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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1954
FLINT
MIDDLETON
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PUBLIC L
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For Reference
Not to be taken from this room
THE MIRROR PRESS - DANVERS, MASS.
1955
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Flint Public Library Middleton, Mass.
Rare Book Collection
Town Meeting Warrant
FLINT
MIDDLETON
1
FUS
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 Middle- ton on Tuesday the fifteenth day of March next, at eight o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles :-
ARTICLE 1. To hear and act on Committee Reports.
ARTICLE 2. To sce if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year heginning January 1, 1955, and to issue a note or notes therefore payable within one year, and to renew such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one . year in accordance with Chapter 44, Scction 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 sec if the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors to use $12,000.00 from available funds to reduce the tax rate.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 41, Section 100 A of the General Laws of Massachusetts Ter. Cent. Ed. as amended which enables the Town to make an appropriation for the Indemnification of Officers or Employees for damages to others incurred on account of injurics arising out of their operation of Town owned vehicles.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $640.00 for the purpose of reimbursing Allan Marshall for a property damage claim against him by one, Edward Marchewka, while said Marshall was engaged in the business of the Town.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the purpose of reimbursing Allan Marshall for personal injury claims against him by Edward Marchewka and Mary Marchesini while the said Allan Marshall was engaged in the business of the Town.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town, in accordance with Chapter 40, Section 5 (1), will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to pay a proper charge for effecting insurance for the protection of any officer or employee, or volunteer driver approved by the Selectmen, against loss by reason of his liability to pay damages to others caused by the operation, within the scope of his duties or employment, of motor vehicles owned by the Town.
ARTICLE 9. On petition of the Honor Roll Committee to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00 to erect a monument for World War II Veterans.
ARTICLE 10. On petition of Joseph S. Connor, and others, to see if the Town will accept portions of the streets, namely, Curtis Avenue, Phaneuf Street, north portion, beginning at a point at the intersection with Boston Street and extending casterly for a distance of three hundred feet. Phaneuf Street, south portion beginning at a point at the intersection of Boston Street and extending easterly for a distance of six hundred feet as shown on a plan entitled Subdivision Plan in Middleton for Wm. V. Heard, Esquire.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will permit the Middleton Historical Society the use of the former Town jail as a museum as long as the Society maintains it as such; said Society to undertake such repairs as are necessary to make the building usable for this purpose.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will give the bell formerly hung in the old fire house to the Middleton Historical Society for preservation as an object of historical interest to the Town.
ARTICLE 13. On petition of the Fire Chief to see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of $1,800.00 to buy the following radio equipment, three (3) mobile units, and one (1) remote control unit. This amount to be taken from available funds. ARTICLE 14. On petition of the Finance Committee to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint one of its members to the office of Town Counsel for the ensuing year at a salary of $600.00 in accordance with Section 4 A of Chapter 41 (Ter. Ed.) of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Electric Light Commissioners, or its Agent, to hire one of its members from time to time as a lineman at an hourly salary of $1.55 in accordance with Section 4A of Chapter 41 (Ter. Ed.) of the General Laws of Massachusetts.
ARTICLE 16. On peition of the Howe-Manning School Parent-Teachers Association, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for a summer recreational program to be administered by the Park Department.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of $775.00 which together with the exchange value of the present 1953 Ford Police Car is to be expended for the purchase of a new Police Cruiser for the use of the Police Department, to be purchased by the Board of Selectmen as provided in the By-Laws, agreeable to the petition of the Chief of Police.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adopting the proposed amendments thereto set forth in a publication entitled "Proposed Amendments to the By-Laws of the Town of Middleton", referred to in the notice of public hearing thereon, and distributed to all voters in connection with said notice, including amendments to the zoning districts shown on a new zoning map entitled "Zoning District Map of the Town of Middleton," dated July 1954, also referred to in said notice, and displayed at said hearing and at the office of the Town Clerk prior thereto; or take any other action relative thereto according to the recommendation of the Planning Board.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building By-Laws by striking out Sections 8 through 10, inclusive, and substituting a new section 10 therefor as set forth in a publication entitled "Proposed Amendments to the By-Laws of the Town of Middleton," distribluted to all voters; or take any other action relative thereto, according to the recom- mendation of the Planning Board.
