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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS
OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Massachusetts
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1947
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS
OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Massachusetts
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1947
BARRE GAZETTE PRESS Barre, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1947
Town Clerk
41-60
EFFIE T. SWINDELL
Term expires 1949
Selectmen
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
JOHN M. MORAN -38
Term expires 1948 Term expires 1949 Term expires 1950
WILLIAM ZUKUS 36 Jahn 6 Donnell Assessors
JOHN M. MORAN
Term expires 1948
WALTER A. WOODIS
RUSSELL O. DEAN Elmexnewton 42.
Term expires 1949 - Term expires 1950
Board of Public Welfare
DONALD C. AGAR
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
ALICE DANIELS
Term expires 1949 Everett mann == Term expires 1950
School Committee
GEORGE W. DEAN
MARY P. CRAWFORD -
LEONE B. DANIELS
Term expires 1950
Library Trustees
AUGUSTA M. DEAN
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
HARRY B. ROBERTS
Term expires 1948 Term expires 1949 mann Butti Term expires 1950
Cemetery Committee
ARTHUR WEBB MINNIE F. WHITE WALTER S. WOOD
Term expires 1948 Term expires 1949 m Term expires 1950
64
Term expires 1948 Olie Willens 2
Term expires 1948 mary Parent 4 Term expires 1949
4
ANNUAL REPORT ONE YEAR TERMS
Moderator GEORGE W. DEAN
Tax Collector WALTER G. CHAPMAN,
Treasurer WALTER G. CHAPMAN
Auditor
DOROTHY A. GALLANT
Tree Warden
WILLIAM ZUKUS
John O' Donnell
Fence Viewers
ALFRED B. MORSE Y ASA SHEPARD
A. NEWELL FELTON
. V
Constables
DONALD C. AGAR 1 G. HERMAN PARKMANY
GEORGE H. PARKMAN
EDMUND A. NOLTING
WINTHROP H. BOYD WILLIAM ZUKUS
Measurers of Wood and Bark
ALFRED B. MORSE
With SYLVESTER R. DEAN
WILLIAM A. WOODIS
Measurers of Lumber
SYLVESTER R. DEAN ALFRED B. MORSE
WILLIAM A. WOODIS
Field Drivers
J. FRED ALLEN JEROME P. MURPHY
FREDERICK G. STONE
5
ANNUAL REPORT SELECTMEN'S APPOINTMENTS
Cattle Inspector ELMER V. NEWTON
Meats and Provisions ELMER V. NEWTON V
Sealer of Weights and Measures DONALD A. RUTHERFORD
Fire Warden
RUSSELL O. DEAN V
Moth Superintendent WALTER B. GREEN V
Burial Agent ARTHUR WEBB
Janitor of Hall
WINTHROP H. BOYDY
Janitor of Library WINTHROP H. BOYD
Dog Officer WALLACE C. GRIMES
School Superintendent JAMES R. CHILDS
List of Jurors
WALLACE C. GRIMES, Farmer THOMAS J. MORAN, Farmer PETER J. WHITE, Carpenter WALTER A. WOODIS, Retired Farmer PHILIP E. DWELLY, Lumber Yard Employee MILTON A. BULLARD, Laborer
6
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of TOWN CLERK
VITAL RECORDS OF 1947 BIRTHS
Jan. 30-James Francis Bealand, son of Arthur F. and Annie H. (Johnson) Bealand.
Feb. 21-Sanbra Ann Hutchins, daughter of Sanborn B. and Anna M. (Krieger) Hutchins.
May 6-Janice Lynne Dwelly, daughter of Philip E. and Myrtle A. (Keddy) Dwelly.
July 3-Arthur Edward Tucker, son of Verno S. and Fannie B. M. (Patterson) Tucker.
Aug. 8-Alan Young, son of Ralph T. Young, Jr. and Hazel (O'Donnell) Young.
