Acton Beacon (Newspaper) - September 26, 1963, Acton, Massachusetts f Russian above are and Erwin Braunert of 14 In todays B EACON Braunert relates some of his of war of the Russians during World War who was a German was captured by the Russians in See story BEACON STAFF PHOTO Chance at Four School Tract Bid To Buy 43 Acres Set For 28 AI m t M At ite meeting last Mon SPECIAL TOWN MEETING in his opinion the land could not bo OCTOBER 2B I taken by eminent domain as there will consider the ac wai not clear sufficient present of this 43acro tract of land II was decided that the article would At us meeting last MOIL f have to be cleared by McCabe in the Acton SchOOl Com if hu VOLUME NUMBER 30 The BEACON September Price Who Will Carry The Ball Lock Horns Over Dump Site Negotiations I New Democratic Club i Play At Home Denies Adjunct Roll Local Grid Season In Acton Party Split Opens On Saturday Town Counsel Decides For Selectmen day night voted to go plans to seek the 43acre tract of land off Brook as proposed unsuccess fully by the Finance Committee at the town meeting September The Committee was of the opinion that the voters would be likely to ap prove this smaller particularly in of the urgent need to start construction on a new Tlv School had originally backed ah 83acrc but the Fin ance Committee had submitted a motion at the meeting to reduce the amount of land to 43 acres as it questioned the legality of taking such a large piece of land by eminent The owner Brewster Con ant of indi he was to selling the and the School Com own had Was his opinion that the large 83acre tract advocated by he School r Committe could hot Jbe taken by eminent do Jf tho any and if the taking by emi the voters will also be asked to domain resulted in court ac for a 20room elem it would be a matter for the school to be built It i Selectmen to A joint meeting is considered quite unlikely that of the Finance Commit can get underway until j and School Committee has been ACTON Presi diH of the Democratic Club of Town of has informed tin BEACON that thc statements ol John McLaughlin printed in ie September 19th issue wholly resents the the origin and purpose of early but in any the architect will le abb to get the d finitive plans drawn and a con signed so that building the new town sch for October 14 at which time it is hoped a front can bo determined for the forthcoming It was revealed by Superin school may be started as soon as The school will of not be ready by the fall of 1964 as lhat an emissary of Brewster but could owns thc under ready late in the spring of had Conant would WILL NOT HIRE OWN COUNSEL meet with the It was It was also decided that the Com would take no action to look into additional sites for the proposed 20room elementary unless the town once again refuses to give its to this The ques tion of hiring their own counsel was discussed at great length by the by a 3 to 2 vote which suggested by that whatever he has to say will be im portant as he isnt likely to come this distance without some pur pose in WILLIAMSON TO ADDRESS PTA was also voted to have Lloyd Williamson speak the PTA at its meeting time by Committee fully the was to its own The main the counsel MeCaBe who had acted as their counsel to girt up at the last town meeting and the ofthe in on which the article Was presented to the aswell as that provide for the school IK is thought that a the Fin ance Committee will also be in addition to various who able tb shed light on Actons land and school expansion Committee were determined to carry out a program of continuing effective action in the There had been several efforts to have tho Town Committee adopt a program of End they had I on this issue alms that the Club was He sad that j statements attributing Ihe division to the inflexibility of statutes or of other cause are wholly without foun i The group decided to form an independent club for one to promote actively the interests ol thc Democratic party in the town o I Acon to attract all residents of I who share this Ths Club is considering mining s own slate for election to the Town Committee next Springs Presidential Prim Ehrenfeld urged all Democrats in including members of the I Everett Ingalls Regional I fligh Schools was arch and the the leaching area was discussed by an who accompanied principal the Regional High stated that he would the educational specifications ready by the end of the week and it hoped they would be approved sopp after that time by the ixl L J i fleeted contract and notify the win Assistance the specifications are the arch will be able to start on the drawing of preliminary 1966 The school by the fall of school no be the of the contract in 30 days July 15 break ground September 1966 FUND TO BE ASKED Present plans call for establish ment of a stabilization fund of ap proximately to be voted out of the surplus account at a special town meeting to be called the end of this This amount would then be taken out of the stabilization fund for the new school in January 1964 to be matched by the This procedure saves the town the in teres on the of matching funds as it comes in an outright rather than being spread over a period of 20 years with interest on the amount being paid town as would normally be the case with the rest of the contributed by the The total amount at the outset will be