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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS
of the
TOWN OF OAKHAM
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1931
THE BARRE GAZETTE, BARRE, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS
of the
TOWN OF OAKHAM MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1931
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ANNUAL REPORT
ONE-YEAR TERMS
Tax Collector CLARA A. LINCOLN
21
Treasurer
CLARA A. LINCOLN 22
Tree Warden CLARENCE L. GRIMES 13
Auditor ORTON O. BUTLER
Fence Viewers -
W. WALLACE GRIMES FRANK H. BOYD
ALFRED C. MORSE
Measurers of Lumber
WALTER A. WOODIS GEORGE H. MORSE SYLVESTER R. DEAN
Measurers of Wood and Bark
JOHN H. MOORE
HENRY BUTLER
RALPH I. DANIELS
Field Drivers
JOHN ROBINSON
JOHN O'DONNELL
PERCY F. WILBUR
Town Agent BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Constables
W. E. SWINDELL « DONALD C. AGAR
ROBERT DWELLY
BERT S. REED RALPH DANIELS PERCY F. WILBUR
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APPOINTED
Sujet Rlas
Cattle Inspector HENRY W. STONE
Meat and Provisions HENRY W. STONE
Sealer of Weights and Measurers RALPH DANIELS
Fire Warden W. E. SWINDELL
claren
Moth Superintendent CLARENCE GRIMES
Undertaker and Burial Agent JAMES P. FAIRBANK
Janitor of Hall W. E. SWINDELL
Janitor of Library CARL M. WHEELER
Dog Officer RALPH DANIELS
School Superintendent JAMES R. CHILDS
List of Jurors
DONALD C. AGAR, Farmer ORTON O. BUTLER, Clerk RALPH B. DANIELS, Contractor JOHN MORAN, Farmer JOHN ROBINSON, Farmer W. EDGAR SWINDELL, Mail Carrier WINTHROP H. BOYD, Farmer
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Report of The TOWN CLERK
VITAL RECORDS OF 1931
BIRTHS
Jan. 5 Mary Philomena, daughter of John and Josephine (Lamzinska) Dogol.
Jan. 6
Edward William, son of Edward L. and Ellen M. (Childs) MacAlister.
Jan. 24 William McFarland, son of William M. and Lucy (Wright) Morse.
Jan. 31 Merle George, son of Alfred B. and Dorothy E. F. (Moore) Morse.
Apr. 3 Chester C., Jr., son of Chester C. and Josephine (Karp) Showalter.
May 6 William Algird, son of Paul and Mary (Mockeviciute) Yurkevicius.
June 3 Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew and Stephana (Varnot) Kowal.
Aug. 30
George Franklin, son of Ralph E. and Helen G. T. (La- count) Wells.
Oct. 31 Laura Eva, daughter of Sante and Elexina (Labonte) Rossi.
Total 9.
MARRIAGES
May 29 Francis William Dorsey and Blanche Alma Knight of Barre.
Oct. 9 Asa A. Shepherd of Worcester and Ruth G. Morse of Oakham.
Total 2.
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DEATHS
Feb. 19 Frederick A. Lapham
74
7 22
Feb. 26 Lillian M. (Mathews) Nichols
71
10
7
Mar. 16 William A. Nye
77
2
Mar. 17 Leander W. Newton
92
3
19
Apr. 11 May Lucenne Dufresne
1
3
15
May 31 John Zida
48
June 11 Arthur K. Reed
57
9
20
Aug. 18 Sarah F. (Holman) Woodis
91
9
30
Dec. 1 Esther (Colwell) Bennett
86
4
19
Total 9.
BURIED IN TOWN
Y.
M.
D.
Albert Norman Sellman of Lynn
1
Charles L. Haskell of Worcester
64
8
3
Ada B. (McLaughlin) Snow of New Braintree
70
6
13
DOG LICENSES
80 males and spayed females @ $2.00 23 females @ $5.00
115 00
103
$275 00
GAME LICENSES
50 Sporting @ $2.75
$137 50
9 Free (over age limit)
2 Duplicates @ $.50
1 00
1 Trapper's
5 25
62
$143 75
Respectfully submitted,
EFFIE T. SWINDELL,
Town Clerk.
Y.
M. D.
$160 00
Report of The BOARD OF SELECTMEN ..
