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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
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ANNUAL REPORTS
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BARRE GAZETTE, BARRE, MASS.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1934
Town Clerk
EFFIE T. SWINDELL
Term expires 1936
Selectmen
JOHN P. DAY SYLVESTER R. DEAN
WALTER A. WOODIS
Term expires 1937 Term expires 1935 Term expires 1936
Assessors
CARL M. WHEELER WINTHROP H. BOYD JOHN MORAN
Term expires 1937
Term expires 1935 Term expires 1936
Board of Public Welfare
SARA E. BUTLER MORTON F. LINCOLN
CARL M. WHEELER
Term expires 1937 Term expires 1935 Term expires 1936
School Committee
W. E. SWINDELL AMALIA C. PLACE GEORGE W. DEAN
Term expires 1937 Term expires 1935 Term expires 1936
Library Trustees
FLORENCE STUDDIFORD SARA E. BUTLER FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL
Term expires 1937 Term expires 1935 Term expires 1936
Cemetery Committee
NEWTON J. GREEN GEORGE W. DEAN JOHN W. DWELLY
Term expires 1937 Term expires 1935 Term expires 1936
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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
DONALD C. AGAR ROBERT DWELLY MATTHEW KOWAL HERMAN PARKMAN
RALPH DANIELS FRANK LUPA
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APPOINTED
Cattle Inspector HENRY W. STONE
Meats 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 JOHN H. WILDER
Report of TOWN CLERK
VITAL RECORDS FOR THE YEAR 1934 BIRTHS
Feb. 4 Son, Richard Lloyd, to Percy F. and Lila (Parkman) Wilbur.
Feb. 9 Son, Karl Stowe, to Edwin H. and Florence (Edson) Bullard.
Apr. 24 Daughter, Judith Ann, to William Prescott and Lena (Smith) Adams.
June 19 Son, Howard Peter, to Fred J. and Margaret (Buslowicz). Bechan.
July 17 Son, Ralph Watson, to Robert C. and Sarah (Watson) Dwelly.
July 26 Son, Ralph Everett, to Everett W. and Esther (LaCount) Mann.
Aug. 21 Daughter, Phyllis Rose, to William and Annie (Stehlik) Bechan.
Sept. 16 Daughter, Sylvia May, to John H. and Susie (Flagg) Wilder.
Oct. 22 Daughter, Carol Elaine, to Andrew and Jennie (Hall) Riffennerg.
Total 9 MARRIAGES
Jan. 20 In Barre, Everett W. Mann and Esther R. LaCount. Total 1 DEATHS
Y.
M.
D.
Jan. 12 John Samuel Thresher
51
1 29
Jan. 22 Charles A. Mann
52
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Mar. 21 Eunice Louise Dean
4
3 27
Apr. 5 Albert Hapgood
77
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30
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June 21 George S. Butler
70
6 17
June 22 Jessie (Davis) Russell
62
5 29
Oct. 21 Edith (Bartlett) Crawford
54
3 14
Nov. 14
Adam Jacobs
43
Total 7
BURIED IN TOWN
Walter M. Loring of Boston, died Feb. 10 at Miami Beach, Fla.
61 - -
Rosella (Bullard) Packard of Barre, died Feb. 24 in
Brookline 79 3 14
Total 2
LICENSES - DOGS
60 males @ $2.00
$120 00
29 females @ $5.00 15 spays @ $2.00
30 00
104
$295 00
LICENSES - SPORTING
23 Sporting @ $3.25
$74 75
21 Hunting @ $2.00
42 00
11 Fishing @ $2.00
22 00
2 Women and Minors @ $1.25
2 50
3 Duplicate @ 50c
1 50
1 Trappers @ $5.25
5 25
5 Free (70 years)
66
Respectfully submitted, $148 00
EFFIE T. SWINDELL, Town Clerk.
