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UNITED STATES POSTAGE
GEORGE NÁTHINGTỐN
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Massachusetts
1
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1946
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Massachusetts
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1946
The Barre Gazette Press, Barre, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1946
Town Clerk
EFFIE T. SWINDELL
Term expires 1949
Selectmen
LEONARD A. HARDY
Term expires 1947
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1948
JOHN M. MORAN
Term expires 1949
Assessors
WINTHROP H. BOYD
Term expires 1947
JOHN M. MORAN
WALTER A. WOODIS
Term expires 1948 Term expires 1949
Board of Public Welfare
ALICE DANIELS DONALD AGAR
Term expires 1947
Term expires 1948
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1949
School Committee
LEONE B. DANIELS
GEORGE W. DEAN
MARY P. CRAWFORD
Term expires 1947 Term expires 1948 Term expires 1949
Library Trustees
MINNIE A. NEWTON
Term expires 1947
AUGUSTA M. DEAN
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Term expires 1948 Term expires 1949
Cemetery Committee
WALTER S. WOOD ARTHUR WEBB MINNIE F. WHITE
Term expires 1947 Term expires 1948 Term expires 1949
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ANNUAL REPORT
ONE YEAR TERMS-All Expiring in 1947
Moderator GEORGE W. DEAN
Tax Collector CLARA A. LINCOLN - Well For the me
Treasurer
CLARA A. LINCOLN
Auditor
DOROTHY A. GALLANT
Tree Warden
WILLIAM ZUKUS
Fence Viewers
mar Parkman
ALFRED B. MORSE
ASA SHEPARD
A. NEWELL FELTON alm Constables
DONALD C. AGAR LEONARD C. HARDY MACHINE'S anthony
ALWYN P. BECKWITH EDMUND NOLTING
WINTHROP H. BOYD WILLIAM ZUKUS
Measurers of Wood and Bark
SYLVESTER R. DEAN
ALFRED B. MORSE
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WALTER A. WOODIS V
Measurers of Lumber
SYLVESTER R. DEAN ALFRED B. MORSE WALTER A. WOODIS V
Field Drivers
LEONARD A. HARDY (Resigned) J. FRED ALLEN (No Oath) V JEROME MURPHY (No Oath)
fred Sime
ANNUAL REPORT
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SELECTMEN'S APPOINTMENTS
Cattle Inspector ELMER V. NEWTON Meats and Provisions ELMER V. NEWTON Sealer of Weights and Measures 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
WINTHROP H. BOYD
Dog Officer WILLARD C. RUTHERFORD
School Superintendent JAMES R. CHILDS
et. Supt
List of Jurors
CHARLES R. DEAN, Machinist WALLACE C. GRIMES, Farmer - A. NEWELL FELTON, Mechanic EVERETT W. MANN, Machinist PETER J. WHITE, Carpenter WALTER A. WOODIS, Retired Farmer THOMAS J. MORAN, Farmer
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Report of TOWN CLERK
VITAL RECORDS OF 1946
BIRTHS
Feb. 18-Carol Ann Chestna , daughter of Alphonse and Ethel (Collins) Chestna.
June 20-Robert Edward Crawford, son of Alexander B. and Vivian (Loring) Crawford. .
July 21-William Hillery Mucha, son of Francis and Mary R. (White) Mucha.
Aug. 28-Donald Robert Nahkala, son of Weikko I. and Ruth E. (Carlson) Nahkala.
Sept. 3-Linda Maureen Foley, daughter of Charles E. and Alice V. (Gagnon) Foley.
Sept. 10-Susan Ann Bechan, daughter of Fred, Jr. and La- Veva D. (Wier) Bechan.
Oct. 16-Susan Adeline Lucier, daughter of Adelard J. and Ruth A. (Leno) Lucier.
Total - 7
MARRIAGES
Aug. 8-Alfred H. Wilbur of Oakham and Lucy E. Zwisler of Holyoke.
