Town annual reports of the officers of Mendon, Massachusetts 1953-1957, Part 1

Author: Mendon (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1953
Publisher: Town of Mendon, Massachusetts
Number of Pages: 660


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GIFT 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)


COLEMAN


ANNUAL REPORTS


of the


TOWN OFFICERS


of the


TOWN OF MENDON


including the report of the


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


for the


MUNICIPAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1953


287th ANNUAL REPORT


UXBRIDGE PRINTING CO UXBRIDGE, MASS. 1954


2


TOWN OF MENDON


Town of Mendon Incorporated May 15, 1667.


Population 1619, 1950 Census. Registered Voters in 1953, 1044


Annual Election :


First Monday in March.


Annual Meeting :


First Friday Evening after the first Monday in March.


County Commissioners :


Francis E. Cassidy, Chairman Webster


Edward P. Bird Fitchburg


Joseph A. Aspero Worcester


Fourteenth Congressional District :


Congressman, Joseph William Martin, Jr.


North Attleboro


Fourth Senatorial District :


Senator, Alfred B. Cenedella Jr. Milford


Eighth Worcester Representative District :


Representatives General Court :


Charles Mullaly, Jr. Millville


Charles E. Luke Driscoll Northbridge


Sheriff for Worcester County :


William A. Bennett Worcester


3


TOWN OFFICERS


SELECTMEN


(Selectmen serve as Board of Public Welfare,


Board of Health and Fence Viewers)


Ernest P. Wood Harold Metcalf John L. Lundvall


TOWN CLERK Albert S. Coleman


TOWN TREASURER


Charles F. Leonard


TAX COLLECTOR


Arthur P. Dalton


ASSESSORS


Donald B. Lowell D. Kinsley Barnes


Carl M. Taft


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Herbert Bowen Gordon R. Good Harry C. York


TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY


Ernest P. Wood Percy Rowe Vestella Daniels


Herbert F. Bowen Henry P. Clough, Secretary


4


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


Asa Vear Joseph W. McEwen Albert S. Coleman, Clerk


Fred L. Kempton


FINANCE COMMITTEE


Franklin E. Goodnow Roy A. Barrows Lee P. McFarland


PARK COMMISSIONERS


Norry J. Daige George A. Johnson Fred Phipps


Chief of Police Harold C. Barrows


Constable


Harold C. Barrows


Tree Warden & Moth Supt. William E. Nuttall


Town Solicitor Shelley D. Vincent


Dog Officer


Raymond A. Miller


Wiring Inspector Walter J. Channing


Sealer of Weights and Measures Raymond A. Miller


Superintendent of Schools Percy Rowe


Fire Chief and Forest Warden Harold F. Lowell


Superintendent of Streets William R. Bowen


Burial Agent Norry J. Daige


5


Custodian Soldiers' & Sailors' Graves Richard F. Harding


Inspector of Slaughtering William Seibert


Inspector of Animals Roy Barrows


Town Accountant Helen F. Irons


WATER COMMISSIONERS


Franklin Goodnow Everett Watson Donato Leone


SURVEYOR OF WOOD AND BARK


Arthur V. Pond


FIELD DRIVERS


Alex Woleck Edward Goss W. Arthur Robinson


VETERANS' AGENT


Ernest J. A. Bouchard


RENT CONTROL BOARD


Chester F. Fitzgerald, Chairman


Everett F. Goodnow


Frank E. Dudley


Robert P. Condon


Etore J. Magliocca


6


FINANCIAL REPORTS


MODERATOR-SALARY


Appropriation $25 00


Expended :


Roy A. Barrows $25 00


SELECTMEN-SALARIES


Appropriation $700 00


Expended :


Ernest P. Wood


$283 33


Harold Metcalf


200 00


John L. Lundvall


216 67


Total expended $700 00


SELECTMEN-EXPENSES


Appropriation


$150 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


50 00


Total


$200 00


Expended :


