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YEAR ENDING 1915
OFFICERS' REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF BRIMFIELD
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FOR THE
Year Ending Dec. 30, 1916
PALMER, MASS. THE JOURNAL PRINT. 1917.
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OFFICERS' REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF BRIMFIELD
FOR THE
Year Ending Dec. 30, 1916
PALMER, MASS.' THE JOURNAL PRINT.
1917.
Town Officers --- 1916
Town Clerk MINER H. CORBIN Town Treasurer CHARLES S. TARBELL 1 Selectmen ORRIN HICKS CHARLES H. FILER CLARENCE B. BROWN
Assessors
CHARLES C. BROWN,
Term expires 1918
FRED N. LAWRENCE,
1919
EDWARD B. BROWN,
1917
Overseers of the Poor
CHARLES C. BROWN,
Term expires 1918
ROBERT V. SAWIN,
1919
SAMUEL H. ADAMS,
1917
Tax Collector PENNEL A. PARKER
Constables
ORRIN HICKS P. J. MCINTYRE ELMER E. BRADWAY
CHARLES P. PARKER, Special CHARLES FILER
School Committee
JOHN H. NOYES, R. V. SAWIN, MARTHA E. STREETER,
Term expires 1918
66
1919
1917
Tree Warden CHARLES M. STREETER
Library Trustees
REBECCA M. LINCOLN,
Term expires 1918
WILLIAM A. ESTARBROOK,
66
1919
MARGARET DINSMORE,
1919
CHARLES C. BROWN,
66
1917
MARTHA A. STREETER,
66
66
1917
Cemetery Commissioners
EDWARD B. BROWN, JOHN H. NOYES, ORUS E. PARKER,
Term expires 1918 66
1919
66
1917
Auditors EDWARD J. PRINDLE
Moderator ROBERT J. STREETER.
66
1918
ROBERT V. SAWIN,
Town Clerk's Report
DOGS LICENSED IN BRIMFIELD FROM DEC. 31, 1915 to DEC. 31, 1916.
Dr.
Whole number of dogs licensed, 92.
Number of dogs licensed at $2.00, 76. $152.00
Number of dogs licensed females at $2.00, 12
24.00
Number of dogs licensed females at $5.00, 4 20.00
$196.00
Cr.
By clerk's fees, 92 at 20 cents $18.40
By paid County Treasurer,
$177.60
Hunter's certificates issued from Jan. 1st, 1916, to Jan. 1st, 1917, 104:
Dr.
Resident hunters, 104 at $1.00
$104.00
Cr.
By clerk's fees, 104 at 15 cents, $15.60
By paid Fish and Game Commissioners,
$88.40
I have examined the foregoing statement and find it correct. EDWARD. J. PRINDLE, Auditor.
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN BRIMFIELD FROM JANUARY 1st, 1916, TO JANUARY 1st, 1917.
Date of Birth Name of Child.
Jan.
13
Homer Leonard Parker,
Jan. 21 Joseph John Lemieux,
Mar. 18 Arthur Samuel Mantha,
April 9 Louise Haley,
April 27 Nichlos Sullo,
May 16 Robert Vincent Sherren,
July 6 Harold Milton Davis,
July 7 Evelyn Lila Dudley,
July 9 Margaret Elizabeth Killian,
Sept. 20 Lawrence Franklin Hastings, M Franklin R. and Victoria Hastings.
F James Walter and Bertha L. Brown.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN BRIMFIELD FROM JANUARY 1st, 1916, TO JANUARY, 1st 1917.
Date
Bridegroom
Residence
Bride
Residence
Jan. 24 Thomas William Haley, Brimfield.
Nora May Calhoun,
Springfield.
Climena Elizabeth Sleeper,
Vershire, Vt.
June 8 Earl Lawrence Miller,
Grace L. Wells,
Brook field.
June 23 Ernest M. Hitchcock, Brimfield.
Lillian L. Fisher,
Medford, Mass.
Selina Aurelia Dellage,
Fiskdale.
July 10 Abraham Hamel,
Flora Mantha,
Brimfield.
Southbridge. July 28 James O'Connell, Jr. Brimfield.
Mary Georgiana Godaire,
Sturbridge.
Aug. 12 James Mark Logan,
Katherine Agnes Lawler,
Fiskdale.