The Selectmen submit the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1931 :
PAID TOWN OFFICERS
Town Clerk
Paid Effie T. Swindell
$ 85 00
Paid Clara Lincoln
$200 00
Paid Clara Lincoln
$125 00
Selectmen
Paid John P. Day
$100 00
Sylvester R. Dean
75 00
Walter A. Woodis
75 00
$250 00
Assessors
Paid C. M. Wheeler
$ 92 46
John Moran
125 00
Winthrop Boyd
90 00
$307 46
Auditor
Paid Orton Butler
$75 00
Ballot Clerk and Tellers
Paid Mrs. Minnie Newton
$5 00
Mrs. Carrie Fairbanks
5 00
Mrs. Annie Robinson
5 00
Mrs. Fannie Ayres
5 00
$20 00
Registrars of Voters
Paid Mrs. Effie Swindell
$6 00
John P. Day 2 00
Treasurer
Tax Collector
9
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Walter Woodis 2 00
$10 00
Moderator
Paid C. H. Trowbridge
$3 00
Total for town officers
$1,075 46
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Paid Ralph Daniels Dog Officer
$25 00
Paid Ralph Daniels
$15 00
Public Welfare
Paid for support of poor
$794 01
School Committee
Paid for support of schools
$12,183 34
Superintendent of Streets
Paid for highway labor $3,717 41
for material
2,307 59
Chapter 90, Maintenance
Paid for labor
$ 326 60
for material
1,173 39
· Chapter 90, Extension
Paid for labor $ 26 35
for material
373 56
Chapter 90, North Brookfield Road
Paid for labor
$4,987 36
for material
2,511 20
$7,498 56
Library
Paid for support of library
$571 19
Cemetery Committee
Paid for support of cemeteries
$460 64
Bonds for Town Officers
Paid for collector's and treasurer's bond
$44 00
for town clerk 5 00
$49 00
$6,025 00
$1,499 99
$399 91
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State and County Tax
Paid state tax $600 00
county 960 00
auditing 392 48
provision public health
9 42
old age assistance tax
146 00
$2,107 90
Note
Paid North Brookfield National Bank note $4,000 00
Interest 30 01
$4,030 01
Insurance of Employees
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son
$344 08
Opening Roads
Paid for opening roads
$1,848 72
Fire Department
$216 08
Gypsy Moth
Paid for suppression of moths
Bridges
Paid for bridges
$160 00
Street Lights
Paid Gardner Electric Light Co.
$438 00
Paid Henry Stone
Inspection of Meat
$35 60
Paid for police
Printing
$152 00
Barre Gazette
46 00
$198 00
Memorial Day
Paid Leone Daniels
$15 00
Painting Hall
Paid Ralph Daniels
$300 00
Town Officers' Supplies
Paid for supplies
$94 26
Inspection of Barns
$35 00
Paid Henry Stone
Police
$30 96
Paid Heffernan Press
$240 55
Paid for fighting fires
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for supplies $19.26, see miscellaneous account Tree Warden
Paid Clarence Grimes.
$50 00
Sidewalks
$196 90
Paid Donald Agar H. D. Bullard
3 10
$200 00
Repairing Tractor
Paid Barre Motor Co.
$336 42
Industrial School
Paid City of Worcester, tuition
$289 53
Laurel Sney, transportation 89 60
Eldridge Lacount, transportation
120 87
Eldridge Lacount, transportation . $50.53,
see miscellaneous account
$500 00
Miscellaneous
Paid Gardner Electric Light Co., hall
$ 35 05
E. V. Newton, registration of trucks and
tractor
8 00
Carl Christensen, repairs
3 20
Sara Butler, pump
3 85
Care of public safety blanks
50
Frank A. Smith & Son, insurance
21 10
Barre Gazette, printing
1 75
John P. Day, 2 trips to Boston
10 00
John Moran, 1 trip to Boston
5 00
Carl Wheeler, care of clock
35 00
M. F. Lincoln, recording deed
3 17
J. C. Rutherford, wood
44 00
Edgar Swindell, care of hall
122 90
Mechanics National Bank, rent of box
4 00
John P. Day, postage and telephone
4 25
George S. Butler, supplies
6 05
Thos. Wardell, certifying note
2 00
Ralph Daniels, new eaves trough
42 08
Dr. Cheetham, board of health
4 00
Effie Swindell, recording records
5 00
Ralph Kendall, district hospital
82 05
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Joseph Rogers, abatement auto tax 5 91
Eldridge Lacount, ind. school transportation 50 53
$499 39
Total expenditures $42,227 07
Reserve Fund Appropriation $200
Transferred to town officers' supplies
$19 26
Transferred to opening roads 97 83
Transferred to bridges
60 00
Transferred to Fire Department
16 08
Transferred to Police Department
5 96
$199 13
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN P. DAY, SYLVESTER R. DEAN, WALTER A. WOODIS,
Selectmen of Oakham.
