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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
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FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS OF THE
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1940
Town Clerk
EFFIE T. SWINDELL Selectmen
Term expires 1943
SYLVESTER R. DEAN
Term expires 1941
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1942 Term expires 1943
JOHN M. MORAN
Assessors
WINTHROP H. BOYD
Term expires 1941
JOHN MORAN
Term expires 1942 Term expires 1943
Board of Public Welfare
MORTON F. LINCOLN
Term expires 1941
DONALD AGAR
Term expires 1942
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1943
School Committee
LEONE B. DANIELS
Term expires 1941
GEORGE W. DEAN
Term expires 1942 Term expires 1943
Library Trustees
MINNIE A. NEWTON
Term expires 1941
FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1942 Term expires 1943
Cemetery Committee
JAMES P. FAIRBANK ARTHUR WEBB NEWTON J. GREEN
Term expires 1941 Term expires 1942 Term expires 1943
ONE-YEAR TERMS Moderator GEORGE W. DEAN
CARL M. WHEELER
MARY P. CRAWFORD
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Tax Collector CLARA A. LINCOLN
Treasurer CLARA A. LINCOLN Tree Warden ROSCOE CRAWFORD
Auditor RALPH I. DANIELS
Fence Viewers
CHESTER M. ROOD FRANCIS A. TROY 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 JEROME MURPHY
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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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 1941
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 OLIVER W. L. WILKINS, JR., Truck Driver
Report of TOWN CLERK
VITAL RECORDS FOR 1940 BIRTHS
Feb. 21-Joan Butler, daughter of Orton O. and Marion E. (Webber) Butler.
June 7- - - Smith, son of Maurice and Isabel (Dan- iels) Smith.
June 20-Sandra Jean Wells, daughter of Ralph E. and Helen (LaCount) Wells.
June 29-Elaine Frances Porter, daughter of Arthur H. and Frances I. (Guerin) Porter.
July 7-Effie Mae Crawford, daughter of H. Roscoe and Margaret (Donovan) Crawford.
July 13-Dennis Alden Beckwith, son of Alwyn P. and Ruth C. (Hardy) Beckwith.
Sept. 27-Shirley Ann Wilkins, daughter of Kenneth L. and Frances V. (Childs) Wilkins.
Oct. 13-Joan Amelia Nahkala, daughter of Weikko I. and Ruth E. (Carlson) Nahkala.
Dec. 31-Leslie Richard LaCount, son of Eldridge V. and Ruth A. (Mann) LaCount.
MARRIAGES
June 14-In North Brookfield, Walter E. Cole, Oakham, and Evelyn L. Carlson, Oakham.
Sept. 14-In North Brookfield, Emmanuel A. Zajic, New York City, and Lily A. Hall, Oakham.
Oct. 4-In Barre, William N. Wareing, Oakham, and Shirley T. Bears, Paxton.
Oct. 5-In Barre, Waclaw S. Smichinski, Oakham, and Mary C. Mertzic, Barre.
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Oct. 12-In Barre, A. Roger Demers, Worcester, and Mar- garet B. Troy, Oakham. Oct. 15-In Worcester, Louis Cioci, Barre, and Ruberta J. Rossi, Oakham.
DEATHS
Y.
M. D.
Feb. -In Worcester, Frederick Miner 69
11 10
Apr. 5-In Oakham, Charles H. Trowbridge
85
2
24
May 3-In Oakham, Mrs. Marion E. McClanathan
40
10
3
June 7-In Ware, - - Smith
0
0
0
June 30-In Worcester, Sarah M. McClanathan
52
9
25
July 29-In Worcester, Olive F. Spooner
84
1
14
Nov. 1-In Oakham, Sidney E. Wood
87
6
21
Nov. 23-In Worcester, Charles S. Clifford
83
5
24
NON-RESIDENTS BURIED IN TOWN
Y.
