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VOL 11 NO 9 NORTH WILMINBTON, MASS. MARCH 9, 1961

DARK HORSE ELECTION WINNER

PRICE 10 CENTS

A surprise Candida* e walked away with the election honors, last Saturday, in the annual

DARK IIOR.M Ral.»!' Peterson,

witirer of the «•• t[? [.oiisir

WINNER Saleu Street,

Five year teru : Ant'ority. A

resident of Nilninptor for 12 years, he '.:'AS '>eet) in tyisiress for ":imsel f sii.ee ho was U years o!J. hririnr. World IVar II he made

nine o Hay I an'Hi: 58 in the i>acific, as r. «art of tT.e 302 iJava' Copstnictior! battalion, serviii" wit', the IIS Marines.

elections. Ralph Peters n, 146 Salem St.

No. Wilmington, won the five year terra for the Housing Au- thority, taking it from under the nose of Wi11iam.Agreeable SDith, former Chairman of the W1IA.

Mr. Peterson, father of nine children, appeared at the voting polls at 10 am with stickers in hand, and 13 hours later was declared the victor.

Other winners Nicholas De Felice won han-

dily in his campaign for re- election to the Board of Sel- ectmen, and John D. Brooks, City Editor or the Boston Dai- ly Record was given a resound- ing vote of confidence by the voters.

In the Schqol Committee race George Robertie of Woburn St. was re-elected, together with veteran member Arthur V. Lynch in a three-way contest with Glen Connolly.

Simon Cutter, Moderator, was re-elected, lie had no opposi- tion. Eddie Forrest, another new-

comer to Wilmington's politi- cal scene, won the two year term to the Housing Authority.

1983 ballots were cast.

Three new Eastern Seaboard Skating '.ecords (Indoors) were set, by Wilmington skaters, at Lake Placid, during the past weekend.

Skating at the Olympic Arena ,irs. Janet Tighe, former North American "omen's Champion, set a new record for the 3/4 mile distance, lopping 14 seconds off the old record. She did the distance in 2 minutes 34.7 seconds. Mrs. Tighe, the mother of

four children, also set a new record for the Indoor 440 yard 'c stance, setting the time at

48. 3 seconds. The old record was 48. 8 seconds. The third record was set by

Dick Fling, 3 Hobson Avenue, the coach of the Wilmington 'i ating Club.

Jick, who already posseses two records in the Eastern ■^aboards, set in Weymouth last year (mile and 2 mile) skated 3/4 indoors in 2 minutes and 18.0 seconds. The old record was 2 minutes 2-1.0 seconds.

"lick also won the two mile race, came in second in the 880 yard distance and third in the 440, making a total of five medals, and the Senior Men' s trophy. vrs Tighe won the trophy for

the 'Vomen' s cl ass. She received three firsts, in the «40, the 3/4 mile and the mile distances. fiancy Weinberg, Burlington

Avenue, won the trophy for the Midget Girls, winning the 330,

( Cont. Pg fi ) VOTING AT A GLANCE

Selecting - 3 vear Term Nicholas De Felice* 1171 Rene J La Rivee 738 Others 5 Blanks 69

Selectmen - I year fern John D Brooks* 1434 James p Donahue 503 Others 3 Blanks 43

ScTooi Coniiittee <i wo) D Robertie* Conno 11y V Lynch*

SWEARING IN NEW OFFICERS Town Clerk Esther nail swearing "" the new

Town OTficers, after the election Saturday night, in Wilmington High School.

L to a; Moderator Ninon Cutler, Housing Au- thority Ncnher Eddie Forrest, Housing Authority Mealier Ralph Peterson, School Committee Member Ceorpe itobertie, Selectuan John Brooks, School Committee M e n *> c r A r t'. u i Lynch and Selectman Nick II e Felice.

MARCH 18TH LITTLE LEAGUE REGISTRATION

Saturday, :». arch 18th, is to be Little League Registration )T.V. when all the ba^-ball

playing youngsters, including the members of 1 n^t ye; r' s Little League tears, will sign up for the corning season. Registration will be in the

High 'Jchool cafeteria, nt !<>

Parents will not have in ac- con.pany their boys on ^v>:i s- tration day, but tegi stratinn Carts must be filled out ahead of time, ready for submission on march 18th., as the Little League h^s use of the "afe- teria for only four hours. registration car.Is are to be

pissed out in the schools on •unda.v anil Tuesday, and al! buys wlm will want to try out for teai'is *»-• i 11 have to get their rnrls at. that tire.

All boys will have to brins their firth Certificates with tliei", for tlie Suturluy ■"•ec's- r.ration.

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.«rre Licits Age liit-its for boys in Little

League is i through 12. rtoys who "ill reach their 9th birth lay before Mi gust 1, and who will not attain an age of 13 before the same late, August t iire el i gibl e.

fry-Outs T*> wee), ends huve been riesig

nate-J for try-outs, for all boys who were not members of one ol the major league teams 1 ast year. 9 and 10 year old boys will

lave their try-outs on ^prll °th aid 3th.

II and 12 year old boys will ihavr their try-outs on April

llth ati I 10 th. Player \uct i on n i ifl> t, n t

which time the boys will be assigned to tears, is scheduled for Vril 17th. Opening Day is scheduled fur

ray 13th. , with the "ed 'iox and the Yankees starting the season. Opening :my plans have not yet been completed

George Glen I- Arthur Others Blanks

lio Icrator Simon Cutter* Others P.lanks

"■.,,. \. 3 ¥e»r Edward Forrest Ralph Peterson* William F Smith Others Blanks

•».*... '.. ' ve.tr ','dward Forrest* Ralph Peterson William F Smith Others Blanks * Fleeted Total votes cast

Term

1179 1028 1147

6 606

1673 2

318

65 401 331

8 1H8

357 114 90

6 1460

1983

NEW BUILDING TO COST OVER $100,000.

A * 1,520 square foot building is to be erected on the site of the Harriman tannery in No. Wilmington. The tannery was razed 1 ast week. The "altham Door and Window

Company filed plans, yesterday afternoon, for a one story building, costing between -■ino.noo and *l2s,nnn, to be erected on the si te.

v.ort, is expected to start on the new building next week.

Refit*! Fllildin? The H'ebtex Corporation, of

Cambridge, have been discus- sing plans with the Building Inspector, but as yet have not filed for a penult to build, '■ebtex bought land some time

ago, on lower "oburn Street. and has cleared the land pre- paratory to building.

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THREE NEW EASTERN SEABOARD RECORDS

AT LAKE PLACID The Wilmington Skating Club members mho mere

at Lake Placid, last weekend, for the Eastern Seaboard I n d» or Championships.

L to R, Front. Scotty laugh, Nancy feinberg, Janet Perry, Alice Perry, Danny O'Connell and Leo 0'Connel1 III.

Rear: Robert Cuoco, Lenny Calvin, Mrs Janet Tighe. Dick Ring, Jeff Williamson. Patty Fiske. and Joyce Chinn.

THANK YOU, SANDRA Sandra bouvier. North Wilmington, is thanked

by Carl De Suze, Monday night, at his Africa - Giant at the Door lecture, for the Wilmington Junior Cham her of Commerce. Over 400 people heard the lecture, in the Herbert C Barrows Audi to r i ii in .

BOOKMOBILE ""he Bookmobile will call at

Silver Lake on .Monday, 'arch 13 at 3 p.p..

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WHO WANTS A $70 TAX RATE? or

MAYBE IT'S TIME TO YOICKS AND BARROWS

There was a time when the voters of Wilming- ton had a constderablo ace up their SIPPVP, in the annual Town Meeting, and that Ace was a gentleman by the name of Herbert C. narrows.

Mr. Barrows was Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee for 25 years, and he never took any figures for granted. In each and every ense he wanted the figures proved, and he got them proved, or he took it up with the voters on the Town Hall Floor.

