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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Massachusetts
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1945
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS
OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Massachusetts
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1945
The Barre Gazette, Barre, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1945
Town Clerk
EFFIE T. SWINDELL
Term expires 1946
Selectmen
JOHN M. MORAN
Term expires 1946
LEONARD A. HARDY
Term expires 1947
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1948
Assessors
WALTER A. WOODIS
Term expires 1946
WINTHROP H. BOYD
Term expires 1947
JOHN M. MORAN
Term expires 1948
Board of Public Welfare
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1946
ALICE E. DANIELS
Term expires 1947
DONALD C. AGAR
Term expires 1948
School Committee
MARY P. CRAWFORD
Term expires 1946
LEONE B. DANIELS
Term expires 1947
GEORGE W. DEAN
Term expires 1948
Library Trustees
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1946
MINNIE A. NEWTON
Term expires 1947
AUGUSTA M. DEAN
Term expires 1948
Cemetery Committee
DR. JAMES B. McCORD WALTER A. WOOD ARTHUR WEBB
Term expires 1946
Term expires 1947
Term expires 1948
Moderator
GEORGE W. DEAN
Term expires 1946
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ANNUAL REPORT
Tax Collector
CLARA A. LINCOLN
Term expires 1946
Treasurer
CLARA A. LINCOLN
Term expires 1946
Auditor
DOROTHY A. GALLANT
Term expires 1946
Tree Warden
WILLIAM ZUKUS
Term expires 1946
Fence Viewers-
A. NEWELL FELTON ALFRED B. MORSE
ASA A. SHEPHERD
Term expires 1946
Constables
DONALD C. AGAR
Term expires 1946
WINTHROP H. BOYD
Term expires 1946
ROBERT C. DWELLY
Term expires 1946
LEONARD A. HARDY
Term expires 1946
EDMUND A. NOLTING
Term expires 1946
WILLIAM ZUKUS
Term expires 1946
Measurers of Wood and Bark
LUDWICK SZCZUKA 6. 9.
Term expires 1946
HENRY BUTLER
Term expires 1946
DONALD C. AGAR C. Term expires 1946
Measurers of Lumber
WALTER A. WOODIS
Term expires 1946
ALFRED B. MORSE Term expires 1946
SYLVESTER R. DEAN
Term expires 1946
Field Drivers
LEONARD A. HARDY V J. FRED ALLEN JEROME P. MURPHY
Term expires 1946
Term expires 1946 Term expires 1946
1
Term expires 1946
Term expires 1946
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ANNUAL REPORT.
APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN
Cattle Inspector ELMER V. NEWTON Meats & Provisions ELMER V. NEWTON Weights & Measures Sealer DONALD A. RUTHERFORD Fire Warden RUSSELL O. DEAN
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 A. NEWELL FELTON, Mechanic EVERETT W. MANN, Machinist LEONARD A. HARDY, Farmer PETER J. WHITE, Carpenter WALTER A. WOODIS, Retired Farmer THOMAS J. MORAN, Mill Operative
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
VITAL RECORDS FOR 1945
BIRTHS
Jan. 13-Sandra Leigh Dwelly, daughter of Philip E. and Myrtle (Keddy) Dwelly.
Jan. 16-Alexander Bruce Crawford, 2nd., son of Alexander B. and Vivian (Loring) Crawford.
Mar. 6-Rodney Charles Dwelly, son of Robert C. Dwelly Jr., and Anne M. (Grimes) Dwelly.
May 14-Gardner Alfred Morse, son of Alfred B. and Doro- thy E. (Moore) Morse.
June 10-George Webber Butler, son of Orton O. and Marian (Webber) Butler.
Oct. 25-Barbara Janet LaCount, daughter of Eldridge V. and Ruth A. (Mann) LaCount.
Nov. 8-Janet Myrtle Downer, daughter of Ralph L. and Leone B. (Hardy) Downer.
Dec. -Allison Arthur Wells, son of Ralph E. and Helen (LaCount) Wells.
MARRIAGES
Jan. 9-Ralph T. Young, Jr., Barre, Mass. and Hazel O'Donnell, Oakham.
June 11-Anthony Andrew Lupa, Oakham, and Dorothy Virginia Morris, Worcester.
June 27-Irving Mason Hale, Barre, Mass. and Abigail Veronica Troy, Oakham.
July 27-Thomas Joseph Doherty, Medford, and Dorothea Ann Bechan, Oakham.
