USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Pepperell > Town annual reports of the officers of the town of Pepperell, Mass 1932 > Part 1
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014
https://archive.org/details/annualreportsofo00pepp_2
GET
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01864 2972
GC 974.402 P39AR, 1932
The
ANNUAL REPORT of the Officers
of the
TOWN OF PEPPERELL
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1932
DERE
A DISTRICT-A
SIR WILLIAM PEPPERELL ...
AUG. 23.1775"
/1932-
The
ANNUAL REPORT of the Officers
of the
TOWN OF PEPPERELL
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1932
DEL
1
A DISTR
AUG. 23.1775
SIR WILLIAM PEPPERELL.
/1932-
3
Town Officers 1932-33 Elected
Wilfred E. Leary
Town Clerk Term Expires February 1933
Treasurer
Addison Woodward
Term Expires February 1933
Selectmen
Otto B. Olsen George P. Parker
Warren C. Fuller
Term Expires February 1933
Term Expires February 1934 Term Expires February 1935
Assessors
M. H. Sullivan
Edgar W. Blake
Rupert L. Blood
Term Expires February 1933 Term Expires February 1934 Term Expires February 1935
Board of Public Welfare
D. Joseph McLeod Lyman F. Robbins Annie A. Allen
Term Expires February 1933 Term Expires February 1934 Term Expires February 1935
School Committee
Patrick J. Hayes
Charles H. Jewett
Trescott T. Abele
Term Expires February 1933 Term Expires February 1934 Term Expires February 1935
Cemetery Commissioners
Amos D. Mahony Paul S. Maxwell J. Fred Brown
Term Expires February 1928 Term Expires February 1934 Term Expires February 1935
4
Trustees of Lawrence Library
Archibald G. Pike Mrs. James M. Smith Charles B. Taft
Mrs. Warren C. Fuller Leon P. Richardson Gladys Johnson
Term Expires February 1933 Term Expires February 1933 Term Expires February 1934 Term Expires February 1934 Term Expires Febraury 1935 Term Expires February 1935
Constable
Arthur A. Charbonneau Term Expires February 1933
Collector of Taxes
Ray M. Newell® Term Expires February 1933
Highway Surveyor
William E. Chapman Term Expires February 1933
Water Commissioners
William H. Gaffney
Charles H. Miller
Otto B. Olsen
Term Expires February 1933 Term Expires February 1934 Term Expires February 1935
Appointed Officers
Registrars
Charles H. Straitiff
Michael F. Morrisey
Marlton E. Twichell
Term Expires February 1933 Term Expires February 1934 Term Expires February 1935
Fence Viewers
Rupert L. Blood
Michael H. Sullivan
Culler of Staves John F. Sartelle
1.
5
Surveyors of Lumber
John F. Sartelle
Frank S. Fitch Grant M. Palmer
Surveyors of Wood and Bark
John F. Sartelle
Grant M. Palmer
Field Driver William H. Hildreth
Public Weighers
Leon P. Richardson
James E. Dunn
George G. Howe
Mary A. Gibbons George A. Shattuck
Weighers of Coal
Robert O. Coy Leroy A. Shattuck
Forest Warden Grant M. Palmer
Sealer of Weights and Measures Arthur L. Carter
Police Daniel T. Curtin, Chief *Clifford F. Walcott, Chief Robert S. Andrews, Special on Schools Forest L. Duke Arthur Charbonneau
D. J. McLeod Harry O'Neil
*Clifford F. Walcott, Chief from Nov. 1 for balance of year
Lock-up Keeper
Daniel T. Curtin *Clifford F. Walcott
*From Nov. 1 for balance of year
6
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering Dr. Fred A. Davis
Inspection of Milk and Sanitation Harold S. Adams
Janitor of Town House Chester W. Shattuck
Engineers of Fire Department
Grant M. Palmer
Wilfred E. Leary
Town Accountant
John T. Sullivan Term Expires 1934
Deputy Forest Wardens
Henry Wilson
Harold B. Olsen
Thomas B. Hayes
-
Forest Committee
Charles Jewett P. J. Hayes Leon P. Richardson
Finance Committee
A. H. Harris, 1933 L. P. Shattuck, 1933
Leroy A. Shattuck, 1934 Walter Shattuck, 1934 John T. Sullivan, Town Accountant, 1934
Superintendent of Moth Department Harold Copp
Undertakers
Roland H. Blood Amos D. Mahony
Burial Agent Warren C. Fuller
Play Ground Committee
Edward A. Gagnon Robert S. Andrews
John Davis
1
7
List of Jurors of the Town of Pepperell
Pepperell, Mass., July 1, 1932
List of Jurors for the municipal year 1932 and 1933, prepared and posted by the Selectmen of Pepperell, in accordance with Chapter 234, Section 4, of the General Laws.