He had a lot of time, during the winter, to check into these things, as he was a farmer, and didn't have too much to do. In gratitude for his services the town named the High School auditorium the Herbert C. Harrows Auditorium.

Mr. Barrows is now in a Reading Rest Home, still alive and chirping, but unfortunately tie isn't In Wilmington, ready to give the Holy Budget of the Town of Wilmington his own personal attention.

And two of the men on the Finance Committee who were well fitted to carry on the work of Mr Barrows got fired, last year. We refer to Frank- Stevens and Ralph Kelmon, both of whom have a considerable fin and al .-background, and both of whom .fere also experienced in town affairs.' In their place two other gentlemen were appointed, - fine men, qualified, but - still learning the ropes of town government.

Our Board of Selectmen made sure this year to meet in Executive Session, every time they discussed the Holy Budget.- Our Finance Commit- tee, too, was in Executive Session.

Nobody knew from nothing. A few carefully planned leaks were allowed occasionally, and things looked bad.

Wei 1, things do that the Town Hal 1

Things look bad incredible laxness -

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SOMNfTS Copyright I960 a, Sflwim '*»., (.«.

TAX DOtlT

I've heard the news that Ingemar

With Uncle Sam is going to spar.

And I predict the Swedish ham'

Will meet his match in Uncle Sam.

'!>>n't get your dander up, I'm hal (-Suede, myself.

JON MEADS 1ST ALTERNATE

AIR FORCE ACADEMY

start witli Page M of the Finance Committee Report. The Assessed Valuation is set at $20,000,000. Now turn to Page 17, of

Assessed Valuation was words the Finance Com- l.he Increase for 1001

Town Report. In 1000 tin $25,354,215.00. In other ml ttee is guessing that will be $045,785.00.

Well maybe they have to guess. A few years ago they didn't. They had some pretty good figures to go by, right In the Town Report, and we refer you now lo I ho Ituilding Inspector's Report, Page 44, 1058, and Pace ftl ,

look bad, but not the way pianned 1t. because there has been an the kind that Herb Barrows

would have smelled out instantly. Perhaps it is time for the Town Meeting to do a little Yoick- sing and Barrowsing.

The Finance Committee tells us, in their annual report, that they anticipate a $70 Tax Rate, (Page 3).

If the citizens of Wilmington Barrows the Town Meeting they can come out with a figure of $60, or even less.- It is entirely conceivable that the figure could even be $04, and Wilming- ton still could present a nice face, to incom- ing industry.

But it is up to the Citizens. They will have to Yoicks and Barrows. In no other way can it be done.

And before we get to the meat of the question let us point out what happened last year, for our fel low-townsmen ' s consideration.

Last year we had a Town Meeting which voted every thing in the Town Manager's Budget out of direct appropriations. When we got to the War- rant Articles we were told "Well you have already set the tax rate. Now you can vote for these articles out of Available Funds, and it won't Increase the tax rate one cent*.

The net result, of course, is that is just what the town did.

But in that budget there was enough padding, either there or In other figures, so that when the tax rate was finally announced it was $04, and everybody said "What a Smart Town Manager!"

The trick is one that any smart government executive or business executive will have up his sleeve - Put some figures up your sleeve - don't say anything but wear a long face and let the world think things are bad, and then at the last moment pujl out some of those figures and tell the Town, or the Government, or the Company that you have been able to save them money. It is a guaranteed method of becoming a hero, and it always works, - if there is no Herb Barrows in the audience.

By using a combination of Town Reports, present and past years, and the Finance Committee Report, a few interesting statistics can be worked out by the voter - much as Herb would have done it.

In 1058 the [hilldlng Inspector listed the various components l.bal wenl into the increase in valuation thai could he expected in 1959.

In 1900 there are just a few meaningless statistics.' No information that Herb Barrows could sink h i s teeth into.

Our own guess, and that is all it is, is an Increase of about $800,000 in 1900, not the $045,785 which the Finance Committee has accepted. We got this from going around town and looking - it took quite a bit of time but it was wortil while.

In other words we should perhaps figure our tax rate on a figure of $20,200,000, not just $20,000,000. That $200,000 will eventually come out In the wash - It's part of the Ace up the Sleeve - but the citizen should know about it before going into Town^Meeting, and not learn about i t as a "miracle" afterwards.- It is all part of the smoke and fog that is surrounding the Town Hall.

Now let us examine Available Funds. On Page 3 of their Report the Finance Com-

mittee says Available Funds will be $133,000. Available Funds are made up out of "Free

Cash" (which the TM has reported as $94,554.84) plus some figures that will lie found on Page 133 of this year's Town Report, - Premium Sale of Bonds ($1,758), Accrued Interest Sale of Bonds ($1,130.08), Water Available Surplus ($05,204.55), and Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund ($3,775.00).

Those figures add up, not to $133,000, but to $101,487.84. That's quite a difference.

Available Funds are quite important, because if used properly it can be used to cut the tax rate considerably. The figures above cited, amount to over a dollar on the tax rate.

Of course no one in his right mind ever uses every cent of Available Funds - it's like taking every cent out of the Piggy Bank - a very foolish proceedure, but $28,487.84 left over in Available Funds 1 s an imposition on the taxpayer. $5,000, or maybe $10,000 would be a bet- ter figure.

And while we are talking about Available Funds, lets revert to some things that happened last year. We are referring to the Urban Renew- al fiasco.

The members of the Housing Authority went up to the Town Hall, to see if they could raise some money for that Special Town Meeting in September - we think the figure was $7500. The Town Hall said there was no money, and that was that. The Vice Chairman of the Finance Commit- tee, in a meeting at the WliA offices said there was "No Money - Zero* In Available Funds.

So In November there was a Special Town Meeting, and $9,484.87 was appropriated from — you guessed it — Available Funds. We refer the reader to Page 113 of the 1900 Town Report.

That money In Available Funds ditto t spring up suddenly, from nowhere.- It had been there ever since the Annual Town Meeting - up some body's sleeve.

The best way to use Available Funds is to spend as much as is plausible, in the Annual Town Meeting, during the time that the Annual

Jon veals, son of ;'r. aid Mrs Anthony Meads has been naned F'i rst Alternate, for the US Air Force Academy, by Con- gressman I'Tad Morse. Meads is to take examinations with other aspirants, and stands second in the list of possible appointees. The President of the Senior

Class in Wilmington ii i gh School, Meads has ha.l a very busy school life. >!e is a junior Pwtarian, a member of the Science, Math an I Biology dubs, and one of the out- standing members of his cl ass. As President he is automati- cally the °.upervisory Chairmai of every class activity, a duty which he has followed very energetical ly. In sports he was a n.anber of

last year" s All Auburbai Foot- ball Tean, and one of the star performers in last year's Track Tean.

FIRST AID COURSE The Civil Defense, in conjunc

tion with the American led Cross i s to conduct a I'i rst Aid Course. Classes will be March 23, 30, April 6, 1? and 20th at the W Id wood School.

The first class will be at 7: 30 to allow extra titae for enrollment and after that at 8 pm.

The tev. Leonard Kdwards, an instructor with the Lowell Chapter of the 3ed Cross will conduct the classes. Early enrollments may be made

by calling Civil Defense Direc tor Rene La Hivee. OL 8-355G.

Wishing never made it mo. Look into the Avon opport- unity today. Many ladies are enjoying a good income on a part-time baaia.

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h,'!?^ *\f ^"T^lf "°l °n Wftrrftnt Articles Every year the Federal Go out on the Budget. There Is the point where the Public Law 874, gives a sum tax payer can reduce taxes, if he can Barrows| town. his way through. If you save Available Funds for the Warrant Articles you waste money, for each Warrant Article should stand up on its own merits, and not be something "that Isn't going to cost us a cent because It all comes out of Avallable Funds".

Herb Barrows would ne\pr let the Town Meet- ing forget that, but Herb isn't here. It will be up to the voter to take up where Herb left off.

