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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 497 9
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1958
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBE
THE MIRROR PRESS - DANVERS, MASS.
1959
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Flint Public Library Middleton, Mass.
Rare Book Collection
Town Meeting Warrant
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 Tenth 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, 1959, 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.
ARTIOLE 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 $4,000.00 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 $2,000.00, snid sum to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department. This sum together with the exchange value of the present 1952, four door sedan to be expended for the purchase of a new service car.
ARTICLE 7. On petition of Richard Collins and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the purchase of materials to be used to install street lights on Webb Street, said amount to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
ARTICLE 8. On petition of James Bastable and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purchase of materials and to install lighting on Liberty Street from Mill Street to Lakeview Avenue and one light at Spring Road and Acorn Street, said amount to be taken from earnings of Electric Light Department.
ARTICLE 9. On petition of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners to see if the Town will vote to accept from Bertha F. Woodward the sum of $1,000.00 and the conveyance of a cemetery known as the "Flint Cemetery," said sum and said cemetery to be held in trust by the Board of Cemetery Commissioners for its preservation as a burial place for the bodies of the owner and her descendants or relatives as will be specified in the instrument creating the trust in accordance with Chapter 114, Section 28 of the General Laws, or to take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,700.00 which together with the exchange value of the present 1957 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, subject to the assent of the Chief of Police.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 of which $300.00 will be taken from the Ambulance Fund, which together with the exchange Value of the present 1947 Ford Police Ambulance, is to be expended for the purchase of a used 1951 Cadillac Ambulance, Model 1516, Serial No. 6681, for the use of the Police Department, to be purchased by the Board of Selectmen, as provided in the By-Laws, subject to the assent of the Chief of Police.
ARTICLE 12. On petition of the Fire Chief, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00, said money to be used to purchase and equip a new % Ton Pick-up Truck, to replace the present Forest Fire Truck, which is 31 years old. Said money to be raised in the following Way: $2,000.00 to be taken from the Surplus Revenue Account, and $2,000.00 to be assessed againt this year's tax rate, making a total of $4,000.00; and to have a committee appointed by the Moderator consisting of five members, one from the Board of Selectmen, one from the Finance Committee, the Fire Chief, and two other members of the Fire Department, to purchase and equip said Truck for the Fire Department. ARTICLE 13. On petition of the Planning Board to see if the Town will vote to amend the "Zoning District Map of the Town of Middleton," adopted March 15, 1955, by rezoning as a limited commercial district in accordance with Section III-4A, B and C of the Zoning By-law and Zoning District Map adopted March 15, 1955, an area bounded on the East by South Main Street and land now or formerly of the John Fuller Estate, on the South by a stone wall, on the West by a stone wall and Boston Street, and on the North by land now or formerly of Richardson and other land now or formerly of Johnson. Said area containing 128.17 acres more or lese and set forth in a Plan entitled "Proposed Additional Limited Commercial Zone" dated January 15, 1959, a copy of which is on file in the Town Clerk's office, or to take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 14. On petition of Michael Lavorgna and others to see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-law as adopted March 15, 1955 by adding to Section III-2B and Section III-3B both entitled "Uses Permissible on Special Authorization" the following paragraph:
"Any lawful business, service, storage, distribution, or light manufacting use provided that such use is not dangerous to the vicinity through fire, explosion, emission of waste, or other cause and provided further that such use is not likely to create more noise, vibration, dust, heat, smoke, fumes, odor, or glare than the minimum amount normally resulting from any of the uses listed in Section III-4A entitled "Limited Commercial Distriet Uses" or to take any other action relative thereto."
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to be expended for the purpose of increasing the wattage of the existing street lights.
