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GIFT TO TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY GIVEN BY
E. JANE COLEMAN
IN MEMORY OF
ALBERT S. COLEMAN, TOWN CLERK OF MENDON, 1926-1966 AND EMILY L. COLEMAN, ASST. TOWN CLERK OF MENDON, 1926-1966 TOWN CLERK 1966-1971
A COLLECTION OF MENDON TOWN REPORTS 1857-1967 (FOURTEEN BOUND VOLUMES)
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
1938.
DOGS LICENSED IN 1938.
116 Males at $2.00 each $232 00
22 Females at $5.00 each 110 00
32 Spayed Females at $2.00 each 64 00
2 Kennel licenses at $25.00 each 50 00
$456 00
Less Clerk's fees, 172 licenses at 20c
34 40
Cash paid to Town Treasurer as per Monthly return
$421 60
4 Licenses transferred from other towns to Mendon.
SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED FROM JANUARY 1, 1938 TO DECEMBER 31, 1938.
Series 1 Resident Citizen Fishing 60 $2 00
$120 00
2 Resident Citizen Hunting 28 2 00
56 00
3 Resident Citizen Sporting
29 3 25
94 25
4 Resident Citizen Minor
and Female Fishing 25
1 25
31 25
6 Resident Citizen Trapping
1
5 25
5 25
7 Resident Citizen Sporting Free 8
8 Special non-resident Fishing 1
1 50
1 50
10 Non-resident Citizen Fishing
1
5 25
5 25
12 Non-resident Citizen Sporting
1
15 25
15 25
$328 75
Fees retained by Clerk 146
25
36 50
Amount paid Division of Fisheries and Game as per Monthly report
$292 25
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1938.
Date of Birth 1938
Name of Child
Parents with Maiden Name of Mother
Feb. 3
Frederick Harvey
Feb.
19
Edwin George Bodwell
Mar.
6
Raymond Arthur Miller, Jr.
Mar.
26
Joan Esther Lundvall
Mar.
30
Doris Clair Bartlett
Apr.
22
Joyce Beatrice Taft
Apr.
30
Frank Ernest Halsing
Aug.
27
Sandra Marion Chapman
Oct.
9
Gail Judith Dudley
Oct.
13
Marilyn Annette Johnson
Nov.
9
Edward Douglas Barnes
Nov.
20
Judith Lynn Miller Phipps Howard and Alberta Kearsley
Nov.
29
|Louise Edwina Lamothe
Joseph and Edwina Tetreault
Dec.
7 Chas. Clifford Entwistle, Jr. Charles C. and Mildred Burns
Dec.
11
Norma Alice Phipps
Dec.
24
Carol Noella Brownly
Edward and Helen Berg Arthur G. and Pearl Day Raymond and Viola Esner John and Phoebe M. Griggs Robert and Alice Lamothe George K. and Lois Lawrence Carl A. and Doris Kempton Ralph and Marion Davis Silas H. and Dorcas M. Barrows Herbert and Eva Dalrymple Daniel K. and Viola M. Nelson
Fred R. and Ernestine Knox Albert and Emma Hatch
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1938.
Date of Marriage 1938
Place of Marriage
Names
Residence
Jan. 1
Uxbridge, Mass.
Edmund Yanski
Jan. 1
Mendon, Mass.
Mildred E. (Goodwin) Ballou Vernon A. Barrows
Eleanor Frances Driscoll
Apr.
23
Hopedale, Mass.
Charles Clifford Entwistle
May
15
Woonsocket, R. I.
Mildred Agnes Burns Michael Koweluck Ruth E. Hogarth Arthur A. Sabatinelli Louise A. Davenport Raymond C. Dudley Martha E. Thompson
Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
July
24
Hopedale, Mass.
Albert H. Jones Marie V. Perron Norman I. Rogers
Mendon, Mass.
Aug. 6
Salem, N. H.
Dorothy E. Brown
Watertown, Mass.
Sept.
10
Milford, Mass.
Francis E. Kennelly Mildred A. Auty
Milford, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Harrisville, R. I. Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Franklin, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Oct. 1
Uxbridge, Mass.
Dorothy E. Dowling Frank Yanski Marie G. Berard Edwin A. Gaudes Mildred E. Trask Gilbert J. Cromie
Mendon, Mass. Manchester, N. H. Mendon, Mass. Andover, Mass.
Oct.