M. D.
Mrs. Eliza J. Bartlett, Shrewsbury
92
8
40
Gardner B. Leonard, Worcester
74
5
2
Mrs. Marion L. Haskell, Worcester
1
71
11 25
LICENSES ISSUED
19 Resident Citizens' Fishing @ $2.00 $ 38 00
3 Non-Resident Citizens' 3-Day Fishing @ $1.50
4 50
16 Resident Citizens' Hunting @ $2.00 32 00
27 Resident Citizens' Sporting @ $3.25 87 75
8 Resident Sporting and Trapping Free
1 Duplicate of Lost License @ $.50 50
2 Resident Citizens' Female and Minor Fishing @ $1.25 2 50
76
$165 25
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DOGS
76 Males @ $2.00
$152 00
23 Females @ $5.00
115 00
11 Spays @ $2.00
22 00
2 Kennel @ $25.00
50 00
112
$339 00
Respectfully submitted,
EFFIE T. SWINDELL,
Town Clerk
Report of BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Town Officers
Paid Effie T. Swindell
$
85 00
Selectmen
Paid Sylvester R. Dean
$
100 00
John Moran 75 00
Donald Rutherford 75 00 $ 250 00
Assessors
Paid John Moran
$
125 00
Carl Wheeler
75 00
Winthrop Boyd
75 00
$
275 00
Treasurer and Collector
Paid Clara Lincoln $ 325 00
Auditor
Paid Ralph I. Daniels
$
75 00
Moderator
Paid George W. Dean
$
3 00
Registrars of Voters
Paid Effie Swindell
$
20 00
John Moran
12 00
Donald Rutherford
14 00 $ 46 00
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
Paid Evelyn Grimes
$ 13 00
Stephana Kowal
13 00
Alice Green
13 00
Marguerite Troy
7 50
Mrs. John Bechan
3 00
William Zukus
2 50
$ 52 00
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Town Officers' Supplies
Paid For Supplies
$
131 46
Appropriation $150.00
Reserve Fund
Paid City of Worcester (Industrial School) $ 100 00
Opening Roads Payroll No. 14 160 75
Payroll No. 15 74 50 $ 335 25 Appropriation $400.00
Care of Hall
Paid Philip Wareing, Janitor
$
119 20
Philip Wareing, Supplies
13 05
Gardner Electric Light Co. 105 03
Clarkson Co., Chimney Repairs 45 00
Butler's Store, Supplies 6 89
Ralph I. Daniels, Supplies 9 60
National Glass Works, Glass 1 00 $ 299 77 Appropriation $300.00
Police Department
Paid Donald C. Agar $ 36 00
Appropriation $50.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Paid Donald Rutherford $ 10 00
Appropriation $10.00
Insurance Fire
Paid Smiley Kingsbury, Town
Garage $ 17 70
Town Trucks
53 30
$
71 00
Appropriation $100.00
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son, Old Town Hall $ 16 50
Appropriation $16.50
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Employees Insurance
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son $ 395 86
Appropriation $600.00
Library
Paid For Support of Library $ 570 35 Appropriation $350.00 - Dog Tax $281.20
Printing
Paid Barre Gazette $ 123 00
Appropriation $150.00
Mothers' Aid .
