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TOWN OF OAKHAM
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Annual Official Reports
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FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1923
THE BARRE GAZETTE PRESS, BARRE, MASSACHUSETTS
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
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FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31 1923
THE BARRE GAZETTE PRESS Barre, Massachusetts
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1923
Town Clerk
EFFIE T. SWINDELL
Term expires 1924
Selectmen
JOHN P. DAY SYLVESTER R. DEAN
EARL C. PARKER
Term expires 1925
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1926
Assessors
WALTER A. WOODIS JOHN MORAN CHARLES B. DANIELS
Term expires 1925
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1926
Overseers of the Poor
WILLIAM H. PARKMAN
Term expires 1924
MORTON F. LINCOLN Term expires 1926
APPLETON L. NEWTON
Term expires 1925
School Committee
SYLVESTER R. DEAN MINNIE M. DAY
WALTER O. BABCOCK
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1926 Term expires 1925
Library Trustees
SARA E. BUTLER FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL WILLIAM A. NYE
Term expires 1926 Term expires 1924 Term expires 1925
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Cemetery Committee
JAMES P. FAIRBANK JOHN W. DWELLY.
Term expires 1926
EDWIN GREEN
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1925
ONE YEAR TERMS
Tax Collector EDMUND CODY
Treasurer JOHN W. DWELLY
Tree Warden WILLIAM A. NYE
Auditor JOHN ROBINSON
Superintendent of Highways CLIFFORD R. KNIGHT
Fence Viewers CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE DONALD A. RUTHERFORD W. WALLACE GRIMES
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Constables
CHARLES B. DANIELS HENRY W. BARTLETT GEORGE H. MORSE EVANDER H. GREEN WALTER A. WOODIS SAMUEL BRUNO
Measurers of Lumber
GEORGE H. MORSE SYLVESTER R. DEAN WALTER A. WOODIS
Measurers of Wood and Bark
CHARLES B. DANIELS APPLETON L. NEWTON GEORGE W. DEAN
Field Drivers
JOHN O'DONNELL FRANK H. BOYD SARA E. BUTLER
Town Agent FRANK S. CONANT
Cattle Inspector HENRY W. STONE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
School Superintendent JAMES R. CHILDS Undertaker and Burial Agent JAMES P. FAIRBANK Forest Fire Warden CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE
TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Oakham, in the County of Worcester,
. Greetings :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Oakham qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, known as "Me- morial Hall," on Monday, the fourth day of February next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at all town meetings except for the election of State Officers, during the coming year.
Article 2. To hear the annual report of the several town officers, and act thereon.
Article 3. To choose one Town Clerk for three years, one Selectman, one Assessor, one Overseer of Poor, one School Committee, one Library Trustee, one Cemetery Committee for three years, Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Auditor, Tree Warden, six Constables, shall licenses be granted for the sale of non-intoxicating beverages in this town, all on one ballot. The polls will be opened at ten o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at two o'clock in the afternoon.
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Article 4. To choose all necessary town officers and committees for the ensuing year, not required to be elected by ballot.
Article 5. To see what compensation the town will allow the Selectmen, Treasurer, Collector, Auditor and Constables for the ensuing year.
Article 6. To see what compensation the town will allow for men and teams in repairing highways and opening roads for the ensuing year.
Article 7. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to bond their Treasurer and Collec- tor.
Article 8. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations for the same.
Article 9. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the relief of poor and needy: soldiers, as required under Chapter 79, Section 18, of the Revised Laws.
Article 10. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row during the current financial year, in anticipation of the revenue of said year, such sums of moneys as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, giving the note or notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from date of note thereof, these notes to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 11. To see if the town will appoint some per- son as agent, to prosecute and defend all suits that may be brought for or against the town in the ensuing year.
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Article 12. To see if the town will employ some per- son or persons to care for the Town Hall, Town Clock, and Library Building for the ensuing year.
Article 13. To see what sum the town will raise and appropriate for the suppression of the browntail moth.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to insure its employees, and make an appropriation for the same, or pass any vote relative thereto.
Article 15. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate a certain sum of money for the fire department.
