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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, 1933
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS
of the
TOWN OF OAKHAM
MASSACHUSETTS
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FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1933
BARRE GAZETTE, BARRE, MASS.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1933
Town Clerk
EFFIE T. SWINDELL
Term expires 1936
Selectmen
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935 Term expries 1936
Assessors
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935 Term expires 1936
Board of Public Welfare
SARA E. BUTLER MORTON F. LINCOLN CARL M. WHEELER
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935 Term expires 1936
School Committee
LEONE B. DANIELS AMALIA C. PLACE GEORGE W. DEAN
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935 Term expires 1936
Library Trustees
REV. JOHN G. VANCE SARA E. BUTLER FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935 Term expires 1936
Cemetery Committee
JASPER PEABODY GEORGE W. DEAN JOHN W. DWELLY
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935 Term expires 1936
JOHN P. DAY SYLVESTER R. DEAN WALTER A. WOODIS
CARL M. WHEELER WINTHROP H. BOYD JOHN MORAN
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ANNUAL REPORT
ONE-YEAR TERMS
Moderator
GEORGE W. DEAN Tax Collector CLARA A. LINCOLN Treasurer CLARA A. LINCOLN
Tree Warden CLARENCE L. GRIMES Auditor ORTON O. BUTLER
Fence Viewers
RAYMOND CRAWFORD CLARENCE GRIMES ALFRED B. 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
Cattle Inspector HENRY W. STONE
Meat and Provisions HENRY W. STONE
Sealer of Weights and Measures RALPH DANIELS
Fire Warden CLARENCE L. GRIMES
Moth Superintendent CLARENCE L. 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
ORTON O. BUTLER, Clerk RALPH B. DANIELS, Contractor W. EDGAR SWINDELL, Mail Carrier WINTHROP H. BOYD, Farmer MORTON F. LINCOLN, Farmer GEORGE H. MORSE, Farmer EDWARD J. CRAWFORD, Laborer
Report of TOWN CLERK
VITAL RECORDS FOR THE YEAR 1933 BIRTHS
May 25 Rebecca Joan, daughter of Fabius W. and Rhoda L. (Canfield) Beckwith.
Aug. 5 Geraldine Ellen, daughter of Percy C. and Winifred E. (Weed) Ryant.
MARRIAGES
Feb. 22 Harry E. Hicks, Jr., Worcester, and Martha E. Lackey of Oakham.
Oct. 14 John H. Wilder of Oakham and Susie A. Flagg of Har- rison, Me.
DEATHS
Y,
M. D.
Tan. 4 Mrs. Mary Ann Woodis
56
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Sept. 15 Mrs. Melissa J. Studdiford, in Kingston 65
4 23
BURIED IN TOWN
Y.
M.
D.
Horace M. Green, Barre ,
86
7
11
C. Henry Clifford, Springfield
40
John F. Balcom, Holden
74
11
25
Sylvester H. Haskell, Worcester
69
8
4
(Mrs.) Effie (Bartlett) Cole, Worcester
51
6
14
LICENSES
12 Fishing @ $2.00
$24 00
32 Hunting @ $2.00
64 00
17 Sporting @ $3.25
55 25
1
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1 Trappers @ $5.25 5 25
10 Free (over 70)
0 00
2 Non-residents @ $10.25
20 50
5 Female and Minors @ $1.25
6 25
1 Duplicate @ 50 cents
50
79
$175 75
DOGS
66 Males @ $2.00
$132 00
23 Spays @ $2.00
46 00
19 Females @ $5.00
95 00
108
$273 00
Respectfully submitted,
EFFIE T. SWINDELL, Town Clerk.
Report of BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The Selectmen submit the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1933.