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ANNUAL REPORT DEATHS
May 10- Robert Carlton Dwelly, Jr., 104th Infan- try Division, gave his life in the service of our country by an Airplane crash in Germany. Age 25 yrs. 11 mos. 16 days.
Y.
M.
D.
Jan. 10-Mrs. Alice Wilbur
89
10
Jan. 19-Andrew Allen Tracy
87
9
23
Mar. 13-Anthony Zalkanuckas
51
June 26-Robert Merton Briggs
59
1
11
July 6-Mrs. Myra L. Berry
77
11
4
Oct. 20-Clayton C. Adams
77
7
28
Oct. 27-Mrs. Flora E. Wilder
62
10
29
NON-RESIDENTS BURIED IN OAKHAM
Y.
M.
D.
July 2-Wilbur F. Prince of Haverhill
75
4
26
Aug. 13-Thaddeus A. Arnold of Worc.
84
1
4
Oct. 10-Eugene Sanders of Holden
70
17
DOG LICENSES
58 Males @ $2.00
$116.00
11 Females @ $5.00
55.00
20 Spays @ $2.00
40.00
89
$211.00
SPORTING LICENSES
16 Fishing @ $2.00
$32.00
17 Hunting @ $2.00
34.00
24 Sporting @ $3.25
78.00
10 Women's & Minors @ $1.25
12.50
1 Trapping @ $5.25
5.25
1 3-day Fishing @ $1.50
1.50
9 Free (over 70)
3 Free Military
1 Free Old Age Asst.
82
$163.25
Respectfully submitted, 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, Chairman
$100.00
Donald A. Rutherford
75.00
Leonard A. Hardy
75.00
$250.00
Assessors
Paid John M. Moran
$100.00
Winthrop H. Boyd
75.00
Walter A. Woodis
80.00
Ann D. Troy, Clerk
20.00
$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
Moderator
Paid George W. Dean
$5.00
$5.00
Registrars of Voters
Paid Effie T. Swindell
$6.00
Donald A. Rutherford
4.00
John M. Moran
2.00
$12.00
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
Paid Alice Green
$3.00
Evelyn, Grimes
3.00
Agnes Moran
3.00
Irma Hardy
3.00
$12.00
$1,264.00
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APPROPRIATION $1300.00 Town Officers' Supplies
Paid For Supplies $100.44
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 $15.00
Appropriation $15.00
Police Department
Paid Donald C. Agar
$36.00
Walter B. Green 6.00 $42.00
Appropriation $50.00
Printing
Paid For Printing $94.65
Appropriation $175.00
Bonding Town Officers
Paid Healy Bros.
$33.75
Appropriation $45.00
Abatements
Paid Tax Abatement
$41.25
Schools
Paid For Support of Schools $11,165.13
Appropriation $11,700.00
Cemeteries
Paid Care of Cemeteries
$395.69
Appropriation $400.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Cemetery Trust Funds
Deposit No. Brookfield Bank for J. Raymond Wrin Lot $100.00 $100.00
Census
Paid Irma R. Hardy $50.00
Appropriation $50.00
Board of Welfare
Paid For Support of Poor $571.61
Appropriation $500.00 Reserve Fund $71.61
Library
Paid For Support of Library $591.05
Appropriation $450.00 Dog Tax Refund $176.28 Interest on Legacies $72.56 Inspection of Provisions
Paid Elmer V. Newton $12.00
Appropriation $35.00
Insurance on Old Town Hall
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son $15.15
Appropriation $15.15
Insurance on Public Buildings
Paid I. E. Irish on Town Hall $159.44
Smiley Kingsbury, Tool House $17.70
Appropriation $180.00
Employee's Insurance
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son
$534.35
Appropriation $550.00
Insurance on Weights and Measures
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son $25.60
From Reserve Fund $25.60
Post War Rehabilitation Fund North Brookfield Savings Bank $37.50
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ANNUAL REPORT
Care of Hall
Paid Winthrop H. Boyd
120.00
Gardner Electric Light Co. 55.45 $175.45
Appropriation $300.00 State Tax
Paid State Tax
$476.00
State Parks & Reservations
12.55
Audit Municipal Accounts
1.34
$490.19
County Tax
Paid T. B. Hospital Tax
$185.53
Dog Tax
191.40
County Tax
821.90
1198.83
Federal Withholding Tax
Paid U. S. Treasury $908.26
ROADS Chapter 81
Paid For Labor and Machinery
$4700.52
Materials 2573.87 $7274.39
Town Appropriation $1400.00 State Allotment $5750.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Paid For Labor and Machinery
$1288.03
Material 2545.33 $3833.36
Town Appropriation $1400.00 County Allotment $1200.00 State Allotment $1200.00 From Reserve Fund $33.36
Opening and Sanding
Paid Labor, Machinery and Materials $5842.53
Appropriation $3500.00
Road Machinery
Paid Supplies and repairs $3016.25
$3000.00
Transferred from Machinery Account From Reserve Fund $16.25