Article 16. To see if the town will accept a deed from William H. Parkman of a cemetery situated on his farm or pass any vote relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate one thousand or more dollars towards the Community Park, proposed by the late Henry B. Wright, or pass any vote relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money to replace the guideboards throughout the town or pass any vote rela- tive thereto.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up three attested copies in public places in said town seven days at least before time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Given under our hands this twentieth day of January, in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.
JOHN P. DAY, SYLVESTER R. DEAN, EARL C. PARKER,
Selectmen of Oakham.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Vital Records of 1923
BIRTHS
Mar. 8 Daughter (Phyllis May) to F. Raymond and Enola F. (Clifford) Thompson, Barre.
Apr. 10 Son (Thomas John) to Walter and Philo- mena (Dongule) Zelnia.
May 2 Son (Frank) to John and Mary (Stehlik) Bechan.
May 8 Son (William Francis) to Anthony J. and Millie (Stehlik) Bechan.
May 21 Daughter (Shirley Doris) to Nathan W. and Doris A. (Carpenter) Sheldon, Barre.
June 4 Illegitimate.
June 24 Son (Allan Orvis) to Clayton C. and Bernice S. (Carpenter) Cleveland.
July 4 Son (Edwin Hiram) to Edwin H. and Florence A. (Edson) Bullard ..
Aug. 10 Son (George Edson) to George H. and Mar- jory H. (Edson) Lackey.
Sept. 27 Daughter (Katherine Miriam) to Milton A. and Minnie M. (Rutherford) Bullard.
BORN IN WORCESTER
Feb. 4 Son (Richard H.) to Robert C. and Sarah A. (Watson) Divelly.
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MARRIAGES
.Jan. 28 In Spencer, Henry S. Newton, Oakham, to Eleanor H. Worthington, Spencer.
Feb. 3 In Templeton, Nathan W. Sheldon, Barre, and Doris A. Carpenter, Oakham.
Feb. 22 In Barre, Ralph E. Newcomb, Barre, and Ivah C. Cody, Oakham.
Apr. 30 In North Brookfield, William J. Shield, Medford, and Mary Ann Gaffney, Oakham.
June 6 In Chelsea, Herman N. Dean, Oakham, and Julia O. Lee, Chelsea.
Oct. 20 In Spencer, Andre Bracconnier, Oakham, and Florence E. Tucker, Oakham.
DEATHS
Y. M. D.
Mar. 3 John Lackey (13 Vol. Co. K)
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May 5 Frank Bechan
July 29 Martha M. Newcomb
71
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Aug. 10 Sarah C. Batcheller
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Aug. 18 Kate M. Ayres
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Dec. 23 Mary G. Gaffney
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Dec. 27 Henry B. Wright
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DIED . IN WORCESTER
Feb. 2 Kenneth W. Dwelly 5 25 1
Feb. 23 Richard H. Dwelly .
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BROUGHT TO OAKHAM FOR BURIAL
Feb. 12 Henry L. Conant,. Barre, 81 6 21
Mar.
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Watson A. Bushnell, Monson,
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May 31 George E. Camber, Revere, 9 2 24
July 5 Mrs. Ellen M. Conant, Barre 82 3 21
Sept. 3 Thomas Winter, Brattleboro, Vt. 83 11 23
LICENSES ISSUED
Combination
60
$120 00
Hunting and Trapping
28
42.00
Citizens' Fishing
9
9 00
Minor Trappers
6
1 50
Non-residents' Combination
2
20 00
Total
105
$192 50 .
DOGS
Males
80
$160 00
Females
27
135 00
Total
107
$295 00
Respectfully submitted, EFFIE T. SWINDELL, Town Clerk.
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MRS. HENRY BURT WRIGHT wishes to express to the town of Oakham her gratitude for the beautiful flowers sent to the service for Henry. and her deep appreciation of the loving loyalty to him.
New Haven, Conn .. January 21, 1924
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TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT
Dr.
Jan. 1, to cash on hand
$1581 67
Received of Edmund Cody, taxes 1921
$557 44
Edmund Cody, taxes, 1922
4249 24
Edmund Cody, taxes, 1923
7462 09
George H. Morse, taxes, 1920
237 72
Commonwealth of Mass.