PAID TOWN OFFICERS
Town Clerk
Paid Effie T. Swindell
$76 50
Treasurer
Paid Clara Lincoln
$180 00
Selectmen
Paid John P. Day
$90 00
S. R. Dean W. A. Woodis
67 50
Assessors
Paid C. M. Wheeler
$ 90 00
John Moran W. H. Boyd
90 00
Auditor
Paid Orton Butler
$67 50
Tax Collector
Paid Clara Lincoln
$112 50
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
Paid Kate Gueley
$2 00
Nellie Dean
2 00
Evelyn Grimes
5 00
Leone Daniels
5 00
Jessie Russell
3 00
Emma Tracy
3 00
$20 00
67 50
$225 00
125 00
$305 00
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Registrars of Voters
Paid John P. Day W. A. Woodis Mrs. Swindell
$4 00
2 00
6 00
$12 00
Moderator
Paid C. H. Trowbridge
$3 00
Town Officers
Appropriation
$975 00
From emergency fund
26 50
$1,001 50
Public Welfare
Paid for support of poor
$1,691 87
School Committee
Paid for support of schools
$10,008 04
Appropriation $10,500
Superintendent of Streets, Chapter 81
Paid for labor and machinery
$4,620 26
for material 1,504 71
$6,124 97
State, County and Town Appropriation $6,125
Chapter 90, Maintenance
Paid for labor and machinery $2,194 10
material 805 90
$3,000 00
Chapter 90, North Brookfield Road
Paid for labor and machinery
$6,903 91
material 2,795 22
$9,699 13
State, County and Town Appropriation $10,000
Machinery Fund
Paid new G. M. C. truck
$1,012 50
New grader
250 00
Repairs and supplies
1,475 52
$2,738 02
Balance in machinery fund $925 41
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Street Lights
Paid Gardner. Electric Light Co. $384 00
Appropriation $384 00
Inspection of Barns
$42 00
Paid Henry Stone Appropriation
$35 00
From emergency fund
7 00
Inspection of Meats
Paid Henry Stone Appropriation
$35 00
Police
Paid police
$35 90
Appropriation
$25 00
From emergency fund
10 90
Printing
Paid Barre Gazette
$137 75
Appropriation
$150 00
Memorial Day
Paid G. S. Butler
$10 00
Hazel Grimes
5 00
$15 00
Town Officers' Supplies
Paid for supplies
$73 37
Appropriation
$75 00
Library
Paid for support of library $497 98
Cemetery Committee
Paid for support of cemeteries
$207 84
Bonds for Town Officers
$49 00
State and County Tax
Paid state tax
$630 00
Paid for collector's and treasurer's bonds Appropriation
$50 00
County tax 725 00 State park reservation tax 1 38
$18 00
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Veterans' exemption tax
2 62
County hospital tax Dog tax Old age assistance tax ~
115 18
281 40
159 00
$1,914 58
Insurance of Employees
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son
$338 32
Appropriation
$400 00
Opening Roads
Paid for opening roads
$973 36
1 Appropriation
$600 00
Fire Department
Paid for fighting fires
8 75
Appropriation
$200 00
Gypsy Moth
Paid for suppression of gypsy moth Appropriation
$200 00
From emergency fund
100 88
Industrial School
Paid City of Worcester
$255 23
Eldridge Lacount, transportation
187 20
Appropriation
$400 00
From emergency fund
42 43
Alden Fund
Paid from Alden fund $135 29
Worcester County Hospital
Paid county treasurer
$1,000 00
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Worcester County Extension Service
Paid
$25 00
Appropriation
$25 00
Dental Clinic
Paid Dr. Bessie Bunker Scott
$100 00
Appropriation $100 00
$300 88
$442 43
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Insurance on Memorial Hall
Paid Ira Irish
$189 33
Mrs. Lincoln, 1/3 ins. on old hall 27 00
$216 33
Appropriation $146 33
From emergency fund 70 00
Repairs on Old Town Hall
Paid for merchandise and labor $50 00
Appropriation $50 00
Old Age Assistance
Paid old age assistance
$60 00
From emergency fund
$60 00
Audit
Paid for town audit $283 45
Tool House
Paid for construction of tool house
$1,261 09
Appropriation
$1,287 95 ·
Memorial Hall Water Supply
Paid Ralph I. Daniels $619 16
Alexander Mars
106 50
$725 66
Appropriation
$750 00
Notes
Paid North Brookfield National Bank . $4,000 00
Interest
Paid North Brookfield National Bank, interest $120 67
Cemetery Trust Fund
Deposited in North Brookfield Savings Bank $200 00
Deposited in People's Savings Bank 50 00
$250 00
Library Trust Fund
Deposited in Athol Savings Bank $1,513 52
Miscellaneous
:
Paid W. E. Swindell, care of hall $120 00
Gardner Electric Light Co., lights for hall 59 99
Henry Bartlett, repairing ballot box 1 50
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G. S. Butler, supplies
10 00
George A. Morse, land damages
10 00
Theodore Wardell, certifying note
2 00
Smiley Kingsbury, insurance on trucks
54 00
Frank Lupa, accident repairs
5 00
George Lackey, mowing brush in Allen pastures
25 00
Fay Russell, repairs on old tool house
23 65
Fay Russell, repairing steeple
6 05
John P. Day, sawing wood
3 50
John P. Day, map
4 90
John P. Day, perambulating
2 00
John P. Day, 1 trip to Boston, C. W. A.
