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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 374 0
Not to be taken from this room
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1951
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOUNDED IN 1728
THE MIRROR PRESS - DANVERS
1952
121
Flint Public Library Middleton, Mass.
Rare Book Collection
Town Meeting Warrant
FL. IT
MIDDLETON
PU
IL LIBRARY
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Middleton, in the County of Essex:
GREETING.
In the name of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Howe-Manning School Auditorium in said Middleton on the eleventh day of March next, at seven-thirty o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles :-
ARTICLE 1. To hear and act on Committee Reports.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1952, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew such notes or note as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 17, of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 3. To see what action the Town will take to defray the Town expenses for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for Chapter 90 Highway con- struction on Essex Street; said sum to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by State and County for this purpose.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for Chapter 90 Maintenance, said funds to be used in conjunction with any money allotted by the State for this purpose.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,800.00 for Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance work; said funds to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State for this purpose.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,800.00 for Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance work; said funds to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State for this purpose.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors to use such free cash in the Treasury as they, in their best judgment, feel is warranted, for the purpose of reducing the tax rate.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for Surveying and Laying-out of streets.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to have the Moderator appoint a Committee of five to investigate and study the provisions of Chapter 662 of the Acts of 1949, the act relative to the organization of union health departments, and to study existing public health services and facilities in the Town and to determine the advantages to be derived from Middleton joining with neighboring Towns for a Town Union Health Department. This Committee to report its findings and recommendations at a future Town meeting.
ARTICLE 10. On the petition of Dominic Pellicelli and 17 others. To see if the Town will vote to excavate and gravel Bow Street for a distance of three hundred feet (300 ft.) and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the same.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $150.00 to place signs at the entrance of Town on Boston Street, East Street and Maple Street.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 781 of the Acts of 1951 increasing the allowances made under the Essex County Retirement Fund.
ARTICLE 13. On petition of the Board of Health. To see if the Town will vote to have a committee of five citizens appointed by the moderator to find a suitable dumping location, and this committee to authorized to take an option to purchase such property and report to the next annual Town meeting.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to elect a board of three Selectmen, one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years and one for a term of three years at the annual town meeting of 1953 and to elect one member each year thereafter for a term of three years, as authorized by the provision of General Laws (ter. Ed) Chapter 41 Section 1.
To transact any other business that may lawfully come before this meeting.
You are hereby ordered to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at the Town Hall, on Monday, March 27 next for the following purposes, viz: To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year:
Moderator, Town Clerk, three Selectmen, one Assessor for three years, one Assessor for one year (to fill vacancy of unexpired term), one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years, Highway Surveyor, Tax Collector, Tree Warden, Constable, Superintendent of Burials, one Electric Light Commissioner, for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, one member for two years, two Trustees of the Flint Public Library for three years, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, Custodian of Town Hall, one member of the Planning Board for five years.
The polls will be open at 7:00 A.M. and shall be closed at 7:00 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Post Office, and Store at Howe Station in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two.
A true copy. Attest:
WILBUR C. RUNDLETT, JR. JAMES H. COFFIN
Selectmen of Middleton.
JAMES W. WENTWORTH, Constable.