Aug. 17-Russell O. Dean of Oakham and Susan E. Goodfield of Hardwick.
Oct. 19-Howard S. Dean of Oakham and Anna F. Sheldon of Barre.
Nov. 25-Harold E. Lackey and Anna N. Rossi of Barre.
Dec. 1-Louis J. Carbonneau and Laura (Demers) Snay of Oakham.
Total - 5
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DEATHS
Jan. 2-John W. Lenehan
66
10
18
June 5-John Clifford Rutherford
82
11
7
Aug. 6-Ethel M. Braman
61
2
20
Oct. 4-Ethel L. Dean
59
1
3
Total - 5
Out-of-state death reported to Oakham Town Clerk for recording
July 4, 1946-George F. Topp, of Waterville, Me., age 73 years, 4 days.
NON-RESIDENTS BURIED IN OAKHAM
Y. M. D.
Jan. 5-Arthur D. Keown of Wilkinsonville, Mass. 61 15
Feb. 5-James Leyden of Worcester, Mass. 81
Mar. 3-Mrs. Rose Crawford of Preston, Conn. 77
May 30-Mrs. Myrtis M. Abbott of Somer- ville, Mass. 83 7 29
June 15-Mrs. Emily C. Greene of Barre, Mass. 70 5 2
Aug. 14-W. Wallace Grimes of Barre, Mass. 92 Total-6
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REMOVALS FROM SOUTH CEMETERY, OAKHAM, TO MAPLEWOOD CEMETERY, MARLBORO Y. M. D.
Aug. 2, 1881-Frank Edwin Warren of North Brookfield 2
1 18
Dec. 27, 1883-Eva Francena Warren of North Brookfield 2
1 17 Dec. 18, 1883-Ida Mabel Warren of North Brookfield 4
1
Y.
M.
D.
Feb. 16-Monroe Berry
84
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May 26, 1930-William Otis Warren of Marlboro 80 5 19
Feb. 15, 1939-Martha (Spooner) Warren of Marlboro 84 5 20
DOG TAXES
60 Males @ $2.00
$ 120 00
10 Females @ $5.00
50
17 Spays @ $2.00
34 00
87 dogs
$ 204 00
SPORTING LICENSES
19 Fishing Licenses @ $2.00 $ 38 00
21 Hunting Licenses @ $2.00 42 00
26 Sporting Licenses @ $3.25 84 50
3 Trapping Licenses @ $5.25 15 75
3 3-Day Fishing Licenses @ $1.50 4 50
10 Women's and Minors' Licenses @ $1.25
12 50
2 Non-Resident Sporting @ $10.25
20 50
1 Duplicate License @ $0.50
50
8 Free (over 70 years)
93 Licenses $ 218 25
SUNDAY ICE CREAM RENEWAL $ $ 1 00
1 License
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, Chairman $ 125 00
Winthrop H. Boyd 75 00
Walter A. Woodis
80 00 $ 280 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
$ 18 00
Leonard A. Hardy
10 00
John M. Moran
8 00
Donald A. Rutherford
8 00 $ 44 00
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Ballot Clerks and Tellers
Paid Alice Green
$ 18 00
Evelyn Grimes 5 00
Agnes Moran 18 00
Marguerite Troy
18 00
Minnie A. Newton
8 00
Leone Daniels
5 00 $
72 00
$ 1,361 00
Appropriation $1,500.00
Town Officers Supplies
Paid for Supplies $ 109 08
Appropriation $250.00
Street Lights
Paid Gardner Electric Light Co.