Name
Occupation
Abele, Trescott T.
Farmer
Allen, Thomas I.
Carpenter
William st.
High st.
Mill st.
Blake, Charles B.
Laborer
Hollis st.
Blake, James H.
Machine Tender
Main st.
Blood, Ernest E.
Farmer
Mason st.
Blood, William N.
Salesman
Chestnut st.
Brown, Arthur G.
Machine Tender
Pleasant st.
Buck, Ralph W.
Store Keeper
Pleasant st.
Callum, Andrew, Jr.
Blacksmith
Leighton st.
Chapman, Walter R.
Painter
Brookline st.
Cobb, Ernest O.
Electrician
Main st.
Cullinan, John F.
Laborer
Tucker st.
Davis, John M.
Carpenter
River st.
Dennen, Charles O.
Clerk
Hollis st.
Donnelly, Eugene R.
Salesman
Main st.
Gagnon, Edward A.
N. R. Paper Co.
Main st.
Gardner, William
Carpenter
William st.
Goodwin, Charles B. Laborer
Greely, Ralph O.
Mechanic
Main st.
· Greenwood, William R. Grocer
Townsend st.
Annis, Jerry M.
Clerk
Attridge, Arthur R.
Paper Maker
Residence
Lawrence st.
Chase ave.
8
Hackett, Walter H. Hayes, Harold I.
Laborer Clerk
Foster st.
High st.
Olsen, Harold B. O'Neal, Walter W.
Farmer
Lawrence st
Laborer
Foster st.
-
Parker, Clayton S. Parker, Waldo F.
Salesman Brookline st.
Shoe Repairer
Groton st.
Straitiff, Charles H. Farmer River st.
Twitchell, Marlton E.
N. R. Paper Co.
Sheffield st.
Wilson, Henry E. Farmer Brookline, st.
OTTO B. OLSEN, GEORGE P. PARKER, WARREN C. FULLER, Selectmen of Pepperell.
Property
Amount
Premium
Expirat: 1
Town House
$ 3,500
$ 66.15
April 15, 1935
Town House
24,000
456.00
July 1, 1933
Town House
20,000
380.00
July 1, 1934
Town House
2,500
75.50
April 18, 1933
High School
2,000
27.80
April 15, 1935
High School
18,000
252.00
August 30, 1935
High School
10,000
140.00
February 20, 1933
High School
5,000
69.50
April 15, 1935
Clara M. Shattuck School
50,000
430.00
August 30, 1935
Clara M. Shattuck School
5,000
83.81
April 17, 1933
Clara M. Shattuck School
5,000
84.30
June 1, 1935
Groton Street School
28,000
240.80
August 30, 1935
Groton Street School
3,000
41.70
April 18, 1933
Engine House
17,000
263.50
August 30, 1933
Engine House
1,000
21.80
April 18, 1933
Engine House
2,000
43.60
October 24, 1933
Engine House
2,000
31.00
June 4, 1935
Tarbell Street School
5,000
125.00
February 1, 1933
Varnum Place
500
15.40
May 1, 1936
Varnum Place
3,000
86.20
September 15, 1935
Engine House Cottage St.