Annual Report
for the Town of Middleton Massachusetts 1951
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRAR
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers Elected 1951
Moderator Wilbur Witham
Town Clerk Elmer P. Morrill
Selectmen and Board of Health Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr., Chairman
James H. Coffin, Clerk George B. Ogden
Board of Public Welfare Alexander Fraser, Chairman (1953) Charles Pasquale (1954) Leyland A. Phillips (1952)
Board of Assessors Paul B. Wake, Chairman (1954)
Harold M. Bishop, Clerk (1953) Daniel J. Donovan (1952)
(Resigned) William G. Birch (1952) Treasurer Edward H. Leary (1953)
Tax Collector Harold E. Tyler
Highway Surveyor John J. Hocter
Constable James W. Wentworth
School Committee Eben L. Jewett, Chairman (1952)
Rosamond L. Bastable, Clerk (1952) Harry F. Luscomb (1954)
Harold F. Purdy (1953) Raymond R. Maxwell (1954)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Electric Light Commissioners Richard B. Floyd, Chairman (1954)
Gus L. Fischer, Clerk (1952) Charles C. Bates (1953)
Cemetery Commissioners
Harold F. Purdy (1953) Richard N. Maxwell (1954) William W. Richardson (1952)
Superintendent of Burials Charles W. Baker
Tree Warden Clarence Osgood
Planning Board Albert C. Murray, Chairman (1955)
Alton W. Hubbard, Clerk (1954) Harold I. Nash (1953)
Eben L. Jewett (1952) Arthur S. Tuttle (1956)
Trustees Flint Public Library William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1954) William T. Martin (1953) Paul B. Wake (1953)
Harold Y. Smith (1952) Elmer O. Campbell, Jr. (1952)
Carl C. Jones (1954)
Custodian of Town Hall Arthur K. Fuller
Town Officers Appointed 1951
Registrars of Voters Ernest P. Goodale, Chairman (1953) Joseph T. Lee (1952) Lloyd H, Getchell (1954) Elmer P. Morrill, Clerk (Ex-Officio)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Zoning Appeal Board
William H. Sanborn, Chairman. William T. Martin Chester K. Masse Vincent J. Perry
Beaumont Hurd
Finance Committee
Hazen M. Richardson, Chairman (1952)
Joseph R. Hilyard (1954)
Elmer C. McIntyre (1952)
Robert T. Sperry, Clerk (1954) Lew A. Batchelder (1953)
Chief of Police
James W. Wentworth
Sealer of Weights and Measures Ralph I. Wennerberg
Inspector of Cattle and Slaughtering
Murray Bullerwell
Town Accountant . Elmer O. Campbell (1954)
Forest Fire Warden Harold F. Purdy
Chief of Fire Department
Harold F. Purdy
Superintendent of Cemeteries
Charles W. Baker
Moth Superintendent Clarence Osgood, Jr.
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TOWN OFFICERS
Electric Light Manager Robert F. Thomas
Town Counsel James J. Gaffney
Health Agent
Charles Pasquale Mary Wilson, Assistant
Welfare Agent
James A. Powers
Building Inspector
Earl F. Jones
Wire Inspector
Frank E. Dow
TRUSTEES B. F. Emerson Fund Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Massachusetts
Roger F. Clapp
William H. Sanborn
Harley M. Tyler
Mansfield Fund
Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
David Cummings Fund
Board of Public Welfare
Annual Report
of the Town Accountant 1951
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1951
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES:
CURRENT YEAR:
Property
$ 113,127.49
Poll
1,396
Loss of Taxes from State
2,245.30
PREVIOUS YEARS:
Property
9,261.96
Poll
20.00
Tax Title redemptions
2,165.14
FROM THE STATE:
Corporation
10,899.48
Income
25,664.33
$164,779.70
LICENSES AND PERMITS :
Liquor
2,800.00
All others
237.00
3,037.00
FINES :
District Court
270.00
270.00
GRANTS AND GIFTS: FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Old Age Assistance
18,382.55
Aid to Dependent Children
2,261.23
20,643.78
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE EDUCATION:
Support of Schools
526.54
Vocational Education
384.41
High School Transportation
3,273.50
4,184.45
FROM STATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
Highway (Chapter 81)
8,524.72
Inspector of Animals
100.00
Meal Tax
649.40
9,274.12
FROM COUNTY:
Dog Licenses
739.98
739.98
ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE:
Tax Possessions
175.00
175.00
PRIVILEGES:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
15,861.68
15,861.68
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE:
Selectmen
45.19
FINANCIAL:
Accountant
25.00
Treasurer
38.25
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS:
Town Hall
296.00
Memorial Hall
1,020.00
1,424.44
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police
10.00
Fire (Insurance)
114.41
Building Inspection
91.00
Sealing of Weights and Measures
84.70
Dog Officer
91.00
391.11
HEALTH:
Tuberculosis
134.29
134.29
HIGHWAYS:
General
649.40
Chapter 90, Construction
6,000.00
Chapter 90, Maintenance
1,999.99
Truck and machinery rental
5,392.80
Insurance
233.93
14,276.12
CHARITIES :
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELIEF:
From Cities and Towns 260.15
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN : From State
2,120.58
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
From Individuals
1,271.01
From Cities and Towns
2,162.42
From State
19,260.68
25,074.84
VETERANS' SERVICES: From State 94.00
94,00
1
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SCHOOLS: Supplies Hall rental Lunches
11.72
5.00
12,262.07
12,278.79
UNCLASSIFIED :
Hydrant (Insurance)
205.25
205.25
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT:
Sale of Light and Power
114,992.31
Miscellaneous
1,075.00
Depreciation Fund
3,128.82
119,196.13
PUBLIC SCALES:
40.15
40.15
$119,236.28
CEMETERIES :
Sale of Lots and Graves
210.00
Care of Lots and Graves
710.00
Care of Endowed Lots
523.00
1,443.00
INTEREST:
On deposits
43.15
On deferred taxes
425.22
On excise taxes
69.21
Mansfield Fund
1,430.00
1,967.58
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT:
Beverage licenses
10.00
Dog licenses
894.80
Perpetual care funds
1,165.00
Withholding taxes
8,839.43
Retirement fund deductions
2,326.88
Blue Cross
578.04
Meter deposits
480.00
Tailings
4.75
Rehabilitation fund
10,888.18
25,187.08
REFUNDS :
Special assessment
200.00
General departments
888.79
Public service enterprises
3.59
1,092.38
Total receipts Cash balance January 1, 1951
421,770.87
205,516.25
$627,287.12
EXPENDITURES
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT MODERATOR
Salary
Wilbur Witham, Moderator 50.00
50.00
50.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Expenses
Association dues
10.00
Mileage expenses 16.00
26.00
26.00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SELECTMEN
Salaries
James H. Coffin
250.00
George B. Ogden
250.00
Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr.
