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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS of the
TOWN OF OAKHAM
MASSACHUSETTS
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Barre Gazette, Barre, Mass.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS of the
TOWN OF OAKHAM
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FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1932
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1932
Town Clerk
EFFIE T. SWINDELL
Term expires 1933
Selectmen
Term expires 1933
Term expires 1934
Term expires 1935
Assessors
JOHN MORAN CARL M. WHEELER WINTHROP H. BOYD
Term expires 1933
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935
Board of Public Welfare
CARL M. WHEELER
SARA E. BUTLER
MORTON F. LINCOLN
Term expires 1933 Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935
School Committee
GEORGE W. DEAN LEONE B. DANIELS AMALIA C. PLACE
Term expires 1933
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935
Library Trustees
FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL
REV. JOHN G. VANCE
SARA E. BUTLER
Cemetery Committee
JOHN W. DWELLY EDWIN GREEN (deceased) GEORGE W. DEAN
Term expires 1933
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935
Term expires 1933
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935
WALTER A. WOODIS JOHN P. DAY SYLVESTER R. DEAN
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ANNUAL REPORT
ONE-YEAR TERMS
Tax Collector CLARA A. LINCOLN
Treasurer CLARA A. LINCOLN
1
Tree Warden CLARENCE L. GRIMES
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 ROBERT DWELLY RALPH I. DANIELS
DONALD C. AGAR BERT S. REED PERCY F. WILBUR
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APPOINTED
Cattle Inspector HENRY W. STONE
Inspector of Meats and Barns HENRY W. STONE
Sealer of Weights and Measures RALPH I. DANIELS
Fire Warden CLARENCE W. GRIMES
Moth Superintendent CLARENCE W. GRIMES
Undertaker and Burial Agent JAMES P. FAIRBANK
Janitor of Hall
W. E. SWINDELL
Janitor of Library
CARL M. WHEELER
Dog Officer
RALPH I. DANIELS
School Superintendent JAMES R. CHILDS
List of Jurors
WINTHROP H. BOYD, Farmer
ORTON O. BUTLER, Clerk
RALPH B. DANIELS, Contractor
MORTON F. LINCOLN, Farmer JOHN MORAN, Farmer GEORGE H. MORSE, Farmer W. EDGAR SWINDELL, Mail Carrier
Report of TOWN CLERK
VITAL RECORDS OF 1932
BIRTHS
Jan. 8 Norman Earle, son of Robert C. and Sarah (Watson) Dwelly.
Feb. 9 Richard William, son of William J. and Annie (Stehlik) Bechan.
Mar. 28 Willa Lillian, daughter of Alfred B. and Frances (Moore) Morse.
Oct. 4 Felix Richard, son of Stanley and Blanche (Biyvido) Sieczkarski.
Oct. 11 John Emerson, son of Edwin H. and Florence (Edson) Bullard.
Oct. 18 Samuel Foster Haven, son of Haven and Gladys (Clay- ton) Goodwin.
Dec. 17 Stillborn.
Dec. 28 Walter Richard, son of Howard C. and Bernice (McAlis- ter) Sooy
Total 8.
MARRIAGES
June 8 Gilbert Eugene Peterson of Gardner and Christina Vance of Oakham.
July 29 Fabius Beckwith of Oakham and Thelma Viner of Rut- land.
Total 2.
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DEATHS
Jan. 18 Charles Dougherty
74
7 22
Apr. 28 Mary J. Stone
71
4 21
July 16 Harry G. Sommerman
61
22
Nov. 1 Fannie M. Ayres
69
17
Nov. 23 Ellen G. Stone
46
10
25
Dec. 1 Edwin Green
78
7
19
D.c. 5 Frank A. Sutton
42
10
14
Total 8.
BURIED IN TOWN
Y.
M.
D.
Addison W. Barr of Worcester
64
10
23
Harriet E. Dean of Brookfield
79
3
22
DOG LICENSES
33 females @ $5.00
$165 00
76 males and spays @ $2.00
152 00
$317 00
GAME LICENSES
Resident citizens sporting 46 @ $2.75
$126 50
Resident citizens trapping 1 @ $5.25
5 25
Non-residents sporting 2 @ $3.25
6 50
Minor sporting 3 @ $1.25
3 75
Duplicate 1 @ 50 cents
50
$142 50
Respectfully submitted,
EFFIE T. SWINDELL, Town Clerk.