There are other places too, where the fi-

gures of the Town ilall are more than a little

bit suspect.' Estimated receipts, for instance. The Finance Committee (page H) shows this at

$592,000. There is a lot of work that go**s into that figure, and it would take our spare time for a couple of weeks, which we don't have before tills Town Meeting, but we wouldn't bo sur- prised to have the figures come out at $650,000 - which is about $2 on the tax rate.

So Let Us See l'p To Now If our Assessed Valuation turns out to bo

$20,200,000, and nothing el so is changed, instead of a $70 tax rate WP will have one of Sf>9

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PABE THREE

of money to the The School Committee used to keep this

sum up their sleeve, in days gone past, until the Finance Committee got to barking about it."

Last year, as a result of the barking, the School Committee amended their request, in the Town Meeting, reducing i t by the amount they were to receive under PL 874. It was done very gracefully, 1f we have to say so ourselves.

But this year the Finance Committee has, it would seem, barked itself up its own tree.- In- stead of waiting for the School Committee to reduce the sum by the $17,700 expected, and as the School Committee has voted to do, the Fi- nance Committee has gone ahead and reduced their recommended sum. (Expense of Instruction Non-Salary Items).

Tli'* Finance Committee figure is the one that is read by the Moderator. It has already been reduced $17,700. Then the School Committee gets up and moves to reduce it — again? Or what?

We want to watch the Finance Committee get down out of that tree.

Library & Recreation will produce another di scussion.

This year, for the first time, the State has set aside n sum of money to assist the Librar-

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iy I'udg* The important thing for the voter to remem-

ber, as lie goes through the Town Manager's Bud-, get, is to see that as much as possible is vo- mo,,ey woro taken from a new

don The Finance Committee sniffs at this, and w • t blame them. It is a bad precedent. If th Pi

source it wo

te ie

ildn' t ted from Available Funds, and that when the: ^ so hftrt» n,lt this ls J"st morP triclc-bookeep- motions are made we don't vote for "Raise Appropriate" until the Available Hinds are used up. If this is done, then by the time we get to the Warrant Articles the taxpayer can examine each article on its own merits.

We beg our readers to recall the experience of Francis I. Haggerty, former Selectman, and one who was never afraid to put a Town Manager's Chair.

Mr. Haggerty tried for several years to get| the town to have a Municipal Garbage Collection The cost lie presented one year, as we recall itj was $12,000 - or 6tV on that year's budget if; our memory is correct.

But it always came up as a Warrant Article, and the voter wouldn't buy the <»0Y. The Town saved money, even if Mr. Haggerty did lose out. And that is the point of spending Available Funds on money that lias to be spent anyway, in the Holy Budget. Make those articles that will just and to the Tax Rate, stand up on their own merits.'

Town Employees (their pay shows Holy Budget) are being given a raise - «)i«e that was recommended by the Wagi ary Committee, which is as it should be. In one! or two instances, for certain heads of depart-! merits, we would have liked to have seen more,; but we'll go along.

Now let us recall that two years ago the Sell ectmen raised the then TM's salary by exactlyi t'>e sa"te percentage that the other Town employ-1 ees were raised, B1^. That was the rule set at that time.

The sum involved is $2,619.35, and it has not been earmarked as an additional sum for the Library, as it was supposed to have been, by

; the thinking of the Legislature. Naturally the Library Committee won't like

this, and let it be said right now that, we are tack in the! nn<' a'Wftys have been in favor of more money for

the poor under-dog Public Library. One member of the Library Committee is our

learned Town Counsel, Philip Buz/ell. We ima- gine he will speak on the subject. We shall listen with both ears.

The Reserve Fund This is money that the town votes to set

aside under the care of the Finance Committee, ■ to meet tin for seen expenses. It is a good prac- I tice, and saves the town money.

Last year, for the first time, the sum was , increased from $10,000 to $20,000. That sounds

good, but we refer the voter to page 132 of the | 1900 Town Report, "Overdrafts 1900 Appropria-

tions:".- It makes good reading, and perhaps it might be worth while ha\i ng a little Yoicksing and narrowsing about it. We assume this was to have come from the Reserve. It doesn't seem to have.

Maturing Debt & Interest. No use in Yoicks- ing here, or Barrowsing either. The town has got to pay its bills, and that is that -

If the voters have been vigilant, and not.

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This year the signals are different. The Sel j Ectmen have raised the TM's salary to $11,500, i ip from $0,240 (Page 1B4, 1000 Town Report).

The Finance Committee, this year, is asking; for $700. They got $900 last year, and spenti >nlv $363. i

If * bo u t

the voter these he t

wants to Yoicks and Barrows an. They are trivial points,' , ,,.-.. a ,,,,.-,. , ,, •<■■■• j ' l ■ ■ t WWU *5 I I I '■ I <T I I'll III t ^i

)iit as the Scotsman says, it takes many a mic-k- le t.o make a muckle.

When the taxpayer gets to Protection of Per- sons and Property he will immediately notice that the Finance Committee has raised the TM's figures on Police I)ept. Salaries, which is a very strange thing to do. We don't say the Fi- nance Committee is wrong in doing this, but let the votei hear the explanations, and in detail. It doesn't do anj harm to Yoicks over an it 1 i ke this

em out and sometimes the voter comes

to his own advantage, by saving money.

I'nder Public Works the voters should be Care fill to see that ill the Cemetery Account the $3,775 in Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund is voted as a part of the $28,000 asked for Cemeteries. Otherwise it is liable to turn up in somebody's sleeve, ready to lie produced if a "miracle" is needed*

Charities and Veteran's Aid is a place that I all is dark, and the voter has to cast his ballot blindly, because of Federal Government restrictions.' The State of Illinois cast aside those restrictions, and carry their own account and have saved money as a result, but. Massa- chusetts doesn't see it. that way. The TM has been having a little to say about a new account this year - Federal Medical Aid. Actually it is the same figures being shuffled around, and it won't do the voter much good to ask about it anyway. It will cost the taxpayer just as much, no matter what the 1 a»>el is.

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afraid to ask questions, by the time they have' finished with the Holy Budget they will have. extracted every possible cent out of Available! Funds." Then it will be time to pp into the War-i rant Articles, and argue them on their own me-j rits, raising and appropriating the money as necessary.

We see nothing wrong with Articles 5 through 11, as long as the money is Appropriated from taxes, and doesn't come from Available Funds.

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Will the savings you're building in 1961, make your 1971 ambitions come true? As you earn more, save more.v.as you save more, we add more in dividends. Just a little more added now will pay you a "bonus" later on. Current dividend 3i^«

Both offices open Thursday 6 to 8 p.m.

INCONPOHATCO IStl

WILMINGTON. MAM-

Our new phone nu«ber in Reading is 9W-5000 Vffone number for Wil.ington office OL 8-1000.

They are customary articles, voted every year. Article 12, we understand will be a Bond Is-

sue. If such, OK. No Appropriation, other than perhaps a token one. It is to be expected, in- cidently, that there will be an argument about laying water mains on Butters Row, and that brings up a point into which we had Intended to check, and haven't.'

When we laid a water main on Nichols Street under Betterments, who paid for the bridging of The Boston & Maine? By law the railroad is not expected to pny for this." Did the other abut- tors have it absorbed in their bill, or did the town pay for it?

We are sorry that we have to bring up that question without having it researched, but our purpose is to point out that a similar question will arise on the Butters Bow water main, and that the Voter should be on the alert at this point. We don't want an unjust vote.

Article 13, to pay hills of previous years, is a customary article. The amount called Tor, we understand, will be about $5,000, mostly Fire Department bills.

Article 14. Here the Taxpayer ought to Yoick nice i dea, hut wi tl and with both the TM

i a $70 tax and Select-

a bit.* It's a rate promised, men talking about "n hetter year" next year, we could put it off. The money is to he spent for hot topping more driveways in the cemetery, we don't believe the tenonts will notice difference for one year.

Article 15 asks for a lawn mower for Cemetery Department. We'll approve out of Taxation, and not Available

and the

the i f i t comes Funds.