Paid Aid to Dependent Children $ 795 00
Appropriation $600.00
Memorial Day
Paid Mary Crawford $ 10 00
Alexina Rossi 15 00 $ 25 00
Appropriation $25.00
ROADS Chapter 81
Paid Labor and Machinery $ 6,035 81
Material 2,237 62 $ 8,273 43
Town Appropriation $1,125.00 Plus $400.00 State Allotment $6,750.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Paid Labor and Machinery $ 2,244 70
Materials 2,154 89 $ 4,399 59
Town Appropriation $1,400.00 State Allotment $1,500.00 County Allotment $1,500.00
Chapter 90 Construction Extension
Paid Labor and Machinery $ 211 00
Materials
110 75
$
321 75
County and State Allotment
$321.68
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Spencer Road
Paid Labor and Machinery $ 1,765 28 484 69 $ 2,249 97
Material
Town Appropriation $1,000.00 County Allotment $750.00 State Allotment $500.00
Opening and Sanding Roads
Paid Labor and Machinery $ 3,269 11
Appropriation $1,000.00 and $1,869.11 Transfered $400.00
Machinery Fund
Paid Repairs and Supplies $ 2,919 98
Appropriation $3,000.00
Tree Warden
Paid Roscoe Crawford $ 18 00
Henry Crawford 18 00
George Lackey 7 00
Clarence Grimes
7 00 $ 50 00
Appropriation $50.00
Wright Memorial Park
Paid Labor and Material $ 76 50
Appropriation $100.00
Works Progress Administration
Paid Surplus Commodities $ 7 82
Appropriation $100.00
State and County Tax
Paid State Tax $ 1,120 00
Parks and Reservation Tax 16 60
County Tax 630 40
County Dog Tax 316 60
County Hospital Tax
248 69
$ 2,332 29
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ANNUAL REPORT
Memorial Hall
Paid A. C. Butland, Shingling and Repairs $ 375 00
Ralph Daniels, Repairs 35 00
Leslie Arms, Repairs 15 00 $ 425 00
Appropriation $500.00
Tool House and Garage
Paid Walter B. Green, Painting and
Repairs $ 150 00 $ 150 00
Appropriation $150.00
Old Age Assistance
Paid
Old Age Assistance
$ 4,688 15
Miscellaneous 85 00 $ 4,773 15 Appropriation $1,500.00
Old Age Assistance Administration
Paid Morton Lincoln, Supplies $ 11 85
Miscellaneous
Paid Worcester County Selectmen's
Association $ 6 00
Donald Rutherford, Repairs and Garage 21 00
County Treasurer, Petition on Spencer Road 3 00
Mechanics National Bank 4 44
Peter White, Labor 5 00
Clara Lincoln, Sale of Land 1 35
Bradford Wilbur, Repairing Switch 4 00
Philip Wareing, Repairs in Base- ment 4 90
Gardner Electric Light Co. 12 06
Donald C. Agar, Certifying Agent 15 00 $ 76 75
Appropriation $100.00
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Cemetery Trust Fund
Paid No. Brookfield Savings Bank for
Carl M. Wheeler Lot $ 100 00 No. Brookfield Savings Bank for Austin and Trowbridge Lot 100 00 $ 200 00
Purchase New Tractor
Paid Tractors, Inc. $ 1,000 00
Appropriation $1,000.00
Board of Public Welfare
Paid Support of Poor $ 948.42
Appropriation $1,000.00
Support of Schools
Paid Support of School $11,054 60 Appropriation $11,300.00
Bonding Town Officers
Paid Healy Bros. $ 33 00
Dog Officer
Paid Walter Green $ 15 00
Fire Department
Paid Fighting Fires and Supplies $ 195 94 Appropriation $200.00
Gypsy Moth
Paid Suppression of Moths by Town $ 280 00 Suppression of Moths by State $ 200 00 Appropriation $280.00
Cemeteries Department
Paid Care of Cemeteries
$
346 19
Appropriation $325.00
Transfered to Reserve Fund $21.19
1
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Inspection of Provisions
Paid Henry Stone $ 9 25
Appropriation $15.00
Inspection of Cattle
Paid Henry Stone $ 35 00
Appropriation $35.00
Abatements
Paid Excise Tax Abatements $ 17 90
Industrial School
Paid City of Worcester $ 410 52
Transportation 143 40 $ 553 92
Appropriation $1,000.00
Street Light
Paid Gardner Electric Light Co. $ 384 00
Appropriation $384.00
$48,330 60
Respectfully submitted, SYLVESTER R. DEAN, JOHN MORAN, DONALD RUTHERFORD, Selectmen of Oakham
Report of TOWN TREASURER
FOR THE YEAR 1940
Receipts
Paid Out
Jan. 1
Bank Balance
$11,727 72
Abatement of Excise Taxes
$ 17 90 .