Oct. 14 Louis Phillips,
Springfield.
Ruth N. Hubbard,
Brimfield.
Nov. 26 Elmer Elbridge Perry,
Bertha Sarah Williams, "
West Brookfield, Mass. East Brimfield, Mass.
F Daniel and Katherine Haley. M Angelo and Marie Sullo.
M Patrick J. and Delia Sherren. M Watson and Mary Davis.
F John and Leila Dudley.
F Thomas E. and Bridget Killian.
Dec. 30 Eva Elizabeth Brown,
Sex Name of Parents.
M Edmund S. and Eesther Parker. M Joseph and Georgiana Harnois.
M Samuel and Almeda Mantha.
May 24 William Foster Bissell, Brimfield.
Brimfield.
July 3 Ralph Harry Basnor, Brimfield.
Bridgeport, Conn.
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DEATHS RECORDED IN BRIMFIELD FROM JANUARY 1st, 1916, TO JANUARY 1st, 1917.
Age
Date of Death Name
Cause of Death Y. M. D.
Jan. 7 Edward S. Butterfield,
Tubercular Phthisis
61 . . 16
Jan. 11 Ellen E. Warren,
Bronchial Pneumonia
67 3 5
Cerebeal Hemorrhage
55 8 23
Acute Bronchitis.
6
7
Caricinoma of liver and gall- bladder. 51
8
Abdominal Cancer
63
6 3
Intestinal Obstruction
8
23
Killed by Steam Cars, Accidental,
Comp, fracture of skull& neck 42
7 20
Mar. 29 Horace M. Gardner,
Paralysis
83
7 24
May 3 Olive M. Groves,
Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
76 7 5
May 14 Luana S. Marsh,
Paralysis 88
7 25
Tuberculosis of Lungs
30
3
22
July 23 Caroline B. Brown,
Pulmonary Edema
78
5 7
Aug. 19 Israel Harmois,
Carcinoma of gallbladder
87
7 . .
Sept. 21 Sawine R. Wheaton,
Poliomyelitis
16
10 4
Oct. 31 John H. Noyes,
Paralysis 70 4 21
Jan. 16 George Warren Sherman, Jan. 16 Charles Kenneth Wolliscroft,
Jan. 17 William E. Pratt, Feb. 3 Mary Jane Roper, Feb. 17 Gladys Geraldine Allen,
Mar. 7 Benjamin Foy,
May 28 Katherine Fenton Martin,
Selectmen's Report
The Selectmen submit the following report and a statement of orders drawn on account of bills approved by the various officers and committees chosen by the Town for the year ending, December 30, 1916.
ORDERS PAID ON ACCOUNT OF HIGHWAYS, IN- CLUDING BRIDGES, CULVERTS, RAILINGS, SNOW PATHS, CUTTING BRUSH, PUR- CHASE AND REPAIR OF TOOLS.
TOWN HIGHWAYS.
Appropriations were as follows :
Street Railway excise tax, for 1915,
$1,024.76
Raised and appropriated
1,525.24
Total,
$2,550.00
EXPENDITURES.
Orrin Hicks,
$188.85
Harry A. Lombard,
267.25
Booth Brothers,
205.25
B. E. Perry,
211.25
Joseph Sheeran,
117.88
Frank A. Lombard,
78.00
Fred C. Gardner,
76.25
Edward H. Davenport,
46.57
Arthur Wetherell,
16.00
J. L. Stanton,
13.31
Henry Allen,
12.00
W. P. Moore,
2.00
Earl D. Perry,
18.00
George M. Hitchcock,
7.80
7
Frank Howes,
.25
Elmer I. Bradway,
3.75
B. E. Campbell,
6.15
Carry E. Gould,
3.10
John Drake,
12.00
Chas. M. Streeter,
6.00
B. W. Charles,
.80
Fred Bissell,
6.00
J. Walter Brown,
15.00
Robert W. Sherman,
2.00
Henry Adams,
.50
George Adams,
6.00
Artemas Whitney,
.75
Wm. O. Smith,
2.00
Chas. P. Parker,
2.50
Edward W. Hitchcock,
2.00
J. Clifford Shaw,
4.50
Frank W. Merriam,
.25
Leon S. Oliver,
.75
Harry Allen,
8.00
E. S. Elder,
1.10
P. A. Upham,
7.76
E. B. Brown,
1.05
George W. Lenard,
2.00
Stanley C. Hicks,
8.00
New England Metal Culvert Co.,
86.45
Standard Oil Co.,
231.89
Frank Giffken,
6.75
Electric Express Co.,
.25
Chas H. Filer,
27.60
Edward P. Needham,
3.00
Palmer Foundry Co.,
5.00
Geo. L. Agard,
3.19
Clarence E. Sherman,
2.00
Clarence B. Brown,
5.00
Clarence W. King,
5.00
Total $1,738.15
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BRIDGES.
