Town annual report of Middleton, MA. 1954, Part 1

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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


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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


9


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


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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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