ARTICLE 16. Ho see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the purchase and erection of Speed Signs controlling the speed of motor vehicles on Maple Street, subject to the approval of the Department of Public Works.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-laws entitled, "Traffic Rules and Regulations," by adding to Article 4 the following paragraph, "No person shall park a motor vehicle for a period to exceed two hours between the hours of 9 A.M. and 6 P.M. in the area known as Middleton Squarc, bounded and described as the Business Zone in the Zoning Map of Middleton, as amended March 15, 1955," and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the purchase and erection of signs.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $5,589.60 to be expended on Mount Vernon Street, said sum to be taken from the fund made available by Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of five voters to make a survey of the duplication of street names and to number the lots fronting on accepted streets and to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for expenses of said committee or take any other action relative thereto.
To transact any other business that may lawfully comc before this meeting.
You are hereby ordered to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at the Town Hall, on Monday, March 16 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, Superintendent of Burials, one Electric Light Commissioner for three years, one Member of the School Committee for three years, one Member of the Masconomet Regional School Committee for three 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 Member of the Planning Board for five years, and one Member of the Planning Board for one year, Tax Collector, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, Town Treasurer for three years.
The polls will be open at 7:00 A.M. and shall be closed at 7:00 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at 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 third day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine.
A true copy. Attest: JAMES W. WENTWORTH, Constable
WILBUR C. RUNDLETT, JR., Chairman
MANUEL GILBOARD, Clerk FRANK T. 'LeCOLST
Selectmen of Middleton
Annual Report
for the
Town of Middleton Massachusetts
1958
FLIN
MIDDLETON
LIBRAR
Rugrinus A. S. Marsh 1886 - 1958 Zoning Appeal Board 1955-1958
William Mallare Richardson 1877 - 1958
Member of Finance Committee 1930-1945 Member Board of Assessors 1929-1932
Hazen K. Richardson 1861 - 1958
School Board, Board of Assessors Board of Selectmen
John J. Harter
1899 - 1958
Highway Surveyor 1948-1958
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers Elected 1958
Moderator
Daniel J. Donovan
Town Clerk
William T. Martin, Jr.
Selectmen and Board of Health
Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr., Chairman (1959)
Manuel Gilboard (1960) Frank L. LeColst (1961)
Board of Public Welfare
Leslie E. Merrifield, Chairman (1959) Roger M. Peabody (1960) Leyland A. Phillips (1961)
Board of Assessors Paul B. Wake, Chairman (1960)
Wilbur A. Witham (1959) Ernest F. LeBeau (1961)
Treasurer Edward H. Leary (1959)
Tax Collector
Harold E. Tyler
Highway Surveyor
Allan G. Marshall
Constable
James W. Wentworth
School Committee
Eben L. Jewett, Chairman (1961)
Rosamond L. Bastable, Clerk (1961) Henry F. Luscomb (1960) George R. Clayton (1959) Henry N. Sawyer (1960)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Electric Light Commissioners John Muzichuk, Chairman (1960) Frank E. Dow, Clerk (1961) J. Lansing English (1959)
Cemetery Commissioners Richard N. Maxwell (1960)
Michael Lavorgna (1961) Lawrence E. Tinkham, Jr. (1959)
Superintendent of Burials Charles W. Baker
Tree Warden James Donovan
Planning Board Louis A. Barett, Chairman (1959)
Henry N. Sawyer (1961) R. Lionel Barrows (1962)
Frank P. Connors, Jr. (1960) Gilbert E. Saunders (1963)
Trustees Flint Public Library
William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1960)
William T. Martin (1959) Paul B. Wake (1959)
Thomas J. Oliver (1961) Elmer O. Campbell, Jr. (1961) Carl C. Jones (1960)
Water Commissioners
Benjamin K. Richardson (1960) Roger M. Peabody (1961) Donald A. Alyward (1959)
Masconomet Regional District School Committee Robert T. Sperry (1959) Richard E. Quinn (1960) Rosamond L. Bastable (1961)
Town Officers Appointed 1958
Registrars of Voters Lloyd H. Getchell, Chairman (1960) Max J. Brean, Jr. (1959) Frederick C. Jones (1961) William T. Martin, Jr., Clerk (Ex-Officio)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Zoning Appeal Board
William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1959)
Frederick P. Daniels (1961) Frank E. Dow (1963)
Beaumont Hurd (1960) Donald A. Aylward, Clerk (1962)
Finance Committee
Richard Cressy, Chairman (1960)
Hazen M. Richardson (1961) Alden F. Moreland (1960)
E. Robin Jones (1959) Bartholomew J. Whalen (1961)
Chief of Police
James W. Wentworth
Sealer of Weights and Measures Joseph Beggs
Inspector of Animals Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr.
