co. 76.00 76.00 Dill, Robcrt S. 60.17 60.17 Donovan, Edward 25.75 25.75 Duffy, James II. 426.65 426.65 Duffy, William B. 400.00 400.00 Essex Farm Equipment Co. 32.00 32.00 86 Essex Sand & Gravel Co. 4.17 4.17 Essex Signs 23.00 23.00 Granz, A.F. 17.95 17.95 Hardiman, William 31.05 31.05 Hennessey, Robert 105.00 105.00 Herbst Brothers 52.61 52.61 Hilton Oil Co~npany 68.58 68.58 Lawlor, Edward 20.16 20.16 Lawrence Electric Co. 7.46 7.46 Lawrence Elate & Window Glass Co. 2.06 2.06 Lawrence Rubber Co. 12.37 12.37 Leach, Fred 24.80 24.80 Lebel, Joseph P. 44.60 44.60 Lewis, Robert 383.70 363.70 Martin, George 40.32 40.32 McCubbin, Charles 26.11 26.11 McDonald, Bernard L. 13.00 13.00 McDonaId, John 39.20 39.20 Nkeagan's Rexall Drug Store 8.51 g.51 Miller, J. Ernest 42.32 42.32 Nasagco, Materials & Const. Co. 7.50 7.50 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 9.21 9.21 North Andover Coal Co. 25.80 25.80 Sanford, George H. $10.62 $10.62 Sawtelle Brothers $64.50 64.50 Smith, Coburn 283.02 283.02 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. 65.10 65.10 Stone, Clifton, Jr. 320.00 320.00 Treat Hardware Corp. 4.77 4.77 Twin Ehn Gardens 63.00 63.00 Watts, Barbara 345.00 345.00 Windle, Harold 10.08 10.08 $1,700.00 $4,250.00 $5,950.00 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT There were installed during the year ]953 twenty-five hundred and thirty-four feet of six-inch cement lined cast iron pipe. Ten six-inch gate valves, and three new hydrants were placed. The water main system now consists of fifty-eight and fifty-one hundredths mi]es of main pipe, two twelve-inch check valves, twelve twelve-ineh gates, thirteen ten-inch gates, sixty-five eight-inch gates and six-hundred and twenty-seven six-inch gate valves and three hundred and fifty-two public fire hydrants. The following six-inch cement lined water mains were placed in 1953: Spruce Street from Massaehnsctts Average, three hnudred and twenty feet and one gate valve; Beacon Hill Boulevard from previous tcnninns twenty-four feet, one hydrant and one gate valve; Pembrook Road from previous terminus across Mi~in Drive two hundred and ten feet and two gate valves; Sutton Hill Road from Aohnson Street sixteen [,undred feet, two hydrants and four gate valves; Putnam Road from Greene Street two hundred and eight feet and one gate 87 valve; Woodbridgc Road from previous terminus one hundred twenty-eight feet. The hydrant at 490 ]~Iain Street was moved thirty feet on account of new construction. The hydrant at Steven's Street and Great Pond Road was moved back eleven feet and a gate placed on the hydrant branch on First Street. SIZE OF PIPES (INCHES) 14 12 10 8 6 LENGTH OF PIPE (FEET) 788 20828 8095 43214 236005 There were installed during 1953, sixty-eight new water services, twenty more than last year and only three less than the record year of 1947. Thirty-one old services were either wholly or partially renewed. The new and renewal services totaled one and a half miles of pipe. Sixty-three new meters, were installed and one hundred and eighty-five old meters, including five frozen meters, were inspected and repaired. There were twenty-nine service leaks, one cracked main and two hydrants broken by automobiles. All hydrants were in- spected and repaired where necessary. The annual inspection and repair of over seven hundred gate valves and valve boxes in the system proves to be most worth while in their quick and easy location and operation in any emergency. The twelve- inch standpipe at the old reservoir for the Winslow Telemeter, no longer used, was removed and the telemeter house moved to Grogans Field for playground equipment storage. The Pitometer Company, a national organization making surveys of water systems was engaged to make studies of the water distribution system as a basis for the program of im- proving the 55 year old system, in the area bounded by Osgood Street, Stevens Street, Andover Street and the Lawrence line where 78 per cent of the water in the town is used. The flow tests of the trunk mains feeding this area showed the Massa- chusetts Avenue main from Osgood Street to Waverly Road to have a Williams-Hazen coefficient of 40 corresponding to a carrying capacity of only 33 per cent of new pipe. Academy Road from Andover to Court Street and Osgood Street to Prescott Street, W. H. coefficient 53--carrying capacity--44 per cent. Osgood Street from Andover to Pleasant to Clarendon to Water' to Merrimack Street--W. H. coefficient--64, carrying capacity 53 per cent. The main from the Pumping Station to Osgood Street cleaned and cement lined in 1946 and 1947, showed a W. H. coefficient of 120 and a 100 per cent carrying capacity. The recommendations for improving the system are, "clean and cement line the following mains: 12-ineh in Chestnut Street from Milk Street to Reservoirs: 12-inch in Osgood Street from Andover to Pleasant Street; 8-inch in Osgood Street from Pleasant to Prescott Street. The request of the new Western 88 Electric Company Plant on Osgood Street for water for domes- tic, manufacturing and fire protection purposes brought about the followed additional recommendations: construct a new 12-inch line in Osgood Street from Prescott to the Western Electric Plant and also on Great Pond Road to a proposed new Pumping Station there. The present single pump and single 12-inch transmission line from the existing Pumping Station to thc distribution system and reservoir is extremely vulnerable to power failure or a break in the 12-inch supply main. The present pumping capacity of 1,900,000 gallons per day and the consumption of the system will soon exceed this amount especially if the Western Electric Company is supplied whole or even part of their water requirements. The Increased loss o£ head caused by a larger pump and the continuing un- reliability of the single transmission main merits immediate consideration of an anxiliary Pumping Station on the north side of Lake Cochichewick. Sodium Fluoi'ide was added to the water supply on August 20 by means of a Proportloneers Saturator and Chlor -- O -- Feeder under Article 24 of the warrant after approval by the local Health Department and the Department of Public IIealth of the Commonwealth. Tbe addition of twenty pounds o£ sodimn fluoride per million gallons is carried on under the constant supervision of the State Health Department. One hundred and sixty-seven registration plates were issued and two hundred and twenty-two residents were granted permits to boat and fish in Lake Cochichewick. Enforcement of the regulations of the State Department o~ Public Health for preventing the pollution and securing the sanitary protec- tion of the water of Lake Cochichewick, source of our water supply, has become serious with the increasing use of the lake for recreational purposes. The reservbirs were inspected by the County Engineer as required by the General Laws and found to be in satisfactory condition. Constant bacterial ex- aminations o£ the water have been made by the Department of Public Health and the water found to be satisfactory. Quarterly inspection of thc double check valve installation between the public water supply and other sources of supply. for industrial use only have been made in cooperation with the Department of Public Health of the Commonwealth. The recommendations of the New England Fire Insurance Rating Association, made in 1942, are repeated as ~ollows: Recommended Mains Size Along From To 16" Great Fond, Marblc~ldge Rds. Pumping Station Johnson St. 12" Chestnut St., l~illslde l~d. 12" AadoveL Berets and Turntake ~ts. Chestnut St. Dartmouth St. 89 TO Greene St. Main St. Sutton St. Waverly Waverly Wood Lane Pleasant St. Mass. Ave, SEWER DEPARTMENT The North Andover Sewerage System is designed to flow in three divisions, the East Side Drainage Area with its trunk sewer following Coehiehewiek Brook from Lake Coehiehewiek to the Merrimack River; the West Side Drainage Area with its trunk sewer on Massachusetts Avenue and along the Shawsheen River to the Merrimack River; the Central Drainage Area bounded by Waverly Road, Middlesex and Water Streets, with trunk sewer on Waverly Road, Water Street, and Main Street to the Merrimack Street. There are twenty-one and ninety-six hlmdredths miles of main sewers in ~he North Andover Sewerage system with fifteen hundred and thirty-five sewer connections. SIZE OF SEWERS (INCHES) 24 20 18 15 12 10 8 6 LENGTH OF SEWERS (FEET) 4926 822 8450 3429 3214 16684 30108 48268 The following main sewers were constructed in 1953; Putnam Road from Greene Street, four hundred and fifty feet of cig'bt-inch pipe and three manholes; and Phillips Court, ninety feet of eight-inch pipe, replacing one hundred thirty- three feet of pipe on private property. Thirty sewer connec- tions, totaling twenty-two hnndred and six feet were laid between .building's and main sewers. Forty-seven particular sewers, most of them blocked by roots, were cleaned. All main sewers were flushed and cleaned in the Spring as usual while eighteen main sewers partially blocked with roots were in- spected and cleaned several times. The following recommendations are made in order that the sewerage system may be improved in aeeordauee with a definite program to promote lhe health and convenience of the people of the town. The sewer on Osgood Street be extended from Phillips Brooks Road to Andover Street. The East Side Trunk Sewer be extended from Stevens Street at Harkaway Road in order to take care of the Bathing Beach and the Center. 90 Further extensions of the sewerage system on the West Side Trunk Drainage area must await the extension of the West Side Trunk sewer from 5lassachusetts Avenne southerly along the Shawsheen River. Few extensions in the Central Drainage area remain to be made. it should be noted that tire sewerage system in North Andover was designed and has been constructed as a separate system making use of small diameter pipes and high velocity of flow with no provision for the drainage of surface or ground waters. The use of the sanitary sewer for drainage purpose is a violation of the rnles relating to their use, and the continued use of the sewers for this purpose will eventually lead to un- sanitary conditions and considerable expense to the town, especially if the proposed district sewage disposal plant is constructed and North Andover's sewerage disposed of in that manner. Surface drains have been provided in many locations and can be in many others to take care of such drainage without subsequent damage or expense. PAI~K DEPAI~TMENT The Park system now consists o~ the Center Commm~ of 3.2 acres, Training Crounds of 1.9 acres. Memorial Park of 2.7 acres, Old Burying Ground of 1.1 acres and the smaller Itis- torieal Soeiety Plot, Farrington Burying Ground and twenty small plots at street intersections, a total of over ten acres. All the above areas were maintained as usual. Tree Warden ,John J. Connors sprayed the trees on Memorial Park and the Center Common and removed nine diseased trees on the Center Com- mon, and one at Memorial Park. The high tree work of trim- ming and removing dead wood front the trees on the Park and Common was done by the Dodge Associates. Two large maple trees and two oak trees were planted in the Center Common by tire North Andover Improve~nent Society. The impossibility of properly maintaining a park and · allowing it to be used as a playground is being demonstrated again at Memorial Park· It is reeomrnended that other sites be secured for playgrounds if the present parks developed over the past thirty years by the town, tire North Andover Improve- ment Society, tl~e Garden Club and private persons are not to be damaged and their attractiveness destroyed. PLAYGROUND DEPARTMENT The recreational areas in tire Playground System now consist of Grogans Field 4.7 acres, Drummond Field 3.7 acres, American Legion Bathing' Beach 1.4 acres and Waverly Play- ground 4.7 acres, a total of 14.5 acres. The following work was done at Waverly Playground: several hundred yards of loam secured through the cooperation of the Board of Selectmen and the Ilighway Surveyor from the sanitary land fill site on Clark Street were plo. ced along with grass seed and fertilizer to further improve the playing' fields. A set of six swings was added. A Farm League Field was laid out, a backstop and players benches set up. One tmndred twenty feet of stone gutter was laid inside the 5{assa- ehusetts Avenue fence, to take care of drainage. A small storage locker previously used to house telemeter equipmeut at the Reservoir was moved to Grogans Playground for the playground instructors equipment. Loam, seed and fertilizer were placed on Grogans Field and the football and baseball fie]ds lined out and maintained for the Johnson High School as well as independent and playground teams. Drummond Field was maintained for playground activities and extensive use for twilight soft ball teams. Upon authorization by the Board of Selectmen two sets of six swings, one set of si.x see-saws and four benches were purchased and placed at the Kittredge School under Article 23 of the warrant. The American Legion Beach was operated from June 25 to September 5, from 9:30 A. M. to 8 P. M. with two life guards always present. The life guards were graduates of the lied Cross Aequatie Sctmol. Swimming classes for over 300 children and adults were conducted by Walter A. Corcoran, employed by the town for that purpose. The examination of the beach by the Department of Public Health, of the Commonwealth showed the bath-house and toilet facilities to be adequate and that the water was of' suitable quality and safe for public bathing. The annual swimming meet sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2104, held on August 16, attracted many entrants and a large crowd of spectators. Thirty prizes were awarded to the winners of the various events. The identification tags for bathers, the stickers for ears and the additional police recommended by the Recreational Council were most effective in limiting the use of the Beach to North Andover residents only. Respectfully sub~nitted, WILLIAM B. DUFFY Snperintendent Elevation of Water ~n Lake Cochichewick Elevations refer to mean sea level and are from bench marks established by the Massachusetts Geodetic Survey of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works in 1936. 1953 January I 108.6 feet Jnly 1 110.0 feet January 16 109.0 " July 16 109.6 February 1 110.0 " August 1 109.0 " February 16 110.6 " August 16 108.9 " March 1 110.8 " September 1 108.6 " March 16 111.4 " September 16 108.6 " April 1 112.4 " October 1 108.4 " April 16 112.4 " October 16 108.2 " May i 111.5 " November i 108.3 " May 16 ll~.2 " November 16 108.4 " June I 111.0 " December 1 109.0 " June 16 110.6 " December 16 110.0 " Lowest temperature water 35° F, January 14. Highest temperatm'e water 77° F, July 17. 94 uo!~oo[IOD ~o o~v(I COMPARISON OF WATER PUMPED AND WATER RATES RECEIVED 1920---Venturi Meter Installed at Pumping Station 1931--System 100% Metered 1940--Rates Reduced Summary of Statisticm Population by census of 1950 -- 8485. Date of construction -- 1898. Source of supply -- Lake Cochichewick. Mode of supply -- pnmped direct overflow to reservoirs. Two reservoirs capacity 1,500,000 gallons each. Pumping Statistics 1. One Laidlow-Dunn-Gordon 2.5 MGD steam driven recipro- cating pump. One Warren 2.0 MGD electrically driven centrifugal pump. 2. Description of fuel: (a) Electricity 347,602 K.W.H. Average price per K.W.tt..01929. 3. Total pumpage for the year, Venturi meter, 241,543,070. 4. Average static head against which pumps work: 277.0 feet. 5. Avrage dynamic head against which pumps work: 314.8 feet. 6. Number of gallons pumped per K.W.H. 694.88. 7. Cost of pumping figured on Annual Pumping Station Expense $11,274.99. 8. Per million gallons pumped $46.67. 9. Per million gallons raised onc foot dynamic 0.148. Statistics of Consumption of Water 1. Population 1950 Census 8,485 2. Estimated population of lines of supply 8,500 3. Estimated population supplied 8,500 4. Total consumption of the year (gallons) 241,543,070 5. Passed through meters 209,172,000 6. Fires, flushings, known losses 7,707,200 7. Percentage of consumption accounted for 89.8 8. Average daily consumption 661,760 9. Gallons per day to each ~nhabitant 77.85 10. Gallons per day to each customer 77.85 11. Gallons per day to each tap 291.53 12. Cost of supplying water per million gallons based on administration, general maintenance, pmnping, plus h~tercst on bonds $147.70 Statistics Relating to Distribution System 1. Kind of pipe Cast Iron 2. Sizes 6 in. to 12 in. 3. Extended feet during the year 2534 4. Discontinued none 5~ Total now in use 58.51 6. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter none 7. Number of hydrants added during the year 2 99 8. Number of hydrants now in use 352 9. Nun~ber of stop gates added during the year 10 10. Number of stop gates now in use 720 11. Number of stop gates smaller than 4 inches none 12. Nmnber of blow-offs 5 13. Range of pressure on mains 26 lbs. to 148 lbs. 14. Kind of service pipe Cement lined, lead lined, copper and east iron 15. Size of service pipe 3~ to 10~ 16. Extended 5597 17. Discontinued none 18. Total now in use 30.35 19. Number of service taps added during the year 68 20. Number of service taps now in use 2270 21. Average lengths of services 70.6 22. Number of meters added 68 23. Number of meters in use 2270 24. Percentage of receipt from metered water 100% 25. Percentage of service metered 100% 100 PUBLIC WELFARE REPORT Dr. Appropriation (Salaries--Board Members) Superintendent and Matron Agent (Salary) Outside Relief and l~epairs Mrs. Bali's Salary (Infirmary) Refunds Cr. Expenditures: Board Members (Salaries) Superintendent and Matron Agent (Salary) Outside Relief and Repairs Mrs. Ball's Salary (Infirmary) Balance TOWN INFIRMARY Salaries: Orin B. Foster Nora L. Foster Wages: Florence Ball Labor: John Connors Davis & Furber Machine Co. Frederick Eldred Joseph II. Giard N. Giard John t~. Gould Harris & Mattheson Walter Hopping Thomas H. Lcbel Thomas Leonhard James Magoon Mcrrimac Boiler Works Adam Slomba 101 $45O.00 2,692.00 750.00 21,669.00 1,331.00 20.85 $26,912.85 $450.00 2,692.00 750.00 21,687.10 1,331.00 $26,910.10 $2.75 $1,346.00 1,346.00 $2,692.00 $1,331.00 $7.00 3.44 25.00 104.00 lO.Off 3.00 40.00~ 3.00 30:9ff 28.00 12.00 10.10 18.00 Martin Smolak Bruno Szelest Emil Valliere H. J. Welch Co. 100.40 20.00 39.00 46.74 Groceries: Aaronian's Market Campbell's Market Corner Cash Market Dawson's Market Dehullu's Market James Downing Dunn's Market First National Store Freddie's Fruit Market Charles D. Glennie, Inc. Adam Kwct Legare's Market Longbottom's Market Mac's General Store Manhattan Market Messina's Market Middlesex Market Phelan's Variety Store Martin Smolak $500.58 $201.46 122.30 134.79 104.51 109.66 5.50 234.97 89.07 132.05 55.48 24.45 28.15 66.33 71.32 118.40 107.33 116.28 95.90 7.00 Electricity: Lawrence Electric Company Lawrence Gas & Electric Company $1,824.95 $96.41 55.25 Telephone: New England Tel. & Tel. Co. Fuel: Joseph P. Lebe] North Andover Coal Company $151.66 $139.33 $154.00 543.50 Water: Board of Public Works Clothing: French Apron Shop Sears, Roebuck and Company $697.50 $37.56 $78.60 28.14 $106.74 102 Auto Expense: Al's Motor Service Bill's Auto Service Cashman's Service Station Central Service Station Orin B. Foster (Registration) Frank's Atlantic Service George ti. Schruender TromblyBros. Service Station $20.00 115.97 107.27 7.97 3.00 93.92 9.50 11.81 $369.44 Livestock: Dr. E. C. Bu]ger Andrew O'Neil $32.25 3.00 $35.25 General Repairs: Thomas H. Lebel Merrimac Boiler Works John Slipkowsky Theodore Smolak A. B. Suthcrland Co. II. J. Welch Co. $15.61 1.85 2.00 50.00 3.00 16.52 $88.98 Daffy Papers: Eagle Tribune Publishing Co. $15.00 Tobacco: Meagan's Drng Store Medical Care and Medicine: Dr. Morton B. Green Dr. B. E. tIollins Dr. Julius I(ay Lawrence General IIospital Meagan's Drug Store Dr. David Wallwork $61.25 $18.50 6.00 122.00 72.00 199.96 4.00 $422.46 Haircuts: Matteo DeTeresi Feed & Grain: H. Bruckmann $49.00 $602.40 103 Supplies: Bean & Poore Crane Hardware Co. Davis & Furber Machine Co. Essex County Co-op. Farming Assoc. Nora L. Foster G. I. Shoe Fix R. M. Gcsing F. A. Hiscox Co. Jackson Lumber Co. Lawrence Plate & Window Glass Co. Meagan's Drug Store Merrimac Boiler Works Sears, Roebuck and Co. John Slipkowsky A. B. Sutherland Co. Arthur Tisbet Treat Hardware Corp. Vernon's, Inc. $120.30 208.12 54.63 10.65 2.50 7.25 51.42 20.25 4.12 .52 29.97 16.70 11.97 4.00 20.43 ] 0.00 78.16 59.11 Home Furnishings: A. B. Suther]and Co. Farm Equipment & Repairs: Frank Oates & Son Theodore Smolak $710.10 10.35 $75.0O 45,50 $120.50 Total Expenses $9,966.05 l~espectfully submitted, LILLIAN B. DEARDEN Agent SU~ERINTENDENT'S REPORT--1953 Board & Room from two inmates $525.62 Harness 15.00 Hay 171.60 Livestock 10.00 Machinery 15.00 Telephone 4.70 104 $741.92 Number of Inmates January 1, 1953 6 Female 70-80 Admitted 4 Males 45-50 Discharged 4 Males 60-80 Deaths 1 ~1ales 80-85 December 31, 1953 5 Respectfully submitted, ORIN B. FOSTER Superintendent GENERAL RELIEF-- 1953 CASH (h~cluding rents) Medical Dr. David S. Belyea $7.00 Dr. Ilarry Byrne 24.00 Capitol Rest Home 1,906.80 Dr. Thomas Ceplikas 18.00 Finneran's Drug Store 38.16 Dr. Arthur A. Grant 6.00 Hearing Aids Co. of Lawrence 31.55 IIoyle's Pharmacy 123.50 Dr. M. J. Kannan 23.00 Dr. Julius I~ay 105.00 Langcvin's Pharmacy 10.56 Lawrence General Hospital 238.00 Dr. Charles Lee 94.00 Dr. Joseph Maker 21.00 Massachusetts Memorial Hospital 72.00 5'[cagan's Drug Store 47.58 Muller Nursing Home 391.00 Roma Pharmacy 13.30 Dr. R. G. Szostak 8.00 Dr. Emile Thibault 3.00 Dr. Philip Zanfagna 12.00 $10,360.87 $3,193.45 Clothing Alice May $84.50 Fuel and Light Trombly Bros. Service Stations $49.26 Funeral Caron Funeral Service $199.00 Telephone Xew England Tek & Tel. Co. $41.43 105 Miscellaneous Crosby Publishing CO., Inc. (Directory) Lawyer's Co-op. Publishing Co. (Annotated Laws) Naiman Press (Printed forms) $15.00 30.00 10.25 Lawrence Methuen Paid Other Cities and Towns $55.25 $384.00 18.00 $402.00 1,358.29 Paid to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Total Expended $15,744.05 Included in Cash, Groceries, Fuel and Medical is $122.40 which was paid to individuals having settlements in other cities and towns. North Andover will be fully reimbursed. Also included in Cash, Medical, Fuel and Clothing is $2,845.06 which was paid to individuals having no settlement in the Commonwealth and North Andover will be fully reim- bursed by the Commonwealth. Received from the Commonwealth for aid rendered to persons who arc unsettled, $2,332.43. ]~eceived from other Cities and Towns for aid rendered to persons living in North Andover but having settlements elsewhere, $469.80. Respectfully submitted, LILLIAN B. DEARDEN Agent AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN--1953 Regular. Apl~ropriation $20,000.00 Balance Federal Grants January 1, 1953 (AID ONLY) 539.61 Balance Federal Grants January 1, 1953 (Administration Only) 129.15 Federal Grants Received during 1953 (AID ONLY) 11,236.59 Federal Grants Received during 1953 (Administration Only) 784.14 $32,689.49 Expenditures: Regular Appropriation $20,000.00 Federal Grants (AID ONLY) 8,246.39 Federal Grants (ADMINISTRATION ONLY) 374.20 106 $28,620.59 Balances: Regular Appropriation Federal Grants (AID ONLY) Federal Grants (ADMINISTRATION ONLY) Actual Cost for AID ONLY Federal Cost $8,246.39 State Reimbursement paid directly to Treasury 8,559.37 Local Cost 9,155.63 $3,529181 539.09 $4,068.90 $25,961.39 $25,961.39 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN CASES Children Under 16 Years or Under 18 years a~a Month Number of Cases Reg~r~ly Attending School January 16 36 February 18 40 March 18 40 April 18 40 May 19 42 June 19 42 July 19 42 August 19 42 September 19 41 October 17 39 November 15 36 December 16 38 Federal Grants Received for AID ONLY Balance January 1~ 1953 $539.61 January 838.65 February 775.03 March 923.19 April 1,034:55 May 988.08 June 944.45 July 998.73 August 985.78 September 987.50 October 982.80 November 942.78 December 835.05 107 $11,776.20 Regular Appropr/ation-- Expenditures Lillian B. Dearden (Salary) $810.00 Angelina Kelley (Salary) 765.00 Barbara Philbriek (Salary) 810.00 Sundry Persons Payroll (AID ONLY) 17,615.00 $20,000.00 U. S. Federal Grants Administration--Expenditures Salaries and Supplies $374.20 U. S. Federal Grants- Expenditures Sundry Persons Payroll (AID ONLY) $8,246.39 New and 01osed Cases 4 new cases with 8 children were accepted in 1953. I case with 2 children was re-opened in 1953. 4 cases with 5 children were closed in 1953. 2 cases were closed due to sufficient income from private employment to meet needs, 1 case was closed due to ineligibility and 1 case was transferred to another town. One-third of all aid granted in A.D.C. category is reim- bursed by the Commonwealth. The Federal Government reimburses one half of the aid granted up to $30 for the first child and each eligible parent, one half up to $21 for each additional child eligible for aid plus $4.50 per month for each eligible child and parent. Local share is the balance after Federal and State deductions. l~espectfully submitted, LILLIAN B. DEARDEN Agent OLD AGE ASSISTANCE--1953 Regular Appropriation $65,000.00 Refunds (Regular Appropriation) 260.39 IVcdcral Grants (Aid Only) 60,311.38 Audit Adjustment 3/5/53 90.00 Audit Adjust~nent 12/~4/53 1,070.81 Refunds (O.A.A.U.S. Grants Aid) 135.81 Balance U.S. Grants Aid January 1, 1953 11,342.74 U.S. Grants for Administration 3,814.34 Balance--U.S. Grants for Administration 2,782.87 $147,808.34 4,600.00 Transfer from Disability Assistance 108 $152,408.34 F, xpenditures: l~egular Appropriation Federal Grants (Aid Only) Federal Grants (Administration) Balances: Regular Appropriation Federal Grants (Aid Only) Federal Grants (Administration) Actual Cost for AID ONLY Federal Cost State Reimbursement paid directly to Treasury Actual Cost to Town $60,311.38 57,321.37 25,255.84 Month .January February March April ]~Iay June July August September 'October November December $72,860.39 71,383.19 4,885.94 Paid to Cities and Towns for Aid Only Received from other Cities and Towns for Aid Granted to recipients who reside in North Andover but who have settlements elsewhere Received from Individuals Administration-- Regular Appro!~riation Lillian B. Dearden (Salary) Angelina Kelley (Salary) Barbara Philbrick (Salary) $149,129.52 $1,567155 1,711.27 $3,278.82 $142,888.59 $142,888.59 01d Age Assistance Cases Number of Cases Paid Directly to ReclDlents 173 $12,530.88 170 11,91 ].87 170 11,756.80 169 12,226.44 170 12,453.15 166 11,392.91 164 11,018.34 163 10,925.88 163 10,756.98 J 60 11,286.49 158 10,919.71 161 11,579.32 $138,758.77 $4,129.82 109 $2,425.93 $2,010.15 $428.48 421.46 505.05 $1,354.99 Federal Grant Receipts Mouth Aid Only Administration Only Old Age Assistance~ Balance-~lanuary 1, 1953 $11,342.74 $2,782.87 January 5,416.97 February 5,380.97 March 5,371.93 791.95 Audit Adjustment 3/5/53 90.00 April 5,224.94 May 5,122.21 June 5,153.15 1,054.97 July 5,322.40 August 5,048.44 September 4,729.23 1,001.78 October 4,459.39 November 4,805.17 965.64 December 4,276.58 Audit Adjustment 12/14/53 1,070.81 $72,814.93 $6,597.21 U. S. Grant Administration--Expenses Supplies, salaries, telephone, transportation, postage $4,885.94 Thc Federal Government reimburses one-h]!f up to $55 on each case plus $7.50 per month per case. The State reimburses two-thirds after Federal deductions. Local cost is the remainder after Federal and State deduc- tions. New and Closed Cases There were 29 new cases in 1953, 31 closed cases, 3 rejected cases and 4 cases were withdrawn voluntarily: 18 cases were closed by death, 9 transferred to other cities and towns, i case transferred to Infirmary, 1 case the children will support and 2 acquired resources. Respectfully submitted, LILLIAN B. DEARDEN Agent DISABILITY ASSISTANCE -- 1953 Regular Appropriation $5,000.00 U. S. Grants for Administration 31.62 Balance~U. S. Grants for Administration 4.33 $5,035.95 Transferred to Old Age Assistance Regular 4,600.00 110 $435.95 Expend/tures: Regular Appropriation BaJances: Regular Appropriation Federal Grants (Administration) $216.71 $183.29 35.95 $219.24 There were four applications taken daring the year; three were terminated by voluntary withdrawal and one application was accepted. Respectfully submitted, LILLIAN B. DEARDEN Agent REPORT OF THE SEALER AND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Board of Selectmen Town of North Andover North Andover, Mass. As Town Sealer I submit my audited report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1953. DEVICE Sealed Adjustment Condemned Scales, over 10,000 lbs. 2 Scales, 100 to 5,000 lbs. 30 9 Scales or Balances under 100 lbs. 56 20 1 Weights checked and sealed 38 Liquid Measures Under i Gallon 12 Gasoline Pumps 27 5 Oil and Grease Meters 11 2 Miscellaneous Thirty-four inspetcions of licenses of Hawkers and Peddlers. Tested and sealed scales of the Board of Health and School Department. One yard stick sealed. Respectfully submitted, ERNEST J. ROBEI~TS Sealer 111 REPORT OF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR Board of Selectmen North Andover, Mass. Gentlemen: The annual report of the Electrical Inspector for thc period January 1 to December 31, 1953 shows work covering inspections as follows: Number Mileage Lawrence Gas & Electric Specifications 336 Oil Burner Inspections New work 203 600 Oil Burner Inspections Conversions 101 309 Ground Inspections 233 699 New Range Oil Installations 85 135 Replacement Oil Installations 61 142 Parlor units 30 110 :Electric inspections-alterations 199 398 New homes 100 334 Changing service 192 576 High School 10 30 1,550 3,333 Respectfully submitted, THOMAS H. LEBEL Electrical Inspector Expenses for year ending December 31, Printing John Thompson Municipal Inspectors' Meeting--January 4 Municipal Inspectors' Meeting--April 1 Municipal Inspectors' Meeting--June 3 Municipal Inspectors' Meeting--September 3 Municipal Inspectors' Meeting--November 4 Mailing Off Burner permit cards (883) General postage Typing Oil Burner cards 1953 $11.75 20.00 12.20 12.20 12.75 12.93 14.02 11.49 10.20 12.00 $129.54 112 STEVENS MEMORIAL LIBRARY To the Citizens of the Town of North Andover:-- The trustees of the Stevens Memorial Library herewith present to the citizens o£ North Andover their report of ex- penditure of the money appropriated by the town for their use and from the endowment funds. The report o£ the librarian on the activities and progress of the library is included. REPORT OF EXPENDITURES OF THE TOWN--1953 $17,040.00 Heat, Light, Water and Tele!~hone: James Heron $34.92 Lawrence Gas and Electric Comnany 383.74 New England Tel. and Tel. Co. 153.70 Johnson Service Company 17.20 North Andover Board of Public Works 23.55 North Andover Coal Company 803.25 1,421.36 Books, Pa.~ers, Magazines: Personal Book Shop, Inc. $1,085.21 North Andover Stamp Service 12.50 Michael F. Drummey, Jr. 16.00 Crosby Publishing Co. 15.00 The Gilmary Society 3.50 The H. W. Wilson Co. 141.35 A, A. Haubner 36.27 American Library Association 8.50 Essex Institute 3.00 Davison Publishing Co. 9.67 Prospect Union Educational Exchange 1.50 New England Quarterly 5.00 Mariners Bookstall 9.04 The Mayfair Agency 134.55 J. William Eckenrode 10.16 Public Affairs Committee 2.50 New England News 84.62 Doubleday & Company, Inc. 2.40 113 Appropriation Expended Salaries: Marion F. Batchelder, Librarian $3,500.00 :Louisa M. King, Assistant Librarian 2,700.00 Barbara W. Ryan, Children's Librarian 500.00 Eleanor C. Forman, Children's Librarian 2,150.00 Allison I. Kirk, Assistant 146.21 Annie G. Buchan, Assistant 489.15 Rosemary A. Macklin, Assistant 293.10 25.20 Janet Knightly, Assistant Margaret A. Macklin, Assistant 130.00 Nancy Pendlebury, Assistant 18.80 William H. Coram, Janitor 3,000.00 Horace Howard, Assistant Janitor 74.29 13,026.75 Little Brown and Company 1.25 Storm Publishers 2.92 F. J. Barnard Company 13.66 The Saturday Review 12.00 Crown Publishers 6.87 John A. Pearson 6.50 R. L. Polk Co. 25.00 Wilcox and Follett 4.86 Frank P. Bennett and Co. 4.00 The Writer 5~00 Charles E. Lauriat Co. Inc. 7.88 American Institute for Economic Research .86 National Geographic Society 6.50 Science Service 11.00 R R. Bowker 7.00 T~qc Reporter 4.00 Miscellaneous: Library Service $52A2 Marion F. Batchelder or Cash 55.89 T. E Field Co. 13.50 Crar~e Hardware 6.34 K. M. Crawford Co. 48.00 Naiman Press 11~25 Liquick Leather 3.95 Demco Library Supplies 80.65 Gaylord Bros. Co. 188.01 Andrews Paper Co. 10.63 ti. B. Mcardle Co. 31.25 John R. Hosking 4.05 Daigneau Company 2.27 Library Products Inc. 2.55 Henry Morgan and Sons 262.67 Lawrence Plate and Window Company 12.27 Ernest L. Wilkinson 25.00 Marshall Sons and Wheelock 25.20 R. R. Bowker 6.00 J. L. Hammett 3.64 Underwood Corp. 12.24 Arthur J. Regan 7.00 Bay State Merchants National Bank 6.00 Petty Cash Refund Unexpended Belance 1,700.07 870.48 $17,018.66 10.00 $17,008.66 31.34 $17,040.00 Fines, reserve fees, etc. collected and delivered to the Town Treasurer $519.76 Article 30, 1953--Replace worn cork rm~ners in the main lobby and to install rubber treads to protect the stairs leading to the Children's room. Appropriation $600.00 Fretwell~Carmichael $245.30 Fretwell-Carmichae] 19.00 $264:30 114 Summary of Income and Expense of EndoWe(~ Funds Balance Balance Jan, 1, 1953 Income Expense Dec. 31, 1953 Charles Whitney DavisF und $146.52 $293.60 $306.48 $133.64 G, W. and R. E. Berrian Fund 44.60 25.00 69.60 Elizabeth P. Stevens Fund 42.22 270.62 242.18 70.66 Stevens Foundation Fund 12.96 1,897.00 507.97 1,401.99 Improvement Fund 95.61 95.61 M. T. Stevens Fund 122.70 250.00 321.03 51.67 Phillips Fund 76.08 712.49 561.13 227.44 DALE STEVENS MEMORIAL FUND Balance Ac[ditional Balance Jan. 1953 Gifts Invested nlcome Expense Dec. 31, 1953 $1,073.02 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $275.00 $284.22 $1,063.80 (InclUdes $1,000.00 gift to be invested) ANNE BRADSTREET FUND $1,371.28 $2,300.00 $1,313.50 $2,357.78 ( Includes $2,000.00 gift to be invested) MARY O. TYLER FUND Balance Additional Balance Jsm. 1, 1953 Gifts Invested Income Expense Dec. 31, 1953 $10.94 $15,000.00 $15,000.00 $252.42 $72.00 $169.48 FINE ARTS FUND Gift to Establish Fund Expense Dec. 31, 1953 $120.25 $114.37 $5.88 1953 ANNUAL REPORT OF LIBRARIAN OF STEVENS MEMORIAL LIBRARY To the Trustees of Stevens Memorial Library: I herewith submit to yon the forty sixth annual report of Stevens Memorial Library for the year 1953. It is a satisfaction to report that 1953 showed an increased nsc of the library in both the adult and children's department. 61,400 books, periodicals and pamphlets were issued. 956 phonograph records, 593 pictures and 7 maps were circulated, making the total circulation 62,956. The increase over 1952: was 7062, including 5204 children's books and 1858 adult books. We have no figures to show the nsc of the reference books or the amount of reading done inside the library. The library was closed from July 3 until July 20 while better lighting was installed in the reading room, additional painting was done~ and floor coverings were laid in the lobby and on the stairs leading to the children's room. 115 The book stock now numbers 23,218 volumes. 1200 books were added, 204 books were discarded, making a net increase of 996. A gift of seventy-five books from the SherriI1 Bigelow estate reached us too late to be numbered among the books cataloged during 1953. Ninety magazines and four newspapers are currently received. The total number of phonograph records is now 262. 91 were added during thc year. A number of other albums given to the library by Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Seymour will be cataloged when space is provided to shelve them adSquately. 2942 adult borrowers and 1433 juvenile borrowers are registered, making the total 4375. The Anne Bradstreet exhibition case, acquired through a gift £rom the late Mrs. John F. Tyler, is a valuable addition to our equipment. In it we are able to exhibit the works of Anne Bradstrcet and in the drawers we have filed pamphlets and clippings pertaining to North Andover which have been mounted and cataloged. We have also begun an adult picture collection to be filed in one of the drawers. The permanent Anne Bradstreet exhibition, arranged and labeled by Mr. Buchanan Charles, contains: The second edition of the works of Anne Bradstreet, being also the first American edition, entitled "Several Poems Compiled ~vith great variety of Wit and Learning . . ." printed in Boston in 1678 by John Foster; Thc fourth edition of the works of Anne Bradstrcct, edited by John Harvard Ellis, printed in Cambridge in 1867 by John Wilson and Son; and The fifth edition of the works of Anne' Bradstreet, edited by Frank E. Hopkins, introduction by Charles Eliot Norton, printed in New York in 1897 by the De Vinne Press. A portrait of the Rev. John Woodbridge, by an unknown painter, hangs to the right of the case in the reference room. The Rev. John Woodbridge was the husband of Anne Brad- street's sister Mercy Dudley. It is believed that he arranged ~or the first publication of Mrs. Bradstreet's poems. He went to England in 1647 and apparently took with him, unknown to the author, a collection of her manuscripts which was pub- lished in London in 1650 as "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America..." He was the first minister in North Andover. This portrait lent to the library by Harry Sutton, Jr. is a copy made by Mr. Sutton from the original which is on permanent loan to the Boston Athenaeum. We have borrowed from the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover the following masterpieces of painting: "Still Life" by Bradley Walker Tomlin; "Old Battersea Bridge' by James A. MeN. WhistIer; "Capri" by Child Hassam; "March Sun" by Henry Varnum Poor; "Mina" by Raphael So?r; "Toilers of the Sea" by Albert Pinkham 116 l~yder; "Fox Island, Maine" by Marsden Hartley; "Off Cape Ann" by Joseph De Martini; "Horses at Palma" by John Singer Sargent; "Fifth Avenue at Fifty-Third Street" by Childe Hassem; "Wellfleet, Cape Ann" by George Grosz; "Captain Daniel Mackay" a Salem ship captain who is buried in the oldest cemetery in North Andover, by Joseph Badger; "The Acrobat" by Walt Kuhn; "Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse" by Samuel F. B. Morse; "Hills and Valleys" by Charles Prendergast. Mrs. Barbara Ryan, children's librarian for two years, resigned March I and was suceeeded by Mrs. Eleanor Forman of Danvers. There has been inereased activity in the children's depart- ment during the entire year. 1695 ehildren have attended twenty-five showings of eight different film programs. 569 children have been present at fifteen regular story hours. In a new venture begun in November, 29 preschool children have come to three story hours. The children's librarian has made 63 elassroo~n visits, 113 members were enrolled in the summer vacation reading club. A special program eoneerning life and customs in India, where Mrs. Forman lived for several years, was a feature of the Spring Book Festival. We borrowed two films about the United Nations during Lr N week and lent them to nine community groups. We have joined with Memorial Hall Library in Andover in a coopera- tive project whereby Memorial Hall Library serves as a pre- view center for the showing of educational films for adults. We have cmnpiled a mailing list of heads of organizations in North Andover to whom we send notices about these films in advance of their showing. Films thus far have included those in the field of economic edueation, marriage and the family, and films suitable for showing to children. Members of the staff have given book talks to four church groups. The children's librarian told stories at the Christmas party for children at the Community Center. The ;Merrimack Valley Library Assgeiation held its fall meeting at this library in November. Over 70 librarians and trustees were present. Members of the staff have attended ~neetings of the New England I~ibrary Association, the Massa- chusetts Library Association, the Merrimack Valley Library Association as well as sectional meetings of the Massachusetts Library Association. The ehildren's librarian took a University Extension course in Writing for Children. We are grateful to other libraries that have lent ns books to fill special requests and to all individuals who have given books and magazines. Respectfully submitted, MARION F. BATCHEI~DER Librarian 117 1953 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT OF STEVENS MEMORIAL LIBRARY Use Total Percentage Volumes of adult fictiou lent *20460 33.33 Volumes of adult non-fiction lent *14770 23.94 Volumes of children's hooks lent 26170 42.63 Total number of books lent 61400 * Includes Young People's books. Number of records lent 956 Number of pictures lent 593 Number of maps lent 7 1556 Total books, etc., records, pictures, maps lent Nmnber of books sent to schools Circulation per capita Number of days open Average daily circulation 7.2 282 223 62956 1806 Book Stock Volumes January l, 1953 Volmnes added by purchase 1115 Volumes added by gift 85 22222 Total volumes added 1200 Volumes discarded 204 Total gain 996 Number of volumes Dec. 31, 1953 23218 Records Number of records January 1, 1953 193 Number added 91 Number discarded 22 Net gain 69 Number of records, Dec. 31, 1953 262 Registration of Borrowers Adult Juvenile Total Borrowers registered January 1, 1953 2618 1.262 3880 Borrowers registered in 1953 324 171 495 2942 Periodicals currently received 90 Newspapers currently received 4 1433 4375 118 To conclude this report, the trustees express their appre- ciation of thc gifts of money to the Endowment Funds and of thc many gifts of books to the library's collection. They extend their sincere thanks to the librarian, Miss Marion F. Batchelder, for her capable administration of the library's affairs and for her constant efforts to add to thc value and usefulness of the library to the community. The loyalty and co-operation of the entire'library staff is also appreciated as a factor of thc greatest importance in carrying out our purpose to make the library a vital service to the people of North Andover. BUCHANAN 'CHARLES, Chairman GEORGE R. BAKER JOHN W. COSTELLO A. MURRAY HOWE KATHERINE C. OSGOOD ARTHUR E. SUNDERLAND MIRIAM F. TUCKER REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS The Board of Appeals held fourteen meetings during the year 1953. Six of these meetings were Public Hearings. Fifteen applications were received for consideration by the Board. Four applications were requests for approval of varlanees from the Zoning By-Laws due to subdivision of property and non-conforming side and rear lot lines; two applications were requests for approval of new non-conforming uses and six were applications for renewal of existing non- conforming uses, ali of which were approved. Three applications were appeals from the decision of the Building Inspector, two of which were approved and one was denied. The Board wishes to express their appreciation ot2 the eoperation given them by the citizens and the officials o£ the Town. Respectfully submitted, Board of Appeals o£ North Amdover RICHARD G. WHIPPLE, Chairma~ ANDREW E. AI2VINO, Secretary HENRY E. LUND PETER RITCHIE NICHOLAS NICETTA JAMES J. REGAN, Associate Member DONAI~D F. SMITH, Associate Member BENEDICT PERRONE, Associate Member 119 TREASURER'S REPORT Board of Selectmen Town of North Andover North Andover, Massachusetts Gentlemen: As Town Treasurer I submit my reoprt for the fisea! year ending December 31, 1953: Balance on hand, January 1, 1953 Receipts for the year Total Disbursements for the year Balance on Hand, December 31, 1953 Reconciliation of Cash: Bay State Merchants National Bank of Lawrence The Second National Bank of Boston Arlington Trust Co. of Lawrence Community Savings Bank of Lawrence Andover National Bank, Red School House Fund Pond School House Fund Balance on Hand, December 31, 1953 $333,041.17 2,581,443.16 $2,914,484.33 1,852,046.26 $1,062,438.07 $196,625.98 819,011.35 40,500.00 4,107.39 1,913.68 279.67 $1,062,438.07 ReconciLiation of Ba~r Statements Balance as per Bank Statements $1,082,013.77 Deposits in Transit 4,754.72 $1,086,768.49 Balance as per Check Register Outstanding Checks $1,056,137.33 30,631.16 $1,086,768.49 Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. MAKER Town Treasurer 120 TAX TITLE POSSESSIONS Balance, January 1, 1953 Debit: Low Value Foreclosures Credits: Sold Balance, December 31, 1953 TAX TITLE ACCOUNT Balance, January 1, 1953 Debit: Tax Title Takings in 1953 $75.15 Subsequent Taxes added in 1953 296.85 Total Debit: Credits: Redeemed $120.74 Partial Redemptions 160.58 Land Low Value Foreclosures 85.86 98,217.20 85.86 $8,303.06 47.68 $8,255.38 $1,110.89 372.00 $1,482.89 Total Credits 367.18 Balance, December 3], 1953 $1,115.71 FREE CASH AND ANALYSIS OF GENERAL CASH ACCOUNT DECEMBER 31, 1953 Surplus Revenue, Excess and Deficiency $191,240.85 Less--Outstanding Taxes of 1953 12,924.93 Total Free Cash $178,315.92 General Cash Reimbursement Chapter 90, G. L. Appropriation Voted Stabilization Fund, Water Less Cash Reserved: Federal Tax Withholding Dog Licenses due County Tailings 121 $1,062,438.07 1,000.00 9,000.00 $1,072,438.07 $5,586.70 16.20 111.79 Reserved--Gain on Tax Title, Section 79, Chapter 60, G.L. 35.04 Sale of Real Estate 4,458.37 Trust Fund Income 402.90 Reserve Fund--Overlay Surplus 17,702.58 Overlay Reserve--For Abatements 1953 6,602.60 Federal Grants: Old Age Assistance $3,278.82 Aid to Dependent Children 4,068.90 Disability Assistance 35.95 Total $42,299.85 Unexpe~ded Appropriation Balances: Carried over to 1954: Article 1, 1953, New Ladder Truck & Equipment $18,000.00 Article 11, 1952, Sealer of Weights & Measures 35.12 Article 41, 1953, Chapter 90 Highway Construction 3,823.99 Excavating Trenches New Dump Site 748.70 Article 72, 1952, Kittredge School Fence, etc. 268.83 Article 19, 1952, New High School 811,399.71 Article 29, 1953, Library Outside Repairs 2,000.00 Article 30, 1953, Library Inside Repairs 335.70 Article 18, 1951, Civil Defense 866.70 Article 13, 1953, Continuance Town History 620.51 Article 62, 1953, Extension Water Mains 745.70 Article 64, 1953, Cement & Line 'Water Mains 9,000.00 Reimbursement Chapter 90, G.L. 1,000.00 Premium School Bonds 3,962.90 School Lunch Account 493.77 Johnson High School Athletic Account 584.00 Total Unexpended Appropriation Balances Less Total Cash Reserved 122 $853,885.63 $896,185.48 $176,252.59 Add--Under Estimates: State Parks and Reservations $392.80 County T. B. Hospital Assessment 2,328.12 Deduct--Over Estimates: County Tax Proof--Total Free Cash as Above (Agrees with Amount Certified by Director of Accounts.) 2,720.92 $178,973.51 657.59 $178,315.92 Definition of Available Fund or Surplus Revenue This Account represents the amount by which the Cash, Accounts, Receivable and other current assets exceed the liabilities and reserves. This account may be built up as £ollows: (A) Unexpended balance of general and special appro- priations, including the balance of the Reserve Fund. (B) The excess of receipts from sources other than taxa- tion over estimated receipts, as used by the Assessors. The amount of this account over and above uncollected taxes of prior years may be considered "Free Cash" and avail- able for appropriations either for specific purposes or to offset the total appropriations voted. No use of available funds may be made unless by vote of the Town Meeting. Under the provisions of Section 7, Chapter 798, Acts of 1951, use of available funds shall not be subject to the approval of the Tax Commissioner. Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. MAKER Town Treasurer 123 ANNUAL REPORT NORTH ANDOVER HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR 1953 This project, of 24 units, was completed and occupied July 1950. During the past year, painting the exterior of the build- ings, (6) has been done ~nore arears hot topped--and general improvements made. Vacancy losses occur infrequently, 3 in 12 months. Sincere appreciation is due Mr. John W. Costello, whose term of office expired in March, for his able and valued service. To be admitted to tenancy, net annual income must be below the following: Families with one or less minor dependents $3,250.00 Families with two or less minor dependents 3,375.00 Families with three or more minor dependents 3,500.00 The Balance sheet of the Authority, as of December 31, ~953, is as follows: Assets CASI~ Administration Fund $13,111.66 FISCAL AGENT FUND Debt Service Fund 00.00 Development Fund $234,000.00 Development Liquidation 12,000.00 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Tenants $163.36 Cash on hand 53.50 Liabilities ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Accrued Pilot $1,151.68 Accrued Insurance 1,343~.00 Tax Withholdb~gs 49.20 FIXED LIABILITIES Bonds Authorized Bonds Retired $234,000.00 12,000.00 124 222,000.00 216.86 $235,328.52 $2,543.88 222,000.00 RESERVES Matured Int. and Principle $1,972.00 Operating Reserve 5,989~00 Debt Service Reserve 2,356.25 Reduction of Annual Contribution 1,018.32 Deficit 11,335.57 235,879.45 $550.93 $235,328.52 EDWIN C. MURPHY, Chairman RAYMOND BROADHEAD WILLIA.~I ANDREWS BERNARD BINGHAM IRVING C. HOWES 125 REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD The Planniug Board of North Andover held seventeen meetings during the year 1953, eight of which were Public Hearings. Five applications requesting the approval of the Board for proposed re-zonings were considered by the Board during tile year. Two requests were for proposed re-zonings from General Residential to Business Districts and these xvere denied. One application requested approval for a proposed re-zoning from Restricted Residential to an Educational District, one for a proposed re-zoning from Restricted Residential to a Business District and one for a proposed re-zoning from an Agricultural to an Industrial District. These applications were approved by the Board. Two applications were received requesting approval for proposed ameudments to the Zoning By-Daws, one was approved and one denied. Two applications were received re- questing approval o~ the layout of Phillips Court and Itarkaway Road. Both applications were approved. The Industrial Planning Board was organized during the year 1953. This Board consists of the five regular members of the Planning Board and ten associate members. Through the efforts of this new Board, a large area of land located on Osgood Street was re-zoned from an Agricultural to an indus- trial District. This parcel of land is now the site of the Western Electric Company. The members of the Planning Board wish to express their appreciation for tile cooperation given them by the citizens and the officials of the Town. Respectfully submitied, Plarming Board of North Andover NICIIOLAS NICETTA, Chairman HOWARD GILMAN, Secretary RICHARD G. WHIPPLE FRANK G. DRISCOLL, JR. FRANK W. LEE 126 REPORT OF THE RENT CONTROL BOARD Expenditures Johu R. Itosking, Supplies $103.95 Boynton Press, Supplies 10.80 A. K. Thomas, Rental of typewriter and stand 18.00 Daniel Cahill, stamps 5.25 Domenic J. Bonanno, Expenses 8.00 Philip Sutcliffe, Expenses 3.00 Anna Donahue, Salary 221.01 Total $370.01 Cases Disposed Of: 20% increase 7 New registrations received 4 De-control forms received 6 General purpose: readjustments 4 Major improvements 9 Landlord refund to tenant for overcharge 2 Denied increase 1 Re adjustment to comparable units 2 Tile Board held 14 meetings and 6 private hearings since :4ugnst 1, when the Rent Control Act went into effect. Mr. Edwin C. Murphy resigned and Raymond Broadhead was appointed to fill the vacancy. The Board wishes to express their appreciation for the cooperation given them by the citizens and officials of the town. Respectfully snbmttted, DOMENIC J. BONANNO, Chairman PtI1LIP SUTOLIFFE IRVING HOWLS WILLIAM BAMFORD RAYMOND BROADHEAD 127 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORT During tile winter months all roads were plo~ved, icy streets sanded and snow removed from the entrances of public buildings, stores and churches. The sand boxes were placed at dangerous intersections and hills where the public have found them most helpful. Many new boxes have been placed in various sections of the town and all others have been repaired and painted. Snow equipment was repaired and painted. The following streets were treated with MC3 Asphalt and sanded: Berry Street, Gray Street, Mill Road, Rea Street, Chestnut Street, Marblcridge Eoad from Salem Street to Dale Street, Appleton Street, Winter Street, Oak Avenue, Forest Street, Foster Street, Pleasant Street from Stevens Street to Great Pond Road, Furber Avenue, Brightwood Avenue, Parker Street, Princeton Street, Concord Street, Lexington Street, Camden Street, Bunkerhill Street, Putnam Road, Bradford Street, Abbott Street, Longwood Avenue, Rosedale Avenue, Trinity Court, Boston Street. Maple Avenue, Second Street and Johnson Street were oiled and honed. The street around North Andover Centre, Johnson, Salem and Academy Road were treated with RC3, pea stoned and rolled. At the annual Town meeting, money was appropriated for a bulldozer blade for the Cletrae Tractor, providing the new Disposal Site was procured. The t~ogers land on Clark Street was purchased and a new road built into the disposal site. Early in September, the Perry Street Dump was closed and Clark Street site was ready for collections. An attendant is stationed there all day and as the debris is brought in by truck it is covered over, thereby keeping the dump clean and elimi- nating unsightly- conditions. Article 39- Waverley Road Sidewalk Under Article 39 at the Town meeting, money was appro- priated to install a hot-top sidewalk on the easterly side of Waverley Road from Maple Avenue to Second Street. Some excavating was done because of the grade, then it was hot- topped with Type I mixture and the sides graded. Article 39., 1959.- Article 41, 1953- ~hapter 90 ~.1'.. Constrnction of Great Po~d Road This article was for the further rebtfiiding of Great Pond Road. The work is now completed to Flats Bridge and will be continued this year with the appropriations from State, Cotmty and Town Funds so that the road should be completed to the Crockett Sanatorium. Article 42- Chapter 90 Maintenance Pleasant Street from Clarendon Street to Stevens Street was treated with MC3 from gutter to gutter which widened 128 the road somewhat, pea stoned and rolled as was also Middlesex Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Marblehead Street and Greene Street. A surface drain was installed on Sutton Street near the residence of Norman Fleming to eliminate the constant flow of water from the field and crossing the street. This was a very dangerous condition, especially in the colder weather when the ice had formed. Article 44--Drainage--New High School The work of this project was given out to the Suburban Excavators Inc. of Wakefield, Mass. who was the lowest bidder. Three hundred four feet of R.C. eighteen-inch pipe and two two eatchbasins and one manhole installed on Pleasant Street, and thirty-six feet of forty-two-inch R.C. pipe in Concord Street, also two rubble headers constructed. Article 47 -- Waverly Road Surface Drain from Trinity Court to Greene Street Money ~vas appropriated at the annual Town meeting to install a surface drain on Waverly Road. The road was exca- vated to proper grade three hundred fifty feet of ten-inch pipe ]aid, two catchbasins and forty feet of twelve-inch cross drain installed. After the completion of the work, the road was graveled and rolled. Article 48 -- Sidewalk Project Many of the applications of the previous year ~vere taken care of this past year. This project has improved the appear- anee of many of the streets, new and old, since it ~vas first started in 1945. There are other applications which will be considered if money is appropriated. Article 49 ~ Repain~ing and Replacing Street Sign~ All signs were repainted and repaired if necessary and many new ones made and placed. The directional signs at North Andover Center had to be replaced as some were broken and others taken down. Many sidewalks in town were redressed with Type I Hot- top. Waverly Road from Baldwin Street to Union Street, Main Street from Ehn to the residence of Miss Field, both sides of Marblehead Street from Union to Middlesex, Sutton Street from North Main Street to Grosvenor Avenue and sections of Union Street from Waverly Road to Marblehead Street. Park Street from Chickering Road to Stevens Corner. IRA D. CARTY Highway Surveyor 129 EXPENDITURES OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Ackroyd, Herbert (Wages) Alpert, Harry (Wages) Andover St. Builders Supply (Supplies) Aube, Leonard (Wages) Bagliari, A. (Truck hire) Bailey, Kenneth (Truck hire) Bankers Commercial Corp. (Rental) Bars, Andrew (Wages) Barker, Chester (Sidewalk Repairs) Barker, George (Truck hire) Barrett Division (Patch) Barrlngton, Harold (Wages) Bassett Auto Radiator Shop (Repair) Beauchesne, William (Truck hire) Beaudoin, Archie (Wages) Beaudoin, Arthur (Wages) Beaudoln, Raymond (Truck hire) Bird, Roy (Wages) Bill's Auto Service (Repairs) Black, Charles (Wages) Boeglin, ALfred (Wages) Boyle, John (Wages) Bumyea, Joseph (Wages) Calebrese, Antonio (Wages) Oallahan, Gerald (Wages) Calvert, Gilbert (Wages) CaIzetta, John (Wages) Calzetta, Thomas (Wages) Canty, Charles (Wages) Carey, George (Wages) Carlson, RoLf (Wages) Carty, Ira D. {Registrations) Cashman's Service Station (Truck Hire & Repairs) Chadwick, Allen (Wages) Chamberlain, Francis (Wages) Clark, Fred (Wages) Clark, Philip (Wages) Clark, Wilcox Co. (Repairs) Connor, M. Edward (Repairs) Cotter, James (Wages) Crane Hardware Co. (Supplies) Cunningham, Edward (Wages) Curtis, tIollis (Wages) Curtis, Otis (Wages) Cushing, Joseph (Wages) L. C. Cyr Constr. Co. (Rental) Cyr, John J. (Truck Rite) Cyr Oil CO. (Gasoline) Davis Tractor Co. (Re,airs) Davis, RObert (Wages) DeAdder, Donald (Wages) DelDuoa Constr. Co. (Rental) DeLuxe Pilter& Piston CO. (Filter) Desmulier, Edmund (Wages) Desmuller. Oaston (Wages) Doherty, Robert (Wages) 1,467.59 53.50 1,407.97 2.929.06 8.00 6,80 20.38 20.38 8.00 8.00 187.37 39.84 1,295.45 1,522.66 267.90 7.19 275.09 8.45 8.45 32,00 32.00 58.53 58.53 8.00 8.00 27.00 27.00 27.00 27.00 8.00 8.00 109.00 100.00 188.00 188.00 279.60 2,525.10 2,804.70 640+79 74.28 715.07 48.00 8.00 56.00 8.00 8.00 254.50 254.80 16,45 18.45 32.00 84.00 96.00 76.50 44.50 121.00 8.00 8.00 16.00 $8.00 $8.00 16.00 16.00 8.00 8.00 454.50 98.00 550.00 900.00 960.00 110,00 110.00 ')11.00 211.{3{) 119.39 119.39 264.57 9.96 1,660.38 1,940.91 6.00 37.00 43.00 30.00 30.00 5.00 5.00 68.00 68.00 365.00 365.00 24.00 24.00 44.50 44.50 12.00 12,00 8.00 8.00 14.00 14.00 32.00 32.00 59,13 9.90 09.09 3.00 3.00 48.00 4g.o0 5.29 5.29 8.00 3.00 30.00 30.00 ]30 Donovan D. G. Machine & Auto Supply (Welding) Donovan, Edward (Wages) Driscoll, Daniel, Jr. (Wages) Drlscoll, John D. (Truck Hire) Driscoll, Paul (Wages) Dubois, Walter (Wages) Duds, John ~ Sons (Repair) Dwyer, Charles (Wages) Dyer Sales ~ Machinery CO. (Blades, Shovels and scoops) Eagle-Tribune Pub. CO. (Advertising) Eastern Mass. St. l%ailway CO. (Sand) Elliott, Edmund (Wages) Enaire, Henry (Wages) Essex Sand ~ Gravel Co. (Patch, Sand and Gravel) Parrell, James (Wages) Fenton, George (Wages) Foley, Henry P. (Salt & Shovels) Forgetta, Ellgio ~. (Tractor Hire) Foster, Earl (Scraping ~ Tractor Hire) Foster, Guy (Wages) Foulds, Donald (Wages) Founts(ne, l~onald (Wages) Frank's Atlantic Service (Repair) Frechette, Arthur (Drag) Galaezzi, Leo (Wages) General Tire Co. (Tires) Gillesple, Donald (Wages) Gilman, Howard (Wages) Gtrihaldl, Carlo (Wages) Goodhue, Ira, Jr. (Truck Hire) Griva, James (Wages) Gutters0n & Gould Inc. (Pipe) Haigh, John (Wages) Hamilton, Everett (Wages) Hanson, Alfred (Wages) Haverhill-Lawrence Transp. Co. (Express) Hargreaves, Hichard, Jr. (Wages) Harris, Derman (Wages) Hayward, Prank S., Jr. (Wages) Heft Equipment CO. (~tepairs) Helf~ich Bros. (Welding) Hlckiagbotham, William (Wages) Hilton Oil Co. (Oil) Hollsworth, l~obert (Wages) Hope Tire & Supply Co. (Tires) Hosking, John (Supplies) Hume Pipe of N.E. Inc. (Pipe) Hunt, Walter (Wages) Jackson Lumber Co. (Lumber) Janusz, Edward (Truck Hire) Kane, Georgee (Wages) Keating, Arthur (Wages) Kemp, Carl (Wages) Kent, Charles (Wages) Kent, William & Sons (Truck HJ~e) 326.25 132.75 459.00 85.91 2,401.02 289.62 2,776.55 18.00 16.00 096.00 296.00 24.09 24.00 16.00 64.00 80.00 13.96 20,20 34.16 8.00 8.00 2,337.55 1,242.80 3,630.35 11.70 3.60 15.30 90.00 90.00 8.00 8.00 26.00 86.09 27.12 4,259.24 4,286.36 8.00 8.00 56.00 56.00 598.00 596.00 14,00 14.00 64.00 170,00 234.00 lO.O0 lO.O0 8.00 8.00 16.00 16.00 106.25 106,25 25.00 25.00 40.00 40.00 375.20 375.20 128.33 128.33 15.00 15.00 16.00 16.00 270.00 270.00 184,88 1,728.68 1,913.06 7.50 7.50 8.00 8.00 11,00 11.00 8,00 S.00 1.77 1.77 107.50 96.00 203.50 12.00 12.00 32.00 3.00 40.00 72,07 72.07 142.80 28.00 170.80 24.00 24.00 121.32 61.90 183,22 40.00 40.00 34.05 828,64 862.69 18.20 18.20 532.31 832.31 24.00 24.00 15.94 15.94 288.00 288.00 303.17 179.28 2,089.11 2,571.56 48.00 48.00 8.00 72.00 80.00 8.00 8.00 390.~0 390.~0 131 Kllcour~e, John (Wages) Klous, Henry Co. Inc. (Ashes) Kondrat, Joseph (Wages) Kosdras, Walter (Wages) Lamprey, Paul (Wage~) Lawlor, Edward (Wages) Lawrence Mack Service (~epair) Lawrence MoOr Farts Co. (Plugs) Lawrence Flats ~ Window Ola~ CO. (~epair) Lawson, ~oger (Wages) A. L~ Co. (Salt) Lefebvre, ~obert (Wages) Lewis, ~aymond (Wa~es) Lewis, ~obe~ (Wages) Long, Kenneth (W~ge~) Lundqui~t, Norman (Wa~es) Lundquist, Bobert (Wages) Lynch, Arthur W. (Wages) McCabe, James (Wages) ~cGrail, Thomas (Registration) ~cCubbin, Charles (Wages) ~cDonald, John (Wages) McIntyre, Thomas (Wages) MacA~hur, Dale (Wages) Magoon, J~es (Wages) Mahoney, John J. (Lo~m) M~land, ~oy (Wages) ~artin, George (Wages) ~a~hews, John (Wages) Melamed, Edward (T~ck ~elamed, Maurlce (Wages) Michlum, Andrew (Wages) Miller, ~ames (Wages) Mlstretta, V. ~ Sons (Truck Hire) ~itchell, Charles (Wa~es) ~oynihan, ~obe~ (Wa~es) Nasagco Materials & Constr. Co. (Gravel) N. E. Asphalt ~ Tar CO. (~oad O11) Nlcetta, N. F. (T~ek ~ire ~epair) Nightingale, Wilfred (Wages) Noodigan, H. (Sidewalk ~epai~) North Shore Welding So.ice Oue~ette ~ Sons (~v~) P~lmieri, ~ohn (Wages) Farker, Tho~s (Wages) ~, Gilbert (~ck ~eidel, William (Wages) ~oek-Asphalt Co~. (Fatch) ~ogers, Fred (Wages) 8.00 8.0~ 47.50 47.50 16.00 16.00 12.00 12,00 8.00 8.00 225.88 225.83 4.24 4.24 8.00 247.50 4.00 12,00 16.00 240,00 16.00 16.00 16.00 3.50 321.83 312.50 6.00 8.00 32,00 16.00 229.08 265.00 83.00 129.20 24.00 96.50 164.50 32.00 8.00 160.00 58.00 8.00 3.50 777.00 8.00 132 59.76 89,64 258,96 18.66 15.66 8.00 247.50 4.00 12.00 16.00 188.50 428.50 16.00 16.00 16.00 16,00 3.50 3,00 3.00 1,865.99 2,247.58 1,632,20 2,034.34 6.00 8.00 7.50 7.50 32.00 16.QO 20.00 20.00 8.00 8.00 1,469.10 1,957~14 8,00 8.00 265.00 53.00 129.20 24,00 96.50 164,50 24.00 56.00 8.00 290,00 290.00 64.00 6~.00 11,565.12 11,565.12 287.27 287,27 269.00 429.00 40.00 128.00 75.00 75,00 71.64 71.~ 167.66 167.66 311,25 311.25 8.00 3,50 777.00 8.00 461.58 461.55 8.00 8.00 Sawyer, Mrs. Howard (Snow Fence) Schruender, G. H. Service Station (Gas & Oil) Sheehy, John (Wages) Slornba, Adam (Wages) Smith, Forrost ,Truck ITdre & Wages) Smith, Joseph (Wages) Smith, William (Wages) Smith, William O., Jr. (Wages) Smith, William J. (Wages) Smolak, Martin (Truck Hire) Stamp, Walter (Wages) Standard Sign ~ Signal Co. (Signs) Star Elec. Service ~ Tire Co. (Chains) State Street Truck l~epairs (Repairs) Stewart, Adellne (Services) Stewart, Francis (Wages) Stewart, Gerald (Wages) Stork, Arnold (Truck t~Are) Stott, John (Wages) Sullivan Typewriter CO. (Inspection) Summers Service Station (Oil) Surrette Supply Co, Inc. (Battery) Suttons Mills (Frame & Cover) Szelest, Antho~iy (Gravel) Szelest, Bruno (Wages) Sztucinski, Eugene (Wages) Taylor, Paul (Wages) The Texas Co. (Gasoline) Tombarello, John C. & Sons Inc. (Piping) Towers Motor Parts Corp. (Supplies) Travers, Michael (Wages) Treat Hardware Corp. (Supplies) Tremblay, Arthur (Wages) Thomson, Arthur, Jr. (Wages) Trimou~t Bit. Products Co. (Patch) Trombly Bros. Service Station (Repair) Tyning, Harold (Wages) Waddington, Richard (Wages) Walsh, Augustine (Wages) Walsh, George (Wages) Waiters, Clarence (wages) Wilcox, Charlea (Mowing) Wilcox, John J. (Truck Hire) Wilcox, Robert ((Wages) Wilson, Edward (Wages) Wilson, Rodney (Wages) Windle, Harold (Wages) Wmdle, Ralph (Wages) Winning, Joseph (Wages) Wood, Paul (Wages Zahn, Raymond (Wages) Zahn, Richard (Wages) Zahn, Robert (Wages) Zieba, Louis (Wages) 15.00 15.00 139,20 4.65 143,g5 16.00 16.00 80,00 80.00 8.00 8.00 72.21 2,414.06 194,10 2,680.37 10.00 16.00 234.00 234.00 370.39 8.60 2,540.77 2,919.76 10.00 10.00 54.73 54.73 48.48 48.48 2,589.60 2,589.60 6.00 6,00 B.O0 8.00 '72.00 72.00 12.10 12.10 8%60 87.60 4.50 4.50 53.00 53,00 8.00 8.00 654.26 1,094.77 1,749.03 14.85 14.85 42.00 42.00 37.91 8.86 46.77 8.00 8.00 60.00 go.o0 88.00 88.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 16.00 16.00 329.00 329.00 3.50 3.50 16,00 16.00 8.00 8.00 23.00 23.00 57.00 57.00 16.00 16.00 48.00 48.00 40.00 40.00 16.00 16.00 $19,980,78 133 $8,768.79 $52,887.84 $61,637.41 Article No. 39 M Waverley Road Sidewalk Maple Avenue to Second Street Walter Stamp (Wages) $39~84 Edward Lawlor (Wages) George Kane (Wages) George Martin (Wages) IIarold Barrington (Wages) James Griva (Wages) John McDonald (Wages) Wilfred Nightingale (Wages) Harold Windle (Wages) Charles McCubbin (Wages) Essex Sand & Gravel Co. (Hot-top) 29.88 19.92 9.96 19.92 39.84 29.88 24.00 19.92 4.36 245.73 Article No. 42--Chapter 90 Maintenance Edward Donovan (Wages) $9.96 Walter Stamp (Wages) 93.80 Edward Lawlor (Wages) 59.76 George Kane (Wages) 70.97 Charles McCubbin (Wages) 62.25 Harold Barrington (Wages) 69.72 Edwin Littlefield (Wages) 48.00 Gaston Desmulier (Wages) 48.00 George Martin (Wages) 39.84 John McDonald (Wages) 39.84 I-Iarold Windle (Wages) 29.88 James Griva (Wages) 29.88 Philip Clark (Wages) 9.96 Richard Hargreaves, Jr. (Wages) 8.00 Essex Sand & Gravel Co. (Sand & Patch) 614.86 Hume Pipe of N.E. (Pipe) 419.72 Bourdelais Bros. (Backhoe) 180.00 New England Asphalt & Tar Co. (Road Oii) 990.70 Andover St. Builders Supply (Supplies) 45.86 John J. Cyr, Jr. (Repairs) 30.00 State Prison (Frames & Grates) 99.20 $483.25 $3,000.00 Article No. 32- 1952 Article No. 41- 1953 Chapter 90 Construction--Great Pond l~oad Martin Mailet (Contract) $18,387.95 Essex Sand & Gravel Co. (Patch) 278.50 State Prison (Gra~es and Frames ) 405.10 $19,071.55 Article No. 44--New High School Drainage Ralph Brasseur (Survey) $209.65 Suburban Excavators lnc. (Contract) 3,776.40 Eagle-Tribune Pub. Co. (Advertising) 13.95 Article No. 45--Blade for Cletrac Tractor II. F. Davis Tractor Co. (Blade) Article No. 46- Sidewalk Tractor II. F. Davis Tractor Co. (Sidewalk Tractor) $2,800.00 Article No. 47- Surface Drain--Waverley Road Trinity Court to Greene Street Walter Stamp (Wages) $55.39 Harold Barrington (Wages) 9.96 George Marth~ (Wages) 9.96 $4,000.00 $2,616.60 134 Charles McCubbin (Wages) 29.88 James Griva (Wages) 79.68 Carl Kemp (Wages) 8.00 Edwin Littlefield (Wages) 16.00 Harold Windle (Wages) 19.92 John McDonald (Wages) 9.96 Wilfred Nightingale (Wages) 32.00 Hume Pipe of N~ E. (Pipe) 223.32 Andover St. Builders Supply (Cement) 5.93 Article No. 48 ~ Sidewalk Project Nicholas Nicetta (Contract) $1,709.72 Ralph Brasseur (Survey) 257.36 Article No. 49- Painting and Replacing Street Edwin Cunningham, Jr. (Repairing and and repainting signs) Article No. 52--Refuse Disposal Truck Gibson Motor Service (Truck) $7,794.30 Eagle-Tribune Publish. Co. (Advertising) 11.70 Closing Perry Street Dump Walter Stamp (Wages) $19.92 Philip Clark (Wages) Edwin Littlefield (Wages) Arthur Keating (Wages) Charles Mitchell (Wages) Richard Hargreaves, Jr. (Wages) Rich Bros. (Rental) James Smith (Bulldozer) Cyr Oil Co. (Gasoline) 19.92 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 200.00 105.00 119.00 Road Construction--New Dump Site James Griva (Wages) $29.88 Wil£red Nightingale (Wages) 24.00 Waiter Stamp (Wages) 49.80 Edward Lawlor (Wages) 49.80 I-Iarold Windle (Wages) 19.92 George Kane (Wages) 39.84 39.84 George Martin (Wages) Charles McCubbin (Wages) 39.84 Harold Barrington (Wages) 29.88 29.88 John McDonald (Wages) 59.76 Philip Clark (Wages) Nasagco Materials & Constr. Co. (Gravel) 142.00 Ne wEngland Asphalt & Tar Co. (Road Oil) 375.99 Essex Sand & Gravel Co. (Patch) 63.70 Excavating- New Dump Road Walter Stamp (Wages) $8.60 Edward Lawlor (Wages) Harold Windle (Wages) George Kane (Wages) Philip Clark (Wages) Charles Black (Wages) Edward Donovan (Wages) William Smith (Wages) E. V. DelDuca Co. (Backhoe) 8.60 8.60 8.60 8.60 8.60 8.60 8.60 382.50 135 $500.00 $1,967.08 Signs $200.00 $7,806.00 $495.84 $994.13 $451.30 REGULATIONS FOR LAYING OUT STREETS UNLESS OTHERWISE ORDERED IN A PARTICULAR CASE All requirements of the Planning Board must have been complied with, and the petitioner shall file with the Board of Selectmen a detailed copy of the plan approved by the Planning Board and such other plan as the Board may require. Releases from all abutting owners relieving the Town of North Andover from all damages which may be caused by changes in line and grade must be furnished by the petitioners. The conformity of the existing grade of the proposed way to the grade established by the Planning Board must be shown. 