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Not to be taken from this room
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1957
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MIDDLETON
PUBLIC
PARY
THE MIRROR PRESS - DANVERS, MASS.
1958
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Flint Public Library Middleton, Mass.
Rare Book Collection
Town Meeting Warrant
MIDDLETON PUBLIC 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 Mid- dleton on Tuesday the Eleventh 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, 1958, 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 Board of Electric Light Commissioners to see if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $2,000.00 from the earnings of the Electric Light Department, said sum to be used for reducing the tax rate.
ARTICLE 6. On petition of the Board of 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 Dept., to build an addition on our present garage which can be used for material storage.
ARTICLE 7. On petition of the Board of Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000.00, said sum to be taken from the surplus account of the Electric Light Dept. This sum together with the exchange value of the present 1951 service truck to be expended for the purchase of a new service truck.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,800.00 to be used for hot topping the frontage and repair of the entrances to Memorial Hall.
ARTICLE 9. On petition of James H. Ogden and others, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purchase of materials and to install lighting on Park St .; said amount to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
ARTICLE 10. On petition of Herbert Ayles and others, to see if the Town will vote to have installed on the accepted sec- tion of Beatle Road, off Forest Street, three street lights at a cost of $300.00. Said amount to be taken from the surplus account of the Electric Light Dept.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of five (5) voters to investi- gate the advisability, proposed costs and methods of the regular collection of garbage as a municipal function in the Town of Middleton, and to report their findings and cost estimate to the next Town Meeting.
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 17 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, Highway Surveyor, Tree Warden, Constable, Superin- tendent of Burials, one Electric Light Commissioner for three years, two Members of the School Committee for three years, one Member of the School Committee for Two years, two Trustees of Flint Public Library for three years, one Member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years, one Member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years, one Mem- ber of the Board of Public Welfare for two years, one Member of the Planning Board for five years, and shall include the question :
"Shall chapter thirty-two B of the General Laws, authorizing any county, city, town or district to provide a plan of group life insurance, group accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and group general or blanket hos- pital, surgical and medical insurance for certain persons in the service of such county, city, town or district and their dependents, be accepted by this Town?"
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 sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight.
DAVID BURNS, Chairman MANUEL GILBOARD, Clerk WILBUR C. RUNDLETT, JR.
Selectmen of Middleton
A true copy. Attest:
JAMES W. WENTWORTH, Constable.
Annual Report
for the
Town of Middleton
Massachusetts
1957
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Ernest H. Gondale
1889 - 1957
Member Board of Registrars 1943-1957
Charles Pasquale
1893 - 1957
Member Board of Public Welfare 1943-1957
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers Elected 1957
Moderator
Daniel J. Donovan
Town Clerk Alton W. Hubbard
Selectmen and Board of Health David Burns, Chairman (1958)
Manuel Gilboard, 1960 Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr., 1959
Board of Public Welfare Leslie E. Merrifield, Chairman (1959)
Charles H. Bates Leyland A. Phillips (1958) Charles Pasquale
Board of Assessors Paul B. Wake, Chairman (1960)
Wilbur A. Witham (1959) Ernest F. LeBeau (1958)
Treasurer Edward H. Leary (1959)
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 (1960) Joseph R. Chartier (1959) Henry N. Sawyer (1960)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Electric Light Commissioners
John Muzichuk, Chairman (1960) Frank E. Dow, Clerk (1958) J. Lansing English (1959)
Cemetery Commissioners
Richard N. Maxwell (1960)
Michael Lavorgna (1958) Lawrence E. Tinkham, Jr. (1959)
Superintendent of Burials
Charles W. Baker
Tree Warden
James Donovan
Planning Board
Louis Barett, Chairman (1959) Henry N. Sawyer (1961) R. Lionel Barrows (1962) Edward J. Hoffman (1960)
Frank Silva (1958)
Trustees Flint Public Library
William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1960)
