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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Palmer
AND OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1935
·
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Palmer
AND OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1935
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Town Officers --- 1935
Town Clerk
JOHN T. BROWN
Term expires 1936
Town Treasurer, 1 year
ROBERT L. McDONALD
Collector of Taxes, 1 year JOSEPHINE A. BROWN
Selectmen, 1 year LUDWIK MARHELEWICZ, Chairman HARRISON W. THOMPSON DANIEL J. DUNN
Assessors
TIMOTHY J. SULLIVAN, Chairman Term expires 1937 DANIELD V. FOGARTY Term expires 1936
OSCAR F. BRESSETTE Term expires 1938
Board of Public Welfare
GEORGE E. CALLAHAN, Chairman Term expires 1936 THOMAS W. MANSFIELD Term expires 1937
MICHAEL PELCZARSKI Term expires 1938
Auditors, 1 year WILLARD S. FRENCH FRED S. POTTER ELMER J. THOMAS
Tree Warden, 1 year DUSTIN E. GUNN
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Constables, 1 year
MICHAEL COLLINS THOMAS W. HOLT LAWRENCE W. LaFOREST JAMES H. MacGEACHEY STEPHEN J. SALAMON
School Committee
CARL KING, Chairman Term expires 1936
M. RACHAEL HOLBROOK
Term expires 1936
FLORENCE H. CALLAHAN
Term expires 1937
JOSEPH W. RUSSELL
Term expires 1937
LOUISE M. CUSHMAN Term expires 1938
CHARLES GIROUX, M. D. Term expires 1938
Board of Health
ALFRED COULTER, Chairman
Term expires 1936
HARRY C. CHENEY, M. D. Term expires 1937
FRANK W. FLEURY Term expires 1938
Cemetery Commissioners
LOUIS J. BRAINERD, Chairman
Term expires 1937
ROBERT E. FAULKNER Term expires 1936
DAVID L. BODFISH
Term expires 1938
License Commissioners, 1 year NEIL McDONALD, Chairman STANLEY MASTALERZ JOSEPH J. WILDER
Planning Board
CHARLES F. DINGMAN
Term expires 1936
GEORGE L. WARFIELD
Term expires 1936
EDWIN J. DUNCAN
Term expires 1937
MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN
Term expires 1937
FRANK D. DUFFY HOMER A. SHAW
Term expires 1938 Term expires 1938
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Cemetery Commissioners' Report
The Cemetery commissioners hereby submit their report for the year 1935:
The development of the addition to Oak Knoll cem- etery has been carried forward by means of Federal aid and about six acres have been graded and are now ready for the laying out of lots.
The roadways in Oak Knoll cemetery have been widened on the hills making the navigation of the sharp curves more safe and somewhat reducing the cost of maintenance.
Twelve additional lots have been given perpetual care, the largest number in a single year since the fund was established, and many lots have been graded and memorials placed.
The Commissioners deplore the acts of vandalism committed in Oak Knoll and Four Corners cemeteries and call attention to the severe penalties that may be imposed for the desecration of burial grounds.
