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ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM MASSACHUSETTS
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FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926
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SIXTEEN MECHANIC STREET
SPENCER
MASSACHUSETTS
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM MASSACHUSETTS
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FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926
HEFFERNAN PRESS
SIXTEEN
SPENCER
MECHANIC STREET
MASSACHUSETTS
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1926
TOWN CLERK
EFFIE T. SWINDELL
Terms expires 1927
SELECTMEN
JOHN P. DAY EARLE C. PARKER CHARLES B. DANIELS
Term expires 1928
Term expires 1929
Term expires 1927
ASSESSORS
WALTER A. WOODIS JOHN MORAN CHARLES B. DANIELS
Term expires 1928
Term expires 1927
Term expires 1929
OVERSEERS OF POOR
WILLIAM H. PARKMAN
Term expires 1927
MORTON F. LINCOLN
Term expires 1929
SARA E. BUTLER
Term expires 1928
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SYLVESTER R. DEAN MINNIE M. DAY FRANK SULLIVAN
Term expires 1927
Term expires 1929 Term expires 1928
LIBRARY TRUSTEES
SARA E. BUTLER FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL
Term expires 1929
WILLIAM A. NYE
Term expires 1927 Term expires 1928
CEMETERY COMMITTEE
EDWIN GREEN JOHN W. DWELLY CHARLES B. DANIELS
Term expires 1928
Term expires 1927 Term expires 1929
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
ONE-YEAR TERMS TAX COLLECTOR EDMUND CODY
TREASURER EFFIE T. SWINDELL
TREE WARDEN CLARENCE L. GRIMES
AUDITOR
ORTON D. BUTLER
FENCE VIEWERS
W. WALLACE GRIMES FRANK H. BOYD
ALFRED B. MORSE
CONSTABLES
W. E. SWINDELL BERT S. REED SAMUEL BRUNO CHARLES B. DANIELS RALPH I. DANIELS JOSEPH POTTER
MEASURERS OF LUMBER
GEORGE H. MORSE WALTER A. WOODIS SYLVESTER R. DEAN
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
CHARLES B. DANIELS WALTER BRUCE JOHN N. MOORE
FIELD DRIVERS 1
JOHN ROBINSON . GEORGE HALLOWELL JOHN O'DONNELL
TOWN AGENT
HARRY B. PARKER
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ANNUAL REPORT
APPOINTED
CATTLE INSPECTOR
HENRY W. STONE
MEATS AND PROVISIONS HENRY W. STONE
SEALER WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FRANK SULLIVAN
FIRE WARDEN
CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT PERCY F. WILBUR
UNDERTAKER AND BURIAL AGENT JAMES P. FAIRBANK
JANITOR OF HALL AND LIBRARY WILLIAM A. NYE
DOG OFFICER SAMUEL BRUNO
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT JAMES R. CHILDS
LIST OF JURORS FOR 1927
Orton O. Butler
Frank Cheever Ralph Cody Edward J. Crawford
George W. Dean John O'Donnell John Moran
REPORT
OF THE
TOWN CLERK
VITAL RECORDS OF 1926
BIRTHS
Apr. 14 Marjory Janet to Eleanor (Worthington) and Henry S. Newton.
May 17 Eva Flora to Evelyn (Clifford) and Henry W. Grimes.
24 Ronald Warren to Etta (Snow) and Oliver W. L. Wil- kins.
June 4 Russell Earl to Nellie (Brown) and Joseph A. Potter.
July 17 Alfred Edward to Louise (Myska) and Joseph John Lysik.
Sept. 19 Rita Anna to Anna (Brodeur) and Everiste Dufresne. Nov. 30 Robert Lester to Bertha (Weaver) and Robert A. Baldwin.
Total 7 MARRIAGES
Jan. 7 In Fitchburg, S. Walter Tucker of Oakham and Nel- lie (Willis) Baker of Boston.
Mar. 22 In Barre, Bernard S. Carpenter of Oakham and Annie D. Stone of Hubbardston.
June 12 In Paxton, George W. Dean of Oakham and Augusta M. Voorneveld of Paxton.