29
Uxbridge, Mass.
Helen L. Pickard Glen O. Wagner Violet A. Blanchard
Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Nov.
11
Milford, Mass.
Nov.
20
Milford, Mass.
Harold R. Dunbar Violet M. Tracy Kenneth F. Gardner Beulah Godfrey Ernest K. Mellen
Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Milford, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Nov.
24
Medway, Mass.
Josephine M. Palazzola
West Medway, Mass.
Nov. 26
Hopedale, Mass.
Ralph W. Coffin, Jr. Estella M. Draper
Mendon, Mass. Hopedale, Mass.
Aug. 4
Woburn, Mass.
Foxboro, Mass.
Sept.
24
Hopedale, Mass.
Joseph L. C. Vezina Olive V. Plouffe Russell H. Perron
Oct.
1
Medway, Mass.
Oct.
12
Uxbridge, Mass.
Oct.
15
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Hopedale, Mass. Millville, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
June
11
Hopedale, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Uxbridge, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1938.
Date of Death 1938
Name
Y
Age M
D
Cause of Death
Jan.
14
Israel Bousquet
82
8
17
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mar.
1
Henry Wood Gaskill
71
1
15
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mar.
3
Ada B. Daniels
65
9
26
Coronary thrombosis
Mar.
15
Florence Darling
70
8
13
Intestinal obstruction
Mar.
26
Bauke Vander Sluis
76
10
5
Broncho-pneumonia
Mar.
31
George B. Cromb
75
18
Coronary Thrombosis
Apr.
12
Henry E. Dunbar
52
11
14
Pulmonary tuberculosis
June
29
Margaret Bullard
73
·
24
Carcinoma of Colon
July
22
Anna M. Miles
26
11
18
Hemorrhage from carotid arteries
July
22
Dorothy E. Miles
5
10
28
Hemorrhage from lacerated throat
July
22
Beverly J. Miles
3
11
22
Hemorrhage from lacerated throat
July
23
Robert C. Miles
7
3
29
Hemorrhage from lacerated throat
Aug.
13
Charles E. Lawrence
79
. .
28
Chronic myocarditis
Aug.
28
Nils J. Carlstrom
74
2
29
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Sept.
14
Joanne Mainville
.
·
Tetany
Sept.
24
Edward F. Blood
72
. .
21
Epidermoid carcinoma of bladder
Oct.
3
Victor T. Lundvall
70
6
1
Bronchial asthma
Dec.
4
Emily Bartlett
74
5
22
Angina Pectoris
6
. .
8
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NOTICE
Parents and others are requested to carefully examine the above lists and if any errors or omissions are discovered report them at once to the Town Clerk, that the record may be corrected, as it is of importance that the records of Vital Statistics should be complete.
Parents within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder, within forty days after the birth in his house shall cause complete notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town in which such child is born. Parents should give this their prompt attention as it is very important and necessary for complete record.
SOME OF THE MANY
REASONS WHY BIRTHS SHOULD BE RECORDED.
To establish identity.
To prove nationality.
To prove legitimacy.
To show when the child has the right to enter school.
To show when the child has the right to seek employ- ment under the child labor law.
To establish the right of inheritance to property.
To establish liability to military duty, as well as ex- emption therefrom.
To establish age and citizenship in order to vote.
To qualify to hold title to, and to buy or sell real estate.
To establish the right to hold public office.
To prove the age at which the marriage contract may be entered into.
To prove age to determine validity of a contract entered into by an alleged minor.
To prove age for Old Age Assistance.
To prove age so as to have the right to take Civil Service Examinations.
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Your co-operation to the end that all births may be prop- erly recorded will be greatly appreciated.
Your attention is called to the provisions of Section 36 and 55 of Chapter 207 of the General Laws relating to mar- riages solemnized out of this state, which are as follows:
"Section 29 of Chapter 151 of the Revised Laws: If a marriage is solemnized in another state between parties liv- ing in this Commonwealth who return to dwell here they shall, within seven days after their return, file with the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which either of them lived at the time of their marriage, a certificate or declaration of their marriage, including the facts relative to marriages, which are required by law, and for neglect thereof shall forfeit ten dollars."
Blanks for the return of all Vital records can be obtained from the Town Clerk.
Attention is called to the fact that all dogs three months old or more must be licensed at the Town Clerk's office on or before April 1, 1939.
I take this opportunity in wishing the Townspeople much prosperity during the year 1939.