Aid to Dependent Children
473 71
795 00
Bonding
33 00
Board of Public Welfare
948 42
Cemeteries, Annual Care
110 05
346 19
Cemeteries, Perpetual Care 125 00
Cemeteries, Sale of Lots
30 00
Lots Put in Perpetual Care
200 00
Deposited in Savings Bank
200 00
Care of Hall
299 77
From Grange, Rentals
36 00
From School Dept., Electricity 48 00
Com. of Mass., Forestry Dept. 61 75
Com. of Mass. Vocational Education
817 28
Com. of Mass. Annual Inspection 17 50
Com. of Mass. Chap. 504, Acts 1939
2,844 64
Com. of Mass. High School Trans. 2,412 85
Com. of Mass. High School Tuition 1,885 80
Com. of Mass. Tuition and Transporta- tion of Children 366 46
Com. of Mass. Supt. for Small Towns 145 00
Com. of Mass. School Fund 1,950 39
Com. of Mass. Income Tax 1,293 55
Com. of Mass. Loss of Taxes 168 42
Com. of Mass. Veterans' Exemption 3 32
Com. of Mass. County Tax, Gas, Electric Light and Water 14 82
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Com. of Mass. County Tax Business 39 67
Com. of Mass. Highways
13,029 83
Com. of Mass. State Tax
1,120 00
Com. of Mass. Parks and Reservations
16 60
County Roads 1,631 13
County Dog Tax Refund, 1939
237 85
County Dog Tax, 1940
316 60
316 60
County Tax
630 40
County Assessment, T. B. Hospital
248 69
Dog Officer
15 00
Fire Department
195 94
Inspection of Barns
35 00
Inspection of Meats
9 25
Insurance, 1/4 Old Town Hall
16 50
Insurance, Tool House
17 70
Insurance, Employees
395 86
Insurance, Trucks
53 30
Library Dept., Fines for 1939
5 97
570 35
Library, Sold 2 Books, "Soldiers of Oakham" 2 00
Interest from Ware Savings Bank of
the Samuel Dean Legacy for Books
23 05
Memorial Day
25 00
Machinery Purchasing and Maint. Dept.
2,919 98
Machinery Rental
3,119 75
Moth Suppression
280 00
Miscellaneous
76 75
Ice Cream Permit 1 00
Permit to Carry Revolver 3 00
Ralph Daniel, Expense on Sale of Land 4 60
Old Age Assistance 4,595 15
Old Age, Out of Town
88 00
Old Age Expenses
90 00
Old Age Maintenance
60 24
11 85
Old Age Federal Grant
1,766 42
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Old Age, New Braintree
67 40
Old Age, City of Attleboro
39 27
Old Age, Com. of Mass.
1,346 05
Old Age, Check Returned
24 50
Opening and Sanding Roads
3,504 36
Police
36 00
Printing
123 00
Painting Tool House
150 00
Reserve Fund
100 00
Roads, Chap. 81
7,945 09
Material, Roads, Chap. 81
2,618 24
Roads, Chap. 90, Extension
211 00
Material, Road Chap. 90, Expense
110 75
Road, Chap. 90 Maintenance
2,142 35
Material, Roads, Chap 90, Maintenance
2,217 31
Repairs on Memorial Hall
425 00
Schools
11,054 60
Oakham Grange for Prizes
5 00
School, Vocational
553 92
Sealer of Weights and Measures
2 30
10 00
Street Lights
384 00
Town Officers
1,111 00
Town Officers' Supplies
131 46
Tree Warden
50 00
W. P. A.
7 82
.
Wright Memorial Park
76 50
Tractor
1,000 00
Worcester County Trust Co.