Nov. 13 Charles A. Brunelle of Hancock, N. H., and Esther Worcester of Dublin, N. H.
Dec. 4 Frank S. Somes, U. S. navy, and M. Corinne Fair- bank of Oakham.
Total 5
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ANNUAL REPORT
DEATHS
Y.
M.
D.
Jan. 5 Frank S. Conant
69
8
29
5 Anna (Mackenzie) Pinney
40
2
28
28 Charles M. Packard
78
Feb. 3 Charlotte ( Packard) Gleason
90
5 19
13 Arthur B. Spooner
65
4
10
23 B. Porter Woodis
71
Mar. 10
Maria (Conant) Woodis
87
6
26
Apr. 14 J. Waldo W. Knight
78
11
25
June 10 Elta (Quinn) Hallowell
54
10
9
July
3 John A. Anderson
73
22
18
25 Susan (Southwick) Webber
66
Aug. 26
William Edson Morse
62
6
23
Oct. 29
Amos W. Harwood
88
Nov. 3 Susan (Walz) Parkman
53
3
25
Dec. 17
Rita Anna Dufresne
0
2
27
Total 15 BURIED IN TOWN
Mar. 27
Julia A. Guilford of Seaport, Me.
75
10
28
June 18 Stephen M. Sargent of Worcester
81
0
21
Aug. 19
Edward W. Fuller of Worcester
80
3
1
Oct. 13 Alice Lincoln Wright of N. Haven, Ct. 51
3
0
LICENSES
59 Sporting @ $2 25
$132 /3
5 Trappers' @ $2 25
11 25
4 Minors' Trappers' @ 75
3 00
2 Duplicates @ 50
1 00
70
$148 00
DOGS
83 Males @ $2 00
$166 00
6 Spayed females @ $2 00
12 00
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
33 Females @ $5 00 165 00
122
$343 00
Respectfully submitted,
EFFIE T. SWINDELL,
Town Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The Selectmen submit the following report for the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1926.
TOWN CLERK
Paid Effie T. Swindell $85 00
TREASURER
Paid Effie T. Swindell
$125 00
TAX COLLECTOR
Paid Edmund Cody
$125 00
SELECTMEN
Paid John P. Day
$100 00
Earl C. Parker
75 00
Charles B. Daniels
75 00
$250 00
ASSESSORS
Paid W. A. Woodis
$100 00
Charles B. Daniels
40 00
John Moran
71 00
Corinne Fairbanks, clerical
8 00
$219 00
AUDITOR
Paid Orton Butler
$75 00
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS
Paid Grace Parker
$13 00
Nellie Dean 13 00
66 Leone Daniels
13 00
66 Catherine Cody
13 00
$52 00
MODERATOR
Paid Charles Trowbridge $3 00
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS
Paid Effie Swindell
$6 00
Charles B. Daniels
2 00
66 Earl C. Parker
2 00
John P. Day
2 00
$12 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Paid F. A. Sullivan
$25 00
Total for Town Officers
$971 00
Balance trans. to reserve fund
46 00
$925 00
DOG OFFICER
Paid Samuel Bruno 15 00
OVERSEERS OF POOR
Paid Support of Poor
$769 02
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Paid Support of Schools
$12,343 42
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ANNUAL REPORT
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Paid for Highways
$4433 73
66 Material
1255 05
$5688 78
LIBRARY
Paid for Support of Library $386 45
CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Paid for Support of Cemeteries $413 96
STATE AID
Paid
$72 00
BONDS FOR TOWN OFFICERS
66 Treasurer's and Town Clerk's Bond 19 00
Tax Collector's Bond 30 00
$49 00
STATE AND COUNTY TAX
Paid County Tax
$717 00
State Tax
960 00
State Highway Tax 139 60
$1816 60
WORCESTER BANK AND TRUST CO.