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RECEIPTS
$4000.00
Appropriation-Maintenance Sale of lots :
Oak Knoll
$ 141.00
Four Corners
10.00
Palmer Center
10.00
$ 161.00
Care of lots
1737.47
Grading lots
200.38
Opening graves
453.00
Foundations
243.14
All others
99.00
$2732.99
$2893.99
BILLS RECEIVABLE
Frank P. Carroll, grading 1928 $ 13.50
Benjamin Biron, graves, 1930 13.00
Mrs. B. F. Hathaway, care 1930-'31
4.00
Mrs. W. H. Kenyon, foundation, 1931
7.14
A. H. La Valle, care 1931-'32 6.00
Elizabeth M. Cross, lot 1932
20.00
George E. Buck, care, 1932
2.00
Sadie Trumble, care, 1932
2.00
Philip C. Story, care, 1933
3.00
Raymond Milligan, 1933-'34
4.00
Hilmar Lindquist, grading,
10.65
Fred I. Collis, care, 1933-'34
4.00
· Angelina Adams, care, 1934
2.00
E. J. DeCourcey, Est. care Martha E. Royce, care
2.00
W. D. Cameron, Est. care
2.00
L. C. Langewald, care
2.00
F. R. Sistare, care
2.00
1.00
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Mrs. B. B. Manchester, care
2.00
David B. Smith, care 2.00
A. H. Parker, care Estelle M. Howe, care
2.00
2.00
E. F. Hulett, care
2.00
E. F. Shaw, lot
20.00
E. F. Shaw, grading lot
20.50
$150.79
EXPENDITURES
Salary
$ 135.00
Printing and Postage
8.04
Supplies
194.93
Labor
3027.30
Trucks
454.38
Equipment and Repairs
30.81
Loam and Fertilizer
90.00
All others
59.19
Balance
.35
Paid Robert L. McDonald, Treasurer
Sale of lots
$ 161.00
Earnings
2732.99
$4000.00
$2893.99
E. R. A. FUNDS
Appropriation $1250.00
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EXPENDITURES
Trucks
$951.75
Supplies
165.23
Labor-blasting
129.95
Balance
3.07
$1250.00
PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Name
Principal
Present Condition
Henry Scism
$ 100.00
$ 114.01
John A. Squier
100.00
106.69
Calista E. Hendricks
100.00
105.35
Laura E. Child
500.00
516.80
Minnie K. Bennett
200.00
220.25
Avery W. Green
200.00
211.54
Waterman Fuller
200.00
221.94
John and Lucy Smith
200.00
205.86
W. A. Breckenridge
200.00
204.74
James W. Snow
100.00
107.25
Franklin Blanchard
100.00
102.74
John H. Haynes
200.00
225.23
Mary A. Shaw
100.00
104.96
Jane A. Gibson
100.00
116.56
E. B. Gates
200.00
213.09
Louise M. Waid
200.00
262.68
Amos A. Allen
100.00
116.27
Torrey Fund
100.00
114.80
Pliney Cooley
50.00
57.05
Henry G. Loomis
200.00
208.89
William Holbrook
200.00
214.86
Maria Lawrence
500.00
631.48
Keyes Foster
100.00
105.59
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Name
Principal
Present Condition
Harriet Coolidge
200.00
232.19
Mrs. L. W. Brown
200.00
290.18
Eliza J. Kenerson
200.00
220.06
William Merriam
200.00
233.40
Mary Redding
50.00
56.63
D. S. Davis
200.00
205.73
Marshall Andrews
200.00
206.34
Ambrose M. Andrews
200.00
227.00
Enos Calkins
100.00
113.57
Samuel C. Rogers
200.00
232.83
Willard G. Kenerson
100.00
109.57
Maria B. Chapman G/B lot
100.00
104.38
Maria B. Chapman S/C lot
200.00
252.19
Julia H. Henry
100.00
116.31
Isaac King
150.00
157.59
Abel H. Calkins
100.00
104.22
Edward C. Sexton
100.00
113.35
Henry A. Moore
100.00
107.22
J. S. Koster
100.00
111.12
Melissa Hall
150.00
168.78
Jeremiah Long
1000.00
1000.00
Mary J. Plympton
100.00
104.21
Clymena P. Fuller
150.00
167.52
Abigail T. Nichols
50.00
55.28
Mary Hasting
100.00
113.57
Orrin B. Smith-O. B. S. lot
200.00
225.49
Orrin B. Smith-T. B. S. lot
100.00
114.94
Laura P. Green
100.00
114.94
J. H. Kenerson
100.00
102.91
William Harvey