Postage


$18 00


Lock Box


3 70


Cahill's News Agency


3 15


Advertising


51 87


Delivering Town Reports 20 00


Dues to State Asso. .. 15 00


Dues to County Asso. .... 6 00


Expenses to County


Meeting


8 00


7


Hobbs & Warren, Inc. .... 1 37


Forbes Press, printing .... 6 80


Mass. Laws 3 00


Carlton Goss, deposit on land


50 00


Total expended $186 89


Unexpended 13 11


$200 00


TREASURER-SALARY


Appropriation ... $700 00


Expended :


Charles F. Leonard


$700 00


TREASURER-EXPENSE


Appropriation $200 00


Expended :


Postage and stationery .... $75 40


Hobbs & Warren, forms 6 94


State Dues 2 00


Check books


26 35


Expenses to State


Meeting 15 15


Forbes Press, printing 10 00


Preparing Schedule A .. 15 00


Cahill's News Agy.,


supplies


26 15


Use of car 10 00


Total expended


$186 99


Unexpended 13 01


$200 00


8


TAX TITLE FORECLOSURE


Appropriation $50 00


Expended :


Postage $7 00


Advertising 5 20


Worcester Co. Abstract


Co., description 6 00


Recording Tax Titles 11 50


Total expended


$29 70


Unexpended 20 30


$50 00


TOWN ACCOUNTANT-SALARY


Appropriation $400 00


Expended :


Helen F. Irons $400 00


TOWN ACCOUNT-EXPENSE


Appropriation $75 00


Expended :


Forbes Press, printing .... $4 00


Mass. Division of


Accounts 32 35


Total expended


$36 35


Unexpended


38 65


$75 00


TOWN CLERK-SALARY


Appropriation ...... $250 00


Expended :


Albert S. Coleman $250 00


9


TOWN CLERK-EXPENSE


Appropriation $500 00


Expended :


Printing and postage $100 55


Recording Fees


80 00


Desk


80 00


Dues & expenses, Town


Clerks' Meetings


93 65


Palley Office Supply,


equipment 33 97


Karl Bright, burglary insurance


10 00


Miscellaneous expenses


33 41


Total expended


$431 58


68 42


Unexpended


$500 00


TAX COLLECTOR-SALARY


Appropriation


$925 00


Expended :


Arthur P. Dalton, Collector


$925 00


TAX COLLECTOR-EXPENSE


Appropriation


$225 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund 1 41


Total


$226 41


Expended :


Barre Gazette, supplies $60 79


Use of car


10 00


Forbes Press 43 00


Postage 82 00


Deputy Collector's Bond 5 00


State Asso. Dues


2 00


10


Advertising 3 90


Hobbs & Warren,


supplies 19 72


Total expended


$226 41


ASSESSORS-SALARIES


Appropriation $700 00


Expended :


Donald B. Lowell $200 00


D. Kinsley Barnes 200 00


Carl M. Taft, Clerk 300 00


Total expended $700 00


ASSESSORS-EXPENSES


Appropriation $300 00


Expended :


Tax Tables $1 00


Postage 10 00


Deed Abstracts 194 36


Hobbs & Warren 60 12


State & County Asso.


dues 9 00


D. B. Lowell, use of car 20 00


Expenses to State


Meeting 5 00


Total expended $299 48


Unexpended


52


$300 00


ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS


Appropriation


$600 00


Expended :


Election payrolls $62 50


Street listing 162 50


11


Hobbs & Warren Inc. 59 82


Advertising 48 63


Registrars' Salaries


140 00


Voting booths


60 80


Total expended


$534 25


Unexpended


65 75


$600 00


TOWN COUNSEL-SALARY


Appropriation .. $100 00


Expended :


Shelley D. Vincent


$100 00


TOWN COUNSEL-EXPENSE


Appropriation ..... $75 00


Expended :


Shelley D. Vincent $75 00


CLERICAL HIRE FOR TOWN OFFICERS


Appropriation ..