5 00
Ludwick Stuko, wood
30 00
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., repairs
4 75
Mechanics National Bank, box rent
4 40
Carl Wheeler, care of clock
35 00
$403 69
Appropriation
$400 00
From emergency fund
3 69
Total expenditures
$49,826 50
Emergency Fund, Appropriation $300
Transferred to town officers' supplies
$26 50
Transferred to inspection of barns
700 00
Transferred to police
10 90
Transferred to trade school
42 43
Transferred to library
45 33
Transferred to old age assistance
60 00
Transferred to miscellaneous account
3 69
Transferred to moth department
100 88
$296 73
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN P. DAY, SYLVESTER R. DEAN, WALTER A. WOODIS,
Selectmen of Oakham.
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Report of TOWN TREASURER
Jan. 1, 1933-Cash on hand
Bonding
49 00
County tax
5 00
725 00
Cemeteries, annual care 1932
11 00
207 84
Cemeteries, annual care 1933
8 00
Cemeteries, interest on perpetual care funds
252 94
County dog tax
281 40
281 40
County hospital assessment
115 18
County hospital tax
1,000 00
County extension service
25 00
Dental clinic
100 00
Board of public welfare
29 00
1,691 87
Director of accounts
2 00
Fire department
8 75
Industrial school
181 16
442 43
Insurance on employees
104 80
338 32
Inspection of barns
17 50
42 00
Inspection of meats
18 00
Insurance on Memorial Hall and contents
189 33
Insurance 1/3 of old Town Hall
27 00
Interest on note
120 67
Bills receiveable at No. Brookfield Na- tional Bank
4,000 00
Bills payable at No. Brookfield National Bank
4,000 00
Interest on bank deposits
17 35
Library department, fines in 1932 and 1933
8 64
497 98
Interest on Wright legacy for magazines Refund on dog tax
19 60
228 48
Memorial Day
15 00
Receipts $8,103 19
Expended
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Gypsy moth
Machinery fund
300 88 2,738 02
Machinery rental
2,883 21
Old age assistance
60 00
Opening roads
973 36
Oakham old Town Hall repairs
50 00
Police
35 90
Printing
137 75
School department, Mrs. Daniels, re- turned on merchandise
2 01
10,008 04
Street lights
384 00
Town officers
1,001 50
Town officers' supplies
73 37
Tool house
1,261 09
Tool house merchandise sold
21 84
Water system at Memorial Hall
725 66
Miscellaneous department
401 69
Rent of Memorial Hall
39 50
Brick school house sold to Lena Adams
50 00
Effie T. Swindell, lease of land
1 00
M. F. Lincoln for model T Ford truck
5 00
Licenses
3 50
Road, Chapter 90, construction
6,903 91
Chapter 90, material
2,795 22
maintenance
3,000 00
Chapter 81
6,124 97
Cemetery, perpetual Funds, Fannie Ayres est. 100 00 Clement Ayres 100 00
250 00
Martha Warren 50 00
1,513 52
1,513 52
Deposited the Dean legacy in Athol Bank
7 00
2,403 50
reimbursement on loss of taxes
100 80
school superintendent
193 33
high school tuition
1,915 32
high school transportation
1,782 00
Federal emergency relief
104 82
license to Ethier, Barre
3 00
labor on highway, snow removal
20 00
income tax, of this $650 for school
1,170 00
Samuel Dean legacy, int. for library dept.
