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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS
OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Massachusetts
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1944
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS
OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Massachusetts
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1944
The Barre Gazette, Barre, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1944
Town Clerk
EFFIE T. SWINDELL
Term expires 1946
Selectmen
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
JOHN M. MORAN LEONARD A. HARDY
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946 Term expires 1947
Assessors
JOHN M. MORAN ARTHUR WEBB WINTHROP H. BOYD
Term expires 1945
Term expires 1946 Term expires 1947
Board of Public Welfare
DONALD C. AGAR DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1945
ALICE DANIELS
Term expires 1946 Term expires 1947
School Committee
GEORGE W. DEAN MARY P. CRAWFORD LEONE B. DANIELS
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946 Term expires 1947
Library Trustees
FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
MINNIE A. NEWTON
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946 Term expires 1947
Cemetery Committee
ARTHUR WEBB CLARENCE L. GRIMES WALTER A. WOOD
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946 Term expires 1947
Moderator GEORGE W. DEAN
Term expires 1945
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Tax Collector
CLARA A. LINCOLN Term expires 1945
Treasurer
CLARA A. LINCOLN
Term expires 1945
Auditor
DOROTHY A. GALLANT Term expires 1945
Tree Warden
WILLIAM ZUKUS
Term expires 1945
Fence Viewers
ALFRED B. MORSE A. NEWELL FELTON ASA A. SHEPHERD
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1945
Constables
DONALD C. AGAR
Term expires 1945
ALWYN P. BECKWITH
Term expires 1945
WINTHROP H. BOYD
Term expires 1945
ROBERT C. DWELLY
Term expires 1945
LEONARD C. HARDY
Term expires 1945
WILLIAM ZUKUS
Term expires 1945
Measurers of Wood and Bark
LUDWICK SZCSUKA HENRY BUTLER DONALD C. AGAR
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1945
Measurers of Lumber
WALTER A. WOODIS ALFRED B. MORSE SYLVESTER R. DEAN
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1945
Field Drivers
LEONARD A. HARDY J. FRED ALLEN JEROME MURPHY
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1945
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APPOINTED
Cattle Inspector ELMER V. NEWTON Meats and Provisions 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 WILLARD C. RUTHERFORD
School Superintendent JAMES R. CHILDS
List of Jurors CHARLES R. DEAN, Machinist WORTH J. PARSONS EVERETT W. MANN, Machinist A. NEWELL FELTON WALTER A. WOODIS, Retired Farmer PETER J. WHITE, Carpenter
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of TOWN CLERK
VITAL RECORDS FOR 1944
BIRTHS
Feb. 9-Susan Ann Barr, daughter of Stephen L. and Yvonne A. (Snay) Barr.
Feb. 11-Richard Allen Chestna, son of Alphonse C. and Ethel B. (Collins) Chestna.
May 10-Robert William Mann, son of Everett W. and Es- ther R. (LaCount) Mann.
June 4-Karen Elizabeth Snay, daughter of Laural I. and Rose E. (DuBois) Snay.
June 5-Donna Marie Chestna, daughter of Adam E. and Ruth (Hayes) Chestna.
July 29-Beverly Ruth Crawford, daughter of H. Roscoe and Marguerite (Donovan) Crawford.
Aug. 1-Judith Wareing, daughter of William N. and Shir- ley T. (Bears) Wareing.
MARRIAGES
Jan. 6-William C. Dermody, Oakham, and Bernadette N. Gauvin, Fitchburg.
Jan. 22-LeRoy C. Spinney, Barre, and Mary E. Troy, Oak- ham.
June 11-Philip E. Dwelly, Oakham, and Myrtle A. Keddy, Barre.
July 1-David Kessler, Barre, and Gladys M. Stone, Oak- ham.
Aug. 23-Harry E. Whitcomb, North Brookfield, and Doleres P. George, Worcester.
Aug. 26-George E. Lackey, Oakham, and Beverly T. Brooks, . Worcester.