Inspector of Slaughtering
Roland Larocque
Town Accountant
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 1958
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1958
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES:
CURRENT YEAR
Property
$ 259,993.73
Poll
1,586.00
Farm Animal Excise
343.65
Lieu of Taxes
5,570.08
PREVIOUS YEARS
Property
14,572.14
Tax Title Redemption
301.64
FROM THE STATE
Income
Valuation Basis
5,425.00
Education Basis
24,290.93
Corporation
13,302.80
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Alcoholic Beverages
3,250.00
All others
861.50
Building
191.50
Revolver
44.00
FINES:
District Court
40.00
40.00
GRANTS AND GIFTS:
FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Old Age Assistance
17,689.28
Aid Dependent Children
3,243.67
Disability Assistance
533.79
School Lunches
6,470.72
Other School Purposes
2,051.15
325,385.97
4,347.00
29,988.61
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE
Meals Tax
1,356.85
Vocational Education
319.80
High School Transportation
12,785.00
Retarded Children
2,548.53
School Building Aid
9,937.10
School Superintendent
3,333.33
Highway (Chapter 81)
9,438.63
Highway (Chapter 718)
6,089.60
Inspection of Animals
100.00
45,908.84
FROM COUNTY
Dog Licenses
777.44
777.44
ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE
Sale Tax Possession Property
492.00
Tailings
6.00
498.00
PRIVILEGES
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
41,855.33
41,855.33
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE :
Selectmen
108.75
FINANCIAL:
Treasurer
6.00
Collector
72.75
OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Clerk
13.00
Board of Appeals
42.25
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS:
Town Hall
548.00
Memorial Hall
1,020.00
1,810.75
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC SAFETY :
Police
61.00
Police Ambulance
80.00
Fire
259.75
Sealing of Weights and Measures
87.10
Dog Officer
72.00
559.85
HEALTH AND SANITATION :
Tuberculosis Subsidy
199.29
Contagious Disease
88.65
Dental Clinics
109.00
396.94
HIGHWAYS:
Chapter 90 Construction
10,330.00
Snow and Sanding
488.00
Truck and Machinery Rental
3,307.70
14,125.70
CHARITIES :
PUBLIC WELFARE
From Cities and Towns
3,021.31
From State
240.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
From Individuals
1,807.00
From Cities and Towns
691.57
From State
19,521.10
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
From State
2,186.14
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
From State
1,227.15
VETERANS' SERVICES :
28,694.27
From State 2,291.98
2,291.98
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SCHOOLS:
Tuition
306.60
Sale of Supplies
4.90
Hall Rental
45.00
Lunches
12,228.67
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPT.
Sale of Light and Power
171,508.80
Miscellaneous
2,007.05
WATER DEPT.