William T. Martin (1959) Paul B. Wake (1959)
Thomas J. Oliver (1958) Elmer O. Campbell, Jr. (1958) Carl C. Jones (1960)
Water Commissioners
Benjamin K. Richardson (1960) Roger M. Peabody (1958) Rudolph A. Angers (1959)
Town Officers Appointed 1957
Registrars of Voters Lloyd H. Getchell, Chairman (1960) Walter L. Paine (1959) Frederick C. Jones (1958) Max J. Brean, Jr., Clerk (Ex-Officio)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Zoning Appeal Board
William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1959)
Ferederick P. Daniels (1961) R. L. S. Marsh (1958) Donald A. Aylward (1962)
Beaumont Hurd (1960)
Finance Committee
Richard Cressy, Chairman (1960)
Hazen M. Richardson (1958) Alden F. Moreland (1960) Paul Odell (1958)
Barbara A. Rooney (1959)
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 Accounant Elmer O. Campbell (1960)
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
Willis W. Esty
Town Counsel
Daniel J. Donovan
Welfare Agent
Phyllis R. Brown
Building Inspector
Earl F. Jones
Wire Inspector
John W. Milbery
Veterans Agent
James H. Ogden
Health Agent
Leyland A. Phillips
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
1957
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1957
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES:
CURRENT YEAR
Property
$ 231,075.51
Poll
1,534.00
Farm Animal Excise
369.70
Lieu of Taxes
2,341.10
PREVIOUS YEARS
Property
10,862.87
Tax Title Redemptions
118.86
FROM THE STATE
Income
Valuation Basis
4,662.40
Education Basis
25,785.93
Corporation
16,129.05
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Alcoholic Beverage
3,250.00
All other
731.00
Building
380.65
4,361.65
FINES:
District Court
162.85
162.85
GRANTS AND GIFTS:
FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Old Age Assistance
16,383.83
Aid Dependent Children
3,568.02
Disability Assistance
807.20
School Lunches
5,294.32
Other School Purposes
1,892.78
$292,879.42
27,946.15
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE
Meals Tax
1,187.28
Vocational Education
212.23
High School Transportation
10,780.00
School Building Aid
10,002.96
School Superintendent
3,333.33
Highway (Chapter 81)
10,589.09
Inspection of Animals
100.00
36,204.89
FROM COUNTY
Dog Licenses
768.76
768.76
ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE Sale Tax Possession Property
92.00
92.00
PRIVILEGES
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
38,869.32
38,869.32
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE :
Selectmen
64.00
FINANCIAL:
Treasurer
21.00
Collector
73.90
OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Clerk
23.00
Board of Appeals
118.00
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS: Town Hall
204.50
Memorial Hall
1,020.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police
62.30
Police Ambulance
48.00
Sealing of Weights and Measures
84.80
Dog Officer
135.00
1,524.40
330.10
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
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HEALTH AND SANITATION : Tuberculosis Subsidy Dental Clinic
435.00
368.50
803.50
HIGHWAYS:
Chapter 90 Construction
19,170.00
Chapter 718
2,500.00
Snow and Sanding
654.76
Truck and Machinery Rental
4,330.40
26,655.16
CHARITIES:
PUBLIC WELFARE
From Cities and Towns
1,127.05
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
From Cities and Towns
550.05
From State
19,803.07
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
From State
2,528.82
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
From State
1,066.23
25,075.22
VETERANS' SERVICES:
From State
2,693.06
2,693.06
SCHOOLS:
Tuition, Transportation State Wards
342.36
Sale of Supplies
16.80
Hall Rental
40.00
Lunches
12,382.01
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:
Sale of Light and Power
164,812.05
Miscellaneous
1,935.98
12,781.17
166,748.03
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
CEMETERIES :
Sale of Lots and Graves
390.00
Opening Graves Care of Endowed Lots
973.00
743.10
INTEREST:
On Deposits
67.02
On Deferred Taxes
555.80
Bond Issue
547.20
2,895.02
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:
School Loan
180,000.00
Fire Truck Loan
15,000.00
Premium on Bonds
504.00
195,504.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT:
Beverage Licenses
10.00
Dog Licenses
963.50
Perpetual Care Funds
1,210.00
Withholding Taxes
18,265.55
Retirement Fund
3,647.38
Blue Cross - Blue Shield
2,542.85
Meter Deposits
645.00
27,284.28
REFUNDS:
General Departments
388.50
388.50
TRANSFERS:
Electric Light Depreciation Fund 8,109.27
8,109.27 874,182.85
Total Receipts Cash Balance January 1, 1957
115,409.13
$989,591.98
2,106.10
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES GENERAL GOVERNMENT
MODERATOR
Salary
David J. Donovan
50.00
50.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Expenses
Association Dues
15.00
15.00
SELECTMEN
Salaries
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David Burns
500.00
Manuel Gilboard
500.00
Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr.