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DEATHS
Y. M. D.
Jan. 1-Lucille Crawford
1
6
0
Feb. 29-Erban W. Robinson
66
0
0
July 16-Albert E. LaCount
26
0
0
Aug. 12-Marion Knight Loring
60
6
7
NON-RESIDENTS BURIED IN OAKHAM
Y.
M
D.
Apr. 8, 1937-Ella S. Lord, Hayward, Cal. 77
0
0
Dec. 31, 1942-James W. Lord, Hayward, Cal. 81
4
7
Feb. 11, 1944-Frank C. Reed, Springfield
80
11
21
May 17, 1944-Fannie Stoddard, Chicopce
86
0
0
June 23, 1944-Frank E. Ross, Oakland, Cal. 71
9
9
July 31, 1944-Mrs. Lizzie M. (Gleason) Bul- lard, Medford 81
11
5
Sept. 2, 1944-Rev. John G. Vance, Orange
78
11
15
Sept. 28, 1944-Mrs. Cora I. Vance, Orange
72
0
0
Nov. 11, 1944-Miss Emily K. Fobes, Worcester
76
8
23
DOG LICENSES
69 Males @ $2.00
$138 00
9 Females @ $5.00
45 00
16 Spays @ $2.00
32 00
$ 215 00
SPORTING LICENSES
22 Fishing @ $2.00
$ 44 00
15 Hunting @ $2.00 30 00
26 Sporting @ $3.25 84 50
7 Women's and Minors, @ $1.25
8 75
1 Trapping
5 25
2 Military Sp. Licenses
3 Free (over 70)
Respectfully submitted, $ 172 50
EFFIE T. SWINDELL,
Town Clerk
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Town Clerk
Paid Effie T. Swindell $ 85 00 $ 85 00
Selectmen
Paid John M. Moran $ 100 00 Donald A. Rutherford 75 00
Leonard A. Hardy
75 00 $ 250 00
Assessors
Paid John M. Moran
$ 125 00
75 00
Winthrop H. Boyd Arthur Webb
75 00 $ 275 00
Treasurer
Paid Clara A. Lincoln
$ 300 00
$ 300 00
Collector
Paid Clara A. Lincoln
$ 250 00
$
250 00
Auditor
Paid Dorothy R. Gallant
$ 75 00
$
75 00
Paid George W. Dean
$ 5 00
$
5 00
Registrars of Voters
Paid Effie T. Swindell $ 26 00
Donald A. Rutherford
14 00
John M. Moran 4 00
Leonard Hardy
8 00
Sylvester R. Dean
2 00
$
54 00
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
Paid Margaret Bechan
$ 3 00
Florence Bullard
3 00
Vera Dean 6 00
Alice Green 15 00
Evelyn Grimes
15 00
Moderator
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ANNUAL REPORT
Irma Hardy
6 00
Agnes Moran
6 00
Minnie White
3 00
Margaret Troy
3 00
$ 60 00
$ 1,354 00
Appropriation $1,325.00 Reserve Fund $29.00
Town Officers' Supplies
Paid For Supplies $ 95 72
Appropriation $150.00
Street Lights
Paid Gardner Electric Light Co.