-
145 00
Report of BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The selectmen submit the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1934 :
PAID TOWN OFFICERS
Town Clerk
Paid Effie T. Swindell
$76 50
Treasurer
Paid Clara Lincoln
$180 00
Paid Clara Lincoln
$112 50
Selectmen
Paid John P. Day
$90 00
S. R. Dean
67 50
W. A. Woodis
67 50
$225 00
Assessors
Paid C. M. Wheeler
$ 90 00
John Moran W. H. Boyd
90 00
$305 00
Auditor
Paid Orton Butler
$67 50
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
$10 00
Kate Gueley
10 00
Evelyn Grimes
7 00
Mrs. Tracy
7 00
Alexina Rossi
3 00
Marguerite Troy
3 00
$40 00
Paid Leone Daniels
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125 00
Collector
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Registrars of Voters
8 00
10 00
20 00
$38 00
Moderator
Paid George Dean $3 00
$1,047 50
Appropriation
$1,040 00
Transferred from emergency fund
7 50
$1,047 50
Old Age Assistance
Appropriation
$240 00
Transferred from emergency fund
10 00
$250 00
Painting Tool House
Paid W. B. Green
$90 00
Appropriation $90.00
Dental Clinic
Paid Dr. Bessie Scott ·
$39 00
Appropriation $100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Paid Ralph Daniels
Appropriation $37.50
Dog Officer
Paid Ralph Daniels
Appropriation $28.50
C.W.A. Projects
$366 40
Appropriation $377.08
Note
Paid North Brookfield National Bank $5,000 00
North Brookfield National Bank 2,500 00
$7,500 00
$37 50
$28 50
Paid
Paid John P. Day WV. A. Woodis Effie Swindell
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Interest
Paid North Brookfield National Bank $139 63 Appropriation $150.00
Insurance on Weights and Measures
Paid
$51 81
Appropriation $51.81
Public Welfare
Paid for support of poor $1,761 00
School Committee
Paid for support of schools
$10,085 09
Superintendent of Streets
Paid labor. Chapter 81 $4,566 08
1,393 67
Machinery Material ·
1,890 19
$7,849 94
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Paid, labor and machinery
$1,574 43
Material
1,425 45
$2,999 88
Chapter 90, North Brookfield Road
Paid for labor and machinery
$4,096 08
Material 2,837 28
Hired equipment 2,765 71
$9,699 07
Machinery Fund
Paid repairs and supplies $3,738 28
Street Lights
Paid Gardner Electric Light Co.
$384 00
Appropriation $384.00
Inspection of Meat
Paid Henry W. Stone $28 50
Appropriation $35.00
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Police
Paid for police
$42 95
Appropriation Transferred from emergency fund
$25 00
17 95
$42 95
Printing
Paid Barre Gazette
$131 00
Appropriation $150.00
Memorial Day
$15 00
Appropriation $15.00
Town Officers' Supplies
Paid for supplies
$110 69
Appropriation
$75 00
From emergency fund
35 69
Library
Paid for support of Library
$495 89
Cemetery Committee
Paid for support of cemeteries
$261 64
Bonds for Town Officers
Paid
Appropriation $50.00
State and County Tax
Paid state tax
$700 00
County tax
652 00
Dog tax
276 00
Hospital tax
163 58
Parks reservation
5 12
Veterans' tax
2 59
$1,799 29
County hospital
$1,013 65
Paid
Insurance of Employees
$429 81
Paid
$110 69
$35 00
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Opening Roads
Paid for opening roads $1,182 30
Appropriation $1,038.25
Fire Department
Paid for fighting fires $58 85
Appropriation $100.00.