Report of The LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Town appropriation
$350 00
Interest on deposits
21 65
Dog fund
201 31
Library fines and cards
4 79
EXPENDITURES
Carl Christiansen, janitor (4 months)
$ 44 00
Carl Wheeler, janitor (3 months)
33 00
Jessie Russell, librarian
100 00
Ethel Viner, assistant librarian
50 00
Arthur White, magazines
21 65
Needlecraft, magazines
1 00
Frank Cooney, repairing electric light
6 40
Ralph Daniels, refinishing
20 00
Winsor Book Shoppe, books
11 44
Gaylord Bros., supplies
2 85
George S. Butler, supplies
2 10
Remington Rand, Inc.
1 75
David Labonte, wood
10 00
Eugene McCarthy, coke
139 44
Crowley Coal Co., coal
112 00
Gardner Electric Light Co.
14 20
Postage
96
Box rent
40
$571 19
Respectfully submitted, SARA E. BUTLER, FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL, JOHN G. VANCE.
Trustees.
Report of The LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of Forbes Memorial Library :
The number of books now in the library is 4,382.
We have added 77 books in the year 1931, and discarded 15, which were too badly worn for further use. The circulation dur- ing the year was 4,218. The largest number of books taken out any one day was 56.
We wish to publicly thank all those who have made gifts to the library, of books, or curios to be placed in the Historical Room.
RECEIPTS
Received for fines and sale of cards $4.79. We have still a number of copies of "The Soldiers of Oakham" and of "Forbes Memorial Library" which we would be glad to sell at $1.00 each.
LIST OF NEW BOOKS
Helbeck of Bannisdale De Night in De Front from Christmas 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
A Good Indian
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Girl in the Mirror
Daisy and Daphne
The Mathematics of Guilt
Jack of All Trades
The Southerner
A 20th Century Boy
Plains of Abraham
Deacon Bradbury
October's Child
Mint Julep
His Elizabeth
Uncle William
The Border Legion
Desert of Wheat
Christmas and I
Rules of the Game His Hour Lucky in Love
Beauty and the Beast
The Golden Bowl
Crippled Lady of Peribonka
The Interloper The Wind
Child of the North
Princess Charming
The Mantle of Silence
Empty Hands
The Village Doctor
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The Twenty-Fourth of June At the South Gate Anne Belinda Kneel to the Prettiest
The Adventures of Francois
Under Two Flags
The Claxtons
The Cardinal's Snuff Box Cecilia
The Taskmasters
The Strongest Master
The Blue Goose When Knighthood Was in Flower The Shuttle The Bishop's Emeralds
The Supreme Surrender Land of the Free
The Intriguers
Castle Craneycrow
In the Bishop's Carriage
The Banner of Blue
Silas Bradford's Boy
The Listening Post Glorious Betsey Little Ships
The White Flower
The Girl with Red Hair
The Youngest Venus
Tetherstones Burning Beauty
Silver Slippers
Lucretia Lombard
Yesterday's Harvest
Copper Moon
As No Woman Hath Loved
The Obstacle Race
One Summer
Blue Ruin
April and Sally June
Red Silence
Broken
Man The Women Loved
The Prodigal Girl A Passionate Rebel
Rainbow in The Spray
Respectfully submitted,
JESSIE D. RUSSELL. Libra ia .
Report of The BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Department of Public Welfare, Boston, board
$313 00
Charlton Home Farm Association 144 88
C. S. Dodge, attorney's fees
17 00
Paul Snyder, burial
38 00
City of Worcester, hospital bill
53 55
George S. Butler, groceries
2 08
Given aid
200 00
Carl M. Wheeler, services
25 00
M. F. Lincoln, services and clerk
25 00
Sara E. Butler, services
5 00
Telephone and postage
50
$794 01
Cr.