Income tax, 1923-22-21
110 25
Income tax, general fund
396 00
Income tax, school fund
640 00
School fund
2326 50
Inspection of animals
18 10
School superintendent
290 00
Corporation taxes
119 63
High school tuition
1320 50
High school transportation
916 00
Dog tax
222 51
State Aid
216 00
National Bank Tax
4 68
Soldiers' exemption
4 18
Highway commission
3102 31
Town of Rutland
36 00
Worcester Bank & Trust Co.
3000 00
Cemetery committee
79 00
Perpetual care of cemetery lots
149 25
Rent of Memorial Hall
58 00
Licenses
5 50
Sealer of weights and measures
10 31
Overseers of Poor
1 05
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ANNUAL £ REPORT
For dynamite 25
(1922) Forestry Div. Gypsy
and Brown Tail Moths 328 06
(1922) Boston & Maine- R R.
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99 25
. Refund on dynamite
:2 94
Highway Div. Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth 40 13
Charles S. Clifford Cem. fund 50 00
Henry A. Crawford Cem. fund 125 00
W. W. & Helen Russell
100 00
Abner & Alonzo Lincoln
100 00
State of Mass. reimburse-
ment for loss of taxes 18 62
State of Mass. vocational edu- cation 98 44
Alfred Parks Wright Fund
23 75
Library Trustees 15 00
Interest on. Bank Account
30 00
$28,115 37
Cr.
By paying Selectmen's orders $25,372 63
Trust funds deposited 375 00
$25,774 83
Balance in treasury
$2367 74
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
George H. Gould Daniel Dean 100 00
$100 00
Caroline Maynard
150 00
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Stephen Lincoln
150 00
Charles Fobes
100 00
Mrs. Samuel Ripley
25 00
Mary E. Brown
50 00
Martha M. Macullar
100 00
Fannie W. Kimball
50 00
Weeks & Elliott
100 00
Sumner Reed
100 00
Lewis Haskell
100 00
Lewis Allen
100 00
Jesse Allen
100 00
Ruth H. Robinson
50 00
A. J. Holden
50 00
Lyman Walker
100 00
William Fobes
100 00
Mrs. M. T. F. Rugg
100 00
Henry E. Morse
100 00
William Haskell
100 00
Henry P. Wright
100 00
Laura Burt
100 00
Ann D. Adams
25 00
Hall & Nourse
100 00
A. C. Morse .
50 00
A. L. Nickerson
100 00
, George Ross
100 00
George N. Briggs
100 00
Mary J. Clark
100 00
Moses O. Ayres
100 00
Horace W. Lincoln
100 00
Wlliam Myrick Presho
50 00
Charles W. Hastings
100 00
Charles B. Green
50 00
W. R. Dean
100 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
J. H. O. Lovell
153 60
Charles S. Clifford
50 00
Henry A. Crawford
125 00
W. W. & Helen Russell
100 00
Abner & Alonzo Lincoln
100 00
Alfred Parks Wright Fund Expended 23 75
500 00
Mary Lincoln Alden Fund
5000 00
Income
1174 00
Expended
303 00
Income unexpended
871 00
Fobes Memorial Fund
2000 00
Interest
645 49
Library Legacies and interest
1196 57
Respectfully submitted. JOHN W. DWELLY,
Treasurer.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN
The Selectmen submit the following report for the fi- nancial year ending Dec. 31, 1923.
PAID TOWN OFFICERS
Town Clerk -
Paid Effie Swindell
$84 00
Postage
12 10
$96 10
Treasurer
Paid John Dwelly
$75 00
Postage
8 44
$83 44
Tax Collector
Paid Edmund Cody
$85 00
Postage
9 28
.