ARTICLE 20. To see what action the Town will take to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to provide off the street parking in front of the school building - area to be hot-topped and a curb provided approximately twenty feet beyond the sidewalk from Park Street to the school driveway.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to erect a Civil Defense Ground Observer Post in accordance with the Committee's report.
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 21 next for the following purposes, viz: To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year: Moderator, Town Clerk, one Selectman for three years, one Selectman for two years (to fill vacancy of unexpired term), one Assessor for three years, one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years, Highway Surveyor, Tax Collector, Tree Warden, Constable, Super- intendent of Burials, one Electric Light Commissioner for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, two Trustees of the Flint Public Library for three years, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, one member of the Planning Board for five years, one member of the Planning Board for one year (to fill vacancy of unexpired term). Also to vote on Question No. 1.
"Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled 'An Act relative to the tenure of office of the chief of police of the town of Middleton' be accepted ?"
Yes No 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 Memorial Hall, Post Office and Store at Howe's Station in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make duc return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and płacc of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-third day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five.
A true copy. Attest:
DAVID BURNS, Chairman DANIEL J. DONOVAN, Clerk WILBUR C. RUNDLETT, JR.
Selectmen of Middleton
JAMES W. WENTWORTH, Constable
Annual Report
for the
Town of Middleton
Massachusetts
1954
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers Elected 1954
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC
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Moderator
Elmer P. Morrill
Town Clerk
Alton W. Hubbard
Selectmen and Board of Health David Burns, Chairman (1955)
Daniel J. Donovan, 1956 Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr., 1957
Board of Public Welfare Charles Pasquale, Chairman (1957)
Leslie E. Merrifield (1956) Leyland A. Phillips (1955)
Board of Assessors Paul B. Wake, Chairman (1957) Daniel J. Donovan (1955) Resigned
Wilbur A. Witham (1956) Ernest F. LeBeau (1955)
Treasurer Edward H. Leary (1956)
Tax Collector
Harold E. Tyler
Highway Surveyor John J. Hocter
Constable James W. Wentworth
School Committee
Eben L. Jewett, Chairman (1955) Rosamond L. Bastable, Clerk (1955) Henry F. Luscomb (1957) Harold F. Purdy (1956) Elmer P. Morrill (1957)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Electric Light Commissioners Frank E. Dow, Chairman (1955)
John Muzichuk (1957) George W. Nash, Clerk (1956)
Cemetery Commissioners Richard N. Maxwell (1957)
Lawrence E. Tinkham, Jr. (1956) Michael Lavorgna (1955)
Superintendent of Burials
Charles W. Baker
Tree Warden
Clarence Osgood
Planning Board
Arthur S. Tuttle, Chairman (1956)
Joseph E. LeBlanc (1955)
Frank Silva (1958) Roger L. Pennell, Clerk (1957) Louis Barrett (1959) .
Trustees Flint Public Library
William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1957)
William T. Martin (1956) Paul B. Wake (1956)
Thomas J. Oliver (1955) Elmer O. Campbell, Jr. (1955) Carl C. Jones (1957)
Custodian of Town Hall
James H. Ogden
Town Officers Appointed 1954
Registrars of Voters Ernest P. Goodale, Chairman (1956) Frederick C. Jones (1955) Lloyd H. Getchell (1957) Alton W. Hubbard, Clerk (Ex-Officio)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Zoning Appeal Board
William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1959)
William T. Martin (1956) Chester K. Masse (1957) Manuel Gilboard (1958)
Beaumont Hurd (1955)
Finance Committee
Elmer C. McIntyre, Chairman (1955)
Hazen M. Richardson (1955) Richard Cressey (1957)
Frederick C. Jones (1957) Donald A. Aylward, Clerk (1956)
Chief of Police
James W. Wentworth -
Sealer of Weights and Measures Joseph Beggs
Inspector of Cattle
Philip H. Dearth
Inspector of Slaughtering
Roland Larocque
Town Accountant
Elmer O. Campbell (1957)
Forest Fire Warden
Harold F. Purdy
Chief of Fire Department
Harold F. Purdy
Superintendent of Cemeteries
Charles W. Baker
Moth Superintendent
Clarence Osgood
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TOWN OFFICERS
Electric Light Manager
Robert F. Thomas
Town Counsel
James J. Gaffney
Welfare Agent
Phyllis R. Brown
Building Inspector
Earl F. Jones
Wire Inspector
Harold Murphy
Veterans Agent
James H. Ogden
TRUSTEES
B. F. Emerson Fund
Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Mass.