500
·12.60
December 26, 1936
Tool House
600
16.32
October 7, 1934
Seals, Weights, Measures
1,500
33.60
March 13, 1934
Workman's Compensation
561.56
April 2, 1933
List of Insurance
9
.
1
10
Report of the Board of Selectmen
For The Year Ending December 31, 1932
We submit the following report:
The Pine Orchard School property has been sold to E. H. Barkhouse for the sum of $500. The Townsend St. proper- ty still remains to be sold.
May we again call your attention to the need for rigid economy in every department. The ability of the tax payers large and small to meet their obligations on account of muni- cipal expenditures has not improved during the past year and our returns from the state on account of income and cor- poration tax have been reduced more than $10,000. Loss of revenue has the same effect on taxes as increase in our ex- penditures. A tax rate of $30.00 for 1933 is too much of a. burden for the tax payer. It should if possible be reduced to $27.00 or less. If in order to accomplish such reduction, it is necessary to make slight readjustments in salaries and wages such readjustments should be made.
It is no longer a question of whether or not our muni- cipal employees are being paid more or less than persons in similar employment in other communities ; it is a question of what the tax payer of this community can afford to pay
The income to the individual from every line of en- deavor has been reduced .40 per cent. over that obtained in 1929 and with a large number has disappeared altogether. Also the amount of property held by individuals being ex- empt from taxation is showing a constant and alarming in- crease, approaching in 1932 close to the $40,000 mark, there- by reducing the number of individuals and the amount of valuation that must bear the burden of our expenditures.
11
Licenses Granted During the Year.
1st Class Auto Dealers
2
2nd Class Auto Dealers
2
Filling Stations
4
Innholders
2
Slaughtering
1
Junk Dealers
1
3rd Class Liquor
2
Hackney
1
Pool Room
1
Vituallers
5
OTTO B. OLSEN,
GEORGE P. PARKER, WARREN C. FULLER, Selectmen.
12
Police Department Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit the following report for the year end- ing December 31, 1932.
Department Expenditures
Chief, salary
$1,593.33
Policemen
141.00
Use of car
126.85
Equipment
18.86
Fuel and light
42.59
Repairs
11.79
Telephone
115.98
Water
12.00
Lunches
13.30
Unexpended balance
174.30
Appropriation
$2,250.00
Number of arrests
Drunkenness
5
Non-support
2
Fornication
1
Drunken driving
4
Disturbing peace
4
Assault and battery
2
Safe keeping
27
Breaking and entering
2
47
Respectfully submitted, CLIFFORD F. WALCOTT, Chief of Police.
2,075.70.
13
Report of the Engineers of Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The Engineers of the Fire Department submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1932.
During the past year the department has responded to 65 alarms: 19 chimneys, 25 brush, 11 buildings, 2 out of town calls, 8 false alarms.
We have 3100 feet of hose on hand which is in good condition.
The apparatus is all in good working condition.
The Fire Station had two coats of paint in 1932 and the tin roof needs one coat of paint this coming year.
When the fire alarm is sounded the Department would appreciate it very much if the public would refrain from calling Central until the firemen have had the opportunity to use the telephone.
The following are the expenditures for the year :
Allen, William, driving truck $7.00
Barnes Co., Henry K., hose, repairs and supplies 470.32
Bartlett, A. W., supplies 8.60
Bemis, L. Homer, repairs 14.70
Blanchard Co., Arthur H., equipment 11.97
14
Boulia, Amos, gas, oil and supplies
31.64
Boutwell, George, driving truck 20.00
Charbonneau, Arthur A., repairs
5.75
Colbert, Mathew, driving truck 4.00
Combination Hose Co. No. 1., Glen Parker, treas. 500.00
Commissioner of Public Safety
5.00
Davis, Earl L., repairs to Fire Station
25.03
DuPaw Pharmacy, supplies and first aid kit
23.00
Dunn, James E., coal
21.08
Dow, Harry, driving truck
6.00
Engine Co. No. 1., Marlton Twitchell, treas.