$300 00


Expended :


Helen F. Irons


$299 70


Unexpended


30


$300 00


TOWN OFFICERS' BONDS


Appropriation $265 00


Expended :


Karl A. Bright


$244 00


Unexpended


21 00


$265 00


12


TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE


Appropriation


$900 00


Expended :


È. C. Chagnon & Son,


repairs


$16 00


Clock


17 65


E. T. Powers. repairs


184 77


Raymond Dudley, janitor


480 00


Janitor's supplies


55 48


Lester Hill, repairs


7 00


Bottled gas


32 80


Total expended


$793 70


Unexpended


106 30


$900 00


RECORD ROOM MAINTENANCE


Appropriation


$350 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund 16 20


Total


$366 20


Expended :


Carrie Marlow, janitor .. $50 00


Clark-Shaughnessy, fuel 129 18


Worcester County


Elec. Co. 13 48


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 141 59


Shoveling path 1 00


Cleaning typewriter


12 10


Cleaning oil burner


7 00


Repairs


2 50


Cahill's News Agy.,


9 35


supplies


Total expended $366 20


13


TOWN HALL-ROOFING AND REPAIRS


Appropriation


$650 00


Expended :


C. L. Goss, labor and Material $642 90


Unexpended 7 10


$650 00


TOWN HALL WELL


Appropriation


$2,000 00


Transferred from Surplus Revenue 2,934 11


Total


$4,934 11


Expended :


E. T. Powers


$368 87


Guido Sabatinelli & Sons


4,498 92


Milford Water Co. 10 00


Total expended


$4,877 79


Unexpended 56 32


$4,934 11


HEAT AND LIGHTS TOWN HALL, FIRE STATION AND HIGHWAY BARN


Appropriation $3,000 00


Expended :


E. T. Powers, repairs


$492 10


A. LaBastie, repairs


1 75


Worc. Co. Elec. Co. .... 209 40


H. J. Shaughnessy, fuel 1,938 10


Boiler inspection


10 00


Light bulbs 1 47


Total expended $2,652 82


Unexpended 347 18


$3,000 00


14


CONSTABLE-SALARY


Appropriation $25 00


Expended :


Harold C. Barrows $25 00


POLICE DEPARTMENT


Appropriation


$3,000 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund 27.38


Total


$3,027 38


Expended :


Office supplies $23 48


Officers' payrolls


2,355 43


Mileage


353 95


Telephone


191 09


Accident photos 24. 28


Printing and postage


47 75


Reflectors


9 80


Milford Daily News


21 60


Total expended $3,027 38


POLICE ROOM CONSTRUCTION


Appropriation


$200 00


Expended :


P-O's Furniture 31 14


Camosse Bros. 21 60


Lester Hill


4 00


Bradbury-Lock Co. 22 84


Total expended $79 58


Balance on hand December 31, 1953


120 42


$200 00


15


FIRE DEPARTMENT


Appropriation


$2,000 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


56 15


Total $2,056 15


Expended :


Pay rolls


$561 38


Sudbury Laboratory


26 46


Insurance


178 50


Carrie Marlow, test


blowing


50 00


Lakeside Garage, repairs 355 07


Worc. Co. Elec. Co.


40 00


Gasoline, oil etc.


78 39


C. L. Goss, repairs


66 33


E. C. Chagnon & Son


55 70


Farrar Co., supplies


382 45


Niro & Niro, repairs


24 83


Telephone


221 70


M. M. Goodnow, repairs


11 03


Miscellaneous supplies .. 4 31


Total expended $2,056 15


FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT


Appropriation


$500 00


Expended :


Harold F. Lowell,


Warden


$25 00


Pay rolls 467 00


Miscellaneous supplies .. 7 10


Total expended


$499 10


Unexpended 90


$500 00


16


FIRE HOSE


Appropriation $500 00


Expended :


Farrar Co. $500 00


HYDRANT RENTAL


Appropriation $550 00


Expended :


Town of Mendon, 11 hydrants


$550 00


DOG OFFICER


Appropriation


$100 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund 36 00


Total


$136 00


Expended :


Raymond A. Miller, boarding and


disposing of 22 dogs $121 00


Salary and use of car 15 00


Total expended


$136 00


CIVILIAN DEFENSE


Balance on hand January 1, 1953


$63 95


Appropriation


250 00


Total


$313 95


Expended :