Orrin Hicks,
12.60
Harry A. Lombard,
2.50
J. L. Stanton and Son., 2.25
Joseph Sheeran,
4.00
B. E. Perry,
4.50
J. J. O'Neil,
.75
John Brown,
.20
J. M. Allen,
6.00
Chas. H. Filer,
2.00
Total,
$34.80
Special Appropriation Painting Bridge,
$75.00
George A. Authier & Son, $75.00
Total for Bridges, 109.80
SNOW PATHS.
William O. Smith,
$29.00
Harry A. Lombard,
36.00
Orrin Hicks,
14.50
A. A. Whitney,
4.20
W. B. Cheney,
7.53
John McIntire,
4.30
Stanton Bros.,
21.65
Clarence B. Brown,
9.75
Charles P. Parker,
10.10
F. Edgar Brown,
4.00
Lewis Johnston,
4.00
Russell Skinner,
4.00
Chas. S. Allen,
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4.00
Fred Bissell,
4.00
Frank R. Hastings,
14.95
W. A. Hyde,
24.00
Frank W. Merriam,
1.60
Nora Burns,
4.62
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E. Stanley Parker,
7.80
Edward H. Davenport,
19.70
Joseph Traverse,
8.75
Frank Traverse,
5.30
John Shanley,
4.80
W. H. Green,
3.45
George Allen,
1.20
George L. Agard,
12.90
Frank Lombard,
.50
Arthur Weatherell,
4.80
Henry Allen,
6.60
Stanley C. Hicks,
3.30
John Mays,
17.60
Ira B. Oliver,
8.90
O. O. Oliver,
3.50
Denis Smith,
5.00
Chas. H. Filer,
1.05
Clarence E. Sherman,
.30
Joseph Sheeran,
6.20
Geo. E. Hitchcock,
3.50
Est. of Geo. W. Sherman,
3.20
J. Walter Brown,
8.00
B. E. Perry,
20.40
John Wetherell,
4.00
John Drake,
4.00
Harry Booth,
10.75
David Stoddard,
4.80
T. E. Killian,
13.10
Frank Knight,
4.00
William Loftis,
7.40
William Stearnes,
7.65
Elmer Bradway,
4.25
Anois Harniss,
7.95
Daniel Haley,
4.45
Howard Booth,
2.50
Chas. B. Theberge,
5.79
Gorden Brown,
.44
P. A. Upham,
.50
Total, $440.53
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PURCHASE AND REPAIR OF TOOLS.
Electric Express Co., $ 1.63
New England Road Machine Co., 6.20
C. N. Ellethrope and Son, 8.70
Whitcomb and Faulkner, 5.25
C. W. Robinson, - Total,
18.28
$40.06
CULVERTS.
B. E. Perry,
$12.50
H. A. Lombard,
7.50
Earl D. Perry,
1.00
John Drake,
5.00
Arthur Weatherell,
3.00
Frank Lombard,
5.00
Dennis Hannon,
2.20
Henry Allen,
4.00
Orrin Hicks,
10.75
Francis Locke,
1.30
Snell Manufacturing Co.
.40
Total,
$52.65
CUTTING BRUSH.
William Stearns,
$2.50
Chas. P. Parker,
2.75
Chas. S. Allen,
1.25
· Frank A. Lombard,
2.50
Fred C. Gardner,
2.00
Ira B. Oliver,
2.80
O. O. Oliver,
2.20
Chas. H. Filer,
5.00
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Frank Geffken,
3.00
A. F. Winnerwisser,
2.00
T. E. Killian,
1.00
Total,
$27.00
RAILINGS.