4. Ail loam shall have been taken off the full width of the street and sidewalks. The condition of the road and gravel sidewalks shall be satisfactory to the highway surveyor, who shall certify in writing to the Board of Selectmen that they have been put in condition in conformity with reasonable street and sidewalk construction practice. 5 The existing drainage must be satisfactory to the High- way Surveyor, and such fact shall be so certified by him in writing to the Board of Selectmen. (Adopted by the Board of Selectmen, January 13, 1947) 136 REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT During the year 1953, complaints were secured and pre- sented before the Court for action on the following offenses: Drunk 18 Assault 2 Larceny 2 Breaking and entering Driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated 5 Operating without license 2 Operating to endanger 1 Operators licenses suspended 31 Total 62 . Pedestrians killed in traffic 0 Complaints investigated 404 IIomes checked 63 Lost children returned to parents 13 Doors found open in business places 4 Bicycles registered 700 Respectfully submitted, · ALFRED ti. McKEE Chief of Police 137 LIST OF JURORS--1953 NAME ADDRESS OCCUPATION Ackroyd. Harold 35 Merrimae Street Weaver Archer. Nathaniel 10 Elm Street Clerk Bamford, William, Jr. 25 Thorndike Road Salesman Bamford, William, St. Beacon Hill Boulevard Machinist Bell, Arlene M. 61 Waverley Road Housewife Bell, Clarence 61 Waverley Road Motion picture oper. Bottomley. Sam 59 Herrlck Road Operative Calthorpe. Edmund 44 Church Street Salesman Carse, Lydia (~. 55 Prescott Street Secretary ChamberlaLU, Herbert B, 95 Pleasant Street l~ire Study Man Corrigan, Joh~ B. 83 Herrick Street Superintendent Crcnin, Mary J. 34 Saunders Street Clerk Cullen, George 15 Brlghtwoad Avenue Reporter Currier, Helen F. 189 High Street Clerk Davis, Freeman J. 104 Milk Street Salesman DlSlmone, Anthony 15 Union Street Mechanic Driver, Joseph T. 508 Main Street Clerk Driver, Sarah T. I439 Oreat Pond Road Saleslady Drummond, Arthllr 38 Johnson Street Operative Dubols, William 20 School Street Operative Duhamel, Helena D. 364 Main Street Housewife Elander, Frank 89 Union Street Pin Setter Emmet, William, Sr. 93 Union Street Machinist Parnum, Alden B, 426 Farnmn Street Mechanic Parnum, John C. 397 Earnum Street Mechanic Fellows, Ida E. 18 Wiley Court Housewife Fenton, Marguerite 65 Marblehead Street Mender Fessenden, Charles A. 3 William Street Line Assigner Firth, Leonard 32 Cabot Road Carpenter Poster, Beatrice 135 Foster Street Housewife Poster, Earl 135 Foster Street Farmer Poster, Lorlng B. 469 Stevens Street Mechanic Pountain, Raymond 25 Stonlngton Strce~ Loom Fixer Fretwell, Eleanor F. 330 Andover Street Housewife Gallagher, Prank J. 65 Greene Street Real Estate Haltmaler, Albert 271 Stevens Street Machinist Hilton, David W. 6 Union Street Painter Humphries, William l~. 291 Middlesex Street Retired Jackson, Phyllis 18 William Street Housewife King, Louisa 44 Marblehead Street Assistant Librarian Kwet, Emily 107 Gray Street Housewife Lund, Henry E. ~5 Prescott Street Overseer MacCannell, Augustine 12 Lincoln Street Stereotyper May, Edwin 24 Church Street Operative Mayer, John H. 84 Academy Road Wool Sorter Maynard, Margaret 55 Maple Avenue Housewife McKinnon, Charles 334 Osgood Street Weaver McMurray, William J. 32 Dufton Court Weaver Mldgley, Philip 22 Maple Avenue Operative Miller, Ethel 21 Edmands 1%cad Nurse Mllnes, Andrew W. 53 Marblehead Street Machinist Mlnlhan, John J. 49 Parker Street Belier-Fireman Moody, Olive A.P. 100 Marblertdge Road Nurse Murphy, James J, 85A M~ain Street Mechanic Murphy, Walter 8 Morton Street Moulder Pearman, Ernest J. 12 Little Road Engineer Pedlar, Lllllan 296 Sutton Street Housewife 138 NAME ADDRESS OCCUPATION Pillion, John M. 81 Massachusottts Ave. Piper Powers, Dorothy L. 28 Cabot Road Baby Chick Sexor Rea, George A. 671 Chestnut Street Farmer Richardson, James F. 63 Herrick Road Foreman Riley, NelsOn Sllsbee Road Bookkeeper Ritchie, Peter 244 Sutton Street Clerk Robinson, Arthur 226 Main Street Clerk Roesch, Paul A. 256 Middlesex Street Machinist Russell, Roland B. 14 Edmands Road · ~lanaEer Shapcotte, Harold T. 109 Marblehead Street Loom Fixer Shapcotte, Thomas Dufton Court Operative Slipkowskl, John 46 Camden Street Operative Smith, Annie M. 29 Brightwood Avenue Housewife The foregoing is a hist of persons, legal voters in the Town of North Andover presented by the Selectmen of the Town of North Andover, as persons liable for ,Jury Duty, in accordance with Chapter 284 of the General Laws. JOHN J. WILLIS, Chairman AllTHUiI A. THOMSON ARTIIUtt P. KIRK Board of Selectmen of North Andover 139 REPORT OF CIVIL DEFENSE ]953 was a comparatively quiet year for the local Civil Defense Organization. With the end of the Korean War, local interest decreased almost to thc vanishing point and most of the work is now being done at the State and Federal level. The Federal Government inaugurated a new system of radio broadcasting known by the name of "Conelrad", under which all radio stations will be switched during the period of emer- gency to either 640 or 1240 kilocycles and to low power so that each station wilt be heard in its respective area only-. Civil Defense and other emergency instructions will be broad- cast by this means and can be tm~ed in by means o£ automobile and other portable radios which will not be affected by power failure. After the Worcester tornado, some assistance was requested by Civil Defense Authm'lties, and a group of local men was sent to Worcester with chain saws to assist in clearing the debris. The State has adopted a plan for disbursing first-aid supplies in scattered places throughout the State. As a con- sequence, several boxes of first-aid supplies and several bundles of stretchers have been stored in thc Fire Station for emergency use in any part of the State where disaster might occur. During the year, a total of $72.79 was expended by the Civil Defense Council, the bulk of which was for the installa- tion of an extension loud speaker at the Fire Station so that in case the Civil Defense Radio had to be left unattended in the I'olicc Station, a switch could be thrown and any emergency messages could be received in the Fire Station. Respectfully submitted, S. FOi~BES ROCKWELL, J1Z. Director of Civil Defense 14(I TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT RECEIPTS Taxes Current Year--1953: Poll $4,570.00 Property 525,028.23 Previous Year~1952: Property ' 13,458.13 Tax Titles: Redemptions 281.32 Possessions 15.00 Water Liens Added to Taxes: Levy of 1953 57.34 Levy of 1952 76.96 From State: Income Tax--Under Educational Basis Chapter 70, G.L. 48,604.93 Transportation Pupils--Chapter 71, G.L. 66.00 Reimbursement School Transportation 149.83 Corporation Tax Business 63,939.49 Meal Tax Old Age Assistance 3,143.96 Income Tax---Under State: Valuation Basis 26,722.13 Reimbursement Loss of Taxes 2,021.84 Reimbursement Real Estate Taxes 645.04 Licenses and Permits Liquor $4,800.00 Pedlar 70.00 Sunday 70.00 Common Victualer 85~00 Milk Licenses 24.50 Pasteurization 20.00 Ice Cream 10.00 Alcohol 3.00 Oleomargarine 12.50 Slaughter 5.00 Employment 5.00 Taxi ~ 16.00 Junk 20.00 Used Car Dealer's 30.00 Sell, Rent, Lease Fire Arms 5.00 Nursery School 3.00 Revolver 40.00 Dancing 10.00 Auctioneer 2.00 Buy and Scl] Used Furniture 5.00 Court Fines From County: Dog Fund Account Fines and Forfeits Grants and Gifts 141 $596.37 $693,780.20 5,236.00 75.00 From Federal Government: Old Age Assistance: Assistance Administration Aid to Dependent Children: Aid Administration Disability Assistance: Administration 60,311.38 3,814.34 11,236.59 784.14 31.62 Special Assessments Unapportioned Sewer $2,774.64 Unapportioned Sewer, Chapter 80 1,732.42 Apportioned Storm Drain, Chapter 80 Due in 1953 256.80 Apportioned Storm Drain Paid in advance 173.70 Apportioned Storm Drain Due in 1952 19.87 Apportioned Sewer Assessments Chapter 380, Due in 1953 20.80 Moth Assessments: Levy 1953 213.50 Levy 1952 6.50 Privileges Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes: Levy 1953 $57,947.73 Levy 1952 7,505.81 Departmental Treasurer: Court Room Rental $90.00 Tax Title Certificates 12.00 Tax Collector: Gross Return 1951 Premium Bond 117.13 Municipal Liens and Betterment Discharges 242.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures: Fees 94.50 Health: Plumbing Inspections 238.00 ~ SRptic Tank Permits 54.00 - From State--Subsidy 499.29 " From State--Reimbursements 511.50 From Cities--Reimbursements 385.50 From Individuals 102.50 Sewer Maintenance and Construction 4,199.81 Highway: Cancelled Registration 1.50 From State--Joint Maintenance 2,000.00 From State Joint Construction 9,900.25 From County--Joint Construction 4,950.15 Use of Roller 145.00 Hol-Top ]Patch 10.00 Infirmary: Board and Room 525.82 Telephone Tolls 4.90 Sale of Hay 171.60 Sale of Old Materials 30.00 Sale of I~ive Stock 10.00 76,774.44 5,198.23 65,453.54 142 Charities: Reimbursement for Relief: From State 2,332.43 From Cities and Towns 469.80 From Individuals 352.36 Stone Fund---Income 256.24 Reimbursement for Aid to Dependent ............. Children--From State .8,559.37 Reimbursement for Old Age Assistance: From State 57,321.37 From Cities and Towns 2,425.93 From Individuals 2 019.15.~. Yeterans' ]Benefits: From State ~ 5,440.45 Reimbursement for Disability Assistance: From State Schools From State Tuition Vocational School Pupils 737.06 Project Money 167.75 Sale of Supplies 27.97 School Building Program--From State: Kittredge School 7,920.78 Bradstreet School 4,811.72 Moses Towne Fund 69.66 Stevens Memorial Library: · Fines and Reserve Book Fees 519.76 Unclassified: Sale of Real Eslate 1,000.00 Sale of Land 177.30 Sale of Old Materials 11.00 Tailings 53.84 Sale of Bathing Beach Tags 188.40 Sale of Old Civil Defense Truck 25.00 Unused Appropriation balance: North Andover Housing Authority 351.09 Fire Insurance Dividends 204.38 Public Works: Gas Tax Refund 1952 20.98 $119,765.85 School Lunch Account: State Aid 3,802.37 Sale of Food 14,363.52 18,165.89 Johnson High School: Athletic Account 1,504.48 Public Service Enterprises Sale of Water $42,861.52 Construction and Miscellaneous 10,292.58 Interest On U.S. Treasury Bills $9,648.68 On Deposits 100.77 On Deferred Taxes 502.29 On Betterment Assessments 118.29 On Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 30.60 On Water Liens 1.93 On Pond School 3.45 On Red School 28.05 On Tax Titles Redeemed 10.29 143 53,154.10 10,444.35 Agency County Tax $26,937.98 Dog Licenses 913.80 Em_nloyees Payroll Withholdings Federal Tax Withholding $50,061.20 Essex County Annuity Savings Fund 11,449.36 Massachusetts Teachers Retirement Association 8,524.05 Employees Group Insurance Deductions 1,145.99 New High School Project Loan-- Article 19, 1952 Temporary Loan--Reimbursement Chapter 90, G. L. Premium High School Bonds Stabilization Fund--Schools: Transferred to General Cash Account --For Payment of New Ladder Truck, Fire Dept. Article 1, March 14, 1953 Special Town Meeting I{etunds Taxes $1,441.48 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 2,650.28 Tax Collector Expenses: Petty Cash Advance 100.00 Police Expenses 4.59 Outside Relief and Repairs Expenses 20.85 Old Age Assistance Expenses 260.39 U.S. Old Age Assistance: Assistance 135.81 U.S. Disability Assistance: Administration 5.00 Veterans' Benefits 25.00 School Expenses 11.50 School Lunch Account 4.12 Johnson High School Athletic Account: Petty Cash Advance 60.00 Stevens Memorial Library Expenses: Petty Cash Advance 10.00 Memorial Day 13.50 Insurance 1,261.98 Water Maintenance and Construction: Expenses 48.20 Excavation Trenches at New Dump Site 400.00 Total Cash Balance, January 1, 1953 Grand Total EXPENDITUI{ES ~ 1953 Selectmen -- Salaries John J. Willis (Salary) $300.00 Arthur A. Thomson (Salary) 360.00 Arthur P. Kirk (Salary) 300.00 Andrew F. Coffin (Salary) 60.00 Joseph M. Finneran (Salary) 60.00 Total Expended 144 27,851.78 71,180.60 1,400,000.00 1,000.00 7,406.00 18,000.00 6,452.70 $2,581,443.16 333,041.17 92,914,484.33 $1,080.00 Selectmen -- Expenses Association oi Town Finances Committees (Dues) $10.00 Lillian B. Dearden (Services rendered) 520.00 Lillian B. Dearden/Daniel Cahill (1,000 3c envelopes printed) 36.32 Eagle Tribune Publishing Co. (Notices) 25.20 Essex County Selectmen's Association (Dues) 9.00 John R. ttosking (Supplies) 9.00 Massachusetts Selectmen's Association (Dues) 45.00 Naiman Press (Supplies) 5.50 New England Tel. & TeL Co. (Services) 210.65 Frank Oates & Son (Flowers) 16.00 John J, Willis (Expenses to Mass. Selectmen's Assn.--three Selectmen) 23.10 Total Expended $909,77 Balance to Revenue 1953 10.23 TOTAL Accountant Mary T, Finn (Salary) Accountant -- Clerical Hire Claire A. Foley $27,00 52.00 Rose McEvoy Nancy A. Lawlor 217.60 Total Expended $296.60 Balance to Revenue 1953 203.40 TOTAL 920.00 $3,070.00 500.00 Accountant -- Expenses New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) $140.85 John R. Hosking (Payroll Forms and Supplies) 54.80 Sullivan Typewriter Co. (Rental and Repairs) 40.10 The National Cash Register Co. (Inspection Contract) 20.00 Royal Typewriter Co. Inc. (New Typewriter) 182,50 Lawrence Bindery Co. (Binding of Account Books) 33.00 Massachusetts Municipal Association (Dues) 3.00 The Commowealth of Mass.--Director of Accounts (Printed Forms) 33.45 Daniel F. Cahill, Postmaster (Stamps) 6.00 Manifold Supplies Co. (Supplies) 8.00 Total Expended $521.70 Balance to Revenue 1953 30.80 TOTAL 552.50 145 Treasurer- Salaries James J. Maker (Salary) $3,640.00 Rose S. McEvoy (Salary) 2,585.96 Treasurer- Expenses Daniel E. Cahill, Postmaster (Envelopes and Stamps) $284.42 Phoenix Indemnity Co. (Treasurer's Bond) 228.50 Phoenix Indemnity Co. (Forgery Bond) 37.50 Aetna Casua]ty Co. (Burglary and Holdup Insurance) 36.68 The Todd Sales Co.: 20NI--Litho Dup. Blue Streak Checks 378.73 Servicing Check Writer & Signer 30.00 Ribbons for Check Writer and Signer 10.00 James J. Maker, Expenses: Meeting Treasurer's Association 31.84 Dues Treasurer's Association 2.00 Essex County Retirement Board at Salem, Mass. 5.20 Bus Fares to Bank and Registry o£ Deeds 32.55 Trips to Boston (On School Bond Bond Issue, Etc.) 15.33 Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Certifying Notcs 2.00 The First National Bank of Boston: (Service for Paying Coupons) 10.00 Lawrence Bindery Co. (Bindings) 19.50 Bay State Merchants National Bank (Rent of Safe Deposit Box) 6.00 John R. Hosking (Office Supplies) 44.38 Hobbs & Warren, Inc. (Payroll Forms & Binders) 20.71 New England Tel .& Tel. Co. (Services) 83.28 Sullivan Typewriter Co. (Quarterly Inspection) 11.00 L. & L. Transportation Co. (Cartage) 3.26 Leonard Melvin (Bounty for Killing Bobcat) 10.00 Total Expended $1,302.88 Balance to Revenue 1953 26.12 TOTAL Custodian Tax Title Account James J. Maker (Salary) Daniel F. Cahill (Register Mail) $.37 Elwyn A. King (Legal Services) 10.00 Eagle Tribune Publishing Co. (Advertising) 4.50 Total Expended $14.87 Balance to Revenue 1953 110.13 TOTAL 146 $6,225.96 1,329.00 $100.00 125.00 Tax Title Foreclosure- l~xDenses The Land Court $36.00 North Essex Registry o£ ,Deeds 25.00 Daniel F. Cahill, Register Mail .74 Total Expended $61.74 Balance to Revenue 1953 103.26 TOTAL 165.00 Tax Collector ~ Salaries Frank E. Wallwork, Jr. (Salary) $1,525.00 Ida K. Farrell (Salary) 2,730.00 TOTAL $4,255.00 Tax Collector -- Expenses Petty Cash Advance $100.00 P. O. Box rental 3.30 Postmaster (Envelopes & Stamps) 241.19 John R. ttosking (Supplies & Equipment) 70.10 Sullivan Type~vriter Company (Contract) 12.10 Mass. Collector's Ass'n. (Due)s 2.00 Mass. Deputy Collector's Ass'n. (Dues) 1.00 Lawrence Bindery (Binding Records) 24.25 Thomas' Boston, Lowell & Lawrence Express (Cartage) .75 Roger Dejullu (Office Deputy's Bond) 12.50 Anthony Insurance Company (Deputy Collector's Bond) 5.00 Great l~ond Insurance Company (Collector's Bond) 357.75 Great Pond Insurance Company (Burglary Insurance) 44.83 A. W. Lafond and Company (Printing Tax Bills) 258.62 Hobbs and Warren (Forms) 15.57 The Naiman Press (Warrant Notices) 10.00 Cecelia Sheehan (Services) 80.00 Eagle Tribune (Advertising Tax Takings) 16.20 G. Hudson Driver or Frank E. Wallwork, Jr. (Recording Deeds and Tax Taking Expenses ) 21.75 New England Telephone Company 118.77 Harold E. Larkin (Services of Deputy Collector) 29.00 Ida K. FarreB (Collector's Ass'ri. Meetings) 4.41 Frank E. Wallwork, Jr. (Collector's Ass'ri. Meetings) 13.75 Frank E. Wallwork, .Ir. (Expense Boston Tax Cases) 4.35 Minus Advance Petty Cash Total Expenses Balance to Revenue TOTAL $1,447.19 100.00 $1,347.19 252.81 $1,600.00 147 Assessors' -- Salaries IIenry E. Lund $700.00 Edward W. Phelan 700.00 Marguerite Soucy 700.00 Myrtle Mayer 49.73 Flora II. McCubbin 2,536.27 $4,686.00 Assessors' -- Expenses Association o£ Mass, Assessors (Dues) $9.00 Boynton Press (Forms) 19.05 Ralph B. Brasseur (Services) 1,130.00 Daniel Cahil! (Envelopes) 44.96 W. F. Costello (Supplies) 6.00 IIighland Towel Supply Co., Inc. (Services) 15.00 I-Iobbs & Warren, Inc. (Forms) 96.80 John Hosking (Supplies) 29.21 IIenry E. Lund~For Board (Meetings) 86.62 Lawrence Bindery (Binding) 11.75 Henry E. Lund (Mileage) 59.22 Manifold Supplies (Supplies) 19.50 Myrtle Mayer (Services) 30.00 Flora H. McCubbin (Asst. Assess.) 215.00 Flora H. McCubbin (Postage) 8.00 McQuesten's (Furnishing) 176.45 Edward W. Phelan (Mileage) 43.44 N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) 84.83 Marguerite Soucy (Mileage) 58.08 Stoncham Independent (Supplies) 2.00 Lilla S. Turner (Services) 161.99 Typewriter Exchange (Services) 12.50 Underwood Corporation (Services) 13.43 C. E. Whitlock (Supplies) 3~00 Expended $2,385.83 Balance to Revenue, 1953 13.17 TOTAL $2,399.00 License Commissioners-- Expenses IIobbs & Warren, Inc. (Application forms) $7.30 New England TeL & TeL Co. (Services) 67.87 Barbara Philbrick (Services rendered) 20.78 Tribune Publishing Co. (Notice) 4.05 Total Expended 100.00 Town Clerk-- Salary John g. Lyons (Salary) $700,00 Town Clerk-- Expenses New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) $70.55 Daniel F. Cahill (Stamps & registered Mail) 17.29 Thomas J. McGrail (Bond) 10.00 Cecilia M. Sheehan (Services) 20.00 John J. Lyons (Swearing in Officers) 11.00 Walter Costello (Mass. Book of Laws) 3.00 John R. Hosking (Office Supplies) 28.90 148 Sullivan Typewriter Co. (Reconditioning Royal Typewriter) 35.20 1V£assachusetts Town Clerk Association (Dues & Subscription) 7.50 The National Institute of Municipal Clerks (Dues) i0.00 McQuestens ( Office Supplies) 11.65 The Boynton Press (Printing Birth Certificates) 4,50 Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co, (Advertising) 3,15 Total Expended $232.74 Balance to Revenue 1953 17.26 TOTAL Election l~egistrars John J. Lyons (Salary) Patrick C, Cronin (Salary) Fred McCormack (Salary) John J. McDuffie (Salary) Elwyn King (Moderator) Total Expended $150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 50.00 Election Expenses Street Listing, Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4 Allen Morse $90,00 Leona Scheipers 90.00 Cecelia Sheehan 90.00 Mary Roche 95.00 Miscellaneous Cecelia Sheehan (Clerical) $170.40 Frank Howard (Posting Warrants) 12.50 Alex Ness (Posting Warrants) 5.00 Bee Publishing Co. (Printed Warrants) 100.40 The Boynton Press, Inc. (Ballots) 366.36 Spaulding Moss Co, (Street Lists) 268.70 Crane Hardware (Bulbs) 1.68 Garnett Wilson (Sound Machine) 40.00 Eagle Tribune Publishing Co. ( Advertising ) 45.90 Merrimack Valley Wood Products, Inc. (10 Double Election Booths) 295.00 McQuestens (Files, Book case) 69.20 Carl Thomas (Janitor Service) 4.00 John J. Cushing (Janitor Service) 4.00 Wages Kathryn Finn $14.00 Cornelius Hegarty 13.00 Arlene Bell 12.00 William Ward 12.00 Emily Murphy 12.00 Mabel Walsh 12.00 Mary C. Hill 12.00 Barbara McCarthy 12.00 Geraldine Hegarty 12.00 Doris Rehn 12.00 250.00 $650,00 Rose Macklin Katherine Davis Ethel Donovan Mabel Smith John Lavin George Cunningham Joseph W. Lawlor Patrick C. Cronin Fred McCormack George Morse Elizabel,h Murphy Rose McEvoy Helena Reilly Alfred Garneau Harry Michelmore Herbert Stillings Vera Barbette Clara Sutcliffe Nellie Summers Alice A. Cavallaro Loretta Wilson Florence Maguire Mildred Ackroyd Lillian McDonald Theresa Murphy Nellie McGlynn Alice Kane Myron B. Lewis Hector Lefebvre Donald Thomson Christopher Higginbottom Charles Winning Karl Wainwright James P. Daw Ernest Summers Marian Weeks Vera S. Warwick Lewis Broadhead Catherine Sweeney Gertrude Gillespie Sam Bottomley Louisa M. King Elizabeth Trombly Thomas Smith Jacqueline Riley Josephine Rivet Emma Trickett Mary E. Lannon William Humphries Andrew Milne Carl Thomas Robert Sanborn Sidney Rea Natalie Forgetta George Rea Eleanor Montgomery Fred D. Whittier Cornelius J. Donovan Helena Rostron John J. Milnes Margaret Reardon 150 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 14.00 4.00 14.00 13.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12,00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 14.00 13.00 12.00 12,00 12.00 12.00 12,00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12,00 14.00 13.00 12,00 12.00 12,00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 William Stone 12.00 Philip Busby 12~00 Adah Rea 12.00 Florence Kilcourse 12~00 John Slipkowsky 12.00 Marion Howard 12.00 John J. Cushing 12.00 Paul Dyer 12.06 Helen Stanwood 5.00 Winifred Wicks 5.00 Agnes Doherty 5.00 Elizabeth Doherty 5.00 Total Expended $2,652.14 Balance to Revenue 1953 222.86 TOTAL Planning Board--Expenses 1953 Angelina Kelley (services regular Planning Board) $150.00 Angelina Kelley (services Industrial Planning Board) 45.00 Angelina Kelley (postage) 12.00 Massachusetts Federation of Planning Boards (dues) 12.50 Bee Publishing Company (Printing of Zoning By-Laws) 79.50 Eagle Tribune Publishing Company (advertising) 33,30 Ralph B. Brasseur (Civil engineer-servies) 110.00 John R. Hosking (Supplies) 7.12 Total expended $449.42 Balance to revenue 1953 51.58 TOTAL Board of Appeals--l~xpenses 1953 Angelina Kelley (services) $150.00 Angelina Kelley (postage) 9.00 Elwyn A. King (legal services) 40.00 John R. Itosking (supplies) 6.00 Total Expended $205.00 Balance to revenue 1953 145.00 TOTAL Janitor Town Hall John J. Cushing (Salary) Maintenance Town Building m Salary George Sanford (Salary) Maintenance Town Building ~ Exl~enses Atlas Products Co. (Light bulbs) $75.91 Bean & Poore (Lumber) 39.12 Board of Public Works (Water) 30.72 Joseph A. Collins (Labor) 22.25 151 $2,875.00 $500.00 $350.00 $400.0O $936.00 Commonwealth of Mass., Dept. of Correction (Supplies) 21.60 Crane Hardware Co. (Supplies) 18.01 William Cyr (Labor & supplies) 85.00 Dyer-Clark Co. (Light fixtures) 472.27 First National Stores (Supplies) 3.52 F. J. Flemings, Inc. (Supplies) 4.75 H. L. Gilman (Labor) 91.20 Hilton Oil Co. (Fuel oil) 1,080.00 J. I. Holcombe Mfg. Co. (Supplies) 21.25 Lawrence Electric Co. (Services) 352.50 Lawrence Gas Co. (Services) 7.12 Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. (Services) 292.80 Lawrence Plate & Window Glass Co. (Labor & supplies) 112.80 Lawrence Window Cleaning Co. (Washing windows ) 120.00 Fred Leach (Labor & supplies) 73.35 Mary Leach 7.88 Thomas II. Lebel (Labor & supplies) 18.87 Meagan's Rexall Drug Store (Supplies) 7.50 Merit Paper & Chemical Corp. (Supplies) 16~40 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) 175.15 Nutter Hardware Co. (Supplies) 3.00 Nutter Sign Service (Sign & hardware)' 9.00 R. L. Polk & Co. (Directory) 25.00 George Sanford (Care of lawn & services rendered) 48.40 George Seymour (Labor) 5.00 George Stewart (Installing new lights) 43.80 Trombly Bros. Service Stations (Fuel oil) 430.49 H. J. Welch Co. (Labor & supplies) 47.50 Wing's Express, Inc. (Transportation charge) 1.80 Total Expended $3,763.96 Balance to Revenue 1953 .04 TOTAL Article 18, 1953--Town Dump Site Margaret A. Rogers (Total Expended) Police -- Salaries Alfred It. McKee (Chief) Richard S. Hilton (Sergeant) $3,604.00 Balance to Revenue 1953 144.16 TOTAL Myron B. Lewis (Patrolman) $3,308.76 A. IIoughton Farnham (Patrolman) 3,308.76 Everett Woodhouse (Patrolman) 3,308.76 Norman Fleming (Patrolman) 3,308.76 Joseph W. Lawlor (Patrolman) 3,308.76 Russell Donnelly (Patrolman) 3,308.76 Robert Sanborn (Patrolman) 2,863.35 John J. Willis (Patrolman) 190.89 Charles McCubbin (Res) 254.52 Total Expended 152 $3,764.00 $5,000.00 $4,122.56 $3,748.16 $23,161.32 Frank Dushame (Reserve Officer) $728.46 Paul G. Dyer (Reserve Officer) 68.38 Ronald Haggerty (Reserve Officer) 52.47 Frank Howard (Reserve .Officer) 210.24 Paul Lafond (Reserve Officer) 159.00 John J. Lanni (Reserve Officer) 302.13 Leo Macklin (Reserve Officer) 87.45 Charles McCubbin (Reserve Officer) 628.20 Alex Ness (Reserve Officer) 367.30 Alfred/4. McKee (Special Officer) 12~72 Myron B. Lewis (Special Officer) 12.72 Everett Woodhouse (Special Officer) 12.72 Norman Fleming (Special Officer) 12.72 Joseph W. Lawlor (Special Officer) 12.72 Robert Sanborn (Special Officer) 12.72 Total Expended $2,685.95 Balance to Revenue 1953 275~01 TOTAL Police -- Expenses American LaFrance Foamite Corp. (Batteries and Rubber Coats) $44.04 Atomlite (Siren) 85.00 Bill's Auto Service (Repairs, gas and oil) 149.88 The Boynton Press, Inc. (Stationery) 12.00 Daniel Cahill, Postmaster (Envelopes) 20.04 Central Service Station (Repairs, gas and Supplies) 18.10 Clayton's Service Station (Gasoline) 4.42 M. Edward Connor (Battery) 24.50 Conlon Bros. (Supplies) 19.90 Crane Hardware Co. (Supplies) 13.73 Crosby Publishing Co. (Directory) 15.00 Cyr Oil Co. (Oil) 29.80 Davis & Furber Machine Co. (Repairs) 4.82 The C. II. Dolge Co. (Supplies) 14.06 Donovan's Service Station (Oil) 21.20 Elliot's (Flooring) 115.00 J. O. Ellis & Son (Sign Posts) 3,00 Essex Signs (Repairing Signs) 40.00 Everson-Ross Co. (Badge) 2.84 Finberg Supply Co. (Supplies) 17.23 Franklin Paint Co. Inc. (Traffic Paint) 33.26 Frank's Atlantic Service (Repairs and Supplies) 54.07 Leo Gateazzi (Street Marking) 32.00 Howard L. Gilman (Oil Burner Repairs) 13.50 Gotham Fire Equipment Co. (Badges) 105.15 Mary V. IIannigan (Police Matron) 10.00 Harvey Signs (Signs) 9.50 Highland Towel Supply (Towel Rental) 24.00 /4ilton Oil Co. (Gasoline) 2.00 Richard S. Hilton (Expenses to meeting) 4.37. IIollins Super Service (Fuel Oil) 333.05 John R. Hosking (Supplies) 18.70 Frank Howard (Painting, cleaning and replacing signs) 146.00 Int. Assoc. of Chiefs of Poilce Inc. (Dues) 10.00 Joseph Lafr~nier (Street Marking) 19.63 153 $2,960.96 Lawrence Plate & Window Glass Co. (Repairs) 1.53 Lawrence Wholesale Drug Co. (Supplies.. 8.33 Lawrence Truck Sales Co. (Repairs) 28.74 M. Linsky & Bros. Inc. (Uniforms) 434.50 Little Fawn Cleaners, Inc. (Cleaning) 3.66 Longbottom's Market (Supplies) 5.01 R. J. MaeCartney Co. (Supplies) 8.00 Mass. Chiefs of Police Association (Dues) 5.00 ti. B. McArdle (Supplles) 13.10 McCarthy Express Co. (Express) 4.59 Alfred Ii. McKee (Expenses to meetings and Convention) 185.52 McQuesten's (Supplies) 36.05 Middlesex Supply Co. (Road Paint) 5.30 Arthur Morris (Street Marking) 19.63 New England Assoc. of Chiefs of Police (Dues) 5.00 Alex Ness (Repairs) 6.00 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) 378.01 Railway Express Agency (Express) 7.83 Reliance Motor Transportation Co. (Express) 2.11 Edward Riemitis (Inspections and Radio repairs ) 233.50 Saunders Studio (Photos) 17.50 Shawsheen Motor Mart (Repairs, Gas and Oil) 359.54 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. (Gasoline) 883.19 Sportsman's Log Cabin (Supplies) 3.65 State Prison (Signs and Plates) 211.74 George Stewart (Repairs) 3.00 A. K. Thomas (Repairs) 4.50 Treat IIardware Corp. (Supplies) 2.50 Tropical Paint & Oil Co. (Paint) 57.40 Turnpike Service Station (Repairs and Supplies ) 7.25 Wing's Express Inc. (Express) 8.70 Total Expended $4,419.97 Refund 4.59 Balance to Revenue 1953 TOTAL Article 17, 1953--New Police Car Shawsheen Motor Mart (8 Cyl. Mainline 2 door Sedan) Eagle Tribune Pub. Co. (Advertising) Total Expended Balance to Revenue 1953 TOTAL Dog Warrant m Salary John Dolan (Salary) Stanley Buturlia (Salary) Total $4,415.3~ 395.62 $635.00 4.50 639.50 10.50 S*l.6~ 163.35 154 $4,815.59 $650.00 $245.00 Dog Warrant-- Expenses John Dolan (Care, custody and destroying animals) $26.00 Stanley Buturlia (Care, custody and destroying animals) 93.00 Total Expended $119.00 Balance to Revenue 1953 21.00 TOTAL Fire -- Salaries James ~Hargreaves, Chief $4,122.56 Edwin Koenig, Engineer 550.00 Calvin Snell, Engineer 366.68 Arthur Broderick, Engineer 183.32 Charles Winning, Regular 917.22 Charles Winning, Acting Lieutenant 9.38 Christopher Higginbottom, Regular 3,308.76 Donald M. Thomson, Regular 3,308.76 Hector Lefebvre, Regular 3,308.76 Thomas K. Wainwright, Regular 3,308.76 Ernest Summers, Regular 3,308.76 James P. Daw, Regular 3,308.76 P. Henry Martin, Regular 2,227.05 Donald Fountain, Spare Driver ' 633.36 David Roberts, Spare Driver 700.00 Donald Foss, Spare Driver 700.00 Wilfred Arsenault, Spare Driver 466.68 Martin Lawlor, Call Caplain 500.00 Calvin Snell, Call Man 153.32 P. Henry Martin, Call Man 233.32 George Everson, Call Man 360.00 Wilfred Arsenault, Call Man 153.32 George Windle, Call Man 460.00 Stewart P. Wilson, Call Man 360.00 Thomas Driscoll, Call Man 360.00 Archie Gourley, Call Man 460.00 Arthur Broderick, Call Man 240.00 Everett Long, Call Man 360.00 William McKinnon, Call Man 360.00 Charles Ashworth, Call Man 360.00 Edwin Cunningham, Call Man 360.00 Richard Lawlor, Call Man 360.00 Raymond DeAdder, Call Man 360~00 Leo Galezzi, Call 'Man 360.00 John LaFrance, Call Man 360.00 Joseph Guihrie Call Man 396.64 Christopher, Kelley, Call Man 360.00 Kenneth Rahs, Call Man 460.00 John J. Zuill, Call Man 114.99 Yaeations Donald Foss $381.78 Wilfred Arsenault 421.38 Overtime D~le to Illness Christopher Higginbottom $1-3.20 Donald Thomson 26.40 Ernest Summers 13.20 Donald Fountain 18.48 I-Ienry Martin 18.48 155 $140.00 Overtime Due to Death of Charles Winning Hector Lefebvre Ernest Summers P. Henry Martin Donald Fountain Donald Foss Total Expended Balance to Revenue 1953 TOTAL $26~40 26.40 18.48 18.48 36.96 $39,240.04 1~,005.67 $40,245.71 156 Fire- Expenses Charles White Coal & Oil Co. (Oil) 317.76 Lawrence Motor Parts (Batteries, Oil, & parts) 177.36 North Shore Welding Co. (Oxygen) 88.20 North Andover Coal Co. (Oil) 504.82 Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. (Services) 270.00 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) 249t09 Towers Motor Parts Corp. (Chains) 19.90 New England Division of International Fire Chiefs (Dues) 6.00 ReTone Products Co. (Cleaning Supplies) 26.30 Highland Towel Suppl. Co. (Rental of Towels) 24.75 Cushman Service Station (Gas, Oil, & repairs) 39.67 Simplex Time Recorder Co. (Service on Time Tape) 10.00 Rose McEvoy (Clerical) 10.00 Donald Foss (Expense on Ambulance trips) 9.85 Henry Martin (Expense on Ambulance trips) 4.30 James Heron (Labor & parts) 10.70 William Boyle (Labor on Fire Alarm Boxes) 185.30 John Turner (Labor on Fire Alarm Boxes) 102.00 Walter Michalski (Painting Fire Station Windows) 36.25 Stephen Lovejoy, Jr. (Services) 3.50 Albert Willett (Labor on Fire Alarm Boxes) 61.20 Raymond Van Doorne (Labor on Fire Alarm Boxes) 51.00 Joseph Dugette (Labor on Fire Alarm Boxes) 73.10 Albert Marsden (Labor on Fire Alarm Boxes) 51.00 Joseph Marsan (Labor on Fire Alarm Boxes) 20.40 Hope Tire Supply Co. (Ambulance Tire) 35.93 Star Electric Service & Tire Co. Inc. (Repairs & parts) 33.32 R. J. Macartney Co. (pants, & uniform) 207.15 Homelite Corporation (Wheel Mount) 26.90 Eagle-Tribune Printing Co. (Printed Forms) .8.00 Poll Tax Rebates 52t00 David Wallwork, M.D. (Examination) 3.00 Atlantic Marine Exchange Inc. (Equipment) 22.53 Wear Well Uniform Co. (Caps) 11.00 Harry-Young Co. (1 Simpson Model 377, Case & leads) 26.70 Crane Hardware (Supplies) 111.64 Bills Auto Service (Gas, Oil, parts & labor) 257.43 Liberty Mutual (Auto Insurance) 55.97 Lawrence Rubber Co. (Fire Boots, Hose Washers) 69.40 James Hargreaves (Convention Expenses) 75.00 James Hargreaves (Expenses of Ambulance trips) 111.92 Shawsheen Motor Mart (Remove Wreck from Ditch) 28.80 The Naiman Press (Printing Forms) 30.00 Mulvey Laundry (Laundry) 97.62 Davis & Furber Co. (Labor) 4.25 Lawrence Electric Supply & Const. Co. (Ceiling Receptacles) 3.60 Edward Riemitis Co. Inc. (Radio Repairs) 42.18 Avon Paper Company (Boraxo & Dispenser) 12.70 Charles ti. Clougherty Co. (Equipment) 83.13 North Andover Public Works (Services) 17.60 Cyr Oil Co. (oil) 515.10 Summer Service Station (Gas & Oil) 12.32 Smith Motor Company (Labor & repairs) 37.11 Woodworth Motor Co. Inc. (Repairs & parts) 102.06 Joseph Finneran (Supplies) .60 Frank Snow (Recharge extinguisher) 2.75 Tropical Paint Co. (5 gal. Floorkote) 25.36 S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co. (Badges) 13.11 Town of North Andover (Motor Vehicle Excise Tax) 7.56 I, A. Luft (Badges) 17.77 I~ellerin Auto Body (Refinish Truck) 55,00 J. F. Bryon 5c to $1.09 Store (Supplies) 1.70 Dyer Clark Co. (Lamps & Equipment) 28.68 The Gamewe]l Co. (Repairs to Fire Alarrr, Boxes) 53.08 Fire Chief Club of Mass. (Dues) 3.00 Farley Awning Co. (Mourning Decoration · & Life net) 111.50 Shattuck Express (Cartage) 1.03 John R, Hosking (Index Cards) .90 Masury-Young Co. (5 gals. Floorsafe Syncolum) 22.62 C. E. Kies (Polish) 6.00 Lawrence Plate Window Glass Co. (Glass) 4.56' Surrett Supply Co. (Batteries & Equipment) 125.84 Columbia Seat Cover Co. (Seat Covers) 7.00 Frank Atlantic Co. (Gas & Oil) 15.00 Arrow Cleaning Co. (Cleaning) 1.00 Joseph Lebel (Cleaning Oil Burner) 9,00 H. Berger Paper Co. ( 1 gal. concentrate) 14.75 I¥~eagan Rexall Drug Co. (First Aid Supplies) $.60 157 F. A. Hiscox (Sheets) 31.80 A. F. Robinson Boiler Works (Repairing Pump) 100.07 American LaFrance Foamite Co. (Repairs to Apparatus) 17.66 To%al Expended $5,132.75 Balance to Revenue 1953 7.25 TOTAL Article 25, 1953--Fire Alarm Box Near Ward Dyer Clark Co. (Equipment for Fife Alarm) $685.32 William Boyle (Labor) 55.25 Raymond VanDoorne (Labor) 46.10 Peter O'Connor (Labor) 27.20 Albert Marsden (Labor) 27.20 Joseph Duguette (Labor) 27.20 Albert Willett (Labor) 5.95 Gamewell Co. (Fire Alarm Boxes) 172.18 Total Expended $1,046.40 Balance to Revenue 1953 453.60 TOTAL Article 26, 1953--Fire Alarm Box Great Pond Road and Bradford Street Dyer Clark Co. (Equipment for Fire Alarm) $650.75 William Boyle (Labor) 53.55 John J. Turner (Labor) 47.60 Albert Marsden (Labor) 47.60 Raymond Van Doorne (Labor) 42.00 Joseph J. Marsan (Labor) 27.20 Albert Willett (Labor) 53.55 Joseph Duguette (Labor) 47.60 Gamewell Co. (Fire Alarm Boxes) 240.80 Total Expended $1,210.65 Balance to Revenue 1953 289.35 TOTAL Sealer of Weights and Measures Walter Hamilton (Salary) $106.25 Ernest Roberts (Salary) 318.75 Total Sealer of Weights and Measures--Expenses W. & L. E. Gour]ey (Supplies) $13.20 Ernest Roberts (Supplies & expenses) 45.30 Total Expended $58.50 Balance to Revenue 1953 3L50 TOTAL Building lnsgector -- Salary Martin J. Lawlor, Sr. (Salary) 158 $5,140.00 Hill Line $1,500.00 $1~500.00 $425.00 $90.00 $500.00 Wiring Inspector -- Salary Thomas Lebel Wiring Inspector--Expenses Free Press Printing Co. (1,000 cards) $11.75 Thomas Lebel (Expenses) 93.25 John Thomson (Services rendered) 20.00 Total Insect Pest -- Salaries John J. Connors $3,120.30 John W. Hagerty 881.86 Alfred E. Garneau 918.85 Leo E. Lafond 773.15 Theodore Iminski 789.60 Donald Dearden 231.20 Total Expended $6,714.96 Balance to Revenue 1953 .04 TOTAL Insect Pest-- Expenses Central Service Station (Gas, oil, tire & repairs) $146.95 Crane Hardware (Supplies) 4.74 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) 25.92 A. Lee Company (Lead, DDT Sulphur) 43.85 Bill's Auto Service (Gas, oil, repairs) 59.51 Hartney Spray Corporation (61/a drum Insecticide) 523.25 1Vi. Edward Conners (Repairs to Equipment) 15.50 Socony Vacuum Oil Co. (Gas) 286.80 Abbot Spray & Farm Equipment Co. (1 spray gun) 19.75 Joseph Finneran (First Ai~d Supplies) 1.60 Lombard Governor Corporation (Equipment parts) 36.97 Grossmans (24" Wood ladder) 20.20 John J. Connors (Expenses of Meetings) 12~00 Total Expended $1,197.04 Balance to Revenue 1953 2.96 TOTAL Dutch Elm Disease ~ Salaries John W. Hegarty $370.13 Alfred E. Garneau 630.70 Leo E. Lafond 615.70 Theodore Iminski 620.40 Dcnald Dearden 502.90 Total Expended $2,739.83 Balance to Revenue 1953 10.17 TOTAL 159 $500.00 $125.00 $6,715.00 $1,200.00 $2,750.00 Dutch Elm Disease -- Expenses Hartney Spray Corporation (1 drum Insecticide) $80.50 Mall Tool Co. (Repairs to chain saw) 17.60 Crane Hardware (1 rake) 3.46 Frost Insecticide Co. (Equipment) 13.01 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) 8.90 Central Service Station (Battery, gas & oil) 41.95 Lombard Governor Corporation (Repairs, labor & Supplies) 74.60 BiRs Auto Service (Gas, oil & repairs) 9.98 Total Expended Tree Warden Superintendent--Salary John J. Connors (Salary) Tree Warden -- Salaries John W. Hegarty $952.34 Alfred E. Garneau 1,312.28 Leo Lafond 1,371.52 Theodore Iminski 1,320.43 Donald Dearden 274.13 Adam Slomba 179.53 Raymond Walsh 144.24 Hammond Newton 11.75 Carl Kemp 1.18 Louis Zieba 72.00 Roy Marland 20.52 Total Expended $5,659.92 Balance to Revenue 1953 .58 TOTAL Tree Warden-- Expenses Treat Hardware Corporation (Equipment) $25.23 Lombard Governor Co. (Supplies) 124.25 Frost Insecticide Co. (Supplies) 29.05 Central Service Station (Gas, oil & repairs) 42.54 Hartney Spray Corporation (Equipment) 35.65 Socony Vacuum Oil Co. (Gas) 83.20 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) 24.30 John J. Connors (Expenses to Conferences) 56.00 Rose McEvoy (Clerical) 10.00 Mall Tool Co. (Repairs) 1.55 Lawrence Rubber Co. (Gloves) 7.64 John R. Hosking (Supplies) ,60 Harlan P. Kelsey, Inc. (1 bag of Peat) 5.25 Granite State Nurseries Inc. (25 Sugar Maple Trees) 100.00 Crane Hardware Co. (Gloves & Equipment) 14.39 Abbot Spray & Farm Equipment (Head Gasket) 4.10 John Duda & Sons (Saws Sharpened) 7.00 A. Lee Co. (1 bag of Sulphate Crystals) 8.00 Donald Dearden (Use of Power Saw) 20.00 Total Expended $598.95 Balance to Revenue 1953 1.05 TOTAL 160 $250.00 $379.50 $5,660.50 $600.00 Tree Department- New Spraying Machine Abbot Spray & Farm Equipment Co. $265.00 Total Expended $285.00 Balance to Revenue 1953 35.00 TOTAL Brush Cutting John W. ttegarty $66.98 Alfred E. Garneau 112.80 Leo Latond 155.10 Theodore Iminski 225.60 Donald Dearden 10.58 Roy Marland 18.80 Adam Slomba 47.00 Total Expended $636.86 8,14 Balance to Revenue 1953 TOTAL Town Forest Roy Marland $29.9'1 Esau Wilson 39.95 Carl Kemp 8.22 Adam Slomba 71.58 Total Expended $149.66 Balance to Revenue 1953 .34 TOTAL Contingent Fund Andover Townsman (Bids--Great Pond Road) $3.38 Hazel I. Barton (Damage Claim) 17.50 Bee Publishing Co. (Town Warrants) 88.50 Boston American (Bids---Great Pond Road) 8.10 Boston Herald-Traveler Corp. (Bids Great Pond Road) 8:00 Boynton Press (Forms Printed) 104.05 City of Newburyport (Purification Plant) 233.03 John Cunningham (Damage Claim) 17.32 Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co. (ads) 142.12 George Everson (Services rendered) 10.00 · Farley Awning Co. (Mourning decorations) 15.00 Globe Newspaper Co. (Bids--Great Pond Road) 9.90 Paul Henrick (Repair flagpole) lO.00 William Henrick (Paint flagpole) 25.00 Elwyn King (Legal services) 436.50 New England Road Builders Association (Bids--Great Pond Road) 6.00 Frank Oates & Son (Flowers) 50.00 Catherine Reardon (Damage claim) 100.00 Ridgwood Cemetery Association (Care of Lot) 15.00 Walter Stamp (Labor--Central ,School) 12.00 161 $300.00 $645.00 $150.00 Arthur A. Thomson (Recording fees--- Chapter 80 roads) 17.60 Total Expended $1,309.00 Balance to Revenue 1953 726.00 TOTAL Forest Fire Warden James J. Hargreaves (Salary) Forest Fire-- Expenses Edwin F. Koenig (Wages) $31.00 Calvin Snell (Wages) 29.00 Henry Martin (Wages) 3.00 David Roberts (Wages) 24.00 Donald Fountain (Wages) 27.00 Donald Foss (Wages) 25.00 Wilfred Arsenault (Wages) 37.00 George Everson (Wages) 20.00 George Windle (Wages) 22.00 Stewart P. Wilson (Wages) 18.00 Thomas Driscoll (Wages) 17.00 Archie Gourley (Wages) 27.00 ArLhur Broderick (Wages) 26.00 Martin Lawlor (Wages) 26.00 Everett Long (Wages) 18.00' William McKinnon (Wages) 24.00 Charles Ashworth (Wages) 22.00 Edwin Cunningham (Wages) 17.00 Richard Lawlor (Wages) 31.00 Raymond DeAdder (Wages) 27.00 Leo Galezzi (Wages) 21.00 John LaFrance (Wages) 34.00 Joseph Guthrie (Wages) 10.00 Kenneth Rabs (Wages) 27.00 John J. Zui]l (Wages) 10.00 Christopher Kelly (Wages) 20.00 A. Lovejoy (Wages) 6.00 Joseph Smith (Wages) 4.00 John McGuire (Wages) 4.00 Edward Lawlor (Wages) 8.00 Charles Kent (Wages) 4.00 John Cronin (Wages) 2.00 Rose McEvoy (Clerical) 10.00 George H. Schruender (Gas) 12~00 Lawrence Motor Parts Co. (Parts) 12.79 Val's Restaurant (Lunches) 16.25 Summer Service Station (Gas) 2.85 Shawsheen Motor Mart (Labor, repairs & Parts) 49.09 A. F. Robinson Boiler Works (Repairs to Pump) 64.00 Cashman Service Station (Gas) 5.60 Total Expended $791.58 Balance to Revenue 1953 8.42 TOTAL 162 $2,035.00 $150.00 $800.00 Board of Health -- Salaries Julius Kay, M.D. Physician) $750.00 Julius Kay, M.D. (Board Member) 150.00 George E. Jewett (Board Member) 150.00 R. George Caron (Board Member) 150.00 Mary F. Sheridan, Agent 2,970.00 Total Expended $4,170.01) Board of Health--Expenses Bee Publishing Co. (Advertising & Printing) $531.21 Boynton Press Co. (Supplies) 20.60 Stanley Buturlia (Burying Animals) 3.00 Daniel Cahill (Postage) 34.96 Gilbert Calvert (Burying Animals) 1.50 Cashman's Service Station (Gas & Service) 34.03 Daly Drug Co. (Medical Supplies) 7.24 Essex Sanatorium (Board & Treatment) 2,749.00 George Everson (Burying Animals) 7.50 Frank's Atlantic Station (Gas & Service) 53.05 tIobbs & Warren Inc. (Forms & Licenses) 20.26 Frank Howard (Burying Animals) 30.50 Fred Leach (Plumbing Inspections) 93.00 2~ass. Public Health Association (Dues) 3.00 McQuesten's Stationery (Office supplies) 23,65 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Service) 152.75 North Reading State Sanatorium (Board & Treatment) 914.00 Frank Oates & Sons (Flowers) 8.00 Railway Express Co. (Cartage) 6.72 Mary Sheridan (Postage, Conference, & Miscellaneous) 33.36 Walter Stamp (Burying Animals) 7.50 Sullivan Typewriter Co. (Contract) 12.10 Alexander Thomson (Plumbing Inspections) 42.00 Edward Welch (Plumbing Inspections) 262.00 Total Expended $5,050.93 Balance to Revenue 1953 329.07 TOTAL Article 2S. 1953 ~ Fluoridation of Water Expenses (Total Expended) $1,378.53 Balance to Revenue 1953 1,121.47 TOTAL County T. B. Hospital County Treasurer (Assessment) Animal Inspector -- Salary Robert Burke (Salary) $81.24 Dr. Edward C. Bulger (Salary) 243.76 Total Expended $325.00 Vital Statistics John J. Lyons (Recording Births, Deaths and Marriages) $400.00 163 $5,380.00 $2,500.00 $12,556.86 Sewer Maintenance and Construction- Salaries Salaries (Total Expended) $4,215.10 Balance to Revenue 1953 784.90 TOTAL $5,000.00 Sewer Maintenance and Construction- Expenses Expenses (Total Expended) $2,999.60 Balance to Revenue 1953 TOTAL $3,000.00 Article 76, 1953- Sewer Putnam l{oad Wages $374.41 Materials 1,325.59 Expenses o~ Dump Charles Ferry (Total Expended) Garbage Disposal Stephen Gallant (Total Expended) Highway Ira D. Carry, Highway Surveyor, Salary Adeline Stewart, Salary Refuse Disposal--Wages: Total Expended Balance to Revenue 1953 $7,769.88 .12 $1,700.00 $4O0.00 $3,600.00 $4,580.00 2,589.60 TOTAL $7,770.00 Refuse Disposal--Expenses: Materials--Total Expended $998.91 Balance to Revenue 1953 1.09 TOTAL 1,000.09 Streets General Maintenance--Wages: Total Expended. $20,302.12 Balance to Revenue 1953 8.28 TOTAL 20,310.40 Streets General Maintenance---Expenses: Materials--Total Expended $29,996.12 Balance to Revenue 1953 3.88 TOTAL 30,000,00 Article ~{2, 1952- PJrticle 41, 1953--Rebuild Great ]Pond Road Chapter 90 G. 1~. Contractor $13,387.95 Materials 683.00 Total Expended $19,071.55 Balance Forward to 1954 3,823.99 TOTAL $22,895.54 Article 42, 1955- Street Maintenance Chapter 90 G. I~. Labor $619.86 Materials 2,380.14 Total Expended $3,000.00 J. 64 Article 39- Waverley Road Sidewalk Ma!~le Ave. to Second Street Labor $237.52 ~Viaterials 245.73 Total Expended $483.25 Balance to Revenue 1953 316.75 TOTAL Article 44- New High School Drainage Contractor $3,776.40 Survey 209.65 13.95 Advertising . · Total Expended Article 45- Blade for Cletrac Tractor II. F. Davis Tractor Co. $2,616.60 Balance to Revenue 1953 83.40 TOTAL Article 46 -- Sidewalk Tractor II. F. Davis Tractor Co. (Sidewalk Tractor) Article 47 ~ Surface Drain--Waverley Road Trinity Court to Greene Street Labor $270.75 Materials 229.25 Total Expended Article 48- Sidewalk Project Contractor $1,709.72 Survey 257.36 Labor Total Expended $1,967.08 Balance to Revenue 1953 32.92 $800.00 $4,000.00 $2,700.00 $2,800.00 $5OO.O0 TOTAL $2,000.00 Article 49- Painting and Replacing- Street Signs $200.00 $7,806.00 894.00 Article 52- Refuse Collection Truck Gibson Motor Service (Truck) $7,794.30 Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co. 11.70 Total Expended Balance to Revenue 1953 TOTAL $8,700.0(l Closing Perry Street Dump $71.84 424.00 Total Expended $495.84 4.16 Labor Materials Balance to Revenue 1953 TOTAL 165 $500.00 Road Construction--New Dump Site ;Labor 5VIaterials Total Expended Balance to Revenue 1953 TOTAL Labor Materials $412.44 581.69 $994.13 5.87 Excavating--New DulnD Road $68.80 782.50 Total Expended $851.30 Refund 400.00 $451.30 748.70 $5,797.55 6,763.00 7.420.23 Balance to Revenue 1953 TOTAL Snow Removal Labor Trucks, Tractors and Plows (hired) Materials Total Expended $19,980.78 Balance to Revenue 1953 19.22 TOTAL Street Lighting Lawrence Electric Company $10,032.19 Lawrence Gas & Electric Company 4,972.90 Total Expended $15,005.09 Balance to Revenue 1953 994.91 TOTAL $1,000.00 $1,200.00 $20.000.00 $16,000.00 Public Welfare--Board of Public Welfare Salaries $125,00 150.00 125.00 25.00 25.00 Arthur P. Kirk (Salary) Arthur A. Thomson (Salary) John J. Willis (Salary) Andrew F. Coffin (Salary) .Joseph M. Finneran (Salary) Total Expended $450.00 Public Welfare Agent--Salary Lillian B. Dearden (Salary) Total Expended $750.00 Su!~erintendent and Matron Salaries--Town Infirmary Orin B. Foster (Salary) $1,346.00 Nora L] Foster (Salary) 1,346.00 Total Expended $2,692.00 Article 14, 1953- Repairs Town Infirmary Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co. (bids £or Town Infirmary) $4.50 Wyoming Contracting Co. (repairs Town Infirmary) 492.00 Total Expended $496.50 Balance to Revenue 1953 3.50 TOTAL $500.00 Outside Relief and Repairs Infirmary Salaries Florence Ball (Salary) Total Expneded $1,331.00 Outside Relief and l{epairs ~ Expenses Outside Relief and Repairs (Total) $21,687.10 Refunds 20.85 $21,666.25 Balance to' Revenue 1953 2.75 TOTAL Stone Fund Income Disbursements Old Age Assistance- Ex!~enses Salaries $1,354.99 Expenses 71,505.40 Total $72,860.39 Refunds 260.39 TOTAL U. S. Old Age Assistance ~ Assistance Assistance $71,383.19 Refunds 135.81 Total Expended ~ $71,247.38 Forward to January 1954 496.74 TOTAL 1~. S. Old Age Assistance ~ Administration Salaries $4,064.99 Expenses 820.95 Total Expended $4,885.94 Forward to January 1954 1,711.27 TOTAL Aid to Deoendent Children--Expenses Salaries $2,335.00 Expenses 17,615.00 TOTAL U. S. Aid to Dependent Children ~ Aid $8,246.39 3,529.81 Aid (Total Expended) Forward to January 1954 TOTAL 167 $21,669.00 $172.32 $72,600.00 $71,744.12 $6,597.21 $20,000.00 $11,776.20 U. S. Aid to Dependent Children m Administration Salaries $374.20 Forward to January 1954 539.09 TOTAL $913.29 Disability Assistance m Expenses Total Expended 216.71 U. S. Grant Disability Assistance- Administration Total Expended $5.00 Refund 5.00 Forward to January 1954 $35.95 Director of Veterans' Affairs North Andover and Boxford Department of Veterans' Service (Total) $700.00 Veterans' Benefits Bernard Bingham (Salary) $300.00 Ruth Bingham (Clerical) 300.00 Cash Disbursements 8,206.18 Medical & Medicine 1,423~52 Groceries 19.98 Miscellaneous 183.60 Total Expended $10,433.28 Minus Refunds 25.00 $10,408.28 Balance to Revenue 1953 2,591.72 TOTAL Schools and Physician Salaries Salaries (Tolal Expended) $210,285.25 Balance to Revenue 1953 82.75 TOTAL Moses Towne Fund School Expenses Expenses (Total Expended) $50,771.24 Refunds 11.50 Balance to Revenue 1953 TOTAL Special School Lunch Expenses (Total Expended) Refunds Forward to January 1954 TOTAL 168 $50,759.74 6.26 $18,456.81 4.12 $18,452.69 493.77 $13,000.00 $210,368.00 $69.66 $50,766.00 $18,946.46 Johnson High School Athletics Expenses (Total Expended) $1,854.64 Refund 60.00 $1,794.64 Forward to January 1954 584.00 TOTAL $2,378.64 Article 19o 1952- New High Schobl Total Expended $676,758.06 Forward to Sanuary 1954 811,399.71 $1,488,157.77 Article 35, 1953--New High School--Additional Land Total Expended $300.00 Article 23, 1953- Playground Equipment, Benches Kittredge School Total Expended $900.00 Article 31, 1953- Uniforms for School Band Total Expended $1,713.34 Balance to Revenue 1953 36.66 Stevens Memorial Library- Salaries Librarian $3,500.00 Janitors 3,074.29 Children Librarians 2,650.00 Assistant Librarians 3,802~46 Total Expended $13,026.75 Balance to Revenue 1953 13.25 Stevens Memorial Library--Expenses Heal, Light, Water, Te.lephone $1,42L36 Books, Papers & Magazines 1,700.07 Miscellaneous 870.48 Total Expended $3,991.91 Refund 10.00 $3,981.91 Balance to Revenue 1953 18.09 $1,750.00 $13,040.00 169 TOTAL $4,000.00 Article 30, 1953 -- Stevens Memorial Repairs (Inside) Total Expended $264.30 Forward to January 1954 335.70 TOTAL $600.00 Playground, Bathing Beach- Salaries and Wages Salaries (Total Expended) $4,250.00 Playground, Bathing Beach--Expenses Expenses (Total Expended) $1,700.00 Public Parks, Triangles, and Burying GroundS--Salaries Salaries (Total Expended) $3,500.00 Public Parks, Triangles, and Burying Ground- Expenses Expenses (Total Expended) $650.00 Article 19, 1953 -- Police Officers at Bathing Beach I. M. Spencer Mfg. Co. Inc. (Badges) 227.50 Eagle-Tribune Printing Co. (Printed Forms) 8.00 Officers: Myron B. Lewis 81.09 Everett Woodhouse 28.62 Alex Ness 19.08 Frank Howard 100.17 Joseph W. Lawlor 42.93 Norman Fleming 68.37 Robert Sanborn 14.31 Total Expended $590.07 Balance to Revenue 1953 59.93 TOTAL Article 20, 1953--(6) Playground Instructors and (1) Supervisor Elizabeth Elliot, Supervisor $240.00 Janet Knightly 210.00 Roberta E. Bamford 160.00 Alice Dolan 160.00 Elsie Thomas 160.00 Noranne Mahoney 160.00 Charles II. Turner, Jr. 1§0.00 Total Expended Article 21, 1953 ~ Playground Supplies Art-Tex Shop, Inc. (Supplies) $5.80 Kenneth C. Bailey (Loam) 3.50 J. F. Byron (Supplies) 19.57 Crane Hardware Co. (Supplies) 64.85 Elizabeth Elliot (Supplies) 48.28 Essex Sand & Gravel Co. (Sand) 15.54 Joseph M. Finneran (Supplies) 1.77 J. L. Hammett Company (Supplies) 117.70 John R. IIosking (Supplies) Lawrence Rubber Co. (Supplies) R. J. Macartney Co. (Supplies) Messina's Market (Supplies) National Recreation Association (Subscriptions) J. E. Pitman Estate (Supplies) Donald Thomson (Labor) Whitwor th's (Supplies) Total Expended 14.90 73.83 17.18 4.00 13.50 49.38 7.50 42.70 Community Center--July 4th, 1953 Clan MacPherson Bagpipe Band (Total Expended) Armistice Day Darcy & Nagel (Wreath) $10.00 Robert IIarris (Bugler) 5.00 $650.00 $1,250.00 $500.00 $65.00 170 William Lafond (Services Rendered) 5.00 Frank Oates & Son (Fil]ing Urns) 15.00 Pontiac Drum & Bugle Corps (Services) 150.00 VaFs Restaurant (Coffee, milk & doughnuts) 72.50 Garnet A. Wilson (Sound Service) 20.00 Total Expended $277.50 Balance to Revenue 1953 22.50 TOTAL Memorial Day American Legion, Fost 219 (Grave Mark ers ) $17.83 Samuel Bardsley (Service rendered) 25.00 Boynton Press (Programs) 16.00 Bresnahan Ice & Oil Co. (Ice) 2.40 J. F. Byron (Flags) 53.00 Crane H~rdware Co. (Supplies) 1.15 John J. Cushing (Services rendered) 9.00 George Emmons (Sound Service) 20.00 Flag Shop (Bronze Markers) 42.00 Fould's Bakery (Doughnuts) 20.00 Robert Harris (Bugler) 5.00 North Andover Catering Service (Food Supplies) 40.50 Frank Oales & Son (Filling urns) 22.00 Pontiac Drum & Bugle Corps (Services) 150.00 Salem Coco Cola Bottling Co. (Supplies) 12.88 V. F. W. Post 2104 (Grave markers & refreshments) 35.37 Veterans of Foreign Wars 13.50 Total Expended Refund Balance to Revenue 1953 TOTAL Insurance Thomas Bevington & Sons, Inc. Roger Dehullu Thomas J. McGrail Total Expended Refund Balance to Revenue 1953 TOTAL $485.63 13.50 $472.13 27.87 $11,928.42 759.72 1,691,12 $14,379.26 1,261.98 $13,117.28 182.72 Itemized Annual Town Reports Bee Publishing Co. $1,712.40 1,300 Town Reports 2 cuts for Town Reports ~0 copies Board of ]=ublic Works Reports 59 copies Public School & Building Reports 171 $300.00 $500.00 $13,300.00 The Mac Press 831.92 3,000 Advisory Board Reports 3,000 Additional pages 370 Extra copies Poslage Engraver's cut of map 2,700 Manila Envelopes 2,700 Envelopes addressed & Books Inserted Tribune Publishing Co. (Bids for Town Report) 9.09 Total Expended $2,553.32 American Legion Rent Post NO. 219 Building Corporation, Charles T. McCarthy, Treasurer Total Expended $600.00 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post No. 2104 -- Mainteance Lawrence Gas Company (Services) $3.36 Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. (Services) 26.78 Lawrence Electric Company (Services) 26.62 Joseph P. LeBel (New burner) 190.00 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) 5.66 North Andover Coal Co. (Fuel oil) 29.89 Trombly Bros. Service Stations (Fuel oil) 66.73 Total Expended $349.04 Balance to Revenue 1953 .96 TOTAL $350.00 Article 11, 1955 -- Group Insurance Town Employees Total Expended $1,157.22 Balance to Revenue 1953 842.78 TOTAL $2,000.00 Essex County Retirement System County Treasurer $13,265.77 Article 18, 1951- Civil Defense Total Expended $72.79 Forward to January 1954 866.70 TOTAL $939.49 Article 13, 1953--Continuance of Town History Mrs. Carolyn McQucstcn (Salary) $1,560.00 Mrs. Carolyn McQueslen (Expenses) 118,95 Railway Express Agency (Cartage) 5.56 John R. Hosking (Supplies) 72.05 Godspeed Book Shop, Inc. (Books) 10.45 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Photostatic Copies) 86.85 Anna Donahue (Services) ~6.13 McKeen Studio (Copies & prints) 27.50 Total Expended $1,919.49 Forward to January 1954 620.51 TOTAL 172 $2,540.00 Article 32, 1953- Stabilization Fund Essex Savings Bank $20,000.00 Community Savings Bank .12,000.00 Broadway Savings Bank 10,000~00 Lawrence Savings Bank 6,000.00 Total Expended Advisory Board Expenses John R. Hosking (Supplies) 9.00 Balance to Revenue 1953 141.00 TOTAL Rent Control Expenses John R. Hosking (Supplies) $103.95 Boynton Press (Supplies) 10.80 A. K. Thomas (Rental of Typewriter) 18.00 Daniel Cahill (Stamps) 5.25 Domenie J. Bonanno, Expenses 8.00 Philip Sutcliffe, Expenses 3.00 Anna Donahue (Salary) 221.01 Total Expended $370.01 Balance to Revenue 1953 79.99 $50,000.00 $150.00 Board of Public Works -- Salaries Francis B. Kittredge (Salary) $150.00 Joseph Sullivan (Salary) 150.00 Irving E. Howes (Salary) 150.00 Total Expended $450.00 Water Maintenance and Construction- Salaries and Wages Total Expended $21,839.49 Balance to Revenue 1953 3,160.51 TOTAL $25,000.00 Water Maintenance and Construction- Expenses Total Expended $24,045.48 Refunds 48.20 $23,997.28 Balance to Revenue 1953 2.72 TOTAL $24,000.00 Article 64, 1950- To Replace Water Service Total Expended $398.28 Balance to Revenue 1953 387.17 TOTAL $735.45 Article 51, 1952- Water Mains Total Expended $260.25 Article 61, 1953- Water Department Receil~ts to Stabilization 'Fund ~ Total Expended $2,355.49 173 TOTAL $450.00 Article 62, 1953--Extension of Water Mains Total Expended $154.30 Forward to January 1954 745.70 TOTAL $900.00 Article 63, 1953--Truck Water and Sewer Department Total Expended $1,598.13 Balance to Revenue 1953 1.87 TOTAL $1,600.00 Article 75, 1953--Water Putnam Road from Greene Street Total Expended $800.00 Article 80. 1953- Water from 3ohnson Street to Sutton Hill Road Total Expended $5,214.18 Balance to Revenue 785.82 TOTAL Interest on School Bonds The Second National Bank o£ Boston (Expended) Redeeming School Bonds The Second National Bank o£ Boston (Expended) Interest on East Side Sewer Notes The First National Bank of Boston (Expended) Redeeming East Side Sewer Notes The First National Bank of Boston (Expended) Discount on Notes The Second National Bank of Boston $8.85 Balance to Revenue 1953 2,191.15 TOTAL Premium High School Bonds The Second National Bank of Boston Forward to January 1954 TOTAL Agency State, Parks Reservations Auditing, Municipal Accounts County Tax County Dog Tax TOTAL $3,443.10 3,962.90 $1,215.05 1,964.44 26,937.98 904.80 Federal Tax Withholding Collector of Internal Revenue $19,776.18 Bay State Merchants National Bank 30,057.51 TOTAL $6,000.00 $22,500.00 $35,000.00 $42.50 $2,000.00 $2,200.00 $7,406.00 $31,022.27 $49,833.69 ]74 Essex County Annuity Savings Fund Essex County Retirement Board $11,449.36 Massachusettts Teachers Retirement Association Teachers Retirement Board $8,524.05 Eml~loyees Group Insurance Deduction John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. Refunds Taxes Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Collector Expenses: Petty Cash Advance Police Expenses Outside Relief and Repairs Expenses Old Age Assistance Expenses U. S. Old Age Assistance: Assistance U. S. Disability Assistance Administration Veterans' Benefits School Expenses School Lunch Johnson High School Athletic Account Petty Cash Advance Stevens Memorial Library Expenses Petty Cash Advance Memorial Day Insurance Water Maintenance and Construction Expenses Excacation--New Dump Road $1,441.48 2,650.28 100.00 4.59 20.85 260.39 Total Expenditures Cash on hand December 31, 1953 TOTAL $1,145.99 135.81 5.00 25.00 11.50 4.12 60.00 10.00 13.50 1,261.98 48.20 400.00 $6,452.70 $1,s52,o45.2 1,062,438.07 $2,914,494.33 175 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER Balance Bheet--December 31, 1953 GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS Cash: General Accounts Receivable: Taxes: Levy of 1953: Personal Property Real Estate $616.44 12,380.49 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise: Levy of 1953 Special Assessments: Sewer: Unapportioned $12,292.82 Street: Apportioned Storm Drain Chapt. 80, Added to Taxes 1953 19.30 Committed Interest Levy of 1953 6.95 Unapportioned Storm Drain: Chapter 80 4,167.58 Tax Title and Possessions: Tax Titles 1,115,17 Tax Possessions 8,255.38 Departmental: Highway $34.00 Sewer Construction and Misc. 787.93 Aid to Dependent Children 2,989.50 Veterans' Benefits 1,337.09 School 124.44 Water: Liens added to Taxes 1953 $320.60 Rates 1953 1,043.71 Construction and Misc. 1,402.16 Aid to Highways: State and County Under estimates: State Parks and Reservations County T. B. Hospital Assessment 392.80 2,328.12 Due from Stabilization Fund-- Appropriation for Cleaning and Cement Lining Water Mains 176 $1,062,438.07 12,924.93 7,454,36 16,486.65 9,371.09 5,272.96 2,766.47 3,323.54 2,720.92 9,000.00 $1,131,758.99 LIABILITIES AND RESERVES State and County Assessmenls 1953: County Tax $657.59 Employees Payroll Deductions: Federal Tax Withholding 5,586.70 Temporary Loan: Reimbursement Chapter 90 G.L. 1,000.00 Premiums---High School Bonds 3,962.90 Agency: County--Dog Tax 16.20 Excess: Sale of Land of Low Value 35.04 Tailings 111.79 Trust Fund--Income: Stone Fund $324.90 Taylor Fund 78.00 402.90 Federal Accounts--Grants: Old Age Assistance: Assistance $1,567.55 Administration 1,711.27 Aid to Dependent Children: Aid 3,529.81 Administration 539.09 Disability Assistance: Administration 35.95 7,383.67 Appropriation Balances: Forward to January 1, 1954: Fire--Article 1, 1953, A New Ladder Truck and Equipment $18,000.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures Article 11, 1953--Weights 35.12 Highway--Article 41, 1953, Chapter 90 G. L. Construction 3,823.99 Excavation Trenches at New Dump Site 748.70 Schoo]-- Article 72, 1952 Kittredge School --Fence, etc. 263.83 Article 19, 1952 New High School 811,399.71 Library: Article 29, 1953--Repairs Outside 2,000.00 Article 30, 1953~Repairs Inside 335.70 Civil Defense--Article 18, 1951 866.70 Town History--4~ontinuance: Article 13, 1953 620.51 Water: Article 62, 1953---Extension of Water Mains 745.70 Reserve for Appropriation from Stabilization Fund, Article 64, 1953 9,000.00 847,844.96 177 Sale of Real Estate Fund Reserve--Overlay Surplus Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Overlay 1953 Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Special Assessments Tax Titles and Possessions Departmental Water Aid to Highways School Lunch Account Johnson High School Athletic Account Surplus Revenue: Excess and Deficiency 4,458.37 17,702.58 6,602:60 $7,454.36 16,486.65 9,371.09 5,272.96 2,766.47 2,323.54 43,675.07 493.77 584.00 191,240.85 $1,131,758.99 DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS Apportioned Assessments~Not Due: Sewer $145.60 Apportioned Assessments~Not Due: Street 2,208~80 $2,354.40 Apportioned Sewer Revenue: Due in 1954 20.80 1955 20.80 1956 20.80 1957 20.80 1958 20.80 1959 20.80 1960 20.80 $145.60 Apportioned Betterment Assessment Revenue: Due in 1954 276.10 1955 276.10 1956 276.10 1957 276.10 1958 276.10 1959 276.10 1950 276.10 1961 276.10 $2,354.40 DEBT ACCOUNTS Net Funded or Fixed Debt TOTAL School Bonds: New High School Project Loan Acts. 1948 TOTAL 178 $1,635,000.00 $1,635,ooo.o~ 235,000.00 1,400,000.00 $1,635,000.00 TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS Trust and Investment Funds-- Cash and Securities $181,026.08 $181,026.08 Joseph M. and Susan F. Stone Fund 10,000.00 Addle S. Armitage Fund 4;012.38 Taylor Fund 90.44 Moses Towne Fund 4,388.55 Sarah Barker Fund 1,600.99 Kate H. Stevens--Preservation of the Old Burying Ground 126.09 Charles Whitney Davis Fund 10,877.64~ Phillips Fund 3,427.44 Gcorge W. and Ruth E. Berrian--Memorial Fund 1,069.60 Elizabeth P. Stevens Fund 10,070.66 Stevens Memorial Library Improvement Fund 95.61 Nathaniel and Elizabeth P. Stevens--Foundation Fund 26,401.99 Dale Stevens Childrens' Book Fund 12,563.80 Moses T. Stevens Fund 10,140.71 Anne Bradstreet Fund 2,357.78 Mary O. Tyler Fund 12,669.48 Fine Arts Fund 5.82 Herman Kober Fund 100.00 Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 3,291.91 Stabilization Fund--Schools 57,175.60 Stabilization Fund--Water 10,559.53 $181,026.08 MARY T. FINN Town Accountant 179 o. cE.~ o.o. q q GENERAL FUNDS Employees Pay Roll Withholdings: Federal Tax $49,833.69 Essex County Annuity Savings Fund 11,449.36 Massachusetts Teachers Retirement Associalion 8,524.05 Employees Group Insurance Deduction 1,145.99 State Assessments: State Parks and Reservations 1,215.05 State Audit of Municipal Accounts 1,964.44 County Assessments: County Tax 1953 26,937.98 County T. B. tIospital 1953 12,556.86 Dog Licenses~Due County 904.80 Trust Fund--Income: Joseph M. and Susan F. Stone 172.32 Moses Towne 69.66 Tola] $114,774.20 TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND TO: Selectmen's Expenses $50.00 Fire Expenses 600.00 Board of Appeals Expenses 150.00 Forest Fires Expenses 300.00 Expenses of Closing Old Perry St. Dump 500.00 Road Construction New Dump Site 1,000.00 Excavating Trenches New Dump Site 1,200.00 Advisory Board Expenses 150.00 Interest on High School Bond Issue~ Due December 1, 1953 700.00 Rent Control Board Expenses 450.00 Bathing Beach Tags 150.00 Tree Dept. New Spraying Machine 300.00 Total $5,550.00 Respectfully submitted, MARY T. FINN Town Accountant 187 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NORTH ANDOVER SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of North Andover: At a meeting held January 14, 1954, it was voted to submit the report of the Superintendent of Schools to the Town as the annual report of the School Committee. CHARLES W. TROMBLY, Chairman FliED C. ATKINSON MRS. TOM F. INGRAM ROGER B. MERRI~AN WILLIAM F. ROCK 188 1953 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS January 14, 1954 To the School Committee: In compliance with your rules I submit the following report of the year 1953. It is the ninety-ninth in the series of annual reports on the public schools of North Andover, thc fifty-eighth in the series of annual reports by the super- intendent of schools. LOOKING AHEAD The new North Andovcr High School--the final unit in the school building program, if any unit in any school building program can ever be called final--will undoubtedly claim first attention in the next report on the public schools. There is now every reason to hope that the new school will be occupied by students and teachers during the entire school year 1954- 1955. It will probably be the largest and surely the most expensive building in North Andover, at least until the Western Electric plant is finished. It is the symbol of the faith of the people in themselves and their future. JOHNSON This year is therefore a fitting time for looking back- ward. It is a fitting time for commemorating Johnson High School. I find the first reference to a high school in thc report of the School Committee for 1858-1859. "Such are some of the diffic~flties in the way of elevating the standard of education in the town," concludes one paragraph. The next paragraph begins: "They furnish a strong argument for the establishment of a high school. Thc smaller scholars would have before them as a stimulus a higher grade of school for ~vhich to fit them- selves, whilst the older scholars, instead of leaving town or seeking a private school, could pursue the higher branches, such as algebra, geometry, botany, astronomy, etc. Social life, too, suffering more than words can tell from the want of culture which a high school always imparts, would receive an influence that would refine and elevate the moral and religious condition of the town." That the economic objection was not sound was proved. "We no~v spend $3,000 on education. With this amount both a high school and the district schools could be supported." The 189 secret died with the members of that school committee: C. C. Vinal, L. It. Cobb, and F. H. Spofford. In spite of their resourcefulness they were baffled by one other problem not unknown to their great-grandchildren. "It is absurd for any man to suppose that the building for a high school could be put within a few rods of his door. Wherever it was located, some would necessarily have to walk or ride a distance. To make some sacrifice for so great a public good as a high school would be small compared with the benefit they would reap." Not until 1866 is there another reference to the high school. "It is to be hoped that the new high school building may soon be commenced, as we learn that a site has recently been pur- chased for it." in 1858 the suggestion; not until 1866 a site. No wonder that for the year ending in April, 1867, the School Committee broke into a hymn of thanksgiving: "We must not close our report without alluding to the large donations made by two of our citizens towards establishing a high school. By the liberality of Mr. 3/[. T. Stevens and Mr. T. Johnsqn, the town comes into possession of a building whick is at once an ornament to the village and an honor to the cause of education." By 1868 the new school was open. Mr. Alvah G. Ilayes' forerunner had been chosen: "The high school was org'anized last }[ay. Out of a great. number of applicants for the situation, for teacher Mr. S. C. Smith xvas the unanimous choice of the Committee. We are happy to say that his recommendations promised no more than he has fulfilled." In 1869 Mr. Smith's salary was $1,200.00; in 1870 he was given the title of principal and "the valuable assistance of Miss Lord M. White." A year later, after a school year of forty weeks, Johnson High School graduated its first class: Charles Kershaw, Annie F. Kershaw, Mary ~oye, and Emily IV. Carlton. L. S. Hastings was principal. Teachers will still appreciate one sentence in the Report of 1873: "The Committee believe that it is the best policy (and is not the best in the long run the cheapest?) to pay a good teacher a good salary." The Honor Society at Johnson High--one of the innova- tions of recent years might consider whether to enroll among its members ~he six pupils in the elass of 1875 who received their diplomas "with honor": IIannah tv. Carlton; Joseph Kittredge, Jr.; Sabina IV. Archibald; Phillips D. Sampson; Maria L. Bishop; M. Ivlorence Kimball. 190 In the report for the year ending April 1, 1879, I come upon a name familiar and very dear to North Andover pupils: Miss Annie L. Sargent was assistant and for her services received $200.00 ! WHAT TO TEACH--AND HOW In-service training is nothing new in North Andover. In recent years our teachers in Grades 6-12 have given much thought to improving the curriculum--at first, with Dr. C. Elwood Drake of the Newton Public Junior College as con- sultant; later under the direction of Professor Roy Billett of the Boston University School of Education, who gave here his well-known course, IMPROVING EDUCATION IN YOUt~ COMMUNITY. In 1~53 the teachers of Grades 1-5 had the profitable pleasure of a series of conferences with Dr. Virginia Biggy of the Tufts College School of Education. Dr. Biggy is also super- visor of elementary schools in Emerson's Coneord--a teacher of teachers who deserves to be called dynamic. North Andover is one of the most democratic communities in the most democra- tic nation on earth. I must not conclude without reminding the School Committee that if North Andover has good schools, it is because the pupils are good, the teachers good, the parents good, and also the janitors. And we ail owe much to you mem- bers of the School Committee--we teachers, the janitors, our pupils, a~d their parents. Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS J. O'BRI]~N Superintendent of Schools MEN AND WOMEN COME AND GO Miss Gladys Sullivan died at the very end of 1952; her £uneral was held ~anuary 5, ]953. Mrs. Harold Page (Mary Mylott), who had formerly taught in our schools, took up Miss Sullivau's work as teacher of Eng- lish in Grades 6-8 at the Kittredge School At the end of the year she was elected teacher of Grade 5 at the Thomson School, an4 began her new duties as regular teacher in September, 1953. Mrs. Page, a graduate of Lowell Teachers' College, is a teacher of long experience, who has given service as a sub- stitu~e for some years and also offered home instruction to youngsters unable to come to school because of prolonged ill- itess, The vacancy in Orade 5 at the Thomson, which Mrs. Page elected to fill, occurred be, cause Miss Helen Friel, M. Ed., who taught this grade for many years, was transferred to Grades 6-8, where she concentrates on arithmetic. 191 This vacancy occurred because Mrs. Frank Hayward (Mary Koroskys) resigned to accept a position as a teacher in Cali- £ornla. Mrs. ttayward was mmsually sensitive to the needs of each pupil and mmsually successful in adjusting the curriculum to the individual. In September, 1953, Miss Adela Dainowski, B. S. in Edu- cation, was transferred from Grade 3 at the Kittredge to the teaching of English in Grades 6-8. i~lrs. Leo Hiekey (i~argaret Mylott), a graduate of Lowell Teachers' College, who had taught many years before in the North Andover schools, was elected to teach Grade 3 at the Kittredge School. Mrs. Nina F. Burnham, who had for many years taught the first grade at the Union School, at the Merrimack, and finally at the IGttredge, chose to retire in June, 1953. Mrs. Burnham is one of those teachers of whom it is true to say that they eau never be replaced. Miss Ruth Tumier, A. B. (Emmanuel), came to us after a year's experience in the Haverhill Public Schools to teach Grade I at the Kittredge. Mrs. Joseph F. Bateman, teacher of physical education at Johnson High School, accepted a position in the Methuen Public Schools. Miss Harriet Dunham, B. S. in Education, Bouv~ (Tufts), with several years' experience at the Auburn high school, was elected teacher of physical education and coach of the J. It. S. girls' basketball team. Mr. Harwood Steele, B. U. (University of Maine), was added to the teaching staff at J. H. S. to supplement the work in business training carried on by Miss Alice Neal and Miss Claire Torpey. TEACHER FROM ENGLAND Mr. Robert J. Stevenson has come to us from King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, iu exchange for our Henry Shelley. Like Mr. Shelley, Mr. 'Stevenson teaches English to Grades 6-8 at the Thomson School. He is a delightful young man, well liked by pupils and parents and fellow teachers. He already occupies a warm place in our hearts. Mr. Shelley has improved the hours in England by getting married. He has taken advantage of the long Christmas recess by flying to Spain, the Riviera, and then Paris, "the queen of cities." 192 REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL January 4, 1954 To the Superintendent of Schools: I submit to you my twenty-second annual report for Johnson High School. This will represent the final report from Johnson High School, since within the year we will be located in the new North Andover High School. ENROLLMENT AS OF OCTOBER 1 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 P.G. 0 0 0 0 1 Seniors 69 66 70 71 78 Juniors 79 71 79 80 78 Sophomores 80 79 78 78 80 Freshmen 81 83 83 92 100 309 299 310 321 337 From the above figures it will be observed that the turning point in the high school enrolhnent was reached iu the year 1950. Since that time there has been a gradual increase in our numbers, and from present indications an increase may be expected almost without interruption for several years to come. The new North .Andover High School is being constructed to accommodate 600 students. Present grade school enrollments would indicate that this figure would probably be reached by 1963. CLASS OF 1953 Diplomas ~vere granted to seventy pupils at the graduation exercises conducted in June 1953. Guidance office figures in- dicate that thirtee~ of this number enrolled iu colleges in September. In addition to this group of college pupils, seven girls are continuing their education in schools of nursing, while several others .are enrolled at present in business and trade schools. Seven scholarships were awarded at our graduation exercises. Information concerning these scholarships is listed below: Leonard T. Coppeta $150 IIelen S. Carvell Scholarship awarded by the North Andover Woman's Club Paul D. Donovan 2,000 New England Textile Fotmdation Scholarship Charles J. Harbolt 250 Dr, Edward W. A. Holt Memorial Scholarship 193 Nancy A. I~awlor 150 Parent-Teachers Association Scholarship Claire R. ]~{arkey 100 St. Michael's Holy Name Society Scholarship Marie L. Mastin 100 V.F.W. Auxiliary and Post No. 2104 Commercial Scholarship Lois A. Milliken 500 Northeastern University Scholarship PEOPLE COME AND GO During the past school year Mrs. Gertrude It. Bateman left because of the pressure of other business. The School Committee elected Miss Harriet M. Dunham to take over the aoeial-stuclies an£t physical-education activities which had pre- viously been handled by Mrs. Bateman. Miss Dunham is a teacher of several years' experience, who had previously been e~nployed in the schools of Auburn, Massachusetts, Because of increasing enrolhnent an additional teacher was added to the Commercial Department. Mr. Harwood A~ Steele was elected to fill this position. IIe is a graduate of the University of 3,Iaine and has had five years' experience, the last of which was in the high school at Farmingtou, Maine. Mr. Carl A. Thomas, who had been one of our janitors, was tranfserred to the Thomson School upon the sudden and untimely death of Mr. Irven Elston. The School Committee appointed Mr. Cornelius Hegarty to take over the duties formerly carried on by Mr. Thomas. MACINTOSH SPEAKING CONTEST Once more the North Andover P.T.A. acted as sponsors for the Macintosh Speaking Contest. Before a large audience several pupils competed for the cash prizes. After much de- liberation on the part of the judges, prizes were awarded to the following eontestar/ts: 1st prize--Nancy Burke (Junior Class) 2ual prize--Anne Walker (Senior Class) 3rd prize--Rosemary Burke (Sophomore Class) BAND IN UNIFORM Under the direction of Mr. Clarence Mosher, music has become an important part of our school program. Instrumental music lessons are given by Mr. Mosher and Mr. Joseph Pulvino, who is working in the elementary schools. As these pupils progressed to high school they have become quite proficient in the music area and now form the nucleus of a fine high-school band. Through the generosity of our townspeople an appro- priation was made at the last town meeting for the purpose of purchasing uniforms for the band. These uniforms have now' been purchased, and the band made its first appearance in new outfits during the football season of the past fall. At present 194 the school owns thirty-two of these uniforms, but present indi- cations point toward a band in the not too distant future which might considerably exceed this number. Consequently it wouid be well to consider the possibility of farther appropriatim~s to purchase additional mfiforms for this increased number. SALARIES The success of any school depends to a great extefit npon the teaching staff. As in other lines of work, individuals are attracted to a certain position because of the salary scale. Those communities which have good salary schedules wili con- tinue to attract the best teachers. North Andover has in thc past been very fortunate in the type of teachers it has been able to attract and to hold. This has been due in large part to the fact that until fairly recently the North Andover salary schedule has compared very well with the scales in other com- nmnities of the Commonwealth. However, the North Andover salary schedule at thc present time is several h~mdred dollars below that of our neighboring communities. It is also well below the average for the state, if this situation is not cor- rected, it is going ~o become increasingly ditlieult for North Andover to secure and hold good teachers. This is a situation which deserves and requires prompt attention, since it is false economy to lose outstanding teachers because of a few hundred dollars' difference in salary schedule. The past year has been rather difficult in many respects because of the considerable amount of time which has been devoted to plans for the new North Andover High School. I am happy to say, however, that we have, on the whole, ex- perienced a successful year, and this has been due largely t~} the wonderful cooperation received from all who have had any connection witt~ the high school program. ALVAH G. HAYES Principal 195 STATEMENT OF NET LOCAL COST OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 1953 Expenditures Receipts: State Aid for Public Schools $48,604.93 State Aid for Tuitions of Pupils attending Vocational Schools 737.06 State Aid for Transportation of Pupils to Vocational Schools 66.00 State Aid on Local Transportation of Pupils 149.83 Sale o£ Supplies and Cash Receipts 195.72 Petty Cash Advance 10.00 $261,056.49 Total Receipts $49,763.54 Amount Expended from Local Taxation $211,292.95 This accounts for $16.90 in the annual tax rate, or 38 cents every dollar raised by taxation. NORTH ANDOVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS Expease Accounts, 1953 ~Iarry N. Abrams, Inc., book $2.98 Ira Zer Alien, binders 19.00 Allyn and Bacon, books 5.72 American Air Filter Co., Inc., filters 21.43 American Book Company, books 144.83 American Museum of Natural History, subscription 5.00 American School Health Association, subscription 6.00 American School and University, annuals 7.00 Americana Corporation, annual 10.50 A. H. Anderson, /nc., roof (Bradstreet School) 637.00 Anderson Sand & Gravel Co., peat moss 27.00 The Arlo Publishing Co., books 72.95 Association of Casualty & Surety Companies, books 38.75 Association Films, Inc., postage on films 1.30 Atwell Service Company, ediphone service 13.00 Audio Visual Division, records 24.00 Beaudette & Company, Inc., Rex-o-graph service 6.10 Beckley-Cardy Company, brush 1.96 Beco Associates, boiler service 450.00 Bee Publishing Company, teacher application blanks 55.00 The H. Berger Paper Company, janitorial supplies 221.61 Wen.dell Berman Insurance Agency, accident ~nsurance 1,011.00 Thos. Bevington & Sons, Inc., musical instrument insurance 144.87 M. Virginia Biggy, services (Elem. Education Workshop) 500.00 Bill's Auto Service, rental of power lawnmower, gasoline 26.46 Roy Bird, transportation to Haverhill Trade School 35.00 Bostitch Northeast, Inc., staplers and stap]es 90.53 196 Boston Music Company, music, records 256.76 R. R. Bowker Company, catalogs 5.00 The Boynton Press, printing 136.13 Milton Bradley Company, classroom supplies 264.78: Bride, Grimes & Company, labor and supplies 108.92 A1 Brien's Radio, TV, and Appliance Center, TV rentals 30.00 The Bruce Publishing Co., book 3.47 Buckley Iron Works, Inc., bicycle rack 58.00 Olive Butler, travel allowance, art convention 228.10 Cambridge Book Co., Inc., books 4.30 Campbell's Market, groceries /or cooking classes 96.05 Cantflame Fire-.Proofing Company, fire blanket 17.00 Capitol Area School Development Association, book 4.20 Cash or Rita Enaire, petty cash 39.25 Cascade Paper Company, classroom supplies 132.61 William Cavallaro, transportation to Haverhill Trade School 20.00 Central Scientific Company, biology supplies 34.46 Clara A. Chapman, Haverhill Institute tuition 7.50 Veva M. Chapman, Haverhill Institute tuition 7.50 City of Haverhill, tuitions 1,407.2I City of Lawrence, tuitions 602.90 City of Lowell, tuitions 160.00 City of Lynn, tuitions 31.00 The Classical Journal, subscription 3.75 The College Blue Book, 7th edition 8.00 College Entrance Examination Board, college handbook 1.00 Joseph A. Collins, electrical repairs 58.39 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department for Education, magazines 2.00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Workshop for the Blind, brooms 11.85 F. E. Compton & Company, encyclopedia 115~31 Thc Conde Nast Publications, subscription 4,50 Conlon Bros,, paper towels 181.25 Irene E. Cook, conferences 14.19 Crane Hardware Company, supplies 135.92 K. M. Crawford Company, floor wax 92.00 Arthur C. Croft Publications, subscription, book 22.17 Crosby Publishing Co., Inc., North Andover directory 15.00 Crown Publishers, book 3.76 George Cunningham, desk repairs, P.T.A. meetings 32.50. John J. Cushing, services at P.T.A. meetings 10.00, Cyr Oil Company, fuel oil, burner service 1,042.01 John J. Cyr, plaster repairs 34.20 Dalrymple Oil Company, Inc., fuel oil, service 1,884.17 J. E. Davidson, subscriptions 18.00 Department of Elementary School Principals of the National Education Association, membership 5.00 Joseph F. Devan, Jr., conferences 12.54 Development Engineering Company, charts 5.00 Mary E. DeVoy, conference 2.00 Margaret Donlan, tuition to Haverhill Institute 7.50~ Doubleday & Company, Inc., book 5.62; Harriet Dunham, tuition to Haverhill Institute 7.50 Dyer-Clark Company, fluorescent tubes, starters 35.03 Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co., printing, advertising 170.80 Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co., bus tickets 71.25 Economy Lubricating Company, sludge cutter 176.25 Educational Testing Service, reports 4.00 Elementary Evaluative Criteria, books 6.16 Rita Enaire, meetings 51.95 George Everson, use of car, services at meetings 120.00 Fart Fabrics, cloth 12.35 'T. E. Field, typewriter and adding machine repairs 23.16 Joseph M. Finneran, health supplies 40.52 'Carl Fischer, Inc., instruments, music, repairs 1,358.05 F. J. Flemings, Inc., janitorial supplies 131.48 Follett Publishing Company, books 266.07 John J. Gaffny & Sons, boiler repairs 34.63 Gaylord Bros., Inc., library supplies 7.39 Gibbs Express Company, express on filters 2.75 Madeline Gillen, conferences, field trips 29.50 Ginn anal Company, books 667.29 Gledhill Bros., Inc., classroom supplies, furniture 429.17 Globe Book Company, books 5.56 The Grolier Society, Inc., book racks 15.73 J. L. Harnmctt Company, furniture, classroom supplies 900.87 C. S. Hammond & Company, atlas 26.45 Handcrafters, classroom supplies 30.97 Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc., books 72.99 Hart Electric Company, electric fixtures installed (Thomson) 1,430.00 Robert Haskell Company, ditto service 9.80 Harry & Young, recording tape and supplies 48.26 Haverhill Chain Link Fence, fence (Kittredge) 297.00 Alvah G. Hayes, travel allowance 75.00 D. C. Heath & Company, books 257.10 Cornelius Hegarty, school census 126.60 William T. Henrick, painting flagpole (Johnson) 50.00 Henry Holt & Company, books 96~43 George W. ~torne Company, roof (Thomson) 695.00 John R. Hosking, classroom supplies 220.25 Houghton Mifflin Company, books, workbooks 261.35 F. Milton Howard, postage 3.97 Ideal Pictures, film ~'entals 12.73 iInternational Business Machines Corp., typewriter service 11.31 Iroquois Publishing Co., Inc., books 12.31 Jackson Chairs, Inc~ rubber feet 7.59 Jackson Lumber Co.. Inc., lumber 4.21 The Jarmak Company, table and chairs 65.55 The George T. Johnson Company, sponges 33.00 Jordan IVIarsh Company, library stamp 1.90 The Journal of t~usiness Education, subscription 2.50 The Journal of Education (B. U.): subscription 3.00 E. A. Kelleher Company, dishes 45.66 Kennesaw Publishing Company, workbooks 13.50 Charles R. Kent, Jr., pupil transportation 2,877.00 William B. Kent Ice & Oil Company, moving charges 2~.69 Knuepfer & Dimmock, records, supplies 30.97 Ladd Visual Service, postage on filn~s 1.18 B. A. Larson & Company, flag 7.77 LaVie, dictionary blanks 1.57 Lawrence Bindery Company, binding registers and books 262.45 Lawrence Gas & Electric Company, service 1,663.28 Lawrence Electric Company, service 1,552.02 Lawrence Gas Company, service 164.98 Lawrence Lmnber Company, lumber 921.29 198 Lawrence Plate & Window Glass Company, glass, repairs 76.46 Lawrence Rubber Company, rubber gloves 6.00 Lawrence Window Cleaning Co., Inc., cleaning 245.00 windows outside 20.00 Fred Leach, plumbing repairs 19.80 Thomas H. Lebel, electrical repairs 16.20 Lebowitz Bros., janitorial supplies J. B. Lippincott Company, books 18.15 101.53 Little Fawn Cleaners, Inc., coats, sheets curtains Longbottom's Market, groceries for coo~ing classes 157.17 John Il. Lyman Company, cleaning cloths 51.91 Lyons and Carnahan, workbooks 15.13 54.75 The Mac Press, printing The Macmillan Company, books 273.61 Mainco Trading Company, classroom supplies 75.58 Dominick Mangano & Sons, plumbing repairs 196.40 Manifold Supplies Company, Rex-o-graph supplies 75.00 · 33.30 Manzi Electric Corp., electrical repairs 250.00 Jennie C. Marine, travel allowance Martin & Murray, Inc., books 30.90 Massachusetts Association of School Committees, 30.00 membership Massachusetts Motion Picture Service, Inc., films 6.06 104.66 Masury-Y,o. ung Company~ janitorial supplies McCarthy s Express Co./Inc., express charges 3.78 275.00 Agnes R. McClung, travel allowance, conferences John McDuffie, garage rent for driver-training car 31.25 McGraw~Ilill Book Company, Inc., books 405.90 McKinley Publishing Co., subscri)~tions 7.00 Meadow Brook So~t Water Laundry, Inc., 1.35 plastic shades Meagan's Drug Store, health supplies 14.72 G. & C. Merriam Company, dictionaries 100.62 Charles E. Merrill Co., Inc., workbooks 298.90 5/_,errim~c Boiler Works, boiler repairs 232.08 Roger B. Merriman, meeting of M. A. S.C. 5.00 Julian Messner, Inc., books 6.35 J. Ernest Miller. labor and supplies 78.73 · 9.37 Model Airplane News, subscriptions D. F. Morgan, flagpole repairs (Johnson) 135.94 Clarence F. Mosher, Jr., travel allowance, band supplies, instrumental repairs 348.55 · 15.00 A. V. Mueller,, piano and organ repairs Jim Mulligan s Radio Lab., amplifier rental 20.00 The National Cash Ilegister Co., maintenance service 12.00 4.O0 The Nationa] Council for Social Studies, subscription Thc National Council for Teachers of Mathematics, 5.00 subscription Alice M. Neal, convention expenses, Haverhill 57.54 Institute 39.75 John J. Nosbit% Inc., filters Nesbitt's Radio Shop, movie projector repairs 33.45 New England Paint & Wall Paper Company, supplies 3.90 New England School Development Council, membership, books 120.50 New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service 946.06 News Map of the Week, Inc., subscription 18.65 New York Herald Tribune, forum issue 2.30 The New York Times Co., subscription, film 12.00 News Time, subscriptions 32.00 199 Noble & Noble Publishers, Inc., books 31.74 North Andover Board of Public Works~ water 241.28 L. Irving Nutter Insulating Co., ]anitorm! supplies 13.71 Francis J. O'Brien, travel allowance, conferences 215.80 Ostwald, lnc., band uniforms 1,713.34' Outdoor Life, subscription 3.00 The Personal Book Shop, Inc., books 52.08 Petroleum Heat and Power Company, burner service 115.76 Railway Express Agency, express charges 71.69 Rand-McNally & Company, books 126~13 Harold Ratcliffe, boiler repairs 240.00 Gilbert Rea, mowing, trimming and raking 55.00 Thomas W. Reed Company, longue depressors 12.55 Arthur J. Regan, repair of floor machine 11.05 Re-Tone Products, janitorial supplies 169.58 Rinehart Handwriting System, handwriting supervision 500.00 J. W. Robinson Co, service to driver-training car 36.00 Tom Robinson, Jr., pupil transportation 3,509.20 Robinson's Moving & Express Service, moving 1.00 The Ronald Press Company, books 7.84 Row, Peterson & Company, books 62.56 Si. John .&. McColl, Inc., mimeograph service and suppnes 94.08 Benjamin H. Sanborn & Company, books 17.54 Saunder's Studio, projector lamp 6.07 Frank Savoy, transportation to Haverhill Trade School 35.00 T. J. Scanlon Company, master keys 1.10 Scholastic Publications, subscriptions 116.60 School House Books, maps 4.12 School Lunch Program, deficit 284.56 School Service Company, reading permits 4.45 Science Education, subscription 4.00 Science Research £.ssociates, testing, guidance service 427.41 Science Service, subscription 10.00 Scott, Foresman & Company, books, workbooks 418.30 Charles Scribner's Sons, book 2.12 George Seymour, keys .75 Shattuck's Express, express charges 4.20 Katherine Sheridan, Haverhill Institute tuition 7.50 S. A. Shiepe Co., Inc., roller The L. W. Singer Company, Inc., books 11.35 Singer Sewing Machine Co., supplies John Slipkowsky, lawnmo~vers sharpened 15.~0 8hider Fuel Corp., stoker coal 2,731.85 Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, gasoline 86.89 South-Western Publishing Co., books, workbooks 294.17 Stanford University Press, book 2.82 8tanwix House, book 13.32 The Stock Company, workbooks 50.68 Robert J. Stevenson, postage on film .44 Sullivan Typewriter Company, carbon paper, adding tape 75.95 Superintendent of Documents, subsci'iption, book 4.50 Reed K. Taylor, classroom supplies 1.19 Test Service and Advisement Center, tests 195.80 Carl A. Thomas, school census, P.T.A. meetings 108.42 A. K. Thomas Company, typewriter repairs 3.50 Thomas' Boston, Lowell & Lawrence Express, express charge .77 L. O. "Tommy" Thompson, subscription 1.50 Time, Inc., subscription 10.50 200 Today's Secretary, subscriptions 24.50 O. II. Toothaker, books, maps 39.32 Claire T. Torpey, lettering diplomas 24.50 Grace E. Torrey, conference 2.00 Town of ,4ndover tuitions 30.00 Treat IIardware ~orp., janitorial supplies 221.33 Trombly Brothers, pupil transportation 3,817.20 The Tropical Paint & Oil Company, paint and supplies 47.30 Ruth Turner, conference . 8.09 Twin Ehn Gardens, power lawnmower and grass catcher 137.37 Underwood Corp., typewriter repairs, typewriters 411.10 United Nations World, subscriptions 8.00 U. S. News and World Report, subscriptions 8.00 The University of Chicago Press, subscriptions 9.00 Thc University Publishing Co., plan books, textbooks 18.83 Vanguard Press, Inc., book 2.32 Charles I. Vincent, repairs to desks and chairs, conference 45.40 Visual Curriculum Center, moving picture screen 69.66# Webster Publishing Company, books, .workbooks 202.40 It. J. Welch Company, plumbing repmrs 338.52 West Disinfecting Company, janitorial supplies 60.44 Westinghouse Electric Corp., charts 3.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, telegram 1.09 Charles White Coal Company, fuel oil 1,238.19 Whitworth's, athletic supplies 69.40 John Wiley & Sons, Inc., books 13.60 Joseph Wilkic & Sons, moving piano 17.00 The H. W. Wilson Company, subscription, books 13.95 Windsor Pad & Paper Company, Inc., classroom paper 571.00 The John C. Winston Company, workbooks 52.07 Winwar, Inc., janitorial supplies 57.95 IIcnry S. Wolkins Company, classroom supplies 89.12 World Book Company, books, workbooks, tests 513.08 Wright & Potter Printing Company, school account blanks 10:30 School Appropriation $50,771.24 * Special Article 1,713.34 # Moses Towne Fund 69.66 201 NORTH ANDOVER SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM Receipts and Expenditures January 1, 1953--December 31, 1953 Receipts Cash Balance, January 1, 1953 Sale of Food $14,451.41 State Reimbursement 4,091.15 Total Receipts Total Cash Available Expenditures 'George Bancroft & Co. $79.87 H. Berger Paper Co. ' 85.90 Bernard Food Industries, Inc. 643.95 John E. Cain Co. 188.77 Commonwealth of Mass. 23.15 F. A. Foulds Co. 38.25 Glennie's Milk Co. 5,325.10 Graf Bros. 14.55 S. Gumpert Company, Inc. 328.20 Hilker & Bletsch Co. 117.60 Jersey Ice Cream Co. 2,613.45 Megowan Educator Food 11.39 Messina's Market 427.74 Louis Milani Foods, Inc. 332.11 Morehouse Baking Co. 845.89 Re-Tone Products 8.24 Gerrish Peters & Co. 1.50 Rutter's Linen Service 30.90 Severance Trucking Co. 9.90 John Sexton Co. 1,782.20 Shaheen Bros. 41.55 F. B. Sheehy Co. 134.85 Stone-Forsythc Co. 91.66 Suffolk Grocery Company, Inc. 202.82 Webster Thomas Co. 866.33 Wing's Express 36.25 Winwar, Inc. ]9.25 Withholding Tax 470.40 Blue Cross 112.05 Insurance (Employees) 1.40 Workers Retirement Fund 156.30 Salaries (4 operators and bookkeeper) 3,781.05 Total Expenditures .Cash Balance, January 1, 1954 2O5 $1,006.41 18,542.56 $19,548.97 $18,822.57 $726.40 BRADSTREET, KITTREDGE AND JOHNSON HIGH CAFETERIAS Profit and Loss Summary, Jan. 1, 1953- Dec. 31, 1953 (as summarized from monthly Profit and Loss Statements submitted by Alice M. Neal, bookkeeper.) Johnson Bradstreet Kittredge High SehooI Profit Loss Profit Loss Profit Loss January $53.00 $56.17 $170.17 February 39.49 $42.01 $85.45 March 85.89 140.46 90.09 April $33.94 10.58 155~92 May 8.26 151.21 112.59 June 22.12 1.42 85.82 September 168.33 106.45 16.14 October 10.06 42.40 18.91 November 67.09 31.59 57.93 December 90.68 69.60 120.32 Totals '$165.06 $413.80 $274.82 $377.07 $669.10 $244.24 165.06 274.82 244.24 $248.74 $102.25 $424.86 Johnson High School Profit $424.86 Bradstreet Loss $248.74 Kittredge Loss 102.25 350.99 Profit for Year $73.87 ATHLETICS AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL To the Superintendent of Schools: The following is the annual financial report for the year 1953 and the final report of the Johnson High School Athletic Association. The history of Johnson High Athletics is a long and proud one. Soon we are to be known as the North Andover High School, and with this will come a new era of athletics and athletes. How wonderful for the ex-athlete to look back and re- member his high-school career ! How he must compare hfimself to the present-day athletes, never ±'orgetting a moment of work, drudgery, or pleasure in his athletic endeavors. Success some years, dismal failures in others--but never was there a Johnson team that did not hustle and battle in a manner that gained respect from all opponents. Mention might be made of great athletes and of winning teams. To mention anyone in particular or any team of par- tieular accomplishment would be defeating our thoughts that 206 all teams and all players did their best. Some individuals have more talent, stronger bodies, and higher mental abilities, but those who played had the heart, the spirit, and the willingness to sacrifice time and effort to keep Johnson High Athletics at a high level. Many of the successes were accomplished under trying conditions. Limited in countless ways--such as the nmnbers of players, playing fields and facilities--success came the hard way. Johnson High is a name that will forever remain in the hearts of those who played and those who so willingly sup- ported the athletic teams. It may take time for us to realize the name is being changed. We should look forward to a bright future, however, since new fields and new facilities will accompany our new school. All this should lead to an added spirit amongst pupils and townspeople alike. The additional faeilitles will allow for an enlarged physical-education program and for the participation of a greater number of students in athletics. "In numbers there is strength," the saying goes; hence, our athletic program should grow stronger as more participate. In writing an end to Johnson High Athletics and Athletes we cannot forget those who have written Johnson High Ath- letics into our history--the boys and girls of our town and school. It should be apparent to all interested in athletics that we have been fortunate in having such an outstanding group of individuals take part in our athletic programs. They are a pleasure to work with and for. We hear and read of rampant delinquency in many communities throughout our land., and we are thankful that our record is unblemished. We are proud of our school and our children and our results. The credit is not all ours. From the representative government, the churches, the schools, and the clubs dedicated to the helping of our youth we have received welcome assistance. To them we extend our thanks. To the Mothers and Fathers whose children reflect their fine actions and training we offer our congratulations. Johnson High Athletics may be gone, but gone in name only. The North Andover IIigh School cannot fail if it continues to produce the same character, strength, and spirit of cooperation that was the background of Johnson High. GEORGE E. LEE Head Coach JOHN L. FINNERAN Faculty N[anager of Athletics ALVAH G. HAYES Principal 2O7 FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 1953 Johnson High School Athletic Association Receipts Balance on Hand January 1, 1953 $874.16 Basketball P~eeeipts 205.84 Sale o? Equipment 8.20 Dues from A.A. Members 93.70 Receipts from l%otball 1,196.74 Total Receipts Total Expenses Balance on Hand December 31, 1953 Expenses Boynton Press $45.90 Eagle Tribune 12.00 Arrow System 277.18 Whitworth Sporting Goods 609.80 J. W. Brines 114.68 J. Phelan .88 Morehouse 1.82 North Andover School Lunch 4.57 Glemfies Milk 6.50 Alfred Boeglin 10.00 Loren Murchison 7.75 Finneran's Drug Store 11.84 Globe Tickets 11.53 Lawrence Rubber Co. .52 Crane Hardware 4.32 Summers Service Station 6.85 Schruender's Service Station 10.00 Gertrude Bateman 8.00 Central Service Station 2.00 Bill's Auto Service 3.00 Charles R. I~ent 159.00 Ramsey School Bus Service 100.00 Mary Hennessey 10.00 Nate Aldrich 40.00 Donald Aldrich 10.00 John Cushing 3.00 Charles F. Lee 20.00 Basil Bova 10.00 Jane Broderiek 5.00 Walter Zipps 12.50 Vincent Davey 15.00 Cornelius Hegarty , 20.00 William Regan 20.00 208 $2,378.64 1,794.64 $584.00 Bill Laroehelle Harold Mullen Edmond GraGzyk James Jordan Fred Dreseher John Conrad George F. Lee John Finneran North East Golf League Massachusetts Secondary School William Brady Ralph Parsons William MeEvoy Robert Sanborn Joseph Lawlor Alfred ti. MeKee Douglas Auer Leo Axtin David W. Long Total Expenses Grade ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Special Elementary 9 10 11 12 High Total ENROLLMENT ON OCTOBER 1 1949 1950 1951 1952 114 S6 85 119 148 85 92 117 113 86 111 86 119 113 74 89 102 86 70 92 95 87 93 83 88 9 10 12 899 718 728 81 83 83 80 79 78 79 71 79 69 66 70 3 312 299 310 1211 1017 1038 15.00 5.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 3.00 45.00 5.00 5.00 20.00 15.00 15.00 10.00 7.00 14.00 7.00 21.00 21.00 2.00 $1,794.64 1953 120 93 127 88 99 94 81 116 95 87 112 72 85 87 66 5 11 761 796 92 100 77 80 80 78 71 78 1 32O 337 1081 1133 209 SCHOOL CALENDAR 1953-1954 September 9, Wednesday: Sebools reopen. November 25, Wednesday: Schools close at noon for remain- December 23, \Vednesday: ,January 4, Monday, February 26, Friday: l~a['ch 8, Monday: April g0, Friday: May 10, Monday: Jnne 25, Friday: The following holidays will be observed: der of week. Thanksgiving. Sehools close at noon for Christ- mas vacation. Schools reopen. Schools close at night for mid- winter vacation. School reopen. Schools close at night for spring vacation. Schools reopen. High school closes for summer. which occur during school time Friday, October 2, Essex Comnty Teachers' Meeting Monday, October 12, Colmnbus Day Wednesday, November 11, Arlnistice Day Monday, February 22, Washington's Birthday Friday, April 16, Good F~riday Monday, April 19, Patriot's Day Monday, May 31, Memorial Day NO-SCHOOL SIGNALS Three blasts of the Fire Signal 7:30 A. M. -- 12:15 P. 3/I. ~R.adio Broadcasts Stations WLAW and WLLIt Note: The signal at 7:30 A. M. applies to the elementary schools only. The Superintendent of Schools may call off the session of the high school under conditions of extraordinary severity by a signal at 7:15 A. M. SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM Statistical summaries of tl~e work of Dr. Fred Atkinson, School Physician, and Agnes MeClung, School Nurse -- 1952-53. Pre-School Registration Nmnber of children registering 121 Number of children presenting a record of physieaI examination 110 Nmnber of major defects found at time of physical examination 25 Number of major defects corrected previous to entering school 6 Number of children still under treatment 2 Nmnbcr of children presenting a record of dental examination 74 214 Physical Examination Number of children examined Number of major defects found Number of children having these defects Types of defects found: IIeart trouble 14 Carious teeth 42 Enlarged or infected tonsils 55 lgnlarged cervical glands 2 Other Disorders 4 Number of defects corrected Number of children still under treatment Number of parents consulting their family doctor Number of parents taking no action Number of children examined by their family doctor Number of parents present at the physical examination Pure-Tone Audiometer Test Number of pupils tested Number of pupil% failing the test Number of irremediable defects Number of defects corrected or under treatment Massachusetts Vision Test Number of pupils tested Number of pupils failing the test Number of pupils seen by an eye specialist Number of pupils given corrective treatment by an eye specialist Report of the School Nurse Number of school visits Number of pupil inspections Number of pupils excluded for pedieulosis Number of pupils excluded for skin conditions Number of pupils transferred home Number of pupils transported to clinic Number of pupils referred to family physician Minor treatments Number of consultations Number of home visits Nmnber of meetings attended 376 117 103 34 12 38 19 21 554 16 3 10 580 44 31 26 537 1588 12 4 146 6 80 336 190 164 15 215 CENSUS OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN Total number of children on physically handicapped list 63 Amputations 3 Asthmatics 13 Auditory defects 4 Congenital abnormalities 18 Epilepsy 2 Muscular Atrophy 2 Poliomyelitis 6 lgheumatic fever 5 Visual defects 7 Others 3 Number of children attending school 56 Number of children in State Institutions 2 Number of children receiving home instruction 3 Number out of school (working) 2 63 SUMMARY OF SCHOOL CLINIC Johnson High School--November 23, 1953 Population of Grades Tested 338 Children Tuberculin Tested 293 Per Cent Tested 87% Number Reacting to the Test · 6 Per Cent Reacting to the Test 2% Number of Children X-rayed 6 Pneumonic Process (new case) 1 REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 No. of Absentees Investigated 53 43 39 26 25 No. of Truancies Reported 8 17 9 8 8 No. of Parents Notified 30 44 42 31 25 No. of Pupils Taken to School 0 3 2 2 3 No. of Transfer Cards Investigated 15 12 30 20 20 No. Committed to Training School 0 0 0 1 0 No. of Home Permits Investi- gated 0 0 0 0 0 No. of Pupils Taken Home Sick, all from Johnson High School 38 Respectfully submitted, GEORGE E. EVERSON Attendance Officer TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS Charles R. Kent, Jr., 56 Elm Street $2,500.00 Tom Robinson, Jr., 41 Second Street 3,131.25 Trombly Bros., 147 Sutton Street 2,540.75 216 EIgHTY-FOURTH GRADUATION EXERCISES JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Class of 1953 Stevens Hall, North Andover, Massachusetts June 19, 1953 Eight o'clock Over tur e--"Victorious" Frangkiser Processional March--"Pomp and Chivalry" Roberts Prayer--Rev. Clinton W. Carvell Class Salutatory with Essay--"Manliness" Paul Daniel Donovan "Beautiful Savior"--(12th Century Melody) Arranged by Christiansen Chorus Class Essay--"Friendship" Sandra Richards Vose "i Believe" Arranged by II. R. Wilson Chorus Presentation of Awards S. A. R. Good Citizenship Award Betsy Ross Chapter, D. A. R. Good Citizenship Award The Principal Class Oration--"The Past Forever Gone; the Future Still Our Own" Charles Jackson IIarb~lt ~ Presentation of Scholarships V. F. W. Auxiliary and Post No. 2104 Commercial Scholarship Past Pres. Mrs. Agnes Hopkins and Past Comdr. Americ Lanni Helen S. Carvell Scholarship: Awarded by North Andover Woman's Club Gladys C. Sullivan Memorial Scholarship: Awarded by North Andover Parent-Teacher Association Saint Michael's ttoly Name Society Scholarship Dr~ Edward W. A. Holt Memorial Scholarship: Awarded by North Andover Beard of Trade The Principal Presentation of Diplomas Mrs~ Tom 17. Ingrain and Hon. Charles W. Trombly "Hymn of Brotherhood"--(Ancient Dutch Melody) Arranged by Ramsey Chorus Valedictory Address--Nancy Ann Lawlor 217 Class Song: Words by Lois Ann Milliken and Mary Jane Lewis Graduates "The Star-Spangled Banner" Key Graduates and Audience Recessional--Marche Pontificale Gounod-Laurendeau CLASS SONG Tune- "Auld Lang Sync" Farewell, 2arewell, dear Johnson High; We sadly leave today, We pledge to make you proud of ns, As we go on our way. We'll treasure friendships that we've made, And always hold them dear; The memories of these happy days Will last through all the years. The teachers who have guided us We thank with all our hearts We give them now a fond salute, In life we make a start. Farewell, farewell, dear Johnson High, We hear the future call. We hope you will remember us Among these hallowed halls! Words by Mary Jane Lewis and Lois Ann Milliken Senior Marshal Junior Marshal John Boyle Jacqneline M. Finn U~hers (Members of Class of 1954) George Allan Chadwick Richard E. Neal Richard D. Kennedy John Norman Slipkowsky David Joseph Lane Donald Joseph Slipp DECORATING COMMITTEE (Members of Class 1954) Ann Clement Bullock Norman Douglas Lundquist Ronald Albert i¢ountain William James Smith Carol Ann Long Beverlec Ann Tholnson Music by North Andover School Band Conductor Clarence F. Mosher, Jr. Accompanist Ann Louise Nelson Class Motto--"The Past Forever Gone; the Future Still Our Own" Class CoIors---Light Blue and Dark Blue School Colors--Scarlet and Black 218 1949 -- GRADUATES -- 1953 Ackroyd, Herbert~Service (Navy) Andrew, Frank~Service (Air Force) Armano, Ronald--At home *Arsenault, Claire--Fisher Junior College Awley, Ivy--Hytron Bamford, Ruth Factory Outlet (office) *Bara, Lillian--P. G. Johnson High School Berry, D.Gordon--Service (Navy) Bisson, Doris~Dunn & Bradstreet (office) Boush, John--Service (Air Force) Boyle, John~Lowell Textile Broadhead, Tom---Schruender's Service Station *Burris, Marilyn--Salem YIospital Choquette, William---Lawrence Plycraft ClarKe, Frederick--B. U. Junior College *Coppeta, Leonard--Lowell Textile Cronin, Anne--Lawrence General Hospital Crotty, Margaret~At home Currier, Louise~Married Cyr, Judith~Baltimore Convent Devine, Kevin--Hytron *Dolan, Alice--Bentley School of Accounting *Donovan, Paul Lowell Textile Driscoll, Patricia---Precision Radio & Television Co. (office) *Drummey, Geraldine---Boston Teachers College Everson, George--Longbottom's Market Farrell, James--Service (Air Force) Gibson, Lorraine--At home Gidley, Priscilla--Merrimack Mutual Fire Ins. (office) Girard, Adeline G.--Salem Hospital Giribaldi, Carlo--Service (Air Force) Graham, Priscilla--Salem Hospital Greene, Joanne~At home Haigh, Joyce--Universal Credit Corp. (office) Haight, Charles---Hollins Filling Station *Hamilton, Carol--Union College *HarboR, Charles--University of Miami *Ingrain, Jean--Married (working) Jiadosz, Elaine--A. A. A. (office) Kettinger, George--Service (Army) Klufts, Gertrude--Essex Savings Bank Lambert, Kenneth~Serviee (Navy) Lamprey, Paul~Service (Air Force) *Lawlor, Nancy--Bentley School of Accounting Lefebvre, Robert~Knipe Company *Lewis, Mary Jane--Catherine Laboure School Lewis, Robert--Lowell Textile *Lovejoy, Marlene--Continental Bakery (office) Mandry, Elizabeth---Married Mangano, Dominic--Newman Prep. *Markey, Claire--Merrimack College 219 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADUATES--JUNE ~12, 1953, *Mastin, Marie--McIntosti Business School McCarthy, Dorothy--Arthur's Milliken, Lois---Northeastern University Nelson, Ann--Burbank Hospi[al Rateliffe, Elizabeth--Essex Savings Bank Riedel, William--Service (Air Force) Roberts, Joan--Smith, Sullivan & Campione (office) Robinson, Bruce~--C. W. Dillon Inc. Scheipers, Shirley--McIntosh Business School *Seymour, Elsie---Rooks (office) Shea, Hilda--Lawrence General HosPital Smith, Carole--Towers Motor Parts (office) Torla, John--Merrimack College Vernile, Ralph--John Hancock Ins. Co. (office) *Vose, Sandra---Wheaton College Walker, Anne--Burdett College Wallwork, David--Newhampton Prep. School Wilson, John Rodney--Union College Zahn, Richard---Bolta Company Diploma awarded in February 1953: Patrick Joseph Kennedy.. * Indicates membership in National Honor Society. Kittredge School- 33 Pupils William David Blackstock Adele Avery Bullock Mary E. Cotter Edward M. Cross Laura Diane Curtis Eileen M. DeBurro **Pa[ricia Ann Donahue Janice Marion Dunn Carolyn L. Fretwell George F. Haigh Mary Ann T. Hallsworth Robert D. Harris Bette Lois Hart Dorothy Houghton Robert R. Houghton Herrick Ils]ey #Austin Kay Roberta Kay *Louis J. Kmiec ].tHerbert D. Lloyd Alice W. Miller David Mulchahey William G. Nicora *Donald Edward Porter $Samuel F. Rockwell III Gary Saul Raoul J. Simard Ruth Ann Smith Katherine J. Sztucinski Ann C. Tanski Claire Ann Towler ]'James A. Whipple Joan J. Wilson Bradstreet School--31 Pupils Carol Jean Ackroyd William Paul Arlit Richard C. Ashworth Audrey Lou Currier Shirley Ann Detora Joan Susan Doiron Joyce Marie Donovan Robert William Dubois Richard A. Graham Shirley P. Hame1 Donna Lee Hamilton Frances Ellen Hanson Edward Forrest Hunt Maryann Charlotte Kurgan Joseph L. Medici Dale W. Midgley Douglas Harold Morse Joyce Heywood Myhaver Pauline Nadeau James Donald Ord Dorothy R. Paradis Diana Pollard ].IKenneth C. Ramsay "fi John Donald Ratcliffe Cynthia A. Roberts Dale A. Rodger Roderick John Rogers ?].Bruno Martin Ruhmann, Jr._ Judith Anne Thornton Robert F. Torla K. Marie Verda 22O Thomson School--27 Pupils Lawrence Russell Aaronian Ralph Crossman Beal William Burris ~ John Daniel Caron William Harold Curren *John Anthony Gallant John Richard Gidley *Henry Roland Himber, Jr. Judith Knightly Florence Jean Legate Susan Jane Lodge Louise Elaine Mooradkanian Richard Ward Perry James Richard Reinhold Bruce David Russell Richard Albert Schubert Lois Ellen Sharpe Carolyn Ruth Smith Warren Cart Stanwood, Jr. Kent Douglas Stevenson William Edgar Taylor Judith Ann Tetler Geraldine Mae Thomson Allen David Virr David Earl Warwick Nancy Ellen Whittaker Diane Martha Wilkinson 'Graduates from St. Michael's entering Johnson High-- 13 Pupils Josephine A. Bonanno Rhode A. Broderick Robert L. Buchanan Ann NI. Driscoll Arthur J. Dufresne Thomas M. Dufresne Carol Ann Kopec Joan M. McLellan Donna M. Mulchahey Marilyn J. Nussbaum Maureen Elaine O'Keefe Barrett Francis Robinson Paula 1Vfary Weymouth * Entered Central Catholic Higl~ School ** Entered St. Fatrick's High School 1' Entered Brooks School 'I'$ Moved from Town $ Entered Phillips Andover # At Home ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE To the Citizens of North Andover: This year you will not be asked by your School Building Conmfittee to make any great decision. Ever since 1946 you have been asked ahnost every year for authoriW to build schools: two major additions the Thomson and the Brad- street; a building completely new--the Kittredge; finally, the new high school. tiaa the School Building Committee finished its job? Not yet. There remains much for your Committee to do; even more than it can conclude even by January 1, 1955. Construction is proceeding, as yQu can see, on the new high school. The eon- tractors are making satisfactory progress. We hope to open to the girls and boys of North Andover in September, 1954, a modern high school well, though not lavishly, equipped. The principal and teachers will have an adequate instrmnent to use in making our youngsters ready for good citizenship and effec- tive living. But use is the only test of construction, and it may, therefore, be months after September before your Committee 221 w/il be ready to report that your high school is indeed finished to the ultimate detail. At the Annual Town Meeting in 1946, you voted (Article 34 of the Warrant) to "authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of seven to carry out the program substantially as outlined in the School Survey Report." And the School Survey Report, prepared by Dr. C. E. Reeves of Griffenhagen and Associates, contained these recommendations: "(1) To erect an addition of at least four classrooms and a gymnasium (that can also be used as an assembly hall) to the Albert Thomson School, and so to eliminate the Union School, a wooden structure completed in 1884. (2) To build a similar addition to the Bradstreet School, and so complete the elinfination of the wooden schools, (3) At a favorable time, to erect a new high school of about twenty-five classrooms, with shops equipped for instruc- tion in the mechanic a~'ts, and special rooms equipped for instruction in domestic arts. The new high sehooi should have an auditorium with a seating capacity of about one thousand and a gymnasium with basketball court; it would be located near adequate playing fields for footbali, basketball, and tennis. Compare this School Building Program of 1946 with the schools built by 1954; the goal seems near. Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS B. KITTP~EDGE, Chairman ABBOT STEVENS FORBES ROCKWELL JOttN W. COSTELLO CHARLES W. TROMBLY FREDERICK C. ATKINSON WILLIAM F. ROCK 222 SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Financial Statement -- 1953 Available Funds: Article 72 (1950), Bal. Jan. 1, 1953 $268.83 Article 19 (1952), Bal. Jan. 1, 1953 88,157.77 Article 19 (1952), Loan, May, 1953 1,400,000.00 Expended 1953: Adden, Parker, Clinch & Crimp, (architects), professional services and services of Resident Inspector 48,573.01 Ralph B. Brasseur, completion of outline survey of high-school site 906.50 Andrew F. Co'u, builder's risk insurance 2,464.45 F. W. Dodge Corp., advertising 65.60 Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co., advertising 61.80 Rita L. Enaire, clerical 50.00 Gainey's Construction Newsletter, advertising 33.30 Haller Testing Laboratories, Inc., testing services 1,800.00 Rich Bros. Constrnction Co., general contract for new high school 617,385.06 Rene Robichaud, site clearance 5,092.64 Saunders Studio, photos o5 high- school building 25.00 Whitman & Howard, drainage study, survey and report 300.70 Total Expenses Balance January 1, 1954 $1,488,426.60 676,758.06 $811,668.54 223 TOWN WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Essex ss: To either of the Constables of the Town of North Andover: Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of North Andover, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet iu the Bradstreet School in Precinct One; the Engine House in Precinct Two; the Thomson School in Precinct Three and the Town Hall in Precinct Four, in said North _Andover on Monday, the first day of March, 1954 at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act upon the following article: ARTICLE L To elect a Moderator, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Three Selectmen, three members of the Board of Public Welfare for one year; one Assessor of Taxes, two members of the School Committee, one member of the Board of Health, one member of the Board of Public Works for three years, a 'Highway Surveyor, a Collector of Taxes, a Tree Warden, five Constables for one year, a member of the Plan- ning Board for five years, one member of the Planning Board for the unexpired term of three years, and one member of the Housing Authority for five years. QUESTION: Shall an Act be passed by the General Court in thc year nineteen hundred fifty-four entitled "An Act increasing the powers and duties of the Board of Pubilc Works of the Town of North Andover," be accepted? All to be voted upon one ballot. The polls shall open at nine o'clock A.M. and shall be closed at eight o'clock P.M. After final action on the preceding Article One; the said meeting shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 4, Article one of thc Town by-laws, to Saturday, March 13, 1954, at one- thirty o'clock P.M. in the Town Hall, then and there to act on the following articles:- ARTICLE 2. To elect all other o~cers not required by law to be elected by ballot. ARTICLE 3. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of receipts and expenditures as presented by the Select- men. ARTICLE i. To see what action the town will take as to its unexpended appropriations. ARTICLE 5. To see what action the town will take as to the recommendations of the Advisory Board. 224 ARTICLE 6. 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 year beginning danuary ], ]955 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. ARTICLE 7. To consider the report of all special eom- mittees. ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to appoint one of their members to the posi- tion of Board of Health physician and to fix his compensation in accordance with Section 4A, Chapter 41 of the General Laws. ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the School Committee to appoint one of its members to the position of School Physician and to fix his compensation in accordance with Section 4A, Chapter 41, General Laws. ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will ,zote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) for the purpose of taking the Decennial Census for 1955 as required by law. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE l l. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) to pay for the cost of disposing and removing from the land upon which it is located, the building known as the Center School, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Selectmen may determine. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250) for the purpose of paying a bill deemed to be due, after investi- gation, to the Harvey Radio Corporation for materials and services provided to the Police Department in 1948, the Board of Selectmen being of the ~manimous conclusion that non-pay- merit of this bill in the year in which the services and materials were provided was due to a confusion existing between the Harvey Radio Corporation and the Police Department, due to a notation on the Harvey Radio Corporation statement as "final bill". Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000) to be expended by the Board of Selectmen in the completion of writing and publishing the history of the Town of North Andover. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. 225 ARTICLE 14~ To see if the town will vote to accept Phillips Court as a public way from Osgood Street to Pleasant Street as shown on the plan approved by the Planning Board under date of December 7, 1953 and filed in the office of the Town Clerk. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 15. To see if the town will vote to accept a strip of land, at the request of Kasper Kasperlan, at the corner of Middlesex and Greene Streets to eliminate a very dangerous corner, with the provision that the town will remove the section o£ stone wall bordering said land, said land described as follows: Beginning at a bonnd marking the intersection of the westerly line of Greene Street with the northerly line of Middlesex Street; thence northwesterly, by the northerly line of Middlesex Street, 18 feet to a point; thence southerly, easterly, and northerly, by a curve of 10.42 feet radius, 21.43 feet to a point in the westerly line of Greene Street; thence southerly, by the westerly line .of Greene Street, 18 feet to the point of beginning, containing 74 square feet, more or less. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Sixty Dollars ($160) to pay for the cost of removing stonewall referred to in Article No. 15. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will vote to accel~t the extension of Heath Road running west and north from Johnson Street to its intersection with Sutton Hill Road 475 feet; thence Sutton Hill Road westerly and southerly 1200~ to the southerly boundary of land now or formerly owned by Frances S. Barrows, as shown, on thc plan filed in thc Town Clerk's Office; the whole said distance to be known as Sutton Hill Road. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) for the purpose of putting a new roof on the To~vn Building and reeaulking certain windows in the building to correct a condition caused by leaks under the windows. Petition of Lillian B. Dearden and others. ARTICLE 19. TO see if the town will 'raise and appropriate the sum of ($400) Four Hnndred Dollars for the services of a policeman at the Bathing Beach four hours daily, 41ght hours Saturdays and Sundays for a ten week period, to enforce the parking limited to North Andover residents; this figure to 226 include the cost of ear stickers to be issued by said policeman. Petition of the Board of Selectmen on recommendation of' the Recreational Council ARTICLE 20. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Twelve Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1250) for six play- ground instructors and a supervisor for an eight week period; Petition of the Board of Selectmen on recommendation of the Reereational Conneil. ARTICLE 21. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) for playground sup- plies, this amount to include expenses of pre-play-ground work- shops and special trips for the playground ehild~en. Petition of the Board of Selectmen on recommendation of the Recreational Council. ARTICLE 22. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250) for the ptucpose of building boxes for horseshoe courts, building an additional sand box and furnishing one new extra heavy duty work table for various playgrounds. Petition of the Board of Selectmen on recommendation the Recreational Council. ARTICLE 23. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Two Huudred. Twenty-five Dollars ($225) to furnisl~ and install Castle Tower (junglegym) American No. DCT .9t' high, 13' overall diameter at Waverly Playground. Petition of the Board of Selectmen on recommendation of the Recreational Council ARTICLE 24. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) for banking and flood- ing skating rinks. Petition of the Board of Selectmen on.reeomrnendatim~ of the Recreational Cmmeil. ARTICLE 25. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) to make necessary repairs at the Town Inflmnary. Petition of the Board of Public Welfare. ARTICLE 26. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a 'sufficient sum of money for the salaries and wages in each Town Department, to grant a Three Hundred Dollar ($300) increase to all full time employees. Petition of George A. Carey and ethers. ARTICLE 27. To ~ce if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the suTM of Thirty-five Hundred Dollars ($3500) to be used with the 227 present 1946 truck, to purchase a new two-ton truck with a winch attached, all equipped, Petition of Jolm J. Connors, Moth Supt. ARTICLE 28. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of Five Huudred Dollars ($500) for the purchase of a power chain saw. Petition of John J. Connors, ~Ioth S~pt. ARTICLE 29. To see if the town 'will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Three Hm~dred Dollars ($300) for the purchase of a Power Brush Cutter. Petition of John J. Connors, lIoth Supt. ARTICLE 30. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Thousand Four Hundred Forty- five Dollars ($7,445.00) to be added to the Police Department appropriation to provide for tl~e appointment of three eom- pete~t and qua]tried men, nnder Civil Service Rules, to be regular patrolmen. Petition of Alfred H. McKee. ARTICLE 31. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Twen- t.i-four Hundred Ninety-five Dollars ($2495) for the purchase of two new poi/ce cruisers, $635 to be used with the present police car and $1860 to be nsed for the purchase of the other ear, and that the Chief call for bids. Petition of Alfred II. MeKee. ARTICLE 32. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum o£ money for Chapter 90 Highway Con- struetion, or take any action in relation thereto. Petition of James J. Maker, Treasurer. ARTICLE 3~. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from m~appropriated available fonds in the treasury, a stun of money for Chapter 90 Highway }laintenanee, or take any action in relation thereto. Petition of James J. Maker, Treasurer. ARTICLE 34. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Sixteen Hundred Forty Dollars ($1640) to pnrel~ase One Thousand (1,000) feet of 2 and ~/~ inch hose for the Fire Department. Petition of the Beard of Fire l~Inginecrs. ARTICLE 35. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars ($700) to pur- chase a (Circul Air) Hose Dryer for thc Fire Department. Petition of the Board of Fire Engineers. 228 ARTICLE 36. To' see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars ($700) to pm'- chase One Thousand (1,000) feet of forestry hose. Petition of the Forest Warden. A]~TICLE ~7. To see if the town will vote to allow the Assessors to close their oftlee on Saturday mornings and keep open on Wednesday afternoons instead. Chapter 265, Acts of 1947. Petition of the Board of Assessors. ARTICLE 38. To see if the town will ~'ote to use Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) of available funds for the reduction of the 1954 tax rate. Petition of the Board of Assessors. ARTICLE 39. To see if the town will vote to adopt ~n revised by-laws of the town of North Andover, the proposed bydaws as printed in the Annual Town Report of 1948, as prepared by a committee appointed under authority of the vote of the town meeting on Article No. 14 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1947. Petition of R. George Caron and others. ARTICLE 40. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of North Andover by adding the words "or motel" to item b of Section 1, of Article Il of said bydaws so that item b. Section I, Article ii w~ll read as fol- lows: The taking of boarders, or the leasing of rooms by a family residing on the premises, providing there is no sign or display to advertise such use, but it is not permissible to construct or operate overnig'ht camps or motels. Petition of Robert P. Dnlude and others. ARTICLE 41. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Cha~pter 488 of the Acts o~ 1952, the following section III-H notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any police off%er of a city or town who is required to perform any service beyond his regular established hours of service . . . Primary Day, Election Day or at any parade or race or at any public celebration or while police listing, shall bc compensated for such additional hours of service at the rate per hour of his regular compensation. This section shall take effect in the town by a majority vote, at an annual town meeting. Petition of Philip Suteliffe and others. ARTICLE 42. To see if the town will raise and appropriate. the sum of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500) for the purchase of an Oliver wheel Tractor and Loader for the use of the Highway Department. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. 229 ARTICLE 43. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Nine Thousand Four Hundred Ten Dollars ($9,410) to extend the 30" storm drain in Greene Street from Waverley ]~oad toward Massachusetts Avenue. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 44. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) for the purpose of painting aud replacing street signs. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 45. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the stun of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) to be used for a sidewalk project; the town to pay one-half the cost and the applicant to pay the other half. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 46. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the stun of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) for maintenance of any streets in Town under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used in conjunction with money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway? Surveyor. ARTICLE 47. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Seventy-five ltundred Dollars ($7500) £or the fur- ther rebuilding of Great Pond Road under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used with any money allotted by the State or Corm[y, or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 48. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Five Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($5,800) for the purchase of a three-ton heavy duty Mack Dump Truck for the use of the IIighway Department. Petition of the ttighway Surveyor. ARTICLE 4~9. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) to dig ditches neces- .sary to operate the Disposal Site. Petition of the Itighway Surveyor. ARTICLE 50. To see if the town will raise and appropriate ihe sum of Seven Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-five Dollars ($7,355) to install a surface drain on Baldwin Street, from Union to Belmont to Marblehead Street. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 51. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) for a building at the 230 Disposal Site for the bulldozer operator, which will also serve as a shelter for the bulldozer when not in use. This has been a suggestion from the Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 52. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to construct a road on Beacon Hill Boulevard from Osgood Street to Chickering Road nnder Chapter 80 of the General Laws providing for the assess- ment of betterments upon tire property owners. Petition of Arthur R. Murphy and others. ARTICLE 53. To see if the town will raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of Twenty-five Thou- sand Dollars ($25,000) to create a stabilization fund under Chapter 124, Acts of 1945, for the purpose of extending the east side trm~k sewer from i~s present terminus at Harkaway Road and Stevens Street to Phillips Square. Petition of Ernest A. Brown, Jr. and others. ARTICLE 54. To see if tire town will instruct the modera- tor to appoint a committee to investigate, and report on at the town meeting of 1955, the advisability and legal method of changing the name of the town to Old Andover; this action to be taken in view of the 100th anniversary iu 1955 of the in- corporation of the town under its present name, which would be an appropriate time to make this change which would clarify the status of this community as having been the centre of the original Andover, incorporated in 1646, and eliminate the disadvantages of the present name which has created and confines to create the impression that the town is merely the northward extension of a community that originated to the south, instead of indicating as it should that North Andover represents the old, original village of Andover. Petition of Buchanan Charles, and others. ARTICLE 55. TO see if the town will raise and appropriate Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000) for labor and expenses in taking care of the School Grounds. Petition of the Beard of Public Works. ARTICLE 56. To see i~ the town ~vill raise and appropriate Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000) to build a storage building at North Andover High School for gang mowers, tractors, etc. Petition of the Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 57. To see if the town wilt raise and appropriate One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) to provide a new float for the American Legion Bathing Beach. Petition of the. Board of Pnblle Works. 231 ARTICLE 58. To see if the town will raise and appropriate One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) to continue the Fluoridation of the water supply. Petition of the Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 59. To see if the town will raise and appropriate Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500) to be used with the present Dodge Coupe to purchase a new automobile. Petition of the Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 60. To sec if the town will vote to raise and appropriate Four Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($4200.00) to purchase a gang mower, tractor with loader, leaf mill and roller for use in the Parks, Playgrounds and School Grounds. Petition of the Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 61. To see if the town will vote to raise aud appropriate, provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) to clean and cement line water mains in the water works system. Petition of the Board of Public Works. ARTICLE (;2. To see if the town wilI appropriate from available funds, the stun of Seventy-three Hundred and Seven- teen Dollars and Thirty-three cents ($7317.33) being the amount of water department receipts iu excess of water department operating expenses for 1953 to a stabilization fund as provided for by Chapter 124 of thc Acts of 1945, with the understanding that it is to be used by the town for capita[ improvements in the water works system nnder the provisions of the above act. Petition of the Board of Public Works. ARTICLE ~3. To see i~ the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient stun of money to tie thc Lincoln Street surface drain into the Russell Street snrfaee drain by way of Pleasant Street. Petition of ,John J. Slipkowsky and o,hers. ARTICLlg 64. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the drainage system and improve the road on West Bradstreet Road under Chapter 80 of the General Laws providing for the assessment of betterments upon the property owners. Petition of Andrew E. Alvino and others. ARTICLE 65. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or provide by bond issue or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on West Bradstreet Road from Mifflin Drive to Greene Street. Petition of Andrew E. Alvlno and others. ARTICLE 66. To see if the to~vn will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issne, or transfer from avail- 232 able funds, a suflqcient sum of money to extend the water system on West Bradstrcet Road from the present terminus Five Hun- dred Fifty (550) feel to Mifflin Drive. Petition of Andre~v E. Alvino and others. ARTICLE 67. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient suni of money to extend the drainage system on Wentworth Avenue Three Hundred Fifty (350) feet from Chadwick Street. Petition of Louis F. Sirois and others. ARTICLE 68. To see if the town xvill vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a stffficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Wentworth Avenue Three }Iundred Fifty (350) feet from Chadwick Street. Petition of Louis F. Sirois and others. ARTICLE 69. To sec if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient stun of money to extend the water system on Wentworth Avenue Three Hundred Fifty (350) feet from Chadwick Street. Petition of Louis F. Sirois and others. ARTICLE 70. To see if the town ,*'ill vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the drainage system and construct a road on Douglas Road from Mifflin Drive to Greene Street, under Chapter 80 of the General Laws providing for the assessment of betterments upon the property Petition of Ralph F. Duffy and others. ARTICLE 71. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a suffleient stun of money to extend the sewer system on Douglas Road from Mifflin Drive One Hundred Twenty-~ve (125 feet. Petition of Ralph F. Duffy and others. ARTICLE 72. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of ntoney to extend the water system on Douglas Road from ~{ifflin Drive One Hundred Twenty-five (125) feet. Petition of Ralph F. Dully and others. ARTICLE 73. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the drainage 233 system and improve the road on Woodbridge Road from Mifflin Drive to Tyler Road, under Chapter 80 of the General Laws providing for the assessment of betterments upon the property owners. Petition of Edwin C. Murpt~y and ott~ers. ARTICLE 74. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Woodbridge Road from Mifflin Drive to Tyler Road. Petition of Edwin C. Murphy and others. ARTICLE 75. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the drainage system and improve the road on Mifflin Drive under Chapter 80 of the General Laws providing for the assessment of better- ments upon the property owners. Petition of Benedict Perrone and others. ARTICLE 76. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on 3~Iifflin Drive from Douglas l~oad to Bradstreet Road. Petition of Benedict Perrone and others. ARTICLE 77. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate~ or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Mifflin Drive Five Hundred Thirty (530) feet from Middlesex Street. Petition of Gasper J. DeMario and others. ARTICLE 78. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Linden Avenue from Sylvan Terrace One Hundred and Seventy (170) feet. Petition of John J. Bonelli and others. At~TICLE 79. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Linden Avenue Two Hundred and Fifty (250) feet from the previous terminus. Petition of John J. Bonelli and others. ARTICLE 80. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a suffieien.t sum of money to extend the water system Four Hundred (400) feet from Dufton Court towards Andover Street on Chiekering Road. Petition of Charles Melamed and others. 234 ARTICLE 81. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extdnd the water system on Wright Avenue Four Hundred and Fifty (450)feet from Sutton Street. Petition of Victoria Torrisi and others. ARTICLE 82. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a su6qeient sum of money to extend the water system from the previous terminns on Putnam Road Two Hundred (200) feet toward Mifflin Drive. Petition of Alsdon ti. Arold and others. ARTICLE 83. To sec if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Contuit Street One IIundred Sixty (160) feet from Waverley Road. Petition of Benjamin Iiollins and others. ARTICLE 84. To see if the Town of North Andover will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law to change the following described parcel of land from General Residential to Business. A parcel of land on thc westerly side of Chiekering Road, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the westerly line of Chiekering Road, said p0int'being at land of Robert J. Burke and about 600 feet northerly from Peters Street; thence westerly, by a stone wM1 and by land of said Burke, about 210 feet to a corner in the wall; thence northerly, by the wall about 22 feet to a point; thence westerly, .by a fence and land of Burke, about 520 feet to an angle in the fence; thence again westerly about 1175 feet to a stone wahl; thence northerly, by a stone wall, about 175 feet to an ang4e in the wall; thence northeasterly, by the wall about 155 feet to ]and of Helen S. Coolidge; thence southeasterly, by the wall and land of Helen S. Coolidge, about 325 feet to a corner in the wall at land of Beatrice Gaumond; thence again southeasterly, by land of said Gaumond, 218.3 feet to Chiekering Road; thence southerly, by Chiekering Road, about 552 feet to the point of beginning. Petition of Charles Melamed and others. ARTICLE 85. To see if the Town of North Andover will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by changing from Agri- cultural to Business, the following deser!bed parcel of land. A parcel of land on the easterly side of Osg0od Street bounded and described as follows: Beginning al a point in the easterly side of Osgood Street at land of George l{, Barker known as the "Gage Woodland"; thence northerly, by the easterly line of Osgood Street, 218 feet to a. State Highway 235 bound at thc southerly end of a curve of 1669.98 feet radius; thence again northerly, by the above mentioned curve, 57 feet; thence easterly 148 feet; thence southerly 241 feet, by a line which is 150 feet easterly from and parallel to the first de- scribed course; thence westerly 161 feet, by land of said Barker, to the point of beginning. Petition of Daniel Olenio and others. ARTICLE 86. To see if the Town of North Andover wil! vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by changing from General Residential to Business the following described parcel of land. A pared of land on the easterly side of Chiekering Road bonnded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the easterly side line of Chickering Road, said point being 98.47 feet northerly from Pleasant Street; thence northerly, by the easterly line of Chickering Road, 440 feet to Land of the Village Land Co.; thence northeasterly, by land of the Village I~and Co., 35 feet to the southerly line of Concord Street; thence southeasterly, by the southerly line of Concord Street, 263.9 feet to land of Subatch; thence southwesterly by land of Subatch and land of Helbick, by a line which is $0 feet westerly from and parallel to the westerly line of Bunker Hill Street, 375 feet to Chickering Road and the point of beginning. Petition of Sam DiManro and others. ARTICLE 87. To sec if the Town of North Andover will vote to amend the Zoning By-I~aw by changing from Agri- cultural to Business, the following described parcel of land. A parcel of land on the westerly side of Osgood Street and on the southerly side of Sutton Street, bounded and de- scribed as follows: Beginning at a point in the westerly line of Osgood Street at its intersection with the southerly line of Sutton Street; thence southerly, by the westerly line of Osgood Street, five hundred (500) feet; thence westerly two hundred (200) feet; thence northerly five hundred (500) feet; to the southerly line of Sutton Street; thence easterly, by the south- erly line of Sutton Street, two hundred (200) feet to the point of beginning. Petition of Sam DiMauro and others. ARTIC[~E SS. To see if the Town of North Andover will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law to change the classification of the following described parcel of land from Agricultural to Business. A parcel of land on the easterly side of Osgood Street, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Osgood Street about 2350 feet southerly from the Haverhill line; said point being the corner of land of George R. Barker known as "Gage Woodland'; thence easterly, by land of Olenio and land of Coppola, 420 feet to a 236 point; thence southerly, by other land of said Barker, 290 feet to land of Paparella; thence westerly, by land of said Paparel]a, 400 feet to Osgood Street; thence northerly, by the easterly line of Osgood Street, 200 feet to the point of beginning. Petition of George R. Barker and others. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof, at the Town Hall and at five or more public places in each voting precinct. Said copies to be posted not more than fifteen days nor less than ten days before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting . Given under our hands at North Andover, Massachusetts, the twenty-fifth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand n/ne hundred fifty four. JOHN J. WILLIS ARTHUR A. THOMSON ARTHUR P. KIRK Board of Selectmen 237 CONTENTS Assessor's Report .......... 64 Accountant's Report ......... 14! Board of Appeals Report ........ 119 Board of Public Works Report ....... 73 Board of Public Health Report ...... 62 Board ot' Public Welfare Report ...... 101 Building Inspector's Report ....... 69 Civilian Defense Report ........ 140 Dog Ofticer's Report ......... 55 Electrical Inspector Report ........ 112 Fire Department Report ........ 65 Highway Surveyor's Report ....... 128 Housing AuthoriW Report ........ 124 List of Jurors ........... 138 Moth Department and Tree Warden's Report . 60 Plumbing Inspector's Report ....... 66 Police Department Report ........ 137 Regulations for Laying Out Streets ..... 136 Rent Control Board Report ........ 127 Planning Board Report ......... 126 School Building Committee's Report ..... 221 School Committee's Report ........ 188 Stevens l~emorial Library ........ 113 Sealer of Weights and Measures ...... 111 Tax Collector's Report ......... 56 Town Clerk's Report ..... ' .... 52 Town By-Laws ........... 42 Town Meeting ........... 7 Town Officers and Committees ....... 3 Town Warrant ........... 224 Treasurer's Report .......... 120 Veterans' Benefits Dept. Report ...... 67 239 19.52 Annual Report of the Town of North Andover Massachusetts 1952 OFFICERS' REPORT OF THE RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURES AS PRESENTED BY THE SELECTMEN FOR THE Financial Year Ending December 31, 1952 INCI, UDING REPORT OF SCHOOL COMi~IITTEE AND BOARD OF PUBLIC Y~ORKS BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1952 Town Clerk JOHN J. LYONS Town Accountant MARY T. FINN ~Ioderator ATTORNEY ELWYN A. KING Town Treasurer JAMES J. MAKER Tax Collector FRANK E. WALLWORK, JR. Selectmen ARTHUR A. THOMSON JOSEPH M. FINNERAN ANDREW F. COFFIN Highway Surveyor IRA D. CARTY Tree Warden JOHN J. CONNORS Supt. Moth Department JOHN J. CONNORS Board of Assessors HENRY E. LUND MARGUERITE M. SOUCY EDWARD W. PHELAN Building Inspector MARTIN LAWIJOR, SR. Plumbing Inspector FRED LEACH Wiring Inspector THOMAS H. LEBEL Term Expires 1953 Term Expires 1954 Term Expires 1955 FLORA II. McCUBBIN, Clerk Board of Health R. GEORGE CARON Term Expires 1953 DR. JULIUS KAY Term Expires 1954 GEORGE E. JEWETT Term Expires 1955 MARY F. SHERIDAN, R. N. and Clerk Board of Public Works IRVING C. HOWES Term Expires 1953 JOSEPH D. SULLIVAN Term Expires 1954 FRANCIS B. KITTREDGE Term Expires 1955 Su!~erintendent of Public Works WILLIAM B. DUFFY School Committee DR. FREI) C. ATKINSON HON. CHARLES W. TROMBLY ROGER B. MERRIMAN WILLIAM F. ROCK CAROLINE M. INGRAM Superintendent of Schools FRANCIS J. O'BRIEN 3 Term Expires 1953 Term Expires 1954 Term Expires 1954 Term Expires 1955 Term Expires 1955 Board of ltegistrars JOHN J. McDUFFIE Term Expires 1953 FRED McCORMACK Term Expires 1954 PATRICK C. CRONIN Term Expires 1955 JOHN J. LYONS, Clerk Beard of Public Welfare ANDREW F. COFFIN ~ JOSEPtt M. FINNERAN ARTHUR A. THOMSON Licensing Board JOSEPH M. FINNERAN ARTHUR A. THOMSON ANDREW F. COFFIN Planning Board GREGORY MOORADKANIAN RICHARD G. WHIPPLE LYMAN H. KILTON, Jr. (Resigned) WILLIAM SWITHENBANK, JR. (Vacancy till 1953) NICHOLkS NICETTA EDWIN W. REINHOLD Term Expires 1953 Term Expires 1954 Term' Expires 1955 Term Expires 1956 Term Expires 1957 Housing Authority JOHN W. COSTELLO Term Expires 1953 LYMAN H. KILTON JR. (Resigned) WILLIAM ANDREWS (Vacancy till 1953) Term Expires 1954 IRVING C. HOWES Term Expires 1955 BERNARD W. BINGHAM Term Expires 1956 EDWIN C. MURPHY, Appointed by State until July 27, 1956 Board of Appeals (Appointed by Seledtmen) GREGORY MOORADKAN~AN Term Expires 1953 PETER RITCHIE Term Expires 1954 HENRY E: LUND Term Expires 1955 ANDREW E. ALV!NO Term Expires 1956 RICHARD G: WHIPPLE Term Expires 1957 Associate Members Board of Appeals (Appointed by Selectmen) SANTO DiMAURO JAMES J. REGAN LEO J. MURPHY Permanent Police ALFRED H. McKEE, Chief RICHARD S. HILTON, Sergeant A. HOUGHTON FARNHAM. MYRON B. LEWIS NORMAN M: FLEMING DAVID F. ROCHE, (Resigned,', JOSEPH W. LAWLOR JOHN .J. WILLIS EVERETT R. WOODHOUSE Reserve Police Force RUSSELL F. DONNELLY ~ LEO R. MACK_LIN FRANK H. DUSHAME; JR. ' ' ~ PAUL G. DYEti CHARLES R. McCUBBIN · ROBERT L. SANBORN Intermittent Police Force RALPH $.BOLDERSON JOHN DONOVAN FRANK HOWARD LEO GALEAZZI Constables MYRON B. LEWIS, JR. ALEXANDER NESS, JR. PHILIP TAYLOR AUGUSTINE WALSH FRANK HOWARD HARRY MELLIAN ALEXANDER NESS, JR. JOHN J. ROCHE AUGUSTINE WALSH Fire Department JAMES HARGREAVES, Chief (Permanent) . EDWIN KOENIG, 1st Deputy ARTHUR J. BRODERICK, 2nd Deputy-Clerk Permanent Firemen JAMES P. DAW, JR. ERNEST SUMMERS CHRISTOPHER HIGGINBOTTOM DONALD THOMSON HECTOR LeFEBVRE T. KARL WAINWRIGHT CHARLES WINNING, Lieut. Civilian Defense Director S. FORBES ROCKWELL ' Advisory Board (Appointed by Moderator) TURNER A. BRIDGES THOMAS H. WILKINSON JOHN E. COUGHLIN HARVEy S. LEBOW JOHN GAUDET LEONARD WINDLE ROBERT SALTONSTALL JOHN J. FITZGERALD (Resigned) WENDELL M. DILLON (Resigned) School Building Committee Appointed by School Committee: DR. FRED C..ATKINSON Hon. CHARLES W. TROMBLY WILLIAM F. ROCK Appointed by the Moderator: FRANCIS B. KITTREDGE ABBOT STEVENS JOHN W. COSTELLO S. FORBES ROCKWELL FRANCIS B. KITTREDGE Supt. Town Infirmary Matron, Town Infirmary ORIN FOSTER MRS. NORA FOSTER Public Weighers JAMES J. DOOLEY ALBERT E. HOULE EDWARD J. ELLSEY Surveyor of Wood. Bark and Lumber JOHN C. FARNt~_AM Fence Viewers JOHN M. BARRELL WILLIAM J. THOMPSON JOHN J. WILCOX · Animal Inspector ROBERT J. BURKE Custodian Tax Title Property JAMES J. MAKER Veterans Agent BERNARD BINGHAM Dog Officer JOHN J. DOLAN Public Welfare Agent LILLIAN B. DEARDEN Kee~er of Lock-U? ALFRED H. McKEE, Chief Slaughtering Inspector ROBERT J. BURKE Auctioneer Tax Title Property JAMES J. MAKER Burial Agent MYRON LEWIS, SR~ Sealer of Weights and Measurer WALTER T. HAMILTON Special Civil Constable JOHN H. FENTON Forest Fire Warden JAMES HARGREAVES, Chief l~ecreational Council MR~ ~T.IZABETI-I ELLIOT WILLIAM MAGOWAN CART, TI-IO]V[A~ ELMER JACK~ON NATHANIAL ARCHER JOHN CUSHING PHILIP SUTCLIFFE DOMENIC BONNANO JOHN KILCOURSE (Deceased) KENNETH TERROUX WARREN STANWOOD S.~ecial Police Officers ALBERT SCHOFIELD ROLAND AMBIEHL ALEXANDER NESS FREDERICK SALOIS CHARLES S. FOWLER JOHN J. LYONS JOSEPH J. SENIA RENE BEAULIEU SYLVESTER MUrPhY PHILIP MIDGLEY CHARLES ZUILL JOHN T. DOLAN JOHN J. WILCOX DONALD E. HILTON FRANK W. LEE KENNETH L. DEARDEN WALTER STAMP, JR. MALCOLM HAMILTON FRANK HOWARD ~6 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 3, 1952 ARTICLE 1. At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of North Andover, qualified to vote in elections and Town Affairs and questions, convened in the Bradstreet School in voting precinct 1, the Engine House in voting precinct 2, the Thomson School in voting precinct 3, and the Town Hall in voting precinct 4, agreeable to the requirements of the fore- going warrant, business was transacted and votes for the candidates and questions appearing on the ballot were as follows :-- Number of Votes by I 742 MOderator for one year KING, E]wyn A. 377 SALISBURY, Arnold H. 321 Blanks 44 Town Clerk fOr one year LYONS, John J. 635 Blanks 107 Tax Collector for one year BRESNAHAN; Bernard A. 222 WALLWORK, Frank E., Jr. 474 Blanks 46 Town Treasurer for one year MAKER, James J. 636 Blanks 106 Highway Surveyor for one year CARTY, Ira D. 424 MAHONEY, John J. 286 Blanks 32 Board of Selectmen for one year COFFIN, Andrew F. 421 EATON, II. Parker 351 FINNERAN, Joseph M. 448 SULLIVAN, Arnold W. 238 THOMSON, Arthur A. 385 HARGREAVES, Richard Blanks 383 Board Of Public Works for 3 years KITTREDGE, Francis B. 571 Blanks 171 Board of Health for 3 years JEWETT, George E. 553 Blanks , 189 ? Precincts II III' IV. Total 1168 906 988 3804 591 497 427 1892 526 357 511 1715 51 52 50 197 1020 ,758 '863 3276 148 147 125 527 299 201 257 979 821 656 684 2635 48 49 47 190 1018 742 859 3255 150 164 129 549 714 595 662 2395 42,8 287 302 1303 26 24 24 106 694 543 610 2268 630 444 503 1928 632 441 566 2087 301 216 257 1012 644 610 621 2260 i 1 602 464 407 1856 956 714 820 3061 212 192 168 743 921 686 771 2931 247 220 217 873 Assessor for 3 years PHELAN, Edward W. WILD, Herbert T. Blanks Tree Warden for one year CONNORS, John J. 609 Blanks 133 School Committee ~or 3 years HAMMOND, John N. INGRAM, Caroline M. LIVESE¥, Ronald ROCK, William F. Blanks Planning Beard for 5 years REINHOLD, Edwin W. 492 Blanks 250 Boar,~ of Public Welfare for one year COFFIN, Andrew F. 436 EATON,H. Parker 353 FINNERAN, Joseph M. 433 SULLIVAN, Arnold W. 230 THOMSON, Arthur A. 381 Blanks 392 Constables for one year HOWARD, 'Franl~ 465 MELLIAN, Harry 421 NESS, Alexander Jr. 458 ROCHE, John J. 516 WALSH, Augustine J. 468 Blanks 1382 451 577 348 489 1865 254 551 506 458 1769 37 40 52 41 170 987 737 822 3155 181 169 166 649 338 400 352 394 1484 305 572 434 542 1853 132 441 267 278 1118 395 498 403 446 1742 314 425 356 316 1411 851 646 716 2705 317 260 272 1099 691 556 606 2287 633 439 499 1925 642 432 570 2077 297 212 258 997 637 610 612 2240 604 469 419 1884 75! 611 ..692 2519 711 532 649.2313 764 608 697 2525 817 593 743 2669 756 '~566 690 2480 2'041 1622 1469 6514 QUESTION: "Shall the pertinent provision of General Laws, Chapter 31, (Civil Service Laws) with respee~ to the official service and the labor service of the Town, be accepted?" YES 248 376 317 343 1284 NO 359 584 377 480 1800 ' Blanks 135 208 212 165 · .720 ARTICLE 2. To elect all. other officers not required by taw to be elected by ballot. VOTED that this be r~ferred to the Selectmen for action. ARTICLE 3. To see if the town will vote to accept' the report of receipts and expenditures as presented by the Select- men. VOTED to accept the reports of receipts and expendi- tures as presented by the Board of Selectmen: , ARTICLE 4. To see what action the town Will ~ake'as to its unexpended appropriations. VOTED that all unexpended appropriations be 'rethrned 'to the Treasury, with the exception of the following ~mounts ~8 as of January 1, 1952 which were originally appropriated ~nder the articles indicated: Article Year Amount Article 60. 1951 Fire Hydrants $421.25 64. 1950 Wrater Mains 1,054.31 " 69, 1950 New High School Plans 9.032.69 18, 1951 Civil Defense Department 1.062.53 1951 Transfer from Reserve Fund to Beverly Street drain 800.00 58, 1951 Water Mains 643.30 31, 1951 Gt. Pond Road--Chapter 90 4,994.00 Under this Article 4: Motion was duly made and seconded and the vote of the Town Meeting was to instruct and authorize the Board of Assessors to take the sum of $50,000.00 from available funds to lower the tax ra~e. ARTICLE 5. VOTED that each item be considered sep- arately, after Item 3. motion was duly made and seconded and a vote of the meeting that the budget be taken as a whole and the vote be on the total, with the exception of the following changes. Item 7. snow removal, expenses being increased to $21.000.00 from $10.000.00 Item 56. Itemized Town Reports, expenses decreased from $3.400.00 zo $2.556.08. NO. Dep~rtmei~t 1. Schools & Physfcians 2. Redeeming Shoal Bonds 3. Interest on School Bonds 4. Highway Surveyor 4.580.00 5. Refuse Disposal 7.770.00 6. Streets, General Maint Clerk 2.639.40 General I.~bo r 20,280.60 7. Snow Removal 8. Sewer, M'tnce & Const. 5.000.00 9. Playgrounds Bathing Beach 4.000.00 10. Public Parks, Triangles and Burying Grounds 3.500.00 11. Board of Public Works 450.00 12. Water Maim. & Const. 25.00.00 13. Fire Incl. Ambulance Chief 4,201.84 Full time regulars- 7 23,606.73 Call & Spare Emp. 12,436.87 14. Forest Fire Warden 150.00 15, Forest Fires 16. Police - Chief 4.201.84 Sergeant 3,820.24 Full time regulars- 7 23.606.73 Reserves & Specials 2,960.19 17. Insect Pests 6,215.00 & Wages $204,503.00 Expenses Total $44,450,00 $248.953.00 35,000.00 35.000.00 4, B37.50 4.837.50 4,580.00 1 (}00.00 8.770.00 30.000.00 30,000.00 2,639.40 20,260.60 21,000.00 21,000.00 3.001~.00 8,000.00 1,900.00 5,900.00 650.00 4. 150.00 450.00 24.000.00 49.000.00 4.490.00 4.490.00 4,20L84 23.806.73 12,436.87 150.00 500.00 500.00 4,811.00 4.811.00 4.201.84 3,820.24 23,606.73 2,960.19 1,200.00 7,415.00 18. Dutch ELm Disease 19. Tree Warden Superintendent Laoor 20. Brush Cutting 21. Town Forest 22. Stevens Mem. Library 23. Veterans Benefits 24. Board of Public Welfare 25. Public Welfare Agent 26. Supt.& Matron (Infirmary) 27. Outside Relief & Repairs 28. Old Age Assistance 29. Aid to Dep. Children 30. Disability Assistance 31. Town Accountant 32. Treasurer--Bond Incl. Treasurer Clerk 33. Custodian---Tax Title 34, Tax Title Foreclosures 35. Discount on notes 36. Interest on East Side Sewer Notes 37. Redeeming East Side Sewer Notes 38. Essex County Retire- ment System 39. Tax Collector Collector Clerk - Cashier 40. Assessors Board of Assessors Clerk 41: Town Clerk 42. Election-- Registrars 43. Vital Statistics 44, Planning Board 45; 'Board of Appeals 46. Selectmen 47. License Commissioners 48.' Janitor Town Hall 49. Dog Warrant 50. Building Inspector 51. Sealer of Weights and Measures 52. Contingent Fund' 53. Animal Inspector 54. Street Lighting 55. American Legion Rent 56': Itemized ,Annual Town Reports , 57. Insurance 58. Armistice Day ~59. Memorial Day 60. V.F.W. Maintenance, ·.. ,10 & Wages Expenses Total 2,250.00 250.00 2,500.00 600.00 600.00 379.50 379.50 5,660.50 5,660.50 645.00 645.00 150.00 150.00 12,562.00 3,400.00 15,962.00 8,000.00 8,000.00 450.00 450.00 750.00 750.00 2,692.00 2,692.00 1,331.00 21,6:69.00 23,000.00 70,000.00 70,000.00 20.000.00 20,000.00 7,500.00 7,500.00 3,129.03 335.00 3,464.03 1,275.00 1,275.00 .3,640~00 3,640.00 2,529.73 2,529.73 100.00 125.00 2zS.0u 170.00 170.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 127.50 127.50 2,000.00 2,000.00 10,334.55 10,334.55 1,731.00 1,731.00 1,525.00 1,525.00 2,782.50 2,782.50 2,591.00 2,591.00 2,100.00 2,100.00 2,635.73 2,635.73 600.00 250.00 850.00 650.00 5,470.00 6,120.00 400.00 400.00 300.00 300.00 200.00 200.00 1,080.00 870.00 1,950.00 100.00 100.00 400.00 400.00 245.00 140.00 385.00 500.00 500.00 425.00 90.00 515.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 325.00 325.00 , 1'5,000.00 15,000.00 600.00 600.00 2,556.08 2,556.08 11,000.00 11,000.00 300.00 300.00 ':; 500~00 500,00 "~' ~ 350,00 350,00 61. Board of Health 3,880.00 3,880.00 Board of Health 450.00 450.00 Nurse 2,970.00 2,970.00 Physician 750~00 750.00 Health Inspector 300.00 300.00 62. Garbage Disposal 3,500.00 3,500.00 63~ Expenses of Dump 400.00 400.00 64. Maintenance of Town Building 742.00 3,758.00 4,500.00 65. Wiring Inspector 500.00 75.00 575.00 66. Community Center 65.00 65.00 67. Reserve Fund 5,000.00 5,000.00 TOTAL Art: $414,151.43 $385,250.63 $799,402.06 Amounts to be Raised and Appropriated Art. 11. Sealer of Weights and Measures $110.00 Art. 13. History of Town 1,500.00 Art. 14. Painting Town Infirmary 2,000.00 Art. 16. Playgrounds (Instructors & Supplies) 1,600.00 Art. 17. New Police Car 600.00 Art. 23. Fire Dept. Unpaid Bills o5 1951 150.00 Art. 24. Fire Dept. New Pick-up Truck 1,600.00 Art. 25. Fire Dept. Forestry hose 600.09 Art. 27. F~re Dept. New helmets 455.00 Art. 28. Fire Dept. two and ha]ff inch hose 800.00 Art. 29. Fire Alarm Box, Hewitt & Minute Aves. 350.00 Art. 31. Chapter 90, Highway Maintenance 2,000.00 Art. 32. Chapter 90, Highway Construction 5,000.00 Art. 34. Sidewalk Project 2,000.00 Art. 35. Painting and replacing signs 200.00 Art. 41. Marbleridge Rd. (Dale & Salem Sts.) 100.00 Art. 43. Hot Top Sidewalk. High Street 1,500.00 Art. 45. Wire Fence, Waverly Playground 600.00 Art. 46. Wire Backstop, Grogans Field 500.00 Art. 47. Catch Basins, Waverly Playground 400.00 Art. 48. Portable bleachers, Waverly Playground 1,300.00 Art. 51. Water Mains, B.P.W. considers necessary 900.00 Art. 53. Water System, Mass. Ave. & Putnam Road 1,850.00 Art. 60. Sewer System, Sawyer Road 2,500.00 Art. 61. Water System, Sawyer Road 2,200.00 Art. 64. Sewer System, Moody Street 900.00 Art. 65. Water System, Moody Street 1,200.00 Total Amount to be Raised and Appropriated Amounts Taken from AvaiIable Funds 4. Vote of Town Meeting (See Art. 4.P 361) Art. 19. New High School Art. 31. Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance Art. 32. Chapter 90 Highway Construction Art. 49. Cement Line Water Mains Art. 50. Stabilization Fund Art. 54. Surface Water Drain, Pembrook Road ~/rt. 59. Surface Drain Water, Sawyer Road Total Amount to be Taken from Available Funds I 11 $32,975.00 $50,000.00 80,000.00 1,000~00 30,000~00 7,500.00 3,683.69 3,100.00 2,800.00 $178,083.69 Summary Amounts appropriated at Town Meeting (Budget) Amounts to be raised by taxation Grand Total Art. 19. From Stabilization Fund~chool $799,402.06 32,975.00 $832,377.06 $2o,oo~.oo Certified to be a true copy, JOHN J. LYONS, Town Clerk At this time a motion was made by Mr. William B. Duffy that the Board of Selectmen have some kind of a memorial to Mr. Joseph A. Duncan to honor him in some way for his eon- tinued service in the Town, as Town Clerk and clerk in the Water Department. Town Clerk John J. Lyons expressed his sentiments tow- ards Mr. Duncan, his predecessor of 39 years, as a real friend and a wonderful guide to him in his duties as Town Clerk, and a man who has done much for the Town in many ways, and some honor should be given to him, and so seconded the motion and asked for unanimous approval. So' expressed by meeting unanimously. ARTICLE 6. 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 antieapation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January .1, 19,53 and to ~ssue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may.be given for a period of tess than one year in accordance with Section'17, Chapter 44. General Laws. VOTED thai the town 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 year be- ginning January 1. 1952 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less tha~ one year in accordance with 8eetionlT, Chapter .44. General Laws. This vo~e was nnanimous and so declared. ARTICLE 7. To consider the report of all special cmn- mittees. VOTED that the Fire Department Equipment Committee be discharged with a vo[e of thanks and appreciation of the Town for their work. Mr. Francis Kittredge reported that the School Building Committee report would be taken under Ar- ticle 19. 12 ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to appoint one of their members to the posi- tion of Health Physician and to fix his compensation, in accord- ance with Section 4A, Chapter 41, General Laws. VOTED to authorize the Board of Itcalth to appoint one of their members to the position of Board of Health Physician and to fix his compensation in accordance with Section 4A, Chapter 41, General Laws, in the amount of $750.00 for the year ] 952. This amount having been included in the Board of Health budget. ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the School Committee to appoint one of its members to the position of School Physician and to fix his ,compensation, in accordance with Section 4A, Chapter 41, General Laws. VOTED to authorize the School Com~nittee to appoint one of its members to the position of School Physician and to fix bis compensation, in accordance with Section 4A, General Laws, in the amount of $900.00 for the year 1952. This amount having been included in the School Department Budget. ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will vote to accept the provision of Chapter 781 approved by the legislature November 14, 1951: "An act providing for an increase in the annual amounts of certain pensions, retirement allowance, annuities and other benefits, payable by the Commouwealth and its political subdivisions, to certain former employees and persons claiming under them." Petition of the Board of Selectmen. VOTED to accept the provisions of ChaPter 781, approved by the legislature November 14, 195]: "An act providing for an increase in the annual amounts of certain pensions, retire- merit allowances, ammities and other benefits, payable by the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, to .certain former employees and persons claiming under them." The vote was unanimous and so declared. ARTICLE 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $110.00 for the purchase of three weights, one ten pound, one five and one two pound Class C. avoirdupois and a ~eries of glass con- tainers (graduated condensers) as required by the Sealer of Weights and measures. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $110.00 for the purchase of three weights, one ten pound, one five and one two pound Class C. avoirdupois and a series of glass containers (graduated condensers) as required by the Sealer of 'Weights and Measures. ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way, Silsbee Road from Herriek Road to Lyman Road as indicated on plan approved by the Board of Survey in 1924 and now on file in the ofiiee of The Board of Public Works, Silsbee Road adjudicated December 3, 1951. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. VOTED to accept as a public way, Silsbee Road from iterrick Road to Lyman Road as indicated on plan approved by the Board of Survey in 1924 and now on file in the o~ce of the Board o£ Public Works. Silsbce Road Adjudicated December 3, 1951. ARTICLE 13. To see if thc town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by transfer from available funds, the sum of $1,500.00 to be expended by the Board of Selectmen toward the writing and publication of a history of the Town of North Andover. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. VOTED to raise a~d appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to be expended by the Board of Selectmen toward the writing and publication of a history of the Town of North Andover. ARTICLE 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to paint the buildings at the Town Infirmary. Petition of thc Board of Selectmen. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the pm'pose of painting the buildings at the Town Infirmary. This work to be performed under thc direction of the Board of Public Welfare. ARTICLE ]5. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00 for the purpose of purchasing' uniforms and equipment for one Little League Team to repre- sent the town of North Andover in the Greater Lawrence Little League, a~d a~so for the four farm teams affiliated with same. Petition of the Recreational Council. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 16. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,400.00 to be used for salaries o£ six instructors and one supervisor ($1,000.00) for salaries, two instructors at each playground, and ($400.00) to be used to purchase supplies. Petition of the Recreational Council. VOTED that the sum of $1,600.00 be raised and appro- priated for salaries of six instructors and one supervisor ($1,000.00 for salaries, two instructors at each playground) and $400.00 to be used to purchase supplies and equipment, 14 the equipment to remain the property of the Town of North Andover in the custody of the l~eereational Council. ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of $600.00 to be used with the present police car, to purchase a new police car. Petition of Alfred H. 5{cKce, Chief. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 to be used with the present police car, to purchase a new police car, and that bids be advertised for. ARTICLE 18. To sec if the town will vote to increase the Reserve Police Force from seven to fourteen men and have the Board of Selectmen appoint the Intermittent Police Officers (Present Ones) as Reserve Officers and petition the~assachu- setts Legislature to put under Civil Service. Petition of David Roberts and others. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 19. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of eonstrncting and originally equipping and furnishing a new High School, to- gether with the improving, landscaping, grading, and fencing of the grounds for athletic and school purposes; and to deter- mine whether the money shall be provided by taxation, by transfer from available funds in the treasury, by appropriation from the stabilization fund, or by borrowing. Petition of School Building Committee. VOTED that the sum of $1,500,000.00 be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of constructing and originally equip- ping and furnishing a new High School; and the improving, landscaping, grading and fencing for school atheletie purposes and other school purposes of the grounds thereof; and that to meet said appropriation, the sum of $80,000.00 be appropriated from the free cash of the Town Treasury; $20,000.00 from the Stabilization Fund; and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow from time to time the sum of $1,400,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town theerfor, under authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948 and/or Chapter 44 of the General Laws, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws as amended, each issue to be paid in not more than 20 years from its date or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. The vote was unanimous and so declared. ARTICLE 20. To see if the town will authorize the School Building Committee, created under Article 34 of the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting held March 16, 1946, to enter 15 into any and all contracts necessary for the purpose of carrying out thc votes passed under Article 19 relative to the building and originally equipping of a new high school, together with the improving, landscaping, grading, and fencing of the grounds for athletic and school purposes. Petition of the School Building Committee. VOTED that the town authorize the School Bnilding Com- mittee, created under Article 34 of the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting,, held l~larch 16, 194B to enter into any and all contracts necessary for the purpose of carrying out the votes passed under Article J9 relative to the building and originally equipping of a new high school, together witk the improving, landscaping, grading and fencing of the grounds for athletic and school purposes. ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to abandon and discontinue a par~ of Parker Street, a public way, fora distance of 955.18 feet, beginning at the intersection of Parker Street and Chiekering Road, so-called, and extending 955.18 feet in a general southwesterly direction on Parker Street, the full width of said Parker Street, as shown on a plan entitled the "Proposed.Closing of Parker Street," which plan is on record in the Town Clerk's Office, North Andover, for the pur- pose of the erection of a new High School. G.L, Chapter 82, Section 21.) Petition of the School Building Committee. VOTED to abandon and discontinue a part of Parker Street, a Public Way, for a distance of 1200 feet, beginning at the intersection of Parker Street and Chickering Road, so- called, and extending 1220 feet in a general southwester}y direction on Parker Street, the full width of 'said Parker Street, as shown on a plan entitled the "Proposed Closing of Parker Street," which plan is on record in the Town Clerk's Office, North Andover for the purpose Of the erection of a new high school. G.L. Chapter 82, Seeti~n 21. ARTICLE 22. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate, or transfer from available funds, a sum of money to be added to the Stabilization Fund authorized under Chapter 124, Acts of 1945, as created under Article 36 of the Warrant for the Am-real Town Meeting held M~arch 16, 1946, and as recom- mended in the Reeves, School Building Survey. Petition of the School Building Committee. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 to pay unpaid bills of 1951. Petition of Board of Fire Engineers. VOTED that the sum of $150.00 be raised and appropriate to pay m-~paid bills of 1951 of the Fire Department. ' 16 ARTICLE 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00 to purchase a pick-up truck to transport all emergency equipment such as hospital beds~ wheel chairs, and oxygen tent, etc. Petition of Fire Engineers. VOTED that the sum o~ $1,600.00 be raised and appro- priated to p~rchase a pick-up tyuck to transport all emergency equipment suc~ as hospital beds~ wheel chairs and oxygen tent, etc., for the Fire Department. ARTICLE 25. To sec if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 to purchase a 1000 feet of forestry hose. Petition of Fire Warden. VOTED that the sum of $600.00 be raised and appropriated to purchase 1000 feet of f0re~try hose. This to be expended under the direction'of the Forest Fire Wardeib and that bids be advertised for. ARTICLE 26. To see i~ the town Will trhnsfer from in- surance receipts to the fire department account the s~m of ~174.30 received for damage t~ fire alarm box. . Petition of Board, of Fire Engineers.. . Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 27. To see if the town will vote tO raise and appropriate the ~smn Of $455.00 to purchase new helmets for ~reinell, ' ' Petiti6h 0'f 'Fi~e Engineers.. VOTED that the sum 'of $455.00' be rai~ed and appro- priated to purchase ~mw behnets for the fife'men. To be ex- pe~ded under the' direction~of Board of Fire Engineers. ~ ARTICLE 281 .To see if fi~e town will vote .to raise and appropriate the sum o~ $800. 00 to purchase 500 ~eet of tw.o and one-half ir~. hose . Petition. of Board of Fire Engineers. VOTED tbat the'sl~m of $800.00 be raised and appropriated to purchase 500 feet of two and one-half inch hose. To be expended under the direction of the Board of Fire Engineers, and that hi:ds be advertised for. ARTICLE 29. ,To ,see if the town wilt raise and appro, priate or othm'Wise provide a sum of money sufficient to install a Fire Alarm Box at the corner of Hewitt' and Minute Avenues. Petition of Joseph L. Trembly and others. VOTED that the sum of $350.00 be raised and appropriated to install a Fire Alarm Box at the corner of Hewitt and Minute Avenueg. 17 AgTICLE 30. To see if the town will vote to accept the sum of $120.00 received from various donors to be known as the "Kate 1~I. Stevens Preservation of Old Burying Grotmd Fund." The interest earned to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the maintenance of said Burying Ground. Petition of James J. Maker, Town Treasurer. VOTED to accept the sum of $120.00 received from various donors to be known as thc "Kate H. Stevens Preservation of Old Burying Ground Fund," the interest earned to be expended by thc Board of Public Works for the Maintenance of said Burying Ground. AI~TICLE 31. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available tmappropriated funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Main- tenance, or take any action in relation thereto. Petition of James J. ~aker, Town Treasurer. VOTED that thc sum of $2,000.00 be raised and appro- priated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, and that, in addition, the sum of .$1,000.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the treasury to meet the State and County's shares of the work, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored, upon the receipt,' to unappropriated available funds in the treasury. ARTICLE 32. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Con- struction, or take any action in relation thereto. Petition of James J. Maker, Town Treasurer. VOTED that the sum of $5,090.00 be raised and appro- priated to meet the town's share of the cost of Chapter 90, Highway Construction, and that, in addition, thc sum of $30,000.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the treasury to meet the State and County's shares of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State and Comity to be restored, upon their receipt to unappropriated available funds in the treasury. ARTICLE 33. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $12,500.00 for the purchase of a road main- tainer equipped with a scarifier. A tractor grader to be sold and proceeds to be turned over to the Town Treasurer. Petition of ttighway Surveyor. Stricken from Warrant. At~TICLE 34. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,000.00 to be used for a sidewalk project; 18 the town to pay one-half the cost and the applicant to pay the other half. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to be used for a sidewalk project; the town to pay one-half the cost and the applicant to pay the other half. To be expended under the direction of the Ylighway Surveyor. AI~TICLE 35. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the stun of $200.00 for the purpose of painting and replacing street signs. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the purpose of painting and replacing street signs. To be expended under the direction o£ the Highway Surveyor. AI~TiCLE 36. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,000.00 to install a surface drain on Sutton Street from the residence of William Dryden to the newly developed settlement, a distance of about 500 feet with twelve- inch pipe and two catch basins. This is to eliminate a dangerous condition caused by water from nearby fields. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 37. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for maintenance of any street in town under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may. be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Stricken from the Warrant. ART}CLE 38. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the rebuliding of Great Pond l~oad under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used with any money allotted by the State or County, or both for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of Highway Surveyor. Stricken from the Warrant. ARTICLE 39. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell a cement mixer which was bought witlx W.P.A. Funds, but now not used by the Highway Department. Proceeds to be turned over to the Town Treasurer. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. VOTED to attthorize thc Board of Selectmen to sell a cement mixer which was bought with W.P.A. Funds, but now 19 not used by the Highway Department. Proceeds to be turned over to the Town Treasurer. ARTICLE 40. To see if the town will vote to amend exist- ing Zoning By-Laws by changing from a general residential to business classification the following described parcel of land: "A certain area in the Town of North Andover on the easterly side of Winthrop Street (Lawrence), bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the easterly line of said Winthrop Street, said point being 965,55 feet northerly from the intersection of said easterly line of Winthrop Street with the westerly line of Waverly Road; thence northerly by the easterly line of said Winthrop Street 815 feet to a point; thence easterly 700 feet to a point; hence southerly 680 feet to a point which is 200 feet westerly from the westerly line of Waverley Iload; thence again southerly, by a entre which is at. all points 200 reel westerly from the westerly line of Waverley Road, 261 feet to a point; thence westerly 596 feet to the point of beginning." VOTED to amend existing Zoning By-Laws by changing from a general res;dential to business classification the follow- ing described parcel of land. "A certain area in the Town of North Andover on the easterly side of Winthrop Street (Law- fence), bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a poi~t in the easterly line of said Winthrop Street, said point bei~xg7 965.58 feet northerly from the interseetion of said easterly linc of Winthrop Street with the westerly line of Waverley 7Road; thence northerly by the easterly line of said Winthrop Street 815 feet to a point; thence easterly 700 fee to a point; thence southerly 680 feet to a point which is 200 feet w, esterly from the westerly line of Waverley Road; thence again southerly, by a curve which is at all points 200 feet westerly from the westerly line of Waverley goad, 261 feet to a point; thence westerly 596 feet to the point of beginning." The vote was nnmdmous and.so declared. ARTICLE 41. To see ff the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to widen and improve with hard surface approximately 350 feet on Marhleridge Road between Dale and Salem Streets. Petition of Tom Ingrain and others. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $16ff00 to widen and improve approximately 350 feet on ~arhleridge Road between Dale and Salem Streets. The money to be used for the purpose of hiring mechanical equipment. The oil and gravel for this project to be obtained from the regular depart- merit appropriation. Adequate fill available for the needs of this project. 2O ARTICLE 42. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of mouey to hard surface Furber Avenue from We~tworth Avenue to Moody Street. Petition of Francis H. l~{agoon and others. Stricken from the Warrant. ARTICLE 43. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the snm of $1,50(1.00 to' install a hot top sidewalk on the xvest- erly side of High Street from the junction of High and Sutton Streets to the Machine Shop Depot, a distance of approximately 1600 feet. Petition of Carolynn L. MeQuestion and others. VOTED that the sum of $],500.00 be raised and appro- priated to install a hot top sidewalk on the westerly side of Hig'h Street from the junction of High and Sutton Streets to the Machine Shop Depot, a distrance of approximately 1600 feet. ARTICLE 4~. To see if the town will raise and appropriate or otherwise provide $;~,000.00 to install and operate equipment to apply flourine to the water supply. Petition of the Board of Public Works on the recommen- dation of the Board of Health. ~ Stricken from the Warrant. ARTICLE 45. To sec if the town will raise and appropriate or otherwise provide $600.00 to erect a five-foot woven wire fence along the Marblehead Street side of the Waverley Play- ground. Petition of the Board of Public Works. VOTED that the sum of $600.00 be raised and appropriated to erect a five-foot woven wire fence along the Marblehead Street side of the Waverley Playground, this to be expended under the direction of Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 46. To see if the town will raise and appropriate or otherwise provide $500.00 to provide a chain link wire back- stop at Grogan's Field to protect the Veterans Housing area, Petition of Board of Public Works. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to provide a chain link wire backstop at Grogan's Field to protect the Veterans' Housing area. To be expended nnder the direc- tion of the Board of Publle Works. ARTICLE 47. To see if the town will raise and appropriate or otherwise provide 2400.00 to install catch-basins on Waver- ley Playground at Mass. Ave. Petition of Beard of Public Works. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of 2400.00 to install a eat. eh-basin on Waverley Playgroun.d at Mass, Ave. 2t To be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 48. To see if the town will raise and appropriate or otherwise provide $1,300.00 to purchase and install portable bleachers, seating 300 at Waverley Playground. Petition of Board of Public Works. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,300.00 to purchase and install portable bleachers, seating 300 at Waver- ley Playground. ARTICLE 49. To see if the town will raise and appropriate or otherwise provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, $7,500.00 to clean and cement line water mains in the water works system. Petition of Board of Public Works. VOTED to take from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury the sum of $7,500.00 to clean and cement line water mains in the water works system. This is a continuation of the program of the Board of Public Works has been em- ploying for the past several years. To be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 50. To see if the town will appropriate from available funds, the sum of $3,683.69 being the amonnt of water department receipts in excess of water department operating expenses for 1§51 to a Stabilization Fund as provided for by Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1945, with the nnderstanding that it is to be used by the town for capital improvements in the water works system under the provision of the above act. Petition of Board of Public Works. VOTED to take from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury the sum of 23,683.69 being the amount of water department receipts in excess of water department operating expenses for 1951 to a Stabilization Fund as provided for by Chapter 124 of the Acts of 19~5, with the ~mderstanding that it is to be used by the Town for capital improvements in the water works system under the provisions of the above act. The vote was unanimous and so declared. ARTICLE 51. To see if the town will raise and appropriate or otherwise provide $900.00 to be added to the unexpended appropriation made trader Article 58, 1951 to make such exten- sions of the water main system, under the regulations voted at the ammal town meeting, as the Board of Public Works~ on October 1, considers most necessary, such extensions not having been petitioned for at the annual meeting. Petition of Board of Public Works. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 to be added to the unexpended appropriation made under Article 58, 22 1951 to make such extensions of the water main system, nnder the regulations voted at the annua] town meeting, as the Board of Public Works, on October/st, considers most necessary, such extensions not having been petitioned for at the annual meet- ing. To be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 52. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to pipe the ditch beginning at the culvert near 41 Chestnut Street and running as far as the money will allow. Petition of Ernest A. Bro~vn, Jr. and others. Stricken fron~ Warrant. ARTICLE 53. To see i~ the town will vote to raise and appropriate or provide by bond issue or transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Mifflin Drive 350 feet from Mass. Avenue towards Putnam Road. VOTED that the s~m of $1,850.00 be raised and appro- priated to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of extending the Water system on Miffiiu Drive 350 feet from Mass. Ave., ~owards Putnam Road, upon the ~ollow- lng conditions: 1. That on or before June 1, 1952 the petitioners and or owners make a guarantee, acceptable to the Board of of Public Works of 6 % of the actual cost o~ construc- tion, as water rates, for a period of fourteen years. 2. That, on or before June 1, 1952 the construction of houses shall have been started. ARTICLE 54. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able fnnds, a sufficient stun of money to instal/a sur£aee water drain in Pembrook Road from Lyman Road to Mifflin Park Dri~, and to resurface Pembrook Road from Lyman Road to Mifflin Park Drive so as to put said Road in condition for acceptance as a public wa>,, all of said work to be done under the provisions of Chapter 80, of the General Laws, providing for the porportionate assessme~t of cost against each abutter and reimbursement of thc total cost to the Town in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 80. Petition of Ralph Duffy and others. VOTED to take from unappropriated availablb funds in the treasury the sum of $3,100.00 to install a surface water drain in Pembrook Road from Lyman Road to 5[ifflin Park Drive, and to resurface Pembrook Road from Lyman Road to Mifflin Park Drive so as to put said Road in condition for 23 acceptance as a public way. To be expended under the direc- tion of the Highway Surveyor. The assessmenis of betterments for this work to be made nnder Chapter 80 of the General Laws, as amended; and the Selectmen are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to take such steps as provide for the assessment, of betterments therefor m~der said Chapter $0, as amended. ABTICLE 55. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or provide by bond issue or transfer from as'ail- able funds a suflleient sum of money to extend the drainage system on Mifflin Drive from 5lass. Avenue to Douglas Road under Chapter 80 of the General Laws providing for the assess- ment of betterme~rts upon the property owners. Petition of Ralph Duffy and others. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 56. To see if thc town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufiqeient sum of money to extend the drainage system on Pembrook Road, Mifflin Drive and Bradstreet Road from Lyman Road to Greene Street under Chapter 80 of the General Laws pro~iding for the assessment of betterments upon the property owners. Petition of Andrew E. Alvino and others. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICI~E 57. To see if the town will ~,ote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available run,Is the surl:l of $500.00 go i~stall 100 feet of sm'face draining pipe and lower and clean out existing open ditch at Hewitt Avenue. Petition of Joseph S. Betteneonrt and others. Stricken from Warrant. ARTICLE 58. To see if the town ~vill vote to raise and appropriate or provide by bond issue or transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money to extend the drainage system on Spruce Street from 3~ass. Avenue to Hemlock Street under Chapter 80 of the General Laws providing for the assessment of betterments upon tire property owners . Petition of Rosario Mumming and others. Stricken from Warrants. ARTICLE 59. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds., a sufficient sum of money to install a surface water drain in Sawyer Road and to resurface Sawyer Road as to pnt said Road in condition for acceptance as a publie way all of said work to be done under the provisions of Chapter 80, of the General Laws, providing for the proportionate assessment of 2~ cost against each abutter and reimbursement of the tatol cost to the town in accordance wlh the provisions of Chaper 80. Petition of Ja~nes W. Thomson and others. VOTED to take from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury the sum of $2i$00.00 to install a surface drain in Sawyer Road and to resurface Sawyer Road so as to put said Road in condition for acceptance as a public way,. all of said work to be done under the provision of Chapter 80 of the Laws, to be met with the approval of the Highway Survey. Providing construction of at ~as~ four more houses on Sawyer ~oad by ~ 1~ i952 T~ ~"~xp~"fi~der d~reetlo~;~h~ }~i~way S~;~{,5)'o~', but only after he' has been duly ~p$}~ed by the Seleetme~f thg! the e,onditio~ of this have ~9~e~:'-Th~ S61eet~bfi~a~ ~0 provide for the assessment of betterments for the installation of such drainage and road surfacing m~der the provisions of Chapter 80 of the General Law~ as amended. .ARTICLE 60. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Sawyer Road from Middlesex S~reet: to Pembrook ~oad. Petition of James W. Thomson and others. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of ~2,500.00 to extend the sewer system on Sawyer Road from Middlesex Street to Pembrook Road, provided construction of at least 4 more houses is started on Sawyer Road by June 1, 1~52. This amount to be expended by the Board .of Public Works. ARTICLE 61. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water systeTM on Sa~vyer Road from ~iddlesex Street to Pembrook Road. Petition of James W. Thomson and others. VOTED that the stun of $2,200.00 be raised and appro- priated to be expended by the Board of Public Works for the purpose of extending the water system on Sawyer Road from Middlesex Street to Pembrook Road, to. be, cxpended: by the Board of Public Works upon the followlng conditions: Providing construction of at least 4 more houses is started on Sawyer Road by June 1, 1952. ~ . ~ 1. That on or before June 1, 1952 the petitioners and or owners make a guarantee, acceptable to the Board of Public Works of 6 % of the actual cost of construction, as water rates, for a period of fourteen years. 2. That, on or before June 1, 1952, the constrnetion of at least 4 more houses shall have been started. ARTICLE 62. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bo~d issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufi%ient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Pembrook Road, Mifflin Drive and Bradstreet Road a dis- tanee of 1200 feet from the present, terminus on Pembrook Road. Petition of Andrew ~]. Alvino and others. Stricken from the Warrant. ARTICLE 63. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient stun of money to extend the water system on Pembrook Road, Mifflin Drive and Bradstreet Road a distance of 1200 feet from the present terminus on Pembrook Road. Petition of Andrew E. Alvino and others. Stricken from the Warrant. ARTICLE 64. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate or provide by bond issue or transfer from available £unds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Moody Street from Furber Avenue 200 feet towards Chad- wick Street. Petition of Howard Beeley and others. VOTED that the sum of $900.00 be raised and appropriated to extend the sewer system on Moody Street from i?urber Average 200 feet towards Chadwick Street, upon the following condition: 1. That, on or before June 1, ~952 the construction of a house or houses shall have been started. To be expended under the Boa~'d of Public Works. ARTICLE 65. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or provide by bond issue or transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Moody Street 300 feet from Furber Avenue towards Chadwick Street. Petition of IIoward Beeley and others. VOTED that the sum of $1,200.00 be raised and appro- priated to extend the water system on Moody Street 300 feet from Furber Avenue towards Chadwick Street, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works under the following conditions: 1. That, on or before June 1, 1952 the petitioners and or owners make a guarantee acceptable to the Board of Public Works of 6 % of the actual costs of construction, as water rates, for a period of fourteen years. 2. That, on or before Jane 1, 1952 the construction of a house or houses shall have been started. 26 A~TICLE 66. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or provide by bond issue or transfer from avail able funds a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Spruce Street 370 feet from Mass. Avenue towards Hemlock Street. Petition of Rosario Mammino and others. Stricken from the Warrant. ARTICLE 67. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or provide by bond issue or transfer from avail- able funds a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Spruce Street 370 feet from Mass. Avenue towards Hemlock Street. Petition of Rosario Mammino and others. StricI~en from the Warrant. Four Hundred and twenty-six (426) voters were present. Meeting adjourned at 4:55 P. M., with a motion by Mr. William Duffy of thanks to the new Moderator, the Town Clerk and the Advisory Board for a good job. Sid Rea, John McDonald, Philip Sutcliffe, and Herbert Bomxey assisted the Moderator and Town Clerk in counting the hand votes reqrJred. Mrs. Lillian Deardon, Mrs. Angelina Kelley, Miss Rose McEvoy, Miss Rita Enaire, John McDonald and Alfred Garneau as- sisted the Town Clerk and Board of Registrars in checking voters into the meeting. 27 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING APRIL 21, 1952 At the Special Town Meeting held in the Court Room of the Town Building l~londay Evening, April 21, 1952 at S P. M. The following articles appeared in the Warrant: ARTICLE 1. To see if the town will vote to instruct, authorize and require the [Board of Assessors to deduct from the amount required to be assessed under Section 23 of Chapter 59 of the General Laws, as amended, the sum of $50,000.00 from available funds, which sum is herewith appropriated from available funds under Section 7, of Chapter 798 of thc Acts of 1951 for the purpose of this authorized deduction. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Statement made prior to vote on Article 1. At the anmml meeting on March 15, 1952, $50,000.00 was voted from available funds to reduce the tax rate. Commissioner Long's office has ruled that the x'ote was not proper because no article for it was in the warrant for that meeting. Article 1 in the warrant for this meeting is correctly worded according to Commissioner Long's office to accomplish the purpose. VOTED that the town instruct, authorize and require the Board of Assessors to deduct from the amount required to he assessed under Section 23 of Chapter 59 of the General Laws, as amended, the sum of $50,000.00 from available funds, which sum is herewith appropriated from available funds under Section 7 of Chapter 798 of the Acts of 1951 for the purpose of this authorized deduction. The vote was nnanimous and so declared. AI~TICLE 2. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00 to be used for salaries of six instructors and one supervisor, ($1,000.00 for salaries, two instruetors at each playground) and $600.00 to be used to purchase supplies and equipment. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Statement made to ~ote on Article 2. Commissioner Long's office has ruled that the voting of $1,600.00 under Article 16, at the annual town meeting on March 15, 1952 was not proper because it increased the amount contained in the article as it appeared in the warrant: and tho fact that Article 15 and 16 were consiflered together does not cure this. The article is now correctly worded, according to Commissioner Long's oflqee, to permit the appropriation of up to $1,600.00 for the purpose therein designated. 28 VOTED to raise and appropriate thc stun of $1,600.00 to be used for salaries of 6 instructors and one supervisor (1,000.00 for salaries, two instructors at each playground) and $600.00 to be used to purchase supplies and equipment. Thc vote was unanimous and so declared. Thirty-one (31) voters were present. Meeting adjourned at 8:10P. M. A true copy; ATTE'ST JOHN J. LYONS Town Clerk SPECIAL TOWN MEETING. AUGUST 11, 1952 At the Special Town Meeting held in the Court Room of thc Town Building Monday, August 11, 1952, at 8 P. M., the following articles appeared in the Warrant. ARTICLE 1. To see if the town will vote to transfer fram fund.4 received from the sale of real estate, a sum not to exceed $1,200.00 for the purchase of approximately 11,756 square feet of land needed for inclusion in the site of the new high school: being lots numbered 242 and 243 belong!uR to Margaret M. Haggerty and shown on the Beacon Hill Plan, on file in the Registry of Deeds in Lawrence, Mass., as Plan number 0.381. Petition of School Building Committee. VOTED to transfer from funds received from the sale of real estate, a sum not to exceed $1,200.00 for the purpose of approximately 11,756 square feet of land needed for inclusion iu the site of the new high school: being lots numbered 242 and 243 belonging to Margaret M. Haggerty and shown on thc Beacon Hill Plan on file in the Registry of Deeds in Lawrence, .Mass., as Plan number 0.381, and further that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to negotiate and complete the transfer. ARTICLE 2. To see if the town will vote to transfer from funds received from the sale of real estate, a sum not to exceed $500.00 for the purchase of approximately 5,000 square feet of land needed for inclusion in the site of the new high school: being lot numbered 165 belonging to Daniel McCarthy and Charles McCarthy and shown on the Beacon Hill plan on file in the Registry of Deeds in Lawrence, Mass., as Plan number 0.381. Petition of School Building Committee. VOTED to transfer from funds received from the sale of real estate, a sum not to exceed $500.00 for the purchase of 29 approximately 5,000 square feet of ]and needed for inclusion in the site of the new high school: being lot numbered 165 belonging to Daniel )~cCarthy and Charles McCarthy and shown on the Beacon Itill Plan on file in the l~egistry of Deeds in Lawrence~ Mass., as Plan number 0.381, and further that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to negotiate and complete the transfer. The vote on the above items were both unanimous and so declared. Seventeen (17) voters were present. Adjourned at 8:10 P.M. A true copy: Attest. JOHN J. LYONS Town Clerk 39 BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS Ai~TICLE 1 Section 1. The Annual Town Meeting shall be held on the first ~Ionday in March. Section 2. The warrants for all Town Meetings shall be directed to either of the constables, who shah serve the same by posting a true and attested copy thereof at the Town Hall and at five or more public places in each precinct of the Town, not more than fifteen nor less than ten days before the time of holding said Meetings. Section 3. When a Town Meeting shall be adjourned to a time certain that is more than fourteen days from the time of adjournment, the Town Clerk shall cause notice of th~ time and place of such adjourned meeting to be duly posted in three or more public places in each precinct in the Town two days at least before thc time of holding said adjourned meet- ing, which notice shall also briefly state the business to come before such meeting. Section 4. After the election of Town Officers whose names appear on the official ballot, and the vote upon the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, the Annual Meeting in each year shall stand adjourned for the consideration of all other matters in the warrant to 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon of the second Saturday next following, at a place to be designated by the Selectmen in the warrant for said meeting. The warrant shah also state the date and hour of said adjournment. Section 5. At said adjourned meeting the Moderator shall appoint an Advisory Committee of seven, who shall serve from the dissolution of said meeting until the dissolution of the Annual Meeting next following. They shall consider the reports of the Town Officers, the recommendations of the Finance Committee for the ensuing year, the several articles in the Warrant for the Annual Meeting next following, and any and all other municipal questions. The Committee shall give at least one public hearing within ten da~s preceding the date of the Adjourned Annual Meeting, upon all matters to be considered by them. They shall prepare and distribute among voters, prior to said ad- journed meeting, printed copies of such findings and recom- mendations as they see fit to make, and shall report the same to said meeting. For this purpose and for the performance of their other duties hereunder, they may incur such reasonable expense as may be necessary. 