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Aid to Dependent Children
Paid Aid to Dependent Children $6.87
U. S. Federal Grant $304.65 Old Age Assistance Relief
Paid For Old Age Assistance
$6172.40
For Old Age Assist. Administration 14.79 $6187.19 Town Appropriation $4200.00 U. S. Federal Grants $3442.97 U. S. Federal Grants Adms. $553.99
Roads (Hunt)
Paid For Labor, Machinery and Materials $1040.20
Town Appropriation $1200.00 Roads (South)
Paid For Labor, Machinery and Materials $807.48 Town Appropriation $800.00 Transferred from Reserve Fund $7.48 Roads Chapter 90 Turnpike Maintenance :
Paid For Labor Machinery and Material $999.97
Town Allotment $250.00 County Allotment $250.00 State Allotment $500.00
Turnpike, Zukus Well
Paid For Labor, Material and Machinery
$84.75
From Reserve Fund $84.75
Moth Suppression '
Paid For Labor and Material $310.12
From Reserve Fund $10.12
Town' Appropriation $300.00
Care of Town Common
Paid William Morse, Jr.
$35.00
Appropriation $50.00
Miscellaneous
Paid Conant and Parker Tel. Co.
$47.86
Willard C. Rutherford
8.56
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N. Brookfield National Bank 3.60
Mass. Assessors Association 6.00
Worc. County Abstract Co. 7.46
Worc. County Selectmen's Association 9.00 Mass. Treasurers and Collectors Ass'n. 2.00
Worcester County Trust Co. 3.60
City and Town Clerks Association
1.00
Appropriation $100.00
$89.08
Fire Department
Paid Donald Agar
$1.00
Percy Wilbur
1.00
Roscoe Crawford
1.00
Philip Dwelly
2.00
Russell Dean
8.00
$13.00
$47,973.23
Appropriation . $300.00
Reserve Fund
Transferred to Moth Suppression
$10.12
Transferred to Turnpike Ch. 90
250.00
Transferred to Turnpike Zukus Well
84.75
Transferred to South Rd.
7.48
Transferred to Insurance
25.60
Transferred to Board of Welfare
71.61
Transferred to Purchasing and Maint.
16.25
Transferred to Ch. 90, Maint.
33.36
$499.17
Appropriation' $500.00
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN M. MORAN DONALD A. RUTHERFORD LEONARD A. HARDY Selectmen of Oakham
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON ROADS IN THE TOWN OF OAKHAM IN 1945
Hunt Road Allotment
$1,200.00
South Road Allotment
800.00
Old Turnpike, 90 Construction
1,000.00
Chapter 81 Allotment
7,150.00
Chapter 90, Maint. Allotment
3,800.00
Total
$13,950.00
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON EACH ROAD
1-North Brookfield
$1,278.40
2-New Braintree
1,060.98
3-East Hill
211.25
4-Hubbardston
000.00
5-Caldwell
000.00
6-Pine Plain
000.00
7-Poverty Square
9.42
8-Coldbrook
2,192.66
9-Wares Corner
236.40
10-Robinson
82.90
11-Parmenter
72.90
12-Sanders
92.40
13-South
1,054.95
14-Spencer
643.19
15-Flint
000.00
16-Bechan
326.88
17-Lupa
511.34
18-Crawford
232.85
19-Whitehall
000.00
20-Old Turnpike Extension
000.00
21-Old Turnpike
1756.64
22-Rutland
381.03
23-Swindell
21.81
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ANNUAL REPORT
24-Hapgood
69.39
25-Sargents Lane
9.42
26-Stone
72.18
27-Rutherford
69.42
28-Lincoln
1122.51
29-Maple Street
17.39
30-Barre
166.80
31-Daniels
17.38
32-Bullard
5.00
33-Edson
39.30
34-Happy Hollow
12.39
35-Hunt
1254.62
36-Adams
251.02
37-George Lane
50.75
38-J. Gaffney
35.70
39-Scott
60.00
40-Crocker Nye
83.45
41-Whitney
68.45
42-Gilboy Road
000.00
43-Common Drive
20.21
44-Town Hall Drive
12.38
45-Town Garage Drive
12.38
Total Allotment
$13,950.00
Total Expenditure
13,963.61
Deficit
$13.61
Chapter 81 Maintenance
Chapter 81 State Allotment
$5750.00
Chapter 81 Town Allotment
1400.00
Total
$7150.00
Expended on Labor
$2250.77
Expended on Machinery Rental
2457.25
Expended on Material
2573.87
Total Expenditure
$7281.89
Deficit
$131.89
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ANNUAL REPORT
Chapter 90 Maintenance
State Allotment
$1200.00
Town Allotment
1400.00
County Allotment
1200.00
Total
$3800.00
Expended on Machinery Rental
$521.30
Expended on Labor
767.44
Expended on Material
2545.33
Total Expenditure
$3834.07
Deficit $34.07
Opening and Sanding Roads
Town Allotment
$3500.00
Labor, Machinery Rental and Material $5842.53
Deficit
$2342.53
Machinery Fund
1944 Balance of Machinery Fund
$1391.98
Taken in on Machinery Rental in 1945
3291.15
Total Fund
$4683.13
Transferred to Machinery Account
$3000.00
Expended for Main. and Pur.
