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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, 1927
· HEFFERNAN PRESS
SIXTEEN MECHANIC STREET MASSACHUSETTS
SPENCER
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS
OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM MASSACHUSETTS
KHAN
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1762
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ACHUS
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1927
9% HEFFERNAN PRESS
SIXTEEN MECHANIC STREET
SPENCER MASSACHUSETTS.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1927
TOWN CLERK
EFFIE A. SWINDELL
Term expires 1930
SELECTMEN
JOHN P. DAY EARLE C. PARKER CHARLES B. DANIELS
Term expires 1928
Term expires 1929
Term expires 1930
ASSESSORS
CHARLES B. DANIELS JOHN MORAN WALTER A. WOODIS
Term expires 1929
Term expires 1930
Term expires 1928
OVERSEER OF POOR
SARA E. BUTLER MORTON F. LINCOLN CARL M. WHEELER
Term expires 1928
Term expires 1929 Term expires 1930
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
MINNIE M. DAY EARLE C. PARKER IRA E. PINNEY
Term expires 1929 Term expires 1930 Term expires 1928
LIBRARY TRUSTEES
WILLIAM A. NYE SARA E. BUTLER FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL
Term expires 1928 Term expires 1929 Term expires 1930
CEMETERY COMMITTEE
EDWIN GREEN CHARLES B. DANIELS JOHN W. DWELLY
Term expires 1928 Term expires 1929 Term expires 1930
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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 O. BUTLER
FENCE VIEWERS
W. WALLACE GRIMES FRANK H. BOYD
ALFRED B. MORSE
CONSTABLES.
W. E. SWINDELL
BERT S. REED
JOSEPH POTTER
SAMUEL BRUMP CHARLES B. DANIELS ROBERT DWELLY
MEASURERS OF LUMBER
WALTER A. WOODIS SYLVESTER R. DEAN GEORGE H. MORSE
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
CHARLES B. DANIELS WALTER BRUCE JOHN N. MOORE
FIELD DRIVERS
JOHN ROBINSON JOHN O'DONNELL PERCY F. WILBUR
TOWN AGENT HARRY B. PARKER
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ANNUAL REPORT
APPOINTED
CATTLE INSPECTOR
HARRY S. STONE
MEAT AND PROVISIONS HENRY W. STONE
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
W. E. SWINDELL
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
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 1927
BIRTHS
Jan. 28 John Francis, son of John and Mary (Meyers) O'Don- nell.
Feb. 7 Helen Alice, daughter of Robert C. and Sara (Wat- son ) Dwelly.
May 29 Robert Ludwick, son of Ludwick and Stella (Zalinska) Szczuka.
July 1 Renee Marie, daughter of Donald C. and Anna (Jacob) Agar.
11 Nina Louise. daughter of Fabius W. and Rhoda (Can- field ) Beckwith.
Sept. 24 Ralph Clayton, son of Edwin H. and Florence (Ed- son) Bullard.
MARRIAGES
Jan. 7 In Fitchburg, S. Walter Tucker and Nellie (Willis) Baker.
Sept. 17 In Barre, Ralph M. Cody and Julia M. Seymour.
Nov. 15 In Barre, Edwin G. Newcomb and Flora L. (Sweat- land) Newcomb.
Dec. 24 In Barre, Walter O. Babcock and Mary A. (Plunket) Beck.
DEATHS
Jan. 11 In Holden, Christian Ross
Mar. 5 L. Electa (Allen) Sanderson
20 William Gaffney
Y.
M.
D.