Chas. H. Filer,
$45.50
Elmer I. Bradway,
8.50
Total,
$54.00
Total expenditures Highways,
$2,462.19
Balance,
$212.81
STATE HIGHWAY UNDER SMALL TOWN.
Act of 1908.
Raised and Appropriated,
$ 1,000.00
State Allottment,
2,000.00
Amount forwarded, Bal. of 1915, Total,
342.49
$3,342.49
Harry A. Lombard,
$270.80
Frank A. Lombard,
29.00
William S. Spooner,
11.60
John H. Noyes,
186.10
Booth Bros.,
193.50
Benjamin E. Perry,
229.75
Joseph Sheeran,
138.67
Fred C. Gardner,
32.00
Orrin Hicks,
269.93
Clarence W. King,
100.00
W. F. Andrews,
24.50
Victor Bondrey,
164.50
Clarence B. Brown,
93.75
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Fred Bissell,
68.75
S. John Pentland,
6.24
Arthur Weatherell,
65.75
J. Walter Brown,
134.75
George Adams,
62.25
Chas. S. Allen,
3.00
F. J. Hamilton,
40.04
James J. O'Neil,
51.75
David L. Bodfish,
8.10
R. Dasco,
5.78
J. Nandi,
5.20
R. Ortelanda,
5.20
Robert W. Bodfish,
5.20
Stephen Montrey,
10.00
John Drake,
77.75
Geo. I Daniels,
9.00
E. S. Elder,
1.00
Chas. M. Streeter,
50.25
New England Metal Culvert Co.,
39.52
Smith and Green Co.,
48.38
Cutler Coal & Grain Co.,
60.50
Earl D. Perry,
24.00
Maurice Eagan,
47.20
Geo. M. Hitchcock,
6.45
Whitcomb and Faulkner,
11.06
John Wetherell,
1.25
Henry Allen,
59.00
B. E. Campbell,
11.80
Lowell Wilcox,
17.25
Electric Express Co.,
1.63
John W. Brown,
.35
F. Edgar Brown,
2.50
Frank Geffken,
85.25
William Abbie,
2.00
Harry Allen,
21.00
J. A. G. Hoyt,
14.28
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Frank G. Hitchcock,
2.00
Henry Goodbeer,
3.80
P. A. Upham,
.44
Geo. E. Hitchcock,
.20
Stanley C. Hicks,
2.00
Standard Oil Co.,
331.13
Total,
$3,147.30
Balance unexpended,
$195.19
OFFICERS SALARIES.
Appropriation,
$800.00
Orrin Hicks,
$73.10
Chas H. Filer,
84.25
Clarence B. Brown,
64.60
REGISTRARS.
Orrin Hicks,
15.10
Chas. H. Filer,
13.75
Clarence B. Brown,
8.75
Miner H. Corbin,
8.75
Chas. C. Brown,
2.50
ASSESSORS.
Chas. C. Brown,
50.75
Fred N. Lawrence,
84.00
Edw. B. Brown,
44.75
AUDITORS.
Leon S. Oliver,
13.75
Pennel A. Parker,
11.25
Edw. J. Prindle,
5.10
TREASURER.
Chas. S. Tarbell, 100.00 1
14
TOWN CLERK.
Miner H. Corbin, 100.00
CONSTABLES.
Patrick J. McIntire,
15.00
Elmer E. Bradway, 6.00
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Chas. S. Tarbell,
90.00
Pennel A. Parker, 75.00
SEXTON.
Clarence W. King, 54.00
MODERATOR.
Chas. M. Streeter,
3.50
Robert J. Streeter, 5.00
TOWN ELECTION OFFICERS.