Received from Carl M. Wheeler
Conservator for Albert Hapgood
$324 00
Martin Winsky
29 60
F. W. Beckwith
30 00
$383 60
Balance
$410 41
Respectfully submitted, CARL M. WHEELER, Chairman SARA E. BUTLER, M. F. LINCOLN, Clerk.
Report of The SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON ROADS IN THE TOWN OF OAKHAM IN 1931 UNDER CHAPTER 81
No. Road
Amount
1 North Brookfield
$401 50
2 New Braintree
97 20
3 East Hill
33 40
4 Hubbardston
20 00
5 Cadwell
6 Pine Plain
13 20
7 Poverty Square
7 80
8 Depot or Coldbrook
432 30
9 Ware Corner
311 40
10 Robinson
116 80
11 Parmenter
11 80
12 Sanders
13 South
115 90
14
Spencer
276 90
15 Flint
16 Bechan
228 80
17
Lupa
212 30
18
Crawford
57 10
19 Whitehall
4 00
20 Old Turnpike
316 80
21
Old Turnpike Extension
119 00
23
Swindell
3 00
24
Hapgood
39 70
25 Sargents Lane
2 40
26 Stone
39 00
27 Rutherford
58 08
28 Lincoln
100 50
29 Maple Street
44 55
22 Rutland
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30 Barre
86 68
-
31 Daniels
7 00
32 Bullard
11 10
33 Edson
23 90
34 Happy Hollow
5 00
35 Hunt
141 90
36 Adams
85 00
37 George's Lane
15 20
38 J. Gaffney
19 00
39 Scott
64 70
40 Crocker Nye
28 60
41
Whitney
12 00
Gas and oil
376 82
Machinery
7 04
Machinery repairs
462 57
Tools
83 17
Tool repairs
110 68
Patching tar
137 95
Sand and gravel
137 70
Road oil
418 90
Tar
391 20
Grease
26 60
Blasting supplic ..
92 80
Traffic line
67 50
Express
3 85
Miscellaneous
19 71
Total expenditure
$6,025 00
Total payrolls
$3,717 41
Town allotment
$1,125 00
Total materials
2,307 59
State allotment
4,500 00
Total
$5,625 00
Extra for oil
400 00
Total
$6,025 00
Total
$6,025 00
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Summary of Work Done on Roads
Used 1,377 yards gravel Used 6,530 gallons tar Used 4,062 gallons oil
More tar has been used this year improving the hard surface roads.
The construction on the North Brookfield road should be con- tinued during the coming year.
AMOUNT EXPENDED IN 1931 UNDER CHAPTER 90
Maintenance
Total payrolls
$ 326 60 Town allotment $ 300 00
Total material
1,173 39 State and county 1,200 00
New Construction
Total payrolls
$4,987 26 Town allotment $1,500 00
Total material
2,511 20 State and county 6,000 00
Completion of 1930 New Construction
Total payrolls
$ 26 36
Town allotment
$400 00
Total material
373 56
Total
$9,398 36 Total
$9,400 00
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER V. NEWTON,
Superintendent of Streets.
Report of The TAX COLLECTOR
Warrants from the assessors
$12,994 25
December assessment
387 65
On New England Power Co.
10 00
Metropolitan Water Works
361 73
$13,753 63 -
State tax
$ 600 00
County tax
960 00
Town tax
10,231 82
Auditing municipal tax
392 48
State Park Reservation
9 42
County tubercular tax
82 08
December 1st assessment
387 65
Extra on New England Power Co.
10 00
Metropolitan Water Works
361 73
Overlay
718 45
Interest
5 29
$13,758 92
Received cash collected
$9,110 39
Old Age Assistance Tax collected
144 00
Uncollected January 1, 1932
4,500 53
Uncollected Old Age Tax
4 00
$13,758 92
1930 REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL AND POLL
Uncollected January 1, 1931
$4,188 91 99 31
Interest
$4,288 22
Collected to January 1, 1932
$2,203 11
Balance
$2,085 11
1929 TAXES
Uncollected January 1, 1931
$1,661 91
Interest
132 14
$1,794 05
Collected to January 1, 1932
$1,735 43
$ 58 62
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1931 EXCISE TAX
Excise tax for 1931
$818 25 1 59
Interest
$819 84
Collected
$748 06
Abatements
7 80
Uncollected January 1, 1932
63 98
$819 84
1930 EXCISE TAX
Balance on 1930 excise tax
$179 87
Committed by assessors in Jan. 1931 for 1930
4 00
$183 87
Interest
1 31
$185 18
Cash received
$ 71 09
Abatements
12 92
Uncollected
101 17
$185 18
1929 EXCISE TAX
Balance on 1929 excise tax
$614 57
Interest
3 48
$618 05
$618 05
Collected
$ 38 21
Uncollected
579 84
$618 05
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN, Collector.