150.00
175.86
Alden L. Fletcher
60.00
63.01
Carrie A. Kurtz
100.00
107.27
Ralph Green
200.00
246.42
Meriva L. Capen
100.00
104.62
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Name
Principal
Present Condition
Minerva R. Olds
100.00
110.81
Otis C. Lyon
100.00
112.23
Hitchcock-Graves
100.00
108.57
Minerva M. Gates
200.00
231.45
Rogers-Paine
150.00
176.03
Elizabeth D. Moore
100.00
114.94
Mary E. Bailey
100.00
107.22
M. M. Rogers
100.00
104.52
Nellie S. Hooker
75.00
86.12
Ethan Warriner
100.00
103.48
Lizzie E. Fletcher
100.00
114.94
Andrew Pinney
100.00
122.89
Frank F. Marcy
500.00
517.20
Thomas McDougall
100.00
113.57
Sarah J. Winter
200.00
217.31
C. B. Fiske
200.00
230.09
Minnie B. Converse
500.00
560.52
Amelia M. Culver
100.00
112.23
Omer W. Marcy
100.00
110.17
Frank M. Eager
250.00
260.21
Maria Ritchie
100.00
112.23
Charles H. Burleigh-A. B. lot
100.00
103.81
Julia A. Burleigh-A. B. lot
100.00
113.57
C. H. and J. A. Burleigh-JWC lot 25.00
27.55
Emily M. Holdsworth
100.00
105.57
Sarah D. Smith
100.00
114.94
Hollowell P. Marcy
100.00
113.57
Josie M. Northrop
300.00
313.79
Ellis & F. M. Dodge
200.00
207.15
Calvin Childs
100.00
105.11
Joseph A. Brown
500.00
568.67
Sarah L. Lee Snow
50.00
57.30
Abby J. Peirce
100.00
113.57
D. W. Taft
75.00
86.97
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Name
Principal
Present Condition
Henry Graves
50.00
53.66
William H. Osborne
50.00
55.28
Sarah E. Ward
50.00
55.28
George F. Sedgwick
100.00
107.23
George H. Cobb
50.00
53.72
B. M. Griswold
50.00
56.09
Thomas Bruce
100.00
110.81
H. H. Paine
50.00
51.85
Susan M. Page
100.00
112.77
Peebles Fund
100.00
113.57
George F. Merrick
100.00
108.57
Maria M. Hastings
200.00
226.20
Walter E. Stone
200.00
225.48
Mary A. Thayer
50.00
57.30
Lucy M. Shaw
100.00
113.57
Samuel Sharratt
100.00
108.81
George Robinson
200.00
236.60
Joseph F. Gerald
100.00
104.40
James F. Fenton
100.00
117.66
Liberty Jenks
200.00
226.46
Martha J. Mooers
200.00
220.61
Byram Woodhead
100.00
105.12
Almenia Hastings
100.00
111.45
Clara B. Fisherdick
100.00
111.45
Austin E. Gould
100.00
113.08
Susan Beebe
100.00
102.87
James I. Milliken
200.00
240.09
Christen Christiansen
50.00
56.37
Millie G. Rose
100.00
112.23
Mary E. Murdock-FMM lot
100.00
111.76
Mary E. Murdock-LB lot
100.00
111.76
Robert Chambers
100.00
111.76
Josiah P. Stevens
100.00
110.81
William A. Bennett
100.00
110.81
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Name
Principal
Present Condition
Charles W. Bennett
100.00
106.04
Charles E. Fuller
100.00
110.75
Frederick H. Conant
100.00
111.31
Joseph V. Clark
100.00
111.31
Robert Reid
100.00
103.65
Edwin B. Newell
100.00
110.81
Martha A. Shaw
211.00
290.28
August Carlson
100.00
114.78
Elizabeth R. Macomber
200.00
233.26
Thomas D. Frame
200.00
227.04
O. P. Allen
100.00
112.00
Albert A. Sherman
100.00
109.51
Charles A. Royce
100.00
111.01
Martin L. Farrington
100.00
110.29
Joseph H. Jones
150.00
165.48
Mary S. Moore
100.00
110.31
Horace R. Paine-HH lot
50.00
54.85
Arthur W. Holbrook
I00.00
108.99
James S. Morgan
200.00
211.39
Silas B. Keith
100.00
103.35
James H. Davis
100.00
112.88
George S. Peck
100.00
109.33
Nettie O. Coleman
50.00
54.43
Jennie C. Carpenter
100.00
103.08
Esther A. Graves
100.00
103.86
Nellie M. Bond
100.00
110.81
Cyrus W. Cross
100.00
111.06
Lucy A. Hitchcock
100.00
105.03
John C. Green
100.00
108.97
Charles E. Fish
100.00