Y.
M.
D.
Dec. 17 Stillborn
Report of BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The Selectmen submit the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1932.
PAID TOWN OFFICERS
Town Clerk
Paid Effie T. Swindell
$ 76 50
Paid Clara Lincoln
Selectmen
Paid John P. Day
$ 90 00
S. R. Dean W. A. Woodis
67 50
Assessors
Paid C. M. Wheeler
$ 82 36
John Moran
107 00
W. H. Boyd
80 00
Auditor
Paid Orton Butler
$ 67 50
Tax Collector
Paid Clara Lincoln
$112 50
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
Paid Leone Daniels
$ 10 00
Mrs. Tracy
5 00
Kate Gueley
10 00
Evelyn Grimes
3 00
Jessie Russell
2 00
Annie Robinson
5 00
Treasurer
$180 00
67 50
$225 00
.
$269 36
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Minnie Newton Winnie Wheeler
2 00
3 00
$ 40 00
Registrars of Voters
Paid John P. Day
$ 12 00
W. A. Woodis
6 00
Effie Swindell
18 00
S. R. Dean
2 00
$ 38 00
Moderator
Paid C. H. Trowbridge
$ 3 00
Appropriation
$1025 00
$1011 86
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Paid Ralph Daniels Appropriation
$ 22 50
$ 25 00
Dog Officer
Paid Ralph Daniels
$ 13 50
Appropriation
$ 15 00
Public Welfare
$1,283 42
Paid for support of poor Appropriation Charlton buildings
$1,200 00
44 00
From reserve fund
39 42
$1,283 42
School Committee
Paid for support of schools
$11,330 68
Appropriation $11,500 00
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Superintendent of Streets
Paid for labor, Chapter 81 machinery material
$4,247 97 1,375 36
$5,623 33
Chapter 90, Maintenance
Paid for labor and machinery
$1,341 64
material 1,650 24
$2,991 88
Chapter 90, North. Brookfield Road
Paid for labor and machinery
$5,190 52
material
2,259 39
$7,449 91
Machinery Fund
Paid for repairs and supplies $1,509 39
Street Lights
Paid Gardner Electric Light Co. $286 85
Appropriation
$300.00
Inspection of Barns
Paid H. W. Stone
$147 90
Appropriation · $107-66 From reserve fund 40. 24
Inspection of Meat
Paid H. W. Stone
$ 54 50
Appropriation
$70 00
Police
Paid for police
$ 11 15
Appropriation
$25 00
Printing
Paid Barre Gazette
$137 25
Appropriation
$150 00
Memorial Day
Paid
$ 14 51
Appropriation $15 00
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Town Officers' Supplies
$ 79 20
$75 00
Tree Warden
$ 48 60
Paid Clarence Grimes Appropriation
$50 00
Sidewalks
Paid Donald Agar Appropriation $200 00
$200 00
Special Account
Refund to Mrs. Swindell
$
1 64
From reserve fund $ 1 64
Library
Paid for support of library
$423 66
Cemetery Committee
Paid for support of cemeteries $382 11
Bonds for Town Officers
Paid for collector's and treasurer's bond Appropriation
$55 00
State and County Tax
Paid state tax
$682 50
county tax
852 00
county dog tax
84 60
county hospital tax
100 58
veterans' exemption tax
2 73
state park reservation tax
1 01
old age assistance tax
149 00
$1,872 42
Insurance of Employees
Paid Frank A. Smith & Sons
$403 53
Appropriation From reserve fund
$350 00
53 53
$403 53
.
