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Home My Public Portal About1951 Annual Watertown Report ANNUAL REPORTS by the officers of the Town of Watertown for the Three Hundred and Twenty-First Year of its organization FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1951 EATON PRESS Watertown, Massachusetts SEE BACK OF BOOK FOR CONTENTS 3 TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1951 Selectmen H. HERBERT APPLIN, Chairman Term expires 1952 ROY C. PAPALIA, Clerk Term expires 1953 HER13ERT O. BERRY Term expires 1954 Committee Assignments ENTIRE BOARD Welfare, Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children H. HERBERT APPLIN Police, Engineering, Administration Building, Veteran's Affairs, Poles and Wires. ROY C. PAPALIA Fire, Infirmary, Workmen's Compensation, Insurance, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Legal. HERBERT O. BERRY Highway, Sewer & Drainage, Sidewalks, Inspector of Buildings, Dog Officer, Veterinarian, Purchasing. Town Clerk GEORGE B. WELLMAN Tenure of Office Auditor WILLIAM W. NORCROSS, JR. Term expires 1952 Treasurer JAMES H. SHERIDAN Term expires 1954 Collector of Taxes JOHN J. KENNEDY Term expires 1954 Board of Assessors ANDREW D. BRADFORD, Chairman Term expires 1952 JAMES J. VAHEY, Clerk Term expires 1953 RONALD M. STONE Term expires 1954 Moderator JOHN M. RUSSELL• Term expires 1952 Park Commissioners RICHARD H. ROCHE, Chairman Term expires 1952 WAYNE E. EATON, Secretary Term expires 1953 WILLIAM H. REGAN Term expires 1954 Constables ALBERT ZAINO Appointed-Expires 3/1/52 RICHARD GARAFALO Term expires 1952 4 Board of Health DR. LOUIS MASTRANGELO, Chairman Term expires 1953 THOMAS W. DEVANEY Term expires 1952 DR. PETER F. TITUS Term expires 1954 School Committee PHILIP PANE, Chairman Term expires 1952 BEULAH A. WETHERBEE, Secretary Term expires 1954 FILED H. BIRD Term expires 1952 JOHN J. SHEEHAN Term expires 1952 EDWARD S. PARSONS Term expires 1953 GUY C. PESCE Term expires 1953 MARTIN V. TOMASSIAN Term expires 1954 FRANCIS A. KELLY, Superintendent of Schools Trustees Free Public Library CHARLES T. BURKE, Chairman Term expires 1954 ESTHER DIMICK Term expires 1953 AGNES J. FLYNN Term expires 1953 EDMUND P. HICKEY Term expires 1952 CHARLES P. EATON Term expires 1954 MURIEL A. BARRETT (Resigned 5/7/51) Term expires 1952 CATHARINE M. YERXA, Librarian Water Commissioners LOUIS ALFIERI, Chairman Term expires 1953 CHARLES ARMSTRONG Term expires 1952 THOMAS W. DEVANEY Term expires 1954 Watertown Housing Authority CHARLES F. SHAW Term expires 1953 CHESTER H. PARKER Term expires 1954 WILLIAM E. MALONEY Term expires 1955 VINCENT T. SWIFT Term expires 1956 SEBASTIAN TANGUSSO (State Representative), Chairman ROBERT J. GLENNON, Counsel A. ERIC SALSBURG, Executive Director & Secretary Tree Warden and Moth Departments Accepted three year term, Chapter 41, Section 1, General Laws on May 8, 1950 THOMAS P. MORLEY Term expires 1954 Planning Board ROBERT B. CHASE, Chairman Term expires 1952 DOUGLAS R. CRAWFORD Term expires 1953 . TATOUL ZULALIAN (Vacancy) Term expires 1953 W. LAWRENCE HOWE Term expires 1954 GEORGE N. PRIFTI Term expires 1954 M APPOINTED OFFICERS Registrars of Voters THOMAS J. GALLIGAN, Chairman Term expires 1952 NORMAN D. MacKAY Term expires 1954 CYRUS M. OHANIAN Term expires 1953 GEORGE B. WELLMAN Virtue of Office 5 Town Physicinas LOUIS MASTRANGELO, M.D. Term expires 1952 WALTER N. SECORD, M.D. Termexpires 1952 Keeper of Infirmary and Pound CHARLES J. DeMARAIS Term expires 1952 Keeper of Lockup JAMES M. IGOE Town Counsel EARLE S. TYLER Dog Oficer ANTHONY CONTI Board of Appeals MARTIN TOMASSIAN, Chairman Term expires 1952 RONALD M. STONE, Secretary Term expires 1953 MAURICE J. CARROLL (Appointed 6/5/51) Term expires 1954 Associate Members VITTORIO D'ANDREA Term expires 1953 JAMES MALCOLM WHITNEY Term expires 1953 Retirement Board (Contributory Retirement) W. W. NORCROSS, JR., Auditor By virtue of Office CARL W. JOHNSON (Appointed 5/1/51) Term expires 7/1/52 MAURICE J. SHEEHAN Term expires 7/1/53 OSBERT H. PARRINE (Resigned as of 5/1/51) Finance Committee PATRICK B. FORD, Chairman Term expires 1952 MATTHEW W. J. CARLEY Term expires 1952 CORNELIUS J. CARROLL Term expires 1952 THOMAS J. GALLIGAN, JR. Term expires 1952 AUGUSTIN R. PAPALIA Term expries 1952 PASQUALE SCLAFANI Term expires 1952 GEORGE E. SLAMIN Term expires 1952 JOSEPH S. BLANCHARD Term expires 1953 ROBERT H. CLAPP Term expires 1953 ARTHUR I. DAVIS Term expires 1953 MRS. EVELYN McGOWAN Term expires 1953 MISS HELEN F. REGAN, Secretary Term expires 1953 CHARLES L. SHELDON Term expires 1953 DONALD D. WRIGHT Term expires 1953 FRANCIS J. CAREY Term expires 1954 MRS. ELLEN LINEHAN Term expires 1954 THOMAS F. MEGAN Term expires 1954 H. LESLIE MUMFORD Term expires 1954 DOMENIC B. RAYMOND Term expires 1954 MILES P. ROBBINS, Vice Chairman Term expires 1954 ARTHUR SODERMAN Term expires 1954 6 OFFICERS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE Toum Engineer HERBERT C. COOK (Deceased November 24, 1951) JAMES H. SULLIVAN Appointed acting Town Engineer November 26, 1951 Superintendent of Streets THOMAS V. DWYER Inspector of Cattle and Town Veterinarian JOHN J. MURPHY, JR. Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs JOHN F. CORBETT Department of Public Welfare Welfare Agent JOSEPH F. MURRAY Health Officer JOHN A. COLBERT Superintendent of Cemeteries GEORGE F. MARTIN Inspector of Plumbing EDWARD L. MAURER Superintendent of Parks ARTHUR F. MOSMAN (Deceased 4/1/51) JOSEPH A. DWYER (Acting) Superintendent of Water Department MICHAEL B. OATES Chief of Police JAMES M. IGOE Chief of Fire Department WILLIAM C. McELROY Inspector of Buildings MAURICE F. WHITE 7 Superintendent of Wires LEO P. LANDRY Sealer of Weights and Measures J. FRANK AHEARN Purchasing Agent WILLIAM F. OATES Supervisors of Attendance JOSEPH H. CARROLL FRANCIS E. CAVERLY POPULATION The estimated number of inhabitants of Watertown for the year 1915 as shown by the State Census was 16,615; police census 18,040; police census in 1917, 20,055; Estimated population in 1918, 20,500, police census in January 1919, 21,500; Federal Census in January 1920, 21,457; Esti- mated population in January 1922, 22,500; January 1923, 23,000; January 1924, 25,000; State Census as of April 1, 1925, 25,480; Estimated popula- tion January 1926, 27,500; January 1927, 28,500; January 1928, 30,000; January 1930, 32,500; Federal Census as of April 1, 1930, 34,913; Estimated in January 1933, 36,400; January 1934, 35,600; State Census, January 1935, 35,827; Estimated January 1937, 35,500; January 1938, 37,000; Jan- uary 1939, 38,000; January 1940, 38,500; Federal Census April 1940, offi- cially reported as 35,427; Estimated January 1942, 36,000, Estimated in January 1943, 36,500; Estimated December 31, 1944, 36,000; State Census January 1945, 37,438; Estimated 1947, 38,000; Estimated 1948, 38,000; Estimated 1949, 38,500 Federal Census 1950, 37,329. 8 O C- -4 00 LO It to Q44 M CV 00M OCM 000 4 r� V CA Cv Q Od• � .� C' 000 m CO 0Id4 to0 erN LO -4 MM O -i-� Ln O CND .-� .--� LM m �N dq Cl r, d• to c0 1-4 0 r-4 00 ,:V O � M � OCA MCD 0 M CO N 00 .t--r .0-� O -4 '� M 00A NCD coo OM �Ord' 00 O.M o -I Or-4 p.N-1 CO M M O d4 .4 M N N Q it CD O 0 N m e-C O r-1 N N 00 E-4 in +3 �t�3S >+ _, 4 w C" M CjNN CNN i O� o �� OOM � y CD � CDD C• � 000 �1bo .--I } a) ARi4' cd NInO Mti MM to yCd .L �MLoM 00 � W .�-4 000 -1 E 1-4 co LL G � ..y f�" O W Pk t, a E� O 3 Q v ho� o � C) It to to �'+ Nda Q00M HH I .n � W � p -� 0 >, aM tO N A N IV w LC, .-a F+ ,-4 � W H rd r ADZ � ed OC) CC1"� CDccq WON cz bn a O H � � p H HcQ i. �+ Ca 0 A AU cz O O t� x C m x H 144-4 Cd Cs Cd �x ) 0 h W 0 5i 9 La LO LO 124 LO to Lo Lo go�t LO to to to W M r-t m M .4 LO N Vt N M N Vt CD.-1 ttom tt Vt O ttN tOtOON OC'* W 004 M tLOv eta LOW 14 W qw .teo� etaqwMM Mm M LOgw " Vt r-mVe M eN co de� V�3 V" -4 M LO dt � M MCAt mMlA14CA 00M r-ttOPamm 00mto 0Wm W4OVt tot` m "4to MtM co -eN000 mN to 'to Nto OON tt NM .-4 C'Ca t-tMMr1 N 00 tM _4WCM OOO � tl�CCOO -4i ttoor�-t�i -4tto d t0 NMLLO �Mico" 4 to to Vt tO CO to.-1 V• H to"m CO V-1 4) CO tO LO m .-t0 M+ NMM � tMO to totgl0000 �•� N,4cq I O N VeN� O I LO a VrLNr-M1 �m to COOOmNtoppq �dyeCQ�ttO 0000Q� Omtep�00M ~ 00C-.1 E tomto 'QtsNM�y �tO Vtde � �W N �f �erVtV0+ 0 �1 MtM �4M FI I+ Id �tO� W�1 t� ccO� N p o�oCOm cqm QcCD I MNOON ar' oo'.1-1-wMOD Obi �' VtLOM M NONoN Mt L MN tt Mt mmr t L M ( ML Wl w w a a 0 p MNOFI MOM.-1M OMt -4mto CDMt [i .-1to(p �i tua Vt tOm CO CO = � MM U 9OOM r-IN U Vt CAM tto Vt ea to MM mm E to a mcotOmr1 a toM to W Ort OOtM�t7t "" Nco ^ 000cN0 p ow 'O to a vw nN O =wg0 a amw eq 449 is o W wm O V �i .pt G W pp tp W `J ttC LO coco O m tOo to m N W t4 O m ul�co tO'W N too to ONO A go 00 w W W O EO P.14 p E � A +� v }.t C� y G) Q +e�a o 'u � oCa a1Uw to b �w � ' �w o � � �tiat titi an ti � v��at w9m xwc� 10 to 00 UID M C-M d• N M O to M m .-t N todtMM irn� to L-- OO � MO) Otn Coto tt�to 00 M,to to to to tto� � � M CO (n .-1 tD N �--t 'dt � d• dr-tt M N CA M •-1 00 M to to� � tOD dt to dt m co N CO CDC O NW •-t 0d4Mti to 00 MO dt to to M r to V 'dt d' M-4 to M m CV 000 00O � 0000 to toCOm Co m r4 ON M.4Uj NMto NC) OO tDdtmtU .-tto C'M co CV to M tD N N t- M Nt O 00toM .4toMti tod• L Cl 0 M dt to to to 00 L V V iD r u to Ft-t to 00 F O t1-j 00 M tt� dt O to FFFM... 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Baxter 27Westland Road 512 *James J. Cavalen 337 Arlington Street 684 Vittorio D' Andrea 65 Cottage Street 474 Straniero S. D'Antonio 11 School Lane 439 *Edward Gilligan 22 Brimmer Street 521 Karop H. Hagopian 29 Hillcrest Circle 428 Samuel C. Hillier 28 Belmont Street 419 *John Mannino 16 Edgeeliff Road 606 *John McCarthy 33 Keenan Street 482 Francis J. McDonald 7 Cottage Lane 427 *William J. McNamara 42 Brimmer Street 541 *Alfred Natale 41 Berkeley Street 482 John D. O'Connell 59 Prentiss Street 449 *Mary C. Pa.palia 28 Dewey Street 579 John A. Ryan 27 Irma Avenue 478 *,Albert Valentino 21 Prentiss Street 643 Blanks 3410 Town Meeting Members for One Year Term expires 1952 *James Coutts 26 Westland Road 17 *Max Kirschner 147 Hillside Road 14 Arthur J. McEnaney 12 Templeton Parkway 3 Scattering 3 Blanks 2535 PRECINCT TWO Town Meeting Members for Three Years Term expires in 1954 James V. Asaiante 64 Dexter Avenue 331 *James Bejoian 305 Mt. Auburn Street 461 *Edna Bogosian 21 Melendy Avenue 532 John F. Cusack 21 Laurel Street 367 Michael J. D'Arcy, Jr. 127 Spruce Street 385 Florence Y. Egan 45 Dartmouth Street 398 *Charles F. Gately 37 Melendy Avenue 534 George D. Ingham 17 Quimby Street 326 *Florence Juskalian 153 Boylston Street 462 Joseph A. Kasabian 3 Howe Street 414 *Henry A. Malkasian 101 Boylston Street 535 John P. Meehan 164 Spruce Street 460 *Esther T. Oates 37 Hazel Street 574 Anthony M. Pane 61 Laurel Street 413 *Wilfred A. Paquet 95 Spruce Street 480 *Michael Ryder 53 Hazel Street 467 *John P. Sullivan 156 School Street 517 Francis A. Sundin 121 Boylston Street 327 Blanks 2736 13 Town Meeting Member for Two Years Term expires 1953 *Anna D. Asaiante 64 Dexter Avenue 156 John L. D'Amico 181 Walnut Street 198 *Robert J. Oates 39 Hazel Street 421 *Lillian Paskerian 117 Boylston Street 354 Loofty Topalian 168 Spruce Street 352 Paul S. Trombino 9 Oak Street 255 Blanks 646 PRECINCT THREE Town Meeting Members for Three Years Term expires in 1954 *Elmer H. Comey 23Carver Road 671 *Sybil Danforth 7 Richards Road 654 *Carl W. Johnson 72Winsor Avenue 675 *Newell G. Keyes 56 Commonwealth Road 654 *Albert T. MacKay 117 Stoneleigh Road 647 *M. Malcolm MacPhail 3 Summit Road 630 *Eric H. Norrby 9 Langdon Avenue 685 *Charles F. Shaw 62 Langdon Avenue 671 *Frank W. Wright 32 Hillside Road 675 Blanks 2822 PRECINCT FOUR. Town Meeting Members for Three Years Term expires in 1954 *Paul E. Chase 33 Lincoln Street 857 *Robert B. Chase 15 Franklin Street 865 Joseph S. Cochrane 83 Franklin Street 524 *Roy E. Denison 116 Garfield Street 845 *Harry G. Hammond 238 Bellevue Road 798 *Robert C. Hagopian 51 Garfield Street 582 *Eric L. Johnson 87 Barnard Avenue 855 *Robert F. Metcalf, Jr. 133 Barnard Avenue 811 *L. Bennett Turner 33 Robbins Road 858 *Donald D. Wright 127 Barnard Avenue 832 Blanks 2379 Town Meeting Member for Two Years Term expires 1953 *Frank H. McGowan 44 Greenville Road 536 Rex C. Neaverson 92 Garfield Street 387 Blanks 211 PRECINCT FIVE Town Meeting Members for Three Years Term expires in 1954 Frank J. Argento 17 Chester Street 357 • *Joseph W. Burke 8 Fletcher Terrace 539 14 *Maurice R. Carney 64 Parker Street 456 *Effie Comstock 103 No. Beacon Street 620 *John F. Glynn, Jr. 143 Irving Street 525 *Hilda Hann 5 Ladd Place 562 *Edmund P. Higgins 226 No. Beacon Street 618 *William F. Kelly 32 Ladd Street 455 Robert C. Mathews 101 No. Beacon Street 450 *Edward J. O'Halloran 197 Arsenal Street 464 John M. O'Reilly 16 Gilkey Court 380 Edward Seferian 130 Charles River Road 386 *George H. Wliliams 10Gilkey Court 538 Agnes Wordsman 117 Irving Street 416 Blanks 2028 Town Meeting Member for Two Years Term expires 1953 *Kathleen L. Brown 31 Ladd Street 489 Philip R. Guidrey 176 No. Beacon Street 392 *Robert L. Shutt 78 Arsenal Street 639 Blanks 412 PRECINCT SIX Term expires in 1954 Town Meeting Members for Three Years *Carlton R. Bird 159 Standish Road 586 Maurice J. Bonier 38 Carroll Street 295 *Kenneth E. Branchaud 81 Orchard Street 479 James M. Chamberlain 261 Waverley Avenue 401 Frank J. Curtin 87 Fitchburg Street 368 Rufus A. Dyer 43 Hovey Street 435 Irene Fournier 111 Harnden Avenue 274 *Everett A. Kelley 92 Poplar Street 637 Paul J. Kinchla 194 Orchard Street 273 Robert N. Larson 162 Common Street 461 *James B. Luck 17 Lovell Road 659 *John A. MacRury 63 Orchard Street 591 *John J. Martin 17 Hilltop Road 645 Robert J. Plunkett 86 Hovey Street 433 Robert A. Poirier 144 Orchard Street 195 Benjamin F. Robbins, Jr. 4 Bradford Road 386 *Elijah B. Robertson 59 Hovey 'Street 586 Peter Santamaria 275 Waverley Avenue 184 *James Thomson, Jr. 11 Lovell Road 685 Margaret A. Wall 57 Hovey Street 338 *John B. Whelan 72 Fitchburg Street 663 Blanks 2162 PRECINCT SEVEN Town Meeting Members for Three Years Term expires in 1954 *Walden Bradbury 72 Katherine Road 491 Horatio Butters 281 Main Street 344 15 George H. Cannon 9 Dana Terrace 303 Lawrence Caruso 66 Forest Street 289 *Paul T. 1?wyer 52 Bartlett Street 495 Eben D. Ellis 2 Oliver Street 379 *Walter C. Everett 120 Marshall Street 615 *Burton L. Gray 58 Marshall Street 439 Robert H. Gwaltney, Jr. 98 Mt. Auburn Street 242 Theresa H. Henderson 11 Dana Terrace 186 *W. Lawrence Howe 14 Palfrey Street 556 Ellen Linehan 4 Howthorne Street 335 Oren E. List 6 Marion Road 271 John J. Mantenuto 10 Pearl Street 396 Albert J. Merullo 57 Forest Street 269 *Frederick J. Milmore 126 Summer Street 403 James T. Murphy, Jr. 70 Fayette Street 309 *Edward P. O'Halloran 107 Fayette Street 446 *Ralph F. Perry 125 Summer Street 583 Carmine Piantedosi 21 Hudson Street 249 *Carl B. Stanley 71 Whites Avenue 537 John R. Tatten 131 Summer Street 237 Mary T. Torres 234 Summer Street 259 Blanks 2324 Town Meeting Member for Two Years Term expires in 1953 Gilbert J. Curry 195 Summer Street 372 *Ruth B. Gottschalk 130 Marshall Street 389 John Henry 73 Main Street 108 Blanks 349 Town Meeting Members for One Year Term expires 1952 *Charles C. Flora 40 Marion Road 563 John J. Linehan 11 Dana Terrace 428 *Wallace B.Mitchell 163 Church Street 658 Blanks 787 PRECINCT EIGHT Town Meeting Members for Three Years Term expires in 1954 *Marie S. Andrews 48 Green Street 733 Frank Cerrati 78 Main Street 545 *Daniel Joseph Clifford 69 Green Street 719 *Thomas W. Devaney 28 Green Street 641 George L. Doherty 23 Theurer Park 443 *James A. Gildea 76 Capitol Street 720 *Mary M. Joyce 23 Boyd Street 593 *Albert P. Kelley 14 Maple Street 564 Charles B. Kelley 50 California Street 381 Francis A. Lyons 16 Chestnut Stret 546 *Francis J. Mahoney 39 Green Street 635 *Bernard P. Mannix 22 Eliot Street 650 *James A. Ryan 48 California Street 701 Blanks 2560 16 Town Meeting Member for Two Years Term expires 1953 Scattering 4 Blanks 2314 PRECINCT NINE Town Meeting Members for Three Years Term expires 1954 *George F. Barlow 30 Harrington Street 396 *Royal F. Briggs 848 Belmont Street 382 *Francis L. Carroll 48 Darch Road 402 *Grace S. Clinton 3 Whitney Street 384 *Christy Connolly 129 Edenfield Avenue 484 John H. Crandon 66 Duff Street 229 *John C. De Laney 897 Belmont Street 440 Thomas Eugene Ellis 383 Orchard Street 276 William A. Gibson 68 Prospect Street 295 Edmund P. Hickey 95 Highland Avenue 339 *Michael J. Kelly 49 Bancroft Street 426 Benjamin Kessel 62 Duff Street 180 Michael McDonnell 106 Chapman Street 292 Domenic Pallone 15 Linden Street 321 Alfred J. Parrella 132 Chapman Street 247 *Richard F. Quinn, Sr. 20 Bancroft Street 371 Tony- Scaltreto 10 Sparkhill Street 277 Roy B. Swanson 361 Orchard Street 364 *George K. Walker 1 Hilltop Road 375 Blanks 2403 Town Meeting Members for Two Years Term expires 1953 *Thomas C. Menton 220 Lexington Street 484 Blanks 1490 PRECINCT TEN Town Meeting Members for Three Years Term expires in 1954 *Lawrence Anderson 59 Gleason Street 392 *William J. Barry 669 Main Street 401 *Gerard J. Bloomer 111 Evans Street 641 Roy B. Carpenter, Jr. 569 Main Street 241 John J. Carroll 30 Brandley Road 248 *Charles H. Centebar 2 Oakland Street 415 *William J. Clark, Jr. 672 Main Street 480 H. Thornwell Dickson 624 Main Street 237 Mary K. Farrell 7 Purvis Street 319 *Thomas J. Galligan, Jr. 30 Longfellow Road 368 Harold F. Giggey 15 Gilbert Street 309 *Harold I. Hunt 35 Emerson Road 472 Louis F. Langione 27 Charles Road 138 Edward F. Lantigua, Jr. 76 Emerson Road 221 17 Kenneth E. Larson 20 Brandley Road 215 John J. McGuire, Jr. 16 Partridge Srteet 326 Eileen E. McHugh 15 Purvis Street 285 *Helen J. McHugh 19 Emerson Road 583 *Chester H. Parker 17 Gleason Street 501 Ada M. Restieri 59 Evans Street 183 Carl L. Sjostedt 146 Highland Avenue 292 Charles E. Weddall 11 Chapman Street 367 Blanks 1978 Town Meeting Members for Two Years Term expires 1953 *Ray Massa 80 Evans Street 463 Anthony Sallese 15 Copeland Street 304 Blanks 301 Town Meeting Members for One Year Term expires 1952 *Donald W. MacInnes 37 Emerson Road 624 *Eugene Merullo 59 Olney Street 597 Blanks 915 The result of count of votes cast at the Annual Town Election was forwarded to the Secretary of State. In accordance with Chapter 51, Section 61, the return of the reg- istered voters at the close of registration on February 14, 1951, was forwarded to the Secretary of State. In accordance with Chapter 54, Section 132, the number of persons who voted in each precinct was forwarded to the Secretary of State. In connection with the work of the Department of Corporations and Taxation, a list of Town officials was forwarded to Francis X. Lang, Director -of Accounts. ATTEST: GEORGE B. WELLMAN Town Clerk 18 +� �n .-4 N ri i a) W I. S-� 0 `& 00 Cd LO ° H Q) i�i UO uJ Cf� �+ w y U O CD Cd a� v t- to CI � U V ° ti scd CZ 't3 N N co a .0 W) �cd� �+ cd O Cd 00 00 cv Cd O o Z L) w ca 00to� y u a 3 a� r� CDcoN Ommm � Cd a) Cd p U1 in to Ln P4 00 co w M cu U Cd Fir C.) Cd ra N CD 00 C>tt4 'U w M M� 3 b >, Z fad U y' Cri N CD N a) ti L. Li �,,,i O 3 y H 00 N CDW � " � W .43 ° 5 O H Cd > ti N 00 O bD LO Q ° O n H wwQ) " o z x O Safi 4. to taa) Cd ° w r. w 0 W O 'v� �+ f� T: a) ° 10 a a) O ov °' tau 0 ;. ;+ + U y q A � oCL) O — a'Cd o .-3 -0-,- • 4-4 " d w w s. 4z w J C, 6A �w V OD Q a) Uk Cd V w O� 4-a di W ° Cd a CD +Z. 'W1� v • • ¢�•.yr it �,/ 19 RECORD OF ANNUAL ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING MARCH 19, 26, 1951 The meeting of March 19, 1951, was called to order by Moderator John M. Russell at 7:40 P.M. Officers' return on Warrant was read by Town Clerk George B. Wellman. The meeting was opened with a prayer by Rev. Paul B. Myers, pastor of the Phillips Congregational Church. The newly elected Town Meeting members, and others, who had not previously taken the oath of faithful performance to duty, were sworn by Town Clerk George B. Wellman. Number of Town Meeting members present on March 19, as reported by records of George E. LeFavor and John T. Gleason, checkers, 237. Number of Town Meeting members present on March 26, as reported by records of George E. LeFavor and John T. Gleason, checkers, 217. Notices were received on March 19, from Chairmen of Precincts 5, 8 and 9, respectively, of the election to fill Town Meeting Member vacancies of: Robert Matthews, 101 No. Beacon Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Five, 1952 term, caused by the removal from town of Theodore Vogel. Frank Cerrati, 78 Main Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Eight, 1953 term, caused by failure to fill vacancy at town election. Edmund O'Connell, 71 Green Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Eight, 1953 term, caused by failure to fill vacancy at town election. Domenic Pallone, 15 Linden Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Nine, 1953 term, caused by the removal from the Precinct of Mary A. Devaney. William Gibson, 68 Prospect Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Nine, 1953 term, caused by failure to fill vacancy at town election. Notices were received on March 26, from Chairmen of Precincts 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8, respectively, of the election to fill Town Meeting vacancies of: Gilbert A. Drackley, 27 Westland Road, to fill vacancy in Precinct One, 1952 term, caused by the election to the Chairmanship of the Water Commissioners of Louis E. Alfieri. Rex C. Neaverson, 92 Garfield Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Four, 1954 term, caused by the election to the Chairmanship of the Planning Board of Robert Chase. Robert N. Larson, 162 Common Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Six, 1953 term, caused by the election to the Chairmanship of the School Committee of Philip Pane. Robert H. Gwaltney, Jr., 102 Mt. Auburn Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Seven, 1953 term, caused 'by the resignation of John F. O'Halloran. Thomas D. McCurley, 61 Eliot Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Eight, 1952 term, caused by the resignation of Anna V. Hughes. 20 NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT March 19, 1951. (Adjournment took place at 11 p.m.) Voted: to adjourn meeting of March 19, 1951, to the following Monday, March 26, 1951, at 7:30 P.M. to meet in the Senior High School Building, Columbia Street. Notice of Adjourned Town Meeting Monday Evening, March 26, 1951, 7:30 P.M. Notice is hereby given that the Town Meeting called for Monday evening, March 19, 1951, has been adjourned until MONDAY EVENING, March.26, 1951, at 7:30 P.M. to meet in the Senior High School Building, on Columbia Street, in the Town of Watertown, at which time and place all unfinished business in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 5, 1951, being any unfinished business under Article 3, and Articles, 5, 13, 15, 17, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 31, 35, 36, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46, will come before the meeting for consideration and action. March 21, 1951 Mr. George B. Wellman Town Clerk Dear Sir: In accordance with Chapter 2 of Section 15 of the By-Laws, I hereby give Notice that I intend to move for reconsideration on the action taken by the Town Meeting held March 19. 1951, as follows: MOTION: To reconsider sub paragraph No. e of the vote passed under Article 3 with reference to bonuses for Town Employees insofar as sub paragraph e refers to increments. Very truly yours, s/ HILDA HANN 5 Ladd Place And the legal voters of the Town of Watertown are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place herein specified by posting copies of this notice in ten or more conspicuous public places in Town twenty-four hours at least prior to the time of said meeting and also by causing a copy of the same to be published in a Watertown newspaper. Given under our hands this 21st day of March, A.D., 1951. s/ JOHN M. RUSSELL, Moderator s/ GEORGE B. WELLMAN, Town Clerk Mrs. Hann moved for reconsideration as noted in the Notice of Adjourned Town Meeting. The motion was put to the meeting and defeated. ARTICLE 2. To hear the report of the Town Officers as printed and to hear the report of any committee heretofore appointed, and act thereon. March 19, 1951. VOTED: (Unanimously) That the reports of Town Officers as printed in the Town Report of 1950 be and they are hereby accepted. Mr. Augustin R. Papalia submitted the following Resolution, and it was VOTED: (Unanimously) To adopt the following resolution: 21 Resolution—Clark B. Partridge On the 13th day of October 1950 our fellow tovnisman, Clark B. Partridge, an outstanding citizen of our town for many years, was taken from our midst by the call which must come to us all. He was born in Wayland, New York, 74 years ago and received his education in that community. In his early life he came to Needham, Massachusetts where he became affiliated with Norfolk Lodge A.F. & A.M., and held membership there at the time of his death. He was a great public servant and had been renominated for his sixth term in the legislature. Always interested in municipal affairs he had been a member of the Watertown Finance Committee for 14 years, and was its Vice-Chairman, a member of the Republican Town Committee, a Town Meeting Member, and former Chairman of the Watertown Finance Committee. His thoughfulness, modesty, and the wisdom of his advice will be missed by his fellow-townsmen. Resolved: That we inscribe this testimonial of the esteem in which he was held by all on the records of our town and that a copy be presented to his family. s/ AUGUSTIN R. PAPALIA s/ MARTIN V. TOMASSIAN s! THOMAS F. MEGAN Chairman Off Street Parking: Selectmen H. Herbert Applin submitted a report for the Off Street Parking Committee, which was adopted, and recommended favorable action under Article 41, of the Warrant. Report is filed in the Book of Reports, Office of Town Clerk. Committee on Public Works Department: Selectman H. Herbert Applin reported for the Committee appointed to study the advisability of creating a Public Works Department. The report recommended that the Committee be enlarged to seven members, and to consist of two members of the Board of Selectmen, two members of the Finance Committee, and three citizens, one of whom should be a lawyer. VOTED: (Unanimously) To adopt the report of the committee, and the recommendation to increasa the membership of the committee as defined in the report. Report is filed in the Book of Reports, Office of Town Clerk. North Watertown Fire Station: Chief William C. McElroy submitted a report of the Committee on new North Watertown Fire Station, and recommended an appropriation of $6500 to complete the work, as defined under Article 18. Voted: To accept report. Report is filed in the Book of Reports, Office of Town Clerk. Stadium Committee: Thomas F. O'Brien submitted a report of the Stadium Committee in regard to the construction of New Field House at Victory Field, and recommended favorable action under Article 14, geeking additional appropriation of $1800 to complete the work. VOTED: To accept report. 22 Report is filed in the Book of Reports, Office of Town Clerk. Advisory Board of Review: Selectman H. Herbert Applin submitted report of the Advisory Board of Review, and said that action would be taken up under the various articles as outlined in the Warrant. Report is filed in the Book of Reports, Office of Town Clerk. ' Appointment of Committee on demise of PATRICK J. QUINN. On motion of Daniel Joseph Clifford, duly seconded, it was VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Moderator appoint a Committee of Three to draw up proper resolution on the death of Patrick J. Quinn, late of Bancroft Street, a former town employee for approximately fifty years. Col. Charles M. Abbott: Moderator John M. Russell introduced Col. Charles M. Abbott, former Selectman, who 24 years ago left Watertown to enter business in Canada, and who had returned to this community last year. Col. Abbott was given a warm welcome by the Town Meeting. ARTICLE 3. To grant such sums of money as may be determined necessary for the use and expenses of the Town for the current year, direct how the same shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. VOTED: That the following items as shown in Schedule be and are hereby appropriated for the use of the various Town Departments for the current year: General Administration ($166,733.94) Moderator (See Art. 13) .................................................................. $150.00 Selectmen's Department Selectmen's Salaries (See Art. 13) .................................... 5,000.00 (Chairman, $2,000.00—2 at $1,500.00) Private Secretary .................................................................... 2,520.00 Confidential Clerk .................................................................. 500.00 Temporary Clerk Hire .......................................................... 500.00 Contingent . .. . . ... . . . ............. . . .. . .. . . .... . .. .. 1,200.00 Out-of-State Travel .. . . ... . . ....... ...... . ....... .. 2,500.00 Treasurer's Department Treasurer's Salary (See Art. 13) .. .. .. . ......... .. .. 5,400.00 Principal Clerk .. .................. .. . . .... .......... 2,520.00 Senior Clerk . ....... . ..... ........ ...... . ....... .. 2,160.00 Senior Clerk . . . ....... ...... ...... . . .............. . . 2,160.00 Contingent ..... . ............ ....... ......... .... . . . .. 1,450.00 Collector's Department (See Art. 6) Collector's Salary (See Art. 13) . ........... ...... .. . . 5,400.00 Deputy Collector .... ....... . ............ . ......... . . 2,520.00 Deputy Collector .... ....... . ............ . ....... .. . . 2,520.00 First Clerk . . . ....... ..... .. .... . ......... . . .. . . . .. . 2,160.00 Second Clerk . ....... .......... ..... . . ... ...... . .. .. . 1,660.00 Contingent . .... .......... ... . ............ . .... .. . . . .. 1,619.00 23 Auditor's Department Auditor's Salary (See Art. 13 ...... . . . .. . ... . . . .. . . .. 5.400.00 Principal Clerk . . .. . . .... .. . ....... . . .. . . .. . . .. . .... . 2,520.00 Senior Clerk . . . ... . . . . ...... . ... .... . . ... . .. . ... . . . . . 2,160.00 Junior Clerk .. .. . . .. . ... .. . . .. . . . . . . ....... . . .. . . ... 1,000.00 Contingent ... . .... .. . . . . .... . . . ... . .. . 1,200.00 Assessors' Department Assessors' Salaries (See Art. 13) . ..... . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. 6,000.00 Principal Clerk . .. .. . . . .. .. . . . ..... . . . ... . .. . . . .. . . .. 2,520.00 Senior Clerk — Stenographer ....... . . ... .. . . . . ... . . . 2,040.00 Junior Clerk —Typist . .. .... . . ..... . . . . .. . . . . . . .. ... . 1,540.00 Contingent .. . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,824.00 Appellate Tax Board ...... . ... .... . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. .. 1,000.00 Finance Committee . . . ..... . . . . .... . . ....... . . .. . . .. . . . . .. ... 1,000.00 Legal Services Salary of Town Counsel . . . .. . . ..... . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. .. 2,500.00 Contingent . . . . .. . . .. .. . . .. .. .. .. . .... . . . . ... . . . . .. . . . 3,000.00 Town Clerk's Department Town Clerk's Salary (See Art. 13) .... . . . .. ... . . . . .. .. 5,400.00 Principal Clerk ... . . .. . ...... . ....... . . . .. ... . . .. .... 2,520.00 Principal Clerk — Stenographer ...... . . ... .. . . . . . .. . . 2,400.00 Clerk — Stenographer . .... .. . ... .. . . . . .. . .. . . . ... .. 2,160.00 Contingent . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . ... ... . . . .. . . . 1,372.00 Special — Microfilm Records .. ..... . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . 2,000.00 Purchasing Department Purchasing Agent's Salary . . .. .. . ..... . . . ... . . . . . .. ... 4,500.00 Junior Clerk . . ... . .. . . .... . . . ..... .. . . .. .. . . . . . . . . .. 1,820.00 Contingent ... . . . . .... . . .... .. . . . ... . ... .. . ..... . . . . . . . 1,000.00 Engineering Department Salaries . . .... . . . . .... . . . ... . . .. .... . . .. ..... . . . . . . .. . 29,022.44 Contingent .. . . . . ...... . ...... . . ....... .... . . .. . . . .. . . 1,745.00 New Car ..... . .. ...... . . .... . ..... ... . . ..... . . . . . . . .. 1,600.00 Election Expense . .. . . . .. ... . . .... . . .. ...... ........ . . . . . . . . 6,175.00 Registrars of Voters Salaries of 4 Men at $300.00 .. . . ...... . ... . . .. . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 Permanent Assistant Registrar .. . ... . . .... . .. . . ... .. 2,160.00 Listing Board .. .... . . .. ... . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 1,677.00 Town Hall Department Senior Custodian ..... . . . ... . . . .... . . . . . . ... . . . . . .... 2,880.00 Junior Custodian .... .. ....... . ..... . . . . . ..... . . . . . . 2,160.00 Overtime for Custodians ...... . ..... .. .. .... ... . .. . . . . 500.00 Telephone Operator ... . . ..... . . . . .... .. . . .... . . . ..... 2,160.00 Relief Operator ... .... . . .... ... .... .. . ..... ... . . . . . .. 650.00 Fuel ... . .. . . . ... . . . ... ...... . . . ...... . .... ... . . . .... 2,000.00 Telephone .... .. ...... . ....... .. ...... .... . . . . . . . . ... 3,800.00 Light . . . ..... . . .. . . . .......... .. ...... .. ....... . ..... 1,600.00 Maintenance ... . ...................... . . .... . . . . .. . .. 3,500.00 Painting ... ... . . . . . ... .. ...... . . ..... .. . . .... . . . . .. .. 1,600.00 24 Raising Drinking Fountains . . ....... . . .... . . . ..... . 200.00 Air Conditioner — Engineering Dept. . . ..... . .... ... . 389.50 Planning Board . . . . .. . . . . ..... . . . .... .. . . . ... . ... . .. . . .... . 200.00 Board of Appeals .. .. . . . . . ... . . ...... . . .... . . .. . . . . . . .. ... 700.00 Protection of Persons and Property ($657,078.86) Police Department Salary of Chief . . .. ..... . . .... . . ..... . ..... . . . . ... . .. 5,400.00 Captains (2) ..... . ..... ............... .... . . . . ..... . . 9,900.()0 Lieutenants (4) .. . . ..... .. .. ... . ... .. . . .... . . . . .... .. 18,000.00 Sergeants (5)... ... .... .... .... ............ . . . ... ... . 19,200.00 Patrolmen (47) .. . . .... . . . ..... . . .. ... ..... . . . . .. . . .. 155,216.66 Additional Men (6 from 5/1/51 See Art. 20) ... . . .. .... 11,200.00 Clerk-Stenographer (male) ... . . ..... .. .. ... . .. ...... 3,300.00 Clerk .. .. .... . . .. . . . . ..... . . ..... . . .... .. . . . .. . . . 3,300.00 Ambulance Driver, Motor Equipment and Radio Repairman .... . . ..... . . ... .. . . ..... . . . . .. . . 3,300.00 Junior Custodian .. .. .. . . ..... . .. . ... .. ... ... . . . . . .. . 2,250.00 Junior Clerk Stenographer (female) . . .. . . . . . . .. .. . . 1,320.00 Matron . . . . .... .. . ... .. . . .... . ... . .. . .. ..... . . . . ... . . 600.00 Reserve Men . . . . .. .. .... . . . ... .. . . .... . . . . . . . .. . 6,500.00 School Traffic Supervisors (6 from 9/1/51) . . . . . . . . . . 1,440.00 Contingent .. . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . .... . . ..... . . . .. .. . 13,500.00 Teletype . . .. ... . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 540.00 Painting and Repairing Stations ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 Uniforms . . .. .. . . . . .... . ... ... . . ..... . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . 3,700.00 New Cars (3) . ... . . .... . . . .. .... . .. . . . . . .... ... .. . . 3,500.00 Printing Rules and Regulations .. ... . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 400.00 New Motorcycle (3 wheel) ..... . . ..... . . . . . .. .. ..... .. 1,300.00 Uniforms for School Traffic Supervisors .. . . . . .... .. . . 720.00 Fire Department Salary of Chief . . .. ........... . .. .... .... . . . . . ... . . . . 5,400.00 Captains (4) .... .... . . . . .... .. . . ..... ....... . . .. . . .. . 18,000.00 Lieutenants (5) . . . ..... . ...... . . ..... . ...... . ...... . . 19,200.00 Mechanician .... . . ..... . ...... . ...... . . .. ... .. . . .. . 3,600.00 Junior Clerk Stenographer .. .. .. ...... . ....... ...... . . 1.080.00 Permanent Men (55) .. . . .. .. ....... . .......... ... . 181,325.00 Additional Men 13 — 10/1/51 . . ...... ....... . . ..... . . 25,900.00 Contingent . .. . .. ...... ..... .. . ...... . ..... .. ... . . . 10,500.00 New Hose ..... . ...... .. .... . ........... . ... . . ... . . . . 3,500.00 Uniforms . . .... . . ..... ....... .......... . ... .. ..... . .. 6,750.00 Radio — Engine 1 .... . . ...... . ...... ....... . . ..... . .. 550.00 New 750 Gallon Pump .. . . .. .......... . ............. . . 16,000.00 Renovations (Hdgts. and Sta. 2) ..... . ............. . .. 500.00 Engine 3 Repairs ..... . . ..... .............. . . ........ 1,500.00 Bed Room Equipment (Sta. 1 and 2) . . ........ ..... . .. 500.00 Supplies and Equipment (Sta. 3) ................. . . . 1,600.00 Inspector of Buildings Salary of Inspector .. . ......... . ....... .. .... ........ 4,000.00 Principal Clerk . ...... ....... . ... .. .. .. . ......... . . . . 2,520.00 Contingent ... . . ....... . .... ..... . ......... . .... .. ... 280.00 Transportation ...... ........ ...... . ......... . ... .. .. 360.00 25 Weights and Measures Salary of Sealer . ......... . . ............... ... ... . .. 3.840.00 Contingent ........................ . ........ . ... .. . . 690.00 Tree Walden Salary of Tree Warden (See Art. 13) ............ . .. ... 3,000.00 Principal Clerk . . .. .......... .......... ...... .. 1,260.00 0 Salary of Foreman .... . . . ......... ... . .... .. . .. 3,480.00 Labor ............ . ......... . . .... . .. . 14,4(7.20 Emergency Overtime .. .... .:.. .. . ..... .. ..... . . . 100.00 Temporary Labor (2 men 40 weeks) . .... .... .. 4,000.00 Material and Expense ... ..... .. .. .. ..... . . . .. ...... 600.00 Moth — Material and Expense .................. .... 1,40Q.00 Elm Leaf Beetle — Materials .. ........ . . .......... 500.00 Poison Ivy — Materials ...... ............ . . .... .... . . 400.00 Dutch Elm Disease .. ........ . .................. ... 500.00 Earwig .. .... . .... . . ............ . . . ... ...... . .. 800.00 Car Expense for Foreman .. . ........ . ............ .. . 300M New Mist Blower .... . . ........... ... . . .. . ........ . 2,500.00 New Trees .. ............... . ..... . . . . 1,500.00 New Tires for Truck .. .................... .. .... 300.00 Repairs to Spray Machine .................. ........ . 200.00 Wire Department Salary of Superintendent . ........... .......... .... 5,400.00 Principal Clerk . ... . . .. ............... . .............. 1,260.00 Extra Clerk Hire ........ . ... . . .... . .. . . ..... . . .... . . 300.00 Maintenance Labor .. .......... .................. . . . .. . 31,620.00 Materials and Expense .. ...... . ... . ....... ...... . . 4,200.00 Transportation ........... ........... .. . .. . ........ 300.00 .... New Construction ........ . ... . .... . ............. . ... 4,320.00 Dog Officer Salary of Dog Officer ........ . ... ..... . . ............ 500.00 Contingent . . .. . . ........... ................... .... . 1,250.00 Health and Sanitation ($91,174.00 Health Department Salary of Health Officer ... ..... ...... .... ... . . ..... 4,950.00 Inspector of Plumbing and Sanitation . ....... .... 4,500.00 Health Inspector ..... . . .... ..... . . .... . . .. . 3,470.00 Nurses (2) ...... ........ .. .. . ................ . .. . 5,760.00 Principal Clerk ....... .... . . . ....... . . ...... .. 2,520.00 Junior Clerk and Stenographer .... . . . .. ..... . ... . 1,440.00 Dental Clinic . ... .......... . . ............ . . . .. .... 4,360.00 Contagious Diseases .... .. ...... . .. . . . . .. ..... .. .. 21,000.00 Contingent (Inc ins. on 3 cars) ...... .. ........ . . 2,800.00 Mosquito Control .... ...... . ................. .. 200.00 Replace Three (3) Autos .... .. . .... .......... .... 3,000.00 Inspector of Animals . .... . . ......... . . . . . .......... . ... 600.00 Sewer Department Construction .. .... . . . ......... ..... . . .. . . . ....... . .. 6,438.00 Maintenance .... . . . ..... .. .. ....... . . . . . . . ...... . . . 4,000.00 26 Drainage .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . 26,136.00 Care and Lighting of Highways ($625,494.00 Highway Department Salary of Superintendent . . . . .... . . ..... . . .. .... . . . . . 5,400.00 Assistant Superintendent . .. ...... ...... .. ..... . . .. . . 4,900.00 Supervisor of Foremen .... . ... ...... . . ... ..... . . .... 3,010.00 Motor Equipment Maintenance Foreman . ... . . .. .. . . 2,718.00 Principal Clerk .. . ..... .. .. ... . ...... . . .... 2,520.00 Senior Clerk . ..... .. . ..... . ..... . ..... . . . .. . . .. .. . ... 2,160.00 Office Expense .. . . . . .. . ... . ..... .. ..... . . . . .. . . . . .. .. 300.00 Vacations . . . . . .... . .. .. .... ........ .... . . . ... . . . .. . 18-,054.00 Labor (140 men) . . . . .. . . .. ...... . ...... . .. .. .... . . . . 355,000.00 Overtime Labor .... ..... .. . ....... .... .. ..... . . .. . . . . 5,000.00 Highway Construction . . .... . ....... ..... . .. ... . . . . . .18.838.00 Chapter 90 Construction .. . ....... ..... . . ..... . . .... 10,000.()0 Betterment Construction ... ..... .. ...... . . . .. . . . .. . . 20,944.00 Highway Maintenance .. .. . .. .... . . . ...... .. . ... . . ... 25,000.00 General Maintenance .. . .. . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... .. . . .. 30,000.00 Snow & Ice — Materials : -11-1- 1 - 11 11,700.00 Snow & Ice — Overtime and Trucking .. .... . . . . . ... 10,700.00 Garbage Disposal . . . ... . . .. ...... . ....... ...... . . .. .. 2,000.00 Ashes and Paper ... . ... .. . .. ...... ...... ...... . . .. . . 3,000.00 New Equipment .. . . . . . . .. . . ...... . ..... . . .. .. . . . . .. 24,100.00 Sidewalk Department Construction . ..... . . . .... . . . .... .. .... . . . . . .... . . .. . . 3,500.00 Maintenance ...... . . .. . . .. ....... . ..... . . . ..... . . . . . . 3,000.00 Street Lights .. .. . ... . . .. .. 63,650.00 Charities and Soldiers' Benefits ($561,935.00) Public Welfare Salary of Agent . . . . . . .... . . . ... . . . . .... . . .... . . . . .. . . 4,900.W* Principal Social Work Supervisor . ... .. . . ...... . . .... 4,040.00* * To be paid from Federal Funds Social Workers (6) . . ..... . . .... . . . .... .... . ... . . . . .. 17,610.00 Principal Clerk ... . .. . .. . . . .... . ... ... . ..... . . . . . . . . 2,280.00 Senior Clerk ... .. . . . .... . . .. . ... .... . . . ... . . . . . ... . 2,060.00 Junior Clerk . .. .. . . 1,800.00 Junior Clerk .. . .. . .. .. . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. ... . 1,620.00 Junior Clerk . . ... ... .... . . .... 1,500.00 Junior Clerk ..... . .... .. . ... .. ...... . . . . ..... . .... 1,500.00 Contingent .. .... . ... .. .. .. . . . ... . .. . . . .... . . .. . . . 2,000.00 Auto Travel . . . .... . . .. . ... . ..... . . . .. .. .. ..... . . . 2240.00 General Relief .... . . . . ... . . ... . ...... . .. . . . . . . ... . 100,000.00 Aid Dependent Children . . . ... .. . .. . . . . .... .. . . .. . . 65,000.00 Old Age Assistance . ..... . . ... . . ... . . .. .. .. . . . ... 275,700.00 New Typewriters (2) .. . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . .. . . ... . . . . .. . 240.00 Infirmary Department Salary of Keeper . . . . .... . ...... . . . .. . . 1,910.00 Salary of Housekeeper . . . ... .. . . .... . . . . . ... . . .... . . 1,640.00 Part Time Help . . . . .. . . . . . . ... . . ..... . . . . .. . . . ..... . 416.00 General Expense . . .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ... . . . 5,844.00 27 Physicians . . .. . . . ........... . . .... . ...... . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . . 1,500.()0 Veterans Services Salary of Agent .. . . . . . . .... . ... . 4,010.00 Social Worker .... .... . . .. . ..... . .. . . . . .. ...... . . . 3,260.00 Social Worker — Part Time . . . ....... .. . . . . . . . . ... . . 1,300.00 Senior Clerk . .......... . . . ........ .. . . . . . . .. ..... . . . 1,920.00 Junior Clerk . . .... . . . . . ....... ... . . . ... ...... ... . 1,820.00 Veterans' Benefits .... ..... . . . . ... ...... . . . . .. .. .. . . 50,000.00 War Allowances ... . .. . . . . . . . ........ . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 4,000.00 Office Expense .. .. . .. . . . . ... .. .. . ... . . . . .. . . 1,075.00 Car Expense . . ..... .... . . . ...... . . .. . . . . .. ... .. .. . . 750.00 Schools and Libraries ($1,312,297.00) School Department General Control Salary of Superintendent . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. .. .. . . 7,200.00 Assistant Superintendent . . .. . . .... .. .. . . . . . . ...... .. 6,000.00 Clerks' Salaries . . . ........ . .. . . . . . . .... . . . . . . 4,680.00 Attendance Officers (2) . . .. . . .. .. ....... . . . .... ...... 5,760.00 Attendance Officers' Expenses .......... . . .. . ..... . ... . 600.00 Telephones .. . . . . . ... 2,500.00 Office Expense . .... ... .. . . . . ......... . . . . . .... . .. . 500.00 Automobile Expense . .... .. . . . . .. .... . .. . . . . .... . . . 500.00 New England Development Council . . . . ...... ... . . . . . . ... .. 300.00 Instruction Salaries .. .... . . . . .... ...... .. .... . .. . . .. . . ... . . . . . . 883,100.00 Books and Supplies .. .. ..... . . . . ..... . .. . . . . .. . . . . 34,000.00 Operation Salaries .. . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . 54,850.00 On a standing vote, 109 in favor; 81 opposed it was VOTED: That it is the sense of the meeting that the School Committee in paying its janitors and other employees other than teachers, principals and superintendents should follow the Wage and Salary By-Law governing pay to other Town employees and the bonuses voted by this meeting from time to time to such other Town employees. Supplies .. . ... .. . . . . .... ... .. . .... .. .... . . .. . . . ... 4,000.00 Light and Power . .... ....... . . . ... . .. .. . .. . . . . . . . 15,000.00 Fuel 26,000.00 School Halls . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... .. 800.00 Maintenance .. . . .... . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . 60,000.00 School Ground Improvement . . .... . . .. .. . . .. .. . . . . . . .. 3,400.00 School Lighting .... . . . . . . . . ... ... ... . . . .. .. . ..... . . . . . . . . .. 15,000.00 New Equipment .. .. . . .... . .. . ... .... ......... . . . . . . .. . 2,500.00 Miscellaneous Medical Salaries . . ... 9,600.00 Medical Supplies .. . . . . . ... .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 400.00 Nurses Cars .... . . . .... ..... .. . . .... .. .. .. . . .. . . . 480.00 28 Evening School Salaries . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . .... . . . ....... .. .. ... . . . .. . . 5,000.00 Supplies . . . . . ... .. .. . . . . . ... .. . . . ..... . . ....... . . . . . . 200.00 Trade School and Outside Tuition . ... . . .. .... . . .. .. . . . . .. ... 16,000.00 Transportation . ...... . . . . .. . . . ... .. . . . ......... ...... .. . .. 5,500.00 Juvenile Recreation . .. . . ... ... . ...... ....... . .... .... .. . . 9,000.00 Banthin Automatic Printing Press ..... . . . ... . . . ...... . . .. . . 1,025.00 Ahtletic Fund Salaries . . . ..... . . .. . . . . . . .. . .. . . . .... . . .. .. . . . .. .. . . 35,567.00 Supplies . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . .. .. . . . . .. . . . . ... . . 9,000.00 Insurance . . .. ... . . . .. . . . . . ... .. . . ... . . . . .. . . . . . . ... . . 2,500.00 Public Library Salaries . . ...... . . .. ... . . . . . ... . . ... .. . . .. .. . . . . . .... 60,750.00 Books, Periodicals and Binding . . .. .... .. . . .. . . . . .... 14,700.00 Maintenance . .. . . ...... . . .. ... . . . . ... .. ...... . . . . . . . 15,885.00 Recreation ($37,842.60) Park Department Salary of Superintendent .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . ... . . .. . . . . 3,840.00 Salary of Clerk . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .... . . ..... . 200.00 Labor . . . . . . .... . . . ... . . . . .. . ... . . . .... . ..... . .. . . . . . . 16,608.60 Extra Labor ... . . . .. . . . . . ..... . . ..... . . .. . ... . . . . . . . . 1,800.00 Maintenance ... . . ... . . . . . .... . . . ...... . . . .... . . . .. . . . 5,814.00 Playground Salaries .. .. . . .. . . . .. . .... . . .. .. ... . .. . . 3,680.00 New Equipment .. . ... . . .. ... . .. .... . . . . . . . . .... .... . 500.00 Recreation . .. . ..... . .. . ... . . ... . .. .. ...... . . .. . . 750.00 Midget and Junior Leagues .. . . . .... . . ... ... ....... . . 750.00 Fence — Parker Playground .. . . . ... . . . I .... .. . . .. . . . . 1,000.00 Waterproof Skating Rinks . ... .. .. .. . . ..... . . . .. . .. . 1,000.00 Tractor andLawn Mower . . ... . . . ... . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . 1,900.00 Public Enterprises ($123,316.60) Water Department Salary of Superintendent .. . ...... . . . .... . . . ... . ... 5,400.00 Assistant Superintendent .. . . . .. . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. 4,500.00 Registrar and Clerk to Water Board .. . . . ... . . .... .. 3,840.00 Principal Clerk . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .... . . .. . . . . 2,520.00 Senior Clerk .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . 2,160.00 Junior Clerk .. .. .... . . ... .. . . . .... . . .. . .. . . .. . ... . . 1,080.00 Service Foreman . . .. . . . . 3,840.00 Meter Readers . . .. . . . . . . .. ... . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . ..... . . 8,640.00 Maintenance Labor .. .. . . . . . .. . . .. . . . ... . . .. . ... . . . . .... . . 46,144.80 Materials . . . . . . . .. . . . .. .... . . . .... . .. .... . . . . .. . . 9,292.00 Office Expense . . . . . .. . . . .. .. . . ... . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. 2,444.00 New s" Meters .. .. . . . . .. . ... . . .. . . . . . ... .. . . .. . . . . 2,226.00 New House Services .. . . . . 3,000.00 Water Liens . . . . .. . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . ... . . . 250.00 Emergency Overtime . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . .... .. . .. . 2,500.00 Renewal of Services .. . . . ... . . . . .... . . . . ... . . . .... . . . . 2,150.00 Cleaning Water Mains . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,250.00 29 Construction and Reconstruction .... . ...... ... .... .. 4,100.00 Large Meters ...... .. . .. ... . .............. . ....... 343.20 Calgon Feeder and House . . ....... . ........ .. ... ... .. 5,000.00 New Tractor and Trencher .. . ............ . .... .. .. .. 8,280.60 New Compressor and Chassis . . .. . .................... 1,656.00 New %. Ton Truck .... . ...... ............ . . . ...... .. 1,700.00 Cemeteries ($21,325.00) Cemetery Department Salary of Superintendent ... . . . . . ...... .... . .. . .. . . 3,640.00 Labor ... ... .. .... . ... .... .... . .. . . .......... .. . ... . . 15,450.00 Contingent . ......... .. . . .. . ..... ..... . ........ .. .. 1,800.00 Power Mower ...... .. . ... .................... ... . . . . 135.00 New Lowering Device ...... . .. ............. .. . . . ..... 3W.00 Public Debt and Interest ($54,000.00) Town Debt (See Art. 4) . . .. ........ . ................ . .. ..... 44,000.00* Interest .... ...... . ...... .. .. .............. . . ... . . . . 10,000.00** * $15,000.00 to be transferred from Veterans' Housing " 4,462.50 to be transferred from Veterans' Housing Unclassified ($389,565.47) Pensions ... ... . . ....... . .. ... . .. 68,000.00 Insurance .. ................ . ........... . ....... . .. .. . .. 24,350.00 Workmen's Compensation .... ............ ................ . . 9,000.00 Salary of Agent . ... . ....... .. . ... .............. .... .. 1,000.00 Printing Town Reports . . .. ..... ..... . . . . . ....... ..... .. . ... 2,340.80 Contingent . . ........ ..... . . ........... ...... . . .. .. . ... 3,000.00 Reserve Fund .. ... ..... ........ ..... ....... .. . ... . ... . .. . . . 65,000.00 Civil Defense . ........ . ........... . ........... . . ....... .... 10,000.00 Salary of Director ........ ..... ... . . ......... . .... . ... 2,000.00 Junior Clerk-Typist .... ...... . ............. . . .. . ... .. 1,040.00 Headquarters .for Veterans' Organizations (See Art. 7) ...... 4,350.00 Eye Glasses for School Children (See Art. 8) ...... ........ .. 250.00 Memorial Day (See Art. 9) ......... .. . .. . ........ . . . .. . ... 3,000.00 Tax Title Releases (See Art. 19) .. ...... . ... .............. .. 63.00 Annuities (See Art. 11) .................. ...... . ... . ..... .. 8,525.00 Contributory Retirement System (See Art. 12) ........ . . .. . . 35,844.00 Field House — Victory Field (See Art. 14) .. .... . ... . . .. 1,800.00 Utility Building — Ridgelawn Cemetery (See Art. 16) ... . .. 1,500.00 World War II Memorial Tablet (See Art. 17) ..... ...... . .. 9,500.00 No. End Fire Station— Grading and Fence (See Art. 18) .. .. 6,500.00 Sergt. MacDonald Expenses (See Art. 19) ........ . . .... . . .. 500.00 Zwicker Auto Damage Case (See Art. 29) . . . .... ... ..... . .. .. 190.75 Heffernan Auto Damage Case (See Art. 30) ......... ... .. .. 202.95 Dineen Auto Damage Case (See Art. 31) . . ................. . 114.95 Murphy Auto Damage Case (See Art. 32) ...... . ... ..... . .. 49.55 Welfare Dept — Unpaid Bills (See Art. 37) .... . .. . . .... .. 314.12 Dog Officers Dept. — Unpaid Bills (See Art. 38) ...... . ... . . 130.35 Town Report Committee .. 500.00 Spring Street Parking Area (See Art. 41) . . . ............. . . 10,500.00 Cost of Living Bonus ............ .. ........ ............ 120,000.00 Total Appropriation .... ........... ... ... . ........ . . $4,040,762.47 30 March 19, 1951 On Motion of Patrick B. Ford, vice-chairman of the Finance Committee, it was VOTED: That the compensation of each officer or employee reg- ularly employed in the Service of the Town on a full time basis, except teachers included in the instruction account in the School Department, be temporarily increased by an additional amount during the year 1951 sufficient to make the compensation of each such officer or employee for the year 1951 in each instance an amount equal to the compensation of such officer or employee for the year 1950, excluding pay for overtime, increased by two hundred dollars ($200.00) but said temporary increase shall be paid in each instance subject to the following conditions and restrictions: (A) This temporary increase in salaries or wages shall be in effect only for the period beginning January 1, 1951 and ending December 31, 1951 (B) Notwithstanding promotions, changes in classification, or other changes in conditions of employment no employee or officer shall receive for the year 1951 a salary or hourly rate of wage, excluding overtime, less than such employee received in 1950 including bonus but excluding overtime. (C) This temporary increase in salaries and wages shall not be termed or construed to be a portion of the regular compensation of any officer or employee now or formerly in the service of the Town, but shall be termed and construed to be a cost of living bonus. (D) Every officer or employee shall receive such salary or wage as has been or may be voted at this meeting notwithstanding the fact that such salary or wage may amount. to more than the 1950 salary of such officer or employee increased by two hundred dollars ($200.00). (E) No bonus shall be paid to any officer or employee who receives in 1951 one or more increments or a re-classification, or any other increase, under the wage and salary by-law which increases the 1951 wage or salary or stack officer or employee more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) above the 1950 wage or salary of such officer or employee including bonus but excluding overtime. Such employee shall receive only the difference between such increment or increase and two hundred dollars ($200.00). (F) Notwithstanding all the provisions in this vote hereinbefore contained, officers or employees paid by the hour in 1951 under the wage and salary by-law shall receive a bonus of ten cents per hour in 1951 in addition to the hourly rate fixed by the wage and salary by-law plus the five per cent bonus paid such officer or employee in 1950. (G) All bonuses to be paid in accordance with this vote shall be paid ratively weekly. March 26, 1951 VOTED: That the total sum of Four million, forty thousand, seven hundred and sixty-two dollars 'and forty-seven cents ($4,040,762.47) already appropriated be raised as follows: To be transferred from Overlay Reserve .. .. . .. . . . . . . . $65,000.00 To be transferred from Veterans' Housing . . . .. .. .. 19,462.50 31 (Town debt $15,000.00; Interest $4,462.50) To be transferred from Sale of Lots Fund . . . . . . ...... .. 1,500.00 To be transferred from Sale of Town Land . ..... ... . . . 10,500.00 To be paid from Federal Funds ... . .. .. . ... . . . . .. . . . . .. 8,940.00 To be transferred from Excess & Deficiency Account . . .. 269,500.00 (Cost of Living Bonus . .... . .. . . ... . . ... .. $120,000.00) (To reduce tax rate ... . ... . ... . ... . .. . . .. 140,000.00) (World War II Memorial . .... . ... . ... . .. 9,500.00) and the balance of Three million, six hundred sixty-five thousand, eight hundred fifty-nine dollars and ninety-seven cents ($3,665,859.97) to be assessed to the polls and estates for the year 1951. ARTICLE 4: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the necessary sum of money to pay that portion of the Town debt which matures previously to January 1, 1952, direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of Forty-four thousand dollars ($44,000.00) be and is hereby appropriated to pay that portion of the Town debt which matures previous to January 1, 1952, and that of this sum Fifteen thousand dollars (15,000.00) be transferred from the Veteran's Housing Fund, and the balance of Twenty-nine thousand dollars (29,000.00) be assessed on the polls and estates of the current year. ARTICLE 5: To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning, 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 than one year in accordance with General Laws (Ter.Ed) Chapter 44, Section 17. March 26, 1951 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to time on and after January 1, 1952, and to issue a note or notes of the Town 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, of the General Laws. ARTICLE 6. To see what method the Town will vote to adopt for the collection of taxes for the year 1951 and to fix the compensation of the Collector or take any action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the same method for the collection of taxes be and is hereby adopted as was pursued last year, and that bills for taxes shall be sent out and interest shall be charged as provided by General Laws, (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 59, 'Section 57, and acts in amend- ment thereof. 32 ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4,350.00 to pay the cost of providing suitable headquarters for the following Veterans' organizations to be distributed in the following amounts: Burnham-Manning Post 1105, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, $1,500.00 Watertown Chapter No. 14, Disabled American Veterans of the World War $ 600.00 Watertown Post American Veterans of World War II, AMVETS $1,200.00 American Gold Star Mother, Inc., $ 150.00 Italian-American World War Veterans of United States, Inc. $ 900.00 as authorized by General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 9, as amended, direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of Four thousand, three hundred and fifty dollars ($4,350.00) be and is hereby appropriated to pay the cost of providing suitable headquarters for the following Veterans' organizations to be distributed in the following amounts: Burnham-Manning Post 1105, Veterans of. Foreign Wars of the United States, $1,500.00 Watertown Chapter No. 14, Disabled American Veterans of the World War $ 600.00 Watertown Post American Veterans of World War II AMVETS $1,200.00 American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., $ 150.00 Italian-American World War Veterans of United States, Inc. $ 900.00 ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $250,00 to provide eyeglasses and spectacles for school children 18 years of age or under who are in need thereof and whose parents or guardians are financially unable to furnish the same, as authorized by General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Subsection 40; direct how the same shall 'be raised, or take any action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of Two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) be and is hereby appropriated to provide eyeglasses and spectacles for school children eighteen (18) years of age and under who are in need thereof and whose parents or guardians are financially unable to furnish same, as authorized by the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Subsection 40, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, and the amount so appropriated to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the purpose of defraying the expenses of a proper observance of Memorial Day as authorized by General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Subsection 12, as amended, direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) 33 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of Three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) be and is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expenses of a proper observance of Memorial Day as authorized by General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Subsection 12, as amended, said sum to be expended under the Board of Selectmen, and the amount so appropriated to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $63.00 to compensate the Town Counsel for drawing twenty-one (21) tax title releases during the year 1950, direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. March 19,1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of sixty-three dollars ($63.00) 'be and is hereby appropriated to compensate the Town Counsel for drawing twenty-one (21) tax title releases during the year 1950, said amount to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $8,525.00 to pay annuities to the dependents of ten (10) deceased Town employees as authorized by General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 32, Section 89, as amended, direct how the money shall be raised, or take any other action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of Eight thousand, five hundred and twenty-five dollars (8,525.00) be and is hereby appropri- ated to pay that amount for the year 1951 for annuities to the dependents of Ten (10) deceased Town employees as authorized by General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 32, Section 89, as amended, said appropriation to be paid to the following: 1. To the dependents of Gilbert Nichols, a deceased member of the Fire Departmen; 2. To the dependents of Willard E. Streeter, a deceased member of the Fire Department; 3. To the dependents of Ernest B. Ford, a deceased member of the Fire Department; 4. To the dependents of James Carney, a deceased member of the Fire Department; 5. To the dependents of Bertram McElhiney, a deceased member of the Fire Department; 6. To the dependents of Clarence Clifford, a deceased member of the Fire Department; 7. To the dependents of Gerald Mee, a deceased member of the Fire Department; 8. To the dependents of William Munhall, a deceased member of the Fire Department; 10. To the dependent daughter of Daniel J. Sullivan, a deceased member of the Police Department; and the amount so appropriated to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. 34 ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $35,844.00 to be paid into the various funds of the Watertown Contrib- utory Retirement System as established and regulated by the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 32, as amended, direct how the money shall be raised, or take any other action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of Thirty-five thousand, eight hundred and forty-four dollars ($35,844.00) be and is hereby appropriated to be paid into the various funds of the Watertown Contributory Retire- ment System, said sum to be divided as follows: Thirty-three thousand, three hundred and forty-four dollars ($33,344.00) for the Pension Acciunulation Fund; Twenty-Five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for the Expense Fund; said amount so appropriated to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as provided by General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 41, Section 108 as amended, for the following: Moderator, three Selectmen, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Auditor, three assessors, Town Clerk, three Water Commissioners, Tree Warden, and to raise and appropriate by transfer or otherwise the necessary sums of money therefor, or take any other action relating thereto. March 26, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That there be appropriated and paid to the elective officers of the Town of Watertown as salaries for the current financial year, effective beginning January 1, 1951, the amounts set opposite the office and title of each as follows: Moderator $ 150.00 Selectmen: Chairman $2,000.00 Two Members (each $1,500.00) 3,000.00 5,000.00 Treasurer 5,400.00 Collector of Taxes 5,400.00 Auditor 5,400.00 Town Clerk 5,400.00 Tree Warden 3,000.00 Assessors (3 at $2,000) 6,000.00 ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) to pay additional costs for the Field House which sum will include all furniture and equipment includ- ing first aid room, additional grading and all other labor and material costs required for full completion of building, direct how said money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Stadium Committee) March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate the sum of Eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) to pay additional costs for the 35 Field House which sum will include all furniture and equipment includ- ing first aid room, additional grading and all other labor and material costs required for full completion of building, said amount to be placed on the tax levy of the current year, and said sum to be expended under the direction of the Stadium Committee. ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of seven citizens for the purpose of studying the recreational and playground enterprises of the Inhabitants of Watertown and to report to the Town concerning the advisability of reorganizing and consolidating these enterprises or take any action thereto. (Request of Park Department) March 26, 1951 VOTED: That a committee of seven citizens be appointed for the purpose of studying the recreational and playground enterprises of the Inhabitants of Watertown and to report to the Town at its next Town meeting concerning the advisability of reorganizing and consolidating these enterprises. ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to complete the construction of the Utility Building at the Ridgelawn Cemetery and to furnish the same, and for such purpose to appropriate the sum of four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars to be expended under the supervision of said Board of Health and to provide said sum of four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars by transferring the same for this purpose from the Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund or otherwise' direct how said sum shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Board of Health) March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town authorize the Board of Health to complete the construction of the Utility Building at Ridgelawn Cemetery and to furnish the same, and for such purpose the sum of Fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) be and is hereby appropriated, to be transferred from the Sale of Lots Fund, and to be expended under the supervision of the Board of Health. ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of nine-five hundred dollars ($9,500.00) for the purchase and erection of a bronze memorial tablet in the Administration Building to honor the veterans of World War II, direct how the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: That the sum of Nine thousand, five hundred dollars ($9,500.00) be appropriated and transferred from the Excess & Deficiency Account for the purchase and erection of a bronze memorial tablet; in an appropriate place, to honor the Veterans of World War II, the said sum to be spent under the direction of the World War II Veterans' Memorial Committee. ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of sixty-five hundred dollars ($6,500.00) for the purpose of grading and surfacing with bituminous macadam the area owned by the Town adjacent to the North Watertown Fire Station building and also to 36 erect a fence around the lot of land on which the said Station is located, direct how the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. (Request of the North Watertown Fire Station Committee) March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate the sum of Sixty-five hundred dollars ($6,500.00) for the purpose of grading and surfacing with bituminous macadam the area owned by the Town adjacent to the North Watertown Fire Station building, and also erect a fence around the lot of land on which said Station is located, said amount to be placed on the tax levy of the current year, and to be expended under the direction of the North Watertown Fire Station Committee. ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for expenses incurred by Sgt. Herbert McDonald of the Police Department of said Town while attending the Traffic School at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois and to reimburse him for such expenditure, direct how the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate the sum of Five hundred dollars ($500.00) for expenses incurred by Sgt. Herbert McDonald of the Police Department of Watertown while attending the Traffic School at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois and to reimburse him for such expenditure, said amount to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to increase the personnel in the regular Police Department from fifty-nine men to sixty-five by the addition of six permanent patrolmen who shall start to work May 1, 1951, appropriate the necessary money to pay the wages or salaries of such additional men, direct how the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 VOTED (Unanimously) That the Town increase the personnel in the regular Police force from fifty-nine (59) men to sixty-five (65) men by the addition of six permanent patrolmen who shall start to work on May 1, 1951, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 202 of the Acts of 1912. ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10, Section 9 of the present existing By-laws of the town by striking out under said Section 9 the following words and figures: Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year Grade 8A Principal Secial Work Supervisor ...................... $3,180 $3,420 $3,660 $3,900 $4,140 Grade 10A Welfare Agent .................. 4,020 4,260 4,500 4,740 4,980 and insert in said Section 9 the following words and figures: 37 Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Grade 8A Minimum Year Year Year Year Principal Social Work Supervisor . . ..... . . . . . $3,420 $3,600 $3,780 $3,960. $4,140 Grade 10A Welfare Agent .................. 4,260 4,440 4,620 4,800 4,980 such amendment to be retroactive and to take effect as of January 1, 1951; or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1951 VOTED: (Unanimously) That Chapter 10, Section 9 of the present existing By-Laws of the Town of Watertown be amended by striking out in said Section 9 the following words and figures: Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Grade 8A Minimum Year Year Year Year Principal Social Work Supervisor ...................... $3,180 $3,420 $3,660 $3,900 $4,140 Grade 10A Welfare Agent .................. 4,020 4,260 4,500 4,740 4,980 and by inserting in place thereof in said Section 9 the following words and figures: Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Grade 8A Minimum Year Year Year Year Principal Social Work Supervisor ...................... $3,420 $3,660 $3,780 $3,960 $4,140 Grade 10A Welfare Agent .................. 4,260 4,440 4,620 4,800 4,980 It is further voted hereby that this amendment shall be retroactive and shall take effect as of January 1, 1951. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10, Section 11 of the present existing By-Laws of the Town by striking out of said Section 11 under Grade 6A the following words and figures: Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Stenographer-Clerk (Male) Minimum Year Year Year Year (Police) .......................... 2,800 2,925 3,050 3,175 3,300 and insert in said Section 11 the following new Grade 7B: Stenographer-Clerk (Male) (Police) .......................... 2,900 3,025 3,150 3,275 3,500 or take any action relating thereto. (Request by Advisory Board of Review) March 19, 1951 ACTION: Motion to amend Article 22 as appearing in Warrant, was put to the meeting and defeated. ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10, Section 4 of the present existing By-Laws of the Town by striking out of said Section 4 under Grade 9 the following words and figures: 38 Mnximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year Purchasing Agent ............ 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,500 and insert in said Section 4 the following new Grade 10: Purchasing Agent 3,750 4,050 4,350 4,650 4,950 or take any action relating thereto. (Requested by Advisory Board of Review) March 19 1951 VOTED: To indefinitely Postpone. ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10 of the present existing By-Laws of the Town by striking out of said Section 10 under Grade 6 the following words and figures: Foreman Working Carpenter Hourly Rate $1.65 per hour and under Grade 7 thereof the following words and figures: Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year Water Registrar ................ 2,760 2,940 3,120 3,300 3,480 and under Grade 8 thereof the following words and figures: Assistant Superintendent- Water Department ........ 3,120 3,300 3,480 3,660 3,840 Water Construction Foreman .......................... 3,120 3,300 3,480 3,660 3,840 and under Grade 10 thereof the following words and figures: Superintendent of Water Department 3,750 4,050 4,350 4,650 4,950 and insert in said Section 10 under Grade 8 the words and figures: Water Registrar, Clerk to the Board of Water Commissioners .............. 3,120 3,300 3,480 3,600 3,840 Foreman Working Carpenter ...................... 3,120 3,300 3,480 3,660 3,840 and under Grade 9 thereof the following words and figures: Assistant Superintendent- Water Department ........ 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,500 Water Construction Foreman .......................... 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,500 and under Grade 11 thereof the following words and figures: Superintendent of Water Department .................... 4,200 4,500 4,800 5,100 5,400 or take any action relating thereto. (Requested by Advisory Board of Review) March 26 1951 VOTED: (Unanimously) That Chapter 10, Section 10 of the present existing By-Laws of the Town of Watertown be amended by striking out in said Section 10 under Grade 6 the following words and figures: Foreman Working Carpenter Hourly Rate $1.65 per hour and under Grade 7 thereof the following words and figures: Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year Water Registrar ...........••... 2,760 2,940 3,120 3,300 3,480 29 and under Grade 8 thereof the following words and figures: Assistant Superintendent- Water Department ........ 3,120 3,300 3,480 3,660 3,840 Water Construction Foreman .......................... 3,120 3,300 3,480 3,660 3,840 and under Grade 10 thereof the following words and figures: Superintendent of Water Department .................... 3,750 4,050 4,350 4,650 4,950 and by inserting in place thereof in said Section 10 under Grade 8 the words and figures: Water Registrar, Clerk to the Board of Water Commissioners 3,120 3,300 3,480 3,660 3,840 Foreman Working Carpenter ...................... 3,120 3,300 3,480 3,660 3,840 and under Grade 9 thereof the following words and figures: Assistant Superintendent- Water Department ........ 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,500 and under Grade 11 thereof the following words and figures: Superintendent of Water Department .................... 