31 ARTICLE II Section 1. The Selectmen in addition to their general duties, shall have authority to defend suits brought against the Town, unless otherwise ordered by a vote of thc Town. Section 2. The Selectmen shall annually cause a report to be printed which shall contain a statement of their doings during the preceding financial year; thc report of the School Committee and of such other officers, boards and committees as are required to make reports; the list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen; a report of all Town ]~eetings held since thc publication of the last Annual Town Report; the regula- tions of the Board of tIealth and of the Board of Water Commissioners; the By-Laws of the Town; and such other matters as they deem expedient or as the Town votes to insert. Said .report shaI] bc bound in pamphlet form,: and shall be ready for distribution among the taxpayers at least twenty one days before the Annual Town lYIeetiug. ARTICLE III Section 1. The Selectmen shah annually, during the month of March, appoint at least five police officers, and a Chief of Police. Thc latter shall have general supervision and direction of the constables and.police officers of-the Town. Section 2. The Selectmen may make such rules .and regu- lktions as they deem necessary, under the Revised Laws, in relation to .the passages of carriages, sleighs, street cars or or'her vehicles through the streets and ways of the Town, or the use .of sleds or other vehicles for coasting therein. Any violation of said rules and regulations shall be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar or more'than twgnty dollars. Section 3. No perso~ shall keep a shop for th~ pttrchase, ssle ot barter of jnnk, old metal or second-hand artfcles, or shall go from house to house collecting or 'procuring by pur- chase' or barter any such articles, without a written license from the Board of Selectmen. The fee for such license shall not be less than one dollar. Each license shall continne in force until the first, day of May new ensuing unless sooner revoked by the Selectmen. Section 4. No person shall behave m a rude or disorderly manner, nor use loud, profane or indecent language, nor throw stones, snow balls or other missiles m any street or other pnbIic plac'e. Section 5; No person sha'll loiter upon any sidewalk. streez or way of the Town, or upon prorate property thereto adjoining without the consent of the owner thereof, after he has been requested by a constable or police officer to depart. ~eetion 6. No person shall pasture cattle or other animals either with or without a keeper, upon any of the streets or 32 ways of the Town, provided that this By-Law shall not affect the rights of any person to the use of the land within the limits of such street or way adjoining his own premises. Section 7. No person shall go through the streets or ways of the Town as a hawker or peddler, selling or exposing for sale fruits or vegetables, without first obtaining a written license from the Selectmen of the Town; provided that this By-Law shall not apply to a person engaged in the pursuit of agriculture who peddles fruits or vegetables. Every licensee hereunder shall cause hls name and the n~nnber of his license to be plainly and legibly exhibited upon the vehicle, conveyance, 'or receptacle in which he carries or transports his wares, and every such licensee shall upon de- mand of a constable or other police officer of the Town exhibit his written license to such constable or officer. Petition of Board of Health. Section 8. See Building Laws adopted in 1942 and printed in pamphlet form. ARTICLE IV Section 1. The financial year of the Town shall begin with the first day of January and end with the 31st day of De- cember and for the payment of bills contracted by the several departments for ordinary expenses, during the interval be- tween the close of the financial year and the time of making the next annual appropriations, the Selectmen shall have authority to draw from any available funds in the hands of the Treasurer, and the amount so drawn shall be charged against the said next annual appropriation for the depart- ment for which such draft shall have been made; but in no case shall such expenditure for any purpose exceed one-sixth of the amount appropriated for that purpose at the Annual Town Meeting in the preceding year. Section 2. No money shall be paid from the Town Treasury, except the state and county taxes and bank discount, without a warrant therefor signed by the Selectmen. Section 3. All promissory notes of the Town shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen. Section 4. Ail Town officers, boards and committees, who in any way receive or expend money belonging to the Town, shall keep a record of their official acts, and an account of their receipts and expenditures; they shall make an annual report to the Town in season to be audited and incorporated into the Annual Town Report. Section 5. Ail Town officers, board and committees, who shall receive money in behalf of the Town, shall pay to the 33 Treasurer monthly, and oftener if so requested by the Select- men, all money so received. All other persons who shah have in their possession money belonging to the Town shall pay the same forthwith to the Town Treasurer. Section 6. The Superintendent or other official charged by the Board of Water Commissioners with the duty of collecting and receiving money due the Town, shall give a bond in a penal sum and with sureties approved by the Board of Select- men. Section 7. The Selectmen and the .Auditor shah constitute a eom~nittee to be known as the Finance Committee, whose duty it shall be to prepare a table of estimates of expenses for which appropriations are to be made at the next annual Town 1;~eeting, and to report the same in writing on or before the first day of February in each year to the Selectmen, who shall incorporate said report in the Annual Town Report. Section 8. It shall be the duty of the Auditor to inspect all bills presented against the Town; to see that they have the approvM of the o~ccr, beard or committee contracting the same, and are in proper form; to indicate the account to which they are chargeable; and, if there are funds, to transmit said bills with his certificate to the Selectmen, who shall draw their warrant on thc Town Treasurer authorizing payment thereof; to examine the books and accounts of M1 town o~eers, boards, and committees receiving and expending money; to investigate the condition of aH fnnds and trust funds held for the benefit of the Town. He shall verify the amount of funds in the hands of the town o~cers, boards and committees by actually count- ing the cash in their possession, and by personal application at banks of deposit, shall ascertain the amounts held therein to the credit of the Town. He shall report to the Town in detM1 under each department all receipts and expendit~es by the Town for the previous financial year. Section 9. No o~ce, board or committee of the Town shall have any pecuniary interest, either direct or indirect, person- ally or through another person, in any loan, contract or em- ployment of any sort made by, with or for that department to which his or its duties appertain. All contracts or employ- ments made in violation of this By-Law shall be void as to the Town, and no bills therefor shall be approved, audited or paid. ARTICLE V Section 1. The assessment of taxes shall be completed ~d the tax list and warrant shM1 be delivered to the Collector of Taxes on or before the fifteenth day of. August, and ~e tax bills shall be ~stributed on or before ~he second day of Sep- tember in each year Section 9.. The Collector of Taxes shall use all means and processes provided by law for the collection of taxes re- maining unpaid after the first day of January in each year. Section 3. The compensation of the Collector of Taxes shall be fixed annually by vote of the Town. ARTICLE VI Section 1. The Board of Selectmen may declare any sewer laid in any land, street or way, public or private, opened or proposed to be opened for public travel, to be a common sewer; and the same shall not be laid or connected with any existing common sewer except by the board of officers authorized by law to lay and maintain common sewers. Section 2. The Board of Health may make and enforce regulations for the public health and safety relative to house drainage and its connection with public sewers, if a public sewer abuts the estate to be drained. Section 3. No person shah enter his drain into any common sewer without a written license from the Board of Selectmen, and any person entering under such license shall comply with such rules and regnlations as to material and eonstructlon as the Board of Selectmen may prescribe. Said Board may close any drain entering a common sewer for failure to comply with the provisions of this By-Law. No excavation shah be made within a public way in con- neeting such p~ivate drains with a common sewer except un- der the direction of the Highway Surveyor or other persons having charge of the streets of the Town. ARTICLE VII Section 1. No person shall open any hydrant of the water- works system of the Town without written permission pre- viously obtained from the Board of Water Commissioners: provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of hydrants and water by the Chief of the Fire Department, or the person acting in his stead, in case of fire. ARTICLE VIII Section 1. The following shall .be the device of the Town seal: In the center of a double circle the inscription, "Incor- porated April 7th, 1855"; in the margin without the inner circle the legend, "Town of North Andover, Nfassachnsetts." ARTICLE IX Regulations of Advertising Signs and Billboards Section 1. STATUTORY AUTHORITY. In pursuance of the authority granted to towns in Section 29 of Chapter 93 3~ of the General Laws, and pursuant to all other provisions of Iaw, and without relaxing any restrictions now imlJosed on outdoor advertising devices by Sections 29 to 33 inclusive of said chapter or by any lawful state regulation thereunder, such devices are hereby further restricted in the Town of North Andover as provided in the following sections. Section 2. F,~EMPTIONS. This by-law shall not'apply to signs or other devices in or over public ways, described in Sections 1, 2 or 8, of Chapter 85, General Laws, or to signs or other devices on or in the rolling stock, stations, subways or structures of or used by com~aon carriers, except adver- tising devices on bridges or viaducts or abutments thereof. It also shall not apply to any advertising device legally permitted and maintained on the date of the taking effect of this by- law, until one year after the first day of July next following said date. Section 3. DEFINITIONS: "Advertising Devices" shall mean billboards, painted bulletins, poster panels, signs, placards and other outdoor units designed to call public atten- tion to the matter displayed thereon. "Advertising Sign" or "sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device. "Sign-board" shall mean any structure designed for displaying an outdoor advertisement. "tIighway" or "street" shall mean any public way twenty feet or more in width. "Public Park" shall mean a piece of public land of at least five thousand square feet set apart for beauty and public en- joyment. "Public Reservation" shall mean a piece of public land set apart for recreational use, as a state or municipal forest, as a protection to public water supply, as a memorial or ceme-, tery, or as a place of unusual scenic or historical interest. "Permitted" shatl mean authorized by an official permit. "Display" shall mean to make or maintain visible from any highway, public park or reservation. "Area" of a sign or sign-board shall mean the area of the face view of the entire device including all attachments except supports and lattice at the base thereof. "Residential district" shall mean any area zoned as resi- dential. "Non-conforming business" shall mean a business located in a residential or rural district, other than such rural business as farming or the raising and sale on the same premises of farm, garden or orchard products. "Lawful sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device not prohibited by any provision Of law or by any lawful state regulation. "Accessory sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device which carries only advertisements strictly incidental and subordinate to a principal use of the premises on which it is located, including signs indicating business transacted or goods sold or produced on the premises or an occupant thereof, but not including any sign which is rented or controlled by any party except the owner or occupant of the premises. "Sign on a wall' shall mean a sign closely attached through- out to and facing with the wall, or on a window or door therein. "Lot" shall mean a plot of ground containing and devoted to the purposes of a building, or laid out to contain a building, with all required open spaces: or a tract of unbuilt, undivided land under one ownership. Section 4. PROHIBITIONS. No person, firm, association or corporation, except the owner or a tenant occupant of the premises, shall be permitted or allowed to erect, display or maintain any billboard or other outdoor advertising device thereon except in pursuance of written authority from such owner or tenant and unless either the name and address of thc party holding such authority or a lawful permit number from the state licensing authority be displayed on such devi~c. No billboard or other outdoor advertising device shall be erected, displayed or maintained: (a) Upon any rock, tree, fence or pole; (b) Within one hundred feet of any church, public build- ing, monnme~lt, or memorial, or within three hundred ~eet of any public park, playground or public reservation, if within view from any portio~ thereof; except that this provision shall not apply to accessory s~gns on the walls of buildings; (c) If ]t contains any obscene, indecent or immoral matter. (d) Unless all parts and attachments and the ground about the base thereof are kept in neat and safe condition. Section 5. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS. No advertising sign or signboard shall be permitted or allowed to be so located as to obstruct a view between any points on connecting streets within fifty feet of a corner of the rights of way; or extend more than twenty feet above the surface on which it stands; or to obstruct any door, window or fire escape on a building; or, if on a roof or wall of a building, to extend above the legal limit of height for such building or wall; or in a residential district, to extend not more than six inches nearer to any boundary of the lot or premises on which it is located than it would be lawful to maintain a building, except as provided in paragraph (c) of Section 6. Section 6. RESTRICTIONS IN RESIDENTIAL DIS- TRICTS. No person, firm, association or corporation shall 37 erect, display or maintain or allow to be displayed or main- tained on his or its property, in a residential district, any bill- board or other advertising device, except devices specified in paragraphs (a) (b) (c) and (d) of this section. (a) Any lawful accessory sign or signs not exceeding five square feet in aggregate area on any one building or lot; or any lawful sign or signs advertising only the sale or rental of the premises, not exceeding a total area of ten square feet; or, on the premises of any public building, public recreation ground, farm garden, tree-nursery or forest, any lawful necessary signs not exceeding all together fifteen square feet in area within the limits of said premises; or any la~vful accessory signs on the front wall of any building occupied by a non-conforming business. (b) Any lawful sign displayed by the town, or any sign displayed by the United States, the state or county relative to government business. (c) At any boundary linc of the town a lawful sign not exceeding five square feet in area indicating the meetings of any civic organizations located therein. (d) On property owned or principally occupied by a religious, civic or charitable organization, association of war veterans or the like, any lawful accessory sign displayed by written permission of the Selectmen, with approval of the inspector of buildings if any, for a limited period not exceeding sixty days. · qection 7. ADMINISTRATION. Whenever notice of an application to a state authority for a permit for an adver- tising device to be erected or displayed in the town is received by the Town Clerk or any other town official, he shall imme- diately transmit to the Inspector of Buihtings or other officer charged with the administration of this By-Law. Such officer, or, in the lack of other responsible officer, the Town Clerk, shall thereupon make an examination of the ease and, as promptly as possible, within thirty days of the receipt of the application by the town, shall send written notice to the state authority to whom the application is addressed, stating whether Or not the proposed advertising device would violate any provisions of this By-Law, and, if he finds such violation, specify what provisions would be violated. In ease of such violation, he shall send like notice also to the applicant and to the owner or tenant of the proposed location of the device. Any person desiring to erect a sign in the town may file a description thereof and of its proposed location with the officer charged with the enforcement of this By-Law, who shall thereupon make an examination of the case and shall give written notlee to the applicant whether or not the proposed 38 ~dvertising device would violate any provision of this By- Law, and if so, what provision. Said officer shall preserve for record all descriptions, notices of applications, letters and other papers received by him and copies of all notices issued and letters sent by him relating to outdoor advertising. Section 8. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT. The Se- lectmen or any other o£11cer charged with the enforcement of this by-law shall give written notice of any violation of Sec- tions 4, 5 or 6 of this by-law to the party violating the same and to the owner or tenant of the property concerned, with orders to remove promptly any device in violation thereof, and shah cause any party who continues such violation for fifteen days after such notice to be prosecuted; shall pursue appro- priate legal processes to restrain the erection or maintenance of devices in violation of this by-law and to cause their re- moval or abatement in accordance with Chapter 93, Sections 29, 31 and 33; and shall also notify the state regulatory au- thority of outdoor advertising of any known violations of lawful state regulations that come to his notice. Section 9. If any provision of this by-law is declared un- constitutional or illegal by any court, the validity of the re- maining provisions shall not be affected thereby. Section 10. No provision of this by-law shall be construsd in such a manner as to be inconsistent with the rules and regu- lations now or hereafter in force, concerning outdoor adver- tising, or any state authority having jurisdiction. ARTICLE X There shall be an annual audit of the accounts of the town to be made by the Director of the Division of Accounts in the Department of Corporations and Taxation, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, of the General Laws. ARTICLE XI No person shall be allowed to place, throw, dump or other- wise deposit posters, handbills, flyers, advertising sheets, waste or rubbish in or from the public streets or ways. ARTICLE XII Previous to the erection of a new building or the alteration of auy existing one, notice shall be filed with the Board of Assessors by the owner of the property. ~9 ~RTICLE XIII Section 1. The violation of these By-Laws, except such as by their terms provide a penalty for the breach thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Section 2. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed at any Town 1~{eeting, provided an article or articles for that purpose have been inserted in the warrant of said meeting. Section 3. Ail By-Laws heretofore made and adopted are hereby repealed. (See "Zoning By-Law" adopted in 1943 and printed in pamphlet form.) North Andover, l~[ass., January 1, 1953. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the By-Laws of the Town of North Andover. Attest: JOHN J. LYONS Town Clerk 4O TOWN CLERK'S REPORT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen North Andover, Massachusetts Gentlemen: i am pleased to submit thc report of the Town Clerk for the year ending December 31, 1951. After deducting the women that were married, voters moving out of Town, and deceased voters of the Town the registered vote as of this time is 5,851. March 13, 1952 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS This certifies that on The 31st day of December 1951, all funds and accounts of John J. Lyons, in the posi[ion of the Town Clerk of North Andover, were examined by the Town Accountant up to the close of business on the 31st day of December ~951 and to the best knowledge of the undersigned such accounts were found correct and rlmt the funds on hand were suffic'~ent in amom~t and eo~tsistent with the accounts. /s/ ~',IARY T. FINN, Town Aecom~tant, Cpy. Bonding Co. No. Andover, Mass. March 24. March 31. April 14. Myron B. LeMs, St, ap?ob~ted Burial Ag'ont. Arehie Go :r[ey, appointed Special Police OL Edward Towne, appointed Speeial Police Of- fleer. April 23. Appointed by Moderator Elwyn A. King. School Building for a term of three years. Francis B. Kittredge John W. Costello AdvSsory Board dissolution of Town Meeting in ]953. Turner A. Bridges John. E. Coughlin John Gander Harvey S. Lebow Robert Saltons~all Thoraa,'; It. Wilkinson Leonard Windle 41 May 1. $iembers of liemorial Day Committee: Ap- pointed by Moderator. James J. Dooley 'Ralph Finek Char]es G. Ward Martin Lawlor, Jr. John Donovan Raymond Beandoin Myron B. Lewis Carl Thomas Amerieo Lanui John MeRobbie May 5. Arthur J. Broderiek and Edwin Koenig ap- pointed to Board of Fire Engineers. July 2. Fred Kiessling appointed special police officer. August 25. Carl Pearson appointed special police officer. September 2. In accordance with Chapter 41, Section 29: G.L. Flora II. MeCubbin, Assistant Assessor having been chosen to assess taxes and estimate the value of property for the pur- pose of taxation for thc Town of North Andover for the ensuing year, does solemnly swear that she will truly and impartially, according to her best skill and judgment, assess and apportion all such taxes as she may during that time assess; that she will neither overvalue nor undervalue any property subject to taxation, and that she will faithfully perform ail duties of said office. /s/ Flora II. 3leCubbin The above sworn to 2nd day of September 1952. /s/ John J. Lyons, Town Clerk September 8. William Swithenbank, Jr. appointed mem- ber of Planning Board till election March 1953. William Andrews appointed member of HoUsing Authority until election March 1958. Mrs. Marion Weeks appointed Warden of Precinct three. September 12. David Roche resigned as permanent mem- ber of Police Dept. November 6. Edwin C. Murphy appointed by the State as State representative member of the North Andover IIousing Authority term to expire July 27, 1956. December 8. Warren Stanwood appointed Member of Recreational Council. December 10. Russell Donnelly duly sworn as regular patrolmen of Police Dept. Report in brief of audit made by State o~ Mass., Division of Accounts for period of December 9, 1950 to October 8, 1952 in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, Genera! Laws. "The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town 42 or committing bills for collection, were examined, checked, and verified by comparison with the books of thc Towu Accountant ,and the Treasurer." "The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked in detail. The receipts, as recorded, were compared with the departmental records of payment~s to the Treasurer and with the Treasurer's record of receipts, while the recorded payments were checked with the treasury war- rants and with the treasurer's record of disbursements." "The appropriations, transfers, and loan authorizations, as recorded on the ledger, were compared with the Town Clerk's record of financial votes passed by the Town. "The books and accounts of the Town Treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded payments were checked with the approved warrants authorizing the disburse- merit of town funds." "The books and accounts of the Tax Collector were exam- iued and checked. Recorded receipts were checked with the payments to the Treasurer. Outstanding accounts were listed and proved." "The commitments of departmental, water, aud sewer accounts were examined and checked. Outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled, collections as recorded were com- pared with payments to the Treasurer, and abatements were verified." "The financial records of the Selectmen and the Town Clerk were examined and checked. Records of licenses issued were proved with payments to the Treasurer and the Division of Fisheries and Game." "During the progress of the audit cooperation was received from all the offleials of the Town, for which, on behalf of my assistants and myself, I wish to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, /s/ HERi~[AN B. DINE Assistant Director of Accounts There were eleven (11) new business establishments during the year 1952. IMPORTANT REQUESTS If the name of a female who is duly registered as a voter is changed by marriage or by decree of court, must re-register, her right to vote in her former name shall continue till Jan- uary 1st, next following. Naturalized citizens presenting them- selves for registration MUST present their naturalization pa- pers ~or inspection. If a qualified vote~, of this town whose nmne was on the voters' list. last year, and who has been assessed for the current year, finds after the close of registra- 43 tion that his name is not on the voters' list for the current year, by reason of having been omitted by clerical error or mistake, he may, upon personal application, have his name placed upon the voting llst, or if application be made upon the clay of election he may have a certificate to vote. A person must he 21 years of age, living in the Town six (6) months and the State one (1) year. Please notify the Town Clerk of any known error or omission in births, deaths or marriages of the Town. Errors not reported when known can be corrected only by sworn affidavit, as prescribed by the General Laws, and may cause you iuconvenience which can be avoided by prompt attention. In accordance with Chapter 46, Section 4, a member or servant of a family in which a child is born, having knowledge of the facts req~fired for a record relative to such birth, shah furnistt the same upon request of the Clerk of the Town where --its parents reside. Such member or servant refusing to fur- nish such facts to Town Clerk shall be punished by a nine not exceeding ten dollars. ]:n accordance with Chapter 46, Section 15. The Town Clerk will furnish b!anks for returns of births to parents, householders, physicians and registered hospitals, medical cers applying therefor. NOTICE In accordance with the provision of Chapter 148, Section 13, General Laws, a certification of registration must be filed and signed by the holder with the Town'Clerk of any license granted as related to the KEEPING, STORAGE, MANUFAC- TURE OR SALE OF INFLAMMABLES OR EXPLOSIVES Certificates will be supplied by the Town Clerk. VITAL STATISTICS I~ECORDED FOR YEAR 1952 BII{TH8 January 14 April 18 July 12 October 10 February 12 May 14 August 15 November 3 March 9 June 10 September 22 December -- Males 79 Females 60 Total 139 Children born of North Andover residents out of Town 139 Children born of North Andover residents in Town 0 There were three(3) sets of twins born of North Andover residents. MARRIAGES January 1 April 7 July § October 12 February 6 May 10 August 6 November 9 March 3 June 14 September 7 December 6 Total 86 44 1st marriage for Groom 77 1st marriage for Bride 77 2nd marriage for Groom 9 2nd marriage for Bride 9 Oldest Groom 63 Oldest Bride 48 Youngest Groom 17 Youngest Bride 17 Both Bride and Groom American Born 81 Both Bride and Groom Foreign Born 2 American Born Groom and Foreign Born Bride 2 American Born Bride and Foreign Born Groom 1 DEATHS January 9 April 9 July 10 October 8 February 16 May 13 August 10 November 8 March 13 June 7 September 13 December 10 Males 69 Females 57 Total 126 DEATHS BY AGES 90-100-- $ 60-69 -- 25 30-39 -- 2 1-9 -- 1 60-69 -- 26 50-59 ~ 22 20-29 -- § Under 70-79 -- 31 40-49 ~ 7 10-19 -- 0 I year-- 4 North Andover residents who died and were buried in North Andover 21 l~lorth Andover residents who died in North Andover and buried outside 30 North Andover residentS who died out of Town and brought here for burial 9 North Andover residents who died out of Town and buried out of Town 17 Non-residents who died in North Andover and buried here 2 Non-residents who died in North Andover and buried out of Town 11 Non-residents who died out of North Andover and brought here for burial 36 DOGS LICENSED Males, 204 -- Females, 11 -- Spayed., 129 --$25 Ke,~nel, 4 -- $10 Kennel, 3. Total 351. Gross Amount Received $851.00- Fees, $70.20. Net Re- turn $780.80. Net Retarns paid to the Town Treasurer, $780.80. FISHING AND HUNTING Fishing Licenses 295 Duplicates 5 Hunting 105 Non-resident 1Vfi~itary 2 Sporting 63 Resident Citlzea Minor Fishing 44 Sporting over 70 13 Female Fishing 33 (Special) Resklent Minor Trapping 4 Citizen Military Citizens Trapping 2 Sporting 20 Non-resident Fishing I l~esident Citizen Non-resident citizen (Sportin~ Fishing-- Fishing 2 old age 4 Gross amount received, $1,804.25 -- Fees, ~137.75. 45 Net returns sent to Division of Fisheries and Game, $1,666.50. Resident Sporting Licenses (Over 70 Free), 13. Residents Military and Naval Free, 20. Old Age assistance Sporting Licenses Free, 4. As Town Clerk, i wish to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to ail Town Officials, all Departments, to my fellow workers of the To~vn Building, and the people of the Tow~ for their splendid cooperation during the past year in my part time position. In my capacity as clerk, ex-officio of the Board of Regis- trars I wish to publicly thank for all their assistance and cooperation Chairman Patrick C. Cronin, Fred McCormick a~d John MeDn~e Board Members. Town Clerk's Office Hours: ~onday morning: 8:30 A. M. to 12 Noon. Monday evenings: 7:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. M. Wednesday evenings: 7:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. M. Friday M'ternoons: 1:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M. Saturday afternoons: 1:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M. Office 26521 -- Home 34209 Respectfully snbmitted, JOHN J. LYONS Town Clerk 46 LIST OF JURRORS -- JULY 1952 NA~E ADDRESS OCCUPATION Ackroyd, Harold 35 Merrimac Stre~ Weaver Archer, NathanIel 1(7 Elm St~e~ Olerk Bamford, William, Jr. 25 Thorndlko ~oad Salesman Bell, Arlene M 61 Waverly ~oad ~ousewlfe Calthorpe, Edm~d 44 Church Stree~ Salesma~ Chamberlain, ~erbe~ R, 95 Pleasani Street Fire Study Coggins, Alden K. 4 Johnson Stree~ Contractor DiSimone, Anthony i5 Union Stree~ ~echani~ Driver, Sarah T. 1439 Great Pond Road Saleslady 47 NAME ADD~ESS OCCUI~ATIOI~ ' Re~, George A. 671 Chestnut Street Fa~er ~chard~n, Jam~ ~. 63 He~ ~ F~man ~bi~n, A~B~ 228 Main S~eet Clerk ~e~h, Pa~ A. 2~ Mlddle~x S~et Machinist ' S~pcot~, H~ld T. 1~ Ma~leh~d St~et L~m F~er Shapcot~, Thomas D~n Co~ ~erative B~pkow~l. ~0~ 4~ Ca~den S~eet ~erative ~lth, ~nle M. 29 Br~ghtwood Avenue Ho~e ~m~th, ~omas ?$ Union S~et Mac~st Spar~, Ma~ ~. 1~ Main St~t Hou~e Su~van, ~tnitred K. 26 Cl~endon S~t ~le~ Sutcliffe, Phi]tp 74 Buckingham ~d Mallca~er Taylor, ~exander 2~ Sanders Steer Open.ye Walk~, ~red ~[ M~blehead S~e~ ~erk Wa~er, Jo~ F. 43 Bfl~htwood Avenue S~m ~tter Wa~ck, E~I B. 3~ Marblehead S~ ~nce ~t Wentwo~h, Charles 57 ~ond St~t Sale.an ~ttler, Fred D. 933 ~at Pond ~ad Father Wilcox, Ra~ond W. 303 Sut~n Street Operative Wild, Herbe~ T. 74 ~ck ~ad Ca~ente~ Wll~n, Charles Pemb~k ~ad Mallca~er WinCe, John 118 Second Strut Pa~ter W~le~, Be~ram ~ Lln~ ~t~et Loom ~xer The foregoing is a list of persons, legal voters in the Town of North Andover presented by the Selectmen of the Town of North Andover, as persons liable for Jury Duty, in accordance with Chapter 234 of the General Laws. ARTHUR A. TH01¥ISON, Chairman JOSEPH 1~I. FINNERAN ANDREW F. COFFIN Board of Selectmen of North Andover 4B REGULATIONS FOR LAYING'' OUT STREETS UNLESS OTHERWISE ORDERED IN A PARTICU?.AR CASE I. All requirements of the Planning Board must have been complied with, and the'petitioner shall file with the Board of Selectmen a detailed copy of the plan approved by the Planning Board and such other plan as the Board may require. 2. Re]eases from all abutting owners relieving the Town of North Andorer from all damages which may be caused by changes in line and grade must be furnished by the petitioners. 3. The conformity of the existing grade of the proposed way to the grade established by the Planning Board must be shown. 4. All loam shall have been taken off the full width of the street and sidewalks. The condition of the read and gravel sidewalks-shall be satisfactory to the highway surveyor, who shah certify in writing to the. Board of Selectmen that they have been pul in condition in' conformity' with' reasonable street and. sidewalk construction practice. 5 The existi'ng drainage must be satisfactory to the High-' way Surveyor. and such ~fact shall be so certified By.him in writing to the Board of Selectmen. (Adopted by the Board of. Selectmen, January 13, 1947) 49 TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT 1952 Total Co~nmitments 1952 Real Estate Levy 1952 Personal Property Levy 1952 Motor Vehicle Ex. Levy 1952 Poll Tax Levy 1952 Water Liens 1952 Moth Assessment 1952 Betterments: Storm Drain Chap. 80 1952 Betterments: Sewer Chap. 380 $636,341.49 96.28 % collected 538,771.80 96.69 % collected 28,239.20 97.55 % collected 62,354.25 91.95 % collected 418.00 100 % c011eeted 80.52 72.57 % collested 222.50 97.08 % collected 734.42 96.24 % collected 20.80 100 % collected The Uncollected balances for 1952 taxes are: Real Estate $17,822.76 Personal Property 692.56 Motor Vehicles Excise 5,024.41 Poll 0.00 Moth 6.50 Water Liens 76.96 Betterments: Storm Drain Chap. 80 27.61 Betterments: Sewer Chap. 380 0.00 Taxes committed for collection during the year 1952 decreased, a direct result of the decreased tax rate from $48.00 per thousand in 1951 to $44.00 per thousand in 1952. During 1952 the funds transferred to the Treasurer amounted to $623,009.75 a decrease from the previous year. Examination of the statistics of the Collector's report reveals collections have been excellent and comparable to those of previous years. The only exception is the Motor Vehicle Excise Levy which shows a larger than usual uncol- lected balance due to two late commitments totalling $4,554.33 which were practically impossible to collect prior to the end of the year. Having cleared all 1951 commitments from the books your Collector is anticipating a refund of $117.25 on his 1951 Bond, a 83~s % refund of the original cost. Respectfully submitted, FRANI~ E. WALLWOI~K, JR. Collector of Taxes 50 1951 TAXES ? PERSONAL PROPERTY ~' Uncollected Balance January 1, 1952 $446.88 Interest Receipts 10.81 Collected and Paid to Treasurer $437.28 Interest Receipts 10.81 Abatements 9.60 Uncollected 0.00 REAL ESTATE Uncollected balance January 1, 1952 $~8,122.55 Interest Receipts 433.72 Municipal Liens 36.00 Transferred to Interest account 1.70 Adjustment .74 Collected and Paid to Treasurer $17,9.82.43 Interest Receipts 433.72 Municipal Liens 36.00 New Tax Titles 142.56 Uncollected 0.00 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE Uncollected balance January 1, 1952 Commitment January 18, 1952 Commitment January 22; 1952 Commitment January 28, 1952 Interest Receipts Refunds $2,129.81 1,499.99 152.54 19.52 9.57 239.82 Collected and Paid to Treasurer Interest Receipts Abatements Adjustment Uncollected $3,448.58 9.57 593.09 .01 0~00 $206.04 4,89 $208.04 4.89 0.00 $2.50 $2.50 0.00 WATER LIENS Uncollected balance January 1, 1952 Interest Receipts Collected and Paid to Treasurer Interest Receipts Uncollected MOTH ASSESSMENT Uncollected balance January 1, 1952 Collected and Paid to Treasurer Uncollected BETTERMENTS -- STORM DRAIN CHAP. 80 Uncollected balance January 1, 1952 $3,393:02 Apportionment $3,393.02 51 $457.69 $457.69 $18,594.71 $18,594.71 $4,051.25 $4,051.25 $210.93 $210.93 -$2.5o $2.50 $3,393.O2 $3,393.O2 1952 TAXES POLLS Commitment April 7, 1952 $5,038.00 Commitment April 7, 1952 644.00 Commitment April 25, 1952 16.00 Commitment July 10, 1952 14.00 Commitment August 15, 1952 6.00 Interest Receipts 4.45 4.00 Refunds Collected and Paid to Treasurer $4,650.00 Interest Receipts 4.45 Abatements 1,072.00 Uncollected 0.00 PERSONAL PROPERTY Commitment June 26, 1952 $28,239.20 Refunds 59.40 Collected'and Paid to Treasurer $26,981.24 Abatements 624.80 Uncollected 692.56 REAL ESTATE Commitment March 24, 1952 $178.36 Commitment June 26, 1952 538,571.44 Commitment July 8, 1952 10.12 Colnmit~nent December 20, 1952 11.88 Interest Receipts 115.29 Municipal Liens 70.00 Refunds 894.76 Transferred to Storm Drain Chap. 60 39.74 Transferred to Storm Drain Chap. 80 Committed Interest 15.48 Adjustment .12 Collected and Paid to Treasurer $511,888.26 Interest Receipts 115.29 Municipal Liens 70.00 Abatements 9,611.80 Additions to Tax Titles 311.08 Cancelled Refund 88.00 Uncollected 17,822.76 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE Commitment February 11, 1952 $2,741.16 Commitment february 23, 1952 3,251.30 Commitment March 18, 1952 2,460.88 Commitment April 10, 1952 1,955.77 Commitment June 2, 1952 21,412.03 COmmitment June 9, 1952 3,359.47 Commitment June 12, 1952 3,701.62 Commitment July 14, 1952 1,832.71 52 $5,726.45 $5,726.45 $28,298.60 $28,298.60 $539,907.19 $539,907.19 Commitment. August 26, 1952 7,620.53 Commitment October 3. 1952 2,684.55 Commitment October 14. 1952 3,374.04 Commitment November 12, 1952 .~ 3,405.86 Commitment December 20, 1952 3,137.89 Commitment December 29, 1952 1,416.44 Interest Receipts 15.66 Refunds 1,497.72 Error in Commitment .03 Collected and Paid to Treasurer $55,473.91 Interest Receipts 15.66 Abatements 3,351.82 Cancelled Refund 1.86 Uncollected 5.024.41 WATER LIENS Commitment June 26, 1952 Interest Receipts Collected and Paid to Treasurer Interest Receipts Uncollected $280.52 .22 $203.56 .22 7'6.96 MOTH ASSESSMENT Commitments July 16, 1952 Interest Receipts Collected and Paid to Treasurer Interest Receipts Uncollected $222.50 .02 $216.00 .02 6.50 BETTERMENTS -- STORM DRAIN CHAP. 80' Commitment June 26, 1952 Commitment July 14, 1952 Commitment July 26, 1952 Committed Interest Collected and Paid to Treasurer Transferred from Real Estate Committed Interest Collected and Paid to Treasurer Transferred from Real Estate Uncollected $348.32 173.70 212.40 135.70 $674.81 39.74 112.48 15.48 27.61 $20.80 11.23' BETTERMENTS -- SEWER CHAP. 380 Commitment June 26, 1952 Committed Interest Collected and Paid to Treasurer Committed Interest Collected and Paid to Treasurer Uncollected $20.80 11.23 0.00 $63,867.66 $63,867.66 $280.74 $280.74 $222.52 $222.52 $870.12 $870.12 $32.03 $32.03 REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT During the ~year 1952, complaints were secured and pre- sented before the Court for action on the following offenses. Drunk 18 Assault 1 Larceny 5 Breaking and entering 5 Using a motor vehicle without authority 2 Driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated 4 Motor vehicle laws, violating 12 Default I Total 48 Complaints investigated ' 472 Auto accidents reported, property damage only 81 Auto accidents, personal injury 69 Pedestrians injured 7 Automobile licenses suspended 17 Doors found open in business places 13 Bicycles registered 211 Persons killed in traffic 1 Respectfully submitted, ALFRED It. McKEE, Chief of Police REPORT OF THE MOTH AND TREE DEPT. INSECT PESTS The insect pest conditions this year has been good. There was some light feeding by the Gypsy 5~oth~ Te,~t Caterpillar, Canker Worm, Elm Leaf Beetle, Fait Web Worm, Birch Leaf Miner. The trees were sprayed to control these pests. The last three mentioned were sprayed twice ~his year with good re- suits. This Department also did $222~50 worth of private spraying. DUTCH ELM DISEASE The Dutch Elm Disease continues to spread through this State. ~This year samples from 94 Elm trees were sent to the University of Massachusetts Shade Tree Laboratories. Of the 94 samples sent, 67 had Dutch Elm Disease which had to be removed. These trees have been removed and burned. We sprayed the Elm trees three times to control the spread of the Elm Bark Beetle, which is the carrier of the Dutch Elm Disease. Here is a summary of the State from the Shade Tree Laboratory of Massachusetts State University. Total for 1952 -- 12 Counties, 286 Towns -- 17,776 trees diseased. Essex County~ 33 Towns -- 1,562 trees diseased. TREES This year there were requests £or the removal of 27 trees which were granted, These trees were removed for reasons such as, blocking driveways, side~valks, and new home building. We also trimmed or removed a number of trees that were dead and dangerous. The trees on a number of streets have been cared for by removing dead wood and low hanging branches, cabling, and caverty work. Forty trees were planted this year. One-half of these trees were paid for by the ~mprovement Society, Brush cutting was done as in other years. This work was done on narrow country roads and bad corners. TOWN FOREST This year in the Town Forest we d~d some release cutting where the hard wood was growing in the Pines. Last year part of this forest reached the stage where it was too thick and had to be trimmed out for better growth. This year we sold the trees that were cut down and received $75.00 for the sale. 55 ,DOG, OFFICER'S REPORT ~:~ ~ Dogs Destroyed .~,. :: , ,Six at request of owners Thirteen Stray Dogs Destroyed All dogs boarded six days Dogs sent to Eight 336 Licensed Dogs 204 males 12 females 120 spayed 3 kennels 4 kennels @ $2.00 5.00 2.00 10.00 25.00 Lost Dogs Returned Thirty licensed dogs returned to owners. Calla Forty calls attended Dog Bites Twenty reported· Livestock Killed by Dogs Four reported. $408.00 60.00 '240.00 3frO0 100.00 $838.00 JOHN DOLAN Dog Otflcer 56 REPORT~OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH Dr. Julius Kay, Chairman and Physician George E. Jewett, Board Member R. George Caro~u, .Board.i~Iember ~: The £ollowing diseases have been reported to the Board o£ Health for the year 1952. Chicken Pox 25 Poliomylitis Dog Bite . 17 Scarlet Fever .~3 Measles 42 Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) 6 German Measles 177 Tuberculosis (Other Mumps 22 Types) i All contagioas diseases are required by law to be reported to the Board of Health by the attending Physician, Parent .Or Guardian. During the year there were 10 persons admitted to sana- toriums for treatment of Tuberculosis. A cllnic is held every Thursday from 1~30 to 5 P. M. at Essex 'Sanatorium. Trans- portation will be provided for anyone wishing it by making arrangements, at the Board of Health Office. In September a Chest X-ray Survey was held and 3,413 persons were X-rayed. This program is an.important method of finding the early cases of Tuberculosis and thu~ facilitating early treatment. A ~pring immunization program was tield for 'all children in the first five grades. The pre-school clinic was held in l~lay for children entering school for the first time in September. The results are recorded on each child's school physical record'card. Other programs were a Blood Typing Program sponsored Civil Defense and a Diabetic Survey held-during National Diabetic Week. MARY F. SHERIDAN, R.N. Agent ASSESSORS REPORT 1952 Aggregate value of Real Estate Aggregate value of Personal Estate Total Assessed Estate Number of Polls 2,841 l~eal Estate levy Personal Estate levy Total levy Tax Rate $44,00 per thousand $12,240,260.00 641,800.00 $12,882,060.00 $5,682.00 538,571.44 28,239.20 Appropriated: Town Warrant $833,977.06 State Parks and Reservations 1,284.84 Municipal Audit 153.56 County Tax 28,935.74 County Tuberculosis Hospital 14,054.20 Overlay, 1952 18,759.89 Overlay, 1950 deficit 11.18 Veterans' District fee 700.00' Emergency Snow removal 2,182.87 Underestimate T. B. Hospital, 1951 687.15 Total Appropriation Estimated Receipts: From Available Funds to reduce rate Local, State and County Balance to be raised by taxation $50,000.00 278,253.85 572,492.64 900,746.49 328,253.85 $572,492.64 Taken from Available Funds to meet other appropriations--no levy needed Moth Levy Water Liens Betterments, with interest Omitted Assesskn~ent~ 75500.00 Value . i~e-vy - Number of motor vehicles taxed to Dec. 31, 1952 58 3,377 $148,083.69 222.50 280.52 516.05 22.00 Total levy on vehicles to Dee. 31, 1952 Rate of excise $48.25 per thousand Number of dwellings assessed Sheep Horses Cows Other neat cattle Swine Fowl Other animals Male dogs Female dogs Kennel Other Properties Exempt from Taxation: Real and Personal Estate: l~eligious Purposes Educational Private Benevolent and Charitable Municipal, including schools Other Statutory Individual Veterans Commonwealth of Mass. forest land Cemeteries Housing Authority Total Exempt from Taxation 2,020 4 15 434 177 66 3,273 60 204 11 7 129 $556,79O.OO 1,302,500.00 108,940.00 925,080.00 17,600.00 181,350.00 40,000.00 6,160.00 79,780.00 62,364.25 $3,218,200.00 Respectfully submitted, HENRY E. LUND, Chairman MARGUERITE SOIJCY EDWARD W. PHELAN Board of Assessors 59 REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT We, the ~mdersigned, Board of Engineering, respectfully submit the annual report for the Fire Department for the year 1952. Number of alarms 211 Value of property endangered $472,000 Total insurance on property 449,000 Total loss by fire ~ 85,800 Total insurance paid for loss 52,646 Total loss not covered by insurance 59,500 Ambulance calls 454 Including 32 trips to Boston hospitals, 1 to Dov'er, N. II., I to Brimfield, Mass., I to Talcotville, Conn., 1 to Bailey Island, Me., I to Salisbury Beach, Mass., and 4 trips to Danvers. Trips made with the Chief's care are not included in the above. l~espectfully submitted, Board of Engineers JAMES IIAI~Gl~EAVES EDWIN KOENIG ARTIIUI~ BRODEI~ICK REPORT OF VETERANS' BENEFITS DEPT., 1952 Cash Disbursements Medical and Medicine Dr. Charles F. Lee Dr. Julius Kay Dr. Thomas A. Ceplikas Dr. IIarry ¥. Byrne Dr. David W. Wa]lwork Dr. John J. Lorentz Dr. William Carroll Dr. tterbert A. Fenton Meagan's Drug Store Joseph M. Finneran Langevin's Pharmacy I~obert B. Brigham Hospital Lawrence General Hospital 6O $135.00 92.00 52.00 26.50 15.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 319.02 95.20 82.03 336.00 103.00 $8,268.44 1,265.75 Groceries: -Messina's Gr0ceri~s Corner Cash Market First National Stores Longbottom's Market Fuel: Trombly Bros. Oil Co. Miscellaneous: Ruth Bingham, Clerk Postage New England Tel. & Tel. Co. Saunders S~t/dio Bernard W. Bingham--Veterans Agent I~esPectfully sUbmitted $55.00 : ' 45.06 25.00 9.96 135.02 $7.25 ' 7.25 $300.00 12.00 36.60 12.00 360.60 300.00 $10,337.06 BERNARD W. BINGHAM Veterans' Agent REPORT OF NORTH ANDOVER-BOXFORD DISTRICT DEPT. OF VETERANS' SERVICES Discharge' (cop,i) ..... 12 Discharge (recorded) 2 Notarization 15 Taxes 18 Power of AttOrney 6 Veterans' Administration Compensation 10 Pension 12 Social Security . 2 Income Report 9 ' Education, Training 2 Hospitalization 8 Insurance. 2 Insurance (dividend) 10 Medical-dental 4 Respectfully submitted, BERNARD W. BINGHA3~ District Director 61 NORTH ANDOVER AND BOXFORD DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICE Balance Carried over from 1951 Appropriated in 1952, Section 11, Chapter 599, Acts of 1946, Raised by the Assessors in 1952 Tax Levy N. Andover Bo~fford Total $87.81 --$.94 $86.87 700.00 100.00 800.00 Totals $787.81 $99.06 $886.87 Expended to December 31,1952 (A) 672.99 94.48 767.47 Balance, December 31, 1952 $114.82 $4.58 $119.40 (A) Basis of Apportionment, Chapter 599, Acts of 1945, an Act establishing the basis of apportionment of State and County Taxes. North Andover $9,386,690.00 -- Percent .8769 Boxford 1,317,222.00--Percent .1231 District Department of Veterans' Service JAMES J. MAKER District Treasurer NORTH ANDOVER AND BOXFORD DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICE Bernard W. Bingham (Salary) $720.00 New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. (Services) 38.97 Veteran's Information Service, Frank Ostlin, Director, Moline, Illinois, (Veterans' Laws) 6.00 Thomas J. McGrail, Jr. (District Treasurer's Bond) 2.50 Total $767.47 BERNARD W. BINGtIAM Agent 62 BUILDING INSPECTOR'S REPORT To the Board of Selectmen: I hereby submit my annual report as Bailding Inspector. There were 80 permits granted for the year 1952. Michael A. Crlstaldi, Tyler Road, Garage--Estimate Cost $500 Salvatore A. Coco, MasSachusetts Avenue, DWelling--Estimate Cost $6,000 Agnes Dimmock, Tyler Road, Garage--Estimate Cost $500 Philip Arthur Busby, Chestnut Street--Estimate Cost $400 Raymond E. Lewis, Stevens Street, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $4,ooo Paul E. Desrosier, Greene Street, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $9,000 Elwyn A. and Louisa M. King, Marblehead Street, Garage-- Estimate Cost $600 Henry W. Lavertue, Bradford Street, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $75O Antonio A. Abate, Beacon Hill Blvd., Dwelling--Estimate Cost $11,000 Alfio Alfred Coppola, Adams Avenue, Dwelling--Estimte Cost $5,000 Alfred Philias Brien, Waverly Road, Alterations--Estimate Cost $8,000 Paul Desrosiers, Massachusetts Avenue, Garage--Estimate Cost $1,ooo William Gorton, Boxford Street, Chncken Coop--Estimate Cost $3oo Norman J. Scott, Adams Avenue, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $4,000 Irene O. and James L. Meikle, Salem Street, Dwelling--Esti- mate Cost $7,000 William C. Tullis, Union Street, Garage--Estimate Cost $500 Walter l~i. Steele, Jr., Beacon Hill Blvd., Garage--Estimate Cost $500 A. L. Bolton, Chestnut Street, Alterations--Estimate Cost SLooo Edward A. Czarneck, Chadwick Street, Garage--Estimate Cost $2oo Dr. Horatio Rogers, Osgood Street, Addition--Estimate Cost $1,500 Michael Alfio Cristaldi, Pembroke Road, Dxvelling--Estimate Cost $10,000 Frank Mendies, Waverly Road, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $11,000 Vincent Boylan, Mifflin Drive, Dwelling--Estimate Cost ~15,000 63 Carme[o Call; ~prttce Street,'Dwelliag--Estim'ate Cost $6,000 John B. Fielding, Pleasant Street, Garage--Estimate Cost $100 Carmelo Marino, Waverly Road, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $8,000 Irving J. Carter, Boxford Road, Dwelling--Estimate Cost Sa,COO Nikolay Hetman, Sutton Street, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $8,ooo James M. GaskellI Sr., J6hnson Street, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $3,000 Kenneth C. Bailey, Marblehead Street, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $11,000 Ulisse De l~osa, Mifliin Drive, Dwelling--Estomate Cost $14,000 Anthony S. lVlilarde, M'artin Avenue, Garage--Estimate Cost $150 Thomas L. O~Riordan, Br~dstreet Road,~ Dwelling--Estimate Cost $6,000 Frank Paparella, Bradford, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $18,000 Louis H. Masse, Andover Street, Alterations--Estimate Cost 8400 . · . James Madden, Camden Street, Alterations--Estimate Cost . ~ $200 George A. Rea, Chestnut Street, Shed--Estimate Cost $500 Agnes ~V[;~ Ramh, Salem Street~ Dwelling~Estimate Cost $14,000 The Atlantic Refining Company, Sutton Street, Service Station --Estimate Cost $7,600 Kenneth C. Bailey, Marblehead Street, 3 stall Garage Esti- mate Cost $2,000 Stuart Summers, Pembrook Road, Garage--Estimate Cost $350 Edgewood Farm, 0sgood Street, Alterations--Estimate Cost $5,000 John VC Jackson, .Salem Street, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $7,000 Turner A. Bridges, Foster Street, 2 Stall Garage--Estimate Cost $500 Peter A. Piantidosi, Woodbridge Road, Dwelling--Estimate Cos~ $8,000 John E. and Phyllis R. Hanson, Main Street, Dxvelling--Esti- mate Cost $13,500 Village Land Company, Church Street, Garage--Estimate Cost $1,500 ' Mildred and Amelia Olenio, Massachusetts Avenue, Dwelling-- Estimate Cost $80 Adam Marcinuk, Marblehead Street, Garage Estimate Cost $150 Albert A. Steinberg, Osgood Street, Dwelllng Estimate Cost $10,000 · Sebastlan Cuiazzio, Russell corner of Main, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $8,000 64 Claude and Edith Howard, Johnson Street, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $6,000 Gaspar De Mario, Sutton Street, Garage--Estimate Cost $450 Julius Kay, Main Street, Alterations--Estimated Cost $500 Sam Alaimo, Harwood Street, Garage--Estimate Cost $700 Louis Gemellaro, ttigh Street, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $13,500 Robert H. Nelb, Silsbee Road, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $6,500 John J. Subatch, Bunkerhill Street, Dwelling--Estimated Cost $6,000 Michael and Sarah Lomazzo, Harwood Street, Dwelling--Esti- mate Cost $4,500 Arthur J. D. Hodgdon, Farnum Street, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $3,000 Joseph Campione, Middlesex' Street, Neon Sign--Estimate Cost *2.95 Campion tIall, Great Pond Road, Alterations~sfimate Cost $3,500 to $4,000 Arthur G. Chamberlain, Foster Street, Summer CamP--Esti- mate Cost $350 Gaetono Midolo, Glenwood Street, Alterations--Estimate Cost $2,000 George D. Moody, Moody Street, Alterations--Estimate Cost $7oo Fred Aziz, Osgood Street, Alterations--Estimated Cost $50 Paul E. Desrosier, Massachusetts Avenue, Business Establish- ment~Estimate Cost $10,000 Carmine Calzetta, Johnson Street, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $5,000 Helen J. Newton, Concord Street, Alterations--Estimate Cost $5OO John D. Hill, Salem Street, Alterations--Estimate Cost $4,000 Sutton MilT, Sutton Street, Addition--Estimate Cost $3,000 John F. Sawyer, Hillside Road, 2 Stall Garage--Estimate Cost Sa,ooo Joseph J. Yelvutm, Salem Turnpike, Turkey Coop--Estimate Cost $300 Vincent Boylan, Mifflin Drive, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $12,000 Vincent Boylan, Mifflin Drive, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $14,000 Antonio Abate, Beacon Hill Blvd., Dwelling--Estimate Cost $10,000 Aa~tonio Abate, Beacon Hill Blvd., Dwelling--Estimate Cost $11,000 Sebastian Cuiazzio, Russell cot. Main, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $8,000 Michael Crlstaldi, Tyler Road, Garage Estimate Cost $500 Robert Nelb, Silsbee Road, Dwelling--Estimate Cost $6,500 Respectfully submitted, MARTIN J. LAWLOi~ Building Inspector 65 PUBLIC WORKS The Board of Public Works herewith submits its forty- sixth annual report containing the fifty-fifth annual report of the Water Department and the forty-sixth annual report of the Sewer Department for the year ending December 31, 1952. JOSEPH D. SULLIVAN, Chairman FRANCIS B. KITTREDGE IRVING C. ttOWES 66 WATER DEPARTMENT The tgtal amount collected for water ra;es during the year 1952 amonn;ed ;o $39.870.12. Main Pipe During the year 1952 there were laid 2135 feet of six-inch and 352 feet of eight-inch pipe as ont]ined in the Superinten- dent's Report. Servqce Pipe Service pipe laid (1952) on private property Service pipe laid (1952) on town properW 1673.9 feet 1371.8 feet Total 3045.7 feet Service Pipe Renewals Service pipe laid (]952) on private property Service pipe laid (1952) on ~own properW 439.8 feet 728.0 feet Debit Appropriation for Maintenance and Construction $49.000.00 Article 60. 1950Fire I-Iydrants 42].25 Article 64, 1950Replace Water Services 1,054.31 Article 58, 1951 Water Mains 643.30 Article 51, 1952--Water Mains 900.00 Article 5l, 1951 Trans Beverly Street Drain $00.00 Article 49, 1952 Cement Line Water Mains 7,500.00 Article 53, 1952--Mi~in Drive Water Main 1,850.00 Article 61, ]952 Sawyer Road Water Main 2,200.00 Article 65, 1952--Moody Street Water Main 1,200.00 Collected Water rates 39,372.12 Collected Water Const. and Maintenance 8,052.18 $112,993.18 Credit Expended on Administration Account Expended on General Account Expended on Service Account Expended on Pmnping Station Account Expended on Extensions Expended Article 60, 1950--Flydrants $8,214.83 16,492.44 7,066.60 11,070.43 2,224.53 421.25 67 FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF WATER DEPARTMENT 1952 Total 1167.8 feet Expended Article 64, 1950--Water Services 268.86 Expended Article 58, 1951--Water Mains 643.30 Expended Article 51, 1952 Water Mains 639.75 Expended Transfer Beverly Street Drain 799.22 Expended Article 49, 1952--Cement Lining 7,500.00 Expended Article 53, 1952--Mifflin Drive Water 1,468.77 Expended Article 61, 1952~Sawyer Road Water 2,107.26 Expended Article 65, 1952~-Moody Street Water 1,200.00 Balance Maintenance and Construction Account 3,931.17 Balance Article 64, 1950--Water Services 785.45 Balance Article 51, 1952--Water Mains 260.25 Balance Transfer Beverly Street Drain .78 Balance Article 53, 1952--Mit~lin Drive Water 381.23 Balance Article 61, 1952--Sawyer Road Water 92.74 Paid Town Treasurer--Water Rates and Const. 47,424.32 Water and Sewer Receipts for 1952 Collected Water Rates 1951 Collected Water Rates 1952 Collected Water Construction and maintenance Collected server construction and maintenance $112,993.18 $797.73 38,754.39 8,052.20 2,954.61 $50,378.93 EXPENDITURES -- WATER DEPARTMENT -- 1952 Admials~ Pumping Exten- Coal 473.31 473.21 Electrlc Power 6,485.26 6,485.26 Wages 7,1§5.19 9,510.63 846.58 3,466.74 101.15 21,670.29 Totals 8,874,86 15,832.41 7,066.61 11,070.43 2,224.53 45,068.83 0ost of 00nstruetion Distribution $379,872.99 Suction Main 1,943.61 Reservoirs 49,092.85 Pumping Station 20,462.37 Pumping Plant 50,113.89 Service Piping and Meters 144,108.61 Incidental Construction Expenses 5,471.38 Land and Right of Way 1,815.70 Tool Account 4,597.89 $657,479.29 BOARD 0F PUBLIC WORK~ NORTH ANDOVER, Office: Town Office Building OFFICE HOURS Daily: 8 to 12 and 1 to 5 Rules, Regulatiozs and Water Rates All meter rates shall be computed quarterly; in ease of a meter stopping or failing to register, the quantity of water used shall be estimated as the amount which ordinarily passes through the meter when in operation. Bills for metered water shall be rendered quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October for the amount of water used during the previous quarter, based on the following sliding scale. SCHEDULE OF RATES First 2000 cubic feet 18 cents per 100 cubic feet Ail over 2000 cubic feet 12 cents per 100 cubic feet These rates are subject to the following minimum charges per quarter: . ~/s" meter ......... $].50 2" meter ......... $]5.00 ~" meter ......... 2.00 3" meter ......... 25.00 1" meter .......... 4.00 4" meter ......... 50.00 ]"~ meter . ....... 8.00 6" meter ......... 69 Regulations The following regulations, until further notice, shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who uses water. 1. All applications for the use of water must be made at the office of the Board of Public Works and must state fully the purpose for which it is intended to be used. The Water Department will in all cases furnish and lay the service pipe from the street main to and through the cellar wall and provide on the end thereof a stop and waste valve. In any case where an owner shows sufficient reason he may be permitted to lay a pipe on his own property, but provision must be made, at the owner's expense, so that a meter in- stallation can be made where the Water Department work ceases. The owner of the premises shall in all cases pay for suck service pipe as may be laid within his premises, together with the stop and waste valve, at such rates as may be fixed by the Board of Public Works. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to establish a minimum price for service installations. Payments in full must be made for any service installation before the water is turned on. 2. The Water Department will set meters on all services and charge a rental of two dollars per year for ~fs-ineh meters and a suitable increase for larger sizes. Consumers at their option may purchase said meters when they will be marked on the books as private and no rental will be charged. All meters will be kept in repair by the Water Department ~nless damaged by the frost, hot water, or through the fault or negqigenee of the owner or tenant of the property. No more than one meter may be installed on any service unless the owner agrees to have each additional meter (for the purpose of billing) considered as a separate service. 3. All persons using water must furnish internal pipes, connections and fixtures and keep them and all pipe to the street line in good repair and protected from frost at their own expense, and the Town will not be liable for any damage resulting from failure to do so. Any expense incurred in clearing services must be borne by the consumer. No person will be permitted to connect with any water pipes on the inlet side of the meter in any way or manner without a written permit from the Board of Public Works. 4. Water rates shall be payable at the office of the Board ~of Public Works quarterly. No abatement of water rates shall be made except when the entire premise~ are shut off for a period of at least three months. In all eases of non- pay~nen't of water rates within sixty days after the same are ,due as well as for any violation of these rules, the supply may bo shut off and water will not again be let on except upon 7O payment of the amount due and thc sum of one dollar, for shutting off and letting on the water. In ease of shutting off or letting on the water for repairs, testing of pipes or any other purpose the sum of one dollar will be charged. 5. The water rates shall be paid by the owner or lessee of the whole premises and the owner shall in all cases be responsible for the water rates of his tenant. 6. No water taker shall supply water to parties not en- titled to its use, except on written .permit from the Board of Public Works. 7. All apparatus and places supplied with water must be accessible at all reasonable times to the inspection of the Board of Public Works or their agents to examine the pipes and fixtures and ascertain the quantity of water used and the manner of its use, and all pipes and fixtures shall be subject to rejection by said Board of Public Works if eon- sidered unsuitable for the purpose. 8. Upon application of an owner a meter will be removed and tested. For this service a charge of one dollar will be made. In case the meter in question is found to over-register more than three per cent this charge will be' cancelled and a proper adjustment made. 9. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to restrict the use of hose or fountains, to shut of 4~ the water when it becomes necessary to make extensions or repairs or for violation of any of the Regulations. 10. Art. 7, Sec. 1, Town By-Laws: No person shall open any hydrant of the water works system of the Town without written permission previously obtained from the Board of Public Works. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of hydrants and water by the Chief of the Fire Department, or the person acting in his stead, in case of fire. Water Waste at 100 Lbs. Pressure Size Diagram i Gallons in of i per 1-64 . 207 C~st Cost per per Day Month .055 1.66 '.129 3.87 .3~2 [ 7.57 1.304 ~ per Quarter 4.58 8.57 19.71 72.80 71 WATER EXPENDITURES-- 1952 Addressograph-Multigraph Corp. Allied Paint Stores, Inc. American Water Works Asso. Bacigalupo and Salisbury Barrett Division, The Barrington, Harold Bean and Poor Belmont Smelting and Refining Works Bevington Thos. and Sons. Inc. Bills Auto Service Board of Public Works Boston & Maine R. R. Bourdelais Bros. Boynton Press, The Bride, Grimes & Co. Bristol Company, The Brown-Wales Co. Buco, A. & Sons Caldwell, George A. Calzetta, John H. Campo, R. II. Co. Capitol Motor Trans. Co. Carey, George A. Carroll and Connelly Central Parking Sra. Central Service Station Centriline Corporation Chamberlin. Francis J. Chapman Valve Mfg. Co. Clark, Philip Clark-Wilcox Company Clinton Trans. Corp. Collins, Joseoh A. Coleman M. Leather Co. ' Cole, A. L. Co. Connor. M. Edward Crane IIardware Co. Crosb¥ Steam Gage & Valve Co. Cyr. L. C. Const. Company Deluxe Filter and Piston Co. Dill, Robert S. Donovan, D. G. Machine & Supply Donovan, Edward Dow Company, The Driscoll, John D. Duda, John and Sons Duffy, William B. Duncan, Joseph A. Dunham, George Dyer-Clark Company Eagle-Tribune Eddy Valve Company Elliotts Essex Farm Equipment Co. Essex No. Dist. Reg. of Deeds Finberg Supply Co. 32.43 32.43 47.39 32.43 10.00 10.00 15.00 15.00 194.04 194.04 5.22 5.22 51.45 51.45 98,61 98.61 5.59 5.59 134.48 134.4.8 44.99 44.99 17.75 17.75 1,068.84 1,068.84 7.80 7.80 223.27 223.27 47.44 47.44 49.28 49.28 96.00 96.00 2,219.56 2,219.56 2,082.50 2,082.50 2.25 2.25 6.92 6.92 2,099.28 2,099.28 240.11 240.11 31.85 31.85 280.78 260.78 6,052.50 8,052.50 719,49 719.49 220.06 220.06 1,50 878.79 880.29 84.22 84.22 7.60 7.~qO 11.00 29.97 29.97 2.70 2.70 22.65 22.65 267.76 267.76 34.54 34.54 238.51 238.51 8.67 8.67 2,187.84 2,187.84 4.00 4.00 15.30 15.30 108.00 108.00 192.50 192.50 32.11 32.11 114.78 4,710.97 4,825.75 161.19 349.25 510.44 34.06 34.06 8.76 8.76 79.30 79.30 466.26 466.26 7.92 7.92 112.70 112.70 11.00 11.00 1,745.57 1,745.57 72 MaterL~ls Wages Totals Federal Pencil Co., Inc. 4.04 4.04 Foley, Henry P. 135~45 135.45 Ford Meter Box Co., Inc., The 30.14 30.14 Garafolo Building & Wrecking Co. 23.15 23.15 Garlock Packing Co. 20.84 20.84 Gibbs Express Company 2.25 2.25 Godin, Louis J. 3,347.76~ 3,347.76 Gosselin, Thomas Jr. 34.35 34.3'5 Graf Brothers 1.00 1.00 Granze, A.P. 8.00 8.00 Haddow, Wilma 1.730.00 1.730.00 Hamblett Mach. Co. 87.01 87.01 Hamel, AHred 212.79 212.79 I-Iauck Manufacturing Co. 19.49 19.49 Haverhill Lawrence Transp. Co. Inc. 1.12 1.12 Hedge and Mattheis Company 93.45 93.45 Hersey Manufacturing Company 152.20 152.20 ItoiIins Super Service Station 103.19 103.19 Itosking John R. 29.84 29.84 Hume Pipe of N. E. Inc. 138.77 138.77 Hydraulic Development Corp. 119.48 119.48 Jacques, Joseph M. 375.19 375.19 Jenkins, Henry Trans. Co. 5.65 5.65 Joy Manufacturing Co. 38.50 38.50 Lafond A. W. Co. 147.50 147.50 Lake Products Company 6.90 6.90 Lararr~ee's Transit, Inc. 2.40 2.40 Lawlor, Edward 50.40 50.40 Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. 6.485.26 6,485.26 Lawrence Plate and Window Glass Co. 15.21 15.21 Leach, Fred 13.00 13.00 Lee, A. Company 222.24 222.24 Lewis and Scott 150.00 150.00 Long, Henry F. Commissioner 5.14 5.14 Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., The 117.20 117.20 MakcDeace, B.L. 16.35 16.35 Marshall, Walter 1.50 284.57 286.07 Martin, George 40.32 40.32 MasterqCraft Corp. 2.82 2.82 MacMillan Oil Co. 12.84 12.84 McCarthy's Express Co. 2.93 2.93 NIcCubbin, Charles 10.08 10.08 McDonald, Bernard L: Co. 12.50 12.50 McDonald, John 25.38 25.38 McGraw-Hill Book Co. 2.00 2.00 Merrimac Boiler Works 38.32 38.32 Mueller Company 205.92 205.92 Nasagco 25.00 25.00 Nash Engineering Co., The 278.59 278.59 Neptune Meter Company 1,949.48 1,949.48 Nesbitt. George & Sons 70.00 70.00 New England Asphalt and Tar Co. 56.00 56.00 New England TeL & Tel. Co. 573.53 573.53 New England Water Works Asso. 6.00 6.00 New Jersey Water Repair Co. 6.81 6.81 Niagara Alkali Company 193.25 193.25 Noone, James I72.85 172.85 73 North Andover Coal Company 233.20 233.20 Nutter, L. Irving 8.41 8.41 O'NIahoney, M. Co. 38.86 38.86 Ouellette, Henry and Sons 45.00 45.00 Parker, Danner, Co. 81.87 8L87 Phelan, J, .72 .72 Prescott, H. R. and Sons, Inc. 566.30 566.30 Public Works Supply Company 186.44 186.44 Puritan Iron Works Inc. 79.50 79.50 Railway Express Agency 13.01 13.01 Rehn, Doris C. 99,00 99.00 Rensselaer Valve Co. 194.90 194.90 Robertson, B. James Co. 6.07 6.07 Robinson, J. W. Company 205.01 205.01 Robinson's Moving & Express Ser. 2.75 2.75 Rockwell 1Vffg. Co. 235.30 235.30 Sanford, George H. 3,033,52 3,033.52 Saunders Studio 11.50 11.50 Shattuck's Express 2.71 2.71 Shawsheen Motor Mart. 69.96 69.96 Sheehan, Cecilia 49.00 49.00 Smith Motor Company 83.30 83.30 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. 934.90 934.90 Spaulding-Moss Co. 22.61 22.61 Springmeir Shipping Co. 2.71 2.71 Stamp, Waiter 1,25 1.25 Star Electric Service & Tire Co. 85.20 85.20 Summer & Dunbar 258.40 258.40 Szelest, Anthony Jr. 22.80 22.80 Tarnowski, Anthony 9.71 9.71 Tide Water Asso. Oil Co. 6.55 6.55 Toomey, T. E. Co., Inc. 19.50 19.50 Topping, Edward 39.75 39.75 Tower Motor Parts Corp. 13.60 13.60 Treat Hardware Corp. 50.00 50.00 Turnpike Service Station 23.14 23.14 Underwood Corporation 33.24 33.24 United States P. O. Dept. 326.82 326.82 Utilities Supply Corp. 78.18 78.18 Verda's Garage 51.00 51.00 Wallace & Tiernan Co., Inc. 4.95 4.95 Warrcn Pipe Company of ~YIass. Inc. 4,838.83 4,838.83 Warren Steam Pump Co., Inc. 5.27 5.27 Wilde, Samuel II. 58.50 58.50 Wing's Express, Inc. 6.63 6.63 Wipex Co., Inc. 47.84 47~84 $37,592.34 $22,524.81 $60,117.24 74 SEWER DEPARTMENT T~venty-eight connections totaling 1624 feet were made between buildings and main sewers in 1952. Thirteen hundred and sixty-seven feet of main sewer were installed as outlined in the Superintendents Report. Bonds and Notes Outstanding The total amount of bonds and notes outstanding' against the town for the system amounts to $2,000 due 1953. Satement of Amonnt to be Raised in 1958 on Account. Sewer Dept. Already Incurred For 4.25 per cent interest $42.50 For retiring bonds and notes 2,000.00 $2,042.50 tratlon General tlons sions Total Pip~ 627.12 326.11 953.22 Supp{ies 47.70 721.60 471.50 162.17 1,402.97 Misc. 72.38 182.24 289.38 100.18 642.18 Wages 995.89 814.20 1,735.35 479.64 4,024.63 1,115.97 -1,718.04 ' 3,121.35 1,0S7.64 %023.00 Article 64, 1952 Moody Street Sewer Collected Sewer Account Credit Expended Administration Account Expended General Account Expended Connection Account 900.00 2,954.61 $1,115.97 1,718.04 3,121.35 Expended Extension Account Expended Article 60, 1952--Sawyer Road Sewer Expended Article 64, 1952 Moody Street Sewer Balance Article 60, 1952--Sawyer Road Sewer Ba]anee Maintenance and Construction Account Paid Town Treasurer--Sewer Receipts 1,067.64 1,743.66 900.00 756.34 977.00 2,954.61 $14,354.61 Expenditures -- Sewer Department -- 1952 75 Sewer assessments number 137 to 141 for $3,953.00 were committed to the Town Treasurer for collection. Financial Statement of Sewer Department 1952 Debit Appropriation for Maintenance and Construction $8,000.00 Article 60, 1952--Sawyer ]%oad Sewer 2,500.00 Sewer Expenditures -- 1952 Materials Wages Totals Barrett Division; The 64.68 64.68 Bill's Auto Service 9.35 9.35 Boston & Maine R.R. 166.47 166.47 Bourdelais Bros. 849.38 849.38 Buco, A. & Sons 72.00 72.00 Caldwell, George A. 11.51 11.51 Calzetta, John II. 687.33 687.33 Carey, George A. 809.20 809.20 Chamberlain, Francis J. 112.41 112.41 Clark, Philip 420.37 420.37 Clark-Wilcox Co. 23.21 23.21 Crane IIardware Co. 11.74 11.74 Cyr, L. C. Const. Co. 160.37 160.37 Dill, Robert S. 927.48 927.48 Dow Company, The 54.00 54.00 Driscoll, John D. 290.2'5 290.25 Puffy, William B. 689.03 689.03 Duncan, Joseph A. 53.73 26.86 80.59 Eagle Tribune 9.00 9.00 Edson Corporation, The 32.88 32.88 Essex Express 3.46 3.46 Essex No. Dist. Reg. of Deeds 17.25 17.25 Finberg Supply Co. 161.78 161.78 Foley, Henry P. 118.51 118.51 Garafolo Building & Wrecking 71.20 71.20 Gosselin, Thomas Jr. 14.19 14.19 IIaddow, Wilma 280.00 280.00 Hamel, Alfred 88.11 88.11 Hauck Manufacturing Co. 3.91 3.91 fledge and Mattheis Company 30.00 30.00 Hollins Super Service Station 33.49 33.49 Holmes Transportation Service 1.70 1.70 Jacques, Joseph M. 283.73 283.73 Lawlor, Edward 30.24 30.24 Lee, A Company 14.50 14.50 Marshall, Walter 48.54 48.54 McCubbin, Charles 10.08 10.08 McDermott, J. F. Company 235.00 235.00 McDonald, Bernard L. Co. 110.68 110.68 McQuestlon's 28.10 28.10 Nasagco Materials & Coast. Co. 8.25 8.25 Noone, James 97.81 97.81 O'Mahoney, M. Co. 1,681.32 1,681.32 Pollard, Joseph G. Co., Inc. 90.00 90.00 Portland Stone Ware Co. 31.05 31.05 Prescott, II. R. & Sons, Inc. 15.37 15.37 Puritan Iron Works Inc. 335.00 335.00 Railway Express Agency 4.15 4.15 Robinson, J. W. Company 24.15 24.15 San£ord, George II. 60.70 60.70 Sears, Roebuck & Co. 8.26 6.00 14.26 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. 