Report of The CHARLTON HOME FARM ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1931 RECEIPTS
Balance on hand January 1, 1931
$ 2,773 76
Received and due for inmates' board
11,109 56
Received for boarders
688 44
Received for milk
910 73
Received for stock
1,152 00
Received for miscellaneous
8 20
Received for interest on deposit
43 89
$16,686 58
EXPENDITURES
H. D. Sargent and wife
$1,800 00
Help, inside and out
1,204 45
Miscellaneous
923 84
Groceries
1,268 97
Meat, etc.
1,427 25
Grain
1,420 65
Coal
610 72
Gasoline and oil
161 79
Tobacco
259 76
Supplies
1,164 19
Repairs
201 32
Electricity
108 24
Telephone
60 16
Stock
840 00
Medical attendance
44 50
Insurance
92 00
$11,388 44
Cost of new building
4,324 01
$15,712 45
Balance in treasury
$974 13
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Ashburnham, Brookfield, Charlton, East Brookfield, Hardwick, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Oakham, Paxton, Rutland, Warren, West Brookfield, Westminster, Princeton, and Holland had in- mates during the year, and Auburn, Berlin, Boylston, Dana, New Braintree, Sterling and Hubbardston had none.
For several years the Supervisor of State Infirmaries has re- commended an addition to the house, so that inmates occupying the third floor could be cared for on the ground floor.
At its July meeting, the Association voted to build the addition and appropriated $4,500.00 for the same. This addition is com- pleted and occupied, and the several towns in the Association will be assessed to pay for it. It is hoped that this will be attended to at the several town meetings.
The expense of the new addition follows :-
Contract, carpenter, plasterer, etc. $3,489 00
Plumbing and heating 490 00
Electric wiring and fixtures 60 00
260 01
Paint, material and labor Plans, etc.
25 00
$4,324 01
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT N. SHEPARD, President. LOUIS M. HANFF, Secretary.
Charlton, Jan. 1, 1932
AUDITOR'S REPORT
I have audited all bills of the Association for the year ending December 31, 1931, including money received and expended, and have found them correct; also all checks which were signed by the president and treasurer.
CARL F. DAVIS, Auditor.
Report of The TOWN TREASURER
Received
Paid Out $ 49 00
Bridges
160 00
Abatement on excise tax
5 91
Borrowed from No. Brookfield Nat'l Bank
4,000 00
Bills payable
4,000 00
County tax
960 00
Cemeteries
110 50
460 64
Interest from Perpetual Care Cemetery Fund
301 57
Department of Public Welfare
386 60
794 01
Dog officer
15 00
Fire Department
10 95
216 08
Gypsy moth
240 55
Inspection of barns
17 50
35 00
Inspection of meats
35 60
County District Hospital Association
82 05
Insuring employees
344 08
Interest
43 62
30 01
Industrial school
319 44
550 53
Library Department
571 19
Interest from Wright Fund for Magazines
21 65
Dog tax refund
201 31
Fines
4 79
Memorial Day Association
15 00
Miscellaneous department
358 90
Permits and licenses
5 10
Rent of Memorial Hall
42 50
Director of Accounts
2 00
Painting Memorial Hall
300 00
Opening roads
1,750 89
Erecting snow fences
97 83
Printing
198 00
Jan. 1, 1931-Cash on hand
$4,631 32
Bonding
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Police
30 96
Court fines from Central District Worcester
Court 22 50
Roads, Chapter 81-labor
3,717 41
Roads, Chapter 81-material
2,307 59
Roads, Chapter 90-maintenance
1,499 99
Roads, Chapter 90-completement
399 91
Roads, Chapter 90-material and labor
7,498 56
Street lights
438 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
29 15
Ralph I. Daniels, fees in 1930
5 93
Ralph I. Daniels, fees in 1931
3 16
Director of Standards
3 00
School Department
12,183 34
Superintendent for small towns
193 33
State School Fund
2,373 27
State Educational
715 00
State High School tuition
2,260 00
State transportation
1,774 80
State reimbursement, loss of taxes
88 34
State Income Tax 1931, state valuation
1,384 00
State Cor. Tax Business
20 85
State R. R. Telephone & Telegraph Co.
