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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, 1943
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS
OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Massachusetts
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943
The Barre Gazette, Barre, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1943
Town Clerk EFFIE T. SWINDELL
Term expires 1946
Selectmen
SYLVESTER R. DEAN
Term expires 1944
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1945
JOHN M. MORAN
Term expires 1946
Assessors
132 WINTHROP H. BOYD JOHN MORAN ARTHUR WEBB W Wordis
Term expires 1944
Term expires 1945
Term expires 1946
Board of Public Welfare
125 ALICE DANIELS DONALD AGAR DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1944
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946
School Committee
128 LEONE B. DANIELS GEORGE W. DEAN MARY P. CRAWFORD
Term expires 1944 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946
Library Trustees
/32 MINNIE A. NEWTON FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1944
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946
Cemetery Committee
136 WALTER A. WOOD ARTHUR WEBB CLARENCE L. GRIMES Mecard
Term expires 1944 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946
ONE-YEAR TERMS Moderator GEORGE W. DEAN 135
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Tax Collector 145 CLARA A. LINCOLN
Treasurer
CLARA A. LINCOLN
140
Tree Warden WILLIAM ZUKUS
122
Auditor Q. Gallant 90
RALPH I. DANIELS E. Malling 66
122 116
DONALD AGAR
Fence Viewers
ALFRED MORSE
ARTHUR WEBB
elected
Measurers of Wood and Bark
LUDWICK SZCZUKA V 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 1
Constables
DONALD C. AGAR WINTHROP BOYD
ROBERT C. DWELLY WILLIAM ZUKUS -
LEONARD A. HARDYY GEORGE H. PARKMAN
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ANNUAL REPORT APPOINTED Cattle Inspector ELMER V. NEWTON
Meat and Provisions Inspector ELMER V. NEWTON Sealer of Weights and Measures DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Fire Warden RALPH I. DANIELS
Moth Superintendent WALTER B. GREEN
Burial Agent ARTHUR WEBB
Janitor of Hall
WINTHROP H. BOYD
Janitor of Library CARL M. WHEELER
Dog Officer SYLVESTER R. DEAN
School Superintendent JAMES R. CHILDS
List of Jurors for 1944
FRANCIS A. TROY, Highway Employee PETER J. WHITE, Carpenter WILLIAM ZUKUS, Truck Driver OLIVER W. L. WILKINS, JR., Truck Driver WORTH J. PARSONS, Salesman CHARLES R. DEAN, Machinist EVERETT W. MANN, Machinist
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of TOWN CLERK
VITAL RECORDS FOR 1943
BIRTHS
Mar. 25-Sarah Eunice Brennan, daughter of William Fran- cis and Sarah E. (Adams) Brennan.
June 7-Joseph Michael Hardy, son of Josiah M. and Irma R. (Troy) Hardy.
June 21-Richard Paul Smichinski, son of Waclaw S. and Mary (Mertzic) Smichinski.
Oct. 29-Albert Newell Felton, Jr., son of Albert Newell and Belle Elizabeth (Wales) Felton.
Nov. 10-Raymond John Nahkala, son of Weikki I. and Ruth E. (Carlson) Nahkala.
MARRIAGES
Feb. 27-Stephen L. Barr, North Brookfield, and Yvonne A. Snay, Oakham.
Mar. 6-John M. Moran, Oakham, and Agnes H. Woodis, Oakham.
July 25-William H. Bowker, Manhattan Beach, N. Y., and Yvonne Agar, Oakham.
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ANNUAL REPORT DEATHS
Jan. 25-James Clarence Woodis
73
0
0
Mar. 12-Edward Lupa
35
6
1
Oct. 18-Oscar Thomas Loring
66
7
3
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NON-RESIDENTS BURIED IN TOWN
July 3-Krika Der Garabedian, Arlington 74 0 0
Dec. 31, 1942-James W. Lord, Hayward, Cal. 81
4
7
Apr. 8, 1937-Ella S. Lord, Hayward, Cal. 77 0 0
DOG LICENSES
67 Males @ $2.00
$134 00
10 Females @ $5.00 50 00
17 Spays @ $2.00
34 00
0 Kennels
94 Licenses
$218 00
SPORTING LICENSES
19 Fishing Licenses @ $2.00
$ 38 00
15 Hunting Licenses @ $2.00 30 00
29 Sporting Licenses @ $3.25 94 25
7 Womens and Minors @ $1.25
8 75
3 Duplicates @ 50c
1 50
7 Free (70 yrs.)
Y.