Paid for supplies Appropriation
$ 49 00
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Opening Roads
$590 31
Paid for opening roads Appropriation From reserve fund
$500 00
90 31
Fire Department
$183 72
Paid for fighting fires Appropriation
$200 00
Gypsy Moth
For suppression of moth
$249 80
Appropriation
$250 00
Bridges
Paid for bridges
$178 40
Appropriation
$100 00
From reserve fund
78 40
$178 40
Purchase of New Tractor
Paid Worcester Bank and Trust
$1,500 00
Industrial School
Paid City of Worcester
$236 20
Eldridge Lacount
152 40
Appropriation
$400 00
Excise Tax
Paid refund to Dan O'Donnell
$294 00
refund to W. C. Stutteford
219 00
refund to John Robinson
145 00
$658 00
Alden Fund
Paid from Mary Lincoln Alden fund $151 41
$388 60
$590 31
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Deposited in North Brookfield Bank $100 00
Cemetery Trust fund
Miscellaneous, Appropriation $500.00
Paid Gardner Electric Light Co., lighting hall
$ 46 20
W. E. Swindell, care of hall 129 30
H. W. Stone, wood 12 00
John Moran, 1 trip to Boston
5 00
John Day, 2 trips to Boston
10 00
Smiley Kingsbury, insurance
40 00
Healy Bros., school house bond
45 00
John Day, sawing wood
3 52
G. S. Butler, supplies
7 93
J. C. Rutherford, wood 19 50
Firestone Tire Co., repairs
6 40
Mary Conant, lock
64
Ralph Daniels, repairs
7 20
Mechanics National Bank, deposit box
4 40
J. P. Fairbank, death returns 2 00
Mrs. Swindell, recording births and marriages 3 75
C. M. Wheeler, care of stock
35 00
Mrs. Swindell, refund
2 50
Insurance on library and West school
85 18
$465 52
Total expenditures
$39,163 13
Emergency Fund
Transferred to Welfare Board $39 42
Transferred to town officers' supplies 4 20
Transferred to special account
1 64
Transferred to insurance on employees
53 53
Transferred to opening roads
90 31
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Transferred to bridges
78 40
Transferred to inspection of barns
40 24
$307 74
` Appropriation
$200 00
Overdraft to be made up in 1933
107 74
$307 74
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN P. DAY,
SYLVESTER R. DEAN, WALTER A. WOODIS,
Selectmen of Oakham
Report of TOWN TREASURER
Appro. Receipts $4,643 50
Expended
Jan. 1, 1932-Cash on hand
Bonding
$ 55 00
$
49 00
Bridges
100 00
100 00
Abatement on excise tax
6
County tax
852
Cemeteries, incomes and
223 50
08 00
382
Interest from Perpetual Care Fund
222 12
Dept. of Public Welfare
1,200 00
160 81
1,239 42
Charlton Home Farm assessment
44 00
44 00
Dog officer
15 00
13 50
Fire department
200 00
4 00
183 72
Gypsy moth
250 00
249 80
Inspection of barns
107 66
36 00
107 66
Inspection of meats
70 00
54 50
Inspection of stables after tuberculin test, Health
40 24
County District Hospital Assn.
100 58
100 58
Insuring employees
350 00
403 53
Insuring Library and Brick School House
85 18
Interest from the Worcester Bank and Trust Co.
36 38
Industrial school
400 00
380 86
388 60
Library department, Dog fund and
150 00
423 66
Library interest on Wright Fund for Magazines
18 75
Library Dog Tax Fund from county
237 14
Library interest from legacies
17 77
Memorial Day
15 00
14 51
Miscellaneous department
380 34
Permits and licenses
3 50
Mrs. John O'Donnell desk
: 00
Rent of Memorial Hall
27 00
Director of Standards, license to Ethier
3 00
Opening roads
590 31
Printing
150 00
137 25
Police
25 00
11 15
Roads, Chapter 81-labor
1,125 00
4,247 97
Roads, Chapter 81-material
1,375 36
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ANNUAL REPORT
Appro.
Receipts
Expended
Roads, Chapter 90-maintenance
2,991 88
Roads, Chapter 90-material and labor 1,500 00
7,449 91
Dog tax
84 60
84 60
Old age assistance tax
4 00
149 00
Road machinery department
300 00
1,500 39
Road machinery rental
2,134 80
Street lights
286 85
Sealer of weights and measures
22 50
Special account, cash due , former
treasurer
1 64
School department
11,330 68
State reimbursements, school supt.
small towns
193 34
State school fund
2,317 67
State department of education
851 95
State high school transportation
1,951 13
State high school tuition
2,104 00
State educational
695 50
State educational
9 00
State Coldbrook school house
1,500 00
State Sect. 7 Chap. 122 gasoline tax
2,250 00
State income tax
817 00
State forestry department
72 00
State reimbursement of taxes
95 59
State refund on fishing license
, 50
State Cor. tax business
16 12
State Cor. tax Telegraph & Telephone Co.