50
66
11
3
67
11
10
7
ANNUAL REPORT
Apr. 4 Martha R. Bell
75
9
24
June 18 David Hallowell
66
11
14
27 Alice R. (Ferry) Burns
79
7 29
30 Bradley J. Leach
85
5
18
Nov. 13 Dency E. (McCullock) Babcock
71
9
13
Dec. 7 In Worcester, Charles Winslow
68
BURIED IN TOWN
Jan. 11 Samuel C. Sherman of Brookfield
79
4
28
Feb. 18 Bertha E. (Butler) Prince of Haver- hill
56
3
3
Feb. 20
Robert E. Wendell of Haverhill
7
10
14
June 30 John P. Allen of Townsend
69
2
Sept. 19
William H. Holmes of Boston
66
9
12
LICENSES
DOGS
71 Females at $2.00
$142 00
12 Spayed females at $2.00
24 00
31 Females at $5.00
155 00
114
$321 00
59 Sporting at $2.25
$132 75
7 Trappers' at $2.25
15 75
3 Minors' at 75c
2 25
-
69
$150 75
Respectfully submitted,
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EFFIE T. SWINDELL,
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Town Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The Selectmen submit the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1927.
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
Paid Earl C. Parker
75 00
Paid Charles B. Daniels
75 00
$250 00
ASSESSORS
Paid W. A. Woodis
$100 00
Paid John Moran
86 00
Paid Gertrude Woodis, Clerk
8 00
$194 00
AUDITOR
Paid Orton Butler $75 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS
Paid Catherine Cody
$5 00
Paid Leone Daniels
5 00
Paid Nellie Dean
5 00
Paid Fannie Ayres
5 00
$20 00
MODERATOR
Paid Charles Trowbridge
$3 00
REGISTRAR
Paid Effie Swindell
$6 00
Paid John P. Day
2 00
Paid Earl Parker
2 00
Paid Charles B. Daniels
2 00
$12 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Paid Edgar Swindell
$25 00
DOG OFFICER
Paid Samuel Bruno
$15 00
OVERSEERS OF POOR
Paid Support of Poor
$667 23
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Paid Support of Schools
$12,168 09
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS .
Paid for Highways
$3,498 70
Paid for Material
2,125 58
$5,624 28
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
BRIDGES
Paid for new bridge
$500 00
LIBRARY
Paid for support of library
504 16
STATE AID
Paid state aid
$72 00
BONDS FOR TOWN OFFICERS
Paid Treasurer's and Clerk's Bond 14 00
Paid Tax Collector's Bond 30 00
$44 00
PRINTING
Paid Heffernan Press
$185 00
TOWN OFFICERS' SUPPLIES
Paid for Supplies
$76 20
STATE COUNTY TAX
Paid County Tax
$761 00
Paid State Tax
960 00
Paid State Highway
139 60
$1,860 60
INTEREST
Paid Worcester Bank and Trust Co.
$120 00
OPENING ROADS
Paid for Opening Roads $838 66
INSURANCE OF EMPLOYEES
Paid Frank Smith and Son $219 36
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ANNUAL REPORT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Paid for Fighting Fires
$169 93
GYPSY MOTH
Paid for Suppression of Gypsy Moth $245 70
MEMORIAL DAY
$50 00
INSPECTION
Paid H. W. Stone, inspection of barns
$39 56 . :
Paid H. W. Stone, inspection of meat
32 00
:
$71 56
POLICE
Paid Edgar Swindell
$19 20
Paid Samuel Bruno
5 00
Paid Bert Reed
5 00
$29 20
RUTLAND ROAD
Paid for Repairing
$6,905 38
Paid for Material
594 52
$7,499 90
SNOW FENCES
Paid Dyer Lakes Machine Co.