500.00
Fitzpatrick, Edward, watching fire
3.50-
Flagg, Emerson, driving truck
16.00
Hackett, Walter H., repairs
7.00
Hawley, Alfred, driving truck
3.00
Herbert, Harold, driving truck
1.00
Hook & Ladder Co., John Rodier, treas.
500.00
Hotel Place Garage, gas, oil, repairs and supplies
$18.65
Steve, Edward E., rebuilding chimney and repairs
41.00
Leary, Wilfred E., services as engineer
100.00
Leary, Wilfred E., care of fire alarm
24.00
Messer, Wendall, driving truck
1.00
Middlesex County Elec. Co., light and power
69.47
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
30.39
Palmer, Grant M., services as engineer
100.00
Parker, Chester A., painting Fire Station and oiling floor
116.00
Parker, Glenn R., watching fire
3.50
Parker, Waldo, driving truck
· 2.00
Pepperell Garage, repairs and supplies
6.50
Pillsbury, Harold, driving truck
1.00
Shattuck, Chester W. janitor
2.40
Shattuck, George A., coal
124.64
Tierney, Thomas J., driving truck
18.00
Tredtin, Harold, driving truck
1.00
15
Water department, water
12.00
Weston, D. E., repairs
32.98
Appropriation
$3,250.00
Expenses
. 3,126.72
Unexpended balance
123.28
GRANT M. PALMER, WILFRED E. LEARY,
Engineers.
16
Report of Treasurer of the Lawrence Public Library
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand, January 1, 1932
$256.11
Coupons on Bonds :
New York Central
$245.00
New England Tel. & Tel.
100.00
Holyoke St. R. R.
60.00
Northern Pacific
300.00
Lake Superior
100.00
Wisconsin Power & Light
250.00
Boston Elevated
150.00
Ohio Public Service
50.00
Aristicook & Bangor
150.00
New England Power
150.00
Chicago & Indianapolis
80.00
Detroit Terminal
180.00
Baltimore & Ohio
100.00
American Tel. & Tel. 5s
10.00
Stocks:
Rockwood & Co.
80.00
Gardner Electric Light
50.00
First National Bank, Boston
90.00
Shawmut National Bank, Boston
143.25
Town appropriation
$1,000.00
Estate Ida Shattuck 2,660.19
Sale 40 shares Merrimac Hat stock
1,200.00
$1,925.00
$363,25
17
Sale 20 shares Gardner Elec. Light 1,400.00
City Institution, Lowell
82.10
First National Bank, Pepperell
226.65
Town of Pepperell, note No. 64 2,500.00
Interest on same
33.35
$9,102.29
$11,646.65
PAYMENTS
Librarian
$780.00
Asst. Librarian
388.40
Janitor
720.00
$1,888.40
Insurance :
A. G. Pike
$94.20
Ingalls Kittredge
94.20
$188.40
Fuel:
George A. Shattuck
$171.74
James E. Dunn
139.65
$311.39
Lights :
Middlesex County Elec. Co.
$75.84
Book Binding
Dura Binding Co.
$36.65
Printing Supplies :
The Devonshire Co.
$23.62
John Carter & Co.
4.00
Gaylord Bros.
4.70
$32.32
Subscriptions : George H. B. Turner $2.00
18
H. W. Wilson & Co.
3.05
Junior Literary Guild
23.50
The Literary Guild
1.75
F. W. Faxon Co.
54.40
$84.40
Repairs :
L. Homer Bemis
$6.90
C. A. Parker
29.71
A. T. Lavery & Son
135.00
Philip O. Richardson
165.44
Leon P. Richardson
56.17
$393.22
Books :
Harlem Book Co.
$5.82
Personal Book Shop
3.48
Lowell News Co.
245.41
The Geo. F. Cram Co.
2.76
A. R. Noonworth
31.91
H. R. State
2.25
The McMillan Co.