25
64
State Cor. Trust Co. tax
10
State Cor. tax Tel. & Tel. for 1930
02
State Cor. tax Tel. & Tel. for 1931
20
State Cor. tax Tel. & Tel. for 1932
03
State Cor. tax business
64
State tax
682 50
State veterans' exemption
: 73
State park and reservation
1 01
State income tax
35 00
State for roads
8,938 18
County for roads
4,405 07
Sidewalks
200 00
Emergency fund
78 40
Tractor
1,500 00
1,500 00
Town officers
1,025 00
1,011 86
Town officers' supplies
75 00
79 20
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ANNUAL REPORT
Appro. Receipts Expended
Tree warden
50 00
48 60
Received on the 1931 taxes
2,174 32
Received interest on the 1931 taxes
127 71
Received on the 1930 taxes
1,849 74
Received interest on the 1930 taxes
205 06
Received on the 1929 taxes
33 62
Received interest on the 1929 taxes
9 76
Received 1931 old age assistance tax
1 00
Received 1931 exci e tax
23 00
Received 1931 excise tax interest
99
Received 1929 excise tax
10 67
Received 1929 excise tax interest
1 28
Received 1932 poll tax
262 00
Received 1932 poll tax interest
1 51
Received 1932 old age assistance tax
130 00
Received 1932 excise tax
706 76
Received 1932 excise tax interest
1 94
Received 1932 real and personal tax
7,137 61
Received 1932 real and personal tax int.
3 03
Received of Martha A. Warren for per- petual care of Spooner lot 100 00
Deposited in the North Brookfield Sav- ings Bank
100 00
Jan. 1, 1933 cash on hand
8,103 19
$47,114 91 $47,114 91
REPORT OF MARY L. ALDEN FUND
Jan. 1, 1932 cash on hand
$ 4 22
Cash on dividends
181 43
$185 65
Paid out
151 41
Jan. 1, 1933 cash on hand
$34 24
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN, Treasurer.
Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON ROADS IN THE TOWN OF OAKHAM IN 1932 UNDER CHAPTER 81
No. Road
Amount
1 North Brookfield
$170 65
2 New Braintree 386 20
3 East Hill 67 80
4 Hubbardston
25 20
5 Caldwell
3 00
6 Pine Plain
33 40
7 Poverty Square
20 60
8 Coldbrook
66 00
9 Ware's Corner
308 83
10 Robinson
30 50
11 Parmenter
14 40
12 Sanders
13 South
79 75
14 Spencer =+
371 98
15 Flint
16 Bechan
53 60
17 Lupa
111 50
18 Crawford
25 90
19 Whitehall
30 10
20. Old Turnpike
331 65
21 Old Turnpike Extension
13 80
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22 Rutland
14 00
£3 Swindell
14 00
24 Hapgood
20 90
25 Sargent's Lane
2 85
26 Stone
74 40
27 Rutherford
55 80
28 Lincoln
150 85
29 Maple Street
103 80
30 Barre
254 94
31 Daniels
18 70
33 Edson
13 50
34 Happy Hollow
4 00
35 Hunt
37 86
36 Adams
111 40
37 George's Lane
17 20
38 Gaffney
47 20
39 Scott
43 00
40 Crocker Nye
59 50
41 Whitney
8 60
Machinery rental
1.050 61
Tools
30 12
Tool repairs
2 65
Patching tar
119 21
Sand and gravel
131 25
Road Oil
244 76
Tar
758 48
Culvert pipe
42 73
Town line signs
34 80
Cement
3 90
Express
4 85
Miscellaneous
2 61
Total expenditures
$5.623 33
Total payrolls
$4,247 97
Town allotment
$1.125 00
Total materials
1,375 36
State allotment 4,500 00
Total $5,623 33
$5,625 00
32 Bullard
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ANNUAL REPORT
Summary of Work Done on Roads
Used 1,3121/2 yards gravel
Used 7,264 gallons tar Used 4,294 gallons oil
More tar and oil have been used this year improving and ex- tending the hard surface roads. More gravel used repairing dirt roads.