10 should he a hond issue Bond issues are

and that is what

although the backbone this article

18 and 10 will cost the town

Article the sum is small of Betterments, is.

Articles 17, no money.

Article 20 is where we come a«;airi to the Woburn Street sewer, and there should he plenty of Yoicksing and Barrowsing, on the part of the Taxpayer.

It is asking for only $2000, which should be appropriated out of taxes, but there is a lot of material for discussion, in a corollary sense.

The voters should Barrows thoroughly, and without fear or favor, the answers to questions like:

How much is the Sewer going to cost the tax payer? Who is going to pay the operation costs,

(Cont Pg ('.)

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UDTBt Dear Larz Something happened at the •voting" on Saturday that has

disturbed me considerably. As I drove into the driveway

along-side of the High School, I was forced to come to a complete stop by one of the per- sons running for election as a 'sticker' candidate. He told

me and my wife that we would not be able to vote unless we accepted one of his prepared stickers to use on the ballot. He so unnerved us that we weren' t at all sure of our rights in the matter of voting Doesn' t the voter have any

rights in this community, or must he feel completely intim- idated by the actions of the candidates1 We do not have too many opportunities during a year to cast our vote, and when we do, we feel that there should be a little freedom a- bout the whole thing.

I feel that this candadate should be reprimanded for his action in this matter, whether or not he was victorious.

Angrily, Name Withheld by Request,

BROWN UNIVERSITY AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP TO ED BRADBURY

A full year scholarship at Brown University, in Provi- dence Rhode island, has been awarded to Kdward Bradbury. 25 Beacon Street. Mr. Bradbury is one of 45 teachers from 20 states to receive this award. The scholarship is for secon-

dary school teachers in Science and Mathematics, and is supported by a grant of $28P,900 from the national Science Foundation. There were 304 applicants, from 47 states Kach teacher will receive a

stipend of $3000. plus $450 for each dependent, plus a t avel allowance. Bradbury taught in Wilmington

High School for three years, building his home on Beacon Street during his spare time.

SCHOOL CAFETERIA MENUS Monday

Cheeseburger on Buttered Roll Buttered Noodles, Miole Kernel Cbm, Celery Sticks, Ice Creaiii

'ilk Tuesday

Ravioli with 'eat Sauce, Green Salad, Italian Bread K Butter, Baked Apple Pudding (Leron Sauce), -lilk

Wednesday Barbecued Beef on •toll. But-

tered Green Beans, Tomato Wedges, jelly Doughnuts, Milk.

Thursday Baked Sausage with Applesauce

Mashed Potatoes, Buttered Peas Bread & Butter, Peach Puddinc.

Milk Friday

Tomato juice, ieat Loaf fc Gravy. Mashed Potatoes, But- tered i^inach, Bread ft Butter, Midnight Chocolate Cake. Milk

PARK STREET ACRF.S TO BACK THE YOUTH CANTEEN

The Park Street Acres Associ- ation has voted to back the Wi 1 mington Youth Canteen '100# in the Canteen drive for a building. Officers of the Associa- tion, attending the last Youth Canteen Meeting, pledged their word for the drive.

A dance is to be held this Saturday at the Wildwood School Boys must wear jackets and ties Youngsters who attended the

last meeting of the Youth Can- teen Building Committee included Winnie McCormack, John Tut- tle, Barbara Del Vis<-o, DiunH Zaccagnini, Toni Abronovitch, Jackie McCabe, William Stickney William Gagnon, Dorothy Grin ley June Wallace. William Sweeney, Paul Kalakiewicz and Don Gi 11 i s

THE READING CMMUNITY THRIFT SHOP - M4 Main St

Drastic markdowns. Store hours, Thurs & Fri, 10 to 4 Saturday 10 to 1. Beginning Friday Mar 10, open Friday e»ening, 7 to 9.

UNOLEUN INSTALLATION YARD GOODS

FELT BASE TILE

REASONABLE PRICES

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TDVM CRIER - WILMINGTON, MASS. MARCH 9, 1961 PASS riVE

A STATEMENT BY THE PUBLISHER

Article 25, In the Town Warrant Tor next Saturday's Town Meeting was intro- duced, most reluctantly, by the Publish- er of the Town Crier of Wilmington. It is not, what some people claim, n means of personal aggrandizement, but rnther a means of ensuring that the people of Wilmington enjoy the same rights as do the people of other towns in the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts - The Right to be Informed.

In all towns in Massachusetts where there is a newspaper all official advertising, whether it originates with the

WOArd of Selectmen or with any other public official is published in a newspaper published in the town, if there be any. This advertising consists of Calls for Town Meetings, Calls for Bids, Health and other Regulations, etc. etc., including ( In every town but Wilming- ton) the Warrants for Town Meetings.

This advertising is published because the law so requires it - law which in some cases goes back to the days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The purpose is one that, is called "The Right to be Informed".

In the several states of the United States these statutes, that require this publishing, exist in varying degree, sometimes more stringently written than in others, and within the various states the laws have their differences in de- grees oT stringency'

In Massachusetts some of the older statutes me rely require that the notice "Be Published". Others, written more recently, required that the notices be "Published in a Newspaper Published in the County". Still others require a "Newspaper Published in the Town".

In all cases, with Wilmington being the sole exception, seemingly, such notices are published in the newspaper published in the town, if there he any.

The Reading Chronicle, for instance publishes all notices of the Town of Reading, without exception, and tills in- cludes the Warrants for the Town Meet- ings. The Hoard of Selectmen of Reading, and other officials of that town have never deemed i t necessary to pub! i sh these notices in the Wakefield Daily I tern, which [taper enjoys a good circula- tion in Reading.

In Wilmington, in recent months, the Board of Selectmen and Town Manager have deemed it expedient to publish these notices in any of several papers circulated in the area - not all papers but .just some. They are doing this on the basi s of an opinion requester' of and received from the Town Counsel, and then studied in Executive Session. It has never been made public.

There is no doubt in the mind of (fl^lic publisher of the Town Crier as to

why till s was done. It was and is being done to punish

the publisher of the Town Crier, and for no o flier purpose.

The Town Crier's Record

The Town Crier, perhaps more than any weekly newspaper in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a firm believer in the Ri-r|it of the People to be Informed.

It is true that, in many cases, the people do not care to be informer', but

the Town Crier believes that news and pertinent information should be published so that the people may judge for themselves.

Of the newspapers and circulars that claim to report news from and of the town of Wilmington, only the Town Crier in the past five years has always published, and has never failed to publish stories (paid or unpaid) about impending Town Meetings, hearings, etc.

One Instance can be recalled in which the Board of Selectmen failed, as required by law, to have a notice published for a Special Town Meeting.

The Town Crier, and the Town Crier alone published a story about this coming meeting, in its regular reporting of the town news. When bonding attorneys later pointed out to the town officials that bonds voted In that meeting were illegal because the public had not been officially notified, they hopefully pointed to the Town Crier story.

The Bonding Attorneys said "No" - because there was no official advertise- ment .

The Town Crier had asked the Se- lectmen about, an official notice, and had been told "We'll take .-are of it".

As a resul t a second Spec! al Town Meeting had to be called. 150 or more voters had to be obliged to attend the meeting, and the town was put to a need- less expense.

A second result of this was the amending of the town by-laws, by the Selectmen, last year. These amendments were so written as to cover up any mis- takes of the Selectmen and/or other officials, with regard t o the Call for Town Meetings.

01 citizens objected to this, in Town Meeting. It passed by only a small major! ty.

The Town Crier, it might also he pointed out, is one of two weekly newspapers in New England to have been awarded the New England Weekly Municipal Service Award on two occasions.

In the first of these occasions the award was made because the Town Crier stole some plans from a committee that always met in Executive Session. As a result of this and the incidents that followed in due course, the Town of Wil- mington saved, for its taxpayers, a sum of money in excess of $800,000.