10.52
Ginn & Co.
7.32
H. R. Hunting Co.
17.84
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
.94
The Junior Guild
1.54
Noble & Noble
3.57
C. A. Cook & Co.
10.00
$343.36
Sundry Expenses :
First Nat. Bank, Pepperell, safe de- posit box
$5.00
F. J. Barnard & Co.
18.51
Pepperell Water Dept.
12.00
A. A. Charbonneau
2.00
W. E. Chapman
15.00
Alice E. Wiley
4.00
19
Committee of Public Safety
10.00
Remington Rand Co.
4.45
Helen M. Wiley
37.23
$108.19
Unexpended balance 1931, transferred to Gen. Acct.
$256.11
Tax on checks
.76
40 shares Shawmut bank stock
1,040.00
50 shares First National bank stock
1,868.75
Town of Pepperell, Note No. 64 2,500.00
Government Bonds
2,459.73
$8,125.35
$11,587.82
Balance on hand January 1, 1933
58.83
This amount has been deposited in the Savings dept. of First Nat. bank, Pepperell
$11,646.65
SECURITIES OWNED BY LAWRENCE LIBRARY
10 Northern Pacific R. R. Bonds
$1,000.00
7 New York Central & Hudson River Bonds 1,000.00
5 Wisconsin Power & Light Bonds 1,000.00
4 Detroit Terminal Bonds
1,000.00
3 New England Power Bonds
1,000.00
3 Boston Elevated Bonds
1,000.00
3 Aristicook & Bangor Bonds
1,000.00
2 Chicago & Indianapolis Bonds
1,000.00
2 Baltimore & Ohio Bonds
1,000.00
2 New England Tel. & Tel. Bonds
1,000.00
2 . Lake Superior Bonds
1,000.00
1 Holyoke St. R. R. Bonds
1,000.00
1 Ohio Public Service Bonds
1,000.00
2 American Tel. & Tel. Bonds 5s
100.00
77 Shares Shawmut Bank stock
20
50 Shares First National Bank stock
20 Shares Rockwood & Co. Pref. stock
3 Government Bonds
2500.00
First National Bank, Pepperell, Book No. 584
96.09
Respectfully submitted, ADDISON WOODWARD, Treasurer.
21
Cemetery Trust Fund Account
Cash on hand January 1, 1932
$13,607.90
R. W. Sherwood Fund
100.00
Emma E. Mention Fund
100.00
Waren M. Blood Fund
100.00
E. F. Harmon Fund
100.00
Henry Conant Fund
150.00
Lawrence Morgan Fund
100.00
Interest to July 1, 1932
Interest
Withdrawn
Cash In Bank
Lucinda F. Wright Fund
14.61
14.00
341.57
Rebecca Green Fund
2.23
2.00
52.30
R. A. Maxfield Fund
7.01
6.00
164.83
Abbie Stevens Fund
4.67
4.25
109.84
Dr. W. F. Monroe Fund
4.46
3.50
105.18
Sarah F. Farrar Fund
9.11
15.50
206.51
Levi Wallace Fund
9.66
10.00
225.17
Herbert Lawrence Fund
4.74
2.50
112.81
W. Spaulding Fund
4.52
2.50
107.87
John H. Kendall Fund
7.43
5.00
175.89
Elias Chapman Fund
4.38
3.25
103.58
Rev. Edward P. Smith Fund
4.38
5.25
101.15
Rebecca Williams Fund
4.38
4.00
102.74
Abby Holmes Fund
4.44
5.25
103.13
J. E. B. Jewett Fund
4.59
4.00
107.99
Richard Pierce Fund
4.97
20.00
101.14
W. Jewett and M. L. Boynton Fund
4.80
15.00
102.04
Mary F. Baker Fund
4.93
15.00
104.94
W. H. Winship Fund
4.59
6.00
105.98
Mary H. Wilson Fund
4.46
8.50
100.38
Timothy R. Shattuck Fund
4.61
3.50
108.89
Lucy B. Page Fund
4.63
4.00
109.14
Sumner Carter Fund
4.38
4.25
102.68
F*
22
James Boutwell Fund