Asa Vear, transportation and


expenses $20 60


Radio receiver 24 55


Police alarm 58 48


Arm bands 30 29


Total expended $133 92


Balance on hand December 31, 1953 180 03


$313 95


17


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Appropriation $50 00


Expended :


Raymond A. Miller, salary and


use of car $50 00


WIRING INSPECTOR


Appropriation


$80 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


10 00


Total


$90 00


Expended :


Walter J. Channing,


salary


$80 00


Medway Press, supplies .. 10 00


Total expended


$90 00


BOARD OF HEALTH


Appropriation ... ..... . .... $1,700 00


Expended :


Charlescraft Press, signs $3 00


District Nursing Assn. .... 75 00


Harold Metcalf, burying dogs 4 00


A. Woleck, rent of land for dump 150 00


Labor and maintenance of dump 696 65


Raymond Miller, burying animals 78 50


Dr. E. E. Allen, anti-rabic


treatment 21 00


18


Anti-rabic vaccine 15 00


Sargeant Ambulance


service


20 00


Milford Daily News


7 50


Total expended $1,070 65


629 35


Unexpended


$1,700 00


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


Appropriation $150 00


Expended :


Roy A. Barrows $150 00


INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING


Appropriation $25 00


Expended :


Willard Seibert $25 00


ELM BEETLE SUPPRESSION


Appropriation ..


$500 00


Expended :


P. A. Millis, spraying $477 00


William Nuttall, salary & labor 23 00


Total expended


$500 00


MOTH SUPPRESSION


Appropriation $200 00


Expended :


William Nuttall, Salary .. $12 00


P. A. Millis, spraying ...... 188 00


Total expended


$200 00


19


TREE WARDEN


Appropriation


$750 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


202 25


Total


$952 25


Expended :


William Nuttall, Salary .. $12 00


Labor:


William Nuttall 294 75


George Blanchard 259 00


Theodore Brothers 64 00


Harold Metcalf


106 25


Willard Mathewson


38 75


William Bowen


2 30


R. Bennett


2 30


E. Boover


2 30


Geo. York


2 30


Geo. York, Jr.


2 30


Clifford Mathewson 6 00


C. L. Goss, power saw .. 15 00


Earl Arnold, power saw


135 00


C. F. Leonard


10 00


Total expended $952 25


STREET LIGHTING


Appropriation $744 00


Expended :


Worcester Co. Elec. Co. $643 95


Unexpended


100 05


$744 00


NEW TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT


Appropriation $4,000 00


Expended :


Whitinsville Trac. Co. $3,873 00


Unexpended


127 00


$4,000 00


20


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT General Repairs


Appropriation


$2,000 00


Expended :


Labor $1,326 58


Town Equipment 24 00


Hired Equipment 99 00


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. ....


147 39


Rosenfeld Sand & Stone


Stone Co., patch 9 90


Henry J. Poirier, gravel 29 50


Seaver's Express


3 06


Leonard Jaques & Son,


supplies 49 51


C. C. Shattuck, supplies


27 81


Geo. H. Clark Co., road paint


79 50


Dues, State & County


Supt. Assoc. 5 00


Sandberg Equip. Co.,


supplies 58 19


Emmott Valley Trans Co. 3 40


Clark-Shaughnessy Co., Oil


16 95


D. B. and H. F. Lowell, land damage


1 00


S. H. Wosserman, signs 10 00


Mendon Auto Salvage ..