In recent months the Town Crier lias taken an increasingly critical stand on certain of oitr^o f f i ci al s, mainly because of a superabundance of Executive Meet- ings, ami the withholding of information that is by law public property.

The Town Crier has also I n critical of lost chances to bring business into town - business that would have brought an increased tax revenue, *fhe town's expenses grow every year, and all efforts must, be made t o induce good industry and business to locate here.

The Town Crier has spoken up, perhaps harshly at times, when it has ob- served lackadaisical attitudes on the part of its officials.' It can do nothing else.' To remain quiet is not t o serve best the interests of the town.

Had the Town Crier remained quiet - had the Town Crier devoted its columns to stories of whist, parties, and ne- glected the municipal angles, it is

quite probable that? our Board of Sel- ectmen might not have asked the Town Counsel for an opinion, and that the present impasse between the Selectman and Town Manager on one side, and the Town Crier on the other would not have occured.'

But would the Town Crier have been doing its duty?

Cost One of the officials of Wilmington

during the past two weeks has stated that the Town Crier, once this by-law was voted, could and might, increase the price of its legal advertisements.

He thought of it. The Town Crier didn't.

Such a course would be foolish for any newspaper, because the town's official advertisements is only a part of the legal advertising it carries. If it were to increase its rates it would lose money, by reason of attorneys going to other papers, as they can.

If any newspaper did this there is another answer.- It only takes a majority of the voters to pass the law in the first place, and it only takes a majority of the voters to rescind the law.

The argument Is only theoretical. But there is a practical argument, again on the Right, to Be Informed."

By reason of the actions of the Board of Selectmen and Town Manager any person in Wilmington who wishes to as- sert his right to be informed must now spend over $35 a year, to buy all the copies of all the papers in which these officials are placing the Town's official advertising.

If 1000 people in the Town of Wil- mington are Interested - perhaps that is a large number but there are over 12,000 people In Wilmington, the cost of buying papers to read the official advertisements woul rl he in excess of $,'15,000 a year.

The Town Crier cannot understand how any public official has the right to presume that such large sums of money Should he spent, so that they may punish one i ndi vi dual.'

Promotional Advertising

Another official, this time a Sel- ectmen, has argued that this by-law would prevent "Promotional Advertising" in, say, the New York Times.

The publisher Of the Town Crier will so worrl the motion for this vote so as to preclude any of these arguments.

The notion will preclude any of the objections that have been raised, in fact the Selectmen will he able to, if they so wish, to advertise even in the Congo Times.

Censorshl p

Another Selectman has said that this kind o f by-law constitutes a type of censorshi p, and that the town should never put itself in such a position.

What is the result of the Select- men's action in refusing to put official advertisements in the local newspaper?

Is that censorship? Are they hoping that the local newspaper will go out of business, and not criticize when criti- cism is due?

REMEMBER 1 . Th r key issue in Article

2S is whether the legal ad»er-

tising af the town will be s<>

placed as to provide NOTICE TO

THE CITIZENS of the Town's business instead of being used

as a trick to punish critical

opinions.

2. The notion you will be

asked to TOte upon will apply only to legal and official no-

ties, and not to promotional

ad vert i sin*.

3. Fair legal advertising

rate* will be guaranteed by a

provision that they shall not

exceed the rates charged by newspapers published hi neigh- boring contiguoua coamun i t i ea.

t. 'Legal notices can be

placed in any or all papera in

Middleae* County - but Wi 1- ■ington citiiens will know by

thia vote that they can alwaya be »rr that all legal notices

will appear in at leaat one paper - without having to buy

• 11.

PA8E SIX TOW CRIER - WILMINGTON, MASS. MARCH 9, 1961

and where do they show up in the Town Budget? How much are the users of that sewer going to pay, for sewer rental? Will that pay for the operation, plus the cost of debt and interest? Are we buying a pig in a poke, or is everything

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OVER ONE UALF CENTURY OF SERVICE CONTINUING THE BUSINESS

OF THE LATE GOULD BUCKLE

going to be explained, in clear words? If the taxpayer doesn't explore the subject

thoroughly, in this annual Town Meeting, he may well regret it in subsequent town meetings.

Article 21. $17,000 for a back hoe. Probably we need it or it wouldn't be asked for. We also needed fire trucks for several years before we finally got around to buying them, because we didn't have the money.

Maybe if 1962 is going to be such a good year we could buy the back-hoe in 1902. It would be 05 cents on the tax rate.

Article 22. $3!">00 for finishing up around the Police Station. Should we delay this? It is 13 cents on the tax rate.

Article 23. $2,000 for installing a drainage system at Powder House Circle. We don't like to see any people having trouhle with their street so we'll go along, but at the same time let us remark that WP voted $8,000 a year ago for a similar job on Hobson Ave, and it hasn't heen done yet. Maybe we'll vote this $2,000 for work to be done in 1902, but pay for it in 1901.

Article 24. Two weeks ago we approved of this, as it is one of the most needed things in the Town of Wilmington.' But, as wo understand things, the $10,000 asked for will he appropriated in 1901 for work in 1902. If Chapter 91 works lik*> Chapter 90 it would sopm that perhaps the Town might be putting tho cart before the horse.- Let. us Yoi cks over this thoroughly he fore we vote. We are for draining th<» Ipswich - but we are not for spending the' money until we have to. $10,000 is still $10,000, and it is 38 cents on the tax rate.

Article 25. IVe have something else to say on this question, but it appears on another page.

Article 26. The people of Silver Lake, or me of them anyway, would like to have their

own voting precinct. Some doubts have been cast on the validity of the article as written, but we aren't going to argue on the point.

To Sum Up If the voters go into the Town Meeting with

a Yoi cks and Harrows spirit, if they insist that. Available Funds be used for the Holy Bud- get, and that the Warrant Articles stand for themselves, and if they then use due judgement and care on the Warrant Articles it might be possible that instead of a $70 tax rate the town will have one of say $0-1.50.

But it is up to the voter.

SCHOOL CAFETERIAS VERY GOOD

a.

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I art ■•- Poor) as follows: | B&E Lunch, Wain St. Total B. [utensil bacteri a count, C.

North Wilmington Pharmacy. Total A, I'tensil count, A.

■Uicco" s Restaurant, Main St. "total \, ''tonsil count. A. Scotty' s "trout Shoppe, Wilmin

gton Plaza, Total B, Utensil A ounnyhurst, 144 Lowell St. To

tal A. ('jtensils - none). Parker' s .vain St. Total B.

Utensil A. l-iln.ingtnn I'iner, Main St. To

tal B, :itensil C. Wilmington Center Pharmacy,

Total A. utensil A

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COMPLETE RENTAL AND SALES OF ALL INSTRUMENTS 'Whatever it worth doing at all, is worth doing well.

Chester fi eld

The cafeterias of the Wil- mington Public Schools are in "very good condition', Public

Health Officer Pat rid: Thebeau told the Board of health, Mon- day night. Thebeau's actual phrase was "very very good'. |'e was ma-

king his monthly report on the condition of restaurants and eating places in Wilmington.

Commercial Restaurants Thebeau listed the commercial

restaurants according to the US Public Heal th Service code ( \ Fucellent - B Tood - C Fai r

i on your PHARMACIST

13VSJ& its wise to buy

all your drug needs, even a bottle of aspirin, from a registered pharmacist. He does not pre- scribe, but he can help you with the selection.

R I S T A L PHARMACY

281 MAIN ST, WILMINGTON - OPPOSITE PLAZA OL 8-2826 Night Emergency OL 8-9793

SATING CLUB (cont, fr. Pr. Pg.)

the 440 and coming in second in the 220. She set a new record for herself in the 330 yard race, doing it in 39.6. Her principal competitor, Oiane Lindars of L»rchmont, NY came in third. Patty Piske, Church Street,

is the up and coming girl, and she really flew, at Lake Pla- cid, to bring home the trophy in spite of very competitive opponents. Patty won the 220 came in second in the 880 and third in the 440. She has a lot of competition in the Jun- ior Class, and is one of the smaller girls in the class.