Gypsy Moth
Paid for suppression of moth Appropriation From emergency fund
$280 00
21 17
$301 17
Paid City of Worcester
$160 00
E. Lacount
100 80
Appropriation $300.00
Excise Tax
Paid W. E. Swindell
$ 89
Myrtle Wrinn
4 49
Alden Fund
Paid from Alden fund
$71 28
Seats
Paid for new seats for hall
$483 00
Insurance
Church
$27 00
Tool house
17 70
Fisk property
16 32
$61 02
Appropriation
$28 00
From emergency fund
33 02
$61 02
Miscellaneous
Paid W. E. Swindell, care of hall
$122 40
Gardner Electric Light Co. 73 78
$301 17
Industrial School
$260 80
$5 38
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Mark A. Hubble, bounty on wild cat
10 00
Fay D. Russell, labor
12 50
Philip Wareing
12 50
Theodore Wardell, certifying notes
6 00
Central Supply, town pump
18 43
Orton Butler, express and supplies
1 08
John P. Day, sawing wood
3 50
Frank Lupa, wood
24 00
J. C. Rutherford, wood
6 00
George Lackey, cutting brush
19 20
J. H. Schoonmaker, attorney's fee
33 25
Donald Agar, repairs
8 90
Frank Lupa, repairs
2 00
Mechanics National Bank, safety box
4 40
Henry Stone, accountant
70 00
Howard Clock Co., supplies
31 62
C. M. Wheeler, care of clock
35 00
John P. Day, perambulating
2 00
S. R. Dean, perambulating
2 00
J. P. Fairbank, death returns
50
Effie Swindell, recording
12 00
C. C. Adams, summons
2 00
Robert Dwelly, summons
2 00
Ralph Daniels, repairs
22 64
Joseph Higgins, Hapgood case
8 00
Smiley Kingsbury, insurance on trucks
54 00
Ralph Daniels, trip to Boston
10 00
Alexander Mars, radiator
40 00
$649 70
Appropriation
$400 00
Transferred from emergency fund
174 67
Overdraft
75 03
$649 70
Total expenditures
$53,504 52
Emergency Fund
Transferred to town officers $ 7 50
Transferred to old age assistance 10 00
Transferred to police
17 95
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Transferred to town officers' supplies
35 69
Transferred to miscellaneous
174 67
Transferred to moth
21 17
Transferred to insurance
33 02
$300 00
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN P. DAY,
SYLVESTER R. DEAN,
WALTER A. WOODIS,
Selectmen of Oakham.
Report of TOWN TREASURER
Receipts
Expended
jan. 1, 1934-Cash on hand Bonding
$805 81
$ 35 00
County tax
652 00
County hospital assessments
163 58
County hospital construction
1,013 65
Chairs for hall
483 00
Soldiers' bonus
482 85
Cemeteries, annual care
,10 00
Cemeteries, interest on perpetual care funds
251 94
261 64
Dental clinic
39 00
Dental clinic, received from Oakham
Grange
10 00
Board of Public Welfare
368 02
1,761 00
Fire department
58 85
industrial school
369 65
260 80
Insurance on employees
238 55
Insurance
542 64
Inspection of barns
17 50
Inspection of meats
28 50
Interest on notes
139 63
Bills receivable at No. Brookfield Nation- al Bank 8,800 00
Bills payable at No. Brookfield National Bank
7,500 00
County dog tax
276 00
276 00
D)og officer
28 50
Civil Works Administration
366 40
Excise tax rebate
5 38
Gypsy moth
200 40
301 17
Library department, interest from Henry
Wright Fund for magazines
21 10
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Receipts
Expended
Fines for 1934
3 63
495 89
Interest on library funds
74 09
Dog tax returned
218 17
Machinery rental
3,044 74
Machinery fund
3,738 28
Memorial Day
15 00
Miscellaneous
649 70
Electricity refund from school department
36 00
Licenses
4 50
Wild cat bounty
10 00
Oakham Grange, rent of hall
45 00
Walter Zelnia, grass from park
5 00
Old age assistance
46 67
250 00
Opening roads
1,182 30
Police
42 95
Printing
131 00
School Department
10,085 09
Street lights
384 00
Town officers
1,047 50
Town officers' supplies
110 69
Tool house, pamuted
90 00
Sealer of weights and measures
2 48
37 50
Roads, Chapter 31, Highway
5,959 75
Roads, Chapter 31, material
1,890 19
Roads, Chapter 90, maintenance
1,574 43
Roads, Chapter 90, material
1,425 45
Roads, Chapter 90, construction
6,861 79
Roads, Chapter 20, material
2,837 28
Paid from county for roads
2,492 73
Comm. of Mass., Dept. of Public Works, roads
11,852 68
Federal emergency relief fund
164 49
school fund
2,291 80
state valuation
1,223 30
school supt. of small towns
193 33
director of standards
6 00
high school tuition
1,717 39
high school transportation
1,688 50
reimbursement of taxes
129 36
1.