Comm. of Mass., abatement on old age tax school fund
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corporation tax business 10 97
corporation tax Tel. & Tel. Co.
9 87
adjustment a/c Federal reserve fund
01
Metropolitan Dist. water supply com. tax
394 25
income tax
66 00
Trust Co. 1931
16
Tel. & Tel. Co.
99
Tel. & Tel. Co., 1933
2 72
corporation tax Public Service 1933
85
corporation tax business
07
R. R. Tel. & Tel. 1932
30
Public Service 1932
65
Dept. of Public Works, roads
9,809 93
Worcester County on highways
4,033 90
Cash received for 1930 taxes
186 47
interest
7 21
1931 excise tax
19
1931 personal and real estate tax
2,154 19
interest
190 25
1932 poll
12 00
1932 old age assistance tax
7 00
interest
1 14
1932 excise tax
. 54 68
interest
2 25
1932 personal and real estate
2,194 76
interest
114 58
1933 excise tax
679 21
interest
1 97
1933 poll tax
290 00
145 00
1933 old age assistance tax interest
2 86
1933 personal and real estate tax
8,531 11
interest
7 55
old age assistance tax
159 00
state tax
630 00
state auditing
283 45
park reservation
1 38
veterans' exemption
2 62
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Sealer of weights and measures for 1932 Cash on hand
2 42
805 81
Certificate in the Worcester Bank and Trust Co.
4,035 01
$54,552 92
54,552 92
Report of Alden Fund
Jan. 1, 1933 cash on hand
$ 34 24
Dividends
138 25
$172 49
Paid out
$135 29
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1934
37 20
$172 49
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN, Treasurer.
Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON ROADS IN THE TOWN OF OAKHAM IN 1933 UNDER CHAPTER 81
No. Road
Amount
1 North Brookfield
$380 75
2 New Braintree
424 95
3 East Hill
32 80
4 Hubbardston
103 50
5 Caldwell
6
Pine Plain
18 40
7 Poverty Square
10 00
8 Coldbrook
189 20
9 Ware's Corner
208 20
10 Robinson
29 30
11
Parmenter
8 55
12 Sanders
13 South
86 53
14
Spencer
115 00
15 Flint
16 Bechan
268 40
17
Lupa
54 66
18
Crawford
152 20
19
Whitehall
4 00
20 Old Turnpike
759 27
21 Turnpike Extension
5 00
22 Rutland
97 80
23
Swindell
25 75
24
Hapgood
24 30
25 Sargent's Lane
3 75
26 Stone
15 00
27 Rutherford
90 95
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28 Lincoln
607 60
29 Maple Street
73 50
30 Barre
175 35
31 Daniels
3 00
32
Bullard
8 00
33
Edson
22 50
34 Happy Hollow
3 00
35 Hunt
97 04
36
Adams
112 57
37
George's Lane
23 34
38 J. Gaffney
64 80
39 Scott
145 75
40 Crocker Nye
167 55
41 Whitney
8 00
477015
81 59
/Tool repairs
5 05
Patching tar
64 86
Sand and gravel
272 85
Road oil
280 00
Tar
520 34
Culvert pipe
187 03
Town line signs
35 50
Town share new compressor
48 52
Express
2 59
Miscellaneous
6 38
Total expenditures
$6,124 97
Total payrolls
$4,620 26
Town allotment
$1,125 00
Total materials
1,504 71
State allotment
4,500 00
Gravel allotment
500 00
Total
$6,124 97
$6,125 00
Summary of Work Done on Roads
Used 2,7281/2 yards gravel
Used 5,298 gallons tar
Used 4,000 gallons oil
More gravel used this year repairing dirt roads
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AMOUNT EXPENDED IN 1933 UNDER CHAPTER 90
Maintenance
Total payrolls $2,194 10 Town appropriation $ 800 00
Total materials 805 90 State and county 2,200 00
New Construction: Extension North Brookfield Road
Total payrolls
$3,441 63 Town appropriation
$2,000 00
Equipment 2,502 26 State and county
7,785 50
Material
3,835 73
Total
$12,779 62 Total
$12,785 50
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER V. NEWTON,
Superintendent of Streets.