Hydrant Damaged
290.00
173,805.85
CEMETERIES :
Sale of Lots and Graves
220.00
Opening Graves
1,165.00
Care of Endowed Lots
712.50
2,097.50
INTEREST :
On Deposits
69.89
On Deferred Taxes
582.75
Mansfield Fund
1,730.00
2,382.64
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:
Anticipation Revenue Loan
30,000.00
30,0000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT:
Beverage License
10.00
Dog Licenses
1,150.50
Perpetual Care Funds
905.00
Witholding Taxes
23,933.49
Retirement Fund
4,032.78
Mass. Hospital Service
3,064.50
Meter Deposits
710.00
Tailing
46.39
12,585.17
33,852.66
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
REFUNDS:
General Departments
Public Service Enterprises
465.07 306.30
771.37
TRANSFERS:
Electric Light Depreciation Fund
8,520.86
8,520.86
Total Receipts Cash Balance January 1, 1958
760,696.73
115,243.54
875,940.27
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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
Clerical hire
15.00
30.00
30.00
SELECTMEN
Salaries
Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr.
500.00
Manuel Gilboard
500.00
Frank L. LeColst
395.00
David Burns
105.00
1,500.00
Expenses
Clerk
400.00
Supplies and Printing
104.55
Advertisements
151.50
Postage
16.20
Association Dues
34.00
Flag and Flowers
93.75
Expenses
90.00
890.00
2,390.00
ACCOUNTANT
Salary
Elmer O. Campbell
1,400.00
Expenses
Office Supplies
19.10
Association Dues
3.00
22.10
1,422.10
TREASURER
Salary
Edward H. Leary 1,400.00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Expenses
Supplies
329.11
Postage
137.40
Mileage and Expenses
160.00
Clerical Assistance
250.00
Bank Charges
22.30
Association Dues
2.00
Certifying Note
2.00
Tax Title Expenses
305.00
1,207.81
2,607.81
TAX COLLECTOR
Salary and Wages
Harold E. Tyler
1,725.00
Laura R. Tyler
615.00
2,340.00
Expenses
Supplies
370.82
Postage
228.80
Deputy Collector
16.50
Mileage - Telephone
86.18
Tax Taking
36.60
Association Dues
2.00
740.90
3,080.90
ASSESSORS
Salaries
Paul B. Wake
625.00
Wilbur A. Witham
600.00
Ernest F. LeBeau
575.00
1,800.00
Expenses
Supplies and Postage
143.45
Abstract
59.87
Mileage - Expenses
77.50
Clerical Services
425.00
Office Expenses
137.94
Office Equipment
322.50
Association Dues
9.00
1,175.26
2,975.26
TOWN CLERK
Salary
Max J. Breau, Jr.
166.66
William Martin, Jr.
533.34 700.00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Expenses
Office Expenses
157.18
Office Supplies
184.56
Office Equipment
224.63
Association Dues
7.50
Recording Deeds
13.00
586.87
1,286.87
COUNSEL
Salary
Daniel J. Donovan
800.00
Expenses
Filing Fees
21.55
Expenses
56.00
Services
90.00
167.55
967.55
PLANNING BOARD
Expenses
Clerical Services
45.00
Office Expense
10.00
Signs
118.00
Association Dues
20.00
193.00
193.00
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Salaries
Lloyd H. Getchell
75.00
Frederick Jones
75.00
Max J. Breau, Jr.
75.00
William T. Martin, Jr.