town or alp be called rLu iUi I B i per Maynard to get Windfall trom the State MAYNARD get fat tlie result of the State this Maynards total than communities size to published All towns in Commonwealth shared in the tWo towns will receive a total of 65 per cent the maximum which can be CHARTER TO fgr RELOCATED The land for the school has al ready been purchased and lies ad jacent to the new track and football 1 itself will lie present corner of said was formed because a group of Democrats including of the Associate members of the Bold Pagan Robs House While Owners are Home MAYNARD This past Monday morning a robber the homn of and Theodore at 30 Elm Street and made off with I that he took from a wallet that was in I The had been in a closed drawer of a dining room buf Town who want to work and to be associated with a group pledged to activity under the official j approval of the Democratic State the Maynard Tigers play host to th to call any of the officers j class B Cambridge Latin Cantabs of the voters who at Alumni Field and like to register as Democrats j chieftains meet the Island and similarly work were likewise Cape Codders at Athlet ic The neit scheduled meeting will Both Tiger Will be held at John Bruce and Chieftain Everett wood South on are optimistic about their charges day Sept at Anyone interested in Democratic ac Will DeRosa Town Meeting will Act on Personnel ByLaw The Bylaw to permanent men on the Both and home this past Monday morning and asserts that a strange man spoke to him in front of his house and asked if he had any old newspapers that he could clean out of the answered that he did not and then went into his backyard to work in his Meanwhile left her kitchen and went into the cellar to store away some When came back up tion is cordially Acton Lions Club Ready to Kickoff Research Drive ACTON On Saturday October 5 at 930 member ship of the Acton Lions Club will assemble at the showroom of the A 6 M West A Giant Rally will be held to kickoff the 1963 Eye Research Fund This involves the sale of Light Bulbs throughout tlie town during the of Cof fee and demits will be served the the ABC members when they arrive to pick tomorrows until will up their quota of A tremen dous amount of effort has gone into The local only losl two panics and football wars bgin Ibis Saturday as Regional their on ly loss at of the undefeat ed I Westford The Chieftains suffered heav ier graduation leases than did the Tigers but they are just as ic at tile prospects of another fine The Tigers are led by chances of winning their openers and Charlie an All Midland they both look forward to seasons in League in and the Chiel which they have plenty of tains have fullback Steve Anielotte tic fan support from students and as their adult spectators The Tigers and the Chieftains are both coining off fine records as The ABC Strikes Again MAYNARD The ABC has stuck again in Maynard as last Sunday Beverages Commission in were in town ing the libation pnli ckS of at least two Maynard The law stales that alcoholic bev cannot be served before noon A member of the Board of Select men asserted that they have not received liny ycl from The Cambridge Latin game will start at as will the Nashoba Nantucket Steering Recommends that be Closed ACTON Three members of the Steering Committee that wax ap pointed to aid Ihe Acton Youth Cen er in their difficulties las winter appeared before the Acton Select men this past Tuesday evening and knows what recommended that the Center be ly fled out of the house and down consideration by the voters at the special town meeting scheduled for October At the 1963 annual the townspeople hire seven I Maynard Police but a search of the the street when she made her She called her husband and dividing the town into for can vassing in the hopes that each member wMI strive to be the ient of the annual award for the Best Each Lion will have an assort ment of and 100 Watt bulbs packaged 12 to a bag for sale at ap The proceeds of this campaign are i turned over to the Liens Re the permanent The article ex on the 28 warrant will deal with the i sal aries a bf the per sonnei Chief wW and pen physical Heyward It is that it the preset on the easter ly Side ptj Charter road v contacted to actuate this mat Building Assistance the cost fls wellas the relocation of 1 will by tests will given to all applicants Which wll meet Civil Sei vice Chief states that die men will work a aix day week of All three sta tions manned from 9 5 a with two mVi each TKe Chief has chisen the daytime hours for the proposed permanent firemen as it when cov search It is hoped that Local Trio Pleads Not Guilty Before Superior Court MAYNARD The three local nun who were arrested in with the theft of a and a Howard Laurence and Dick submitted a finan cial report to the Selectmen which indicated that the was not the success that they had hoped lor and the Youth Center was presently in j They said lhal the Center could be closed and the equipment sold to off the The Members ol the Youth Cen ters Board of Directors not present and whether or not they of He has stated that W has men this sufficient for neighborhood turned up The Police are investi gating the Acton Voter Registration Schedule is Underway The town of Acten is presently holding the final series of voter registrations for the current