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Receipts
Expended
corporation tax business
40 37
corporation tax
16 49
1934 income tax
7 00
R. R. Tel. & Tel.
65
corporation tax business
1 63
Cash received on 1931 taxes
174 97
interest
31 03
1931 poll tax
2 00
interest
29
1932 tax, personal and real estate interest
158 88
1932 poll tax
2 00
1932 poll tax interest
36
1933 personal and real estate
2,826 04
interest
127 69
1933 poll tax
12 00
interest
1 27
1933 old age assistance
6 00
1933 excise tax
105 40
interest
5 67
1934 personal and real estate
9,387 51
interest
10 83
1934 poll tax
266 00
interest
2 10
1934 excise tax
695 17
interest
1 98
Cash from Worcester Bank & Trust Co.,
on certificate
1,618 21
State tax
700 00
State parks and reservations
5 12
State veterans' exemption
2 59
$54,305 62
$53,433 24
Cash on hand Jan., 1935
872 38
$54,305 62
1,702 40
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Receipts
Expended
Jan. 1, 1934 Certificate at Worcester Bank & Trust Co. Paid
$4,035 01 $1,681 01
Balance due from Worcester County Trust Co. $2,416 80
The town treasury holds one hundred fourteen shares of Class A stock at $21.20 a share
$2,416 80
Bills payable at the Worcester County Trust Co., North Brookfield branch note due Oct. 15, 1935
$1,300 00
Total indebtedness
$1,300 00
Alden Fund
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1934
$ 37 20
Dividends
145 25
Interest on dividends
25
$182 70
Paid out for the year
71 28
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1935
$111 42
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN, Treasurer.
Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON ROADS IN THE TOWN OF OAKHAM IN 1934 UNDER CHAPTER 81
No.
Road
Amount
1 North Brookfield
$ 52 60
2 New Braintree
329 75
3 East Hill
47 20
4 Hubbardston
15 00
5 Caldwell
10 00
6 Pine Plain
32 65
7 Poverty Square
16 85
8 Coldbrook
507 86
9 Ware's Corner
412 85
10
Robinson
162 84
11 Parmenter
18 00
12 Sanders
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13 South
408 25
14
Spencer
894 85
15 Flint
16 Bechan
160 45
17.
Lupa
327 15
18 Crawford
41 00
19 Whitehall
30 60
20
Old Turnpike
460 80
21
Turnpike Extension
8 00
22
Rutland
24 65
23 Swindell
17 65
24 Hagpood
25 40
25 Sargent's Lane
1
7 20
26 Stone
244 20
27 Rutherford
74 35
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28 Lincoln
365 93
29 Maple Street
142 45
30 Barre
260 20
31 Daniels
30 00
32 Bullard
16 40
33 Edson
32 40
34 Happy Hollow
15 15
35 Hunt
158 40
36 Adams
235 37
37 George's Lane
74 90
38 J. Gaffney
62 80
39 Scott
175 80
40
Crocker Nye .
46 40
41 Whitney
13 40
AMOUNT EXPENDED IN 1934 UNDER CHAPTER 90 Maintenance
Koppers Co., 500 gallons patching tar
$ 72 50
Koppers Co .. 10,759 gallons tar
1,237 29
Crowley Coal Co., soft coal
12 75
E. E. McCarthy, soft coal
5 53
E. D. Marsh, soft coal
9 08
C. C. Adams, gravel
4 90
Edwin Bullard, gravel
47 50
W. C. Edwards, gravel
35 90
$1,425 45
Total labor
$1,136 38
Town allotment
$ 800 00
Machinery rental
438 05
State and County.
2,200 00
Total material
1,425 45
Total
$2,999 88
$3,000 00
New Construction North Brookfield Road
New England Metal Culvert Co., C. C. M. pipe $294 34
Ross Bros. Co., stock fence 69 34
Barre Grain Co., cement 59 50
Ware River Grain Co., cement 4 55
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co., R. C. pipe
360 00
Walter Woodis, tool repairs
3 50
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E. O. Perry, tool repairs
1 35
Crowley Coal Co., soft coal
32 25
George S. Butler, oil and nails .