Aug. 9-Linda Lee Cole, daughter of Walter E. and Evelyn C. (Carlson) Cole.
Sept. 14-Diane Joan Dean, daughter of Howard S. and Anna F. (Sheldon) Dean.
Nov. 5-Douglas Ward Gray, son of Harold E. Gray, Jr. and Nancy (Ward) Gray.
Nov. 20-Wayne Adam Chestna, son of Adam and Ruth (Haye) Chestna.
Dec. 2-Cynthia Louise Dean, daughter of Russell O. and Susan E. (Goodfield) Dean.
Dec. 11-Bethany Rutherford, daughter of Willard C. and Catherine M. (Adams) Rutherford.
DELAYED RETURNS
1946
July 29-Louise Ann Smichinski, daughter of Waclaw S. and Mary C. (Mertzic) Smichinski.
Nov. 24-Judith Elizabeth Spinney, daughter of Leroy C. and Mary E. (Troy) Spinney.
7
ANNUAL REPORT MARRIAGES
Jan. 5-Harold Everett Gray, Jr., Oakham and Nancy Ward, Athol.
Apr. 12-Robert Ludwick Szczuka, Oakham, and Marcelle Theresa Dumas, Hyannis.
June 12-Oliver Woodbury Lull Wilkins, Jr., Oakham, and Lula Ruth Ramsey, Newton.
Oct. 6-Harold Edward White, Oakham, and Alice Isabel Gonsalves, Barre.
Oct. 25-John Stephen Edwards, Oakham, and Irene Louise Gasek, Worcester.
DEATHS
Y. M. D.
June 3-Ida C. Loring
61
11 21
Aug. 8-Alan Young
2 hours
Aug. 11-John Edward Johnson, of Worc. 82
3
0
Sept. 8-William A. Williams
75
0 0
Oct. 15-Appleton L. Newton
71
5
22
NON-RESIDENTS BURIED IN TOWN
Apr. 16-Mrs. Gertrude E. (Edson) Darling, of Long Beach, California 43
3 13
Apr. 16-Maybelle E. Drolette of Roslindale 57 9 19
July 28-Mrs. Lila B. (Spooner) Robinson, Springfield 78
10
24
Sept. 4-Mrs. Lillian (Herbert) Edson of Barre 74
3
7
Sept. 30-Rev. Edwin Deeks Harvey of Orford, N. H. 67
3
4
DOG LICENSES
66 Males @ $2.00 $ 132 00
15 Females @ $5.00
75 00
14 Spays @ $2.00 28 00
95 dogs licensed and 3 transfers
$ 235 00
8
ANNUAL REPORT SPORTING LICENSES
29 Fishing @ $2.00
$ 58 00
17 Hunting @ $2.00 34 00
31 Sporting @ $3.25 100 75
17 Women and Minors @ $1.25
21 25
3 Trapping @ $5.25
15 75
1 3-day permit @ $1.50
1 50
9 Free (over 70 yrs.)
-
107 licenses $ 231 25
Respectfully submitted, EFFIE T. SWINDELL,
Town Clerk
9
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
William Zukus
75 00
$250 00
Assessors
Paid John M. Moran, Chairman
$100 00
Walter A. Woodis
90 00
Russel O. Dean
80 00
$270 00
Treasurer
Paid Walter G. Chapman
$300 00
$300 00
Collector
Paid Walter G. Chapman
$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
$10 00
Leonard A. Hardy
2 00
Donald A. Rutherford
6 00
John M. Moran
2 00
William Zukus
4 00
$24 00
10
ANNUAL REPORT Ballot Clerks and Tellers
Paid Marguerite Troy $8 00
Alice Green
8 00
Minnie L. Newton 8 00
Agnes Moran
8 00
$32 00
$1,291 00
Appropriation $1,500 00 Town Officers Supplies
Paid for Supplies $266 32
Appropriation
$250 00
Reserve Fund $16 32
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 Wallace Grimes
$25 00
Appropriation $25 00
Police Department
Paid Gammon Office System Co.