$94 28
Selectmen
Paid John P. Day
$100 00
Sylvester R. Dean
75 00
Earl C. Parker
75 00
$250 00
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Assessors
Paid Walter A. Woodis
$63 50
John M. Moran
64 00
Charles B. Daniels
28 00
Postage
95
$156 45
Auditor
Paid John Robinson $50 00
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
Paid Lillian Morse $5 00
Katherine Cody
5 00
Caroline Fairbanks
5 00
Grace Parker
5 00
$20 00
Registrars of Voters
Paid Effie Swindell
$4 00
John P. Day
2 00
Sylvester R. Dean
2 00
$8 00
Moderator
Paid Charles H. Trowbridge
$3 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Paid George H. Morse $25 00
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Dog Officers
Paid George H. Morse $15 00
Total for Town Officers $786 27
Appropriation $850 00
Overseers of the Poor
Paid Support of Poor $405 61
School Committee
Paid Support of Schools $8577 35
Superintendent of Streets
Paid for Highways $5175 02
Library
Paid for Support of Library
$614 59
Cemetery Committee
Paid Support of Cemeteries $350 78
State Aid
Paid State Aid $216 00
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Bonds for Town Officers
Paid Massachusetts Bonding Co. Collector's Bond $30 00
Treasurer's Bond 12 00
$42 00
State and County Tax
Paid County Tax $655 00
State Tax
1080 00
State Highway Tax
139 60
Civilians' War Poll Tax
519 00
$2393 60
Worcester Bank and Trust Co.
Paid for Note
$3000 00
Interest 54 38
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$3054 38
Opening Roads
Paid for Opening Roads $1488 61
Insurance of Employees
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son
$77 51
Fire Department
Paid for Fighting Fires $118 85
Appropriation 150 00
Unexpended balance 31 15
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Church
Paid George Morse, Treas., repairing church $50 00 Gypsy Moth
Paid for Suppression of Gypsy Moth $506 27
Miscellaneous
Paid Mechanics Natl. Bank, Lock Box $4 00
William A. Nye, Care of Hall 129 50
W. R. Dean, Wood 69 50
Theo. Wardell, Certifying Note
2 00
Sanford Putnam, Coll. Book 3 30
Worcester Abstract Co. 10 60
H. W. Stone, Inspection of Animals 46 36
H W. Stone, Inspection of Meats 75 50
George Morse, 4 pr. Handcuffs 6 50
James P. Fairbanks, Flowers 20 00
James P. Fairbanks, Death Returns 1 75
Dr. Douglas, Birth Returns 1 25
Geo. S. Butler, Supplies 6 39
Howard Wesson, Town Clerk Sup-
plies 2 90
Barre Gazette, Printing 154 25
I. E. Irish, Ins. on Hall 148 32
Earl C. Parker, Perambulating
3 00
Sylvester R. Dean, Perambulating 3 00
George Wakefield, Labor 2 00
Edson Hapgood 3 30
W. A. Nye, Care of Hall
35 00
Sam Bruno, Constable 3 00
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Evander Green, Constable 3 00
Frank A. Smith & Son, Ins. 88 20
F. S. Conant, Supplies 17 73
Hobbs & Warren, Supplies 10 67
W. & L. E. Gurley, Sealers' Sup- plies 4 77
A. W. Brownell, Assessors' Sup- plies 7 00
Worcester Industrial School 28 56
Paid State of Mass. general fund 1919 126 51
State of Mass. general fund 1920 482 93 These two items omitted from
reports of 1919-1920.
$25,372 63
JOHN P. DAY SYLVESTER R. DEAN EARL C. PARKER
Selectmen of Oakham
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT
1920
Dr.
Uncollected taxes for 1920
$191 52
Interest
46 80
$238 32
Cr.
By Treasurer's receipts
$238 32
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE H. MORSE,
Collector for 1920
1921
Dr
Uncollected taxes for 1921
$518 46
Interest
44 61
$563 07
Cr.
Treasurer's receipts
$557 44
Abatement
5 63
- $563 07
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1922 Dr.
Uncollected taxes for 1922
$4636 51
Interest
171 92
George Grimes
5 00
Orton Butler
5 00
$4818 43
Cr.
By Treasurer's receipts By abatements
$4219 19
70 31
$4289 50
$528 93
1923
Taxes committed to me for collection, 1923 :
Dr.
July 2, 1923, Warrant for poll tax
$240 00
Sept. 4, 1923 :
State Tax
1080 00
County Tax
655 00
State Highway Tax
140 00
Town Tax
8615 00
Overlayings
433 96
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ANNUAL REPORT
Interest 5 00
Dec. 18, Omitted Assessments
13 12
$11,182 08
Cr.
Treasurer's receipts
$7462 14
$3719 94
Respectfully submitted, EDMUND CODY, Collector.