4,200 4,500 4,800 5,100 5,400 It is further voted hereby that this amendment shall be retroactive and shall take effect as of January 1, 1951. ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to -amend Chapter 10, Section 7, of the present existing By-Laws of the Town by striking out of Section 7 under Grade 4 the following words and figures: Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year ist Assistant Circulation Department .................... 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 1st Assistant East Branch 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 ist Assistant Children's Department .................... 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 North Branch Children's Librarian ........................ 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 West Branch Librarian .... 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 East Branch Assistant (work for Juniors) ........ 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 and under Grade 5 thereof the following words and figures: North Branch Librarian .. 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 East Branch Children's Librarian ........................ 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 and under Grade 6 thereof the following words and figures: East Branch Librarian .... 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 Children's Librarian ........ 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 Catalog Librarian ............ 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 Circulation Librarian ...... 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 Reference Librarian ..:..... 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 and under Grade 8 thereof the following words and figures: Assistant Librarian .......... 3,120 3,300 3,480 3,660 3,840 and insert in said Section 7 the following new grades: Grade 4 Sub-Professional Library Technician ...................... 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 40 Grade 5 1st Asst. Circulation Depart- ment - Main Library .. 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 1st Asst. Circulation Depart- ment - East Branch .... 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 1st Assistant Children's Department .................... 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 North Branch Children's Librarian 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 East Branch Asst. (Work with Juniors) 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 Grade 6 Junior Department Heads: North Branch Librarian .. 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 West Branch Librarian .... 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 East Branch Asst. Librarian 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 East Branch Children's Librarian 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 Grade 7 Senior Department Heads: East Branch Librarian .... 2,760 2,940 3,120 3,300 3,480 Supervisor Work with Children .......................... 2,760 2,940 3,120 3,300 3,480 Catalog Librarian ............ 2,760 2,940 3,120 3,300 3,480 Circulation Librarian 2,760 2,940 3,120 3,300 3,480 Reference Librarian ........ 2,760 2,940 3,120 3,300 3,480 Grade 9 Assistant Librarian .......... 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,500 or take any action relating thereto. (Requested by Advisory Board of Review) March 26, 1951 VOTED: (Unanimously) That Chapter 10 Section 7 of the present existing By-laws of the Town of Watertown be amended by striking out in said Section 7 under Grade 4 the following words and figures: Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year 1st Assistant Circulation Department 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 . 2,520 1st Assistant East Branch 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 1st Assistant Children's Department 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 North Branch Children's Librarian 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 West Branch Librarian .... 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 East Branch Assistant (work for Juniors) ........ 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 and under Grade 5 thereof the following words and figures: North Branch Librarian .. 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 East Branch Children's Librarian 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 and under Grade 6 thereof the following words and figures: East Branch Librarian .... 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 41 Children's Librarian ........ 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 Catalog Librarian ............ 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 Circulation Librarian ...... 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 Reference Librarian ........ 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 and under Grade 8 thereof the following words and figures: Assistant Librarian .......... 3,120 3,300 3,480 3,660 3,840 and by inserting in place thereof in said Section 7 the following words and figures: Grade 4 Sub-Professional Library Technician ...................... 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 Grade 5 1st Asst. Circulation Depart- ment - Main Library .. 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 1st Asst. Circulation Depart- ment - East Branch .... 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 1st. Asst. Cl-iildren's Department .................... 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 North Branch Children's Librarian ........................ 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 East Branch Asst. (Work with Juniors) ................ 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 Grade 6 Junior Department Heads: North Branch Librarian .. 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 West Branch Librarian .... 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 East Branch Asst. Librarian 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 East Branch Children's Librarian ........................ 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 Grade 7 Senior Departmen Heads: East Branch Librarian .... 2,760 2,940 3,120 3,300 3,480 Supervisor Work with Children .......................... 2,760 2,940 3,120 3,300 3,480 Catalog Librarian ............ 2,760 2,940 3,120 3,300 3,480 Circulation Librarian 2,760 2,940 3,120 3,300 3,480 Reference Librarian ........ 2,760 2,940 3,120 3,300 3,480 Grade 9 Assistant Librarian .......... 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,600 It is further voted hereby that this amendment shall be retroactive and shall take effect as of January 1, 1951. ARTICLE 26: To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10, Section 11 of the present existing By-laws of the Town by striking out of said Section 11 under Grade 6A the following words and figures: Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year Fireman (private) ............ 2,800 2,925 3,050 3,175 3,300 and insert in said Section 11 under Grade 7A the ;following words and figures: Fireman (private) ............ 2,880 3,060 3,240 3,420 3,600 or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Maurice J. Sheehan and others) s 42 March 26, 1951 VOTED: To indefinitely Postpone. ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10 of the By-laws of the Inhabitants of Watertown by adding as a cost of living bonus to the salary and wage scale of all classifications and grades of the Town an amount of money which would be equal to an increase for each employee in Grades 1 to 4 inclusive of an amount equal to 15%; each employee in Grades 5 to 8 inclusive of an amount equal to 10% and each employee in Grades 9 to 11 inclusive of an amount equal to 5%, said increases to be based on the wage of each employee including any increments as of January 1, 1951; or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Walter L. Hetherington and others) March 26, 1951 VOTED: To Indefinitely Postpone. ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to direct that the 1951 basic salary range of each employee of the Town as fixed by Chapter 10 of the By-laws of the Inhabitants of Watertown as amended (whether they be at their maximum or at an intermediate range) be used as the base to which any cost of living bonus or increases in salary is to be added or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Town Hall Associates) March 26, 1951 VOTED: To Indefinitely Postpone. ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of One hundred ninety dollars and seventy-five cents ($190.75) for the purpose of reimbursing Caleb D. Zwicker for damage to his motor vehicle as the result of an accident in which a vehicle owned by the Town was involved and authorized the Selectmen to pay said sum to said Caleb D. Zwicker for such purpose, direct how the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate the sum of One hundred ninety dollars and seventy-five cents (190.75) for the purpose of reimbursing Caleb D. Zwicker for damage to his motor vehicle as the result of an accident in which a motor vehicle owned by the Town and operated by Dennis C. Callahan was involved, and that the Selectmen be authorized to pay said sum to Caleb D. Zwicker for such purpose, said amount to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of two hundred two dollars and ninety-five cents ($202.95) for the pur- pose of reimbursing John E. Heffernan for damage to his motor vehicle as the result of an accident in which a motor vehicle owned by the Town was involved and authorize the Selectmen to pay said sum to said John E. Heffernan for such purpose, direct how the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. 43 March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate the stun of Two hundred two dollars and ninety-five cents ($202.95) for the purpose of reimbursing John E. Heffernan for damage to his motor vehicle as (the result of an accident in which a motor vehicle owned by the Town and operated by Michael F. Foley was involved, and that the Selectmen be authorized to pay said sum to said John E. Heffernan for such purpose, said amount to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of one hundred fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents ($114.95) for the purpose of reimbursing William S. Dineen for damage to his motor vehicle as the result of an accident in which a motor vehicle owned by the Town was involved and authorize the Selectmen to pay said sum to said William S. Dineen for such purpose, direct how the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate the sum of One hundred fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents ($114.95) for the purpose of reimbursing William S. Dineen for damage to his motor vehicle as the result of an accident in which a motor vehicle owned by the Town and operated by Michael F. Foley was involved and that the Selectmen be authorized to pay said sum to said William S. Dineen for such purpose, said amount to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of forty-nine dollars and fifty-five cents ($49.55) for the purpose of reim- bursing Geraldine J. Murphy and Mary V. Murphy for damage to their motor vehicle as the result of an accident in wvhich a motor vehicle owned by the Town was involved and authorize the Selectmen to pay said sum to said Geraldine J. Murphy and Mary V. Murphy for such purposes direct how the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate the sum of Forty-nine dollars and fifty-five cents ($49.55) for the purpose of reim- bursing Geraldine J. Murphy and Mary V. Murphy for damage to their motor vehicle as the result of an accident in which a motor vehicle owned by the Town and operated by Michael F. Foley was involved, and that the Selectmen be authorized to pay said sum to said Geraldine J. Murphy and Mary V. Murphy for such purpose, said amount to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 33. To see if th Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to make, execute, seal, acknowledge and deliver in the name of the Town a deed transferring title to about 120,250 square feet of land comprising that portion of Arsenal Street in the Town of Watertown 44 extending from the Watertown-Boston line at the Arsenal Street Bridge to the westerly line of Charles River Road in the Town to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for no consideration, or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1951 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized for, in the name of and on behalf of the Inhabitants of Watertown to make, execute, seal, acknowledge and deliver for no consideration to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a deed trans- ferring to said Commonwealth of Massachusetts all right, title and interest of the Inhabitants of Watertown to about 120,250 square feet of land comprising that portion of Arsenal Street in the Town of Watertown extending from the Watertown-Boston line at the Arsenal Street Bridge to the westerly line of Charles River Road in said Town. ARTICLE 34. To hear the report of the Selectmen relative to the laying out of the following named streets, to wit: Robert Ford Road from Lexington Street to Darch Road, Darch Road from Lexington Street to Duff Street, Duff Street from the end of said Duff Street to Darch Road, Acton Street from the end of said Acton Street to Morton Street; for the purpose of public ways and for laying and construction of sewers and drains therein under the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapters 82 and 79 as amended and to see of-the Town will vote to accept said streets or any of them as and for public ways and will vote to authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain or acquire by purchase or otherwise, any land necessary for said laying out for street purposes and the purpose of laying and constructing sewers and drains therein, appropriate and provide the necessary amount of money to.pay the cost of land damages therefor and the cost of con- struction of said streets or any of them, direct how the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1951 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the laying out of Robert Ford Road from Lexington Street to Darch Road as a public way and for the purpose of laying and constructing sewers and drains therein, as appears in the report of the Selectmen, be and hereby is accepted, and the Selectmen are hereby authorizeed to take the land described in said report as and for a public way and for the purpose of laying and con- structing sewers and drains therein. VOTED: (Unanimously) That the laying out of Darch Road from Lexington Street to Duff Street as a public way and for the purpose of laying and constructing sewers and drains therein, as appears in the report of the Selectmen, be and hereby is accepted, and the Selectmen are hereby authorized to take the land described in said report as and for a public way and for the purpose of laying and constructing sewers and drains therein. VOTED: (Unanimously) That the laying out of Duff Street from the end of said Duff Street to Darch Road as a public way and for the purpose of laying and constructing sewers and drains therein, as appears in the report of the Selectmen, be and hereby is accepted, and the 45 Selectmen are hereby authorized to take the land described in said report as and for a public way and for the purpose of laying and con- structing sewers and drains therein. VOTED: (Unanimously) That the laying out of Acton Street from the end of said Acton Street to Morton Street as a public way and for the purpose of laying and constructing sewers and drains therein, as appears in the report of the Selectmen, be and is hereby accepted, and the Selectmen are hereby authorized to take the land described in said report as and for a public way and for the purpose of laying and con- structing sewers and drains therein. ARTICLE 35. To hear the report of the Selectmen relative to the laying out of the following named streets, to wit: Gleason Street from the end of said Gleason Street to Highland Avenue, Dwight Street from Sycamore Street to the Watertown- Waltham line, Nyack Street from Belmont Street to land of Mary Falco and others, Ralph Street from Belmont Street to land of Frank Iodice and Rosa Iodice; under the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapters 82, 80 and 79 as amended, said Chapter 80 providing for the assessment of better- ments, and to see if the Town will vote to accept said streets or any of them as and for public ways, and will vote to authorize the Selechnen to take by eminent domain or acquire by purchase or otherwise, any land necessary for said laying out, appropriate and provide the necessary amount of money to pay the cost of land damages, and the cost of construction, direct how the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1951 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the laying out of Gleason Street from the end of said Gleason Street to Highland Avenue as a public way, as appears in the report of the Selectmen, be and hereby is accepted, and the Selectmen are hereby authorized to take the land described in said report as and for a public way. VOTED: (Unanimously) That the laying out of Dwight Street from Sycamore Street to the Watertown-Waltham line as a public way, as appears in the report of the Selectmen, be and hereby is accepted, and the Selectmen are hereby authorized to take the land in said report. VOTED: (Unanimously) That the laying out of Nyack Street from Belmont Street to land of Mary Falco and others as a public way, as appears in the report of the Selectmen, be and hereby is accepted, and the Selectmen are hereby authorized to take the land described in said report as and for a public way. VOTED: (Unanimously) That the laying out of Ralph Street from Belmont Street to land of Frank Iodice and Rosa Iodice as a public way, as appears in the report of the Selectmen, be and hereby is accepted, and the Selectmen are hereby authroized to take the land in said report as and for a public way. ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 6E, inserted in said 46 General Laws by Chapter 538 of the Acts of 1950, which is "An Act providing that Cities and Towns may make Temporary Repairs on Private Ways Therein in Certain Cases," or take any action relating thereto. March 26. 1951 VOTED: That the Town accept provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 6E, inserted in said General Laws by Chapter 538 of the Acts of 1950, which is "An Act providing that Cities and Towns may make Temporary Repairs on Private Ways Therein in Certain Cases." ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of three hundred fourteen and 12/100 ($314.12) dollars to pay unpaid bills of previous years of the Welfare Department, said bills having been unpaid due to the insufficiency of an appropriation for such Department in the years in which said bills were incurred, direct how said money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Welfare Agent) March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate the sum of Three hundred fourteen and 12/100 dollars ($314.12) to pay unpaid bills of previous years of the Welfare Department, said bills having been unpaid due to insufficiency of an appropriation for such Depart- ment in the years which said bills were incurred, said amount to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 38 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of one hundred thirty and 35/100 ($130.35) dollars to pay unpaid bills of previous years of the Dog Officer's Department, said bills having, been unpaid due to the insufficiency of an appropriation for such Department in the years in which said bills were incurred, direct how said money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate the sum of One hundred thirty and 35/100 dollars ($130.35) to pay unpaid bills of previous years of the Dog Officer's Department, said bills having been unpaid due to the insufficiency of an appropriation for such Department in the years in which said bills were incurred, said amount to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Committee to be known as the Town Report Committee, fix the number of the membership of said Committee and the method of appointment thereof, for the purpose of studying ways and means to stimulate interest in the affairs of the Town by preparing, printing and distributing a modern, illustrated, informative annual report and to appropriate for such purpose the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars to be used and expended by said Committee under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, or take any action relating thereto. 47 March 19, 1951 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Moderator appoint a Committee of Seven to be known as the Town Report Committee for the purpose of studying ways and means to stimulate interest in the affairs of the Town by preparing, printing and distributing a modern, illustrated, informative annual report and that for such purpose the sum of Five hundred dollars ($500.00) -be and is hereby appropriated to be used and expended by said Committee under the direction of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to amend the present existing By-laws of the Town by striking out in Chapter 10 thereof Section 15 and submitting in place of said Section 15 the following new section. Section 15. The Moderator shall annually appoint a Com- mittee under this Chapter of the By-laws to be known as the Advisory Board of Review, composed of nine members, two of whom shall be members of the Board of Selectmen, three of whom shall be members of the Finance Committee, one of whom shall be a Town employee and the other three residents of the Town, not Town office holders or Town employees, whose duty it shall be to hold hearings, make investigations and recom- mendations to the Town Meeting concerning all requested changes of classifications, grades and salary schedules included in Chapter 10 of the Town By-laws. The Moderator shall ap- point members to fill vacancies in such Committee whenever vacancies occur. Said Advisory Board of Review shall file its anuual report with the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee not later than the thirty-first day of December in each year; or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1951 On a standing vote, 97 in favor, 63 opposed, it was VOTED: That the Town amend the present existing By-Laws of the Town by striking out in Chapter 10, thereof Section 15, and sub- stituting in place of said Section 15, the following new section: Section 15. The Moderator shall annually appoint a Com- mittee under this Chapter of the By-laws -to be known as the Advisory Board of Review, composed of nine members, two of whom shall be members of the Board of Selectmen, three of whom shall be members of the Finance Committee, one of whom shall be a Town employee and the other three residents of the Town, not Town office holders or Town employees, whose duty It shall be to hold hearings, make investigations and recom- mendations to the Town Meeting concerning all requested changes of classifications, grades and salary schedules included in Chapter 10 of the Town By-laws. The Moderator shall ap- point members to fill vacancies in such Committee whenever vacancies occur. Said Advisory Board of Review shall file its anuual report with the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee not later than the thirty-first day of December in each year. Upon receipt of such report, the Finance Committee 48 shall, after consideration of the subject matter, make a report to the Town Meeting as a part of its estimates of Town expedi- tures, together with such recommendations as the Finance Committee deems expedient. ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen, in and on behalf of the Town, to purchase about 18,040 square feet of land on Spring Street adjacent to the present parking area on said street to be used as a public parking place and for such purpose to appropriate the sum of ten thousand five hundred ($10,500.00) dollars, direct how the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto. March 19, 1951 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen, in and on behalf of the Town, to purchase about 18,040 square feet of land on Spring Street adjacent to the present parking area on said street to be used as a public parking place and for such purpose the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated, said sum to be transferred from the "Sale of Town Land," account. ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 2, Section 14 of the By-laws of the Town by striking out in the last sentence the words "secret or Australian ballot," so that said last sentence will read, "A secret or Australian ballot shall be ordered by the Moderator if thirty members shall by a showing of hands favor such motion" or take any action relating thereto. MARCH 26, 1951 VOTED: That subject matter of Article 42, be referred to a Com- mittee of Five to be appointed by the Moderator, for study and recommendation, and to report to next Town Meeting. ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to abandon, and authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen for, in the name of and on behalf of the Town to prepare and record in the Registry of Deeds for the County of Middlesex an instrument declaring abandoned, a certain portion of the land heretofore taken for the purpose of laying out, alter- ing, relocating and widening Nichols Avenue from Bigelow Avenue to Arlington Street in said Town or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1951 VOTED: To Indefinitely Postpone. ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning By-laws of the Town of Watertown by changing the following described property. SOUTHERLY by Main Street, about seventy (70) feet SOUTHEASTERLY by Intersection of Main Street and Whit- man Road about twenty-eight (28.14) feet EASTERLY by Whitman Road, about one hundred fifty-five (155) feet. 49 NORTHERLY by land now or formerly Corazzini et al about twenty-four (24) feet NORTHWESTERLY by Watertown, Waltham boundary line about two hundred (200) feet from Zone No. lb, single residence district, to Zone No. 4, business district, or take any action relative thereto. (Request of the Planning Board) On a voice vote, MOTION: To amend the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Water- town as described in Article 44, was put to the meeting and defeated. ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning By-laws of the Town of Watertown by changing the following described property: A certain parcel of land on Dexter Avenue in said Water- town, being lot numbered 88B as shown on "Plan of Land in Watertown, Massachusetts," dated November 7, 1925, Forrest J. Maynard, Civil Engineer and duly recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds, and bounded and described as follows: NORTHWESTERLY by Dexter Avenue, sixty-four and 24/100 (64.24) feet SOUTHWESTERLY by land of owners unknown, one hundred fifteen and 33/100 (115.33) feet SOUTHEASTERLY by lot 89 in "Norwood Park Plan of Land in Watertown owned by Messrs. Begelow, Melendy, and Dexter, dated September 1871, and recorded with said Deeds Plan Book 19, Plan 27, sixty-three and 25/100 (63.25) feet NORTHEASTERLY by lot 88A on said above mentioned plan, ninety-seven and 89/100 (97.89) feet Containing 6670 square feet. from Zone 2, Residence District, to Zone 4, Business District. (Request of Planning Board) March 26, 1951 VOTED: To Indefinitely Postpone. ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning By-laws of the Town of Watertown by changing the following described property. Westerly by Waverly Avenue, seventy-four and 60/100 (74.60) feet. Southerly by Summer Street, one hundred fifty-three and 85/100 (143.85) feet. Northerly by land now or formerly of Flannery, one hundred flfty-three and 85/100 (153.85) feet. Easterly by land now or formerly of Barry, seventy- four and 60/100 (74.60) feet. Southeasterly by seventy-four and 60/100 (74.60) feet on Forest Street. Southwesterly by one hundred eighteen and 6/10 (188.6) feet Summer Street. Northwesterly by land now or formerly of James I. Flannery, seventy-four and 60/100 (74.60) feet. Northeasterly by land now or formerly of James A. Gavin, one hundred eighteen and 60/100 (118.60) feet. Easterly by Forest Street, one hundred thirty-five (135) feet. 50 Southerly by land now or formerly of Barry, one hundred eighteen and 6/10 (118.6) feet. Westerly by land now or formerly of Rutter and Williams, one Hundred and thirty- five (135) feet. Northerly by land now or formerly of O'Brien, one hundred eighteen and 6/10 (118.6) feet. from Zone 4, Business District, to Zone 2, General Residence District, or take any action relative thereto. (Request of Planning Board) March 26, 1951 On a voice vote, MOTION: To amend the Zoning By-Law of Watertown, as de- scribed in Article 46, was put to the meeting and defeated. VOTED: Final adjournment at 12:25 A.M. on March 27, there being no further business to come before the meeting. A true record, ATTEST: GEORGE B. WELLMAN Town Clerk 51 REPORT OF ADVISORY BOARD OF REVIEW The Advisory Board of Review, as appointed by the Moderator under Chapter 10, Section 15, of the By-Laws of the Inhabitants of Watertown, as amended by vote of the Town Meeting on March 26, 1951, under Article 40 of that Town Meeting Warrant, submits its report herewith to the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee, as directed by said Section 15. The Advisory Board of Review is hereafter referred to as "The Board." The Personnel of the Board was appointed by the Moderator on October 1, 1951. Members of the Board of Selectmen (2): Roy C. Papalia, 250 Mt. Auburn Street Herbert O. Berry, 75 Marion Road Members of the Finance Committee (3): Cornelius J. Carroll, 51 Harnden Avenue Arthur I. Davis, 89 Lowell Avenue Charles L. Sheldon, 311 School Street Residents, Not Town Employees (3): Frank A. Gray, 20 Lincoln Street Francis E. MacKay, 34 Westminster Avenue Frederick W. Marriner, 34 Clyde Road Town Employee (1): Edward L. Maurer, 37 West Boylston Street The Board met on October 9, 1951, and organized by electing a Chairman and Secretary, and appointed Robert C. Hagopian its Clerk, he to be compensated from the Temporary Clerk Hire Account in the Selectmen's Department. As of the date of preparation and approval of this report, the Board has held fourteen lengthy meetings, and the Chairman wishes to thank each member of the Board for his constant and diligent application to the laborious, tedious, and difficult duties. Almost every meeting had 100% attendance, the few absences being occasioned by unavoidable circumstances. An application form, as shown by Appendix "A", was adopted and notice was given to all Town Departments early in October 1951 that applications would be received from any interested employee or group of employees. This resulted in the receipt of forty-one (41) individual or group applications. In the belief that it was correct procedure to allow all interested parties a chance to be heard and that it would provide an opportunity for the members of the Board to gain valuable information and assistance the Board held a series of hearings at which all applicants, including the Sub-Committee on Salaries of the School Committee and representatives of the Board of Library Trustees, were present. These hearings were kept on an informal basis with everyone being heard fully, and questions being put by both parties. Although there was some question as to whether applications from part-time employees, including one elcted official should be considered, the Board heard all aplicants, including those on a part-time basis, who filed formal applications. 52 In making its decisions the Board has considered the value of the services being rendered by each employee, the need of the employee for sufficient income to provide an adequate living standard commensur- ate with the nature and responsibility of each job and position, the size of the community of Watertown, a comparison of classification, grades, and salary schedules with other municipal employers of com- parable size and nature, the competitive nature of the present labor market, with particular reference to labor and clerical positions, the competitive nature of the labor market as it is affected by local industries, and the ability of the tax-payer to pay the salary schedules recommended. It was deemed advisable in some Positions, to reduce the period necessary to attain maximum from five years to four years, thus making more attractive to prospective new employees some of the positions in the lower-paid brackets. These included certain clerical, custodian, library, engineering, police, and fire positions. It appeared very shortly after hearings were commenced that a major problem was the discontinuance, as of December 31, 1951, of the temporary "Cost of Living" additional pay being made to employees, and the partial or full omission of such "Cost of Living" compensation to employees who were receiving annual increments under the current salary schedule. In the majority of cases, the consensus of opinion was that an adequate "Cost of Living" plan would provide the amount of dollars requested by the employees to meet current conditions. The Board therefore recommends an automatic "Cost of Living Allow- ance" plan that will provide each employee subject to said Chapter 10 approximately 10%. additional income, based upon the Retail Price Index in Massachusetts, as issued by the Department of Labor and Industries, Division on the Necessaries of Life. Should the Cost of Living Price Index continue to rise, payment of additional compensa- tion will be made to the employees automatically every three months. It was felt that with certain modifications said Chapter 10, as adopted at the Adjourned Annual Meeting on April 13, 1949, as amended in December, 1950, and again in March, 1951, represented reasonable standards for base salary and wages. The adoption of a "Cost of Living Allowance", fluctuating with future conditions, should provide fair and reasonable compensation for the employees. It is to be noted that General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 108A, (Ter. Ed.) otherwise known as Chapter 351 of the Acts and Resolves of 1948, excluded from the Town By-Law positions "filled by popular election, and those under the direction and control of the School Committee." Nevertheless, the School Committee showing its willing- ness to cooperate in an effort to avoid inequalities in Town clerical, custodian, and nursing positions, conferred with the Board. Our recom- mendations affecting custodian positions were somewhat influenced by salary schedules presently paid by the School Department. A few positions already considered well compensated, were increased slightly, primarily because of a desire to avoid a reduction in pay in 1952 over 1951 salary and bonus. All of our final recommendations are shown by Appendix "B" and are drafted in form appropriate for action at the Annual Town Meeting in 1952. All other applications for changes not referred to in our recommendations were denied after full consideration. The Board also voted "No action necessary" on part-time and elective positions. It is the purpose of the Board that its records be kept permanently for ready reference by future boards. Obviously, conditions and points 53 of view will change from time to time, due either to economic con- ditions, competition in the labor market, and statutory restrictions imposed by the State or Federal Governments. The composition of the Board, which includes representatives of the major executive and fiscal departments, the public, and one employee, should provide a suitable vehicle for careful consideration of future applications. It Is worthy of comment that, although the Advisory Board of Review is essentially the representative of the Municipal employer, and may have to negotiate and "bargain" with employee associations or unions nevertheless it has an employee representative, who, in the year 1951, has ably served as Secretary. The Board has made inquiry concerning the probable amount of new tax money necessary to put into effect the increases in base salary and Cost of Living Allowance Plan recommended. We are informed that our recommendations if followed by the Town Meeting, will increase the Town's salary and wage appropriation in 1952 by approxi- mately $275,000, which amount is equal to approximately $4 on the tax rate. This amount does not include such further increases as the School Committee may request. The Board reports and recommends the adoption of the changes listed in Appendix "B", as well as the adoption of the new sections 16, 17 and 18, as amendments to Chapter 10 of the By-Laws of the Town. Respecfully submitted, ROY C. PAPALIA, Chairman Voted that the report of the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Review be adopted as the Report of the Board. December 27, 1951 EDWARD L. MAURER, Secretary 54 APPENDIX "A" TOWN OF WATERTOWN ADVISORY BOARD OF REVIEW APPLICATION (to be filed in triplicate) App. No.................Year................ Requesting changes of classifications, grades, and salary schedules under Chap. 10, Sec. 15, of By-laws of Town Date .................................. 1. Name of applicant .. ............................. ................................................... .. 2. Department and title ................................................................................ 3. Is thia request for a change of Grade?......Classification?...... or Salary Schedule? ............ 4. Has the same or similar request been made in prior years? .................... (Yes or No) If so please state all dates of requests and dispositions. ...................... ....................... .... .................... . ......... ..................................... .............................................................. ..................................... .................................................................................................... ........................................... .. .................................... ............. ..... 5. Show present classification, grade, etc. ........................................................ .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... 6. Show change desired, and explain fully. ...................................................... .................................................................................................... ........................................... ........................................................ .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... ..... .... ............................................................ (Attach additional sheet of exp1aination, if necessary) 7. Show full comparison with: a. Watertown (pop. 37,329) ............................................................................ b. Arlington (pop. 44,353) ............................................................................ c. Belmont (pop. 27,381) ............................................................................ d. Boston (pop. 801,444) ............................................................................ e. Cambridge (pop. 120,740) ............................................................................ f. Brookline (pop. 57j589) ............................................................................ g. Newton (pop. 81,994) ............................................................................ h. Wakefield (pop. 19,633) ............................................................................ i. Framingham (pop. 28,086) ............................................................................ jNatick (pop. 19,838) ............................................................................ k. Comm. of Mass. ............................................................................. . .... .. Other communities of comparable size and nature: 1. Waltham (pop. 47,187) ............................................................................ m. .................... (pop. ) ........................................................ n. .................... (pop. ) ........................................................ 8. Please attach source of information or authentication for answersgiven to question 7. .......................................................................... 9. Reason for change andnral remarks .................................................... .............................. ....................................................... .... .......................................................................................... Signed ........................................ Address ........................................ 55 APPENDIX "B" ARTICLE IV. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10, Section 4 of the present existing By-Laws of the Inhabitants of Watertown by striking out of said Section 4, under Grade 1, the follow- ing words and figures: GRADE 1- Standard Basic Salary Intermediate Range Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year 'Clerk . . . . . ... . ...... . . . . . $1,320 $1,440 $1,560 $1,680 $1,800 *Stores Clerk ..... ........ $1,320 $1,440 $1,560 $1,680 $1,800 *Typist .. . .. . ....... ...... $1,320 $1,440 $1,560 $1,680 $1,800 *No present positions of this class have been found in the town service but the class is set up for possible future positions or because of cross references to it in definitions for other classes. or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Advisory Board of Review). ARTICLE IV-A. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10, Section 4 of the present existing By-Laws of the Inhabitants of Watertown by striking out of said Section 4, under Grades 2, 3, 4 and 9, the following words and figures: Standard Basic Salary Intermediate Range Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year GRADE 2- Junior Clerk .. . . . . . . . ... 1,440 1,560 1,680 1,740 1,800 Junior Clerk-Typist . . .. . . 1,440 1,560 1,680 1,740 1,800 Junior Clerk-Stenographer 1, 0 1,560 1,680 1,740 1,800 Clerk-Cashier . .. . . .. . ... . 1, 0 1,560 1,680 1,740 1,800 GRADE 3- Senior Clerk . ..... . . . . . .. 1,680 1,800 1,920 2,040 2,160 Senior Clerk-Typist . . .... 1,680 1,800 1,920 2,040 2,160 Senior Clerk-Stenographer 1,680 1,800 1,920 2,040 2,160 Telephone Operator . .... 1,680 1,800 1,920 2,040 2,160 Permanent Assistant Registrar .. . . . . .... . . . . 1,680 1,800 1,920 2,040 2,160 GRADE 4- Principal Clerk . . .. ..... 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 Principal Clerk-Typist ... 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 Principal Clerk- Stenographer . ... . ... . . 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 Confidential Secretary to Selectmen .:.. ..... 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 GRADE 9- Purchasing Agent ........ 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 .4,500 56 and insert in said Section the following Grades 2B, 3B, 4B, and 9A. Standard Basic salary Intermediate Range Maximum After After After 1st 2nd 3rd Minimum Year Year Year GRADE 2-B Junior Clerk . . ...... .... 1,700 1,800 1,900 2,000 Junior Clerk-Typist . . . . .. 1,700 1,800 1,900 2,000 Junior Clerk-Stenographer 1,700 1,800 1,900 2,000 Clerk-Cashier .. . .... .... 1,700 1,800 1,900 2,000 GRADE 3-B Senior Clerk 2,100 2,200 2,300 2,360 Senior Clerk-Typist .... . . 2,100 2,200 2,300 2,360 Senior Clerk-Stenographer 2,100 2,200 2,300 2,360 Telephone Operator 2,100 2,200 2,300 2,360 Permanent Assistant Registrar . . . . . ... . . . . .. 2,100 2,200 2,300 2,360 GRADE 4-B Principal Clerk .... . . .. . . 2,460 2,560 2,660 2,720 Principal Clerk-Typist . .. 2,460 2,560 2,660 2,720 Principal Clerk- Stenographer . . . .. . .... 2,460 2,560 2,660 2,720 Confidential Secretary to Selectmen .. . .... .... .. 2,460 2,560 2,660 2,720 GRADE 9-A Purchasing Agent . ... . ... 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,500 or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Advisory Board of Review). ARTICLE V. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10, Section 5, of the present existing By-Laws of Inhabitants of Watertown by increasing the hourly rate of pay for Tree Climbers and Tree Surgeons from $1.35 to $1.42, and from Grade 4 to Grade 5 so that said section will read under Grade 5 as follows: GRADE 5- Tree Climber.. . . . . . ..... . . Hourly Rate $1.42 per hour Tree Surgeon .. . . . ... . .. . . . Hourly Rate $1.42 per hour and to strike out all of Grade 7 (Forestry Foreman) and insert in place thereof the following new words and figures: GRADE 8- Forestry Foreman .. . . . ... 3,120 3,300 3,480 3,660 3,840 or take any action relating thereto (Request of Advisory Board of Review). 57 ARTICLE VI. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10, Section 6 of the present existing By-Laws of the Inhabitants of Water- town by changing the following Grades 4 and 5 Standard Basic Salary Intermediate Range Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year GRADE 4- Junior Building Custodian 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 GRADE 5- Senior Building Custodian 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 to read as follows: Standard Basic Salary Intermediate Range Maximum After After After 1st 2nd 3rd Minimum Year Year Year GRADE 4-A Junior Building Custodian 2,440 2,540 2,640 2,700 GRADE 5-B Senior Building Custodian . . . . 2,640 2,740 2,840 2,900 or take any action relating thereto (Request of Advisory Board of Review). ARTICLE VII. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10, Section 7, Grade 5 of the present existing By-Laws of the Inhabitants of Watertown by changing the Grade from Grade 5 to Grade 5-A, and by reducing the standard basic salary intermediate range from 5 years to 4 years, all of which now reads as follows: Standard Basic Salary Intermediate Range 'Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year GRADE 5- 1st Asst. Circulation De- partment-Main Library 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 1st Asst. Circulation De- partment-East Branch 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 1st Asst. Children's Department . ... ... 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 North Branch Children's Librarian . . . . .. 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 East Branch Asst. (Work with Juniors) . . .. .. . . 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 to the new grade 5-A and salary schedule as follows: 58 Standard Basic Salary Intermediate Range Maximum After After After 1st 2nd 3rd Minimum Year Year Year GRADE 5-A 1st Asst. Circulation Department -Main Library . . . . . . . . .. 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 1st Asst. Circulation Department - East Branch .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 1st Asst. Children's Department.. 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 North Branch Children's Librarian . . . . .. . . ... . . .. . . . .. . . 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 East Branch Asst. (Work with Juniors) .. . . .. . . ... . . .... . .. . . 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 or take any action relating thereto (Request of Advisory Board of Review). ARTICLE VIII. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10, Section 8 of the present existing By-Laws of the Inhabitants of Watertown by changing the grade and salary schedule under Grade 5 from the following: Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year GRADE 5- Engineering Aid- Grade 1 . . . ... . . . . .. . . . $2,400 $2,520 $2,640 $2,760 $2,880 to read as follows: Maximum After After After 1st 2nd 3rd Minimum Year Year Year GRADE 5-A Engineering Aid- Grade 1 . . . . . . .. . . . . $2,520 $2,640 $2,760 $2,880 or take any action relating thereto (Request of Advisory Board of Review). ARTICLE IX. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10, Section 9 of the present existing By-Laws of Inhabitants of Watertown by changing the grade and salary schedule of Hygienist under Grade 3, now reading as follows: Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year GRADE 3- Hygienist .. . . . . .... . . . 1,680 1,800 1,920 2,040 2,160 to the following Grade 3-A and new salary schedule: GRADE 3-A Hygienist . . . . . . . 1,780 1,900 2,020 2,140 2,260 and to change the grade and salary schedule of Public Health Nurse under Grade 5, now reading as follows: 59 GRADE 5— Public Health Nurse . . ... . 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 to the following Grade 5-C and new salary schedule: GRADE 5-C Public Health Nurse . . . ... 2,500 2,620 2,740 2,860 2,980 and to change the grade of Social Worker (to correct a typographical error) from Grade 5-A to Grade 6-A and to change the Grade and salary schedule of Welfare Agent under Grade 10A now reading as follows: GRADE l0A— Welfare Agent .. ..... .. 4,260 4,440 4,620 4,800 4,980 to Grade 11, as follows: GRADE 11— Welfare Agent . .......... 4,200 4,500 4,800 5,100 5,400 or take any action relating thereto (Request of Advisory Board of Review). ARTICLE X. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10, Section 10 of the present existing By-Laws of Inhabitants of Watertown, by striking out under Grade 4 the position and salary schedule of Chief Inspector—Water, and increasing the hourly rates of all other positions in Grade 4, all of which now reads as follows: Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year GRADE 4— Chief Inspector—Water 2,040 2,160 2,280 2,400 2,520 Laborer (unskilled) . . Hourly Rate $1.25 per hour Motor Equipment Operator —Grade 1 Hourly Rate $1.30 per hour Motor Equipment Operator Grade 2 .. Hourly Rate $1.30 per hour Laborer (skilled) .. Hourly Rate $1.30 per hour Motor Equipment Operator —Grade 3 . . . . .. . . .... Hourly Rate $1.35 per hour to the new Grade 4C and salary schedule as follows: GRADE 4C— Laborer (unskilled) Hourly Rate $1.32 per hour Motor Equipment Operator —Grade 1 ...... . ° Hourly Rate $1.37 per hour Motor Equipment Operator Grade 2 ...... . . . ..... Hourly Rate $1.37 per hour Laborer (skilled) Hourly Rate $1.37 per hour Motor Equipment Operator —Grade 3 ...... . . . . Hourly Rate $1.42 per hour and to change the Grade and salary schedules of all positions under Grade 5, all of which now read as follows: 60 GRADE 5— Water Meter Inspector . . 2,400 2,520 2,640 2,760 2,880 Mason . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Hourly Rate $1.45 per hour Blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . .... Hourly Rate $1.45 per hour Carpenter . . .. . . . . . . . .. Hourly Rate $1.45 per hour Cement Finisher . .. .... Hourly Rate $1.50 per hour Foreman (Highway De- partment) . . . . . . ..... Hourly Rate $1.45 per hour Foreman (Painter) . . . . .. Hourly Rate $1.45 per hour Foreman (Park) . ... . ... Hourly Rate $1.45 per hour Working Foreman . . ..... (Cemetery) . .. . . . . . . . . Hourly Rate $1.45 per hour Motor Equipment Repair- Hourly Rate $1.45 per hour man .... . . . ... . . . . . .... Storekeeper . . .. . . . . . ..... Hourly Rate $1.45 per hour Timekeeper . ... . ... . .... . Hourly Rate $1.45 per hour Water Service Working Foreman . ........... .. Hourly Rate $1.45 per hour to Grade 6, by increasing hourly rates and salary schedules of all such positions, by adding the position and hourly rate of Painter (Skilled), and by changing the title of Foreman (Painter) to that of Working Foreman (Painter), so that all classifications, grades, and salary schedules under the new Grade 6 will read as follows: GRADE 6— Water Meter Inspector .. 2,640 2,760 2,880 3,000 3,120 Mason .... . ... . . . ... . .. Hourly Rate $1.52 per hour Blacksmith . . . ... . . .... . . Hourly Rate $1.52 per hour Carpenter .. .. . . . . ..... Hourly Rate $1.52 per hour Painter (skilled) . . . . . .. .. Hourly Rate $1.52 per hour Foreman (Highway De- partment) . . .. Hourly Rate $1.52 per hour Working Foreman (Painter) . . .. . . . . .. . ... Hourly Rate $1.52 per hour Foreman (Park) . . . . . . . .. Hourly Rate $1.52 per hour Working Foreman (Cemetery) .. .. Hourly Rate $1.52 per hour Motor Equipment Repair- man .. . . . ... . . ... Hourly Rate $1.52 per hour Storekeeper . . .... .. . . Hourly Rate $1.52 per hour Timekeeper . . . . .. . . . . . Hourly Rate $1.52 per hour Water Service Working Foreman Hourly Rate $1.52 per hour Cement Finisher Hourly Rate $1.57 per hour and to change the Grade and salary schedule of Grades 6 and 7 under section 10, now reading: GRADE 6— Water Meter Repair Foreman . . .... . . . ..... Hourly Rate $1.65 per hour GRADE 7— Inspector of Wire Maintenance . . .. . . 2,760 2,940 3,120 3,300 3,480 to a new Grade 7A, so as to read as follows: 61 GRADE 7A- Inspector of Wire Maintenance .. . . .. . ... 2,880 3,060 3,240 3,420 3,600 Water Meter Repair Foreman . ..... . . .. . ... Hourly Rate $1.72 per hour and to change the Salary Schedule of Water Construction Foreman and Motor Equipment Maintenance Foreman in Grade 8 from Standard Basic Salary Intermediate Range Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year 3,120 3,300 3,480 3,660 3,840 to: Water Construction Foreman .. . . .. . .. . Hourly Rate $1.85 per hour Motor Equipment Main- tenance Foreman ...... Hourly Rate $1.85 per hour and to change the classification, grade, and salary schedule of Inspector of Plumbing now under Grade 9 and now reading as follows: Intermediate Range Standard Basic Salary Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year Inspector of Plumbing . . . 3,300 3,600 3,900 4,200 4,500 to a new classification, to be Graded 10 and having a salary schedule of: Inspector of Plumbing and Sanitation . . ...... 3,750 4,050 4,350 4,650 4,950 and to change the grade and salary schedule of Superintendent of Highway Department to a new grade 11A and having a salary schedule of: Superintendent of High- way Department ....... 4,400 4,700 5,000 5,300 5,600 or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Advisory Board of Review) ARTICLE XI. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10, Section 11 of the present existing By-Laws of the Inhabitants of Watertown by changing the grade and salary schedule from Grade 6A to Grade 6B, from Grade 7A to Grade 7B by increasing the salary schedule and by reducing the standard basic salary intermediate range from five years to four years, all of which now reads as follows: Standard Basic Salary Intermediate Range Maximum After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Minimum Year Year Year Year GRADE 6A- Fireman (private) .. . . ... 2,800 2,925 3,050 3,175 3,300 Patrolman . . . . ... . ... 2,800 2,925 3,050 3,175 3,300 Wagon-man Clerk . .. . . .. 2,800 2,925 3,050 3,175 3,300 62 Fire Alarm Signal Operator .. .... .. . ... 2,800 2,925 3,050 3,175 3,300 Chauffeur - Mechanician 2,800 2,925 3,050 3,175 3,300 Stenographer Clerk (Male) (Police) .. .. .. 2,800 2,925 3,050 3,175 3,300 GRADE 7A- Mechanician - Fire Dept. 2,880 3,060 3,240 3,420 3,600 to the new Grade 6B and Grade 7B and salary schedule as follows: Standard Basic Salary Intermediate Range maximum After After After 1st 2nd 3rd Minimum Year Year Year GRADE 6B- Fireman (private) .. . . .... . .. 2,975 3,100 3,225 3,350 Patrolman . . . . .. .. ..... 2,975 3,100 3,225 3,350 Wagon-man Clerk .. .... . . .. .. 2,975 3,100 3,225 3,350 Fire Alarm Signal Operator .... .. .. .• •••••• 2,975 3,100 3,225 3,350 Chauffeur-Mechanician .. ..... 2,975 3,100 3,225 3,350 Stenographer Clerk (Male) (Police) .... . . . .... .... 2,975 3,100 3,225 3,350 GRADE 7B- Mechanician-Fire Dept. .... . . 3,110 3,290 3,470 3,650 or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Advisory Board of Review) ARTICLE XVI To see if the Town Hall will vote to amend Chapter 10 of the present existing By-Laws of the Inhabitants of Watertown by adding at the end of said Chapter three new sections as follows: Section 16: The foregoing salary schedules shall be deemed the standard base salaries for the ordinary number of hours. In addition to said standard base salary, there shall be paid to each employee subject to this Chapter, effective January 1, 1952, Cost of Living Allowance. Said salary schedules shall be considered -comparable to the Retail Price Index in Massachusetts, Department of Labor and Industries, Division on the Necessaries of Life, as established as of April, 1949, namely 159.4 per cent and the Cost of Living Allowance shall equal all points in excess of 159.4 computed as hereinafter specified. Beginning January 1, 1952, the Cost of Living-Allowance will be based upon The Retail Price Index for the preceeding month. namely, December, 1951. In computing the amount of percentage increase, or decrease, in Cost of Living Allowance based upon the said Price Index, fractions of less than one-half percentage point shall be disregarded. Thereafter on the first day of April, July, October and January, the rate of cost of Living Allowance shall be re-computed in like manner and the newly recomputed rate shall become effective for the pay period commencing next following the said first day of April, July, October or January. Cost of Living Allowance shall not apply to overtime services, but shall be paid regardless of earned annual increments. 63 Section 17: The Cost of Living Allowance referred to in Section 16 shall be paid also to all officers and employees, including temporary. part-time, military substitute, and all other regularly-employed person- nel, whether elected or appointed, excepting however, teachers included in the Instruction Account in the School Department. Said Allowances shall not be termed or construed to be a portion of the regular com- pensation of any officer or employee, nor of a permanent nature. Section 18: The Cost of Living Allowance referred to in Section 16 shall not be construed in any manner as to reduce the standard base salary schedule. or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Advisory Board of Review) ARTICLE XVII To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $275,000 for Cost of Living Allowance in 1952 to be paid to all officers and employees in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 10 of the Town By Laws, Sections 16 17, 18, or as otherwise authorized by Town Meeting vote or take any action relating thereto. (Request of the Advisory Board of Review.) r 64 REPORT OF THE WIRE DEPARTMENT December 31, 1951 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: The annual Report of the Wire Department for the year ending December 31, 1951 is submitted herewith, Lispections One thousand three hundred and thirty-three (1333) permits for wiring and fixtures and eight (8) Annual Permits were issued during the year. Inspections occasioned by the issuance of these permits, plus the inspection of business properties and re-inspections, resulted in ap- proximately 4023 individual calls. Receipts for 1333 wiring and fixture permits and 8 Annual Permits amounted to $706.50, which was paid to the Town Treasurer. In addition to the inspections made as a result of permits issued as noted above, hundreds of inspections are made yearly in commercial and mercantile properties, as a result of changes in ownership or occupancy; also upon request of any citizen and as a result of damages due to fire, water, explosion or other causes. No charge is made for this service, but the added load is appreciable. Maintenance The work of this department is primarily one of maintenance. Maintaining all Town-owned Fire Alarm, Police Signal and Traffic Signal wires and equipment (overhead and underground) on our 73 miles of street; such as— The annual painting of all fire boxes, police boxes, pedestals and cable boxes, traffic signal posts, periodical testing of all fire boxes, re- placement of defective wires above and underground, checking police and fire circuits, supervision of all the alarm equipment in three Fire Stations, the Police Station and Fire Alarm Headquarters. We have, in addition to our appointed task, maintained the elec- trical wiring and apparatus in the eleven school buildings, the four libraries, the Municipal Garage, the Water Departmen buildings, Dog Pound, Infirmary, Victory Field Building, Administration Building, the Grant School Building, the World War Memorial Building and the lighting in Saltonstall Park and the West Junior Playground. We have in addition added to and remodeled these systems in many cases. The construction and maintenance of the Civil Defense Alarm System, the Report Centre, with a duplicate set-up at Police Head- quarters, was an added responsibility accepted by the Wire Department in 1951. Street lighting, street lighting surveys, pole locations and reloca- tions, underground construction and alterations made by the Utility Companies and the Metropolitan Transit Authority also come under our supervision. Due to the pressure of many of the outlined duties, we are being hard pressed to accomplish all our work with our present personnel and, if this work continues to increase, our only recourse will be to ask for more help or curtail the "out of our department work." 65 Fire Alarm Signaling System Seven new Fire Signal Boxes were added to the system during the year, namely: Box =283 Insulating Fabricators Company of New Eng., Grove St. Box =331 Orchard Street and Barnard Avenue Box -;334 Bailey and Stoneleigh Roads Box #337 Dexter Avenue and Fairfield Street Box _432 Waverley Avenue and Hilltop Road Box w438 Robert Ford Road opposite '60. Box w714 Pleasant Street opposite Hood Milk Plant Two new fire cricuits were installed from Fire Alarm Headquarters to the new Fire Station on Orchard Street and connected thereto were two single circuite registers, two 10" primary gongs, one 6" secondary gong, lighting arrestors, fuses, and all necessary alarm wiring within the building. A 1/3 horse power siren was also installed on the front exterior of the building to be operated from the apparatus floor. The replacement of the old cables from the Central Fire Station to Beacon Square was completed in the early months of 1951. Bell tappers were removed from the homes of Firemen Albert Kelly, Charles Blackburn, Paul Dwyer, who has retired, and Joseph McCarthy, who had changed his residence. Shunt switches were installed on both circuit registers at Central Fire Station for test purposes. To repeat a recommendation made last year, if time and the pur- chase of materials permits, an extension of our underground system for Police and Fire cables will be constructed on School Street from Mt. Auburn Street to Maplewood Street. Fire Alarm headquarters During the year the Headquarters, operating on a 24 hour a day basis, handled 163 fire alarm calls, 1491 mutual-aid calls, 422 dealing with no-school signals, American District Telegraph alarms and local Fire Alarm Box tests, 392 operations were required on water pressure tests, burglar alarm tests, semi-weakly tests of emergency generator at Headquarters and admitting officials into the Administration Building. Daily circuit tests, including Mutual-Aid tests from out-of- town departments and American District Telegraph totaled 12,045 op era tions. 65 calls were received and transmitted to the Wire Department man on call, for emergency work on Police, Fire, traffic lights'and other work of such nature, after regular working hours, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. In addition to the above business, the operator on duty handles the telephone calls coming in on four telephones. As a part of his duties he also maintains the equipment and headquarters in a high degree of cleanliess and order, and is to be complimented for his efforts in this direction. Police Signaling System New storage batteries were installed on the local circuit at Police Headquarters. No extensions to the system were made or contemplated. 66 Traffic Signaling System The lamps in all the signal housing were replaced. All reflectors and lenses were cleaned during the year. Two new right-hand arrow hous- ings were installed on the signals at the comer of Mt. Auburn and Arlington Streets. Two new right-hand arrow housings were installed on the signals at Mt. Auburn and Common Streets and in addition an advance green feature was added for traffic turning into Common Street or proceeding towards Cambridge from Watertown Square. Conduits were laid across Arsenal Street opposite the Arsenal Main Gate, opposite the Arsenal East Gate and across Arlington Street at Arsenal Street for potential extensions to our traffic signaling system. The flasher was replaced in the signals at the corner of Galen and Watertown Streets. It is hoped that time will permit the renovation of the traffic signal layout at the corner of Arsenal and Irving Streets and equip the same with pedestrian-actuated controls for walk periods. Street Lighting The supervision, alterations and extensions of our street lighting is a continuing effort. Surveys are constantly being made for improve- ment in our lighting consistent with our ability to pay and the pro- tection of life and property. The relighting of Pleasant Street from Galen Street to Bridge Street, the relighiting of Main Street from Lexington Street to the Waltham line and the relighting of Coolidge Avenue from Arlington Street to Grove Street were completed during the year. The relighting of Mt. Auburn Street from West Boylston Street to the Cambridge line, and the relighting of an extension of Pleasant Street from Bridge Street to Stanley Avenue were ordered installed during the year and should be completed in 1952. In addition to the above, street lights were added on the following streets: Arlington Street Maude Terrace Bridge Street Partridge Street Carey Avenue Spruce Street Gleason Street Due to the extensions already ordered and not completed, plus the shortage of critical materials being experienced by the Utility Companies, no recommendation for further extensions to our street lighting is being made for 1952. The present connected load in Watertown is as follows: Number Lumen Class Connection 1030 800 1 Overhead 3 800 2 Overhead 4 800 4 Underground 164 2,500 1 Overhead 8 2,500 4 Underground 5 4,000 1 Overhead 79 6,000 1 Overhead 5 6,000 4 Underground 106 10,000 1 Overhead 15 10,000 2 Overhead 185 10,000 4 Underground A total of 1613 street lights are now in operation. 67 Consideration in the near future must be given for the relighting of Watertown Street from Galen Street to the Newton line and Pleasant Street from Stanley Avenue to the Waltham line. Co-operation With Other Town Departments In addition to the regular maintenance work of the Wire Depart- ment, we halve undertaken to do the construction of all the extensions to our several systems. We have also, as far as we were able, maintained and added to the electrical systems of all the other Town Departments. This added work has materially depleted the available man hours necessary for our own maintenance. Recorded below is a breakdown of this "outside our department work," separated into three classes: Man Hours NEW OR ADD. ALLOCATIONS TEMPORARY WORK REPAIRS WORK TOTALS Schools 378 819 1197 Elections 24 24 Christmas Decorations 343 14 357 Fire 251/2 50 75% Police 20 5 25 Health 28 1k 6 94 128% Town Hall 8 75 120 203 Water 28 132 160 Highway 34 84 118 Libraries 171,E 79 96% Infirmary 16 16 Watertown Housing 20 20 Parks 211,E 15 33 69% 'Down Clock 3 3 World War Memorial Building 7% 71,E Civil Defense 564 564 Miscellaneous 34 34 Dog Pound 18 105 123 Tree 31F1 3% Damage to our equip- ment by automobiles 146% 146% Overtime work on maintenance 93 93 466% 899 2099 34641,E The above represents an increase of 878 hours over last year's total man hours spent on "out of our department work" and embraces over 200 separate jobs, varying from % hour to 564 man hours per job. The 93 hours spent on overtime work, for which the men receive no extra compensation, consisted of 60 separate emergency operations on 60 different occasions. The above aggregate totals almost 2 man years of 1912 hours and with a half man year lost to the department when an outside crewman covers the Fire Alarm Signal Operators for their vacation period, plus the vacation of the crewmen themselves. The result is that the depart- ment has available less than 2 man years of labor for all our main- tenance. With the present force our maintenance work is gradually being neglected, which condition cannot be long tolerated. ss Damage to Town Property During the year motor vehicle accidents were responsible for damages to the pedestrian push button and post at the southeast corner of Arlington and Mt. Auburn Streets on two different occasions; also damaged were the traffic signal post at the corner of Arsenal and School Streets, the traffic signal post and housings at the southwest corner of Arsenal and Irving Streets, the 3 signal housing on the south- east corner of traffic booth m2 at Galen and Watertown Streets and two traffic signal posts and housings at Main and Galen Streets near the Union Market National Bank; also Fire Alarm box «74 on Pleasant Street, the aerial terminal box on Howard Street and wiring on Edison pole on Lexington Street, knocked over as a result of an automobile collision. In every known case the Police Department rendered a report to the Wire Department informing us who was responsible for the damage. Cost of materials and labor to repair was given to the Board of Selectmen who proceeded to recover for the Town. Civil Defense The Wire Department installed about 2 miles of wires overhead and underground to connect the various Civil Defense signals to the Main Report Centre at the Municipal Garage and a "stand-by" station at Police Headquarters. Connected to this sytem are sirens mounted on poles, at the corner of Common Street and Bellevue Road and King Street and Grandview Avenue. A siren is mounted on the roof of the John T. Lodge building in Bemis, and on the roof of the Municipal Garage. In addition bell tappers were installed at the Watertown Arsenal, the Hood Rubber Company and Lewandos Company to alert these stations so that their factory whistles could be used for audible alarm. Two radio receivers were purchased to receive the State Police signals, one was installed at Police Headquarters and the other at the Report Centre at the Municipal Garage. An emergency generator was purchased and installed at Report Centre and connected to it were two 2-way radio sets for operation to receive surrounding cities and towns and amateur raido personnel. The telephone switchboard and lights were also provided for on the emergency circuit. An Amateur Radio Association was formed and is functioning as an aid to land lines. The circuits of our Fire Alarm and Police Signaling Systems also form a part of Civil Defense Communication, augmented by a telephone network of 20 potential trunk lines with a 40 circuit switchboard for intercommunicating service. The installation to date is only a basic frame upon which to build and to expand, if the need requires. Recommendations to this end will come from the Advisory Board to the Civil Defense Director. Utilities It is not generally known that every pole on our streets, erected by the Boston Edison Company, the New England Telephone Company and the Metropolitan Transit Authority and all of their conduit construction underground comes under the supervision of this office, as does every wire installed overhead or underground by these utilities. A permit 69 must be issued in this office for every new construction, every pole or underground relocation and for every replacement of any of their poles or construction. It is estimated that there are about 3500 poles, lamp standards and M.T.A., wire supports plus several miles of underground conduits in Watertown. As a part of our maintenance the Wire Department must also transfer all wires owned by the town on any pole when such pole is replaced by the Utility Company. The same would apply for an underground extension or alteration. Personnel Robert J. Mannix, an Inspector of Wire Maintenance working under a provisional permanent appointment, was certified as a permanent man by Division of Civil Service on December 27, 1951. For the past several years I have asked for the addition of a Junior Clerk typist for the department. It is my hope that realization of the need will be met with such an addition. Another Inspector of Wire Maintenance will also be necessary, if the present work load continues. The spirit of co-operation and initiative amongst the employees is noteworthy and is manifested by our accomplishments. Acknowledgements I wish to thank my co-workers for this fine spirit of helpfulness. It is a pleasure to be associated with such fine people. I wish to express my appreciation to the Honorable Board of Selectmen for their help during the year and to thank also the various Department Heads of the Town for their co-operation and assistance. Respectfully submitted, LEO P. LANDRY, Superintendent of Wires 70 REPORT OF THE WATERTOWN HOUSING AUTHORITY To all Members of the Watertown Housing Authority: As required under the By-Laws of the Watertown Housing Authority, I submit herewith report of the activities of your Authority for the year ending December 31, 1951: Member Personnel Term Expiring SEBASTIAN TANGUSSO Chairman (State Appointee) March 1956 WILLIAM E. MALONEY Vice-Chairman March 1955 CHARLES F. SHAW Treasurer March 1953 March 195 •VINCENT T. SW= Asst. Treasurer March 1954 CHE.STER H. PARKER *Town Election in place of Everett A. Kelley CHAPTER 372-R With the exception of the Grant School, 15 Whites Avenue, all prop- erties under this Chapter have been liquidated or absorbed into Chapter 200. The Grant School containing nine dwelling units continues to serve a useful purpose; a statement for its operation for the year end- ing December 31, 1951 is given herewith:- BALANCE SHEET FOR MONTH ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1951 (Prior to closing entries-Grant School-372-R) Cash 1960.38 Earned Surplus deficit 699.10 a/c Receivable 62.50 a/c Rec. adv. rent 55.00 or Res. for R. M. R. 730.08 Management Exp. 3788.76 It for Vac & Coll. 219.02 Legal-Eviction exp. 125.00 to for a/c Rec. Ten. 105.00 It fr a/c Rec. Ten. 105.00 5881.64 Dwelling Rent Schedule 5526.64 5881.64 12/27/51 Check to Treasurer-Town of Watertown $999.42 from Chapter 372-R Management Expenses 3788.76 Balance Sheet as of January 1, 1952 Electricity 717.55 Debits Gas 955.78 Cash 960.96 Repairs 646.91 a/c Rec. 187.50 Management Exp. 5.00 a/c Rec. Jan. Rent 55.00 or Fuel 1388.52 Misc. 5.00 1093.46 Gas Range 80.00 Credits or Earned Surplus 187.50 Res.-R. M. R. 552.66 " Vac & Coll. 165.80 Ip a/c Rec. 187.50 1093.46 71 CHAPTER 200 WATERTOWN 200-1 The property contains 168 dwelling units and consists of 144 frame units and 24 brink veneer units, the former being built under Chapter 200, and located on Darch Road, Robert Ford Road, Duff and Lexing- ton Streets. Settlement of the contract with the Calumet Construction Co. for the 144 units has not been completed. For the year ending December 31, 1951, the income and expenses for the administration of the Project were as follows: Cash in Bank 24,833.84 Withholding &.Soc. Sec. 293.01 Investments 50,000.00 a/c Rec. Tenants 358.64 Dwelling Rent Schedule 137,295.85 of 200-2 6.75 it Calumet Cons. 5,965.45 Unearned Int. 198.75 Management Exp. 6,799.48 Operating Exp. 4,613.00 Misc. Pro. Income 190.07 Utilities 18,345.60 R. M. R. 9,155.73 General Exp. 17,892.47 Vac. Loss-4 das 6.72 137,977.68 137,977.68 BALANCE %rl.LH DEVELOPMENT DEC. 31, 1951 Cash in Bank 52,509.31 Contract Retentions 2,600.00 Investments 50,000.00 Notes Petty Cash 25.00 Authorized 1,912,000. Unissued 252,000. a/c Rec. 200-1 20.77 200-2 17.20 1,660,000.00 Development Costs 1,578,487.47 Interest on Notes 18,216.00 Incomplete Contracts 11,003.72 Contract Awards 11,003.72 Unearned Interest 193.75 Dep. during Development 50.00 1,692,063.47 1,692,063.47 FINANCIAL The Union Market National Bank continues as a depository in con- nection with the following accounts: Chapter 372-R (Grant School) Chapter 200- 1 (Development) Chapter 200- 1 (Administrative) Chapter 200- 2 (Development) 72 The Second National Bank of Boston continues as Fiscal and Paying Agents in connection with Temporary Borrowings, and for the pur- chase and sale of Treasury bills under Watertown 200-2 Development. A nominal balance of $1000. each for Watertown 200-1 and Watertown 200-2 is kept in this bank; all other working capital is either kept in the Union Market National Bank or invested in U. S. Treasury Bills. Working balances are kept at a minimum consistent with meeting current bills—in this way interest earned from investments have re- duced the interest charges on borrowed funds to a minimum. STATEMENTS AND AUDITING Monthly statements are rendered to your Treasurer and the State Housing Board as follows: 1. Check book reconciliations covering accounts with the Union Market National Bank and the Second National Bank. 2. Analysis of Development costs for 200-1 and 200-2 3. Trial balances under development for 200-1 and 200-2 4. Balance Sheet covering Administration and Development 200-1 5. Balance Sheet 372-R 6. Accounts Receivable outstanding at end of each month During the year, the books of the Authority were Audited by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Department of the Auditor), and found our books to be in balance. STATE-AIDED PROJECT 200-2 On January 5, 1951 a contract was awarded to Paul Livoli, Inc. in the sum of $909,682.00 for the construction of 60 fireproof dwelling units in East Watertown and located on Nichols, Melendy Ave. and Quimby St. As of December 19, 1951, this project is 67.05% completed and de- livery for occupancy is expected in May 1952. In connection with order of taking for parcels of land required for the project, settlements were achieved without resort to the courts in the total amount of $21,085.61; to the satisfaction of the State Hous- ing Board, the owners and this Authority. BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1951 Cash in Banks 16,27257 Notes Auth. & Outstdg. 