$ 384 00
Appropriation $384 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Paid Donald A. Rutherford $ 10 00
Appropriation $10.00
Dog Officer
Paid Willard Rutherford
$
Appropriation $15.00
Police Department
Paid Donald Agar
Walter B. Green 6 00 $ 52 50
Appropriation $50.00 Reserve Fund $2.50
Printing
Paid For Printing Appropriation $175.00
$ 110 18
Bonding Town Officers
Paid Healy Bros. $ 36 75
Appropriation $45.00
Abatements
Paid Excise Tax Abatements $ 4 86
Schools
Paid For Support of Schools $ 10,316 80
Appropriation $11,000.00
Cemeteries
Paid Care of Cemeteries
$
347 72
Appropriation $400.00
15 00 L
$ 46 50
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ANNUAL REPORT
Cemetery Trust Funds
Deposit No. Brookfield Savings Bank for J. Etta Bullard lot $ 100 00 No. Brookfield Savings Bank for Grimes Lot 100 00 $ 200 00
Board of Welfare
Paid For Support of Poor $
151 37
Appropriation $500.00
Library
Paid For Support of Library $ 516 62 Appropriation $450.00 Dog Tax Refund $173.58 Interest on Legacies $75.04
Inspection of Provisions
Paid Elmer V. Newton $
15 00
Appropriation $35.00
Inspection of Barns
Paid Elmer V. Newton $ 6 09
Appropriation $35.00
Insurance on Old Town Hall
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son $
15 00
Appropriation $15.00
Insurance on Public Buildings
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son, Library $ 100 86
W. H. Smiley Kingsbury, New Tool
House
17 70
$
118 56
Appropriation $125.00
Employees' Insurance
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son
$
534 35
Appropriation $550.00
:
Care of Hall
Paid Winthrop H. Boyd, Janitor $ 120 00
Gardner Electric Light Co. 62 74 $ 182 74 Appropriation $300.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
State and County Tax
Paid State Tax
$ 847 00
State Parks and Reservations
17 31
State Audit 205 46
County Tax
727 05
County Hospital Tax
270 25
County Dog Tax
198 00 $ 2,265 07
Tree Warden
Paid Waclaw Smichinski
$
12 00
Pat Ryan
24 00
Henry Butler
14 40
William Zukus
6 70 $ 57 10
Appropriation $100.00
Federal Withholding Tax
Paid U. S. Treasury $ 712 04
ROADS
Chapter 81
Paid For Labor and Machinery
$ 4,674 05
Materials 2,225 58 $ 6,899 63
Town Appropriation $1,150.00 State Allotment $5,750.00
Paid For Labor and Machinery
$1,929 75
Material 1,868 91 $ 3,798 66
Town Appropriation $1,400.00 County Allotment $1,200.00 State Allotment $1,200.00
Opening and Sanding Roads
Paid Labor, Machinery and Material $ 2,741 67 Appropriation $3,500.00
Road Machinery
Paid Supplies and Repairs
$ 1,608 38
Transferred from Machinery Account $3,000 00
Aid to Dependent Children
Paid Aid to Dependent Children $ 63 00 Town Appropriation $500.00 U. S. Federal Grants $357.91
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ANNUAL REPORT
Old Age Assistance Relief
Paid For Old Age Assistance $ 6,349 30
For Old Age Assist. Administration 9 40 $ 6,358 70 Town Appropriation $4,200.00 U. S. Federal Grants $2,980.90 U. S. Federal Grants Adms. $454.48
Miscellaneous
Paid Boston Council of Social
Agencies $ 3 00
Association of Massachusetts
Assessors 6 00
Worcester. County Selectmen's Association 9 00
Milton O. Thompson
13 20
Donald A. Rutherford
10 00
Sawyer Lumber Co.
26 37
Effie T. Swindell, Town Clerks' Association 3 00
Willard Rutherford
1 00
Conant & Parker Tel. Co.
45 54 $ 117 11
Appropriation $100.00 Reserve Fund $17.11
Fire Department
Paid John Wilder
$ 5 00
Peter White
7 20
William Zukus
7 20
Barre Plains Fire Department
64 50
Percy Wilbur
42 60
Russell Dean
7 20
Lawrence Wilkins
8 10
William Parsons
11 10
Waclaw Smichinski
2 10
Ralph I. Daniels
13 20
Town of North Brookfield
48 00
Leonard A. Hardy
5 40
Ralph Wilbur
5 40
Waite Hardware Co.
23 76
Lucius Holton
4 00
Edward O. Hunt
7 00
Weikko Nahkala
10 80
Willard B. Wilson
3 00
Allison Neeley
2 40
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Willard Rutherford 7 20
Donald C. Agar
23 00
$
308 16
Appropriation $300.00 Reserve Fund $8.16
War Bond, Chapter 5 Acts of 1943
Paid For War Bond $ 1,000 00
Appropriation $1,000.00
Honor Roll
Paid John P. Day $ 75 00
Appropriation $200.00
Flag
Paid Denholm & Mckay Co.