250.00
750.00
Expenses
Supplies and printing
76.39
Advertisement
86.75
Postage
17.64
Essex Street water
8.44
Mileage and expenses
27.00
Survey
49.78
Association dues
34.00
300.00
1,050.00
ACCOUNTANT
Salary
Elmer O. Campbell
700.00
700.00
Expenses
Supplies
77,87
Association dues
3.00
80.87
Office Equipment
Adding machine
260.10
260.10
1,040.97
TREASURER
Salary
Marion E. Mitchell
156.66
Edward H. Leary
543.34
700.00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Expenses
Supplies
103.50
Postage
126.63
Mileage and expenses
58.05
Clerical assistance
50.00
Bank charges
28.32
Association dues
2.00
368.50
TAX TITLE EXPENSES
Registry of Deeds
35.75
Deeds
9.00
44.75
1,113.25
TAX COLLECTOR
Salary
Harold E. Tyler
700.00
700.00
Expenses
Supplies and printing
181.42
Postage
157.68
Tax takings
15.90
Deputy Collector's fees
15.00
Clerical assistance
75.00
Mileage-telephone
73.58
Association dues
2.00
520.58
Office Equipment
Desks and chairs
75.00
75.00
1,295.58
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ASSESSORS
Salaries
Paul B. Wake
525.00
Daniel J. Donovan
485.42
William G. Buck
178.13
Harold M. Bishop
273.50
1,462.05
Expenses
Forms-supplies
133.85
Clerical services
175.00
Office expenses-telephone
107.38
Mileage-expenses
67.00
Postage
14.94
Abstracts
87.83
Association dues
9.00
595.00
2,057.05
LAW DEPARTMENT
Salary
James J. Gaffney
400.00
Expenses
Mileage-court fees, etc.
154.85
554.85
TOWN CLERK
Salary
Elmer P. Morrill
400.00
Expenses
Postage-supplies 66.50
466.50
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Salaries-Registrars of Voters
Ernest P. Goodale 25.00
Lloyd H. Getchell 25.00
Joseph T. Lee 25.00
Elmer P. Morrill
25.00
100.00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Expenses
Election officers
84.00
Lunches
19.79
Printing ballots
ยท45.00
148.79
248.79
PLANNING BOARD
Expenses
Clerical work
3.00
TOWN HALL
Salary
Arthur K. Fuller, janitor
730.00
Expenses
Fuel and light
490.38
Water and telephone
147.45
Repairs and supplies
68.75
706.58
1,436.58
MEMORIAL HALL
Salary
Charles S. Clinch, Jr., janitor
300.00
Expenses
Fuel and light
907.16
Repairs and supplies 147.76
1,054.92
1,354.92
MEMORIAL HALL ALTERATIONS
Expenses
Labor and material 484.43
484.43
11,181.92
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
CONSTABLE'S SALARY
James H. Wentworth 35.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and wages
James H. Wentworth
3,120.00
Lloyd H. Getchell
885.20
Joseph Peters
253.00
Arthur Doane
158.40
William C. Pennock
100.10
Harold Moore
8.80
Alexander Fraser
1.10
Matron
8.63
4,535.23
Expenses
Gasoline-oil-repairs
993.12
Office expense-telephone
327.48
Marking traffic lines
50.86
Supplies
185.22
Equipment
41.50
Expenses
17.15
Association dues
5.00
1,620.33
POLICE CAR
Nassar Motor Co.