Paid for note
$6000 00
INTEREST
Paid interest on note
$112 25
OPENING ROADS
Paid for Opening Roads $1454 19
12
TOWN OF OAKHAM
INSURANCE OF EMPLOYEES
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son $75 63
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Paid for Fighting Fires $49 55
GYPSY MOTH
Paid for Suppression of Gypsy Moth $196 60
MEMORIAL DAY
$50 00
BRIDGES
Paid for Bridges 500 00
$10303 85
RESERVE FUND
Paid Ralph R. Kendall Co., Treas. $44 38
Herbert Parker, Counsel fee 200 00
Balance from Town Officers 46 00
$290 38
TOWN OFFICERS SUPPLIES
Paid for Supplies
$75 70
INSPECTION
Paid Henry W. Stone
$57 72
POLICE
Paid for Police
$17 25
PRINTING
Paid Heffernan Press, Spencer
$182 00
Honesty Farm Press
25 40
$207 40
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ANNUAL REPORT
RUTLAND ROAD
Paid for Repairing
Material
$2816 85 347 15
$3164 00
Paid for Church shutters
$85 00
Paid for Ford truck
$677 00
LIBRARY
Paid for Repairs
$287 00
MISCELLANEOUS
Paid Mechanics Ntl. Bank, Deposit box
$8 00
Mrs. Ruth Douglas
1 25
M. C. Conant, supplies
14 60
66
J. P. Fairbanks, death returns
1 00
66
G. S. Butler, supplies
9 92
C. B. Daniels, labor and wood
57 50
66 Frank A. Smith & Son, Ins.
127 45
66
J. P. Fairbanks, flowers
12 00
66 Theo. N. Wardell, certifying note
4 00
John Day, labor
3 25
'66 W. A. Nye, Janitor, care of clock
182 50
66 Ed. Cody, error in 1925
3 00
Total expenditures $36,203 37
Respectfully submitted JOHN P. DAY, EARL C. PARKER, C. B. DANIELS,
Selectmen.
REPORT
OF THE
TAX COLLECTOR
1924 DR.
Uncollectted taxes for 1924 Interest
$1097 00 99 43
$1196 43
CR.
By Treasurer's receipts Abatements
$1159 93
36 50
$1196 43
1925
DR.
Uncollected taxes for 1925 Interest
$3992 96
117 69
$4110 65
CR.
By Treasurer's receipts Abatements
$3015 26
12 98
$3028 24
$1082 41
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ANNUAL REPORT
1926 DR.
Taxes committed to me for collection, 1926:
Appropriation of annual meeting
$11,894 00
State Tax
960 00
County Tax
717 00
Highway Tax
140 00
Overlaying
251 52
Poll Tax
64 00
December Assessments
35 04
Interest
3 95
$14,065 51
CR.
By Treasurer's receipts
$9148 23
$4917 28
Respectfully submitted EDMUND CODY, Collector.
REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Town of Spencer
$365 00
Charlton Poor Farm Asso.
266 54
Dr. Cheetham
4 50
D. Canfield, wood
11 00
C. B. Daniels, wood
12 38
M. F. Lincoln, wood
10 00
W. H. Parkman, wood
10 00
J. P. Day, wood
8 50
E. Saunders, wood
10 00
George S. Butler, Mdse.
20 85
W. H. Parkman, services
30 00
W. H. Parkman, telephone
5 00
M. F. Lincoln, services
10 00
M. F. Lincoln, postage
25
Sara E. Butler, services
5 00
$769 02
Town of Spencer paid back
$320 88
Town of Spencer owes
131 35
$452 23
Respectfully submitted
W. H. PARKMAN, M. F. LINCOLN, SARA E. BUTLER,
Overseers.
REPORT OF THE
LIBRARY TRUSTEES
FOBES MEMORIAL LIBRARY RECEIPTS
Town appropriation Dog fund
$300 00
281 19
$581 19
EXPENDITURES
Ira E. Pinney, Librarian
$100 00
Ruth Morse (assistant)
33 50
Mrs. Fay Russell (assistant)
16 50
Robert Briggs (carrying books)
25 00
C. H. Parker (supplies)
7 93
G. S. Butler, supplies
38
William Nye (Janitor )
167 60
W. E. Weeks (furnace repairs)
22 35
L. H. Browning (books)
11 29
Gaylord Bros. (books)
1 90
$386 45
Balance $194 74
Respectfully submitted SARA E. BUTLER, WILLIAM A. NYE, FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL.
Trustees.