$
14 22
Reformatory for Women
9 10
$
23 32
Appropriation $50.00
$ 40,882 80
Reserve Fund
Transferred to Police Department
$
2 50
Transferred to Town Officers 29 00
Transferred to Miscellaneous 17 11
Transferred to Fire Department
8 16
$
56 77
Appropriation $600.00
Respectfully submitted, JOHN M. MORAN DONALD A. RUTHERFORD LEONARD A. HARDY
Selectmen of Oakham
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of TOWN TREASURER
FOR THE YEAR 1944
Receipts
Paid Out
Jan. 1-Cash on Hand
$ 22,718 76
Excise Tax Abatement
$ 4 86
Aid to Dependent Children
136 12
63 00.
Bonding, Healy Bros., overcharged
2 50
36 75
Board of Public Welfare
151 37
Care of Hall, Rent from Grange
27 50
182 74
Cemeteries, Annual Care
60 00
347 72
Cemeteries, Perpetual Care
206 00
Received for Permanent Fund
200 00
Com. of Mass. Highways
6,797 38
Com. of Mass. Met. Water Supply Commission for 1943
621 24
Com. of Mass. School Fund
1,911 32
Com. of Mass., High School Tuition
1,780 40
Com. of Mass., High School Transportation
1,593 33
Com. of Mass., Vocational Education
3 60
Com. of Mass., Supt. of Small Towns
145 00
Com. of Mass., Income Tax
1,599 00
Com. of Mass., Corporation Tax Business
378 36
Com. of Mass., Highway Fund, Acts of 1943
2,669 64
Com. of Mass., Loss of Taxes
165 88
Com. of Mass., Corporation Tax
521 85
County of Worcester, 1943 Dog Tax Refund 173 58
County of Worcester, On Highways
1,199 55
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ANNUAL REPORT
County of Worcester, T. B. Tax, Hospital
270 27
County of Worcester, County Tax
727 05
Com. of Mass., State Tax
1,847 00
Com. of Mass., Parks and Reservations
17 31
Com. of Mass., Auditing Accounts
205 46
Dog Officer
15 00
Dog Tax from Town Clerk
198 00
198 00
Fire Department
308 16
Insurance, Employees
329 53
534 35
Insurance, Library
100 86
Insurance, 1/4 Old Town Hall
15 00
Insurance, Tool House
17 70
Library, Received for Fines
6 97
Library, Int. on S. Dean Legacy for Books 75 04
516 .62
Inspection of Barns
6 09
Inspection of Meats
15 00
Memorial Day
9 50
Moth Suppression
278 20
Old Age Assistance
6,200 77
For Services
9,844 99
90 00
For Administration
9 40
For Out of Town
341 02
58 53
For Checks Returned
20 00
Police
52 50
Painting, Old Town Hall
100 00
Printing
110 18
Com. of Mass., O. A. A.
