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For Reference
Not to be taken from this room
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1955
FLINT
MIDDLETON
THE MIRROR PRESS - DANVERS, MASS.
1956
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Flint Public Library Middleton, Mass.
Rare Book Collection
Town Meeting Warrant
FLINT
MIDDLET.
PUBLIC LIV
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 the thirteenth 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 see 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 beginning January 1, 1956, and to issue a note or notes therefor 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, 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 authorize the Board of Assessors to use $12,000.00 from available funds to reduce the tax rate.
ARTICLE 5. On petition of the Cemetery Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be used by the Cemetery Commissioners to improve and enlarge the Cemetery; said amount to be taken from the Lots and Graves Fund.
ARTICLE 6. On petition of the Fire Chief, to see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of $1500.00 to buy the following Radio Equipment: Two (2) Mobile Units and one (1) Remote Control Unit. This amount to be taken from available funds.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to elect, in accordance with Chapter 402 of the Acts of 1910, three Water Com- missioners at the annual election in March 1957; said Commissioners to be elected for the following terms of office: One for 3 years, one for 2 years, and one for one year.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00; said sum to be used to reimburse the Town of Danvers for the repair of the water main at Lakeview Avenue, Middleton in the year 1955.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $56.73, said sum to be used to reimburse the Town of Danvers for repairs to the Water Service at Howe-Manning School in the year 1950.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 to be used for the repair and maintenance of the Water Mains and Hydrants in the Town of Middleton; said amount to be taken from available funds. ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $78.90; said amount to be used to pay the expenditure of the School Facilities Committee in the year 1955.
ARTICLE 12. On petition of John R. Wallen and others, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purchase of materials to be used to install street lights on Curtis Avenue and the accepted portions of Phaneuf Street. This amount to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
ARTICLE 13. On petition of the Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,500.00; said money to be taken from the Surplus Account of the Electric Light Department, for the purchase of an abandoned power line on Maple Street from the Town of Danvers. Said line to be converted to the Department's use on Maple Street, and to convert the Department's present line to a 4-wire, 4160-volt line.
ARTICLE 14. On petition of the Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000.00; said money to be taken from the Surplus Account of the Electric Light Department, to remodel a part of the Department's present Sub-Station to conform to a newly constructed 4160-volt line.
ARTICLE 15. On petition of the Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,184.75; said money. to be taken from the Surplus Account of the Electric Light Department to reimburse the New England Tel. & Tel. Company for a one-half (1/2) interest in pole construction done by them prior to 1955 and jointly used by both New England Tel. & Tel. Co. and the Electric Light Dept.
ARTICLE 16. On petition of the Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,500.00; said money to be taken from the Surplus Account of the Electric Light Department; this sum together with the exchange value of the present 1951 Line Truck is to be expended for the purchase of a new Line Truck.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of $1,500.00 to purchase from the Middleton Community Services, Inc. nursing services (exclusive of therapeutic nursing care or so-called bedside nursing care) related to the following only: Communicable diseases, Tuberculosis, Maternal and Child Health.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for building and originally furnishing and equipping an addition to the Howe-Manning School, and by providing for the raising of such sum of money by taxation, by appropriation of available funds in the treasury, or by an issue of bonds and notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 7, Chapter 44 of the General Laws, and of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, or take any other action relating thereto, agreeable to the petition of the School Building Committee.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not exceeding $3,800.00 for the purchase of a dump truck for the use of the Highway Department, said purchase price to be paid from the Road Machinery Fund.
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 19 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 Assessor for three years, one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years, Highway Surveyor, Tax Collector, Town Treasurer for three years, Tree Warden, Constable, Superintendent of Burials, one Electric Light Commissioner for three years, one member 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).
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 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 fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six.