60


Transportation


15 00


Waldo Thayer, sharpen- ing saws 1 50


Norman Rogers, gravel .. 4 00


Rose Machine Shop


3 00


N. E. Metal Culvert Co., pipe 13 05


21


Lester Hill, supplies ..... 17 00


Corbett Concrete Pipe


Co. 52 86


Total expended $1,997 80


Unexpended 2 20


$2,000 00


SNOW REMOVAL


Appropriation $6,000 00


Expended :


Labor $1,453 91


Town Equipment


922 50


Hired Equipment 1,067 00


Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co., sand 285 34


Dyar Sales Co.,


plow blades 87 50


E. F. Edson Co., blades & shovels 154 23


Henry Poirier, welding .. 94 50


Seaver's Express


4 50


Columbia Steel Co., plow blades 164 65


Mendon Auto Salvage,


welding 5 50


Total expended $4,239 73


Unexpended


1,760 27


$6,000 00


CHAPTER 81


Town Appropriation


$3,700 00


State Allotment


10,175 00


Total


$13,875 00


Expended :


Labor


$6,311 68


22


Town Equipment 2,138 70


Hired Equipment 518 00


H. A. Daniels Co., Insur. 262 65


Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co 1,397 22


Trimount Bituminous


Products 2,404 49


Corbett Concrete Pipe Co.


97 20


Henry J. Poirier, gravel


744 60


Total expended


$13,874 54


Unexpended


46


$13,875 00


CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE


Town Appropriation $1,500 00


State Allotment


1,500 00


County Allotment


1,500 00


Total


$4,500 00


Expended :


Labor $1,015 05


Town Equipment 602 43


Hired Equipment


188 50


H. A. Daniels Co., Insur.


43 14


Trimount Bituminous


Products 2,122 68


Rosenfeld Sand & Stone


Co.


509 83


Roland Temple, blasting 17 69


Total expended


$4,499 32


Unexpended


68


$4,500 00


23


CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION


Town Appropriation


$2,000 00


State Allotment


4,000 00


County Allotment


2,000 00


Total


$8,000 00


Expended :


Labor $1,934 65


Town Equipment 761 90


Hired Equipment


1,116 50


Henry J. Poirier, gravel


1,199 40


Roland Temple, blasting


1 90


Norman Rogers, gravel .. 72 25


N. E. Metal Culvert Co.


1,131 31


Frances Morrison, gravel 7 50


Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co. 57 01


Trimount Bituminous


Products 563 29


State Prison Colony,


guard rail


97 50


H. A. Daniels Co., Insur.


82 22


Total expended $7,025 43


Unexpended 974 57


$8,000 00


DRAINAGE-BLACKSTONE STREET


Appropriation


$2,500 00


Expended :


Labor $350 80


Town Equipment 208 00


Hired Equipment 691 00


Worcester Foundry Co. ..


36 12


Corbett Concrete Pipe


Co. 1,055 60


24


Rosenfeld Sand & Stone


Co. 108 33


Medway Block Co. 9 50


Southeastern Const. Co. 39 72


Total expended


$2,499 07


Une xpended


93


$2,500 00


DRAINAGE-MAIN STREET


Appropriation


$400 00


Expended :


Wages


$139 60


Corbett Concrete Pipe Co 260 16


Total expended $399 76


24


Unexpended


$400 00


DRAINAGE-WASHINGTON STREET


Appropriation


$500 00


Expended :


Wages


$225 45


Town Equipment 28 00


H. Poirier


8 35


Kinnecome release 1 00


Medway Block Co.


15 12


Corbett Concrete Pipe Co. 211 56


H. M. Curtis Co.


2 10


Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co 7 70


Total expended $499 28


Unexpended 72


$500 00


25


ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT


Transferred from Road Machinery Fund $3,000 00


Expended :


Labor $36 40


Lakeside Garage, repairs 344 27


Scott, White Truck Inc. 75 95


Mendon Gulf Station ....


743 49


H. A. Daniels Co., Insur. 124 36


Donald B. Lowell, Insur.


34 82


Karl Bright, Insurance ..