$100 50
CEMETERIES
Paid for Care of Cemeteries
$554 45
CHURCH
Paid one-fourth shingling expenses $50 00
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
INSURING BUILDINGS
Paid Ira Irish for Halls and Schools $169 24
WIRING TOWN HALL
Paid Howard L. Byram $200 00
STREET LIGHTS
Paid for Lighting Streets
$225 00
TREE WARDEN
Paid Clarence Grimes
$50 00
MOWING BRUSH
Paid Geo. E. Eason, mowing brush, Allen pasture $25 00
RESERVE FUND
Paid Howard L. Byram
$87 00
Paid Clarence Grimes
43 50
Paid George Hallowell
8 20
To Miscellaneous Account
6 42
To Printing
1 00
To Snow Fences
50
$146 62
ROAD SCRAPER
Paid for Road Scraper $465 00
WORCESTER BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
Paid Note
$6,000 00
MISCELLANEOUS
Paid J. P. Fairbanks, death returns $ 2 00
Paid G. S. Butler, supplies
13 26
Paid Dr. Cheetham, birth returns
50
Paid Henry Grimes, killing wild cat
10 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Paid Theo Wardell, certifying note
2 00
Paid Worcester Co. Tuberculosis Asso.
53 21
Paid Mary O. Conant, supplies
9 67
Paid Robert Briggs, labor
5 45
Paid Lighting Hall
10 20
Paid W. A. Nye, care of town hall
145 55
Paid W. A. Nye, care of clock 23 33
Paid C. M. Wheeler, care of clock
11 67
Paid Marcellus Roper Co., tuning piano
5 00
Paid John P. Day, material and labor
3 00
Paid Fuller Electric Co., Bal. wiring old hall
30 58
Paid Mechanics' National Bank, rent of box 4 00
Paid Sydney Wood, repairs of W. School
2 00
Balance Transferred to Reserve Fund
6 42
$325 00
Paid Municipal Electric Light Department
$1,500 00
Total
$41,685 18
MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Received
September
$101 70
October
179 10
November
220 25
December
260 35
January
329 95
$1,091 35
Paid Out
September-Gardner Electric Light Co. $ 78 00
October-Gardner Electric Light Co. 91 20
November-Gardner Electric Light Co. 105 30
$331 42
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
December-Gardner Electric Light Co. 117 00
December 15-Merchants' National Bank,
Boston, 6 Mos. Int. on $10,000 212 50
January-Gardner Electric Light Co. 144 00
Cash on Hand 343 35
$1,091 35
Cash on hand
$343 35
Uncollected bills
18 15
$361 50
Town owes $15,000 on notes for money borrowed to construct light line.
JOHN P. DAY,
EARL C. PARKER,
CHAS. B. DANIELS,
Selectmen of Oakham.
REPORT OF THE
TAX COLLECTOR
1925 DR
Uncollected taxes for 1925 Interest Error
$1,082 41 108 35 13 36
$1,204 12
CR.
By Treasurer's receipts Abatements
$1,167 26
11 96
$1,179 22
$24 90
1926
DR.
Uncollected taxes for 1926 Interest
$4,917 28 113 42
$5,030 70
CR.
By Treasurer's receipts Abatements
$3,279 09
187 22
$3,466 31
$1,564 39
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
1927
DR.
Taxes committed to me for collection, 1927 :
Appropriation of annual meeting
$10,832 00
State Tax
960 00
County Tax
761 00
Highway Tax
139 60
County Hospital Tax
55 00
Poll Tax
74 00
Overlaying
248 13
Interest
4 29
$13,074 02
CR.
By receipts of Income Tax
$1,626 36
By Treasurer's receipts
7,474 25
$9,100 61
$3,973 41
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND CODY, Collector.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES
FOBES MEMORIAL LIBRARY RECEIPTS
Town Appropriation
$150 00
Dog Fund
261 42
Interest from Funds
$411 42 $92 74
$504 16
EXPENDITURES
Linus Bacon, magazines 1927
$25 60
Linus Bacon, magazines 1928
21 90
Haven and Carter, coal
87 24
C. H. Parker & Son, supplies
3 84
Ira Pinney, librarian
100 00
Mrs. Fayette Russell, assistant librarian
50 00
Robert Briggs, carrying books
25 00
W. A. Nye, supplies
16 85
W. A. Nye, janitor
138 00
L. H. Browning, book
14 03
Ira Pinney, books
11 20
Electric Lights, four months
10 50
$504 16
Through the kindness of Mrs. Albert Gifford, Tarrytown, N. Y., we have had electric lights installed in the library building. This adds much to its usefulness and beauty.