500.00
1,500.00
Expenses
Clerk
350.00
Supplies and Printing
87.72
Advertisements
126.75
Postage
34.10
Association Dues
34.00
Flags and Flowers
62.35
Expenses
95.00
789.92
2,289.92
ACCOUNTANT
Salary
Elmer O. Campbell
1,400.00
Expenses
Supplies
83.65
Association Dues
3.00
86.65
1,486.65
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TREASURER
Salary
Edward H. Leary
1,200.00
Expenses
Supplies
155.66
Postage
105.00
Mileage and Expenses
142.00
Clerical Assistance
300.00
Bank Charges
760.55
Association Dues
2.00
Office Equipment
182.00
Certifying Notes
10.00
1,657.21
Tax Title Expenses
Registry of Deeds
6.00
Counsel Expenses
287.06
Deeds
9.00
Takings
44.60
346.66
3,203.87
COLLECTOR
Salary
Harold E. Tyler
1,200.00
Expenses
Supplies
330.01
Postage
197.20
Deputy Collector
20.00
Clerical Assistance
327.00
Mileage - Telephone
84.20
Association Dues
2.00
960.41
2,160.41
ASSESSORS
Salaries
Paul B. Wake
625.00
Wilbur A. Witham
600.00
Ernest F. LeBeau
575.00
1,800.00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Expenses
Supplies and Postage
161.92
Abstracts
93.35
Mileage - Expenses
80.00
Clerical Services
330.00
Association Dues
9.00
Office Expenses
74.70
748.97
2,548.97
TOWN CLERK
Salary
Alton W. Hubbard
100.00
Max J. Breau, Jr.
300.00
400.00
Expenses
Office Expenses
148.59
Office Supplies
92.06
Office Equipment
317.00
Recording Deeds
23.00
570.65
970.65
COUNSEL
Salary
Daniel J. Donovan
800.00
Expenses
Office Expenses
30.00
Filing Fees
18.00
48.00
848.00
PLANNING BOARD
Expenses
Clerical Services
50.00
Association Dues
22.50
72.50 72.50
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Salaries
Ernest P. Goodale
35.00
Lloyd H. Getchell
35.00
Frederick Jones
35.00
Alton W. Hubbard
10.00
Max J. Breau, Jr.
25.00
140.00
Expenses
Listing
250.00
Election Officers
205.50
Printing and Supplies
203.10
Lunches
44.41
Janitor - School Hall
10.00
713.01
853.01
TOWN HALL
Salary
James H. Ogden
480.00
Expenses
Fuel and Light
561.92
Repairs
52.95
Supplies
19.64
Painting
223.00
857.51
1,337.51
MEMORIAL HALL
Salary
Alfred H. Kitchin
360.00
Expenses
Fuel and Light
1,486.19
Water and Telephone
111.07
Supplies
169.49
Repairs
310.18
Oil Burner
495.00
2,571.93
2,931.93
$ 18,778.42
Total General Government Expenditures
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
CONSTABLE
Salary
James W. Wentworth 35.00
35.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages
James W. Wentworth, Chief
4,680.00
Lloyd H. Getchell
1,463.00
Harold Moore
595.00
Arthur Doane
316.25
Robert Hurd
240.00
Joseph Peters
105.00
Norman Welch
103.75
William Pennock
3.75
Matron
14.55
Expenses
Car Maintenance
1,782.85
Office Expenses
309.65
Supplies
61.02
Equipment
103.70
Car and Radio
1,764.75
Association Dues
5.00
4,026.97
11,548.27
CIVIL DEFENSE
Expenses
Telephone
84.10
84.10
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Salary
Earl F. Jones
500.00
Expenses
200.00
700.00
7,521.30
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Chief
700.00
Deputy Chief
200.00
Captain
150.00
Lieutenants (3)
225.00
Forest Warden
50.00
Firefighters
1,198.96
2,523.96
Expenses
Labor
3,174.38
Equipment and Repairs
1,214.04
Gasoline and Oil
371.89
Fuel and Light
1,312.12
Building Maintenance
119.70
Office Expenses - Telephone
301.84
Fire Alarm
943.99
Insurance