Respectfully submitted, ALBERT S. COLEMAN,
Town Clerk.
Mendon, January 1, 1939.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
The Treasurer of the Town of Mendon submits the fol- lowing report for the year ending December 31, 1938.
The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the follow- ing sums :-
Cash balance Jan. 1, 1938 $896 45
County Treasurer, Dog License Fees ....
322 33
State Treasurer, Div. of Highways,
Contract, 5900 430 00
County Treasurer, Div. of Highways,
Contract, 5900 430 00
State Treasurer, Div. of Highways, Contract, 5886 251 08
County Treasurer, Div. of Highways,
Contract, 5886
179 46
State Treasurer, Div. of Highways, Contract, 6176
1,600 00
County Treasurer, Div. of Highways, Contract, 6176 1,100 00
State Treasurer, Div. of Highways,
Contract, 5633 730 15
County Treasurer, Div. of Highways, Contract, 5633 596 59
State Treasurer, Div. of Highways, Contract, 3146 5,337 49
County Treasurer, Div. of Highways, Contract, 6474
500 00
State Treasurer, Div. of Highways, Contract, 6474 970 00
State Treasurer, Div. of Highways, Contract, 6402 192 25
10
County Treasurer, Div. of Highways,
Contract, 6402 192 25
Home National Bank, Revenue Notes 23,500 00
Payment on Tax Titles 519 67
Licenses 122 00
Other Receipts 1 00
Town Clerk, Dog License Fees 421 60
State Treasurer, School Fund, Part II
2,466 72
Raymond Barrows, Town Hall Rent ....
303 00
State Treasurer, Temporary Aid and Transportation 3,886 94
State Treasurer, Chap. 500, Highway Fund 1,100 00
Town of Upton, Public Welfare 234 95
Town of Milford, Public Welfare 230 82
Town of Uxbridge, Public Welfare ...
90 00
Town of Hopedale, Old Age Assistance 40 00
Town of Medway, Old Age Assistance
193 83
Town of Northbridge, Public Welfare
67 20
State Treasurer, Income Tax
4,800 21
State Treasurer, Income Tax, Acts of 1936 229 91
State Treasurer, Corporation Tax
1,565 79
State Treasurer, Burial of Indigent Person 40 00
State Treasurer, Forestry Dept.
50 00
State Treasurer, Aid to Industrial Schools 66 27
Federal Emergency Relief Fund
15 85
State Treasurer, Inspection of Animals
60 00
State Treasurer, Dept. of Public Health
131 43
State Treasurer, Emergency Flood Fund 12,700 00
State Treasurer, Old Age Assistance 761 34
City of Boston, School Dept. 40 20
State Treasurer, High School Tuition 707 14
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State Treasurer, Veterans' Exemption 33 11 State Treasurer, Tuition of Children 207 83 ....
State Treasurer, Superintendent of Schools 773 33
Fees from Hay Scales
4 60
Fees from Sealer of Weights and
Measures 6 10
Verena Daley, Library Fines
7 52
State Treasurer, Aid to Dependent Children 456 67
Road Machinery Reserve Fund
719 00
Aid to Dependent Children, U. S. Grant 337 96
Old Age Assistance, U. S. Grant
5,248 57
A. P. Dalton, Collector of Taxes.
Property Taxes, 1936 $3,447 87
Property Taxes, 1937 5,821 81
Property Taxes, 1938 28,246 54
Poll Taxes, 1938 798 45
Motor Excise Taxes, 1938 2,698 72
Motor Excise Taxes, 1937 134 63
State Treasurer, Old Age Assistance
2,708 01
City of Holyoke, Old Age Assistance
27 92
Total Receipts
$19,752 56
TAX TITLES.