56 72
State Trust Co. tax
21
State Veterans' Exemption
7 20.
State Cor. Tax Public Service
1 58
State roads
8,628 09
State Sec. 7, Chap. 122, gasoline tax
1,125 00
State Old Age Assistance
146 00
State Tax
600 00
Auditing municipal accounts
392 48
Protecting of Health, Neponset River
9 42
County-roads
4,122 55
Sidewalks
200 00
Repairs on tractor
336 42
Town officers
1,075 46
Town officers, supplies
90 11
Tree Warden
50 00
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Received for perpetual care for Thomas Lor- ing lot 100 00
Received for perpetual care for Simon O. But- ler lot
100 00
Balance not used on sign posts for 1929
42
Deposited in the No. Brookfield Savings Bank
200 00
Received for 1929 excise tax
38 21
Interest for 1929 excise tax
3 48
1930 excise tax
69 78
Interest on 1930 excise tax
1 31
1931 excise tax
746 47
Interest on 1931 excise tax
1 59
Old Age Pension tax
144 00
1931 taxes
9,105 10
Interest
5 29
1930 taxes
2,103 80
Interest
99 31
1929 tax
1,591 29
Interest
132 14
$47.121 57 $42,477 07
On hand as Jan. 1, 1932
4,644 50
$47,121 57
ALDEN FUND
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1931
$114 43
Received for dividends 1931
241 61
Interest on dividends
2 43
$358 47
Paid by orders drawn by the Selectmen
354 25
Balance, Jan. 1, 1932
$ 4 22
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN, Treasurer.
Report of The CEMETERY COMMITTEE
To the Selectmen of Oakham :
Gentlemen :-
The Cemetery Committee reports the following receipts and expenditures for 1931 :
RECEIPTS
Balance left from 1930
$172 07
Annual care charges received
110 50
Trust funds income
301 57
$584 14
Raised and appropriated 1931 levy
100 00
Total fund available
$684 14
EXPENDITURES
George S. Butler, supplies
$ 10 00
Dressing
3 00
R. Crawford, haulage
1 20
D. LaBonte, haulage
3 00
Labor, caring for lots and general care
443 44
$460 64
Unexpended balance
$223 50
Trust funds were received this year from Walter Loring for the Thomas Loring lot, and from the Henry Butler Estate for their lot. Both of these lots are located in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
The regrading program for the South Cemetery was continued . this year and we hope to finish these plans this coming year. The general care required a little more work this season because of climatic conditions.
The Committee wishes to impress upon the owners of annual care lots, that have not paid their 1928, '29, '30 annual care charges
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that if same remains unpaid when the coming season opens we will be compelled to drop the care from our active program.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN W. DWELLY, Chairman, EDWIN GREEN, GEORGE W. DEAN.
Report of The AUDITOR
This is to certify that I have examined all bills of the Select- men, Department of Public Welfare, School Committee, Superin- tendent of Streets, Tree and Fire Wardens and Library Trustees. and found them to be correct. I have also examined the accounts of the Treasurer and Tax Collector and found them to be correct.
Respectfully submitted,
ORTON O. BUTLER, Auditor.
Report of The SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1931
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
James P. Fairbank, Chairman
Leone B. Daniels, Secretary
Term expires 1933 Term expires 1931 Term expires 1932
Gertrude M. Woodis
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
James R. Childs
Office : Holden 147-2 Residence : Holden 209
SCHOOL NURSE
Amrean B. Blood, R. N. Office : Holden 147-2 Residence : Holden 109-3
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Rockwood H. Thayer, M. D.