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Miss Clara Alden of Worcester has presented the Library with an enlarged portrait of her mother, Mrs. Mary Lincoln Alden, in whose memory the Alden Fund was given to this town.
We take this way of publicly thanking Mrs. Gifford and Miss Alden.
Respectfully submitted, SARA E. BUTLER, WILLIAM A. NYE, FLORENCE BOTHWELL,
Trustees.
REPORT
OF THE
LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of Fobes Memorial Library:
We owe a debt of gratitude to Mrs. A. L. Gifford who installed electricity in the Library, besides making a generous gift of books. Books were also received from H. A. Wilbur, Mrs. Grace Rood, Miss Esther Briggs and Miss Etta Bullard. A box of juvenile books was received from the state. We have had the use of two loan libraries during the year.
The circulation of books during 1927 was 2,438, including sixty- one books lent to the schools. The circulation in 1926 was 3,612, making a falling off of 174.
ACCESSORIES
Books by gift
126
Books by purchase
34
Total 160
Books discarded
41
Total number of books now in Library
3,725
The list of new books is as follows :
ADULT FICTION
The Soul of Ann Rutledge
Creeping Jenny
The Legacy of Cain
Atlantic Tales
Queer Judson
The Brimming Cup
The Home-maker
Rough-hewn
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Babbitt Glimpses of the Moon
The Amateur Gentleman
Romona Two Shall be Born
Madame Sans-Gêne
Uhridge Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker
They Had to See Paris
Leave it to Psmith The Broad Highway The Woman-haters
Tampico Manhattan Transfer
Love Insurance
A Master of Life Carnac's Folly
The Devil's Garden
The Alaskan
A Mother's Story
At the Crossing with McShane
The Winning of Barbara Worth In the Days of Poor Richard
Padre Ignacio Kate Mulhall
The Long Arm
God and the Groceryman
The Hairy Arm Wallflowers
Forlorn River Alma
That Island
The Magic Garden The Big Mogul Lydia of the Pines The Loring Mystery
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ANNUAL REPORT
Hand and Ring The Last Trail The Chief Legatee Steele of the Royal Mounted God's Country and the Woman Cross Trails
The Black Magician The Wolf of Wildcat Mountain
The Devil's Chaplain The Crooked Cross
Gabriel Samara, Peace-maker
The Unknown Quantity The Desert Healer The Master of Man
ADULT NON-FICTION
Window Glass in the Making
Denatured Africa
The Constitution of the U. S.
Productive Small Fruit Culture
The Inn of Tranquility
The U. S. as a World Power
The Price of Freedom Theodore Roosevelt Twenty Lessons on Poultry .
The Making of the English Constitution
The Life of Henry B. Wright
Abraham Lincoln and Boston Corbett
The Origin and Growth of the Hebrew Religion The Hebrew Prophets The Life of Christ The Russo-Japanese War Butterflies Worth Knowing Trees Worth Knowing
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Shelley's Lyrics and Shorter Poems Memories of Many Men in Many Lands
22
TOWN OF OAKHAM
1
Lindbergh the Lone Eagle
JUVENILE FICTION
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Sinopah the Indian Boy
Mopsa the Fairy
The Voyagers
The Forge in the Forest
The Rabbit Lantern
The Silent Scott
Dr. Doolittle's Zoo
Tyke-y
The Wonder Clock
The Arkansaw Bear
Little Women
Under the Lilacs
Jack and Jill
California Fairy Tales
Mother Cary's Chickens
The Blue Fairy Book
Abbie Ann ' Spunk, the Leader of the Dog Team
Toto and the Gift
The Joyous Story of Toto
Tales of Laughter
Stickeen
Short Stories for Short People
The American Twins of the Revolution
The Pearl of Orr's Island
The Wild Heart
When Granny was a Little Girl
Gulliver's Travels
JUVENILE NON-FICTION
The Friendly Stars Stories of Starland
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ANNUAL REPORT
The Story of King Arthur
Stories of Robin Hood
Journey in Distant Lands
Our Friends at the Farm Midshipman Farragut Up from Slavery
Legends Every Child Should Know
The Children's Homer
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
Our Friends at the Zoo
The Land of the Long Night
EXPENSES
Postage
1
$ 69
Box rent
40
Money orders
10
Express
1 25
Books
4 15
Total
$6 52
RECEIPTS
Fines
$4 40
Cards
69
Soldiers of Oakham
6 00
Total
$11 09
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1928
$9 85
The last copy of the "Soldiers of Oakham" left in the Library for sale by Miss Alice Wright has been sold. The proceeds of this sale were to be used for the purchase of books.