3014.25
Deficit Balance in Fund and Account
$14.25
$1668.88
South Road
Town Allotment
$800.00
Expended on Labor
$126.25
Expended on Machinery Rental
386.25
Expended on Material
294.98
Total
$807.48
Deficit $7.48
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ANNUAL REPORT
Hunt Road
Town Allotment
$1200.00
Expended on Labor
$178.95
Expended on Machinery Rental
667.60
Expended on Material
193.65
Total
$1040.20
Balance
$159.80
Old Turnpike 90 Construction
Town Allotment and State Allotment
Total Allotment
$1000.00
Expended on Labor
$174.95
Expended on Machinery Rental
380.05
Expended on Material
444.97
Total
$999.97
Balance
$.03
Amount Expended for Labor on Highways
Leonard Hardy
472.50
P. J. Ryan
778.25
Waclaw Smichinski
312.75
James Parsons
128.05
Joseph Jenlia
383.66
Philip Dwelly
75.05
Clifford Keddy
3.60
Gerald Agar
183.60
Weikko Nahkala
53.80
Ronald Wilkins
54.60
Newell Felton
41.40
Laurence Wilkins
50.85
Robert Szoziska
43.80
Russell Dean
14.40
Ralph Downer
49.40
Alexander Crawford
6.60
Ralph Wilbur
16.80
Percy Wilbur
305.85
Milton Bullard
910.15
Raymond Rosco
221.65
H. N. Butler
1324.90
George Watson
14.95
Fredrick Stone
39.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Francis Troy
235.30
Ralph Young
99.45
Harold Weeks
49.00
Robert Briggs
63.70
Stanley Jamara
10.40
F. M. Bancroft
54.00
F. M. Bancroft, Jr ..
54.00
William Rutherford
2.40
Morton Lincoln
7.15
Alfred Wilbur
66.95
Donald Uracuis
24.70
Harold Gray
.65
Total
$6106.51
Respectfully submitted,
Henry N. Butler
Superintendent of Streets
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of Board of Public Welfare
Town Appropriation EXPENDITURES
$500.00
Cash Payments
$375.00
City Hospital, Worcester
88.25
Raymond Roscoe, 3 cords wood
30.00
Oil-Fuel
9.50
Arthur Webb, Milk
9.36
Alice E. Daniels, Clerk
15.00
Expenses
3.00
Telephone and Postage
1.50
Donald A. Rutherford, Services
15.00
$546.61
Respectfully submitted, DONALD A. RUTHERFORD Chairman
DONALD C. AGAR ALICE E. DANIELS, Clerk Board of Public Welfare
Old Age Assistance
Town Appropriation
$4,200.00
U. S. Grant-1945
3,011.26
Com. of Mass .- 1945
2,545.44
$9,756.70
Paid Recipients
Case 1
$417.25
Case 2
417.25
Case 3
360.00
Case
4
519.60
Case
5
480.00
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Case 6
480.00
Case
96.00
Case 8
393.40
Case 9
393.40
Case 10
385.70
Case 11
340.81
Case 12
16.60
Case 13
16.72
Case 14
270.00
Case 15
376.20
Case 16
195.00
Case 17
186.57
Case 18
76.05
Case 19
360.00
Medical Aid
309.73
$6,090.28
Alice E. Daniels, Clerk
75.00
Donald A. Rutherford, Services
15.00
$6,180.28
Balance
$3,576.42
Old Age Administration'
Balance on Hand, Jan. 1, 1945
$443.77
U. S. Grants 1945
100.35
$544.12
Barre Gazette
$6.75
Hobbs and Warren
.54
Postage
2.10
Telephone and Supplies
2.40
Expenses
3.00
Balance
$14.79 $529.33
Respectfully submitted, DONALD A. RUTHERFORD DONALD C. AGAR ALICE E. DANIELS Board of Public Welfare
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF CHARLTON HOME FARM ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1945
Land and Buildings
$13,000.00
Deposit, Savings Banks