1951 Ford Sedan
810.15
Advertisements
7.50
817.65
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
POLICE STRETCHER
Stretcher for Police car
170.00
Blankets
23.00
193.00
7,166.21
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Expenses
Equipment
485.06
Supplies
24.88
509.94
509.94
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Chief
200.00
Deputy Chief
75.00
Captain
50.00
Four Lieutenants
122.50
Forest Warden
50.00
Firemen
210.00
707.50
Expenses
Wages
863.75
Gasoline and oil
116.40
Equipment and repairs
1,271.53
Fire Alarm
932.66
Fuel and light
379.54
Building maintenance
212.13
Office expenses-telephone
355.08
Insurance
220.15
4,351.24
5,058.74
BUILDING INSPECTION
Salary
Earl F. Jones, Inspector
300.00
Expenses Mileage-telephone-postage 60.49
360.49
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
BOARD OF APPEALS
Expenses
Hearing advertisements
48.93
Postage-supplies
12.02
Typing
60.50
121.45
121.45
WIRE INSPECTION
Salary
Frank E. Dow, Inspector
100.00
Expenses
Mileage-postage, etc.
13.76
Supplies
15.00
28.76
128.76
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
Ralph Wennerberg, Sealer
125.00
Expenses
Transportation
63.00
Supplies
11.07
74.07
199.07
FORESTRY-MOTH DEPARTMENT
Wages
Labor
598.65
598.65
Expenses
Truck hire
279.75
Supplies
318.87
Association dues
2.00
600.62
1,199.27
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
TREE WARDEN
Wages
Labor
751.39
Expenses
Truck hire
95.50
Equipment hire
76.00
Supplies
73.17
Expenses
3.00
247.67
999.06
POISON IVY CONTROL
Wages
Labor
146.30
146.30
Expenses
Truck hire
75.00
Supplies
77.98
152.98
299.28
DUTCH ELM DISEASE CONTROL
Wages
Labor
167.75
167.75
Expenses
Truck hire
14.00
Equipment hire
18.00
32,00
199.75
TREE REMOVAL
Conley Tree Surgeons
90.00
90.00
16,367.02
751.39
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Charles Pasquale, Agent 40.00
Mary Wilson, Asst. Agent 20.00
60.00
Expenses
Care of patients
72.00
Care of dump
1,341.05
Care and deposing of dogs
97.50
Vital satistics
221.00
Advertisements
20.50
Mileage
16.26
1.768.31
1,828.31
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT
County Treasurer 2,252.47
DENTAL CLINIC
2,252.47
Dr. E. J. Connolly 102.00
102.00
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE AND SLAUGHTERING
Salary
Murray Bullerwell, Inspector 300.00
300.00
$4,482.78
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Wages
Labor
3,154.65
Expenses
Truck hire
194.90
Supplies
753.40
Asphalt
58.90
Sand and gravel
17.69
Office expenses
29.20
1,054.09
4,208.74
CHAPTER 81-MAINTENANCE
Wages
Labor
5,224.00
Expenses
Truck hire
2,413.25
Equipment hire
457.60
Asphalt
3,879.61
Sand and gravel
1,0005.29
Supplies
463.06
Office expenses-telephone
160.78
8,379.59
13,603.59
CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE
Wages
Labor
659.80
Expenses
Truck hire
151.20
Roller hire
40.80
Asphalt
196.60
Sand
66.81
Culvert-Fence
1,884.76
2,340.17
2,999.97
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 90-CONSTRUCTION
Wages
Labor
2,774.30
Expenses
Truck hire
1,709.70
Equipment hire
1,442.65
Asphalt-Gravel
39.53
Supplies
235.29
3,427.17
6,201.47
SNOW
Wages
Labor
2,060.45
Expenses
Truck hire
2,881.00
Repairs and supplies
412.48
Sand and salt
1,003.40
State Highway
17.13
3,714.01
5,774.46
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Gasoline and oil
1,312.83
Parts and repairs
1,106.59
Storage
540.00
Insurance and registration
76.85
Supplies
391.31
3,427.58
3,427.58
STREET LIGHTING
Middleton Electric Light Dept.
3,500.00
3,500.00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAY TRUCK
Nassar Motor Co. 1951 Ford truck
2,995.00
Lettering
5.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
TRAFFIC LIGHTS
Middleton Electric Light Dept. 12.81
12.81
$42,728.62
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CHARITIES ACCOUNT
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE
Salaries
Alexander Fraser
150.00
Charles Pasquale
150.00
Leyland Phillips
175.00
475.00
Expenses
Administration
60.25
Cash
163.90
Groceries-fuel, etc.