$
286 71
Appropriation $384.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Paid Donald A. Rutherford $ 10 00
Appropriation $10.00
Dog Officer
Paid Willard Rutherford
1
$
25 00
Appropriation $25.00
Police Department
Paid Donald C. Agar
$
Walter B. Green
49 25
8 00 $
57 25
Appropriation
$50.00
Reserve Fund
$7.25
Printing
Paid Barre Gazette $ 196 68
Appropriation
$175.00
From Reserve Fund
$21.68
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Bonding Town Officers
Paid Healy Bros. $ 33 75
Appropriation $45.00
Schools
Paid for Support of Schools $ 11,430 51 Appropriation $12,000.00
Cemeteries
Paid Care of Cemeteries
$
385 13
Appropriation $400.00
Cemetery Trust Funds
Deposit in North Brookfield Bank
$
100 00 $
100 00
Board of Welfare
Paid for Support of Poor $ 621 25
Appropriation $500.00 Reserve Fund $121.25
Library
Paid for Support of Library $ 570 62 Appropriation $450.00 Dog Tax Refund $163.54 Interest on Legacies $62.00
Inspection of Provisions
Paid Elmer V. Newton $ 6 00
Appropriation $35.00
Insurance on Old Town Hall
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son $ 15 15 Appropriation $15.15
Insurance on Public Buildings
Paid Smiley Kingsbury on Tool House
$
17 70
Appropriation $17.70
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Employees' Insurance
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son $ 535 55
Appropriation $550.00
Insurance, Trucks and Equipment
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son $ 184 04 Appropriation $231.80
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
Deposit in North Brookfield Savings Bank
$
12 50
Care of Hall
Paid Winthrop H. Boyd
$
110 00
Gardner Electric Light Co.
84 94
Ralph Wilbur
39 75 $
234 69
Appropriation $300.00
State Tax
Paid State Tax
$
400 00
State Parks and Reservations 27 14
Audit Municipal Accounts 204 50 $ 631 64
County Tax
Paid T. B. Hospital Tax
$
235 94
County Tax
922 21
Dog Tax 186 60 $ 1,344 75
Federal Withholding Tax
Paid U. S. Treasury $ 1,182 92
Roads, Chapter 81
Paid for Labor and Machinery
$ 8,589 55
Materials 3,160 01 $ 11,749 56
Town Appropriation
$1,200.00
State Allotment
$10,350.00
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Chapter 90 Maintenance
Paid for Labor and Machinery $ 1,492 35
Material 1,496 42 $ 2,988 77
Town Appropriation $1,000.00 County Allotment $1,000.00 State Allotment $1,000.00
Opening and Sanding Roads
Paid Labor, Machinery and Materials $ 3,522 24
Town Appropriation $3,500.00
From Reserve Fund $22:24
Road Machinery
Paid Supplies and Repairs $ 5,153 00
Transferred from Machinery Account 5,000 00
From Reserve Fund $153.00
Aid to Dependent Children
Paid Aid to Dependent Children (Town) $ 816 30
Town Appropriation $1,075.00
Aid to Dependent Children (Federal) $ 555 90
U. S. Federal Grants $659.28
Old Age Assistance Relief
Paid for Old Age Assistance (Town) $ 5,612 53
Town Appropriation $6,500.00
Paid for Old Age Assistance (Federal) $ 3,558 72
U. S. Federal Grants $3,906.66
Paid for Old Age Assistance Administration $ 24 98
U. S. Federal Grants $658.45
Roads (Hunt)
Paid for Machinery and Material $ 250 00 Town Appropriation $250.00
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Roads (South)
Paid for Labor, Machinery and Material $ 800 00
Town Appropriation $800.00
Chapter 90 Roads (Turnpike)
Paid for Labor, Machinery and Material $ 7,324 85
State Allotment $4,000.00
County Allotment $2,000.00
Town Allotment $2,000.00
Roads, Chapter 90 Maintenance (Coldbrook)
Paid for Labor and Machinery
$ 1,238 80
For Material 320 91 $ 1,559 71
From Reserve Fund $59.71
Moth Suppression
Paid for Labor and Material
$
343 20
Town Appropriation $300.00
From Reserve Fund $43.20
Care of Town Common
Paid William M. Morse, Jr.