220.15
Supplies
13.65
New Pumper
19,486.82
27,158.58 29,682.54
BOARD OF APPEALS
Expenses
Advertisements
152.25
Postage - Supplies
15.52
Clerical Services
86.33
254.10
254.10
WIRE INSPECTOR
Salary
John W. Milbery
300.00
Expenses
125.00
425.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
Joseph Begg
125.00
Expenses
75.00
200.00
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
Wages
Labor
2,034.70
Expenses
Truck Supplies
108.60
Supplies
563.00
Equipment Hire
22.00
Removing Trees
1,047.30
Planting New Trees
296.40
Association Dues
5.00
2,042.30
4,077.00
DOG OFFICER
Salary
James W. Wentworth
100.00
Expenses
Care and Disposing of Dogs
122.00
222.00
Total - Protection of Persons and Property
$ 47,228.01
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Leyland H. Phillips, Agent 300.00
Mary Wilson, Ass't. Agent 20.00
320.00
Expenses
Care of Patients
422.50
Care of Dump
2,523.00
Vital Statistics
193.00
Polio Clinic
103.00
Office Expenses
19.85
3,261.35
3,581.35
DENTAL CLINIC
Expenses
Services
Supplies
1,115.00 174.90
1,289.90
1,289.90
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE
Salary
Philip H. Dearth
200.00
Expenses
95.50
295.50
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Salary
Roland Larocque
100.00
100.00
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT
County Treasurer
5,531.72
5,531.72
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM
Community Services, Inc. 2,000.00
2,000.00
Total - Health and Sanitation Expenditures $ 12,798.47
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Wages
Labor
3,041.95
Expenses
Truck Hire
245.20
Supplies
874.13
Signs
25.50
Lights
73.46
Office Supplies
37.20
Office Equipment
115.00
1,370.49
4,412.44
CHAPTER 81 - MAINTENANCE
Wages
Labor
6,743.20
Expenses
Truck Hire
1,758.00
Equipment Hire
739.00
Asphalt
3,270.04
Sand and Gravel
1,258.64
Supplies
95.58
Office Expenses
160.54
7,281.80
14,025.00
CHAPTER 90 - MAINTENANCE
Wages
Labor
850.00
Expenses
Truck Hire
314.80
Equipment Hire
320.00
Asphalt
1,515.20
2,150.00
3,000.00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 90 - CONSTRUCTION
Wages
Labor
2,418.70
Expenses
Truck Hire
930.80
Equipment Hire
2,399.90
Asphalt
870.13
Gravel
285.84
Supplies
58.03
Blasting
495.90
5,040.60
7,459.30
SNOW REMOVAL
Wages
Labor
2,875.90
Expenses
Truck Hire
2,507.20
Repairs and Supplies
1,788.50
Sand and Salt
2,512.48
State Highway
4.37
6,812.56
9,688.46
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Expenses
Gasoline and Oil
2,008.87
Parts and Repairs
2,004.84
Insurance and Registration
51.22
Supplies
186.84
4,251.77
4,251.77
MILL STREET BRIDGE
Wages
Labor
1,271.00
Expenses
Truck Hire
48.00
Material
1,990.43
2,038.43
3,309.43
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
PEABODY STREET BRIDGE
Contractor
Advertising
18,720.00 13.30
18,733.30
18,733.30
STORM DRAINS
Contractor
Material
428.00 1,247.61
Labor
120.80
1,796.41
1,796.41
STREET SWEEPER
Sweeper
1,050.00
1,050.00
STREET SANDER
Sander
1,942.75
1,942.75
STREET LIGHTING
Middleton Electric Light Dept. 4,000.00
4,000.00
Total - Highways Expenditures
$ 73,668.86
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CHARITIES ACCOUNT
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE
Salaries - Commissioners
Charles Pasquale
250.00