110.17
Lewis E. Royce
200.00
218.44
Henry McMaster
50.00
52.54
Bessie C. Jenks
100.00
108.58
Samuel W. Lyon
100.00
108.74
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Name
Principal
Present Condition
Orissa L. Merrifield
100.00
104.07
Edwin J. Duncan
50.00
52.02
Elizabeth Dyson
100.00
106.55
James Metcalf
100.00
104.92
Agnes Larkin
50.00
51.59
Hitchcock-Rice
100.00
104.99
Lewis A. Conant
100.00
104.45
Julia F. McKendrick
100.00
104.47
Nellie M. Sizer
100.00
104.99
William J. Smith
100.00
104.88
John W. Smith
50.00
51.35
Thomas J. Chalk
100.00
104.91
Edward T. Prindle
100.00
110.33
Justin W. Keith
200.00
226.23
Willis E. Shaw
100.00
108.61
John J. and Sarah J. McAdam
100.00
103.29
Charles E. Nicholson
100.00
104.42
Minnie Smith
100.00
105.46
Thomas W. Cole
100.00
107.63
George A. Branford
100.00
107.56
Merriam Fund
100.00
107.50
Joseph M. Allen
200.00
212.12
Charles M. Kempton
100.00
105.34
A. M. Billings
100.00
107.19
Charles K. Gamwell
100.00
106.71
Grosvenor-Brown
50.00
52.69
Luther H. Gager
100.00
124.10
L. Augusta Thompson
100.00
102.40
John M. Ramsdell
100.00
109.32
Henry S. Howe
200.00
214.48
Charles Duane Fuller
100.00
104.56
Albert S. Geer
50.00
52.16
Clara V. Pendleton
100.00
107.96
Henry W. Calkins
50.00
53.01
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Name
Principal
Present Condition
Charles H. Hobbs
100.00
102.70
Albert D. Thomas
75.00
77.35
Hiram Converse
100.00
105.24
Isabelle H. Ballantine
200.00
215.88
Herman M. Kendall
50.00
52.38
Myron K. Chamberlin
100.00
104.43
Clara L. Converse
100.00
102.62
William A. Weld
100.00
105.31
Martin Salmonson
50.00
52.63
Willis D. Geer
100.00
107.52
Charles F. Smith
200.00
209.78
Ocran Hanks
100.00
104.19
William H. Heald
100.00
102.91
Cora Forte
100.00
103.66
Jason B. Thomas
100.00
102.62
Martin M. Thomas
100.00
102.62
Caroline A. Talmadge
100.00
103.41
Agnes F. Wilson
200.00
203.07
A. Blanche LeGro
100.00
100.82
L. W. Caryl
100.00
101.01
Charles R. Russell
100.00
100.76
Mary C. Cummings
100.00
100.76
Thomas H. Cole
100.00
100.00
Anna M. Wakefield
75.00
75.44
Clara B. Kendall
200.00
202.00
Emerson J. Loy
100.00
100.50
W. O. Twogood
100.00
100.25
Willard F. Fillmore
100.00
100.25
Ada E. Fillmore
100.00
100.25
Mary J. Cole
100.00
101.50
Emma F. Blair
100.00
100.00
Leon Henrichon, Sr.
100.00
100.00
Frank B. Waite
200.00
200.00
Timothy D. Potter
100.00
100.00
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Name Nettie L. Davis
Principal
Present Condition
100.00
100.00
$29396.00
$32139.56
Gain in Perpetual Care Funds
$ 1350.00
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID L. BODFISH
LOUIS J. BRAINERD
ROBERT E. FAULKNER
Cemetery Commissioners.
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Neglected Graves
To the Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit my report of the expenditure of the fund for the care of the graves of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines who fought in the wars of the United States.
Appropriation
$ 250.00
Expenditure
Paid P. Coache-
St. Anne's cemetery, 18 lots $18.00
Rev. D. E. Hennessey-
St. Thomas cemetery, 26 lots 52.00
Cemetery Commissioners-
Palmer Center cemetery,
35 graves 35.00
Oak Knoll, 86 lots 99.00
Four Corners, 37 lots 44.00
Three Rivers, 2 lots 2.00
$ 180.00 $ 250.00
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID L. BODFISH
Superintendent of Graves.