Report of TAX COLLECTOR
Warrants on personal and real estate Interest
$12,766 88 7 55
$12,774 43
Cash received to Jan. 1, 1934
$8,538 66
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1934
4,235 77
$12,774 43
Warrants on old age assistance
$160 00
Warrants on poll tax
320 00
Interest
2 86
$482 86
Cash received
$437 86
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1934
45 00
$482 86
Warrants on excise tax
$806 15
Error in assessment
01
Interest
1 97
$808 13
Cash received
$681 18
Abatement on exchange of cars
8 83
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1934
118 12
$808 13
1932 TAXES
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1933
$3,920 88
Interest
114 58
$4,035 46
Cash received
$2,309 34
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1934
1,726 12
Uncollected poll and old age assistance excise
$44 00
Interest
1 14
$4,035 46
$45 14
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Cash received
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1934
$20 14 25 00
$45 14
Uncollected excise tax
$66 35
Interest
2 25
$68 60
Cash received
$56 93
Abatement on exchange of cars
11 67
$68 60
1931 TAXES
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1933
$2,340 16
Interest to Jan. 1, 1934
190 25
$2,530 41
Cash to Jan. 1, 1934
$2,344 44
Abatement on poll taxes
9 00
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1934
176 97
$2,530 41
1931 EXCISE TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1933
$40 98
$40 98
Cash received
19
Abatement on taxes authorized by state
40 79
$40 98
SUMMARY
Total assessments
$818 25
Interest 2 58
$820 83
Cash received in '31, '32 and '33
$772 24
Abatements on exchange of cars
7 80
Abatement authorized by the state per order of Henry W. Long 40 79
820 83
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1930 TAXES
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1933
Interest
$193 37 7 21
$200 58
Cash received
$193 68
Abatement
6 90
$200 58
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN, Collector.
Report of BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1933
Paid to the town of Barre for persons having settlement here
$445 41
Paid to North Brookfield, settlement in town
165 02
Board of Public Welfare, Board at Tewkes- bury
348 00
Aid
300 00
City of Worcester, hospital bills
138 33
Mary Lane Hospital, Ware
28 00
Dr. Ralph T. Miller, Ware
5 00
City of Quincy, hospital bill
87 00
Charlton Home Farm Association
15 44
Dr. M. H. Paull, Barre
19 00
George S. Butler, groceries
70 38
George S. Butler, merchandise
3 41
Transportation and trips by auto
8 00
Expense, telephone and postage
3 88
Carl M. Wheeler, services
25 00
Sara E. Butler, services
5 00
Morton F. Lincoln, services
18 00
Morton F. Lincoln, clerical work
7 00
Received cash for hospital bill
29 00
$1,662 87
Due from City of Worcester
$90 38
Paid out for old age assistance
$60 00
Respectfully submitted, CARL M. WHEELER, Chairman SARA E. BUTLER, MORTON F. LINCOLN, Clerk.
$1,691 87
Report of CHARLTON HOME FARM ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1933
RECEIPTS
Balance Jan. 1, 1933
$ 3,941 96
Received for inmates' board
12,681 98
Due for inmates' board
1,585 26
Received for boarder
257 00
Received for milk
747 34
Received from miscellaneous sales
39 38
Received interest on deposit
17 58
$19,270 50
EXPENDITURES
H. D. Sargent and wife
$1,800 00
Help, inside and outside
1,110 00
Groceries
1,250 55
Meat and provisions
1,457 23
Grain, coal and cement
2,055 29
Gasoline and oil .