A true copy. Attest:
JAMES W. WENTWORTH, Constable
DANIEL J. DONOVAN, Chairman DAVID BURNS, Clerk MANUEL GILBOARD
Selectmen of Middleton
Annual Report
for the
Town of Middleton
Massachusetts 1955
FLINT
MIDDLETON PUBLIC LIBRARY
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers Elected 1955
Moderator
Elmer P. Morrill
Town Clerk
Alton W. Hubbard
Selectmen and Board of Health
Daniel J. Donovan, Chairman (1956) Manuel Gilboard, 1957 David Burns, 1958
Board of Public Welfare
Leslie E. Merrifield, Chairman (1956) Charles Pasquale (1957) Leyland A. Phillips (1958)
Board of Assessors Paul B. Wake, Chairman (1957)
Wilbur A. Witham (1956) Ernest F. LeBeau (1958)
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 (1958) Rosamond L. Bastable, Clerk (1958) Henry F. Luscomb (1957) Elmer P. Morrill (1957)
Harold F. Purdy (1956)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Electric Light Commissioners George W. Nash, Chairman (1956)
John Muzichuk (1957) Frank E. Dow, Clerk (1958)
Cemetery Commissioners Richard N. Maxwell (1957)
Lawrence E. Tinkham, Jr. (1956) Michael Lavorgna (1958)
Superintendent of Burials
Charles W. Baker
Tree Warden
Clarence Osgood
Planning Board Louis Barett, Chairman (1959)
Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr. (1956)
William E. Willette (1957)
Frank Silva (1958) Edward J. Hoffman (1960)
Trustees Flint Public Library William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1957)
William T. Martin (1956)
Paul B. Wake (1956)
Thomas J. Oliver (1958) Elmer O. Campbell, Jr. (1958) Carl C. Jones (1957)
Town Officers Appointed 1955
Registrars of Voters Ernest P. Goodale, Chairman (1956)
Robert H. Mathews (1958) 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) R. L. S. Marsh (1958)
Beaumont Hurd (1958)
Finance Committee
Elmer C. McIntyre, Chairman (1958)
Hazen M. Richardson (1958) 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 James Donovan
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TOWN OFFICERS
Custodian of Town Hall James H. Ogden
Electric Light Manager Robert F. Thomas
Town Counsel
James J. Gaffney
Welfare Agent
Phyllis R. Brown
Building Inspector
Earl F. Jones
Wire Inspector
John W. Milbery
Veterans Agent
James H. Ogden
TRUSTEES B. F. Emerson Fund
Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Mass.
Roger F. Clapp
William H. Sanborn
Paul B. Wake
Mansfield Fund
Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
David Cummings Fund Board of Public Welfare
Annual Report
of the Town Accountant
1955
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1955
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES:
CURRENT YEAR
Property
$ 172,864.32
Poll
1,454.00
Loss of Taxes
3,373.77
PREVIOUS YEARS
Property
15,659.34
Poll
8.00
Redemption Tax Titles
356.36
FROM THE STATE
Income
Valuation Basis
4,755.11
Education Basis
21,105.93
Corporation
11,202.80
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor
2,800.00
All other
478.00
Building
180.00
3,468.00
FINES:
District Court
246.90
246.90
GRANTS AND GIFTS: FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Old Age Assistance
17,177.20
Aid Dependent Children
4,142.33
Disability Assistance
350.00
21,669.53
$230,779.63
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE
Meals Tax
1,081.30
Vocational Education
644.35
High School
10,060.00
Union Superintendency
732.43
School Building Aid
5,173.84
Highway (Chapter 81)
10,775.14
Inspection of Animals
100.00
28,567.06
FROM COUNTY Dog Licenses
761.05
761.05
PRIVILEGES
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
30,629.98
30,629.98
316,122.15
DEPARTMENTAL
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE:
Selectmen
48.00
FINANCIAL:
Treasurer
19.50
Collector
54.46
OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Clerk
63.00
Board of Appeals
60.00
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS:
Town Hall
233.00
Memorial Hall
1,020.00
1,447.96
HEALTH:
Dental Clinic 399.00
399.00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police
12.00
Police Ambulance
68.60
Fire
40.00
Forest Fires
98.50
Sealing of Weights and Measures
41.70
Forestry