REPORT OF THE
LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of Fobes Memorial Library :
The circulation of books for 1926 was 3612. This includes 76 books loaned to the school.
ACCESSIONS
Books by gift 57
Books by purchase
22
Total 79
Books discarded 25
Total number of books now in the library 3608
Thanks are due to Mrs. Fannie Bryant Abbott, Ernest Wilbur, Mrs. Grace Rood and Charles Daniels, Jr. for books given to the library. Thanks are also due to Miss Alice Wright for giving the money received from the sale of Dean Wright's "Soldiers of Oakham" for the purchase of new books. Six copies of "Soldiers of Oakham' remain in the library for sale.
The list of new books is as follows :
ADULT FICTION
Irving's Sketch book The valley of the giants The tie that binds Isobel
Cloudy Jewel
The Yellow typhoon
Spinster of this parish
The mysterious office
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ANNUAL REPORT
The Sheridan road mystery Hen-hen, or the monster The hornet's nest Slippy McGee Laddie Dangerous days The story of the other wise man The story of a whim Willow creek The high-grader The mystery of Lyme Court The Virginian The crisis The Preacher of Cedar mountain A bachelor husband The murder on the links East of the setting sun
The Clansman The Sky Pilot in No-man's land
Hiram Goff's religion Just David Sally Salt The substitute The vanishing American Hania The Loring mystery A Man for the ages
ADULT NON-FICTION
Keeping fit The life, poems and speeches of John Boyle O'Reilly In the old West An American battery in France The food supply of New England Bunyan's complete works
20
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Thou fool, and other sermons
The Women of the Bible
The Panama canal The official history of the war with Spain
The 20th century New Testament
From log cabin to white house
Household readings
Grocery clerks who have become successful
Life of William McKinley Our Republic The story of my life-Helen Keller
JUVENILE FICTION
Rosy face twins The social twins
Fifty famous sky stories
Real out-of-door stories David goes a-voyaging
Fun-artists' picture book
The dinner that was always there
Jolly Polly and Curley Tail
Brownie Mew in Tiddle-de-winks town The six tiddle-de-winks The treasure twins
King of the golden river Children of the Alps Grimm's Fairy tales
JUVENILE NON-FICTION
Washington's boyhood Fifty fairy flower legends Fables of Aesop The boys' life of Abraham Lincoln Stevenson's poems Child's garden of verses
21
ANNUAL REPORT
A child's history of England
Tales from Shakespeare
EXPENSES
Library supplies
$2 00
Postage
30
Money orders
12
P. O. box rent
40
$2 82
RECEIPTS
Fines
$4 06
Cards
83
Soldiers of Oakham
3 00
$7 89
Books purchased from proceeds of the sale of "Soldiers of Oakham" $4 40
Thanks are due to Mrs. Martha Wright for the gift of a fine portrait of Charles M. Packard. The Library has met with a loss in the death of Charles M. Packard, who gave the Library many books, and who took an interest in the collections in the historical room.
