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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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