7 08
Walter Woodis, gravel
147 80
John Robinson, gravel
149 60
W. C. Edwards, gravel
3 90
Edwin Bullard, sand
7 50
Donald Agar, concrete
89 02
R. T. Curtis, crushed stone
3 00
John Lane, dynamite
7 50
Cable Guide Railing Corp., guard posts
· 134 00
Eugene Sanders, fence posts
6 30
Koppers Co., tar
1,218 20
Travelers Insurance Co., insurance
238 55
C. E. Horne, shovel excavation
$2,765 71
$5,602 99
Total labor
$3,240 26
Town allotment
$2,000 00
Machinery rental
855 82
State and County
8,000 00
Hired equipment
2,765 71
Total material
2,837 28
Total
$9,699 07
Total
$10,000 00
Report of Labor on Highways, Chapter 81, Chapter 90, Chapter 90 Maintenance and Opening Roads for 1934
E. V. Newton
$1,463 81
Raymond Wrin
895 73
Mathew Kowal
884 36
Frank Stone
492 90
Joseph Lucas
521.30
Albert Anderson
51 20
Edwin Bullard
751 10
William Wareing
85 80
F. A. Beckwith
220 60
Martin Winski
464 30
Albert Parkman
493 50
Ernest Bullard
742 72
James Woodis
338 20
John Briggs
104 60
Herman Parkman
36 80
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Fay Russell
307 65
Timothy Doyle
78 40
Alexander Crawford
352 00
Patrick Ryan
52 60
Stephen Lincoln
9 60
W. J. Clarke
366 60
Walter Zelnia
38 40
Bert Kennan
98 00
Stanley Sieczkraski
169 60
John Lamb
23 55
H. E. Brigham
27 00
Frank Lupa
193 25
Sylvester Dean
55 50
Morton Lincoln
148 80
Town of Barre
26 25
Willard Holden
30 75
William Snay
18 00
Eldridge LaCount
49 60
Philip Wareing
31 60
Eldridge LaCount, Jr.
1 60
Peter White
10 40
Francis Troy
3 60
Jasper Peabody
5 60
Walter McClanathan
6 40
Adam Crechalski
10 80
H. W. Stone, Jr.
4 00
H. W. Stone
4 00
Joseph Karp
6 40
Prescott Adams
5 60
George Lackey
4 00
Frank Parkman
33 60
Chester Rood
6 20
Percy Wilbur
3 00
Victor Smitheinski
5 60
Robert Hipkins
4 00
Albert LaCount
3 20
Everett Mann
1 60
Amerigo Frazza
8 80
C. C. Adams
10 80
Laureston Crawford
2 40
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Joseph Bechan Frank Lupa, Sr.
28 80 9 80
$9,804 27
George S. Butler, tools
$ 74 90
E. O. Perry, tool repairs
7 55
· Koppers Co., patching tar
123 25
Koppers Co., tar
383 41
The Texas Co., road oil
606 90
Walter Woodis, gravel
19 40
W. J. Clarke, gravel
39 60
C. C. Adams, gravel
50 .90
John Robinson, gravel
110 70
Edwin Bullard, sand
32 60
R. T. Curtis, sand
10 90
Charles Wilder, gravel
17 50
E. V. Newton, gravel
22 90
Marcell Wisnewski, gravel
15 30
W. C. Edwards, gravel
68 75
E. V. Newton, miscellaneous
3 83
C. E. Horne, trucking gravel
301 80
$7,849 94
Total labor
$4,566 08
Town allotment
$1,125 00
Total machinery rental 1,393 67
State allotment
6,725 00
Total materials
1,890 19
Total
$7,849 94
Total
$7,850 00
Summary of Work Done on Roads
Used 4,4151/2 cubic yards gravel
Used 4,184
gallons tar
Used 7,000 gallons oil
More gravel and oil used this year increasing mileage of gravel and oil roads.
Respectfully submitted.
ELMER V. NEWTON, Superintendent of Streets.