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER FINANCIAL STANDING TOWN OF OAKHAM
Balance on hand January 1, 1927
Appropriations
Receipts
Expenditures
$5050 56 Unexpended Balance
Balance January 1, 1926
$4849 00
$1 00
Bonding
$ 50 00
$ 49 00
Bridges
500 00
500 00
Cemeteries
100 00
413 96
54 81
Care of Lots
338 77
Sale of Lawn Mower
5 00
Grading Lot
25 00
Church Shutters
100 00
85 00
15 00
Dog Officer
15 00
15 00
Fire Department
100 00
49 55
50 45
Ford Truck
677 00
677 00
Gypsy Moth
200 00
*37 44
196 60
3 40
Inspection of Meat and Barns
75 00
*28 50
57 72
17 28
Insuring Employers
150 00
75 63
74 37
Interest
74 29
112 25
Library
300 00
386 45
194 74
County Dog Tax
281 19
22
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Memorial Day Miscellaneous
50 00
325 00
Rent of Hall
53 00
Licenses
3 00
Sale of Grass
1 50
Balance of Fines
77 70
Sale of Dynamite
39 25
Mowing Brush
25 00
State Highway Repairs
139 60
Opening Roads
500 00
1454 19
800 00
769 02
30 98
Overseers of Poor Refund from Spencer
320 88
Police
50 00
17 25
32 75
Printing
225 00
207 40
17 60
Poor Farm Purchase
85 00
Roads
1300 00
*4522 59
5688 78
Rutland Road
1000 00
County Returns
1000 00
3164 00
State Returns
*1000 00
Repairing Library Walk
300 00
287 00
13 00
Reserve Fund
300 00
290 38
9 62
Schools
4500 00
*7796 10
12343 42
Vocational
*75 00
50 00 424 47
ANNUAL REPORT
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Sealer of Weights and Measures For Year 1925 For Year 1926
10 76
10 95
Soldiers' Relief
10 00
State Aid
*78 00
72 00
Town Officers
925 00
925 00
Town Officers Supplies
100 00
75 70
24 30
Taxes, County
717 00
State
960 00
Town, 1924
1159 93
Town, 1925
3015 26
Town, 1926
9148 23
Tree Warden 25 00
+
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Notes
6000 00
6000 00
Income Tax, Balance
*539 60
Income Tax, Additional
*595 00
Corporation Business Tax
*47 16
Public Service
*46 15
National Bank Tax
*11 56
Soldiers' Exemption
*6 60
Loss of Taxes
*31 52
Totals $12,762 00 $41,253 93
$36,203 37
*Receipts from Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
TRUST FUNDS
(Mary Lincoln Alden Fund Income)
Balance, 1926
$551 88
Dividends
274 70
Interest on Deposit
17 30
Balance by Transfer of Stock
132 10
Gift from Clara Alden
300 00
$1275 98 991 78
Expenditures
Balance on Hand
$284 20
LIBRARY
Amount to Date
Fobes Memorial Fund
$3177 45
B. P. Clark Legacy
1286 54
Soldiers' War Bonus
348 50
Alfred Parks Wright Memorial
556 79
J. H. O. Lovell Legacy
171 62
Total
$5540 90
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ANNUAL REPORT
CEMETERIES
Pine Grove Cemetery Original
No.
Donor
Amount Amount Expended $ 3 00
Adams, south half
77
Deposit $ 25 00
Ann Adams
Allen, Washington & Jesse
19A
100 00
Jesse Allen
22 50
107 46
Allen, Lewis
52A
100 00
Heirs of Lewis Allen
3 00
134 14
Ayers, M. D.
62
100 00
Frank D. Ayers
3 00
106 80
Briggs, George N.
41
100 00
G. N. Briggs Heirs
5 00
103 90
Clark, John P.
29 A
100 00
Mary J. Clark
3 00
109 48
Foster, Albert H.
45A
100 00
Foster, A. H.
3 00
102 00
Fobes, F. N. & F. A.
2A
100 00
Charles A. Fobes
3 00
119 34
Fairbank, J. C.
61
100 00
M. T. F. Rugg
27 50
103 47
Green, Charles B.
15A
50 00
Flora A. Arnold
3 00
32 52
Gould, Rufus
37 A
100 00
George H. Gould
32 05
219 46
Haskell, Lewis N.
51
100 00
Lewis N. Haskell
3 00
139 40
Hall & Nourse
8A
100 00
Hattie E. Prouty
6 00
109 25
Kimball, north half
32A
50 00
+Fannie Kimball
1 50
Lincoln, Stephen & William
5A
50 00
William Lincoln and Clara
Alden
34 05
209 80
Lincoln, H. W.
17
100 00
H. W. Lincoln Heirs
8 88
100 55
Lincoln, Abner & Alonzo
58A
100 00
Grandchildren of Abner Lincoln
3 00
107 60
TOWN OF OAKHAM
26
to Date $ 26 57
-
Maynard, Ezra & Artemus
22A
150 00
Caroline M. Maynard
5 00
271 32
Ross & Camber
51A
100 00
George M. Ross
3 00
114 87
Ripley, Jepthah
10A
25 00
Mrs. Sam'l Ripley
4 00
27 05
Russell, W. W.