5.16
7.00
119.14
Sarah N. Claussen Fund
4.44
5.25
102.94
Hannah E. Shattuck Fund
7.43
10.00
170.31
Belcher and Miner
9.58
10.00
222.65
James A. Elliott Fund
4.52
6.00
104.20
Parker and Williams Fund
4.91
15.00
104.63
Martha Spaulding Fund
4.91
18.00
101.64
Albert Leighton Fund
21.96
22.00
511.75
Mary E. Putney Fund
4.55
8.50
102.33
Henry Adams Fund
4.44
4.00
104.15
Dr. Charles Babbage Fund
4.89
6.00
113.15
Bradley Varnum Fund
4.50
3.25
106.84
Lewis H. Bean Fund
4.91
11.00
108.76
Warren S. Wood Fund
4.46
3.00
105.90
John B. Jewett Fund
4.72
4.00
110.73
Hadley and Sleeper
4.63
4.25
108.50
James Lewis Fund
4.80
16.00
101.10
William Bascom Fund
4.78
4.00
112.32
George S. Wright Fund
4.57
4.00
107.51
Sarah E. Lamb Fund
4.72
4.00
111.09
Samuel Lakin Fund
4.61
4.00
108.42
Frank H. Beherns
4.84
14.00
103.94
Henry V. Hovey Fund
4.38
4.00
102.56
Eliza Reed Fund
4.46
3.25
105.57
William P. Taylor Fund
4.50
4.00
105.72
Dow and Blood Fund
6.92
6.00
162.55
Charles Winn Fund
2.19
1.50
51.96
I. N. Elliott Fund
4.95
17.50
103.25
Simon and Jonas Shattuck Fund
4.59
4.00
107.65
W. W. Gillispi Fund
4.46
6.00
102.56
Catherine Pierce Fund
4.38
4.00
102.87
John S. Marshall Fund
4.46
2.50
106.10
John H. Blood Fund
4.91
18.02
101.33
Joshua Spaulding Fund
5.12
18.00
106.83
E. A. Haywood Fund
4.57
4.00
107.29
Elizabeth Letender Fund
4.50
5.00
104.60
Avanda N. Blood Fund
4.33
3.50
102.24
E. R. Richardson Fund
7.26
7.00
169.78
23
Jonathan Bancroft Fund
4.78
4.00
112.67
A. S. Woodward Fund
8.69
5.50
205.65
Benjamin Swift Fund
4.38
3.25
103.72
E. Alonzo Blood Fund
4.74
14.00
101.67
Sarah and Samuel B. Miller Fund
4.69
4.00
110.62
Phineus Woods Fund
4.38
3.25
103.33
Thomas Hill Fund
4.80
4.50
112.42
Charles and Leonard Elliott Fund
4.99
4.75
116.74
Eli Boynton Fund
4.59
4.75
106.99
Alfred Boynton Fund
4.40
4.75
102.52
James Blake Fund
4.74
13.00
102.33
Frank A. Wright Fund
4.76
3.50
112.64
George Emery Fund
2.42
2.50
56.66
Lincoln A. Johnson Fund
2.42
2.50
56.66
Sumner Parker Fund
4.69
10.00
104.56
Rufus W. Palmer Fund
4.42
3.50
104.25
Sarah A. Dudley Fund
4.63
6.75
106.19
James A. Pierce Fund
4.52
4.00
106.42
Joseph Tucker Fund
4.55
4.00
107.04
Lemuel Parker Fund
4.67
4.00
109.88
Dr. Charles E. Parker Fund
4.50
4.00
105.96
Nathan Blood Fund
4.33
3.00
102.89
Arnold Hutchinson Fund
8.86
7.25
207.97
Charles Lakin Fund
8.75
4.50
208.26
Benjamin Whitten Fund
4.59
8.50
103.58
Ethelinda P. Hooper Fund
2.23
2.00
53.05
W. A. Harrod Fund
4.33
4.00
101.46
Fannie V. Shattuck Fund
13.10
4.00
314.40
Charles H. Jewett Fund
6.67
6.00
156.38
Edward M. Comrey Fund
4.50
2.50
107.08
Abija Whitney Fund
4.48
2.00
107.25
C. F. McCormack Fund
4.29
3.00
101.29
Hattie I. Kendall Fund
4.33
3.50
102.43
Frank N. Goff Fund
2.19
2.00
51.27
Moses Whitehouse Fund
2.15
2.25
50.73
Catherine H. Titus Fund
4.31
3.25
101.87
Arabella G. Hamblett Fund
