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STATE VISAGE
George Dean Town
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
MASSACHUSETTS
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FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1939
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
MASSACHUSETTS
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FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1939
Barre Gazette, Barre, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1939
Town Clerk
EFFIE T. SWINDELL
Term expires 1940
Selectmen
SYLVESTER R. DEAN
Term expires 1941
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1942
JOHN M. MORAN
Term expires 1940
Assessors
WINTHROP H. BOYD JOHN MORAN
Term expires 1941
CARL M. WHEELER
Term expires 1942 Term expires 1940
Board of Public Welfare
MORTON F. LINCOLN
DONALD AGAR
Term expires 1941 Term expires 1942
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1940
School Committee
LEONE B. DANIELS
GEORGE W. DEAN
W. EDGAR SWINDELL
Term expires 1941 Term expires 1942 Term expires 1940
Library Trustees
MINNIE A. NEWTON
Term expires 1941
FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1942 Term expires 1940
Cemetery Committee
JAMES P. FAIRBANK ARTHUR WEBB NEWTON J. GREEN
Term expires 1941 Term expires 1942 Term expires 1940
ONE-YEAR TERMS Moderator GEORGE W. DEAN
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Tax Collector CLARA A. LINCOLN Treasurer CLARA A. LINCOLN
Tree Warden ROSCOE CRAWFORD
Auditor RALPH I. DANIELS
Fence Viewers
CHESTER M. ROOD
CLARENCE L. GRIMES
ALFRED B. MORSE
Measurers of Wood and Bark
LUDWICK SZCZUKA HENRY BUTLER DONALD C. AGAR .
Measurers of Lumber
WALTER A. WOODIS - ALFRED B. MORSE SYLVESTER R. DEAN
Field Drivers
LEONARD HARDY J. FRED ALLEN LUDWICK SZCZUKA
Constables
DONALD C. AGAR WALTER S. WOOD
ROBERT C. DWELLY MATHEW KOWAL
CHESTER M. ROOD GEORGE H. PARKMAN
APPOINTED
Cattle Inspector HENRY W. STONE
Meat and Provisions Inspector HENRY W. STONE
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350 $235,10
Sealer of Weights and Measures DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Fire Warden
RALPH I. DANIELS
Moth Superintendent WALTER B. GREEN
Undertaker, Burial Agent
JAMES P. FAIRBANK
Janitor of Hall
PHILIP WAREING
Janitor of Library CARL M. WHEELER
Dog Officer
WALTER B. GREEN
School Superintendent JAMES R. CHILDS
List of Jurors for 1940
DONALD C. AGAR, Farmer
ALFRED B. MORSE, Highway Employee JOHN ROBINSON, Farmer DONALD A. RUTHERFORD, Carpenter FRANCIS A. TROY, Highway Employee PETER J. WHITE, Carpenter WILLIAM ZUKUS, Truck Driver
St Commit
Walther.
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Report of TOWN CLERK
VITAL RECORDS FOR 1939
BIRTHS
Apr. 1-Nancy Rutherford, daughter of Willard C. and Catherine (Adams) Rutherford.
Apr. 29-Phyllis Jean Adams, daughter of W. Prescott and Lena B. (Smith) Adams.
May 3-Shirley May Kowal, daughter of Leo T. and Ethel (Crevier) Kowal.
June 9-Gloria Ruth Wells, daughter of Ralph E. and Helen (LaCount) Wells.
June 14-Shirley Ann Crawford, daughter 'of Roscoe and Marjorie (Donovan) Crawford.
July 30-Vivian Janet Crawford, daughter of Alexander B. and Vivian (Loring) Crawford.
MARRIAGES
Mar. 12-In North Brookfield, Harry H. Wilson, Oakham and Margaret E. Parsons, Quincy .¿
May 13-In East Brookfield, Frank Szaban, Jr., Enfield and Marjorie A. Wilkins, Oakham.
June 4-In North Brookfield, Kenneth L. Wilkins, Oakham and Frances V. Childs, North Brookfield.
June 6-In Oakham, Eldridge V. LaCount and Ruth A. Mann, Oakham.