52
100 00
Heirs of W. W. and Helen F. Russell
3 00
107 06
Robinson, John, north half
13A
50 00
Ruth Robinson
2 00
30 83
Weeks & Elliot
17A
100 00
Weeks and Elliot
3 00
121 46
Walker & Lovell
1
100 00
Lyman Walker
3 00
108 62
Stone, Alpheus
16A
100 00
Heirs of Chas. Hastings
3 00
108 16
Wilbur
54
100 00
Mrs. Wm. C. Abbott
3 00
105 17
Newcomb, L. W.
32
75 00
Heirs L. W. Newcomb
3 00
75 81
Parkman Farm Cemetery
55 00
James Boyd Heirs
58 75
South Cemetery
Burt, Eli
31
100 00
Laura Burt
3 00
119 17
Dean, Edmund
68
100 00
Dan'1 H. Dean
32 70
192 90
Dean, David R.
58
100 00
Walter R. Dean
3 00
105 53
Haskell, Loring
44
100 00
William Haskell
5 00
121 80
Holden, A. J.
55
50 00
A. J. Holden
3 00
49 99
Morse, Eliakim & Jasper
18
50 00
Alfred C. Morse
3 00
50 66
Reed, Dea. Cheney
50
100 00
Martha Macullar
4 50
239 29
Reed, Silas
16
100 00
Sumner Reed
3 00
129 97
Wright, Henry P.
54
100 00
Henry P. Wright
3 00
116 87
Holbrook & Morse
29
100 00
Henry E. Morse
3 00
119 26
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ANNUAL REPORT
Parker & Towne
45
100 00
Sophronia Parker Heirs
4 00
102 80
Robinson, James
45
75 00
Frances Robinson
3 00
76 65
Olmstead, Ella J.
50 00 Ella J. Olmstead
2 47
50 00
Southwest Cemetery
Lovell, David & Lot (churchyard)
28
153 60
J. H. D. Lovell
3 00
165 41
Nickerson, A. B.
3X
100 00
Frank L. Nickerson
3 00
116 10
Presho, W. Myrick
23
50 00
Jennie Trowbridge
2 00
50 28
Spooner, Andrew
21
50 00
Mary E. Brown
3 00
61 39
Maynard, Ed. P.
10 00
Ed. P. Maynard
14 64
Green Hollow
Clifford, C. S.
S
50 00
C. S. Clifford
3 00
52 72
Crawford, Henry A.
125 00
H. A. Crawford
3 00
136 12
Fobes, William A.
100 00
William A. Fobes
3 00
128 81
Fuller, Albert K.
100 00
Barr, Moore & Keep
3 00
102 32
RECEIVED IN 1926
Nye, Wm. A. (Pine Grove)
$100 00 Care of Nye Lot
Nye, Wm. A. (South)
50 00
Care of Half Luther Dean Lot
Respectfully submitted, EFFIE T. SWINDELL,
Treasurer.
TOWN OF OAKHAM
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REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
AMOUNT EXPENDED IN TOWN OF OAKHAM IN 1926 UNDER CHAPTER 81.
No. Road
Amount
1. North Brookfield
$390 25
2. New Braintree 260 05
3. East Hill
36 25
4. Hubbardston
30 10
5. Caldwell
6. Pine Plains
7. Poverty Square
14 35
8. Depot or Coldbrook road
496 00+1,193 97=1,689 97
9. Ware Corner 809 24
10. Robinson 16 50
11. Parmenter 6 88
12. Saunders 6 00
13. South
59 44
14. Spencer
129 39
15. Flint
16. Beecham
29 75
17. Lupa
83 50
18. Crawford
61 80
19. Whitehall
7 65
20. Old Turnpike
155 32
21. Old Turnpike Extension
44 15
22. Rutland
529 80
23. Swindle 7 25
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
24. Hapgood
11 00
25. Sargent's Lane
7 75
26. Stone 45 75
27. Rutherford
13 45
28. Lincoln
159 13
29. Maple Street
208 25
30. Barre
324 76
31. Daniels
30 50
32. Bullard
33. Edson
12 00
34. Happy Hollow
3 00
35. Hunt
29 20
36. Adams
140 10
37. T. Gaffney
62 48
38. J. Gaffney
90 50
39. Scott
40 25
40. Crocker Nye
71 07
41. Whitney
5 00
Gas and oil
227 71
Machinery repairs
232 30
Dynamite
17 28
Tools
73 26
Tool repairs
19 40
Dump truck
754 00
Paint
2 00
Miscellaneous
82 00
$7029 78
Total payroll
$4520 73
Total material
17029 78
Total material
2509 05
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ANNUAL REPORT
Balance of allotment not sent in
297 22
$7327 00
Town allotment
$1125 00
State allotment
4500 00
$5625 25
Extra by town under Chap. 81
275 00
Special for bridges
750 00
Ford truck
$7327 00
Respectfully submitted, R. A. VESPER, Chapter 81, Assistant.