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REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONER
MATERIAL, 1923
Paid New England Metal Culvert Co. $144 00
E. Perry, work on tools 14 45
Geo. Butler, oil, paint and grease 3 83
Good Road Machinery, parts for scraper 4 20
Lizzie Loring, plow point 1 50
Waite Hardware, new tools 20 06
Haven & Carter, coal 23 90
Texas Oil Co. 580 81
C. R. Knight, painting scraper,
making drag and repairs on tools 11 00
H. D. Bullard, gravel 41 10
C. C. Adams, gravel
29 70
M. F. Lincoln, gravel
3 50
E. Saunder, gravel
4 00
Arthur Sagendorph, gravel
2 00
E. V. Newton, gravel
1 40
Bert Reed, gravel
3 60
Robert Dwelly
3 70
Geo. Briggs
1 40
W. A. Woodis
11 90
John Robinson
5 10
James Gaffney
6 20
W. R. Dean
6 10
John Bowen
2 25
Arthur Spooner
3 40
Bladius Mecieus
1 30
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$930 40
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ANNUAL REPORT
PAY ROLL 1923
Paid C. R. Knight
$1011 87
James Woodis
470 00
Fred Parkman
761 93
Frank Parkman
42 40
David Labonte
506 40
Nathan Fiske
110 00
H. D. Bullard
79 00
M. Winsky
31 50
Leroy Barr
42 00
George Hallowell
6 40
Arthur Spooner
2 62
W. H. Boyd
352 00
Joseph Lucas
238 80
Frank Boyd
76 80
Robert Briggs
32 80
Frank Stone
51 20
Warren Adams
53 50
P. O'Donnell
24 50
W. R. Dean
26 25
Ed Green
12 80
James Gaffney
29 75
J. P. Day
8 00
John Robinson
61 40
T. F. McGee
60 00
David Hallowell
3 20
Albert Briggs
90 00
Walter Woodis
59 50
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$4244 62
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Town appropriations
$1800 00
State appropriations
3375 00
Received for dynamite
25
$5175 25
Payrolls
$4244 62
Material
930 40
$5175 02
Unexpended balance
23
OPENING ROADS
Paid Fred Parkman
$25 81
Frank Parkman
8 60
W. H. Parkman
4 80
Philip Wareing
6 40
J. F. Allen
7 20
William Snay
26 60
Malcolm Crawford
4 38
Henry Crawford
13 70
Alexander Crawford
4 00
Roscoe Crawford
66
F. W. Beckwith
3 00
Louis Stucko
7 42
John Thresher
14 20
Ira Stone
46 30
Pat Ryan
5 80
N. A. Fisk
23 40
George Grimes
14 80
Clarence Grimes
6 40
Ed. Bullard
33 20
William Gaffney
71 24
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J. F. Gaffney
80 61
H. N. Butler
19 24
Fred Myska
9 60
Frank Myska
33 80
L. E. Kitchen
24 91
C. C. Adams
70 80
C. R. Nnight
66 37
George Hallowell
13 80
David Hallowell
1 60
M. S. Dean
26 72
Sidney Dean
3 00
Sidney Dean, Jr.
2 20
Bert Reed
41 85
W. G. Mann
21 10
E. W. Mann
5 25
W. H. Boyd
14 25
Percy Wilbur
12 40
Pat O'Donnell
32 48
Dan O'Donnell
6 40
Elmer Willard
22 00
Francis Willard
6 62
John P. Day
38 72
John C. Day
2 50
Geo. Briggs
1 20
A. B. Spooner
1 75
Walter Tucker
2 40
Frank Lupa
48 90
Eddie Lupa
2 75
Stephen Lupa
2 75
James Scott
89 10
Tohn Bechan
3 20
D. A. Rutherford
9 20
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Milton Bullard
2 00
Lena Adams
20 27
John Wilder
9 60
H. W. Stone
36 82
Thos. Moran
23 20
John Moran
6 80
M. F. Lincoln
96 04
John Robinson
10 47
Wm. Macia
141 20
D. Lebonte
5 95
John Dwelly
1 75
Rob Dwelly
3 60
Henry Newton
1 60
A. L. Newton
13 00
E. V. Newton
47 53
Thos. Kennedy
2 40
Joe Rossi
80
Frank Stone
6 40
Walter Hall
80
W. E. Morse
5 60
H. D. Bullard
3.20
Peter Yablonsky
3 60
1488 61
Respectfully submitted, C. R. KNIGHT Superintendent of Streets
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR FOR 1923
Assessment
$11 96
Dept. of Public Welfare
3 43
Town of Milton
107 00
Charlton Poor Farm Assn.