$12 84
Walter B. Green 14 45
Donald C. Agar 29 50
$56 79
Appropriation
$50 00
Reserve Fund $6 79
Printing
Paid Barre Gazette
$141 90
Palley Office Supply Co. 2 72
Palson's, Inc.
1 81
$146 43
Appropriation $250 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Bonding Town Officers
Paid Healy Bros.
$5 00
Robert Dea 31 50 C. H. Allen & Co. . 5 00 $41 50
Appropriation $45 00
Schools
Paid for Support of Schools
$12,620 99
Appropriation $12,500 00
Reserve Fund $120 99
Cemeteries
Paid Care of Cemeteries $372 07
Appropriation $400 00
Cemetery Power Mower
Paid For Mower
146 32
Appropriation $175 00
Board of Welfare
Paid for Support of Poor
$83 16
Appropriation $500 00
Library
Paid for Support of Library $453 05
Appropriation $450 00
Dog Tax $151 66
Inspector of Animals
Paid Walter A. Woodis
$18 00
Elmer V. Newton 30 34
Appropriation $35 00
Reserve Fund $13 34
Insurance on Old Town Hall
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son $15 15 Appropriation $15 15
12
ANNUAL REPORT Insurance on Public Buildings
Paid Smiley Kingsbury $21 20
Appropriation $21 20
Employees' Insurance
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son $484 60
Appropriation $550 00
Insurance, Trucks and Equipment
Paid Frank A. Smith & Son $51 11
Smiley Kingsbury 41 40 $92 51
Appropriation $100 00
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
Deposit in North Brookfield Savings Bank
$75 61
Care of Hall
Paid Winthrop H. Boyd $110 00
Walter B. Green 10 00
Donald A. Rutherford 11 90
Gardner Electric Light Co. 118 57
Parker & Conant Tel. Co. 9 75 $260 22
Appropriation $300 00
State Tax
Paid State Tax 400 00
County Tax
Paid T. B. Hospital Tax
$341 72
County Tax
995 94
Dog Tax 79 20 $1,416.86
Town Hall Repairs
Paid Peter White
$75 51
E. I. Larson
422 00
R. M. Riel
28 50
R. T. Curtis
21 00
William F. Fullane & Co.
222 43
Ralph L. Downer 216 15
William Morse 3 00 $988 59
Appropriation $1,000 00
13
ANNUAL REPORT Roads, Chapter 81
Paid for Labor and Machinery Materials
$7,494 25 3,497 48
$10,991 73
Town Appropriation $1,200 00
State Allotment 9,900 00 $1,100 00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Paid for Labor and Machinery
$1,317 60
for Material 1,127 57
$2,445 17
Town Appropriation $1,000 00
County Allotment 700 00 State Allotment 700 00 $2,400 00 From Reserve Fund $45 17
Opening and Sanding Roads
Paid for Labor, Machinery and Material $5,040 48
Town Appropriation $5,000 00
From Reserve Fund $40 48
Road Machinery Account
Paid for Supplies and Repairs $5,634 13
Transferred from Machinery Fund $6,000 00
Aid to Dependent Children
Paid Aid to Dependent Children (Town) $1,818 64
Town Appropriation $2,750 00 Aid to Dependent Children (Federal) $1,000 43
U. S. Federal Grants $1,097 08
Old Age Assistance Relief
Paid for Old Age Assistance (Town) $5,416 15
Town Appropriation $7,000 00 Paid for Old Age Assistance (Federal) $4,361 23 U. S. Federal Grants $4,987 89 Paid for Old Age Assistance Administration $39 05
U. S. Federal Grants $782 80
14
ANNUAL REPORT
Roads (South) Paid for Labor, Machinery and Material $800 00
Town Appropriation $800 00
Roads (Lupa)
Paid for Labor, Machinery and Material $500 00 Town Appropriation $500 00
Chapter 90 Roads (Turnpike)
Paid for Labor, Machinery and Material $7,989 20
State Allotment $4,000 00
County Allotment 2,000 00
Town Allotment
2,000 00
$8,000 00
Turnpike Road
1946 Balance
$675 15
Paid for Labor, Machinery and Material
$674 70
Spencer Road Chapter 90
Paid for Labor, Machinery and Material
$4,551 12
State Allotment
$2,000 00
County Allotment
1,000 00
Town Allotment
1,700 00 $4,700 00
Moth Suppression
Paid for Labor and Material
$311 40
Town Appropriation $300 00
From Reserve Fund $11 40
Care of Town Common
Paid Leroy Holdroyd
$6 55
Samuel Goodwin
35 00
Town Appropriation
$50 00
Miscellaneous
Paid Conant & Parker Tel. Co.