183.38 183.38 Topping, Edward 43.50 43.50 Wilde, Samuel H. 12.00 12.00 $5,086.58 $4,580.08 $9,666.66 76 PARK DEPARTMENT Financial Statement -- park Department -- 1952 Appropriation for supplies Appropriation for wages Debit 0redit Expended on supplies Expended on wages Expenditures -- Park Department -- 1952 supl~lles wages $650.00 3,500.00 $650.00 3,500.00 Totals Beauchemin, R. A. Company 15.00 15.00 Bruckmann, II. 79.95 79.95 Burke, Robert J. 48.00 48.00 Central Service Station 14.30 14.30 Chamberlin, Francis 1,457.78 1,457.78 Crane IIardware Co. 62.35 62.35 Dolge, C. B. Company 39.82 39.82 Donovan, Edward 10.08 10.08 Dufly, William B. 200.00 200.00 Essex Farm Equipment 48.72 48.72 Gosselin, Thomas 970.64 970.64 Granz, A. P. Mower & Marine Service 38.15 38.15 IIartney Spray Co. 51.25 51.25 IIeimann, John R. 262.82 262.82 Herbst Brothers 20.00 20.00 Marshall, Walter 48.42 48.42 Martin, George 10.08 10.08 McDonald, John 10.08 10.08 Oates, Frank & Sons 7.00 7.00 Railway Express Agency 3.15 3.15 Sawtelle, Brothers 85.00 85.00 Scott, O. M. & Sons Co. 29.00 29.00 Shawsheen Motor Mart 34.08 34.08 Smith, Coburn 530.10 530.10 Socony Vacuum Oil Company 65.32 65.3~ Star Electric Service & Tire Co. 8.91 8.91 $550.00 $3,500.00 $4,15000 FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF PLAYGROUND DEPARTMENT -- 195~. Debit Appropriation for expenses $1,900.00 Appropriation for wages L000.00 Article 45, 1952--Wire Fence Waverly Playground 600.00 Article 46, 1952--Backstop--Grogan's Field 500.00 Article 47, 1952--Portable Bleachers 1,300.00 77 88,700.00 Credit Expended on expenses $1,900.00 Expended on wages 4,000.00 Expended Article 45, 1952--wire Fence 559.00 Expended Article 46, 1952---Backstop 500.00 Expended Article 47, 1952--Catch basins 400.00 Expended Article 48, 1952--Portable Bleachers 1,300.00 Balance Article 45, 1952--Wire fence 41.00 $8,700.00 Totals Allied Paint Stores 9.00 9.00 American Playground Device Co. 25.90 25.90 Athletic Trainers Supply Co., Inc. 43.78 43.78 Barrington, Harold 10,08 10.08 Bean & Poore 227.13 227.13 Beauchemin, R. A. Co. 10.90 10.96 Board Public Works 41.92 41.92 Bride,Grimes Co. 8.85 8.85 Bruchman, H. 162.13 162.13 Burke, Robert J. 200.00 200.00 Calzetta, James 22.50 22.50 Calzetta, John H. 213.08 213.08 Carey, George A. 63.46 63.46 Central Service Station 11.25 11.25 Chamberlin, Francis 747.63 747.63 Clark, Philip 7.46 7.46 Commonwcalth of NIassachuseetts 24.00 24.00 Crane I-Iardware Co. 198.38 198.38 Cushing, John 160.00 160.00 Cyclone Fence Division 1,059.00 1,059.00 Dehullu's Market 1.01 1.01 Dill, Rebort S. 64.74 64.74 Dolge, C. B. Company 21.54 21.54 Donovan, Edward 10.08 10.08 Driscoll, John D. 230.70 230.70 ]huffy, James H. 410.42 410.42 Daffy, William B. 400.00 400.00 Cyr, L. C. Const. Co. 88.00 88.00 Ea~lc-Tribune Pub. Co. 1.80 1.80 Essex Farm Equipment Co. 53.57 53,57 Essex Hardware Co. 2.40 2.40 Essex Sand & Gravel Co. 39.90 39.90 Essex Signs 14.00 14.00 Finbe~g Supply Company 5.27 5.27 Forstex Lumber Company 6.02 6.02 Garafolo, John Building & Wr~cking 6.30 6.30 Giant 1Yl~g. Co. 12.58 12.58 Gosselin: Thomas 208.30 208~30 Granz, A. P. Mower and Marine Sera'ice 5.30 5.30 YIamel, Alfred 14.93 14.93 YIeimann, John R. 390.88 390.88 78 Expenditures -- Playground Department -- 1952 Supplies Wages Supplies Wages Totals I-Ierbst Brothers 46.00 46.00 Hennessey, Robert 105.00 105.00 Hilton Oil Company 21.15 21.15 Howard, Frank 25.44 25.44 Hume Pipe of N. E. Inc. 67.19 67.19 Hussey Mfg. Co. 1,300~00 1,300.00 Jacques, Joseph 32.46 32,46 Lawlor, Edward 10.08 10.08 Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. 8.08 8.08 Lawrence Rubber Co. 14.80 14.80 Leach, Fred 66.16 66.16 Lebel, Joseph P. 7.50 7.50 Martin, John P. 16.00 16.00 Meagan's Rexall Drug Store 6.29 6.29 Merrimac Boiler Works 5.70 5.79 McCubbin, Charles 44.80 44.84) McDonald, John 20.16 20.16 Niftier, J. Ernest 69.89 59.89 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 1~.56 17.56 North Andover Coal Company 26.00 26.00 Nutter, C. Irving 15.00 15.00 O'Brien, M. E. & Sons 5.05 5.05 Puritan Iron Works, Inc. 75.00 75.00 Sanford, George H. 31.04 31.04 Saunders Studio 16.00 16.00 Sawtelle, Brothers 100.00 100.00 Scott, O. M. & Sons Company 40.00 40.00 Shawsheen Motor Mart 16.97 16.97 Smith, Coburn 127.68 127.68 Snell, Calvin R. 344.86 344.86 Socony Vacuum Oil Company 65.33 65.33 Stalnp, Walter 5.22 5.22 Star Electric Serv. & Tire Co. 10.66 10.66 Stone, Clifton Jr. 320.00 320.00 Treat Hardware Corp. 6.53 6.53 Watts, Barbara 335.15 335.15 $4,556.05 $4,102.95 $8,659.00 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT There were installed during the year 1952 twenty-one hundred and thirty-five feet of six-inch and three hundred fifty-two feet of eight-inch cement lined cast iron pipe, Fifteen six-inch gate valves, and one eight-inch gate were placed. The water main system now consists of fi~ty-eight and three hun- dredths miles of main pipe, two twelve-inch check valves, twelve twelve-inch gates, thirteen ten-inch gates, sixty-five eight-inch gates and six hm~dred and seventeen six-inch gate valves, and three hundred and forty-nine public fire hydrants. The following water mains were placed in 1952: Brad- street Road from Greene Street toward Mifflin Drive, one hun- dred and sixty feet of six-inch pipe and one six4neh gate valve; Beacon Hill Boulevard frora previous terminus towards Chickering goad, two hnndred and eighty-eight feet of six- 79 inch pipe; Moody Street from Furber Avenue toward Chad- wick Street, four hundred sixty-three feet of six-inch pipe, two six-inch gate valves and one hydrant; Mifflin Drive from Massachusetts Avenue to Douglas Road, three hundred and fifty-two feet of eight-inch pipe and one eight.inch gate valve; Silsbee Road from previous terminus thirty feet of six-inch pipe; Sawyer Road from Pembrook Road to Middlesex Street seven hundred and twenty-seven feet of six-inch pipe and two six-inch gate valves; Woodbridge Road from Tyler Road toward Mifflin Drive font hundred and eight feet of six.inch pipe and one six-inch gate valve. Six-inch gate valves were placed on the following hydrant branches: Sutton Street at Marblehead Street, and the hydrant moved back four feet, at 1939 Great Pond Road, and the hydrant moved'back thirteen feet, at 547 Osgood Street at 141 Water Street, at Kingsburys, and at Campion Hall main entrance arid farm entrance on Great Pond Road, and at 22 Irving Road. The hydrant on Park Street was moved back six feet, the hydrant at Stevens Street and Great Pond Road seven feet, and the hydrant on Marbleridge Road at Johnson Street was moved frora the intersection twenty-two feet, and replaced with a new hydrant. A new hydrant, gate valve, and seven feet of six-inch pipe were placed on Woodbridge Road. A defective hydrant at 291 Winter Street was replaced with ~ Hew one. SIZE OF PIPE (INCHES) 14 12 10 8 6 LENGHT OF PIPE (FEET) 788 20828 8095 43214 233471 There were installed during 1952, forty-eight new services, two more than last year. Twenty-five old services were either wholly or partially renewed. Tile new and renewal services totaled eight-tenths of a mile of pipe. Fifty-two new meters were installed and two hundred and forty-eight old meters, including seven frozen meters, were inspected and repaired. There were twenty-one service leaks, one cracked main, one blown-out plug and two hydrants broken by automobiles. All hydrants were inspected and repaired where necessary. The following hydrants were raised with ont foot sections: Sutton Street at Marblehead, at 22 Irving Road, at 547 Osgood Street, and Furber Avenue at Wentworth Avenue. Gate valves and valve boxes were inspected and repaired. A chain link gate was placed at the Johnson Street right of way to the reservoirs. A spare Nash Vacuum Pump was purchased £or the new e~ectrie p~mping system. Tke outside of the engineer's house 80 Six-inch pipe installed in 1901 on Andover Street near Chickering Road before cleaning and cement lining was repaired and painted by Louis J. Godin, the engineer. The pump and motor of the electric pumping system were painted. The six-inch water main on Andover Street from Lorraine Avenue to the Andover town llne, a distance of thirty-three hundred and twenty-five fcct was cleaned and cement lined in place by the Centriline Corporation. Since 1946 a total of 17277 feet of water mains have been similarly cleaned and lined. One hundred and fifty-five registration plates were issued and two hundred and fifty residents were granted permits to boat and fish in Lake Cochichewick. Enforcement of the reg- ulations of the State Departh~ent of Public Health for pre- venting the pollution and securing the sanitary protection of the water of Lake Cochiche;vick, source of our water supply, has become serious with the increasing use of the ~ake for recreational purposes. The reservoirs were inspected by the County Engineer as required by the General Laws and found to be in satisfactory condition. Constant bacterial examina- tions of the water have been made by the Department of Public Health and the water found to be satisfactory. Quarterly in- spection of the double check valve installation between the public water supply and other sources of supply for industrial use only have bccn made in cooperation with the Department o£ Public Health of the Commonwealth. The recommendatiol~s of the New England Fire Insurance Rating Association, made in 1942, are repeated as follows: Recommended Mains Size Along 16" Great Pond, Marbleridge Rde. 12" Johnson and Turnpike Ste. 12" Che~tnue St., Hillside Hd. Turnpike St 12" Andover, Peters and Turnpike Sts. 12" Waverly ROad 12" Waverly Road 12" Stevens, Osgood ~ Chadwick ets. 12" Right of Way, Marblehead and Union St. 12" Stevens and Johnson St. 8" Wood Lane 8" Chickeri~g Road S" ChicEering Road 8" Elm and Greene Sts. 8" Mill St. 8" Osgood St. From To Pumping Station Johnson St. 8" to Reservoir BostolX St. Sutton St. Waverly Rd, Great Pond Rd. 8" to Reservoir Andover St. Waverly ~d. Andover St. Wood Lane Mas°~. Ave. Pleasant St. Water St. Mas~, Ave, Johnson St. Chestnut St, SEWER DEPARTMENT The North Andover Sewerage System is designed to flow in three divisions: the East Side Drainage Area with its trunk sewer following Cochichewick Brook from Lake Cochlche~vick ~2 ~o the Merrimack River; the West Side Drainage Area with its trun]~ sewer on Massachusetts Avenue and along the Shaw- sheen River to the Merrimack River; the Central Drainage Area bounded by Waverly Road, Middlesex and Water Streets, with trunk sewer on Waverly Road, Water Street, and Main Street ~o the NIerrimack Street. There are ~wenty-one and nine tenths miles of main sewers in the North Andover Sewerage system with fifteen hundred and five sewer connections. SIZE OF SEWERS (INCHES) 24 20 18 15 12 10 8 6 LENGTH OF SEWERS (FEET) 4926 822 8450 3429 3214 16684 29701 48268 The following main sewers were constructed in 1952: Moody Street from Furber Avenue, four hundred and twenty- six feet of eight-inch pipe and two manholes; Mitttin Drive from previous terminus to Douglas Road, one hunndred and five feet of ten-inch pipe and one manhole; Sawyer Road from Pembrook Road, fiv~ hundred and seventy-six feet of eight- inch pipe and three ma~holes; Beacon Hill Bo~flevard from previous terminus two hundred and sixty feet of eight-inch and one manhole. Twenty-eight sewer connections, totaling sixteen hundred and twenty-four feet were lald between buildings and main sewers. Thirty-nine particular sewers, most of them blocked by roots, were cleaned. All main sewers were flushed and cleaned in the Spring as usual, while eighteen main sewers partially blocked by roots were inspected and cleaned several times. Fifteen manhole frames and covers were brought to the street surface in various parts of the town, where the street grade had been raised. The following recommendations are made in order that the sewerage system may be improved in accordance with a definite program to promote the health and convenience of the people of the town. The sewer on Osgood Street be ex- tended from Phillips Brooks Road to Andover Street. The East Side Trunk Sewer be extended from Stevens Street at Harkaway Road in order to take care of the Bathing Beach and the C~nter. Further extensions of the sewerage system on the West Side Trunk Drainage area must await the extension of the West Side Trunk sewer from iVlassachusetts Avenue southerly along the Shawsheen River. Few extensions in the Central Drainage Area remain to be made. It should be noted that the sewerage system in North Andover was designed and has been constructed as a separate 83 system making use of small diameter pipes and high velocity of flow with no provision for the drainage of surface or ground waters. The use of the sanitary sewer for drainage purpose is a violation of the rules relating to their use, and the continued use of the sewers for this purpose will eventually lead to unsanitary conditions and considerable expense to the town, especially if the proposed district sewage disposal plant is constructed and North Andover's sewerage disposed of in that manner. Surface drains have been provided in many locations and can be in many others to take care of such drainage with- out subsequent damage or expense. PARK DEPARTMENT The Park system now consists of the Center Cmnmon of 3.2 acres, Training Grounds of 1.9 acres, Memorial Park of 2.7 acres, Old Burying Ground of 1.1 acres and the smaller :Historical Society Plot, Farrington Burying Ground and twenty small plots at street intersections. All the above parks Were maintained as usual. The trees ou Memorial Park and Cent(~r Common were sprayed by Tree Warden John J. Con- i~ors. Several broken grave stones at the Old Burying Grounds were repaired and one burial made. The impossibility of properly maintaining a park and allowing it to be used as a playground is being demonstrated again at Memorial Park. It is recommended that other sites be secured for playgrounds if the present parks developed over the past thirty years by the town, the North Andover Improve- ment Society, the Garden Club and private persons are not to be damaged and their attractiveness destroyed. PLAYGROUND DEPARTMENT The recreational areas in the 1~layground system now consist of Grogan's Field 4.7 acres, Drummond Field 3.7 acres, American Legion Bathing Beach 1.4 acres and Waverly Play- ground 4.7 acres. Thc following work was done at ~Vaverly Playground: a surface drain and two catchbasins were installed on Beverly Street from Harold Street to Dana Street, to keep the heavy rains from washing out the new playing surface. A water service installed in the same ditch provided a bubbler near the shelter. A catch basin was placed on the Massachusetts Avenue side and connected to the state surface drainage system. An official Little League Field was laid out, a back- stop erected and ttussey Steel Frame Portable Bleachers for 378 persons installed. A very successful season was enjoyed by the Little League players and those who attended the games. Loam, seed, and fertilizer were placed on the field 84 again late in the Fall. A small storage locker for the play- ground instructor's equipment was placed at the Marblehead Street side of the playground. A merry-go-round removed from Grogan's Playground was set up. Fifteen Linden Trees donated by the North Andover Improvement Society were planted along the property lines of the playgrounds. Grogan's Field was maintained for the baseball and football activities of Johnson High School and independent and playground teams. The portable bleachers were moved from Waverly Playgroaud for the football season. Drummond Field was maintained for playground activities, and extensive use by twilight soft ball teams. The American Legion Bathing Beach was operated from June 25 to September 2, from 9:30 A. M. to dark with two life guards always present. Swimming classes were con- ducted by Richard C. Carvell, Red Cross swimming instructor with over one hundred registered for instructions. Seventy- five feet of eight-inch pipe and one catch basin were placed to drain the parking area and prevent washouts on the beach. The bathhouse was painted inside and outside. An elevated stand was placed for the lifeguards. The Department of Public Health of the Commonwealth examined the beach at our request and'stated that the bath- house and toilet facilities were adequate and that the water was of suitable quality and safe for public bathing. A very successful swimming meet under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2104 was held at the end of the season. l~espectfully submitted, WILLIAM B. DUFFY Superintendent Elevation of Water in Lake Cochichewick Elevations refer to mean sea level and are from bench marks established by the Massachusetts Geodetic Survey of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works in 1936. January ] 111.50 feet July I 109.25 feet January 16 111.75 " July 16 109.00 " Februaw I 112.00 " August I 108.42 " February 16 111.75 " August 16 108.75 " March i 111.50 " September I 108.60 " March 16 111.50 " September 16 108.20 " April I 111.25 " October I 10S.40 " April 16 111.25" October 16 108.20 " May 1 111.00 ' Norember I 105.00 " May 16 110.25 " November 16 107.80 " June I 110.29 " December i 10S.20 " June 16 110.00 " December 16 108.50 " Lowest temperature water 36~ F, January 27. Highest temperature water 76° F, July 29. 86 COMPARISON OF WATER PUMPED AND WATER RATES RECEIVED 1920--Venturi Meter Installed at Pumping Station 1931--System 100c~c Metered 1940--Rates Reduced Summary of Statistics Population by census of 1950 -- 8485. Date of construction -- 1898. Sero'ce of supply- Lake Cochichcwick. Mode of supply -- pumped direct overflow to reservoirs. Two reservoirs capacity 1,500,000 gallons each. Pumping Statistics 1. One Laidlow-Dunn-Gordon 2.5 I~IGD steam driven recipro- cating pump. One Warren 2.0 i~iGD electrically driven centrifugal pump. 2. Description of fuel: (a) Electricity 320,000 K.W.H. Average price per I£.W.I-I: .02022 3. Total pumpage for the year, Venturi meteL 220,292,200. 4. Average static head against which pumps work: 277.0 feet.. 5. Average dynamic head against which pumps work: 314.3 feet. 6. Number of gallons pumped per K.~r.It. 688.41. 7. Cost of pmnping figured on Annual Pumping Station Expense $10,791.84. 8. Per million gallons pumped $48.98. 9. Per million gallons raised one foot dynamic 0.155. Statistics of Consumption of'Water 1. Population 1950 Census 8,485 2. Estimated population of lines of supply 8,400 3. Estimated population supplied 8,400 4. Total consuatption of the year (gallons) 220,292,200 5. Passed through meters 198,112,500 6. Fires, flushings, known losses 3,270,000 7. Percentage of consumption aeconnted for 91.4 8. Average daily eonsupmtion 601,890 9. Gallons per day to each inhabitant 70.93 10. Gallons per day to each customer 71.65 II. Gallons per day to each tap 273.33 12. Cost of supplying water per million gallons figured on the total maintenance plus interest on bonds 74.86 Statistics Relating to Distribution System 1. Kind of pipe Cast Iron 2. Sizes 6 in. to 12 in. 3. Extended feet during the year 2487 4. Discontinued none 5. Total now in u~e 58.03 6. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter none 7. Number of hydrants added during the year 2 91 8. Number of hydrants now in use 349 9. Number of stop gates added during the year 16 10. Number of stop gates now in use 710 11. Number of stop gates smaller than 4 inches none 12. Number of blow-offs 5 13. l~ange of pressure on mains 26 lbs. to 148 lbs. 14. Kind of service pipe Cement lined, lead lined, copper and cast iron Size of service pipe 3~ to 10" Extended 2487 Discontinued none Total now in use 29.29 miles 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Number of service taps added during the year 48 Number of service taps now in use 2202 Average lengths of services 70.2 Number of meters added 48 l~umber of meters in use 2202 Percentage of receipt from metered water 100% Percentage of service metered 100% 92 PUBLIC WELFARE REPORT Dr. Appropriation (Salaries--Board Members) Superintendent and Matron Agent (Salary) Outside Relief and l~epairs Mrs. Ball's Salary (Infirmary) Refunds CF. Expenditures: Board Members (Salaries) Superintendent and Matron Agent (Salary) Outside Relief and Repairs Mrs. Ball's Salary ,Infirmary) Balance Salaries: Orin B. Foster Nora L. Foster TOWN INFIRMARY Wages: Florence Ball Labor: James Daw Paul D. Donovan Frederick G. Eldred Albert E. Harris Thomas H. Lebel Thomas Leonhard Charles M. Lewis James Magoon Merrimae Boiler Works Adam 81omba Anthony Szelest, Jr. 1t. J. Welch Co. 93 $450.00 2.692.00 750.00 21.669.00 1.331.00 10.00 $26.902.00 $450.00 2.692.00 750.00 19.514.43 1.331.00 $24.737.43 2.164.57 $1.346.00 1.346.00 $2.692.00 $1;331.00 $16.00 20.33 170.18 106.50 5.40 21.79 16.19 23.50 11.90 99.00 50.00 96.26 $637.05 Groceries: Aaronian's Market Campbell's Market Corner Cash Market Dawson's Market Dehullu's Market James Downing Dunn's Market Frederick Eldred First National 8totes Freddie's Fruit Mart Charles D. Glennie, Inc. Kwet Turkey Farm Legare's Market Longbottom's Market Mac's General Store McCarthy's Grocery Store Messina's Market Middlesex Market Phelan's Variety Store Martin Smolak Electricity: Lawrence Gas & Electric Company Telephone: New England Tel. & Tel. Co. Fuel: Carroll & Connelly Coal Co. Joseph P. Lebcl Water: Board of Public Works Clothing: F. A. ltiseox & Co. French Apron Shop Auto Expense: Bill's Auto Service Cashman's Service Station Central Service Station Orin B. Foster (Registration) 94 $197.60 89.85 103.51 126.85 82.79 5.00 80.86 4.70 99.61 137.01 21.84 17.95 93.46 120.47 85.32 76.61 114.98 100.22 103.85 25.00 $1,687.48 $153.90 $136.62 $549.75 161.00 $710.75 $30.72 $8.91 18.76 $27.67 $110.56 267.50 27.39 3.00 l:Iollins Super Service Station Trombly Bros. Service Station Livestock: Edward J. Welch, Jr. General Repairs: Thomas H. Lebel Merrimae Boiler Works A. B. Sutherland Co. It. J. Welch Co. Daily Papers: Eagle Tribune Publishing Co. Tobacco: Meagan's Drug Store Medical Care and Medicine: Bulger Animal tlospital Dr. Joseph J. DiSalvo Dr. Morton B. Greene Dr. Julius Kay Lawrence General Hospital Dr. Charles Lee ~v~eagan's Drug Store Dr. R. Moulthrop Drs. Moulthrop & Youmans HMrcuts: Matteo DeTeresi Feed and Grain: Bill's Auto Service It. Bruekma~m Supplies: James Calzetta Crane Hardware Company Davis & Furber Machine Co. George Dumont Ecconomy Food Products Co. Frederick Eldred 95 18.07 20.51 $447.03 $18.00 $1.07 14.69 3.00 11.08 $29.84 $15.00 $42.27 $19.00 4.00 4.50 240.60 332.00 3.00 191.98 18.75 21.00 $834.83 $42.00 $13.40 674.74 $688.14 $4.00 149.76 1.50 15.00 26.20 3.00 G. I. Shoe Fix F. A. Hiscox & Co. Jackson Lumber Co. Lawrence Plate & Window (]lass Co. Meagan's Drug Store Reliance Motor Transportation Co. A. B. Sutherland Co. Anthony Szelest, Jr. Treat Hardware Corporation ti. J. Welch Co. Total Expense Respectfully submitted, 8.60 8.28 49.93 8.38 18.19 1.69 17.16 10.00 11.54 8.87 $342.10 $9,866.40 LILLIAN B. DEARDEN Agent SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT -- 1952 Hay $70.00 Livestock 60.00 Plow 10.00 T~lephone 3.65 Number of Inmates $143.65 January 1, 1952 5 Female 70~80 1 Admitted 3 Males 45-50 1 Discharged 2 Males 50-60 2 Deaths 0 Males 70-80 2 December 31, 1952 6 Respectfully submitted, ORIN B. FOSTER Superintendent GENERAL RELIEF -- 1952 CAS]~ (Including rents) Groceries and l~rovisions Corner Cash ~arket Mac's General Store Messina's Market 96 $8,464.24 $29.05 15.00 234.50 $278.55 Medical Dr. Clovis A. Bedard Bon Secours Hospital Dr. Harry V. Byrne Capitol Rest Home Dr. William J. Carroll Drs. Caswell & Kefferstan William H. Glover Dr. Arthur Grant Hoyle's Pharmacy Dr. M. J. Kannan Dr. Julius Kay Lawrence General Hospital Dr. Charles Lee Dr. Joseph LoPresti Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. F. P. McLay Meagan's Drug Store Dr. Jost J. Michelsen Dr. W. E. Porter Roma Pharmacy Dr. Emile Thibault Dr. J. Leroy Wood $20.25 168.00 17.00 1,473.29 15.00 31.00 5.76 39.00 106.10 3.00 162.00 481.60 78.00 20.00 12.50 269.75 2.00 22.44 37.50 12.00 12.42 5.00 15.00 Fuel and Light Carroll & Counelly Coal Co. Trombly Bros. Oil Co. $3,008.61 $24.45 14.30 $38.75 Telephone New England Tel. & Tel. Co. $49.21 Miscellaneous Lillian B. Dearden Greater Lawrence Community Council (Dues) Jackson's Taxi (Transportation) William B. Kent (Moving Expense) W. Lavers (S~cond-hand Stove) Lawyer's Co-op. Publishing Co. (Annotated Laws) Lee MacArthur (Repair oil burner) North Andover Taxi (Transportation) Tribune Publishing Co. (Advertising) $14.42 2.00 3.00 12.00 ~ 25.00 30.00 4.00 1.00 6.75 $98.17 97 Paid Other Oi~ies and Towns Lawrence $1,004.20 Methuen 105'.00 Te~vksbury ' ' 360.00 ' ' .$1,469.20 Paid to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts $264.30 Total Expended $13,671,03 Included in Cash, Groceries, Fuel and Medical is $569.80 which was paid to individuals having settlements in other cities and towns. North Andover will be fully reimbursed. · Also included in Cash, Medical, Fuel and Grocer]cs 33 $1,654.65 which was paid to individuals having no settlement ]n the Coramonwealth and North Andover will be fully 'reim- bursed by the Commonwealth· Received from the Commonwealth for aid rendered to persons who are unsettled, $1,875.84. Respectfully submitted, L1LLIAN B. DEARDEN Agent AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN--1952 'Regular Appropriation Balance Federal Grants January 1, 1952 (AID ONLY) Balance Federal Grants J~m~ary 11~ i952 (Aministration Only) :Federal Grants Received during 1952 (AID ONLY) Federal Grants Received during 1952 (Aministration Only) Expenditures: , . Regnlar Appropriation Federal Grants (AID ONLY) Federal Grants (ADMINISTt{ATION ONLY) Balances: Regular Appropriation Federal Grants (AID ONLY) Federal Grants (ADMINISTRATION ONLY) 98 $20,000.00 1,374.19 507,90 ]0,941.97 893·25 $3,3,717.31 $20,000.00 11,776·55 1,272.00 33,048.55 $539:61 129.15 $668.76 Actual Cost for AID ONLY Federal CdS~ State' Reimbursement paid directly ~o Treasury Local Cost , $~0,324.55 ~11.776.5~ 11,479.18 7~06~.82 $30,324.55 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN CASES Children U~xder 16 Years or Under 18 Years and Month Number of Ca~e3 Re§ularly Attending Scl~ool January 22 48 February 22 48 March 22 48 April 22 46 May 20 41 June 19 40 July 19 40 Augus~ 18 39 September 18 39 October 17 39 November 16 37 December 15 35 Federal Grants Received for AID ONLY' Balance January 1, 1952 January February March April June Ju~y August September October November December Regular Appropriation -- Expenditures Lillian B. Dearden (Salary) Ange!]na Kelley (Sa]aw) Barbara Philbriek (Salary) Sundry Persons Payroll (AID ONLY) 99 $1,374.19 1.129.73 1,944.93 1,007A0 998.23 943.70 798,~0 ' 728.20 825.20 ~', 707.t5 811.85 '1,047.68 $12,316:16 ~:$522~00 498.00 432.00 18,548.09 $20,000.00 U. S. Federal Grants Admlni~tration--Expendltures Salaries $1,272.00 U. S. Federal Grants ~ Expenditures Sundry Persons Payroll (AID ONLY) $11,776.55 New and Closed Cases ] new case with 2 children was accepted in 1952. 8 eases with 12 children were closed in 1952. 2 cases were closed due to sufficient income from private employment to meet needs, 2 cases were closed due to sufficient resources to meet needs, 2 cases were closed due to ineligibility, and 1 case was closed because the children were taken by the Division of Child Guardianship. One-third of all aid granted in A.D.C. category is reim- bursed by the Commonwealth. TheFederal Government reimburses one half of the aid granted up to $30 for the first child and each eligible parent, one half up to $21 for each additional child ellgible for aid plus $4.50 per month for each eligible child and parent. Local share is the balanc~ after Federal and State deductions. Respectfully submitted, LILLIAN B. DEARDEN Agent O?.r~ AGE ASSISTANCE--1952 Regular Appropriation $70,000.00 Refunds (Regular Aprpopriation) 66.01 Federal Grants (Aid Only) 55,487.73 Audit Adjustment--Il/25/52 649.92 Refunds (O.A.A.U.S. Grants Aid) 95.06 Balance U.S. Grants Aid January 1, 1952 29,408.71 U.S. Grants for Administration 3,774.16 Balance--U.S. Grants for Administration 1,460.16 $160~941.75 Expenditures: General Appropriation Federal Grants (Aid Only) Federal Grants (Administration) $70,066.01 70,298.68 2,451.45 $146,816.14 lO0 Balances: General Appropriation Federal Grants (A~d 0nly) Federal Grants (Administration) Actual Cost for AID ONLY Federal Cost State l~eimbursement paid directly to Treasury Actual 'Cost to Town $11,342174 2,782.87 $14fl25.61 $140,381.24 $56,137.65 62,663.72 21,579.87 $140,381.24 Old Age Assistance Oases Month N~tmber of Cases paid Directly to Recipie~.ts January 164 $11,566.36 February 165 12,048.77 March 160 11,437.45 April 159 12,504.36 May 159 11,332.32 June 158 11,387.86 July 160 11,638.15 August 163 11,266.82 September 166 11,457.13 October 166 11,269.81 November 166 11,358.55 December 170 12,390.16 $139,657.74 Paid to Cities and Towns for Aid Only 723.50 R~ceivcd from other Cities and Towns for Aid Granted to recipients who reside in North Andover bnt who have settlements elsewhere $1,631.57 Received from Individuals. $185.10 Administration-- Regular Appropriation Lillian B. Dearden (Salary) $1,317.20 Lillian B. Dearden (Expenses) 6.04 Angelina Kelley (Salary) 1,309.26 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 9.70 Barbara Philbrick (Salary) 1,341.25 101 $3,983.45 Federal Grand Receipts Month Aid Only Administration Only Balance--January 1, 1952 $29,408.71 $1,460.16 January February 4,389116 l~arch $,759.$3 April 4,573.37 818.11 May 4,2]2.]9 June 4,271.97 1,131.02 July 4,352.40 August 4,230.92 September 4,337.86 October 4,535.87 821.25 November 6,357.12 11/25/52 Audit Adjustment 649.92 December 5,467.04 1,003.78 $85,546.36 $5,234.32 U. S. Grant Administration--Expenses Supplies, salaries, telephone, transportation, postage $2,451.45 The Federal Government reimburses one-half up to $55 on each ease plus $7.50 per month per case. The State reimburses two-thirds after Federal deductions. Local cost is the remainder after Federal and State deduc- tions. New and Closed Cases There were ,32 ~ew eases in 1952, 23 closed eases. 1 rejected ease and ~ eases were withdrawn voluntarily: 12 eases were closed by death, ,3 transferred to other cities or towns, 2 eases the children will support, 2 returned to private employment, and 4 acquired resources. Respectfully submitted, LILLIAN B. DEARDEN Agent 102 REPORT' OF THE SEALER AND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Board of Selectmen North Andover Gentlemen: The following is the audited report by the Sealer of Weights & Measures. Scales Scaled Adjusted 10.000 lbs. and over 2 5.000 ;o 10.000 lbs. 4 2 100 ;o 5.000 lbs. 25 14 Under 100 lbs. 70 32 Liquid Measures Under 1 gallon 28 -- Gasoline Pumps 33 6 Kerosen% Oil, Grease 18 7 Cloth Measuring Devices 2 Forty Weights were also checked and sealed. Respectfully submitted, WALTER L. HAMILTON Sealer REPORT OF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR The annual report of the Electrical Inspector for the period January 1. to December 31, 1952 shows work covering inspec- tions as follows: Electrical inspections 270 Oil burner inspections New work 132 l~eplacements, Boiler units 67 t~eplacements, Range & Parlor 75 Conversion installations 61 335 Respectfully submitted, THOMAS It. LEBEL Electrical Inspector 103 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORT Due to the heavy snow-storms last winter, two emergencies were declared. The money was spent for the removal of snow from streets and sidewalks also from the entrances of public buildings, churches and stores. There was considerable ice and sleet, which reqnlred many hours spent in sanding streets. All sand boxes were repaired and painted and more boxes made and placed at intersections. Refuse Disposal routes have been lengthened because of the increased number of new streets and homes ia various sections of the town. The following streets were oiled and sanded: Brook Street, Beverly Street, Brightwood Avenue, Chestnut Street from Rea Street to the Turnpike, Mill Road from the Turnpike to Chest- nut Street, Perlcy Road, Irving Road, Thorndike Road, Troy Road, Columbia Road, Suffolk Street, Robinson Court, Moody Street, Furber Avenue, Pembrook Road, Tyler Road, South Bradford Street, Forest Street, Francis Street, Gilbert Street, Patriot Street, Bald~vin Street, Great Pond Road from Pond Street to Essex Street, Pond Street, Ilewitt Ave.', Johnson Street, Rosedale Avenue, Lorraine Avenue, Wood Lane, Gray Street, Farnham Street, Lexington Street, Concord Street, Bunkerhill Street, Trinity Court, Silsbee Road, Lyman Road, School Street, East Water Street, Wiley Court, Hillside Road, Waverley l~oad from Margate Road to Turnpike Street, and Union Street. Dust oil on sections of Salem Street, Forest Street at residence of Walter Paul, Berry Street, Farnham Street, Winter Street, Summer Street, Dana Street, Harold Street, Buckingham Road, Norman Road, Cabot Street and Chapin Road. Prescott Street and Academy Road were treated with MC3 and pea stoned. Green Street from Waverly Road to Mass. Ave. was oiled and honed and Dale Street was treated with oil and honed. On Main Street near Tavern Road, one hundred feet of 10-inch pipe laid and one catehbasin built to eliminate a bad condition existing there. Water coming from the field in the rear of Tavern Road was causing damage to road, also when frozen over, it caused dangerous icy spots. Article No. 31- Chapter 90- Maintenance The money appropriated at Town meeting from available funds, and money appropriated from State and County funds for Chapter 90 work, Sutton Street and Salem Street were treated with MC3, and Andover Street and Peters Street treated and covered with Pea Stone. 104 Article No. 31, 1951- Article No. 32, 1952- Chapter 90 ConStruction · :: ~ Under this article, money was appropriated for the further rebuilding of'Great Pond Road. The work not started in the previous year, the money appropriated was carried over and with the additional appropriation and the State and County funds, nineteen hundred feet of new construction was com- pleted, starting at the junction of OSgood Street and Great Pond Road. Seeding will be done in the Spring as the road was completed too late in the Fall for this work. Article No. 34--Sidewalks Many new residents of thc town have taken advantage of the sidewalk project as have many bthcrs who feel, this work has greatly improved thc streets since it was star,ed. There are many applications for consideration if money is appro- priated_this year for the ~vork. Article No. 35- Street Signs During the year many street signs had to be replaced with new ones. Over forty new ones were made, qnd others repaired and repainted. Article No. 41- Marbleridge Road Under this article, Marbleridge Road was widened, graveled and oiled from :Salem Street to Dale Street. Labor and materials used were paid for from department appro- priation. Article No. 43--High Street Sidewalk At the annual town me,ting, money was appropriated for the rebuilding of a sidewalk on this street. The sidewalk from Sutton Street to the Boston & Maine crossing xvas excavated, widened to five feet and hot-topped with Type I mixture. Article No. 54--Pembrook Road Surface Drain Money was appropriated at the town meeting to install a surface drain on Pembrook Road. Thc road was excavated to proper grade, six hundred feet of twelve-inch pipe ]aid, six catehbasins built and three cross drains of ten-inch pipe in- stalled. After the completion of the work, the road was graveled and rolled. Article No. 59--Sawyer Road Surface Drain On Sawyer Road, the ~vork was similiar to that On Pem- brook Road. The read excavated, surface drain installed with twelve-inch pipe, six catchbasins built and three cross drains of ten-inch pipe installed. The road also was graveled and rolled. IRA D. CAttTY Highway Surve}-or 105 EXPENDITURES ~ OF THE' HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Albrecht. Henr~ ~Wa2es Alpol~, Harry ,Wages) American Lubricants Co. (Oll) American Oil Products Co. (l~oad Oil) Andover St. Builders Supply fSupplles~ Awley, James ~Wages) Bruckmann, H. (Supplies) Removal Disposal Maintenance Total 4.00 4.00 8.00 8.00 105,63 105.63 562.44 562.44 157.37 157.87 25.00 25.00 907.00 40.00 947.00 106.00 106.00 196.90 186.90 498.95 159.36 1,961.24 2.619.55 462.50 462.50 31.00 31.00 52.00 52.00 525.00 525.00 8.00 48.00 56.00 8.00 8 O0 155.44 1,658.73 1,814.17 40.06 40.00 99.46 1,014.12 960.58 2,074.16 90.00 90,00 8.00 8.00 16.00 200.00 45.00 245.00 20.50 20.80 15.00 15.00 104.00 104.00 8,00 8.00 3,50 3.50 42.00 42.00 8.00 8.00 20.26 20.26 102.00 102.00 45.00 45.00 34.12 13.07 47.19 30.00 30.00 48,00 48.00 10.19 10,19 3,00 3,00 928.76 103.00 1,498.39 2,530.15 4.80 4.80 295.17 80.37 375.54 8.00 72.00 80.00 10,17 10.17 5.50 5.50 13.76 .13 13.89 8.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 8.00 9.96 17.96 4.5? 74.64 79.21 50.00 50,00 105.00 105.00 156.00 156.00 72.00 72.00 593.53 5.52 599,05 24.00 40.00 64.00 106 DelDuca Constr. Co. (Rental) Demidjian, V Wages) Detora, John (Wages) Devine, Kevln (Wages) DE1, Robert C. (Wages) Dill, Rober~ S. Wages) Doherty, Robert (Wages) Donovan, Cornelius (Wages) Donovan. D. G. Machine ~ Allto repair) (Supplies) Snow Refuse General Removal Disposal Maintenance Total 176.75 100.00 276.75 4.00 4.00 8.00 8.00 8,00 8.00 44.86 44.86 21.60 21.60 25.00 25.00 8.00 8.00 379.44 85.40 78.08 842.92 89.13 2,051,76 462.58 2,603.47 3.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 72,00 80.001) 360.00 28.00 388.00 8.00 8.00 63.00 63.00 68.45 10.75 79,20 1,008.05 214.13 1.222.18 482.50 482.50 80.00 BO.0O 8.00 B.O0 8.00 8.00 6.13 6.13 1,149.72 4,599,45 5,743.17 19.92 349.84 59.76 429.52 343.20 38.69 381.89 9.00 9.00 104.00 104.00 23.00 22.00 , 44.00 12.00 12.00 176,29 176.29 32.00 32.00' 67.50 67.50 17.00 17.00 510.00 510.00 327.09 1,714.36 2,041.45 25.00 ' 25.00 8.00 8.00 88.50 68.50 157.00 3.28 3.28 8.00 8,00 117.00 16.00 32.00 165.00 30.00 30.00 182,00 162.00 158.47 158.47 2.45 75.60 78.05 50.10 50.10 8.00 8.00 164.63 164.63 28.00 28.00 14.59 14 .$9 358.36 667.32 129.48 1,155.16 522.00 522.00 107 Name Kane, George (Wages) Keaney, John (Wages) Kemp, Carl (Wages) Kent. Charles (Wages) Kent, Oeraid (Wages) Kent, Robert (Wages) Kent, WllBam & 8ons (Truck hire) Elous, He~ & Co, (c[~de~) Knuepfer, ~bert Jr. (W~es) Kondrat, 3o~ph (Wages) Koz~as, Walter (Wages) Lawlor, Edward (Wages) La--nco M~k Semite (Re.ir) Lawrence Motor Parts CO. (RepaY) Law~nce Rubber Co. (Supplies) Lee, A. Company L~nard, Thomas (Wages) ~ewls, Robe~ (Wages) Ltcciardello, ~oseph (wages) Llttleflel~, Edwin (Wages) Long, Palmer (Wages) LoveJoy, Ralph (Wages) McCubbin, Charles (Wages) McDonald Co., Be~ard (Suppll~) M~onald, John (Wages) Mclntyre, Thomas (Wages) MacDonald, David (Wages) ~goon, James (Wages) ~nahan, Herbe~ (Wages) ~ha11, William (Wages) ~rtin. G~e (Wages) Mel~ed, Edward (T~ck hire) Melamed, Maurice (Wages) Me~imac Boiler Works (Rep~) Michlum, Andrew (Supplies) Mitchell, Charles (~ages) Murphy, Franc~s (Wa~es) ~asagco Mater~ls & Constr. CO. (~ravel) N. E. Asphal~ & Tar Co. (Road ~1) N. E, Tel. & Tel. CO, (Services) North Short Weldln~ Se~ice (oxygen) Nussba~ Hollis (Wages) Nutter ~rdware (Supplies) ~ellette & Sons (Gravel) Paradis, E. P. (Welding) Powers, James (WaEes) Ranfone, Anthony (Wages) ~ay's Autot Repair (Repair) ~ea, Gilbert (Truck hire) Regist~ of Motor Vehicles (Regis.) ~binson, Arthur (Wages) ~oblnson, Douglas (Wages) Rock-Asphalt CO~. (Patch) ~oussea~, Hen~ (Wages) Sandbe~g Eqnipment Co. (Suppllese) Sarcione, Robert (Wages) Schlott, Albert (Repair) Shellnu~t, Albert (Off) Snow Refuse General Removal D~sposal Maintenance Total 399.45 2~3.32 2,009.04 2,671.81 15.50 15.50 80.00 80.00 8,0~ 20.00 20.~0 83.00 83.00 ~0.00 580.OO 38.75 38,75 16.OO 16.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 351.60 89.64 1,775.99 2,217,23 134,00 485.51 620.41 8.14 8.14 .60 .60 S~1.50 ?0.04 011.54 16.04) 16.00 22.60 22.00 ~'2,00 72.00 116.00 380.50 496.50 8,00 32.00 40.OO 8.00 468.65 59,~'6 1,848.04 2,376.45 36.50 36,50 340.68 9.96 1,939.88 2,290,52 4.00 8.00 12.00 19,50 12.50 8.00 8.00 80.00 80.00 8.00 8.00 318,33 294.44 1,?03.18 2,315.93 555.00 555.OO 89.00 89.00 126.01 126.01 23.00 23.00 8.00 8.00 4.00 4.OO 8.00 1,283.00 3.50 24.00 27.50 119.40 108 66.25 66.25 12,839.63 12,839,63 286.39 286.38 62.30 62.30 40.00 40.00 101.14 101.14 517.50 517.50 35.00 35.00 32,00 32,00 0.OO 119,04 119.04 1,983,00 33,00 33.00 3.50 36.50 16.00 52.50 632.28 632.28 14.25 14.25 27.50 28.00 2B.O0 119.40 Skinner, Robert (Wages) Slomba, Adam (Wages) Smith, Colburn (Wages) Smith, Robert (Wages) Smith, William (Wages) Smolak, Martin (Truck hire) Saucy, Oscar (Wages) Stamp, Walter (Wages) Stevens, Horace Jr. (Pence) Stewart, Adeltne (Services) Stewart, Frank (Wages) Stewart, Robert (Wages) Stork, Arnold (Truck hire) Stork, Ralph (Wages) Sullivan Typewriter Ca. (Service) Szelest, Anthony (Gravel) Szelest, Bruno (Wages) Tarnowsky, Anthony (Wages) Taylor, Alexander (Wages) The Texas Co. (GasOline) Towers Motor Parts (Supplies) Travers, Michael (Trnck hire) Treat Hardware Corp. (Supplies) Trirnount Bit. Prod. CO. (Road Oil) Trombly Bros. Garage (Repair) Verda's Garage (OasOllne) Wedge, Clarence (Sand) Wilcox, Arnold (Wages) Wilcox, Charles (Mowing) Wilcox, John (Truck hire) Wlndle, Harold (Wages) Winwar Inc. (Supplies) Wolfenden, John (Wages) Wood, l~aul (Wages) Wood, Stewart (Wages) Yemma Bros. (Gravel) Zahn, Robert (Wages) 24.00 68.00 8.00 0.00 8.00 8.00 80.00 88 134.60 1,977.g8 31224 2,424.52 24.00 24.00 $35,99 29.88~ 2,394.48 2.,960.3§ 30.00 30.00 2,639.40 2,639.40 8.00 8.00 16,00 16.00 9~4.12 964.12 85.5O 85.50 11.00 11.00 88.50 88.50 ?3.00 16.00 4.50 93.50 32.00 32 8.00 8.00 1~,06.45 2,492.60 3,699.05 ?,60 ?.60 70.00 12.00 82.00 6.90 34.19 41,09 1,003.15 1,003.13 20.80 434.86 410.50 866.21 6.10 6.10 20:38 20.38 8.00 8.00 160.00 160.00 714.50 714.50 :100.10 557.'/9 1,S10.47 1,496.42 18.60 10.50 32.00 57.00 57.00 38.75 38.75 32.00 32,00 $23,184.40 $8,761.34 $52,750.30 $84,996.04 Article No. 31 ~ Chapter 90 Maintenance Walter Stamp (Wages) $44.67 Edward Lawlor (Wages) 39.84 Harold Windle (Wages) 39.84 George Martin (Wages) 39.84 George Kane (Wages) 39,84 Charles McCubbin (Wages) 39.84 Harold Barrington (Wages) 39.84 John McDonald (Wages) 39.84 Charles Black (Wages) 39.84 Walter Dubois (Wages) 1.00 James Griva (Wages) 19.92 Edward Donovan (Wages) 19.92 William Smith (Wages) 19.92 N. E. Asphalt & Tar Co. (Road Oil) 1,980.50 Essex Sand & Gravel Co. (Sand & Stone) 595.35 109 $3,000.00 Article No. 31 - 1951 Art. No. 32 - 1952 · . ~ Great. Pond Construction Martin Mailer (Contract) $30~768.11 State Prison Colony (Guard: Posts & , · Anchor Blocks) 1,101.55 Dept. of Correction (Frames & Grates) 228,80 ~ .,. $32,098.46 Article No. 35 -- Street Signs Edwain Cunningham Jr. (Repairing and painting sigffs) $20.0.00 Article No. 41--Resurfacing Marbleridge Road N. E. Asphalt & Tar Co. (Road Oil) $158.90 Article No. 43 -- High Street Sidewalk Waiter Stamp (Wages) $64.60 Charles McCubbin (Wages) 64.60 Harold Barrington (Wages) 9.96 John McDonald (Wages) 69.72 Edward Lawlor (Wages) 49.80 Harold Windle (Wages) 49.80 George Kane (Wages) 49.80 Joseph Jacques (Wages) 19.92 Edwin Littlefield (Wages) 16.00 Bock-Asphalt Corp. (Patch) 146.88 Essex Sand & Gravel Co. (Sand) 486.41 Jolm D. Driscoll (Grades and labor) 472.51 Article No. 34 -- Sidewalks Pr0jeci John D. Driscoll (Contract) $1,695.66 Ralph B. Brasseur (Survey) 285.17 Article No. 54 ~ Pembrook Road Walter Stamp (Wages) $109~56 Andrew Michlum (Wages) Charles McCubbin (Wages): Harold Barrington (Wages) Edward Lawlor (Wages) George Martin (Wages) Harold Windle (Wages) Charles Black (Wages) ' William Smith (Wages) George Kane (Wages) John McDonald (Wages) James Griva (Wages) Edward Donovan (Wages) Raymond Lewis (Wages) Thomas Murphy (Wages) Richard Hargreaves (Wages) Edwin Littlefield (Wages) Herbert Manahan (Wages) Hilton Oil Co: (Kerosene) Puritan Iron Works (Catchbasin covers) The Texas Co. (Gasoline) Andover St.' Builders Supply (Cement & Pipe Winchester Brick Cp. (B~ickS) 110 69.72 49,80 59.76 29.88 52.91 69.72 49.g0 49~80~ 19.92 39.84 19.92 19.92 16.00 29.60 8.00 8.00 8.00 15.40 241.75 189.00 .. 194.47 43.00 $1,500.00 $1,980.83 Bourdelais Bxos. (Rental) 495.00 Hume Pipe Co; '(Pipe) o ~ /'- .... 442.73 Donald Gillespie (Wages) 33.75 Nasagco Materials & Constr. Co. (Gravel) 190.00 Kenneth C. Bailey (Bricks) 73.50 Essex,Sand & Gravel Co, (Gravel) 23.40 Ralph B. Brasseur (Survey) 155.00 John D. Driscoll (Building bas~ns) 280.00 Article. No. 59 -- Sawyer Road Walter Stamp (Wages) Edward Lawlor (Wages) Harold Wir~d]e?~Vrages) .' ', ~ . George Kane (Wages) George Martin (Wages) Charles McCubbin (Wages) John McDonald (Wages) James Griva (Wages) Harold Barrington (Wages), : ~-,,. Charles Black (Wages) Edward Donovan (Wages) William Smith (Wages) Andrew Michlum (Wages) Thomas Murphy (Wages) Richard Hargreaves (Wages) Robert Stewgrt (?Wages) Donald GillesDie (Wages) Hume Pipe Co. (Pipe) Kenneth C. Bailey (J~ricks) Nasagco Materials & Constr. C~. 'Gravel) Bourde]ais Bros ~Rental) Texas Co. (Gasoline) A. Buco & Sons (Rental) Puritan Iron Works (Catch basin covers) Essex Sand & Gravel Co: (Gravel,) Andover St. Builders Supply (Cement & Pipe) Ralph B. Brasseur (Survey) $3,087.15 $109.28 89.64 39.84 29.88 71;87 69.72 99.60 93.94 39.84 29.88 ' ~ · 39.84, 3,~.11 39.8~ 8.00 8.00 27.00 132.39 98.00 '~ ~ 348.00 482.50 217.35 24,00~, 210.00 24.06 171.23 140,00 · ~- -~ $2,779.41 111 STEVENS MEMORIAL LIBRARY To the Citizens of the Town of North Andover: The trustees of the Stevens Memorial Library herewith present their report of the expenditures' of the money appro- priated by the town for their use and the expenditures of the money received from the endowment funds. Also included is the report of the librarian to the trustees on the activities and progress of the library. REPORT OF EXPENDITURES OF THE TOWN--1952 Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund $15,962.00 245.97 $16,207.97 Expended Salaries: Marion F. Batchelder, Librarian $1,783.45 Louisa M. King, Assistant Librarian 2,600.00 Barbara W. Ryan, Children's Librarian 2,600.00 Joan N. Howland, Assistant 1,358.75 Allison I. Kirk, Assistant 151.12 Annie G. Buchan, Assistant 245.10 Rosemary A. Macklin, Assistant 401.40 Janet Knightly, Assistant 51.30 Margaret A. Macklin, Assistant 48.60 William H. Coram, Janitor 3,000.00 $12,239.72 Heat, Light, Water and Telephone: Lawrence Gas and Electric Company 368.74 North Andover Board of Public Works 6.00 New England Tel. and Tel. Co. 139.12 North Andover Coal Company 836.25 A. H. Farnham Estate 6.50 James W. Heron 14.24 Johnson Service Company 55.46 1,426.31 Books, Papers, Magazines: F. J. Barnard Co. The Mayfair Agency Personal Book Shop, Inc. Antiques James MacCannell Charles E. Lauriat Co., Inc. Ventor Publishers, Inc. Dutton Co., Inc. Crosby Publishing Co. Personal Services Inc. R. R. Bowker Co. J. S. Wesby & Sons, Inc. Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc. New England News F. W. Faxon Co. National Baseball Congress American Library Association 33.31 142.95 774.60 4.00 6.50 3.06 3.32 4.40 12.60 3.50 7.00 4.00 3.91 3.30 8.05 1.28 15.50 112 O. II. Toothaker DeWolfe Fiske L. A. Wells Library Bindery New England Quarterly Consumers' Research Inc. F. E. Compton & Company The H. R. Huntting Company Porter Sargent Michael F: Drummey, Jr. United States News Publishing Co. North Andover Stamps Service Boston Law Book Co. Wilcox & Follet Co. Mary Earle Gould Carrie S. Delaney Ginn & Company Doubleday & Company 5.00 3.50 2.07 28.11 4.00 8.00 101.84 2.28 1.00 8.95 5.00 8.00 5.00 4.48 3.60 4.00 11.43 26.84 Miscellaneous: H. B. McArdle Bay State Merchants National Bank Demco Library Supplies Underwood Corporation Louisa M. King or Petty Cash Sturgis Printing Co., Inc. Gaylortl. Bro., 'Inc. ~ Marshall Son & Wheelock . Robert A. Bernhard John R. Hosking Typewriter Shop Bro-Dart Industries Allen, Doane & Company Koffman Paper Products, Inc. K. M. Crawford Co. Remington Rand, Inc. Ernest Wilkinson Daigncau & .Company The Mimeograph Shop Andrews Paper Company Library Service Naiman Press Marion F. Batchelder or Petty Cash Leonard Firth James W. Heron Geo. W. Horne Co. William B. Kent & Sons Crane Hardware Treat Hardware 2.75 6.00 50.80 12.24 37.95 29.05 237.80 29.65 2.09 27.81 21.00 28.30 4.00 15.00 46.75 6.08 19.64 2.01 6.25 9.60 34.85 15.50 26.97 15.20 254.13 2.75 4.12 2.79 3.00 Petty Cash Refund Unexpended Balance Fines, reserve fees, etc. collected and delivered to the Town Treasurer i13 $1,263.71] $954.08 $15,883.89 10.00 $15,873.89 334.08 $16,207.97 $496.11 Summary of Income and Expense of Endowed Funds Jan. 1, [952 Income Charles Whitney Davis Fund $90.85 $273.92 Phillips Religious Fund 113.91 57.88 Phillips Educational Fund 15.05 40.50 G. W. and R. E. Berrian Fund 20.85 23.75 Elizabeth P. Stevens Fund 16.45 243.77 Stevens Foundation Fund 659.96 625.00 Improvement Fund 825.06 M. T. Stevens Fund 50.93 Anne Bradstreet Fund 75.00 Mary O Tyler Fund 2500.00 '241.04 $1300.00 14.06 Expense Dec. 31, 19~ $218.25 $146.52 116.51 55.28 34.75 20.80 44.60 218.00 42.22 1,272.00 12.96 729.45 95.61 178.23 t334.10 3.72 1371.28 10.94 1073.02 $1300.00 3825.00 Dale Stevens Fund 2586.38 224.69 #238.05 $3000.00 #5500.00 51000.00 * accumulated interest $220.36 t in savings acc't. $221.40--in checking acc't $122.70 ~ Gift # Invested LIBRARIAN'S 1952 REPORT OF STEVENS MEMORIAL LIBRARY To the Trustees of Stevens Memorial Library: I herewith submit to you the forty-fifth annual report of Stevens Memorial Library for the year ending December 31, 1952. 54,338 books, periodicals and pamphlets, 726 phonograph records, 844 pictures and 6 maps were circulated from the library during ]952. Thc total circulation figures of 55,918 exceed the total of the year 1951 by 848. This is in spite of the fact that the library was open thirty less days than is customary due to its having been closed a month during the summer for building repairs. The circulation figures represent the number of books taken home by borrowers and do not include the nsc made by readers of books and periodicals here in the library. The number of persons who use reference ma- terial continues to increase. The library was closed from July 3 until August 4 while a new floor of book stacks was installed, the lighting improved, and some painting was done. This has resulted in improving the appearance of the library and relieving the crowded con- dition of the shelves. Book service at the Community Center was given up in September. This had been in existence since September 1940, 114 its purpose having been to supply books to the pupils of the Center school and to offer books and reading material to adult readers who could not come to the main library because of gasoline restrictions. This is no longer necessary since the children attending the Kittredge school by bus are supplied with reading material through collections of books which are sent from this library several times a year. Mothers of Kittredge school pupils are in charge of the circulation of books there and books are distributed weekly. Adults who used to come to the Community Center library now eau come to the main library so the service at the Center seemed no longer warranted. It is hoped that during 1953 we may be able to arrange some story hours for children at the Center. The exhibiting of masterpieces of painting has continued, In addition to the three large paintings on indefinite loan from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, we were able to exhibit for several months the following paintings, lent from the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy, An- dover: "Treasure Map" by Mymen Bloom; "Mother and Child" by Mary Cassett; "~¢Iarck Sun" by Henry Varnum Poor; and "Little Madonna" by Miles Spencer. Mr. Buchanan Charles arranged a very fine exhibition in observance of the five hnn- dredth anniversary of. the birth of Lconardo da Vinci. 5lembers of the staff have given book talks at St. Michael's Guild; Woman's Club Auxiliary of St. Paul's church, Ho~ve school P.T.A. in Methuen, and the Wmnan's Union of the Trinitarian Congregational church. in the Children's room 3180 more books were borrowed than during 1952. The Children's librarian made sixteen visits to elementary schools, two classes, consisting o£ 57 pupils, have visited the library with their teachers. There have been ten displays in the gi~ass exhibition case. Spring Book Festival was observed by a special exhibit "Armmd the Maypole with the New Books". During Book Week approximately 125 new books were on display. A poster contest in which fifty-four entries were received brought in many interesting posters, the theme of which was the pleasure resulting from reading and the use and care of books. The summer reading club with a Tom Sawyer theme had 51 members. There was less interest in it than usual because the library was closed for a month just a few days after the launching of the club. The children have continued to enjoy the special events planned for them by the library. 2178 ehildren attended ten programs of free movies. The demand for tickets is so great 115 that it is always necessary to have three showings. 596 children have come to 19 story hours. The Great Books diseussion group is in its fourth year of readings. The North Andover group, of which Mrs. King of the library staff is one of the leaders, has joined wi~h the Haverhill group and meets on alternate weeks at the respective libraries. Members of the staff have attended the Book Fair at Boston University, the Haverhill Public Library Book Fair, aud the spring and fall meetings of the Merrimack Valley Library Association at Wesfford and North Reading. Through the courtesy o£ the Division of Library Extension aud our neighboring libraries we have been able to borrow books to meet the needs of North Andover readers when our library did not own the desired books. The librarian is gratefu~ to Mrs. King who so ably ad~ ministered ~he library during the first half of the year and to ali the other members o£ ~he staff and janitor. Site would like to thank the Board of Trustees for their ever loyal support aud consideration. Respectfully submitted., MARION F. BATCItELDER Librarian 1952 STATISTICS OF LIBRARY USE Book Stock Volumes January 1~ 1952 Volumes added by purehase 756 ¥olmnes added by gift 171 22,05~ Total volumes added Volumes discarded 927 759 Total gain 168 Number of volumes December 31, 1952 Records Number of records January 1, 1952 Number of records added Number of records discarded 18 3 22,222 175 Total gain 15 Number of records December 31., 1952 190 116 Use Volumes of adult fiction lent Volumes of adult non-fiction lent Volumes of children's books lent Number of children's records lent Number of adult records lent Number of pictures lent Number of maps lent Total ~19,161 *14,211 20,966 54,338 440 286 844 6 Per cent of total 35.26 26.15 38.59 1,576 Total books, records, pamphlets, pictures and maps lent 55,914 Books sent to schools 1,602 Circulation per capita 6.5 Number of days open 274 Daily average circulation 204 ~ Includes young people's books Registration of Borrowers Adult Juvenile Total Borrowers registered in 1952 357 199 556 Borrowers registered January 1, 1952 2,261 1,063 3,324 Total borrowers December 31, 1952 2,618 1,262 3,880 As a conclusion to this report, the trustees express their appreciation of the gifts of money to their endowment funds and the gifts of books received during the year. There are, however, certain fields in which further contributions would be especially welcome. Until recently there has been no speeial fund for the purchase of books and equipment to further an Anne Bradstreet collection, which we consider one of our principal responsibilities. The library is the logical repository for all materials pertaining to Anne Bradstreet, and her im- portance, not only to us as a local poet but to the natiou as the first poet in America, creates an obligation to fulfill the expectations reasonably entertained of us throughout the whole country as the natural custodians and advocates of this unique literary heritage. Another field in which we have no speeial funds, whatever, is that of the tlne arts. Aetually there is at present little denmnd at the library for books in this department. Never- theless we believe that an institution dedicated as ours is to 117 education and culture is not fulfilling its duties to thc com- munity if it is deficient in providing books of this kind. On the other hand, art books are often expensive owing to the high cost of producing the many illustrations required, and we do not feel justified in asking the town to appropriate additional funds for books in a field where there is doubt as to the degree of use that will be made of them, no matter how eager the librarian may be to have an adequate collection of this kind. Happily, in the ease of Anne Bradstreet, in which many of the books required are costly owing to their age or rarity, considerable funds have been made available by contributions of money to the trustees for this purpose by individual citizens. We hope that similar gifts will be received for the development of a comprehensive art book collection, which will include the latest and best works not only on painting, sculpture, and arehiteetnre, but on the practical arts as well. Notwithstanding the absence of a demand for books on the fine arts at present, we believe that the library, as an eduea~onal institution, should create a demand by acquainting the public ~vith the inspiration, pleasure, and profit to be obtained from books on art, and we hope that it will soon be possible to have numerous volumes of this kind through the generosity of some of the many resi- dents of North Andover who are interested in improving the education and cultural opportunities of the community. Finally, we take great pleasure in expressing our pride in the excellent work accomplished on our behalf as trustees by the librarian, 5hiss Marion Batchelder, and her very capable staff. BUCHANAN CHARLES, Chairman GEORGE R. BARKER JOHN W. COSTELLO A. MURRAY HOWE KATHERINE C. OSGOOD ARTHUR E. SUNDERLAND MIRIAM F. TUCKER 118 TREASURER'S REPORT Board of Selectmen Town of North Andover North Andover, Massachusetts Gentlemen: As Town Treasurer I submit my report for thc fiscal year ending December 31, 1952: Balance on band, January 1, 1952 Receipts for the year Total Disbursements for the year Balance on Hand, December 31, 1952 Reconciliation of Cash: Bay State Merchant's National Bank of Lawrence The Second National Bank of Boston Arlington Trust Co. of Lawrence Commmfity Savings Bank of Lawrence Andover National Bank: Red School Ilouse Fur~d Pond School House Fund Balance on Hand, December 31, 1952 $300,841.51 1,237,536.68 $1,538,378.19 1,205,337.02 $199,841.20 90,000.00 37,000~00 4,006.62 1,913.68 279.67 Reconciliation of Bank Statements Balance as per Bank Statements $359,506.76 Deposits in Transit 2,943.18 Balance as per Cheek Register $326,841.20 Outstanding Cheeks 35,608.74 $333,041.17 $333,041.17 $362,449.94 $362,449.94 Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. MAI~ER Town Treasurer 119 TAX TITLE POSSESSIONS Balance, January 1, 1952 Debit: None $8,442.20 Credits: Sold Balance, December 31,, 1952 $8,442.20 225.00 $8,217.20 TAX TITLE ACCOUNT l]alance, January 1, 1952 Debit: Tax Title Takings in 1952 $222.27 Subsequent Ta×es added in 1952 312.20 Total Debit Credits: Redeemed Balance, December 31, 1952 $614.93 534.47 $1,149.40 38.51 $l,110.89 FREE CASH AND ANALYSIS OF GENERAL CASH ACCOUNT DECEMBER 31, 1952 Surplus Revenue, Excess and Deficiency Less--Outstanding Taxes of 1952 Total Free Cash General Cash Less--Cash Reserved, Federal Tax Withholding 95,359.19 Dog Licenses--Due County 7.20 Tailings 57.95 Reserved--Gain on Tax Title, Section 79, Chapter 60, G.L. 35.04 Sale of Real Estate 3,458.37 Trust Fund Income 318.98 Reserve Fund--Overlay Surplus 9,613.33 Overlay Reserve--For Abatements Overlay 1952 $7,451.29 Overlay 1951 650.36 Old Age Recovery 120 $202,712.36 18,515.32 $184,197.04 $333,041.17 8,101.65 185.10 Federal Grants: Old Age Assistance 14.129.94 Aid to Dependent Children 668.76 Total Unexpended Appropriation Balances Carried over to 1953 Article 72, 1950, Kittredge School $268.83 Article 19, 1952, New High School 88.157.77 Article 64,195~], Replace Services 785.45 Article 51, 1952, Water Main 260.25 Article 18, 1951, Civil Defense 939.49 Article 11, 1952. Sealer of Weights and NIeasures 35.12 Article 32, 1952, Highway Const. Chap. 90 7,895.54 School Lunch Account 780.57 Johnson High School Athletic Account 874.16 Total Unexpended Approprm- tion Balances Less Total Cash Reserved $41,935.51 $99,997,18 Add -- Under Estimates: State Parks and Reservation $96.10 State Audit of Municipal Accounts 203,06 Deduct -- Over Estimates: County Tax County T. B. Hospital Proof--Total Free Cash as Avobe (A~ee.~ with Amount Certified by Director of Accounts.) 121 $2,317.58 4,893.02 $141,932.69 $191.108.48 299.16 $191,407.64 7,210.60 $184,197.04 Definition of Available Fu~d or Surplus Revenue This account represents the amount by which the Cash, Accounts, Receivable, and other current assets exceed the liabilities and reserves. This account may be built up as follows: (A) Unexpended balance of generaI and special appro- priations, including the balance of the Reserve Fund. (B) The excess of receipts~ from sources other than taxa- tion over estimated receipts, as used by the Assessors. The amount of this account over and above uncollected taxes of prior years may be considered "Free Cash" and avail- able for appropriations either for specific purposes or to offset the total appropriations voted. No use of available funds may be made unless by vote of the Town Meeting. Under the provisions of Section 7, Chapter 798, Acts of ~1951, use of available funds shall not be subject to the approval of the Tax Commissioner. Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. MAKER Town Treasurer REPORT OF CIVIL DEFENSE During the year 1952, the Civil Defense Director, under the guidance of the Civil Defense Council, carried on the regular routine aetivities of Civil Defense, laying the ground work for all out Civil Defense, without attempting fulLseale mobilization, but keeping in mind that North Andover should be prepared to mobilize fast, should ;he occasion arise. On Tuesday, June 10, 1952, a practice alert was held with the Red Alert Signal, a series of short blasts on the fire whistle, being sounded at 1] :00 A. M., following which the Auxiliary Police cleared the streets and brought to an immediate stop all outside activities. All vehicles were stopped and their occu- pants were told that in the event of a real Alert, they must leave their vehicles and seek the best shelter available. The Alert was very successful. Thc All-Clear Signal, a very long blast on the fire whistle, was sounded at 11:08 A. M. Under the direction of Dr. Julius Kay, Head of the Medical and Health Division, a blood typing unit came to North dover on July 24th. A total of 296 persons were registered and had their blood typed. Later, they received indentifleation cards for emergency nsc. 122 Ernest Abbott replaeed Joseph Flanagan as head of the Communications Division. Mr. Elanagan resigned due to the fact that in the event of an emergency, his full time wo~fld be required by the Telephone Company, and he would not be available for Civil Defense. The Chief Warden appointed four District Wardens, m,e fbr each precinct as follows: Edwin Eltiott Alfred Stewart Wallace Smith Silas Wheeloek The Auxiliary Police were very active and held 19 raeet- ings, most of which were welt attended. Ammunition for target practice was purchased with Civil Defense funds and is being paid for as used by the Auxiliary Police, who turn the money over to the Town Treasurer. An emergency Communications Center has been arranged, with each Division Head occupying an office in the Town Building. Alternates have been chosen to serve in case the Division Head is not available during an emergency. A well attended meeting of the Civil Defense Conncil was held on June 4th to lay plans for the practice alert, discuss activities up to that time, and decide on the course of action to be taken for the remainder of the year. Civil Defense movies were shown on four different occa- sions to various organizations in thc Town. In order that the Town may receive as much advance warning as possible in the event of enemy attack, a special Civil Defense Radio has been installed in the Police Station. It is ttmed to the Civil Defense frequency and receives only Civil Defense calls. In case of emergency, the official warning will come direct from Civil Defense Headquarters to the Police Station, from wtfich it will be relayed to all branches of the Town Civil Defense Organization. During the year, the sum of $123.04 was spent by the Civil Defense; most of this went toward the puretrase of ammunition for the Auxiliary Police, and will eventually be returned to the Town as the ammunition is used. To sum up--North Andover now has a good base on which to build a full-scale Civil Defense organization, should the occasion arise. We are better prepared than most towns of our size in this area. Respectfully submitted for the Civil Defense Council, FORBES ROCKWELL Chairman 123 ANNUAL REPORT NORTH ANDOVER HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR 1952 Two new members were appointed to the Authority, during the year, William Andrews appointed by the Selectmen and the Authority and Edwin C. Murphy, appointed by the State Hous- ing Board, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Roland B. Hammond, Sr. The drains, mentioned in our last report, have been com- pleted and except for surface water, from Francis Street, flowing across the Project and leaking into the cellars, the cellars are dry. Although this happens only during heavy rains, we still hope to see a surface drain on Francis Street to correct this problem. We appreciate the back stop, for the ball field, erected by the Town of North Andover. This has been most effective. :~payment of $519.90, in lieu of taxes, has been sent to the Town Treasurer--making a total of $894.24 paid the Town for 1950.and. 195!. There have been 7 vacancies during the year~ tenants moved out of Town and 3 moved into their own homes. The interior of many of the tenements have been re- decorated and the Authorivy appreciate the cooperation of the Tenants. Painting the exterior ~f the buildings will need to be done in the .near future. As soon as weather permits more areas will be hot topped and general improvement started. To be admitted to tenancy, net annual income must be be]ow the following: Families with one or less minor dependents $3,250.00 Families with two or less minor dependents 3,375.00 Families with three or more minor dependents 3,500.00 The balance sheet of the Authority, as of Deeember 31, 1952, is as follows: Assets CASH Administration Fund $9,489.96 FISCAL AGENT FUND Debt Service Fund Development Cost $234,000.00 Development Liqui- dation 8,000.00 226,000.00 124 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Tenants 63.00 Cash on hand 108.23 Liabilities ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Accrued Pilot $513.81 Insurance 877.00 Tax Withholdings 37.20 FIXED LIABILITIES Bonds Authorized Bonds Retired $234.000.00 8.000.00 RESERVES Matured Interest and Prin cdple $1.988.00 Operating Reserve 5.204.60 Debt Service Reserve 1,631.25 Deficit 171.23 $235,661.19 $1,428.01 226.000.00 8,823.85 236,251.86 590.67 $235;66] .l 9 Respectfully submitted, North Andover Itousing AuthOrity JOHN W. COSTELLO, Chairman EDWIN C. MUBPIIY, Vice-chairnmn IRVING C. HOWES, Treasurer BERNARD BINGHAM] Assist. Treasurer WILLIAM ANDREWS, Secretary REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD The Planning Board of North Andover held nine meetings during the year 1952, consisting of eight regtflar meetings and one special meeting. Of the ~ight regular meetings, two were Public IIearings. Three applications were considered by the Board during the year requesting' the approval of the Board for proposed re-zonings. Of these applications, one was a request for a 125 proposed re-zoning from General Residential to Agricultural, one was for a proposed re-zoning from General Residential to Business and one for a proposed re-zoning from Agricultural to Business. All applications were approved by the Board. During 1952, the Planning Board started to have a list compiled wherein all information regarding the streets and ways o£ the Town will be tabulated. This list is now complete and available to the public. The members of the Board wish to express their appre- ciation for the cooperation given them by the citizens and officials of the Town. Respectfully submitted, l~ICHARD G. WHIPPLE, Chairman EDWIN REINHOLD, Secretary GREGORY MOORADKANIAN NICHOLAS NICETTA WILLIAM SWITHENBANK, JR. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS The Board held fifteen meetings during the year, seven of which were Public Hearings and two were special meetings. There were thirteen applications received during the year: eight were requests for renewals for non-conforming uses; one for a new non-conforming use; one was an application £or a sub-division of a parcel of property; one application was granted under the Emergency Housing Act; and three appli- cations for variances were denied. The Board wishes to express their appreciation for the cooperation given them by the citizens and officials of the Town. Respectfully submitted, GREGORY MOORADKANIAN, Chairman RICHARD G. WHIPPLE, Secretary HENRY E. LUND ANDREW E. ALVINO PETER RITCHIE JAMES J. REGAN, Associate member SAM DiMAURO, Associate member 126 TOWN ACCOUNTANT,S REPORT RECEIPTS Taxes Current Year--1952: Poll $4,646.00 Property 511,385.18 Previous Year--1951: Property 18,419.71 Tax Titles: Redemptions 38.51 Possessions 225.00 Water Liens Added to Taxes: Levy 1952 203.56 Levy 1951 206.04 From State: Income 23,523.60 Corporation Tax Business 75,7:83.09 Meal Tax, Old Age Assistance 5,489.63 School Aid, Chapter 70, G.L. 42,299.93 In Lieu of Taxes 2,454.72 Licenses and Permits Liquor $4,650.00 Pedlars 41.00 Sunday 00.00 Comman Victualer 107.00 Milk 25.00 Pasteurization 20.00 Ice Cream 5.00 Alcohol 9.00 Oleomargarine 12.50 Slaughter 5,00 Employment 5.00 Taxi 21.00 Junk 20.00 Used Car Dealer's 10.00 Sell. Rent, Lease Firearms 5.00 Nursery -- Kindergarten 7.00 Revolver 41.50 Dancing 10.00 Fines and Forfeits Court Fines Grants and Gifts From County: Dog Fund Account $599.90 Board for Dogs and Fees for Killing 77.50 From Federal Government: Old Age Assistance: Assistance 55,487.73 Administration 3,774.16 127 $684,674.97 5,074.00 40.00 Aid to Dep~nd~nt Children: Aid 10,941.97 Administration 893.25 Disability Assistance: Administration 4.33 , , Special Assessments Unapportioned Sewer $2,401.00 Chapter 80 674.81 Chapter 380 20.80 Moth: Levy 1952 216.00 Levy 1951 2.50 Privileges Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes: Levy 1952 Levy 1951 $53,978.05 3,208.76 Departmental Selectmen: Sale of Desks, Benches, Pasteurizing Machine $10.00 Treasurer: Court Room Rental 180.00 Certificate of Redemption 3.00 Tax Collector: Gross Return Premium Bond 110.63 Municipal Liens~ 106.00 Police: Sale of cartridges 1.50 Fire: Sale of Old Equipment 75.25 Damage to Fire Ala~un Box 174.35 Health: Plumbing InSPection 147.50 T. B. Subsidies 1,656.42 Board and Care 493.50 Town Forest: Sale of Wood ?5.00 Sealer of Weight.s and Measures: Fees 27.70 SdWer Maintenance and Construction 2,954.61 Highway: : Use of Roller ~5.00 Sales of Old Equipments 209.50 Patch 5.00 Sand 2.40 From State--Chapter 90, G. L., con- struction : . 