285 00
Tax Receipts
13,074 21
Cash on Hand
$11,485 86
$59,816 46
$59,816 46
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Alden Fund
Cash on Hand, Jan. 1, 1940
$ 638 89
Interest on Dividends, 1939-1940 to Oct. 1, 1940 Dividends to Jan. 1, 1941
$ 14 42
141 18
$ 155 60
$ 794 49
Balance
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN,
Treasurer
Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON ROADS IN THE TOWN OF OAKHAM IN 1940
Chapter 81 Allotment
$ 7,875 00
Chapter 81 Tar Allotment
400 00
Chapter 90 Maintenance Allotment
4,400 00
Chapter 90 Maintenance, 39 Extension
321 75
Spencer Road Allotment
2,250 00
Total
$15,246 75
No. Road
Amount
1-North Brookfield
$ 1,758 19
2-New Braintree
788 34
3-East Hill
198 14
4-Hubbardston
53 59
5-Caldwell
23 27
6-Pine Plain
23 27
7-Poverty Square
23 27
8-Coldbrook
1,880 93
9-Ware Corner
571 96
10-Robinson
245 66
11-Parmenter
20 00
13-South
197 39
14-Spencer
3,021 67
16-Bechan
144 77
17-Lupa
235 73
18-Crawford
406 35
19-Whitehall
23 27
20-Turnpike Extension
23 27
21-Old Turnpike
1,225 40
22-Rutland
456 98
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23-Swindell
11 00
24-Hapgood
47 00
26-Stone
317 94
27-Rutherford
65 00
28-Lincoln
526 59
29-Maple Street
572 80
30-Barre
594 23
32-Bullard
34 00
33-Edson
70 40
34-Happy Hollow
19 80
35-Hunt
453 18
36-Adams
467 77
37-George Lane
158 00
38-J. Gaffney
146 30
39-Scott
132 50
40-Crocker Nye
267 78
41-Whitney
39 00
Total Allotment
$15,246 75
Total Road Expenditures
$15,244 74
Balance
$ 2 01
Chapter 81 Maintenance
Chapter 81 State Allotment
$ 6,750 00
Chapter 81 Town Allotment
1,125 00
Extra Town Allotment (Tar)
400 00
Total
$ 8,275 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery Rental
$ 6,035 81
Expended on Material
2,237 62
Total Expenditure
$ 8,273 43
Balance
$ 1 57
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Chapter 90 Maintenance
Town Allotment
$ 1,400 00
State Allotment
-
1,500 00
County Allotment
1,500 00
Total
$ 4,400 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery
Rental
$ 2,244 70
Expended on Material
2,154 89
Total Expenditure
$ 4,399 59
Balance
$ 41
Spencer Road
Town Allotment
$ 1,000 00
County Allotment
750 00
State Allotment
500 00
Total
$ 2,250 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery
Rental
$ 1,765 28
Expended on Material
484 69
Total
$ 2,249 97
Balance
$ 03
39 Extension Chapter 90 Maintenance
Allotment
$
321 75
Expended on Labor and Machinery
Rental $ 211 00
Expended on Material
110 75
Total
$ 321 75
Opening and Sanding Roads
Allotment
$ 3,269 11
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Expended on Labor and Machinery
Rental
$ 3,504 36
Deficit $235.25
Machinery Account
Transferred to Machinery Account
$ 989 93
Taken in on Machinery Rental
3,119 25
Total
$ 4,109 18
Maintenance and Purchasing
$ 2,919 98
Balance
$ 1,189 20
Amount Expended for Labor on Highways
H. N. Butler
$ 990 00
W. E. Cole
714 00
R. E. Wells
106 50
Edwin Bullard
905 75
Francis Troy
739 60
Asa Shepard
4 00
Robert Briggs
149 00
Russell Dean
24 00
Howard Dean
8 50
Chester Rood
507 50
Charles Dean
22 20
Frank Parkman
143 40
Alfred Morse
533 50
George Bechan
3 00
Peter Dennis
5 00
Edward Lupa
39 75
Henry Lupa
13 25
Evariste Dufresne
301 50
Thomas Troy
5 00
Fred Stone
20 50
John McCormick
2 50
Thomas Moran
33 75
Walter Hall
31 50
William Bechan, Sr.