221 98
Supplies
379 67
Tobacco
366 82
Electricity and Supplies
235 48
Telephone
59 90
Miscellaneous
794 12
Clothing
541 63
Stock
48 00
Medical attendance
136 50
Seed and fertilizer
165 65
Hardware
208 14
Refrigerator
1,138 00
Repairs
651 87
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Heating plant Stamp tax Rebate to towns
1,802 98
5 00 1,147 81
Balance in favor of Association
$15,576 62 $3,693.88
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SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT
December 31, 1932
Warren Bank and Leicester Bank
$4,627 13
Dividends to Dec. 1, 1933
The appraisal of Real Estate was Personal
182 75 · $4,809 88 $15,000 00 7,486 55
During the year of 1933 there were only three towns not represented by inmates : Berlin, Hubbardston and New Braintree.
It has been a year of all round improvements, all of which were paid for during the year out of the receipts.
The new electric refrigerator, new heating boiler, coal storage pit, new water supply pipes, excavating under the additions built the year before, concrete floor, smoking room, and laundry in the basement, and nearly all of this work was done by the warden and help of the inmates, the Association paying for the material and some skilled labor.
Our warden deserves much credit for planning and carrying out this work.
Respectfully submitted, PERCY E. COLLINS, President LOUIS M. HANFF, Sec'y and Treas. -
AUDITOR'S REPORT
I have met with the officers of the Association each month, and audited all bills for the year ending December 31, 1933, and found them to be correct, for which checks were drawn and signed by the Treasurer, President or Vice President.
Total receipts
Expense
$19,270 50 15,576 62
$3,693 88
The savings bank accounts show on December 30, 1933, a total of $4,809.88.
CARL F. DAVIS, Auditor.
Report of CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Unexpended balance from 1932 $100 51
Withdrew from trust funds at North Brook- field Savings Bank None
Withdrew from trust funds at Worcester County Savings Bank
$122 58
Withdrew from trust funds at Mechanics Sav- ings Bank (Worcester) 48 92
Withdrew from trust funds at Worcester
Five Cent Savings Bank
22 92
Withdrew from trust funds at People's Sav- ings Bank (Worcester)
23 36
Withdrew from trust funds at Barre Savings Bank
35 00
Received from Elbert Cole for lot at Green- hollow
5 00
Annual care receipts 19 00
$276 78
Grand total for work in 1933 Paid Newton Green, superintendent
$377 29
$128 74
Robert Briggs, labor
61 60
Francis Troy, labor
8 00
H. Holdroyd, mower repairs
6 75
George S. Butler, rake
1 00
Ross Bros., supplies
1 75
$207 84
Unexpended balance
$169 45
JOHN W. DWELLY, Chairman, GEORGE W. DEAN, Sec. and Treas. JASPER PEABODY.
Report of LIBRARY TRUSTEES
RECEIPTS
Town appropriation
$200 00
Interest on Wright fund
19 60
Dog fund Library fines, cards and sale of old books
4 57
$452 65
From emergency fund
45 33
$497 98
EXPENDITURES
Jessie Russell, librarian
$100 00
Emma Tracy, assistant librarian
50 00
Arthur White, magazines
19 60
Gardner Electric Light Co.
15 00
Eugene McCarthy, coke
81 90
J. C. Rutherford, wood
7 50
Frank L. Thayer, furnace repairs
37 88
Sara E. Butler, flag rope, express, box rent
3 78
Donald Agar, repairs
15 00
Gaylord Bros., supplies
14 65
George S. Butler, supplies
3 92
E. J. Lesser, map
4 90
DeWolfe, Fiske Co., books
10 00
Carl Wheeler, janitor
132 00
Jessie Russell, postage
1 85
$497 98
We wish especially to express our thanks to Miss E. Louise Jones, State Library Advisor, for her splendid work in the interest of our library.
FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL, SARA E. BUTLER, JOHN G. VANCE,
Trustees.
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Report of LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of Forbes Memorial Library :
We have made many improvements in the library during the past year. Shelves have been built in the reading room to hold the juvenile and reference books. This gives us much more room in the stack room, which was needed badly. Old and worn out books have been discarded. More than 300 books have been cleaned and mended, the catalog has been revised, and a more up to date charging system installed. This has all been done under the super- vision of the State Board of Education. So at the close of the year the library is in a much better condition than it has been for many years.
On several afternoons groups of women and girls met at the library to help with the extra work of pasting, writing cards and shellacing the books. We take this opportunity to publicly thank all those who helped us in this way.