M.
D.
$172 50
Respectfully submitted,
EFFIE T. SWINDELL, Town Clerk
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Town Clerk
$ 1325.00
Paid Effie T. Swindell $ 85 00 $ 85 00
Selectmen
Paid
Sylvester R. Dean
John M. Moran
75 00
Donald Rutherford
75 00 $ 250 00
Assessors
Paid John M. Moran
$ 125 00
Arthur Webb
75 00
Winthrop Boyd
75 00 $ 275 00
Treasurer and Collector
Paid Clara Lincoln
$ 350 00
$ 350 00
Auditor
Paid Ralph I. Daniels
$ 75 00
$ 75 00
Paid George W. Dean
$ 5 00
$
5 00
Registrars of Voters
Paid Effie T. Swindell
$ 6 00
Donald Rutherford
4 00
John Moran 2 00
$
12 00
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
Paid
Ethel Parkman
$ 3 00
Evelyn Grimes
3 00
Minnie White
3 00
Margaret Bechan
3 00
$ 12 00
$ 1,064 00
Appropriation $1,125.00
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Moderator
550.00
$ 100 00
auditor - 50,00 Lucas , Sal - 650,00
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Town Officers' Supplies
Paid For Supplies $ 91 56
Appropriation $150.00
Street Lights
Paid Gardner Electric Light Co.
$
382 54
Appropriation $384.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Paid Donald Rutherford
$
10 00
Appropriation $10.00
Dog Officer
Paid Sylvester R. Dean
$
15 00
Appropriation $15.00
Police Department
Paid Donald Agar
$
55 50
Appropriation $50.00 From Reserve Fund $5.50
Printing
Paid Barre Gazette
$
133 48
Appropriation $150.00
Bonding Town Officers
Paid Healy Bros.
$
40 00
Appropriation $45.00
Abatements
Paid Excise Tax Abatements
$
7 42
Schools
Paid For Support of Schools $10,588 41 Appropriation $11,200.00
Cemeteries
Paid Care of Cemeteries
$
313 90
Appropriation $400.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Cemetery Trust Funds
Deposit No. Brookfield Savings Bank For Wayland Angier Lot 100 00
No. Brookfield Savings Bank For the Fitts Lot 100 00
No. Brookfield Savings Bank For Carl Christianson Lot 100 00
66 Barre Savings Bank For Lizzie Loring Lot 50 00 $ 350 00
Board of Welfare
Paid For Support of Poor $
444 86
Appropriation $500.00
$13,496 13
Library
Paid For Support of Library
$
599 05
Appropriation $350.00
Dog Tax Refund $238.34
Interest on Legacies $10.71
Inspection of Provisions
Paid Henry W. Stone
$
31 00
Elmer V. Newton
3 74
$
34 74
Appropriation $15.00 - Reserve Fund $19.74
Insurance on Old Town Hall
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son 14 Ins.