Other Skaters Wilmington was well repres-

ented at the races, with 13 *aters. Jeff Williamson had a bit of

tough luck, but came in third in the 3/4 mile distance. He A tangled with one of the blocks after another skater had hit it. Scotty Waugh, Pee I'ee boy.

came in second in the 220 and third in the IK) yard races. Joyce Chinn, Belmont Ave., a

girl who hasn' t been doing too much skating this winter, took 3rd place in the 440 yard.

The Perry girls of Williams I Ave. . who have just moved up a j cl ass, ar«; finding the competition tougher, and the di s-

I tances longer. ! Janet, now a Juvenile, did

well, but failed to place. Her sister, Alice, now a Junior, found the going rough in her first competition in this class, but shows promise of a fine season, next year. Other skaters from Wilmington

who participated, all of whom showed up well on an indoor track, after an outdoor season included Len Glavin, Leo 0' Chn nell III. )anny 0'Conn ell (a real fighter, end Bobby "uoco.

CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank the vot-

ers of the town who showed their confidence in us in the recent election. The next few years are im-

portant to the town's future and we shall do everything possible to insure that future.

John I). Brooks Nicholas I.. De Felice CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank all those who sent expressions of sympathy to us upon the sudden death of our son, Robert Kevin.

Kevin & Shirley (iallimore

CARD OF THANKS I thank the voters of Wil-

mington for re-electing me to serve on the School Com- mittee as their representa- tive for the next three years.

George G Robertie 100 Woburn Street North Wilmington

CARD OF THANKS Thank Your For Your Con si

deration At The Polls. CI en F. Connol I y

Sherwood Road

CARD OF THANKS ▼ For the support and consi-

deration given to me at the polls, my heartfelt thanks.

Rene J. I.aRivec Concord Street

North Wilmington

CARD OF THANKS To the voters of Wilming-

ton, my sincere thanks. 1 will try to give true and fair representation to all the kind people of Wil- mington.

Ralph Peterson Salem Street

North Wilmington

CARD OF THANKS My appreciation to the vo-

ters of Wilmington - My Congratulations to John D. Brooks.

James P. Donahue Cypress Street

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HUM CRIER - WIIMDIBTON, MASS. MARCH 9, 1961 PASE SEVEN

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KNOLLWOOD FARM DAIRY

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PAUL GODZYK WEEKLY RUBBISH SERVICE

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DON' T BOND LAUNDROMATS SAYS TORN COUNSEL

Towi Counsel Philip Buzzell has written a letter to the Board of rteal th in which he advises that no bond be accepted, for a Laundromat which is proposed, for Wilmington. Buzzell, in his letter, sta-

ter) that the bond would not be of P'uch value, as there could be restraining orders placed as a result of appeals to a court, in case of a violation.

Me told the Board of Health to require either a cash deposit as a guarantee, or else a mortgage on the building in which the proposed laundromat would be located.

ERNEST CRISPO ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF SCHOOl BOARD

£rnest M. Crispo, Hopkins St. was elected Chairman of the

• School Committee, in a special neeting held Sunday afternoon. This is the third time that Mr Crispo has boen elected Chair- man of the School Committee, in 20 years of service. Prior to serving on the

School Committee he had served four years on the Board of Ap- peals.

THE FINISHING TOUCHES Ruth Haters finishing the sandpapering of a

shoemakers Bench, which she built in the Indus- trial Arts Class of the Wilmington Evening School.

The Evening School is holding Open House tonight, starting at 7:30 with a fashion show, in the High School. There will be displays of all projects.

PARK STREET ACRES MEETS TONIGHT

i The Park Street Acres Asso- , ciation will meet tonight, at "8 pm., in the Youth Canteen

I building on Sal en Street, to I hear a discussion on the COR-

| ing Town Meeting, by the Town ; Manager and Selectmen.

The meeting is open to the i public.

TORN OF WILMINGTON

'••anted to buy: a good used 9" or P" table saw, with or with out excessories or motor, will pay a siod price for the right saw. Call OL 3-8564 after 6 pm «9. 16. 23

FOR SALE:: Admiral Freezer. Chest type. 17 cubic ft. Less than 2 years old. in excellent like new condition - Asking $195. Phone OL 8-8185.

For Sale: 1953 Ford, 2 door sedan, runs good. $100. 0L 8 3174. M9

Reliable wprker will baby sit days and s <me evenings in Wil- mington. Call 0L 8-3094.

NOW YOU CAN BUY EASTER CLOTHES the new modern way that saves you Tine and Money. You can have Made-To-Measured men's and witnen's suits, trousers, slacks, topcoats, sport coats, etc.. all individually cut by hand and made to YOUR order at a price no higher and in s are cases even less than you would pay for ready-mades in a store Also: men's, women's and children's shoes, working uniforms working shoes, boots, and bea- utiful men's dress and work shirts. Here's how I can save YOU time and n.oney. Simply dial 0L 8-8 178 between 6 ani 7:30 p.m. and all these fal- ric's, shoes, etc., will be brought right into YOUR HOM' . Now Uiink of the time that has been saved and in many, many cases the money you save also. You can't buy what you really want with a lot of shoving and pushing, but you can buy what you want and right in your own living root" -- so don't waste time. Call Now. and ask tor Mr T. Kelley. Don't look at .somebody wearing a suit that you could be wearing. This offer for a limited time ONLY.

INVITATION FOR BIDS NORTH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WILMINGTON. MASSACHUSETTS

9 -.Mill :. 19G1 ( 1) The '.Vilmington Permanent

I Building Committee will re- | eeivp seal i'd bids for the con-

struction of the ;iorth Inter- I medi ate School, Vilmington, ; vassachu setts at :tooro 110, I Vilmington Migh School. -Vil- mington. assachusetts at 7:30 p.m., EST, Thursday, R April I96L at which time and place all

;bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

, (2) The successful bidder will be renuire-l to furnish a

jperfonuance bond and also a 'labor and material or Payment iiond, as set forth in the

• :jiecificationa ! (3) Attention is called to the fact that no less than the

^minimum wage rates as set !forth in a schedule contained ,in the Specification must be Ipaid on this project, to the ;requirements relating to Work- men" s Compensation and con- ditions of employment, to the

| fact that all requirements of i';assachusetts Law as pertain- ing to this Project pre apart of the Contract.

(4) Contract Documents, including Drawings and ^recific-

■ ations and Bid Forms are on Ifile at the office of the I Architects, val tz & Kimberl ey. .Inc.. One Salem street, Maiden Massachusetts. Copies of the documents may be obtained by depositing with the Architect

(One .lundred Dollars ($100.00) in the fonr of two certified checks, made out to the Town of 'Vilmington. each in the

.amount of Fi f ty Do] 1 ars | ($50.00) for each set of docu- jments so obtained. One $50.00 I check of the deposit will be .refunded upon return of each set of drawings and Specifica-

tions to the office of the 1 Architect, in good condition, | mod one $50.00 check of the deposit will be refunded if a bi'l as noted in the documents 3 s suUmi tted.

(5) Tncuments available on or after 12:30 p.m. B5T, Friday, 17 March, 1961. (R) Sub-bids will be taken on

the following: (a) Acoustical Treatment (b) 'toofing. Insulation and

I'l ash i MI; (c) Damp-proofing and Mem-

brane naterp roofing (.1) Lath and Plaster (e) Metal .'ash and Wall

panels (f) P.esilient Floors (g) Terrazai and Vitreous

Treatment (h) Glass. Glazing and

Aluminum '*>rk (i) Painting (j ) Li ght 1 ron. Metal

Stairs and Miscellaneous 'etal (I:) \ietal toilet and flower

partitions (1) Lockers

Folding Doors Kitchen Equipment •-'ardware Plumbing

(tn) (n) (o) (P)

T (q) Heating and Ventilating (r) Electrical

Cbpies of bids of sub-bidders designated above shall be received on or before Monday, 3 April. 1961. (7) The Contract will be a-

| warded by the Wilmington Per- manent Building Committee to the lowest responsible and eligible General Bidder on the basis of competitive bids in accordance with the latest statutes of Section 44-A to 44-L inclusive of Chapter 149 of the General Laws as most recently amended. The Vilming- ton Permanent Building Commit- tee reserves the right to re-

jject any or all bids of the .General Bidder and any or all bids of the sub-bidders in accordance with law. (8) Cash, a certified check

on, or a Treasurer* s or Cash- ier' s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Town of Wilmington, shall be submitted in the following enumerated fixed amounts for the following enumerated divisions of the work.