970,000.00 Materials Stored 8,991.15 Retentions 56,766.58 Investments 400,000.00 Int. on Notes 10,626.00 Development Costs 613,712.23 Withholding & Soc. Sec. 303.79 Dep. dur. Dev. 50.00 Unearned Interest 1,329.58 Incomplete Contracts 287,919.40 Contract Awards 278,919.40 1,317,945.35 1,317,945.35 73 TENANTS—WATERTOWN 200-1 (LEXINGTON ST.) With the exception of two World War I Veterans, all tenants are Veterans of World War II. We have on file 381 applications for housing. For the year ending December 31, 1951, vacancies occured in 200-1 as follows:— Homespurchased .... .. .. . ... .. .... 8 Moved out of State . . . ........... 3 Eviction .. .. ......... .. .. ...... ..... 1 Found other rentals ... ... .......... 2 14 There has been no loss of rents due to tenants' failure to pay. During the year we had a vacancy loss of four days; otherwise the Project was 100% occupied. Annual statements are secured from Veterans and employers as to their income and adjustments made based on these reports and during the year where necessary. MAINTENANCE 200-1 During the year, it was necessary to loam, seed and roll approxi- mately 30% of the entire area left by the Calumet Construction Co., also to dig up and replace storm sewers, waterproof basements and install SUMP pumps Forty combination storm and screen windows were installed in the most westerly dwelling units. Durind mild weather we have ex- perienced trouble with the boiler plant—a survey is now being made as to the best method of adapting the heating plant to the continued use of No. 6 fuel oil. STATE HOUSING BOARD AND TOWN EXECUTIVES The Authority has received the cooperation and advice of the Chairman of the State Housing Board and assistance from the Select- men and Departments of the Town when required. Respectfully submitted, WATERTOVAN HOUSING AUTHOR.I'I'Y A. ERIC SALSBURG Secretary and Executive Director 74 REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Honorable Board of Selectmen Administration Building Watertown 72, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The following report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1951 is respectfully submitted. Sealing Fees $1,011.10 Adjusting Fees 5.35 Total 1,016.45 SCALES Total Not Adjusted Sealed Sealed Condemned Scales over 10,000 lbs. 1 16 — — Scales 5,000 to 10,000 2 8 — — Scales 100 to 5,000 19 149 4 2 Scales under 100 20 326 3 21 Weights 29 674 4 32 CAPACITY MEASURES Liquid measures 1 gal. or under — 124 — 18 Liquid measures over 1 gal. — 3 — — Dry measures — — — -- AUTOMATIC MEASURING DEVICES Meters inlet one inch or less Gasoline 5 188 4 4 Oil and Grease — 103 6 2 Inlet more than one inch Vehicle Tank Meters 7 57 — — Bulk Storage Meters 3 12 — — PUMPS—KEROSENE--OIL—GREASE Stops on Pumps — 15 20 — Oil Pumps —. — — — 75 LINEAR MEASURES Total Not Adjusted Sealed Sealed Condemned Yard Sticks — 32 — — 6 Cloth Measuring Devices — 10 — Taxi Meters — 24 - 7 Tapes — 1 — 1 TOTALS 86 1742 41 93 TRIAL WE IG13EINGS Total No. Number Incorrect Tested Correct Under Over Bread 348 333 2 13 Coal in paper bags 71 71 — — Coal in transit 4 — — 4 Confectionery 326 309 — 17 Dry Commodities 438 420 4 14 Fruits and vegetables 419 367 ' 9 43 Kindling wood in paper 63 63 -- - Meats and provisions 666 629 5 32 Butter 241 221 5 15 Coke in paper bags 30 30 — — Charcoal in paper bags 23 23 — — TOTALS 2629 2466 25 138 INSPECTIONS Pedlars Licenses 55 Coal Certificates 6 Milk Jars 278 Marking of Bread 348 Marking of Food Packages 2226 Marking of Coal in Paper Bags 71 Paper Cartons 95 Junk Scales 3 Ice Scales 4 Transient Vendors 2 Pedlars Scales 20 Oil Jars 1362 Miscellaneous 129 TOTALS 4599 TESTS Retests of Gas Devices 7 Milk Jars 18 Oil Jars 4 Paper Cartons 65 TOTALS 94 My thanks are extended to the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Heads of the various Departments for the courtesy and co-operation extended over the past year. Respectfully yours. J. FRANK AHERN SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURE S 76 REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS January 1, 1952 The Honorable Board of Selectmen Administration Building Watertown 72, Massachuetts Gentlemen: There is respectfully submitted herewith the report of the office of Inspector of Buildings for the year 1951: CONSTRUCTION Construction in all phases of building maintained a steady pace in 1951 despite the apparent shortage of good land in Watertown. Many additional family accommodations were provided by altering and converting existing structures. The breakdown for the year is as follows: NEW CONSTRUCTION No. of Estimated Permits Cost Residential 108 $1,574,500.00 Non-Residential 40 338,570.00 $1,913,070.00 ALTERATIONS Residential 108 $ 110,985.00 Non-Residential 20 60,545.00 171,530.00 EXTENSIONS Residential 1 900.00 Non-Residential 25 217,590.00 218,490.00 $2,303,090.00 Razings 6 Signs 264 Elevators 1 FEES COLLECTED Building Permits $2,689.00 Sign Permits 132.00 $2,821.00 NO. OF DWELLING UNITS 167 Units—new construction 31 " —conversions 87 One family dwellings 16 Two family dwellings 2 Six family dwellings 1 Nine family dwelling 1 Twelve family dwelling 1 Fifteen family dwelling 77 LODGING HOUSES There were the annual inspections of Lodging Houses and none revealed bad conditions, because of improvements made in 1950. ZONING BY-LAWS Complaints in this field were very numerous, and although there were many violations there was only one prosecution, and the Town won the verdict. SIGNS There were sign inspections made and a few violators were requested to make corrections. FACTORIES Routine inspections were made in some factories. PLACES OF ASSEMBLY Annual routine inspections were made in many places of assembly. These inspections revealed everything in order. CIVIL DEFENSE Progress was made in obtaining air raid shelters throughout the business areas of the Town. This involved much paper work, mail work, sorting and filing. This Office wishes to express appreciation to the Honorable Board of Selectmen, to all other departments and to the people of Watertown for their cooperation and assistance during the year 1951. Respectfully submitted, MAURICE F. WHITE INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS REPORT OF THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT Honorable Board of Selectmen Administration Building Watertown 72, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I hereby submit the Annual Report of the Purchasing Department for the year ending December 31, 1951. The Purchasing Department has kept abreast of all the many new rules and regulations governing purchasing priorities to make possible prompt deliveries and project completions. Prices have been ever on the increase—and bids were obtained at the most ideal times to ensure the best prices and material quantities. The space formerly occupied by the Revolving Fund storeroom is now occupied by Civil Defense. Our new storeroom has not yet been completed but will be in the near future. In cooperation with the Auditing Department we are installing the encumbrance system. This involves the actual encumbrance of funds before delivery. I wish to express my appreciation to the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Heads of all the Town Departments for their cooperation. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM F. OATES Purchasing Agent 78 REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Gentlemen:- The following report relating to work done and money expended by this department for the year ending December 31, 1951 is respectfully submitted. HIGHWAY APPROPRIATIONS Pay Rolls $355,000.00 Highway Overtime 5,000.00 Highway Construction 18,838.00 Highway Maintenance 25,007.84 General Maintenance 30,000.00 Highway Superintendent 5,400.00 Highway Assistant Superintendent 4,900.00 Highway Supervisor of Foremen 3,010.00 Highway Equipment Maintenance Foreman 2,718.00 Highway Principal Clerk 2,520.00 Highway Senior Clerk 2,160.00 Highway Office 300.00 Highway Vacations 18,054.00 Highway Equipment 24,100.00 Snow & Ice (Materials) 11,700.00 Snow & Ice Overtime & Trucking 10,700.00 Chapter 90 Construction Appropriated by Town $10,000.00 Rec'd. from State & County 29,485.92 39,485.92 Sewer Construction 6,438.00 Sewer Maintenance 4,000.00 Jensen Farm Sewers 3,382.00 Sidewalk Construction 3,500.00 Sidewalk Maintenance 3,000.00 Ashes & Papers 3,000.00 Betterments 20,944.00 Drainage 26,136.00 Garbage 2,000.00 $631,293.76 Total Expenditures 597,562.09 Balance $33,731.67 PERSONNEL Name Entered Town Employ Retired Hilley, Anthony March 27, 1924 Oct. 31, 1951 Lawn, Edward March 29, 1934 Sept. 15, 1951 Regan, William H. June 6, 1924 March 19, 1951 79 DECEASED DURING 1951 Name Entered Town Employ Deceased Avedisian, Sarkis May 5, 1938 October 11, 1951 Bardizbanian, Seregon May 8, 1930 July 21, 1951 Welch, John J. May 5, 1938 December 10, 1951 HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION Expenditures Street From To Cost Acton Street Oakland Street Morton Street $2,282.46 Cuba Street & Myrtle Street Extension Main Street Pleasant Street 8,276.25 Dartmouth Street Dexter Avenue Boylston Street 7,010.16 Edgecliffe Road (resurfacing) 394.01 Forest Street Main Street B.&M.R.R. 3,970.82 Boyd Street at Galen Street (relocating Edison Pole) 165.00 Warren Street (resurfacing) 515.04 $22,613.74 CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION Expenditures Street From To Cost Arsenal Street School Street ChTs Riv'r Rd. 39,228.56 HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE Expenditures Berkeley Street Parking Area 765.33 Carpentry Work (Board of Health) 29.40 Carpentry Work (Civil Defense) 176.17 Cleaning catch basins 6,068.38 Cutting and repairing grass borders 2,037.90 Dog Pound 1,674.10 Legion Home (repairs and maintenance) 182.00 Patching Streets 14,243.31 Repairing and painting fences 673.54 Repairs to Grove Street bridge and fence 107.40 Street Cleaning 23,762.84 Street painting, street and traffic signs, also painting and repairing signs 10,178.36 Surface treating and seal coating streets 20,652.08 $80,550.81 GENERAL MAINTENANCE Expenditures Blacksmith $1,321.93 Carpenters 2,404.65 Equipment repairs and supplies 41,687.30 80 Expressing and freight 27.50 Fuel oil 2,530.87 Garage ,janitors 6,787.63 Garage repairs and supplies 1,268.09 Gasoline clerk 2,295.25 Hardware supplies 818.07 Illuminating gas service 147.17 Lighting garage 1,387.86 Medical services 30.00 Motor Equipment Maintenance Foreman 1,122.00 Repairs to Park Dept. truck and roller 139.20 Storekeeper 3,082.36 Supervisor of foremen 1,134.00 Timekeeper 3,009.10 Watchmen 9,701.28 Water rates 99.54 $78,993.80 NEW EQUIPMENT Expenditures 1 Payloader $7,530.32 1 - 2 ton Truck 3,133.20 1 - 3 ton Truck 5,651.24 1 Bulldozer 5,831.10 1 Jack 100.00 $22,245.86 HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT Expenditures Salary of Thomas V. Dwyer $5,400.00 HIGHWAY ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT Expenditures Salary of E. Harold Johnston $4,900.00 HIGHWAY SUPERVISOR OF FOREMEN Expenditures Salary of John Hopkins (Apr. 30, 1951 to Jan. 1, 1952) $3,010.00 HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FOREMAN Expenditures Salary of Wm. F. Vahey (Apr. 26, 1951 to Jan. 1, 1952) $2,718.00 HIGHWAY CLERKS Expenditures Salary of Esther L. Regan $2,520.00 Salary of Frances E. Bianconi 2,160.00 $4,680.00 81 HIGHWAY VACATIONS Expenditures Vacations to Employees $18,033.80 HIGHWAY OFFICE Expenditures Office supplies $81.62 Pay roll book 57.82 Printing 61.25 Subscriptions, dues, etc. 18.00 Time books 61.75 Typewriter service 18.80 $299.24 SNOW & ICIE Expenditures Advertising $3.00 Calcium chloride 377.11 Equipment hire 2,535.31 Equipment repairs and supplies 7,730.77 Repairs to lawns, hedges, fences, etc. 98.60 Salt 3,636.50 Sand 2,429.91 Sanding pay rolls 5,611.30 Snow removal pay rolls 10,835.95 Telephone service 64.76 $33,323.21 ASHES & PAPERS Expenditures Cleaning and leveling dumps $7,833.89 Collecting 75,214.37 Gasoline 2,677.07 Hire of bulldozer 271.00 Printing tickets 36.50 Water rates 14.28 $86,047.11 GARBAGE Expenditures Advertising $2.50 Collecting 57,887.01 Garbage pails 346.20 Gasoline 1,592.21 Printing tickets 16.50 Water rates 25.48 $59.869.90 82 BETTERMENTS Expenditures Street From To Cost Aldrich Galen Street Watertown Street $8,346.93 Dwight Street Sycamore Street Town Line 2,676.94 Gleason Street Andrew Street Highland Avenue 3,956.30 Nyack Street Belmont Street Private land 6,415.01 Ralph Street Belmont Street Private land 6,780.65 $28,175.73 DRAINAGE Expenditures Acton Street $ 316.34 Aldrich Road 402.68 Boston & Maine R.R. Easement 12.00 Boylston Street 176.11 Cuba Street 575.65 Dartmouth Street 568.60 Drain repairs 2,306.85 Dwight Street 1,184.73 Forest Street 1,369.58 Gleason Street & Highland Avenue 2,428.09 Lincoln Street Easement 351.32 Longfellow Road (easement to Ridgelawn Cemetery) 842.92 Melendy Avenue 1,463.52 Nyack Street 6,192.93 Prospect Street at Belmont Street 575.96 Ralph Street 4,852.31 Spruce Street 1,991.47 Treadway Brook • 16,633.52 $42,244.58 • SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION Expenditures Asphalt walks $ 604.64 Granolithic walks 9,913.24 Gravel walks 582.32 $11,100.20 SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE Expenditures Asphalt walks and borders repaired $11,049.76 Granolithic walks repaired 263.00 Gravel walks 1,46229 Loaming grass borders 2,145.55 Setting and removing curbing 331.40 $15,252.00 83 orj w ran CONSTRUCTION Expenditures Edenfield Avenue $2,594A7 Gill Road 108.40 Goldie Street 479.60 Highland Avenue 1,112.56 Main Street cor. Rutland Street 190.42 Maude Terrace 608.64 Melendy Ave. 571.52 Midland Road 34520 Pleasant Street 277.95 Quimby Street 895.51 Ridgelawn Cemetery 1,870.56 Warren Street 544,17 $9,599.00 JENSEN FARM SEWERS Expenditures Buick Street, Jensen Road & Bridge Street $3,885.98 ozwrirt, MAINTENANOE Expenditures Cleaning siphons $ 170.40 House connections 13,040.56 Dead end connections 218AO Stoppages & fiushings 11,961.21 $25,390.57 I wish to express my sincere thanks to the Board of Selectmen, Officials and Members of the other Town Departments, and to the Personnel in the Highway Department for their cooperation in the administration of this department for the year ending 1951. Respectfully submitted, I 0MAS V. Lw x r n Superintendent of Highways 84 REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL November 26, 1951 Board of Selectmen Administration Building Watertown 72, Massachusetts Gentlemen: As prodded in the by-laws of the Inhabitants of Watertown I sub- mit the following as the report of the Town Counsel for 1951. I was reappointed to the office of the Town Counsel by vote of your Board on March 12, 1951, and have handled all legal matters involving inhabitants of Watertown for the entire calendar year of 1951. I started the year with 39 cases pending; 30 of these have now been settled, leaving 9 cases pending. Of these, 3 are pending before the Appellate Tax Board, 3 are pending in Superior Court and 3 are not in suit. In addition to the above matters, 97 new cases were created during the year, of which 63 have been completed and 34 are now pending. Of these, 15 are pending before the Appellate Tax Court and 19 matters are not in suit. TAX ABATEMENTS I again wish to take this opportunity to thank the members of the Board of Assessors for their fine co-operation in the various tax matters which resulted in settlement of all but one case which came before the courts during the year. The tax abatement case of Lewis Shepard Company against the Town took approximately 4 weeks to try. May I also express my appreciation to the office force working under the Board of Assessors, the Engineering Department and the police for their help in the preparation of the Lewis-Shepard case for trial. VIOLATION OF ZONING BY-LAWS I have had 3 matters come to my attention during the year wherein violations of our zoning by-laws have occurred. These matters were all settled by decisions in favor of the Town and I wish to express my appreciation again to the Engineering Department and the police for their splendid co-operation with me in the preparation of these matters and also the Building Inspector for his untiring efforts regarding the enforcement of our zoning laws. TAX TITLE LAND During the year many parcels of tax title property have been sold by the Custodian of Tax Title Property of the Town and I wish to ex- press my appreciation to the Town Treasurer and department employees of the Assessor's office and Engineering office for their help with the many intricate problems that arose in trying to straighten out some of the old tax title properties held by the Town. I am sure that a great deal has been accomplished this year due to the efforts of the various departments involved. 85 LEGAL OPINIONS During the year I have written 47 legal opinions concerning matters which were referred to me by various boards and departments of the Town. CONCLUSION I wish to express to all members of your Board my sincere apprecia- tion for their confidence in reappointing me to the office of Town Coun- sel and for your co-operation with me in every respect. May I also ex- press to your Board my appreciation and thanks for the splendid co-operation I have received from all officials and department employees whom I have been associated. Yours respectfully, EARLE S. TYLER Town Counsel REPORT OF TREE WARDEN December 31, 1951 To the Citizens of Watertown: I herewith submit the Annual Report of the Tree Warden for the year ending December 31, 1951. One hundred fifty (150) Maple trees were planted this Spring in various sections of the Town, a number of these were reeplacements. All these trees were planted in fresh loam fertilized and secured to a stake to hold them firm until the roots could get a good start. Most of these trees leaved out and were growing good by the end of the summer. About thirty decayed and injured trees were removed and those which could possibly be saved were given special care. Cavities were filled, old trees fertilized, and any trees injured by trucks were repaired. Old tree guards were removed and new ones put in whenever necessary. We have started to remove trees on Spring Street as requested by Superintendent Thomas V. Dwyer, Highway Department to make room for the new Municipal Parking Space. We will continue with the trimming of the trees and clearing out of deadwood wherever possible; and wish to assure the citizens we will do all in our power to protect the trees of the Town. The Dutch Elm Disease has kept us constantly on the alert. It is believed that the increase of the Dutch Elm Disease through the many towns and cities has resulted because of the impossibility of accomplish- ing necessary preventative maintenance. Considerable work is being done in combating this disease. Samples were taken from several elms and those found to be affected were immediately removed and destroyed. 86 Our only means of control right now is to keep our elms as healthy as possible, 'by constant care in pruning and spraying. Immediate removal and destruction of every condemned tree, and to destroy all elm wood of any description, trimmings, branches, etc. The State has recommended various amounts to be appropriated, to be expended solely for control work against the Dutch Elm Disease, and other insects. Another pest that has hit our Town is the European Earwig. Various places were sprayed with D.D.T., etc. This year we have asked for an appropriation for the eradication, suppression and control of the Europ- ean Earwig. We also sprayed the trees on private properties whenever requested -to do so by the owners, and the cost of this private work was charged to the owners on the annual tax bills. Your Tree Warden is a member of the Massachusetts Tree Wardens' and Foresters' Association and the Middlesex County Tree Wardens and Moth Superintendents Association and has obtained valuable informa- tion in the care of your trees at the various meetings and conferences. The Boston Edison Company and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company have cooperated with us and given prompt attention to their wires whenever they have come in contact with our trees, and we extend them our sincere appreciation. My appreciation and thanks are extended to the Honorable Board of Selectmen, to the heads of the various Town Departments, and to the personnel of the Tree Departments for the cooperation and assist- ance which they have given me in the work of the Tree Department this past year. Respectfully submitted, THOMAS P. MORLEY Tree Warden REPORT OF DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE Honorable Board of Selectmen Administration Building Watertown 72, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Civil Defense preparations have been continued during 1951, and .the town at present has volunteers enrolled in all divisions. Official training materials made their appearance late in the year so that it is now possible to begin classes in each service. The two limited regional drills held in August and October found Watertown prepared for the demands made on it. Expenditures made during the past year provided us with a corn- 87 munications center, an audible warning signal system, equipment and uniforms for the auxiliary police department, water supply purifica- tion -materials and administrative requirements. Nothing was spent from the $25,000 which the Town Meeting voted to place in the Reserve Fund of the Finance Committee for Civil Defense. The reason for this, despite the obvious need for further Civil Defense purchases, is that the Selectmen and the Director have- adopted a policy of not buying materials which may conceivably be later supplied by the Commonwealth or Federal government. Overcoming public lack of interest is the most disheartening phase of organizing, and progress in this is painfully slow. A year's trial of public announcements through newspapers and display media have convinced us that during this relatively.quiet period personal contact methods must be used. The Director, therefore, has solicited speaking engagements before fraternal and service groups, church clubs, veterans organizations and Parent-Teacher associations, and has been pleased by the response. It has become increasingly clear that Civil Defense preparedness will be a program requiring several years effort, and that continuous training must be had to maintain efficiency once established. Until the basic East-West differences are resolved, expenditures of both time and money will be required, because no thinking person can deny that an enemy so minded is now possessed of the air power and weapons to bring a sudden attack on our community. Respectfull submitted, JOHN F. CORBEI'T REPORT OF THE AGENT OF VETERANS' SERVICE Honorable Board of Selectman Administration Building Watertown 72, Massachusetts Gentlemen: For the second successive year, I have the pleasure of reporting less money spent for Veterans Benefits. Continued high employment naturally accounted for a large portion of this saving,' but careful attention to individual cases was responsible in some measure. The figures for the three years most recently passed are: 1949—$46,262.68, 1950—$45,435.52, 1951=$38236.84. Despite the fact that in 1951 more than $8,000 less was expended than in 1949, there has been no change In the quality of service rendered by the department; the benefit. of any doubt is always given to the applicant for assistance. The policy of making emergency grants without investigation which was inaugurated in 1949 has been found a worthwhile and humane system. There has not been a sinjle in$tance of fraud practiced in more than two hundred sudh grants during the two years,of its existence. Most Veterans Bene- fits,budgets were increased twelve to twenty percent effective November 1, 1951 to compensate for the.rise;in cost of living. 88 The volume of work involving Federal benefits available to veterans and their dependents required more of the department's time in 1951; that this time was well spent is best illustrated again by the saving to the town in cases which would justify financial aid if disability com- pensation and pension claims were not pursued. Co-operation with the Welfare Department on proper chanelling of cases to obtain the best ratio of re-imbursement for the town was continued. The need for War Allowance grants (temporary help for dependents of men being inducted, until allotments are processed) did not reach expectations in 1951, both because the draft calls were smaller than predicted at the outset of the year, and because very few in the age groups being called had bona fide dependents. The work of Graves Registration was kept up at a very small cost and the clerks of the department assisted the Memorial Day Observance Committee in the performance of clerical duties. The outlook for 1952 indicates very little likelihood of any substantial increased in the number of cases to be aided, but the impact of increased budgets will be felt throughout the year. The long expected upswing in case load (due to the fact that 75% of all persons requiring aid may claim Veterans Benefits through the service of some veteran) appears to be at least another year away. Respectfully submitted, JOHN F. CORBETT Agent REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD To the Citizens of Watertown: During -the past year the Planning Board accepted the resignation of John O'Grady who has left this town to reside in Newton. Mr. Tatoul Zulalian was appointed by the Planning Board and Selectmen, meeting jointly to fill the vacancy. Three petitions of the former Board were presented to the Town Meeting: in two -the Town Meeting concurred with the recommen- dations of the Board,the third petition was postponed. Mr. Zulalian and Mr. Chase attended the annual convention of the State Federation of Planning Boards at Fall River. Several times throughout -the year, members of the Planning Board attended hearings of the Zoning Board of Appeals. The North Watertown Fire Station, Star Market Warehouse, and Mobeco Sign Company buildings were occupied during the year, and all appear to be assets to the community at large and their respective locations. Respectively submitted, ROBER.T B. CHASE Chairman of the Planning Board DOUGLAS CRAWFORD Secretary 89 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES TOWN OF WATERTOWN FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEM 3ER 31, 1951 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES 1950 — 1951 Charles T. Burke, Chairman Agnes J. Flynn, Acting Secretary *Muriel A. Barrett Charles P. Eaton Esther Dimick Edmund Hickey *Resigned May, 1951 LIBRARIAN Catherine M. Yerxa LIBRARY STAFF AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1951 Mary C. Blake Circulation Librarian Richard A. Bodge Assistant, Main Library Rose M. Brady Supervisor, Work With Children Anne T. Diozzi Assistant, Main Library Charlotte M. Dupuis Assistant, Main Library Ruth L. Elphick Children's Librarian, East Branch Mary V. Harney Assistant, East Branch Patricia Healey Assistant, Main Library Pauline A. Hill Librarian, East Branch Ethel M. Howard Librarian,'West Branch Helen W. Jay Children's Librarian, North Branch Irene Lamprakis Assistant, Main Library Mary McNally Assistant Librarian and Reference Librarian Robert M. Margosian Assistant Librarian, East Branch Janet O'Donnell Assistant, Main Library Robert W. Sillen Catalog Librarian Esther E. Testa Librarian, North Branch Glenna P. Zack Assistant, East Branch PART-TIME WORKERS Janet Altieri Patricia DeFlorio Stephen Firestone Robert Blanchard Ellen Mary Dempsey Eleanor Igoe Shirley Bonanno Marie Doherty Joan Kacey Mary Carroll Thomas Doyle John MacInnes Bernadette Farraher Mary Louise Shea BUILDING CUSTODIANS Gerard Bloomer West Branch James A. Crowley East Branch Bernard Mannix Main Library Paul H. Studley North and Main Library 90 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY To the Citizens of Watertown: The Trustees wish to express their appreciation to the Library Staff which has continued its tradition of loyal service. This year saw the expansion of library service into a new field, the loaning of phonograph records. An initial collection of about 100 albums has been obtained with machines to permit the borrower to listen to se- lections in the library. Since no soundproof room is available, listeners use earphones. The great interest already manifested in the recordings suggests that this will promptly become one of the most popular ser- vices of the library. Several staff changes have taken place, and the Trustees have found the task of replacement made difficult by the present salary scale. A request was made to the Classification Review Committee for changes in grade of several library positions. The requests were, in the main, denied. However, the application of the proposed cost-of-living increase to all rates, including beginners, will assist the situation somewhat. A secondary difficulty is the requirement of the wage and salary by- law that new appointments must start at the lowest rate in the grade, that is, no allowance can be made for experience in similar positions outside of Watertown. This limitation greatly handicaps the Trustees in filling positions where in many cases some experience in a similiar position in a smaller library is very desirable. The Trustees are request- ing that the bylaw be amended to permit appointments at salaries above the grade minimum. Regular maintenance continues to keep all of the library buildings attractive and in good repair. The program of modernizing the interior of the Main Library was continued this year with changes in lighting in the delivery area. In the coming year we propose to modernize the reading room on the main floor. This will complete the work now con- templated on the public parts of the building, but further work is re- quired to make even partially adequate work areas for the staff opera- tions of cataloging and book repair. The time is approaching when the Town should consider additions to its library plant. The Main Library is about 65 years old and is seriously crowded in public areas and almost totally lacks service area. The East Branch is also becoming outgrown. The Trustees are requesting an appropriation for consulting service to assist in formulating recom- mendations for expansion. The growth of population in the northern section of the Town makes advisable the opening of the North Branch every evening instead of three evenings as at present. This will require additional personnel. Users of the Library in the evening are well aware of the growing problem of disorder arising from the high school age group. To some extent this is a problem of space, but there cannot be relief in that di- rection in the near future. The Trustees are requesting funds to permit 91 custodian service during those evening hours when this trouble is greatest in the hope that evening service by the library to serious adult users will no longer be interfered with. For a detailed account of Library operation, you are referred to the report of the Librarian. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES T. BURKE, Chairman. RE'IVR.T OF THE LIBRARIAN To the Trustees of the Watertown Free Public Library: The 84th Annual Report of the Watertown Free Public Library is herewith presented: THE VITAL ROLE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY The power of books to influence the lives of men and women, young and old, is widely accepted. In the dictator countries books are burned and the general use of printed information restricted. This Country was founded on the belief that freedom and democracy would work if general and continuing education were made available to all. In pro- viding this general education and education continuing beyond school years, the public library plays a vital role. A concrete acknowledgement of this was made during the year -by the Ford Foundation which gave $150,000 to the American Library Association to assist its "Heritage of America in Times of Crisis" pro- gram, in which libraries all over the country promoted the use of all materials which would illuminate the past and throw light on the problems of today. The need of a reading public and the place of the library in develop- ing that reading is being emphasized by leaders of every kind. In the July-August 1951 Bulletin of the American Library Association, Mr. Mark Starr, Educational Director, International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, A.F.L., New York, contributed an article entitled "In The Beginning—The Word". He wrote in part, "The Library plays an increasingly important role in that enlightenment of public opinion which George Washington long ago insisted was the basis of good government . . .We, as the writers, guardians and readers of books, should never forget that books have given birth to revolutions, unmasked tyrants, pilloried oppressors, unveiled abuses, preserved and provoked eternal deeds of heroism, restored nations, destroyed phantoms, .preju- dices and fears, and discovered new hidden treasures . . . Books can des- troy social illiteracy and help us to make our social understanding equal to our current technical knowledge and skills. The open book and the open mind are the antidotes to hysterical fear and darkness. Our Age of Anxiety demands courage and toughmindedness. Guardians and creators of the printed page perpetuate truth and hope, without 92 which men cannot live. Let us reaffirm our faith that if light is given, the people will find the way." This Library report for 1951 will account briefly the part which the Watertown Library has played in its fundamental role of making resources of all kinds available to Watertown people. RESOURCES The Library now has a total book stock of 113,338 volumes. Of this number, 5,154 were added during the year. The process of book selection for the Library is a well organized and interesting one. For several years, Department Heads have met with the Librarian each Tuesday morning for the purpose of discussing new books. On the first and third Tuesday of the month this past year, each Department Head brought in suggestions in the special subject fields for which he or she is responsible, using as a basis for sug- gestions the many professional book selection publications to which the library subscribes which evaluate and criticize forth-coming publi- cations from the viewpoint of public library use. On alternate Tuesdays, books which had been ordered were examined and reviewed first hand. The Librarian has had the final responsibility, of course, of de- ciding which books should actually be ordered and also the responsi- bility of keeping book purchasing within the limitations of the book budget, but participation by the staff in selection has proved most effective. It is a democratic process; it gives the Library the opportu- nity of drawing on the special talents of its staff and it develops a staff with an overall view of the book output. In addition to books, the Library subscribed to 145 periodicals covering a large number of subjects and special interests, and dupli- cated many titles for the use of Branch Libraries. These were drawn on heavily for general reading and many were indispensable for re- ference purposes. Turnover was tremendous, since these periodicals were borrowed 18,434 times for home use. Pamphlets are one of the best possible sources for current infor- mation. The Library subscribed to many including, for example, the Headline Series published by the Foreign Policy Association; Public Affairs published by the Public Affairs Committee; Better Living Booklets (For Parents and Teachers) published by the Science Research Associ- ates, Inc.; Executive Policy Publications ( and also special publications) of the Research Institute of America. In addition, many valuable pamphlets were received from agencies of state and federal governments. Use of pamphlets for reference was consistently large. 409 pamphlets cir- culated, a gain of 93 over last year. 255,243 books were borrowed by Watertown Library readers. This figure includes both juvenile and adult circulation. The statistical pages appended give detailed break-down of circulation figures. It is note- worthy to report that the circulation of non-fiction continued high and increased over last year, while there was some decrease again in the use of fiction. Again we predict that television will never compete with the serious use of the Library as the prime source of information. Here it might be interesting to attempt some description of reading trends of 1951. The use of books in the practical arts rated high. This 93 field includes "the-how-to-do-it-books"—books on building, plumbing, heating, home-making, etc., and all the crafts. There was a large de- mand for books on chemistry, physics, and technology in general. The usual interest in biography was maintained and there was an encourag- ing return to the reading of history and books on current affairs. People turned to religious books for comfort and inspiration. In fiction, the strongest trend was toward those 'books coming under the title of science fiction. Watertown people borrowed $510,486 worth of books this year if the low price of $2.00 were established for each volume. This is a 5 2/5 fold return on the Town's appropriation of $93,643. MUSIC RECORD LIBRARY The establishment of a library of recorded music was one of the major achievements of the year. For years the Watertown Library had built up a collection of music scores, and books and periodicals about music, but music needs to be presented in its own language—that of notation and sound. With the record library, the lover of music and the student of music not only have the opportunity of reading about music but also of listening to it, and the Watertown Library has joined the long list of other good public libraries which own and lend music records as part of their cultural and educational services. To facilitate the selection of records for home use and for listening enjoyment in the Library, two Webster-Chicago record players were pur- chased and equipped with two ear phones each. These have been placed on two low tables at one end of the Pratt Room where four comfort- able arm chairs make it possible to listen with pleasure. The record library was opened to the public the second week in November after much preliminary work had been done both in the selection of records and in establishing the method of classifying and cataloging them. Its reception by the public during the last two months of the year was gratifying. In November, 70 albums were circulated and in December, 127 albums were circulated, even though it was necessary to resrict borrowing to one album at a time until the collection grows larger. It is interesting to note that the record collection attracted new borrowers to the Library. It drew many people to the Pratt Room and increased the use of books on music and art located there. REFERENCE SERVICES Consideration has been given so far to library materials which are available not only in library buildings but for home use. The reference collection may be drawn on in the library only, but its use constitutes one of the most important and far reaching of the Library's services. Each Branch Library is equipped with a reference collection ade- quate for Branch service and good assistance is given to patrons. How- ever, the Branch Libraries as well as the public must use the central Reference Collection located in the Main Library for specialized service and reseach. The Central Collection is a strong one, covering a tre- mendous range of human knowledge. Reference material is expensive but any library giving good research and referene assistance must spend money on its reference collection each year to procure new reference books as they appear and the new indexes to special information. 94 It is a pleasure to report that the Department recorded 956 questions answered in 1951, as compared with 847 in 1950. The majority of these were answered by the Assistant Librarian, in charge of this Depart- ment, who is particularly skilled in the use of such material, and the remaining by members of the professional staff who assisted her. Re- ference questions in general take time to answer, but it is worth men- tioning that 279 were of a research nature so that handling them was particularly time-consuming and drew on highly specialized staff ability. The Reference Librarian reported: "High school and college students asked for help with school assign- ments in literature, history, government, the United Nations, world problems, economics and science. "When contests were being conducted by the various newspapers, the Reference Room was a bee-hive of activity. Throughout the year, without as much excitement or confusion, the housewife, business man and other members of our general reading public came in for infor- mation on various topics. We found information on servicing radios, refri-erators, oil burners; on housebuilding and repair; how to make cornice boards for windows, how to design and paint trays; and how to make clouds for scenery in a play. We checked the consumer reports for patrons who wanted to know the best paint to use, the best com- bination windows and doors to buy, etc. "We found pictures of West coast fishing boats and shacks to help the advertising department of one of Watertown's industries prepare authentic backgrounds for advertisements to introduce a new product in California. "We answered letters involving considerable genealogical research. "Two classes from Mount Trinity Academy and one from the Orchard Home School came to the Library for instruction in the use of the catalog and reference department. This is the first time that classes ,from these two schools have visited our Library. CATALOG DEPARTMENT Full acknowledgement must be made to the Catalog Department for without its work in classifying and cataloging books the Library could not function at all. In this Department, work of a highly technical and specialized nature is carried on because books must be arranged in a logical fashion on the shelves according to subject if they are to be usable, and there must be an accurate card catalog indicating what the Library owns and where it may be found. The Catalog Librarian reported as follows: "The major accomplishment in the Catalog Department during the past year was the establishment of a cataloging and classification procedure for the new music record collection, since original systems including that of the Music Library Association were in process of revision. With Miss Yerxa and Miss McNally, the Catalog Librarian visited several public libraries where music records are to be found, including those in Brookline, Quincy, and Winchester, and received helpful suggestions concerning record cataloging from experienced librarians. After evaluating various systems of arrangement for records, he was able to devise a classification scheme similar to the one used 95 in Quincy but suited to the needs of the Watertown Library. A satis- factory method for the physical preparation of the albums was arrived at as well, based on the one developed in Winchester. About one hundred albums of long-playing records were processed. Each album was cataloged fully with a card for composer, form, distinctive title, each performer, orchestra, conductor and arranger. "I am very pleased, personnally, to have gained in this way the professional experience of cataloging music records. "The addition of another full-time worker in the department in April was most important although the Department is still understaffed and it is not yet possible to carry the cataloging for the entire library system. The person appointed proved to be skillful in the physical preparation of the books. Uniform neatness of books resulted as well as better service to the public since books reach the borrower with more dispatch. "Refiling of the public catalog according to a strictly alphabetical arrangement was continued, and 200 of the 240 drawers have been refiled to date. "Substantial progress was made in classification of reference books during the summer. Worn cards in the West Branch shelf list at the Main Library were retyped. "The Catalog Librarian spoke to two school classes on the work of cataloging when they visited the library." SERVICE TO CHILDREN One of the Library's major objectives is the operation of superior Children's Departments, well-equipped with books and staffed by librarians trained in the techniques of bringing boys and girls and books together. To this end, 1/3 of the book appropriation is expended on children's books which is the standard amount prescribed. Children today are beset on all sides by comics, movies, television and radio, which tend to divert them from good reading, and so our Children's Librarians have worked vigorously to reach out to children and to bring them to our libraries. They have had good success for they report that the toboggan slide in circulation, precipitated last year by the newness of television in great part, has been stopped and once again reading by children is on the up-grade. Statistics are sometimes tiresome but the following are not. They need little illumination and they illustrate in a telling way how children were contacted and how libraries and books were made of vital interest to them. 10 schools and 92 classrooms were visited to introduce books and to invite children to the Library. 40 classes came to Libraries for orientation talks and instruction in using Library facilities. 69 Story hours were held. 66 Educational Film programs were held with a total attendance of 6,235. All films were pre-viewed by all Children's Librarians 96 so that these subject films could be properly introduced to children together with books relating to the films. So many books were borrowed following each showing that it was difficult to fill book demands. 5 Library film showings were given at Assemblies—Browne School. 2 Parents Night held during Book Week for elementary school children and their parents. Books exhibited and the film "Treas- ure Island" shown. (One held at Main Library; one at East Branch Library). 1 Parents Night held during Book Week for Junior High School children and their parents. Books exhibited and the film "Mutiny on the Bounty" shown. (Held at East Branch Library). 1 Music Record Program held at North Branch Library. Children brought their own favorite records. Exhibits—Constantly changed in all children's rooms to maintain interest. Book Week—Observed by displays of new books , films, etc. The American Heritage theme emphasized through posters, books, displays. THE LIBRARY SERVES THE SCHOOLS 4,437 books were sent in small deposit collections to 130 classrooms in 17 schools. The collections were made up by the Supervisor, Work with Children, from the School Collection maintained at the Main Library for the purpose. The books supplied supplementary reading material to correlate with the school curriculum. YOUNG ADULTS The outstanding activity in work with Young People occurred at the East Branch Library during November and December. Under the leadership of the Branch Assistant Librarian, young people had the opportunity of meeting every Wednesday evening to view a film on a timely subject and to discuss it together. The response was so good that the plan will be continued in 1952. BRANCH LIBRARIES In 1951, Branch Libraries circulated 141,064 books, or 55% of the total circulation to prove that as community libraries they are an im- portant factor in bringing books directly to the borrower. -Since they are an integral part of the library system, their contribution to the year has been covered in great part in the general report. Special mention should be made, however, of the North Branch Library which is located in a part of the town where there has been an upsurge in building. Use of this Branch increased consistently during the year, so that this library, which had never been open in the morning, was opened to the public on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, beginning the first of 97 October. Its operation with only two full-time staff members and part- time high school assistants has become an increasing problem. EXTENSION SERVICES Collections of books were lent to the following agencies and exchanged at regular intervals: Central Fire Station, East Watertown Fire Station, the Watertown Home For Old Folks, Riverton-on-Charles Rest Home, and the Hewitt Nursing Home. REACHING READERS Primarily, extensive use of the Library depends on the quality of its resources and the ability of the staff to make them useful. However, if the Library has confidence in the services it can offer, then it has a definite responsibility to make them as widely known as possible. The work of the Children's Departments in this respect has already been covered. To reach adult readers the Library engaged in the following activities: contributed material on a weekly basis to the Water- town Sun and the Watertown Herald which generously gave the Library newspaiper space; continued its bi-monthly radio series "Leaders are Readers" under the direction of the Catalog Librarian and through the cooperation of Station WCRB; gave 10 book talks to local organizations being represented in these by- the Librarian, the Supervisor of Work with Children, the First Assistant Circu- lation Department—Main Library, The East Branch Librarian and the Children's Librarian, and the North Branch Children's Librarian; issued frequent book lists on a variety of subjects; observed Public Li- brary Day, United Nations Week, Book Week; arranged ever-changing exhibits in all libraries; developed through various kinds of media the theme, "Heritage of the United States in Times of Crisis" in conjunction with other libraries in the country. LIBRARY BUILDINGS Building upkeep was given consideration to some degree in all library property. A colorful tile flooring was laid at the West Branch Library to cover the wooden floor which was badly worn. The chain-link fences on the grounds of the Main Library, East Branch and North Branch Libraries were painted and additional link fence was installed at the North Branch Library to enclose the grounds in back of the building. The Reference Room and Catalog Room at the Main Library were painted. and the street floor rooms and lower halls of the North Branch and the street floor rooms and basement staff room at the East Branch. Attractive colors were used to make the buildings more modern and inviting. Through the cooperation of the Highway Department a concrete walk was laid at the Main Library to replace an old and dangerous flag- stone path which connected the front walk with Thatcher Street. 98 The time has come to call attention to the overcrowded condition of the Main Library Building in respect to work areas, public service areas, and the accomodation of books. The original building which still comprises the main part of the structure, was built in 1883 when the population of the town was 5,426. Only fourteen years later, in 1898, the west wing of the building was added as the gift of Mr. Hollis Hunnewell. No other addition was made until 1935, when the smaller of two plans was adopted by the Town, which provided an office for the Librarian and an addition to the book stack that was at the time inadequate. Obviously, the facilities of the building have not kept pace with the growth of the town or the growth of library business. A study should be made of the present building, and plans developed which would provide needed space for book stock, supplies, work rooms, catalog room and rooms for adult services. PERSONNEL The Librarian takes pride in paying tribute to the staff to whom credit should go for the accomplishments recorded. Several staff changes occurred because of resignations. Consider- able difficulty was experienced in filling vacancies with professional librarians, because at the present time the Library is affected by the Town bylaw which requires that all new appointees regardless of the qualifications they present shall receive the minimum salary for the position to which they are appointed. The Library cannot hope to maintain a competent staff under such a restriction. Mrs. Harriet Rayburn, 1st Assistant, Circulation Department, Main Library resigned to accept a High School teaching position in Sudbury. The position was filled by the appointment of Mr. Richard Bodge, a graduate of Boston University. Following the promotion of Miss Pauline Hill to the Headship of the East Branch Library, January 1, 1951, her former position remained vacant until August 1951 despite strenuous efforts to fill it with a qualified successor. The Library was fortunate in filling the position finally by the appointment of Mr. Robert Margosian, a 1951 graduate of Simmons College Library School, who wished to work in this immediate area. Mrs. Jeanne Foret, Children's Librarian, North Branch I;ibrary, resigned when she moved to Boston and accepted a library position in that city. At her own request, Mrs. Helen W. Jay, Assistant, In Charge of Juniors, East Branch Library was transferred to the North Branch position. The vacancy created at the East Branch J wrary by this move remained open from April 9 to August 1 when it was filled by the appoint- ment of Mrs. Glenna Zack also a 1951 graduate of Simmons College Library School. During the long periods when it was impossible to fill vacancies at the East Branch Library, extra responsibilties fell on the staff of that Library which carried the work with patience and good will with the 99 assistance of part-time High School pupils and a non-professional assis- tant lent by the Main Library with considerable hardship. The vacancy created by the resignation of Miss Thelma Laughrea, General Assistant, was filled by the appointment of Miss Janet O'Donnell. Mrs. Irene Lamprakis was appointed a non-professional assistant, Main Library. The staff attended meetings of the New England Library Association, Massachusetts Library Association, and the Charles River Library Club. Your Librarian attended the Conference of the American Library Associ- ation which was held in Chicago. Several staff members held offices in professional associations or worked on committees. Your Librarian served as 1951-52 President of the Massachusetts Library Association; Miss McNally as a member of the Association's Personal Service Committee; Mr. Sillen as a member of its Planning Committee. Miss Blake was Chairman of the Nominating Com- mittee of the Round Table of Librarians of Young Adults, Massachusetts Library Association; and Mrs. Brady served as a member of the Executive Board of the Round Table of Children's Librarians, Massachusetts Library. The professional staff has applied for and received legal Certificates of Librarianship issued by the State. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS The Library is grateful for the 102 books received from its many friends. To the Garden Club go special thanks for the plant received during the Holiday Season. It should not forget to mention its continuing appreciation of the endowment funds of which it has been the recipient in the past, and its hope that as time goes on the Library may be remembered in a sub- stantial way by residents who wish to make a lasting contribution to the educational welfare of the town. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to thank you, the Board of Trustees, for the unfailing support which you have given me. To the Library Staff and to the Building Custodians, I express my appreciation of the contribution which each has made to the work of the Library as a whole. Respectfully submitted, CATHERINE M. YERXA Librarian LEADERS ARE READERS Speakers-1951 Alternating Mondays at 11:30 A.M. Station WCRB January 8 Miss Mary C. Blake, Circulation Librarian, Public Library. January 22 Kay Kato (Mrs. George Szekely) Watertown, Artist. 100 February 5 Miss Susan Haskins, Widener Library, Harvard Univer- sity and United Nations Library, Lake Success, N. Y. February 19 Mr. Dwight Sargent, Nieman Fellow, Harvard University; Editor, Press-Herald, Portland, Maine. March 5 Mrs. Florina E. Adams, Watertown. U. S. Army Nurse, Palestine. March 19 Rev. William B. McGinnis, Watertown, Pastor, Belmont Street Baptist Church. April 2 Miss Louise Weiscopf, Library Adviser, New England News Company, Boston. April 16 Mrs. Helen W. Jay, Children's Librarian, North Branch Library and Girl Scout Troop 3, East Junior High School. April 30 Miss Louise B. Day, Librarian, Lynn Public Library. May 14 Miss Pauline Hill, Librarian, East Branch Library. May 21 Miss Catharine M. Yerxa, Librarian and Miss Lydia W. Masters, Librarian 1896-1946. May 28 Mrs. Howard T. Dickson, Watertown. President, League of Women Voters. Summer Intermission, June—October Alternating Wednesdays at 11:30 A.M. Station WCRB October 31 Mr. Richard Bodge, First Assistant, Circulation Depart- ment, Public Library. November 14 Mr. Robert Margosian, Assistant Librarian, East Branch Library. November 28 Miss Catharine M. Yerxa, Librarian, Public Library. December 12 Mrs. Ruth Elphick, Children's Librarian, East Branch December 26 Mr. Charles T. Burke, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Public Library. STATISTICS Name of Library Watertown Free Public Library Town Watertown, Massachusetts Name of Librarian Catharine M. Yerxa Date of Founding 1868 Population served U.S. Census, 1950: 37,339 State Census, 1950: 37,444 Assessed valuation of town $64,687,765.00 Library appropriation per capita $2.45 Terms of use Free for lending and reference Number of agencies Main Library; 3 Branch Libraries Number of days open during the year 291 Hours of lending: Main Library 69 in winter; 60 in summer East Branch 64 in winter; 55 in summer North Branch 46 in winter; 38 in summer West Branch 25'/, in winter; 22',z in summer 101 CIRCULATION Number of fiction lent for home use: Adult Juvenile Total Main Library . . . ..... . ... ... .... 36,962 12,473 49,435 East Branch . ... . ..... . . . . . ..... 26,178 17,426 43,604 North Branch .. . . .... . . .... .. .. 19,460 10,337 29,797 West Branch . . . . . . .... . .. . . ..... 3,576 8,188 11,764 Schools . . ...... . . .... . . .. .. ..... 10,550 10,550 Total . . . . .... .. . . . . . . .. . . ..... . 86,176 58,974 145,150 Number of non-fiction for home use: Adult Juvenile Total Main Library . . .. . . . . . . .. . ....... 29,965 10,421 40,386 East Branch . . . . . . . . . . .. . ...... . 17,393 13,255 30,648 North Branch . . . . . . . .......... 8,809 9,000 17,809 West Branch . . . . . .... . . ....... . 1,838 5,604 7,442 Schools .... . . . . . .. . . ............ 13,808 13,808 Total . . . . . . . . .. . ... . .. . . ...... 58,005 52,088 110,093 Total number of volumes circulated: Adult Juvenile Total 144,181 111,062 255,243 Percentage of fiction . . . ... . . . . . . .568 Circulation per capita . . . ......... 6.84 Number of pictures lent for home use . . . ... . . ..... .. . 1003 Number of records lent for home use . .. . . ... . . .. . . .. . . .. 197 Inter-library loan: Volumes borrowed 470 Volumes lent . . .... .. . . . . .. . . 112 BOOK STOCK Adult Juvenile Total Number of books, January 1, 1951 . . 84,991 24,752 109,743 Volumes added during the year .. .. 3,077 2,077 5,154 New titles added (included in above) 1,860 463 2,323 Gifts (included in above) .. .. . . ... 89 13 102 Number of volumes lost and withdrawn ...... . . .. . . .. . .. 842 717 1,559 Total number of volumes December 31, 1951 ... . .. . . ..... 87,226 26,112 113,338 Volumes rebound . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 931 102 REGISTRATION Adult Juvenile Total Number of borrowers registered in 1951 . . .. . . . . . . ..... . . 1,921 1,566 3,495 Total number of registered borrowers . .... . . . . . . . .. . . .. ..... 6,217 3,629 9,846 STAFF Number of full-time members, Library Service . . . .... . . . . . . . 19 Number of full-time custodians . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . .. . . . 22 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Receipts Town Appropriation .. . . . . . . . . .. . $91,335.00 Expenditures *Books and periodicals . . . .. ..•• ••• • ••• • • • • • •• ••. $11,817.75 Binding .... . . .... . . . . . .... . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 1,904.18 Films .. . . . . . . .. .. ..... . .... .. . . . ..... . 458.06 Records .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. . . 518.85 Salaries Library Service .... .. . ... ... . . . .... . . . . . . . . . 51,083.42 Custodians . . .. .. . . . ...... . . . . . . . ... . . . . .. 7,430.77 Heat, light, water . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . .. . . .. 4,361.24 Building maintenance and repair . . . . .... .. . . . . ..... . . . .. 6.934.95 Printing and supplies .. .. .. . . . . . . ... . .. . . 2,164.72 Other maintenance • • 2,424.09 Expenditures from appropriation 89,098.03 Balance from appropriation ..... . .. . 2,236.97 Total . . . . . . .... . . .... . . ..... . ... 91,335.00 Per capita expenditures (including funds) 2.40 Book fines returned to town treasuerer . ... . . .. . . . . . . . . 2,595.64 Books lost and paid for . . . . . . .. . ... .. . . . . . 73.12 Reserve postal cards . .. . .. . . . . .... . . .. . . . 24.54 Other . ... . . . .. . ... . . .. . . .. . . . .. . ...... . 3.27 Total amount returned to town treasurer . ... .. . . . . .. . 2,696.57 *See also amount expended from funds ENDOWMENT FUNDS Balance Amount Balance Jan. 1, 1951 Received Total Expended Jan. 1, 1952 Barry Fund 1011.47 24.15 1035.62 00.00 1035.62 Charles Fund 224.25 5.35 229.60 00.00 229.60 McGuire Fund 1019.08 24.34 1043.42 11.67 1031.75 Mead Fund 3044.62 71.70 3116.32 62.52 3053.80 Pierce Fund 1063.27 25.31 1088.58 24.27 1064.31 *Pratt Fund 425.00 425.00 Whitney Fund 319.36 7.62 326.98 00.00 326.98 *Under the supervision of specially appointed trustees 103 REPORT OF THE INSPEMR OF ANIMALS To: Board of Selectmen Subject: Annual Report of Inspector of Animals 1. A total of 150 animals in Watertown were examined and quarantined for biting during the past year. 2. It was necessary to remove the heads of two animals and de- liver them to the Wasserman Laboratory in Jamaica Plain to be ex- amined. They were found to be free from. rabies. 3. There were no cases of rabies in Watertown in 1951. 4. The Inspector of Animals wishes to express his appreciation to the Board of Health and the Police Department for their excellent cooperation. Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. MURPHY, JR., D. V. M. January 28, 1952 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS Watertown 72, Massachusetts January 24, 1952 Board of Selectmen Administration Building Watertown 72, Massachusetts Dear Sirs: In accordance with the By-Laws of the Town of Watertown, here- with is the report of the Board of Zoning Appeals for the year 1951. During this year, forty-two cases were presented to the Board for consideration. Some of these involved the issuance of permits by the Building Inspector and others involved permits of various types which axe issued by the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with our By-Laws. The Board granted the requests in twenty-seven of the forty-two cases presented and denied the requests of fifteen cases. Many of these cases presented unique problems and situations which called for the exercise of the utmost care and the careful use of dis- cretion by this Board. In many cases, the members of the Board, as a group or individually, have visited the locations in question prior to the time of hearing and in other cases locations were visited after the hearing, but before decisions were made, in order to consider each and every aspect of every case presented to us. During this past year, the Building Inspector, Mr. Maurice White, has conferred on a great many occasions with members of this Board and the Chairman of this Board, to discuss problems which have 104 arisen because of the inadequacy of our Building and Zoning laws and Regulations in certain respects. It is apparent, from past ex- perience, that there is a definite need for additional clarification of our Building and Zoning Laws so that the necessity of presenting certain. types of cases to the Board of Zoning Appeals will be eliminated to- gether with the confusion which has arisen because of the inadequacy of our Laws. I should like to say that all the members of this Board have ful- filled their duties faithfully and cheerfully and there were many hearing at which both alternate members were present. Members of this Board are constantly in touch with one another and are locally available for consultation with the Building Inspector and with any other citizen who has a problem needing discussion, and in many in- stances, we have saved citizens unnecessary delay and expense by as - sisting them with their problems without the necessity of a hearing. Respectfully submitted, MARTIN V. TOMASSIAN, Chairman RONALD M. STONE, Clerk MAURICE J. CARROLL VICTOR A. D'ANDREA) Alternate Members J. MALCOLM WHITNEY) January 4, 1952 REPORT OF THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION DEPARTMENT Honorable Board of Selectmen Administration Building, Watertown 72, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Herewith is respectfully submitted the report of the Workmen's Compensation Department for the year 1951. The total number of accidents by employees and reported by the various Town Departments amounted to 105 an increase of 20 over the year 1950. The majority of these cases required only first aid attention, although continued medical attention and compensation was necessary in many cases. During the course of 1951 and mostly in the latter months we have had 7 cases where severe injuries were sustained by employees. At present we have 3 pending with 2 of these cases complete recovery is expected shortly and 1 maybe for several months before complete recovery. 105 Below is a table of the nature of the accidents reported. Arms and wrist ................................................ 9 Hands and fingers ............................................ 13 Head and neck ................................................ 4 Feetand legs ...................................................... 30 Back and Side .................................................... 22 Eyes ...................................................................... 13 Miscellaneous .................................................... 14 105 We .are still paying one employee John J. Ross who was retired June 1, 1950. One case still pending for a hearing before the Industrial Accident Board. At present the Department has unpaid bills for the years 1949 and 1950 amounting to $130. As far as I can estimate the Department continued as usual except- ing that the accidents increased and very much more time was required to give these cases the necessary attention to be both fair to the Town of Watertown and the employees involved. The most courteous and usual cooperation was received from the Town Departments, Employees and Town Physicians. Respectfully submitted JOHN P. MEEHAN Agent REPORT OF THE INFIRMARY DEPARTMENT Honorable Board of Public Welfare Watertown, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Herewith is respectfully submitted my report of 1951 as Keeper of the Infirmary. At this writing we have ten inmates, for a short period of time we had seven and eleven, the average about nine. We had two deaths during the year, five new men were admitted, and two were able to go back to work, the rest are as well as can be expected, considering their infirmaties, and no doubt are permanent inmates, as they are unable to do much in the line of work. A very happy Christmas was enjoyed by all, receiving many presents of value from the following: The 655 children from the James Russell Lowell School, their 106 principal, Mr. Frank Mooney and the teachers, who formed in front of the building and sang Christmas carols on Friday. Troop 6, 35 and 49 of the Girl Scouts donated nice gifts, and troop 35 also sang carols on Saturday. Watertown Emblem Club number 6, through their Charity Com- mittee, were responsible for many valued gifts as were Baby Phyllis Jean Hannem and Mrs. Francis W. Dobbratz with an envelope of value to each inmate, and Mr. Thomas Donovan donated ice cream for Christmas Day which was enjoyed with the turkey dinner. Also wish to mention Mrs. Dwyer and a group of children, from the Hall Avenue district, sang carols and distributed gifts on Christmas Eve. Many thanks to all the above for their thoughtfulness, from the Keeper and the Matron. The splendid co-operation of your honorable beard and the Welfare Department is very much appreciated. Respectfully yours, CHARLES DEMARAIS Keeper of Infirmary REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT To the Inhabitants of Watertown: The following annual report is submitted by Town Clerk George B. Wellman. The department collected the sum of $10,269.62. Of this amount $3144.00 was for Conservation licenses, and $2,761.00 was for dog licenses. There was a slight increase in the number of dog licenses issued over the preceding year. SELECTMEN'S FEES As Receiver of Fees for the Board of Selectmen, the Office of Town Clerk collected the sum of $36,261.00. This represented an increase of $478.50 over the preceding year. VITAL STATISTICS Because of the fact that records of births and deaths are still being received from outside communities at the time of writing this report, and therefore the report is incomplete. The present record shows a total of 767 births. Of this number, 764 took place in hospitals without the town, and only three births took place within the community. The number of marriage intentions filed totaled 493. This represents a decline of 18 over the preceding year. 107 The number of Watertown residents, at the time of this report, who died in Watertown, totaled 184. The number of Watertown residents who died outside the community totaled 197. A total of 21 non-residents died in this town. IMPORTANT RECORDS MICROFILMED. The Finance Committee and the Town Meeting recognizing the importance of protecting certain vital records, supported a recommenda- tion of the Town Clerk, and appropriated the sum of $2000 for micro- filming. The contract was awarded to the Graphic Microfilm of New England Incorporated, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The concern moved the necessary equipment to photograph the records into the office of the Town Clerk, thus eliminating the necessity of removing the rec- ords from the office. The work was at all times under the supervision of the Town Clerk, and I am happy to report that the concern was most meticulous in its handling of the task, and in my opinion did an excellent job. The positive films are now in the vault of the Town Clerk, and the negative films, for protective reasons, are stored for the time, until permanent arrangements can be made, in the vault of the Graphic Microfilm concern. The negative films will thus be available for reproduction in case of any catastrophe. ADDITIONAL OFFTICE SPACE 1i1':r uza r Once again I feel obliged to call attention to the inhabitants that more space is needed to efficiently handle the growing volume of work in the Town Clerk's office. The greatly increased detail in handling the Election work, which is under the direction of the Board of Registrars, and conducted in the office of the Town Clerk, where it is under the supervision of the Clerk, should be segregated and placed in a separate office to provide more space, and to more adequately handle the work. It is expected that in 1952, the voting list will exceed 20,000 people and space must be pro- vided for filing, etc. To the work of the election department has been added in recent years the task of Listing all persons twenty years of age and over. This work was formerly handled by the Board of Assessors. There is a tremendous amount of detail to this phase of the office work, and more adequate space must be provided for cabinets because of the annual increase in the number of records, which must be preserved. It is interesting to note that the last payment on the pres- ent Administration Building was made in 1951, but with the last pay- n1ent, the town is again faced with the problem of providing enlarged facilities. The Town Clerk's office deals with the general public in many ca- pacities, and the location of the office would be far more advantageous to the general public if it was located on the ground floor. This is aptly illustrated by a change in the election laws which provides daily registra- tion of voters, and which has brought about a substantial increase in the everyday volume of traffic. The report of licenses and fees collected follows: 108 FEES AND LICENSES COLLECTED IN THE OFFICE OF TOWN CLERK FOR YEAR 1951 Marriage hermits 986.00 Chattels recorded and postage 2307.53 Chattels discharged 224.25 Birth certificates 189.00 Death certificates 184.00 Voters' certificates 29.50 Business certificates and copies 77.50 Marriage certificates 63.50 Miscellaneous 72.34 Pole locations 70.00 Gasoline renewals 160.00 Chiropodist permit 1.00 4364.62 CONSERVATION LICENSES Fishing licenses 1372.00 Hunting licenses 690.00 Sporting licenses 828.75 Minor and Female fishing licenses 195.00 Res. Cit. Trapping licenses 36.75 Non Res. Fishing licenses 6.00 Non-Res. Alien Fish 10.50 Duplicate licenses 5.00 3144.00 There were 1459 licenses issued for the Department of Conservation and fees totaling $363,75 were turned into the Town Treasury. The bal- ance - $2780.25 - was mailed to the Department of Conservation, 15 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass. DOG LICENSES Male dogs 1446.00 Female dogs 420.00 Sprayed female dogs 820.00 Kennel licenses 70.00 Military licenses (no charge) 2761.00 There were 1218 licenses issued, 7 kennel and twelve military. Gross amount collected was turned into Town Treasury - a fee of twenty cents for writing each license is retained by the Town. I have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk's department and have found them to be correct. W. W. Norcross, Jr. Auditor, Town of Watertown FEES FOR LICENSES ISSUED BY SELECTMEN Weekly theatre permits 147.00 Victualler and Coffee house permits 380.00 Liquor licenses and permits 32,105.00 Miscellaneous permits 32.00 Gasoline advertisements 17.50 Auto dealers' permits 725.00 Pin Ball permits 735.00 109 Lodging House permits 48.00 Music Box permits 1025.00 Junk, second hand, auctioneers, etc. 331.00 One day Beer and pedlars 240.00 Gasoline registration 18.00 Sunday sales 165.00 Bowling 280.00 Sound wagon permits 2.50 Parking lots 10.00 $36,261.00 The amount collected -- $36,261.00 — has been turned into the Town Treasury and receipts for same are on file in this office. George B. Wellman Town Clerk I have examined the accounts concerning fees collected in the office of the Town Clerk for licenses issued by Selectmen and find them to be correct. W. W. Norcross, Jr. Auditor, Town of Watertown REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS The Board of Assessors respectfully submit its annual report for the year 1951. The full board has acted on all cases and wish to thank all depart- ments and our office staff for their cooperation. We have prepared and defended all cases before the Appellate Tax Board with signal success, with special thanks to our Town Counsel, Mr. Earl S. Tyler. Respectfully submitted ANDREW D. BRADFORD Chairman JAMES V. VAHEY RONALD M. STONE The following is a summary of the list of State and County Taxes and valuations for the year 1951. Total appropriation and available funds $4,085,561.31 Deficits in overlay for 1948 and 1949 4,587.35 Total State and County Taxes and underestimates 361,658.86 1951 Overlay 42,008.61 Gross amount to be raised $4,493,816.13 Total estimated receipts and available funds 1,713,409.34 Net amount to be raised by taxation $2,780,406.79 110 Valuations Bldgs., exclusive of land $49,718,920.00 Land exclusive of buildings 10,853,550.00 $60,572,470.00 Personal Property 4,115,295.00 $64,687,765.00 Additional Assessments Real Estate $ 8,100.00 Personal Property 10,930.00 19,030.00 Total valuation including additional assessments $64,706,795.00 Increase in valuation of real estate including additional assessments $ 1,145,225.00 Increase in valuation of personal property including additional assessments 54,235.00 Total increase in valuation including additional assessments $ 1,199,460.00 Total Poll Tax Abatements For the year 1950 $ 72.00 For the year 1951 3,920.00 $ 3,992.00 Total Personal Property Abatements For the year 1950 $ 861.00 For the year 1951 958.50 $ 1,819.50 Total Real Estate Abatements For the year 1949 $ 293.15 For the year 1950 1,226.68 For the year 1951 29,065.98 $30,585.81 Abatement of Moth Charge For the year 1951 $2.00 Motor Vehicle Excise Total valuation of Motor vehicle excise $6,360,560.00 Abatement of Motor Vehicle Excise For the year 1950 $17,073.73 For the year 1951 12,562.34 29,636.07 111 REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES I respectfully submit the following report relative to the collection of taxes, assessments, motor vehicle excises, and water charges for the year of 1951 1951 Real Estate Taxes Commitment June 14, 1951 $2,587,832.16 Commitment December 20, 1951 345.06 Refunds 8,594.76 $2,596,771.98 Paid to Treasurer $2,510,658.75 Abatements 29,067.98 Credit by Tax Titles 1,164.04 AdJustments .05 $2,540,890.82 Balance January 1, 1952 $ 55,881.16 1951 Personel Taxes Commitment June 14, 1951 $175,311.68 Commitment December 20, 1951 465.63 Refunds 536.76 $176,314.07 Paid to Treasurer $168,733.19 Abatements 958.50 $169,691.69 Balance January 1, 1952 $ 6,622.38 1951 Poll Taxes Commitment April 10, 1951 $24,520.00 Commitment May 16, 1951 188.00 Commitment December 31, 1951 72.00 Refunds 30.00 $24,810.00 Paid to Treasurer $20,890.00 Abatements 392.00 $24,810.00 Balance January 1, 1952 .00 1951 Motor Vehicle Excises , Commitment March 22, 1951 $101,759.60 Commitment May 15, 1951 64,916.55 Commitment July 16, 1951 20,953.71 Commitment September 10, 1951 24,146.65 Commitment October 25, 1951 13,058.92 Commitment November 19, 1951 25,535.36 Commitment December 13, 1951 6,117.11 Refunds 4,910.22 To be refunded .02 $261,398.14 Paid to Treasurer $238,537.91 Abatements 12,562.34 $251,100.25 Balance January 1, 1952 $ 10,297.89 112 1950 Real Estate Taxes Balance January 1, 1951 $64,620.63 Refunds 1,143.39 $65,764.02 Paid to Treasurer $64,054.34 Abatements 1,226.68 Credit by Tax Title 483.00 $65,764.02 Balance January 1, 1952 .00 1950 Personal Taxes Balance January 1, 1951 8,636.23 Refunds 7.80 $8,644.03 Paid to Treasurer $7,783.03 Abatements 861.00 $8,644.03 Balance January 1, 1952 .00 1950 Poll Taxes Balance January 1, 1951 $92.00 Paid after abatement 2.00 $94.00 Paid to Treasurer $22.00 Abatements $72.00 $94.00 Balance January 1, 1952 .00 1950 Motor Vehicle Excises Balance January 1, 1951 $13,639.54 Commitment January 9, 1951 612.24 Commitment February 7,1951 366.62 Commtiment February 27, 1951 15,700.00 Refunds 944.51 Adjustments .35 $31,263.26 Paid to Treasurer $14,189.53 Abatements - 17,073.73 $31,263.26 Balance January 1, 1952 .00 Water Charges Balance January 1, 1951 $ 16,798.44 Commitments 237,531.15 Refunds 1,025.12 To be refunded 16.03 $255,370.74 Paid to Treasurer $237,705.53 Abatements 1,201.98 $238,907.51 Balance January 1, 1952 $ 16,46323 113 TOTAL PAYMENT TO TREASURER BY COLLECTOR OF TAXES 1951 Real Estate Taxes $2,510,658.75 Interest $ 587.62 1951 Personal Taxes 168,733.19 Interest 57.77 1951 Poll Taxes 20,890.00 Interest 6.36 1951 Motor Vehicle Excises 238,537.91 Interest 91.62 1950 Real Estate Taxes 64,054.34 Interest 1,142.93 1950 Personal Taxes 7,783.03 Interest 138.18 1950 Poll Taxes 22.00 Interest .22 1950 Motor Vehicle Excises 14,189.53 Interest 63.23 $3,024,868.75 Receipts from Total Interest $ 2,087.93 Receipts from Costs 1,540.20 Receipts from Statements of Lien 356.00 Receipts from Unapportioned Sidewalk Assessments paid in advance 85_98 Receipts from Unapportioned Street Assessments paid in advance 9,166.51 Receipts from apportioned Sidewalk Assessments paid in advance 143.51 Receipts from apportioned Street Assessments paid in advance 1,235.16 Receipts from Interest on Assessments 11.30 Receipts from Water Charges 237,705.53 Paid after abatement 146.69 Total paid to Treasurer during 1951 $3,277,347.56 JOHN J. KENNEDY Collector of Taxes Approved; December 31, 1951 W. W. NORCROSS, JR., Auditor 114 REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS To the Citizens of Watertown: During the year 1951, the Park Department lost by death the serv- ices of Arthur D. Mosman, an employee of the Park Department for 30 years and Superintendent since 1925. Arthur Mosman has been recognized by all, as the father of Watertown Playgrounds. He was always willing to give freely of his time and money to advance Ath- letics in Watertown. He will be greatly missed. There has been an increase in the number of children and adults using the playgrounds facilities of the Town in the past year. Now that the football field has been completed by the erection of a new field house which was dedicated November loth, many people find it a good place to witness a football game. The baseball school run for teen age boys, and sponsored by the Boosters Club has attracted many children to victory Field on Saturday mornings. The softball league at Saltonstall Park, where games are played under lights, has become very popular for players and spectators alike. Ice skating, when weather permits, is a very popular sport. Seven playgrounds are now fully equipped for skating. The summer program, under the direction of Mr. Joseph Carroll and Mrs. Agnes Foley, enjoyed a highly successful year and had its usually good attendance. The new tractor with grass cutting and snow removal attachments has increased the efficiency of the department in maintaining the 43 acres of parks and playgrounds. The Park Commissioners wish to thank Acting Supt. Joseph Dwyer and his men for their fine cooperation during the past year. Richard H. Roche, Chairman Wayne E. Eaton, Secretary William Regan. 