$26 25
Worcester County Selectmen's Assoc. 6 00
Mass. Collectors' and Treasurers'
Association
2 00
Mass. Assessors' Association
6 00
Mass. Selectmen's Association
10 00
15
ANNUAL REPORT
City and Town Clerks 2 00
Worcester County Abstract Co. 42 23
Barre Gazette Press 14 20
Worcester County Trust Co. 3 60
Augusta Dean, School Census 5 00
Effie T. Swindell 26 85 $144 13
Town Appropriation $100 00
From Reserve Fund $44 13
Memorial Day
Paid Expenses $71 63
Town Appropriation $100 00
Military Aid
Paid for Military Aid $25 00
Town Appropriation $700 00
4-H Club
Paid Waite Hardware Co. $34 15
Town Appropriation $25 00
From Reserve Fund $9 15
Industrial School
Paid City of Worcester
$169 90
Town Appropriation $200 00
Fire Department
Paid Wallace Grimes
$4 25
Gerald Agar
6 80
Charles Dean
4 25
Willard Rutherford
2 55
Russel Dean
17 00
David G. Deane
30 00
Lewis E. Rich
1 25
Frank A. Rich
1 00
Ralph F. Tobin
1 00
Stanley Miknaitis
1 00
Waldo W. Fuller
1 00
Harry F. Fritcher
1 00
Town of Barre
3 50
Appropriation $300 00
$74 60
16
ANNUAL REPORT Reserve Fund
Transferred to 4-H Club $9 15
Transferred to Inspection of Animals 13 34
Transferred to Miscellaneous
44 13
Transferred to Moth Suppression
11 40
Transferred to Police Dept.
6 79
Transferred to Roads Chap. 90 Maintenance
45 17
Transferred to Schools
120 99
Transferred to Snow Removal
40 48
Transferred to Town Officers' Supplies
16 32
$307 77
Appropriation
Total of Warrants
$61,967 82
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN M. MORAN,
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD,
WILLIAM ZUKUS,
Selectmen of Oakham
17
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of TOWN TREASURER
RECONCILEMENT TREASURER'S CASH
Receipts
Disbursements
Jan. 1st, 1947, Cash on hand
$21,682 89
Jan. 1st to Feb. 25th, 1947
15,962 69
6,404 86
Feb. 25th to March 31st, 1947
4,983 54
4,928 91
March 31st to April 30th, 1947
3,333 27
4,749 29
April 30th to May 31st, 1947
2,714 83
7,751 22
May 31st to June 30th, 1947
2,550 92
4,466 28
June 30th to July 31st, 1947
3,029 12
7,171 28
July 31st to August 31st, 1947
9,210 21
9,461 79
August 31st to September 30th, 1947
3,991 86
5,725 23
Sept. 30th to October 31st, 1947
12,440 47
7,677 33
October 31st to November 30th, 1947 8,976 90
6,928 20
Nov. 30th to December 31st, 1947
2,935 77
8,335 26
Cash on hand, December 31st, 1947 Worcester County Trust Co.