Seven Tax Titles
$354 60
One Tax Title in Land Court $353 56
The Treasurer Credits himself with paying the following amounts :-
Officers' Salaries $1,698 49
Board of Health 568 02
Soldiers' Relief 58 50
Fire Department 799 66
Incidentals 1,998 37
Police Department 526 88
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WPA
3,500 97
General Repairs
999 13
Road Machinery
769 91
Moth Suppression
150 00
Old Cemetery
25 00
Bonds for Town Officers
94 00
Worcester County Hospital
1,458 56
Snow Removal
1,474 80
Director of Accounts
6 00
Home National Bank, Revenue Notes
23,500 00
State Tax
3,740 00
County Tax
2,450 28
County Treasurer, Dog License Fees 421 60
State Parks and Reservations
47 45
Home National Bank, Interest
70 33
Schools
18,430 56
Motor Tax Refund
53 38
Library
675 00
Chapter 81
9,000 00
Forest Fires
299 98
Playground Fund
400 00
Street Lights
449 85
Memorial Day
90 65
Fire Truck, Special Appropriation
2,000 00
Trade School
68 77
Emergency Flood Fund
7,289 35
Chapter 90, Maintainance
2,646 97
Chapter 90, New Construction
9,388 03
Tree Warden
797 03
Swandale Cemetery
20 00
Public Welfare
7,097 64
Mothers' Aid
1,310 00
Old Age Assistance
11,032 16
County Treasurer, Dog License Fees
....
1 80
Total Payments
$115,409 12
Cash balance
4,343 44
$119,752 56
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FLETCHER LIBRARY FUND. DR.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $5,177 39 To Interest in Milford Savings Bank .. 128 85
$5,306 24
CR.
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank $5,195 43
By One Library Order 110 81
$5,306 24
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
DR.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank ....
$174 41
To Cash in Worcester County Institu- tion for Savings 653 78
To Cash in Home National Bank
619 63
To Interest Milford Savings Bank
6 81
To Interest Home National Bank
11 94
To Interest Worcester County Institu- tion for Savings 16 42
$1,482 99
CR.
By Cash in Worcester County Institu- tion for Savings $670 20
By Cash in Home National Bank 742 79
By Two Town Orders 70 00
$1,482 99
RESERVE FUND
$1,000 00
Transferred to Road M'c'h. Account $100 00
Transferred to Memorial Day Account 15 65
Transferred to Tree Warden 500 00
Transferred to Old Age Assistance ....
151 60
Transferred to Temporary Aid
102 61
14
Transferred to Police Dept.
76 88
Transferred to WPA
97
$947 71
Balance of Fund
52 29
$1,000 00
SCHOOL PROJECT, 1395, D. S. DR.
To cash balance, Jan. 1, 1938 $30,666 53
To Revenue Notes 820 00
To Cash from U. S. Treasury
15,000 00
To cash from U. S. Treasury
6,000 00
$52,486 53
CR.
By cash paid, Preliminary Expenses .... $184 38
By cash paid, Construction Charges
45,791 46
By cash paid, Engineering Charges 2,210 80
By cash paid, Insurance
154 13
By cash paid, Legal and Overhead Expenses
16 25
By cash paid, Revenue Notes
2,820 00
By cash paid, Interest
722 21
$51,899 23
Cash balance
587 30
$52,486 53
Total amount paid
$51,899 23
Amount due the Project Fund, by the Town
3,542 21
Project expenditures
$48,357 02
Respectfully submitted,
MOSES U. GASKILL,
Treasurer.
January 1, 1939.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation $2,000 00
CARE AND OPERATION OF TOWN HALL.
Raymond Barrows, janitor
$150 00
C. C. Shattuck, supplies 10 06
Wor. Sub. Elec. Co., lights
90 25
F. A. Gould, floor wax
75
P. A. Ruggiero, electrical supplies
10 50
Donat Roy, repairs on stage
4 70
M. M. Goodnow Co., repairs to pump 11 85
Harold C. Barrows, wood
20 00
Repairs to drain
11 50
Edward Whiting, repairs to roof
22 50
Barney Coal Co., coal
77 00
C. E. Clarke, electrical supplies
9 70
Nina M. Burr, supplies
80
H. S. Chadbourne, supplies
10 50
Traffic Equipment Co., signs
4 78
C. B. Hardy, extinguisher
5 40
$440 29
CARE AND OPERATION OF RECORD ROOM.
Kello Oil Co., repairs on oil burner
$2 50
N. E. Tel. and Tel. Co., toll calls 58 05
Milford Key Co., keys for Record Room 2 00
C. C. Shattuck, supplies
20
F. A. Gould, supplies
70
Nina M. Burr, supplies
1 10
M. M. Goodnow, repairs on burner 5 57
Louis Marlow, janitor service
25 00
$95 12
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BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
Elgar Bartlett
$16 25
Leonard Burr
16 25
Robert McTurk
16 25
Harold Lowell
7 50
William Bowen
7 50
Charles F. Bagg
5 75
Robert Donnelly
3 50
D. Kinsley Barnes
2 50
$75 50
TOWN CLERK.