E. V. NEWTON, Superintendent.
No. of miles of road scraped 43.2
No. of miles of road dragged 37.2
No. of miles of brush cut 23.2 9.5 cu. yds. of ledge removed
150 ft. of 2" corr. pipe culvert laid
60 ft. of 66" corr. pipe culvert laid
Drains, culverts and waterways cleaned.
Remarks
Work done in this town has been very satisfactory the past year. The superintendent has conformed to all rules and regu- lations of the department and has co-operated in a very willing manner. The policy of gravelling the primary and secondary roads in the center of the town has been adopted with the idea of oiling them the coming year. The Depot Road is now ready for an application of oil and recommend 1/2 gallon application.
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
It is hoped that the town will continue the improved work on the Rutland and North Brookfield roads under Chapter 90 the coming year as all the ledge has been blasted out of this road this year.
Respectfully submitted, R. A. VESPER, Chapter 81 Assistant.
REPORT
OF THE
CHARLTON POOR FARM ASS'N
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926 RECEIPTS
Milk
$1,272 82
Eggs, etc.
182 47
Cash from dairy system
54 00
Interest on deposit
40 18
For gravel
120 00
Inmates' board
7,387 34
Boarders
342 63
Organization fund
588 00
$9,987 44
EXPENDITURES
Deficit, 1925
$1,110 04
Frank Walker and wife
1,300 00
Inside labor
610 00
Outside labor
839 78
Miscellaneous
466 64
Groceries
1,459 46
Meat
1,024 83
Grain
805 46
Coal
596 35
Oil and gasoline
95 05
Supplies
470 53
Tobacco
251 26
Telephone
53 20
3
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Medical attendance and drugs
95 64
Electricity
69 67
Fruit trees
42 47
Fertilizer and lime
489 98
Freight
114 32
Truck
400 00
Furniture
122 50
Repairs
274 81
Blacksmithing
45 00
Seed
129 23
Interest
63 00
Insurance
265 79
Stock
65 00
$11,260 01
Deficit
$1,272 57
RECEIVED AND DUE FOR INMATES' BOARD
Charlton
$521 50
Westminster
619 37
Rutland
254 35
Millbury
709 45
Brookfield
387 94
Ashburnham
508 69
Leicester
537 13
Oakham
262 45
Holden
254 35
Warren
1,352 88
Hardwick
501 58
Boylston
19 93
West Boylston
248 57
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West Brookfield
918 86
Auburn
39 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
East Brookfield
Berlin
4 29 247 00
$7,387 34
Total number of weeks for inmates, 1,268 3-7; for boarders, 57 1-7 weeks. There were no inmates from Hubbardston, Paxton, Dana, Princeton, New Braintree, Sterling, or Holland.
Since the last annual report the new association was formed, the by-laws adopted and a deed of the real estate recorded in the name of the 24 towns in the new association, divided into 8,500 shares of one dollar each, as follows: Ashburnham, 308; Auburn, 711; Berlin, 157; Boylston, 124; Brookfield, 253; East Brook- field, 184; Hardwick, 860; Holden, 497; Leicester, 778; Mill- bury, 1,129; New Braintree, 123; Oakham, 80; Princeton, 221; Paxton, 158; Rutland, 239; Sterling, 261; Warren, 966; Hol- land, 41; West Boylston, 251; Westminster, 223; Dana, 131; Hubbardston, 201; West Brookfield, 245; Charlton, 359.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM H. PARKMAN, President.