We have received gifts of books from Petersham Library, State of Massachusetts, Edward S. Crawford of Framingham, Mrs. Lucy P. Knight of Oxford and Capt. H. O. Daniels of Coast Guard Station at East Orleans, Mass.
We have received $4.57 for fines and the sale of old books and magazines. We have sold one copy of "Soldiers of Oakham" and one of "Forbes Memorial Library."
BOOKS ADDED DURING THE YEAR
Judy
Mystery of the Blue Train Simon
Susan Spray
So Big
Ambrose Holt and Family
The Time of Man
A Certain Rich Man
Shadows on the Rock
Young Mrs. Greely
Right off the Map
Ricyman Steps
Fortunes of Oliver Horn
Mr. and Mrs. Pennington
30
ANNUAL REPORT
Phyllis Autocracy of Mr. Parham Keeban Ashenden Ernestine Sophie Mirror for Witches Beau Geste
Rowforest Captain Blood The Old Countess
The Great Secret
Red Sky at Morning
The Haunted Book Shop
Kingdom of Theophilus Rome Haul
Book of Bette
Miss Tiverton Goes Out
The Enchanted April
Mrs. Tree's Will Miss Welby at Steen Exile
Turn Back the Leaves Miss Mole
Weatherby's Inning
The School Team in Camp
All Passion Spent
Doctor Serocold
Lightnin' Calvert
Two on the Trail
Road to Monterey
The Sea-Hawk
Meanwhile
This Man's World
The Heart of Gold
Tar Paper Paradise
Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall Dutch Shoe Mystery Skip-Come-A-Lou
Lively Lady
Lad: A Dog Katrinka Firelight Fairy Book Smoky Sarah and Her Dog, Dakin
First Book of American History
Bugles at Midnight
Sinopah, the Indian Boy
Master Skylark When Abigale Was Seven Mehitable
Willow Whistle
Building a House in Sweden
Black Cats and. the Tinker's Wife Wigwam Stories
Velveteen Rabbit
The Lonesomest Doll
Saturday's Children
Downright Dency
A Wild Bird
Genealogical and Personal Mem- oirs of Worcester County 4 vols.
Manchoukuo, Child of Conflict
That Evening in Shanghai
Tiger Claws
The Young and Secret Drums Nightfall Doomsday
Respectfully submitted, JESSIE D. RUSSELL, Librarian.
Report of AUDITOR
This is to certify that I have audited all bills approved by the Selectmen. I have also examined the books of the Treasurer and Tax Collector and found them to be correct.
ORTON O. BUTLER, Auditor.
Report of SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1933
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Leone B. Daniels, Chairman
Term expires 1934
Amalia C. Place, Secretary
Term expires 1935
George W. Dean
Term expires 1936
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
James R. Childs Holden: 12
SCHOOL NURSE
Amreau B. Blood, R. N. Holden: 12
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
William T. Knowlton, M. D. Holden : 89-2
ATTENDANCE OFFICER AND JANITOR
W. E. Swindell Oakham: 14-21
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term 10 weeks, Jan. 8, 1934 to Mar. 16, 1934 Spring Term 10 weeks, April 2, 1934 to June 8, 1934 16 weeks, Sept. 4, 1934 to Dec. 21, 1934 Winter Term 10 weeks, Jan. 7, 1935 to Mar. 15, 1935
Fall Term
Report of SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Appropriation for Dental Clinic
$100 00
Paid to Bessie Bonker Scott, D. M. D.
100 00
Appropriation for Plumbing
$750 00
Paid to Ralph I. Daniels
725 66
Unexpended balance
$24 34
Appropriation for Schools
$10,500 00
Expenditures for year
10,006 03
Unexpended balance
$493 97
Expenditures of school for year
$10,006 03
Total State returns
6,944 15
Actual cost of school to town
$3,061 88
Receipts
State Returns
School fund
$2,403 50
School superintendent
193 33
High school transportation
1.782 00
High school tuition
1,915 32
General school fund
650 00
$6,944 15
Expenditures
School Committee
Leone B. Daniels, chairman
$ 9 00
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