15,384.06 From County--Chapter 90, G. L:, con- struetion 7,692.00 Infirmary: Sale of Hay 70.00 Sale of Calves 60.00 Sale of Cow 200.00 128 71,778.84 3,315.11 57,186.81 Plowing 10.00 Telephone Tolls 3.45 Charities: Reimbursements for Relief from State 1,875.84 Reimbursements from Cities & Towns 2,061.67 Reimbursements from Individuals 352.36 Stone Fund~Income 234.39 Reimbursement for Aid to Dependent Children: From State 11,479.18 Reimbursement for Old Age Assistance: From State 62,663.72 From Cities & Towns 3,565.76 From Individuals 185.10 Reimbursement for Disability Assis- tance: From State 2.16 Veterans' Benefits: Reimbursement from State 3,088.10 Schools: From State R'eimbursements: Tuition--State Wards i88.79 Transportation 1,014.01 Project Money 112A9 Sale of Supplies 10.17 School Building Program: From State: Payment #5 Thomsan School 10,851.29 Payment ~5 Bradstreet School 4,811.72 Payment #1 Kittredge School 15,841.56 Stevens Memorial Library: Fines and Reserve Book Fees 496.11 Public Works: Gas Tax Refund 9.18 School Lunch Account: State Aid 3,640.90 Sale of Food 13,528.83 Johnson High School: Athletic Account Public Service Enterl~rises Sale of Water $39,372.12 Construction and Miscellaneous 8,052.20 Interest On Deposits $98.31 On Deferred Taxes 564.27 On Betterment Assessments 123.71 On Moth Assessments .02 On Water Liens 5.11 On Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 25.23 On Pond School 3.42 On Red School 27.84 On Tax Titles Redeemed 1.76 129 $148,580.17 17,169.73 1,632.76 47,424.32 849.6~ Indebtedness Temporary Loan in Anticipation of Revenue Agency County Tax Dog Licenses $26,618.16 782.60 Employees Payroll Withholding Federal Tax Withholding $49,352.79 Essex County Annuity Savings Fund 11,410.89 Massachusetts Teachers Retirement Association 8,309,29 Refunds Taxes $958.16 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1,737.54 Tax Collector Expenses: Petty Cash Advance 100.00 U. S. Old Age Assistance: Assistance 95.06 Old Age Assistance Expenses 66.01 Election Expenses 49.55 Tree Warden Expenses 17.14 Snow Removal 7.72 Outside Relief Expenses 10.00 Veterans'Benefits 56.00 School Expenses 148.22 School Lunch Account 12.00 Johnson High School Athletic Account: Petty Cash Advance 60.00 Stevens Memorial Library Expenses: Petty Cash Advance 10.00 Insurance 3.53 Water Maintenance & Construction Gas Tax 5.64 100,000.00 27,400.76 69,072.97 3,336.57 $1,237,536.68 300,841.51 1,538,378.19 Total Cash Balance January 1, 1952 Grand Total EXPENDITURES -- 1952 Selectmen- Salaries Arthur A. Thomson (Salary) $360.00 Joseph M. Finneran (Salary.) 360.00 Andrew F. CoHin (Salary) 380.00 Total Expended Selectmen -- Expenses Lillian B. Dearden (Services rendered) $520.00 Essex County Selectmen's Association (Dues) 9.00 Joseph M. Finneran (Expenses--Essex County Selcctmen's Assn.) 10.00 $1,080.00 130 John R. Hosking (Supplies) 20.54 Manifold Supplies Co. (Supplies) 5.00 Massachusetts Selectmen's Assn. (Dues) 45.00 Naiman Press (Printing forms) 23.00 New England TeL & Tel. Co. (Services) 209.43 Frank Cares & Son (Flowers) 10.00 Tribune Publishing Co. (Notices) 15.75 Total Expended $867.72 Balance to Revenue 1952 2.28 TOTAL Accountant Mary T. Finn (Salary) New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) $123~67 Massachusetts Municipal Association (Dues) 3.00 John R. YIosking: Filing Cabinet 129.50 Sundry Supplies 18.60 Payroll Forms fi0.00 Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co. (Advertising) 3.60 The National Cash Register Co. (Inspec- tion Contract) 20.00 Sullivan Typewriter Co. (Coupon Book, Inspection Contract &RentaI) 35.00 Daniel F. Cahi]l, Postmaster (Stamps) 6.00 Lawrence Bindery Co. (Binding) 24.00 Manifold Supplies Co. (Supplies) 10.00 Total Expended $433.37 Balance to Revenue 1952 3L63 TOTAL Treasurer m Salaries James J. Maker (Salary) Rose S. McEvoy (Salary) $3,640.00 2,529.73~ Treasnrer m Expenses Daniel J. Cahill, Postmaster ,Envelopes and Stamps) $282.85 Phoenix Indemnity Co. (Treasurer's Bond) 232.00 Phoenix Indemnity Co. (Forgery Bond) 37.50 Aetna Casualty Co. (Burglary and Holdup Insurance) 38.68 The Todd Sales Co.: 20M-Litho Dup. Blue Streak Checks 376.81 Servicing Check Writer & Signer 30.00 Ribbons for Check Writer and Signer 10t00 James J. Maker, Expenses: Meeting Treasm'er's Association 32.34 Dues Treasurer's Association 2.00 Essex County Retirement Board a~ Salem, Mass. . 2.40 Bus Fares to Bank and Registry of Deeds 26.95 Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Certifying Notes 6.00 131 870.00 3,129.03 465.00 6,169.73 The First National Bank of Boston (Services for Paying Coupons) 10.00' Lawrence Bindery Co. (Bindings) 15.70 Bay State Merchants National Bank (Rent of Safe Deposit Box) 6.00 John R. YIosking (Office Supplies) 34:91 YIobbs & Warren Inc. (Payroll Forms)i 6.44 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) 74.42 Sullivan Typewriter Co. (Quarterly Inspection) 11.00 Crosby Publishing Co. (Directory) 12.00 The Naiman Press (Letterheads) 5.00 Associated Transport, Inc. (Cartage) 3.06 The Typewriter Shop (Repairs to Add- ing Machine) 17.50 Total Expended $1,271.56 Balance to Revenue 1952 3.44 TOTAL Custodian Tax Title Account James J. Maker (Salary) Daniel F. Cahill (Register Mail) $ .66 Elxvyn A. King (Legal Services) 20.00 Bay State Merchants National Bank (Stamp Tax) 1.00 Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co. (Adver- tising) 6.30 Total Expended $27.96 Balance to Revenue 1952 97.04 TOTAL The Land Court North Essex Registry of Deeds Elwyn A. King (Legal Service) Total Expended Balance to Revenue 1952 TOTAL Tax Collector -- Salaries Frank E. Wallwork, Jr. (Salary) Ida K. Farrell (Salary) Tax Title Foreclosure Expenses $35.00 1.50 3.00 $39.50 130.50 $1,525.00 2,782.50 Tax Collector -- Expenses Petty Cash Advance $100.00 Postmaster, Lawrence (P. O. Box Rent) 2.40 Postmaster, Lawrence (Envelopes & Stamps) 393.16 John R. Hosking (Supplies) 27.41 Dagneau & Company (Supplies) 4.00 Sullivan Typewriter Company (Contract) il.00 Sullivan Typewriter Company (Supplies) i.55 132 1,275.00 100.00 125.00 170.00 4,307.50 Mass. Collector's and Treasurer's Ass'n ~(Dues) 2.00 Mass. Deputy ColIector's Ass'n (Dues) 1.00 Lawrence Bindery Company (Binding Records) 20.00 Nashua Motor Express Company (Cartage) 1.03 Railway Express Company (Cartage) 2.07 John R. Hosking (Desk) 160.96 Roger Dehulin (Office Deputy Bond) 12.50 John E. McDonald (Deputy Collector's Bond) 5.00 Great Pond Insurance Co. (Collector's Bond, Gross, subject to refund) 363.00 Great Pond Insurance Co. (Burglary . and Holdup Insurance) 44.83 A. W. Lafond Company (Printing Tax Bills) 253.00 Hobbs and Warren (Forms) 17.95 Cecelia Sheehan (Services) '80.00 Eagle-Tribune Printing Co. (Advertis- lng Tax Takings) 38.25 G. Hudson Driver and Frank E. Wall work, Jr. (Recording Tax Takings and Expenses) 34.80 Ne wEngland Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Services) 151.98 Harold E. Larkin (Services) 21.00 $1,748.89 Minus Advance Petty Cash 100.00 Total Expended $1,648.89 Balance to Revenue 82.11 TOTAL Assessors' -- Salaries Henry E. Lund (Salary) $700.00 Marguerite Soucy (Salary) 700.00 Edward T. Phelan (Salary) 577.68 Herbert T. Wild (Salary) 122.32 Myrtle Mayer (Salary) 298.38 Flora H. McCubbin (Salary) 2,337.35 Assessol~~ ~ Expenses Association of Mass. Assessors (Dues) $9.00 Ralph B. Brasseur (Services) 1,162.90 Daniel Cahill (Postage & Envelopes) 45,16 Commonwealth of Mass. (Forms) 5.72 Walter F. Costello (Supplies) 3.00 Crane Hardware Co. (Supplies) 13.11 Highland Towel Supply Co. Inc. (Services) 15.00 Hobbs & Warren, Inc. (Forms) 132.53 John R. Hosking (Supplies) 34.34 Lawrence Bindery (Service) i0.00 Henry E. Lund (Meetings) 96.80 Henry E. Lund (Mileage) 41.76 Flora H. McCubbin (Meetings) 20.00 133 1,731.00 :4,735.73 Flora II. McCubbin (Asst. Assessor) 165.00 Myrtle Mayer (Service) 89.00 Edward W~ Phelan (Mileage) 9.78 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Service) 126.97 Railway Express Co. (Cartage) 1.56 Arnold II. Salisbury (Service) 250.00 Marguerite Soucy (Meetings) 10.00 Marguerite Soucy (Mileage) 9.54 J. William Surette (Maintenance) 37.00 Stoneham Independent (Supplies) 1.00 Lil]a S. Turner (Service) 132.70 Richard G. Whipple (Service) 25.00 Herbert T. Wild (Mileage) 10.44 Total Expended 2,457.31 Balance to Revenue, 1952 133.69 2,591.00 134 License Conunissioners -- Ex_~enses Commissioner of Public Safety (Sales Record Book) $ .95 Hobbs & Warren, Inc. (Forms and Licenses) 14.02 Naiman Press (Forms) 6.75 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) 49.21 Barbara Philbrick (Services Rendered) 19.85 Tribune Publishing Co. (Notice) 4,00 Wright & Potter Printing Co. (Forms) 5.22 Total Expended 100.00 Town Clerk -- Salary John J. Lyons (Salary) 600.00 Town Clerk -- Exl~enses New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) $66.72 Hobbs & Warren, Inc. (Forms) 4.00 John R. Hosking (Supplies) 4.44 Fretwell-Carmichael (Desks Covered) 29.70 Lawrence Bindery (Bindings of Records) 16.50 Thomas J. McGrail, Jr. (Bond) 10.00 The American City Magazine (Sub- scription) 2.00 Daniel F. Cahill (Postage) 6.00 Massachusetts Town Clerk Association (Dues) 5.00 John Lyons (Swearing in Officials) 13.00 McQuesten (Supplies) 18.25 The National Institute Municipal Clerks (Dues) 10.00 J. F. Byron Store (Supplies) .69 Prentice I-Iall (Business Executives Book) 7.86 Walter Costello (Mass. Book of Laws) 3.00 Boynton Press (Forms) 38~40 Total Expended 235.56 Balance to Revenue 1952 14.44 TOTAL 250.00 Election Registrars John J. Lyons (Salary) $150.00 Patrick C. Cronin (Salary) 150.00 Fred McCormack (Salary) 150:00 John J. McDuffie (Salary) 150.00 Elwyn King (Moderator) 50.00 Total Expended Election -- Expenses Street Listing Precincts I, 2~ 3, 4. Lena Jacques $80.00 Allan Morse 80.00 Leona Scheipers 80.00 Eleanor Fretwell 82.50 Miscellaneous Cecelia Sheehan (Clerical) 228.80 Frank Howard (Posting Warrants) 12.50 Garnet Wilson (Sound Service) 40.00 Spaulding Moss Co. (Printed Street Lists) 298.25 The Boynton Press (Printed Forms) 483.75 Joseph Byron Store (Supplies) :85 Bee Publishing Co. (Copies of Town Warrants) 53.40 Fred McCormack (Services) 10.00 Treat I-Iardware Corporation (Supplies) 1.92 Patrick Cronin (Services) 28.00 Daniel F. Cahill, (Stamps & Envelopes) 41.00 McQuesten (Supplies) 62.25 International Seal Co. (Town Seal) 7.46 John R. Hosking (Supplies) 35.39 Val's Resteurant (Sandwiches & Coffee) 1.75 John J. Lyons (Sundry Expenses) 2,30 Nutter Hardware (Supplies) 2.06 George Sanford (Bookcase) 5.00 C. H. Driver Co. (Ballots) 658.58 John J. Cushing (Janitor) 20.00 Irven Etston (Janitor) 8.00 Recount (Cornelius I-Iega~ty 4.00 Alfred Garneau 4.00 Margaret Reardon 4.00 Harry Michelmore 4.00 Sebut White (Services) 14.00 Wages Kathryn Finn 58.00 Cornelius I.iegarty 56.00 Arlene Bell 38.00 Edward Costello 12.00 Emily Murphy 50.00 William Ward 38.00 Mary Hill 44.00 Barbara McCarthy 50.00 Katherine Davis 38.00 John Lavin 38.00 Rose Macklin 38.00 Mabel B. Smith 26.00 135 650.00 Ethel Donovan Hazel Walsh Elizabeth Cunio Yvonne Whittaker Mary Robertson Mabel Walsh Marion Hegarty Geraldine Hegarty Thomas McDonald Patrick C Cronin Fred McCormack Everett Woodhouse George Cunningham Joseph Lawlor George Morse Elizabeth Murphy Rose McEvoy Helena Reilly Alfred Garneau Clara Sutcliffe Herbert Stillings Ellen Summers Barbara Clark Alice A. Cavallaro Vera Barbette Harold Ackroyd Stephen NIcGrail Harry Michelmore J'oseph Lumene]lo Myron Lewis Charles Winning Christopher Higginbottom Hector Lefebvre James Daw Karl Wainwright Ernest Summers Donald Thomson Houghton Farnham Alice A. DeAdder Alice Kane Loretta Wilson Yiollis Nussbaum Allen Morse Mary Foley Teresa Murphy Ida Swain Eva Wilson Lillian McDonald John McDonald Nellie 1~cGlynn Ralph Joyce Fred Bastian Marion Weeks Lewis Broadhead Helena Gowans Gertrude Gillespie James Hennessy Arthur Darveau Mary E. Lannon Elizabeth Trombly 136 50.00 12.00 26.00 26.00 12.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 14,00 30,00 9.00 50.00 38.00 38.00 58.00 54.00 50.00 50.00 40.00 50.00 38.00 50.00 38.00 44.00 24.00 24.00 38.00 38.00 12.90 12.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 12.00 26.00 26.00 26.00 12.00 12.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 56.00 38,00 24.00 50.00 24.00 12.00 38.00 38.00 Jacqueline Riley Emma Trickett William Humphries Thomas Smith Vera Warwick Irven Elston David Roche Catherine Sweeney Josephine Rivet Sam Bottomley Norman Fleming Mary Ness Sam Bottomley Louise M. King Elizabeth Pendak Helen Stanwood Thomas Smith Winifred Wicks Andrew Milne Charles McCubbin Sidney Rea Natalie Forgetta George Rea Fred D. Whittier Mary C. Burke Sebut White John H. Milnes Margaret Reardon Helena Rostron Claribel Reynolds William J. Stone John Slipkowski PhilIip A. Busby Cornelius J, ]3onovan John J, Cushing Adah Rea Frank Howard Veronica Perkins Eleanor Montgomery Marion .I. Shellnut Florence Kilcourse Frank II. Dushame, Jr. 44.00 44.00 38.00 12.00 52.00 38.00 12,00 26.00 26.00 12.00 12.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 · 14.0o 'i4.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 58,00 53.00 50.00 50.00 12,00 36.00 44.00 38,00 50.00 37.00 38.00 38.00 28.00 38.00 38.00 19.00 17.00 14.00 14,00 14.00 14.00 14.00 Total Expended 5,538.76 Minus Refund 49.55 $5,489.21 Balance to Revenue 1952 480.79 TOTAL 5,970.00 Board of Appeals--Expenses Angelina Kelley (Services) Angelina Kelley (Postage) John R. I{osking (Office Supplies) Total Expended Balance to Revenue 1952 TOTAL $120.00 12.00 12.21 $144.21 55.79 200.00 137 Planning Board -- Expenses Angelina Kelley (Services) $120.00 Angelina Kelley (Postage) 12~00 Ralph l~. Brasseur (Drainage Study & Plans, Mifflin Park) 140.00 Massachusetts Federation of Planning Board (Dues) 12.50 $ohn R. Hosking (Office Supplies) 11.96 Total Expended 296.46 Balance to Revenue 1952 3.54 TOTAL Janitor Town Hall John J. Cushing (Salary) M~intenance Town Building- Salary George San£ord (Salary) Maintenance Town Building- Expenses A, II. Anderson, Inc. (Roofing Repairs) $14.00 Atlas Products Co. (Starters) 48.48 Bean & Poore (Lumber) 6.66 H. Berger Paper Co. (Supplies) 14.75 Board of Public Works (Water) 6.12' Central Service Station (Light Bulbs) 1.40 Joseph A. Collins (Labor & Supplies) 37.45 Commonwealth of Mass., Dept of Cor- rection (Supplies) 15.00 Crane Hardware Co. (Supplies) 7.52 The Curtain Shoppe (Shades) 20.00 L. C. Cyr Construction Co. (Concrete Steps & Rail) 95.00 Lillian B. Dearden (Supplies) 2.28' Dyer-Clark Co. (Light Fixtures) 450.87 Essex Signs (Signs) 23.00 F, J. Flemings, Inc. (Supplies) 44.05 Howard L. Gilman (Cleaning burner) 23.25 Hilton Oil Co. (Fuel Oil) 855.89 J. I . Holcomb Mfg. Co. (Supplies) 7.80 Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. (Services) 665.22 Lawrence Plate & Window Glass Co. (Labor & Supplies) 54~59 Lawrence Window Cleaning Co. (Cleaning Windows) 120.00 Fred Leach (Labor & Supplies) 22.06 Meagan's Drug Store (Supplies) 8.25 J. Ernest Miller (Labor & Supplies) 45.14 New England TeL & Tel. Co. (Services) 155.12 North Andover Coal Co. (Fuel Oil) 899.75 R. L. Polk & Co. (Directory) 25.00 George Sanford (Care oi Lawn) 40.00 T. J. Scanlon Co. (Supplies) 41.50 Treat Hardware Corp. (Supplies) 2.63 Wing's Express, Inc. (Transportation Charge) 1.08 Total Expended 3,753.86 Balance to Revenue 1952 4.14 Total 138 300.00 400.00 742.00 3,758,00 Police Salaries AHred H. McKee (Chief) Richard S. Hilton (Sergeant) $3,676.08 Balance to Revenue 1952 1'44,16 TOTAL Myron B. Lewis (Patrolman) $3.372.39 A. Houghton Farnham (PatroLman) 3,372.39 Everett Woodhouse (PatroLman] 3,372.39 Norman Fleming (Patrolman) 3,372.39 John J. Willis (Patrolman) 3,372.39 Joseph W. Lawlor (Patrolman) 3,372.39 David Roche (Patrolman) 1,590.75 Russell Donnelly (Patrolman) 1,654.38 Total Expended $23,479.47 Balance to Revenue 1952 127,26 TOTAL Russell Donnelty (l~eserve Officer) $355,52 John Donovan (Reserve Officer~ .423.62 Frank Dushame (Reserve Officer) 638.23 Paul Dyer (Reserve Officer) 55.65 Leo Galaezzi (Reserve Officer) 9.54 Frank Howard (Reserve Officer) 415.62 Leo Macklin (Reserve Officer) 52.47 Charles McCubbin (Reserve Officer) 676.12 Alex Ness (Reserve Officer) 321.98 Total Expended $2.948.75 Balance to Revenue 1952 11.44 TOTAL 4,201.84 3,820 24 23,606.73 2,960,19 Police- Expenses Belmont Supply Co. (Batteries and Badges) Bill's Auto Service (Repairs, gas and oil Daniel Cahill, Postmaster (Envelopes) Central Service Station (l~epai~s, gas and Supplies) M. Edward Connor (Radio Repairs) Crane Hardwarc Co. (Supplies) Crosby Publishing Co. (Directory) Cyr Oil Co. (Oil) John Donovan (Painting & cleaning) The C. It. Dolge Co. (Supplies) Eastern States Police Radio League (Dues) Dyer-Clark Co. (Batteries and bulbs) Gorham Fire Equipment Co. (Extin- guisher Refills) George E. Hancock (Equipment) Mary V. Hannigan (Police Matron) Highland Towel Supply (Towel rental) Hollins Super Service (Fuel Oil) John R. Hosking (Supplies) Frank Howard (Painting and installing Signs) Int. Association of Chiefs of Police Inc. (Dues) $26.39 224.56 18.38 69,86 249.30 54.60 12.00 38.22 341.00 5.32 5.00 6.54 30.59 11.00 14.00 24.00 369.88 1.10 145.50 29.00 139 Kirkwood Bros. Inc, (Equipment) 63.50 Lawrence Motor Parts Co. (Repair Parts) 37.00 Joseph P. Lebel toil Burner Repairs) 61.00 Charles F. Lee M. D. (Medical attention) 5.00 M. Linsky & .Bros. Inc. (Uniforms) 168,00 Longbottorffs Market (Supplies) 2.65 Mass. Chiefs of Police Association (Dues) ~ 5.00 H. B. McArdle (Supplies) 26.78 Alfred H. McKee (Use of car and con- vention expenses) 369.00 New England Tel & Tel Co. (Services) 021.43 N. E. Association of Chiefs of Police (Dues) 5.00 Pellerin Auto Body (Repa. ir) 35.00 Railway Express Agency (Express) 1:56 Edward J. Riemitis (Radio repairs and inspections ) 291.98 Riopelle's Garage (Repair) I'0.00 Albert E. Schlott Inc. (Tires and tubes) 60.7~ Saunders Studio (Photos) 10.00 George H. Schruender (Gasoline) 8~09 Shawsheen Motor Mart (Repairs) 373.22 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. (Gasoline) 883.23 Sportman's Log.Cabin (Equipment) 6.00 State Prison (Signs) 187~55 Treat Hardware Corp (Supplies) 19.01 Western Emergency Light Co, (Sup- plies) 11.00 Wing's Express, Inc (Express) 3.53 Woodworth Motors Inc. (Repair) 1.O0 Turnpike Service Station ~Repair) 1.90 Total Expended Balance to Revenue 1952 TOTAL $4,635.42 175.58 585.00 585.00 15.00 Article lq, 1952, New Police Car Shawshee Moto~ Mart. (6 Cyl. Mainline 2 door Sedan) Total Expended Balance to Revenue 1952 TOTAL Dog Warrant -- Salary John Dolan (Salary) Dog Warrant -- Expenses John Dolan (Care, custody and destroy- ing Animals) Ba]ance to Revenue TOTAL Fire Salaries James Hargreaves, Chief Edwin Koeuig, Engineer Arthur Broderick, Engineer Charles Winning, Regular 140 $88.25 51.75 $4,201.84 550.00 550.00 3,372.39 4,811.00 600.00 245.00 140.00 Charles Winning, Acting Lieutenant 28.75 Christopher Higginbottom. Regular 3,181.50 Donald Thomson, Regular 3,372.39 Hector Lefebvre, Regular 3,372.39 Thomas K. Wainwright, Regular 3,372.39 Ernest Summers, Regular 3.372.39 James P. Daw, Regular 3,372.39 J. L. Bisson (Spare Driver) 594.82 P. Henry Martin, Spare Driver 108.80 David Roberts, Spare Driver 7000.00 Donald Foss, Spare Driver 700.00 Stewart Wilson, Spare Driver 116.66 Donald Fountain, Spare Driver 500.00 Martin Lawlor, Call Captain 500.00 P. Henry Martin, Call Man 412.10 Calvin Snell, Call Man 460.00. Stephen Martin, Call Man 360.00 Frederick C. Soucy, Call Man 76.66 George Everson, Call Man 360.00 Stewart Wilson, Call Man 300.00 Michael J. Neketuk, Call Man 268.31 Donald Fountain, Call Man §0.00 Christopher Kelly, Call Man 360.00 Daniel Long, Call Man 240.00 Wilfred Arsenaulto Call Man 358.04 George Windle, Call Man 460.00 Thomas DriscolL Call Man 330.00 Archie Gourley, Call Man 421.67 Everett Long, Call Man 360.00 William McKinnon, Call Man 360.00 Richard Lawlor, Call Man 3.60.00 Raymond DeAdder, Call Man 360.00 Charles Ashworth, Call Man 360.00 Edwin Cunningham, Cai] Man 360.00 Kenneth Rahs, Call Man 115.03 Leo Galeazzi, Call Man 90.00 Overtime Due to Illness Charles Winning 13.20 Thomas Wainwright ~[3.20 Ernest Summers 26.40 James P. Daw 13.20 David Roberts 18.48 Donald Foss 6.75 Stewart Wilson 18.48 Vacations P. Henry Martin 636.30 Wilfred Arsenault 572.67 Total Expended 40,117.20 Balance to Revenue 1952 128.24 TOTAL Fire Expenses Charles White Coal Co. (Oil) $435.53 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. {Services) 213.68 Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. (Services) 283.73 I-Iighland Towe~ Co. (Services) 27.00 Mulvey Laundry(Laundry) 127.73 141 40.245.44 Woodworth Motor Inc. (Supplies Am- bulance) 27.37 North Andover Coal Co. (Oil) 544.01 Simplex Time Recorder Co. (Ribbon, plate assembly service) 11.00 Central Service Co. (Gas) 2.95 John R. Hosking (Supplies) 5.50 Messina Restaurant (Lunches) 16.30 Lawrence Motor Parts (Replacement- parts) 97.55 Summer Service Station (Gas & Oil) 21.19 Dyer Clark Co. (Lamps-Batteries) 164.75 James Heron (Light-install service) 3.40 Crane IIardware Co. (Supplies) 111.88 Vars Restaurant (Launches) 8.52 Cyr Oil Co. (Oil) 21.84 Bill's Auto Service (Gas, Oil & Repairs) 107.08 Star Electric Service & Tire Co. (Parts & Labor) 126.89 Rose McEvoy (Clerical) 10.00 Treat Hardware Corporation (Supplies) .95 North Shore Welding Co. (Oxygen) 68.25 Weston Emergency Light Co. (Red Light) 14.00 Fire Chiefs Clubs of Mass. (Dues) 3.00 Winwar Inc. (Supplies) 12.90 William Boyle (Fire Alarm Repairs) 117.40 Eagle-Tribune Printing (Forms) 7.50 F. J. Fleming Inc. (Supplies) 11.70 Lawrence Mack Sales (Parts) 2.27 Midtown Radio Service (Repair to Radio) 4.60 Charles II. Clougherty Co. (Equipment) 191.58 Shawsheen Motor Mart (Repairs) 26.30 Henry Martin (Ambulance) 7.40 C. E. Kies (Polish) 12.00 James Hargreaves (Convention Ex- penses) 59.85 Karl Wainwright (Ambulance) 1.25 Texas Co. (Gas) 432.25 J. Marsan (Services) 50.40 George Schruender (Gas & Oil) 14.15 Longbottoms (Supplies) 6.28 Lawrence Rubber Co. (Fire Boots) 21.00 Cashmans Service Station (Gas, Oil & Repairs) 87.17 New England Association of Fire Chiefs (Dues) 6.00 Daniel F. Cahill (Postage) 18.38 Town o~ North Andover, (Motor Vehicle Excise Tax) 7.24 C. B. I)olge Co. (6 Boxes of Deodorame) 14.02 Liberty Mutual (Auto Insurance 50.25 Commonwealth of Mass., State Prison (Water Pails) 3.96 North Andover Public Works (Services) 16.92 Edward J. Riemitis (Repairs to radio) 49.17 Poll Tax Rebates 52.00 James Daw (Ambulance) 2.00 Wilfred Arsenault (Ambulance) 2.00 142 Railway Express (Cartage) 1.56 Sears Roebuck & Co. (Supplies) 1.20 Raymond Fountain (Painting Fire Alarm Boxes) 2.6.25 American LaFrance Foamite (Repairs to truck) 14.22 Roland B. Glines (Repairs) 5.00 Walter Stamp (Labor) 8.00 Louis II. MeAloon (Lumber) 8.40 ffackson Lumber (Lumber) 129.06 Smi%h Motor (Labor & Repairs) 66.77 Farley Awning Co. (Draping Fire Station) 15.00 Mack Motor Truck Co. (Labor & Rep.) 23:31 Hector Lefebvre (Refund Toll) .30 Joseph Lebel (Repair to Oil Burner) 9.00 Repairs) 23.31 Superior American Fire Alarm & Sig- nal Co. (Fire Alarm Boxes) 295.52 Gamewell Co. (Fire Alarm Equipment) 55.17 McCartney Co. (Pants) 51.00 Total Expended $4,451.80 Balance to Revenue 1952 38.20 TOTAL Replacing Front Doors on Fire Station Lawrence Plate & Window Glass Co. (Doors) $596.48 Crane Hardware Co. (Supplies) 28.52 Total Expended 4,490.00 625.00 Article 239 1952 -- Fire Dept Unpaid Bills of 1951 The Texas Co. (Gas) $124.00 Total Expended $124.00 Balance to Revenue 1952 26.00 TOTAL 150.00 Article 24, 1952 -- New Pick-Up Truck Eagle Tribune Publishing Co. (Bids) $2.94 Post O~ice Garage, Inc..(Truck) 1,580.50 Total Expended $1,583.44 Balance to Revenue 1952 16.56 TOTAL 1,600.00 Article 27, 1952--Fire Department New Helmets Eagle Tribune Publishing Co. (Bids) $2.92 American Fire Equipment Co. (New Helmets) 448.50 Total Expended $451.42 Balance to revenue 1952 3.58 TOTAL 455.00 143 Article 28~ 1952--Two and Half Inch Hose Eagle Tribune Publishing Co. (Bids) $2.92 Justin A. McCarthy Co. (Hose) 735.00 Total Expended $737.92 Balance to revenue 1952 62.03 TOTAL Article 29, 1952 -- Fire Alarm Box Hewitt & Minute Avenue 800.00 Article 11, 1952--Sealer of Weights & Measures Three Weights & Glass Containers W. & L. E. Gurley (3 Weights adjusted to Class "C") $74.88 Forwarded to January !~ 1953 35.12 TOTAL 110.00 Sealer of Weights ~md Measures Walter Hamilton (Salary) 425.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures--Ex_nenses Crane Hardware Co. (Supplies) $4.72 W. L. E. Gurley (Supplies) 13.65 Walter Hamilton (Expenses) 60.35 Hobbs & Warren Inc. (Supplies) 2.71 Total Expended $81.43 Balance to revenue 1952 8.57 Total 90.00 Building Ins!~ector -- Salary Martin J. Lawlor, Sr. (Salary) 500.00 Wiring Inspector -- Salary Thomas Lebel (Salary) 500.00 Wiring Inspector -- Expenses Thomas Lebel (Expenses) 75.00 Insect Pest -- Salaries John J. Connors, $3,129.55 John W. Hegarty 996.99 Alfred E. Garneau 922.96 Leo E. Lafond 640.96 Donald Dea~den 190.35 Stephen Doherty 56.40 James Magoon 47.90 Theodore Iminski 225.00 Total Expended $6,209.81 Balance to revenue 1,952 5.19 TOTAL 6,215.00 144 ]Dyer Clark Co. (Equipment) $145.10 William Boyle (Labor) 30.06 Joseph Marson (Labor) 30.06 Superior American Fire Alarm & Sig- nal Co. (Fire Alarm Box.) 144.00 Total Expended $349.22 Balance to revenue 1952 .78 TOTAL 350.00 Insect Pest -- Expenses New England Tel & Tel Co. (Services) $27.1'6 Central Service Station (Gas, Oil & repairs) 259~57 Bills Anto Service (Gas & Oi)l 22.27 Mall Tool Co. (Supplies) 20.22 Crane Hardware Co. (Supplies) .90 Bernard McDonald (Supplies) 3.60 John J. Connors (Expenses to Meetings) 18.00 I-Iartney Spray Co. (Drum Resitox & Saw) 588.55 Socony Vacuum 0il Co. (Gas) 164.69 A. Lee Company (1 Case of Lead) 14.40 Victor Hugo (Equipment) 10.85 Post Office Garage (Repairs) 63.02 Treat Hardware Co. (Supplies) 6.43 Total Expended $1,199.66 Balance to revenue 1952 .34 TOTAL Dutch Ehn Disease- Salaries John W. Hegarty $507.60 Alfred E. Garneau 611.00 Leo E. Lafond 564.00 Theodore Iminski 112.80 DonaLd Dearden 394.80 Stephen Doherty 47.00 Hammond Newton 11.75 Total Expended $2,248.95 ~ Balance to Revenue 1952 1.05 TOTAL Dutch Elm Disease- Expenses Hartney Mist Spray Co. (Rope) $22.00 Lombard Governor Corporation (Equip- ment, Repairs & parts) 127.50 Central Service Station ~Gas, aid 22.98 Socony Vacuum Oil Co. (Gas~ 75.00 Total Expended $247.48 Balance to Revenue 1952 2.52 TOTAL Tree Warden -- Salaries John J. Cannons. Supt. $379.50 John W. Hegarw. Laaor 1.250.20 Alfred E. Garneau. Labor 1.308.95 Leo Lafond, Labor 1,598.00 Donald Dearden~ Labor 733.20 Stephen Dohert_v,. Labor 32.90 William B. DriscolL Labor 112.80 James Magoon, Labor 47.00 John Scanlon, Labor 7.05 Hammond Newton, Labor 61.69 Theodore Iminski, Labor 508.19 Total Expended $6,039.48 Balance to Revenue 1952 ~52 TOTAL 145 1,200.00 2,250.00 250.00 6,040.00 Tree Warden ~ Expenses New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Services) $28.10 Harlan P. Kelsey, Inc. (Trees) 80.00 Mall Tool Co. (Supplies) 31.50 Hartney Spray Corporation (Equipment) 91.47 John J. Connors (Expenses to meetings) 45.50 Rose McEvoy (Clerical) 10.00 Central Service Station (Gas, Oil and Repairs) 65.32 Socony Vacuum Oil Co. (Gas) 92.82 Crane Hardware Co. (Supplies) 17.59 Lombard Governor Corporation (Repair to Equipment) 102.10 Frank Howard (Services 4.00 Norman Fleming (Services) 6.00 Davis Emergency (Equipment) 15.10 Treat Hardware Corporation (Supplies) 26.86 Total Expended $616.36 Minus Refund 17A4 $599.22 Balance to Revenue 1952 .78 TOTAL 600.00 Brush Cutting John W. Hegarty $112.80 Alfred E. Garneau 112.80 Leo E. La~ond 169.20 Theodore Iminski 87.24 Donald Dearden 56.40 Stephen Doherty 47.00 James Magoon 30.84 Walter Dubois 19.39 Hammond Newton 8.72 Total Expended $644.39 Balance to Revenue 1952 .61 TOTAL 645.00 Town Forest Wilfred Nightingale $56.40 Walter Dubois 37.01 James Magoon 56.40 Total Expended $149.81 Balance to Revenue 1952 .19 TOTAL 150.00 Purchase of Land -- New High School Site August 11, 1952 Margaret M. Heggerty Lo Presti (Art. 1) $1,175.60 Charles McCarthy and Daniel McCarthy (Art. 2) 500.00 Total $1,675.60 Balance to Revenue 1952 24.40 TOTAL 1,700.00 146 Contingent Fund John Alter (Services rendered) Mabel Arlit (Services rendered) Association o£ Town Finances (Dues) Bachraeh Studio (Portrait) Bee Publishing Co. (Warrants & Postage) Boston Globe (Bids-Great Pond Road) Boston Herald-Traveler Corp. (Bids- Great Pond Road) Boston Post (Bids-Great Pond Road) Jane Bower (Personal Damage Claim) Daniel F. Cahill (Third Class Bulk Mail- ing- Advisory Board) P. E. Conte (Repair ceiling-Stevens Hall) George Cullen (Taking photographs) Daily Record (Bids-Great Pond Road) Elizabeth Elliot (Mileage Expenses) George Everson (Services rendered) Farley Awning Co. (Draping Town Building) Albert Frost (Car Damage) Archie N. Frost (Filing tee- Parker St.) Walter tIamilton (Car damage) William Henrick (Care of flag pole) Leo Kane (Car Damage) Elwyn A. King (Services rendered) Warren D. Lodge (Car Damage) Lawrence Melvin (Car Damage) Louis R. Miller (Labor-Center School) New England Road Builders Association (Ad-Great Pond Road) Frank Oates & Son (Flowers) Ridgewood Cemetery Association (Care of Lots) Elmer Rivers (Car Damage) Louis Silverman (Services rendered) Paul F. Smith (Car Damage) Tribune Publishing Company (Adver- tisements) Charles W. Trombly (Services rendered) H. J. Welch Co. (Labor & Supplies) West Street Motors (Damage claim) Total Expended Balance to Revenue 1952 TOTAL Forest Fire Warden James J. Hargreaves (Salary) Forest Fire -- ExDenses Edwin Koenig (Wages) Arthur Broderick (Wages) Martin Lawlor (Wages) Joseph L. Bisson (Wages) P. Henry Martin (Wages) David Roberts (Wages) Donald Foss (Wages) Donald Fountain (Wages) Calvin Snell (Wages) 147 $20.00 15.00 10.00 185.00 31.67 8.10 6.40 9.00 32.00 10.00 100.00 22.00 11.40 10.00 10.00 15.00 22.00 5.00 34.24 25.00 21.50 248.85 8.00 17.00 2.90 6.40 40.00 15.00 14.60 17.19 23.97 36.45 100.00 25.08 69.98 $1,228.73 271.27 $9.00 9.00 6.00 20.00 9.00 3.00 20.00 19.00 6.00 1,500,00 150.00 Stephen Martin (Wages) 4.00 George Everson (Wages) 7.00 Michael J. Neketuk (Wages) 18.00 Christopher Kelly (Wages) 6.00 Daniel Long (Wages) 7.00 Wilfred Arsenault (Wages) 9.00 George Windle (Wages) 9.00 Thomas Driscoll (Wages) 17.00 Archie Gourley (Wages) 8.00 Everett Long (Wages) 1.00 William McKinnon (Wages) 4.00 Richard Lawlor (Wages) 7.00 Baymond DeAdder (Wages) 9.00 Charles Ashworth (Wages) 4.00 Edwin Cunningham (Wages) 1.O0 Lyman Kilton (Wages) 2.00 David Wallwork (Wages) 2.00 Rodney Wilson (Wages) 2.00 William McAloon (Wages) 2.00 William Smith (Wages) 2.00 Harold Wedge (Wages) 2.00 Josel>h Smith (Wages) 2.00 Fred Clark (Wages~ 200 John Kilcourse (Wages) 2,00 Lawrence Motor Parts (Parts) 13.04 George Schruender (Gas) 2.65 Bills Auto Service (Gas & Oil) 5.81 Charles H. Cloughertv (Supplies) 44.22 George Everson (Services) 5.00 Rose McEvoy (Clerical) 10.00 John Donovan (Patrol) 24.94 North Andover Catering (Lunches) 24.00 Total Expended $360.66 Balance to Revenue 1952 139.34 TOTAL Article 252 1952 -- Forestry Hose Eagle Tribune Publishing Co. (Bids) $2.92 Charles ~.. C~ugh~r~y Co. (Hose) 57~.2~ Total Expended $579.16 Balance to Revenue 1952 20.84 TOTAL Board of Heal~_h -- Salaries Dr. Julius Kay (Physician) $750.00 Dr. Julius Kay (Board Member) 150.00 George E. Jewett (Board Member) 150~00 R. George Caron (Board Member) 150.00 Mary F. Sheridan R. N. (Agent) 2,684.64 Total Expended $3,884.64 Balance to Revenue 1952 285.36 TOTAL Board of Health -- Ex!~enses Central Service Station (Gas) $21.78 Cashman's Service Station (Gas & l~epairs) 33.20 148 500.00 600.00 4,170.00 Conlon Brothers (Supplies) John Donovan (Washing Car) Robert Doherty (Burying Animal) George Everson (Burying Animal) Essex Sanatorium (Board & Treatment) J. Filletti (Furnishir~gs) Joseph Finneran (Medical Supplies) Hobbs & Warreia, Inc. (Forms) Frank Howard (Burying Animals John R. Hosking (Office Supplies) Christine Kane (Clerical) Lakeville State 'Sanatorium (Board & Care) Fred Leach (Plumbing Inspectiqns) Meagan's Drug Store (Medical Supplies) MacGregor Instrument Co. (Supplies) McQuesten's Stationary (Office Supplies) Naimen Press (Printed Forms) New England Tel. & TeL Co, (Services) North Reading State Sanatorium (Board & Care) Frank Oates & Son (Flowers) .~ ,, ,, Railway Express (Cartage) Ray's Auto Repair (Battery Storage) Royal Typewriter Co. (Typewriter) A. B, Sutherland Co. (Furnishings) Mary Sheridan (Postage & Conference expenses & sundry Supplies) Charles Trombly (Legal Services~ Weed Window Cleaning Co. (Wash Floor) E. V. DelDuca (Filling in cellars) 2.80 2.00 1.50 3.00 2,002.50 69.25 6.18 16.26 48.75 34.26 !54,00 138.00 192.00 7.09 13.45 · 20 25 I7,75 132,52 418,00 12.00 7.29. · 5.50' 125.00 9.95 50.15 75.00 1.25 250.00, Total Expended $3,870.68 Balance to Revenue 1952 9~32 TOTAL 3,880,00 County T. B. Hospital--1952 County Treasurer (Assessment~ 9,161.18 Animal InsDector -- Salary Robert Burke (Salary) 325.00 Health Inspector -- Salary Robert Burke (Salary) 3O9.0O Vital Statistics John J. Lyons fRecording Births, Deaths and Marriages) $374.00 5374.00 26.00 Total Expended Balance to Revenue 1952 TOTAL 400.00 Sewer Maintenance and Construction -- Salaries Salaries (Total Exoended~ $4,924.63 Balar~ce to Revenue 1952 975.37 TOTAL 5.000.00 149 Sewer Maintenance and Construction -- Expenses Materials (Total Expended) $2,998.37 Balance to Revenue 1952 1.63 TOTAL 3,000.00 Article 60, 1952 -- Sewer Sawyer Road Wages $343~02 Materials 1,400.64 Total Expended $1,743.66 Balance to Revenue 1952 756.34 TOTAL 2,509.00 Article 64~ 1952 -- Sewer Moody Street Wages 212.43 Materials 687.57 Total Expended 900.00 Expenses o~ Dump Charles Perry (Total Expended) 400.00 Garbage Disposal Stephen Gallant (Total Expended) 3,500.00 Highway Ira D. Carry, Highway Surveyor, Salary 4,580.00 Adeline Stewart, Salary ( '-~ ~' ? ~' ' ~' '~i 2,639.40 Refuse Disposal--Wages: Total Expended $7,761.34 Balance to Revenue 1952 8.6.6 TOTAL 7,770.00 Refuse Disposal-Expenses: Materials--Total Expended $1,000.00 TOTAL 1,000.00 Streets Gen. Maintenance--Wages: Total Expended $20,118.12 Balance to Revenue 1952 142.48 TOTAL 20,260.60 Streets Gen. Maintenance~Expenses: Materials---Total Expended 29,992.78 Balance to Revenue 1952 7.22 TOTAL 30,000.00 Article 31, 1952 -- Street Maintenance Chapter 90 (I. L. Labor $424.15 Materials 2,575.85 Total Expended 3,000.00 Article 31, 1951 -- Article 32, 1952 -- l~ebuild Great Pond l~oad Chapter 90 G, L. Contractor $30,768.11 Materials 1,330.35 Total Expended $32,098.46 Balance Forward to 1953 7,895.54 TOTAL 39,994.00 Article 35 -- Painting and l~eplacing Street Signs 200.00 150 Labor Article 41 -- l~esurfacing Marbleridge l{oad Materials -- Total Expended $i58~90 ]3alance to Revenue 1952 1.10 TOTAL 160.00 Article 34 -- Sidewalk Project Contractor $1,695.96 Survey 285.17 Total Expended $1,980.83 ]3alance to Revenue 1952 19.17 TOTAL 2,000.00 Article 43 -- Hot-tol~ High Street Sidewalk Labor $394.20 Materials 1,105.80 Total Expended !,500.00 Article 54- Pembrook Road Surface Drain Labor $710.15 Materials 2~377.09 Total Expended $3,087.15 Balance to Revenue 1952 12.85 TOTAL 3,100.00 Article 59~ 1952 -- Sawyer Road Surface Drain Labor $931.88 Materials 847.53 Total Expended $2,779.41 Balance to Revenue 1952 20.59 TOTAL Snow Removal Labor Trucks, Tractors and Plows (hired) Other $6,465.33 9,651.62 7,067.40 Total Expended $23,184.40 Re£unds 7.72 TOTAL $23,176.68 Balance to Revenue 1952 6.19 2,800.00 23,182.87 Street Lighting Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. (Total Expended) $14,672.89 ]3alance to Revenue 1952 327.11 TOTAL 15,000.00 Public Welfare- Board of Public Welfare Salaries Andrew F. Coffin (Salary) $150.00 Arthur A. Thomson (Salary) 150,00 Joseph M. Finneran (Salary) 150.00 Total Expended 450.00 Public Welfare Agent -- Salary Lillian ]3. Dearden (Salary) Total Expended 750.00 151 Superintendent and Matron Salaries -- Town Infirmary Orin B. Foster (Salary) $1,346.00 Nora L. Foster (Salary) ~ 1,34fi.00 Total Expended Article 14, 195.2 -- Painting Town Infirmary Scott & Allison (Painting) Total Expended $1,864.00 Balance to Revenue 1952 136.00 TOTAL Outside Eelief & Repairs Infirmary Salaries Florence Ball (Salary) Total Expended Outside Relief & Repairs -- Expenses Outside Relief and Repairs (Total) $19.514.43 Refund 10.00 $19.504.43 Balance to Revenue 1952 2,164.57 TOTAL Disbursements Salaries Expenses Assistance Salaries Expenses Salaries Expenses Stone Fund Income Aid (Total Expended) Forward to January 1953 ' TOTAL Old Age Assistance -- Expenses $3,967.71 66,098.30 Total $70.066.01 Refund 66.01 TOTAL U. S. Old Age Assistance'~-- Assistance $74,298.68 Refunds 95.06 Total Expended $74,203.62 Forward to January 1953 11,342.74 TOTAL U. S. Old Age Assistance -- Administration $1,356.55 1,094.90 Total Expended ' $2,451.45 Forward to January 1953 2,782.87 TOTAL Aid te Dependent Children -- Expenses $1,452.00 18,548.00 TOTAL U. So Aid to Dependent Children -- Aid $11,776.55 539.81 152 2,692.00 2,000.00 1,331.00 21.§89.00 206.05 70.000.00 85,546.36 5,234.32 20,000.00 12,316.16 U.,S. Aid To Dependen~ Children -- Adm~ig~ation Salaries $1,272.00 Forward to January 1953 129.15 TOTAL . : ' 1,401.15 Director of Veterans Affairs North Andover and Boxford Department' ' ~ ' ~ of Veterans Service -- Total · . ' 700.00 Veterans Benefits Bernard W. Bingbam (Salary) ,$~3~00.00 Ruth Bingham~(Cierical) ' ' '~ 300.00 Cash Disbursements 8,324f44. ' Medical and 1V~edicine ' 1~26~.75 Groceries 135.02 Fuel , ~.25, ~, Miscellan~bds ~" ' ':'~ "'66.~0 Total. Expended $10,393.06 Mfr~uS Refunds ' 56.00' :' $1&,337~06 BalahCe~ to Revenue 1952 ' : 412..94 TOTAL ' , :' 10,750.00 Schools and Physician -- Salarie~ Salaries (Total Exnended] $20~t,339.69 Balahce to Revenue 2952 , !63,3'i TOTAL 204,503.00 ~ School ExPgnses : Expenses (Total Expended) $44i594,52 Refunds 148.22 $44A46,.30 Balance to Revenue i952 3.70 TOTAL 44,450.00 S_necial School Lunch Expenses (Total Expended) , : $!6~,736.11- Refunds 12.00 . For~vard to january 19~3 , 7.80.57 TOTAL 17,504.68 Johnson High School Athletics Expenses (Total Expefid~d) ' ' $'1,881'.7'9 Refund 60.00' Forward to January 1953 874:16 TOT4L ;' ~, :,' ; : : 2fi95.95 Article 69, 1950 -- Ne~.~J High~S~ho01 Foi Plans,,Research,& S~ogcificatioos ,i Total Expenses · 9,032.69 153 Article 6L 1951 -- Stabilization Fund Schools Total Expended $3,165.00 Transfer to Article 19, 1952 20,000.00 Transfer to Article 72. 1950 700.83 Total Article 19, 1952 -- New High School Total Expended $11,842.23 Forward to January 1953 88,157.77 Article 72, 1950 -- Kittredge School Total Expended $432.00 Forward to January 1953 268.83 Stevens Memorial Library -- Salaries, Wages Librarian $1,783.45 Janitor 3,000.00 Childrens' Librarians 3,958.75 Assistant Librarians 3,497.52 Total Expended $12,239.72 Balance to Revenue 1952 322.2'8 Stevens Momorial Library -- Expenses Heat, Light, Water, Telephone Books, Papers & Magazines Miscellaneous $1,356.61 1,263.78 1,023.78 Total Expended $3,644.17 Refund 10.00 $3,634.17 Balance to Revenue 1952 11.80 23,865.83 100,000.00 700.83 12,562.00 3,645.97 4,000.00 Playgrounds, Bathing Beach -- Salaries Salaries (Tolal Expended) Playgrounds, Bathing Beach -- Expenses Expenses (Total Expended) 1,900.00 Article 45, 1952 -- Wire Fence Waverly Playground Expenses (Total Expended) $559.00 Balance to Revenue 1952 41.00 TOTAL 600.00 Article 46, 1952 -- Wire Backstol~ Grogans Field Expenses (Total Expended) 500.00 Article 47, 1952 -- Catch Basin Waverly Playground Expenses (Total Expended) 400.00 Article 48, 1952- Portable Bleachers Waverly Playgrounds Expenses (Total Expended) 1,300.00 Public Parks, Triangles and Burying Grounds -- Salaries Salaries (Total Expended 3,500.00 154 Public Parks, Triangles and Burying Grounds -- Expenses Expenses (Total Expended) 650.00 Article 2. Playground -- Salaries Elizabeth Elliot, Supervisor $190.00 Patricia Dyer 140.00 Janet Knightly 170.00 Rosemary Macklin 140.00 Joan Kilton 108.00 Alice Dolan 120.00 Edithanne Bamford 120.00 Pauline Dyer 12.00 Total Expended Article 2, 1952 -- Playground Supplies Allied Paint Stores (Supplies) $5.95 Andover News Co. (Supplies) 1.95 Art-Tex Shops, Inc. (Supplies) 11.87 J. P. Byron (Supplies) 27.74 Crane Hardware Co. (Supplies) 34.17 Eagle Tribune Printing (Supplies) 3.00 Elizabeth Elliott (Supplies) 67.71 $. L. Hammett Company (Supplies) 112.21 John R. I-Iosking (Supplie~) 57.54 Jordan Marsh Co. (Supplies) 8.94 Lawrence Rubber Co, (Supplies) 18.19 R. J. Macartney Co. (Supplies) 8.60 The McIntosh School (Supplies) 2.50 National Recreation Association, Inc. (Subscriptions) 9.00 National Wildlife Federation (Supplies) 4.00 Northeastern Scale Models (Supplies) 11.48 Henry Ouelette & Sons (Supplies) 9.00 J. E. Pitman Estate (Supplies) 4.65 Recreation ~Subscription) 3.00 Whitworth's (Baseball Equipment & Supplies ) 198.50 Total Expended Community Center -- July 4th~ 1952 St. Anne's Drum Corps (To/a] Expended) Armistice Day J. F. Byron (Flags) $43.20 Darcy & Nagel (Wreath) 10.00 John J Maguire (Janitor services) 5.00 Frank Oates & Son (Filling Urns) 15.00 Pontiac Drum & Bugle CorDs (Services) 100,00 Yal's Restaurant (Coffee, milk & doughnuts) 65.00 John Warwick (Bugler) 5,00 Garrett Wilson (Sound Service) 20.00 Total Expended $263.20 Balance to Revenue 1952 36.80 TOTAL Memorial Day Samuel Bardsley (Quartette) $25.00 J. F. Byron (Flags) 56.17 1,000.00 600.00 65.00 300.00 155 John Cushing (Services rendered) , , 10.00 Emm0ns Nickelodeon Co. (Sound Service) 20.00 Fould's Home Bakery (Doughnuts) 15~00 Edward T. Lawlor (Services rendered) 10.00 The Naiman Press (Programs) 15.00 North Andover Catering Service (Food Supplies) 59.90 Frank Oates & Son (Filling Urns) 22.00 Pontiac Drum & Bugle Corps (Services) 100.00 Post 219, American Legion (Grave Markers) 36.2.0 Salem Coca Cola Bottling Co. (Supplies) 15.05 John Warwick (Bugler) 5.00 Total tgxp~nded $389.32 Balance to Revenue 1'952 110.68 TOTAL [nsura, nee Thomas Bevington & Sons Roger Dehullu James P. Hainsworth Agency Thomas J. McGrail, Jr. Total Expended Refunds 500.00 $7,912.46 762.95 278.68 1,699.82 $10,653.71 3.53 $10,650.18 Balance to Revenue 1952 349.82 TOTAL 11,000.00 Itemized Annual Town Reports The Bee Publishing Co. 1,300 Town ReporTs $1,477.05 3 Full page cuts for above 4.7,50 2 Line cuts of diagrams 34.00 , 3,000 Advisory Board Reports 472,28 50 Board of Public Works Reports 97.75 50 Public School Reports 110,00 2,667 New High Sch6ol Reports 308.50 Tribune Publishing Co (Bids for Town Report) 9.00 Total Expended 2,556.08 American Legion l~ent Post No, 219 Building Corporation, Charles T. McCarthy, Treasurer Total Expended 600.00 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post NO. 2104 Maintenance Arthur Garneau (Fuel Oil) $30.48 William B. Kent & Sous (Fuel Oil) 28,B9 Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. (Services) 51.56 MacArthur Oil Co. (Fuel Oil) 33.25 Thomas J. McGrail (Insurance) 138.90 North Andover Coal Co. (Fuel Oil) 29,66 Trombly Bros. Service Station (Fuel Oil) 29~95 Total Expended $342.69 Balance to Revenue 1952 7.31 TOTAL 156 35O.O0 Essex County Retirement System County Treasurer Article 13, 1952 -- Town History Project Boynton Press (Supplies) $22.00 Goodspeed's Book Shop (Supplies) 24.50 J. L. Hammett Co. (Supplies) 6.68 John R. Hosking (Cabinet) 70.00 Carolynn McQuesten (Supplies & Expenses) 304.32 Carolynn McQuesten (Salary) 880.00 The Mimeograph Shop (Typing) 166.42 Railway Express Co. (Express Charge) 5.23 Saunders Studio (Prints) 1.90 Sears & Roebuck (Utility Cabinet) 18.95 Total Expended Boar.d. of Public Works Joseph Sullivan (Salary) $150.00 Francis B. Kittredge (Salary) 150.00 Irving E. Howes (Salary) 150.00 Total Expended 10,334.55 1,500.00 450.00 Expenses E~penses Expenses Article 64, 1950 Re_~lace Water Services $268.86 Balance to 1953 785.45 TOTAL Article 58. 1951 and Article 51. 1952 Water Mains $1,283.05 Balance to 1953 260.25 TOTAL To Install a Surface Drain with Catchbasins on, Beverly Street from Harold St. to Dana St. Expenses $799.22 Balancc to Rcvcnue 1952 .78 TOTAL ' 800.00 Article 49, 1952 -- Cement Line Water ,Mains ~ 7,500.00 1'57 1,054:31 1 543.30 Article~ ~0. 2950 --. Hy'~rants -- Boarr] of P. Works Expenses (Total Expendedq 421.25 TOTAL $231992.90 Ralance to Revenue 1952 7.10 TOTAL 24. O00.00 Water Maintenance and Construction Salaries and Wages (Total Expended) $21,070.29 Balance to Revenue 1952 3,929.71 TOTAL 25,000.00 Water Maintenance and Construction -- Expenses Supplies (Total Expended) $23.993.54 Refunds 5,64 Article 53, 1952 -- Water System Mass. Ave. -- Putnam Road Expenses $1,468.77 Balance to Revenue 1952 381.23 TOTAL 1,850.00 Article 61. 1952 --Water System -- Sawyer l~oad Expenses $2,107.26 Balance to Revenue 1952 92.74 TOTAL Article 65 -- Water System -- Moody Street Expenses Article 50 -- Stabilization Fund Expenses (Total Expended) Civil Defense Expenses $123.04 Balance to January 1953 939.49 TOTAL Discount on Notes Second National Bank of Boston $364.68 Balance to Revenue 1952 1,635.32 TOTAL Interest on School Bonds Second National Bank of Boston (Expended) Interest on East Side Sewer Notes The First National Bank of Boston (Expended) Redeeming School Bonds The Second National Bank of Boston (Expended Redeeming East Side Sewer Notes The First National Bank of Boston (Expended) Temporary Loan. In Anticipation of Reimbursement The Second National Bank of Boston TemDorary Loans Reimbursements Chapter 90 G. I~. Bay State Merchants National Bank Agency State Parks, Reservations $1,380.94 Auditing, NIunicipal Accounts 356.62 County Tax 26,618.16 County Dog Tax 782.60 TOTAL Federal Tax Withholding Collector of Internal Revenue $18,136.57 Bay State NIerchants National Bank 30,784.70 TOTAL 2,200.00 1,200.00 3,683.69 1,062.53 2,000.00 4,837.50 127.50 35,000.00 2,000.00 100,000.00 1,000.00 29,138.32 48,921.27 158 Essex County Annuity S~vtngs' Essex County Retirement Board Massachusetts Teachers Retirement Assoc. Teachers Retirement Board Refunds Taxes $958.16 Motor Vehicle Excise 1,737.54 Tax Co]lector Expenses Petty Cash Advance 100.00 U. S. Old Age Assistance -- Assistance 95.06 Old Age Assistance Expenses 66.01 Election Expenses 49.55 Tree Warden Expenses 17.14 Snow Removal 7~72 Outside Relief Expenses 10.00 Veterans Benefits 56.00 School Expenses 148.22 School Lunch Account 12.00 Johnson High School Athletic Account Petty Cash Advance 60.00 Stevens Memorial Library Exp. Petty Cash Advance 10.00 Insurance 3.53 Water Maint. & Const. -- Gas Tax 5.64 Total Expenditures Cash on hand December 31, 1952 TOTAL 11,410.89 8,309.29 3,336.57 $1,205,337.02 333,041.17 $1,5381378.19 159 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER Balance- Sheet -- December 31, 1952 GENEI~AL ACCOUNTS ASSETS Cash: General Accounts Receivable: Taxes: Levy of 1952: Personal Property Real Estate $692.56 17,822.76 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise: Levy of 1952 Special Assessments: Moth: Levy of 1952 $6.50 Sewer: Unapportioned 13,467.16 Street: Storm Drain, added to Taxes 1952 19.87 Committed Interest: Levy of 1952 7.74 Tax Titles and Possessions: Tax Titles Tax Possessions $1,110.89 8,217.20 Departmental: Health $266.50 Highway 4.00 Sewer Construction and Misc. 159.39 Aid to Dependent Children 2,925.86 Veterans' Benefits 2,631.77 Schools 124.44 Water: Liens Added to Taxes: Levy of 1952 Rates 1952 Construction and Miscellaneous Aid to Highways: State County Loans Authorized: New High School Under-estimates: State Parks and Reservations State Audit of Mut~icipal A¢ounts $7.6.96 1,227.05 346.69 $5,615.94 2,308.00 $96.10 203.06 $333,041.17 18,515.32 5,024.41 13,501.27 9,328.09 6,111.96 1,650.70 7,923.94 1,400,000.00 299.16 $1,795,396.02 LIABILITIES AND RESERVES State and County Assessments 1952: County: Tax $2,317.58 Hospital (Over-estimate) 4,893.02 Employees Payroll Deductions: Federal Taxes Agency: County -- Dog Tax Excess Sale of Land of Low Value $7.20 35.04 Tailings Trust Fund Income: Stone Fund Taylor Fund $240.98 78.00 Recoveries: Old Age Assistance Federal Accounts -- Grants: Old Age Assistance: Assistance Administration Aid to Dependent Children: Aid Administration Disability Aid: Administration $11,342.74 2,782.87 539.61 129.15 4.33 Appropriation Balances: Forward to January 1, 1953: Schools: Article 72, 1950, Kittredge School $268.83 Article 19, 1952, New High School 88,157.77 Water: Article 64, 1950, Replace Services 785.45 · Article 51, 1952 Water Mains 260.25 Civil Defense: Article 18, 1951 939~49 Highway: Article 32, 1952, Construction 7,895.54 Sealer of Weights & Measures: Article 11, 1952, Weights 35.12 Loans Authorized and Unissued: Article 19, 1952, New High School Sale of Real Estate Fund Reserve Fund -- Overlay Surplus O9er]aYS Reserved for Aba~tements: Overlay 1952 Overlay 1951 $7,451.29 65~36' 16i:. $7,210.60 5,359.19 42.24 57.95 318.98 185.10 14,798.70 98,342.45 1,400,000.00 3,458.37 9,613.33 8,101.65 Revenue Reserveed Until Collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Special Assessments Tax Title and Possessions Departmental Water Aid to Highways School Lunch School Atb_letic s Surplus Revenue: Excess and Deficiency $5,025.41 13,501.27 9,328.09 6,111.96 1,650.70 7,923.94 43,540.37 780.57 874.16 202,712.36 $1,795,396.02 DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS Apportioned Assessments--Not Due: Sewer Apportioned Assessments Not Due: Street Totals Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue: Due in 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Apportioned Street Assessment Revenue: Due in 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 Totals $166.40 $166.40 $2,658.60 $2,658.60 $2,825.00 $20.80 20.80 20.80 20.80 20.80 20.80 20.80 20.80 $166.40 $295.40 295.40 295.40 295.40 295.40 295.40 295.40 295.40 295.40 $2,658.60 $2,825.00 .162 DEBT ACCOUNTS Net Funded or Fixed Debt Total Sewer Loan School construction Loan Total $272,000.00 ~272,600.00 $2,000.00 270,000.00 $272,000.00 TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS Trust and Investment Funds -- Cash and Securities $124,753.25 $124,753.25 Joseph M. and Susan F. Stone Fund $10,000.00 Kate H. Stevens--Preservation of the Old Burying Ground 123.00 Taylor Fund 88.22 Addie S. Armitage Fund 3,913.94 Moses Towne Fund 4,347.04 Sarah Barker Fund 1,561.72 Phillips Educational Fund 1,238.05 Charles Whitney Davis Fund 10,890.52 Phillips Religious Fund 2,533.07 George W. and Ruth E. Berrian Memorial Fund 1,044.60 Elizabeth P. Stevens Fund 10,042.22 Stevens Memorial Library Improvement Fund 95.61 Nathaniel and Elizabeth P. Stevens Fund 25,012.96 Dale Stevens Children's Book Fund 6,073.02 Moses T. Stevens Fund 10,554.46 Anne Bradstreet Fund 1,371.28 Mary O. Tyler Fund --10.94 Herman Kober Fund 100.O0 Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 3,211.13 Stabilization Fund, Schools 24,552.13 Stabilization Fund, Water 8,011.21 $124,753.25 163 ~.~ GENERAL FUNDS Employees Pay Roll Withholdings: Federal Tax $48,921.27 Essex County Annuity Savings Fund 11,410.89 Massachusetts Teachers Retirement Association 8,309.29 State Assessments: State Parks and Reservations 1,380.94 State Audit of Municipal Accounts 356.62 County Assessments :. County Tax 1952 26,618.16 County T. B. Hospital 1952 9,161.18 Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Revenue 100,000.00 Reimbursements, Chapt. 90 G.L. 1,000.00 Dog Licenses--Due County 782.60 Trust Fund--Income: Joseph M. and Susan F. Stone 206.05 Total TRANSFERS FROM I~ESERVE FUND TO: Fire Station--Replace Front Doors $625.00 Veterans' Benefits 2,750.00 Election Expenses 500.00 Town Accountant Expenses 130.00 Steven~ Memorial Library Expenses 245.97 Total Respectfully submitted, $208,147.00 $4,250.97 MARY T. FINN Town Accountant 170 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NORTH ANDOVER SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of North Andover: At a meeting held January 8, 1953, it was voted to submit the report of the Superintendent of Schools to the Town as the annual report of the Schodl Committee. CHARLES W. TI~OMBLY, Chairman FRED C. ATKiNSON MRS. TOM F. INGRAM ROGER B. MERRIMAN WILLIAM F. ROCK 171 1952 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS January 8, 1953 To the School Committee: In compliance with your regulations I submit the following report of the year 1952. It is the ninety-eighth in the series of annual reports on the schools of North Andover, the fifty- eighth in the series o.f annual reports by the superintendent of schools. EDUCATION VS CATASTROPHE H. G. W~iiS once ~said; "Ci-~ilizk~:i0n' 'is*~ race between educafioh an~i eata¢~rophe," Wken ! ffr~5 read t~ose!:words, I was not sure that they were true. Now any one can see that there is a race, and that civilization and catastrophe are in- volved in the outcome. Is education the independent variable~ If there is any truth in the statement, words ten times as dui/ as the dullest in this, or:in any, school~report deservo rapt attention ? OUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL The School Building Program still claims our first atten- lion. Before these lines can be-read by any--except the mem- bers of the School Commit!ee~bids on our new high school will have been opened,: Iris much too soon to say ~nore about the new high school than the Seho01 Building Committee says in its brief report. In justice to the School Building Com- mittee one may say at least this: no pains have been spared to make this an adequate building. The Committee retained the best architects available--the same who did so well as the architects of the Kittredge School. Dr. Homer W. Anderson was retained as school building consultant. Principal Alvah G. Hayes has been a welcome participant in all the discussions that preceded the making of the plans. The teachers at Johnson High School have been aware of every decision made, and have actively cooperated with Dr. Anderson and Architect Frank W. Crimp. WHAT TO TEACH Even before a line was drawn on paper, the question of curriculum was considered for almost two years--at first, with Dr. C. Elwood Drake of the Newton Junior College as con- sultant, and last spring, with Professor Roy Billett of Boston University. Out of Professor Billett's conferences there has 172 come at least the outline Of a new curriculum, conserving, we hope, the substantial values o£ the old, but new in greater and more intelligent provisions for individual differences. More than an outline was hardly to be expected of teachers working full time, with only a few hours to give each week to the extra- ordinarily difficult work of curriculum change. The greatest value in such work is npt' in .the change wrought in the car- rieulum; it is in the change wrought in the teachers who took part. Already, however, enough has been accomplished to justify publication. And what was done by the teachers of Grades 6-12 should be continued by the teachers of Grades 1-5. GRADES 6, 7, 8 EdUcation is a single process, and what is taught i~n the first grade may be more important--it usually is--than ~vhat is taught in the twelfth grade. Nor are the teaching skills required at one level much different from the teaching skills required at another. The pupils are different. The pupils in the third grade deserve as good teaching as the pupils in the the seventh grade, but the pupils in thc seventh grade need a more varied program than the pupils iu the third grade. This is a ponderous introduction to the arrangement in Grades 6, 7, and 8 in ali three elementary schools. Each grade has a homeroom teacher, but each of these teachers specializes in one fiel~such as arithmetic, English, history and geography (the social studies). Pupils therefore feel the impact of three teaching personalities at this important period in their develop- ment. ARE WE DESIOCRATiC ENOUGH? For years Mr: I:Iayes and the three principals of the elementary schools have regmlarly met with your superindcn- dent once a month or oftener as.a kind of uno6qcial executive committee. May I suggest that this group be given status by the School Committee? This may well be one .rf~atter to con- sider in the more important task of revising your I~nles and Regulations--which should be more than verbal tinkering; it should indeed be a careful formulation of policies. Most school systems now' have a' regularly functioning principals' Committee; many go nmeh further than this. There are representative councils of elassro6m teachers working 5n close association with the administators; I-hope' that 'North Andover may employ this device fo~' mobili}ing the experienee and good will of our teachers. Perhaps I' should include'the janitors; who have also begun to meet more or ]ess' regularly to discuss their problems. 173 THANK YOU A great deal of American activity finds expression through corporate bodies with boards of directors, like the School Com- nfittee, and an executive, like a superintendent of schools. In the comment on the corporation or the school system people talk as if all that happens is the direct result of the will of the executive oflleer. No one will seriously entertain this illu- sion who know teachers--and their initiative; pupils--and their originality; parents--and their determination; the press--and its convictions; the individual and collective resourcefulness of the :School Committee--not to mention the inhibiting effect of inflation. All--the teachers, the pupils, the parents, the press, and the members of the School Committee--have eon- tribnted to whatever success our team may have had this year in that race between education and catastrophe which is known as civilization. Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS J. O'BRIEN Superintendent of Schools P.S. (because postscripts are always read, not because this is an unimportant afterthought.) Not now--not until the School Committee is convinced o2 the value of the proposal to the school children of North Andover, but surely before yon select another superintendent of schools you should choose a consultant on the curriculum in the elementary schools, with supervisory authority. F. J. O'B. CHANGES IN PERSONNEL People are continually coming and going in our school working force. Irven Elston, for twenty-five years janitor of the Thomson School and attendance oftieer of all the public schools, died suddenly on December 19, 1952. His eoworkers, teachers as well as janitors, will long remember him for his many kind- nesses; he was the most obliging of men. Miss Gladys C. Sullivan, who taught the language arts at the Kittredge School--as she had at the Bradstreet School for many years previously--became ill in December, just before the schools closed for the Christmas Yaeation. Miss Sullivan did not return to her usual place in .January; she died on January 2, 1953. The next annual report will carry formal tribute to her memory. Miss Mary E. Murphy, who had taught the third grade at the Union School and the second grade at the Merrimack and 174 the Kittredge Schools, retired at the cud of the school year 1951-1952, in June. She laid down the heavy burden of teaching because of ill health. Beverley Evangelos (Mrs. Nicholas Evangelos), secretary at Johnson High School, resigned to be with her husband, who is now in military service. Reed K. Taylor, B.S. (Emerson College)~ was elected by the School Committee a teacher at Johnson ttigh School, his special field being the arts of speech. ~Iis service began in September, 1952. Miss Barbara Eldredge, B.S. (Lowell Teachers College), after several years' experience in the Andover public schools, was elected to teach the second grade at the Kittredge School. Her service began in September, 1952. In September Kathrine Austin, R.N., resigned her position as school nurse to be married. Miss Agnes McClung, R.N., for many years employed as a Visiting Nurse in Lawrence, was elected School Nmcse. Joseph Pulvino, a graduate of the Conservatory of Music at Naples, Italy, who has had cxte~sive experience as a concert violinist, an orchestra leader, and teacher, was elected assistant supervisor of music. His service began in September, 1952. Carl Thomas, assistant janitor at Johnson High School, has been transferred to the Thomson School. He succeeds the the late Mr. Elston. Cornelius Hegarty was elected assistant janitor at the high school. He takes the place made vacant by the transfer o~ Mr. Thomas to the Thomson School. Miss Marie DeSimonc, a graduate of Johnson High School, was elected secretary at the high school. Her service began in July, 1952. 175 REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL January 5, i953 To the Superintendent of Schools: I submit to you my twenty-firit anuual report for Johnson High School. ENROLLMENT AS OF OCTOBER 1 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 Seniors 84 69 66 70 71 Juniors 78 79 71 79 80 Sophomores 82 S0 79 78 78 Freshmen 89 81 83 83 92 333 309 299 310 32] The above figures indicate that the turning point in rollment figures was reached in ]950. Since tha~: time ~thcre has been a gradual increase which, judging by present grade school enrollments, will tend to continue for the next few years, ttowever, by 1957 to 1958, there should be a rather marked increase, due to the present large enrollment in the middle and lower grades of the public elementary schools. These elementary school figures point toward an increase of at least 50 per cent dn the high school enrollmcnt within the next ten years. It appears that North Andover has been ex- tremely wise in authorizing the construction of a new high school building in the immediate future. CLASS OF 1952 Last June diplomas were granted to seventy-txvo graduates. Guidance oflqce figures indicate that seventeen of these pupils are continuing their education at the college level. In addition to these, fifteen others are now enrolled in specialized schools such as schools of nursing and business schools. Some of those attending college have roamed far afield, as is indicated by enrolhnents from Maine to North Carolina and westward to Texas. A rather large number of last year's graduating class received financial assistance in continuing their education. The following is a list of those who received such aid and the source from which it was secured: Marian Bamford $200 Mary E. Corcoran 100 Carolyn Dushame 250 Carolyn Dushame 50 Simmons College St. Michael's Holy Name Society Scholarship Drew University ~Methodist Youth Fellowship Scholarship I76 Joyce Hamilton Joyce Hamilton Joyce Hamilton Diana Keach ~¢[ary Long Dorothy Love Marjorie Midgley Barbara Saul Robert Thomson 400 National Methodist Conference Scholarship 150 Parent-Teachers Association Scholarship 50 Methodist Youth Fellowship Scholarship 250 Dr. Edward W. A. Holt Memorial Scholarship 100 V.F.W. Auxiliary and Post No. 2t04 Commercial Scholarship 125 Burbank Hospital School of Nursing 10 Boston University 800 Pierce Secretarial School 150 t[elen S. Carvell Scholarship in addition to the above awards George Knightly received a full four-year scholarship to a college of his choice under the Naval R,O,T.C. program. In these days of increasing costs such financial assistance is extremely helpful. The school is grateful to those organiza- tions which have been so generous in extending assistance. CURRI'CIJLUM REVISION As I pointed out in my last annual report a committee of teachers and representatives of various commnn~ty organiza- tions completed their survey dealing with curriculum revision in the high school. Several of the suggestions made by the above committee have now been incorporated in our program. It is true that our present building is not satisfactorily equipped to handle some of the changes in the most efficient manner, but the feeling existed that certai~ phases of the program might be tried in our present building with thc idea of adjusting diff/culties which might arise, before moving to our new build- ing. Certain of the changes recommended must obviously be postponed until such time as adequate facilities exist. The major changes adopted at present concern the areas of music, art and speech. CLASS OF 1902 At the graduation exercises of last June we were privileged to have in attendance four of the six living members of the graduating class of 1902. The plan of having as guests those graduates who have been out of om' school for fifty years was inaugurated in 1951, and the school will be glad to cooperate with any future groups ~vho may wish to return for a reunion. The principal should be contacted, however, sufficiently early so that satisfactory reservations may be made. 177 PERSONNEL CttANGES With the adoption of a portion of our newl? planned pro- gram it became necessary to add a teacher trained in the area of speech. Good teachers in this field are difficult 'to find. We were fortunate however in securing the services of ~'lr. Reed K. Taylor, a recent graduate of Emerson College. Mr. Taylor is doing an excellent job in our Speech Department. Other changes have been made in our personneh Mr. Carl Thomas was appointed as an assistant to Mr. John Cushing, our school janitor. Mr. Thomas was a replacement for Mr. William Donahne, who fonnd it necessary to relinquish his duties because of ill health. During the year Mrs. Beverly Evangelos, who had been acting as my secretary, resigned her position in order that she might be with her husband, who is in the armed forces. To complete the school year ending in June 1952, Mrs. Florence Souey was engaged by the School Committee. At the close of the school year a permanent appointment was made by this Committee. Miss Marie De Simone, a recent graduate of this school, was elected to assume the secretarial duties. DR. ROY O. BILLETT Dttring the Winter and Spring ali high school teachers and those in the upper grades of the public elementary schools took a course under Dr. Billett, a national authority in the field of secondary education. This course x~as g}ven under the direction of the North £,~ndover School Committee and wa~ entitled "Im- proving Education in North Andover". The objective of the course was to produce a better integration and continuity of subject matter from grade seven through grade twelve. This course was under the supervision of Boston University. MACINTOSH SPEAKING CONTEST The North Andover P. T. A. again acted as sponsor for the Macintosh Prize Speaking Contest. This contest was held in the Thomson School auditor/mn on April 16, 1952. Cash prizes were awarded the following contestants: 1st prize Mary Love 2nd prize--Sandra Vosc 3rd prize Rosemary Burke (Sophomore Class) (Junior Class) (Sophomore Class) SURVEY OF COLLEGE MARKS As has been customary periodically, a survey was eon- dueted last Spring relating to the aeadenfie success of Johnson gradnates who had entered college during the last s~x years. 178 This survey included all graduates who, according to our records, had entered college during this period. The various colleges were contacted with the request that they provide transcripts of the scholastic records of the pupils ~mmed. The survey included thirty-five different colleges and o~e hundred and four pupils. Each college marked on a five point scale, with "A" as honor work and "E" as a below-passing grade. The results of this survey were highly pleasing, as has been thc case in previous surveys. This most recent iuvestigation indicated that of 2155 marks or grades given by thc colleges to these pupils, 1169 were recorded as A or B ("excellent" or "good") and only 42 marks were recorded as "failing". Ex- pressed in terms of percentages, 54% were indicated in the A or B range, while only 2% were failures. In view of the £aet that this survey covered not only pupils who were certified to colleges by this school, bat also those whom the school could not eertiiy as capable of doing satisfactory college work, the reault~ were highly gratifying and indicate the sound ann effective teaching of the high school staff in the college pre- paratory area. X-P~AYS This Fall the mobile x-ray unit of the State IIealth De- partment visited North Andover. 