AMOUNT EXPENDED IN 1932 UNDER CHAPTER 90
Maintenance
Total payrolls $1,341 64 Town appropriation $ 800 00
Total materials 1,650 24 State and county
2,200 00
Due for gravel 7 55
New Construction: Extension North Brookfield Road
Total payrolls
$1,750 44 Appropriation
$1,500 00
Equipment 3,221 58
State and county 6,000 00 -
Due on equipment
50 00
Material
2,477 89
Total
$10,499 34 Total $10,500 00
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER V. NEWTON,
Superintendent of Streets
Report of TAX COLLECTOR
1932 TAXES
Warrants on real estate and personal
$11,177 65
Metropolitan Water Works 318 84
Interest on real estate and personal
3 03
Interest on poll taxes
1 51
Credit
$11,501. 03
Cash received on real estate and personal tax
$ 7,137 61
Cash received on poll tax 262 00
Cash received on old age assistance tax 130 00
Cash received on real estate and personal int.
3 03
Cash received on poll int.
1 51
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1933 on real and personal 3,920 88
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1933 on poll tax
22 00
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1933 on old age assist- ance tax 12 00
Poll and old age tax taxed in other towns 12 00
$11,501 03
Warrants on excise tax
$808 97
Interest on excise tax
1 94
$810 91
Cash received to Jan. 1, 1933
$708 70
Abatements on exchange of cars
35 86
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1933
66 35
$810 91
1931 TAXES
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1932
$4,500 53
Extra poll and old age assistance tax
3 00
Extra Metropolitan Water Division acct.
17 71
Balance on old age assistance tax
4 00
Interest to Jan. 1, 1933
127 71
$4,652 95
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Credit from State refund on old age assist- ance tax
$ 4 00
Cash received to Jan. 1, 1933 2,302 03
Abatement on real estate tax
5 76
Cash received for old age assistance tax
1 00
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1933
2,340 16
1931 EXCISE TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1932
$63 98
Interest to Jan. 1, 1933
99
$64 97
Cash received to Jan. 1, 1933
$23 99
Uncollected to Jan. 1, 1933
40 98
$64 97
1930 TAXES
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1932
$2,085 11
Interest to Jan. 1, 1933
205 06
Extra poll assessments
4 00
$2,294 17
Cash to Jan. 1, 1933
$2,054 80
Poll taxes abated
46 00
Uncollected
193 37
$2,294 17
1930 EXCISE TAX
Warrants for 1930
$1,199 70
Interest
2 18
$1,201 88
Cash received
$1,040 53
Less paid on abatement
10 19
$1,030 34
Error on commitment
10
Interest
2 18
Abatements
169 26
$1,201 88
$4,652 95
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1929 TAX
Warrants
$12,848 81 247 08
Interest
$13,095 89
Total cash received in 1929, 1930, '31, '32 $13,047 89 48 00
Abatement on 24 poll taxes
$13,095 89
1929 EXCISE TAX
Warrants
Interest
$1,593 70 14 00
$1,607 70
Cash received in 1929, '30, '31, '32
$1,353 72
Abatements on cars exchanged
45 89
Abatement authorized by the State
208 09
$1,607 70
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN, Collector.
Report of BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Paid to town of Barre, aid for persons having settlement in this town $ 410 42
Board of Public Welfare, Boston, Board at Tewksbury 366 00
Dr. Kent Royal, North Brookfield
5 00
John F. Lyons, North Brookfield 10 00
Aid
300 00
Mary Lane Hospital, Ware
58 00
Holden Hospital
50 00
Carl M. Wheeler, services
15 00
M. F. Lincoln, services
12 00
M. F. Lincoln, clerical work, stamps, station- ery and telephone
8 00
Sara E. Butler
5 00
$1,239 42
Received from Martin Winsky $ 23 95
Received from Albert Hapgood
134 78
Received from Pat Ryan
2 08
$160 81
Paid to the Charlton Home Farm Association Assessment $44 00
Overdrawn over the appropriation $39.42, this amount transferred to the reserve fund.
Respectfully submitted,
CARL M. WHEELER,
MORTON F. LINCOLN, SARA E. BUTLER.