11,291.68
Personal Property
10,657.50
U. S. Bonds, 3 $1000 Bonds
2,220.00
Accounts Receivable from Towns
374.00
Cash in Warden's Hands
200.00
Cash on hand, Checking Account
4,632.49
$42,375.67
RECEIPTS
Cash on Hand Jan. 1, 1945
$1,534.67
Farm Products sold
972.62
Fire damage wood lot
1,000.00
Received from Towns and Boarders
18,177.28
$21,684.57
EXPENDITURES
Bill Paid
$17,052.08
Cash on Hand Jan. 1, 1946
4,632.49
$21,684.57
Number of Towns Having Inmates 24
Number of Inmates 48
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 F. GATES,
Secretary and Treasurer
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF FOBES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Town Appropriation
$450.00
Dog Tax
176.28
Interest on Samuel Dean Fund
42.56
Interest on Wright Fund
30.00
EXPENDITURES
Carl M. Wheeler, Janitor
$132.00
Sara Butler, Librarian
75.00
Vera Dean, Assistant Librarian
65.00
Ruth Shepard, Substitute Librarian
10.00
Gardner Electric Light Co.
13.67
E. E. McCarthy Co. Coke
153.61
Denholm Mckay Co., Books
42.56
Arthur T. White, Magazines
30.00
Sara Butler, P. O. Box Rent, Merchandize
.90
Walter Green, Refinishing floors
36.00
Walter Green, Washing Windows
10.00
Help to Clean Library 2.50
Butler's Store, Soaps & Electric Light Bulbs 2.16
Remington Rand, Inc., Card Cabinet
11.45
Remington Rand, Inc., Library Supplies
2.05
Gaylord Bros., Inc., Library Supplies
3.15
$591.05 1
Unexpended Balance Received for Fines for 1945
$107.79
$13.31
Respectfully submitted, MINNIE A. NEWTON Chairman
AUGUSTA M. DEAN
OAKHAM
Pide - Schools - 01- 2
- und august on
40.100.57 32,490.74 7609 83
Total appropriations last year, $ 3 32,490.74
Total appropriations, 40100.57 ; schools, $/2.000.00;police, 35:00 blog Office
GA
5000. ; fire department, $ 500.00 .; welfare,$ 5 25.00 hap 81. 1200.00
2342.53 500,00 ; high- ways, $ 90 1400.00 snow removal, $ 350000 600.00 9121-39 800 ; old age assistance, $ 5000,00 12438 00. 00
-3000.00 5842 02-3
; Memorial Day, $ 50.00 ; side-walks, + ; library,
45000 ; tree warden, $ 100,00 ; sealer of weights and measures, $ 10 00
; street lighting, & 384,00 -
; cemeteries, $ 400,00; .
moth destruction, $ 30000 ; forest fires, $ ; soldiers ' $$14,65
relief, * 200.00 ; interest, $ ; insurance, $ 249,50
15.15
board of health, $ 45,00 Runding
; salaries and expenses for town officials, $1500,00 ; town hall, 300.00 ; state aid, $ ; Worcester
2:50,00 Supply 175.00 Prints
County Hospital, $ ;W.P.A.,$ ;reserve fund,
0,00 600.00 ; elections, $ ;moderator, 3 ;nurse, ; soldiers' and sailors' graves, $
(Write in additional appropriations here)
Insp Cattle 25,00 Info. Meats 35.00
appointed following
Som to investigate mise 100.00
Industrial School. 160.00 Que Protection equipment Haven Goodwin 30000 Everett W. mann
Toun Com 50,00
Percy C. Wither
471 Club 100,00 Purchasing Loan Fuck. 1000.00.
votes cast 159- 236 meg vatu
Referenda:
Event mann 55
Kalın moran 10.1 sel re-elected
550.00
15.00.00 $1.00 425
8.970,00
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of Fobes Memorial Library : Cash Received from Fines $13.31