Office : Holden 89-2 Residence : Holden 162
ATTENDANCE OFFICER AND JANITOR W. E. Swindell Oakham 12-21
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term Spring Term Fall Term Winter Term
Jan. 4, 1932 to Mar. 11, 1932 Mar. 28, 1932 to June 10, 1932 Sept. 6, 1932 to Dec. 23, 1932 Jan. 9, 1933 to Mar. 17, 1933
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Report of The SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Appropriation for schools Receipts
$12,500 00
State returns-school fund
$2,373 27
State returns-high school tuition 2,260 00
State returns-high school transportation
1,774 80
State returns-income tax of general school
purposes 715 00
State returns-school superintendent
193 33
Total
$7,316 40
Expenses
Paid James P. Fairbank, chairman of school
committee
$10 00
Gertrude M. Woodis
10 00
Leone B. Daniels, secretary
25 00
$45 00
Superintendent's Salary and Expense of Office
Paid James R. Childs; salary $340 08
James R. Childs, traveling expenses 52 50
Ruth C. Cook, clerical work 3 00
Augusta M. Dean, school census
5 00
Postage and telephone
72
$401 27
Teachers
Paid Miss Florence E. Bothwell, salary $1,100 16
Miss Ethel M. Braman, salary
1,100 16
Miss Mary R. Spofford, music supervisor
193 65
Miss Doris L. Potter, drawing supervisor
184 20
$2,578 17
Promotion of Health
Paid Miss Amrean B. Blood, school nurse $174 75
Miss Anna W. Shattuck 8 50
Miss Ethel M. White 3 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Dr. Rockwood Thayer, school physician 88 CO
$274 25
Janitor Service Paid W. E. Swindell, care of school $249 75
Fuel
Paid David Labonte, 20 cords of wood @ $8.00 $160 00
John Day, sawing wood 17 00
Alwyn Beckwith, packing wood 3 20
2 40
Supplies
Paid J. R. Childs
$ 6 35
Edward E. Babb & Co.
21 13
J. L. Hammett & Co.
15 58
W. T. Potts Co.
7 00
George S. Butler
2 60
National Education Association of U. S.
1 88
$54 54
Books
Paid Edward E. Babb
$17 58
Scott Forsman & Co.
20 05
Silver Burdett & Co.
74
J. R. Childs
2 44
$40 81
Grade Transportation
Paid Robert Dwelly
$ 576 00
Fred Parkman
1,080 00
John O'Donnell
1,080 00
Frank Lupa
420 00
$3,156 00
High School Transportation
Paid F. W. Beckwith
$112 20
Ed. Bullard
132 80
Dorothy Chaplin
100 00
Isabel Daniels
143 80
Ralph I. Daniels
141 40
Frances Karp
93 60
S. R. Dean
190 20
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W. E. Swindell, packing wood
$182 60
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ANNUAL REPORT
Evanste Dufresne
130 80
E. J. Crawford
224 80
Mrs. Emily Hipkins
277 20
George Lackey
172 20
Eldredge La Count
145 20
O. T. Loring
146 60
Frank Lupa
130 60
Mrs. Katherine Mullen
100 80
Bert S. Reed
144 80
Philip Wareing
135 00
Oliver Wilkins
135 20
Martin Winsky
40 80
Mrs. Margaret Troy
85 80
Percy F. Wilbur
145 00
$2,928 80
High School Tuition
Paid City of Worcester
$ 160 00
Town of Holden
360 00
Town of Hardwick
400 00
Town of Rutland
240 00
Town of Barre
1,100 00
$2,260 00
Miscellaneous
Paid Postage, telephone and express
$2 92
W. A. Henning, engraving diplomas
1 75
W. E. Swindell. transportation
1 50
Dura Binding Co.
1 50
J. R. Childs, telephone and tolls
3 90
J. P. Fairbank, telephone
55
$12 12
Total expenditures
$12,183 34
Total appropriation
$12,500 00
Total expenditures Unexpended balance
12,183 34
$316 66
Respectfully submitted, JAMES P. FAIRBANK, GERTRUDE M. WOODIS, LEONE B. DANIELS, Secretary, School Committee.
Report of The SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Holden, Mass., Dec. 31, 1931 To the School Committee of Oakham :
The report presented herewith for your consideration is the thirty-second in the series since the formation of the present Union, and the fourteenth by your present superintendent.
Our census shows a drop in the number of children, between the ages of five and sixteen, from 117 to 92, and the enrolment has changed from 92 to 78. This is because of the loss of the village of Coldbrook. The few children still remaining in that village are attending the White Valley School, this arrangement being cheaper than transporting them to the Center. We now have 38 children in the Primary and 40 in the Grammar room. Attendance is not quite up to last year for we have had considerable sickness.
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