14,233 43
No. Brookfield Savings Bank 19123
2,567 09
No. Brookfield Sav. Bank 20743
89 02
Petty Cash and Checks not deposited
1,277 90
Purchase Discounts
35 38
$91,812 47 $91,812 47
For itemized receipts and expenditures see various department reports.
W. G. CHAPMAN, Treasurer
Trust Funds
January 1st, 1947 deposited in various banks
and verified by State Audit of Feb. 25th, 1947 $26,089 73
18
ANNUAL REPORT
April 7th, 1947 Added to Cemetery Funds 100 00
Sept. 3rd, 1947 Added to Cemetery Funds 100 00
200 00
Oct. 21st, 1947 Added to Cemetery Funds Interest accrued and paid
220 62
$26,710 35
December 31st, 1947 deposited in various banks as follows:
Mary Lincoln Alden Fund
$5,263 01
Library Funds :
Alfred Parks Wright
645 07
Fobes Memorial Library Fund
5,194 96
B. P. Clark Fund
2,178 72
G. H. O. Lowell Fund
293 63
Samuel R. Dean Fund
1,666 41
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
10,379 53
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
1,089 02
$26,710 35
All of the above funds have interest accrued not applied for 1947.
W. G. CHAPMAN, Treasurer
19
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON ROADS IN THE TOWN OF OAKHAM IN 1947
South Road Allotment
$800 00
Old Turnpike Ch. 90 Construction
8,000 00
Lupa Road Allotment 500 00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
2,400 00
Chapter 81 Maintenance
11,100 00
Spencer Road Chapter 90 Construction 4,000 00
Old Turnpike 1946 Extension Ch. 90 Construction 675 15
$27,475 15
AMOUNT EXPENDED ON EACH ROAD
1 North Brookfield -
$862 55
2 New Braintree
560 57
3 East Hill
222 72
4 Hubbardston
none
5. Caldwell
6 Pine Plain
46 21
8 Coldbrook
1,047 11
9 Ware's Corner
521 85
10 Robinson
68 96
11 Parmenter
68 93
12 Sanders
125 93
13 South
2,511 52
14
Spencer
4,367 39
15 Flint
none
16
Bechan
1,602 50
17
Lupa
7,696 61
18 Crawford
206 65
19 Whitehall
none
20 Old Turnpike
9,854 99
21 Old Turnpike Extension
none
7 Poverty Square
20
ANNUAL REPORT
22 Rutland
474 73
23 Swindell
62 74
24 Hapgood
51 21
25 Sargent's Lane
25 00
26 Stone
none
27 Rutherford
none
28
Lincoln
476 46
29
Maple Street
none
30
Barre
685 64
31
Daniels
none
32 Bullard
53 23
33 Edson
42 78
34
Happy Hollow
none
35
Hunt
498 20
36 Adams
364 21
37 George Lane
61 41
38
J. Gaffney
99 41
39
Scott
383 16
40 Crocker Nye
209 01
41
Whitney
247 01
42
Gilboy Road
none
43
Common Drive
"
44
Town Hall Drive
"
45 Town Garage Drive
Total Allotment
$27,475 15
Total Expenditures
$27,951 93
Deficit
$476 78
Chapter 81 Maintenance
Chapter 81, State Allotment
$9,900 00
Chapter 81, Town Allotment 1,200 00
Total
$11,100 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery $7,494 26
Expended on Material 3,497 48
Total Expenditure
10,991 74
Balance
$108 26
Chapter 90 Maintenance
State Allotment $700 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Town Allotment
1,000 00
County Allotment
700 00
Total
$2,400 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery $1,317 60
Expended on Material 1,127 57
Total Expenditures 2,445 17
Deficit $45 17
Opening and Sanding Roads
Town Allotment $3,500 00
Expended on Labor Machinery Rental and Material
3,368 50
· Balance
131 50
Machinery Fund
1946 Balance of Machinery Fund $1,273 43
Taken in on Machinery Rental in 1947 5,144 70
Total Fund
$6,418 13
Transferred to Machinery Account $4,500 00
Expended for Maintenance and Purchasing 5,391 61
Deficit $891 61
Balance in Fund and Account $1,026 52
South Road
Town Allotment $800 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery
$706 55
Expended on Material
93 45
Total
$800 00
Lupa Road
Town Allotment
$500 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery
$372 50
Expended on Material
127 50
Total
$500 00
22
ANNUAL REPORT
Spencer Road, Chapter 90 Construction
Town Allotment $1,000 00 State and County Allotment 3,000 00
Total Allotment $4,000 00
Expended on Labor and Machinery $3,401 97
Expended on Material 1,149 15
Total Expenditures $4,551 12
Deficit
$551 12
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
$6,520 13
Expended on Material 1,469 07
Total Expenditure $7,989 07
Balance $10 80
Old Turnpike Chapter 90 Construction, 1946 Extension
Total Town, State and County Allotment
$675 15
Expended on Machinery Rental 674 70
Balance
$ 45
Amount Expended for Labor on Highways
H. N. Butler
$1,701 75
Milton Bullard
1,200 80
G. H. Parkman
1,176 95
Lawrence Wilkins
1,054 60
Percy Wilbur
362 95
Waclaw Smichinski
342 00
William Parsons
109 50
Ralph Young
797 15
Herbert Kennon
428 05
Stephen Barr
5 25
Donald Adams
96 00
Machaela Demarco
48 75
ANNUAL REPORT
23
Gerald Agar
295 60
Robert Szczuka
573 60
Allen Ambrose
4 25
Harold Gray
114 75
Albert Nelley
27 20
Colton Shepard
91 00
L. J. Shepard
69 00
Edward Clapp
71 00
Harold Weeks
185 68
Howard Dean
29 55
Fred Stone
19 50
Philip Dwelly
18 00
Chester Rood
119 25
Robert Hardy
22 50
Ralph Downer
23 25
Everit Mason
6 75
Newell Felton
21 75
Bradford Wilbur
5 25
$9,021 58
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY N. BUTLER, Superintendent of Streets
SNOW REMOVAL AND SANDING
Labor Nov. 10 - Dec. 31
Harold Gray, Jr., Supt.
$194 50
Henry N. Butler
8 00
Milton Bullard
102 00
Lawrence Wilkins
97 85
Robert Sczucka
144 55
Herman Parkman
12 80
Wallace Grimes
79 05
William Parsons
108 80
-
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ANNUAL REPORT
Fredrick Stone
6 80
Ralph Young, Jr.
85
Phillip Dwelly
9 35
Gerald Agar
63 75
Robert Riffenburg
6 80
Irving Gray
33 15
Harold Gray, Sr.
31 45
Total Labor $899 70
Machinery and Materials Nov. 10 - Dec. 31
1,515 13
$2,414 83
-
25
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Town Appropriation, 1947
$ 500 00
Provisions
$ 53 16
Medical Aid
7 00
Donald A. Rutherford
15 00
Alice E. Daniels
15 00
90 16
Balance
$ 409 84
DONALD A. RUTHERFORD, DONALD C. AGAR, ALICE E. DANIELS,
Board of Public Welfare
Aid to Dependent Children
Town Appropriation, 1947 U. S. Grant, 1947
$ 2,750 00
919 11
Comm. of Mass., 1947
938 00
$ 4,607 11
Paid to A. D. C. Medical Aid
$ 2,805 57 110 40
$ 2,915 97
Balance
$ 1,691 14
Old Age Assistance
Town Appropriation, 1947
U. S. Grants, 1947 $ 4,361 23 $ 7,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Comm. of Mass., 1947 Other Towns Refunds
3,073 43
609 31
8 86
8,052 83
$15,052 83
Paid Recipients
Case 1
$ 683 63
Case 2
683 23
Case 3
372 00
Case
4
480 00
Case
5
408 80
Case
6
408 80
Case
7
480 00
Case 8
480 00
Case 9
148 00
Case 10
96 00
Case 11
397 80
Case 12
470 40
Case 13
470 40
Case 14
523 20
Case 15
156 00
Case 16
386 40
Case 17
453 20
Case 18
360 00
Case 19
542 40
Case 20
480 00
Case 21
380 00
Case 22
501 14
Medical Aid
369 80
Other Towns
74 14
$
9,805 34
Alice E. Daniels
$ 75 00
Donald A. Rutherford
25 00
$ 9,905 34
Balance
$ 5,147 49
27
ANNUAL REPORT Old Age Administration
Balance on Hand January 1, 1947
U. S. Grant, 1947
$ 629 50 163 57
$ 790 07
Barre Gazette
$ 17 35
Hobbs & Warren
1 30
New Budget
8 00
Expenses
8 00
Postage and Telephone
5 70
$ 40 35
Balance less Federal former adj.