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Report of Assessors
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Palmer, the Board of Assessors respect- fully submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1935:
Town Appropriations
$370,710.42
Maturing Debt and Interest
23,080.00
Old Age Assistance Abatements on 1932 Levy
46.00
Old Age Assistance Abatements on 1933 Levy
58.00
State Tax
12,540.00
State Parks and Reservations
110.00
State Audit
587.52
Civil War Veterans
128.00
Veterans Exemption
6.00
County Tax
13,638.75
Overlay (of current year)
3,068.17
$423,972.86
Estimated Receipts
Income Tax
$ 31,807.56
Corporation Taxes
16,342.66
Race Track Distribution
660.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
7,500.00
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Licenses
Fines
5,000.00 1,745.81
General Government 50.00
Protection of Persons and Property
300.00
Health and Sanitation
500.00
Highways
250.00
Charities
13,000.00
Old Age Assistance
1,800.00
Soldiers' Benefits
400.00
Schools
5,000.00
Cemeteries
2,000.00
Interest on Taxes and Assessments
4,100.00
Reimbursement State owned lands
130.00
Total Estimated Receipts
$ 90,586.03
Available Funds 20,000.00
Total Deductions
$110,586.03
Net amount to be raised by taxation
$313,386.83
Less 2742 Polls @ $2.00 each
5,484.00
Total amount to be raised by
taxation on property
$307,902.83
Assessed valuation for 1935:
Personal Estate
$2,044,234.00
Buildings, excluding land
4,403,718.00
Land, excluding buildings
1,654,754.00
Total Valuation $ 8,102,706.00
Tax Rate
$38.00 Per M
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Number of persons, partnerships and corporations assessed on Real Estate 1565
Number of persons, partnerships and corporations assessed on Personal Property
871
Number of horses assessed
103
Number of cows assessed
697
Number of neat cattle assessed
141
Number of sheep assessed
9
Number of swine assessed
34
Number of fowl assessed
3273
Number of dwelling houses
1510
TAXES ON MOTOR VEHICLES
No.
Valuation
Tax
Motor Vehicles assessed
for months of
Jan. and Feb.
1085
$222,640.00
$ 7,382.03
Motor Vehicles assessed
for months of
Mar., Apr. and May
314 $ 62,870.00
$ 1,711.70
Motor Vehicles assessed
for months of
June and July
256
$ 65,990.00
$ 1,364.04
Motor Vehicles assessed for months of
August, September and October
132
$ 48,375.00
$ 640.42
Motor Vehicles assessed for months of
Nov. and Dec.
50
$ 20,400.00
$ 159.97
1837
$420,275.00
$ 11,258.16
Excise Tax Rate $33.06 Per M.
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Abatements granted on 1932 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $283.56
Abatements granted on 1933 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$124.12
Abatements granted on 1934 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $121.18
Abatements granted on 1935 Motor
Vehicle Excise Tax $638.08
Abatements granted on 1931 Tax Levy
Old Age Assistance
$ 1.00
Poll Tax
$ 2.00
Abatements granted on 1932 Tax Levy
Old Age Assistance
$ 49.00
Poll Tax
$100.00
Personal
$350.12
Real Estate
$ 16.10
Abatements granted on 1933 Tax Levy
Old Age Assistance
$ 65.00
Poll Tax
$130.00
Personal
$452.92
Real Estate
$358.40
Abatements granted on 1934 Tax Levy
Poll Tax
$114.00
Personal
$ 46.80
Real Estate
$407.70
Abatements granted on 1935 Tax Levy
Poll
$ 28.00
Personal
$ 65.55
Real Estate
$1281.55
TIMOTHY J. SULLIVAN OSCAR F. BRESSETTE DANIEL V. FOGARTY
Board of Assessors
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Report of The Board of Public Welfare
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, and Citizens of Palmer:
The annual report of the Board of Public Welfare for the year 1935 is hereby respectfully submitted :
Aided in this town
No. of No. of Cases Persons
Account of :
Town Infirmary
14
14
Amount $ 5275.58
In Homes, Private Families, and Institutions
129
600
15933.78
Mothers Aid
2
13
910.28
For other Cities and Towns
16
71
1669.17
For State
23
82
3564.21
Aided by other Cities and Towns 29
98
4583.36
Amount expended for State and one-third of amount expended for Mothers Aid will be reimbursed by State.