2,234 07
Com. of Mass., O. A. A. Meal Tax
159 84
Purchasing and Maintenance
1,608 38
Machinery Rental
1,800 25
Roads, Chapter 81, Labor
4,674 01
Roads, Chapter 81, Material
2,225 58
Roads, Chapter 90, Maintenance, Labor
1,929 75
Roads, Chapter 90, Maintenance Material
1,868 91
Sealer of Weights and Measures
2 80
10 00
Schools
10,316 80
Snow Removal
2,741 67
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ANNUAL REPORT
Street Lights
384 00
Town Officers' Supplies
95 72
Town Officers
1,353 02
Tree Warden 57 10
U. S. Bonds, Interest
12 50
1,000 00
Miscellaneous 117 11
R. G. Fullam, Bal. on Tractor and Stock 10 00
Albert Briggs, Board of Health 50
Worcester Central Court 3 00
D. A. Rutherford, Issuing Licenses to Carry Revolvers, 1943 and 1944 6 50
Withholding Tax 711 54
711 54
Deposit in Savings Bank, Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
200 00
Taxes and Interest
14,541 32
Honor Roll
98 32
$ 66,348 58
$ 40,882 80
Balance on Hand
$ 22,465 78
Alden Fund, Jan. 1, 1945, 181 Shares, Interest
$ 1,632 38
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN,
Treasurer
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON ROADS IN THE TOWN OF OAKHAM IN 1944
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
$ 1,395 00
2-New Braintree
458 66
3-East Hill
63 66
4-Hubbardston
5-Caldwell
6-Pine Plain
7-Poverty Square
1,172 46
9-Wares Corner
487 73
10-Robinson
23 60
11-Parmenter
47 00
12-Sanders
72 95
13-South
87 10
14-Spencer
569 69
15-Flint
16-Bechan
1,369 84
17-Lupa
530 65
18-Crawford
255 10
19-Whitehall
20-Old Turnpike Extension
21-Old Turnpike
886 75
22-Rutland
268 70
23-Swindell
35 00
24 Hapgood
45 00
25-Sargents Lane
26-Stone
128 00
27-Rutherford
32 90
8-Coldbrook
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ANNUAL REPORT
28-Lincoln
593 30
29-Maple Street
207 50
30-Barre
396 80
31-Daniels
32-Bullard-
246 00
33-Edson
47 40
34-Happy Hollow
30 00
35-Hunt
216 70
36-Adams
401 50
37-George Lane
101 00
38-J. Gaffney
120 85
39-Scott
128 35
40-Crocker Nyc
57 05
41-Whitney
106 85
42-Gilboy Road
4 00
43-Common Drive
27 50
44-Town Hall Drive
4 00
45-Town Garage Drive
Total Allotment
$ 10,700 00
Total Road Expenditure
$ 10,698 29
Balance
$ 1 71
Chapter 81 Maintenance
Chapter 81 State Allotment
$ 5,750 00
Chapter 81 Town Allotment
1,150 00
Total
$ 6,900 00
Expended on Labor
$ 2,236 20
Expended on Machinery Rental
2,437 85
Expended on Material
2,225 58
Total Expenditure
$ 6,899 63
Balance
$ 37
Chapter 90 Maintenance
State Allotment
$ 1,200 00
Town Allotment
1,400 00
County Allotment
1,200 00
Total
$ 3,800 00
Expended on Labor
$ 1,293 60
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ANNUAL REPORT
Expended on Machinery Rental
771 15
Expended on Material 1,733 91
Total Expenditure
$ 3,798 66 $ 1 34
Opening and Sanding Roads
Town Allotment
3,500 00 $
Expended on Labor and Machinery
Rental and Material $2,741 67
Balance
$
758 33
Machinery Fund
1943 Balance on Machinery Fund $ 1,200 11
Taken in on Machinery Rental in 1944
1,800 25
Total Fund
$ 3,000 36