June 16-In North Brookfield, Weikko I. Nahkala and Ruth E. Carlson, Oakham.
June 24-In' Oakham, Leslie C. Arms, Rutland and Mary G. Rutherford, Oakham.
July 3-In Oakham, Chester M. Rood and Esther M. (Tobin) Briggs, Oakham.
Aug. 28-In North Brookfield, Jerome D. Murphy; and Mar- garet (Winn) Petty, Oakham.
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Sept. 21-In Worcester, Edward H. McCulloch, Oakham and Luella A. Simons, Worcester. Nov. 11-In Barre, Joseph L. Hunting, Barre and Mabel E. Shaffner, Worcester. Grimes Dahliane Dec. 23-In Oakham, John S. Ryan and Annie (Blackmoor) Grimes, Oakham. Shiffwer, micestar DEATHS
Y. M. D.
Jan. 2-In Grafton, Leroy E. Munroe 43
4
Jan. 20-In Oakham, Mary G. Moran 77
Feb. 8-In Fall River, George A. Dufresne 17 10 21
Mar. 30-In Oakham, Mary A. Adams 87
10 25
Apr. 28-In Holden, John L. Briggs June 20-In Holden, Charles Pietrowski
66
Dec. 6-In Worcester, Edson H. Hapgood
87
BURIED IN TOWN.
Y
M. D.
Amanda J. Hill, who died in North Brook- field, March 9
88
10
4
Martha (Spooner) Warren, who died in Marlboro, Feb. 15
84
5 20
William D. Spear, who died in Worcester, June 6
80
Wellington I. Bright, who died in Worces- ter, May 26 74
4 18
LICENSES ISSUED
74 Male Dogs @ $2.00
$148 00
16 Female Dogs @ $5.00 80 00
13 Spayed Dogs @ $2.00 26 00
2 Kennels @ $25.00 50 00
105 Dogs
25 Hunting Licenses @ $2.00 $ 50 00
25 Sporting Licenses @ $3.25 81 25
$304 00
28
5 5
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13 Fishing Licenses @ $2.00 26 00
3 Fishing (Women) Licenses @ $1.25 3 75
1 Trapping License @ $5.25 5 25
4 Free (over 70 yrs.) Licenses
2 Duplicates @ 50c 1 00
73 Licenses $167 50
Respectfully submitted,
EFFIE T. SWINDELL,
Town Clerk
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Report of BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Board of Public Welfare
Paid Support of Poor
$
762 66
Appropriation $1,200.00
Support of Schools
Paid Support of Schools $11,166 80
Appropriation $10,350.00
Bonding Town Officers
Paid Healy Bros.
$
42 50
Care of Hall and Clock
Paid
Chester Rood, Janitor
$
80 00
1
Chester Rood, Supplies 3 85
Philip Wareing, Janitor 40 00
Butler's Store, Supplies
5 25
John P. Day, Traveling Expense 10 00
Ralph Daniels, Repairs
8 00
$
219 88
Appropriation $300.00
Dog Officer
Paid Walter Green
$
15 00
Appropriation $15.00
Fire Department
Paid Fighting Fires and Supplies
$
155 00
Appropriation $100.00
Gypsy Moth
Paid Suppression of Moths
$
280 00
Appropriation $280.00
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Cemetery Department
Paid Care of Cemeteries $ 245 05
Appropriation $275.00
Inspection of Barns
Paid Henry Stone $ 35 00
Appropriation $35.00
Inspection of Meats
Paid Henry Stone $ 7 50
Appropriation $15.00
Abatements
Paid Excise Tax Abatements $ 27 93
ROADS
Chapter 81
Paid Labor and Machinery $ 6,279 95
Material 1,594 98 $ 7,874 93
Town Appropriation $1,125.00
State Appropriation $6,750.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Paid
Labor and Machinery
$ 1,953 00
Material 1,425 32
Town Appropriation $1,100.00
County Appropriation $1,300.00 State Appropriation $1,300.00
Chapter 90 Construction Extension
Paid
Labor and Machinery
$
755 25
Material
21 70
$
776 95
Balance 1938, $776.95
Chapter 505 Turnpike Road Bridge Allotment $1,000.00 Paid Labor and Machinery $ 400 94
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Material
387 35 $ 788 29
North Brookfield Road
Allotment $1,800.00
Paid
Labor and Machinery $ 858 16 420 66 $ 1,278 82
Material