Amount expended for other Cities and Towns will be reimbursed by said Cities and Towns.
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RECEIPTS
Appropriations :
General Administration
$28,000.00
Gen. Adm. Transferred from Reserved Fund 3,000.00
Gen. Adm. Trans. from Old Age Assistance 573.01
Gen. Adm. Trans. from Heating Plant Town Infirmary
441.67
Gen. Adm. Refunds
424.50
Clerical Work
990.00
Salaries of Board
540.00
Salary of Town Physician
500.00
Heating Plant at Town Infirmary
858.33
Painting and Repairs at Town Infirmary
500.00
Transferred from E. R. A.
391.62
$36,219.13
Town Infirmary :
Sale of Milk
$648.21
Produce
21.70
Live Stock
47.60
Wood
1,145.00
Junk
6.50
Damage by Deer
12.50
Board
354.00
Insurance
100.00
$2,335.51
Reimbursements :
Cities and Towns
$2,215.95
State
5.685.46
Individuals
12.00
$7,913.41
Total Receipts
$46,468.05
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Abatements on Bills rendered in 1932 $131.99
Abatements on Bills rendered in 1934
16.58
Abatements on Bills rendered in 1935
25.77
$174.34
PAYMENTS
Salaries :
Board of Public Welfare
$540.00
Town Physician
500.00
Clerical Work
990.00
$ 2,030.00
Administration Expenses :
Transportation
$161.23
Postage and Supplies
99.71
Telephones
85.27
Moving Safe
43.38
Transients
4.10
$ 393.69
F. E. R. A. Expenses :
Supplies
$15.76
Transportation
48.85
Clerical
1.50
$ 66.11
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C. C. C. Expenses : Transportation $43.00
$ 43.00
Special Appropriation on Painting and Repairs, Town Infirmary : Material (Labor by E. R. A.) $891.62
$ 891.62
Special Appropriation Heating Plant at Town Infirmary : Material (Labor by E. R. A.)
$858.33
$ 858.33
Town Infirmary :
Warden and Matron
$1,500.00
Provisions
1,131.44
Grain
629.52
Fuel
460.96
Clothing
59.48
Equipment
128.32
Repairs
224.08
Light
115.72
Telephone
37.14
Medicine
60.68
Labor
613.10
Transportation
132.10
Seed and Fertilizer
122.38
Live Stock
45.00
Veterinary
5.00
Papers and Sundry Items
10.66
$ 5,275.58
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Mothers Aid:
Cash
$720.00
Rent
110.00
Provisions
21.08
Medical
3.00
Water Rent
12.00
Fuel
44.20
$ 910.28
Outside Poor:
Cash
$645.00
Rent
2,605.42
Provisions
7,581.20
Light and Fuel
1,125.50
Clothing
371.85
Medical Aid in Homes
625.84
Medical Aid in Private Hospital
1,146.46
Medical Aid In State Hospital
37.50
Board, Private Families
710.71
Board, Institutions
851.42
Water Rent
25.25
Moving
19.00
Transportation
6.50
Seed and Fertilizer
13.13
Household Necessities
14.00
Burials
155.00
$ 15,933.78
Outside Poor
For Other Cities And Towns :
Rent
$ 212.67
Provisions
1,184.13
Fuel
123.76
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Clothing Medical Aid in Homes
40.57
108.04
$ 1,669.17
Outside Poor
For State:
Rent
$715.75
Provisions
1,842.25
Fuel
297.35
Clothing
135.24
Medical Aid in Homes
142.82
Medical Aid in Private Hospital
30.50
Board, Private Families
381.64
Household Necessities
.59
Transportation
3.51
Seed and Fertilizer
14.56
$ 3,564.21
Outside Poor
By Other Cities And Towns :
Cash
$827.40
Rent
907.73
Provisions
1,518.10
Fuel
283.79
Clothing
117.37
Medical Aid in Homes
148.54
Medical Aid in Private Hospital
172.60
Medical Aid in City Hospitals
108.00
Moving
4.00
Board, Institutions
468.00
Household Necessities
17.58
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Transportation 10.25
$ 4,583.36
Total Expenses
$36,219.13
NET COST OF CHARITIES