GENERAL CONTRACTORS on the proposed Contract sum

$59,000.00 SUBCONTRACTORS

(a) Acoustical Treatment $1,000.00

(b) Koofing, Insulation and Flashing $1,000.00 (c) Damp-proofing and vembrane '■Vaterp roofing $350.00 (d) Lath and Plaster $1,200.00 (e) '.etal Sas* and Wall Panels $3,500.00 (f) Resilient Moors... $650. 00 (g) Terrazai and Vitreous Treatment $300.00 (h) Glass, Gl azing and Aluminum '.«irk $400.00 (i) Painting <600.00 (j) Light Iron and Miscellan- eous Metal $800.00 (k) r.ietal Toilet »d Shower Partitions $100.00 (1) Lockers. $2,500.00 (in) Folding Doors. $700.00 (n) Kitchen E:quipment$2. 700. 00 (o) Hardware $700. 00 (p) Plumbing. *3.000.00 ( q) I'eating and Ventilating

$8,000.00 (r) Electrical $4,500.00 To be considered, all bids must be accompanied by proper bid deposit as above listed.

No bid of any Bidder shall be withdrawn prior to thirty (30)

(days from approval of the a- i ward recommended by the Owner, i without the consent in writing jof the Wilmington Permanent

building Committee. WILMINGTON Pt'iMAVKNT BUILDING

(O -MITTI Elrwin Hanke, Chairman

INVITATION FOR BIDS NORTH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL SITE

MIUIINGTON. MASSACHUSETTS 9 Marc.'] 1901

(1) The Wilirington Pennanent Building Committee will receive sealed bids for the con- struction of the North Inter- mediate School Site, Filming- ton, Kassachusetts in Hoom If Vilmington 'ligh School, '«i 1-

»<ington, Massachusetts at 7: 30 p.r.., \ilT, Thursday, 30 March, 1961. at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. (?) The successful bidder

will be required to furnish a perfo pi. anci' bond and also a labor and material or payment bond, as set forth in the Speci fications. (3) Attention is called to

the fact that no less than the minimum wa;;e rates as set forth in a schedule contained in the Specification must be paid on this project, to the requirements relating to Ybrk- inon' s Compensation and con- ditions of employment, to the fact that all requirements of assachusetts Law as pertain-

ing to this project are a part of the >>ntract.

(4) Contract Jo cum en ts, including drawings and Speci fications and Bid Hi mis are on file at the office of the Architects, val tz f Kimberl ey. Inc. One Salem Street, Maiden Massachusetts, copies of the documents ir ay be obtained by depositing with the Architect ,'lfty oil ars ($50.00) in the form of two certified checks, nade out to the Town of "«Vi 1 - minnton. each in the amount ot Twenty-E'ivc Dollars ($25.00) for each set of documents so obtained. One Twenty-Pive killar ($25.00) check of the deposit will be refunded upon return of each set of Drawings and Specifications to the office of the Architect, in good condition, and one $25.00 check of the deposit will be refunded if a bid as noted in the documents is submitted. (5) Documents available on

and after 12:30 pm. r. S. T. . Tueslay, 14 March 1961. (0) The Contract will be a-

warded by the Wilmington Per-

aanenC Building Committee to the lowest responsible and eligible General Bidder on the basis of competitive bids In accordance with the latest statutes of Section 44-A to 44-L inclusive of chapter 149 of the General Laws as most recently amended. The Wilming- ton Permanent Building Co nit- tee reserves the right to re- ject any or all bids of the General Bidder. (7) Cash, a certified check

on, or a Treasurer* s or Cash- ier' s check Issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Town of Wilmington, shall be submitted by the General Bidder on the proposed Contract sum in the amount of $6,500.00. To be considered, all bids

must be accompanied by proper bid deposit.

No bid of any Bidder shall be withdrawn prior to thirty (30) days from approval of the a- ward recommended by the Owner, without the consent in writing of the Wilmington Permanent Building Committee.

WILMINGTON PERMANENT BUILDING COMMITTEE

Krwin Hanke. Chairman

28818 Reg. OHBMINWKALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

LAND COURT To the Town of Wilmington, a

municipal corporation located in the County of Middlesex and said Commonwealth; Douglas Ricknell. Anton V. Thiel and Sadie Thiel, all of said Wil- mington; Stonehan Co-operative Bank, a duly existing corporation having an usual place of business in Stoneham, in said County of Middlesex; John J. Waytfmor and James McClelland, residences unknown or their heirs, devisees or legal re- presentatives; and to all whom it may concern:

Hhereas, a petition has been presented to said Court by James A. Hailey and Phyllis IIalley, both of Reading, in said County of Middlesex, to register and confirm their title in the following des-

I cribed land: A certain parcel of land with

the buildings thereon, situate in said Wilmington, bounded and described as follows Southeasterly by Belmont

Street 100 feet; Southwesterly by Beacon Street 125 feet; Northwesterly by land now or formerly of Anton V. Thiel and Sadie Thiel 100 feet; North- easterly by land now or formerly of Douglas Bicknell and June B. Bicknell 125 feet.

The above described land is j shown on a plan filed with i said petition and

1 ines are cl aimed ,.ed on the ground ' said plan. ! If you desire to make any ob- jection to said petition you or your attorney must file a written appearance and an answer under oath, setting forth clearly and specifically your objections or defense to each part of said petition, in the office of the ".ecorder of said Court in Boston (at the Court House), or in the office of the Assistant •iecorder of said Court at the Registry of Deeds at Lowell in the County of Middlesex where a copy of the plan filed with said petition is deposited, on or before the seventeenth day of April next. Unless an appearance is so

filed by or for you, your de- fault will be recorded, the said petition will be taken as confessed and you will be for- ever barred from contesting said petition or any decree entered thereon.

Witness, JOHN E. POiTON, Es- quire, Judge of said Court, this first day of March in the year nineteen hundred and si xty-one. Attest wiUi Seal of said Court (Seal)

Margaret Kenneth A

St Stonehan Petitioner. M9. lfi. 23

all boundary to be lo.cat- as shown on

M. Daly, .tecorder. Currie 26 Chestnut Vass. \tty for the

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PABE BIWT TDVti CHIER - VnLMINBTON, MASS. MARCH 9, 1961

A. Mac-Mull in Sr. 356 P. Luar 345 A. Connolly 342 J. Nlgro 342

FAMOUS PRIEST -SCIENTIST AT ST DOROTHY'S The Rev. Daniel Llnitian, S J. seisiolotist at

the Wcston Observatory, who gave an illustrated lecture on his trips to the Antartic, -on clay night, at St. Dorothy's Church.

L to R. Fattier Linehan, Mrs Ralph Josselyn Prefect of the Ladies Sodality, President Monty Coolidge of the Holy Naie Society, Edward Brcn- nan of Billerica, Radarman on the USS Glacier on which Father Linehan made his last voyage, and the Rev. Father Leagy, Pastor.

Brennan is the brother or Wilmington Police Department Officer Ton Rrennan. ST. THOMAS HOLY NAME BOMLINC Dolphins

Tn.» Ten Individuals A. A. P. A. B. L. A. P. r. R.