50.00
Walter L. Paine
25.00
300.00
Expenses
Listing
200.00
Election Officers
639.00
Printing and Supplies
312.53
Lunches
89.45
Janitor - School Hall
8.00
1,248.98
1,548.98
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN HALL
Salary
James H. Ogden
480.00
Expenses
Fuel and Light
663.41
Supplies
66.60
Repairs
660.06
1,390.07
1,870.07
MEMORIAL HALL
Salary
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A. H. Kitchin
360.00
Expenses
Fuel and Light
1,448.95
Supplies
71.41
Telephone
93.40
Repairs
633.83
Hot Topping
1,489.94
3,737.53
4,097.53
Total General Government Expenditures
$ 22,520.07
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
PUBLIC SAFETY
CONSTABLE
Salary
James W. Wentworth
35.00 35.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages
James W. Wentworth, Chief
4,680.00
Lloyd H. Getchell
1,405.60
Harold Moore
1,008.75
Robert Hurd
281.25
Arthur Doane
132.50
Norman Welch
92.50
William Pennock
3.75
David DeTomaso
67.50
John F. Robinson
6.25
William C. Poor
1.25
7,679.35
Expenses
Car Maintenance
2,518.76
Office Expenses
263.49
Supplies
33.00
Equipment
129.52
Dues and Expenses
8.95
2,953.72
10,633.07
CIVIL DEFENSE
Expenses
Telephone
91.96
91.96
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Salary
Earl F. Jones
500.00
Expenses
200.00
700.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Chief
700.00
Deputy Chief
200.00
Captain
150.00
Lieutenants (3)
225.00
Forest Warden
50.00
Firefighters
1,036.61
2,361.61
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
Expenses
Labor
1,594.74
Equipment and Repairs
3,056.52
Gasoline and Oil
366.15
Fuel and Light
1,443.26
Building Maintenance
127.61
Office Expenses - Telephone
342.05
Fire Alarm Maintenance
662.98
Insurance
220.15
7,813.46
10,175.07
BOARD OF APPEALS
Expenses
Advertisements
49.00
Postage - Supplies
14.47
Clerical Services
41.00
104.47
104.47
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
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
Wages
Labor
2,766.35
Expenses
Truck Maintenance
177.27
Equipment
291.37
Removing Trees
311.45
Planting New Trees
300.00
Supplies
422.68
Association Dues
5.00
1,507.77 4,274.12
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
DOG OFFICER
Salary
James W. Wentworth 100.00
Expenses
Care and Disposing of Dogs
228.00
328.00
Total Public Safety Expenditures
$ 26,966.69
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Leyland A. Phillips, Agent 300.00
Mary Wilson, Asst. Agent 20.00 320.00
Expenses
Care of Patients
264.00
Care of Dump
2,142.46
Vital Statistics
233.00
Virus Clinic
155.70
Office Equipment
154.50
Engineering Service
96.30
Contagious Disease
88.65
3,134.61
3,454.61
DENTAL CLINIC
Expenses
Services
1,200.00
Supplies
76.49
1,196.49
1,196.49
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Salary
Philip H. Dearth
100.00
Expenses
100.00
200.00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Salary
Roland Larocque
50.00
50.00
ESSEX SANITORIUM ASSESSMENT
County Treasurer
4,000.99
4,000.99
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM
Community Services, Inc.
2,500.00
2,500.00
Total Health and Sanitation Expenditures
$ 11,402.09
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Wages
Labor
13,559.80
Expenses
Truck Hire
2,081.10
Equipment Hire
1,658.40
Supplies
1,432.75
Sand and Gravel
2,034.56
Asphalt
2,378.82
Signs
61.25
Light and Power
112.44
Office Expenses
202.67
9,961.99 23,521.79
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
Peabody Street Bridge
4,707.93
Liberty Street
828.72
Mt. Vernon Street
966.86
Storm Drains
825.92
Street Lighting
4,500.00
Truck Purchase
2,666.91
14,496.34
14,496.34
SNOW REMOVAL
Wages
Labor
3,998.80
Expenses
Truck Hire
4,549.40
Equipment and Repairs
676.70
Salt and Sand
2,171.63
State Road
27.52
7,425.25 11,424.05
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Expenses
Gasoline and Oil 1,743.51
Parts and Repairs
1,583.19
Insurance and Registration