$
35 00
William G. Mann, sharpening lawn
2 50 $
37 50
mowers
Appropriation $50.00
Miscellaneous
Paid Conant & Parker Tel. Co. $ 39 10
Worcester County Abstract Co. 20 40
Town Clerks' Association
4 00
Worcester County Selectmen's Assn.
9 00
Mass. Treasurers' and Collectors' Association 2 00
Mass. Assessors' Association 6 00
Worcester County Trust Co. 3 60
Reformatory for Women (flag) 12 90
Effie T. Swindell, vital statistics
14 50 $ 111 50
Appropriation $100.00 From Reserve Fund $11.50
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Soldiers' Relief-Military Aid
Paid for Aid
$ 243 24
Appropriation $700.00
Roads (Bechan)
Paid for Labor, Machinery and Material $ 599 37
Appropriation $600.00
4-H Club
Paid Waite Hardware Co., supplies $ 38 73
Appropriation $100.00
Truck, Highway Department
Paid Rutland Garage $ 1,000 00
Appropriation $1,000.00
Industrial School
Paid City of Worcester $ 184 35
Appropriation $160.00 From Reserve Fund $24.35
Tree Warden
Paid H. N. Butler
$ 21 00
Hermon Parkman
27 75
Milton Bullard 27 75 $ 76 50
Appropriation $100.00
Fire Department
Paid Waclaw Smichiuski
$ 9 10
Joseph Zelnia
9 10
Milton Bullard
9 10
Percy Wilbur
5 20
Alexander Crawford
5 20
. Henry Butler
7 80
Howard Sibley
7 80
Lawrence Wilkins
2 60
Gerald Agar
1 30
Charles Dean
5 20
Donald Agar
2 60
Willard Rutherford
5 20
Russell Dean
9 75
Butler's Store
5 12
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Town of Barre, fire trucks
78 00
Harold Weeks
12 00
Lyle Anderson 10 00
Elgin Belcher
8 00
Richard Adams
8 00
Herbert Hudson
8 00
Charles Cassault
8 00
Reginald Lang
8 00
Lee Pierce
5 00
Irving Flemming
5 00
Andrew Dymon
5 00
Lewis E. Rich
6 87
Frank A. Rich
6 50
G. W. Kershaw
4 50
W. A. Fuller
5 50
William Powers
5 50
R. J. Tetrault
5 50
Stanley Maknaitis
6 50
H. F. Fritscher
6 50
David G. Deane
133 06 $
420 50
$ 66,323 37
Appropriation $500.00 Reserve Fund
Transferred to Board of Welfare $ 121 25
Transferred to Coldbrook Road
159 71
Transferred to Machinery Account
153 00
Transferred to Moth Extermination
43 20
Transferred to Printing
21 68
Transferred to Industrial School
24 35
Transferred to Snow Removal and Sanding
22 24
Transferred to Miscellaneous
11 50
Transferred to Police Department
7 25
$ 564 18
Appropriation $600.00
Respectfully submitted, JOHN M. MORAN, DONALD A. RUTHERFORD, LEONARD A. HARDY,
Selectmen of Oakham
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Report of TOWN TREASURER
FOR THE YEAR 1946
Receipts
Paid Out
Jan. 1-Cash on hand
$28,551 62
Com. of Mass., Roads
11,434 73 $ 4,632 48
Com. of Mass., Highway Fund, Acts of 1945
2,561 59
3,091 96
Com. of Mass., Income Tax
2,359 00
5,391 85
Com. of Mass., Tuition
106 60
6,084 99
Com. of Mass., High School Tuition
1,692 85
4,013 59
Com. of Mass., High School Transportation
1,575 70
5,498 91
Com. of Mass., Child Guardianship Tuition
84 28
6,148 91
Com. of Mass., Child Guardianship Transportation
68 80
8,180 21
Com. of Mass., Forest Fires
50 00
7,871 18
Com. of Mass., Dept. of Agriculture
2 25
2,933 29
Com. of Mass., School Superintendent
145 00
515 00
Com. of Mass., Reimbursement of Taxes 163 80
$66,323 37
Worcester County Dog Tax
163 54
Worcester County Roads
249 99
Insurance Refund, Employment Ins.