376 50
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William Bechan
8 00
Louis Carboneau
12 00
Joseph Rossi
602 50
George C. Lackey
12 50
George H. Lackey
12 50
Prescott Adams
2 00
George Wrin
5 50
Guy Pierce
6 75
Arthur Beckwith
5 67
William Hildreth
9 75
Joseph Hardy
8 13
William Wareing
561 60
Patrick Ryan
6 00
Alfred Wilbur
21 00
Robert Dwelly
6 50
Samuel Leno
8 75
Warren Leno
9 25
Weikko Nahkala
3 50
Peter White
6 00
Harold White
1 00
Henry Dougal
3 00
Anthony Dougal
3 00
John Dougal
3 00
Frank Lupa
7 00
Stanley Siezckarski
7 00
Winthrop Boyd
6 00
Clarence Grimes
6 50
Bert Reed
16 50
Joseph Gallant
2 00
William Morse
9 00
Leonard Hardy
2 00
Joseph Hardy
2 00
Morton Lincoln
4 00
John Bechan
6 00
Sumner Crawford
3 50
Bradford Wilbur
101 50
Raymond Roscoe
31 00
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Robert Hardy
456 00
Alwin Beckwith
69 60
Roscoe Crawford
2 50
Wayland Heck
36 76
Edward Lebridge
11 88
Arthur Stevens
18 00
Philip Wareing
98 00
John Lane
45 00
Willard Holden
32 40
-
Total
$ 7,972 24
Respectfully submitted, HENRY N. BUTLER, Superintendent of Streets
Report of TAX COLLECTOR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1940
Due
Uncollected on 1937 Tax, Real Estate $
3 50
$
3 50
$ 7 70
Received Cash
3 70
Interest 45, Demand 35
70
1938 TAX
Jan. 1, 1940 Poll Tax, Uncollected $ 7 00
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1941
$ 4 00
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1940
$ 1,559 93
Interest to Jan. 1, 1941
109 91
$ 1,679 84
Rec'd Cash for Real Estate $1,367 35
Rec'd Cash for Personal Tax 163 94
Rec'd Cash for Interest 169 91
$ 1,641 20
$
38 64
1939 TAX
Excise Tax Uncollected Jan. 1, 1940 $ 72 00
Warrant, Jan. 20 5 24
Interest 1 29
$ 78 53
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Cash to Date
Abatement
$ 74 43 4 10
$ 78 53
Poll Tax Uncollected Jan. 1, 1940
$ 26 00
Interest to Jan. 1, 1940
1 39
Demand
35
$ 27 44
Cash Received to Jan. 1, 1941
19 74
Balance Due
$
8 00
Balance on Jan. 1, 1940
$3,553 66
Omitted Assessment
53 50
Interest to Jan. 1, 1941
57 28
. $ 3,664 44
Cash Received to Jan. 1, 1941
$1,919 17
Abatement
1 84
Tax Sale
2 46
$ 1,923 47
Jan. 1, 1941 Balance Due Warrants for 1940 Excise Taxes Interest
$1,740 97
$ 1,181 59
1 80
$ 1,183 39
$ 1,183 39
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Cash Received $1,102 62 $ 1,102 62 Abatements, in Exchange of Cash 41 72
$ 1,144 34
Jan. 1, 1941, Balance Due $ 39 05
Poll Tax Warrants
For 1940
$ 326 00
Interest to Jan. 1, 1941
35
Cash Received
$ 262 35 $
326 35
Abatement on Poll Tax for
Those Over 70 Years Old 26 00 $ 288 35
$ 38 00
Balance Due
$
38 00
1940 Warrant on Real Estate
$ 8,121 71
Omitted Assessments
65 31
Interest 1 81
1940 Warrant for Personal Tax
$4,117 99
Interest 45
$12,307 27
Cash Received to Jan. 1, 1941
8,050 90
Unpaid Jan. 1, 1941
$ 4,256 37
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN, Collector of Taxes
Report of BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1940
Board of Public Welfare, Boston at Tewksbury
$470 58
Butler's Store, Groceries 317 94
Holden Hospital 114 70
Morton, F. Lincoln, Service
10 00
Clerical Work
15 00
Donald A. Rutherford
15 00
M. F. Lincoln for Postage, Telephone and Expenses 3 70
Donald A. Rutherford, Postage and Telephone 1 50
$948 42
Respectfully submitted,