The historical room has received gifts from Mrs. Hattie Hallo- well and George Hallowell.
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER FINANCIAL STANDING TOWN OF OAKHAM
Balance on hand January 1, 1928
$2,921 80
APPROPRIATIONS RECEIPTS EXPENDITURES
On hand January 1, 1927
$5,050 56
Bonding
$ 35 00
$ 44 00
Bridges
500 00
500 00
Cemeteries
50 00
Annual Care
83 00
83 00
Perpetual care
216 88
216 88
554 45
Church Repairs
50 00
50 00
Dog Officer
15 00
15 00
Fire Department
100 00
57 00
169 93
Gypsy Moth
217 00
10 80
245 70
Inspection of Meats
25 00
32 00
Inspection of Barns
50 00
16 00
39 56
Insuring Employees
100 00
219 36
Insuring Buildings
130 00
169 24
Interest
75 00
94 79
120 00
Library
150 00
County Dog Fund
261 42
261 42
Interest on Deposit
70 84
70 84
Wright Fund Interest
21 90
21 90
504 16
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Memorial Day
50 00
50 00
Miscellaneous 325 00
325 00
Rent of Hall
59 00
Licenses
3 00
Sale of Grass
1 50
Wildcat Bounty
10 00
Rent West Schoolhouse
10 00
Mowing Brush
25 00
Opening Roads
500 00
838 66
Overseers of Poor
500 00
667 23
Refund Town of Spencer
300 00
330 85
Police Dept. 50 00
29 20
Bal. of Fines from John L. Smith
298 00
Printing
185 00
185 00
Roads, Chap. 81
1,125 00
5,624 28
Refund from State
4,500 00
Roads, Chap. 90
1,500 00
7,499 90
State Returns
2,999 96
2,999 96
County Returns
2,999 96
2,999 96
Schools
3,500 00
Town of Rutland
180 00
180 00
School Fund Income
2,780 12
2,780 12
State Tuition of Children
44 29
44 29
ANNUAL REPORT
25
Small Town Supt.
193 33
193 33
State H. S. Tuition
1,711 88
1,711 88
State H. S. Transportation
2,057 60
2,057 60
State Income Tax
1,040 00
1,040 00
12,168 09
Reserve Fund
150 00
146 62
Snow Fences
100 00
100 50
Sealer, Weights and Measures
25 00
10 53
25 00
Street Lights
225 00
225 00
State Aid
72 00
72 00
Town Officers
925 00
889 00
Town Officers, supplies
50 00
76 20
Tree Warden
50 00
50 00
Wiring Town Hall
200 00
200 00
County Tax
761 00
State Tax
960 00
Repairs State Highway
139 60
Worcester Bank and Trust Co.