Expenses to meetings
$15 30
Printing Fish and Game cards
1 00
Toll calls
85
Postage and money orders
5 08
Transportation for election mdse.
6 00
Supplies
7 13
Death certificates
50
Burial permits
25
Swearing in Town Officers
6 75
$42 86
TAX COLLECTOR.
Expenses to meetings
$7 00
Overpayment to Treasurer on 1935
taxes
1 98
Use of auto
10 00
Postage
43 00
$61 98
TOWN TREASURER.
Making Schedule A
$10 00
Postage
42 55
$52 55
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INSPECTION OF ANIMALS.
M. U. Gaskill, salary $120 00
$120 00
SELECTMEN.
Postage
$34 43
Expenses to meetings
79 00
Dues for Selectmen's Association 6 00
$119 43
ASSESSORS.
Expenses to meetings $18 00
Postage
8 16
Carl Taft, use of auto
20 00
$46 16
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Walter Taylor, salary
$40 00
$40 00
DOG OFFICER.
Harold C. Barrows, salary
$10 00
$10 00
CARE OF PARKS.
D. J. Pond, mowing
$43 50
$43 50
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
W. N. Seibert, salary, Moth Supt. $10 00
Frost Insecticide Co., brushes 6 50
Joseph Visconti, surveying 22 00
Wor. County Abstract Co., examination of title 25 00
Clifford A. Cook, release of mortgage
15 50
James Brady, cleaning cemetery ....
4 00
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Joseph Edwards, death returns 50
W. W. Watson, death returns 50
G. M. Billings, police cards 4 25
Registry of Motor Vehicles 2 00
A. B. Cenedella, expenses 80 00
Harold Metcalf, use of auto, 1938 10 00
Felix Bessette, weighing 2 30
$182 55
MISCELLANEOUS OFFICE EXPENSES. ASSESSORS.
Henry Clough, cost of material for printing list of persons assessed a poll tax
$20 00
Geo. R. Barnstead, Excise cards 1 00
Wor. County Abstract Co., deed
abstracts
18 08
Hobbs and Warren, printing
22 50
$61 58
TOWN TREASURER.
The Charlescraft Press
$4 00
$4 00
TAX COLLECTOR.
Hobbs and Warren, printing
$13 53
G. M. Billings, printing 32 50
$46 03
TOWN CLERK.
The Charlescraft Press, printing
$9 35
Robinson Seal Co., printing 80 07
$89 42
SELECTMEN.
The Forbes Press, printing
$28 64
The Charlescraft Press, envelopes
4 00
19
Hobbs and Warren, printing 2 66 The Charlescraft Press, town reports 198 00
$233 30
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES FOR ALL TOWN OFFICERS.
Cahill's News Agency
$18 71
$18 71
ADVERTISING. Milford Daily News, town warrants, dog warrants, tax collector's notices
and tax sales 116 89
$116 89
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
A. S. Coleman, clerk, salary $20 00
D. Kinsley Barnes, salary 10 00
Charles F. Bagg, salary 10 00
Joseph W. McEwen, salary
10 00
G. M. Billings, tally sheets, caucus bills and ballots 42 50
The Charlescraft Press, printing
6 00
$98 50
SUMMARY.
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Expended
1,998 37
Unexpended
$1 63
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation $1,700 00
Expenditures :
Arthur P. Dalton, Tax Collector $411 49
Moses U. Gaskill, Treasurer 250 00
Albert S. Coleman, Town Clerk
125 00
20
Harold Metcalf, Chairman of Select-
men and Welfare Board, 1 year .... 156 00 Roy A. Barrows, Chairman of Welfare Board and Selectman, 1 year 170 00
William R. Bowen, Selectmen and
Welfare Board, one year 81 00
Charles F. Leonard, Clerk of Assessors 250 00
Carl M. Taft, Assessor 100 00
Edward T. Whiting, Assessor 100 00
Harold C. Barrows, Constable 25 00
Wm. A. Barry, Auditor 25 00
Frank H. Wood, Moderator
5 00
Total expended
$1,698 49
Unexpended 1 51
$1,700 00
WORCESTER TRADE SCHOOL, TUITION.