Stanley C. Hicks, 3.00
Munroe G. Tarbell, 3.00
Robert C. Sherman,
3.00
Total,
$937.90
Over drawn,
$137.90
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
Chas. A. Roper, services as janitor and oil, $20.30
S. John Pentland, dinners for investigating, com. of Overseers accounts, 11.00
Badger Fire Extinguisher Co., Supplies for extinguishers 11.18
William Jones, Information for assessors, 1.06
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E. Wentworth Prescott, information for Assessors. 1.02
C. S. Tarbell, supplies for Treasurer, 4.57
Edward B. Brown, Meat Inspection, 7.00
S. R. Careley, M. D., returning births, .50
H. H. Moore, M. D., returning births, .50
Miner H. Corbin, postage, 6.73
Chas. H. Filer, car fares, postage and team, 5.85
Orrin Hicks, telephones, .45
Herman C. Maddocks, supplies for Treasurer, 10.68
Ex. of Estate of G. W. Sherman, animal Inspection, 5.00
Edward B. Brown, Meat Inspector, 9.25
H. C. Maddocks, repairing fire exting- uisher, 1.55
Chas. A. Roper, services as janitor and oil, 20.20
Chas. H. Johnson, Soldiers relief, 36.00
Palmer Journal, printing 1915 officers report, 155.00
Webster & Southbridge Gas and Electric
Co., lighting Town Hall one year, 28.65 Fred N. Lawrence, postage and car fare as assessor, .55
Fred N. Lawrence, drawing wood and log, 2.00
Elmer E. Bradway, Dog Officer, killing one dog, 1.00
Geo. E. Hitchcock, one day at Forest Wardens meeting, freight and express, 4.54
Geo. E. Hitchcock, wood for Town Hall, 12.00
J. Walter Brown, animal inpection,
23.40
E. B. Brown, meat inspection,
5.25
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R. V. Sawin, M. D., expense as agent of Board of Health, 17.06
Commonwealth of Mass., supplies for Fire Warden, 12.80
Dolge Co., Town Hall supplies 7.50
Johnston's Book Store, office supplies, 6.50
C. A. Roper, Janitor of Town Hall and Oil, 20.30
Palmer Journal, printing, 7.00
A. W. Brownell, assessors printing, 3.70
C. C. Brown, Tax Collector books, 2.50
Booth Bros., wood for Town Hall, 28.00
H. H. Beckwith, tuning piano at Town Hall, 2.00
C. N. Ellethrope, glass and setting, 1.00
Johnston's Book Store Selectmens book and
delivery and rubber stamp, 28.05
E. B. Brown, meat inspection,
4.25
Chas. P. Parker, Primary police officer and badge, 3.00
Cecil T. Bagnall, Dog license book and postage, .93
Badger Fire Extinguisher Co., twelve Fire
Extinguishers and hangers, 102.00 S. H. Adams, ballot clerk at primaries 2.00 Geo. E. Hitchcock, Fire Warden expense, 4.02
H. A. Lombard, 4.00
Joseph Sheeran, 1.75
Frank A. Lombard, 1.75
Orrin Hicks, 3.50
For moving waiting station at Hollow road William C. Davenport, ballot clerk Town election, 3.00
District Court fees Tompkins case
23.39
E. Brown & Co., lock for Town Hall door, 4.40
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Palmer Journal, printing special meeting cards, 2.75
Chas. P. Parker, Police service with team, 1.50
Chas. A. Roper, Janitor of Town Hall and oil, 20.20
Miner H. Corbin, (Soldiers Burial Agt.) Interment under Chapt. 468 Acts of 1909, 50.00
T. J. Crimmins, court fees Tompkins case, 10.12
E. R. Brown, meat inspection,
5.00
A. H. Bartlett, stationery, 16.85
F. Edgar Brown, sowing grass seed, .50
Miner H. Corbin, stationery, and supplies, 5.05
Hobbs & Warren, supplies for board of Health, 1.37
R. V. Sawin, board of Health expense 2.00
Bert P. Anderson, supplies Board of Health, 1.05
Electric Express Co., express on supplies, 1.65
George E. Hitchcock, Forest payroll at East Brimfield, 24.46
Commonwealth of Mass., Forest Wardens supplies, 3.56
E. B. Brown, meat inspection,
3.00
Patrick J. McIntire, one-half salary as Deputy Game Warden, 25.00
C. A. Roper, Janitor of Town Hall, 20.00
H. C. Maddock, repairs on water pipe, 1.05
Orrin Hicks, labor, 1.75
Joseph Sheeran, labor on fountain, 2.00
Chas. P. Parker, services as Police Officer, 4.00
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Palmer Journal, Tax collectors supplies, 8.55 C. S. Tarbell, postage & stationery, 5.00