115 REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CHAR•LES L. SHELDON, Chairman 311 School Street WAtertown 4-2739 PATRICK B. FORD, Vice-Chairman 87 Putnam Street WAtertown 4-8030 MILES P. ROBINSON, Secretary 20 Fayette Street WAtertown 4-6577 TERMS EXPIRING IN 1951 AUSTIN F. APPLEBY 5 Gleason Street FRANCIS J. CAREY 22 Lovell Road THOMAS F. MEGAN 215 Common Street H. LESLIE MUMFORD 48 Emerson Road MILES P. ROBINSON 20 Fayette Street ARTHUR SODERMAN 173 Maplewood Street DOMENIC RAYMONDO 434 Mt. Auburn Street TERMS EXPIRING IN 1952 MATTHEW W. J. CARLEY 34 Evans Street CORNELIUS J. CARROLL 51 Harnden Avenue PATRICK B. FORD 85 Putnam Street AUGUSTIN R. PAPALIA 28 Dewey Street PASQUALE SCLAFANI 24 French Street GEORGE E. SLAMIN 41 Union Street TERMS EXPIRING IN 1953 JOSEPH S. BLANCHARD 47 Quincy Street ROBERT H. CLAPP 89 Lowell Avenue ARTHUR I. DAVIS 89 Lowell Avenue MRS EVELYN McGOWAN 44 Grenville Road MISS HELEN F. REGAN 21 Knowles Road CHARLES L. SHELDON 311 School Street MARTIN V. TOMASSIAN 267 East Boylston Street 116 REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE March 5, 1951 TO THE CITIZENS OF WATERTOWN: Your Finance Committee submits this report containing its recom- mendations to the Town Meeting on various items appearing in the Budget and on those Articles in the Warrant requesting the appropria- tion of money. It is the opinion of the Committee that the amounts recommended herein, if wisely expended, will allow the departments to operate efficiently for the ensuing, year. Your Committee has spent considerable time in hearing the requests for appropriations, and, as a result of its deliberations, the recommenda- tions of the entire Committee are presented to you the Town Meeting Members, to guide ycu in voting on the appropriations to be made. The total amount of money asked for in the Budget and the Town Warrant totals $4,146,128.30. Your Committee feels that its recommendation totaling $4,009,696.67 is sufficient to conduct the Town in a proper. safe and reasonable manner. WAGES AND SALARIES It is a fact that the cost of living has increased approximately 7% since January 1, 1950. Your Committee feels that is only fair and equitable that our Town Employees receive added compensation in order that they may meet this higher cost of living. In conjunction with the Board of Selectmen, your Committee submits a plan which we feel fair, and this plait is divided into two parts: A—All hourly paid labor would receive a cost of living bonus of 10 cents per hour over their 1950 rate. With this addition of 10 cents unskilled labor will receive $1.41 ; in 1951. This figure is arrived at as follows: Base Rate '01.25 per hour 1950 Bonus 06% per hour 1951 Bonus .10 per hour Total $1.411!, per hour B—All other Town Employees would receive at least $200 more than their 1950 salaries. In short, everyone will receive a minimum of $200 in a form of bonus, increment or grade change. In some instances the $200 will be a combination of bonus and increment, or bonus and grade change. This plan will cost the Town $120,000, and it is recommended that this amount be taken from our Excess and Deficiency Fund, which at the present time amounts to slightly more than $600,000. SALARY GRADE CHANGES The Advisory Board on Salaries and Wages has recommended grade changes for a number of our employees. These changes are contained in Articles 22, 23, 24 and 25. In 1949 the Town Meeting adopted the report of the Personnel Wage and Salary Administration Committee 117 as a fair and equitable schedule of wages and salaries for our employees. The Advisory Board on Salaries and Wages did not appear before your Finance Committee in support of their recommendations on the basis, no doubt, that they are a Committee appointed by the Moderator with instructions to report to the Town Meeting. Your Committee, there- fore, took no action on proposed grade changes but voted on all salaries as now contained in the schedules of wages and salaries that are part of our by-laws. Your Committee believes that it is the responsibility of the Advisory Board Committee to explain fully to the Town Meeting their reasons for the proposed changes, and for the Town Meeting Members to give serious thought to any changes in our present wage and salary schedule, especially in view of the fact that a cost of living bonus of $200 has been proposed for all salaried employees. CIVIL DEFENSE At the present time the Board of Selectmen does not know how much money will be required for Civilian Defense. They have not been able to make up a bill of materials that will be required for this job. They do know, however, that it will be necessary for them to make radio tie-ins with surrounding towns and the State, and they feel that money should be made available where it could be obtained quickly without the necessity of calling a special Town Meeting. Your Finance Committee recommends that $10,000. be placed in the Civil Defense Budget and that an additional $40,000. be added to the Finance Com- mittee Reserve Fund. This will make a total of $65,000. in your Finance Committee Reserve Fund, and this money should be taken from the Overlay Reserve. SCHOOLS This year, as always, the School Department presents the largest budget of the forty-nine sub-divisions of the Town Government. Each year the requested amount becomes progressively larger as evidenced in these figures. In 1949 there was an appropriation of $1,055,565; in 1950 a total of $1,102,600; in 1951 the schools have asked for an appropriation of $1,255,487. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,170,- 837. We feel that the salaries that we are now paying our teachers compare very favorably with those received by teachers in surrounding communities. We are also making some progress in the improvement of school grounds and equipment (admittedly in poor condition), and we are setting aside a regular sum each year for the maintenance of our school building which are valued at approximately $2,500,000. We believe that the clerks and custodians employed by the School Department should be paid the same schedule of salaries as contained in our Wage and Salary Schedule, and it is hoped that the School Committee will con- sider this request of your Finance Committee and arrange to pay the same salaries as paid other employees in similar jobs. ARTICLE 17 The Committee recommends that the sum of $9,500. be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Fund for the purchase and erection of a bronze memorial tablet to honor Veterans of World War II, if at the 118 time of our Town Meeting it is ascertained that the material that is used in the manufacture of this memorial is available. ARTICLES 29, 30, 31 AND 32 The Committee recommends that the sums specified in these Articles be appropriated to reimburse the Town Employees involved in these damage suits. It should be noted that the Town-owned vehicles involved in these accidents are not covered by property damage insur- ance; consequently, the driver of the vehicle is liable. ARTICLE 41 Your Committee recommends that $10,500. be taken from the Sale of Town-Owned Land Fund to purchase land on Spring Street for the purpose of enlarging the present Municipal Parking Area. REDUCTION OF TAXES Your Committee recommends that the sum of $175,000. be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to be applied to the reduction of the tax rate. CONCLUSION Although this report does not make a specific comment on every de- partment, the needs of all have been studied. Watertown enjoys a fine financial reputation. The Town Meeting Members control the ex- penditures of funds, and we recommend strongly that you follow the recommendations made by your Finance Committee. This year your Moderator appointed Mrs. Evelyn McGown and Miss Helen F. Reagan as members of the Committee. Their advice and counsel have been very much appreciated and they are to be com- mended for not missing a meeting of your Finance Committee. The appreciation of your Committee is also expressed to Town Officials and Department Heads who have given generously of their time to assist the committee in the preparation of this 1951 Annual Report to the Town Meeting Members. I also want to thank the Committee Members for their attendance at the meetings and for their fine work on sub-committees. They have all performed their jobs well and their their co-operation is much appreciated. It has been a pleasure to work with them and I hope that the Town also appreciates the service they have rendered. CHARLES L. SHELDON, Chairman VOTED: That the Report of the Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee be adopted as the Report of the Committee. ATTEST: MILES P. ROBINSON, Secretary 119 O g oQooO caaoQO 6 CD CD y o oCDQoo ooCD = C> oCD CD CD CS6Cagta ci000ta p, aoC; eta t[� Q NO8 O CD " wcom ONNtoto O to O N to .� , W d; eft W .r tC tO N �-qN MNN ci toNNN .1 p a3 0 0 oaoao 0000 $ o a oa o 0 0000t? 0000 c .� W O O (D CQ O C C> t0 N to to 0 CD O N N co tQ to O N0000 V t-L L- en to W C" L L N 4-3O totf� tt� N � MNMM CALLLiMCO to NZ N • tq N N N to N N N .i WCD CD O O 0 0 0 000 O O O g N 0 0 Co 0 r4 M O pp p ge6 L6 CA toO(60 .-i QOt0ON COt Li tf� to N C• Lo C.) 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O w � °� ° �� U] cn� 3 /�� m a,�' .aN' °' ate' °' " o" o Sal 0 0 00 0 x A A E+ u1 U z z z z 135 REPORT OF THE TREASURER I respectfully submit the following financial report for the year 1951: FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Balance January 1, 1951 $ 842,134.89 1951 Receipts $5,373,588.50 $6,215,723.39 1951 Paid Treasury Warrent 5,340,820.43 Balance December 31, 1951 (Including Veterans Housing Fund) 874,902.96 APPROVED: W. W. NORCROSS, JR., Auditor JAMES H. SHERIDAN, Treasurer BORROWED IN ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE IN 1951 February 15 National Shawmut Bank of Boston $400,000.00 rate of .91% discounted. NOTES PAID IN 1951 November 7 National Shawmut Band of Boston $400,000.00 NOTES DUE IN 1952 None. FUNDED DEBT RETIRED IN 1951 February 1 New Administration Building $ 10,000.00 April 1 Drainage 1,000.00 July 1 Highway Equipment 5,000.00 August 1 Veterans Housing 15,000.00 August 1 North End Fire Station 7,000.00 August 1 Victory Field Field House 6,000.00 $ 44,000.00 FUNDED DEBT DUE IN 1952 July 1 Highway Equpiment $ 5,000.00 August 1 Veterans Housing 15,000.00 August 1 North End Fire Station 7,000.00 August 1 Victory Field House 6,000.00 $ 33,000.00 136 DEBT STATEMENT Total Funded Debt December 31st, 1951 $361,000.00 DEBT OUTSIDE DEBT LIMIT: Veterans Housing, Chap. 372, Acts 1946 $240,000.00 DEBT WITHIN DEBT LIMIT: Highway Equipment 5,000.00 North End Fire Station 63,000.00 Victory Field House 53,000.00 $121,000.00 $361,000.00 A statement of the accounts on which the Town indebtedness applies: Highway Equipment $ 5,000.00 Veterans Housing 240,000.00 North End Fire Station 63,000.00 Victory Field House 53,000.00 $361,000.00 The indebtedness of theTown matures as follows: 1952 $33,000.00 1953 28,000.00 1954 28,000.00 1955 28,000.00 1956 28,000.00 . 1957 28,000.00 1958 28,000.00 1959 28,000.00 1960 27,000.00 1961 15,000.00 1962 15,000.00 1963 15,000.00 1964 15,000.00 1965 15,000.00 1966 15,000.00 1967 15,000.00 $361,000.00 BORROWING CAPACITY FOR 1952 Valuation 1949 $67,767,075.00 Valuation 1950 70,183,195.00 Valuation 1951 71,067,355.00$209,017,625.00 Abatements 1949 $ 939,475.00 Abatements 1950 1,616,735.00 137 Abatements 1951 972,940.00$ 3,529,150.00 3) $205,488,475.00 68,496,158.33 5% 3,424,807.91 Less Debt Inside Deft Limit 121,000.00 Borrow Capacity January 1st, 1952 $ 3,303,807.91 A Statement of Debt and Total Cash Expenditures of the Town for thirty years:— Year Expenditures Debt 1922 $2,037,672.76 $1,238,500.00 1923 2,144,143.57 1,183,500.00 1924 2,571,082.55 1,679,000.00 1925 3,015,407.96 1,914,000.00 1926 3,010,470.05 2,079,500.00 1927 3,384,965.67 2,023,000.00 1928 3,378,589.10 2,172,000.00 1929 4,011,343.85 2,171,500.00 1930 3,903,795.26 1,982,000.00 1931 4,282,947.52 1,947,000.00 1932 4,923,029.72 1,942,000.00 1933 4,171,875.82 1,499,000.00 1934 3,908,434.08 1,482,000.00 1935 3,804,109.55 1,477,700.00 1936 3,743,934.34 1,291,000.00 1937 3,668,053.63 1,153,000.00 1938 3,750,895.75 1,102,000.00 1939 3,770,835.31 1,201,500.00 1940 3,732,597.22 1,120,000.00 1941 3,583,494.47 890,000.00 1942 3,448,489.32 693,000.00 1943 3,076,543.04 515,000.00 1944 3,257,739.65 353,000.00 1945 3,388,896.39 281,000.00 1946 3,470,390.71 915,000.00 1947 4,325,489.02 477,000.00 1948 4,915,157.78 391,000.00 1949 4,734,085.58 321,000.00 1950 5,372,701.71 405,000.00 1951 5,340,820.43 361,000.00 STATEMENT OF TOWN INSURANCE Company Amount Expires Mutual Boiler Insurance Company $ 10,000.00 Jan. 1, 1952 Aetna Insurance Company 32,000.00 Sept. 1, 1952 American Insurance Company 100,000.00 It " American National Fire Ins. Co. 56,000.00 it " Automobile Insurance Company 56,000.00 " " 138 Company Amount Expires Boston Insurance Company 25,000.00 of " Gibraltar Fire & Marine Ins. Co. 57,000.00 " Granite State Fire Insurance Co. 200,000.00 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 57,000.00 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 197,790.00 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 71,070.00 " Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 100,000.00 " National Union Fire Ins. Company 57,000.00 " Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company 57,000.00 " Travelers Fire Insurance Company 57,000.00 " World Fire & Marine Insurance Co. 57,000.00 " Aetna Insurance Company $ 50,000.00 Sept. 1, 1953 Automobile Insurance Company 100,000.00 Is to Boston Insurance Company 75,000.00 " Centennial Insurance Company 50,000.00 " Columbia Fire Insurance Company 50,000.00 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 73,168.00 " New York Underwriters Insurance Co. 75,000.00 " Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company 156,692.00 " Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company 75,000.00 " Planet Insurance Company 100,000.00 " Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Co. 150,000.00 Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Co. 75,000.00 if to World Fire & Marine Insurance Co. 150,000.00 of Central Manufacturers' Mutual Ins. Co. $100,000.00 Sept. 1, 1954 Federal Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 74,947.00 it " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 100,000.00 it Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 100,000.00 of " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 104,913.00 is " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 100,000.00 it. " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 100,000.00 itit Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co. 100,000.00 Itit Queen Insurance Company of America 100,000.00 " to Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Co. 100,000.00 It is Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Co. 100,000.00 of " World Fire & Marine Insurance Co. 100,000.00 It " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. $ 50,000.00 Sept. 1, 1955 Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 61,000.00 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 71,000.00 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 61,000.00 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 50,000.00 Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 60,000.00 of to Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 100,000.00 of Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 53,315.00 it Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 100,000.00 " Old Colony Insurance Company 121,000.00 " Queen Insurance Company of America 121,000.00 " Royal Insurance Company $200,000.00 Sept. 1, 1955 Sprnigfield Fire & Marine Ins. Co. 60,000.00 " Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Co. 71,545.00 " 139 Automobile Insurance Company $100,000.00 Sept. 1, 1956 Hartford Fire Insurance Company 100,000.00 It to Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 39,860.00 " to Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 100,000.00 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 100,000.00 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 100,000.00 Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 100,000.00 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 100,000.00 " Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 40,000.00 " Lynn Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 100,000.00 " Manufacturers & Merchants Mutual Ins. Co. 100,000.00 " Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Ins. Co. 100,000.00 " Planet Insurance Company 100,000.00 " CEMETERY ACCOUNT The several sums of money -turned over to me for the perpetual care of lots of the Cemeteries have been deposited in the Watertown Savings Bank, and are as follows:— Balance, December 31, 1950 $ 98,368.95 Interest for the year 1951 2,374.17 $100.743.12 1950 Interest Withdrawn 2,017.95 $ 98,725.17 NAMES AND AMOUNTS COLLECTED IN 1951 Feb. 1 John J. Stanton (Frederic Griffiths) $ 45.00 Mrs. Belle Julian (Stephen Julian) 90.00 Mar. 7 Rachel P. Snow 99.00 Wm. D. Currie (Archibald G. Young) 150.00 Short & Williamson (Flora Smith) 45.00 Aram Bedrosian (Edw. Vartanian) 90.00 Charles B. Watson Inc. (Fannie L. Clark) 112.50 Apr. 4 W. G. Rockwell (Hattie May Lord) 112.50 George H. Gregg & Son (Alfred Simpson) 45.00 Short & Williamson (Richard J. Cox) 90.00 May 3 Mrs. Lydia Shufelt 45.00 W. G. Rockwell (Ellen Mosman) 112.50 June 6 Mrs. Leontrina Gonfradl (Alfro Gonfradl) 112.50 Aram Bedrosian (Martin Harin) 45.00 Lydia Shufelt 45.00 James A. Taylor (Peder Henry Pederson) 150.00 W. G. Rockwell (Wm. Thos. Finch) 45.00 Wm. R. Thompson 150.00 W. G. Rockwell (Edw. F. Onslow) 112.50 July 4 Aram Bedrosian (Satrouk Jeranian) 90.00 Joseph Valente (Jeffery Jardine) 90.00 W. G. Rockwell (Harriet Clark) 45.00 W. G. Rockwell (K. W. Christensen) 150.00 Vasken Eynatian (Bruce Vasken Eynatian) 150.00 140 July 26 Ralph R. Peters (Stephen P. Pampookjian) 90.00 Antaram Kachagian (John A. Kachagian) 22.50 Robert N. Stadtman (Nellie Stadtman) 45.00 W. G. Rockwell (Ethel Maude Perley) 112.50 Aug. 8 W. G. Rockwell (Adram Emack) 45.00 Charles Marderosian (Seregen Bardizbanian) 45.00 Mrs. Olympia Sabatjian (Richard Sabatjian) 45.00 Sept. 5 Charles Mardirosian (Baby Boy Yagijian) 8.00 Short & William (Walter H. Backofen) 45.00 Jos, A. MacDonald (Thomas Hughes) 45.00 John J. Stanton (Margaret F. Griffiths) 45.00 Oct. 3 Charles W. Abbott 82.50 Homer C. Perkins 140.00 W. G. Rockwell (Margaret C. Schnare) 112.50 Mrs. Geraldine F. Prest (Wm. David Prest) 112.50 Oct. 17 Donald J. MacDonald (Richard F. MacDonald) 112.50 W. G. Rockwell (Wm. F. Robinson) 112.50 Oct. 31 Aram Bedrosian (Yega Stepanian) 90.00 Aram Bedrosian (Sarkis Avedisian) 150.00 Simon Manoogian 45.00 Mrs. Ella Freeman (Warren C. Freeman) 100.00 W. G. Rockwell (Maivina Emack) 45.00 Dec. 5 W. G. Rockwell (Oliver Linfield) 150.00 Mary Herman (Beaumont G. Herman) 150.00 W. G. Rockwell (Martha Yeramian) 225.00 W. G. Rockwell (Irwin Wm. Stewart) 225.00 Dec. 31 John Emerton, Jr. (John Emerton, Sr.) 97.50 William Thomas (Henry A. Lillemond) 90.00 Aram Bedrosian (Sarkis Avedisian) 150.00 John Campbell (Christine Mary Campbell) 225.00 Arthur C. Hasiotis (George Tselipes) 97.50 Rev. Charles W. Gilkey, D.D. 296.00 $ 5,578.00 Balance Brought Forward $ 98,725.17 Balance December 31, 1951 $104,303.17 TOWN TRUST FUNDS MARTHA SANGER FUND Investment $1,055.85 Income for 1951 25.21 Balance December 31, 1951 $1,081.06 JOHN TEVIPLETON FUND: Investment $1,695.14 141 Income for 1951 90.61 $1,785.75 Disbursements 845.60 Balance December 31, 1951 $ 940.15 Two $1,000.00 United States Savings Bonds BENJAMIN HOSMER PIERCE FUND: Investment $1,063.27 Income for 1951 25.31 $1,088.58 Disbursements 24.27 Balance December 31, 1951 $1,064.31 BARRY FUND: Investment $1,011.47 Income for 1951 24.15 Balance December 31, 1951 $1,035.62 MARY D. EMERSON MEADE FUND: Investment $3,055.87 Income for 1951 71.70 $3,127.57 Disbursements 73.77 Balance December 31, 1951 $,3,053.80 MICHAEL P. CHARLES FUND: Investment $ 224.25 Income for.1951 5.35 Balance December 31, 1951 $ 229.60 REHABILITATION FUND: Investment $55,459.67 Income for 1951 1,324.95 Balance December 31, 1951 $56,784.62 SOLON F. WHITNEY FUND: Investment $ 319.36 Income for 1951 7.62 Balance December 31, 1951 $326.98 142 WILLIAM P. McGUIRE FUND: Investment $1,019.08 Income for 1951 24.34 $1,043.42 Disbursemtnts 11.67 Balance December 31, 1951 $1,031.75 CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM: (Cash Account) Balance December 31, 1950 $5,340.73 Income for 1951 127.58 Balance December 31, 1951 $5,468.21 ASA PRATT FUND: We have forty-two shares of stock of the First National Bank of Boston which we are holding for the Trustees of the Asa Pratt Fund. VETERANS HOUSING FUND: Cash on Hand January 1, 1951 $ 1,557.54 United States Treasury Notes 130,000.00 United States Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness 43.000.00 Unied States Saving Bonds 90,000.00 Watertown Savings Bank 4,175.97 • $268,733.51 Income for 1951 4,908.30 Received from sale of United States Treasury Notes 57,000.00 $330,641.81 Disbursements for 1951 19,643.06 $310,998.75 Purchase of United States Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness 43,000.00 Balance December 31, 1951 $267,998.75 148 o o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 to tobn �hn1bnh�-r �tb•p1 �u••1 bnhnbnbbtwUbn COU2U202U2U2UlMM Wxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx zsz� zs 'z; 'ts '� zsvzs > cs d cat c�1 cis c Cl. 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Gentlemen: In compliance with our Town By-Laws I submit a report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31,1951, together with recommendations which in my opinion are the necessary needs and requirements for the efficient operation and management of the Fire Department for the year 1952. The membership of the Fire Department at the close of the year ending December 31, 1951 was as follows: One (1) permanent Chief; four (4) permanent Captains; five (5) permanent Lieutenants; one (1) permanent Mechanician and seventy-six (76) permanent Privates. The totial number of alarms for the year 1951 was 730, a decrease of 60 over the previous year. In addition the Fire Department assisted the Police Department responding to 207 calls with the Police ambulance. Fire alarms were divided as follows: 144 bell alarms; 586 still alarms. There were 44 false alarms, a decrease of 4 over the previous year. A brief report on fire losses, values and insurance is as follows: Values Losses Insurance Ins. Paid Buildings $728,750.00 $60,214.99 $602,600.00 $60,214.99 Contents 352,200.00 22,424.05 259,325.00 21,625.05 Totals $1,080,950.00 $82,639.04 $861,925.00 $81,840.04 SALARIES The question of salaries is no doubt the most controversial subject, and a matter of grave concern affecting every tax payer and employee alike. Salary scehdules for firemen are determined once each year at the annual Town Meeting, therefore any midyear advance in the cost of living leaves no opportunity for firemen to seek compensatory relief which is not so in private enterprise or private industry. It is a known fact that firemen are attempting -to meet the high cost of living with inadequate incomes, therefore I recommend that all grades of firemen below the grade Chief of Department receive an increase in salary of six hundred dollars ($600.). The Chief of the Fire Department is invested with tremendous responsibilities and incidentally the Chief of the Fire Department is the only member of the department who is on duty 24 hours a day, which is secondary to the exacting nature of his numerous diversified duties. The inequity in salary between the Chief of Department and the next subordinate grade is a matter that should be corrected immediately, therfore I recommend that the Chief's salary be increased proportionate with his responsibilities, time element and inequity between the Chief and next subordinate grade. I recommend that the Chiefs salary be increased eleven hundred dollars ($1100.). 146 OFFICERS I recommend that additional officers be provided to strengthen our already understaffed offices- personnel. At the present time Water- town has one of the lowest officer ratio to privates of any fire depart- ment in our Commonwealth and with the addition of Station r3 our department will require still further officer personnel. I recommend that one (1) Captain be promoted to Deputy Chief; that one (1) Lieutenant be promoted to Captain and that two (2) Privates be promoted to Lieutenants. This would create a new grade, that of Deputy Cheif and would increase the officer personnel from the present nine officers to eleven officers. The recent action of the Town Meeting reducing the hours of firemen and increasing the private personnel was to a degree responsible for further reducing the officer personnel. I recommend that immediate plans be made to expedite the completion of the aforementioned recommendation. CONTINGENT To provide for the proper and efficient operation of the Fire. Department including Maintenance of Buildings, Maintenance of Motors, Fire Fighting supplies and equipment Station supplies and sundry articles necessary to conduct the operation of Three Fire Stations, eleven motor vehicles and eighty-seven men, I recommend that $13,500. be appropriated for contingent. During the year this department experienced considerable difficulty in keeping within the appropriation for contingent which was in- sufficient to properly conduct departmental operations. The cost of operating our new fire station can only be approximated, however I estimate that a conservative operating cost for Station =3 will be between $2,200. and $2.600. The amount requested for contingent $13,500. is in my opinion a moderate figure particularly with the numerous individual articles required and the straining demands upon the Fire Department while costs remain at a. high level. Contingent to :be expended approximately as follows: Maintenance, utilities and supplies for Buildings $7,700. Maintenance of Fire Fighting Equipment 1,800. Maintenance of Motors 2,300. Office and Incidentals 1,700. $13,500 HOSE In order to replace worn and damaged hose I recommend that $1,100. be appropriated to purchase New Hose. ROOM EQUIPMENT I recommend that $250. be appropriated to purchase sundry arti- cles for bed rooms, kitchens and recreation rooms. 147 PAINTING AND REPAIRS I recommend that $500. be appropriated for painting and repairs. Various repairs such as gutters and roofs would if entirely completed result in an expenditure considerably in excess of the amount re- quested, however it is expected that the sum of $500. will cover im- mediate needs. LIFE NETS — LIFE GUN — GAS MASK The three items mentioned above are explained in the following General haws: Chapter 48, Section 50 - A town having a fire department or having a fire district in which only the fire department thereof re- sponds to the first alarm of fire therein shall provide and keep in good condition and .ready for immediate use one or more of the following articles: A gun or other suitable device capable of throwing a pro- jectile with a cord attached thereto over the top or into the windows of any building therein with all the needful appliances for properly working the same; and a life net or jumping net strong enough to break the fall of a person jumping from the top story of such build- ing. Such apparatus shall be taken to every fire in a building of over two stories in height. The engineers shall see that a sufficient num- iber of firemen are regularly trained in the proper handling and use thereof. Section 51 - A Town or engineers thereof violating any provisions of the .preceeding section shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. Chapter 48, Section 51A - Each city and town shall furnish as hereinafter provided gas masks, so called, for use by the members of its fire department when they are required to enter any place where there may be an accumulation of noxious or toxic gases or in which the supply of oxygen may be insufficient to sustain human life. Such masks shall meet the requirements of the standards set up by the United State Bureau of Mines for masks used for the purpose enumer- ated in this section. Except in cases in which it has been predetermined at the time of the alarm that the fire for which the alarm is given is a grass or rub- bish fire or a fire in an automobile or other vehicle which automobile or vehicle is not within or immediate adjacent to a building or struc- ture, at least two such masks, in the case of towns having a popula- tion of four thousand or less and at least four such masks in all other towns in proper working condition shall -be ready for use at each fire. At the present time there are no usable life nets in our depart- ment and no life guns. A new self contained gas mask is necessary for Engine #4. The cost of the aforementioned equipment is: Life nets @ $475. each (2) $950. Life guns 0 $150. each (2) $300. - Gas Mask 0 $230. (1) $230. - Total $1,480 I recommend that $1,480. be appropriated for providing the above mentioned equipment. 148 RADIO Radio as applied to the fire service has proven to be of inestimable value. It is the quickest and most reliable means of communication between mobile units and Fire and Police headquarters. I recommend that $600. be appropriated to install a radio unit in Engine #2. UNIFORMS I recommend that $3,500. be appropriated to furnish uniforms for members of the Fire Department, and whereas the amount requested has .been reduced -to a minimum and hardly sufficient for the purpose, I propose to keep within—the amount requested. PRINTING AND MATERIALS FOR THE FIRE ALARM CARDS, ALARM ASSIGNMENT BOARDS, RULES AND REGULTIONS AND FILES The addition of a new fire house, new lire apparatus and addi- tional personnel to operate and maintain same requires the complete revision of apparatus and personnel assignments. Station assignments, dispatch boards and fire alarm cards as well as complete index assignment cards with metal boxes must be provid- ed for fire stations, fire alarm headquarters and fire departments affording Mutual Aid. The cost of printing and materials are as follows: Fire Alarm cards $35. Fire Alarm boards $35. Assignment cards, printing and boxes $350. Printing rules and regulations $400. Total $820. . I recommend that $820.00 be appropriated for the printing and materials mentioned above. ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS Fire Stations may be favorably compared with dwelling house oc- cupancies. The usual living conditions in the home is found at fire stations; one of the conditions referred to is the cooking and keeping of food and this activity actually exists every day, therefore it is ob- vious that refrigeration should be provided to properly maintain health conditions and sanitary precautions. I recommend that $300. be ap- propriated to purchase two electric refrigerators, one for Sta. _� 2 and one for headquarters. OUT OF STATE TRAVEL I recommend that $125.00 be appropriated for Out of State Travel to enable the Chief of Department to attend the New England Fire Chiefs Conference at New Castle, New Hampshire. UNPAID BILLS I recommend that $258.00 be appropriated to pay for medical serv- ices rendered to a mentber of ;the Fire Department severely injured in the performance of his duty and $155.00 for the repairs to a fire 149 apparatus which broke down returning from a fire and required a new transmission and incidental parts. Total $413. I recommend that $480.00 be appropriated for unpaid bills men- tioned. NEW FIRE STATION The committee appointed by Moderator John M. Russell which consisted of Chief William C. McElroy, Chairman, Martin V. Tomassian, Secretary, Wilfred J. Paquet, Thomas J. Galligan and John W. O'Hearn have held numerous meetings to make plans and arrangements to con- struct a fire house in North Watertown in conformity with the mandate of a vote of our townspeople. Frank C. Burke, a resident of Watertown, was retained by the committee to draw plans and specifications as well as to supervise the construction of the aforementioned fire station. On completion of the plans and in conformity with our Town By-Laws bids were requested and advertised in newspapers as well as sought through Building trades channels. The total appropriation as voted by the town meeting for con- struction of the building was $86,800. The bids submitted were as follows: Bagley, Mucci, Inc. $96,365; B.L.W. Construction Co. $99,824; D. C. Loveys Co. $96,985; Wm. H. Porter Co. $94,476; Louis Proia Con- struction Co. 87,021; Scaldina, Inc. $103,044; James Shepard $114,131. The bids which were returnable to Town Clerk George B. Wellman and were subsequently publicly opened in the Selectmens hearing room in the presence of the Town Clerk, the building committee and the contractors who 'had submitted their respective bids, were in ex- cess of the appropriation and it was necessary for the committee to revise the specifications in order to keep within the appropriation; this was done and the contract awarded to the lowest bidder, The Louis Proia Construction Company of Newton. The new Fire Station was accepted by the Committe on Saturday, October 6, 1951 after a thorough inspection by the committee to as- certain that every detail of the plans and specifications had been com- plied with. The new fire station was opened for informal inspection by the public on Saturday, December 29, 1951 at which time many citizens inspected the building, the contents and premises. ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL On April 23, 1951 the 56 hour plan of hours on duty was put into operation in the Fire Department, replacing the 70 hour plan which was previously in force. Eight men were appointed to put the new work schedule in operation. On November 29, 1951 thirteen men were appointed by the Board of Selectmen to maintain and operate our new fire station and the additional apparatus to -be housed therein. The thirteen men men- tioned underwent a rigid training program of ten hours a day learn- 150 ing the fundamentals of the numerous diversified duties performed by firemen. During their training period limited groups responded to fires performing evolutions that did not expose them to the ordinary hazards that confront firemen. Under a recently devised plan of training with additional assistant drill masters under the supervision of the department drill master, I am certain that the men recently appointed have had a better oppor- tunity and have received better training than any individual or group of firemen appointed heretofore. NEW FIRE APPARATUS On December 24, 1951 a new 750 gallon Triple Combination Pumping Unit purchased from the American La.France Co., was received by this department. The new apparatus was subjected to numerous severe road tests and on December 26, 1951 underwent an Underwriters test for volume and pressures from draft. The tests conducted proved beyond doubt that the apparatus complied with all the requirements and speci- fications of the Board of Fire Underwriters as well as of our own de- partment. The addition of this valuable piece of fire apparatus and the ap- pointment of men therefor shall afford our community substantial in- creased protection in the field of fire control as well as for other public safety functions rendered by this department. FIRE PREVENTION To comply with the law in the performance of its preventive duties the Fire Department regulates the manufacture, storage, sale, transpor- tation and use of explosives, chemicals, inflammable and combustible mixtures, with a view of minimizing the attendant fire hazards. In the enforcement of these regulations the Fire Department issues permits and certificates covering a wide range of uses and applications. The increasing volume of permits and certifications, as well as the approval of licenses, has prompted your Fire Chief to seek to im- prove methods of operation by organizing a fire prevention bureau. Fire Prevention requires numerous inspections as well as a heavy load of paper work It is my intention to place an officer in charge of fire pre- vention and to use every available source to increase our fire prevention activities. SPARE LADDER TRUCK A ladder truck purchased in 1915, which has been out of service for many years, was recently renovated by the members of the depart- ment who also printed, striped and lettered this truck and it is now in service as a spare ladder truck. Recently Ladder _-2, which was in- volved in an accident, was out of service for several days and the spare ladder was placed in service covering the assignments of Ladder w2. This spare ladder truck will prove a valuable addition to our depart- ment covering the assignments of disabled apparatus or for other emergencies that might arise. RETIREMENTS During the year 1951 the following firemen were retired on pension: Albert P. Kelley, appointd December 26, 1929, retired April 9, 1951 151 in accordance with General Law Chapter 32, Section 85 E, Sub Section A. and amendments thereto. Paul T. Dwyer, Veteran of World War x 1, appointed April 14, 1927, retired August 2, 1951 in accordance with General Law Chapter 576, Section 85 E sub division A. as amended by Chapter 576 Acts of 1946. Charles E. Blackburn, Veteran of World War # 1, appointed April 22, 1920, retired September 20, 1951 in accordance with General Law Chapter 32, Section 58 and amendments thereto. In behalf of the members of the Fire Department I extend our sin- cere wish that Albert Kelley, Paul Dwyer, and Charles Blackburn will find health and happiness in their retirement and take this opportun- ity to publicly commend them for the loyal service they have rendered. IN MEMORIAM George E. White a veteran of Word War -- 1, appointed a member of the department December 26, 1929 and retired on pension December 23, 1942, died December 1, 1951. George White was a loyal and faithful fireman and his death will be felt keenly by all who knew him. In George White's death the com- munity has lost a respected citizen, his family a kind father and de- voted husband. CONCLUSION In behalf of the Fire Department and the members thereof I take this opportunity to thank the members of the Board of Selectmen for their cooperation and assistance. I take this opportunity to extend my thanks to the Heads of De- partments and the members thereof for the splendid cooperation and assistance extended to the fire department. I also want to extend my thanks to the chairman and members of the Finance Committee for the fair and impartial judgment accorded the Fire Department in their deliberations affecting our department. I extend my thanks to the Chiefs and Fire Department Members of Belmont, Waltham, Newton and Cambridge for their assistance through Mutual Aid. To the members of the Fire Department I take this opportunity to publicly commend you for your faithful and loyal service. You have every reason to be proud of the excellent service that you have ren- dered and for our department enjoying an enviable reputation in the field of Fire Control, Fire Extinguishment and Fire Prevention. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM C. McELROY Chief of Department 152 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1951 Oganization of the Health Department Board of Health Louis MASTRANGELO, M.D., Chairman THOMAS W. DEvANEY, Secretary PETER F. TITUS, M.D. Health Officer JOHN A. COLBERT Inspector of Plumbing and Sanitation EDWARD L. MAURER Superintendent of Cemeteries GEORGE F. MARTIN Physicians Under the Health Department EDWARD J. KELLEY, M.D. Health Inspector PAUL F. MURRAY School Dentists MAX ZELERMYER, D.M.D. PHILIP D. FANTASIA, D.D.S. Principal Clerk ALICE H. FARNHAM Junior Clerk MARIE V. TOMASELLI Public Health Nurses IRENE K. DRUMMEY, R.N. RITA L. VAHEY, R.N. Dental Hygienist JANET D. LITTLE 153 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH To the Citizens of Watertown: The Board of Health respectfully submits the following report for the year 1951. The Board organized as follows: Louis Mastrangelo, M. D. Chairman Thomas W. Devaney, Secretary Peter F. Titus, M. D. The year 1951 showed a marked decrease in the number of reported Contagious Diseases over the year 1950. The only marked increase in any one disease was that of Mumps which rose to 270 cases in 1951 against a reported total of 177 in 1950. Chicken Pox was again prevalent in the younger age groups, with 198 in 1950 and 174 in 1951. 17 cases of Tuberculosis in 1950, was decreased to 11 reported cases in 1951, and this compares most favorably with a total of 21 cases in the next preceding year of 1949. The sharpest decline in any of the so-called childhood di- seases was noted in Scarlet Fever, which dropped from 165 in 1950 to 46 in 1951. The addition of new equipment at Ridgelawn Cemetery has greatly facilitated its operation, and the increased rates upon Cemetery services and charges are rapidly getting the income very close to balancing all expenses. The Board again wishes to call the attention of the Citizens to the need of planning now for the laying out, grading, and preparing the present unused land for Cemetery purposes. It is doubtful if Cemetery income alone would be able to finance this new area, and the Board therefore respectfully suggests that any plans for the future should include a practical financing .plan for this purpose which can be no doubt arranged as a bond issue to be amortized through the receipts of this area when in operation. The potential total income from the use of this land will eventually approach $1,000,000, so that it can readily be seen that self amortization is practical and feasible. During 1951, the Department received a total appropriation of $54,000 for Health, and $21,325 for Cemetery purposes, of the latter there was returned to the Treasurer an unexpended balance of $251.05, and income from Cemetery funds from all sources was $15,579.08. Of the Health Department appropriation there was returned to the Treasurer $9,490.61, and in addition there was turned over to the Treasurer total receipts of the Department of $6,779.19. These latter two amounts, re- duced the net cost of Health in Watertown in 1951 to a figure of $37,730.20, or a per capita of $1.01, which compares with a recommended State and National basis of $2.00 to $3.00 per capita. The Board wishes to express its sincere thanks to all the members of the Staff, and the Doctors and Nurses of the area, and also the Town, County, and State Departments and Officials who have co- operated so ably with the Board of Health during the past year. Respectfully submitted, Louis Mastrangelo, M.D. Chairman Thomas W. Devaney, Secretary. 154 REPORT OF THE HEALTH OFFICER To the Board of Health of Watertown: Gentlemen: I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1951: FINANCIAL REPORT Appropriations: General Administration $25,440.00 Contagious Diseases 21,000.00 Dental Clinic 4,360.00 Mosquito Control 200.00 Replace Three Autos 3,000.00 $54,000.00 Expenditures: General Administration $25,359.33 Contagious Diseases 12,419.09 Dental Clinic 4,274.70 Mosquito Control 200.00 Replace Three Autos 2,256.27 $44,509.39 Unexpended (Returned to Treasurer) 9,490.61 $54,000.00 Reimbursements during 1951, exclusive of Cemetery: Licenses (Inc. Plumbing, $1178.00) 1,450.00 ' Dental Clinic 7.50 Reimbursements 5,321.69 6,779.19 Net Cost to Town $37,730.20 Net Cost per Capita 1.0107 SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS Population (actual, census of 1950) 37,339 Reported Births 767 Reported Births per 1,000 population 20.54 CORRECTED DEATH RATE Note: The corrected death rate is found by eliminating the deaths by all non-residents dying in Watertown, and adding the deaths of Watertown residents dying outside the Town as shown by the records of the Town Clerk . Deaths of residents occurring in Watertown 184 Deaths of residents occurring out of Watertown 197 Total Deaths of Residents 381 Deaths of non-residents in Watertown 21 Watertown death rate per 1,000 of population 10.20 155 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1951 Jan.Feb. Mar.Apr.May June July Aug. Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Tot. Chicken Pox 11 15 13 34 35 44 9 5 3 4 1 174 Germap Measles 1 4 1 5 6 5 3 1 26 Measles 1 7 5 14 6 4 2 4 12 55 Mumps 34 51 40 35 37 27 10 4 4 7 2 19 270 Mumps Encephalitis 3 3 Meningitis—Lymphocytic 1 1 Poliomyelitis Paralytic 1 1 Non-Paralytic 1 2 3 Scarlet Fever 11 8 10 8 2 4 1 1 1 46 Tuberculosis Pulmonary 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 11 Whooping Cough 1 1 4 6 Dog Bite 6 9 10 12 16 15 14 10 10 16 10 16 144 Cate Bite 2 2 Rabbit Bite 1 1 743 COMMUNICABLE DISEASE The year 1951 showed a substantial decrease in the number of reported Contagious Diseases, dropping from 1023 in 1950 to 743 in 1951, and in order to focus attention on the so-called cycle of childhood and other very important diseases, I present herewith a tabulation of the Incidence of them for the past three years: 1949 1950 1951 Anterior Poliomyelitis 20 1 4 Diptheria 2 0 0 Measles 32 264 55 Mumps 79 177 270 Scarlet Fever 46 165 46 Whooping Cough 21 114 6 Tuberculosis 21 17 11 From the above it will be noted that Waterown has been very fortunate during the past 2 years on Polio, Diptheria and Tuberculosis. Of the 4 cases in 1951 of Polio, 1 was Paralytic and 3 were of the Non- Paralytic type. For the second staright year we have been free of Dip- theria, which is a tribute to the program of this Department through Immunization in its Clinics, the co-operation of the Doctors, and the improved environmental sanitation. During the year the Department has continued and enlarged its program of Supervision and follow-up of Contagious Disease, and has continued its rendition of School Nursing to those children of Water- town not covered by any other agency. The Dental Clinic has functioned successfully in the examination of school children in all schools, and has treated those needing Dental care in the lower grades. During the year a successful Dog Clinic was held by the Department, and with assistance of the Nurses of the Department and other mem- 156 bers of the staff, Dr. John J. Murphy innoculated 578 dogs on four successive clinic days during May. May I again stress the importance of having every dog innoculated every year to prevent rabies from which we have been free for a number of years. In regard to the food and sanitation program of the Department, may I report the following excerpts from the report of the Health In- spector to your Honorable Board: "Regular inspections of all premises where milk, cream and other dairy products are processed or stored for distribution. Vehicles used for the transportation of milk, cream and other dairy products in the Town of Watertown were also inspected regularly. These inspections of premises and vehicles totalled 193. 550 samples of milk, cream and frozen desserts were collected and analyzed during the year. The following tests were performed routinely; Standard Plate Count, Phosphatase, Coliform, and the Babcock test. Other types of tests and analyses were performed when indicated. 523 routine inspections of eating, drinking, manufacturing, proces- sing and storage establishments were made during the year. New equip- ment was obtained which has resulted in a raising of standards per- taining to laboratory services and field inspections, in regard to both the milk and dairy program and the sanitary program pertaining to food in general. The methods and types of analysis have been changed and added to, to bring the standards of laboratory services up to that recom- mended by the State Dept. of Public Health, and Standards of the American Public Health Association. The laboratory has recently been approved by the State Department of Public Health as having equipment, methods of analysis and per- sonnel meeting its standards. The State Department Certificate of Approval is awarded only after the laboratory has accurately identified and analyzed specimens submitted to it by the State Department, and has been checked on equipment and procedures. The cooperation shown the Health Department by the dairy and food industries was extremely gratifying. Respectfully submitted, PAUL F. MURRAY, Health Inspector." It can be readily seen from the above excerpts that the addition of a full time Inspector has greatly improved the facilities of the Laboratory and the Department. This year I would strongly recommend the addition of a microscope to the Laboratory in order that improved and additional service may be rendered the public. During 1951, the usual number of complaints were received and handled in a manner deemed best for all concerned. The marked change in the hospitalization of Tuberculosis cases bought about by the enactment of Chapter 562, Acts of 1951 is leaving 157 most Health Departments in the rather unusual position of not being able to approve legally settled cases to the Middlesex County Sanatorium for admission, (a hospital which Watertown helped to erect and main- tain all these years). This new law .permits unused beds to be filled with patients from other communities, while Watertown patients can be hospitalized in other County and State Sanatoria far removed from their homes. It is my judgement that this law should be repealed and old law of settlement be re-established. The Mosquito Control Project of which I am the Watertown Com- missioner has continued its splendid work under the direction of the State Reclamation Board. In Watertown during 1951 there were 5,785 catch basin applications to prevent incubation. In addition there were 576 gallons of insecticide spray used, and 350 feet of ditches cleaned to remove stagnant water accumulations. It is recommended that addi- tional attention be given during 1952 to back yard breeding conditions and that mosquito prevalence should be reported to this office or to the Central Office in the City Hall at Cambridge. It is also recom- mended that the sum of $1,000. be appropriated for this project during 1952 as Watertown's share of ten adjoining and surrounding Cities and Towns. As Health Officer, may I sincerely thank the Members of the Board, the Staff of the Department, and all those citizens, and officials of the Town State and County, and the Doctors and Nurses of the area who have given splendid cooperation during the year of 1951. Respectfully submitted, JOHN A. COLBERT, Health Officer REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING AND SANITATION To the Board of Health: Gentlemen: I herewith submit my annual report as Inspector of Plumbing and Sanitation for the year 1951: Total amount of fees received for permits $1192.00 Total number of permits issued 480 Number of No-charge permits 46 Number of $2.00 permits 267 Number of $4.00 permits 167 Total number of fixtures installed (approx.) 1682 Total number of rough inspections (approx.) 456 Total number of final inspections 477 Total number of permits issued and work not completed 47 This year, 1192 recorded calls were made, of which 456 were official rough inspections and water tests, and 477 were official final inspec- 158 tions. The remaining 259 calls were preliminary inspection, layout work, corrections, sanitary inspections and investigations of plumbing and sanitary complaints. Besides the time spent in the execution of the above report and all necessary keeping of records connected therewith, my hours are taken up in consultation with plumbers, property owners, and tenants, in the laying out and correction of work, both in this office and on the jobs. Sanitary inspections of taverns, restaurants, and other eating places, were made, where the Health Inspector found faulty and dan- gerous plumbing. Corrections were ordered and followed up. Thor- ough investigations were made of lodging houses, general complaints and nuisances, with excellent results. I wish to compliment and thank the various other Town Depart- ments that so willingly cooperated with me throughout the year, es- pecially so with the Engineering and Building Departments. Respectively submitted, EDWARD L. MAURER, Inspector of Plumbing and Sanitation REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF CEMETERIES To the Town Clerk Dear Sir: The report of the Superintendent of Cemeteries for the year ending December 31, 1951 is herewith submitted: Total Appropriations (Regular) 21,325.00 Total Expended 21,073.95 Balance Returned 251.05 Paid to Treasurer for Interment and Charges 4,587.14 Paid to Treasurer for Sale of Lots 3,396.00 Paid to Treasurer for Perpetual Care 5,578.00 Interest to Treasurer for Perpetual Care 2,017.95 Interments in Common Street Cemetery 9 Interments in Ridgela.wn Cemetery 94 Cremations in Common Street Cemetery 1 Cremations at Ridgelawn Cemetery 6 Included above are 2 Welfare, 0 Old Age Assistance and Bureau of Vet- erans Affairs 0. Lots sold at Ridgelawn: Single Graves 33 Two-Grave Lots 12 Three-Grave Lots 9 Four-Grave Lots 1 Five-Grave Lots 2 Infants' Graves 1 Foundations placed for Monuments and Markers 60 Lots sold at Common Street: Two-Grave Lots 2 Respectfully submitted, GEORGE F. MARTIN, Superintendent of Cemeteries 159 REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS The report of the Water Commissioners for the eixty-seventh year of municipal operation is as follows: During the year the principal items of street mains that were laid are: 160 feet of 8" and 782 feet of 6" cast iron cement lined pipe on Edenfield Ave. 612 feet of 6" cast iron cement lined pipe on Highland Ave. 786 feet of 8" cast iron cement lined pipe on Jensen Road. 406 feet of 6" cast iron cement lined pipe on Buick St. 208 feet of 8" cast iron cement lined pipe on Aldrich Road. 73 feet of 6" cast iron cement lined pipe on Bradshaw St. 94 feet of 8" cast iron cement lined pipe on Acton St. 72 feet of 6" cast iron cement lined pipe on Carey Ave. 202 feet of 2" cement lined pipe on Whitman Road. 155 feet of 2" cement lined pipe on Midland Road. 9 hydrants have been added this year, all were gated. 3 hydrants were broken by automobile collision, all have been replaced or repaired. All hydrants have been inspected and painted, repairs were made where necessary. Hydrants are cleared after each snowfall, also in- spected after being used. 119 new connections and services have been laid. 3 new sprinkler services have been installed. 139 house connections and services have been repaired or renewed. 419 house services wre cleaned from meter to main. 132 house inspections have been made for leaks in plumbing fixtures on complaints of excessive water consumption. The number of meters repaired and exchanged on house connec- tions were 1431. All meters removed were repaired, cleaned and tested before being set again. Approximatly 200 emergency calls have been answered. These calls have been after working hours, and repairs if necessary made im- mediately so that no consumer would be without water. 1753 feet of water main was cleaned with excellent result. With the co-operation of he Collector of Taxes the collection of water bills is proceeding with satisfaction. LOUIS E. ALFIERI, Chairman CHARLES ARMSTRONG THOMAS W. DEVANEY Board of Water Commissioners 160 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT To the Board of Water Commissioners: Gentlemen: In accordance with the usual custom, I herewith submit my relrr,rr for the year ending December 31, 1951. The extension of mains for the past year has been as follows: Length Size Aldrich Ro^d 208 feet 8-inch Acton Street 94 feet 8-inch Buick Street 406 feet 6-inch Bradshaw Street 73 feet 6-inch Carey Avenue 72 feet 6-inch Edenfield Avenue 160 feet 8-inch Edenf eld Avenue 782 feet 6-inch Highland Avenue 612 feet 6-inch Je:isen Road 786 feet 8-inch ,Jensen Road 48 feet 6-inch Midland Road 155 feet 2-inch Whitman Road 202 feet 2-inch Tots 1 3598 feet Total number of feet laid, 3598 feet. Cleaning Cast Iron Water Mains, 1753 feet. Expenditures For Maintenance of Meters $11,730.82 For Maintenance of Mains 11,761.86 For Maintenance of Services 18,455.34 For Maintenance of Repair Shop 4,976.21 For Maintenance of Hydrants 3,445.78 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 1 601.90 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 2 472.10 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 3 716.93 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 4 540.77 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 5 460.92 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 6 455.45 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 7 402.71 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 8 452.55 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 9 298.53 $54,771.87 Salary of Superintendent 5,400.00 Salary of Asst. Superintendent 4,500.00 Salary of Principal Clerk 2,520.00 Salary of Registrar 3,840.00 Salary of Senior Clerk, Typist 2,160.00 Salary of Junior Clerk 914.10 Salary of Meter Readers $ 8,606.41 Salary of Service Foreman 3,840.00 Office Expense 2,422.49 161 New House Services 2.971.13 New 5 8" Meters 2.163.00 Con:truction and Reconstruction 4.083.99 Renew.11 cf Services 2,14861 Eme-c,enev Overtime 2.428.77 Cle-14-n Wa-ter ARains 334.30 Mainf enance Labor 45.511.54 Maintenance Material 9.26033 Large 'NTeters 343.20 Calgon Feeder and House 3.2nf)23 New T,• ctor and Trencher 8.279.87 New CompreFsor and Chassis 1,539.43 New '- Ton Truck 1,472.82 Jensen Road 8,990.45 $72,164.85 Total Receipts $132.316 60 Expenditures 126,936.72 Balance $5,379.88 Tn conclusion I would say that the Works are in thoroughly good cond-itiors and will bear the closest inspection. Three water samples are t^ken each month from different sections of the Town and sent to the Stabe Chemist at Lawrence for analysis. Thanking the Board for their many courtesies extended and privileces allowed, and also thanking each employee of the Water De- partment for the fatihful performance of their duties, this report is Respectfully submitted, MICHAEL B. OATES, Superintendent. STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER 1. E-timated total population to date. 37.329. 2. Total consumption for the year, 1.290,040,000 gallons. 3. Ave-age daily consumption, 3.534,400 gallons. 4. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 94. STATISTICS TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Mains 1. Kind of pipe, cement-lined, cast-iron and transite. 2. Sizes. 16-inch to 2-inch. 3. Extended. 3.598 feet during the year. 4. Total now in use, 77.58 miles. 5. Number of hydrants added during the year, 9. 6. Number of hydrants now in use, 860. 7. Number of stop gates added during the year, 21 8. Number of stop gates now in use, 1547. 9. Range of pressure on mains, 115 pounds to 30 pounds. Services 10. Kind of pipe, wrought-iron, cement-lined, cast-iron, copper tubing. 11. Sizes, ;;I-inch to 12-inch. 12. Extended, 5174 feet. 13. Total now in use, 22,761,033. 14. Number of service taps added during the year, 122. 15. Services repaired, 139. 16. Percentage of services metered, 100. 162 REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER IN MEMORY AND APPRECIATION OF THE LATE TOWN ENGINEER HERBERT C. COOK SERVING IN DEPARTMENT DECEMBER 1928 NOVEMBER 1951 and THE LATE JOSEPH E. TIERNEY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE MARCH 1942 APRIL 1951 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: I herewith submit the following annual report of the Engineering Department for the year ending December 31, 1951. During 1951 the personnel of this Department was saddened by the death of two members of the Engineering Force, Joseph E. Tierney, and Herbert C. Cook. Joseph E. Tierney entered the service of the Town on March 23, 1942 as a rodman and later became a drafstman, serving faithfully and competently until his death on April 15, 1951. Herbert C. Cook came to the Watertown Engineering Department from a private engineering office in Brookline on December 17, 1928. He served through the different grades over twenty years and became 163 Town Engineer following the retirement of Otis D. Allen in 1949. "Cookie", as he was affectionately known by all who came in contact with him, was prominent in Town affairs, civic, social and business. He was a graduate of Northeastern University, holding degrees of Bachelor of Civil Engineering and Bachelor of Science from that School. He also held membership in the National Society of Professional Engineers and the Massachusetts Society of Professional Engineers and was a Registered Professional Engineer and a Registered Land Surveyor. The Town of Watertown and his friends have suffered a great loss.. The personnel of this Department at the present time is as follows: James H. Sullivan—Acting Town Engineer, Temp. Grade V. Vacancy (Temp)—Civil Engineer, Grade IV. Walter L. Hetherington—Junior Civil Engineer, Grade III. Martin H. McGann, Jr.—Junior Civil Engineer, Grade III. Joseph P. McHugh—Senior Engineering Aide, Grade II. (Military leave) Ralph E. Nolan--Senior Engineering Aide, Grade II. Joseph A. Coppola—Senior Engineering Aide, Temp. Grade II. (Military substitute) Harry O. Cornick-Junior Engineering Aide, Temp. Grade I. Austin D. Rhodes—Junior Engineering Aide, Temp. Grade I. William J. Powers—Junior Engineering Aide, Temp. Grade I. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT This Department has furnished the Highway Department with estimates for proposed construction, street lines and grades, lines and grades for sewer and drain work, plans and profiles for betterment and public street construction, sewer connections, sidewalks, curbing etc. In connection with this work all underground facilities have been located and put on finished plans and indexed in permanent files for future use. (See tables at end of Report for detailed list). ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT The Engineering Department has as before located and meas- ured all new houses, buildings and additions to present structures. The buildings have been plotted in plans in file in this Office, commonly called the "Assessors' Plans". Prints of these plans are on file in the Assessors' Office and the Office of the Inspector of Buildings and are brought up to date as of January first of each year. These plans also show every parcel of land in the Town with lot numbers and areas. Many subdivisions were made during the past year in accordance with the records received from the Registry of Deeds in East Cambridge. During the year this Department measured factory buildings 164 and made plans of same on request of the Board of Assessors in connection with Appellate Board Cases. REGISTRY OF DEEDS In order to check and locate many of the transfers of property and subdivisions for the Assessors plans, it is necessary to search the records at the Registry of Deeds; several trips were made to East Cambridge for this purpose. TOWN COUNSEL All cases involving suits against the Town for damages due to alleged defects of sidewalks, streets, etc., have been investigated and plans and reports filed with the Town Counsel for future evidence in cases which reach the courts. Numerous record plans were made for takings such as rounding of street corners and easements to the Town for various sewer and drain connections through private property. WATER DEPARTMENT Lines and grades were furnished the Water Department for locations of new water mains and connections. VETERANS' HOUSING PROJECT A new sanitary sewer main was installed on Quimby Street and also lower Melendy Avenue in order to carry the additional load from the new project, lines and grades for the various connections to the buildings were given to the contractor. POLICE DEPARTMENT Surveys and plans for accident cases were made for the Police De- partment in connection with cases being presented by police in court, the men making the plans and surveys testifying and identifying said plans at the trials. This department has made numerous location plans for traffic signs at various intersections which are presented by police to the Department of Public Safety for approval. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT The maintenance department of the School System asked for esti- mates and plans for various school yard work; lines and grades including plans for contract work were furnished for work at the Hosmer School. TREADWAY BROOK A special note on the work of containing the flow of storm water draining into the culvert at the rear of the Police Station. During past 165 years the flow of water draining into what is commonly known as Tread- way Brook along the B. & M. Railroad from an area as far north as the West Junior High School has caused a condition at the Police Station which flooded the basement and garage of that building in times of heavy rainfall. This brook was piped during the past year from the rear of the Police Station to a point four hundred feet north in the rear of Saltonstall Park. The project which entailed the laying of a seventy- two (72) inch pipe should eliminate the overflow conditions which caused so much damage to the Police Station. PARK DEPARTMENT The Park Department was furnished estimates of proposed con- struction and lines and grades were given when called for. BOARD OF HEALTH The plans of Ridgelawn Cemetery have been kept up to date and we have spent considerable time planning and laying out new plots. It has been necessary to change the layout of certain sections in order to meet the demand for one, two and four grave lots. PLANNING BOARD The present zoning map in use, which is kept up to date by this department was altered according to the changes made at Town Meeting and during the year new copies were made and colored to replace the old plans which had had hard usage for a number of years. BUILDING INSPECTOR'S DEPARTMENT The Building Inspector's office plans were brought up to date and lot numbers and all street numbers were furnished the inspector when- ever permits were granted for construction work. CIVIL DEFENSE After meetings of Engineers at the Civil Defense Headquarters Boston, this department has prepared numerous plans for use in compil- ing information to be used in case of emergency. Maps showing land use, possible sabotage points, transportation, main traffic routes, elevations at definite points, refuge areas, water systems, sanitary and storm sewers, places of assembly, eating facilities, etc. The future work with Civil Defense is unknown but we will give continued cooperation. I would like at this time to thank the Honorable Board of Select- men for their cooperation and understanding of the problems confronted by this department during the past year, also the personnel of this de- partment and the heads of the several Municipal Boards and Depart- ment heads for their help and cooperation. Respectfully submitted, JAMES H. SULLIVAN, Acting Town Engineer 166 GRANOLITHIC SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED DURING 1951 Sq. Ft. Sq. Ft. Street Length 4" Depth 6" Depth Belmont Street (Replacement) 50 ft. 400 — Elm Street 132 " 708 83 Everett Avenue 128 " 589 84 Jackson Road 93 " 383 163 Marshall Street 72 " 300 83 Westminster Avenue 776 " 4,225 515 Totals 1,251 6,605 928 CURBING SET DURING 1951 Granite: Length Length Corner Street Radial Straight Blocks Acton Street 14 ft. 6 ft. 1 Aldrich Road 105 " 18 it 1 Cuba Street 37 " 12 — Dartmouth Street 57 " — — Dwight Street 88 " 24 " — Nyack Street 87 " 24 " — Ralph Street 88 " 18 " — Totals 476 f t. 102 f t. 2 Concrete: Length Length Corner Street Radial Straight Blocks Cuba Street 25 ft. 24 ft. — Gleason Street 126 " 36 " 1 Nyack Street 264 " 72 " — Ralph Street 176 " 48 " — Totals 591 ft. 180 ft. 1 SEWERS BUILT DURING 1951 Street Length Size Manholes Warren Street 178 ft. 8 in. 1 Ridgelawn Cemetery 366 " 6 " 1 Gill Road 53 " 6 " — Edenfield Avenue 934 " 8 " 4 Melendy Avenue 86 " 8 " 1 Highland Avenue 232 " 6 " 1 Buick Street 601 8 " 4 Jensen Road 665 " 8 4 Bridge Street 187 8 1 Maude Terrace 105 6 4 Midland Road 141 8 " 1 Arlington Street 103 " 8 — Goldie Street 180 " 6 — 167 cd m Uj .O o cisa i U C d a v1 z3 w s, O O d � 3� MM0 Lo m m uj N O d 2 U U U U i-i fr it 4. z p ,4 4 w dE cu 4z � o LO m S .o > OCd >Cd O u� a a a cd c 0 a� 0 bD as Cd 4 o 0 0 3.acs o � 0 z Pa Pq '°Z o° o w O w ti U2 CO O cd A as R. �� z Ac z9 168 DRAINAGE BUILT DURING 1951 Size of No. of Catch- Street Length Pipe Manholes Basins Acton Street 114 ft. 12 in. 1 2 Aldrich Road — — — 2 Boylston Street — — — 1 Cuba Street — — — 2 Dartmouth Street — — — 2 Dwight Street 36 12 — 2 Forest Street — — 1 2 Gleason Street 403 12 1 2 Highland Avenue 136 " 12 " 1 1 Lincoln Street 45 10 — 1 Longfellow Road 62 " 15 — 1 Melendy Avenue 295 10 2 2 Nyack Street 1,004 12 4 11 Prospect Street 45 " 10 — 1 Ralph Street 844 " 12 4 10 Spruce Street 200 15 1 2 Treadway Brook 416 72 1 1 Totals 3,600 ft. 16 45 Public Streets Rebuilt During 1951 Bituminous Concrete Street From To Length Cuba Street Main Street Myrtle Street 775 Ft. Dartmouth Street Dexter Avenue Boylston Street 740 " Myrtle Street (part) Cuba Street Pleasant Street 310 " Total 1,825 Ft. Public Streets Built During 1951 Bituminous Concrete Street From To Length Acton Street Morton Street Oakland Street 200 Ft. Forest Street Main Street B & M. R. R. 260 " Total 460 Ft. Chapter 90 Construction Bituminous Concrete Street From To Length Arsenal Street School Street Chls. Rvr. Rd. 4,200 Ft. 169 Betterment Streets Built During 1951 Gravel and Oil Street From To Length Nyack Street Belmont Street Private Land 990 Ft. Ralph Street Belmont Street Private Land 1,000 " Bituminous Concrete Dwight Street Sycamore Street Waltham Line 205 Ft. Gleason Street Andrew Street Highland Ave. 355 " Total 2,550 Ft. Streets That Were Seal Coated or Surface Treated During 1951 Street Length of Street Beachwood Avenue—No. Beacon St. to Charles River Rd. 1,000 Ft. Berkeley Street 398 " Common Street—Orchard St. to Belmont St. 2,600 " Church Street—Main St. to Palfrey St. 1,450 " Church Street—Marion Rd. to Orchard St. 750 " Fayette Street 2,875 " Fitchburg Street 1,243 " Howard Street 910 " Ladd- Street 525 Lawrence Street 437 Maple Street 700 " Marcia Road 504 " Marshall Street—Church St. to Oliver St. 750 " Melendy Ave.