HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-06-29 Town Forest Committee Minutes 74
June 29 , 1977 7 :30 PM
Room 2, Municipal Building
A formal posted meeting was held .
Members present : George B. ferry, Chairman
Benjamin E. Aichols,Secretary
The minutes of the last meeting on February 7, 1977
were read and approved.
It was voted to have the usual trimming and brushing of
the TownForest roads done by William MacBrien . Mr.Dickey
will inform Mr. MaoBrien and will supervise the work.
It was voted to pay the following bills:
Insurance bill from MoNelly & Parker
Insurance Agency,Inc . for floater
renewal on equipment . $35.00
Invoice from Conway Associates -
for purchase of one Indian Pump
Can complete . 82.00
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The supply of 1,000 maps of the Town Forest and Watershed
authorized to be panted by vote of our Committee on
November 29, 1975 has been received from Del Cotreau--
Offset Printing Serviee ,lno . , Reading, Mass. , and the
invoice of $38.25 has been paid .
A fire in the Scrub Oak Hill area on Friday , April 15 , 1977
burned about five acres. It started about 1:30 PM acw rding
to the Fire Department , and took about three hours to bring
under control. Chief. Robert Pratt believes it may have been
started by a spark from a motor bike which did not have a
spark arrestor . In order to make a record of this fire,
Benjamin Nichols , Secretary of the Town Forest Committee ,
made arrgngements with Richard Lindstrom to take Teddy Cox,
photographer for the Reading Chronicle , and Benjamin Nichols
on a flight in his Cessna airplane to take air photographs
of the burned area. The Reading Chronicle carried a short
note about the fire in their issue of April 20, 1977 and
carried a photos;rgpk in the May 4, 1977 copy . A copy of
this same photograph is in this log book and appears as
Page 74A. The fire travelled from the Scrub Oak Hill
eastward toward the swampy area where the wet ground brought
the fire under easier control. The firemen reported that an '
old tall dead tree which has been a landmark for years was
burning, and the firemen out it down. This dead tree shows
on the map covering the land purchased for the Town Forest
from Henry Fienemann in 1964 which appears in Middlesex South
Registry of Deeds Book 10547 Page 113.
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The Cub Scouts of Pack 702 had a Sunday afternoon day in the
L'ounoil ding off Fox Rug pane. About 35 Cub Scouts took part.
A number of adult leaders showed the Cub Scouts fire building,
first aid, planting of trees , safety in use of knife and
hatchet , and nature in the woods.
The adult Soouters of Powder Keg District held their last
meeting of the year in the Council Ring off Fox Run Lane .
' Approximately 35 ScouterB had a cookout and annual meeting.
The'Committee Meeting adjourned at 7:55 PM.:
Refer to Pages 3, 19 and 34 of this book for information
regarding various lots in the Town Forest . This list below
is a continuance of the information on Page 34.
Lots No. Acorea aBook and Page
45 8.82 12992-4 1 hbinent domain taking with
sales agreement from Cheater A.Ellison.
Article 42, Adjourned Annual Town
Continued on Page 9i. Meeting, May 10, 1976
Voted for Town Forest .
See map on Page 70-A in this book.
March 24, 1978 7:30 PM
A formal posted meeting was held at the home of Chairman
George Perry, 230 Franklin Street , Reading, Maes.
The following members were present :
George B. Perry, Chairman
Benjamin E. Ni chols,Secretary
The records of the meeting of June 29 . 1977 were read
and approved .
The committee reorganized with the following officers :
George B. Perry , Chairman
Irving E. Dickey,Jr. , Vice Chairman
Benjamin E. HSchols,Secretary
It was voted to confirm the acts of the individual members
of the committee since the meeting of December 27 , 1976.
The annual report to the Town was read , approved and signed.
It was decided to consult with William MaeBrien about the
advisability of scraping Boma of the roads in the Forest .
The meeting was adjourned at 8 :00 PM.