234 63
Expenses going to Fitchburg, Wor- cester and Barre
9 00
W. H. Parkman, services
30 00
A. L. Newton, services
4 00
M. F. Lincoln, services and secre- tary work
5 00
Postage
59
$405 61
Rebate on Board
1 05
$404 56
Appropriation
$800 00
Unexpended balance
$395 44
WILLIAM H. PARKMAN, M. F. LINCOLN, APPLETON NEWTON,
Overseers of Poor.
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REPORT OF THE CHARLTON POOR FARM ASSO- CIATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31,1923
Receipts
Milk
$2413 60
Eggs
22 10
Stock
534 00
Inmates' board
4906 93
Boarders
1117 48
Annual assessment
756 05
Miscellaneous
47 50
Lime and fertilizer
109 50
Interest on deposit
6 30
$9983 46
Expenditures
C. M. Wheeler and wife
$1200 00
Inside labor
365 00
Outside labor
609 92
Miscellaneous
266 55
Groceries
1259 73
Meat
1086 70
Grain
979 53
Coal
419 92
Oil and gasoline
163 41
Supplies
558 17
Clothing
193 12
Insurance
102 70
Drugs
25 10
Electricity
54 12
Telephone
51 52
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ANNUAL REPORT
Rent and interest
676 06
Sulky plow
100 00
Steam cooker
32 00
Veterinary
48 18
Medical attendance
46 00
Blacksmithing
26 25
Pasturage
60 00
Stock
80 00
Seed
33 25
Tobacco
135 05
Fertilizer
283 38
Dues, N. E. M. P. A.
12 80
$8868 46
Balance
$1,115 00
Received and Due for Board of Inmates
Ashburnham
$234 63
Boylston
469 26
Brookfield
469 26
Charlton
234 63
East Brookfield
16 06
Holden
18 00
Leicester
595 89
Millbury
1270 21
Oakham
234 63
Princeton
161 63
Rutland
440 33
Sterling
293 14
Westminster
469 26
$4906 93
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Total number of weeks for inmates 1089 3-7; for boarders 229 6-7 weeks. No inmates from Auburn, Hubbardston, Holland, Hardwick, Paxton.
Respectfully submitted WILLIAM H. PARKMAN, President.
LOUIS M. HANFF, Secretary and Treasurer.
Charlton, January 1, 1924.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Expenditures
Edwin Green, Supt.
$177 00
W. E. Morse, labor
137 10
M. D. Jones Co., markers, etc
27 92
J. P. Fairbank, express
1 46
J. P. Fairbank, stamps and envelopes
1 10
J. P. Fairbank, drawing fertilizer
2 50
L. H. Maynard, fertilizer
3 00
Midgley Wire Co., posts
70
$350 78
Receipts
Town appropriation .
$110 00
Interest from perpetual funds
149 25
Individual care for 1922
17 00
Individual care for 1923
49 00
Individual care in advance for 1924
2 00
Sale of grave to J. Bechan, Jr
1 00
Sale of Lot 19, P. G. C. to J. P. Fair- bank 10 00
$338 25
Respectfully submitted, JOHN W. DWELLY, EDWIN GREEN, J. P. FAIRBANK.
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FOBES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Receipts
Town appropriation
$300 00
Dog fund
222 51
Wright Memorial Fund
23 75
Town Librarian
15 00
$561 26
Expenditures
Paid Magazine subscriptions
$23 75
Mrs. Baxter, books
11 77
Mrs. R. H. Bush, books
3 00
Mrs. H. Dewey, books
3 40
George S. Butler, supplies
3 15
C. H. Parker & Son, supplies
6 00
John Dwelly, wood
15 00
Haven & Carter Coal Co.,
174 17
G. H. Phelps, repairing slate damaged by ice storm 73 22
W. A. Nye, janitor
151 13
Mrs. Baxter, librarian
100 00
Ruth Morse, assistant librarian
50 00
$614 59
We wish to thank Mrs. Gifford for the fine volume, "American Women," given in memory of her mother, Mrs. Celia Forbes.