1
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD,
Chairman
MORTON F. LINCOLN,
Clerk
DONALD C. AGAR,
Board of Public Welfare
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ANNUAL REPORT
Old Age Assistance
Town Appropriation $ 1,500 00
Jan. 1, 1940, U. S. Grant on Hand 1,005 18
U. S. Grant in 1940 1,766 42
Received from Com. of Mass." 1,346 05
Received from Town of New Braintree
64 70
Received from City of Attleboro 39 27
Checks Returned 24 50
$ 5,746 12
Cash Paid to Old Age Assistance Recipients $ 4,595 15
Cash Paid to Out-of-Town O. A. A. 88 00
Morton F. Lincoln for Clerical Work 75 00
Donald A. Rutherford, Chairman
15 00
$ 4,773 15
Balance
972 97 $
For Administration
Jan. 1, 1940, Balance on Hand
$ 88 50
U. S. Grants for 1940
60 24
$ 148 74
Paid Out for Postage
$ 3 00
Telephone
60
Supplies and Expense
8 25
$ 11 85
Balance
$ 136 89
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ANNUAL REPORT
Aid to Dependent Children
Town Appropriation
$ 600 00
Cash Received from the State
253 96
$ 853 96
Cash to A. D. C.
$
693 00
Medical Aid
102 00
$ 795 00
Balance
$ 58 96
Respectfully submitted, DONALD A. RUTHERFORD, MORTON F. LINCOLN, DONALD C. AGAR.
Report of CHARLTON HOME FARM ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1940
Land and Buildings
$18,000 00
Personal Property 9,143 00
Deposit Savings Banks 10,224 69
Accounts Receivable from Towns
584 90
Cash in Warden Account 200 00
Cash on Hand Checking Account
3,706 61
$41,859 20
RECEIPTS
Cash on Hand, Jan. 1, 1940
$ 3,302 13
Farm Products Sold 1,370 53
Received from Town and Boarders
12,706 62
$17,379 28
EXPENDITURES
Bills Paid
$13,672 67
Cash on Hand, Jan. 1, 1941 3,706 61
$17,379 28
Number of Towns having Inmates 14
Number of Inmates, Jan. 1, 1941 38
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
1
Report of FOBES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES FOR 1940
Town Appropriation
$350 00
Dog Fund
237 85
Interest on Dean Legacy
23 05
$610 90
EXPENDITURES
Carl M. Wheeler, Janitor
$132 00
Ruth Shepard, Librarian 90 80
Vera Dean, Librarian Assistant
24 75
Sara Butler, Librarian
39 57
Gardner Electric Light
16 65
Arthur White, Magazines
22 35
Denholm & Mckay Co., and Quincy Bookbinding Co. 23 57
E. E. McCarthy, Coke
95 10
J. C. Rutherford, Wood
16 00
Butler's Store, Merchandise
1
2 34
Electric Light Cable, Repairs
58 77
Poress Supply Co., Furnace Repairs
21 75
Repairing Lawn Mower
1 75
Gaylord, Library Supplies
2 15
Sara Butler, Special Work in Library
10 00
Vera Dean, Special Work in Library
12 00
Sara Butler, P. O. Box Rent, 1939 30c 1940, 30c 60
Sara Butler, Key for Library Desk
20
$570 35
Unexpended Balance $ 40 55
34
ANNUAL REPORT
Received for Fines for 1939,
Jan. 1, 1940 $ 5 97
Sale of 2 Soldiers of Oakham, for 1939 2 00
Total Receipts $ 7 97
Respectfully submitted, MINNIE A. NEWTON, Chairman DONALD A. RUTHERFORD, FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL, Trustees of Fobes Memorial Library
Report of LIBRARIAN
Received from Fines for 1940 $5 85 Received from Sale of Old Copper and Magazines 1 60 Received from Sale of "Soldiers of Oakham" 2 00
The library has received by gift and purchase, 192 books this year. Gifts were from Mrs. Henry B. Wright, Mrs. Lucy Knight, Mrs. John Neeley, Miss Francena Spooner, Dr. Bessie Scott, and Barre Library.