—Mt. Auburn St. to Nichols Ave. 800 " North and South Irving Park 570 " Oliver Street 830 " Paul Street 675 " Pequosette Street 860 " Royal Street 665 " Sidney Street 230 " Springfield Street 1,110 " Spruce Street—Mt. Auburn to Lincoln St. 800 " Summer Street—Mt. Auburn to Waverley Ave. 3,060 " Waltiham Street—Stanley Ave. to Pleasant St. 3,600 Watertown Street 2,870 " Westland Road 400 Worcester Street 1,305 " Total Length of Public Streets and Various Construction Bituminous Concrete and Sheet Asphalt . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . 31.80 Miles Bituminous Macadam . ... ..... .. . ...... . .. . ... . . . . .. . . . . 21.32 Miles Concrete (Cement) .. .. .. ..... . .. . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Miles Gravel and Oil . .... . . ... . .. . . .... . . .. . .. . . . . . . ... . . . . 11.08 Miles Total 65.05 Miles 170 Total Length of Streets Public Ways ... . . ..... ...... .. . ...... . . . ...... . ..... . . . . . . 65.05 Miles Private Ways . ........ . ...... .......... .... . . . ..... . . . . . . . 7.31 Miles Total 72.36 Miles Private Sewer Connections Built During 1951 Number of sewer connections located ............. . . ....... 126 Total length of sewer connections located .... . ... . . . . . . . . .... 5755 (Ft. The sewer system of Watertown in now sixty-eight and thirty-six hundredths (68.36) miles long and has seven thousand one hundred and seventy-two (7172) sewer connections. Drainage The drainage system of Watertown is now fifty-four and seventy- one hundredths (54.71) miles long and has two thousand nine hundred and eighteen (2918) catchbasins. Miscellaneous Data—1951 Area of Town: Land .. .. . . . . .. . . .... . . . ... . . . .... . . ... .. . ... . . . . . . . 2598.43 Acres Water .. . ...... . . . ...... .. . . . . .. . ....... . ... . . . . . . . 66.15 Acres Total . . .. . . . ......... . . ......... .. . 2664.58 Aries or 4.163 Sq. Miles Extent of Town, North and South .... . . . ..... .. . ... 1.84 Miles Extent of Town, East and West ........ ............. . 3.81 Miles Area of Public Grounds .. . ..... . . . ......... .... .. About 137 Acres Area of Metropolitan Park Land ...... . . . ....:. . .. About 81 Acres Length of State Road, Main St., Bridge to Waltham Line ..... .83 Miles Length of Metropolitan Park Roadways: Arsenal Street (Charles River Rd. to Bridge) .. . , .. . ... .17 Miles Charles River Road (Watertown Sq. to No. Beacon St.) .95 Miles Nonantum Road (Town Line to Galen St.) ...... . . . . .. .34 Miles North Beacon Street (Charles River Rd. to Bridge) . . . . .44 Miles Total .. .... . . . . . ... .. . .. . . . .... . . . . ..... . . ... . ... . . . . .. 1.90 Miles Elevation at Main St. and Merchants Row . ......... .. . . .. 19.19 Feet Elevation at Main St. and Waltham Line . ......... . . . . .. 69.00 Feet Elevation at Sycamore St. and Belmont Line ...... . . . . .. 79.18 Feet Elevation at Church St. and Marion Road .. ........ . . . . .. 41.35 Feet Elevation at Common St. and Locke St. .. . . ........ . .. . . . 201.73 Feet Elevation at Belmont St. near Mt. Auburn St. ... . . .... . ... . 44.90 Feet Elevation at Arsenal St. and Charles River Rd. .. . . .. . . . . . . 21.60 Feet Elevation at Arsenal St. and Beechwood Ave ...... . .. . . . 44.05 Feet Elevation at Galen St. and Williams St. (Newton Line) . . . . 51.53 Feet Total number of plans on file in Engineering Dept. about . . .. .. . . 15000 Total number of index cards in Engineering Dept. about .. .. . . . . 17500 171 REPORT OF THE DOG OFFICER Honorable Board of Selectmen Administration Building Watertown 72, Massachusetts Gentlemen: Your Dog Officer hereby submits his annual report for the year 1951, in accordance with the By-Laws of the Town. Since my appointment to the office of Dog Officer on February 22, 1951, I have endeavored to carry out my duties in full compliance with all State laws and Town By-Laws relative to Dog Officers. It was gratifying to me to receive such splendid cooperation from the Board of Selectmen, particularly Mr. H. Herbert Applin, whose interest and efforts in a much needed Dog Pound finally culminated with the erection of a modern Pound located on Coolidge Avenue on the Town property known as MacNamara's Dump. Mr. Leo P. Landry, Superintendent of Wires, was also very helpful, as was Mr. Thomas V. Dwyer, Superintendent of Highways, in providing the necessary labor to complete and prepare for occupancy, the Dog Pound. The Pound is inspected periodically by the Middlesex County Dog Officer and by the Inspector representing the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and their reports have been favorable and complimentary to the Town. The Police Department has also been fully cooperative in getting information regarding accidents involving dogs and other animals. The following items show the activities of the Dog Officer for the period February 22, 1951, to December 31, 1951: Dogs licensed 1247 Stray dogs impounded (6 days each) 110 Quarantined for 14 days 14 Dogs sold 0 Dogs and other animals destroyed 545 Dogs returned to owners 83 It is to be my continued endeavor to bring about the licensing of all dogs in the Town. There is still much work to be done, and with the cooperation of the Town Clerk's office, which department has also been extremely helpful to me during 1951, I hope to have as complete a registration and licensing of dogs as is possible. Respectfully submitted, ANTHONY J. CONTI Dog Officer 172 REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT Watertown, Massachusetts 31 December 1951 The Honorable Board of Selectmen Administration Building Watertown 72, Massachusetts Gentlemen: The Annual Report of the Police Department for the year ending 31 December 1951, together with recommendations for the ensuing year, is submitted herewith in compliance with the By-Laws of the Town. ARRESTS Total Number . .... . . .. . . .. 1,160° Males . . .. .. .. .. . . . . . . .. 1,098 Females .. .... 62 Foreign Born ... . . . .... . . . '77 `Includes Traffic Violations as covered in report of Traffic Department. The following is a list of actual arrests, exclusive of those covered in the report of the Traffic Department: Abduction . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .... . . .. . . . . . . ... . . . .. . . . . . 1 Accosting .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . ....... . .. .. . . . . 3 Arrested for Other Departments . . . .... ... . . . . . ... . . . . . . . 23 Assault and Battery . . . . . . .. . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . 16 Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon . . . . . . ... .. . . . 2 Assault with Intent to Rob . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 2 Attempt Break and Enter . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 2 AWOL, U. S. Army . ... . . .. . . . . . . .. . . 1 Being Abroad in the Night-time .... .. . . . . . ... .. . .. . . . 2 Being Present where Gaming Implements were Found . . . . .. . . . 2 Breaking and Entering and Larceny . .... . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . 22 Burglar Tools in Possession .. . . . . . . .... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Buying or Selling 2nd-Hand Motor Vehicles without a License . . 1 Collecting Junk without a.License .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Committing a Crime While Armed with a Dangerous Weapon 1 Default Warrant . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Disturbance of the Peace . . . .. . . . . ...... .. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . ... . . 13 Drunkenness ... . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Escaped Persons .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Evading Taxi Fare . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. .... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Forgery . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . .. .. ...... . ..... .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . 26 Habitual Truant . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . 3 Illegitimacy . . . . . . I . . . .. . . . . .......... . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . 3 Interfering with Peace and Quiet ........ . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . 1 Larceny .... . . . . . .. .. .. .. . . . ............ ..... . . . . ...... . . . . . . . 30 Larcenyby Check . . . . .... . . . . . . .. .. . .... . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . 11 Larceny from Building ... . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . . . .. . . . . . 1 Lewd and Lascivious Person .. . . . . .. . . .. . ..... . .. . . . . .. . . .. .. ... . . . 3 Loitering . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . .. . . . . .. .......... ... . . . ...... .. . . . . . . 2 173 Lottery Tickets in Possession . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Maintaining a Gambling Nuisance .. .. . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Malicious Destruction of Property . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . 3 Manslaughter .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . 1 Neglect of Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . . 1 Neglected Child .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . ... . . . . .. . . . . . 1 Non-Payment of Wages . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .. . . . . . . 1 Non-Support of Minor Children . . . . .. .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . 2 Non-Support of Wife .. .. . . . . . . .. .... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 3 Non-Support of Wife and Child . . . . .. .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 3 Obstructing Free Foot Passage . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. .. . . .. .. . . . . 1 Open and Gross Lewdness . . . . .. . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . 2 Public Lodger . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ..... ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Receiving Stolen Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Registering Bets on the Speed of a Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Robbery—Armed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... .... . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Runaway . ... . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Safekeeping . . .. ... . .... . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 7 Setting Up and Promoting a Lottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Stubborn Child . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Trespassing . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1 Using Without Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7 Uttering . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . ... . . .. 26 Vagrancy .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. 4 Violation of Parole . . .. . . . . . . . . 1 Violation of Probation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 16 JUVENILE DEPARTMENT Two hundred and twelve (212) complaints concerning juveniles were registered with the Crime Prevention Bureau during the year end- ing 31 December 1951. The complaints included various types of of- fenses. Complete tabulation is shown below: Offense Buys Girls Total Assault and Battery 4 0 4 Breaking and Entering (Attempt) 4 0 4 Breaking and Entering and Larceny 10 0 10 Breaking Street Lights 6 0 6 Breaking Windows 29 0 29 Damage to Property 20 0 20 Disturbance 44 0 44 Drunkenness 2 0 2 Illegal use of B-B Gun 2 0 2 Larceny 12 0 12 Larceny (Attempt) 3 0 3 Larceny of Bicycle 4 1 5 Miscellaneous 55 0 55 Operating Motor Vehicle Without License 1 0 1 Robbery—Armed 1 0 1 Runaway 0 5 5 Stubborn Child 0 3 3 Truancy 1 0 1 Using Motor Vehicle w/o Authority 5 0 5 203 9 212 174 Of the two hundred and twelve (212) complaints tabulated above, court action was taken in only twenty-seven (27) cases. LICENSE BUREAU Following is a tabulation of the investigations made by the License Bureau during the year ending 31 December 1951: Number of In- Type of License or Permit vestigations Made Auctioneer .... . . . . .. . . . . .. ... . . . . . . ... .. . . .. .. ... . . . . . 8 Auto Dealer—First Class . . ... . . . .. .. . . . . . ... . .. . .. . . . . . .. . . . 14 Auto Dealer—Second Class .. . . . . . .. .. . .... .... . . . . .. . . . .. . . . 14 Bowling and Pool .... .. . . . . .. . .. . ............... . .. .. . 4 Certificate of Character (Hawker and Peddler) 28 Certificate of Character (Incorporators) . . . . . . ... . . 17 Christmas Tree . . . .. .. . ... .. . . . . . . .. 8 Coffee House ... . . . . . .. . . . . . . .... . . . . ...... ... . . . . . . ...... 3 Firearms (Carry) .. . . . . . ... . ...... . . . . 169 Firearms (Purchase) . . . . . . .... ... . . . . . . . . . . .. . ..... . .. . . . .. .... 12 Hackney Carriage . . . . . . . . . . .. .... .. . . . . . . . ...... ... . ... .. . . . . . 25 Hackney Driver . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . .. ... . .. .. . .. . . . . . . . .. .. 117 Hackney Stand .. .. . . . . .. .. .... .. .. .. . . .. .... . . .. . . . . . . . . ... 27 Junk Dealer .. . . . . . . . .. .... ....... .. . . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . .. 22 Liquor—Clubs .. . . . . . . . . .. ...... . . . . .. .. 8 Liquor—Druggists . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . .. 1 Liquor—Package . . . . . . . . ........ .. . . . ... . ....... .... . . . . . . . . . .. 17 Liquor—Restaurants . . .. . . . ... .. . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . ... 28 Lodging House . . . . . . . . .. ...... .. .... . . .. ... . . . . . . . .. . . 18 Miscellaneous License Investigations for Selectmen .. .. . . . . . 3 Motor Vehicle Operator—Reinstatement . .. . .... . . . . . .. . . 49 MusicBox . . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . .. . . ... .. .. .. . . . . . . . .. . . . 40 Pin Ball Machine . . . ....... .. . . . . . .. .. . ... . .... . . . . . . . .... . . 38 Public Weigher .. ... . . ... . . . . . . . . .... .. 3 Public Parking Lot . . . . . . ... . .. . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . ... ..... . . . . .... . . 3 Repair Plates . . . . . . . .... ...... . . . . .. . . ...... ... . . . . . . .. .... .. . 3 Second-hand Dealer . .. ... .... ... . . . . . .... . . .. . ... .. . . . . ...... .. 11 Special Police .. . . . . . . .... ....... . . . . . . . .... .. ...... . .. . ....... 62 Sunday . . ... .... . . . . . . . . .... . ... . . . . . ........... . . .. . . . . ... .. . 36 Theater .. . . . . . . . . .. . ...... . . ... . . .. . . ............. . . . . . . . .. . . ... 3 Victualler . . .... .. . . .. . . . . . ..... . ... . . . ............. . . . . . . . .... .. 62 TOTAL: 853 GAMBLING During the year ending 31 December 1950, Captain Edward A. Murray and Officer Francis J. McCarthy made forty-six (46) arrests for violations of the gaming laws. The continued vigilance of these officers resulted in a drastic reduction in the number of arrests made in 1951, when only 17 violators of the gambling laws were taken into custody. At the present time, gambling in Watertown is at a virtual stand- still. Every effort will be made to keep it that way. 175 Breakdown of the arrests made for the violation of gaming laws in 1951 is as follows: Being present where Gaming Implements were Found .. . ... . . .. 2 Lottery Tickets in Possession ...... . . .... 3 Maintaining a Gambling Nuisance .. .. . . .. . . .................. 1 Registering Bets on the Speed of a Horse . . . ...... . ........... 4 Setting Up and Promoting a Lottery . . . ... ............ .... . ... 7 TOTAL GAMBLING ARRESTS: 17 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT CASES PROSECUTED IN COURT During the year ending 31 December 1951, a total of five hundred and seventy-six (576) violations of the traffic laws were prosecuted in the Second District Court of Eastern Middlesex at Waltham. Tabula- ion of these violations is as follows: Allowing improper person to operate a motor vehicle 1 Defective Brakes 2 Fail to slow at intersection 13 Fail to slow for pedestrian 1 Lvg scene of accident without making self known after causing personal injury 3 Lvg scene of accident without making self known after causing property damage 6 Left of center of roadway 4 No Inspection Certificate 13 One-way street 2 Operating motor vehicle after revocation of license 1 Operating motor vehicle after suspension of license 3 Operating to Endanger 43 Operating under the Influence of Liquor 25 Parking violations 43 Operating without a license 11 Overspeeding 244 Passing left of street car 1 Passing within 8 ft. of Street Car stopped to take on or discharge passengers 2 Red Light 56 Refusing to stop on signal of Police Officer 2 Refusing to show licenses and registration to Police Officer 1 Stop Sign 87 Walk Light 12 TOTAL: 576 PARSING VIOLATIONS: A total of 1,958 motor vehicles were tagged for violations of the Parking Rules and Regulations of the Town of Watertown. There were 1,276 summonses issued to these persons pro- viding for non-criminal disposition of Parking Violations. WARNINGS: In addition to the violators prosecuted in court, three hundred and sixty-eight (368) other violators were stopped and booked. Upon the recommendation of the officer who booked them, or after careful consideration by me, these violators were given warnings. 176 Cards have been filed on these violators for future reference. ACCIDENTS: During the year ending December 31, 1951, four hund- red and sixteen (416) accidents were reported to this department. Three (3) of these accidents were fatal and are covered in detail in a sub- sequent paragraph. Breakdown of all accidents reported is as follows: Auto vs Auto 262 .. Auto vs Pedestrian 52 Auto vs Fixed Object 39 Auto vs Parked car 32 Auto vs Street Car 11 Auto vs Bicycle 16 Auto vs Motorcycle 4 TOTAL: 416 One hundred and eighty-one of these accidents resulted in personal injury and three hundred and forty four involved property damage. TRAFFIC DUTY: At the present time there are eighteen (18) school crossings covered by patrolmen and Traffic Supervisors each day that school is in session. A total of thirteen and one-half man-hours is spent each day at seventeen (17) industrial and business traffic posts. An officer is assigned to traffic duty at the two theaters in the Town every day, including Sunday, during the hours the patrons are entering or leaving. Each Sunday, officers are assigned to traffic duty outside eight (8) churches in the town during all services, and at any other time during the year when services are being held. Officers were assigned to handle traffic in and around Victory Field at all football games. TRAFFIC SIGNS: A survey of all the traffic signs throughout the town was made by this department and in every case where signs were found to be in poor condition they were replaced either by new signs or signs that had been repaired and repainted. New traffic signs were installed at all locations designated in the amendments to the Town By-laws made during the year. 'VALUATION OF PROPERTY STOLEN AND RECOVERED - 1951 Value of Property Reported Stolen $56,175.35 Value of Property Recovered $33,376.87 Value of Property Recovered for Other Departments $12,200.00 AUXILIARY POLICE Department Special Order No. 2-51, dated 10 January 1951, direct- ed Captain Edward A. Murray to assume full charge of Civil Defense activities as they pertain to the Police Department and to organize an Auxiliary Police Force. During the year, two hundred and fifty-four (254) men were en- 177 rolled as Auxiliary Police Officers. For reasons beyond the control of this department and in some cases for reasons beyond the control of the enrollees, fifty-seven (57) of these men were placed on a Reserve List. For instruction purposes, the Force was divided into two groups; each group attends classes one night each week. Approximately one hundred (100) of the 197 men on the Force have received training in First Aid, Criminal Law and Police Pro- cedures, Traffic Laws (both State and local), Traffic Direction, Report Writing, Care and Use of Firearms, and Target Practice. There are many other subjects on which these men will have to be briefed if the international situation worsens. On 10 December 1951 the men who had completed the courses cited above, were assigned to street duty with the regular officers of the department. Since that time they have worked a total of 394 man-hours with the regular men on various assignments. The balance of the men on the Auxiliary Force (97) are still at- tending classes. The Auxiliary Force rendered excellent service on the occasion of General MacArthur's visit to Watertown on 26 July 1951. On Hal- lowe'en night one hundred and thirty (130) Auxiliary Officers reported for street duty. There was also a large turn-out for a practice Alert which was conducted on 25 October 1951. Captain Edward A. Murray is deserving of the highest praise for the manner in which he has organized and trained the Auxiliary Po- lice Force. In a highly-successful effort to produce the best-trained Auxiliary Force in this Civil Defense Area, Captain Murray worked 284 hours over-time without pay or other compensation. On 13 July 1951, Mr. John Corbett, Civil Defense Director for Watertown, requested that this department maintain a log on all test Alerts sent to this town by teletype or radio. Since that time this headquarters has acted as a temporary Report Center for the Civil Defense Agency twenty-four hours a day. Up to 31 December 1951, we reLuraed and acknowledge 172 Test Alerts. PERSONNEL Effective 12 April 1951, Miss Julia A. McDonnell was appointed a Juniw- Clerk-typist to fill an existing vacancy in the department. Oa 10 May 1951, the following-named Reserve Patrolmen were appoii,tea Permanent Patrolmen to fill new positions in the depart- ment authorized by the March Town Meeting: Rudolph G. Iodice John J. Brady James J. Lockwood Alfred J. Zalenski John A. Munhall Alfred P. Malaney In view of the fact that Alfred P. Malaney was in the service at the time of appointment, the next man on the list, Kenneth F. Brown, was 178 appointed as a Military Substitute in his place. On 17 May 1951, the following-named men were appointed to the Reserve Force to fill vacancies created by the appointment of six permanent patrolmen on 10 May: Thomas H. Furdon Benedict J. Centola Marshal B. Hickerson Walter T. Munger John F. Hafford V. John Mankiewicz On July 31, 1951, upon the recommendation of a medical panel, Patrolman William H. Fairbanks was retired because of Disability re- sulting from injuries sustained when he was shot during a holdup of Dunn's Drug Store on 29 April 1950. Officer Fairbanks had served as a permanent member of this department since 2 March 1944. On 1 August 1951, Reserve Officer Kenneth F. Brown was appoint- ed a permanent patrolman to fill the vacancy created by the retire- ment of William H. Fairbanks. On 16 August 1951, Reserve Officer Francis J. McHugh was ap- pointed a Military Substitute for Alfred P. Malaney. basis for thirty days. On 26 September 1951, by order of the Board of Selectmen, Lieu- tenant Andrew J. Donnelly was appointed Captain on a temporary On 5 October 1951, upon recommendation of a medical panel, Captain Andrew J. Donnelly was retired under the provisions of C.T. L. Chapter 32, Section 85E (Disability - Service-connected). Captain Donnelly had served as a member of this department for 38 years. On 6 October 1951, Lieutenant Francis A. Nally, died while on du- ty as the result of a heart ailment. Lieutenant Nally had served as a member of this department for twenty-six years. A conscientious and faithful public servant, Lieutenant Francis A. Nally never gave less than his best. It is with a deep sense of loss that we record his passing. On 20 October 1951, 22 Patrolmen took a Civil Service Examination for promotion to the grade of Sergeant. On 27 October 1951, 5 Sergeants took a Civil Service Examination to fill vacancies in the rank of Lieutenant created by the death of Lieutenant Francis A. Nally and the retirement of Lieutenant (Cap- tain - Temporary) Andrew J. Donnelly. On 31 October 1951, upon the recommendation of a medical panel, Patrolman John J. Reilly, Jr., was retired under the provisions of G. L. Chapter 32, Section 56 (Incapacitated for Active Service). Officer Reilly had been a permanent member of this department since 22 May 1939. On 1 November 1951, Reserve Patrolman Francis J. McHugh was appointed a permanent patrolman to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of John J. Reilly, Jr. 179 On 16 November 1951, Reserve Patrolman Benedict J. Centola was appointed a Military Substitute for Alfred P. Malaney. On 31 December 1951, upon the recommendation of a medical pan- el, Patrolman Charles E. Shea was retired under the provisions of G. L. Chapter 32, Sections 85, 85E and 94, as amended by Chapter 594 of the Acts of 1951 (Incapacitated for Active Service). Officer Shea had been a permanent member of this department since 10 October 1930. During the year 611 days were lost because of sickness and/or injuries. Members of the department worked many hours overtime, without pay or other compensation. In general, the conduct of the personnel and the spirit of cooper- ation was excellent. There were many commendable acts and deeds performed by the personnel of this department during the year. The space allotted for the printing of this report does not permit of our going into detail; however, the "Record of Arrest's" and "Miscellaneous Services Rendered, etc.", as well as other facts and figures appearing in the foregoing pages, give brief evidence of the excellent work ac- complished. CONCLUSION In conclusion, we wish to thank the Justices of the Superior and District Courts, the Clerks of same, the District Attorney and his as- sistants, the Honorable Board of Selectmen, members of the Finance Committee, other Town Officers, and the many public-spirited citi- zens who have cooperated with this department during the past year. Respectfully submitted, JAMES M. IGOE Chief of Police REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN The annual report of the Board of Selectmen for the year ending December 31, 1951, is herewith submitted to the citizens of Watertown. All departments under the Board have submitted a detailed report covering the operations of the department, so that it is not necessary to repeat the chatters contained in these reports at this time. It appears that real estate taxes may increase, due primarily to the increase in personnel of the Police and Fire Departments, and also due to the necessity to increase pay of all Town employees to meet the rising cost of living. The Finance Committee and the Town Meet- 180 ing have always shown a willingness to treat the Town employees fair- ly and for the past two years have tried to take the increased cost of living into consideration in recommending appropriations for salaries and wages. The Advisory Board of Review will submit a plan to the Finance Committee and the Town Meeting at the Annual Meeting in March, 1952. This will provide for an automatic increase or decrease in a Cost of Living Allowance and will be based on the Cost of Living Price Index. The Town of Brookline has used a similar plan for the past two years. The employees of the Town should approve such a plan primarily because it will maintain a reasonable standard of living for all employees. The cost of this plan is $306,000. Recent figures indi- cate that the MTA deficit will cost the taxpayers of Watertown about one dollar on the 1952 tax rate. FINANCIAL, CONDITION The financial condition of the Town is excellent. The regular Town debt is $121,000. In 1951 we paid $44,000 towards amortizing the debt. In addition to the regular Town debt, on August 1, 1947 the Town borrowed $300,000 for the purpose of financing the construction of veterans housing on Lexington Street. Shortly thereafter the Leg- islature matte available State credits for veterans housing. We found that it was possible to have -the State reimburse the Town for our housing debt. Because the loan was made on a twenty-year basis, the bonds could not be retired, so that we are technically liable for those bonds that are being amortized at the rate of $15,000 annually. We have, however, received full payment from the State, and the Town Treasurer has invested this large sum in Government bonds, which yield interest at a rate greater than that which we pay on the original loan Reference may be made to the annual report of Town Treas- urer James H. Sheridan for the detail of that investment. The ap- propriations made at the Annual Meeting were suflicient to operate all the departments without the necessity of calling a special town meeting this year. All department heads were advised early in the fall that it was advisable to avoid the usual fall meeting. They were also advised to review their budget balances and not overspend; thus we could avoid presenting unpaid bills at the Annual Meeting in March 1952. TAX RATE It was possible to hold the tax-rate increase for 1951 to sixty cents, primarily due to the fact that the Board of Assessors in estab- lishing the tax rate, followed the vote of the Town Meeting and the recommendations of the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Com- mittee. We used $269,500 from the Excess and Deficiency Account, in spite of the objections of Henry F. Long, State Commissioner of Tax- ation. The legislature in 1951 enacted a law which now takes away the power of Mr. Long to disapprove the amount towns may use from their surplus accounts. We are now authorized to use up to the full amount of available funds. HOUSING The Grant School has again been used for emergency housing, due to the shortage of low-cost apartments. The administration of the 181 Grant School has been handled by the Housing Authority acting for the Board of Selectmen. All apartments were rented during the past year, and the revenue from the rates, less maintenance and operating cost, in the amount of $1,842.88, has been turned over to the Treasurer. It is anticipated that the second veterans' housing project, located in East Watertown. will be completed this spring, and that sixty apart- ments will be available to veterans and their families. The completion of the East Watertown project will make a total of veterans' housing units of 204. So far, as is known at this time, no additional Mousing projects are contemplated, POLICE In 1951 the Board of Selectmen recommended to the Finance Com- mittee and the Town Meeting that six additional patrolmen be ap- pointed to the Police Department and that six Traffic Supervisors be appointed to handle certain school crossings. The primary purpose of this recommendation was to make possible a five-day week for Police. The Town Meeting accepted the recommendation, and with the ap- pointment of the new officers the Board established a five-day week for the department. The men appointed as Traffic Supervisors, at a salary of $60 per month during the school year, have been very effi- cient and have released the regular police officers from duty at six school crossings. The appointment of the six additional men also re- sulted in better coverage of the routes in -the Town, particularly on the night shifts. FIRE In order to establish a 56-hour week for the Fire Department, the Board recommended to the Finance Committee and the Town Meet- ing that eight additional privates be appointed in the Fire Depart- ment, Our recommendation was adopted by the Town Meeting and the new schedule of hours was put into effect on April 23, 1951. In December of last year, the new fire station on Orchard Street was opened and thirteen additional privates were appointed in the Fire De- partment. The new 750-gallon American LaFrance Pump, authorized by the Town Meeting, was delivered in December, and the Town now :has sufficient apparatus and manpower to operate the three fire sta- tions. All of the appointments to the Fire Department were made from the Civil Service List, and the men were appointed in order of their standing on the list. CIVIL DEFENSE John F. Corbett, Veterans' Service Agent and Director of Civil Defense, has accomplished much during the year in building and training a Civil Defense organization, There is still need for more volunteers in most of the Civil Defense branches, and the citizens of the Town are urged to register for some particular phase of this pro- gram. Many of the training classes have been completed. In addition to the regular appropriation of $13,140 for Civil Defense, the Board re- quested and obtained the sum of $40,000. This sum was added to the Reserve Fund under the Finance Committee with the understanding that it be used for Civil Defense should the need arise. It was not necessary to use any of the $40,000 in the year 1951. Your Board is 182 of the opinion that such a large appropriation is not advisable this time and that a reserve account of the customary size should provide for our 1952 Civil Defense needs. Should the emergency become ag- gravated, our laws permit emergency appropriations either by the Se- lectmen or by a special town meeting. WELFARE As Watertown is one of (the few large towns in which the Select- men have the added duty of acting as Board of Public Welfare, we have continued the practice established in 1949 of meeting at least one night each month as a Board of Public Welfare. At such meetings we have considered problems of personnel, which have been rather serious because of the unusual amount of turnover that developed, ad- ministration and policies, with the Welfare Agent. Laws relating to public aid have been amended often and directives from State authori- ties have made necessary many conferences. These meetings have been beneficial and it is hoped that they will be continued. It is noted by the Board that there is a tendency on the part of Federal and State government to liberalize the aid rendered, particularly in the category of Old Age. This liberalization will affect all of our citizens paying taxes. A new category of aid was added by the legislature in 1951, to be effective January 1, 1952. It is called Disability Allowance and af- fects some of the recipients who are on General Relief. The Board feels that at the present time there is sufficient personnel in the Wel- fare Department to efficiently handle the Welfare cases in the Town. GENERAL MAC ARTHUR'S VISIT TO WATERTOWN On July 26, 1951, the Town of Watertown was honored by a brief visit by General of the Army Douglas A. MacArthur. Through the ef- forts of the Board of Selectmen, arrangements were made with the legislative committee which handled the General's visit to have him stop briefly in front of the Administration Building and place a wreath on the Memorial Tablet in front of the Administration Building in honor of -the men who died in World War II. A plaque with the Seal of Water- town was presented to the General, who also signed the Distinguished Guest Book. A bouquet of roses was presented to Mrs. MacArthur just be- fore the motorcade moved on to visit the Murphy General Hospital. Many of -the citizens of the Town were pleased to have an opportunity to see this distinguished visitor, and the Board was very happy to have this visit, even though it was very brief. CONCLUSION Regular meetings of the Board of Selectmen have been held each Monday afternoon at three o'clock. The volume of business that has developed in the Selectmen's Department has meant that our meet- ings have continued into late evening. The members of the Board have made an effort to be available for any business of the Town be- yond the regular meetings and have spent a great deal of extra time preparing and reviewing new rules and regulations for the Police Department, studying a sick-leave plan for all Town employees, and 183 meeting with department heads regarding the 1952 budgets. The Board wishes to express its appreciation for the cooperation it has received from the department heads and the Town employees. We wish to thank the citizens who have served on committees and who have assisted the Board in discharging its official duties. Respectfully submitted, H. HERBERT APPLIN, Chairman ROY C. PAPALIA, Clerk HERBERT O. BERRY Board of Selectmen REPORT OF THE WELFARE DEPARTMENT Honorable Board of Selectmen Administration Building Watertown 72, Massachusetts Gentlemen: In conformance with Chapter 3, Section 2 of the Town By-Laws kindly accept herewith my annual report for the Year ending De- cember 31, 1951. The Year 1951 proved to be, without a question of a doubt, the most severe of any experienced in my fourteen years' employment with the Department and will continue at the same tempo for the better part of 1952, therefore, for the purpose of expediency brevity will be the keynote. Writings for this time will be replaced by statistical sheets as much as possible. The Fall of 1951 was high-lighted by the following changes. On October 1st the Mandatory Standards of Assistance governing Public Welfare Grants was increased by 5.4% which required a complete re- view of some 575 Old Age Assistance cases and 80 Aid to Dependent Children cases for the purpose of rebudgeting each individual case in accordance with the new Standards. The final computation with regards -to these increases demonstrat- ed that the approximate monthly cost would be $2000.00 a month more on these two categories than previously and will continue for an in- definite period of time. 184 On October 31, 1951 the Governor signed an emergency law known as General Law 118D otherwise known as Disability Assistance and having to do with such people as found eligible in accordance with the Provisions of the Chapter which action of course required a com- plete review of our General Relief and Aid to Dependent Children case load for the purpose of determining who might be eligible for the new category. This category will be to the advantage of the Com- munity and our social program generally, as it rendered special case treatment to all persons over 18 years of age who are totally or partially incapacitated irrespective of the length of the incapacitation or until they become eligible for the more expansive program of Old Age Assistance. Ninety-eight percent or better of the Disability Assist- ance case load involved were former General Relief cases which were our financial responsibility, now under the new Act of the Town's re- imbursement from the Commonwealth and grants in aid and admini- stration from the Federal Government will be approximately seventy- five percent of our total expenditure. In the meantime Chapter 801, Acts of 1951 became effective rela- tive to further changes on Old Age Assistance. The materfal for these changes was not made available to us by the State Department until December 23rd due to other complexities that involved them. Even though three months is ncrmally allowed to put these changes into effect it was necessary that we 'acrairr completely review our Old Age Assistance case load before a reasonable determination of our 1952 budget could be computed, therefore, it became necessary to establish this entire matter in a ten day period. A breakdown of the Old Age Assitance budget herein contained will show the changes greatly in- creasing our budget en this category for the ensuing year. I feel it well at this time to include the other Provisions of Chapter 801 that the Board might more fully understand the reasons for the general increases in this particular category, other statistical sheets will show that General Relief and Aid to Dependent Children will remain quite static through the Year, with Disability Assistance questionable due to our lack of experience with it. (1) Provisions to -the effect that the Department shall, from time to time, increase the budgetary requirements to maintain ad- equate Standards of Assistance. (2) Provision for legal minimum rates of $75 plus Leisure Time Activity allowance for persons who live outside of a family group, and $55 plus Leisure Time Activity allowance for )er- sons who live in a family group (defined as resiaing wl�li one or more persons related to the applicant or recipient by blood or marriage). (3) An increase of $500 per annum in the statutory exen,plions for children. (4) Provision that the city or town shall have a lien ag:�:)� .he property of any applicant, or recipient of Old Age Ass:. ;.-.?,ice, said lien to be filed in the appropriate registry oI ; or registry district of the land court. (5) A provision eliminating the present requirement unciei• �.hich the full cost of the $4.00 monthly Leisure Time Aptivit'.' i',em is reimbursed by the Commonwealth. 185 Another amendment requires that the Department shall secure cost c-)i livin!j data on a monthly basis for determining whether a 5% cha2i(ye from the most recent period on which adjustments were based has cccuri ed. I would like to draw your attention to Provision =5 having to do with the Leisure Time Activity which previously had been paid fully by t17e Commonwealth and is now considered a part of the full budget which will mean that we will be allowed only 2/3 of $4.00 per case per month instead of the usual $4 00. This will reflect in our reimburse- ment figure from the Commomiealth by reducing it approximately $10,000 in 1952. In addition to the aforementioned increases and changes in our budgetary procedure board rates, rent and restaurant meals have been considerably increased as follows: BOARD RATES Boarding in the home of a self-supporting married child $9.50 per wk. Boarding in the home of a non self-supporting married child 10.50 " Board°n; in the home of a non-'egally liable relative 10.50 " Boarding in the home of a non-relative or commercial boarding home 13.50 " RENT Unfurnished house or apartment 30.00 mthly Heated apartment 37.00 Room rent, without cooking privileges. one recipient 6.00 wkly Room rent. without cooking privileges, two recipients sharing same room 10.00 Room rent, with cooking privileges, one recipient 7.00 " Room rent, with cooking privileges, two recipients sharing same room 12.00 " RESTAURANT MEALS Thre^ meals in restaurants 47.00 mthly One or two meals in restaurants 42.00 " There is no longer a distinction in the rates for this item between male and female recipients. An item for household supplies and re- plarements is allowed to a person who prepares one or two meals in the home. I arish to thank the Board, all other Committees and Departments of the Town for their close co-operation and vivid interests in the De- partment during the Year. Respectfully yours, JOSEPH F. HURRAY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 186 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT SCHOOL COMMITTEE PHILIP PANE, CHAIRMAN Term expires 1952 BEULAH WETHERBEE, SECRETARY Term expires 1954 FRED H. BIRD Term expires 1952 JOHN J. SHEEILkN Term expires 1952 EDWARD S. PARSONS Term expires 1953 DR. GUY PESCE Term expires 1953 MARTIN TOMASSIAN Term expires 1954 FRANCIS A. KELLY Superintendent of Schools Office: Phillips School 3.00 to 5.00 P.M,, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 187 THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WATERTOWN • PUBLIC SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1951 To the Citizens of Watertown: Your School Committee respectfully calls your attention to the Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools and urges you to read it carefully. It presents a report of accomplishment for the past year. The outstanding proposals studied and adopted are as follows: 1. A plan for the Selection of Teachers placing particular emphasis on preparation, experience, and character. 2. Leave of Absence Plan. 3. Sabbatical Leave of Absence Plan. 4. Cumulative Sick Leave Plan. 5. Adjustments to Salary Schedules to eliminate inequalities. 6. Forward step to bring our Industrial Arts Program more up to date. 7. A Salary Plan for New Teachers. 8. Extensive progam of school improvements, including painting, installation of fluorescent lighting, and school ground improvements. 9. A recommendation to the Town Meeting that School personnel be granted Cost of Living increases in line with the other employees of the Town of Watertown. 10. Adpotion of a program recommended by the principal of the High School for the expansion of the Extra Curricular program at the Senior High School. We wish to thank our administrative staff, teaching personnel, medical, custodial, and clerical groups for the effecient work carried on throughout the year which has made possible continued excellent service to our children and our community. I wish to thank all the members of the committee for their co- operation. I particularly wish to thank the Sub Committee members for their contribution in the study and preparation of all the above proposals. PB=IP PANE, Chairman 188 REPOItT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT To the Chairman and Members of the Watertown School Committee: I have the honor to submit herewith my thirteenth annual report of the schools of Watertown, which is the seventy-first in a series of annual reports of the Superintendent of the Watertown Public Schools. POLICIES OF THE WATERTOWN SCHOOL COMMITTEE GOVERN- ING THE SELECTION, THE SALARIES AND THE CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF TEACHERS These policies were adopted on the recommendation of the sub committee on teachers and the superintendent. Introduction The selection of teachers is, and will continue to be, among the most important responsibilities of school executives. It is far better to keep inefficient and unprepared teachers out of a system, than it is to try to eliminate them afterwards. To secure and retain in Watertown well qualifies and competent teachers the following principles relating to the selection of teachers, their salaries and the conditions of service have been adopted by the School Committee. Part I SELECTION OF TEACHERS The superintendent of schools is the executive officer of the School Committee and in him is rested the responsibility ,for recommending the appointment of teachers. Under his direction the principals of the schools shall assist the superintendent in the appraisal of the qualifications of candidates and shall evaluate their abilities by the observation of their teaching. The superintendent and principals shall make a thorough examina- tion of the qualifications of each candidate for a teaching position, shall interview prospective teachers an" shall visit candidates for the purpose of observing tneir classroom techniqu.;s and Leaching ability. Two administrative officers should be present during the observa- tion o, a teaching lesson or other periormance of the candidate. A writ- ten appraisal of each teacher visited shall be made to the superinten- dent. at the disciedon of the superintendent, dnrectors, department heads and supervisors of special sus)jects inay be asked to visit pros- pective candidates. HEALTH EXAMINATIONS Each candidate for a teaching position shall present a certificate of good health which shall include a certificate that a chest x ray has been 189 taken and that the candidate is free from tuberculosis in communicable form, PREPARATION FOR TEACHERS Candidates for positions as regular teachers in the kindergarten must have earned a bachelor's degree or its equivalent from a reput- able college established for the purpose of training teachers for kin- dergarten work. Candidates for positions as regular teachers in the elementary and junior high schools must have earned a bachelor's degree, or the equiv- alent, from a reputable college. Candidates for positions as regular teachers in the senior high school must have earned a master's degree, or the equivalent, from a reputable college. Exceptions to these rules may be only, when in the opinion of the Superintendent of Schools, it is in the best interest of the school sys- tem to recommend the appointment of a candidate who has outstand- ing and exceptional ability and training. All Candidates for teaching positions ul the day schools must have at least eighteen semester hours of credit in the field of education. Courses in education which are recognized include the following or their equivalent, Educational Administration Methods of Teaching Educational Philosophy Principles of Education Educational Psychology Sociology Chal acter Education Psychology Guidance Supervision History of Education Tests and Measurements Educational Statistics Not more than six semester hours in any one of the above sub- jects will be accepted. Candidates for appointment in the elementary grades must have at least six semester hours of credit in methods of teaching elementary school subjects; of which at least three semester hours of credit must be in field of reading. EXPERIENCE FOR REGULAR TEACHERS Candidates for regular teaching positions in the senior high school must have at least three years of teaching experience in a recognized private school, public school, college or university. Candidates for regular teaching positions in the kindergarten, el- ementary and junior high Schools must have at least two years of teaching experience in a recognized private school, public school, col- lege or university. Exceptions to those rules may be made only when in the opinion of the Superintendent of Schools it is in the best interest of the school system to recommend the appointment of a candidate who has out- 190 standing and exceptional ability and training. Substitute work in the Watertown Public Schools may be counted as a part or all of this experience. One hundred sixty days of substi- tute work shall -be equivalent to one year of experience. CITIZENSHIP AND CHARACTER All candidates shall submit to the superintendent of schools evi- dence of American citizenship and evidence of sound moral character. APPOINTMENTS AND TENURE All appointments and reappointments are for the school year for which they are made or for the unexpired portion of the school year following the date of appointment. Teachers who successfully com- plete three years of service and are re-elected are placed on tenure. No married woman shall be appointed as a permanent teacher un- less she proves to the satisfaction of the School Committee that she is living apart from her husband and receiving no support from him; or that her husband is physically or mentally disabled so that he is un- able to provide for her support. Dismissal of teachers on tenure by the School Committee is based on Chapter 71 Section 42 and amendments thereto of the General Laws of Massachusetts. Part II CONDITIONS OF SERVICE Pupil Teacher Ratio a) Grades 1 to 3 Thirty to one b) Grades 4 to 6 Thirty-five to one c) Junior High School Thirty to one d) Senior High School Twenty-five to one e) Kindergarten Twenty-five to one (each session) f) Special Classes Fifteen to one g) Shop Classes Twenty to one ASSIGNMENT BY THE PRINCIPAL Each teacher is subject to assignment by the principal to respon- sibility for a portion of the miscellaneous activities of the school. The direction of the various extra curricula activities of the school are con- sidered as much a part of the teachers normal load as actual classroom teaching. AVAILABILITY At every session of the school year, all teachers and supervisors are expected to be in their respective buildings and available for duty at least fifteen minutes before the beginning of the session. 191 Teachers are expected to remain in the building a reasonable time (approximately one half hour) after the close of school to be available if the principal desires to reach them; to meet pupils who may need assistance or advice; and to take care of those details which are usual- ly connected with the closing of the daily school session. Teachers in the senior and junior high schools shall include in their program at least one hour on one day of each week for after school conferences or to assist worthy pupils. No teacher shall, without the permission of the principal, be ab- sent from the school building except in case of urgent necessity or emergency, LEAVE OF ABSENCE Leave of absence may be granted to members of the school system on the recommendation of the superintendent and by vote of the School Committee. Teachers absent because of a death in the immediate family may be granted four days leave of absence without loss of salary. With the approval of the superintendent a teacher may be allowed one visiting day per school year without loss of salary. The superintendent may also approve the absence of teachers with- out loss of salary to attend educational meeting and conventions which he believes to be for the best interest of the system or for the profes- sional improvement of the teacher. SABBATICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE A one year leave of absence for professional improvement may be granted to teachers who have served in the Watertown School System for seven years or longer. Subsequent leaves may be granted after the completion of each seven years of service. Applications for sabbatical leave must have the endorsement of the principal and the recommen- dation of the superintendent, and the approval of the School Committee. Teachers on sabbatical leave shall receive half pay for the year and must sign an agreement to return to the Watertown service for a pe- riod of at least one year following the leave. Teachers on sabbatical leave shall make quarterly reports to the superintendent relating to the manner in which the leave is being used. CUMULATIVE SICK LEAVE Cumulative sick leave for authenticated illness is allowed under the following conditions: Section 1: Ten days per year at full salary to accumulate to fifty days, retroactive for 3 years, less the number of days already used since September 1, 1946. Section 2: Attendance not to be affected by absences due to death in the family, visiting days, conferring of degrees, quarantine, taking members of the family 192 to the hospital, and other emergencies. These unu,4un' emergencies to be interpreted by the superintendent. Sction 3: If any of t^e ci-cumstances in paragraph 2 ecru- on the day prec�dinn or following a vacation. other than a summer vacation, the payment of teachers' sal- arie- will be made on the 1st and 15th of each month. SALARY tiCHEDULE The Salary Schedule which was adopted as of January 1, 1948 has been changea by the votes of the School Committee during the past two years. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS Euperintende_lt $8200 Assistant Superintendent 7100. Principal Senior High School 0900. Principal Junior High School 5600. Principal Elementary 5200. SPECIFIC POSITIONS Director Guidance 5600. Director Physical Education 3500. Director Music 4800. Band Master (part time) 2500. CIVIL SERVICE FOSITIONS i:octo_s (under study) Nurses 2630• Attendance Officers 3000. Principal Clerks 2720• Senior Clerk (12 mos.) 2444. Junior Clerk (12 mos.) 2000. Senior Clerk (10 mos.) 2036.66 Junior Clerk (10 mos.) 1820. Senior Custodian 3120. Junior Custodian 2880. Janitress 2000. Teachers assigned additional duties receive compensation as follows: Football Coach 1000. Faculty Mgr. Athletic 400. Asst. Football Coaches 300. Supervisor of Art 300. Baseball Coach 400. Supervisor of Physical Basketball Coach 400. Education 300. Track Coach' 800. Supv. Domestic Science Hockey Coach 400. and Cafeterias 300. Soccer Coach 300. Guidance Counselors 200. 193 Tennis Coach 100. Master's Asst. Junior Jr. Var. Baseball Coach 200. and Elementary Schools 200. Golf 100. Sub-iMaster Jr. and Elem. Head of Departments 200. Schools 200. Dean of Boys & Asst. Asst. Music Supervisor 100. Headmaster 800. Asst. Art Supervisor 100. Dean of Girls 600. Remedial Reading Supv. 300. Teachers in the service of the Watertown School Department prior to June 12, 1951, who come under the provisions of the Evaluation Council, shall advance to the maximum salary at the rate of $200. for three credits of work approved by the Evaluation Council. This in- crement shall be paid as of .September first. In June, the following salary plan was approved relative to in- crements for teachers entering the Watertown service after June 12, 1951 Minimum salary $2600. Maximum salary 4400. Teachers to receive automatic increases of $100. for the first four years of service in Watertown, provided that the salary does not go above $4000. After the four automatic increases have been received or the salary has reached $4000., teachers shall proceed to the maximum by submit- ting three credits of work for each $200. increment, which shall be given as of September 1, of each year. INDUSTRIAL ARTS IN THE ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS The promotion of Mr. James Macdaid to the position of supervisor of industrial arts in the elementary and junior high schools was made for the purpose of coordinating the shop work in these schools and to provide similiar training in both junior high schools in preparation for advanced work in the industrial art courses at the Senior High School. In June your Committee expended the sum of $1165.35 for the purpose of replacing the old woodworking machines at the East Junior High School with new up to date safety equipment. The following machines were purchases: 2 New Walker-Turner 4 speed Lathes, with motors and extra equipment as specified 463.95 1 New Walker-Turner 10" Tilting Arbor Saw Table, with motor 332.25 1 New Walker-Turner 12" Band Saw, with motor 168.10 1 New Walker-Turner 24" Four Speed Jig Saw, with motor 149.10 1 New Walker-Turner 6" Jointer, with motor 210.75 194 1 New Walker-Turner 15" Floor Model Drill Press, with motor 183.70 1 New Parks No. 95 Planer, with motor 457.50 1965.35 Less allowance for old equipment 800.00 1165.35 This was our first move toward modernizing the thirty year old shop equipment in the Junior High Schools. MUSIC DIRECTOR Since the resignation of Mr. Walter Mayo in June 1949 our music program has been carried on without a director. In June, Mr. George S. Chase was appointed as Director of Music. Mr. Chase has an excellent background and twenty years in the field of music. He -has a Masters Degree in music and education from Boston University and has done graduate work at Harvard University. He was supervisor of music in Coventry and West Warwick, Rhode Island and for the past seven years he held the position as director of music at Attleboro, Massachusetts. 195 H W 000ca AAIn a� a� � yti A ya�i � an ad aaign h:PUz. ts dui .-4 CO N m N N N N rtl cM'C1 = LO.1 bog Li m� COV1� �toc�ic'oiti ¢'.0 S4, as S4a 0 y �x tiff 0 3�x 4, a 5 cl 00 9-aa I � � � ax Vy ,a w cd � a P cs t)odop, � Br/�1oWV �V1csa �g�:�g�.o >� 0 ►� cx � wti w Al >wxti 196 REORGANIZATION OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVTI'IES IN THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Bertram Holland, Headmaster at the Senior High School has announced the following reorganization relative to extracurricular acti- vities. The instructional program of any modern high school consists es- sentially of two parts, the curriculum and the extracurriculum. The former, the curriculum, includes the regularly scheduled program of classroom instruction for which credit is given toward the high school diploma. This is the foundation of the high schools' educational offer- ing on which and around which everything else is built. It is the main course of the educational bill of fare. Teachers are selected primarily because of their competence in some field of classroom instruction. The latte phase or extracurriculum found its way into the high school program after educators realized that boys and girls do not learn from books and recitations alone. Teachers discovered that youth can learn as much and in some cases even more from activities such as athletics, dramatics, musical activities, social affairs, publica- tion, oratorical contests, radio broadcasting and library service. We know that extracurricular activities in the form of clubs may stem directly from the curriculum such as French, Italian, Commercial, Mathematics and Sewing Clubs. Still others develop through com- mon interests and needs of students such as Camera, Chess, Projec- tion, and Social Customs and Stamp Clubs. Then there are those which have come into being to enable stu- dents to have experience in planning and carrying out group activities such as Student Council, Class Organizations, cafeteria monitors, locker marshals, corridor traffic squads, fire drill and air raid drill aides. It was inevitable that there would be overlapping of activities with subjects and consequent confusion in the minds of parents, pupils, and also teachers as to the main purpose of each of these extracurricular activities. The fact that they have been introduced one by one, each on its own merits rather than as part of a clearly undersood program has contributed to this confusion. Various solutions have been suggested for clarifying this condition. They range all the way from abolishing the extracurriculum entirely to incorporating it in the curriculum and giving diploma credit for participation in the extra curricular activities. The best solution seems to be somewhere in between these extremes. The value of the extracurricular activities as morale builders has been demonstrated time and again. Their worth in vocational guid- ance and in stimulating interest in school has been proved over and over. Time and again, participation in extra curricular activities has helped to keep boys and girls in school when otherwise they would have dropped out without finishing their education. Furthermore the colleges expect a well-rounded personality as evidenced by a record of balanced participation in extra curricular activities of the sohool in addition to good scholarship. Much of the value of extracurricular activities has resulted from their informality. If diploma credit is given, it means marking and more rigid formality with consequent loss of interest by the student. 197 The curriculum itself has undergone changes. New subjects of study have been added, subject matter has been changed or dropped. The curriculum has been sensitive to current needs. The economic depression of the nineteen thirties brought emphasis on economic and consumer education. World War Two brought in courses for boys in First Aid, Pre-induction mathematics, pre-flight aeronautics and in machine shop training for girls. The increase in injuries from motor vehicle accidents exerted pressure for driver training and more safety education to be included in the curriculum. Watertown High School has been affected, just as other schools have been, by the changing conditions of our times. Both the curricu- lum and extracurriculum have reflected thus, The School Committee has quite naturally been interested first in the curriculum and within three years has created or revised four supervisory positions which have functions dealing directly with the improvement of instruction. The positions of Director of Athletics and Physical Education, Supervisor of Art, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages, and Director of Music all have been filled with men who have been assigned to the Senior High School for their headquarters. This has enabled them to work more closely with the teachers there. This means that every teacher in the high school (with one excep- tion) now has the benefit of supervision of a specialist in his or her field in addition to the supervision which the Headmaster can furnish. The extracurricular program has not been as well organized. Aside from the direction of interscholastic and intramural athletics by the Supervisor of Physical Education for girls and of interscholastic and intramural athletics for boys by the Director of Athletics and Physical Education, there has been no person who has had designated responsi- bility for extracurricular activities The coordination of the non-athletic program of extracurricular activities has been handled directly by the Headmaster who has worked with teachers individually or in committees to plan, correlate, and improve, the effectiveness of the extra curriculum. The Headmaster has found that the problems involved in admin- istering the extracurriculum have demanded more of his time than their relative importance justified. For this reason the Headmaster requested the Superintendent of Schools to bring the matter to the attention of the School Committee and in so doing to recommend that the Committee ,take action to create or revive the positions of Dean of Boys and Dean of Girls in Watertown High School. These positions Are frequently found in high schools of Massachu- setts and throughout the nation. They usually include over-all re- sponsibility for boys or girls respectively but with particular regard to their participation in extra curricular activities. This has led to de- legating to the Deans, the responsibility for the extracurricular pro- gram itself as well as for the students engaging therein. Such a pro- gram requires careful planning. It requires a definite schedule and the selection of a staff of advisors who are interested in boys and girls and in the particular activities which they are sponsoring. It needs clarification of objectives and coordination of each extracurricular ac- tivity with the others and with the curriculum. The method of fi- nancing each activity and of accounting for receipts and expenditures is a vital responsibility that well can be centered in one or both of the Deans. 198 The problem of participation always crops up. Some students tend to engage in too many extracurricular activities for their own good. Others take little or no part and need to be encouraged. Some schools have introduced point systems to try to regulate participation by ration points. Still others have arbitrarily required all students to take part in some activity. All these plans have their limitations. The system which the Headmaster recommended to the Superintendent is that adopted by the School Committee to give the Deans authority, subject -to approval of the Headmaster, of regulating participation at their discretion. Under such a plan of organization as this, the interest of the Headmaster will remain just as great but the time required of him to do the actual organizing should be materially less. This would allow him to devote much more of his time and energy to planning on long range improvements for the school, both curricular and extracurricular. The Headmaster rightly ought to be the most competent person on the staff to give the leadership needed to develop the full program of the high school. He also ought to be free of all routine staff work, especially that of a purely clerical nature. The Headmaster believes that the organization centering around the Deans will give him this highly desirable opportunity to exert leadership of the Senior High School as an educational institution. SCHOOL BUILDING SURVEY As Chairman of the School Building Committee, I compiled the information included on the following three charts. In making comparison of our present and future needs with the school membership of years past we get a better picure if we do not go back beyond the year 1937. In 1937 the Phillips School and the addition to the Senior High School were completed, and the old Phillips School was torn down and the Grant School abandoned. Since that time there have been no changes in the seating capacity of our school buildings. Chart No. 1 gives the school membership from 1937 to 1951. The lowest elementary school membership for any three year period was in 1945, 46 and 47. The promotion of these pupils into the Junior and Senior High Schools has brought the membership of these schools under 1000 each. Approximately the same membership will continue in these schools until the pupils who are now in the fourth grades and under, go on up. There is no immediate danger of overcrowding in these schools. A comparison of the elementary membership of 1949-50-51 with that of 1937-38-39 doesn't arouse any concern on paper. However at the present time the elementary load is in the north and west sections, while most of bhe available classrooms are in the east and center sec- tions of the Town, as indicated on Chart II. Estimating and forecasting is quite uncertain whether done by pro- fessionals or amateurs. In 1930, the Columbia Survey predicted that by 1940 Watertown would have a population of 40,300. The population of Watertown for five years periods from 1930 has been as follows: 1930 34,913 1940 35,427 ' 1935 35,827 1945 37,438 1950 37,329 199 Columbia also predicted than by 1940 we would have 7,092 pupils in the Watertown Schools. In 1940 we had a membership of 6,551 pupils. A survey of pre-school children taken in 1949 showed that there were 118 three-year old children who, we expected, would enter one of our kindergartens in 1951. Only 78 enrolled in September, 1951. It seems to me that the percentage of the births to the number of pupils entering the kindergarten makes an interesting study as indi- cated in Chart III. By taking an average of the percentages for five years in 1949, I estimated that .534 pupils would enter our kindergarten in 1951. Our membership on October 1, 1951 was 548. -By extending that two years to 1951, Chart III shows that our average for seven years was 75 6% The kindergarten entrants for 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955 are estimated. CHART I PUBLIC SCHOOLS WATERTOWN, MASSAvn.u►j&L to TOTAL MEMBERSHIP 1937 - 1951 HIGH JUNIOR EI,FMENTARY YEAR SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOLS SCHOOLS TOTAL 1937 1269 1667 3871 6907 1938 1424 1678 3716 6818 1939 1424 1665 3572 6661 1940 1441 1602 3508 6551 1941 1336 1549 3269 6154 1942 1270 1499 3014 5783 1943 1185 1387 2865 5437 1944 1213 1393 2873 5479 1945 1161 1288 2661 5110 1946 1194 1252 2642 5088 1947 1146 1126 2781 5053 1948 1121 1068 2896 5058 1949 1091 1060 2940 5091 1950 983 1001 2950 4934 1951 941 976 2987 4904 200 CHART II PUBLIC SCHOOLS WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSEITS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOMS SCHOOL Classrooms Browne 14* 14* 0 0 Lowell 22 21 0 1 Office & Supply Room Phillips 12 9 0 3 Offices Francis 8 5 1 2 Work Shops M. Spring 11** 9 2** 0 67 58 3 6 * Includes shop room used for classr000m. ** Includes 2 basement rooms which have been used in past years, for shops and special classes. Coolidge 21 15 5 1 Office & Supply Hosmer 30 23 4 3*** 51 38 9 4 *** Three rooms used by East Junior High School. Parker 10 8**** 2 0 **** Includes 1 room used this year by Grade VI from Marshall Spring School. Total 128 104 14 10 CHART III PUBLIC SCHOOLS WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS COMPARISON OF ENROLMENT IN KINDERGARTEN AS OF OCTOBER 1st WITH THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS FIVE YEARS PREVIOUS Children are admitted to Kindergarten if 5 years of age by January 1st of the year they begin school. WATERTOWN KINDERGARTEN PERCENTAGE OF BIRTH RATE ENROL-iMENT BI•RTHS ENTERING YEAR BIRTHS OCTOBER lst PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1940 500 1945 374 74.8% 1941 528 1946 406 76.9% 1942 652 1947 528 80.1% 1943 737 1948 537 72.9% 1944 651 1949 525 80.8% 1945 632 1950 462 73.1% 1946 782 1951 543 70.0% Average percentage of Births attending Kindergarten, based on 7 years experience. 75.5% ESTIMATED 1947 764 1952 577 75.5% 1948 820 1953 619 75.5% 1949 795 1954 600 75.5% 1950 823 1955 620 75.5% 201 MAINTENANCE During 1951 the important maintenance projects included: I. The complete installation of fluorescent lighting in the Hosmer, Coolidge, Marshall Spring Schools_ New lights were also installed in the School Department offices in the Phillips School, in the library, the sewing and woodworking rooms at the Senior High School. II. The completion of the interior painting of all buildings with.the exception of some rooms in the Senior High School which will be done this Summer. III. The replacement of all the original water pipe in the Senior High School and James Russell Lowell Schools with copper piping. IV The renovation of the kindergarten room at the Marshall Spring School including a rubber tile floor. Important items in the 1952 maintenance budget include: 1. The installation of oil burners at the Senior High School 2. The painting of the exterior of all buildings. 3. Roofing at the Browne & James Russell Lowell Schools. 4. Cornice repairing at the Hosmer School. I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the principals, teachers, supervisors, custodians and other employees for their cooperation dur- ing the past year. I also wish to thank the members of the other Town departments, the parents and other citizens for the encouragement which they have given to the School Department. Lastly, I wish to thank the Chairman and other members of the School Committee, especially the members of the sub committees for the helpful assistance which they have given to me during the past year. Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS A. KELLY Superintendent of Schools ` a 202 APPENDIX TABLE I—PART I SUMMARY OF FOLLOW-UP SURVEY, GRADUATES OF WA.TERTOWiN HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1950 AS OF APRIL 1951 Part I—Status of Graduates According to High School Course Followed* Number According to High School Course Followed EMPLOYMENT College Commercial General I.A. Grand Per- STATUS Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Total cent Regularly employed 15 4 3 80 30 20 13 155 50.5 Wholly unemployed — — 1 — — — 1 2 .6 Attending School or college . .... 38 32 4 7 19 13 1 114 37.1 In military service 4 — 2 — 19 — 6 31 10.2 Married ..... . . . .. — 1 — 3 — — — 4 1.3 Moved--,address unknown — — — — — — 1 1 .3 Totals . . .. . . . . .... 47 37 10 90 68 33 22 307 100. *Total number of graduates—372 of whom 307 or 89% returned ques- tionnaires Number of questionnaire returned by boys—147—number in service 31 •Unemployed— Temporary lay-off . . . . . . . ....... 1 Did not want employment ... ..... 1 TABLE I—PART II BOYS IN MILITARY SERVICE ACCORDING TO HIGH SCHOOL COURSE FOLLOWED Com- Per. Branch of Service College mercial General I.A. Total tentage Air Force . . . . ...... 3 8 11 35.5 Army . ... .. . . ...... 1 1 2 4 13. Navy ... . . . . . . . . ... 1 5 4 10 32.2 Marines .... . . .. .. . . 1 5 6 19.3 Totals ... . . . . ...... 4 2 19 6 31 100. 203 TABLE I—PART III KINDS OF EMPLOYACENT ENGAGED IN BY THOSE REGULARLY EMPLOYED, ACCORDING TO HIGH SCHOOL COURSE FOLLOWED AS OF APRIL 1, 1951 (Follow-up Survey) High School Course Followed KINDS OF College Commercial General I.A. Grand Per- EMPLOYMENT Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Total cent Clerical Occupations General Clerical . . 1 3 1 49 3 13 — 70 45.2 Stenographic .. — — — 14 — — — 14 9. Bookkeeping — — — 10 — 1 — it 7. Sales & Service Occupations Sales Clerks, Cashiers ...... 1 — 1 — 10 — 3 15 9.6 Laundry & Cleansing— — — — — — 1 1 .6 Manufacturing Occupations Production .. ... . . . — 1 — 3 6 5 4 19 12.3 Stock & shipping — — — — 2 — 1 3 2.0 Technical Occupations Apprentice trades 1 — 1 2 4 — 4 12 7.7 Laborers .. .... . . 1 — — — 2 — — 3 2.0 Miscellaneous Ball player, nursemaid, kitchen work, florist assistant ..... ... 1 — — 2 3 1 — 7 4.6 Totals ... . . . . . ... 5 4 3 80 30 20 13 155 100. TABLE I—PART IV KINDS OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES Ai.Lru4,.►ED ACCORDING TO HIGH SCHOOL COURSES FOLLOWED, AS OF APRIL 1, 1951 (Follow-up Survey) High School Course Followed KIND OF College Commercial General I.A. Grand Per- liV►�'11'1'U'1'1V11 Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Total cent Liberal Arts ... 22 6 — — 12 1 — 41 36. Engineering and Technical ....... 6 — — — — — — 6 5.3 'Teacher Training 2 7 — — — 2 — it 9.7 Business Administration .. 3 — 3 — 1 — — 7 6.1 Secretarial ....... . — 6 — 4 — 1 — 11 9.7 Nurses Training .. — 9 — — — 3 — 12 10.5 Junior College .. — 2 — 1 — 1 — 4 3.5 Preparatory School 3 — — — 2 — — 5 4.3 Trade School ...... 1 — — — 4 1 1 7 6.1 Dental Hygienist . — 2 — 2 — — — 4 3.5 Miscellaneous, Designing, Attendant Nursing, Maritime Academy, Mortician ....... 1 — 1 — — 4 — 6 5.3 Totals ............ 38 32 4 7 19 13 1 114 100. 204 O U'.) LO ww 6 cc M O N � 00 to .-1 M d! co .� LO M a x � cn Ln un c- M w .