Respectfully submitted,
SARA E. BUTLER, FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL, WILLIAM A. NYE,
Trustees.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
To the Trustees of the Fobes Memorial Library :
I take pleasure in reporting the circulation of the Library. The busiest month was July and the largest day March 30, one of the stormiest days of a stormy winter. The list of card holders has been increased by 31 names.
Friends of the Library have been most generous with gifts of books, making possible the following :
Accessions
128
Increase by purchase
40
Increase by public documents
8
Total increase
176
Lost
0
Discarded
73
Number of volumes in Library Dec. 31, 1923,
3389
Receipts and Expenditures
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1923
$3 51
Received for cards and fines
11 68
Received for old books and papers Total receipts
9 70
$24 89
Amount for supplies
$4 85
Amount for freight
2 85
Amount for stamps and P. O. box
84
$8 54
Turned over to treasurer
$15 00
$23 54
Balance on hand
$1 35
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Increase by gift
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Periodicals on reading table for 1923: American Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, American Boy, Physi- cal Culture, Country Gentleman, Popular Science Monthly, Etude, Today's Housewife, Good Housekeep- ing, World's Work, Illustrated World, *Dumb Animals, *Grange Monthly, *Christian Herald, *Missionary Her- ald, *Farm Journal. * Gifts
We are most grateful to the following for their gifts of books and magazines: Free Public Library Com- mission, A. L. Gifford, Jennie E. Damon, Kate M. Ayres, Charles M. Packard, Mrs. P. Malcolm, Eva Allen, Emily Rood, Henry Rood, M. J. Mendell, W. Spear, Thomas Coolidge, Grange.
ACCESSIONS Adult Fiction
The Anglomaniacs The Awakening of Helena Richie
The Breaking Point The Brand Blotters
The Bartlett Mystery
The Bar-20 Three The Bronze Bell
Black Bartlemy's Treasure
Black Wolf's Breed
A Country Doctor
The Clock and the Key Dere Mable
Dangerous Days
The Dancer in Yellow The Deluge From the Valley of the Missing
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ANNUAL REPOR
A Flash of Summer
Fainfalls of Tipton
The Fighting Bishop God's Country-and the Woman Gold Hunters
Greenmantle The Golden Snare
The Gambler
The Great Secret
The Garden of Lies
Heart Break Hill
The Homesteaders
The Hunted Woman
The Heart of Rachael
The Husband's Story The Judge
Judy of Rogers Harbor
Jungle Tales of Tarzan Kazan The Lion's Share
The Leighton Homestead
The Last Million
The Long Lane's Turning The Luck of Roaring Camp
The Little Lady of the Big House
The Langfords of Three Bars The Master of the Vineyard The Man of the Desert A Man Four Square Midsummer Madness Mountain Madness Maggie Miller Moon Face
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Nomads of the North The Need of Change On the Susquehanna
Poor Dear Margaret Kirby Prescott of Saskatchewan
The Pirate of Panama
The Phantom Herd
The Purple Parasol Quabbin
The Range Dwellers
The Ramrodders
The Rose of the World
Red Cottage
Skyrider
The Silence of Mrs. Harrold
The Second Generation
The Soul of a Bishop
The Story of Julia Page
The Story of a Country Town
The Silent Places
She That Hesitates
Six Star Ranch
Sinful Peck Satan Sanderson
A Son of the Middle Border
The Sherburn Quest
Tarzan the Untamed
Tarzan and the Jewels
Tarzan of the Apes Wildfire
The Valley of the Moon
The Worldings The Wisdom of Fools
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ANNUAL REPORT
Non-Fiction
American Families And They Thought We Wouldn't Fight
The Century Book for Mothers
Death and Its Mystery Electricity for Everybody History of the War Landmarks and Memories of Paxton Margot Asquith 2 vols
Nathaniel Crocker
Our Conquests in the Pacific
Our Medicine Men
Patriotic Selections
Prisons and Prayers
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 2 vols
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