Edw. B. Brown, meat inspection, 4.00
Fred Bissell, moving settees, .25
C. A. Roper, Janitor of Town Hall 20.00
Hobbs and Warren, printing for assessors, 2.82
Chas. P. Parker, Police officer auto ·
accident, .50
Pennel A. Parker, postage Tax collector, 5.78
Chas. A. Roper, Janitor of Town Hall, 20.00
Town of Wales, tax on wood lot, 5.25
C. S. Tarbell, expense as Treas. and services as ballot clerk, 7.40
C. A. Roper, Janitor of Town Hall, 20.00
Patrick J. McIntire, serving warrant, 2.50
Geo. E. Hitchcock, pay roll forest fire Hoyt fire 1914, 2.25
Samuel H. Adams, services as teller, 2.50
F. N. Lawrence, postage and expense as assessor, 3.20
R. V. Sawin, agent of Board of Health, Gregory case, 9.60
Miner H. Corbin, extra work & postage, 3.50 R. V. Sawin, service as Board of Health, 2.00 E. B. Brown, meat inspection, 3.50
Charles Gregory, two weeks quarantine, 24.00
Palmer Journal, printing jury list acct, 3.25 C. B. Thomas, court fees, Roberts case, 4.22 T. J. Crimmins, court fees Roberts case, 13.08
C. P. Parker, Police officer primaries, 2.50
C. A. Roper, Janitor of Town Hall, and oil, 20.30
J. A. Wesson, repairs on Town Hall,
29.75
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H. C. Maddocks, labor on fountain, 18.98
E. B. Brown, meat inspection, 13.00
Fred Bissell, moving settees, .25
Geo. E. Hitchcock, Town Hall supplies, .50
S. J. Pentland, auto to Burns fire, 2.00
C. S. Allen, watching Butterfield fire, 2.50 C. H. Filer, searching for John Smith, 1.00
Daniel Haley, searching for John Smith, 1.00
Mary & Nora Burns, watching Butterfield fire, 1.75
P. A. Parker, postage on Tax notices,
3.00
A. H. Bartlett, supplies, 8.70
R. V. Sawin, Board of Health services Wheatons, 2.00
E. B. Brown, meat inspection,
20.25
Electric Express, express on supplies, .15
Patrick J. McIntire, Police officer at State Election, 3.50
C. A. Roper, Janitor of Town Hall,
20.00
Munroe G. Tarbell, ballot clerk at State Election, 3.50
S. H. Adams, teller at State election, 3.50
Whitcomb & Faulkner, supplies for Town Hall, 1.07
Miner H. Corbin, record work and admin- istrating oaths, 24.70
E. B. Brown, meat inspection,
16.25
Ernest E. Hobson, services as counsel, 5.00 Anna Bracket, copying franchise, 1.00
Clarence B. Brown, electric bulbs, 1.25
C. W. King, labor on Wilkinson lots,
9.00
C. C. Brown, stationery and postage over- seers and assessors, 1.58
Geo. E. Htichcok, labor as Warden on acc. of Slash Law and supplies Town Hall 3.30 C. P. Parker, court fees Wells case, 7.58
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Orrin Hicks, court fees, Cheney case, 7.83 H. C. Maddocks, work on water pipe, 1.20 C. A. Roper, Janitor of Town Hall and oil, 20.20
Booth Bros., wood for Town Hall, 20.00
Palmer Journal, printing for Tax Collector, 2.00
P. A. Parker, postage as Tax Collector, 1.00 C. W. King and John Drake, re-charging extinguishers, .95
C. S. Tarbell, car fares, telephones etc.,3.75 S. John Pentland, damage to sleigh on highway, 5.00
Chas H. Filer, postage, car fare and team, 2.80
Total, $1,477.28 To be reimbursed on acc. of Soldiers Burial Agent, 50.00
Reimbursed 1% of bill for extinguishers,
51.00
Reimbursed on acc. of Wilkinson cemetery fund, 9.00
Unexpended balance, $332.72
AUXILIARY CONTINGENT.
Palmer National Bank, discount 44.72
Bureau of Statistics, certifying note, 2.00
Palmer National Bank, discount, 10.44 Bureau of Statistics, certifying note, 2.00 C. S. Tarbell, col. abatements, 1914, 111.94 C. S. Tarbell, Col. abatements, 1915 64.74 Palmer National Bank, note 2,500.00
Palmer National Bank, note 500.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State and State Highway Tax, 1,558.50
F. A. Bearse, county Tax, 691.87
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F. A. Bearse, county county Tax,
491.87
Public Library appropriation
478.88
Chas. C. Brown, dog tax 178.88
Chas C. Brown, town appropriation, 300.00 Total, 478.88
STATE AID.