327 11
Dog Tax
186 60
Use of Hall from Janitor
10 00
Use of Hall from Grange
31 50
Sealer of Weights and Measures
2 20
Library, Fines on Books, 1945
13 31
Library. Interest on Legacy for Books
62 00
Machinery Rental
4,757 55
Com. of Mass., Metropolitan Supply Com.
1,983 80
5,220 80
Com. of Mass., Corp. and Business Tax
966 38
6,740 20
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Soldiers' Relief 45 00
Miscellaneous, Licenses, Ice Cream
1 00
Miscellaneous, Health 50
Miscellaneous, Revolver Permits, 1945 and 1946 6 50
Fire Department, Service at Fairbanks fire
5 00
Cemeteries, for Perpetual Care of lot 100 00
Annual Care of lots in 1945
10 00
Annual Care of lots in 1946
53 00
Interest on Perpetual Fund in 1946
231 50
Sale of lot in West Cemetery
10 00
Old Age Administration
119 25
Old Age Assistance
3,577 32
Com. of Mass., Assistance
4,190 04
Com. of Mass., Meals
224 54
O. A. A. Checks returned
60 98
Received from towns
475 19
Aid, Dependent Children
361 50
Taxes
15,820 08
Interest on Taxes
129 77
Withholding Tax
1,182 92
Interest on U. S. Bond
25 00
Unclaimed checks, returned to Treasury
26 00
$ 84,043 13
Cash on hand $ 17,719 76
Alden Fund Report
181 Shares, on hand Jan. 1, 1946 $ 1,995 05 Interest on Stock 326 35
January 1, 1947
Interest in the North Brookfield Savings Bank
$ 2,321 40
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
January 1, 1947
Interest on two $500 U. S. Bonds in the North Brookfield Savings Bank $ 62 54
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 1946
Hunt Road Allotment
$ 250 00
South Road Allotment
800 00
Old Turnpike Ch. 90 Construction
8,000 00
Bechan Road Allotment
600 00
Coldbrook Road Construction
1,500 00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
3,000 00
Chapter 81 Maintenance
11,550 00
$25,700 00
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON EACH ROAD
1
North Brookfield
$ 940 85
2 New Braintree
610 36
.3 East Hill
386 57
4 Hubbardston
none
5 Caldwell
"
6
Pine Plain
"
8 Coldbrook
2,347 02
9 Ware's Corner
360 14
10 Robinson
42 27
11 Parmenter
80 57
12 Sanders
72 27
13 South
3,111 17
14 Spencer
510 01
15 Flint
none
16
Bechan
1,895 06
17
Lupa
372 08
18 Crawford
211 81
19 Whitehall
none
20 Old Turnpike
8,212 32
21 Old Turnpike Extension
none
22 Rutland
474 06
23 Swindell
none
"
7 Poverty Square
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35 00
25 Sargent's Lane
15 00
26 Stone
231 70
27 Rutherford
483 05
28
Lincoln
487 33
29
Maple Street
274 96
30 Barre
1,256 34
31 Daniels
none
32
Bullard
33
Edson
43 25
34 Happy Hollow
18 00
35 Hunt
916 75
36 Adams
405 38
37 George Lane
112 62
38 J. Gaffney
68 19
39 Scott
95 40
40 Crocker Nye
170 00
41
Whitney
80 25
42 Gilboy Road
none
43 Common Drive
13 81
44 Town Hall Drive
97 81
45
Town Garage Drive
none
Total Allotment
$ 25,700 00
Total Expenditure
25,272 26
Balance
$ 427 74
Chapter 81 Maintenance
Chapter 81, State Allotment
$ 10,350 00
Chapter 81, Town Allotment
1,200 00
Total
$ 11,550 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery $ 8,589 55