Report of TAX COLLECTOR
I submit the following report for the year 1934: 1934
Warrants for 1934 Personal and Real Estate Interest
$15,253 14 10 83
$15,263 97
Cash received to Jan., 1935
$9,398 34
Uncollected Jan., 1935
5,865 63
$15,263 97
Warrants for 1934 Poll Tax
$310 00
Interest to Jan., 1935
2 10
$312 10
Cash received to Jan., 1935
$268 10
Uncollected Jan., 1934
44 00
$312 10
Warrants for 1934 Excise Tax
$794 35
Interest to Jan., 1935
1 98
$796 33
Cash received to Jan., 1935
$697 15
Abatements by the Assessors
35 79
Uncollected Jan., 1935
63 39
$796 33
1933 TAXES
Jan. 1, 1934
Uncollected Personal and Real Estate Tax
$4,235 77
Uncollected Poll Taxes
30 00
Uncollected Old Age Assistance Tax
15 00
Interest to Jan., 1935
128 96
Cash received to Jan., 1935
$2,973 00
Balance due on Personal and Real Estate
1,409 73
Balance due on Polls
18 00
Balance due on Old Age Assistance Tax
9 00
Jan. 1, 1934 Balance on Excise Tax
$4,409 73
$4,409 72
$114 12
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Two commitments in Jan., 1934 Interest
4 00
5 67
$123 79
Cash received to Jan., 1935
$111 07
Uncollected Jan., 1935
12 72
$123 79
1932 TAXES
Jan. 1, 1934
Balance on Personal and Real Estate
$1,726 12
Balance on Poll and Old Age Assistance Tax
25 00
$1,751 12
Interest
159 24
$1,910 36
Received in 1933 on Old Age Assistance from State
7 00
Abatement on Poll Taxes
12 00
Cash received to Jan., 1935
1,863 64
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1935
27 72
$1,910 36
1931 TAXES
Jan. 1, 1934
Uncollected
$174 97
Interest
31 03
Uncollected Poll Tax
2 00
Interest on Poll Tax
29
Cash received in 1934
$208 29
$208 29
$208 29
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN, Collector.
Report of BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Aid furnished $ 38 00
Charlton Home Farm Association, board
81 46
Pike funeral Parlors, burial expenses 50 00
Newton Green, opening grave 10 00
Funeral expense 5 00
A. E. Kingsley Co., burial
40 00
Town of Holden, hospital bills
353 00
Town of Barre, aid furnished
369 67
Town of North Brookfield
51 98
Worcester Memorial Hospital
38 20
Dr. Donald Cheetham, medical aid
36 00
George S. Butler Estate, groceries
88 94
Dr. M. F. Paull, medical aid
16 00
Holden Hospital
94 00
Mrs. Alixena Rossi, care of patient
47 90
Kingsley's Ambulance, taking patient to hospital 32 00
Telephone
4 60
Supplies
2 50
Carl M. Wheeler, services
25 00
Morton F. Lincoln, services
15 00
Morton F. Lincoln, clerical work
10 00
Sara E. Butler, services
5 00
Carl Wheeler, express on flour
4 75
$1,761 00
Received from Town of Ware
$97 50
Received from Town of Barre
35 54
Received from Stanley Siezkauki
87 00
Received from City of Worcester
90 38
Received on account for hospital bill
20 00
Received on account for hospital bill
37 60
$368 02
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ANNUAL REPORT
Due from Town of Hubbardston
$53 40
Due from the State
40 00
Total
$93 40
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TO JANUARY 1, 1935
Aid furnished
$250 00
Received reimbursement from the state
46 67
Respectfully submitted,
CARL M. WHEELER, Chairman SARA E. BUTLER, MORTON F. LINCOLN, Clerk.
Report of CHARLTON HOME FARM ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1934
RECEIPTS
On hand January 1, 1934
$3,693 88
From inmates' board and boarders
13,759 75
From farm products sales
1,180 65
$18,634 28
EXPENDITURES
H. D. Sargent and wife
$ 1,800 00
Help, inside and outside
1,305 10
Groceries
1,258 94
Meat and provisions
1,664 92
Grain and fertilizer
2,227 68
Coal
459 22
Oil and gasoline
346 95
Clothing
476 80
Architect's fee
474 60
Miscellaneous
1,629 05
Supplies
1,303 24
Telephone
60 25
Hardware
280 94
Electricity and supplies
228 66
Tobacco
406 56
Stock
280 00
Medical attendance
94 00
Fire equipments
134 02
$14,400 93
Balance in favor of the Association
$4,233 35
Of this amount, deposited in the Barre Sav- ings Bank
$2,000 00
In Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank
1,200 00
In Warden's hands
200 00
In checking account
833 35
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ANNUAL REPORT
SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT
Worcester and Leicester Banks. Dec. 1933
$4.809 88
Worcester dividends to Oct. 1, 1934
130 84
Leicester dividends
36 13
$4,976 85
1934. deposited in Barre Bank $2,000 00
1934, deposited in Worcester Five Cents Sav-
ings Bank 1,200 00
December 1, 1934 $8,178 85
During the year there were inmates from Ashburnham, Au- burn, Brookfield, Charlton. East Brookfield, Hardwick, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Oakham, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Sterling, Warren, Westminster, West Boylston and West Brookfield; and none from Berlin, Boylston, Dana, Hubbardston, Holland and New Braintree.