Total Expenses $36,219.13
Less Receipts of Town Infirmary
$2,335.51
Reimbursements
7,913.41
" Refunds 424.50
Outstanding Bills
3,747.76
Special Appropriation for Town Infirmary 1,749.95
$16,171.13
$20,048.00
Plus Receipts for previous years $1,759.00
" Reimbursements for 1933 and 1934 5,042.14
" Unpaid Bills for Dec. 1935 1,554.77
Bills Due Other Towns and Cities 2,441.83
$10,797.74
$30,845.74
Less Unpaid Bills for 1934 Paid in 1935 $184.68
$ 184.68
Actual Net Cost for 1935
$30,661.06
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NET COST OF TOWN INFIRMARY
Total Expenses for 1935
$ 5,275.58
Less Receipts
$ 2,335.51
Less Outsanding Bills
269.49
Less Refunds
4.50
$ 2,609.50
$ 2,666.08
Plus Receipts for 1934
$ 393.05
Plus Outstanding Bills for 1934
45.00
$ 438.05
Net Cost for 1935
$ 3,104.13
REPORT OF WARDEN TO BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Receipts :
Milk
$ 648.21
Produce
21.70
Live Stock
47.60
Wood
1,145.00
Junk
6.50
Board
354.00
Insurance
100.00
Damage by Deer
12.50
$ 2,335.51
Disbursements :
Paid Town Treasurer $1,881.51
Balance paid direct to Town Treasurer
454.00
$ 2,335.51
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BILLS RECEIVABLE
Milk
Board
$ 12.41 63.58
Wood
192.00
$ 267.99
INVENTORY
Furniture and Tableware
$ 600.00
Food and Supplies
193.50
Live Stock
1,200.00
Hay, Grain and Ensilage
1,720.00
Farm Implements
800.00
Wood, Coal and Lumber
600.00
$ 5,113.50
Number of Inmates registered during year
14
Largest number at one time 11
Number of Inmates December 31, 1935 9
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE F. LAWLOR, Warden
NORA D. LAWLOR, Matron
The Board recommends the following appropriations for its use during the year 1936 :
Support of Poor
$ 40,000.00
Clerical Work
1,300.00
Salaries of Board
600.00
Physician 500.00
GEORGE E. CALLAHAN, Chairman THOMAS W. MANSFIELD, Secretary MICHAEL PELCZARSKI Board of Public Welfare.
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BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
No. Aided
Amount
Town Cases
31
$ 4,314.74
For Other Cities and Towns
2
287.43
For State
4
413.15
By Other Towns
2
346.67
The State reimburses one-third on all settled cases, and the full amount on unsettled cases.
Number of applications received during the year 25
Number of applications accepted during the year 11
Number of applications rejected during the year
14
Number of active cases December 31, 1935
24
Number of settled cases in other towns
2
RECEIPTS
Appropriation
$ 5,926.99
Reimbursements : Cities and Towns
$
61.29
State
1,804.94
$ 1,866.23
Total Receipts Abatements $ 2.66
$ 7,793.22
PAYMENTS
Town Cases :
Cash
$ 2,994.84
Board and Care
1,037.15
Clothing
5.69
Fuel
24.00
31
Medical
152.92
Medicine Hospital Burial
28.38
63.76
8.00
$ 4,314.74
For Other Towns:
Cash
$ 283.95
Medical
2.00
Medicine
1.48
$ 287.43
For State:
Cash
$ 341.90
Board
71.25
$
413.15
By Other Towns: Cash
$ 346.67
$ 346.67
Salaries :
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
$ 200.00
Clerical Work
365.00
$ 565.00
Total Expenses
$ 5,926.99
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NET COST OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Total Expenses
$ 5,926.99
Less Reimbursements
Less Outstanding Bills
$1,866.23 120.44
$ 1,986.67
$ 3,940.32
Plus Receipts on 1934 account
$ 1.46
1.46
Net Cost $ 3,941.78
The Bureau recommends an appropriation of $6,500 for the year 1936.