6,000 00
6,000 00
Electric Light. Post Holes
1,500 00
1,500 00
State Aid
10 00
Income Tax, 1926
96 00
Income Tax, Balance 1927
1,112 00
Public Service
49 57
Business Tax
170 29
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
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ANNUAL REPORT
Bank Tax 4 95
Veterans' Exemption
5 34
Vocational Education
12 49
Town Taxes, 1925
1,058 91
Interest, 1925
108 35
Town Taxes, 1926
3,165 67
Interest, 1926
113 42
Town Taxes, 1927
7,469 96
Interest, 1927
4 29
Loss of Taxes
32 76
Receipts of Tax Sale
17 77
Road Scraper
465 00
465 00
Total
$44,606 98 $41,685 18
41,685 18
Balance on hand January 1, 1928
$2,921 80
BUILDING LINE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Receipts
$16,559 99
Expenditures
16,407 04
Balance on hand
$152 95
EARNINGS OF ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Receipts
$1,091 35
Expenditures
748 00
Balance on hand
$343 35
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TRUST FUNDS (Mary Lincoln Alden Income
Balance, January 1, 1927 Dividends Gift from Clara I. Alden
$284 20
278 80
200 00
Interest
5 03
$768 03
Total Expenditures Balance on hand January 1, 1928
$155 39
LIBRARY FUNDS
Amount to Date
Fobes Memorial Fund
$3,245 54
B. P. Clark Legacy
1,351 69
Soldiers' War Bonus
364 34
Alfred Parks Wright Memorial
563 04
J. H. O. Lovell Legacy
180 28
Total $5,704 89
28
612 64
TOWN OF OAKHAM
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON ROADS IN OAKHAM IN 1927 UNDER CHAPTER 81
No. Road
Amount
1. North Brookfield
$ 52 00
2. New Braintree
83 90
3. East Hill
81 50
4. Hubbardston
5 25
5. Cadwell
6. Pine Plain
170 73
7.
Poverty Square
13 75
8. Depot or Coldbrook
1,361 97
9. Ware Corner
236 50
10. Robinson
16 40
11.
Parmenter
10 00
12. Sanders
10 00
13. South
138 60
14. Spencer
162 65
15. Flint
16. Beechan
197 07
17.
Lupa
243 30,
18.
Crawford
25 00
19. £ Whitehall
6 00
20. Old Turnpike
1,211 29
21.
Old Turnpike Ext.
22 Rutland
45 50
23. Swindell
7 50
24. Hapgood
20 30
25. Sargent's Lane
26. Stone
33 00
.
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
27. Rutherford
36 00
28. Lincoln 172 05
29 Maple
157 15
30. Barre
80 70
31. Daniels
32. Bullard
10 40
33. Edson
10 00
34 Happy Hollow
2 50
35. Hunt
42 60
36 Adams
142 10
37 T. Gaffney
25 00
38. J. Gaffney
25 00
39. Scott
64 00
40. Crockernye
73 00
41. Whitney
Gas and oil
141 54
Culverts
347 14
Machinery
592 38
· Machinery repairs
435 29
Tools
81 87
Tool repairs
16 18
Miscellaneous
1 35
Total
$6,589 28
Total payroll
$3,498 70
Total material
3,090 58
$6,589 28
Town allotment
$1,125 00
State allotment
4,500 00
$5,625 00
Ex. for bridges
500 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Overrun of allotment
464 28
$6,589 28 Respectfully submitted, R. A. VESPER, Senior Civil Engineer, Chapter 81, Assistant,
SUMMARY
1,294 yards of gravel used
16 yards of tar-gravel patch used
9,905 gallons of road oil used 30 feet of 24-inch corrugated pipe culvert laid 118 feet of 12-inch corrugated pipe culvert laid
Culverts and waterways cleaned
42 yards of sand used
REMARKS
The work this year has been very satisfactory. The town should continue the good work by getting more oil, and gravelling a little more than last year. All roads should be widened more and particular attention given to culverts. Under Chapter 90 the improved work on Rutland Road is progressing favorably and the town should continue this work.
Respectfully submitted, R. A. VESPER, Senior Civil Engineer, Chapter 81, Assistant.