156 63


Home Nat'l. Bank. note and interest 1,037 50


Bowker-Hamblin-


Malmquist, tires 248 65


E. F. Edson Co., repairs 35 10


H. J. Poirier, welding .... 32 00


Henley-Kimball Co.,


parts


3 57


Vater's Garage,


inspections 2 00


So. Milford Service Sta. 21 65


Wm. Bowen, parts 7 07


Turnpike Auto Parts


15 00


White Motors, parts


4 54


Mendon Auto Salvage, repairs 51 85


Total expended $2,994 60


Unexpended 5 40


$3,000 00


ROAD MACHINERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1953 $7,065 02


Transferred to Road


Machinery Account


$3,000 00


26


Transferred to


New Tractor Account $4,000 00 Total transfers 7,000 00


Balance


$65 02


Paid to Town Treasurer for use of equipment :


Chapter 81 $2,138 70


Chapter 90 Construction 761 90


Chapter 90 Maintenance 602 43


General Repairs


24 00


Snow Removal 922 50


Board of Health 34 00


Washington St. Drainage 28 00


Blackstone St. Drainage ..


208 00


Miscellaneous rentals ....


20 00


Road Machinery account unexpended 5 40


Total


$4,744 93


Balance December 31, 1953


$4,809 95


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE-SALARIES


Appropriation


$45 00


Expended :


Harold Metcalf $15 00


John L. Lundvall 15 00


Ernest P. Wood


15 00


Total expended


$45 00


PUBLIC WELFARE-TEMPORARY AID


Appropriation


$6,000 00


Expended :


(Mendon Settlement)


Three persons in own


homes


$1,265 26


27


One person in Rest


Home 1,553 10


One person in hospital 130 00


One family in other town 8 00


$2,956 36


(Settlement Other Towns)


One person in own home 201 70


Three families in own


homes


962 83


1,164 53


(No settlement-chargeable to State)


One family in own home 139 26


(Disability Assistance)


Two persons in own homes


801 04


United Community Services 10 00


Total expended $5,071 19


Unexpended 928 81


$6,000 00


Proportionate share of above expenses :


State of Massachusetts .. $139 26


Town of Milford


1,134 53


City of Northampton 30 00


State and Federal share


of Disability Assistance 600 78


Town of Mendon


3,166 62


$5,071 19


28


DISABILITY ASSISTANCE-FEDERAL GRANT


Received from Federal Government :


Direct Aid


$982 19


Administration 31 65


Total


$1,013 84


Expended :


For Direct Aid, 2 cases $753 60


Unexpended 260 24


$1,013 84


State and Federal share of above expenses $565 20


Town of Mendon's share 188 40


$753 60


AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN


Appropriation $2,000 00


Transferred from Surplus Revenue 2,000 00


From Federal Gov't., Direct Aid 2,319 89


From Federal Gov't., Administration


72 42


Total


$6,392 31


Expended :


For Direct Aid, 5 cases


$3,737 92


Unexpended


2,654 39


$6,392 31


Summary :


Federal Gov't. share $1,985 39


State of Mass. share 1,245 63


Town of Mendon 506 90


$3,737 92


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Appropriation $16,000 00


From Federal Government 20,919 11


Total


$36,919 11


29


Expended :


For Direct Aid, 56 cases $33,803 22


Unexpended


3,115 89


$36,919 11


Summary:


Federal Gov't. share ..... $16,595 66


State of Massachusetts .. 10,904 36


Due from other Towns .. 1,054 06


Town of Mendon's share


5,249 14


$33,803 22


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-ADMINISTRATION


Appropriation


$750 00


Received from Federal Gov't. 857 62


Total $1,607 62


Expended :


Helen F. Irons,


Welfare Worker $1,050 00


Cahill's, supplies 2 20


Postage


60 11


Traveling expense


15 40


Hobbs & Warren,


supplies 14 94


J. C. Moore Co., supplies 3 95


Total expended $1,146 60


461 02


Unexpended


$1,607 62


Summary :


Federal Gov't. share $595 80


State of Mass. share 10 81


Town of Mendon


539 99


$1,146 60


30


VETERANS' BENEFITS


Appropriation


$500 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


$500 00


Total


$1,124 36


Expended :


State Association, dues .. $2 00


Ernest Bouchard, expenses


to State Meeting 100 00


Forbes Press, supplies .... 10 00


Aid 2 persons in other Towns 574 00


Aid 1 person in own


home


438 36


Total expended


$1,124 36


Summary :