Chas. S. Tarbell, Treas., $76.00
Reimbursed under chapt. 381 Acts of 1904 and chapt. 468 acts of 1909
Moth Suppression, appropriation
175.00
Whitcomb & Faulknier
.85
C. W. King,
27.00
Total,
27.85
Balance,
147.15
Tree Warden, appropriation,
50.00
John W. Brown,
2.00
Chas. M. Streeter,
20.90
Frank Sibley,
1.05
Arthur Weatherell,
4.80
Total,
28.75
Balance
21.25
Insurance, appropriation
200.00
Geo. S. Holden, F. A. Smith & Son
86.81
31.60
Total, 118.41
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Balance, Street Lights appropriation, Webster & Southbridge Gas and Electric Company, 771.36
81.59
765.00
Over drawn, 6.36
Club Work appropriation,
25.00
Hampden County Improvement
11.00
League, Balance,
$14.00
Cemetery Committee, appropriation,
100.00
Forbes & Wallace,
4.00
B. E. Campbell,
1.10
C. W. King,
19.50
John H. Noyes,
4.00
F. Edgar Brown,
5.12
Willard E. Weatherell,
15.25
Total,
44.97
Balance,
55.03
Bonding Town Officers,
50.00
Frank A. Smith & Son
20.00
H. W. Brainard,
25.00
Total,
45.00
Balance,
5.00
Common appropriation, James J. O'Neil, Joseph Sheeran,
50.00
2.50
7.25
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Orrin Hicks,
4.75
Fred Bissell,
1.00
Harry Lombard,
3.50
Frank Lombard,
1.25
Fred N. Lawrence,
4.00
Total,
26.25
Balance,
23.75
Liquor Suppression,
150.00
C. W. Waldron,
7.20
Total,
7.20
Balance,
142.80
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriations from Memorial Fund.
Edward H. Davenport, 3.15
Geo. F. Kenney, 7.00
Total, 10.15
Orders drawn by Selectmen on bills approved by School Committee.
Grade Schools,
$6,354.85
Vocational School,
1,376.24
High School, 4,720.19
Orders drawn by Selectmen on bills approved by Over- seers of the Poor.
Pauper Department, $810.56
See itemized accounts in report of each department.
ORRIN HICKS, CHARLES H. FILER, CLARENCE B. BROWN, Selectmen of Brimfield.
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Brimfield, Mass., Jan. 10, 1917. This is to certify that I have examined the books, accounts, bills and vouchers of the Selectmen and find them correct.
EDWARD J. PRINDLE, Auditor.
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GUIDE BOARDS IN TOWN AND WHERE LOCATED.
Two at east end of common, one to Palmer and one to Warren.
One at junction of roads near house of George Steinson.
One at junction of roads near house of R. Q. McIntire. One at fork of roads near schoolhouse No. 6.
Two at fork of roads near house of Joseph Bodrie.
Four at junction of roads near house of Chester Scarborough.
Two at fork of roads near house of Geo. A. Adams.
One at fork of roads near house of J. J. O'Neil lead- ing to Holland.
One at fork of roads near house of Joseph Parker.
Two at junction of roads near Hitchcock Academy.
One at junction of Palmer and Warren roads near Public Library.
One at fork of roads near house of George F. Hold- ridge.
One at fork of roads west of house of William Comp- ton.
One at fork of roads near barn of William Stearns.
Two at fork of roads near house formerly owned by F. N. Lawrence.
One at fork of roads near house of C. C. Brown.
One on Warren road leading to Henry Adams'.
One at junction of roads near house of Ernest Elder.
Two at junction of roads leading to Harriet Allen place.
Two at junction of roads near E. Brimfield school- house.
Two near depot at W. Brimfield.
One at junction of roads west of house of G. F. Holdridge.
One at fork of roads near barn of D. W. Fosket.
Four at Four Corners on Holland road near Five Bridges.
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Three at junction of roads south of Fountain.