Roger F. Clapp
Paul B. Wake
Harley M. Tyler
William H. Sanborn
Mansfield Fund
Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
David Cummings Fund
Board of Public Welfare
Annual Report
of the
Town Accountant 1954
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1954
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES:
CURRENT YEAR
Property
$ 158,371.75
Poll
1,424.00
Loss of Taxes
3,311.86
PREVIOUS YEARS Property
7,617.33
FROM THE STATE
Corporation
11,552.80
Income
700.00
$182,977.74
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
2,800.00
Liquor All other Building
276.50
204.00
3,280.50
FINES:
District Court
180.00
180.00
GRANTS AND GIFTS:
FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Old Age Assistance
19,521.71
Aid Dependent Children
3,666.78
Disability Assistance
393.70
School Lunches
3,976.18
27,558.37
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE FOR EDUCATION
Support of Schools
23,935.93
Vocational Education
976.78
High School Transportation
8,837.70
Union Superintendency
1,775.37
Construction School Addition
5,173.84
40,698.62
FROM STATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Highway (Chapter 81)
6,533.60
Inspector of Animals
100.00
Meal Tax
1,149.92
7,783.52
FROM COUNTY
Dog Licenses
772.47
772.47
ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE
Tax Possessions
50.79
50.79
PRIVILEGES
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
24,048.11
24,048.11
$287,351.12
DEPARTMENTAL
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE:
Selectmen
48.00
FINANCIAL:
Treasurer
9.75
Collector
52.50
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS:
Town Hall 269.00
Memorial Hall
1,020.00
1,289.00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY : Police 14.50
Fire-Sale of Old Station
227.50
Sealing of Weights and Measures
86.60
Dog Officer
39.00
367.60
HEALTH:
Dental Clinic
266.00
266.00
HIGHWAYS:
Chapter 90 Construction
6,000.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,000.00
Truck and Machinery Rental
5,244.77
Snow and Ice Removal
132.00
Sale Junk
34.23
12,411.00
CHARITIES: PUBLIC WELFARE
From Individuals
168.00
From Cities and Towns
540.07
From State
307.36
REIMBURSEMENT FOR AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN From State
1,874.22
REIMBURSEMENT FOR OLD
AGE ASSISTANCE
From Cities and Towns
2,610.89
From State
22,267.50
REIMBURSEMENT FOR
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE From State
619.61
VETERANS' SERVICES : From State 2,852.49
28,387.65
2,852.49
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SCHOOLS:
Tuition, Transportation State Wards
2,017.60
Tuition, Youth Service Board
244.51
7.77
Sale of Supplies Hall Rental Lunches
97.00
10,592.53
12,959.41
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:
Sale of Light and Power
121,345.06
Miscellaneous
335.63
Depreciation Fund
4,199.77
125,880.46
CEMETERIES:
i
Sale of Lots and Graves
80.00
Opening Graves
833.00
Care of Endowed Lots
721.00
Insurance (Damage)
250.00
1,884.00
INTEREST:
On Deposits
800.40
On Deferred Taxes
265.91
On Excise Taxes
50.96
Mansfield Fund
1,420.00
2,537.27
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:
Unpaid Warrants 50.81
50.81
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Beverage License
10.00
Dog Licenses
1,026.40
Perpetual Care Funds
970.00
Withholding Taxes
11,307.50
Retirement Fund
2,554.20
Blue Cross
1,729.95
Meter Deposit
460.00
18,058.05
REFUNDS:
General Departments 149.44
149.44
Total Receipts
494,554.55
Cash Balance January 1, 1954
152,212.24
$646,766.79
EXPENDITURES GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Salary
MODERATOR
Wilbur A. Witham
10.50
Elmer P. Morrill
39.50
50.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Association Dues
10.00
Expenses
5.30
15.30
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SELECTMEN
Salaries
Wibur C. Rundlett, Jr.