$
15 15
Appropriation $15.50
Insurance on Public Buildings
Paid Smiley Kingsbury, Town Barn
$
17 70
Appropriation $171.38
Employees' Insurance
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son $ 534 35 Appropriation $600.00
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Care of Hall
Paid Winthrop Boyd, Janitor $ 120 00
Gardner Electric Light Co. 34 26
Herbert Calkins, Services
2 45
$
156 71
Appropriation $300.00
State and County Tax
1
Paid State Tax
$ 350 00
State Parks and Reservations 11 79
County Tax
605 49
Dog Tax
199 20
County Hospital Tax
271 55 $ 1,438 02
Tree Warden
Paid William Zukus $
44 65
William Puesky
36 00
Patrick Ryan 9 60 $ 90 25
Appropriation $100.00
Federal Withheld Tax
Paid U. S. Treasury
$
403 50
$16,785 61
ROADS Chapter 81
Paid For Labor and Machinery $ 5,023 05
Materials 1,897 53 $ 6,920 58
Town Appropriation $1,150.00 State Allotment $5,750.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Paid Labor and Machinery $ 1,603 30 2,196 48 $ 3,799 78 Material
Town Appropriation $1,400.00 County Allotment $1,200.00 State Allotment $1,200.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Opening and Sanding Roads
Paid Labor, Machinery and Material $ 3,439 15 Appropriation $3,000.00 - Reserve Fund $376.56
Road Machinery
Paid Supplies and Repairs $ 2,004 72 Transferred from Machinery Account $3,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
Paid Aid to Dependent Children
$
512 40
Town Appropriation $1,750.00 U. S. Federal Grants $832.50
Old Age Assistance Relief
Paid For Old Age Assistance
$ 7,068 40
For Old Age Assist. Administration 14 33 $ 7,082 73 Town Appropriation $4,200.00 U. S. Federal Grants $3,499.61
Miscellaneous
Paid Boston Council of Social Agencies $ 3 00
Burroughs Adding Machine Co. Repairs 5 00
Worcester County Trust Co. Deposit Vault 7 20
Selectmen's Association
Worcester County 9 00
Conant & Parker Tele., No. 15 24 33
Ross Bros., Supplies 20 40 $ 68 93
Appropriation $100.00
Industrial School
Paid City of Worcester $ 7 20
Reserve Fund
Fire Department
Paid Waite Hardware Co., Supplies $ 3 96
Appropriation $300.00
$ 40,625 60
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Reserve Fund
Transferred to Industrial Schools $ 7 20
Transferred to Inspections of Meats 19 74
Transferred to Police Department 5 50
Transferred to Snow Removal and Sanding 367 56 $ 400 00
Appropriation $400.00
Respectfully submitted,
SYLVESTER R. DEAN JOHN M. MORAN DONALD A. RUTHERFORD Selectmen of Oakham
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of TOWN TREASURER
FOR THE YEAR 1943
Jan. 1-Cash on Hand
Excise Tax Abatement
583 89
512 40
Bonding
Board of Public Welfare
45 00
444 86
Cemeteries, Annual Care
50 00
313 90
Cemeteries, Interest or Perpetual Care
153 50
Received for Permanent Fund
350 00
Care of Memorial Hall and Grange Rentals
29 50
156 71
Com. of Mass., Tuition and
215 00
Com. of Mass., High School Tuition
2,366 40
Com. of Mass., High School Transportation
1,976 15
Com. of Mass., Supt. of Small Towns
146 04
Com. of Mass., School Fund
2,052 62
Com. of Mass., For Highways,
1942 Contract, No. 81
318 82
Com. of Mass., For Highways,
1942 Contract, No. 90
490 50
Com. of Mass., For Highways,
1943 Contract, No. 81
4,316 54