LOUIS M. HANFF, Sec. and Treas.
Charlton, Jan. 1, 1927.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Receipts
Town-Support of Schools $4500 00
State return-School fund
1694 45
State return-High School tuition 2665 00
State return-School Superintendent
193 34
State return-High School transportation 2270 70
State return-Income tax, for general school purposes 835 00
Tuition of Children 137 61
$12,296 10
Due from Town of Rutland
$108 00
Expenses
Paid Sylvester R. Dean, services $15 00
Minnie M. Day, services 25 00
$40 00
Superintendent's Salary and Expense of Office
Paid James R. Childs, salary $325 02
James R. Childs, travel expenses 43 15
James R. Childs, telephone, postage and express 3 65
Minnie M. Day, taking school census 5 00
$376 82
Teachers Paid Miss Florence E. Bothwell $1130 72
Miss Ethel M. Braman . 1130 72
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ANNUAL REPORT
66 Miss Ruth E. Butterfield 1130 72
66 Mrs. Frances B. Little, Music Supervisor 99 75
66 Miss Annie P. Stevenson, Music Supervisor 76 00
Miss Helen E. Mills, Drawing Supervisor 179 75
$3747 66
Supplies
Paid Edward E. Babb & Co.
$10 77
66 Dowling School Supply 5 40
J. L. Hammett & Co.
8 49
George Butler
3 20
$27 83
Books
Paid Silver Burdett & Co.
$28 24
66 Edward E. Babb & Co.
12 83
$41 07
Care and Cleaning
Paid William Nye
$238 74
For Coldbrook School
46 05
$284 79
Fuel
Paid Frank Boyd, 10 cds. wood @ $8.50 $85 00
66 Henry Bullard, 5 cds. wood @ $8.50 42 50
66 John Dwelly, 10 cds. wood @ 8.50 85 00
Kenneth Wilkins, work on wood 3 60
John Day, sawing wood 8 55
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Robert Baldwin, sawing wood 6 25
Work on wood at Coldbrook 9 10
$240 00
Repairs
Paid W. E. Weeks, repairing Coldbrook School stove $22 20
Promotion of Health
Paid Dr. Theo. L. Story, School Physician $7 25
Dr. Arthur Kimberly, School Physician 21 00
Mrs. Naomi Cunningham, School Nurse 185 00
$213 25
Grade Transportation
Paid Fred Parkman
$1295 00
66 John O'Donnell
592 00
66 Morton Lincoln
294 00
Robert Dwelly
224 00
$2405 00
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High School Transportation
Paid Frank Lupa
$68 00
J. C. Rutherford
395 60
66 Edward J. Crawford
112 00
66 Frank A. Sullivan
105 60
Henry Crawford
101 60
Joseph Potter
144 40
66 Alfred Virr
140 80
66 Clifford Knight
118 00
Bert Reed
73 60
£ Evander Green
75 20
William Parkman
236 80
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ANNUAL REPORT
Mrs. Katherine Mullen
94 00
66 Oliver Wilkins
218 80
John Day
189 20
John Dwelly
51 60
Robert Dwelly
44 00
Albert Hapgood
63 40
Morton Lincoln
43 20
Edwin Bullard
20 80
66
J. F. Sanderson
21 20
$2317 80
High School Tuition
Paid Town of Hardwick
$1600 00
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Town of Rutland
482 50
Town of North Brookfield
234 00
Town of Northbridge
220 00
66 Town of Warren
92 50
$2629 00
Total expenditures
$12,343 42
Respectfully submitted SYLVESTER R. DEAN, MINNIE M. DAY,
School Committee.
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Holden, Mass., Jan. 1, 1927.
To the School Committee of Oakham:
This report is the twenty-seventh in the series since the formation of the present union, and the ninth by the present superintendent. I am including the full reports of the Music and Drawing teachers and the detailed outline of our Health work in the report of our School Nurse, in order that the public may know of the splendid service that is being rendered by these people. The tables of statistics are similar to those presented in other years and indicate the changes in the attendance and en- rollment. A new law requires the taking of the census during the first two weeks of October instead of in April as formerly.
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