300.00
Daniel J. Donovan
237.50
David Burns
237.50
James E. Coffin
62.50
Willis W. Estey
62.50
900.00
Expenses
Clerk
250.00
Supplies and Printing
95.45
Advertisements
158.10
Postage
27.58
Essex Street Water
43.70
Association Dues
34.00
Mileage
54.00
Miscellaneous
45.82
1951-52-53 Bill
80.00
788.65
-1,688.65
ACCOUNTANT
Salary
Elmer O. Campbell
900.00
Expenses
Postage and Supplies 52.51
Association Dues
3.00
55.51
955.51
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TREASURER
Salary
Edward H. Leary
900.00
Expenses
Supplies
96.71
Postage
143.10
Mileage and Expenses
125.80
Clerical Assistance
200.00
Bank Charges
26.00
Association Dues
2.00
Office Equipment
65.00
658.61
Tax Title Expenses
Registry of Deeds
5.25
Counsel Expenses
280.00
285.25
1,843.86
TAX COLLECTOR
Salary
Harold E. Tyler
900.00
Expenses
Supplies and Expenses
250.96
Postage
170.15
Tax Takings
43.60
Deputy Collectors Fees
13.50
Clerical Assistance
125.00
Mileage-Telephone
104.39
Association Dues
2.00
709.60
1,609.60
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ASSESSORS
Salaries
Paul B. Wake
525.00
Wilbur A. Witham
391.82
Ernest LeBeau
303.48
Daniel J. Donovan
180.54
William G. Birch
99.16
1,500.00
Expenses
Supplies and Postage
133.34
Abstracts
83.33
Mileage-Expenses
105.00
Clerical Services
195.00
Association Dues
9.00
Office Expenses
89.33
Office Equipment
135.00
750.00
2,250.00
LAW
Salary
James J. Gaffney, Counsel
600.00
Expenses
Court Fees
14.85
614.85
TOWN CLERK
Salary
Elmer P. Morrill
100.00
Alton W. Hubbard
300.00
Expenses
Telephone and Postage
44.54
Supplies
213.01
Association Dues
7.50
Office Equipment
72.43
400.00
337.48
737.48
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Salaries-Registrars
Ernest P. Goodale
55.00
Lloyd H. Getchell
55.00
Alton W. Hubbard
40.00
Frederick Jones
10.00
Elmer P. Morrill
15.00
175.00
Expenses
Election Officers
428.75
Lunches
66.09
Printing and Supplies
199.12
693.96
888.96
PLANNING BOARD
Expenses
Survey
1,925.00
Services
68.50
Supplies-Postage
193.00
Association Dues
12.50
Office Equipment
76.60
2,275.60
2,275.00
TOWN HALL
Salary
James H. Ogden
480.00
Expenses
Fuel and Light
466.66
Repairs
151.78
Supplies
22.30
Water
7.20
t
647.94
1,127.94
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
MEMORIAL HALL
Salary
Charles S. Clinch, Jr.
240.00
Harvey Sutherland
120.00
360.00
Expenses
Fuel and Light
1,426.82
Water and Telephone
161.75
Repairs
364.18
Supplies
16.33
Painting
700.00
2,669.08
3,029.08
Total-General Government
$ 17,066.83
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
CONSTABLE'S SALARY
James W. Wentworth 35.00
35.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages
James H. Wentworth, Chief 3,900.00
Lloyd H. Getchell 900.80
Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr.