Hunt Road
Paid Labor and Machinery $ 325 50
Material 74 50 $ 400 00
Appropriation $400.00
Opening and Sanding Roads
Paid Labor and Machinery $ 1,377 16 $ 1,377 16
Appropriation $1,000.00
Police Department
Paid Donald Agar $ 36 00
Appropriation $50.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Paid Donald Rutherford $ 10 00
Appropriation $10.00
Street Lights
Paid Gardner Electric Light Co. $ 384 00
Appropriation $384.00
Industrial School
Paid City of Worcester, Tuition $ 587 99
Transportation 384 40 $ 972 39
Appropriation $1,100.00
Insurance Fire
Paid Ira E. Irish, Memorial Hall $ 184 08
Frank A. Smith & Son, Weights and Measures 25 60
Smiley Kingsbury, Town Trucks 55 30 Smiley Kingsbury, Town Garage 17 70 $ 282 68 Appropriation $282.50
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Insurance, Employees
Pand Frank A. Smith & Son $ 598 24
Appropriation $560.00
Insurance, Old Town Hall
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son
$
17 50
Appropriation $17.50
Library
Paid
Support of Library
$
555 80
Appropriation $350.00 and Dog Tax of $227.27
Machinery Fund
Paid Repairs and Supplies
$ 2,489 75
Allotment $3,000.00
Memorial Day
Paid
Mary Crawford
$
10 00
Joseph Rossi
15 00
$
25 00
Appropriation $25.00
Mothers' Aid
Paid Aid to Dependent Children
$
621 00
Appropriation $600.00
Old Age Assistance
Paid Old Age Assistance $ 2,776 00
Miscellaneous Expense 95 05 $ 2,868 05
Appropriation $500.00 and Federal Allotment
Printing
Paid Barre Gazette
$
73 75
$
73 75
Appropriation $150.00
Tree Warden
Paid
Roscoe Crawford
$
25 00
Henry Crawford
25 00
$
50 00
Appropriation $50.00
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State and County Tax
Paid State Tax
$ 1,260 00
Auditing Tax 134 76
State Parks and Reservation Tax 21 98
Veterans' Exemption Tax 2 77 $ 1,419 51
County Tax $ 700 81
County Dog Tax
281 20
County Hospital Tax
258 46 $ 1,240 47
W. P. A.
Paid Materials and Supplies $ 84 46
Appropriation $400.00
Miscellaneous
Paid James P. Fairbank, Death Re-
turns
$ 50
Dr. Alonzo Gariepy, M. D., Dog Bite Case 7 50
John Moran, Supplies 7 00
Effie Swindell, Recording 17 58
Urban Peck, Accident 35 00
Wor. Co. Selectmen's Ass'n
6 00
Central District Court
9 21
Clara Lincoln, Sale of Property
6 38
S. R. Dean, Perambulating Spencer Line 2 00
John Moran, Perambulating Spencer Line 2 00
Donald Rutherford, Perambulat-
ing Spencer Line 2 00 $ 95 17
Appropriation $100.00
Town Officers' Supplies
Paid Supplies $ 107 79
Appropriation $150.00
Cemetery Trust Fund
Mary Adams, Estate
Paid Ware Savings Bank $ 100 00
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Town Clerk
Paid Effie T. Swindell $ 85 00 $ 85 00
Selectmen
Paid
Sylvester R. Dean
John Moran
Donald Rutherford
$ 100 00
75 00
75 00 $ 250 00
Assessors
Paid John Moran
$
125 00
Carl Wheeler
75 00
W. H. Boyd
75 00 $ 275 00
Treasurer and Collector
Paid Clara Lincoln $ 325 00
Auditor
Paid Ralph Daniels $ 75 00
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
Paid Marguerite Troy $ 3 00
Stephanie Kowal 3 00
Evelyn Grimes
3 00
Alice Green 3 00 $ 12 00
Moderator
Paid George W. Dean $ 3 00
Registrars of Voters
Paid Effie Swindell $ 6 00
John Moran
4 00
Donald Rutherford 4 00 $ 14 00
Reserve Fund
Paid
William Swanson, Weather Vane
$
46 25
Appropriation $400.00
$41,948 60
Respectfully submitted, SYLVESTER R. DEAN, JOHN MORAN, DONALD RUTHERFORD, Selectmen of Oakham
Report of TOWN TREASURER
JANUARY 1, 1939
Receipts
Paid Out
Bank Balance
$ 8,383 61
Worcester Co., in 1938 for Turnpike Rd.