4.57
4.50
106.88
24
James and Fracina Butterfield Fund 4.44
4.00
104.27
Nathan Lakin Fund
4.33
2.50
103.12
Mary Streeter Fund
4.29
3.50
101.52
Mrs. Lizzie A. Sartelle Fund
4.29
3.00
102.01
Jennie L. Gilbert Fund
4.33
3.50
102.08
Miles Lawrence Fund
4.29
3.00
101.95
Henry C. Winn Fund
4.38
2.50
103.95
Milo Henderson Fund
4.29
3.00
101.29
Martha E. Blood Fund
4.35
3.50
102.62
Eli and Levi Boynton Fund
4.33
3.00
103.00
Henry D. Shattuck Fund
4.38
2.50
103.88
Whiles and Humes Fund
6.65
6.00
156.12
Thomas McGrath Fund
4.38
3.50
103:48
William A. Chapman Fund
4.40
3.50
103.63
John J. Gillispi Fund
2.15
1.50
50.65
William Lawrence Fund
4.71
3.04
101.67
R. W. Sherwood Fund
2.00
102.00
Emma E. Mention Fund
100.00
Warren M. Blood Fund
1.00
101.00
E. F. Harmon Fund
.67
100.67
Henry Conant Fund
150.00
Lawrence Morgan Fund
100.00
$14,844.29 $679.06 $14,165.23
Town of Pepperell
679.06
$14,844.29
Respectfully submitted,
ADDISON WOODWARD,
Town Treasurer. ·
25
Cemetery Commissioners' Report
For the Year Ending December 31, 1932
Cost of maintaining Walton and Woodlawn Cemeteries
Labor
$789.39
Lawn seed
46.81
Fertilizer
13.65
Hose
31.50
Repairing and sharpening tools
17.15
Tools (including lawn mower)
44.60
Chestnut fence posts
5.40
Loam
30.00
Trimming and rodding shade trees
20.00
Cemetery record book
15.00
Water bill
88.65
Misc.
5.80
Receipts
Balance
$18.00
Appropriation
500.00
Amount drawn from endowed lots
661.00
$1,179.00
Unexpended balance
$71.00
**********
We wish to call attention to the following things done during the year :
Fourteen lots were reseeded.
All endowed lots received a top dressing of either ferti- lizer or some kind of manure.
Next spring all endowed lots and the old part of Walton cemetery will receive a top dressing of fertilizer.
The rough side hill in Walton Cemetery was smoothed
$1,108.00
26
and seeded, also a plot in Woodlawn Cemetery that is full of unknown and unmarked graves, was seeded down.
Several of the shade trees were trimmed and two were rodded to prevent splitting.
The fences on the east and west sides of Woodlawn Cemetery were repaired, new posts put in where needed, and the pine grove was cleaned up.
The extra work was done with the help of men being aided by the town, which amounted to 702 hours for the year.
Until a year ago there have been no adequate records of burials in either Walton or Woodlawn Cemeteries. Infor- mation needed by new Commissioners was dependent on the memories of former Commissioners or of persons working under them. We thought it wise, therefore, to purchase a regular "Cemetery Record" book for each Cemetery. In these books there are places to record each burial on a plot, with space for name, age and cause of death, also names of relatives. There is an index so that a grave may be located either by name or lot.