Expended on Material 3,160 01
Total Expenditure $ 11,749 56
Deficit $ 199 56
24 Hapgood
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Chapter 90 Maintenance
State Allotment Town Allotment
$ 1,000 00
County Allotment
1,000 00 1,000 00
Total
$ 3,000 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery
$ 1,492 35
Expended on Material 1,496 42
Total Expenditure $ 2,988 77
Balance $ 11 23
Opening and Sanding Roads
Town Allotment
$ 3,500 00
Expended on Labor, Machinery Rental
and Material $ 3,522 24
Deficit $ 22 24
Machinery Fund
1945 Balance of Machinery Fund $ 1,668 88
Taken in on Machinery Rental in 1946 4,757 55
Total Fund
$ 6,426 43
Transferred to Machinery Account
$ 5,000 00
. Expended for Maintenance, and Purchasing
5,153 00
Deficit
$ 153 00
Balance in Fund and Account
$ 1,273 43
South Road
Town Allotment $ 800 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery
$ 601 60
Expended on Material
198 40
Total
$ 800 00
Hunt Road
Town Allotment
$ 250 00
Expended on Material
$ 217 04
Expended on Machinery
32 96
Total $ 250 00
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Old Turnpike, Chapter 90 Construction
Town Allotment $ 2,000 00
State and County Allotment
6,000 00
Total Allotment $ 8,000 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery
$
5,799 15
Expended on Material 1,525 70
Total Expenditure $ 7,324 85
Balance $
675 15
Bechan Road
Town Allotment
$ 600 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery $ 334 60
Expended on Material
264 77
Total
$ 599 37
Balance 63
$
Coldbrook Road, Chapter 90 Maintenance
Town Allotment
$ 500 00
State Allotment
500 00
County Allotment
500 00
$ 1,500 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery $ 1,238 80
Expended on Material
$ 320 91
$ 1,559 71 $
Deficit
59 71
Amount Expended for Labor on Highways
H. N. Butler
$ 1,737 50
Joseph Zelnia
335 50
Milton Bullard
1,354 10
Raymond Roscoe
1,309 45
Percy Wilbur
176 15
Philip Dwelly
10 40
Ernest Cole
39 00
Waclaw Smitchinski
113 30
Robert Hardy
384 75
Ralph Downer
108 75
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Stanley Jamara
352 25
Walter Madsen
97 90
Stephen Barr
100 50
Howard Dean
75 60
Josiah Hardy
325 40
Harold Gray
365 50
Gerald Agar
288 95
Herman Parkman
532 50
Ralph Young
4 00
Lawrence Wilkins
25 50
William Parsons
6 65
James Parsons
6 00
Frederick Stone
4 55
Total
$ 7,754 20
Respectfully submitted, HENRY N. BUTLER, Superintendent of Streets
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Report of BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Town Appropriation 1946
$ 500 00
Cash Payments
$ 370 00
Holden Hospital
100 00
Dr. J. H. Warner
53 00
Raymond Roscoe, 3 cords wood
30 00
Provisions
37 07
Donald A. Rutherford, services
15 00
Alice E. Daniels, clerk
15 00
Expenses 1 18
$
621 25
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD, DONALD C. AGAR, ALICE E. DANIELS, Board of Public Welfare
Aid to Dependent Children
Town Appropriation 1946
$ 1,075 00
Town Appropriation 1945
304 65
Comm. of Massachusetts 1946
361 50
$ 1,741 15
Paid to A. D. C.