Com. of Mass., For Highways,
1943 Contract, No. 90
1,199 94
Com. of Mass., Income Tax
1,550 00
Com. of Mass., Corporation Tax
629 56
Com. of Mass., Loss of Taxes
168 10
Com. of Mass., State Tax
350 00
Com. of Mass., Parks and Reservation
11 79
County of Worcester,
Highway, 1943-90 1,199 94
County of Worcester,
Highway, 1942-90 318 82
Paid County Treasurer,
T. B. Hospital Tax County of Worcester, 1942 Dog Tax Refund 238 34
271 55
Receipts $23,088 27
Paid Out
$ 7 42
Aid to Dependent Children
40 00
Transportation
ANNUAL REPORT
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Paid County Treasurer, County Tax
605 49
Received from Town Clerk,
1943 Dog Tax 199 20
Paid County Treasurer, Dog Tax
199 20
Dog Officer
15 00
Fire Department
3 96
Insurance for Employees
534 35
Insurance on Public Buildings
32 85
Insurance, Employees Abatement
211 29
Machinery, Purchase and Maintenance
2,004 72
Machinery Rental
2,226 25
Library, Received for Fines
6 54
599 05
Old Age Assistance
7,068 40
For Administration
104 30
14 33
From Rutland
132 83
From State
2,816 92
From Checks Returned
40 00
From Federal 3,234 89
7 20
Opening and Sanding Roads
$ 3,439 15
Police
55 50
Printing
133 48
Street Lights
382 54
Sealer of Weights and Measures
10 00
Schools
10,588 41
Town Officers
1,064 00
Town Officers' Supplies
91 56
Roads, Chapter No. 81, Labor
5,023 05
Roads, Chapter No. 81, Material
1,897 53
Roads, Chapter No. 90, Labor
1,603 30
Roads, Chapter No. 90, Material
2,196 48
Tree Warden
90 25
Inspection of Meats
34 74
Withholding Victory Tax
403 50
Miscellaneous
68 93
Deposited No. Brookfield Savings Bank
350 00
Taxes and Interest $13,710 94
$64,170 09
$40,625 60
Balance on Hand
$23,544 49
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN,
Treasurer
County Treasurer, Industrial School
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON ROADS IN THE TOWN OF OAKHAM IN 1943
Chapter 81 Allotment $ 6,900 00
Chapter 90 Maintenance Allotment
3,800 00
Total
$10,700 00
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON EACH ROAD
No. Road
Amount
1-North Brookfield
$ 1,498 12
2-New Braintree
616 49
3-East Hill
103 73
4 Hubbardston
5-Caldwell
6 Pine Plain
7-Poverty Square
8-Coldbrook
822 07
9-Wares Corner
339 98
10-Robinson
166 66
11-Parmenter
74 70
12-Sanders
49 70
13-South
356 58
14-Spencer
600 97
15-Flint
16-Bechan
1,145 87
17-Lupa
283 80
18-Crawford
779 46
19-Whitehall
20-Old Turnpike Extension
21-Old Turnpike
794 62
22-Rutland
432 37
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23-Swindell
24-Hapgood
10 00
25-Sargents Lane
26-Stone
112 06
27-Rutherford
63 51
28-Lincoln
910 84
29-Maple Street
14 00
30-Barre
434 55
31-Daniels
32-Bullard
114 60
33-Edson
30 00
34-Happy Hollow
20 00
35-Hunt
271 43
36-Adamıs
327 97
37-George Lane
59 40
38-J. Gaffney
88 80
39-Scott
29 00
40-Crocker Nye
43 50
41-Whitney
41 95
42-Gilboy Road
43-Common Drive
13 05
44-Town Hall Drive
49 83
45-Town Garage Drive
Total Allotment
$10,699 60
Total Road Expenditures
$10,699 56
Balance
$ 04
Chapter 81 Maintenance
Chapter 81 State Allotment
$ 5,750 00
Chapter 81 Town Allotment
1,150 00
Total
$ 6,900 00
Expended on Labor
$ 2,650 30
Expended on Machinery Rental
2,351 95
Expended on Material
1,897 53
Total Expenditure