� I a to 44 w O d' Q M M N M I I I iOi O U 3 5 wok Lq N � ox w o O m to V [/1 m '4 a0 z H � CD t- M � zw c� 0 N N N I � z M .F� W • CD co M N 0cn M I I uj I cu U � x SA c o ° " o04 o w � w �4 o Wa O cs ,� zs o 0 205 TABLE II SUMMARY OF THE PLACEMENT SERVICE (Full-Tune Positions) OPERATED BY THE GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1951, SHOWING WEEKLY EARNINGS Total Weekly Kinds of Employment Boys Girls Total Earnings Clerical Occupations General Clerical 3 55 58 $1915.20 Stenographic ...... .. ..... ........ — 11 11 377.20 Bookkeeping ..................... 1 5 6 192.20 Business Occupations Stockroom and Shipping ........ 6 — 6. 184.00 Manufacturing and Production Drafting ... .......... .. ...... 3 — 3 120.96 Factory Wbrk .... . . ......... ..... 3 11 14 469.80 Stock and Shipping .. .... .... .... 1 — 1 40.00 Miscellaneous Waitress, laborers, gas station work 8 1 9 216.00 Totals . . . ...... ... ........ .. . . 25 83 108 $3515.36 TABLE III SUMMARY OF THE PLACEMENT SERVICE (Part-Time Positions) OPERATED BY THE GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1951, SHOWING WEEKLY EARNINGS Clerical Occupations General Clerical ..... ....... .. . . 5 43 48 $ 568.36 Stenographic .... . . . . ..... . . . . . . . — 6 6 77.10 Bookkeeping ... .. ... .... .. .. . .. . 1 5 6 68.00 Business Occupations Merchandising .. . . . . .. . . . . . . 7 51 58 1501.75 Delivery, truck drivers .. .. ..... .. . 3 — 3 62.00 Stockroom, shipping . .. . .. . . . .. . 12 — 12 168.80* Miscellaneous Babysitters, waitresses, soda fountain Clerks, driving, gardening, putting lawns, lawns, shoveling snow and odd jobs ........ . . .. . ......... 27 24 51 341.75 Totals . ..... .... . . . ...... . . . . 55 129 184 $2787.76 206 STATISTICAL DATA TABLE I. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1951 Appropriated by Town Meeting 1,220,812.00 Expended 1,203,146.35 Balance 17,665.65 1,220,812.00 Itemized Expenditures General Control 28,039.99 Instruction 906,142.90 Operation 99,397.41 Maintenance 59,991.47 New Equipment 2,487.72 School Ground Improvements 3,395.25 Miscellaneous 10,479.99 Trade School 11,175.45 Transportation 5,498.90 Juvenile Recreation 8,999.61 Evening School 4,697.96 Athletic Fund 38,062.15 School Lighting 19,902.55 Banthin Auto Printing Press 4,875.00 .. 1,203,146.35 TABLE II. MONEY RECEIVED INTO THE TOWN TREASURY AS A RESULT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OPERATION (This money is not expended for Schools) A. Tuition Trade School Reimbursement 6,684.94 Non-Resident and Dept. of Public Welfars, Child Guardianship 2,021.51 8,706.45 B. State Reimbursement General School Fund 116,298.88 Sight Saving Class 500.00 116,798.88 C. Miscellaneous Receipts Hall Rental 21.00 Lost books, telephone commissions, manual training 652.34 673.34 126,178.67 207 TABLE III uraiv r nAL STATISTICS—DECEM 3ER 1951 Number of school buildings 11 Senior High School 1 Junior High Schools 2 Elementary 8 Grand Men Women Total Total Principals: Senior High School 1 1 Junior High Schools 2 2 Elementary Schools 6 6 9 Directors: Guidance 1 1 Physical Education 1 1 2 Supervisors: Household Arts and Cafeterias 1 1 Physical Education (girls) 1 1 Art 1 1 2 Music 1 1 5 Special Teachers: Special Class 7 7 Speech Correction 1 1 Librarian 1 1 Sight Saving Class 1 1 Physical Education (Elementary) 1 1 Masual Training (Elementary) 1 1 Band Master 1 1 13 Teachers: Senior High School 25 27 52 Junior High Schools 17 37 64 Elementary Schools 9 98 107 213 Home Instruction: Teacher (Part Time) 1 1 1 General Control: Superintendent 1 1 Assistant Superintendent 1 1 Secretary Assistant Secretary •1 1 Attendance Officers 2 2 6 Secretaries: Senior High School 3 3 Junior High Schools 2 2 Elementary Schools 5 5 10 Miscellaneous: Nurses 3 3 Physicians (Part Time) 3 3 6 Custodians and Jaintresses: Custodians 16 16 Jaintresses 7 7 23 288 208 MEMBERSHIP IN THE DAY SCHOOLS, BY GRADES OCTOBER 1, 1949, 1950, 1951 1949 1950 1951 Elementary Schools Kindergarten 525 462 548 Special Class 41 43 39 Sight Saving Class 14 13 9 Grade I 512 518 417 Grade II 468 468 464 Grade III 391 427 439 Grade IV 348 362 403 Grade V 330 342 347 Grade VI 311 315 321 Total in elementary schools 2940 2950 2987 Junior High Schools Grade VII 345 303 310 Grade VIII 339 333 304 Grade IX 347 339 334 Special Classes 29 26 28 Total in junior high schools 1060 1001 976 Senior High School Grade X 368 324 322 Grade XI 382 325 345 Grade XII 341 334 274 Total in senior high school 1091 983 941 Grand Total. 5091 4934 4904 Annual Report OF THE AUDITOR OF THE Town of Watertown FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1951 REPORT OF STATE AUDIT I herewith present the annual report of the Financial Transactions of the Town of Watertown for the year ending December 31, 1951. The financial condition of the Town continues on a firm and substantial basis as will be seen by the Balance Sheet at the end of this report. The Excess & Deficiency Account (or Surplus Account) shows the largest balance we have ever had, $732,162.99 and the outstanding taxes are very low. The Town Debt is now only $361,000.00 or which $240,000.00 is for the Veterans' Housing project which is covered by funds turned over to the Town Treasurer by the Watertown Housing Authority. The various funds in charge of the Town Treasurer, including those in the hands of the Trustees of the Public Library, have been examined and found correct. I have verified the cash in the hands of both the Town Treasurer and Town Collector. During the year I have made examination of the Collector's out- standing accounts and have found them in agreement with the controls in my office. Respectfully submitted, WUA IAM W. NORCROSS, JR. Town Auditor Watertown, Mass. Then personally appeared the foregoing subscriber, William W. Norcross, Jr., who made oath that the foregoing statements subscribed by him are true. GEORGE B. WELLMAN Justice of the Peace. 212 FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS Year ending December 31, 1951 RECEIPTS TAXES: Real Estate 1950 63,255.57 1951 2,503,377.06 Personal: 1950 7,783.03 1951 168,733.19 Polls 1950 22.00 1951 20,892.00 Motor Excise 1950 14,189.53 1951 238,537.91 From State: Income Tax 307,356.84 CoiWration Tax 278,323.33 Meals Tax 8,035.18 Special Assessments: Moth Tax 1,661.50 Sidewalks Added to Tax Bills 735.81 Paid in Advance 143.51 Unapportioned 85.98 Streets Added to Tax Bills 3,877.89 Paid in Advance 1,320.70 Unapportioned 9,080.97 Tax Titles 1,617.19 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Highway Department 52.00 Garbage Contract 13,384.37 Weights & Measures 220.50 Health Department 5,189.69 Public Welfare: General Relief 20,750.31 Aid to Dependent Children 39,419.07 Old Age Assistance 198,623.91 School Department 21.00 Cemetery Department 13,603.64 Water Rates 237,705.53 213 FEDERAL AID FOR WELFARE 269,843.15 STATE & COUNTY AID TO HIGHWAYS 35,937.04 LOANS Anticipation of Revenue 400,000.00 INTEREST Taxes 2,095.83 Special Assessments: Sidewalks added to TB 199.75 Streets added to TB 1,005.71 Unapportioned 11.30 Tax Titles 41.48 Trust Funds Potter Memo Gate Fund 4.01 Library Trust Funds 109.71 Cemetery P C Fund 2,017.95 Templeton Fund 885.60 MISCELLANEOUS Ash & Garbage Tickets 676.50 Board of Appeals 395.00 Building Permits 2,742.27 Cemetery, Damage 70.00 Collector, liens 356.00 Costs 1,532.30 Dog Licenses, Middlesex Co. 1,842.83 Fire Dept., Damage 255.00 Fire Loss, Highway Truck 1,400.00 General Relief 1,244.12 Health Dept., licenses, etc. 1,457.50 State License 25.00 Contagious Disease 132.00 Highway Dept., Damages 214.89 Insurance, Return premium 615.18 Library, fines, etc. 2,473.45 Mass., Comm. of Veterans' Burials 75.00 Veterans' Benefits 16,407.14 Mass., Comm. of War Allowances 375.00 Park Dept., Toll Comm. 113.51 Painting Booth 52.00 Playground, damages 15.60 Police Dept., fines 2,106.92 Licenses & permits 436.50 Bicycle registrations 108.25 Purchasing Department 9.70 School Dept., Sight-saving 500.00 Vocational Education 6,684.94 Tuition of Children 2,021.51 Miscellaneous 604.14 Selectmen 36,261.00 Sewers 9,615.80 Sidewalks 226.03 214 Telephone-refunds 119.72 Tax Title, recording fees 47.54 Tax Title-releases 36.00 Town Clerk 4,728.37 Town Hall 38.80 Tree Warden 50.00 Veterans' Benefits 25.00 Water Dept. ,damages 591.04 Watertown Housing Authority 7,895.61 Weights & Measures 797.75 Welfare Dept. 70.00 Wire Dept., permits 740.70 Damages 385.53 Christmas Lights 125.00 REFUNDS Civil Defense 358.00 Contingent 4.42 Fire - Contingent 20.20 Heffernan Auto Damages 4.16 Highway - Maintenance 7.84 Insp. of Buildings, Contingent 34.64 Comm. of Mass., Metropolitan Parks 101.22 Charles River Basin (int) 31.73 Comm. of Mass., Metropolitan Parks (SF) 484.82 Met Parks. - Serials (SF) 181.53 Charles River Basin (SF) 2,962.72 Met Sewer (SF) 18,398.26 Park, Maintenance 80.00 Public Library, Books, Per. & Binding 19.79 Public Welfare General Relief 1,673.63 Aid Dependent Children 1,712.11 Old Age assistance 6,249.47 Purchasing, Revolving Fund 6,357.96 School Dept., Inst. Supplies 100.00 Selectmen, Contingent 5.95 Tax Title Foreclosures 14.83 Town Hall, Telephone 125.00 Veterans' Benefits 1,319.32 Office Expense 6.50 War Allowances 75.00 Workmens' Compensation 47.14 VETERANS HOUSING FUND 19,462.50 TAKES PAID AFTER ABATE- MENT 146.69 SALE OF TOWN LAND 725.00 215 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - RE- COVERIES 4,207.10 DOG FUND 2,761.00 SCHOOL - Lunch Program 14,000.52 Athletic Fund 8,888.01 DEDUCTIONS FOR PURCHASE OF BONDS 20.934.13 DEDUCTIONS FOR FEDERAL TAX 242,187.33 TOTAL RECEIPTS $ 5,331,135.20 Cash on Hand, January 1, 1952 840,577.35 $ 6,171,712.55 PAYMENTS GENERAL ADMIIIIISTRATION Moderator 150.00 Selectmen' Department Selectmen's Salaries 5,000.00 Confidential Clerk 500.00 Private Secretary 2,304.55 Temporary Clerk Hire 343.60 Contingent 1,183.46 Out-of-State Travel 1,42221 Auditor's Department Auditor's Salary 5,400.00 Principal Clerk 2,520.00 Senior Clerk 2,160.00 Contingent 1,185.57 Budgetary Machine 24.75 Treasurer's Department Treasurer's Salary 5,400.00 Principal Clerk 2,520.00 Senior Clerk 2,160.00 Senior Clerk 2,160.00 Contingent 1,449.46 Collector's Department Collector's Salary 5,400.00 Deputy Collector 2,520.00 Deputy Collector 2,520.00 First Clerk 2,160.00. 216 Second Clerk 1,638.00 Contingent 1,618.93 Assessors' Department Assessors' Salaries 6,000.00 Principal Clerk 2,520.00 Senior Clerk 2,040.00 Junior Clerk 1,540.00 Contingent 3,323.71 Appellate Tax Board 1,951.76 Finance Committee 735.12 Legal Sei-vices Salary of Town Counsel 2,500.00 Contingent 1,916.12 Tax Title Releases 63.00 Town Clerk's Department Town Clerk's salary 5,400.00 Principal Clerk 2,520.00 Principal Clerk & Stenog 2,400.00 Clerk-Stenographer 1,500.00 Contingent 880.78 Purchasing Department 4,500.00 Agent's Salary Junior Clerk 1,820.00 Contingent 1,000.00 Revolving Fund 5,930.08 Engineering Department Salaries 27,537.91 Contingent 1,726.35 New Car 1,454.44 Election Expense 6,113.90 Election Expense "Special" 97.50 Registrars of Voters -1,200.00 Permanent Assistant Registrar 2,160.00 Listing Board 1,646.87 Town Hall Department Senior Custodian 2,880;00 Junior Custodian 1,849.80 Telephone Operator 2,160.00 Relief Operator 650.00 Overtime for Custodians 441.46 Fuel 1,566.01 Light 1,776.30 Telephone 4,105.00 Maintenance 3,347.62 Painting 1,044.00 Air Conditioner - Engineering 371.71 Planning Board 141.44 Board of Appeals 585.50 217 PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY Police Department Chief's Salary 5,400.00 Captains' Salaries 9.900.00 Lieutenants' Salaries 15,858.51 Sergeants' Salaries 19,200 00 Patrolmen's Salaries 134,943.65 Additional Men 11,108.45 Clerk - Wagonman 3,300.00 Ambulance Driver & MEO Radio & Repr. man 3,300.00 Stenographer Clerk 3,300.00 Junior Clerk (F) 1,041.50 Junior Custodian 2,248.50 Matron 600.00 Reserve Men 6,49944 School Traffic Supervisors 1.397, 00 Contingent 13,499.27 Teletype 479.61 Uniforms 3,697.88 Traffic Supervisors' Uniforms 720.00 Printing RrieF and Regulations 3° 0I Painting Station & Repairing 480.00 Motor Cycles (3 Wheels) 986.25 New Automobiles 3,479.85 Fire Department Salary of Chief 5,400.00 Captain's Salaries 18,000.00 Lieutenants' Salaries 19,200.00 Salary of Mechanician 3,600.00 Junior Clerk—gtenog. 349•14 Permanent Men 178,711.42 Additional Men 19,295.66 Contingent 10,759.74 Radio—Engine ##1 548.71 New Pump 15,963.00 New Hose 3,499.58 Renovations—Sta. TM1 & w2 495.94 Repairs—Engine x3 1,499.75 Uniforms 6,749.84 Truck & Ladder Damage 468.78 Bed Equipment—Station #1 & 2 499.68 Supplies & Equipment—Station =3 1,593.70 North End Fire Station 68,256.41 Grading & Fence 6,500.00 Inspector of Buildings Salary of Inspector 4,000.00 Principal Clerk 2,520.00 Contingent 310.16 Transportation 360.00 218 Weights & Measures Salary of Sealer 3,840.00 Contingent 687.00 Tree Warden Salary of Tree Warden 3,000.00 Salary of Clerk 1,260.00 Salary of Foreman 3,480.00 Car for Foreman 175.00 Labor 14,038.10 Temporary Labor 3,176.00 Emergency Overtime 99.09 Maintenance 600.00 Math—Material & Expense 1,399.57 -Poison Ivy 395.72 Elm Leaf Beetle 499.26 Dutch Elm Disease 499.66 Earwig 797.41 Mist Blower 2,343.02 New Trees 1,490.69 Tires for Truck 299.97 Repairs for Sprayer 199.16 Wire Department Salary of Inspector 5,400.00 Principal Clerk 1,260.00 Extra Clerk 300.00 Maintenance—Labor 31,528.25 Material & Expense 3,725.63 Transportation 300,00 New Construction 4,288.94 Dog Officer Salary of Dog Officer 500.00 Contingent 1,428.54 Unpaid Bills 130.35 Dog Pound 615.84 HEALTH & SANITATION Health Department Salary of Health Officer 4,950.00 Salary of Health Inspector 3,470.00 Inspector of Plumbing & Sanitation 4,500.00 Principal Clerk 2,520.00 Junior Clerk - Stenog 1,440.00 Nurses' Salaries 5,760.00 Dental Clinic 4,274.70 Contagious Diseases 12,419.09 Contingent 2,719.33 Mosquito Control 200.00 Replace 3 Autos 2,256.27 Inspector of Animals 600.00 219 Sewer Department Construction 2,652.39 Maintenance 3,794.52 Drainage 23,741.75 Jensen Farm—Drains & Sewers 2,152.03 HIGHWAYS & BRIDGES Highway Department Salary of Superintendent 5,400.00 Ass't. Superintendent 4,900.00 Supervisor of Foremen . 3,010.00 ME Maintenance Foreman 2,718.00 Principal Clerk 2,520.00 Senior Clerk 2,160.00 Office Expense 299.24 Vacations 18,033.80 Labor 341,069.98 Overtime Labor 4,472.48 Construction 16,355.30 ° Betterment Construction 18,776.02 Chapter 90-1949 137.00 Chapter 90-1950 8,087.85 Chapter 90-1951 36,136.33 Maintenance 35,006.81 General Maintenance 29,998.50 New Equipment 22,245.86 Snow & Ice—Materials 11664.14 Snow & Ice-0vertime & Trucking 10,001.76 Garbage Disposal 1,982.89 Ashes & Paper 2,998.85 Street Lights 61,002.87 Sidewalk Department. Construction 3,473.39 Maintenance 2,998.03 CHARITIES & SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Public Welfare Social Workers 16,968.66 Principal Clerk 2,280.00 Senior Clerk 2,060.00 Junior Clerk 1,800.00 Junior Clerk 1,620.00 Junior Clerk 1,500.00 Junior Clerk 1,470.20 Contingent 2,000.00 Auto Travel 2,008.67 220 New Typewriter 240.00 Unpaid Bills 314.12 General Relief 101,669.66 Aid Dependent Children 63,812.50 AD C Federal Aid 54,136.51 Old Age Assistance 280,973.16 O A A - Federal Administration 9,131.66 O A A - Federal Aid 193,643.91 Infirmary Department Salary of Keeper 1,910.00 Salary of Housekeeper 1,640.00 Part-time Help 416.00 General Expense 5,843.43 Physicians 1,437.50 Veterans' Benefits Salary of Agent 4,010.00 Investigator or Social Worker 3,260.00 Investigator (Part-time) 1,280.00 Senior Clerk 1,920.00 Junior Clerk 1,036.00 Office Expense 1,038.99 Car Expense 750.00 Veterans' Benefits 38,236.84 War Allowances 575.00 SCHOOL & LIBRAR.IES School Department General Control Salary of Supt. 7,200.00 Ass't Supt. 6,000.00 Clerk's Salaries 4,680.00 Attendance Officers 5,760.00 Attendance Officers' Expense 600.00 Office Expense 500.00 Auto Expense 500.00 N E Development Council 300.00 Telephones 2,499.99 Instruction Salaries 872,144.66 Books & Supplies 34,098.24 Operation Salaries 53,926.73 Supplies 3,975.72 Lioaht & Power 14,998.91 Fuel 25,696.05 Halls 800.00 Maintenance 59,991.47 Ground Improvement 3,395.25 221 Light Fixtures 19,902.55 New Equipment 2,487.72 Bathin Auto Press 4,875.00 Miscellaneous Medical Salaries 9,600.00 Medical Supplies 399.99 Nurses Cars 480.00 Evening School Salaries 4,498.00 Supplies 198.95 Trade & Outside Tuition 11,175.45 Transportation 5,498.90 Juvenile Recreation 8,999.61 Athletic Fund 18,615.04 Salaries 35,562.15 Insurance 2,500.00 Milk Fund 13,856.62 Public Library Salaries 58,514.19 Books, Periodicals & Binding 14,718.63 Maintenance 16,885.00 Library Trust Fund Income 109.71 RECREATION Park Department Salary of Superintendent 2,724.60 Salary of Clerk 200.00 Maintenance 5,812.99 Labor 15,567.20 Extra Labor 1,794.54 New Equipment 494.04 Waterproofing Skating Rinks 550.00 Tractor & Lawn Mower 1,846.00 Playground Salaries 3,680.00 Midget & Junior Leagues 750.00 Recreation 749.60 Fence at Parker Playground 884.25 How Park Fence 316.70 Field House 23,313.01 222 UNCLASSIFIED Pensions 69,835.59 Annuities 8,515.96 Printing Town Reports 2,340.80 Contingent 2,236.60 Headquarters for Veterans Organizations 4.300.00 Memorial Day 2,913.95 Insurance 17,987.39 Workmens' Compensation 7,096.82 Salary of Agent 1,000.00 Eye-Glasses for School Children 92.50 Contributory Retirement System 35,844.00 e Civil Defense Salary of Director 1,999.92 Junior Clerk-Typist 1,040.00 Civil Defense 10,253.14 Zwicker Auto Damage Case 190.75 Haffernan Auto Damage Case 202.95 Dineen Auto Damage Case 114.95 Murphy Auto Damage Case 49.55 Acton Street Taking 400.00 World War Memorial - Repair & Furniture 111.37 World War II - Memorial Tablet 2,350.80 Sergt. MacDonald's Expenses 499.43 Spring Street Parking Area 10,500.00 Traffic Rules Committee 462.10 Cost of Living Bonus 98,959.90 ENTERPRISES & CEMETERIES Water Department Salary of Supt. 5,400.00 Ass't. Supt. 4,500.00 Registrar & Clerk to Water Board 3,840.00 Principal Clerk 2,520.00 Senior Clerk 2,160.00 Junior Clerk 914.10 Service Foreman 3,840.00 Meter Inspectors 8,606.41 Maintenance - Labor 45,511.54 Maintenance - Materials 9,260.33 Emergency Overtime 2,428.77 Office Expense 2,422.49 223 Large Meters 343.20 New 5/8" Meters 2,163.00 New House Services 2,971.13 Cleaning Water Mains 334.30 Construction & Reconstruction 4,083.99 Calgon Feeder & House 3,206.28 New Tractor & Trencher 8,279.87 Compressor & Chassis 1,539.43 New 1/2 Ton Truck 1,472.82 Renewal of Services 2,148.61 Jensen Farm 8,990.45 Cemetery Department Salary of Supt. 3,640.00 Labor 15,224.61 Contingent 1,780.84 New Power Mower 129.50 New Lowering Device 299.00 Utility Building 3,966.12 INTEREST & TOWN DEBT Town Debt 44,000.00 Interest 8,974.73 STATE & COUNTY TAXES County Tax 138,988.10 County T. B. Assessment 43,019.24 State Taxes & Assessments 172,519.96 TEbII'ORARY LOANS Anticipation of Revenue 400,000.00 TRUST FUNDS Deposited in Cemetery P C Fund 5,578.00 Templeton Fund Income 960.00 REFUNDS Taxes: Property 10,033.06 Personal 544.56 Polls 32.00 Motor Excise 6,025.93 Water Rates 1,029.59 DOG FUND 2,521.60 Estimated Receipts 813.00 Purchase of Bonds 20,678.20 With-holding Tax 235,146.73 TOTAL EXPENDITURES 5,297,532.62 Cash on hand, December 31, 1951 874,179.93 $6,171,712.55 :224 GENERAL GOVERNMENT Moderator Appropriation for 1951 150.00 Expenditures Russell, John M., salary 150.00 Selectmen's Department Selectmen's Salaries Appropriation for 1951 5,000.00 Expenditures Applin, H. Herbert, salary 2,000.00 Berry, Herbert O., salary 1,230.00 Papalia, Roy C., salary 1,500.00 Paquet, Wilfred J., salary 270.00 5,000.00 Selectmen---Confidential Clerk Appropriation for 1951 500.00 Expenditures Berry, Herbert O., salary 90.00 Hagopian, Robert C., salary 410.00 500.00 Selectmen—Private Secretary Appropriation for 1951 2,520.00 Expenditures Ellis, Beverly R., salary 1,310.40 Norcross, Helen E., salary 994.15 Total Expenditures 2,304.55 Transferred to Revenue 215.45 2,520.00 Selectmen—Temporary Clerk Hire Appropriation for 1951 500.00 Expenditures Ellis, Beverly R., salary 93.60 Hagoprian, Robert C., salary 250.00 Total Expenditures 343.60 Transferred to Revenue 156.40 500.00 225 Selectmen-Contingent Appropriations for 1951 1,200.00 Refund 5.95 1,205.95 Expenditures Applin, H. Herbert, expenses-meeting 29.01 Berry, Herbert C., convention expenses 19.90 Canzanelli, Pericles, M. D., services 10.00 Ciani, A. Walter, M. D., services 30.00 Coleman Co., George, binding book 7.00 Corbett, John F., community fund meeting 5.55 Eaton Press, printing 77.72 Eddie's Caster Service, casters 24.00 Ellis, Beverly R., postage 5.00 Evans Printing Service, printing 103.91 Hobbs & Warren Inc., forms 32.44 Horne & Co., H. S., (file 38.95 King, Alfred E., M. D., services 10.00 Kreem's Camera & Card Shop, guest book 7.50 Mass., Comm. of, Div. of Acots., committee of Assessors 33.94 Middlesex County Selectmen's Assoc., dues 6.00 Mooney Card Shop, record book 2.50 Muran Co., L. E., signs for desks 11.90 Papalie, Roy C., convention expenses-meetings 35.50 Personal Flower Service, flowers 87.50 Pesce, Guy C., M. D., hearing 25.00 Purchasing-Town of Watertown--supplies 47.85 Shushan, Arthur A., M. D., services 10.00 Slattery, John J., M. D., services 20.00 Streim, Benjamin, M. D., services 20.00 Tierney's Doughnut House-coffee and doughnuts 7.20 Towhill Co., James T., rubber stamp-supplies 27.89 Universal Decorating Co., decorating building 100.00 U. S. Conference of Mayors, membership 100.00 Ward's Stationers-"In Memorian" certificates 100.00 Watertown Herald, advertising 2.50 Watertown Sun, Advertising 49.70 Welch, Norman A., M. D., hearings 60.00 York, Robert S., M. D., hearing 35.00 Total Expenditures 1,183.46 Transferred to .Revenue 22.49 1,205.95 Selectmen-Out of State Travel Appropriation for 1951 2,500.00 Expenditures Igoe, James M., expenses-convention 112.75 Kelly, Francis A., expenses-convention 138.00 Kennedy, John J., expenses-convention 50.00 Landry, Leo P., expenses--convention 316.00 Maurer, Edward L., expenses-convention 250.00 226 McElroy, William C., expenses—convention 175.00 Norcross, W. W. Jr., expenses—convention 54.20 Oates, William F., expenses—convention 100.00 Sheridan, James H., expenses--convention 50.00 Yerxa, Catherine M., expenses—convention 176.96 Total Expenditures 1,422.91 Transferred to Revenue 1,077.09 2,500.00 Auditor's Department . Auditor's Salary Appropriation for 1951 5,400.00 Expenditures Norcross, W. W. Jr., salary 5,400.00 Auditor—Principal Clerk Appropriation for 1951 2,520.00 Expenditures Cameron, Florence W., salary 2,520.00 Auditor—Senior Clerk Appropriation for 1951 2,160.00 Expenditures Hetherington, Nora, salary 2,160.00 Auditor—Contingent Appropriation for 1951 1,200.00 Expenditures American City Magazine, subscription 8.00 Eaton Press, Inc., duplicator sheets—printing 39.75 Evans Printing Co., printing 3.25 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 411.01 Journal of Accountancy, subscription 6.00 Mass., Comm. of, appropriation ledger sheets and index forms 32.46 Mass. Municipal Auditors & Acets. Ass'n., dues 3.00 Municipal Finance Officers Assoc., membership 30.00 National Cash Register Co., maintenance—new machine and credit 188.50 N. E. States & Mun. Finance Ass'n., dues 3.00 Norcross, W. W. Jr., incidentals and convention 64.42 Purchasing—Town of Watertown—supplies 55.92 Remington Rand, Inc., services 7.36 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 32.90 Watertown Herald, quarterly statement 100.00 Watertown Sun, quarterly statements 200.00 Total Expenditures 1,185.57 Transferred to Revenue 14.43 1,200.00 227 Auditor—Budgetary Accounting Machine Balance brought forward 330.25 Expenditures Remington-Rand Inc., servicing machine 24.75 Balance carried forward 305.50 330.25 Treasurer's Department Treasurer's Salary Appropriation for 1951 5,400.00 Expenditures Sheridan, James H., salary 5,400.00 Treasurer—Principal Clerk Appropriation for 1951 2,520.00 Expenditures Walsh, Catherine, salary 2,520.00 Treasurer—Senior Clerk Appropriation for 1951 2,160.00 Expenditures Holmes, Lillian S., salary 2,160.00 Treasurer—Senior Clerk Appropriation for 1951 2,160.00 Expenditures McAuliffee, Alice, salary 2,160.00 Treasurer—Contingent Appropriation for 1951 1,450.00 Expenditures Burroughs Adding Machine Co., repairs—maintenance 36.20 Eaton Press Inc., envelopes 86.20 Horne & Co., H. S., books bound 72.52 Mass. Collectors & Treasurers Assoc.. dues 4.00 Murphy. George T.. bond 10.00 National Cash Register Co., maintenance 40.00 National Shawmut Bank, postage .37 New Eng. Towel Supply Co., towel supply 12.65 Oates, Edward A., bond 358.00 Postmaster—Boston, envelopes 533.60 Purchasing Town of Watertown, supplies 61.01 228 Sheridan, James H., certification—postage 39.98 --convention expenses 38.63 Smith Co., Frederic B., tax forms Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 118.80 Todd Co., ribbons and service Union Market National Bank, rent safe deposit box 10.00 10.00 Watson, John B., services Total Expenditures 1,449.46 Transferred to Revenue .54 1,450.00 Collector's Department Collector's Salary Appropriation for 1951 5,400.00 Expenditures Kennedy, John J., salary 5,400.00 Collector—Salary of Deputy Collector Appropriation for 1951 2,520.00 Expenditures Cunniff, F. Madeline, salary 2,520.00 Collector—Salary of Deputy Collector Appropriations for 1951 2,520.00 Expenditures Dolan, Bessie, salary 2,520.00 Collector—Salary of First Clerk Appropriations for 1951 2,160.00 Expenditures Callan, Helen, salary 2,160.00 Collector—Salary of Second Clerk Appropriations for 1951 1,660.00 Expenditures Monahan, Laura, salary Total Expenditures 1,638.00 Transferred to Revenue 22.00 1,660.00 Collector—Contingent Appropriations for 1951 1,619.00 229 Expenditures Burke, Edward J., expenses 100.00 Eaton Press Inc., printing 124.13 Hobbs & Warren Inc., forms 48.63 Horne & Co., H. S., printing 128.37 Kennedy, John J., meeting—Collector's Ass'n meeting 53.00 Lindbladh Co., binding books 60.00 Middlesex Registry of Deeds, tax deed fees 4.20 Monahan, Laura, office supplies 1.49 National Cash Register Co., machine stand and maintenance 47.75 O'Brion-Russell & Co., bond 389.50 Postmaster—Boston, stamps—envelopes 406.39 Purchasing—Town of Watertown,supplies 57.60 Remington Rand Inc., service on adding machine 6.15 Royal Typewriter Co., typewriter 100.00 Spencer Mfg., Co., S. M. purple ribbon 1.62 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 28.80 Towhiil Co., James T., office supplies 28.80 Watertown Sun Inc., tax titles 22.50 West Publishing Co., subscription 10.00 Total Expenditures 1,618.93 Transferred to Revenue .07 1,619.00 Assessors' Department Assessors Salaries Appropriations for 1951 6,000.00 Expenditures Bradford, Andrew D., salary 2,000.00 McLauthlin, John J., salary 349.94 Stone, Ronald M., salary 1,650.06 Vahey, James J., salary 2,000.00 6,000.00 Assessors—Principal Clerk Appropriations for 1951 2,520.00 Expenditures Kerivan, Helen F., salary 2,520.00 Assessors—Senior Clerk-Stenographer Appropriations for 1951 2,040.00 Expenditures Corbert, Barbara V., salary 2,040.00 Assessors'—Junior Clerk Typist Appropriations for 1951 1,540.00 Expenditures Curtin, Sheila C., salary 1,540.00 230 Assessors—Contingent Appropriations for 1951 3,824.00 Expenditures Bowen, Alma G., probates 125.70 Bradford, Andrew D., ass'n meeting—use of car 61.00 Corbett, Barbara V., clerks'• meeting 3.50 Curtin, Sheila C., clerks' meeting 3.50 Eaton Press Inc., printing 40.00 Evans Printing Service, printing 29.40 Hobbs & Warren Inc., forms 119.76 Horne & Co., H. S., books bound 70.07 Kerivan, Helen F., spiritual enrollment 10.00 McLauthlin, John J., use of car 75.00 National Cash Register Co., adding machine 324.00 Parker, Louise S., transfers 49.40 Postmaster—Boston, envelopes—stamps 1,516.42 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 37.45 Real Estate Guide, subscription 75.00 SmithCo., Frederic B., excise bills Various sets for commitments 1,060.01 Stone, Ronald M., use of car—ass'n meeting 186.00 Vahey, James J., use of car 16.50 Watertown Herald, advertising 7.00 Watertown Sun, advertising 4.00 Wright, Edward F., Jr., posting notices 10.00 Total Expenditures 3,823.71 Transferred to Revenue .29 3,824.00 Assessors—Appellate Tax Board Appropriations for 1951 1,000.00 Balance brought forward 1,803.77 2,803.77 Expenditures Bradford, Andrew D., taxis 16.70 Carnes, Wm. W., Photography 25.00 Kreem's Camera & Card Shop, supplies 10.06 Leighton, Joseph C., surveys 1,900.00 Total Expenditures 1,951.76 Balance carried forward 852.01 2,803.77 Finance Committee Appropriations for 1951 1,000.00 Expenditures Ass'n Town Finance Committee, dues 10.00 Eaton Press Inc., duplicator sheets 4.75 Evans Printing Co., printing 246.10 Ford, Patrick B., Assoc. meeting expenses 77.75 231 Horne & Co., H. S., ring books—supplies 114.52 Norcross, W. W., Jr., services 300.00 Total Expenditures 753.12 Transferred to Revenue 246.88 1,000.00 Legal Services Department Town Counsel Salary Appropriation for 1951 2,500.00 Expenditures Tyler, Earle S., salary 2,500.00 Legal Services Contingent Appropriation for 1951 3,000.00 Expenditures Eaton Press Inc., printing 10.75 Lawyers Co-op Publishing Co., books 24.00 Morrison, William Reid,M. D.,services 100.00 Stone, Edwin L., bond 5.00 Tyler, Earle S., yearly expenses 1,726.37 West Publishing Co., books 50.00 Total Expenditures 1,916.12 Transferred to Revenue 1,083.88 3,000.00 Legal Services—Tax Title Releases Appropriation for 1951 63.00 Expenditures Tyler, Earle S., releases 63.00 Town Clerk's Department Town Clerk's Salary Appropriation for 1951 5,400.00 Expenditures Wellman, George B., salary 5,400.00 Town Clerk's Department—Principal Clerk Appropriation for 1951 2,520.00 Expenditures Griffin, Mary, salary 2,520.00 Town Clerk's Department—Principal Clerk & Stenographer Appropriation for 1951 2,400.00 Expenditures Snell, Marjorie, salary 2,400.00 Town Clerk's Department--Clerk & Stenographer Appropriation for 1951 2,160.00 232 Expenditures Antoni, Barbara, salary 1,116.00 Norcross, Katherine M., salary 384.00 Total Expenditures 1,500.00 Transferred to Revenue 660.00 2,160.00 Town Clerk's Department—Contingent Appropriation for 1951 1,372.00 Expenditures Beal, H. Wendell, book binding 54.25 Bereavement Card Service, resolutions 5.00 Calley-Henderson & Stewart Inc., keys 2.69 Clayton's Auto Glass Service, desk top—cutting other glass 15.95 Coleman Co., George, binding books 50.25 Costello, Walter Y, books 3.00 Eddie's Caster Service, casters 8.00 Elliot Addressing Machine Co., stencils 8.00 Evans Printing Service, printing 296.26 Grant's Express Inc., express 2.00 Graphic Microfilm of New Eng., film 78.05 Horne & Co., H. S., supplies 59.40 Johnson Co., Andrew T., maps of Watertown 30.46 LeFavor, George E., bond 5.00 Leighton, Thomas, photostatic copy 1.26 Manifold Supplies Co., typewriter ribbons 44.50 Mass Town Clerk's Assoc., dues 5.00 National Inst. of Municipal Clerks, service charge 15.00 New Eng. Towel Supply Co., towel supply 12.10 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 16.05 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 37.60 Tauber Plastics Inc., midget punch kit 10.21 Towhill Co., James T., supplies 20.13 Watertown Herald, advertising 18.10 Wellman, George E., express—postage 82.52 Total Expenditures 880.78 Transferred to Revenue 491.22 1,372.00 Purchasing Department Salary of Agent Appropriation for 1951 4,500.00 Expenditures Oates, William F., salary 4,500.00 Purchasing Department—Junior Clerk Appropriation for 1951 1,820.00 Expenditures Madden, Marie Barnes, salary 1,820.00 233 Purchasing Department--Contingent Appropriation for 1951 1,000.0 Expenditures American School & University, subscription 2.80 Assoc. of School Business Officials, dues 5.00 Eaton Press Inc., printing 477.47 New England Purchasing Agents Assoc., dues 40.00 Oates, William F., transportation 221.22 Postmaster—Boston--postage 6.00 Purchasing, subscription 8.00 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 116.32 Rosdahl, Eric A., inspection of coal and boiler operation 25.00 Standard Duplicator Co., cleaning and adjusting 13.65 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 9.40 Stetson Co., M. D., osium refills 8.09 Watertown Letter Shop, mimeographing 52.35 Watertown Herald, advertising 14.70 1,000.00 Purchasing Department Revolving Fund Balance brought forward 11.50 Receipts from Departments 6,357.96 6,369.46 Expenditures Alexander Co., Louise A., snow shovels—lanterns 865.49 Chase-Parker & Co., rules, supplies 145.06 Coolid;e Paint & Supply Co., supplies 116.64 Eaton Press Inc., duplicator sheets 7.50 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 2,251.86 Mass. Steel & Tool Co., nails 35.64 Murray Inc., John W., Carter's Master Sets 37.20 O'Donnell Co., Inc., P. J., shovels 1,091.44 Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 19.40 Quirk Corp., Edward S., tires & tubes 785.88 Reynolds, A. J., electric lanterns 15.90 Ruwe Pencil Co., pencils 40.19 Shutt, George L., tires & tubes 375.09 Standard Auto Gear Co., zerex and zerone 109.08 Towhill Co., James T., folders—supplies 33.71 Total Expenditures 5,930.08 Balance carried forward 439.38 6,369.46 Engineering Department Salaries Appropriation for 1951 29,022.44 Expenditures Cook, Herbert, salary 4,263.60 Coppola, Joseph A., salary 2,263.79 234 Cornick, Harry O., salary 2,196.05 Hagopian, Joseph, salary 118.80 Hetherington, Walter, salary 3,840.00 Manne, Louis, salary 2,245.80 Matthew, James I. F., salary 1,175.04 McGann,Martin H., Jr., salary 3,333.52 McHugh, Joseph, salary 130.00 Nolan, Ralph E., salary 2,638.60 Powers, William J., salary 119.40 Rhodes, Austin D., salary 293.82 Sullivan, James H., salary 4,093.19 Tierney, Joseph, salary 826.30 Total Expenditures 27,537.91 Transferred to Revenue 1,484.53 29,022.44 Engineering Department Contingent Appropriation for 1951 1,745.00 Expenditures American City Magazine, subscription 4.00 Artcraft Mfg. Co., seat covers 17.00 Berger & Sons, C. L., cleaning and adjusting transit 92.00 Burroughs Adding Machine Co., new pares-- maintenance 17.09 Chase-Parker Inc., nails 15.19 Clayton's Auto Glass Service, auto glass-desk top 25.76 Cook, Herbert C., garage-incidentals 59.30 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 21.80 Coombs Motor Co., motor repair 42.84 Crowley Bros., Krylon 1.95 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 26.75 Eaton Press Inc., printing 24.48 Fletcher Hdwe Co., supplies 2.40 Hetherington, Walter L., reimbursement 3.25 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 633.91 Johnson Co., Andrew T., supplies 311.84 Kelly, Florist, Flowers 25.00 Land Court---filed 3.85 Makepeace Inc., B. L., drawing materials 85.00 Mass., Commonwealth of, Renewal of certificates 4.00 Mass. Gas & Electric Co., supplies 3.84 Mass. Society of Professional Engrs., membership 30.00 Middlesex Registers of Deeds, plans 15.78 Monroe Calculating Machine Co., maintenance 23.65 Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, supplies 3.08 Mt. Auburn Motors Inc., motor parts 26.98 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 5.60 Purchasing-Town of Watertown, supplies 61.61 Quirk Corp., Edward S., casings regrooved & rediskidded 6.00 Registry of Motor Vehicles, registering 9.00 Shutt Inc., George L., tire and tube 10.96 Standard Auto Gear Co., bonney wrench--supplies 4.55 235 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 18.00 Sullivan, James H., Jr., meals-garage 7.00 Summer St. garage, auto repairs 32.80 Ward's, labels-field books 48.35 Woolworth's, F. W., ash trays 1.74 Total Expenditures 1,726.35 Transferred to Revenue 18.65 1,745.00 Engineering Department-New Car Appropriation for 1951 1,600.00 Expenditures Mt. Auburn Motors Inc., new car 1,454.44 Transferred to Revenue 145.56 1,600.00 Election Expense Appropriation for 1951 6,175.00 Expenditures Belmont Herald, advertising 9.00 Eaton Press Inc., printing 2,007.75 Evans Printing Service, printing 269.99 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware .70 Horne & Co., H. S., pencils 90.00 Manifold Supplies Co., ribbons 17.50 Mooney Card Shop, supplies 2.45 Murray Mfg. Corp., sealing devices 15.12 Purchasing-Town of Watertown, supplies 4.75 Standard Bookbinding Co., spiral binders 7.00 Tolman, R. Dexter, inking rolls 7.67 Towhill Co., James T., office supplies 88.37 Tracy Chair Co., chair & table rental 153.00 Various Persons, payrolls-registration-caucuses- election workers 3,071.00 Victor Adding Machine Co., adding machine 98.55 Watertown Sea Grille Inc., dinners 14.25 Watson, John B., services 30.00 Wellman, George D., postage 1.80 White, Peter J., carpentering 185.00 Zaino, Albert, distributing warrants 100.00 Total Expenditures 6,173.90 Transferred to Revenue 1.10 6,175.00 "Special" Election Expense Transferred from Reserve Fund 750.00 Expenditures Postmaster-Boston, post cards 55.00 Walton Trunk Co., telescope cases 42.50 Total Expenditures 97.50 Balance carried forward 652.50 750.00 236 Registrar of Voters—Registrars Salaries Appropriation for 1951 1,200.00 Expenditures Galligan, Thomas J., salary 275.00 Gleason, Patrick D., salary 25.00 MacKay, Norman D., salary 300.00 Ohanian, Cyrus M., salary 300.00 Wellman, George B., salary 300.00 1,200.00 Registrar of Voters—Permanent Assistant Registrar Appropriation for 1951 2,160.00 Expenditures Hickey, Eleanor L., salary 2,160.00 Listing Board Appropriation for 1951 1,677.00 Expenditures Commonwealth Secretarial Service—typing 270.00 Evans Printing Service, cards 218.40 Gleason, Mary C., transcribing listing 245.00 Hobbs & Warren Inc., forms 2.73 Robley, G. H., gas 31.74 Spaulding-Moss Co., street lists 835.84 Standard Book Binding Co., book binding 6.50 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 9.40 Tauber Plastics Inc., tauber tubes 3.82 Towhill Co., James T., pencils 6.45 Watertown Herald, advertising 8.50 Watertown Sun, rubber stamps—advertising 8.49 Total Expenditures. 1,646.87 Transferred to Revenue 30.13 1,677.00 Town Hall Department Salary of Senior Custodian Appropriation for 1951 2,880.00 Expenditures Watson, John B., salary 2,880.00 Town Hall Department Salary of Junior Custodian Appropriation for 1951 2,160.00 Expenditures Blackburn, Joseph P., salary 1,842.00 Piantedosi, Rudolph, salary 7.80 Total Expenditures 1,849.80 Transferred to Revenue 310.20 2,160.00 237 Town Hall Department—Overtime for Custodians Appropriation for 1951 500.00 Expenditures Blackburn, Joseph H., services 121.76 Watson, John B., services 319.70 Total Expenditures 441.46 Transferred to Revenue 58.54 500.00 Town Hall Department—Salary of Telephone Operator Appropriation for 1951 2,160.00 Expenditures Connors, Ann, salary 2,160.00 Town Hall Department—Relief Telephone Operator Appropriation for 1951 650.00 Expenditures Donnallan, Mary, salary 49.00 Hassett, Elizabeth, salary 601.00 650.00 Town Hall Departments-Fuel Appropriation for 1951 2;000.00 Expenditures Snider Fuel Corp,. fuel oil 1,566.01 Transferred to Revenue 433.99 2,000.00 Town Hall Department—Light Appropriation for 1951 1,600.00 Transferred from Reserve Fund 200.00 1,800.00 Expenditures Boston Edison Co., service 1,776.30 Transferred to Revenue 23.70 1.800.00 Town Hall Department—Telephone—Watertown 8200 Appropriation for 1951 3,800.00 Transferred from Reserve Fund 180.00 Refunds 125.00 4,105.00 Expenditures New England Tel. & Tel. Co., services 4,105.00 238 Town Hall Departments-Maintenance Appropriation for 1951 3,500.00 Expenditures Arone & Son, Lawrence, installing hot water heater 55.00 Best-All Products, furniture polish 3.30 Boston Cons. Gas Co., service 79.69 Boston Janitors Supply Co., janitors supplies 210.36 Brae Burn Nursery, lawn seed 22.40 Di'Andres, Leo, labor 1,055.00 Dowd Inc., H. J., paper supplies 137.11 Eaton Press Inc., printing 17.15 Electime Appliance Service, repairs to clock 6.00 Fletcher Hardware Co., supplies 107.17 Fort Hill Paper Co., paper supplies 18.86 Fuller Co., ammonia-barcolene 10.30 General Electric Co., blade 4.09 Hinckley's Bicycle Shop, keys 2.50 Industrial Electronics Corp., supplies-starters 42.90 Johnson Co., George T., wax 13.61 Lewandos, cleansing 7.75 Lyman Co., John R., cleaning cloths 64.97 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supply Co., supplies 185.74 Mass., Comm. of, Reformatory for Women-flags 51.48 Massa & Sons, V., roof repaired 80.00 Milton Specialty Co., deodorant 11.76 Peterson Co., A. S., service on vacuum heating pumps 8.85 Petroleum Heat & Power Co., burner service 178.97 Purchasing-Town of Watertown, supplies 27.29 Rochester Germicide Co., supplies 12.33 Ross Plumbing & Heating Co., parts-labor 75.00 Signa-lite Fuse Co., fuses 13.84 Sliney Co., John J., loan 41.16 Standard Window Cleaning Co., window cleaning 350.00 Stetson Co., M. D., sanitary supplies 50.76 Sunray Products Corp., Rip-L-Lite 56.62 Titus, L. C., carpenter 66.00 Vaughn Electric Co., water & tank combination 130.20 Watertown Upholstering Co., two chairs repaired 10.00 White, Peter J., carpentering 81.50 Woolworth Co:, F. W., ash trays 7.96 Zastrea, Harry,-chimney cleaning-boilers 50.00 Total Expenditures 3,347.62 Transferred to Revenue 152.38 3,500.00 Town Hall Department-Painting appropriation for 1951 1,600.00 Expenditures McGlauflin, Helman, painting 1044.00 Transferred to Revenue 556.00 1,600.00 239 Town IIall Department—Air Conditioning—Engineering Appropriation for 1951* 389.50 Expenditures Fletcher Hdwe Co. 8.49 Harvey Co., Arthur C., steel 2.83 Littlefield-Greene Inc., Philco air conditioner 351.31 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 9.08 Total Expenditures 371.71 Transferred to Revenue 17.79 389.50 Planning Board Appropriation for 1951 200.00 Expenditures Chase, Robert B., expenses convention 15.00 Eaton, Charles P., expenses at hearing 10.00 Eaton Press Inc., printing 34.45 Johnson Co., Andrew T., photo-blue prints 47.99 Mass. Federation of Planning Boards, dues 20.00 Scott, Jane, siecretarial services 2.00 Zulalian, Tatoul, expenses convention 12.00 Total Expenditures 141.44 Transferred to Revenue 58.56 200.00 Board of Appeals Appropriation for 1951 700.00 Expenditures Kerivan, Helen F., services 150.00 Tomassian & Woodbury, services 315.00 Watertown Herald, advertising 120.50 Total Expenditures 585.50 Transferred to Revenue 114.50 700.00 PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY Police Department Chiefs Salary Appropriation for 1951 5,400.00 Expenditures Igoe, James M., salary 5,400.00 240 Police Department Salaries of Captains (2) Appropriation for 1951 9,900.00 Expenditures Murray, Edward A., salary 4,950.00 Reilly, John Joseph, salary 4,950.00 9,900 00 Police Department Salaries of Lieutenants (4) Appropriation for 1951 18,000.00 Expenditures Donnally, Andrew J., salary 3,431.13 Igoe, John J., salary 4,500 00 Nally, Francis A., salary 3,427.38 Norton, Edmund H., salary 4,500.00 Total Expenditures 15,858.51 Transferred to Revenue 2,14149 18,000.00 Police Department Salaries of Sergeants (5) Appropriation for 1951 19,200.00 Expenditures Flaherty, Walter F., salary 3,840.00 Harrington, Joseph C., salary 3,840.00 Lyons, Stephen F., salary 3,840.00 MacDonald, Herbert, salary 3,840.00 McGeever, John F., salary 3,840.00 19,200.00 Police Department—Salaries of Patrolmen (47) Appropriation for 1951 155,216.66 Expenditures Bartley, Richard T., salary 3,300.00 Borden, Andrew Amos, salary 3,300.00 Brown, Kenneth F., salary 1,189.20 Burke, James J., salary 3,300.00 Burke, Walter J., salary 3,300.00 Carnes, William W., salary 3,500.00 Carr, Richard J., salary 3,300.00 Casey, Michael F., salary 3,300 00 Chamberlin, James W., salary 3,300.00 Clinton, George M., salary 3,300.00 Cochrane, Joseph X., salary 3,300.00 Connors, Joseph B., salary 3,300.00 Cullen, Thomas J., salary 3,300.00 Devlin, James D., salary 3,300.00 241 Egan, Francis D., salary 3,300.00 Fairbanks, William H., salary 1,916.48 Farrell, George J., salary 3,000.00 Galligan, Lawrence F., salary 3,300.00 Garafalo, Francis A., salary 3,300.00 Gilfoil, Joseph H., salary 3,300.00 Hanlon, John J., salary 3,300.00 Higgins, John A., salary 3,300.00 Igoe, Daniel E., salary 3,300.00 Jennings, Thomas F., salary 3,258.33 Keefe, David F., salary 3,300 00 Keefe, Richard H., salary 3,300.00 Kimball, Russell J., salary 3,300.00 Long, John P., salary 3,300.00 Maloney, Edward J., salary 3,300.00 Maloney, William A., salary 3,300.00 Martin, William, salary 3,300 00 McCarthy, Parncis J., salary 3,300.00 McElligott, James E., salary 3,300.00 McHugh, Francis J., salary 472.85 McKenney, Harry J., salary 3,300.00 Murphy, Edward M., salary 3,300.00 Pouliot, Wilfred, salary 3,300.00 Reilly. James M., salary 3,300.00 Reilly, John J., Jr., salary 2,748.46 Ryan, Richard T., salary 3,300.00 Savage, Stewart E., salary 3,300.00 Shea, Charles E., salary 3,300.00 Shea, James P., salary 3,300.00 Shea, William J., salary 3,300.00 Sheehan„ Jr., Joseph H., salary 3,300.00 Skuse, Donald A., salary 3,300.00 Todd, Donald R., salary 3,300.00 Walsh, John A., salary 3,300.00 York, John J., salary 3,258.33 Total Expenditures 154,943.65 Transferred to Revenue 273.01 155,216.66 Police Department—Additional Men (6) Salaries Appropriation for 1951 11,200.00 Expenditures Brady, John J., salary 1,891.20 Brown, Kenneth F., salary 63900 Centola, Benedict J., salar y 360.55 Iodice, Rudolph G., salar y 2,052.85 Lockwood, James J., salary 1,828.20 McHugh, Francis, salary 58575 Munhall, John H., salary 1,810.40 Zalenski, Alfred, salary 1,940.50 Total Expenditures 11,108.45 Transferred to Revenue 91.55 11,200.00 242 Police Department—Clerk-Stenographer Salary Appropriation for 1951 3,300.00 Expenditures Roche, Robert E., salary 3,300.00 Police Department—Junior Clerk-Stenographer (F) Salary Appropriation for 1951 1,320.00 Expenditures McDonnell, Julia M., salary 1,041.50 Transferred to Revenue 278.50 1,320.00 Police Department—Ambulance Driver & M.E.O. Radio & Repairman Salary Appropriation for 1951 3,300.00 Expenditures Ryder, Thomas, salary 3,30.00 Police Department Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 3,300.00 Expenditures Sheridan, Thomas F., salary 3,300.00 Police Department—Junior Custodian Salary Appropriation for 1951 2,250.00 Expenditures Kloomer, Harold J., salary 2,248 50 Transferred to Revenue 1.50 2,250.00 Police Department—Matron—Salary Appropriation for 1951 600.00 Expenditures Mosman, Eleanor, salary 600.00 Police Department—Reserve Men Appropriation for 1951 6,500.00 Expenditures Brady, John J., salary 242.00 Brown, Kenneth IF., salary 398.00 Boudakian, Armand, salary 728.88 Centola, Benedict J., salary 1,257.50 Furdon, Thomas H., salary 401.75 Gildea, Thomas V., salary 432.81 Hafford, John F., salary 187.50 Iodice, Rudolph G., salary 112.00 243 LaMorticelli, Domenic A., salary 339.35 Lockwood, James J., salary 70.00 Malaney, Alfred P., salary 7.50 Mankiewickz, John, salary 222.50 McHugh, Francis J., salary 506.00 Munger, Walter F., salary 248 13 Munhall, John H., salary 136.00 Papalia, John P., salary 715.00 Sullivan, Edward P., salary 308.17 Viera, Joseph, salary 181.35 Zalenski, Alfred J., salary 10.00 Total Expenditures 6,499.44 Transferred to Revenue .56 6,500.00 Police Department-School Traffic Supervisors Salaries Appropriation for 1951 1,440.00 Expenditures Bloomer, Harold J., salary 240.00 Brown, Joseph J., salary 24000 Hayes, Cornelius R., salary 240.00 LeFavor, George E., salary 240.00 McElhiney, Eldon E., salary 240.00 Zaino, Albert, salary 195.00 Total Expenditures 1,395.00 Transierred to Revenue 45.00 1,440.00 Police Department-Contingent Appropriation for 1951 13,500.00 Expenditures Ace Welding Co., welding 15.00 Air & Refrigeration Service, exchange unit on water cooler 14.46 Alfred's Diner, meals 8,95 American Oil Co., gas 2,970.32 Atlantic Battery Co., batteries 30.90 Babylon Jr., Harold J., car repair 118.77 Bab's Photo Repair-repair-supplies 39.45 Bargar Bros., polishing cloths 15.12 Basch Cap Co., cap cords 1.75 Batchelder-Pontiac Corp., auto parts-repair 119.20 Belmont Herald, advertising 2.50 Bonded Oil System, oil 550.59 Boston Cons. Gas Co., service 7.00 Boston Edison Co., service 811.20 Boston Janitor's Supply Co., Janitors supplies 116.10 Bostonian Sporting Goods Co., stop watches 24 00 Brady's Diner, lunches 50.39 Broderick, Thomas F., M. D., services 10.00 Brookline Auto Body Repair Co., repair door panels 2375 244 Canzanelli, Pericles, M. D., services 7.00 Comstook's Home Laundry, laundry 77.06 Coolidge Sq. Service Station, service 463.42 Coombs Motor Co., motor service 1,231.29 Costigan Co., John F., new siren-battery- regulator-supplies 173.63 Crimson Camera Exchange, printer & bulb 24.95 DeMambro Radio Supply Co., radio supplies 14812 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 32.40 Eastman Kodak Stores, supplies 49.37 Edison Inc., Thomas A., medical gas 18.80 Eaton Press Inc., printing 304.89 Eastern States Police-Radio League, dues 5.00 Electronic Comm. Co., repairs 10.50 Fletcher Hdwe, Co., supplies 6.05 Fox Drug Store, prescription 1.35 Gamewell Co., register paper 65.69 General Electric Supply Co., photo flashes 26.70 General Insulation Co., gaskets 5.19 Glossa, William R., tuning piano 5.00 Hearne Bros., maps 37.50 Horacek, Victor J., repair sterilizer 3.50 Horne & Co., -H. S., supplies 272.16 Hoyt Co.,George T., flag-rain cover-belt 70.28 Igoe, James M., conferences 38'50 Institute of Applied Science, finger print supplies 11.70 International Ass'n of Chiefs of Police, dues 10.00 Iver-Johnson Co., targetmaster-pistols 339.29 Johnson, George T., floor wax 13.61 Kevorkian, J. J., M. D., services 28.00 Kreem's Camera Shop, supplies 47.82 Landry, Christopher L., M. D., services 10.00 Lexington St. Drug Co., supplies 2.35 Linsky & Bros., M., supplies 189'90 Mass Chief's of Police Assoc., dues 5.00 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 38.50 Mass., Commonwealth of, State Prison-Bicycle Registration plates 30.00 McCarthy, Francis J., expenses 75.00 Metcalf & Co., hardware 51.82 Mt. Auburn Hospital, exrays & tests 60.00 Mt. Auburn Motors, auto service 185.91 Murphy, Albert S., M. D., services 20.00 Murray, Edward A., expenses and reimbursements 75.00 National Tag & Label Co., tags 58.75 New Eng. Assoc. Chiefs of Police, dues 5.00 New Eng. Communications, tubes 88.37 New Eng. Police Revolver League, entries-manual 34.00 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., services 2,022.86 Northeast Oil Co., oil 112.27 Percy's Lunch, lunches 54.55 Phelps & Co., W. H., belt 9,60 Phillips Bros. Inc., supplies 10 70 Police & Sheriff's Ass'n, guide & directory 3.00 Postindex Co., supplies 5.48 Purchasing-Town of Watertown, supplies 476 60 Radiant Fuel Co., fuel oil 455.57 245 Royal Jeweler, stop watch 15.00 Shea, William J., postage 11.00 Shushan, Arthur A., M. D., services-xrays and strappings 15.00 Shutt Inc., George L., tires 185.53 Spencer Mfg. Co., S. M., badges 97.87 Standard Auto Gear Co., supplies 123.30 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 72.00 Standard Window Cleaning Co., window cleaning 150.00 St. Elizabeth's Hospital, xray 12.00 Stetson Co., M. D., cleaning supplies 24.36 Town Diner, meals 2.25 Universal Decorating Co., draping building 25 00 Waltham Salesbook Co., quad sets 127.50 Water Department-Town of Watertown, metered water 38.64 Watertown Bindery Inc., binding books 1100 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., supplies 1.21 Watertown Sun, rubber stamp 2.56 Weaver-Palm Co., auto repair 38.00 York, Robert S., M. D., services 8.00 Total Expenditures 13,499.27 Transferred to Revenue .73 13,500.00 Police Department-Teletype Appropriation for 1951 540.00 Expenditures New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 479.61 Transferred to Revenue 60.39 540.00 Police Department-Uniforms Appropriation for 1951 3,700.00 Expenditures Beach Cap Co., caps 6.50 Easern Coat Mfg. Co., trousers 110.50 Gibson Wear-Well Co., uniform coat---caps- whistle 45.75 Harris, Charles A., shirts & ties 213.95 Harry's Cleansing Shop, repairs 9.00 Leavitt Shirt Co., shirts 104.00 Linsky Bros., M., uniforms 3,043.43 Otis Bros. Co., shirts & ties 95.80 Smith & Bennett, trousers 39.00 Waltham Army & Navy Store, horsehide coat 29.95 Total Expenditures 3,697.88 Transferred to Revenue 2.12 3,700.00 246 Police Department—Uniforms—School Traffic Supervisors Appropriation for 1951 720.00 Expenditures Linsky & Bros Inc., M., uniforms 720.00 Police Department—Printing Rules & Regulations Appropriation for 1951 400.00 Expenditures Eaton Press Inc., hand books 398.90 Transferred to Revenue 1.10 400.00 Police Department—Painting Station & Repairs Appropriation for 1951 500.00 Expenditures Faruzza, Joseph I., cement work 70.00 Rooney, William J., painting 350.00 Ross Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing 60.00 Total Expenditures 480.00 Transferred to Revenue 20.00 500.00 Police Department—New Automobiles Appropriation for 1951 3,500.00 Expenditures Coombs Motor Co., new cars 2,289.27 Costigan Co., John F., repair generator— Install heavy generator & Regulator 177.35 DeMambro Radio Supply Co., supplies 13.23 Total Expenditures 2,479.85 Transferred to Revenue 1,020.15 3,500.00 Police Department—Motor Cycle (3 wheels) Appropriation for 1951 1,300.00 Expenditures Phillips Bros. Inc., motor cycle 986.25 Transferred to Revenue 313.75 1,300.00 Fire Department—Salary of Chief Appropriation for 1951 5,400.00 Expenditures McElroy, William C., salary 5,406.00 Fire Department—Salaries of Captains (4) Appropriation for 1951 18,000.00 247 Expenditures Costello, Jerome L., salary 4-500.00 Devaney, John J., salary 4:500.00 Gilfoil, George, salary 4,500.00 Murphy, Raymond, salary 4,500.00 18,000.00 Fire Departments—Salaries of Lieutenants (5) Appropriation for 1951 19,200.00 Expenditures Bythewood, Daniel H. Jr., salary 3,840.00 Conlon, Thomas C., salary 3,840.00 Connors, Joseph P., salary 3,840.00 Joyce, Thomas F., salary 3,840.00 Kimball, J. Allen, salary 3,840.00 19,200.00 Fire Department—Mechanician Salary Appropriation for 1951 3,600.00 Expenditures Higgins, Edmund, salary 3,600.00 Fire Depaartment—Junior Clerk Stenographer Appropriation for 1951 1,080.00 Expenditures Papalia, Mary A., salary Total Expenditures 335.34 Transferred to Revenue 744.66 1,080.00 Fire Department—Permanent Men Salaries (55) Appropriation for 1951 181,325.00 Expenditures Armstrong, Frank H., salary 3,300.00 Barnes, Joseph P., salary 3,300.00 Barry, William J., salary 3,300.00 Blackburn, Charles, salary 2,368.75 Burgess, Arthur, salary 3,300.00 Callan, Francis J., salary 3,300.00 Callan, John E., salary 3,300.00 Camposano, Paul A., salary 3,300.00 Carney, Edward J., salary 521.64 Carney, Maurice R., salary 3,300.00 Clark, William J., salary 3,300.00 Devaney, James F., salary 3,300.00 Donnelly, Bernard P., salary 3,300.00 Dwyer, Paul, salary 1,925.75 Finnegan, James F., salary '3,300.00 Flanagan, James E., salary 3,300.00 248 Fournier, Phillip D., salary 3,300.00 Gildea, John, salary 3,300.00 Glidden, William G., salary 3,300.00 Hillier, Samuel, salary 3,300.00 Ingham, George D., salary 3,300.00 Kazanjian, Louis, salary 1,372.12 Kelley, Albert P., salary 895.07 Kelley, Edward F., salary 3,300.00 Kelly, Joseph P., salary 266.00 Kirwin, Francis M., salary 3,300.00 Laughrea, Giles, salary 3,500.00 Lord, J. Lawrence, salary 3,300.00 Maloney, James J., salary 3,300.00 Maloney, John J., salary 3,300.00 Maloney, Thomas F., Jr., salary 3,300.00 Mann, Charles, salary 3,300.00 Mannix, Albert, slaary 3,300.00 McCarthy, Joseph 3,300.00 McCarthy, William G., salary 3,300.00 McCurley, Thomas D., salary 3,300.00 Melanson, Ernest J., shalary 2,854.45 Merullo, Eugene M., salary 3,300.00 Messina, John J., salary 3,300.00 Milmore, Frederick, salary 3,300.00 Milmore, Stephen M., Jr., salary 3,300.00 Monohan, Robert F., salary 3,300.00 Mulvahill, Thomas H., salary 3,300.00 Murphy, James T., salary 3,300.00 Murphy, Jeremiah, salary 3,300.00 Nielsen,Bernard, salary 3,300.00 O'Halloran, Edward J., salary 3,300.01 O'Reilly, John M., salary 3,300.00 Porher, Robert A., salary 3,260.57 Quirk, John P., salary 3,300.00 Robbins, Benjamin F., Jr., salary 3,300.00 Sheehan, Maurice J., salary 3,300.00 Starr, Walter C., salary 3,300.00 Sullivan, John P., salary 3,300.00 Tatten, John R., salary 3,300.00 Va.hey, John T., salary 3,300.00 Walton, Charles A., salary 3,300.00 Whittamore, Carroll, salary 3,300.00 Wiltshire, John F., salary 92.05 Total Expenditures 178,711.42 Transferred to Revenue 2,613.58 181,325.00 Fire Department—Additional Men Salaries Appropriation for 1951 25,900.00 Expenditures Eaton, Edward G., Jr., salary 1,944.52 Ferolito, Rosario J., salary 253.15 Fratto, Frank J., salary 2,025.21 249 Gacioch, Stanley E., salary 253.15 Hopkins, John W., Jr., salary 253.15 Kelley, George, salary 199.45 Kelly, Joseph P., salary 201.95 LaMorticelli, Domenic A., salary 2,025.21 Marchant, Raymond R., salary 253.15 McCaffrey, David A., salary 1,994.52 McManus, Frank J., Jr, salary 253.15 Milmore, John M., salary 253.15 Morgan, Ernest W., salary 253.15 Moaca Eugene T., salary 253.15 Murphy, Raymond A., Jr., salary 2,025.21 Nixon, Samuel B., salary 1,194.52 Parrella., Alfred J., salary 2,02521 Powers, Richard J., salary 253.15 Quinn, Leo J., salary 253.15 Robertson, Martin T., salary 2,025.21 Sullivan, Daniel E., salary 253.15 Total Expenditures 19,295.66 Transferred to Revenue 6.604.34 25,900.00 Fire Department-Contingent Appropriation for 1951 10,500.00 Transferred from Reserve Fund 250.00 Refunds 20.20 10,770.20 Expenditures A. & J. Auto Ignition Co., repairs 39.79 American City Magazine, subscription 8.00 American LaFrance Foamit•e Corp., muffler & tail pipe 31.06 Arcand Inc., auto repair 74.60 Atonlite, overhaul-new brushes-siren lite 38.50 Babylon, H. J., radio repair 13,50 Ball Inc., A. T., card board 1.00 Berman, H. Archer-M. D., services 20.00 Better Built Floors Inc., coal tar-deodorant blocks 15.00 Bonded Oil System Inc., oil 1,328.08 Boston Cons. Gas Co., service 41.94 Boston Coupling Co., rubber handles 75.00 Boston Edison Co., service 1,075.14 Brown & Co., William H., straps 2219 Buckminster Co., George H., batteries 36.76 Canzanelli, Pericles, M. D., services 87.00 Carnes, William W., pictures in interest of Fire Prevention 31.00 Clayton Auto Glass Service, door glass 7.69 Comstcok's Home Laundry, laundry 735.72 Consumers Union, subscription 8.50 Coolidge Cleansers Inc., cleansing 44.82 250 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 45.96 Coolidge Sq. Service Station, service 1.70 Cotting, William F., M. D., services 20.00 Cronin Supply Co., low water cut-off-supplies 45.12 Darley & Co., W. S., overhauling front and pump 193.22 DeManbro Radio Supply Co., supplies 14.69 Darman Rug Co., rubber runner 10.14 Doricon Distributor, brushes and sponges 55.51 Doughnut House, doughnuts 15.20 Downing, J. G., M. D., services 45.00 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 47.50 E. & J. Company of New England, resusitator 217.19 Eastern Engraver Inc., coppers halftone 8.52 Eastern States Police Radio League, membership 2.00 Eaton Press Inc., printing 144.93 Edison Inc., Thomas, medical gas 127.20 Electime Appliance Service, repairs to wall clock 4.50 Elliott Addressing Machine Co., stencils 14.17 Farrar Co., renew running boards with steel plate and other parts vsn.JJ Filmack Trailers-trailers 13.81 Fire Chiefs Club of Mass., dues 3.00 Fire Equipment Inc., recharging 34.25 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 14.35 Fox Drug Store, prescription 2.10 General Electric Co., express 2.14 General Electric Supply Corp., lamps 6.59 Gillis, Augustus C., repair wind shields 20.00 Goodrich Co., B. F., rubber boots 22.32 Grant Stores, W. T., dishes for Station 3 8.65 Hamilton Supply Co., keys for typewriter 5.50 Hearne Bros., maps of Boston 77.00 Heil Equipment Co., parts 7.07 Higgins, Edmund P., reimbursement 6.30 Homelite Corp., foot spring 1.98 Hood Rubber Co., rubber boots 16.68 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 163.70 International Assoc. of Fire Chiefs, books 31.50 Jenney Mfg. Co., supplies-solvanoil-drum 52.20 Jordan-Marsh Co., tubes 4.75 Kendall Paper Co., paper supplies 59.70 Laughrea, Giles, incidentals 35.00 Lauricella, A. lunches 3.44 LeGasse Refrigerator Co., repair 20.98 Letzelter Bros., repair 16.00 Littlefield-Greene Inc., parts 56.64 Local Plumbing & Heating Co., parts. 7.34 Loman Electric Supply Co., repair 7.81 Lyman Co., John R., cleaning cloths 75.49 M. & H. Tire Co., tires 134.59 Marshall Co., H. W., supplies 5.04 Mass., Commonwealth of, Division of Blind, brooms 46.50 Mass. Fire Dept. Drill Masters Assoc., dues 9.00 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supply Co., supplies 20.02 251 Mass. Motor Car Co. Inc., parts 12.84 Maxim Motor Co., parts 52.26 McCarthy Co., Justin A., batteries 521.17 McCarthy, William G., reimbursement for supplies 50.95 McElroy, William G., incidentals 25.00 Metcalfe & Co., supplies 132.15 Michaels Bakery, donuts 5.50 Mine Safety Appliances, canisters 52.81 Mooney Card & Gift Shop, supplies 294 Morrison, Ralph, pump repair 39.40 Moulton Ladder Mfg. Co., ladder repair 43216 Mt. Auburn Hospital, xrays 10.00 National Fire Prot. Assoc., dues 1250 New Eng. Assoc. of Fire Chiefs, dues 3.00 New Eng. Division Int. Assoc. Fire Chiefs, dues 6.00 New Eng. Tel. &Tel. Co., service 70494 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 13.56 Norton, Matthew V., M. D., services 25.00 O'Brien. Joseph, Inc., disinfectant 11.25 Overhead Door Sales Co. Inc., sash cord 13.15 Perlmutter. Samuel M., M. D., services 4.00 Piccolo's Pharmacy, supplies 9.00 Pilgrim Engineering Co., pieces machined 6.50 Porter Co., William H., mill work 6.45 Price Battery Corp., battery 1063 Purchasing-Town of Watertown, supplies 223.13 Radiant Fuel Co., oil 635.52 Railway Express Agency, express 31.54 Rand Typesetting Service, typeset 4.00 Reformatory for Women Industries, sheets and pillow cases 297.54 Ross Plumbing & Heating Co., supplies 6438 Shutt Inc., George L.,battery-tire repairs 86.88 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., gas 913.92 Standard Auto Gear Co., supplies 114.88 Standard Maintenance Co., maintenance typewriters 17.20 Streim, Benjamin, M. D., services 33.00 Swift & Co., soap powder 42 n8 Waltham Hospital, xra.y 30.00 Watch City Motor Sales Inc., parts 51.30 Water Department-Town of Watertown, metered water 69.72 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 35.40 Watertown Herald, advertising 24.75 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Supply Co.. supplies 23.61 Watertown Sun, advertising 11.00 Woolworth Co., F. W., rubber gloves 3.45 Total Expenditures 10,759.74 Transferred to Revenue 10.46 10,770.20 252 Fire Department—Uniforms Appropriation for 1951 6,750.00 Expenditures Gibson Wear Well Co., coats and pants 435.25 Harris, Charles A., shirts 557.40 Hood Rubber Co,, rubber boots 310.34 Linsky & Bros., M., uniforms 2,683.50 McCarthy Co., Justin A., recondition helmets— new helmets 816.08 Midwestern Mfg. Co., rubber coats—pants 677.39 Spencer Mfg. Co., S. M., badges 145.63 Wear-Well Uniform Co., uniforms 1,127.25 Total Expenditures 6,749.84 Transferred to Revenue .16 6,750.00 Fire Department—New Hose Appropriation for 1951 3,500.00 Expenditures Lovell Co., Harry J., new hose 423.18 McCarthy Co., Justin A., new hose 2,744.00 Moore Corp., Irving B., hose 323.40 Total Expenditures 3,499.58 Transferred to Revenue .42 3,500.00 Fire Department-Radio Engine #1 Appropriation for 1951 550.00 Expenditures DeMambro Radio Supply Co., supplies 18.71 General Electric Co., radio 530.00 Total Expenditures 548.71 Transferred to Revenue 1.29 550.00 Fire Department—Renovations Station #1 & =2 Appropriation for 1951 500.00 Expenditures Brown-Wales Co., steel 4.13 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 19.07 Cronin Supply Co., part.-, 36.07 Doricon Distributors—rebuilt brush 9.65 Duro Test Corp., bulbs 37.02 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 3.90 Home Supply Co., craftex 6.00 253 Horacek Co., Victor J., galvanized tin 1.50 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Sup. Co., supplies 34.89 Metcalfe & Co., supplies 60.37 Newton Shade & Screen Co., shades 134.00 Standard Auto Gear Co., auto supplies 26.66 Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 2.04 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 118.59 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., supplies 2.00 Total Expenditures 495.94 Transferred to Revenue 4.06 500.00 Fire Department—New Pump 750 gallons Appropriation for 1951 16,000.00 . Expenditures American La.France Foamite Corp., new pump 15,963.00 Transferred to Revenue 37.00 16,000.00 Fire Department—Bed Equipment Station Nos. 1 & 2 Appropriation for 1951 500.00 Expenditures Farrar Co., Renovations 551.00 Maxim Motor Co., repairs 948.75 Total Expenditures 1,499.75 Transferred to Revenue .25 1,500.00 Fire Department—Truck & Ladder Damage Transferred from Reserve Fund 850.00 Expenditures Atomlite, siren 40.00 Coombs Motor Co., parts 10.00 Diets Co., R. A., carburator & parts 24.68 Maxim Motor Co., repairs to ladder 203.60 Moulton Ladder Mfg. Co., ladder repaired 96.07 Shutt Inc., George L., battery 22.03 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., oil 3.85 Sears-Roebuck & Co., bed room equipment 499.68 Transferred to Revenue .32 500.00 Fire Department�—Repairs Engine ±t3 Appropriation for 1951 1,500.00 Expenditures Standard Auto Gear Co., parts 8.55 254 Watertown Upholstering Co., recover seats & repair 60.00 Total Expenditures 468.78 Transferred to Revenue 381.22 850.00 Fire Department—Supplies & Equipment Station 3 Appropriation for 1951 1,600.00 Expenditures Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 36.90 Darman Rug Co., chrome moulding 7.80 Eoricon-Distributors, Squilgees 19.60 Fitzpatrick, Howard W., mops 4.64 Gorin's, kitchen supplies 4.50 Hammett Co., ,T. L. table desks—table 176.85 Horne & Co., H. S., table 18.70 Lyman Co., John R., cleaning cloths 69.30 Mass., Comm. of, Mass. Reformatory at Concord chairs—stools & arm chair 318.50 Mass., Comm. of, Division of Blind, mops & brooms 45.25 Purchasing—Town of Watertown—shovels 25.00 Royal Typewriter Co., typewriter 14500 Sears-Roebuck & Co., bed room supplies 544.80 State Prison—Charlestown—brushes 76.80 State Prison Colony Industries at Norfolk, wringer pail—supplies 62.47 Varley Co., E. J., express 3.75 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 25.32 Webster Boston & Waltham Express, express .90 Total Expenditures 1,598.70 Transferred to Revenue 1.30 1,600.00 Fire Department—North End Fire Station Balance brought forward 68,463.60 Expenditures Burke, Frank C., architect 2,412.56 Dinn & Co., F. J.-carts 43.75 McCann & Sons Co., T. F., bronze table}, 80.00 Prdia Construction Co., Louis, construction of station 65,720.10 Total Expenditures 68,256.41 Balance carried forward 207.19 68,463.60 Fire Department—North End Fire Station Grading & Fence Appropriation for 1951 6,500.00 255 Expenditures Condon Corp., John P., concrete 117.24 Dinn & Co., F. J., fence 1,811.25 McVey, T. H., curbing 30.00 Proia Construction Co., grading 4,500.00 Raymond, G. E., gravel 41.51 6,500.00 Inspector of Buildings Department Inspector's Salary Appropriation for 1951 4,000.00 Expenditures White, Maurice F., salary 4,000.00 Inspector of Buildings Department Principal Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 2,520.00 Expenditures Flaherty, Marie, salary 2,520.00 Inspector of Buildings Department—Contingent Appropriation for 1951 280.00 Refund 34.64 314.64 Expenditures Buildings Standard Monthly Pub. Co., book 10.25 Eaton Press Inc., printing 169.54 Eddie's Caster Service, casters 4.00 Johnston Co., Andrew T., paper 18.82 Mass. Building Commissioners & Inspectors Assoc., dues 5.00 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies .90 Narcus, Samuel, office supplies 3.25 N. E. Building Officials, conference—dues 2.00 Postmaster—Boston—envelopes 46.64 Practical Builder, subscription 8.00 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 32.36 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 9.40 Total Expenditures 310.16 Transferred to Revenue 4.18 314.64 Inspector of Buildings Department Transportation Appropriation for 1951 360.00 Expenditures White, Maurice F., transportation 360.00 256 Weights & Measures Department Sealers Salary Appropriation for 1951 3,840.00 Expenditures A'Hearn, J. Frank, salary 3,840.00 Weights & Measures Department—Contingent Appropriation for 1951 69U.00 Expenditures A'Hearn, J. Frank, insurance rider—hand book— sticker 27.99 Dimond-Union Stamp Works Inc., dies recut 41.18 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., tools 9.68 Fox Drug Store, supplies .70 W. & L. E. Gurley, set of avoirdupois weights 159.30 Hobbs & Warren Inc., seals and books 49.68 King, John ., gas 257.92 Lord, Benjamin F., garage 35.00 McGlauflin, B. Fay, insurance 6.80 Mohawk Pete, auto service 45.10 Paolina, Dionisia, garage 35.00 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, office supplies 9.92 Scale Journal, subscription 2.00 Williams Market, containers 6.73 Total Expenditures 687.00 Transferred to Revenue 3.00 690.00 Gypsy & B.T. Moth Department Salary of Superintendent—Tree Warden Appropriation for 1951 3,000.00 Expenditures Morley, Thomas B., salary 3,000.00 Tree Warden Department— Principal Cleric. Salary Appropriation for 1951 1,260.00 Expenditures Madden, Grace Ford, salary 1,260.00 Tree Warden Department— Salary of Foreman Appropriation for 1951 3,480.00 Expenditures O'Connor, John, salary 3,480.00 Tree Warden Department—Labor Appropriation for 1951 14,407.20 Expenditures Weekly, Pay roll 14,038.10 257 Transferred to Revenue 369.10 14,407.20 Tree Warden Department Temporary Labor Appropriation for 1951 4,000.00 Expenditures Weekly, pay roll 3,176.00 ,Transferred to Revenue 824.00 4,000.00 Tree Warden Department Emergency Overtime Appropriation for 1951 100.00 Expenditures Pay rolls— 99.09 Transferred to Revenue .91 100.00 Tree Warden Department—Car Expense Foreman Appropriation for 1951 300.00 Expenditures O'Connor, John, car expense 175.00 Transferred to Revenue 125.00 300.00 Tree Warden Department—Materials & Expenses Appropriation for 1951 600.00 Expenditures Alexander Co., Louis A., rope 125.70 American Oil Co., gas 86.95 Bert's Auto Radiator Service Inc., radiator service 8.50 Chase-Parker & Co. Inc., parts 70.85 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 19.83 Coombs Motor Co., parts 25.46 Frost Insecticide Co., supplies 90.79 Homelite Corp., parts 38.87 Lituri & Son, F. C., saws filed 6.00 Morley, Tlaomas P., dues and meeting 88.05 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 8.77 Quirk Corp., Edward S., tires and tube service 9.50 Shutt Inc., George L., repair tube—flat repaired 19.63 Watertown Sun, advertising 1.10 600.00 258 Tree Warden Department—New Trees Appropriation for 1951 1,500.00 Refund 3.96 1,503.96 Expenditures Bartlett Tree Expert Co. ,tree food 48.60 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 35.70 Fish & Co., Charles R., maple trees 1237.50 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 131.57 Quirk Corp., Edward S., tube vulcanized— mounted 3.50 Sliney Co., John J., loam 35.28 Watertown Herald, advertising 2.50 Total Expenditures 1,494.65 Transferred to Revenue 9.31 1,503.96 Tree Warden Department—New Mist Blower Appropriation for 1951 2,500.00 Expenditures Abbott Spray & Farm Equipment, bean gun 17.50 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 3.15 Coombs Motor Co., motor supplies 5.56 Hartney Spray Co., mist sprayer 2194.90 Littlefield-Greene Inc., parts 50.32 Moore Corp., Irving B., spray hose 69.09 Watertown Herald, advertising 2.50 Total Expenditures 2,343.02 Transferred to Revenue 156.98 2,500.00 Tree Warden Department— Repairs for Sprayer Appropriation for 1951 200.00 Expenditures Fitzheniy-Guptill Co., repair to sprayer 196.29 Frost Insecticide Co., parts 2.87 Total Expenditures 199.16 Transferred to Revenue .84 200.00 Tree Warden Department—Tires for Truck Appropriation for 1951 300.00 Expenditures Quirk Corp., Edward S., new tires 299.97 Transferred to Revenue .03 300.00 259 Tree Warden Department—Moth—Materials & Expenses Appropriation for 1951 1,400.00 Expenditures Abbott Spray & Farm Equipment Co., repairs to bean spray gun 21.65 American Oil Co., gas 123.33 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 20.46 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 1.95 Frost Insecticide Co., parts 37.53 Hartney Spray Co., supplies—D. D. T. 1,117.76 Homelite Corp., chain sharpened 3.46 Morley, Thomas, expenses 45.69 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 15.54 Quirk Corp., Edward S., tire & tube service 7.50 Standard Maintenance Co., maintenance typewriter 4.70 Total Expenditures 1,399.57 Transferred to Revenue .43 1,400.00 Tree Warden Department—Poison Ivy—Materials Appropriation for 1951 400.00 Expenditures Abbott Spray & Farm Equipment Co., repair to spray gun 43.40 American Oil Co., gas 85.04 Atlantic Battery Co., battery 16.87 Dunn's Drug Store, 1st aid kit 1.95 Eaton Press Inc., printing 29.00 Frost Insecticide Co., sprayer supplies— repairs 100.79 Hartney Spray Corp., ammate 66.00 Moore Corp., Irving B., hose 17.49 Morley, Thmmas P., incidentals 20.28 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 2.20 Standard Maintenance Co., 1/2 typewriter maintenance 4.70 York, Robert S., M. D., services 8.00 Total Expenditures 395.72 Transferred to Revenue 4.28 400.00 Tree Warden Department—Earwig Appropriation for 1951 800.00 Expenditures Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 6.01 Hartney Spray Co., supplies 791.40 260 Total Expenditures 797.41 Transferred to Revenue 2.59 800.00 Tree Warden Department— Elm Leaf Beetle—Materials & Expenses Appropriation for 1951 500.00 Expenditures American Oil Co., gas 47.03 Coombs Motor Co., parts & labor 81.11 Hartney Spray Co., supplies 298.20 Homelite Corp., supplies 27.40 Mass., Comm. of, Registry of Motor Vehicles— Registering 6.00 Morley, Thomas P., gas—oil—incidentals 25.80 Standard Auto Gear Co., parts 13.72 Total Expenditures 499.26 Transferred to Revenue .74 500.00 Tree Warden Department— Dutch Elm Disease Appropriation for 1951 500.00 Expenditures Bert's Auto Radiator Service, repairs 3.50 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 5.13 Coombs Motor Co., parts 6.00 Homelite Corp., parts 28.32 Lituri & Son, F. C., saws sharpened 5.00 Weekly pay roll 435.96 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 13.75 Quirk Corp., Edward S., supplies 2.00 Total Expenditures 499.66 Transferred to Revenue .34 500.00 Wire Department Salary of Superintendent Appropriation for 1951 5,400.00 Expenditures Landry, Leo P., salary 5,400.00 Wire Department—Principal Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 1,260.00 Expenditures Madden, Grace Ford, salary 1.260.00 261 Wire Department--Extra Clerk Hire Appropriation for 1951 300.00 Expenditures Bixby, Edith F., salary 300.00 Wire Department-Maintenance-Labor Appropriation for 1951 31,620.00 Expenditures Weekly-pay rolls Total Expenditures 31,528.25 Transferred to Revenue 91.75 31,620.00 Wire Department-Maintenance-Materials Appropriation for 1951 4,200•00 Expenditures Acme Electric Heating Co., heating element 22.50 Alexander Co., Louis A., cabinet 69.50 American Oil Co., gas 203.41 Atlantic Battery Co., battery 23.94 Bahn Co., L., red metal-stars-letters 46.31 Boston Edison Co., service 501.98 Boston Janitors Supply Co., supplies 33.57 Cities Service Station, service 12.15 Coombs Motor Co., repair 52.99 Eastern States Police Radio League, dues 2.00 Eastern Section I. A. E. I., membership 5.00 Eaton Press Inc., printing 54.57 Eddie's Caster Service, casters 4.00 Evans Printing Service, printing 8.33 Pletcher Hdwe. Co., hardware 72.54 Gamewell Co., batteries-supplies 287.45 Graybar Electric Co. Inc., supplies-secondary racks--crossarms 603.10 Green & Co. Inc., S. B., supplies 1.01 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 15.92 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 190.33 Kiley Co., James A., key locking handle 2.75 Landry, Alfred, insurance 72.35 Landry, Leo P., garage-incidentals 135.79 Mancib Co., A. S., repairing 17.35 Mass., Comm. of, State Examiners of Electricians -masters fee license 16.00 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co.,supplies 148.55 Metropolitan Transit Authority, permission to erect-maintain-use traffic post 2.00 Mohawk Pete, grease-oil 104.70 Mooney Card & Gift Shop, supplies 6.80 Munhall Fuel Co., thermostat & aquastat 25.80 Municipal Electrical Inspectors Ass'n. of Mass. and R. I., dues 2.00 262 Municipal Signal & Supply Co., pole and 3 way signal 109.10 National Fire Protection Ass'n., codes 6.00 National Lead Co., lead sleeves 11.20 New Eng. Section I. M. S. A., dues 5.00 New England Tel. & Tel. Co., service 117.57 Postmaster—Boston, stamps 30.00 Purchasing—Town of Watertown 265.91 Registry of Motor Vehicles, registering 9.00 Shutt Inc., George L., tires 315.30 Standard Maintenance Co., 1/2 typewriter maintenance 4.70 Stetson Co., M. D., supplies 37.41 Tropical Paint & Oil Co., paint 55.00 Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 13.86 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., supplies .94 Total Expenditures 3,725.68 Transferred to Revenue 474.32 4,200.00 Wire Department—Transportation Appropriation for 1951 300.00 Expenditures Vahey, David J., transportation 300.00 Wire Department—New Construction Appropriation for 1951 4,320.00 Expenditures Gamewell Co., fire alarm boxes 2,513.68 Hazard Insulated Wire Works, m cable 130.01 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., siren 55.25 Simplex Wire & Cable Co., cable 1,590.00 Total Expenditures 4,288.94 Transferred to Revenue 31.06 4,320.00 Dog Officer—Salary of Dog Officer Appropriation for 1951 500.00 Expenditures Clark, Guy P., salary 74.38 Conti, Anthony J., salary 425.62 500.00 Dog Officer—Contingent Appropriation for 1951 1,250.00 Transferred from Reserve Fund 200.00 1,450.00 263 Expenditures Boston Edison Co., service 35.67 Clark, Guy P., removing stray animals 166.44 Conti, Anthony J., disposing dead animals 1,177.34 Evans Printing Service, printing 7.35 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 9.84 Watertown Sun, advertising 31.90 Total Expenditures 1,428.54 Transferred to Revenue 21.46 1,450.00 Dog Officer—Unpaid Bills Appropriation for 1951 130.35 Expenditures Clark, Guy P., supplies—disposing dead animals 130.35 Dog Pound Balance brought forward 616.33 Expenditures Auciello Iron Works, grilles 24.00 Boston Edison Co., service 8.01 Chase-Parker Co., pad locks 5.73 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 18.02 Corsett•i, A. J., balance due on building dog pound 245.00 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 108.97 Kinch, Ralph W., carpentry 4.00 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 50.90 Newton Sash & Door Co. Inc., sash 3.00 Nonatum Lumber Co., lumber 85.36 Yeomans O'Connell Co., fence materials 62.85 Total Expenditures 615.84 Transferred to Revenue .49 616.33 HEALTH & SANITATION Health Department Health Officer Salary Appropriation for 1951 4,950.00 Expenditures Colbert, John A., salary 4,950.00 Health Department Inspector of Plumbing & Sanitation Salary Appropriation for 1951 4,500.00 264 Expenditures Maurer, Edward L., salary 4,500.00 Health Department—Health Inspector Salary Appropriation for 1951 3,470.00 Expenditures Murray, Paul F., salary 3,470.00 Health Department—Principal Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 2,520.00 Expenditures Farnham, Alice H., salary 2,520.00 Health Department—Junior Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 1,440.00 Expenditures Tomaselli, Marie V., salary 1,440.00 Health Department—Nurses Salaries (2) Appropriation for 1951 5,760.00 Expenditures Drummey, Irene K., salary 2,880.00 Vahey, Rita L., salary 2,880.00 5,760.00 Health Department—Dental Clinic Appropriation for 1951 4.360.00 Expenditures Fantasia, Philip D., D. M. D., services 1,050.00 Little, Janet D., salary 2,16000 Reynolds Sons Co., S. H., supplies 14.70 Zelermyer,Max, D. M. D., services 1,050.00 Total Expenditures 4,274.70 Transferred to Revenue 85.30 4,360.00 Health Department—Contagious Diseases Appropriation for 1951 21,000.00 Expenditures Belmont, Town of, Health Department--care 46.50 Boston, City Collector, Health Department, care 957.00 Boston City Hospital, care 40700 Cambridge, City of, City Hospital, care 110.00 265 Children's Hospital, care 480.00 Costa Ambulance Coach Service, ambulance 40.00 Delaney Linen Service, linen service 6.20 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 62.85 Eaton Press Inc., printing 27.00 Everett, City of, Health Department, care 288.00 F. A. Hubbard Drug Co., vaccine 17.64 Kelley, Edward J. M. D., services 458.26 Marinucci, Rita, reimbursement medicine 36.91 Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, care 1,182.83 Middlesex County Sanatorium, care 7,090.50 Middlesex County Sanatorium Store, lenses 26.50 Murphy, John J., Jr., VMD, services-vaccine 349.00 Mt. Auburn Hospital, care 288.00 Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, care 372.90 Shrier, Hyman, M. D., services 16.00 Tracy Chair Co., table rental 8.00 Various Persons, rabies clinic 60.00 Watertown Herald, advertising 24.00 Watertown Sun, advertising 36.00 York, Robert S., M. D., services 28.00 Total Expenditures 12,419.09 Transferred to Revenue 8,580.91 21,000.00 Health Department-Contingent Appropriation for 1951 2,800.00 Expenditures Alexander Co., Louis A., cabinets 162.70 Alger Oil Co., gas 146.22 American Public Health Assn, proposed sanitary code-books 18.78 American Society of Sanitary Engineering, dues 30.00 Applies Research Institute, testing methods 16.41 Arone & Son, Lawrence, sink drain 19.00 Belmont Spring Water Co., distilled water 8.10 Burnitol Mfg. Co., cups 16.88 Colbert, John A., garage--conferences 119.50 Difco Laboratories, supplies 21.95 Drummey, Irene K., association dinner 2.50 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 9.18 Eaton Press Inc., printing 162.05 Eddie's Caster Service, casters 16.00 Farnham, Alice H., petty cash 36.33 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies .45 Harvard Co-op Society, book 12.50 Heffernan, John E., insurance 204.00 Hobbs & Warren Inc., license form books 33.75 Horne & Co., H. S., adding machine- typewriter 224.50 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 321.97 Mass. Agricultural Experiment Station, inspection 2.00 266 Mass. Chapter American Society Sanitary Engineering—dues 15.00 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 27.35 Mass. Public Health Assoc., dues 3.00 Mass. Public Health Assn., dues 6.00 Maurer, Edward L., garage, meetings 89.95 Mt. Auburn Motors, auto service 37.70 Murray, Paul F., transportation 300.00 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 11.44 Owens, Leonard, inspections 94.12 Peakes Laboratories Supply Co., tirrill burner —supplies 92.73 Piccolo's Pharmacy, supplies 23.60 Postmaster—Boston, envelopes 136.00 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 48.79 Quirk Corp., Edward S., ,tubes 10.23 Reynolds Sons Co., S. H., dental supplies 25.00 Shutt, Charles J., repairing veternarian's table 12.60 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 25.05 Vahey, Rita L., association dinner 2.50 Watertown Herald, printing 38.50 White Dental Supply Co., J. L., chair 75.00 Worcester, Mrs. Josephine, garage 60.00 Total Expenditures 2,719.33 Transferred to Revenue 80.67 2,800.00 Health Department—Replaces 3 Autos Appropriation for 1951 3,000.00 Expenditures Alger Oil Co., service 18.75 Mt. Auburn Motors Inc., new cars 2,237.52 Total Expenditures 2,256.27 Transferred to Revenue 743.73 3,000.00 Health Department—Mosquito Control Appropriation for 1951 200.00 Expenditures Mass., Commonwealth of, % Reclamation Board 200.00 Inspector of Animals Appropriation for 1951 600.00 Expenditures Murphy, John J., VMD, services 600.00 Sewer Department—Construction Appropriation for 1951 6,438.00 267 Expenditures Cappellucci & Sons, P., back filling 65.00 Condon Corp., John P., concrete 181.10 Garden City Gravel Corp., sand 60.92 Green & Co., S. B., cement brick 552.67 Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone 33.62 McCarty Co., Charles J., water-way with bolts 41.85 New Eng. Metal Culvert Co., steel sheeting 195.22 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 11.21 Parker-Danner Co., sewer seal 86.67 Portland Stone Ware Co., pipe 243.84 Purchasing-Town of Watertown, shovels 11.00 Raymond, D. E., gravel 183.86 Tocci, Anthony, manholes 30.00 Triconi, S., rental back-hoe 305.00 White Iron Works, C. M., manhole covers and frames 650.43 Total Expenditures 2,652.39 Transferred to Revenue 3,785.61 6,438.00 Sewer Department-Maintenance Appropriation for 1951 4,000.00 Expenditures American Oil Co., gas 124.31 Carpenter Mfg. Co., cappenter lights-batteries 87.45 Condon Corp., John P., concrete 136.37 Construction Mchy. Repair, repointing 22.00 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 57.40 Freaney & Co., hire of catch basin cleaner 140.00 Garden City Gravel Corp., sand & gravel 57.17 Green & Co., S. B., pipe 113.21 Hood Rubber Co., rubber boots 46.16 Linder & Co., supplies 23.60 Mass. Broken .Stone Co., stone 5.03 McCarty Co., Charles J., wheelbarrow 23.70 McDermott Co., J. F., sewer rods-parts- supervisor on work 541.83 Meister, O. J., supply & drill 10 plates 16.00 New Eng. Metal Culvert Co., steel sheeting 195.22 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 61.63 Otis Bros. Co., gloves 27.00 Parker-Danner Co., sewer seal 263.07 Portland Stone Ware Co., pipe 522.59 Purchasing-Town of Watertown-fire hose- supplies 966.91 Robinson Clay Products Co., parts 30.70 Sidu Co., manhole cushion 5.16 Tractor Inc., hand pump 30.00 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., supplies 8.40 Weston Emergency Light Co., highway lights with flasher switch 14.00 268 White Iron Works, C. M., man hole covers & frames 276.21 Total Expenditures 3,794.52 Transferred to Revenue 205.48 4,000.00 Drainage Appropriation for 1951 26,136.00 Expenditures American Oil Co., gas 92.42 Boston & Maine R. R. C., drain pipe privilege 12.00 Condon Corp., John P., truck crane rental 1,005.17 .Garden City Gravel Corp., sand & gravel 1.006.56 Green & Co., S. B., cement brick 1,956.53 Holicker & Co., A., sand bags 12.50 Hood Rubber Co., rubber boots 46.16 LeBaron Foundry Co., E. L., covers & traps 69.65 Lichen, Bert, replacing hedges damaged 50.00 Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone 72.24 Mass. Steel & Tool Co., pipe 177.58 McCarthy Co., Charles J., wheelbarrow 23.70 McDermott Co., J. F., supervisory labor 90.00 McNamara Co., J. H., concrete 457.27 Mechanics Iron Foundry, grates 50.00 Meister, O. J., eyebolt & washer to sling big pipe 8.00 New England Concrete Pipe Corp.,pipe 9,148.35 New Eng. Metal Culvert Co., steel sheeting 195.21 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 390.33 Parker-Danner Co., jute 521.42 Portland Stone Ware Co., pipe 3,350.19 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 160.45 Rand Co., Phillip A., plow steel 32.85 Raymond, D. B., gravel 124.75 Robinson Clay Prdoucts Co., pipe 66.74 Tocci, Anthony, catch basins 105.00 Tractors Inc., Torque Rd. Assy. 157.47 Triconi, S., rental back hoe—carpenters 1,551.52 Yeoman-O'Connell Co., fence material 98.27 Watertown Lime & Cement Co., cement 370.44 Watertown Water Dept.