State's share $506 18


Town of Mendon's share 618 18


$1,124 36


ADMINISTRATION OF VETERANS' BENEFITS


Appropriation


$100 00


Expended :


Ernest Bouchard, Agent $83 32


Harold Metcalf, salary 2 months 8 34


Ernest P. Wood, salary


2 months


8 34


Total expended


$100 00


31


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Appropriation $60,499 16


Dog Tax Refund


495 84


Total


$60,945 00


Expended


$60,929 63


Unexpended


15 37


- $60,945 00


(For detail of expenditures see School Report)


VOCATIONAL EDUCATION


Appropriation


$1,000 00


Expended :


Town of Framingham,


tuition


$16 20


Norfolk Co. Agri. School, tuition 160 00


City of Worcester, tuition 309 30


Transportation


191 70


H. P. Clough, Driver


Education course 78 00


Total expended


$755 20


244 80


Unexpended


$1,000 00


SCHOOL PLAYGROUND


Balance January 1, 1953


$2,400 00


Expended :


C. L. Goss, labor &


material $100 48


Hopedale Coal & Ice Co.


40 68


32


E. T. Powers


54 02


Ernest Mellen, repairs ..


15 00


Horace Partridge,


supplies 21 50


Norman Rogers,


fill & grading 323 00


Total expended


$554 68


Balance December 31, 1953


1,845 32


$2,400 00


SPECIAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM


Balance January 1, 1953


$519 13


Revenue from meals


5,937 88


State Reimbursement


2,103 97


Total


$8,560 98


Expended :


Salaries $2,115 00


Food supplies 4,969 68


Kitchen supplies 102 28


Transportation fees 65 86


Frozen food locker 18 00


Miscellaneous 5 00


Total expended


$7,275 82


Unexpended balance


1,285 16


$8,560 98


PARK DEPARTMENT


Appropriation


$200 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund 200 00


Total


$400 00


Expended :


Fred Phipps, labor $5 00


George Johnson, labor


141 00


33


Chester O. Avery, labor 33 50


Raymond Thomas, labor 158 00


Clayton Parkinson, flowers 13 20


Lakeside Flower Shop 10 50


Total expended


$361 20


Unexpended


38 80


$400 00


WATER DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE


Appropriation .... ..


$750 00


Expended :


Town of Bellingham,


water


$293 71


Varney Bros., labor and services 121 13


Lloyd Nelson, labor and


materials 190 98


George Allen, meter reading 19 00


Louis Sidoni, labor 35 00


Postage 3 63


Total expended $663 45


Unexpended


86 55


$750 00


SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' GRAVES


Appropriation $30 00


Expended :


Swan Dale Cemetery Assoc. $30 00


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MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION


Appropriation $225 00


Expended :


Sons of Union Veterans,


flags


$8 00


D. C. Ryan, band 150 00


Clayton Parkinson,


flowers 11 50


Lakeside Flower Shop .... 8 00


C. C. Shattuck, supplies


35 20


Total expended $212 70


12 30


Unexpended


$225 00


TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY


Appropriation


$810 00


Transfer from Reserve Fund


60 00


Total


$870 00


Expended :


H.W. Wilson Company $11 80


American Library Association 6 00


Worcester County Electric Co. 24 58


E. T. Powers, Heat Installation


232 50


Barney Coal Co.


114 67


Vestella M. Daniels, Librarian


300 00


Raymond C. Dudley, Janitor


100 00


Chester C. Shattuck, Supplies


50


Samuel F. Mitchell, Electrician


62 65


Danny's News Stand


17 30


Total expended $870 00


Expended from Samuel Taft Fund :


E. T. Powers, Heating Contract $76 00


35


Expended from Frederic M. Kinsley Fund :


Samuel F. Mitchell, Lighting System $500 00


Expended from Fletcher Fund:


Personal Book Shop, Inc.


$148 94


INSURANCE ON TOWN BUILDINGS


Appropriation $1,700 00


Expended :


Donald B. Lowell, Agent $1,644 83


55 17


Unexpended


$1,700 00


TOWN REPORTS


Appropriation


$620 00


Expended :


Uxbridge Printing Co.