30 28
Balance
$ 719 44
Respectfully submitted, DONALD A. RUTHERFORD,
Chairman
DONALD C. AGAR, ALICE E. DANIELS, Clerk
28
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of CHARLTON HOME FARM ASSOCIATION
Charlton, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1947
Land and Buildings $13,000 00
Deposit Savings Banks 11,722 12
Personal Property 12,205 90
U. S. Bonds 3 $1000
2,220 00
Accounts receivable from Towns
1,962 33
Cash in Warden accounts 200 00
Cash in checking account
47 28
$41,357 63
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand January 1, 1947
$ 2,187 52
Received from Towns,
Boarders and Produce 18,255 17
$20,442 69
EXPENDITURES
Bills paid
$20,395 41
Cash in Checking account 47 28
$20,442 69
Number of Towns having Inmates 21
Number of Inmates and Boarders 43
I have examined the books of the Treasurer 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 CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Town Appropriation
$ 400 00
Expenditures
372 07
Unexpended Balance $ 27 93
LIST OF EXPENDITURES
P. J. White
$ 319 81
Harold White
14 90
Alfred Morse
9 00
Sharpening Mower and Tools
11 49
Arthur Webb, Auto Expense, . Stamps and Envelopes 16 87
372 07 $
LIST OF RECEIPTS
Annual Care for 1946
$ 27 00
Annual Care for 1947
48 05
$
75 05
TRUST FUND
James Leyden
$ 200 00
Adlina Spear
100 00
William W. Grimes
100 00
Uncollected bill for 1947
$ 400 00 $ 21 00
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR WEBB, Secretary
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of TAX COLLECTOR
Year
Tax
Commitment
Receipts
1944
Poll Tax
$4 00
$4 00
Personal Property
12 24
12 24
Real Estate
47 47
11 76
1945
Poll Tax
4 00
4 00
Personal Property
120 23
99 24
Real Estate
507 37
374 79
1946
Poll Tax
30 00
22 00
Personal Property
553 88
601 48
Real Estate
2,251 03
1,978 27
Motor Vehicle Excise
101 32
105 32
1947
Poll Tax
338 00
248 00
Personal Property
6,576 57
6,031 50
Real Estate
12,006 13
8,591 25
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,141 22
1,060 74
Interest Accrued and Paid
116 61
Assessors Abatements
30 00
Taxes Uncollected
4,402 28
$23,693 48
$23,693 48
W. G. CHAPMAN, Collector
31
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of MOTH SUPPRESSION
Town Appropriation $300 00 Paid for Labor $311 40
· WALTER B. GREEN,
Moth Superintendent
32
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of STATE AUDITOR
BALANCE SHEET
February 25, 1947
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash in Bank and Office
$28,919 32
Mary Alden Fund Income 2,321 40
$31,240 72
Accounts Receivable : Taxes
Levy 1944
$62 71
Levy 1945
631 60
Levy 1946
2,834 91
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Levy 1946
$75 59
Departmental
Aid to Dependent Children
$223 60
Old Age Assistance
517 37
$740 97
Aid to Highways
State
$354 70
County
177 35
$532 05
Revenue 1947 Appropriations
Voted
$39,441 85
Less Estimated Receipts Collected 3,352 31
$36,089 54
Underestimated 1946
State Parks and Reservation assessment
10 18
$72,218 27
$3,529 22
33
ANNUAL REPORT Liabilities and Reserves
Federal Tax Withheld
$91 60
Mary Alden Fund Income
2,321 40
Sale of School House Fund
1,500 00
Sale of Fiske Farm Fund
1,200 00
Road Machinery Fund
492 47
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund Federal Grants
80 00
Aid to Dependent Children
$4 07
Administration Aid
205 38
Old Age Assistance
660 78
Assistance
883 12
Appropriations balances