1,294 50
Balance
$
446 65
Old Age Assistance
Town Appropriation 1946
$ 6,500 00
U. S. Grant 1946 3,558 72
Comm. of Massachusetts 1946
3,280 38
Other Towns 475 19
Refunds 60 98
$ 13,875 27
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Paid Recipients
Case 1
$ 796 60
Case 2
616 60
Case 3
238 50
Case 4
238 50
Case 5
362 00
Case 6
480 00
Case 7
480 00
Case 8
365 00
Case 9
96 00
Case 10
418 70
Case 11
418 70
Case 12
514 00
Case 13
164 00
Case 14
346 60
Case 15
403 50
Case 16
560 90
Case 17
361 40
Case 18
366 70
Case 19
973 30
Case 20
193 33
Medical Aid
786 92
$ 9,171 25
Alice E. Daniels, clerk
$ 75 00
Donald A. Rutherford, services
15 00
$ 9,261 25
Balance
$ 4,614 02
Old Age Administration
Balance on hand January 1, 1946
$ 529 33
U. S. Grants 1946
$ 119 25
$ 648 58
Hobbs & Warren
$ 90
Expenses
6 00
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New Budget 8 00
Supplies, telephone, postage
4 18
Balance
$ 19 08
$ 629 50
Respectfully submitted, DONALD A. RUTHERFORD,
Chairman
DONALD C. AGAR, ALICE E. DANIELS, Clerk Board of Public Welfare
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of CHARLTON HOME FARM ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1946
Land and Buildings
$13,000 00 1
Deposit, Savings Banks
11,492 66
Personal Property 11,077 75
U. S. Bonds, 3 $1,000
2,220 00
Accounts receivable from Towns
1,341 80
Cash in Warden's account
200 00
Cash on hand, checking account
2,187 52
$41,519 73
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand January 1, 1946
$ 4,632 49
Farm Products sold 1,631 84
Received from Towns and Boarders 15,050 24
$21,314 57
EXPENDITURES
Bills Paid
$19,127 05
Cash on hand January 1, 1947 2,187 52
$21,314 57
Number of Towns having Inmates
20
Number of Inmates and Boarders 46
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
$ 450 00
Dog Tax
163 54
Fines
13 31
Interest on Samuel Dean Fund
62 00
$ 688 85
EXPENDITURES
Carl M. Wheeler, Janitor
$ 28 98
A. L. Newton, Janitor
6 30
Winthrop H. Boyd, Janitor
99 00
Sara Butler, Librarian, 8 months
50 00
Vera Dean, Librarian
100 00
Gardner Electric Light Co.
13 52
McCarthy Coal Co., Coke
68 06
Denholm Mckay Co., Books
62 00
Arthur White, Magazines
35 50
Curtis Publishing Co., Holiday Magazine
5 00
J. H. Hammett Co., Pencil Sharpener
1 56
Remington Rand, Inc., Cards and Paste
5 40
Leon Moore, Printing
4 50
· Fullam Hardware, 1 Ash barrel
5 00
Poriss Supply Co., Furnace Repair
70 35
P.O. Box Rent, to Oct. 1
45
W. B. Green, Waxing Floors
14 00
$
569 62
Unexpended Balance
1
$ 119 23
Received for Fines for 1946
12 59
Respectfully submitted, MINNIE A. NEWTON, Chairman AUGUSTA M. DEAN, DONALD A. RUTHERFORD.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of Fobes Memorial Library :
167 books have been added this year; 49 were purchased and 118 were gifts.
Donors were: Eugene Reed, Mrs. Herman Dean, William Morse, Jr., Mrs. Grace Rood, Mrs. Emma Tracy, Mrs. J. Neeley, Mrs. Kate Gueley, Fred Bechan, Jr., Mrs. Grace Wilbur, Mrs. Worth Parsons and Mrs. Braman.