Respectfully submitted, SARA E. BUTLER, Librarian
LIBRARY BOOKS-1940-OAKHAM LIBRARY
Fog Over Fundy
The Best Man
Chan Osborne's Wife
The Ransom
Pollyanna
Angels May. Weep
Oh, Money, Money"
Mother Mason
Wind's in the West
Doctor Serogold
Toddles Snipp, Snapp, Snum and the Yellow Sled
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew Anne of Avonlea
Animal Children
Annie Laurie Mine
Helen's Babies
By Right of Conquest
Pollyanna Grows Up
Lady and Sada San Child of the Jago
Selections from the World's Greatest
Short Stories
A Hunting We Will Go Old Lady Number 31 Trees of Heaven
New Chronicles of Rebecca
Daughter of the Land
Anne of Green Gables
Soap and Bubbles
The X Bar 4 Boys in Thun- der Canyon Marjorie's Busy Days Christine The Trouble Woman
36
ANNUAL REPORT
Being Done Good Cap'n Eri
Giants in the Earth
Penelope's Progress Lilac Sunbonnet
Buffer Irish Tales
Prue and I
Strangers and Wayfarers Daphne First Christmas
Life of Nancy
Redemption of David Corson
House of Seven Gables
Calvary Alley
Day of the Dog
Man Without a Country
Sprightly Romance of Marsac Wild Life on the Rockies
Penelope's Irish Experiences Timothy's Quest Lady of the Decoration
King of Folly Island
Old Creole Days
Personal History of David Copperfield
Inside of the Cup V. V's Eyes Prodigal Judge
Winning of Barbara Worth
Head of the House of CoombeLord Clive
Keeping Up With Lizzie Paradise Lost
Environment, Race, and Mi- gration Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Two Strikes and Out Outlines of the History of Art
Teachings of Jesus in Par- ables My Four Years in Germany Citizenship Dramatized Rights and Duties of Ameri- can Citizenship This Fascinating Oil Business Speaking of Change Two Centuries of Christian Activity at Yale Labor and the Common Wel- fare History of Biology Common Land Birds of New England Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals
Watched by Wild Animals Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States
Tales from Birdland
Season of Birth
From Dreamland Sent
Outline Sketch of English Literature Branches That Run Over the Wall Prose Writings of Swift
Marmion-A Tale of Flodden Field Cancer
Electricity by the Deduction Method
37
ANNUAL REPORT
Vegetable Gardening
School for Scandal
Gardening Difficulties Solved Poems of John Hay
Sweet Peas and How to Grow Poems of Helen Hunt Jack- Them
First Steps in Gardening
Roger's Groups
Essays of Elia
King Richard II
Trees in Prose and Poetry
Cheerful Americans
Matrimonial Primer
Lady of the Lake
Light of the World
Sonnets Just Folks
Ancient Mariner
Birds and Bees
Best Letters of Charles Lamb
From Alien to Citizen
Idylls of the King
People You Know
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