714.55
Joseph Peters
181.50
Harold Moore
146.85
William C. Pennock
81.95
Charles Pasquale
9.90
Arthur Doane
8.80
Harold F. Purdy
3.85
5,948.20
Expenses
Gasoline-Oil-Repairs
1,411.01
Office Expenses-Telephone
327.71
Supplies
63.44
Equipment
168.90
Association Dues
5.00
1,976.06
7,924.26
CIVIL DEFENSE
Expenses
Equipment
338.57
Telephone
68.48
407.05
407.05
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Chief
300.00
Deputy
75.00
Captain
50.00
Lieutenants (4)
140.00
Forest Warden
50.00
Firemen
480.00
1,095.00
Expenses
Wages
986.15
Gasoline and Oil
242.19
Equipment and Repairs
1,134.05
Fire Alarm
548.14
Fuel and Light
716.16
Building Maintenance
306.69
Office Expenses-Telephone
403.11
Insurance
220.15
Supplies
18.00
4,574.64
5,669.64
BUILDING INSPECTION
Salary
Earl F. Jones, Inspector
400.00
Expenses
Mileage
86.80
Postage-Telephone
13.20
100.00
500.00
BOARD OF APPEALS
Expenses
Advertisements
55.50
Postage-Supplies
55.10
Clerical Services
37.50
Office Equipment
86.90
235.00
235.00
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
WIRE INSPECTOR
Salary
Frank E. Dow, Inspector
50.00
Harold Murphy, Inspector 150.00
200.00
Expenses
Printing-Supplies
19.50
Mileage-Telephone-Postage
30.50
50.00
250.00
SEALING OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
Joseph Begg, Sealer
125.00
Expenses
Supplies
328.54
Transportation
25.00
353.54
478.54
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Wages
Labor
961.56
Expenses
Truck Hire
127.50
Equipment Hire
24.00
Supplies
467.56
Trailer for Sprayer
250.00
869.06
1,830.62
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
TREE WARDEN
Wages
Labor
1,471.11
Expenses
Truck Hire
266.50
Equipment Hire
82.00
Supplies
139.63
Dues
5.00
493.13
DUTCH ELM DISEASE CONTROL
Wages
Labor
352.00
Expenses
Truck Hire
134.00
Supplies
4.45
138.45
490.45
POISON IVY CONTROL
Wages
Labor
102.50
Expenses
Truck Hire
33.00
Supplies
47.70
80.70
183.20
DOG OFFICER
Salary
James H. Wentworth
100.00
Expenses
Care and disposing of dogs
182.00
282.00
Total-Protection of Persons and Property
$ 20,250.00
1,964.24
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Leyland A. Phillips, Agent 75.00
Mary Wilson, Asst. Agent 20.00
95.00
Expenses
Mileage
5.96
Care of Dump
1,498.50
Vital Statistics
220.00
X-Rays
2.00
1,726.46
1,821.46
DENTAL CLINIC
Expenses
Services Dentist
1,160.00
Materals and Equipment
93.29
1,253.29
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE
Salary
Philip H. Dearth 200.00
200.00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Salary
Philip H. Dearth
6.25
Roland Larocque
18.75
25.00
25.00
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT
Essex County Treasurer
2,123.69
2,123.69
Total-Health and Sanitation
$ 5,423.44
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Wages
Labor
2,694.55
Expenses
Truck Hire
632.58
Supplies
1,084.01
Asphalt
154.01
Signs
308.97
Office Expense
52.12
1953 Bill
81.00
2,382.69
5,007.24
CHAPTER 81-MAINTENANCE
Wages
Labor
5,749.80
Expenses
Truck Hire
1,852.20
Equipment Hire
1,915.00
Asphalt
2,525.15
Sand and Gravel
879.12
Supplies
502.88
Office Expense-Telephone
175.85
7,850.20
13,600.00
CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE
Wages
Labor
594.80
Expenses
Truck Hire
339.57
Equipment Hire
553.00
Asphalt
1,240.09
Sand and Stone
272.54
2,405.20
3,000.00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 90-CONSTRUCTION
Wages
Labor
2,261.20
Expenses
Truck Hire
787.80
Equipment Hire
758.00
Asphalt
234.83
Gravel
386.90
2,167.53
4,428.73
SNOW REMOVAL
Wages
Labor
2,410.59
Expenses
Truck Hire
2,338.00
Repairs and Supplies
601.28
Sand and Salt
1,706.28
State Highway
6.11
4,651.67
7,062.26
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Gasoline and Oil
1,623.91
Parts and Repairs
1,346.39
Storage
825.00
Insurance and Registration
69.81
Supplies
253.66
Equipment
375.00
4,493.77
HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT
Pickup Truck Power Sander
1,400.00
1,332.80
2,732.80
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
STREET LIGHTING
Middleton Electric Light Dept. 3,500.00
3,500.00
ESSEX STREET LAND TAKINGS
W. J. Sullivan and J. R. Tansey
50.00
John and Nellie J. Muzichuck 1.00
James W. and W. G. Wentworth
1.00
Laura B. Tuxburg
1.00
A. W. and H. M. Parrish
1.00
Edward E. Bryer
1.00
Est. of C. M. and G. H. Groce
1.00
Eugene L. Marshall
1.00
New England Power Co.
