Acton Beacon (Newspaper) - December 18, 1958, Acton, Massachusetts STOW ACTON S AC O N PRICE SEVEN CENTS THE December 1958 10 31 Maynard School Backs Regional School Investigation DPU Turns Down Bus Lines who represents the Bay State Transit has definitely given up all hope in of operating a bus service at least for time COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING is discussed by the Planning Board before meeting of town Boards last Monday left to are Dave Dave Charles Town Judd John and Acton Planning Board Backs Long Range Planning Program of various Boards of the town were on hand to hear Charles a planning discuss comprehensive town planning for the The which was held at the town hall last Monday night at the Of the Planning involved the procedure the town might follow to provide a basic plan foir long range planning and the way in which to carry it It was revealed by Judd chairman of the Planning that the Board favored the appropriation of to spend over a two year period for this Representatives from the Board of Highway Finance Industrial Development Committee were The refused to act on the original application for a bus license until certain conditions were met insurance and the inspection of individual This was followed by a second this time for unlimited charter It is reported that several towns on the proposed route objected to allow ing permits for charter Barry claims that there is not enough passenger traffic to war rant tion Maynard School Committee has announced that it an article to be on the warrant of the March town meeting calling for the creation of a Regional Planning This committee will have the power to join with similar committees of other communities for the purpose of investigating Regional School possibilities as they might affect This committee will not have the power to commit the town to a Regional but it will be called upon to report its findings to the voters of so they may accept or reject any recommendations of the The School Committee has also submitted an article requesting a plot of land now owned by the adjacent to Alumni Field be transferred to the School De for possible educational The decision of the School Com to ask the town for a Re gional Planning Committee is prompted the high school t a profit without the Jg jammed to nal charter with 3g6 The in The decision of the Department freshman class will be the who is employed by the consulting firm 4f Economic Development explained that the town should first find out what its assets and liabilities Among the subjects which he thought might foe investigated were Road map land survey population economic base study of in transporta recreation and open and municipal He said that previous studies could be incorporated into these studies to some de pending on the accuracy and thoroughness of studies previously He went on to say that the town should make basic based on a forecast and general probabili These would include a future land use transportation anal future requirements plan for public public These would be carried out by such methods as subdivision control regulation re zoning bylaw a capital management program based on the ability to adaption of bylaws anc codes consistent with the growth of the The speaker explained that the town could apply for federal aic under Title 7 which made available half the money the town wanted to spend on comprehensive plan He that none of this federal aid money was presently Farley stated that the town would prob ably have to go along for the at least paying the total cosi idea of the planning and studies as Flood stated that it was the consensus of the after the special town meeting recently concluded that the town was in favor of some sort of long range He said that the consul by the town would meet regularly with the Planning Board and re port on progress and current consultant would meet with various boards and find out in what particular ways the respective boards thought future planning could best serve and report to the Planning It was explained by Down that there were many intangibles in arriving at the proper solution to long range planning and that it was necessary to give the people what they He said it was a cooperative effort by he various boards in the tempered by Public He emphasized that the plan cannot be adopted by the It is accepted and carried out by specific These steps are taken over a period of and for the most action on the part of the voters at their town Liquor Licenses Granted in Stow Board of Selectmen have granted approval to the ap of the Stow Country Club for a permit to sell liquor anl Crowells Turkey Farm for the operation of a package The granting of these licenses is subject to the approval the Alcoholic Beverage The application of Bernard Bloomstein who desired to operate a package store in tions are being considered by the of Public Utilities not to grant charter service comes as a great particularly to the parents who have children attend ing school in Hudson and The Maynard merchants will also be affected by this decision as Maynard has a drawing area of over twenty thousand many of whom rely on bus service a means of There is still as Frank Daniels of Boston who rep resents the Bay State Transit Lines said if the people of the various towns affected will muster sufficient public he will ask the reconsider its The towns on the proposed route coming freshman class will be the last small class to come The present seventh grade has HI children in and all gardes down are of comparative size and New Fire Station Open House at ACTON It has been ed by Fire Stuart Mac that theie will be an open house in the new Fire Station in West December from 1 to 6 Apparatus and equipment will be explained and The School meeting with Committee the Stow had a School Committee in Stow early last No at which time the possi bility of a regional District be tween the Stow and May nard was Stows high school housing situation is partic and some action must be taken in the near The town of Stow is in a Re gional District with the towns of Lancaster and The money for a Regional School to be lo in Bolton was voted by but was turned down by Bolton and Wilfred Chairman of the Stow School Com stated recently that the High School is plugged and that We will have to go on the two platoon system next According to Thruston Hammer of chairman of the Nashoba Regional School which includes and Lancas a meeting of the Committee held recently was upon by the recently ap Beautifully Dry Cleaned For the Same Day No Extra JOHNS ONE HOUR CLEANERS Maynard 40 Enlist Under Banner of Acton Chamber at First Meeting first meeting of the newly formed Acton Chamber of Commerce was held last Wednesday December at the theater of the Regional High A large number of those attend ing the first meeting indicated a desire to join and a total of almost 40 businesses and individuals have now paid their dues for the first Regional Planning Com from in addition to and the three committee members from each of the member was an investi gating Committee recently ap pointed in Lancaster to investigate school needs It was revealed that the squeeze on Lancaster was becoming more apparent than because the population growth figures had been unler Bolton at present has no pressing and sends its high school students to the town of Hudson on a tuition Harvard finds itself very much in need of a new high There are no towns adjacent to Maynard which would be inter ested in joining with with the exception of The decision of the Maynard School Committee to get a Regional Plan ning Committee voted by the town will be to attempt to get agree ment with and found a new regional District In order for Stow to join a district with it would be necessary for the town to vote to get out of the Nashoba and vote a Regional Planning Committee which could meet with the one from These two committees would draw up a Re gional agreement which would then be voted on by the two The towns would at the game vote the money needed for architects The Re gional Committee would then pick out an work with the State School Assistance Commis and seek the necessary ap propriation of funds for the This would have to be voted by both towns before con struction on the new school could The main advantage to be de rived from a Regional High School is that the state pays a percentage of the construction The state paid about of he total cost of the Acton Box boro Regional High v The state also assumes certain trans and other The meeting was presided over by president Fred Abbt who stated briefly the and purpose of the George sec of the Concord Chamber spoke on what a Chamber can accomplish in a community for the good of the as well as for its It was brought out by Paul Mc Pherson of Precision Acton Center that Chamber do all in its tract new industry to the This opinion was given favorable support by other Tlie new members are Cahill Construction Robert Dewey Acton Pilgrim Service Products Marshall Laffins Dicks Fullonton and South Acton Sheet Abbt Motor Flint Vance States Farmers Ralph Yankee Galant Insur Connolly and No tars Wallace Hilco Bert Bern ard Acton Builders Ma Harold Harris Jenks Harry Water town Savings Bank Joseph Totsi of Sweiden Construction Fraser Staples and It was announced subsequent to the meeting by Vice President Dewey that Technology Instrument the Rex and ATf Corp hat pledged Dues for these firms will be per The next meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chamber is scheduled for January 14 at which time committees to carry but vari ous projects will be designated and steps to fill them Xmas Poem Henry Oxnard A dove must seek a resting place And so dear Mary found In a mangers holy chalice A shrine on holy A harp within her gentle breast God tuned and touched the Inspired well and blessed For all mankind she To high she voices A Son is a Savior Begins a love thru endless days With earth born and This is the vision to our eyes Of Goodwill on earth The the same before us lies That Jesus took from The challenge is to Christian As to the saints By by 713F