307 pupils out of our total enrollment of 321 took advantage of having the chest x-ray. During the last few years a much greater emphasis has been placed on health and Ilealth Instrnction and it is through such services as the x-ray unit that health problems eau be attacked before they arrive at the diffleult or acute stage. HIGH SCHOOL GUIDE ()ur school never has had, in the past, a manual describing the various rules and regulations of our institution, or the courses of study offered, as well as a description of them. Consequently a considerable amount of time last year was devoted by my ofllee to the preparation of such a manuah It was issued in June to all studenm in the high school, as well as to those enrolled in the eighth grades. The manual was prepared in mimeograph form and serves to acquaint parents and prospective pupils with our school. This publication is called "Guide to Your High School". It is hoped that, with certain minor changes, it may be possible at some time in the not too distant future to publish this manual in printed form. SCHOOL BAND The North Andover School Band, under the direction of Clarence Mosher, has made marked progress during the year. The band has, in the past, been composed largely of grade- school pupils. However, many of these pupils are no~v enrolled 179 in the high school. They have arrived at the point where they are ready and able to take part in various community events. However, in order to present thc proper appearance before the public, it is quite essential that serious consideration should be given to the matter of uniforms for this organization. READING I~ common with many schools at the present time, we find ourselves eon£rontcd with a reading problem. Some pupils are slow readers; others read inaccurately and still others read with lack of understanding. The problem is due to a variety o£ conditions over which the schools have no control. The average boy and girl today does not read sufficiently to properly develop this particular skill. Contributing to the problem are a variety o~ developments, such as motion pic- tures, radio and television, which require no reading ability ~or proper understanding. Reading is a skill sub, eot and in common with other skill subjects requires repeated pr.actiee. Since much of the instruction at the high school level demands a considerable degree of reading ability, those individuals lacking in this skill find then]selves at a distinct disadvantage. I would suggest that in the near future, eonsideration be given to the possibility of engaging a teacher who has specialized in the improvement of reading abilities. With the iraprovement of reading skill, improvement in other school snbjeets which depend on this skill might be expected to follow. Viewed in retrospect, the past year would seem to be one of excellent accomplishment. This has not been due to any one individual, or to any group; rather it has been due to the emnbined cooperative efforts of all who have had relations with the high school. To all of these I extend my most sincere thanks for the assistance which has been given. Sincerely yours, ALVAH O. HAYES Principal 180 HANDWRITING IN YOUR SCHOOLS The letter that follows, from Mr. W. L. t~inehart, under whose supervision instruction in handwriting has been since 1944, clearly shows the progress that has been made in the last nine years: My dear 3.Ir. O'Brien: I am pleased to submit the following' report on the opera- tion of the handwriting program in your schools for the school year of 1951-52. In the initial handwriting tests administered in December 1944, 8.4% of your pupils made a grade of "A" (Excellent); 17.7% made a score of "B"; and 73.8% scored less than "B". In the tests administered in June 1952, 78.2% received a.grac[e of "A"; 11.5% scored "B"; and 10.2%, scored less than "B'. Itandwriting Certificates were awarded to 90% of your gradu- ates. During the school year we graded approximately 6500 formal samples of handwriting for your pupils. A formal test was admhfistered monthly and a report was furnished the teacher giving a careful diagnosis of the handwriting of each pupil in her room. We furnished the following instructional materials: monthly teachers' outlines, pupil folder outlines, room motiva- tion certificates, handedness tests, individual handwriting cer- tificates for pupils who qualified, monthly and term envelopes, seals, etc. 'My supervisors join with me in expressing our apprecia- tion for the splendid cooperation we have received from you and your teac'hers at all times. We are very pleased with the results obtained ]n your schools. Sincerely yours, W. L. RINEHART Diree*or 181 STATEMENT OF NET LOCAL COST OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 1952 t~xpenditures Receipts: State Aid for Public Schools $42,299.93 State Aid for Tuition of Pupils attending Vocational Schools 303.62 State Aid for Transportation of Pupils to Vocational Schools 16.71 State Aid on Local Transporta- tion of Pupils 693.68 Sale of Supplies and Cash Receipts 116.86 Refunds 138.22 Petty Cash Ad~ance 10.00 $248,934.21 Total Receipts 43,579.02 Amount Expended from Local Taxation $205,355.19 This accounts for $16.43 in the annual tax rate, or 37 cents in eYery dollar raised by taxatiou. NORTH ANDOVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXPENSE ACCOUNTS, 1952 Acme Chemical Company, thermox $69.20 Allyn and Bacon, workbooks 29.10 American Book Company, books 347.67 American Council on Education, book 2.50 American Hardware Company, dry cells 2.75 American Library' Association, library guide 2.00 Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., book 3.16 The Arlo Publishing Company, books 78.43 Association Films, Inc., films 3.45 Atwell Service Company, ediphone service 13.00 Audio Visual Division of Popular Science, record 3.00 Kathrine E. Austin, travel allowance 187.50 Fred E. Bacon, records 9.27 R. A. Beauchemin Company, repair of power lawnmower 45.90 Beckley-Cardy Company, books 24.19 Beco Associates,. boiler service 150.00 Charles A. BenNett Co.; Inc., ,boks 65.34 The H. Berger Paper Company, paper towels, janitorial supplies 386.72 Wendell Berman Insurance Agency, athletic and accident insurance 960.00 Bill's Auto Service, gasoline, loan of power mower 93.65 Bing's Dry Cleaners, drapes and blankets 12.00 Roy Bird, train transportation to Haverhill Trade School 33.00 Joseph Bomier, train transportation to Haverhill Trade School 8.75 Bostitch Northeast, Inc., staplers 8.00 182 Boston and Maine Railroad, frcight charge on supplies 1.40 Boston Music Company, music, records 196.90 Boston University, tuition for 29 teachers enro]led in "hnproving Secondary Education in Your Community" 696.00 film membership 100.00 R. R. Bowker Company, American Education catalog 1.00 The Boynton Press, printing 303.5'5 Bride, Grimes & Company, boiler repairs 47.51 Mary A. Buckley, pamphlets 3.50 Bureau of Publications, personnel records 15.00 Business Education World, subscription 5.00 12.00 Business Week, subscription Olive Butler, travel allowance 200.00 Daniel F. Cahill, Postmaster, stamps 9.75 Roger Camf, transportation to Haverhill Trade School 31.00 Campbell's Market, supplies for food classes 139.55 Cash or Rita Enaire, petty cash 24.00 Cashman's Service Station, fuses .50 Central New York School Study Council, books 4.62 City of Boston, tuition 133.70 City of Haverhill, tuition 1,148.30 City of Lawrence, tuition 577.00 City of Lowell, tuition 95.00 7.50 City of Lynn, tuition City of Somerville, tuition 7.20 4.25 Civic Education Service, Inc., books The Classical Journal, subscriptions 7.50 6.60 The Clearing House, subscription Cleveland Heights--Board of Education, books 1.25 Joseph A. Collins, electrical work and repairs 176.52 Columbia Uinversity Press, film rental 5.16 Comet Press Books Corp., books 29.62 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of University Extension, film rental 5.50 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Reformatory, tables 81.00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Workshop for fhe Blind, tuning pianos and replacing parts 100.00 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Publications Office, courses of study 4.25 15.00 Conlon Bros., paper towels Consumer's Research, subscription 5.00 P. E. Conte, plaster repairs 35.00 Continental Car-No-.Var Corp., brushes 19.50 Betty Corcoran, mimeograph work 1.00 Crane Company, vacuum breaker 1.85 Crane Hardware Company, janitorial supplies 113.23 K. M. Crawford Company, floor wax 27.50 Crosby Publishing Company, Inc., North Andover 12.00 directory George Cunningham, evening services 20.00 John J. Cushing, evening service 5.00 John J. Cyr, erecting basketball standards 39.75 Dalrymble Oil Company, Inc., fuel oil, burner service 1,699.46 James W. Daly, Inc., health supplies 27.61 Dana Trucking Co., Inc., express charge on tables 3.24 The C. B. Dolge Company, liquid soap, pine cleaner 102.63 2.70 John V. Donovan, conference expenses 2.50 Dramatics Magazine, subscription 40.00 C. H. Driver Company, report cards Dura Binding~ Company, rebinding books 149.10 183 Dyer-Clark Company, electric bulbs, switch 58.33 Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co., printing advertising 101.80 Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co., bus tickets 54.50 The Education Digest, subscription 7.00 Educational Press Association of America, yearbook 1.00 Educational Testing Service, school reports 2.00 Educators' Progress Service, film guide 9.00 Educators Service Company (Visual Curriculum Center), moving picture projector supplies, trans, on films 74.15 Educator's Washington Dispatch, subscription 18.00 Irven Elston, evening services, use o£ auto, telephone 95.00 R/ia Enaire, meetings 69.30 George Everson, evening services 25.00 A. H. Farnham, wood . 24.00 The Fideler Company~ book 2.36 John Finneran, pictures of art exhibit 4.25 Cart Fischer, /nc., music 123.05 Follett Publishing Company, books 98.09 Fresno City Schools, curriculum material 1.05 The Garrad Press, books 7.24 General Biological Supply House, science supplies 5.99 Gerrish, Peter & Company, dishwasher 855.00 Emile Giard, mowing Thomson School yard 15.00 Madeline Gillen, field trips, conference expenses 24.72 Ginn and Company, books 915.37 Gledhill Bros., Inc., classroom supplies ' 362.80 The Gregg Publishing Company, books 8.00 The Grolier Society, Inc., books and. maps 160.10 Walter Hamilton, bus trans, to Lowell Trade School 5.50 J. L. Hammett Company, classroom and art supplies 1,329.63 C. S. Hammond & Company, wall atlases 36.90 Handcrafters, supplies 32.46 Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc., books . 276.82 Harper & Brothers, books 24.45 Hart Electric Company, electric lights (Bradstreet) 967.94 Robert Haskell Company, ditto service 15.65 Hairy & Young, microphone, recording supplies 80.22 Alvah G. Hayes, travel allowance 100.00 D. C. Heath & Company, books and workbooks 88.57 J. I. Holcomb Manufacturing Co., floor supplies 64.50 Henry Holt & Company, books 41.10 A. C. Horn Company, Inc., janitorial supplies · 84.00 John R. Hosking, office and classroom supplies 111.74 Houghton Mifflin Company, books, workbooks 212.23 F. Milton Howard, athletic supplies, express on film 4.13 international Business Machines Corp.. typewriter 373.00 International Textbook Company, boo'ks 8.76 Jackson Chairs, Inc., folding tables 109.50 Jackson's Taxi, transportation of pupil to clinic 25.50 The George T. Johnson Company, janitorial supplies 41.65 RaYmond Keach train transportation to Haverhill Trade 21.00 E. A. Kelleher Company, cafeteria dishes 87.45 Charles R. Kent, Jr., pupil transportation 2,432.67 William B. Kent Ice & Oil Co., moving charges 30.39 Knowledge Builders, film rental 4.43 Koffman Paper Products, Inc., paper towels 93.00 N. L. & E. W. Kruysman, Inc., music carriers 13.10 Ladd Visual Service, postage on films 2.05 B. A. Larson & Company, outside flag 15.00 La Vie, subscription, supplies 13.19 Lawrence Gas & Electric Company, service 3,214.98 184 Lawrence Lumber Company, lumber Lawrence Plate & Window Glass Co., glass, setting Lawrence Window Cleaning Co., Inc., washing windows Fred Leach, pltm~bing repress Lebowitz Bros., oil burner serwce A. Lee Company, distilled water Linguaphone Institute, records J. B. Lippincott Company, books Little, Brown & Company, book Little Fawn Cleaners, Inc., towels, coats, bedding Longbottom's Market, supplies for food classes Loomis Laboratory, globe John R. Lyman Company, cleaning and polishing cloths Lyons & Carnahan, workbooks The Mac Press, permanent record cards The Macmillan Company, books Mainco Trading Company. classroom supplies Manifold Supplies Company, carbon paper Jennie C. Marino, travel allowance Martin & Murray, Inc., books Massachusetts Association of School Cmmmittees, membership Massachusetts Secondary School Principals Association, subscription Masury-Young Company_ janitorial supplies John McDuffie, garage rental McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., books McQuesten's, duplicating fluid Meadow Brook Soft Water Laundry. Inc., towels, coats Meagan's Drug Store, health supplies G. & C. Merriam Company, books Charles E. Merrili Co., Inc., books, workbooks J. Ernest Miller, carpenter labor and supplies Milton Bradley Company, classroom supplies Model Airplane News, subscriptions The Modern Language Journal. subscriptions Modern Plumbing & Heating Supply, boiler repairs The C. V. Mosby Company, book Clarence F. Mosher, Jr., travel allowance, supplies, conference expenses Jim Mulligan's Radio Lab.. amplifier rental National Association of Secondary-School Principals, Consumer Education publications The National Cash Register Company. maintenance service National Conference of Christians & Jews, pamphlets 'National Council of Teachers of English, subscription, book National Council for Social Studies. subscription National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, sub- scription The National Education Association, pamphlets The National Geographic Society, subscriptions The Nation's Schools, subscription Natural History, subscription The Herman-Nelson Corporation,. filters, repairs G. A. Nesbitt & Son, projector repairs Nevada State Department of Education, curriculum study material New England School Development Council, member- ship, NESDEC NEWS New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., service 185 686.04 I12.36 245.00 113.88 164.25 .60 4.11 11.31 2.52 40.01 14.85 3.50 44.63 26.02 46:50 105.25 61.86 76.95 250.00 56.55 15.00 1.00 236.71 17.50 261.17 3.00 13.43 8.58 61 22 134.70 169.14 338,48 9.37 8.00 23.60 3.83 328.14 20.00 69.12 12.00 1.15 6.25 4.00 5.00 .71 12.00 5.00 5.00 111.53 12.00 2.85 110.30 819,59 New York Herald Tribune, subscription 3.00 North Andover'Board of Public Works, water, clearing sewer 259.08 North Andover Coal Co., coal, fuel oil 1,699.99 Northwest Educational Bureau, pamphlets 3.23 A. J. Nystrom & Company, maps 16.00 Francis J. O'Brien, travel allowance 150.00 i~2. O'Mahoney Company, cement, sand 4.70 Outdoor Life, subscriptions 3.00 F. A. Owen Publishing Co., subscriptions 18.00 The Personal Book Shop, Inc., books 13.87 Petroleum Heat and Power Co., burner service 87.30 Photoart Visual Service, film rental 1.90 David Pitman, train transportation to Haverhill Trade 26.00 Players Magazine, subscription 3.50 Popular Science Filmstrip-of-the-Month Club, membership 30.00 Prentice-Hall, Inc., books 46.30 Radicone Bros., subscription 3.00 Railway Express Agency, express charges 92.74 Harold Ratcliffe, boiler repairs 303.86 Gilbert Rea, mowing, trimming, raking 52.00 Remington Rand, Inc., typewriters 187.50 Re-Tone Products, floor supplies 59.00 Rinehart Handwriting System, supervision 500.00 J. W. Robinson Co., automobile repairs 30.20 Tom Robinson, Jr., pupil transportation 3,242.18 Doublas D. Rothacker, postage on films .73 Row, Peterson & Company, Books 42.65 St. John and McColl, Inc., mimeograph service and supplies 98.29 St. Louis Button Co., celluloid cases 19.16 Arnold H. Salisbury, 2d, services 200.00 Benjamin II. Sanborn & Co., boks 19.97 Quentin Sarcione, transportation to Lowell Trade School 1.10 Saunder's Studio, projector supplies 7.85 Frank Savoy, transportation to IIaverhill Trade School 10.00 Scholastic Publications, subscriptions 93.60 School Executive, subscription 5.00 School Service Company, library permits and notices 10.92 George H. Schruender, gasoline .50 Science Education, subscription 4.00 Science News Letter, subscription 10.00 Science Research Associates, testing, guidance service, workbooks 636.04 Scott, Fores~man k Company, books, workbooks 282.60 Charles Scribner's Sons, books 53.10 Sears, Roebuck and Company, supplies 3.89 The Series Publishers, Inc., Panorama of Science 5.62 Seventeen, subscription 8.00 Albert G. Shellnut, tire repair 1.35 Silver Burdett Company, book 3.53 The L. W. Singer Company, Inc., books 162.31 Singer Sewing Machine Co., sewing machine supp]ies 11.52 John Slipkowsky, lawnmowers sharpened 14.00 L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters, Inc., typewriters, repairs 147.53 Snider Fuel Corp., coal 1,656.79 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., gasoline 60.82 South-Western Publishing Co., bookkeeping practice sets 362.15 Spaulding-Moss Company, school manuals, supplies 87.36 186 The Standard Electric Time Co., master clock service 32.00 State Teachers College, pamphlet .50 The Steck Company, workbooks 49.75 Student Bookstore, pamphlets 2~50 Sullivan Typewriter Company, repairs and supplies 43~77 Superintendent of Documents, subscription 1.25 A. B. Sutherland Company, sheets 15.54 Carl A. Thomas, census, use of auto 16.49 A. K. Thomas Company, typewriter repairs 28.00 Thomas' Boston, Lowell & Lawrence Express, charges 4.32 Today's Secretary, subscriptions 22.75 O. II. Toothaker, books 68.88 Claire T. Torpey, lettering diplomas 25.20 Town of Andover, tuition 6.00 ~Treat IIardware Corp., janitors' and manual training supplies 224.88 Trombly Brothers, pupil transportation 2,643.31 The Twentieth Century Fund, book 2.37 Underwood Corp., typewriter repairs 35.20 United Nations World, subscription 4.00 United Restaurant Equipment Co., gas stove 155.00 United World Films, Inc., film rental 2.50 The University of Chicago Press, subscriptions, yearbook 11.87 The University of Nebraska, handbooks 7.20 The University Publishing Co., books 41.54 Verd-.A-Ray, bulbs, fuse 11.76 Charles I. Vincent, desk repairs, conference expenses 96.00 Vocational Guidance Manuals, guidance manuals 5.52 Webster Publishing Company, books, workbooks 147.56 It. J. Welch Company Co., plumbing repairs, installation of dishwasher 641.28 West Disinfecting Company, janitorial supplies 95.18 Charles White Coal Company, fuel oil 908.69 White Rose Laundry, coats 14.45 Whitworth's, athletic supplies 37.30 John Wiley and Sons, Inc., books 80.41 The H. W. Wilson Company, subscription 3.60 The John C. Winston Company, books, workbooks 195.22 Winwar~ Inc., janitorial supplies, recharging fire extinguishers 330.30 IIenry S. Wolkins Company, classroom supplies 488.56 World Almanac, almanacs 3.70 World Book Company, books, tests 177.03 TOTAL $44,594.52 187 OUR SCHOOL CAFETERIAS Thc housewife who finds herself confronted with menu planning and buying food for the family today knows the problems I face every school day. The cafeterias are three families, each having its individual problems and differences. Keeping in mind what yon do in your home planning, please follow me in my cafeteria planning. ttere are a few menus and their costs. These were served at Johnson High 'School: Chicken Soap Egg' Sand~vich Pudding Frankfurt and Roll Baked Beans Jello Milk American Chop Suey Cabbage Salad Pudding Bread and Butter -- Milk Cost: 24 cents per serving (food only) Price: 25 cents Cost: 20 cents per serving Price: 25 cents Cost: 19 cents per serving Price: 25 cents The children pay 25 cents per meal, and the State subsidy is nine cents. Th~ 34 cents I receive for these meals must take care of the cost of thc food and all operating expenses..We receive federal aid which helps ns along these difficult times. The financial subsidy, as I have shown above, and surplus foods are a great help, and the cafeteria could not operate without this aid. JENNIE C. MARINO School Lunch Manager NORTH ANDOVER SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM Receipts and Expenditures January 1, 1952--December 31, 1952 Receipts Cash Balance, January 1, 1952 $551.07 Sale of Food $13,537.07 State Reimbursements 3,640.90 Total Receipts Total Cash Available 17,177.97 $17,729.04 191 Expenditures George Bancroft & Co. $236.64 John 1~. Cain Co. 205.51 Commonwealth of Mass. 3].70 Glennie's Milk Co. 3,835.83 S. Gumpert 108.29 Jersey Ice Cream Co. 2,360.91 ~r. I. Kimball, Inc. 97.05 Megowan Educator Food 11.81 Messina's Market 853.70 Milani Foods 245.85 Morehouse Bakery 682.87 N. E. Milk & Prod. Assoc. 4.50 Rutter's Laundry 26.70 John Sexton Co. 1,427.56 Stone-Forsythe Co. 93.30 Wing's Express 64.87 Frank Scuderi & Son 148.20 Bernard Food Industries, Inc. 536.25 C. Pappas Co. 805.96 V,rinwar, Inc. 52.46 F. E. Sheehy Co. 83.10 Solux Chemical Co. 21.03 Rival Foods 51.72 Workers Retirement Fund 163.80 Blue Cross 34.66 Miscellaneous Expenses 79.30 Withholding Tax 588.10 Total Expenditures to Creditors V~'ages: Emilie Bixby $1,094.18 Mabel Thomson 940.80 Edith Wainwright 972.58 Alice Cavalaro, Helper 558.60 Oladys Cranston, Snb. 60.00 Mary Ness, Sub. 4.80 Eva Enaire, Sub. 9.00 Alice Bastian, Sub. 6.00 Alice bi. Neal, Bookkeeper 225.00 Total Wages Total Payments Cash Balance, January 1, 1953 192 $12,851.67 3,870.96 16,722.63 $1,006.41 BRADSTREET, KITTREDGE, JOHNSON HIGH SOHOOL Profit and Loss Smnraary, Jan. 1, 1952- Dec. 31, 1952 (as summarized from monthly Profit and Loss Statements submitted by Alice M. Neal, Bookkeeper.) Johnson Bradstreet Kittredge High School Profit Loss Profit Loss Profit Loss January $79.66 $495.19 $22.09 February $99.94 $112.22 $144.15 March 43.74 49.78 126.66 April 79.46 9.65 61.12 May 15.40 71.75 168.38 June .25 35.08 155.86 September 169.18 33.54. 82.55 ()ctober 104.51 65.68 177.61 November 201.79 17.75 155.28 December 71.30 61.89 49.57 Totals $225.47 $609.76 $703.09 $249.44 $455.29 $687.98 $354.29 $453.65 Bradstrect Net Loss $354.29 Johnson Net Loss 232.69 Total $586.98 Less: Kittredge Net Profit 453.65 Total Loss for School Lunch Program $133.33 $232.69 DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAM Since the delivery of the Driver Training car by the J. ~V. Robinson Company of Lawrcuce to Johnson High School a year ago last December, we have made moderatgly successful progress in our attempt to develop well-trained teen-age mo- torists. In that period we have had inspectors from the l~egis- try of Motor Vehicles come to award licenses to about seventeen examinees. This figure, however, does not present the complete picture; thirteen others who had taken the twenty horn's of classroom instruction took the examination "on ~he]r own" a~ the Registry office in Lawrence, thus bringing the number of school-sponsored drivers to about thirty. This number would undoubtedly be larger wcrc it not for the fact that the Driver Training Program is entirely an after school activity. With the present school schedule and teacher 198 load there is no o~her :set-up possible. As a result, I feet :that ;here are probably as many more students who would like to take advantage of the program but cannot because it conflicts wi~h other valuable extra-curricula activities in which they are presently engaged, JOHN V. DONOVAN Instructor JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS The painstaking financial statement which fo;lows was pre- pared by the Faculty Manager of Athletics, ,John L. Finneran. 1; shows almost at a glance the strength and the weakness of our program. There was a small loss this year; financially, this is a sign o2 weakness. On the other hand, this loss could be met out o£ the reserve conscientiously accumulated in more fortunate years; this is strength--moral as well as financial. The taxpayer makes no direct contribution to athletics at Johnson except to pay ~Ir. George E. Lee, who is our instructor in biology, health studies, and physical education, an additional stipend of $600 for coaching football, basketball, and baseball, and to pay Mr. Finnerau, who is one of our instructors in science and ma;hematics, an additional $100 for his time-eon- suming work as bookkeeper, ticket salesman; and bnsines~ manager. It is a fair question whether our program of athletics adequate. Can a prog'ra~n be adequate if the expenses come to no more than $q,821.797 194 FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 1952 - $ohnson High School Athletic Association Receipts Football Basketball Sale of Baseballs Athletic Association Dues Boosters Tags Balance on Hand January 1, 1952 Total Receipts Expenses Nate Aldrich William MeEvoy l)onald Aldrich Mary Hennessey Ilarold Driseoll Fred Maecaron William Regan Frank McEvoy William Brady John Durkin Fred Drescher Edmrmd Graezyk Whitworth Sporting Goods Ivory System Lawrence l%bber John Cushing Boynton Press Globe Ticket Company Eagle Tribune Glennies Milk Morehouse Baking Company N. A. School Lunch Phelans Variety Loren Mnrehison Summer's Service Sehruender's Service Charles Kent Bus Service Robinson School Bus Service George F. Lee Brine's Sporting Goods Bing's Leaners Arrow System Mass. See. School Association John Finneran !95 $1,258.96 215.22 18.50 79.20 60.88 1,063.19 $2,695.95 $92.50 23.00 20.00 10.00 15.00 17.50 32.50 5.00 30.00 45.00 30.00 15.00 703.12 185.50 3.87 6.00 22.20 12.00 16.00 4.35 1.20 3.69 1.10 10.23 58.15 12.00 25.00 65.00 63.92 82.16 4.20 43.60 18.00 5.00 Joseph Lawlor Everett Woodhouse Frank Howard Jean Ingram Roland Russell David D. Long, Jr. Joseph Smith Leo Axtin Kenneth Rapacz Water Stamp Donglas Auer Charles F. Lee Total Receipts Total Expenses Balance on Iland January 1, 1953 ENROLLMENT ON OCTOBER I 21.00 28.00 7.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 60.00 $1,821.79 $2,695.95 1,821.79 Grade 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1 145 114 86 85 119 2 117 ~48 85 92 93 3 112 117 113 86 88 4 111 111 86 119 94 5 98 113 74 89 116 6 94 102 86 70 87 7 94 92 95 87 72 8 91 93 83 88 87 Special 9 9 10 12 5 Elementary 871 899 718 728 761 9 89 81 83 83 92 30 82 80 79 78 77 11 78 79 71 79 80 32 84 69 66 70 P.G. 3 High 333 312 299 310 320 Total 1204 121l 10~7 1038 1081 196 : :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ...... :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ..... : : '~,z : :~ : : : : : : :~ o ..... ..... ~<~ : : : : ,~ .~ - :o · · : -~ · . '~.~ ~ ..... ~ · - · ...... :,.~r~ : :~ : : . :~. :~ ..~° ..... ...... ~ ~ . ,.. : : : :~ :~ ~ ~ ....... ~ . ....... ~ ~ b ~ ~ ~ · o * ~''~ ~ ..... : : : ~ ~ ~'~ :' ; . : : '~ ~ ...... ~ =~&~ : : : 0 rtl r~ L o;~ REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 No. of Absentees Investigated 43 39 26 25 15 No. of Truancies Reported 17 9 8 8 8 No. of Parents Notified 44 42 3! 25 17 No. of Pupils Taken to School 3 2 2 3 0 No. of Transfer Cards Investi- gated 12 30 20 20 5 No. Committed to Training School 0 0 I 0 0 No. of Home Permits Investi- gated 0 0 0 0 0 Respectfully submitted, iRVEN ELSTON Attendance Officer NOON SUPERVISORS Kittredge Mrs. Veronica Perkins $366 Kittredge ~'~rs. Amy Mclntyre 384 Bradstreet Mrs. Anna Aleksa 374 Bradstreet Mrs. Helen Livesey B78 Substitute :Miss Gertrude Joyce · 48 Substitute Mrs. Gladys Cranston 2 TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS Charles R. Kent, Jr., 6 East Water Street $2,500.00 Tom Robinson, Jr., 41 Second Street ' : 3,131.25 Trombly Bros., 147 Sutton Street 2,540.75 NEW HEALTH EXAMINATION A new program regarding the physical examinations was started this year. All children in thc 1st, 4th, 8th, and qlth grades were given a stripped-to-the-waist examination, and also an examination of the feet, by the school physician. Such examination bring to light defects which otherwise might not be noted until more serious trouble had developed. :Although an exanfination is compulsory, parents may now have the examination done by their:own physieiaa. The emnnlative physical record is kept mi file until ~he child is through high school. Seen in perspective, the data can be valuable. It is au advantage to the child to have all in- formation as accurate and complete as possible. To aeemnplish this the parents are invited to be present at the examination for a conference with the prysician and nurse in regard to the child's health status. AGNES McCLUNG School Nurse 202 SCHOOL CALENDAR 1952-1953 December 23, Tuesday: January 5, Monday: February 20, Friday: March 2, Monday: April 24, Friday: l~ay 4, Monday: June 19, Friday: September 3, Wednesday: Schools reopen. November 26, Wednesday: Schools close at noon for remain- der of week. Thanksgiving re- cess. Schools close at noon for Christ- mas vacation. Schools reopen. Schools close at night for mid- win~er vacation. Schools reopen. Schools close at night for spring vacation. Schools reopen. High school closes for summer vacation. The following holidays, which occur during school time, will be observed: Friday, October 3, Essex County Teachers' Assoeiatlon Meeting Monday, October 13, Columbus Day Tuesday, November 11, Armistice Day Friday, April 3, Good Friday Monday, April 20, Patriots' Day NO-SCHOOL SIGNALS Three blasts of the Fire Signal 7:30 A. M. -- 12:15 P. M. Radio Broadcasts Stations WLAW and WLLI{ Note: The signal at 7:30 A. M. applies to the elementary schools only. The Superintendent of Schools may call off the session of the high school under con~tions of extraordinary severity by a signal at 7:15 A. M. 204 EIGTHY-THIRD GRADUATION EXER(]ISES JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Class of 1952 Stevens Hall, North Andover, Massachusetts June 20, 1952 Eight o'clock Overture--"Cradle of LiberTy" Johnson Processional March "Honor Legion" Vance Prayer--Rev. Francis L. Shea Response--Chorus · Class Salutatory with Essay "The Truth About Teen Agers" Joyce Ann Hamilton "Where in the World" Ades Chorus Class Essay--"The Open Doors" Diana Mae Keach "You'll Never Walk Alone" From the Musical Play "Carousel") Rodgers-Stickles Girls' Chorus Class Essay--"Unfathomable Science" Elizabeth Leona Duncan Presentation of Awards S. A. R. Good Citizenship Award ~ason W. K. Downing Betsy Ross Chapter D. A. 1{. Good Citizenship Award The Principal Class Oration--"We Will Fnd a Path or Mqke One" Marian Emma Bamford Presentation of Scholarships V. F. W. Auxiliary and Post No. 2104 Commercial Scholarship Mrs. Dorothy McCarthy Dr. Edward W. A. Holt Memorial Scholarship: Awarded by North Andover Board of Trade Helen S. Carvell Scholarship: Awarded by North Andover Woman's Club North Andover Farent-Teacher Association Scholarship Saint l~Iichael's Holy Name Society Scholarship Methodist Youth Fellowship Scholarship The Principal 205 Presentation of Diplomas Dr. Fred C. Atkinson "God Of Our Fathers" Arranged by Muddy Ct~orus and Band F~ssay With Valedictory "An Optimistic America" George Harlan Knightly Class Song Words by Yielen A. Langlois Graduates ;'The Star-Spangled Banner" Key Graduates a~d Audience 1~ecessional March "Grand Choeur" Marcelli CLASS SONG Tune Adapted from Browne Grcaton-Cole Farewell dear Johnson. Time has come ;o par;~ As from these halls we go Sadness fills our hearts. To aH the friends we've made And onr teachers true, May wc bring honor In everything we d'o. Farewell dear Johnson, l~aise her banner high: Proudly we'll stand by you, As the years go by. Memories will linger on-- Memories will no~ die. To thee we stag thy praise, Farewell Johnson High. --~Vords by Helen A. Langlois Senior Marshal George E. Schoficld Ushers Ylembers of Class of 1953' Frederick J. Clarke Patti D. Donovan Leonard T. Coppcra Kenneth A. Lambert Rober~ M. Lewis Jtmior Marshat Lois A. Milliken 206 DECORATING COMMITTEE ~ (M'embers o£ Class of 1953) Alice E. Dolan Nan~y A. Lawlor Charles A. Haight Robert M. Lewis ' 'George E. Kettinger Lois A. Milliken l~Iusic by North Andover School Band Conductor Clarcnce F. Mosher, Jr. Accompanist Ann L. Nelson Class MottoL-'~We Will Find a Path. or klake One" Class Colors--Gold and White School Colors Scarlct and Black 1948 GRADUATES -- 1952 Alexander, Douglas~Wake Forest College *Bamford, Marian Simmons College Belanger, Fay--Community Chest Belyea, John Newman Prep. (Boston) Blodgett, Marjorie At Home (married) Brown, J. Richard Culinary Institute Chamberlin, Claire Little T6wn Toggery Clarke, Helen--McIntosh School Cole, RobertBoynton Press *Corcoran, Elizabeth Merrimack College Crabtree, Walter Merrimack College Cushing,.' Joseph--Suffolk University DeAdder, Donald Wentworth tnstitute *Detora, DorothyLebowitz Brothers Doherty, RobertBook Salesman, N. Y. Doran, Elizabeth Grants *Duncan, Elizabeth Assistant Lab. Tech. *Dushamc, CarolynDrew Univcrsity Enaire, William Davis & Furber Co. Ferrigno, Marie Navy Yard, Civil Service Finn, Edmund I)avid & Furber Co. Flanagan, MildredHytron Electric Co. *Forgetta, I)anielForgetta's Farm Freeman, Dana--Northeastern University *Gcorgc, Arlene---Jackson College * Giribaldi, Gioia--Chandlcr Green, Green, Eleanor A & P, Boston (office) Greenfield, IVl~,argaretAir Age School Haigh, John Lowell Textile Harnel, MaryAt Home "'"Hamilton. Joyce Southern Methodise University Hogan, Maureen--At Home (married) Holdsworth, IreneAt Home Janusz, David Mass. Radio School Kane, Christin~Agawam Dye Works (office) I~ane, Fred B.U. (Aviation) *Keach, Diana--Merrimack College Kilton, JoanAt Home *Knightly, GeorgeTufts College *Langlois, Helen-~McInto~h Sch0ol. . ~ Licciardello, Laura Working (Cal~ornia) ' Long, Mary--Merrimack College Long, Milton Wentworth Institute Love, Dorothy--Burbank Hospital MacCannell, James~Eagle Tribune McAloon, Joanne---Nurse's Aid LawrenCe General Hospital McCoy, Madelyn -Morins Restaurant McLaughlin, Joseph Morins Milk Co. McMurray, James--Service Meikle, James Davis & Furber Co. *Midgley, Marjorie Boston University MorSe, Jayne---Merchants National Bank Sabin, Lorraine~Lawrence General Hospital Saul, Barbara -Pierce Secretarial School Schofield, George University of Mass. Sheehy, John At Home Sjostrom, Eric Service Sjostrom, Bruce---Pacific Mills Smith, ForrestFinberg Supply Co. Smith, Patricia Bay State Merchants Bank Stoessel, Joan--Hyt. ron Electric-Co. (married) Slone, Evelyn Lawrenc~ General Hospital Thomson, Robert -University of Maine *Towne, FlorenceAt Home (married) Valcourt, Mary--Hoods Milk Co. Verd~a~ Virginia Martin Flaggs, Andover Wadd~ngton, Richard Service Walsh, Mary--Merchants National Bank Wilcox, Eunice Fireman's Ins. Co. Wilton, Amy~tevens Mill (office) Wood, Herbert Service (Navy) Zemba, Marilyn--Bank, Boston * Indicates Membership in National Honor Society. 208 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADUATES ~ JUNE 13, 1952 Kittredge School--32 Pupils lViola Barteaux Ralph C. Bevin *Conrad J. Bonelli James Cobbett James Dunn Benjamin G. Farnum Virginia Eleanor Foster *David J. Green Barbara M. Haltmaier **Hazel Hart Julien Ilsley David G, Kane Meline Kasparmn Martin P. Kilcourse David W. Long ?$Anthony J. Lupo James Magoon Marlon E. Magoon Cornelius J. McAloon David W. McCoy iames J. Norwood Herbert Elliott Palmer William C. Ritchie Norma R. Roberts iGail F. Rockwell Si+Herbert Quentin Sarci0ne Edward D. Snell Joseph W. Sullivan Phyllis Thomson *~±Alexander Twombly $$$Anne Twombly Joan Verda Bradstreet School-- 30 Pupils Robert B, Abbott Douglas B. Auer Leo J. Axtin, Jr. Mary J. Bernardini Rhode M. Bredbury Burgess M. Brightman, Jr. Patricia C. Buchan William A. Cavallaro Raymond M. Chadwick John J. Cruickshank Thalia A. Currier il Judith M. Denms Robert H. Ela Elaine P. Freeman John J. Haley, Jr. Joyce Elizabeth Hayes Norman H. Heinze Peter A. Houde John R. Levesque Carol A. Marland Andela B. Medici Richard Moody Janice E. Paradis Wayne R. Pavledakes Howard I. Ratcliffe H. Kenneth Richardson Loretta M. Ruhman ++*Frank Savoy Barbara E. Weed William H. White Thomson School-- 30 Pupils Philip Joseph Arsenault Janet Edith Bamford Vernon Joseph Bourquin Virginia Mary Briguglio Dennis Lee Currier Anita Lorette Darveau Bernice Ann Florin Maurice Smith Foulds Samuel Anthony Galvagna William James Gordon Robert Dyson Hollins Charles Kendall Hutchins Loughman Sinclair Kilton *Roy David LeClair David Douglas Long, Jr. John Louis Lyon Joan Louise McDuffie *James Francis McGuire Gilda Anne Nardi Leonard Medely Oates Nancy Ann Pendlebury *Arthur John Richardson Aice Ann Shapcott Edith Helen Stott David Britt Trombly Nancy Elizabeth Wainwright Carol Emma Weigel Nancy Geraldine West Rosemary Ann Wilkinson Barbara Ann Wood Entered Central Catholic High School Entered Essex Agricultural School At home ·i Entered Rogers Hall Moved from Town ii Entered Brooks School Entered Trade School $$$ Entcred Abbot Academy 209 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE To the Citizens of North Andover: At the A~mual Town Meeting held on Saturday, March 15, 1952, you authorized your School Buliding Committee to build a new high school for the instruction of your boys and girls and as a center of your own eommmfity life. Your Committee proceeded immediately to choose the architects of the new building. The architects of the Kittredge School, with whom our experience had been happy, Adden, Parker, Clinch & Crimp of Boston, were chosen to design your new high school. Since that decision your Committee has been occupied with the thousand-and-one details and decisions involved in planning. The members considered some eleven more or less distinct arrangements of gynmasium, auditorium, library, cafe- teria, and classrooms. We reduced these to three, all of which had merit. We selected one as most satisfactory. We then were confronted with the task of keeping our desires as expressed in the plan within the limits of the capital budget which you had authorized--S1,500,000. We were resolved not only to be as careful with your money as if it were our own but also to make sure that~ the new school should lack no reasonable facility needed for sound modern education. To this end the Johnson High School teachers were called upon for counsel. Two conferences were held between them and our consultant, Dr. Homer W. Anderson of the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Architect Frank W. Crimp has been in North Andover with his blueprints for several sessions lasting all day; he has dis- cussed with the teachers individually the layout for each class- room. We have also taken pains to work out the equipment budget to the last detail. A fine building without fine equip- ment would be ridiculous; fine equipment in a building that was not fine would also be r[diculons. By the time you receive this report you will probably have read in the newspapers that the general contract has been awarded. We expect to call for bids shortly after February 1, 1953. Respectfully, FRANCIS B. KITTREDGE, Chairman ABBOT STEVENS FOt~BES ROCKWELL JOHN W. COSTELI~O CHARLES W. TROMBLY FREDERICK C. ATKINSON WILLIAM F. ROCK 210 SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Financial Statement -- 195~ Available Funds: Article 69 (1950), Bal. Jan. 1, 1952 Article 72 (1950), Bal. Jan. 1, 1952 Article 19 (1952) $9,032.69 700.83 100,000.00 -$109,733.52 Expended 195~.: Adden, Parker, Clinch & Crimp, (architects), professional services $19,460.00 Ralph B. Brasseur, plot plan survey of high-school site 920.50 Rita Enaire, clerical 50.00 Raymond Concrete P~]e Co., test borings at high-school site 444.42 Twin Elm Gardens, landscaping Kittrcdge School grounds 432.00 Total Expenses 21,306.92 l~alance January 1, 1953 $88,426.60 211 TOWN WARRANT ..... COMMONWEALTH OF' MASSACHUSETTS ]~SSCX SS: ' · To either of the 'Constables of the Town of North Andover: Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of North Andover, qualified to vote in elections an~ tow~ affairs, to meet in the Bradstrcet School in Precinct One; the Engine IIouse in Precinct Two; the Thomson School in Precinct Three and the Town Hall in Precinct Four, in said North Andovcr on Monday, the second day of March 1953 at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act upon the following article: ARTICLE 1. To elect a Moderator, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Three Selectmen, three members of the Board of Public Welfare for one year; one Assessor of Taxes, one member o~ the School Committee, one member of the Board of Health, one member of the Board of Public Works for three years, a Highway Surveyor, a Collector of Taxes, a Tree Warden, five Constables for one year, a member of the Plan- ning Board for five years, one member of the Planning Board for the unexpired term of two years, one member of the Hous- ing Authority for five years, and one member of the Housing Authority for the unexpired term of one year. All to be voted upon one ballot. The polls shall open at nine o'clock A. M. and shall be closed at e~ght o'clock P. M. After final action on.the preceding Article One, the said meeting shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 4, Article one of the Town by-laws, to Saturday, March 14, 1953, at one- thirty o'clock P. M. in the Town Hall, then and there to act.on the following artieles:~ AgTICLE 2. To elect all other ol~eers not required by law to be elected by ballot. ARTICLE 3. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of receipts and expenditnres as presented by the Seleet- ARTI~CLE 4. To see what action the town will take as to its unexpended appropriations. ARTICLE 5. To see what action the town will take as to the recommendations o~ the Advisory Board. ARTICLE 6~ To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval o~ the Selectmen, ~o borrow 212 money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1954 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period o£ less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. ARTICLE 7. To consider the report of all special com- mittees. ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of IIealth to appoint one of their members to the position of Board of Health Physician and to fix his compensation, in accordance with Section 4A, Chapter 41 of the General Law. ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the. School Committee to appoint one of its members to thc position of School Physician and to fix his compensation, in accordance with Section 4A, Chapter 41, General Laws. ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 624 "Acts of 1952: An act providing for an increase in the ammal amounts of certain pensions, retire- ment allowances, annuities and other benefits, payable by the Commonwealth and its subdivisions, to certain former employ- ees and persons claiming nndcr them." Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds the stun of Two Thou- sand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the purpose of providing Group insurance for permanent employees of the town, in accordance with proposals submitted to the Board of Selectmen, the town to pay part (50%) of the premimns. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to dispose of and cause to be removed from the land upon which it is located, the building known as thc Center School, upon such terms and conditions as the said Board of Selectmen may determine and to authorize the said Board of Selectmen to execute any and al~ necessary legal instruments and to do all things necessary to convey title to said building. Petition of thc Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by transfer from available funds, the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Forty Dollars ($2,540.00) to be expended by the Board of Selectmen for the continuance of thc preparation, writing and publication of the history of the Town,of North Andover. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. 213 AttTICLE 14. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds the sum of Five Itun- dred Dollars ($500.00) to repair the sill on the ell, build two new sills from the office to the main house and to the ell and repair the walls in the cellar o£ the Town Infirmary. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way, Pembrook Road from Lyman Road to l~][ifliin Park Drive, as indicated on plan now filed with the Board of Public Works. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way, Sawyer Road, as indicated on plan filed with the Board of Public Works. PetRion of ~he Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way, Woodbridge Road from Greene Street to Tyler Road for a distance of two hundred (200) feet, as indicated on plan now filed with thc Board of Public Works. Woodbridge Road adjudicated ,January 5, 1953. Petition of thc Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by transfer from available funds, the sum of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) the whole or any part thereof, to be used by the Committee hereinafter named, for the lease or purchase of a suitable dump site for the Town, and its h~habitants, to replace the Perry Dump, upon the under- standing that the so-called sanitary land-fill method shall be employed in the use of said dump site. Said Committee shall be composed of the Board of Health, the Board of Selectmen, the Ilighway Surveyor and the chairman of the Advisory Board, and shall investigate and determine the feasibility of acquiring, by lease or purchase, for the use mentioned, any site xvithin the town limits including' the so called Steinberg site, Burke site, Rea site, Rogers site--. The said Board of Selectmen, upon majority vote of said Committee, shall be and hereby is author- ized to negotiate and complete the lease or purchase of the so recommended site and to do ail things necessary, in behalf of thc town, to make said majority recommendation effective. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for the services of a policeman at the Bathing Beach, three hours daily, eight hours Saturdays and Sundays for a ten-week period, to enforce parking limited to North Andover residents; this figure to include the cost of ear stickers to be issued by 214 said policeman, al~d tags, issued at the Town Building, for North Andover Bathers only. Petition of the Board of Selectmen on recommendation of the Recreational Council. ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Twelve Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) for six playground instructors and a supervisor for an eight- week period; one of these instructors to act in the capacity of assistant supervisor and to conduct pre-playground workshops. Petition of thc Board of Selectmen on recommendation of the Recreational Council. ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Five }Iundred Dollars ($500.00) for playground supplies; this amount to include expenses of pre- playgro~md workshops and special trips for the playground children. Petition of the Board of Selectmen on recommendation of the Recreational Council. ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the stun of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for banking a~ld flooding skating rinks. Petition of the Board of Selectmen on recommendation of the Recreational Council. ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00) to furnish and install play equipment and benches in the Kittredge School grounds; equipment to consist of two sets of six swings and one set of six see-saws and four park-type benches, all in loca- tions to be approved by the Superintendent of Schools. IIse of thc Kittredge School grounds for this purpose has been voted upon favorably by the School Committee, as of December 11, ]952. Petition of the Board of Selectmen on recommendation of the Recreational Council. ARTICLE 24. To see if the Tow~ will raise and appro- priate or otherwise provide Two Thousand Five Hundred Dol- lars ($2,500.00) to install and operate equipment to apply fluoride to the water supply. Petition of the Board of Health. ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, a sum of money to install a Fire Alarm Box on Osgood Street, close to Ward Hill Linc to serve residents of that vicinity. Petition of John J. Roche and others. 215 ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or cake from available funds in the treasury, a sui~cient sum of money to install a Fire Alarm Box at the corner of Great Pond Road, Pond Street and Bradford Street. At present, this box is only a "phantom box." It is at the intersection o£ the Crockett Sanitarimn, Campion Hall and the Brooks School and is with the recommendation of the Fire Chief. Petition of Walter W. Mazurenko and others. ARTICLE 27. To sec if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($650.00) to be ~sed with thc present Police Car, to purchase a new Police Car. Petition of Alfred II. McKee, Chie£ o£ Police. ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two IInndrcd Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for thc payment of a bill contracted in 1948 by the Police Department. Petition of Alfred H. McKce, Chief of Police. ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sufficient amount of money to repair the metal'flash- tugs, gutters and downpouts on thc Stevens Mcmorial Library. Petition of thc Board of Trustees o~ Stevens Memorial Library. ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will raise and appro priate a sufficient amount of money to replace worn cork run- acrs in the main lobby of the Stereo, s Memorial Library and to install rubber treads to protect the stairs leading to the Children's Room at the library. Petition of the Board of Trustees of Stcveus Memorial Library· AIITICLE 31. To see if the Towu will raise and appro- priate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of One Thou- sand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,750.00) for the use of the School Committee in buying uniforms or other equipment for the North Andover School Band. Petition of the School Committee. ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate, or transfer from available funds, a sum of money to be added to the Stabilization Fund, authorized under Chapter 124, Acts of 1945, and established, under Article 36 of the Warrant, by the vote of the Annual Town Meeting held March 16, 1946. Petition of the School Building Committee. ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to execute, in the name and in behalf 216 of the Town, a quitclaim deed and such other legal documents as may be necessary or advisable, to cfr'eot, on or be£ore ~VIay 1, 1953, the fo]lowing transaction: The sale and conveyance to John J. and Anna Cyr, for an agreed consideration o£ ten cents per square foot, of a parcel of land now owned by the Town of North Andover and not needed for inclusion in the site of the new high school; which parcel contains 10,000 square feet (more or less), fronting on Parker Street one hundred feet and adjacent to land now, or to be, owned by Frank Lord. Petition of the School Building Committee. ARTICLE 34. To see .if the Town will authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to execute, in' the name and in behalf of the Town, a quitclaim deed and such other local documents as may be necessary or advisable, to effect, on or before 1VIay 1, lt~53, the following transaction: The sale and conveyance to Frank and Louise Lord, for an agreed consideration of ten cents per square foot, of a parcel of land now owned hy the Town of North Andox'er and not needed for inclusion in the site of the new high school; which parcel is that segment of land in the rear of, and contiguous to, other land of said Lords, containing 2,000 square feet (more or less). Petition of the School Building Committee. ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, a sum not to exceed Eight Itundred Dollars ($800.00) for the purchase of api'roximate]y 8,000 square feet of land needed for inclusion in t[e site of the new high school, this being thc easterly portion of ' :m property of John J. and Anna Cyr, bounded by Parker Str et, Parker Place, and other land of said Cyrs. P~'tition of the School Building Committee. ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase for the sum of One Th~ usand Dollars ($1,000.00) the so-called Wharfage Lot eon- tab iaff Twenty-six hundredths (0.26) acres, situated on the no~ ~herly side of Lake Coehichewick and bounded on the north by Great Pond Road and on the east and west by land of the To~,n o£ North Andover. Petition of Stanley Stefanowicz and others. ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town of North Andover will rai ;e and appropriate a reasonable sum of money to resurvey an( hot top the left side of 5Iaple Avenue from corner of Sec- on( Street to the corner of First Street. Petition of Katherine l~[idgley and others. ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will 'vote to raise and apl ropriate a sufficient sum of money to install a hot top side- 217 walk on the west side of Waverley Road from Middlesex Street to Union Street. Petition of Hubert Burke and others. ARTICLE 89. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) to install a hot top sidewalk on the easterly side of Waverley Road from i~laple Avenue to Second Street, a distance of approximately Five Hundred Fifty (550) Feet. Petition of Saverio Campione and others. AliTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to straighten the road and eliminate a very dangerous curve on Great Pond Road between the residence of Fritz Ostherr and the town pumping station, upon condition that E. F. I~eland, or recorded owner of such iand, convey to the Town, such land as is necessary for the widening of this road. Petition of Victor G. Brightman and others. ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and .appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds m the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Con- struction, or take any action in relation thereto. Petition of ,lames Maker, Town Treasurer. ARTICI~E 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from nnappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Main- tenance, or take any action in relation thereto. Petition of James 5laker, Town Treasurer. ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Nine Thousand Four Hundred Ten Dollars ($9,410.00) to extend the 30~' storm drain in Greene Street from Waverley Road toward ~Iassachusetts Avenue. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Thousand Four Hundred Forty-five Dollars ($5,445.00) to extend and improve existing drainage structures necessary to serve the proposed new High School. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Twenty-seven Hundred Dollars ($2,700.00) for the purchase of a bulldozer blade for Cletrac Tractor. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Twenty-eight Hundred Dollars ($2,800.00) for the purchase of a sidewalk tractor. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. 218 ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to install a surface drain of 350 feet, build two catchbasins on Waverley Road from Trinity Court to Greene Street. This drain to take care of ue~v development of that district. Petition of the liighway Surveyor. ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) to he used for a sidewalk project; the town to pay onc-hal~ the cost and the applicant to pay the other half. Pet]tiou of the IIighway Surveyor. ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for the pur- pose of painting and replacing street signs. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 50. To see ]f thc Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Thousa~d Dollars ($2,000.00) for ~nain- tenance of any street in town under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used in conjuuction with money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this pur- pose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Seventy-five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) £or the further rebuilding of Great Pond Road under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used with any money allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition o~ the IIighway Surveyor. ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Eighty-seven Hundred Dollars ($8,700.00) ~or the purchase of a Refuse Collection truck fully equipped. This price includes trade-in of present Diamond T dump truck now being used. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to amend Ar- ticle II, Section 5, paragraph (i) of the North Andover Zoning By-law by striking there frown the words: "Railroad Avenue at Middlesex Street." Petition of John Wolfenden and others. ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to amend exist- ing Zoning By-Laws by changing from a general residential to business classification the following described parcel of lard: A certain area in the Town of North Andover at Wilson's Corner on the westerly side o£ Andover Street, bounded and 219 described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the south- erly line of Turnpike Street with the western line of Andover Street, sometimes called Ehn Street; thence running north- westerly along Turnpike Street 350 feet to a point; thence turning and running southwesterly,on a line para]lei with said Andover Street 250 feet by ]and of Sarah E. l~oftus to a point; thence turning and running southeasterly by other land of said I~oftus on a line parallel with said Turnpike Street 350 feet to said Andover Street; thence running northeasterly and again northeasterly by said Andover Street to a point of beginning. Petition of John R. h~lahoney and others. ARTICLE 55. To see if the town will vote to amend exist- ing Zoning By-Law by changing from a general residential to agricultural classification the following described parcel of land. This property is located on the westerly side of Chieker- lng Road northerly of the Boston and Maine Railroad crossing and is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the intersection of the westerly tine of Chiekering Road with the northerly line of the Boston and 5Iaine Railroad; thence northwesterly by the northerly line of the Boston and 3Iaine Railroad 236 feet to a point; thence northerly by a line parallel to and 200 feet westerly from the westerly line of Chiekering Road 236 feet to a point; thence southeasterly by a line parallel to and 200 feet northeasterly from the northerly line of the Boston and 51aine Railroad 286 feet to a point in the westerly line of Chickering·/load; thence southerly by the westerly line of Chiekering Road 236 feet to the point of beginning. Petition of Henry Lund and others. ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will amend the Zoniug By-I~aw and the Zoning 2{ap of the town to make the following parcel of land, now zoned a.s a general residence district, a business zone: I~ots 159, 150, 1¢1 and 162 as shown on Plan No. 463, on file at thc North Essex Registry of Deeds. Said lots are contiguous, and together constitute a parcel of ]and on the westerly side of ~letwood Avenue, ~00 feet south of Massachu- setts Avenue, and having a frontage on Jetwood Avenue of 200 feet. Petition of Domenick Mangano and others. ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By Laws by changing the classification of a piece of property owned by Edward W. Saul from an agricultural to a business district: Said property is located on the westerly side of Salem Turnpike and is bounded and described as fol- lows: Beginning at an iron pipe in the westerly line of the Salem Turnpike at State Highway Station 181 + 42 thence southwesterly by other hand of the said Saul, 85.67 feet to an iron pipe in the center fine of an old abandoned way, thence northwesterly by the cent, er-l~ne of said old abandoned way, 220 363.46 feet to an iron pipe; thence .northeasterly 29.48 feet to an iron pipe in westerly line of the Salem Turnpike; thence southeasterly by westerly line of the Salem Turnpike, 364.38 feet to thc point of beginning. Petition of Edward W. Saul and others. ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by changing from Restricted Residential to Business, the following described parcel of land. A parcel of land on the easterly side of Chickering Road, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the south- erly line of Dufton Court with thc easterly linc of Chickering Road; thence southeasterly, by the southerly line of Dufton Court, 219.25 feet to a point; thence southwesterly 45.6 feet to a point; thence southerly 209.0 feet to a point; thence south- westerly 39.0 feet to a point; thence northwesterly 135.4 feet to a point in thc easterly line of Chickering Road; thence north- erly, by the easterly line of Chickering Road, 325 feet to the point of beginning. Petition of George H. Schrueuder and others. Ai~T1CLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to anmnd the Zoning By-Law by changing from Restricted Residential to Educational, the following described parcel of land: A parcel of land on the easterly side of Osgood Street bonnded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Osgood Street at land of Robert Saltonstall; thence, by the easterly line of Osgoed Street, northwesterly, northeasterly, northerly and northeasterly, 3553.41 feet of land now or for- merly of Greenwood; thence southeasterly 395 ~eet, by a stone wall, to a point; thence easterly, by a stone wall, 440 feet to a point; thence southeasterly, by a stone wall, by several courses 540 feet to a point in the southerly shore of Lake Coehichewick; thence easterly, southeasterly, northeasterly and southeasterly, by various courses, by the southerly shore of Lake Cochiche- wick, 3400 feet to land of Caroline S. Rogers; thence south- westerly 1879.38 feet to a point; thence again southwesterly 600 feet to a point; thence southeasterly 160 feet to a point; thence southwesterly, by a stone wall, 311.90 feet to a point; thence northwesterly 42.75 feet to a point; thence southwesterly fi0 feet to a point; thence southeasterly 45.45 feet to a point; thence sonthwcsterly 117.75 feet to the point of beginning. Petition of Abbot Stevens and others. ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate thc sum of Four Thousand Three ttundred Dollars ($4,300.00) to purchase a Tractor with back hoe attachment. Petition of Board o~' Public Works. ARTICLE 61. To see Jf the Town will appropriate from available funds, the sum of Two Thousand Three Ilundred 221 ]?i£ty-five Dollars and Forty-nine Cents ($2,355.49) being the amount of water department receipts ]n excess of water depart- ment operating expenses for 1952 to a Stabilization Fund as provided for by Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1945, with the understanding that is to be used by the town for capital im- provements in the water works system under the provisions of the above act. Petition of Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or otherwise provide Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) to be added to the unexpended appropriation made under Article 51, 1952 to make such extensions of the water main system, under the regulations voted at the annual town meeting, as the Board of Public Works, on October first, considers most necessary, such extensions not having been petitioned for at the annuat meeting. Petition of Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($1,600.00) to be used with the present Chevrolet ton and a half truck to purchase a new truck for the Water and Sewer Department. Petition of Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, provide by bond issue, or transfer from available funds, Nixte Thousand Dollars ($9,000.00) to clean and cement line water mains in thc water works system. Petition of Board of Public Works. ARTICLE 65. To see if the Town will vote to i~ a_~khorize and require the Board o[ Assessors to deduct Irom the am~n't:~eq~ii'ed'~to be assessed under Section 23 of Chapter 59 of the General Laws, as amended, the sum of Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00) or some part thereof, from avail- able funds, which sum is herewith appropriated from available funds under Section 7 of Chapter 798 of the Acts of 1951 for the purpose of this authorized deduction. Petition of John M. Pillion and others. AI~TICLE 66. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient stun of money to extend the water system on Mifflin Drive Five Ilnndred Thirty (530) feet from Middlesex Street. Petition of Ralph F. Duffy and others. ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- 222 able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on ~Iifltin Drive from Douglas Road to Bradstreet Road. Petition of ttalph F. Duffy and others. ARTICLE 68. To sde if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sui~icient sum of money to extend the drainage system and construct a road on Douglas Road from l~Iifilin Drive to Greene Street, under Chapter 80 of the General Laws providing for the assessment of betterments upon the property owners. Petition of Ralph F. Duffy and others. ARTICLE 69. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropr}ate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend thc drainage system and improve the road on ]~.iiffiin Drive under Chapter $0 of the General Laws providing for the assessment of better- ments upon the property owners. Petition of Ralph F. Duffy and others. ARTICLE 70. To sec if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extent the water system on West Bradstrect Road from the present terminus Five Hundred Fifty (550) feet to Mifflin Drive. Petition of John J. Donovan and others. ARTICLE 71. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or provide by bond issue or transfer from available funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on West.Bradstreet Road £rom Mifflin Drive to Greene Street. Petition of John J. Donovan and others. ARTICLE 72. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient stun of money to extend the drainage system and improve the road on West Bradstreet Road under Chapter 80 of the General Laws providing for the Assessment of betterments upon the property owners. Petition of Santo A. Di~vIauro and others. ARTICLE 73. To see if the To~vn will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Adams Avenue Three Hundred Twenty (320) feet from Unity Avenue. Petition of Santo A. DiMauro and others. At~TICLE 74. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water 223 system on Putnam Road One Hundred Sixty (160) feet from the present terminus near ~5{iffiin Drive. Petition of Blanche Adams and others. ARTICLE 75. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the water system on Putnam Road One Hundred Ninety (190) feet from Greene Street. Petition of Rodosildo DeBm'ro and others. ARTICLE 76. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Putnam Road Three Hundred Seventy-five (375) feet from Greene Street. Petition of Rodosildo DeBurro and others. ARTICLE 77. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the drainage system and improve the road on Putnam Road from Greene Street to Mifflin Drive, under Chapter 80 of the General I~aws providing for the Assessment of betterments upon the property owners. Petition of Rodosi]do DeBurro and others. ARTICLE 78. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issu% or transfer from avail- able funds, a sufficient sum of money to extend the sewer system on Yfoodbridge Road from Miffiin Drive to Tyler Road. Petition of Philip T. Miller and others. ARTICLE 79. To see if the Town will vote to raise and approprlate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail- able fnnds, a snffieient sum of money to extend the server system on Spruce Street from Massachusetts Avenue to IIem- lock Street. Petition of Ernest Connor and others. ARTICLE 80. To see if the Town w~ll vote to raise and appropriate, or provide by bond issue, or transfer from avail able fnnds, a sufficient stun of money to extend the water system from Johnson Street, westerly and northerly on Heath Road Extension to its intersection xvith Sutton IIi]l Road, and thence westerly by Sutton Hill R. oad, a total distance of ap- proximately 1600 feet to a point opposite property now owned by Frances S. Barrows. Petition of Harry Sntton, Jr. and others. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof, at the Town Hall and at five or 22~ more public places in each voting precinct. Said copies to be posted not more than fifteen days nor less than ten days before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon ~;o the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands at North Andover, Massachusetts, the twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord one thou- sand nine hundred fifty three. ARTHUR A. THOMSON JOSEPH 51-. FINNEttAN ANDREW F. COFFIN Board of Selectmen 225 CONTENTS Assessor's Report .......... 58 Accountant's l~eport ......... 127 Board of Appeals Report ........ 126 Board of Public Works Report ....... 66 Board of Health l~eport ........ 57 Board of Public Welfare Report ...... 93 Building Inspector's Repor,t ........ 63 Civilian Defense Report ......... 122 Dog Officer's Report ......... 56 Electrical Inspector Report ........ 103 Fire Department Report ........ 60 Highway Surveyor's Report ........ 104 Housing A~thority Report ........ 124 List of Jurors ........... 47 Moth Department and Tree Warden's l~eport 55 Police Department Report ........ 54 Regulations for Laying Out Streets ..... 49 Report of Planning Board ........ 125 School Building Committee's Report ..... 210 School Committee's Report ........ 171 Stevens Memorial Library ........ 112 Sealer of Weights and Measures ...... 103 Tax Collector's Report ......... 50 Town Clerk's Report ......... 41 Town By-Laws ........... 31 Town Meeting ........... 7 Town Officers and Committees ....... 3 Town Warrant ........... 212 Treasm'er's Report .......... 119 Veterans' Be~xefits Dept. Report ...... 60