Appropriated $68 77
Paid Worcester Trade School $68 77
$68 77
RESERVE FUND.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Expended :
Transferred to Memorial Day Account $15 65
Transferred to Road Mach. Fund 100 00
Transferred to Tree Warden Dept. 500 00
Transferred to Old Age Assistance 151 60
Transferred to Temporary Aid 102 61
Transferred to Police Dept. 76 88
Transferred to WPA appropriation
97
Unexpended
$947 71 52 29
$1,000 00
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WORCESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL.
Appropriation
$1,458 56
Expended :
Paid County Treasurer
For care and maintenance
$619 75
Interest on Bonds
288 81
Construction
550 00
$1,458 56
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriated $475 00
Expended
Wor. Sub. Elec. Co.
$449 85
Unexpended
25 15
$475 00
PLAYGROUND FUND.
Appropriated ..
$400 00
Expended :
Mrs. Lunette R. Danforth for land
$400 00
$400 00
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' GRAVES.
Appropriated $20 00
Expended
Swandale Cemetery Association
$20 00
$20 00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX REFUNDS.
1937 taxes
$2 37
1938 taxes 51 01 $53 38
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MOTH SUPPRESSION.
Appropriation ..
Expended for labor :
W. Seibert $98 00
R. Steere 8 00
W. Munsell 8 00
H. York 8 00
R. Bartlett 8 00
C. Brummitt 8 00
J. Plouf
8 00
A. Cromb
4 00
$150 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$100 00
Paid for care of one case
$58 50
Unexpended 41 50
$100 00
OLD CEMETERY.
Appropriation
$25 00
Expended for Labor
$25 00
$25 00
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
Expended
$70 00
$70 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation
$75 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
15 65
$90 65
Expended
Parkinson Bros., wreath $5 00
Lakeside Flower Shop, wreath 5 00
J. Frank Leonard, wreath 5 00
$150 00
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C. C. Shattuck, supplies 9 00
Nina M. Burr, supplies
2 25
Johnson Bus Lines, Inc., transporta- tion 21 00
Milford High School Boys' Band
35 00
Post 22, G. A. R., flags
8 40
$90 65
BONDS OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriated
$108 00
Expended :
Maryland Casualty $10 00
Paul Williams Agency
84 00
Unexpended
14 00
$108 00
ASSETS.
Uncollected Taxes :
1937 Property Tax
$3,207 87
1938 Poll Tax
14 94
1938 Property Tax
10,292 55
$13,515 36
Due from State of Mass. on Highways:
Chapter 81 $424 22
Chapter 90 (Northbridge St.) 3,730 00
Chapter 90 maintenance
690 07
$4,844 29
Due from County of Worcester on Highways:
Chapter 90, Northbridge St.
$2,100 00
Chapter 90, maintenance
690 07
$2,790 07
Welfare:
Due from State of Mass. on Temporary Aid : 1937 Account $327 78
1938 Account 880 35
Due from Town of Medway 58 00
24
Old Age Assistance :
Due from State of Mass., balance due on bills rendered May 1, 1937 to April 30, 1938 178 67
Due from State covering period from May 1, 1938 to Dec. 31, 1938 2,458 24
Due from other Towns for period May 1, 1938 to Dec. 31, 1938:
Town of Holyoke 66 67
Town of Hopedale 53 32
Town of Milford 22 50
Aid to Dependent Children:
Due from State of Mass. from July 1, 1938 to Dec. 31, 1938 361 78
$4,407 31
Cash in Hands of Treasurer
$4,343 44
$4,343 44
Tax Titles :
7 Titles
$354 60
1 Title in Land Court
353 56
$708 16
Total Assets
$30,608 63
LIABILITIES.
Due County of Worcester for Con- struction and Equipment of Wor- cester Co. Hospital $5,500 00
Kennedy, Spencer & Co., bonds on School House Addition 30,000 00
Home National Bank (Note on antici- pation of revenue) 3,000 00
Unpaid Library bills 42 63
Notes due on School Building Fund
3,542 21
$42,084 84
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LIST OF JURORS.
Samuel W. Wood
Hartford Ave. W. Carpenter
Aldo A. Sabatinelli
Milford Road
Contractor
William R. Bowen
Bates Street Farmer
Roscoe Steere
Maple Street Clerk
Ernest E. Souls
Bates Street
Pattern Maker
Harold Metcalf
George Street
Clerk
Walter I. Coffin
Washington Street Salesman
Ellis L. Cook
Bellingham Street Poultryman
George G. Davenport
North Avenue Farmer
Silas H. Dudley
Uxbridge Road Collector
Reuben B. Dalrymple
Hastings Street Retired
William A. Armitage
Hartford Ave., E. Carpenter
Norry J. Daige
Maple Street Shuttle Maker
Roy A. Barrows
Blackstone Street Farmer
SUMMARY.