Circulation of Books 1405
Circulation of Magazines 373
Cash received from fines $12 59
The following magazines are to be found in the Reading Room :
Advance National Grange Monthly
American Open Road for Boys
Better Homes and Gardens
Our Dumb Animals
Etude Good Housekeeping
Popular Mechanics
Reader's Digest
Holiday
Saturday Evening Post
Ladies' Home Journal
Time
Woman's Home Companion
Respectfully submitted,
VERA P. DEAN, Librarian
NEW BOOKS ADDED IN 1946
Great Son Earth and High Heaven
Chicken Every Sunday Anna and the King of Siam
National Geographic
O River Remember Liberty Street Green Dolphin Street Captain from Castile
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ANNUAL REPORT
Dawn Over the Amazon Centennial Summer
Experiment Perilous
American Chronicle Pride's Way
Indigo, Long, Long Ago
Seas of God
Young Bess
Desire to Please
Corn is Green
Red Roses for Me
Physics
Little Princess
British Poetry and Prose
Principles of Chemistry
Modern American and British Plays Poetical Works of Edmund Spencer
Elements of Spanish Grammar
Life of William Shakespeare
Hon. Mrs. Vereker
English Novelists
English Poets in Pictures
Sociology
According to Doyle
Laboratory Manual
Wellesley College
Three from Greenways Moses
Efficiency Expert
Tiger's Mistake
Lights-and a Star
More Silver Pennies
On the Oregon Trail
Julius Caesar Macbeth
Country Christmas
Little Children's Bible
Pint of Judgment Five Elizabethan Comedies King Penguin Ship of Death
Corner-Stones
Cherish and Shared of Old Golden Book of Prayer
Shakespearian Fantasies Writers of Rome Chinese Fairy Tales Hosanna to the King
Florist Shop
Hard Times
Anthony and Cleopatra
Essentials of Astronomy
Dawn in Lyonesse
Fabulous Invalid
Death Over Haggerston
Garments of Praise
Timur and his Gang
Ballads and Lyrics of Francois Villon Baby Animals on the Farm
Madam Chairman, Members and Guests
Picture Book
Horse
Italian Painting
French Painting
Blair's Attic
Red Fruit
All Our Lives
Land Below the Wind
Forever Amber
Nine Mile Bridge
Winter Adventure of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
Hunt for a Hero
Animal Heroes
Long Ships Passing
Nurse and Spy
Legends of Charlemagne
Claybornes
Aladdin O'Brien
Essays of Elia Adam Bede Wayfarers
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Hotel Berlin '43
Building of Jalna
Three O'Clock Dinner
Road Back to Paris King's General
Journey Among Warriors Victoria Grandolet Gauntlet
So Well Remembered
Practical Basketry
Seat Weaving
What You Owe Your Child No-Good, the Dancing Donkey
Star My Friend the Dog
Moccasin Trail
Tall Book of Nursery Tales American Boy Adventure Stories American Boy Sports Stories Poems for the Children's Hour Windy Island Nadita Elephant's Child How the Rhinoceros Got his Skin Navarre of the North Gypsy Caravan Under the Lilacs
Beverly Gray's Challenge
Adventures of Jimmy Skunk Adventures of Grandfather Frog Poems of Childhood
American Garden Flowers Golden Almanac Golden Encyclopedia Children of Other Lands Tengren's Story Book Drift Fence Desert of Wheat
Old China Book U. P. Trail
Bright Skies
Toil of the Brave
This Side of Innocence
Big Three
Dark Street
More Adventures with David Grayson
Egg and I Dark Wood
My Boyhood in a Parsonage
Miracle of the Bells
Maine Charm String
No Time for Tears
Early American Inns and Taverns
Bell Timson
Housatonic
Pleasant Valley
Harvest of the Hudson
Peace of Mind
Remembered Death
Age of Jackson
Five Thousand Miles Underground
Pilgrim Returns to Cape Cod Rover Boys on Treasure Isle
Pirates of the Range
Dave Dawson on Convoy Patrol
Rover Boys on Land and Sea
By Space Ship to-Saturn
Chips of the Flying-U
Elements of Agriculture
Fertilizers and Crops
Longlegs the Heron
Blacky the Crow
Vanity Fair I Chose Freedom Black Rose
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