—metered water 10.50 White Iron Works, C. M., grates—traps—frames & covers 2,328.48 Total Expenditures 23,741.75 Transferred to Revenue 2,394.25 26,136.00 Jensen farm—Sewers & Drains Balance brought forward 3,382.00 Expenditures Construction Mehy. Repair Service, repointing 15.75 269 Costigan Co., John F., overhaul pump 25.83 Garden City Gravel Corp., sand 12.74 Green& Co., S. B., cement & cement bricks 384.19 McCarty Co., Charlse J., compound 42.73 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 23.75 Portland Stone Ware Co., pipe 1,040.25 Triton, S., rental back hoe 390.00 White Iron Works, C. M., man hole covers & grames 216.81 Total Expenditures 2,152.05 Transferred to Revenue 1,229.95 3,382.00 CARE &LIGHTING OF HIGHWAYS Highway Department Salary of Superintendent Appropriation for 1951 5,400.00 Expenditures Dwyer, Thomas V., salary 5.400.00 Highway Department—Salary of Asst. Superintendent Appropriation for 1951 4,900.00 Expenditures Johnston, E. Harold, salary 4,900.00 Highway Department— Salary of Motor Equipment Maintenance Foreman Appropriation for 1951 2.718.00 Expenditures Vahey, William, salary 2,718.00 Highway Department— Salary of Supervisor Foreman Appropriation for 1951 3,010.00 Expenditures Hopkins, John, salary 3,010.00 Highway Department—Principal Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 2,520.00 Expenditures Regan, Esther, salary 2,520.00 Highway Department—Senior Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 2,160.00 270 Expenditures Bianconi, Frances E., salary 2,160.00 Highway Department Office Expense Appropriation for 1951 300.00 Expenditures American Public Works Ass'n, service fee 10.00 Dwyer, Thomas V., assoc. meeting 5.00 Eaton Press Inc., printing 61.25 Electime Appliance Service, repairs to electric clock 6.00 Gatchell Glass Co. Inc., glass 54.53 Hobbs & Warren Inc., time books 61.75 Horne & Co., H. S., pay roll book 57.82 Massachusetts Highway Association, dues 3.00 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 18.96 Standard Maintenance Co., Inc., typewriter maintenance 18.80 Watertown Sun, rubber stamp 2.13 Total Expenditures 299.24 Transferred to Revenue .76 300.00 Highway Department—Labor Appropriation for 1951 355,000.00 Expenditures Pay-rolls, weekly 341,069.98 Transferred to Revenue 13,930.02 355,000.00 Highway Department—Overtime Labor Appropriation for 1951 5,000.00 Expenditures Pay-rolls, weekly 4,472.48 Transferred to Revenue 527.52 5,000.00 Highway Department—Vacations Appropriation for 1951 18,054.00 Expenditures Pay-rolls, weekly 18,033.80 Transferred to Revenue 20.20 18,054.00 Highway Department—Construction Appropriation for 1951 18,838.00 271 Expenditures Boston Edison Co., relocation of street lamp 165.00 Condon Corp., John P., shovel operator 10,674.04 Hay & Peabody Cement Vault Co., curbing 58.02 Mass. Steel & Tool Co., pipe 177.49 McCarty Co., Charles J., chain ropes—supplies 46.57 McNamara Inc., J. H., concrete 418.00 McVey, T. H., curbing 399.12 Newton Used Car & Parts Co., grade pins— supplies 112.87 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 351.72 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 61.60 Raymond, D. B., gravel 2,784.49 Sliney Co., John J., loam 41.16 Sterling Motors Corp., fan belts 19.68 Yeomans-O'Connell Co., link fence parts 45.54 Total Expenditures 15,355.30 Transferred to Revenue 3,482.70 18,838.00 Highway Department—Betterment Construction Appropriation for 1951 20,944.00 Expenditures Condon Corp., John P., concrete 5,888.89 Construction Mehy. & Repair Service, repointing and hard faced shovel teeth 22.00 Costigan Co., John P., repair motor 49.24 Everett Equipment Co., Clyde, parts 121.51 Garden City Gravel Corp., sand 129.03 Genalco Inc., shoes relined 7.76 Hay & Peabody Cement Vault Co., curbings 934.46 Mass. Broken Stone Co., broken stone 24.11 McNamara Inc., J. H., concrete 51.10 McVey, T. H., curbing 1,443.67 Motor Supply Inc., motor parts 90.58 Newton Used Car & Parts Co., steel 54.18 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 29.08 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 134.20 Raymond, D. B., gravel 8,203.17 Tractors Inc., parts 278.42 Utility Oil Co., asphalt 1,314.62 Total Expenditures 18,776.02 Transferred to Revenue 2,167.98 20,944.00 Highway Department—Chapter 90-111949" Balance brought forward 144.03 Expenditures Boston Edison Co., relocation of pole 137.00 272 Balance carried forward 7.03 144.03 Highway Departmen—Chapter 90—"1950" Balance brought forward 2,874.39 Received from State & County 6,451.12 9,325.51 Expenditures Boston Edison Co., breaking wall of manliole and installing cable 56.00 Reed Corp., Walter, road work 8,025.25 New Eng. Road Builders, advertising 6.40 Total Expenditures 8,087.65 Balance carried forward 1,237.86 9,325.51 Highway Department—Chapter 90—"1951" Appropriation for 1951 10,000.00 Received from State & County 29,485.92 39,485.92 Expenditures Chase-Parker & Co. Inc., goggles 5.88 Condon Corp., John P., concrete 34,985.73 Evans Printing Co., printing 8.08 Fletcher Hdwe Co., lantern globes 41.50 Green & Co., S. B., cement 28.52 Hidalgo Steel Co. Inc., paving breakers 103.88 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co.,supplies 135.62 McNamara Inc., J. H., concrete 182.80 Meister, O. J., sharpening points 46.80 Nonan'tum Lumber Co., lumber 5.47 Pay Roll-weekly 474.00 Systrom Co., E. W., moil points 76.50 Watertown Electrical Supp. Co., supplies 41.55 Total Expenditures 36,136.33 Balance carried forward 3,349.59 39,485.92 Highway Department—Alaintenance Appropriation for 1951 25,000.00 Refund 7.84 25,007.84 Expenditures Alexander Co., Louis A., parts 1,057.05 American Bitumuls Co., bitumuls 127.83 Chase-Parker & Co., Inc., supplies 5.40 Condon Corp., John P., cold patch 6,054.26 273 V Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 57.60 Coombs Motor Co., parts 4.20 Dinn & Co., P. J., parts 24.36 Evans Printing Co., printing 8.25 Everett Boom & Service Co., cores refilled -parts 257.20 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., hardware 10.25 Harvey Co., Arthur C., steel 7.32 Hunt-Marquardt Inc., fittings 1.37 Johnson Paint Co., quills & brushes 7.84 Kelly-Creswell Co., zone marking equipment 116.54 Laffin's Express, express 3.83 Mass. Broken Stone Co., broken stone 8,020.42 Mass. Steel & Tool Co., pipe 178.20 McCarty Co., Charles J., squeeges-supp. 67.13 Meister, O. J., welding & repairing 9.00 Middlesex County House of Correction-brooms 133.44 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 136.34 Protective Coating Co., painting 61.53 Purchasing-Town of Watertown, supplies 284.40 Raymond, D. B., gravel 57.37 Shapiro Co. Inc., David, fittings 4.46 Sheet Metal Specialties Co., signs 16.46 Standard Auto Gear Co., supplies 31.81 State Prison, parking & stop signs 442.15 Tropical Paint & Oil Co., paints 433.69 Utility Oil Co., asphalt 6,462.86 Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 913.75 Yeonman's & O'Connell Co., fence fittings 10.50 Total Expenditures 25,006.81 Transferred to Revenue 1.03 25,007.84 Highway Department-General Maintenance Appropriation for 1951 30,000.00 Expenditures A. & J. Auto Ignition Co., regulator 22.24 Alemite Co. of Boston, fittings 29.13 American Oil Co., gas 6,193.93 Amory Foundry Co., signs • 6.00 Atlantic Battery Co., batteries 184.77 Artcraft Mfg. Co., seat covers 25.00 Autocar Sales & Service Co., parts 110.78 Beacon Auto Radiator Co., Radiator repair 144.75 Boston Cons. Gas Co., service 147.17 Boston Coupling Co., parts 1.25 Boston Edison Co., service 1,387.86 Boston Janitors Supply Co.,brushes 303.73 Bright Enterprises, William D., canvas covers 159.67 Buckley & Scott Utilities, oil 51.13 Capitol Motor Transportation, express 1.32 Chase-Parker & Co., Inc., supplies 294.99 Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., tools 12.90 274 Clayton's Auto Glass Service, glass 136.55 Clapper Co., parts 17.15 Collins Transportation, express 4.98 Coolidge Paint& Supply Co., supplies 17.26 Coombs Motor Co., parts 302.75 Construction Mchy. Repair Service, parts 72.75 Costigan Co., John F., repairs 332.58 Davis Inc., N. G., hose assy.-parts 211.42 Davis Tractor Co., H. F., parts 50.31 Dormitzer Electric & Mfg. Co., speaker 17.49 Dunn's Drug Store, 1st aid kits-supplies 24.67 Dunn Co., W. J., supplies 3.52 Dwyer, Thomas V., expenses-excise-insurance- meetings 156.25 Eaton Press, printing 26.46 Ellis Inc., registration-holders 17.81 Elbery Motor Co. Inc., gaskets .50 Esso Standard Oil Co., oil 330.20 Eutectic Welding Alloys Corp., welding alloys 156.95 Everett Equipment Co., Clyde, parts 672.41 Fire Equipment Co., recharging 60.15 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., hardware 716.16 Furnace Installation Co. Inc., repair& weld tank 84.75 Gar Wood Industries Inc., push rod-wheels 126.20 Garden City Motor Parts, motor parts 17.05 Gordon Supply Co., frocks 137.70 Guaranteed Batteries Inc., packages 26.46 Hamlin Motor Sales, motor repair 1.29 Harvey Sales Service Co., parts 12.04 Harvey Co., Arthur C., steel 14.44 Heil Equipment Co., parts 239.12 Hidalgo Steel Co., steel 13.71 Hodge Boiler Works, brushes 23.39 Horne & Co., H. S., supplies 11.09 International Harvester Co., parts .66 Jacobsen PoNver Mower Co., belts 6.42 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 255.41 Kelly's Shell Service, gas 210.84 Kelsoe Bros., painting flag pole 20.00 LeRoy, R. V., M. D., services 10.00 LeFavor, George E., insurance 70.00 Mack Motor Truck Co., parts 273.54 M. & H. Tire Co., tires 657.27 McCree, John, units with motors 393.20 McCarty Inc., Charles J., supplies 14.26 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 69.18 Mass. Motor Car Co., supplies 6.92 Mt. Auburn Motors, supplies 46.75 Meister, O. J., repairs to truck-welding 147.25 Metcalfes & Co., V belts 7.49 Metropolitan Coal Co., coal 20.55 Mills Cemetery Equipment Co., knife for power scythe-blades for Bar mower 5.20 Mid States Motor Trans., express 7.16 Mohawk Pete, auto parts 3.45 Morrissey Bros. Tractor Co., hardware 2.94 275 Moore Crop., Irving B., couplings 48.18 Motor Supply Co., motor supplies 58.02 N. E. Engine & Parts Co., breather caps 1.03 New Eng. Bolt Co., bolts 19.00 New Eng. Gas Products Inc., gas products 163.66 New Eng. Saw Co., saw filing 67.69 N. E. Spring & Brake Co., repair springs 24.10 Newton Used Car & Parts Co., parts 6.00 Nonantum LumbA Co., lumber 407.36 Northeast Oil Co., oil 220.97 O'Brien Bros. Trucking Co., trucking .63 Oilmen's Service & Supply Co., parts 10.63 Parry Inc., John R., supplies 11.29 Petroleum Heat & Power Co., burner service 7.50 Pierce Co., Raymond H., Torsion spring for Overhead door 196.73 Protective Coating Co., paint 23.52 Purchasing-Town of Watertown, supplies 1,548.45 Quirk Corp., Edward S., tires & tubes 2,658.34 Railway Express Agency, express 11.34 Radiant Fuel Co., fuel 54.59 Rand Co. ,Phillip A., cable 255.02 Regent Business Machine Service, repair Remington machine 4.90 Registry of Motor Vehicles, registering 156.00 Shell Oil Co., parts 51.59 Shushan, Arthur A., M. D., services 10.00 Shutt Inc., George L., tires-tubes and batteries 916.62 Silver Welding Supply Co., cutting tip-welding 44.30 Simplex Time Recorder Co., lock type station 8.70 Snap-On-Tools Corp., screws 11.95 Snider Fuel Corp., fuel 2,476.28 Spencer Mfg. Co., S. M., burning brand 24.00 Standard Auto Gear Co., parts 2,968.04 Standard Textiles Co., wipers 446.57 State Prison Colony Industries, garbage cans 180.00 Stearns-Perry & Smith Co., repair 139.60 Sterling Motors Corp., parts 5.14 Sullivan Oil Co., oil 219.26 Systrom Co., E. W., parts 400.28 Tractors Inc., bushings 400.17 Uarco Inc., business forms 57.10 Veritas Co. Inc., metal cleaner 14.85 Water Dept., Town of Watertown metered water 99.54 Watertown Upholstering Co., new truck cushions 70.00 Watertown Herald, advertising 2.25 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing supplies 1.70 Webster's Boston & Waltham Express, express 2.20- Welch, Norman A., M. D., services 10.00 Whalen Battery Co., battery 6.00 White Motor Co., motor repair 136.74 Total Expenditures 29,998.50 Transferred to Revenue 1.50 30,000.00 276 Iiighway Department-New Equipment Appropriation for 1951 24,100.00 Expenditures Clark-Wilcox Co., payloader-set lights- special front bumper 7,530.32 Coombs Motor Co., new trucks 7.43.04 Davis Tractor, H. F., tractor-bulldozer 5,831.10 Meister, O. J., plow frames 165.00 Quirk Corp., Edward S., tires and tubes 866.40 Systrom Co., E. W., Hy-Lo-Jack 100.00 Total Expenditures 22,245.86 Transferred to Revenue 1,854.14 24,100.00 Highway Department-Snow & Ice Materials Appropriation for 1951 11,700.00 Expenditures Acme Hydraulic Service, labor on snow plows 140.18 Amercian Oil Co., gas 916.23 Atlantic Battery Co., battery 33.74 Balboni's Express Co., express 16.00 Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight 300.00 Chase-Parker & Co. Inc., links 219.91 Chemical Corn., parts 31.94 Clapper Co., parts 13.85 Clark-Wilcox Co.. parts 144.03 Clayton's Auto Glass Service, auto glass 12.25 Costigan Co., John F., auto parts 40.22 Davis Tractor Co., auto parts 175.96 Davis, H. G., Inc., couplings 146.91 Dietz Co., R. A., carburetor 18.57 East Watertown Cement Block Co., cal-chloride 190.00 Garden City Gravel Corp., sand 2,429.91 International Salt Co., salt 3,336.50 Mack Motor Truck Co., nut 4.60 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 70.30 Meister, O. J., rebuild 2 push frames-welding 131.50 Metcalfe & Co., pipe tap .45 Morrissey Bros. Tractor Co., plow bolts 3.60 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 64.76 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 50.86 Perkins-Milton Co., serviceman call 32.28 Perkins-Eaton Mchy. Co., parts 512.41 Purchasing-Town of Watertown, supplies 390.96 Savem Products Co., calcium chloride 187.11 Sheet Metal Specialties Co., signs-"No Parking" 17.64 Shutt Inc., George L., batteries 50.14 Standard Auto Gear Co., parts 210.93 Systrom Co., E. W., push frames- 816.32 Watertown Herald, advertising 3.00 277 Wood Co., Charles N., auto parts 951.08 Total Expenditures 11,664.14 Transferred to Revenue 35.86 11,700.00 Highway Department—Snow & Ice Trucking & Overtime Appropriation for 1951 10,700.00 Expenditures Cavalen & Son, L., snow removal 517.75 Folino & Sons Inc., T. F., snow removal 232.81 Pay-Roll, weekly 7,466.45 Ravinis Trucking Co., plowing 124.50 Sliney Co., John J., plowing 410.25 Theurer, Harry A., plowing 235.75 Triconi, T., snow removal 812.25 Vacca Trucking Co., plowing 205.00 Total Expenditures 10,001.76 Transferred to Revenue 698.24 10,700.00 Highway Department--Garbage Disposal Appropriation for 1951 2,000.00 Expenditures American Oil Co., gas 1,592.21 Eaton Press Inc., printing 7.50 State Prison Colony Industries, garbage cans 346.20 Watertown Herald, advertising 2.50 Watertown Letter Shop, printing 9.00 Water Dept.—Town of Watertown, metered water 25.48 Total Expenditures 1,982.89 Transferred to Revenue 17.11 2,000.00 Highway Department—Ashes & Papers Appropriation for 1951 3,000.00 Expenditures American Oil Co., gas 2,677.07 Eaton Press Inc., printing 18.50 Sliney Co., John J., bull-dozer rental 271.00 Watertown Letter Shop, printing 18.00 Water Dept.—Town of Watertown—metered water 14.28 Total Expenditures 2,998.85 Transferred to Revenue 1.15 3,000.00 278 Street Lights Appropriation for 1951 63,650.00 Expenditures Boston Edison Co., services 60,241.85 Duro Test Corp., lights 49.02 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 27.16 Meister, O. J., sheet metal 2.00 Municipal Signal & Supp. Co., repairs—supplies 636.98 Watertown Paint & Varnish Co., paint 13.86 Watertown Electric Supply Co., opal glass balls 32.00 Total Expenditures 61,002.87 Transferred to Revenue 2,647.13 63,650.00 Sidewalk Department—Construction Appropriation for 1951 3,500.00 Expenditures Beaver Brook Grain Co., hay 15.58 Chase-Parker & Co., Inc., sledge handles 15.97 Condon Corp., John F., concrete 136.64 Green & Co., S. B., cement 23.03 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., hose 46.50 Maffioli & Son, concrete work 60.00 McNamara Inc., J. H., concrete 1,247.16 McVey, T. H., curbing 263.25 Newton Used Car & Parts Co., grade pins 26.75 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 163.25 Raymond, D. B., gravel 1,454.68 Sliney Co., John J., loam 20.58 Total Expenditures 3,473.39 Transferred to Revenue 26.61 3,500.00 Sidewalk Department—Maintenance Appropriation for 1951 3,000.00 Expenditures Condon Corp., John P., concrete 1,477.47 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., hose 273.25 Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone 153.92 McCarty Co., Charles J., wheelbarrow 23.70 McNamara Inc., J. H., concrete 62.43 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 39.26 Purchasing, Town of Watertown, supplies 105.55 Raymond, D. B., gravel 399.85 Sliney Co., John J., loam 462.60 Total Expenditures 2,998.03 Transferred to Revenue 1.97 3,000.00 279 CHARITIES & SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Public Welfare Department—Social Workers Salaries Appropriation for 1951 17,610.00 Expenditures Brogle, Dorothy T., salary 2,625.00 DeLorey, Walter F., salary 2,623.33 Forbush, Elsie A., salary 3,300.00 Gass, Elizabeth A., salary 3,300.00 Hoyt, Creighton B., salary 2,740.00 Menton, Paul C., salary 2,380.33 Total Expenditures 16,968.66 Transferred to Revenue 641.34 17,610.00 Public Welfare—Principal Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 2,280.00 Expenditures McCree, Rosamond, salary 2,280.00 Public Welfare—Senior Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 2,060.00 Expenditures Kelly, Edith L., salary 2,060.00 Public Welfare Department—Junior Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 1,800.00 Expenditures McCarthy, Catharine F., salary 1,800.00 Public Welfare Department—Junior Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 1,620.00 Expenditures Donato, Elena M., salary 1,620.00 Public Welfare Department—Junior Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 1,500.00 Expenditures Maloney, Eleanor, salary 1,500.00 Public Welfare Department—Junior Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 1,500.00 Expenditures 280 Reardon, Theresa, salary 1,470.20 Transferred to Revenue 29.80 1,500.00 Public Welfare Department-Contingent Appropriation for 1951 2,000.00 Expenditures American Assoc. of Social Workers-year book 5.00 American Public Welfare Assoc., directory 5.00 Atwell Co., envelopes 20.16 Atwell Service Co., maintenance 72.00 Brogle, Dorothy T., meeting expenses 2.65 Coolidge Printing Co., printing 160.72 DeLorey, Walter F., car expense 3.25 Eaton Press Inc., printing 72.84 Eddie's Caster Service, casters 4.00 Elliott Addressing Machine Co., stencils 45.40 Forbush, Elsie A., auto expense 8.00 Gass, Elizabeth A., carfare 101.85 Hobbs & Warren Inc., forms 31.51 Horne Co., H. S., office supplies 134.60 Hoyt, Creighton B., car expense 7.15 Mass. Assoc. of Relief Officers, dues 2.00 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 3.01 Menton, Paul C., auto expense 5.10 National Cash Register Co., repair 7.53 Newsweek, subscription 6.50 Postmaster-Boston, envelopes 842.87 Purchasing-Town of Watertown, supplies 206.14 Remington Rand Inc., servicing 42.05 Social Leg. Inf. Service, subscription 15.00 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 73.60 Stetson Co., M. D., ozium refills 8.09 United Community Services, share of operating expense 112.98 Watertown Sun, advertising 1.00 2,000.00 Public Welfare Department-Auto Travel Expense Appropriation for 1951 2,240.00 Expenditures Brogle, Dorothy T., car expense 75.60 DeLorey, Walter F., car expense 368.95 Forbush, Elsie A., car expense 268.00 Hoyt, Creighton B., car expense 360.00 Hyde, Joseph E., car expense 259.92 Menton, Paul C., car expense 316.20 Murray, Joseph F., car expense 360.00 Total Expenditures 2,008.67 Transferred to Revenue 231.33 2,240.00 281 Public Welfare Department-New Typewriter Appropriation for 1951 240.00 Expenditures Royal Typewriter Co., typewriters 240.00 Public Welfare Departmenn-General Relief Appropriation for 1951 100.000.00 Refunds 1.6 73.63 101,673.63 Expenditures A. & P. Tea Co., groceries 23.75 Aggies Cab Co., taxi 39.85 Apelian, Albert S., M. D., services 116.00 Appel, Charles F.,M. D., services 82.00 Angelo, Caspar, M. D., services 10.00 Arlington, Town of, aid 717.40 Bacon, G. S., M. D., services 339.00 Barratta Shoe Repair, shoe repair 13.30 Barren, Albert L., M. D., services 12.00 Belmont, Town of, aid 1,070.35 Boston Provident Assoc., homemaker services 38.50 Branchm, Byron S., D. M. D., services 2000 Brigham Hospital, Peter Bent, care 7.50 Burger, Francis J., M. D., services 125.00 Butler's Pharmacy, supplies 977.59 Cambridge, City of, aid 1,022.07 Cambridge Taxi Co., taxi 1.05 Canzanelli, Pericles, M. D., services 6990 Case Shoe Co., Edwin, shoes 48.86 Cash, weekly disbursements 64,867.12 Catherdral Clinic, dentistry, 62.50 Catholic Charitable Bureau, board 553.42 Chalmers, Thomas C., M. D., services 3.00 Children's Hospital, care 80.00 Children's Shop, children's clothes 29.38 Chopourian, H. M., D. M. D., services 141.00 Christi, Welman B., M. D., services 35.00 Cleary Drug Store, supplies 20.20 Coffey's Market, groceries 116.00 Cohen, Herbert H., M. D., services 9.00 Comm. of Mass. Public Works Division, bur. of 31,874.96 Arcts.-board and room Comm. of Mass . Mass Hospital School, care 2,351.94 Connolly, John D., M. D., services 67.00 Conti, Domenic, rent 252.00 Costa Drug Store, prescriptions 18.50 Cutler, I. Louise, M. D., services 55.00 Drosdik, V. A., M. D., services 6.00 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 556.52 Egleston Shoe Repair, shoe repair 2.25 Elliott, Harold E., M. D., services 35.00 282 Fantasia, Philip D., D. M. D., services 59.50 First National Stores, groceries 30.00 Fox Drug Store, supplies 895.36 Fox Drug Store, supplies (Newton) 3.50 Frail's Corset Shop., Mrs., corset 21.50 Fried, Anton R., M. D., services 38.50 Godwin Taxi Service, taxi 15.80 Gorman, Eugene F., M. D., services 37.00 Groton, Town of, aid 63.90 Harris, Charles A., clothes 102.08 Harris, J. B., M. D., services-glasses 15.00 Helms, James T., Dr., services 9.00 Holy Ghost Hospital, care 153.75 Hubbard's Drug Store, prescriptions 7.97 Hudson Drug Store, prescriptions 3.34 Jameson, James J., M. D., services 152.00 Kevorkian, J. J., M. D., services 458.00 LaFayette, Dr., services 45.00 Lamphier, Timothy A., M. D., services 5.00 LeRoy, R. V., M. D., services 15.00 Lexington, Town of, aid 561.65 Lexington St. Drub Co., supplies 83.60 Lloyd's Pharmacy, supplies 346.88 Lynn, City of, aid 56.60 Mahady Co., E. E., supplies 98.00 Malden, City of, care 1,077.20 Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, care 469.75 Mass. General Hospital, care 596.35 Mastrangelo, L., M. D., services 152.00 Medford, City of, aid 104.00 Medical Oxygen service, oxygen 10.00 Mt. Auburn Hospital, care 6,296.32 Mt. Auburn Laboratory, laboratory services 5.00 Murphy, John P., Dr., services 183.00 Murray, Paul F., Dr., services 96.00 Nally Movers Inc., moving 18.01 Natick, Town of, aid 585.60 Newman, Arthur S., M. D., services 8.00 Newton, City of, aid 823.80 Nonantum Coal Co., coal 50.63 Otis Bros. Co., clothes and shoes 175.21 Parker Drug Store, prescriptions 76.98 Pesce, Guy C., M. D., services 58.00 Piccolo's Pharmacy, prescriptions 36.49 Quigley, George E., M. D., services 5.00 Quincy, City of, aid 400.40 Rand's Pharmacy, supplies 569.35 Revere, City of, aid 33.75 Salusti„ Joseph J., D. M. D., services 57.00 Secord, Walter N., M. D., services 20.00 Seeler, Albert O., M. D., services 6.00 Short & Williamson, burial 100.00 Shushan, Arthur A., M. D., services 48.50 Sim, Mrs. Harold L., nurse 294.00 Slattery, John J., M. D., services 40.00 283 Star Market Co., groceries 30.20 St. Elizabeth's Hospital, care 654.35 Stop & Shop, groceries 1,542.61 Streim, Benjamin, M. D., services 373.00 Sullivan Oil Co., oil 58.00 Sweeney. Guy R., M. D., services 21.00 Tannenbaum, Harold T., M. D., services 3.00 Thompson, Juanita, M. D., services—blood test 5.00 Thomas, W. H., burial 197.50 Toppan, Albert B., M. D., services 148.00 Toubzjian, Y. T., services 877.45 Waltham Hospital, care 3,298.25 Watertown District Nursing Assoc., visits 204.75 Weisman, Theodore A., M. D., services 139.00 White's Market, groceries 26.87 Wil-Mac Co., shoes 26.95 Working Boy's Home, board 100.50 Worcester, City of, aid 161.70 Wylie, Earl J., M. D., services 162.75 York, Robert S., M. D., services 56.00 Zani, Mrs. Marietta, corset 23.00 Zelermyer, Max, D. M. D., services 16.00 Total Expenditures 101,669.66 Transferred to Revenue 3.97 101,673.63 Public Welfare—Aid to Dependent Children—Town Appropriations for 1951 65,000.00 Refunds 1,712.11 66,712.11 Expenditures Cash, weekly disbursements 63,812.50 Transferred to Revenue 2,899.61 66,712.11 Public Welfare—Aid Dependent Children—Federal Aid Balance brought forward 15,920.98 Federal Funds 42,051.81 57,972.79 Expenditures Cash, weekly disbursements 54,136.51 Balance carried forward 3,836.28 57,972.79 Public Welfare—Old Age Assistance—Tow-n Appropriation for 1951 275,700.00 Refunds 6,249.47 281,949.47 Expenditures Arlington, Town of, aid 427.36 284 Avon, Town of, aid 11.59 Bedford, Town of, aid 100.02 Belmont, Town of, aid 572.67 Boston, City of, aid 53.83 Brookline, Town of, aid 35.12 Cambridge, City of, aid 609.18 Canton, Town of, aid 65.22 Cash, weekly disbursements 274,582.91 Dedham, Town of, aid 52.95 Framingham, Town of, aid 313.56 Harvard, Town of, aid 30.78 Lexington, Town of, aid 19.77 Malden, City of, aid 374.82 Newburyport, City of, aid 82.20 Newton, City of, aid 1,553.90 North Reading, Town of, aid 383.95 Peabody, City of, aid 197.95 Quincy, City of, aid 224.98 Revere, City of, aid 7.77 Rockland, City of, aid 226.87 Scituate, Town of, aid 130.99 Sommerville, City of, aid 200.01 Springfield, City of, aid 256.56 Templeton, Town of, aid 14.70 Wareham, Town of, aid 230.29 Weymouth, Town of, aid 137.22 Woburn, City of, aid 75.99 Total Expenditures 280,973.16 Transferred to Revenue 976.31 281.949.47 Public Welfare-Old Age Assistance-Federal Administration Balance brought forward 8,960.10 Federal Funds 16,404.89 25,364.99 Expenditures Hyde, Joseph E., salary 4,040.00 Hyde, Joseph E., auto expense 16.66 Murray, Joseph F., salary 4,900.00 Murray, Joseph F., conference in Worcester 125.00 Royal Typewriter Co., two used typewriters 50.00 Total Expenditures 9,131.66 Balance carried forward 16,233.33 25,364.99 Public Welfare-Old Age Assistance-Federal Aid Balance brought forward 91.98 Recoveries 73.55 Federal Aid 206,885.44 207,050.97 Expenditures Cash, weekly disbursements 193,643.91 285 Balance carried forward 13,407.06 207,050.97 Public Welfare—Unpaid Bills Appropriation for 1951 314.12 Expenditures Brogle, Dorothy T., auto expense • 25.00 DeLorey, Walter F., auto expense 33.89 Eaton Press Inc., printing 47.04 Elliott Addressing Machine Co., supplies 3.84 Forbush, Elsie A., auto expense 25.55 Gass, Elizabeth A., car fare 7.20 Horne Co., H. S., Inc., supplies 46.65 Hoyt, Creighton B., auto expense 27.25 Menton, Paul C., auto expense 27.25 Murray, Joseph F., auto expense 48.20 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 22.25 314.12 Infirmary Department—Salary of Keeper Appropriation for 1951 1.910.00 Expenditures DeMarais, Charles J., salary 1,910.00 Infirmary Department—Salary of Housekeeper Appropriation for 1951 1,640.00 Expenditures DeMarais, Mary E., salary 1.640.00 Infirmary Department—Salary of Part-Time Iielp Appropriation for 1951 416.00 Ex_nenditures Burke, Catherine, salary 416.00 Infirmary Department—General Expense Appropriation for 1951 5,844.00 Expenditures American Laundry, laundry 338.58 Automatic Heating Corp., overhaul oil burner 12.00 Beck's Curtain Cleansing, curtain cleansing 10.50 Bonded Oil System Inc., oil 405.99 Boston Cons. Gas Co., service 92.28 Boston Edison Co., service 113.44 Buckley & Scott Co., services 9.80 Chopourian, H. M., D. M. D., services 12.00 Connolly, John, M. D., services 42.00 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 4420 DeMarais, Charles J., incidentals 268.79 Dowd Co., H. J., paper supplies 22.87 286 Downer, S. B., provisions 1,982.16 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 56.86 Fantasia, Phillip, D. M. D., services 9.00 Ferguson Inc., Stanley W., tea bags 6.00 Grant Co., W. T., curtains 4.50 Harris, Charles, shoes 21.05 Lex-Wood, Inc., eggs 227.25 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supply Co., supplies 3.40 Mass., Comm. of, Reformatory for Women, sheets & cases 58.36 Moore Corp., Irving B., garden hose 25.56 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 101.57 Papazian, James, bakery supplies 680.85 Piccolo's Pharmacy, tobacco— 16.00 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 2.42 Radiant Fuel Co., fuel 193.13 Ross Plumbing & Heating Co., swing spout faucet—supplies 21.00 Ssm's Market,.provisions 477.79 Small Co., Frederick C., tea & coffee 57.50 Standard Window Cleaning Co., window cleaning 60.00 Swift & Co., allsweet 55.54 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing supplies 2.90 White. Bernie—Personal Flower Shop, Xmas tree .75 Woodland Dairy Inc., Charles, milk 407.39 Total Expenditures 5,843.43 Transferred to Revenue .57 5,844.00 Physicians Appropriation for 1951 1,500.00 Expenditures Mastrangelo, Louis, M. D., services 750.00 Secord, Walter N., M. D., services 500.00 Titus, Peter, M. D., services 187.50 Total Expenditures 1,437.50 Transferred to Revenue 62.50 1,500.00 Veterans' Service—Salary of Agent Appropriation for 1951 4,010.00 Ex_enditures Corbett, John F., salary 4,010.00 Veterans' Service—Investigator or Social Worker Salary Appropriation for 1951 3,260.00 287 Expenditures Najarian, Dorothy R., salary 3,260.00 Veterans' Service Investigator or Social Worker—Part Time Salary Appropriation for 1951 1,300.00 Expenditures Maloney, James A., salary 1,280.00 Transferred to Revenue 20.00 1,300.00 Veterans' Service—Senior Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 1,920.00 Expenditures Brogle, Katherine A., salary 1,920.00 Veterans' Service—Junior Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 1,820.00 Expenditures Watson, Alice S., salary 1,036 00 Transferred to Revenue 784.00 1,820.00 Veterans' Service—Office Expense Appropriation for 1951 1,075.00 Refunds 6.50 1,081.50 Expenditures Civil Service Reporter, renewal of subscription 2.00 Coolidge Printing C., printing 34.25 Corbett, John F., conference expenses 44.75 Costello, Waler F., books 6.00 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware .35 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 77.75 Mass. Gas & Electric Co., supplies 1.75 Mass. Veterans Service Agent's Assoc., dues 7.00 National Cash Register Co., repair 6.95 Orco Cameras Inc., paper 56.76 Postmaster—Boston, post cards 44.00 Prospect Union Educational Exchange—catalog 1.00 Purchasing—Town of Watertown, supplies 264.78 Royal Typewriter Co., typewriters 220.00 Ryan, C. M., squeegie board 1.25 St. John & McColl Inc., mimeograph repair and cleaning 25.70 Standard Maintenance Co., maintenance typewriters 28.20 Supt. of Documents—U. S. Government Printing Office, pamphlets 3.15 288 Watson, Alice S., services-Veterans graves registration 50.00 Windsor-Embassy-paper, repairing print dryer- new canvas blankets 163.35 Total Expenditures 1,038.99 Transferred to Revenue 42.51 1,081.50 Veterans' Service-Car Expense Appropriation for 1951 750.00 Expenditures Corbett, John F., car expense 300100 Maloney, James A., car expense 150.00 Najarian, Dorothy R., car expense 300.00 750.00 Veterans' Service-Veterans Benefits Appropriation for 1951 50,000.00 Refunds 1,319.32 51,319.32 Expenditures Abelman, Lester M., M. D., services 4.00 Abrams, J. I., M. D., services 24.00 Barron, Albert L_, M. D., services 4.00 Blain, Lester G., D. M. D., services 19.00 Blacklow, Leo A., M. D., services 19.00 Beatty Bros., supplies 2.75 Boston, City of, Veterans Services, Dept., aid 15.00 Boynton, George, M. D., services 8.00 Broderick's Pharmacy, supplies 7.65 Butler Phai maey, supplies 83.35 Caravaglio, Joseph J., M. D., services 15.00 Carp, Sumner, M. D., services 78.00 Cash, weekly disbursements 33,92733 Catholic Charitable Bureau, board 25.14 Central Pharmacy, supplies 52.70 Children's Hospital, care 9.70 Cole Drug Co., prescription 1.65 Cooper, Benedict, M. D.; services 25.00 Corbett, Alexander E., supplies 59.45 Corbett, John F., burial agent 4.00 Costa, George- W., prescription 9.97 Cuddy, Thomas S., M. D., services 40.00 Donovan, William, M. D., services 5400 Drosdik, V. A., M. D., services 69.00 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 41.08 Edwin Case Shoe Co,, shoes 14.80 Eigr_er, S., M. D., services 12.00 Elliott, Harold E., M. D., services-eyeglasses 8.00 Fantasia, Phillip D., D. M. D., services 129.00 1 289 Fox Drug Store, supplies 183.68 Gattes, Charles N., M. D., services 15.00 Greene, C. Edward, M. D., services 10.00 Gould Farm, board and room 5963 Green, C. Franklin, M. D., services 3.00 Godfrey, Henry W., M. D., services 6.00 Gorman, Eugene F., M. D., services 39.00 Helms, James T., D. S. C., services 6,00 Hogan, J. N., M. D., services 4.00 Hutchinson Drug Co., prescription 1.20 Jersey Drug Inc., supplies 10.25 Julian, Marvin J., burial 148.00 Kat'tany, Edward C., M. D., services 42.00 Kevorkian, J. J., M. D., services 128.00 Keyes, Eliot W., Pharmacy, supplies 2.25 Lawlor, Edward F., M. D., services 10.00 Lawrence, Maurice K., M. D., services 5.00 LeRoy, R. V., M. D., services 16.00 Lexington St. Drug Co., supplies 243.82 Lloyd Pharmacy, supplies 12 20 MacDonald, Joseph A., burial 148.00 McGeary's Cantilever Shoe Shop Inc., shoes 12.95 Mass. General Hospital, care 143.35 Mt. Auburn Medical Laboratory, services 4.00 Mt. Auburn Hospital, care 194.50 Murphy General Hospial, Hospital Fund, care 176,75 Murray, Paul F., services 6.00 New England Hospital, tests 41.80 Nelson Drug Co., supplies 15.50 Otis Bros, Co., shoes 11.95 Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, x-ray-care 106.00 Perlmutter, Samuel M., M. D., services 4.00 Pesce, Guy C. M. D., services 6.00 Picceri, Saverio, M. D., services 6.00 Piccolo's Pharmacy, supplies 75.60 Rand's Pharmacy, supplies 14.65 Roseman, Melvin D., M. D., services 4.00 Rumerman, Herbert, M. D., services 110.00 Russell Pharmacy, supplies 34.75 Salusti. Joseph J., D. M. D., services 75.50 Schindler, John H., eyeglasses 18.00 Secord, Walter N., M. D., services 26.00 Slattery, John J., M. D., services 24 00 Streim, Benjamin, M. D., services 258.00 Sylvester, R. Emerson, M. D., services 4.00 Touzjian, Y. T., M. D., services 284.54 Travelers Aid Society of Boston, train fare 34.65 Veterans Services, North Reading, aid 165.00 Waltham District Nursing Assoc., visits 247.25 Waltham Hospital, care 20425 Waltham Pharmacy Co., prescriptions 2.75 Waverly Square Pharmacy Inc., prescription 5.00 Weisman, Theodore A., M. D., services 2.50 York, Robert S_, M. D., services 50.00 Zalermyer, Max, D. M. D., services 10.00 Total Expenditures 38,236.84 290 Transferred to Revenue 13,082.48 51,319.32 Veterans' Services—War Allowance Appropriation for 1951 4,000.00 Refunds 75.00 4,075 00 Expenditures Cash, weekly disbursements 575.00 Transferred to Revenue 3,500.00 4,075.00 SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES School Department—General Control Superintendent's Salary Appropriation for 1951 7,200 00 Expenditures Kelly, Francis A., salary 7,200.00 School Department—General Control Assistant Superintendent's Salary Appropriation for 1951 6,000.00 Expenditures O'Brien, Thomas F., salary 6,000 00 School Department—General Control Salaries of Clerks Appropriation for 1951 4,680.00 Expenditures Guidrey, Gertrude M., salary 2,160.00 O'Toole, Anne B., salary 2,520.00 4,680.00 School Department—General Control Attendance Officers' Salaries Appropriation for 1951 5,760.00 Expenditures Carroll, Joseph L., salary 2,880.00 Caverly, Francis, salary 2,880.00 5,760.00 School Department—Gencral Control Attendance Officers' Expenses Appropriation for 1951 600.00 291 Expenditures Carroll, Joseph L., car expense 30000 Caverly, Francis, car expense 300.00 600.00 School Department--General Control Auto Expense Appropriation for 1951 500.00 Expenditures Kelly, Francis A., auto expense 250.00 O'Brien, Thomas F., auto expense 259.00 500.00 School Department--General Control Office Expense Appropriation for 1951 500.00 Expenditures American Assoc., School Adm., dues 10.00 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 1.80 Kelly, Francis A., postage—expenses convention 60.94 Mainco Trading Co., office supplies 20.20 National Cash Register Co., maintenance adding machine 15.69 O'Toole, Anne, services to committee 300.00 Postmaster—Boston, postage 77.94 Smith, Ellis, Ranger printing pads, and supplies 13.43 500.00 School Department—General Control Telephones Appropriation for 1951 2,500.00 Expenditures New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., services 2,499.99 Transferred to Revenue .01 2,500.00 School Department—General Control N. E. Development Council Appropriation for 1951 300.00 Expenditures New England School Development Council membership 300.00 School Department—Instruction Salaries Appropriation for 1951 883,100.00 292 Expenditures Abbott, Sara, salary 4,266.64 Adams, Alfred S., salary 4,373.31 Adams, Bernice, salary 3,656.31 Adren, Ann, salary 3,266.62 Andrews, Joseph, salary 4,316.54 Appel, Ruth, salary 4,200.00 Bagshaw, Thomas L., salary 3,253.32 Baker, Marjorie, salary 2,820.86 Banks, Pauline, salary 3,566.62 Bannon, Joseph F., Jr., salary 1,485.00 Bassett, Charlotte, salary 4,153.28 Bassett, Jennie M., salary 4,153.28 Beeten, Claire, salary 3,656.31 Blake, Thomas, salary 4,816.54 Blossom, Ellen C., salary 3,566.62 Bond, Edmund H., salary 4,883.20 Bowen, Muriel, salary 2,022.22 Boy, John, salary 3,666.64 Boyle, Mary, salary 4,066.67 Brehm, Leo., salary 1,560.00 Brock, Gladys, salary 1,902.28 Brooks, Pauline, salary 3,653,31 Brown, Eileen, salary 4,253.31 Burge, Alice, salary 3,300.00 Burke, Peter J., salary 4,119.14 Butler, Audrey, salary 2,462.50 Campbell, Laura, salary 3,766.67 Caram, Mildred J., salary 4,053.34 Carey, Ann, salary 1,797.50 Carey, Mary, salary 3,553.28 Carey, Virginia L., salary 1,853.34 Carver, Alice M. salary 3,300.00 Chase, George S., salary 1,600.00 Chace, Marilyn, salary 966.64 Chick, Arnold, salary 2,300.02 Chrakian, Elisha, salary 4,253.31 Coen, Mildren E., salary 1,670.00 Colbert, Edward B., salary 5,163.36 Colby, Frances, salary 4,253.31 Collins, Margaret, salary 4,153.28 Collins, Miriam, salary 2,838.34 Connor, Eleanor B., salary 4,153.28 Corbett, William, salary 2,853.34 Corcoran, Mary, salary 2,856.34 Curry, John, salary 2,853.34 Cusick, Elizabeth, salary 4,286.67 Daley, Catherine, salary 1,870.00 Dedeyan, Angel, salary 1,670.00 Degnan, John P., salary 2,805.86 DePass, John, salary 2,953.28 Desmond, Elizabeth, salary 4,253.31 Dix, Hazel Smith, salary 2,500.00 Donald, Mary, salary 2,780.86 Donald, William, salary 4,153.28 Donnelly, Margaret, salary 2,520.00 Donnellan, William, salary 3,919.14 293 Dooley, Gertrude, salary 3,166.67 Dowling, Patricia, salary 3,244.41 Dunbar, Eunice, salary 3,266.62 Durrell, Charles P., salary 4,949.87 Dwyer, Catherine T., salary 3,953.31 Eagan, Mary, salary 3,466.67 Edwards, Josephine, salary 3,466.68 Eichorn, John, salary 2,853.34 Elia, Elizabeth, salary 2,853.34 Ellis, Cyril, salary 3,729.56 Evans, Gladys, salary 2,50,0.00 Falbo, Yolando L., salary 2,853.34 Farley, Helen M., salary 3,533.34 Fa.rnum, Margaret, salary 3,597.85 Farrington, Julia, salary 3,524.00 Farwell, Winifred, salary 2,219.00 Felton, Clifton A., salary 3,853.28 Finnegan, Mary, salary 3,653.32 Fitzpatrick, John, salary 2,853.34 Fitzpatrick, Margaret, salary 1,820.00 Foley, Agnes, salary 1,856.34 Ford, Raymond, salary 3,101.66 Foye, Alice E., salary 3,586.63 Fredericks, Gladys, salary 760.00 Fulton, Leah M., salary 3666.64 Gallagher, Mary, salary 2,853.38 Gartland, Harriet, salay 3,653.31 Garufi, Phillip F., salary 3,985.81 Gearin, Margaret, salary 3,856.28 Geary, Cecelia, salary 2,932.00 Gilligan, Mary, salary 3,653.31 Gleason, Robert, salary 3,953.31 Gough, Anne, salary 4,153.28 Gould, Carolyn, salary 3,553.28 Greeley, Julia W., salary 3,366.64 Griffith, Pearl, salary 3,953.31 Greuner, Adele R., salary 3,333.31 Guidrey, Virginia, salary 3,386.67 Harris, Florence M., salary 3,553.28 Harris, John, salary 4,053.34 Hanlon, Lois Ann, salary 2,853.34 Hannabell, Mildred, salary 2,133.34 Harrington, Robert, salary 3,403.28 Hayes, Esther, salary 3534.14 Hayes, Helen, salary 3,266.62 Helms, Phoebe, salary 3,653.31 Ann,nn, salary 686.25 Hillen, Ethel A., salary 3,786.62 Hilliard, Pearl M., salary 2,993.84 Hirtle, Bertram L.; salary 3,353.31 Holland, Bertram, salary 6,313.34 Horrigan, Viola, salary 4,033.34 Howard, Mary S., salary 3,553.28 Huestis, Ruth, salary 2,493.28 Hutchinson, Edythe, salary 3,525.00 Hynes, Betty Ann, salary 2,853.34 Hynes, Rose E., salary 3,266.62 294 Jacobs, Edith J., salary 4,488.00 Jeffers, Harriet M., salary 1,871.98 Johnson, Esther C., salary 4,033.31 Jones, Mildred, salary 3,099.95 Keep, Marion P., salary 3,999.95 Kelley, Joan, salary 2,853.34 Kelley, John J., salary 4,819.97 Kelman, A. Robert, salary 4,266.64 Kent, I. Eliot, salary 3,953.31 Kilroy, Phyllis Bird, salary 2,775.62 Koumjian, John, salayr 1466.64 Krikorian, Sadie, salary 1,670.00 Landin, Walter E., salary 4,053.34 Lane, A. Louise, salary 2,966.62 Lane, Helen B., salary 3,686.67 Lawrence, Charlotte E., salary 3,456.34 Learned, Edna A., salary 2,324.00 Libby, Gladys, salary 3,753.34 Linehan, John, salary 3,403.28 Liston, John, salary 3,853.28 Loughlin, Rita, salary 2,856.34 Lyons, Frances, salary 3,457.85 Lyons, Helen A., salary 3,739.95 Lyons, Helen R., salary 3,653.31 MacCurdy Robert, salary 4,085.84 MacDaid, James J., salary 3,799.95 MacDonald, Ruth, salary 1,870.00 MacGregor, Helen, salary 3,253.34 Macomber, Phyllis E., salary 3,366.64 MacPherson, Mabel, salary 4,153.28 MacRury, Helen, salary 2,500.00 Malkasian, Stella, salary 4,253.31 Malley, Joseph, salary 3,966.64 Malva, Joaquina, salary 919.28 Mannino, Ernest N., salary 3,053.31 Matheson, Catherine, salary 2,790.62 Matthews, Mary, salary 3,099.95 McBreen, Eleanor, salary 3,973.28 McCabe, Helen, salary 1,670.00 McCaffery, Eleanor, salary 4,206.64 McCann, Beatrice, salary 892.50 McCarthy, Margaret, salary 3,700.00 McCarthy, Marjorie, salary 1,670.00 McCarthy, Timothy, salary 833.34 McCormick, Mary, salary 3,486.62 McCoubrey, Anne, salary 3,953.31 McDermott, Joseph, salary 2,839.54 McDonough, Elizabeth, salary 3,653.31 McDonough, Rita, salary 2,856.34 McElroy, Sara A., salary 933.28 McGrath, Arthur, salary 4,099.14 McInnerney, Francis, salary 3,753.34 McKeever, Jean, salary 2,820.86 McMahon, Kathryn, salary 3,266.62 McManus, Helen, salary 3,553.28 McManus, Joseph, salary 3,403.28 McMullen, Anastasia, salary 4,153.28 295 McNally, Alice, salary 4,266.64 McNealy, John, salary 4,513.31 Mealy, E. Gertrude, salary 3,666.64 Mitchell, Arthur, salary 3,766.67 Moody, Harold L., salary 4,153.28 Mooney, Francis X., salary 4,949.87 Morrison, Elinor, salary 3,431.05 Morse, Mildred I., salary 3,653.31 Muldoon, Marion K., salary 2,520.00 Murphy, Beatrice, salary 3,653.31 Murphy, Dorothy, salary 4,086.62 Murphy, Geraldine, salary 3,677.46 Murphy, Joseph, salary 3,999.14 Murphy, Virginia, salary 3,253.28 Natoli, Marie, salary 2,853.34 Natoli, Nancy, salary 2,766.68 Norcross, Mildred, salary 3,900.00 Nuhri, Mary, salary 2,853.34 Nutting, Hazel J., salary 3,486.62 Oates, John P., salary 3,553.28 O'Brien, Helen, salary 3,557.28 O'Connell, Paul, salary 2,853.34 O'Toole, William, salary 4,223.31 Palm, Helen E., salary 3,666.64 Pane, Aurora, salary 3,246.91 Pollotta, Carmine, salary 1,040.00 Parker, Helen R., salary 4,266.64 Parker, Leila M., salary 3,433 32 Paton, Helen, salary 3,553.28 Perkins, Arthur, salary 4,353.34 Peros, Frank P., salary 3,018.35 Poole, Elaine D., salary 3,653.31 Prout, Jane, salary 2,127.84 Randall, Freda J., salary 3,666.64 Reilly, Thomas, salary 2,680.00 Rideout, Grace, salary 3,586.67 Riley, Isabel, salary 3,656.31 Rinehart, William, salary 3,500.00 Roberts, Katherine, salary 3,927.80 Robinson, T. Donald, salary 4,253.31 Rooney, Edward, salary 4,153.28 Roth, Marion, salary 3,299.98 Rowe, Edna P., salary 3,853.28 Russell, Eleanor, salary 866.64 Sanborn, Alice L., salary 3,653.31 Sanger, Jean, salary 3,586.30 Sawyer, Erald L., salary 5,183.20 Scanlon, Priscilla, salary 866.64 Schipani, Ida May, salary 1,033.28 Secord, Ethel, salary 2,986.67 Secord, Muriel, salary 3,099.95 Shaw, Dorothy, salary 3,534.78 Sheehan, James J., salary 3,586.64 Sheehan, Maryellen, salary 2,953.28 Slattery, Catherine C., salary 3,653.29 Slattery, Mildred, salary 56.84 Small, Ruth E., salary 3,553.28 296 Smith, Madeline, salary 3,453.34 Smith, Rose C., salary 3,366.64 Stolnacke, Martha, salary 3,657.31 Striley, C. Harold, salary 4,949.87 Sullivan, Alice D., salary 3,286.84 Sullivan, Alice G., salary 3,431.05 Sullivan, Mary A., salary 3,566.62 Taylor, Catherine, salary 3,766.67 Thayer, Helen, salary 3,953.31 Thulin, Ruth, salary 4,433.28 Timper, Alma, salary 3,853.28 Tynan, Gertrude, salary 3,786.62 Vacca, Carlo, salary 4,439.95 Vanier, Ella L., salary 3,466.67 Varney, Dorothy L., salary 3,466.67 Walsh, Evelyn, salary 3,253.28 Ward, Anna B., salary 3,966.64 Ward, Alice, salary 3,733.34 Ward, Edwin H., salary 3,766.67 Ward, John H., salary 3,966.64 Ware, Lois, salary 3,486.62 Webb, Ellen, salary 3,586.64 Weldon, Althea V., salary 3,656.31 Wheeler, C. Arthur, salary 5,183.20 W11^1an. Doris, salary 2,853.34 White, Doris B., salary 3.1 R6 67 Whitney, Marion I., salary 3,666.64 Winning. G. Elizabeth, salary 3,168.64 Woodbury, Madeline, salary 3,853.28 Young, Clara O., salary 3,630.64 Yankowski, George, salary 3,185.84 Substitutes Alberico, Mrs. Alice, salary 740.00 Ambrose, Mrs. Warren, salary 30.00 Ahearne, Lillian, salary 10.00 Ames, Janet, salary 148.13 Arakelian, Arthur, salary 10.00 Arico, Herbert, salary 150.00 Assenza, John S., salary 50.00 Bacon, Jennie, salary 320.00 Barnes, Maude, salary 150.00 Blewitt, Margaret, salary 10.00 Bixby, Edith, salary 25.00 Bradbury, Phillip, salary 30.00 Campbell, Rosemary, salary 8550 Carey, Anne, salary 165.00 Carney, Mrs. Helen, salary 510.00 Carpenter, Annette, salary 130.00 Ceglio, Pasquale J., salary 210.00 Chapski, Jean, salary 142.13 Contos, Penelope, salary 70.13 Crowley, Mrs. James, salary 300.00 Donnelly, Edward F., salary 30.00 Driscoll, Katherine, salary 260.00 Ellis, Florence, salary 10.00 Erskine, Doris, salary 10.00 297 Prabrizzi, Benedetto, salary 40.00 Gavin, Margaret, salary 10.00 Haddad, Hallen, salary 130.00 Hargrove, Alice, salary 50.00 Harutunian, Mariam, salary 82.50 Heath, Esther, salary 30.00 Hennessy, Charlotte, salary 230.00 Hirrell, Michael, salary 1,040.00 Ishkanian, William, salary 10.00 Jasek, Henry J., salary 80.00 Kanaly, Alice, salary 150.00 Kennian, Harry, salary 130.00 Kiley, Mary Claire, salary 100.00 Loughlin, Thomas, salary 30.00 Lynch, Martha, salary 50.00 Marshall, Joseph, salary 1,248.00 Matson, Mary, salary 1,697.50 McCarthy, James, salary 10.00 McDermott, Joseph, salary 193.74 McDermott, Julia, salary 50.00 Megan, Emily, salary 330.00 Myers, Althea, salary 80.00 Navarro, Stanley, salary 300.00 Pascoe, Louise, salary 10.00 Pallone, Laurena, salary 68.62 Pettengill, Shirley, salary 362.25 Pila, Eleanor, salary 10.00 Price, Irene, salary 80.00 Quinn, Agatha, salary 100.00 Rudy, Dorothy, salary 40.00 Russell, Evelyn, salary 455.00 Sheridan, Gertrude, salary 140.00 Simendinger, Kenneth, salary 40.00 Small, Elizabeth, salary 95.00 Ticehurst, Dorothy, salary 330.00 Trespass, Henry J., salary 10.00 Tutunjian, Isabelle, salary 60.00 Usseglio, Jean, salary 228.15 Ward, Mrs. Marie, salary 740.00 Total Expenditures 872,144.66 Transferred to Revenue 10,955.34 883,100.00 School Department-Instruction Books & Supplies Appropriation for 1951 34,000.00 Refunds 100.00 34,100.00 Expenditures Abbott-Allen Stationery Co., sheets 1300 Allyn & Bacon Publishers, books 748.72 Allen Press, book 2.55 Anti Defamation League, record albums 30.00 Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc., book 4.60 298 Arco Publishing Co., book 3.12 Artistic Typing Headquarters, staples 10.00 American Book Co., books 271.26 American Education Press, books 228.10 American School Board Journal, renewal 3.00 American Typefounders, type and supplies 64.85 Andrews, Joseph A., convention expenses 6.00 Babb Co., Edward E., supplies 1,370.20 Barnard & Co., F. J., bindings 106.24 Beaudetts & Co., fluid - supplies 723.37 Barrett, John W., bond - insurance 130.13 Benton Review Publishing Co., books 6.33 Belmont Herald & Watertown Herald, advertising 2.50 Beckley-Cardy Co., books 11.65 Blakiston Co., paper 11.52 Blake, Thomas, convention expenses 6.00 Blake & Rebhan Co., marking pencils 100.86 Birchard & Co., C. C., music 64.70 Boston Music Co., music 85.30 B. U. School of Public Relations, membership plan 384.90 Brown-Wales Co., supplies 59.38 Brookline Music & Radio Co., records 17.80 Brunswick Market, groceries 216.02 Bruce Publishing Co., books 3.48 Butterick Pattern Book, subscription 1.75 Bureau of Publications, books 2.35 Cadmus Books, books 12,03 Camera & Photo Inc., films & bulbs 4.78 Cambosco Scientific Co., supplies 215.27 Carolina Biological Supply Co., supplies 228 Carpenter Morton Co., stain 2.21 Carter-Rice & Co., tympan 189.03 Champion Pub. Co., books 10.91 Centebar's Market, groceries 432.88 Central Scientific Co., supplies 29.11 Civic Education Service, subscriptions 27.50 College Entrance Exam Board, handbooks 2.00 Coombs Motor Co., repairs 15.50 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 273.34 Co-operative Test Division, tests 123 22 Davis Press Inc., books 13.50 Dennison Mfg. Co., ticket books 15.20 Denoyer-Geppert Co., maps 154 85 Doubleday & Co. Inc., books 1.88 Dutton & Co., E. P., book 2.72 Eastern Engravers Inc., zinc etching 6.50 Eastern Pictures Co., records 12.33 Education & Psychological Meas., subscription 4.00 Educational Testing Service, reports 8.40 Elders, Don, bulbs 16.88 Evans Printing Service, printing 130.00 Expression Co., books 3.97 Fellowcrafters Inc., supplies 101 Fideler Co., book 2.52 Fischer Inc., Carl, music 170.00 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 3135 Galloway, Howard P., directory summer positions 2.00 299 Ganshirt, William, repairs on string bass 5.00 Garrard Press, games 6.95 Gledhill Bros. Inc., paper supplies 3,891.68 Globe Book Co., books 38.48 Ginn & Co., books 1,041.65 Grant Co., W. T., housewares 11.73 Greater Voc. Guidance Assoc., prof. membership 6.00 Gregg Publishing Co., boks 35.11 Groom & Co, Thomas, rubber stamps 4.40 Hall & McGreary Co., books 7.00 Hammet Co., J. L., supplies 6,955.60 Harper Bros., books 6.29 Harrison Associates, Lawrence, diplomas 360.40 Harvard University, scoring mental tests 118.53 Hawes Electric Co., electric iron 10.95 Harvey Co., Arthur C., steel 44.54 Harcourt Brace & Co., books 248.35 Hearne Bros., maps 37.50 Heath & Co., D. C., books 66949 Holland, Bertram H., garage 45.00 Holt & Co., Henry, books 78.30 Horne Co., H. S., office supplies 380.46 Houghton Mifflin Co., books 498.87 Interstate Printers & Pub. Co., books 2.87 Iroguois Publishing Co., books 149.58 Jordan-Marsh Co., toweling 10.62 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 41.76 Kreem's Camera & Card Shop, ink. 42.91 Koplow Trimming Co., needles 177 La.Payette Radio, radio 68.25 Laidlow Bros., books 6.35 Library of Congress, cards 12.95 Lippincott Co., J. B., books 300.95 Lyons & Carnahan, books 149.32 Loyola University Press, books 18.44 MacMillan, Katherine, photographing records 2.00 MacMillan Co., books 980.87 McCormick-Mathers Pub. Co., books 12.68 McGraw-Hill Co., books 15.19 Makepeace Inc., B L., drawing pencils 3.95 Mainco Trading Co., paper supplies 3,969 75 Mass Bible Society, bibles 36.00 Meaningsful Materials Co., posters 15.35 Merrill Inc., Charles E., books 184.56 Mooney Card & Gift Shop., office supplies 169.30 National Board of Fire Underwriters, electrical cards 1.73 National Foremen's Institute, book 4.25 New Eng. Ass. Coll. & Schools, dues 7.50 New Eng Laundries Inc., laundry 4.73 New Eng News Co., book 1.96 New Map of the Week, subscription 92.25 Personal Book Shop., books 11931 Personnel Services, subscription 10.00 Postmaster- Boston- postage 120.72 Prentiss-Hall Inc., books 63.51 Psychological Corp., record forms 25.85 Poulos, Thomas H., book 1.64 300 Public School Publishing Co., books 5.72 Random House, books 4.90 Railway Express Agency, express 139.61 Rand McNally & Co., maps & books 172.20 Rand Typesetting Service, typesetting service 151.20 Remington-Rand, typewriters 473.31 Lewis Roberts Inc., ink 15.50 Ronald Press Co,, book 2.52 Ross Co., M. M., arts & craft material 229.38 Row- Peterson & Co., books 14.81 Royal Typewriters Co., typewriters 287.50 St. John & McColl Inc., mimeograph supplies 290.25 Sanborn & Co., Benjamin H., books 14.02 Sanders Co., H. M., hardware 18.30 Silver-Burdett Co., books 173.15 Scribners Sons, Charles, books 131.47 School Executive, subscription 3.00 Science Research Associates, service plan 138.24 Scott-Foresman & Co., tests 730.11 Singer Co., L. W., books 37.95 Singer Sewing Machine Co., supplies 37 65 Simth & Co., Turner E., book 1.92 South-Western Publishing Co., books 418.12 Standard Maintenance Co., ribbons 240.00 Supt of Documents-Gov. Printing Office, books 3.00 Stanley-Winthrop, film strips 9.90 Tracy Chair Co., chair rental 160.00 University Publishing Co., books 53.55 Union Market National Bank, photographing records 3.50 Underwood Corp., typewriters 287.50 University of Chicago Press, year book 2.87 United Community Services, book 2.50 Volta Bureau, books 10.20 Watertown Electric Supply Co., electric supplies 7.40 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 394.08 Watertown Sun, rubber stamp 10.95 Webster Publishing Co., postage 8.56 Welch Mfg. Co., W. M., supplies 60.47 Wholesome Film Service Inc., film rentals 200.00 Williams & Wilkins Co., book 6.30 Winston Co., John C., books 275.13 Wilson Co., H. W., books 12.00 Wolkins Co., Henry S., supplies 472.52 Woolworth Co., F. W., kitchen supplies 18.41 World Book Co., books 583.75 Wright & Potter Printing Co., ledger sheets 12.95 Yale University Press, books 13.97 Total Expenditures 34,098.24 Transferred to Revenue 1.76 34,100.00 School Department-Operation Salaries Appropriation for 1951 54,850.00 Expenditures Blackburn, Joseph, salary 269.39 301 Bloomer, Gerard, salary 2,600.00 Coates, Ira R., salary 2,900.00 Cornick, Adolphus, salary 2,700.00 Cram, John, salary 2,900.00 Devaney, Mary, salary 1,810.00 Dolan, John, salary 780.92 Gannam, John, salary 2,417.96 Gill, Katherine, salary 1,700 00 Haddie, Florence, salary 1,810.00 Higgins, Henry, salary 2,600.00 Keenan, James, salary 2,900.00 Lama, Nicolo, salary 1,315.11 Mannix, William J., salary 138.40 McDonald, Frank, salary 2,500.00 Murphy, Margaret, salary 1,810.00 Quinn, Edward, salary 20.78 Quinn, Terence, salary 2,700.0 Roche, John, salary 1,376.69 Sohagan, John, salary 23.04 Smythe, Francis J., salary 2,300.00 Tierney, William, salary 2,800.00 Torres, John, salary 2,900.00 Upit, Ralph, salary 2,600.00 Waitt, Mary, salary 1,800.00 Walsh, Jomes F., salary 2,634.44 Ward, Grace E., salary 1,810.00 Withee, Alice, salary 1,810.00 Total Expenditures 53,926.73 Transferred to Revenue 923.27 54,850.00 School Department—Operation Supplies Appropriation for 1951 4,000.00 Expenditures Atlas Paint & Supply Co., supplies 43.50 Boston Janitors Supply Co., supplies 579.50 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 631.89 Dolge Co., C. B., supplies 350.15 Hurlbert & Hartfield, paper supplies 915.20 Mass Gas & Electric Light Co., supplies 34.18 Orient Spray Co., spray 162.40 Ring Supply Co., floor wax 27.75 Ryan Co,, L., saw dust 56.25 State Chemcal Co., soaps 833.65 Stetson Co., M. D., ladders 210.00 Vestal Inc., pyra seal 131.25 Total Expenditures 3,975.72 Transferred to Revenue 24.28 4,000.00 School Department—Operation Light and Power Appropriation for 1951- 15,000.00 302 Expenditures Boston Cons Gas. Co., service 1,575.73 Boston Edison Co., service 13,314.76 Delta Distributors, projection lamps 64.50 Mass Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 43.92 Total Expenditures 14,998.91 Transferred to Revenue 1.09 15,000.00 School Department-Operation-Fuel Appropriation for 1951 26,000.00 Expenditures Bonded Oil System Inc., oil 1,305 78 Mass. Wharf Fuels, fuel 11,989.21 Metropolitan Coal Co., coal 459.03 Radiant Fuel Co., fuel 607.98 Snider Fuel Corp., fuel 11,147.30 Somervile Charcoal Co., charcoal 182.00 Watertown Herald, advertising 4.75 Total Expenditures 25,696.05 Transferred to Revenue 303.95 26,000.00 School Department-Operation-Halls Appropriation for 1951 800.00 Expenditures Bloomer, Gerard J., services 152.00 Burke, James J., services 13.50 Cornick, Adolphus, services 6.00 Cram, John, services 48.00 Dolan, John, services 15.00 Donnelly, Andrew J., services 10 00 Farrell, George J., services 7.50 Garafalo, Francis A., services 7.50 Higgins, Henry, services 16.00 Keefe, Richard H., services 7.50 Keenan, James, services 42.00 Keep, Marion ,services 6.00 Lama, Nicolo, services 9.00 Long, John P., services 7.50 McDonald, Frank, services 42.00 Murphy, Margaret, services 5 00 Quinn, Edward, services 18.00 Reilly, Jaynes M., services 7.50 Savage, Stewart E., service s 7.50 Shea, William J., services 13.50 Smythe, Frank, services 12.00 Tierney, W11liam, services 160.00 Torres, John, services 187.00 800.00 303 School Department--Maintenance Appropriation for 1951 60,000.00 Expenditures Albany Carpet Cleaning Co., carpet cleaning 11.15 Atlantic Roofing & Skylight Co., roofing repair 410.00 Barnard & Co., F. J., bindings 14.61 Blake, Thomas A., labor 30,00 Beacon Musical Instrument Co., music stands 117.00 Beaudette & Co., service on hexograph 24.50 Belanger & Sons Inc., A., roof repair 1,130.00 Belmont & Watertown Herald, advertising 27.38 Bennison Flag & Decorating, rent of bleachers 250.00 Bingham Bros. Co., printers supplies 68.34 Boshco Inc., tubes of grease 1.00 Boston Edison Co., refrigerator 195.77 Boston Post, advertsing 10.50 Broadway Piano Exchange, piano repair 75.00 Brookline Auto Body Repair Co., auto body repair 53.00 Burroughs Co., repairs to machine 100.80 Campbell Hdwe Co., hardware 469.60 Cantflame Fire Proofing Co., fire proofing 550.00 Caruso, James, garage 84.00 Chandler & Farquhar Co., leather belting 342.79 Chestnut Welding Co., welding -repairs 1,130.95 Clapper Co., sickle blades 9.00 Clark & Mills Electric Co., repair phonograph 8.50 Cleghorn Co., repairing leaks 103.16 Commonwealth Mfg. Co., rattan supplies 6.23 Conrad, I. Albert, carpentering 921.72 Coolidge Carpet Cleaning Co., capret cleaning 6.48 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 1,235.59 Day & Co., William J., rubber tile 1,654 00 Delta Distributors, supplies 56.65 Dodge Corp., F. W., advertising 12.00 Donald, William H., carpentering 821.00 Electric Appliance Resale Co., vacuum cleaner repair 20.50 Farraher, Henry, auto repair 175.66 Fenerjan, Stephen, pictures 10.00 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., hardware 34.72 Fblino & Sons, T. F., concrete rep.-rep. incinerator 1,553.00 Flynn Roofing & Sheet eMtal Works, - roofing 193.50 Gainey's Construction Newsletter, adv. for bids 17.40 Garufl, Philip ,auto installation 35.00 Gatchell Glass Co., Inc., glass 154 41 Gelotte Inc., Claus, developing & printing 12.70 General Electric Supply Corp., supplies 5.65 General Heat & Applance Co., service - repar burner 42.44 Green & Co., S. E., cement & sand 1.55 Griffiths Saw Co., Albert., saws 52.96 Hammett Co., J. L., supplies 610.83 Higgins, Henry, labor 43.50 Higgins, J. L., shades 1,251.50 Higgins Co., Lincoln C., window shades 1,134.78 Horacek Co., Victor J., cut holes in trough 3.35 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 390.25 Hughes, Walter J., floor surfacing 42.00 International Bus. Mach. - service on time recorder 78.65 304 Jacobsen Power Mower Co., repairing power mower 376.74 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 362.64 Johns:Mansville Co., supplies 54.39 Johnson Service Co., temperature control service 869.65 Keane Fire Equipment Co., refills 150.25 Keefe, Mary G., insurance 16.31 Kreem Camera & Card Shop., films and bulbs 12.06 Lama, Nicolo, replacing cords and window glass 31.50 Lawn Mower Grinding Co., grinding and adjusting 30.00 Linenthal, Mark, engineering services 792.85 Local Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing 1,092.31 Lords Inc., cleansing 109 81 MacDaid, James, carpentering 380.25 Massa & Sons, V., roof repair 150.00 Mass Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 991.61 Mass, Commonwealth-of Div. of Blind, piano tuning 113.00 McCassey Inc., Russell E., painting 13,183.87 McDonald, Frank, replacing cards and window glass 31.50 Merrill Shade & Screen Co., shade rollers 4.50 Monroe Calculating Machine Co., main. machine 61.50 Nally Movers Inc., piano moved 21.63 National Cash Register Co., maintenance 20.00 Nelson Co., John W., sanding drawing board s 40.00 Newton Awning Co., recovering awning 117.60 New Eng Laundries, laundry 18.72 NonantumLumber Co., lumber 10.24 Old Town Corp., wick - auto feed foot 9.50 Orient Spray Co., spray 43.40 Ormbsy Roofing Co., roofing 1,639.45 Packard Machinery Co., repair 25.94 Parisian Dye House, cleansing 23.00 Pilgrim Engineering Co., repair-single beam light 52.25 Post Publishing Co., bids 6.50 Quinn, Terence, labor 30 00 Quirk Corp., Edward S., tires & Tubes 90.75 Riverside Transportation Co., Transportation 74.87 Ryerson & Son Inc., Joseph T., steel 11.22 Ros Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing & heating 14,147.97 Royal Typewriter Co., repairs 5.75 Ryerson & Son Inc., oJseph T., steel 11.22 St. John & McColl Inc., mim. - semi annual charge 39.00 Sanders Co.. H. M., glazing compound 32.62 Sears-Roebuck & Co, ',i H. P. grinder - supplies 147.04 Service Sales Corp., repair skilsander 19.00 Shipman --T,'ne Co., repairs to paper cutter 67.35 Singer Sewing Machine Co., new sewing machines 792.50 So Shore Waterproofing Co., pointing & brick work 626.45 Standard Dup. Machines - maintenance - repair 28.90 Stand.