591 88
Abatement, Excise Taxes
$ 27 93
Aid to Dependent Children
621 00
Board of Public Welfare 107 00
762 66
Bonding
42 50
Cemeteries, Annual Care of Lots 80 50
245 05
Cemeteries, Interest on Trust Funds 151 50
Cemeteries, Lot put into Perpetual Care 100 00
Cemeteries, Deposited in Savings Bank
100 00
Care of Hall
219 88
Rental from Oakham Grange 37 50
Com. of Mass. Highways 10,153 57
Com. of Mass. Hospital Bill 36 00
Com. of Mass. Use of Truck 1 50
Com. of Mass. School Fund
1,906 05
Com. of Mass. State Tax
662 50
Com. of Mass. Highway Fund Acts of 1939 2,844 64
Com. of Mass. Vocational Education 692 10
Com. of Mass. State Forestry 38 25
Com. of Mass. Inspection of Animals 17 50
Com. of Mass. Loss of Taxes
166 11
Com. of Mass. Tuition of Children
302 84
Com. of Mass. Supt. of Small Towns 145 00
Com. of Mass. Metropolitan Water Com. 651 04
Com. of Mass. Income Tax, Sect 18, Chap., 58 602 50
Com. of Mass. Income Tax, Acts of
1916 4 89
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Receipts
Paid Out
Com. of Mass. High School Tuition
2,613 55
Com. of Mass. High School Trans.
2,712 05
Com. of Mass. State Tax
1,260 00
Com. of Mass. Auditing Account
134 76
Com. of Mass. State Park and Res.
21 98
Com. of Mass. Veterans' Exemption
2 77
County, Roads
2,414 43
County Dog Tax Refund, 1938
238 70
County Dog Tax
281 20
281 20
County Tax
700 81
County Assessment on T. B. Hosp.
258 46
Dog Officer
15 00
Fire Department
155 00
Inspection of Barns
35 00
Inspection of Meats
7 50
Insurance, Employees
598 24
Insurance
282 48
Insurance, Tool House
17 70
Library Dept. Receipts for fines in 1938 5 93
Library Dept. Sale of Book, "Soldiers of Oakham" 1 00
Int. from Ware Savings Bank of the
Samuel Dean Legacy for Books
40 83 555 80
Memorial Day
25 00
Machinery Purchasing and Maint. Dept.
2,489 75
Moth Suppression
280 00
Miscellaneous, H. N. Butler, Sold scrap iron 5 00
95 17
1937 and 1938 Poll Taxes
4 00
Ice Cream Permit
1 00
Permit to purchase revolver
1 50
Permit to carry revolver
2 50
Oakham Grange, Gift toward Town Clock 21 50
Machinery Rental
2,494 76
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Receipts
Paid Out
Old Age Assistance
2,776 00
Old Age Assistance Administration
54 55
Old Age Assistance, Paid to North Brookfield
37 50
Federal Grant
1,278 53
Federal Grant Administration
42 59
Federal Aid to Depend. Children
90 17
Com. of Mass. Aid
688 34
Opening and Sanding Roads
1,377 16
Police
36 00
Printing
73 75
Reserve Fund
46 25
Sealer of Weights and Measures
2 80
10 00
Town Officers
1,039 00
Town Officers' Supplies
107 79
Tree Warden
50 00
School Dept.