As fast as possible information of burials previous to 1932 is being entered in the new record books.
A new map, drawn to scale, is being made of Woodlawn Cemetery, as the present one shows all lots the same size, when in reality they measure from sixteen to twenty-two feet in length.
The work of recording and mapping is being done by the Superintendent at no extra cost to the town.
The tool house in Woodlawn Cemetery was entered, and the following tools were taken: One lawn mower, two shovels, 250 feet of half-inch hose, and a hose reel. The theft was at once reported to the Chief of Police.
Respectfully submitted,
PAUL S. MAXWELL, J. FRED BROWN, AMOS D. MAHONY, Cemetery Commissioners.
27
Edmond P. Farrar Fund
Cash in Bank, January 1, 1932
$286.87
Withdrawn for repairs 10.70
$276.17
Interest on same to January 1, 1932
9.93
Amount of Fund January 1, 1933
$286.10
Woodlawn Cemetery Fund
Cash in Bank, January 1, 1932
$759.51
Sale of Lots
30.00
Interest on same to January 1, 1933
28.73
$818.24
Paid for supplies
26.39
Amount of Fund, January 1, 1933
$791.85
Respectfully submitted,
ADDISON WOODWARD,
Treasurer.
28
Water Department
1
January 1, 1932 to January 1, 1933
Transferred to General Surplus Jan. 1, 1932 $3,413.78
Receipts - 1932
Sales of water $12,130.41
Sundry Account
6.60
From Town Hydrant service
3,000.00
From Shirley Electric Light Fund 54.78
Total Receipts, 1932 $15,191.79
Expenditures Divided to Different Parts of System
Bonds
$5,500.00
Interest on Bonds
970.00
Salaries and Transportation
3,480.00
Service, maintenance, material
299.79
Pumping Station, fuel oil, coal and telephone
845.44
Pumping Station, material
204.83
Pumping Station, labor
2.25
Piping System, maintenance
310.81
Meters, new
118.80
Meters, maintenance
246.80
Water Commissioners
120.00
First National Bank, Collector
20.00
Pumping Station No. 2, power
317.16
Sundry Account
64.87
Refund, F. L. Smith Est.
10.88
Total Expenditures, 1932
$12,511.63
Transferred to Worcester North
Bank, Fitchburg
3,413.78
Total
$15,925.41
29
Financial Statement
Surplus and receipts Jan. 1, 1932 to Jan. 1, 1933 Expenditures and Transfers
$18,605.57
15,925.41
Balance in General Fund $2,680.16
Water Department Surplus
In First Nat'l Bank of Pepperell, Savings Dept. $4,230.14
In North Middlesex Bank of Ayer, Savings Dept. 4,261.61
Transferred from General Surplus to Worces- ter North Bank, Fitchburg, Mass.
3,413.78
$11,905.53
Due outstanding bills 701.16
Outstanding Bonds $20,000 due 4,000 each year to 1937 1,500 due 500 each year to 1935
$21,500 due on Bonds
Respectfully submitted,
LEWIS D. BEMIS, Supt. of Water Dept.
Approved, CHARLES H. MILLER, W. H. GAFFNEY, O. B. OLSEN,
30
Report of Forestry Committee of the Town of Pepperell, Mass. For the Year Ending December 31, 1932
At the Annual Pepperell Town Meeting it was voted to raise and appropriate Fifty ($50.00) for the use of the Forest Committee.
Considerable work in trimming and thinning has been done.
No young trees have been set. Most of the land is well covered.
A fire burned over a few square rods near the road. Probably caused by cigarettes or cigars.
No money has been used from the annual appropriation.
We would recommend an appropriation next year the same as in 1932.
Respectfully submitted,
C. H. JEWETT, P. J. HAYES, L. P. RICHARDSON,
Forest Committee.
5
31
Report of the Board of Public Welfare For the Year Ending December 31, 1932
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.