5.24
Dog Officer
143.00
409.04
HIGHWAYS:
Chapter 90 Construction
846.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,000.00
Truck and Machinery Rental
4,421.15
Snow and Sanding
144.00
Insurance
111.87
6,523.02
CHARITIES: PUBLIC WELFARE
From Cities and Towns
869.71
From State
280.02
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
From Cities and Towns
1,828.57
From State
24,712.59
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
From State
3,783.48
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE From State
302.87
VETERANS' SERVICES : From State
1,555.10
1,555.10
SCHOOLS:
TUITION, TRANSPORTATION
State Wards
720.28
Sale of Supplies
8.20
Hall Rental
54.00
Lunches
15,263.76
31,777.24
16,046.24
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
UNCLASSIFIED
Hurricane Damage 17,145.58 :
17,145.58
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:
Sale of Light and Power
129,602.80
Miscellaneous
931.09
130,533.89
CEMETERIES :
Sale of Lots and Graves
245.00
Opening Graves
741.00
Care of Endowed Lots
743.10
1,729.10
INTEREST:
On Deposits
58.12
On Deferred Taxes
460.75
On Excise Taxes
103.86
Mansfield Fund
1,475.00
2,097.73
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT:
Beverage Licenses
10.00
Dog Licenses
895.20
Perpetual Care Funds
845.00
Withholding Taxes
12,588.05
Retirement Fund
2,879.59
Blue Cross
1,875.75
Meter Deposits
597.00
REFUNDS:
General Departments
186.55
186.55
Total Receipts Cash Balance January 1, 1955
545,633.19
106,378.33
$652,011.52
19,660.59
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES GENERAL GOVERNMENT MODERATOR
Salary
Elmer P. Morrill 50.00
50.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Association Dues
15.00
Expenses
45.92 60.92
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SELECTMEN
Salaries
Daniel J. Donovan
300.00
David Burns
300.00
Manuel Gilboard
233.50
Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr.
66.50
900.00
Expenses
Clerk
250.00
Perambulating
150.00
Supplies and Printing
149.68
Advertisements
135.00
Postage
41.48
Essex Street Water
33.00
Association Dues
34.00
Expenses
65.00
858.16
1,758.16
ACCOUNTANT
Salary
Elmer O. Campbell
1,000.00
Expenses
Postage and Supplies
71.95
Association Dues
: 3.00
74.95
60.92
1,074.95
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TREASURER
Salary
Edward H. Leary
1,000.00
Expenses
Supplies
215.26
Postage
126.94
Mileage and Expenses
133.50
Clerical Assistance
200.00
Bank Charges
26.00
Association Dues
2.00
Office Equipment
250.00
953.70
Tax Title Expenses
Registry of Deeds
6.00
Counsel Expenses
120.00
Deeds
13.50
139.50
2,093.20
TAX COLLECTOR
Salary
Harold E. Tyler
1,000.00
Expenses
Supplies
225.61
Postage
171.65
Tax Takings
50.14
Deputy Collector Fees
15.00
Clerical Assistance
156.50
Mileage-Telephone
101.62
Association Dues
2.00
Office Equipment
45.00
767.52
1,767.52
LAW
Salary James Gaffney, Counsel 600.00
600.00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ASSESSORS
Salaries
Paul B. Wake
525.00
Wilbur A. Witham
500.00
Ernest F. LeBeau
475.00
1,500.00
Expenses
Supplies and Postage
190.95
Abstracts
35.50
Mileage-Expenses
55.00
Clerical Services
267.50
Association Dues
9.00
Office Expenses
115.60
Office Equipment
574.25
1,247.80
2,747.80
TOWN CLERK
Salary
Alton W. Hubbard
400.00
:
Expenses
Telephone and Postage
72.84
Supplies
75.03
Association Dues
7.50
Clerical Assistance
17.25
Recording Deeds
13.00
185.62
585.62
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Salaries-Registrars
Ernest P. Goodale
35.00
Lloyd H. Getchell
35.00
Robert Mathews
35.00
Alton W. Hubbard
35.00
140.00
Expenses
Listing
125.00
Election Officers
143.00
Printing and Supplies
90.10
Lunches
34.88
392.98
PLANNING BOARD
Expenses
Services
46.00
Supplies
24.80
Advertisements
12.00
Association Dues
12.50
95.30
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95.30
TOWN HALL
Salary
James H. Ogden
480.00
Expenses
Fuel and Light
390.53
Repairs
205.10
Supplies
49.17
Water
12.80
Painting
700.00
1,357.60
1,837.60
1
532.98
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
MEMORIAL HALL
Salaries
Charles S. Clinch, Jr.