REPORT
OF THE
CHARLTON POOR FARM ASS'N
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1927 RECEIPTS
Milk
$1,570 47
Stock
232 00
Miscellaneous
320 36
Inmates Board
10,244 36
Boarders
382 85
Assessment for Painting
800 44
Total
$13,550 48
EXPENDITURES
Frank Walker and wife
$1,500 00
Inside labor
750 00
Outside labor
812 61
Miscellaneous
715 64
Groceries
1,186 33
Meat
1,035 84
Grain
930 22
Oil and gasoline
87 35
Clothing
280 86
Supplies
498 50
Telephone
46 18
Electricity
98 52
Blacksmith
32 05
Tobacco
238 68
Insurance
247 62
Drugs
32 48
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ANNUAL REPORT
Painting and repairs
333 52
Machinery
140 00
Seed
86 35
Fertilizer
270 96
Veterinary
36 65
Medical attendance
35 25
Coal
508 65
Deficit 1926
$1,272 57
Total
$11,676 83
Balance in favor of the Asso.
$1,873 65
RECEIVED AND DUE FOR INMATES' BOARD
Charlton
$634 27
Westminster
938 53
Rutland
312 83
Millbury
629 16
Brookfield
347 11
Ashburnham
608 54
Leicester
715 64
Oakham
312 83
Holden
312 83
Warren
1,939 00
Hardwick
625 70
West Boylston
708 84
Berlin
312 83
Sterling
304 26
Auburn
274 26
East Brookfield
62 57
West Brookfield
1,190 11
$10,244 36
$11,676 83
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Total number of weeks for inmates 1,707 2-7 weeks. There were no inmates from Dana, Hubbardston, Paxton, Royalston, Princeton, New Braintree.
The inventory of the personal property taken Decem- ber 31, 1927, was $6,701 67 $12,500 00
Farm and buildings
Respectfully submitted, . H. N. SHEPARD, President, LOUIS M. HANFF, Sec .- Treas.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
I have audited the bills of the officers of the Association who have received and expended money during the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1927, and all bills have been correct and checks signed by the President and Treasurer.
EDWARD A. LAMB, Auditor.
REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Charlton Poor Farm Asso.
$312 83
Town of Spencer
120 00
Worcester City Hospital
115 65
Assessment
7 50
E. Saunders, wood
22 00
C. B. Daniels, wood
10 00
F. A. Livermore, moving
35 00
Dr. D. B. Cheetham, medical services
12 50
Carl Wheeler, services
13 00
M. F. Lincoln, services
13 00
S. E. Butler, services
5 00
5
Postage and stationery
50
Telephone
25
Town of Spencer paid back on 1926 account $131 25
On 1927 account 199 50
$667 23
Total $330 75
Respectfully submitted, MORTON LINCOLN, C. M. WHEELER, SARA E. BUTLER,
Overseers.
REPORT
OF THE
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
Labor
John Nelson
$687 20
Clarence Grimes
536 18
Patrick Ryan
99 47
Edward Lupa
26 25
Edward Bullard
2 00
George Schouler
251 37
Herman Parkman
22 50
Paul Canuel
1,140 44
D. Labonte
7 00
E. Dufresne
71 75
John Robinson
4 50
F. Beckwith
55 25
A. Crawford
87 70
R. Gifford
28 50
Percy Wilbur
517 28
Raymond Thresher
146 25
George Hallowell
75
Bert Reed
15 50
Francis Willard
15 50
Walter Bruce
27 50
W. H. Boyd
53 50
F. Winslow
37 50
Orton Butler
288 05
George S. Butler, trucking etc.
118 19
Henry Butler
344 75
John P. Day
51 55
Alfred Virr
26 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Henry Laventure
99 37
Clarence Elliott
59 88
Clarence Ellis
77 12
Frank Parkman
340 00
H. Hanson
31 50
F. Hanson
9 00
H. Courtemanche
72 13
Fred Parkman
48 00
John P. Day
6 00
Ernest Bullard
1 00
Fay Russell
26 00
William Parkman
44 50
Total cost of labor
$5,476 93
Supplies
George H. Wahn Co.