$ 6,899 78
Chapter 90 Maintenance
State Allotment $ 1,200 00
Town Allotment
1,400 00
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County Allotment
1,200 00
Total
$ 3,800 00
Expended on Labor
$ 1,040 05
Expended on Machinery Rental
563 25
Expended on Material
2,196 48
Total Expenditure $ 3,799 78
Opening and Sanding Roads
Town Allotment $ 3,000 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery
Rental and Material $ 3,459 95
Deficit
459 95 $
Machinery Fund
1942 Balance on Machinery Fund $ 978 58
Taken in on Machinery Rental, 1943
2,226 25
Total Fund
$ 3,204 83
Transferred to Machinery Account $ 3,000 00
Expended for Maintenance and Purchasing 2,004 72
Balance in Account $ 995 28
Balance in Fund and Account
$ 1,200 11
Amount Expended for Labor on Highways
H. N. Butler
$ 1,317 15
Percy Wilbur
787 05
Walter Tucker
454 80
P. J. Ryan
378 00
Robert Briggs
366 00
James Parsons
54 00
Waclaw Smischinski
167 10
Leonard Hardy
154 20
Harold Gray
63 00
Newell Felton
96 00
B. J. Uracuis
7 20
Donald Uracuis
7 80
William Peceky
55 80
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ANNUAL REPORT
Joseph Zenla
296 20
Ernest Cole
1 20
Peter White
2 40
Walter Green
13 50
Ralph Wilbur
5 40
Anthony Zalakakus
4 20
Alfred Morse
9 00
Ralph Bullard
250 80
Chester Rood
18 00
Robert Szizuki
109 50
Witlas Smischinski
4 50
Richard Neely
47 40
Joseph Mathieu
12 00
Glenwood McLaughlin
138 60
Robert Hardy
19 80
Albert Rock
73 80
Russell Dean
22 80
Willard Holden
6 40
Harold Legaue
6 40
Total
$ 4,950 00
Respectfully submitted, HENRY N. BUTLER, Superintendent of Streets
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of TAX COLLECTOR
TAXES, 1941
Balance Due Jan. 1, 1943, Poll
$ 6 00
Interest to Dec. 31, 1943
40
$ 6 40
Cash Received
$ 6 40
Personal and R. E. Taxes
$ 1,427 70
Interest
88 47 $ 1,516 17
Cash Received
1,431 87
Unpaid Balance
84 30
$ 1,516 17
TAXES, 1942
Balance Due Jan. 1, 1943, Poll
$ 14 00
Interest
63
$ 14 63
Cash Received
8 63
Unpaid Balance
6 00
$ 14 63
:
EXCISE TAX, 1942
Balance Due
$ 31 11
Interest
82
$ 31 93
Cash Received
29 93
Balance Unpaid
2 00
$ 31 93
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ANNUAL REPORT
PERSONAL AND R. E. TAXES
Balance Due Interest
$ 3,148 88 61 77
$ 3,210 65
Cash Received
2,084 81
Unpaid Balance
$ 1,126 84
$ 3,210 65
1943 TAXES
Poll Tax Commitment
$ 300 00
Interest
40
$ 300 40
Cash Received
248 40
Abatement, Over 70 Years
26 00
Paid in Other Towns
12 00
Balance Due
14 00
$ 300 40
EXCISE TAX, 1943
Commitment Interest
$ 753 43
1 41
$ 754 84
Cash Received
730 13
Abatement
14 71
Unpaid Taxes
10 00
$ 754 84
PERSONAL TAX, 1943
Commitment Interest
$ 4,700 93
52
$ 4,701 45
Cash Received
3,903 25
Unpaid Balance
798 20
$ 4,701 45
REAL ESTATE, 1943
$ 8,807 56
Commitment Interest
5 30
$ 8,812 86
Cash Received
$ 5,268 57
Unpaid Balance
3,544 29
$ 8,812 86
Respectfully submitted, CLARA A. LINCOLN, Collector of Taxes
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Town Appropriation
$ 500 00
Refund
49 00
$ 549 00
EXPENDITURES
Cash Payments
$
250 00
Welfare Department, Worcester
74 00
City Hospital, Worcester
58 15
Butler's Store, Provisions
36 43
Arthur Webb, Milk
4 80
Alice E. Daniels, Clerk
15 00
Expenses
1 00
Postage and Tel.