240.00
Robert Johnston
120.00
360.00
Expenses
Fuel and Light
1,515.54
Water and Telephone
180.93
Supplies
61.11
Repairs
226.21
Painting
95.00
2,078.79
2,438.79
Total-General Government
$ 15,642.84
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
PROTECTIONS OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
CONSTABLE'S SALARY
Salary
James W. Wentworth 35.00
35.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages
James H. Wentworth, Chief 4,420.00
Lloyd H. Getchell 891.66
W. C. Rundlett, Jr ..
796.16
Harold Moore
271.22
Joseph Peters
225.68
Arthur Doane
89.95
William Pennock
11.55
Charles Pasquale
8.45
Matron
10.40
6,725.07
Expenses
Gasoline-Oil-Repairs
1,321.05
Office Expenses-Telephone
330.33
Supplies
17.35
Equipment
83.08
Dues and Expenses
11.25
New Cruiser
687.63
2,450.69
9,175.76
CIVIL DEFENSE
Expense
First Aid
18.00
Telephone
71.79
89.79
89.79
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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
500.00
1,115.00
Expenses
Wages
1,311.33
Gasoline and Oil
201.78
Equipment and Repairs
1,154.03
Fuel and Light
1,175.85
Building Maintenance
194.58
Office Expenses-Telephone
418.46
Fire Alarm
1,035.37
Insurance
220.15
Supplies
13.29
Radio
2 way Radio and Installation
1,798.50
BUILDING INSPECTION
Salary
Earl F. Jones
400.00
Expenses
Mileage
78.40
Postage-Telephone
21.60
100.00
500.00
BOARD OF APPEALS
Expenses
Advertisements
71.25
Postage-Supplies
20.24
Clerical Services
69.25
160.74
160.74
5,724.84
8,638.34
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
WIRE INSPECTOR
Salary
Harold Murphy
125.00
John W. Milbery
175.00
300.00
Expenses
Supplies-Postage
25.50
Mileage
51.45
76.95
376.95
SEALING OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
Joseph Begg
125.00
Expenses
Supplies
35.50
Mileage
39.50
75.00
200.00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Wages
Labor
867.68
Expenses
Truck Hire
88.00
Equipment Hire
48.00
Supplies
196.32
332.32
1,200.00
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
TREE WARDEN
Wages
Labor
1,952.42
Expenses
Truck Hire
606.25
Equipment Hire
142.00
Supplies
30.08
Conley Tree Surgeons
358.80
1,137.13
3,089.55
DUTCH ELM DISEASE CONTROL
Wages
Labor
859.20
Expenses
Truck Hire
82.50
Equipment Hire
26.00
Supplies
31.81
140.31
999.51
PLANTING NEW TREES
Purchase of Trees
200.00
200.00
DOG OFFICER
Salary
James H. Wentworth
100.00
Expenses
Care and disposing of dogs
104.00
Supplies
20.00
124.00
224.00
Total Protection of Persons and Property
$ 24,889.64
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Leyland A. Phillips, Agent 100.00
Mary Wilson, Asst. Agent 20.00
120.00
Expenses
Care of Patients
241.00
Care of Dump
1,433.30
Vital Statistics
205.00
Services-Mileage
36.69
1,915.99
2,035.99
DENTAL CLINIC
Expenses
Services-Dentist
1,070.00
Materials and Equipment 315.25
1,385.25
1,385.25
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE
Salary
Philip H. Dearth 200.00
200.00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Salary
Roland Larocque 25.00
25.00
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT
County Treasurer
2,035.54
2,035.54
Total-Health and Sanitation $ 5,681.78
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Wages
Labor
3,282.00
Expenses
Truck Hire
346.80
Supplies
890.98
Asphalt
154.20
Signs
114.88
Office Expenses
28.90
Light
52.20
1,595.82
4,869.96
CHAPTER 81-MAINTENANCE
Wages
Labor
5,397.20
Expenses
Truck Hire
1,745.00
Equipment Hire
2,465.00
Asphalt
2,759.29
Sand and Stone
550.21
Supplies
424.92
Office Expenses-Telephone