Transferred to Machinery Account $ 3,000 00
Expended for Maintenance and
Purchasing
1,608 38
Balance in Account
$ 1,391 62
Balance in Fund and Account
$ 1,391 98
Amount Expended for Labor on Highways
H. N. Butler
$ 1,365 65
P. J. Ryan
737 40
Robert Briggs
427 30
Percy Wilbur
93 60
Walter Tucker
147 00
Waclaw Smichinski
296 20
George Stone
4 20
James Parsons
47 40
Philip Dwelly
58 80
Bruno Pesicky
7 80
Alvin Beckwith
3 60
Ralph Downer
6 60
Samuel Petraccone
1 20
B. J. Uracuis
7 80
Ralph Young
13 80
Charles Dean
3 00
Donald Uracuis
12 00
Ronald Wilkins
90 60
Balance
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Lawrence Wilkins
6 00
Russell Dean
18 60
Leonard Hardy
256 80
Bradford Wilbur
4 80
Harry Reed
234 60
Daniel Leno
2 40
Richard Neeley
224 60
Albert Rock
271 80
Gerald Agar
146 40
Walter Madsen
48 80
William Wareing
4 80
Robert Szizuki
6 60
Total
$ 4,839 59
· Respectfully submitted,
HENRY N. BUTLER, Superintendent of Streets
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of TAX COLLECTOR
Balance on Poll Taxes, 1942 Interest
$ 6 00 15
$ 6 15
Cash
$ 2 15
Abatement
2 00
Jan. 1, 1945, Unpaid Balance Due
2 00
$
6 15
1944 Balance on 1942 Excise Taxes
$ 2 00
Cash Received
2 00
1941
Balance Due Jan. 1, 1944
$ 84 30
Interest
7 99
Cash Received
92 29
$ 92 29
1942
$ 1,126 84
1942 Real Estate and Personal Interest
70 32
$ 1,197 16
Cash Received
1,158. 51
Balance Due
38 65
$ 38 65
1943
Balance Due Jan. 1, 1944, Poll Interest
12
$ 14 12
Cash Received
8 12
Balance Due
6 00
$ 6 00
Balance Due, Jan. 1, 1944, Excise
$ 10 00
Received Cash
8 00
Balance Due
2 00
$ 2 00
Balance Due Jan. 1, 1944, Personal Interest
10 77
$ 808 97
Cash Received
503 15
Balance Due
305 82
$ 305 82
:
$ 14 00
$ 798 20
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ANNUAL REPORT
Balance Due Jan. 1, 1944, Real Est. Interest
$ 3,544 11 40 15 $ 3,584 26
Cash Received
2,567 84
Balance Due on Jan. 1, 1945
1,016 42
$ 1,016 42
Balance Due Jan. 1, 1944, Excise
$ 10 00
Cash Received
8 00
Balance Due Jan. 1, 1945
2 00
$ 2 00
1944
$ 502 16
Commitments, Excise Interest
24
$ 502 40
Cash Received
451 29
Balance Due
51 11
$ 51 11
Poll Tax Assessments
$ 284 00
Demands
1 05
Interest
35
$ 285 40
Cash Received
$ 241 40
Abatement for over 90 years
30 00
Abatements
6 00
Balance Due
8 00
$ 285 40
Committments, Personal Interest
1 73
$ 4,613 87
Cash Received
3,791 42
Abatements
5 06
$ 3,796 48
Balance Due Jan. 1, 1945
817 39
$ 817 39
Commitments, Real Estate Interest
7 24
$ 8,895 65
Cash Received to Jan. 1, 1945
$ 5,729 13
Illegal Assessment
11 00
$ 5,740 13
Balance Due Jan. 1, 1945
$ 3,155 52
$ 3,155 52
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA A. LINCOLN,
Collector of Taxes
$ 4,612 14
$ 8,888 41
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Town Appropriation EXPENDITURES
$
500 00
City Hospital, Worcester
$
114 50
Donald A. Rutherford, Services
15 00
Alice E. Daniels, Clerk
15 00
Expenses
1 00
Postage and Telephone
87
$ 146 37
$ 353 63
Balance
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD,
Chairman