48
Donald A. Rutherford, Services
5 00
$ 444 86
$ 104 14
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD, Chairman
ALICE E. DANIELS, Clerk DONALD C. AGAR, Board of Public Welfare
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ANNUAL REPORT
Old Age Assistance
Town Appropriation
$ 4,200 00
U. S. Grant in 1943
3,130 59
Com. of Mass., 1943
2,816 92
Received from Taunton
205 93
Received from Rutland
132 83
Received from Ashburnham
35 00
Refund
40 00
$ 10,561 27
Paid to Recipients
Case 1
$ 391 60
Case 2
391 60
Case
3
485 20
Case 4
40 00
Case
5
480 00
Case
6
480 00
Case 7
480 00
Case 8
210 00
Case 9
386 80
Case 10
386 80
Case 11
322 40
Case 12
429 75
Case 13
360 00
Case 14
392 80
Case 15
392 80
Case 16
730 80
Case 17
100 00
Medical Aid
360 65
West Brookfield
83 39
$ 6,904 59
Alice E. Daniels, Clerk
$ 75 00
Donald A. Rutherford, Services
15 00
$ 6,994 59
Balance
$ 3,566 68
Old Age Administration
Jan. 1, 1943, Balance on Hand $ 269 00
U. S. Grant, 1943
104 30
$ 373 30
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ANNUAL REPORT
Barre Gazette
$ 4 05
Hobbs and Warren
80
Revising Budgets
6 00
Expenses
2 00
Postage and Tel.
1 48
$ 14 33
Balance
$ 358 97
Aid to Dependent Children
Town Appropriation
$ 650 00
Com. of Mass., 1943
583 89
Refund
28 50
$ 1,262 39
Cash Paid to A. D. C.
$ 448 00
Medical Aid
64 00
Postage and Tel.
40
$ 512 40
Balance
$ 749 99
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD, ALICE E. DANIELS, DONALD C. AGAR. 1
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of CHARLTON HOME FARM ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1943
Land and Buildings $ 15,000 00
Deposit, Savings Banks
11,561 30
Personal Property 10,838 25
Defense Bond
740 00
Accounts Receivable from Towns
1,228 94
Cash in Warden's Hands 200 00
Cash on Hand, Checking Account
3,116 10
$ 42,684 59
RECEIPTS
Cash on Hand, Jan. 1, 1943
$
3,256 74
Farm Products Sold 1,545 15
Received from Towns and Boarders
13,024 90
$ 17,826 79
EXPENDITURES
Bills Paid
Cash on Hand Jan. 1, 1944
$ 14,710 69
3,116 10
$ 17,826 79
Number of Towns Having Inmates
21
Number of Inmates 36
Number of Boarders 8
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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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of FOBES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Town Appropriation
$350 00
Dog Tax
238 00
Interest on Legacies
10 71
$599 05
EXPENDITURES
Carl M. Wheeler, Janitor
$132 00
Sara Butler, Librarian
75 00
Ruth M. Shepard, Assistant Librarian
75 00
Gardner Electric Light Co.
13 45
Arthur White, Magazines
27 50
Denholm & Mckay Co., Books
87 16
C. T. Sherer Co., Books
3 92
E. E. McCarthy Co., Coke
155 15
Harold Gray, Wood
14 00
Leon Moore, Printing Labels
3 50
Leroy Holdroyd, Repairing Lawn Mower
2 00
Butler's Store, Merchandise
6 42
Sara Butler, P. O. Box Rent, Merchandise
95
Paid Help to Clean Library
3 00
$599 05
Received for Fines for 1943
$ 6 97
Respectfully submitted,
MINNIE A. NEWTON, Chairman.
DONALD RUTHERFORD, FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL, Trustees of Fobes Memorial Library.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of Fobes Memorial Library : Cash Received from Fines $6 97