The first registration of this series was held at the South Aclon Fire Station en Tuesday Regis trations will be taken at the West Aden Fire Station on Friday even September between the hours of and The final registration of the series will held at the Town Hall on Tues October between the and All not presently who attained age of years and have resided Iri the Town of Acton for six months or longer and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for at least one eligible to register at this this drive The campaign is being con ducted under the Chairmanship of be a huge member ol checks Irani the agree with the recommendation ol r i nautics month in about a half wei Don assisted bv Vice Chair Middlesex S u p e r i o i the Committee is in The Steering members the fact that man Bob Brower and Committee members Don Booth Jack sen Mai MacGregor and Dick John The purchasers of the bulbs re full retail value and at the same time make an important con the battle against blind Court last Thursday on charges of needs the Youth breaking and for put forward then gory and attempting to and based upon financial factors forged I The building in which the Youth The John Leach and William Center a former MAYNARD The temporary truce between the Selectmen and be Department of Public Works broke down last Tuesday night as both boards clashed over who would carry on negotiations with Grace Boske for the purchase of some 14 additional acres of land at the present dump Unlike tht joint session two weeks ago which took on the appearance of a main bout at Madison Square Tuesday nights scrap was limited t sparring with a few sharp jabs thrown in for good LOWERED THE BOOM The Selectmen had a heavyweight in their corner who the DPW into sullen silence if not agreement with his law Town Paul who has recently lowered the boom on some loose interpretation of the floored the Public Works Depart ment with hi ruling that only the Selectmen had the authority to ne for thi town in land takings The meeting with the Public Works Department followed an Exe cutive Session called by the Select men to discuss the question of who had jurisdiction in Town Carbone attended this refused to bar tlie press when the Selectmen met with stating that they saw no need for Because of the of the the Select men remarked afterwards that they thought an Executive Session was necessary to avoid embarrass PLEA FOR COOPERATION The meeting with the DPW I was relatively quiet as such sessions Chairman of the Al bert requested that all questions be addressed to the Chair man and a procedure be Except for an occas ional this suggestion was Alexanian opened the session with a plea for mutual cooperation and gave tlie purpose of the meeting i as an opportunity to clarify where each Board stood on the matter of the land in question and each boards rights and He ihen turned to Paul Carbone who quoted Chapter 40 Sec 41 of the Generals asserting that this law clearly indicated that the Board of Selectmen take initiative when il comes to purchasing land or acquiring it by eminent lie emphasized that there was no question of one board attempting to take over the duties of another but that it was in the best interest of the town that the boards not compete with other in ne lie said that there was no doubt that the Board of Selectmen had I ho authority to purchase land and that if they take land by emi nent that too will be through This was in response to DPW Com missioner Ray Sheridans comment Acton law was only a but they and not He recommendation the law read that the Selectmen may purchase rather both of and station lhat the town has of were found allowed the Center to The Cen the nd tnat ic it wero latter word would at true on these charges by Stow Voter Registration Is Set for October I Oth STOW Town Clerk Francis War ren has announced that registration of voters will be held at the Town Hall on October from 79 This will be the last chance to register the Special Town Meeting en October tor has been closed down ter officials had told the BEACON in the past thai Ihe I the Center had to last Maynard Girls May Join Girl Scouts or Brownies MAYNARD There will be a special meeting for mothers interest ed in having their daughters join Girl Scouts It will be held next at the Town House basement room at Subscribe To The BEACON torney will be Assistant District At Francis The District Attorneys office stated that trial will probably hi held some time in the beginning Acton Republican Town to Meet 10 ACTON The Republican Town Committee of Acton will meet on October 10 at 8 at the Charles 4i Hill Acton in the The speaker for the evening will be a Slatt Acton Norm un will i LENT QUOTES ACT Superintendent of Public Works Don Lent claimed that the act es the DPW gave the Depart ment the right to negotiate for He quoted part of U of Chapter authorizing the town to estab lish the Board of Public his jn tion nol hau I The hoard shall also have the parade and the operated In an maintenance lor musi part the of Ule km in a percentage of 11 the In past years the Center itself op most of the con cessions anil kepi mosl of the profit for ils own Grand Jury last and i months and Youth Cen to Ihe Superior All three pleaded not Io the charges before and so bound over for They are 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