-rd F,'e 'rime Co., master-clock--changing program scheduels 633.00 Standard Maintenance Co., repairs to typewriters - maintenance 111.50 Stanley-Ne%.man Co., waterproofing - roof work 514.25 Stanley-Winthrop Inc., radiant screen & case-parts 157.48 State Chemical Co., chemicals 119 00 Stearns-Perry & Smith Co., repair motor 43.65 Swaney Co., C. R., serv. on vac. heat. pump - pump 613.85 305 Tierney, William, replacing cords & window glass 31.50 Tracy Chair Co., lockers 1,376.93 Underwood Corp., typewriter service 25.49 Unsworth, Harry, repiping—installing storage system 1,363.00 Visual Education Service, speakers—screen 252.50 Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 492.50 Watertown Bindery, binding 40.00 Watertown Electric Supply Co., supplies .42 Watertown Herald, advertising 3.00 Watertown Lumber Co., plywood—lumber 445.26 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing 21.23 Watertown Sun, advertising 18.00 West Disinfecting Co., machines 99.63 White Iron Works, C. M., grate of strainer 35.25 Wyatt's Inc., typewriter maintenance 567.57 Zastrea, Harry, cleaning ducts—pits—chimneys 275.00 Total Expenditures 59,991.47 Transferred to Revenue 8.53 60,000.00 School Department—Grounds Improvement Appropriation for 1951 3,400.00 Expenditures D'Antonio Bros., replace steps & buttress 474.50 Folino & Sons Inc., T. F., grading 2,685.00 Gannam, John, installation of posts 20.00 Green & Co., S. B., cement 5.75 Local Plumbing & Heating Co., water line 160.00 Riccio, Anthony, removing tree 30.00 Walsh, James, installing posts 20.00 Total Expenditures 3,395.25 Transferred to Revenue 4.73 3,400.00 School Department—Light Fixtures Appropriation for 1951 15,000.00 Balance brought forward 5,000.00 20,000.00 Expenditures Argus Electric Service Co., fixtures—contract 10,905.00 Belmont Herald, advertising 4.75 Boston Post, advertising 8.50 E. M. F. Electric Supply Co., supplies 214.50 Eagle Electric Supply Co., sylvania lights 2,131.06 Fantasia, Serafino, installing fixtures 405.00 Fitzpatrick, Frank, installing fixtures 48.00 General Electric Supply Corp., units 3,880.44 Graybar Electric Co., lamps—lights 1,395.21 Mass. Gas & Electric Co., reflectors 126.37 306 Maurer, Francis, installing fixtures 315.00 Vahey, Ambrose P., installing fixtures 405.00 Watertown Sun, advertising 1.80 Westinghouse Electric Co., labor 61.92 Total Expenditures 19,902.55 Transferred to Revenue 97.45 20,000.00 School Department—New Equipment Appropriation for 1951 2,500.00 Expenditures Boshco Inc., wood working machinery 1,165.35 Gledhill Bros. Inc., desks & chairs 497.00 Hammett Co., J. L., chairs 698.20 Horne Co., H. S., file 47.02 Science Research Associates, reading machine 80.15 Total Expenditures 2,487.72 Transferred to Revenue 12.28 2,500.00 School Department—Banthin Press Appropriation for 1951 1,025.00 Balance brought forward 3,850.00 4.875.00 Expenditures Galvin, Frank M., banthin press 4,875.00 School Department—Medical Salaries Appropriation for 1951 9,600.00 Expenditures Beverly Marjorie, salary 2,400.00 Flanagan, Mary, salary 2,400.00 Secord, Walter N., M. D., salary 800.00 Smith, Martha, salary 2,400.00 Toppan, Albert, M. D., salary 800.00 Zovickian, H., M. D., salary 800.00 9,600.00 School Department—Medical Supplies Appropriation for 1951 400.00 Expenditures Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 365.00 Hearing Aids Co., of New Eng., records 11.39 Piccolo's Pharmacy, supplies 23.60 Total Expenditures 399.99 Transferred to Revenue .01 400.00 307 School Department-Nurses' Cars Appropriation for 1951 480.00 Expenditures Beverly, Marjorie, car expense 160.00 Flanagan, Mary C., car expense 160.00 Smith, Martha, car expense 160.00 480.00 School Department-Evening School Salaries Appropriation for 1951 51000.00 Expenditures Alberico, Alice, salary 96.00 Campbell, Laura, salary 114.00 Cesarine, Lola, salary 138.00 Clem, Carl, salary 30.00 Clinton, George Jr., salary 3.00 Coates, Ira, salary 45.00 Cornick, Adolphus, salary 65.00 Desmond, Elizabeth, salary 78.00 Donald, William, salary 186.00 Donnellan, William, salary 90.00 Donnelly, Edward, salary 6.00 Donnelly, Margaret, salary 42.00 Felton, Clifton, salary 72.00 Guidrey, Gertrude M., salary 18.00 Haire. Donald, salary 90.00 Haynes, Mrs. Averill, salary 42 1 Hedrington, Margaret, salary 126.00 Kazandjian, Berdj., salary 60.00 Koumjian, John, salary 12.00 Lama, Nicolo, salary 45.00 Leonard, Felix, salary 126.00 McBreen, Eleanor, salary 72.00 McCarthy, Marjorie, salary 120.00 McGrath, Arthur, salary 6.00 McNaughton, Elizabeth, salary 186.00 Malkasian, Stella, salary 126.00 Mitchell, Arthur, salary 174.00 Mooney. Helen, salary 108.00 Murphy, Joseph, salary 6600 Newcomb, Pauline, salary 120.00 O'Toole. Anne, salary 108.00 Pane, Edythe, salary 120.00 Pellagriro, Lillian, salary 66.00 Pelteau, Loretta D., salary 156.00 Richmond, John, salary 66.00 Robinson, Thomas, salary 500.00 Ryan, Angelina, salary 54.00 Shea, Paul, salary 156.00 Simone, Sal, salary 60.00 Snitko, Mollie, salary 60.00 Stearns, Mrs. Elton, salary 42.00 308 Tamburro, Florence, salary 42.00 Tirrell, Mary, salary 60.00 Torres, Mary, salary 186.00 Vacca, Carlo, salary 180.00 Whitney, Marion, salary 114.00 Yankowski, George, salary 66.00 Total Expenditures 4,498.00 Transferred to Revenue 502.00 5,000.00 School Department—Evening School—Supplies Appropriation for 1951 200.00 Expenditures Baker Co., Walter H., play 15.00 Belmont & Watertown Herald, advertising 35.40 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 38.29 Hammett Co., J. L., supplies 16.49 Johnson Paint Co., paint 20.90 Mass., Commonwealth of, Div. of University Ext., transcription .50 Paint Shop, supplies 7.68 Singer Sewing Machine Co., electric lamps 1.75 Somers & Co., C. W., metalcraft supplies 9.95 Watertown Sun, advertising 54.00 Total Expenditures 199.96 Transferred to Revenue .04 200.00 School Department—Trade & Outside Tuition Appropriation for 1951 16,000.00 Expenditures Boston, City of, tuition 1,219.49 Brookline, Town of, tuition 37.50 Cambridge, City of, tuition 78.12 Essex County Agricultural School, tuition 260.00 Lexington, Town of, tuition 2.70 Medford, City of, tuition 23.25 Newton Trade School, tuition 9,478.19 Somerville, City of, tuition 36.00 Waltham, City of, tuition 40.20 Total Expenditures 11,175.45 Transferred to Revenue 4,824.55 16,000.00 School Department—Transportation Appropriation for 1951 5,500.00 Expenditures Godwin Taxi Service, transportation 1,948.90 309 Middlesex & Boston Railway, transportation 3,550.00 Total Expenditures 5,498.90 Transferred to Revenue 1.10 5,500.00 School Department-Juvenile Recreation Appropriation for 1951 9,000.00 Expenditures Asiante, J., salary 13.00 Baker, Marjorie, salary 7.00 Beverly, Marjorie, salary 4.00 Bird, Phyllis, salary 8.50 Blackburn, Joseph, salary 1.50 Bowen, Muriel, salary 49.00 Brackett, William, salary 2.50 Brown, Eileen, salary 30.00 Burke, Peter, salary 4.00 Cagos, Aristides, salary 6.00 Carey, Virginia, salary 60.00 Clem, Carl, salary 100.50 Clinton, George, salary 16.50 Coen, Mildred, salary 150.00 Collins, Margaret, salary 189.50 Corbett, William, salary 183.50 Corcoran, Mary, salary 80.50 Cram, John, salary 15.00 Currier, David, salary 8.50 Curry, John, salary 10.00 Daley, Catherine. salary 394.50 D'Aloisio, Anthony, salary 2.50 Degnan, John, salary 22.00 Delta Distributors-supplies 52.42 DiMarco, Anthony, salary 21.00 DePass, John, salary 111.50 Devaney, Mary, salary 30.00 Donald, Mary, salary 12.50 Donnellan, William A., salary 104.50 Dunbar, Eunice, salary 126.00 Dwyer, Peter, salary 2.00 Eichorn, John, salary 162.00 Elia, Elizabeth, salary 6.00 Farrell, George J., salary 19.50 Felton, Clifton, salary 172.50 Fitzpatrick, John, salary 191.00 Flanagan, Mary C., salary 3.00 Forbes, Edward, salary 18.50 Ford, Raymond, J., salary 460.00 Garafalo, F. A., salary 31.50 Gleason, Robert, salary 162.50 Gough, Anne, salary 617.50 Gough, Dorothy, salary 18.00 Guidrey, Virginia, salary 258.50 Hammett Co., J. L., salary 24.30 Harrington, Robert, salary 179.00 310 Harris, John, salary 3.00 Higgins, Henry, salary 1.50 Hillen, Ethel, salary 197.00 Igoe, James, salary 6.00 Keefe, Richard H., salary 52.50 Keenan, James, salary 46.50 Kelly, Esther, salary 315.00 Lane, Helen B., salary 30.00 Lane, Louise, salary 61.00 LeSpada, Vincent, salary 26.50 Loughlin, Rita, salary 32.00 Lyons, Helen, salary (Anne) 5.00 MacDonald, Ruth K., salary 207.00 Mantenuto, John, salary 105.00 Matheson, Catherine, salary 57.50 McCabe, Helen T., salary 218.50 McCarthy, Francis J., salary 6.00 McCarthy, Marjorie, salary 14.00 McCormick, Mary, salary 273.50 McDermott, Joseph, salary 95.50 McGrath, Arthur, salary 85.00 McKeever, Jean, salary 5.50 McManus, Helen, salary 9.00 Metropolitan Coach Service, coach service 368.00 Middlesex & Boston St. Railway, buses 110.00 Morrison, George, salary 3.00 Murphy, Joseph, salary 70.00 Natoli, Marie, salary 6.00 Natoli, Nancy, salary 4.50 O'Connell, Paul, salary 140.00 Pendelton, Martin, salary 3.00 Perkins, Arthur, salary 12.00 Perkins, Philip, salary 121.50 Peros, Frank, salary 69.50 Perry, Gerald, salary 8.00 Porter, Joan, salary 2.00 Reilly, Thomas, salary 7.50 Renzi, Eugene, salary 60.00 Roche, John, salary 3.00 Sheam, Charles E., salary 7.50 Sheehan, James, salary 49.50 Spillane, Eleanor, salary 17.50 Stolnacke, Martha, salary 21.00 Smythe, Francis J., salary 161.00 Todd, Louise, salary 81.00 Tynan, Gertrude, salary 12.00 Waitt, Mary, salary 75.50 Ward, Anna B., salary 3.00 Ward, Edwin, salary 77.50 Ward, John, salary 104.50 Watertown Bowladrome, bowling 683.39 Webb, Ellen D., salary 96.00 Whelan, Doris, salary 4.00 Yankowski, George, salary 18.00 Young Women's Christian Assoc., use of pool 605.00 311 Total Expenditures 8,999.61 Transferred to Revenue .39 9,000.00 School Department—Athletic Fund—Salaries Appropriation for 1951 35,567.00 Expenditures Biggane, Sara T., salary 4,553.32 Clem, Carl, salary 4,353.38 Donnellan, William, salary 100.00 Ellis, Cyril, salary 400.00 Gleason, Robert, salary 790.00 MacKenzie, Barbara, salary 1,033.28 Mackey, Helen, salary 3,866.17 Malley, Joseph, salary 400.00 Mannino, Ernest, salary 300.00 Mantenuto, John, salary 4,233.34 McGahan, Charles, salary 300.00 Murphy, Joseph, salary 340.00 Phelan, Julia, salary 2,266.67 Rogers, Katherine G., salary 625.00 Sheehan, James, salary 820.00 Spillane, Eleanor M., salary 3,447.67 Todd, Louise, salary 1,853.34 Ward, Edwin, salary 480.00 Yankowski, George, salary 400.00 Zeno, Joseph, salary 4,999.98 Total Expenditures 35,562.15 Transferred to Revenue 4.85 35,567.00 School Department—Athletic rand Appropriation for 1951 9,000.00 Balance brought forward 728.53 Receipts 8,529.26 Refunds 358.75 18,616.54 Expenditures Adams, Alfred, salary 5.00 Aetna Shoe Repairing, shoe repairing 64.45 Andrews, Roland W., salary 25.00 Appiani, Leo A., salary 15.00 Arrow System, reconditioning sports equipment 191.90 Belmont School Department—guarantee for game 1,719.52 Belmont & Watertown Herald, advertising 1828 Biggane, S. T., transportation tennis teams 10.00 Borden Co., A. E., propane exchange 2.85 Boston Edison Co., service 11.25 312 Bostonian Shoe Store, sporting goods 1,676.33 Brady, John J., salary 7.50 Brine, James F., Inc., athletic goods 444.33 Britt, Edward, Umpire 16.00 Brooks, Edward, salary 48.00 Burke, James J., salary 7.50 Burke, Mrs. Julia, Salary 21.00 Burke, Peter J., salary 72.00 Burke, Peter, ticket seller 4.00 Byrne, Thomas, salary 2.00 Ce-Lect Baking Co., rolls 15.00 Centola, Benedict J., salary 7.50 Chamberlin, James W., salary 7.50 Coates, I. Russell, salary 5.00 Coca Cola Bottling Co., coca-cola 20.18 Collins, Frank, salary 8.00 Collins, Herbert, umpire 8.00 Colucci, Steven, salary 8.00 Connors, Joseph B., salary 7.50 Cook, Joseph, salary 24.00 Craig, John F., Salary 16.00 Daly, John J. Jr., salary 25.00 Day, Walter, salary 24.00 DiGregorio, Frank, salary 7.00 Donnellan, William, ticket seller 61.00 Driscoll, Joseph, salary 16.00 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 385.45 Dwyer, Joseph, salary 14.00 Eagan, Francis D., salary 15.00 Edgeworth, James D., salary 15.00 Ellis, Cyril E., petty cash 150.00 Farrell, George J., salary 7.50 Fitzpatrick, John F., salary 10.00 Galligan, Lawrence F., salary 7.50 Gardella, Augustus, umpire 8.00 Garrity, Marie, salary 5.50 Garufi, Philip, salary 15.00 Gilman Inc., Marty, block backs-_ foot ball dummies 218.47 Gleason, Robert, salary 88.50 Globe Ticket Co., tickets 38.40 Green & Co., S. B., lime 7.00 Grillo, Frank C., entree fees 11.00 Harris, Charles A., supporters 246.00 Harris, Lewis S., entree fees-dues 17.00 Haskell, Marilyn, salary .50 Haskell, Norma, salary .50 Higgins, John F., salary 7.50 Hirtle, Bertram, salary 10.00 Hurd, Herbert, salary-umpire 16.00 Igoe, Daniel E., salary 7.50 Internal Revenue-Collector of-admissions 382.33 Ivory System Inc., cleats 42.50 Iver-Johnson Sporting Goods Co., sporting goods 3,119.70 Jennings, Thomas F., salary 7.50 313 Johnson, Emily, salary 5.50 Keefe, David, Salary 15.00 Keefe, Richard H., salary 7.50 Koumjian, John, salary 41.00 Kramer & Sons Inc., Peter, salary 103.00 Linehan, Connie, salary 2.00 Lockwood, James J., salary 7.50 Lorraine Ice Co., ice 1.40 Lyons, Stephen P., salary 20.00 MacDonald, Herbert A., salary 10.00 Malley, Joseph, salary 10.00 Mannino, Ernest, salary 15•00 Marshall, Alfred, salary 25.00 McCabe, Robert, salary 70.00 McCarthy, Francis J., salary 7.50 McCarthy, Jeremiah, salary 8.00 McDermott, Joseph, salary 7.00 McDonough, Bart J., salary 15.00 McGlauflin, B. Fay, insurance 5.00 McHugh, Francis J., salary 15.00 McHugh, Joseph P., umpire 33.00 McKenney, Harry J., salary 15.00 McLoud, Malcolm, salary 15.00 McManus, John, salary 10.00 McManus, Joseph, salary 5.00 Malden Catholic Boy's High, % of gate receipts 28.42 Malley, Joseph A., transportation for teams 25.00 Manhan Potato Chip Co., potato chips 72.00 Marblehead School Department - guarantee for game 83.60 Mass. Secondary School Princ. Assoc., dues 2000 Mastrangelo, Louis, MD., services 200.00 Meachen, George W., salary 15.00 Mercury System, foot ball shoes reconditioned 372.63 Metropolitan Coach Service, coach service 1,650.50 Middlesex & Boston St. Railway, bus hire 146.50 Mitchell, Arthur, salary 10.00 Moody, Harold, salary 18.00 Mooney Card Shop., office supplies 8.75 Morey, Richard F., salary 15.00 Morse, T. A., league dues 10.00 Morse, Harold J., dues suburban tennies league 4.00 Mosman, Harry, salary 14.00 Moulton, Ruth, salary 5 50 Munhall, George, referee, umpire 27.00 Murphy, Joseph, salary 41.00 Murphy, Margaret, salary 4.00 Nelson Co., E. A., athletic goods 988.98 Newton High School - guarantee 328.10 Nixon Co., emblems and inserts 82.32 Northeastern University, entry fee 5 00 Oates, Bernard, referee 23.00 Otis Bros. Co., T Shirts - wool socks 717.50 O'Toole, William, salary 6.00 Parisian Dye House, cleansing 10.20 Patridge, Horace, basket balls - athletic supplies 549.25 Piccolo's Pharmacy, coffee 28.50 Pouliot, Wilfred, salary 6.50 Prendergast, Nancy, salary 1.50 314 Prendergast, Winifred, salary 16.50 Rand Type Setting Service - type seting 16.65 Roger, LeRoy, salary 18.00 Ross Plumbing & Heating Co,, used pipe 26.00 Ryan, James, salary 14.00 Sallese, Sam, salary 20.00 Sanborn, Ralph M., league dues 25.00 Savage, Stewart E., salary 7.50 Seven-Up - Bottling Co, Seven-Up 21.60 Shea, James, salary 6.00 Sheehan, Edith C., salary 5.50 Sheehan, Joseph H., salary 7.50 Silva, Daniel, salary 8.00 Simpson, Shirley, salary 5.50 Skating Club of Boston, skating 187.50 Sportscraft, sportscraft 1,048.48 Sports Equipment Center, 8 lb shots 26.65 Squire Co., John P., frankfurts 42.75 Stillman, Allyn, salary 24.00 Strazzulla, J. P., salary 2.00 Taylor, George J., salary 1500 Thomas, Richard, salary 10.00 Tru-Ade Bottling Co., "Tru-Ade" 15.32 Vacca, Carlo, salary 18.00 Various Persons, salaries 1,182.00 Veno, Harold, salary 700 Wallace, James, umpire 8.00 Walsh, Ray, salary 8.00 Ward, John, salary 6.00 'Ward, John H. R., salary 12.00 Watertown Herald, advertising 6700 Watertown School A. A. Fund, petty cash account 50.00 Watertown Sun, advertising 40.00 Wells, E. M., entry fees 1700 Wilson, Blair C., fee for commissioner 25.00 Yankowski, George E., salary 22.00 York, John E., salary 7.50 Young, John K., guarantee 20.00 Zalenski, Alfred J., salary 15.00 Zeno, Joseph, lunches for foot ball team 75.00 Zollo, Antonio, salary 5.00 Total Expenditures 18,615.04 Balance carried forward 1.50 18,616.54 School Department-Athletic Fund-Insurance Appropriation for 1951 2,500.00 Expenditures Scott, Ernest D., sports medical expense 2,500.00 School Department-Lunch Program (lZilk Fund) Balance brought forward 860.82 Receipts 14,000.52 14,861.34 315 Expenditures Deerfoot Farm Milk Co., milk 3,037.71 Hood & Sons, H. P., milk 2,270.38 Whiting Milk Co., milk 8,548 53 Total Expenditures 13,856.62 Balance carried forward 1,004.72 14,861.34 Public Library Department Salaries Appropriation for 1951 60,750.00 Expenditures Altieri, Janet, salary 362.74 Bell, Barbara, salary 67.39 Bergman, Robert, salary 35.75 Black, Lois, salary' 30.00 Blake, Mary C., salary 2,760.00 Blanchard, Robert, salary 254.60 Bloomer, Gerard, salary 300.00 Bodge, Richard, salary 700.00 Bonanno, Shirley, salary 196.88 Brady, Rose M. Kelly, salary 2,880.00 Carroll, Mary, salary 79.00 Castrow, Mn. Lillian, salary 21,00 Crowley, James A., salary 2,503.54 DeF7orio, Patricia, salary 149.05 Dempsey, Mary Ellen, salary 161.71 DiOzzi, Anne, M. Tracey, salary 2,610.00 Doherty, Marie, salary 182.29 Doyle, Thomas, salary 63.80 Dupuis, Charlotte, salary 1,880.00 Elphick, Ruth L., salary 2,710.00 Parraher, Bernadette, salary 104.20 Firestone, Stephen, salary 133.70 Floret, Jeanne, salary 751.80 Fredericks, Leona, salary 54.69 Gottschalk, Patricia, salary 84.61 Harney, Mary V., salary 2,400.00 Healey, Patricia, salary 1,742.50 Hill, Pauline A., saalry 2,760.00 Howard, Ethel M., salary 2,640.00 Igoe, Eleanor, salary 241.65 Jay, Helen W., salary 2,560.00 Kacey, Joan, salary 20.83 Keenan, Mrs. Mary, salary 3.00 Lamprakis, Irene, salary 1,897.54 Laughrea, Thelma, salary 810.52 MacInnes, John, salary 288.38 Mannix, Bernard, salary 2,833.89 Mardirosian, Nancy, salary 5.25 Mannix, Paul, salary 105.55 Margosian, Robert, salary 1,083.96 McNally, Mary, salary 3,600.00 Murray, Pauline, salary 31.20 O'Donnell, Janet, salary 1,03160 316 Perry, Gerald, salary 8.75 Pihbosian, Hosmig, salary 104.26 Rayburn, Harriet, salary 1,652.56 Robertson, Martin, Jr., salary 688.71 Robinson, Evelyn, salary 93.79 Shea, Mary Louise, salary 3187 Sillen, Robert W., salary 3,120.00 Studley, Paul Henry, salary 1,109.63 Testa, Esther E., salary 2,760.00 White, Jeane, salary 114.00 Yerxa, Catherine M, salary 4,800.00 Zack, Glenna P., salary 900.00 Total Expenditures 58,514.19 Transferred to Revenue 2,235.81 60,750.00 Public Library-Books, Periodicals & Bindings Appropriation for 1951 14,700.00 Refunds 19.79 14,719.79 Expenditures American Academy of Political & Social Science, index 5.70 American Asoc. for U. N., books 1.20 American Book Co., books 83 16 American Geographical Soc., focus 2.00 American Library Assoc., membership, books 64.85 American Radio Relay League, handbook 2.00 Americana Corp_, expense 2.50 Barnard & Co. Inc., F. J., prebinds 152.06 Beckley-Carty Co., books 64.37 Bennett Co., Charles A., books 57.52 Bentley Co., Robert, books 155.92 Boston, City of., Trustees of Public Library, sub. 2.00 Boston Music Co., books 5.01 Bowker Co., R. R., subscription - books 50.28 Briggs & Briggs Inc., records 518.85 Bro-dart Industries, fibre tape 38970 Capital Book Service, book 15.00 College Blue Book, blue book 8.00 Colonial Book Service, book 10.20 Columbia University Press, book .74 Congressional Quarterly, renewal 50.00 Dame & Co., Nathaniel, books 1250 Dover Publications Inc., books 10.99 Doubleday & Co., books 911.03 Educators Progress Service, teachers guides 4.50 Educators Washington Dispatch, sub. - books 1425 Encyclopaedia Britannica, atlas 25.00 Fideler Co., books 75.20 Field Enterprises Inc„ encyclopedia 377.44 Forbes Library, book 532 Foreign Policy Assoc., subscription 2.00 Fowler, Christine C., book 10.00 Franklin Printing Co., book 2.00 Guba, Emil Frederick, book 300 317 Ginn & Co., books 28.98 Goldberger Agency, Herman, subscriptions 422.30 Hale & Co., E. M., books 268.14 Hall Co., George D., directory 30.00 Hanson, A. L., books 31.55 Harvard Book Store, books 51.05 Harvard Law School Forum Corp., books 2.00 Haubner, A. A., books 134.02 Houghton, Mifflin Co., books 22.77 Hubbs Co., Charles F., plastic covers 57.35 Huntting Co., H. R., books 25.34 Kirkus, Virginia, subscription service 2450 Knights News Co., papers 18.00 League of Women Voters, subscription 2.50 Library Service, covers 44.30 Louisiana State University Press, book 5.00 Mansfield, Floris R., subscription 1.00 Martin & Muray Co., Inc., books 88.21 Mass Library Assoc., membership 5.00 Mass Vocational Assoc., book 5.00 McGown Inc., Pearl K., books 14.77 Moody's Investors Service, books 176.00 Nat Council of the Churches of Christ in Am. book 4.37 National Foremen's Inst., books 20.89 National Geographic Society, index 2.50 New Eng Film Service Co., films 458.06 New Eng News Co., book; 5,979 93 New York Herald Tribune Co., papers 23.50 Noble & Noble Pub. Co., books 45.79 Pendleton, E. H., book 3.75 Personal Book Shop., books 57.96 Prentice-Hall Inc., atlas 45.35 Prospect Union Educational Exchange, catalogs 4.00 R S & S. Co., books 479.46 Research Book Co., picture encyclopaedia 22.50 Research Inst. of American, membership 304.50 Roche, Joseph M., books 30.00 Saint Cabherine Jr. College, book .65 Schley, Asbury W., french books 35.00 Science Publishers Assoc., books 22 00 Series Publishers Inc., books 5.50 5upt of Documents, catalog subscription 3.00 Thames Book Co., books 423.45 Tomlinson, Mrs Margaret, subscriptions 20.00 Toothaker, O. H., books 257.70 United Community Service of Met. Boston, directory 2.50 United Council on World Affairs, membership 4.25 University of California Press, books 3.77 Watertown News Co., newspapers 126.00 Watertown Sun, subscription 9.00 Wells Library Bindery, L. A., binding 932.75 Wesby & Sons, J. S. binders 328.02 White & Co., James T., cyclopedia of Amer. Biography 13.86 Who is W,ho in Music, book 10.00 Wilde Co., W. A., books 44.37 Wilcox & Follet Co., bokks 180.93 Wilson Co., H. W., subscriptions 248.04 Women's City Club of Boston, 4 guides to New Eng 2.20 318 Yale University Press., books 9.76 Zinman, M. E., book 1.00 Total Expenditures 14,718.63 Transferred to Revenue 1.16 14,719.79 Public Library-Maintenance Appropriation for 1951 15,885.00 Expenditures Baker & Taylor, books 1238 Barnard & Co., Inc., F. J., grey slips 6.35 Beckley-Candy Co., posters 5.33 Black, Lester M., painting 1,789 00 Bonded Oil System, oil 1,553.94 Bostitch - Northeast Inc., staples 1.00 Boston Cons Gas, Co., service 140.27 Boston Edison Co., services 2,022.48 Boston Janitor's,Supply Co., janitors supplies 63.00 Bowker Co., R. R., advertising 5.50 Buckley & Scott Inc., service 235.00 Capitol Flooring Co., flooring 290.00 Carter-Rice & Co., Corp., lily cups 89.06 Children's Book Council, posters - bookmarks 4.30 Clapper Co., service to mowe r 3.50 Cohen & Sons, Samuel, chairs 80.00 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., paint 8.50 DeMambro Distributors, phonographs 299.89 Demeo Library Supplies, library supplies 275.53 Dowd Co., H. J., paper supplies 71.80 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 8.30 Eagle Electric Supply Co., stove 33.50 Eaton Press Inc., printing 258.99 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 149.23 Folino & Sons Inc., T. F., grading 100.00 Gaylord Bros. Inc., stylus-holder - supplies 346.77 Graybar Co. Inc., supplies 7.28 Hawes Electric Co., electric work 59.47 Hearne Bros., map 37.50 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 122.54 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 4.71 Jordan-Marsh Co, tables-sofa 198.95 Kreems Camera & Card Shop., poster cards 48.48 Lauricella, A., supplies 13.64 LeFort, David T., labor 21.50 Library of Congress, cards 206.04 Lindermeyer & Sons, Henry, cloth tape 129.36 Local Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing & heating 68.50 Mannix, Albert, transportation of books 382 20 Mass Gas & Electric Co., supplies 119.63 Massachusetts Library Assoc., posters 2.10 Metcalfe & Co., paint 1.06 Mill Creek Supply Co., spraysheen 73.00 Mooney's Card & Gift Shop., supplies 40.80 New Eng Film Service, zipper cover for proj & lamp 20.45 NewEng Tel & Tel Co., service 957.76 319 Newton Shade & Screen Co., venetian blinds 28.00 Nonantum Lumber Cod lumber 14.43 Office Furn-Cleaning & Refinishing Co., refin. desk 35.00 Peterson Co., A. S, ser call on vacuum heating pump 11.75 Pilgrim Engineering Co., Hilites 121.05 Pioneer Mfg. Co., supplies 17.38 Postmaster - Boston - stamps 85.04 Power Lawn Mower Service, parts 22.75 Purchasing - Town of Watertown, supplies 294.30 Radiant Fuel Co., fuel 624.86 Redikut Letter Co., redikut letter 12.11 Remington Rand Inc_, tables - book & folio supports 517.10 Rooney, William J., painting 400.00 Ross Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing 161.50 Ross Co., M. M. arts & craft materials 10.60 Shutt Inc., George L., refrigerator 165.00 Sillen, Robert W., transportation 23.52 Sliney, David L., carpentering 21.00 Sliney Co., John J., loam 14.70 Smith, Ellis, printing pads 3.85 Smith & Corona, L. C., Platen - Maintenance new typewriter 198.80 Standard Window Cleaning Co., window cleaning 82.00 Stetson Co., M. D., cleaning supplies 401.61 Stone & Forsyth Co., green tape 23.25 Sturgis Printing Co, books 48.78 Table & Ticket Co., changeable letter signs 15.17 Titus, L. C., carpentering 1,532.32 Universal Decorating Co,, decorating building 35.00 Vose, Robert C., pictures transported and insurance 10.00 Watertown Herald, advertising 4.75 Watertown Letter Shop., mimeograph copies 83.15 Watertown Sun, advertising 800 Water Dept - Town of Watertown, metered water 14.98 White-Bernie, Personal Flower Shop., xmas tree & dec 51.95 Yawman & Erbe, Mfg. Co., catalog case 62 50 Yeomans O'Connell Co., fence 239.00 Yerxa, Catharine M.. incidentals 121.21 15,885.00 Library Trust Fund Income Income from Funds 109.71 Expenditures Bennett Co., Charles A., book 6.12 New England News Co., books 79.32 Wickersham, Lucille, Treas Mass. Library Assoc., dues 5.00 Yerxa, Catharine M., expenses for tea 19.27 109.71 RECREATION Park Departments--Salary of Superintendent Appropriation for 1951 3,840 00 320 Expenditures Dwyer, Joseph, salary 1,776.00 Mosman, Arthur. D., salary 948.60 Total Expenditures 2,724.60 Transferred to Revenue 1,115 40 3,840.00 Park Department—Salary of Clerk Appropriation for 1951 200.00 Expenditures Rundlett, Laura B., salary 200.00 Park Department—Labor Appropriation for 1951 16,608.60 Expenditures Pay-rolls, weekly 15,567.20 Transferred to Revenue 1,041.40 16,608 60 Park Department—Extra Labor Appropriation for 1951 •1,800.00 Expenditures Pay-rolls, weekly 1,794.54 Transferred to Revenue 5.46 1,800.00 Park Department—hiaintenance Appropriation for 1951 5,814.00 Refund 80.00 5,894.00 Expenditures American Oil Co., gas 381.85 Belmont Herald, advertising 5.00 Boston Cons Gas. Co., service 7.00 Boston Edison Co., service 326.19 Bostonian Sporting Goods., sporting goods 622.24 Brae Burn Nursery, plants 7.20 Buckley & Scott Utilities Inc., plug in relief valve 4.90 Clapper Co., service on power mower - parts 671.79 Clayton's Auto Glass Service, glass 8.62 Coolidge Sq. Paint & Supply Co., supplies 280,79 Costigan Co., John F. head & tail lights 63.15 Driscoll & Co., Dennis, binding gravel 75 00 Doldge Co., C. B., chemicals 44.82 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 6.55 Dwyer, Joseph A., registration 2.00 Enterprise Stores, cotton cloth 5.12 Esso Standard Oil Co., oil 24.38 Evans Printing Service, rubber stamps 11.51 321 Everett Equipment Co., Clyde, parts 10.71 Fletcher Hdwe Co., supplies 128.19 G. &. S. Paper Co., paper 11.88 Grant Co., W. T., supplies 53.24 Graybar Electric Co., flood lights 36.00 Green & Co., S. B., motor-seal - supplies 37.73 Harlow Co., W. L., pressur queen air compressor unit 213.10 Iodice, Frank, skinner pipe 75.00 Kelsoe, A., painting flag pole 20.00 Kreem's Camera & Card Shop., crepe paper 4.50 Linder & Co., Inc., calcium chloride 43.50 Mass Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 41 27 McElroy, Robert, printing sign on booth 12.00 Meister, O. J., service - repair & weld mower frams 21.50 Mills Cemetery Equip Co., repair sickle bar mower 3.50 Milmore, Frederick J., signs 5.40 Mooney Card & Gift Shop., supplies 54.29 Morrell Oil Co., oil 293.11 Moxley, John, charge made in error 4.00 New Eng Tel. & Tel Co., service 114.12 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 103.54 O'Brien & Sons, M. E., wing hangers - swing seats 207.20 Otis Bros. Co., hose - sweat shirts 3180 Postmaster - Boston, envelopes 17.36 Purchasing - Town of Watertown, supplies 19.41 Quirk Corp., Edward S., tube 1 65 Radiant Fuel Co., oil 512.98 Sliney Co., John J., loam 41 16 Standard Auto Gear Co., supplies 42.48 Standard Steel & Iron Works, rods 13.50 Sudbury Mushroom Corp., composts 80.00 Swanson's Waltham Express, express .81 Titus, L. C., raising booth 200.00 Vespa Bros. Trust Co., loam 250.00 Wallace, James, umpire 48.00 Water Dept. - Town of Watertown, metered water 237.90 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 1.80 Watertown Sun, advertising 6.30 Watertown Upholstering Co., cotton 1.75 West Disinfecting Co., comax 15.10 White Iron Works, C. M., round grates 26.73 White Motor Co., repairs 49.53 Whitworth & Co., crafts material 16.38 Woolworth Co., F. W., sewing supplies 20.46 Yeomans O'Connell Co., chain link fence 136.00 Total Expenditures 5,812.99 Transferred to Revenue 81.01 5,894.00 Park Department-New Equipment Appropriation for 1951 500.00 Expenditures Bostonian Sporting Goods Co., baseballs 36.75 O'Brien & Sons, M.E., swing sets - seats and chairs 449.63 322 Woolworth Co., F. W., supplies 7.66 Total Expenditures 494.04 Transferred to Revenue 5.96 500.00 Park Department-Tractor & Lawn blower Appropriation for 1951 1,900.00 Xxpenditures Anderson Engineering Co., snow plow 441.00 Perrin-Seaman's & Co., tractor 1,405.00 Total Expenditures 1,846.00 Transferred to Revenue 54.00 1,900.00 Park Department-Waterproofing Skating Rink Appropriation for 1951 1,000.00 Expenditures Jennite Associates Inc., waterproofing skating rink 550.00 Transferred to Revenue 450.00 1,000.00 Park Department-Playground Salaries Appropriation for 1951 3,680.00 Expenditures Alberico, Claire, salary 80.00 Canzanelli, Joan, salary 80.00 Carolan, Paul, salary 160.00 Carroll, Joseph, salary 240.00 Duggan, James, salary 160.00 Devaney, Robert, salary 160.00 Farrell, Mary, salary 160.00 Foley, Agnes, salary 240.00 Forbes, Francis, salary 160.00 Gallagher, Julia, salary 160.00 Hannon, John, salary 160.00 Harvey, Nancy, salary 80.00 Higgins, John, salary 160.00 Holmes, Eleanor, salary 160.00 Holmes, Walter, salary 160.00 Maloney, Thomas, salary 160.00 McCall, Dolores, salary 160.00 McDermott, Marion, salary 160.00 Pallotta, Carmine, salary 160.00 Pratley, Barbara, salary 160.00 Rotchford, Charlene, salary 160.00 Ryder, James, salary 160.00 Sherman, Carol, salary 80.00 Slamin, Phyllis, salary 160.00 3,680.00 323 Park Department—titidget & Junior League Appropriation for 1951 750.00 Expenditures Bostonian Shoe Store, bases - marking tape 433.08 Dwyer, Joseph A., baseball school 154.92 Oates, Bernard J., umpire 18.00 Ryan, James, baseball school 144.00 750.00 Park Department—Recreation Appropriation for 1951 750.00 Boston Edison Co., service Expenditures 8.16 Bostonian Sporting Goods Co., baseball supplies 628.36 Dwyer, Joseph A., services 1.08 Mantenuto, John J., services 50.00 Ryan, James A, services 12.00 Sheehan, James J., services 50.00 Total Expenditures 749.60 Transferred to Revenue .40 750.00 Park Department—Fence At Parker Playground Appropriation for 1951 1,000.00 Expenditures Dinn & Co., P. J., fence 882.00 Watertown eHrald, advertising 2.25 Total Expenditures 884.25 Transferred to Revenue 115.75 1,000.00 Park Department—How Park Fence, etc. Balance brought forward 316.70 Expenditures Folino & Sons Inc., T. F., finishing tennis court 284.84 Kennedy Valve Mfg. Co., valves 17.53 Red Hed Mfg. Co., gooseneck 14.33 316.70 Park Department--New Field House Appropriation for 1951 1,800.00 Balance brought forward 31,683.02 33,483.02 Expenditures Business Equipment Corp., cabinets - chairs 301.50 324 Campbell Hdwe Co., Inc., door check 22.50 Chestnut Welding & Iron Co., blinds 167.00 DiGregorio, Frank, labor 12.00 Donald, William, 1st aid and rubbing table 62.00 Dwyer, Joseph, labor 22.00 Mas Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 1.64 Milmore, Frederick J., lettering 15.00 Papaderia, Fred, janitor 700 Papandrea, Frederick, labor 12.00 Parkman Construction Co., field house cons 21,102.03 Ryan, James, labor 12.00 Sallese, Samuel, labor 12.00 Tierney, William F., services 10.00 Unsworth, Harry, soap containers - lever indexes 3.85 Veno, Harold, labor 12.00 Whitman & Howard, engineers on field house 1,538.49 Total Expenditures 23,313.01 Balance carried forward 10,170.01 33,483.02 UNCLASSIFIED Pensions Appropiation for 1951 68,000.00 Transferred from Reserve Fund 1,850.00 69,850.00 Expenditures Black, John, pension 1,850.00 Blackburn, Charles, pension 641.55 Brennan, John, pension 1,086.81 Brown, Vernon S., pension 1,400.00 Comfort, Redford, pension 1,450.00 Conti, Domenic, pension 1,134.66 D'Amico, Michael, pension 1,343.51 Dardis, James, pension 1,600.00 Days, James, pension 1,343.51 Devaney, Thomas W., pension 1,600.00 Donnely, Andrew J., pension 738.30 Dwyer, Paul, pension 971.70 Ford, Joseph, pension 1,395.00 Gorman, William, pension 56.47 Hanley, Lawrence E., pension 1,753.100 Howard, Wm. A., pension 395.02 Hunter, John F., pension 1,700.00 Keating, Franklin P., pension 2,535.00 Keefe, John F., pension 1,395.00 Kelly, John J., pension 1,600.00 Kelly, Albert, pension 1,706.87 Kenney, Edward, pension 1,158.31 Loughlin, Joseph F., pension 1,450.00 Mackin, Walter, pension 1,811.00 325 Maguire, John J., pension 1,532.70 Maloney, Thomas, pension 1,700.00 Maloney, William, pension 2,066.66 McDermott, Michael, pension 1,010.66 McNicholas, Peter, pension 2,066.66 Milmore, John F., pension 2,000.00 Milmore, Thomas F., pension 1,143.34 Moran, Michael, pension 1,354.00 Morley, Thomas, pension 1,512.14 Moss, G. James, pension 1,403.58 O'Donnell, Thomas, pension 1,103.36 O'Halloran, Edward, pension 1,512.14 O'Hearn, John W., pension 1,700.00 O'Leary, John J., pension 1,300.00 Oliveto, Frank, pension 1,212.91 Parker, Harold, pension 1,500.00 Perkins, Arthur, pension 2,200.00 Perkins, Louis, pension 1,400.00 Quirk, John P., pension 1,700.00 Regan, William, pension 1,737.04 Reilly, John J., Jr., pension 309.35 Russo, Domenic, pension 1,186.80 Smith, William, pension 1,143.34 Stead, Joseph, pension 1,545.00 White, George E., pension 1,193.40 Zuppe, Frank, pension 1,186.80 Total Expenditures 69,835.59 Transferred to Revenue 14.41 69,850.00 Annuities Appropriation for 1951 8,525.00 Expenditures Carney, Margaret, annuity 900.00 Clifford, Mary, J., annuity 900.00 Edwards, Mrs. Edward C., annuity 415.96 Ford, Gertrude A., annuity 900.00 McElhiney, Lydia, annuity 900.00 Mee, Vivienne, annuity 900.00 Munhall, Blanche, annuity 900.00 Nichols, Sadie, annuity 900.00 Strester, Katie C., annuity 900.00 Welsh, Alice, annuity 900.00 Total Expenditures 8,515.96 Transferred to Revenue 9.04' 8,525.00 Printing Town Reports Appropriation for 1951 2,340.80 Expenditures Eaton Press, printing town reports 2,340.80 326 Reserve Fund Appropriation for 1951 65,000.00 Transferred to Dog Officer Contingent 200.00 Election Expense "Special" 750.00 Fire Contingent 250.00 Truck & Ladder damage 850.00 Jensen Farm, Sewer & Drain 3,382.00 " " Water 9,000.00 Pensions 1,850.00 Town Hall - Light 200.00 it " Telephone fl 180.00 Total Transfers 16,662.00 Transferred to "Overlay Reserve" 48,338.00 65,000.00 Contingent Appropriation for 1951 3,000.00 Refund 4.42 3,004.42 Expenditures Atlantic Flag Pole Co., Halyards 16.50 Beehner, Mildred, settlement 18.33 Boston Edison Co., xmas lighting 395.66 Boston & Maine F. F. Co., rent of parking area 510.00 Clark, Guy P., claim settled 21.95 Eaton Press, printing 27.75 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware .92 Giacomazzi, Jennie & Joseph, settlement 150.00 Hassett, Elizabeth, services 40.00 Kelly, Rita, xmas tree 15.00 LeFort, David T., move partition 200.00 Mass Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., bulbs 147.64 Mass & Sons, V., roofing 150.00 Meggison, Edward C., settlement 8.40 Roberts, Lawrence J. damage to truck 200.00 Standard Maintenance Co., maintenance typewriters 9.40 Taverna, Dominic, L., settlement 75.00 Titus, L. C., glass for honor roll 33.00 Union-Market National Bank, yearly parking rent 172.53 White, Bernie, Per Flower Shop., xmas trees & laurel 23.25 Woolworth Co., F. W., tree trimmings 21.27 Total Expenditures 2,236.60 Transferred to Revenue 767.82 3,004.42 Headquarters for Veterans' Organizations Appropriation for 1951 4,350.00 327 Expenditures Diliberto, Joseph, rent Italian American Club 200.00 Garfield, James C., rent Italian American Club 680.00 Metcher Realty Trust, rent Veterans Foreign Wars 1,500.00 Isaac B. Patten Post, rent Dis Am Vet 600.00 Isaac B. Patten Post, rent Amer Gold Star Mothers 120.00 Keefe, Joseph H., rent Amvets 1,200.00 Total Expenditures 4,300.00 Transferred to Revenue 50.00 4,350.00 Memorial Day Appropriation for 1951 3,000.00 Expenditures General Committee Carrozza, Rev. George, chaplain - band 115.00 Chick, Arnold L., band 135.00 Goodale, Margaret E., lunches 42.80 Veterans Service, supplies 3.50 Watertown V.F.W., Post #1105, firing squad 25.00 General Committee Evans Printing Service 23.00 Hughes, L. Wendall Rev., chaplain 25.00 Kelly Florist, wreaths-geraniums 235.75 Patten Isaac B., Post, Camp #29, supplies 45.33 Disabled American Veterans Alba Press, pamphlets 18.75 Comley, Albert C., wreaths 139.95 Disabled American Vets Chapter #14, expenses 62.30 Self Service Food Center, food 16.75 Steve-Vin Pastry Shop., pastry 37.10 Veterans Foreign Wars G. &. S. Paper Co., coffee cups 7.50 Kelly Florist, wreaths 226.00 Main St. Dell., food 36.69 Merchant, Edward R., transportation 15.00 Morley, M., transportation 15.00 Pequosette Press, printing 44.25 Quinlan, Frank H., expenses 31.50 Rosenfield Uniform Co., grave marker flags 48.35 Burnham-Manning V. F. W. Post, supplies, expenses 43.71 American Gold Star Mothers McCarthy Bros., autos 20.00 White, Bernie, flowers 30.00 Amvets American Vets Post #14, expenses 221.00 Martino's Market, food 92.90 Personal Press, printing 87.50 328 American Legion Andrews Dairy, Austin, ice cream 21.20 Boston Regalia Co., flags 75.80 Carter-Rice & Co., paper supplies 14.20 Evans Printing Service, printing 18.25 Ingerson, Frederick H., expenses 40.97 Kelly Florist, wreaths 340.00 McCarthy Bros., car 10.00 McGann & Sons Co., T. F., name plates 30.00 Meat Spot, cold cuts 21.92 Russo & Sons Inc., A., soft drinks 30.25 Sam's Market, food supplies 5.74 Somerville Foundry & Machine Co., grave markers 162.50 Steve-Vin Pastry Shop., rolls 4.20 Town Diner, food supplies 33.20 Watertown Post American Legion #99, supplies 16.76 Italian American Veterans Big Bear Market, wreaths 92.00 Italian - American War Veterans Post 30, expenses 99.83 S. A. R. Abbott, Charles W., grave markers 35.00 Mason. Ralph W., wreaths 17.50 Total Expenditures 2,913.95 Transferred to Revenue 86.05 3,000.00 Insurance Appropriation for 1951 24,350.00 Expenditures Alfieri, Louis E., insurance 350.77 Bogosian, Edna, insurance 1,352.56 Capone & Son, P. A., insurance 345.78 Case, Erle L., insurance 1,176.56 D'Andrea, Victor, insurance 1,176.56 Farwell, Everett L., insurance 1,121.12 Heffernan, John E., insurance 352.00 LeFavor, George E., insurance 1,352.56 McGlauflin, B. Fay, insurance 1,000.56 Menton, James C., insurance 354.17 Oates, Edward A., insurance 153.60 Owen, Lura G., insurance 433.79 Parker, Chester H., insurance 2,177.12 Perkins, Homer C., insurance 1,528.56 Rugg Ins. Agency, William W., insurance 1,096.99 Star Printing Co., insurance forms 45.00 Stone Inc., Edwin L., insurance 1,000.56 Whitney, J. Malcolm, insurance 1,352.56 Wright, Edward F., insurance 1,616.57 Total Expenditures 17,987.39 Transferred to Revenue 6,362.61 24,350.00 329 Workmen' Compensation Agent Salary Appropriation for 1951 1,000.00 Expenditures Meehan, John P., salary 1,000.00 Workmen' Compensation Appropriation for 1951 9,000.00 Refunds 47.14 9,047.14 Expenditures Appel, Charles F., M. D., services 18.00 Bailey, George G., M. D., services-brace 296.00 Blackburm, Charles, prescription 1.50 Broderick, Thomas F., M. D., services 420.00 Burke, Joseph W., compensation 115.71 Campbell, Donald I., M. D., services 42.00 Canzanelli, Pericles, M. D., services 73.00 Donovan, William F., M. D., services 130.00 Dorsey, Joseph F., M. D., services 155.00 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 17.00 Dwyer, John, compensation 98.57 Eaton Press Inc., printing 16.75 Ford, Edward J., compensation 64,28 Fox Drug Store, prescriptions 3,00 Hurwitz, David, M. D., services 94.00 Industrial Accident Board, impartial examinations 50.00 Kevorkian, J. J., M. D., services 71.00 Lambert, Francis, reimbursement- compensation 748.32 Lexington St. Drug Co., supplies 11.95 Mastrangelo, Louis, M. D., services 145.00 McDermott, Henry, compensation 41.78 Mt. Auburn Hospital, care 473.56 Munroe, Robert, compensation 132.86 Murdock, William, compensation 200.00 Pallone, Dominic, compensation 217.13 Pallota, John, compensation, prescription 493.75 Parker Drug Co., supplies 11.55 Pesce, Guy C., M. D., services 65.00 Piccolo's Pharmacy, prescription 24.00 Quinlan, Francis, compensation 1.78 Quirk, Thomas C., M. D., services 14.00 Quinn Philip M. D., services 180.00 Ross, John J., compensation 1,457.50 Sarao, John, compensation 83.03 Secord Walter N. M. D., services 151.50 St. Elizabeth Hospital exray-care 330.66 Schatzki, Richard, M. D., exray 15.00 Slattery, John J., compensation 8.Q0 Slavin, John J., Compensation 92.86 Syron Dominic R., compensation 116.79 Touzjian, Y. T., M. D., services 18.00 Waltham Hospital, exrays-care 67.99 330 Wekstein, Louis, M. D., services 25.00 York, Robert S., M. D. services 276.75 Waring's Pharmacy, supplies 1.25 Zentraf Leo P., M. D., services 30.00 Total Expenditures 7,096.82 Transferred to Revenue 1,950.32 9,047.14 Eyeglasses for School Children Appropriation for 1951 250.00 Expenditures Community Opticians, services 9•00 Cotter, F. X., eyeglasses 18.00 Elliott, Harold E., M. D., eyeglasses 15.00 Sachs Benjamin, M. D., services 5.00 Schindler, John H., eyeglasses 44.00 St. Elizabeth's Hospital, clinic 1.50 Total Expenditures 92.50 Transferred to Revenue 157.50 250.00 Contributory Retirement System Appropriation for 1951 35,844.00 Expenditures Contributory Retirement Pension System 35,844.00 Civil Defense Salary of Director Appropriation for 1951 2,000.00 Expenditures Corbett, John F., salary 1,999.92 Transferred to Revenue .08 2,000.00 Civil Defense--Salary Junior Clerk & Typist Appropriation for 1951 1,040.00 Expenditures Donnellan, Mary E., salary 1,040.00 Civil Defense Appropriation for 1951 10,000.00 Balance brought forward 2,435.04 ,Refunds 358.00 12,793.04 Expenditures American National Red Cross, textbooks-- bandages 308.00 Beaudette, Charles, radio equipment 7.72 Belmont Supply Co., police whistles 48.35 Burke, Alan W., radio transmitter 15.00 Carter-Rice & Co., Corp., paper 9.80 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 154.50 Coolidge Printing Co., printing 12.50 Corbett, John F., federal civil defense college 105.69 331 DeMambro Radio Supply Co., radio supplies 115.16 Eastern Coat Mfg. Co., reefer coats 1,675.00 Eaton Press Inc., printing 89.10 Elliott Addressing Machine Co., stencils 5.16 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., padlocks-supplies 9.09 General Electric Co., receivers 340.00 Hammett Co., J. L., blackboard on supports 29.55 Horacek, Victor J., tin work 3.20 Horne & Co., H. S. office supplies 365.08 Johnson Co., Andrew T., maps 189.36 Iver-Johnson Sporting Goods Co., revolvers and ammunition 356.52 Kreem's Camera & Card Shop, pictures 16.00 Laughrea, Giles F., incidentals 19.00 Linsky & Bros. Co., M., trousers-caps- auxiliary badges 2,990.00 Mahoney, William P., keys-flash batteries- night sticks-Police box keys 462.50 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 56.81 Mass., Commonwealth of, civil service police manuals 40.00 Murray, Edward A., parts for guns 3.16 New Eng. Police Revolver League Inc., targets 35.00 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., services 645.22 Newton Sign Shop, cardboard 6.00 Nickerson & Hills, .paint 26.55 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 110.92 Northeast Civil Defense, subscription 10.00 Pilgrim Badge & Specialty Co., arm bands 56.34 Postmaster-Boston, post cards-postage 291.60 Pugliese, Gene, police traffic belts 526.14 Purchasing-Town of Watertown, supplies 165.04 Radio Shack Corp., radio equipment 757.08 Spaulding-Moss Co., precinct maps 37.75 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 8.60 Supt. of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, booklets 76.95 Tracy Chair Co., chair rental 65.00 Watertown Paint & Varnish Co., paints 8.70 Total Expenditures 10,253.14 Balance carried forward 2,539.90 12,793.04 Dineen Auto Damage Case Appropriation for 1951 114.95 Expenditures Dineen, William S., settlement 114.95 Heffernan Auto Damage Case Appropriation for 1951 202.95 Expenditures Heffernan, John E., settlement 202.95 332 Murphy Auto Damage Case Appropriation for 1951 49.55 Expenditures Murphy, Mary V., & Geraldine J., settlement 49.55 Zwicker Auto Damage Case Appropriation for 1951 190.75 Expenditures Zwicker, Caleb D., settlement 190.76 World War H Memorial Tablet Appropriation for 1951 9,500.00 Expenditures McGann & Sons Co., T. F., Eng. services- 20% contract price 2,350.80 Balance carried forward 7,149.20 9,500.00 World War Memorial Repairs & Furnishings Balance brought forward 113.14 Expenditures Horne & Co., H. S., folding chairs 93.10 Vogue Silver Co., knives and forks 18.27 Total Expenditures 111.37 Transferred to Revenue 1.77 113.14 Acton Street Taking Balance brought forward 400.00 Expenditures Camerato, Carmine & Antonia, taking 136.00 Oakland Construction Co., taking portion of land 110.58 Watertown, Town of, taxes on property 153.42 400.00 Sergeant MacDonald's Expenses Appropriation for 1951 500.00 Expenditures MacDonald, Herbert A., school 499.43 Transferred to Revenue .57 500.00 Spring St. Parking Area Appropriation for 1951 10,500.00 Expenditures Star Market Co., land 10,500.00 Traffic Rules Committee Balance brought forward 610.00 Expenditures Evans Printing Service, printing 330.50 Watertown Herald, advertising 119.00 Watertown Sun, advertising 12.60 Total Expenditures 462.10 Transferred to Revenue 147.90 610.00 333 Cost of Living Bonus Appropriation for 1951 120,000.00 Expenditures Cash Disbursements, weekly 98,959.90 Transferred to Revenue 21,040.10 120,000.00 Pay Roll Deductions—Purchase of Bonds Balance brought forward 1,586.09 Deductions 20,934.13 22,520.22 Expenditures Bonds Purchased 20,678.20 Balance carried forward 1,842.02 22,520.22 Pay Roll Deductions—Withholding Tat Balance brought forward 22,317.20 Pay Roll Deductions 242,187.33 264,504.53 Expenditures With-holding Taxes paid 235,146.73 Balance carried forward 29,357.80 264,504.53 ENTERPRISES & CEMETERIES Water Department—Salary of Superintendent Appropriation for 1951 5,400.00 Expenditures Oates, Michael B., salary 5,400.00 Water Department-Assistant Superintendent Salary Appropriation for 1951 4,500.00 Expenditures Johnson, Edwin, salary 4,500.00 Water Department—Registrar & Clerk to Water Board Salary Appropriation for 1951 3,840.00 Expenditures Armstrong, Thomas L., salary 3,840.00 Water Department—Principal Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 2,520.00 Expenditures Rundlett, Laura B., salary 2,520.00 Water Department—Senior Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 2,160.00 Expenditures Wright, Angela, salary 2,160.00 Water Department—Junior Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1951 1,080.00 Expenditures Ryder, Phyllis A., salary 914.10 Transferred to Revenue 165.90 1,080.00 334 Water Department—Service Foreman Salary Appropriation for 1951 3,840.00 Expenditures Cahill, Patrick D., salary 3,840.00 Water Department—Meter Inspectors Salaries Appropriation for 1951 8,640.00 Expenditures Weekly pay-rolls 8,606.41 Transferred to Revenue 33.59 8,640.00 Water Department—Labor Appropriation for 1951 46,144.80 Expenditures Weekly pay-rolls 45,511.54 Transferred to Revenue 633.26 46,144.80 Water Department—Emergency Overtime Appropriation for 1951 2,500.00 Expenditures Weekly pay-roll 2,428.77 Transferred to Revenue 71.23 2,500.00 Water Department—iVlaintenance—MateriaLS Appropriation for 1951 9,292.00 Expenditures A. B. & C. Motor Transportation Co., express 1.60 American Oil Co., oil 440.63 Atomlite, batteries 23.00 Batchelder Pontiac Corp., parts 35.53 Belmont & Watertown Herald, advertising 16.00 Boston Edison Co., service 113.16 Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight 9.02 Buckminster Co., George H., batteries 6.25 Caldwell Co., George A., tapping gate— supplies 83.46 Cherry-Burrell Corp., milk cans 22.93 Clayton's Auto Glass Service, glass 18.22 Coombs Motor Co., service 117.71 Curry Oil Co., supplies 354.14 Dahlquist Mfg. Co., pressure boiler 58.80 Davis Tractor Co., H. F., parts 3.60 DeSarno, Clarence, LeRoy tract-air repair 45.00 Dunn's Drug Store supplies 1.40 Esso Standard Oil, Co., gas 22.68 Eureka Cement Lined Pipe Co., fittings 217.25 Feely's Esso Station, gas 23.90 Field Machinery Co., clay digger repair 1.55 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., hardware 108.76 Fuller Co., supplies 28.65 Green & Co., S. B., Inc., cement 9.21 Harris, Charles A., rubber boots 36.00 Hersey Mfg. Co. fittings 959.86 Homelite Corp., parts 11.48 335 Horacek Co., Victor J., galvanized ells 8.05 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 1,257.90 Johnson, C. Edwin, registrations 13.00 Jones A. G., cord wood 50.00 Keefe, Mary G., insurance 8.00 Kennedy Valve Mfg. Co. valves 909.39 Lawn Mower Grinding Co., mower grinding 2.00 Leonard Fuel Co., fuel 212.59 Linde Air Products Co., prestolite 8.55 Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., parts 482.79 Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone 22.37 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 13.33 Mass. Wharf Coal Co., coal 282.00 McGlauflin, B. Fay, insurance 146.34 McElroy, Robert J., painting trucks 125.00 Meister, O. J., welding 69.90 Mt. Auburn Motors, repair 343.62 Mueller Co., nuts 18.85 National Lead Co., pipe 191.49 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 84.70 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 2.43 Northeast Oil Co., oil 85.00 Oates, Edward A., insurance 207.80 Oates, Michael B., garage 60.00 Orchard Hdwe. & Supply Co., supplies 7.54 Parker-Danner Co., parts 48.22 Purchasing-Town of Watertown, supplies 155.77 Quirk Corp., Edward S., vulcanizing 29.50 Red Hed Mfg. Co., parts 39.46 Registry of Motor Vehicles, registering 18.00 Robinson Clay Products Co., pipe 13.05 Rockwell Mfg. Co., repairs 17.11 Sclaffini, P. V., insurance 481.18 Shutt Inc., George L., tire & battery service 163.59 Standard Auto Gear Co., supplies 82.09 Summer St. Garage, motor repair 409.53 Thompson-Durkee Co., supplies 2.45 Waltham Screw Co., couplings 36.00 Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 54.63 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., pipe & ells 65.03 Watertown Sun, advertising 14.40 Webster's Boston & Waltham Express, express 1.70 Webser Supply Co., rectorseal 11.47 White Co., John J., salt hay 23.99 White Motor Co., dovetails in doors 1.94 White & Coughlin Motor Sales, service 104.89 Wright, Edward F., insurance 103.90 Total Expenditures 9,260.33 Transferred to Revenue 31.67 9,292.00 Water Department-Office Expense Appropriation for 1951 2,444.00 336 Expenditures Addressograph-Multigraph Corp., maintenance 70.06 Allen Business Machine Inc., R. C., parts 2.53 Atlantic Adding Machine Co., repairs 5.30 Crosby Steam & Gage Valve Co., recorder charts 10.35 Department of Public Safety, license 12.00 Eaton Press Inc., printing 118.60 Evans Printing Service, printing 80.70 Fletcher Hdwe. Co., hardware 2.23 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 215.60 Johnson Co., Andrew T., Photostats 6.66 Kevorkian, J. J., M. D., services 10.00 King, Alfred E., M. D., services 10.00 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 67.11 Muran Co., L. E., desk signs with easels 10.50 New Eng. Towel Supply Co., towel supply 14.95 New Eng. Water Works Assoc., subscription 4.00 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 4.53 Postmaster-Boston, stamped envelopes 891.03 Purchasing-Town of Watertown, supplies 82.50 Remington Rand Inc., meter cards 34.44 Shushan, Arthur A., M. D., services 10.00 Smith Co., Frederic B., supplies 531.79 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance-overhaul 61.80 Underwood Corp., maintenance 140.18 Water Works Engineering-subscription 4.00 Watertown Sea Grille, meals 21.63 Total Expenditures 2,422.49 Transferred to Revenue 21.51 2,444.00 Water Department-Large Meters Appropriation for 1951 343.20 Expenditures Hersey Mfg. Co., large meters 343.20 Water Department-New " Meters Appropriation for 1951 2,226.00 Expenditures Hersey Mfg. Co., meters 2,163.00 Transferred to Revenue 63.00 2,226.00 Water Department-New House Services Appropriation for 1951 3,000.00 Expenditures Condon Corp., John P., concrete 75.05 Eureka Cement Lined Pipe Co., pope 622.95 Green & Co., S. B., cement 22.93 MacLeod & Moynihan, lumber 13.50 Mass Broken Stone Co., stone 32.61 Meister, O. J., sharpen picks 3.00 Raymond, D. B., gravel 33.69 Red Hed Mfg. Co., parts 1,486.34 Sumner & Dunbar, fitings 217.11 337 Swanson's Waltham Express, express 5.78 Thompson-Durkee Co., pipe and ells 134.70 Utilities Supply Corp., tubing cutter - stop wrench - supplies 297.24 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 15.96 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing 4.67 White Co., John J., salt hay 5.60 Total Expenditures 2,971.13 Transferred to Revenue 28.87 3,000.00 Water Department Cleaning Water Mains Appropriation for 1951 2,250.00 Expenditures National Water Main Cleaning Co., cleaning water mains 175.30 Utilities Supply Corp., couplings 159.00 Total Expenditures 334.30 Transferred to Revenue 1,915.70 2,250.00 Water Department—Construction & Reconstruction Appropriation for 1951 4,100.00 Expenditures American Bldg Wrecking Co., lumber 40.00 Brown's Express Inc., express 1.60 Condon Corp., John P., concrete 8.08 Green & Co., S. R., cement 9.02 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 163.20 Kennedy Valve Mfg. Co., valves 508.70 Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., fittings 437.49 MacLeod & Moynihan, lumber 12.00 Red Hed Mfg. Co., fitings 357.08 Ryan, William J., services 18.00 Utilities Supply Corp., Gate box top - sections covers 794.25 Warren Pipe Co., pipes 1,672.35 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 62.22 Total Expenditures 4,083.99 Transferred to Revenue 16.01 4,100.00 Water Departments—Calgon Feeder & House Appropriation for 1951 5,000.00 Expenditures Galgon Inc., calgon 295.00 Fletcher Hdwe Co., keyys 9.09 Graybar Electric Co. Inc., heater 48.60 338 Johnson, C. Edwin, cheescloth for bags 1.40 LeFort, David T., buildings feeder 1,796.95 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 91.13 McElroy, Robert J., sign 5.00 Railway Express Agency, express 2.01 Raymond, D. B., gravel 22.46 Reliance Motor Transportation, express 3.23 Ryan, William J., services with bulldozer 18.00 Thompson-Durkee Co., fittings 2.23 Wallace & Tiernan Co., electric hypochlorinator 525.00 Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 4.76 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 6.31 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., supplies 12.11 Yeomans & O'Connell Co., chain link fence 363.00 Total Expenditures 3,206.28 Balance Carried forward 1,793.72 5,000.00 Water Department—New Tractor & Trencher Appropriation for 1951 8,280.60 Expenditures Davis Tractor Co., H. F., tractor & trencher 8,279.87 Transferred to Revenue .73 8,280.60 Water Department—Compressor & Chassis Appropriation for 1951 1,656.00 Expenditures Parker - Danner Co., compressor & chassis 1,539.43 Transferred to Revenue 116.57 1,656.00 Water Department—New ! Ton Truck Appropriation for 1951 1,700.00 Expenditures Mt. Auburn Motors Inc., new truck 1,472.82 Transferred to Revenue 227.18 1,700.00 Water Department—Renewal of Services Appropriation for 1951 2,150.00 Expenditures Condon Corp., John P., concrete 134.91 Eureka Cement Lined Pipe Co., pipe 170.79 Kennedy Valve Mfg. Co., gate valves 226.90 Mass Broken Stone Co., stone 10.78 McDonald Co., John A., soft copper 367.20 Orchard Hardware & Supplies 24.79 Purchasing - Town of Watertown, supplies 34.13 Red Hed Mfg. Co., parts 53.59 Sullivan Oil Co., oil 29.00 Sumner & Dunbar - parts 60.00 Swansons Waltham Express, express .79 Utilities Supply Corp., supplies 1,035.73 Total Expenditures 2,148.61 Transferred to Revenue 1.39 2,150.00 339 Water Department—Jensen Farm-Special Transferred from Reserve Fund 9,000.00 Expenditures Beatrice, Carl, labor with payloader 9.75 Belmont Herald, advertising 2.25 Curry Oil Co., supplies 130.33 Davis Tractor Co., H. F., teeth—supplies 142.20 Fletcher Hdwe Co., supplies 26.99 Foster Inc., John R., transportation 3.03 Kennedy Valve Mfg. Co., valves 134.03 MacLeod & Moynihan, lumber 15.39 Meister, O. J., points sharpened 37.50 Northrop & Co., Inc., supplies 224.82 Purchasing - Town of Watertown, supplies 57.40 Red Hed Mfg. Co., copper fittings 282.60 Sullivan Oil Co., oil 14.50 Swansons Waltham Express, express .88 Thompson-Durkee Co., copper pipe-brass ells 113.59 Utilities Supp. Corp., gate boxes-cement lined pipe 7,795.19 Total Expenditures 8,990.45 Transferred to Revenue 9.55 9,000.00 Cemetery Department Salary of Superintendent Appropriation for 1951 3,640.00 Expenditures Martin, George, salary 3,640.00 Cemetery Department—Labor Appropriation for 1951 15,450.00 Expenditures Weekly-pay-rolls 15,224.61 Transfrred to Revenue 225.39 15,450.00 Cemetery Department—Contingent Appropriation for 1951 1,800.00 Expenditures American Oil Co., gas 189.70 Anderson & Sons Inc., G. O., plants 6.00 Auto Sickle Co., parts 4.55 Barrett, John W., insurance 117.90 Bonded Oil System Inc., oil 62.57 Boston Edison Co., services 39.70 Boston Janitor's Supply Co., towel dispense r 2.94 Clapper Co., service on mower 127.00 Chestnut Welding Co., repair mower handle 2.00 Colbert, John A., registering truck 2.00 340 Construction Mchy Repair Service, repairs 2.00 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., paint 12.62 Eaton Press Inc., printing . 15.25 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 56.40 Fox Drug Store, 1st aid kit 8.14 Green & Co., Inc., S. B., cement - sand 51.36 Leonard Fuel Co., oil 31.50 Lexington St. Drug Co., prescription 2.00 Lindsay Co., P. K., parts 11.05 Martin, George, transportation 205.00 Mass Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 2.10 Mills Cemetery & Park Equipment Co., grass seed - parts - device repaired - 489.79 Mt. Auburn Motors, repair 12.99 Power Lawn Mower Service Co., lawn mower service 1.45 Purchasing - Town of Watertown, supplies 48.79 Radiant Fuel Co., oil 42.75 Raymond, D. B., loam 108.00 Shutt Inc., George L., tire repair 3.00 Sliney Co, John J., loam 102.90 Standard Auto Gear Co., supplies 4.74 Tree Land Inc., shrubs, edger 9.33 Water Dept., Town of Watertown, metered water 5.32 Total Expenditures 1,780.84 Transferred to Revenue 19.16 1,800.00 Cemetery Department-Power Bower Appropriation for 1951 135.00 Expenditures Mills Cemetery & Park Equip. Co., power mower 129.50 Transferred to Revenue 5.50 135.00 Cemetery Department-New Lowering Device Appropriation for 1951 300.00 Expenditures . Mills Cemetery Equipment Co., new device 299.00 Transferred to Revenue 1.00 300.00 Cemetery Department-Utility Building Appropriation for 1951 1,500.00 Balance brought forward 3,365.38 4,865.38 Expenditures Alexander Co., Louis A., desk-chairs and filing cabinet 291.35 Arone & Son, Lawrence, removing old plumbing fixtures, and repairing water supply 35.20 Condon Corp., John P., concrete 162.24 341 Folino & Sons, T. F., completing building 3,155.00 Mas Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co, supplies 180.73 Quinn Co., Thomas, loam 108.00 Quinn, Richard, grading 17.40 Ryan, William, grading 16.20 Total Expenditures 3,966.12 Balance carried forward 899.26 4,865.38 INTEREST & MATURING DEBT Town Debt Appropriation for 1951 44,000.00 Expenditures Bonds Paid 44,000.00 Interest Appropriation for 1951 10,000.00 Expenditures Coupons on bonds 6,400.00 Discount on notes 2,574.73 Total Expenditures 8,974.73 Transferred to Revenue 1,025.27 10,000.00 STATE TAXES & ASSESSMENTS Estimated by Commissioner 172,849.25 Expenditures Charles River Basin 19.57 Metropolitan Park Tax .. 55,125.89 Metropolitan Sewer Tax 53,421.54 Metropolitan Water Tax 45,170.32 Boston Metropolitan District expenses 445.70 Metropolitan Transit Authority, Deficit 7,006.49 M.T.A., reduction of principal 8,414.67 Smoke Inspection 852.93 Special Water Assessments 374.53 Auditing Municipal Accounts 1,430.79 Examination of Retirement system 257.53 Total Expenditures 172,519.96 Balance carried forward 329.29 172,849.25 County Tax Estimated by Commissioner 133,381.99 Expenditures Treasurer - Middlesex County 138,988.10 Deficit carried forward 5,606.11 133,381.99 County Hospital T. B. Assessment Estimated by Commissioner 38,300.69 Expenditures Treasurer - Middlesex County 43,019.24 Deficit carried forward 4,718.55 38,300.69 BALANCE SHEET ASSETS Cash on hand, General Fund $874,179.93 Veterans' Housing 723.03 Collector's Petty Cash 500.00 Veterans' Benefits Petty Cash 200.00 Health Dept., Petty Cash 10.00 Taxes: 1951 Property 55,720.09 1951 Personal 6,622.38 1951 Motor 10,297.87 72,640.34 Special Assessments 1951 Moth 63.50 1951 Street Assessments 77.15 1951 Street Comm interest 20.47 Unapportioned Sidewalks 1,291.24 Unapportioned Streets 19,011.99 20,464.36 Tax Titles: Tax Titles 3,576.95 Tax Possessions 5,816.77 9,393.72 Departmental Accounts Receivable: Highway Department 135.10 Health Department 766.41 Public Welfare - G R 4,748.97 Public Welfare - A.D.0 12,656.84 Public Welfare, O.A.A. 1,813.75 Cemetery Department 14.50 20,135.57 Water Accounts Receivable District -1 4,855.99 District m2 2,446.80 District w3 2,754.45 Commercial 6,389.96 16,447.20 Overlay Deficit - 1950 98.95 County Tax - 1951 5,606.11 County Hospital - T.B., Assort - 1951 4,718.55 $1,025,117.75 DWEMBER 319 1951 LIABILITIES Potter Memorial Gate Fund 243.31 Premium Account 529.58 Dog Fund 49.00 Cemetery-Saleof Lots 6,261.87 Sale of Town Land 26,257.68 Veterans' Benefits - Emergency Fund 200.00 Reserve for Petty cash 510.00 Overlay - 1951 8,064.37 Overlay Reserve Fund 54,087.02 Motor Vehicle Reserve 10,297.87 Tax Title Reserve 9,393.72 Special Assessment Reserve 20,464.35 Departmental Reserve 20,135.57 Water Revenue 16,447.20 State Taxes & Assmts 1951 329.29 Unexpended balances forward Auditor - Budget Machine 305.50 Tax Tite Foreclosure 1,567.07 Assessors, Appellate Tax Board 852.01 Town Clerk, Micro-film 2,000.00 Purchasing, Revolving Fund 439.38 Election Expense - Special 652.50 North End Fire Station 207.19 Highway - Chapter 90 - 1949 7.03 Highway - Chapter 90 - 1950 1,237.86 Highway - Chapter 90 - 1951 3,349.59 A.D.C. Federal Administration 6,899.01 A.D.C. Federal Aid 3,836.28 O.A.A. Federal Administration 16,233.33 O.A.A. Federal Aid 13,407.06 O.A.A. Recoveries 4,100.00 School-Survey 1,000.00 Athletic Fund 1.50 Lunch Program 1,004.72 Park Dept - Ladd Place 50.00 Field House 10,170.01 Town Report Committee 500.00 Civil Defense 2,539.90 Incinerator Committee 531.59 W. W. Memorial Committee 1,000.00 W. W. +2 Memorial Tablet 7,149.20 Veterans' Housing 723.03 Veterans' Housing - Bal. borrowed 5,927.37 Water - Calgon Feed oosuse 1,793.72 Cemetery - Utility Building 899.26 Fence 100.00 88,484.11 Pay Roll Deductions, Purchase cf Bonds 1,842.02 Pay Roll Deductions, With-holding Tax 29,357.80 292,954.76 Excess & Deficiency - Surplus 732,162.99 $1,025,117.75 344 DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments NOT DUE $ 4,184.27 Apportioned Street Assessments NOT DUE $ 25,731.79 DEBT ACCOUNTS Net Funded or Fined Debt $ 361,000.00 TRUST FUNDS Trust Funds - Cash & Securities $ 450,836.92 345 DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments: Due in 1952 642.62 Due in 1953 608.29 Due in 1954 585.21 Due in 1955 552.61 Due in 1956 521.76 Due in 1957 510.66 Due in 1958 435.99 Due in 1959 282.54 Due in 1960 44.59 $ 4,184.27 Apportioned Street Assessments: Due in 1952 3,289.49 Due in 1953 3,240.59 Due in 1954 3,239.92 Due in 1955 3,239.74 Due in 1956 3,153.58 Due in 1957 3,036.81 Due in 1958 2,714.08 Due in 1959 2,389.48 Due in 1960 1,428.10 $ 25,731.79 DEBT ACCOUNTS Highway Equipment Loan 1947 $ 5,000.00 North End Fire Station Loan 63,000.00 Field House Loan 53,000.00 Veterans' Housing Loan 240,000.00 $ 361,000.00 TRUST FUNDS Library Trust Funds: Asa Pratt Library Fund 12,049.65 Solon Whitney Library Fund 326.98 Mary D. E. Meade Fund 3,048.80 Pierce Fund 1,064.31 Barry Fund 1,035.62 Michael Charles Fund 229.60 Wm. P. McGuire Fund 1,031.75 Templeton Charity Fund 2,940.15 Martha Sanger Fund 1,081.06 Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 56,784.62 Veterans' Housing Fund 266,441.21 Potter Memorial Gate Fund 500.00 Cemetery, Perpetual Care Fund 104,303.17 $ 450,836.92 Respectfully submitted, W. W. NORCROSS, Town Auditor INDEX TO REPORT OF TOWN AUDITOR Receipts . . ..... . ... . . . . . ... . .. ... . . . . . .... . . . . .. . . . . . .... . . ... . 212 Payments . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ........ . ... . . ... . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . .. . 215 Annuities .. . .... . . . . .. . ..... .. .... . . . ..... . . . . . ... ..... ... . . 325 Appeals, Board of . . . .... .... . . . . ........ . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . 239 Assessors' Department . . ......... . . . . ... . ... .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . 229 Auditors' Department . . . . . . .... . . .. . . . . .. ...... . . . . .... . . . . .. . . 226 BalanceSheet .. .. . . . ... .... ..... .. . . .. ..... .. . . ......... .. . . 342 Buildings, Inspector of . . .. ........ . . . . .. . ... .. . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . 255 Cemetery Department . . .. .. . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .... . . . . .. . ... . .. ... .. 339 Civil Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .. . . . . .. .. . ..... . . . . . ...... . . .. . 330 Clerk, Town . . . . . . .. . . . ... .. . . .... . . . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . 231 Collector's Department . . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Contributory Retirement Pension System . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ... 330 DogOfficer . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . . . . . . .. . .... ... 262 Election Expenses .. . . . . . .... . . .. . . . . ....... .. . . . . . . ... .. . ... 235 Engineering Department ... ..... . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . .. . . .... . . . . 233 Finance Committee . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . ... . . •• •• • • . • • . .. . ...• • 230 Fire Department . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ... .. .... 246 Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Department .. . . . .. . . . . . .... ...... 256 Headquarters, Veterans . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . ... . 326 Health Department .. . . . . . . . ... ..... .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .......... 263 Highway Department .. . . . . . . .. . . ... .. . .... ... ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 269 Infirmary Department . . . . .... . . . . ... . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . ... . .. . . . 285 Insurance . . ..... . . .. . . .. . . . ..... . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . ... . . . . . . 328 Interest and Maturing Debt . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 341 Legal Services . . . . . . . .. . . .. ... . .. .. .. . .... ... . . . . . . . . ... ... .. 231 Library Department .. . . . ... . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. ... 315 ListingBoard . . .. . . . .. . .. . . . .... . . ... . . . .. ....... . . . . . . .. .... . . 236 MemorialDay .. . . . . . . . ... .... . . .. . . . . . . .. . . ..... . . . . . .. . . .... 327 Moderator . . . . .... . . . . .. . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .... . . . ... .. . . . .. ..... . 224 Park Department . . .. . . . . . . ... . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. .. . . 319 Pensions . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . ... . . . . .. . . . ... . ..... . . . . . ... . . . . 224 Physicians, Town . ....... . . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . . ....... 286 Planning Board . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... . . . . . . . .. . .. ... . . . . . . . . ... ... 239 Poles and Wires Department ........ . . . . .. . . .... . . . . . . . . . ... . 260 Police Department .. . . . . . . .... . . .. . . . . . . ........ . . . . . . .. . ... 239 Purchasing Department .... .... .. . .. . . . . . ... . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. .. 232 Registrars of Voters .. . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... .. . .. . .... 236 ReserveFund . . ..... . . . . . . ... . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. 326 School Department ..... ... . . ..... ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . ... 290 Selectmen's Department . . . . . . . ... .... . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . ... ... . . 224 Sewer Department .. .. ... . . . .. ... ... .. . . . . . . .. . . ... . . . . . . . .. . . 266 TownHall .. . . . .... ...... . . . .. .... .... . . . . . . .... 237 Treasurer's Department . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ... 227 TreeWarden . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . ... . . . .. ... . . . . ...... . .. . . . . . . . . .. 256 Unclassified . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 324 Veteran's Services . .. .. . . . . . . ... . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Water Department . . . . . .... .. . . .. . ... . . . . . ... . . ..... . . . . . . . . .. 333 Wei2r-,hts and Measures . . . . . . . .. . .... . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . 256 Welfare, Public, Department . ....... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 279 Workmen's Compensation . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 329 348 REPORT OF THE RETIREMENT BOARD OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN RETIREMENT SYSTEM The Watertown Contributory Retirement Board respectfully sub- mits its fifteenth annual report covering the operation of the Watertown Contributory Retirement System for the calendar year ending December 31, 1951. The Retirement Board as now organized consists of Maurice J. Sheehan, Chairman, William W. Norcross, Jr., Secretary and Carl W. Johnson. Mr. James H. Sheridan continues as ex-officio Treasurer-Custodian of the funds of the Retirement System and Mr. Earle Tyler, in the capacity as Town Counsel, acts as the legal advisor of the Retirement Board. During the year 1951, sixty-eight (68) employees were enrolled as members of the Retirement System, twenty-nine members withdrew and four were retired which brought the active memberslip of the Retirement System up to 393. On December 31, 1951 there were 44 Pensioners, making a total membership in the Retirement System of 437. The five members retired during the year 1951 were William H. Fairbanks, for Accidental Disability, Anthony Hilley, Pasquale Fucci, Edward W. Lawn, for Superannuation. It is with regret that the Retirement Board records the death of three (3) pensioned members of the System during the year 1951: Carl E. Schutzer February 20, 1951 Augustine A. Foley November 10, 1951 Joss L. Clark December 28, 1951 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Income Ledger Assets—January 1, 1951 $599,241.99 Contributions from Members $53,768.25 Voluntary additional contributions 3,771.21 Late entry payments 1,419.58 Appropriation by Town 35,844.00 Income 17,850.93 Accrued Interest 5,564.69 Gross Incr. by amortization 2,335.99 $120,544.65 $719,796.64 Disbursements Annuity Payments 2,776.47 Pension Payments 26,974.69 Survivorship Payments 411.72 Disability Pension Payments 9,650.34 Refunds 15,010.04 Transfers to other Systems 433.83 Administrative Expense 3,209.69 Accrued Interest 4,136.84 Gross Loss on sale of ledger assets 20.68 Gross Decr. by amortization 2,131.98 $ 64,756.28 Ledger Assets—December 31, 1951 $655,040.36 $719,796.64 349 SCHEDULE OF BONDS HELD—DECEMBER 31, 1951 Date of Amortized Value Description Rate Maturity Cost Dec. 31, 1951 Railroads Chi. Burl. & Quincy 4% Mar. 1958 $13,822.50 $14,480.14 N. Y. Cen. & Hudson 31n: July 1997 16,125.00 16,074.57 Great No. Railway 5%,% Jan. 1952 8,923.00 8,000.03 $38,554.74 Public Utilities Amer. Tel & Tel. Co. 27/,,% June 1987 $24,375.00 $24,428.22 Amer. Tel & Tel. Co. 3%% Dec. 1973 26,937.50 26,789.64 Arkansas Pow. & Lt. 31/8% Oct. 1974 20,950.00 20,779.25 Green Mt. Power 3�1,% Dec. 1963 21,075.00 20,660.88 No. Ind. Pub. Ser. 3Ys% Aug. 1973 16,087.50 15,885.71 Ohio Power Co. 31/1% Oct. 1968 10,750.00 10,709.02 Pacific Gas & Elect. 3% Dec. 1977 21,450.00 21,403.42 Pacific Tel & Tel. Co. 3%% Oct. 1987 21,475.00 21,461.79 Seattle Gas Co. 3%% Jan. 1976 25,875.00 25,793.21 Cons. Power Co. 31/8% Apr. 1981 26,125.00 26,125.00 $214,036.14 U. S. Government Bonds 9 Series "G" 2',L,% 1954 900.00 7 11 " " 1955 3,500.00 2 19 " 1955 10,000.00 3 is " 1955 3,000.00 6 ,t it 1956 41,000.00 9 " 1956 47,500.00 6 " " 1957 50,000.00 4 1958 40,000.00 4 1959 40,000.00 1 "F" 1969 5,000.00 3 "G" 1960 25,000.00 3 " " 1961 25,000.00 3 " 1963 25,000.00 $315,900.00 SCHEDULE OF BANK STOCKS—DECEMBER 31, 1951 Book Shares Cost Value First National Bank 200 8,350.00 9,725.00 First National Bank 34 1,447.00 1,653.00 National Shawmut Bank 190 4,375.00 5,438.75 Union Market Nat. Bank 225 4,875.00 6,300.00 Newton & Waltham Bank 350 20,500.00 16,450.00 Nat. City Bank of N. Y. 100. 4,500.00 4,825.00 $44,391.75 LEDGER ASSETS — DECEMBER 31, 1951 Book Value of Bonds 568,490.88 Book Value of Bank Stocks 44,391.75 Deposits in Bank — 31,124.73 Deposit in Savings Bank 5,468.31 Accrued Interest 5,564.69 $655,040.36 LIABILITIES Annuity Savings Fund $382,863.50 Annuity Reserve Fund 29,760.50 Military Service Credits 13,436.75 350 Pension Fund 227,507.18 Expense Fund 1,472.43 $655,040.36 NAMES AND AMOUNTS OF RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES BEING MADE Name Date Retired Annuity Pension Total Alberico, Donato Jan. 2, 1946 $21.00 $498.48 $519.49 Allen, Otis D. Feb, 28, 1949 183.84 1,274.28 1,458.12 Beatty, Richard July 15, 1938 - 680.00 680.00 Beirne, Matthew July 10, 1950 111.12 1,820.04 1,931.16 Beverly, Mary E. Aug. 2, 1944 50.28 609.67 659.95 Bonanno, Joseph March 8, 1944 59.15 720.85 780.00 Bright, Emma L. Aug. 31, 1941 33.86 646.14 680.00 Caruso, James March 1, 1947 48.24 1,165.92 1,214.16 Colligan, Louise July 5, 1950 78.60 411.72 490.32 Courtney, Mary J Dec. 23, 1944 68.17 1.110.00 1,178.17 Couture, Herman, J. Sept. 30, 1950 158.76 1,308.24 1.467.00 Dowd, James C. Nov. 10, 1944 64.84 588.74 653.58 Droney, Bridget T. Sept. 1, 1947 51.60 303.96 355.56 Duffy, Peter Jan. 31, 1946 75.72 490.80 566.52 Fairbanks, William H. July 31, 1951 59.40 2,797.44 2,856.84 Farraher, Michael Nov. 15, 1937 3.56 676.44 680.00 Foisy, Hubert Nov. 15, 1946 110.16 962.16 1,072.32 Ford, Katherine M. Feb. 28, 1946 56.76 607.56 664.32 Fucci, Pasquale Feb. 1, 1951 38.52 247.08 285.60 Goodman, John July 1, 1942 33.47 1,100.00 1,133.47 Harding, Susan June 30, 1941 36.98 744.84 781.82 Harrington, James Aug. 31, 1948 58.92 654.60 713.52 Hilley, Anthony Oct. 31, 1951 137.28 944.28 1,081.56 Horton, Van. D. March 5, 1943 86.42 1,108.57 1,194.99 Kelley, Francis W. March 31, 1946 52.08 711.00 763.08 Kollias, John D. Jan. 1, 1948 69.12 369.36 438.48 LaBonte, Marguerite Oct. 15, 1942 45.05 734.95 780.00 Lawn, Edward W. Sept. 15, 1951 98.52 542.76 641.28 Masters, Lydia W. Dec. 31, 1946 114.84 1,665.72 1,780.56 McGrady. Mary E. Aug. 16, 1949 44.04 687.12 731.16 McLaughlin, James Aug. 1, 1946 93.00 718.52 811.52 Mee, Joseph July 1, 1950 114.48 2,705.04 2,819.52 Morrissey, Regina May 1, 1948 46.20 312.36 358.56 Murnaghan, Hugh June 8, 1943 32.63 647.37 680.00 Quinn, Daniel April 26, 1939 - 680.00 690.00 Ranucci, Guiseppe Sept. 1, 1949 36.96 214.68 251.64 Ruggerio, Domenic March 1, 1946 22.80 1,140.12 1,162.92 Ross, John J. June 1, 1950 131.88 1,933.32 2,065.20 Stewart, Robert Dec. 8, 1944 92.62 789.59 882.21 Timoney, Owen May 31, 1946 93.48 681.36 774.84 Tracy, Annie Feb. 28, 1938 4.48 675.52 680.00 Vahey, Patrick J. Sept, 1, 1939 32.08 1,700.00 1.732.08 Vahey, William W. Sept. 30, 1948 105.36 784.32 889.68 Wright, Edward Sept. 1, 1948 58.68 643.56 702.24 Respectfully submitted, MAURICE J. SHEEHAN, Chairman WILLIAM W. NORCROSS, JR., Secretary CARL W. JOHNSON CONTENTS Advisory Board of Review, Report . . .. . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Animals, Inspector, Report . ... . . . . ... . .. . . .. .. . . . . . . .. . ... . . . . 103 Appeals, Board of, Report . .. 103 Appropriations Voted at Town Meeting .... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Assessors, Board of, Report .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .. . . . 109 Auditor, Town, Report . .... ... . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . . . 209 Buildings, Inspector of, Report . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. . .. . ... .... . . . 76 Cemeteries, Superintendent of, Report .. . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 158 Civil Defense, Director of, Report . ..... . . . .. . .... . . . . . .. . . . . . 86 Clerk, Town, Report of Department .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Counsel, Town, Report . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .... . . . . 84 Dog Officer, Report . . . . . .... . . . . .. ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . 171 Engineer, Town, Report . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . ...... . . . 162 Finance Committee on Appropriation, Report .. .... . . . . .. . . .. . . 115 Fire Department, Report . . . . . ... . . .. . . . ... . . . . ... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Health, Board of, Report . . . ... . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .... . 152 Highway Department, Report .... . . .. ... . . . . . .... . . . . ... ... . . . 78 Housing Authority .. . . . . ... . . . . 70 Infirmary Department, Report .. . . . ...... . . . .... . . . . . . . .. . . .. . 105 Library, Board of Trustees, Report .. . ... . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 89 Meetings, Town, Report of . . . . . . ... .. . . . .... . . . . .. . .. . . . .. .. . .. . 8 Moth Department, Report .. . . ... . . ..... . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . ... 85 Officers, Town . . . .... . . . . .... . . . . .. . ... . . . ... .... . . .. . . .... 3 Park Commissioners, Report . . . . . .. . . . . ..... . . . ... . . . . . . .. . . .. . 114 Planning Board, Report .. . . . . ..... . . ... .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . ...... 88 Police Department, Report . . .. . . .. . . .. .. .. . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . .. . 172 Population Statistics .. . . . ...... . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . .. .. 7 Purchasing Department, Report . ... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . .... 77 Retirement Board, Report . . . . . .... . . . ... . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . .. . . 348 School Committee, Report . . . . . . .... . . . . . ... . . . . .. . ..• . . . . • • .• . . 186 Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report ... . . . .. ... .. . . . .. ... . 74 Selectmen, Board of, Report . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . ... 179 Taxes, Collector of, Report . . . ... ... ...... . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Treasurer, Town Report . . . . .. . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 135 Tree Warden, Report .. . . . . . . .... . ... . ... . . . . . . .. . . ... . . . ...... 85 Veterans' Services . .. . . . . . . . . ... . .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . .. . . .. 87 Water Commissioners, Report ... . . . . ..... . ... . . .. . . . .. . . . . ..... 159 Welfare Department, Report . . .. . . . . . ... . . .. . . . . .... . . . . . ... . 183 Wire Department, Report .. . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . .. . .. 64 Workmen's Compensation, Report . .. . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .... . . . . . . . .. 104