Report of CHARLTON HOME FARM ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31; 1932 RECEIPTS
Balance January 1, 1932
$ 974 13
Received for inmates' board
14,012 32
Received trom boarder
43 00
Income from farm
663 65
Miscellaneous
17 66
Interest on deposits
27 76
$15,738 52
EXPENDITURES
H. D. Sargent and wife
$1,800 00
Help, inside and outside
1,095 17
Groceries
1,165 58
Meat and provisions
1,638 15
Grain
1,097 55
Coal
563 93
Gasoline and oil
212 72
Supplies
989 87
Tobacco
364 81
Electricity and supplies
164 15
Telephone
55 20
Miscellaneous
1,169 80
Stock
357 00
Medical attendance
76 50
Insurance
248 59
Seed and fertilizer
160 83
Repairs
547 80
Work on refrigerator
108 91
$11,816 56
Balance in favor of Association
$ 3,941 96
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ANNUAL REPORT
The Association received from towns on assessment for new addition, and, by vote of the Association, deposited in Savings Banks $4,576 00
Dividends credited
51 13
$4.627 13
During the year there were inmates from Ashburnham, A :- burn, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Dana, East Brookfield, Hard- wick, Holden, Holland, Leicester, Millbury, Paxton, Rutland, Sterling, Warren, West Brookfield, West Boylston and Westmin- ster.
There were none from Berlin, Hubbardston, New Braintree, Oakham and Princeton.
During the year the barn and shed were shingled, the heating and water system improved, and an electric refrigerator of the "Walk in" type contracted for. This was not completed before the end of the year, but was completed soon after the Annual Meet- ing. There is due for the electric refrigerator $1200, the bill for which had not been received.
The appraisal of real estate was set at $15,000 and personal $7086 55.
D. W. Mason, Robert F. Tucker and Percy E. Collins were ap- praisers.
Respectfully submitted, HERBERT N. SHEPARD, President, LOUIS M. HANFF, Secretary.
Charlton, Mass., Jan. 2. 1933.
AUDITORS REPORT
I have audited all bills of the Association for the year ending December 31, 1932, 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 CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Receipts
Unexpended balance from 1931
$223 50 Withdrew from trust funds at North Brook- field Bank $ 4 91
Withdrew from trust funds at Worcester
County Savings 140 26
Withdrew from trust funds at Mechanics
Savings Bank 25 86
Withdrew from trust funds at Worcester
Five Cent Savings Bank 23 94
Withdrew from trust funds at People's Sav- ings Bank 27 15
$222 12
Received from annual care payments
38 00
Grand total to work with for 1932
$483 62
Payments
Paid for labor in all yards
$351 20
S. R. Dean, trucking
12 00
Donald Agar, labor and supplies
17 05
Ross Bros., seeds
1 86
$382 11
Unexpended balance
100 51
$483 62
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ANNUAL REPORT
We wish to acknowledge receipt of $100 from the estate of Fannie M. Ayres; also added to this gift the amount of $100 from Clement Ayres making a Trust Fund of $200 to care for the William C. Ayres, Whipple Ayres and George Ayres lots.
IN MEMORIAM
EDWIN GREEN Born April 12, 1854, Died Dec. 1, 1932
Served as a member of the Cemetery Committee 1922 to Dec. 1, 1932 ; Served as Superintendent of Yards from 1904 to Dec. 1, 1932.
It is with a great deal of regret that we now must realize that the sincere, courteous and economical services of Edwin Green as superintendent of the cemeteries has been terminated by our su- preme creator. The present commendable condition of our burial grounds in this rural district is because he had their appearance at heart during all times. He worked diligently, endeavoring to create pleasant surroundings and impressive monuments for those to ob- serve, who might from time to time, journey to view the last rest- ing place of their beloved ones. This temporal picture we now look upon will be a perpetual remembrance of his integrity and prudence in the tasks he undertook in the Oakham cemeteries.
JOHN W. DWELLY, Chairman GEORGE W. DEAN
December 31, 1932
Report of LIBRARY TRUSTEES
RECEIPTS
Town appropriation
$150 00
Interest on deposits
17 77
Dog fund
237 14
Interest on Wright fund
18 75
Library fines and cards
4 07
$427 73
EXPENDITURES
Jessie Russell, librarian
$100 00
Gardner Electric Light Co.