Leyland A. Phillips
300.00
Leslie E. Merrifield
250.00
800.00
Expenses
Administration
78.75
Aid - Cash
1,334.40
Groceries and Fuel
132.85
Medical Aid
180.56
Other Cities and Towns
1,945.76
Burials
326.00
Refunds
547.51
4,545.83
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Administration
Central Essex Welfare District
1,006.00
Aid
Cash
42,112.86
Other Cities and Towns 1,230.33
43,343.19
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Aid
Cash
7,401.27
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Aid
Cash
3,002.20
Total - Charities Expenditures
$ 60,098.49
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VETERANS' SERVICES
VETERANS' SERVICES
Salary
James H. Ogden, Agent
250.00
Expenses
19.50
Aid
Cash
4,833.00
Rent, Fuel, Groceries
545.96
Medical Aid
227.00
Other Cities and Towns
347.40
5,953.36
Total - Veterans' Services Expenditures $ 6,222.86
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOLS
Salaries
Superintendent
6,670.00
Teachers and Supervisors
69,305.49
Doctor
600.00
Nurse
1,200.00
Janitors
5,822.75
Attendance Officer
125.00
Census
50.00
Clerk
2,775.00
86,548.24
Expenses
Supt. Out of State Travel
165.54
Superintendent Expenses
180.00
Office Expenses
886.49
Books and Supplies
8,307.06
Building Maintenance
7,305.14
Fuel and Light
4,577.67
Transportation
15,147.50
Tuition
32,784.08
Furnishing - Equipment
1,620.74
70,974.22
157,522.46
SCHOOL ADDITION
Contractor
144,173.90
Architect
3,685.65
Equipment
13,671.43
Expenses
804.07
162,335.05 162,335.05
REGIONAL SCHOOL
1956-1957 Assessment
52,634.21
52,634.21
SCHOOL LUNCH
Labor - Supplies - Equipment
20,175.14
20,175.14
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Expenses
Tuition
628.70
Expenses
183.35
812.05
812.05
Total - School Expenditures
$393,478.91
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LIBRARY AND PARK DEPARTMENTS
LIBRARY
Salaries
1,875.50
Expenses
3,336.19
5,211.69
Total - Library Expenditures
$ 5,211.69
For detail report see Trustee's Report
RECREATION
PARK
Wages
Labor
369.50
Expenses
Supplies
123.06
Storage
50.00
Spraying
30.00
Equipment
30.00
233.06
602.56
CHRISTMAS LIGHTING
Middleton Electric Light Dept.
74.10
74.10
Total - Recreation Expenditures $ 676.66
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UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
INSURANCE
Workmen's Compensation and
Public Liability
2,366.36
Buildings - Blanket Policy
2,346.30
Vehicles - Fire and Theft
41.20
Vehicles - Liability
2,092.03
School - Liability
43.24
Clerk's Bond
5.00
Collector's Bond and
Burglary Insurance
296.00
Treasurer's Bond and
Burglary Insurance
212.00
1956 Treasurer's Bond
139.50
7,541.63
MEMORIAL DAY
Band
196.00
Flowers - Wreaths - Flags
98.00
Speaker and Music
39.00
Refreshments
57.80
Printing
10.00
400.80
TOWN REPORT
Printing
961.75
Delivering
62.00
1,023.75
MANSFIELD FUND
Concert
200.00
Picnic
970.87
Thanksgiving and Christmas
400.00
1,570.87
Total - Unclassified Expenditures
$ 10,537.05
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
ELECTRIC LIGHT
Salaries
Willis W. Esty, Manager 5,200.00
Clerk
2,496.00
Commissioners
Frank Dow
200.00
John Muzichuk
200.00
Lansing English
200.00
8,296.00
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
Energy
·
Merrimack-Essex
Electric Co.