104 Books have been added this year - 92 were by purchase and 12 by gifts.
Donors were: Mrs. John Neeley, Major Bowes, Rev. Ernest Hirrschoff, and Mr. Smiley Kingsbury. Circulation of Books 2008
Circulation of Magazines 353
The following magazines are to be found in the Reading Room :
Literary Digest
American
Open Road for Boys
Better Homes and Gardens
Country Gentleman
Time
National Geographic
Etude
Popular Mechanics
Good Housekeeping
Woman's Home Companion Soviet Russia
Saturday Evening Post Ladies' Home Journal
Respectfully submitted, SARA E. BUTLER,
Librarian
NEW BOOKS ADDED IN 1943
Bucky Follows a Cold Trail
The Sky Racers
The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe
The Mystery of Camp Lenape
The Case of the Sulky Girl
Robin Hill Fear and Miss Betony
Cross Creek Riders Across the Border The Boomer Early Autumn
Back Street Wild Geese
The Romantic Blues
The Irish in Her
We Must March
The Case of the Curious Bride Mr. Tutt Comes Home
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The Time of My Life Genesee River That Lofty Sky The Problem of Lasting Peace The Robe Look to the Mountain
The Secret of Dr. Kildaire
The Green Bay Tree
Struggle is Our Brother
Silver Slippers
Escape
Guadalcanal Diary
White Man's Folly
Blackout in Gretley
Rivers of Glory
The Animals of Farmer Jones
Bedtime Stories
Fairy Tales
This Little Piggy
The Road to Victory
Lo, Michael
Marcia Schuyler
Cloudy Jewel
The Search
District Nurse
Keeper of the Flame
H. M. Pulham, Esquire
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South from Corregidor One World
While We Are Absent
Death Loves a Shining Mark Love Comes Unseen
Borrowed Husband
Rosalita
Monkeys
Inland Deep
Penocchio
Painted Saints
We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing
They Went on Together
Will Rogers
The Choosing Book
Rusty of the Meadow Lands Men in Motion
The Chinese Shawl
All We Have Built
Thunderhead
The Old Doctor
My Friend Flicka
The Man Next Door
A Certain Dr. French
The Merrivales
New Rivers Calling
The Six Iron Spiders
The Shining Tree Army Doctor
Bridge to Victory Dunnybrooke
Head of the House
Jonathan's Daughter
Through These Fires The Biggest Bear on Earth Fog Magic Storm Girl
The Prodigal Women
The Promise
The Farm
Paul Revere, the
World He Lived In
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ANNUAL REPORT
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A Sweeter Woman When Hearts Are Light Again The Gift of Love Silvertip Touched by the Thorn
The Mothers Standard Stamp and Postage Catalog Centennial Summer The Bridge of Heaven
30
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of CEMETERY COMMITTEE
RECEIPTS
Town Appropriation
$ 400 00
Perpetual Care
350 00
Interest, Perpetual Care
102 20
Annual Care, 1942
23 00
Annual Care, 1943
27 00
$ 902 20
EXPENDITURES
P. J. White
$ 264 70
William Zukus
28 80
W. H. Boyd
7 80
R. I. Daniels, Paint
4 65
Leroy Holdroyd
5 25
Arthur Webb, Stamps
2 70
$ 313 90
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR WEBB, Secretary
CEMETERY FUNDS
Worcester County Institution for Savings-
Principal
Balance
L. N. Haskell Fund
$ 100 00
$ 128 09
Lyman Walker
100 00
121 79
William A. Fobes Fund
100 00
135 60
Henry A. Morse Fund
100 00
135 76
William Haskell
100 00
108 76
Henry P. Wright
100 00
126 88
Laura Burt Trust Fund
100 00
135 47
Ed Maynard
12 93
11 47
Anna D. Adams Trust Fund
25 00
26 17
Hall and Nourse Fund
100 00
121 75
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ANNUAL REPORT
Frank L. Nickerson Fund
100 00
133 57
Alfred C. Morse Fund
50 00
50 81
George M. Ross Fund
100 00
108 72
Mary J. Clark Fund
100 00
120 76