ALICE E. DANIELS, Clerk DONALD C. AGAR, Board of Public Welfare
Aid to Dependent Children
Town Appropriation $ 500 00 50 71
Com. of Massachusetts, 1944
Cash Paid to A. D. C. $ 53 80
$ 550 71
Balance $ 496 91
Respectfully submitted, DONALD A. RUTHERFORD, ALICE E. DANIELS, DONALD C. AGAR, Board of Public Welfare
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ANNUAL REPORT
Old Age Administration
Balance on Hand, Jan. 1, 1944
$ 358 97
U. S. Grant, 1944
94 20
$ 453 17
Telephone
$ 3 92
Postage
1 48
Expenses
4 00
$ 9 40
$ 443 77
Balance
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD, ALICE E. DANIELS,
DONALD C. AGAR,
Board of Public Welfare
Old Age Assistance
Town Appropriation
$ 4,200 00
U. S. Grants, 1944
2,830 49
Com. of Mass., 1944
2,522 05
Taunton
179 80
Rutland
135 09
Ashburnham
60 00
Check Returned
20 00
$ 9,947 43
Paid to Recipients
Case 1
$ 394 80
Casê
2
394 80
Case
3
500 10
Case
4
480 00
Case 5
480 00
Case 6
332 00
Case 7
360 00
Case 8
371 50
Case 9
371 50
Case 10
336 60
25
ANNUAL REPORT
Case 11
398 40
Case 12
390 10
Case 13
752 40
Case 14
76 87
Case 15
70 00
Case 16
15 00
Medical Aid
477 35
West Brookfield
58 93
$ 6,260 35
Alice E. Daniels, Clerk
$ 75 00
Donald A. Rutherford, Services
15 00
Donald C. Agar, Services
5 00
$ 6,355 35
Balance
$ 3,592 08
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of CHARLTON HOME FARM ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1944
Land and Buildings $ 14,000 00
Deposit, Savings Banks 11,046 87
Personal Property 11,842 00
U. S. Bonds, 3 $1,000 Bonds 2,220 00
Accounts Receivable from Towns
1,128 26
Cash in Warden's Hands 200 00
Cash on Hand, Checking Account
1,534 67
$ 41,971 80
RECEIPTS
Cash on Hand, Jan. 1, 1944 $ 3,116 10
Farm Products Sold 1,044 56
Received from Towns and Boarders
14,328 47
$ 18,489 13
EXPENDITURES
Bills Paid
$ 16,954 46
Cash on Hand, Jan. 1, 1945 1,534 67
$ 18,489 13
Number of Towns Having Inmates
22
Number of Inmates 50
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 Dog Tax Interest on Samuel Dean Fund
$ 450 00
173 56
75 04
$ 698 60
EXPENDITURES
Carl M. Wheeler, Janitor $ 132 00
Sara Butler, Librarian
75 00
Ruth M. Shepard, Assistant Librarian
75 00
Gardner Electric Light Co.
14 00
E. E. McCarthy Co., Coke
87 75
William Zukus, 1 Cord Slab Wood 8 00
H. E. Gray, 1 Cord Hard Wood
15 00
Denholm & McKay Co., Books
71 52
Minnie A. Newton, Books
3 52
Arthur White, Magazines 30 00
98
Sara Butler, P. O. Box Rent, Merchandise 1 05
Orton Butler, Merchandise
55
Leroy Holdroyd, Repairing Lawn Mower
2 25
$ 516 62
Unexpended Balance
$
181 98
Received for Fines for 1944
$
3 81
J. S. Wesby, Binding "The Robe"
Respectfully submitted, MINNIE A. NEWTON, Chairman DONALD RUTHERFORD FLORENCE BOTHWELL Trustees of Fobes Memorial Library
28
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of Fobes Memorial Library :
Cash Received from Fines $3 81
117 Books have been added this year - 81 were purchased and 36 by gifts.
Donors were: Mrs. Annie Williamson, Mrs. Grace Rood, Mrs. Walter Woodis, Mrs. Ethel Viner and Mr. Earnest Hay- wood.