1.00
A. H. and H. D. Stone
1.00
A. E. Grimes and Nellie McManus
1.00
Goodwin Anderson 1.00
A. P. and C. V. Fontaine
1.00
Kenneth O. Wilson
1.00
Helen L. Wilcox
1.00
Perley and P. E. Lovelace
1.00
65.00
65.00
Total-Highways
$ 43,889.80
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CHARITIES ACCOUNT
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE
Salaries
Charles Pasquale
200.00
Leyland A. Phillips
250.00
Leslie E. Merrifield
200.00
650.00
Expenses
Administration
56.41
Cash Payments
618.07
Groceries-Fuel
659.15
Medical Aid
220.72
Other Cities and Towns
3,051.00
4,605.35
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Administration
Central Essex Welfare District
618.00
Aid
Cash
48,550.98
Other Cities and Towns 2,232.66
50,783.64
51,401.64
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Aid
Cash
8,077.94
8,077.94
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Aid
1,287.34
Cash
1,287.34
$ 66,022.27
Total-Charities
5,255.35
28
VETERANS' SERVICES
VETERANS' SERVICES
Salary
James H. Ogden, Agent
250.00
Expense
Association Dues
5.00
Aid
Cash
3,876.65
Fuel and Rent
576.72
Groceries
30.00
Medical Aid
1,781.71
6,265.08
Total-Veterans Services 6,520.08
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOLS
Salaries
Teachers and Supervisors
54,509.04
Superintendent
1,349.91
Doctor
500.00
Nurse
1,226.00
Janitor
2,864.00
Attendance Officer
125.00
Census
100.00
Clerks
1,025.16
61,699.11
Expenses
Superintendent Expenses
474.07
Superintendent
Out of State Travel
75.00
Office Expenses
309.67
Books and Supplies
3,722.09
Building Maintenance
3,211.87
Fuel and Light
3,594.48
Transportation
13,223.75
Tuition
25,237.26
Furnishings
653.84
50,502.03
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
· Expenses
Tuition
974.62
Transportation
232.50
1,207.12
Total Education
113,408.26
SCHOOL LUNCH
Expenses
Labor and Supplies 13,054.07
13,054.07
30
LIBRARY AND PARK DEPARTMENTS
LIBRARY
Salaries
On Order
1,400.00
Expenses
On Order
2,371.69
Total-Library $ 3,771.69
For complete report see Trustees Report
RECREATION
PARK
Wages
Labor
569.55
Expenses
Supplies
79.81
Storage
50.00
Spraying
60.00
Truck Hire
32.00
Water
6.80
Equipment
127.86
356.47
926.02
CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS
Middleton Electric Light Dept. 67.65
-
67.65
Total-Recreation
$ 993.67
31
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
INSURANCE
Workmen's Compensation and
Public Liability
778.05
Buildings-Blanket Policy
1,360.00
Vehicles-Fire and Theft
72.05
School Liability
27.30
Clerk's Bond
7.50
Collector's Bond and
Burglary Insurance
216.52
Treasurer's Bond and
Burglary Insurance
153.28
2,614.70
MEMORIAL DAY
Band
190.00
Flowers, Wreaths, Flags
78.00
Speaker and Music
45.00
Refreshments
53.11
Printing
10.00
376.11
PRINTING TOWN REPORTS
Printing
871.00
Delivering
55.60
926.60
MANSFIELD FUND
Concerts
165.00
Picnic
682.00
Thanksgiving and Christmas
234.00
1,081.00
WATER FOR SCOUT CABIN
Drilling Well 1,500,00
UNCLASSIFIED
HURRICANE DAMAGE
Labor
4,344.53
Truck and Equipment Hire
6,436.68
Stump Removal Contract
2,125.00
12,906.21
FIRE-HIGHWAY BUILDING
Conti & Donahue, Contractor
43,787.14
Ray Thibedeau, Architect
846.60
Equipment
1,707.04
Hot Top
639.25
Labor
299.80
Advertisements
133.88
47,413.71
Total-Unclassified $ 66,818.33
.
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Commissioners
Frank E. Dow
100.00
George W. Nash
100.00
John Muzichuk
75.00
Charles G. Bates
25.00
Manager
Robert F. Thomas
5,200.00
Clerk
2,080.00
7,580.00
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
Energy
Essex County Electric Co. 72,908.14
Danvers Electric Light Dept. 185.28
73,093.42
Wages
Labor
14,219.10
Expenses
Poles and Wire
4,285.04
Meters and Transformers
4,003.71
Street Light Equipment
2,271.59
Miscellaneous Equipment
106.57
Substation Maintenance
280.96
Supplies
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