11,166 80
School Dept. From Oakham Grange
for Recreation Supplies 2 00
School Vocational
972 39
Street Lights
384 00
Roads, Hunt Road
400 00
Chapter 81, Labor and Material
7,874 93
Chap. 90 Maint. Labor and Material
3,378 32
Chap. 90 Ext. Labor and Material
776 95
Bridge, North Brookfield Road
1,278 82
Bridge, Turnpike Road
788 29
W. P.A.
84 46
Taxes :
1936 Interest
11 36
1936 Tax
4 19
1937 Poll Tax
6 00
1937 Interest
58
1937 Demand,
20
1937 Personal Tax
251 90
1
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Receipts
Paid Out
1937 Real Estate
1,327 77
1937 Interest
113 66
1938 Personal Tax
430 10
1938 Real Estate
2,022 10
1938 Interest
99 32
1938 Excise Tax
152 53
1938 Excise Tax Interest
49
1938 Poll Tax
7 00
1938 Poll Tax Interest
41
1939 Poll Tax
258 00
1939 Demand
35
1939 Interest
1 26
1939 Excise Tax
995 09
1939 Interest
1 46
1939 Personal Tax
3,034 60
1939 Real Estate
4,105 68
1939 Interest
5 21
Total
$41,948 60
Worcester Co. Trust Co. on 114 Shares $ 228 00
Total
$53,676 32
Cash on hand
$11,727 72
$53,676 32 $53,676 32
Jan. 1, 1940. Balance on. 114 Shares at
Worcester County Trust Co. $ 1,040 00
Alden Fund
Jan. 1, 1939. Cash on hand 486 85
Dividends 152 04
Total
$ 638 89
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN,
Treasurer
Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON ROADS IN THE TOWN OF OAKHAM IN 1939 UNDER CHAPTER 81
State Allotment $ 6,750 00
Town Allotment
1,125 00
Total
$ 7,875 00
No Road
Amount
1-North Brookfield
$ 162 17
2-New Braintree
1,093 60
3-East Hill
502 55
4-Hubbardston
53 00
5-Caldwell
13 00
6-Pine Plain
23 00
7-Poverty Square
12 30
8- Coldbrook
176 37
9-Wares Corner
308 32
10-Robinson
56 50
11-Parmenter
42 60
12-Sanders
35 00
13-South
252 91
14-Spencer
777 00
15-Flint
10 00
16-Bechan
437 92
17-Lupa
535 05
18-Crawford
342 50
19-Whitehall
74 00
20-Turnpike Extension
21 80
21-Old Turnpike
261 65
22-Rutland
87 56
23-Swindell
None
24-Hapgood
22 00
25-Loring
7 00
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26-Stone
28 00
27-Rutherford
250 25
28-Lincoln
633 75
29-Maple Street
30 00
30-Barre
328 65
31-Daniels
None
32-Bullard
74 00
33-Edson
77 25
34-Happy Hollow
14 00
35-Hunt
96 60
36-Adams
221 25
37-George Lane
122 00
38-J. Gaffney
383 50
39-Scott
170 34
40 Crocker Nye
85 00
41-Whitney
52 50
$ 7,874 93
Material
Koppers Co., tar
606 78
Standard Oil Co., asphalt
367 28
New England Culvert Co.