54.50
Medical aid
82.00
Other cities and towns
3,310.50
3,671.15
4,146.15
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Administration
Central Essex Welfare District
2,010.00
2,010.00
Aid
Cash
41,974.79
Other cities and towns 1,060.36
43,035.15
43,035.15
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Aid
Cash
5,397.65
5,397.65
$54,588.95
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VETERANS' SERVICES
VETERANS' SERVICES
Salary
James H. Ogden, Agent 250.00
Aid
Cash
624.00
Groceries-fuel-rent 404,60
1,028.60
$1,278.60
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOLS
Salaries
Teachers and supervisors
35,115.76
Superintendent
733.99
Doctor
300.00
Nurse
570.00
Janitor
2,263.50
Attendance officer
39.12
Census
100.00
Clerk
148.80
39,271.17
Expenses
Superintendent-expenses
248.78
Office expenses
447.43
Books and supplies
3,827.19
Building maintenance
1,324.81
Fuel and light
2,286.30
Transportation
6,376.00
Tuition
18,111.78
Furniture
198.95
Graduation expenses
19.90
32,841.86
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Expenses
Tuition
458.15
Transportation
72.00
530.15
72,643.18
SCHOOL LUNCH
Expenses
Labor and supplies
12,777.64
12,777.64
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LIBRARY AND PARK DEPARTMENTS
SCHOOL ADDITION
Labor
Clerk of works
3,109.44
Expenses
Contractor
111,158.55
Architect
2,422.80
Supplies
386.42
113,967.77
117,077.21
SCHOOL ADDITION EQUIPMENT
Expenses
Advertisements
64.80
Furniture and fixtures
3,106.38
3,171.18
$120,248.39
LIBRARY
Salaries
On Order
1,151.09
Expenses
On Order
1,613.01
For complete report see Trustees report
RECREATION PARK
Wages
Labor
509.80
Expenses
Supplies
155.36
Storage
50.00
Water
3.86
209.22
719.02
2,764.10
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UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
ANNUITY
C. Alice Manning
1,627.50
1,627.50
INSURANCE
Workmen's compensation and liability
835.69
Buildings-blanket policy
4,359.11
Vehicles-fire and theft
59.37
Clerk's bond
5.00
Collector's bond and
burglary insurance
158.83
Treasurer's bond and
burglary insurance
123.32
5,541.32
5,541.32
MEMORIAL DAY
Band
192.00
Flowers, wreaths, flags
125.75
Speaker and music
42.00
Refreshments
29.88
Printing
10.00
399.63
399.63
PRINTING TOWN REPORTS
Newhall Printers, printing
681.00
Delivering reports
21.00
Advertisement 13.50
715.50
715.50
31
UNCLASSIFIED
REPLACING HYDRANT
Danvers Water Dept. 205.25
205.25
MANSFIELD FUND
Concerts
168.00
Picnic
599.86
Thanksgiving and
Christmas baskets
425.00
1,192.86
1,192.86
$10,196.96 $9,682.06
32
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Commissioners
Richard B. Floyd
100.00
Charles G. Bates
100.00
Gus L. Fischer
100.00
Office
2,960.00
3,260.00
Energy
Salem Electric Lighting Co. 75,898.36
Danvers Electric Light Dept. 101.64
76,000.00
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
Wages
C. T. Brackett
1,695.10
Charles S. Clinch, Jr.
1,248.70
Raymond H. Currier
3,724.50
Benjamin Nimblett
3,554.40
Robert F. Thomas
4,167.20
Willis W. Esty
88.00
14,477.90
Expenses
Sub Station equipment
700.00
Poles and wire
5,088.68
Meters and transformers
3,439.70
Street light equipment
716.28
Office equipment
185.00
Miscellaneous equipment
164.28
Supplies
3,467.76
Maintenance of meters
and transformers
166.82
Maintenance of street lights
173.86
Office supplies
970.69
Insurance 792.90
Maintenance of trucks
1,132.66
Depreciation
3,128.82
.