$9,163 76
Wetmore Savage Co.
115 86
Gardner Electric Co.
419 99
Stanley Electric Co.
6 57
General Electric Co.
183 08
Total cost of supplies
$9,889 26
Miscellaneous
John Nelson, telephone and truck
$ 7 20
Walter Bruce, tools
8 70
Walter Bruce, rent of barn
10 00
Theo. Wardell, certifying notes
40 00
Printing Notes
63 95
Repairing tools
1 90
G. S. Butler
7 51
George Morse, dynamite
11 80
John Lane, dynamite
12 50
C. B. Daniels, lumber
3 88
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Telephone Co.
3 45
Total miscellaneous
$170 89
Freight and express
224 24
Insurance of Employees
158 72
Poles
James Leyden
$475 00
Alfred Virr
12 00
$487 00
Cash paid out, to Jan. 7, 1928
$16,407 04
Cash on hand
152 95
$16,559 99
Receipts
Borrowed of Harris Forbes Co. $10,000 00
Premium 18 89
Borrowed of Merchants' Nat. Bank, Boston 5,000 00 Premium 35 60
Town Appropriation
1,500 00
J. P. Fairbanks, two poles
5 50
Due George H. Wahn Co.
$16,559 99 $952 73
The committee recommends the extension of the line to Mr. Arnold's, Mans and Lacounts. Mr. William Sawyer at the Saw- yer Lumber Co. wishes the line extended to his camp site at Brooks Pond, a distance of one-half mile. The cost of the line has been somewhat more than the estimate, but the income is proving to be a great deal more than our expectations.
We believe the line will not only pay for itself but in a few years will be a source of income to the town as well as a great benefit in other ways.
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ANNUAL REPORT
We have approximately eighteen miles of line and ninety-six meters installed with the prospect of several more in the spring.
The people along the line have donated over 500 poles, the people on East Hill not only donated poles but dug the holes.
The committee wishes to extend its appreciation to the towns- people who have shown their co-operation and help in establishing the Oakham Electric Light Line.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN P. DAY, GEO. S. BUTLER, SYLVESTER R. DEAN,
Electric Light Committee.
REPORT
OF THE
CEMETERY FUND
(Pine Grove Cemetery
DONOR
Ann Adams
$ 25 00
Jesse Allen
108 32
Heirs of Lewis Allen
136 24
Frank D. Ayers
107 64
G. N. Briggs Heirs
105 13
Mary J. Clark
111 01
Foster, A. H.
Charles A. Fobes
120 77
M. T. F. Rugg
104 70
Flora A. Arnold
51 15
George H. Gould
226 80
Lewis N. Haskell
116 13
Hattie E. Prouty
110 76
*Fannie Kimball
William Lincoln and Clara Alden
215 41
H. W. Lincoln Heirs
101 63
Grandchildren of Abner Lincoln
109 03
William A. Nye
100 00
Caroline M. Maynard
281 05
George M. Ross
116 65
Mrs. Samuel Ripley
27 05
Heirs of W. W. and Helen F. Russell
108 47
Ruth Robinson
50 00
Weeks and Elliot
122 97
Lyman Walker
110 10
Heirs of Charles Hastings
109 07
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ANNUAL REPORT
Mrs. William C. Abbott
109 67
Heirs L. W. Newcomb
74 87
James Boyd Heirs
63 57
South Cemetery
Laura Burt
121 20
Daniel H. Dean
198 63
Walter R. Dean
108 86
William Haskell
123 93
A. J. Holden
50 00
Alfred C. Morse
50 00
Martha Macullar
242 16
Sumner Reed
131 84
Henry P. Wright
118 25
Henry E. Morse
121 29
William A. Nye
50 00
Sophronia Parker Heirs
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