358 33
John Robinson, gravel
23 20
John O'Donnell, gravel
81 00
E. V. Newton, gravel
1 80
W. C. Edwards, gravel
156 59
$ 1,594 98
Total Labor and Machinery Rental
$ 6,279 95
Total Material 1,594 98
$ 7,874 93
1
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State Allotment
Town Allotment
$ 6,750 00 1,125 00
Total Expended on Chapter 81
$ 7,875 00 7,874 93
$ 07
Chapter 90 Maintenance Material
W. C. Edwards
$ 46 90
Koppers Co., tar
914 61
Standard Oil Co., asphalt
422 21
W. F. Fullam Co., cement
41 80
$ 1,425 52
State Allotment $1,300 00
Total Material $1,425 52
County Allotment 1,300 00
Total Labor and
Town Allotment 1,100 00 Machinery Rental 1,953 00
$3,700 00
$3,378 52
Chapter 90 Extension New Construction Old Turnpike Road Extension of 1938 Allotment $793.75
Material
John O'Donnell, gravel $ 19 50
Howard Thresher, dynamite
2 20
Labor and Machinery Rental
$ 21 70
755 25
Total Expended $ 776 95
Chapter 505 Acts 1938 The Bridge on the North Brookfield Road Allotment $1,800.00
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Total Pay Roll $ 856 16
$1,800 00
Total Material 422 66
1,278 82
$1,278 82 Balance
$ 521 18
The Bridge on the Old Turnpike Road
Allotment $1,000.00
Total Pay Roll $ 400 94
$1,000 00
Total Material
387 35
788 29
$ 788 29 Balance
$ 211 71
Hunt Road
Appropriation $400.00
John O'Donnell, material $ 74 50
Labor and Machinery Rental 325 50
400 00 $
Opening and Sanding Roads Appropriation $1,000.00
Total Labor and Machinery Rental $ 1,396 53
Machinery Account
Trans. to Mach. Acc. $ 984 92 Machinery Fund $2,489 75
Machinery Rental 2,494 76 Balance $ 989 93
$3,479 68
Amount Expended for Labor on Highways
Francis Gray
$ 360 29
Robert Briggs
316 51
Alfred Morse
380 64
William Morse
433 88
Asa Shepard
566 64
Ralph Wells
633 51
Robert Dwelly
359 50
Raymond Roscoe
588 38
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Edwin Bullard
732 28
H. N. Butler
991 55
Charles Dean
354 00
W. E. Cole
753 60
E. J. Crawford
240 51
Henry Lupa
135 51
William Wareing
270 01
Philip Wareing
156 18
Edward Lupa
75
Wayland Hicks
20 12
Walter Dermock
14 37
Eugene Saunders
27 00
Mr. Yoskoski
9 00
Joseph Trebendis
2 00
William Zukus
2 00
H. Brigham
33 00
$ 7,381 23
Respectfully submitted, HENRY N. BUTLER, Superintendent of Streets
Report of TAX COLLECTOR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1939
1935 Tax
Jan. 1, 1939, Uncollected Personal Tax $ 26 62 Abated by the Assessors 26 62
1936 Tax
Jan. 1, 1939, Uncollected Excise Tax $
5.76
Abated by Tax Commission 5 76
Jan. 1, 1939, Uncollected Personal and Real Estate. Bal. Due $ 48 11
Interest to Aug. 9, 1939 11 36
$
59 47
Abated by the Assessors $
43 92
Cash Received 15 55
$ 59 47
1937 Tax
Jan. 1, 1939 Balance Due on Personal and Real Estate $ 1,583 17 113 66
Interest to Jan. 1, 1940
$ 1,696 83
Cash received to Jan. 1, 1940
$ 1,693 33
Uncollected 3 50
$ 1,696 83
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1937 Poll Tax
Jan. 1, 1939 Uncollected
$ 6 00
Interest
58
Demand
20
6 78 $
Credit by cash
6 78
1938 Tax
Jan. 1, 1939 Balance due on Personal and Real Estate $ 4,094 93
Interest to Jan. 1, 1940
99 32
$ 4,194 25
Taken by Town for Taxes $ 2 80
Abatement Illegally Assessed
47 60
Abatement, Sec. 5, Chap. 59, Sec. 22 and 23 22 40
Jan. 1, 1940 Uncollected 1,569 93
Cash received to Jan. 1, 1940
2,551 52
$ 4,194 25
1938 Poll Tax
Jan. 1, 1939 Uncollected
$ 14 00
Interest
41
$ 14 41
Cash received to Jan. 1, 1940
$ 7 41
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1940
7 00
$ 14 41
1938 Excise Tax
Jan. 1, 1939 Uncollected
$ 154 53
Interest
49
$ 155 02
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Cash received Jan. 1, 1940
$ 153 08
Error in Abatement 1 00
Abatement
94
$
155 02
1939
Assessment on Polls
$ 310 00
Demand
35
Interest
1 26
311 61 $
13 Poll Taxes Abated for age over 70
$ 26 00
Cash received to Jan. 1, 1940
259 61
Balance Due Jan. 1, 1940
26 00
311 61 $
Warrants for Personal Tax
$ 3,690 12
Warrants for Real Estate
7,037. 40