One at fork of roads near house of Frank Howes.
One at junction of roads near R. R. bridge below house of Henry Blodgett.
One at junction of roads near Dunhamtown school- house.
ORRIN HICKS, CLARENCE B. BROWN, CHARLES H. FILER, Selectmen of Brimfield.
LIST OF TOOLS OWNED BY THE TOWN USED IN THE REPAIR OF HIGHWAYS AND THE REMOVAL OF SNOW.
One derrick.
One Champion road machine.
One Champion road machine (old).
One two-horse road machine.
One road drag. One shovel scraper.
Two Wheeler snow plows. One tool box. Fifteen round point shovels.
Eight square point shovels. Two long handle shovels.
Six picks. Five mattocks.
Three stone hooks.
One hoe. One bush seythe and snath. Two pair pruning shears. Two steel bars. Six steel drills. Two striking hammers. Three chains.
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One set pipe dies.
One pipe cutter.
One pipe vise.
Two pipe wrenches.
Two hydraulic rams.
One plow.
One fixe-gallon oil can.
Two bags of cement.
Two lanterns.
Several old shovels and picks.
ORRIN HICKS, Superintendent of Streets.
Report of the Overseers of Poor
Year ending December 31st. 1916.
The Town Farm was leased to Mr. and Mrs. Wallace P. Moore at a rental of ten ($10.00.) dollars per month, subject to terms embodied in a written contract.
The Overseers submit the following financial report, viz.,
Dr. account.
Dec. 31, '-5 The Town Farm and build-
ings as appraised,
$4,000.00
Farming tools,
39.95
Dairy utensils,
14.85
Household furnishings,
186.00
$4,240.80
Appropriation for the support of the Poor, 800.00 The following orders have been drawn on the Treas- urer.
Case No. 1.
Feb. 7 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, $6.93
Mar. 6 Mrs. G. W. Royce, labor, 2.50
Mar. 6 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 9.13
Apr. 3 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 6.86
May 1 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 7.52
May 1 Mrs. G. W. Royce, labor, 2.00
Jun. 5 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 5.87
Jul. 3 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 5.58 Aug. 7 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 6.54
Aug. 7 Mrs. G. W. Royce, labor, 2.50
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Sept. 4 Mrs. G. W. Royce, labor, 1.50
Sept. 4 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 6.17
Oct. 2 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 5.40 Nov. 6 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 5.34
Nov. 6 Mrs. G. W. Royce, labor, 2.00
Nov. 6 R. V. Sawin, M. D. services and medicine, 1.00
Dec. 4 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 6.16
Dec. 30 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 5.95
Dec. 30 Mrs. G. W. Royce, labor, 2.00
$90.45
Case No. 2.
Feb. 7 G. E. Hitchcock,
$ 9.63
Mar. 6 S. M. Phillips, undertaker, 55.00
Mar. 6 A. W. Pierson, provisions, 4.60
Mar. 6 E. Goodes, shoes,
2.00
Mar. 6 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions,
5.85
Mar. 6 R. V. Sawin, M. D., medical services, 9.00
Mar. 6 E. J. Bradway, supplies,
2.50
Apr. 3 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 8.67
Apr. 3 A. W. Pierson, provisions, 9.09
May 1 A. W. Pierson, provisions, 7.76
May 1 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 7.08
June 5 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 5.57
June 5 A. W. Pierson, provisions, 12.60
Jul. 3 A. W. Pierson, provisions, 15.87
Jul. 3 E. J. Bradway, provisions, 3.00
Jul. 3 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions, 5.24
Aug. 7 A. W. Pierson, provisions, 19.96
Sep. 4 A. W. Pierson, provisions, 19.92
Oct. 3 A. W. Pierson, provisions, 19.86
Oct. 3 R. V. Sawin, services,
6.00
Nov. 6 A. W. Pierson, provisions,
20.56
Dec. 4 A. W. Pierson, provisions, 19.96
Dec. 30 A. W. Pierson, provisions, 20.00
Dec. 30 G. E. Hitchcock, provisions,
2.61
$292.33
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Case No. 3.
Mar. 6 Dr. F. B. Sweet $20.00
Mar. 6 Wing Memorial Hospital, 22.79
Aug. 7 Dr. R. V. Sawin, 2.40
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