Circulation of Books
1858 365
Circulation of Magazines
The following magazines are to be found in the Reading Room :
Literary Digest
Saturday Evening Post
Open Road for Boys
American
Time
Better Homes and Gardens
National Geographic
Etude
Popular Mechanics
Good Housekeeping
Woman's Home Companion
Ladies' Home Journal
Respectfully submitted, SARA E. BUTLER, Librarian
NEW BOOKS ADDED IN 1944
Literature in New England Connecticut Yankee
Great Men and Famous Women (8 volumes)
Punch In Susie
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Mother Goose Rhymes Happy Children at the Sea- side Rome
Celia's House
Doctor Hudson's Secret Journal
Terror by Twilight
The Lord of Lonely Valley
Jerry Todd-Caveman Assignment in Brittany The Secret in the Old Attic The House at Pooh Corner A Guy Named Joe Marriage for Rosamond The Saint on Guard
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ANNUAL REPORT
H. M. Pulham, Esquire Green Light
Death Invades the Meeting
Where Beauty Dwells Keepers of the Faith
Brewster's Millions Storm Over Eden Singing Beach The Melted Coins The Pink Camellia Mary Marie The Constant Nymph Color Scheme Surgeon in Charge A Yankee Flier in Italy Cherry Ames, Student Nurse Way of the Strong
The Two Mrs. Abbotts
King of the Range A Day in the Jungle
Apple in the Attic
The Little Red Hen
Silvertip's Roundup
The Saint at Large I Must Ride Alone White Banners
As the Earth Turns
Silver Spoon
Decline and Fall of Roman Empire (3 volumes)
Travels in Spain
Janet Ward
History of Rome (5 volumes)
Gas, Drive In
Greatheart
The Top of the World Liberty Street
See Here, Private Hargrove Above Suspicion
Amazing Interlude
Old Mitt Laughs Last
Experiment Perilous
The Keys to the House
The Emperor's Snuffbox
Hungry Hill The Razor's Edge
Dogs at War
Rickenbacker's Full Story
Station Wagon Set
What They Don't Know
Seigneur D'Haberville
Buffalo Coat
The Valley of Decision
Texas Triggers
New York Murders
Too Many Yesterdays
Bats Fly at Dusk
The Rim of the Prairie
Time Out of Mind Two in the Wilderness
Exit a Star
The Valley of Vanishing Herds 30,000 on the Hoof
Brentwood Crazy Weather
Polly of the Powers Model
Phoebe Dean
The Case of the Smoking Chimney Death Dines Out
Spring Flight Book of Games
Jim Davis The Problem of the Lost Ring Sparky Ames of the Ferry Command Whopper Book Smiling Jack and the Dare- devil Girl Pilot April Kane and the Dragon Lady The Timber Beast
Leave Her to Heaven
Peril at End House
Big Doc's Girl The Lonesome Trail
An Ocean Heritage
All Night Long
Kidnapped Land I Have Chosen
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Town Appropriations
$ 400 00
Expenditures
347 92
Unexpended Balance $
52 08
LIST OF EXPENDITURES
Sharpening Lawn Mower
$ 5 75
Painting Gate (Green Hollow)
15 00
P. J. White, Labor
314 10
Leon Kowal
6 30
W. Boyd
1 80
Arthur Webb, Stamps, Auto Expense
4 97
$ 347 92
LIST OF RECEIPTS
Perpetual Care
$ 206 00
Annual Care, 1943
16 00
Annual Care, 1944
44 00
$ 266 00
TRUST FUND
J. Etta Bullard, Lot 40A
$ 100 00
Clarence Grimes, Lot 59
100 00
$ 200 00
Actual Cost to Town for Care of Cemeteries
$
81 92
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR WEBB, Secretary WALTER S. WOOD Cemetery Committee
31
ANNUAL REPORT
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, Library, and find them correct.
DOROTHY A. GALLANT, Auditor
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1944 SCHOOL COMMITTEE
George W. Dean, Chairman Term expires 1945
Mary P. Crawford Term expires 1946
Leone B. Daniels, Secretary Term expires 1946
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
James R. Childs Holden 12 or 209
SCHOOL NURSE
Evelyn E. Butler, R. N. On leave, Holden 444
Esther E. Gonyer, R. N. Acting, Holden 265 or 7
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Leroy E. Mayo, M. D. On leave of absence
SUPERVISORS
Elizabeth S. Hagar, Music Resigned June 1944
Winona A. Weed, Music Holden
Winifred M. Bond, Drawing
Holden
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Donald Agar
Oakham 11-12
JANITOR
Winthrop H. Boyd Oakham 5
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term-8 weeks Jan. 2, 1945 to Feb. 23, 1945
Spring Term-8 weeks Mar. 5, 1945 to Apr. 27, 1945
Summer Term-6 weeks May 6, 1945 to June 15, 1945
Fall Term-16 weeks Sept. 5, 1945 to Dec. 21, 1945 Winter Term-8 weeks Jan. 2, 1946 to Feb. 21, 1946
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