101,570.30
Danvers Electric Light Dept. 210.16
101,780.46
Labor
Material
12,637.90
Office Expenses
1,942.30
Insurance
1,093.64
Truck Maintenance
1,365.94
Depreciation
8,109.27
Line Clearance
1,487.90
Construction
3,000.00
29,636.95
DEPRECIATION FUND
Poles and Wire 2,567.73
Total - Electric Light $158,632.14
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Commissioners
Benjamin K. Richardson
100.00
Rudolph Angers
100.00
Roger M. Peabody
100.00
300.00
Expenses
Materials
193.63
Moving Hydrants
400.00
593.63
893.63
Total Expenditures Public Services Enterprises
$159,525.77
32
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
CEMETERIES
Salaries
Commissioners
Richard W. Maxwell
20.00
Michael Lavorgna
20.00
Lawrence Tinkham
20.00
Supt. of Burials
Charles W. Baker
30.00
90.00
Expenses
Labor
4,680.89
Truck Hire
130.00
Supplies
127.09
Water
4.66
Opening Graves
977.63
Hot Topping Avenues
500.00
New Section
271.30
6,691.57 6,781.57
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
LOANS
School Addition Loan 1950
10,000.00
School Addition Loan 1956
10,000.00
Fire-Highway Building Loan
5,000.00
25,000.00
INTEREST
School Addition Loan 1950
2,240.00
School Addition Loan 1956
6,480.00
Fire-Highway Building Loan
506.25
9,226.25
Total - Municipal Indebtedness
$ 34,226.25
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Auditing Municipal Accounts
1,070.56
State Parks and Reservations
912.23
County Tax
8,789.40
Dog Licenses to County
963.50
Withholding Tax Deductions
18,265.55
Retirement Fund Assessment
5,049.66
Retirement Fund Deductions
3,647.38
Blue Cross Deductions
2,542.85
Meter Deposits
695.00
Beverage Licenses
10.00
41,946.13
TRUST
Deposit of Cemetery
Endowment Funds 1,210.00
1,210.00
Total - Agency and Trust
$ 43,156.13
34
REFUNDS-TRANSFERS
REFUNDS
1956 Excise Tax
475.75
1957 Real Estate Tax
449.34
1957 Excise Tax
1,009.54
1957 Poll Tax
8.00
Departmental
17.27
1,959.90
1,959.90
Total - Expenditures
$874,348.44
Cash Balance December 31, 1957
115,243.54
$989,591.98
TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND
Health Department
500.00
Opening Graves
177.63
Elections and Registrations
148.01
Water Department
150.00
Memorial Hall Expenses
102.90
Police Expenses
45.52
Police Wages
41.30
Memorial Day
80
1,166.16
35
APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES
Recapitulation of Appropriations, Transfers and Expenditures
Appropriation and Transfers
Expended
Unexpended Balances
Moderator, Salary
Finance Committee, Expenses
100.00
15.00
85.00
Selectmen, Salaries
1,500.00
1,500.00
Expenses
500.00
439.92
60.08
Clerk, Salary
350.00
350.00
Accountant, Salary Expenses
1,400.00
1,400.00
Treasurer, Salary
1,200.00
1,200.00
Expenses
1,156.00
1,153.21
2.79
Tax Title Expenses
400.00
346.66
53.34
Collector, Salary Expenses
965.00
960.41
4.59
Assessors, Salaries
1,800.00
1,800.00
Expenses
850.00
748.97
101.03
Revaluation Committee, Expenses
100.00
100.00*
Counsel, Salary Expenses
100.00
48.00
52.00
Clerk, Salary
400.00
400.00
Expenses
655.00
557.65
97.35
Elections & Registrations,
Salaries
140.00
140.00
Expenses
565.00
Transfer
148.01
713.01
713.01
Planning Board,
Expenses
400.00
72.50
327.50
Town Hall, Salary
480.00
480.00
Expenses
650.00
634.51
15.49
Special
250.00
223.00
27.00
Memorial Hall, Salary
360.60
360.00
Expenses
1,800.00
Transfer
102.90
1,902.90
1,902.90
Special
275.00
174.03
100.97
Oil Burner
495.00
495.00
Constable, Salary
35.00
35.00
100.00
86.65
13.35
1,200.00
1,200.00
800.00
800.00
36
APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES
Appropriation and Transfers
Expended
Unexpended Balances
Police-Chief, Salary
4,680.00
4,680.00
Wages
2,800.00
Transfer
41.30
2,841.30
2,841.30
Expenses
2,216.70
Transfer
45.52
2,262.22
2,262.22
Car
1,100.00
1,094.75
5.25
Radio
670.00
670.00
Civil Defense, Expenses
100.00
84.10
15.90
Fire, Salaries
2,575.00
2,523.96
51.04
Expenses
7,755.00
7,671.76
83.24
Truck
19,500.00
19,486.82
13.18
Building Inspector, Salary Expenses
200.00
200.00
Board of Appeals, Expenses
300.00
254.10
45.90
Wire Inspector, Salary Expenses
125.00
125.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
Salary
125.00
125.00
Expenses
75.00
75.00
Moth, Expenses
1,200.00
1,183.57
16.43
Tree Warden, Expenses
1,300.00
1,298.15
1.85
Dutch Elm Disease Control
1,300.00
1,298.88
1.12
New Trees
300.00
296.40
3.60
Dog Officers, Salary Expenses
125.00
122.00
3.00
Board of Health, Salaries
320.00
320.00
Expenses
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