Interest
5 21
$10,732 73
Abatement Over Assessment
Abatement Sect. 5, Chap. 59, Sect. 23 and 23
Cash received to Jan. 1, 1939
$ 7,145 49
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1940 3,553 66
Abatements
33 58
$10,732 73
1939 Excise Tax
Warrants
$ 1,100 80
Interest
1 66
$ 1,102 46
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Abatements on Exchange of Cars $ 33 71
Cash received to Jan. 1, 1940 996 75
Jan. 1, 1940 Uncollected 72 00
$ 1,102 46
Respectfully submitted, CLARA A. LINCOLN, Collector of Taxes
Report of BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Boston Dept. of Public Welfare at
Tewksbury
$
286 72
Westfield Hospital 147 50
Holden Hospital 17 00
Holden Clinic
15 00
J. P. Fairbank, burial
100 00
Butler's Store, groceries
108 96
City of Worcester
3 65
Donald Agar, use of car
20 00
Donald Rutherford, use of car 5 00
Donald A. Rutherford, services 25 00
Morton F. Lincoln, services 15 00
10 00
Clerical Work
Telephone, Postage and Court Case 8 83
$ 762 66 Credit from Comm. of Mass. 36 00
Received from the Town of Sherborn $
107 00
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD,
Chairman MORTON F. LINCOLN, Clerk DONALD AGAR Board of Public Welfare
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Old Age Assistance
Cash paid for O. A. A.
$ 2,776 00
To North Brookfield for O. A. A. 37 50
For Services 40 00
$ 2,853 50
Received from the Federal Grants $ 1,321 12
Received from the Comm. of Mass. 688 34
$ 2,009 46
Received for Administration $ 42 59
Expenses
9 75
Balance
$
32 84
Respectfully submitted, DONALD A. RUTHERFORD,
Chairman
MORTON F. LINCOLN, Clerk DONALD C. AGAR
Aid to Dependent Children
Cash paid for Aid
$ 600 00
Dr. Kent Royal
21 00
$ 621 00
Federal Aid received
$ 90 00
For Postage
17
Balance
$ 90 17
Respectfully submitted, DONALD A. RUTHERFORD,
Chairman MORTON F. LINCOLN, Clerk
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Report of CHARLTON HOME FARM ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1939
Land and Buildings
$18,500 00
Personal Property 9,780 70
Deposits, Savings Banks
9,949 08
Accounts Receivable
955 87
Cash in Warden's Accounts
200 00
Cash on hand
3,302 13
$42,687 78
Gain for the Year
$
398 66
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1939
$ 2,771 16
Farm Products, sold 927 62
Received from Towns and Boarders
11,845 29
$15,444 06
EXPENDITURES
Bills Paid
$12,141 93
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1940 3,302 13
$15,444 06
Number of Towns having Inmates 14
Number of Inmates, Jan. 1, 1940 35
Number of Boarders 3
I have examined the books of the Treasurer and the above statement and find them correct.
CARL F. DAVIS, Auditor
ROBERT F. TUCKER,
President
LESTER P. GATES, Secretary and Treasurer
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Report of CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Town Appropriation
$
275 00
Expenditures
245 05
$
29 95
LIST OF EXPENDITURES
Leroy Holdroyd, sharpening lawn
mowers
$
5 25
Pine Grove 41 00
Town of Oakham, removing stumps South 18 80
Orton O. Butler, grass seed
50
Newton J. Green, labor
87 28
Asa Shepard, labor
17 60
J. P. Fairbank, labor
32 50
Harold White, labor
9 00
Peter White, labor
26 50
William Morse, labor
5 80
Orton O. Butler, stamps and envelopes
82
$ 245 05
LIST OF RECEIPTS
Paid Town Treasurer for Perpetual Care of Lots $ 151 50
Paid Town Treasurer for Annual Care 80 50
Trust Fund from Mary A. Adams Estate for Care of Lot 12-A, Pine Grove 100 00
32
ANNUAL REPORT
Uncollected Bills for Annual Care of Lots 26 00
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR WEBB, Chairman and Treasurer NEWTON J. GREEN, Sup't. JAMES P. FAIRBANK, Secretary
Report of FOBES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES FOR 1939
Town Appropriation
$ 350 00
Dog Fund 238 70
Interest on Dean Legacy for Books
40 83
$ 629 53
EXPENDITURES
Carl M. Wheeler, janitor
$ 132 00
Mrs. Andrew Tracy, librarian
100 00
Mrs. Ruth Shepard, librarian Asst.