54.22
Supplies
217.76
3,598.68
3,598.68
$ 53,040.86
Total Highway Expenditures
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CHARITIES ACCOUNT
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE
Salaries - Commissioners
Leslie E. Merrifield
250.00
'Leyland A. Phillips
300.00
Roger M. Peabody
190.00
Charles H. Bates
60.00
800.00
GENERAL RELIEF
Expenses
Administration
321.24
Aid - Cash
1,999.30
Groceries and Fuel
1,775.10
Medical Aid
173.76
Other Cities and Towns
3,241.85
7,511.25
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Administration
Central Essex Welfare District
1,174.00
Aid
Cash
42,016.38
Other Cities and Towns 1,671.54 43,687.92
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Cash
8,068.20
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Cash
2,108.16
Total Charities Expenditures
$ 63,349.53
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VETERANS' .. SERVICES
VETERANS' SERVICES
Salary
James H. Ogden, Agent
250.00
Expenses
5.00
Aid
Cash
5,041.00
Fuel - Groceries
404.06
Medical Aid
489.82
Other Cities and Towns
835.20
6,770.08
Total Veterans' Services Expenditures $ 7,025.08
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOLS
Salaries
Superintendent
7,298.83
Teachers and Supervisors
88,827.06
Doctor
600.00
Nurse
1,250.00
Janitors
6,939.29
Attendance Officer
125.00
Census Taker
118.75
Clerk
3,233.29
108,392.22
Expenses
Superintendent
180.00
Office
1,271.01
Books and Supplies
7,309.93
Building Maintenance
5,238.56
Fuel and Light
6,408.66
Transportation
16,814.00
Tuition
34,959.88
Furnishings - Equipment
910.14
Teachers Courses
350.00
TV Programs
117.50
73,559.68
181,951.90
SCHOOL LUNCH
Labor
Equipment and Supplies
5,743.50 15,704.94
21,448.44
21,448.44
REGIONAL SCHOOL
Assessment
25,274.23
25,274.23
SCHOOL ADDITION
Contractor
Architect
Equipment
17,521.41 203.24 511.20
18,235.85 18,235.85
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Expense
Tuition
Transportation
1,075.35 100.00
1,175.35
1,175.35
Total School Expenditures
$248,085.77
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LIBRARY AND PARK DEPARTMENTS
LIBRARY
Salaries
Expenses
1,620.00 3,618.00
5,238.00
Total Library Expenditures $ 5,238.00
RECREATION
PARK
Wages
Labor
716.80
Expenses
Supplies
54.07
Spraying
40.00
Storage
50.00
Truck Hire
142.40
Drainage
187.41
464.88
1,181.68
CHRISTMAS LIGHTING
Middleton Electric Light Dept.
48.83
48.83
Total Recreation Expenditures
$ 1,230.51
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UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
INSURANCE
Workmen's Compensation and
Public Liability
3,352.30
Buildings - Blanket Policy
3,850.89
Vehicle - Fire and Theft
99.10
Vehicle Liability
2,471.25
School Liability
17.41
Clerk's Bond
7.50
Collector's Bond and Burglary
368.25
Treasurer's Bond and Burglary
242.00
Life and Hospital
93.60
10,502.30
Memorial Day
393.60
Printing Town Reports
1,019.60
East St. Land Purchase
500.00
1,913.20
MANSFIELD FUND
Concert
200.00
Picnic
1,133.30
Thanksgiving and Christmas
473.00
Filing Report Fee
3.00
1,809.30
Total Unclassified Expenditures
$ 14,224.80
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
ELECTRIC LIGHT
Salaries
Commissioners
Frank Dow
200.00
John Muzichuk
200.00
Lansing English
200.00
Manager
5,720.00
Clerk
2,796.00
9,116.00
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
Energy
Merrimack Essex Electric Co. Danvers Electric Light Dept.
107,646.74 18,891.78
Labor
Material
13,014.43
Office Expense
1,634.88
Truck Maintenance
1,141.91
Insurance
2,055.05
Depreciation
8,520.86
Line Clearance
1,633.53
Park St. Lights
500.00
Wennerberg Road Lights
391.87
Beatle Road Lights
300.00
Truck
2,000.00
31,192.53
Total Electric Light Expenditures $166,847.05
WATER DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Commissioners
Benjamin K. Richardson 100.00
Roger M. Peabody 100.00
Donald A. Aylward
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