20,127.45
33
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
DEPRECIATION FUND
Reconstruction So. Main
street line
3,334.17
Truck and special body
3,140.45
Transformers
2,383.52
Truck exchange
51.00
8,909.14 122,774.49
PUBLIC SCALES
Salary
Ralph Wennerberg, Weigher
25.00
25.00
34
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
CEMETERIES
Salaries
Commissioners
William W. Richardson 20.00
Harold F. Purdy 20.00
Richard N. Maxwell 20.00
Supt. of Burials
Richard N. Maxwell
7.50
Charles W. Baker 22.50
90.00
Expenses
Labor
3,217.75
Truck hire
130.00
Supplies
62.30
Water
11.62
3,421.67
OPENING GRAVES
Expenses
Labor
588.45
Truck hire
14.00
602.45
Equipment
Power mower
86.00
$4,200.12
35
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
LOANS
New school construction loan
2,000.00
School addition loan
10,000.00
Old school alteration loan
2,000.00
Tractor purchase loan
2,000.00
16,000.00
INTEREST
New school loan
240.00
Old school loan
20.00
School addition loan
3,290.00
Tractor purchase loan
25.00
3,575.00
19,575.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
State Audit
100.31
State parks and reservations
318.47
Count tax
6,826.12
Dog licenses to County
897.20
Withholding tax, deductions
8,825.63
Retirement fund, deductions
2,170.07
Retirement fund, assessment
1,898.58
Blue Cross
578.04
Meter deposits
565.00
Beverage license
10.00
22,189.42
TRUST
Deposit of endowment funds
1,165.00
23,354.42
36
REFUNDS-TRANSFERS
REFUNDS
1950 Motor vehicle excise tax 97.08
1951 Motor vehicle excise tax 382.39
1951 Real estate tax 17.60
497.07
497.07
Total exepnditures 519,888.38
Cash balance December 31, 1951
107,398.74
$627,287.12
TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND
Selectmen's office furnishings
575.00
Retirement fund assessment
200.00
Opening graves
102.45
Police expense
80.00
Police car
32.65
Accountant office equipment
50.10
Board of appeals expenses
50.00
1,090.20
37
APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES
Recapitulation of Departmental Appropriation Transfers and Expenditures
December 31, 1951
Appropriation Transfers
Expended
Unexpended Balance
Moderator, salary
$50.00
50.00
Finance Committee, expenses
30.00
26.00
4.00
Selectmen, Salaries
750.00
750.00
Expenses
300.00
300.00
Clerk
250.00
250.00
Office Furnishings
575.00
575.00*
Accountant, Salary
700.00
700.00
Expenses
100.00
80.87
19.13
Office Equipment
185.00
260.10
260.10
Treasurers Salary
700.00
700.00
Expenses
368.50
368.50
Tax Titles expenses
250.00
44.75
205.25
Collectors Salary
Expenses
520.00
Refund
1.01
521.01
520.58
.43
Office Equipment
75.00
75.00
Assessors Salaries
1,500.00
1,462.05
37.95
Expenses
595.00
595.00
Town Counsel Salary
Expenses
150.00
Transfer
100.00
250.00
154.85
95.15
Town Clerk Salary
400.00
400.00
Expenses
103.00
66.50
36.50
Elections and Registrations Salary Expenses
150.00
148.79
1.21
Planning Board Expenses
100.00
3.00
97.00
Town Hall Salary
730.00
730.00
Expenses 1,200.00
Refund
4.09
1,204.09
706.58
497.51
Memorial Hall Salary
300.00
300.00
Expenses
1,100.00
1,054.92
45.08
Alterations
600.00
484.43
115.57*
Transfer
75.40
700.00
700.00
400.00
400.00
100.00
100.00
38
APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES
Appropriation Transfers
Expended
Unexpended Balance
Constable Salary
35.00
35.00
Police Salary
Wages
1,463.20
1,415.23
47.97
Expenses
1,566.00
Transfer
80.00
Refunds
4.82
1,650.82
1,620.33
30.49
Car
585.00
Transfer
32.65
817.65
817.65
Stretcher
200.00
193.00
7.00
Civilian Defense Expenses
1,231.55
509.94
721.61*
Fire Salaries
Expenses
4,409.41
4,413.00
4,351.24
61.76
Building Inspector Salary
Expenses
75.00
60.49
14.51
Board of Appeals
Expenses
125.00
Transfer
50.00
175.00
121.45
53.55
Wire Inspector Salary
100.00
100.00
Expenses
50.00
28.76
21.24
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary
125.00
125.00
Expenses
75.00
74.07
.93
Moth Expenses
Tree Warden Expenses
1,000.00
999.06
.94
Tree Removal
90.00
90.00
Poison Ivy Control
300.00
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