50 00
Gardner Electric Light
16 56
Arthur White, magazines
26 25
Denholm & Mckay Co., books
40 83
E. E. McCarthy, coke
113 10
J. C. Rutherford, wood
8 00
Butler's Store, merchandise
2 60
Mary Conant
40
Bradford Wilbur, repairing lamp
1 00
Richard Hanley, repairing roof
63 06
Leroy Holdroyd, lawn mower
2 00
$ 555 80
Unexpended balance
$ 73 73
Money received for fines
$ 5 97
Sale of "Soldiers of Oakham"
2 00
Total receipts
$ 7 97
Respectfully submitted, MINNIE A. NEWTON,
Chairman FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL, DONALD A. RUTHERFORD,
Report of LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of Fobes Memorial Library : Money received for fines $5 97 Sale of "Soldiers of Oakham". 2 00
69 books have been added by purchase and gifts: Gift books 3; Miss Francis Childs 2, Miss Ethel Braman 1. Mrs. John Neilley 7.
Respectfully submitted, MRS. ANDREW TRACY, Librarian Per. M. A. K.
NEW BOOKS AT OAKHAM LIBRARY
Raggedy Ann's Lucky PenniesDrury Lane's Last Case Air Plane Stories and Benefit Street Pictures
Tabby and the Boat Fire
Mother of the Bride
The Magic Hill
With Banners
The Clock Ticks On
That Man is Mine
Men are Such Fools
Low Bridge
Give Me One Summer ..
Murder of Miss Betty Sloan
All About the Little Red Hen Sundown
Diamond River Man
Maida's Little House
Mystery of the Yellow Room
Feud of Single Shot
Daughter of the Land
Prison Wall
Keeper of the Bees
Dry Gulch Adam's
Sunset Pass
Here Comes the Sun
The Little Lame Prince Blue Ruin
Swift River
Forlorn River
We Ride the Gale
Sons
Daphne Deane
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ANNUAL REPORT
Little Doctor
Kings of Beacon Hill
Betty Wales
Not For Love
Witness
Spawn of the North
It's a Great World
Tuesday Never Comes
Tarzan, the Terrible
Shining Headlands
Barberry Gate
Across the Years
Today's Children
Disputed Passage
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Truce With Life
Jamaica Inn
The Rains Came Happiness Hill Silver Wings
Forbidden River
Without Charm, Please
Paul Revere Square
Whipporwill House
Betty Lane Ownley Inn Safe Road
Old Maid
Yearling Blue Window
Truth to Tell
Tarzan and the Leopard Men
The Thundering Herd
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Report of MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
.
Statute Liability, Town
$ 180 00
Amount Expended by Town
280 00
Town Appropriation
280 00
Total Town
$ 280 00
State Financed
100 00
Total State
$ 100 00
Report of TOWN AUDITOR
This is to certify that I have audited all bills approved by the Selectmen. I have also inspected the books of the Tax Collector, Town Treasurer, Town: Clerk and Library and find them to be correct.
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH I. DANIELS,
Auditor
Report of SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1939 SCHOOL COMMITTEE
George W. Dean, Chairman Term expires 1942
Mrs. Leone B. Daniels, Secretary
Term expires 1941
W. Edgar Swindell Term expires 1940
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
James R. Childs Holden 12 or 209
SCHOOL NURSE
Evelyn E. Crossley, R. N. Holden 265 or 444
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Leroy E. Mayo, M. D. Holden 89-2
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
W. Edgar Swindell Oakham 14-21
JANITOR
Philip Wareing Oakham 3
SCHOOL CALENDAR
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