126 Books have been added this year, 27 more purchased and 99 were gifts.
Donors were: Mr. Smiley Kingsbury, Mrs. Neeley and Mr. Eugene Reed. We wish especially to thank Mr. Reed for his large gift of books.
Circulation of Books
1995
Circulation of Magazines 399
The Following Magazines are to be found in the Reading Room :
American
National Geographic
Better Homes and Gardens
Open Road for Boys
Etude
Popular Mechanics
Good Housekeeping
Saturday Evening Post
Literary Digest
Time
Advance Ladies Home Journal
Woman's Home Companion
Respectfully submitted,
SARA E. BUTLER,
Librarian
NEW BOOKS ADDED IN 1945
Sheridan Road
Present for Lupe
Her Heart in Her Throat
Who Goes There
The Gold Rush
Lost Hole of Bingoola Firedrake
Twin Colts
Wings of Fear
Our Children Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Young'un Red Fruit
Brave Men
The Way of All Flesh Oasis
The Wind Blows West Bucky O'Connor House Without a Key
Shepherd Boy of Australia Historic Storms of New England Winston Churchill
World at My Fingertips
Wright Brothers Netherlands
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Green Years
Beloved Stranger
Voice in the Wilderness
Dutch Twins
Dawn of the Morning
Martin and Judy
As the Seed is Sown
Enemy Brothers
Fighting Caravans Under the Tonto Rim
How They Followed the Golden Trail
Crescent Carnival
Home Sweet Homicide Fourteen Great Detective
Mrs. Parkington The Story of the Other Wise Man City of Bells
Stories None But the Lonely Heart American Twins of the Revolution
Yankee from Olympus
The Grassleyes Mystery
Song of Bernadette
Good. Night, Sweet Prince
Paradise Green Dolphin Street
Country Bunny Bird's Christmas Carol
Lieutenant's Lady
Fairy Caravan
Immortal Wife
Odyssey for Boys and Girls
Fun with Science
Maida's Little Island
Soldiers, Sailors, Fliers, and Maida's Little School Marines Aviation Cadet
Swiss Twins Wishing Window
Quaker Childhood
They Came from France
Little Dutch Tulip Girl
Abe Lincoln Grows Up
Susannah, the Pioneer Cow
Bounty of the Wayside
Irish Twins
Great Stories from Great Lives Mother West Wind "Why"
Stories
When We Were Very Young Golden Ram
Johnny Crow's Party
Maida's Little Camp
At the Back of the North Wind Denmark, Kingdom of Reason Trending into Maine Lone Boy Journey Cake Far from Marlborough Street Crime and Punishment
Aces Wild at Golden Eagle
Call of the Canyon The Maltese Falcon
George Washington Carver Jumbo, the Elephant Angel Mo' and Her son, Rolan Hayes Poppy Seed Cakes Under the Little Fir Adventures of Dudley and Gilderoy Little Tom of England Carmen of the Golden Coast Steady Little Indian Weaver Little Jean of France Shaun O'Day of Ireland New Progressive Road to Reading
One Pair of Feet Norway
Snowball
Story of the Other America
Animal of the Bible
Two Boys of the Ohio Valley
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Tommy Carries the Ball Happy Jack Big Sea Chia and the Lambs
Star of the King Little Mexican Donkey Boy
Nura's Children Go Visiting Petrouchka White Goose Matilda and Her Family Health Can be Fun
Cypress Man Mrs. Applegate's Affair The Big Six Our Way Down East Silver Shoals
The Peacock Sheds His Tail Storm Tide
Cass Timberlain of the River
Heritage of the River
In the Truth of the Evidence
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Town Appropriation Expenditures
$400.00 395.69
Unexpended Balance LIST OF EXPENDITURES
$4.31
P. J. White
$369.00
Harold White
5.20
William Bullard
10.40
Arthur Webb, Stamps, Auto Expense
7.34
Orton Butler, Scythe
2.25
Sharpening Mower
1.50
$395.69
LIST OF RECEIPTS
Perpetual Care
$200.00
Annual Care
47.05
$247.05
TRUST FUND
J. Raymond Grimes, Lot 11
$100.00
Lots Sold
No. 84 South
$5.00
No. 11 Pine Grove
10.00
No. 4 Pine Grove
10.00
Total $25.00
Actual Cost to Town for Care of Cemeteries $148.64
Respectfully Submitted, ARTHUR WEBB, Secretary
Report of Moth Superintendent
Statute Liability, Town
$180.00
Town Appropriation
300.00
Town Spent
300.00
Respectfully Submitted, WALTER B. GREEN, Supt. of Moth Suppression
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
RECEIPTS
Jan. 1-Cash on hand
$26,537.72
Commonwealth of Mass., for Roads
5643.28
Highway Fund, Acts 569, 1943
2648.64
Snow Removal
1249.03
Met. Water Supply Com.