253.38
8,202.80
13,600.00
CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE
Wages
Labor
926.30
Expenses
Truck Hire
412.80
Equipment Hire
92.00
Sand and Stone
70.61
Asphalt
1,010.35
Supplies
495.80
2,081.56
3,007.86
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 90-CONSTRUCTION
Wages
Labor
4,806.20
Expenses
Truck Hire
1,714.30
Equipment Hire
3,750.40
Asphalt
353.78
Gravel
680.28
Lumber
1,689.18
Supplies
431.73
8,619.67
13,425.87
SNOW REMOVAL
Wages
Labor
1,218.60
Expenses
Truck Hire
870.15
Repairs and Supplies
711.71
Sand and Salt
1,784.77
State Highway
12.22
3,378.85
4,597.45
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Expense
Gasoline and Oil
1,546.71
Parts and Repairs
2,323.12
Insurance and Registration
70.82
Supplies
59.14
3,999.79
3,999.79
STREET LIGHTING
Middleton Electric Light Dept.
3,500.00
3,500.00
Total-Highways
$ 47,000.93
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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
49.91
Cash Payments
598.71
Groceries-Fuel
608.41
Medical Aid
114.33
Other Cities and Towns
2,546.68
3,918.04
4,568.04
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Administration
Central Essex Welfare District
623.00
Aid
Cash
49,002.42
Other Cities and Towns 666.65
49,669.07
50,292.07
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Aid
10,705.78
10,705.78
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Aid
1,359.55
Cash
1,359.55
Total-Charities
$ 66,925.44
Cash
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VETERANS' SERVICES
VETERANS' SERVICES
Salary
James H. Ogden, Agent
250.00
Expenses
Association Dues
5.00
Aid
Cash
3,256.00
Fuel-Rent-Groceries
666.96
Medical Aid
683.92
4,606.88
4,861.88
Total-Veterans' Services $ 4,861.88
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOLS
Salaries
Teachers and Supervisors
59,377.57
Superintendent
362.46
Doctor
500.00
Nurse
1,200.00
Janitors
4,105.63
Attendance Officer
125.00
Census
50.00
Clerks
1,775.36
67,496.02
Expenses
Superintendent's Expenses
61.57
Office Expenses
944.65
Books and Supplies
8,222.64
Building Maintenance
2,329.54
Fuel and Light
3,518.48
Transportation
13,099.50
Tuition
24,902.42
Furnishing-Equipment
2,225.87
55,304.67
School Facilities Survey
Services
850.00
Printing-Supplies
128.00
978.00
School Parking Lot Contract
809.00
124,587.69
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Expenses
Tuition
529.45
Transportation
189.83
719.28
719.28
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL LUNCH
Expense Labor and Supplies 15,072.43
15,072.43
Total-Schools
$140,379.40
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LIBRARY AND PARK DEPARTMENTS
LIBRARY
Salaries
On Order
1,553.50
Expenses
On Order
2,096.60
Total-Library $ 3,650.10
For complete report see Trustees Report
RECREATION
PARK
Wages
Labor
588.55
Expenses
Supplies
117.14
Storage
50.00
Spraying
45.00
Truck Hire
30.00
Water
17.25
259.39
847.94
CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS
Middleton Electric Light Dept. 70.20
70.20
Total-Recreation
$ 918.14
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UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
INSURANCE
Workmen's Compensation and
Public Liability
1,388.35
Building-Blanket Policy
2,066.05
Vehicles-Fire and Theft
50.27
Vehicles-Liability
1,500.00
School-Liability
27.30
Boilers
262.32
Clerk's Bond
7.50
Collector's Bond and
Burglary Insurance
249.57
Treasurer's Bond and
Burglary Insurance
174.33
5,725.69
MEMORIAL DAY
Band
200.00
Flowers-Wreaths-Flags
76.50