$620 00


RESERVE FUND


Appropriation $2,000 00


Transfers :


Selectmen's Expense $50 00


Taft Public Library 60 00


Collector's Expense


1 41


Record Room


Maintenance 16 20


Fire Department 56 15


Wire Inspector 10 00


Police Department 27 38


Veterans' Benefits


624 36


Park Department


200 00


36


Dog Officer


36 00


Tree Warden


202 25


Total transfers


$1,283 75


Unexpended


716 25


$2,000 00


MATURING DEBT


Appropriation


$4,000 00


Transferred from Surplus Revenue 8,000 00


Total $12,000 00


Expended :


School House Loan 1,000 00


Fire Station Loan


10,000 00


Water Construction Loan 1,000 00


Total expended $12,000 00


INTEREST ON MATURING DEBT


Appropriation


$733 75


Expended :


Fire Station Loan $250 00


Water Construction Loan 371 25


School House Loan 112 50


Total expended


$733 75


37


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


December 31, 1953


RECEIPTS


General Revenue


Taxes :


Current Year:


Poll


$910 00


Personal Property


6,385 48


Real Estate


69,641 60


Motor Vehicle Excise


12,645 22


Previous Years :


Personal Property 479 96


Real Estate


5,808 78


Motor Vehicle Excise 2,626 09


Estate of Deceased Persons


201 36


Tax Titles Redeemed


331 38


Tax Titles Sold


596 00


From the State:


Corporation Tax


6,394 49


Income Tax


4,750 60


Licenses and Permits :


283 01


Grants and Gifts :


From Federal Government:


Old Age Assistance 17,154 65


Aid to Dependent Children 2,354 56


Disability Assistance 976 85


From State:


School Aid, Chap. 70 13,303 46


38


Vocational Education


120 50


High School Tuition


& Transportation 8,600 00


Highways, Chap. 81-1952 Contract 6,744 00


Highways, Chap. 81-1953 Contract 2,482 00


Inspector of Animals 75 00


Meal Tax, O.A.A.


691 49


Rent of Fire Tower land


50 00


From County :


Dog License Refund


495 84


Other:


Sale of Real Estate


75 00


Gas pipe-line release 5 00


Commercial Revenue


Town Clerk, sale of Town Annals 13 00


Town Hall Rent 519 00


Wire Inspections (1952) 20 00


Wire Inspections (1953)


15 00


Sealer's Fees


19 75


Health and Sanitation :


County, Dog Officer reimbursement 76 50


Highways:


Truck and Machinery Rental 4,739 53


Charities :


Temporary Aid, ·


from Cities and Towns 2,368 99


State, Aid to Dependent Children 1,222 82


State, Disability Assistance 450 42 ·


State, Old Age Assistance 10,340 01


Recoveries from Old Age Assistance 874 85


39


Old Age Assistance, Cities and Towns 907 19


State, Temporary Aid


834 87


State, Indigent Persons


156 00


State, Veterans' Benefits


267 00


Schools :


Tuition, Boston City Wards


1,036 69


School Lunch Revenue


8,041 85


Library Fines 11 24


Water Department Revenue


1,917 53


Interest :


Thayer Cemetery Fund 5 00


Deferred Taxes


241 26


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes


24 36


Tax Titles redeemed


26 98


Agency, Trust and Investment :


Kinsley Library Fund 500 00


Dog License Fees due County 586 00


Trust Fund Income


161 44


Federal Withholding Taxes


7,282 22


Worcester County Retirement


Deductions


1,060 03


Refunds :


Town Truck insurance 7 87


School check returned


9 75


Selectmen's advertising


5 10


Total Receipts, 1953 $207,924 57


Balance January 1, 1953


43,443 47


$251,368 04


40


EXPENDITURES


General Government


Moderator's Salary


$25 00


Selectmen's Salaries


700 00


Selectmen's Expense


186 89


Town Accountant's Salary


400 00


Town Accountant's Expense




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