39,844 25
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
637 07
Overlays Reserved for abatements
Levy 1944
$62 71
Levy 1945
236 89
Levy 1946
245 99
Revenue Reserved until Collected
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$75 59
Departmental
740 97
Aid to Highways
532 05
Surplus Revenue
22,403 93
$72,218 27
Trust and Investment Accounts
Trust and Investment Funds,
Cash and Securities
26 089 73
$26,089 73
Mary Lincoln Alden Fund
$5,068 00
Library Funds
9,978 79
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
9,979 53
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
1,063 41
$26,089 73
Administration
$1,753 35
$545 59
$1,348 61
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of TOWN AUDITOR
This is to certify that I have audited all bills approved by the Selectmen, and have inspected the books of the Tax Col- lector, Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, and Library, and find them in order.
DOROTHY A. GALLANT,
Auditor.
35
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1947
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Mary P. Crawford, Chairman
Term expires 1949
Leone B. Daniels, Secretary
Term expires 1950
George W. Dean Term expires 1948
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
James R. Childs Holden 4633
SUPERVISORS
Winona A. Weed, Music (To June 1947)
Cecelia E. Hall, Art Worcester
SCHOOL NURSE
Esther E. Gonyer, R.N. (To February 1947)
Brenda T. Sullivan, R.N. Holden 4633
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Leroy E. Mayo, M. D. Holden 4441
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Donald Agar Oakham 11-12
JANITOR
Oakham 5
Winthrop H. Boyd SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term-8 weeks Dec. 29, 1947 to Feb. 20, 1948
Spring Term-8 weeks Mar. 1, 1948 to Apr. 23, 1948
Summer Term-6 weeks May 3, 1948 to June 11, 1948
Fall Term-16 weeks Sept. 8, 1948 to Dec. 24, 1948
Winter Term-8 weeks Jan. 3, 1949 to Feb. 25, 1949
HOLIDAYS
January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, Labor Day, October 12, November 11, Thanksgiving Day and the day following, December 25.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Holden, Mass., Dec. 31, 1947
To the School Committee of Oakham:
This report and the statistics which follow cover the year just ended. It is the forty-eighth in the series and the thirtieth by the writer.
Early in the year the School Nurse, Mrs. Esther E. Gonyer, resigned and Mrs. Brenda T. Sullivan was chosen to carry on the health program. Miss Weed left in June and we have not yet been able to find a Music Supervisor. We miss Dr. Scott who for years carried on the dental work. There were no other changes and the year has been, we believe, one of satisfactory growth and progress. It would be very difficult to carry on successfully if there were. fre- quent changes in classroom teachers. We shall need to consider the possibility of adding another teacher if we continue to have large entering classes. An enrollment of 30 to 35 in one grade is not considered excessive, but with four grades in the room we cannot expect to accomplish as much as we would like to do.
The usual clinics and examinations have been held. The report of the Nurse will give details, and your attention is requested to this and to the reports of the School Physi- cian and Art Supervisor.
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