Department
Resources
Expended
Unexpended
Overdraft
Incidentals
$2,000.00
$1,998.37
$ 1.63
Salaries of Town Officers
1,700.00
1,698.49
1.51
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
947.71
52.29
Worcester County Hospital
1,458.56
1,458.56
Play Ground
400.00
400.00
Moth Suppression
150.00
150.00
Bonds Town Officers
108.00
94.00
14.00
Soldiers' Relief
100.00
58.50
41.50
Board of Health
Town Appropriation
$800.00
Transferred to Tree Warden
200.00
$600.00
568.02
31.98
Police Department
Town Appropriation
450.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
76.88
526.88
526.88
Interest on Loans
100.00
70.33
29.67
Memorial Day
Town Appropriation
75.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
15.65
90.65
90.65
Old Cemetery Soldier's and Sailor's Graves
25.00
25.00
20.00
20.00
Tuition Worcester Trade School
68.77
68.77
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Department
Resources
Expended
Unexpended
Overdraft
Street Lights Board of Public Welfare Town Appropriation Transferred from Reserve Fund
475.00
449.85
25.15
7,000.00
102.61
7,102.61
7,097.64
4.97
Aid to Dependent Children Town Appropriation Received from Federal Grant
1,000.00
337.96
1,337.96
1,310.00
27.96
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
Town Appropriation
5,000.00
Transferred from Overlay
692.75
Transferred from Reserve Fund
151.60
Received from Federal Grant
5,078.80
10,923.15
10,921.55
1.60
Administration Account
for Old Age Assistance Received from Federal Grant Chapter 81
189.68
110.61
79.07
Town Appropriation
3,600.00
Received from State
5,400.00
9,000.00
9,000.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Town Appropriation
1,000.00
State Allotment
1,000.00
County Allotment
1,000.00
3,000.00
2,646.97
353.03
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SUMMARY-Continued.
Department
Resources
Expended
Unexpended
Overdraft
Chapter 90-New Construction Northbridge Road
Town Appropriation
2,100.00
State Allotment
4,700.00
County Allotment
2,600.00
9,400.00
9,388.03
11.97
General Repairs
1,000.00
999.13
.87
Road Machinery Account
Transferred from Road Mch. Fund
670.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
100.00
770.00
769.91
.09
Snow Removal
1,500.00
1,474.80
25.20
Flood Grant-State Grant
12,700.00
7,289.35
5,410.65
Tree Warden
Town Appropriation
100.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
500.00
Transferred from Board of Health
200.00
800.00
797.03
2.97
Fire Department
800.00
799.66
.34
Forest Fires
300.00
299.98
.02
Fire Truck
2,000.00
2,000.00
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Department
Resources
Expended
Unexpended
Overdraft
Taft Public Library Schools
675.00
675.00
Town Appropriation Dog License Refund
18,821.67 322.33
19,144.00
18,430.56
713.44
Emergency Relief Fund Town Appropriation Transferred from Reserve Fund
3,500.00
.97
3,500.97
Chapter 500-(Gas Tax Refund) State Allotment
3,500.97
1,100.00
1,100.00
Totals
$94,066.23
$86,136.32
$7,929.91
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD METCALF, Chairman, ROY A. BARROWS, WM. R. BOWEN.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
GENTLEMEN :
I hereby submit my report of the work done by the High- way Department during the year 1938. I hope this report will give your board and the citizens of the Town a comprehensive record of the work started or completed under the different road contracts with the County and State during the past year.
CHAPTER 81.
During the year 31,000 gallons of Asphalt were applied to roads. These roads with their distances were: Hartford Ave., East, 3200 feet; Bates Street, 2800 feet; Gaskill Street, 1700 feet; Powers Road, 1100 feet; Washington Street, 3200 feet; Pleasant Street, 3700 feet; Park Street, 3800 feet; Thornton Street, 3200 feet. On different roads 540 feet of concrete pipe were installed for drainage purposes either re- placing old stone culverts or to carry away water undermin- ing the shoulders of the roads.
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