Speaker and Music
45.00
Refreshments
52.95
Printing
10.00
384.45
WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL
Bronze Tablet and Stone
1,566.18
Expenses
27.50
1,593.68
DAMAGE TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Settlement of Claims 2,640.00
TOWN REPORTS
Printing
931.00
Delivering
56.00
987.00
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UNCLASSIFIED
1955 CENSUS
Listing
400.00
Expenses
6.25
406.25
MANSFIELD FUND
Concerts
175.00
Thanksgiving and Christmas
609.50
784.50
FIRE - HIGHWAY BUILDING
Conti & Donahue, Contractor
8,381.96
Ray Thibedeau, Architect
217.07
Fire Alarm Equipment
1,737.00
Supplies and Equipment
1,452.29
11,788.32
Total-Unclassified $ 24,309.89
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Commissioners
Frank E. Dow
150.00
George W. Nash
150.00
John Muzichuk
150.00
Manager
Robert F. Thomas
5,200.00
Clerk
2,340.00
7,990.00
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
Energy
Essex County Electric Co. 81,463.16
Danvers Electric Light Dept. 231.64
81,694.80
Labor
Charles S. Clinch, Jr.
4,365.00
Willis W. Esty
3,421.70
Wilbur A. Witham
4,266.70
Joseph E. Pickard
2,744.97
George W. Nash
149.93
James H. Ogden
6.00
14,954.30
Expenses
Sub Station Equipment
612.25
Poles and Wire
6,007.48
Meters and Transformers
1,469.78
Street Light Equipment
642.16
Miscellaneous Equipment
250.00
Sub Station Maintenance
298.97
Supplies
3,498.69
Transformer Maintenance
181.63
Street Light Maintenance
490.52
Office Expenses
1,340.44
Insurance
1,059.76
Truck Maintenance
1,103.16
Depreciation
4,331.97
Line Clearance
996.50
22,283.31
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
DEPRECIATION FUND
Regulators
3,637.50
Poles and Wire
1,791.63
Transformers
595.50
Construction
3,450.00
Trucks Overhaul
412.90
9,887.53
Total-Public Service Enterprises $136,809.94
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CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
CEMETERIES
Salaries
Commissioners
Richard N. Maxwell
20.00
Michael Lavorgna
20.00
Lawrence Tinkham
20.00
Supt. of Burials
Charles W. Baker
30.00
90.00
Expenses
Labor
4,208.60
Truck Hire
195.00
Supplies
237.41
Water
17.20
Opening Graves
822.70
Hot Topping Avenues
883.53
Repairing Lots
250.00
6,614.44
Total-Cemeteries $ 6,704.44
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
LOANS
School Construction Loan
2,000.00
School Addition Loan
10,000.00
Fire-Highway Building Loan
5,000.00
17,000.00
INTEREST
School Construction Loan
80.00
School Addition Loan
2,590.00
Fire-Highway Building Loan
731.25
3,401.25
Total-Municipal Indebtedness $ 20,401.25
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Auditing Municipal Accounts
1,923.04
State Park and Reservations
416.71
County Tax
7,312.56
Dog Licenses to County
895.20
Withholding Tax Deductions
12,558.05
Retirement Fund Deductions
2,879.59
Retirement Fund Assessment
3,292.13
Blue Cross Deductions
1,875.75
Meter Deposits
705.00
Beverage License
10.00
TRUST
Deposit of Cemetery Endowment Funds 845.00
Total-Agency and Trust $ 32,713.03
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REFUNDS-TRANSFERS
REFUNDS
1954 Excise Tax
172.90
1955 Excise Tax
1,032.97
1955 Real Estate Tax
106.56
1955 Personal Property Tax
3,483.27
Electric Light Department
16.23
Total-Refunds
4,811.93
4,811.93
Total Exepnditures
531,368.66
Cash Balance December 31, 1955
120,642.86
$652,011.52
TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND
Cemetery
657.56
Memorial Hall Expenses
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