1700.40
Child Guardianship, Tuition
106.00
Child Guardianship, Transportation
106.20
Met. Water Supply Com.
621.23
School Fund
2193.40
School Superintendent
145.00
High School, Tuition
1984.00
High School Transportation
1964.20
Income Tax
1649.00
Corporation Tax
815.78
Loss of Taxes
164.72
Dept. of Agriculture
2.25
County of Worcester, Dog Tax Refund
176.28
County of Worcester Highways
1199.96
County of Worcester, Dog Tax
191.40
County of Worcester, Dog Tax Refund
176.28
Library, fines on Books
3.81
Library, Interest on Fund for magazines
30.00
Library, Interest on Fund for Books
42.56
Miscellaneous. Board of Health
.50
Willard Rutherford, Machinery
19.80
Edmund A. Nolting, Machinery
16.80
Oakham Grange, Use of Hall
30.00
Licenses
1.00
Insurance, Employees
319.59
Cemetery Perpetual care of lots
200.10
Cemetery, Annual care of lots
47.05
Cemetery sale of lots
25.00
Deposited for Perpetual care
100.00
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Old Age Assistance, from State
2582.50
Old Age Assistance, Meals Tax
182.77
Old Age Assistance, for Administration
100.25
Old Age Assistance, Federal payments From Ashburnham From Taunton
179.80
Interest on U. S. Bonds
25.00
Withholding Tax
908.26
Taxes
15,938.92
Interest on Taxes
153.94
Machinery Rental
3291.15
Total
$76,544.85
PAID OUT
Abatement on Real Estate
$41.25
Auditing Municipal Accounts
1.34
A. D. C. Public Service
6.87
Board of Public Welfare
537.11
Board of Public Services and Stationary
34.50
Bonding
53.00
1/2 State Tax
476.00
For Parks and Reservations
12.85
Care of Hall
175.45
Care of Town Lawn
35.00
Inspection of Meats
12.00
Moth Extermination
310.12
County Tax
821.90
County T. B., Hospital Asst.
185.53
Dog Tax
191.40
Dog Officer
15.00
Expense
591.05
Purchasing and Maintenance
999.97
Miscellaneous
89.08
Fire Dept.
13.00
Police Dept.
42.00
Employment Insurance
534.35
Insurance for Old Town Hall
15.15
Insurance on Memorial Hall and School
159.44
Insurance on Scales of Weights and Measures
25.60
Insurance on Tool House
17.17
Care of Cemeteries
395.69
Old Age Assistance
6082.00
Old Age Assistance, Services
90.00
Old Age Assistance to W. Brookfield on 1944
.40
3011.28
60.00
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Old Age Assistance, Administration
14.79
Roads Chapter 81
4708.42
Roads, Chapter 81, Material
2513.87
Roads, Chapter 90, Maintenance
1288.74
Roads, Chapter 90, Material
2545.33
Opening Roads, Snow
5842.53
Printing
94.65
Schools
11,165.10
Street Lights
384.00
Town Officers
1264.00
Town Office Supplies
100.44
Sealer of Weights and Measures
10.00
Withholding Tax
908.26
Pre-War Rehabilitation Fund
37.50
Paid for Census Taking
50.00
South Road
807.48
Old Turnpike Road
999.97
Hunt Road
1040.20
Nellie Zukus Will
84.75
Int. in Bank
100.00
$47,993.23
Cash on hand
$28,551.62
$76,544.85
Respectfully submitted, CLARA A. LINCOLN
Treasurer
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REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
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