The appraisal made in December, 1934 shows
Real estate
$18,000 00
Personal 7,896 95
Our Warden and Matron continue to make improvements in and about the institution for which they deserve much credit.
Respectfully submitted, PERCY H. COLLINS, President, LOUIS M. HANFF, Sec'y and Treas.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
I have met with the officers of the Charlton Home Farm As- sociation cach month of the year ending December 31, 1934, and audited all bills and found them correct, for which checks were drawn and signed by the Treasurer. President or Vice President. Total receipts $18,634 40 14,400 93
Total expenditures
$4,233 35
The savings bank account on December 31, 1934 $8,176 85
CARL F. DAVIS, Auditor.
Report of LIBRARY TRUSTEES
RECEIPTS
Town appropriation
$200 00
Dog fund
218 17
Interest on Library funds
74 09
Library fines
3 63
$495 89
EXPENDITURES
Jessie Russell, librarian
$41 66
Emma Tracy, librarian
88 65
Mary Parsons, assistant librarian
16 66
Gardner Electric Light Co.
14 60
Arthur White, magazines
21 10
Eugene McCarthy, coke
57 50
J. C. Rutherford, wood
15 50
Nevens Book & Gift Shop, books
50 00
Orton Butler, supplies
1 09
Sara E. Butler, box rent, postage, awl, rubber runner
5 28
Donald Agar, repairs
7 00
Mrs. W. E. Smith, books
15 00
Fred B. Wright, printing
5 00
Carl Wheeler, janitor
132 00
Jessie Russell, postage
30
George S. Butler, lawn mower
8 75
L. H. Phinney, rebinding 30 books
14 80
Florence Studdiford, pencil sharpener
1 00
$495 89
We wish to express our regrets in the loss of Mrs. Jessie D. Russell, who has served as Librarian for a number of years. The patrons of the Library will miss her ready co-operation and genial presence.
SARA E. BUTLER FLORENCE STUDDIFORD, FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL,.
Trustees.
Report of LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of the Forbes Memorial Library :
Due to the many improvements in library management during 1933, few changes have been made in 1934.
In the fall, however, librarians from the State Board of Edu- cation gave the new Librarian instructions in repairing of books.
Revenue received : From the sale of "Soldiers of Oakham," $3.00; from fines, $2.58; purchased, 75 books. Gifts from Petersham Library, 35 books; Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 12 books; Mrs. Alma Benedict, 5 books; Mrs. Pickering, 15 books; Mrs. An- drew Tracy, 4 books; Chester Rood, 4 books. Books rebound, 30.
NEW BOOKS 1934
Clean Heart
King's Passport
Long Live the King
The Fifth Wheel
Areadne of Allen Water
Adventure of Capt. O'Shea The Midlanders
Merton of the Movies
The Major
Dark Cloud
Ruggles of Red Gap
The Fortunate Youth
Story of Wailstill Baxter Red Pottage Pandemark Folly
Lilla Chenoworth The House with Green Shutters Rogues' March
J. Hardin and Son
The Letter of the Contract
Men with the Bark on
My Little Sister
From the Angle of Seventeen
Gideon's Band Modern Vikings
Deep Sea Hunters of the Frozen Seas The Pretender Person
The Roll Call
Simon the Jester
The Saintsbury Affair Iron Heart
The Isle of Retribution
The Unknown Lady
The Bath Comedy
Hills of Han
No Defense
Left in Charge
No. 13 Washington Square Morning Thunder
Miss Gibbe Gault
The Personnel Moon Out of Reach
Nagar
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ANNUAL REPORT
The Search Relentless Race
Flying Death
The Girl and the Guardsmen
The Lost Ambassador
The Big Little Person
Keeping up with Lizzie
Making People Happy
Beechy Love under Fire
Tower of Ivory
Muzzling the Tiger
Purple Heights
The Emerald Tiger
Far Call
John Marvel Assistant
The Adjustment
Shanty Irish
The Briary Bush Rainbow Valley
O Genteel Lady
Aunt Minervy Ann
The Callahans and the Murphys Bobby Orde The House of Delusion
Judgment House
Beyond the Rio Grande
These Men Thy Friends Soldier March Tarpaper Palace William Pitt the younger
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