GEORGE E. CALLAHAN, Chairman
THOMAS W. MANSFIELD, Clerk
MICHAEL PELCZARSKI
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Treasurer's Report
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand January 1, 1935 $ 78,818.81
Anticipation of Revenue Loans $250,000.00
John T. Brown, Tax Collector :
Taxes
1930
35.44
Interest
1930
1.26
Taxes
1931
24.82
Interest
1931
2.02
Taxes
1932
4,574.91
Interest
1932
741.32
Taxes
1933
14,271.27
Interest
1933
1,136.24
Taxes
1934
28,242.85
Interest
1934
586.07
Josephine A. Brown, Tax Collector :
Taxes
1930
3.09
Interest
1930
.90
Taxes 1931
112.07
Interest and Demands, 1931
25.52
Taxes
1932
459.74
Interest and Demands, 1932
337.26
Taxes 1933
9,850.94
Interest and Demands, 1933
1,235.02
Taxes 1934
32,408.88
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Interest and Demands, 1934
1,794.99
Taxes 1935
251,549.09
Interest and Demands, 1935 254.97
Redemption of Tax Titles
2,553.27
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Taxes, Reimbursements,
Refunds, Licenses
67,251.45
Chapter 90, Park Street Account 242.93
Chapter 90, Thorndike Street Account 3,463.92
Chapter 90, Thorndike Street Curbing Account 850.00
Chapter 90, Bondsville Road Account 3,571.57
Bond Issue, Bondsville Road Account 2,288.10
County of Hampden :
Chapter 90, Park Street Account 162.91
Chapter 90, Thorndike Street Account 3,463.93
Chapter 90, Thorndike Street
Curbing Account 425.00
Chapter 90, Bondsville Road Account 2,682.46
All Other Sources 35,731.46
720,335.67
$799,154.48
.
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DISBURSEMENTS
Paid out on Selectmen's Warrants
$697,098.99
Balance on hand December 31, 1935
102,055.49
$799,154.48
ROBERT L. McDONALD
Town Treasurer.
36
Report of Tax Collector
Account of 1930
Outstanding June 1, 1935
per State Audit Report
Interest
$ 177.85 .90
178.75
Paid Treasurer
3.99
3.99
Outstanding December 31, 1935
$ 174.76
Account of 1931
Outstanding June 1, 1935 per State Audit report
$ 195.16
Interest
25.52
220.68
Payments to Treasurer
137.59
Abatements
3.00
Tax Titles
72.09
212.68
Outstanding December 31, 1935
$ 8.00
37
Account of 1932
Outstanding June 1, 1935
per State Audit Report
$ 772.52 337.26
Interest Paid after abatement-Excise tax
5.39
1,115.17
Payments to Treasurer
797.00
Abatements
39.77
Tax Titles
271.60
1,108.37
Outstanding December 31, 1935
$ 6.80
Account of 1933
Outstanding June 1, 1935
per State Audit report
$ 12,783.47
Interest
1,235.02
Real Estate paid after abatement
1.40
14,019.89
Payments to Treasurer
11,085.96
Abatements
754.90
Tax Titles
352.76
12,193.62
Outstanding on December 31, 1935
$ 1,826.27
38
Account of 1934
Outstanding June 1, 1935
per State Audit report
$ 49,046.34
Interest
1,794.99
Payments to Treasurer Abatements Tax Titles
34,203.87
433.79
406.80
35,044.46
Outstanding December 31, 1935
$ 15,796.87
Account of 1935
Warrants from Assessors to Collector
$325,530.09
Interest and Demands
254.97
325,785.06
Payments to Treasurer
251,804.06
Abatements
2,013.99
Tax Titles
967.29
254,785.34
Outstanding December 31, 1935
$ 70,999.72
JOSEPHINE A. BROWN
Collector of Taxes
50,841.33
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