George N. Briggs Fund
100 00
111 72
Charles B. Green Fund
50 00
51 95
David Lovell Fund
153 60
191 59
W. R. Dean Fund
100 00
114 40
C. C. Clifford Fund
49 00
50 86
H. W. Lincoln Fund
100 00
109 22
W. W. Russell Fund
100 00
106 74
Abner and Alonzo Lincoln Fund
100 00
121 60
Henry A. Crawford Fund
125 00
156 34
Mrs. William C. Abbot Fund
100 00
114 79
George H. Gould Fund
228 14
276 68
Daniel Dean Fund
204 77
236 52
Caroline M. Maynard
250 12
348 25
M. T. F. Rugg
100 00
113 48
A. J. Holden Trust Fund
50 00
50 79
People's Savings Bank-
Principal
Balance
Crawford and Malcolm Lot
$
100 00
$ 103 63
Edwin Spooner Lot
100 00
104 93
George Conant
100 00
103 59
Wm. P. Dwelly and Joseph Dwelly
100 00
105 80
Albert K. Fuller
100 00
105 98
Edw. H. Dwelly
100 00
109 29
Ella J. Olmstead
50 00
52 07
Five Cents Savings Bank-
Principal
Balance
Lewis Allen Fund
$ 100 00
$ 161 47
Jesse Allen Fund
100 00
120 98
Ruth H. Robinson
50 00
53 47
Sophronia A. Parker
118 08
121 79
James Boyd
62 48
63 56
Newcomb Heirs' Fund
79 59
80 67
Frances Robinson Fund
80 55
80 67
Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank-
Principal
Balance
Mrs. Mary E. Brown Fund
$
65 78
$ 64 90
Martha M. Macullar Fund
170 60
312 09
Charles A. Fobes Fund
114 83
140 57
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ANNUAL REPORT
Stephen Lincoln Fund
182 33
266 77
Weeks and Elliot Lots
100 00
149 52
Sumner Reed
100 00
161 09
Wm. Myrick Presho
50 00
52 60
M. O. Ayres
100 00
128 78
Mrs. Samuel Ripley Fund
32 89
27 44
Chas. W. Hastings Fund
100 00
125 49
Barre Savings Bank-
Principal
Balance
Lizzie A. Loring Est.
$
100 00
$ 100 72
Albert H. Foster Fund
100 00
127 71
David A. Nye
100 00
119 07
Wm. A. Nye
50 00
56 63
Henry Conant
100 00
108 50
Samuel R. Dean
100 00
114 59
Wm. S. Crawford
300 00
376 03
North Brookfield Savings Bank-
Principal
Balance
Jerry L. Dunn
$
100 00
$ 111 70
Simon O. Butler
100 00
112 85
Thomas Loring
100 00
103 07
Spooner
100 00
112 53
Geo. M. Ayres
200 00
212 17
The Skelton-Felton Fund
100 00
104 20
Sumner and Edwin Barr
100 00
105 41
John E. Stone
100 00
104 79
Avery C. Bullard and Mary Boyd
50 00
51 67
Avery C. Bullard and Mary Boyd
50 00
51 66
Melvyn E. Greene
25 00
25 87
George H. Morse
100 00
103 80
Carl M. Wheeler
100 00
102 28
Austin Trowbridge
100 00
102 17
Wayland Angier
100 00
100 63
Carl Christianson
100 00
100 21
Peter and Jessie Fitts
100 00
101 04
John P. Allen
100 00
102 08
Ware Savings Bank-
Principal
Balance
E. W. Reed
$ 100 00
$ 101 02
Adams and Howard
100 00
105 05
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ANNUAL REPORT
Amherst Savings Bank-
Principal
Balance
Adin Bullard Lot
$ 100 00
$ 107 50
Leicester Savings Bank-
Principal
Balance
Arthur H. White
100 00
150 04
LIBRARY FUND
Fobes Memorial Fund
$ 1,000 00
$ 4,942 85
B. P. Clark Legacy
569 34
2,073 00
J. H. O. Lovell Legacy
153 60
279 40
Alfred Parks Wright Magazine Fund
500 00
642 33
Samuel R. Dean Book Fund
1,513 52
1,683 73
REPORT OF THE ALDEN FUND
Interest on 180 Shares,
No. Brookfield Savings Bank
$ 1,524 40
Respectfully submitted, CLARA A. LINCOLN,
Treasurer
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of TOWN AUDITOR
This is to certify that I have audited all bills aproved by the Selectmen. I have also inspected the books of the Tax Collector, Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, Library, and find them correct.
RALPH I. DANIELS, Auditor
35
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943 SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Leone B. Daniels, Secretary Term expires 1944
George W. Dean, Chairman
Term expires 1945
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