MacMullin. Connolly Lagar Kasabuski McMahon Hi 11-son MacMullin. DeVita Arsenaul t Moods

Tear Cods whales Sharks

Clans Crabs Eels

Sr.

Jr.

Standings 29-7

25-11 21-15 •>0-16 18-18 17-19

104.2 100.6 100.1 98. 1 98.0 97.6 97.5 97.3 97.1 97. 1

12796 12558 12483 12389 12439 12039

Markerels Squids Lobsters

Cl ams Dolphins Crabs Sharks

Dolphins Whales Cods ■

16-20 16-20 12-24 6-30

Train Single

Team Triple

G. Crowley A. Connolly C. Darnel io

inti. Single

12384 12250 12458 12040

540 537 526 526

1545 1505 1483

142

135 132

J0SFP1I F HOUGHTON Joseph F. Iloughton, 76. of 61

Taplin Avenue passed awwy on March 4th after a lengthy ill- ness, lie had been a resident of Wilmington for the past 12 years, and was formerly a resident of Chart estown.

He was the uncle of Mrs Alice vccailey. and of George Jewell both of Wilmington, of Joseph Iloughton of Milton, and of Edward iiogghton of Abmgton. Edward Iloughton of Abington. The funeral was held from the

W. 5. Cavonaugh S; Son Funeral Home on March 8th at R an<. with a ;iigh Mass of Itequlen at St Dorothy' s Church at 9 am.

Burial was in the family lot in Holy Cross Cemetery. Maiden

PASTRY ORDER MADE AN UPROAR

I The report of public Mealth lofficer Patrick Thibeau, two I weeks ago, that certain pas- i tries, exposed for sale in 'i.ome Wilmington stores, are II aden with germs as a result (of over-exposure, has led yo | a mild uproar in the bakery : business. | One wholesale baker tried to have changes made, because the 'store in which he sold his pastries, according to him.

| had a Targe turnover'. | The Board of Health refused j to accent the arguments.

BIRTHS

Ind. Triple

JUST what your Doctor ordered. . Prompt

PRESCRIPTION SERVICE

JUST IN! New Shipment of

St. Patrick's and Easter Day Cards

NORTH WILMINGTON PHARMACY FREE DELIVERY

Marrf SmtJlrr. Hrg. Ph.

Open Daily and Sunday 8:30 a.a. to 10 P.M.

380 Middlesex Avenue OLiver 8-9511

FINLEY. Ronald Francis, first child, to Mr and Mrs Ronald J. r,'inley, conoord Street, in the P.i chard son Mouse, Boston, March 6th.

JONES. James jr., first son to Mr and Mrs. janes Jones of Chattanooga, Tenn, and first grandchild to Mr and Mrs Al- bert Kitchener, of Aid rich Poad.

REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE

The Executive Board of the Republican Town Committee met on February 23rd, at the homo of Mary 0. Murphy. The next

I regular meeting of the Repub- lican Town Committee will be

ion March 14th., at 8 pm., at the Wilmington Skating Club.

Spring May Be

Just Around The Corner

BUT BEER BARGAINS ARE HERE

NOW! IMPORTER FROM HOLLAND 2 - H - B BEER

CASE OF 2* CANS $2.99

PHOENIX BEER CASE OF 21 CAMS $2.99

ALTMAN S INC. IN THE SQUARE

OL 8 4631 PARKING

INCOME TAX SERVICE

TED WICKS 14 PILLING ROAD

NO. WILMINGTON OLiver 8-4335

EDWARD J. BRADLEY

INCOME TAX SERVICE OAKWOOD ROAD, (Near Ste- ven' s Market) OL 8-3294

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FIT7.GERALD FUt.L

A NEW START For six years Officer Charles Ellsworth set

a record in Wilmington of being the first man to vote in every election. Last fall he was attending the State Police Academy, at the of the Presidential Flection, and the was broken.

He started again, hopefully, in Saturday's election. To t!,e left is Teller Ralph Rahco.lt to the right Kecistrar Joe Ring, and Wilmington Little League' s most umpire, Joe Paglia, second to vote.

t i me reco rd

in hack is b e 1 I i c o s e

NAMED CANDIDATE FOR NAVAL ACADEMY

Clifford H. Anthony, 17 years old, son of )'r and Mrs Joseph Anthony of Prospect Hill Road,

Lexington, has been named by Congressman Bradford Morse as his principal nominee to take the examinations for the U.S. Naval Academy.

Anthony is a former Wilming- ton resident, having lived until several years ago at 314 Salem Street.

FORMER lliai SO 1001, PRINCIPAL ON NO. READING

SCHOOL BOARD J. Turner Hood, who was Prin-

cip al of Wilmington High School in the early B1I1 8 was elected a member of the North 'tending School Committee, in the annual election, held last Monday.

Mr. Hood left Wilmington to become Superintendent of School s in No. 'leading, de re- tired from that post last year

BOB EVANS ELECTED CHAMBER OF COfialERCE

VICE PRESIDENT John Robert (Bob) Fvans,

owner of the Pine Ridge Poul- try Farm, on Ballardvale St. was elected a Vice President of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, in a regul ar meeting Tuesday night.

Kvans will replace Jim Camp- bell, of the Wilmington Bank and Trust, who has resigned.

PROGRESSIVE SUPPER FOR METHODIST SENIOR HIGH

YOUTH FELLOWSHIP The Senior High Youth Fellow-

ship have completed plans for their Annual Progressive Sup- per, to be held this year on Sunday evening. March 12. All Senior High young people are invited to be on hand for this occasion. .

281 Rain Strut

Harvey's Radio

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FRANKLIN LOST BID FOR WAKEFTELD HOUSING BOARD

j James V. Franklin, former I Director of Urban Renewal in I Wilmington, and now Director lof I'rban Renewal in Andover |came in second, in the elections in Wakefield, where he was a candidate for the five year term in the Hakefield Housing Authority. He sought to distal ace 'Villian K. Spauld- ing. who was re-elected.

CONGREGATIONAL NEMS TMU. 3/0, 12: 30. North LBS FBI. 3/10. 7:00, liny Scouts SAT, 3/11, 10:00 Youth Choir

6:30, Boy Scouts Father and Son Dinner in Vestry. SUNDAY, V12. Morning services at 9: 30 and 11: on

4:00, JrPF, and attend film 5:00, vesper service with

film Metreat and Decision', Jr. and Sr PF will attend.

7:00, Sr PF 7:00-8:30 University of Life

M0N, 3/13, 2: 30, Camp fire f?:00, East LBS

WF0, 3/15, 1:00, Center LBS 3: 30, Girl smuts 8: on. choir

JUNIOR 111(31 RALLY IN METHODIST CHURCH

On Saturday, March 11 from 10 a. in. until 2 p.m. a Junior High Rally for young people of Methodist Churches in the Wil- mington area will be held in the Fellowship of the Wilming- ton Methodist Church. *1 1 young people of grades 7 and R are invited to attend. They will bring with them their own lunch and beverage will be ser ved by the host church. The progran for the day will be in struction and leadership on various types of recreation.

IMMUNIZATION CLINICS PLANNED FOR nils SPRING

Three immunization clinics will be am ducted by the Board of Health, this spring, in Wilmington, against niptheri a. Tetanus and Whopping itangh.

All will be at the ol d Age Mousing Project, on 'tenting May The first will be on March 5?, the second on April 25, and the thi rd on ay 23. There will be a Booster Jlin-

ic on April 11th.

HELP WANTED Progressive company de-

sires to employ dependa- able man for inside sales and stock-keeping work.

No experience necessary Permanent position. High School graduate living in Mi lain"ton preferred.

G Day Week. Salary $70- $80 to start. For farther information call 0L8 9GC1 weekdays, 9 am to 12.

"Order Tour FLOWERS Where FLOWERS Are Grown"

ERICS GREENHOUSES (Eric Svenson, Prnp:l

Graduate of Floral Designing School

1090 No. Main St. 94»*-05it7

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