14 00
Books
13 71
Magazines
18 75
Carl Wheeler, janitor
187 00
W. C. Studdiford, table
12 00
Ethel Viner, assistant librarian
33 31
George Butler, supplies
60
Gaylord Bros., supplies
2 35
G. H. Phelps & Co.
4 95
J. C. Rutherford, wood
7 50
Carl Christiansen, repairs
3 31
Eleanor Hall
1 18
George Dean, furnace pipe
6 50
Mrs. Emma Tracy, assistant librarian
16 66
Sara Butler, box rent
40
Jessie Russell, postage
1 44
$423 66
FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL, JOHN D. VANCE, SARA E. BUTLER,
Trustees.
Report of LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of Forbes Memorial Library :
The number of books in the library is 4590. The circulation during the past year was 4245.
We have been very fortunate in receiving many gifts of books and also several gifts to be placed in the Historical Room. Among those from, whom we have received gifts are: The State of Massa- sachusetts, Mrs. J. T. Hill, Mrs. Harriet Gifford, who sent us a large number of books, Mrs. C. S. Clifford, Mrs. Grace Rood, Mrs. Mildred Pickering of Worcester and Mrs. Harriet O. Johnson of Eastport, Me. We take this opportunity to publicly thank all those who have contributed in any way to the prosperity of the library. We have taken for fines and the sale of library cards $4.07. We have sold one copy of "The Soldiers of Oakham."
BOOKS ADDED DURING THE YEAR
Hilltop House
Love Changes Tragedy at the Unicorn
Duskin
Perella
The Leavenworth Case
The Benson Murder Case
Rough Justice Betty The Scar
The Daffodil Murder
The Neglected Clue
The Vision of Desire
Love's Ecstacy
The Guarded Halo
Eager Love
The Woman in Mauve
Mystery in Red
Lovers Murder in the Maze
31
ANNUAL REPORT
The Black Arrow Tuckaway House Little Tonio Boy's Book of Model Aeroplanes The Boy Who Dared
Rusty Ruston About Harriet
With Taro and Hana in Japan Melissa Ann Grit A-Plenty
Bird Book for Children The White Company Peter and Wendy The Wonder Locomotive
The Cat Who Went to Heaven On The Trail of Washington Douglass of Porcupine Betty Leicester
The Tuckaway Twins The Covered Wagon Mass. Soldiers, Sailors and Ma- rines in the Civil War (4 vols) Mass. in the World War Pathways of the Pilgrims A Candle in the Wilderness Miss Billy
The Young Enchanted The Needles' Eye The Sea Devil Seventeen Roundabout Eleanor The Mirror and the Lamp The Day's Journey The Exquisite Perdita Harmer John The Doctor's Lass The Three Sisters Two Flights Up The Tavern Knight The Devil of Pei-Ling Coniston
The Mating of Lydia Lonely Furrow The Opened Shutters The Love Story of Aliette Brunton Returned Empty The Eyes of the World
One Braver Thing Murder Yet to Come The Silver Thorn
You and I
The Peacock Feather
The Glory of Clementina Septimus
Idols The Small Bachelor
Young April
The Pastor's Wife
Joan and Peter
The Custom of the Country Caleb West, Master Diver The Just Steward
The Father
The Victim and the Worm
Fairfax and His Pride Youth
East Side, West Side The Wall of Partition Madame Claire The Death Maker
The Crossways Good Old Anna
One Woman's Life The Thirteenth Commandment Clark's Field
The Great Impersonation
The Brimming Cup The Silver Spoon Mac of Placid Home Fires in France
False Scout In The Wilderness
32
ANNUAL REPORT
The Gentleman From Indiana The Garden of Allah David Blaize A Cathedral Courtship The Last Shot
Gallegher
The Sins of the Children
Strange Murders at Greystones
The High Adventure
The Broad Highway
The Professor
The Grandmothers
Joseph Vance
That Which Hath Wings
The Enchanted Canyon Honeymoon
My Heart's Right There
Corleone (2 vols)
That Husband of Mine
In the Wilderness
The Marble Fawn (2 vols)
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